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Feel Good Friday NBA Pulse · Front Runner Podcast Collective

• 0:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We have made it to NBA America's NBA Cup play, which starts tonight.
• 0:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Super excited about that.
• 0:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We got eight topics on this Feel Good Friday for you.
• 0:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And we're gonna start you off with eight numbers.
• 0:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know how we do it.
• 0:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: 44, 36, and 200.
• 0:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What do these represent?
• 0:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The knights of Steph Curry, Victor Wenbayama, and the God of Efficiency, Nikola Jokic.
• 0:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We also have 88 players on the injured list so far, and it's making a it's making a crazy um dent in our enjoyment of the NBA.
• 0:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And also, what does this mean for the races that are obviously early in the stages of the NBA season?
• 1:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And then we have the Heat who are now have won a game or two.
• 1:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We also have teams like Detroit and Philadelphia 4-1.
• 1:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Knicks have finally started to wake up, they came from 19 down.
• 1:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Does that sound familiar to you?
• 1:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: In the West, we have a couple teams out there that are 5-0 when we're gonna get to it.
• 1:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And this wouldn't be a podcast of Frontrunner Podcast Collective without some Lakers numbers for you.
• 1:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: How do you give up 136 and then give up 87?
• 1:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're gonna tell you here next on Frontrunner Podcast Collective.
• 1:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Let's go.
• 2:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What's good everybody?
• 2:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Welcome to Front Runner Podcast Collective.
• 2:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is where we talk like friends, argue like cousins, and still walk out a little bit smarter than when we came in.
• 2:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I am your host Vince, your occasional hoop therapist, and your absolute favorite bad influence when it comes to completely reckless NBA overreactions that low-key makes sense.
• 2:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We are setting the table.
• 2:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know we were in the film room, you know we were watching games.
• 2:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're gonna have grown conversations about the players, the coaches, the front offices that are actually moving in silence like real Gs do.
• 2:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We are gonna talk about the locker room rumors and the PR spin, but we also gonna do it with verify receipts.
• 3:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We are bringing the jokes, the advanced math, and the barbershop ammo that you need to take straight back to your group chats and completely nuke the argument.
• 3:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And if you're an NBA sicko like me, yeah, I watched that New Orleans Pelicans in Sacramento uh Kings game last night.
• 3:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh, you know you're not here for the highlight talk, you're here for the context, the numbers, and the point of view.
• 3:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So you have found your spot and let's go.
• 3:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now we're gonna start off with a couple standout performers from this week.
• 3:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh, I want to get into it real quick.
• 3:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Steph Curry out here embarrassing Rudy Gobert, something crazy.
• 3:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I mean, he put him on the island so many times.
• 3:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I thought he was on Survivor.
• 3:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Wimby out here dominating the whole state of Utah, and Jokic got his 200th triple double of his career, absolutely incredible from a 6'11 dude who was drafted 44th overall during a Taco Bell commercial.
• 4:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The disrespect for our three-time MVP.
• 4:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What happens, right?
• 4:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You have this prolonged excellence that needs to be acknowledged of these great players, and this is just another night in the office for them.
• 4:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: For us, we watch in awe and we yell at adulation about their play that they made, or lastly, the greatness that we just witnessed.
• 4:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We will start with Victor Winwayama.
• 4:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Spurs beat a short-handed jazz team 117 to 111 in overtime.
• 4:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Our guy sent it, our guy in San Antonio ran off 12 straight points in the extra period.
• 5:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Utah went 2 or 7 from the floor in overtime.
• 5:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Spurs have been placing Winwayama where his threes and his mid-ranges come uncontested, which is better than what it was before.
• 5:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: A quote from Kelden Johnson went like this: he showed up big for us when we needed him, and he went for the tune of 36 points.
• 5:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And my man grabbed 12 rebounds.
• 5:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He also dimed up people, he had four assists.
• 5:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But Wimby needs to make sure that I understand that he can shoot the three.
• 5:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I understand that he's capable of doing that and knocking it down at a at a pretty good clip.
• 5:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But he needs to get his butt in the paint.
• 5:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now I know that he doesn't want the con you know the continuous bump and grind of what it is to be down in that post area.
• 6:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Obviously, we're early in the season.
• 6:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We don't want another injury of one of our stars, and we'll get to that later.
• 6:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We got a lot to get to when it comes to that.
• 6:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But I think he needs to his his shot diet needs to change a little bit.
• 6:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Needs to get to a point where he's taking less threes, not selling for the threes, and finding that shot between 8 to 12 feet that he can knock down.
• 6:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This dude got the longest arms we've ever seen in our entire lives, and he needs to be able to utilize his size and his quickness in that 8 to 12 foot area.
• 6:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, let's get to our guy Curry.
• 6:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Warrior staff ran high screens in the first half to pull Grudy Gobert out of the paint, and he they sure did.
• 6:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Curry went for 23 in the first half, 8 to 16 shooting.
• 6:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He had five threes, making Rudy Gobert look like some sort of mental patient.
• 7:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He had him out here on this island, and Grudy had no clue what to do.
• 7:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Zero point, zero clue.
• 7:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Um in the fourth quarter, he closed at a free throw line.
• 7:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Quote the rookie, Yaxel Lindenberg per ESPN.
• 7:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This guy is as good as hell.
• 7:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The rookie couldn't have said it better to himself.
• 7:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm glad to see the rookies taking notes because he's also having a absolute banger of a start of a season as well.
• 7:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, I'm gonna get to this when it comes to Steph a little bit later.
• 7:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Um, but I'm so happy to see Steph score 44 points.
• 7:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm so happy to see Steph get out here and just show us what it looked like back in the day when Golden State had a really good team.
• 7:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Seems like it was a long time ago, 2022, right, when they won the NBA finals.
• 8:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But here we are, where Curry is probably uh fighting for his life play up playing team.
• 8:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Sad.
• 8:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Sad to see it go down like this.
• 8:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But this is what happens when you have great teams, you know, you keep them together long enough.
• 8:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is what this is what goes down.
• 8:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But getting to our guy Jokic, it's incredible to me.
• 8:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He had in his last game, he had 21 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists.
• 8:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's another whole home night for Nikola Jokic, right?
• 8:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Absolutely, because triple doubles are something in his vocabulary, and they are something regular in his vocabulary, to the tune of 200 of them for his entire career.
• 8:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And you might say, Well, Vince, we know this is not news that he gets triple doubles, but here's the thing let's not take something that has become commonplace and not understand his brilliance, right?
• 9:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He has 200 for his career.
• 9:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Like he's chasing down Russell Westbrook for the all-time lead in triple doubles.
• 9:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's past people like Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, okay?
• 9:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Like he's left them in the dust.
• 9:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's only chasing Russell Westbrook, which he has a good chance of catching Russell Westbrook this year.
• 9:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This man is 6'11, he's like 270 pounds, he doesn't run fast, he doesn't jump high, all he does is make pinpoint passes, he knows where everybody is on the court.
• 9:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's physical enough to go ahead and bang with the big boys down low, get these rebounds on a on a hella level, and now my man is out here doing work getting these 200 triple doubles.
• 10:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I think it's crazy.
• 10:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I think that we should uh pay homage to our guy who has brought us so much joy in this game, and we should I understand we're gonna see a lot of these come this year.
