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Ep 18: NBA Conference Finals & Hot Takes

May 27, 2024 City Boyz Season 1 Episode 18
Ep 18: NBA Conference Finals & Hot Takes
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The City Boyz Podcast
Ep 18: NBA Conference Finals & Hot Takes
May 27, 2024 Season 1 Episode 18
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Tune in as JamirGotHeart, RodTheGod, and MoonmanEd dive deep into the NBA's fiery Western Conference Finals featuring the Timberwolves vs. Mavericks. They switch courts to break down the Eastern showdown with Celtics vs. Pacers, then spotlight the WNBA where Caitlin Clark is storming the scene. Plus, catch their laid-back session on summer vibes in Austin, Texas.

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Tune in as JamirGotHeart, RodTheGod, and MoonmanEd dive deep into the NBA's fiery Western Conference Finals featuring the Timberwolves vs. Mavericks. They switch courts to break down the Eastern showdown with Celtics vs. Pacers, then spotlight the WNBA where Caitlin Clark is storming the scene. Plus, catch their laid-back session on summer vibes in Austin, Texas.

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this is not real clear city boys we known to keep it real 1 2 3 City boy welcome to the City Boy Podcast we live from Austin Texas this is where a bunch of guys talk about the shit we love whether that be sports or whatever we feel like talking about that day we got some fun stuff to talk to y'all about today we in the midst of the NBA playoffs close to the finals conference finals you know I'm saying oh let's go back to introduction real quick I'm your host Jamir Gothardt and he all my dogs the god on Instagram y'all follow me man sup y'all it's Moonman add back in the flesh shout out to my Man City four time champions four in a row champions four times four times you know what I'm saying in a row you know what I'm saying but all right let's back track I did mention NBA playoffs we in the heat of it conference finals Eastern Western which side y'all wanna start on the blue or the red go with the Red West okay the west is a lot of drama over there just the conclusion of a tight seven game series Minnesota Denver Minnesota knock them off how do y'all feel about how that series ended did Denver let y'all down not really because Denver was up you know at half time almost by 20 points 15 or 20 points right yeah yeah and um you know like we said last episode bro Anthony Edward is Bill definitely bro he basically hyped his team up to pull off the win and we have 16 points but there were important 16 points I like remember last time I was sitting in this chair we talked about the fighting roles that Anthony was in cat was having and as I can recall I called it I said cat gotta cat gotta kind of step back a little bit cause he pushing too hard so once cat slide to step back I ain't say he completely gave up his leadership role but he's like alright let me let you take a little bit more and now the team is dynamite like Anthony Edwards is literally coming into his own and man I I would say he looking like the face right now is this the last we gonna see it at Denver Nuggets no they'll be back um this team is built for playoff contention for years to come but when you're talking about a championship level team I think there's some tweaks on this team that need to be adjusted for watching that game I just think Jamal Murray and y'all kids did everything like it wasn't enough other pieces like you got joggers with 30 you got Jamal Murray with thirty but then you got everybody else on the Timberwolves 15 16 25 30 like team efforts it's a whole team effort over there with Timberwolves I mean Rudy Goberries I never seen him like this before he different dropping double doubles I never would have to worry about him scoring I guess this is what we've been saying like Michael Porter Jr is and on and off switch he can be on when he's on and when he's off he's definitely off Caldwell Pope same thing he was definitely off this whole Game 7 series game whatever but you know it just gives you give more credit to Minnesota because what you saying everybody rose to the occasion like they didn't wanna get eliminated so and it's all it's all praise to Anthony Edwards bro cause he had this team up so the testament how hard it is to make it to the finals they did it once they look like they was primed to do it again and they didn't they couldn't repeat so you how hard it is to do that so big shout out to the people who did like Kobe who has one back to back or the Warriors went back to back like Jay MJ yeah I'm saying it's hard it's hard to do that shit bro talk about the other game in the west the Mavs knocked off the fucking I forgot their name cause they let me down okay see the mass knocked off okay see in Game 6 now that was a good game that was a game where they was going blows back and forth it couldn't win either way I agree definitely I feel like you know even though some key players like you know Luke and you know Kyrie were kind of off in the first half they definitely turned it up in the second half to kind of really together so you gotta understand that that team the Dallas Mavericks team they've most of them been in that position before they've been there before I've done this already I've done this that young OKC team OK say OKC team they they knew they knew to it like they was surprised they really I feel like they was probably surprised they got this far they was just like man we hoping but like it's like a lot they don't got a lot of veterans on there it's just you know they building a they building a report but now they got the report they got the standard is set so now I see them back in there next year I do I think they got obvious things to address obvious things they know they need to change of course everybody knew that lone big man on a team was Chet after Gafford and PJ got to Dallas they became one of the best defensive teams in the league at that moment and 1 1 big versus 4 is you're not gonna get shit done you know but they do got still got a lot of assets and I heard immediately they already thinking about putting Josh Giddy on the market he do got some upside he is a good player and he just ever since you got the emerge of SGA you kind of don't need getting no more to be honest you just