Luka Magic Already Better Than Magic? Caitlin Clark Drama Heats Up!

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Y'all see the title, man. Y'all see the title. Yeah, let's get into it, man. LukaMagic. LukaMagic, man. The Mavericks going to the finals, led by LukaDonchik. Oh, we see BigMike. I see you, BigMike, too. SportsAffinity owns y'all clout. He ain't owe nothing, dog. He ain't owe nothing. When it comes to on here, I'm going to start. I respond to comments. I'm going to respond to comments. Negative ones, positive ones, and negative ones when I'm on this. Everywhere else, for the most part, I'm ignoring you. Garrison, the Bill of Salute. Garrison, I see you. I'm ignoring you. I'm a smooth ignorer, but when it comes to here, when it comes to here, I don't care. We're going to keep it. I ain't going to go crazy, but like I said, man, get them steroids. You know what I mean? Get them steroids out here, man. Like I said, they're word-raising. Our early is like this, man. Dang. Let's get into it, though, man. Is LukaDonchik better than Magic Johnson already? Is he better than Magic Johnson already? Is LukaMagic better than Magic? What do y'all think, man? We got Sterling and Bill. Shout out to the crossover. Crossover every 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time every Saturday. Go check us out. Anyone on their knees at LeBron time, question their ball knowledge. First of all, I'm not a LeBron James fan. I'm not a LeBron James fan, for one. It's not a LeBron James channel. It's not. I don't know why y'all be... Listen. It's... We don't got... Tweets is on, man. Y'all can keep having your opinions or what have you. You know what I mean? Also, is Luka better than Magic Johnson? Let me see. Hold up, y'all. I didn't mean to do that. Yeah, y'all see. There you go. Y'all come hit that like button, too, man. Y'all come and hit that like button and all that stuff, man. We'll shout out to Lakers at 5 in the build, man. We'll shout out to Lakers at 5. I see y'all Lakers at 5 in the build. Excuse me. Also, too, man, y'all like to donate to the show. I like to donate. Here's the Cash App right here. Y'all know. Y'all see that Discord link. Y'all want that Discord link? It catches behind the scenes and things of that nature. Boom. Y'all like to donate. There's the Cash App right there. Y'all like to donate. Also, too, let me say this, too. Before we get into that topic, I'll do my part. I was running late. I also saw this news. RP to Larry Allen. RP to the legendary offensive lineman, hall of fame, one of the best offensive linemen, offensive tacklers of all time in Larry Allen. One of the most athletic football players of all time. Man, he passed away at the age of 52 years old, man. My condolences to his friends and family. Man, that's young, man. That's young. 52 years old. People would like to say that's old, per se, but 52 is a young age, man. It's very unfortunate that he passed. Very unfortunate. One-time Super Bowl champion. He was 11-time pro bowler, seven-time all-pro, six-time first team. He was on two all-decades teams. He was on the 1990s all-decades team and the 2000s all-decade team. The NFL 100th anniversary team. You know how cold you got to be on two all-decade teams? I mean, man. RP to Larry Allen, one of the all-time greats. Condolences to your friends and family. Very sad news. Very sad news in the football world. But, yeah, going back to, like I said, going back to, yeah, y'all see it. Is Luka Johnson already better than Magic Johnson? Listen, you know me. Maybe some of y'all don't know, but the answer to that is no. Luka is not better than Magic. Now, he has a better start to his career, per se. That's maybe a different argument. Maybe. Maybe. I'm not sure. I mean, listen. Magic is the GOAT playmaker. Maybe. I'm not sure. He could be. He's better than Magic. Come on. Luka ain't better than Magic Johnson. Y'all wildin' now. I didn't come up with these titles, too, by the way. I didn't come up with these titles. But saying that he's better than Magic is saying he's better than Magic Johnson is crazy. That's kind of wild. That is kind of wild. Let me see here. Let me see. Yeah, we gotta leave the building, man. It's nasty work, man. I did not come Yeah, it's nasty work. Uh, yeah. I did not, uh We gotta rebrand Sheldon We gotta rebrand him in the building. I see you rebranding. I remember I saw a title this year that said Draymond was basically Magic Johnson. That was a troll. Sheldon Lamont, but Magic is overrated, though. I mean, Magic is the best point guard of all time, but he's overrated. I mean, we can get to that, though. If y'all want. We can get to that. Hold up, I got you a link. Hold up. Overrated, how? What does it say on tape? Kareem is overrated. Is Magic Johnson overrated? No. What does Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have to do with what I said about Magic Johnson being overrated? Magic Johnson is overrated. Like, I mean, it's okay. Is he the greatest point guard of all time? Yes. Is he a top 10 player of all time? Yes. But he's overrated. You know what I mean? We got rebranded in the building. That was good, bro. What's up, what's up, what's up? The Kareem profile picture. I feel bad for the Magic's, man. What do you mean? I didn't even know that was my profile picture. I feel bad. Like, it's ----, man. Yeah, nah, bro. I didn't even know. How much money Mark Cuban How much money Mark Cuban got? Nah, look, bro. So, this one thing true. I do have a team of people that run my YouTube