The Drop | NBA x MLB Awards, Hornets Are For Real, Jokic Is Credited With Too Many Assists

Summary

No Dunks – The Drop | NBA x MLB Awards, Hornets Are For Real, Jokic Is Credited With Too Many Assists

Podcast: No Dunks (iHeartPodcasts)
Date: March 27, 2026
Hosts: Tass, Trey Kirby, JD

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Episode Overview

This jam-packed Drop episode bridges the NBA and MLB, as the crew hands out “Silver Slugger” and “Golden Glove” NBA awards inspired by baseball, breaks down the legitimacy of the surging Charlotte Hornets, and dives into an increasingly common NBA debate: Are superstars like Nikola Jokic getting credited with too many assists? Along the way, Tass, Trey, and JD hit on March Madness drama, MLB updates, personal stories, and their signature rapid-fire questions.

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Main Themes & Segments

• Charlotte Hornets: Are They For Real?
• NBA x MLB Awards: Silver Slugger & Golden Glove
• Jokic’s Assist Controversy
• NBA Nightly Recap: Magic, Pistons, and More
• March Madness and Baseball Banter
• Silly Awards (Worst of the Week) & Rapid Fire

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Detailed Breakdown by Segment

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1. WNBA, MLB, and NCAA Crossover Banter

[04:46–11:57]

• The show opens with a quick collegiate catch-up on NCAA March Madness, highlighting Illinois’ victory (“My dad literally is. The guy’s texting me ill all night long.” — Trey Kirby, 06:02). There’s speculation about potential upsets and nods to “long-necked Lithuanian centers” in college basketball (06:23).
• Hockey and MLB quick hits round out this opening: Ovechkin scores a hat trick at age 40 for the Utah Mammoth (“That is cool. All-time leader in NHL goals.” — Tass, 10:02).
• MLB mini-highlights: Kyle Tucker’s megadeal, Bo Bichette on the Mets, and Paul Skenes’ rough start (“The reigning Cy Young winner got yanked after just two outs.” — Tass, 11:00).

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2. NBA Recap: Hornets Make a Statement

[11:57–18:54]

The Charlotte Hornets end the Knicks’ seven-game win streak:

• Team Strength & Cohesion:

  • “This was the sexiest looking game of the year… The Hornets were wearing their paradise uniforms which are the bright orange color playing on the bluish floor. I thought it looked really slick out there.” (Trey Kirby, 12:31)
  • Heavy praise for role clarity and player development: Knipple’s near triple double, LaMelo, Brandon Miller, and Miles Bridges all excelled. Kobe White gets a shoutout off the bench.
  • “It seems to me like this is a team that completely understands who they are, gives a great effort every single night and has enough guys that can get to another level that they’re a seriously threatening team.” (Trey Kirby, 15:17)
  • Hornets are “playing well enough right now that you have to consider them one of the play-in favorites” (15:18).

• Hornets’ Versatility & System:

  • Tass marvels at “the versatility of the big three: Lamelo, Conquer Nipple, and Brandon Miller…they just know exactly what they’re supposed to do.” (Tass, 15:20)
  • Praise for Khan Knipple’s playmaking (8 assists), Miller’s aggressiveness, and LaMelo’s patience and control.

• Big Picture:

  • “The Charlotte Hornets I think are believable…The Knicks will be better than this…But either way the Hornets are real.” (Tass, 17:38)
  • Notable fun fact: Wins come by an average of nearly 18 points, “the highest margin of victory in wins in NBA history.” (Schumann via Trey Kirby, 18:29)
  • Parenting corner: “We barely hear anything from LaVar Ball anymore these days. His son is ballin right now, hottest team in the league.” (Trey Kirby, 18:08)

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3. NBA Night Recap: Magic & Pistons

[19:02–24:27]

• Magic Snap Losing Streak vs. Kings:

  • “This was a no-win win for the Magic…If you struggle to beat the Kings like they did, it’s almost in between.” (Trey Kirby, 19:14)
  • Question marks around Franz Wagner’s health; “Feels a lot better if you’re a Hornets fan than if you’re a Magic fan.” (Trey Kirby, 22:14)

• Detroit Pistons Updates:

  • Pistons win despite Cade Cunningham injury. Jalen Duran “looked like literal man against boys…bringing the ball up, dribble drive scoring.” (Trey Kirby, 23:13)
  • Kevin Huerter earning minutes: “He could be a guy beside Cade Cunningham to play at the end of games.” (Tass, 24:21)

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4. Baseball-Themed NBA Awards: Silver Slugger & Golden Glove

[29:40–48:13]

Overview: Inspired by MLB, the crew awards the best NBA player at each position for offense (“Silver Slugger”) and defense (“Golden Glove”), arguing their picks and reasoning along the way.

Silver Slugger — Best Offensive Players

• Guard:
  • SGA vs. Luka is the main debate.
  • “Man, I think it’s SGA…but maybe it is Luka. I’ll vote for SGA.” (Trey Kirby, 31:34)
  • Tass: “He’s the best player on the league’s best team…it should factor in here to our Silver Slugger. So he gets it for me.” (32:06)
• Wing:
  • Jalen Brown edges Kawhi Leonard due to durability, team consistency, and expanded playmaking.
  • "He has been phenomenal as the number one guy, and it’s been more consistent than Kawhi" (Tass, 34:45)
• Big:
  • Nikola Jokic in a landslide (“These are easy ones.” — Trey Kirby, 36:14).

Golden Glove — Best Defensive Players

• Guard:
  • Derrick White wins (“He is a great man defender, he’s a great help defender and a great block, a shot blocking guard as well.” — Trey Kirby, 38:22)
  • Runners-up include Chris Dunn, Jalen Suggs, Cason Wallace, Alex Caruso.
• Wing:
  • Both Thompson twins (Amen & Ausar) are finalists, but the hosts ultimately highlight Scottie Barnes for his rim protection and switchability ("For me, Scottie Barnes at the top of my list; he guards everybody.” — Tass, 43:26).
  • OG Anunoby and Toumani Kamara get shoutouts.
• Big:
  • Victor Wembanyama is the runaway winner at center: “He’s like the only guy that’s ever made defense cool…he’s leading the league in blocks and has people trying to brainstorm ideas for a new statistic" (Trey Kirby, 44:26)
  • Jokic gets a quick “Silver Slugger” revisit; Gobert, Chet considered runners-up.

Notable Quotes:

• “This one's an easy one. And just like Greg Maddux on the mound, I think Wemby’s gonna rack up a lot of Gold Gloves during his time.” (Trey Kirby, 45:09)
• The segment includes fun with possible new stats for Wemby’s altered shots (“nopes”, “U-turns”) (45:41).

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5. Controversy: Jokic’s Assist Numbers

[52:35–56:24]

• The hosts break down Jokic’s recent 19-assist game—questioning how many were legitimate, especially those credited on simple handoffs:
  • “Some of these are literally just handing the ball off to Jamal Murray... You don't get a butt assist.” (Tass, 52:52)
  • “When you're impressed with the move that the guy does to get the score…that should maybe negate the assist part of it.” (Trey Kirby, 54:22)
• The subjectivity of the assist stat is dissected: “It's the only real subjective stat that's out there. Like, it's up to the scorekeeper to decide if something is an assist.” (Trey Kirby, 54:28)
• Tass makes a case for Jokic’s “gravity” still holding value.

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6. Worst of the Week

[56:32–61:51]

• NBA Scorekeeping (“Jokic’s assists”): Returns as a theme.
• Body Language Watch: Alperen Sengun makes a game-saving block but barely gets love from teammates ("He deserved chest pumps. Yeah, he deserved people getting excited about him." — Trey Kirby, 57:39).
• Fan Mishaps: A Cavs fan’s beer gets knocked over by a stray ball—hosts compare it to the all-time Gerald Henderson “ball-to-the-face” clip.

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7. Rapid Fire & Fun Closing Rounds

[73:19–84:44]

Favorite Cartoons & Board Games

• The crew reminisces over Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Looney Tunes, and the gross-out classic Ren & Stimpy.
• Board game rookie hazing: Katan, Risk, Hues and Cues, Monopoly Deal.

Karaoke/Singalong Songs

• Three songs the hosts allegedly know every word to (“Mr. Boombastic,” “That’s Amore,” “The Humpty Dance,” “Midnight Train to Georgia,” and even the full “Jesus Christ Superstar” soundtrack).

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “Lavar’s just letting that happen…People change.” (Tass, 18:54)
• “This is one of the toughest choices, I think, of all the breakdowns.” (Trey Kirby, 33:08, on Silver Slugger guard)
• “He’s like the only guy that’s ever made defense cool…People like watching what Wemby is able to do out there.” (Trey Kirby, 44:26)
• On Jokic’s 19-assist game: “You don’t get a butt assist.” (Tass, 52:52)
• On blocked shots: “There should be an additional stat to guys who just clutch their blocks. Like a snatch, snatch block.” (Tass, 50:22)
• On board games: “We started in Denver. Now we’re going to Utah…You have to keep it intact the whole way.” (JD, 78:05)

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Timestamps (Key Segments)

• 04:46 — Wedgie count & NCAA March Madness recap
• 11:57 — Knicks-Hornets breakdown/Hornets discussion
• 19:02 — Magic-Kings, Pistons-Pelicans recaps
• 29:40 — MLB-inspired NBA Awards: Silver Slugger/Golden Glove
• 52:35 — Jokic’s controversial assist tally
• 56:32 — Worst of the Week: Scorekeepers, Rockets’ chemistry, spilled beer
• 73:19 — Rapid fire: Cartoons, board games, and go-to karaoke tracks

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Takeaways

• The Hornets’ identity and team cohesion are real and they’re seen as dangerous playoff spoilers.
• The hosts relish the chance to adapt MLB awards for NBA positional debates, providing fun yet sharp analysis.
• Scorekeeping—especially on assists—is more subjective than most fans realize, an issue that’s especially noticeable with Jokic.
• The show maintains its playful and conversational tone, blending basketball nerdery, pop culture, and listeners’ shared trivia.
• “No Dunks” continues to serve as both a hangout and a basketball salon, fostering both fun and insight for NBA (and MLB) junkies.

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For listeners who missed the episode:
This summary delivers the playful, analytic, and culture-nerd energy the No Dunks crew brings—covering serious NBA debates, MLB crossovers, and the kind of personal, irreverent tangents that make the show a unique staple in the basketball podcast world.

