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Welcome to In The Sports Booth Live from Skid Row Studios dot com I'm your host Eldrick Bone Ready to take you on in the wild world of sports But I can't do it alone Gotta bring some people with me In the studio We got Mr. Jay Harrison We got Mr. Jacob Stockfish We got Michael Lorenzo Porter The only one to keep his catchphrase man We've been having fun Especially these guys These guys were in the same room all day today Watching games Is that weird? A little bit I mean I did man I mean I was having fun with the dogs though You know that's what I was doing We were at Porter's place Porter's place You know has some great dogs You saved us with those burritos man Yeah man I came in the clutch right? You were like Kobe in the fourth Kobe in the fourth Maybe not this season but like seasons previously Well we got a lot to talk about man And we were While we were there we were just talking about Hey what are we going to talk about today Cause it's We got an hour but we got a lot of things to do We're skipping baseball Giants great you guys won whatever I'm not going to spend any time with you guys World Series champs Porter you want to Your favorite team That's funny That's funny That's funny We'll take that as a real no Okay But for the time being It's the season It just started So That's the basketball season NBA in full effect And wow We're all Lakers fans here So this just hurts Minus you know Jacobs Minus you You don't count I mean you know then it doesn't matter The ones that matter Anyways The Lakers matter You best believe I'm going to talk about this We're a little frustrated We're a little angry A little A little I am a little But I have my reasons We'll get down to it So the Lakers Slowest start Since 1964 65 season I believe Okay And if it's not If I'm inaccurate At least I know I'm telling you It's a long long time Alright guys What do you guys attribute it to man This is terrible The worst offensive scheme I've ever seen You can't be possibly Trying to run a Princeton offense With all these Like players Who already had Established careers Just let them play comfortably Let them play free Give the ball to Steve Nash Let them run some pick and roll Throw it to Dwight Howard On the block Like we don't need to be Running Pau Gasol up And he doesn't need to be At the top of the key Trying to be the facilitator All the time That's not his game Put him on the low block Like and I just don't get My ground strategy This Eddie Jordan Princeton offense Like who cares about this offense It doesn't work I mean I agree with Jay I think it's It's for guys who are Not as athletic Yeah I mean we could easily Just run the pick and roll Like he said Isos with Covey Dwight We have Gasol as well Offensively But I do think That some of the Fire Mike Brown Or you know You know Can Mike Brown It's a little premature It's a little premature You know You know we might not Like the offense But it's a new offense We gotta learn it And I mean I guess That's what we're running Also Nash is hurt Like I can't really Right you can't fully Assess it yet But I want to change it But we'll see how it goes Yeah 100% The offense is not working I mean from an outsider Point of view Who's not a Lakers fan I just think It takes time To mesh I mean these guys Weren't all healthy Through the preseason They weren't all Playing together So at this point They're just you know They need to take time To get to know each other And it doesn't come That simply You know you're not Just gonna go out there And beat OKC You're not gonna go out There and beat teams Like the Spurs Just right off the bat It takes time And then basketball I think buys are overrated I mean there's no buys So it doesn't really matter Where you end up As long as you're in the playoffs You got a shot to play A first round game So I think you know Take your time Mike Brown like you said I think is a little premature I think at this point You gotta you know Let it play out A long time You know At least halfway Through the season If you're like 22 And like 18 Halfway through the season I say maybe You know you need To look into that But right now They're on three You know they'll start off A little slower Than they should have But I don't think Laker Nation has anything To be worried about There's a lot of A lot a lot of Spoiled fans out there And it happens every season When there's a slump Fire everybody On the coaching staff Hurray to everyone And then that'll That'll fix everything right Yeah You know so That's not the case And I call it The 15 and 5 start And I still believe 15 and 5 is probably Will they're You still got 15 and 5 Yeah 15 and 5 Probably they can still end up And I think they'll go on Some pretty good runs Like 7 win runs And then lose one I think even They'll get 12 and 8 Not if we keep running This offense And I'll see I mean we'll see how it goes Like today What we'll talk about today They play Detroit And what do you guys Call for that game They're 0-2 too But like It doesn't matter Records at this point People are just coming in Hungry to win Like it doesn't matter Records doesn't They don't matter Like I mean You have to be ready To play every night Lakers aren't doing that It's like the Heat The one year they Configured that one team You know everybody Was out to get them Because all the talk Was about them in the offseason So the targets on the back They started out 9 and 8 People always try to play Harder against the Lakers Though just so Yeah but this is Definitely magnified You know with all these Trades It doesn't have I think this is the Perfect game for them To get out of the slump Like Detroit You have to win that game I think it's a perfect game For you to you know Get out of that slump Get your first win You know who cares You know just get it You know and then Everything will kind of Keep coming after that What I'm noticing a lot too Is just There's We were having some High scoring And great performances Between Dwight And Kobe Putting 30 point games Kobe shot Got 40 last And we call it a quiet 40 Because he kind of Sneaks up on you like that Because he's that consistent You know you'll give him The ball You'll put one down You're like okay It's a regular thing almost But to me It's like we can't Stop anybody No There's a There's a sloppy Sloppy rotation And the thing that Burns me the most Is we got two of the Biggest men In the game We got Dwight Howard And Pog Assault There's balls going in the air Both of them Still flat footed It's ridiculous Not going for it Whose ball is that You know And then you see The small guys I forgot who got the ball Between both of them During the Mavs game But it drove me Darren Collison Yeah It drove me nuts He got right between Both of them He's He's got to have like What good six Seven inches on both of them Fail And I'm like wow Many of you guys jumped You guys are lacking On the ball On the rotation Yeah You know Ron Artest I'm never going to Regard him as somebody That I'm going to You know He's going to