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Episode 168: Players Only Meetings NEVER Work! · Play 4 Keeps Podcast

• Jax: so they called a players only meeting. Greg: Man, first of all, I don't Jax: Like look at this. Greg: like I don't like when niggas say that they had a fucking meeting. Because whenever that happens, I've never seen a successful players-only meeting ever in my life. Jax: So essentially they put Christian Parker on a performance improvement plan. That's normally the first step before you get fired. There's no good outcome for Christian Parker in this. Because if the Dallas defense starts doing well, they're gonna be like, it's cause Mike Petton. And if they do bad, they're gonna be like, Man, we tried everything. We even hired a coach. you know what this really feels like? Adrian Griffin and Doc Rivers. Greg: Roll style. Yo, have you seen have you have you heard about this quarterback that that got kicked off his football team and it and Jax: I did. He like high school quarterback, right? He like called the audible and the Greg: High school quarterback. Jax: coach kicked it. I didn't read much I didn't read into it, but I did see like that headline. I was like, I just wanna do the play work? Greg: Yeah, he got kicked off. Well, it was just to seal the game. I guess the original play was for him, I guess to throw the ball. He audible into a handoff. And the handoffs to the running back, the running back had the fur got the first down to ultimately seal the game. They didn't need any more points. It was really just running clock out or whatever. And I guess coach wanted to pass the ball. He called the audible. when they kicked that nigga out, when when they kicked that nigga off the the team. Or quote unquote, twelve players got suspended for the rest of the year for standing up and disagreeing with said thing. this is coming off of apparently this is not this is a a new head coach because the old head coach got fired last month for for kick like I guess running up the trying to run up the score. twice or whatever, something. They ran up the score like doing like multiple onside kicks. Like that's the same, it's the same, it's the same school. It's the same Jax: Wait, that coach is the same I know I heard about that coat. That that's the same same school? Okay. Greg: school. Mind you, these niggas get blown out the next two games. They've lost their la they've lost 14 of the last 15 games. That put a lot of things in perspective. I don't really care about that on I never cared about that onside kick. But now that I realize that was their first win, yeah, I get it. Go get the win, nigga. Go do what you gotta do at at that point. But like, damn, that it just seems a lot. for sure. I'm look Jax: kicking kicking them off is ex too too much. This is extreme, bro. Especially 'cause I especially 'cause I won the damn game. Like and also I'm getting my running back a kick. Greg: And and then you lose the game. Jax: I'm not even being selfish. I'm handing it off instead of throwing it, instead of getting my self yards. Like. Greg: Thinking it's like a you it was supposed to be a handoff. You audible to like throw a 60 bomber and you already up. Jax: Yeah. Greg: That, although I still wouldn't kick him off the team, I can see Jax: Course. Greg: how we get here. But you de escalate and you go from passing to handing it off. Man, look. Jax: Mind you, you were supposed to be running the clock out, so d hand it off seems like the right decision. Greg: The fuck and you got and and you and you suspend twelve players for the rest of the season, it's mid October. Jax: That that's why that's why that team sucks. That's why that team is bad. Greg: Fucking trash. This is some trash ass shit. I can tell this not this night. I can tell there's not no Texas school, bro. Ain't no way. Jax: I can tell he not gonna be at that job much longer. Shoot. Doing some stupid stuff like that. Greg: That's stupid. Hell no. Man, welcome back to another episode of the Play for Keats Podcast. The only podcast where we do something different every single day. Not an hour, not an episode. This is a daily thing. This is a podcast for casuals. If you are a casual, this is the show for you. I am your host, Greg. That is my host, Jax. Welcome to the show. We're gonna speed run through this. Donations. Donations. Here comes the money. Here we go. Money talk. Here comes the money. Hey man, look, we we just we just telling you to do your part, man. But I just need you to do your little part. I'm not gonna ask you for $2,000. For $3,000. Let's go into a house or something. But other than that, I'm not gonna ask you for that for no spending money. You know what I mean? But if I need you, I need you to be there. Do your little part. Had to bring him back because unfortunately, he's back in the news again. And we'll let you know. We do not care. As a part of the we do not care. Shout out to Mike Kamler. And let's go ahead and get into it. Dejaon Love. Apparently, there will be a documentary. Netflix is turning the Viber Dejan Love scam into a new untold documentary titled Wide Deceiver. Granted, I feel like the community should get credit for that. They didn't come up with this. Jax: Stop giving your ideas out for free. Cause everybody was on Twitter and Instagram posting like, man, this wide deceiver, they're calling the Y Deceiver. Greg: Wide wide receiver. Jax: And Netflix like, hmm, that sounds like a good title. Come on, man. Greg: Perfect. Thank you. Thank you for doing our job. And Jax: Ha ha. Greg: and somebody and and and for somebody that is currently working in media, I'm letting y'all know right now. Niggas are definitely scouging through the internet. Niggas take ideas not daily, hourly. By the minute they see something online, they will take it and they will credit themselves. They will take it. Stop giving out your ideas for free. That is free game from somebody that see stuff in the media. you're not slick jacks. Are you tuning in? Jax: Of course I will be. Of course I will be. Of course I will be. Like this story is too ridiculous. I need to I I need to know more. I need to know more. Greg: Absolutely. I I am I am somebody that will be tapped in. but until then, we do not care. We do not care. Next, Xavien Harris, the former NFL player that left the NFL to attempt to join the LSU football team, but ultimately did not pan out. Apparently he can play in the NFL if Jax: Yeah. Greg: an NFL team decides to pick him up sometime throughout this. season. don't have a lot of info on that, but Jax, I I'm sure you do. Jax: yeah, he's able to play. We talked about him and man, I was gonna say the other player's name, the tight end, but his name escapes me right now. But Greg: Yeah. Jax: they were both at O Miss, then they, you know, went to the NFL, became undrafted, or they went undrafted rather than they tried to return the LSU. they were barred from going back to the NFL, but it turns out Xavier Harris, I'm not sure about the other player, but just in this example, this is Davien Harris, he's still able to. go back to the NFL this season and play because they've established that he actually never attended a practice, never participated in a practice when he tried to go back to LSU. So he is now officially a free agent. He can be signed by any team, although I'm not sure who is going to sign him just 'cause, you know, he did go undrafted. And I think he also suffered an injury as well. I Greg: So Jax: don't remember what it was, but he was hurt. I mean that's what he that's what he said he was when before he decided to go back to LSU. So you know, I I don't really think anybody's gonna pick him up though, 'cause if he was good he would have been picked up. And if he was good, respectfully, he'd be in the NFL right now. Greg: He would have never, he he would have never went to LSU if he was, in fact, Jax: Yeah. Greg: that good. And just off of that strength alone, respectfully, we just do not care. next thing up, the Dodgers got swept in the MLB playoffs, the MLB postseason by the Milwaukee Brewers. Not just losing the series, but getting swept. Jax, I understand that people may not know why this is a big deal. This is a huge deal when it comes to the MLB lockout. Now, some people are saying, hey, this might this might end the lockout. Whoa there. Let's not jump Jax: Yeah. Greg: the gun. That's not what's gonna happen. But a lot of the MLB owners don't the the rehash it. The only reason why there's even going to be a lock it is the fact that the MLB owners Or trying to have a salary cap. They're the only league in America in American sports that does not have a salary cap. And they were using the Dodgers as an example as to why we need a salary cap because they are the highest paid team in the league and they can just buy their players, which essentially feels like they are buying championships. If you have a big roster, we can't compete with big markets. But because you get swept, not just losing. But you get swept by the Milwaukee Brewers, who has the n they're like 19th. Smaller market team. And they are the the nineteenth. They're like ranked nineteenth when it comes to player payroll. So you're they're they're not even on the top end. They're like below. They're on the bottom half of team payout. And they're going to the World Series to f play potentially the Cleveland Guardians, which is another Small team, Jax: Very small. Greg: very small team. it kind of kills the argument and it kind of kills the steam out of the owners when you have two non market like two, you know, you don't have like two big market teams, you know, or two small market teams. Jax: Yeah, it's not New York versus LA. Greg: Exactly. so that three P, especially with the mid acquisitions that the Dodgers were having, like they kept like adding mad niggas on top of like the regular season already. And you have Shohei, we don't forget about that. he Jax: play who played garbage in this pose. He did he did not play well. Greg: did pay garbage, you know. That that check will continue to clear, you know. So Jax: Most definitely. He's like already won. Greg: he's a nigga. I won when I signed that dotted line, nigga. It's it's over. It's over. but yeah, now the the only standpoint that the owners now have. Is that yes, the LA Dodgers may have not won, but we're not gonna sit here and just use outliers as the reason why we shouldn't f you know, still go for this salary cap. They won the last two years. They were about to three P. And on top of that, they're they're not banking on a Milwaukee and Cleveland constantly being in the World Series. so It'll be interesting. I will I I will say this. They will not miss a season. They will not, they will Jax: You don't think so? Greg: it will never happen. After the 1994 lockout or like missed season, where like they had a lockout to the point where they missed the entire season. It took too much for them to finally like get back to relevancy. You know, it it took niggas being on OD steroids, for niggas to finally start tuning in and watching baseball again. So Jax: And beyond if if they miss the season now, n people already low key to stop k they peop people don't really care about baseball for real. So they do it now, it's easy to forget about. Greg: Yes, bro. It's so easy to like respectfully. Exactly, respectfully, it's so easy to forget about baseball, especially when it's in the summer and there's other things that we can, you know, be doing and and and and all of these leagues, especially basketball, they swear they want to be like a a a 12-month sport, nigga. Like they they they have they end the NBA finals and then after the NBA finals, you go right into a draft. And right after that draft, two weeks later, you're into NBA Summer League. And then after that NFL camp and and preseason is like literally three weeks. So we do have enough sports to