Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: WVUA FM tuscaloosa.
[00:00:15] Speaker B: Welcome one and all to WVUA 90.7, the Capstones MBA student section show. I'm here, zachary lROD your host. I'm here with Trey Simpson and Drew Williamson and we're going to get into some quick topics. But first things first, we got, you know, glad to be back.
[00:00:34] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:00:35] Speaker B: Last week we didn't have him but sadly Adrian is not here. He is getting some work done because he is trying to graduate.
[00:00:43] Speaker C: So gotta respect that.
[00:00:44] Speaker B: Yeah, gotta respect that.
[00:00:46] Speaker A: Yeah. We definitely miss your presence, big bro. We'll see you next week.
[00:00:49] Speaker B: Well, we miss you man, we miss you. But anyways, getting into the topics, man. To start things off, today is the day that the NBA is launching the in season tournament. So first off, I just want to get y'all's thoughts about know, kind of a controversial thing. And also my thoughts, like, ranking all time players, like, you know, how we see how many rings they got and mean, I don't know, one day, are we going to just be like, how many in season tournament rings do they just like, I don't know, but going to drew, what do you think?
[00:01:23] Speaker C: Man, at first when I first found out that the NBA was doing this, I didn't really like it because I just thought it was unnecessary.
Kind of just why are we doing this? We already have an 82 game regular season. But it's not really obviously all the in season tournament games are part of the regular season. Besides the two teams that make it to the championship, they'll play an additional game. I kind of like it now looking more into it because I feel like it just provides a little twist to the NBA season and cuts out a lot of the load management and teams resting players. I think teams have a little more to fight for in these group games and it just adds a little element of you. Absolutely. Yeah.
[00:02:06] Speaker B: What about you Trey?
[00:02:07] Speaker A: Yeah, I actually liked it from the moment I've heard about it. Just because of the fact that like Drew said, I thought it brought a different element, more excitement to the league itself because the viewership has been up. But at the same time it's know a bad thing to do something to promote more know, get people talking about it. I think the in season tournament is a good idea.
[00:02:29] Speaker B: True. Especially with the lack of viewership on the NBA Finals. Last mean the heat came back. It was a comeback story. I mean underdogs but it's just that the Nuggets destroyed them. That's the bottom line.
[00:02:42] Speaker C: And the Nuggets were just the better team.
[00:02:45] Speaker A: They were definitely the best team that year.
[00:02:46] Speaker C: Like it was no, not even close.
[00:02:48] Speaker A: They swept my Lakers.
[00:02:49] Speaker B: I'm still sad about yeah, but going into Mean, going into these group stages, group A, we got the Hawks, Cavaliers, the Pistons, Pacers and the Sixers. I mean, going down these groups starting with group A. Who do you all think is making it out of that group?
[00:03:10] Speaker C: Out of the group? You just named group A for the east.
I'll go with the 76 ers.
[00:03:17] Speaker B: 76 Ers. What about you, Trey? What do you think?
[00:03:19] Speaker A: I'm going to go with the Cavaliers.
[00:03:21] Speaker C: That's my second. That was my second.
[00:03:24] Speaker B: I think those are obvious picks I heard Wimby say about the Pacers.
I can see it, though.
[00:03:29] Speaker C: I like that Pacers team, don't get me wrong.
[00:03:31] Speaker B: I just think that Bruce Brown very productive for them.
[00:03:34] Speaker C: He was a great pickup. I knew he'd be a great pickup for that.
[00:03:36] Speaker B: A big contract, but good pickup nonetheless. I think he's averaging like 15 for him. 15? That's solid numbers. But I don't really want to go with the Sixers because there's just a lot of things going on with that team. I don't know. Maybe losing Harden actually might make them better, though.
[00:03:52] Speaker C: They looked impressive last night, so I don't know.
[00:03:57] Speaker B: I kind of want to go with the Hawks, but I'll probably go with the Cavs. I'll probably join you, Trey. I'll say, like, I like that Cavs roster.
[00:04:04] Speaker A: Hawks and the Pacers are probably like the wild card to win it. Like they'll probably be the team that shocks somebody if they make it out.
[00:04:10] Speaker B: Now, this is no hate on the Pistons, though, because they got some good.
[00:04:13] Speaker C: Young I like their young core don't.
[00:04:15] Speaker B: Get some good young talent.
[00:04:16] Speaker A: It's just they're just not there yet.
[00:04:19] Speaker B: Not this year. Not this year. In our opinion.
[00:04:21] Speaker A: They're getting there, though, slowly but surely.
[00:04:23] Speaker B: Sorry pistons fans.
Maybe you have another maybe you have another opinion. Yeah, but going into the B group, got the Hornets, the Heat, the Bucks, the Knicks and then the Lot.
[00:04:35] Speaker A: Talent in this group pretty good.
[00:04:37] Speaker C: The obvious pick is Milwaukee, just because the star power they have and kind.
[00:04:43] Speaker B: Of starting off slow, though.
[00:04:44] Speaker C: They have started off been I think they're two and two. I think their record is right now, but they have started a little slow. But I'm still going to go with Milwaukee on this one.
[00:04:53] Speaker B: I got you. What about you, Trike?
[00:04:56] Speaker A: Yeah, I would say either Milwaukee or the heat. I'm going to be honest, I'm going to even throw the Knicks in there. Any of those three teams.
[00:05:02] Speaker B: I can see it.
[00:05:04] Speaker A: Yeah. I'm not going to count them out now.
[00:05:06] Speaker C: Obviously too much drama for me.
[00:05:08] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:05:08] Speaker A: And then the wizards. Now we're not even going to touch on the Wizards. They're in a whole different rebuilding process.
[00:05:15] Speaker B: Yeah, I was about to say the Wizards obviously being the last team in that group, in my opinion, I mean.
[00:05:20] Speaker C: That'S Jordan Poole and Kyle Kuzma are just funny to watch on the court.
[00:05:26] Speaker B: Did you all see down 20 points throwing it off the back? Only them crazy.
[00:05:31] Speaker C: They would do that.
[00:05:34] Speaker B: At least they made it.
[00:05:36] Speaker A: I like the enthusiasm. Can't ever treat it like, oh, we're just down. Let's just play hard.
[00:05:41] Speaker B: But you got to have fun with it backboard.
[00:05:43] Speaker A: If I'm down 20 now, let me just get a simple layup.
[00:05:46] Speaker B: Just get the layup, man. I mean, don't make it too complicated. But out of this group stage, I got to go with the Heat, dude. I don't know. It's just like anytime I think they're not going to be good, they always find a way to be good.
