Full Transcript for Luka Doncic’s Numbers Force The MVP Talk

00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.759 Let's not make any mistake about it. 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:05.839 Now we talked about his absolutely abysmal performance against the Lakers the other night. 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:18.160 But again, in true Yaxel Laundryborg fashion, two days later, he put the ass whooping, belt of ass to the Clippers, and everybody was hurt. 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:20.319 Everybody was taking the day off. 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:25.199 You know, we had Curry out there resting, Draymond out resting. 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:32.639 And it's it's the most points by a Warriors rookie since Steph Curry's 42 in April of 2010. 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:37.759 So that 37 is touching greatness wherever he goes. 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:48.480 Kerr says the game is still fast for him, and that the defense he has a lot to work on, and we hope there are better moments ahead for him. 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:57.519 Notice what Kerr did just did there in six games, and he's already telling you the kid, has seen everything. 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:01.519 He also is telling him that his defense needs work. 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:04.480 True Steve Kerr fashion. 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:10.879 Before the season, Draymond Green called him the next face of the franchise. 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:12.879 That's big praise. 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:17.920 Kerr says he's a strong, he's strong as an ox and he's skilled as well. 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:27.519 And Golden State has already extended Brandon Parzinski and may be considering a similar deal for London Borg if he keeps can keeps improving. 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:29.360 Let's not get ahead of ourselves, you know. 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.919 I know the Lakers are real big on the rookies and stuff like that. 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:38.960 They love Wiseman, they love Kaminga and Moses Moody. 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:41.120 But we saw how that worked out in the past. 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:44.879 Now, I don't think that Lundigberg is is those guys. 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.679 I think he's a completely different dude. 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:54.240 Personally, I think he's a very skilled for somebody 6'9, 240 pounds. 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:56.159 But I want to see more. 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:58.799 Obviously, we have a small sample size here. 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:09.360 Now on draft night, the Warriors took him with the number 11 overall pick, a few spots ahead of his consensus, anywhere between 12 to 14. 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:11.120 No problem there. 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:20.000 And here's the thing: if you get your player wherever you get him at, and he turns out to be this productive, it doesn't matter. 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:24.559 We got number 17 picks over here that are absolutely trash. 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:26.879 They don't even play for us anymore. 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:29.919 So I would love to have a pick that works out. 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:33.039 Uh, we're still looking at you, Cameron Carr. 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:42.320 I'll say this as as somebody who supports the Lakers, calling Luca trash in your first NBA game takes a certain confidence. 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:44.720 Don't make that a habit. 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:52.720 Curry said backing him down, backing him up after the Lakers game was part of why the Warriors came back from 25. 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:55.440 That was a terrible game for the Lakers. 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:58.480 Here's what I will say about my guy. 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:00.639 These are the things that actually matter. 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:10.639 Through seven games, 22 points, 22.3 points to be exact, 7.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists in 32 minutes. 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:17.600 He also is averaging just a tick under one steal a game and uh 0.4 blocks. 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:23.600 Now he's shooting 52% from the field with 14 shots a game. 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:34.720 He's also 60 or 60% on twos, and his effective field goal percentage is 0.608. 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:35.919 That's awesome. 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:44.480 His true shooting percentage is 64.5, and he also has a usage rate of 27.1. 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:50.320 So he's handling the ball a lot, he's shooting the ball pretty efficiently. 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:53.120 His true shooting percentage shows you that. 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:59.840 Because this another thing that we're gonna talk about momentarily. 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:12.000 His PR is 21 and a half, and for a rookie, what all that means is that yo, he's productive as hell. 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:17.440 Now, the big question from three, not bad, right? 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:21.519 40.9% on 6.3 attempts. 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:23.200 You know what I'm saying? 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:27.679 That he shot 42% at Michigan, so this ain't nothing new. 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:36.320 The only thing that's different is that the three-point shot is a little bit deeper in the NBA than it is in college basketball. 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:40.879 But my man is knocking him down with regularity no matter where he's at. 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:52.639 If he's at college with amazing gold, or he's in the Bay Area, the Yay area, reping the Warriors, reping Dub Nation. 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:54.159 He doing his thing. 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:56.960 His free throw 74.4%. 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:03.840 Now it's not that mark that we're looking for, that 80% that we're looking for, but you know what I'm saying? 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:04.799 He's a rookie. 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:08.720 There's gotta be some things that are a little, you know, jinky. 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:16.240 His defense lags, which is crazy, because he was a defensive dude when he was at Michigan. 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:28.000 I think it'll slow down for him, and once he starts to be able to use his size and his quickness and his mass, I think that it will be better uh down the road. 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:30.480 I think the Warriors got something

here. 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:31.600 Honestly. 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:34.240 I mean, I love the swag. 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:43.039 I love the situation where he is talking trash to Luca, even though you know Luca's our guy. 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:53.679 But if you're sitting there and you're having this much confidence in your rookie season and you're not afraid, these are all positive signs for me. 00:12:54.399 --> 00:13:00.879 And um, if you want to look at it this way, here's the thing that you want to really kind of take to the bank. 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:10.639 This dude is not gonna stop starting once Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody gets back. 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:14.480 He's gonna be part of, I believe. 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:19.600 There's no way you can take that type of production out of lineup when he's doing it. 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:33.200 Now, obviously, if he starts to skid and slide or whatever, maybe there's a different story, but if this continues the way it is, and I don't see any reason why it wouldn't, the Warriors need him right now. 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:39.519 His production is not a added bonus, it is absolutely needed. 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:50.559 So Lonning Ward being who he is, and the best part about him is it was a negative when he was in the draft process, but it's a positive now. 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:52.240 He's 24. 00:13:52.720 --> 00:14:04.639 So it's not like you're getting this kid who's 19, who, you know, he gets on his first road trip, has no idea what the hell is going on, trying to get into the nightlife and whatever the case may be. 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:06.320 This is a grown-ass man. 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:09.200 So he's trying to handle himself accordingly. 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:14.240 He's been soaking up the knowledge under Steph Curry and also Draymond Green. 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:15.360 So I love that. 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:19.600 I love the way he gets down, I love that he's coachable. 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:23.759 Curry expects him to learn patterns, doubles, and pick and roll. 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:27.600 Lundergorts says he watches film on himself. 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:29.679 Yeah, I love that. 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:37.360 The read his usage and his efficiency once Butler returns, who knows? 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:40.159 Is he gonna be more of a spot up shooter? 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:41.519 Maybe. 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:50.720 But maybe by the time he gets back, the flow is so crispy that maybe it is a little change to the situation. 00:14:50.879 --> 00:15:00.559 I'm not saying that Jimmy Butler is going to be surpassed by somebody who's a rookie, but what I'm saying is that the production is needed. 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:09.200 And Jimmy is not a guy who takes volume shots, especially when we're talking about the three ball. 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:12.399 Well, Yaxel would. 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:33.279 And they're gonna need that, they're gonna need two guys who can spot up and hit the trade ball, and you got Steph Curry, so a Yaxel Lundberg out there doing his thing, and uh willing passers like Jimmy Butler and also Draymond Green help that situation out. 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:38.480 So, my question is this is he a rookie of the year candidate? 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:40.480 You got dog right he is. 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:44.240 And it's not what he did to the Lakers, it's not all that. 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:46.960 It's what he's doing for his team. 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:50.639 And what he's doing for his team is being productive. 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:56.159 Anytime you over 20 points a game as a rookie, you're doing work. 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:58.879 Is he gonna be a foundational piece? 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:01.279 All depends on what you're looking for. 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:03.360 Now I think he can be. 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:04.799 I think he can be. 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:15.440 I don't think he can be the number one guy, but I do believe he can be like the number three guy if you're talking about what we're looking for in a in a player. 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:21.919 Is he uh he is a perfect compliment to a Steph Curry or whatever the case may be. 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:26.000 He's a perfect compliment to I'm trying to think. 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:28.960 Oh, could you imagine him liking Charlotte or something? 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:32.320 Now listen, Duff man, I'm not trying to take your boy away from you. 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:48.960 What I'm saying is is that him or Yaxel in Charlotte as another like spot up shooter and somebody who can get to the rim and what have you, willing passer, also a good rebounder, useful. 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:56.080 And when you have Brandon Miller and you have Khan Knippel, Yaxo Lundberg fits into that situation. 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:05.039 So I think Golden State obviously doesn't have its one and two for the future, but Yaxo fitting into that mix 100%. 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:12.160 I do believe that he can be a foundational piece for a team that is competitive. 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:17.519 Now, the dude that he dissed, we need to talk about it. 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:23.599 Because here's the thing Luca Donce is out here is he on a mission. 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:31.119 Apparently, the mission is to take as many basketball souls with him uh as he can all season. 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:42.000 My man has 87 points in 71 minutes over the last uh couple games. 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:42.480 Okay? 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:45.359 That's what he's doing. 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:52.720 So Sunday and Monday, they play back to back 87 points in 71 minutes. 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:55.440 That's straight. 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:02.000 Lucas' performance are sheer artistry, and the numbers he's putting up are crazy. 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:08.640 But I still don't believe in the Lakers defense, and I know they need another wing. 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:11.680 They can use a Yakso

