Full Transcript for Southeast Division Win Totals

DeBanster. 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:42.560 Now, our guys at DraftKings have them at 35.5 wins. 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:45.839 MGM Bet has them at 34. 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:52.079 We're gonna go with DraftKings 35.5, and we're gonna talk about their over-under and how that looks. 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:58.639 So as we go along, we'll let you know where they stand. 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:02.959 Now, talk to a couple people in the league. 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:14.240 One rival team exec said he studied this roster, and they paid for talent, doesn't mean they paid for availability. 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:19.439 Little you know, kind of cute line there, but he's not wrong. 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:30.000 Because here's the thing you got a lot of dudes, but you're paying uh Anthony Davis right now 50 point 58.5. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:42.879 Trey Young just got a brand new contract, he's getting paid 49.5, so they're 107.9 million dollars of the cap all to themselves. 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:51.680 Now, great that the rest of the team is very young, starting with the number one overall draft pick, AJ DeBanksta. 00:07:51.680 --> 00:08:03.519 He's also coming in with our guy Alex Sarr, who was also in that mix as far as sound, he was the number two overall draft pick a couple years ago, and we'll be talking about him. 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:05.680 They have an array of talent. 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.439 Uh, you know, is Bilal Kulubale gonna come around? 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:11.600 What about our guy Trey Johnson? 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:16.879 They drafted last year, they made a trade and got DeAndre Ayton. 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:22.639 So, and then also the the low-key guy that I love to talk about is Keyshawn George. 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:27.920 Keyshawn, yo, man, he is he's a brilliant basketball player. 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:33.200 So I am excited to talk about the wealth, the talent that is coming on this team. 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:34.960 It's very, very young. 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:38.320 It has a couple vets to kind of steady the ship. 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:41.120 But will those vets be available? 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:42.639 One in particular. 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:46.799 P teams that evaluate this team, they you know, they're just looking around. 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:58.399 They say, Hey, you got Trey Young, and offense is real, but defensively wise, he's a he's a door that you can just go right through. 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:00.799 You know saying turnstile for real. 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:14.559 Now, last year he played 15 games for the year he had 17.9 points, eight assists on 61.2% true shooting percentage, which is great. 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:20.399 His uh free throw rate was fit was uh 0.548, which is pretty good. 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:29.600 Now, in his time at Washington, he only played five games, it was a little taste, 15.2 points a game, 6.2 sit assists. 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:41.039 Now his true shooting percentage shot

up to 72.3 percent, which is great, and his three-point shooting was at a almost alarming 43%. 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:52.399 If you get that kind of production out of Trey Young this year, it's gonna be a good good season, and he's capable, he's he's very capable. 00:09:52.399 --> 00:10:10.879 Now, as far as what he does and what he brings, when you have Anthony Davis and you have guys like Alex Sarr and all the other athletes on your team, you're looking at a situation where, as far as the lob threat is concerned, you're gonna be ready to go. 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:22.000 Trey Young is one of the best lob throwers in the NBA, and he will have a plethora of guys that he can go ahead and throw lobs to. 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:27.600 Not even just the bigs, the wings out here, AJ De Banster. 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:28.960 Are you kidding me? 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:32.159 A pick and roll with AJ DeBanster and Trey Young. 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:33.440 What's that gonna look like? 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:35.279 How scary is that? 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:44.639 Well, we can't talk about the cream being sweet without talking about the rocky road that is also lies in front of us. 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:49.200 Trey Young is small, there's no way around that. 00:10:49.200 --> 00:11:02.559 One of the ways to help Trey Young is to have a bunch of long wings that get after it defensively, and you know, will he be a guy who will be able to get off the ball? 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:06.639 Those are the two things that we always talked about when he was in Atlanta. 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:11.519 So I don't want to sound like a broken record, so I'll just hit you with some some numbers. 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:14.480 Defense is always going to be the problem. 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:24.320 Defensive box plus minus over the last three years, negative 2.3, negative 2.7, and negative 1.4. 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:30.879 But remember that last one, he only played in very minimal games last year. 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:40.480 So the offense is going to be real, he's going to draw fouls, defensive ground cover is a door, is a door trait. 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:48.320 He fails at the door, the rest of the lineup has to hide him, and that came from a scout. 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:51.759 Two things can be true. 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:58.480 The offense can be absolutely spectacular, and the defense you're just gonna shake your head and go, Oh my god, what are we doing? 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:01.679 Because here is the other thing with it. 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:05.600 This is the quiet part that people don't want to say out loud. 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:13.600 Yeah, regular season, great, lobs, points, shooting from the logo, all of that, great. 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:19.679 Now, I'm not saying they're going to the playoffs this year, but you know what happens in the playoffs. 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:30.960 We hunt mismatches in the playoffs, and Trey Young is like a little like baby

deer that's just waiting to get eaten. 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:35.200 Pause on that, you know saying, but you know what I'm talking about. 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:40.399 Let's get to the other guy that it brought in, Anthony Davis. 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:43.120 He's really the swing factor here. 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:50.480 Everything on this roster is easier with one man on the floor, and that's Anthony Davis. 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:53.919 Now he is in his age 33 season. 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:58.159 The games played in the last two seasons is atrocious. 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:03.519 He's played 71 games over the last two years. 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:10.000 51 and then 20 last year. 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:13.200 He only played 20 games for the Dallas Mavericks last year. 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:16.159 He did not play any games for the Washington Wizards. 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:18.399 People can say whatever they want. 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:26.240 Um, we have had uh crazy nicknames thrown out at this guy, street clothes, all kinds of stuff. 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:32.559 So he is going to have to be on the court for this team to be successful. 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:37.200 Now he shot uh just a little bit over 50% from the field last year. 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:49.679 He shot uh 72.8 from the free throw line, and he still is not hitting the three at the level he did when they won the championship for the Los Angeles Lakers in the bubble. 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:52.639 He's only shooting 27% from three. 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:59.600 Now, two years earlier, when he was healthy and played in 76 games, this is the numbers. 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:13.120 24.7 points a game, 12.6 rebounds, and he was basically a uh fourth in defense defensive player of the year, and he was on the all-defensive team. 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:19.759 So Anthony Davis still hasn't in him to play exemplary stellar basketball. 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:23.679 It is, are you going to be available? 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:28.080 Are you going he is yet to suit up for Washington? 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:34.159 Remember, he was traded during the trade deadline, did not shoot up, did not suit up at all. 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:50.240 So now, you know, he's had many lower limb surgeries, he's had lower limb injuries that have dogged him over the last let's say five to six years. 00:14:50.240 --> 00:15:00.080 And as a Lakers fan, knowing that I had Anthony Davis on the team, every time that dude was about to fall or fallen down, I just held my breath. 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.039 I was like, Oh my god, is he gonna is he gonna get up? 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:04.960 Is he gonna be okay? 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:15.759 He had a lingering calf issue with the Lakers that you know never seemed to get better, and he when he fell down, you just held your breath. 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:19.600 You just like oh did the Achilles pop? 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:21.519 What happened? 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:30.480 Then he get up, he'd run down the court, but for like five seconds you were holding your breath. 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:51.600 A source familiar with the the this team says, if he plays sixty games, the defense that he can anger, and the offense that he can bring, the vertical law threat that he can be, he is going to be very, very effective for them. 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:55.120 But he has to play more than sixty games. 00:15:55.120 --> 00:16:12.000 So if this is what a scout is saying for the Washington Wizards to be uh have a significant jump in wins from last year, I buy it. 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:13.759 I buy it a lot. 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:20.799 Now let's get into a guy who we expect a lot uh out of this year. 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:30.000 He made a leap last year, and let's see if he can make another leap this year, and that's Alex Sarr, who's ending uh coming into his third season. 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:33.759 He took for fewer threes last year and he got better. 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.600 Is that the whole story? 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:39.039 Well, you know, you guys be the you guys be the judge. 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:42.320 So from year one to year two, these are the numbers. 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:50.799 His PER, which I absolutely can't stand this number, but it's here, and I just want to show you the drastic uh improvement. 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:53.440 12.9 to 19.4. 00:16:53.440 --> 00:17:26.880 His true shooting percentage went from uh 48.2 to 54.4, his box plus minus went from a negative 3.3 to a to a positive point seven, which you know you sit there and go, that's not great, but you know, he went came from three negative 3.3, his coins per game, 13 points his rookie year, 16.3 his second year, his blocks 1.1 and a half a game to two. 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:41.680 His shot die got smarter, his three-point rate went from uh 412 to 0.229, his two-point percentage went from 52.6. 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:43.039 Love it. 00:17:43.039 --> 00:18:00.079 The rebounding is real with this kid, he had a 20.9 defensive rebound percentage and a total of 14.6 total rebound percentage, and his block uh block percentage was 6.4. 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:14.079 So he is legitimately a guy who is going to be active on the glass and also active around the rim when it comes to defensive pressure that he puts on suspecting dudes coming down the lane. 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:28.480 Now he only played 48 games, but I'll tell you that um not like this year, but last year it was it was actually okay for him not to play, let's just put it that way. 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:35.519 The improvement is real, uh, the kind that sticks because it came from shot selection. 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:37.200 It wasn't a hot streak. 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:40.400 The open question is the three-point shot. 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:47.920 Now, he shot 33.3% on just 3.1 attempts last year. 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:50.319 Is there a way for him to bump now?

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:57.119 Is there a way for him to bump it up and continue to improve the three-point shot? 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:12.240 I actually think there is because the one thing that we also have to understand is that Alex Sarr came into the league at 19 and he was skinny and he wasn't as strong. 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:16.640 What is he gonna do over the next two or three years? 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:30.559 Those legs are going to get stronger, they're gonna get thicker, and then you're gonna be able to shoot your jump shot with relatively ease instead of like launching it up there. 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:37.759 I believe that Alexar will gain some percentages on his three-point shot. 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:42.160 I don't think the shot is absolutely broken or anything like that. 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:47.039 I just think that he has the capability of doing some uh pretty good things when it comes to that. 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:50.319 So we'll we'll see how it all works out with him. 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:59.759 Let's move on to what you guys came to talk about, the main event, and that is the number one overall draft pick, and that's AJ DeBonster. 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:09.440 I have a couple questions, and I don't want to be Debbie Downer here, but the kid can score. 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:18.559 The question is everything else, and here's the other thing with everybody who is on this squad, right? 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:30.720 Now, if you're telling me the mandate is coming from the front office and also the coach Brian Keith, who we will get to a little bit later, then great. 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:46.720 But if you're telling me that Trey Young and Anthony Davis and other players are going to kind of acquiesce to AJ DePosta, I find that hard to believe. 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:56.160 But let's let's crack over the numbers and show you how spectacular this kid was in his one season of college basketball. 00:20:56.160 --> 00:21:08.240 He he shot 51% from the field, he only shot 33% from three, uh, he shot 148 of them and hitting uh 49. 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:13.599 Now he shot 77.4 percent from the free throw line. 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:15.759 You would hope a little bit better. 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:24.640 But here's the most important thing in college, he averaged 8.5 attempts a game. 00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:27.519 That's crazy work. 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:42.160 He also had eight games of 30 plus, two games of 40, and he broke uh Kevin Durant's Big 12 tournament freshman record by dropping 40. 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:44.480 Kid is legit score. 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:47.759 Now, a couple things that he needs to work on. 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:51.200 He is a little loose with the basketball, okay. 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:55.759 3.1 turnovers a game in his only season at BYU. 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:59.599 He averaged 3.7 assists, so he was a willing passer. 00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:03.200 He just wasn't making uh excellent reads. 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.720 Because here's the thing. 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:07.359 When he was at high school, it was about him. 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.880 He was getting buckets. 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:11.359 And that's what he was doing at BYU as well. 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:12.799 I'm going to get buckets. 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:14.400 Because that's what I do. 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:20.480 His rounding out his game was basically him working on it. 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:33.839 So the 3.1 turnovers, I'm kind of going like, well, I'm not too worried about it because it's him going, hey, when I get to the next level, I'm not going to be able to take all the shots I want. 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:43.359 I'm going to have to be a little more selective, and I need to get better with my angles, my vision, and what kind of passes I need to throw to my teammates. 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:54.319 So for him to be able to kind of understand that at the college level for the one season and then come out and you know have 3.7 assists. 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:57.440 I don't have a lot of questions when it comes to that. 00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:00.799 Now, in the summer league, he gave us a test. 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:02.079 He gave us a taste. 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:07.039 27 points, tying a record for a number one overall pick. 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.960 Now he's 19. 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:14.319 And the rookie of the year race is going to be awesome. 00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:17.839 We got a lot of star power out here. 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:23.200 I talked about Caleb Williams, uh Caleb Wilson last uh podcast. 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:28.240 So if you have not heard the Central Division podcast, go back and listen to it. 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:30.880 It's the last podcast before this one. 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:32.480 I highly recommend it. 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:35.440 We talk about the win totals and what have you. 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:43.279 But including Caleb Wilson, you got Derek Peterson, you got Cam Boozer, and you got also AJ DeBronstein. 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.480 But here's the problem. 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:54.880 I don't know if AJ is going to win the rookie of the year, and it doesn't have anything to do whether he's talented enough or whatever. 00:23:54.880 --> 00:24:02.240 I just don't know if he's going to get the opportunities when you got Trey Young on the squad, Anthony Davis, and you got Alex Sr. 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:04.160 also coming into his own. 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:08.160 Now they make a fucking big front line. 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:10.319 I mean, this front line is huge. 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:21.920 If AJ DeBanster and Alexar and Anthony Davis are on the court together, AJ DeBonster is literally 6'10. 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:33.119 And then you got Alex Saur, who is a seven-footer legitimately, and even though Anthony Davis wants to call himself 6'10, that dude is also seven feet tall. 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:46.000 So

