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Ape Ball Club Ep 10 w/ Squiddy, Grateful and Marathon an NBA X space
Recorded: Jan. 9, 2026 Duration: 1:30:00Space Recording
Short Summary
In a lively discussion, participants explored the intersection of sports and crypto, highlighting trends in community engagement and the growing excitement around upcoming events. The conversation emphasized the importance of collaboration and the potential for crypto to influence various sectors, including sports and entertainment.
Full Transcription
We are on fire Shades with needles, if it gets too hot, up in this spot, we on fire
Send a group from this motherfucker, let your group from fire
Nigga, what you say?
Send a group from this motherfucker, let your group from fire
I ain't put good notes
I smoked when I went on 26 inch chrome spokes on a hummock.
This heat gon' last for the whole summer.
Running your bitch faster than the road.
Rocks on my wrist, rose gold under.
Locks on my hip, those throw bender.
I'm Ron Dobbins by the beer.
But when you stop, the only thing still spinning is your hair.
Yeah, I'm riding with that all black snub.
Waiters cap back, all black gloves
I made his man with the balls smack clubs
These record sales, he's doing all back
Knocked the bench in the ball pack clubs
His impact spot is raw as crack was
And all these new artists getting wrong deals
I'm only 21 sitting on nails
Fire, up in here, it's burning
We on fire
Shoulda take it off, if it gets too hot, up in this spot, we are fire.
Tell the goofs, motherfucker, let the goofs on fire.
Nigga, what you say?
We get goofs, this motherfucker, let the goofs on fire.
If you know anything about me, then you know I'm a baller.
If I only hit the first nine, I ain't gonna call her.
Trying to play, you trying to have my daughter.
But I can't blame her for what I'm a mother tell her.
And I don't care about what the next nigga bought her.
Because I ain't putting no baguettes in her, boy.
I got a diamond that's about as clear as water.
And I got bread, but I ain't spending a quarter.
Second, he brings my life.
Let's go win the Black Matters.
Yo, another ABC. Let's go, baby! Super hyped to be here, guys!
Read me the space, bookmark the space, as Squiddy always say and comment.
Yeah, we have a cool warm-up. I have one more banger for you before we start.
Oh, my God. NBA is on fire. I can't wait to chat with Squiddy, the legend here, and Marathon here on stage.
So let's fucking go, everybody. And let me find that song. Oh, I have it. I have it. Let's pump it.
Let's share the space with your friends, Amethers. laughs Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, Tattoos off of the stars a nigga left for your ass. Niggas think lopsided, bust they got cross-sided.
In the subways, they rob trains running alongside it.
She motherfucker, we don't play for that shit.
And if you want your shit back, you have to pay for that shit.
You little costume niggas, they rob a room niggas.
Get you in the night or early in the afternoon, niggas.
We taking your whole shit.
It's so good.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I catch you backstage, give me the keys to the Escalade. You think you cute, ho? Take off them Gucci sheds. I give my dog to you, you dirty. Oh my God. I put them in the industry so they can come and take all your money. What's the thing to bring? Come back. Bitch, run that.
Bitch, run that.
Bitch, run that.
Oh, my God.
What are the lyrics, guys?
Last time I listened to this song, I probably didn't understand anything.
Now I did.
It's wild.
ABC, guys.
Episode 10.
Me, Squiddy, and Marathon here on stage.
We're going to be talking basketball, guys.
Can't wait.
What's up, Squiddy?
What's up, Marathon?
How are you guys doing today?
Mine was Area Codes by Ludacris.
I thought that he was saying he's got holes in different area codes.
Like, maybe he was digging, like, ditches and holes and hiding, like,
hiding money or something.
That was my, okay.
Oh, yes.
A hoe.
A fallacious woman. Of course.
A 304. A 304 is what we used to call them in the pagers.
Yeah, these lyrics are wild, man. I remember we had an English class and
teachers were like, bring your favorite song and we can translate it. Bro, I think
I brought Shook once and it's like, I step your brain with your nose bone.
And I didn't understand a word, right?
I just brought it and she was like, oh my God, what the hell is that?
Dude, we're back, baby.
Happy Friday.
Happy Friday, everybody.
How you doing?
How you feeling today, guys?
It seems like, you know, everyone's chilling this week.
I don't know.
I thought everyone will be so hyped. You know year new resolutions everyone's losing weight uh you know
i don't know earning more money but everyone's chilled what's going on man some i guess some
people are oh guys who rocked is it me or is it Squiddy?
Marathon, can you hear me?
Oh, shit, don't tell me that no one can hear me.
Don't tell me that.
Don't tell me that, please.
Can anyone hear me, guys?
Oh, my God. oh my god guys i don't know what's going on i don't know if you can hear me i don't hear squid you know i'm bringing marathon back um spaces are crazy you know they they announced for
oh you're back man you're back you're back squiddy connect squiddy you're back man, you're back, you're back, Squiddy! Why do I have to connect? Squiddy, you're back?
Damn.
Okay, Squiddy is not back.
We're good, we're good, we'll wait for him, we'll wait for him, we got time.
Okay, Squiddy, you can step down and come back. I don't know what's going on with Spaces.
And we're gonna get into what's happening in NBA.
So maybe I...
Oh, Squiddy declined.
He's leaving.
Now he's going to come back.
Oh, my God, man.
Spaces are crazy.
Oh, you know X is always wants to do it to us like that.
Oh, shit.
Okay, guys.
Thank you so much for listening.
That was today's episode today.
Yeah, Squiddy's still not here.
So I'll remove him and he can try to come back.
I don't know what's going on there.
Squiddy, do we have you back?
Oh my god.
Guess we gotta take over yep squiddy are you back yeah bro mathen did you get did you get cooked there too i did just for a second big time did your app did your app just
close yeah completely like it literally wi-fi and everything had to reconnect the whole night
like it literally had to shut down everything.
That's never happened to me before. X just came and said a
pick and roll on you just now.
They were just like the
Hawks who were selling
at the lowest.
You know?
Crazy stuff.
Crazy stuff.
I cannot believe
Trey Young is a Washington Wizard.
It feels so off.
It feels so perfect, though.
Yeah.
Because he's, you know, he is a star,
but he's never going to be part of a winning
basketball team.
The Wizards are never going to be a winning basketball team.
I'm no math major, but 2 plus 2
equals 5 here, grateful.
Give us your
thought process, why you think that
Wizards will never win anything.
Well, they've got goofball
ownership, first and foremost.
Although, they've been starting to...
When you look at
things in a spectrum, they essentially traded
Bradley Beal for Trae Young.
So that's good work.
That's good work for sure.
But they just, you know, they're just one of those teams,
one of those organizations that just has organizational dysfunction.
They don't draft well.
Nobody wants to go there and play there.
The taxes are incredibly high being in D.C.,
so it's not like a free agent destination.
You know, if you got a chance to go to somewhere in Texas or Washington, D.C., or you got a chance to go to Florida, you know, Orlando or Miami or D.C., you're going anywhere but D.C., right?
Even if, like, some of these East Coast teams, they have that issue, too.
Again, no free agents are going to play there.
This is the place where people go to retire.
Right. It's the, you know, the Jordan.
You know, it's just that they just they're not a winning organization.
They won't be a winning organization.
The only time they'll actually be able to win, do some good stuff is if they draft well
and they're able to capitalize in that four or five years of when they have those rookie rights.
Like look at John wall.
When John wall was doing his thing and they were solid,
they were nice because they drafted,
they had the number one pick and they drafted a superstar and they hit on
that superstar.
But it's just,
I mean,
some of the memes were so funny.
They're like,
Oh wait,
the wizards trade.
The wizards were a preferred destination to Trey young. And there's the memes oh, wait, the Wizards were a preferred destination to Trae Young,
and there's the memes like, wait, the Wizards are like, wait, us?
I got to find one of these.
But it was, dude, it's so funny.
It's a match made in heaven.
He'll sell tickets for sure, right?
He's a star, incredible offensive player.
But the game of basketball is two ways.
And he don't play no defense.
And he never will play defense.
But he'll give you 40-point games.
He'll give you some awesome highlights.
And he'll give you something to cheer about.
He'll sell some jerseys.
It is a perfect, perfect, perfect fit.
But, you know, I had one of my, luckily, you know, if you're on Twitter at the right
time, we talked about getting to your 5 million impressions.
I was able to do mine in a month simply by replying to two people, Adam Schefter from
the NBA and Shams for the NBA.
My biggest regret was when, um, the the luka trade happened i went to bed like
10 minutes earlier i missed out on millions of impressions but i was able to be online when the
one happened too and i had to hit him with my comment best player in the deal was cory kispert
who i'm a huge fan of i think he's great he's actually going to help the Hawks a little bit. He's hurt. He's an absolute baller.
But the fact that he got traded for no first-round
picks,
I can't really put my mind to.
Obviously, they had to trade McCollum for
he's old, you know, and
he could still potentially help the Hawks, and he's a good
veteran president, so I kind of get that.
Thank God he got out of there, man.