put up A few points every game I never I'm lucky if he gets A free throw in there You know That's the other thing too About the Princeton Is that it turns You know Everyone on the floor Is now a passer An active passer And Ron Artest Is not a guy who I trust With the basketball So And Kobe's not really The guy that You know He's not the guy Who's been known For passing Like that's not his game No matter if you like it Or hate it Or love it Whatever His game is to shoot the ball So that He is a very good passer though Oh yeah He is But let's be honest He's known for scoring He's known for scoring And you need to get him the ball That's the bottom line Pau Gasol can't be Your top scorer Steve Nash needs to be The number one guy To get involved Absolutely I believe so And he might not There's a good chance That he's not going to play today They don't want to rush his return I mean as much as I do I want to rush his return Don't rush him No I'm not worried This little three game slide Is not a big deal You know There's just got to be It's frustrating From the hype And from what I know For the Princeton There's got to be A lot of open looks That I'm not seeing Kobe Kobe is forcing A lot of shots Creating a lot of shots For himself But the whole point Of getting so many people So many big names And so much help Is for him not to have to Put up 40 point games Exactly Trying to save Like the legs And try to you know Just win in different ways He doesn't have to Score 40 anymore Like But I mean I guess Mike Brown wants to just Run this stupid offense That's But it doesn't also Work like that It doesn't just You know You got these big names And all of a sudden It works You know You had Carl Malone You had Gary Payne You saw how that worked out And look at the heat Even that first season They were 9-8 And they made it To the championship And they could have won That championship They didn't They played like But they got there You know And that's the final goal Is to get that championship 0-3 like To me doesn't make That big of a difference If you end up In the top 3 or 4 seeds You're still going to be Going basically down The same road That you would be Either way So who cares If you're not the 1 seed It's not like you're Going for a buy Yeah You just need time to mesh And some Laker fans Don't have this Patience Young grasshopper Yeah You need You need to just Wait this out a little bit There's a little bit Of a slump There's injuries People aren't full form yet And the thing that kills me About Mike Brown But I got to trust him As you know The head coach for us He's like I don't care We're going to lose A couple games Because of this offense I promise you But I'm willing To lose these games Until we get a groove And I'm wondering Man How long How long are you Going to do that But if Kobe's not tripping You know Oh he's tripping man No but he was saying Like it takes time For this offense He did say that He called the city Basically idiots He was like Look it takes time For things like this To you know Actually you know Work out fully So I mean To me I think LA fans Are more worried as well Because you know Kobe's not getting Any younger He's hinted towards Retirement We know years are numbered And also let's be honest Dwight Howard has one more Year left on this Current contract He's going to resign He's going to resign But let's But let's say If they go You know 40 and 42 Do you see him Resigning No You know what I'm saying If he leaves He'll be That'll be like Almost worse than LeBron I absolutely agree with you But the thing is Like these players Have been known To show no loyalty So you can't take it For granted That he's going to be Here next year But we're not really He's going to leave A lot of money On the table as well I think we can Offer him the max So I don't really I don't really We're concentrating On basketball right now Not that I'm saying that's Something in the back Of people's minds That is a scary thought I've shared that I thought it was like Man this guy Dwight's not going to Want to resign If we miss the playoffs Or have a low seat In the playoffs Or can't even You know Can't get a good year I don't see him leaving First of all Because of the money thing I don't either But it is a possibility The more you lose Who can offer him More money The Mavs Yeah the Mavs You have no state tax Does he really want To go to Dallas Why not They've won a championship In recent years How old is Dirk But how old's Kobe 34 I mean But how far apart I mean you know Like they're both Older Older guys Yeah but There's a I agree he'd be stupid To leave But it is a possibility The more you lose That's all I'm saying Do Lakers beat Detroit tonight I think so Absolutely they have to They have to It'd be ridiculous For them to lose Like by 20 Or something I don't care what offense You're running If you can't beat Detroit Like what are you doing I I full I mean I just I'm waiting I hope so And also you guys Gotta realize The schedule wise We were meant to lose Three If we weren't in our groove Yeah we have the Mavs Granted they don't have Dirk Yeah They have one of the best Coaches in the game And they do have Some pretty good Names in there You know You know you still got Vince Carter Who's shockingly You know still moving And busting some moves He almost dunked on Who that day I'm trying to think Oh no I remember that I thought it was Powell And he tried to dunk He missed But he almost dunked You know posterized Powell Yeah Yeah You got What's his name Where the Chris came in Who they always say You know He didn't play though He's out Eddie Curry was Was our Tormentor This past game Yeah Eddie Curry was huge I didn't even know he still played He just got cut actually So I don't know I think he keeps signing Like 10 day contracts Well It was the Mavs You lose to them Then you gotta go to Portland Where in the Kobe era We never win You won six You know in the Kobe era You won six in Portland Portland always plays them tough Yeah They do It's like their NBA finals Yeah it really is That atmosphere guys I just I give it out for the Portland fans You guys probably I know you guys aren't The biggest soccer fans When it comes to MLS But Those fans For that soccer team For the Portland Timbers Is insane You know most acts We're like Hey we'll hire somebody To sing the national anthem They have so many fans there Willing They The whole fans Sing the national anthem You have 30,000 people Singing the national anthem You know It's crazy So And then you got the altitude Whatever And then also You gotta travel on one day's rest They were meant to lose that game Then you gotta play against the Clippers Who are contenders For the playoffs Absolutely And They're stacked Ridiculously It's their depth Yeah But we'll get into that I'm sure Yeah We'll definitely talk into that And remember We only lost that game by like 10 Right? I think it was 10 95, 85 I thought You're playing playoff teams That's the bottom line It's tough when you're trying To just get your team On the same page You weren't