Lunderberg. 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:18.480 Somebody who can rebound and uh rebound the basketball, play some defense, and knock down a three-point shot. 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:37.920 So, questions that we have right now is how long the art can carry the team that ranks 20th 20th in defensive rating, and you know I'm a Lakers supporter for show, so I tell you where that helps and where it doesn't. 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:41.279 So let's get to the Luca artistry, shall we? 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:45.279 Sunday against the Raptors and Monday against the Heat. 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:49.759 My boy, I told you he put up 87 points, but check this out. 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:58.400 26 of 47 shooting with 14 threes in a 24 hour span. 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:05.119 He has 226 points through his first six games. 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:10.640 He is third, he's the third player since 1960 to do that. 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:13.440 You wanna you wanna hear the names that he's next to? 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.759 Michael Jordan and Will Chamberlain. 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:22.240 Michael Jordan in 86 and Will Chamberlain did it twice. 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:29.279 Lakers back up, big Sanjo, Mamu, Killis Vili said you need three guys to guard him. 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.880 Three guys. 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:33.359 I want to see three guys. 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:38.160 I like to see them, I like to meet them and s have them for tribute. 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:40.960 May the odds forever be in your favor. 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:52.799 Sunday he became the second player, Luca, that is, became the second player since the steals were tracked in 1973 to score 45 points. 00:19:53.039 --> 00:20:04.000 Oh, by the way, he grabbed 15 rebounds, he handed out five dimes, and also also pilfered five pockets. 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:04.960 You know what I'm saying? 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:07.440 He had five steals in one game. 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:11.519 The other is Anthony Davis. 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:14.000 Can you imagine? 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:16.799 Imagine Anthony Davis now. 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:20.960 I bet you he wish he was here chilling with the Lakers, just chilling. 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:22.960 Monday against the Miami. 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:35.039 He he had his 29th career 40-point game uh with 10 assists, which is third most behind Oscar Robertson and James Harden. 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:38.559 And it came on a back-to-back. 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:42.400 Now, you want to talk about greatness, recognizing greatness. 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:52.559 Giannis Anton Tecumpo called him the best scorer to play the game, if not the best, and then he was asked if he meant right now. 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:55.279 He said, No, not right now, of all time. 00:20:55.839 --> 00:21:02.079 I feel like some people are scared to say that, but he's got he's got to be up there. 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:05.039 So, game recognizes game. 00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:07.839 Giannis out here

showing love to Luca Donchus. 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:16.319 We love that, especially after you got belt to ass, okay, and you got handed a 21-point whoop ass. 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:23.759 JJ Reddick says he feels like a supernova, but it also feels normal. 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:31.839 We live on a spaceship and we're going at the speed of light all at all times when he's on the court. 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:52.960 After loss to Portland last week, Walker Kessler said we've been relying on our offense a lot, and we have a very, very good offense and a lot of great scores, but that's not going to be the only thing that gets us to the win to win a championship around here. 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:56.799 Now, we're talking about Walker Kessler in one second. 00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:59.680 Now you put those two side by side, the coach. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:05.359 To what he's saying about the spaceship and center talking about offense is not going to win it alone. 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:09.359 He is 100% right in his subnation. 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:13.119 And that's what this whole situation is about. 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:17.839 I want to celebrate Luca because he's absolutely filthy. 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:20.240 And we're going to talk about something at the end of this. 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:24.000 And you know how I'm going to back the Lakers all the way. 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:28.960 But let's get to what Dan Devine of Yahoo Sports had to say. 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:42.720 He says that after a stretch between Luca's arrival at in 2025 at the trade deadline and LeBron's farewell this summer, the Lakers built a Luca Donce team. 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:45.200 And they showed the show hell did. 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:47.920 Now, here's the thing. 00:22:57.839 --> 00:23:02.160 Now Zaire Williams has been off and on with foot issues. 00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.440 Now he's back. 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:07.599 He uh played a little bit last last night, which was great. 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:13.039 And then also we got Matisse Stybel knocking down three balls on a historic level. 00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:15.920 This dude is knocking them down for him for him. 00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:22.480 I remember back in the day when that was not the case for Matisse Style. 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:28.319 Now, you want to hear some numbers that that are scintillating to the to the touch? 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:32.880 Luca Doncic is at 38.3 points a game. 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:45.680 He also at eight rebounds on the dot and 8.1 assists with 1.9 steals and he's playing 35.7 minutes a game. 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:47.519 More stats for you? 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.240 Sure. 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:52.880 Because it's all brilliant all the time when it comes to Luka Dodges. 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:58.079 He is shooting 49.7% from the field. 00:23:58.319 --> 00:24:03.039 He's shooting 42.7% from the land of three. 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:06.799 And that's on 13.7 attempts

a game. 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:09.680 Playboy, he's getting it done. 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:14.319 And he's also hitting those free throws, which is great. 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:18.240 Because last year he was a little inconsistent with that. 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:25.599 Right now, he is shooting 80 88.7% at the free throw line with 10 attempts. 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:28.079 Now, what else is he doing? 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:33.119 The true shooting percentage is off the freaking charts. 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:36.079 He's shooting 68.3%. 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:46.480 His usage is an alarming 39.4%, and his assist percentage is 41.4%. 00:24:53.440 --> 00:25:01.839 We talked about Yaxo's Wonderbird's PR, and I told you I don't like that stat, but his was 21. 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:06.480 Luca Donche's is 34 PR. 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:10.000 But here's the best number that he has. 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:14.400 I am a big proponent of box plus minus. 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:22.240 And when I saw this, I was like it's gonna be hard, and we're gonna get into it in a second. 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:27.759 His box plus minus right now, as it stands, is 11.3. 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:32.720 Now, you know what that means. 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.960 You know what that means. 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:37.279 And I'm gonna say it right now. 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:42.319 MVP season loading for Luca Donces is here. 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:44.960 This is the season we've been waiting for. 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:57.359 My man is doing enough on defense because he's a positive 0.8 on defense, which listen, you can s you can laugh at that all you want, but for Luca, that's very good. 00:25:57.599 --> 00:26:01.440 He's out here giving up his body, taking charges, and what have you. 00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:06.000 I think he has five over the last like four games or whatever. 00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:09.200 But the offense is off the charts. 00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:19.759 Okay, 10.8 or actually 10.5, which puts him at 11.3 total box plus or minus. 00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:25.039 And anytime that you're above 10, you're an MVP candidate. 00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:29.519 And I'm gonna tell you right now, he's writing, he's writing the stories. 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:33.920 He's writing it, he's writing the book, and it looks good. 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:45.680 Now the Lakers are scoring at a crazy rate, they're scoring uh 132.5 points per 100 possessions with Luca on the floor. 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:55.599 The league leader in Rockets in uh lead league in uh offense averages is the Rockets at 122.4. 00:26:56.079 --> 00:27:04.240 The team that is 62, fourth in the West, is at 122.1, which is second in the league. 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:06.880 But here's the problem: the defense. 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:12.720 The defense is giving up 114.9 points, 20th. 00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:19.440 Now the net rate the net rating is still awesome, it's 7.2 because the offense is filthy. 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:25.519 They rank 8th overall with that, but the defense is terrible. 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:28.079 Now Walker Kessler is holding it down. 00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:38.160 Now I'm gonna give you his coins and stuff like that, but he's averaging 14.4 points a game, 10.5 remounds, he's shooting in 71.4%. 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:51.519 But here's the big thing: 2.5 blocks a game, and when he's the closest defender at the rim, opponents are shooting 43.1%. 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:58.720 That's the best mark among players who has faced at least 30 of those shots. 00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:00.720 So I'll say that again. 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:08.480 When he's the closest defender at the rim, opponents are shooting 43.1%. 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:13.839 Usually when you're at the rim, it's a layup or a dunk. 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:16.720 My man is denying all of that. 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:24.160 Luka Reeves and Kessler are plus 104 in 146 minutes together. 00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:28.559 That's the best three-man unit in the league so far. 00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:33.119 My guy Austin Reeves is earning that cheddar that he got. 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.000 You know what I'm saying? 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.880 Love it. 00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:51.119 He's at 23.6 points a game, 5.1 assists, and he's also shooting 54% from the field, 44% from beyond the three-point line, and 87% from the free throw line. 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:53.519 I'm actually disappointed in the 87. 00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.759 Crazy, right? 00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:58.160 But I'm actually disappointed in that. 00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:04.079 It's the points that are given up, it's the turnovers that are also given up. 00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:06.799 Luca is averaging like five turnovers a game. 00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.839 That has to go down. 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.440 That has to go down. 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:16.000 Their one clear strength on defense on defense is Kessler at the rim. 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:21.359 So he is actually earning the money that he was signed up for. 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:23.200 So that's good. 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:27.599 It's gonna have to come down to the wings getting it done. 00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:31.359 You know, can we put pressure on the ball? 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:35.039 Do we have somebody who really does that? 00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:37.440 Bible's really not that guy. 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:40.799 Grimes doesn't seem to be that guy. 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:45.680 Colin Sexton's a little too small to be that guy. 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:54.079 Okay, I am that guy. 00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:58.799 And I don't know who they can go out and get. 00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:39.200 But right now, the Lakers defense is the only thing that's holding me back from being completely excited about this season. 00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:45.519 I'm so excited that the Luca the Luca Austin Reeves situation is working out. 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:50.720 I think

they're one of the best tandems that we have in NBA basketball. 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:56.960 But the defense has to get better, and we gotta be able to put more pressure on the ball. 00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:59.920 So is Luca an MVP? 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.559 No doubt. 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:04.240 He drives the ball 17.3 points a game. 00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:14.160 Um, you know, he's out here making threes, he's out here scoring 40 points almost every single night. 00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:17.519 It looks like some Kobe shit, honestly, to tell you the truth. 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:22.319 R R P R guy, we love Kobe, but it does look like some Kobe stuff right there. 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.279 I love it. 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:26.799 I think Luca can be an MVP candidate for sure. 00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:36.000 And I know we get a lot of hate, but when your numbers are stacking up with Jordan and Will, there's nothing these people can say. 00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:47.839 So the national media can go suck it if for some reason they don't want to give Luca his flowers for being as pivotal as he is for the Lakers. 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:50.960 I know y'all don't want us to have an MVP. 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:58.640 It's a shame that that Kobe Bryant walking around, well, not, you know, he only had one. 00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.599 You know what I'm saying? 00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:01.519 Like, that's crazy. 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:12.480 And I'm telling you right now, Luca is going to be at least top three in this MVP situation. 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:39.200 When we might be able to beat him out, because if if the record is just crazy in San Antonio, if for some reason SGA can put up high 50, low 60 wins in Oklahoma City, and he has another SGA season, I can see the writers giving it to him for all this, what's going down in OKC with the injuries or whatever. 00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:43.440 But my man Luca Doncic deserves to be put in this category. 00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:55.759 He deserves to have to be talked about as an MVP candidate, and I think that is 100% crazy if he is not talked about that. 00:32:56.400 --> 00:33:00.720 Speaking of Luca, we need to get to next year's draft class. 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:05.599 We are going to talk about some of the dudes that are coming out this year, man. 00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:12.240 And it's not the 2026 draft class, let's be honest. 00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:14.799 But are there some intriguing players? 00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.759 Yes, there are. 00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:18.000 And are we going to cover those players? 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:19.039 Yes, we are. 00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:23.119 Are we going to get you ready for the 2027 draft? 00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:24.160 No. 00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:26.640 We're not going to have you wait. 00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:28.160 We're going to get you in. 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:38.400 We're going to get you uh together, and we're going to have you up to date on what you need for this situation. 00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:44.319 Quick question: Name the best draft prospect in the 2027 class. 00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:47.200 If you hesitate, you're not alone. 00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:56.880 Because ESPN's Jeremy Woo says that this class looks like the 2024 class, which had no true consensus number one. 00:33:57.279 --> 00:34:12.800 So today, five names that we're going to talk about are Tyron Stokes out of Kansas, Dus Stefan, uh Jokomovich out of Bascalonia, Jordan Smith Jr. 00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:24.000 out of Arkansas, Bruce Granch the third out of BYU, and Luigi C uh Su Yoji Suigo. 00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.840 Could be Sweigo. 00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:29.519 We're gonna call Swiggs out of Villanova. 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:32.000 So these are the guys we're gonna talk about. 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:40.320 And I am always a glass half-full type of guy when it comes to these draft picks. 00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:58.880 Now, is it the 2026 draft class where you had star-studded situations like AJ Devonta, uh, you had Darren Peterson, you had our guy Cam Boozer, you had Caleb Williams, no, and all the rest of them. 00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:02.320 That that draft class was deep, it was crazy. 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:07.519 But here's the thing that we need to talk about when we when we go into this. 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:29.199 Just because a draft class, just because a draft class is not that star-studded, oh, we got nothing but viral comments coming out of this draft class, like this dude is compared to this dude and whatever. 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:32.719 That doesn't make it a bad draft class. 00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:40.079 What it makes it is that these are guys that are going to fill roles on your team. 00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:48.719 Okay, these are guys who are going to probably play productively for 10 years in the league. 00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.159 Are they gonna start? 00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:51.519 Some of them will. 00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.800 Could happen. 00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:05.920 Are they gonna be perennial MVPs? 00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:07.360 Probably not. 00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.920 But you know what? 00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:25.599 If you are the Utah Jazz of the world, you're the Portland Trailblazers of the world, you're the Memphis Grizzlies of the world, you're the Charlotte Hornets of the world, and I mean I'm gonna say this with all due respect. 00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:30.159 If you're the New Orleans Pelicans of the world, you need these guys. 00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:42.480 You need these guys to do what they do and give you the 14 to 16 points every single night to make your team go. 00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:45.519 So let's get into it real quick. 00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:48.639 Tyron Stokes out of Kansas. 00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:58.719 We're gonna start at the top because he's pretty much the guy that you know comes in usually at number one when you look at the consensus boards and what have you. 00:36:58.960