[00:05:59] Speaker C: Seems like they always persevere through anything. They haven't started the season good, but.
[00:06:04] Speaker B: I think they'll make a run.
[00:06:06] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:06:06] Speaker A: The Heat strike me as like a second half of the season team.
[00:06:10] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:06:10] Speaker A: They like to turn it up when.
[00:06:12] Speaker B: It'S very much time or maybe because of that reason, they might not be good in a season tournament. They might be more of just a playoff team. I don't could you could go either way, but I don't know. Or they could just be going with the next best option to like the championship. They're oh, we can't win the championship. Might as well win the season tournament trophy. I don't know. There's a lot of things you can go with that, especially the Knicks. When you touch on the Knicks, I agree with that. Definitely a team to look at.
[00:06:42] Speaker A: If Julius Randall and Jalen Brunson produces like they should, they can go as far as they want to. Especially if RJ Barrett comes through and hits RJ.
[00:06:51] Speaker B: Barrett. Yeah.
[00:06:52] Speaker C: To me it's all on Julius Randall because there's been times where I've been so disappointed watching him because I know he can do so much better. But he just doesn't perform like he.
[00:07:00] Speaker B: Especially in the playoffs.
[00:07:01] Speaker C: Especially in the playoffs because he'll have.
[00:07:03] Speaker B: Games where he just has like 25 plus in the season and then he'll just go in the playoffs and have.
[00:07:08] Speaker A: Like just lay an egg.
[00:07:10] Speaker C: Disappointing games.
[00:07:11] Speaker B: Lay an egg or have like 1015. And it's just shot horrible. And it's just I don't know. They got some good pieces. They got quickly. They got RJ. Barrett. He's been improving. They can make a run, definitely. And then the C stage. We got the Celtics, the Nets, the Bulls, Orlando and the Raptors.
[00:07:29] Speaker A: Real quick, let's talk about how Boston hung up 155 points the other day.
[00:07:34] Speaker B: That's crazy. That is great.
[00:07:36] Speaker C: Celtics have looked scary, man. I know it's early, but they are looking like a really complete team.
[00:07:43] Speaker B: The Drew Holiday pickup and Porsche Porzingis.
[00:07:46] Speaker C: Man, Porzingis dropped like 30 something against the Knicks the other night. He is special. He can just stay healthy.
[00:07:54] Speaker A: Boston. So for me to give their props, you know what I'm saying? That's how you know that.
[00:07:57] Speaker C: Me too.
[00:07:59] Speaker B: That's true. So I think from what I'm hearing, you are just saying Boston straight up out of this.
[00:08:06] Speaker A: Like, who's going to beat them in that?
[00:08:09] Speaker B: I mean, the next best team to me is the Nets and then the Bulls. Are kind of sinking in there, but he's got to go to the Celtics. I don't think there's any dispute.
[00:08:19] Speaker A: I'll put the Bulls above the Nets in terms of, like on paper.
[00:08:22] Speaker C: I will, too. You can go either way. They have a talented team. DeRozan. Zach Levine.
[00:08:27] Speaker B: Zach Levine had that 50 bomb. He did.
[00:08:29] Speaker C: But Bulls just don't play defense.
[00:08:32] Speaker A: I really need Lonzo to get healthy, man. I've been praying for his recovery for like the last couple of years.
[00:08:38] Speaker C: I wish he would.
[00:08:39] Speaker A: He's one of my favorite players.
[00:08:41] Speaker B: That is true. When he joined the Bulls and stuff, and the Pelicans, who's starting to get going, but then when he joined the Bulls, he's just so fun to watch.
[00:08:47] Speaker C: And he thrived on the Bulls.
[00:08:48] Speaker B: He really did.
[00:08:49] Speaker C: He fit perfectly on that team.
[00:08:51] Speaker B: And then Alex Caruso coming off the bench kind of does the same thing.
[00:08:55] Speaker C: It's interesting what's going to happen when he comes back, though, because he's going to miss all this season. That's him missing two full seasons.
[00:09:01] Speaker B: That is just it's tough. Moving on to west a. The Lakers, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Suns, Blazers and then the Jazz.
I think this could be an interesting one. Two teams obviously, I'm minding are the Suns and the Lakers.
[00:09:18] Speaker A: You can never count them.
See the way LeBron played the other night? That was like an MVP game for him.
[00:09:24] Speaker B: That's true.
[00:09:25] Speaker C: Fact he's still playing at that level is insane.
[00:09:28] Speaker B: It's just insane. You all see the Austin Reeves lob.
[00:09:31] Speaker A: To LeBron James looked like D Wade, and that gave me, like, chill.
[00:09:35] Speaker B: Threw it off the left, Eddie. Oh, my gosh. He punched it. It is insane. And then the Grizzlies off to a slow start.
[00:09:43] Speaker A: You can see that. No. John Moran is affecting them in a negative way.
[00:09:46] Speaker B: I don't know if he would make the record, like, tremendously better, though.
[00:09:49] Speaker C: It would just provide a spark that they need. Provide some he would definitely get some.
[00:09:54] Speaker B: Wins on the board, but overall, just dramatically changing them, I don't know if he would do that.
[00:09:59] Speaker C: And I know this kind of doesn't get talked about about the Grizzlies enough, but Steven Adams, who was their starting center out, that's a great point. That hurts them. A very solid guy. I know he doesn't get a lot of the talk that some of the main centers in the league get, but Steven Adams is a very underrated center.
[00:10:17] Speaker B: In my opinion, and with losing Tyce Jones in the offseason true. You're missing that role player off the.
[00:10:23] Speaker A: Mean piggyback on what you just said, drew, I would agree with that. Stephen Adams statement, like he's one of those players that does the dirty work. They're not going to get all this.
[00:10:33] Speaker C: Not going to get noticed as much.
[00:10:34] Speaker A: They're doing the work like box now. It's the little things that you that's true. So he doesn't get as much shine.
[00:10:40] Speaker B: But he's definitely solid and something's as simple as not having surgery and stuff and there's like, no, it'll be fine. Just wrap it up. We'll do some treatment and stuff, but no surgery. But if he would have got that surgery now, he wouldn't have to be out for the whole season.
I don't know, dude.
But going back into it, who do you all think is making out of that group? We didn't even touch on that yet.
[00:11:04] Speaker A: Now I'm a little biased.
[00:11:07] Speaker B: A little biased.
[00:11:08] Speaker A: So I'm going to go ahead and say the Lakers, okay, the way they just played the other night against the Clippers last night, that was a game to watch.
[00:11:16] Speaker B: It's not a wrong answer.