together In the preseason No matter what the deal is You have to play together Before you start matching well So you know I mean You played good teams It happens It's not like Nothing to overreact to I'm expecting a good week From the Lakers Especially with the schedule Coming up Yep Like you said They could just turn around And win 6, 7 straight And you know All this talk is behind us Yeah And I'm Totally expecting that I'm waiting for a really good run At 15 and 5 I am calling it Because there's a lot of hope Behind that You have to hold on to it Yeah exactly I'm not willing I'm not willing to buckle For 12 and 8 Until number 6 comes You gotta keep saying They could be 0 and 4 0 and 5 Yeah If you lose to the Pistons You might have to say They had like a 17 game run Last year Yeah Let's talk about the beard The beard James Roden Your beard Your beard is weird man This guy James Harden This guy James Harden Is on fire right now Can't believe This was NBA Jam He'd be dunking From the free throw line Right now man From the half court line From the half court line man Yeah he's He's wow The first game You're like okay He just got traded And not much learning here I mean not much time to gel With the Rockets You know You got traded Two days before you play You put up 30 How many points? 35? I put up 37 37 yeah Yeah And then Okay man He had a good game right? Next game 40 What 45? 45 45 points? Ridiculous Balling out of your mind It's almost like he said Hey look at this You know You should have given me The max money And you guys were holding me back By letting me play off the bench Right I could be playing 40 minutes A lot of people thought He should have been starting actually A lot of people thought that Are you kidding me? But you know For how their team fit He made sense to be That guy off the bench Because he was the scorer Off the bench It's a pure scorer Of course he was good enough to start He's getting 45 The thing is like I mean For me I had no doubt That he'd go there And get great stats You know Because you kind of knew That his role in the Thunder Was a little You know Reserved Where now He's the number one He's by far the main scorer There's no Durant There's no Westbrook to compete Lynn is pretty good You know The overall Rockets team is pretty good Parsons had a good end of the season Last year for a rookie Sheik they said Was going to be a top 10 Center in the league It just happened to be Behind Joe Kim Noah So I think that whole They got Calderon off the bench You know They're not a bad team They can They can compete for a playoff spot Definitely I think they can compete They're going to be a top 5 4 or 5 4 or 5 4? Highest 4? I don't know about that 4 or 5 They have a pretty good I'd say right in the middle there 4 or 5 Really? I'd say more like 7, 8 You could But I have a little more confidence They're definitely in though I think their pieces are They fit well I really do That's my opinion I mean What do you think about Harden? About Harden? I think He's in a place Where there's a good fit Plus he's starting He's playing ridiculous amounts A minute Yeah You know He has minutes Really limited But you know Playing in OKC Plus you have 2 stars as well And now And you're still scoring Like 24 over there He's getting a lot of open shots And the open looks You know Jeremy Lin's making those Those moves and those plays Where do you think They could finish In the Like best case scenario? For them If they had like a strong year I mean 4 or 5 It's kind of pushing I would say 5 5, 6 More realistic We're all around the 4 to 7 range We're saying they're a playoff team I mean yeah They are a playoff team Yeah There's a lot of There's a lot of pressure I mean pressure in the West Yeah To think that They're gonna You know I'm sure I mean they also got Denver's Somebody else was starting slow But I'm looking out for them As well Yeah I like it I like the pieces they picked up Yeah exactly So I'm looking out for them And some stats For you guys on the Rockets They're second in rebounds They got 10th overall in points A seek is a beast A seek has like Double double Rebounds every night A guy is never gonna Like have a game Under 15 rebounds He's gonna lead the league In rebounds I think He's a 7 foot 19 Turkish guy Like he can ball Your type of people Yeah Your type of people Man I mean James Harden Wow Talk about doing great And we'll talk about more Being about being stacked Another Not so impressed As something expected But they're starting off great Was the Heat Okay The Heat That team is Stacked Man It is ridiculous They have And I didn't I was I was telling you guys that I didn't really know I didn't really realize Rashard Lewis Was traded to To the Miami Heat Mm-hmm And I was like Whoa that's a pickup I was all like Oh they have Ray Allen Maybe I think Ray Allen Might be able to slow down This year Hopefully that'll happen No 19 like right off the bat Yeah I'm gonna have an easy 19 game You know Shooting threes Lights out And still Wow Double screens Chasing that guy Is a nightmare man You're gonna run into Everybody on the team Before you get to him He was doing that last year On one leg Pretty much So I mean Imagine what he's gonna do With LeBron For a year In a full season Rondo's pretty good Like he's one of the best But LeBron Wow He's gonna get some open looks Like It's gonna be ridiculous And Rashard Him playing with Rashard Like they did back in Seattle Yep It's They're feeling rejuvenated They know And they're playing with In the With LeBron Like so It's funny too Cause the target Used to be on their back Like the last few years Now all of a sudden It kind of shifted Over to the Lakers And low key They pick up Rashard Like you said They pick up Ray Allen You know They were the champs You know They did have the MVP In both the finals And the regular season And we're not You know In the off season They kind of went Under the radar In that sense Of what they've been The last two years And all they did Was get better And they're a team That's already played together And you bring in a veteran Like Ray Allen Who's gonna fit into any team You know Yeah I think they're ridiculous You see when they lost To the Knicks though Yeah That was impressive I mean Mello's a beast We all know Mello's a beast I mean he can get games like that He gets hyped up For the big games Like he loves playing Against Dwayne and LeBron But if you had to pick them In a seven game series You know No absolutely not I think that game Was more I mean there's a lot Behind that game Not just talent wise But also you gotta think Hurricane Sandy Hit That's true You know And you have the city Waiting on you People wait on sports You have that energy Coming into there That's why I found The Saints Super Bowl win So impressive Because you know Katrina just demolished And it wasn't like Okay I think Sandy They're getting support And it's gonna happen in weeks With Katrina That was months Months of hardship And then One season doesn't look good The next season It's like Destiny Katrina happens