don't need no more he a good player but he just he's spending with the new with the new way that they're going he he's able to be phased out yeah so that's like they're not gonna lose nothing getting rid of them when what he can do on the court he can give minutes somewhere else easily easily but you you seen Buddy was on the bench in the second half of that game and and yeah minutes came from he been to one of the core pieces for the last two years to now he barely getting minutes so hey say I'm getting traded I don't know what else you gotta go man but what a pick out lively from the Mas was he was 12 12 overall bro in the first round and he's playing he's playing really good bro like by the still the drive my opinion not for like one of them yeah yeah just you know some people just like you know they always worry about those first five picks those first 10 pigs but she's some some do some dogs them you know like example we talked about basketball but football Tom Brady was like no round 4 5 6 something like that but now he like one of the most memorable quarterbacks and ever played football it's like it don't matter where you now don't matter where you started by how you finish exactly and he was just given an opportunity and besides like the maps have been needing a big man for years ever since DeAndre Jordan basically bullshit bullshitter you know it's really dark big man went down here but with a player like Luca you just need a roll man you need somebody who can roll to the rim they knew they needed that they addressed that they got that so that should solve that problem you still gotta watch out for buddy having eight turnover seven turnovers but you know I'm saying they do play shots man that's but but he was actually efficient in Game 6 he's only only inefficient part was the turnovers you still do highest but I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait because the the size advantage that they had the last 2 rounds is does no longer exist so now it truly will fall on Luke and Kyrie so let's see if y'all gonna show up cause come on let's be real when you watch the Clippers series and you watch the okayc series they dominated off of rebounds and in the paint that's where they just dominated there when the league got out of hand is because these niggas can get no rebounds excuse my language you know what I'm saying these dudes can get no rebounds you know what I'm saying but man well now now you gotta go into it they got cat and they got like I said Rudy Gold Bear who's playing who's playing the best he's ever played in a long time so that that paid stuff about the fly face it would really go there in there no that's not happen that guy for shit not happening like that like dude to be honest like lately these last couple games with the Timberwolves Anthony Towns have been playing like Reed Hassle Rick comes off the bench and he's just that's what I'm saying that that big man shit don't cancel out this through this round it cancels out he also big though he you know he's um 6 6 8 6 9 long that ain't happening that's not happening look at how when the Clippers subbed out Zoobox you brought miles plumbly in who's 6 10 and not he not giving you no pain presence when you got to the next round when you sub out Chet you bring out Williams and who's 6 8 basically a power forward running small ball can't do shit about against lively in them it was just a mismatch but now this round you sub out go bear and cat you got NAS read you got niggas that go and watch the paint all that bullshit finish stop right now stop right now bro that's it gonna stop so you would you be counting so we're talking about the series now right Mavs t woes it is gonna be between Kyrie and Luca right but who are you gonna count on from the Timberwolves offensively you know besides and besides Anthony Edwards man I don't even think cat I don't think I don't think cat can even do that though bro Rudy Gobert is averaging a double double right now dog but that's not I don't think they gonna stop him bro I don't think that's gonna work he's a problem right now the matchup alright less weak less is just give it a little clear break we are now talking about the conference finals we just recapped it but now we finna talk about the match up between the Timberwolves and the Dallas Mavericks yes and we we talking about the big what we talking about who gonna say canceling out basically big man gonna cancel out that's that's the key that's the key to the series for me big man and who gonna be bigger I don't think like you got scoring wise the Timberwolves again scoring from everywhere David Mcdaniels every position Cat Anthony Edwards Michael Conley they getting they get scoring from everywhere now the scoring from Dallas primarily comes from Luca and Kyrie and so so PJ PJ been sold the last two games except he scored in the end they don't got a many scores as Minnesota Minnesota plays better defense more consistently than them and they are as big as them so like I said this my prediction I'mma go first right now the mass is gonna lose and all the local bullshit that I've been talking about the high uses rate turn the turnovers the high stock count will he exploited I agree with he will be exploited I agree with you on it because what she said at first she said he needs a roll man ain't gonna be nowhere to roll to cause Rudy Goldberg gonna be sitting right there re gonna be sitting right there cat gonna be sitting right there ain't ain't nowhere to roll to he know he gonna be nowhere roses so guess what he gonna do he gonna Jack up the shot he gonna turn the ball over he gonna look for Kyrie and gonna be nowhere for Kyrie to go because they got everyone's got tons of defenders a lot of dogs out there that's that wanna eat I feel it man I feel it now I agree with all your takes and I see the vision and it's been happening we've been seeing it but one thing I will count on is Kyrie Irving has a championship ring and he's been in these situations before and if Lucas struggles I know for a damn fact Kyrie will step to the play and not bro that 3 pointer that he hit with okayc that was in and out and then bloop fell back in come on yeah that was just that was just guy I was just guy he should be he should be praying to the Lord above because you missed that shot any of them shots in them trade offs cause okay she