Nightcap Hour 2: Nightcap’s BIG3 RECAP + Will Embiid HOLD Sixers BACK?! + Are Warriors FUMBLING Steph Curry?!

Summary

Nightcap Hour 2: BIG3 Recap, Embiid and the Sixers' Future, & Warriors & Steph — Episode Summary

Podcast: Nightcap
Hosts: Shay Shay Media & Playmaker (Shannon Sharpe & Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, with guest hosts including Josh Smith, Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic, Teague)
Date: July 30, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this energetic and candid installment of Nightcap, guest hosts Josh Smith, Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic, and Teague take over the mics for a deep-dive into current basketball storylines. The hosts kick things off with a review of the latest BIG3 league action, reminisce about their time in the league, and dissect the new dynamics in Philadelphia following LeBron's blockbuster signing. Their conversation gets heated around Joel Embiid’s reliability, the integration of Philly’s stars, and whether the Warriors are mishandling franchise icon Steph Curry. Personal anecdotes, veteran insight, and sharp banter keep the hour flowing with chemistry and laughs.

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BIG3 League Recap (02:45–10:08)

Key Highlights

• Recap of recent games in the BIG3 league, with Detroit beating Chicago 52–49 and Nas starring with 36 ppg and “game-winners over Montreal.” (02:54–03:07)
  • Josh Smith: “He going crazy. That man averaging 36.”
• Discussion on Chicago’s powerful veteran lineup (Amir Johnson, Barbosa, “Body Bag”) and how hard the competition is, especially with ex-NBA pros. (03:10–04:09)
  • Josh Smith: “It’s gonna be hard to beat that Chicago team. They got too many veteran guys.”
• Physicality of the BIG3 emphasized:
  • Josh Smith (06:11): “It’s the most physical game. Smooth and ticked like. Because you gotta understand the ref ain’t gonna call everything bro.”
• Miami’s team praised for the duo of Lance and “Bees” (Beasley), and Earl Clark becoming all-time scorer, with Lance Stephenson’s leadership and their championship chances.
  • Josh: “When Lance right, he got a lot in his game, too. They tough to beat if both of them… get it going at the same time.” (07:43)
• Shoutouts to Dallas clinching a playoff spot and former teammates, along with plans to attend upcoming games and upcoming live podcast tours. (08:03–09:50)
• The hosts reflect on how challenging three-on-three basketball is, compared to how it appears on TV, emphasizing how it keeps them fit and engaged post-NBA.

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Joel Embiid, Philly’s New Superteam, & LeBron’s Role (10:31–21:36)

Embiid “Holding the Sixers Back?” (10:31–16:32)

• Josh Smith raises the central question of whether Joel Embiid’s health and playstyle could impede Philly’s new superteam built around LeBron.
  • Josh Smith (11:04): “Everything revolves around Joel Embiid… can you really count on him in an 82-game season and then, hell, we know how everything revs up in the postseason?”
• Bostic advocates for a playoff-centric strategy, limiting Embiid’s regular season minutes.
  • Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic (11:54): “I think this is a playoff-built team… they building this team to have pieces missing during the regular season.”
• Concern about rhythm and sharing the ball—LeBron wanting to facilitate while Embiid needs touches, with Philly’s depth (Jalen Brown, Maxey, Edgecombe) possibly stalling if bogged down in halfcourt sets:
  • Teague: “We know Joel Embiid gonna miss time, who’s the backup center? They lost Drummond.” (14:27)
  • Josh: “I don’t want to see Philly get bogged down trying to throw it to Embiid every other damn play and you get them guys out of sync.” (14:55)
• Sacrifice discussed—none of the stars (Jalen Brown, Maxey, Edgecombe) will get their full stats; efficiency will need to rise.
  • Josh: “All those guys gonna really have to take somewhat of a backseat if they want to be a great team.” (16:24)
• Vintage role recalls: Josh shares an anecdote on Phoenix’s “sacrifice for the greater good” when Nash and Quentin Richardson arrived (17:40–19:11).
  • Josh: “If you get a guy who really makes everybody around him better… that’s what LeBron does.”

Team Construction, Defense, and Outlook (20:00–21:36)

• JB isn’t a pure catch-and-shoot player, Maxey’s at his best creating, and defensively there’s promise if everyone buys in.
  • Josh: “You know what’s gonna have to happen? They gonna have to be a dog defensively, bro.” (20:31)
• Consensus: If healthy and harmonized, Philly is in the title mix, but chemistry is vital, and Embiid’s availability is the biggest question.

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Eastern Conference Landscape (21:36–23:18)

Who’s Top Eight in the East?

• The panel lists their preseason favorites to make the playoffs:
  • Miami, Sixers, Celtics, Detroit, Hawks, Cleveland, Knicks, Charlotte, Orlando, Washington (22:01–22:21)
• Teague and Josh shout out Charlotte’s rebuild and new pieces (Brandon Miller, Kobe White), with some gentle ribbing of former star LaMelo Ball and his “gentrification” by the franchise. (22:41–23:18)

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Warriors & Steph Curry: Fumbling the Franchise Star? (28:01–40:45)

Warriors’ Treatment of Curry and Klay Thompson (28:01–29:56)

• Josh asks whether the Warriors are “fumbling” the Curry era with delays in extensions, with Smooth advocating for the team to “wipe him down” with another big payday.
  • Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic (28:20): “They gotta go ahead and just, you know, do the right thing one more time.”
• Klay being let go still stings, with the group musing on sentimentality and the human side of team exits (29:08–29:56).

Returning to Past NBA Teams: Anecdotes (29:56–31:13)

• Hosts share personal stories of returning to their former NBA squads for short stints, contrasting expectations with reality.