And then you have Your whole city supporting you I mean yeah I think the athletes Take that into account I don't know if it makes A team play better I think they play With more urgency I don't know if necessarily It's better though But they definitely You know feel like you said The weight of the fans And I You know the Saints I mean that's a good example Even though they won That Super Bowl Like two Maybe two years after Like that was still You know a big part Of the Superdome You know it had just Gotten cleaned up And what not So you know They're aware of it What else do you guys Attribute that win to? I mean besides Carmel just being Lights out I heard Mike Woodson Gave a killer Pre-game speech And I'm like No I'm being honest I know Like I think Mike Woodson Is a good coach He did wonders For Atlanta You know they just Eventually weren't doing Enough in playoffs But he took them To 50 win seasons When they weren't That kind of team previously I think Mike Woodson Is a low key Great coach And I think he's Helping that team out a lot And he's finally got A full year Under his belt So he can really Start to really prove What he's about At this point Because last year He took over a team It's not like having His own team from the start So I think Mike Brown Has Not Mike Brown Not Mike Brown Mike Woodson Yeah Mike Woodson has You know a lot I think he has a lot To you know Take away from that situation And the Knicks Something from that game Is just their Lights out shooting I mean they're pulling in Like 11 Well in the last game In the last win Against who I think Denver they played 11 threes To win by like 20 points You know Their lights out Steve Melbeck That's what they do You know they want They live and die You know by the three That's the kind of team They are That's scary too I mean they're hot They're cold You know the next night So I mean They'll be there But is that a great strategy I don't know We'll see Who's also impressive Was Prigioni He was He has some Pretty intense D I mean he reaches He gets you know Called for a lot of reach-ins But he's on you man And he's a He's a rookie from He's like what Like a 34 year old rookie Or something From where Is he really From Italy No from Argentina He's 34 Yeah I gotta I gotta double check on that The Knicks have the oldest team In NBA history I didn't realize that Yeah Wow They have Rashid Walters Kurt Thomas Jason Kidd Marcus Camby Jason Kidd Wow Is Jawan Howard Coming out of retirement Prigioni He didn't retire Oh is he still on the heat He's still on the bench Are they trading him to the Knicks He's trying to bang wagon So they can just Really have the record Jalen Rose is coming Out of retirement too Oh Reggie is he coming back He could still play I bet Yeah The only person I care about Is Jalen Rose Jordan Prigioni is 35 Wow Man A rookie at 35 A rookie in the NBA At 35 If he's serviceable Why not That's a way to earn your way Do you think he still Gets treated like a rookie Yeah No Not at 35 Yeah this is the big show You've been through a lot You've been through a lot But this is the big show To come to the big show And have some like 22 year old Tell you what to do If KD If he was on If KD would get Yeah Can you carry my bags KD's too skinny No you can't get Pushed around At 35 Okay so he plays with Mello He plays with Tyson Chandler These guys are You think they're not hazing him They might be a little bit But nothing to like He's not bringing donuts He is not bringing donuts He's not bringing donuts He's not carrying bags He is He might be That's a grown man He's a veteran In his country In Argentina you know He's a rookie A grown man He's a rookie to the pro game Yeah he is Yeah he is He's never been in the NBA What do you think Do you think he's taking No I don't think he's taking Yeah me neither I don't think he's taking Like rat tails in the showers Or anything like that So full metal I could just open his socks That's ridiculous No he's a grown Yeah As a man You're not gonna He has kids Some of these kids age Yeah If yeah If you come out at 18 And there's a kid who's 19 In his second year You're gonna take some Stuff from him What if you had a kid at 16 Come on man And he's playing He's playing basketball For his kid No wonder he's doing so well He doesn't really care About that kid He's a 35 year old bag boy Oh no That is ridiculous man I can't see any of that Dude You're a jerk Rats coming in the showers You guys are ridiculous man Alright so Do you guys see Knicks As a real deal Real competitors in the East No I mean They're not gonna win No one's gonna win the East I mean Yeah the East Except for the Heat So they're not gonna compete They'll be a top 5 seed Yeah Yeah I can see them Being 3-4 Like Jay said I really think the Heat Are just eons above A lot of teams I don't know I think they play better Actually without Amare So Amare coming back Hurts them I agree I still think they're A top 4 seed In the In the East though Do you think they'll trade Amare? They need to bring Amare Off the bench I think if he doesn't have A great year He is gonna get traded Yeah Cause if you're doing That And you have Tyson Chandler too You know He's not as good as him Offensively But I think They don't need that Yeah but you You have the defensive player Of the year Yeah Last year And Chandler So They don't need somebody else To jack up shots Mello can do that Yeah And then you can always Rotate Chandler I mean Chandler did have A pretty good Olympics year You know with him Yeah he did And you just gotta know Use him and utilize him Cause he can score And he can bully some guys Cause I've seen him do that Time and time again He led the league In field goal percentage Last year Like yeah Defensive player of the year He's not He's good He's capable Of being in there Without Amare At least yeah I just It's always match up to me Cause I think about the heat And I'm not really impressed With their presence in the paint I mean I'm not I take the LeBron factor out But their presence in the paint Isn't as strong And I just don't believe In Chris Bosh He does put up numbers And is sick with it I believe it I heard he put up A little weight though He He! He's doing It's It's a bitter taste right now Like Your team is obviously Like changed Did you see the game That they had against The San Antonio When Tony Parker Hit the buzzer beater Yeah that was They lost their identity They don't have that Consistent guy to go to Like James Harden Was another guy They could just go to Kevin Martin Can't really create His own shot like that Kevin Martin scored 28 points today Like I mean How is he not that guy Who can score points I'm not saying that But like they're gonna get Lost at times Cause he He doesn't create His own offense He's just He's just another guy To jack up shots I mean That doesn't I mean that's the Fault in it It's like okay Then how do you play him He's like He's not the replacement For James Harden He's a player who can't He's basically playing Pick up basketball right now Yeah straight up He's got two