Transcript

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[JD]

Hey,

[Tass]

We got turns happening. We got turns and men making the magic happen. It's JD Hello. What's up JD Everybody wearing their baseball caps because we got a little baseball integration. A little bit later in the show while we hand out some awards, we'll get to worst of the We've got a lot going on, so let's get to things quickly here. Let's get to the 67th wedgie of the season. It happened in Charlotte. John Fanta on the broadcast, he really liked it, but Brendan Haywood, not so much. Have a listen right before your eyes.

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[JD]

Riches they did corral and a wedgie.

[Tass]

You said in the first quarter, this game's had everything. That was the one thing that we were without thus far.

[Trey Kirby]

I think we could do without. We could do without the way Brandon Haywood doesn't want wedgies how dare you.

[Tass]

We're getting a lot of them. 67th of the season pace is 76. That's wild. We're getting up to that high.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. I mean, 70 feels like we're going to get 70.

[Tass]

Yeah, right. For the first time.

[Trey Kirby]

Could we.

[Tass]

Since we started tracking

[Trey Kirby]

13 more. Am I dreaming too big?

[Tass]

You're dreaming hard.

[Trey Kirby]

I'm dreaming hard right now.

[JD]

Let's go for it.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, why not? It's reasonable now. Unbelievable.

[Tass]

This is unbelievable. It's unbelievable how many things are happening. We're having a lot of wedgies. We're also having a lot of sports. That's many. Yeah, you said it before yesterday you were cheering for Illinois versus Houston. You know, we'll. We'll get to baseball and stuff, but let's start with a little NCAA love. Congratulations.

[Trey Kirby]

Oh, yeah. You know, I'm a big time Illinois fan. My dad literally is. The guy's texting me ill all night long.

[Tass]

Just ill.

[Trey Kirby]

I? L L. Yeah, it's their chant. Everybody responds in I. You're spelling a line. And a great win for them. I thought they were in control all night. Houston got pretty hot from three right at the end to make it close. But yeah, Wagler was okay. Like he was having to be a point guard. He was just like playing on the perimeter. They were doubling him. He got rid of the ball a lot. A man named Mirkovich had a big game.

[Tass]

Okay.

[Trey Kirby]

And then Andre Stojakovic was pretty solid off the bench.

[Tass]

Pages for U of I.

[Trey Kirby]

Pages stunned in attendance. They got to him quite a few times.

[Tass]

Oh, did they?

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah.

[Tass]

Nice.

[Trey Kirby]

He was. I think son is smaller than Peja. It appears to be. He is like. I don't know. He was a wing, but, you know, so was Peja, but he was like 6, 10. I think this is maybe third college for son Stojakovic. Andre Stojakovic. So I don't know what his future holds, but it definitely holds. An Elite Eight berth for the Orange Crush.

[Tass]

Where did the Crush plan? Saturday at some point.

[Trey Kirby]

Saturday at some point. Yep, that's right.

[Tass]

As soon as you get a chance.

[Trey Kirby]

Iowa, I believe. I think that's who they got.

[Tass]

Oh, okay.

[Trey Kirby]

I think I didn't check the full bracket. I just saw him win. Just saw him do the dance.

[Tass]

Congratulations.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, it was nice.

[JD]

Nice.

[Tass]

I couldn't help but take in what was happening. I didn't watch any of that. But late. But there's too many things happening.

[Trey Kirby]

Many things.

[Tass]

Nebraska had four players on the floor towards the end of the game. That's an all timer for Fred Hoiberg.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, that was bad.

[Tass]

And Fred Hoiberg owned it after the game. But four players on the floor to let up a bucket.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. At a crucial moment in the game. That's a bit of an oversight by Fred. But a nice win for Iowa. I think they said this was their. This will be their first elite eight berth since 1987. It's a long time.

[Tass]

Oh my goodness.

[Trey Kirby]

Nearly 40 years. Alvaro Folgaris. Don't call me Bob Vulgaris. We're talking alvaro fulgaris. He's Mr. Cinderella right now. They're the only like high seed that's really left in the tournament after Texas lost last night on a tip in at the buzzer. Iowa's a nine seed make it into the Elite Eight. They're saying the age of the upset is over tasks. Oh, thanks to nil. But this guy hit a big corner three to send number one seed Florida packing. And then I think he was the guy on the receiving end of the mishaps by the Corn Huskers as well. Getting the wide open dunk that he turned into a three point play because a guy hustled back. He also back so hard he turned an easy dunk into an and one opportunity.

[Tass]

Sometimes you shouldn't try hard any other college stuff because I got none.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. A tip in to win it at the buzzer by a guy named Trey. Love to see that from do Boilermakers. And then Arizona just dominated Arkansas like they were the team that won the most easily last night against a pretty solid Hogs team there for Arkansas. Buries was solid.

[Tass]

Yeah. The Arizona name, that's a really good one. The player that's. He's Murray's. No, no, no, no, no. As Pete Co opit. Yeah, yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

He's a. He's a draft guy too.

[Tass]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Apparently he's very Buries and Pete. Bures and Pete.

[Trey Kirby]

And then it feels like I know this isn't true, but it feels like every team has a gigantic Lithuanian center.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Like a unit something unice. They cut to the guy. He's at the free throw line. Longest neck you've ever seen. But you look at him, you're like, oh, that guy. He plays for the Lithuanian national team.

[Tass]

There are so many S's out there. So I totally believe what you're saying. He may be your favorite player. You're a big fan of long necks.

[Trey Kirby]

I. I do love a long neck. And in college you get some of the longest necks because they're still. They're height maxing in the ncaa. It doesn't matter if it's legs or necks. They want you seven foot plus a

[Tass]

guy who's goal maxing in hockey. Yeah. This is a transition. Just really quick talk to me about hockey.

[Trey Kirby]

What's going on?

[Tass]

Not a lot. I'm not going to say a lot but Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick against the Utah Mammoth.

[Trey Kirby]

That's a team.

[Tass]

That's a team. I in part wanted to say Alex Ovechi and had a hat trick. That's cool. All time leader in NHL goals.

[Trey Kirby]

That is amazing.

[Tass]

Yeah. Yes. And he's again hat trick at 40 years old. But also the team's name, the Mammoth on the other side.

[Trey Kirby]

I knew that they were.

[Tass]

They were looking going to be a team.

[Trey Kirby]

I didn't know that they were in action already. I guess I'm out of the loop. In the NHL.

[Tass]

Yeah. There was. Yeti was an option Mammoth.

[Trey Kirby]

That's cool.

[Tass]

They were thinking about. I think they were just thinking about Utah hockey team for a while. But Mammoth. Yeah. That is cool. Baseball wise, Kyle Tucker's good. Yeah. Yeah. Because he's got a 44 year, $240 million contract from the Dodgers. Bo Bichette is playing for the New York Mets. J.D. i know you're a big boet guy. I just wanted to mention that he was playing the Pirates. Crazy start for Paul Skeens. The reigning Cy Young winner got yanked after just two outs.

[Trey Kirby]

He's lost it. It's over.

[Tass]

Apparently he's still good. And it was in part due to o' Neal Cruz in center field misplaying two fly balls. Adam lost one in the sun and one he went in on it, went over his head, cleared the bases. He was yanked after 37 pitches. You just don't see that often in baseball for a young guy to the season. A guy who can throw 102 miles per hour. But he's really good.

[Trey Kirby]

No Jays, no Braves yet, huh?

[Tass]

No. Tonight your hats, the night are ready to be worn tonight.

[JD]

That's right.

[Trey Kirby]

It's a hat trick for us, me and JD Here actually it would have been a hat trick if you would have come.

[Tass]

I apologize. I wasn't ready.

[Trey Kirby]

You ever been in a game where there was a hat trick and chucked your hat?

[Tass]

That's a great question. I have not.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, no, same. I've been to literally two hockey games in my life and neither of them had a hat trick. But I think you gotta wear like a hat you like, but a hat you don't love.

[Tass]

Yes.

[Trey Kirby]

When you're there just on in the case that it happens.

[Tass]

You're ready to say goodbye to that hat.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah.

[Tass]

Let's get to the NBA games before we hand out some awards. Last night the Hornet snapped a Knicks seven game win streak. Hornets are technically, technically in ninth. As they move up they're getting closer to a playoff spot. I know we're all cheering for them and hoping that they get there. What was your takeaway from this incredible win in Charlotte?

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, what do we got? They they're a game and a half out of the six seed so it's still in play. I think the Hornets do have a pretty tough schedule compared to the rest of the teams in the mix there. But my first takeaway from this is this was the sexiest looking game of the year.

[Tass]

Woohoo.

[Trey Kirby]

Blue and orange at the New York Knicks. The Hornets were wearing their paradise uniforms which are the bright orange color playing on the bluish floor. I thought it looked really slick out there.

[Tass]

I totally agree. When I asked my kids who are who's going to win this game, the New York Knicks or the Charlotte Horns. Part of the sell for me into getting them excited to get them to pick was what the team is going to look like on that floor because it looked awesome. Lamelo was basically wearing matching shoes. It looked like yellow and blue shoes. Yeah, it looked spectacular and it sounded spectacular too.

[Trey Kirby]

Definitely it was a playoff like for sure. It was just striking. Good game. And to me the thing that mostly sticks out is just how good the Hornets are at knowing their roles and everybody playing to their strengths. Three guys scored in the 20s last night. Knipple was the man with 26. Almost had a triple double hit six threes. He's getting real close to the Hornets all time record for made threes in a season. 22 for LaMelo, 21 for Brandon Miller. Unfortunately Miles Bridges played really well last night too. Had a huge dunk at the end which unfortunately was very cool. Couldn't, couldn't, couldn't overlook him unfortunately for, for us here. But the way they play to their strengths I think is really good. Like Bridges was doing a good job attacking anytime he had a mismatch inside, getting down into the post and just overpowering people. Miller and Khan are great, both of them second side players. They can make an open three. Obviously they can also catch and put the ball on the floor, get inside, create for themselves, create for others. Lamelo is the wild card. Like he doesn't play like Lamelo always has but he still gives some unpredictability to The Hornets offense and playmaking in a pinch. He gets downhill. He creates for himself. He creates a lot of shots for teammates. He shoots deep. He's just always attacking, making stuff happen. The big guys do their part. Energy from Diabate offensive rebounds. Kalkbrenner is not going to take a shot outside of five feet and he's going to make it if it's inside of five feet, basically. And then Kobe White was good again off the bench. He's stringing together some really good games. Has finally gotten healthy for the Hornets and kind of realized main thing I'm supposed to do for this team, get buckets. He'll get an assist here and there. He can definitely be a playmaker at the very end of possessions or a drive and kick, but he's out there to score and he's really figuring out how to play with this Hornets team. Giving him another ball handler and somebody who can go get their own sh, which I think has been really big for them. So it seems to me like this is a team that completely understands who they are, gives a great effort every single night and has enough guys that can get to another level that they're a seriously threatening team. Hopefully they're able to continue winning through the end of the regular season. Get on a roll. Maybe they get out of the play and into the top six, we'll see. But otherwise they're playing well enough right now that you have to consider them one of the play in favorites to get one of the seventh or eighth seeds should they end up there.

