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Episode 153: Free Agency Has EVERYBODY Moving!! · Play 4 Keeps Podcast

• Greg: Welcome back to another episode of the Play for Keys podcast. The only podcast where we do something different every single day. Not an hour, not an episode. This is a daily thing before we even get into the pod. Appreciate all of y'all for ⁓ tapping in with the family feud, tapping in with the deal or no deal, deal or no deal. I think we got like 430 views on it right there. actually kind of going surprisingly crazy. If you want us to do more of those, you can ask. Jax: Yeah. Greg: It's up to us if we're gonna say yes or no. I ain't gonna lie to you. Just because you asked don't mean it's gonna happen. But we're gonna try to we're gonna try to ⁓ to do our thing. ⁓ actually I actually like how Dill or No Dill came out, I ain't gonna lie. ⁓ so keep keep liking it up. ⁓ keep keep ⁓ keep doing what y'all doing. But we damn near miss what, like two weeks? Two pods? Jax: Yeah. ⁓ Yeah. yeah. Greg: Yeah. I you know, life was life in, you know what I mean? The streak been done, so I mean all that consecutive shit that that shit ended. I don't I kinda forgot when that shit ended, but it is what it is. But ⁓ there is a lot to talk about. ⁓ we missed a lot. Jax: Yeah, the one we do is I get to do something different. Everything happened. Everything happened. Greg: We were trying to figure out okay how how are we gonna break everything down Jackson's finna be point point guy but before I even pass the sticks to him we gotta we gotta hit the donations real quick life changing ⁓ that's not donations my bad yo it is the the donation is life changing I'm not gonna lie donations donations here comes the money here we go money talks here comes the money Jax: I mean they are though. Greg: Man. But let's let's quickly get into the one thing we do not We do not care. Do not care about. It's not sports related. ⁓ Mitch McConnell, unconscious. Jax: Yes. Greg: Hey, it's approaching. Hashtag hashtag noticing. Hashtag strive for greatness. Jax: Soon, Soon. ⁓ I'm not gonna hold you and then we can move on obviously but I 100,000 % think the bucket has already been kicked and they're just trying to figure out a way to like break the news while also keeping his position in power and all that stuff like I 100,000 % think that niggas dead bro Greg: Hashtag just a kid from Colleen. All right. With that being said, prayers to everybody involved. We will be moving on. My FBI agent needs to know exactly what the fuck I'm saying. Prayers to everybody. Everybody. I mean everybody. But point guy jacks. Take it away. Where are we going to start? Jax: ⁓ for sure. You All right. Unfortunately, we have to start on a little bit of a sadder note because some crazy news came out. NFL icon legend. I'm not sure who's going to make it to Hall of Fame. That's nothing to say about his talent. That's just the NFL Hall of Fame. You know how the NFL Hall of Fame is. But Chris Johnson, CJ 2K has Greg: Absolutely. Jax: came out and revealed he was diagnosed with ALS last year. He gave an interview with Good Morning America and it was honestly one of these sadder things to see. Just last year he was at the Senior Bowl mentoring young running backs and he looked you know perfectly fine. Now a year later he's been reduced to like a shell of himself to be completely honest. This is what he unfortunately looks like now ALS. It's an incure or there's no cure for that disease. ⁓ He's really been given probably like three to five years to live. If that he recently tried he's restarting the ice bucket challenge as well to raise awareness for the disease. So, you know, that's a good thing as well. Prayers up to him and his family. ⁓ He has four kids. He's only, I believe, 38, if I'm not mistaken. So he's relatively young. So this all is just shocking. Because this is the man who, one of the eight or nine people who's ran for 2,000 yards in NFL history, I think the only player that's had back-to-back 2,500 yard seasons, all purpose and everything. this is really like, he's mad and covered. This is Chris Johnson. Greg: Chris Johnson, bro. Jax: CJ 2K, seeing this, like, honestly, was, it me in a bad mood the rest of day when I saw it. I'm like, I'll hold you. Greg: Yeah, bro, like it it it it fucked me up. Just because at first, like I saw the the report and me still like I know about ALS but I didn't realize how fast it can take over your body. So once I saw the interview, I'm like, Man, wait, I've j just last year I've seen you like, yeah, like this is in my mind I'm thinking like this stuff takes Jax: Literally like Greg: a few years before it gets this bad, but I'm like, damn, this is this is tough. And it's just I I I know he's going through a lot. I know his wife and his children are going through a lot ⁓ with all this and it it sucks because it's just like you you don't know how it develops 'cause it it doesn't run in his family. And then there's no real cure for it. So it's just like damn, like all you can do is Yeah, you you do your best to raise awareness. You can, you know. Jax: So once you get it, you can't do anything. Greg: You know, we just be thankful for the life that we have, man, because you know, at any given moment, things can change. this this was a healthy young man that had great health insurance, has the money for the best doctors in the world, and this th this could still happen. So he's gotta be grateful, man. But I I I just remember that time, ⁓ a football perspective. I think they were playing against the Texans, and nobody covered that nigga. And that nigga just took it all the way to the house. And hit the stinky leg. That was like one of my first impressions of Chris Johnson at that point. I was like, bro, why didn't y'all guard this nigga? This is crazy. But like after that, I'm like, damn, this nigga is cold though. So it Jax: You He's literally the fastest running back in NFL history up to that point, because he set the record for the 40 yard dash at the Columbine. This is Johnson. What are we talking about? this is absolutely crazy. Honestly, think one of the things that, like this was, the interview was like about like six or seven minutes. And like one of the things he said that really like. Greg: Yeah, he was something serious. Fucking crazy. Jax: Sort of like got to me. was like, a lot of people see his condition now and think like, ⁓ his mind is probably deteriorating and things like that. But he's like, no, his mind is perfectly sharp. His mind is still healthy. It's just his body's not responding. He's just like sort of like a prison. And that's the worst part to me, know, honestly. So, you know, prayers up to Chris Johnson and his family. ⁓ I honestly, hope for a miracle. is a very terrible situation. Greg: Yes. Or is that someone yeah? Nah, did I was like I d I don't it's crazy how there's still certain things that we just don't know the cause or the cure for. But damn. Crazy. Jax: But ⁓ there's no good way to transition from this. But moving on to something that's also, it does suck, but maybe it's a little bit of a lighter note because we can sort of laugh at the person this is happening to. Although that sounds bad now that I think about it. But Terry on Arnold, the Troy Lions' cornerback. Lord Jesus Christ. Greg: Yeah no. Yeah. Jax: He's been arrested on kidnapping and armed robbery charges. And all of this happened because ⁓ I believe he was robbed at like an Airbnb or he wasn't like, they didn't like come in and rob him, like gunpoint and everything. But I think, believe ⁓ it was $150,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from him. And he was like, you know what? I'm in a little dirt mood. I'm in a pooch, icy mood. Let me go ahead and get it back in blood. And him and a couple of, all this is alleged by. I was just alleging by the way. So we don't know the full story yet, but what seems to have happened was him and his friends, were like, you know what, we're gonna get this jewelry back. They had two girls set up the people who they believe stole the money from them. were the two, the people had met the girls at the house. Then Terion Arnold, he was not there, but his friends popped out the closet, started beating the people up, pistol whipping them. Terion Arnold was also allegedly like. over FaceTime watching this whole thing happen, trying to like directing the chaos and this, that and the third. didn't, and honestly at the end of it, they didn't get the jewelry back because the people that they robbed back, tried to rob back, were the wrong people. They were not the people that stole the money from them. So they did all of this. And now, Terranano, he's been arrested. The Lions actually just released him a couple of days ago. He made bail or rather he made bond so that's good for him I guess and his lawyer said that you know or his agent rather said that a couple NFL teams are reaching out about him and everything, but I'm just like brother What is why would you're an NFL player? What the fuck are we doing here? seriously Greg: You said he was on FaceTime. Allegedly he was on FaceTime directing do his ass offense on these niggas. Jax: This is what was alleged. Yes. Greg: Yeah, like I remember I remember when this this story came out a few months ago like when they were like allegedly like he was just getting his shit ⁓ getting his shit back and they were trying to compare it to to OJ, even though OJ got in trouble. But I mean OJ's a different case. Like that's that's a that's a whole different pipeline of situations that you gotta go through before you get there. But with him, people were like kinda on his side, like, ⁓ my God, like Jax: You Greg: He was just getting his shit back, first and foremost, even if it was that you make too much money for you to be the main co-conspirator. Why are you putting your money in jeopardy? ⁓ that's crazy. But then the fact that you did all this work just to get the wrong niggas, that's what I have an issue with. If you gonna go this route, at least OJ knew exactly who the fuck. He was targeting. Jax: Awesome. Yeah. Greg: And he actually got his shit back. And this was before social media. You have more resources. You have more niggas around you. You have more money. And you couldn't get the job done. You should have got released just off of the principal. Even if you're innocent, you should be, you should be released from you should have been released from the Detroit Lions, my nigga. Jax: I'll put you. And one thing I will say, cause like I said, all of this is alleged apparently, they're apparently like they say, or his lawyers, argument in the main is like, there's no real like physical evidence saying he was involved and they're just going off the testimony of the people who got caught before him. So like, it just seems like a couple of people got caught and they're like, Hey, let's throw it to you and Arnold. That's what they're trying to argue. So maybe that could be what happened. Maybe they just quote unquote snitching, but wrong. Greg: Alleg you. Jax: just to like get him caught up. But so like if that happened, his friends are horrible fucking people if they're doing that for real. But it's just like, still bro, come on dog. Like in all honesty dog. Greg: Yeah, and then on top of that, you was on a podcast. Bad takes. And on top of that, niggas already clipping you up when you when you had a segment where you were like, I ain't gonna lie. I do be with the YNs. Self incrimination right there, gang. That's very unfortunate. Which is crazy. You was telling that in front of Devontae Smith, a stand up guy. Jax: I know. Greg: Just got married, by the way. Happy for him. Jax: I keep seeing that one, the wedding all over social, that whole, that whole looked amazing. That whole thing looked amazing. I keep seeing videos of it on social media. Greg: I was like, God damn, this shit is for you. I'm not gonna hold you. But yeah, Terry on this is yeah, no. Honestly, we got bigger fish to fry for sure. But man. Was he like that? Was he like that for real? Jax: Nah, he wasn't, he wasn't that good for real. That's why they released him so fast. Like he was the first round pick, but he he ain't lived up to it. Greg: I know it was a first round pick, but Is it is this like it it like would this be the equivalent of if Shamar Stewart beat somebody up and then Jax: He wasn't as bad as Shamar Stewart. Shamar Stewart, also didn't really play that much, but he was just like a, he was an up and down ass cornerback. I don't think he would have gotten an extension or nothing like that. He wasn't that, he wasn't that. Greg: ⁓ like a like a Like like a prime ⁓ No, I don't wanna say that. Never mind. Jax: He's like a slightly below average to average. Like that's the type of corner he was. Greg: Like you put him next to a prime Trevon Diggs. You taking Diggs? Jax: Yeah, because Diggs would get the picks at least. He'd get burnt, but he'd be burnt. Diggs would get burnt trying to get an interception, so I can't. I can get mad at that, but I'm not going to, because you still get like 10 picks. yeah. I mean. Greg: Okay. Anthony Brown. Jax: Yeah, I'm not mad at that. I'm not mad about the same level type, like so. Wasn't the best, but wasn't, you know, the worst, but yeah. Greg: Okay. Okay. 