days Of getting to jail With the team Coming off the bench And he's putting up Doubled figure numbers He's good And you can't base it Off of Harden either Because Harden Wouldn't be scoring 45 Right If he was playing On the OTC It would be a little bit More of a discrepancy But I think you know You can't really say Like Jacob said You know Did they win or lose You know Harden would be doing Something closer to what Martin is doing If he was coming Off the bench I do think that OKC got worse Because I don't think Anybody has them In the NBA finals though No I don't think anybody Has them going Really I'd say Jareem Not Well who else is the Best in the West right now The Spurs I think Are always scary I mean we're three games in They're there Yeah They may have a presence And that game That game against the Spurs I think OKC played terrible I think they played terrible And they lost At a buzzer beater That's how that game ended Yeah! You played so bad That it came down To the last shot And it went down Credits to Tony Parker Good shot And he had a great look When he shot that I mean In the best in the West Yeah I would have to say OKC is definitely Not off the top I would put San Antonio Above them I would put I would put Houston Above them right now Three games in No way No way I don't think so Come on It's early But it's not that early It's three games in It's early I don't know about that How is it not that early Houston above OKC In one game You need to get tested Who's won more games? I don't care So the Bulls are better Than you know Half a league We're talking about Three games in right now I don't care if it's Three games in Who's looking better? Who would go farther In the playoffs OKC or Houston Judging off their record Right now Probably OKC will go farther What's your point? Yeah Then you just ask Who's better Three games in Who's looking better? OKC's looking better Because they're still Trying to mesh And James Harden's Putting down 40 record numbers Record? What record? He broke the record For two He broke his own Career record? No for most points scored In the first two games With a new team That's a record Learned Circumstantial That's real sweet Actually That's a great When did he ever get Open looks With With the OKC Never Never And now you have someone To take all the attention away And Jeremy Lin No Jeremy Lin is not creating this This is all James Harden Doing this What? Oh my god Are you watching this? Jeremy Lin is not creating These shots James Harden is controlling The ball on pick and roll He has the ability To do that man He does have the ability To create his own shots It's not He's getting a lot Of open looks bro Someone needs to kick him out James Harden is controlling this If you know It's Harden I agree with Jay on this What? You guys are ridiculous No way We're gonna sit down We're going to Porter's house We're gonna watch a Rockets game And then we'll see Who's really creating All the damage I don't want to watch Any Rockets game Against the Lakers Yeah Jeremy Lin has 12 and 8 assists Look how many assists 21 and 7 13 and 7 He's averaging over About 8 assists a game Go to James Harden's assist For his first game How many assists did he have? I'd be surprised If he had more than like He had a double-double In his first game With assists He had like 37 and 12 I'll check it right now We're checking right now We are Okay yeah He had 12 And then 2 and 5 But he went for 40 What is that? He got 2 and 5 Like one game Whatever you say It's not Jeremy Lin He also has 13 turnovers In the first I'm saying Jeremy Lin Is not a factor He has the ball In his hands every time You're saying Jeremy Lin Is not a factor He is a factor But he's not a big factor He's good He's a great role player If Jeremy I mean James Harden Is making Jeremy Lin Not a bust If James Harden Didn't come Still with Kevin Martin He wouldn't be having this Don't you think Lin is They help each other Yeah Yeah they compliment each other They're going to make Each other not be best I think Harden Would be doing this With or without Jeremy Lin Yeah exactly If he was a starter On almost any team He would be doing this How much help Did he have on the bench As well Casey He was there He got to play with Kevin and Russell though Not at the same time Not you Yeah There was times They played at the same time He was there At the end of the game As well They played together Don't act like they Didn't play together Who do you have He had Collison He had Derek Fisher He had Collison He had Derek Fisher Didn't Jeremy Lin Also take the New York Knicks To like 10 straight wins Like brought them Single handedly Because nobody knew Who he was You know it was just like Oh who's this guy I knew who he was He played at Stanford Harvard Harvard actually Yeah Harvard One of those smart schools Where's my sad trombone Here we go That was really embarrassing I tried really hard too I was thinking It was on the tip of my head I knew it was one of them It was thank you Usually when you get In these conversations With regular friends They wouldn't call that out They'd be like Oh yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah I'm actually with people Who actually know their stuff Welsh Well dang Alright What about the Bulls What about Oh yeah let's talk about The Bulls a little bit I did want to talk about that Two and one Two and one Two and one Two and one It's not The thing that's impressive Is that You know you're Not playing with Derek Rose As a team And they're playing great They're playing great basketball That loss wasn't You know A terrible loss At that I think last year They got used to playing Without Derek Rose A lot So they kind of built Their you know Camaraderie together So this year They came into the year Knowing there was Going to be quite some time So I think they're I think they can You know win 60% Of their games In two years If Derek Rose comes back I think they can go like You know 12 and 8 roughly In their first like 20 games Which you know If you can continue that Throughout the season You know If he comes back And they're about 8 games Over 550 games through Like that's good enough for me Are you anticipating The comeback Yeah are you expecting Him to come back I think at some point I don't know how late though I have no clue how late I think at some point This season he will come back But it's going to be Quite some time Especially the better They play without him Because the longer They can hold it off I think the longer they will What are your Like expectations for that Like I mean We've seen like AP Come back and just be a monster Peyton Manning is playing well Like this is a pretty Serious type of injury It's scary You know Because it's one of those guys Who how he plays He's always going to be Injury prone So it's like It's one of those things That you just It's one of those things Like while you have it Just you know Thank the lord That you have it And then you know But you're praying Every second that that Like knee doesn't give out again Because he just goes