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NBA Space w/ Squiddy, Marathon and Grateful | ep. 17
Recorded: March 6, 2026 Duration: 1:24:22Space Recording
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Oh Hey ho, hey ho, hey ho, hey ho, hey ho. I'm afraid of what I made and played and bust a boogie fist, don't say it fits in truth,
put that music in the monkey pit.
Triggers from the group town, ill town, so max out what feels now.
Fiddlers out with us so we still around.
Don't land with a freestyle fandom, ain't trying to be handsome.
Tricking what you thinking cause I'm vamping.
I live in type of hip hop, this is hip hop for today.
I get brought to hip hop hop so hip hop hooray! Hey ho, hey ho, hey ho, hey ho, hey ho, hip hop hooray!
Hey ho, hey ho, hey ho, hey ho, hey ho, you heard a lot about a brother gaining Mo' ground
Being low down, I do the showdown with any little ho-round.
You wanna know who you're believing, me and funny reasons.
Even when I'm sleeping, you think I'm cheating.
You said I knew you're Mr. OPP man.
Yo, PP man, won't only see me, man.
You should've knew when I ain't hitting the stack that I was Twitter to beat.
Not to consider the rep, pick.
I did your punta cause he's hot as a baker.
Cause I'm naughty by nature, not cause I hate ya
You put your heart in the part of a part that spreads apart
And forget that I forget when you had a spark
You try to act like something really big is missing
Even though my name's graffiti written on your neck
I love black men always, and this shit ain't the way
Let's start our family today, Hip Hop Hooray! Hey Hey, ho, hip hop parade. Ho, hip hop parade.
Ho, let's go.
My hands are in the air as we say that.
Too good.
Too good.
What's up, boys?
What's up, what's up boys what's up what's up it's friday and i wish i was at a target i've got the
itch bro with a with a market like this i'll be in target soon man i'll be the janitor there
i gotta stop buying cards.
Oh shit.
Especially because I don't know how to sell.
I just collect.
I want to be Detroit Pistons of Web3.
That's my goal.
It's tough because it seems I'm more like Sacramento than Detroit.
So I don't know what's going on here.
I don't know.
I've got a line that I want to post. Hold on a second.
Where is this fucker?
By my guy, WorldwideWob.
Which he used to follow my old account.
He followed everybody in the beginning, but now we
kind of
stopped doing that.
Wob.
Wob. Wob, wob, wob, wob.
He's following 1.2 million people.
I'm not one of them.
That's crazy.
He used to follow back, but then he got too big time.
Then he kind of stopped, I think.
But here's the post.
I'm pinning it to the top.
Did any of you guys see his line last night?
Nope.
16 points, 11 rebounds, 5 steals, 7 blocks.
Woo. Woo.
Man.
I like to party.
I'm so, you know, it's crazy that they didn't even make that game even mainstream.
Like, that should have been a mainstream game over the Warriors and the Rockets.
Absolutely wild, guys. Guys, retweet the space are we back retweet the space legends comment whatever you want to comment it will help bookmark and uh we're gonna we're gonna start with
the standings as always uh we have oh my god like uh we have some crazy things like
san antonio losing their 11 game winning streak which is absolutely wild uh how that happened
who knows right marathon knows for sure but we gotta get into it guys uh squiddy you want to
take us into the standing um you know uh of nba teams and and check what's going on
there you know it's what we do and then i just want to say i got cut off because i clicked the
video accidentally but any game involving the brooklyn nets is not a marquee game marathon
come on come on first place in the eastern, you've got the Detroit Pistons. Second best
record in the NBA. They've just been running the East from start to finish there too. I
don't see that really changing. 7-3 in their last 10. Although they are on a two game losing
streak, they are four and a half games ahead of second place.
I'm no math major, but let me do some math here.
51, 61.
There's still like 20-something games left in the season.
So there is time for Boston to maybe catch them, but I don't see it.
The Pistons are good.
They've got a fairly light schedule.
And, yeah, I mean, it'd be pretty cool to see them
just go from, oh, the Pistons are in first place.
That's cute to, holy shit.
It's the all-star break.
The Pistons are still in first place to, yo, these guys are legit and they're going to
be a tough out.
So there's that in second place.
You have the Boston Celtics jason tatum's return
right around the corner he is questionable it's that that's something that's absolutely crazy
bro i don't understand i would love to see a netflix documentary about his comeback like how
you actually how you do that man after such a crazy injury right like clay thompson i don't know it took
him like two years or something like that you know i don't know what they are doing there
that's crazy man and we talked about this too so it's i mean it's the best case scenario for
the celtics because it's not like he's coming back in the second round of the playoffs where
it's like crunch time like
the fact that they're gonna have some regular season games to get him back involved probably
makes the celtics the favorites in the east um again like they're so well coached and
they're just they're so good i don't see see much concern about getting him reacclimated into the lineup.
Now that they have some runway, even if he doesn't come back today
and he's still questionable for a few games,
if they get like 10 regular season games with him too,
they're going to be all right.
They're going to be, I think they're the favorites in the East.
In third place, go on.
He better be playing in the G League, honestly.
That's what he needs to do is get some games and some reps in before he comes back to the NBA. Well, no, these regular season
games are basically G League games. If it was the playoffs, then yeah, I would say so.
I mean, but still though, like, dude, Squiddy, like, coming off of an injury, do you really
want to have to guard? Like, even on the shittiest team, you've still got one good player,
you know what I mean? Or some good players. So it's like, do you really want to guard
one of those guys? That's what I'm saying. Dude, you've got practice, you know what I mean, or some good players. So it's like, do you really want to guard one of those guys? That's what I'm saying.
Dude, you've got practice, you know. Not a game.
Not a game. Practice.
Yeah, practice is different, though. You know what I'm saying?
That's different. Yeah, listen.
I know what you're saying, but guys
like these superstars, when they're coming back
from an injury, they typically do not play in the
G League. I see where you're
coming from.
They just don't do that. It's not like baseball
where for a rehab assignment. You only have your couple people that actually do it. Like
Brandon Jennings did it when he tore his Achilles. You have your couple players that do it, but
I just feel like he should do it just to get like reacclimated like NBA speed wise.
Yeah, it's rare.
But like with so many games left in the regular season and like the regular season doesn't mean shit right now.
Right.
So like these are basically practice games.
So it's, you know, play them against the Utah Jazz.
Right.
That's what I'm saying.
Like play them against teams like, you know, who are going to be sitting, you sitting you know i mean the rest of their players for the rest of the you know season
stuff like yeah it's really just cardio for him right like he's not going to be he's not going
to be going all out there's no need for him to go all out it's just kind of get in game shape
dude he's not going to give us all defensively and that's fine so like i don't think he needs
to go to the g league i get the thought but I just think it's different I just think it's different
Third place
It's got to these next two teams are in the next little class of their own third place
You've got the New York Knicks and you've got the Cleveland Cavaliers in third and fourth place
Knicks are six games back at the Pistons Cavs are seven games back of the Pistons
Cleveland 7-3 in their last 10.
Knicks 6-4.
And then you've got the mumbo jumbo.
Fifth place to 10th place.
Separated by three and a half games.
That is the difference from, you know, missing the play-in game and going right into the 4-5 seed
or having to play, you know, being the 10 seed,
having to play on the road and having to win two games on the road
just to make the playoffs.
So for these next 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 teams,
the regular season means so much for the rest of these.
You've got the Raptors currently in fifth place. So they're 10 and a half back. Sixers, 11 and a
half back and sixth. The Magic in seventh at 12 games back, six and four in their last 10. The
Heat, seven, three in their last 10 are also 12 games back. You've got our Charlotte Hornets,
our favorite team of the show. Absolutely cruising on a six-game win streak, winners of seven of
their last 10. Yeah, I mean, the Hornets are a playoff team. It's just, it is what it is,
which is really cool. They're going to be most likely
in the play-in game, but there's still some games where they can maybe get up to that top six.
I wouldn't be surprised because no one really stands out in this group. You've got the Atlanta,
and they're 14 games back of the Pistons. And then you've got the Atlanta Hawks, who are four teams games back of the Pistons. And then, you know, listen, 66% of the conference makes the playoffs slash playing game.
I'm counting the playing game as the playoffs. You go a jump from 10th to 11th. The Bucs are
11th place. So while the Hawks are 14 games back at first, the Bucs are 19 games back at first. So
that's a five game difference. Again, I'm no math major. That's a five game difference of getting
into the playoffs. That's going to be pretty tough to overcome. Losers are four straight.