'Cause I I just knew I just saw him a lot more on podcast than on the field. So I just didn't really know. And that's no disr that wasn't even me trying to be disrespectful. I was just like, I don't know about this nigga on the field. Like I I don't I don't know no impact play. Crazy. But Jax: Exactly. And that's the issue. He wasn't that good. So, like if it was Patrick's or 10, the line would still be like, let's not leave him just yet. Let's not leave him just yet. But he's not. Yeah. Greg: Okay, okay, yeah we we gonna figure this We gonna figure this shit out. okay. I see. Okay. That makes sense. All right. Jax: Prayers to everybody involved. certainly hope it was just a case of his friends lying, which sucks, but like at least he wouldn't be in jail. we'll see. We will see. All right, moving on to something that we can for sure 100 % laugh about and not feel bad. Our long national nightmare is over. The Brendan Soresby thing has come to a conclusion finally. ⁓ The NFL, he was entering, he wanted to enter the supplemental draft after he got ⁓ banned from NCAA football for gambling. The supplemental draft is like a replacement draft for ⁓ people who want to get into the NFL draft, but had something happen in college, so they had to delay this whole thing. The NFL, they actually said, you know what, we're not gonna have a supplemental draft this year, so he cannot enter the NFL. Also, the CFL came out and said, yeah, we're not drafting this nigga either. At first, yeah, man from Canada. Very pretty in that call. So at first he was going to try to file like another lawsuit with the NFLPA and everybody was like, nigga, why are you doing that? And he was like, you know what? I'll just take the L. I'm just going to try to prepare for the next year's draft, the 2027 draft. Greg: Damn, Canada? ⁓ wow. Jax: He's effectively been banned from the NFL, from entering the NFL this year and. This is what he gets. I don't care what nobody say like, oh, he gambling addiction. was this, that, and third. Like, I don't care, bro. Greg: Well yeah, get your g get your addiction under control, nigga. Cause why would I reward you with more money? Jax: Exactly. Well, I don't reward you bad behavior. Greg: Like, ⁓ yeah, let's draft him so he can make more money, so he can ⁓ get more g deep into his vices, nigga. Like no, like you you need to sit you need to sit out, nigga. Jax: He kept trying to circumvent everything and like bro, just take the punishment like you were in the wrong. It's okay, dawg. I mean, it's not okay, dawg. You get what saying. Greg: I'm saying. Yeah, I'm saying, bro, like, no, I get what you're saying. Like, yeah, you he would be like a great last chance you candidate. You know what I mean? Like that that that would be like a great ⁓ okay, that's your redeemable arc. You can get around the cameras and they can get you, you know, around some people or whatever the fuck it may be. And even that I would think it's like a privileged thing to to Jax: Yeah. Greg: To still have like TV time and camera time and endorsement deals off of that shit. It's just, yeah, sit the fuck down, nigga. Sit down. And if you're that nice and if you're that good, somebody will pick you up. Okay? Dylan Gabriel got picked up, nigga, at some point. Even if he doesn't, somebody will pick you up. You'll get signed. You'll be on somebody's practice squad or something. And if you're that cold and if you're that nice. Jax: I don't think he's get drafted. Yeah. Greg: You'll you'll you'll overcome the odds, white man. Who cares? You think I give a fuck about you in adversity right now? Figure it out. Jax: Yeah, I don't don't know, like... Greg: Ninety he gambled $90,000, my nigga. 90 90K. Come on now. Jax: Yeah, what you get? I don't feel bad. That's all I got to say about that. But in other draft news, because this draft also happened while we were not recording, the NBA draft happened. And we're not going to get all the way into it because it's 60 fucking picks. But it went pretty chalk, the top three picks. AJ DeBanso went first to the Wizards. Greg: Won won. Absolutely. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Jax: Darren Peterson, second to the Jazz, Campbell's our third to the Grizzlies. Were there any other takeaways you have from this draft? I can scroll down a little bit and see some of the other picks. Kayla Wilkins, fourth to the Bulls. I like that pick. Greg: I think Kayla Wilson's gonna be really nice. ⁓ shout out the Kingston Flemmins ⁓ getting drafted by the Hawks. That what that was that was the that was the Pelicans pick originally. So, you know, keeping that in mind. Also, there was one more scroll down a bit. There was somebody else. Jax: I do as well. Yeah. Good situation. He avoided the keys. I'll pray for you, Jerry. Stay comfortable. and cursed air too. Greg: Then I'm missing. ⁓ Kareem Lopez actually is a is a is a good prospect, I'm not gonna lie. He is he is a hoober. He is a hoober. Me personally you ⁓ you've seen him? Jax: Peace. I've seen clips and then people have also been like, ⁓ he's just like a less athletic Aaron Gordon. And I'm like, if he's a less athletic Aaron Gordon, that's not a good player. I'm like, just a good player. Greg: ⁓ I wouldn't say I wouldn't I wouldn't say ⁓ I wouldn't say all that now. Relax relax. But being but be but being tapped into the Australian like side of of of sports, I that that that nigga's nice. But I it just kind of depends on ⁓ what the Grizzlies got going on. Shout out to Chris Teneck though. Shout out to shout out to shout out to Chris Teneck, a Boston Celti. They're gonna need big bodies. And I think other that then ⁓ Didn't a man ⁓ Emmanuel Sharp, he dropped it, right? The second round, huh? Jax: Yeah, he went to the Kings. Yeah, he went to the Greg: ⁓ he went to the Kings. He's not gonna be there long. He's not gonna be there alone. The th the good players like that, they'll find a way to get to a better situation. Jax: I don't know, I seen like an interview and there was, gosh, what's the UHS coach's name? can't, it escaped me right now. Yeah, with Keller and Samson, he was like, yeah, the Kings, called me to talk about Emmanuel and they were like, we're dragging him because we see like a path to him playing soon. So maybe he'll get some PT quickly, but also do you really want playing time? I mean, yes, he wants playing time in the NBA, but like you really want playing time for the Kings knowing the Kings are. Greg: Kelvin Samson. Jax: the Sacramento Kings. Greg: Yeah, 'cause he's not a franchise player and can be moved at any point. Jax: You know what? Fair enough. Him and Darius Acuff. We'll see. Greg: Not yeah, yeah. Now now if this was like a a big time nigga, like if this was Caleb Wilson, AJ DeBance, okay, yeah. I'd be like, damn, this is tough. Cause they're gonna throw you lot of money and you're gonna be stuck. This nigga here, they might be dumb enough where it's like, ⁓ we'll package him up, send them to New York, send them to to the Spurs. Whoever the fuck, but yeah. ⁓ overall Good I think overall it's been it was a it was a good draft. I didn't there wasn't there wasn't anything crazy that happened ⁓ from like a draft perspective. I just think that ⁓ the top four, I'm I'm just gonna keep tabs on the top four for real. And ⁓ Utah, I ain't gonna lie. We'll talk about Utah a little later. But Utah really Danny Danny Age finally waking up. Like I'm Dan Danny Age finally waking up, fleecing niggas per usual. But we'll we'll get into that later. Jax: Yeah, a couple of picks I like though, obviously the top three I liked. Kingston from the Mrs. Hogs, I think that's a good fit for him because they need a guard. Ademarra to the Thunder because yeah, they need another big man. And I like Yaxle to the Warriors because I think he's sort of an older prospect so he can play now. And then where is it? did he go? LeBaron Filon to the Sixers. I I think he went 22. Greg: Yeah. Jax: I thought he was much better than that. So I think that's a really good pick. So yeah. And also Cameron Carr, he went to the Lakers because they need that ⁓ young, athletic, shooter type guy. So they got that. So we'll see if he pans out. He got Luke good next to him. So that's going to do nothing to help him. Greg: Yeah, I'm interested to see how all of these people 'cause ⁓ summer league is right around the corner. So it it'll be it'll be kinda cool to see how people perform and and and play. 'Cause this this is a I think this is an ⁓ an exciting draft class, to say the least. Jax: Yeah. Some more stuff that happened. Coaching news. ⁓ Let me think. Dusty May, former Michigan head coach, he accepted Dallas' Maverick job. So there's that. He also drafted one of his players, so that was nice to see. ⁓ Tiago Splitter, after he, or rather after the Trail Blazers were like, we're only gonna give you $1 million. He was like, you know what, leave me alone. He accepted the Bulls head coaching job, so shout out to that. But the real one I wanna talk about though is Mike Gnori, who was a former Timberwolves assistant coach. He's been in the league for years, well respected and all that. He got the Trailblazer job. And this was absolutely like, what the hell is going on? ⁓ Because his contract. Greg: Shut up. Jax: is a terrible contract. The ⁓ owner of the Trailblazers fucking sucks, as we've talked about multiple times, but Mike and Ori's contract is a three year deal. And you hear that, you're like, ⁓ awesome, know, three years, not too long, but it's actually, excuse me, a one year deal with ⁓ team options on the next two years. So nothing is guaranteed after its first year, which like. What the fuck are we doing? I feel like that's a very unfair deal for a coach, especially a new head coach. And I believe he's only getting about $1 million, which is the lowest salary out of all the head coaches in the NBA. And JB Bickerstad, who's the head coach of the Pistons and also the leader of the NBA Coaches Union, I believe is what it's called. He went on an interview and said, this feels like a slap in the face because it's very disrespectful to do that to a coach. I, you know, I agree. In honesty, I don't Greg: Yeah, like I'm I'm still convinced that this nigga still trying to sell the you know, this nigga not sell the team. I'm still yeah, I'm still I'm still convinced he's trying to move this bitch because he's still out here trying to make the taxpayers pay for the shit. Yeah, and it's just like okay. Like stop stop with this bullshit, bro. Like I I just I just wanna I respect game. I respect well, respect goes a long way. I fuck with Jax: Are you trying to move it in? Yeah, pay for the new stadium and everything. Nigga, you're a billionaire. Quit it. Greg: With these players, Dame, Jaw, whoever the fuck, we'll we'll talk about them niggas later, but I just I just have the urge to just hate watch the Portland Trailblazers, which I I normally they normally are a team that doesn't bother me. Like they kind of just earn their own bubbling lame, but nigga. Jax: I feel like like one, he does want he does still want to move this team, which is crazy because like the Charlotte are a historic franchise, to be honest with you. And they, you know, they've won championship way back in the past, of course, have you know MVP players before. ⁓ they have an insane fan base, but he still wants to move. I just Like the way this owner is moving, like I like Dame. There's some we're talk we're gonna talk about their team later. I like Dame, but it just feels like a lot of the moves they're making is not the moves a successful basketball organization would make. And it gives me pause on like rooting for them. 