--> 00:37:00.960 Let's talk about him a little bit. 00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:10.400 Tools, he already has an NBA frame because he's standing 6'7, he's 230 pounds, and this kid is 19 years old. 00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:13.039 Clearly, he drank his milk. 00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.599 Okay? 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:16.320 Clearly, they was feeding him right. 00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:22.559 Now he is a strong, twitchy, and he's a load in transition. 00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:25.440 He's a ball handler for his size. 00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.880 I love that part. 00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:35.519 Now, Sports Illustrated says that he thrives defensively on frame, on stocks, against lesser competition. 00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:41.760 Well, I can see that because he's probably being bigger than everybody else that he's played against. 00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:44.960 Standing at 6'7, 230 pounds. 00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:48.000 Now, he is in the Big 12. 00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:50.960 He's gonna go up against some big boys. 00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:53.519 So we'll see how that all plays out. 00:37:53.679 --> 00:38:10.880 We'll see if he has a couple tricks up his sleeve that are not just based on his athletic prowess or his just I'm bigger than you, so I'm gonna just muscle you down and get to whatever spot I want. 00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:16.880 Now, if this was a tools contest, we'd be done in 30 seconds. 00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.880 But it isn't. 00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:24.800 So Jeremy Wu says this, and Bleacher record Jonathan Wasserman says this about him. 00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:37.119 Uh, NBA executives have concerns about his maturity level and his demeanor, and that scouts have noted his uncourt temper that sources are unnamed. 00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:44.480 So, we got a little maturity issue that has raised his head. 00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:56.400 We will monitor this situation closely as the college season has just started, so we will see if my man, if he gets into a little adversity, what happens. 00:38:57.519 --> 00:39:01.760 Now, I'm the type of person that we gotta see it. 00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:10.000 We gotta see it, and then we gotta see how destructive it is to the team before we make our own decisions on that. 00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:14.320 Just because you're a fiery competitor doesn't make you a bad dude. 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:20.400 But I want to see how it affects him, how he then affects his teammates. 00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:23.280 Is he turning on his teammates? 00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:28.559 Is this a situation where he's now side-eyeing the coach or whatever the case may be? 00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:30.719 Then we can talk. 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:38.800 But if he's just like mad, mad at himself because he's not, you know, executing the play right, I'm not gonna trip off something like that. 00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.760 I won't do that. 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:53.840 Now, if you're doing it to the point where you're not getting back on defense, and then now you're hurting the team because they're on a they're on a uh five-on-four situation, then there's something to talk about as well. 00:39:54.400 --> 00:40:04.960 Now, the negative door language is from a credible source is one of those things that um usually outweighs the praise on his skills. 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:12.400 But again, we want to see a bigger sample size before we say anything. 00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:15.039 Now, here's some of the things you need to know. 00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:17.920 The shot from three is streaky. 00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:24.079 Um we wish the release was a little bit quicker. 00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:34.400 He's inconsistent from the free throw line, and he should live at the line because of his size and his strength. 00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:48.400 Now, AJ DuBonson, when he was at BYU and when he was in on the uh under 19 uh world team for the United States of America, that dude lived at the free throw line, and guess what? 00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:51.199 He's doing that at the pro level as well. 00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:55.039 So we hope that we get to see that from Tyrone Stokes. 00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:56.079 We'll see. 00:40:56.960 --> 00:41:12.480 Now, he's a switchable athlete, he does not space the floor right now, so he's using basically just the athleticism to get dunks and get to the basket, and he thrives in transition at this point. 00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:18.480 Now, if it if the shot comes along, he can be a two-way star. 00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:23.119 You know, that's what he could be. 00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:28.239 That body, that that strength can really help him. 00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:41.599 He also has a seven-foot wingspan, so that's also one of those things that is very tempting when you're looking at somebody who maybe not be your first option, but what could he be? 00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:45.360 What's what's the tools he's got that could help us? 00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:50.320 Is he is he dialed in on defense, those type of things. 00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:58.800 We will see what Tyron Stokes puts together this year, but that's the first guy that we need to talk about. 00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:03.199 The second guy is a complete export. 00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:05.199 No import. 00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:07.679 So sorry, other way around. 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:13.760 He's playing in the Euro League, and that's Stefan uh Joseph Mosmovich. 00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:25.519 Now he's a six foot seven lefty, he's 17, he's turning 18 on November 16th, so happy early birthday to my boy from Slovenia. 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:35.280 Now, when his his under 18 year old basket got the gold medal, and he was the tournament MVP. 00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:51.280 ESPN Wu wrote this that no 2027 prospect gathered more momentum this summer than that many around the NBA see him as a real number one contender. 00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:54.800 Now, Bleacher Report has him fourth. 00:42:56.159 --> 00:43:02.960 Now, nobody was hotter than him,

his name's like kind of flew off the boards, but here's the thing that we know about him. 00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:07.360 He's out here, he's got a lot of tools. 00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:08.000 Okay. 00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:17.519 He his maturity with the ball in his hand, the comfort against physical defenders, no problem whatsoever. 00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:19.360 Cause here's the thing. 00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:32.159 Just like with my guy who uh Costa Rica, who just uh debuted at UCLA, those guys have been playing with grown men since they were 15 years old. 00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:37.760 So he's not worried about contact, he's not worried about physicality. 00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:39.920 I'm 17 years old. 00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:42.480 This is now light work for me. 00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:53.039 He reads simple and has passes over the top of the defense that feels stuff is what you want to see from a seventeen year old. 00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:59.760 He's gonna he's gonna slice and dice double teams and blitzes because he's reading it. 00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:03.920 Before you even get there, where the ball needs to go. 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:08.960 And here's the thing: he's making the right pass pretty much all the time. 00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:10.960 And you gotta love that. 00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:13.360 Here's the thing that I can't shake. 00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:16.719 Um, nobody tells me who he guards. 00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:24.960 Silence on the defensive defense is a signal that I'm not gonna pretend it isn't. 00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:31.519 He plays a supporting role on his team and uh in the Euroleague. 00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:36.320 Um former NCAA stars and draft picks. 00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:47.440 So the senior sample is small, but I'm gonna tell you right now, as far as his his offensive acumen is off the charts. 00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:55.360 If I had to kind of categorize him, I will say that he's a long development project. 00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:59.039 Realistically, he's a connectively wing. 00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:02.960 His ceiling is a number one level initiator. 00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:10.639 Bus risks are moderate to high because of the evidence of defense is so thin. 00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:23.920 Now, what I will say about something like this is because it sometimes, even even in our day now, where we have the internet and we have all these things, they don't have it over there. 00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:32.079 So we're not getting a good film on these guys if they don't come over and play like college basketball. 00:45:32.239 --> 00:45:38.320 Like my guy Kusta Rica last night, who was dominant against Arizona. 00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:45.760 Anytime somebody came in the paint, and that dude is super real thin, he was blocking shots. 00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:59.119 And the only reason I'm talking about Custerica is because his the uh Jazumovich, his field level for the game has been compared to my guy Kusarica. 00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:02.000 So that's the only reason I'm saying that. 00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:07.440 Now, there's also a weight conflict. 00:46:07.679 --> 00:46:13.679 One one uh scout has him at 187 pounds, Sports Illustrator has him at 205. 00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:18.000 I don't know which one is true, so we'll we'll slice it down the middle. 00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:21.119 We'll say he's about 196. 00:46:21.840 --> 00:46:26.159 And at 6'7, that's a little small, that's a little slight. 00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:30.000 So as far as his defense is concerned, that might be the reason. 00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:37.280 He might be getting physical through and people are playing through his chest because he's slight. 00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:43.760 But you know what happens when you're 17 years old, you get bigger. 00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:44.880 Right? 00:46:45.039 --> 00:47:07.920 You get bigger, and the one thing I always want to bank on is that if you have the offensive acumen to see the reads before they happen, that means that usually you also have good um interpretation on the defensive side, so you can read the passing lanes and jump them. 00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:13.039 And if he's gonna do that, I think the defense will come along. 00:47:13.280 --> 00:47:23.920 Now, as he grows into his body, we will see how that works out and see that if he has the taste and the acumen for the defensive side of the ball. 00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:39.119 But as just a connector piece and a guy who can probably who will probably knock down a shot at a decent rate, this might be somebody to kind of get now and just allow him to come along. 00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:43.599 This is probably the perfect Oklahoma City uh pickup. 00:47:43.760 --> 00:47:53.679 This is probably the perfect like Memphis Grizzlies pickup because those two organizations they see they see beyond the weeds, so to speak. 00:47:54.400 --> 00:48:06.480 Now, another guy who also has been really hot this summer, and people have been long awaited his debut is Jordan Smith Jr. 00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:11.760 Now he's the easiest one to like, and I'm gonna tell you exactly why. 00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:15.679 He plays at Arkansas, so you know who he plays for. 00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:17.679 He plays for John Calipari. 00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:20.719 And what is John Caliperi known for? 00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:25.119 Getting sweet ass guards to the league. 00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:25.760 Right? 00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:30.320 John Wall, Derrick Rose, Tyrese Maxie. 00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:33.519 The list goes on and on and on, right? 00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:42.800 Caliperry gets guards that are awesome, and then he makes them more awesome, and then they go to league and become stupid. 00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:46.800 What do I like about Jordan Smith Jr.? 00:48:47.519 --> 00:48:48.800 He's a tank. 00:48:49.039 --> 00:48:58.960 He's 6'2, he's 200 pounds already, he's 19 years old, and Kegel have had him at as high as one. 00:48:59.360 --> 00:49:00.719 Sometimes you