[Tass]

Yeah, they're becoming more and more believable because as you said, everybody playing their role. I think the versatility of the big three we're calling the big three Lamelo, Conquer Nipple and Brandon Miller, they have to be the big three. They just know exactly what they're supposed to do. It starts with concanipple. I think I questioned whether or not they could be this team because I didn't think Lamelo had it in them at the start of the season. But you watch him and maybe it's a trickle down effect of the way Konkanpel play to start this season. But Khan, I know he's labeled as a shooter but I think he does a really good job at playmaking and making the right passes, period. He had eight assists in this game. He just keeps moving it and you could see he gives it to Brandon Miller to try and get him going. Brandon Miller was awesome. The first possession of the game, the put back dunk and then even the start of the second half, the pass from Concanipple to get this thing going and he scored an end one. He made the decision, I'm going to the lane, I'm going to do it. So I think both those guys play off each other really well. And lamelo ball. I shouldn't disrespect him right here, right, right now. He is, he is damn good the threes obviously he's so good, but he's just so patient in offensive rebound. He'll say, you know, you think, oh, I got an offensive rebound. He's just going to put it up because he can. He takes his time and realizes what the best option is. He plays at a totally different pace than I gave him credit for. And I think the sort of the, the, the typical, oh, this guy just comes up and shoots. He just gets everybody involved. So those three guys are working so perfectly together and the whole team, they're absolutely pushing the pace. And you saw it in this game against the Knicks who played the slowest pace in the NBA over their last seven games that they've won. And it did hurt. I think if we're looking at the playoffs, the Knicks would be smarter than this and they would get back. I mean the Hornets just kept scoring fast break points and the Knicks didn't have one until midway through the fourth. So I say that to say the Charlotte Hornets I think are believable. The Knicks will be better than this. I don't think this is just a telltale sign that the Knicks are dead. They're far better than this. Cat will get the, the hate because he's cat and he had a bad. And he had a bad game. But in hopes that. I have hope that there will be a better team. But either way the Hornets are real. I think they'll give any team when they get into the playoffs. I imagine that they get into the playoffs a real tough series. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

And I mean the team I think that probably would be most worried would be Detroit. Only if Kate is not up to his standards, you know. And it's reasonable that the Hornets could finish in the 8th and that would be an interesting matchup. We already saw these two have like a fisticuffs fight against each other. So we know there's a little bit of bad blood. But yeah, we'll see. The other thing I'm surprised with, with the, with the Hornets. We barely hear anything from Lavar Ballin either more these days. This sun is balling right now. Hottest team in the league. Schumann mentioning here that in their 39 wins this season. Those wins have come by an average of 17.9 points. Highest margin of victory in wins in NBA history. When they win, they destroy teams. Lavar's just letting that happen.

[Tass]

Yeah, he did. He is playing it cool. Lamelo did mention him in his post game interview when he was asked how he can handle just this role and he said, yeah, my dad got me ready for this.

[Trey Kirby]

That's what made me think of it. He's like, I've been playing since I was 4 years old. I'm not overwhelmed by this. All I do is play basketball.

[Tass]

Yeah. Lavar's in a different place.

[Trey Kirby]

Exactly.

[Tass]

Exactly right. I guess I gave credit for LaMelo Ball being in a different place. I guess Lamar is too. People change.

[Trey Kirby]

People change.

[Tass]

Maybe.

[Trey Kirby]

Great point.

[Tass]

Okay, next game here. Of the three game sched we had on Thursday night, the Magic stopped a six game losing streak by beating the Sacramento Kings.

[Trey Kirby]

Yes, they did.

[Tass]

It got close though.

[Trey Kirby]

Yes, they did.

[Tass]

All the way to the end.

[Trey Kirby]

This was a no win win for the Magic. I think if they come out and lose to the Kings bad, if they beat the Kings, it's like, okay, you were supposed to beat the Kings and if you struggle to beat the Kings like they did, it's almost in between, like, oh, you need this much effort to beat the kids who are playing Demar DeRozan and Malik Monk. I don't know if we've talked about maling Bunk at all. No this season, except for when he was almost traded to the warriors during the summer. But I was like, oh yeah, that guy, he's still out there. DeRozan still out there. 33 last night looked really good and so did Paulo Von car. He had 30. I think it's three straight games of 30 plus for Paulo. Bane hit some shots. Suggs was back. He hit the biggest shot of the night. So I think encouraging that Paulo is on a bit of a run right now. He's been better in the second half of this season. Absolutely. Suggs is such an important player for them and they're getting some decent minutes from Jamal Kane as well. I feel like we get fewer and fewer updates about Franz Wagner. So I'm not really sure what to expect from him for the rest of this season or going into the playoffs. To me, the Magic have to think of this is our team going forward. How can we win? They were able to do it last night, even if it wasn't that inspiring.

[Tass]

I find March games exciting because there's no guaranteed wins in March, in part because every single player on every single team is talented, but also because they got nothing to lose on the other side. And so you saw it happen with the Sacramento Kings, a guy who, I said got his career high last year, our G league friend, Daquan Plowden.

[Trey Kirby]

Yep.

[Tass]

Got it again. Another career high in this one with a big three that he splashed at 50 seconds to go to give him that career high. Even the Orlando Magic broadcasters couldn't have just. Just couldn't stand it. They said, oh, my goodness. Just weren't happy with it. I mean, you see games from guys that you just. You don't hear about a lot like, like a Malik Monk who tried to take that shot at the end or a Devin Carter who had a big first quarter in this game, but then, you know, Jalen sucks, who came back and was healthy in this one. Very similar to Franz Vogner in that he may or may not be playing that particular game with the Orlando Magic. He answered with the three right after it. So they need that guy. All that to say, pal. Bunker has been really, really good offensively recently, but this team, yeah, they lack. They lack something to play up to their opponent's level. It is unfortunate that Franz Wagner here, three weeks away from the postseason, is not right. And you're right. Yes, it could. It could be a situation where he literally won't be playing, you know, to his capability or at all. It's been a long time.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, he's been. He's been out for like four months with the sprained ankle.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

What's going on?

[Tass]

He had that. He came back for.

[Trey Kirby]

He rushed back to play in Berlin

[Tass]

and then he was right back out. Yep. So, yes, that's. That is unfortunate for them. It's funny. We're talking about the Charlotte Hornets. We talk about the Magic. I think a lot of us more are believing in a Charlotte Hornets team over an Orlando Magic team who we expected to be really good at the beginning of the season.

[Trey Kirby]

Totally. They took very different routes to get to the same record. And it feels a lot better if you're a Hornets fan than if you're a Magic fan.

[Tass]

Absolutely. Speaking of really good teams in Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons, they won. Jalen dern, fantastic 30 point double double leading the Pistons past the Pelicans.

[Trey Kirby]

I don't have a lot of takes on this one task, but I will say that a silver lining decade going down with an injury at like the worst possible time for him personally, for the Pistons for the end of this season, going into the playoffs as well, is at least Jalen Duran and Dana Jenkins get a little chance to spread their wings and see what they can do with a little bit more offensive responsibility. We've talked so much about Cade this season and the load he carries for the Pistons for the first three quarters he's creating for everybody in the fourth quarter. He tries to do it himself, but without him out there, they need team wide contributions and as you can see in this game, Duran was the man. It just looked like literal man against boys stuff. Playing against this Pelicans team that doesn't have a lot of interior resistance. He was just beasting guys down low, he was bringing the ball up, he was dribble drive scoring. He was scoring out a wide post ups. He was doing it all out there. We saw Danish Jenkins had that great game against the Thunder. That's going to matter a little bit in the playoffs because one of the questions we've had about the Pistons is after losing Schroeder last year, after losing Beasley, where do they get their offense when things get tough? At least these two guys are getting a little bit of a run here to see what they can do. It'll be different in the playoffs, but at least they're getting some experience right now. So I think that's good. And I would also say Cade going down with injury has given J.B. bicker staff an opportunity to see what he's got. And Kevin Herder, because Herder at the trade deadline was basically out of the rotation. Bicker staff was talking about how like yeah, we've got a really deep team right now. They didn't trade pieces away that would clear a spot for Herder. But now that Kate has gone down with an injury, Herder's actually able to get on the court. Played really well last night in the start, 22 points, hit four threes. He's the only move they made. So it's good that he's at least getting a chance here. I don't know what he'll do in the playoffs, but you would like to at least see him playing with the other guys and he's getting a chance right now.

[Tass]

Yeah, and I think he's better than just a shooter as he's sort of labeled as you could see him in this game making plays for others, finishing obviously, but I think he's a really good playmaker and it wasn't just last night. Even though it's kind of flying under the radar since they acquired him and since J.B. bickerstaff said, we don't really have the ability to get him in practices just because of time. So it's unfortunate. But you look at him and the guy just goes out and makes plays whenever he gets on the floor. Five, three or excuse me, four threes in this game. But he had more twos surprisingly well. He'll get into the lane and he'll make plays. So he could be a guy beside Cade Cunningham to play at the end of games. I think it is a possibility. I've always said Dennis Jenkins is going to be the replacement for Dennis Schroeder at the end of games as a possibility. There's lots of possibilities here. Who are they going to play? Are they going to sit Duncan? Are they going to sit aside Thompson? But in this case, they could play this guy and I will say Jalen Duran, where he can grow and be a better number two guy was pretty evident in this game. His passing was really good here that the read. He looks like a center that would be typical for like the 90s and 2000s because he's a beast. But now he looks. He looks like he could be sort of a modern center the way he short rolls it and he makes great reads and the kickouts. 7 assists in this game. So that's where he can grow. We'll see all those guys we just listed. Who's going to help out Cade when it comes to the playoffs if Kate is there? I guess that is a fair question at this point. But lots of bodies, lots of names, but lots of questions here with the Detroit Pistons, we might see them against the Charlotte Hornets in the first round. That would be really, really fun. What's that smell? Oh, it's spring. I know it's early, but I am ready. I can see, smell it. I'm ready to elevate my space. It's time to go to Wayfair. I love deciding what I'm going to change this year. It's a carpet. Getting it out of there, grabbing my leaf blower and just blowing around all the dust. In my house, I usually put a mask on so I don't inhale all of it. Wayfair does make it easy to decide what you want to refresh because it has everything your home needs this season. While I was surfing, I was thinking maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman. Oh yeah, the fluffy faux fur ottoman is a nice footrest. I need one for my living room. I only have a table and my feet do get sore. Looks super soft. It's nice and white. I can yell at my kids if they get it dirty. I love it get organized, refreshed and back on track this new year. For way less, head to Wayfair.com right now to shop all things home. That's W a Y f Wayfair. Every style, every home.