like get our mind off of it if we really want to, but didn't want to have like a big spill about it. We'll keep we'll keep our our eyes on like the the MLB lockout because it will continue to happen. But it probably won't be as long as we may anticipate when you don't have your when your biggest leverage piece falls and crumbles, Jax: It's gone. Yeah. Greg: nigga. Like it's fucking crazy. But that's all I got for it. and finally did we did we miss in one more was yeah, one Jax: one more on the we do not care about the Greg: more we do not care. We do not care. apparently the Seattle potentially supersonics is not a lock to be an expansion team. Wow. Jax: according to Brian Winhorse, and Adam Silver, NBA commissioner. He hasn't been satisfied with the current bids for the Seattle expansion team. that's why you say it's not a lot for the team to be in Seattle, and that a Mexico City-based group has presented an appealing proposal. I'm gonna stop you right there. Adam Silver, he's just trying to Get up lever get some leverage or whatever, make more people spend more money on this team, make more billionaires, spend more billions of dollars. But I'm gonna tell you right, the a Mexico City team is not happening. Like we were talking about this before we got on, before we started recording, and just like I understand people probably felt the same way about the Toronto having a team or whatever. Which is very valid Greg: Especially in the nineties. Jax: because a it's a different country and all that. But like Toronto is still close to the US. Mexico City. Mexico City, if you can see this screen, Mexico City Greg: Yeah. Jax: is where this where this red thing is, right here. That's not close to the US, bro. Greg: It's kind of big. And granted, I'm not gonna lie, I just kind of forgot that they was kind of bold in the nineties. Them niggas had like multiple, like two teams in in Canada. They had Vancouver Grizzlies. Jax: No, I thought I Yeah, they did the Vancouver and then I thought they moved and then once they moved then Toronto came back. Or then Toronto came 'cause I don't think I don't think they was at the same time. I I could be very wrong. Greg: they weren't they weren't there at the same time? okay, okay. Jax: I could be wrong. I do not know, but I don't believe they were at the same time. Greg: Okay, well mom saying. either way, they've they're they're he's really just trying to rally that fan base up. Because No no no no I'm saying Jax: The fan base already rallied up though. Like they won they've been dying for basketball. Greg: I'm saying but like he's trying to use that fan base against them to like push more money out because they they can do that for Seattle, they can't do that for Vegas. Like Vegas, they got a strong culture, but it's not as strong as Seattle. So if they they try to like, you know, push you know the Las Vegas niggas to like, hey, we gonna need more money. Are are y'all ain't gonna get no team. They're gonna be they're gonna shrug their shoulders and be like, fine, bitch ass nigga. We still got Asia Wilson, nigga. I I and we and we got the Raiders. Jax: Ha ha. Greg: I like I think we'll be okay. Like we're fine. Seattle, they're fiending for something, bro. They they have the the Seahawks who just won a a Super Bowl, but that's a basketball city. They love basketball. Jax: Mm-hmm. and also real fac I was incorrect. The Grizzlies and the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Raptors, they were both came in at the same time. That was a part of the NBA. They were trying to do an international push, so they did both those teams, but it didn't really last Greg: That is Jax: long at Vancouver. Greg: Yeah, they move yeah, they moved to Memphis super quick. Jax: Yeah. Greg: cold co cold ass colors though. Cold ass colors. Good colorway. Jax: Yeah, yeah. Greg: but yeah, man, that's that's that's interesting. that's it for the We Do Not Care. I'm already lent. I'm not saying that Mexico City is gonna be a thing, but I know the first player they will draft though. Jax: Who? Greg: Jose. Jose Alvarado, come to the front, my nigga. Doesn't matter. Does not matter. Hey, no Jax: He is Puerto Rican. Yes it does yes it you can't say Yes they do. Greg: nigga say, hey, anybody else? Not you. You can't. Jax: I'm like, you can't say that about you can't say that about Puerto Ricans and Mexicans, bro. You s you Greg: On me. me. Jax: tell you tell Jose Alvarado it don't matter. He gonna be mad as fuck. No, the first player getting Jaime, Jaime Jacques, bro. Greg: Wasn't wasn't it is is that nigga Toscano Anders Anderson still there? Jax: Was there another Mexican? Is he still in the NBA? Greg: I don't know. Like genuinely I I don't know. I haven't heard that name in Jax: And then all then another another Mexican player just got drafted. Then he what's his name? I don't remember where he went. Karim Karim Lopez. I don't know where he went, but he was Greg: yeah, I forgot about Kareem. Jax: He looked more like a Kareem than a Lopez, but I digress. He's Greg: Type. Jax: he with the Grizzlies. He with the Grizzlies. For sure. Greg: okay. Anybody hold on to that nigga? I ain't gonna lie. Yeah. Jax: Then you then you ought to help the can gate. Greg: Yeah, yeah. It's a little slim. but let's get into the things that we do care about. First things first. NFL time. Let's dive into Houston, cause they made what some might say a blockbuster trade. Or at least it would have been blockbuster three years ago. Marvin Harrison Jr. gets traded. To the Houston Texans and re n reunite with CJ Stroud. Jax, your first reaction. Jax: first reaction I was upset about this because Greg: Damn. Jax: it was doing all that, Marvin Harrison, he's he's gonna get traded. We just won't tell you the who. That was pissing me off how they reported that. But and we talked about that last episode, but now we finally got the official, you know, news of where Marvin Harrison is going to. I don't like this trade. Like, yes, I I agree Marvin Harrison did for sure need a new environment, everything. CJ Stride was a college quarterback, so they already have a good connection and all that. Cause Marvin Harrison was a monster in college. Greg: Super. Jax: So like they got that going for them. But I don't like I don't think wide receivers are Texans' biggest problems. Like they still like Nico Collins, he has his he's in and out the lineup, but when he's in the lineup, he is a a dog. Tank Dell, who's really more of an idea at this point, unfortunately, but he looks to be They've cleared him. He looks to be coming back relatively soon as a receiver. Jalen Knowle, they drafted him last year. They expect him to continue growing, developing. Then they got Jaden Higgins, who's out this season with an ACL, but him, Nico, and Marvin are like the Spider-Man meme pointing at. They're like all like the same size, the same nigga, the same everything. So I feel like the Texans, they like their main issue right now is their line. They just cannot protect CJ. That's why. That's why they've been bad this entire time. Like their line and their running back, but I think their running back issue is more a problem because of the line being bad. So I like I said, I don't really know how how much this changes stuff for them, to be honest. Like I I don't think wide receiver is an issue of a a major issue of need for them. And they just granted they only gave up a seventh round pick and in like a wait. They only gave up what a Greg: They give up a second. Jax: sec a second not a second they only gave up a second round a twenty seven they only gave up a twenty twenty seven second rounder in a twenty twenty seven sixth rounder. Goodness gracious. But like I don't know. I don't really like it, but maybe Greg: I won't say that the wide receiver room was the biggest problem. but I I could definitely see it being like a top three or four issue. Like just the just off the mere fact of I just I just need a stable receiver, a healthy receiver for the duration of time. And it's just kind of like with Nico. Nico's great when he's there, but that's a big win. Like We can we can we can mark that nigga off for at least five games missed or six games missed a season. so like that trickles down to the line. You know the line has always been bad. I don't know why it's bad because they always do it's not like they neglect, it's not like they neglect it. Jax: Every single year. And they be trying they be trying they make moves in free agency trying to get aligned with everything. Never works out. Greg: It just doesn't work. But what helps is having good receivers and good targets so that he can get the ball out faster. If nobody's creating separation, he can't get that ball out faster. And if niggas don't and if if and if niggas know that the receivers are either inconsistent or you got a bunch of U and me's out, you know, over there, then yeah, Jax: Yeah. Greg: I can stack the box because I know y'all niggas not gonna be running. Y'all not gonna run. Because the line is already bad and y'all receivers can't get separations, so I can try more blitzes, I could do more packages to to to get to the quarterback because there's no down the field threat. Jax: to your separation point, Marvin Harrison, he was never even seen as like a elite separator when he was coming out of college. And then in the NFL he seen he hasn't really been a elite separator. So that's why I'm like, I still don't Greg: But that nigga was catching that ball though. He was catching that ball. Jax: He's not catching that ball in the NFL though. Well grand's not they're not really throwing him the ball either. Greg: So the hope it the the hope is the hope is a a sense of stability and consistency of like, hey, I'm gonna have I'm gonna have somebody here. And on top of that, we have some form of chemistry. Jax: Yeah. Greg: sometimes it works. Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase, sometimes The the environment is a bigger issue, you know, Cam Ward and you know, Rev Reposado, you know what I mean? You pick your poison. We'll see. Jax: I I do think maybe like we talk about how the line is also probably the probably the biggest issue with the Texans, but another issue, another I think a bigger one than the line is the offensive coordinator. Cause I think they've always had a problem with that offense. Like what's the name? Nick Cayley. I don't believe he's very good at his job and it's sort of like shown a lot. So I think that's another big issue with the Texans. So like even if you get Marvin Harrison, if the if the coordinator sucks, if the if the village is if the village is bad Greg: But what happens when the village is When the village is Chris Jax: So I think that's Greg: when the village is Chris Bruzar, you know Jax: I so I think that's the issue with them. I think that's the issue with them. Greg: But it's just like I it's like it's kind of like I can never really like point blame at like the Texans because they've attempted to address anything, anything that's like been an issue, they've addressed. They've replaced this offensive coordinator. You know what I mean? Jax: Yeah. They've tried. Greg: They've tried. They tried to address this online. They've tried to address the running back situation. You know what I mean? They're trying to address the receiver situation. Sometimes the shit is just not working. so we will see. But it's kind of hard for me to like be like, damn, the Texas ain't the Texans are trying. Like, I've never seen an organization try so hard. Jax: They're they're trying their heart. It's just Greg: They've tried literally everything. They're not sitting on their ass. They've done it. They got, they got even the defense slipped a little bit. Now they got that nigga the D'Amico Ryan's calling plays again. Even though I didn't even Jax: Yeah. Greg: know he wasn't calling plays. Didn't even know. Jax: Also