see him two. 00:49:01.119 --> 00:49:02.880 You know what you don't see him as? 00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:03.920 Five. 00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:07.920 He's in that top three, usually all the time. 00:49:09.039 --> 00:49:32.079 The traits that translate is that he has a relentless motor, his defense covers multiple spots, he puts real pressure on the rim, he's a demon in transition, and one uh outlet called him a transition machine. 00:49:32.159 --> 00:49:37.360 So, what that means is that if he is out in the open court, good luck. 00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:38.719 Good luck. 00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:49.280 And if you've seen the highlights, if you've seen the YouTube highlights, they are breathtaking because he got more bounce than else. 00:49:49.519 --> 00:50:00.880 Okay, he is out there dunking on fools that are six, seven inches taller than him, and he peep he putting people's faces in the rim. 00:50:02.239 --> 00:50:08.000 Now, the uh the defense, the motor, rim pressure, he has all that concerns. 00:50:08.320 --> 00:50:08.800 Right. 00:50:09.039 --> 00:50:13.039 Obviously, three-point shooting is inconsistent. 00:50:14.159 --> 00:50:15.679 He is six foot two. 00:50:16.239 --> 00:50:16.880 Great. 00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:19.360 I'm not worried about that. 00:50:19.840 --> 00:50:23.679 What we don't have is a wingspan on him as of yet. 00:50:24.559 --> 00:50:34.079 And when you're six foot two, sometimes when you are getting put in that pick and roll situation, you become the hunted. 00:50:35.599 --> 00:50:37.519 Okay, and that is hard. 00:50:37.760 --> 00:50:39.440 Look at our guy Ree Shepard. 00:50:39.679 --> 00:50:43.760 Now, Ree Shepherd is not the athlete that Jordan Smith Jr. 00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:54.719 is, but what I'm saying is that usually when you're six foot two, you are the guy that everybody is looking for to put you in pick and roll, and they want to pick on you. 00:50:55.199 --> 00:51:06.000 Now, as a league guard or a second guard, he has uh he is a lead guard if the ceiling goes way up. 00:51:06.719 --> 00:51:09.039 He is looking for his shot. 00:51:10.159 --> 00:51:13.360 Okay, he's looking for Jordan Smith Jr. 00:51:13.679 --> 00:51:16.800 shot more than he's looking for his teammate's shot. 00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:23.280 So hopefully what we see with the development, and see this is where Callick Perry is brilliant. 00:51:23.440 --> 00:51:31.760 This is where Callick Perry really makes his bones, is that he takes guards who are usually score first guards. 00:51:32.159 --> 00:51:37.760 He allows them to open up the their third eye, and that vision comes along pretty well. 00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:43.599 So we'll see how this goes throughout this year, and we'll see where Jordan Smith Jr. 00:51:43.760 --> 00:51:50.000 ends up at the end of this year with the passing and how he's feeding the teammates. 00:51:50.159 --> 00:51:51.679 Is he sharing the sugar? 00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:54.159 Like I like to say, all the time. 00:51:54.639 --> 00:51:57.440 Now, can he score? 00:51:57.840 --> 00:51:58.559 100%. 00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:03.440 Can he defend at the point of attack? 00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:05.119 100%. 00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:09.039 Could he be a combo guard that starts in the league? 00:52:09.679 --> 00:52:11.119 For sure he can. 00:52:11.840 --> 00:52:15.679 Now, his ceiling is a high usage two-way guard. 00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:18.400 That means that the passing has come along. 00:52:19.199 --> 00:52:38.719 Now, if you want to say Darius Aka and Thomas both went to the NBA after one season at Arkansas, and then we're talking about Malik Thomas, the kid that is now playing at Cleveland and busting people's asses, or whatever, pause on that. 00:52:39.360 --> 00:52:47.039 Um I mean, again, Caleb Perry's track record is that he takes guards like this all the time. 00:52:47.280 --> 00:52:48.800 He gives them to the league. 00:52:49.280 --> 00:52:53.440 And they're usually very successful once they get there. 00:52:54.480 --> 00:53:06.880 So I'm not putting it past him to kind of file down the rough edges on our guy, Jordan Smith Jr., and get him to be what he needs to be. 00:53:07.119 --> 00:53:14.000 Now I do have a report that his wingspan is six foot nine. 00:53:15.280 --> 00:53:17.280 But nobody has measured that. 00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:19.840 That's that's just a claim that is out there. 00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:21.280 And let me tell you something. 00:53:21.519 --> 00:53:24.159 He he has a six foot nine wingspan. 00:53:25.199 --> 00:53:30.639 There's no doubt that this dude is gonna be able to do some things on the defensive side of the ball. 00:53:30.880 --> 00:53:32.559 No doubt whatsoever. 00:53:32.800 --> 00:53:35.360 Now, is he still gonna get picked on and pick and roll? 00:53:35.519 --> 00:53:36.159 For sure. 00:53:36.320 --> 00:53:44.000 Because he's dominion in size, he can still be seen over even though he has a six foot nine wingspan. 00:53:44.960 --> 00:53:45.599 Alright? 00:53:46.079 --> 00:53:51.039 But in the passing lane, he's gonna be devastating if that's true. 00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:53.840 We'll see how it all goes. 00:53:54.559 --> 00:53:58.400 Now the guy who I like a lot is Bruce Branch III. 00:53:58.639 --> 00:54:03.920 He's gonna be a BYU, and he is the purest shooter on the board. 00:54:04.079 --> 00:54:05.280 Yes, he is. 00:54:05.599 --> 00:54:09.360 Okay, my guy can absolutely stroke it. 00:54:09.599 --> 00:54:10.400 For sure. 00:54:10.639 --> 00:54:15.760 6'7, 190 pounds, he's 18 years old. 00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:26.320 He resec he reclassified up from the 2027, so then he can be draft eligible this year. 00:54:26.639 --> 00:54:29.280 He is the best shooter on the board. 00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:36.960 He's fluid, he has a quick release, and he has elite catch and shoot profile. 00:54:37.199 --> 00:54:42.400 My man can get the ball and he is off the ground, and that stroke is pretty. 00:54:42.639 --> 00:54:51.679 Now, in the summer of 2025, on the

Adidas circus uh circuit, he shot 39% from three, and he averaged 16 points. 00:54:51.840 --> 00:54:55.760 Okay, so he was getting it in against elite talent. 00:54:56.159 --> 00:55:09.119 Um, when you're putting those type of points up at the like Adidas camp, and you know who goes to those camps, the elite of the elite, it's something to think about. 00:55:09.280 --> 00:55:11.119 It is something to think about. 00:55:11.599 --> 00:55:18.800 Now, the questions show up about his weight and his assertiveness uh and 119 pounds. 00:55:19.119 --> 00:55:24.719 He's uh 21 pounds under the benchmark that we're kind of looking for usually. 00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:29.679 But here's the thing if you can shoot it, you definitely have a spot in the league. 00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:38.079 Now, when it comes to his assertiveness, I think some of that has to do with what you have asked him to do. 00:55:39.599 --> 00:55:48.800 Have you asked him to get in his bag and dribble and whatever and then you know uh drive and kick to the corners? 00:55:49.039 --> 00:55:57.360 If you haven't asked him to do that, then you asked him to be the shooter that he is, then that's probably where we're lacking. 00:55:57.519 --> 00:56:03.599 But I think with BYU, he'll get opportunities to show that he can pass the ball. 00:56:03.760 --> 00:56:10.880 They did this with AJ DeWonsta last year, and I think that they'll do the same thing for Bruce Branch the third this year. 00:56:11.039 --> 00:56:20.960 So BB3 will get his chances at holding the rock, and if he can just drive and make the simple passes to the corner and what have you, I think he'll be okay. 00:56:21.519 --> 00:56:30.159 Now, if you're asking about what his role is in the league, realistically, right now, he's a starting three in D wing. 00:56:30.320 --> 00:56:40.159 His ceiling is a connector with secondary creation, and his star outcome is low to moderate. 00:56:40.880 --> 00:56:44.320 That's because we haven't seen the creation yet. 00:56:44.559 --> 00:56:47.360 If the creation comes along, fantastic. 00:56:47.599 --> 00:56:51.599 Now, there's a record out there that his wingspan is 7'1. 00:56:51.840 --> 00:56:52.480 That's excellent. 00:56:52.639 --> 00:56:54.239 You know how much I love it. 00:56:54.480 --> 00:56:58.480 Uh, it's the hardest tool to fake, but nobody has measured him yet. 00:56:58.719 --> 00:57:05.440 So we'll obviously get those reports when he goes to Chicago to the draft combine or whatever the case may be. 00:57:05.679 --> 00:57:10.320 But, you know, maybe we'll get a better read on this as the gear goes along. 00:57:10.480 --> 00:57:16.480 But you know, here at Frontrunner Podcast Collective, we're gonna stay on top of this for sure for you. 00:57:18.079 --> 00:57:38.960 Now, I'm not here's my final say on it on it is that he shoots it at such an elite level, and the range is really good, and he has a a repeatable motion that is you're not gonna have to fix his jump shot. 00:57:39.119 --> 00:57:40.719 That's what I'm trying to say. 00:57:40.880 --> 00:57:50.880 This is a clean jump shot, this is something that can be repeated over time and time again, and he can get it off at whatever level he needs to get it off at. 00:57:51.760 --> 00:57:58.320 So, Bruce Grant the third, to me, is a guy that is definitely gonna come in and get you buckets. 00:57:58.719 --> 00:58:19.760 If the wingspan is what they say it is, he's also gonna be able to help you on defense because here's the one thing of the tape that I've seen is that he is a willing defender, he's willing to put his nose in there and defend dudes that are bigger than him, uh, dudes that are smaller than him. 00:58:20.079 --> 00:58:24.400 He is a guy who wants to put pressure on the ball. 00:58:24.800 --> 00:58:36.639 So that just the competitiveness, and then if we can just get him to like learn principles, and at BYU, he's gonna learn some principles. 00:58:36.960 --> 00:58:47.599 I think we're gonna get a really good uh robust panoramic view of what Bruce Branch the third really is. 00:58:48.000 --> 00:58:52.639 So I'm looking forward to seeing him as this season gets started. 00:58:53.519 --> 00:59:00.800 The last guy that we need to talk about is he's in the Big East, is Luigi Suigo. 00:59:01.440 --> 00:59:11.519 He's a seven foot three center from Italy, 19 years old, he measured out at 7'3 without shoes. 00:59:12.320 --> 00:59:21.840 He's already 289 pounds at the combine with a recorded 7'6 wingspan. 00:59:22.960 --> 00:59:28.480 He hits all the marks as far as what you want out of a center. 00:59:28.960 --> 00:59:35.039 Uh, he withdrew his name from the draft this last June to play at Villanova. 00:59:35.280 --> 00:59:38.639 Most mocks have him as a late first rounder. 00:59:38.960 --> 00:59:54.000 Now he is eyeing the top ten, and the reason why we had him on the list is this unfortunately or fortunately, however you want to look at it, there's a guy in San Antonio by the name of Victor Wimbayama. 00:59:54.559 --> 01:00:05.119 Okay, that dude is a freaking unicorn, they say he's seven foot four, he's more likely seven foot six or seven foot seven. 01:00:05.599 --> 01:00:17.519 I don't want to, you know, I don't want to call it because my man keeps swearing to guy that he's seven foot four, but you look hella bigger than everybody else. 01:00:17.840 --> 01:00:24.960 But why are guys like uh Luigi Suego coming into the league? 01:00:25.440 --> 01:00:35.679 They're coming into the league because the big man is back, and you gotta have a big man to deal with Victor Winbanyama. 01:00:36.639 --> 01:00:43.360 Now, you can tell me, oh, it's the other bigs too, and blah blah blah, and all this other and that I got you. 01:00:44.800 --> 01:00:47.119 You're doing this because it's Victor Winbanyama. 01:00:47.360 --> 01:00:50.800 Let's be real about what we're talking about right now, okay? 01:00:51.119 --> 01:00:54.239 So, Victor is here now. 01:00:54.480 --> 01:01:01.840 Some