'Cause like they have good players, but when you have a owner who's a a idiot like this, it makes me feel like I don't know. And I don't like that feeling, 'cause I like the Trailblazers, so I don't know. Greg: Yeah, they're or they're overachieving in spite of and that that's a testament to like the players that they have, but yeah, nigga, the he yeah no. I'm not fucking with it. Jax: All right, Greg. We we got, you know, some of the quick stuff out the way, but now we gotta get into NBA free agency because I I don't know what I don't know what's going on anymore in NBA free agency. I I truly know. This has been one of the crazier offseasons we've ever seen. And I already know we're not gonna get to every every single signing because everybody keeps fucking moving. It's I've never seen nothing like this. This is everybody keeps changing teams. But Greg: Mm. Jax: ⁓ let's start it off with one person who did not change his team. And that's Trey Young. He opted out of his contract with the Wizards at first, but then he decided to go ahead and re-sign a four-year deal worth $212 million. ⁓ he's a player option in year four. So he said, you know what, Wizards, I want to stay here. Me and Ada De Manta, we're gonna build. Anthony Davis is there as well. We're gonna build, try something so cool. Greg: That nigga's gon that that nigga's leaving soon. ⁓ Anthony Davis. Anthony Davis, nigga. Jax: Who? No, I think it came out that the wizard were like, No, we're not trading him. We wanna keep him. Greg: You you know how niggas be broke. You know how teams you know how teens be. They they supposed to say that. They supposed to say that. Jax: I mean yeah they said they said No they said we're not they said we're not listening to offers no more. We actually see the vision with Anthony Davis and demands and trade and I'm like I guess bro. I guess. Greg: Okay. Yeah, I feel it. They just haven't they haven't found the right trade piece yet. That's why they they're not the packages that they saw, there's like, ⁓ I feel like we can get a little bit more. Let's see this nigga Anthony Davis play so niggas can be like, ⁓ he's doing a little bit more in the tank. Hold on. ⁓ so they'll they'll try them out like they did James Harden. ⁓ first for first ten games, fifteen games. All that's jazz. But I do think the Wizards are ⁓ looking bright. ⁓ they have a bright future. They got w the the only thing they need to do at this point is to rebrand their jerseys. All right. ⁓ it is time it is time for Jax: Why? Wizards have never had a good jersey in my entire li in my in life. The wizards have never Greg: The Navy ones weren't that bad. Jax: I think they were. I don't think like I just the colors suck. Like these colors that's on right now, they suck. The ones that were in the past with the Gulban Arenas in them, those sucked. They tried a red, white, and blue. That suck like I don't I don't get it. Like why are they so in their logo sucks like d I don't get it, bro. They need to do something, dog. Greg: Yeah, I'll never mind those. That's ⁓ He said the local stuff. Yeah, it's just time, but like even like they need the rebrand. Like every time you're in a new era, a new regime, you have to update. You have to update the jerseys. You have to update ⁓ update the whole. So Jax: Especially updated from this nonsense that that he wearing right now. Like that's ugly. Like that's really ugly, bro. And you got AJ Devance, he even be wearing that stupid shit. That's really ugly, bro. I'm sorry. But as far But as far as like a actual basketball fit, you know, I think Greg: Yeah the So you Jax: The Riz have hella guards, but they're all like every every guard outside of Trey Young is like six five and can shoot. So I'm not mad. Trey Young can shoot too well, but they're all like six five and super athletic. So I think it's a good fit. You know, AJ Devante, he's number one overall pick. He's coming in. He's gonna have a veteran like Trey Young, veteran like Anthony Davis around to sort of guide him. And Trey Young, he makes his passing makes his teammates better and he can spoon feed AJ some easy shots, get him in rhythm. Greg: Yeah. Jax: not have ⁓ all the pressure beyond AJ. So I honestly I think this is a really good this is really good for AJ, really good for the Wizards. Hopefully they can actually be successful. Because they've never won fifty games in our in like our entire lifetime, in our parents' lifetime. Like they haven't won fifty games like seventy years, something crazy like that. So maybe this could be this won't be the year, but maybe like it could eventually happen with this with this ⁓ Greg: Mm-hmm. Yeah. On top of Yeah, on top of that on top of that you still have Alex Saarr that had a really good season last year. Trey Johnson, Mbalakulabali, Bub Carrington, Champani. Jax: They got some really good pieces. They just need to figure out what's going to like who's who's going to be like I because like I said, they got a whole bunch of guards that are all like the same size, do a lot of the same stuff. They just need to figure out who's gonna shake out and be like one of the like the core members, one of like the centerpieces of that roster. But they have a lot of ⁓ lot of people that can be that. So I mean we'll see which one is going to be that. Greg: Had no clue. Had no clue D Lo was on this roster. Had no clue. D'Angelo Russell. Had no clue was on this roster. Jax: You know who Fuck it. Fuck it. You know. Greg: And on top of that, Cam Whitmore coming from injury. I feel like you need to flip that. Jax: Can' ⁓ I it might be it might be over for Camore. How how does Cam Woodmore? Let's do this. Greg: You might you y you might you might have to flip. Cam Cam is twenty he just turned twenty one. Jax: Okay, maybe okay, ⁓ it might not be over for him just yet. Might not be over just yet. But I don't know, man. Greg: He just got he just gotta he just gotta Jax: Get your hand all right or something, dog. Like I don't Greg: I think I think the problem is he from Villanova. So that nigga was trying to work like Jalen Brunson and he don't have Jalen Brunson leeway. That's the problem. Pass that rock, nigga. Swing, swing that rock, nigga. ⁓ shit, I forgot. I forgot Julian Reese was on this bitch too. Rebound, rebound God. That nigga staying on he staying on, he's staying on the roster just for offensive boards on rip. Like he's not going nowhere. Jax: Yeah, yeah. Bro, that shit that should run in the family. I don't I don't know what ⁓ mama Angel Reese was doing to like teach her kids how to rebound, but she she did the damn thing. That this that's one thing they can do. The angel the Reese kids can do is rebound. Greg: I saw a 15 and 15 game. I was like, ⁓ shit. All right. Nah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They they're gonna be in a bright spot and it's the east. They they in the east. Anything's possible. You know what I mean? Anything is possible. They'll be fine. I feel like they'll be a top six for sure. Jax: Yeah, so shout out to you. Yeah. Maybe so. I don't matter that. Playing at minimum, playing at minimum. But Greg: If play ⁓ play ⁓ at minimum, but the talent that they have around, like, it wouldn't surprise me if there was like a fifth seed or six seed at all. Jax: They just need to put it all together. But I like I think they can. But ⁓ Greg: We'll just see we'll just see how good this coach is. We'll we'll really know how good this coach is 'cause we was on his ass last season. ⁓ Jax: I forgot. Let me not. Let me not. Piss me off again. We'll talk we'll talk about the heat later. But Trey Young, he was probably like the only major person that was staying. ⁓ yeah, Austin Reeves, he's staying with the Lakers. He got shout out to him. He got like a $180 million contract. Greg: Perhaps perhaps I struck a nerve. I believe. Jax: Kid from Arkansas who was like a G League player and all that changed his life. So real shout out to him. But ⁓ Greg: Yeah. They call they call them the snow the Snowtime Lakers. Jax: Speaking of the Lakers, ⁓ LeBron James has decided, you know what? I'm done with this. And he informed the Lakers he will not be re signing. He wants to choose a different team next season. We sort of, I mean, I sort of felt he was always going to lead the Lakers. I think he he hasn't announced where he's going. I still think he's going to Cleveland. Greg: Yeah. Jax: He put in that a call, the batsing with Rich Paul, and Rich Paul said, hey, he's open for playing anywhere. That's not true, but I digress. ⁓ we'll see. Like I said, I think he's going the Cavs, but I'm just glad he's not with the Lakers no more. Because they were like yes, they won that championship, but they've been wasting the runs past few what, past what? Greg: Eight years. Jax: I mean he was there eight years, yes, but the chip that that that wasn't a waste. They won a championship. I feel like they've been wasting like his last like five, six years. Like you went out you went out and got Luca and everything and still on bullshit, so Greg: Nice season. Okay. Six years. Six si yes, six seasons. Yeah, bad. ⁓ 'cause we we we know the full vision now. We know the vision that the Lakers won. And it's snow. They want snow. They want snow in Los Angeles. Jax: Yeah. They're rebuilding they're rebuilding the Aryan race. Greg: Bunny hoppers. Crazy. Jax: Yeah. If you if you did not know, ⁓ like we said, the Lakers they have Luca. ⁓ they re-signed Austin Reeves. They went out and got Walker Kethler who's ⁓ they traded for him. ⁓ dang, I cannot remember the trade. But they low key gave up a lot for him. Now I don't think they have any Greg: Yes. I think it was I think it was four first. Jax: Mm-mm, mm-mm. They have four first signed him to a, I believe it was a $170 million deal. Walker Kessler is a so he's a, you know, he played for the Utah, so not many people watched him, but he was, you know, a solid center, 7-2, big man, all that. It's funny how Anthony Davis was dying for center. Please give me a center, please give me a center. And now they finally get him a center and he's not even there. But I digress. but yeah, Walker Kessler is also white. They signed. Greg: Solid. He is coming off injury though. Jax: I can't I I do not know how to say his name, but his first name is Sandro. He would play at the Raptors. He's also another white. They're literally rebuilding the Aryan race over with in LA. We'll see how that goes. I don't think they're gonna be that. I mean, they have Luca, so you can only be so so trashed with Luca because he's Luca Doncit still, but it's just I don't like. Greg: ⁓ yeah. I know what you're talking about. Yeah. That nigga finna be dribbling down the court and be like, where where are the niggas? Where where are the niggas? Now, they they did sign ⁓ Kobe White, and I know they signed somebody else. Jax: Yeah. Ronnie, where are you? Not quite Quentin Grimes and ⁓ Colin ⁓ Colin Sexton. There we I was gonna Joe L that's. Greg: ⁓ Colin Sexton, my bad. I'd be getting I'd be getting Kobe and Colin mixed up. But yeah, Colin Sexton and Quentin Grimes. ⁓ and then that Corbin look alike, Jackson Hayes is still on the squad. ⁓ shit. He was with ⁓ he is with the Jazz. Damn. Damn. Wow. They just getting ridden like this. Yeah, they just getting ridden. Jax: Not his agenda. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. Greg: Is Aiden still there? He shouldn't. Jax: I I hope not for his sake. I don't know. Is he? I'm pretty sure he's a free agent now. Let me see. Greg: Yeah, get your buddy out of there. I would hope so. Jax: Nah, he's still he is still on the Los Angeles Lakers roster. I guess, question mark. He I don't believe he'll be there much longer, to be honest with you. And that has nothing to do with any of the moves of Lagos. I just think he's not that good. I I wish he was better, but he's been underachieving his entire career, so yeah. Greg: That's right. Lmar, bad. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. So we'll say ⁓ to to get back to LeBron though. ⁓ I will say I don't think it is. I don't I really don't think it's smoke and mirrors when they say, ⁓ that nigga just, you know, he wanna go to the ⁓ you know, he wanna he's open to go to contenders. You know what I mean? He he's open the the the going to like a championship contender thing. Jax: Mm-hmm. Greg: I don't think it's just like a ⁓ it's it's the calves, stop bullshitting. ⁓ no, I I do think he is weighing out contending options. ⁓ and if I you know and if I was LeBron, I would too. Okay. You know, at this point, I would look at Miami. Just a little, I just would just peek. I just look, just to see. But I know there's bad blood there. Y'all took that nigga's cookies. It may not, it may, you know what I mean? Whatever. You know. And I will look at Philadelphia. And we'll get to Philadelphia soon. I will look. I'd peak. I'd buy I like the pieces. You know what I mean? Jax: Do you do you believe the smoke about the Warriors saying, ⁓ he might go to the Warriors? Greg: If I'm comparing, if he goes to the Warriors, me personally, if I'm LeBron, I would have been like, I just stayed, I would have just stayed in in Los Angeles. What do you really have? Pods? Like what like there's a be ⁓ yes, we have Steph Curry, but you you had Luca. So that cancels out, in my opinion, even though I think Luca is the better player right now. But after that, okay, like pods? Jax: Maybe he wanna show his buddy Draymond, bro. Greg: Yeah, man. Two dumb bitches just telling each other exactly, man. You know, I can't I can't co sign that. I can't I can't co sign that. But you know. Jax: Yeah, but I don't I don't I don't think it's going to LeBron is too like cognizant of public perception and his legacy and blah blah blah to go to the Warriors. And I think Steph Curry to an extent is as well. Another all-time great small four and nigga's gonna try to talk and blah blah blah. I don't I don't think he's gonna I don't think he's going to the Warriors. Greg: Yeah. Yeah, no, that that wouldn't have made sense. But like whatever it is, it's gonna be in the East. That's all I know. Whatever it is, it's going to be a Eastern conference team. That nigga knows that nigga knows the blueprint. He knows he goes over there. Pre-eats, easy eat in his mind. So I I I do this. Even though the East low-key didn't kind of they didn't kind of disperse their powers. I ain't gonna hold you like this. Jax: Four Yeah. Greg: The b there's there has been a balance of power really. They didn't start to add is it is shifting. It is shifting, nigga. I'm not gonna lie. Like we we got some more teams to talk about, but my and if if I had to choose where I wanted him to be, I would pick Philly. I would pick Philly, even though I know there'll be a warmer embrace for ⁓ what you call it? There'll be a warmer embrace for Cleveland. I just Jax: It it shifted a little I don't know which direction it shifted, but it shifted. It's it's weird now. It's it's it's weird over there. Yeah. Greg: I don't believe in Cleveland. I don't give a fuck. I really just believe I just don't believe that they're all LeBron James away. I think they need to move some shit. But that's just me personally. I don't have faith in that roster, nigga. I'm I'm gonna be honest with you. Jax: Okay. I don't I don't have I don't think LeBron's getting another ring, period. So it d I don't think it matters where he goes and like even if he gets to the point Greg: ⁓ I I I was going I was going off of the s ⁓ off of the strength of if I'm trying my best to get squeeze one more at least decent playoff run, potentially get to the finals, maybe get a ring, who knows? And Cleveland ain't a Cleveland ain't the spot. I ain't gonna lie. Jax: But earlier you mentioned Miami a little bit and how ⁓ LeBron he could go back to Miami because they're a contender. And y'all might ask, What do you mean Miami's a contender? They suck. Well, they may Greg: I don't think anybody thinks that. I think we're late. We're playing catch up. Jax: Yeah. Well I mean before. But anyway. They made a blockbuster trade. They got Giannis Antete Kumpo. He's no longer ⁓ this is really our long lapsing nightmare because this nigga Giannis kept complaining and complaining and complaining about being Milwaukee. Greg: Bro, that nigga was blowing me, bro. I was get alright, nigga. Give it up. I don't care no more. Jax: Yeah. But yeah, Giannis is now a Miami Heat. ⁓ they traded ⁓ the trade was exchanged to get Giannis, the Heat gave up. Tyler Hero, Khalil Wear, Jaime Hawkes, C Casparis, Jacuzcionis, three first round picks, including the thirteenth pick that just ⁓ happened in this past draft. I can't remember who they picked. one pick swap and one second rounder. And they got Giannis and Bobby Portis, of course. Greg: Nigga said of course. Yeah, it's true. Bobby be with that nigga. Bob Bobby do be with that nigga Yeah. Jax: Yeah, five ports really. ⁓ yeah, and also the Heat said we're not signing your brothers, Giannis. That shit's over. So the Nastis, Alex, Costus, y'all had to get a run. Greg: They saying they they saying that now. They say they saying that now. If I see the Nashes, if I if I see the I w I don't I can't speak for the other ones, but if I do see the Nases on that roster, it wouldn't surprise me because Miami Jax: They be saying the Nash is like the Giannis whisperer. He's the only one. And and like Loki, he he is really, he is. Greg: Like, bro, nigga, Yannis be in such a bad mood when the not when when the Nash is just not around. Nigga, whole mood just be like, ⁓ bro, I fuck this shit. Y'all I mean. And on top of that, Miami need to stop acting like they don't they've never done no stupid shit before. Y'all had you Donis Haslum on that goddamn bitch for a decade playing player coach, nigga. Jax: Yeah. I'm not doing that. Greg: I don't want to hear you, ⁓ we we don't want to w waste a roster spot. Nigga, shut up. Shut the hell up. I'm not I'm not going for that. Y'all y'all retired y'all retired Michael Jordan's jersey and he never blamed for y'all. Y'all have done dumb shit before in the past. I don't want to hear that shit. If like I said, if the NASA comes to the ⁓ to the heat, that wouldn't surprise me. It doesn't surprise me that they're trying to shut down the narrative. But nigga, come, come, come, October. Who's this dark skinned nigga cheesing? Jax: Yeah that Greg: The Nassis, nigga. The Nassis. He's here. Jax: But ⁓ to talk on the trade a little more. I'm going to be 100% honest, like Eric Spolster is a good coach, so like they will more than likely make the playoffs just because that's just what Eric Spolster does in general. But this is terri like I think this shit is a terrible fucking trade. Like, Tyler Hero, ⁓ Miami. W respected. Like Greg: I like it. Absolutely. For who? ⁓ I disagree. I disagree. ⁓ Jax: I just don't like the fit at all. And I know they got some free agents. I believe Tim Hardaway Junior, he signed with them. He's a shooter. ⁓ I think that's the only big signing I can think or other signing they made that I can think of at the moment. But like Giannis is a power forward. Bam, even though they play him at center, he's a power forward. Bobby Portis is a power for this is a team with three power forwards, no shooting except for ⁓ ⁓ except for Tim Hardaway Junior, who they just signed. But like Davion Mitchell, he can like they will be great on defense. Davion Mitchell is a dog of the defender. Cannot shoot. Andrew Wiggins, amazing defender, cannot shoot. Giannis and Bam are amazing defenders. They cannot shoot. This team has no shooting. It's not going to work. And I've seen people on the internet be like, ⁓ what do you mean? Bam, he he can shoot and blah blah blah. I looked up his Bam shot 30% or 32% from three this season. Like Bam has never been a shooter. This is not, and Bam, he's a ballhandler as well. Greg: That's a good that's a good sh that's good. That's good for a big man. I'll take that as a big man. For a big man, nigga? Yes. Jax: Thirty two four. That's not a shooter. That's not good. Greg: I I nobody said he was a shooter. I didn't say he was a shooter. I said that was as good for a big man. Jax: I've seen on I've seen Geek fans on the internet say, ⁓ bam, he can shoot threes, he's a shooter. Like nigga, no. Greg: Yeah, because they keep watching, they keep rewatching Wizards highlights. Yes, of course they feel that way. Why you why why are you talking to delusional niggas? Why are you talking to them? You you you and I and I and how am I supposed to blame a Miami Heat fan for feeling the way they feel when the same conversations were asked and said when they signed Jimmy Butler? Why would he sign the the Miami? They're not going nowhere. Them niggas drugged them to two finals appearances. Jax: Yeah. But I like I just grew Greg: They believe the delusion. And it's not like Jimmy Butler had niggas he had Gabe Vincent and Caleb Morton. And bam. And Tyler Hero, who we often disrespect and say, Who do y'all think this nigga is? So I'm saying, like, we say this all the time, but I'm just like, ⁓ it's cool until that motherfucker worked. And when a nigga like the in in like Miami, I feel and I feel this in my heart of heart. Miami is the reason why. Jax: Yeah, yeah. 'Cause really who do they think you did all this? Greg: Niggas be dogging the East the way they dog the East. Because when Miami gets successful and Miami wins, this is Post LeBron. Anytime Miami gets successful, this was like, this is the this the this that shit I be talking about with the weak ass east. Y'all how do y'all let a nigga like this beat y'all? They don't even they're not they're a bad built team that keep beating y'all niggas. That's where narratives start getting pushed because they just can't believe that Miami and heat culture and the power of friendship can can get y'all all the way through. Jax: Amen. Greg: But I don't think it's gonna be as bad as people make it out to be. And on top of that, I do think they're gonna address shooting. I think they're gonna ⁓ the free agency not over. Like I feel like they'll they'll they'll sign, they'll sign a a nigga or two. ⁓ and they always get somebody, they always get somebody from the draft. It's gonna be somebody that we it's not gonna be a notable name. I'm gonna tell you that right now. And I think. Jax: I don't even know how much bread they have too much. That that's what they do. You're right about that. That is what they do. Greg: It's not gonna be a notable name. It's gonna be somebody that came out of nowhere because anytime they've committed to a notable name at the guard position post Dwayne Wade, they've always got shot in the foot. So the first time it was Deion Waiters. The nigga got high and had had a panic attack in a fucking airplane. The next time, they did it with Terry Rosier. You know how that shit happened. You know how that shit ended. At this point, they're traumatized. It's like let's let's let's home groom these niggas. Like, we'll we'll find we'll find a way. But ⁓ Jax: Yeah. Greg: I I am one person I am happy for, I am happy for Khalil Ware. I think he needed to get the fuck up out of there. I don't know what the beef was between him and Spole, but I have faith in Khalil Ware. I am a Khalel Ware believer and