Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: WVUAFM Tuscaloosa.
Hello, everybody. This is WVUA 90.7 FM the Capstone. And welcome to episode number 83 of the Full court press podcast, Shout Out Wes Welker. My name is Jamie Martinez and I'm joined by Nick Atkinson and Kaden Johnson. To stay up to date, make sure to follow us on Instagram at cpppodcastua. With that being said, let's get into it. We're going to switch it up a little bit here. Usually, first and foremost, we'll dive into the news, talk about what's going on in the NBA, but I think it would be better if we start talking college hoops first before we jump into the NBA. So last week, Cade and I did a Last chance or second chance bracket for our Sweet 16s. And as of right now, mine isn't doing too hot, but we can do a. Are where are we at the Final Four?
[00:00:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:01:00] Speaker A: Yeah, we're at the Final Four. We can't do our Final Four predictions and national championship predictions. So we can get into that. I don't know why my thing won't.
[00:01:08] Speaker B: Load, but all 4:1 seats for the first time since 2008.
Looking back at our predictions, I think I had three out of four. I had three out of four Final Four teams. Right.
With the exception being at Tennessee instead of Houston. How many did you guys have?
[00:01:30] Speaker C: I mean, none besides Duke.
[00:01:32] Speaker B: Right? You got Duke. What was it? It was Duke, St. John's Louisville and Bama.
[00:01:37] Speaker C: No, not Bama. UCLA.
[00:01:38] Speaker B: UCLA.
[00:01:39] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. My original one was Louisville, UCLA, Duke, Florida. So two for four.
[00:01:44] Speaker B: Yeah. Hey, there you go.
[00:01:46] Speaker A: Yeah. The second chance I had Purdue in the Final Four. I thought they were going to upset.
[00:01:50] Speaker B: Well, they kind of got screwed a little bit in that Houston game.
[00:01:53] Speaker A: They did 60 to 62 in that one charge call. Yeah. I also had Kentucky beating Tennessee, which in retrospect, not a good pick.
[00:02:03] Speaker B: It just would have been hard for Kentucky to beat Tennessee three times.
[00:02:06] Speaker A: Yeah, that's true. I think that's like the only reason I went for it, because Bama had beaten.
Who was. It was Kentucky. Right. Three times already this year.
[00:02:13] Speaker B: Beat Kentucky three times.
[00:02:14] Speaker A: Thought Kentucky could do the same thing, but they couldn't beat Tennessee.
[00:02:18] Speaker B: So your thought process there. Yeah. Why?
[00:02:21] Speaker A: I don't know. I think I just dislike Zakai Ziegler so much.
[00:02:24] Speaker B: Hey, that's. That's fair.
[00:02:26] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, it's just.
[00:02:27] Speaker C: Why do you dislike him so much?
[00:02:28] Speaker A: He'd be hooping too much.
Him?
[00:02:31] Speaker B: He played too much.
[00:02:32] Speaker A: Yeah, he played too Much.
There's a lot of guys out there. I just like Jennifer Room.
But yeah, Tennessee did get knocked out eventually though by Houston. So now we have an all four number ones. Final four. Let's start off with our Southwest prediction. Auburn versus Florida. Two number ones, obviously. Who do y'all got winning this one?
[00:02:54] Speaker B: Florida. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Close, close game. Florida's been like surviving. It feels like almost every game they've played. They were down nine to Texas Tech with three minutes left, came back and won. Walter Clayton started playing hero ball.
They struggled against Yukon. I definitely am lower on Florida than I was going into the tournament, but I think they've got just enough to scrape past Auburn. I expect it to be like within a five point game though.
[00:03:24] Speaker A: Yeah, I gotta agree with you. I think I would go Florida in this situation too. And like you said, it's been a lot of close games for Florida like UConn and their last game. So I think like you said, Texas Tech, it's going to be close. I think Florida really grinds this one out and I think Walter Clayton has been putting on a phenomenal showing this March and I think he continues and gets the win over Janae Broom and Crybaby Mazara. So I'm gonna take Florida. I'm gonna take the Gators in this one. And then our East Midwest game, the Duke Blue Devils taking on Houston and what should be a fun game. Where do y'all think this one goes?
[00:04:03] Speaker C: Duke.
[00:04:04] Speaker A: Duke.
[00:04:04] Speaker B: Duke. Another really close game. I think these are the two best teams in the country.
Houston just absolutely shut down Tennessee and shut down Purdue the game before that. Tennessee not so much, but Purdue is a really high powered offense, so pretty impressive defensive showings from Houston. But Duke is just unlike any other team in the country right now. I'm going to roll with Duke. I'm going to trust Cooper Flag to make plays down the stretch when a close game.
[00:04:34] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm going to take Duke in this one. After seeing how they shut down Alabama, who is coming off like the greatest shooting night in the history of March Madness, and seeing just how much they shut them down gave me a lot of confidence that Duke can take this all the way. They just looked like a pro team out there playing college basketball. So I'm going to take flag and the Blue Devils to win that one. And then that leaves us to our national championship, which would be Florida and Duke, which is. It's what I had originally. It's just the rest of my picks weren't right and in our last one where we predicted it, I had Duke winning, I think. Yeah. It says Duke was my championship pick.
[00:05:15] Speaker B: Yeah, we both had Duke.
[00:05:17] Speaker A: So, Natty, Florida, Duke. Has that opinion changed since then? Or is Duke. Is Duke still our winners? Or is. Has Florida taken over 100% me, Duke, the Blue Devils. Yeah. I gotta agree there. Duke has been ridiculous. Like I said, they just look like an NBA team out there.
[00:05:33] Speaker B: Yeah. Something I want to point out.
So since Ken Palm, which is a measure of rankings for college basketball, came out in 1997, Duke is the second highest rated team in Ken Palm history. So according to Ken Palm, this Duke team is the second best team in the last, I think that's what, 27 years. And the only other team they're second to is 1998. 99 Duke.
However, something that's also interesting is all four teams in the final four are top 10 teams of all time.
[00:06:08] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:06:08] Speaker B: In that. Or maybe not. Or it's not of all time. But since Ken Palm started, which is 27 years ago, so 97. So all four final four teams. Top 10 teams of the last 27 years.
[00:06:19] Speaker A: That is pretty insanity.
[00:06:21] Speaker B: Yeah. I think. I want to say Duke's 2. I think Houston is 6, Florida 8, Auburn 10. I think. Yeah.
[00:06:31] Speaker A: Auburn should be lower. That was for Auburn. That's for Auburn.
[00:06:34] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:34] Speaker A: Not you. That was. I just had to use it.
[00:06:35] Speaker B: Auburn's the 10th best team of all time.
[00:06:38] Speaker A: Yeah. That shouldn't be. They got beat at home by a Mark Sears buzzer beater, so I don't want to hear it.
[00:06:43] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:44] Speaker A: But we're in for a very good Final Four. All three of us got Duke winning that. Natty. So it all comes down to this weekend and Monday. Should be some great basketball coming up. But with that out of the way, I think we can focus on NBA basketball, which is coming to an end. It's almost playoff time, regular seasons coming in. So our main segment today, we have our award predictions, but we'll get into that later. Let's jump in with Kaden Johnson and the news.
[00:07:12] Speaker B: Alrighty. First up, we're going to talk about the brawl we had this past week between the Pistons and the Timberwolves. They dished out some suspensions for this. As far as player suspensions go, got Isaiah Stewart with the two game suspension. DiVincenzo, Nas Reed, Ron Holland, Marcus Sasser, all served up one game suspensions. I know DiVincenzo and Naz Reed served that suspension last night, which would have been. Oh, yeah, the April 1st. I think today was against the Nuggets in what was probably the game of the year so far in the regular season.
[00:07:49] Speaker A: Yeah, I was watching Sports center today and they were calling that the game of the year, which I gotta agree. But I mean, first of all, you see that fight between the Pistons and the T Wolves, that was kind of out of nowhere. It was a common foul that I think Nasri did on Ron Holland.
[00:08:03] Speaker B: And then the coaches getting involved too is just insane.
I didn't see. Did Bickerstaff and Pablo Prescription. Did they get suspended too? I think they did, yeah.
[00:08:14] Speaker A: I think it was like seven people in total, which is the most I think we've seen in a long time. And what was so weird was how the fight started. Like I said, it was a common foul. I think Nas Reed like punched the ball out of Ron Holland's hands. They get into each other's faces and then, I mean, punches start getting thrown.
[00:08:31] Speaker B: You know, Isaiah Stewart's going to be over there.
[00:08:33] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:08:33] Speaker B: As fight starts breaking out, like, you know, Isaiah Stewart's going to be over.
[00:08:36] Speaker A: There in every fight, like ever. Isaiah Stewart is going to be there. He is.
There's something about that guy. He's scary. But it was a pretty crazy situation that went on and it kind of affected last night's double overtime thriller, like you said, between the Nuggets and the T Wolves. But T Wolves, despite A Nicola Jokic 60 point triple double, come out with that W. Yeah, insane.
[00:08:59] Speaker B: Jokic with 60. I think it was 61. 10 and 10.
[00:09:03] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:09:05] Speaker B: Insane game and double overtime. Nuggets were up big early. Timberwolves kind of started chipping away. Ant showed up in the fourth quarter in overtime. He ended up with a pretty solid stat line. Nikhil Alexander Walker, though, was the difference maker. He had, I mean, 25 off the bench and then hit two of the three free throws to give the Timberwolves a win. On the buzzer beater, he gave him that three.