wasn't playing either sea coming down here and cuts threes keep it a minute if they miss any of them shots at they going to a Game 7 it's just gonna be momentum and whoever is you know doing things offensively and shutting it down defensively that's that's right bro I said the best Jordan he said Basketball's game runs who gonna keep the run the longest and both of these teams been running what kind of kind of sort of so what do you got in the series you got obviously t Wolves I got t Wolves I I say teen wolves and six teen wolves and six that's a good prediction I was I was gonna say that same thing damn I don't think I'll go to a Game 7 I mean you know NBA they might do it to sell some tickets you know they might make some happy but they shouldn't go to games but I do think if the Timberwolves win the first two games at home 4 or 5 cause the only reason the bats been able to still win but I don't I don't know super confident they gonna still win because the way you won some of them games in them last year in the last two series I don't see you beating the Timberwolves that way yeah it's just you you're not gonna get you're not gonna get scraped by like that you're not going out rebound niggas to death I think this is I think to me this is gonna be a seven game series again um I doubt it I doubt it I got the Mavs winning bro 4 3 just I got a mass look look I gotta I gotta get you a map look look this man's look I'mma just say this this man has said in the last round that okay he was gonna sweep the mass bro what happened man I think I think we need to leave it alone and we like to see how it go you got both before we wrap it up though man I I I thought t was t was gonna get that man that's six hungry they hungry is six absolutely is six they are hungry it's a good it's a good series this is the best series for the playoffs like the Eastern Conference that that's a joke yeah all you Dallas Mavericks fans and Luka Doncin's fuck you man y'all is not going to the finals we don't know how to we are not going to the finals you not he's not going his take doesn't speak for all of us I would say so now we talking about you know the Western Conference finals man is it is it is the Celtics gonna get it done is somebody Eastern Conference finals Eastern Conference finals Eastern Conference finals is the Celtics gonna get it done this year ah man it's it's tough bro Brazil is gonna be out this whole series essentially and I think they're gonna sweep them wow not to cut you out but I think I think Jason Tatum Jenna Brown the Pacers just they just got went to a seven game series had to had to fight it out and only only reason they even in this position is because the Knicks was just too damn injured the Celtics have been sitting watching them for a week while they've been battling out the Celtic is gonna tear their ass up Game 1 out the jump I'll be surprised if they come with with the patients come with some that's good that's a good little jump yeah I agree with you about when I I can't even think of another rebuttal cause I'm just like dang like I was thinking about it I was like shoot man they had to go to game they had a fight pace had to fight for their life I feel it man but I would rather roll the dice on Indiana shooting bro they were they broke a record on the last shooting game yeah they were shooting but like that hasn't been consistent I feel it but I would rather roll the dice on Jason Tatum or Jalen Brown being as you know in one of the games leading up to it cause I got this the pages in six I really don't think Brazil is being out it's gonna be a game changer for me so I can I can roll the dice on team or Jaylen Brown being ass who's got Miles Turner down there Miles Turner is it's a solid big solid it's a solid big man so it's like you gotta like not having poor zinger's tears gonna hurt down there and they got see how come yeah so sleep on Seattle yeah so we gonna see that this is obviously the weaker side of the NBA playoffs I'm not gonna lie to you so is me shout out to Freddy shout out to Stoops you know I'm saying he is Celtic fan but you own the blue side and the blue side is nowhere near as strong as the red side right now and I can see whoever winning man I just I just see a lopsided NBA Finals I just see west wins regardless the west wins regardless yeah same I I I want the Celtics to win for my dog but I just I can't paint that picture in my head I just can't I feel it I feel it it's tough it's tough like for years like then when LeBron was in Miami Derrick Rose with the Bulls the the E's was the conference the play and you know what I'm saying I wouldn't I wouldn't go that far no come on now I can count on I can count on my hands the how many times I've seen the same teams in the Eastern Conference finals like I can count it on my hands you want me to do it for you Raptors Boston Miami like I mean shoot maybe Atlanta Cleveland in Atlanta that's five teams right there no not they almost did but they like we talking about teams that's been like in the past like 10 15 years that's been almost there and was the five teams because Raptors went like back to back like six seven eight nine years in a row it sounds like it it lost and that was when DeMar DeRozan was on there could be LeBron so it's like Western Conference you got to worry about oh wait might be Gold State this year right now it's Timberwolves oh that's coming uh oh what about uh uh snap you know how to say the rockets but it's been a while for them too but I just think there's more dogs in the Western Conference like it's it's it's harder out this year yeah these yeah it's just tough they just somehow they have accumulated the most talent on their teams like even if you look at the the close comparison to a western team was the Cavs and they're out that bitch they had depth but I understand some of them depth got hurt but like they had depth they're the closest comparison to what you see in the west like you got a starting five and you got one or two pieces off the bench that would start on anybody and start on somebody else team got people sitting on a bench that could start on someone else that's how you know you got a team just like man we got somebody I feel it I feel it I agree like the west is winning at this year regardless who makes out of here so uh with that being said like like face of the nba right