page. So, somebody probably put this picture. I would not have done that. You know, I don't want to, you know, fuel the flame that's already. Nah, it, listen, it's not even the fuel. Listen, listen. It's not even Kareem's fault. The Mavericks is chilling. The players themselves are trying to chill. You know what I mean? Even though Derrick Jones Jr. is talking. He's doing a lot of talking. Like, he's supposed to be dropping 30 a game, but that's neither or there. Nah, we're not going to do that. No, true. He's talking. He's important to the team. Like, you know y'all got Celtics got players that may not be. Yeah, but at the same time, he will be getting called out by the Mavericks fan base at the end of the season. Yeah, they will be calling him out. Like, man, that man really stepped up. He really killed it, bro. He clamped up. Nah. Shout out to him. You know he from Frisco, Texas. Like, you know, that's like that's right there by Dallas. So, like, he's from that area. So, you know, this probably mean more to him. You know, he probably grew up a Mavs fan. Um, I don't I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be honest true like this. I don't really hate the Celtics, bro. I don't have no smoke with the Celtics. Y'all are just in the way right now. And I'm sure you feel the same way. Like, yo, the Mavs are just in the way what niggas trying to accomplish. Excuse my language. What people are trying to accomplish right now. So, it's not really I had more smoke for the Clippers, bro. I'm going to be honest. Like, that was that was probably the only team that we've played this playoff set. I'm like, I hate them. Sean Brewer. Hey, you talking about you can't take true seriously. Well, I can't take you seriously being a chat warrior. So, it's like, I don't know. I mean, I can't I can't take chat warriors sometimes serious. But hey, guess what? Would you drop the link for them to come up and challenge? I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, listen, because Jason because he likes to shout because we got Jason the kids out here. I'm going to call I'm going to use ducking and replace it with Jason the kids because like I dropped the link we I legit be on different platforms drop a link and he'd be in the comments. He don't show up, but he got life though, right? That's what he's that's an excuse. He has a life, but I mean, I don't know. I mean, you busy but you tuned in were comma typing paragraphs in the chat. It's crazy to me, but I mean, I'll pull up now Barry X. I will pull up. I mean, what that boy? What did I post me? Active tip can't save you the link, right? What I posted me you doing all that typing for what you did all that typing for what the link is right above your car. No, hell no. Hell no. I don't think I didn't come up with these titles, by the way, too. Let's let y'all know that I didn't I didn't I didn't I don't think I already know I don't think that already. I'm not I'm not. Yeah, I'm not going to go. I'm not going. You know what I'm saying? I'm not going to go that far. I think if his career keeps trending, how is going and he'll be better than magical. I don't think but I still yeah, I'm not going to do all that. I will say this though. Like even with my top 10 maps all the time. He has a chance if we can pull this off against the, you know, 64 win team. Who's a great team, by the way, the Celtics are a great team. I don't care what nobody say. They're a great team. We can pull this off, bro. He probably jumps into my top five maps but then we also got to look at it. The maps have only been around since what 1987? Right. So we haven't really been around that long like the Celtics and the Lakers and all that to like have a deep history of just, you know, standout players, right? Like we look at the top 10, like Sam Perkins, Derek Harper, Steve Nash, Jason Terry, Mark McGuire. Yeah, he's number two, you know, Dirk Nowitzki, Rolando Blackman. Some people put Jason Kidd, you know, Michael Finley and you know what I'm saying? So it's not like he has that much work to do to jump into that top five or top three or top two. Yeah, like yeah, it's crazy man. Like, I mean, hey. So let's do this true. Let's see if we both can be honest here, right? Tell me some things that you think the Celtics need to avoid to pull this off and I'll tell you some things I think the Mavs need to avoid to pull this off. We've already given what we think they need to do to win this series. What do you think the Celtics can do to lose this series? They need to avoid not playing defense and they need to avoid not being hurt. Not get injured. I'm just being honest with you. It's just not a good matchup for the Mavericks. Yeah, they should fix the banner. I don't know what you're talking about. What do you see in the banner? I don't see anything either, I guess because we're not talking about Luka Doncic and the Magic. I don't know, man. I don't know what they're talking about, man. Listen, one, we can't turn the ball over. You can't turn the ball over. You're going against a team that's Oh yeah, not turn the ball over. Celtics don't turn the ball over too. I can say that but that'd be it. Celtics have been taking care of the ball. Like I said, shout out to the Mavericks fans out there though. It's not even, listen, the media is not helping y'all out whatsoever. They're doing y'all kind of dirty right now. What do you mean? Because you're giving your team fuel to get extra motivation. No, because a lot of people got the Mavericks national media