[00:09:31] Speaker A: That gave him the lead at 1.2 in double OT. So he.
[00:09:33] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:09:34] Speaker A: Keel Alexander Walker really clutched up in one of the best games that we've seen in a very long time double OT thriller. And I think that really goes into Nikola Jokic's MVP case. I mean, he had one of the greatest games ever. And I mean, they still lose.
[00:09:50] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:09:50] Speaker A: That's insane.
[00:09:51] Speaker B: Well, they're. They're bad. Believe it or not, whenever Porter, MPJ and Jamal Murray are out.
[00:09:59] Speaker A: Oh, I didn't realize.
[00:10:00] Speaker B: He didn't even take Jokic off the floor. Jokic played every single minute of the game after halftime. Yeah, every single minute. And they're on a back to back tonight too. And you know, with how tight the west is, like, you got to play. You can't sit out this late into the year in the west, especially going.
[00:10:14] Speaker A: For that second seed. It's just really, really contested and I know Houston's right there with them and I think Memphis is nearby, LA is nearby.
[00:10:23] Speaker B: Timberwolves have won four straight. I want to say they're only like three games behind the Nuggets now.
[00:10:29] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean OKC has that one spot locked up, but the two spot is up for grabs between a lot of teams. So it's pretty crazy that Nicola Jokic played that many minutes considering how many games are left and how much he's needed.
[00:10:43] Speaker B: The three seeded Nuggets are only three and a half games ahead of the eight seeded Clippers. So that just shows you how much the standings in the west could change over this last week and a half of the season.
[00:10:57] Speaker A: And I'm hearing a lot of stuff about the Clippers too, and how good they've been as of late. Apparently James Harden's picking it up and Kawhi Leonard coming back was definitely a big, big get back.
[00:11:06] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean the Clippers are not your typical eight seed. They're 11 games over.500.
[00:11:12] Speaker A: Yeah. This Western Conference play in is a lot better than I think the Eastern Conference play in because these west teams, they got something to prove and they're all really good.
[00:11:21] Speaker C: What about the Kings?
[00:11:24] Speaker A: Oh, man, they might fall out of the plank.
[00:11:26] Speaker B: Do you care about the Kings enough to where it's like, would you get mad at people for saying the Suns, they should just let the suns have that 10 spot just because it would be more entertaining to watch than the King.
[00:11:36] Speaker A: I think the Suns like annihilated us maybe within the last week or two. So I say give it to.
[00:11:42] Speaker B: It's not like they deserve it. The Suns are bad. You know, like the Suns are bad.
[00:11:46] Speaker A: But at the same time, I don't think the Kings deserve it either. I mean, Zach Levine's not playing great basketball right now. Do I?
[00:11:52] Speaker C: What are you just done with the Kings?
[00:11:54] Speaker A: I getting to that point, man, as long as Keon Ellis is there, I'm a rep him. But if Keon Ellis ever leaves, that's.
[00:12:01] Speaker B: What'S keeping you there right now. After the Fox trade.
[00:12:03] Speaker A: Yep. Darren Fox was number, number one guy.
[00:12:05] Speaker B: They're just, they're. They, they got you right there. The spurs are calling your name. They are already a big wimy guy. Yeah, Wimy's a fan of the show.
[00:12:14] Speaker A: The spurs are my dad's favorite team too.
[00:12:17] Speaker B: Oh, see, they knew they were targeting you.
[00:12:22] Speaker A: I did, yeah. I tried lowballing him on some black air forces, but he wouldn't take because I think they were.
[00:12:30] Speaker B: How much you want? How much you want for this?
[00:12:31] Speaker A: He was telling me there were 400 retail and I was like, I can give you like 35.
[00:12:35] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:36] Speaker A: And some store credit.
[00:12:37] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:39] Speaker A: Didn't work. Cooper Flag's a smart guy, but yeah. So the Kings, I don't think they deserve it. Like I said, Phoenix is only one game behind them and I think they'll take it. Zach Levine's not playing great. DeRozan's playing great, but Kings ain't winning basketball, so away with that.
Any other news?
[00:12:58] Speaker B: Yeah, I've got some more news. The Pelicans shut down Zion and CJ McCollum for the season due to quote unquote injuries. And the hornets shut down LaMelo Ball for the season as well.
It's unfortunate. Like it is league altering to my fantasy team because I have Zion Williamson. Oh, and now I. My IR has hold on Zion Bi and De'Aaron Fox and Lauri Markkanen's been hurt for like two weeks and Kat's been hurt. So I'm 19 and 2 in the regular season and you're going to beat me in the championship.
[00:13:38] Speaker A: I probably will because I'm kicking Alex's butt right now. I'm going crazy. But yeah, as of right now, it says the Pelicans are without seven players on Wednesday.
[00:13:49] Speaker B: Yeah, they're BS and they got like Kelly Olenek leading the offense. He's taking the ball down the court.
[00:13:54] Speaker A: They're tanking and so are the Hornets. The Hornets were already like terrible.
[00:13:58] Speaker B: It's just so stupid too because like the Pelicans have no reason that this season should have been this bad. Honestly, the Hornets had no excuse to be this bad this year either.
[00:14:09] Speaker A: I think Cohen, going into the year we had them as like a play in like birds playoffs.
[00:14:13] Speaker B: Definitely had the Hornets as like a nine seed or in the eight seed this year.
[00:14:17] Speaker A: I mean, losing Brandon Miller that early in the year really just killed him. That was like their emerging star guy.
[00:14:23] Speaker B: And the Hornets should have done what the Pistons did this year. Kind of like maybe not that good, but like the Hornets have no excuse to be like the worst.
[00:14:33] Speaker A: Yeah, it's. It's pretty crazy how similar the situations are between the Hornets and the Pistons, two really floundering teams with young guys but are led by two pretty dominant point guards. But the Pistons made it work. But with Cade Cunningham bringing in guys like Malik Beasley and all these other vets. But, like, Tobias Harris has been a huge help for them, but it's just not working in Charlotte. Whatever they've got going on, as a.
[00:14:55] Speaker C: Star player that can win a game, in my opinion.
[00:14:57] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, that's not. That's definitely, like, a valid belief at this point. Yeah, like, that they've been. Because even. Even when he's balling out this year, like, I think he was averaging, like, a solid, you know, 25.
[00:15:10] Speaker A: He was putting up with good stats.
[00:15:11] Speaker B: But it's just empty. It doesn't matter when you're losing two other bad teams by 30. Like, I mean, the Heat beat them by, like, 45 not too long ago.
[00:15:19] Speaker A: Yeah. And I think that street ball style of play kind of doesn't work a ton, especially in lamelo ball style.
[00:15:26] Speaker B: The later you get into the season.
[00:15:27] Speaker A: Exactly. Like, when you need team chemistry at the end of the year, when you need great passing at the end of the year, you got to be locked in with your teammates, but you have lamelo ball out there shooting, step back, one leg, threes, just flicking it up like, it's just not going to work. So it's unfortunate what's going down over there in Charlotte because the future, it looked bright, but I think Brandon Miller is the glue to that team, and they lost that glue very, very early into the year, so. Real, very unfortunate.
[00:15:53] Speaker B: Taylor Jenkins, head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies. Wait. No, he's not.
[00:15:57] Speaker A: Oh, fired.
[00:15:59] Speaker B: Yeah, I was waiting. Waiting there. Hold on.
[00:16:02] Speaker A: Wait. Which one? Shoot.
[00:16:04] Speaker B: Just pick one.
[00:16:05] Speaker A: Oh, no.
[00:16:06] Speaker B: That just wasn't it. Dang it. Okay.
[00:16:08] Speaker A: I'm trying.
[00:16:08] Speaker B: It's okay.
[00:16:09] Speaker C: You do?
[00:16:10] Speaker A: Yeah, I mess everything up.
[00:16:12] Speaker B: Give me the soundboard.
[00:16:13] Speaker A: I wish I could just hand it to you.
[00:16:16] Speaker B: It's, like, the size of, like, a monitor.
[00:16:17] Speaker A: Yeah, this thing's huge.
There it is.
[00:16:21] Speaker B: There you go.
[00:16:21] Speaker A: There it is.
[00:16:22] Speaker B: Taylor Jenkins, fired from the Memphis Grizzlies with a 250 and 214 record. He's the winningest coach in the history. In the history of series, and they fired him. And there still has not been an explanation as to why. Why do you guys think that is?
[00:16:38] Speaker A: It's just so weird. Like, I think I was talking to somebody about it earlier, but it reminds me of the Adrian Griffin situation in Milwaukee where the team's succeeding and they just get rid of their coach on a whim. Kind of out of nowhere, like, nobody Saw this Taylor Jenkins move coming, and the fact that it came so late into the year, with the playoffs literally right around the corner could not be more head scratching to me because, I mean, the Grizzlies are a good enough team to try and compete with some, you know, of the contenders out there. But you fire your head coach legit two weeks away from the playoffs, and I just cannot see how that is a recipe for success or team chemistry.
[00:17:12] Speaker B: I don't even care if your star doesn't like him. Like, I don't even care if him and John Morant have beef.
