Latest / Black Box Theory Podcast / BBT #15 Snippet | The Magic Collapsed, Supermax Contracts, and the Harden vs. Iverson
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- Malcolm: But I think I'm thinking all-in in the NBA. He hasn't been all-in NBA yet. Sorry. But yeah, I mean, that Orlando Magic, that collapse, I saw, was the worst second half of basketball I've ever seen in my life, offensively. They shot four, I think it was four for like 34 or four for 39 in the second half. It was some of the worst basketball I've seen in life. Jalen Suggs should be sent, needs to be locked in a cave. ⁓ need to lock him in the gym. No cell phone, no laptop, no internet access, just basketballs and three meals a day and lock him in the gym, Like he shouldn't, he should not be able to leave the gym until he makes 500 shots in a row. He's sorry. Jalen Dern, whatever supermax he thought he was about to get? No. You're not getting no. Hell no. A-Men Thompson, I he, I saw he was supposed to sound like for like five years, $250 million. 250 mil to suit and dribble aggressively? Hell no. You're not getting that. They just handed out Supermax now, bruh. Supermax done lost his meaning, bro. No. I'm not going, bro. Who else been sorry? Celtic just dropped 3-1. Jaylen Brown, you're cooked. Out of my league, bro. Thomas: 50s credit. Where am I, Malcolm: Milwaukee you go bruh. It's GZ's. I can't believe he held up a finals MVP bro. else been in these odds bro? Thomas: I didn't really hear nothing about the Blazer series at all. Malcolm: That's because Denny was getting that belt, man. Wimby was handing out that premium leather. About to do the same thing next round, bro. So this has been a great off so far, Thomas: Shout out to everyone. Shout out to everyone who participated in the poll we put up. think most people have put up the Thunder. Top two teams with Thunder and Spurs. No one out the East is winning the championship, man. We got two game sevens in the East right now. Well, four actually have a, or three. Malcolm: ⁓ If Demon B says healthy, I like him B. Thomas: He... Malcolm: I like sixers to the finals. I'm calling it now. I like sixers to the finals if NBA stays healthy. Thomas: I think if they can get past the Knicks, then yeah, they got it. Malcolm: is successors with Nick's calves and is another thing that's another series I want to talk about the calves. It's two ⁓ one. This every single year during the regular season Harden keeps he does these regular season performances and he starts they start mentioning his name next to D Wade stop mentioning heart next to D Wade he is the fourth best student guard ever D Wade's best spot at three solidify bro MJ Kobe D MJ, Kobe, D-Wade, and honestly, well, I ain't gonna lie, I got hard no-bra, yeah. I'm not going, me personally, I got hard no-bra, yeah. got hard no-bra, yeah. Thomas: I don't, ⁓ ⁓ no. Harden over Allen, the truth? I mean not the truth, I'm sorry. ⁓ Truth is ⁓ you might call it. ⁓ Yeah, he's the answer. Yeah, I'm cooked. ⁓ truth is Paul Pierce. ⁓ Malcolm: I got hard over here. I have hard over here. Bro, do you... Bro, you can say the nickname all you want. None of them have a ring. He's the answer. Yeah, you stink. You're saying you stink, you stink. No, you stink. You stink. No, you actually stink. Yeah, that's Paul. Yeah, you're showin' it, bro. Thomas: Answer qu- I remember the question's the Reeboks. I know his shoes. Okay, okay. Malcolm: Bro, I don't think, like, I'm not even a Harden Defender. I'm not a Harden fan, but I saw what he did in 2018. Thomas: Ayy bro. did you see what AI was doing in 2001? Malcolm: Bro, Allen Iverson has never had a better season than Harden 2018 season. Ever. Thomas: Okay, that's fine. was extremely inefficient. That's for sure. AI has never, AI, Allen Arverson, was an inefficient player, stat-wise. But like Westbrook was also inefficient stat-wise. You know what I'm Malcolm: Oh yeah. I feel like being a, I don't think being the fifth best shooting guard ever is a, Harden is an offensive like. Please, you don't want to compare stats, bruh. Thomas: No, I'm not looking up stats. I'm looking up if he won. No, he never won it. Did he win an MVP? He had to have won an MVP. Yeah, yeah, won AI, won MVP in 2000, 2001.