got the Mavericks beat What do you mean? You don't think all the fans that are coming out and you know, the fans coming out saying F Kyrie Irving after y'all clinched against the Pacers. But here's the thing though. Here's the thing. Here's the thing though, like other dudes I play to and perform, like people call Jason Taylor a fraud, the disrespect he's getting, like a lot of dudes but it's not, well, it's not about which I'm talking about. It ain't about the Mavericks fans. I'm talking about everybody else that's not involved in the series. We're hearing more narrative talk than basketball talk. Oh, Kyrie and Luka are going to cook the Celtics. That's how they're going to win. It's like, that's easier said than done. Like that sounds cool and all and listen, listen, nobody's saying that we're going to stop two dudes and they're going to just not score. It's disrespectful saying that Kyrie and Luka is going to destroy the Celtics. They're hearing that the Jason Taylor and Jalen Brown because it's not, that's not realistic. It's not realistic because it's a team game. It's not realistic. Listen, the thing is this though, Kyrie and Luka can get you 60-something points per game. That being said, 60-something points is not enough to win an NBA game in 2024. Everybody else got to hit their shots. Everybody else got to do their thing too. So it's like, that's both teams though, right? I don't have to worry about that. I don't got to worry about this. At the end of the day, we've talked about Gary Jones and Gary Jones or PJ Washington. Are they going to consistently hit shots? Because like I said before, the shot, they're going to take the ball out of Kyrie, force the ball out of Kyrie and Luka's hands, and they will have to make, and them other guys got to make plays. And that's going to be the thing. Can they consistently do that? And that's another thing too. You also, you got to guard. You got to play defense. They got to play better defense than they did all playoffs. No disrespect to the Clippers, but let's be real. You don't have dudes that are capable or capable players other than Jalen Brown or Jason Tatum. You got dudes that like, or a guy like you, like people forget Zubat was going crazy against the Mavericks. If Zubat was going crazy against the Mavericks, what do you think other dudes can do? So it's like, listen, we can give credit to the Mavericks maybe. All I'm saying is though, if you're a Mavericks fan, of course you are your team. Of course, but the point is this though. You had dudes able, you had regular dudes was able to go off. Regular dudes able to go off. But true to King, so this is where we so you can't use because this is a dangerous game, right? We playing, right? Because if we could use the Clippers to gauge how we'll do against the Celtics, I feel like we should be able to use the Pacers and how they did against y'all. Y'all don't have the same type of pace of offense as the Pacers. Y'all just don't. Y'all don't have this. They have a better offense than y'all. Yes, they have a better offense. Listen, people forget to realize too, when Todd Halpern was out, they still was number 30 offense rating. And granted, that's not, and granted, let's break that even down even more. They were still able to score and generate great offense even when Todd Halpern was not playing. True. So let me say this though, brother. And shout out to the Pacers, right? But like I said, if we're able to use what the Clippers were able to do in the first round, I'm like, yeah, we should be able to use what the Pacers did, right? The Pacers had y'all on the ropes three of those four games and they just choked it away. Y'all closed out, right? So if the Pacers could have y'all on the ropes and one of those games was without Tyrese Halliburton. But here's the thing, y'all don't play at the same, y'all don't play at the same pace as the Pacers do. But here's the reality situation. Y'all don't play at that same pace as the Pacers that can keep the Boston defense on their heels. Y'all don't have that same pace of offense. Y'all don't. So it's like the reality of the situation is even in the regular season, even when Tyrese Halliburton was playing, their offense was better than the Mavericks was. That's just a fact. They had the highest offense. It is what it is. We can talk about disrespect all they want to, whatever the case may be. I never say anything about the Mavericks not playing at the same pace. That's the difference between the Mavericks pace and the Pacers pace. So hold on. I didn't argue saying that y'all have a better offense. Okay, it's kind of more dangerous, but it's a style of play. Does the Mavericks play at the same pace as the Pacers do? They don't. Nobody did the whole year. So no team can ball that doesn't have a top 10 pace. What's that supposed to mean, Lon? Hold on, True. I can say this then, right? Since you say that we don't play the same style of offense and we're not as good of an offense as the Pacers, then I'll say the Pacers weren't as good as the defense as we've been. Absolutely, nobody denying that. But I'm just telling you off as a coach. Hold on, let me say this. Go ahead. All I'm saying is this, too. True, your serve is kind of messing up, brother. Hold up. Your serve is messing up, True. Oh, I'm good? Hold up. All right, you go, you go, you go. But here's the thing, too, though. You back, you back, you back. And Sean Brewer, too. That sounds cool, Sean Brewer, but I've asked people to bet money and people I don't know if