now at this very moment who is y'all's face the face of the nba it's still lebron it's still lebron bro LeBron has held the torch for so long his numbers are still consistent he plays recently played for the Lakers which is one of the most historic prestigious franchises in the NBA and I understand LeBron getting knocked out of the playoffs the last two years but he been getting sold he been getting sold he been getting sold and he won a ring like three four years ago I think LeBron is still the face I agree I would agree with you too I was I was gonna say that too cause you know I was looking at the average and you know it was Steven a was talking about LeBron versus Mewtwo and I was like hey he was averaging 27 this year like he ain't really miss a step it's young dudes it's young dudes ain't being able to do that but he pushing 40 he said I'm still legal I'm still hoping you just done here too much of it that much because everybody the way the Lakers team was built everybody didn't have high hopes for him you just like they hit and miss they had a ceiling of maybe they can hit the conference finals and they had a floor of you not even you probably going to be a lottery picked actually I was that bad at one point it was like No. 10 11 at one point I feel like I feel like you know LeBron you know he's been in the league for many years and his time is slowly you know it's catching up to him you know what I'm saying so he will be missed when he does hang it up but I feel like right now just based off these playoffs bro if Anthony Edwards goes all the way bro and he wins everything man you gotta put that emphasis on him bro I know it's he's 22 but bro at 22 if you win your first ring he was still at my pain still taking a backseat to LeBron but once LeBron get up out of there that's what I'm saying I ain't got that's what I'm saying that's what I'm saying so new faces just a piggyback on what you just said new faces who is in prom position to take over that title as the face of the league after LeBron Steph Curry and all them guys leave who is next up to be the face of the league so you want multiple people or you just want like that one guy that one guy that one dude you watch the most entertaining player that you watching and you like you like them he got the full package he athletic he get a bucket charisma franchise player I would say Anthony Edwards man he's like you said like all the things you just listed like listening and talking interviews man he's a character like he's got so much personality like he just and he's you know I remember he's talking to one dude he was like oh yeah that chain was fake like it was fake I balling out like that like it was you know like that was who really who he is so I think he got the potential to do that and then like the way he I was who's Steven A was saying about her someone was saying like yeah once he win a game you don't want him talking mess to you cause he gonna let you feel it he go he go he go make you feel it after he won against you know the Nuggets he was Charles Berkeley and he was like I never been in Minnesota and then and then fucking and he's like bring your ass like you right though and one of the things that was missing I heard on first take two by Santa Sharpe is he letting you know and he letting you know when he win and when he lose he still chirping and that's what y'all know me I always say that I call out people like Chris Paul he always talking when you win it soon as you lose your head tucked in you walking straight to the locker room like now you need to keep that same energy yeah all day long yeah I agree I agree but you know not to piggyback on Anthony Edwards cause I really have two players bro it's Anthony Edwards is one of them and if Luca goes all the way to bro Luca is the face could be a face of the NBA 2 bro just just just just just stating the real thing I can't buy it bro I like Luca I do Luca I just can't look at those everything about I can't see the vision I just can't see the vision I'm trying to I don't see what everybody else see I see like the accusations of stat pattern I'm not gonna throw that at him but in it inflated numbers is something I would throw numbers that don't really tell the true story like usage rate is just for people who don't know usage rate means the amount of possessions that you average where the ball ends because of you so like the the ball switched hands because of you that means turnovers that means miss shots all that he's the highest of that why why is it why are you almost 40% having the ball that much on the team like so the fact that you just do all that I'm ask you a question is Luca leaving the maps is he the leader of the maps yeah he's the leader of the Mavs but there's other leaders in the league that don't have to hold the ball that long that's all I'm saying very yeah winning winning leaders yeah winning leaders like are we we talking about accolades accolade what we talking about Luca accolades people bring up individual accolades five time NBA All NBA oh before the Aces 25 like fuck that you ain't one shit I don't give a fuck about how many individuals that you got so if Luca wins the championship this year you gonna let this slide if he win if he win I'll say yeah he next up he next up I can't say nothing if he able to take his team to the mountaintop the way he planned cause for years people said the same thing about LeBron especially on usage race was never that high when he won LeBron actively also made people around him better so like he now let go ahead go ahead so in 2007 when the Cleveland Cowboys faced the Spurs LeBron for the previous two years was averaging 30 points and plus right he was like No. 1 scoring back to back years his what you're explaining Luca was he LeBron was exactly that and he still LED the Cavs to the NBA Finals even though he got swag ever won a championship no I guess what lead in the league and usage in the last 20 years nobody has and I I hate that you brought nobody I hate you about that old 7 calves team come on dog haha like I'm saying you I'm saying he had the highest username they was starting 5 like out that's the fact that you threw that's that team out there I'm like that that's tough dog like he had to do that though he had to if he want but then again also like I said before the east was sorry the east was trash so