some idiot called this dude the Italian Wimby, and I'm gonna tell you right now, his game is nothing like that. 01:01:02.480 --> 01:01:07.519 Okay, so whoever's calling him this, stop doing it. 01:01:07.840 --> 01:01:14.800 Because he don't have all of the skill set that Victor does. 01:01:14.880 --> 01:01:16.800 He ain't bringing the ball up the court. 01:01:17.039 --> 01:01:18.480 Can he shoot it? 01:01:19.119 --> 01:01:23.039 I seen clips that he can shoot it from the three. 01:01:24.559 --> 01:01:28.000 Is he as flexible and as agile as Wimby? 01:01:28.400 --> 01:01:29.679 No, he is not. 01:01:30.239 --> 01:01:32.000 He's a drop center. 01:01:32.159 --> 01:01:33.599 That is what he is. 01:01:33.840 --> 01:01:36.880 His movement skills aren't as great as that. 01:01:37.119 --> 01:01:44.239 If he turns out to be, um, I'm trying to think, like Kessler light. 01:01:44.559 --> 01:01:46.480 Actually, Kessler can move his feet. 01:01:46.719 --> 01:01:49.280 I'm trying to think of like uh Nurkic. 01:01:50.000 --> 01:01:50.800 Nurkic. 01:01:52.159 --> 01:01:57.280 If he turns out to be Nurkic, we're cooking with gas. 01:01:57.760 --> 01:02:02.639 But to say that he is the Italian Victor Wambayama is disrespectful. 01:02:03.679 --> 01:02:04.880 It's disrespectful. 01:02:04.960 --> 01:02:06.320 Don't say those things. 01:02:07.599 --> 01:02:09.920 Now, does he have an offensive game? 01:02:10.079 --> 01:02:11.039 Yes, he does. 01:02:11.280 --> 01:02:14.079 Can he re can he protect the rim? 01:02:14.320 --> 01:02:18.000 He can protect the rim if he's underneath the rim. 01:02:18.719 --> 01:02:26.079 If he is being pulled out into space and then you're asking him to get back, that is not gonna happen. 01:02:26.320 --> 01:02:32.559 There are gonna be some slashing wings that are gonna take it to the hole and dare him to block it. 01:02:32.800 --> 01:02:42.960 So I I expect some early foul trouble for our guy until he gets uh up to speed on the speed of the college game. 01:02:43.119 --> 01:02:51.920 And then when he gets to the pros, he's gonna need another little more time to get caught up to the speed of that of that game as well. 01:02:52.079 --> 01:02:55.440 Because there's a huge jump between college and pro basketball. 01:02:55.679 --> 01:02:56.880 We all know this. 01:02:57.280 --> 01:03:05.679 Um yeah, if he turns out to be uh Zach Edy from Memphis, you that's what you're looking at, right? 01:03:06.079 --> 01:03:07.199 With an outside shot. 01:03:07.280 --> 01:03:08.400 That's not bad. 01:03:08.719 --> 01:03:15.199 So what have we learned about the top five or the top not top five, but the five guys that we looked at today? 01:03:15.519 --> 01:03:43.760 They all have lost, they all are not coming in as complete or polished prospects, they all have something to offer the game for sure when it comes to that, but is this the draft class where you know you're looking at like you're salivating over the top five and you're looking at and then you take a

second glance and you're going like dude, there's some guys at like the nine position or the 11 position that I want. 01:03:44.559 --> 01:03:46.480 No, no, it's not. 01:03:46.800 --> 01:04:09.360 But if you look at the draft cleanly, if you look at the draft with pure spirit and heart, you can say, hey, this is a guy that can work on my team, this is a guy that can help us, this is a guy who can be in our top eight rotation, and he will be able to give us productive minutes wherever we think wherever we can uh develop him to, and what have you. 01:04:09.599 --> 01:04:13.920 So I think there's a lot of guys in here, and we'll get to most of them this year. 01:04:14.079 --> 01:04:18.800 Uh, we'll have our big board up sometime by the first of the year, no doubt. 01:04:19.119 --> 01:04:32.800 And I think you'll be pleasantly surprised about some of the guys, and here's the thing there's always a couple of dudes that come out of the woodworks that we weren't expecting. 01:04:33.599 --> 01:04:39.199 Remember the rise of Yaxel Lundigberg this year, this last year. 01:04:39.920 --> 01:04:41.760 Did anybody see that coming? 01:04:42.079 --> 01:04:42.400 No. 01:04:43.440 --> 01:04:45.760 So we'll see how it all goes. 01:04:46.400 --> 01:04:59.840 Now, we need to get to a topic that I waited to talk about, and you don't have to give me some space on this one because this one is going to be messy. 01:05:00.800 --> 01:05:16.239 So we need to break break down this Jalen Brown, Jason Tatum War of Words that have gone on that now has turned into some kind of telenovela that you usually see on uh Univision. 01:05:16.559 --> 01:05:16.880 Okay. 01:05:18.480 --> 01:05:23.119 What do you call it when two guys win a title together? 01:05:23.280 --> 01:05:31.920 They stop talking, trade shots through emojis, and then the team broadcaster starts doing PR live on TV. 01:05:32.559 --> 01:05:45.920 That's not a feud, that's a season of reality TV, and I've got the challenge, the love of hip hop below deck, and 90 day fiance and big brother all in one in this segment. 01:05:46.960 --> 01:05:59.760 It's about to get real crazy, so buckle up, go get you a nice drink, get you a little snack because we need to talk about this Jason Tatum, Jalen Brown energy that is going on. 01:06:00.480 --> 01:06:02.320 Through social media. 01:06:04.880 --> 01:06:08.639 The story went from frigid to farce in five stages. 01:06:09.119 --> 01:06:15.360 And the sixth is booked in November 10th in Philadelphia. 01:06:15.599 --> 01:06:15.920 Okay. 01:06:16.320 --> 01:06:20.960 The laughs only work if we understand the structure first. 01:06:21.039 --> 01:06:24.719 So we're gonna go and do both of those. 01:06:24.960 --> 01:06:28.320 We'll start with the temperature from December till now. 01:06:29.119 --> 01:06:37.920 Uh organizations actually handle this because the real answer is that it isn't one on Twitter. 01:06:38.159 --> 01:06:42.079 Now, disclosure, because I owe you that. 01:06:42.320 --> 01:06:44.639 I spent 15 years in Boston. 01:06:45.039 --> 01:06:45.360 Okay. 01:06:47.199 --> 01:06:52.719 Jalen Brown has always looked at himself as a number one. 01:06:53.679 --> 01:06:58.880 Now the Celtics have told you that Jason Tatum. 01:06:59.519 --> 01:07:02.639 And they did it again when they traded Jalen Brown. 01:07:04.079 --> 01:07:06.800 That Jason Tatum is their number one. 01:07:08.800 --> 01:07:11.760 That never sat right with Jalen Brown. 01:07:12.480 --> 01:07:41.360 Now, when he won the Eastern Conference MVP, and then the NBA Finals MVP, he thought that was going to put some respect on his name, and that that maybe that the organization, the Boston Celtics, would look at him as at least some sort of like 1A, 1B type situation, whatever the case may be. 01:07:41.599 --> 01:07:44.320 Now, we're gonna fast forward a little bit. 01:07:44.800 --> 01:07:48.960 Jason Tatum blows out his Achilles. 01:07:49.679 --> 01:07:51.599 They think he's done for the year. 01:07:51.760 --> 01:07:52.559 All of that. 01:07:52.719 --> 01:07:56.480 Now, Stevens, we're gonna talk about the trade in one second. 01:07:56.719 --> 01:08:04.800 When it happened, Stevens starts tearing down, Brad Stevens, there front off exec, starts tearing down the team. 01:08:04.960 --> 01:08:08.400 You know, we start trading pieces off, whatever the case may be. 01:08:08.559 --> 01:08:10.480 Corzingas is the first one to go. 01:08:10.639 --> 01:08:19.520 There's a couple others to go because this is going to be the season that maybe the Celtics don't really contend. 01:08:20.399 --> 01:08:25.119 You know who wasn't on that situation, he wasn't on that energy whatsoever. 01:08:25.359 --> 01:08:26.239 Jalen Brown. 01:08:26.479 --> 01:08:41.039 Jalen Brown averaged damn near 29 points a game, had his best statistical season of his career, and kept the Boston Celtics afloat, and they were an absolute contender in the East last year. 01:08:41.359 --> 01:08:46.720 Now, Jason Tato comes back with 16 games to go. 01:08:47.279 --> 01:08:48.479 He helps out. 01:08:48.720 --> 01:08:52.399 He's not obviously he's not fully back from the Achilles injury. 01:08:52.640 --> 01:09:08.000 He's more of a facilitator, a connector, whatever the case may be, and we get them, and we'll talk about their record, and then we'll talk about how what happened in the uh playoffs momentarily. 01:09:08.479 --> 01:09:10.000 Let's get to Stevens. 01:09:11.039 --> 01:09:18.560 On the record, Stevens says of the trade that traded Jalen Brown again. 01:09:19.039 --> 01:09:23.920 We are just coming off 28.9 points a game. 01:09:24.479 --> 01:09:24.800 Okay. 01:09:27.520 --> 01:09:31.439 Stevens says the trade was about cap and usage. 01:09:32.640 --> 01:09:38.399 Off the record, league sources say that Brown was frustrated of being shopped. 01:09:38.640 --> 01:09:44.239 Both are in evidence and will be deal with this conflict. 01:09:44.880 --> 01:09:47.840 Here's how we're having fun with this.