true. I didn't know that either. Greg: Didn't even know he was, he had to get back to something. Well, shit. He he gave that shit up? Fuck. but I I'm optimistic about it mainly because I have this nigga on one of my fantasy squads. So I'm just praying for the best. Jax: Who's this nigga, CJ or Marvin? Greg: Marvin. Jax: Okay. Greg: Nigga been rotin' away on my bench. I've been fiendin' to play this nigga. Jax: Are you are you gonna start them this week? Greg: No. No. I need I need I need proof. I need proof. I need proof. It's a pivot of the week, man. It's a pivot week. Shit. Jax: You need you need to see pro concept first. Fair. That's fair. Alright, well, honestly, bro, let's let's keep it in let's keep it in Texas, because we talked about the Texans, so let's go ahead and get out the way. The Dallas Cowboys. they their defense, everybody knows, it's been absolutely, positively, horrendous. Greg: Dormods. Jax: so they called a players only meeting. Quinn Williams, their D tackle, he said he's the one who called the players only meeting, but he said he's gonna keep a lot of the messages from that players only meeting to himself, which does that's why it's a players only meeting. So I don't I don't I don't like when reporters be asked, so what y'all talk the meeting? Like nigga, you know damn well he's not finna tell you. Like look at this. Greg: Man, first of all, I don't like I don't like when niggas say that they had a fucking meeting. I don't even like the fact that it gets relayed in report, like not that it gets reported, but like that it even gets leaked. Because whenever that happens, I've never seen a successful players-only meeting ever in my life. I've never seen it. Jax: But then I mean we probably don't well, I guess this furthers your point. We probably don't hear about the successful successful ones, which like I said, furthers your points. Greg: The the successful ones, we never hear about it. All the public ones, something bad about to happen. You know what I mean? Or it just don't get it just don't get fixed. So it's not even Jax: Yes. Greg: like it's not even that I hate about the you should have the player meeting. Have the player meeting. Jax: For sure. Greg: But if I hear about the players only meeting, I know, okay, yeah, we I knew that we was unserious. We're not it's not gonna get better. It's not. Jax: Yeah, and this players only meeting it comes after the Cowboys. Like we said, their defense has been horrendous. So they went ahead and hired Mike Petton, a former head coach, former defensive coordinator, who happened to give he I believe he gave Christian Parker his first job. Greg: Mm. Jax: back when he was a coach in Green Bay in 2019. And he's also familiar with Rashawn Gary and Kenny Clark because they played for him. So now he's they hired him as a senior defensive assistant. So essentially they put Christian Parker on a performance improvement plan. That's normally the first step before you get fired. I mean I don't I don't know, man. I hope it I as a cow the Cowboys fan of hopes it works out, but it feels like a It feels like there's nothing of I don't know, like nothing. There's no good outcome for Christian Parker in this. Because if the Dallas defense starts doing well, they're gonna be like, it's cause Mike Petton. And if they do bad, they're gonna be like, Man, we tried everything. We even hired a coach. Christian Parker, get out of here. Like this, you know what this really feels like? Adrian Griffin and Doc Rivers. Greg: Roll style. Jax: That's what it feels like. Cause Doc Rivers, he Adrian Griffin was having trouble with the Bucks and he went to Doc Rivers and was like, hey, can you give me some advice and blah, blah, blah? And Doc was like, sure, one hundred percent. Boom, Adrian Griffin ended up fired. The Milwaukee Bucks hired Doc Rivers. Like, this is what it feels like is gonna happen. Greg: Nah, but Doc I'll never get over how Doc wh why are y'all doing this? This doesn't make any sense. Why would y'all think that nigga doc. Did all that and then got a three year extension? That shit fucked me up. But with Christian Parker now, you know, with this happening, they are now essentially putting Christian Parker back up into the booth. Jax: they said they said he's they said Penn's gonna move back up. Or Penn's gonna move up and Christian Parker's still gonna be down on the field. Yeah. Greg: you still say that? Hmm. Interesting. Interesting. I'll see how long that lasts. You know. We'll Jax: Yeah. Greg: we'll see how far that as is week six, we'll reconvene week nine. Let's let's reconvene week nine. Jax: Chris Christian Parker, I'm praying for you. I w I w I genuinely want you to succeed, brother, but I don't know. It don't seem like they like you. Greg: I'm having very unchristian like things to say about Christian Parker. That is doing generational numbers. That quote is doing unfathomable numbers. and I fear they might be on to something. I hate that. I hate that for me. Hate that for us, you know. Jax: But Doy, do you have any any other thoughts about this before we move on or Greg: he not making the pass this season. I'm gonna le I'm gonna let you know that right now. Even even if they somehow get it better. If if if it somehow turns around and and the defense gets marginally better, there there will be adjustments. There will be adjustments. Jax: I think honestly, if Dallas can make it to the playoffs and their defense looks at least average, like sixteenth in the NFL or something like that, you know, middle like l quite literally middle of the pack, I think he will get a chance to stay. Greg: You are asking for a lot. That nigga said that Jax: Exactly. Exactly. Greg: like that that can be obtainable with like one minor adjustment. Nigga we keep adding we keep adding shit. This nigga Jerry I this nigga Jerry spent so much money in this season on the defensive side of football. Jax: That'd be the shit. That's really the shit. Like they they spent the whole offseason but man, we revamped the defense. We got a new creative mind here. This is gonna be amazing. And then week one, they was getting ran through in the giant. was like, this don't look good. I was like, this don't feel valid. Greg: I don't have a good feeling I'm in danger. Jax: I was like out of this. I was like this don't I don't know about this. Greg: No, I'm I'm hesitant. I'm not ready to get off, but alright. Jax: And then week two came and I was like, shit. This is this is not getting any better. Greg: They're not improving. We get Joey Jax: Hmm. Greg: Porter Jr. He not even playing yet. It's like, man. Jax: I mean he di he in the one game he played they won, so was like, okay, maybe. Greg: Then a nigga out the next game. This nigga can't hey, we can't afford for you to ha to have the flu, nigga. Jax: But let's let's keep it coaching now. Cause let's talk about a p a coach I wish the Cowboys could have hired, but he was probably never walking away from Minnesota unless they Greg: Absolutely. Jax: gave him the head coaching job. And that is Brian Flores. Now, Greg: Mm. Jax: Brian Flores, he's the current defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings. He was the former head coach of the Miami Dolphins, and he sort of brought the Dolphins were trash when he took over and he brought them to like averageness, which is de saying something because before him the Dolphins were like perpetually like the la like it was them the Jets. Niggas just laughed at them. Like the Dolphins were never good. So he brought them to averageness and then he still ended up getting fired. And because of this he ended up suing the NFL, the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants, and the Houston Texans in February twentieth, sec or In February of 2022, he was alleged that the league was rife with racism regarding its hiring practices when it comes to black coaches. He was also joined in his lawsuit by Steve Wooks and Ray Horton, who are black coaches. And during this whole like the lawsuit was still ongoing. And during this whole thing was going on, Discovery happened. And Corn Ferry, who was a what is it, a law firm or whatever that was doing like checks that the Raiders had Hired to do checks on their different candidates for head coaching jobs. they ended up, or this got found in Discovery for this current lawsuit, and they sent the raid, which is very stupid of them. They sent the Raiders a this graphic right here that talks about Brian Flores and says some of the good and bad things about him. And like this whole thing, it's Having this as writing is stupid because it just backs up his lawsuit. Now, some of the stuff they said is they talk they say positive things like, he mixes up schemes with different unorthodox situational coverages. He's hard for offenses to begin plan against, you know, he had the chip on his shoulder, he's relentless, and has a desire to prove himself. Then they also say stuff that's a little like Huh? Because they call him a polished and good presenter despite growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, the same place as Mike Tyson, and he was able to build a strong friendship with the billionaire's son, which gave him opportunities to socialize and learn how to build relationships with white collar and upper class individuals. Which is essentially just calling him, he's one of the good ones. Which, come on now. Greg: Come on now. Jax: Another thing they say, he can fool you with his polish upwards. The fuck does that mean? he has Greg: What the fuck? Jax: little people skills, lacks self-awareness, and can sometimes exhibit erratic behaviors. his personality is unpredictable. You're not sure who's going to show up. he's also, they say he like we don't know, this is all alleged. they say he once threatened violence to his GM and made irrational demands at an ownership meeting. All of this backs up Brian Flores' lawsuit, which was, like we said earlier, about, you know, racism in the NFL hiring process for coaches being rife with racism. This just this whole this graphic it reinforces these racial stereotypes and the fact that it got released is like nigga, come on, bro. But this is Corn Fairy, they're doing this for the Raiders. And if it's one thing we know about the Raiders, it's that they are a bumbling franchise who will do stupid stuff sometimes. So, should we really be that surprised? Greg: Not at all. We shouldn't be surprised at all, but still, very damning. Like the way this got leaked is actually kinda baffling to me. I if this is how you gonna get If if the files drop like this. Crazy work. There's there's there's it's almost like you want this shit to be out. Like y'all didn't do a good job of of of harvesting this. Jax: It's just having shit like this in writing. Niggas need to stop having shit in right. This is how you niggas get locked up. Having stuff in writing. Stop it. Stop it. If you're gonna, if you're going to do something, well, don't do things illegal. Raiders, Greg: Absolutely. Jax: don't be NFL raid, don't be racist. Let's get that out the way. Do not be racist. But if you're going to do something bad, don't put it in. Greg: But this goes this also goes to show you about like the like people be so deep into the racism that like there's certain white people like yeah they didn't they thought this shit was cool and writing because they they didn't realize that Jax: They probably didn't even realize what they're saying. Greg: this was fucking racist like these are not Jax: Yeah. Greg: racial tropes like they not even understanding I didn't call him the N-word Jax: Like yeah, we c we said he has published. He's one of the good ones. He can he knows how to build Greg: I'm saying, what's wrong with that? Jax: relationships. There's nothing wrong with that. Like Greg: I tried to touch his hair. All right, bro. Like, this is mind you, he's bald. Jax: Brian Floyd's