Oh, God, I was so happy CJ got out of there there because you just don't want to go to washington man you just don't
your career goes to die i mean it's fun and all if you want to go there and you know try to average
20 you know work on your game like it's a pickup and then you know try to but he's 30 exactly you
know you're trying to set your portfolio for you know when a couple other teams when they're looking
down the road for you but other than than that, yeah, Washington Wizards.
Oh, that's the worst, worst franchise ever.
Damn.
Guys, what was that with Jordan when he actually played there?
Was he like a co-owner back in the day or why did he?
I don't remember that because I know he played with like Rip Hamilton there, right?
Rip. Oh, my God. Yeah, no, I don't know that. Because I know he played with, like, Rip Hamilton there, right? Rip! Oh, my God.
Yeah, no, I don't know what it is, but they just...
Players just go there to retire.
Yep. Absolutely wild.
But, Squiddy, we always start with a standing.
So, don't you want to check it out?
And let's get into it
because,
man,
I really hope
that OKC will break
the record this year
but it's probably
not going to happen
unless they win.
It's not going to happen.
Yeah.
They have to win
all games
which is not going to happen,
right?
Which sucks.
Like,
what happened
with Golden State
back in the day
like 73-9
was absolutely nuts
and they didn't win a title which is crazy, right? So let's start With Golden State back in the day, like 73-9 was absolutely nuts.
And they didn't win a title, which is crazy, right?
So let's start with East.
Guys, if you want to get into it, Detroit, they're killing it.
Yeah, man.
I mean, it's funny.
Look at the Thunder at 31-7.
You swap on over to the East and the Pistons are 28-9.
That's two games. That's a two-game
difference from a team we're talking about to be
one of the best ever.
And then the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Let's go Detroit. I got my
Pistons shirt on. I'm crushing
it in the East. I got a four-game lead.
They're legit. 14- has to got a four-game lead. You know, they're legit.
14-3 at home, 7-3 in their last 10.
The Knicks in second place, 24-13.
You've got a little mumbo-jumbo here from 2-5.
Really from 2-6.
Almost 2-7.
Almost 2-8.
Oh, my gosh.
The difference in the standings between the second place team
and the eighth place team,
which you're in eighth place, you're playing a play-in game,
is four games.
So the Knicks are in second, 24-13,
and they're only four games back of the Pistons.
Celtics 23-13, Jalen Brown playing fantastic basketball,
the Toronto Raptors, 23-15.
The Philadelphia 67ers, 20-15.
Orlando Magic, 21-17.
Miami Heat in seventh place at 20-17.
Eighth place, the Cleveland Cavaliers,
who I still think are one of the top teams in the East
when they get it all together, 21-18.
The Trey Youngless Hawks in ninth, 18-21. So I still think are one of the top teams in the East when they get it all together. 21 and 18.
The Trey Youngless Hawks in ninth, 18 and 21.
This is where you go under the 500 mark.
The Chicago Bulls at 17 and 20, which I'll talk about this later.
I had my highest scoring rank in so rare this week.
I came in sixth place out of like 1500 or something.
It was pretty impressive.
I just got a Kobe White card, which, okay, that's a little disappointing.
The Bucs looking outside looking in at 16 and 21.
That's the next big trade piece to talk about is Giannis.
That is going to be fascinating because that will shake up everything. You got the Hornets playing some, they're still playing basketball at 13 and 25. Conkanupo, my guy, the
Nets 11 and 23, the Wizards 10 and 26, and then the Pacers, which was my one bet to win over 40
games there at 7 and 31. They will not win over 40 games.
Anything stick out here, too?
Still a bunch of mumbo-jumbo, and that's the second mumbo-jumbo of the space,
which, by saying that again, was my third mumbo-jumbo of my space,
and now I'm up to four.
I like Boston sneaking up on everybody.
Them and Cleveland, low-key, just because of the pieces that they have like
them acquiring Anthony Anthony Simons from Portland was probably the best thing that they
have him and like Peyton and Derek White just this them three right there are just enough to
like be sufficient to like you know me equal out to Jason Tatum because obviously Jalen Brown's
doing his thing as much as possible and everybody else around the team is kind of just putting in their, you know, their two cents every now and then.
But yeah, mostly Jalen Brown, Anthony Simons, Derek White, and Peyton Pritchard. That's the
team right now. So, I mean, and I really like them sneaking up on a lot of people because,
you know, they still play good basketballs. Boston, you know, Boston, you know, the culture,
you know, they always want to stay in the top in the east so i see
boston sneaking up i see cleveland coming back around even though cleveland lost last night to
the timberwolves but anthony edwards is on fire so you can't stop that but yeah i like boston
cleveland sneaking up magic sneaking up once they actually get fully healthy because uh the
the wagner brothers are all both coming back so that's gonna be a really good one.
Oh my God.
So I also just have to say too, I just had the worst luck.
Don't let me pick random number generator.
Although this guy just did help me win, right?
So I'll share my lineup.
I had Zeke Najee in my lineup.
I just had a chance to pick a player.
Just had a chance to pick a player out of eight players.
And I picked Zeke Najee,
who's got a last 10 of seven.
And I picked anyone else,
I would have been great.
I could have gotten Darius Garland,
Brandon Ingram, Scotty Barnes,
RJ Barrett, Derek Queen,
Jalen Brown, Brandon Miller,
Denny, or Jimmy Butler, and I got fucking Zeke Najee.
I'm devastated.
I mean, unfortunately right now, Najee's actually
playing because they ain't got no bigs.
So you're kind of in luck.
No, and so he helped
me win. I would not have won without him.
I played him, but listen, I needed
a dog.
That's the game I want to talk about,
by the way. We'll go to the West.
And also, gotta say what's up to the people
coming through. We got Sioux down there. What's going on jacopo in the house jmo what's going on psycho kitty
aspiring nobody dead polaroid otis g smoking guns in the house four five six mr b and x jacari uh
welcome to the ape ball club if you got some hot takes, drop them in the comments,
come on up on stage, talk hoop, talk ball. This is what we do. We do this every Friday.
Come on down. Come on down. But I, I'm devastated because literally everyone's like last 10 score has been over 30 and Zeke's is seven.
I just, uh, I'm, I'm cooked.
That's crazy.
That's crazy.
Um, he helped me win though.
And we're going to talk about that game.
Cause that was a special game.
That was a special game. But back to, I was just claiming my rewards.
Let's get back to the Western conference here in the standings.
You got the Thunder.
They're going to be the one seed, right?
They're just kind of going through the motions.
They're not going to beat the record.
But 31-7.
Spurs in second place, true title contenders.
They've proven they can beat the Thunder in second at 26-11.
The Denver Nuggets sitting in third place at 25-12.
Man, that was such a ridiculous win against the Sixers.
Again, we will talk about that after the standings.
But, man, very impressive.
They are deep.
They are deep.
The Timberwolves, 25-13.
The Lakers, 23-12 in fifth place.
The Rockets, Kevin Durant, MVP chance, 22-12.
Man, 647 winning percentage, six teams in the West, or at least 22-12.
Those are the guaranteed playoff spots.
Then we get to the playing games.
The Suns sitting at 22-15, which is not too far behind.
Then there's a little drop off to the Warriors in the 8-seed, 20-18.
You got Denny Avizia's Trailblazers in the 9-hole at 18-20, below the 500 dip.
Memphis Grizzlies in 10th place at 16-21.
Dallas, I would say they're starting to creep up a little bit,
but they're 3-10 in their last 10 games.
That's not good. The Clippers in 12th place, they're starting to creep up a little bit but they're 3-10 in their last 10 games that's not good the Clippers
in 12th place they're starting to creep up a little bit because my boy Kawhi is playing like
Kawhi Leonard it is so fun to see it's how bad you know basketball is better when Kawhi Leonard
is doing his thing so they they could be sneaky they are now only two and a half games out of a playing spot
after a horrific start. But they're 7-3 in their last 10, and they've got Kawhi.
My other favorite team in the NBA, the Utah Jazz, just going through the motions.
They're starting Kevin Love and playing him meaningful minutes. I mean, come on,
Kevin Love and playing him meaningful minutes.
I mean, come on.
In 13th place at 13-24.
Then you've got two teams who are just not good.
The Kings at 8-29.
The Pelicans at 8-31 on a nine-game losing streak.
But at least Zion's not hurt.
That's fun.
That's cool.
The hottest teams right now in the West, again, they got the Clippers 7-3 in their last 10.
The Warriors 7-3 in their last 10.
The Suns 7-3 in their last 10.
The Timberwolves 7-3 in their last 10 games.
In the East, the Pistons are 7-3 in their last 10.
Celtics just lost one, but they're still 8-2 in their last 10 games.
Just lost one, but they're still 8-2 in their last 10 games.
And then literally every other team in the entire East is 5-5 or 6-4,
besides the Hawks, who are 3-7.
But it's just everyone's just winning, and then they're losing.
Everyone's playing 500 ball.
So a little bit of a lull.
Anything catching your eye, Marathon?
Anthony Edwards, my boy, hitting the 10,000,
hitting that pinnacle, being in the top three with, you know,
Bronny and all the other in the greats, you know.
So just want to give a shout-out to my boy Anthony Edwards
for finally reaching the 10,000.
He's so good.