[00:11:18] Speaker C: I'm going to be a little biased, too. I'm going to go with the Phoenix Suns.
[00:11:21] Speaker B: It's not a wrong answer either. Even though you all are biased, it's.
[00:11:25] Speaker C: Still not a wrong answer.
[00:11:26] Speaker B: Yeah, true. Yeah. I mean, for me, might have to go with the Lakers. It's just the Suns have just been.
[00:11:34] Speaker C: The Suns didn't look good last night at all. And I know they haven't had Booker, and they got Booker back last night, but they haven't had their full strength team yet, but they hadn't started great.
[00:11:45] Speaker A: And question about that, too. What is the point of getting all the help you can get when they're still going to load bandage?
[00:11:51] Speaker C: Still, you know what? You know, Beal was playing preseason, too.
[00:11:55] Speaker B: I don't know what's up with know what he's injured?
[00:11:57] Speaker C: Back spasms.
[00:11:58] Speaker B: Back spasms. But sounds like a Ben Simmons injury.
[00:12:01] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:12:01] Speaker C: I'm not really not really sure what that's about.
[00:12:06] Speaker B: Smell Ben Simmons in this conversation. I don't know.
So I guess I'd have to go with the Lakers in that group. So suns Lakers, Lakers. Going into the Bead stage for the west, we got my Mavericks, got the Nuggets big team, and then the Rockets, Clippers and the Pelicans. This is a good don't sleep on the A.
[00:12:27] Speaker C: Very good group.
[00:12:28] Speaker A: Even the Rockets being, like, probably the weakest link here. They're still a solid team.
[00:12:32] Speaker B: Could arguably be the best group most talent wise. I don't know. C's kind of we'll touch on C later. Yeah, but B, for me, I don't want to be biased. I got to be professional here. I got to be professional here.
[00:12:46] Speaker A: No, go ahead and be biased.
[00:12:47] Speaker B: Go ahead and be biased. Mavericks. Okay, Mavericks. But I mean, going into professional hostess like host Zach.
I don't know if the Mavericks are off to a hot start, but I like the Clippers. Yeah, I really like the clippers. Kawhi is actually when he's not sitting on the bench, he is actually good. And then Paul George off to a crazy hot start. I think he could be honestly, if he keeps this up, I think he could be an MVP candidate.
[00:13:16] Speaker A: And Westbrook, he's fitting into that system nicely. He loves it better there than like I don't know if the LeBron effect is like, real, but at the same time, everybody who leaves LeBron side ends up flourishing wherever they go.
[00:13:30] Speaker C: That is pretty I'm gonna leave it at that. And Westbrook loves it there. He you can tell how much happier he is with the Clippers than he was the Lakers.
[00:13:37] Speaker B: I love it for him.
[00:13:37] Speaker C: I will say I'm very interested to see what the Clippers look like with James Harden.
[00:13:42] Speaker B: James Harden. Another thing we'll touch on we'll talk about that later. We'll talk about it, but I don't know we'll talk about later. We'll talk about later.
[00:13:49] Speaker A: Right quick, let's touch on the Pelicans. Like, they're a pretty solid team too.
[00:13:53] Speaker C: Zion.
[00:13:54] Speaker A: They're finally playing on a rocky start, but I feel like as the season progresses, they can only get better with time as long as they stay healthy. That's their biggest concern, especially with Zion. I agree.
[00:14:05] Speaker B: I saw someone say on ESPN, they said if he plays 70 games, they could see him being an MVP candidate. And I don't argue with that.
[00:14:12] Speaker C: I don't argue with that either. His numbers so far have been really.
[00:14:14] Speaker B: Good, and obviously the field goal percentage is just through the roof. I mean, it's Zion, dude's. Just an absolute monster.
[00:14:20] Speaker C: I agree.
[00:14:21] Speaker B: So who do y'all think is making it out?
[00:14:24] Speaker A: I mean, I can never leave the champs out. I gotta go with the Nuggets.
[00:14:27] Speaker B: I'm gonna go with the Nuggets.
[00:14:28] Speaker C: I'm gonna agree with that. I can't count out Joker.
[00:14:30] Speaker B: I mean with the clippers. There's so many uncertainties with the Clippers. Yeah. What were you saying?
[00:14:35] Speaker A: Like, if anybody's going to beat the Nuggets, it would have to be the Clippers or the yeah. And, like, a fully healthy Mavericks team. Like, nobody on the bench.
[00:14:43] Speaker B: Like, everybody Kyrie playing. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah. For the Mavericks, grant Williams coming up big. I mean, he's been doing good. And lively. Lively has been amazing for us because we've been missing the center because no offense to White Powell, but we just need y'all need a big present.
[00:15:01] Speaker C: As soon as y'all drafted him, derek Lively, I knew I was like, this guy. This is a guy that can run the pick and roll with, know, create space for Kyrie.
[00:15:11] Speaker B: And defensively. Yeah.
[00:15:13] Speaker C: No, defensively, too. He was a great draft choice for y'all.
[00:15:17] Speaker B: I agree. But, yeah, I mean, even non bias, you could still go the Mavericks. So I'm going to go with my Mavericks. Trey going Nuggets.
[00:15:26] Speaker C: I'm going nuggets as well.
[00:15:27] Speaker B: Drew going nuggets.
[00:15:28] Speaker A: And I'm going to say my close second, like, right under, like, about 98% instead of 100. Clippers close second.
[00:15:35] Speaker B: It's just uncertainties how they're going to fit with the Harden offense. Did you all even see that picture with Terrence Mann?
[00:15:41] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:15:42] Speaker B: As soon as Harden walked into the locker room and Terrence Mann put his head down, he's just, like he knows that starting spot's gone now. I feel sorry for Terrence. He's been working hard.
[00:15:51] Speaker C: Terrence Mann is. I'm surprised with the whole how the trade went down, I'm surprised Terrence Mann didn't get dealt to Philly. Honestly, I'm surprised they were able to keep him.
[00:16:00] Speaker B: So that's great for them. They need to keep him because Nicholas Patoum and stuff. Robert Covington's older Nicholas Patoum. I've heard he's going to retire soon. So yeah, getting rid of them and some draft picks and I think some.
[00:16:14] Speaker A: Other people, honestly to touch on Harden's role in that team. I think Harden will be the most productive if he mixes playmaking with his aggressive scoring. Like he has to be an aggressive like I don't mean he needs know shoot every shot, obviously, though, because you have Kawhi and Paul George and even Westbrook to dump it off to, but he definitely needs to do a little bit of both instead of focusing on True.
