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NBA Media Day, Translated: Kawhi, Luka, Giannis & The Luther Filter · Front Runner Podcast Collective

• 0:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So on today's podcast, we will be discussing and taking a page from the Key and Peel show, and we're gonna rebrand Luther and talk about Media Day.
• 0:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What could go wrong with that?
• 0:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Also, we are going to be discussing Jalen Doran and his curious case on his free agency, what's going on with it, what's the latest, and we take a peek behind the curtain with that.
• 0:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: As well as we have ten storylines that we want to talk about in this particular podcast, and we are going to break them down and give you our thoughts on the teams and the individuals involved, and it is a time of that year where media day has come upon us, and we are close to actual games, preseason games, say least, but we are close to actual NBA basketball.
• 1:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm your host Vince.
• 1:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Welcome to Frontrunner Podcast Collective.
• 1:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Let's go.
• 1:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What's good everybody?
• 1:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Welcome to Frontrunner Podcast Collective.
• 1:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is where we talk like friends, we argue like cousins, and still walk out smarter than we came in.
• 1:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I am Vince, I am your host, your occasional hoops therapist, your absolute favorite bad influence when it comes to completely reckless NBA overreactions that low-key make perfect sense, and we are set in the table.
• 1:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We get into the film room, you know how we do it.
• 1:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We have grown conversations about players, coaches, front offices, and the actual moving of the blank checks, the contracts, and the rock, the locker room rumors that the PR spin, you know, continues to go round and round.
• 2:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, I live in the city where the clickers play, so you know what that spin is like.
• 2:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We are also going to go ahead and bring the jokes.
• 2:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're gonna bring the advanced math and the exact barbershop ammo you need to take straight back to your group chat and completely nuke the argument.
• 2:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: If you're an MVA sicko like myself, who wants more than just highlight talk, you want something with some context, numbers, and a point of view, you have found the right spot.
• 2:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is FRPC, and let's go.
• 2:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So the first thing that we're gonna talk about today, and I thought we'd put a different spin on it.
• 2:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: NBA Media Day is one of the weirdest and coolest things on the face of the planet because if you are if you ever been, sorry about that, I hit the mute button for a second.
• 3:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I am rusty, give me a second.
• 3:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But if you've ever been to or had the pleasure or the opportunity to go to one of these, is that it's it's a it's a car wash, basically.
• 3:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You got a bunch of media there from different like local locations.
• 3:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You might have the NBA TV there, you might have ESPN there, whatever the case may be, right?
• 3:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And you know, you have your basic like interview session, then you go to all the affiliates, you know.
• 3:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So here in Los Angeles, you go to Sports Spectrum LA, talk to basically who do the pregame show there, you would talk to ESPN Los Angeles 710, you talk to what is it, 570 has their own deal.
• 4:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Um, and you know, if you know, if you're big enough, you know, since we got Luca, ESPN will be there and and what have you.
• 4:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So it's a complete car wash.
• 4:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The other thing that goes along with this is they have the media session, and they get about eight to twelve questions, depending on how the uh you know how long people are gonna talk, and you kind of get those questions out there.
• 4:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Hopefully somebody asks more general general questions to the superstars, and then you know, you go from there.
• 4:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So, what we thought we would do with this concept is that if you ever watch the Key and Peel show, um they had a uh a sketch where Obama was the president at the point in time, and they would have Luther who would end up being his uh his inner thoughts.
• 5:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So Obama would say something very PC, and then Luther would come out and with energy, just bring heat and bring all kinds of chaos that would go along with it.
• 5:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So that is how we're going to look at Media Day.
• 5:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We took the top 20 quotes, we have a couple honorable mentions that we need to get into, and the energy that we're going to be bringing today is that.
• 5:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So, because here's the thing every single guy who is sat behind the table today gave you some safe answers, the PR-approved answers, you know, the PR the PR person was standing like right there.
• 5:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Again, we are going to go through the lens of Luther and go from there.
• 5:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So buckle up, it's gonna be fun.
• 5:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can't wait to get into it, and let's go here.
• 5:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're just gonna start with one of the biggest stories in the offseason, and that was the Los Angeles Clippers and going through their uh punishment through the commissioner's office, and so the one thing that we're gonna first talk about is the amount of picks in what have you for the CAP circumvention uh investigation over Kawhi Leonard.
• 6:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The deal strips the clickers of five first-round picks.
• 6:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You guys all know about this from 2029 to 2033.
• 6:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The fine of the team, well, actually, fine of Steve Walmer was$30 million.
• 6:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They suspend him for a year.
• 6:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They also ship Kawhi off to Toronto for Brandon Ingram, who was the centerpiece of that particular deal, along with two first-round picks coming back to the Clippers.
• 6:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What did we find out on Media Day, folks?
• 6:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is just pure Clipper Chaos wrapped up in a nutshell.
• 7:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Brandon Ingram has a partially torn Achilles.
• 7:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He will not be starting the season playing basketball for the Los Angeles Clippers.
• 7:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We can't make this stuff up, man.
• 7:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We just we really can't.
• 7:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So here's Lawrence Frank talking about the er actually here is their person that was talking about what what was going on, and we'll we'll get into it.
• 7:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're in glad we're glad that the investigation, we welcomed it, what have you.
• 7:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Um This is when they thought they were going to be free and clear.
• 7:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because remember, this investigation broke last year, around this time.
• 7:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Lawrence Frank said, We are glad that the investigation, we welcome it, we expect the investigation will show these allegations are wrong.
• 8:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what he actually meant is this is Lauren Frank.
• 8:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Confident we're betting against the outcome, he did not get get it.
• 8:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He did not get what he wanted.
• 8:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because the five first round picks are very punitive, it was very costly, and it also cost you in a sense that this team is older.
• 8:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now you got rid of Kawhi Leonard, you you know, you also have traded for um Waggler through the Zubosh trade.
• 8:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So you're getting younger, but you still have to win games because if I'm not mistaken, the 2027 belongs to OKC.
• 8:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So that's great.
• 8:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is what my guy T.
• 8:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Lou had to say.
• 8:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My loyalty to him is to the end.
• 9:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So this is Ty Lu talking about Steve Walmer.
• 9:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, what he actually meant by that is I'm being paid a great deal of money to say something admirable right now.
• 9:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I also generally mean it, both these things can be true at the same time, but this shit is exhausting.
• 9:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Right.
• 9:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He goes on to say, it's been this is his statement, it's been difficult, but I give our players a lot of credit.
• 9:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The leadership is great, the morale is great, and even those these tough situations.
• 9:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Oh man, he put a great face on what he actually meant was this we lost five first-round draft picks, man.
• 9:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Our franchise player and half our depth are injured, and I'm contractually obligated to sound optimistic because we haven't even tipped off a preseason game yet.
• 10:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, the face of the franchise at this point in time is Trent Redden.