I mean, he's the reason why they're even doing anything right now like he's his
obviously his offensive game is for sure stepped up because at the start of the season he was kind
of like it was i think it was i don't know what was going on but it was only averaging like 12
points but now when shooting the last like 10 games he's been averaging like over 20 and something
so he's been helping everybody else averaging like almost six assists a game too.
So, yeah, I like Anthony Edwards and what they're doing with the Timberwolves right now.
You know who else?
Obviously, we're going to go back to the Nuggets too.
But, yeah, they're being really sneaky without having anybody.
I mean, that's crazy.
Obviously, yes, they beat the 76ers without having anybody.
But then they beat the Boston Celtics the other night without having
anybody. I mean, granted, Braun and Gordon came back, but that's still not your core group.
So I really want to say that I think the Nuggets are going to be the ones that will stay
in the top, like, I say top three, top four, honestly. The way they're playing without Joker,
yeah, all day. they can definitely make top
four for sure so we'll see how that goes but yeah those are teams right now i think anthony edwards
popping out to me um obviously your boy danny avia over in portland he needs to get somewhere
bro he got to get somewhere because i mean he's he's he is the luka over there in portland to me
he's so good he really is you know You know what I mean? He draws.
He knows how to get to the free throw line like Shea.
He's a really good player.
And I mean, if they want to build around him, that's nice.
But I can guarantee you he's going to get paid so fat next year from somebody.
So we'll see how that goes.
Guys, I really love Anthony Edwards too.
Of course, if you are Michael Jordan's son,
you have the genetics and everything,
so of course he's flying.
But he's just the third youngest player
after LeBron and Durant to actually hit 10K,
which is absolutely wild.
And looking at LeBron and Dur and durant it's absolutely wild that these
players will be retiring soon right and what's gonna happen with nba for me it's gonna be really
sad to see but uh glad we have a new new players like antony edwards that hopefully um will take
their flag um also leBron is injured right? Is LeBron injured? Isn't he? I read
something that I don't know. No he's still playing he just came off of injury
but yeah no he's playing I mean his defense looks like he's always hurt. If that's what you mean.
But yeah, no, LeBron's healthy.
I think the only person really on the Lakers that's not healthy is Austin Reese.
Everybody else is kind of just, you know, playing their part, I guess.
Getting their wins slowly.
I don't know how they'd be sneaking by people, man, with no playing, no defense at all.
Like everyone's be on the Lakers fucking dick.
And I'm like, I hate them because the, and I'm a true Laker fan.
I want y'all to know in the crowd, I've been a Laker fan since, like I said, Byron Scott was a point guard there.
It's just the fact that they don't play no defense and everyone thinks that
they're going to win something this year.
I'm like, you can't win nothing with not not playing no defense so we'll see how that goes but yeah the teams that that will
win in the west obviously okc the nuggets um houston right now who's playing really good ball
you know who's i mean obviously you mentioned back i mean phoenix you know their record's not
really showing what it is but the way they're playing, it's crazy. So I kind of feel like they might pull around in the second half of the season.
Who else is, I mean, who else do I really like in the West?
Obviously, you know, OKC's going to do their thing, but sneaky people?
Clippers.
They'll probably pull out.
They need one more person because Derek What's-His-Name just went down.
So that was really mostly their defense, but obviously Kawhi can't do everything on his own. They need one more person because Derek What's-His-Name just went down.
So that was really mostly their defense.
But obviously Kawhi can't do everything on his own.
So I think they need to pick one more person up,
maybe by like all-star break, and that should help them out.
Man, I'm just reading about LeBron.
He's probably not like it's nothing serious,
but the availability for the next game is questionable.
That's what they said here.
So I don't know.
Maybe, you know, he's 41, so he probably can do all games.
It's absolutely wild that he plays on this level at this age.
But yeah, we'll see.
We'll see.
What about other injuries, guys? Anthony Davis.
Oh, my God.
What's going on there?
Nothing new, right?
Bro, I'm trying to tell you, man.
That dude rolls out of bed.
He literally rolled out of bed, stubbed his toe, and be done for four games.
Like, I literally watched them last night.
They were playing Utah.
Obviously, Cooper Flag was doing his thing.
Utah is making a comeback, a verocious comeback on them.
Anthony Davis goes and reaches in on Laurie Markkinen.
I remind you, Laurie Markkinen
finished the play too. Reaches in just to grab the ball and then sprained his wrist or did something.
So I don't even know. Thank God they actually pulled out the win because the Cooper flag's a
badass. But the fact that Anthony Davis cannot stay healthy, I don't know why anyone would want
him in a trade. If he goes to Atlanta, they're talking about sending him to Atlanta like that's
not gonna help them he's just gonna sit on the bench anywhere he goes he's going to literally
sit on the bench for the probably the first five or six games maybe even 10 if you want to stretch
it just because of probably got injured getting on the plane to go over there so we'll see but
I don't think the honestly with Dallas they're Dallas, where they're winning right now is definitely not based on Anthony Davis
because Kyrie Irving is definitely not coming back this year,
so they already announced that.
So, honestly, it's just a workout season for Cooper Flagg
to get himself properly adjusted in the NBA this season.
This is perfectly timing because, like I said, he's the go-to person.
They need the ball in his hands, and he's the only person putting up numbers right now.
P.J. Washington's trying, but it's not enough. So, like, right now, this is just a perfect trial year
for Cooper Flagg to do his thing, and then next year when they actually have a full squad,
they'll actually be legit because Cooper Flagg will probably be averaging 30.
I could probably be averaging 30.
Yeah, man.
Cooper has been balling.
Speaking of NBA, anyone collecting cards?
Any guys card collectors out there?
Real ones or NBA Top Shot?
Real ones.
I know it's probably hard for you, Grateful.
Yeah, I don't even know where to get it.
I'll try to Google it.
Which one are you buying right now?
The new Topps.
Topps, okay.
Topps, NBA.
Topps has the license again.
And there's some banger hits out there too.
I've gotten three megaboxes so far.
The last one, I kept pushing my luck and I, uh, did not get any,
anything good, but the one before I got a sweet Dylan Harper number to 25 rookie.
So I was pretty hype on that. That's like a couple hundred, couple hundred dollar car. And I got a
sweet, like special Cooper flag rookie car that I'm trying to get graded as well.
And I got, in that same box, I got a Jason Tatum.
Like a K-Sit.
So I was pumped about that.
It's cool to see Topps have it again.
I know they just, it's crazy expensive,
but the cards are pretty cool.
How much is one pack?
I'm checking the prices here. It's like $30 here for four cards are pretty cool. How much is one pack? I'm checking the prices here.
It's like $30 here for four cards, I think.
Oh, my God.
How much is it in the U.S.?
Well, so there's different styles.
There's one that's called a hanger box.
They say hangers or bangers.
And you get like 25 cards.
But basically, it's just like one pack where you get a chance to get like a rare card or something. And those are like 25 bucks.
You've got like, uh, these other ones, we get like four or five packs for 30 for like 50 bucks.
And then I've been buying these mega, mega boxes, still retail. And then you get into the hobby
part where you're guaranteed like autographed
and cool cards. Those, those are insane, but the ones that are available at like a target are $89,
which is crazy, but you pull one Cooper flag and you're able to make it back. And I'm a collector
too. I do like just collecting these cards. So I'm going to hold on to that flag for a while.
But the card industry is crazy right now.
Just like the trade industry right now.
So, I mean, with Trey Young being gone, now Zion's on the trading block.
Tyler Hero's on the trading block.
Anthony Davis Bumass is on the trading block.
Where do you think all these people are about to go?
Man, AD is a tough fit.
What do you think, man?
He's going to go somewhere.
Someone's going to take a chance on him.
He should go to Washington.
Oh, my God.
Imagine that.
I think you nailed it, dude.
I mean, what? I'd think you nailed it, dude.
I'd trade him for Alistar.
There'd be a couple people that could go straight over to Dallas right now and help them win the chip.
Damn, that was an absolutely crazy trade for Dallas.
Like, what the hell?
And you mentioned Yanis, guys.
What's going on with him?
Because I think the last thing I read that he actually said
that he's not looking for a new team.
Is that correct?
Yeah, no.
He said he wanted to stay in Milwaukee, which, I mean, that's fine.
He wanted a chip there, so it's not like, you Milwaukee which I mean that's fine that's he's you know he won a chip there so
it's not like you know I mean he he's not the type of person that looks like he needs to go like
or trophy chase you know I mean like he is one he's won a chip there he's solidified you know
I mean he's going to be one of the most dominant players in his position going down when he does
retire so it's, why not stay somewhere
and just hold down the legacy like Kobe Bryant did?
You know what I mean?
Not try to like bandwagon and be like everybody else.
Like that's all, I think that's all.
He's just really trying to make a statement.
And then if the Bucs really don't want them,
they're just, it's more or less a business move on them.
You know, they're just trying to clear up some rooms
so we can start rebuilding for the future.
But as of now, like if you want,
if Giannis doesn't want to leave,
you better keep that motherfucker.
That's the best thing to work around.
Like, you can always rebuild around him.
So, yeah, I like the fact that he wants to stay.