a lot of length on that front court, kind of the thing to kind of hide Trey Young when we talked about his uh lackluster defense, but you know, it all has to come together. 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:56.640 The scouts said basically his free throw um attempts are the best of his shot selection. 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:01.680 Now they wonder if it's gonna hold up in the pro game. 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:04.079 I think it will absolutely do this. 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:12.720 He did it in international play a couple years back when I saw him in the uh under 19 like World Championships. 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:14.240 He did it in college. 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:23.519 I just think this is he knows how to get fouled, he knows how to go to the basket and go to get to the free throw line. 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:25.359 I just think he can get there. 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:30.160 Now, the defensive ground cover is open for question. 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:37.680 You know, here's the thing when you have a true scorer like him, it's one of those deals. 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:41.200 Is it gonna is the defense ever gonna come around? 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:42.880 Well, you hope so. 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:45.519 You just hope for his case. 00:25:45.519 --> 00:26:00.240 Now, if you want to talk about how hyped everybody is about this team, let's look no further than Brian Keith's comments during uh Media Day. 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:03.839 Says, I'm not going to put a limit on where we go. 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:11.039 He's just happy that he's gonna be able to coach competitive basketball. 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:20.960 And he's right, he has no idea where they can go because he doesn't know who's gonna be on the court and who's not gonna be on the court. 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:24.720 Is Anthony Davis gonna play 65 plus games? 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:33.359 Is Trey Young gonna not shoot four uh logo threes a game? 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:41.599 Are they gonna share the sugar with the number one overall draft pick and also the up-and-coming star in Alex Sarr? 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:55.200 There's a lot to work out in Washington, and this is one of the reasons why you know we do these win total over-unders because there's there's a lot of questions that we gotta ask. 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:59.440 Anthony Davis on staying healthy. 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:03.440 He says, My job is is is to not break. 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.880 I'm also old. 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:07.599 So, translation, guess what? 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:12.000 Dude, I'm probably gonna miss some games. 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:15.519 I'm probably gonna miss some games. 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:20.000 Now let's talk about the supporting cast a little bit. 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:24.640 We we talked a little bit about Keyshawn George, but the numbers were fantastic. 00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:34.240 14.8 points a game on 38.1 three-point shooting on five and a half attempts a game. 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:43.440 He also had an uh assist percentage of 22.4, which as a wing, that's amazing. 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.559 That's amazing. 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:48.960 He went from 13.3 to 22.4 in two years. 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:54.400 Now the rookie out of Texas kind of struggled a little bit, but then it caught on towards the end. 00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:58.160 He averaged 12.2 points a game, and we're talking about Trey Johnson. 00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.279 I'm sorry. 00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:03.839 So the rookie last year, Trey Johnson, 12.2 points a game. 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:10.480 He shot a little below league average, which was 35.8 from the land of three. 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:14.400 But here's the thing that you you put your hat on. 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:25.759 This is why I never think for one minute will Trey Johnson ever be nothing but a lethal weapon from downtown. 00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:30.799 This dude shot 87.4% from the free throw line. 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:34.319 Now, was the defense non-existent? 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:38.400 Yeah, you you were you are absolutely right. 00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:41.200 Was his box plus or minus terrible? 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:45.839 Yes, it was, but he was playing on a team that won 17 games, so I don't really care. 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:47.680 I really don't. 00:28:47.680 --> 00:29:08.799 Now, the Washington Wizards, because now they are starting to be serious about winning games and putting a competitive product on the on the uh court, they traded for Trey Man who gives buckets, they traded away Cam Whitmore who could not find a role on the Wizards. 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:17.200 And he's on Denver now, and I hope that because I think Cam Whitmore is extremely talented. 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:19.599 Uh, this might be one of my whiffs. 00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:37.839 I've had some I have have have had a lot of makes, you know, see Desmond Dane, seeing Con Kanipple, or what have you, but I was sure that Cam Whitmore was going to be able to carve out a solid career in the NBA, and it's it's not happening. 00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:49.200 And for some reason, it comes down to finding a role, understanding that you're not gonna get all the shots that you know you're supposed you think you're supposed to get. 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:51.599 And it literally comes down to that. 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:57.599 Another guy that I'm very interested in is uh uh Chris Middleton. 00:29:57.599 --> 00:30:03.920 Chris Middleton left Washington but also came back um during free agency. 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:07.119 So do I expect a lot out of Chris Middleton? 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.839 No. 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:20.720 But I do expect the veteran leadership that he can provide where Trey Young is a vet, don't get me wrong, but if I wanted a steady vet, this is the guy I'm looking at. 00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:27.680 Chris Middleton can still ball, but at 35, we ain't asking you to ball a lot, my guy. 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:42.799

We are asking you to talk to the youngins, keep them in line, let them know what it is to be a pro in this league, and then come in and hit the occasional three and be six foot six and and do your thing. 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:53.119 Now, I am going to also thank the Washington Wizards for being uh just an upright citizen and taking DeAndre Aiden off our hands. 00:30:53.119 --> 00:31:03.039 I appreciate you for that because this dude man, it was hard dealing with this cat. 00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:06.000 It was hard dealing with this cat. 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:16.079 But here's the thing: what I want to say is this is that I am uh he is a good backup for what they have. 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:28.960 Now, I will get to the keys of why Washington should or should not be winning more than 35 games or 35 and a half games. 00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:32.079 Is Anthony Davis gonna play enough games? 00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:38.400 Is Trey Young's shooting for s uh efficiency gonna hold up? 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:47.200 We know he can pass, we know he can shoot the three, but will he be more selective with his shots? 00:31:47.200 --> 00:32:00.160 Also, will you get off ball and not just stand out way out at like the uh like the 35-foot area of the court? 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:05.200 Does Shar's development continue to take a leap? 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:17.599 And does DeBancer get the developmental work uh runway that he actually deserves as an absolute just killer on the offensive end? 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:21.680 Washington is is sneaky deep. 00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:28.480 We talked about Keyshawn George, Keyshawn is probably not gonna start for this team, you know what I'm saying? 00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:30.400 Unless he's starting at the two guard. 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:31.279 I don't know. 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:41.200 Because the front line looks like it's gonna be Davis, it's gonna be Saar, and it's gonna be Da Bosta, and we hope that that's what it's gonna look like. 00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:51.680 So does Keyshawn John uh does Keyshawn George come off the bench and trade Johnson is going to be the starter at the two-guard position? 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:54.880 We will have to see once the season starts. 00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:56.640 I can't wait. 00:32:56.640 --> 00:33:03.119 Why they wouldn't hit it, obviously the same thing that we just talked about in reverse. 00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:07.759 Is Trey Young going to shoot ridiculous shots? 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:13.359 Is Anthony Davis gonna fall over and never give back up? 00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:19.440 And then we're just left with a bunch of youngins out there just running around. 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:21.599 Because that's the problem. 00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:29.440 If you allow the youngsters to run around without any direction, so to speak, could be a problem. 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:36.400 Perimeter defense needs to be uh adhered to. 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:46.559 Now you're not gonna get it from

Trey Young, but you got a lot of long active wings, they're gonna have to keep their defense together. 00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:54.559 De Bonster is gonna be one of them, and then we also have the the usage collisions that I thought about. 00:33:54.559 --> 00:34:01.440 There's only one basketball, and people say, Well, you can't say that that's so old school thinking. 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:20.960 But here's the thing you got five players who want the ball, and nobody is a clear connector, except for Trey Young, and if he decides that I want to take 25 shots a game, that's gonna be a problem because you got a lot of miles to feed. 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:31.199 Are the wizards gonna be able to space the floor as well as they need to with the monster shots still needing work? 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:35.440 And obviously, um Davis doesn't shoot the three. 00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:39.519 Will our guy Star continue to make that leap up? 00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:47.119 Will he keep his attempts the way they were, or can he kind of jump up to five again? 00:34:47.119 --> 00:35:06.800 So I will put it this way the what the fans should be looking for is this how eager is Trey to get the young man from BYU acclimated? 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:09.920 Is he going to defer a little bit? 00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:18.159 Because for the Wizards to go where they want to go, DeBonston needs to be developed. 00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:20.800 I know the front office knows that. 00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:24.159 I hope they are able to relay that message to Brian Keith. 00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:45.119 Now, Brian Keith has lost a lot of games in Washington, and I wonder if they get off to a slow start, will he feel the pressure and then put more on his veterans to get the productivity up and kind of push DeBronster to the side? 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:47.440 Scary thoughts, I know. 00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:50.639 Scary thoughts, because we do not want that. 00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:58.079 We want DeBonster to have a wide berth as far as develop developmental uh pathway. 00:35:58.079 --> 00:36:03.760 We want Trey Young to shoot the ball maybe about 16 times a game. 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:13.840 We're gonna we're gonna want Anthony Davis to play, but we're also gonna want him to take a couple less shots a game and give our guy DeBonster enough. 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:18.000 It's a lot, it's a lot to take in. 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:20.800 It's a lot to take in. 00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:25.760 So, where do I see the Washington Wizards being? 00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:29.360 I think they're gonna end up being like 33 and 49. 00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:31.840 It's a big jump up. 00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:34.639 It's a 16-game turnaround. 00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:44.960 But for them to win 36 games and beat their over-under by you know, that's a 19 uh game jump. 00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:54.800 I th I think you will still be happy or still be pleased if you're a Washington Wizard fan and your team won 33 games this next year. 00:36:54.800 --> 00:37:01.440 You still got a lot of young talent that's developing, you have a lot of young talent that's learning how to play defense. 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:14.000 Uh the Wonsa hasn't played one lick of basketball in the NBA yet, so it's great to see this group of young talent come together. 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:26.239 I just hope they are not overshadowed by the vets on this team looking for that that hold on to that one last piece of glory to make their legacy or what have you. 00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:28.400 So we'll see how it all goes. 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:33.280 Now, we move on to Charlotte. 00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:48.800 The Hornets made a big trade in the offseason, they traded LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves, they got back Nas Reed and a couple other pieces, but Nas Reed was the centerpiece of that deal. 00:37:48.800 --> 00:38:01.360 Now, their over-under is when it comes to uh Graft Kings, it was 38.5 over under. 00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:05.599 Far cry from what they did last year, right? 00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:10.559 But let's get into it, let's talk about what's going on. 00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:19.519 Ball was traded, Miles Bridges was traded, and the books only shaved off four and a half wins. 00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:25.119 Either Vegas is asleep or the Hornets just won the offseason. 00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:28.800 I'm telling you right now, I think there are gonna be some growing pains. 00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:30.079 But let's get into it. 00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:41.119 Last year they were 44 and 38, they were ninth in the East, they beat the Miami Heat in the play-in for their first postseason win since 2016. 00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:47.920 They still missed the playoffs, though, because they weren't able to finish the job with the other play-in game and what have you. 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:58.480 But it was a successful year for the Charlotte Hornets and Coach Charles Lee, who really is starting to put his stamp and his mark on this team. 00:38:58.480 --> 00:39:10.880 Now, Rival Executive said uh the price for the departures, yeah, it might be you know good in the long run, but it might not be good for this year. 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:16.320 I kind of I want to lean towards that, but let's make the case either way. 00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:26.000 June 25th, Lamella Blah, Josh Green, and Isaiah Evans go and the number 33 overall pick go out to Minnesota. 00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:30.400 Nas Reed comes to the Charlotte Hornets. 00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:43.280 Moe Gee also in a 30 uh 2033 first round draft pick also comes over to the Charlotte Hornets. 00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:51.280 Now, Miles Bridges also left, he went to Phoenix for Grayson Allen and Royce O'Neill. 00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:56.400 You lose you lose some points here. 00:39:56.400 --> 00:40:03.119 But here's the thing you take a step back to take a step forward. 00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:18.719 I am excited for LaMelo Ball to be in Minnesota, but