[00:17:16] Speaker C: I think they do.
[00:17:17] Speaker B: Yeah, I do too, but. But, like, who cares? Like, he's what's worked for you. Not. Not just this season, but just in general. I mean, he's one of your better coaches in the history of your franchise. I feel like this move is really odd.
[00:17:31] Speaker C: I'd rather build my team around Jaren at this point.
[00:17:33] Speaker A: And Jaren's been very good.
[00:17:34] Speaker C: He's been better this season.
[00:17:36] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah, definitely.
[00:17:37] Speaker A: No doubt Jaren will be all in.
[00:17:38] Speaker B: Jaw's been really good the last two or three weeks, but Jaren has been their rock for the. The entire season.
[00:17:45] Speaker A: Yeah, that.
[00:17:45] Speaker B: That must be really. For like two or three years now.
[00:17:48] Speaker A: That must be why JA doesn't like him, because he's prioritizing Jaren Jackson over job. Maybe because, I mean, Jaren's been the bigger star.
[00:17:55] Speaker B: Let's start something up. Let's.
[00:17:56] Speaker A: Yeah, let me start a motive here. Yeah, let's flare up the Instagram. Let's go out there, make a hate post.
[00:18:02] Speaker B: John Morant said he hates Taylor Jenkins and Jaren Jackson Jr. And then he wants out.
[00:18:06] Speaker A: He wants to go to Sacramento. Really?
[00:18:08] Speaker B: Not only does he want out, but he wants them off the team too.
[00:18:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:18:11] Speaker B: So he got Taylor Jenkins fired and he's gonna leave.
[00:18:14] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:18:14] Speaker B: He's gonna demand jj like Jaren Jackson gets trade.
[00:18:17] Speaker A: Yeah. Josh said in an interview he wants to play with Jake Laravia so bad. Like, he just misses him so much. So he wants to go back to Sacramento and, like, reignite that fire they had.
That's just what I've heard, though.
[00:18:28] Speaker C: That was like one of your favorite players you've ever been in person to watch.
[00:18:31] Speaker A: I can't believe. Yeah, I forgot. I watched Jake Laravia live in person. I forgot about that. We took a picture in front of Jake Laravia's little flag outside the FedEx forum.
[00:18:40] Speaker B: Did we?
[00:18:41] Speaker A: Yeah, we took a picture in front of the Jake Laravia flag.
[00:18:44] Speaker B: That's pretty awesome.
[00:18:46] Speaker A: So I I will forever be tied to Jake Laravia. I'm probably going to put it in like a Pinterest collage or something like that.
[00:18:53] Speaker B: VSCO. Put it, post it on VSCO.
[00:18:55] Speaker C: I love VSCO.
[00:18:56] Speaker A: Yeah, I've been on VSCO since 2020. Like I'm on there every day just like making contacts with people, you know.
[00:19:03] Speaker B: That'S how that works.
[00:19:04] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. I don't, I don't use LinkedIn. I use VSCO.
[00:19:08] Speaker C: Like, like with Mike Little.
[00:19:10] Speaker A: Mike Little, Yeah, I know a bunch of people on vsco.
[00:19:14] Speaker B: Awesome.
[00:19:16] Speaker A: But yeah, back to the Grizzlies. Definitely a weird situation they got going on. I'm sure it doesn't have anything to do with vsco, but it's rough what Memphis has going on right now. Hopefully they can get themselves back together before the playoffs start. Because if not, it's done. They're done.
Is that it for the news?
[00:19:36] Speaker B: Yeah, that is it for the news.
[00:19:37] Speaker A: They're done. Okay. But that's it for the news. Let's jump into our NBA weekly previews where we round up some of the best games throughout the week and we give them predictions. So we usually record on Mondays but due to time restraints that wasn't going to work. So today is Wednesday. We're going to kick it off with one of today's games being the New York Knicks headed to Cleveland to take on the Cavaliers. Two of the top teams in the east going at it. And the Cavs are really trying to hold on to that one seed because Boston slowly creeping on up. They have won, I believe nine straight. Celtics have.
[00:20:12] Speaker B: So the Cavs really last 15.
[00:20:14] Speaker A: Insane. Insane. I know. They're looking for a 10th straight win. The Celtics play. Yeah, they play the Heat tonight, so that'll probably be 10 wins. And the Celtics also have the easiest schedule remaining in the NBA.
[00:20:25] Speaker B: It's like a joke, low key, like this whole run which I mean, you know, granted it was deserved. I think the Celtics had the hardest strength schedule in the NBA going into the like going into this run.
[00:20:38] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:20:38] Speaker B: But since this runs began, let's see, this is who they've been. They went 14 and one in the month of March.
And the nine game winning streak consists of the Heat, the Nets, twice, the Jazz, the Blazers, the Kings, the Suns, the spurs and the Grizzlies.
[00:20:55] Speaker A: Oh man.
[00:20:56] Speaker B: So the only loss they had in the month of March was to OKC as well.
[00:21:02] Speaker A: And that's you know, a great team. But yeah, they've been given a little Mickey Mouse schedule to end the year which Is good for them. They need that.
[00:21:09] Speaker B: And then in the year with Heat, Suns, Wizards, Nicks, Magic, Hornets twice.
[00:21:15] Speaker A: Geez. The hornets twice without LaMelo Ball. That's the freest of the year.
[00:21:19] Speaker B: The Hornets twice. Both at home.
[00:21:21] Speaker A: So who do you even have to worry about out of that? Like New York, I guess, who the Celtics have at Orlando destroyed before.
[00:21:27] Speaker B: The Lions are playing hard. You know they want to get a playoff spot.
[00:21:31] Speaker A: Still a couple tough games left, but still with all those games remaining and you know you could still make a run for that one seed if the Cavs start losing some games like they have the Knicks tonight. Do you. Do y'all think the Cavs beat the Knicks tonight?
[00:21:44] Speaker B: I do. I do think the Cavs beat the Knicks tonight. I think they kind of reel it back in, lock in on getting the one seed or maintaining the one seed. They've had a really difficult schedule travel wise. I think it was like what? 24 straight games without playing in the same arena.
[00:21:59] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:21:59] Speaker B: Which has never been done. That's pretty insane. So this is the first time they've had a back to back home game in like a month and a half.
[00:22:08] Speaker A: Wow. They needed that. Yeah, they needed that big time. I think for that same reason the Cavs finally are at home. They. They've got that rest built up through back to back home games. I'll give them that dub over the Knicks who are playing. All right. But they're trying to get healthy.
[00:22:23] Speaker B: Yeah. Also I was about to say cats questionable for tonight. So.
[00:22:28] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:22:28] Speaker B: If cat doesn't play, cat doesn't play. They have absolutely nobody down low barbecue chicken at all against. Especially not against two elite rim protectors.
[00:22:38] Speaker A: Yeah. Evan Mobley who is running for that defensive player of the year. It's going to be easy pickings for him tonight if there's no Carl Anthony Towns. Nick, who's your pick between the Cavs and the Knicks?
[00:22:51] Speaker C: I'll just say the Knicks.
[00:22:52] Speaker A: Okay, I know.
[00:22:53] Speaker C: Why? I just. Yeah, I want them to win.
[00:22:54] Speaker B: Yeah, I do too. I do too. So that's good.
[00:22:57] Speaker A: Yeah, they do need that dub to keep going up in them rankings. Going on to tomorrow, the Golden State warriors headed to LA in a battle of Californians. And a old rivalry reignited between LeBron James and Stephen Curry going on tomorrow in Los Angeles. Who do y'all got winning? This should be a very fun game.
[00:23:17] Speaker C: Warriors? No. Lakers.
[00:23:19] Speaker A: Lakers. Why do you say that?
[00:23:21] Speaker C: Just. I mean Lucas just. Luke. And LeBron is just too.
[00:23:24] Speaker A: Luke has been on a tear. He's been on a tear Too much.
[00:23:28] Speaker B: I don't think the, the Lakers defensively have enough to keep up with the warriors if Steph is playing and they're fully healthy. Of course, I, I like the warriors in this one, but I agree it'll be a really close game because likewise, the warriors don't really have anybody to guard both LeBron and Luca. Unless I. I guess they could do Jimmy on Luca and Draymond on LeBron. That would be what you'd have to do.
[00:23:55] Speaker A: You put Curry on Austin Reeves.
[00:23:56] Speaker B: Hey, I know we're going to talk about it later, but Draymond right now is the betting favorite. Number one betting favorite for depoy. What?
[00:24:04] Speaker A: That threw me out. Crazy.
[00:24:06] Speaker B: What did I miss?
[00:24:07] Speaker A: I haven't seen anybody talking about it. Everything I see of Draymond Green nowadays is either him getting ejected.
[00:24:11] Speaker B: Are we trying to, like, pump him into the hall of Fame? He had a triple double. He had a triple double last night. Good for him.
[00:24:17] Speaker A: I mean, the warriors are also playing well. I, I could see them kind of moving away from Dyson Daniels if it has something to do with the record. To me, which is so weird. Like, I think, Victor, we should have won it.
[00:24:26] Speaker B: Dyson Daniels is having the best defensive season that I've seen from guard ever, you know, yeah, maybe. Like, that's not crazy to say it's that good.
