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Tas Melas
This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.
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Je Skeets
Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to the no Dunks podcast presented by FanDuel. It's Thursday, February 12, 2026. I'm Je Skeets here in the classic factory. And alongside me as always, Tas Melas.
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Tas Melas
Hello, podcast listeners. This is for you.
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Je Skeets
Next to him, it's my top shot hot boy, Trey Kirby Ayo.
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Tas Melas
Hey.
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Je Skeets
Oh, and over yonder, making the magic happen, super producer JD Hello. There he is. Yeah, here we are. Hello to everybody on YouTube. Hello, podcast listeners. We got a lot to talk about here today. We're going to play is this news later on we're going to have some fun with all of those games from last night. But we start with another wedgie. I can't believe it. This is wedgie 47. Guys, we're nearly at 50 at the all Star break. And this was Gigi Jackson, the second crash in the offensive glass, tipping it in there as he went under the rim. Kids camp. Whoa, whoa. A late game wedgie. Dude, we're on pace for 6. 7. My guy did stock right? So 47 wedgies. Awesome. Awesome stuff. Would love to get one more tonight. Get up to 40 now I'm getting greedy. I know, but 48 wedgies before the All Star break and then you never know. Maybe a wedgie in the rising stars game. Maybe a wedgie in the All Star game. Would we count a wedgie in the three point contest? I don't know. We're going to find out. Watching it live. Together. Together.
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Tas Melas
Oh, that would be sad if you.
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Trey Kirby
Stuck a wedgie in the free bun contest.
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Je Skeets
Yeah.
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Trey Kirby
Awesome.
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Je Skeets
Yeah.
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Tas Melas
What would they stop the clock?
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Je Skeets
What do you do?
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Tas Melas
I think you keep going.
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Je Skeets
Maybe like those guys that get the balls. The, the men and women are so athletic that they have one person out there that can jump up and pop it out right away. Yeah, just to keep the flow going.
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Trey Kirby
Yeah, that'd be awesome.
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Tas Melas
Get a broom. Get a broom. Pop it.
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Je Skeets
Fingers crossed we get a wedgie in the three point contest. All right, we'll get into is this news later. But like I A ridiculous 14 NBA games on last night. We would usually with a busy schedule like that, draft our favorite games or our favorite performances. But we've caught Olympic fever here in the classic factory. So instead let's hand out some medals in a new segment we're calling the NBA podium. Yeah, you've been watching the double luge. One of the weirdest events we got. Just insane when you think about it.
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Trey Kirby
Lay on me.
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Je Skeets
So crazy.
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Trey Kirby
One of the weirdest for sure.
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Je Skeets
But we're gonna hand out some golds, some silvers and some bronze. And our ribbons don't break here. On no dunks to last night's best games or best performances or whatever you want to do. Task, you get us started, you got the first gold medal to hand out. Where you want to start.
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Tas Melas
We'll start with the Los Angeles Clippers. Gold goes to the Clippers and especially Kawhi Leonard for scoring 19 points in the fourth quarter to get them the win in Houston. This is how you take it the All Star Weekend in your arena to show off the Intuit Dome, because it's.
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Je Skeets
Going to look cool.
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Tas Melas
That being said, I didn't think they were going to win this game. Late third quarter, I thought the Rockets had it. Reed shepherd hit a shot for them. It's a third. It was a three pointer and he was in the corner just in front of his own bench. He got into a little bit of a squat. I thought he was taking a poop on the floor there. I thought he was showing that we won this game. Put a little poop emoji under that. But. But fourth quarter, Clippers turned it on. Kawhi, of course, was big, but really it was their energetic defense that got this thing going. Brook Lopez was huge. He stole one from Reed Shepherd. He poked out of Reed Shepherd's hands and I thought he was doing a great job against Alper and Shen Goon. You could hear Alper and Shengun have a mid range shot that he turned down because Brook was just there. You could hear him on the audio. Ah, just scream. Because Brook matched him in this game. I thought the energy defensively from Benedict Matheran was great. He had a big block on Alper and Chengu that helped out. He had drives. He wasn't really comfortable on offense in this game quite yet with his new team, but he went to the free throw line 10 times. So they just kept on turning over. Yeah, that's his thing. Yep, he kept on turning over along with the other defenders. The Rockets, who had seven turnovers in the fourth quarter. Big part of that also Kawhi. It's Kawhi Leonard, baby, with steel. Got out in transition. Clippers out. Fast breaks the Houston Rockets 22 to 2 in this game. And you just watch Kawhi go on, go into that mode. He was so good. Splitting defenders, getting to the rim, spins, whatever you want in the spin. On the game winning shot with two seconds left to give them the lead. And one. It's over, baby. Kawhi wow, wow, wow. That. What can you say about this guy now? 33 straight games of 20 plus points. Pretty good. Pretty good.
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Je Skeets
It was a good game. It was one of the closer games from last night, so. Well deserving of a gold medal, especially with the shot, like you said, that Kawhi hit there.
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Tas Melas
Yeah.
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Je Skeets
At the end and then coming back. I'm with you. I thought the Rockets had it. I was like, oh, damn. Tough to beat the same team when they're a good team like the Clippers are. Have been for the last little while to beat him twice in a row. Because this was the weird sort of like baseball series, whatever we call these things. But, yeah, the double. Get it out. This is the double luge series.
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Trey Kirby
Double luge.
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Je Skeets
But they split it. And that was a big part of that defense, like you said, there was surprising.
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Trey Kirby
Yeah, it was awesome. Kawhi switched on to Kevin Durant and turned his water off. That was pretty sweet to see those two going at it like it was 2017 all over again. Really slowed the Rockets offense down. Like, I think they're pretty clunky regardless. But once Kawhi went on to Kevin Durant, it was taking him 14 seconds to even get their offense started. Still got some good shots like KD missed an open one from the right wing, but it was the free throws that really doomed the Rockets. Him, KD and Changun both missed clutch ones. They could have easily won that game. They probably should have won that game, but Kawhi pulled it through.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, 21 turnovers to the Rockets for the Rockets, nine for the Clippers. Durant had eight turnovers. And yeah, Kawhi getting into that mode where he. He did it to Amend Thompson, who was a really good defender and just was able to get enough space. Just enough space, even though Jayshon Tate was coming over to hit that shot. Everybody thought it was the game where Clip. Clippers broadcaster said, that's a game or Clippers win. He thought it was over. There's two seconds left, but he goes to the free throw line. The debate, should he have missed that? Either way, they go up three and then. Oh. The Rockets had a good look to tie, but didn't go down.
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Je Skeets
I'm glad you showed some love there to Brook Lopez, too, who has been really, really good recently as the Clippers have turned their season around. Clippers are 26 and 28. They're almost back to.500 after the abysmal 6 and 21 start to the season. But. And Brook was like, we were like going, what the hell's wrong with him? Like he was bad at the start of the season, but yeah, more recently him and like Don is great because they're out there for defensive purposes, but man sure helps when they can hit some threes. Like Brook. Yeah, you, you expected him to come around with a three point shot, but for Chris Dunn to hit 46 last night, that's found money. So that's always going to help because he's out there for defensive reasons. All right, Clips win, get the gold medal here. TK let's go to you. Who gets the gold for you?
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Trey Kirby
I like the Pacers Nets game. A huge game in the reverse standings. Huge tank win for the Nets. Losing to a no name Pacers team. No Siakam, no Nemhard, no Knee Smith for the Pacers. They were running out lineups with Taylor, Peter Ethan Thompson, Vinnie Ledon, Andre Verani and Katie Jones.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, we going for a second for once.
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Trey Kirby
You don't know those guys. Three of those five are real players.
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Je Skeets
I know the Pacers.
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Trey Kirby
Last night pacers were down 18, came back and beat the nets. Second straight win for the Pacers. Oh, they're now tied with Brooklyn at 15 wins. Still fourth in lottery odds because they played an extra two games. Lost both of those. But the next couple of games that Indiana has are a Wizards back to back in Washington right after the All Star break. They could mess up and win those two games.
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Je Skeets
Probably will.
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Trey Kirby
I mean literally, who knows? Literally who knows who will play for any of these teams? Because this was shameless tanking from the Pacers. But it came back to bite them in the end. A fun game though. 5 ties or lead changes in the final 4 minutes here I thought the Nets were going to pull it out after day. Ron Sharp got a steal at the top of the key, got a bucket scam Jones there, two brutal turnovers, a pass to nobody on the right wing and then got his pocket picked by Sharp at half court. But then he was Cam Stones pulling up to hit a three to put the Pacers up for good. I was kind of impressed though by the Nets guys. Nolan Triore and Jagor Joman. 20 and 8 for Triore. We just talked about him coming off a 13 and 13 game. To me he looks like he plays left handed, but he's a right handed guy. Seems weird every time he shoots it with his right hand. And then Joman 13 points, five assists. Made a big three from the corner as well. Those guys have at least seemed interesting to me during these games. That don't really matter for the Brooklyn Nets. They're getting a lot of development minutes and they both have at least flashes of being something sort of interesting. I saw somebody compare them to when Dear and Fox and Tyrese Halliburton played on the same team for the Kings for about four seconds. I would say probably a poor man's version of that. But they've both been a little more impressive than I was expecting coming into this season.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, Nolan Trore was in the G League and then they worked him up very slowly and perfectly. It looks like he contributes. He could be one of those names amongst just casual fans that would be very surprised to hear that name. Nolan Trore. He's an NBA player. One of the Frenches. One of the French players that is contributing, obviously, at this point. But yeah, those were. They seem like fake names that you're dropping there. Cam Jones, even. Yeah, the Cam. Cam Stones as you. That was his first shot three of the game. Like, he wasn't hitting any of them.