like, nigga, I'm bald, stop touching me. Greg: But it's just like that, that's what you go to show you where it's just like that that's how they know. That's how I know, like, it wasn't like on some like we are intentionally like Jax: Mm. Greg: try like trying to be the most egregious racist. Because they don't think there's nothing wrong with what the fuck they said. Even though, nigga. This is out of pocket. This just directly supports the claim. Jax: Yeah. I guess Raiders. And honestly, for what it's Greg: Yeah. And if we say something about it. Jax: worth, like, cause this was this was when the Raiders were hiring for coaches in 2024. Yeah. So they eventually hired or who they wait no, 2024? no, they hired Pete Carroll. Like they have a good coach now, but this was when they hired Pete Carroll, which made them Greg: Wow. Jax: be horrible. And that why they had to fire him and hire a new head coach. So you could have got the leader of one of the best defenses in the NFL and the Vikings defense is literally the reason they're winning games. Like their offense for whatever reason has been horrible. Like they won a game, I think what, week four or five, they won a game fifteen to zero or they won a game they had fifteen points in that game and all field goals. And their defense stopped the other team. So like they're winning games to cut their defense. And their defense only had Greg: Well and we and we and we too. Jax: no star players on it. Like you could have had that Oakland, but you took Pete Carroll and Greg: In week two they they beat the Bears nine to three. Jax: Exactly. So Greg: Like, come on now. Crazy. Jax: I it's just like racism is just so like deeply embedded in just like literally everything. I don't know. It just Greg: It's just Jax: It's a I g it's a problem that can't be solved, but it just be like, damn niggas just can't be normal, bro. Be normal, please. Greg: Just above all else, just just do your job. Like just all this extra shit for what? What do we gain from this? Jax: They like they did this extra shit and still hired the wrong coach. Like Yes, man. Greg: I guess, bro. Excuse me. Jax: But last NFL topic real fast will be the Jalen Hurts situation. Because apparently, or not apparently, but Jalen Hurts, he is out this upcoming week of this game against the Panthers due to a superficial blood clot in his calf. Now the kicker is the blood clot was discovered Saturday when they were in London, but the doctors still cleared him to play against the Jaguars. Now a follow-up Ultrasound on Wednesday revealed the clot had moved, prompted the team to rule him out for this week's game against the Panthers. I don't know much about blood clots. I know like Stuff like this can vary. Like, you never know what could happen. You might have to take blood thickness for the rest of your life, or blood clot could go bad, travel up and flight your lung, you could die. Like, blood clots are crazy. Like, that's why Chris, Chris Boss, he had to retire from the NBA because he kept getting blood clots. I think Brandon Ingram, he missed a good part of the season like two years ago because of blood clots. Same thing with Wimby. So, like, blood clots are a serious deal. yes. Greg: with Athar Thompson for sure had the had to sh had to shut the season down for for him. Jax: Yes, R. Thompson as well. So, like I said, blood clots are a very serious deal. And like, they discovered, yes, I understand that they had flew to London for the game and everything. And it was a day before the game, but they discovered this before that Jaguars game. Like, like I said, on Saturday, so the day before. And they still let him play. Is that like.? Okay, I don't know much about Blood Cut, but that don't really seem safe. They ruled him safe, but in the NFL they rule a lot of things and and niggas still be getting hurt, so that's why I'm like, I don't know. So it just feels very Greg: Yeah, I'm Jax: I don't like this. Greg: Yeah, like it does feel weird, especially when we're starting to like talk about blood clots, but Given what it's worth, I have been looking, you know, they have like a lot of these like football, like actual like medical doctors, but they like assess injuries like via online Jax: Mm-hmm. Yeah, no yeah. Greg: or whatever. And I saw like two or three of them and said in and they were basically saying, like, yo, like, I know it does sound a little crazy, but they did they didn't they didn't break like protocol like clearing him to play. Like When it comes to super like I guess there's like two different types of blood clots. You have like superficial and then you have like the DVT D V T, which is like the one Jax: The deep van. Greg: that's the one that like that have you on blood thinners Jax: When being them had I remember. Greg: for like the l rest of your life and shit like that. And except for superficial ones, like, like it's okay to like play on it, but you know, you have to kind of like monitor it and and see what's going on. not to compare it to like a gunshot wound, but like sometimes like when you have a gunshot wound, it's like, okay. Sometimes niggas just leave that gunshot in. Sometimes they just leave the bullet in them if it's not affecting anything around them. But it became a an issue when that motherfucker moved. And so, okay, well, this this bitch moving. Okay, let's shut you down. Like let's let's let's let's really figure out what the fuck is going on. But it it wasn't on the in the terms of like when you remember when they had to find Brian Dayball because Jackson Dart clearly got concussed And that nigga went into the like, hey, wait, Jax: Yeah. Greg: he can go out. Like, also it wasn't like that. Like, it wasn't like some Jalen Jax: Okay. Greg: Hurst, we need you. It wasn't like that. Like it was one of those like technically he can play. it's just like it's only cool until it's not cool. Like it's all fun and games until something bad happens. Then it's like, he should have did what you call this. So I I I I wasn't as like about it as much as I was like just concerned about like damn like bloodcots can so much can happen with bloodcots. Jax: Yeah, like I don't I don't like the Eagles, but I ain't got no problem with Jalen Hurts. Like, yeah, I like to like, he's not that good, but I ain't got no problem with Jalen Hurts. I like Jalen Hurts. He's cool. Greg: Yeah, I'm just like, like I just I just I just hope shit is cool for this nigga just in life. It's like this Jax: Yeah. Yeah. Greg: is a a real thing. And and and Jax: Yeah. Greg: I and I know that technology is in improving and and niggas is bouncing back from ACLs and meniscus and Jax: Like George Kittle towards Achilles like eight months ago, now he looks amazing still. Greg: I'm saying. and and Fred Van Fleet off a off of ACL or whatever the fuck he got off of. Nigga moving the same. Not not saying that that nigga was athletic, but I'm just saying, like, this nigga shooting Jax: Yeah. Yeah. Greg: threes. Sometimes we kind of I I think sometimes as a collective, sometimes we we take for granted like, actually, it it can go left. I if you're not too careful, nigga. Like I I know Jax: It's Greg: meda medicine has advanced, but We still gotta take it serious. So ho hopefully it's it's it's it works out for him. I know that they just picked up Joe Milton from the practice squad the Dallas Cowboys practice squad. That kinda hurt my feelings, not gonna lie to you. Even him yeah. Jax: Yeah, 'cause like he's Lord willing, he's not gonna start he wouldn't start for the Cowboys anytime soon. But like Greg: True. Jax: he was still he seemed like, you know, he could had something and I Greg: Yeah. Jax: just don't wanna help out the Eagles, so like that sucks. Greg: Yeah, you know, I just didn't yeah, I I didn't like that. I didn't like I didn't like that, but you know, I'm glad he's getting opportunity because he would definitely wasn't gonna get a you know, got bearing, like, you know, like we wasn't expecting him to have a opportunity in Dallas 'cause you know, we wanted you know we wanted Daddy. Dag is still there, but Jax: Dak's still good and he's not old, so Greg: yeah, so well you know, we'll we'll we'll see, but big blow for the for the Eagles, man. Jax: Yeah, 'cause I think they're gonna be playing the Pan Panthers who've been hooping and the Eagles are now out Jalen Hurts, Saquon been hurt, I think Devontae Smith is hurt. Greg: Devon Yeah, Devontae Devon Devontae would be back in, but like Devontae been missing like at least three weeks already. So it's just like you losing a lot of people. Jax: Okay. Then already the offense already wasn't even playing good regard. And then the various old Greg: Lane Johnson retired. Jax: line Lane Johnson retired. They traded another O lineman. I think someone else could be hurt, so it's not looking Greg: Lots of stuff. Jax: good for the Eagles, which is looking that means it's looking great for me. So still. Greg: Yeah, if we can fucking capitalize, yeah, for sure. But Jax: Hay Greg: it's like open heart surgery for these niggas. Jax: Where's the where's the vision football? Where's the vision football? Greg: We the new NFC South. Jax: It's just it's just the NFC everybody in the NFC East loses in the dumbest ways possible. Like even the the what's his name? Jaden Daniels, that whole situation where Greg: Commanders? Yeah, that was crazy. Jax: he let the clock run out. Like, and I mean they didn't lose the game, but they didn't win, they tied the game, so they didn't lose the game, but they they didn't win that bitch. So everybody just and I also think that was still Jalen Daniel, I think that was Jaden Daniels' fault 100%. But Greg: Absolutely. Jax: yeah. But let's get into basketball. Greg: Mm. Jax: Shams has come out and reported that clicked the wrong thing. There go. The NBA and prominent sportsbooks have agreed to ban multiple types of bets, such as parlay bets involving the under on the same player statistics, the first of market, meaning like, we betting on such and such won the opening tip, or what's somebody's, you know, first shot of the game or first points of the game, etc. Under bets on players expected to play less than 12 minutes a game. In the NBA, they've held a communication with major gaming companies on tightening wagers in the aftermath of the recent betting scandals. New list of prohibited bets joined restrictions from prior seasons, including bets on 10-day or two-way contract players, player props on turnovers, bets related to fouls, and bets related to missed free throws. This feels very, you know, too little too late. Like that's how I feel about it. Just too little too late, Adam Silver. Greg: Say It just seems like you're just targeting the scrubs. You know what I mean? Like you just targeting like the niggas that would like benefit from like making this shit money or like the most vulnerable to like doing some illegal shit. And I guess I get it. Yeah. Jax: I mean I mean, yeah, 'cause like LeBron and K D, they're not gonna be doing the Terra Rosier thing 'cause they are billionaires. They don't need that money. Greg: True. But if you're Terry Rozier or Jonte and and your time in the league is is is limited and you feel like you can control your own narrative. Like, you know, nobody's gonna hate Jonte for being ass. We're not expecting you to be good. But if, you know, K D was intentionally ass, niggas would have an up war because it's like, nigga, we we need you to be good. Like we're paying you know, niggas are paying you to be like extremely good. So I I get it. I get it. Yeah. It's not gonna it's not gonna stop none, bro. I ain't gonna lie. It's not. Jax: It's not. And it's not like people still I 'cause like the scandals is not the issue when it comes like the players doing like the players pulling like a Tay Rosier and Jon T. Porter and like intensely being bad so they can get a bag on the back end. Like that's not the biggest problem with the betting. The problem is just allowing the betting in and of itself because it just creates a toxic environment for everybody. It still does create chances for players to still do that Terra Rosier, Jonte Porter stuff, because this don't really stop nothing for real. So I don't Greg: Yeah. Jax: Like I said, I feel like it's too little, too late. I think the problem is just the betting as a whole, but when the money get too big, nobody cares. So they're not gonna like this is not gonna slow down anything. So whatever, Adam Silver. Greg: Yeah, so like 'cause like what if what if niggas just starts saying, Okay, we just been over. So now now we're gonna have ball hog ad ball hogging ass niggas? How can you prove how can you prove that? Like Jax: That wasn't gonna be that. Greg: how can you prove a nigga is is gambling via ball hoggin, you know? 