Missed Opportunity: Warriors Passing on Jalen Brown (37:30–40:45)

• Warriors reportedly pass on trading for Jalen Brown, believing he couldn’t carry the franchise post-Steph; hosts strongly disagree.
  • Teague (37:52): “Yeah, they blew that. What? They said that, they blew that.”
  • JB’s all-around game and leadership praised; his “plug-and-play” success in Boston attributed to both his own growth and Joe Mazzulla’s system.
  • Defensive prowess highlighted—how Brown “took Luka out the game… picking him up full court” during Boston’s title run. (39:10)

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Q&A and NBA Coaching Dynamics (46:31–55:26)

Notable Questions and Moments

• Chat shoutouts and family vibes:
  • Listeners get shoutouts, including a dad’s request for his AAU/honor roll son (46:41–47:38).
• Light banter about Bronny James potentially calling an “ISO” on his father LeBron when the Lakers face the Sixers (49:01–49:41).
  • Josh Smith: “He gonna do it for the hood. He got to go at him smooth.” (49:18)
• Comparing Phil Jackson and Steve Kerr’s success:
  • Josh: “Phil Jackson had the best damn players.”
  • Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic: “I wanna see Steve Kerr do it without Stephen Curry.” (50:23–50:33)
• Discussion on coaches needing stars to win championships, but giving credit to the current crop who get teams through adversity and injuries (51:24–52:07).
• Emphasis on the importance of chemistry and continuity, highlighted by the Knicks’ championship run:
  • Josh: “That chemistry and continuity that they play with… Going to be hard to beat teams like that because they already know the pecking order.” (52:47–53:26)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Physicality of BIG3:
  “It’s the most physical game. Smooth and ticked like. Because you gotta understand the ref ain’t gonna call everything bro.”
  – Josh Smith (06:11)
• On LeBron’s fit in Philly:
  “I think he does want to play, like, kind of like a Magic Johnson role with this team.”
  – Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic (13:43)
• Role Sacrifice Message:
  “You gotta really lock in…You have to find a way to be effective, meaning be more efficient.”
  – Josh Smith (17:40)
• Jalen Brown’s respect:
  “People give him that narrative like, he can’t be this, he can’t be that… he one of the most dynamic players in the league.”
  – Teague (39:01)
• On Coaching Greats:
  “If you’re a great coach, I don’t care what no damn body say… You gotta have some great players, bro.”
  – Josh Smith (50:53)

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Important Timestamps

• 02:45 – BIG3 league recap starts
• 10:31 – Philly/Sixers/Embiid/LeBron discussion begins
• 21:36 – Eastern Conference top teams breakdown
• 28:01 – “Are Warriors Fumbling Steph?” segment starts
• 37:30 – Jalen Brown-to-Warriors trade discussion
• 46:31 – Listener Q&A and NBA coaching talk
• 52:42 – Chemistry, Knicks, and coaching insights

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Tone & Takeaways

The vibe is rooted in playful camaraderie, tough-love analysis, and genuine veteran wisdom. The hosts challenge each other’s takes, debate culture, and offer locker-room style stories, making this hour a must-listen for fans craving player perspective and honest NBA talk. Central themes: team sacrifice, physical toughness, respect for stars (and their proper treatment by franchises), and the ever-present importance of coaching/culture in winning basketball at any level.

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[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Hey.

[Josh Smith]

Y' all been keeping up with the big three? Yeah, yeah, we're gonna do a little big three.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I've been squabbling up. Y' all been squabbling up in that gym?

[Josh Smith]

Yeah, man. Detroit beat Chicago 52, 49. Y' all see Nas down here doing this thing? You know he had a game win over Montreal when they played Montreal, averaging 36 a game.

[Teague]

Yeah, he going crazy. He going crazy.

[Josh Smith]

And, man, he probably ain't played but, like, three games, but he had 36 or 36. Yeah, that man averaging 36. I seen they just posted the. The MVP voting, and it's like, him Bees. I think Jeremy park go in there and it might be, like, one more person. But it's gonna be hard to beat that Chicago team. They got too many veteran guys, meaning guys who don't play in the league. You got him. You got Amir Johnson, you got Barbosa. Who else they got on the damn team?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

They got.

[Teague]

Still fast, bro.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah, yeah, we got a clip. We got a clip playing right now of the triplets and the amps. Oh, they got. They got Body Bag over there. I like Body Bag. Teague. I know you know a little something about Body Bag.

[Teague]

He was on my team my one year I played in the big three. Man, he can hoop.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. These boy getting to it, man. It's probably gonna come down to this. Montreal just hitting ridiculous shots out here, bro.

[Teague]

Yeah, he. He hooping.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah. I hope. I hope the league continue to grow, bro. I ain't gonna lie to y'.

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[Josh Smith]

It's very therapeutic for me at this point in stage, you know, in my life. I still love competing, bro. I still love playing. I still love preparing. I still love weight training. I still love getting on the treadmill, running. You know what I mean? I just love being in shape, bro.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

How you feel?

[Josh Smith]

Huh?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

How your knee feeling?

[Josh Smith]

It's getting. It's getting that smooth. I'm. I'm sprinting, running, cutting. I just ain't. You know, I ain't. I ain't taking it too fast, bro. I'm taking it easy, you know what I mean?

[Teague]

But I could probably. I can get you in ones right now, then.

[Josh Smith]

You can get me in ones right now, T. Probably.

[Teague]

No, I know you're supposed to play Ocho. Yeah,

[Josh Smith]

I'm gonna walk the dog on Ocho. You hear me? Yeah, I' ma walk the dog on Ocho. Oh, you say it's gonna be different over there with you?

[Teague]

Yeah, it'd be a little different, bro.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, y' all have to pull up on y', all, really. You know, I see you and I see you and your little brother. You know, y' all be in the gym playing pickup and all that. You know, I'm gonna have to come down there and see what y' all got going down over there in Indiana, man.

[Teague]

Yeah, we'd be hoping.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah. Yeah. You got. You got other teams like the Boston team that's got Jeremy Pargo and DeSean Stevenson. DeSean had 22 and 8. Pargo had 20. They. Since like the first game or two, they done picked it up. They've been playing great. They've been. They've been in the thick of it, bro. At the end of the day, y' all know they're gonna start cutting these teams. Probably about another week or so if you ain't qualified to make the playoffs. So I'll be tuned in, man. These boys about. They getting to it. I think what people don't understand about three on three or the big three, it's a lot harder than what it looks like on tv, bro.

[Teague]

Man, who you talking.

[Josh Smith]

Y' all both played in it. Y' all know. You think, hell, it's just half court. I ain't gotta be in great shape.

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[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

That big. Your physical too, boy.

[Josh Smith]

Man, listen now. It's the most physical game. Smooth and ticked like. Because you gotta understand the ref ain't gonna call everything bro.

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You know, this ain't like nothing, bro.

[Josh Smith]

They don't. It's physical, bro. It's physical, but I enjoy it. I enjoy it.

[Teague]

It's good.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

You see?