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Trey Kirby
No.
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Tas Melas
And then he hit that one.
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Je Skeets
Yeah. They don't need to save the game. Tape of this one. If you watch down the stretch, there are some hilarious turnovers and not really for defensive reasons. It was just guys jumping in the air, no idea what to do, throwing it away. Losing their dribble was hilariously sloppy.
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Trey Kirby
At one point, Traore inbounded to no one, had to run down as fast as he could, dove to try and save it. He was out of bounds. It was a disaster. But it was exciting.
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Je Skeets
Very exciting. And again, one of the closer results last night. Like yours was pretty close. And so is mine. My gold medal game. Because I'll give it to Brandon Miller scoring 31 as the Hornets held off to beat the Hawks. Sad kaka, But Charlotte keeps it going here as they go into the All Star break. Brandon Miller, Trey. He's coming for that best Brandon ever award.
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Trey Kirby
Wow.
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Je Skeets
That's the real gold here. I love that short that you did recently. It started with a weird conversation we had here in the classic factory. Who is the best Brandon ever? Could Brandon Ingram become that? Is it Brandon Roy. But bi is going to take it. And then you say at the end of that clip that you did.
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Tas Melas
I don't know.
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Je Skeets
Brandon Miller could be in play here. He's on a heater right now. 31 points, nine rebounds. Hornets short two guys because of the suspensions. No diabate, no moose, no bridges. But it was okay because you had Brandon Miller leading the way. He threw down two monster dunks in like the span of two Minutes in the third quarter. One off a beautiful, you know, baseline play that Charles League drew up. He just sort of went around Cal Brenner and then Lamelo threw the perfect lob. Reese Sachet lost him. He like went to chase something. He's like, no, I'm not gonna meet him on the other way. Nope, threw that on the dunk. And then Brandon Miller had a huge one in fast break on a Kongwu or I guess he blew by at the three point line and threw it down on a Kongu. That was huge. Also hit five threes. Brandon Miller did as the Horns pick up their 10th win here in 11 games. Again, Charlotte messed around a little too much and let the Hawks get back into it. And they had a couple chances, especially their best opportunity, the Hawks, they were down one, sort of a two on one fast break after a long rebound miss. They're going and Dyson Daniels, he gives the ball to a Congu, gives it to the big man in transition. I think if that's anyone else and not Dyson Daniels, the guard probably keeps it and at least penetrates a little bit more to draw the defense. Anyway. Brandon Miller played it well on a Kongwu, didn't foul, moved his feet. And Akongu, he's a big guy in transition, he lost it out on him. And that was a big, big play because they probably should have scored there, at least went to the line and then they had another look. He had a three point look that just came up short.
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Trey Kirby
And then kind of poor decision making from a Congwu on both of those plays. Like I blame Miller's body. Get into his body and then he catches it at the top. Miller's in the right place. He's like shading to the right of a Congu. And a Congua had just hit a shot where he like pump fake to the right and shot the 3. He tried it again, but if he waited like a split second, McCollum was wide open on the right wing. He just couldn't get him the ball. So missed those. But you're right, the Hornets went into prevent offense. Basically they slowed down. They were taking forever to get into their sets. And then the Hawks started forcing turnovers, making shots. There was a fouled three point shooter at one point. It was a play in like atmosphere there in Charlotte. It sounded awesome. It was great.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, the crowd is really getting behind this team, which is pretty fun here as they make their way, you know, obviously in the plan and they're trying to catch some other teams ahead of.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, that Was a good one. Obviously. They jumped the Atlanta Hawks in the standings now, now ninth in the plan. Good for that. Big, big win. Good for everybody. Great for Eric Collins on the call. He was dropping the how do you do Plenty because everybody's super excited. It seemed like he had so much information on the sheets in front of him. He had a fact for this, a wild fact for this, a wild fact for this. I think the most important one was that Brandon Miller has now hit 53 consecutive free throws, tying the franchise high of Kemba Walker. And everybody knew it was. Kemba Walker was on the.
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Je Skeets
He was smiling ear to ear.
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Trey Kirby
He brought about like Hank Aaron. Yeah, Barry Bonds passing Hank Aaron. You got to see him pass this record.
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Je Skeets
It was, it was pretty funny too because they didn't want to do the old broadcaster jinx at all once they got there. That was the longest Eric Collins has remained quiet in his career because there was like sort of a mix up at the line and it took a little longer. It was just like crickets because they didn't want to say anything for Miller to then miss it. But yeah, he tied him. So 53 straight. Do you know what the NBA's all time record is for most consecutive free throws made?
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Trey Kirby
97.
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Je Skeets
Close. No, you nailed it. 97.
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Trey Kirby
Jose Calderon.
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Je Skeets
No, no, you'll never get it. You'll never get the guy. It's Michael Williams, who was a 90s journeyman, all right. He played on a bunch of teams, but he did it with the timberwolves. He did 97 straight at the charity stripe over two seasons. Like the March 93 till November 93, same calendar year task. Does that count for you?
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Tas Melas
No, no.
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Je Skeets
Over the span of two seasons.
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Tas Melas
But one season, one streak.
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Je Skeets
That's right. Yeah. Michael Williams spelled his name M I C H E A L2. That's not usually how it's spelled.
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Tas Melas
Okay.
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Je Skeets
Caught me by surprise.
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Tas Melas
Anyway, that was a mistake on the birth certificate, maybe.
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Je Skeets
Three other guys have hit 80 plus free throws in a row. Jose Calderon for the Raptors, Dirk Nowitzki for the Mavericks, and Mahmoud Abdul Rauf with the Nuggets also in 93. All right, that's it. So four guys over 80 plus. Brandon Miller's got a way to go still. But he could get there.
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Tas Melas
He could get there. He was asked about it after the game. He's already in a vet mode for the way he get he interviews. He's. I'm not not answering that question. He just knows. He's, he's just quick. He just doesn't Want to answer the questions? He said, I'm not not answering that. Basically, I'm.
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Je Skeets
I'm. I'm workshopping this right now. So help me out. But is there a nickname Bucky, potentially in play for Brandon Miller because of the heavily taped left arm that reminds me of Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier himself. The Winter Soldier. Brandon Miller is hooping during the winter here too. Maybe Soldier and Brandon Miller. We don't want to make that correlation. Possibly. But Bucky, I don't know, works. It's crazy. His arm, how taped it is? It looks bionic.
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Trey Kirby
It's taped up.
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Tas Melas
Hell yeah.
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Trey Kirby
Yeah, that's taped up.
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Je Skeets
He's not his shooting arm, though. I always think he's a left handed guy. Yeah, I don't know why. Maybe it's cause the arm. Is it Bucky's left arm?
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Trey Kirby
I think it's his left arm.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, it's his left handed. Never mind.
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Tas Melas
I thought we were going teeth like Bucky's the logo. He had big teeth. No, no, he's got gray teeth.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, yeah. Bucky Barnes.
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Tas Melas
Bucky Barnes.
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Je Skeets
You familiar with the Winter Soldier?
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Tas Melas
Oh, yeah, the Winter Soldier. That's a lefty.
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Je Skeets
Okay, good.
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Trey Kirby
James, you can.
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Je Skeets
Jd, you're the. You know all this stuff. That's his left arm, right? Oh, go. Why are you texting me on this?
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Tas Melas
Oh, God, I have no idea.
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Je Skeets
It is.
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Tas Melas
Yeah.
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Je Skeets
The Hornets head into the All Star Break, 15 and 7 since the start of the calendar year with Bucky leading the way there. What does that make Lamelo? What superhero would Lamelo ball be?
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Trey Kirby
Well, I mean, he can't be Captain America. That's a ridiculous Captain America. Also, Bucky hanging out with Zelmo. What's his name?
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Tas Melas
No, the.
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Trey Kirby
The guy that.
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Je Skeets
Please don't look at me in Civil War.
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Trey Kirby
That's the guy that like, engineers the entire plot to reactivate Bucky as the Winter Soldier.
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Je Skeets
Oh, helmet.
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Trey Kirby
Helmet.
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Je Skeets
Zemo.
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Trey Kirby
Is that.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, I was gonna say Nemo, but it's not Nemo.
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Trey Kirby
Helmet, Zemo.
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Je Skeets
I think it's Zemo. Yeah. Finding Zemo.
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Trey Kirby
Yeah, maybe that.
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Je Skeets
Okay, maybe that. We'll leave it at Bucky. Let us know if Bucky works.
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Trey Kirby
I did write down another note that I like. You hear this from Eric Collins a lot. When there's a really ugly possession for the Hornets but they end up scoring.
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Je Skeets
He yells chicken salad. That's beautiful. All right, let's go from the gold medal performances to the silver games. Here, tasks. Where are you going?