truther. I think that nigga's nice. He just wasn't really. Jax: Yes, but yeah, like Honestly, if they would have kept if they would have somehow kept him, I would be like, ⁓ okay, 'cause he actually can shoot. So if they would have kept him, I would've been like, ⁓ okay. But yeah, I don't I still like they're like I said, they're going to make the playoffs. They're going to be good because that's that's just what Eric Sposter does. That's what he's always done. But I just the fit feels very, very, very weird to me. So I don't really like it. But Yannis finally out of Milwaukee. He can shut up. So I'm glad I don't gotta hear about this no more. Greg: Hear that hear that niggas he hear that nigga mouth crazy ⁓ man. Yeah, that was a that was a crazy time with the Milwaukee Bucks, I'm not gonna lie. That was that was an experience. Jax: Yeah. But ⁓ more trades happen. And this one, I also don't know how to feel about that. But the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina are safe in Minnesota. Be worried. Lamello Ball has came to your city. He's been traded. to the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Hornets ⁓ traded him and Josh Green to Minnesota for Nasreed. A twenty twenty-three unprotected first round pick, three first round pick swaps, and three second round picks. This one, I'm I feel a little bit better about this one than the Giannis one, because I can see the fit, but also I don't know how much I like it for real because now that Najre is gone, Minnesota has a hole at the four spot, they need another big man, so they gotta address that in free agency. So we'll see about people being like, ⁓ no, you can just move Jaden McDaniels to that. And like Jaden McDaniels, I think he's very, very, very good. Greg: Yeah. ⁓ Jax: He's tall as well, he's about six nine or six ten, but he's like two hundred pounds. That's not he's not a he's not a power forward. That's not him. He can do it in small ball situations, but other than that, nah. Greg: Isn't he a three? Like, okay. Yeah, I I mean, like, if you even if you moved him down to the four, who would you be putting at the three anyway? Jax: Yeah, he's a three. Exactly. So I don't know. Greg: Yeah, that's dumb. Yeah, keep that nigga at the three. Rudy Gobert, lace him up, nigga. ⁓ 'cause we we gon we gon some we're gonna put some bullshit next to you and you just gonna have to figure it out. ⁓ Jax: I know peop I know they wanted to get LeBron, but respectfully LeBron, he's not going to Minnesota. Like it would be a very it'd be a perfect fit, but he's like I said, he's not going to Minnesota. Greg: Nigga not gonna fucking Minnesota. ⁓ Jax: Once he gets a notification, LeBron goes to Minnesota. ⁓ Greg: That nigga that nigga willin to the the use the vet man, ⁓ the vet minimum the to get this shit done. Yeah, I think he said that. Jax: I think they definitely did say LeBron was willing to accept it, but I believe that when I see it. Greg: Yeah, that nigga all that nigga's always been about his money. He gonna have to prove be wrong. No cap. I gotta I forgot about IO. ⁓ where I'm trying to figure out who are the other Big men on their fucking team. They got forwards. Joe Engels is too old. That's not that's not viable. Jax: Handon. The English will be a Lakers soon, don't worry. Greg: Yeah, it's probably gonna be it's probably gonna be one of their young guy. They do have some young players. Terrence Shannon is a guard. ⁓ Steven Chenzo's coming off an injury. That's a guard. Yeah. The they'll probably, yeah, they'll probably have to just wing it at the at the power four position. And if they really need a playoff push, like this would be the time for them to like. I don't even know who's on the market right now, power four wise, but Jax: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tobias Harris, he just got signed to the Spurs. ⁓ I think he's really like the only big name power forward guy that was available. But this Greg: What is shade what is shade and sharp considered? Jax: Shane and Sharp, he's like a guard. Yeah. Greg: Yes. Jax: Just have like six five. He's a guard. Greg: Yeah, never mind. ⁓ never mind. Jax: But another reason another reason I found this trade c confusing though, and I guess like maybe they didn't think they'd be able to trade for Lamello and this is why they did it, but they just signed Iodson, who was another guard for them, ⁓ who had, you know, that forty piece in the playoffs. He played very well in the playoffs before he got hurt, but they just signed him to a five year, I think it's like a hundred and twelve million dollar deal. Greg: Yeah, I don't I I don't I don't know. That nigga was hooping. Jax: And I when I saw that, I was just and then I saw that plus this trade, I'm like, him and LaMelo play the same position. Why did y'all do the cause are y'all just gonna move him to the bench? And now you just have a hundred million dollar do it as your sixth man. So it was sort of like what the hell? And like I get LaMelo is about he's tall, he's six foot seven, I think, so but he's not he's not gonna be guarding any threes or whatever, so that's why I'm just like it doesn't really make sense. But like I said, maybe they didn't think they'd be able to trade for LaMelo and then it just happened, but Greg: Yeah. ⁓ Jax: I don't know, man. I really Greg: They'll probably they'll probably package they'll probably package ⁓ Io. They'll probably package Io up. ⁓ to try to get like a a suitable power forward. In a perfect world, you package ⁓ Yeah, no, I mean that's not gonna work, never mind. But in a perfect world, ⁓ all biases aside, you would you would just call the Houston Rockets and try to wave Jax: Yeah. Greg: Wait, wait, but I would assume we'll just to try to get a Kevin Durant, they'll just seamlessly fit there. And now you're kind of in business playing the four. But that wouldn't work. That's not gonna work and the Rockers are not that s they're not that slow. They're slow. Not that slow though. ⁓ Jax: Yeah. They really should have tried to get Dari Easton before he signed with the Rockets. Greg: He had a he had a reasonable deal. That's a reasonable deal. I'm not gonna hold you. That's a that's a good th I one thing about and one thing about them niggas, niggas be hating about Stone. He do be putting niggas on some on some reasonable ass deals. It it never be an overpay. Five, eighty-one? Fourteen? Fifteen a year? He's gonna outperform that. When you was asking, when he decl mind you, he declined he declined a $100 million win last season. He was able to bump that shit down to 80? I'll take it. I'll take it. But ⁓ that being said, I don't see the I don't see the Timberwolves moving past Jax: We'll see. ⁓ Yeah. Greg: The fourth seed. So all that to say, I think they're just gonna be exactly where they normally are. Jax: Yeah. Yeah, 'cause I don't think they're gonna they won't be better than the Spurs or the Thunder next season. I I really don't think so. Greg: I don't know what the fuck I don't know what the hell Charlotte's doing, I'm gonna be honest with you. Jax: Yeah, on the Charlotte side of things, I don't know. I mean they're committing to Khan Kanipple and Brandon Miller. I guess. You know, Kong Knipple was really, really good as a rookie. Brandon Miller has also been improving. Or they signed Kobe White, who's a bucket as well. I guess. Like, ⁓ You know. Yeah. Minnes I don't know about ⁓ the streets of Minn because it it's snow in Minnesota. So I don't know how LaMelo Greg: Don't know what the fuck that is. And Nazareth I guess. Streets are safe, you know? Yeah. Jax: Is gonna drive out there. Greg: I don't want him to drive out there, actually. ⁓ I I really want him I want that nigga to Jax: Yeah no. I don't I seen I seen that picture like I seen that picture of all his cars like loaded up on the ⁓ on the tow truck and everything going to Minnesota, so yikes for that. Greg: I want him to move like DeAndre ⁓ Aiden was in Portland. I w I want reports where it's like, I can't get out of my house. I can't drive. Jax: I can't get to the game, it's I'm snowed in. Greg: That's an acceptable excused absence and I would be like, you know what? Growth. Cause you don't need to be behind nobody will, my nigga. Jax: All at all. But going from one troubled, I guess you could say, guard to another, Ja Morant has finally been traded. And this makes I truly hated this trade. And I've I low key said about all these trades, but like this one really because they're all none of them made sense to me. But this one really did not make sense because Ja has been traded. Greg: Thank God he's not a Houston. Damn. You've never you didn't like none of these trays. Jax: To the Portland Trailblazers, who we just talked about at length about their owner being insane. But the Blazers received Ja Morant and all the Grizzly er. Yeah, the Blazers got Ja Morant and the Grizzlies to get Jeremy Grant and Chris Murray. So that's all the Blazers had to give up those two players to get Ja, who has had his struggles on and off the court. He'd had a couple injuries. And I although I think last year they low-key just held him out because they didn't want him to play, to be honest with you. I don't think he was hurt like that for real. But this trade does not make sense to me at all because the Trailblazers roster already has Damian Lillard, who is a point guard. Drew Holiday, who is a point guard. ⁓ Scoot Henderson, who is a point guard. Shaden Sharp, who is. Greg: Yeah, for sure. Jax: A point guard slash he's a combo guard, but he's a guard nonetheless. And now you add John Morant, who is a point guard. Why do you have all these guard like the Blazers need to do some type of deals do something to like make this roster fit because it doesn't fit how it's currently constructed. Like and honestly, on the Drilly side of things, I think this was a bad return for them because Greg: A guard. Jax: You're getting Jeremy Grant. You already have a four-man because you just drafted Cam Boozer, the third overall draft pick. You didn't need Jeremy Grant. I would've tried to get a Scoot Henderson, get you another guard, get a guard with some pedigree who has struggled, yes. But I mean he looked he looked better in the playoffs. ⁓ he's and a lot of the struggles been attribu can be attributed to injury. So it just It feels like you could have got something better for that, especially because Jeremy Grant and Chris Mary, that's respectfully, that's nothing for a trade. Like those aren't two crazy I I think Jeremy Grant's a solid player for sure, but that's not No, it's two eyed players. Like I just really think I think this is a stupid trade on both sides. I don't think any of them fit. I understand that the Blaze just wanted to get I mean I understand that the Grizzlies rather just wanted to get John Morant off their team. But like what are you doing? I just really think that was a bad trade. Truly. Greg: This one is going to be the first one where I actually do agree that i the it the trade confused me. ⁓ on both ends. Not saying that it's a lose lose, because I just think ultimately these are the type Jax: I think both teams got worse. But like I I do b the blazers have to do something. They have to do something to make this trade work. Greg: Yeah, yeah. But this this looks like a Tom Dundan ass trade. I'm gonna be honest with you. Like I have three dollars, take it or leave it. And the Grizzlies are like, ⁓ well. Something's better than nothing. But I I I just think from even the Grizzlies, I feel like you could have like damn, nigga didn't want to pick at least another guard or something. Like you grab you grab the Jeremy Grant and you grab Chris Murray when you already have Cam Boozer and you have Jax: Thank you, Light. Greg: Somebody else that's already on the team, on top of you already drafting Kareem Lopez in the first round, who is also a forward. It's like, okay, nigga, who ⁓ who is the point guard? Who is the point guard? Jax: Scottie Pippen Jr. ⁓ I Scottie Pippen Jr. is not bad. So I'm not mad at that for sure. But it's just