so hard Yeah it's going to be tough I mean I hope he comes back And looks you know Anything close to his old self He's such a good guy It's really fun to watch him Play and It was awful How he went down Yeah It was You guys seen that commercial About him rebuilding right Yeah I cried Like three times I cried like three times I know I remember that moment When he just went down He get up Yeah I kept motivating myself To go to the gym after that And it didn't happen But it was there I saw a lot of messed up Memes of him You guys ever see the one Where there's a picture of him Like he's on his side And it's Simba Yeah From the liking on him That was the best one That one had me dying I died for like an hour that day That's a real nice Of people to do Things like that Kick a man when he's gone That happened like two days After anything That happens If it happened to Kobe I'd be posting him immediately But not Derrick Rose Let's have some respect Not D-Rose Well it's been the first week We also wanted to talk about Any impressive rookies We've noticed And I'm gonna say One right off the bat And I wish he was On my fantasy league Was Lillard Who has him? You have him Do I? Do you have him? Are you being coy right now? Do I have him? Do I have him? Oh in the league That you watched me last year In the championship I think you have him We're all on the same basket No this is a new league A whole new world? Okay A whole new Oh sorry A whole new place Yeah Lillard is looking sharp Lillard looks great Yeah You're showing a lot A lot of promise man What do you think Of the two guys on the Hornets though? Austin and And Big Anthony Big brow They're in all their games I mean they almost beat the Spurs They're fun to watch Yeah exactly They're a lot of fun to watch Like even if they lose They're a fun team To watch lose You know As weird as that sounds They're young And they're exciting Yeah I think Lillard though You hit it on the Yeah he's He's the one that caught my eye the most Against the Lakers He did great And Now I mean Not to attribute that to the Lakers Their D is terrible right now I thought their D was bad now It's terrible now I mean bad before It's terrible now He just He was making space Plays Assists Little shots He was You know he's reliable Seems to be So And he's playing with He's playing with a bunch of Not young bucks Playing with a lot of seasoned guys Yeah But he's really one of the only Perimeter players that can get his own shot On Portland Him Maybe Wesley Matthews They don't really have too much Like Position battle going Or conflict going on At the point guard position He's definitely gonna get the minutes I think he's gonna be the runaway Rookie of the year I think he is Wow runaway Not runaway Not so much runaway But he's gonna I think he's gonna average More than Anthony He's gonna average 20 And like close to I think because of the guys he plays with Yeah He will Get you know better numbers It's situational Yeah I like him You know maybe for rookie of the year Obviously Anthony Davis I mean he just had a concussion But I think I think he'll be fine That was kind of weak Yeah You gotta just take it Between those two guys Still yeah You think Kate Gilchrist Is gonna be up there No No I'd love to Because you know Jordan But You know I don't know I mean I think I think you know What Mike just said is I think because of the situation He's in Lillard I think Davis will be The best rookie out of this class But that doesn't necessarily mean You're gonna be the rookie of the year Yeah So I would say Damien Would be the rookie of the year But the most potential Is definitely gonna You know be Anthony Davis And I also think Austin Rivers I think that You know that he I think it would have been better If he stayed in college A little bit longer But I think eventually He will you know Come into his own But Who has him On the fantasy league You also have Austin Rivers Yeah I'm not I'm not jealous I'm not Yeah I'm with you 100% I'm not jealous of that at all I think he should have Stayed in college A little bit longer Good for you It's a good pickup And He's just riding me That one shot I don't remember I don't think he's His college was so memorable Let's not talk about it It wasn't Especially going out As a 2 to 15 I'm a Duke fan Yeah You were the 2 seed Like you know Yeah It's like guys like him Sebastian Telfair Like guys who were like Small guards And they just came out Way too early You're like man A couple more years And they're A coach like Coach K Especially Yeah You could have learned a lot And you just came to I mean it's not like You don't have money Your dad's Nobody stays now though I don't remember Nobody I don't even think I would You know like But that's the thing Like I grew up in an era Where you kind of did stay Yeah And I like watching That but now I understand why they go I totally understand A whole different Whole different aspect Right now With the money Yeah The money thing is a big I just You passed up With such a great opportunity You know you go to Duke And the son of a coach Game recognized game You go with Coach K You know the best Arguably one of the best coaches Wouldn't you have thought Because of the coaching background He would have just stayed You know because financially He probably doesn't have that bad You know Yeah So like that would have been The guy I thought Definitely would have stayed You know or I would have just stayed I would have thought about staying Because financially You don't need to make that You know come up immediately You think Doc had anything To do with him coming out Or did he want him to stay I honestly think Doc Would have probably told him to stay That's my personal opinion He probably didn't get involved I could see him saying You know stay Especially because he knows Coach K Yeah Like you know Good coaches know good coaches And Doc's one of the best of them Doc probably said stay I think Doc probably said stay But you know how Doc They kind of had to beg Doc To come back this year Because they That's right Tried to break up The whole big three Doc's like I may leave I do want to work I want to watch my son Play in college But like he was already Since he's gone The only time he's ever Going to see him play now Is when he goes against him That's going to be awesome to watch That will be fun to watch Coaching your team To how to beat your son Yeah Trying to beat your dad He's weak on He's weak on his left side I've been playing him His whole life You better believe me I've been playing him His whole life He used to wet the bed He used to wet the bed You better tell him That on the court Tell him that You know Take him to your Elmo's Not happy What? I'll be like What? I didn't know about that Let's do the playoff teams I want to hear everybody's eight Yeah Everybody's eight So let's go You guys want to go east and west Or you guys want to pick The contenders You guys really see in the playoffs We can do it fast I think Yeah we can I can pretty much Tell you my eight If you go first What do we want