I think there were people in that organization who were like we we kind of need to do better at point. 00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:44.639 We need the shot selection to be better, we need I hate to say this because I think he's very talented, I think he's a really good player, but sometimes I Lomelo gives the gives the um perception of now that he's gone out of Charlotte, that they needed an an adult in the room. 00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:51.440 You know, I'm not trying to be harsh, or just trying to be real with you about what they saw. 00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:53.119 And here's the other thing. 00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:59.039 I know as people who watch Charlotte on a daily basis, y'all saw it too. 00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:08.079 There was a lot of times during the fourth quarter where the game was in the balance, Lamelo wasn't in the game. 00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:15.519 There'd be long stretches of time in the fourth quarter that Lomelo was not in that game. 00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:24.159 Khan Knipple was on the court, Brandon Miller was on that court, uh Kobe White was in that court, but it was not Lamelo ball. 00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:35.039 So we can sit here and talk about how, yes, will you miss Lamello's 22, 23 points a game? 00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.920 Yes, you will. 00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:39.920 Will you miss the assists that he brought because they were spectacular? 00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:41.039 Yes, you will. 00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:44.480 But will you miss the shot selection? 00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:47.280 Probably not. 00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:54.960 Will you miss the kind of blasé faire towards defense? 00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:57.440 Probably not. 00:41:57.440 --> 00:42:00.719 But we will see. 00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:06.400 So here's the deal. 00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:08.000 Let's get into what they do have. 00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:11.760 Brandon Miller right now, he's the franchise guy. 00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:23.760 Uh 65 games last year, 20.2 points a game, 4.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and a steal, and damn near a block a game. 00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:27.119 So overall, great when it comes to that. 00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:42.880 Now the shooting numbers uh leave a little bit to be desired, I think, for somebody as athletic and as big as uh Brandon Miller is his uh overall shooting, which was 43.5%, that needs to be a little bit better. 00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:44.960 But the three-point shooting was great. 00:42:44.960 --> 00:43:02.079 38.3 on 8.2 attempts, and then he shot 89.2% from the free throw line, and he had a true shooting percentage of 57.4% on usage, which is uh about 28.1. 00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:04.000 Um, that's pretty good. 00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:05.119 I like that. 00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:16.800 Uh, all of that is very uh you're starting to get on the budgeting of you know star status when you get to those numbers. 00:43:16.800 --> 00:43:20.719 Now the three-year climb has also been impressive. 00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:34.800 He's gone from true shooting percentage first year 55.2, second year 54 even, and last year 57.4, box plus minus negative 0.26. 00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:45.920 His first year, he was straight up even his second year 0.0, and his third year was a positive 1.6. 00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:53.039 His win shares kind of kind of gone up and down, but he made a real huge spike last year. 00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:59.599 So win shares 0.8 first year, 0.4, second year. 00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:02.000 4.5. 00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:07.599 Nas Reed is coming to the Charlotte Hornets. 00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:11.039 And what you're getting is efficiency is real. 00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:14.480 The free throw line is the tail. 00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:22.239 He's 20, he's about 28% usage player with 3.3 assists average. 00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:23.840 He's not a creator. 00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:25.599 He's a bucket getter. 00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:27.039 That is what he is. 00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:29.440 And he's gonna stay humble. 00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:30.800 You know what I'm saying? 00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:36.639 He's gonna be out here and do his thing and then provide leadership. 00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:43.440 He played with Anthony Edwards, he played with a uh a Randux superstar there. 00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:46.400 He is going to love it in Charlotte. 00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:49.920 Because I don't know if Brandon Miller has ever said a word in Charlotte. 00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:52.079 Has he ever said anything? 00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:54.159 I don't know. 00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:58.960 Brandon Miller's free throw percentage is gone up and up and up. 00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:01.119 First year 82.7%. 00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:08.480 Second year 86.1%, and last year he was damn near deadeye at 89.2. 00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:12.320 This dude is going to be awesome. 00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:14.559 It's just gonna be awesome. 00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:17.679 Now let's get to our guy Khan Knipple. 00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:21.519 Khan Knipple, he shocked the world last year. 00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:22.559 He didn't shock me. 00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:24.719 I thought this dude was gonna be awesome. 00:45:24.719 --> 00:45:33.360 But 81 games, 18.5 uh coins a game, 5.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists. 00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:40.880 He shot the ball overall at 47.5, which as a rookie, you can't you can't ask for better than that. 00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:45.920 He shot 42.5% from three on damn near eight attempts. 00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:56.800 He also shot 86.3% from the free throw line with a gaudy 63.3% true shooting percentage. 00:45:56.800 --> 00:45:59.039 Are you kidding me? 00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:07.360 This dude hit 273 threes his rookie year to lead the NBA. 00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:11.679 Not just rookies, the entire NBA. 00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:14.639 Was he first team all rookie? 00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:16.320 You bet your ass he was. 00:46:16.320 --> 00:46:19.440 Was he second in rookie of the year voting? 00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:22.159

He was my rookie of the year. 00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:24.480 I love Cooper Flag. 00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:26.800 Make hey, listen. 00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:30.480 The great white basketball player is back, baby. 00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:34.320 We got Con Kanipple, and we also got Cooper Flag. 00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:39.280 Man, we gonna have a bunch of dudes out here playing some basketball. 00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:41.119 It's gonna be great. 00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:51.679 Now his bet his best advanced line was the 8.0 win shares that he had. 00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:53.760 You know what I'm saying? 00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:58.320 He had a plus box point box plus minus of 2.8. 00:46:58.320 --> 00:47:00.719 Are you kidding me? 00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:05.599 Oh, by the way, on 22.3% usage percentage. 00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:12.239 Now the only bummer is that our guy got hurt a little bit earlier in the uh before the preseason. 00:47:12.239 --> 00:47:14.719 He has a left hamstring pull. 00:47:14.719 --> 00:47:19.599 Uh he's gonna be re-evaluated the first week of the season. 00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:21.840 So we'll see how that looks. 00:47:21.840 --> 00:47:26.239 It doesn't look like he will be available for the opener, which is a bummer. 00:47:26.239 --> 00:47:31.280 So maybe by the second or third week, our guy Khan Knipple will hit the court. 00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:33.039 But we are looking forward to it. 00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:35.199 We are looking forward to it. 00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:39.440 Because he is he was all that was promised, damn it. 00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:41.280 All that was promised. 00:47:41.280 --> 00:47:47.280 I love I love I love Meeson Khan Kanipple. 00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:48.639 And this is the thing. 00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:54.159 You'll take the step back, yeah, right, because you know, you need a point guard. 00:47:54.159 --> 00:47:57.920 Kobe White will kind of man the ship this year, don't get me wrong. 00:47:57.920 --> 00:47:58.880 I love it. 00:47:58.880 --> 00:48:13.039 He is going to be box office, 17.5 points a game, 3.4 rebounds, four assists, almost 60% true shooting percentage with a usage rate, which was 28.8. 00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:17.280 He played uh 50 games overall. 00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:32.559 He because he had a backup role, he only averaged like 19.3 minutes a game in Charlotte, 15.6 points a game, and he shot 39.1% from three. 00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:39.280 So I am looking forward to seeing what they do. 00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:47.440 What he's what Kobe White is replacing is the 7.1 assists that ball had last year. 00:48:47.440 --> 00:48:55.440 It's gonna be point guard by committee in Charlotte for sure. 00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:58.400 And this is why I think they'll take the step back. 00:48:58.400 --> 00:49:05.119 Now is Nas Reed gonna start as he's gonna or is he gonna be a six man? 00:49:05.119 --> 00:49:06.880 He's definitely gonna start. 00:49:06.880 --> 00:49:10.960 I don't think you trade for him and then expect him

to come off the bench. 00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:31.760 I think you're gonna want that production to even grow, and I think because of your lack of big right now, because the rookie Han Steinback is going to be as far as a rebounder, gonna be great. 00:49:31.760 --> 00:49:35.280 Block shots is where I worry. 00:49:35.280 --> 00:49:37.360 How does it work? 00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:41.519 But they got some studs coming. 00:49:41.519 --> 00:49:44.000 I like what they're doing. 00:49:44.000 --> 00:49:44.880 I really do. 00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:48.159 Jeff Peterson is doing a fantastic job down there in Charlotte. 00:49:48.159 --> 00:49:49.599 I I love it. 00:49:49.599 --> 00:49:56.079 Christian Anderson Jr., he is he's not big, but he can get buckets. 00:49:56.079 --> 00:50:04.079 18 and a half points a game and 7.4 assists to lead the Big 12, which is an excellent conference. 00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:09.280 It's a basketball powerhouse if you don't watch a lot of college basketball. 00:50:09.280 --> 00:50:15.679 So I expect great things coming out of Charlotte. 00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:18.320 They're just young, it's gonna take a second. 00:50:18.320 --> 00:50:19.360 You know what I'm saying? 00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:21.360 So you might have a couple struggles. 00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:24.800 Don't get disconcerned in Charlotte. 00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:27.440 I understand last year you made the plan. 00:50:27.440 --> 00:50:32.400 You expect to kind of make a leap this year, you're probably not going to do it. 00:50:32.400 --> 00:50:34.320 But don't worry. 00:50:34.320 --> 00:50:36.000 You're gonna be back. 00:50:36.000 --> 00:50:38.079 It's gonna take some time. 00:50:38.079 --> 00:50:41.119 Not a lot of time, but it's gonna take some time. 00:50:41.119 --> 00:50:45.679 I love that Steinbach is just a rebounder. 00:50:45.679 --> 00:50:50.159 And my whole thing is that if you rebound in college, you're gonna rebound in the NBA. 00:50:50.159 --> 00:50:58.159 He averaged 18.5 points a game and damn near 12 rebounds a game to lead the NCAA last season. 00:50:58.159 --> 00:51:03.679 Uh he also averaged 1.6 assists and 1.2 blocks. 00:51:03.679 --> 00:51:07.599 He shot the ball pretty well from three, 34%. 00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:16.159 Now, obviously the three-point shot is different in college than it is in the NBA, but we shall see. 00:51:16.159 --> 00:51:27.679 So the note to keep them above their goal of what was it, 39 and a half, is close games. 00:51:27.679 --> 00:51:30.480 Are they gonna regress to the norm? 00:51:30.480 --> 00:51:37.119 The coin differentials was 53 in three 53 wins. 00:51:37.119 --> 00:51:40.159 The record said was 44. 00:51:40.159 --> 00:51:42.480 We're gonna have to learn. 00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:52.159 We gotta see if they're gonna be able to do that with the young team. 00:51:52.159 --> 00:51:55.840 How how long will it take for Kanipple to get back? 00:51:55.840 --> 00:52:00.719 Because here's the thing with the hamstring, you want to make