like you could have another get you another guard 'cause you need more than one guard on your team. Like Greg: I'm not saying he's I'm not saying he's bad, but damn. Get another guard. Cause now now I gotta look at the Grizzlies roster just to make sure I'm not tripping about certain things. Yeah. GG Jackson is still on the squad as a power forward. Jax: I think Gigi Jackson, he could play he could play the three a little bit to be honest. Greg: Cedric Coward, a forward. Well, first of all, I did not know Taj Gibson was playing basketball in our year of twenty twenty six. Yes. Ugly ass number, sixty seven. Crazy. Jax: Yeah. He's always had that ugly ass number though. Greg: Taylor Hendricks. Pow power forward over here. You got Kareem Lopez. ⁓ they got that shit. Isaiah Stewart is there. Jax: Who they just trade for like none of this makes sense. None of this makes sense. Greg: Jalen Jalen Wells is a is a four yeah, like they got mad forest. Who are they guards? Let me see. Jax: I'm I'm looking right now. They have Greg: ⁓ they got Walter Clayton Junior. Jax: Cam Spencer, Walter Clayton Jr., Scottie Pippen Jr. KCP, free free KCP. Greg: Ty Jerome, but ⁓ they got AJ Johnson. I don't know how good he is though. Jax: Exactly. But like get you another guard, bro. Just you could have had Scoot Anderson. I'm not saying he's the best in the world, but like he still has some upside and he has pedigree as well. It's just like the fuck? Like I don't I don't I don't see division at all for this trade on both sides. Greg: Now come over. Yeah, but Yeah, and yeah, and then from the trailblazers, all that really tells me is yeah, they about to package some some niggas up. They're gonna they're gonna they're gonna package they're gonna package scoot up. They're gonna package ⁓ Jax: They have to. Scoot, Shaden Sharp. I mean, I I guess Drew Holiday is I mean, put you should want to keep Drew Holiday though, because he's the defense on that team. Greg: There's there for sure. ⁓ Yeah, but i if you got that you got Drew in Dame, it's like, okay, you not benching jaw. Jax: Exactly. So that's why I'm like they're gonna have to give up. I just who are they trying to get is my question. Greg: Probably something to re somet something to probably solidify ⁓ the small forward position. Jax: They have Denny. All star. All NBA type. Greg: Yeah, they got Denny. Yeah, they they they got yeah, but like he can play three two. Like Jax: I don't that it is, yeah. So they that's their small forward's already. Greg: So like who like yeah, but like who gonna be a power forward? Jax: ⁓ you said small for but I don't like but who who what power fors are left? Greg: Gave up gave up he gave gave him two Jax: Who is available on the trade block? Zion? Greg: Maybe they maybe they wanna ⁓ what is Trey Murphy? Jax: But ⁓ He's a ⁓ small forward. Greg: That's not crazy to try to go get but they're gonna ask for too much. Jax: Blazers have too much. And also I don't think the Pelicans need any golf I the Pelicans need a lot of shit. Greg: First of all, the pelicans are on a fire sale, nigga, like they tryna give niggas away. Jax: The the Pelicans sh no the Pelicans should be having a fire, so they're not. Which doesn't they haven't done no they haven't trained nobody. It don't make no sense. Greg: Yeah. It's getting it's getting crazy. Actually. I'm a little confused about this roster. Jax: It doesn't make sense. Greg: All I know is Donovan Klingan is safe no matter what. Donovan Klingon and Damian Lillard and ⁓ Ja Morant, they're not going anywhere as of this year. Everybody else is very expendable, unfortunately. They're not going nowhere. I said this last year and they got into a seven C, so ⁓ let me shut the fuck up. Maybe Denny is maybe Denny is one of those ones. Jax: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Still bro, it whatever, dog. What f what fucking effort, dude? This this this trade doesn't make any sense to me. Whatever. But ⁓ another trade happened. Kawhi Leonard. He flee the country. He heard the saxophones getting louder. He's like, you know what? Let me make my escape. Back to Toronto. The Clippers Greg: Yeah. ⁓ Yeah. Jax: have sent Kawhi to the Raptors for Brandon Ingram, Grady Dick, ⁓ two first round picks, a pick swap, and two second rounders. But Greg: I hate when they do I hate when they do shit like this graphically. Jax: What do you mean? Greg: I hate I hate when they Photoshop a jersey when we have clear and visible footage of this nigga. Like we have real footage of this nigga in a Toronto jersey. Just go get that one. We did not You said what? Jax: He never wore this rapper jersey before. He never wore this rapper jersey before. Greg: Have they changed? I feel like the Raptors ain't never really changed their jerseys since them niggas left. Jax: I don't know. I thought this was a real picture, but like I said, I don't I don't fucking know. I don't I don't be knowing what the rap rappers have mad jerseys, so I don't know. Greg: I ain't gonna lie, they got they they have one of the more like cooler jerseys in the league, historically. Jax: R like wizards, take notes, dammit. Take notes, Washington. Greg: And don't blame it on the colors game, they got two of your colors, nigga. They g they literally have red and the white. Jax: And remember when they did them stupid OVO ⁓ jerseys, they still they had the the Wizards had them colored jerseys too. Like y'all need to take notes, bro. Yeah. Greg: I'm hoping. I ain't gonna lie, the Movie Old jersey was kinda hard. I'm not gonna lie. Well it was better than the fucking wizards, I'll tell you that. Jax: Ts you you ain't lying. But Greg: And it match and it matched the court. Jax: But this whole thing, like this trade, is very ⁓ funny. Cause one, Kawhi, you could have just stayed, brother. You could have just you went you went to LA 'cause I get you wanted to be home and this, that and third. You went to LA. You wasted what, eight years or whatever. You wasted your time in LA. Be completely honest with you. Didn't do nothing. Disappointed. Like yes, you were good, but you were also hurt a lot of time. So is Paul George when he was there. Like you like I said, you waste your time with the Clippers. You're coming back here. But this is weird because That it's sort of like how do I say this? I think this is blackmail for sure. I think ⁓ I think the clippers were blackmailed in descending Kawhi to the Raptor because the owner of the Clippers, ⁓ I cannot not the owner of the Clippers, the owner of the Raptors, whose name Greg: ⁓ okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Jax: I had it, it was in my notes, can't find those notes no more. But he is the head of ⁓ of the committee that's going to determine the punishment for the Clippers in the whole ⁓ aspiration scandal. Greg: ⁓ shit. Okay. Jax: So, I mean, this feels a little bit of like, hey, you know what, you guys can take Kawhi back and, you know, in return just like chill out a little bit. 'Cause he like s I his his tenin his name is something Tannenbaum, the owner of the Raptors. But he's the one who gets the final say on the punishment for the Clippers for their whole ⁓ tree planting and this, that and the third. So that's what it feels like to me, to be honest with you. A little bit a little bit of blackmail, a little bit. Greg: I this is my first time hearing of this. Damn. Okay. My my perspective has changed. My my stuff has I I've definitely shifted my viewpoint in all of this. Okay. Jax: His name is L Larry Tannenbaum. He's the chair of the NBA's board of governors, as well as the owner to the Raptors. So he's going Greg: Yeah, yeah. That makes sense. Cause ⁓ we've agreed like numerous times on the pod that taking money away from from ⁓ I don't even forgot that nigga name. ⁓ shit. Yeah, taking money away from Bomber don't do shit, cause the nigga has too much money to take away. Rich is yeah, rich as fuck. And I was on more of like a you gotta like suspend this nigga if it's gonna really hurt or whatever. But this right here Jax: Bomber? He's the richest sports owner in the world. Greg: Just, you know, you know, give giving that nigga back. he had a decent and he had a decent year this past season. I don't think he was like injured or anything. ⁓ Kawhi. Yeah, so like it'll be interesting to see. Jax: Yeah, no, he didn't know it. Not too bad. Greg: Yeah, but I mean, all in all, they gave up a lot. I mean, not not a lot, but like they for that nigga to be as old as he is and as injury prone as he is, versus what other people done gave up or other players, it's like damn. Good haul back if you're the Clippers, like you you got a decent haul back for this nigga. Jax: they gave up too much because respect like Brandon Ingram, solid player I guess. Not that good, not that bad. He's you know decent player. Grady Dicks, he's not good. ⁓ the two first round picks, those aren't I think the Raptors are going to be good because they got Kawhi now. So those are gonna be low draft picks. So like I'm not I don't think this is too crazy. Greg: It don't ma but it don't but it don't matter if they're good or not because of the new system, new lottery system. Niggas finna have niggas finna have decent odds regardless as long as you in that in that fifteen spot or whatever. Barn you winning a championship. It's not like a nigga gotta tank to get a good pick at least these next three years. So two first rounders, two first rounders, a pick swap. Jax: Yeah. Greg: ⁓ second rounders. It's like, okay, all I'll say is for for Kawhi to get moved, the Clippers didn't get fleeced. They didn't get fleeced at all. Like they they got a a respectable package for that nigga, given his age. Jax: He is thirty five. These need to be old. Like, you can stop playing. Like it's fine. Like you don't have to play 'til you're forty. Greg: Mind you, a prime job morant got moved for Chris Murray and Jeremy Grant. That was crazy. That was crazy. I go hold you. Jax: ⁓ Yeah. Alright, one more major trade happened. ⁓ this one. Also, it this trade, it was a good trade for like the the beneficiary of the trade. But for the people who did the trading, it it doesn't make sense to me. Because Jalen Brown is now Philadelphia 76er. The Celtics have traded him ⁓ to the 76ers, and in return they're getting Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks. Greg: ⁓ yeah, you're stupid. Jax: Like I like on the Philly side, I like this because Jalen Brown is a very good player. This is a good trade for them. On the Celtics side, my nigga. Wow. You're trading your best player because he was your best player last season. The MVP candidate and everything. Your best player who's also a healthy player. Not your best player who's never been had no like major injuries or nothing like that. You're trading him to the 76ers. Greg: Ha ha. Jax: Who is your division rival? I believe you play them four times a season. And they also just put you niggas out the playoffs. And you're making them better while your team get worse. Greg: Three one lead, by the way. Jax: Why did y'all do that? So like I get Jalen Brown wanted to be trade or yeah, I mean, he wanted to be traded. You know, we could we could tell. And y'all weren't giving him the respect he deserved. And I think he went on stream like he like he does and he said as much. But it's just like trade him anywhere else. Anywhere else. I don't you're giving your greatest enemy your best weapon. I don't Greg: That's all. Jax: Why why w why did you just do that? Why did you do that? That was dumb. I'm so that was stupid. Greg: That was not that was that was not smart and I think With Jalen Brown, I feel like this been this first of all it's been brewing because I feel like Yeah, this nigga Brad Steven don't know what the fuck. He he he's definitely no Danny Ainge. Let's let's get that shit out the way. Niggas not no Danny Ainge. But I kind of and I think I horribly get how he got to this horrible ass decision. Okay. I think because He fumbled that Yannis trade, or he didn't he wasn't able to complete that Yannis trade