Giannis is back. Anything can happen. Maybe they go on a bit of a run, but the odds are stacked
against them. The Bulls are cooked, right? And then you've got
the tank-a-thon three in the Wizards, Nets, and Pacers who are just going through the motion.
It's been really weird where there's not much movement here. Like the most movement we're
seeing is the surge of the Hornets, who really, they replaced these Bucks and Bulls who have been playing bad basketball and just really getting on up there.
So, also, shout out to GMA down there, smoking guns in the house, 456, what's going on?
Welcome to Kasich, welcome Die Hard, welcome Tato and ILS.
This is our weekly NBA show hosted by Grateful Ape, Marathon, Crypto, and myself.
Squiddy-diddy-doo.
But yeah, I mean, the Hornets are a riser.
You've got that mumbo-jumbo group of the Raptors, Sixers, Magic, Heat.
And then shit, even the Hornets and Hawks, they're still two games back from that.
You know, fifth place to eighth place
is separated by a game and a half.
So I really, that's going to be fun to see out.
Every single game that happens in the regular season
is important here.
What's going on, Sheba?
Also, if you're listening too, bookmark the space,
comment, retweet, like, show some love
if you enjoy talking ball and you want to
hang out um what stands out to you here anything change over the last week for you marathon
honestly i like cleveland how they're looking obviously the pistons yeah they're definitely
going to stay strong right now um you know who i really think is kind of like maybe showing up a
little they'll pull out obviously you know we're talking about
the Hornets but I like the Magic
kind of pulling out strong in the second half of the season
too still being a dark horse
of the East so
alright what about you Grateful
Timberwolves that's
that's the team baby that's the team
we're talking the East.
Sorry, I was too excited, man.
I was too excited.
I have a standings here and I was waiting for that.
Bro, I'm a huge fan of Detroit.
So, man, if Detroit is going to finals this year,
I would be so excited, man.
So, yeah, I'm going for detroit new york knicks also great
work um yeah cleveland absolutely crazy i think so yeah but i'm here for detroit and
uh when we get to the west man i i want to see minnesota there yeah that's that's been my that's
my squad uh we're locked in there for sure also Also, what's up, Zombie Rob coming through, LL Cub in the house.
You all know the drill.
You want to come on up and say hi and talk hoops.
We love having you.
It's been great here in LL.
He's been doing it and doing it and doing it well up here.
We got the aspiring nobody.
What's going on?
I'm also – I just started looking up at the playoffs.
Playoffs? Playoffs? the playoffs. Playoffs?
Playoffs?
Playoffs?
The first round of the playoffs starts in, like, at the end of April.
I'm going to be in Detroit at the end of May.
So, and the finals start June 3rd.
So, if they make it to the conference finals, like, I might have to see if I can get to
a person's game there
that would be pretty sweet
I would definitely have to
that was my first NBA game that I've ever seen live
it was
2005 game 7
conference finals against Miami Heat
that was probably...
I probably never see anything better than that in my life,
but it was crazy.
Before we get to the West, that's a great topic.
I want to know, Marathon, what was your greatest NBA game that you've been to?
I would say
man I'll say I went to Kobe's game when he hit the left-handed
left-handed game winner against the Suns
I've been to hang on no I mean there's so many good games I would say probably Kobe's
probably one of Kobe's game winners
against the Suns because I've been to, like, every game winner he was with
when he hit the Sun, I was at, which is up.
So I would say any Kobe game.
Very nice.
I think mine was game seven of the 2001 Eastern Conference semifinals.
Nah.
Yep. Nah. Yup.
Nah.
Yup.
Mmm.
2001.
Bro, I was watching that on German television, bro, and you were there live.
That's absolutely crazy, bro.
I was at that game.
I'm trying to find that.
Um...
I'm trying to find that because I might be like in the video.
Nah.
Let's see if I can find this.
Bro, it was so funny watching that on... I think the TV was called DSF.
And really because it was like in the middle of the night.
Every break they played those like erotic ads so you can call there
and have some girl on the phone or something like that so it was absolutely crazy man it's like just
call right now the first two minutes are free and then you know like i don't know if you guys know
about the the backstory of that but v, but Vince Carter was late to the game
because he was attending his college graduation.
Oh, shoot.
That's even better.
Oh, my God.
I need to find that clip
because people's fans, they still blame Vince Carter for that,
but he still showed up to the game, still played,
and just missed the three at the end.
That was crazy.
I really wish to, like, I got to find this video
and see if I can find myself in it.
Because I know I was in it at some point.
But anyway, let's get to the Western Conference.
Also, what's going on, Otters?
Good to see you down there.
Squiddy.
Yeah. So the Hornets, you said, are in 10th right now? Also, what's going on, Otters? Good to see you down there. Squiddy. Yo.
So the Hornets, you said, are in 10th right now?
The Hornets are in 9th.
9th, yeah.
So right now, look, their next games, they play the Heat, the Suns,
the Trailblazers, the Kings, the Spurs, the Hornets.
I mean, the Magic and the Heat.
I think they can go, honestly, over 500 with all those.
Except, honestly, the Spurs and the Heat might be their only competition.
But I think they should be able to win the rest of those
and get right back in the actual playing position,
a good, strong playing position.
Yeah, I mean, listen.
The Heat are directly above them in the standings.
Two games above them in the standings,
one place ahead of them in the standings. So if they win both of those games, then they're kind of going head-to-head. That would be a good one.
wire um they gained a little ground on the spurs although not in the last 10 but they're still
three games up they're sitting at 49 and 15 the best record in the nba uh they might be villains
now the thunder you know they they might be villains uh that's something we can maybe talk
about in a bit you got the spurs in second place three games back in second they've got that pretty
locked up and you've got that pretty locked up.
Then you've got another little mumbo jumbo from three to five.
We talked about this.
My Minnesota Timberwolves, baby.
Sitting there in third place, eight and two in their last ten.
Winners of five straight.
Anthony Edwards is my favorite player in the NBA.
Con Canupple is number two.
I love that MIFR, bro. He is the face of the league.
How can he be that good bro? I absolutely love
his style and
man, I don't understand.
How can you be that good bro? It's awesome.
It's not about being good right
but if you look at him playing
like you are like holy shit
Michael Jordan's son. 100%
man. 100%. He should do that
DNA test.
His confidence is just in the roof right now. And it passes
the eye test. His confidence was through the roof when
he got to the league.
And it's
just been fun. The attitude,
but he's obviously a good
dude. He's a nice dude. He's never had any
issues, right? But he is
that motherfucker, man.
Did you see him talking to Obama during the Olympics in Paris, bro?
I love it, man.
It's so fun, man.
And they've got such a really unique team.
With Jaden McDaniels, again, they got Julius Randle.
Yeah, they're just really good. They're just a really good squad with go bear and Nas reads. And they just, they're very impressive basketball
team. They're going to be a tough out even with the thunder and the Spurs, like the way that they
play defense and the way that that team is built. Uh, I would not want to see them in the playoffs.
Another team I would not want to see in the playoffs is the Reed Shepard-led Houston Rockets.
That boy was cooking.
Talk about a white dude balling right now here.
Listen, let me give you some lines, and I'm going in reverse order.
I'm going in reverse order in the most recent games he's played.
Last night, 37 minutes, six threes, 30 points,
three boards, six assists,
while shooting 12 of 19 from the field.
Are you kidding me?
63%. The night before, 42 minutes,
the game before, 42 minutes played.
Seven of 18 from the field i mean not
the worst uh missed the free throw but four threes 19 points seven rebounds 10 of six six steals and
two blocks wow uh he had a little bit of a clunker beforehand but that clunkers four threes 14 points
four rebounds five assists and steal the game before five threes 20 14 points, four rebounds, five assists, and a steal. The game before, five threes, 20 points,
three boards, four assists, two steals, two blocks. He's been stocking it up. If you know what a stock
is, you know, you know. The game before, seven threes, 28 points, four rebounds, two assists.
He's just, the threes have been ridiculous. He has not, Not since February 21st has there been a game where he's made less than four three-pointers
Which is crazy and he's made a three-pointer in every game it since when he played 17 minutes on January 31st
This guy needs to play he is a key cog in their offense
He is an important part of their half-court offense. I know they've got some guys hurt, but this dude is ascending.