• 10:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's probably gonna have 14-15 more, and if that happens, he's gonna be the all-time leader in triple doubles, and he still got plenty in the tank.
• 10:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He got plenty more where that came from.
• 10:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So, not only is LeBron out here making history every single night when he comes on to the court, Jokic is not too far behind with these triple doubles in one second.
• 10:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Spoken numbers are rounded, and uh here's the thing that we want to get to.
• 11:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We talked to you about the the Wimby's 36 points, 14 rebounds.
• 11:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He had five assists, by the way.
• 11:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He made 14 to 25 shots, 67% true, you know, saying three steals, two blocks.
• 11:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: 21 of his 36 came before halftime.
• 11:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We love it.
• 11:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's the type of dominance that we need to see.
• 11:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We also need to see San Antonio go away from the four guard lineups that's hampering our boy.
• 11:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Can can they get somebody who's 6'9 to help him out 6'9 or higher to help him out?
• 11:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That would be great.
• 11:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now we say they currently have 44 points, but you know that he had eight rebounds, six assists.
• 11:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He was 16 for 16 at the free throw line.
• 11:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My wife will love that.
• 11:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: She loves people hitting free throws because they're free.
• 11:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: His true shooting percentage on the night was about 65%.
• 12:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It was 64.7 if you want to be on the dot.
• 12:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Warriors led by 24, and again, if you get a chance, I know I know the highlights are out there on X.
• 12:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I know the highlights are out there on TikTok.
• 12:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He made Rudy Gobert dance, boy.
• 12:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I'm talking about like a real cracked out backup in sync dancer.
• 12:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's what I'm talking about.
• 12:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He was out here breaking ankles and making people look foolish.
• 12:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And Rudy Gobert, unfortunately, because you are one of the greatest defensive players of all time in the NBA, you was out here no match for our guy, Chef Curry, putting it on you.
• 12:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The one thing that I want to talk about with this is not just the greatness of the performances, it's the greatness of the players, it's the greatness that they put in the work every single summer to thrill us with these performances.
• 13:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And it's one of those things where you sit there and you go, Is he gonna like I remember when Steph was starting to s you know, starting to happen?
• 13:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, it's starting to happen for Steph, and we you had people out here saying, Well, you can't win by knocking down jump shots.
• 13:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Steph Curry has changed the game.
• 13:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, if you don't shoot 43s in a game as a team, you're not doing it right.
• 13:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's the Steph Curry effect.
• 13:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: When by Yama has made it where it's in vogue to have two seven-footers legitimate on the court, obviously, if if it's not on the same at the same time, it's definitely having one and then having a backup big.
• 13:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So the center position, which we thought was dead like a decade ago, thanks to Steph Curry, because we were going to our small ball era.
• 14:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Winwayama has said, not so fast, my son.
• 14:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You need centers because I am super tall and I am going to be the greatest to ever do it in this game.
• 14:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And then our guy Jokic.
• 14:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Somebody who definitely does not like the spotlight, somebody who tries to downplay his achievements, but guess what?
• 14:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You can't do it.
• 14:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because, again, when you think triple doubles and you think the people who have done it, yeah, you think of Russell Westbrook right off the bat.
• 14:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You think of like people like even LeBron.
• 14:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, Magic Johnson is somebody who comes to mind for me because that's the era I grew up in.
• 14:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But to have Jokic be second all time is is absolutely an astonishing achievement.
• 15:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The last thing that I want to say about this is one thing is that I want to see more petty Steph Curry this season.
• 15:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Nine times out of ten, the Warriors aren't a serious contender whatsoever.
• 15:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They're looking down the barrel of a clan situation.
• 15:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But on those nights where Steph has his legs underneath him, we are going to get to see the greatest shooter of all time get in his back.
• 15:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Like what he did to Rudy Gobert a couple nights ago.
• 15:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, Rudy was finished with one point, four rebounds in 20 minutes, and had no blocks.
• 15:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He was zero of nine.
• 15:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My guy was so winded, and he was so flummoxed from chasing down Steph Curry, he couldn't even provide any offense whatsoever.
• 16:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But I'm telling you right now, I need to see a lot more Steph Curry.
• 16:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I want to see him very petty.
• 16:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I want him out here breaking ankles.
• 16:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I want him just thrilling us like he no one can.
• 16:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I want him to shoot from the logo as many times as he wants.
• 16:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Not like Trey Young.
• 16:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I'm saying?
• 16:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Trey Young is a little bit different because you're not hitting him at the clip that Steph Curry is hitting him at.
• 16:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But I got Steph.
• 16:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I want him to be able to have a good time this year and enjoy himself and um push his rookie along, Yaxel Lundberg.
• 16:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because that kid is really good, and we're gonna see him tonight when he plays Luca.
• 16:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So, round two, Yaxel.
• 16:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You better strap him up, big boy.
• 16:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You was talking a lot of ish.
• 16:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Better strap him up.
• 17:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Speaking of that, speaking of uh things being strapped up, sewn up, uh things just that are just in shambles.
• 17:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The NBA has some sort of epidemic going on.
• 17:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I don't know what we're doing, but I'm gonna tell you one of my favorite TV shows this season, the hottest TV show that I wanted to see, has been canceled.
• 17:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We lost the ant and mellow show.
• 17:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay, because of these injuries.
• 17:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Ant is gonna be on the sideline for at least two months with his knee surgery.
• 17:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, Minnesota, the front office says that we went ahead and did the surgery now so then he could get back as quickly as possible.
• 17:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We didn't want him to manage this situation, we wanted him to be able to get himself together, and I'm gonna tell you right now, these injuries, I have never been a pro low management person whatsoever, but all these damn injuries have me questioning my own stance.
• 18:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The MRI of Anthony Edwards comes back.
• 18:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It comes after he scored 47 points in an overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, showing the issue the team wants to be fixed quickly.
• 18:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's an orthoscopic cleanup of his right knee.
• 18:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is the knee that was bothering him last year.
• 18:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Surgery is scheduled for uh yesterday.
• 18:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We didn't want him to play through discomfort.
• 18:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is what my guy Tim Connolly was saying, says that he expects a full recovery and that ant will be as good as new.
• 18:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We just didn't want him to play through the pain, which he would have played through the pain for sure.
• 19:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, everybody saw the tragic injury of Jalen Williams.
• 19:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, that was ugly.
• 19:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh, if you want to go see it, if you're like a sadist and you want to go see it, I'm sure you can find it on X or TikTok or whatever the case may be.
• 19:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But the Thunder are under siege.
• 19:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Case and Wallace left Labram, also needs surgery.
• 19:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: His timeline is five to six months.
• 19:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Where does that put us?
• 19:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay, we're at the end of October, so I mean there's a chance he comes back for the playoffs, who knows?
• 19:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Tyrese Halliburton is out here with a strained hamstring.
• 19:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's gonna be gone for a couple weeks.
• 19:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So, um, that's terrible news for Indiana.
• 20:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Terrible news.
• 20:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They just got him back.
• 20:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He had the Achilles tear last year, sat out the whole season, and now he has a hamstring pull.
• 20:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Kawhi Leonard out here with mystery injuries, say you have not ever heard that.
• 20:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And you be the one person that was living underneath a rock who did not know that Kawhi and Kawhi Leonard has phantom.