to do? East, west? Do you want to do west first? And then We'll do west In no specific order No specific order Thunder Rockets Nuggets Let's go Let's go Memphis Let's go Lakers Clippers San Antonio And who's going to be my dark horse? Hmm I'm going to have to go with you Minnesota Probably Okay I like Minnesota I'll go with them as well I'll go OKC I'll go Lakers I'm going to go Houston Memphis Dallas Actually no I got to cut out Minnesota So Dallas Portland Clippers Yes San Antonio That's what I was waiting for You're putting Portland in? I put Portland in Oh yeah I mean Portland is about that time And I think LaMarcus Aldridge Is a beast That people don't really talk about Is he going to be an all-star this year? He should have been last year Yeah he should have been a couple years Yeah so I mean So that's my eight there West is hard though I'm going to go Spurs Blazers Paperclips Mavericks What is that? Five? Four? That's four OK Houston Memphis OKC Lakers That's it OKC OKC That's it How about you? I had your exact same face Exact ones yeah Yeah That's the one I was just like If you guys don't say Portland man Yeah Portland Yeah that one And I kind of wanted to put Golden Safe As a dark horse But I just couldn't You know I can't either But you kind of They are in that 9-10 range Where it's like you know If it comes down to like the 8 seed And it's between them and Memphis Like maybe I might switch that up Curry's ankle won't hold up That's the problem I don't think it's ever going to hold up In his whole career And Bogut is just a joke So yeah In the east I'll go I'll go New York I don't know New York Brooklyn Chicago Indiana Miami Atlanta Philly Boston Not bad I have New York I see New York Brooklyn would be my dark horse for sure Oh yeah Chicago Indiana Miami Atlanta I think the Sixers can make a run No one's choosing Milwaukee? No No OK I'm going to go Milwaukee What? Yeah 100% I'm going to go Milwaukee New York Brooklyn Chicago Miami Obviously Indiana Atlanta And That's seven right? Mm-hmm Philly or Boston? Oh Boston Yeah I don't think Philly I don't think they get in Can't believe you have Milwaukee What's wrong with Milwaukee? Yeah Milwaukee's an odd one What's wrong with them? Why not? Why not Milwaukee? Why not Milwaukee? I don't think they have the bat Their backcourt is great I do not think they have the bat They can put up points Monte and Brandon are going to have career years They just have to play a little bit of defense I think Have we even got to football yet? No We're going to take a break right now We got football We have a lot to talk about And I think we're just going to skip the games And go into our We have our mid-season awards So we'll work that out, all right? 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What are you talking about? Do you know whose record is what? When was the last time you beat Eli in the Super Bowl? I'm talking about Peyton Manning. Out of my two options that you're going to give me. Two times that they've been. We're going for an old Manning Super Bowl. It's the time that they lost. In the AFC, I've also got Denver at New England. So you do have Denver at New England though? Oh, yeah. Okay, so all three of us. What about you? But I don't think Denver wins. I have a Texas making a strong run, man. The Texans? Yeah. That was the one that was kind of jumping out at me too. Who do you think they play? Are you going Patriots? Yeah. So we're all pretty much in agreeing that the Patriots will make it and maybe Denver, maybe Houston. Yeah, it all depends on the records too and whoever has. Because also the Ravens, you never know though. You can't necessarily count them out if they get a bye. I can see the Broncos having the worst. I mean, they have such a marshmallow-y division. They're playing the heart. They played. They played the harder part of their schedule too at the beginning of the season. So it's like now it's really going to start clicking. Yeah, so I don't know. Interesting. Who would have the worst? Yeah, who would have the worst schedule? I don't know who would end up worst. Because, I mean, besides the Texans with their record, everyone else is pretty close. I mean, it's going to come down to New England and Denver, and I think Denver has an easier division. I think that's all that comes down to. Well, both schedules are really easy. That's a tough one. That is a tough one between the two. But, I mean, that's my. That's the one. I would always see Pats going past. I think the Pats are unanimous. Like, they're going to get at least the AFC championship. I'm not going to make my pick until that point. And I personally see Denver. I can obviously see Houston. I can maybe see Sleeper Baltimore. I'll take Patriots-Texans. Okay. Yeah, that's a good one. I don't know who would come out. I mean, I'd rather play the Texans than the Broncos just because, you know, Peyton Manning, Matt Schaub, obviously. But that defense is nasty. I think they don't score enough, though, to beat New England. Last year, we demolished that defense. The Broncos defense. So, I'm not worried about them. I would rather see the Broncos. Absolutely. Really? Yeah, because I think we could tear apart that defense. But they've got Peyton Manning. Now they can kind of go back. Then who would go into the. Do you think I want to go against the Texans, D? No one wants to see the playoffs. There's history with Peyton. There's history with Manning. Yeah, you don't want all that. It's like, would you rather meet a new girl at a club or your ex? Like, I'd probably rather just meet a new girl. You know what I'm saying? I don't want Peyton showing up to ruin my party. Yeah, it's like that party could get ruined real quick. All right. So, let's move on to the tougher division. The tougher conference, I should say. Yeah. The NFC. Yeah. Let's hear some echoes for a second. I am going to say, and I don't think anybody's going to agree with me. Green Bay, San Francisco. Green Bay wins. Weird. That's a real weird NFC championship. Thank you. Thank you. Well, I know with Jay sitting next to me, it's definitely, you know. He doesn't like that very much. I've got a completely different pick. I think he's picking Philly and maybe Dallas. But that's just my. I don't know. What are you doing, Jay? Really? He's going Philly, Dallas. Yeah. That's what he told me. Yeah. I'm not going to do that. That's like your Giants pick. I'm going to definitely go. This is for the NFC championship? Yeah. Yeah. No, the LSC. I'm going to go, yeah, with the New York football Giants and the San Francisco. The Stalker. And the San Francisco 49ers. Wow. Okay. Just really changed things up from last year. Yeah. I'm going to go. You pick the Patriots every year. I mean, because they're all. They're always there. Almost always there. That's true. I'm not really wrong. I'm going to go Cowboys at Bears. Oh, my. You're the worst. What? You are a junk. That is wrong. I can't even see that. Yeah. You were plugging the Bears hard earlier today. Are you talking about wild card teams? No, this is the NFC championship game. Okay. Okay. Well, I'm praying for you, brother. You're a junk, Mike. A real junk. And the Bears are getting to the bowl. Yes. And playing. Yes. And playing you guys. Yes. And they lose. You guys are. And they lose. You have real high hopes, my friend. You need a friend. I want to play the Bears. I'm sure you do. I really want. I want them to beat them. What about you, Elder? Who are you picking? Yeah. Who do you got? Because you probably. We're all over the place in these picks. I'm probably going to be even more all over the place. I say Packers and the Seahawks. Wow. Yeah. You're drunk. I'm giving so much credit to that team. How much crown on the rocks did he have? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. Right. I'm hopping on that. I'm totally believe they'll make it to the wild card. They'll be the two wild card teams. The way we picked it, like one of us is going to be ridiculously right. And three of us are going to be like looking really stupid. Like really bad. I mean, it always happened that, you know, the Bucks just. The APs. That team looks good too. What about the Falcons? I mean, we all agree the Falcons aren't a playoff team. Yeah. It's funny how they're the one undefeated team that none of us even like. Well, nobody takes Matt Ryan seriously. If he had won a playoff game or two, then maybe. Yeah. That's kind of how I look at it. Right now, the Cowboys are up on them. It's a. It's 6-6. No, it's high. It's 6-6. My bad. But it was. Really low scoring game. Really low scoring game. That's pretty much how you called it, right, Jacob? Oh, no. I said it was. I said it was like 28, 24. Like 21, 24 or something like that. Yeah. All right. Speaking of that, real quick, what do you have winning this game? I personally still have the Falcons. I got Dallas winning. I have Dallas as well. Dallas has to win. Dallas has to win. I'm going to save the team. I'm going to save the Falcons. It's kind of like when you saw. Well, not that I'm comparing Green Bay to Dallas, but it's when Green Bay went up against Houston and they just kind of had to have that game. You know, I feel like Dallas really needs to win that game to keep the season alive. And what better way to make a mark? Right. Taking out the one undefeated, you know, team. All right. So, I'm going to see if we can even do this really quickly because I think this might be in. You guys want to take pics for Monday night? No, we can skip. Let's do it. Let's do the awards. Yeah. Let's do the awards. Let's do the awards. All right. I mean, who even plays Monday night? Eagles and Saints. Okay. New Orleans. There you go. I got Philly. I have Philly. Philly. Philly. Okay. So, we're all. I'm the only one on my own page on both of them. You all collectively hate you. Both terrible picks. All right. Wait, man. This happened last time where you were the only one that was right. Yeah. And then the Cardinals like blew it though. Yeah. So, it was kind of like. Right. Yeah. All right. So, we got a couple of minutes. Mid-season awards. So, MVP of the season so far. Matt Ryan. Matt Ryan. Matt Ryan. Aaron Rodgers. No, I wouldn't. I think he has. I think Rodgers has had the best turnaround. But with his team. 2,200 yards. 22 to 4. Touchdown. Intershift. What's your record, man? 6 and 5. I look at the record. Anytime a team is undefeated. 5 and 3. No, no, no. Atlanta. So, I mean. Well, you take Atlanta. I mean, Peyton would be my second pick. I think Jacob. I'm sorry. Yeah. I think Peyton Manning would probably be comeback player of the year. For sure. It's him and AP. AP. Yeah. AP. AP is going to get some consideration. Definitely. J.J. Swatt. You get to say his name like that? J.J. Swatt. I like him for defensive player. I mean, who do you guys like? I like Briggs, too, actually, though. I like him. I like Patrick Peterson. I like. I do like Pat. I like Pat Willis. You don't like any Bears? I mean, seriously. Look at what they're doing. What is with you and the Bears? You're bringing up the Bears. That defense is ridiculous. You are the worst guy. I don't have to. You're that great indeed. Charles Tillman. Peanut Tillman is doing nice. Let's keep it moving. You only got like a minute left. Wait. Who is your MVP? My MVP? I would probably have to say Matt Ryan, too. Okay. He's just. You're putting it up, man. You got wins. He's winning. He's winning, man. Rookie of the year. Andrew Luck. Andrew Luck. If the Colts keep winning, it's Andrew Luck. He's barely winning, though. Hey, winning is winning. I want to say in the end of the season, RG3. But I think at this point, you have to say Andrew Luck. But I think RG3 will pull it out. But at this point, you kind of have to go luck. I don't think RG3 is going to pull it out. I don't think he's going to have a winning season. I don't think he's going to. If the two teams keep going the way they are, it's going to be easy. I think if the Skins can get to 500, well, then maybe, depending. It's going to come down to the numbers at that point. But I think Luck will win it. I think. It'll probably be Luck, then. I hate to admit it, too. Yeah. RG3 shows the most promise between the two. But how you're executing and the team, how it's helping you, too. All right. All right. So, defensive player. Defender of the year. J.J. Swatt. J.J. Swatt. Yeah, at this point, you'd have to go get J.J. Swatt. I think that. Yeah, you're actually my boy, JPP. Yeah, there's a few guys. That one can change daily. And this one would be good. Comeback player of the year. I mean, I'm sorry, the year of the season so far. Peyton. I think it's absolutely a tie. Between AP and Peyton. You think they'll get this tie? They could do it. Not right now. It will. It will. It will. It will eventually, like, change. But at this point, like, one's leading Russia in the league and one's leading his team. Like, you know, it's really tough to pick. Can they do co-comeback player? Maybe, but at this point, right now, I'd say co- because they're both leading at their position. I would say Peyton. I think Peyton's had the most impressive performances. And you've got to remember, that Chargers win. What's harder to come back from, though? AJ and Peterson had a pretty gruesome knee injury that second one of his career. And you're running every day. And he's a running back. The most expendable position. I'm giving it to AP. You had near ending, I mean, career. You had near ending surgery. I don't know. It's debatable. I can argue either way. You could go either way, I think. Yeah, it's tough. Don't go to Peyton, though, because it is a quarterback. If it's stood right now, you always go to the quarterback. That's just the way the game's set up. I mean, I consider AP, absolutely. All right. Oh, shout out to Juan Manuelis telling me that he doesn't believe my Packers Seahawks thing. He's outraged right now. All right. So that's it for In the Sports Booth. You've been with us for an hour. Join us next week, 6 p.m. You know where to reach us. Skid Row. Skid Row. Skid Row. Skid Row. We're out.