He was the number three pick for a reason
and he's really starting to prove it.
Really cool to see.
Guys, I see Otter
here. Otter, he
DMed me before NBA season started
and he was like, Brooklyn Nets
is going to be one because he's from
New York.
He was like, Brooklyn Nets will be the best team in NBA this year.
So Otter I don't know what happened there man I don't know what happened there
but something is off I don't know man but he also predicted that Bitcoin will
reach 250,000 so it's on bread it's on bread oh otter oh gosh oh my god he was
swimming in the Hudson River and now we are roasting him here on the stage and
here we go any other predictions otter we'll take a pause to go to otter here
what other predictions do you got there my friends? Oh Man, I'm just a New York Knicks fan. I love listening you guys talk
I haven't been able to keep up with much, but I've just been building and working but listen to you guys
The whole hype and shit man it gives me hype
So I'm just I've been following a little bit of the Knicks for a little bit right now
Jim Brunson stuff going on some of their new pickups but
Yeah, I really don't know what else is going on in the NBA
Well, that's why you come and listen to the eight ball club NBA space for squiddy marathon of gratefuls and we appreciate you man
I appreciate y'all. That's exactly why I'm here my guy
That's exactly why I'm here.
My guy, Otter.
What up, Marathon?
What up, Grateful, L-Cub?
I see Brongus down there and everyone else.
Oh, man.
Happy Friday.
Happy Friday, my man.
Happy Friday.
Don't worry, Otter.
We're going to get to your Knicks here soon, man.
We'll start talking about them.
Oh, yeah.
The Knicks are, you know, gearing up.
They are gearing up.
Again, you got the mumbo-jumbo.
We got the Timberwolves in third right now.
The Rockets are in fourth place.
So these three teams are all within a game of each other.
Three, four, five.
Whoever's in fifth is going to be on the road against that four seed,
which is going to be probably the best series of the first round.
You want to get that home court advantage. So these games are really important for these
upcoming teams. You've got the Rockets again in fourth place, and you've got the Denver Nuggets
in fifth place right now. They are all nine and a half games back first. You've got a little drop
off. It's a game and a half. The sinking Lakers.
The Lakers are cooked, bro.
I've got no hope in the Lakers right now.
Luka can't play defense.
This team is not made to.
No one is dominating.
You know.
They just ain't it.
They just ain't it.
So they're in sixth right now.
They're going to make the playoffs.
But they could even fall down into. You you know if they get to that seventh seed they got a two-game
lead over the seventh place sons but that could fall in the jiffy the sun so lakers are 11 games
back of the thunder the sun's in seventh place so that would be the first team in the play-in
uh 13 games back they're an interesting team The Warriors coming off a big win against the Rockets.
That was the game of the night last night.
Brog, Marathon, I can't believe you tried to say that the Nets heat was supposed to be the national game over the Rockets.
No, Squiddy, Squiddy, when you were talking, I thought you were talking about the Detroit Spurs game.
We were talking about, I got a stat line. Okay. I wimpy's wimpy's line i was like yeah he cooked
last night okay that's why i was like that should have been the main game fair your ball knowledge
stickers back on your bond that that is a that is a valid uh thought both of them are worthy
for sure uh but love a good conference game love a good conference game but yeah that spurs
pistons one very likely
could have been the, uh, the game of the night. That was a terrific one with two of the top teams
in the NBA. Uh, there's a drop between the seven and eight seeds. So the Suns are more close to
getting up to that six seed and avoiding the play-in than they are dropping to, uh, the eight
seed, which is the Warriors. You've got the Clippers, winners of three straight. They're
hanging in. And then in 10th place, so the Clippers are 17 and a half back of the Thunder.
And then 10th place, the Trailblazers. And then just like the East, you've got the five teams,
which are in the tank-a-thon. You got the Grizzlies, Mavericks, Pelicans, Jazz, and Kings,
which are not worth our time whatsoever.
Maybe besides talking about rookies, but we're not even seeing Knuple play.
I mean, we're not even seeing Cooper Flag play.
Those teams are just hot garbage and are going to be the reason why the NBA changes its rules when it comes to tanking and losing.
You got to be able to tank, right?
There's a reason that the draft rewards shitty teams to get better
because you want to give talent to those teams,
but something has to be done because it should not be two months left in the season
and we know all of the playoff teams.
I think part of that has to do with making it 10 teams make it instead of 8
for the playing game.
So there's a little action going on there, but still seven to 10,
like they're all in those little different buckets.
You, we just, we just know how it's going to happen right now.
Right?
Like kind of a, kind of annoying.
Like maybe someone catches the Lakers.
The only team that could catch the Lakers is the sons to get out of the
playing right now.
And you know, the, the distance between the 10th-place Trailblazers, who are bad enough.
They're bad, but not bad enough to tank.
And they're basically making the playoffs by default.
They are under .500.
So are the Clippers, just because these other teams are so bad.
And since there's five teams in the conference that are tanking literally by default
every other team makes the playoffs
it just doesn't bring much excitement
it's so sad to see
Dallas like that bro like oh my
I still don't understand what happened I don't
want to talk about it anymore but man being in
finals in 24 right
and in like a year
and a half, becoming like basically
you know, I don't know man. It's crazy
work.
The soul
was sucked out of that team man, completely.
Matter of fact, out of Dallas, when Luka
left man.
It's a lot.
Hold on.
And then, yeah, no, it's just crazy stuff.
We had some interesting scores last night.
But, yeah, those are the standings in the West.
Talk to me about the Timberwolves.
You're grateful.
Now's your time to shine.
Grateful.
Oh shit bro, I was talking and no one heard me.
That's always great, but
man, I
don't even know
if we should still call them
Dark Horse, because man, it might be
insult to them because man they
they really have been playing well
He Anthony Edwards, I think he won Western Conference Player of the Week
it's
It's it's it's really good team for me man, and I i'm a huge fan i'm also a huge fan of luka bro
but um lakers is is fucked so i'm really hoping for uh for them to uh to go into the finals that
would be my dream actually like detroit and um and minnesota in the finals i would love to see that
so much what is your favorite part about the wolves why do you like them so much
that's antony edwards bro that's i'm like that since um since kobe times and you know i have
one favorite player and and um i'm following him so i i haven't seen many games i i see just
highlights which is the the worst thing about living in Europe is basically you wake up
and you know all the fucking games
how they ended up right
and you don't want to watch the game again
so yeah I just love him
that's all I follow him
I will buy his jersey if they win
and I will probably
yeah he will become my GOAT
but yeah
I've got like a strict rule
that I do not buy someone's Jersey if they're
younger than me,
but I would make an exception for Anthony Edwards.
It's kind of tough now for me,
bro,
because then I should probably get only like a Greg Popovich or something
like that,
you know?
you know,
get a Keith Van Horn Jersey,
you know,
like there's,
we've still got infinite options.
Like there's no more new ones,
obviously, but I do think that it's, you know, like there's, we've still got infinite options. Like there's no more new ones, obviously, but I do think that it's, uh, you know, it's just like, it's just a weird me thing.
It's like my Larry, it's the Larry David in me with my own social cues. Right. I just find it
weird to see grown, like see grown men in jerseys of cutoffs of like 21 year old boys.
That's just weird to me. Listen, do whatever you want to do,
but like, bro.
You've got a beer gut in a jersey
for a kid who can't even drink a beer yet.
I know, man.
It's wild, right?
I'm going to write that down
for my new stand-up special.
How old is Rudy Gobert, actually?
Maybe that will save me.
Is he like 55?
Oh, shit.
Not Rudy Gobert, bro.
But we close.
Yeah, he's like...
I got one.
Yeah, he's like 33 or something like that.
Rock, list all active NBA players.
Mike Conley, bro.
I can get Mike Conley.
You definitely can get a Conley jersey.
Joe Inglis.
So I'm good, bro.
There are many, many players like that.
Yeah, I do feel that on my rocking, like, you know, being older and rocking a younger player.
Well, only three people I would actually get this year just because of, like, how exciting they made it,
I would say VJ Edgecombe, Con Caniple, and a Cooper flag.
That's the only jerseys I would actually, like, just frame.
I don't know if I would even wear them, but I would actually just, you know,
just a half.
Well, that's different for, like, memorabilia, right?
Right.
But, like, to be, like, wearing out.