you rebranded or not. I don't know with that. I don't know. Go ahead. No, you good. Go ahead. Rock out. Yeah, but that being said, Sean Brewer, I've been asking to take bets and nobody wanted to do it, so I don't know. I already got somebody ducking me. I already got somebody ducking me for a $10 bet. We ain't seen him in like a month. We ain't seen him in like a month, Swish. We ain't seen him in a month. I think he said he was at the Mavs or something, bro. Yeah, bro. But listen, look, True, I'm going to be honest, bro. I'm not going to act like this is not going to be a tall task for the Mavs. I'm not going to act like this is not going to be a tall task. Like I said, bro, I respect the Celtics. I respect the roster that y'all put together. I think with y'all adding Drew Holiday and adding KP, I've actually been speaking praises on Chris Topps, right? Probably since Washington. I feel like he was more aggressive in Washington and it was a better fit for him and then went to the Celtics and him and Jalen Brown, they thrived together or whatever. I'm going to say this, though, bro. It's a tall task, but it can be done. And I believe it will be done. Yeah, well, if a Brazilian is not healthy, then he's playing. Luka has beaten a 64-win team before. They've never played against a team this good before ever. We've beaten a 64-win team before. I believe we're the first team since the 2010 Lakers to beat 3 51 teams on the way to the finals. And I think when the Celtics did it in 2010, they beat Chubb, who I think was another great team or whatever. KP will be ready game one. Yeah, he's been practicing. There's definitely footage out there of him running with the team already. He's looking good. He looks good, too. And then I think this week that we've gotten or whatever, I think that's going to be extra time for him to get back right. I think that'll be extra time for Derek Lively to get back right. I'm excited for game one, brother. I'm excited. Because I'm going to be honest, this is an entertaining series. I think this is more of an entertaining finals than last year for sure. We got storylines. We got Kyrie Irving returning to Boston. We got Chris Stops returning to Dallas. Y'all hate, well, y'all fan base hates Kyrie Irving. And Kyrie Irving don't really give a **** about y'all fan base either. I don't know if Chris Stops feels a way about Dallas. I mean, I know this, though. The point is, though, it is the thing. It's just, I don't listen. If Chris Stops' physique is not healthy, of course, y'all have an opportunity. It's going to be competitive. Y'all have a shot to win. KP being healthy, y'all have no shot. It is what it is. We got a shot, bro. We show up to the game like everybody else. We got a shot. Y'all can't guard. You underrate confidence, brother. Listen, we went against. Because y'all, this is what we're going to do. Because I've heard a lot of people move to goal posts when it came to our road to the finals. Now, before we faced the Clippers, it was, oh, we didn't have a chance. They got four Hall of Famers and then... No, we beat the Clippers and then it was, well, their best player was hurt even though he played two games in the series and we won the two games that he played. Then, it was when we got to the number one seed in the West, the toughest conference at that. It was... He was by himself and they were good enough to get the number one seed in the Western Conference. Then we went to the Timberwolves and it was, oh, they're going to wax us off the court. They're going to be able to lock up Luka. They're going to be able to clamp up Kyrie Irving and we got them the hell out of here in the Gentleman's Suite. You're underrating the confidence that this player has run his milk. I'm not underrating that at all, though, but you have to understand this, too. Those dudes are pissed the **** off right now and y'all are in the way. The disrespect they've been getting. Like I said, y'all saw the conversation. They've been the most disrespected team I've ever been to that's going into a finals. That's a fact. The disrespect, they've been getting disrespected all year. We've been saying to Jason Taylor, it doesn't matter about troll disrespect, go hand-in-hand. It doesn't matter about whatever Chase may be. He's making it in one way. Listen, Brandon, the Mavericks, the fact that they made it here, congratulations to them. A lot of people didn't think they would be in the finals, including me. I'm just telling you the truth, though, because I'm telling y'all right now is the media is playing a dangerous game because they're just throwing straws. Like I said before, it was hiding behind Miami Heat. It was hiding behind Miami Heat. The narrative currently changed the whole time. And this is what I don't understand. People keep reminding me, like, okay, the elephant in the room. What's the elephant in the room? We understand that the teams, they played again. We understand the situation they played, which nobody denied. It's weird that we have a conversation and say, what's the elephant in the room is when we understand what the situation was. But regardless of that situation that was, me, Trudy King, what did I say since the beginning? It didn't matter. Who was it? Brandon, you was there. I don't care what it was. They were going to come through the East. It was no issue. But now they do it. Now people want to move the goalposts. Yeah, but those are true. We understand those are casual fans that are moving the goalposts. I think with a healthy Eastern Conference, I still had the Celtics coming out of the Eastern Conference, but it would have been just a tad bit tougher, right? The series would have went a few more games, maybe. It could be, but that being said, yeah, but absolutely, but that being said, too, even with the people that got hurt, the people that got hurt, it wasn't even a surprise when they got hurt. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Don Mitchell did not play. I think he didn't play, what, two games, Donovan Mitchell, or whatever? No, he didn't play. He didn't play 65 games the whole year. This is what I'm saying, though. The people that did get hurt during when the Celtics played. Hold on, hold on, hold on, True. Let me address the town gesture. Brandon Cassidy. Dallas didn't have to play a healthy Clippers or a Denver team, so now, hold on, so True, you see, I get it now, True. This is what they do, right? You beat who they put in front of you, now all of a sudden it's a... Exactly. You had to avoid a Denver team, though. And I don't barely bring up, I don't even bring up, and I don't even bring up... Hold on, hold on, True. How about this? Instead of saying that we avoided the best teams, how about the best teams maybe weren't the best teams, right? Because if they were the best teams, they would have gotten it done. Denver avoided us. Denver were the ones that got smoked out, right? Not us. We didn't get smoked. We didn't avoid nobody. We can't say that the Lakers avoided the Clippers in 2020. That don't mean nothing, though. The Minnesota was not supposed to lose in five games. That's what I'm saying. I had Mavs winning. I had Mavs winning because I knew it wasn't a good matchup. We avoided the best teams in the West, too, right? If you're the best teams in the West, you'd still be in the West right now. Right. The teams that are here are clearly the best teams. The Celtics are the best team in the East. The Mavs are the best team in the West. We're not going to sit here and act like, oh, the Clippers, because even without Kawhi Leonard, right, y'all were telling us that, oh, James Harden and Paul George was enough. Y'all were telling us they were enough even with Russell Westbrook coming off the bench. Y'all were telling us that they were enough to beat us. Kawhi Leonard still played two games. And they could get you nine points in 30 minutes. That's a fact. And let me make this clear, too. I picked the Mavericks all the way to them going to the finals. I didn't see them going to the finals beforehand. I'm not going to lie. I did, but look at how they were playing. Look at the matches they were going against. I picked the Mavericks every single way. Simple as that. I picked them against... I said they were going to beat the Clippers in five or six. I was right on that. So that's another thing, too. Me being biased, whatever the case may be, I was the only person that picked the Mavericks in every series. And you know, listen, true, and you knew I was picking the Celtics. I'm like, yo, the Celtics, I just don't get into the disrespect that people try to throw towards Jason Tatum and the Celtics. Absolutely. And I also looked at the fact, the reason why I said they're going to now, of course I'm going with the Celtics because I just think what the Mavericks was able to do defensively and respect to all those teams y'all went up against, y'all not going to... Listen, be real, Rustbrook and Zubac on the floor, that was terrible. And then, you know, and then when they didn't, when they had to play small ball, y'all feasting on that every single time. There's no spacing. Even with OKC, even with OKC, Chet couldn't hit no shot. Chet couldn't hit a three to save his life. He was bricking. I mean, so when you had that, guys, I was not a lot... Jay Duda was inconsistent as a shot creator, you know what I mean? And Che was just doing it by himself. And then you go get to Tim Wolves, and what did I say about Tim Wolves the whole time? The offense is not that good. When they were saying I was they were glazing the Tim Wolves. They were glazing the Tim Wolves. They glazed them. Bro, I'm not going to say nobody's name. I'm not going to say no name, bro, though. Sturdy. But somebody said that, you know, Rudy Goldberg, Jayden Dales, Barry DeJuha, and Derek White. That's all I said. And then, you know, look what happened. And look what happened. That's all I'm saying. That's all I'm saying. But true, we got to look at casual people, casual fans like Brandon, right? Like, Brandon is mind you, he's the same guy that when we asked, you know, hey, give us some guards that Jordan had to face and he gave us Larry Bird. I will like to say that that is Brandon. So we take a lot of his... You could have said Joe Gilmore. You could have said other people. Yeah, he said Larry Bird. And then he quit and tapped out after that. And here's the thing, though, too. Here's the thing, too, though. If you still think Jordan is a GOAT, depending on his positions, whatever, it don't matter. It don't... I mean, it's like it was whatever. He can't control that, but Jordan can still be the GOAT. So, like, the fact that you got caught up like that, it look bad though, Brandon. It look bad, man. True, true. It's easy for people to make the Jordan is GOAT like argument. It's easy, right? We've seen it made a hundred million times, right? So you can make the argument. So the fact that Brandon Katz fumbled at the goal line and it was bad, right? He walked the plank and Mac Def made him jump. He quit. He