[00:16:38] Speaker C: And I think he's mean, obviously he was talking about how they held him back in Philly. So he's trying to we'll talk about.
[00:16:45] Speaker B: That in the hardened. Oh, yeah. And then going into the sea. The West Sea. We got the warriors. Timberwolves. OKC, kings and the spurs.
[00:16:56] Speaker A: This is probably the second most talented group.
[00:16:58] Speaker C: I agree.
[00:16:59] Speaker B: Or even arguably the first. Depends though.
[00:17:04] Speaker A: There's too much talent in West B and everybody else, like, everybody in that team is very solid.
[00:17:10] Speaker B: I feel like there are a lot of sleepers in this thing because people still sleep on the Kings. Then you obviously got the up and coming spurs. OKC. Another up and coming OKC team. And then timberwolves. Beat the nuggets.
[00:17:24] Speaker C: They did. They gave the Nuggets their only loss of the season so far.
[00:17:27] Speaker A: So watch out for Anthony Edwards. He's coming.
[00:17:30] Speaker C: I agree.
[00:17:31] Speaker B: I agree. After that Olympic. I know he run a leap this.
[00:17:35] Speaker C: Season, but I didn't know how much, but he's looked really impressive.
[00:17:39] Speaker B: So what are y'all thinking for this group?
[00:17:43] Speaker A: I can never count the warriors out. I know this is like out of these teams. That's kind of like a wild card answer.
[00:17:48] Speaker B: It's kind of like another Heat answer.
[00:17:50] Speaker A: Like Tom Brady to me. Like as soon as you count him out, that's when he's going to surprise you.
[00:17:54] Speaker B: That's true.
[00:17:54] Speaker A: Come out from dominate, you know what I mean? So I can't leave the warriors out, but to make it out the group, honestly, I guess, yeah. I'm going to go with the warriors. I'm going to go with the warriors. Okay, make it out.
[00:18:08] Speaker B: What about you, Jura?
[00:18:09] Speaker C: Just because of experience and that core that's been together for so long. I'm going with the warriors also. But easily could be the Kings, easily could be the Timberwolves. Spurs and Thunder are both two really young teams, but I mean, both of those teams are on the rise, too.
[00:18:28] Speaker B: But I'm going sherlich and just flat out insane.
[00:18:32] Speaker A: Yeah. After what Wimby did the other night to Katie, his favorite player, I mean, we can never count them out now.
[00:18:37] Speaker C: No, never.
[00:18:39] Speaker B: It's never his game.
[00:18:40] Speaker A: He's 19, and he's dropping 38 on Kevin Durant.
[00:18:44] Speaker B: Say no more.
[00:18:45] Speaker A: Yeah. Nothing else needs to be said about.
[00:18:48] Speaker B: But for me, I really don't want to count out the warriors. I want to hop on that. Trent but the Kings are just like I just love the Kings so much. I love watching them.
[00:18:58] Speaker A: I love them.
[00:18:58] Speaker C: They're a fun team to watch, for sure.
[00:19:00] Speaker B: They're a really fun team to watch. But I might have to go the warriors, too, because something in my heart just can't be like, I just can't do that to curry clay Draymond can't do that. Well, that'll close to this segment. We'll be right back with more with more content, and we'll see you all soon.
[00:19:29] Speaker A: WVUA FM Tuscaloosa.
[00:19:45] Speaker B: Welcome back to NBA Student Section. We're back, and we're going to jump right into it. Starting off with James Harden. Traded to the Clippers. We mentioned it in a few the first segment. We mentioned it. We tried to hold back, but it's just such a fun thing to talk about, man. I mean, opening thing, there's a lot of controversies about it, but opening, how do y'all like it for the Clippers? What do y'all think? You think it's good or bad?
[00:20:11] Speaker A: I'm gonna say I feel like the Clippers didn't necessarily need Harden, but now they have them. So my question is for the Clippers, how are y'all going to use them? How are y'all going to fit him into this offense? Because we've already what's? Russell Westbrook is doing better in his new environment. He's been thriving. He's happy. And PG and Kawhi are really coming into their know, getting back to their old self. Drew, what do you mean?
[00:20:37] Speaker C: I love it for the Clippers. I think kind of like you said, it all kind of depends on what version of James Harden will we see. Will we see the kind of pass first point guard James Harden, or will we see, like, the score first mentality James Harden that we saw, like, on the Rockets. So I like it. I think it provides them some offense. Know, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are two of the best two way players in the league, no question. But I think that Harden can take some of the load off of them when it comes to scoring the ball. Again, I just see what version of James Harden. It's going to be interesting.
[00:21:16] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, definitely. But I don't know. Going into it with the know how he know I was fit into a system with the Sixers, but I am the system.
[00:21:27] Speaker C: That was really interesting. Got a lot of people talking about that, too, because I agree with some of the things about that because I don't think he is a system player. But to say I am a system, that's a lot of talk, you know what I mean?
[00:21:47] Speaker B: And then it's just like you just came on this team. It's like, oh, it's my team now.
That's what I basically heard.
[00:21:56] Speaker A: I don't necessarily agree with him, but I don't disagree. You can't put James Harden in a box but at the same time he can't go talking like that because he doesn't have a ring to show for know he doesn't have any wins to hold weight in. So honestly you can toot your own horn all you want, but until you win and prove that you can do it and that's either by yourself or just win at this point in his.
[00:22:20] Speaker C: Career, not even just win, like just stay with a team for more than a season or two actually fit in with a roster.
[00:22:31] Speaker B: I thought he was going to retire with the Rockets at one point he was just like always playing and then all of a sudden he's just like, oh, I want to move, I want to move again. And he just keeps on going.
It's crazy but with James Harden it's just like it's true. Like what Trey just mentioned about he is an assistant player and how in order to get the best out of Harden you need to put him in places that he can succeed. Which is scary to think because if you want to get because it's proven that the Rockets made that run where Chris Paul got injured and stuff almost beat the warriors. But besides mean that's like the only time that he's really gotten really close to it.
[00:23:15] Speaker C: Yeah. A lot of people think if CP never got hurt that they would have beat that warriors team. Which is up for debate because it was the warriors team.
[00:23:22] Speaker B: But it is up for debate. But I don't know, it was close. I guess we'll never know.
[00:23:30] Speaker A: I would just say for Harden, my message to you is you have to drop the ego. Going into this type of team with all these stars and talent, you can't go into this new place with an ego. You have to be humble, still be you. But like I said, just don't play with ego. Like play for the ty.
[00:23:50] Speaker C: Lou is going to get him right. I think he's got a fantastic head coach to put him in the right spots to succeed.