because I think that's where Jalen Brown was supposed to get attached to. And they were so gung-ho on not giving up one of their pieces from from Boston or whatever to complete that trade. It now turned into okay, Jalen Brown, we paid that nigga two hundred million to shut up and dribble. Respectfully, that nigga can't do both. He can't do either of those things, respectfully. ⁓ it's not even they ain't just ain't no hate. There ain't no hate, no hate. But that nigga was not gonna shut up. And at some point, he was gonna vocally be like, Yeah, I'm out. That nigga's on stream now. Then they was gonna say, I'm not. Once a n once a player says, I'm out, all of your draft capital goes to shitters. And Brad Stevens knew that. And unfortunately, he was like, Let me beat this nigga to the punch and get this nigga out of here and get something. Before I get less than what, you know, is initially desired. Unfortunately, you still made a crappy ass deal to a division rob. That's like if the Cowboys was out here trading with the Eagles. If they would have traded Micah Parsons to the fucking Eagles, nigga, I'd be, bro, what? Like, it's just like, what the fuck are we doing, nigga? We play these niggas twice a year and these niggas beat us? Jax: Yeah. That's literally that's perfect comparison. That's exactly that's basically what they think. Greg: Niggas win? Fuck. Because it rubbed me the wrong way with a green bay. Because it's just like, okay, y'all niggas keep dogging us in the playoffs. Jax: Yeah, but that's only in the playoff though. Like Greg: But that's only I only have to see you in the fucking playoffs. Nigga, I see you twice a year. I hate you niggas. I mean, this is crazy. But from a Jalen Brown's perspective, ⁓ this is this is the perfect scenario for him. He is in a very as a pro black man, he is in a black ass city. And this is literally like I think the the city with the largest Muslim community in America. Jax: Yeah, no this Yeah, like Greg: As a practicing Muslim, that brother is home. That brother is at peace. ⁓ didn't know much about his father. Did some research on his father's father was out here talking crazy. I was like, Who is this nigga? Who is him? And he would cause he was ⁓ I think he was on a radio station with like Sway in the morning or some shit. He was basically like telling Kendra Perkins and Stephen A, watch our mouth, boys. Like, yeah, like watch our mouth when y'all talk, you know, talk about my son, type shit. And I was like, who is this large nigga? That nigga is like. Jax: Is it? Greg: He used to be like a professional boxer. I was like, ⁓ he Jax: I know his I know Jalen Brown grandpa was like professional boxer as well. So just running the family. Greg: Is his dad was a professional boxer. I was like, ⁓ And I take a picture and I see a picture of him. I was like, damn, Jalen Brown is still not taller than his father. How tall is this nigga? This is a seven foot nigga is seven foot. This nigga is a seven foot boxer. ⁓ my God. This nigga. I was like, get this nigga away from me. Because I think Kendra Perkins had responded back and Jax: Really? I didn't know that. Greg: Like he had like via tweet and was just like chill out with all that boy. Like when you cut like you know in the South, you can't call nobody no boy. And niggas was like talking about it at the time. And then niggas started like bringing up the bringing up this nigga resume. And he was like, I ain't gonna know. I don't know, per you might he might have to call you boy. And you might have to take that L and keep it pushing, bro. Cause a seven-foot boxer, nigga, stop. Jax: Yeah. Of course. Greg: Stop it right now. Jax: I'm looking him up right now, like isn't it really? Greg: That nigga was large as hell. I was like, who is this nigga? Jax: The first thing I see is the first thing I see when I look him up is ⁓ he might have he has attempted murder allegations. Greg: At that frame, doesn't surprise me. Jax: Yeah, it's they say he stabbed somebody as well? Like golly. It's a real nigga. Or maybe not. Greg: Edf Ed. I feel like that's OD. When you're a large nigga, when you're a large nigga with hands, I feel like it's greedy to have a knife. Jax: That's crazy. That's crazy. I would have never expected this. Greg: That's that's that greed they talk about in Bible. Yeah. Nah, so like I'm just like like this nigga is Lord Jax: Well I lose this nigga, bro. I would have never expected this shit. I would have never expected this. Greg: Look at this thing. Nah, hell no, bro. Jax: I was complete I was completely unfamiliar, bro. Completely unfamiliar. Greg: Look at this nigga, bro. This nigga's a giant. Look at this nigga holding belts. Jax: Yeah. Sue man. Greg: Look at him here towering his own son. Jax: I'm gonna get his face off, like bro. Greg: Hold Look at the ref. It's like, yeah, I it's it's over, nigga. It's over. So yeah, it's just the fact where I'm just like, yeah, I understand it's the principle. The principle can get you killed, nigga. Just no, no one to bow gracefully. Cause, nah, man, this is crazy. But all in all, I say all that to say Jalen Brown's in a great place. Jax: I guess, bro. Greg: ⁓ Jalen Brown also has that dog in him. And I know he won't forget it. I know he's always gonna circle the Boston Celtics on his fucking calendar. ⁓ I can't wait I can't wait for them niggas to meet up in the playoffs 'cause I think Philly's gonna beat them every time. Because I just feel like Jalen Brown like it's one of those things where like he's gonna take it seriously and I'm Jax: As he should, bro. Jalen Brown gonna take that matchup seriously. If Embiid is healthy, the nothing for Embiid. Like, they're gonna whoop him. Greg: It don't and it don't matter how healthy Jason Tatum is. Like, I understand that Jason Tatum might be the all around better player. But when it comes to the matchup, bro, Jalen's gonna get the best of him. Cause I don't think Jason Tatum can guard Jalen Brown like Jalen Brown can guard Jason Tatum. ⁓ especially coming off of injury. Especially yeah, especially off you know, coming off injury. So no, like Jax: Especially now after coming off the Achilles. I mean we'll we'll see. But I don't think so. I agree with you with that. Greg: No, they're gonna they're the in like and the city gonna embrace them too. Yeah, it it's gonna look it's gonna look like one of them terrible ass trades. I'm not gonna lie. It's not Luca bad, but they're gonna look back and be like, what the fuck were y'all doing? This that was the dumbass trade. And I think I think Jalen Brown, like I think I think they resented Jalen Brown because of how well that nigga played this season. I'm not gonna lie. I think they wanted to have a a Indiana Pacers type of tanking. Jax: I was really stunned out. You play them four times a year. That was stupid. That was stupid. They they won the thing. They wanted to talk. Greg: They wanted to take and them nig and he said not on my watch and got him to the second seed so much that Jason Tatum started speeding up his recovery so he can go play with these niggas. He shouldn't have done that. They didn't they didn't like they didn't like that that nigga won finals MVP 'cause they had to pay that nigga two hundred million. Like Jax: Which he shouldn't have done in the first like I thought that was stupid as well. Like Greg: You can't deny yeah, you can't take you then and there's ⁓ there's certain accolades and awards that you just can't take away from Jalen Brown. And they hate that they can't do that. It is what it is. But I'm happy for Jalen Brown no matter what though. It's a good this is this is a good it's a good situation for him. Jax: For sure. Alright, so the Malik Beasley saga, it ⁓ continues and if you remember that name Malik Beasley, it's because he's the NBA player we talked about that had like that with like a ten thousand dollar tab at his barber for some reason, which is barber, what do you stop if he's not paying you, stop cutting him, but I digress. What else is he known for? He was also rumored to be involved in some type of gambling thing and this, that, and the third. And but we were always wonder, but nothing ever came from that. And we were always wondering, like, dang, why hasn't nobody picked up Malik Bealy? He's a free agent. We seen all these videos of him shooting like that. ⁓ a lot of teams could use the shooting and everything. And we're just like, man, somebody should pick him up. Duncan Robinson is stealing his money. But now we know why he was not picked up because he has been him, Ed Davis, another former NBA player, and an agent, and I think a couple other people have been indicted on Monday on charges related to a sports betting scheme that targeted four games during the 2023 season. ⁓ and it gets worse because there are text messages as well. Actually, for some backstory. It was ⁓ Malik Beasley and Ed Davis. It I believe he owed Ed Davis some money because he was gambling with him and he couldn't pay him back. So Ed Davis was like, Hey, you know what, Malik? I got an idea. Greg: Yeah. Jax: And he's the one who got Malik Beasley into all of this. But like I said, there are text messages and they are horrible text messages. Like, why are you putting this in writing? But ⁓ this is between Ed Davis and Malik Beasley. David said, Only way you can beat vegan is a sports betting. Everything else they got the edge. We've like, Yeah, my nigga, ⁓ Trying he said he's trying to find 2000 and do his best to pay on the first. Then David's like, do you have Snapchat? Beasley's like, no, why? Because I need to talk to you about some shit on there. Be's like, hey, you can't do it here. David said, hey, it's better to talk on Snapchat. We can make some good money. And if you know it, Snapchat, it like deletes all your conversations. ⁓ more things. This is with ⁓ a couple of defendants. They're talking about Malik Bealy. And he's like, This are all text messages, mind you. Greg: Damn. Jax: Like, stop it. But anyway, he's like, ⁓ my gosh, he got one rebound with one point one second left. He puts Conanton out the way. ⁓ the other guy saying, Hey, show me. ⁓ show me because Ed wants to see it. And they contested and they got the board and said, fam, we were one point one seconds away from being down thousands. And what's funnier is after Malik got the rebound, he had a big sigh of relief. Why are you putting all of this in writing, you dumbasses? ⁓ Greg: ⁓ my god. Jax: Let's see, this is another one. ⁓ let me see. Which one? This one was funny too. Placentia and Zamarano. There are two other other defenders. I don't know who they are, but they're talking about crazy how Paulo just ruins everything. Huh? You think he does that on purpose? Then Zamarano says, I ruined it because I'm betting the big money, huh? Two people in this group chat are betting $30,000 to $40,000 a game, moving the lines, and you're talking about what I'm doing. When the feds come, who are they going to care about? Greg: Why is this in writing? Jax: Brother. And because of this, Ed he left the group chat and they're like, Hey, why did Ed leave? ⁓ he's just trying to get that off of his phone. Greg: ⁓ my god Why? Okay. Jax: Y'all are all going to jail because you're all idiots. Why? Greg: Why would you say this? Why would you say why would you say that, my nigga? Like there was no reason. This is crazy. It it and it is that bad. Jax: You're going to prison, you dumbasses. Greg: He said, ⁓ he's just trying to get this shit off his phone. ⁓ my God. ⁓ my God. That's just like when a nigga, what y'all doing? ⁓ robbing a bank? Why would you tell him that? Why would you say that out loud? ⁓ my God, bro. That's stupid. ⁓ that's so stupid. And Malik Beasley seems like he's trying to like still defend, like, that he's, you know, not guilty. Mind you, they've been showing there have been niggas on TikTok that have been ⁓ Doing game film on the alleged games. ⁓ my Jax: ⁓ don't you worry. Cause we got that right here. The game that we're not gonna show this whole thing, but it's the game that got Malik