01:09:48.079 --> 01:09:50.079 Every stage gets a show. 01:09:50.319 --> 01:10:05.199 Big brother for the blind side below deck for the captain's call 90 day fiance for who told who what love and hip hop for the shade and the challenge for the fade and the finale. 01:10:05.439 --> 01:10:06.000 Alright. 01:10:06.319 --> 01:10:07.760 So let's start. 01:10:08.960 --> 01:10:12.319 Stage one starts in December. 01:10:12.479 --> 01:10:19.920 Jalen Brown with Tatum out after his Achilles says that this is his favorite season. 01:10:21.199 --> 01:10:25.600 He says again in February the same thing. 01:10:26.079 --> 01:10:28.159 That this is his favorite season. 01:10:29.279 --> 01:10:33.760 Not the championship season where he was the finals MVP. 01:10:35.279 --> 01:10:39.439 Not the season where they hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy. 01:10:40.399 --> 01:10:42.079 He and Jason Tatum. 01:10:42.640 --> 01:10:48.560 He says the season where he's alone is his favorite season. 01:10:49.840 --> 01:10:53.199 A lot of people kind of did a side eye. 01:10:53.439 --> 01:10:55.760 You saw eyebrow raised. 01:10:56.000 --> 01:11:05.439 You saw a little, you saw the emoji where you put your hand on your chin and you go, hmm, why would he say something like that? 01:11:05.840 --> 01:11:08.079 Because it's the truth to him, fool. 01:11:08.239 --> 01:11:09.439 That's why. 01:11:10.239 --> 01:11:20.319 He was like, yo, I am tired of that light-skinned Negro, okay, getting all the praise, and I'm over here doing the heavy lifting. 01:11:20.960 --> 01:11:25.279 Jalen Brown has been a dog since he came into this league. 01:11:25.520 --> 01:11:28.800 Now, I'm not throwing any shade on Jason Tato. 01:11:29.039 --> 01:11:30.479 He's spectacular. 01:11:30.720 --> 01:11:32.640 He is a great player. 01:11:32.880 --> 01:11:37.680 Uh he has a lot of skills, shoots the ball very well. 01:11:38.239 --> 01:11:45.600 Couple things that he doesn't do that Jalen does a little bit more of is that he turns he doesn't turn the ball over as much. 01:11:45.760 --> 01:12:02.720 And he seems to be able to kind of think through the game where Jalen Brown will use his superior athleticism, his strength, and his just dogged determination to get to the hole or get to his spot and be able to do things. 01:12:02.960 --> 01:12:07.279 Now, the organization had a problem with that, and I'll tell you why. 01:12:07.600 --> 01:12:12.319 Because Jalen Brown likes to work in that mid-range situation. 01:12:12.560 --> 01:12:17.199 And you say, well, well, if he's successful, why does anybody care? 01:12:17.439 --> 01:12:20.159 Kevin Durant has made a career out of it. 01:12:20.479 --> 01:12:25.279 The difference between Kevin Durant and Jalen Brown, two things. 01:12:25.439 --> 01:12:27.520 First of all, branding. 01:12:27.760 --> 01:12:28.079 Okay? 01:12:28.560 --> 01:12:40.560 KD, even though he has his quirks, has his little situations, his little stumbles on social media, people unilaterally love KD. 01:12:40.720 --> 01:12:45.359 Because it's like, even when KD messes up, it's like, well, that's KD being KD. 01:12:45.520 --> 01:12:45.920 Alright? 01:12:46.079 --> 01:12:47.920 That's a first and foremost thing. 01:12:48.159 --> 01:12:53.600 The other thing is Jalen Brown has always been salty towards the media. 01:12:53.840 --> 01:12:54.159 Okay? 01:12:54.640 --> 01:12:57.359 He thinks they have an agenda against him. 01:12:57.600 --> 01:13:05.119 He thinks he they have an agenda against how he does and what he does his thing. 01:13:05.600 --> 01:13:07.920 Not just on the court, but off the court. 01:13:08.159 --> 01:13:08.479 Okay? 01:13:09.039 --> 01:13:10.239 So you have that. 01:13:10.560 --> 01:13:12.560 Now, we get back. 01:13:13.840 --> 01:13:16.239 He says it's his favorite season. 01:13:16.720 --> 01:13:21.199 Do you know when Jay when Jason Tatum came back? 01:13:22.079 --> 01:13:24.000 16 games left in the season. 01:13:24.159 --> 01:13:25.119 13 and 3. 01:13:25.279 --> 01:13:29.840 That was the record with Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum on the court last year. 01:13:30.720 --> 01:13:41.920 It all comes to an abrupt end in the first round when they lose to the 76ers who come back from a 3-1 deficit. 01:13:42.479 --> 01:13:42.800 Okay? 01:13:43.359 --> 01:13:44.720 To win that series. 01:13:44.960 --> 01:13:46.239 Critics like Stephen A. 01:13:46.399 --> 01:14:04.159 Smith, among them, pointed out at the timing, Missoula says there is no tension that comes from these comments that Jalen Brown said about that this is his favorite year when I'm solo dolo by myself getting these buckets. 01:14:04.239 --> 01:14:08.960 And why did this light-skinned person have to come back and ruin it for me? 01:14:09.520 --> 01:14:15.199 I could have had all the shine, done what I needed to do, and led Boston to the promised land. 01:14:16.079 --> 01:14:17.119 We still don't know. 01:14:17.279 --> 01:14:18.800 We we don't know about that. 01:14:19.039 --> 01:14:24.479 We don't know if that's true or not true, but they went down 3-1 to the 76. 01:14:24.720 --> 01:14:28.239 They they lost after being up 3-1 to the 76ers. 01:14:28.880 --> 01:14:44.000 So before the trade, league sources told Boston Globe Adam uh Himmelsbach, who does great work for the Globe, said that Brown had grown frustrated with the organization approach after his career year. 01:14:44.479 --> 01:14:51.119 Scores illustrated Chris Maddox said that the Twitch streams caused headaches in the front office. 01:14:51.359 --> 01:14:59.199 Boston reportedly shopped him, including in the Giannis Anti-Tacumpo package. 01:14:59.520 --> 01:15:07.439 Now, if this was Big Brother, this is the diary room and everybody's smiling in the house. 01:15:11.600 --> 01:15:19.920 While the others the other one is out of the house and the rest of the cast is going, okay, who is that for? 01:15:21.520 --> 01:15:32.159 Laugh handled from the sports hub calling caller named Rob from Rhode Island put leadership

