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What's Wright - Warriors-Lakers Reaction: Steph Curry & LeBron James PUT ON SHOW, NBA Playoff preview?
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Host 1
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season one.
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Host 2
Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
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Host 1
I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
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Host 2
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
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Host 1
Listen to new episodes of bone Valley Season 2 starting April 9th on the iHeartRadio app app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Nick Wright
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Call 888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org Please play responsibly on behalf of Boot Hill Casino and Resort in Kansas. 21 plus. Age and eligibility varies by jurisdiction. Void in Ontario, bonus bets expire 168 hours after issuance for additional terms and responsible gaming resources. C DKNG Co bball what's right with Nick Wright A quick Reaction show to Lakers warriors last night as promised. We didn't have a show Tuesday. I was traveling, wanted to do a second episode this week. Lakers Warriors A potential Round one preview. A potential Round two preview. A potential Round three preview. It delivered because the two guys who have been delivering for this league for a decade continued to deliver and we will get to the actual game itself. Short, long, short short of it. Luke has got to be better if the Lakers are going to have a chance to reach their full potential, if they're going to have a chance to win the Western Conference, to give Boston a real run in the NBA Finals, which I think they can do. But Luke has got to play better. And we'll talk about the actual ins and outs of the game in a moment. But that's not actually where I'm focused. I'm focused on an appreciation for LeBron James and Steph Curry and what they have given us as sports fans for the last decade. Because it should be impossible. LeBron James and Steph Curry first met in the NBA Finals nine years and 10 months ago. June of 2015 was our first Steph, LeBron, Cavs, warriors and Steph had already had obviously a nice career up to that point that year he had already won his first mvp. He had had some unbelievable moments becoming a superstar and becoming one of and and then all of a sudden catapulting himself into the discussion for not just one of the best players in the league, but a top three player. A top two player briefly flirted with top one player in some quarters and LeBron already had built a top 10 all time player resume. When these two guys first played in the Finals, which was again 10 years ago, LeBron had already played seven years with the Cavs, took him to a Finals left. His entire Heat career had come and gone. Not five, not six, not seven. The press conference, the decision. Four league MVPs, five Finals appearances, two championships. LeBron had already done all of that before he and Steph started this last decade of professional basketball being the face of the league and the other face of the league being the two guys who set the standard for what not only being a superstar in the NBA ideally would look like, but what being a professional would look like. What being a titan of industry almost would look like. Zero off court mistakes, zero controversy. The worst thing Steph ever did his entire career was throw his mouth guard into the front row. The worst thing LeBron ever did his entire career was a maybe preemptive celebratory press conference. The not five, not six, not seven. That's it. And for those guys to have delivered for the last 10 years and last night, no different, it's a big day. It's national tv. All eyes are on us. Our co stars may or may not be available for us. Steph didn't get much from Jimmy. LeBron didn't get much from Luca. It doesn't matter. Steph drops 37, some very just only Steph shots. LeBron drops 33 on just 15 field goal attempts after not looking quite like LeBron since coming back from the groin injury. But he did last night because these guys deliver and they answer the bell. Un unlike any duo we have seen since Magic and Bird. But here's the thing. This is so much so different than Magic and Bird. Here's why. Magic and Bird, we got them for the first decade of their career and then it was over. We got them. Steph and LeBron got going when Steph was half a decade in and when LeBron was a dozen years in and they're still going. Magic and Bird, as great as they are, were are not cumulatively really close to the duo that LeBron and Steph have been. Some people argue Steph's better than Magic. I won't go that far, but he's at least within shouting distance of him. So if some argue stuff's better than Magic, I think Magic's better than Steph, but call that a wash. LeBron versus Bird is a bunch of 10, eight rounds. And for us to be getting these guys doing this when for LeBron, the entirety of the rivalry should have been when he's past his prime. For Steph, the last half of the rivalry