[Josh Smith]

Hey, hey, hey. I thought Jordan was gonna put his stamp on it this year, man. I thought he was gonna go for the mvp, but they hadn't. They got off to a decent start, but they've been slow motion. Asin.

[Teague]

Yeah. Shout out to my boy J.C. dwight playing.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah, Dwight, he played in, like, the first couple games. I don't think he played in the last two. You got, you. You got. Got. Miami beat DMV 50 to 40. Earl Clark made history. He passing Joe Johnson. I like myself becoming the Big Threes all time leading scorer, but Miami owned them. You know, when you got. When you got the Miami three on five and you got Lance and you got Bees, bro.

[Teague]

That's a tough duo.

[Josh Smith]

It is, man. It is like Lance can have his own damn team, you know what I mean? That two headed Monster tough to stop. Then you got these hard working guys around them, you know, they always gonna be in it. They won it last year. I'm sure they gonna try to, you know, make this late surge to where they can compete, at least compete for another championship.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

But

[Josh Smith]

it's gonna be rough coming down the stretch here. B's got a lot in this game, bro.

[Teague]

Yeah, he cold.

[Josh Smith]

He got a lot in this game. And when Lance right, he got a lot in his game, too. They tough to beat. If both of them, you know, kind of get it going at the same time.

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[Josh Smith]

We're only going to 50. If both of them gonna give you 20, 22 points, it's gonna be hard to stop them, boy.

[Teague]

Yeah, right.

[Josh Smith]

And we got. We got one more. Dallas, B. Houston. Dallas, the one had got off to a great start too, you know. That's your boy, ain't it? Smooth Greg Monroe.

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Yes, sir.

[Josh Smith]

Monroe was getting buckets early. He couldn't be stopped. Him and Lil Stewart, you know, Glenn Wright still do his thing out there moves.

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[Teague]

Yeah, he'd be hooping.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah. Murphy, I think he played overseas somewhere still.

[Teague]

Yeah, yeah, he got game.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Got it, boy.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah, man, they clinched the playoff spot already. The Dallas Power, they clinch the playoff spot. And they rolling, bro. Big Three will be in Miami this Friday, in Atlanta on Sunday for week three. Hey, Smooth, we might have to pull up when they come here to the A, bro. We might have to pull up and see what they got going on.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Yeah, we're gonna have to go for sure. What day?

[Teague]

This Sunday coming up.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Sunday.

[Teague]

Yeah.

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All right.

[Teague]

Hey, I gotta get back out there, man.

[Josh Smith]

When you come back out this way?

[Teague]

I don't know, man. We supposed to have a live show, man. We're gonna go on tour here soon, so.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, hold on. Talking about, like, the same thing y' all did last time.

[Teague]

Yeah, yeah.

[Josh Smith]

Y'. All. Y' all putting more cities together.

[Teague]

Yeah, we got. I think we're going to eight leg.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, yeah?

[Teague]

Yeah.

[Josh Smith]

All right, man. Y' all let me know, man. Y' all come back to the A, you know. You know, I'll pull up, you know. Hey, hey, hey. We had a good little old time last time.

[Teague]

Yeah,

[Josh Smith]

yeah, yeah, yeah. Great time. Great time. I think. Hey, I think myself and. Okay. Oo, man, I think they gonna try to do some. Do some live shows here. You know, in the. In the upcoming months.

[Teague]

So.

[Josh Smith]

I don't know, man. Y', all, y', all, y' all probably gonna see your boy a lot sooner than anticipated. Hey, was y' all out there in Fanatics Festival?

[Teague]

Yeah, we went out there. We had a live show. I think we had. Did it on that Wednesday or Thursday. I can't remember that. Thursday we had a live show with PJ Tucker.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, okay.

[Teague]

We don't get the same guest. Y' all get ca it a little different.

[Josh Smith]

It look different. All right, look, look, look. Check this out. I want to circle back. I want to circle back to the Sixers. I know we talking about them, but ever since LeBron has signed with the Sixers, bro, they been. It's been nonstop coverage, and rightfully so. You know what I mean? I know we talked a bit about Embiid. My thing is, do y' all think he'll hold them back? Like, considering the fact? I mean, think about this. Last year when he didn't play, I thought Max and Edgecombe was at their best. I ain't gonna lie to you. The way they got up and down the floor, the way they played together, the way it looked like they were having fun. That's the only problem that I have with Braun going to Philly. Because everything revolves around Joel Embiid. Because think about it. If he's not playing, hell, that's gonna hurt you. But if he ain't healthy and he's laboring up and down the court, I mean, what good is it gonna be? Can you really depend on him in an 82 game season and then, hell, we know how everything revs up in the post season. Like, can you really count on him to be healthy and be there for this Sixer team? Tell me what you give me y' all thoughts, bro. Do y' all think him be really gonna. Is he gonna be that factor that they need him to be to be able to compete for a title?

[Teague]

You got it. Smooth.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I mean, if he's healthy. But I don't, like. I think that they building this team to kind of like have pieces missing during this, during the regular season. So I think this is. I think this is a playoff built team. I don't think that they're going to do a lot of wear and tear with Joel Embiid. Whatever they know about his knees, they know it. So I think they gonna take more precaution. I think when he rests and plays, he's a better player. And like. And so I'm trying to figure out, like, do you really play him a lot in the regular season.

[Josh Smith]

You mean make him play. Make him play limited minutes.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Like, limited minutes sometimes miss games. You know what I'm saying? Maybe play half the season.

[Teague]

Dang.

[Josh Smith]

I mean, what you thinking, T?

[Teague]

Cause I'm just thinking about the rhythm, though. Like.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Yeah, yeah. I'm with you on that, too, though. I'm with you on that, too. And like. Like Joe said, it takes like. Like you said, you gotta throw the ball to him. Like, you gotta post. You have to post them. You gotta. You gotta have him at the top of the key with the ball. So I think those other guys can move the ball well, but LeBron wants the ball in his hands, too. So how does that work? Like, he wants to ball. He wants to be able to dictate the offense and facilitate, too. Well, so how does that. How does that work as far as, like. And I'm not saying like. Like you said, I don't think LeBron is tripping about scoring because it's a lot of young guys on the team. He's working out with Tyrese Maxey right now. They've been.

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They've been.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

They've been in the gym together.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah, I don't think.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I don't think he's necessarily concerned with that type of burden on his hands, but I definitely think he does want to play, like, kind of like a Magic Johnson role with his team.