void to Missoula live on the air. 01:15:32.479 --> 01:15:33.760 Rob had notes. 01:15:34.000 --> 01:15:38.560 Then July came and the production got serious. 01:15:39.359 --> 01:15:42.720 Stage two the Cold War begins. 01:15:43.199 --> 01:15:46.640 On July 1st, the trade is reported. 01:15:46.960 --> 01:15:49.359 On July 6th, it is official. 01:15:49.680 --> 01:15:54.239 Jalen Brown goes to the 76ers for Paul George. 01:15:55.600 --> 01:16:06.159 Two first, two seconds, Stevens Stevens, Brad Stevens, who is the front office exec, and the owner, and I want you to remember this. 01:16:06.880 --> 01:16:19.520 Bill Chisholm, the owner, the new owner, by the way, because when Wick Grossbeck was in the building, there was never a thought of trading Jalen Brown. 01:16:20.560 --> 01:16:27.520 Now, you can say he traded, he um he sold the team just before the kitchen got hot. 01:16:27.680 --> 01:16:41.039 You can do whatever you want, but I'm gonna tell you right now, anytime there was a report, and this is before they won their championship, because remember, there was a lot of years there where Boston was very close and did not make it. 01:16:41.680 --> 01:16:55.119 Okay, so now we get back to Bill Chisholm, and they say, This is about optionality, and this is about cost of two max level players, high usage players. 01:16:55.439 --> 01:17:06.880 Tatum was not consulted, Steven says, Neither side was disgruntled, so Stephen says now here's the thing. 01:17:07.199 --> 01:17:11.119 First of all, you got bucked back Paul George. 01:17:11.600 --> 01:17:14.560 How much money does Paul George make? 01:17:16.000 --> 01:17:22.800 Oh, he makes basically the same amount of money as Jalen Brown. 01:17:23.439 --> 01:17:28.800 Oh, you didn't want to give Oh, you didn't want to give Jalen Brown the extension. 01:17:29.279 --> 01:17:29.920 Gotcha. 01:17:30.399 --> 01:17:31.359 Understand. 01:17:32.239 --> 01:17:32.560 Okay. 01:17:33.359 --> 01:17:35.520 Bill Chisholm, ton of money. 01:17:35.760 --> 01:17:38.479 Didn't want to give Jalen Brown the extension. 01:17:38.720 --> 01:17:42.159 Cause then too much money would have been caught up in two players. 01:17:42.399 --> 01:17:42.720 Okay. 01:17:43.119 --> 01:17:43.680 Gotcha. 01:17:43.840 --> 01:17:47.119 Just wanted to make sure we were all on the same page. 01:17:47.439 --> 01:17:58.720 Then Sham Sharania says that their personal relationship was close to non-existent as you could ever have over in the last year. 01:17:58.960 --> 01:18:01.279 It was a tale of two different people. 01:18:01.520 --> 01:18:04.960 Paul Pierce asked whether Shaq and Kobe hung out. 01:18:05.520 --> 01:18:06.159 Hmm. 01:18:06.479 --> 01:18:07.279 Mm-mm. 01:18:09.760 --> 01:18:11.359 Yeah, they did for a little while. 01:18:11.439 --> 01:18:15.520 And then Kobe got sick of Shaq because he was like he's never in shape. 01:18:15.840 --> 01:18:17.279 That wasn't the case here. 01:18:17.520 --> 01:18:25.199 That wasn't the case that Jalen Brown had all these like things that kept him from doing his job. 01:18:25.840 --> 01:18:27.920 Jalen Brown was always in shape. 01:18:28.159 --> 01:18:30.560 Jalen Brown didn't have a ton of injuries or whatever. 01:18:30.640 --> 01:18:32.239 And I'm not saying that Tatum did. 01:18:32.399 --> 01:18:38.239 I'm just telling you that that's not where the wedge between these two came. 01:18:38.479 --> 01:18:43.760 The wedge between these two dudes started a long ago. 01:18:44.880 --> 01:18:50.000 When they were talking about this being Jason Tatum's team. 01:18:50.399 --> 01:18:54.720 And that dude, Jalen Brown, took that shit to heart. 01:18:55.279 --> 01:18:57.279 He never felt that. 01:18:57.600 --> 01:19:02.159 He never felt that it was Jason Tatum's team. 01:19:02.479 --> 01:19:07.119 He always said maybe it's collectively both of ours. 01:19:07.279 --> 01:19:15.359 Um but he's always thought like when the chips were down and when they needed a bucket, he was the one getting it. 01:19:16.079 --> 01:19:17.520 So keep that in mind. 01:19:17.760 --> 01:19:22.319 The athletic Shakyah Shaquila Taylor wrote this. 01:19:22.640 --> 01:19:32.319 As many of us have experienced at work, they were just co-workers that clock in, did their job together, and then went home. 01:19:32.800 --> 01:19:37.279 And this is where it turns into below deck. 01:19:37.520 --> 01:19:41.279 The owner and the captain make the call. 01:19:41.439 --> 01:19:46.159 The crew member gets let go in the middle of the charter. 01:19:46.640 --> 01:19:51.199 It's not personal, it's the budget, it's the schedule. 01:19:51.520 --> 01:20:04.560 No yelling, no confrontation, just polite galley and a relationship shams cause as close as non existent as you could have. 01:20:05.039 --> 01:20:10.239 Nothing funny yet, and that is why it works as a setup. 01:20:10.640 --> 01:20:14.319 Now here is where it turns from cold to confused. 01:20:15.039 --> 01:20:18.000 Stage three, the misunderstanding. 01:20:18.239 --> 01:20:24.720 From August of this year 2026 to October 21st of this year. 01:20:24.960 --> 01:20:30.560 In August, Jalen Brown asked whether he talked to Tatum since the trade. 01:20:30.800 --> 01:20:32.319 He said not really. 01:20:33.760 --> 01:20:42.159 In October, Tatum says in a video that he just got off, caught off guard as the rest of the world. 01:20:42.479 --> 01:20:45.359 Brown says he was kept in the dark. 01:20:45.520 --> 01:20:52.640 And Steven says that he had several discussions with Jalen Brown. 01:20:53.359 --> 01:20:56.079 Somebody's not telling the truth. 01:21:01.920 --> 01:21:03.199 Um in person. 01:21:03.920 --> 01:21:07.359 That is one snippet, so verify that. 01:21:08.319 --> 01:21:08.640 Okay. 01:21:10.079 --> 01:21:12.159 This is where it goes 90 day fiance. 01:21:13.199 --> 01:21:15.600 I told you about the move. 01:21:16.000 --> 01:21:18.560 Nobody told me about the move. 01:21:18.960 --> 01:21:20.720 We had several discussions. 01:21:20.960 --> 01:21:26.479

Everybody remembers the family meeting differently, and nobody's lying, apparently. 01:21:27.199 --> 01:21:30.800 And the big brother of it all is this the blind side. 01:21:31.039 --> 01:21:34.079 Both house guests say, I have no idea. 01:21:34.880 --> 01:21:38.000 The head of household says, We told everybody. 01:21:38.239 --> 01:21:41.920 And then somebody posts a hat emoji. 01:21:42.640 --> 01:21:48.640 And if you don't know what that means, somebody's calling cap. 01:21:49.119 --> 01:21:52.880 And if somebody's calling cap, somebody's saying somebody's lying. 01:21:53.199 --> 01:21:59.840 So Brown answers the video that Jason Tatum says, I was completely off guard by this trade. 01:22:00.960 --> 01:22:04.399 Brown responds in the most brown way possible. 01:22:04.560 --> 01:22:09.840 He puts up a blue cap emoji on the 23rd of October. 01:22:10.159 --> 01:22:15.359 Tatum scores 36 against the Knicks and says he has no beef. 01:22:15.760 --> 01:22:24.640 He says he called he called and texted Brown the day of the trade and says he would welcome a conversation. 01:22:24.960 --> 01:22:30.399 Who says the fans are telling each other to go get their park on ready? 01:22:30.800 --> 01:22:31.840 Let's go. 01:22:32.640 --> 01:22:39.199 Tatum says, own words that night, we're in in entertainment business. 01:22:39.520 --> 01:22:45.600 Me personally, I'm not an off-the-court entertainment guy. 01:22:45.920 --> 01:22:59.439 Taylor read that as a subtle dig into Brown's Twitch streams, and we are too old to be having our relationship discussed on X, Y, and Z on the internet. 01:23:00.720 --> 01:23:04.720 We are now in the love and hip hop phase of this situation. 01:23:05.840 --> 01:23:10.319 Somebody answer a whole video with one emoji. 01:23:10.640 --> 01:23:13.600 That's not a cloud back, that's a receipt. 01:23:13.920 --> 01:23:15.920 The shade is in the hat. 01:23:17.199 --> 01:23:17.520 Okay. 01:23:19.039 --> 01:23:27.520 Then the other guy goes on in front of a camera and says, you know, I'm not into the show. 01:23:27.680 --> 01:23:29.760 I'm not into the reunion couch. 01:23:29.920 --> 01:23:36.560 I'm not into, you know, getting on Twitch and saying all this stuff and whatever the case may be. 01:23:36.800 --> 01:23:48.159 You can sit there and call it what you want, but we have gotten into a war of words or a war of word by one guy and a war of emojis by another guy. 01:23:48.479 --> 01:23:48.800 Okay. 01:23:49.600 --> 01:23:52.800 So where do we end up? 01:23:53.279 --> 01:23:54.720 How does this go? 01:23:55.119 --> 01:23:57.840 This is where it gets real beefy now. 01:23:58.880 --> 01:23:59.680 Stage 5. 01:23:59.920 --> 01:24:00.479 Farce. 01:24:00.640 --> 01:24:02.960 October 26th to November 1st. 01:24:03.199 --> 01:24:05.600 Brown says there is no beef. 01:24:06.319 --> 01:24:14.079 Though a little lamb chop, and he says Tatum has a great PR team. 01:24:14.880 --> 01:24:22.960 That Monday, Brian Scalagrini on his radio show, says Brown asked for a trade. 01:24:23.199 --> 01:24:25.760 Then walks it back on TV. 01:24:26.000 --> 01:24:29.840 A list of demands, not a trade, demand. 01:24:30.479 --> 01:24:33.520 Tuesday on XM serious XM. 01:24:33.680 --> 01:24:37.279 He says Brown has been playing the victim. 01:24:37.520 --> 01:24:38.399 Wednesday. 01:24:38.720 --> 01:24:41.520 Brown says he never demanded a trade. 01:24:41.680 --> 01:24:43.439 And that's he loves Cal. 01:24:43.760 --> 01:24:57.279 Meanwhile, on the Celtics own broadcast, Scalagrini jokes that if he were doing PR for Tatum, he would point out who led the league in turnovers. 01:24:58.079 --> 01:25:04.640 A team employee on the teams broadcast said PR work out loud. 01:25:07.119 --> 01:25:11.760 So who's following who and what receipts are being read? 01:25:11.840 --> 01:25:13.439 I'm gonna tell you right now. 01:25:13.600 --> 01:25:15.119 This is getting spicy. 01:25:15.279 --> 01:25:16.800 Let's get more into it. 01:25:17.039 --> 01:25:18.239 Check this out. 01:25:18.640 --> 01:25:30.319 Thursday caller or in July, a social media personality in LeBron circle claimed that he ignored each other's at Cannes Nightclub. 01:25:30.479 --> 01:25:31.600 That is a rumor. 01:25:31.840 --> 01:25:35.199 A private life claim unverified. 01:25:35.439 --> 01:25:38.159 This is between Jalen Brown and LeBron James. 01:25:38.399 --> 01:25:49.439 Okay, if this was where a show goes off the rails, a man cannot say no beef and then say then a season table. 01:25:50.239 --> 01:25:53.520 I like to enter this as into record. 01:25:55.359 --> 01:26:12.000 And the friend who only said that everyone's thinking the classic cast member friend says it on radio, then walks it back on TV, says it again the next day, then Brown answers, says, I love Scal. 01:26:12.560 --> 01:26:14.239 That's the challenge. 01:26:14.560 --> 01:26:15.840 It's just the game. 01:26:16.000 --> 01:26:16.800 I love you. 01:26:17.039 --> 01:26:21.119 To the guy who put his name out there for elimination. 01:26:22.800 --> 01:26:28.479 The team employee doing PR on the team's own broadcast. 01:26:28.720 --> 01:26:29.920 That's not a rumor. 01:26:30.079 --> 01:26:31.119 That's a bit. 01:26:31.840 --> 01:26:36.079 So does an organization that actually deals with all this. 01:26:36.239 --> 01:26:37.920 Let's go into the history. 01:26:38.720 --> 01:26:40.319 This ain't the first time we've seen this. 01:26:40.399 --> 01:26:42.560 Shaq and Kobe has done this. 01:26:43.279 --> 01:26:44.399 It was ugly. 01:26:44.640 --> 01:26:48.239 Does anybody remember what if you weren't around for 2004? 01:26:48.560 --> 01:26:50.960 It was the greatest soap opera that had ever lived. 01:26:51.119 --> 01:26:55.600 This was awesome general hospital type shit going on every single day. 01:26:55.760 --> 01:27:05.199 We had people going to Kobe and Kobe saying, you know, just passive, not really passive aggressive things, just matter-of-fact things about Shaq. 01:27:05.279 --> 01:27:10.960 And