[00:23:57] Speaker B: So Talu is a great head coach. And Trey, you had that quote about Koala energy you mentioned.
[00:24:02] Speaker A: Yeah. So the other day a reporter asked Kawhi like what he thought know, R B and traded to their team and he was basically just kind of mean. I was in bed at the time but I guess I was excited. He didn't say it in like a monotone kind of way, but at the same like that's what we heard. That's the main takeaway. You were excited.
[00:24:25] Speaker C: I guess it's just such it's almost tough to tell if Kawhi was actually not really sure how he felt about Harden or if that's just like Kawhi being Kawhi and just not showing much emotion.
[00:24:36] Speaker B: I feel like it could be a little bit of both.
[00:24:38] Speaker C: Yeah, I agree.
[00:24:39] Speaker B: Because Kawhi being like you just said, Kawhi being Kawhi.
[00:24:42] Speaker A: It's just like he's nonchalant anyway.
[00:24:44] Speaker B: It's just nonchalant. He doesn't think much of stuff he says and stuff. He's just like not like a blunt player. But that's why they call him a cyborg, because it doesn't seem like he's real, like he has emotions or anything. But also thinking about the dynamic of the team.
Like you all are saying, he is an assistant player and he's going to change how the team is regardless.
[00:25:11] Speaker C: Absolutely.
[00:25:12] Speaker B: I mean, there's no doubt about it. The team's going to change, which is scary.
[00:25:17] Speaker C: And I think Harden's really excited about it because obviously he's said multiple times that the Sixers were holding him back and he did not like Doc Rivers. They did not have a good relationship. So hopefully he can actually be on good terms with the rest of the guys and be on good terms with Tyler and maybe because the Clippers, you got to look at this Clippers roster now and think they're up there for the.
[00:25:48] Speaker B: Were.
[00:25:49] Speaker C: I think they were already up there without Harden. Now you add a guy like James Harden, but again, it's all more interesting. It's all about what version of Harden we see.
[00:25:57] Speaker B: True.
[00:25:58] Speaker A: I mean, the Clippers were my go to team well, one of my go to teams before the Harden trade. Now I'm definitely using them a little bit more.
[00:26:05] Speaker B: Definitely put them in more conversations. But anyways, moving on, we pretty much covered everything we wanted to about Harden moving on to Wimby. I mean, we kind of mentioned him a little bit in the first segment with the 38 bomb on the Suns. I mean, they faced him before that, too. I think he had 19, that guy.
[00:26:24] Speaker C: I believe he had 19.
[00:26:26] Speaker B: Yeah. Was it 19? I don't know how many was it? Two blocks?
[00:26:30] Speaker A: About what, six, seven rebounds, something like that?
[00:26:33] Speaker C: Something like that.
[00:26:33] Speaker A: Could have used a little bit more productivity out of him.
[00:26:35] Speaker B: But in the fourth quarter, he took over. Yeah, he definitely took over.
[00:26:38] Speaker C: That first game between the spurs and the like, that was like the wildest finish to a game we've probably seen this season so far. Like the whole Kevin Durant getting the ball ripped from I think he got fouled before. Pretty controversial, but that was just a crazy comeback. And then you think the next time they play, devin Booker comes back and you think, okay, the Suns are going to take care of business at home. Wimby drops 38 and looks unstoppable while doing it. Didn't even look like he tried that.
[00:27:09] Speaker B: Hard, even with Devin Booker coming back too.
[00:27:14] Speaker C: Yeah, that's what I'm saying. With Booker coming back. And obviously the Suns weren't fully healthy. Beal didn't play, but true that. Don't stop wimby.
[00:27:21] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. And they were up by 20 at half. Which was insane. What was the final like, how much did they win by at the end?
[00:27:28] Speaker C: I think they won by maybe like nine or ten because the Suns came back late a little bit, had a little late push, but then just wasn't enough. It just wasn't enough.
[00:27:37] Speaker B: Dang but Booker, he ended up with like 31. I think he had like 31 and said 30.
[00:27:42] Speaker C: 113 and nine was Booker's stat line.
[00:27:44] Speaker B: 13 and nine. Dang that's a great stat line.
[00:27:48] Speaker C: Booker's been I mean, Booker's only played two games this season, but he's put up near triple doubles in both.
He's looking like I said, I remember talking in our first show about we were talking about the MVP race and I was talking about Devin Booker. If only he wasn't on a team. Know Katie and Beal.
[00:28:06] Speaker B: True.
[00:28:07] Speaker C: He's definitely on the rise. Know one of the best shooting guards in the league, for sure.
[00:28:13] Speaker B: So do you all think are the Suns in trouble because of this or do you all think.
[00:28:20] Speaker C: I think it's early, but definitely is a little concerning.
[00:28:24] Speaker B: For sure.
[00:28:24] Speaker C: I think it's a little too early to panic completely because we haven't seen the full team, but I don't know, it's a little concerning that they couldn't beat the spurs with relatively know Wimby as the head of the Snake.
[00:28:37] Speaker B: Yeah. What about you, Trey?
[00:28:39] Speaker A: Honestly? Yeah, I agree with that. But at the same time, we can't discredit Wimby at all because even though he is a rookie and young, nobody else is seven four, doing everything that he can do. Literally a generational talent. This is once in a lifetime type of thing. I know he got compared to Bobo the other day by Shaq.
[00:28:58] Speaker C: Shaq.
[00:28:58] Speaker B: Yeah. That was crazy.
[00:28:59] Speaker C: That was crazy.
[00:29:01] Speaker B: I mean, I can see a resemblance.
[00:29:03] Speaker A: I guess work hard enough for his so, like that's kind of why he's in a position he's in right now.
[00:29:08] Speaker B: But true.
[00:29:10] Speaker C: And Bubble was on the suns too.
[00:29:12] Speaker B: That is crazy. I didn't know how did he even play that game?
[00:29:16] Speaker C: I don't think he's played all season. I don't think Bubble's played all season.
[00:29:19] Speaker B: I don't know. I don't like how team like with the Denver Nuggets, it must be something going on behind the scenes, like maybe work ethic or practices or something. Because I remember even in the Bubble for the Nuggets, he would take over.
[00:29:33] Speaker C: I do.
[00:29:33] Speaker B: And I'm like, why is this guy I get you have Jokic, but why is this guy not playing?
[00:29:37] Speaker C: Yeah, I agree.
[00:29:38] Speaker B: I know he's skinny.
[00:29:39] Speaker C: I know he doesn't really have that.