[Josh Smith]

So you saying. Excuse me, Braun want to play more of a Magic Johnson role, and he don't want to have to toll the. The weight of that trying to score 25, 24 a night. You know, he wanna. He just want to be able to Magic that thing, get him 10, 12 assists, 18 points.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Yeah.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah. Would you.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Would you maybe want the world to be. To, you know, to get up and down a little more, too, with this team?

[Teague]

Yeah. I keep thinking, like, we keep forgetting about, like, not. We not forgetting about him, but Jaylen Brown, he coming from almost averaging, what, 28, 29 points a game?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Like, one of the best players in the league last year.

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Yeah.

[Teague]

We gotta factor in. He still gotta be Jalen Brown. Like, he can't be taking a backseat to nobody. Tyrese Maxey, he had his best when he's scoring. So I'm trying to figure out. We know Joel Embiid gonna miss Tom, who's the backup center. They lost Drummond.

[Josh Smith]

They got boner. Boner that hard playing high energy, cat.

[Teague]

Yeah, but, like, y'. All.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Y'.

[Teague]

All. Y' all living with y' all rolling. Yeah.

[Josh Smith]

I mean, look, when you got jb, him and Maxie probably top five in the NBA. And fast break points for sure. Here's my thing. That's. That's my only problem. It's like, I don't want to see Philly get bogged down trying to throw it to NB every other damn play. And you get them guys out of sync to where they're not even, you know, engaged in the game. You know, they ain't really getting no easy looks. I think these young guys, Edgecombe, Maxi and even. Even jb, they gonna thrive off defense, steals and transition. If they ain't able to do that, bro, it's gonna be hard for them to win. You know, if we walking the ball on the court every day, we're gonna

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

have to rely on that for sure. Deals in transition. I think JB gonna get some plays in the half court,

[Josh Smith]

like.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Cause you got. BJ was playing super well until Paul George got back. And then he had to take a backseat to Paul George a little bit. So. So I'm just like, he is a. He is a. He is a piece, a valuable piece. But like, like T said, one of them. One of them guys are gonna. Are gonna get the. The. They're gonna get the sharp end of the sword. And it's probably gonna be him, you.

[Josh Smith]

And you know what? You probably right to a degree, but I feel like they all, to some extent, T, they all gonna have to sacrifice.

[Teague]

Yeah, of course it'd be a good thing.

[Josh Smith]

JB ain't gonna average no damn 28. Maxi ain't gonna average no 28. I know what you said about Edgecom. If you averaging 16, 17, you wanna build on that, especially as a young player. Maybe you stay there, but take your efficiency up.

[Teague]

Yeah.

[Josh Smith]

I just don't think Braun gonna be a problem. My only concern, I'm telling y', all, my only was mb, bro. I just want to know where his mindset is, what type of shape he gonna come in, come into. And with JB and Braun really taking care of themselves so much, like on. As far as health wise and playing in games, I hope Joel Embiid follow suit, bro. I hope he rubs off on him to where he gets back to being that dominant center. He ain't got an average no damn 25, 30. But he want. You want him to be efficient and you want him to be assertive. You want him to be the mismatch. I'm telling you. You see, I don't know if y' all seen the reports with Brunt where he said him And Braun had a real. They met up one. Had a one on one. Because think about it, if you. Brian, bro, you gotta know how this man, what this man thought process is. Hell, is he even trying to get up out of here? Does he want to even be here? I know he making a lot of money. I think his money kicking in this year, so it's gonna be hard to trade him. So I think they're gonna be able to figure this thing out. I think all those guys gonna really have to take somewhat of a backseat if they want to be a great team. And I could just tell y' all this, bro. I remember playing in Phoenix and the year before, we got Nash and Quinn Richardson. We won no damn playoff team. We were trash. But I was out there getting money. Teague and Smooth. I was out there getting money. You hear me? So when. When they said that they were bringing in Nash and Quinn Richardson, I didn't really know what to expect. You know what I mean? I probably average. I think I averaged 20 point, 18 points in the regular season and 20 in the post season. Now I'm your. I'm your fourth or fifth option. Hell, you ain't got that in the NBA no more. Ain't no fourth or fifth option in the NBA, averaging no 18 to 20 points a game. I'm playing with the MVP. I'm playing with three bonafide All Stars in Steve Nash, Amari Stoudemire and Sean Marion. You have to find a way to be effective, meaning be more efficient. I probably shot 50, 50 something from the field. I was second. Well, I was number one in the NBA in three point percentages that year. And Quinn Richardson led the NBA in three point makes. So it's like, like you gotta really lock in. I'm like, damn, we gotta pass first point guard. And Steve Nash, who probably could have averaged. If you just wanna be 100, he could have averaged 22, 24 game. That man settled for 16 a night and 13 assists. You see what I'm saying? Like, if you get you a situation like that to where you get a guy who really comes in and make everybody around him better. And I think that's what LeBron does, man. The sky's the limit for that team, bro. Cause they not lacking nothing but.

[Teague]

Yeah, but y' all ain't had Joel Embiid, though.

[Josh Smith]

We had Amari, though. We had him like, hey, Amari was a dog team.

[Teague]

No disrespect to Amari, but he a pick and role player.

[Josh Smith]

He was, he was. And this the thing so if you got two guys like Amari and. And Steve Nash running pick and roll, and then you got the top three point shooter make when Richardson and the top three point percentage in me, who you. You have to give up something. It's like, okay, boom. We gonna stay home. Hell, Amari got 50 points with 10 dunks. You see what I'm saying?

[Teague]

Yeah, but they don't. They don't got that.

[Josh Smith]

What I'm saying is. But what I'm saying is if Embiid is right, bro, he can feel that void. He can be that. That can be his role. I ain't saying he gonna score 30 a night, but when he out there, y' all know that, man. Hard to stop, bro.

[Teague]

Oh, yeah, you. Yeah, for sure. But you gotta throw the bottle and be at the top of the key. And he can get two to play him. And he can get a double team, he can kick it out and guys gonna have open shots. But that's not JB games. JB ain't a catch and shoot player. He can make threes. He's not a cat and shoe player. Maxi can make threes, but I like the ball in Maxi. Hand creating.

[Josh Smith]

I do too.

[Teague]

He can make a three, but he a slasher. He can hit a three. Brian, he shot 31 last year. He can make a three.