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Tas Melas
I'm going with the Utah jazz. They are 2, 0 since everybody accused them of tanking, this was a huge smackdown. They beat the Kings. No. No problem. But it was great for Jaren Jackson Jr. To go home. His home debut. He looked great and he didn't have to play the fourth quarter. So they got off well because listen, they're managing everybody's minutes. They're making sure they don't play the fourth quarter. But because Jaren Jackson Jr. And everybody else was kicking the King's ass, they didn't need to play a fourth quarter. His Dr. were so under control. He's going to his left hand plenty. He was looking at that left. Pulling it up. Yeah, I'm doing with my left. 23 points wearing number 20 in honor of his pops. Only played 22 minutes. Lots of 20s there. And no one had to be a superstar. That's why they went and got Jaren Jackson Jr so Lowry Market wouldn't have to do as much. And you saw Lowry out there, 19 points in just 20 minutes. Didn't have to play the fourth quarter. He was running that 7 foot 1 runner out there as they won the fast breaks 25, 6. You could see him sprinting down the floor at home. Beautiful purple floor with our new guy, Jaren Jackson Jr. We're going to do this. And he was getting those awesome hook pass. He got one hook pass from Yusuf Nurkic as Larry Markin just cut right through the lane. Great pass. Nurkic also set Kevin Love up with a great hook pass. Since Nurkic tweeted that. What the are we doing? Essentially the Lowry market and shrug again. They're 2, 0. No Keonte George in this game because he's hurt. They're not just sitting him out. But good for them. Good for them. They've won games again because they didn't need to play their guys that much. Essentially. I still think Will Hardy will sit as guys in the fourth quarter. Like tonight. If they have a close game against the Portland Trailblazers, I imagine they're play again. You're right.
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Je Skeets
Any thoughts on Jazz Kings here?
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Trey Kirby
You simply can't outtake the Kings. It's impossible. 14 straight losses for them. They sat a ton of guys as well. I guess DeRozan played but like no Westbrook, Sabonis has been in and out. Keegan Murray hurt. Malik Monk did not play. That looked literally like my high school scrimmages. I went to a high school that had purple and white uniforms and they would call it would be purple and white night when we'd have our like preseason scrimmage come out and see Andy Enoch throw down an alley oop off the glass.
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Je Skeets
Andy Enoch? He plays for the Pacers?
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Trey Kirby
Nah, he was traded at the deadline. Now he's on the Jazz. I did Love when Kevin Love threw an outlet to Bryce Sensibaugh. Hit Bryce Sensible in the shoulder. He still turns around, catches the ball, goes behind his back. Number 24 on the Kings fell over, basically.
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Je Skeets
Isaiah Stevens.
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Trey Kirby
Sure. Bryce Sensible stuck out his tongue and was laughing as he shot the layup. This was in the second quarter.
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Je Skeets
Yeah.
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Trey Kirby
Ugly one.
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Tas Melas
That was ugly.
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Je Skeets
Tough game for our. Our big red Dog. Nick Clifford, too. 1 for 15 in a game against the Utah Jazz.
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Trey Kirby
He's had a tough season.
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Je Skeets
Yeah.
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Tas Melas
Yeah.
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Je Skeets
That's a rough one. Hit some free throws, had some points. At least six points, but one for 15. Weird to see that in the Ultra.
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Trey Kirby
He dusted off Doug, huh? Like, I can't believe I'm seeing Doug McDermott playing basketball.
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Je Skeets
Yeah. Yeah, he played well. He might have been the best king last night.
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Trey Kirby
I've seen him a lot recently.
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Je Skeets
Doug McDermott. Yeah. Lucky you.
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Trey Kirby
Lucky guy, Doug.
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Je Skeets
Yeah. So the Jazz, 18 and 37 here now, and Kings, like you said, 14 straight losses, 12 and 44, I think they're three and 25. Yeah.
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Tas Melas
On the road.
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Je Skeets
Three wins on the road for Sacramento all season long. They're going to have pretty good chances here. They're going to have a nice 14% chance at the number one pick.
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Trey Kirby
I do believe they will.
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Je Skeets
But it has not gone well for the worst team right. In the league in recent years in the draft. Gone quite badly, actually.
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Trey Kirby
I think they haven't gotten the number one pick since they switched the lottery.
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Je Skeets
That's right. Yeah. Okay, so you got to start winning some games.
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Trey Kirby
You gotta start winning some games.
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Tas Melas
Good luck.
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Je Skeets
All right, Trey. Your silver medal goes to who?
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Trey Kirby
Big Vuch gets the silver medal. Nicola Vucevic's first game against the Bulls since the trade, and he completely dominated. 19 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, a steal and two blocks. A plus, 26 in 26 minutes for big Vouch. I would say maybe not the greatest defensive game I've ever seen from Nick Richards. That was either losing vouch for a wide open, three from the corner, top of the key and a pick and roll, or just seeing V shoot a hook shot over the top of his head. Stick straight losses for the Bulls as they see how far they can get down the standings in the lottery odds. It's gonna be tough to get lower than 10th. I guess. Maybe the Bucks winning last night definitely helps them. I think that Milwaukee will at least be a little more competitive than CH during the stretch run here. But yeah, Vuch dominated. I got a text from my stepbrother saying haha, revenge game. In your face. And absolutely. It was other. Other Celtics were good too. Jalen Brown had 24. Peyton Pritchard has been on fire since going to the bench. Had 26, made three threes, had eight assists. Last night the Bulls were just completely outclassed. And the Celtics. Vuches look good for him, especially in these games against teams that don't really stand a chance talent wise against Boston.
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Je Skeets
Yep.
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Tas Melas
Yeah.
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Je Skeets
Anything, dad?
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Tas Melas
It was just unfortunate that Anthony Simons didn't kick his old team's ass. He just had a quiet one in this one.
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Je Skeets
His old team played how many games for him?
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Tas Melas
Just got traded.
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Trey Kirby
Yeah, he could have an inch game too.
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Je Skeets
I guess you're right.
- [23:11]
Trey Kirby
No, no.
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Je Skeets
Hey, Leonard Miller didn't miss a shot.
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Trey Kirby
That's right.
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Je Skeets
I'm noticing. Play him big. Plus don't play him if you want to keep losing. Yeah, yeah, exactly. He was a positive off the bench. What'd he score? Five points. Five points, three boards in limited time. Come on, free Leonard Miller. I need a big box score game.
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Trey Kirby
Hey, Dillingham. 16 and 7. There we go. There we go, sir.
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Je Skeets
Robert Dillingham himself. Okay, so nice. Vucci, baby. Revenge game like you said, gets a silver medal from Trey. We'll keep it going. I'll give the silver medal to the Cavs. Beating the Wizards last night. Couple reasons why. James Harden's home debut in Cleveland. Hilarious giveaway with the stick beards.
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Trey Kirby
Very good.
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Je Skeets
Everybody with the hardened beard. I thought that was funny. He did not have a big monster game in terms of scoring a lot of dimes though. He had a 13 point, 11 assist game in 28 minutes. But I want to talk about two guys that were, you know, being helped out by probably Harden's addition. 1 Donovan Mitchell has been a huge, you know, beneficiary of this Harden trade. The playmaking burden is just not on him anymore. He can just get back to scoring, baby. And that is what that guy can do. Best third game in a row he's reached the 30 point plateau here. Now I know that's right around his average anyway, but he really doesn't have to do that. Part of the heavy lifting with the offense in terms of playmaking, starting it and all that, that's huge. The other one that benefited last night, Sam Merrill, who had an unbelievable first half, 26 points in the first half. He made all nine of his shots from the field, including seven three pointers, he finished 11 of 12 from the floor, 9 of 10 from deep. But six of Harden's assists were, excuse me, six of Merrill's 11 baskets were Harden assists. Some of those were just simply like two guys on the ball. Hey, Sam, you're open. Just kick it to you. Knock down the three. But a couple others were Harden in the post or at the elbow, sort of backing up a little bit. And the Cavs running some action for Sam Merrill, coming around a Jared Allen screen for one of them, slipping back door for another one. Something to watch, I think. Not just like handing it over to a guy hitting a three. They were running stuff off ball. While all eyes get on Harden here or Mitchell, you got to keep note of. And that's going to unlock these other guys. So good stuff. Dominant win over the Wizards. He was on fire, Mitchell, 30 plus. And then harden just setting everybody up with everybody in beards.
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Trey Kirby
That's right.
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Je Skeets
Yeah.
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Trey Kirby
I have been laughing on Twitter as the Cavs try to figure out the right photo to put of James Harden in their starting lineup because they don't have a lot of them left over. And like, the ones for their other four starters were taken at, like, preseason media day. Right. So they're posed, they're fitting in with the aesthetic that the Cavs like. And then Hardens are just like very basic headshots. Yeah, they just look very funny. But the vibes are quite high in Cleveland right now. They are having a great time. Harden looks incredible. The guy's one of the greatest passers in NBA history. And it gets kind of lost in his scoring for sure. That dime he had to Jaylen Tyson behind the back, threw it like 20ft.
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Tas Melas
Yeah.
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Trey Kirby
For the dunk. That was pretty sweet. I like the interview that Donovan Mitchell gave after the game. He said that they saw the. The. The broadcast notes for the game said get Sam going. And Sam Merrill's like, have I been playing bad? Feeling a little sad about it. Had an awesome game. He was blocking shots as well. And then Mitchell even said he's going to wear Sam Merrill's jersey for the three point contest again. So that's pretty sweet from them. They seem to be feeling it right now. Another guy that's been helped out since Harden's arrival, Jared Allen. He's 29 of 36 since Harden showed up in Cleveland. Didn't miss a shot last night. Eight for eight. The question will be what happens when Evan Mobley comes back? Because right now, four shooters and Jared Allen roll Into the hoop. It's working nicely. What's it going to be when it's three shooters and two big guys?