And also, never go shirtless jersey at a game, fellas.
Don't do it.
If you're a chick,
go for it.
You know,
you're a dude.
Do not do it.
Just don't save yourself.
The embarrassment.
mountain.
I don't know.
I don't wear those jerseys.
Welcome Rebecca.
I just bite him.
I've got,
I actually,
did I bring one of my jerseys?
I wear a lot of soccer jerseys now these days.
Okay, Grok just responded to my request.
I will pin it to the top.
Active NBA players, 35 and older.
There's a solid little list.
LeBron James, Jeff Green, Al Horford, Kyle Lowry, Garrett Temple, Mike Conley, Joe Ingles.
I've got a funny Joe Ingles story, which I'll share after this.
Nick Batum, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Eric Gordon, DeAndre Jordan,
Gordon Jordan, Brooke Lopez, Kevin Love.
Love is a good jersey too because I love the last names, no pun intended,
that have got the double meaning.
I've got the double meaning, you know, like I love love.
I love love, right?
Right.
So that's just good stuff.
But man, it's, I'm checking the, I never check actually the age of, you know, or, or the
birth date.
And I'm now I'm checking the Minnesota and it's absolutely wild, bro.
Like we have Joe Ingalls, uh, born 1987, Mike Conley, born 1987.
Holy shit.
That's called leadership, baby.
Kyle Anderson, 1993.
Rudy Gobert, 1992.
Julius Randle, 1994.
Oh my God.
So man, that's another reason why they should win a title, man.
Rudy Gobert, he deserves the title and would be really nice for him.
Isn't he also
Ape? I'm not 100% sure
but I think I saw
him during Ape Fest in NYC
2022 in front of the
venue so that would be great.
Eight time
all defensive team.
Also,
Steph Curry removed
BAYC from his, uh, Twitter bio.
Ah, shit.
I just wanted to go check.
Uh, that's a bummer.
But anyway, my Joe Ingalls story.
I was living in Utah.
I had a friend who was a, who was an agent, right?
And my buddy who I know grew up in our area, legendary player.
He used to play with Joe overseas. So I
got some, some hookups for jazz games. That's why the jazz are like my favorite squad. Got a good
little hookup. It was fun. One time after the game, me, my buddy went out to get some beers with Joe
and I had long hair at the time. And know my buddy was like six foot six right like he
played from a copy and I was almost mistaken no I was mistaken and I played it off as being Ricky
Rubio because I had the long hair and the beard and Rubio was on the team at the time too do you
speak Spanish do you speak spanish do you speak
spanish oh shit that's a ricky rubio right here man so i i i pulled it off too and like i was out
with these guys you know these nba players these big basketball players so i was like yeah you know
what i'm i'm ricky rubio tonight so someone did come up and ask for a picture so there's someone
out there who has a picture with joeles and what they think is Ricky Rubio.
And maybe it's like framed on their desk or something.
I did take a photo.
So that was one of my highlights.
And you know me, I'm a goofball.
I can't help myself.
Who am I going to be in Miami?
He's not playing anymore, right?
He's not playing anymore.
No, he's not.
Bro, I remember him when he was
like, I don't know, 14 or something.
I think he played, I don't know when he started playing
EuroLeague, but bro,
he played so early, it was absolutely
crazy, man.
I need to check it out when he
played actually for the first time.
Yep, that was crazy.
You know, when they went with the double
guards, and quick trivia question, the Timberwolves drafted two guards That was crazy. When they went with the double guards.
And quick trivia question.
The Timberwolves drafted two guards in the top five in that draft.
One of them was Ricky Rubio.
Who was the other?
Flynn.
There he is.
That's a ball-nower right there.
That's a ball-nower right there.
So he was 14.
And he played in EuroLeague holy shit
in 2006 oh my
god yeah Ricky Rubio
Derek
Ravio
and one other player that are like the youngest players
actually play like in the actual
EuroLeague is like under
the age of 15
yeah dude actual Euroleague is like under the age of 15.
Yeah, dude, we've got, we're going to see each other next week.
Talk, what are we going to do, man?
Talk to me.
Bro, I can't wait.
This is going to be dope.
I can't wait.
Yeah, I'm going to be out there.
I'm going to be out there with Greg, Cole, Joe Johnson, one of my guys from Murray State,
one of my other guys used to play for the Phoenix Suns,
Lerone Smith.
Shoot, I got a couple other people.
Where are we going?
Are we hitting the club?
Oh, yeah, we're definitely doing that.
Come on now.
I'm in.
I'm in.
Oh, yeah.
You guys need the token white boy here.
You got to, man. That's what I'm for. That's how I'm used. Oh, yeah. You guys need the token white boy here. You got to, man.
You got to.
That's what I'm for.
That's how I'm used.
Every group needs it.
And, you know, I've played the part.
You're good.
You know from my stories that I know my role.
Just pick any NBA player you feel like you want to be that night.
No, I'm just going to be Squiddy.
I got you.
I'm just going to be Squiddy.
I don't have the long hair anymore.
And that one was just like a freak time because Rubio was on the team at the time.
Right.
And I was with another like current player on the current team in the current city.
So that one just like the timing made up.
Yeah, I'm just going to be squiddy.
You know, I love it.
I love it.
So that's going to be a lot of fun.
I can't wait.
I'm it. I love it. So, dude, that's going to be a lot of fun. I can't wait. I'm excited.
Marathon, how much do you actually train and practice over the week?
Like, what's your schedule now?
Usually, I'm about, like, four or five hours a day, usually,
in the gym, depends on what we're doing, like, conditions.
A day?
He was like, a day? I day i was like oh seven hours a week
yeah it's fine a day oh yeah bro yeah no we like i said we do 2500 shots a day bro we we put up
bro for real so get our conditioning in and then we definitely get our jumpers in do a lot of ball
handling ball handling stuff a lot of core workout a lot of quick twitch muscle stuff so like yeah we
just honestly everybody who comes in and trains with us mostly wants to get a lot of high altitude
training too so that's why they come to our gym so yeah we just put people through the ringer man
it's fun and squiddy what about you bro oh i like to get high sometimes too
yeah i think i do 2,500 shots a year.
Fuck, Marathon, you got us by balls, man, here.
That's crazy work.
I love it.
It's nice when you have a shooting machine.
You know what I mean?
The gun.
Do you have the gun?
Exactly.
You can put it up as much as you want.
You know what I mean?
Obviously, we can't put up 2,500 shots when you're having a rebound rebounder when you're having to go rebounding yourself that take all day so yeah that's why it's so much easier when you have the shooting machines love the gun i have one of those we have
one of those as a kid they're the best right yeah i was dude squiddy the new ones nowadays you got
to see them bro they're like so high tech now that you can set your timer for so like say me you and grateful we're going to go
we're say we're doing three-point shooting drills i can set the timer for um for me for me for having
it come out and two seconds i can have the timer come out for after you for you for five seconds i
can have the timer come out for for grateful for seven seconds so anybody who wants to come say
you're like running to half court coming back to the free throw line to get a jumper up, it'll time you on that. Say if you're running the,
like, you know what I mean? Like the baseline or back to the three-point line, it'll time you off
of that. And then it rotates too. So you can do the rotation so you can have it actually stop at
the rotation that you want. So anytime you're running to the baseline, it'll follow you. And
then as soon as you're coming and ready to set up and shoot, it'll pass you the ball.
Do you still have to shoot so high?
I mean, it's crazy.
There's like the net.
Do you also have that AI that gives you all the stats?
I mean, honestly, we usually do.
Like sometimes it'll bring up everything.
So, like, say it'll go, like, you went, like, 48 for 53.
Squiddy, you know, like, 42 for, you know, 50.
It'll literally give you the stats and your shooting percentages, where you made from, where, you know, like, it goes through everything.
It's so dope.
It's like an actual little laptop screen that's on the thing now.
So, it's, like, really like a touch menu. So, So you're just like, all right, four players, three players, you know, like this player's this, you know, he's going to be running this slow or blah, blah.
Like you could set it up for anything. It's so dope.
Insane, bro. Like every country in Europe is different. For example, Serbia, that's, you know, basketball is top sport there.
So they have many more basketball courts and gyms.
But man, here in Czech Republic, it's disaster.
Because, you know, we have, like, all the cities are so old.
So basically you have gyms only in schools
and they are all booked out.