tapped out, right? But I'm gonna say this. This is the thing, right? I don't care about Kawhi Leonard. Kawhi Leonard played. If you... Listen, if you play, you're not hurt. That's how I look at it. If you play, you're not hurt. And people were still copying Let me read this real quick to hold up. Tatum is shooting below 30% right now. See, this is what I be saying like, y'all, he's shooting he's shooting 44%. He's shooting higher than and shout out to Luka. Luka is playing phenomenal leading up with the playoffs and points rebounds and assists and all that. He's having a great playoff run. But this is what I be saying. This is what I'm saying. The disrespect is getting crazy. It's like here's the thing. Shouters and Mavericks are getting to this point because nobody thought they were going to get here. I applaud them. Shout out to Kawhi Irving for doing things that people thought he couldn't do about being having the tangibles helping the team win. Shout out to Luka Doncic being a team player and not, you know what I mean, stagnate the offense and things of that nature. Shout out to the Mavericks' Jason Kidd doing what he need to do. I applaud them. All that. But the point is, this is what I'm saying Like I said, I don't know if you saw Joe Mazula he said he pissed off that he don't like how the conversation about Jalen, but like they're not listen, they the media is going like, that's what I'm saying like you don't want to get, cause to your point they haven't been they haven't played the same type of teams like a Mavericks at all, right? So it's like you know you can get too comfortable but now the media is like that's why that's, you know what I mean True, true. We in a big game now, right? The media don't matter no more like we, at the end of the day listen, it's going to be Now they don't matter, that's why Kyrie that's why I shout out to Kyrie I don't think they're going to feed into it I mean no, they're not going to they're trying to win a championship I'm saying, you don't want to give a team extra motivation at the end of the day Kyrie definitely going to use the negativity against them though, that's a fact Kyrie is definitely going to use the negativity about, oh he need to retire he's going to use that which is okay which is expected, it's okay which has been one of the reasons why Mavericks is going to this this run right now, cause people he's doing things people thought he couldn't do Yeah, and even with Brandon, like Brandon nobody's saying that he's having an epic playoff run, like he's clearly been the leader of the Mavs he's gotten, you know, the team to buy in as well, and he's pacing it he's played good defense this playoff run like, it's like you're so extreme with your takes brother, but we got to remember, you were the guy that tapped out MacDev, shout out to MacDev, he got you to tap out and quit so we're not even going to address your comments moving forward but listen, so True I think the media they're going to have to shut up either way True, after this, either they're going to have to shut up about Kyrie, or they're going to have to shut up about Jason Tatum it's going to be it's going to be something and I'm, listen man, it's like I said the Mavericks, like I said, I'm not going to, listen, it's going to be blow us every game, no but the Mavericks, like I said before, this is, listen they got, they better play the best it's going to be, it has to be a team effort because like I said before, Luka and Kyrie, they may not shoot that well but y'all, so it's got to be a team effort where, that's what I'm saying it's got to be a team effort on all accounts for the Mavericks to win this series which I just don't see that happening shout out to, like, if y'all had a little bit deeper bench, I'd be a little bit more worried our bench was decent I mean, yeah, Dierick Lively outside Dierick Lively is very but that's, when it comes to playoff time when it comes to playoff time it's different though our bench has not been like the regular season, right, we had Dante Exum, we had Timothy Hardaway Jr. who was early in the season like, you could have argued for six man of the year candidate, right, early on once he got hurt against the Clippers, and he is inconsistent right, but once he got hurt against the Clippers he was out for the rest of that series I think being came back against OKC wasn't right hasn't been right Jaden Hardy, like he's played a little better or whatever, but yeah, bro, listen, it's a tall task, I'm not gonna sit up here and act like y'all haven't earned the right to be where y'all at, but I like our chances, bro, I'm gonna be honest, and I got it in six, I don't got it, I'm not gonna go saying five, like that's disrespectful but it's gonna be in six it's gonna be in six so does five, man, so does five six is being generous, but like like I said before I don't think the bench is just Mavericks are gonna have to shoot threes consistently that's a tall task that's gonna be a tall task that's gonna be a tall task because like I said before, if they're forcing if the Celtics will do that, they will force the ball out of Kyrie Lucas' dodging hands they gotta make that pass to PJ Washington and Derrick Jones and if you, like I said before if you're taking shots are they gonna blitz him? yeah, they're gonna give him different looks they're gonna blitz Lucas they did it in the regular season and then he'll get it off Derrick Lively, Derrick Lively will make the right play Derrick Lively, who's gonna guard Derrick