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Je Skeets
Yeah. And two of these wins, I think we need to point out against the Kings, against the Wizards. Now there was that really confirmed, solid quality win against the Nuggets. That, that did happen. That was that two point game. And Harden was great. But yeah, two of these other ones are against two of the worst teams in the league. But still, I think the biggest thing or a big is when you add like a high usage player like Harden to another high usage player like Mitchell. It's like, ooh, do they take away from each other? That sometimes takes some growing pains. Not a concern, like right away. Again, maybe it's because of the competition or whatever, but like, it's not a problem right now with Harden and Mitchell. It's like working flawlessly here.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, but that's the way they're sort of set up. When Darius Garland was out there, he was taking a lot off Donovan Mitchell's shoulders. So there's that part that works.
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Je Skeets
They're used to it.
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Tas Melas
You're saying the Evan Mobley question is a real question. Yeah, and that may be a problem. Although Sam arrows Ballin, he's. He's now is starting every single game there in that third spot to be that shooter. And they love him. The celebrations on the bench when he was splashing, splashing, splashing in that first half.
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Trey Kirby
Great time.
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Tas Melas
A great time.
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Je Skeets
I like that Sam Merrill gets the silver medal here because Sam Merrill just sounds like an American downhill skier to me, or maybe the luge for all I know. Like, that sounds like an Olympic athlete. Sam Merrill gets the silver for the Americans. Last night I caught it on the gold zone, so congratulations to them. All right, one more round here. The bronze medal games. Lots to pick from. Still tasks. Where you want to go.
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Tas Melas
Well, the Milwaukee Bucks, they get a win. They got 34 points from a guy they just picked up off the scrap heap in Cam Thomas. They needed him. They needed him. They got no Giannis, no Ryan Rollins, who I didn't really recognize. He was on the bench with glasses. I was like, who is that guy? Oh, yeah, it's Ryan Rollins. But they needed offense because those guys are out. And Cam Thomas was scorching. Third quarter, he lights it up. 15 points in just five minutes. Off the bench. They need him. But I thought Orlando was still going to win this game. Tie game. Minute 48 left. Palonchero has a dunk opportunity. He clanked it. He missed and it bounced Way out. And Kyle Kuzma takes it and runs with it. Fast break. Tough, tough finish to score there. Their next possession, Cam Thomas did a Cam Thomas thing. He dribbled for 20 seconds. He dribbled. He dribbled. Oh, yeah, you take it, sucker. He passed it over to Kevin Porter Jr. Who did a great job getting to the line. Free throws for him. Then Miles Turner hit a deep three. Never seen Miles Turner hit such a deep three. I mean, this is. This is a bronze medal finish here, but it does not feel like the Milwaukee Bucks at all. Next possession, Cam Thomas said, oh, yeah, Miles, I can do deeper than that. He took like four more feet back and hit a big three with 20 seconds left. So they ended the game on a 10, 2 run. Cam Thomas, 34 points. Everything working on this night for the Milwaukee Bucks with Giannis on the bench, I suppose he's coming back after the All Star Game for this team that is now, you know, ninth in reverse standings. They're moving down, up. However you look at it, they were eighth once. But now, having won three of four games. Feeling good. They are feeling absolutely good. Usman Jang had 17 points.
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Trey Kirby
Jericho Sint had 17 points. Yeah, five for five at the free throw line.
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Tas Melas
Huh?
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Trey Kirby
They put up a graphic that had 34 for Cam, 17 for Jang and 17 for Sims. Lisa Buyington, their play by play broadcaster, said, you would not have believed me if I said these three were leading the Bucks to a win over the Magic in February. And Wes Matthew said, yeah, for a lot of reasons.
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Tas Melas
Last Matthews, he's doing a great job.
- [30:35]
Trey Kirby
Yeah, I like him, actually.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, it's pretty good.
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Tas Melas
He saw Mo Wagner grabbing with, I guess it was Jericho Sims. I don't know. He was doing something with a Milwaukee Bucks player. And he goes, that is a professional antagonizer. Lisa Byington said, yeah, that's good. That's a good one. And he said, I'm politically correct. He knows what he's doing. He didn't want it. He didn't say, that guy's an. Because, you know, that's Movage out there. Right, right.
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Je Skeets
So the Bucks get a win here. Like you said, that's quality. New Orlando Magic, they have to be considered one of the most disappointing teams this season.
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Trey Kirby
Definitely.
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Tas Melas
Oh, yeah, that was in Orlando, too.
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Je Skeets
Yeah. And in a. In a. They just beat the Bucks. I get that. So it was like a sort of a home and home or whatever. But Paulo, I think, went 0 for 7 in the fourth quarter. I'm pretty sure he did.
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Trey Kirby
I believe it yeah, that was.
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Je Skeets
That was rough.
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Tas Melas
He was trying to make that dunk attempt a dagger. Like he was frustrated. Like, I'm doing this. Literally could have scored and the game would have been totally different if you put two points up.
- [31:35]
Trey Kirby
I think that I was looking at their splits this morning. I think they were 10 and 4 in November, and since December 1 started, I think they're under.500 and it feels like it. I mean, a lot of it. They did have a lot of injuries, but they just don't have any cohesion. And every single guy that gets the ball for an important shot, I'm like, that's not going in. Every time there's a kick out, I'm like, Wendell Carter Jr. Wide open from the corner, hit the far side of the rim, right?
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Je Skeets
Yeah. You're going to live with those shot attempts if you're the other team, for sure. All right, Trey, what's your bronze medal performance?
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Trey Kirby
Knicks, they smoked the 76. There's no Embiid for Philadelphia, and the Knicks gave a much better effort on both sides of the ball. I thought Carl Anthony Towns had a great game after we were kind of calling him out in the loss against the Pacers, but 21, 11 rebounds, five assists in 26 minutes for Cat Mitchell. Robinson was back 11 points, six boards, four blocks in 15 minutes for big Mitch. They played inside out. I thought The Knicks did 20 of 44 on three pointers, 41 assists on their 48 makes. They were just totally locked in. They trailed 2:0, and then they won the next 47 and a half minutes by 51 points. A lot of those coming from Jose Alvarado, who went for 26, tied a career high with eight three pointers. And this guy was just doing the most out there. Three rebounds, four assistants, missed five steals. He had a play where he went baseline, went for a reverse layup, hit the bottom of the rim, goes to whoever on the Sixers, and Alvarado tips the ball out from behind, gets back to him for a corner. Three pointer splash had Xfinity Mobile arena sounding like Madison Square Garden. This could have been his home debut. His home debut was a little bit underwhelming like we talked about yesterday, but Knicks fans obviously infiltrated the Sixers Stadium and it sounded like a party in there.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, a little bit worrisome that Joel Embiid didn't play. I was surprised by that. This isn't a back to back situation. There's no reason to sit him. Is it time to worry about the knee a little bit? Because the Injury report was knee management, which. Okay, fine. But if you're sitting in a situation where you literally have a week off and it wasn't a back to back, you haven't played. You didn't even play in the previous game, which again, wasn't a back to back. Odd.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, we thought he was playing.
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Tas Melas
Yeah.
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Je Skeets
When we made that our pick them game. Or at least I part of the reason, I thought the Sixers might win. But yeah, Nick's dominated. And you're right. Jose Alvarado, man, they're chanting for this guy in the. They are going the opposition's barn here. Wait. Wait till he has one of these games in Madison Square Garden. Yeah, the Bing Bong boys are gonna go berserk.
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Trey Kirby
Oh, they're gonna be binging hard.
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Je Skeets
He brings the energy. He's like a perfect addition for him, especially with the opportunity with the injury to deuce McBride. So he's going to get opportunities to have games like this. But the eight threes. That's nice. Y. Holy crap.
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Trey Kirby
That was great. But I mean, I thought he was kind of the best thing he did for them was they were just flying up and down the court when he was out there.
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Tas Melas
Good for them. The Knicks fans, they know how to travel to Philadelphia?
- [34:27]
Je Skeets
Not for sure. Not far.
- [34:29]
Tas Melas
How do you guys like that higher angle camera? Just the main camera, but it's just.
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Je Skeets
Just like.
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Tas Melas
I don't know.
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Trey Kirby
It is higher.
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Tas Melas
It is higher.
- [34:37]
Trey Kirby
It is higher.
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Je Skeets
Seems like you don't like it.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, I tried to get used to it. Is it just me being stubborn? I just want the camera in the exact same angle, but it's just a little bit further. It's not as nice. Doesn't feel like you're in the upper bowl or anything, but the angle just isn't as nice. That's all. I'm with you.
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Trey Kirby
Could be a nicer angle.
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Je Skeets
All right, one more medal to hand out here. I got lots to pick from. I thought about giving it to the Pistons beating the Raptors for a couple reasons. Purdelt did come back for trust. There was that. But the Pistons took care of business. Really dominant victory. And I just wanted to highlight one of my guys in the expansion draft, A guy I probably reached for a little too early. And Paul Reed. I said, I think he's a starting center in this league. If he gets drafted to an expansion team. He was awesome right away. He had a monster first quarter versus the Raps. So a good B ball, Paul game there. I'm not taking that one. Could take Julius Randall Monster game against the Blazers. I think he had 41 points. Julius Randle. Always overlooked. Always overlooked, but great game instead. I'm going to give the bronze medal to Fox and Wemby, leading the spurs past the Warriors. 126, 113. Spurs used a big run to end the third quarter. Then they went nuts in the fourth and took care of business in that final frame for their sixth straight win. So they go into the All Star break on a nice win streak. They're the second best team in the Western Conference. Reminder, this team did not make the postseason for, like, six years running here. So what a jump up. They're on pace to win, like, 57, 58 games. So that'd be a hell of an increase over what'd they win last year, 34. In the 30s. Somewhere along that.