'Cause he could just be like, I'm trying to win the game. Now if you Jon T Porter taking the last shot over Braun, Jax: Then we're gonna have an issue. Everybody's gonna have an issue with that one. Greg: But then you won't be in the league no more. So it's like Jax: Ha ha ha. Greg: you kinda fuck yourself over in that in that grand Jax: Yeah. Greg: scheme of thing. But ultimately this this is a nothing burger to me in the slightest. I know they have like a FBI nigga that's supposed to like break down protocol for these NBA niggas, but hey, look, these niggas are not afraid of this. So we'll figure it out. Jax: Exactly. Wait, wasn't the FBI wasn't isn't Charles Tillman they said was gonna do it? Greg: they said the nigga that created peanut punch or some shit. I forgot the name of the Yeah yeah Jax: Here there's Charles Tillman. Here there's Charles Tillman. Wait, have you seen this Lil Reese video? Have you seen this video about Charles Tilbut? Or no? So Greg: No, no, I haven't. I don't know who that name is. Jax: for backstory, Charles Tillman, he was a NFL player, played for the Bears. He was the one who invented, or he's the one who popularized like punching the ball out of players. They called it the Peanut Punch, because his nickname was Peanut. And after his playing career, he went and he joined the FBI. And this is rapper Lil Reese talking about seeing him when Greg: Yeah. Jax: his crib got raided or some shit. That shit always makes me laugh. Greg: That nigga that nigga kept telling me more versions of of him being federal, FBI, police, agent, federal. Jax: I like imagine like well shit, Amari Staldemar, you he a police officer now too, right? Greg: Yeah, niggas trying to get insurance money, man. No cap. Niggas trying to niggas trying to pad that insurance. I I I see the play. Jax: I guess. I guess, man. But since, you know, basketball season is starting, was it's starting Tuesday, the 20th. I think the last preseason game is today. I think I'm not gonna watch it, I'm not gonna lie to you. I ain't watching none of the preseason games, I'm not gonna lie to you. But since basketball season's starting, let's go ahead and tap into the annual NBA GM survey, because they do this, like I said, Greg: Mm. Jax: annual every year. GMs are anonymously asked a whole bunch of questions about the league. And we get to sort of see where their head is at. So let me go ahead and share my screen and we can go through some of these answers. Greg: Are you? Jax: Giannis in the heat jersey still feels weird to me. It still feels weird. Greg: Nigga Luka and the Laker jersey still feel weird. Jax: Dallas really Nico. Nico, Nico, Nico. But what I wonder what he's doing. Greg: And he's not even there no more. Chillin'. Jax: Yeah, sure. He probably got him a nice little bag, chill. But anyways, predictions. They starting off with who went the 2027 NBA Finals. And 50% voted the Spurs. 43% voted the Thunder. Also receiving votes are the Knicks and the 76ers. What do nigg I know the Knicks won a championship last year. What do niggas be seeing in the Knicks? I didn't think they was good last like they won, yes, but I think they was I wasn't impressed. Greg: Nigga Jax: I don't give a fuck. I don't care. I wasn't impressed last year. Greg: You making it you making it seem like the Knicks were like number one in this prediction poll. Like them niggas didn't even get a percentage. Like I just think I just think it's a championship. Jax: I'm still I'm just saying, like, why are they receiving the votes, bro? Greg: I think it's just a championship tax. I feel like just off the rip of you winning a championship, you should at least get one vote. And on top of that, Jax: But then you see then but then we I we scroll down to the Eastern Conference ranking though. People still got the Knicks. They think the Knicks are gonna be the number one seed in the East. I don't really see that. I still don't. got the seventy sixers. Greg: Yeah. I see that because everybody else gotta prove themselves. Literally. We don't know what Philly really Jax: Yeah. Greg: gonna look like. the fucking Celtics, we Jax: I'm worried about Philly. Greg: say I'm not worried about and then the Celtics I'm not really worried about until I see what Jason Tatum healthy looks like. And then the Cavs are the Cavs. They don't move like what what Eastern Conference team really just move you to yeah, they're the clear cut nigga coming out the east. Everybody look new. They're the only stabil the they're the only like stable team coming out of the East. Everybody got some everybody has like changes and and and some new shit. Jax: Yeah, I guess that that's a fair point on your part. That is fair. Greg: Like if you said Miami, okay. Like I I'm not mad at that, but that's still new. And they got Miami down there low as fuck. Jax: It's because Miami don't really got no offense, bro. Like they're Miami's Greg: Yeah. Jax: not Miami's going to make the playoffs for sure, but like they just need shooting, I feel like. Greg: Like who like who who which one of these teams is just you feel like definitively better than the Knicks? I don't see like definitive. Jax: Feeling. Okay. Defendive is a tough tough thing. I like pardon me wanna say the Pistons, but I know that can't be true because we s we need to see Jalen During. Granted, I've seen a couple like I've seen a c yeah, specifically in the postseason. We've seen I've seen clips of Greg: Like it's specifically in the postseason. I don't I don't need pre. I need post, not this preseason. Jax: him in the preseason, like going crazy, handling the ball, dunking on niggas. Awesome. Let's we gotta see that in in April. We gotta see that in May. Greg: True. Jax: So I will I'll concede that point to you. I guess the Knicks probably are still the best team in the East. But scrolling down, looking at the Western Conference rankings, they have the Spurs number one team, then the Thunder, Timberwolves, Nuggets, Rockets, Lakers, and the Blazers. As a s Blazers is interesting. Greg: I'm not not mad I'm not mad at the placement of these rankings either. Jax: I feel like this might end up being just exact that well I wouldn't be surprised if Jazz do a little something. What exactly? I don't know, but a little something maybe. Greg: Utah ain't doing a damn thing. But Jax: you think they're still I think they're done tanking now, officially. Like they might be trying to Greg: they can be done all they want. I'm you gonna have to prove it to me. Jax: Fair. That's fair. That's fair. Greg: Just like the Trailblazers proved it to me last season, you just gonna have to prove it to me, gang. No no cap. I ain't gonna lie to you. But I I I I still believe Portland got too many fucking guards. But you know, that's just my personal opinion. Jax: I wanna see how I just want to see how they roll out that lineup because it's very like Dame, Ja, and Drew, like those are all three good guards. And you can play, you can play Dame and Drew together. You can play Ja and Drew together. Can you play Dame and Jaw together? I don't know. I don't know how that combination works. And can you start all three? It's gonna be Greg: And scoot and scoot is still there. Jax: small. and Scoot. I forgot about Scoot, so I don't know. I do not know. I do not know how it's gonna work out for Greg: And Denny and and Denny and Denny the soldier gotta get his touches too. Jax: And and he as well? Where yeah, where is he gonna fit in this whole thing? Like, 'cause he for sure needs his touches. Like it's it's a lot of players that need touches on that team. Like, it's a lot yeah, Greg: Yeah, that's gonna be interesting. Jax: it's a lot. Yeah. But keeping it going, Greg: Yeah, I'll be Jax: who do they have winning the 2026, 2027 MVP? Wimby is number one getting seventy-seven percent of the votes. Then they got Jokic at two, getting 10%, and Anthony Edwards at three, getting seven percent of the votes. I'm very surprised they didn't put Luca in there. Cause you Greg: I'm extremely Jax: know they love to put Luca in these things. So I'm I'm surprised he's not on there. Greg: No, they found they found their next they found their next European and and and that's Wimby. But I am surprised that Giannis ain't getting no love. Like damn, Giannis is not in there like a tad? Not like a fo a four percent, seven percent vote, something. Jax: Giannis love for Giannis sort of has waned, I feel like. Like he's still like Greg: That's interesting. Jax: minimum top five in the NBA. Greg: I would I would say so. Like I would I would put him in considerations over over Jason Tatum. Jax: For sure, for sure. Greg: So like the fact that he like in the including votes I see S G A and Jason Tatum, like I would have put I would have put Giannis in there before Tatum, but you know, look, that's that's just me. Jax: Yeah. And SGA not getting votes for real, that's that's cause it's the that's the tax of it. That's how it works. Greg: That's tax, yeah. That's how that's all it is. Jax: if you were to start a franchise today and consign any player, who would it be? Wimby is the overwhelming favorite. That's makes sense. Greg: That's that's easy. Jax: Which which player forces opposing opposing coaches to make the most adjustments? Again, Wimby makes sense. But which player is most likely to have a breakout in 2026 and 2027? You got Dylan Harper, number one, receiving 27% of the votes. scrolled down a little bit too much. There we go. Also receiving votes though were Cooper Flag, Colin Murray Boyles, Aman Thompson, Case and Wallace were those are all tied per second Greg: At seven percent. Jax: with 7% of the vote. How you feel about this? Greg: That's an interesting number to have like tied. Jax: What do you mean, seven percent? Greg: Like seven like f five niggas having like seven percent. That's a Jax: It's just 'cause what it's it's what, thirty NBA teams, thir it's all it's just a GM service, so it's just whatever the percentages break down, whatever seven percent of thirty. Greg: Okay. That's fair. That's fair. That's fair. Jax: It's probably like two each or something like that, might have voted for them. But Greg: Not bad at it. Jax: I really I for sure Dylan Harper's definitely gonna break out this season. But another I really want Caseon Wallace too as well, but I just don't think he has the opportunity to do so. But I've I think I might have said it to you be a text where I for sure think Caseen Wallace is like a he's like a all star slash all NBA guard just hiding in plain sight because he don't really get the opportunity to do that. So it it would be nice to see him break out a little bit more, but they don't they just need him to play defense and shoot and he's amazing at those things. So Greg: Yeah. if I had to have a dark horse, I'm not gonna lie. I think I think Conkinpple might be able to do something. I I might be able like I don't s I don't I don't know if it'll be like the biggest break I don't think it'll be like a bigger breakout than Dylan Harper. But for