• 20:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I wouldn't say phantom, he has nebulous knee injuries that happen from time to time.
• 20:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And it looks like the Raptors have no idea how long my man's gonna be out.
• 20:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They say a month.
• 20:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Who knows?
• 20:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We'll see what that timeline looks like in Toronto.
• 20:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Thank God they're off to a good start.
• 20:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Thank God Scotty Barnes is balling out and everybody else.
• 20:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So it's basically back to what it was last year.
• 21:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: A lot of Scotty Barnes, a lot of Emmanuel quickly.
• 21:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know who's really playing well for Toronto is RJ Barrett.
• 21:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The one they did not give the contract to.
• 21:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The one they said, you know what, we're gonna let this play out to the end.
• 21:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And our guy, RJ Barrett, is balling out this year.
• 21:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now on to more injury news.
• 21:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Jaron Jackson Jr.
• 21:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: is also out, torn MCL, six to eight weeks in Utah.
• 21:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Boy, oh boy, Jaron Jackson would do anything.
• 21:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Listen, these are jokes, okay?
• 21:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So don't get your candies in a bunch if you're thinking like I'm being real serious right now.
• 21:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But our guy Jaron Jackson Jr.
• 21:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: would do anything in his power not to play center.
• 21:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's another Anthony Davis type.
• 21:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Like, nah, dude, I'm a power forward.
• 21:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now he does shoot the three a little bit better than uh Anthony Davis, but somebody six.
• 22:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: 11, somebody as big as our guy Jan Triple J should definitely want to play center, but he does not.
• 22:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: His rebounds and his knee injury prove it for sure.
• 22:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: As of Wednesday, the injury report listed 108 players.
• 22:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: 84 of them carried in injury or illness.
• 22:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The injury report is like a walk it wounded of like epic proportions.
• 22:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It is crazy.
• 22:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And we got difference makers out.
• 22:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I'm saying?
• 22:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We got people out.
• 22:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Like, who does not who's gonna miss Anthony Edwards?
• 22:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm sure all of you guys are putting your hands up at this point.
• 22:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We just got Tyrese Halliburton back.
• 22:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Gone.
• 22:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Jaron Jackson Jr.
• 22:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: was a critical piece to Utah.
• 22:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: In their pretty much all big lineup except for uh Keontae George.
• 23:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But here we are.
• 23:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Here we are.
• 23:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: If you think about it from a front office lens, you you're sitting here trying to just, you know, stay the course.
• 23:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Stay the course.
• 23:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You got Anthony Edwards out.
• 23:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You got Casen Wallace out.
• 23:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You got Jalen Williams out for months.
• 23:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You got Jaron Jackson Jr., Tyrese Hallibarton, and Kawhi Leonard out for at least anywhere two weeks to four weeks.
• 23:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Homegren is dealing with something day-to-day.
• 23:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And the Clippers have half their team out.
• 23:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I mean, you got Brandon Ingram, Bradley Bill.
• 23:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They got a young cat.
• 23:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I don't want to screw his name up, but he's out.
• 23:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Who's a big that they could use right about now?
• 23:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So it changes the perspective of what we thought was going to happen in the top echelon of the conferences.
• 24:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I thought that Indiana would be a team, and they're still they still can.
• 24:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I mean, it's plenty of time.
• 24:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, but I thought this was a team that could contend.
• 24:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Utah looked like a team that was playing themselves either out of a play-in into like a regular seeded playoff team.
• 24:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Oklahoma City injuries completely changed what the West looked like.
• 24:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Kawhi Leonard is was the hope of Toronto where they were going to contend with like the big boys up at the top of the Eastern Conference.
• 24:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And then you got Ann Edwards who was off to a really good start with LaMelo Ball, and now that's gone as well.
• 24:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We still haven't seen Con Kanipple.
• 25:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Jalen Duran's out still.
• 25:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Chris Claxton hasn't played a game for the Chicago Bulls.
• 25:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Nor has Grant Williams.
• 25:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So it's bad out here.
• 25:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's bad.
• 25:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And we can only hope that at this point that the rash of injuries that we've seen stops and we can go ahead and enjoy basketball and hope to get some of our stars back.
• 25:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now speaking of stars, Giannis Ante Tacunpo has had a really rocky road in Miami.
• 25:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So I'm not gonna sit here and play revisionist history.
• 25:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay, I'm not gonna do that.
• 25:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I don't want to insult your intelligence, and I'm not gonna waste my time.
• 25:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Anytime you got to you get to trade for a a generational player like Giannis Ante Takumpo, you do it.
• 26:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You do it 100% of the time.
• 26:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But my problem is that could you have kept one of the role players?
• 26:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Like, could you imagine Jaime Hawkes Jr.
• 26:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: on this Miami team?
• 26:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I mean Khalil Ware provides some spacing.
• 26:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You probably weren't gonna be able to keep Hero, right?
• 26:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because he's the one who made like the most money.
• 26:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So I get that part.
• 26:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But it damn sure would have been nice to have one other players, either Jaime Hawkes Jr.
• 26:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: or Khalel Ware, um, back in the mix.
• 26:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now our guy, Eric Sposter, who is absolutely a sorcerer when it comes to the coaching regimens and what have you.
• 26:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's changed on the fly several times throughout his career, his 19-year coaching career with the Miami Heat.
• 27:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Think about that.
• 27:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But does he have any answers for what's going on in Miami?
• 27:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now they did get their first win.
• 27:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Congratulations to them.
• 27:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But I wonder if there is a um a tweak to lineup that they can do.
• 27:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Does Pel Larson need to start?
• 27:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Is he the answer?
• 27:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Or is there another domino that needs to fall before the trade deadline?
• 27:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Heat fans, let me know.
• 27:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Hit me up on X at frontrunner PC.
• 27:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm here for you.
• 27:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I'm saying?
• 27:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Heat culture.
• 27:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: My guy Tony Schwartz down there.
• 27:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know I love you, my boy.
• 27:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But y'all going through it.
• 27:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And this offense is looked ass.
• 27:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Let's just call it what it is.
• 28:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Here's the thing that I think a lot of people don't understand.
• 28:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And you know, for the true who kids out there, listen, I understand y'all get it.
• 28:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But we also trying to bring in the other audience as well.
• 28:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Bam and Giannis play the same position.
• 28:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They like to operate in the same hemispheres on the court.
• 28:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That may range.
• 28:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I'm saying?
• 28:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Obviously getting into the paint, dunking on fools.
• 28:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They love it.
• 28:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Bam out of bio his being the one person who has suffered through the Giannis situation more than anybody else.
• 28:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They gotta figure that out.
• 28:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, I'm not saying that you trade Bam, but they are duplicative in what they have with both of those guys on the court.
• 28:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Just saying.
• 28:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Heat rank defensively, check this out, 24th.
• 29:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's crazy.
• 29:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Their offense is ranked 27th, and their net rating is 28th.
• 29:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Miami's offensive rating with Giannis on the floor is 99.6, and its defensive rating is 120.3.
• 29:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The the two big men duplicate of each other's defense and gives each other no spacing, and that's what makes this team kind of a play-in team.
• 29:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The writing's on the wall in Miami, and they need to do something and do something quick to make this work.
• 29:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And unfortunately, I don't see any way out unless it's going to be moving one of the big two that you got on the squad.