[00:29:40] Speaker B: Much size, but great shot blocker can just like he can run the four at his size and even shoot threes. He can do it all, man. It must be something going on behind the scenes. Like you said, work ethic, something with.
[00:29:55] Speaker C: Wimby, man, he's special.
He's 7475, something like that. And he uses his size to his advantage every time when they come down the court, he makes things look easy. I remember, I think after the game, Katie got asked about Wimby, like saying he was his favorite player and stuff like that. And comparing him and Katie was like, I don't think Wimby plays. I think he's going to carve out a path to where he's his own player and be that generational talent.
[00:30:23] Speaker B: That's good because the NBA with a lot of people getting older, like KD, like Curry, obviously, LeBron, Chris Paul, one of the vets, I mean, just a lot of the greats are starting to sadly go away. I know it's like a generation which we do have know people like Booker, Jason Tatum, we got Luca, Jokic, Murray.
[00:30:47] Speaker C: Leagues in good hands, for sure.
[00:30:49] Speaker B: Leagues in good hands.
[00:30:50] Speaker A: Tatum. I think we said Tatum.
[00:30:52] Speaker C: I think.
[00:30:53] Speaker B: Yeah, Tatum.
[00:30:53] Speaker C: Tatum.
[00:30:54] Speaker B: And then even Chet, who knows? Chet and Wimby could be that next course, that next rivalry that we're looking for.
If there's an older person watching this, it could be the next Magic and Bird. I mean, hey, look, it could be.
[00:31:12] Speaker C: We never know.
[00:31:13] Speaker A: I think Magic and Birds rivalry was so like, great. They're in their own category, like it's Magic and Bird and then everything else.
[00:31:21] Speaker B: I agree. But I would want it to be like, imagine something like that in our generation.
[00:31:27] Speaker C: That'd be amazing.
[00:31:28] Speaker B: Or even like Curry and LeBron, like that rivalry with Golden State and the Cavs and stuff. I mean, something like that. Again in our something as a sports fan in general, just going abroad in all sports, that's something you look forward to, that's something you like for sportsmen they live for. Yeah, absolutely.
But going into the next topic, talking about Luca, we could talk about Luca.
[00:31:56] Speaker C: Can because he's looking pretty unstoppable. Obviously the Mavs start four and Mavs.
[00:32:04] Speaker B: Start four and O. And with the Celtics, I mean, Jason Tatum's looking good, too. They're also starting four. And.
[00:32:11] Speaker A: Kevin Brown have a left hand.
[00:32:14] Speaker C: Good question. Good question.
[00:32:16] Speaker B: It doesn't look like he needs it. That's just one thing to say.
The Drew holiday pickup is looking amazing. Poor Zingis looking amazing.
[00:32:25] Speaker C: The Celtics starting five is because Drew Holiday, obviously, we know what he can do. We know what Jason Tatum can do. Jalen Brown and then Derek White is one of those guys. I think it was DeAngelo Russell that said in an interview, like, Derek White is who I try to be like, because he does so many things that go unnoticed. And then you got poor Zingis, too.
[00:32:45] Speaker B: ESPN, how is he not a top one under player? Just tell me that. How is he not a top one? Somebody tell me how he's not a top one under player. You just can't. You literally just can't. That's just a horrible take by them, in my opinion, and I think in everyone's opinion, if you're watching basketball.
[00:33:01] Speaker A: I agree.
[00:33:02] Speaker B: What about you, Trey? What do you think about the Celtics starting five?
[00:33:07] Speaker A: They're definitely the team to watch in the east. I know everybody talks about the Bugs Heat, but the Celtics, like I said, as much as know, might not necessarily like them as an organization or whatever, because I'm a Laker fan.
[00:33:20] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:33:21] Speaker A: I can never count them. Know, boston's always been solid. Know, as long as everybody stays healthy and Porzingis still produces, like, he produces, like, it takes the load off of Jalen Brown and Tatum for that.
[00:33:33] Speaker C: On offense, that's the biggest thing, man, if Porzingis can just stay healthy.
[00:33:37] Speaker B: Yeah. Because he's looking amazing for him. I'd hate it if he just got hurt like he normally does, but I'd hate that. And touching on the Mavericks. I mean, good pickups with Grant Williams. He had seven, threes the other night as a Mavericks fan. I love that. And then Derek Jones Jr. One night, he had 20. Obviously, Lively the guy we needed. We just needed a defensive presence. We need a big somebody that's just that guy.
[00:34:05] Speaker C: I think the problems with the Mavericks over the past couple of years have been defense, and I think that because obviously, you got scoring with Luca. Luca, I think, is averaging the most points in the league right now. I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure, like, 33 point something.
[00:34:18] Speaker B: He has, like, 110 in total right now.
[00:34:22] Speaker C: And Kyrie, they have no problem scoring the ball. It was on the defensive end. I think they had problems. And adding a guy like Grant Williams is crucial to helping out your defense, and I think that's ultimately been the difference. And like you said, Derek Lively, he's been looking really good.
[00:34:38] Speaker A: Tim hardaway Jr's. Production for the Mavericks is very good too.
[00:34:42] Speaker B: Agree.
[00:34:42] Speaker C: He's averaging, like, 20.
[00:34:43] Speaker A: Best two way player.
[00:34:44] Speaker B: I feel like just a solid guy. Over the year, he's probably going to average, like, 15. Oh, yeah. It's just that punch you need for on the bench, comparing him to a guy like Norman Powell for the Clippers, it's just that guy that you need on the bench. It's just like that. Some people that don't watch basketball are like, why is that guy starting? He's dropping 20 points, and it's like but you need that.
[00:35:08] Speaker C: When he doesn't play, your team suffers.
Agreed?
[00:35:13] Speaker B: Yeah, definitely.
Well, that'll be all for this segment. Please join us for the last and final segment of our show, and we'll see you then.
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Welcome. Back to NBA student section. We're back with some more content for y'all, but let's get started right back into it. Starting off with MVP candidates. What do y'all think?
Who are y'all really eyeing this season for MVP?
[00:36:09] Speaker C: I'm gonna be honest.
My MVP to start the season was Luca. I just had a feeling that.
[00:36:17] Speaker B: He'S.
[00:36:18] Speaker C: Been kind of talked about the last couple of seasons as being MVP, but I think this year he's really I mean, obviously, they start four and he's looked he's looked really solid in his opening games. So Luca to me, and then I touched on it earlier, but Devin Booker, if the Suns can I feel like the Suns will figure it out. But Devin Booker is putting up MVP numbers as well.
[00:36:39] Speaker B: True. What do you you know, I could.