• 10:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He is the interim president of basketball operations taking over for Launch Frank.
• 10:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He says, our fans deserve to hear from us before this, and we and for that, we're sorry.
• 10:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he actually meant is Legal wrote this sentence, and I'm reading it as it was written.
• 10:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Cause there's nothing to say.
• 10:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You lost five first-round draft picks.
• 10:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The second statement that he made was the franchise often has done its best to work with uh work its way.
• 10:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Actually, let me read that again.
• 10:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The franchise has often done its best work with its back against the wall.
• 10:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Nobody works that way.
• 10:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Nobody works that way.
• 11:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he actually meant is I need you to believe the five-pick penalty and the ownership suspension as our origin story and not just an absolute unmitigated disaster.
• 11:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, the person that we definitely wanted to hear from was our guy Brandon Ingram, who's coming back to Los Angeles.
• 11:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Remember, Brandon Ingram was the second overall pick for the Los Angeles Lakers.
• 11:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Remember when we had all the baby Lakers?
• 11:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Brandon was one of those cats, so he's back in the la la now.
• 11:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So this is what Brandon Ingram said when he hit the podium.
• 11:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He said, I know there is little to no expectations for us this year.
• 11:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We have enough in this building to compete.
• 11:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what he actually meant was, I have a partially torn Achilles man.
• 11:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I haven't played a single game for this team yet, and I'm still showing up to defend a locker room that got handed a got handed to me mid-collapse.
• 12:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now the guy who will actually be on court is well, we don't know how long he's gonna be on the court because Darren Gar Darius Garland has had his injury history as well.
• 12:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So it's worth double-checking his exact arrival before airing this one.
• 12:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Roster movement, he here has been dizzying.
• 12:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I think we are able to surprise a lot of people.
• 12:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I think I believe in this team.
• 12:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he actually meant was look, man, it's gonna be tough.
• 12:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's gonna be real tough out there in these streets.
• 12:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know we're the second franchise in Los Angeles, we're kind of where the Chargers are, but in the basketball capacity, and we're just trying to carve out our little niche in Los Angeles at this point in time.
• 13:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Listen, the Clippers, we told you several, several times, and people can look at this as Laker love and Clipper hate if they want to, but the Clippers are the Brooklyn Nets to the New York Knicks here in Los Angeles.
• 13:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It has always been that way, it will continue to be that way, and you know that's all there is to it.
• 13:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I never understood why the Clippers built their arena in Englewood.
• 13:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Um I know that it's the second largest media market, and that definitely has something to do with it, but as far as gaining traction against the Lakers, I just don't see it.
• 13:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I don't see it at all.
• 13:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And we're gonna watch this team kind of ebb and flow through these rough waters as this season unfolds.
• 14:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, to a little bit more of a happier time, we're gonna kind of do a couple honorable mentions.
• 14:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My guy, of course, the Lakers, you know how I get it done.
• 14:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Austin Reed said this.
• 14:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm not going to lead the same way Braun does.
• 14:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm not going to lead the same way Luca does.
• 14:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You have to be true to yourself and do what's comfortable for you.
• 14:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he actually meant right there is LeBron is gone.
• 14:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Lucas the guy now, and I am very carefully explaining that I know my role without ever saying the words, I know my role.
• 14:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And also, we are extremely white as a starting unit.
• 15:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is true, Austin.
• 15:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You guys are very close to being very MAGA out here.
• 15:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Very MAGA.
• 15:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My guy Walker Kessler, the new center for the Los Angeles Lakers, he said this in his media availability through on Media Day.
• 15:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He says, If I know they have that belief in me, I'm going to run through a brick wall for them.
• 15:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he actually meant was that, is that I got traded out of a rebuild situation in Utah where I couldn't get no burn because every time we started doing winning like one or two games, they would go ahead and put me on the shelf.
• 15:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Also, the Lakers paid me a boatload of money.
• 15:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I am the highest paid center that hasn't made an all-star game.
• 15:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I'm going to do everything I can to ingratiate myself to Luka Doncic and Austin Reeves, who will be feeding me my lobs.
• 16:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So if I have to set hard screens, that's what I'm going to do.
• 16:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because I am a corn fed white boy, strong from the south.
• 16:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I eat biscuits with gravy, you know, talking about chicken fry steaks and all that type of stuff.
• 16:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So, Walker Kessler is ready to run through a break wall for Luca.
• 16:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's very good.
• 16:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, we'll get to now our top 20 things that people said in Media Day.
• 16:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And we are going to start off with the reigning MVP of the National Basketball Association, and that is Shea Gilges Alexander.
• 16:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what my man said about the start of the season, he said, It's the business of the NBA, right?
• 16:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It sucks a little, but yeah, it is what it is.
• 16:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he actually meant by that statement, I'm doing my best corporate speak impression right now because I actually feel about how I feel about losing my guys is not printable at this point in time.
• 17:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And somebody tell me who exactly replaces Lou Dort for me as my watchdog.
• 17:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Lou Dort, the physical enforcer, who currently resides in Atlanta.
• 17:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So good luck to my guy, Shea Gilges Alexander.
• 17:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We move on to Zion Williamson.
• 17:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: In his immediate availability, he had this gem to say.
• 17:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay, so what he actually meant by that, y'all motherfuckers keep asking me about my weight, my commitment to staying healthy, and I'm walking out of this bleep for real for real.
• 17:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm sure he is very tired of hearing about his weight, his conditioning, and what have you.
• 18:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now I will say that his his uh supposedly his weight is very good.
• 18:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They, you know, you know, they put the general managers and coaches up there um beforehand, and then you know, he gets up there and says what he says.
• 18:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Oh, wow, I can't believe it.
• 18:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We get to talk about Damian Lillard now of the Trailblazers, he is the returning son, so I I can't wait to see what he had to say in his media availability.
• 18:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He says, I feel so happy inside, and what he actually meant is getting traded away from here broke something in me.
• 18:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I am one good practice away from actually crying about this situation.
• 19:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: At least I'm healthy now, and I won't have to fight Denny Abdia to set a ball screen for me.
• 19:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Yo, I bet you he is real happy about that.
• 19:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, Giannis is not in Milwaukee anymore, but um, and remember Dame missed the whole year last year with an Achilles injury, so the last time he played was in Milwaukee, and he didn't have to go through that debacle that was last year in Milwaukee, which is great.
• 19:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But I am sure he is super excited about being in Portland, being some somewhere where he is truly comfortable and beloved there in the city of Portland.
• 19:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, only if their cheap ass owner could go ahead and uh pony up for the new stadium, or new arena, I should say, shouldn't say stadium, that's a football situation, new arena in Portland.
• 19:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Supposedly the motor center is run down, not not the case, but I understand you want the new fangled arena with all the accruants of everything.
• 20:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I get it, but uh Tom Condon needs to check himself a little bit.