yeah it was easier for him to go out there and be like okay 30 30 30 we in the Eastern Conference finals because who was stopping them who was stopping LeBron and absolutely no man yeah yeah yeah Luca hasn't done it in the West Luca done it one time in the west you know so let's compare it brother was iffy the last two years what 2 3 years one of them he make the playoffs the last time he got bounced out in the first round y'all talking about them doing some he ain't done shit let's compare this so he ain't done shit in the mid 2 other than like the heat and obviously the Cavs were going to reach the finals right the Detroit Pistons working were force you know they were always there they were always there you know and up until when they lost to this person 0 5 they were still consistently going to the every Eastern Conference final the nemesis for LeBron was Detroit and in that year when they advance when they finally beat them in the Game 7 LeBron had like 65 or something on a Game 7 to advance man look what Luca is doing right now yes he has carry yes he has all this stuff but what y'all should be what y'all like not to cut you off but what y'all suck his dick for is what y'all should be sucking yo kids dick folk cause yo kids do it and more Yo kids is way out giving his flowers everything y'all be like oh look at this yo kids is that except that a look at look yo kids did all would look at it except won a championship 1 MVP yo kids is what y'all like that's why I know what is gonna do this year he is in the Western Conference finals that's why I get annoyed cause niggas just tell me Luka Luka Luka with no mention of Yoki though Luka this look at that Yoka is doing what he do but officially Yoka already won his championship he won his MV so he has no ping pong ball like are we not sharing shit if I'm winning I'm winning exactly look I would say I would say that I'm glad that we had this talk about Yokish cause now I realize he my No. 2 for the face because don't you just missing his athleticism it's just missing athleticism but look he he do less he do more or less like he's he's like okay I'm not I ain't gonna be able to jump anybody or do nothing like that but I'm about to I'm about to hit y'all with some some bad moves I'm not gonna lie like I'm talking about deep like this stuff I never seen nobody do it was real salty when he lost the Timberwolves cause Anthony I was like nah fuck you I'm not gonna yeah and there was in his head and there was in his head so I just can't see him be in the face cause he's salty he be always salty he wins cause he's a winner he's a winner nobody nobody like I said everything y'all praise Luca from is you look at yo kids it's actually mean something I dropped 30 I got a triple double but I had 10 I shot 40% from the field and had 10 turnovers you look at your oh I had 30 points I had a triple double but I shot fucking 80% from the field and only had two turnovers who's the better player I mean the thing is look I will let it slide cause Luca is the star player of the map so if Luca wants to take up shots but he's but he's making them hoes but also missing him what are we talking about that's what I'm saying if if this energy is the same for jokers what's wrong with Luca doing it though cause is doing it consistently in the night he not doing it the right way at the end when you look at what's the right way look at his stat line at the end you compare them to yoga they look the same the right way is but it's not pretty bad if we talking about it it's not pretty like if we put it on paper 10 assist 10 rebounds five five blocks no turnovers that's a solid stat line like it ain't the best but that's a solid stat line but then you look over wait wait you look over okay I had 30 points 10 assist but I had eight turnovers and I shot 40% from the field it's like damn dog yeah bro haha triple double everybody's like oh yeah the the Mavs they won game what they what they lost game but Lucas to have a triple double you know look also only made 5 shots and he shot 20 of motherfuckers like that's why you lost so last game he had so last game he had a triple double and it was his first efficient game of the whole series okay okay let's talk about the Game 5 except the turnovers he did he still had a bunch of so what was it was a it was a game that they won he had a triple double but he had like also like eight or nine turnovers but they won so that's fine you can let it slide that you can let it slide though cause they won and it's a triple double I don't really like that logic when it comes look there there's look there's no way of playing perfect ball you play you play every player has their own dynamics I'm just saying I don't want that on my team because you obviously hurting us in ways that we can't make up for cause we even lost games before it might hurt you but yeah you will still take him because of what he can do for you you know what I'm saying it's not the Dallas Mavericks Luca team basketball is team basketball all sports they would be like they probably would be on the bubble they were that be like on the bubble and probably playing team like let's just be real before the two shades the defense was ass literally worse than me at defense and then when you traded these got these two big niggas in here all of a sudden you became the the best defense in the league that's because nobody can come in the paint on you obviously this is a lot of stuff for a player who is reaching his third Western Conference final second no Stern it's his second second yes or his second the first time was in the bubble this is his second Western Conference finals and hasn't won nothing yeah this is the year I think it also comes to a halt is either he gonna put up or shut up exactly put up or shut up so if he puts up all the things that you're saying can be verified can be valid can be whatever you wanted to be what if he doesn't put up and he gets shut up then it's like all that was for nothing all I can say is just to summarize on my point is you know the prayer that Luca is you know what he's gonna give you but you also know what he might not give you and that's the dice you gotta roll because as good as a player that he is he can get you that championship but at the same time you have to be willing to accept his turnovers his he's gonna put up shots because he is just that