Eastern Conference standards, once Lamello left, I can I can I can see I can see that nigga having a a statistical a statistically insane year. Like I'm looking at shooting Jax: Also. Greg: percentages and shooting splits looking crazy. Jax: Also, like, Cooper Flag is on here. He won Rookie of the Year. What more like what other breakout do they want? Like, I don't know if Cooper Flag should be included in the list. Like, granted, I guess it's all these GM's opinions, but like he won Rookie of the Year. Is that not breaking out already? Like, do I think he'll get better? Yes, but what constitutes a breakout? Greg: Guess breaking out into a superstar? Maybe? Jax: I guess so. I don't think he's gonna take that superstar Greg: I guess so. Jax: leap quite yet, but you never know because he is cold, so. moving on. Greg: Yeah. I think the only nigga that's I think the only nigga that's capable on that list is is Dylan Harbor to do a superstar movie. That's the only nigga I saw that made sense. Jax: You think it'd be superstar this upcoming? Greg: Like if we're doing a breakout like the closest person that could be like a breakout superstar like this season, out of all of them, I feel Jax: Mm-hmm. You see. Greg: like Dylan Harper probably has the best chance of doing it. Jax: you know what? I will agree with you on that one. Greg: Or at least you'll have the opportun you'll have the biggest opportunity to do it. Yeah. Jax: Nah, the biggest opportunity to do it is Aman Thompson. Cause they just brother, we just need a just a decent jump shot. Just just shoot ther not even de just shoot 33%, bro. And that'll that'll change everything. But will he do that? Greg: Thirty three. Jax: I don't think so. Greg: Thirty three percent, I might do something egregious. On me. On me. Jax: But moving on to the best point guard in the league. They have SGA as the number one vote getter, followed by Jalen Brunson, Luka Doncic, and Steph Curry. I mean I pr I put Steph over Luca, but I ain't mad at none of this. Greg: This is this is the correct take, in my opinion. Jax: Okay. Greg: I don't really have an issue with any placement. Steph Curry probably got the old tax, but Jax: Yeah. Greg: man, look. I look, I just I'm not mad at it. Jax: Moving on to best shooting. This is where now because every GM got their own opinion on what position these Greg: All right, nigga. Okay. Jax: players play and blah blah blah. So best shooting guard, they got Anthony Edwards as number one boat getter with 73%, which he is the best shooting guard in the NBA. Then they have SGA at number two, which he's not. I mean, he played point guard, it's weird. Then they got Luca at number three. They got Donovan Mitchell at number four. So like they got the number one right. That's all I'm gonna say. Then who is the best small forward in the NBA? Luca's the number one vote gater. Although Luca's not a small forward, but whatever. Then they got Jason Greg: I guess, bro. Jax: Tatum at number two, Kawhi at three. Also receiving votes are Giannis, not a small forward. Scotty Barnes, not a small forward, Jalen Brown, who is a small forward, and Kevin Durant, who is he used to be a small forward. I don't think he really is small forward. Greg: That nigga used to be a shooting guard. If we really talking about it. Jax: Yeah. So I don't like I I Greg: Yeah, I'm I'm not I'm not with him. Jax: don't like the small forward ranking because they have Luca up there. Luca's not a small forward. If I was doing this, I would I'd put Jalen Brown first, honestly. Cause Jason Tatum, we need to see you back Greg: Me too. Jax: from the injury full season. And then same thing with Kawhi, we need to see him a little bit more as well. So like I said, I'd put Jalen Brown at the s best small forward in the league right now. Greg: So I agree. Jax: best power forward in the league. They got Giannis, which I believe is the correct take, is number one vote getter. And then they have Wemby, which he not really a power forward. So man. Also receiving votes are Anthony Davis Greg: And they're gonna four, you know, no four. Jax: and Jason Taney. So I agree with their Giannis take. And then who's the best center? Jokic at seven at sixty three percent is the number one vote getter, followed by Wimby, the number two vote getter with thirty-seven percent. How do you feel about that one? Greg: I don't really have don't have an issue when I know that that nigga Jokic was 97% last year. So the fact that Wemby was able Jax: Yeah. Greg: to cut like 30% off this nigga, hey, that means the award gonna be yours next next year, nigga. That's all they're really telling me. Like it was probably like Probably five or six GMs that wasn't ready to get off the get it get off the mantle of of Jokic Jiz yet. But yeah, I'm not I'm not mad. I'm not mad at it. I mean, especially when this nigga has been clearing damn near like 80% of survey. Wimby's like Jax: Everybody. Greg: everything else. So like if you don't get the the best center, whoop de doo. We we have you as the clear cut MVP by GM survey. So I mean, he'll be all right. Jax: More more things from the surveys. Off season move, which team made the best overall move this off season. Philly's the number one team, followed by Miami. Then the Hornets, Philly to refresh all, they got LeBron, they got Jalen Brown, they got Well the only two they added But yeah, getting LeBron and Jalen Brown is Yeah, and so yeah, so that's I can see why Greg: Basically and that kept eight basically kept a niggas. Yeah. They they didn't lose any niggas trying to get these niggas. So Jax: Miami, they got Giannis, which nice. The Charlotte Hornets, I don't know, because they lost Lamello, but they got Nas Reed. I don't know, man. Alright. Which one Greg: They lost Lamelo. But they got Nasreek. That's a Uber. That's a Hoover, nigga. no. Okay. Jax: player acquisition make the biggest impact? the vo Giannis is the leading vote getter, followed by Jalen Brown, then LeBron, then Kawhi Leonard. the only thing I'd have I'd put Kawhi second in this, but Yan Yan is being the biggest impact is I feel sorta obvious to me. Greg: I would still keep Jalen Brown number two. he had a great season for Boston last year. So I just don't really see like a crazy Jax: Yeah. Greg: drop off, especially when he doesn't have like added responsibility now that LeBron and like other niggas are around him. So I could see him having a real big impact. He's the type of nigga, you know, knock on wood. He plays a lot, you know, he plays a lot of games. He he doesn't really sit out a lot or whatever. So I'm optimistic about it. But I would put Kawhi over LeBron though, for sure. I mean, they're tied, but like I would make Jax: Yeah, I think Greg: it a clear cut thing. Jax: I think Kawhi's gonna have the rappers looking different. Like s I mean, like you said, they they got their team in the East, they gotta prove it, but I think they could they could end up being better than the Knicks 'cause if Kawhi is well magic words, if Kawhi is healthy, so there's that. But you know, even without Kawhi they still Greg: I saw that nigga Jax: look good. Greg: I saw that nigga I saw that nigga with a leg sleeve on the other day. He gonna have to prove some shit to me. Jax: I'm like, Kawhi don't have no e Kawhi don't be wearing accessories. Now he got a headband and leg sleeves. I'm like, this is what what what did this money do to you, Kawhi? Greg: Did you did you see that tweet of a nigga saying, Hey yo, K D got these n got these old niggas thinking that long these leg sleeves that cover your whole leg is the way. Nah nigga Only K D can pull this shit off, bro. Jax: Katie been doing that for years though, so Greg: On God, that's why it looked it looked normal when he do it. I saw Kawhi do Jax: Yeah. Greg: this shit. I'm like, man, this nigga got VC now. Jax: Yeah, all that extra money he got. But Greg: Fuck out of here. Aspirations. All right, got you. Jax: who was the most underrated player acquisition? Tobias Harris is a leading vote getter, he went to Spurs, Mitchell Robinson, number two, he went to Boston, Naj Reed, number three, he went to Charlotte, and then Lamello Ball also getting votes, Lou Doris getting votes, Kaminga, Peyton Watson, etc. I wanna be like, Nas Ree should be the number one in here, but this is about underrated. So I guess Tobias Harris is a underrated acquisition. I fucking guess, like. Yeah. Greg: You need you need a vet in the locker room. Jax: Everybody in Spurs is also like 22, so they probably do need it to buy a series. Greg: Yeah, you mean that might be like the correct one, but I feel like a strong number two would be Nas Reed to me. Jax: I think I think Naj Reed is going to who like I really like I'm not a Minnesota Greg: 'Cause I don't yeah. Jax: fan, but I I'm not a Minnesota fan, but I like watching them. I wish he could have stayed with them, bro, because that that would have been perfect for him. Greg: Bro, had he been able to stay with these two, Nick, man. Man, that would have been crazy. And like, I I Jax: Yeah. Greg: honestly I I wouldn't even I wouldn't even have La Melo Ball on here, respectfully. This nigga wouldn't even make this list. That nigga that's Jax: I don't think it's underrated. Greg: not that don't even feel underrated to me. Like that's a I won't say overrated. This shit properly rated. Like niggas know how cold LaMelo Ball is. The fuck? Jax: Yeah. Yeah. and then l another one they say who will be the most improved team in twenty twenty six, twenty twenty seven. Pacers number one, Withers number Greg: That's easy. Jax: two, Jazz number three, Raptors four. Pacers being number one makes sense 'cause they're getting back Tyrese Halliburton and he he led him to the finals and then he tore his Achilles and after that they were the worst team ever. So it makes sense that they should be the most improved. Greg: They gotta be the most improved 'cause they don't have a pick next year. Jax: Psh, yeah. Also. Greg: And they didn't get a pick this year. Jax: We're gonna Greg: I'll still pick. Jax: move to the rook rookies. We're gonna do rookie stuff and then I don't care about the international stuff. We're gonna do rookie stuff and then go to the coaches and then move on with it. But rookies, they say who will win the rookie of the year? Cam Boozer is the number one vote getter, followed by Caleb Wilson, then AJ DeBanza, Greg: Damn fifty. Jax: then Darren Peterson. I think that's Caleb Wilson's approach. Greg: Okay, at first I I I'll I'll say this. It I was I was concerned about the gap. I'm like, this gap big as hell, but I had to put things into context. AJ and Caleb, they're on some teams right now that got some real talent. Cam is Jax: Who's talented in Chicago? Greg: you got you got Buzelis, you got Josh Giddy, you got like they like they're trying to compete. Jax: two. Greg: You said two. Yeah, dude, relax. Jax: I think I I think because they're trying to compete, I think that's why Caleb cause they they need him. And I think it granted, I like I said, I ain't been watching the preseason game, but I've seen a couple highlights and everything. And Caleb will he been shooting. He been he didn't shoot in college, but he's been shooting. he's been dunking on people. He's been handling the ball. Like he looks much better than I anticipated he would. Not saying I thought he'd be Greg: For sure. Jax: bad, but he looks like he looked like he he looked like a traditional power forward, but like Greg: If yeah, if everybody Jax: Athletic one. Greg: if everybody was on equal playing field, I feel like Caleb Wilson would be winning this rookie of the year. But because I had to look at Cam Boozer's roster and realize there is nothing going on in Memphis, that nigga is getting all the touches. They're not even try like there's not even like a a a emphasis to win. Like because they're trying to like, you know. Build for the future