• 20:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I mean, yo, you're not only cheap, like at this point, you're bordering on like you're a charlatan a little bit.
• 20:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can only say that because you know, I'm not you know, I'm not real NBA media.
• 20:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm here to entertain y'all.
• 20:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Speaking of entertainment, James Harden had to say this in his media availability in Cleveland.
• 20:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm coming into my 18th year, don't have pride, I just want to win.
• 20:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he actually meant is I'm getting too old for this.
• 20:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Asking about my playoff performances, failures, y'all heard what Atkinson said about analytics last last year in the playoffs.
• 21:03
  unknown: Whew.
• 21:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Remember when Akis Kenny Atkinson opened up his mouth and said that their uh their expected field goal percentage was really good, and basically they should have won the series because of their expected field goal percentage.
• 21:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Listen, I like using analytics here, but y'all know me, I'm old as far as that's concerned, and I will tell you this.
• 21:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: There's a difference between using analytics and then living by analytics.
• 21:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what Kenny Atkinson said last year as the Cleveland Cavaliers were about to get folded up and packed up away for the offseason was absolute I never thought I'd hear something like that from a coach.
• 22:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Never thought I'd hear something like that from a coach.
• 22:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But you live long enough, you see a lot of things, folks.
• 22:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You just see a lot.
• 22:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Speaking of seeing a lot of things, our boy Kay Cunningham is going through it.
• 22:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So obviously, you know what the topic of the day was, and we're gonna get more into it as we go along in this podcast.
• 22:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But Kay Cunningham said this about Jalen Dorn.
• 22:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He is still, that's still my brother.
• 22:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're looking forward to welcoming him back with open arms.
• 22:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what he what K Cunningham actually meant was bro, please just sign something.
• 22:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My own extension conversation is right behind right behind yours, and I don't need this energy in the building.
• 22:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Get your ass to camp.
• 22:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Respectfully, Kay Cunningham.
• 22:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I know that situation has just been frustrating, and I know they dreaded that day.
• 23:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, Jalen Dorton could not be in the building during media availability because of the fact that he wasn't signed.
• 23:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So technically, he's not on the Detroit Pistons, even though he's a restricted free agent.
• 23:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Our guy Victor Winbayama spun this one in San Antonio.
• 23:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I couldn't imagine better motivation.
• 23:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Speaking of the NBA finals that he lost last summer.
• 23:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he actually meant in that statement is I haven't slept since the finals loss.
• 23:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I canceled all my Buddhist monk training for revenge on the entire NBA.
• 23:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I want to tell everybody no one is safe.
• 23:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Shouts out to uh 946 WWE style.
• 23:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What's up, baby?
• 24:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What's up uh to my guys out there getting it done.
• 24:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: If y'all saw Raw last night, Jada Carker is up in the big leagues, and we are better for it.
• 24:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Miss Carker is in the building.
• 24:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Hey, you know what?
• 24:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I did not have on my bingo card this summer Ben Simmons actually being on a basketball team.
• 24:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's what I did not have on my bingo card when it came to what NBA media availability was going to be like.
• 24:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But this is what Ben Simmons had to say.
• 24:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: To dominate.
• 24:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Every time I step on the floor to dominate, what he actually meant was, I know what you all say about me.
• 24:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I know.
• 24:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is the sentence I am contractually required to say every media day now.
• 25:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I am going to keep saying it until it is embedded into your head.
• 25:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Will I shoot more than five shots a game?
• 25:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Probably not.
• 25:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Will they do Hacker Simmons on me?
• 25:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They probably will.
• 25:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Did I work on my game rigorously since I've been out of the league?
• 25:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: No, I did not.
• 25:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But Hope Springs Eternal, because it is media day and the start to a new season is coming.
• 25:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You imagine Ben Simmons out here telling people that everything is peaches of cream, and we all know that this dude who is 6'10, 250 pounds, he's a brilliant ball handler and also an absolute wizard with passes, but can't shoot a lick, doesn't want to shoot, and has had the yips for years now.
• 26:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: One of my favorite quotes of the day, even though it's it's now number 13 on our list, was said by Balal Kulabale of the Washington Wizards.
• 26:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, if you know, you know, right?
• 26:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Wizards have gone gone through a uh a just a metamorphos, right?
• 26:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You got Anthony Davis on the team.
• 26:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You also have Trey Young who signed a new contract, and they have the number one overall draft pick, AJ DeBonsta, in the building, and we are ex we are so excited to see what Washington is going to look like.
• 26:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: For the first time in a long time, Chocolate City is going to be hella lit.
• 26:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Hella lit.
• 26:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So this is what my guy Balagali had to say during his media uh session.
• 27:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: When I get my championship ring, I'm gonna talk crazy.
• 27:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he actually meant by that was no one is taking us seriously for a decade.
• 27:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I'm gonna act a fool when we clinch a playoff berth.
• 27:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They thought Patrick Beverly was bad standing on the table for a play-in.
• 27:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Just wait.
• 27:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Just wait and see how I act when we go to the playoffs.
• 27:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I know my man did not say that he was gonna go ahead and act a fool when he gets to the championship round, and when he gets his championship ring.
• 27:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My man is claiming titles.
• 27:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Trey Young hasn't even stepped on the floor.
• 27:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: By the way, is Kalal Kulubale gonna even start?
• 27:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I mean, that is a real question.
• 27:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: With Kayontay George there, uh Trey Jones, and now AJ Dubanster.
• 28:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Where where is he gonna where is he gonna play?
• 28:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You're gonna play this bench role.
• 28:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's what you're gonna play.
• 28:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You're gonna be a defensive bench wing.
• 28:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You're gonna provide depth to the Washington Wizards, Bilal.
• 28:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And it couldn't come at a worse time for Bilal Kulubale.
• 28:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what I mean by that is that guess what?
• 28:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It is contract extension season.
• 28:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And no contract insight yet.
• 28:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So good luck to our guy.
• 28:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Dra Draymond Green chimes in at number 12 for the Warriors.
• 28:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can't believe this.
• 28:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So this is gonna be great.
• 28:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He was speaking about the rookie that they got in the draft, um, Luxembourg.
• 29:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So Gaxel, as we like to call him, he's really good.
• 29:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I actually hate to say it.
• 29:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Michigat Michigan guys usually aren't that good.
• 29:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Draymond, you still doing it.
• 29:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So what he actually meant was That's me complimenting and insulting that that man all in the same sentence.
• 29:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Which is only s is which is only setting I have.
• 29:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Plus, I'll conch a Wolverine when they talk trash.
• 29:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: See Jordan Poole.
• 29:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can't wait.
• 29:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can't wait till Draymond acts a fool.
• 29:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Cause he is he's due for a combustion this year.
• 29:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He kept it pretty much under wraps last year, so I don't know if with old age he's starting to mellow, or they told him he had to be on his best behavior.
• 30:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But you know what can all all cause this dude to turn into a grade A class clown again?