• 30:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I know that Bam has been a tried and true heat culture guy, but he is still younger than Giannis, and he might have more trade value and get you the pieces that you need because of his salary, you may be able to get like two pieces back and draft compensation.
• 30:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know the Miami Heat haven't started 0-4 since 2007-2008 season.
• 30:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now they've had some wonky years in the middle of that, but they haven't started 0-4 since 2007-2008.
• 30:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And they they have Giannis and BAM.
• 30:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Y'all tell me.
• 30:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But you go out, you get a win over Atlanta, you know, that stops a little bit of the hurt.
• 31:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And they got fast breaks.
• 31:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They got bam some shots, got him going.
• 31:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He scored 24 points.
• 31:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's 8 of 16.
• 31:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He had nine rebounds.
• 31:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He was a plus 22 for the game.
• 31:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Better.
• 31:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Better balance.
• 31:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Also, Giannis scored 24 points.
• 31:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He was 11 of 18 shooting.
• 31:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He also had 18 rebounds.
• 31:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He was minus six.
• 31:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The spacing situation on that game kind of went away.
• 31:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They were 11 of 29 from 3.
• 31:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Not bad.
• 31:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Not bad at all.
• 31:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, Bam and Giannis combined 0 for 3 when it comes to 3-point shooting.
• 31:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because neither one of them is a really reliable 3-point shooter, and none of both of those guys don't shoot for any kind of volume when it comes to 3s as well.
• 32:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Clay Thompson is on, you know, he's long in the tooth.
• 32:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And not having that, you know, looking at Clay and thinking that this was going to be Vintage Clay, or that some somehow that Giannis and Bans Bam's gravity was going to kind of like turn the clock back for Klay.
• 32:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I I never saw that.
• 32:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I was really my ears perked up when they said he was going to be a starter.
• 32:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I did not understand that situation at all.
• 32:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But who was I as a lowly podcaster to sit here and question the brilliance of Eric Spostra?
• 32:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But clearly so far it hasn't worked.
• 32:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And they're going to need to do something.
• 32:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And obviously, here's the thing.
• 32:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: To be honest with you, they won't be able to do anything until at least December 15th, when some of these free agents that signed over the summer are now free to be moved or traded or whatever the case may be.
• 33:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So we got at least until the middle of December.
• 33:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And here's the thing: usually teams are still trying to figure out who they are, who they have, making, you know, on their on their boards and seeing who they want to keep, who they have interest in, and what have you.
• 33:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: People usually aren't ready to trade around the December 15th, but we'll see.
• 33:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We'll see how it goes.
• 33:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We have talked about something that isn't working, but now we're going to switch to something that is working, and then I have some things that I need to talk about when it comes to K Cunningham.
• 33:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Cause he's going full Denzel Washington in man of fire type shit.
• 33:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay?
• 33:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Pistons are four and one.
• 34:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's clearly it's early and it's clear to me that Kay Cunningham looks to be shooting for that all NBA first team honors and taking a seat at the table in the MVP conversation.
• 34:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Even though we here at FRPC believe that January is a more realistic time point where we will start discussing MVP favorites and things of that nature.
• 34:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So this is not a case of us, you know, sh you know, pulling the trigger quick.
• 34:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But I do want to give some some some love to our guy, uh Kay Cunningham, who's absolutely playing like a complete G.
• 34:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Even though teams are low enough for Kay Cunningham at this point in time, his aggressiveness, his array of drives to the hoop in the shot making are keeping the pistons afloat until Doran returns from his injury.
• 35:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The thing that I want to get into is they're beating teams in different ways.
• 35:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, Charlotte has his injuries as well.
• 35:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But Detroit beat Charlotte 97-89 on Wednesday.
• 35:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, after a slow start in the first half, Kay Cunningham and the boys had a 32-point third quarter.
• 35:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Paul Reid in the place of Jalen Dorn had 16 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals.
• 35:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And Kay Cunningham had 30 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 2 steals.
• 35:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And the Pistons are in that spot that they are so familiar with.
• 35:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Number one in the Eastern Conference.
• 35:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Go figure.
• 35:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: A team that we were screaming for help.
• 35:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I got on this pod talking about during the uh Central Division uh preview that K does not have a second option on his team.
• 36:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I still believe that.
• 36:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I still believe that Detroit doesn't have a legitimate second option to take pressure off of Cade Cunningham.
• 36:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And it will it will raise his ugly head during the playoffs.
• 36:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: No doubt.
• 36:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: If Detroit stays as is right now, they're gonna have the same issues that they've had the last two playoff seasons this year for sure.
• 36:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now getting Jalen During back will be 100% welcome.
• 36:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The All-Star Center strained his right hamstring on October 23rd in a win against the Miami Heat and left early.
• 36:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He'll be reevaluated in two weeks, so we're like a week into this situation.
• 36:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We'll see how that goes.
• 37:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, Detroit has played without him since.
• 37:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Asar Thompson also sat against a against a Philadelphia 76er win a couple nights ago.
• 37:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Um Isaiah Joel has left game, but he played four minutes in one game.
• 37:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He was hurt.
• 37:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So these injuries are happening to everybody.
• 37:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Their one loss is to the Knicks.
• 37:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Detroit led 38-25 in the first quarter, and then was outscored by double digits in the second and third.
• 37:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So the Knicks are back to walking teams down.
• 37:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Scary thought.
• 37:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, revolving door about who's scoring next to him.
• 37:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But Paul Paul Reed getting 16, Dennis Jenkins getting 14, and Duncan Robinson.
• 37:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Duncan Robinson might be the closest thing they have to a second option at this point.
• 38:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But obviously, he's not um consistent enough to take on that reign of responsibility for the long haul.
• 38:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Detroit Pistons, make no mistake about it, they're definitely gonna have to do something when it comes to taking some of the burden off of our guy Kay Cunningham for sure.
• 38:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now Asar Thompson is out here doing Asar Thompson things.
• 38:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's still not shooting the ball well enough for me.
• 38:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I'm saying?
• 38:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Still not doing it.
• 38:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But we'll see.
• 38:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We will see.
• 38:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now Detroit is two and one with the three games that Doran has missed so far.
• 38:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I will be very interested to see how that that relationship continues to grow.
• 38:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I just I wish I saw I wish there was something else.
• 39:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And here's the thing.
• 39:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is where draft picks matter.
• 39:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And we've seen it here in Los Angeles.
• 39:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So I'm not this is not a critical situation just on Detroit.
• 39:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'll use my own team as the example.
• 39:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh couple years ago, they got a guy by the name of Dalton Connect.
• 39:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Dalton Connect was supposed to be this laser-eye shooter that we could depend on to create spacing for uh at that time LeBron James and Austin Reeves and now Luca Doncic, right?
• 39:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And it turns out that for some reason he lost all confidence in himself.
• 39:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You can tell, you can say that the Lakers did not develop him as much.
• 39:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But the the thing that was said about Dalton Connect is that his basketball IQ was pretty low.
• 39:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So you had to tell him things over and over and over again.
• 40:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, as far as Jalen Hood Shafino, and you say who?
• 40:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Exactly, he was somebody that the Lakers drafted like two years before Dalton Connect.
• 40:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He also did not pan out.