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[Tass]

All right, moving on from yesterday's sched to something weird. Having a little fun with here.

[Trey Kirby]

Fun little baseball. Fun little baseball twist.

[Tass]

I want to hand out some awards with a baseball influence. Oh wow. This is happening. Let's hand out some Silver Slugger and Golden glove awards. So the best offensive and defensive player by position to this beautiful music.

[Trey Kirby]

It is cool that baseball does that.

[Tass]

Yeah. Still the organ kind of thing.

[Trey Kirby]

Well, I, I mean the, these awards specifically like they give out. They basically give out an offensive and defensive MVP for every position.

[Tass]

Yes.

[Trey Kirby]

And we gotta fight over 15 all NBA slots and one MVP.

[Tass]

Yeah, I was going through them yesterday.

[Trey Kirby]

I was saying both leagues get an mvp.

[Tass]

Yeah, it is, it is pretty leagues

[Trey Kirby]

get a Cy Young. Victor Solomon would be going crazy if he got this job.

[Tass]

Yeah, we'll be a little different in that we won't do. We're not going to hand out like 12 awards for each team. Like 12 players. Best 12th man. Yeah, we'll do best offense and best defensive player by position. And only three positions. You, you, you propose this? Guard, wing and big. I think it's the right way to go. Yeah. So let's start with the Silver Slugger. The offensive player. Start with the guard.

[Trey Kirby]

Best offensive guard.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

There's two candidates basically. SGA and Luca. You'll see them near the top of MVP. Val ballots. 31 points, six assists, two turnovers this season for Shea, Gil Jose Alexander. He's got a true shooting percentage of 67 because he shoots 55% from the field. That's pretty incredible for a guard. Luca leading the league at scoring 33 points per game. He adds eight assists, but four turnovers as well. A little bit more of a playmaker certainly than Shea. And his true shooting percentage is 61. Because he takes a lot crazier shots, I would say than he takes a lot. I don't, I don't know.

[Tass]

And free throws.

[Trey Kirby]

Free throws as well.

[Tass]

Free throws, Free throw percentage. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

I mean Luke is a free throw machine at the. As well.

[Tass]

Yeah, but he's a good free throw percentage shooter.

[Trey Kirby]

Right? Exactly. So that's, that's it for me. It's a SJ or Luca. You could go either way. But man, I, I think it's sga, but maybe it is Luca. I. I'll vote for sga.

[Tass]

Oh, that's a, that's a twist. I didn't see Coming. Yeah, he is. He's. If. If he wins anything, it's definitely. And. And why I'm saying this is maybe because it's influenced you. Because. Influenced me the last month or so. The difficulty of shots, those fadeaways from three, even though Shea's hitting plenty of threes, and maybe just the social media influence that Luka has. I get that. But I think it has to go to the guy having his best season. Shay is having his best season offensively, and he's the best player on the league's best team. And I think that should factor in here to our Silver Slugger. So he gets it. For me, he makes the most shots per game in the NBA.

[Trey Kirby]

Okay.

[Tass]

Very, very, very, very slim advantage over. Over Luke. I mean, it's. It's literally decimal points. It. It doesn't really matter. But I bring that up because people will say, I mean, he does it at the free throw line. That's how he gets to the points. That's how he's second. You know, who makes more free throws or who takes more free throws, I should say doesn't make them. Takes more free throws is Luka. Luka takes more free throws. And, yeah, Luka's number one in scoring. But because Shea is so efficient. 56 from 2, 39 from 3, 89 from the free throw line. He's got that higher true shooting percentage, as you said. Yeah. To me, he's the guy. But obviously, Lucas.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, this is. This is one of the toughest choices, I think, of all the.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Breakdowns we're gonna have here.

[Tass]

Yeah. And I understand why people. More people will love Luca because of just the way he plays a little bit, like you said, but very difficult. Should we move on to the wing?

[Trey Kirby]

Let's keep rolling.

[Tass]

All right. Silver Slugger for the wing. Trey, who you got?

[Trey Kirby]

This was another two candidates. One for me. Kawhi Leonard is in the mix. 28 points, three assists, two turnovers. He's just out there scoring 63% true shooting this season for Kawhi. And the other guy is Jaylen Brown, 28 points, five assists, three turnovers, increasing his playmaking this year. He's got a 57 true shooting percentage. Do you want to call Jaylen Brown a guard? I don't think so. I mean, he plays with two other guards a lot of the time, and Derek White and Peyton Pritchard, so to me, he's wingy. You've gotten more from Jalen this season because Kawhi missed some time at the beginning of the year. Quo Is just like an efficiency machine. So I don't know which way you would lean on that.

[Tass]

I went more story for me, I think in part got my heart because I doubted Jaylen Brown to start this season, being that he went through that procedure before the playoffs last year and he came through and he played in the playoffs and he was all right. But then Jason Tatum went down and he didn't finish those couple games that Tatum was down all that convincingly, I thought his knee might get to him. The Celtics scored 81 points in their last game against the New York Knicks. Is that Jalen Brown's fault? Fault, no. But he has been phenomenal as the number one guy, and it's been more consistent than Kawhi, who, yeah, hasn't been playing, but also, you know, was part of a stinky team and, you know, a near.500 team now. So the Celtics get that advantage for me. So I've got Celtics. Excuse me. I've got Jalen Brown over Kawhi, who's been.

[Trey Kirby]

Sure. Yeah, that's fine. He. He has done more this season, but one game, you're. You're going Kawhi, I do believe.

[Tass]

Interesting. That's a good question. Question. I don't know. Yeah. The problem is, like, last year in the postseason, I saw him in Game 2 when he had. That was it, 15 of 19 against the Denver Nuggets. It was Game 2 of that playoff series. I thought, this is it. They're winning the playoffs. They're winning. But then the game that follows that one, not so good. So that's a good, good call. Maybe one game he can do it. Like last year in the playoffs. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

You just don't. Don't know which game it's going to be.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah.

[Tass]

So you almost went. You almost called him a guard or you didn't.

[Trey Kirby]

Weren't in the movie Jalen Brown. Yeah, well, I mean, it's. It's similar to Kwai in that they just both handle the ball and do so much for their team. And like I said, Brown has become a really good playmaker this season. I feel like, especially since Tatum come has come back, he's been making an effort to get Tatum involved and get everybody else involved. It's like somebody's got to pass out here. So he's been doing it.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

But all in all, I think it's a wing. It's like, it's similar to like the Jimmy Butler argument a million years ago. Like, when he's on the all star ballot, should it be a guard or should he be a forward? I don't know. He brings the ball up half the time and he guards a forward on the defensive end. Who knows? So I guess that makes him a wing.

[Tass]

Yeah, I think so too. All right, let's get to a big. I don't think this one's not hard.

[Trey Kirby]

No, this one's not very hard at all.

[Tass]

Who's your silver slugger of a big.

[Trey Kirby]

It's got to be Jokic. 28 per game, 11 assists, 4 turnovers, 67 true shooting percentage. This is this and the Golden Glove for defending best defensive big. These are easy ones.

[Tass]

These are easy.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. This one is more like a hard choice of who's number two. And for me it came down to Carl Anthony Towns, 20 points, 2 assists, 2 turnovers per game or Jalen Duran, 20 points, 2 assists, two turnovers per game. I think they're both. I mean, Towns has gotten on a pretty good role here. Didn't have a great game last night, but he has gotten more aggressive, I think in the last month for the Knicks as they've looked a little bit better and I just think a little bit more cohesion between him and Brunson. I think Brunson's done a really good job of getting him into like rumbling downhill drives off of screen and rolls which maybe weren't there at the beginning of the season. And Towns was kind of figuring out where to be. But during just doesn't miss a shot inside. You know, he's a 68 troopers true shooting percentage guy and he's basically only taking twos. I would probably take Towns over him because of the three point shooting. Just gives you a little bit more versatility as compared to the consistency from Duran. But obviously Jokic is the number one guy after that. Your choice.

[Tass]

Yeah, it's the debate is the fun part for the second. Second spot. No Victor Webanyama included in that as the second.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, he.

[Tass]

He will say, hey, there's more to offense than just points.

[Trey Kirby]

And listen, it's true, he's got a lot of gravity.

[Tass]

Yeah. And listen, his points are great. He scores a lot of points.

[Trey Kirby]

Just a minor 24 points per game.

[Tass]

Yeah, that was his pitch for MVP. So that was the. The factor against Shea, basically. So he scores seven points fewer than Shea per game. But as far as bigs go, it's pretty high. He's very high up there. So yeah, the gravity as well. The guy is just super efficient. But Jokic, you get the Silver Slugger award, my man.

[Trey Kirby]

You get it.

[Tass]

Let's move on to the Golden Gloves. This is an interesting one. The guard position for Golden Glove.

[Trey Kirby]

I think this one's pretty tough. I think there's. I had five guards on my list.

[Tass]

Wow.

[Trey Kirby]

Go from lowest to highest ranking. Chris Dunn made my list.

[Tass]

Nice.

[Trey Kirby]

He's been really good for the Clippers and I think his ball pressure is a big part of the reason they've turned into a turnover machine. Alex Caruso is still an awesome defender, has missed a lot of time this year. Jalen Suggs, I feel the same way. My top two coming in at second, Case and Wallace who's like first in deflections. He is like depending on decimal points, could be first in steals as well. Caruso missing time this season. J Dub missing time this season. A.J. mitchell even has given Wallace an opportunity to show what he can do defensively. But the guy I would give the Golden Glove to at the guard position, Derek White for sure. He is a great man defender. He's a great help defender and a great block, a shot blocking guard as well. He's like two and a half stocks per game. Basically just can do it all. Can guard everybody.