I mean, you just got to bring in better players around him
just to help him out.
That's all it is.
Love it. Absolutely love it. So I'm going to share, share again so I do fantasy basketball right also shout out zombie Rob
I see you down there. What's going on my man?
And plus welcome G mer welcome
This is the eight ball club with grateful marathon and myself
squiddy diddy do
Squiddy for short Squiddy diddy bro that sounds really
cool with the visitors bro squiddy diddy do okay squiddy diddy do okay now i got it
what do you think what do you think i said i no i thought you said diddy bro and i i just
finished the documentary i did say I did say Diddy.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But, you know.
Yeah, I was Diddy before, and that's not true.
So the whole thing was like, it was supposed to be like Scooby-Dooby-Doo.
But Squiddy-Diddy-Doo, that was kind of the original there.
That was kind of the original.
I'm looking for something here.
Where is it?
Where is it?
Where is it?
but yeah, so again,
I had my lineup this week.
So I play so rare and I'm going to send my referral.
If anyone wants to play with me too,
and that could be something we do here as well.
We can do like little contests within ourselves and maybe do some
giveaways and they have like a a last 10 basically you get five players on your team
and i had my best week in the rares so you get 120 cap and your number is based off of your last 10 average, right?
So I played this week.
The guy's last 10 was four because he does not play very much.
His name was Zeke Najee.
And I want to talk about this game, but I came in sixth place out of, I just missed it for the rest, but out of, how many total people were there?
A lot.
1,800. Sixth place out of 1,800.
and my lineup was Zeke Nagy because he gave me 44 points, 44 fancy points
And my lineup was Zeke Nagy because he gave me 44 points.
over, you know, he had 21 points, eight rebounds and assists, two blocks, two steals,
only two turnovers, made four threes. I had Zeke Nagy gave me a 44. Peyton Pritchard gave me a 42.
My captain Luca gave me a 64. Tyrese Maxey gave me a 64 and Kay Cunningham gave me a 44. Peyton Pritchard gave me a 42. My captain, Luca, gave me a 64.
Tyrese Maxey gave me a 64.
And Cade Cunningham gave me a 55.
It came in sixth place.
And I was able to do that because usually you can't fit in a lineup with Maxey, Donchick, and Cunningham.
But since Zeke was basically like a zero, he was great.
So I came in sixth.
I was pretty hyped about that.
That was absolutely electric he
went from zero to hero and zero to hero and i want to talk about that game too because
going into philly down eight of your guys and being able to i watched that whole game
and there's another thing that we have to talk about too and i'm gonna pin this up
another thing that we have to talk about too and i'm gonna pin this up um peacock has been taking
some nba games so gonna get more into that in a second this was on peacock and dude they just
came in there and they hit every big shot it was so fun to see these guys who obviously they're
professional basketball players right some of the best in the world but they just don't play very
much they're on a great team, the Nuggets.
They're benchwarmers for the Nuggets.
But all of their five starters were out and their top two reserves.
So guys who wouldn't typically play.
These guys were literally G League swingers.
Oh, yeah, they got some G League guys too.
Four of them all play in the G League, swing back and forth,
literally all season long.
To go into Philly, and that's like the win of a lifetime for these guys.
And I saw a really funny post.
Like one of them is like on LinkedIn.
That had to be fake.
It had to be fake.
I saw a post where someone – I got to look this up because this had to be AI.
Because someone made a post where it was one of the players
made a post on LinkedIn
like hey you know we rallied together
whatever and they were doing it like a
like a sass post
you know like a classic like LinkedIn
thing like yo it just takes teamwork
you know you're able to achieve your goals and whatever
it had to be fake now that I'm
thinking about it but it was just so cool to see these guys just going off against a fully
rostered sixers maxi was playing paul george was playing and bead was playing so just a reminder
that any given night anything can happen on the court and you never know when it's your time you
know when you get a chance when you're one of these swing guys you get a chance to play in the
nba these this is how you make your backs this is how you earn these other opportunities
right this is how you become the next austin reeves getting that chance and then sticking with it
and balling out so it was really cool to see even as like a alleged sixers fan i was rooting for
denver there because again they were like 18 point underdogs and they just came out and they just
played a hell of a game the Sixers didn't play too bad too but these guys were absolutely balling
did you get a chance to watch that oh yeah I definitely did I definitely tuned in you already
know I had to well the odds were like plus 495 for Philly that night I cannot believe that they just
fumbled the bag like that the fact that Murray also cooked their ass in the first quarter, too,
I think he had like 24 points.
No, sorry, yeah, 26 in the first half.
So, yeah, he literally cooked the 76ers just himself.
And he also ended up like 16 assists, I think, that game.
So, I'm like, yeah, he's trusting the process right now.
He's trusting in himself.
The fact that, you know, Joker's not there and the rest of his squad's not there,
but he's also trusting in the rest of his teammates.
That's how, you know, the nuggets are going to go pretty far.
Like, well, Murray didn't play against the Sixers.
Oh, no, no, no.
Murray didn't play.
I'm talking about against Boston.
Yeah.
He played against Boston.
He had a hell of a game there.
Yeah.
The Sixers totally fumbled that bag when they didn't have nobody. That's what I'm saying. But yeah, I'm talking about it against Boston. Yeah, he played against Boston. He had a hell of a game there. Yeah, the Sixers totally fumbled that bag when they didn't have nobody.
That's what I'm saying.
But, yeah, I'm talking about it against Boston.
Yeah, Murray literally trusted in the process,
trusted the rest of his team.
He had 16 assists.
He's trusting his team now.
And that's why I'm like, I think that's going to make them dangerous, man.
Like, the fact that they don't have their actual core squad
and the fact that they're playing like this as a group,
as an actual group that's been playing,
it looks like they've been playing for years together,
I really think that they'll be the match for OKC or Houston easily
just because they have the bench to actually, you know, produce.
It's so fun. It's so fun, man.
And this is these guys' livelihoods.
I mean, when you're a G leaguer, it's definitely, you're just definitely your livelihood. Every game counts. Every game matters. You know, you try to get as much as you can and many games as you can, as many tracks as you can, because, you know, G league dudes ain't making that much as it is. So the fact that you're swinging and doing as much, I mean, playing as what, I mean,
I think these guys haven't even played a full actual game in the last two years together,
like actually literally a full game.
So that's why I'm like, that's, that's how, you know, the Denver Nuggets have actual good,
they run their trust in the process down there for sure.
in the process down there for sure.
So, moving forward,
this is where I'm grateful.
I got to get you involved here.
Have you seen the above clip?
Okay, let me check it out
because I was reading comments
and we had a little complaint
from the aspiring nobody.
So, guys.
A complaint?
Yeah, of course.
The fact that y'all aren't talking about Jalen Brown and what
he's doing for Celtics without Jay Tatum is wild.
So we got to get valid complaint.
Valid complaint.
We did shout.
I did shout him out.
I'm going to check the clip out.
Jalen Brown.
Well, you know what?
Aspiring, though, buddy, get your ass on up here.
Get your ass on up here and talk about him yourself, my friend.
I did shout him out, but we would love to hear up.
And anyone else wants to come up?
Come on up.
We embrace debate here.
Also, what's going on, Art?
I see you down there.
Zombie Rob.
What's popping?
Jay Vegas in the
house let's go we got you aspiring bro you got turco come on bro i had to give you i had to give
the celtics there my hats off to them just because like i think they really will be the team that'll
sneak up in the east right now just because it's so open right now you know i mean it's really open
the fact that the bucks ain't gonna do nothing you only have to worry about the knicks i mean
toronto is a little scary.
Now you got to play them in Toronto to actually be scary.
You know what I mean?
So that's why I'm like, there's really not too many people that the Celtics have to worry about.
If they just keep playing like their system has always, you know,
been implemented for them to be successful,
they're going to be straight because picking up Anthony Simons
is like when Jordan Clarkson went to the Knicks.
That's the best pickups for any teams right there
because both of those dudes are literally walking buckets.
And, dude, it's – yeah, man, it's fascinating.
We're getting to a really, really interesting point in the NBA.
We're getting to a very interesting point in the NBA.
But, again, come on up.
Shoot your shot.
Test the waters.
Let's debate.
I'm going to take whatever opposite end of the debate that you're on
just because I feel like it.
Just because I can.
Let's see what you got.
Come on up here.
Would love to see it.
It's time for the break, Squiddy, here because we brought
someone who was requesting for a while, Jacaria, and our most favorite question. Are you here?
Yeah. Yeah. Jacaria, welcome here on stage and Squiddy, you have the best questions ever. Thank you,
for giving me speaker. Squiddy, go ahead, bro.
First, we have a question for you before we qualify you for a speaker here.
So, Squiddy, you ready?
Yeah, Jacaria, so first and foremost, welcome.
I hear that you're an actual human being, so that's good.
Yeah, I am human.
All right.
So, I got two questions for you.
One, which city do the Detroit Pistons play basketball?
Basketball, I don't know, sir.
So what are you doing up here?
Damn.
What are you doing up here?
Just listening to your space.
So what is basketball?
Sir, basketball is not our regional.
Okay.