sure that thing is completely healed. 00:52:00.719 --> 00:52:04.480 You want to make sure that thing is ready to go. 00:52:04.480 --> 00:52:17.039 But as soon as he's ready to go, the green light is open because again, 63.3% true shooting and 273 threes in his first year. 00:52:17.039 --> 00:52:19.840 I can't wait to see what this kid does for Encore. 00:52:19.840 --> 00:52:24.719 Can Brandon Miller stay on the court? 00:52:24.719 --> 00:52:31.199 First year 74 games, second year 27, last year 65. 00:52:31.199 --> 00:52:34.960 I would hope that that number goes a little bit further up. 00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:42.719 I hope he would get to a point where he's starting average anywhere between 72 to 75 games a year. 00:52:42.719 --> 00:52:44.800 That's my hope. 00:52:44.800 --> 00:52:59.599 And now, if they don't make it, if they don't make the uh 39 and a half wins, the reason why is that it took a lot longer for Con Knipple to get healthy with that hamstring. 00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:12.800 The playmaker role that Kobe White is taking over, obviously he would not do as good a job as Lamello Ball, and we will see how that works. 00:53:12.800 --> 00:53:16.079 Nas Reed, as a starter, we got questions. 00:53:16.079 --> 00:53:30.639 He's made three starts over last year, and listen, he averaged 27.5 minutes a game, but it's a difference coming off the bench than coming in and being a starter. 00:53:30.639 --> 00:53:48.320 You know, you are probably on the whiteboard a little bit higher than you were you were when you were on the bench coming in, but now age on the wings, Grayson Allen is 30, Royce O'Neill is 33, Dennis Schroeder's 33. 00:53:48.320 --> 00:53:57.280 They got a lot of experience, but is it good enough to get them where they need to go? 00:53:57.280 --> 00:54:14.239 What Hornets fans should be watching out for, your main concern this year is to see the continued development of Brandon Miller, Khan Kenical, and then the two rookies, Hans Steinbach and Christian Anderson Jr. 00:54:14.239 --> 00:54:17.360 That is what you should be paying attention to. 00:54:17.360 --> 00:54:19.920 Now, do you want some fun games? 00:54:19.920 --> 00:54:25.519 Here, do I do I think for one second you guys are gonna drop back and only win like 20 games? 00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:26.079 No. 00:54:26.079 --> 00:54:29.920 But we'll get to what I think you're at you guys are actually gonna hit. 00:54:29.920 --> 00:54:38.960 Will Nas Riggy continue to put up the numbers that he was putting up in Minnesota in a starting role? 00:54:38.960 --> 00:54:39.920 We'll see. 00:54:39.920 --> 00:54:42.559 These are all questions that gotta be answered. 00:54:42.559 --> 00:54:50.400 I'm looking for the Charlotte Hornets to be a little light under that 39 and a half. 00:54:50.400 --> 00:54:59.679 I'm looking for them to be, let's say, 38 and 44, so slightly under. 00:54:59.679 --> 00:55:10.000 I just think it matters having a guy like Lomelo, even though I thought that sometimes he showed some immaturity on the court. 00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:14.639 I think Charles Lee really managed that situation well last year. 00:55:14.639 --> 00:55:21.760 Uh, I again I expect and I think there is a bright future in Charlotte. 00:55:21.760 --> 00:55:30.639 I do not think of this team like okay, they had the little year where they got into the plan and now they're gonna kind of fall back to the pack. 00:55:30.639 --> 00:55:37.360 No, I think this is like a dip to the ascent uh to the extension. 00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:41.519 So you dip this year, and then you start going up from there. 00:55:41.519 --> 00:55:45.519 Because here's the other thing another draft pick, we'll see. 00:55:45.519 --> 00:55:47.360 We'll see what you get. 00:55:47.360 --> 00:55:55.280 So we're gonna move on to the Orlando Magic, and here's a bewildering team, you know what I'm saying? 00:55:55.280 --> 00:56:00.400 Like all the talent in the world, but still haven't been able to put it together. 00:56:00.400 --> 00:56:02.320 They got a new coach. 00:56:02.320 --> 00:56:04.639 He he's got the same problem. 00:56:04.639 --> 00:56:16.480 So the Magic led Detroit three games to one and then blew a 24-point lead at home in game six and then lost game seven. 00:56:16.480 --> 00:56:22.159 Their fix was to get a brand new coach and a 35-year-old center. 00:56:22.159 --> 00:56:24.800 We'll see how it works. 00:56:24.800 --> 00:56:30.079 Orlando was 45-37, which was eighth in the East. 00:56:30.079 --> 00:56:35.119 They lost in the first round to the Detroit Pistons, three games to four. 00:56:35.119 --> 00:56:37.679 The one seed, obviously the Pistons. 00:56:37.679 --> 00:56:44.639 Yeah, well, can't we talked about uh our guy Jalen Dorn in the last pod. 00:56:44.639 --> 00:56:48.239 Go back and and and listen to that pod, it's great. 00:56:48.239 --> 00:56:51.199 Um we had a lot of information on him. 00:56:51.199 --> 00:56:57.440 Now, with that being said, let's get into our our people in Orlando. 00:56:57.440 --> 00:57:08.239 They're gonna play the Atlanta Hawks first game of the season, and then the Sweeney era is going to begin officially. 00:57:08.239 --> 00:57:24.400 Jamal Mosley was fired May 4th, and the defense that he brought to this team, no doubt, the offense sucked. 00:57:24.400 --> 00:57:29.280 They couldn't get it get outside that they couldn't get out their own way. 00:57:29.280 --> 00:57:32.400 So Sean Sweeney comes from San Antonio. 00:57:32.400 --> 00:57:35.039 This is a good hire. 00:57:35.039 --> 00:57:47.760 Now, where he helped good one of the third-ranked off defenses in all the land, and he worked with Wingby, he's worked with Giannis, and he's worked with Luca. 00:57:47.760 --> 00:57:50.239 Like in Dallas. 00:57:50.239 --> 00:57:52.639 Okay, so this is Dallas Luca. 00:57:52.639 --> 00:57:59.840 People can say what they want about Luca's defense, it's not great, but you know who was on his ass the whole time? 00:57:59.840 --> 00:58:01.199 Sean Sweeney.

00:58:01.199 --> 00:58:03.519 What's the situation in Orlando? 00:58:03.519 --> 00:58:04.480 It's the same thing. 00:58:04.480 --> 00:58:08.400 Paulo Gwincarrol, Franz Wagner, and Desmond Bank. 00:58:08.400 --> 00:58:17.679 All I know is that what they're gonna have to do is get these guys to be on the same page. 00:58:17.679 --> 00:58:32.480 Paulo Gwincarrol, as far as a player, a man in this league, he's still not the efficiency darling that the analytics community wants. 00:58:32.480 --> 00:58:34.239 But he's a man you need. 00:58:34.239 --> 00:58:41.679 72 games last year, 22.2 points a game, eight and a half rebounds, 5.2 assists. 00:58:41.679 --> 00:58:52.800 He averaged basically almost a steal a game and 0.0 uh 0.6 blocks per game over 35 minutes. 00:58:52.800 --> 00:58:58.480 Now, he shot 46% from the field, which should be better. 00:58:58.480 --> 00:59:10.239 He only shot 30 30 and a half percent from three on 3.8 attempts, and he only shot 77.5% from the free throw line. 00:59:10.239 --> 00:59:19.039 So his true shooting percentage was 56.6, and his free throw rate was fifty-one point two percent. 00:59:19.039 --> 00:59:24.400 Can he run offense for you? 00:59:24.400 --> 00:59:25.119 Yes. 00:59:25.119 --> 00:59:30.320 Can he needs to shoot it better? 00:59:30.320 --> 00:59:33.119 Point blank, simple. 00:59:33.119 --> 00:59:43.280 He is a career 31.7% from three and 74.3% from the free throw line. 00:59:43.280 --> 00:59:54.079 For a guy who's averaging 20 points a game a year, it's gotta be better, it's gotta be better. 00:59:54.079 --> 00:59:57.440 Production, shot selection has to be better. 00:59:57.440 --> 01:00:05.280 He has to find what it is that he's good at and then just do it because this is ridiculous now. 01:00:05.280 --> 01:00:16.639 And for him to be really completely unlocked, he's gotta shoot the three or just abandon it altogether and then allow somebody else to take that role. 01:00:16.639 --> 01:00:22.239 Not helping him, but helping him is Franz Wagner. 01:00:22.239 --> 01:00:28.719 Now, Franz got hurt last year, he only played in 34 games in the regular season. 01:00:28.719 --> 01:00:36.079 He shot the ball a little bit better from three, but still not good enough. 01:00:36.079 --> 01:00:37.280 34.5%. 01:00:37.280 --> 01:00:40.880 Now, his free throw percentage is is promising. 01:00:40.880 --> 01:00:42.239 82.3%. 01:00:42.239 --> 01:00:50.320 So his uh true shooting percentage was just a tad under 59%, so it was 58.8. 01:00:50.320 --> 01:01:15.440 He had a box plus minus of positive 2.5, but they were a shell of themselves without Wagner, and I don't know if he was gonna shoot the ball any better than the 34.5%, but he was plagued with ankle and calf issues all last year, and a right calf issue in the playoffs that kept him out of game five and seven. 01:01:15.440 --> 01:01:26.559 So the shooting percentage for career from three is 32.4%, but from the line it's 85, it's 85%. 01:01:26.559 --> 01:01:28.800 I will say this. 01:01:28.800 --> 01:01:35.360 He is a shot of being a good three-point shooter, and I hope that that's what is gonna come along. 01:01:35.360 --> 01:01:52.880 He gives them real production, he also gives them um just a real steadying presence for some reason on the court, and he just whatever he does, he makes Paulo Bancaro better. 01:01:52.880 --> 01:01:58.480 And I thought it'd be the other way around, to be completely honest with you. 01:01:58.480 --> 01:02:01.599 But this is what we're looking at. 01:02:01.599 --> 01:02:12.239 Now, if we're gonna talk about shot selection and what have you, Desmond Bain, we need to talk about. 01:02:12.239 --> 01:02:19.360 He played in 82 games last year, uh, 20 points a game, four rebounds, four point one assists. 01:02:19.360 --> 01:02:23.679 He averages still in a little bit under 34 minutes. 01:02:23.679 --> 01:02:26.559 Desmond Bane was Desmond Bain last year. 01:02:26.559 --> 01:02:49.199 It was 48.4% from the field, uh 39% from three, and a 90.8% from the free throw line, true shooting percentage above 60, it was 60.7, but it wasn't Desmond Bain, because Desmond Bain usually shoots about 42% from three. 01:02:49.199 --> 01:03:04.000 And I don't know if it was just new squad, whatever, but he only shot 5.2 threes a game last year, which was the lowest since his rookie year. 01:03:04.000 --> 01:03:16.960 His career three-point shooting average was 40.7% on six point one attempts a game. 01:03:16.960 --> 01:03:21.039 So three-point shot was not as good. 01:03:21.039 --> 01:03:34.320 He shot less of them, which was weird, and he he he shot eight point six perhaps of three in the twenty twenty-three-2024 season. 01:03:34.320 --> 01:03:39.360 Now, another guy who needs to stay healthy is Jalen Suggs. 01:03:39.360 --> 01:03:51.440 Jalen Suggs is an absolute demon on defense, and somehow he's like the low-key leader of that squad, and when he's not playing, it just shows up. 01:03:51.440 --> 01:04:04.159 They listen discombobulated as a group without um my guy Jalen Suggs, and also you need to be on the court because you need to get your three-point stroke down, my guy. 01:04:04.159 --> 01:04:09.599 Now, here's the best part about the Orlando Magic. 01:04:09.599 --> 01:04:13.920 They have an expiration date because you know what's coming for 'em. 01:04:13.920 --> 01:04:16.880 It's that it's that damn salary cap. 01:04:16.880 --> 01:04:23.440 Their payroll is 220.8 million. 01:04:23.440 --> 01:04:37.840 You got Wagner, Bancaro, Bain, and Suggs that take up $155.1 million dollars of the salary cap, which is is 70%. 01:04:37.840 --> 01:04:40.719 So guess what? 01:04:40.719 --> 01:04:52.480 If they don't figure it out this year, then they're gonna need to get some flexibility back and also reacquire some of the draft picks that they lost in the Desmond Bain trade. 01:04:52.480 --> 01:04:59.199 Because remember, Orlando traded Memphis for first round picks. 01:04:59.199 --> 01:05:08.000 Now the the