Lively? who do you think is gonna guard Derrick Lively? you said what? who do you think is gonna guard Derrick Lively? because that's not what you think it's not what you think it's gonna be it ain't gonna be you know if Przegorz is gonna guard like I said, PJ Washington and Derrick you know they're gonna have to hit shots because like I said, they're not hold on, listen we agree hold on, we agree that Chris hold on, we agree that Derrick Lively and PJ Washington are gonna have to hit shots of course we're gonna have to get something out of everybody else we know that Kyrie Irving and Luka can go in and get you 30 at any point we know that it's gonna take somebody else, we're gonna have to have PJ Washington not only playing good defense, but also you're gonna have to give us some points brother same thing for Derrick Jones he's gonna have to give us something because you're taking shots away because like I said, you're forcing situations where Luka gotta make that pass because like I said before, I mean listen and listen, and I know it was a short sample size though but it was the one game where y'all had y'all players before deadline that being said and all I'm saying is though with that game how can the Mavericks defend better forget about the wins and losses how can the Mavericks the question is how can the Mavericks defend that and I don't see how I don't see how the Mavericks can defend that Jason K I trust and this is crazy me saying it I was calling for Jason K a job early on in the year, I ain't gonna lie I'm telling you, listen it's not gonna be his fault though it's not gonna be his fault I think you sleepin' true and I get it if my team were the number one seed and we won 64 I would have the same attitude and I'm letting you know this is not gonna go how you think it's gonna go this is not gonna go how you think it's gonna go Brandon, your opinions are not respected anymore you are now just a comment section filler we use you for the algorithm I'm not underrating the Mavericks how I'm underrating the Mavericks but this is a fact how can they defend against Jason K you don't think you don't think P.J. and Derrick you don't think they can I know P.J. Washington he cut out what you said P.J. Washington he gonna do his best job though but listen help will come listen this is not gonna be the first time the Mavs have had to pull this off we've done it before what two scores on a team y'all played against the dynamic scores of Jason K and Jalen Brown y'all played that played on the same team that we played that you had to guard at the same time and that can attack you and hurt you in different, many different ways I think I'm about to I think I'm about to say who am I about to say true who am I about to say the cat like come on bro no I wasn't gonna say that who you about to say the Clippers I'm about to go James Harden James Harden old and struggling to get in the room he was nah I'm saying he was balling I'm just saying but that being he was balling but he's easier to guard in this stage of his career than a Jalen that's just a reality situation we both both of our teams have not faced what we're facing now this playoffs yeah I mean yeah I agree I agree with that but that being said too though like Jason Tatum that being said too though are they gonna make guys like Jason Tatum or Jalen Brown I mean Jalen Brown can guard Luka Docic now he's shown he can guard everybody can guard Luka until it's time to guard Luka and that's being real shout out to Jalen Brown he's getting a lot more respect than he's been in his recent years Jason Tatum bro I like that Celtics team it's just brother you're facing the Mavs now and when it's all said and done this is what I want from you when it's all said and done and we close this thing out I need you to come on to the crossover or you gonna come on here on your show or you gonna go on Trudy King TV just give us our respect give us our credit tip your hat you're a respectable guy I know this and listen if y'all close it out it's not gonna be no excuses there's no excuses this is the best team that Luka has had in the Luka Docic era this is the best team he's got enough clearly we've beaten the number one seed in the west and we've beaten the Timberwolves and we've beaten the Clippers we have enough to beat this Celtics there's no excuses we're not about to do the underdog we're not about to do none of that Tatum is a choke artist just my brain yeah he hasn't won yet but that's the weird ish I be talking about like this man legit is leading the team in points rebounds and assists it's y'all to Luka right cause Luka's playing great too but he's shooting less efficient than Tatum but he's getting praised but Tatum is averaging a double double 26 and 10 in six playing great defense hold on Luka when was Luka getting praised before the Timberwolves series I mean he's still getting praised he's still getting praised though I'm not gonna argue that I'm not denying that but you see the disrespect Tatum is getting it's just crazy how many western conference finals I mean eastern conference finals he hasn't won but how many people his age has won so I'm just saying and granted he hasn't won I'm not gonna argue that he hasn't won and this is an opportunity you can't take these opportunities for granted I'm not gonna argue that I'm not but if that's the case then what about everybody else in the league if he ain't then what about everybody else but you know true you know one a lot of people let's call it true let's pivot away