Do you know who the NBA is?
Do you know what the NBA is?
Jakari?
No, no, no.
I would say, do you know any faces in the NBA?
Do you know who Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan is?
LeBron James?
Have you ever seen any of those faces?
No, no, no.
Oh, man.
I'm so excited.
We tried.
We tried.
We tried.
Yeah, we tried.
Yeah, we always try, guys.
We always try to support, but if you don't know what basketball is,
it's tough in an eight-ball club, right?
At least it was a human.
At least we had a human being.
We're getting better,
but you know what's funny, Squiddy? Episode 10 and we probably never had anyone actually to answer
the question where the Detroit Pistons is based. No one in 10 episodes. Listen, that requires
extremely, you know, geography and knowledge. You got it.
Listen, it's a tough question for a reason.
It's a tough question for a reason.
You're crazy with questions like that.
I understand.
But man, we need to qualify.
Do some efforts, right?
We have to qualify.
We got to do what we got to do.
We got to do what we got to do. We got to make sure that people are on top of their game.
If they want to come up into the eight ball club, if you want to come come up on stage you got to be able to come and talk ball ask questions not just
farm engagement that's not what we do listen i know grateful ape is a superstar here and he's
mr info fi right number 17 and all that but that ain't happening on our watch it ain't happening on our watch. It ain't happening on our watch.
So, love it.
Absolutely love it.
Now, jokes aside, again, we want to have anyone come up here and talk ball,
but you got to be able to come up and talk ball.
And there's no other way around it.
Were you able to watch the clip above?
Yes.
How unbelievable is that?
Was the sound important?
Because I didn't hear anything there.
But you mean that goaltending at the end?
Oh my god, was the sound important?
Look at the comment.
Snoop is going on. It's so funny.
They had Snoop Dogg as
he did the color commentary
for the entire game on Peacock.
I wanted to mute you somehow.
It was exactly
as you thought it would be.
Oh my god.
So basically, yeah,
Steve Kerr got ejected and Snoop Dogg
was there to commentate it.
And it turned it was television gold.
Absolute television gold.
So that was definitely a highlight.
So Peacock had back to back games there.
Squiddy, where do you think Zion's going to go?
Oh, man.
That's a good question.
Do you think they're going to trade him?
Yeah, he's definitely there.
He's not like, I've ever been in talks trading him for a while.
I mean, you got, like I said, Tyler Hero, Zion.
Who else was on the trading block and uh anthony davis so
man zion did they should all go to the wizards no zion don't need to go to the wizards man he's
actually he's coming back around like from not being so injury prone you know i mean like
he's looks like you know he's obviously his weight is you know dropped down he's looking way more fit like he's still as athletic as hell you know i mean but
i don't want to see him go to washington towards career to die he needs to go somewhere like
where they need a good forward you know like i've got i've got an interesting one i don't know if
they're able to pull it out but like i mean one it would be great to see Zion play winning basketball.
But at the same time, I feel like Charlotte could be a weird, interesting fit.
That actually low-key would be perfect for him.
They run kind of almost that same system that New Orleans does.
So it's perfect for him.
Him and Miles Bridges can actually work off of each other too.
And yeah, like both of their positions are interchangeable.
So that's why I was like, you have Khan or Ball out there, you know,
being the point guard running Miles Bridges, Zion,
and then, you know, obviously a couple other Briggs with Mark and all them.
But other than that, yeah, I think that would be a good fit because they actually have some pieces to give off the bench too for him,
which would be nice.
Speaking of coming off the bench, too, for him, which would be nice. Speaking of coming off the bench, another big story is LaMelo Ball coming off the bench for the first time pretty much in his career.
Having a 30-banger easily, too.
And he had a banger of a game.
Banger of a game and took it in stride. You know, he took it in stride
Banger of a game.
And took it in stride, you know.
He took it in stride.
So that's good that's a sign of growth
That is a sign of growth for lamello coming off the ball coming off the bench
Having a great game. He's used to being a superstar, but hey, you know, maybe he's maturing before our eyes
What's up hype hype nose? Hype knows ball.
Good to see you down there.
Welcome, Dirk.
What's cracking, Kurt?
What's cracking, Hype?
What's cracking, Jay?
Cram?
Everybody up in here just pop in.
Kurt in the house.
Friday, baby!
It's Friday.
You know we rolling up.
What to do?
What's good, man?
What you seeing in the NBA this week?
Man, how they did my boy Trae Young dirty and sent him to D.C. with Trump.
And not even get a pick.
Not even get a first-round pick.
Crazy.
I'm definitely going.
I'm going to be up there in two weeks anyway.
So I'm going to catch that game Thursday and see what he'll do.
I hope he'll cook.
Kurt, you know what's crazy is that was his first choice, bro,
like on the actual, like, with him talking to his agent and everything.
Like, that's why it was like all those memes were popping up.
Like, you wanted to come here?
Like, bro.
I want to go to Washington.
He got some work
around there.
There had to be something going
on down there where he's like, yeah, I think
I'll be fine out here.
There's got to be a girl.
That's crazy work to be
like, yeah, Washington Wizards. That's where
I want to go.
I'm going to Washington in bed.
Okay.
It had to be something serious.
You feel me?
Yeah.
And then you got fucking Houston.
Don't Houston got up coming up soon?
Oh, spring break.
They got this spring break shit coming up.
Oh, yeah.
I don't know about the Washington play.
I ain't see that one coming.
And then everybody giving them flags for leaving off the court.
What happened there?
Oh, yeah.
When Trey was leaving, when he got the announcement that he was leaving to Washington,
well, the announcement that he was leaving, he knew he was going.
Yeah, he knew he was going.
He left like a couple seconds before the game was over and they was giving him shit.
Yeah, he was dapping up everybody like, all right, y'all, I'm out of here, man.
I got some money to go make.
That's the thing with social media, right?
Like the news breaks, you got fans in the crowd yelling you
just got traded right you're like they're they get the text they're able to so it's a wild world we
live in these days with that but that was cool man that's interesting i always like to see those
because you get to see humans like raw raw reactions he knew he was out i mean they were working on trade that's why
he wasn't playing so and the thing is i'm like just right now the way the the changing of the
guard is in the nba like i don't know how much more he's going to be fitting into the nba because
like obviously as you can see you you know, you got, like,
14-year-olds who are six point guards nowadays in AAU.
You know what I mean?
So, like, the new guard is like, oh, yeah, you got to be pretty much 6'4 and up.
And, you know what I mean?
You're doing everything.
So it's like I feel like the times are changing in the NBA where, obviously,
we're seeing everybody you know
you're seeing the seven footer you know doing what the point guard is doing but now we're having the
point guard being a taller much taller going back into like that 80s where you have magic johnson
type height and you know like obviously you got kate that's what i'm like you're seeing all these
tall guards now it's just like i don't know where he's gonna fit coming into the future because
shit in the next like two or three years you, like, the top 15 coming out of the class.
Like, even from, like, 20 to ages of 20 and under, like, literally 6'5 and up.
So that's why I'm like, it's going to be a tough one for Trey because, one, he doesn't play defense.
Not like he doesn't play defense, but it's just hard because, obviously, if you get caught on the switch, they're just going to utilize that and just keep picking on him.
So it's like, out there in Washington, what are you going to do?
You know, besides be that guy.
He's going to entertain.
He's going to shoot from half court.
He's going to give the fans something to cheer about.
They're not winning this season anyway, right?
I mean, he better not play because he's going to help them win
if they're trying to get that number one seed or that number one pick.
So he better not play at all.
Literally, he's going to go out there
and have a John Wall situation.
He should start doing the
John Wall, which again,
shout out to John Wall, man.
Shout out to John Wall.
He was so fun to watch.
He just had an invitationational like two weeks ago.
Yeah, two weeks ago.
Man, it was some like Marathon was saying, man,
there's some big boys out there.
I'm looking at fucking 15 and 16-year-olds.
They 6'4", like fucking 245.
And it's like, what the hell are you going to do with that?
So I've got a game tonight.
We've got our first league game.
So, Coach Fink coming in here, doing the thing.
Coach Squiddy in the damn thing.
You going to get kicked off like her?
Oh, no, no, no.
I stay silent here.
I'm a rookie.
I'm a rookie.
The thinker.
They call me Coach Think.
Because we just, you know,
I sit at the end of the bench.
The rookie, the coaches,
you know, they sit at the front there too.
I'm the one, you know, the guy checks in. I'm at the end of the bench. I the coaches you know they sit at the front there too i'm the one you know the guy checks in i'm at the end of the bench i'm bringing the vibes and whatnot i'm just
uh i'm just the rookie i'm just the rookie there so i give him some like you know after they get
coached i'll coach him on at the end of the bench once they get subbed out get a get a quick word
and then bring them back in before they sit down.
You know, know my role.
But it's been fun, man.
It's been fun working with these kids.
It's been fun hooping, playing on the scout team.
But there's some big boys for sure.
We got hype in the house and we got Jay Vegas in the house.
We're going to go hype and then Jay Vegas hype.
What are you seeing in the NBA these days?
Oh, daughter, I mean...