So, man, whenever I see your gyms, guys, whenever you share it in the group chat, I'm like, I'm so fucking jealous, man, because those gyms are incredible.
So that fucking sucks.
We need Bull Market so I can build my own gym, you know, and buy those machines and play there.
Dude, imagine if you built a fucking gym out there in your city, Grateful.
That'd be so dope, yo.
Grateful gym, MF Fruits.
The Grateful gym, yo, having the pink ape above that thing, yo,
like slamming on somebody.
That'd be the dope poster right there for sure.
Hell yeah.
Hell yeah.
Might have to talk to some investors, man.
Might have to get out there, man, and look at some spots, yo, because I know some people that would like to talk to some investors man might have to get out there man and look at some spots
You know cuz I know some people that would like to set up some gyms
Long as you guys got that you feel me long as you guys got the people who won't play basketball and work out
Shoot we might can wait we can might make it happen my guy bro. I'm going on mute for a second because an alarms going off
It's a game time or you mean
like the fire alarm?
I think it just stopped.
That made me jump.
Jump around.
Jump around.
Jump around.
It made me jump, jump up and get down.
Oh, jump.
Come on everybody, jump. What's up, Tony? I see you down there, brother up, and get down. Oh, jump. Oh, come on, everybody. Jump.
Jump.
What's up, Tony?
I see you down there, brother.
Good to see you.
Oh, there it is again.
Attention.
Attention.
An emergency has been reported in this building.
Oh, no.
Please cease operations.
Attention.
Ape chain on top.
What the fuck?
What kind of emergency is that bro like no I'm just gonna lock my door and stay my night during the Lakers locker room right now
squid II sounds like someone pulled the emergency no I hate this I hate this
building someone's gonna they're gonna get on and be like oh you know this is a
mistake or whatever if the buildings not down, I'm pretty fine in my apartment.
Man, what do you think about Trey Young making his little return last night?
By getting ejected before?
Did he play in a game last night?
Yeah, he played last night.
Okay.
Didn't know he was back.
Yeah, he actually did his thing.
Came in, he had a couple assists, a couple threes.
Wasn't nothing too crazy.
That's a big story.
Yeah, so they beat the Jazz.
I mean, obviously, it was the team that they came back on.
Actually, sorry.
No, I mean the Jazz beat Washington.
But, yeah, it wasn't like you played.
I thought the Sixers played the Jazz last night.
Uh-uh, no. Utah played Washington.
Pacers.
Yeah, no.
Yeah, they
beat the Jazz.
They didn't play too much.
They didn't play as much.
That's going to be such an interesting team next year.
I hope that we get some games of AD
at the end of the season just to
get excited for next year to see Trey get some games of AD at the end of the season just to like
get excited for next year to see Trey and AD play together right how do you evaluate this this season guys is it is it like one to ten ten is the best boring right that's what I see it's so
fucking boring man it's a negative like I don't know what's going on, man. It's just, yeah, I don't know what it is.
We're only having, like, those, like, you know,
your three official top teams from each conference really just showing out
who they really are, and then everybody else is literally a flip-flop.
It's just, like, it's not even fun, honestly.
Like, if we could just watch six teams right now in the NBA play each other
back to back to back, I bet you that would probably be better than watching the rest of these games seriously because like half of the
teams don't even want to give an effort like I like I said obviously like most of the teams they
do you know they're doing the tanking and stuff like that and really only letting the rookies
kind of get their like ticked but yeah it's just I don't know man this is not an exciting season
right now like obviously it's not exciting just because we don't have our superstars in it either, man.
You got to think about that.
We don't have Tatum.
We don't have Tyrese Halliburton.
We don't have Damian Lillard.
Giannis has barely played.
Joel Embiid barely played.
Like, you know what I'm saying?
So, really, we're just kind of really basing it off of looking at, you know,
the hype of the people who came in the league, like Cooper Flagg and Conk and Nipple.
And, you know what I mean?
Like these people, the younger guys right now.
So we're just looking at them with their exciting teams that they're with.
And that's all it is that that's what's actually just keeping us really watching it right now is the younger teams that are exciting to watch.
That's all it is, because the older teams fucking suck.
No one wants to watch these teams, like especially the older teams don't even want to play defense, let alone.
Like I said, I mean, you're getting older out of your prime.
You don't want to barely want to get in help side, get dunked on and get caught on, get caught on play defense, let alone. Like I said, I mean, you're getting older out of your prime. You don't want to barely want to get in the help side, get dunked on and get caught on
a poster, let alone.
So that's all it is, really.
So, you know, like if like maybe next year, obviously, because, you know, Squiddy already
knows like the draft class for next year is going to be fucking ridiculous.
It's flooded.
Like talking about Noah's Ark flooded.
So that's what I mean.
Like it'll probably be exciting next year for sure because obviously we'll see where ja moran goes
we'll see where yannis goes we'll see some offseason trades and stuff like that so it'll
definitely change the balance of the whole of the whole nba but right now it's just everyone's just
kind of just basing it off of these exciting young teams you know we're out of we're out of our i
think we're in this generation where we're just like excited to see young young teams you know we're out of we're out of our i think we're in this
generation where we're just like excited to see young teams now you know i mean young these young
players who are like hungry who are hungry and ready to you know get a get a ring or you know
even be make the playoffs you know i mean in a in a season so that's all it really is that's where i
think we're at right now yeah j and fam uh real quick only silver lining i just want to agree
with marathon there has been watching this young talent i mean we have some amazing superstars
coming up man like i don't typically enjoy watching philly play but watching edgecomb
ball out the other night i mean against the celtics it's whoo that man is uh he's gonna be
a leader in this thing and to see you know on the other end we've got young talent like hugo
and i mean there's just man it's so cool to see the excitement out of these young players but
otherwise man it is a silver lining in a dark fucking cloud. But GM fam.
My guy, LL.
Oh, and happy Jason Tatum back.
Resurrection from the dead.
Let's go.
I'm excited, man.
Like I said, I think, you know, hopefully they'll put him against some teams that, you know, obviously can't even, can't even throw the basket in the hoop.
But, yeah, we'll see how that goes.
I really like it.
I mean, I really think he'll fit in just fine.
Honestly, it's not like he's going to miss it.
It's not like he's missing anything.
He has been practicing with them.
So it's not like the camaraderie and knowing who to pass to and knowing what their moves are.
Jason Tate has been playing with these guys for years,
so it's not like he's going to forget how Peyton Pritchard plays
or how Jalen Brown plays.
So, yeah, I think it would be good.
I just think they just better slow it down,
watch who he plays against, minus his minutes, obviously.
Get him more touches with the second team.
I think he should come in playing with the second team right away
and then make his way back into the rotation for sure. Solid.
Yeah, definitely don't want to rush, man. I don't think that's going to happen inside of a Missoula basketball system personally, but he fits and the kid has been traveling with the team like he is going to play the next day anyway.
So it's not like he has been watching games from the couch.
He's got to figure out chemistry with new people.
I mean, he probably already has a rapport with Vooch.
So that's insane.
And it's just nerve-wracking to know he's pushing his body like he is.
But it's exciting as a fan, obviously.
Good thing is that he's young.
You know what I mean?
You're young and you can push your body.
That's good.
You know, the bones be made of rubber.
So thank God, yeah, especially for sports medicine nowadays,
it's a miracle that he's coming back so fast, which is great.
So that's why I'm like, yeah, I can't wait, man.
They should be – I mean, obviously Boston will be them anyway.
They'll be – without him going into the playoffs,
they're going to be their same regular program, dominating,
having the nice bench, coming off, doing their thing.
So it's like with him adding, like, Jalen Brown's going to be happy now
that he ain't got to do too much because, obviously,
Peyton Pritchard's really been stepping his game up.
Derek White's finally stepped in.
His shooting percentages finally got back up now that Anthony Simons is not there. So I really liked how Boston is going to look
going into the playoffs, man. I don't see them losing to anybody but me. Like I said,
only other team obviously to be the, I'm going to say the Knicks, Cavs and the Detroit Pistons,
obviously, but honestly, it can go any way.
It can really go any way.
You know what I'm saying?
Like you were wasting it off of a seven-game series.
Who's hurt?
Who's full strength?
Who's shooting good that night?
Who's not playing defense?