thought was that they were gonna be drafting like 28th, 29th, 27th overall. 01:05:08.000 --> 01:05:12.079 But I that obviously wasn't the case. 01:05:12.079 --> 01:05:20.079 So they're gonna need to get some shit done in quick and in a hurry. 01:05:20.079 --> 01:05:23.440 Who's gonna step up in the backcourt? 01:05:23.440 --> 01:05:32.480 We talked about Jalen Suggs, we talked about what he is getting as far as money is concerned, which is 32.4 million. 01:05:32.480 --> 01:05:34.639 You gotta play more, Jalen. 01:05:34.639 --> 01:05:37.519 57 games is not good enough. 01:05:37.519 --> 01:05:40.960 You gotta get up into that 68 to 72 range. 01:05:40.960 --> 01:05:59.760 The 13.8 points a game, the 5.5 assists is awesome, the dare near two steals a game is great, but you need to be on the court to shoot more threes, hit more threes, and be in that stabilizer stabilizer influence. 01:05:59.760 --> 01:06:07.840 That you need to be because the other guy that they're still looking for is Anthony Black. 01:06:07.840 --> 01:06:12.639 Now, people will say that Anthony Black has been held back a little bit. 01:06:12.639 --> 01:06:16.480 But listen, he made 40 starts last year. 01:06:16.480 --> 01:06:25.840 He he scored 15 points a game, almost four rerounds a game, and 3.7 assists, and one and a half steals a game. 01:06:25.840 --> 01:06:30.239 Now the three-point shot is still not where it kind of needs to be. 01:06:30.239 --> 01:06:34.320 It's a little bit below league average at 33.3%. 01:06:34.320 --> 01:06:37.280 Need to get that up. 01:06:37.280 --> 01:06:49.440 But he's a 6'6, 6'7 wing who just absolutely hunts the passing lanes, gets a bunch of deflections, and wants to play defense. 01:06:49.440 --> 01:06:54.000 So if he can shoot the ball a little bit better, he can stay on the court. 01:06:54.000 --> 01:06:56.880 He can stay on the court. 01:06:56.880 --> 01:07:03.920 They brought back uh Vucevic from Chicago, and I don't know if he's gonna start or he's gonna come off the bench. 01:07:03.920 --> 01:07:08.800 I would think that he would come off the bench and uh back up Wendell Carter Jr. 01:07:08.800 --> 01:07:16.000 Now Vusevich last year was uh 15.1 points a game, eight and a half rebounds, 3.3 assists. 01:07:16.000 --> 01:07:24.320 He shot the ball basically almost at 50%, 49.3, and he shot the three ball very well at 36.9%. 01:07:24.320 --> 01:07:27.760 So that's awesome, right? 01:07:27.760 --> 01:07:28.719 Yes. 01:07:28.719 --> 01:07:31.840 Is that what you want out of your backup big? 01:07:31.840 --> 01:07:32.800 Yes. 01:07:32.800 --> 01:07:36.079 Do you want more from Wendell Carter Jr. 01:07:36.079 --> 01:07:37.840 You goddamn right? 01:07:37.840 --> 01:07:41.039 You're damn right we do. 01:07:41.039 --> 01:07:49.519 The 11.8 points a game is not that big of a deal, the 7.4 rebounds is not that big of a deal. 01:07:49.519 --> 01:07:55.199 It's the 51% field goal percentage that's a big deal. 01:07:55.199 --> 01:08:00.159 And listen, are you a three-point shooter or not? 01:08:00.159 --> 01:08:09.199 Because the 32% on the three attempts that you're taking, I'd rather you just go ahead and shoot the ball from the inside, my guy. 01:08:09.199 --> 01:08:17.279 You're a good rebounder, you're you know, we love it, but we need more. 01:08:17.279 --> 01:08:20.000 We need more from you. 01:08:20.000 --> 01:08:33.359 Now, maybe with Vusevich backing him up, takes a little bit more pressure off him, frees his mind a little bit, and therefore maybe we see him flourish this year, but the time is ticking. 01:08:33.359 --> 01:08:35.840 The time is ticking. 01:08:35.840 --> 01:08:42.239 Now, a bright spot for the Orlando Magic is Tristian DeSilva. 01:08:42.239 --> 01:08:47.279 He played in 77 games last year, he made 34 stars. 01:08:47.279 --> 01:08:50.319 It's not the points and stuff, and I'll get to that in a second. 01:08:50.319 --> 01:08:54.800 It's just like when he played, he just there was a difference. 01:08:54.800 --> 01:08:58.960 He just made things happen on the defensive end. 01:08:58.960 --> 01:09:04.960 I'm not saying he's the greatest defender of all times, but he just seemed to be able to hold his own. 01:09:04.960 --> 01:09:10.479 He averaged almost damn near 10 points a game, three and 3.7 rebounds. 01:09:10.479 --> 01:09:20.399 She shot the ball at a 45% clip, shot the three ball extremely well for somebody, you know, who hasn't been in the league long 37.4%. 01:09:20.399 --> 01:09:23.760 I just like this kid. 01:09:23.760 --> 01:09:25.840 I like this kid a lot. 01:09:25.840 --> 01:09:31.760 I don't know what it is about him, but he's able to get it done. 01:09:31.760 --> 01:09:36.319 Now, what is the keys for the magic to do their thing? 01:09:36.319 --> 01:09:54.159 Sean Sweeney needs to do whatever voodoo magic, whatever uh, whatever witchcraft that he needs to do to figure out what the hell is going on with Wagner and Paolo Gancaro. 01:09:54.159 --> 01:09:57.039 One of those guys gotta shoot over 36%. 01:09:57.039 --> 01:09:59.600 One of them gotta do it. 01:09:59.600 --> 01:10:11.600 Or we are going to continue the the the the rival teams are gonna continue to just stand in the paint. 01:10:11.600 --> 01:10:16.239 Just stand there and just allow you to shoot threes and brick them. 01:10:16.239 --> 01:10:26.000 Desmond Gaines needs to get back to his, you know, at least like averaging seven attempts a game and shooting above forty percent from three. 01:10:26.000 --> 01:10:31.840 He needed to get back to who who he was, and we need Jalen Suggs to stay on the court. 01:10:31.840 --> 01:10:38.720 Now, the way they don't get it is they don't figure none of these things out. 01:10:38.720 --> 01:10:54.640 Wagner or Ben Carroll misses games again, Suggs misses chunks of games again, nobody shooting over 36% again, and Sean Sweeney is just standing there scratching his head. 01:10:54.640 --> 01:10:59.520 Does Vucevic fall off the cliff? 01:10:59.520 --> 01:11:00.640 Who

knows? 01:11:00.640 --> 01:11:12.880 What fans should be looking for early to see if this is going to be uh a magic season, or is it gonna be another season to forget? 01:11:12.880 --> 01:11:21.279 Does Bain shoot the three ball and provide the spacing that we thought that he was gonna provide? 01:11:21.279 --> 01:11:30.479 Is Jalen Suggs playing games or is he coming up with like crazy ass injuries because he played so damn hard? 01:11:30.479 --> 01:11:40.479 Is the Franz Wagner Palo Bancaro Tandem is it viable or not? 01:11:40.479 --> 01:11:45.279 We gotta get an answer to this this year. 01:11:45.279 --> 01:11:50.079 If we do, and it's all gravy, it works out. 01:11:50.079 --> 01:12:04.319 If not, this team who's over under is 43 and a half, I am looking for them to go under a little bit. 01:12:04.319 --> 01:12:08.640 42 and 40 sounds good to me. 01:12:08.640 --> 01:12:11.760 It's not that I don't believe. 01:12:11.760 --> 01:12:14.880 I just you gotta show it to me. 01:12:14.880 --> 01:12:16.880 You gotta show it to me. 01:12:16.880 --> 01:12:19.279 I need I love Jalen Suggs. 01:12:19.279 --> 01:12:22.960 Think he's an absolute dog, I think he's an absolute winner. 01:12:22.960 --> 01:12:24.720 I just need you on the court. 01:12:24.720 --> 01:12:27.680 I love Paulo Guncarol. 01:12:27.680 --> 01:12:30.319 I don't care what the analytics say. 01:12:30.319 --> 01:12:36.640 But you gotta be more efficient for me to like continue to bang the drum for you, my guy. 01:12:36.640 --> 01:12:41.840 And Franz, you need to do Franz things. 01:12:41.840 --> 01:12:43.760 But you need to shoot the ball better. 01:12:43.760 --> 01:12:45.600 One of you gotta shoot the ball better. 01:12:45.600 --> 01:12:48.720 Either Glen Carroll or Franz Wagner. 01:12:48.720 --> 01:12:51.039 Somebody needs to get to 37-38%. 01:12:51.039 --> 01:13:00.239 So I hope that both of these guys was in the lab shooting a bunch of threes over the offseason and they figured this shit out. 01:13:00.239 --> 01:13:10.960 Because if they don't, this is another season that the Orlando Magic are spinning their wills, and here's the thing: there is no help on the horizon. 01:13:10.960 --> 01:13:22.560 Your cap situation is about to get real murky, and you don't have draft picks to be able to infuse new talent into this lineup. 01:13:22.560 --> 01:13:31.520 So, there will be a trade of one of the weak boys, either Ron Carroll or Wagner. 01:13:31.520 --> 01:13:33.920 Take my word for it. 01:13:33.920 --> 01:13:52.720 If this shit don't look sweet by the all-star break, or before, a little week before, we don't start to see what this team is supposed to look like by the middle of January, this is gonna be a tough situation in Orlando. 01:13:52.720 --> 01:13:54.479 Tough. 01:13:54.479 --> 01:13:58.640 So that's what I'm looking for. 01:13:58.640 --> 01:14:04.239 But I think that you don't hit your mark because I don't know if you figured it out. 01:14:04.239 --> 01:14:07.920 I'm skeptical because

I haven't seen it yet. 01:14:07.920 --> 01:14:11.439 Doesn't mean that I don't think it can necessarily happen. 01:14:11.439 --> 01:14:16.000 It just means you gotta prove it to me. 01:14:16.000 --> 01:14:18.319 Alright. 01:14:18.319 --> 01:14:21.520 Now, we are going to get to the Miami Heat. 01:14:21.520 --> 01:14:22.640 You know why? 01:14:22.640 --> 01:14:27.279 Because the Miami Heat got a lot of stuff going on. 01:14:27.279 --> 01:14:33.359 First and foremost, obviously Giannis Antecumpo has entered the chat. 01:14:33.359 --> 01:14:34.479 You know what I'm saying? 01:14:34.479 --> 01:14:37.520 God God bless him. 01:14:37.520 --> 01:14:41.520 Boy, did Miami give up a lot to get him. 01:14:41.520 --> 01:14:44.560 Now they went 43 and 39 last year. 01:14:44.560 --> 01:14:48.319 Their over-under for win total is 46 and a half. 01:14:48.319 --> 01:14:50.640 We will see where they get to. 01:14:50.640 --> 01:14:52.800 They went out and got their guy. 01:14:52.800 --> 01:14:55.279 Listen, they lost in the playoff game again. 01:14:55.279 --> 01:14:57.680 Pat Riley said, I'm sick of this shit. 01:14:57.680 --> 01:15:06.880 We've been bribes made on all these other like superstars, but this year we will pay the toll and we'll get our guy. 01:15:06.880 --> 01:15:10.720 And that guy was Giannis Ante Tacumpo. 01:15:10.720 --> 01:15:12.960 And I'm gonna tell you right now. 01:15:12.960 --> 01:15:14.960 Is the fit great? 01:15:14.960 --> 01:15:17.039 No. 01:15:17.039 --> 01:15:20.399 But is Giannis great? 01:15:20.399 --> 01:15:21.279 Absolutely. 01:15:21.279 --> 01:15:23.199 Is he gonna help this team win? 01:15:23.199 --> 01:15:24.399 For sure. 01:15:24.399 --> 01:15:30.000 We got some questions around him, but we're gonna get to those in a second. 01:15:30.000 --> 01:15:33.520 Let's talk about the trade. 01:15:33.520 --> 01:15:35.439 They gave up a lot to get him. 01:15:35.439 --> 01:15:38.239 Let's be really honest about that. 01:15:38.239 --> 01:15:48.479 They gave up Tyler Hero, Khalil Ware, Jaime Hawkes Jr., Cascaris Yakatunis, and the 13 overall pick. 01:15:48.479 --> 01:15:53.760 Now, picks out unprotected, 2031, 2033. 01:15:53.760 --> 01:15:56.800 They have a quick swap in 2030. 01:15:56.800 --> 01:16:06.479 They got Bobby Cortis as well. 01:16:06.479 --> 01:16:13.840 Clay Thompson, his uh is now in South Beach, so his boat can be out in the water. 01:16:13.840 --> 01:16:19.760 I think Klay on his boat is better than Clay landlocked. 01:16:19.760 --> 01:16:22.159 We'll see how that go. 01:16:22.159 --> 01:16:24.720 Timmy Hardaway Jr. 01:16:24.720 --> 01:16:27.119 is now a Miami Heat. 01:16:27.119 --> 01:16:30.000 He's gonna be wearing his daddy's number. 01:16:30.000 --> 01:16:31.439 It's gonna be great. 01:16:31.439 --> 01:16:33.520 I can't wait to see it. 01:16:33.520 --> 01:16:37.600 Now, do they have things in their arsenal? 01:16:37.600 --> 01:16:39.199 Yes. 01:16:39.199 --> 01:16:41.279 Can they trade them? 01:16:41.279 --> 01:16:43.039 I

