00:00All right, let's get to a blitz here.
00:02And I don't know if it's NBA, NFL, what David's got planned.
00:04Hit the music and we'll find out.
00:06Go ahead, David.
00:10Oh, boy.
00:11Yeah, this is nice update from this trash can league.
00:14Yeah, let's do it.
00:15So this is what the athletic did.
00:17The athletic did a anonymous player poll regarding different topics in the NBA.
00:22And I want to get you all's opinion on some of this stuff.
00:24Sure.
00:25So the first question they posed is, is the integrity of the game in danger?
00:31Yes.
00:3174.6% said no, but there's a couple quotes here.
00:35One says, I don't think we have an integrity issue.
00:39It's almost like it's the beginning of a possible issue, though.
00:43Then one other player says, the purist, we just want to play.
00:46Now, the reason why I bring this up along with this question is because everything we've had with gambling.
00:51Uh, Porter, uh, the, the Billups situation, the Damon Jones situation.
00:57Is there an integrity problem in the NBA?
01:00Yeah.
01:00And you said who was players were asked?
01:03It's an anonymous player poll.
01:04Yes.
01:04They don't see.
01:05Yes.
01:06There is an integrity across the board.
01:09And I wasn't even thinking of gambling.
01:11I was just thinking of guys just don't want to play.
01:13Yep.
01:14There it is.
01:14So I got to beg you to play.
01:16I got to set rules that basically say you can't have dessert unless you finish your dinner.
01:21Unless you play 65 games, then you can't win anything.
01:26But then it comes to all the gambling and things like that.
01:28Yes.
01:29And the fact that they don't think that they have one, Mike, that's called denial.
01:33Oh, a hundred percent.
01:34I think you said 99% of it.
01:36I just night in, night out.
01:38You don't know who's playing and 13 teams tanking.
01:41That's an integrity issue.
01:42Yeah.
01:43And here's what I was more alarmed by.
01:45It's an anonymous player poll.
01:47The fact that 25% said yes, you would think anonymous player poll 100% would say, oh, no way.
01:5425% are like, yeah, they get it.
01:58Maybe they're from the 13 teams that were tanking.
02:00There you go.
02:01It is interesting that you're right about what you just said, Mike.
02:04But the quotes they use are players saying that there is a problem.
02:08So it's like 75% voted yes or no, rather.
02:12And yet they're using the quotes of those that say yes.
02:15So that's interesting to me.
02:17Let's move over to the next question here.
02:19It says, how much of a problem is tanking?
02:22Since you brought that one up, Rico, they have three choices.
02:25It's a little problem.
02:26It's a big problem.
02:27It's not a problem.
02:29And it's a little problem was voted the most at 43%.
02:33With the other two coming in at 28%.
02:35It's a big problem.
02:36Then it's not a problem.
02:38But a quote here says from a player, I'm salty on this one.
02:42I think the league needs to do something about it.
02:45Half the league, basically.
02:46Yep.
02:4713 teams, I could tell you, were tanking.
02:49So not quite half, but close enough.
02:51It's a big problem.
02:52But whatever.
02:53I mean.
02:54Go ahead, Rico.
02:55And just the fact that you don't know when anybody's going to show up.
02:58I mean, look, how many games were at the LCA and the Stars just didn't play?
03:03All of them.
03:04G League teams, they won the games.
03:07Hey, congratulations.
03:08You beat Oklahoma City or you beat this team.
03:12But it was empty calories.
03:13It didn't matter because they weren't there because they are tanking.
03:17Or they just don't want to play.
03:20The load management.
03:21We actually know what load management is because of the NBA.
03:24He's right, you know.
03:26So this next one here is I want to give you some choices.
03:30Well, you all can think about what you actually want to change in the NBA.
03:33Everything.
03:35I'm going to go through the list here.
03:36It says, if you were commissioner for a day, brought power to push through any change,
03:41what change would you make to the league?
03:43Now, I'll tell you, there's three choices here that were tied at the top.
03:47It says no back-to-backs, fewer games, and then rule changes in favor of defense.
03:52And then they had expansion as the fourth choice here, mostly voted.
03:56What would you change if you were the commissioner of the NBA?
04:00You know what?
04:01I was actually having this conversation with a friend of mine, fewer games.
04:05The NBA is telling you, with this rule of you have to play 65 games in order to get awards,
04:12that you really only need 65 games.
04:14So why are we playing 82 games?
04:17Let's shorten this thing down.
04:19Let's get it to 65.
04:20Maybe the games will mean more, and maybe teams will want to go out there and play,
04:24and you don't have to worry about, well, I don't want to get injured.