[00:24:35] Speaker A: Like, it's the same thing that happened to Wemby last year. I think he had a better defensive season than Rudy Gobert, but didn't win it because I think the spurs were just awful and record wise. But defensively, every stat. Wemby was better than Rudy Gobert.
[00:24:47] Speaker B: The defense, the defensive player of the year award shouldn't leverage on it. Shouldn't even matter how good your team is defensively. Like, it's defensive player of the year.
[00:24:57] Speaker A: Yeah, if you're getting the stops. Why should I have to rely on the rest of my team? Like, yeah, it's just like, I don't.
[00:25:03] Speaker B: Care if the hawks give up 138 points. Like, if the guy Dyson Daniels is scoring has eight points and Dyson Daniels with four steals and three blocks. Like, who cares? Dyson Daniels is averaging 3.1 steals per game. You know how insane that is?
[00:25:16] Speaker A: That's like never or it hasn't been done.
[00:25:18] Speaker B: Michael Jordan, I mean, I think Michael Jordan did that, like, average three games.
[00:25:22] Speaker A: Long, long time ago since anything like this has ever been been done before. And he. 3.1 steals, 0.7 blocks per game, which for a guard is a very respectable total.
And like, he also is up there for most improved player odds, which we'll get to later, averaging 14 a game.
[00:25:41] Speaker B: He's the betting favorite for most improved.
[00:25:44] Speaker A: Which, I mean, I can. I still don't think that's fair if they give him most improved. But take away the deploy because he.
[00:25:51] Speaker B: Wants most improved because he's evolved into.
[00:25:55] Speaker A: Like, a defensive monster.
[00:25:57] Speaker B: All defensive player. But he's not deep boy. He's not even top three for deep boy anymore.
[00:26:04] Speaker A: It's ridiculous.
[00:26:05] Speaker B: I don't know about that.
It's just politics. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know.
[00:26:09] Speaker A: Mm. Draymond Green.
[00:26:11] Speaker B: They don't want to give it to.
[00:26:12] Speaker C: A guy wearing a red jersey.
[00:26:13] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly.
But, yeah, we'll get into some Dyson Daniels talk later because we do have that pent up for. We were talking about the warriors and the Lakers, but I'm going to pick the warriors for this one. The Lakers have been playing well, and Luka Doncic has really found his step with la, but the warriors are on a different level right now. I think Jimmy Butler's got something to prove because, you know, forget that 2020 finals between Jimmy Butler versus LeBron and then we get Curry and LeBron. A lot of storylines going on, but I'm going to take Golden State. Winning it on the road, taking that. Wow.
[00:26:49] Speaker B: I mean, how did we even go from that to the. Oh, Draymond.
[00:26:54] Speaker A: Yeah, I think it was Draymond.
[00:26:54] Speaker B: We were talking about most improved player.
[00:26:57] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:26:57] Speaker B: From the Lakers warriors game.
[00:26:59] Speaker A: We've been. We've been going on.
[00:27:00] Speaker B: We've been going on a little. Some tangents. This show.
[00:27:03] Speaker A: I like that.
[00:27:03] Speaker B: Okay. It's. It's natural.
[00:27:05] Speaker A: Exactly. I love it. So moving on to Friday, few good games. I don't want to reuse the same teams, but I feel like I might have to because the Nuggets, Houston, top.
[00:27:17] Speaker B: Two seeds in the.
[00:27:18] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Okc, Houston. Yeah, we'll do that. Because I'm also seeing Nuggets, warriors, which should also be a great game, but OKC Houston, the 1 and 2 seed in the Western Conference. Houston, their first matchup, did beat okc. So where do y'all think this one goes? It's in Houston. You never know.
[00:27:34] Speaker B: Houston plays very well at home. OKC is sitting pretty comfortable with that one seed. I'm. I'm gonna take the Houston upset here. They got to protect seed. There are a couple games ahead of the Nuggets right now. I think Houston makes a home stand, gets the win over a less motivated OKC team.
[00:27:51] Speaker C: Yeah, I'll Agree with that. Yeah. I mean, I just don't want OKC.
[00:27:54] Speaker B: To win any more games ever.
[00:27:55] Speaker A: Yeah, they don't need it ever again. Yeah, they don't need it.
[00:27:58] Speaker B: It was real, real funny how the game of the year last night that didn't even involve Shay ended with Shea's cousin at the free throw line.
[00:28:07] Speaker A: Yeah, of course it did.
[00:28:08] Speaker C: Real ironic.
[00:28:08] Speaker A: Yeah, of course it did. Against Nikola Jokic, who's right there in the mvp. Yeah. Against Westbrook.
[00:28:12] Speaker B: That's the message.
[00:28:13] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:28:13] Speaker C: And Anthony Edwards.
[00:28:14] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:28:17] Speaker A: And Nas Reed was there. So very, very weird situation.
[00:28:20] Speaker B: Was in the building. He was maybe. I don't know if he was here.
[00:28:23] Speaker C: He might have gotten banned from.
[00:28:24] Speaker A: Yeah, he's probably fighting Isaiah Stewart outside or something. But Thunder, Rockets. I like the Rockets pick because I could see Thunder OKC kind of falling asleep with the wheel there. Taking the Rockets easy on the road.
I feel like I.
I hate to be the hater, but I'm gonna take OKC in this one. As much as I love Houston and Amen Thompson, Jalen Green, sanguine, evil twin. Evil twin. I'm going to take. I'm going to take OKC in this one. Shay Gilgis Alexander is playing too well, and Shea was posting something online about the Lou Dort effect. So who knows? Maybe Lou Dort shuts down Jalen Green and they get that dub.
[00:29:00] Speaker B: So Jalen Green does not want to see the Dorture Chamber.
[00:29:03] Speaker A: Probably not.
Let's see. Moving on to Saturday, not a ton of heat. We'll go Grizzlies, Pistons, though, on Saturday in Detroit. Two teams that are going through their own kind of struggles right now, but Pistons, Grizzlies, who y'all got?
[00:29:20] Speaker C: Pistons?
[00:29:21] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm going Pistons too. Grizzlies are all out of sorts right now. This is a team that's going to get bounced first round of the playoffs. They have no clue from the top down what's going on. Like the ownership, like, how are you firing your head coach at this point in the season?
[00:29:34] Speaker A: Boneheaded.
[00:29:35] Speaker B: But yeah, they went from the two seed a few weeks ago all the way down to the six seed. And they're going to keep falling. They're going to be a play in team. And then, you know, at that point, they just got to pray that they even make it out of the play play. And they just look all. And they're a great team. They're just all out of sorts right now. Organization isn't. Isn't doing the players much justice here. I like the Pistons big Time in this one, they're fired up. They play harder than maybe like any team in the NBA. Malik Beasley leading the NBA in three pointers this year.
[00:30:03] Speaker A: Crazy. Like the Pistons go out in a full on dogfight against every team they fight or every team they go against. And I think Detroit pulls out this one against Memph.
Like you said, that whole organization is kind of a mess right now and it would be crazy for Detroit not to capitalize on that. So I think Kate Cunningham gets it done against a disgruntled Memphis Grizzlies team. So Pistons, that's a good pick. And then moving on to Sunday, last day of the week. Oh man, we got some heat, but.
[00:30:33] Speaker B: It'S a really good day.
[00:30:34] Speaker A: Yeah. Let's go. Lakers. OkC.
[00:30:38] Speaker B: Geez.
[00:30:39] Speaker A: Lakers. OkC.
[00:30:40] Speaker C: Lakers.
[00:30:41] Speaker A: Lakers over OkC.
[00:30:43] Speaker C: If the Lakers play the Thunder in the playoffs, they're going to beat them in five games.
[00:30:46] Speaker A: This is, this could be like a.
[00:30:47] Speaker B: In the playoffs. Yeah, I think so. In the playoffs. For this one game though, I think Deja will like scheme out of his mind for this game, try to prove a point. I think the OKC wins this one in a close one, but that's not a bad take at all. Like I might even agree with you that in a playoff series, I'm not sure if I would trust OKC to be a Luca and LeBron team because they haven't proven they can be like a superstar in the playoffs last year. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. They haven't proven they can be like a world class talent player in the playoffs yet.
[00:31:19] Speaker C: I mean, they barely. Who'd they play in the first round last year? Okay, so they play. Did they play New Orleans? No, they almost played New Orleans.
[00:31:25] Speaker B: No, it wasn't New Orleans. It was New Orleans. Yeah, it was New Orleans without Zion. Yeah.
[00:31:29] Speaker C: Still almost blew that series.
[00:31:30] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:31:31] Speaker C: So I mean, you know, they, they can be as good as they won the regular season, but I just never see them, not this year.
[00:31:37] Speaker A: I gotta agree with that. I think, I think OKC loses one of the two games between the Lakers and the Rockets. I feel like they dropped one of those games. And since I picked OKC to beat the Rockets, I'll say they lose to the Lakers because like y'all said, they haven't proven to be any superstars, especially come playoff time. And with the playoffs right around the corner, I'm sure Luka Doncic and LeBron James are going to kick it into a second gear and really take this game seriously. So I'M going to take Luca and the Lakers. I just think Luca matched up against Shay is kind of what you want. If you're the Lakers, you. You kind of erase Shay's effect with Lucas effect, and then you're left with LeBron and Austin Reeves and all these other guys. Yeah. Jackson, Hayes to get it done. So I'll take the Lakers in this one, but it could be a potential Western Conference finals preview, which that could be some sentimental.