don't know. 01:16:43.039 --> 01:16:47.520 They got picks 2028, 2029, and 2030. 01:16:47.520 --> 01:17:01.760 Now, there's a swap tangle in and 2032, so they're thin as far as picks are concerned, but Pat Riley can you know he can work some magic. 01:17:01.760 --> 01:17:05.439 The Godfather is out here going to make deals. 01:17:05.439 --> 01:17:08.000 And here's the other thing Pat Riley is what? 01:17:08.000 --> 01:17:11.279 Like 81, 81 years of age. 01:17:11.279 --> 01:17:26.319 So he has a expiration date, and I'm not trying to be very morbid here, but I'm saying if somebody is willing to go all in, it's gonna be the godfather, Pat Riley. 01:17:26.319 --> 01:17:26.800 Okay? 01:17:26.800 --> 01:17:31.119 The slick back silver haired devil is gonna try to get it done. 01:17:31.119 --> 01:17:32.640 Okay, for sure. 01:17:32.640 --> 01:17:33.840 He got Giannis. 01:17:33.840 --> 01:17:35.279 Yes, he got Clay. 01:17:35.279 --> 01:17:37.840 Clay's a little bit longer in the tooth. 01:17:37.840 --> 01:17:42.399 You need some three-point shooting that you can depend on, that you can rely on. 01:17:42.399 --> 01:17:45.840 We will see what also can shake out. 01:17:45.840 --> 01:17:49.840 Maybe it's not this year coming up, but maybe it's in the next offseason. 01:17:49.840 --> 01:17:50.720 I don't know. 01:17:50.720 --> 01:17:52.000 But we will see. 01:17:52.000 --> 01:17:54.239 Let's talk about the team in question. 01:17:54.239 --> 01:17:58.239 Giannis is a MVP walking around. 01:17:58.239 --> 01:18:02.640 Not just back in the day, but the numbers are still there. 01:18:02.640 --> 01:18:17.840 Now he didn't play in a bunch of games last year, but here's the thing 27.6 points a game, damn near 10 rebounds a game at 9.8, 5.4 assists a game, true shooting percentage of 62.4%. 01:18:17.840 --> 01:18:21.279 This dude is a killer. 01:18:21.279 --> 01:18:25.279 His efficiency is a uh is awesome. 01:18:25.279 --> 01:18:29.439 65.8% true shooting percentage. 01:18:29.439 --> 01:18:31.039 Are you kidding me? 01:18:31.039 --> 01:18:35.119 He has a free throw rate of 59.7%. 01:18:35.119 --> 01:18:40.800 This dude is listen, they got a dude. 01:18:40.800 --> 01:18:42.239 Now here's the problem. 01:18:42.239 --> 01:18:44.319 He's been injured lately. 01:18:44.319 --> 01:18:53.359 Games played over the last three seasons, 73, three years ago, 67, 2 years ago, last year, 36. 01:18:53.359 --> 01:18:56.079 Okay. 01:18:56.079 --> 01:18:58.640 Gotta keep him healthy. 01:18:58.640 --> 01:19:15.199 We're hoping that the the Miami area has good orthopaedic people as far as that's concerned, and there's just healing park properties in the water down there to keep our guy on the court. 01:19:15.199 --> 01:19:21.760 The one thing that Giannis is gonna do is charge down the middle of the lane and try to get buckets. 01:19:21.760 --> 01:19:29.760 He is like a bull in a China shop, and he is going to get his 10 uh free throw temps a game. 01:19:29.760 --> 01:19:32.239 Now, is he gonna shoot threes? 01:19:32.239 --> 01:19:34.560 Absolutely freaking not. 01:19:34.560 --> 01:19:40.000 He shoots 33%, he only shoots 1.3 threes a game. 01:19:40.000 --> 01:19:43.279 So, no, no, no, no. 01:19:43.279 --> 01:19:59.680 Now, when he played in a real year where he played like over 65 games, his usage was uh 35.4 percent, and he had a net rating of positive 12.3 that's MVP numbers right there. 01:19:59.680 --> 01:20:07.359 MVP numbers now he says during his media day availability, he said the goal is to win a championship. 01:20:07.359 --> 01:20:08.640 That's the goal. 01:20:08.640 --> 01:20:12.000 You know who also believes in that pat Riley. 01:20:12.000 --> 01:20:18.880 Pat Riley is you are winning a championship, or the season is an absolute failure. 01:20:18.880 --> 01:20:24.239 We don't give out participation medals here in Miami. 01:20:24.239 --> 01:20:27.199 We seen the fan base down there. 01:20:27.199 --> 01:20:30.000 That fan base is about glitz and glam. 01:20:30.000 --> 01:20:33.039 You know how you get glitz and glam? 01:20:33.039 --> 01:20:39.680 You put a bunch of W's in the marker every single year. 01:20:39.680 --> 01:20:50.079 It's not good enough to have cool ass uniforms that are like pastel blue and pink, and you have Miami Vice Knight on the court. 01:20:50.079 --> 01:20:51.680 That's great, man. 01:20:51.680 --> 01:20:54.079 That's awesome. 01:20:54.079 --> 01:20:57.920 Winning games is awesome too. 01:20:57.920 --> 01:21:03.920 Mean to win some fucking games out here, and Giannis is about that life. 01:21:03.920 --> 01:21:06.640 So, how they gonna do this? 01:21:06.640 --> 01:21:08.640 How are they gonna do this? 01:21:08.640 --> 01:21:10.720 Well, that's a good question. 01:21:10.720 --> 01:21:13.600 Starting off, bam out of bio. 01:21:13.600 --> 01:21:20.479 Bam out of bio, put up 83 points, we think fraudulently, uh, you know what I'm saying? 01:21:20.479 --> 01:21:28.399 Listen, no, I don't I respect the hustle or whatever, but we know you Jerry rigged that 83 points, my guy. 01:21:28.399 --> 01:21:36.000 Taking down Kobe's number 81 to be the second best uh scoring game of all time. 01:21:36.000 --> 01:21:44.960 But as far as being out of a player is concerned, got a couple questions. 01:21:44.960 --> 01:21:54.079 Now, I think it's getting because of shot selection, but the past three years of his field goal percentage has gone steadily down. 01:21:54.079 --> 01:21:58.720 52.1% three years ago. 01:21:58.720 --> 01:22:20.079 Or two years, yeah, three years ago, two years ago, 48.5 percent last year, 44.2 percent, true shooting percentage, also steadily down, 57.6 percent, 56.1, and then 55.1. 01:22:20.079 --> 01:22:40.319 The scoring and the production numbers still lead 20 and 10 a game, positive 22 box plus minus, second team all defense, all those things are great, but somebody gonna have to shoot the three. 01:22:40.319 --> 01:22:55.680 I don't know if it's gonna be him, no clue, but you're gonna have

to do something to provide space for what Bam Alabio and um Giannis Antecupo do. 01:22:55.680 --> 01:23:02.239 So Klay Thompson and Davion Mitchell and Andrew Wiggins. 01:23:02.239 --> 01:23:06.880 I hope y'all shoot nothing but threes and hit him. 01:23:06.880 --> 01:23:11.920 Now, Andrew Wiggins has been doing work. 01:23:11.920 --> 01:23:14.159 The Lakers tried to get him. 01:23:14.159 --> 01:23:17.359 They wanted him so bad last year, they could taste it. 01:23:17.359 --> 01:23:18.880 They couldn't get him. 01:23:18.880 --> 01:23:26.239 This dude has turned his whole career around. 01:23:26.239 --> 01:23:31.520 Remember when we was like sitting there thinking to ourselves, like, man, is Andrew Wiggins ever gonna pan out? 01:23:31.520 --> 01:23:38.239 And then he went to Golden State and put up that monster year when Golden State won the championship back in 2022. 01:23:38.239 --> 01:23:45.119 Now this dude is shooting 41.4% from three on five attempts. 01:23:45.119 --> 01:23:49.520 He is a positive defensive box class minus a one. 01:23:49.520 --> 01:23:55.359 And now you also pair him with Bobby Cortis, who shoots a bunch of threes. 01:23:55.359 --> 01:23:56.960 You know what I'm saying? 01:23:56.960 --> 01:24:00.239 45% on 4.4 attempts. 01:24:00.239 --> 01:24:02.800 He's gonna have to up that a little bit this year. 01:24:02.800 --> 01:24:07.359 You might lose a little bit of the percentage. 01:24:07.359 --> 01:24:14.239 If he went down to 42 and he shot six threes a game, I think Miami would take that trade-off. 01:24:14.239 --> 01:24:20.720 Bobby Cardis lost 20 pounds in the offseason. 01:24:20.720 --> 01:24:25.199 They take their strength and conditioning very serious in Miami. 01:24:25.199 --> 01:24:43.920 If you have a uh body mass or BMI that's too high, or your um, if you have a body fat percentage of more than six, Pat Riley's gonna come down from his office and whoop your ass. 01:24:43.920 --> 01:24:45.279 Just let you know. 01:24:45.279 --> 01:24:48.560 So we'll see how that all goes. 01:24:48.560 --> 01:24:53.680 There's no question whether the Miami Heat is gonna be able to play defense. 01:24:53.680 --> 01:25:00.399 Is can they create enough space for Giannis and Bam to do their thing? 01:25:00.399 --> 01:25:10.000 So the Pell Larsons of the world, the Davion Mitchell's of the world who shoot the three ball, well, we're gonna need more volume. 01:25:10.000 --> 01:25:11.039 More. 01:25:11.039 --> 01:25:14.079 Okay, more volume. 01:25:14.079 --> 01:25:18.399 Is Jovich a real player? 01:25:18.399 --> 01:25:21.439 We're gonna have to find out. 01:25:21.439 --> 01:25:28.960 So, what are the keys to the Miami Heat going over their number, which is 46 and a half? 01:25:28.960 --> 01:25:31.600 Well, very easy. 01:25:31.600 --> 01:25:38.159 Giannis and Bam Iobio play 65 plus games. 01:25:38.159 --> 01:25:45.680 You that's more of an issue on the Giannis side than it is on the Autobio side, but we will see how it all goes. 01:25:45.680 --> 01:25:54.399 Now, once those dudes do that, is the three-point shooting continuing to three-point itself? 01:25:54.399 --> 01:25:58.159 Clay Thompson, can you get back to 40%? 01:25:58.159 --> 01:26:04.079 Or are you too old to not do that anymore? 01:26:04.079 --> 01:26:13.279 Can Wiggins continue to sustain his level of excellence beyond the three-point line at 41.4%? 01:26:13.279 --> 01:26:18.880 Is Davion Mitchell really almost a 40% three-point shooter? 01:26:18.880 --> 01:26:20.640 Is that what he is now? 01:26:20.640 --> 01:26:25.039 Because if that's the case, they got a real shot at doing this. 01:26:25.039 --> 01:26:27.760 And here's the thing. 01:26:27.760 --> 01:26:32.640 I do not ever bet against Eric Spostra. 01:26:32.640 --> 01:26:36.079 I don't bet against this dude at all. 01:26:36.079 --> 01:26:41.199 So those are the keys for them to do it. 01:26:41.199 --> 01:26:48.640 Now, if they don't do it, the lower leg injuries of Giannis continue. 01:26:48.640 --> 01:26:56.880 The depth that they lost with the four players becomes a real thing and it's and it absolutely debilitates that team. 01:26:56.880 --> 01:27:07.680 Giannis doesn't get to the free throw line nearly as much because they don't respect the three-point shooting of the rest of the Miami Heat. 01:27:07.680 --> 01:27:12.800 Can Clay turn back the clock one more time? 01:27:12.800 --> 01:27:17.279 And can we get more efficiency from Bam out of bio? 01:27:17.279 --> 01:27:30.560 I understand that you had a lot of things on your shoulders the last couple years, and maybe this has kind of affected your efficiency, but we're gonna need to for you to be a lot more efficient this year. 01:27:30.560 --> 01:27:41.359 So I think they will be battling the Hawks for the best uh record in their division, and they'll be battling for a playoff spot for sure. 01:27:41.359 --> 01:27:59.760 Now, as far as actually what they're looking at, as far as what they're gonna do, what the fans should be focused on, Yiannis playing games. 01:27:59.760 --> 01:28:01.359 That's it. 01:28:01.359 --> 01:28:11.359 Pat Riley sitting there in his seat along with Alonzo Morning looking stoic and Giannis playing a bunch of games. 01:28:11.359 --> 01:28:19.840 If he does that, they have a really good shot of getting over the 46 and a half games. 01:28:19.840 --> 01:28:24.560 If not, they're not going to get over 46 and a half games. 01:28:24.560 --> 01:28:25.920 They're just not going to do it. 01:28:25.920 --> 01:28:28.399 So it really comes down to Giannis. 01:28:28.399 --> 01:28:31.680 Now do I have faith that Giannis is going to be able to do this? 01:28:31.680 --> 01:28:32.880 Yeah, I do. 01:28:32.880 --> 01:28:34.319 I do. 01:28:34.319 --> 01:28:46.560 I think they just sneak in under the buzzer and they get to 40. 01:28:46.560 --> 01:28:48.479 They get to 48 wins. 01:28:48.479 --> 01:28:51.039 I think they get to 48. 01:28:51.039 --> 01:28:52.800 They get there. 01:28:52.800 --> 01:28:58.079 And