04:27Because, okay, we're going to just take these other games off the table.
04:31All right.
04:32Nobody should be sitting out anymore.
04:33No change I make would ever happen.
04:36So I'd rather just not answer it.
04:37What would you do?
04:38What would you do?
04:39I can't make players care.
04:40I can't make rivalries a thing again.
04:42I disagree that back-to-backs should be gone.
04:45I think back-to-backs are how you test the mettle of a team and how we condense the schedule.
04:49Like, I don't – nothing I would want will change.
04:53So I –
04:53But I understand.
04:55I'll give you one.
04:56Here.
04:56Fine.
04:56I'll give you one.
04:57No more East or West Conference.
04:59Because you know what I'm tired of?
05:00Tired of having a deep competitive imbalance in one of the conferences.
05:04And sometimes it's the West and now like this year.
05:06The East is trash.
05:08You should take 1 through 16, seed them, and go play.
05:13No more East and West.
05:15Yeah.
05:16Because I'm tired of the imbalance.
05:17No, the days of the Lakers and Celtics are over pretty much.
05:21I get that.
05:22That would be the change I would make.
05:25Let's get now into a little bit of news here because the East, again, looks to be more wide open
05:30than ever.
05:31OG Ananobi is going to be day-to-day.
05:34He is dealing with a hamstring strain.
05:36I wouldn't play him until Game 5.
05:38Make absolutely certain you can play him 35 minutes for Game 5.
05:42Let him heal up.
05:43You're up 2-0 in the series.
05:44Maybe you can steal one.
05:45He's been fabulous.
05:46If you're a Piston fan, Prey falls down the stairs and tears his hamstring off the bum.
05:52Honestly, if you're a Piston fan, if the Knicks don't have OG, you might sweep their ass.
05:58He's a difference maker for them.
06:00And the voodoo is going to continue for the Pistons as players just keep falling off to the side of
06:04the road, clearing the path for them.
06:06Not their problem, but they can take advantage of it.
06:09I'm with you.
06:09So long as the Knicks have a lead, he's not playing.
06:13So if we get to Game 5 and they're up 3-1 already, you know what?
06:17You're going to sit.
06:18And if we can finish the series without you, that's just more days of rest.
06:22I would do.
06:23Now, the second, if it becomes tied or we start losing, yeah, I've got to play you.
06:30Then it's different.
06:30I wouldn't do it up 2-0.
06:32Give him a little bit of time.
06:33Look, it's the same damn thing for Cleveland.
06:34Like, they've got to play tonight without Merrill, who's a 38% three-point shooter.
06:39You know, if they can steal a game tonight, do you have to play him in Game 3?
06:42Maybe not.
06:43But Merrill, he had the hamstring after six minutes.
06:46Or is it desperation and you go, F it, I've got to win tonight?
06:49He's questionable, by the way.
06:51Let's move over to a team that is not in the playoffs only because they just introduced their new coach
06:57and the owner spoke.
06:58They introduced Taylor Jenkins as the new head coach in Milwaukee, and the owner spoke regarding Giannis.
07:04Saying that he wants a decision done before the draft.
07:09The draft is at the end of June.
07:10Will it happen, though?
07:11Yes.
07:12Jalen Brown will be a Milwaukee buck.
07:14That's what you get when you stream after a Game 7 and cry like a baby.
07:18Jalen Brown picks players for Giannis.
07:21Done.
07:23Before the draft, David, it makes sense, but because it makes so much sense, I'm going to say no.
07:30But I hope you get your wish or you go someplace else because I always thought that he was going
07:35to end up as a T-Wolf.
07:37Oh, Minnesota.
07:39Yeah.
07:39Yeah, and if they're still in the playoffs, that's kind of difficult.
07:41Just remember, when you trade for Giannis, you got to trade for his brother, too.
07:45That's true.
07:46Or whatever his name is.
07:47That's like his therapist.
07:48Sure.
07:49I'm telling you, you got to keep a roster spot open.
07:53If the guy's not there, Giannis loses his mind.
07:55Right.
07:55It's been written about.
07:56You're exactly right.
07:57I understand.
07:58Whatever team he goes to, I'm sure you're willing to get rid of last guy on the bench if it
08:03means you get Giannis.
08:04Yeah, that's not an Uncle T situation.
08:05He really needs his brother.
08:07That has to happen.
08:08Right.
08:09Okay, fine.
08:10We'll cut somebody.
08:12You're off to the G League.
08:13Giannis, welcome.
08:16That is your NBA Fast Break 97-1.
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