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Trey Kirby
So 34 it is.
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Je Skeets
Yeah. All right, so they're looking at a plus 20 to 25 win increase, I expect. But I saw Pounding the Rock put this win eloquently. I thought the spurs didn't just win, they imposed themselves. Love that. Because Fox ignited the comeback. He had 27 points, eight assists. Controlled the tempo in that third quarter. Really good stuff from him. He hit that big deep jumper at the end of the third quarter at the buzzer there to take him into the fourth. And then when Benyama took over, he altered shots at the rim. You know, got one of them as a block, but altered the other one. Sprinted the floor, threw down the alley. Oop. I don't know, a minute or so later, hits a three, just like, got them going, and they sort of blew this game open, like I said. So it was. It was Fox starting it off after they were down big. And Wemby, I thought, closing it there, and contributions from other guys as well. But spurs, man, they're just clearly much better than a curryless warriors team. Draymond. Draymond tried. He played okay, and he plays Wemby as well as you can, but I like that Wemby. Every time he's playing him now, he's, like, learning, and he's like, played him a couple times. I think he's, like, unlocking some things against Draymond and the Warriors. So he's just a smart guy in addition to being a physical freak.
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Trey Kirby
Phil Jackson said, you're a title contender if you get to 40 wins before you have 20 losses. Spurs are 38 and 16. They got a really good chance to be there. You're also considered a title contender if you're a top 10 on both sides of the ball. Spurs are eighth in offense and third in defense. Does it add up to. The spurs are a title contender. They've never played a playoff series.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, I know. That's the thing. That's the thing. It's like there's like similarities to the Pistons in the east, like, having this dominant regular season now. I know they made it last year and put up a good fight against the Knicks, so at least they have some experience. Led with by Cade Cunningham, but same idea. It's like these are elite teams with great records on both sides of the floor. Really good. But it's usually you gotta like, take your lumps in a couple postseason matchups before you can go all the way through to a conference finals or finals or a championship contender. But the more you watch of these two teams, like, I mean, they're damn good. Like, they're. They're one of the best teams in the league, of course. So, yeah, I guess the playoffs are just different. Beast.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, they. You need some sort of experience in my head that you need to at least have played. Like the Pistons, because they have played, are far more likely to get to the NBA Finals than a San Antonio spurs team.
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Je Skeets
One team has Wemby, one team has Wembley, one team has Wemby. I love Cade, but, man, Wendy's.
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Tas Melas
But all the vets on the other side, when they line up in the playoffs, they're going to say they haven't even been here. We can get them. We can do this.
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Je Skeets
A couple of things about the spurs, though. The second unit is humming right now with once Harrison Barnes has gone to that second unit. I like that that's working and their confidence is growing and the chemistry between Fox and Wemby, I mean, we talk a lot about Castle and Wemby and like how special it is. And like Wemby just like throw it up, man. Just chuck it anywhere. It's growing between those two as well. Fox, who is the better player, of course, at this point in their careers between Castle or Dylan Harper or something like that. He's awesome. Still, he probably. He's in the all star conversation. Should be. They're getting better, those two, as the more they play here, the more reps they have too because they didn't play much last year. So spurs gets the bronze medal. We did it. We did it. Awards handed out, man. That was a lot of games last night and not a lot of super.
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Trey Kirby
No, no, no. These two nights are weird.
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Je Skeets
Yeah.
- [39:34]
Trey Kirby
Last night and tonight.
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Je Skeets
Yeah. Schedule like rosters that you're getting in addition to all the tanking teams. But people like, like every year. These, these are weird games. Always sitting guys down, giving them longer rests. Whatever. Let's take a break and when we come back, we'll get into this this news.
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Trey Kirby
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Je Skeets
If you're joining us on YouTube, do your boys a solid. Hit that little thumbs up, hit that little like button and make sure you subscribed. As we try and grow the base here. Podcast listeners, five star ratings and reviews. JD Is this news headlines for the guys. Headlines for everybody watching and listening. You tell me whether or not they're newsworthy or you say, you stupid idiot, what a waste of time. Why did you ask me that? Why did you make JD make a lower third of that first one from the NBA? Naismith Basketball hall of Fame announces 2026 finalists. Now I will say the WNBA have the big names here. Candace Parker, Elena Deladon. Those are MVPs. Those are champions. They're going into the hall. As for the MVP guys tasks, you got Blake Griffin, you got Kevin Johnson, Amari Stoudemire, Buck Williams and Marquis Johnson, part of the veterans committee finalist. There is this news, this announcement here, these finalists.
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Tas Melas
Well, we heard that these names were coming, I mean, I don't know, 14 days ago or three weeks ago. It was a couple weeks ago. So we knew these names were coming. But I always love going to NBA.com getting the full report. I want a real report about these coaches players. And that's where I'm going. I'm going to NBA.com so I enjoyed reading it. I enjoyed copy pasting, I enjoyed debating myself stock Rivers going in. Of course. Of course, Doc. It's. It's not a debate.
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Je Skeets
Right. I'm sure he's going in.
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Trey Kirby
He's beloved.
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Tas Melas
He's beloved. Yeah. Then I start debating.
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Je Skeets
Of course, the NBA guys is worth debating.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You said the WNBA players, obviously.
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Je Skeets
Oh, yeah. They're the headliners.
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Tas Melas
They're the headliners. The. Blake, Amare. Always fun. Always fun. Will Blake get in?
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Je Skeets
We made a short about that once upon a time. How similar their careers are. Accolades.
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Tas Melas
Multiple shorts about those guys. Blake, Blake, just on his own. I think the. The social media impact is important to me. My being a loser because. Because I watch basketball hand in hand with my secondary screen of. Of Twitter, and when it was growing and Blake was just highlighting. Blake was. Blake was Twitter for a while. So that's. That's. That's why it impacts me more than Amari Stoudemire. But those two dudes are so similar when it comes down to it. I don't know. I don't know if they get in. In all honesty, it might be a multiple ballot.
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Je Skeets
This is Amari's second time or at least second time on the ballot here. Probably more. Yeah.
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Trey Kirby
I mean, he retired a lot earlier than Blake did.
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Tas Melas
And this is Blake's first.
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Je Skeets
Blake's first on the ballot. Yeah.
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Tas Melas
Yeah.
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Je Skeets
What do you think, TK is this newsworthy?
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Trey Kirby
Let's see here. Miami 2016 was the last time Stoudemire played. They have identical cases. It's pretty crazy, actually. Both five times all NBA, six time all stars and rookies of the year. Yeah, that's their accolades. For whatever reason. Amare has a 73% chance on Basketball Reference, and Blake has a 55% chance. So I don't get it. I don't understand how that happened, but I think they're both going to get in. Look at the other candidates. Good timing.
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Tas Melas
Yeah.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, I agree. You think they'll get in here together? Yeah. Which would be fitting.
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Trey Kirby
Yeah, sure.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, I. Sorry, go ahead.
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Tas Melas
No, no. I was just wondering if Amari was just. If he had fewer games and his games are deemed more impactful. Like, they got the same accomplishments, same accolades. Amari played 865.
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Je Skeets
Man. It's close. We've done it. Like, their averages are almost identical.
- [44:14]
Trey Kirby
So similar.
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Je Skeets
It's crazy. Like, I'm with you guys. If one of them goes in, the other one has to go in. It almost has to be the rule. I'm not saying it has to be at the exact same time, but, like, that. They're exact Same, like, one goes in, the other goes in. That's how. Where I'm at with it, whether it's this class or not, we'll see. I think you're right, T.K. i think they're helped out here by a lack of big NBA names. They probably want to sort of put a player or two in. I think they have a better case over your Kevin Johnson's or your Buck Williams or your Marquis Johnson, so. So, yeah, we'll see. But otherwise, it's the wnba, people. I don't think this is newsworthy, though, because I'm with you, Tess. I swear, I've asked this, like, seven times at this point. I've asked this headline. I've said this headline seven times over the last couple months. It's weird how they roll these out because you get, like, the big lists and then the rumored lists and then the short lists and then who's in? And we just keep sort of doing it.
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Tas Melas
Yeah. Yeah, they got to work on that.
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Je Skeets
Next headline from the Athletic. Spurs wave. Jeremy Sochan after failing to make a trade at the deadline. Trey Kirby, I'll start with you. Is this news?
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Trey Kirby
Sure. Pretty rare When a top 10 pick is waived before their rookie contract is over. Very rare. So that's newsworthy. But, I mean, we also literally haven't talked about Sochan as a player this season since he came back from injury. He's fine on defense, not much on offense, and he's going to somehow end up on the Bulls.
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Je Skeets
Well apparent there were discussed deadline deals for him and the Knicks and the Bulls and the Suns, among others. So, yeah, the Chicago Bulls were maybe one of those teams contemplating a trade. Obviously nothing material.
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Trey Kirby
You don't have a lot of big guys.
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Je Skeets
Yeah. They probably could use.
- [45:50]
Trey Kirby
Technically, is.