[00:32:26] Speaker C: I think they played in the second round. I'm pretty sure.
[00:32:29] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, it'll get scrambled up so much that, like, it's kind of hard to predict it.
[00:32:33] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:32:34] Speaker B: But yeah, if it were to end today, I think you're right.
[00:32:36] Speaker C: Okay. See my play Minnesota in the first round, I don't know if they'd win that series.
[00:32:40] Speaker A: That would be.
[00:32:40] Speaker B: It would go to six or seven games minimum for either side.
[00:32:45] Speaker A: I could see that for sure. Anthony Edwards in the playoffs. It's a lot of fun. But that's all we have for the weekly recap. Now we can jump into our main segment where we have our NBA end of the season award predictions.
We have our predictions for the mvp, Defensive Player of the Year, sixth Man of the Year, Most improved Coach of the Year, and Clutch Player of the Year.
Oh, and Rookie of the Year. Forgot about them. Sorry. Let's start with. Let's go rookie of the Year first. All right, well, we'll leave the MVP conversations for last because it's a pretty tight race. So let's go with Rookie of the year. Who y'all got?
[00:33:21] Speaker B: Go. Top three.
[00:33:23] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:33:23] Speaker B: All right, top three. I've got Jalen Wells. Three. Number one overall pick, Zachary Reese Sachet. Two. And Stefan Castle just edging him out for the number one spot. I really like Reese Sachet. I was really tempted to put him at the one spot. He's been very, very good towards the end of the season. But I just think Stefan Castle has been playing at a high level all season for the Spurs.
[00:33:47] Speaker C: I definitely agree with the top two, but three, I'm gonna do sar.
[00:33:52] Speaker B: Yeah, that's fair, too, because he started to come out of his shell a good bit.
[00:33:55] Speaker A: Yeah. I have at three, Zachary Reese'shea Two. I actually have Alex Sar. And then one, I have Stefan Castle. Going into the year, I had Reed Shepard as my rookie of the year and I think that was.
[00:34:05] Speaker B: Yeah, I did, too.
[00:34:06] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:34:07] Speaker B: We can go over that as we're going along because I don't have them.
[00:34:10] Speaker A: Written down, but I think I remember.
[00:34:11] Speaker B: Who had sar3ed2, Reed, Shepherd1.
[00:34:15] Speaker A: Ed's been good this year too. The rookies really picked it up at the second half of the year. And the rookie of the year race was really like interchangeable throughout the entire year. I think Sar was at one Wells.
[00:34:25] Speaker B: Wells was one for a while, a long time.
[00:34:27] Speaker A: Edie was one, Sar was one Reese Shea.
[00:34:30] Speaker B: McCain probably would have won it if he didn't get hurt, which is really weird.
[00:34:34] Speaker A: Crazy to think about. Yeah. We didn't even see much of McCain like until after the last month when he got hurt.
[00:34:40] Speaker B: But that's. That's what. Yeah. I hope he comes back 100%. It would be pretty devastating.
[00:34:46] Speaker A: Yeah. But Stefan Castle, that's my pick to win it. Like y'all said earlier, he's been consistent all year and helping the spurs team get dubs. And even after getting Darren Fox, his effect was still the same. Averaging 14.
[00:34:58] Speaker B: Yeah. Even once again come off the bench.
[00:35:00] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:35:00] Speaker C: Probably start next year.
[00:35:02] Speaker A: Yeah. It's probably going to be him, Fox and then Kelton Johnson, flag. Then Cooper flag.
[00:35:10] Speaker C: Or if we're playing center.
[00:35:11] Speaker A: Yeah. Wemby center flag, power forward Kelton Johnson or Devin Vassell.
[00:35:15] Speaker B: The three end up getting the number one pick.
[00:35:17] Speaker A: Would be crazy if they didn't.
[00:35:19] Speaker B: Yeah. I think Cooper with. In college, with Cooper flag being in the draft, it may be like a Zion type deal when they just like. I think they like could rig it.
[00:35:29] Speaker A: They could.
[00:35:30] Speaker B: They could rig it. Which. I mean, they still put Zion on a poverty franchise.
[00:35:34] Speaker C: I just don't think that Cooper will go to the NBA if it's on a. On a bad team.
[00:35:37] Speaker B: Yeah. Like imagine the Hornets are the number one. Like there's no way Cooper Flag next year, though. Brandon, we say that you. We say that. But like that's the same thing we thought next like going into this year for somebody. Yeah. That's what they. That's what they should do. If. If the Hornets get the number one pick, they should trade Lamello for like a few veterans.
[00:35:57] Speaker A: Yeah. Cooper flag is a much safer superstar to have than Lamelo ball.
[00:36:00] Speaker C: Trade Lamelo for Mike Conley. Then they would be amazing.
[00:36:03] Speaker A: One for one.
[00:36:04] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:36:04] Speaker A: Straight up.
[00:36:05] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:36:05] Speaker A: I like that.
[00:36:05] Speaker B: Straight up.
[00:36:06] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:36:08] Speaker B: It's Ant and Lamello like playing horses.
[00:36:10] Speaker A: That's all the game.
[00:36:12] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:36:13] Speaker A: So they shoot probably like 60 shots.
[00:36:15] Speaker C: They would shoot 100 shots.
[00:36:17] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:36:17] Speaker C: And Julius Randall too.
[00:36:18] Speaker A: Yeah. Oh, man. Randall, man shot chucker central.
[00:36:22] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:36:23] Speaker A: Geez, that'll be hilarious. No playmaking at all. Just. Just hoops. That's what it.
[00:36:26] Speaker B: Isingham goes ISO for like, oh, Rob Dillingham, Terrence Shannon.
[00:36:30] Speaker A: Yeah. Oh, man, they got bones.
[00:36:32] Speaker C: Highland, too.
[00:36:33] Speaker B: Oh.
[00:36:34] Speaker A: Oh, man.
That would just be the biggest street ball team ever. A possession, send that team to Rucker park and they'll go undefeated, I guarantee it in the NBA. I don't know how much that'll fly, but Ricky Year, Stefan Castle, that's the consensus pick.
[00:36:48] Speaker B: Do. How do you guys feel about this? Do you think after watching the rookies this season who has solidified themselves as having the best future?
[00:36:56] Speaker C: Castle, he's.
[00:36:57] Speaker B: You think so you can be like a superstar?
[00:36:59] Speaker C: Yeah, I think.
[00:37:00] Speaker B: I think Reese's shit, dude.
[00:37:01] Speaker A: I think if the spurs get Cooper flag, it kind of hurts Stefan Castle a little bit. Like, superstar talks, but I could see. Oh, man, I'm just realizing how nasty of a team the spurs would be if they got flagged because, yeah, they would.
[00:37:14] Speaker B: They'd be like the three seed next year.
[00:37:16] Speaker A: Yeah, that would be disgusting. But, yeah, brightest future. I could see Reese's, Shea or Castle or McCain. Who knows what Jerry McCain ends up.
[00:37:26] Speaker B: Yeah, that's good. I mean, Edie.
[00:37:28] Speaker A: Edie, too weird.
[00:37:29] Speaker B: But like, Edie low key. Could be like a career all star.
[00:37:33] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. He didn't have a ton of hype, like NBA level hype going, like, because he was the college player of the year. Didn't have a ton of NBA level hype, but he's been hooping. He's been doing his thing in Memphis, who, like we've talked about a bunch of times. It's kind of all over the place. But he's been helping get W's. He's been good next to Jaren Jackson, too. Yeah, some lockdown defense right there. But moving on, let's jump into.
We could do clutch player of the year. Okay, let's get that one out of the. Out of the way. It's kind of hard to determine who's been so clutch without looking up the stats or watching every game. But I've got a few guys here who mostly looking at the betting odds, can, I could say have been clutch. So who do y'all got for clutch play of the year?
[00:38:11] Speaker B: I'll go. My top three is Ant at 3. Jalen Brunson 2. Jokic 1.
[00:38:16] Speaker A: Jokic.
[00:38:17] Speaker C: I'd go.
I'd go Ant 3. Curry 2. Yokich 1.
[00:38:23] Speaker A: Curry 2. Joker 1. I have Trey Young 3. Brunson 2, Jokic 1. I think Jokic this year. I mean, again, that goes towards his MVP talks. He's been so valuable because. Valuable because he's Been so clutch. And he drags the Nuggets out of bad situations in the clutch and gets them.
[00:38:42] Speaker C: W guys don't do that.
[00:38:43] Speaker B: Jokic.
[00:38:43] Speaker C: Two other all Stars on the team.
[00:38:46] Speaker B: Jokic in the clutch, averaging four and a half points on 54% shooting. Jalen Brunson's averaging six points per game in the clutch.
[00:38:57] Speaker A: Maybe I'll pick Brunson, but.
[00:38:58] Speaker B: But that being said, I just think, like, on national television, I've seen more clutch Nicole Jokic moments, which kind of goes back to what you were saying. It's hard to, like, know exactly whose clutch with how many games are in the NBA regular season. And like, you know, Jalen Brunson could hit a shot, a three pointer to cut the game to two with three minutes left on a Tuesday against Portland. Yeah, and like, nobody's going to see that. And that's a clutch bucket.