• 40:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Lakers were out here and they had to basically restructure their entire roster to facilitate getting like more athletic wings to put next to Luka Doncic.
• 40:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Could you imagine if Dalton Connect or Jalen Hood Shafino would have paid off?
• 40:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is the same thing in Detroit.
• 40:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Jivey, who now is out of the league.
• 40:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, this other thing's going on with Jay Nivey that we hope that brother's getting help and we hope everything's cool with him.
• 40:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But that guy was supposed to be Cade's Robin.
• 41:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Hell, there was a time that they didn't know if Cade was going to be Batman.
• 41:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And now we're sitting here and Jay Nivey's out of the league.
• 41:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: There was a high draft pick that did not pay off.
• 41:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And now we're in this situation where Detroit is looking for a reliable two.
• 41:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now the next game is favorable for Detroit.
• 41:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They're playing Brooklyn.
• 41:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's a win.
• 41:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I'm saying?
• 41:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Unless something catastrophic happens.
• 41:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But they still need to figure that situation out.
• 41:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They need to continue to work the phones and figure out who they can get, what they have to give, to get that second score for our guy, Kay Cunningham.
• 41:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because I I like this MVP trajectory he's on.
• 41:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I love it.
• 41:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I love the aggressiveness.
• 41:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I love the just the swatch buckling spirit he's putting on out there, putting up shots, doing his thing to keep his team at the winner's circle.
• 42:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But he's gonna need some help.
• 42:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's gonna need some help.
• 42:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Speaking of teams that are trying to knock off the first seed, let's talk about the Philadelphia 76ers, shall we?
• 42:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: In a team full of storylines.
• 42:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Right?
• 42:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We got LeBron out here in his 24th year, still doing it.
• 42:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We got Joel and B.
• 42:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Can he be the guy?
• 42:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's definitely never going to get back to the MVP level.
• 42:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But when you think of Philadelphia 76ers, you think of Joel and B.
• 42:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They traded for Jalen Brown from the Celtics of all people.
• 42:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And the drama that's going on between Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum is absolute cinema.
• 43:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Absolute cinema.
• 43:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'll talk about that a little bit.
• 43:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But you know what the best story is?
• 43:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Coming out of Philadelphia?
• 43:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Tyrese Maxie.
• 43:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Tyrese Maxie being the lead dog is the most surprising story coming out of South Philly, and we're gonna get to it.
• 43:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is the best stat that I can possibly think of because I was so worried about what kind of team the 76ers were going to be.
• 43:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Do you know they're fourth in pace?
• 43:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They're 103.7 in pace, which ranks them fourth.
• 43:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: To me, that's the most significant metric, and it lends itself to the fear I had before the season started, which was Are LeBron and MB going to slow the tempo down to a crawl?
• 44:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Or was Nick Nurse going to allow the Stallions to run?
• 44:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And with Maxley clearly now being the centerpiece of the Philadelphia 76ers, the offensive philosophy is leaning into Maxie's strengths, and they have been proven right.
• 44:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Philadelphia beat Indiana 114 to 109 Wednesday.
• 44:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They were trailing by 13 entering the fourth quarter.
• 44:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Tyrese Maxie scored a game high 27.
• 44:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He included two threes in the final minute and a half to go ahead and get that dub.
• 44:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He had 17 of his 27 in the fourth quarter on a 24-6 run.
• 44:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So I'm going to say that again.
• 44:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He scored 17 points in the fourth quarter.
• 44:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And 17 of those points came on a 24-6 run.
• 45:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So he had a bunch of those.
• 45:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I'm saying?
• 45:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And the run started on an Anthony Simons 3.
• 45:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Pacers were without Tyrese Halliburton.
• 45:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So that had a lot to do with it.
• 45:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, balance is the key here.
• 45:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Four Sixers scored 20 points or more.
• 45:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Joel MB with 21.
• 45:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Jalen Brown had 20.
• 45:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Our guy Anthony Simons coming off the bench with 20.
• 45:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And LeBron James out here scoring 13 points and 10 assists.
• 45:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's doing his best.
• 45:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: JKid impersonation now.
• 45:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Did you know LeBron James had no turnovers in that game?
• 45:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: None.
• 45:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: LeBron has settled into this role like I'm the poor guard of this team.
• 45:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Tyrese Maxie is like the two.
• 45:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And then VJ Edgecombe is a wing.
• 46:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: There's nothing that man can't do.
• 46:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It is incredible to me.
• 46:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I had him I had him here in Los Angeles for eight years, and I know all the drama, all the passive, aggressive social media posts.
• 46:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I understand it all.
• 46:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But you know what he also brought?
• 46:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He brought a level of brilliance to his performance.
• 46:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And here's the thing.
• 46:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Up until a couple years ago, my man was averaging more than 25 points a game.
• 46:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It was like three years ago, he was averaging 27, almost damn near 28 a game.
• 46:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And this is in his late 30s.
• 46:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's going to be 42 at the end of December.
• 46:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And he's just like, you know what?
• 46:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We got enough scoring.
• 46:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know what I'm gonna do?
• 46:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm gonna go back, I'm gonna revert back to what I was when I came into the league, which is I am a facilitator.
• 47:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm going to be the most super duper best connective piece of a winning basketball team that y'all ever seen.
• 47:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And why is this important?
• 47:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because Tyrese Maxie gets to be who their loss, their only loss, is to the Detroit Pistons on Sunday.
• 47:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And that was without Joel Embiid and VJ Edge Comb.
• 47:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So they started with no conventional center.
• 47:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: LeBron had to do it, and they got their ass kicked on the boards.
• 47:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, as far as Maxie is concerned, he was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week, no doubt, averaging 28.8 points a game in his first four games.
• 47:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The whole situation with Maxie is this is that when you're getting 27 points on 18 shots, you're going eight of nine from the free throw line, so you knocking down money, free money when you get it, and you got four players scoring twenty.
• 48:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Nick Nurse has done it.
• 48:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Nick Nurse has built balance.
• 48:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's let everybody know what their role is.
• 48:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's not Joel M.B.'s team anymore.
• 48:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And to maybe his chagrin, it's not Jalen Brown's team.
• 48:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And for the first time probably in his whole entire life, it's not LeBron James' team either.
• 48:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This is Tyrese Maxie's team.
• 48:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And that's who it should be.
• 48:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It should be Tyrese Maxie's team.
• 48:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And we are here for it.
• 48:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I'm glad to see it.
• 48:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I think being 4-1 again, albeit very early in the season, we have a very small sample size of what we're looking at.
• 49:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But at the end of the day, when you have players like LeBron James, uh, who are willing to sacrifice their game, you got four players scoring in their 20s.
• 49:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Um the Yeah, the center spot is a is an exposure, it's it's a weakness that they gotta clear up.
• 49:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But if you got the one of the quickest guards in the league getting off and doing his thing, you're gonna be good.
• 49:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You're gonna be good.
• 49:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And again, this is no shade on Embiid, but we're gonna have these lapses where Embiid is going to miss games due to low management, and they're gonna baby him along to get him as healthy as he could possibly be, fingers crossed, that nobody runs into the back of his D and causes him to have another knee surgery, but they're gonna baby him along all the way to the postseason, so they can get the very best out of Joel and B.