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Je Skeets
Yeah. I mean, you got Leonard Miller should be playing him 40 minutes, but whatever. Okay. Yeah, we know. TK staunch. You were early to this. And you. Look, so far, I've proven to be right. He's not been incredible. He had, like. He started. It felt like his career okay. He had a. He had a. I don't know. He had. There was a blip where it was like, oh, this maybe is a special player. Hasn't really gone well since, but. What do you think, Tess?
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Tas Melas
Yeah, there was the. The run where Popovich was playing him at point guard. That ain't gonna go well. So I don't know if that threw him off, but really, that's an excuse because he just hasn't been able to score. I can see the Bulls getting him, but they already have Isaac Kakoro. I mean, it's, you know. You know, it's not gonna be long.
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Trey Kirby
Till they can run out a full five of guys that I don't like watching at all.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, that's the fun here.
- [46:38]
Trey Kirby
What would be a Coro, Sexton Sohan and who else are we going to throw in the mix? I don't know. I'm sure they'll find somebody.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, I mean, he's had some games. Yeah. But, yeah, he just hasn't been able to show it. As you said, it's his rookie contract. It's now three and a half seasons.
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Je Skeets
Jared Weiss said the spurs now enter the bio market to try and probably get more shooting support. Hence why you let go a guy like this. Couple guys rumored to me, they were.
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Tas Melas
Trying to trade him. They're trying to trade him?
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Je Skeets
Yeah, they're trying to trade him. I mean, obviously they had a deal with them. Like, look, we're going to try and trade you. If we can't, then we'll wave you and then you can figure it out. But the spurs could be looking at George Niang, the minivan himself, potentially Eric Gordon. These are like vet guys that have a decent track record of being able to hit the three ball and stretching the floor a little bit. So maybe those two guys, one of those two guys will join the Spurs. They were just waived by the Grizzlies. I think both of them were. Did they both end up on the Grizzlies?
- [47:35]
Trey Kirby
I think they were part of that trade. The Jaron Jackson trade.
- [47:39]
Tas Melas
Yeah. I think Niang would be the way to go. Notice disrespect to Eric, but Eric Horn's old in comparison to the knee.
- [47:46]
Trey Kirby
Yeah.
- [47:46]
Je Skeets
Wow.
- [47:46]
Trey Kirby
I mean, Niang hasn't played this season. Eric Gordon somehow has more minutes than George Niang this season.
- [47:52]
Je Skeets
That's crazy, actually. Yeah, that's shocking. All right, next headline here. Had to get this one in. I. I'll go from the publication SFGate, who had a good headline of it, but the story is from ESPN and Anthony Slater. The headline reads, someone, someone close to Kaminga apparently kept mooching food from Warriors. Trey, is this news?
- [48:15]
Trey Kirby
Not news until we know what the food is and exactly how much a family member took. But yeah, this ESPN story is pretty interesting. It's like this is the main, like, poll thing from it just showing the big disconnect between, like, basically three parties. Kaminga and his camp, Steve Kerr and the coaching staff and the front office slash ownership led by Joe Laker, who has a lot of belief in Jonathan Kaminga.
- [48:44]
Tas Melas
Right.
- [48:44]
Trey Kirby
Kaminga, his agent, a Rock Turner, a lot of belief in themselves as well. And Steve Kerr said basically we never thought he bought in to the team and the way that they wanted to play. Kerr wanted him to be Sean Marion, Kaminga wanted to be Jeremy Grant. I guess Sean Marion eventually left the Suns because he didn't get to be the number one guy. And he went floundered for a little bit and then eventually remade himself into a Hall of Fame edge case playing like Sean Marion that we all know and love. So this is not an. A new style of disagreement between players and coaching staffs. But Kaminga just feels like like was slighted with every single thing Kerr says. When you read through this ESPN thing, it's like when they finally come to him with minutes like, oh, now you need me.
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Je Skeets
Yeah.
- [49:34]
Trey Kirby
And you can't really blame him for feeling that type of way. But also Steve Curt knows how to win in the NBA. So he maybe listen to what he's saying.
- [49:41]
Tas Melas
Yeah, yeah. And this has happened to other players. Saw Evan Turner took to Twitter and say, yeah, my coach said he viewed me as Richard Jefferson. And. And that was the first time I truly understood Latrell Spreewell. Well, as if he was very, very mad.
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Je Skeets
Right. Evan Turner, like, a lot of these guys think I'm Kobe, man. Yeah, I'm the best. I should be the best. And then you're told by a coach in this league at this level, like, no, man, take it down a notch or two. You're Richard Jefferson or whatever. Aaron Gordon I think was also a comparison to the Shawn Maran and Kamingov at all.
- [50:14]
Tas Melas
But yeah, yeah. And Evan Turner said, yeah, I thought I was Kobe. Literally said, I thought I was Kobe, but I trade the career I had for Richard Jefferson. Richard Jefferson. So it ain't shade. Yeah. But yes, I loved reading about the food obviously early in the write up or early in the story because you got to get that early. For all the eyeballs above the fold. It's only paragraph number three, a quick line about the family stealing. Stealing food. But there weren't any more details. I definitely want more details. How much are they taking? Like, let's say there's just a ton of food on the table and they took some food and. But there's still extra food for others to eat. It's all good.
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Je Skeets
Yeah. How much food must have been taken for this to piss, even register. Yeah.
- [51:00]
Trey Kirby
Or to bring it up well, you know, weeks later.
- [51:02]
Je Skeets
So I can't call it stealing food that's why I like mooching, because that's stealing. It's there. It's obviously they're allowed, I guess, to take.
- [51:11]
Tas Melas
Somebody's got.
- [51:13]
Je Skeets
Just going too far maybe.
- [51:15]
Tas Melas
But somebody's got to eat the food. And that's the thing. Maybe, maybe they didn't take excess. Maybe it helped out that you didn't literally have to throw food into the garbage.
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Je Skeets
I think if somebody noticed this and it got into a story, the idea is like they were piling up food to take home. I think you're supposed to eat the food there.
- [51:33]
Tas Melas
Okay, okay.
- [51:34]
Je Skeets
You know, maybe it's not to go.
- [51:36]
Tas Melas
Yeah.
- [51:36]
Je Skeets
It's not a buffet.
- [51:37]
Tas Melas
Yeah. But devil's advocate again, if you. If it's not taken before everybody leaves, they just scrap it. They just throw it out. I know, I'm just gotta eat it. Somebody's gotta. I need the details.
- [51:47]
Je Skeets
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it.
- [51:48]
Tas Melas
Yes.
- [51:50]
Je Skeets
I thought this ESPN article was maybe more favorable to Kaminga in the end than it was to the warriors and the Joe Lake up and, and how they handled them, like a little bit. And I say that because you are seeing a lot of the warriors players in social media at least, like they're joking about this food thing and they seem to be coming to the defense of Kaminga. Like there's a lot of like laughing emojis. I know Steph said something. Was it Buddy healed who's no longer on the team? Of course. But he said something blaming Jimmy, I think. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They have Kaminga's back. And it, it didn't, it didn't work. Also in the article, I just, like somebody said, I forget who. Like some, you know, anonymous executive was like, nobody won here. Like, that's true. It's probably poorly handled. Every party involved Kaminga, like you said, maybe Kerr and the warriors coaching. And then definitely Joe Lake of maybe like having, I don't know, digging his heels in because he thought he nailed it with Kaminga. Because then there's the whole thing like, oh, they wanted to take Franz Wagner instead of coming. You knew that was coming in an article like this. The, the. The hit piece, so to speak, after a guy is finally gone. But it wasn't too bad. We just had this weird food thing.
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Trey Kirby
Just had this weird food thing.
- [52:55]
Tas Melas
Yeah.
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Je Skeets
Very weird. All right, next headline. This is odd. Jared McCain to participate in the NBA celebrity three point shooting contest. Tass the other participants, Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams. Let's go. NBA analyst Richard Jefferson.
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Tas Melas
Yeah.
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Je Skeets
Evan Turner's gonna be sitting there on Friday. Night going, man, that could have been me. Man, that should have been me.
- [53:22]
Trey Kirby
That's actually kind of funny. He did follow Richard Jefferson's post career path podcast. Podcasting.
- [53:29]
Je Skeets
Yeah, it's true.
- [53:30]
Trey Kirby
Richard Jefferson was an early player podcaster.
- [53:32]
Tas Melas
He was, yeah. But Richard's got now his own comedy type show. You know, he's like another. That's another level.
- [53:39]
Trey Kirby
Well, yeah, I mean, I'm sure Evan Turner's trying to get.
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Je Skeets
He's trying to get on Richard comedy shows as well.
- [53:43]
Tas Melas
Yeah, good point.
- [53:44]
Je Skeets
Here's who else is in it. BMX athletes. Athlete. Nigel Sylvester. Okay, yeah. Drewski, Jake from State Farm, and streamers. Plaqueboy, Max and Cam Wilder. Okay, so Jared McCain is in this, though. That is an NBA guy. Tass, is this news?
- [54:02]
Tas Melas
This is news. I suppose every social media platform equals news. And I say that because the man is very popular on TikTok. And if he can do some things while he's out there, like record him himself, anything. If you post anything on Tick Tock because of this, this is good for the NBA and publicity. So that's why they're doing it. As we've seen with, you know, the. What's the other one called? The Creators cup that we see at the NBA Cup.
- [54:28]
Je Skeets
Yeah, yeah, that's happening. I think the NBA, like, invited 200 content creators to All Star Weekend. I saw that headline. So part of this.