I was definitely
surprised wearing, but
we speak about
apps, right? I mean, I've been to play
in shorter days, too.
Just, I mean, NBA players...
Hype, you're cutting in and out!
Damn, bro. Are you a robot, or you are just happens I mean NBA players you're cutting in and out damn bro
are you a robot or you are
in the other side
squid it squid it
no sorry it's time for a question
Hype we have to make sure
we gotta make sure
we gotta make sure I'm gonna switch up to question
too alright Hype
in order to speak on this page to make sure you know ball going to switch up the question too. All right. Hype, in order to speak on this page, to make sure you know ball,
which city do the Toronto Raptors play basketball in?
Can we know?
Oh, shit.
Hype, you still have a robot voice, man.
This could be a bot.
It's 100% bot.
He used Vibe coding, right, to get here as a bot
because he's in five spaces
at the same time right now, bro.
Hype, which city do the Toronto Raptors
play basketball?
Damn.
I think it's Frank, bro.
I think it's Frank with his
subscription app
and he's here on spaces as Hype.
That's what I think it is, man.
Hype, try to get here again uh i know our questions are tough not ours squiddies because he said he's mr brain he's mr thinker so uh hype you back my friend. Can you hear me now? Oh, now it's better.
This is how I know you, bro.
Oh, thank you very much.
Toronto Raptors play in Mississauga at the Rogers Arena.
Actually, no, they play downtown.
Toronto is in Canada.
Canada is in Toronto.
They're both in each other. They're both in each other.
They're both in each other.
Nicely done.
We can hear you clearly now.
Hype, you're the first contestant to actually answer one of Squiddy's questions.
I thought I was the second one.
Machiavelli got one.
Machiavelli got it last week.
Oh, he did.
He did.
I was shocked Mac if he got any answers correct when it comes to NBA.
But anyways, anyways, anyways.
Yeah, I was saying earlier, I wasn't shocked that Trae Young was traded.
I was kind of shocked where he went.
That be said, those, I mean, we'll see what moves are happening.
I mean, I don't know this year.
I haven't really been falling to be very honest this year.
I don't know why it's just been one of those years.
Just haven't been falling too much,
but I did want to just say one thing about there was a,
there was a,
there was a video I watched last night.
It was actually on the timeline.
I don't know if you guys saw it from Isaiah Thomas talking about the,
the,
the generation that is in terms of like who the greatest player of all time
And I was watching it intently and he's right.
I mean,
everybody says MJ is the greatest of all time is. And I was watching it intently and he's right. I mean, everybody says MJ is the
greatest of all time, but we're all looking back in time to like that period of time from the 80s
when some of us were obviously like still still born and young. Anyways, but yeah, like I think,
you know, people do have to look at today's players. I mean, definitely a different type
of beast, right? In terms of their of their athleticism and the way they play.
And I think even in the future,
I'm not saying there will be a greater player than LeBron,
you know, when it comes to that stature,
anytime in our lifetime.
But who's to know?
Because you guys just mentioned,
like these players getting bigger, stronger,
more athletic, right?
I think, you know, in the next 20, 30 years,
there may be a player that comes out of this mix
that we don't know yet, that may be even better than LeBron. So yeah, I mean, athletes know, in the next 20, 30 years, there may be a player that comes out of this mix that we don't know yet that may be even better than LeBron.
So, yeah, I mean, athletes are getting stronger, and I think, you know, the times are changing too.
And like I was saying when I was roboting, I mean, look at badminton players.
They're getting shorter and faster.
So, no doubt that NBA players are getting taller.
Is being short, is that an advantage in badminton?
Yeah, bro.
Of course it is.
You didn't know that.
Quicker.
You know, quicker.
Quick on your feet.
Quicker on your feet.
Quicker on your feet.
That's fair.
That is fair.
Yeah, I'd be right, though, for sure.
I think that we,
obviously, we may not see it in our lifetime, but obviously, you know, the world obviously does a full circle.
So, you know, at some point in life,
we'll probably see another most dominant center ever like Shaq.
You know what I mean?
We'll see, like, the most, like, lethal score like KD.
We'll see the most, like, you know, the most games
and the most, like, longevity play like a LeBron.
You know what I mean? Like, we'll definitely see that. I mean, we won't see it, but it'll probably be coming back around at some point like you know the most games and the most like longevity play like a lebron you know i mean like we'll definitely see that i mean we won't see it but it'll probably be coming back
around at some point you know you don't think steph's son's gonna be one of the fucking best
sharpshooters in the world when it gets to fucking 18 19 20 when we're all like 50 well
my case i'll be dead but anyway some of you guys will be like 50 you 60, 70. You mean like, like Brony?
Let's not go that far. Let's not put the boundaries of like
genetics, okay? Like that's
he's, he, ah, let's
be honest, okay? Grateful if I was your
son doesn't mean I come into this space and become like the
greatest speaker of all time on space just because I'm your son.
Yep, that's what I'm saying,
bro. It's like, you know, just
because you're a winner doesn't mean well you'll always be a winner
but I mean your kid might be a winner
but they might not be the top of their game winner
like win everything
hey man shout out to RJ Davis
man my boy was leading in the G League
yeah it's crazy but anyways yeah like I said
marathon I was watching that i was watching
that uh it was like about like six minute five minute uh interview with isaiah and it's true
i mean a lot of us again we look back right we're like oh my god mg is the greatest of all time
because of like that's our time period for a lot of us right he is yeah yeah but i mean you know
and i'm one of those guys too i'm at fault like i'm always gonna be always going to be like, yeah, you know, MJ is better than LeBron.
But I look at the statistics and how dominant LeBron is.
And if you match him up in this period of time, you know,
would LeBron be better than MJ?
100%.
He'd get eaten alive.
Bro, you know.
Okay.
Oh, shit.
Now we are getting on a thin ice here.
Let it rip, Grateful.
Let it rip.
Okay.
Let's go for that.
Man, I think one thing is like the skill stats and everything.
But the other thing is approach to the game and winning.
And man, I know you're going to be like, oh, when MJ got into the NBA, it took him some time. But man, like 90s and Chicago Bulls, bro.
Like for me, it's absolutely crazy to see that game.
And I love to see it.
I love MJ.
You know, he was like a killer.
And Kobe was a killer for me too.
LeBron is not a killer for me.
That's what I'm saying here.
Nothing personal against LeBron.
But man, you know, I don't know.
No, no.
Yeah.
100%.
When it comes to killer instinct.
Mentality.
Unmatched.
Unmatched.
But when it comes to like statistics like you know yeah statistics
right yeah statistics bro like except number of games played per season
j vegas in the fucking house dude i'm so glad that we actually got on this topic so that's
perfect because that's what i wanted to do so my whole i i had a one of my homies actually brought up this topic was do you think now let's say we're
in our times right now do you think uh joker could go back and play in like the 80s 90s basketball
and be just fine and do you think if you brought shack into our times right now not like obviously
or a phoenix or boston shack before he like tours achilles or whatever but i'm talking about like the prime shack where he was tearing rims down you think
he what he what he would do in this league this year like in our times fuck yeah he'd be dominant
i mean you're talking about like what the the the new vladi divak i mean come on like i mean
i think joker would be uh i think he'd be fine but but... How did you call it, bro? Divock? Bloody Divock.
Bloody Divock.
Divock.
I love that.
I think fundamentals are timeless,
and I think Jokic's fundamentals are just above and beyond most people,
most people, bro, like ever.
Insane.
Like ever.
So I don't think there's a time frame that would change his skill set.
You know what I mean?
Like, he's just...
His know of the game is just ridiculous.'s no, there's no other game.
It's just ridiculous.
His,
his vision of the game is just ridiculous.
Like he's sick.
Today,
Jay,
like,
like the players of today though,
they,
they're not,
they're not positional players,
bro.
They can play pretty much every position back then.
You stuck to your position.
Like,
you know what I mean?
Like you're a two,
you're a two.
Don't fuck around.
Right.
You know what I mean?
Like guys play to their position and like,
you know,
Shaq, I think he would be dominant in terms of size but as a as a do you see shack shooting a three probably not right he definitely can't shoot three throws for his life so but bro
he could he could shoot threes bro i saw some video after he retired and he made like three out of three or something on YouTube.
So, man, I don't know. Maybe we
underestimate him, but
I kind of like positional basketball.
I love when they actually prepare it for shock
and he just dunk over anyone,
you know, like Dikembe.
Oh my God, it was beautiful to watch.
So, yeah, maybe we get back. I don't know.
Probably not.
But of course, the skill, guys.
Like, the skill and athleticism, or how you say that word, you know what I mean?
Like, is out of world these days.
It's crazy, right?
It's insane, for sure.
So true.
So true.
And, yeah, just like Jay was saying, yeah, like, Joker's way too intelligent.
You know what's crazy?