[Tass]

It feels like I'm with you. I took Derek, Derek White as well. He can guard anybody smalls or wings. And he has 30, 35% of his team's blocks, which is a very, very high number. I know blocks aren't all that sexy and they don't tell the whole story, but that's a very high percentage for a guard in comparison. Shea has 18% for OKC. In part that's because, you know, Derrick White has to do a lot and Shea can get covered by guys and gets covered by Chet Holmgren while Derrick White, even though Kate has been really, really good, has to do a lot. And I think that's what happens with the defensive player of the year. That, that factors in here. Like Chris Dunn, as you mentioned, he doesn't have to do much on offense.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, totally.

[Tass]

He is so, so good defensively. But I, I always find this, these awards because I always vote on the Golden Glove defensive award. But no, I just mean, I mean just the defensive player of the year. I voted. It's a lot on field for me and you and you brought up good stats. The hardcore stat is the defensive win shares of guys that have played a lot. Derek White is fourth in defensive win shares only behind Chet Wemby, Shea. And so that's, that's extremely high. Shay's up there because of, you know, you mentioned Case and Wallace, that team and how good they are. And that's part of defensive wind shares. I don't know the actual formula for defensive wind chairs. No, I never will. I don't think. I don't think I'm going to look into it too hard but apparently that I'm not going to figure it out.

[Trey Kirby]

I'm with you. I'm just going to read the number.

[Tass]

Just gonna do it.

[Trey Kirby]

If it's a good number, I like it.

[Tass]

True shooting percentage I think is as far as I'll go. Like I know it's about twos, threes and free throws. Yep. And that's, you know, fairly new to the NBA. I mean not fairly new but like, you know, it's more valued than field goal percentage. That's as far as I'll go.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, I'm with you.

[Tass]

But three numbers.

[Trey Kirby]

Thank you to the mathematicians who actually know what these are doing. And I'm seeing here in the stream team Francis is saying Stefan Castle deserves a mention. He absolutely does.

[Tass]

You got it. He is so good defensively. Great one. Well, let's move to the wing spot. See how many guys you got on your list here.

[Trey Kirby]

Go to the wing. Stop. I got five guys on this list as well.

[Tass]

Okay.

[Trey Kirby]

I thought the best guard and best wing had a lot of candidates for best defensive player at the position. I'll go a little high again to money. Kamara. Oh yeah, gets a vote for me. Good playmaker for the Blazers. Takes a lot of charges. Also gets a lot of steals. I like that. I put Scotty Barnes as a wing.

[Tass]

I think he's a wing.

[Trey Kirby]

I know he is like really in between wing and big because he makes so many plays at the rim. Guards big guys when necessary as well. Especially with this Raptors team that had Purdl out for such a long time. He did a lot of center work for them as well. But I've got him here on my list. I got OG Anunoby as well. I think he's awesome. I think he's such a lockdown defender and great playmaker as well. And then my top two wings, they're twin brothers. Amen. Thompson comes in at two for me and I think Asar Thompson has been the superior defensive wing amongst the Thompson twins this year. You saw him last night like picking pockets and stuff like that. He can guard one through five as can amend. But I think the fact that a man has a little bit more responsibility on the offensive end has maybe allowed us are the chance to just be a straight up role, player, defender, finisher for the Pistons. So that's Why? I had a SAR just ahead of a man.

[Tass]

Wow. Good respect for a sar. Yeah, they're all, all worthy guys. And maybe I'm swayed by the story, but I threw Scotty Barnes at the top of my list, too, you know. Oh, geez. There the, the Amen. Of course, Scotty Barnes, whether he's a wing or not, he guards everybody. He starts everybody one through five, literally. And the story for me is in part because he's got the most clutch time blocks of anybody. You watch them in the close minutes. Last five minutes, that guy comes through with a block. He just will. And he'll do it at the paint, as you said. By the rim, as you said. I mean, he's got more than Wemby, and that's shocking to me. Maybe the spurs just blow out teams, and that's in part so they don't have games that are within five points in the last five minutes. But Scotty Barnes has 40% of his team's blocks. That's a high percentage. He almost has half of them. And in part, that's because Jakob Hurdle was hurt. But he's not really a shot blocker anyways. Yeah, you're right. The Scotty Barnes just has to be that on a good defensive team. But all the other guys you mentioned, men Asar og, Stefan Castle, all worthy. All worthy wings.

[Trey Kirby]

Did you have him as a wing originally? Castle? No, no, I think guard, but again, but literally, who knows?

[Tass]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. I, I, I was all excited about having these different positions and how we have small wings and bigs, but it's, it's become a little, it's, it's tough.

[Trey Kirby]

But let me start over and do just a point guard shooting gun, small Ford.

[Tass]

No, this is good. This is good. Yeah. I got Stefan Castle as a guard.

[Trey Kirby]

I agree. Yeah.

[Tass]

Let's get to the big. This one's easy.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, this one's easy.

[Tass]

Who's got the Golden Glove?

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, I'm going Wemby here. I think this one's going to be Wemby for me. He's like the only guy that's ever made defense cool. People like talking about defense because they like watching what Wemby is able to do out there. I guess Dwight Howard had a little of that. I guess Ben Wallace lended an air of toughness to the defensive assignments he brought for the Pistons back in the day as well. But Wemby is such a good defender that he's leading the league in blocks and has people trying to brainstorm ideas for a new Statistic just because of all the shots he influences of people coming into the lane and realizing, I don't want to be blocked at this moment. I'll try something else. So this one's an easy one. And just like Greg Maddox on the mound, I think Wemby's gonna rack up a lot of Gold Gloves during his time. Yeah.

[Tass]

Max had a lot of Gold Gloves. Yeah. I mean, a little odd that pitchers get Gold Gloves. It's important. I guess it is.

[Trey Kirby]

But also I feel like the pitching itself is part of the defense. Don't you think? Like.

[Tass]

Interesting.

[Trey Kirby]

Throwing the beautiful pitches is the first step in having a good defense.

[Tass]

Sure.

[Trey Kirby]

If a guy strikes out 27 per game, give him the Gold Glove. He's not allowing a single hit. That's great defense.

[Tass]

Very good point. Defensive win shares. He would. Greg Maddox would. I guess it was all about the stab.

[Trey Kirby]

Like the quick.

[Tass]

Yeah. He was good with the list. Very good. You mentioned him. Wemby. Altering shots. And we debated the name for those that this. You know, we had that male question earlier this week. We. We were high on nopes. Like he had six nopes. But there were some more suggestions that came through because of our. Our question. The U turns was pretty good.

[Trey Kirby]

I like U turns as well.

[JD]

Yeah.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Cuz you could.

[Tass]

You could see that in a box score. I mean, it. It really is subjective and the scorekeeper would mess that up. We'll get to a scorekeeper messing things up in. In worst of the week coming up. But U turns is just. It's damn good.

[Trey Kirby]

It is pretty good.

[Tass]

Yeah. What was the equestrian suggestion that we got? I'd have to. I'd have to check our comments. But somebody said because of how. It's because of something in. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

I forget what it was. But it's basically they're equating it to the horse being like, I ain't jumping over that obstacle right now.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Thank you.

[Tass]

Yes. This is. This is it. It comes from equestrian events when a horse refuses to jump a hurdle. Yes. Jump a hurdle. He like turns away from the hurdle.

[Trey Kirby]

Okay.

[Tass]

Yeah. Langusta. Thank you so much for that, Langusta. Yeah. And I did. I did want to mention. Just because we're talking about Scotty Barnes and we were talking about NCAA a little bit earlier and you mentioned there's no way you should draft a player who came off the bench in college. Why do that? David Burke chimed in yesterday and said Scotty Barnes was a sixth man in college because he only played one year at Florida State. It was A good draft pick. Very good.

[Trey Kirby]

That's great.

[Tass]

Messiah, you're the king. You should still have your job. Great draft pick.

[Trey Kirby]

Scotty Barnes is one of the most infuriating players to me because now that I'm hearing this, it makes him even similar to Patrick Williams. They went to the same school. They were both drafted fourth apparently. They were both six men for their college team and one of them's awesome. And it's not the one of the Bulls.

[Tass]

Yeah, Scotty was just a one year guy at college. Was. How many did Patrick Williams.

[Trey Kirby]

You guessed it.

[Tass]

Just one.

[Trey Kirby]

Just one.

[Tass]

Oh, that's just a bad pick.

[Trey Kirby]

They are twins and not in a good way. I like this stat from Schumann here in the stream team. Victor Wembanyama has 11 of the league leagues 16 games with 10 plus steals and blocks. So stocks added together 10 or more in the last three seasons. Nobody else has more than one. He's done it 11 times.

[Tass]

That's a good stat.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, he's gonna, by the end of his career Schuman's gonna have a ridiculous notebook full of Victor Wembanyama is the only guy to do this. Victor Wembanyama is the only guy to do that.

[Tass]

Damn good. And the thing is sometimes we devalue steals and blocks because the steel's extremely high. But when it comes to Wemby, there's just the, the non statistical factor in those statistics that you factor in. And Schumann will have an extensive index.

[Trey Kirby]

Man, I forget what website I was looking at yesterday. Had percentage of blocks recovered. You know like not blocking out of Bonds. You're blocking your team actually. Wow, that's, that's, that was good. Donovan Clingan ranked really highly on that. He can get, he can get a second place nod at some point in his career. I think Clingan is good. He would not get second place this year. Gobert is probably the guy though. I would hear cases for Chet and Beef Stew as well.

[Tass]

Yeah. This is the year that you hope Victor Wembanyama doesn't play 65 games. If you're trying to get the defensive player. Yeah, it's like the last, it's the last one because they're going to get rid of that rule. And here he is, he's at 58 games so he only needs to play seven more. I'm doing math. Seven of nine. So he's good.

[Trey Kirby]

Okay. Yeah.

[Tass]

Yeah, he's probably.

[Trey Kirby]

I found my website. Big shout out to Data Baller. One of the best stats websites out there of the guys who are like Very high on the blocks list. You know, blocks per game. Wemby is obviously leading. He also. The spurs also recover 62% of his blocks, which is the highest number I've seen until we get down to Derek Lively, who has barely played this season. So not only is he leading the league in blocks, the spurs get all of his balls back. Yeah, that's pretty good.

[Tass]

That's a good one.

[Trey Kirby]

It's like, that's Bill Russell.

[JD]

That's.

[Trey Kirby]

That's what every high school coach would tell you. When you block it, don't just smash it out of bounds.

[Tass]

That's a worthy.

[Trey Kirby]

Keep it in bounds like Bill Russell did. I'm like, you're right. I should be like Bill Russell. Coach McNamara. I should do that.