• 30:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Watch Yaxo Luxemburg Luxembourg take some of his time because he is a quicker defender than Draymond.
• 30:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He might not have the experience, he definitely can block more shots than Draymond, and he is a connector, so basically he's a bigger version of Draymond Green.
• 30:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Can't wait to see it.
• 30:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That might be the only thing that Golden State has going for him this year.
• 30:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That and seeing Steph try to get 30 every single night.
• 30:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because that team is is is ass right now, unfortunately.
• 31:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he actually said was Atlanta wanted a different version of me, and that was for four straight years.
• 31:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Washington can have the original, and I am still shooting logo threes whenever I want.
• 31:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So Trey is still gonna have really bad shot selection in the DMV.
• 31:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It is going to be pretty epic, I must say, but there will be some lobs.
• 31:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He got some horses on that team, and we'll see how it all plays out.
• 31:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I don't I don't know what to expect from the Wizards, but I am I just cannot wait to see it.
• 31:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: From one wizard to another wizard trying to go coming in at 10, Anthony Davis had this to say says, I will have a Washington Wizards uniform on, and I will go out there and I will do everything I can to win basketball, to win a basketball game.
• 32:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what he actually meant by that was don't even try to put me at center, I don't want to play it, and also to the brass in the front office, I want my money.
• 32:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Every word of that sentence uh was picked up by the PR team, and not one of them was mine, not one, not one of these, but I want my money, and we'll see how many games I play.
• 32:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I went through it for years with Anthony Davis.
• 32:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: For some reason, uh the jump shot left after the bubble, and he just refused to want to play center until he absolutely had to.
• 33:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Coming in at number nine, Steph Curry signing his uh new extension for two years and 116 million.
• 33:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is what he had to say.
• 33:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He said this is home, being able to finish the story the right way is a big part of what I think I can control.
• 33:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he asked the man is do y'all n do y'all know how many tech billionaires live out here?
• 33:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Also, I can't unleash Draymond to another city.
• 33:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's for public safety that I stay here.
• 33:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is true.
• 33:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is a true statement.
• 33:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Steph, I listen, it's gotta be hard for my man who is a competitive as all get out.
• 34:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I know he smiles real big and he's so gracious with his time and and and what have you, but this must suck that he's not really relevant when it comes to contendership talk, and he sees some of his um his peers like KD and LeBron play games that matter, even James Harden playing games that matter must be tough for my guy.
• 34:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, the Trailblazers also made a bunch of changes, and to tell you the truth, I still don't understand it.
• 34:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They got a lot of guards on that team, so but John Morant came in hot.
• 34:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He says, Somebody asked him about Memphis or what have you, and leaving it.
• 34:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He said, That's my family.
• 34:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Meaning Memphis.
• 34:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What he actually meant was that's where I got to live out my dream of being gangster.
• 35:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Popping bottles.
• 35:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I got a lot of love for Memphis.
• 35:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Let me do what I want to do there.
• 35:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Got to do whatever I wanted.
• 35:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Keep a super gangster, be real 110% of the time.
• 35:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I don't know how much trouble my man can get in in Portland, but we are going to see.
• 35:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: There's a story about him riding his bike to the training facility when he m when he first got out there, so I can't wait to see what's what's gonna happen.
• 35:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, what is gonna happen.
• 35:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Kyrie comes in at number seven.
• 35:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He talks about his injury here.
• 35:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He says, My injury was what was probably for the best, was the best thing that ever happened to me with the action man is I needed the universe to sit me down for a minute, and now I have been blessed with the white LeBron, aka Cooper Flag.
• 36:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Speaking of white, you can't get much wider than TJ McConnell.
• 36:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He checks in with number six, and this is what he had to say.
• 36:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He said, from finals to one of the worst seasons in Pacers history, that's a quick drop.
• 36:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what he meant by that was this I'm just saying, I'm just saying the quiet car out loud.
• 36:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We ain't shit without Tyrese Halliburton, and honestly, I can go back to my try-hard role immediately, and I am grateful.
• 36:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because now y'all can expect hustle and be excited about my hustle while Tyrese leads the ship.
• 36:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's what he was trying to say.
• 36:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Nikola Jokic comes in at number five, and listen, Nikola Jokic loves Media Day, absolutely loves it, loves it more than anything else on this planet.
• 37:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And this is what he had to say.
• 37:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm going to sign next year if they want me.
• 37:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what he meant by that was I'm enjoying every single second of this leverage that I have.
• 37:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Also, I am here because I don't want to be fine.
• 37:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because I do not like talking to you guys.
• 37:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I would rather be playing with horses, I would rather be chilling, I would rather be at home, and when I mean home, I'm not talking about my suburb home in Denver.
• 37:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm talking about uh being in Serbia, bro.
• 37:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's what I'm talking about.
• 37:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Jokic during Media Day is like um Donald Trump on the witness stand or like in a s in a Senate committee where they're asking him questions.
• 38:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's just like, I plead the fifth, bro.
• 38:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm not I'm not answering none of these questions.
• 38:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm the president of the United States.
• 38:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'll answer to you.
• 38:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'll answer to any of y'all.
• 38:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Why am I here?
• 38:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I'm saying?
• 38:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can see it right now.
• 38:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Just Jokic is up there, PR person says, hey, Nicole, it's time to go up for a media day.
• 38:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Give me a second, let me take a quick sip of water.
• 38:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And Jokic like a three-year-old kid goes, Do I have to?
• 38:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Acting like a kid that don't want to take a nap.
• 38:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's just shit, do I really have to talk to these people?
• 38:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Number four is our guy Jalen Brown, who is now a 76er, and he is uh with a cavalcade of stars over there.
• 38:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And this is they were at they asked him about um being in Philadelphia and having all of these great players around him.
• 39:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So he was asked Point Blank uh about who the alpha was, and his his comment was this.
• 39:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: No comment.
• 39:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That was his comment.
• 39:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He said, like, you know, I mean what is he gonna say?
• 39:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Our our roster is stacked.
• 39:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I thought I was coming here to be the man.
• 39:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now I got LeBron, I got Joel and B who lost a ton of weight, Tyrese Maxie is young, but just a bucket.
• 39:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And then there's VJ Edgecomb.
• 39:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Brown's entire response was just next question.
• 39:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, just next question.
• 39:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: There's no translation needed on that one.
• 39:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Luther had to retire when when he said that.
• 39:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because he was just like, nah, dog, I I gotta be here.
• 40:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Like, I was literally the second option in Boston.
• 40:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now I I have no idea what option I am.
• 40:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: With all due respect, I think Jalen Brown, uh, all can decide.
• 40:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I think Jalen Brown will probably be the number one option in Philadelphia.
• 40:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Maxie will probably fall to like the number two role.
• 40:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What would be actually very interesting is will LeBron take a more of a um a facilitator role in Philadelphia?