You know, there's just so many variables that can go into that,
which I think Boston has dealt with and they know how to handle because of
that, you know what I mean, because of they've been there before
and what Boston has meant. So mean. So I, I, I like Boston and I really let's get to the
Knicks for otters too. I really like, I like the Knicks right now. Just them. I mean, they're a
little beat up, but they're still holding strong. That's what's crazy about it. You know, it was
like the Knicks have still been playing really good, man. i you know i you can't count them out obviously towns right now like i feel like the knicks kind
of wanted towns to be a little more than what julius randall should have been you know i mean
and they're not getting that right now and it's like they're kind of just now falling back on
their guards all their guards villanova straight up they're just working out with that because
i mean they if you have to think about it, man,
the Knicks don't have a solid big, bro.
Besides, what's his name, Mitchell Robinson?
Yeah, he barely plays.
He's always hurt, you know what I mean?
And he's not like he's going to be out there for your offensive,
you know what I mean, offensive just flow.
You really need him out there for the defense, the rebounds.
And right now they don't have a true big,
and that's what Towns should be for them.
And him shooting two fucking threes, and he's so soft, yo.
It's not like, I mean, don't get me wrong.
He's a big dude.
He's seven foot.
He's shown at times that he's not soft.
That's what's crazy.
Like, he's shown at times that he can play, drive to the hole,
dunk people every fucking time.
So I don't know what it is.
Like, maybe it's something in his head.
But I feel like if Anthony Towns was playing at his high potential,
like when he was playing with the Timberwolves,
ah, shit, the Knicks would probably be in second place.
But honestly, in a strong second place.
Seriously.
But, yeah, sorry I had to rant on that.
I was just – I had to rely on my plan.
I love the passion, bro.
I always love to listen to you, man.
I'm just like, sometimes, man, Anthony Towns, bro, I'm like, you know,
that's why the Knicks got rid of him because it was, I mean,
the Knicks got rid of Julius Randle.
It's because he wasn't what they thought he was going to be when they took,
when they, I mean, or when they was like, you know, we don't need this.
And they were like, you know, we'll take Towns. And Towns turned out to be when they took when they or when they was like you know we don't need this and they were like you know we'll take towns and towns turned out to be the same damn
player they literally are the same player if you really think about it one's just left-handed and
the other one's right-handed they both shoot threes they're both they have the same damn
shooting percentage from three they both have the same shooting percentage from the field goal
from the free throw everything they're up towns average probably four four and a half, five more points than Julius Randle.
And probably averages another, like, maybe ten more minutes per game for sure.
But other than that, they're the same player.
And I feel like the Knicks got what they just got rid of.
You know what I mean?
Like, let the Knicks get a Giannis.
And the fucking East is going to be in trouble.
You know what I mean?
Because the Knicks have so much.
They have guards.
They got defense.
You put him with them, it's going to be a wrap.
It's going to be a crazy one.
Let's check on Squiddy.
Squiddy, you alive?
You good?
Yeah, I think so.
The alarm keeps going off.
It's kind of annoying.
Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate.
But listen, I'm a counterculture guy.
So I'm going to stay.
They were like, don't mint this NFT.
I'm going to mint it.
I got it.
How'd they know?
How'd they know?
So, yeah, no, we're still alive, which is cool.
We're still alive, which is cool. We're still alive.
I signed up to the site that you all might know.
It's called NBA Top Shot.
And I'm just checking what's going on there.
It's still alive.
I love J-Bond's pose.
Oh, shit, guys.
You know what's crazy?
I'm the one who bought
three packs for $60, bro.
Because, yeah.
So I didn't get sponsorship.
I bought the shit
and nothing happened.
So, yeah, they were like,
don't mint it.
I was like, I'm going to mint anyway.
Yeah.
And then I read that they don't have a, I don't understand the whole situation because
it was promoted with Tristan Thompson.
I don't know what's going on.
Maybe they, I don't know if they can save it, but someone tweeted that, guys, we're
not talking NBA Top Shot, but they said that they don't have licenses for the names.
So if you don't have licenses for the name,
you probably can't even like min those
cards, right? No, so I was actually going to respond
J-Bond
because, you know, as
often, J-Bond kind of skirts
around facts.
You don't need
the license to have a fantasy sports game
and to have an actual product.
Oh, really?
Okay.
Because I remember back in the day
when I played some kind of soccer games
and basketball games that were cheaper,
they had, for example,
Michael Zordon and stuff like that in there.
It was like Cristiano
Ronaldo or something like that
I thought it's true
So you don't have to
So Squiddy, what if some member will create cards
Of our names, bro
Like, you know, Squiddy
The point guard
Make these fake guys
But again, for fantasy sports
They're all basically like public domain.
Essentially.
These are all public figures.
We all watch these games,
so you're able to kind of like make a fantasy game around it.
Okay, makes sense.
Because that was really weird that, you know,
you probably won't start a main play dead.
J-Bong just that too for like shock value
yeah he shocked me not gonna lie he got you yeah he got me yeah yeah i just read it squiddy i just
read it and i was like let me see what squiddy has to say he actually worked with these guys
so i i tried i talked with him and you know i listen, I was like, I like to keep the relationships.
It would have been cool to work with Tristan.
But fuck it.
Listen, I don't care.
To not come on the show after being offered a few times.
Instead, pay for free.
For free.
To come talk to some legitimate basketball fans like really build and grind it out versus just pay these like circle jerk kols that are with an agency that don't look up things
that they're talking about too uh they can fuck right off no this is really weird what's happening
in the space in general right like you have these agencies they have some people beneath them and
they tweet about stuff that they don't give a shit right and then you have these agencies they have some people beneath them and they tweet about stuff
that they don't give a shit right and then you have a community that really cares and they talk
with people who don't give a shit and they don't talk to community that cares like that's really
something that there's something off there that sounds weird remember the zir post as well
uh about oh yeah.
About basketball.
Look at our DMs.
He sent this.
They're like, what the fuck does Zier know about basketball?
Like, but they just, you know, they were just using them as a billboard.
Yeah, we need to do some tournament during A-Fest, bro.
It's going to be wild.
Once we do the basketball tournament, we'll weed out everybody at A- you already know i play with marathon you know uh fuck or i need to
i need to go to u.s and start practicing with you it will take me like a few years to catch up so
it's okay we still have time dude i got an actual three on three tournament. Oh, yeah. That's what we're trying to do.
LL for sure.
We really want to do that.
Like, and I'm going to try to talk.
I'm a link up with an ape whale when I'm out in Florida, too, because I'm going to talk to him about getting like everyone's jerseys.
So like actual having projects on their jerseys and then like everyone kind of rep their project.
And we'll do like an actual March Madness, like actual tournament.
You know, I mean, have a bracket. It'd be dope. You know, I mean, have everybody out there like you can have your cheerleaders or whoever you want to do.
I don't care. But like we can actually make it where it's like an actual like charity game event.
You know, I mean, have some big names there, like get some real people there, like have a big B.A.Y.C.
like skull in the middle of the like the court. That'd be sick. So we can we can turn up for sure.
It's going to be a lot of fun.
Can't wait, man.
I don't want to help out with this.
This is going to be fun, even if it's just planned.
Sorry, sweetie, go ahead.
Three-point contest, too, which just give me the trophy.
We're definitely doing that for sure.
Just give me the trophy.
I'm about to say, you know Hype, he's going to be trying to take that, though.
I don't know if you want to use like I said you got a battle with him
No, there's not gonna be a battle
But you know, they call me Brent Barry. Oh
So I don't know I can I can do slim dunk I can do no one knows who Brent Barry actually is here
Right except you guys probably you know that the younger generation, they're like, what the fuck is that?
No one knows, but I know.
So, yeah,
it's going to be tough for you guys. It's going to be tough
for you guys. And we
see hype. I know he can't
ball, so...
Those are some
fighting words.
Did you say I can't fucking ball?
Oh my god.
Brother, fucking... You think there's Linsanity fucking you got hype sanity you better watch yourself
bro you know i'm trying to create some heat here so you ready you know um i think we have like uh
seven seven months till ape fest right so So every month I will trash talk you.
Let's run a back marathon. Who's the reigning
ApeGames champion?
Oh, man. You?
But ApeGames, what does ApeGames
have to do with basketball, bro?
We got a mountain down in the crowd. I mean,
shoot. It's heavy.
It's heavy gold.
I'm a free throw
champion from Hong Kong Ape Fest.
Yeah.
And I didn't win the three-point because I left.
That's why they win.
I left and they won.