player I don't know as a coach I couldn't gamble that much man that sound like it just you know it's games though it sounds like a gamble it's a trade off like you said you take the good with the bad I understand that because one thing I don't like cap about when I argued my Russell Westbrook argument all the time is I don't cap and say he don't turn over the ball like I understand he turned over the ball that's that's what come with him I highlight all what he do for a team in general but I understand he shoot to work terrible but usually he truly make players around him better that's like this is cat from Luca cause like when he when Russ played with when he played Robin the Batman them Batmans was MVP candidate because of him and never was again after he wasn't with them so Luca not doing that for niggas but Russ would so people compare that game cause the triple double and that's what I see I'm like y'all just praising a nigga for none but any just to close off that let me say this guy just just to compare the difference though who's more closer to winning the championship wrestling to the finals western to the finals I get I get this is Lucas second Western Conference appearance but this is his opportunity to get there and if he wins like I said you got to put him on a rush I will I will I will if he wins it then yeah but I was still I'm on the Westbrook side right now because he he did it with absolutely no one like it was he had to he had to show up it was him having to show up just like that that that Cavaliers you brought back LeBron 0 7 LeBron had to show up or it wasn't gonna happen because Larry Hughes wasn't gonna do it yeah Larry he's gonna do what boy one of them was gonna do it dog but just the wrap up the original question who I think is gonna be like next up as the face of the NBA is somebody that a lot of people forgot about I still think Ja Morant is yeah maybe so as a human highlight real he got the charisma before he got in trouble and before he got hurt and missed this season so many kids was dying a dread and you know he was the coolest player in the league and he was getting a bucket his stats not like super godly but he was still average you like 28 he's still young bro too he's still like he only been in the league what 2 3 years like he still got stuff to build off of you got lots of build off of stuff it was a high C when he was playing and what what was the problem I hope he come back get something improving well he did though cause remember when he came back off first injury he came back he said I'm go ahead drop 40 on y'all real quick so it was like yeah I'm back but then you know he got hurt again there was like might as well let you go ahead and sit out now cause season almost over we ain't going to playoffs it's sad bro cause that's what science should have been Zion be bullshiting bro fuck Zion I never was a believer in Zion I heard from the scouts like look if you get a job he is an established player who did his thing at Murray State and he LED him to a couple of you know NCAA runs Zion you're just getting the hype the package I would say Zion Zion reminds me of I remember that No. 1 pick from you and LV yeah that's that's why on a bucket but Zion gave me like when I seen his build his body I'm like he kind of give me Anthony Bennett type fields and then he got into the league I'm like are you on bullshit already just got here niggas wasted pick on you dude he was in his back when he got hurt this year in the yeah we came back oh yeah yeah he was different but it's just like I'm tired of him to lock in bro lock in because he's too inconsistent it's just the consistency has already shown and he ain't been in lead that long it's just you know I can count on my hand how long you've been in lead it's cause whenever you compare Zion you gotta compare y'all cause Zion was picked they came exactly like Zion you gotta compare Luca with Trey yeah exactly Zion was drafted first job was 2nd and if John didn't get hurt Memphis would be in playoffs right now they would probably be not probably topsy but they would be in for sure cause he would carry that Zion what he got limited playing come on bro I know he got hurt in that whole but CJ Mccollum come on man I don't think people give CJ Mccullum enough credit dog he was bawling he was getting I always been a CJ Mccullum fan because I and I hate people that down him but he every time like when he was playing with Dame him and Dame was they called him the they called him the you know Splash Brother No. 2 I was like they need their own thing though cause they was really out there getting a bucket but blame Brandon Ingram for why they didn't work with the Pelican Stone Brandon Ingram was another person that he needs to stay healthy too he he just couldn't stay cause they have a team the team is the team is solid like they got the bodies that it's there yeah it's just nobody on there the they main people can't stay healthy they main keys cannot stay healthy well we hit the main talk of the topic of the NBA ain't much really well before we go before we you know rattle off and talk about bullshit I do wanna mention the WNBA starting off hot selling tickets WNBA now they I think news broke that they now have like chartered blames to take the players yeah that's crazy being a WNBA player and having to take a public flight like why you see NBA players I understand the disparity and the money they make compared to what y'all make because they probably gross a lot more money than y'all make but like damn you just imagine you sitting on a plane next to you know I'm selling diggings or like say you just a regular Joe like yeah just say this off real Kelsey Kelsey Plumga I'm just I'm just say this off rib I already ordered my K cleaning Clark Jersey and my Cameron bring Jersey I'm already I'm already gonna say that for getting on Caitlin Clark I was just about to like go off on a little bit I don't like how they I don't like how they they treating her man I don't like how they it's a lot of bashing her it's a lot of animosity I think it's because it's like even though so many people are trying to be professionals and say the right things on camera in the media and the press saying how she's doing good for the this board and bringing all this attention to us thank you Caitlin at the same time as a competitor we all competed