versus a Caleb Wilson where it's like, yeah, like they're gonna need Caleb, but they're gonna have that nigga making like winning basketball plays. Like that nigga gonna be playing some, they're gonna be attempting to play winning basketball. Yeah, he's gonna have to he you may see Caleb Wilson swing that rock a couple times instead of just taking taking that shot that Cam Boozer would normally make because hey, it's the Cam Boozer show versus Josh Giddy gonna have niggas going Boozelis, Jax: But Josh Giddy a point guard point Josh Giddy a point guard for real. Josh Giddy gonna serve him up the ball easily. Greg: Yeah, Nick Nick Clax I think ain't Nick Claxton still out there. Yeah. Nick Claxton's stuff there. Yeah, Jax: I believe so. I believe so. Greg: so they they they got some they got some things. The only thing that they did was get rid of Rob Dillingham. Like every everybody else is everybody's been solid. But like I agree with you. That g he looks nice. And then AJ, he he he just got the talent tax. You got you got too many talented niggas in the Wizards, bro. Jax: It's it's a lot of it's a lot of mouths to feed. Wizard's got the Wizard's got a whole lot of young talented play and some old talented players too, 'cause Trey Young is still there. A D's there, so Greg: And you still got Trey? And you still got An Anthony Davis? Jax: Still got DeAndre Ayton. Never mind. Greg: Jesus. Jax: let's go to which rookie will be the best player in five years. You got AJ Debanza getting top vo or AJ Debanza and Caleb Wilson are tied. And then go Cam Boozer and Darren Peterson. I ain't mad at that. Not at all. Not at all. Greg: Not mad at it. I'm not mad at I'm not mad at that at all. Cause it's just I I saw flashes out of all three of them. All four of them actually. Jax: Exactly. Greg: All four of them. Darren Peterson was looking fire too. So it's it'll it'll what'd you have to see? Jax: And then which rookie was the biggest steal at where he was selected in the draft? Braden Berries is the number one vote getter. Sorry to this man. Alan Graves, sorry to that man. LeBaron Phylon. I I think I I hope he gets a chance to rock out. He probably won't, but I think he's I think he is good, bro. But then Malik Thomas. Cam Boozer, Cameron Carr, Chris Sinak, Goku's, Yaxel Greg: Mm. Jax: Lindenborg, and Caleb Wilson. Now if Caleb Wilson is a steal, that's crazy. But also if Cam Boozer's a steal, that'd also be crazy as well. So Greg: I ain't gonna lie, I only be hearing about lack yeah, actual. Like I'd be like I'd just be hearing about that nigga so much more than all these other players that I feel. Jax: 'Cause they're everything I hear about him is like, man, he fits in perfectly with w everything we want the we want to do on the Warriors. So Greg: All right. We'll see. He might be. He could be. Jax: think he's I think he can be good. Yeah. All right, but let let me scroll down to the coaches now. Now, who is the best head coach in the NBA? Now the GMs, they're they're the GMs were they're doing the voting on this. They went with Eric Spolstra, number one, for the Miami Heat, followed by Mark Dagnott, who's the coach of the Thunder, and Mike Brown, who's the coach of the Knicks. Shout out to Mike Brown. Greg: Shout out to Mike, man. Shit. Jax: Mm-hmm. I feel like Spoe wins this every year, so and like Greg: Yeah, that nigga's been ever since Pop like Coach Pop retired for real, it's it's been his war. It's been his word Jax: Yeah, it's it's been suppose awarded. Greg: on me. Jax: And I mean Spo's amazing cause the Heat don't be like real the Heat really don't be having nobody for real. They just have bam and they still end up winning, so Greg: And they they just overachieve every roster that he's ever had in life. Jax: Yeah, so Greg: He's the type of nigga to have a players only meeting and it worked. Yeah. Jax: He has players only meet he'll be in the meeting for some you know, I might one player I one coach I'm not surprised or one coach I am surprised who's not in this is Missoula. I think Missoula's a really good coach. People might not like his personality, but I think he's a good Greg: I'm surprised I'm surprised Jax: coach. Greg: I'm surprised Miss Johnson in ain't get no love. Jax: That's who. Greg: But everybody everybody else everybody else makes semi sense. Cause I I like Chris Finch. Yeah. Everything else everything else makes sense. Jax: Which head coach runs the best offense? We got Rick Carlisle, he's the number one vote getter, followed by Mark Dagnell for the Thunder, followed by Steve Kerr of the Warriors, and then Kenny Atkinson with Cleveland. This, I feel like, is just Tyrese Halliburton Tax. That's really it. Greg: But Rick Carlisle's a good coach though. Like, from an offensive standpoint, like I I've always heard niggas talk about how good like Rick Carlisle was, like, as a as an offensive minded coach. Now, will he butt heads? Jax: I heard niggas. I thought niggas hated it. Greg: Well, yeah, point guards will butt heads with that nigga, but it's like the niggas that are butting heads with him, other like good offensive minded niggas like Ray John Rondo, Luca. Jax: Is that that's why I'm like, if you can't make it work with Rondo, and that's Rondo, everybody make it work with Rondo, cause he's fucking Rondo. So that's why I don't know about you right car. Greg: Because they let Rondo because because he they most people let Rondo be Rondo. Most niggas let Luca be Luca. When you have a nigga that is saying, Hey, how about we try it this way? And they're like, fuck no. And they're Jax: Mm-hmm. Greg: like, but like, this might work. Like I'm I'm I'm picking your brain. Niggas don't be liking that. Niggas don't be liking that. I ain't gonna lie to you. Jax: But I'll let I'll let this one and the assistant coach one be the last one. But which head coach has the best defensive schemes? Mark Dagenaw over the Thunder is number one, followed by Eric Spostra, and then Ime Udoka. I fucking guess, bro. Number three. I fucking guess. I'm not mad at Mark Dagenaw being number one because that thunder defense is a motherfucker, so. Greg: Yeah, I mean Jax: Amen. Greg: Emay knows what who to pick, I guess. They know who to they know who to draft to make the defense look a certain way. But yeah. It'll be interesting. Jax: Emay hasn't moved me, bro. But who's the best assistant coach in the NBA? Jeff Van Gundy with the Clippers number one, then Billy Donvin Greg: Absolutely. Jax: with the Spurs, number two, Royal Ivy with the almost said the Texans, but with the with the Rockets. Chris Quinn out in Miami is tied for third as well. Dave Bliss with the Thunder, Sam Cassell with Boston, and Frank Vogel with Golden State. They're all tied at fifth. Greg: Interesting. Jax: and then one more just for shits and giggles. Which active player will make the best head coach someday? Mike Conley got the number one vote getter, followed by TJ McConnell, Jalen Brunson, and Draymond Green. Jalen Brunson is surprising. I don't I never thought that. Greg: Jalen Brunson, it's surprising, but I mean his dad is also a coach, so it it's not as surprising. Nigga co niggas the coach for the Knicks. Jax: Yeah. I guess that's it. I guess that's fair. But we got through that. So, Greg, I I think it's about that time. Greg: It is. In fact, that's if I could find the goddamn here go. Well, well, well, well. We got picks again and this update is a little frightening. Jacks, nine and eighteen. it's getting Jax: Nine and eighteen Fuck. Greg: it's getting it's getting crazy. It's just really it's it's really you've been trying to bait the fuck out the Broncos and the Broncos keep winning when you try to bet against them. That that's really what it Jax: Dog, I don't know what it they did terrible last night and they still won, bro. Greg: You you try, yeah, you try it's it's it's your allegiance. This is what's really fucking and by the way, I'm 16 and eleven. What's really happening because I've been keeping track, you've been trying to bait the fuck out the Giants, bait the fuck out the Broncos while also trying to support now it's it's a combination of that and you supporting, trying to root for the Jets and root for the Titans. That's really been your biggest downfall. Multiple times you've believed in these two teams Jax: Yeah. Greg: and they have not paid div dividends and you've been unsuccessfully hate watching the Broncos. It was so bad you vote you Jax: Like Greg: rooted for you play you picked the Chargers to beat the Broncos. We don't do that. Jax: Yeah, that was crazy. Greg: That's not what we do, Jax. You're better than that. Jax, you are better than that. That was not that was not the hate watch move to do. You knew that. Jax: But the thing is though, like it's still a successful hate Greg: That was an emotional pick. Jax: one because I'm watching Bone Nick's and he's like everything I said about Bonex has been true. The Broncos just keep winning. I don't get it. I have not been wrong at all. They just keep winning these games. Greg: And then nigga said, either way, I win either way, I win. I leave here with something. that being said, Sunday night, you can't dodge Jax: man. Greg: this one. Cowboys versus Packers. Jacks, who do you have? Jax: C Greg: This nigga gonna do something nasty. Jax: Because I want to I want to start getting these correct, but I think both these teams have incredible flaws. And it feels wrong to pick against the Cowboys. But maybe if I do pick against the Cowboys, they will win in real life. So that's another that's Greg: And then you win some and then you win something in this. Don't you have Kristen Watson? Jax: Yeah, 'cause if if yeah, I got and I got Christian Watson in fantasy as well and he's going like he's going to catch a bomb touchdown 'cause that's just what he does and that's what the Cowboys allow, so I'll go with the Packers, but I hope I hope Dallas still wins. I don't care. Greg: I will go with the Cowboys. Cause last time I picked the Cowboys. no, they actually lost. But last time I picked them against my will, they did win when they beat the Texans. I will pick the Cowboys. last time we played the niggas last year and we tied. So that's not that's not helping me. Jax: Imagine. Greg: Again? Monday night. Monday night. Damn. I'm not saying damn because of the the matchup. I'm just realizing that it's like week six. I don't think we've I don't think we've seen a double header on Monday. You know, they used to have like two games at once. Thank God. But like I haven't I Jax: Praise God. Yeah, I hated that. Hated that. Greg: haven't seen that this season. I fuck with that heavy. But Commanders versus the 49ers in San Fran. Jax, who do you have? Jax: I don't think well everybody in the forty nine is be hurt, but I don't think Mike Evans is hurt. I could be wrong, but I'm I'd still go with the forty. Greg: No, Mike Evans is n Mike Evans is good. Jax: Okay, yeah. I I was still probably gonna choose the forty niners anyway, just 'cause I think they're a really good team. And they're they're still five and and Brock Purdy looks crazy, bro. Like Brock Purdy's gonna fuck around with the MVP. So I'm Greg: He looks great, man. Ain't no mate. Jax: I'm gonna go with the forty niners in this game. Greg: Yeah, I might go with the forty niners as well. even though Jaden Daniels do be hooping sometimes. I just five and is five and my nigga. Jax: You just gotta remember to watch the play clock. Greg: Yeah, for sure. I'm picking the forty niners. Jax, what is your lock of the week? Jax: Beats me, and I don't fucking know. But for my for my block of the week. let me go and take I'll take the Rams over the Cardinals. Greg: Fuck. Okay. I don't have I don't have too many more options. yes, I do. I'm lying. I get this is a divisional game. Patrick Trip Mahomes, please don't piss me off. Give me the Chiefs over the Chargers. Have not lost. Jax: I didn't see