• 50:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But with guys like Jalen Brown, LeBron James, VJ Edgecomb, Anthony Simons, and the leader of the Sixers, Tyrese Maxie, they're in good shape.
• 50:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, from one league guard to another league guard that's leading his squad back to the mountaintop, the New York Knicks, come in focus.
• 50:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, our guy, Jalen Brunson, may be the calm in the center of the chaos that is New York City.
• 50:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But we need to give some some love to our guy, Carl Anthony Towns, and his contributions must be recognized.
• 50:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Cas numbers so far this year are great, considering he's playing with this contract extension, lack of negotiation, uh, fiasco that's going on in New York.
• 51:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I do not blame Leon Rose for this.
• 51:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I do not blame him.
• 51:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The defending champions lost to Philadelphia, Boston, and Orlando.
• 51:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They opened up 0-3, but they are defending champions nonetheless.
• 51:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And Jalen Brunson is gonna be that guy who weathers the storm and gets all their shit together.
• 51:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Orlando comes to town, and guess what happens?
• 51:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Well, we gotta score some points, gotta do something.
• 51:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Mike Brown said in the first half the defensive rating was about 101, which would lead the league.
• 51:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: In the second half, it was 117, which is 25th.
• 52:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's terrible.
• 52:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's also experimenting with how he staggers Brunson and Carl Anthony Towns at this point in time.
• 52:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But now they got two wins.
• 52:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They beat Detroit, which you can't, hey, that's a good team.
• 52:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So if you wanted to sit there and poo-poo and go, oh well, they haven't beaten anybody, nope.
• 52:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They beat Detroit.
• 52:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And they handled them 111 to 97.
• 52:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So it was their first win.
• 52:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Then they came back and beat Chicago.
• 52:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They erased a 19-point deficit for a 133 to 127 win.
• 52:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Tell me that doesn't sound familiar to you when they were walking teams down last year.
• 52:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Brunson scored 14 of his 38 in the final 6 minutes and 51 seconds of the game.
• 52:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I'm gonna tell you right now, Mike Brown out here doing good coach job.
• 52:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He put he had a Brunson, Jordan, Clarkson, Landy, uh, Landaree, Shaman, OG Ananomi, and Towns lineup.
• 53:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Josh Hart, nowhere to be found.
• 53:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Mikhail Bridges, nowhere to be found.
• 53:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Matter of fact, Mikhail Bridges played 13 minutes and sat the entire fourth quarter.
• 53:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what Mike Brown said, he said, we just found combinations that we went with because they were working.
• 53:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, the Knicks on October 9th, they said they would pause extension talks with a guard called Anthony Towns.
• 53:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And uh there was a report that there was a$200 million offer.
• 53:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now the maximum that Carl Anthony Towns could get is$276 million, and they want him to take a discount.
• 53:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay, that's great.
• 53:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So now you got that as a backdrop, and you wonder why the Knicks maybe got off to kind of a slow start.
• 54:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Well, it wasn't because of our guy, Carl Anthony Towns.
• 54:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Let me explain to you what's going on right now.
• 54:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay, first of all, when his last performance, he's he's averaging about 22 points, 14 rebounds in 31 minutes.
• 54:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's shooting 58% from the field, 41% from three.
• 54:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's also averaging uh a block as well.
• 54:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And here's the the deal.
• 54:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We seen the most how can I put this?
• 54:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I wouldn't say just mature, but we seen less of the quirk, the quirky call anthony towns that was synonymous with him in Minnesota.
• 54:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, he was one of the the truly more talented players that we were going, mmm, I don't know, I don't know, big dog.
• 55:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We don't know if I can trust you in a postseason.
• 55:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And what we know cat now is Mr.
• 55:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Clutch postseason.
• 55:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Mr.
• 55:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can get you buckets, I can get you rebounds, I can get you whatever you need, type of dude.
• 55:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So kudos to him, kudos to Carl Anthony Towns, uh making sure that his performance on the court keeps the pressure up on the front office to give that man his extension.
• 55:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Because the nick where the Knicks want to go, you they're gonna need Carl Anthony Towns.
• 55:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: No doubt, in my mind.
• 55:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He is their number two.
• 55:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We just got off a situation talking about Detroit needing a number two, somebody to do that can take some of the burden off Cade Cunningham.
• 56:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Jalen Brunson is the leader, he is the guy who is going to have the most production normally when it comes to the Knicks.
• 56:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We all know this, but you need that steady number two, and Carl Anthony Towns is providing that situation.
• 56:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I don't know what they're gonna do when it comes to this contract situation, and I don't know if they're gonna reopen it like during all-star break or whatever, but Carl Anthony Towns is handling his business, and he's handling his business well, so our guy hats off to him.
• 56:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now we need to get over to this Western Conference because the two teams that are undefeated in the entire NBA reside in the Western Conference.
• 56:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So we're gonna get to it right now.
• 57:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Rockets have leaned into the Shingoon as an offensive hub, and the Memphis Grizzlies new era has begun with boozers showing maturity that was on display in high school and college.
• 57:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So let's get to this.
• 57:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The guard play for both teams has been incredible, but the other surge for the Houston Rockets is that Shangun's improvements on the offensive side, which we'll get to in a second, have been stark.
• 57:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And then Boozer's maturity at such a young age has steadied the waters in Memphis, and they can easily move away from the John Morant era or the grit and grind 2.0 era, whatever they want to call it, and they are comfortably in the boozer era in Memphis.
• 58:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The two unbeaten teams are out here, they're both 5-0.
• 58:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Rockets are 5-0 for the first time since 2014-2015 season.
• 58:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They put an ass whooping on the Milwaukee Bucks, which a lot of people will this year.
• 58:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They scored 132 points, it was 132 to 100.
• 58:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Alcar Shangoon had low back, had low back soreness, missed the game, but he's played in four games, and we're gonna get to his numbers in a second.
• 58:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, Van Vlee is back, and he scored 25 points or 24 points, 15, 15 of them in a row in the third quarter.
• 58:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Coming back from that ACL, that torn ACL, I'm gonna tell you right now.
• 58:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I made fun of the Houston Rockets last year.
• 58:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I was like, literally, you're gonna tell me everything falls apart with Fred Van Vliet.
• 59:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Hey, I'm wrong.
• 59:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This team looked completely different, and all it's taking is a little Umba Lunka point guard who they list at 6'1.
• 59:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I don't know if Freya Van Vliet is six foot one at all, but Houston is playing remarkably well just by having that guy back in the lineup.
• 59:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, the Grizzlies are also 5-0, which is also very shocking.
• 59:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And the last time they did this was also the 2014-2015 season, when they finished 55-20 season, uh 55-27.
• 59:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Last season they won 25 games total.
• 59:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And Vegas had their uh win total this year at 28.5.
• 1:00:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: In the last 30 years, only two teams that have started 5-0 have missed the playoffs.
• 1:00:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Think about that.
• 1:00:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Think about that.
• 1:00:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And where is it coming from?
• 1:00:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Yeah, we can listen.
• 1:00:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Ty Jerome is is doing big things in Memphis.
• 1:00:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He out here looking like prime uh Jeremy Lynn back in New York, back in the day.
• 1:00:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But the other guy that I want to talk about is the 19-year-old rookie who last night had 18 points.
• 1:00:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He had 12 rebounds, he had 12 assists.