- [54:36]
Tas Melas
Oh, okay. Well, that's a lot of creators.
- [54:39]
Je Skeets
And before people get too excited, this, from what I could tell, is not happening on Saturday night. This is not All Star Saturday Night. Okay. Okay. This is Friday. It'll happen at the NBA crossover event, which is basically the NBA Jam. Right? NBA Jam session. Is that what we used to call it back in the day? Yeah, I think it's happening 7pm Pacific time at the crossover event. Oh, so it's like it's airing, I believe, on the NBA app and on YouTube and on Facebook. You're not going to get this televised is what my point is here. This will not be a part of the rising stars slash celebrity game crap.
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Trey Kirby
No. You can catch the recap on House of Highlights, I'm sure.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Newsworthy that McCain's in this.
- [55:23]
Trey Kirby
I guess so. I guess. Sure. He had eight points in 75 seconds last night.
- [55:27]
Je Skeets
Yeah.
- [55:27]
Trey Kirby
He played really well in an NBA game. So I think it'll mostly be news if he doesn't win this one.
- [55:33]
Je Skeets
I know. I was thinking, he obviously does not care, right? No, because, like, yeah, like, what does he gain from this? Because he could only Lose like, I don't think he will, but he could. I guess he better. Draymond Green almost lost to Kevin Hartwant in a 3.2 contest. Now, Draymond Green's not as good at 3 point shooter as Jeremy Cain, but.
- [55:51]
Tas Melas
What does he have to gain? I mean, some collab work with other social media creators.
- [55:55]
Je Skeets
Yeah, I guess so. Yeah.
- [55:57]
Tas Melas
Drew Ski. He's huge.
- [55:58]
Je Skeets
Yeah.
- [56:00]
Tas Melas
Okay. State Farm Jake, can you shoot? I guess so.
- [56:03]
Je Skeets
I don't know. He's jacked.
- [56:05]
Tas Melas
Yeah.
- [56:06]
Trey Kirby
I mean, is he like a Desmond Bain jack guy that could shoot? That guy's just become Jake from State Farm. He has a real name.
- [56:13]
Je Skeets
What is his name?
- [56:16]
Trey Kirby
He's Jake from State Farm.
- [56:19]
Je Skeets
And I'm not familiar with the three point shot from Plaque Boy. Max and Cam Wilder, so can't speak to them or Nigel Sylvester, the BMX athlete. I'll be cheering for him though. Crew Jones style. Nigel. Yeah, yeah, of course.
- [56:33]
Tas Melas
Got some news here that real news that our stream teamer was dropping.
- [56:37]
Je Skeets
Okay.
- [56:38]
Tas Melas
And I didn't see Shamsa post it, so I said, is this real news? Chris Haynes with the news that Utah Jazz Star Jaren Jackson Jr. Likely to miss remainder of the season to undergo surgery on his left knee to ensure his long term health after a localized PVNs growth was discovered post trade. League sources tell me.
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Je Skeets
So this guy was balling.
- [57:00]
Tas Melas
Keep it PVNs.
- [57:03]
Je Skeets
PVNs. Never heard of that.
- [57:05]
Trey Kirby
Pigmented velo nodular sinovitis.
- [57:09]
Je Skeets
Okay.
- [57:09]
Tas Melas
Yeah, on his knee. He needs to get.
- [57:11]
Je Skeets
I'm sure that will quiet. The Utah Jazz are just tanking or trying to take at least, you know, buzz from everybody. They're like, oh, God, this guy is too good. Even we only play him 3/4. We're like still winning. Better shut them down. Okay, well, that's unfortunate. Hopefully gets it close at least a little.
- [57:28]
Trey Kirby
Look at him. You got to see him play a few minutes, 75 minutes, something like that.
- [57:32]
Tas Melas
I don't know.
- [57:33]
Je Skeets
Not bad. Are you excited for your guy, Caleb Williams?
- [57:36]
Trey Kirby
Yeah. I want to see what he's got. Yeah, he's an athlete.
- [57:39]
Je Skeets
Absolutely.
- [57:40]
Trey Kirby
He's an inaccurate short passer in football.
- [57:43]
Tas Melas
Oh.
- [57:44]
Trey Kirby
But you know, he won't be chased by defensive linemen.
- [57:47]
Je Skeets
Oh, does the celebrity three point contest have the deep, deep, starry balls?
- [57:51]
Trey Kirby
Oh, interesting, because he would be good.
- [57:53]
Je Skeets
At those, would he not?
- [57:54]
Trey Kirby
He could be.
- [57:54]
Je Skeets
He's got a. Got a cannon on him.
- [57:56]
Tas Melas
Yeah, just throw it, don't shoot it, just chuck it.
- [58:00]
Je Skeets
Final headline, guys. This is a fun one. We'll go with this angle, but there's a lot to unpack here, espn. The headline reads, john Tesh to perform Round Ball Rock live at the All Star Game. That's gonna be fun. John Tesh delivering a historic live performance of his iconic Round Ball Rock to introduce the 75th All Star Game. The press release reads this marks the first time Round Ball Rock has ever been performed live inside a sports arena and celebrates the NBA All Star Games. Return to NBC after 24 years. They had to say inside a sports arena because we know the famous clip of John Tesh performing Round Ball Rock live where he sets it all up with the voicemail. Yeah, exactly.
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Tas Melas
Yeah.
- [58:48]
Je Skeets
The phone message to himself that he plays and then goes into it. Yeah. So anyway, first time in an arena. I'll give you some more though, Taz. Prior to tip off.
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Trey Kirby
First time in an arena. That's so good.
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Je Skeets
Prior to tip off of the 75th All Star Game, we're going to have Brandy and Sarah McLaughlin performing the U.S. and Canadian national anthems.
- [59:07]
Tas Melas
Great.
- [59:08]
Je Skeets
And. And I probably should have made this the real headline. Ludacris will take center court on NBA All Star Saturday night ahead of the dunk contest. He's going to hype up everyone and put on a performance before the dunk contest. So ludicrous. Saturday, John Tesh Sunday and some great singers for the anthems.
- [59:27]
Tas Melas
Is this news, you think we'll be excited as we sit here and record our live stream as we watch? Hopefully you'll be watching with us on Saturday night. Saturday night. We get the three point contest. We get the shootout Shooting stars. Those are back to back. And then a ludicrous performance, I suppose, before the dunk contest test. I'm.
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Je Skeets
I'm with stand up. We'll be standing up.
- [59:51]
Tas Melas
We'll be throwing both. Yeah. I do. Like Tesh is playing to introduce the All Star Game on Sunday.
- [59:56]
Je Skeets
Yeah.
- [59:57]
Tas Melas
That's good timing, right?
- [59:59]
Je Skeets
I think so, too.
- [60:00]
Tas Melas
Yes.
- [60:00]
Je Skeets
I assume that's what's going to happen.
- [60:02]
Tas Melas
You're right. Yeah.
- [60:03]
Je Skeets
That's how we'll introduce the players with John Tesh just killing it on the. On the keyboard.
- [60:08]
Trey Kirby
Will he wear a vest? He better wear a vest. Best is best.
- [60:12]
Tas Melas
Yeah.
- [60:12]
Trey Kirby
Who's the John Tosh? They haven't announced halftime of the All Star Game yet. Is that right?
- [60:19]
Je Skeets
I don't think so. Yeah. I don't know.
- [60:22]
Trey Kirby
They should pick somebody from Los Angeles.
- [60:23]
Je Skeets
But they're really. Well, there is. There's not really a halftime anymore. There's a bunch of breaks.
- [60:30]
Tas Melas
That's true.
- [60:30]
Je Skeets
So great.
- [60:31]
Tas Melas
I mean, great point.
- [60:32]
Je Skeets
Yeah.
- [60:32]
Tas Melas
Last year was San Fran. They used San Francisco legends to introduce the game on Sunday night. Like introduce the players before Sunday night. That's what they did last year.
- [60:41]
Je Skeets
Okay.
- [60:42]
Tas Melas
It was right. It was really good.
- [60:43]
Je Skeets
E40. Did he do it?
- [60:45]
Tas Melas
He was part of it.
- [60:46]
Je Skeets
I don't remember now.
- [60:47]
Trey Kirby
Yeah.
- [60:47]
Tas Melas
Raphael Sadiq.
- [60:49]
Trey Kirby
Oh, yeah, Nice one.
- [60:51]
Tas Melas
There's a mess.
- [60:51]
Je Skeets
There was somebody else, too.
- [60:52]
Tas Melas
Yeah, there was. There were more. And they were good.
- [60:56]
Je Skeets
Too short. No.
- [60:57]
Tas Melas
But then, you know, the game's screwed up, so it's good. Test in the right spot. But yeah, I guess they don't do a halftime performance anywhere because the reason behind it is it takes too long along quite often. But that's the problem with these individual quarters, too.
- [61:13]
Je Skeets
Top three songs you want to hear from ludicrous on Saturday to get you hyped for the dunk contest he's got.
- [61:19]
Trey Kirby
To do what's your fantasy?
- [61:20]
Je Skeets
Yep.
- [61:20]
Trey Kirby
Breakout song. I would also say for me, Southern hospitality. Throw them bows.
- [61:27]
Je Skeets
Really nice.
- [61:28]
Trey Kirby
And what in the world is in that bag? What you got in that bag?
- [61:31]
Tas Melas
Roll out.