• 40:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And is that the best use of LeBron?
• 40:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because with VJ Edcombe, Tyrese Maxie, and Jalen Brown, I wonder if those guys want to get up and down the court.
• 40:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, LeBron is one of those guys that he does throw the thr the throw-ahead pass very well.
• 41:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So if you're out, if you leak out on the break, you know, you might get hit with one of be blessed with one of these passes.
• 41:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But LeBron also likes that that real half-court, slow it down, let's dissect the defense type of mentality now.
• 41:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I don't blame him.
• 41:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Dude's 42 years old.
• 41:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I probably wouldn't want to be running up and down the court all the damn time either at 42.
• 41:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm 54 now, and I'm in no condition to be running up and down the court.
• 41:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Need to get my fat ass in the gym.
• 41:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's what I need to do.
• 41:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I will be doing that.
• 41:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Alright.
• 41:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Two number three.
• 41:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Giannis Ante Tacumpo with the heat now, and this is what he had to say during his uh media availability.
• 41:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He said, Yes, if not the best, I am one of the best players in the world.
• 41:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what he actually meant, hey Miami, y'all rocking with the best to ever do it.
• 42:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I'm saying?
• 42:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We are out here.
• 42:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Y'all haven't had anybody like me since LeBron.
• 42:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay?
• 42:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It was cute when you had Jimmy, and y'all were like the the little up-and-coming team, but I am Giannis Anti Tacumpo.
• 42:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I scored 51 points in a closeout game.
• 42:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Don't test me.
• 42:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Don't try me.
• 42:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And Bam Alabio would not be scoring 83 points ever again with me on this roster.
• 42:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: For sure.
• 42:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Coming in at number two is our guy.
• 42:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh Kawhi Leonard.
• 42:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is what he had to say.
• 42:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I think the best decision is to move forward and to focus my time on being a Toronto Raptor.
• 42:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what he actually meant was, I'd rather run through a low management again for the rest of my career than to answer one more question about aspiration or Steve Balmer's finances.
• 43:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I got paid, uh, Dennis Robertson got paid, Uncle Dennis got paid.
• 43:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We all made money.
• 43:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I will take my little$70,000 fine and walk away clean from this situation.
• 43:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: For sure.
• 43:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You don't have to listen.
• 43:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Don't be patting my pockets.
• 43:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay?
• 43:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Don't be patting my pockets at all.
• 43:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is a G thing.
• 43:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This ain't a we thing.
• 43:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And finally, I leave the best for last.
• 43:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Luca Donc just got up on the media availability and said this.
• 43:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Realistically, I would say championship because if you're if if that's not the goal, I don't know what you're doing here.
• 43:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what he actually meant by that is shit.
• 44:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: LeBron is gone.
• 44:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can finally take my place as the rightful leader of the Los Angeles Lakers.
• 44:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And we can get serious about building around a 35-point a game scorer.
• 44:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Oh, wait.
• 44:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's me.
• 44:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Check my resume, fool.
• 44:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Luka Doncic during his media availability.
• 44:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And those were some of the gems that were dropped during our uh whip around media availability.
• 44:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Speaking of somebody who couldn't come to media availability, and that is Jalen Doran.
• 44:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So we're gonna kind of go through what he is going through right now, and we'll do it with this.
• 44:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Obviously, Jalen Dorn is still unsigned at this present moment.
• 44:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, I haven't checked my phone lately.
• 44:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Let me see.
• 44:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Let me make sure where I get over here.
• 44:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Nope.
• 44:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's still not signed.
• 44:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So best of luck.
• 45:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm sure by the time we do another podcast, which will be Friday, hopefully we'll have some news.
• 45:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But uh right now, it's still they're still have have at an impasse.
• 45:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So we'll see.
• 45:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But we're gonna go through what we think he's worth.
• 45:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We'll tell you all the little breakdowns and what has been going on, and we will give you what we think should happen.
• 45:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Detroit has already paid one of their young cornerstones this offseason.
• 45:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: As Thompson got his money first, and now the front office turns to their other half of that timeline, and that is Jalen Dorn.
• 45:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, a contract number of 200 million plus range, we're using our anonymous front office sources to kind of give you what they think he's worth, and do you want to give your money to a pretty limited big?
• 46:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And let me explain that.
• 46:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We'll explain that through the entirety of the segment.
• 46:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Listen, very day Jalen Dorn is very good.
• 46:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But is he max caliber money?
• 46:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Doran has a double-double resume and the highlight finishes that he makes.
• 46:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He usually ends up on Sports Center's top 10.
• 46:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The surface level case is easy.
• 46:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're going deeper than the surface.
• 46:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're finishing versus creating and the defensive numbers that are good but not great.
• 46:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And the 14-game 2025-2026 playoff sample that nobody wants to bring up in this negotiation when it comes to the Jalen Duran side.
• 47:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Then we flip it and show exactly how a front office sells this deal internally because the case you build for the fan base is never the same case you build for the front office and the boardroom.
• 47:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So let's get into it.
• 47:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Jalen Doran, there's no question.
• 47:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Dude is a beast, a double-double machine, and one of the most efficient high-volume finishers at the rim in the league.
• 47:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: His true shooting percentage is well above positional average.
• 47:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That is 100% true.
• 47:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Set the stakes up front.
• 47:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Detroit already committed to Osur Thompson this offseason.
• 47:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Dorn is the second half of that situation of that young core that includes also Kay Cunningham.
• 47:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And he is searching for as close to the max as possible.
• 47:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, at the latest report, when we think about Jalen Dorn and what he wants as far as or what Detroit has offered him.
• 48:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now they started off a little bit low.
• 48:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: There are reports that they're getting closer and closer to that$200 million range for five years, and there's still been no movement when it comes to those two sides getting close to a deal.
• 48:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The elite one side test, let's get here.
• 49:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's kind of hard if you if you're trying to pay that dude like close to max money.
• 49:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, his uh three-point attempt rate is point zero zero zero.
• 49:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh he had a career high of 53.5% free throw rate from crashing the glass and finishing roles and an assist rate of just 11%.
• 49:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Most of his offense is off live ball opportunities and gravity from Kay Cunningham.
• 49:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: No shots he's creating for himself whatsoever.
• 49:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: When the playoffs slowed the game down, this is where he falls way below.
• 49:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He actually shrank to 23.6% to 16.7% when you talk about his usage.
• 50:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And then his turnover rate nearly doubled.
• 50:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He went from 11.6% to 19.8% going from regular season to playoffs.
• 50:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now he's a good defender, he's super athletic, but he's not a great defender.
• 50:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He only has a 3% block rate and a modest uh 0.5 defensive box plus minus.
• 50:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's a solid defensive rebounding person, which he is at 26.4% as a define defensive rebounding percentage, and he has real switchability, but not defensive player of the year level.
• 50:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He finished 11th in the voting.