• 1:00:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Cam Boozer became the second youngest player in NBA history with a triple double behind Josh Giddy by 19 days.
• 1:01:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, Cam Boozer has had his struggles or what have you.
• 1:01:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Uh he was 5 of 20 at Sacramento, 4 of 12 against Utah before this game.
• 1:01:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Coach Tumas Ayasola reaction, it took him long enough.
• 1:01:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Talking about his performance last night.
• 1:01:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're trying to figure out who can play and who can't at this point.
• 1:01:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We we are not in any position to sit listen, do not let the 5-0 fool you.
• 1:01:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Memphis Grizzlies, um, now maybe because some of the injuries in the West, maybe they are a playing team, but this getting off to a great start is not what we expected.
• 1:02:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now I know Memphis fans are going, oh, well, you're shitting on our team, blah, blah, blah.
• 1:02:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Listen, did y'all expect to be this good this soon?
• 1:02:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: No, no, you didn't.
• 1:02:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But Memphis led Portland by as many as 24 points uh and outscored it uh twenty uh 33 to 25 in the third quarter and 33 to 20 in the fourth quarter.
• 1:02:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: John Morant couldn't finish the game because he pulled a hamstring, his left hamstring, and left.
• 1:02:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But Boozer's performance was beautiful.
• 1:02:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I mean, he scored when he needed to.
• 1:02:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He hit three-point daggers in the third and fourth quarter to kind of put that game away.
• 1:02:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He dimed up people on long passes, looking like Kevin Love, just complete basketball player.
• 1:03:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Getting back to the Rockets, their five wins, they have outscored their opponent by a combined 71 points.
• 1:03:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They came for people's butt, man, for sure.
• 1:03:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Durant out here taking less shots, which is crazy.
• 1:03:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But our guy Shangoon is averaging 24 points in his four games that he's played in, up from about 20 last season.
• 1:03:29
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's shooting 58% from the field, which is up from 52% last season.
• 1:03:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's getting to the line six and a half times a game, which is up from five last last season as well.
• 1:03:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, he averaged four turnovers a game, up from three last year, but here's the thing.
• 1:03:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That ball of energy that you saw the last couple years with Alcar and Shengun has seemed to subsided.
• 1:04:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: When he gets in the lane, he's still yeah, he's still twirling around and whatever, but there seems to be a game plan at the end of it.
• 1:04:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: There's a certain calm when he enters the paint and people are jumping up to block his shot.
• 1:04:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The pump fakes seem to be more deliberate, they seem to be more crisp, and then he's able to get to the shot that he wants to get to, or he will pump fake, lean into the defender as they're coming down, he'll go up, try to get the uh and one, or get the two free throws, which he's knocking down at almost damn near 80%, which is a far cry from his 71% the last couple seasons.
• 1:04:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So we're seeing uh a real maturity to um Alcran Shenguons game, and I love to see it.
• 1:05:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Yeah, we would want the turnovers to be less, but I think that will work itself out.
• 1:05:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: His usage is up as well, and I like that.
• 1:05:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So you're getting to see Houston really find an identity in their offense when you have Van Vliet back, he can get you when all the chaos is going on.
• 1:05:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The one thing that Van Vliet can do is he can get you into good offense, and then if you lean into Shangun and his offensive hub at that nail position, you're always gonna be better off, which is great.
• 1:05:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's great.
• 1:05:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So, where does this leave us?
• 1:05:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: This leaves us with this both those guys are kicking ass.
• 1:05:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We love it, we love to see it.
• 1:06:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The teams are off to great starts, which is great.
• 1:06:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, we love to see that.
• 1:06:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And now we can move on to the Lakers.
• 1:06:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now Lakers are off to a good start.
• 1:06:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They're 4-1.
• 1:06:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But is it fools go?
• 1:06:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You can't win scoring 129 points against Cortland.
• 1:06:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I cannot in good conscience claim the Lakers are a contender worthy team with their defense being so chorous so far this season.
• 1:06:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's not fair to sit here and go, okay, well, I'm a Lakers fan, and I I look at this and go, they're a team that can challenge some of the big boys in the West.
• 1:06:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: When you getting beat by Portland and allowing them to score 136 points.
• 1:07:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Yes, Portland had one had the number one offense in the NBA up until last night.
• 1:07:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I haven't checked the numbers to see where they are at this point, but Portland was number one after they beat the Lakers on two on uh on Tuesday.
• 1:07:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now here's the thing that's crazy.
• 1:07:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It wasn't that the Lakers led 73 to 68 and they blew this lead.
• 1:07:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: That's not that's not what I care about.
• 1:07:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What I care about is is that you have to score 70 some odd points and a half to be competitive with these teams.
• 1:07:45
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And here's the thing no shade on Portland, no shade on the other teams the Lakers have played, which have been Sacramento, Golden State, and the Clippers.
• 1:07:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But these are not the best teams in the West.
• 1:08:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: These are like the dregs of the West.
• 1:08:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Calling it like I see it.
• 1:08:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Luca Doncha scores 41 points after scoring 52 a couple nights before that.
• 1:08:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And you can't get a W.
• 1:08:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now the Lakers bounced back on Wednesday, which is after a back-to-back.
• 1:08:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Luca didn't play, and the Lakers beat the Clippers 103 to 87.
• 1:08:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So, second night of the back-to-back without Luca, back tightness.
• 1:08:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Also without Zaire Williams, left foot soreness.
• 1:08:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Quentin Grimes started, scored 23 points.
• 1:08:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Colin Sexton looked like a crazed animal.
• 1:08:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Frothing at the mouth.
• 1:08:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He uh added a season high 21 points off the bench.
• 1:08:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Lakers were up 56 to 38 a half.
• 1:08:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now get keep in mind.
• 1:09:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Keep in mind the loss against Portland, they gave up 68 points in the first half.
• 1:09:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Against the Clippers, a team, again, struggling with injury, struggling with, you know, just lack of players.
• 1:09:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They gave up 38 points.
• 1:09:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The the backstorn is with nothing to worry about.
• 1:09:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He's gonna play tonight against the Warriors.
• 1:09:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So we are looking forward to the Yaxel versus Luca uh grudge match that carried on from uh the game opening night.
• 1:09:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Can't wait to see it.
• 1:09:39
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're gonna see some shit talking between those guys, no doubt.
• 1:09:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I'm gonna tell you right now, Yaxel, stop playing with that boy because he he might get on a heater last two games.
• 1:09:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: 52 points, 41 points.
• 1:09:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Just saying.
• 1:09:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Don't play.
• 1:09:56
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Don't play with fire.
• 1:09:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Don't do it.
• 1:09:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's bad.
• 1:10:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, the last five games, listen, yeah, you can sit here and say the Lakers held the Clippers to 87 points, but they've given up as many as 136.
• 1:10:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Their average right now is that they allow about 114 points, and Lakers score 123.
• 1:10:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're one of the best offenses in in the league, no doubt.
• 1:10:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Their offenses ranked third um in the NBA.
• 1:10:27
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The defense at this point in time ranks 20th.
• 1:10:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay.
• 1:10:33
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Um not great at any point.
• 1:10:37
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Lakers rank first in field goal percentage, which is about 53%.
• 1:10:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They rank first in two-point buckets, which is at 64%.