I think Joker would average i think joker would average
more assists than he would average points back in the day just because of like how physical the game
was you know what i'm saying like too like he's not gonna be trying to like back down you don't
see joker really backing down a lot of people as it is anyway he's more like that face up and if he
does want to back you down i'm gonna wait for the double dime you off so it's like yeah i think like
if you brought him back in that day he would
definitely probably average 15 assists all day for sure more than points and then yeah if you
brought shaq in this time shaq would probably average 65 average 65 and it's probably his
lowest scoring game would probably be 120 shout out nuggets for playing without yokich too bro and doing so good they're fucking killing it
we're just talking about that too jay like bro i'm like they're trusting the process down there
literally they're trusting the process the fact that jamal's a beast though bro and then and and
yokich was the same way when jamal went out you know i'm saying like it was it was the same exact
they played they played top-notch without him and it's not that he wasn't good or he wasn't needed.
It's just that their system is so dope, bro.
And they have guys that step it up.
Their office has made good moves to do interim moves.
And I think the Nuggets are a good organization.
I like it. I love it, bro.
I really do like it. How the way they're, the way they're,
the way that their bench is showing that they can play without any superstars right now,
like I said, that gives you so much confidence with them going into the playoffs.
You know what I mean?
Because that gives Murray some time to rest.
You know what I mean?
When you're bringing like a Christian Braun or a Peyton Watson or somebody out to actually like, you know,
bring up the ball or even doing some scoring because obviously Peyton Watson has stepped his shit up completely
in the last like five games without Joker. So, yeah, I really like the way the Nuggets are doing. When Joker gets
back, they're probably going to be, I'd say there'll probably be one or two in the West.
They'll probably take over Houston's record for sure. Definitely. And y'all didn't bet me, but
I will tell you that the Detroit Pistons shoot all their touchdowns and throw tons of home runs in Chicago.
Like, always.
Go Birds.
Go Birds. We love the Pistons, man.
I'm loving this Pistons team.
I hope they make it out of the East.
The East is literally anybody's game.
There's not one team that really, really, really stands out.
I still think that the Pistons, Knicks, and even the Cavs are right up there.
Can't bet against the Celtics,
but the East is going to be a fun playoff.
Just to lose to the West in six.
Woo!
Approaching the 69th minute
of the eight ball club.
Squid, I have a question for you. Can you dunk
these days? Not anymore.
Not anymore. Bro, after
the Christmas, it's
fucked, man. Now when I do the layups i do the uh i do the
double the double hand tap oh my god that's what we did in elementary school bro i love it that's
og that's og it's the og move you know i get up there to lay it up double smack off the backboard
you know it still looks good hey you gotta slap slap that glass. Yeah, it's the classic. That was shit talking back in the day, bro.
That was shit talking.
Your hand talked the shit for you, bro.
Right.
So, fun story.
I've tried to dunk in an actual game once.
Towards the end of the season, I got benched and, you know,
get in for some garbage time, whatever.
And because, you know, we were a defensive-minded team. I was initially brought in to shoot threes, you know, get in for some garbage time, whatever. And because, you know, we were a defensive-minded team.
I was initially brought in to shoot threes, you know, new coach.
It happens.
And it's funny because then afterwards, like when I would go to college,
I was a defensive wizard because I was taught well,
but then just, you know, we had a good squad.
We went undefeated, blah, blah, blah.
So I get into the game.
It's our last ever home game, right? It's this little
tournament. I get, I get in, I got all the students section, all my homies, everyone cheering.
We're up by like 12 points at the end. They're on the free throw line, 12 seconds left.
They're shooting a free throw. I look at my buddy. I'm like, yo, give me the fucking ball.
I look at my buddy.
I'm like, yo, give me the fucking ball.
Give me the ball.
So I was able, I was dunking in warmups, right?
Like I was able to throw it down, whatever.
Guy misses the free throw.
My buddy gets it and I start sprinting up the court.
And then defender legs like, what the fuck is this guy doing?
And I got a little bit of a step on him.
But then he starts to run with me, right?
So I go up.
Guy throws it to me.
I'm a lefty, right?
So my preferred dunk was coming from the right side and going into the middle.
I'm sprinting up the court.
I'm like, fuck it.
I'm just going for it.
Running down, running down the court.
Go on up, ball, just, I just throw the ball off the backboard and grab the rim and hang on, and hang on to the rim. Not even close. My coach just
looks at me. He wants to start cracking up, but you know, we had a, we had like a drill sergeant
coach. So I had, I had absolutely, there was no chance. the guy kind of ran up with me and he almost like
He tried to go up with me a little bit, right? I was like, I'm about to dunk on this guy's ass. I
Was nowhere close. I was absolutely nowhere close, but I see you guys in the comments listen
I did bang on someone in my freshman year of
College I had a good like two three year run where i would just like you
know i continued to to get stronger i got a little bigger and i was dunking in these in some pickup
games whenever i had a chance believe it or not they called me pogo they called me pogo which was
fun none of you guys are going to believe it for a second but that was one of my nicknames
back in the day.
It wasn't on the junior high court, right?
It wasn't the nine-footers?
No, 10 feet.
Okay, okay.
I'm just kidding.
10 feet.
Actually, dunking with someone in a pickup game,
it was one of the greatest moments of my life.
One of the greatest moments of my life,
because it's unexpected.
Whenever I go and play pickup,
I try and be the least
assuming person ever. I try and look
just nerdy and whatever, but then I'm
just, I'm D'ing up. I spend all my effort
on defense and I obviously
don't miss. I don't miss threes.
I haven't played a pickup game
in like two years though and it's been
devastating. Do you like
indoor pickup games or do you like the outdoor
blacktop pickup games?
All of the above.
Yes, sir.
But I haven't played in so long.
And now that I've been coaching a little bit, I miss playing pickup.
Because I don't know how many more years I'll be able to do so.
And now these men's leagues, right, where it's all three-point shooting
and no one really plays defense, match made in heaven.
I just got to get the cardio up.
I just got to get the cardio up. I just got to get the cardio up.
I had a first game on Wednesday, man,
and I almost died there.
Really, I'm wearing that chest strap,
so I know,
and it was insane.
I'm still dead.
I still can't walk, man.
So, yeah,
I also gained like 10 pounds over the Christmas,
so it didn't help much.
But, guys,
it really reminds me
Stranger Things right now happening here
on stage because
it feels like we are playing
Dungeon and Dragons with basketball
team and Squiddy just rolled
10 and he shared a story how he almost
dunked on someone.
It's so cool, bro. I love it.
Yeah, and then we're all just waiting for the ninth episode it's so cool man yeah i also have a story story guys i i was in in um in us
like as a kid you know and i was walking around i saw basketball court and uh there was ellen
iverson playing just you know just casually playing one on one with some guys and I
went there and I beat him yeah
11 to 2
yeah
because I rolled 20
right now
Iverson Allen
no I just hit my head
then I woke up bro
you played Allen Triverson.
He was trying.
Yeah, it was some fake Iverson.
No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding, bud.
Yeah, I love these stories, Quitty.
I think people love stories, too,
because more and more people joining us here
and they would love to hear probably more.
And we should ask Marathon, man.
Like, come on, tell us something, man.
Tell us your most favorite dunk.
Something that we can't do, maybe, you know? Yeah. come on tell us something man tell us your most favorite dunk something that
we can't do maybe you know?
I'm trying to think the first time I dunked was sixth grade summer year and I
barely got it over the rim it was like one of those like ray flip friends
you said sixth grade? oh yeah it was like a ray flip friend
so you were like five 12 or what
oh yeah no yeah dude i was i was bouncy man we had everybody in my family was so athletic it was
ridiculous but yeah everybody i was playing flag football that summer too so i was playing free
safety so my man i was like feeling super athletic and then i got into playing for the junior Lakers down at the Crenshaw Y.
And I remember fast break, man.
I just had the ball and I just went up and just barely got it over the rim.
Nobody else was even behind me, which was funny because I was the only person that went on the fast break.
But I barely got it over the rim.
It was like an actual like Ray Flaffrin's dunk.
And then after that, I was just trying to just touch the rim, grab the rim a lot during like when I was in practice.
I was trying to grab the rim, two hands, one hand, jump it off one foot, one, two feet.
And then by the time you know it, by about ninth grade year, I was going through my legs.
And that was at Westchester High School in California.
JR Ryder.
Damn, that guy's crazy, guys.
I'm telling you, we have a star here on stage.
And it's absolutely crazy, guys. I'm telling you, we have a star here on stage, and it's absolutely nuts, guys.
Maybe, Martin, we need some mixtapes, bro.
You should have some of your video footage,
maybe some A-Ball Club ABC mixtape.
There was some brand.
Maybe, what about ABC1 mixtape?
That sounds good, right?
Dude, we can make the funniest thing.
And again, I pinned it to the top, but we are, you have my word, whether it's, you know,
it's the Pfisters event or something grateful.
And I, we are going to do a marathon.
We are going to do an eight ball club event for a fest, a basketball event.
That is a promise.
As soon as we know the city in the time, we're going to start planning that,
and we're going to get some stuff together, and we're going to have a hoop event.
I know the city, bro.
That is a promise.
I know the city already, guys.
I'm telling you, next Ape Fest.
Yes.
Is that a hunch, or is that like you've got facts?