[Josh Smith]

You know what's gonna have to happen. They gonna have to be a dog defensively, bro. I'm keeping real because. I know, I know, but you got, you got two. You got jb, who a two way guy. I think Escom can eventually be a two way guy. I don't think Max is bad at defending. I just think, hell, he loves scoring the ball. That's just what it is. You know what I mean? I think Brian can still guard to a degree. Yeah, I don't think, you know, you switch him out there on, on, on, on, on one of these little point guards or something. You know, he can slide his puppy for a step or two, but at some point he probably. But I just think Braun play from the shoulders up, you know what I mean? Like mentally, he's so far ahead of all these young dudes. Y' all gotta think, man, A lot of these cats wasn't even born hell who he finna be playing against, you know what I'm saying? So I always think Braun gonna have a mental edge. And I just think, Philly, if staying healthy, everything comes down to health, man. They got a great chance to do something special. Y' all know how them fans are in Philly. I don't know. It ain't too many more fanatics, huh?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Top eight in the east.

[Josh Smith]

Top eight in the East.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Who the top eight? Like if you had to say preseason,

[Josh Smith]

I'm gonna probably go.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Not rank from one ages.

[Josh Smith]

Okay. I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go. Who you going to? Detroit.

[Teague]

Some names. I got some names for y'.

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[Teague]

We just did this the other day. We got Miami.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah.

[Teague]

You got Sixers.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah.

[Teague]

Got Celtics. You got Detroit. You got Hawks.

[Josh Smith]

You got Cleveland.

[Teague]

Got Cleveland. Now, I was gonna ask y' all about Cleveland. You say next, you got Knicks. Knicks. The best team in the east. You got like a solid nine teams right there. Yeah. You still got Charlotte. You still got Washington. Two teams.

[Josh Smith]

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

What about Orlando? What about Orlando?

[Teague]

Still Orlando.

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[Josh Smith]

You think Charlotte gonna make some noise, T?

[Teague]

I like Charlotte, bro. They got a good team. I know Lamelo was the star, but for some reason, I like what they built. Canople. I think Brandon Miller gonna have a really, really good year. Kobe White was solid for them this year. He gonna enter the starting row. I just think they got a good group. I don't be surprised, man. Don't be surprised.

[Josh Smith]

No, I like. I like him. They got some hard working guys over there, too. Date. That's his name. I like him. He play hard.

[Teague]

He play hard.

[Josh Smith]

I just think Kobe White was so great in coming over from that trade from Chicago. That's why they were able to get rid of Lamelo. I thought Lamelo created value for himself. And if y' all want me to be honest, I don't really think they were that high on mellow, on Lamello. You know what I mean?

[Teague]

Which is why they was gentrifying the team. That's all it was. There's a little justification going on. It's all good.

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[Josh Smith]

I got a question for y', all, man. Are the warriors fumbling stuff?

[Teague]

Ooh. Nah, I wouldn't say that. He about to get a two year extension, ain't.

[Josh Smith]

I don't know. That's why I'm asking. Is it smooth? They fumbling stuff. They doing right by him. Should they should. Should step force a trade? What's up? What? What. What's going on, man?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

He got to get one more wipe down. One more time. They got to wipe them down. They gotta get to him. They got to go ahead and just, you know, do the right thing one more time.

[Josh Smith]

Two year 150 that thing?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Yes, sir.

[Teague]

What? It was two year 162. Yeah.

[Josh Smith]

Is that what it is?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Something like that. Yeah, something like that.

[Josh Smith]

You know, the thing is, ain't nobody tripping on that, bro, because as great as stuff has Been. You know what I mean? It's like he created.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

He created a dynasty in that. In that place.

[Josh Smith]

What you talking about? So, like, dynasty?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Come on, man.

[Teague]

Like 62. I would have just took the 62.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

You gotta bring Clay back for the one for 62.

[Josh Smith]

You gotta bring Clay back.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Yeah, let him go one for 62. Just go ahead and wipe them one more time.

[Josh Smith]

Hey, some. Sometimes. Sometimes, bro, it's hard to come back from there, especially when you're a player. You know, you gotta. Y' all gotta think about everything that. That Clay Thompson helped do for that warriors franchise. And they just kind of, you know, it wasn't. No, it wasn't no like, it was no smooth, like, you know, exit for him, bro. You know? So I. I think for him to come back, I don't know.

[Teague]

Did you not ever go back to a team y' all played for?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

If Boston did, Isaiah Thomas did. I know that. I just know.

[Teague]

Yeah.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah, you say, what team did you play for?

[Teague]

Another team that you. Oh, you play for the Celtics.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah.

[Teague]

At the twice, right?

[Josh Smith]

Yeah, yeah, I went. I was 40 years old when I went back, bro. Got me a little bucket. Yeah, I mean, little 10 day contract. Got me a little bucket. Smooth, huh?

[Tab Ramos]

Hold on.

[Josh Smith]

That's when Kobe was jumping, right?

[Teague]

Yeah.

[Josh Smith]

So look, it was my daughter birthday. I'll Never forget. It's December 19th. It was her birthday. And I got a call. They were like, man, we got like nine dudes down with Kovid. Like, we need some players. I'm like, hey, say less, boy. Hey, hey, hey. Put me on a flight. I gotta come take my physical. I'm ready, right? Man, they put me on that flight. I got that. Took my physical that morning, and like, I probably got there about like 9, 10, something that morning took my physical. And the rest of the day I was just chilling in like the hotel. I went over to the arena early, got me some shots up as if I had been playing the whole season, you know what I'm talking about? When they got me some shots up. Hey, he didn't tell me. They never told me that I was gonna play. I just assumed that I was. You know what I mean? Man, he put me in. He put me in that first game and I went down there and got me a little bucket. Mind you, we probably ain't got but like eight players dressing out smooth and teak. So I'm thinking, okay, Damn, I got 10 days. Yeah, we got. We played on Christmas and some more stuff. So it's like, oh, yeah, I'm Gonna get some more run, man, I ain't touched the flow no damn more, man. I ain't getting no more burn. I'm talking about we playing teams. Hold on, Listen. We playing team. Blowing them out. I'm like, oh, yeah, I know you finna throw me in now. No Burn. I ain't getting no more burn out of game one. I'm talking about we ain't have but eight players. We have.