[00:39:27] Speaker A: You know, that gets W's right there, but nobody really, you know, that doesn't.
[00:39:31] Speaker B: We just don't. We don't watch ball enough.
[00:39:34] Speaker A: Yeah, sorry, I'm not watching. Portland versus Charlotte on like a random Wednesday. Good on that. But clutch play of the year, Nicole Yokos, Jalen Brunson should be a fun race going towards the end of the year. Let's move on. Let's go. Let's go. Coach of the year. I think this has been a bit of a fun race, but I got my pick. Who y'all got?
[00:39:54] Speaker B: I got Ime Udoka, 3 JB Bickerstaff, 2, Kenny Atkinson, 1 Eme Udoka is a good pick.
[00:40:01] Speaker A: I like that.
[00:40:02] Speaker C: I'm gonna say J.B. bickerstaff, 1.
I would. I mean, J.J. reich doesn't have a case, but he should.
[00:40:13] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's not like that crazy at all.
[00:40:14] Speaker C: I'll put him in.
[00:40:15] Speaker B: That makes sense.
[00:40:15] Speaker C: And I'd say email doka. Yeah, definitely. 100. Yeah.
[00:40:21] Speaker A: Okay. Looking at the odds, I'm trying to find the coach of the year odds. JJ Redick is sitting at fourth behind Mark Dagenault, JB Bickerstaff, Kenny Atkinson. So JJ Reddick's got a case. It wouldn't be too far fetched to pick him. But Doug Christie, right? Oh, man. Doug Christie, when he first got hired, was winning games. He won like six or seven straight, but he's. He's sizzled out. Yeah, he's. He's pretty awful. But my, my top three, I got Mark Dagenault, J.B. bickerstaff, Kenny Atkinson at number one. I mean, that Cavs team is so good. Yeah, it's hard not to pick Kenny Atkinson. Shout out jb, though. I think my pick going into the year was Joe Missoula, which in retrospect, wasn't. Yeah. Not a great pick because they don't give them to coaches who win, you know, titles.
[00:41:10] Speaker B: Not as bad as mine. I had Jamal Mosley at one.
[00:41:14] Speaker A: Oh.
[00:41:14] Speaker B: Nick Nurse at two. That is.
[00:41:17] Speaker A: He might be.
[00:41:18] Speaker B: That is not looking good.
[00:41:19] Speaker C: He's gonna get fired.
[00:41:20] Speaker B: Yeah, maybe. If they did, like, worst coach of the year, nicknurs would be right there in the top three. Yeah.
[00:41:25] Speaker A: It's not a lot of injuries.
[00:41:27] Speaker B: Yeah. A lot of loser players.
[00:41:29] Speaker A: I mean, I wouldn't.
[00:41:30] Speaker C: I wouldn't even put Paul George in that category. It's just all Joel Embiid, in my opinion.
[00:41:34] Speaker B: Paul George is bad. No, he's definitely not good.
[00:41:37] Speaker C: But, yeah, like, he's only resting because of Joel.
[00:41:40] Speaker B: Oh, the. Yeah. The whole, like, injury faking, like, investigation thing stems from Embiid for sure.
[00:41:46] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:41:46] Speaker B: 100%.
[00:41:47] Speaker A: Bede has been quite a nuisance for a little bit for the Sixers, and it has all come to fruition this year.
[00:41:54] Speaker B: I wonder what the general consensus is for Sixers fans. Like, are they just, like, all right, yeah, it's enough. That's enough. Embiid, like, let's clean slate it.
[00:42:02] Speaker C: I doubt it.
[00:42:03] Speaker B: Draft, like, pray to the gods we get Cooper flag. Right.
[00:42:07] Speaker A: That's what it has to be at this point.
[00:42:09] Speaker C: They do think that.
[00:42:09] Speaker B: That's what I'm saying. Like a lot of Sixers fans I've seen, I think they're getting Cooper flag.
[00:42:14] Speaker A: Oh, man, I could see that, too.
A big market.
[00:42:19] Speaker B: You get Cooper, Jared McCain.
[00:42:21] Speaker A: Oh, man, they have Maxi Embiid, Paul George, Oubre. Oubre.
[00:42:27] Speaker B: I think they might get rid of Embiid if they got Cooper Flag. They got to get real good center because Embiid. I think we've talked about this on the show before. Embiid does not have long left in the NBA.
[00:42:36] Speaker A: You got to get as much out of him.
[00:42:37] Speaker B: Gets hurt. He's got, like, two, three years left of being, like, an all star level player.
[00:42:43] Speaker A: You got to get what you can for him before he retires or becomes completely irrelevant on the basketball court because of his injuries.
[00:42:49] Speaker B: Yeah. He's 31 right now. Yeah.
[00:42:52] Speaker A: So I think he's gonna get a statue.
[00:42:54] Speaker B: Yeah, he won an mvp.
[00:42:55] Speaker A: He did.
[00:42:56] Speaker C: Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
[00:42:57] Speaker B: Yeah, sure. He'll get one.
[00:42:59] Speaker C: I want an mvp and he has a statue.
[00:43:00] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:43:00] Speaker A: Yeah, that's true. Although they've had some he did go to a finals.
[00:43:04] Speaker B: They've had some ups.
[00:43:06] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:43:08] Speaker B: Like, what's the highest the Sixers have ever been? It's like, as a fan, like with.
[00:43:12] Speaker C: Embi second round that year that they.
[00:43:14] Speaker B: They blew it to.
[00:43:15] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:43:16] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. I was gonna say that. Or like when they lost to the Hawks.
[00:43:21] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:43:21] Speaker B: In the second round. Yeah.
[00:43:23] Speaker C: They really were supposed to be in the final.
[00:43:24] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:43:25] Speaker A: They're like the Thunder. Great regular season team, but come playoff time, just don't see him thrive that much. And it's really been the case for Joel Embiid his entire career. Poor Kawhi Leonard really just killed that man's dreams.
[00:43:36] Speaker B: The Celtics, just time and time again, I mean, we've. The Celtics have beaten. Have knocked the Sixers out of the playoffs probably three or four times in Embiid's career.
[00:43:46] Speaker A: They just can't get it done. That's on him. They got to turn up and they never did. He keeps saying, trust the process, and.
[00:43:51] Speaker B: Scoring all these points is over. It's for sure.
[00:43:54] Speaker A: Yeah. I don't trust this process anymore after he got hurt. No more trust in anything that comes out of Joel Embiid's mouth because it is not working out in Philadelphia. So with Kenny Atkinson being our pick for coach of the year, let's go and do our most improved player. We were talking about this earlier with Dyson Daniels in that conversation, but who's yalls pick for MIP top three?
[00:44:19] Speaker B: I've got Christian Brown at three, who I actually had at the three spot before the season.
[00:44:23] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:44:24] Speaker B: Pretty cool.
Dyson Daniels 2, Cade Cunningham 1. I went ahead and gave Cade Cunningham the nod over Dyson Daniels just because I think Cade elevated himself to a level where he's, like, in contention for first team, all NBA.
I'm not saying that it's a bigger jump than what Dyson Daniels did. I just think it's a more impactful jump than what Dyson Daniels did. Also something to know. I think I read that it hasn't gone to a player that's not an all Star in, like, almost 10 years.
[00:44:57] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:44:58] Speaker C: Because it was Ja and then Shay.
[00:45:00] Speaker A: Like, yeah, yeah, man. That kind of dampers what I had going on. I didn't know that was a real stat, but I do know they love giving it to guys who have already kind of cemented themselves rather than players who were nothing and they became solid.
[00:45:12] Speaker B: Over the last 10 years, only twice has a player won the award and not been an All Star that season. So if Dyson Daniels did it, he would be the third player in the last 11 years to win the MIP and not be an All Star.
[00:45:24] Speaker A: Who won last year? Was it Tyrese Maxey?
[00:45:26] Speaker C: Yeah. No, I think he was here before.
[00:45:29] Speaker B: Was it Norman Powell?
[00:45:30] Speaker A: No, Norman Powell could have been this year. I think he could have been a. Yeah, you're right. There was a Jalen Johnson. The Jalen Johnson win it, because I remember thinking he should have won, but I don't know if he did win because Jalen Johnson really turned up last year. Something about the. The Hawks. What's up, Iris?
[00:45:46] Speaker B: Maxi won it last year.
[00:45:47] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:45:48] Speaker B: Warrior Market in the year before. Jaw the year before that. I'm trying to figure out which one of these guys wasn't an All Star. Okay. It went maxi in 24, market in 23. Those were both probably All Stars.
[00:45:58] Speaker A: Markkan was.
[00:45:59] Speaker B: Java in 22, was an all Star.
[00:46:01] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure.
[00:46:02] Speaker B: Julius Randall in 21 was definitely an All Star. Yeah, 2020, bi, maybe an All Star. He was averaging 23, 6 and 4.
[00:46:11] Speaker A: Was that his first year in New Orleans or was it.
[00:46:13] Speaker B: Yeah, it was 2019. Pascal. That doesn't look like an All Star because they were only averaging 17, 7.
[00:46:20] Speaker A: And 3 because that's when they won the title.
[00:46:22] Speaker B: I could see 2018, Oladipo, 2017, Giannis, 2016, CJ McCollum probably wasn't an All Star.