in sports you that's it this is your contemporary and you probably looking at her like man I could be that you know what I'm saying I understand that it's like you know I've been the WMA for five years six years and this little rookie gonna come in here and steal my shine I hate you I get the hate I do and to be honest I'm gonna give her a little little credit right now she is the closest to Steph Curry that we got like she can step back in anywhere bro anywhere and we'll make that shit make that shit and I believe it and I'm a big king I want the women's basketball to grow because yeah there are some like there's some girls out there that can really ball like really ball and it's just they don't get enough media attention they don't get enough anything but I'm a big Caitlin Carter start all this animosity bullshit bro and I said her bitch has name too because because she's always been a hater bro like everything oh man I hate her Diana Torossi bro ever since she opened her mouth after this do me talking about she always talk shit bro like unnecessary shit like shut up shut up you old like we we you your era is done this is Kailyn Clark's era shut up definitely though no not even that fuck that do not be little cause you done this your whole career please shut up just think that it needs to be more like especially people that aren't playing those women aren't playing anymore that you definitely build build up these young players and stop and don't bash them as much like no one's perfect yes oh yeah she had eight turnovers 10 turnovers she's it's it's only been like her third game like what y'all expect like I expected to go out here oh yeah 30 30 10 and five like she got she got like a I mean I've seen a couple of videos where the pics that she's gotten that means some vicious pigs they're not playing with that's a wake up moment but she already can put up not the same number the similar number so you already can see once you get adjusted she might take off on everybody and she she has that mindset of like okay this is my welcome to the league moments right but I'm gonna get up and I'm gonna get a bucket and bust your ass like so I'm sure I'm sure she's how lucky is all the players involved in her draft class I understand they have to be measured to her because of how good she is but like that is she's lucky to even come in that draft class the way Cameron Brinks and Angela Reese and Camilla Cardonesa like and she played for the Sparks if she don't if she if she don't take off and be a superstar don't make no sense cause Cameron Briggs got the look you know since you play for the Sparks you get a bucket she looks like a model like bro she could go running too damn hey you in LA you can I think you know I really like I would say this this is the most I've been interested in women's basketball like no it's just it's just like I've seen I've seen the potential and I see the growth I'm like if they gonna do it this is this is the time that's gonna happen this is the growth is gonna happen right here in the next 10 years it's gonna be these these women holding on and pushing them to that status I mean I don't think they'll ever be up there with NBA but these women don't start making the money they deserve cause they work just as hard as most of these dudes out here too so the thing is they just got to the players that coming behind them got to keep it coming you gotta keep the talent rolling in to be comparable to what you see in that dog that fight that okay you know she did I can do it too but I'm gonna do it better like trying to one up each other yeah guys set that bar higher every time and just keep sending cause it's already like that in NBA like they already got their standards already up there so they like it's like almost winning a lottery getting there much about how we enjoyed watching March Madness this year how we watched it March Madness women is the most I've ever watched it yeah and it was the most entertaining and no sexist shit but like the reason why I stayed away from watching WNBA extensively is because I can watch niggas catch alleys in the NBA like that's literally catch you're saying boom none they not booming none but they got a little shot on them and I do like I do appreciate the cleaning the cleanliness of the game yeah it's like the play they run place like they run place they run place they do this they do that they break stuff down like in sometimes it may look like they just out there like one on one oh got a back cut easy though Bam it's like you know it's kind of just like it ain't it's just like y'all playing 5 on 5 pickup game with some of the best players to ever do it is but women it's like you gotta set this screen if you don't set this screen hard we ain't getting over for no shot yeah yeah fast yeah it's like yeah but going back to the alley shit just I got randomly thought about is really off topic I'm gonna say it anyway but Derek Jones and Luca Doncin the little back door alley cut you know who they stole that from James Harden and Russell Westbrook they done it in Houston they done it in Clippers like every time James Harden got the setup rust hit the back door cut lob alley boom nobody expected I seen him run that place so many times I was like stole that shit from my nigga back to women's basketball anyways like for years like Yukon dominated the women's basketball programs you know what I'm saying and Tennessee was always up there to shout out to the late grade Tennessee coach um she's no longer with us but um they were always the two programs that were always competing each other and Brittany Brittany Graner came in the picture and she kind of changed that she was she was like the one yeah a front runner yeah for a while like that I thought that she was gonna be the one that's gonna push the W cause she came in there oh yeah I'm yeah I'm 16 and I can Yam that I was like for real bro and I can dub that yeah but it's like you know of course you know things happen but do you do you think that the lack of cause you know this is the first I guess first time I'm watching WNBA I can't really speak on the competition right on the league cause I really wasn't watching like that but do you think the lack of competition that Brittany Grinder had at the time how it is now was just completely different I just think that I just think that in my opinion