• 1:10:51
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So I'm gonna tell you right now, their offense, nothing, you don't have to worry about anything.
• 1:10:57
  FROC Host Vince Carter: As long as Luca and Austin are on the court, you're gonna get good looks at the basket.
• 1:11:02
  FROC Host Vince Carter: No doubt whatsoever.
• 1:11:04
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And if they can get uh Walker Kessler to finish better at the rim, this this number might even go up further.
• 1:11:11
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But what I'm worried about is the defense and the turnovers.
• 1:11:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Opponents turned it over around 19 times a game, which is third in the league.
• 1:11:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Portland shot 59% and made 18 of 36 threes against the Lakers.
• 1:11:31
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You didn't get out to the corners, my boy.
• 1:11:35
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You did not get out to the corners.
• 1:11:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And if you're gonna live on turnovers, as far as that's concerned, like they did against the Clippers, which they get, you know, 20 24 turnovers.
• 1:11:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I mean you could do that, but you know what?
• 1:11:54
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Teams who take care of the ball, you're not gonna be able to beat because you can't stop 'em.
• 1:12:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Lakers still need something on that in their lineup that they currently don't have.
• 1:12:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And that is somebody who plays is a plus defender.
• 1:12:16
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They still don't have that.
• 1:12:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Is Grimes a upgrade?
• 1:12:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Yes.
• 1:12:23
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Is IR Williams a great?
• 1:12:25
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Yes.
• 1:12:26
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But I don't know what they're plus defenders.
• 1:12:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I do not know.
• 1:12:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now their combined wins are against teams that are four and ten collectively.
• 1:12:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So it's not like you we have this proof of concept with this particular team.
• 1:12:48
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And you can only beat the teams that are on your schedule.
• 1:12:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But what I'm saying to the Lakers fans right now, do not sit here and be astonished when you start playing better competition and the losses start piling up.
• 1:13:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The Lakers need to play defense, they need to stay in front of their man, they need to understand their defensive concepts, they need to go ahead and get a little more aggressive on ball and allow some of that physicality to flourish and get better.
• 1:13:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And also, you gotta expect more from Luka Doncic and Austin Reeves when you are talking about the defense.
• 1:13:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay, you just got to, and this is not saying they have to turn into plus defenders.
• 1:13:41
  FROC Host Vince Carter: What this is merely saying is that don't get blown by every single time, handle your assignment to the best of your ability, understanding that you got help on the back side.
• 1:14:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Move them in a direction that is on their offhand, if you can.
• 1:14:08
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You know, it's just things like that.
• 1:14:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: If you know that this dude goes right all the damn time, shade him over to the right.
• 1:14:15
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Don't let him get back to the right.
• 1:14:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Make him use his left.
• 1:14:22
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Just think little things, little, little tiny things can just make the difference between this team being a defensive team that's like top 12 or whatever the case may be.
• 1:14:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Or if you continue on the way you're going, you're like 22nd, 23rd in the league in defensive raking and defensive raking.
• 1:14:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You just don't want that.
• 1:14:49
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now the next three teams that they're playing, again, the Lakers should kind of eat up a little bit.
• 1:14:59
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You got Gold State, which is tonight.
• 1:15:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You got Toronto, who's gonna be missing Kawhi, but they got some dogs out there.
• 1:15:06
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Okay, Scotty Barnes is no joke.
• 1:15:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Emmanuel quickly is no joke.
• 1:15:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: RJ RJ Barrett is balling, which we talked about earlier.
• 1:15:17
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And then they're gonna play the Miami Heat, who are desperate.
• 1:15:21
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, you should be able to beat the Miami Heat because I'm not scared of Klay Thompson and Davion Mitchell.
• 1:15:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'm sorry.
• 1:15:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I wish I was, but I'm not.
• 1:15:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But that doesn't mean that their defense isn't good and they can't clamp you down.
• 1:15:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So we'll see how it all goes from that point.
• 1:15:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But the Lakers right now have a lot of work to do.
• 1:15:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Thank God.
• 1:15:47
  FROC Host Vince Carter: They got some injuries that they are uh going to be able to get some dudes back.
• 1:15:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Like Zaire Williams, I think that was like more of a low management situation with Luca.
• 1:15:58
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We'll see if he's able to play.
• 1:16:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But if they can get a do Fiero back or Cameron Carr back in the mix, it's gonna lengthen the lineup a little bit.
• 1:16:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: It's also gonna give the Lakers a little more like uh defensive versatility that they do not have at this point.
• 1:16:18
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And I hope that we can get a do Fiero back quicker rather than later because I love that guy's athleticism and his physicality.
• 1:16:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He plays with his hair on fire, and I love that about him.
• 1:16:32
  FROC Host Vince Carter: He seemed like he got a little nasty to him as well.
• 1:16:36
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So we'll see how it all goes.
• 1:16:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But those are the next three games for the Lakers.
• 1:16:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can't wait, you know.
• 1:16:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I can't I can't wait till tonight.
• 1:16:44
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I want to see the Yaxo Lindbergh and Luca Doncic's just war that is about to happen.
• 1:16:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: But we out of ammo.
• 1:16:55
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• 1:17:32
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• 1:17:45
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• 1:17:50
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So we got all that out the way.
• 1:17:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Also, TikTok.
• 1:17:53
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Remember TikTok.
• 1:17:55
  FROC Host Vince Carter: FRP FRPC Vents will get you the TikTok, and you know that the TikToks are live.
• 1:18:03
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So cool.
• 1:18:05
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We always leave you with this, but it's a feel-good Friday, so I still want to leave you with this.
• 1:18:10
  FROC Host Vince Carter: The best part of you is still you.
• 1:18:13
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Not your win-loss record, not your timeline, not your algorithm.
• 1:18:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Just you.
• 1:18:20
  FROC Host Vince Carter: You are enough all by yourself.
• 1:18:24
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now, when you're doing that, surround yourself with people who actually give you light.
• 1:18:30
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Don't have those people in your life who just trying to tear you down all the time, or have you, saying that you can't do it, whatever.
• 1:18:38
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We don't need the negativity.
• 1:18:40
  FROC Host Vince Carter: There's enough negativity in this world, we don't need it.
• 1:18:43
  FROC Host Vince Carter: So those who are providing the insight, the joy, and real accountability, that's your max deal.
• 1:18:52
  FROC Host Vince Carter: And you need to appreciate those people out loud and don't wait till later that nobody promised you.
• 1:19:00
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Get to them immediately.
• 1:19:01
  FROC Host Vince Carter: If somebody does something good for you, try to hit them up immediately and say, hey man, I really appreciate you.
• 1:19:07
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Go ahead and do that.
• 1:19:09
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Now here at FRPC, we might be your who family.
• 1:19:12
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We get loud sometimes.
• 1:19:14
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We're going to be wrong sometimes, but we're always gonna come back and own it.
• 1:19:19
  FROC Host Vince Carter: We will respect your brain because anybody can yell at tape, but very few can actually defend a thought.
• 1:19:28
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Until next episode, keep your mind sharp, your heart open, and your circle tight.
• 1:19:34
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Protect your peace like cap space and never waste it on bad basketball or bad energy.
• 1:19:42
  FROC Host Vince Carter: I'll Vince, this is FRPC, and we're out.
• 1:19:46
  FROC Host Vince Carter: Deuce.