• 50:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Detroit defensively jump is a scheme uh and a roster story, much like Jalen Duran's story.
• 51:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The verdict on him is this.
• 51:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He clears the bar but barely.
• 51:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: A max player on paper, but he's slightly below a max player in my honest gut read.
• 51:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And this came from a uh Eastern Conference uh scout when it comes to this.
• 51:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's really hard to give somebody who can't create his own offense and he doesn't have one elite skill.
• 51:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I mean?
• 51:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I mean?
• 51:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It it just it's really hard to do this.
• 51:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I'm listening I'm not saying hey, trade him for Nick Claxton, and you gate basically got the same thing.
• 51:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Let's not disrespect Jalen Brunson at I mean Jalen Brunson.
• 52:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I have New York Knicks on the mind, obviously.
• 52:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He hosted Saturday Night Live, by the way.
• 52:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But Jalen Doran is a very good player and he's still incredibly young.
• 52:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Could he grow into this position?
• 52:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: 100%.
• 52:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But could you do you see enough growth in him to think that he we have some sort of self-creation when it comes to his his own offense?
• 52:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Or do you think there's a monumental leap on the defensive side where he will be able to be a top four, top three type of player when we talk about defensive player of the year?
• 52:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Keep in mind now listen, nobody is Wingbayama.
• 52:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay, I'm not even listening.
• 52:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Wimby is an alien.
• 52:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're gonna take him out of the equation.
• 53:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But what makes Jalen Dorn not be Evan Mobley?
• 53:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Right?
• 53:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I mean, Rudy Gobert is a better defensive player than Jalen Dorn.
• 53:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And he's not nearly as athletic, he's not nearly as fast or quick, but his his anticipation, his his ability to kind of scheme out what the offense is trying to do, puts himself in the right positions most of the time, and he's just been a defensive star war for the Utah Jazz and now also for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
• 53:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And this is not Jalen Doran.
• 53:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So if you tell me there's an elite skill, I'll be more than happy to sit here and say, hey, yo, you can get all this money.
• 54:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But here's the other thing.
• 54:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Here's the uncomfortable data.
• 54:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because it's cool to be able to put up good numbers in a in a regular season, but let's get to these playoff numbers real quick.
• 54:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because these are the eye-opening numbers.
• 54:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The uncomfortable data point everybody avoids is the 14 playoff games that he played last year.
• 54:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And the numbers that cratered across the board were this.553.
• 54:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I don't really like this uh this advanced metric, but his PER went from 26.1 to 13.8.
• 54:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: His overall box plus minus went from a plus five to a negative 1.7.
• 55:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And again, we talked about the turnover rate, so we don't need to get into that again.
• 55:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And against physical postseason coverage, he got hunted more in space than regular season defensive numbers suggest.
• 55:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Not disqualifying on its own, but plenty of young bigs have a rough uh playoff situation.
• 55:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But remember, even though the sample size is a little bit smaller, the year before he didn't have that great of a playoffs uh series at all.
• 55:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: When they got bounced in the first round, guess Knicks.
• 55:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So, again, that's what you're paying him for.
• 55:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You're paying him for the opportunity to be able to contend.
• 55:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You would pay him$40 million because like you expect he and Kay Cunningham and Asor Thompson to get you late deep into playoff runs that would eventually land you in the NBA finals, that then will land you the Larry O'Brien trophy.
• 56:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You pay Jalen Dorn$40 million plus for a Larry O'Brien.
• 56:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You do not pay him for regular season stats, you do not pay him for a positive five positive 5.0 box plus minus, which by the way, not elite.
• 56:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Still not elite.
• 56:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: When we talk about elite box plus minuses, we're talking about over nine.
• 56:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Over nine.
• 56:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Like Luca and uh Nicole Jokic are like 12.
• 56:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Shea Gilges Alexander, 12.
• 56:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Those are MVP type dudes.
• 57:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And listen, I'm not saying that Jalen Duran has to be an MVP.
• 57:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Kay Cunningham is the number one option.
• 57:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But what I do want to say is this is that his all NBA status has a lot to do with who did not make it because of the 65 game um plateau that some people had didn't reach last year.
• 57:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So Jalen Doran was an all-NBA player on paper, but he's probably still in that I would say anywhere between 27 to 35 as far as where he really is in the NBA as far as NBA players are concerned.
• 57:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: To be all NBA, you have to be one of the top 15 players in in the league.
• 57:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I don't see Jalen Doran as that.
• 58:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, comps and leverage.
• 58:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You refrain, you reframe the sort uh deal from and we already skipped money to the market already told us uh that the the this is part of the core that's worth paying.
• 58:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Doran is definitely a second domino, not a surprise.
• 58:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, we just laid out the the reasons why.
• 58:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Restricted free agency is a risk, way too long, and Detroit is negotiating against the offer sheet.
• 58:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Well, we're at the point now where we're negotiating negotiating against the qualifying offer.
• 58:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because that's what's coming down the pike on the first of October.
• 58:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I just don't see you offering him anything close to 287 million.
• 59:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Our sources are saying that that his uh camp is looking for 205 to 215 million dollars on a five-year deal.
• 59:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The cheapest version of Jalen Dorne we will ever have to buy is that that's a lot of money.
• 59:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So where do I come down on this?
• 59:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Is this Jalen Dorn worth a significant pay raise?
• 59:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Yes.
• 59:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Is he young enough to think that there is something more inside of him?
• 59:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Yes.
• 59:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Would I want to pay Jalen Dorn over 35 million?
• 59:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: No.
• 59:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Again, we talked about the numbers.
• 59:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We talked about what his numbers go from regular season to postseason.
• 1:00:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And then we also talked about the skill level and what we're going up against.
• 1:00:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And this is a tough situation.
• 1:00:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I just can't see giving him that kind of money.
• 1:00:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now we're gonna take you around the league.
• 1:00:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Um the Athletic did something where they kind of said 30 teams, what we're most excited about, and we took the top ten of that and we put it into the mix, and let's go ahead and get into that.
• 1:00:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So we're not doing a deep dive.
• 1:00:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What we're doing is kind of like giving you broad strokes of what's gonna be happening in the league and some of the things, storylines to look at up front, and when we get into the preseason and when we get into the early parts of the regular season.
• 1:01:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And we're gonna start in Philadelphia.
• 1:01:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh Joe Owen Bede's best ever roster that includes LeBron James, who signed for the veteran minimum, and they also traded for Jalen Brown.
• 1:01:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh now share a locker room with him.
• 1:01:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Not to in not to exclude our guy Tyrese Maxie and also VJ Edgecomb.
• 1:01:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So, listen, I'm not gonna glaze this this squad.
• 1:01:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: All right, we are not glazing.
• 1:01:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The internet has already done the glazing for us about this is one of the best rosters and blah blah blah.