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[Josh Smith]

But I. I enjoyed it, though. I enjoyed it. I got a chance to, you know, really spend some time with JB and jt. Yeah, that was cool. If they. They made it to the finals that year and played the warriors and lost. Had they won, gave me a ring,

[Teague]

man, I went back to the Hawks for the second time.

[Josh Smith]

How was that?

[Teague]

It was, man, they got a whole country club. You remember we used to practice in that little dungeon in the back of the arena?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Yeah, yeah, they got country club.

[Teague]

They had all type of stuff. I'm like, man, we would have made it to the finals. We had this.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I'm trying to tell you, man.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, yeah. Oh, no, no, no.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Listen, you couldn't get the food, man, you right on the plane, man.

[Josh Smith]

What, bro? Look, I know y' all probably have been to the Hawks practice facility. Have y' all been there?

[Teague]

That's where I went. That's the country club I'm talking about.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

That's what they be talking about.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, man. Hey, look, I ain't gonna lie, bro. Every time I go in there, bro, I be jealous and mad as I don't know what be thinking, man, that I tell people all the time, bro,

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

we practice with the Taco Mac. They making tacos.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah, we practice

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

all kind of stuff.

[Josh Smith]

Hey, they got it made in the shade now, boy. They got laid out for them boys out there now.

[Teague]

I went back in there, man, they had my locker. I'm like, yeah, I went to the practice court, so I'm shooting around. They was like, oh, we don't practice here no more. I'm like, well, y'.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

All.

[Teague]

Y' all got a practice spot? They like, yes, in Brookhaven. I go up there, I said, hey, man, y' all don't understand. Y' all so lucky. They was just throwing their shoes everywhere. I'm putting my.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I'm.

[Teague]

I'm putting my stuff all in order. I'm appreciative. I'm like, it's nice. It was different, bro, but, nah, it was wicked. When I came back that second time, I was like, nah, I'm good. They offered me a one Year deal. I said, I'm straight.

[Josh Smith]

It was a lot different when you came back.

[Teague]

I. I wasn't rolling with that team.

[Josh Smith]

I was like, nah, who was coaching? Who was coaching?

[Teague]

T. Lloyd Pierce. Very cool dude, bro. But they had. I like, Lord, I know him tied up. When I first got there, the first day, they told me I get there, I was hyped to come back. I, you know, I was number zero. Somebody had zero. I was like, let me get my number, bro. He's like, nah, you gonna take my minutes, so I ain't giving you my number. I was, I'll wear double zero. I ain't tripping. So Lloyd Pierce called me up there. He was like, man, you gonna play every game. I'm like, cool. All right, bet. He like, yeah, you got 19 minutes. I don't care if you had 30 in 19 minutes. I don't care IF you got two. You gonna play 19 minutes and that's it. He said, don't look for nothing more. And I played 19 minutes exactly every game. And he was like, it ain't me. That's all I kept saying. It ain't me.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

He's like, it's up top.

[Teague]

I was like, yeah, it's not for me.

[Josh Smith]

A lot of these coaches, bro, they get these coaching jobs and they have to. They have to be a puppet.

[Teague]

Yeah.

[Josh Smith]

Meaning, you know what I mean? Like, they. They taking order from up top. They playing guys who those guys up top want to play. It ain't necessarily about what the coach, what the coach is doing. So that's an unfortunate situation. But I know coming back here, you probably thought it was gonna be lit,

[Teague]

boy, what I thought. I was like, yeah, I ain't never leaving. I'm about to sign a three year deal. I'm back home.

[Josh Smith]

I said, hey, hey. Ain't nothing like the A is, baby.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

What?

[Teague]

I could wait. I still had a house there, too. I went straight to my career. I had my car in the draw in the garage. I was hyped, man. I couldn't wait.

[Josh Smith]

I said the same thing when we played against y' all in the postseason when I was in Brooklyn.

[Teague]

Oh, yeah.

[Josh Smith]

We finna go to the A. We gonna be out there for at least four, five days. I'm be at the crib, chilling. Oh, yeah. It ain't no better feeling than that. So I know and understand, bro.

[Teague]

Yeah, we got. We got on your ass.

[Josh Smith]

Look, look, I can't watch. I was a 1C. Was y' all a 1ct?

[Teague]

I don't remember.

[Josh Smith]

We just made it look easy. Hold up. We won a couple games now. Y' all number one. Y' all was number one.

[Teague]

Y' all were like, what? One game.

[Josh Smith]

We won two. We won two games now.

[Teague]

I had one game. I think I had, like, 18 assists. I ain't even scored.

[Josh Smith]

I know, man. And y' all were so hard to stop because, you know, you had to pay so much attention to Kyle Korva

[Teague]

because you could tell everybody that.

[Josh Smith]

No space, you know what I mean?

[Teague]

I wanted to beat y' all so bad. I want to get y' all more than anything. Cause Joe. When Joe left, Joe was like, this is my first time playing with a real point guard. Like, I was hot. I was like, what? He was like, you know,

[Josh Smith]

you don't know. You don't. You think you want to beat us bad, boy? I want to spank y' all ass up in here. Hey, well, listen, we just. We. We just didn't have. We ain't have enough, bro. Y' all were too good.

[Teague]

Let me tell you how smooth. So I seen Smooth. We went to. I can't remember what the spot was called. Smooth had just signed Detroit, and it's me and Mike Scott in the club, and it was Smooth. And we talking smooth like he had KCP with him. He like, we on your ass, man. We gonna kill y'.

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[Teague]

Y'. All. Y' all soft, man. Y ain't got nobody. We like. You know, in my mind, I'm like, damn, everybody gone. I don't know Paul and them like that. I'm like, dang, they might really beat us. I'm like, in my head a little bit. So we play them in a season, Smooth at the 3, but we beat them. We beat him by 30.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Shitty game, too. I was mad as hell, too. I was like, man, But I would have throw the number three out the window.

[Josh Smith]

Hey, hey, hold on. Hold up. Hold up. At we. When I was in Brooklyn, we won in Detroit. Smooth. First game, home opener, we won. We popped them boys in their home. I'm talking about went berserk. You hear me? Yeah, yeah.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Hey, what I do. What I do on the back end, though, I always get my lick back. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I came down and hollered at y'.

[Teague]

All.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I got the holler.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He came to the door. But I always enjoy competing against y'.

[Teague]

All. Yeah, for sure. After we played Smooth, I ran up to him. I was like, yeah, boy. He was looking at me like, hey, man. Gone with all that. I was crying.