[00:36:42] Speaker A: Never count out the big man. Giannis comes to mind. Jokic obviously having his MVP last.
[00:36:48] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:36:49] Speaker A: Not going to touch on that anyway.
I'll even throw in like, no, I'm not throwing embiid in there. Never mind. I'm not throwing embiid in there to win it again. I think that was a one time thing. I did too, the way it went down. I think that was just a here you go.
[00:37:04] Speaker B: Yeah. They just didn't want to give him three. They wanted it to be like an.
[00:37:08] Speaker C: MB, to kind of spread the love. He really wanted that MVP. That MVP meant a lot to him.
[00:37:13] Speaker B: Yeah. They're not really getting much of anything else because they're not getting rings. So he needed something.
[00:37:19] Speaker C: That's for sure.
[00:37:19] Speaker B: He needed something. But for mean, I touched on it too. I think just talking about candidates, not talking about actually winning at Paul George, I think he could be an MVP candidate.
I was saying it at the beginning of the season, but obviously, because he had this quote of saying, I'm going to go off this season and then looking him at preseason, the preseason game versus the Jazz and stuff. Just the way he was moving just reminded me of his OKC days back when he was like, I believe, number three in MVP on the MVP ladder that year. Like on that year with the OKC Thunder.
I think that was 2019.
[00:38:02] Speaker C: I think that was the 2017 18 season. Because that was the year it was Westbrook. Paul George and Carmelo, right?
[00:38:10] Speaker B: No, it was after it. It was after that because that was when he was good, but not really, like because it was after Carmelo left.
[00:38:19] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:38:20] Speaker B: That was back when he was like torching people. Like when he had that M one three on James Harden and Patrick Beverly and stuff. And he did that dude, that's back when Paul George and also when Damien Leward hit the shot in his face.
[00:38:35] Speaker C: Isn't there like a compilation of Paul George getting like, game winners, like knocked down on I think there is. I'm pretty sure that's bad.
[00:38:41] Speaker B: I don't know how long the video is, but I think there's a few of them. But I mean, being a defender, though, it's going to happen. Just like shot blockers, just how they get dunked on and stuff. Like Jared Jackson Jr. When he got dunked on by Zion.
If you want to be that top defensive player, it's just going to happen. It's bound to happen. But anyways, going into that Paul George, I think he's definitely somebody where you're going to have on our radar and then probably zion. We touched on that, too. Zion could be an MVP candidate.
[00:39:16] Speaker A: I'm surprised Zion came to your mind before Tatum.
[00:39:19] Speaker B: Honestly, I don't know. I just think Zion's just a dominant player. I just think if he stays healthy.
[00:39:25] Speaker A: They got to win something, though for him to get the MVP.
[00:39:27] Speaker C: I agree.
[00:39:28] Speaker A: If they don't win anything, it's kind.
[00:39:29] Speaker B: Of just know they can make a run though. CJ, he's been doing good. And then Herb Jones.
[00:39:35] Speaker C: I love Herb Jones.
[00:39:36] Speaker B: Really good for but like I go what you're saying with those is that like one guy or you thinking anything else? You said Giannis and Jokic, but that's pretty much it.
[00:39:49] Speaker A: Yeah, that's honestly about it. For mean, I would never say Anthony Davis, the way he's been playing.
[00:39:55] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:39:55] Speaker A: He needs to step it all the way. He does even be in conversations at this point.
[00:40:00] Speaker C: It's his team.
[00:40:02] Speaker A: He had to rely on Bron the other night and that's bad.
We shouldn't have to rely on an almost 40 year old man to get us there. You know what I mean?
We should be looking at Dealo right now. And Anthony Davis.
[00:40:15] Speaker B: He had a good game versus clippers.
[00:40:17] Speaker A: Never forget about Reeves. Never forget about my boy Reeves.
[00:40:20] Speaker B: He had a good game against Clippers. Delo did 27, I believe.
[00:40:24] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, I was proud. You must have heard me talking stuff about he stepped it up.
[00:40:29] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. I mean that's what they need, especially they needed it in the I mean they need him to be comfortable in La. They really do in order for them to succeed later on. But going into other topics, we got the city jerseys that just came out.
I think there's some good ones.
[00:40:47] Speaker C: There's some good ones, but for the majority, I don't like them. There are a couple that I really like.
I really like the timberwolves. Timberwolves are so clean, very clean. I like the suns and I like the jazz oh, another one I wanted.
[00:41:03] Speaker B: To say I didn't get to mention is the Hornets.
Hornets, consistent to me if we're just talking about all time jerseys, I mean, the Heat culture wasn't good, but all time the Heat have always had good jerseys.
For those of you all that don't know, we do have a group chat and we talk about this stuff, but to me it's like the Heat and then obviously the Lakers have good jerseys, but then I don't know, the Hornets just with their blue colors are just.
[00:41:33] Speaker C: Like I love that blue.
[00:41:34] Speaker B: Buz City. Oh my gosh, it's just so clean.
[00:41:36] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:41:36] Speaker A: The other two teams that came to mind who know up Northern California, the warriors and the Kings, both of them have really great jerseys.
[00:41:44] Speaker C: And I actually didn't even know that. I mean, obviously I knew the city edition jerseys were going to come out, but I didn't know that the city edition courts and those are looking like crazy, like the craziest colored courts we've ever seen. I saw the Thunders today, like blue and there's blue and there's red ones. It's crazy. It's not a typical basketball court at all.
[00:42:07] Speaker B: I just don't know if I like that because going into just the feel of the hardwood and looking at the it's just like nostalgic and it's just like to me it's better. Yeah. I don't know.
[00:42:17] Speaker A: A little hard on the eyes, too. People with sensitive eyes see all those bright colors and maybe get a headache from it. I know I was getting a little bit of a headache staring at it too long.
[00:42:26] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:42:26] Speaker B: And then just watching them run them up and down for a couple of hours, that definitely give me a headache.
[00:42:34] Speaker A: If they're going to make the hardwood of color, I'd say black or just keep it like it was not like.
[00:42:39] Speaker C: A bright blue or green or red.
[00:42:42] Speaker B: Or some I know if you play like two K and stuff, like my team or something, they make colors like courts.
[00:42:47] Speaker C: That's what it reminded me of. That's exactly what it reminded me of.
[00:42:50] Speaker B: They make like, crazy bright colors and you're just like, oh my gosh, I can't even play this game because the court's brighter than my players and I literally can't even see my guy shoot the ball right now. It's just crazy. But like, the City jerseys, we touched on the Timberwolves and stuff. I really like those. And then we didn't say the signs. What about the signs? Y'all like those?