You're just too good, Grateful.
You said I'm good.
Like Damian Lillard,
he played a minute in the league
and comes in and wins the three-point contest.
Same story here.
Same story here, bro.
I didn't even
want to play a minute in the league you know and i still won yo you free throw champion all right
cool you think you're gonna be the three-point champion all right cool too bro they call me
steve nesh i mean brother i'm i'm i'm probably closest thing to canadian actually i am canadian
um what i was gonna say yo I mean you could be the
three-point champ bro but you had five more feet behind that you call me the
fuck they call me Steve Nash they called you Terence and Phillip of basketball
bro oh no marathon where why we're number 30 bro it's not because it's
fucking Steph Curry it's because I can fucking land it from 30 feet, bro.
Yeah.
So he's got that 30 clip.
Yeah, I love this roasting, guys.
It's getting intense, you know. And then I will show up on the court in a wheelchair.
You know, I'm like, holy shit, I'm 55, guys.
You know, don't fucking push me too much.
I mean, bro, I'm turning 50 next year.
So, you know, if you want to go against a 50-year-old and say you've lost against a 50-year-old, put on the bucket list. You got me too much. I mean, bro, I'm turning 50 next year. So if you want to go against a 50-year-old
and say you've lost against a 50-year-old,
put it on the bucket list. You got me, bro.
Yo, but real quick,
yo, thinking about these teams,
we were talking about this a couple months back.
I think honestly,
there's enough people that participate
that could make teams regionally or at least
globally. And I'm telling you right now,
bro, Hype B squad, it'd be fucking Aquamarine and black'm telling you right now, bro, I'd be squad.
It'd be fucking Aquamarine and black jerseys.
Fuck, bro.
It'd be the best looking jerseys in the fucking league.
To imagine the jerseys, though, that would be filthy.
Yeah, seriously.
But I can imagine the colorways.
Like, everyone had their own, like, away jersey, home jerseys,
their street design kind of jerseys.
That'd be sick, yo.
You guys remember the All-star the official pfp of the eight ball club
there you go yo but like the i think one of the well i think personally one of the best
all-star weekend jerseys all-star game jerseys was the one in san antonio i love that
fucking colorway bro the fiesta colorway uh the best dude that's the one in san antonio i love that fucking colorway bro the fiesta colorway the best dude that's yeah i love san antonio's new fiesta colorways that's hands down i got
that's why i want to give me a wimby jersey just because of that colorway too for sure
damn if you get a get a size of a jersey that actually wimby is wearing man like uh
it's probably taller than me.
It's crazy, bro.
Probably.
What do you mean, Grateful? I think it would be like a nightgown.
I'm 7'5", so I don't know, man.
Have somebody just sitting on your shoulders,
your shoulders grateful like have two people in the jersey
grateful, like have two people in the jersey.
but i actually watched a movie yesterday and i i got inspired to actually run my own league
um i don't know if you saw a movie called semi-pro uh with will ferrell so if we're not gonna wrestle
a bear in the halftime during the BOIC tournament,
I'll be disappointed, guys.
I thought it was called Little Rascals.
Yeah, okay.
So I meant to interject earlier, but I was doing something,
and you guys were talking about this.
You were talking about Ant, and I think some of the lore to him I equate to, like, Jesus Shuttlesworth fucking Ray Allen.
I mean, do people actually cast him as a villain when he's only 19, 20 years old in an NBA movie with Adam Sandler, and it makes for the perfect role i mean that to me later in life after i
became a fan of ray allen that movie became my favorite fucking movie of all time so maybe that's
the lore we're seeing right now with ant and he's just gonna become bigger and bigger and then
you know three-point champ fucking mvp champ he's just gonna get it all so here it comes dude you ain't lying bro dude
i feel like chris finch and all them like the higher ups just sat him down and was like you
are the face of the league and it's time like you it's you you feel me like take over do you
like literally because you can tell like the shots that he's taking nowadays. I mean, our Kobe asked Jordan asked like his handles are crazy.
Obviously, we know he has rockets, so he's just jumping out the gym still.
But it's like, yeah, his game is just like you can just tell it's it's literally like we're talking about Super Saiyan levels now.
Like for sure, just the way like the guy is demanding triple teams.
You know, I mean, like demanding a triple team is diabolical. now like for sure just the way like the guy is demanding triple teams you know i mean like
demanding a triple team is diabolical you know i mean to actually say i'm going to leave my man
to go actually double help the double team already leaving two other guys open you know i mean the
three other guys my bad so it's like yeah that's yeah that's how that's how good he's getting and
i feel like jayden mcdaniels now, he's helping on the defensive side,
for sure, on the defensive side.
His offensive game is definitely stepping up.
Don't get me wrong.
But I think that his offensive game has stepped up just because
Nikhil Alexander's not there anymore.
You know what I mean?
Like, Nikhil Alexander was taking a lot of those other shots
that Anthony Edwards wasn't, which was leaving Jaden McDaniels
more or less as the wing guy, you know what I mean?
Waiting for the ball and having to kind of create your own shot.
Like, you know what I mean?
Doing this and where I think that's where it was,
is because obviously he was already elite on the defensive side.
But I think like now that he sees that he has to help Anthony Edwards out
because there's, you know,
he's demanding so many double teams and triple teams that he's stepping his
game up, which is great for them.
And I think that's what, like when you were saying,
like they're not a dark horse anymore, grateful.
I think you're right just because they're defense, bro.
They're legit contenders in defense wise to, you know,
to actually battle against the best offensive team right now.
Like they're tall.
They have every, I mean,
they literally can match up with any other tall team in the league.
If you think about it, like they, they can move.
They have a, they have a half court offense and they have a full court i mean it's
fast break offense so i'm like right now the minnesota timberwolves honestly don't don't
let that record like you know obviously people are looking at the record like ah yeah but honestly
if they i don't even care i bet you they don't even if they don't even get home court i bet
you they win their first round of the series just because, you know, I mean, obviously Anthony Edwards is so determined right now to to show like, hey, I'm about to show KD, LeBron, all these guys like, hey, I'm up here with you guys now.
I'm elite. You feel me? So I think this is his time to shine. And I feel like he's going to try to do it with or without Julius Randle, because Julius Randle, obviously, he could definitely be a fucking key component,
like a key component for them.
When I tell you if Julius Randle even just wanted to average 22 or 23 points every night,
every game, they would honestly probably be second or third in the West right now.
Easily.
Yeah, if he was playing like he used to on the grizzlies and nas reed's going you can't stop
them that's what i was like and they got nas reed i'm like bro that dude's coming in as a microwave
like his offensive game is just completely went through the roof now and i'm like i'm i'm glad
that they got him like you know performing great like that's what i'm like having people like that
coming off the bench and like that's all like they they're Chris Finch right now is kind of building that Boston bench
where he's like, well, we need guys that are actually like the second squad. We need them
to come in and do their thing for sure, which is great. So I'm like, it's so funny how everybody
wants to follow off of Boston's template, man. Now, like it's, you know, not the crazy to go
back to that, but it's like, people are really following off of Boston's template. Like Boston
was the first people to try to do the big three. You feel me? They were the first team to that, but it's like people are really following off of Boston's template. Like Boston was the first people to try to do the big three.
You feel me?
They were the first team to like, hey, we're going to bring in some all-stars.
They're the first team to have a bench that was like not just a sixth man.
We're talking about an eighth to ninth, maybe even a tenth guy coming in and doing their
thing, knowing their role.
So I'm like everyone is so far as like they're following off of Boston's template.
And so far it's showing right now. You can tell the teams who are actually going right in the delivery following
along perfect to a tee building their bench up doing the things like I said like OKC they built
their bench up you know I mean you you got Case and Wallace coming off the bench and you know I
mean all these other guys fucking averaging like I don't even know they're doing their thing just
know that you feel me like and that's why i was like anyone who's following boston's template right now is showing where they're at and why they
should be in the top you know top of their conference let's go let's go guys um squid
you still here with us uh yeah Yeah, still alive or good here
We're still here great conversations always big-time vibes talking all things hoops
And I'd love to see it. I'd love to see it. I know we are past the hour here
Squiddy is a Paul George gonna come back and help the Sixers man in the playoffs
Who knows who cares? I mean, I know man, but I'm there's your back and help the Sixers, man, in the playoffs? Who knows? Who cares?
I mean, I know, man.