[00:46:30] Speaker A: Yeah, CJ I don't think has ever been an All Star.
[00:46:32] Speaker B: 2015, Jimmy Butler. 2014 was Goran Drogic, and I'm pretty sure Gordon was an All Star that year. He had a really good year.
[00:46:39] Speaker A: So I think it's CJ and Bi or Pascal, one of those two. Pascal.
[00:46:44] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:46:44] Speaker A: Well, hopefully they make it three this year because my pick is Dyson Daniels over Kade Cunningham, who I love Cade Cunningham, one of my favorite players in the NBA, but Dyson Daniels is also one of my favorite players in the NBA. At 3, I have Evan Mobley, who, like we've mentioned before, offensively, has taken leaps.
[00:47:04] Speaker B: Finally. Finally. They'd been waiting for it for a while.
[00:47:06] Speaker A: Yeah, they had in Cleveland. They'd been waiting for it. And finally, like, it could not have come at a better time. That's why they're the 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. It's why they've been so good, because of Evan Mobley's offensive contributions. So I would give them the nod as that three spot, K to 2. And then Dyson Daniels at 1, who, like we've mentioned defensively, is one of, if not the best perimeter defender in basketball. And then he also jumped from 5.8 points per game to 14 points per game, which is a huge jump. So I'll give Dyson Daniels the nod, but I could see Cade Cunningham winning it, and I would not be angry with that. Kate deserves his flowers for really turning the pistons complete. 180 right there.
Okay. Did you make your pick for most improved?
[00:47:54] Speaker C: Oh, Sengoon.
[00:47:57] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, probably.
[00:47:58] Speaker B: It's a good pick.
[00:48:00] Speaker C: Kate. I'd put it two and then I probably.
No, I put Kate at one. That's my one and two and then three. I don't.
I guess Dyson Daniels.
[00:48:11] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:48:13] Speaker B: I like Christian Brown. He went from five, like three and two to 15.
[00:48:20] Speaker A: Oh, wow.
[00:48:20] Speaker C: He's all. I think he's kind of. I mean, I.
Every Nugget team I watch, he's like, all right. I don't know. He's kind of flaky.
[00:48:31] Speaker B: Yeah. He's just gotta get his shot down a little bit too. They. They really need him to be able to stretch and hit that corner in wing three, and he's not the most dependable at that spot right now.
[00:48:41] Speaker A: One guy who we didn't bring up for most improved player who has the third best odds is Austin Reeves.
[00:48:46] Speaker C: Why? He is just.
[00:48:47] Speaker B: Yeah, he went. I mean, he went from, like. I was looking at that earlier too. He went from like 17, 4 and 4 to 19. 5 and 5. Like, I think very good player. And like, you know, all the crazy takes about. Or I mean, all the people coming out and saying he's the best third option in the NBA. I don't know about that. But, like, he's definitely solidified himself as an actual third option on a championship contending team this year.
[00:49:08] Speaker A: Yeah. Which is definitely important. But I don't think his contributions have been as major as Cade Cunningham. Especially Cade Cunningham.
[00:49:17] Speaker B: Especially Kate Cunningham, probably.
[00:49:20] Speaker A: I don't know about Dyson Daniels, like, contribution wise, because the Hawks haven't been great, but definitely not Cade Cunningham. I'd give it to Kate Cunningham 100 times before I'd give it to Austin Reeves, which is why nobody had them in their top three, unfortunately. So moving on, let's go with our six men of the year. What's Yalls top three?
[00:49:38] Speaker B: I got Westbrook three, Westbrook three, Malik Beasley two, Peyton Pritchard one. Like, that was pretty stock.
[00:49:46] Speaker A: Yeah, I have the exact same top three. Westbrook three, Malik Beasley two, Peyton Pritchard one.
[00:49:53] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. I can't even think of anybody that can go into that besides maybe Naz Reed.
[00:49:58] Speaker A: Yeah, I Think that's even starting this year.
[00:50:00] Speaker C: Really too.
[00:50:00] Speaker B: Naz Reed was my preseason pick.
[00:50:02] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:50:02] Speaker B: For six man of the year.
[00:50:03] Speaker A: I think mine was Malik Monk.
[00:50:04] Speaker B: Yeah. I had him at three. I had Monk at three.
[00:50:07] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:50:08] Speaker B: Does he. He starts. Yeah. Doesn't he start?
[00:50:10] Speaker A: After Fox got traded, he started starting. So he. Not even his fault that his award. That award can't be his anymore. But after what Peyton Pritchard's been doing this year, he wouldn't have had a chance anyway because Peyton Pritchard is.
[00:50:23] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:50:23] Speaker A: Malik Beasley leading the. The league in three pointers, still won't win it over Peyton Pritchard, who has been.
[00:50:28] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:50:29] Speaker A: Ridiculous.
[00:50:29] Speaker B: Yeah. Pritchard broke the record, though, for most threes off the bench.
[00:50:33] Speaker A: Yeah. He's averaging 14 points per game, 83 from the line. Let's see, three assists, a steal per game. I mean, that's. That's great. 41 from 3.
[00:50:43] Speaker B: Nasty. On a high volume, too.
[00:50:45] Speaker A: Yeah. And they shoot a lot of threes out there in Boston. How many does he attempt? He attempts eight threes per game.
[00:50:51] Speaker B: Correct me if I'm wrong. I feel like that's the most locked up award. Like, I feel like Pritchard winning six man. Either that or Stefan Castle winning Rookie of the Year is the.
[00:51:00] Speaker A: Yeah, like. But even then, that was like a, you know, kind of a horse race. You know, a bunch of people could have won it. Going throughout the year, I think Peyton Pritchard had this award locked up by All Star Break.
[00:51:09] Speaker B: Yeah, he's had this award for a long time.
[00:51:11] Speaker A: I think the night him and Derrick White dropped 40 points each was the night he locked it up. I think there was nobody else that could have taken it from him after that. Malik Beasley had his chances, and Malik Beasley would have won it any other year, but Peyton Pritchard's just been too good.
[00:51:24] Speaker B: Yeah. And then, hey, I mean, not to skip over him, but, like, Russell Westbrook's having a great year. Yeah.
[00:51:29] Speaker C: He's starting a lot too, though.
[00:51:31] Speaker A: Oh, has he?
[00:51:32] Speaker B: Well, with Jamal Murray being hurt, but last night he didn't start, and I thought that was pretty interesting. They started some guard that I had. Jalen Clark, whatever his name, never heard of. I don't even know if it was Jalen Clark.
[00:51:43] Speaker C: I just don't think that. I think Russ needs to start on that team over Christian Brown or he doesn't.
[00:51:49] Speaker A: Christian Brown could be a really good six man.
[00:51:51] Speaker C: Russia doesn't play good.
[00:51:52] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Jalen Pickett. That's right, Pickett. Second year player out of South Carolina, Penn State.
Yeah. Averaging three and two on the year started last night. They also started Peyton Watson last night, and just from watching it, Peyton Watson is not good. He's bad.
[00:52:12] Speaker A: Yeah. I thought Peyton Watson was going to be a lot better this year.
[00:52:14] Speaker B: That's what I'm saying. The Nuggets are bad. Like, they're. When. When they're not. When they don't have mpj, which, I mean, that's. You know, they should have MPJ and Jamal Murray, but, like, when they don't have both of them, it's like they're bad. Like, Jokic had to do that just to keep them within one. You know, just to make it a close game.
[00:52:31] Speaker C: I think they need to just make a decision. And that's picking between Aaron Gordon or mpj.
Again, just making depth, because it's just not.
[00:52:38] Speaker B: Oh, just to trade the other for depth.
[00:52:40] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:52:40] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, they needed Sarge to be good this year, too, and he's just kind of no show.
[00:52:44] Speaker C: He's out the NBA next year. How bad he was because he was supposed to really be like him and Westbrook and Peyton Watson off the bench. I thought they were going to be good.
[00:52:51] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, on paper, that sounds like it was good because Sarge had a good year in Golden State, but Sarge got his job taken by Quentin Post, and Post has been playing really well.
[00:53:00] Speaker B: Yeah, probably better.
[00:53:01] Speaker A: Yeah, probably legit better. And Post is starting for Golden State, too, which is pretty crazy.
Yeah. Yeah. So, man, we go on these little tangents. I love it. But Russell Westbrook this season has been very good. He surpassed 200 triple doubles this year, so congrats to him. But Peyton Pritchard locked this award up. Let's see if Boston can take it to the finals once again. What do we have left? Do we just have deploy and mvp? Okay, let's go to the defensive player of the year.
[00:53:28] Speaker B: Who y'all got top three? I got Jaren Jackson Jr. Evan Mobley and Dyson Daniels. I think Evan Mobley will win the award, but I'll. I'll give my crown the Dyson Daniels for this award because I think the guards need a little more love in this award.
[00:53:47] Speaker C: 1. I'm gonna go Draymond Green. I think they're just gonna give it to him. If I'm gonna be completely honest with.
[00:53:51] Speaker A: You all, I could completely see it.
[00:53:53] Speaker B: Yeah, I think they will. And then. Or I think they could.
[00:53:55] Speaker C: Jaren 2, Mobley 3.