from the finals for a second let's get into the Jason Tatum hate let's get into why the Celtics do get trolled or possibly disrespected so a lot of people are jealous of what Jason Tatum inherited in Boston right like a lot of people are jealous right a lot of people even if he wins it this year people are gonna pivot away they're gonna either say well either well the road was easy they didn't have to face anybody everybody was hurt they're gonna use that argument right or they're gonna use the well look I mean look at the roster that he had so people have been knocking Jason Tatum for having a competent franchise that were able to put a winning roster around that were able to put a a roster that was able to compete at a high level a lot of people are just jealous of Jason Tatum the things that he's done since coming into the league true let me ask you a question how many finals how many Easter Conference finals has Jason Tatum appeared in one two I think he did one his second year in the league they went against the Cavs first year in the league they went against the Cavs went game seven with the Cavs right yeah but that's what it is too I mean also it's a Kobe it's a weird like it's just a weird he don't he's a quiet person he don't really I'll be I'll be like I said it's just hated it just in the day it just hated him in the day though my whole thing it is cool if you wanna but that being said too like but also the same the same people that that over criticized Jason Tatum wherever the case may be will say well his teammates ain't all that like bro like I said you got but here's the thing though like I said we just had a conversation like we like we're more like we just like like shout out to 30 but he said Rudy Gobert and Jada Mcgill and Drew Holiday and Derek White like that was crazy like that's like come on like that that was insane so like what is it that was insane like Jason Tatum Jason Tatum not getting the same respect that Ant-Man has gotten since getting smoked right cause now Ant-Man is like yeah Ant-Man is well he's gonna be okay and he's gonna get better and they've coddled Ant-Man after getting smoked by the Mavs but then Jason Tatum is like oh you know Jason Tatum got more smoke than Ant-Man and Jadam hasn't lost yet Ant-Man was part of the reason that the Timberwolves are at home right now so that's that's let's not let's not do that because they said this was similar I do want to say to that in general let me get straight to the point no in 2022 when the Celtics lost they didn't hold that against Tatum same reason why they didn't hold that against Ant cause 22 no no in 2021 Jason Tatum was 22 years old they lost in 5 games to the Nets that year they did not hold that against Tatum that is a fact you know and I'm gonna say it again at the age of 20 at the age of 22 at the age of 20 at the age of 22 it was 2021 when Jason Tatum when the Celtics lost against the Nets in 5 games he didn't get no smoke cause 1 he showed great he showed great promise in that series and throughout the regular season he dropped 50 during that series dawg he did not get smoked what was going on was the whole thing that was going on that year was Brad Stephens potentially stepping down another thing people gave him a pass at 22 years old in 2021 because Jalen Brown got hurt so there was no expectations of them beating the Nets they were talking about splitting the team up what are you talking about no no no in 2021 it was Brad Stephens two things can't be true I hate on the internet it's never two things people pretend exactly that's dumb there's multiple facts you just denied it hold on I didn't deny a single thing I said so here's the truth I didn't deny a single thing I said why you getting like this every time I didn't say nothing negative because you're lying he dropped 50 he was 22 years old in 2021 everything I said was fact hold on first of all last time I checked it was a true sports talk show last time I checked I don't do that with other people's shows I don't care bro I just don't I don't care I can keep on doing that nah true we live I don't care we live bro I can edit right now bro you're tweaking damn bro relax hold on Sturdy calm down hold on y'all we about to have a discussion I'm about to let y'all boys rock I'm about to end it live I don't really care I didn't have to be here you see I'm the only one here by myself nah true listen true I think there's a conversation that could be had on this discussion what I wanted to say real quick was if people are saying that Jason Tatum and them boys weren't getting smoke after the 2022 finals lost that was because all the attention went towards the Warriors pulling off something right like the people were like the Warriors this is their first ring without Kevin Durant people were giving a lot of praise to the Warriors so maybe if the Celtics had faced somebody else that wasn't a potential dynasty and lost then maybe he would have gotten the smoke but nah man hey listen though all y'all in the comment section y'all would have never said it to my face let's make that let's make that perfectly clear let sturdy finish and then you rebut bro and then we come on we push forward like we taught sports y'all y'all know we do this so go ahead though sturdy hold on and then true you go ahead and respond I'm out of the conversation I don't know bro you can't even finish your point without fans getting sissy bro I don't really care it's not a good look yeah I know I know like you said this show shows we support