then Shaq saying he loves his little brother and that he's still the leader of the team. 01:27:11.680 --> 01:27:21.920 That was what was going on in the Lakers locker room as they were going for a three-peat that never happened because the Detroit Pistons knocked off a very dysfunctional Lakers team. 01:27:22.159 --> 01:27:25.119 Now we fast forward to 2018. 01:27:25.520 --> 01:27:31.119 Jimmy Butler goes full uh whatever you want to call it. 01:27:31.359 --> 01:27:33.119 This dude went crazy. 01:27:33.359 --> 01:27:59.680 He asked for a trade September 18th, October 10th, he goes to Thibodeau in the GM and says that Towns and Wiggins are trash, and then proceeds to take a bunch of the third string team and goes out during that practice and absolutely destroys Carl Anthony Towns and Wiggins and says, You want to pay them before me? 01:28:01.840 --> 01:28:05.279 You want to pay those two guys before me? 01:28:06.560 --> 01:28:14.239 Walks off the court, goes into a complete interview with Rachel Nichols and says, Hey, you know, it is what it is. 01:28:15.359 --> 01:28:16.399 Want more? 01:28:16.640 --> 01:28:17.439 We got more. 01:28:17.680 --> 01:28:18.960 2018 again. 01:28:19.119 --> 01:28:21.039 It was a good year for beef. 01:28:21.359 --> 01:28:33.359 Draymond Green and Kevin Durant get into it, and Draymond Green undresses KD on the bench on national TV. 01:28:35.439 --> 01:28:41.199 Calling him a B word, calling him like, oh, oh, you already gone. 01:28:41.439 --> 01:28:45.039 We already know you leaving, and stuff like that. 01:28:45.840 --> 01:28:48.800 So, we've seen a lot of beefs out here. 01:28:49.039 --> 01:28:51.359 But here's the bottom line. 01:28:51.680 --> 01:28:55.920 In 2026, the Celtics traded Jalen Brown. 01:28:56.239 --> 01:28:56.560 Okay. 01:28:57.680 --> 01:29:01.840 Did they trade him to the did they trade him to a different conference? 01:29:02.079 --> 01:29:02.319 No. 01:29:02.560 --> 01:29:09.119 They traded him not just to not even a different conference, they traded him within the division. 01:29:09.680 --> 01:29:14.960 They took back somebody who is seven years older. 01:29:15.439 --> 01:29:19.039 Paul George is 36 years old. 01:29:19.359 --> 01:29:22.560 They make basically around the same amount of money. 01:29:22.800 --> 01:29:31.119 Oh, by the way, Paul George has had extensive knee surgeries, leg issues, what have you. 01:29:31.279 --> 01:29:33.920 So it's not like you're getting apples for apples. 01:29:34.159 --> 01:29:34.479 Okay? 01:29:35.840 --> 01:29:37.840 That's that's to go there. 01:29:38.159 --> 01:29:40.960 Now, what's next? 01:29:41.920 --> 01:29:43.279 November 10th. 01:29:44.239 --> 01:29:45.760 Everybody be ready. 01:29:46.159 --> 01:29:46.399 Okay? 01:29:47.680 --> 01:29:53.279 We are going to have a Boston Celtics Philadelphia matchup. 01:29:53.920 --> 01:30:02.079 And if you think for one second, nobody's gonna be talking about this, you are absolutely crazy. 01:30:03.840 --> 01:30:08.800 Browns last season in Boston, 29 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists. 01:30:09.039 --> 01:30:12.399 In 71 games, they had 56 wins. 01:30:12.560 --> 01:30:17.359 Yes, they lost in the first round, early exit, what have you. 01:30:17.600 --> 01:30:21.680 Tatum is 28, and Brown just turned 30. 01:30:21.920 --> 01:30:26.399 They were 13 and 3 together when they were on the floor last year. 01:30:26.640 --> 01:30:34.479 So as far as getting as far as productivity on the floor, there was never issue. 01:30:34.800 --> 01:30:46.479 This is literally being about whose team it is and why isn't I'm not getting enough credit from Jalen Brown's point of view. 01:30:47.039 --> 01:30:53.600 Now, Jason Tatum has been the good soldier for the Boston Celtics the whole time. 01:30:54.159 --> 01:30:57.199 Is this a upper management situation? 01:30:57.439 --> 01:31:00.560 No, I do not blame Brad Stevens. 01:31:00.720 --> 01:31:11.439 I do think that the Enoch came from Bill Chisholm himself, the owner of the team, and said, Hey, we don't need to be in the second Apron. 01:31:12.319 --> 01:31:15.680 We need to make a decision on these two dudes. 01:31:15.840 --> 01:31:33.840 And since we got one dude who's kind of a little militant about the situation, and we got this other guy who is team boston all the way, great in the community, great on the commercials, and what have you, we want to put it around him. 01:31:34.720 --> 01:31:37.760 Let's jettison Jalen Brown off. 01:31:38.159 --> 01:31:47.680 Remember that book BS about oh uh analytically, Jalen Brown was the seventh best player on our team. 01:31:48.000 --> 01:31:54.239 Jalen Brown, who scored 27 points, seven rebounds, and five assists, is the seventh best player on your team. 01:31:55.279 --> 01:31:56.079 For sure? 01:31:56.319 --> 01:31:57.920 Are we are we there yet? 01:31:58.159 --> 01:31:59.840 Is that what we doing? 01:32:00.640 --> 01:32:03.359 Listen, I'm not here to make up your mind. 01:32:03.840 --> 01:32:09.520 As listeners, what I want you to do, reach out to me either on X or what have you. 01:32:09.760 --> 01:32:13.760 On X, my Twitter handle is at frontrunner PC. 01:32:14.000 --> 01:32:17.600 We have another Twitter hand Twitter handle or X handle. 01:32:17.760 --> 01:32:21.600 It is socially underscore FRPC. 01:32:21.840 --> 01:32:22.640 Both work. 01:32:22.880 --> 01:32:26.399 Let us know what you think about what we're talking about right here. 01:32:26.560 --> 01:32:27.760 Cause here's the thing. 01:32:27.920 --> 01:32:31.680 We need you in the comments, we need you crazy, because you know what? 01:32:31.840 --> 01:32:33.439 I don't think this is over. 01:32:33.840 --> 01:32:35.760 I do not think this is over. 01:32:36.159 --> 01:32:44.000 And what I think is gonna happen is that we're gonna have more war awards as we continue this season. 01:32:44.720 --> 01:33:09.680 At the end of the day, my best estimation is that the organization made a call and they said we need to be more physically

responsible, and we do not want to be up against this luxury, this um, this uh this tax apron, this second tax apron, because it's too punitive for us to do anything with, and we need to retool on the fly. 01:33:10.079 --> 01:33:29.520 Now, when you start to sell us that you're saving money and flexibility with Paul George when they make basically the same amount of money, and Paul George is 36 years old, and Jalen Brown just turned 30 and doesn't have nearly the injury history that Paul George has. 01:33:29.680 --> 01:33:33.039 I call cap like Jalen Brown calls cap. 01:33:34.640 --> 01:33:38.079 So, that is our podcast for today. 01:33:38.319 --> 01:33:41.520 So, I want to thank everybody for listening. 01:33:41.680 --> 01:33:42.720 Thank you so much. 01:33:42.960 --> 01:33:44.319 We appreciate you. 01:33:44.560 --> 01:33:48.720 Please, if FRPC is your spot, do us one favor. 01:33:49.359 --> 01:33:53.840 Share this episode with one person in your group chat that needs to hear it. 01:33:54.159 --> 01:34:00.560 Pull up on us on X and Instagram and subscribe wherever you get your pod. 01:34:00.720 --> 01:34:07.600 So our X account again is at frontrunnerpc and at socially underscore FRPC. 01:34:08.079 --> 01:34:12.159 Our Instagram account is at frontrunnerpc. 01:34:13.039 --> 01:34:13.600 Alright. 01:34:13.840 --> 01:34:16.159 Also, we are on the Tiki Talks. 01:34:16.399 --> 01:34:20.560 Yep, I called it Tiki Talks because I'm old and that's what I like to call it. 01:34:20.720 --> 01:34:24.319 And we are FRPC events on that. 01:34:24.560 --> 01:34:25.439 You know what I'm saying? 01:34:25.600 --> 01:34:26.319 Find us there. 01:34:26.399 --> 01:34:31.600 We got a lot of uh stuff up, uh, a lot of entertaining stuff up there for you as well. 01:34:31.840 --> 01:34:33.520 And we are also on YouTube. 01:34:33.840 --> 01:34:37.199 We got shorts there, we got the podcast there. 01:34:37.520 --> 01:34:38.399 Go get it. 01:34:38.560 --> 01:34:40.800 Um, it is there for consumption. 01:34:41.119 --> 01:34:43.840 We appreciate your listenership. 01:34:44.079 --> 01:34:48.079 We appreciate who you are and growing our product. 01:34:48.239 --> 01:34:49.520 We love you for that. 01:34:49.680 --> 01:34:50.800 Thank you so much. 01:34:51.119 --> 01:35:02.479 Now, before I get out of here, the best part of you is still you, not your win-loss record, not your timeline, or your algorithm, or your manicured IG account. 01:35:02.640 --> 01:35:03.359 Just you. 01:35:03.600 --> 01:35:13.520 Surround yourself with people who actually give you light, the ones who bring you insight, the joy, and the real accountability that you need to hear. 01:35:13.680 --> 01:35:15.359 That's your max deal. 01:35:15.600 --> 01:35:19.439 Appreciate those people out loud and do not hesitate. 01:35:19.680 --> 01:35:20.960 Do not wait till later. 01:35:21.039 --> 01:35:22.960 That is not promised to you. 01:35:23.520 --> 01:35:26.319 We're your hoop family here at FRPC. 01:35:26.399 --> 01:35:27.760 We're going to get loud. 01:35:27.920 --> 01:35:30.079 We're going to be wrong sometimes. 01:35:30.399 --> 01:35:32.640 And we're going to come back and own it. 01:35:32.880 --> 01:35:35.600 Because we always will respect your brain. 01:35:35.840 --> 01:35:38.720 Because no because anybody can yell a take. 01:35:38.960 --> 01:35:41.199 Very few can actually defend a thought. 01:35:41.439 --> 01:35:47.199 Until the next episode, keep your mind sharp, your heart open, and your circle tight. 01:35:47.520 --> 01:35:52.079 And protect your peace like cap space, like the Celtics have. 01:35:52.239 --> 01:35:56.079 And never waste it on bad basketball or bad energy. 01:35:56.319 --> 01:35:57.520 I'm Vince, your host. 01:35:57.760 --> 01:35:58.399 We are out. 01:35:58.560 --> 01:35:59.119 See ya.