that either. Greg: Have not lost when betting against the Chargers. And they have not made significant moves yet to make me feel otherwise. Give me the Chiefs. And Jax, what is your upset? Jax: If they lose this game and go into O and six, somebody's getting fired. Greg: As they should. Yep. Well who's your who is your upset? Ooh, this is tough. Jax: My upset of the week. Greg: Here this nigga go. Jax: I know you told me not to do it, but I'm gonna do it anyway. Cause I I honestly think this could happen. Give me the Jets over the Patriots. Greg: The Jets versus the Patriots. I saw it. I saw it too. I was like, man. He couldn't help himself. I'm not saying Jax: It could happen though. Like this one could actually ha like I'm not even just like Greg: I'm not saying it can't Jax: I think you have it. Greg: happen. man. Who can I pick? Cause that's a real upset. I bet it on the Raiders and long style. I'm gonna stay away from y'all. Jax: Mm-hmm. Greg: I'm I'm really am stuck between Nah, I can't war not doing that shit. Yeah, give me the Texans versus the Jaguars. give me Texas give me Texas over Jaguars. Jax: And you don't want to believe in chem words? Greg: yeah, that's a l that's a lunatic. he's gonna have to prove it me. I'm sorry. Niggas lost. Yeah, nah. I I I I'm gonna say Texans over Jaguars. They're playing in London. You never know. You never know what can happen. Damn, that's an eight thirty AM game. Fuck. Jax: Shit, that's will not be watching that. Will not be will not have that on my television screen. Greg: Unfortunately I don't have a choice, but you know, we keep it pushing. Jax: Evil world. Greg: But I do think that is it is about that time, Jax. Jax, what is your hot take of the week? Jax: All right. My hot take. It's funny how we're Loki just talked about Cam Ward a little bit too, but my hot take is Sean Payton, head coach of Denver Broncos, needs to go ahead and trade for Cam Ward. I think Bonex is not even think. I know Bonex is the problem with the Broncos. That's Everybody's saying it. You can watch the games and see it. There are even people who pull up like those film watchers on like social media and everything. And they will like go through the Broncos plays and show, they have Jalen Waller running wide open. Why won't Bo Niggs throw it? Like everybody talking about how Bo Nick is just not pulling the trigger, not throwing the ball, not scrambling, being scary, making the wrong reads, just in general, being cheeks. I think they need a new quarterback. He's holding back that offer because they have weapons. Like Jalen Wallett and Corland Sutton are a very good one and two receiver to have. So, and they have one of the best O-lines in the NFL. And what you call it? Bo Knicks is always running out of the pocket and everything when he doesn't need to. I think get you another quarterback in there, get you a quarterback with some talent. I do think Cam Worthy has struggled, but I think it's more of a a like an institutional failure than a player failure. Like yes, he like I said, he has struggled, but the Titans as a whole, as a franchise, suck. The reporters are dickheads to him for some reason. Like it's very like it's very, very weird how the reporters like attack him at every press conference, it feels like. And I'm I'm honestly being like objective about it, 'cause they are very like they have a lot of animosity in the questions they ask him. So they I've I feel like he's not really liked there by the media, maybe by the team as well. Team like the Broncos, they have that line protection that he's not used to because he never really had a good line. They got good receivers, they have genius football a genius offensive football mind in Sean Payton. I really do think if Cam Ward were to end up on the Broncos somehow with Sean Payton, I think it'd go amazingly well. So that's that's my hot take. the odds of it actually happening are between Slim and Nunn. So I understand this probably won't happen, but I for sure think that's what the Broncos need to do. Greg: okay. You know? Don't really have a comment on that. I see the vision though. I see your vision. I don't agree. Don't agree. Jax: Ha ha. Greg: talent is not the issue though. talent talent won't talent won't be the issue, but Jax: You you just hate Sean Payton. Or at least you think you think Sean Payton hates black quarterback. That's really that's really the issue. Greg: Yeah, I just he gonna have to prove it to me otherwise and I would hate for Cam Ward to be that example. But if he does be that example Jax: Mm-hmm. Greg: That verdict is still out, but you know, he could prove me wrong. I Well I will say this anything is better than what Cam Ward is going through right now. bar none. So it literally cannot get worse than Jax: Yeah, no, yeah. He's he's hectic out there for Greg: that shit. Even Sean Payton being terrible human being the black black quarterbacks. I think that's a better situation than what the fuck he got going on right now. So touche. Touche. my hot take is if you want to have a 24 team playoff for college football, fine. there should never be a such thing as an easy schedule moving forward. Every week there should be a prime time fucking game. And it don't need to be at seven. I need to be seeing Some some cinema at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. I need all three of them time slots filled with ultimate SEC cinema from week one all the way through because it does Jax: You big school against big school. Greg: big school against big school every week, the whole day. I shouldn't have to wait all the way till 8 p.m. to see the biggest game of the week. I should be able to see Texas and Alabama. And Georgia and LSU in the same fucking day. I should be able to see a lot of this shit. I should be able to see US well USC's not really that popping right now, but like Ohio State and and Notre Dame, like I should be able to see all those games because y'all shouldn't be able to it there there should be no reason to duck smoke from anybody because the games in the regular season won't matter as much. So entertainers, if this is the route we're going and you can be seed number twenty-four. And still make the playoffs. we Jax: Yeah. Greg: shouldn't be ducking and diving anybody because y'all was really ducking people when it was like, yo, one loss can really fuck up the whole thing for y'all niggas. You know what I mean? You can't even you know what I'm saying. Jax: Yeah. They still ducking people. Like Miami ain't played the goddamn person. Greg: Exactly. So I if if this is the way you want to go, I can't stop it and I don't have to like it. But if y'all gonna do it every game, every week, every Saturday, there needs to be three. Three big school matchups, big school versus big school. We shouldn't even be having real money games like that for real in week one or week two or whatever the fuck it is. Now, granted, I I get that the small schools benefit from all that stuff, but it it it shouldn't look like preseason football in week one. Week one, we should be having we might be we we need to be having some Red River rivalry in week one. We need to be having some big ass games from start to finish. So that that's that's where I'm going with it. 'Cause these games are not gonna matter. These games not gonna matter in the regular season no more. You could you can win the Jax: Yeah. Greg: the you can win your conference championship and still have like what two or three niggas still from that conference make the playoffs if they're good enough. Jax: Yeah, they said they're con because when when they go to this format, conference champ they said conference championships won't even matter. So to that point, like they might like they they probably won't because there's money behind it, but what even is the point of conferences? There isn't any. Greg: Hey, what's the point? What's the point of what's the what's the point of suspension? What's the point? What's the point of of like I'm saying, like when you suspend the player for some bullshit or whatever the else, you know, whatever happens, that shit loses all of its meaning when these games don't have the same meaning like they used to. Back when a nigga would get suspended, back when Jameis Winston would get suspended, that shit meant something. Because if they lose one game, they're out of the natty. They're out of the natty. So that Brings me to my further point that I said two weeks ago. Y'all having 24 gang, y'all need to start finding niggas instead of suspending niggas. I'm I'm overly on that point now. You need to take money out of these young men's pockets when they on bullshit, want to piss on the floor, they want to do gun signs and guns, gang, whatever the fuck they want to do. Fuck all that suspens that that one game suspension doesn't mean anything because they can bounce back from that. Just like In the NFL, they can back they can bounce back from a from a bad loss. They can di i i i i if a nigga's going through some some injury for for for three or four weeks, cool. Y'all can have a one three start and still make some shit shake. Now, if you one three, that's that's crazy already, but I'm just saying, like Jax: If you own three in college, you might not like you feel me, it might not be for you. It might not be for you that season, but you know. Greg: Yeah, it might not be no good. A player's only hey, a player's only meeting in college is kind of crazy. I won't lie. That that sounds egregious. Jax: I feel like they got I feel like you got players on I feel like it's common in college. Like it Greg: Yeah, but we don't hear about it. Jax: I it don't feel that far fetched to me. They might not tell Greg: Yeah, but we Jax: you about it, but players on to me don't seem far fetched. Greg: It feels far fetched to publicize it. I'll say that. If I hear about if Jax: Yeah. Greg: I hear about them niggas having the players only meeting in college, I'm like, brother. Some of having players only meetings with niggas that I know might have some CDLs in their future, I don't know. It just is feels a little weird. But but yeah, that's that's my that's Jax: Yeah. Greg: my hot take. I hate I hate that we have a twenty four game, whatever, but it is what it is. Jax: Very stupid creature. Like this playoffs are supposed to be exclusive. Not every in what what basketball has like that the March Madness, which is what how many teams of March Madness? Greg: They keep expanding that bitch too. I think it's sixty eight now. Or seventy two. Jax: Yeah, but like I that sort of makes sense because it's basketball. Football for this? Nah. Playoffs supposed to be exclusive, bro. This isn't this isn't exclusive. It's in it's it's a participation Greg: Player safe player safety though, right? Jax: trophy to everybody. Like it's what it's what all you people and you know who you people are. It's what all you people hate. It's a participation trophy for everybody. But whatever, Greg: Mm. Jax: man. Greg: Hell no. Jax, any last words? Jax: Man, you wanna change your life? Go do some life-changing shit. tap into the WNBA finals. They're starting Saturday, I believe. Yeah, on Saturday. Greg: Tomorrow. Saturday, yeah. Yeah, Saturday. Jax: Tap in. Dream versus Valkyrie. Greg: Midday. Jax: Wonderful time to wonderful time. Even if you haven't been a fan, it's a wonderful time to tune in, bro. It's a wonderful time to tune in. Greg: This is the perfect time to tune in. Best of seven. Ball up top. Multitask while college football is going on. And as far as for me, I'll say it like I did last week, man. Hey, you don't have to win every day of the week, man. It's a game to seven. Best of seven. All you have to do is just win four. You win four days out of your seven-day week, you'll be just fine. You can be greedy and get all seven. But we're only asking for four. Do your little part and we'll catch y'all niggas next week.