she worked hard I don't think she worked hard enough I just think she didn't have to it wasn't yeah exactly but that's the thing though she thought that her height was gonna carry her to wherever she went because she was one of the tallest yeah one of the tallest girl but now girls pulled up they 16 7 7 6 7 they in long arms so like now you just like ain't no there's other people like you now you were the one of a kind yeah at one point but now there's other women out there that's like you yeah so now it's like you had your time but I feel like you wasted cause you just thought that your height was gonna coast you all the way through the league and make you a you know a star WNBA player and not have to work hard for because people came in behind her was like we hungry and we know who you is same thing Kayla Clark moment oh yeah we know who you are yeah and I want to talk about some fun real quick oh let me just send this though but it's only a matter of time before we see Cameron bring dunk cause she's like what 6 9 6 4 6 4 she can do it though she can do it bro you see her next to a Tony God bro she's taller than that man my God tell me like the game but not it is summertime in Austin Texas is hot as hell it's the hottest time the Caliente of the year for us like we be burning out here but besides that for the summer what y'all got plan any crazy plan any fun things plan like what y'all got what y'all doing this summer it's just you know Austin became such a a hot spot you know thanks to TikTok and all these California people moving here it's it's a it's kind of like everything that you could do on the summertime is gonna be met with a crowd anything that used to do that we was kids that was fun large springs uh any really any local pool now cause Austin such a major city now it's gonna be packed unless you tried to hit it like if you try to hit it during weekdays you might right when it opens but this is the thing is like you know like you know I work with kids during the summer I pull up there during the weekday Wednesday Tuesday Monday whenever day I want to still packed I only did not missing that cause I remember Slither Bond I talked to one of my co workers and he went on a Thursday versus I went on a Saturday Saturday was chaotic I think I can I can barely get on some of the rides he said he went on Thursday chilling he got on everything about three four five times well you know that's it's it's you know parents do work during the week yeah so you know so if you have that time to take it during the week yeah I mean but that's also a water park or like a local pool that's free like you know five 6 dollars if anything that was the ones that's gonna be hot I can't you know some people can't afford inflation going crazy can't afford no $50 litter bond ticket we need to go to a water park we got some plan for the we just go to a water park and really just Bob out you know what I'm saying check it out show off the ABS and six pack you know I'm saying that we hide underneath these you know what I'm saying and just go out there and just work out stuff yes sir I think for me um you know in the summer I try to just be a little more active I like to do hiking trails so I'm definitely gonna be in the Hill Country any dates any dates wanna go on hiking trails with my dog over there we're gonna be doing some trails over there in the Hill Country but other than that man my birthday is in the summer so you know for sure we finna turn up we actually got some plan for that so we gonna be out you don't wanna spoil it no no spoilers alright we gonna be we gonna be hitting up Dallas stay tuned we gonna be dropping some videos and viewer discretion advice see this party like what's that what's that movie called Project X Project X you know what I'm saying something like talk about something about awesome so I drop that in there too since we talking about you might as well yeah you know I'm really excited you know we about to launch this you know some about Austin man it's gonna be highlighting all those key trails that you like those views the beautiful experience of Austin for those people that never been will get to look through the eyes of city boys here in Austin like what the views look like was some of the best food to eat some of the best burger places that we love to go to that we usually always talk about in these podcasts which I know nothing about y'all get to see us at all and then you can also get to see us taking those hiking trails and taking out those beautiful views of Austin I'm really excited to launch that man it's you know facts are gonna be fun yeah it's gonna be like cause everyone talks about Austin yeah but everyone knows that there's always something about Austin so it's gonna be like a teleprompter in front of them it's always something just something about something now but it's really the most thing I'm excited about is highlighting them local spots them local joints and really showing a really showing them to y'all who ain't from here or people who is from here and ain't heard about somebody spots I feel like just give us an opportunity just get out there and just collaborate meet fun people you know I'm saying cause you're in Austin you have everything from soul food to Mexican food you know white people food everything man and we're all we're all just we're all just white you know we're all just culturally living together together yeah American food we got American food you know what I'm saying yeah but you know it is what it is not a problem no but not that we got some fun stuff it is a good melting pot of little bit everything now you know opening your horizons to new things like Indian food Mediterranean I've been trying different stuff like that so there's a lot of places like that that I knew nothing about yeah make sure we make sure we hit the vegan John's you know I'm saying the vegan joints you know what I'm saying the Arlo's and all that test out couple vegan joints man if you put me on but that'll do it for the day you know I'm saying we recording this on Tuesday May 21st this is episode 18 technically I don't know why so many people said 19 in here but it's 18 they don't obviously know what's going on now this is bullshitting but thank you for viewing thank you for listening uh key stay locked in with us 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