[Josh Smith]

Hey, hey, I got one more. I got one more for you, T, before we get you up out of here, bro. It says the warriors reportedly decided not to trade for Jaylen Brown because they felt, you know, he wouldn't be able to carry a franchise after Steph Curry retired.

[Teague]

Wow, that's tough. They might have blew that.

[Josh Smith]

You think so?

[Teague]

Yeah, they blew that. What? They said that they blew that.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah.

[Teague]

The bottom step. It's time to go. Yeah, it's time to go. Yeah. Yeah, it's time. We could have had Jalen Brown.

[Josh Smith]

It's crazy because JB was so. Huh.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

He went to Cal. University of Cal, so. He did.

[Josh Smith]

He did. He did. But that boy can play, man. He got. He got some game. I know analytics saying that he's not a great player. This, that, and the third.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

How does he do what he did with Boston with what he had during the regular season? How does he do that?

[Teague]

Because he a great player.

[Josh Smith]

He is a great player. I also think the Boston Celtics, with Joe Missoula doing over there, I think he has a great system, a great plug and play system, you know, but obviously you gotta have a great player or two to help carry things. I just thought I. I think JB a hell of a player, bro. And he's gonna be determined to do whatever he can to win another damn title.

[Teague]

Boy, I hate. We get. I hate people give him that narrative like, he can't be this, he can't be that, because he's one of the most. Yeah, he won the most dynamic players in the league.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

He's a jack of all trades. That man. That man can sit down and talk about anything with you. 30 ball, but it ain't even.

[Josh Smith]

It is. When you look at the championship run that they had, bro, how he took Luca out the game, meaning the series, picking him up full court, making his ass work. That wore him down, bro. They wore Luca down for sure. You know what I mean?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

So it's like off season work too. Like what he does in the off season, how he trains and how he gets his body, like to testament to what you saying about how him and Brian take care of their bodies extremely well. But I like how he. He's basically showing everybody, like different sports complement the sport that he's playing. You get what I'm saying? Yeah, like swimming, the track and field. What else? What else? What else was he doing?

[Teague]

Baseball.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Baseball. He was doing tap dancing, salsa. You know what I'm saying? Like, all those type of things kind of coincide with basketball. So I think he's kind of Showing everybody, too, on how. How different sports complement each other, too.

[Teague]

I want to ask y', all, like, what more can he do, jb? Yeah. To show that he's a franchise player. What more can he do?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I guess be quiet. They want people to just be quiet, bro. Like, I'm just.

[Josh Smith]

Nah, hey, hey.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

He's saying all the right things, man. And he's. And he's still in his prime, you know what I'm saying?

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[Teague]

I'm like, what more? I don't understand.

[Josh Smith]

All I say is keep dominating. Keep doing what he been doing. Take that same attitude to Philly enjoying life, too, man. Yeah, yeah, man.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

He enjoying it. Yeah.

[Josh Smith]

He in the prime of his career, man.

[Teague]

You.

[Josh Smith]

He got so much that he can teach Maxi Edgecombe, like, how T did it, you know?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

You know, bashing on that thing and enjoying. Enjoying his life.

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[Teague]

I'm sold up now.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Yeah.

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[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

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[Josh Smith]

What happened? You know, he made. Oh, yeah. When you get married, bro?

[Teague]

Man, I got married. Damn. Don't do that. 2000. It's three years. Three years.

[Josh Smith]

Hey, hey, you and Smooth and growed up over there, man.

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[Josh Smith]

Hey, hey, you boys big dogs over there, man.

[Teague]

Yeah, crazy, man. She's about to call me now. That's about to call me.

[Tab Ramos]

All right.

[Josh Smith]

Hey, T, I appreciate it, baby boy.

[Teague]

I appreciate y', all, man.

[Josh Smith]

Yes, sir. We'll holla at you, my dude.

[Teague]

All right, bro.

[Josh Smith]

Already. Damn, boy. Hey, we had some time, Smooth.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Some. Some great ones.

[Josh Smith]

We had. Some times, bro, when you're moving like

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[Josh Smith]

Now, time for our final segment. Time for Q and A. Check me out. Oh, there we go.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Okay.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah, I see you.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Who taught you how to do that?

[Josh Smith]

I don't worry about that, man. Come on, man. You know how.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

You know, my bad. I see you over there.

[Josh Smith]

Dr. Frankie L. Bellamy said, do your thing, Joe. We support you. Hey, Doc, I appreciate that, man. You know, you know, Uncle Ocho, you know, they on vacation. I feel like, you know, I. I hit my player partner up, you, we'll step in, take over for a little while, you know, get y' all some entertainment, Bring y' all some different guests. So y' all stay tuned, man. Appreciate you, Kevin boom Bostic said ISO. My son's birthday was. Was Monday. He's 13 now. He plays AU basketball and an honor roll student. Can you shout out my son Isaiah? Isaiah, what's happening, bro? Your pop say you're honor roll student. You playing AAU basketball. Keep working, man. Don't let them boys outwork you, man. That's how I go. That's how you get to the top. I work the competition.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Yes, sir.

[Josh Smith]

LeBron ship 34 said hold us down. All right? So come on, man. Y' all know I got you. Me and my boy. My player partner here. It's a Piston legend, Josh Smith. Shout out Coach Stan Stan. Stan was the coach when you was there.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Smooth Stan got me up out of there. Nah, it was Mo cheeks. You know, Shout out Mo cheeks, though. You know?

[Josh Smith]

Mo cheeks got you out of there.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

No, no, Stan got me up out of there.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, Stan got your motifs. Who had your back?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Yeah, Mo Cheeks had my back. Yeah, Today. You know, when they fired. When they fired him, and then they fired Joe. Joe Dumars. I already knew what time it was.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, yeah. You know, Joe Dumar is a legend.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Hell, that's the one that's either gold.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, yeah. They get. They got him out of there. You know what was next? Yeah, absolutely. Bass lab one ISO holding it down. Come on, man. Y' all already know that. It says Zeta Phenom. People in the chat talking about, who's that? Like they don't know who Jay Smooth is.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Oh, okay.

[Josh Smith]

I tell the chat like Shakur told do your homework. All love. Yeah, yeah. Do your homework on my boy Smooth, man.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Yeah, man. Do your homework. If you know, you know.

[Josh Smith]

What's this MrG3284 ISO with the ham. Hello, Mike. Mike. 100.