then we'll see what they look like in the playoffs. 01:28:58.079 --> 01:29:00.560 And that's what it really comes down to it. 01:29:00.560 --> 01:29:06.800 Now, I don't know if they need one more guy. 01:29:06.800 --> 01:29:12.560 I am thinking that they do for them to be like a legitimate like title contender. 01:29:12.560 --> 01:29:24.239 But as long as you got Giannis Andrew DeCupo on the team, you get him into a playoff series, he's going to scare the holy shit out about any competitor that he plays. 01:29:24.239 --> 01:29:28.800 Because that dude is an MVP candidate just walking around. 01:29:28.800 --> 01:29:32.319 Just walking amongst us, MVP candidate. 01:29:32.319 --> 01:29:38.960 That dude wakes up, rolls out of bed, and pisses excellence every single day. 01:29:38.960 --> 01:29:40.319 We seen that dude. 01:29:40.319 --> 01:29:41.279 You seen his body. 01:29:41.279 --> 01:29:47.279 You seen what this man puts himself through every single day to be the best he can possibly be. 01:29:47.279 --> 01:29:51.199 I don't doubt Miami. 01:29:51.199 --> 01:29:53.039 I don't doubt Eric Spulstra. 01:29:53.039 --> 01:29:57.920 And I'm damn sure not going to doubt Giannis and Titacumpo. 01:29:57.920 --> 01:29:59.600 I think they get the 48 wins. 01:29:59.600 --> 01:30:02.399 They get over 46 and a half wins. 01:30:02.399 --> 01:30:05.279 I think they're like a four or five seed. 01:30:05.279 --> 01:30:09.600 And let the let the fun begin when it comes to the playoffs. 01:30:09.600 --> 01:30:13.840 The last thing that we need to talk about is the Atlanta Hawks. 01:30:13.840 --> 01:30:15.760 We went over today. 01:30:15.760 --> 01:30:16.479 I don't care. 01:30:16.479 --> 01:30:21.439 We just this was a fun uh this is a fun division to talk about. 01:30:21.439 --> 01:30:25.760 So we're gonna talk about the Atlanta Hawks real right now. 01:30:25.760 --> 01:30:31.840 They have what is what is the their uh what are they looking at? 01:30:31.840 --> 01:30:34.079 They got a lot going on here. 01:30:34.079 --> 01:30:37.680 Their line is 43 and a half. 01:30:37.680 --> 01:30:39.279 That's their line. 01:30:39.279 --> 01:30:41.279 That's fine. 01:30:41.279 --> 01:30:44.000 What do the Hawks have? 01:30:44.000 --> 01:30:52.479 Well, they got rid of Trey Young, so Jalen Johnson is the whole offense at this point. 01:30:52.479 --> 01:31:03.439 Listen, 22, 10, and 8 is nothing to be uh over here be mad about. 01:31:03.439 --> 01:31:07.439 Y'all can sit here and talk about oh man, we got rid of Trey. 01:31:07.439 --> 01:31:08.720 Terrible. 01:31:08.720 --> 01:31:14.239 CJ McCullough was cool coming off the bench, but man, we're gonna miss Trey. 01:31:14.239 --> 01:31:19.760 I think there are certain levels you are gonna miss them, and I think there are certain levels that you're not gonna miss them. 01:31:19.760 --> 01:31:21.199 And here's the other thing. 01:31:21.199 --> 01:31:27.680 Quinn Snyder has been have begged and begged Trey Young to get off ball. 01:31:27.680 --> 01:31:30.000 You know how they got Trey Young off ball? 01:31:30.000 --> 01:31:32.239 They shipped his ass to Washington. 01:31:32.239 --> 01:31:34.560 That's how they got him off ball. 01:31:34.560 --> 01:31:43.840 Again, Jalen Johnson, 72 games, 22 and a half points, 10.3 rebounds, and 7.9 assists. 01:31:43.840 --> 01:31:48.399 Oh, he also chipped in 1.2 steals as well. 01:31:48.399 --> 01:31:52.640 My man was an absolute menace. 01:31:52.640 --> 01:31:56.880 He shot almost 50% last year at 48.9. 01:31:56.880 --> 01:32:02.800 He shot a little bit less than league average on the three ball, which is 35.2. 01:32:02.800 --> 01:32:07.119 League average is 36, or almost 5 attempts. 01:32:07.119 --> 01:32:12.319 He I think like this dude is another jump is coming. 01:32:12.319 --> 01:32:14.720 Another jump is coming. 01:32:14.720 --> 01:32:17.199 I can't wait to see it. 01:32:17.199 --> 01:32:23.199 I think he's probably like a 24, 10 and a half rebound. 01:32:23.199 --> 01:32:27.359 I think the eight assists is probably kind of steady, keep it steady right there. 01:32:27.359 --> 01:32:31.760 You know, now here's the thing. 01:32:31.760 --> 01:32:37.039 Without Trey being the ball handler, the turnover rate was a little bit high. 01:32:37.039 --> 01:32:42.239 He's gonna have to fix that 14.9% uh turnover percentage. 01:32:42.239 --> 01:32:51.680 But I think now that he knows it's his team, we know what we're working with, we're gonna be alright. 01:32:51.680 --> 01:32:54.960 Now, Atlanta got some dogs with them. 01:32:54.960 --> 01:33:04.399 They traded for Nikhil Alexander Walker, and nobody could have expected what you got out of Nikhil Alexander Walker. 01:33:04.399 --> 01:33:15.760 He started 71 games, he averaged damn near 21 points a game, 3.4 rebounds, 3 assists, the steals 1.3. 01:33:15.760 --> 01:33:24.239 He shot the ball very well, shot 46% from the field, 40% from 3 on 8.1 attempts. 01:33:24.239 --> 01:33:29.920 And he also shot 90% from the free throw line. 01:33:29.920 --> 01:33:32.960 True shooting percentage was 61%. 01:33:32.960 --> 01:33:36.159 This dude had a stellar year. 01:33:36.159 --> 01:33:38.159 A stellar year. 01:33:38.159 --> 01:33:41.279 He was coming off the bench in Minnesota. 01:33:41.279 --> 01:33:44.319 They were starting Dante D. 01:33:44.319 --> 01:33:46.000 Vincenzo over him. 01:33:46.000 --> 01:33:47.600 No shade. 01:33:47.600 --> 01:33:49.199 No shade whatsoever. 01:33:49.199 --> 01:33:51.119 It's kind of like one of those things. 01:33:51.119 --> 01:33:57.520 The last time I saw this, um, do you guys remember Jermaine O'Neal? 01:33:57.520 --> 01:34:02.159 Now, Jermaine O'Neill was a little bit different situation in Portland. 01:34:02.159 --> 01:34:04.880 Okay, we going in the way back machine. 01:34:04.880 --> 01:34:09.520 So for all my kids out there, start YouTube and Jermaine O'Neal. 01:34:09.520 --> 01:34:12.720 So he starts his career off in Portland. 01:34:12.720 --> 01:34:17.199 He