[Tass]

There should be an additional stat to guys who just clutch their blocks. Like a snatch, snatch block. Like, actually just.

[Trey Kirby]

That's the coolest block there is.

[Tass]

Yeah, it's got to be out there. Y like that. Ace Bailey one is standing. It's in my head. All right, let's.

[Trey Kirby]

Good awarding.

[Tass]

Yeah, it was good.

[Trey Kirby]

Pleasure awarding with you.

[Tass]

Pleasure awarding with you as well. We'll get to worst of the week after this break, but first, a quick word from our sponsor.

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[Tass]

So that's the. The odds to win the whole thing.

[Trey Kirby]

Odds to win the whole thing. Right now we got Arizona followed by Michigan, followed by duke. They're the 31 seeds remaining. Makes sense.

[Tass]

Do they have an easier way to go? I guess because Houston's out, that may be a factor. But yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Okay. I think Arizona is actually on the other side of the Bracket from Houston.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

If I'm thinking correctly.

[Tass]

But okay.

[Trey Kirby]

Illinois is a. Is plus 707 to 1. That's not bad. They now they've got Iowa. So they. Iowa's obviously playing pretty well, but Final four birth potential.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

For the Illinois.

[Tass]

All I know is Steve's got to be happy. Can't wait for your ill text coming tomorrow. All I know is I'm cheering for St. John's tonight against Duke. That's all I know.

[Trey Kirby]

Sure. The Red Storm.

[Tass]

Because I do want them to get to their first final Four. It's not quite Iowa, but it's like 30ish years since they've been there.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. Probably like Chris Mullen days, Bill Weddington days.

[Tass]

You have no idea. But yeah. Good luck to St. John's good luck to them. It's time to get to worst of the week, ladies and gentlemen. The worst of the week. Nicola Jokic had 19 assists in a game. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah.

[Tass]

He almost had a triple 20. But how many of those 19 assists were actual assists? You're gonna watch em with us right here. They weren't. They weren't. I know what happens to a lot of players, but some of these are literally just handing the ball off to Jamal Murray. And I know Jokic likes to stick his butt out. Maybe that gets Jamal Murray another little space. But you don't get a butt assist. I mean, that was really Jamal Murray as we watched the first one. Like three dribbles getting to his own spot. Here's another one. Three step back. Okay. I guess. Yo, that was another. That was another handoff. I. I cut this. It was. It's being shared on Twitter, but I cut to just the dribble handoffs because that's really just a handoff. And so there's not much to it. I mean, there was just one dribble there and this was probably the best one because it wasn't a handoff. It was a pass on the fast break. But look at what Jamal Murray had to do. So 19 assists is just a lot of assists as we. And me was the first thing I said about Nikola. Okay. Triple 20.

[Trey Kirby]

That's true.

[Tass]

And I would say four to five of those assists were. Meh. I mean, I follow Sam Decker on Twitter and he shared it and he said, Sam Decker. Former player Sam Decker had a baby. Congratulations. He said he does. He doesn't want to be that guy. But the dribble handoff specifically, like there were more than that, which were questionable. But the dribble handoff specifically.

[Trey Kirby]

And I.

[Tass]

And I Started. I was riding with Decker on that one. Riding with Decker because a lot of them are. It's just Jamal Murray.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, that's, that's the thing is that when you're impressed with the move that the guy does to get the score.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

That to me should maybe negate the assist part of it because I don't undervalue a dribble handoff assist. I think it's almost a combination of a regular assist plus a screen assist. So if you're saying half, half pass, half screen adds up to one actual assistant, I'm fine with that. But when you're talking about four dribbles, shake and bake, fade away. Wow, what a shot by Jamal Murray. It's not quite the same as Diamond. A guy up like we've seen yogish do a million times. But that's just the weird thing with assists is that it's the only real subjective stat that's out there. Like it's up to the scorekeeper to decide if something is an assist. The only thing that's similar, I think, is like a block, slash, steal when it's like a swipe down and it's like, what are you calling that? But it is a discrete event rather than where are we giving this guy the assist? So I don't know. I don't know. He averages one more assist per game at home than he does on the road this season.

[Tass]

Okay. You did the, the splits?

[Trey Kirby]

Well, yeah, I'm looking at the splits. It's actually 0.7.

[Tass]

Okay.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, he has, he has exactly 314 assists at home and exactly 314 assists on the road.

[Tass]

Okay.

[Trey Kirby]

Slightly different games played.

[Tass]

Yeah. So it's not the, the home scorekeeper that's influencing anything. Everybody's just factoring in. I, I wanted to try and give Jokic a little bit more value, persist and say, what about the gravity that he's out there? And maybe both guys are just going a little bit closer towards Jokic, but at the same time, yeah, it's. You're not leaving. You're not just trying to get all over Jokic at the three point line because he's going to fire away threes. But are. I mean, you're just watching him more. I don't know. I was just trying to give him reason that he, he deserves it because I'm Mr. Positive Pete and I need to be giving him something. But he's good. He's good.

[Trey Kirby]

He's really, really good.

[Tass]

Yeah. So you're right. You're right in that it's just. It is so subjective and.

[Trey Kirby]

But yeah, it's the only subjective one. Yeah, that's the. That's the weird thing.

[Tass]

Okay.

[Trey Kirby]

A guy grabs a rebound, so. Rebound.

[Tass]

Speaking of subjective things, this next one, this is me reading into it, but the Rockets Alper and Shen Goon, he made a game saving block, an incredible block at the end of the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves where he flew back and he made a great recovery after it looked like the Minnesota Timberwolves were going to steal it to end regulation. And he had this big block and his teammates barely showed him love. This is my. I'm being a body language doctor here. The guy fell on his face and nobody really does anything. Reed shepherd goes and taps him.

[Trey Kirby]

He reaches for him.

[Tass]

Yeah. And when he went to the bench, I watched the whole thing, tried to get to more of the guy showing him love. I mean, Jayshawn Tate went up to him. That's about it. There just wasn't a lot of. You are the man. Literally, they're just walking off the floor. Is it because they were more disappointed that they created a turnover and they were kind of focused on that, or that they gave up the lead, a game they could have won? I'm reading into it.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, he deserved chest pumps. Yeah, he deserved people getting excited about him. Because when you're watching the clip back, like, I. I was watching this live, I was like, wow, what a great block. But he comes from so far out.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

To get. He's basically at the other wing, three point line when. Who's attacking? Is that Randall? Is it?

[Tass]

Yeah, it's Randall. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

At the hoop, like, as Randall starts to attack, Shangun is 25ft out of the play. So, you know, credit to Durant for slowing Randall up enough to give Shangun a chance to get there. But, yeah, I mean, they should be. They should be hyping this guy up, especially bleeding from the mouth. Like, that's prime time to celebrate.

[Tass]

Yeah, there wasn't much. Wasn't much love.

[JD]

And,

[Tass]

and yeah, I. I want to try and question what the Houston Rockets are. Who are they? Can they do it? Because then you see them and they're a great defensive team like they are. They are playing together. They're on the string. They do like each other. I shouldn't say that. I don't know if they like each other, but they do. They do try. It seems like they try enough to make it seem like they like each other. So I don't know if this one play is just too Much of a body language, Bill Simmons move. But just watching that, that was an incredible block. And there was nothing. I was way more excited watching at home as you were than. Than the other guys. You know, Reed shepherd went and tapped his forearm. It was a weird tap. You know, it wasn't like, hey, dude.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, what a block. It could have been more celebratory, for sure. Especially, I mean, that was kind of the capper of a great run from the Rockets as well, to get back in that game, force overtime. We know it didn't go well for the Rockets when it came to overtime, but in that moment, it does feel like that could be a big time bonding sort of thing. And maybe this is reading into it for sure, but maybe not. You know, like, the Rockets, I think, have had a weird second half of the season, for sure. Basically, once Stephen Adams went down, he's like the chemistry guy, the tough guy as well. He would have been celebrating that play, I have to imagine. But they don't always look connected. And you see a play like that and it's like, kind of worthy to read into it, I think.

[Tass]

Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate you taking that perspective because I also was trying to read into Alpern Chengun and maybe just, you know, like, he hasn't had a good season. So maybe I was debating, you know, whether or not it's. It's his. I. I'm just debating all factors here. He's just Deb, but he was. He has been having a really good season. But ever since Ime Udoka said last year that. That Alpern Shangud should get the European out of his game. I'm always wondering, do those guys like each other? But it sure seems like it in most instances. But sometimes not so much. We shall be watching. I shall be watching in the playoffs to see what they do. Last nominee here in worst of the week, a fan in Cleveland had her beer knocked over as the ball went into the crowd. Now she's the worst of the week. It's not the person who accidentally put the ball out there, but she had it on a ledge. You know, one of those rare seats where you can put a beer on something. She doesn't seem very happy afterward, but she made the mistake. You see the person behind her?

[Trey Kirby]

Yep.

[Tass]

That's how you do it. She had a beer in her hand. Holding it, holding it. So she knew afterwards, if we're watching live. Yeah, she had it in her hand and she wasn't looking at her phone like said person who. Yes, their beer spilled.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. That beer looked like a magnet for the ball. Like you're watching it and you see it sitting there and it just feels like the setup to something is going to go horribly wrong here and then, you know, get smashed. And a very funny clip.

[Tass]

Yeah. A great camera angle where we see it like.

[Trey Kirby]

Oh, yeah, going for that.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

And the guy ducks out of the way. Hits it. Perfect.

[Tass]

Yeah, also perfect. Getting out of the way. Smashed.

[Trey Kirby]

Could have been worse. I think a woman, a couple of seats to the left of her. It looked like she had a glass of white wine. You know, a broken glass on the floor. Could have been worse.

[Tass]

It could have been better. It could have been better for us. It's good. Does it. Does it compare to the worst of the week moment that we always went back to when we're at the start is if we wanted some footage. We always went back to the one where Gerald Henderson missed the ball and it smashed into a woman's face.

[Trey Kirby]

Oh, yeah. No, it doesn't compare.

[Tass]

That's a great clip.

[Trey Kirby]

The way you were telling it to me, I thought you were gonna. You were setting it up as if you had pulled this.

[Tass]

Oh, I did not know. No, no. I was just reliving it in my brain because we use it so many times.

[Trey Kirby]

It's a similar shot. I feel like the way it's filmed.

[Tass]

Yeah. All.

[Trey Kirby]

All these games are. But the. The slow mo of it and the woman's.

[Tass]

Yeah, but you're right.

[Trey Kirby]

Realization at the last possible second. Oh, this is my face.