Beasley indicted. Greg: ⁓ ⁓ me. Yeah, dang. Damn. Jax: Look at him. Malika, I have no words. Greg: Malig, Malik, my nigga. Malik. Like that is fucking d first of all, that's fucking Dutch. Second of all, ⁓ this is not even a hot take. There are so many I'ma let y'all know right now. This just lets me know there are so many NBA players that are they're doing this shit, bro. They just haven't gotten caught yet. They just haven't gotten like they just, they just they giving out the the scrubs are like the scapegoats. But nigga, there's a lot more NBA players that niggas than niggas want to recognize. People wanted to make it seem like, and I was one of them, they wanted to make it seem like that the Jonte Porters was the anomalies, the rare occasions. Nigga. Th I know there I there's probably twenty five to thirty that's embedded in something similar. They just haven't gotten caught or they they they paying off the right people or they doing it just in a smarter way. But John Tay is not an anomaly. Malik is not an anomaly. Terry Rozier, that is not an anomaly. They just got busted in the the most horrible way. But no, I am convinced. I think Jimmy Butler's best man, best best best hand man is is caught up in this bullshit. Like, come on, bro. Jax: Yeah, he was also involved in something like this. I Jimmy, I hope you're not involved in this shit. And but honestly, bro, Jim like I'm not trying to put this on him, but we know Jimmy be having them games where he just be board. But like Jimmy be having them games, especially with Miami, where he was Yeah. But I love it. I I think that's just how Jimmy is 'cause we know he turned up in the playoffs. So that's why I'm like, I don't know about it. But Greg: Yes, big away. Nigga be falling asleep in the regular season. Okay, bro. Yeah. We hope. Yeah, we hope we hope that's the case. Jax: Dark. Greg: Hey, what hey, what hey, what if we find out some out of pocket shit? Like, what what if we find out it's somebody that ain't got no business doing? What if we find out Braun doing some stupid shit like this? Jax: I'm not watching NBA no more because I find a three Greg: ⁓ shit. Yeah yeah yeah bro. Yeah yeah yeah. This will be an ongoing thing. Not Malik Beasley because I think he's cooked. But this will not Malik Beasley will not be the last nigga that will be indicted over some gambling charges ⁓ and violations, bro. This is just it is just starting. It is just starting, bro. Jax: ⁓ And also, Ed Davis, you're a hoe for getting this nigga involved in this shit in the first place. This is your or it's Malik's fault as well 'cause he's a grown ass man. Greg: This is Malief Fall because you need to stop gambling and and accru accruing debt. Jax: But Ed Dev, you're a hoe first Hey man, come do No nigga. Fuck damn. Greg: Bad influence as. And first of all, Ed Davis, like, when did this nigga become like Pablo Escobar with the shit? Or Don Don Corleone? Like, what? Like how how you like that? How did you kid in this? Yeah, that's crazy. It just makes me have more questions that I shouldn't need answers to. Jax: Yeah. How did you get involved with it, Ed? But all of y'all are going to jail. Unless I well, unless one of y'all are telling- I think Malik's telling, but neither here nor there. But all of you niggas are going to jail because you're all stupid. And that's like that's all I gotta say about that. Greg, let's get into hot taste, cause these niggas piss me off. Like, what the hell are we doing, bro? ⁓ my god. Greg: ⁓ shit. This this this shit is fucking stupid. ⁓ man, look look, look Jax. Chauncey Billup's son or Love Island daughter? Jax: My hot take is that Love Having was created by the CIA to destabilize the black community, and god damn it, it's working. Because I'm tired of the discourse. I was seeing Love Island stuff on my social media algorithm. I didn't even watch this show. That's what made me because I kept seeing people keep talking about it. So I was like, you know what? Fine, let me watch this. It's the worst show I've ever seen in my fucking life. Greg: Mm. Jax: It's the worst show I've ever seen in my life. It's terri like do other babbages on the show? 100%. That's why I kept watching. But the content's absolutely terrible. This is this show is the Truman show. But with 20 year olds, like, I don't This is the worst show ever. And the discourse is even worse than the show. Like everybody's just arguing in circles, everybody arguing with each other. Everybody projecting their traumas and whatever's on everyone else. Like this is horrible. Love Island was created by the CIA to destabilize and destroy our community and it's working. It is working. That's my ho it's working. That's my hot this shit is working, bro. We're we're cooked, bro. The CIA won mu once again, the CIA the CIA is undefeated against black people. Greg: I f I still feel like ⁓ the CIA has been on autopilot. ⁓ and niggas has really just been doing it to themselves. Like they've done such a a good job of perpetuating all this bullshit that we just keep, we just keep spinning the wheel. It's an ongoing with like I don't even have to add add more gas to it. Like, I'll just give you a show. And I'll let y'all fuck it up. I'll let y'all. Jax: Right. Greg: Due the diligence. We don't even have to put crack in there. We don't even have we don't even have to insert anything. I mean, that being said, Corbin's a real ass nigga. ⁓ that being said, Corbin is the nigga you don't need to be, but that nigga has to be a great ass. He is one of the greatest friends you can have. You need a Corbin in your life. You need a Corbin in your circle. Jax: Yeah. You know, he he's a good friend. That's one that's the biggest takeaway from all this. Corbin's a great friend. Greg: Corbin is a great phenomenal friend, bro. That don't mean then that don't equate try to be like that nigga because the ⁓ Corbett's come once the once every once every blue moon, nigga. You not finna just run into a Corbin every every so often. No. Only Corbin can do what Corbin does. But when you run into a Corbin, you befriend that nigga. That's a real ass nigga right there. That is a real ass nigga. He'll tell T straight. But I do agree with you, Jax. ⁓ they just tried to they just tried to use Love Island to restart gender wars. That's all it was. They want they wanted to get gender wars out, you know, they wanted to get that as a man and they picked they picked this season. I'm cool. ⁓ also if you're standing ⁓ if you're standing anybody on this show, if you're a stand of anybody on this show, you are a walking red flag. I don't care who you support. Jax: Ain't it work, bro? Greg: If you stand any of these normal, regular individuals, as a grown-ass man or grown-ass woman, get away from me. I have words that I can't see. I have words for you that I I cannot say. Jax: If you scan anybody, ⁓ yeah. Greg: All right, my hot take is Stop. I just left Houston. Stop locking up hygiene products, bro. Please stop. If you are a Walmart, if you are a CVS, stop locking them shits up, bro. Okay? Especially if you're in Houston, Texas. If you're in the fucking South, stop. Stop, bro. If they're trying to steal deodorant, let them. Jax: Let them. Let them. Greg: Let them niggas steal. I'm tired of smelling bad shit on the fucking streets, nigga. Jax: Hm. Greg: You don't gain anything from stopping that. Yeah, there's no way y'all losing so much money off of deodorant, nigga. Either have it out or don't sell it at all. But to lock this bitch up. You you're worse than Ronald Reagan to me. You're worse than Ronald Reagan to me. Hell no. Fuck no. I was like, yo, what because I I remember like up here, that's not like a big thing. Like every once in a while you'll see some stuff locked up. Electronics, yes, I get it, whatever. I remember I went to a Walmart that was by ⁓ our old school or alma mater. And you know they lock everything up. Everything's locked up in that bitch. I was like, damn. Jax: Ha ha ha. Greg: Locking shit up at Walmart? Like, I'm thinking, okay, CVS, Walgreens, all right. Walmart? Wally World? We locking hygiene up in Wally World? Man, no. Nah, man, no. It's too hot outside to do all that shit, bro. And if you are gonna do the hygiene product, if you're gonna lock up the hygiene products, lock up lock up the aluminum free shit. Okay, lock up the all natural. Jax: Yeah. Greg: Them shits need to be locked up because it don't work for the full 12, the full 24. They lying. You need that aluminum. Get that, get that aluminum, bro. You'll be all right. You know what I mean? But that that is my hot take. Please stop locking up this hygiene. Who are you? Like, there's no way you're saving money from this. There's no way. Jax: You will. Yeah. There's nothing wrong like there's nothing wrong with people with more hygiene. It's never there's never a bad thing with more hygiene. It ⁓ it benefits society as a whole no matter what. You don't have to lock them up. People need to split it. Greg: You think you think you think I feel good? You think I feel good arrested a nigga for for stealing soap? What the fuck? I'd say thank you. I would s me personally, I would say thank you, Megan. Jax: 'Cause if you need it bad enough to steal it, that means you really need it. And that means you can't like it means you really need it, it means you didn't have it, it need it means like you were willing to break the law for it. And if you're bre willing to break the law so you could stop sweating, so you could smell better, I I can't hate you. Greg: KELS! Mind you, we're not even saying to smell good. We just want you to not smell like garbage. Shit. Like just to smell better or just have no scent at all. Just to cancel it out. Jax: Yeah, sure. Greg: We ain't w we're not talking about cologne. We're not talking about other shit. You know what I mean? We're talking about deodorant. All spice. Jax: Just deodorant. It's the base. Greg: I was so perplexed at the city when I went home. I'm like, why is why why are y'all locking this shit up? It was like three straight stores. I'm like, okay, it's getting to a point. It's getting to a point. Yeah. And and do it before DreamCon start. Jax: I think that's like next week or something like that. Prayers up to all involved. Prayers up to all involved. Greg: Yeah. Prayers all prayers are all the prayers are everybody involved. But yeah, that's that's that's my hot take. ⁓ let's wrap that let's wrap that shit up, man. But Jax, any last words? Jax: ⁓ we'll catch on next week, man. Keep that deodorant on you. That's all it's it's it's hot, bro. Just keep it keep that shit on you. Greg: It's fu it's too hot. It's too hot. And yo, look, if you gotta steal, steal. Don't let nobody shame you. ⁓ you stealing deodorant? Yes, nigga. Cause what's the other alternative? Jax: And that's and that's the realest shit you ever said. That's the realest shit you ever said. Greg: That's crazy. But without further ado, ⁓ as far as me, ⁓ if you're a white man, please stop approaching us. Whenever I'm with Jax, there's always a random white man that's decides, hey. Let's let's have a chat with him. I don't know why we feel it's like, are we just approachable? Or are we just this is this is the second time. This is the second straight time. And it and it'd be on some weird shit. Dad bitch pressure. Crazy. Jax: That is true. You don't you don't talk like that to your you don't talk like that to your family. You don't talk like that to your family. Why are you talking like that to us? Greg: 'Cause now I'm gonna take offense to it. Why? Why didn't you say that? Jax: You don't have you don't have a code switch with us, nigga. Like Greg: Cold switching to co switching to black people is crazy. Jax: And it'd be the wrong code, and they like what? Greg: That's like that's like early two thousands white dudes talking about, yo dog, please. Please stop this. Stop this right now. But without further ado, we'll catch y'all niggas next week. ⁓ we are back to our regular scheduled program and ⁓ keep lacking up everything, man. We'll we'll we'll see y'all.