should have been when he's past his prime. It's just remarkable. And I, I think because of LeBron and Steph and also to his credit, Kevin Durant, people don't. People have forgotten that this has never happened in NBA history. Guys this age forget LeBron being 40. Let's pretend LeBron's 37 like Steph is this age playing at this level. Complete list NBA history of people who after their age 35 season has have averaged 23 plus a game. That list is five people long and two of those people joined that group. This year it is Karl Malone, Kareem in 86, Kevin Durant this year, Steph Curry this year, and LeBron James each of the last five years. That's the list it Steph Curry's 37 years old. LeBron is 40 years old. The late great Kobe Bryant played in his final career playoff game at age 33. Michael Jordan played his final game with the bulls at age 36. Larry Bird won one playoff series, one after age 31. Think about that. And now you have step at 37 and LeBron at 40. As right now the bet the most reliable players. In Steph's case, undeniably the best player on his team. In LeBron's case, Lucas should be the best, but LeBron's right now the most reliable on legitimate contenders on the teams with what the third and fifth or fourth and fifth or fourth and third best odds to win the championship. It was utterly remarkable when Kareem in 1986 gave us one more all time year. And it was really, really special when Carl Malone in the lockout shortened season in 99, 2000 at age 36 gave us one more great year. Steph at the beginning of this season it looked like okay, most guys remember they peak at 27, hold on to that peak for a few years and then slowly slow downward tick. And at the beginning of this year when he was averaging 22 a game, when he had a couple single digit point games, you were okay, he's to a different place which he should be. They had that amazing, these two guys had that amazing Olympic moment together. LeBron carrying the team through the first few rounds. Stephen having the brilliant gold medal game performance like that, that maybe was For Steph and LeBron their final time playing for real stakes, championship stakes. And they got to do it together. And then we now there's the Jimmy trade, there's the Luca trade. Steph post Jimmy trade has been almost vintage. Stephen lebron just came off but pre groin injury winning Western Conference player of the month. There's still not three guys in the league that you could say you definitively would rather have than either of these two guys. And it gotta have its spot. And them doing this now, 2015 is when it started. It's 2025. For this to be going on. It's 11th season is incomprehensible for the 73 win warriors and then the greatest three game stretch in the history of the sport by LeBron for these finals to be the 10th finals we've had since then is. And these guys are fighting to play in that one. It's just an impossibility. And so I just have a deep and profound appreciation for these guys. And it also not. And Ja last night hit a game winner and then he did the post game interview and called someone a pigeon. And is very, very hard for me not to juxtapose how LeBron and Steph have carried this torch and have had more scrutiny in LeBron's case, more pressure than anyone could possibly imagine. And never stepped out of line and never embarrassed the league and never had an incident and not be frustrated by some of the. And I know I sound like an old guy and it's because I'm older than Steph and I'm the exact same age as LeBron. I guess I am an old guy. And not be frustrated by some of the nonsense by the guys. Not all, but a lot of the guys who have come after them. Because you had the blueprint. And not only did you have the blueprint, you are getting to see it in real time because these guys won't stop being great. And it was just awesome to watch last night. For the seemingly 75th time, these two legends trading haymakers now to the actual game itself. It's not all that complex on the Lakers end. Really interesting. Austin Reeves game awesome. The first three minutes unbelievable. The final quarter and not much else but finishes with 31 on 16 shots. LeBron was TR. I think hoping Luca would get going early. LeBron 0 first quarter points. Saw Luca didn't have it finishes with 33, 5 and 9. But it wasn't going to matter even though Jimmy didn't really do much of anything offensively because you are not going to beat the warriors on a night. Pods and draymond combine for 10 threes on 14 attempts that you're not beating them. And Draymond was doing all types of Draymond stuff for good or for bad. He had the wonderful strip on Luca late and pods was just out of his mind the first half of the game. When that happens and Luca's not Luca, you're gonna lose. It was insane. The Lakers had a not really a chance to steal it, but a chance to have a chance at stealing it late. I am fully and entirely confident that Luca come the postseason will be playoff Luca because that's all he's ever been. But last night was a game that I thought because of the stakes of it because they had had a couple days off that we'd See? Great Luca. And we saw. Far from it. And so Lakers win the season series on the Warriors 3 1. So they do still have that tiebreaker. And that