[00:43:11] Speaker C: Yeah, I did. I did say the oh, you did say no, you're good, you're good. I do really like the suns. The sun's colors are just really clean to me.
[00:43:19] Speaker A: Since we're on the um, they're not the city jerseys, but are the Grizzlies going to bring back, you know, the turquoise blue Vancouver?
[00:43:27] Speaker C: I wish they would.
[00:43:28] Speaker A: I love those.
[00:43:29] Speaker C: God, those are so clean.
[00:43:30] Speaker B: Those are really clean.
[00:43:31] Speaker A: Raptors throwback jerseys, too, with the dinosaur, you know Vince Carter?
[00:43:34] Speaker B: Yeah, let's start there. They brought those back a couple years back, didn't they? No, but those are always like when you look at like I think the NBA did like a segment of NBA players and they said their first jerseys and they mentioned like, Vince Carter, Toronto Raptors. A lot of them mentioned Alan Iverson jerseys, too. Yeah, but yeah, definitely going back to that.
Definitely the Toronto Raptors. That type of jersey was just like just a classic. But going into other topics before we end the show, the Washington Wizards are just we touched on that, too. They're not looking good, especially with Jordan Poole. I know I was expecting him to be an All Star or at least like looking right now, it's not looking good.
[00:44:19] Speaker C: I had him winning Most Improved Player. I had Jordan Poole winning Most Improved Player. I thought that he was going to take the role of being one of the main know, obviously in golden State. He was the kind of living in curry's shadow a little bit. Couldn't really be fully who he wanted to be. And then now he gets a chance in Washington. But he doesn't take stuff know, he kind of just messes around a lot, which is a good thing. You got to have a personality on the court. But Jordan Poole kind of takes that a little too not as serious as he should.
[00:44:52] Speaker A: I agree with that. There's a difference between being confident and being arrogant. And I think jordan poole comes off as arrogant and cocky to me know, confident because you should always believe in yourself as a player. But when your teammate is open now, whether you think he's going to make the shot or not, if it's the right play and you're going to shoot a contested shot, you should pass it every time. I don't care. And the fact that when they were in the huddle, I don't know if you all saw this clip, but they showed their interaction and Jordan poole kind of just looked at him like, what, you crazy. Like, I'm not passing you the hard energy to know you kind of think you're bigger than a program. Nobody's bigger than a program. If I'm the coach suicide is after practice.
[00:45:36] Speaker B: He probably saw like a baddie courtside or something like that. Something like that. I don't know. But Jordan Poole, I mean, I thought he was going to win most improved. Really? Who would win most improved? I haven't really thought of that.
[00:45:51] Speaker A: I really don't know. This man, Dylan Brooks. For him to even get in a conversation, he needs to stop doing this, like talking, playing and producing.
[00:45:59] Speaker B: If he did that, he probably could win most.
[00:46:01] Speaker C: He's got a great opportunity with this rockets team to do that.
[00:46:05] Speaker B: I can't really think of anybody else.
[00:46:07] Speaker A: Like maybe Westbrook, but he shouldn't be a player that gets like the most improved. You know what a couple of bad seasons.
So never mind. Scratch that.
[00:46:17] Speaker B: I feel like there's definitely somebody, but we just can't think of Anthony Edwards. Anthony Edwards could sneak.
[00:46:26] Speaker C: Know he could do like shay did, but know something like that.
[00:46:32] Speaker B: Or like, wait, did they give him most improved last year? Shay?
[00:46:36] Speaker C: I think they gave it to Laurie Markinen last year.
[00:46:38] Speaker B: That's like, yeah, I'm thinking of Morant. Yeah, they gave it to john Morant because it was controversial, too, because it's know you think of most improved, it's like somebody that's going from like zero points, like, oh, my gosh, I'm in.
[00:46:51] Speaker C: Double figures, something like that.
[00:46:54] Speaker B: But going from like 20 points a game to superstar.
[00:46:56] Speaker A: Maybe Austin Reeves.
Maybe austin Reeves because he kind of was blowing up in the second half of last season. So if he does it for a.
[00:47:04] Speaker C: Full he's one of those inconsistent this.
[00:47:06] Speaker A: Season, he could probably get it.
[00:47:07] Speaker C: Yeah, he's one of those players that, again is in a candidate. He's in a great position to get most improved player.
[00:47:13] Speaker B: Definitely. Do y'all still consider him the third option for the Lakers or is.
[00:47:19] Speaker A: Yeah, let me let me do a little bit of homework on that. I'm going to say Ad should be first option, LeBron should be third option. But the way it is, it seems like LeBron's first option, then Ad and then D Lo and Austin Reeves are.
[00:47:33] Speaker B: Kind of, like, interchangeable. Yeah.
[00:47:35] Speaker A: It just depends on who has the ball first.
[00:47:37] Speaker B: And I agree with that.
[00:47:38] Speaker C: That's terrible.
It cannot be like that. LeBron is 40 years old doing all this. I don't know if he's is. He actually what? How old is he?
[00:47:46] Speaker A: 39.
[00:47:46] Speaker C: He's 39.
[00:47:47] Speaker A: So I thought he needs to give them old joints a break past 30 minutes. Honestly, he shouldn't even be playing past 25. If we were on our stuff like we should be, he should only play, like, 22 minutes max. 23.
[00:47:58] Speaker B: I know. Yeah. I don't mind the interchangeable against Austin Reeves and Dealo. I like that because they're both just pushing each other to fill the gaps, because that's what the Lakers really need to do. They need those two to like austin Reeves definitely stepped up, but they need a guy, like, dealer to fill in those gaps. Obviously, Rui, he had to do it sometime last playoffs.
[00:48:20] Speaker C: They need guys like Gabe Vincent to step up, too.
[00:48:22] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:48:23] Speaker C: He hasn't struggled.
[00:48:24] Speaker B: I'm actually not surprised about that because people were on the Gabe Vincent train for the Heat and stuff like that. And I'm like it's one season.
He had a lot of opportunities there. I can't just say Gabe Vincent's that guy. He's that budget guy that you need on your team because it's just like, it's only one season. And then obviously, like, the LeBron effect.
[00:48:45] Speaker A: We'Re missing the core piece for the Lakers, too. Like, my boy Vanderbilt's been hurt, and he's a key piece for our defense. Like, he comes off the bench and gives us that spark. He's a high energy player, so I can't wait for Vanderbilt to come back, of course.
[00:48:58] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Well, that pretty much wraps it up for the show. Thank you all for tuning in to NBA Student Section. Hope you all come to the next show. And thank you all. Bye, Sam.