If this is in California, anywhere, I'm going to tell you,
we're good for playing anywhere at basketball
I can get any private gym anywhere. We need to go
Beautiful, I think it's happening in LA. Yeah, not guaranteed a thinker or no
I talked to 11 and she told me it's gonna be Miami because you all thought that she oh shit
I'm not gonna say anything because sorry spoiler alert, I actually ruined the show for Simple Farmer
because I was talking about Stranger Things
and I said everything how it ends.
And he was like, bro, you ruined...
I've been waiting for the three and a half years
and you told me everything in five minutes here on stage.
So I'm not saying anything anymore.
But yeah, Eleven told me it's LA.
I mean,
I'd be okay with that.
I prefer the East coast,
still hope Miami.
And it's probably going to be,
I mean,
I like the international stuff,
but now that we're a little more crypto friendly,
it's probably going to be the U S just because it's easiest for the team.
I feel like.
Or maybe Greenland, bro.
Who knows?
Oh my God.
Yeah, the new US.
But actually, I've been there, man.
And it's incredible place.
It's insane place, bro.
It's insane.
I don't know if they play basketball much there.
And it gets dark quite quickly during the winter. indoors yeah yeah so uh but i think it's gonna be u.s i think it's gonna be la or miami so that's my that's my guess i think both for me
both are great because usually october is getting cold here so it's not going to be cold in LA and in Miami, right?
So yeah, it's going to be fun.
And if I keep eating like this, man, I can be a coach or referee.
All I got to do is start smoking cigarettes.
Oh, we can smoke while playing, bro.
Or I can be a baby.
They can call me baby shot, bro.
I just need to gain like 100 pounds and I'll be good.
Oh, man.
But guys, we got to make jerseys, ABC jerseys for you.
We got to make a lot of stuff.
I think it's possible, bro.
I think we get sponsors.
I saw Wise was here in the audience.
So yeah, they will sponsor that.
I don't even know what they're doing,
but they will 100% sponsor that.
I see Sevo, you know, 100% will sponsor us.
Otter and his collection, of course, will sponsor us, right?
Otis representing Kodas also will sponsor us.
So yeah, I just made three deals for $500,000 for jerseys only.
So that's how it works, Squiddy. Works for me. Yeah, we make those jerseys for like 1k and the
rest we split. Works for me. We can make some dope-ass ABC jerseys for sure.
That'd be sick.
Yeah, that would be so good, right?
And maybe we should really call ourselves ABC1 or ABC69 or some shit like that.
Like, yeah.
Did you see Steph actually wearing N1's Tai Chi's?
Oh, my God.
Steph's on this shoe tour.
Yeah, he's on a shoe tour right now.
So yeah, he's just trying to figure it out.
I think he might try to sign with Devin Booker,
but Devin Booker has been like giving him a bunch of his shoes.
So we'll see how that goes.
But yeah, I think, you know,
Steph is trying to either be on his own thing
and be like with Asics or something weird.
You know, he'll be like with like a brand
that no one even knows about or cares about.
So we'll see how that goes.
But I think he should go with Devin Booker's brand
and be with the Nike, be back with Nike.
Did you see those new Nike slides
or what the hell is that?
Did you see those?
The ones that like help you think better or like...
Yeah, what the fuck? I was you see those the ones that like help you think better or like yeah what the i was like come on guys i'll try to wear those before spaces let's see if it's gonna be better
right the thinker yeah but they are sold out man like what's going on
people buy interesting stuff but who are we to say who are we to judge we buy nfts
quick quick take who's gonna be who's taking west who's going to the west coast finals and
who's going to the east coast finals grateful That was a quick one, huh?
Oh shit, sorry!
Bro, I just shared it and then I didn't unmute!
Bro!
Okay, I'll go
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
Oh, you mean conference finals or the whole big finals?
No, let's introduce conference finals right now.
OKC Denver.
What do you think?
And then now what about...
I need...
Wemby is not gonna...
Wemby...
Yeah.
What do you mean, Squiddy?
I need a seven-game series
with the Thunder and the Spurs.
Damn.
I need that for just
my basketball porn.
That would be so fun.
So, I like that too
and I like in the East right now. think the pistons are for real man i think
we're gonna see pissed yeah i like piston celtics i like that me too yeah i love it because we know
new york right like they always look like i know i know otter is probably from new york but they
always look great and then something happens, right? So, yeah.
Yeah, the Knicks are a bridesmaid team.
But, yeah, I mean, we can't.
They won the cup.
They won the cup.
So, again, can't put it past them.
And then Towns are so good.
Brunson's one of my favorite players in the NBA.
They've got a squad.
Bridges is balling.
So, it would be fun to see the Knicks in the finals.
And if we believe in the script, and if we think this is all kind of fake,
then the Knicks could be the move.
Knicks-Celtics would be really fun.
But I'm rocking with the Pistons. They've given me no reason to think they can't win a seven-game series
against anybody in the East.
I like both of those because I was going to pick both of them and I was going to either interchange
Denver for one of those West coast finals teams. It could be any, honestly, either one of them.
Cause you know, Denver, they were, they were just unhealthy last night. I mean, last season
going up against OKC. So I think that that would be a really good seven-game series
if they make it to the West Coast Finals for sure.
And then, yeah, I do like Boston and the Knicks.
I also like the Knicks versus who else?
I mean, Cleveland would be a good one.
And then Cleveland and Boston for sure.
I love it.
All right.
What a fun space as always,
man.
And the spaces are so much more fun.
We got more people to come on up and talk shit.
100%.
Jay,
Jay,
have we heard from Jay?
Yep.
And we have heard from Jay.
He said that he can beat you every fucking time, 101.
Yeah.
Oh, my God.
Yeah.
All right.
Three dribble.
Left-handed.
I use performance-enhancing drugs.
Jake and Dunk now.
Watch out.
Yeah, watch out.
I have been known to use performance-enhancing drugs, though.
Just like my boys, Isaiah J. Isaiah JR Ryder, Kevin Durant and AI, you know, all of them guys.
Wake and bake for the 8-Ball Club, episode 10 with Skitty K for a marathon, NBA spaces, let's go.
8 ball club episode 10 was
for a marathon MPA spaces
let's go
but guys I think the future
of this space is we need to go for
more rage baits so we
attract more people outside of web
3.2 so we can fight here on stage
oh my god
he's in the jacuzzi
I can say he's in the jacuzzi
send it He's in the jacuzzi, I can say. He's in the jacuzzi.
Cindy.
Alright, ready to play some ball now.
Ready to play some ball now. Let's go.
Let's fucking go.
Bro, you're like from How High movie, man.
I loved it. I loved it, bro.
One of my favorite movies of all time.
Oh my god. Man, did they smoke the... Who did they actually smoke, man? Was that like a professor or someone clever, man?
No, it was their homie.
Oh, it was their homie.
Even better.
Study high.
Take the test high.
Get high scores.
It's as easy as that.
Oh my god.
Yeah, it was so funny.
Such a great movie, guys.
So, yeah, definitely planning stuff for ApeFest, guys.
It's gonna be insane. It's gonna be something that you've never seen.
We're gonna have slam dunk competition, and I know none of you can actually dunk,
so only Marathon will win it.
We're gonna have a three-point contest, and I know...
Yeah, Kurt, can you actually... Do you play ball? A lot? We're going to have a three-point contest. And I know, yeah.
Kurt, can you actually, do you play ball a lot?
I go for the cardio, mainly football and track.
Bro, I noticed some efforts there.
Like, I do it for the cardio and there are the best players all the time, bro.
I love that approach.
So, yeah, we have to be scared of Kurt too.
Yeah, he's going to be dunking like crazy.
I think, you know, he started with a free throw dunk and then he keeps going. So, yeah. we have to be scared of Kurt, too. Yeah, he's going to be dunking like crazy. I think, you know, he started with a free throw dunk and then he keeps going.
So, yeah.
Oh, shit.
So, now I'll be a referee, Squiddy.
I'll be a referee.
That's all I can do there.
I like it.
I like it.
What a great space, everybody.
Thank you, everyone, for coming to hang out.
I've got nothing else.
I'm jumping into the, I'm doing the first little Fister Friday, starting in three minutes,
a little town hall for the Fisters. It's been, been one week since the project's been up.
So appreciate everyone who's been part of that and supporting that there.
You can buy Fisters on secondary market. How about that?
Get them guys, get those fisters
there are you already have that avatar in in other side they were supposed to be yesterday
but james left us off accidentally so it should be in today and they're not all going to be fully
rigged but the sheriff is in town so i'm working to see on uh how to get the entire collection rigged. We don't have much
of a treasury
from the sale. It did alright.
But definitely
have enough to explore
getting the whole collection
in there because I think that should
definitely be a priority.
Love it, guys.
It should be fun. Guys, hop into the squiddy space thank you so much for
tuning in marathon any final words from you honestly everybody loves basketball we love it
so we good thank you all for showing up today you know we'll talk next week about some other
crazy stuff that's going down we're not going to talk about anthony davis let's just leave him out
the whole thing hopefully he goes to was Washington and everybody just forgets about him.
But thank you all for coming.
You know, we love basketball.
We love you all for loving basketball.
And let's go.
Let's go, everybody.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
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And we're going to keep going.
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We're going to keep winning, guys.
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Have a great weekend.
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