can't get any burn because he got a bunch of people in front of him. 01:34:17.199 --> 01:34:19.359 He's a big, okay. 01:34:19.359 --> 01:34:22.880 They trade him to Indiana. 01:34:22.880 --> 01:34:33.439 He blows up, dude, averaging like 20-something points a game, almost 10 rebounds, the whole dime, and then it goes from there. 01:34:33.439 --> 01:34:36.880 And the kill Alexander Walker just reminds me of that. 01:34:36.880 --> 01:34:54.079 Here's a guy who was coming off the bench, being pretty productive, also played hella defense for the Minnesota Timberwolves, but the plus 11.4 points a game, we did not see none of this coming. 01:34:54.079 --> 01:34:58.239 Most include player, you right, for sure. 01:34:58.239 --> 01:35:04.640 This dude shot 8.13 a game at 40%. 01:35:04.640 --> 01:35:11.920 This is one of those things where you sit there and you go, You gotta cultivate it. 01:35:11.920 --> 01:35:13.359 You gotta cultivate it. 01:35:13.359 --> 01:35:23.039 One of one of the scouts says that uh the shooting is real, he moves well without the ball, he doesn't need many dribbles. 01:35:23.039 --> 01:35:31.920 Uh what I watch is whether the threes can stay near 40% when the defense starts running him off the line. 01:35:31.920 --> 01:35:39.600 I don't I listen, I think you got enough dudes that can get into the paint and what have you. 01:35:39.600 --> 01:35:47.920 I think Nikhil Alexander Walker going from 9.4 points a game to 20.8 is a freaking miracle. 01:35:47.920 --> 01:35:57.520 Not because the game I didn't believe in the game, it's just one of those things, it's just one of those crazy anomalies that pop up and you go, What the hell happened? 01:35:57.520 --> 01:35:59.439 What is he doing? 01:35:59.439 --> 01:36:02.560 Oh shit, that's crazy. 01:36:02.560 --> 01:36:04.720 And it was it was crazy. 01:36:04.720 --> 01:36:08.720 Now, what else do they have? 01:36:08.720 --> 01:36:12.239 Dyson Daniels, who's a defensive crazy man. 01:36:12.239 --> 01:36:14.880 They also picked up Lou Dort. 01:36:14.880 --> 01:36:17.520 Are you scoring on this team at all? 01:36:17.520 --> 01:36:24.479 You you got Nikhil Alexander Walker, Lou Dort, and you got Dyson Daniels on the squad. 01:36:24.479 --> 01:36:30.079 Dyson Daniels gets out of bed and has two steals. 01:36:30.079 --> 01:36:31.279 Okay? 01:36:31.279 --> 01:36:41.840 Now you can say what you want about Lou Dort that maybe starting, you know, like OKC pull the plug at like the exact right moment or whatever. 01:36:41.840 --> 01:36:49.039 But if Lou Dort is, I don't know if he's gonna start, I don't know if he's coming off the bench, I don't know what they're gonna do with him. 01:36:49.039 --> 01:37:05.199 But I know this, there are gonna be some situations where Nikhil Alexander Walker, Dyson Daniels, and Lou Dort are gonna be on the court at the same exact time. 01:37:05.199 --> 01:37:13.119 And I'm gonna say to all the wings and the guards out there, good freaking luck dealing with that. 01:37:13.119 --> 01:37:15.680 Good luck. 01:37:15.680 --> 01:37:18.880 Have fun playing Atlanta. 01:37:18.880 --> 01:37:33.039 Oh, by the way, you no longer can road teams go to Atlanta, go to Magic City, and then the next night play the Hawks. 01:37:33.039 --> 01:37:35.199 You can't do that anymore. 01:37:35.199 --> 01:37:38.720 Cause you will have your lunch stolen. 01:37:38.720 --> 01:37:44.640 Okay, by all of these dudes that are on this team. 01:37:44.640 --> 01:38:00.880 And then they got the steadying influence of CJ McCullum, who played 76 games across two teams last year, had 19 points a game, almost four assists a game. 01:38:00.880 --> 01:38:05.439 Like CJ McCullum found his role, boy. 01:38:05.439 --> 01:38:06.720 I tell you. 01:38:06.720 --> 01:38:10.800 It's gonna be great. 01:38:10.800 --> 01:38:11.760 Love it. 01:38:11.760 --> 01:38:13.359 Love all of it. 01:38:13.359 --> 01:38:23.600 Now Atlanta made a shrewd trade last year. 01:38:23.600 --> 01:38:27.119 They somehow fleeced New Orleans. 01:38:27.119 --> 01:38:32.960 It ended up with the eighth overall pick, which turns out to be Kingston Flemings out of Houston. 01:38:32.960 --> 01:38:35.119 He's 19 years of age. 01:38:35.119 --> 01:38:43.199 He put up buckets in Houston, 6.4 points a game, almost four rebounds, five and a half assists. 01:38:43.199 --> 01:38:46.640 Oh, he's also a steel merchant at 1.6. 01:38:46.640 --> 01:38:54.319 So and he shoots a three-ball at about 40%, and he shot 48% from the field. 01:38:54.319 --> 01:39:00.560 He's not very big, he's six foot two and a half, he doesn't have a long work wingspan. 01:39:00.560 --> 01:39:06.319 But if you know anything about guards playing in Houston, guess what you have to do? 01:39:06.319 --> 01:39:18.960 You have to pick up full court, you gotta get a bunch of deflections, and your chest needs to be in the middle of the player that you are defending. 01:39:18.960 --> 01:39:23.680 This is like young De'Aaron Fox. 01:39:23.680 --> 01:39:35.760 And when I say young De'Ren Fox, I'm talking about the Kentucky year and the first couple years when he was in Sacramento, when he was D'ing fools up left and right. 01:39:35.760 --> 01:39:40.479 I love this kid. 01:39:40.479 --> 01:39:45.279 They didn't stop there, they got Zubi uh Ojafor from St. 01:39:45.279 --> 01:39:46.319 John's. 01:39:46.319 --> 01:39:56.560 Uh he's a six, he's a six foot seven and a half wing with a seven uh seven point seven foot two inch wingspan. 01:39:56.560 --> 01:40:04.159 He's one of those connector type dudes, another defender, loves to rebound, all those type of things. 01:40:04.159 --> 01:40:08.479 Now, are the threes real? 01:40:08.479 --> 01:40:09.920 I don't know. 01:40:09.920 --> 01:40:12.000 I don't know. 01:40:12.000 --> 01:40:19.520 But here's another guy who plays defense. 01:40:19.520 --> 01:40:22.800 Now I feel bad about uh Henry Vasort. 01:40:22.800 --> 01:40:45.760 He was uh gonna be the stretch big that a lot of people wanted uh

Atlanta to have, but he tore his uh right ACL on September 15th during a workout, so uh my man is not gonna be playing this year, but I'm gonna tell you right now, it is bright in Atlanta. 01:40:45.760 --> 01:40:49.279 The ATL is gonna be popping for show. 01:40:49.279 --> 01:41:01.600 Okay, if Flemings is who I think he is, now I don't know if it'll it'll bear fruit this year to the point where he takes over that role. 01:41:01.600 --> 01:41:08.800 But I'm gonna tell you right now, things are looking on the up up for the Atlanta Hawks. 01:41:08.800 --> 01:41:12.159 I love this team, I love what they've been able to do. 01:41:12.159 --> 01:41:17.199 I think that um a congu is a smallish center. 01:41:17.199 --> 01:41:31.920 I think if they had a little bit bigger dude, I would be even more bullish on the Atlanta Hawks, but they have enough uh perimeter defense to keep him clean. 01:41:31.920 --> 01:41:43.520 Cause here's the thing 15.2 points a game, he blocks a shot, he gets a steal every single game, he just doesn't rebound the basketball the the way I would like. 01:41:43.520 --> 01:41:48.000 You know, I wish they had just a little bit more there. 01:41:48.000 --> 01:41:52.720 But their perimeter defense is absolutely wild. 01:41:52.720 --> 01:42:01.439 Now, they are supposed to they're uh 43 their numbers 43 and a half. 01:42:01.439 --> 01:42:05.920 Do they get a whole year out of out of Jalen Johnson? 01:42:05.920 --> 01:42:16.960 Is the is the Nikhil Alexander Walker career year now what we expect every single year? 01:42:16.960 --> 01:42:22.079 Can we get another season of CJ McCollum playing out of his freaking mind? 01:42:22.079 --> 01:42:31.279 And does Fleming step up and earn minutes as a legitimate like floor leader for the Atlanta Hawks? 01:42:31.279 --> 01:42:34.800 If all those things hit, they're gonna go way over their number. 01:42:34.800 --> 01:42:36.880 Way over their number. 01:42:36.880 --> 01:42:43.840 Now why why they don't hit their number is this Does Jalen Johnson play enough games? 01:42:43.840 --> 01:42:50.479 Is Dyson Daniels gonna play enough games? 01:42:50.479 --> 01:42:54.159 Um It's gonna be injury. 01:42:54.159 --> 01:43:01.359 You can say that for every team, but for this team, it's the sum of their parts that make them special. 01:43:01.359 --> 01:43:04.159 I believe that. 01:43:04.159 --> 01:43:06.319 You know? 01:43:06.319 --> 01:43:11.439 Now, is there gonna be regression off the three-point shot from Alexander Walker? 01:43:11.439 --> 01:43:18.319 Cause that 39.9% he shot last year was his career high. 01:43:18.319 --> 01:43:26.560 You're in a really competitive division in a real competitive Eastern conference now. 01:43:26.560 --> 01:43:38.880 So there's a lot of things that can hold you down from hitting that number, but they they're just they're stacked. 01:43:38.880 --> 01:43:45.840 And if they can get what they can get out of it, I I I love their chances. 01:43:45.840 --> 01:43:47.920 I love their

chances. 01:43:47.920 --> 01:43:51.920 Now, do I think they're going over their 43 and a half? 01:43:51.920 --> 01:43:53.439 Yeah, for sure. 01:43:53.439 --> 01:43:54.560 I do. 01:43:54.560 --> 01:43:56.239 I believe in this team. 01:43:56.239 --> 01:44:01.520 I think that they will battle the Miami Heat for the division title. 01:44:01.520 --> 01:44:28.880 Um, they will also it whoever wins their division is also gonna, I mean, this is seems stupid for me to say this now, but it's gonna be key because I think that the Miami Heat and the Atlanta Rap Atlanta Hawks are going to be basically in that 4-5 range, and whoever wins the division is gonna host that playoff series. 01:44:28.880 --> 01:44:38.880 And I, by a slight margin, slight, slight margin, I think Atlanta gets him. 01:44:38.880 --> 01:44:41.199 I think Atlanta gets him. 01:44:41.199 --> 01:44:48.239 I don't think they can go 50 and 32, but I think they can go 49 and 33. 01:44:48.239 --> 01:44:51.439 I think they're gonna go over their win total. 01:44:51.439 --> 01:44:57.199 I think this this team is uh only going to get better. 01:44:57.199 --> 01:45:07.840 I think, you know, another year of Jalen Johnson being able to run that situation, and again, defense is everywhere on that team. 01:45:07.840 --> 01:45:09.359 Everywhere. 01:45:09.359 --> 01:45:15.760 So even if they don't shoot it well enough, they're not gonna allow you to shoot it well enough. 01:45:15.760 --> 01:45:18.000 So there's that. 01:45:18.000 --> 01:45:29.199 Oh man, we gotta talk about some other stuff, but the thing that we need to go ahead and do is uh let y'all know two things. 01:45:29.199 --> 01:45:33.279 I gotta give a shout out to to all you guys. 01:45:33.279 --> 01:45:38.399 Love y'all, y'all getting really um honey down on social media for us. 01:45:38.399 --> 01:45:42.800 We appreciate you so much for that. 01:45:42.800 --> 01:45:45.840 It is awesome what you guys are doing for us. 01:45:45.840 --> 01:45:46.960 We appreciate it. 01:45:46.960 --> 01:45:49.520 So keep it coming, keep it going. 01:45:49.520 --> 01:45:53.680 We gotta keep this thing going. 01:45:53.680 --> 01:45:59.840 So you know the skill. 01:45:59.840 --> 01:46:03.199 FRPC is your squad. 01:46:03.199 --> 01:46:11.439 Do us one favor, share this episode with the one person in your group chat that needs it to hear it, you know what I'm saying? 01:46:11.439 --> 01:46:34.079 Follow us on X, Instagram, all the places, front runner at frontrunner PC on X, at FRPC events on Instagram, uh, also FRPC Vince on the YouTube channel, and also on TikTok. 01:46:34.079 --> 01:46:35.680 Tickety talks. 01:46:35.680 --> 01:46:40.079 We got the ticket talks, and we got the all everything going. 01:46:40.079 --> 01:46:43.279 So those are the socials. 01:46:43.279 --> 01:46:53.600 Now, the last thing we say here is the best part of you is still you, not your win-loss record, not your timeline, not your algorithm. 01:46:53.600 --> 01:46:54.720 Just you. 01:46:54.720 --> 01:46:58.640 You are enough all by your damn self. 01:46:58.640 --> 01:47:06.479 Surround yourself with people who actually give you light and don't and don't try to lead you into the darkness. 01:47:06.479 --> 01:47:14.079 The ones who bring you insight and the joy and real accountability, those are your max deal. 01:47:14.079 --> 01:47:22.640 Appreciate them out loud and do not wait for a later date that nobody has promised you. 01:47:22.640 --> 01:47:28.640 I am a big believer on appreciating people the moment, in the moment. 01:47:28.640 --> 01:47:35.279 Lost my mother a couple years ago, and it was one of the rattling cries of her death. 01:47:35.279 --> 01:47:39.199 Was like, not that she said anything, which is something that hit me. 01:47:39.199 --> 01:47:46.319 When you see something that you appreciate or somebody does something for you, show love right right then and there. 01:47:46.319 --> 01:47:50.800 Now we're your hoop family here at Front Runner Podcast Collective. 01:47:50.800 --> 01:47:52.239 We're gonna be loud. 01:47:52.239 --> 01:47:58.000 We're probably gonna get some things wrong from time to time, but we're gonna come back and we're gonna own it. 01:47:58.000 --> 01:48:06.800 And we will always respect your brain because anybody can yell a take, but very few can actually defend a thought. 01:48:06.800 --> 01:48:21.840 Until next episode, keep your mind sharp, your heart open, your circle tight, and protect your peace like cap space, and never waste it on bad basketball or bad energy. 01:48:21.840 --> 01:48:25.359 I'm Vince, this is FRPC, and we are out. 01:48:25.359 --> 01:48:26.079 Deuces.