[Tass]

It was a perfect angle. And it is a similar angle for the. The camera placement, like at the three point line from the opposite side of the floor. So.

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[Tass]

All right, let's get to Whoa, boy. Stat line of the night. This one is sponsored by Tom Dean, and this one is a little bit different. Here's a little setup. Tom wanted to sponsor the Friday drop because he's running the Hobbiton Half Marathon through the Lord of the Rings set in New Zealand on Saturday. And when he's training, he listens to the drop and purposely saves it for his long runs. He'll need motivation in his ears and soul as his training has been plagued with ill health and injury. He'll be dressed as a golem for the run. And here it is. If you're watching on YouTube. He sent in a photo of what he'll be dressed like, and this is the hilliest and biggest trail run he's ever done. And he'll be wearing this Gollum outfit. Good luck to you, Tom.

[Trey Kirby]

What do you think, J.D. a pretty good likeness for Gollum.

[JD]

I mean, if you're running a marathon.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, I agree.

[JD]

It's not bad. It's not bad. That stocking cap is gonna get, I think, hot.

[Tass]

Oh, yeah. The.

[Trey Kirby]

The hair part is pretty hilarious.

[Tass]

Yeah, yeah, it's well done. He flew for. He lives in Australia. He flew just yesterday to New Zealand.

[Trey Kirby]

Okay.

[Tass]

To get ready for this. Flew with his family and he's ready to go. Listen right now. Go get it, Tom. Get up that. Get up that hill.

[Trey Kirby]

Tom's a long timer. Been around. Been a no Dunk starters, Basketball Jones fan for a long, long time. So it's great that this new Woe boy allows us to see him in his natural habitat with his precious.

[Tass]

Yeah, yeah. How do you guys feel about the Lord of the Rings set in New Zealand? Not that you know it. I don't know if you know it.

[Trey Kirby]

Laura has been. Laura has hiked Mount Doom. I would love to go. It would be really cool, but I haven't ever.

[Tass]

Okay.

[JD]

Yeah, same, same.

[Trey Kirby]

Are you a Lord of the Rings fan? Like, of the movies? J.D.

[JD]

books and movies? Yeah, sure. For sure.

[Trey Kirby]

I've been thinking about rewatching them recently. They were like, some of them were just recently in theaters, I think.

[JD]

Yeah. And there's a new one coming out. Search for Gollum. Directed by Gollum.

[Trey Kirby]

He's. That. He's at that half Marathon. Yeah, there's gonna be a lot of them there.

[Tass]

So it really is hilly and a huge trail, as you said, because there's. It's a mountain, I guess.

[Trey Kirby]

I mean, I'm not familiar with the trail, but they got hills there.

[Tass]

Yeah, yeah. Yeah. The winner of the Wilboy stat line tonight is jalen duran. 30 points, 10 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 10 for 12 from the field, 10 for 12 from the free throw line. Just a very, very good night.

[Trey Kirby]

Yep.

[Tass]

In those solid jerseys. Are you a fan of the. The teal. The teal look?

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, I think that's pretty cool.

[Tass]

Yeah. I thought the whole look is. Is solid. Yeah. And then when they pull the city edition cord out in Detroit. This one was not in Detroit, but, yeah, all.

[Trey Kirby]

I like them. I like the. They got like lightning bolts on the shorts, right?

[Tass]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I like those. I'd be happy to. I'd happy be happy to own those. Speaking of happy to own those. I didn't. I noticed this during the recording. Are these new hats for both of you? Is yours. Oh, yours isn't.

[Trey Kirby]

No, no. This. My hat is from the 2021 World Series.

[Tass]

Of course.

[Trey Kirby]

I know exactly how old my hat is. It's five years old, but it looks fresh.

[JD]

I got my.

[Tass]

Still got the sticker on the beam. Oh, yeah. Okay.

[JD]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tass]

So, you know, they're all. It's.

[JD]

It's kind of warm, this one, and we're in Atlantis, so. Yeah, it's more of a winter hat, I guess so.

[Trey Kirby]

I agree.

[Tass]

Yeah, it looks a little.

[Trey Kirby]

A wall. Hat is warm.

[Tass]

Yeah. Looks woolly.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, I just keep the sticker on for style. Hologram looks cool.

[JD]

I took mine off like a fool.

[Trey Kirby]

Also for style. Hey, keeping it pure.

[Tass]

You're still cool, man. All right, let's get to pick them of the night. Atlantis going to Boston. Most of the lines are biggies, big boys. Not this one, though. It's a five and a half point spread for Boston as the favorite, so they got to win by six or more. Atlanta coming to town, and you got them Trey to cover that while Skeets and I are taking Boston. So.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

I don't know.

[Tass]

They can lose by five or fewer.

[Trey Kirby]

Luckily, I got the win last night, My first win in a week. But I. I felt a little bad when I saw that you picked Boston. Tass has been pretty solid this month. He's been on fire, and I've been losing a lot with road teams, so I don't know. I think the Hawks can win and they get the points. So.

[Tass]

Yeah. Yeah. My, my strange reason for taking Boston in this one is that the Hawks host Boston on Monday day. Okay, so Boston will take care of this and then the Hawks will have a good game on Monday. It's a weird schedule for. It could be Boston on Monday, they play at Charlotte on Sunday and then come to Atlanta the day after. So Atlanta's gonna have more rest. But I could be wrong. But it does matter tonight because Skeets is only two games behind you. I guess if you. If Atlanta wins, then it's over. As we get here to the end of March, we only have two good points.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah.

[Tass]

Monday and Tuesday. So Skits needs this baby.

[Trey Kirby]

Yes, we shall see. He didn't want to pick Bulls versus Thunder.

[Tass]

Yeah, I almost did.

[Trey Kirby]

19 and a half point favorites. The Thunder. The last one we had was. Who was it? It was kings were 17 and a half point favorites or underdogs against the Hornets.

[Tass]

Is that what it was? That's right.

[Trey Kirby]

By like 50.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. I think the Thunder could still cover that.

[Tass]

Yeah. Otherwise good. Yeah, they're all monstrous. There was a Miami at Cleveland. That's a. Also a five and a half point spread. But otherwise everything's big. We got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. I can't even say 6, 7 when I want to say 6, 6, 6. Double digit spreads tonight. Like really big ones. So those are small ones. But Atlanta, Boston should be. Be a. A good game.

[Trey Kirby]

Good game.

[JD]

Oh, we missed shouting out 6, 7 for the wedgie Boomers over here.

[Tass]

No, we're, we're. I think we're so young that young people don't even think it's cool anymore, right?

[JD]

Oh, yeah, probably.

[Tass]

Maybe not.

[Trey Kirby]

They're probably getting past it.

[JD]

Yeah.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Told me Isla told me she needs to change the name of her playlist she has in my Apple Music account, which is currently 6 7-67-676.

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[Trey Kirby]

She's like, I need to update that.

[JD]

To what though? Find out what?

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, exactly. Tune in on Monday when I find out the new hip slang for fifth graders.

[Tass]

Well, I hear Zoe go from 6, 7. She goes 6, 7, 6, 7, 4, 1.

[Trey Kirby]

I think 41 is in the mix.

[Tass]

Oh, is it?

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. Okay, I, I've heard it. I've heard it.

[Tass]

I'm not sure what's going on there. And then there's a third one too. Like a real quick. Might even be a single digit number. Might even be like a five. I don't know what it is.

[Trey Kirby]

How could you possibly.

[Tass]

No, no, but People pulling out at NBA arenas. The in game arena thing is still 6, 7, so it's still alive.

[Trey Kirby]

It ain't over.

[Tass]

It ain't dead. Shout out to Scilla. All right, shout out to sc. Let's get to our rapid fire fun here at the end of the drop.

[Trey Kirby]

Questions? Got the questions all three of us are going to answer. CJ McCollum wore a pair of custom Doug Funny shoes this week because Doug is one of his favorite customers. Cartoons. It's great if you really think about it. C.J. mcCollum kind of is the Doug Funny of the NBA guys. What's your favorite cartoon?

[Tass]

Well, I still say Aminal instead of animal, which was a character in Tiny Toons who always said that. So Tiny Toons has been an influence in my life. Yeah. So I still. I still pull it out. I won't pull out a 6, 7, but I'll pull out something way older. Older. I literally will say the word Amano Amino. Because it's fun to say that Tiny Tunes was a hit and I need tunes, and it was. For me, it was like a little older. So it's the freshest one. It was like 10, 11, 12 years old, I guess. I'm guessing. I mean, maybe I'm wrong.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, sure.

[JD]

Hold on. What's Tiny Tunes? I don't even know.

[Trey Kirby]

It's Looney Tunes, but they're small.

[JD]

Okay. Right.

[Tass]

Yeah, yeah, it's there. It's. They're different.

[JD]

It's like a smaller boot of Looney Tunes, basically.

[Tass]

Yeah. But the character is a little different. They're different characters and they're smaller. But it's a kickoff.

[Trey Kirby]

You got Buster Bunny instead of Bugs Bunny.

[JD]

Okay.

[Tass]

Yeah. Thank you for. I'm bringing me back.

[Trey Kirby]

Yep. I'm just Googling.

[Tass]

No, thank you for searching Lucky Duck Hampton.

[Trey Kirby]

J.

[JD]

Pig.

[Tass]

Yeah. It's a spin.

[Trey Kirby]

Next generation of tunes.

[JD]

Totally missed this. This is when you were 10.

[Tass]

I guess. I don't know.

[JD]

I was in Greece.

[Trey Kirby]

I was in Greece.

[JD]

Not watching tv.

[Tass]

I'm guessing. I mean, maybe I'm. I'm shooting past it.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. I'm trying to original release 1990.

[JD]

Okay.

[Tass]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Wow. And it's meant. It's called. Also known as Steven Spielberg Presents.

[JD]

Okay. Yeah, yeah. Okay.

[Tass]

Now it's coming back to you.

[JD]

Yeah. Well, because it was sort of an. After Animaniacs, you think? Which also Spielberg was involved with.

[Trey Kirby]

Wow. Really?

[JD]

I think so.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

The golden touch.

[JD]

I could be wrong. I believe you.

[Trey Kirby]

No, no. Also known as Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs. This guy Was presenting everything.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

I didn't know that.

[Tass]

Good connection there, J.D. yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

That was high on my list of favorite cartoons. Animaniacs. What's Your favorite, though, J.D.

[JD]

my original Looney Tunes was. Is what my. The OG which were old when I was watching them, but. Yeah, I mean, Daffy, number one cartoon character of all time.