• 1:01:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My read on this basically is this to me, this is like putting some of the top streamers in a house together as some sort of multi-level collab situation, and then the numbers spike just from the announcement before a single frame drops.
• 1:02:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: LeBron loading into a new season with Embiid is a full internet meltdown before pregame layups lines even start, no doubt.
• 1:02:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But is it is it quality content or is it is it just just big name after big name after big name overload?
• 1:02:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Cause here's the thing: they have a ton to work out.
• 1:02:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What's the shot distribution on that team?
• 1:02:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What type of offense are they gonna run?
• 1:02:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Are they gonna be a slow down team for Embiid and LeBron?
• 1:02:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Or are they going to be, hey, let's get out and run with our horses, Jalen Brown, VJ Ezcombe, and Tyrese uh Maxie?
• 1:02:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: These are questions that I have.
• 1:02:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Let's move along to Boston.
• 1:03:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Yo, Jason Tatum has to carry the flag solo dolo style after Brown's mesy, messy, messy, messy exit.
• 1:03:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: No built-in co-star to lean on anymore.
• 1:03:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh Tatum, Tatum's uh Tom Holland season is upon us.
• 1:03:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It is loading.
• 1:03:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Internet fully in his corner, and does he catch Florence Pugh and Zach Brath level pylon?
• 1:03:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The first time the a possession goes sideways.
• 1:03:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Listen, it's either Tom Holland or Florence Pugh.
• 1:03:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Which one is it gonna be?
• 1:03:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The analytics darlings in Boston said that I thought this was completely disrespectful, said that Jalen Brown was like the seventh best person on his squad.
• 1:04:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's crazy work.
• 1:04:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That is nasty work.
• 1:04:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But life without Brown starts soon, and Jason Tatum, who swears up and down that he is has a mango mentality.
• 1:04:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Well, we're about to find out.
• 1:04:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Cause we saw what the Celtics were last year without Tatum for most of it.
• 1:04:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now we're gonna see what it's like to not have Jalen Brown there.
• 1:04:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And by the way, are they gonna cultivate a number two or are they gonna have to trade for a number two down the road?
• 1:04:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: These are all questions.
• 1:04:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Paul George, supposedly Paul George in a supporting role, fits better next to Jason Tatum than the guy who was the actual NBA finals MVP in Jalen Brown.
• 1:05:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now you can tell me that it was the money, you can tell me that it was the salary cap.
• 1:05:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You can tell me all those things.
• 1:05:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I'm not gonna sit here and disagree with you, not at all.
• 1:05:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But what I am saying is that we're gonna find out a lot about Jason Tatum when this happens.
• 1:05:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My squad, the Lakers, we have now entered the post-Lebron era and it starts for real now.
• 1:05:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Luka Doncic and Austin Reeves inherit the offense and per the numbers basically all free throws all the time.
• 1:05:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, kind of chic, kind of chic to lead the league in free throws.
• 1:05:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Lucas stepping out of LeBron Shadow reads uh like Pedro Pascal's jump from Prestige TV to leading man in the movies.
• 1:05:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The co star era is over.
• 1:05:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is The this is his squad now.
• 1:06:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is his franchise.
• 1:06:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And we are going to see what Luca Donche is all about.
• 1:06:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now it's not like the first time he led a franchise, but this is the first time he's leading the Lakers, and that's a completely different story.
• 1:06:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay.
• 1:06:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Miami Heat, obviously, Giannis Antecumpo is a Heat.
• 1:06:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They traded 14,000 players for him in some draft picks.
• 1:06:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So he is the superstar swing.
• 1:06:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's a superstar swing Miami's been chasing since the Butler split.
• 1:06:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And this is giving full euphoria energy.
• 1:06:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Glossy, chaotic, dialed up to 11.
• 1:06:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Impossible to look away from even when you're not sure if it's a good for anyone involved.
• 1:06:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because that roster is still incomplete.
• 1:06:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: If we if we have to be honest.
• 1:07:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Do they have enough shooting around Giannis and Bam?
• 1:07:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What does that look like?
• 1:07:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They gave up four real legit players in that deal, including Tyro ta Tyler Hero, uh Khalel Ware, Hami Haikes Jr.
• 1:07:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Could have been very useful to to uh to Miami at this point.
• 1:07:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But we shall see what this team is gonna look like and how they're gonna play.
• 1:07:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I have no doubts about what the defense is going to be.
• 1:07:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I just have a real problem with the offense and how much spacing there is.
• 1:07:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The the best duo that was put together during the offseason was Anthony Edwards and Lomelo Ball in Minnesota.
• 1:08:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They now share a backcourt, and the two of them online together might be the best content in the league that the league has produced in quite some time.
• 1:08:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, the the trending tag is 6'7, 6'7.
• 1:08:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This parent is a meme walking onto a court every single night.
• 1:08:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: For sure.
• 1:08:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Ant is out here and Melo's out here unsupervised with the with the camera is appointment television.
• 1:08:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's just gonna be great.
• 1:08:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Also, I don't know who's paying for it, but get LaMelo ball a driver in Minnesota.
• 1:08:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Listen, the roads are slick, there's a lot of snow on the ground.
• 1:08:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Come, you know, December, January, and February.
• 1:08:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He don't need to be out here in Lamborghinis trying to go 162 miles per hour on the streets of uh Minneapolis.
• 1:09:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Listen, let that not happen.
• 1:09:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can't wait till a post-game interview with uh Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball.
• 1:09:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can't wait.
• 1:09:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Can't wait till they're on a podium and then then the questions start from the uh media.
• 1:09:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And those two out there just the vibes are gonna be immaculate early, bro.
• 1:09:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm gonna tell you right now.
• 1:09:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's gonna be great.
• 1:09:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We move along to San Antonio, the Spurs, a healthy Victor Wing Bayama, fresh off a finals run, chasing the MVP conversation instead.
• 1:09:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Um just a highlight real the best revenge season of the last five years for comparison.
• 1:09:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Simone Biles in 2024, Paris Olympics, redemption tour, the biggest, most covered cheese back and better social art of the decade.
• 1:10:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Four years removed from the Tokyo withdrawal.
• 1:10:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That this is gonna be this situation with Wingby is gonna be top tier because I'm gonna tell you right now, it hurt his soul to lose those finals.
• 1:10:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It hurt his soul.
• 1:10:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That dude was out here probably singing like early 90s RB songs for sure.
• 1:10:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay, there was a lot of um Tony Tony Terry songs, there was a lot of Tony Rich uh songs out here, there was probably some some Johnny Gill.
• 1:10:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: There was some Keith Sweat songs out here.
• 1:10:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My man was in his feelings for sure.
• 1:10:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He might have even gone emo for a little while.
• 1:10:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He probably even listened to the cure.
• 1:10:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He went through it during the offseason.
• 1:10:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That that loss in the finals and a couple of those losses were so debilitating.