- [61:32]
Trey Kirby
Those are my jams.
- [61:33]
Tas Melas
Yeah.
- [61:34]
Je Skeets
Those are great picks. Then.
- [61:35]
Trey Kirby
I still ask people what they got in that bag. Like, if I see one of my kids with a bag, I'm of course asking them what in the world is in it.
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Tas Melas
Yeah, right, right, right. Yeah. You just gave the gold, silver, and bronze of ludicrous songs. I do think the. The bows, that's. That's my gold.
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Je Skeets
Okay.
- [61:51]
Tas Melas
Yeah. Yeah.
- [61:51]
Trey Kirby
That's probably actually my favorite ludicrous song.
- [61:53]
Tas Melas
Yeah.
- [61:54]
Je Skeets
A lot of bangers, man.
- [61:55]
Trey Kirby
He does.
- [61:56]
Je Skeets
I mean, I assume he's gonna do a medley, right? Like, literally doesn't have any new music. Doesn't.
- [62:01]
Tas Melas
Does he?
- [62:02]
Je Skeets
It's like one guy, I feel like, that doesn't have new music.
- [62:04]
Trey Kirby
He's more of an actor now.
- [62:06]
Je Skeets
Yeah, he's a three time Grammy award winner.
- [62:08]
Tas Melas
Wow.
- [62:09]
Je Skeets
Really shocked me.
- [62:10]
Trey Kirby
Good job. Good job, Christopher.
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Je Skeets
Way to go, Chris. All right, those are headlines, including a bonus one about Jaren Jackson Jr. Well, boy. Whoa boy of the night, sponsored by Stoinky Donk. Who sponsored this Whoa Boy with Australian dollars.
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Trey Kirby
I don't know why they.
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Je Skeets
That makes me laugh. Australian dollars. Stinky Donk. Whoa boy goes to. Sam Merrill scored A career high 32 points as the Cavs destroyed the Zards. Shot 11 to 12 from the field. Like I said earlier when I was handing out the silver medal to the Cavs in their victory, but he hit nine of 10 from deep, added five boards, one steal, one block. Sam Merrill with the block in only 25 minutes. So congratulations to Stinky Donk and Sam Merrill. Trey no Tass. Three games on tonight.
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Tas Melas
That's it.
- [63:01]
Je Skeets
Where are we going?
- [63:02]
Tas Melas
Let me. Let me inform you of who performed last year at the San Francisco All Star game. Raphael Siddique, DJ Cassidy, E42 short.
- [63:09]
Trey Kirby
I was right.
- [63:10]
Je Skeets
Too short.
- [63:11]
Tas Melas
Saw Weedy and on Vogue. Yeah, they're. They were good.
- [63:15]
Trey Kirby
Get some LA representation in there. Yeah, I know Snoop Dogg is overseas.
- [63:19]
Je Skeets
Oh, he's doing Olympic stuff. God, I'm so over that, too. He does nothing.
- [63:24]
Trey Kirby
No, I did. Like when he interviewed the Jamaican bobsled team.
- [63:28]
Je Skeets
Yeah, that was good. That was.
- [63:29]
Tas Melas
I didn't mind that he couldn't drop. He couldn't drop a. In Jamaica. We got a bobsled team.
- [63:34]
Trey Kirby
Come on, just say it. It would have been nice.
- [63:36]
Tas Melas
Yeah, you're paid to be on the mic. But it was all right.
- [63:40]
Je Skeets
Snooping around. Italy.
- [63:41]
Trey Kirby
Snooping around, but I got others. Dr. Dre, get him involved.
- [63:46]
Tas Melas
Yeah, yeah, they got some. It's la.
- [63:49]
Trey Kirby
Got some guys.
- [63:50]
Tas Melas
Tonight's Pick them. There's three games. The double header on Prime Video is Milwaukee, okc, Dallas Lakers. But I didn't pick those just because there's so many injuries. No Giannis, no Shea, no Cooper, no Luca. Someone with Portland at Utah. No Jaren Jackson Jr. All of a sudden they're getting seven and a half points plus seven and a half at home. So Portland's got to win by eight on the road to cover. Betraying myself now with this Jaren Jackson Jr. News. It sure helps. Think they're going to do that? S.K. you've got the Utah Jazz to cover.
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Je Skeets
I thought Jaren Jackson Jr. Was playing 25 minutes changes everything. Come on, Utah. Keep it close. They could close. Yeah. Yeah. Blazers played last night. Yeah. They got waxed.
- [64:37]
Tas Melas
Yeah.
- [64:37]
Trey Kirby
Double back to back, both teams.
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Je Skeets
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's true. True. All right, well, I got a bunch of points to play with at the very least. I'm four and four. Task five and three. Tray three and five. Nice little battle we got going here in February. Final game for a while. For a week.
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Tas Melas
Right.
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Je Skeets
So it's a big important one for us as we head into our break with Pick them.
- [64:56]
Tas Melas
Maybe we should pick the celebrity game or the All Star Game. We all know who's gonna. Well, we'll make our predictions for that tomorrow.
- [65:05]
Je Skeets
That's right.
- [65:05]
Trey Kirby
Excellent.
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Je Skeets
Nice segue. We're making all of our predictions on tomorrow's Drop podcast. We always do this. We take it way too serious, come up with dumb reasons why. So and so is going to win this event or this event. We'll talk it all out tomorrow. Join us live at 10am Eastern with the Drop podcast. Probably some worst of the week nominees. Rapid Fire for sure. So that's Friday. Then on Saturday we have our NBA All Star Saturday night watch party. Guys, we are going live around 5pm Eastern. I definitely saw on Twitter the other day a bunch of Twitter accounts, NBA accounts, I should say. Saying does. Do people know that the All Star Game and this stuff is starting early on the weekend? I thought you guys were sickos. I thought these accounts were sickos. We've been saying this for literally weeks and months here on no Dunks. If you're a no Dunks fan, you know, because we've been saying it. This stuff is starting earlier. They have Olympic coverage to get to after. So, yeah, 5:00pm Eastern on Saturday. And then on Sunday we'll do the same for the actual All Star Game mini tournament, whatever the hell we call it. Also starting at five, we start when Brandy starts singing. Wait, no. Sarah McLachlan will go first.
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Trey Kirby
Sarah McLaughlin will go first.
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Je Skeets
Yeah. With the Canadian national anthem.
- [66:18]
Trey Kirby
You think they should sing the national anthem of every nation that has a representative. Like Slovenian national anthem, Serbian national anthem.
- [66:27]
Je Skeets
Or just play like the shortened versions that they play in the Olympics. Sure. With no words. Yeah, just the tunes. They could do that. Do you think we could get Brandy on the show? Like the time we had Monica on the show?
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Tas Melas
I mean, we probably could, but she's. She's. Oh, no, no. Brandy's fine. Monica's band forever.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, yeah.
- [66:45]
Trey Kirby
Monica's band.
- [66:45]
Je Skeets
Yeah, Monica was supposed to come on the starters once upon a time. Why? I don't know.
- [66:51]
Tas Melas
It was a date night or some sort of Valentine thing. Not Valentine, but it's like a singles night down at the Fortress.
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Je Skeets
Oh, it was Atlanta base.
- [67:00]
Tas Melas
Yeah.
- [67:00]
Je Skeets
Was she supposed to come in studio?
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Tas Melas
No, no, she was gonna. She couldn't even make it in the studio. It was like she was already at where she was supposed to be. But it was.
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Je Skeets
She bailed pretty last minute. If I. Well, I don't know how last minute.
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Tas Melas
Well, they kept telling you she's gonna be here, she's gonna be here. And then we kept pushing block to block to block. It was a half hour show and then now she's dead to me.
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Je Skeets
Yeah, yeah, Monica. And I loved Monica. I probably liked Monica more than Brandy. Of the two, I like both of them, but I was. I was team Monica. But you're right. Ever since then, she's dead to us.
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Tas Melas
So.
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Je Skeets
Brandy, come on. No dunks.
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Trey Kirby
Yeah, please do. I think she actually. And she may be la. She might actually be in LA rep. I did see think of another good ludicrous song.
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Je Skeets
Yeah.
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Trey Kirby
Money. Money maker. Remember that with Pharrell?
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Je Skeets
Oh, yeah. Shake your money maker. Oh, yeah.
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Trey Kirby
That was my ringtone for a while.
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Je Skeets
Oh, cool.
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Trey Kirby
Yeah, when Laura and I started dating.
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Je Skeets
When you were making a bunch of.
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Trey Kirby
Money, I was trying to work my way up to make a bunch of money. I was grinding.
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Je Skeets
That's a different song. All right, we'll see you tomorrow, guys, for the drop podcast. Till then, Clipper bros. You heard it here first.
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Trey Kirby
Have a great time. Turn turn up. Love you guys.
- [68:09]
Je Skeets
Awesome. That's who I want. Singing a national anthem.
- [68:15]
Tas Melas
Holy.
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Je Skeets
Let him introduce the players or something.
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Trey Kirby
I'm a charismatic guy.
- [68:20]
Tas Melas
Yeah, everyone would love that.
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Trey Kirby
Three point contest brought to you by. Pop off like the cheapest vodka there is.
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Tas Melas
Thanks for joining us. And remember. Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna do it.
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Je Skeets
Yeah.
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Tas Melas
You can't call it tanking if a player has surgery to end the season. I don't think you can call it tanking anymore.
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Je Skeets
Brace the day, people.
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Tas Melas
This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.