could really matter because it's now 45 and 31 for the Warriors, 46 and 30 for the Lakers. You wonder what the warriors will look like tonight as they host Denver. Denver having had a night off after a couple brutal losses, and the warriors the rest of the way. They've got. The next two are tough. And then a nice soft landing until the final game of the year. So the warriors, home for Denver, home for the Rockets, at Phoenix, home for San Antonio, at Portland, home for the Clippers. You would think in those six games that 4 and 2 is a fair result for them. So that would put them at 49 wins. The Lakers, on the other hand, they're a tough one to figure because they seemingly play their worst against bad teams. But the Lakers, New Orleans, then at okc, at okc, at Dallas in what should be absolute theater. It is a shame that game is the second night of a back to back. But if I were. If I were running the Lakers rotations, just me personally, you gotta win tonight against New Orleans, I would go for it Sunday against the Thunder and then I would give everybody the night off on the front end of a back to back Tuesday against the Thunder. Punt that one. Cause that Dallas game is going to mean a lot to Luca. And it's also obviously the far more winnable spot of your two. Of your back to back. And then after that, home for Houston, which is a huge one. And then at Portland, the final game of the year. If they win tonight, it is very, very difficult for me to see how the warriors could possibly catch them. They win tonight, they get to 47. The Portland win has to be a win. The Portland game, I should say, because Portland's not even gonna. It's the game 82. They're not even gonna want to win. Portland's gonna play. You know, Portland's gonna want the draft position. So that puts you at 48 wins. And then you just need one. If I'm right that the warriors are going to go four and two. Now that could. I could be wrong. You would just need one of okc, okc, Dallas, Houston. So Western Conference standings. If the playoffs were to start today, we'd get Warriors, Lakers in round one. Gosh, that's a series that would be a bummer to have in round one. If I could set the bracket, I would. It's very, very difficult to get them to where they could play in round two is I guess the problem. It would have to be. Well, you know what, there's no way to do this because the rockets are at 27. Losses. They're in good shape, but man oh man, Rockets final five games okc, Golden State, Clippers, Lakers, Denver. So we'll see what the Rockets do over their final five. But the Rockets have obviously a big cushion. They're at 27, Nuggets and Lakers at 30. Losses. This is warriors at 31 and then Grizzlies, Timberwolves, Clippers at 32. So Lakers, Warriors, Nuggets, they're all just starting from right now a two game losing streak from potentially being right in the playing. And so for the Lakers purposes, you would love a bracket that goes OKC 1, Houston 2 Lakers 3. Denver, Golden State 45 Memphis 6 Timberwolves 7, Clippers 8 or vice versa. That's the ideal bracket for the Lakers. The ideal bracket for the warriors is the exact one I just said. You just flip the Lakers and the Warriors. I think it's going to be really hard for the warriors though to catch the Lakers unless they can go five and one or better in their last six. And with the fact that I would, I would be surprised if Steph plays tonight. I think this. Well, maybe I shouldn't be surprised. I wonder what the line is for that game. What is. What do our friends at DraftKings? DraftKings has Denver favored by one and a half in Golden State. I think I'm going to double check that. If that's the case, then DraftKings is telling us they're not sure Steph is playing either. I'm not sure Steph is playing and obviously that's kind of in the middle. Step doesn't play. It'd be Denver by more than that. But if Steph does play and the warriors are fully healthy, I don't think they would be dogs at home. So it should be a wild final 10 days. But I am just so incredibly appreciative that if Stephen LeBron were done as top of the league competitors fighting for championships after the four straight finals, that would have been totally reasonable. Instead of that, we're now going on seven more seasons of it. They've both won a championship sense and they're fighting for one this year. Never seen anything like it. See you guys on Tuesday for the next episode of what's Right. It'll be a regular episode. Demanze will be back, all of that. See you guys later today. Depending on when you watch this on. First things first. Have a great weekend. We'll try.
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Host 1
Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley season one.
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Host 2
Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
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Host 1
I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
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Host 2
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
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Host 1
Listen to new episodes of bone Valley Season 2, starting April 9 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.