[00:53:58] Speaker B: I just don't get the Draymond Green thing, dude, like, Draymond Green's not staying in front of quick guards and. And Dyson. Yeah. I don't know. It's weird. Hey, real talk, Jason Tatum should be top five.
[00:54:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:54:12] Speaker C: I mean. Yeah.
[00:54:13] Speaker A: So this year, Draymond Green is averaging 1.5 steals and one block per game over his stats.
[00:54:19] Speaker C: He is a good.
[00:54:20] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. He's been one of the best defenders. Yeah, yeah. Former defensive player of the year. And it would be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 years since his last defensive player of the year. That's a pretty big gap.
[00:54:33] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:54:33] Speaker A: That might be like the biggest gap of Depoys ever, but I don't think he deserves it. Although he is the betting favorite, I still think this is dice of Daniels award. And I'm pretty sure what Dyson Daniel's at like, plus 3500 or something ridiculous like that. Daniel's averaging 3.1 steals per game.
I mean, most steals, I believe, since like the 1980s in a single season. And it's going to go completely blown over, which is ridiculous considering there's no Victor Webign Yama this year to win the award. So why not give it to a guard? It's a perfect time. Because we're going to win the next eight. So.
[00:55:09] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. Find somebody to give it to. Like, make it. Make it a little different, you know?
[00:55:14] Speaker A: Yeah. Should not be Draymond Green, but my top three. I have Evan Mobley. I have Draymond at two, because, you know, that's what they've got. But I have Dyson Daniels at one.
[00:55:23] Speaker B: Yeah, I had. Before the season started, I had bam. Giannis, Womenyama.
[00:55:27] Speaker A: I had women.
[00:55:28] Speaker B: I don't know what happened to Giannis with that award. Like, he just kind of fell off. Fell out of talks for that award. And I don't think he's. His defensive level of play has really gotten worse at all. Like, I definitely would say that he's still top three defensive player in the NBA.
[00:55:42] Speaker A: I mean, he has to be. He's like, shut down. I'm trying to load his stats right now, but Basketball Reference does not want to work right now. Okay, let's see. This year, defensively, Giannis Antetokounmpo is averaging 0.9 steals and 1.2 blocks. So his block total has actually gone up since last year. Steals are down a bit.
[00:56:01] Speaker B: Yeah. But if you want to talk about a player that I know, I was talking earlier about how they shouldn't take team defense into account, but they do. The Bucs defense lives and dies with Giannis like, they are a bad defensive team when Giannis doesn't play, and they're a great defensive team when he does. He is a. He makes a team. Good at defense all on his own. What I was pretty impressive.
[00:56:21] Speaker A: What I find crazy is his Defensive Player of the Year standings every year. He won Defensive Player of the year in 2019, but after that he finished fifth in 2020, sixth in 2021, six, 2022, and ninth last year. He finished ninth in defensive player of the Year last year.
[00:56:37] Speaker B: There's not eight players in the NBA better at defense than Giannis.
[00:56:40] Speaker A: No. And it's weird to say voter fatigue because he only won one Defensive Player of the Year, but he's just incredible. And I feel like it's crazy he doesn't get the props he deserves for being as good of a defender as he is.
So shout out Giannis. But now let's get into the big award, the big hoss, the Most Valuable Player.
Boom. Okay, who's Yalls MVP top three. Who's Yalls top three?
[00:57:09] Speaker B: Jayson Tatum, three. Had to give him some love. Had to get him on the awards show somehow.
SGA to Jokic. One.
[00:57:17] Speaker C: Yeah, that's. That's the only order it can be, in my opinion. Maybe you don't have Tatum in it.
[00:57:21] Speaker B: But yeah, yeah, maybe Giannis over Tatum.
[00:57:23] Speaker A: I have Giannis at three because I think it was. It's a real.
Ron's been great.
[00:57:28] Speaker B: Yeah, it might be one of the.
[00:57:29] Speaker C: Best seasons of his.
[00:57:30] Speaker A: He's been great. But I think I have, like, a tie between Giannis and Tatum at three because I was, like, really torn between the two.
[00:57:36] Speaker B: You can't even bet on anybody other than Shay and Jokic.
[00:57:38] Speaker A: Yeah, you can't.
[00:57:39] Speaker B: You can't. It's like they don't even let you. Like, they don't even show off.
[00:57:44] Speaker A: They're the only two. Yeah, yeah. But I have Shea to Nicola Jokic at 1. I just think Jokic has really been given his case these last few weeks to a month because, man, when he doesn't play, the Nuggets are just so awful and hard to watch. And it's like an eyesore when you have them on your tv, but then you have Nicole Yogic on the floor and you're like, wow, this team is awesome.
[00:58:05] Speaker B: They're gonna win it another ring.
[00:58:06] Speaker A: Yeah. Because Nicole Jokic is out there backing dudes down, throwing, you know, backwards layups, just throwing them up and sinking them. Like, he has the most unguardable post game I've ever seen. And it consists of him just, like, throwing it up there, and it's in.
And that's not to mention he's one of the best passers in the league, one of the best rebounders. I mean, I feel bad for Shea because he would have been MVP any other year, but Nikola Jokic is proving to be one of the greatest players in the history of the National Basketball Association.
[00:58:35] Speaker B: Bang. Mike drop.
[00:58:36] Speaker A: Yep, Mike drop. I'm gonna do that again.
So Koliokich averaging a triple double this year. Only ever been done by Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook.
And that's my mvp.
[00:58:47] Speaker B: It's gotta be.
[00:58:48] Speaker A: It got to be.
[00:58:49] Speaker B: Gotta be Okic. This would be an insane robbery. I used to be one of the people saying I could. Like, it's okay if it goes to either. They both deserve it. And that's not saying anything against sga. He was my preseason pick to win mvp. But Nikola Jokic has played basketball at a level that nobody has played since, like, I don't know, 2018. LeBron, probably. Yeah, he's probably the best player since.
[00:59:16] Speaker A: Then, so it's unreal how good he's been.
[00:59:20] Speaker B: Like, it's got to go to him. It's got to go to him. He's having a top season of. He's having a top 10 season of all time. Like, it. I'm. I'm with you. Like, SGA is the favorite, I think, still right now, but it's, like, large. It's so insane to me, like, that. That would be one of the biggest robberies in the history of sports. Well, for sure.
[00:59:37] Speaker C: Fatigue, which is the stupidest thing ever. Like, he is most. He's the best MVP we've ever seen, ever.
[00:59:42] Speaker B: Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like, you could make that. He. He could be, like, unanimous, like, if.
[00:59:46] Speaker A: We should be honest.
[00:59:47] Speaker C: Yeah, well, they're trying to say that Shea should be unanimous.
[00:59:50] Speaker A: Heck, no. No way.
[00:59:52] Speaker C: He's the most overrated player ever. He's more overrated than Damian Lillard, I think.
[00:59:56] Speaker A: I mean, I think Shay's great, but, I mean, compared to Nicola Jokic, it's just a wash. And I just feel like the word valuable is not valued in the award anymore because Nicola Jokic is the most valuable player to an organization that we've seen in a long time. Probably since LeBron to Cleveland.
[01:00:16] Speaker C: I'd say Westbrook in 2017.
[01:00:18] Speaker A: Yeah. Westbrook's award. Yeah, that OKC team was not good outside of Russell Westbrook. And I feel like it's the same situation with Nikola Jokic very similar. And Russell Westbrook was on both teams. That's kind of fun.
But Nikola Jokic this year, I think I said it last week. When they're. When he's not on the floor, they're a 17 win team. When he is on the floor, they're a 66 win team. That is insane. And I saw the same stat for Shay and I think like on the floor they're I think like a 67 or 68 win team. And on, off the floor they're still like a 50 win team.
[01:00:50] Speaker B: Yeah.
[01:00:51] Speaker C: Jalen Williams, whatever's like 25.
[01:00:52] Speaker A: Yeah, he would. And chat would go crazy.
[01:00:54] Speaker B: 22 a game.
[01:00:55] Speaker A: And they still have the defenders with Dort and Caruso and they have all the, the bench players that they need like Isaiah Joe and Kayson. Wallace.
[01:01:03] Speaker B: Hartenstein.
[01:01:04] Speaker A: Hartenstein. I mean it's such a well built team that I think valuable is getting thrown out of the conversation when it should be the entire preface of the award, which is why I would give it to Nicola Jokic. I could have seen them not giving it to Jokic last year, giving it to Shane now.
[01:01:19] Speaker B: But yeah, I, I think Luca deserved it.
[01:01:22] Speaker A: To Luca. I think it should have been.
[01:01:23] Speaker B: That's what people leads the league in what, 35 point games this year with like 27, I think. And last year Luca had 3635 plus point games and didn't win the.
[01:01:36] Speaker A: Yeah, Luca last year nearly averaged like a 33 point triple double and didn't get it over Jokic, which I thought was kind of crazy considering he led his team to the finals. But this year it's Jokic or nothing. And if he doesn't win the award, it's a travesty because he is cementing himself as one of the greatest players in the history of basketball.
So I believe that is all. Oh, man, I got to get this to work. Okay, that is all we have for you guys this week.
[01:02:03] Speaker B: MVP Daquan Cook.
[01:02:05] Speaker A: MVP Daquan Cook. Thank you all for tuning in. Make sure to follow us on instagram @FCPodcast UA. We'll see y'all next week. Peace.
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