[Trey Kirby]

Daffy was your favorite Looney Tune.

[JD]

Yeah, for sure. Absolutely.

[Tass]

Strong, strong opinion.

[Trey Kirby]

He's good. I agree. Looney Tunes is awesome. That's why, like, I am excited when they bring back Space Jam, you know?

[JD]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

I'm like. I just like seeing him.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

And like, the. The gags are still fun, funny.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[JD]

And there's like the guy that is doing the voices now. Used to be Mel Blanc, but now it's Eric Bowser, who is Canadian. Pretty good. He's pretty close.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah.

[JD]

To doing Bugs, Porky, Daffy, all of them. So nice.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

So Mel Blanc did all the originals. Now this guy has to do all the original.

[JD]

I don't think he has to do all them, but he can.

[Trey Kirby]

Nice.

[JD]

Very talented men.

[Tass]

Yeah. I almost Pick Space Jam 2 is my favorite cartoon because of. It's been the most recent one. It's not really a cartoon, but it's, you know, kind of digital cartoon. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's. It's. It's good to hear.

[JD]

It's a.

[Tass]

You know, it's part of the tree.

[Trey Kirby]

It's part of. It's part of the Looney Tunes coaching tree. It absolutely is.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Did you guys have Ren and Stimpy? Did that make it? Yeah, that. That's on my list for favorite cartoon. Just gross. Just a gross show. My dad hated that. We like that show because I think it would always, like, zoom into zits.

[JD]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Weird hairs and that kind of stuff. The log song was awesome. I loved Ren and Stimpy.

[JD]

Totally.

[Trey Kirby]

Celtics Hugo Gonzalez has been spotted carrying the board game Catan onto all of Boston's flights this season. But he never plays and calls himself the Catan hater, apparently carrying the game as part of his rookie duties. I love that they make him carry and he never is allowed to play. He's like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer trying to get in those reindeer games. Guys, what board game would you make a rookie bring on every road trip?

[Tass]

It is Katan for me. Because you like it. I do like it. I. I played for the first time. I remember where I was. It wasn't long ago. It was a Labor Day trip. Staying in a nice little house that. And somebody pulled out. Catan was Like a year and a half ago. And yeah, it's just fun. It's a great strategy game. Just really, really solid. So, yeah, I'm into it right now.

[JD]

Nice. Yeah, Mine is Risk, but game in progress. Right. Like, the rookie has to carry the game.

[Trey Kirby]

Oh, okay.

[JD]

You never end it. It never ends.

[Trey Kirby]

Right. Yeah. We started in Denver. Now we're going to Utah.

[JD]

Exactly. So getting. It's just getting on the plane without moving anything. It's gotta. You have to keep it intact the whole way. I mean.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, exactly. You never sit down for one session of Risk.

[JD]

I mean, you can, but it's not advised.

[Trey Kirby]

Not the same. Yep. The game of global domination. Where do you like to start your armies?

[JD]

JD Australia. It's the easily defense.

[Trey Kirby]

So easily. Yeah, Defended, but.

[JD]

And it's low key. It's a great starting point, but it looks small, so nobody wants it. Everybody's going after Asia, and it's also very close to Asia, so you can. You can just chip away at Asia. But it takes days.

[Trey Kirby]

It takes days. It takes days. That was like senior or not senior year. Every year of college, we would start a game of risk during finals week. And it was like, come play when you don't want to study. Right. The game's gonna last for literally a week. And maybe by the end somebody will win or we'll just all go home for the summer.

[JD]

Daytone.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. We're just going to have to sign a treaty and we will see you in the fall. I'm making a rookie bring hues and Q's. Oh, on a road trip. This is the game where, like, you see a color on this board and there's 800 of them or whatever it is, and you say, oh, that the color looks like jeans. Everybody places their little thing. I think that looks like jeans. Are we talking stonewash jeans? We talking raw denim? Oh, I can't answer. And then you give the second clue. Blueberry. Oh, I should have gone a little bit more.

[Tass]

More blue.

[Trey Kirby]

Like a pair of Wrangler jeans. And you judge based on that. Everybody sees things differently. It's a fun game. Like a group game.

[Tass]

Yeah, yeah. Because there's so many cues. It's. Honestly, it's difficult to label things. Do you find it difficult to say yes. What? These colors. You. You get the card and you get four options. Right. So. So you're getting four different colors, but the shape kids are just so hard. And you can't. I don't think you can say blueberries. I don't think you can say the word of a color, I think.

[Trey Kirby]

Interesting. You might. You could. You could very well be right.

[Tass]

But yeah, I do rule anyway.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, the cues are tough coming up with different words because I'm like, you're always going to hear Barbie for one of the, like a bright pink.

[JD]

Okay.

[Trey Kirby]

You'll regularly hear Flamingo for like a pinkish orange. Grass is a. Is a real throw up.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

Throw up, Toss up. Yeah. Dark grass. Light grass. I don't know. That's a fun game.

[Tass]

Sky.

[JD]

I heard of this game.

[Tass]

It's really fun.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, I found out about it like maybe the last year or so. Yeah, it's new or something, but it is pretty sweet.

[Tass]

It's pretty cool. Kids game. Monopoly junior is hot right now. I like Monopoly junior because unlike Risk, it ends. It's a very. It's a short version.

[JD]

Okay.

[Tass]

It's an express version. And so kids gotta play with money. It's fun for them. Yeah, yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

We started doing a Monopoly deal. It's like the card game version of Monopoly also way faster. It's like 15 or 20 minutes.

[Tass]

Perfect.

[JD]

That's awesome.

[Tass]

Yeah. Just throwing things.

[Trey Kirby]

Outside of risk. Yeah, outside of risk. They figured out how to speed up games.

[Tass]

Risk.

[Trey Kirby]

They're like, I'm just keeping it long. Every once in a while we'll change the names on the map.

[Tass]

It's the game that never ends, really. Yeah.

[JD]

That's part of its appeal, though, I must say.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, definitely. It feels like literally, you're in a war of attrition at times. Just rolling in the box. I saw LeBron on the track Star show this week, singing most of the words to some classic jams he knew. Forgot about Dre pretty well. Bombs over Baghdad. More of a challenge. Very fast rapping. And I appreciated him trying to hit the high notes on a Whitney Houston song. Guys, what are three songs that you would know? Every lyric work too, if this guy played him in your ears.

[Tass]

My three would be Dirock Wilder by Method man and Redman.

[Trey Kirby]

Great one.

[Tass]

I love it. Mr. Boombastic by Shaggy.

[JD]

Yeah.

[Tass]

And Beware of the Boys by Punjabi MC and Jay Z. Do I actually know the words? No, I don't, but I think I do. And I will bust it out and offend some people, I'm sure. But yeah, yeah, those are my three great, great choices.

[Trey Kirby]

I've heard you sing all of them. Yeah, for sure. I was wondering if you were going to include the Regton song that has the lyric Titus hole in my leg.

[Tass]

No, no.

[Trey Kirby]

Which I didn't know that was the lyric. Until I heard you sing it.

[Tass]

What a song. What a song.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, that one's number four. J.D. what are your three songs?

[JD]

Okay, so these are the songs that I. You know, if you're at karaoke, I don't have to look at the. I don't have to look at weird ones. Freeman and Paris, Joni Mitchell.

[Trey Kirby]

Okay.

[Tass]

Why?

[JD]

It was my mother's favorite song, so still is her favorite song. So always on in our influenced. So there's that Midnight Train to Georgia. That's my go to karaoke song.

[Tass]

Yeah, I can't.

[JD]

I. I know it so well that I have a hard time not singing the Pips part as well. So, you know, the. The call and answer kind of thing. And then the other one is an entire album. It's Jesus Christ Superstar, Original cast, full musical. If I might not be able to do it acapella off the top of my head, but if you put it on, I can sing it all the way.

[Tass]

Sure.

[JD]

Act one, act two, all of it.

[Trey Kirby]

Great, great answer.

[Tass]

That's a good, good test. See if you can do it acapella.

[Trey Kirby]

It's going to be a long episode of Track Star. We're playing the entire Broadway cast cast in Jesus Christ.

[Tass]

What is the Track Star show?

[Trey Kirby]

You. I'm sure you've seen this guy. It's like he. He's got. Whoever He's. He's made it big. So he's got celebrities like LeBron and he is like holding an ipod. The guy has the. The contestant has on headphones or airbods, whatever.

[Tass]

Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

And he plays him a song and the guy, whoever's listening is supposed to like, guess that tune. What song is this? Oh, why do you like the song? That kind of.

[Tass]

That kind of thing. Okay. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

All right.

[JD]

That's fascinating.

[Trey Kirby]

Yeah, that's pretty cool. I've seen some good ones. I've seen some boring ones. Just like any Internet content except for this show. All classics. My three songs are that's a Mori, the Humpty Dance and Bling Bling.

[JD]

Great. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

I didn't know if I still knew every word to the Humpty Dance. And I played it last night.

[JD]

Yeah.

[Tass]

Still got it so good.

[Trey Kirby]

Went to the side like my legs was broken. It's just a weird song, man.

[Tass]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Trey Kirby]

He's talking about his nose almost all the time. Time he once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.

[Tass]

That's Amari. Humpty Dumpty.

[Trey Kirby]

Humpty. Humpty Dumpty. I do know all the words, too. Not to brag. And then Bling bling. By. By the cash money millionaires, of course.

[Tass]

Yeah, yeah. Nice.

[Trey Kirby]

Every time I come around your city. Good stuff. Good rapid fire. Really quick.

[Tass]

Very quick.

[Trey Kirby]

Really, really quick.

[Tass]

That's it for us. We'll be back Monday, huh? Cover the winners and losers or the. And. Or the anti tanking.

[Trey Kirby]

We got to talk about it.

[Tass]

Yeah, we will. We will.

[Trey Kirby]

It's gonna take an entire weekend to digest exactly the ins and outs of these percentages and that kind of stuff.

[Tass]

Yeah, these, these new policies that will be discussed among owners. That was just dropped as we recorded or we started recording here.

[Trey Kirby]

You can't give us that news at

[Tass]

9am no, it's too soon, too, too early. Way too early. It was like, it was literally like 9, 9:50. It was literally like 10 minutes before. Yeah, no, not gonna happen. Can't happen. We'll be back Monday. But for now, Clipper Bros, you heard it here first.

[Trey Kirby]

Have a great time. Turn up. Love you guys. Awesome. Thanks for joining us. And remember, every time I come around your city being blatant. Ling Bling bling. Goodbye.

[Tass]

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