But they're not your Sixers, but they still are your Sixers, my guy.
I know.
Don't get me wrong.
Like, imagine if –
I just hate Josh Harris.
I know.
Sell the team.
Sell the team.
Sell the team.
Sell the team.
Send them to Seattle.
Sell the team.
Sell the team.
The Seattle Sixers?
Sell the team. Send them to Seattle. Sell the team. Sell the team. The Seattle Sixers. Sell the team.
You're trying to break my man Squiddy here.
You're right.
Sell the team.
Man, they got to definitely do something for sure.
I'm just like, they just got too much.
They got potential, man.
It's just like, they just don't want to.
I don't know what it is.
You literally don't know what to say about the 76ers.
The fact that they have the craziest firepower on their team
and the fact that their record doesn't show it
and they're always hurt or something's going on.
That's why I'm like Philly is a – they've been crazy, man, since they, you know.
One of the best basketball cities in the world.
Sell the damn team.
Since Snow and Iverson left, bro, it ain't been the same.
Sell the team.
Sell the team.
You think the Nuggets are in trouble right now squiddy
uh why no not just like why just because i'm not they got a good win last night obviously
i wouldn't say a good win the fucking lakers ain't nobody but uh just just right now just
with them like being injured right now going and like going to the second like the almost
the ending of the season right now like i don't know like i don't i don't see them how they were at full strength last year
you know i mean like obviously aaron gordon's not there but right now i don't see the nuggets as who
they used to be you know i mean i don't know if you if you get that you know i mean like they
they're not playing the nuggets basketball like they're barely getting wins you know i mean
and it's like jamal murray's like off and on you know i mean so it's kind of a that's i'm like i
don't know like are do you think that they would do or you think they'll be good going into the
playoffs who demanded whoever they play say if they play even is nikola yokich still on team oh
he is then i think they're gonna be be all right. Okay. All right.
Okay.
That combo of him and Jamal Murray is just so good.
It's championship pedigree.
And you put them in a seven-game series, and they got a chance to figure it out.
They do.
They do.
That's what I'm like.
I want to see who they actually play in the first round.
Obviously, they should get out of the first round.
They better.
But I'm like, coming into the second, there's going to be some real heat coming at them for sure.
And I'm like, are they going to be ready for that?
Because I don't feel like, it's not like their guards are not at full strength-wise,
but I don't think they have the wings to compare to all these other top top three top four conference you know game conference teams
right now that actually are showing like you know we have proven power forwards forwards guards
everything you know i mean i feel like they are not established because tim hardaway he's not what
they thought he was going to be cameron johnson's still trying to find his way he's still got the
broken offense in his in his head right now jamal murray's like i said he's playing great but it's it's only really based off of him and joker and that's what i'm
saying it's tiring aaron aaron gordon's so fucking good he is and that's what i'm saying we got to
get him back once they get him back yeah that's what like how how will they look you know i mean
that's something like christian brown christian bronx i feel like he needs to step it up too
i think he needs and like they're? Like, you saw when these guys, like, oh, no, who else they need back?
They need.
Brown.
They got, what's his name, Brown back, too?
Bruce Brown?
Peyton Watson.
That's who I'm really thinking.
I'm like, if Peyton Watson comes in full strength with him going to the playoffs,
they're going to be really hard to beat.
Yeah.
And, you know, I love their.
I'm a huge Valachunas fan.
I think he's a tremendous basketball player.
I'm glad that they picked him up. I really liked that, man.
He really, that helps Joker so much.
And people didn't think that that was a good pickup, man.
A lot of people don't like Valachunas out here.
I'm like, I, the non Joker minutes are easily accounted for.
Like again, he's going to play 12 to 18 minutes a night.
And give you good minutes too. Cause he's, Oh yeah.
His purr is really good
yeah so i'm like i don't know we'll see we'll see but i'm like they got to get full strength for
sure peyton watson aaron gordon coming back is definitely gonna fucking be a great help
but i'm like yeah if they don't get them back full strength by the yeah by the playoffs it's
gonna be the nuggets are gonna be tired they'll be tired by the second round.
All right, well, I got to get going, sadly.
Wow, we got some more peeps here, too.
Again, hype.
I saw the jersey from hype.
That's pretty cool.
We got Cool Chick in the house, Diablito, Spooky, Wrecking, Agent.
The whole squad coming through.
We got dupes down there with the other balls.
We got four, five, six.
We got some randos here that are just here to,
because Grateful is an influencer here,
and they're trying to get some quacks or some yaps.
But we appreciate you guys hanging through.
If you like basketball, drop a comment just to know you're a real person.
Give me a basketball fact, and then you'll get a shout-out or something.
So who knows?
Mountain down there.
Yeah, we love talking ball.
I don't really have anything else.
I sadly have to run, although luckily I'm not the host on this time, so you guys can just keep going however long you need.
Shoot, next week, Squiddy.
I'll keep cooking jerseys. Squiddy, next week, I might be
doing the show live with you.
Oh, shit!
Yeah! You thought about that, huh?
Oh, shit!
Yeah, we'll
actually be in the actual space.
This is going to be dope.
That would be awesome.
Yeah, I want to see some
video, guys.
Like 101, three-point shooting.
We'll definitely send pics.
Oh, shit.
Yeah.
We'll send flick pics.
You'll have it first.
I'm talking basketball
you want my first
flick of the wrist
oh my god
Squiddy the biggest fister here
on stage I love it
let's fucking go guys
but yeah I think it's time to wrap it up
and we gotta be back on Friday
Squiddy and Marathon live in Miami
that's where you got to meet.
100%.
Love it.
Love it.
Maybe one more thing.
I saw something with Chris Bosch.
Anyone knows what happened to him?
Health problems again.
Because he ended his career because of that blood clots or something like that, right?
Yep, just more health problems right now. So pray for the guy for sure.
Damn, I love that guy, man.
Okay, guys. Squiddy, anything you would love to share before we wrap it up today? Or hype, you know, hype also
you can share anything you want.
Josh Harris, if you happen to be
one of the
non-accounts down there, sell the team.
Sell the team.
You fucker.
God, how great would that be if it really was him?
Joshua Harris sells the Sixers.
Reason.
Some dude named Squiddy on Twitter space told him to when he was listening live.
And also, it's a normal collar.
All right?
It's a normal collar.
If you know the reference, good on you.
Sell the team, buy a Fister.
Dude, you can get so many Fisters if you sold the Sixers.
Guys, also, go and create Hunt.
I already created mine in the other side.
It's...
I don't know.
I already won an award for the best Hunt ever created in the other side.
I don't know why. but you should definitely try it.
I don't know if I was actually approved.
I paid some money to actually get a priority there.
So definitely do it for your community.
I would recommend anyone doing that because it can be fun.
Hype, did you create your hunt there? community, I would recommend anyone doing that because it can be fun.
And yeah, Hype, did you create your hunt there?
Yes, sir.
It's called the hunt for Mimu brother.
It's pretty dope.
You get a free, you get a free Mimu GTD if you go and try to find Mimu.
So yes, sir.
But yeah, it was fun. It was, it was easy to set up set up your community
and I think
there's like 8 days left but I think it's cool
I think it's cool
also go look for those monkeys
go look for those monkeys statues all over
the Nexus and Swamp
don't know what it's for but apparently there's 8 of them out there
just little statues
what should you do with them like take a photo or
I think so i think
so i saw j vegas last night he was running around looking for that last one he's like i found seven
of eight but um yeah definitely uh go look for those it would have been cool if there's like
six and seven but anyways there's a six seven but yeah uh it's pretty cool i like the fact that
it's giving the community the ability to participate.
So yeah, go check that out.
And then I was going to say real quick, tomorrow, guys, we have other games.
We have a space tonight at 9 o'clock Eastern with Bojangles from MiBits.
So yesterday we'll be doing a MiBits activation tomorrow.
So stretch those legs, get your balls ready.
We have other games with the MeeBits and their World Cup style MeeBits. The MeeBs.
Love it, man. Will be there. Absolutely love that activation with MeeBits and football and everything. So let's fucking go guys.
Yeah. Go to the other side, have fun, have a beautiful Friday,
squiddy marathon, anything from your side that you would love to share?
Sell the team. ABC on top, Bored Ape Yachtlate on top and Ape Chain on top.
Let's go everybody. This was ABC Ape Ball Club.
Let's fucking go.
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