• 1:11:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm sure he had a lot of restless nights uh thinking about that in his uh villa in France, and now he's back in San Antonio, and that that revenge tour is on and popping.
• 1:11:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Let's get to our guys in Oklahoma City, Shea Gilgis Alexander, and a roster with something to prove after watching San Antonio just blow right past him, celebrate in their building.
• 1:11:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is gonna be full on Doctor Doom in doomsday energy, quiet and controlled the whole time, and the league should be nervous about the moment this team actually decides to speak.
• 1:11:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Yo.
• 1:11:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh they got some work to do.
• 1:11:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We don't know who's taking the place or playing the role of Lou Dort anymore.
• 1:12:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh did sh did Chet Hongren learn anything from his battles with Victor Wingbayama?
• 1:12:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, is any of the bigs ready?
• 1:12:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Did did uh Thomas Sorber is he ready?
• 1:12:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We don't know.
• 1:12:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Can Jalen Williams, day dub, get back to two years ago, Jalen Williams?
• 1:12:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Cause last year he wasn't back.
• 1:12:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They had shut him down.
• 1:12:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The New York Knicks on the next team that we're gonna talk about, and you get to hear it on every broadcast all season long.
• 1:12:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Banner talk uh alone is a stare long, but you know what we're bringing back for the New York Knicks?
• 1:12:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Bing Bong! The Garden is Real, Rallying Cry born out of Brunson's rise, now doubling as a title defense, chest thumping all around.
• 1:13:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We got Timberlands in the sky, we got blue and orange skies everywhere.
• 1:13:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's gonna be fantastic.
• 1:13:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The vibes are immaculate and gotham.
• 1:13:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The next team that we gotta talk about is the Cleveland Cavaliers.
• 1:13:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Cause this one is the one more time year.
• 1:13:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Donovan Mitchell got paid, Evan Mowgli is paid, James Harden is paid, Jared Allen out here making$30 million and shit like that.
• 1:13:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is crazy.
• 1:13:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay.
• 1:13:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, Kobe Altman has already said the quiet part out loud, the clock is running out, and guess what?
• 1:13:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The trend tag is this spun bod handcuffs.
• 1:13:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The front office keeps insisting that the cap trap is escapable, but just like the cuff sliding off right off the uh Spongebob's wrist, I'm telling you right now.
• 1:14:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The This is gonna be one of those things.
• 1:14:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You got James Harden, whose playoff performance history is let's say dubious at best.
• 1:14:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know who's not right behind him, you know, right behind him.
• 1:14:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now listen, I'm not saying his performances is is trash, but his results are trash, and that's Donovan Mitchell.
• 1:14:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Donovan Mitchell went to the playoffs a lot in Utah, and he's gone to the playoffs a lot in Cleveland, but you know what he has not done?
• 1:14:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My man has not gotten to an NBA Finals yet.
• 1:14:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And yes, his time might not be running out, but that two big situation, and also uh James Harden, some of this is starting to come down the pike, and there is a receipt that's due.
• 1:14:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: If you know what I mean.
• 1:15:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And now that leads us to the Indiana Pacers, and this is a feel-good story because one of my favorite players in the league is coming back this upcoming season, and that is Tyrese Halliburton.
• 1:15:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Remember game seven of the uh 2025 NBA finals, where you know he tears the Achilles.
• 1:15:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So he put that to bed at Media Day.
• 1:15:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He said he before the he even spoke, like, let the media ask him the question.
• 1:15:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He was like, I'm fine, I'm completely healed, I'm ready to go, uh, there's no restrictions, I feel great, and then he got into his questions.
• 1:15:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So, no issues there.
• 1:15:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So he's back.
• 1:15:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, him being back decides how far Indiana goes.
• 1:15:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Indiana is declaring we're back lands, like Drake insisting he is still on top after 2024.
• 1:16:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The conference, the confidence is loud, but the league is going, we want receipts before everybody buys in.
• 1:16:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: If you notice when you look at or hear anybody talk about the the Eastern Conference contenders, this is a team that they don't bring up.
• 1:16:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We talk about Cleveland, we talk about Detroit, who doesn't have Jalen Dorn, we talk about Boston who lost Jalen Brown, and yes, they got Mitchell Robinson to kind of shrew up their their cent their big position, but Jalen Brown is a bucket.
• 1:16:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Like, that's 25 points per game out the door.
• 1:16:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So questions there.
• 1:16:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Knicks are coming off the finals win, but we haven't had a repeat winner in more than you know, getting close to a decade now.
• 1:17:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So Indiana who pushed the OKC Thunder to a game seven, and we're leading in that game up until halftime, even with Tyrese Halliburton had already left.
• 1:17:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So I don't understand just the disrespect that we're getting about Indiana.
• 1:17:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I think Indiana deserves some love when it comes to an actual contender.
• 1:17:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They have uh Zubas there as well.
• 1:17:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, it's not like, oh, we got all these glaring holes on our squad.
• 1:17:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: No, we got our dude back, and it puts everybody back in place of where they needed to be.
• 1:17:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So stop disrespecting Indiana out there.
• 1:18:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Indiana is one of these teams that should be looked upon as an actual contender in the East.
• 1:18:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Yes, I do know that they had where they were absolute trash last year, but guess what?
• 1:18:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They're whacking.
• 1:18:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So 10 teams, 10 storylines, and now everyone has a hook.
• 1:18:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Um, oh, you know, a hook as far as what we have trended them out to be.
• 1:18:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: There's a lot of things that we need to look at, and I can't wait to get into it.
• 1:18:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's going to be an incredible year.
• 1:18:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm lucky to be back with you.
• 1:18:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And uh, you know what I'm saying?
• 1:18:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is family here.
• 1:18:47
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• 1:18:51
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• 1:18:55
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• 1:18:57
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• 1:19:03
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• 1:19:10
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• 1:19:10
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• 1:19:15
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• 1:19:21
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• 1:19:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, before we get out of here, I mean this every time I say it.
• 1:19:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The best part of you is still you.
• 1:19:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Not your win-loss record, not your timeline, not your algorithm, just you.
• 1:19:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Surround yourself with people who actually give you light, the ones who bring you insight, the joy, and the real accountability.
• 1:19:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's your max deal.
• 1:19:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Appreciate them out loud and do not wait till later.
• 1:19:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That nobody's promised you.
• 1:19:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're a who family here.
• 1:20:01
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• 1:20:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We get loud.
• 1:20:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're going to be wrong sometimes, and we're going to come back and own it.
• 1:20:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But we're always going to respect your brain because anybody can yell a take.
• 1:20:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: There's very few that can actually defend a thought.
• 1:20:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Until the next episode, keep your mind sharp, your heart open, and your circle tight.
• 1:20:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Protect your peace like cap space and never waste it on bad basketball or bad energy.
• 1:20:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm Vince.
• 1:20:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is FRKC, and we're out.