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[Josh Smith]

New big three. If Bronnie calls an ISO. And Braun. If Bronnie calls an ISO on Braun. When The Lakers play 76. He said, do you think. Do you think Bronnie gonna call the ISO on Pops when they play the Sixers, bro?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Man, he don't want to get embarrassed.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, no, he gonna do it. He gonna do it. He gonna do it for the hood. He got to do it for the hood. He got to go at him smooth.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

What if he don't mix them, though? What if he don't mix? Pop up, though? He got the mix.

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[Teague]

Hey.

[Josh Smith]

Damn it. I can say I tried. I can say, hey, hey. When I do see Pops, I'll be like, I wanted your head dinner.

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[Josh Smith]

Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm going at it if that's me and my pops.

[Tab Ramos]

Yeah.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I gotta see what them hips talking about.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Me, I got to see what going on, Pop. I know what they. I know what they don't know.

[Josh Smith]

What's this? Theorized. I don't know what that is. Say, man, Kobe and Jordan had super years for the time, plus the best coach. Bulls lost two without mj. He basically saying, Kobe and Jordan had Phil Jackson. They had the best coach. I. I like to say, the hell Phil Jackson had the best damn players.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I'm trying to tell you.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah, When? When have you not coached one of the greats?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Okay, I'm Trying to. I'm trying to tell you.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, okay, okay. I thought. I thought we were.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I want to see Steve Kerr do it without Stephen Curry.

[Josh Smith]

You want to see what I want

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

to see Steve Kurt do it without Stephen.

[Josh Smith]

Without that beige brother over there. You say it's a little different, huh?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Hey, man, wipe me down. How they getting wiped down if I'm coaching, you know what I mean? Let me step in. Let me step in the dough like that.

[Josh Smith]

Hey, the one thing about it, bro, if you're a great coach, I don't care what no damn body say. Smooth. You gotta have some great players, bro,

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

especially at that level.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah, I'm talking about to win a title, to win a championship, you got to have the best player. You got to have at least one or two great ones, bro. You think about it.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

You gotta have three now.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, yeah. You gotta have three boys who can go get mine.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Like, now. I'm saying back in the. Back in our day, it might have been two, you know?

[Josh Smith]

Oh, yeah, I agree. I think all these great coaches, and there are some that are great, but, bro, you got to be able to. You got to have some talent with them. They ain't just going in those situations like no damn Charlotte and turning around into a championship contender. You know what I mean?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

And then the coaches that I think that are elite in today's. In today's game are the ones that can, like, get you to the playoffs, and you. You fighting through all kind of just knickknack injuries from all your superstar players, and they don't pay. You know what I mean? Like, they. They're not. They're not. They're not playing throughout the season, and boom, y' all somehow still make the playoffs.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, yeah.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

And I look at those coaches as like, okay, those are elite coaches.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, yeah. Not only that, but when you get into postseason, can you make those coaching adjustments that you. That. That you need, you know, to be able to prevail in a series? I think that's. That's understated, you know, Especially in the NBA, bro, because when you really think about it, one player can really control a whole game. In basketball, it ain't the same with football, but one player in basketball can control the game. Now, you do need multiple guys who can help along the way, but, man, if you got good coaching and good players, that's a great recipe for a championship.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I said, know their roles, too, man. Know their roles. Know their limitations.

[Josh Smith]

I know that's.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

That.

[Josh Smith]

That's the biggest key, and that's What Philly gonna have to deal with. That's what Miami, the Miami Heat gonna have to deal with. They gonna have to deal with learning chemistry and continuity early so they can try to get off to somewhat of a good start. You know, it's hard to. It's hard playing against a team like the Knicks who already had it. That chemistry and continuity that they play with. It's going to be hard to beat teams like that because they already know the pecking order. Smooth. They know everything run through Brunson and Cat and the rest of us, Bridges, Hart, OG we going to get what we can get, but we going to be hella effective with it, right? Oh, yeah, that's.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

He's a. He's another great coach too, though.

[Josh Smith]

Who is that?

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Mike Brown, man.

[Josh Smith]

MB oh, man.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Can you look.

[Josh Smith]

You look at. You look at what Mike.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I was, I was thinking win. Biambo was unstoppable. I'm thinking, I'm like, he gonna just walk through the league like that and win the championship. I'm thinking he just was gonna do it.

[Josh Smith]

Smooth.

[Teague]

Smooth.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

MB Put a scheme together for his big. For his big ass. Boy, that jump was crazy.

[Josh Smith]

And all they did was beef up the physicality, bro.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Absolutely. Because. Absolutely.

[Josh Smith]

Because when you got a guy, when you got a guy that tall and that talented and you know, he lack a little beef, you got to, bro, you got to be physical. You got to push him around. And you right. I didn't. I didn't see them beating the spurs, bro, but they, they put together a hell of a game plan. And I'm talking about them boys ran it to the T. I mean, considering the fact. Smooth. Think about this. You down double figures in every game, bro. I'm talking about every game in the finals. Like, I'm talking about big leads, 29 point lead, 16 point lead, 15, bro. When you blow all them games, it's a long summer for you, bro. That's tough.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

I couldn't, man, I couldn't be a Spurs player right now thinking about all them losses that we blew. You know what I'm saying?

[Josh Smith]

Oh, man.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

But I like. But the I. When I was watching the series in the games and I'm watching the Knicks and every game that they played in, they just didn't stop playing hard.

[Josh Smith]

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

It was just like. It was just like some, man, they just did. I'm like, man, this is the hardest playing team in the playoffs right now.

[Josh Smith]

Yeah. Hey, you think about it, bro. They had been like that the whole entire season. All the games, you count them out. They came back and won in every series, bro. It's. I mean, they had a. They had a couple games

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

when they was down by 39. That was crazy, bro. Watching that game from like start to finish was crazy.

[Josh Smith]

Hey, them boys did that, man. Shout out to the Knicks, excuse me for winning the NBA championship. Hey, Smooth. Appreciate you, baby boy. That's it for this episode of Nightcap. We appreciate everybody for tuning in. Make sure you hit that like and subscribe button, bro. We gonna be back tomorrow night, me and my player partner right here. I appreciate everybody for joining us. Stay on the lookout. We got more guests to come. We'll see y' all tomorrow. Peace out, Smooth.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

My guys.

[Josh Smith]

Peace.

[Kevin 'Smooth' Bostic]

Sam.

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