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NBA Talk Ep. 15 / All-Star Game, Standings, Rumors, and more
Recorded: Feb. 20, 2026 Duration: 1:21:19Space Recording
Short Summary
The latest NBA discussions reveal significant trends in team performances, with the Pistons leading the Eastern Conference and every team showing competitive growth. The All-Star Game's record viewership highlights the league's increasing popularity, while concerns about the Lakers' struggles and potential changes in draft rules indicate evolving strategies within the league.
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How you guys doing?
Yo, yo, what's good?
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How you doing?
Shoot is good, man
Just let some kids in the gym right now I'm about to head home so they should be able to take care of themselves
and how how much do you actually practice man i mean i worked out yesterday for like a good
four and a half hours with my homie so that was a fun one oh my god that's crazy love to hear that guys we gotta be talking shots man
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i can't believe it's friday again isn't it crazy episode 15
episode 15 for all two people down there jima sequined hit that bookmark button Comment say what's up Ari says let's go
Welcome everybody
Gonna load up the standings we are back
Back with some NBA hoops after
You know week off and after a bit of a clown show of an All-Star game,
which I'm sure we'll talk about here.
Actually, the game wasn't that bad.
Yeah, I just watched it today, man.
It was good.
I think the game was good, but the slam dunk contest was crazy, bro.
That was bad.
That was certified bad.
You know, I really think that we need like a legit players to be joining those slam dunk contests like back in the day, right?
When Kobe did it and Vince and MJ, players like that because what the hell was this one, right?
I would even say we should just start letting the street ballers start jumping into this because there's so many street ballers that are doing so many more impressive tricks and aerial actual tricks on dunks nowadays.
They should just allow street ballers to come in now and just compete because it'll make it so much more exciting.
Jordan Kilgannon, he can still jump doing 540s and all types of crazy stuff.
So I'm like, you got to let that man in.
Yeah, that was a joke.
They got to fix something a joke they gotta fix something
they gotta fix something um it used to be like one of my favorite nights
of the year the slam dunk contest now i don't even watch it i didn't i still i saw maybe like
one dunk from the uh from the internets and the interwebs. And I saw someone almost die.
So that was interesting.
But yeah, they just need to fix something.
They really need to fix something.
What's up, J-Day?
Good to see you.
Yeah, man, absolutely rough.
Absolutely rough.
We'll get to all this.
We got to start. I mean, not too much has changed in the standings right now.
Everything's pretty much the same.
There was a big game last night.
The Pistons picking up where they left off.
Man, the top of the East right now is pretty crazy.
Every team is at least 7-3 in their last 10.
The Cavs have won six in a row, who currently have the best odds to win the East.
We've been all over that. What's up, Laura? Good to see you down there talking hoops. The top four
though, again, the Pistons, they have like the fourth highest odds. The odds maker still like
Cleveland, the Knicks, and the Celtics over the Pistons. When are they going to get some respect
here? You know, it's starting to become that time where
man they are tough they are tough k cunningham with an absolute beast of a game last night
what do you have he just had some like some crazy numbers beating the knicks handily 42 points, 13 assists, 8 rebounds.
Don't sleep on the Pistons.
Don't sleep on the Pistons.
That's a bad idea.
You're going to have a bad time.
All right?
They're the top team in the East for a reason.
So that top four is pretty set in Detroit, Boston, New York, and Cleveland.
And not too much of a drop-off to the Raptors.
The Pistons are really in first place by a steady amount.
You got the Raptors in fifth.
You got the Sixers in sixth place right now.
11 and a half back.
Two back from the Raptors into the five seed.
And you got like a little bunch there.
You got the Sixers, Magic, and Heat.
Six, seven, eight, all pretty close to another. You got the Hawks in ninth.
The Hornets, the Surging Hornets in tenth.
Milwaukee, that one and a half games out of the Hornets from the playing spot.
The Bulls are hanging around the rim, to use a basketball term,
because this is a basketball space.
And then you've got the Tanking Eight, three of those teams,
the Nets, Wizards, and the Pacers.
In the Western Conference, the Thunder.
Only two and a half games up with the Spurs.
One of those teams will be the one seed.
We've seen the Spurs have the Thunder number.
The Spurs have won seven in a row.
Pretty amazing.
Starting at the three seed, you've got from three to six,
you've got a difference of one game.
So that's the difference between home court and not,
and playing one of these playing teams.
So you've got the Rockets in third place, the Nuggets in fourth,
the Lakers in fifth, Timberwolves in sixth.
Marathon, which one of those teams do you see most likely to drop down?
For the west or the east, what are you thinking?
In that little bunch from the 3, 4, 5, 6.
They're all separated by a game.
The Rockets, Nuggets, Lakers, and Timberwolves.
Which team would you think has the chance to kind of drop out of that top six?
And maybe the Suns can catch them.
Probably the Lakers right now.
That's what I'm thinking.
That's the right answer. That's the right answer.
That's the right answer.
You got the Suns in seventh place, 10 games back.
The Warriors, 13 games back in eighth place.
The Clippers in ninth place, under .500.
But in that playoff spot, the Trailblazers in tenth.
And then, like, I mean, every single team below the
10th, right?
So you got 10 teams make the playoffs, including the playing game.
The West is pretty much already set, right?
Those 10 teams are good to go.
You got the Blazers are 15 back in first place.
And then in 11th place, you've got the Grizzlies, losers of four straight. They're
20 and a half games back. So five and a half games behind the playing game cutoff, and the Grizzlies
are part of the tank-a-thon. So the rest of the tank-tastic eight, you've got the Grizzlies, Dallas, losers of nine straight, the Jazz, the Pelicans, and
oh my goodness, losers of 15 games in a row, Russell Westbrook, Sacramento Kings.
Zach Levine done for the season.
Sabone is done for the season.
It is fully silly season in Sacramento there.
Man, a lot of things going on, and I've seen a lot of interesting conversations regarding done for the season. It is fully silly season in Sacramento there. Man.
A lot of things going on and I've seen a lot of interesting conversations regarding tanking.
Curious to hear some of your
thoughts on these.
Yeah, guys.
I would love to learn more about it.
I've been 24-7 watching Olympics
because we are huge in ice hockey.
We lost to Canada, so that sucks.
that was a crazy game.
what's going on there? Because
I saw many headlines about tanking
and I also saw that maybe Adam
Silver, that he would cancel
draft and team would
pick players that they want
as free agents
damn i don't like that idea i will read some of these out let me see if i can
let me see if i can pin something here um let's see
here we go shams of course i forgot to get my reply guy game in on this one which my twitter
game has just been awful lately. I just don't know
what it is. But anyway, from Shams, multiple sources with knowledge of Thursday's GM meeting,
as well as of late January competition committee meeting, told ESPN that the following concepts
have been discussed to curb tanking. First round picks can be protected only top four or top 14 plus. Lottery odds freeze at the trade deadline or a later date.
No longer allowing a team to pick top four in consecutive years and or after consecutive bottom three finishes.
That's interesting.
So you finish in the bottom three multiple years in a row, you're not going to get top three picks.
Top four picks.
Teams can't pick top four the year after making the conference finals.
I don't, that one doesn't make much sense.
Teams can't pick top four the year after making the conference finals.
Oh, I guess if you go and you make the conference final and then you try and blow it up.
So that's, that's about the Pacers right now.
That makes sense. The Pacers obviously went to the NBA finals and they are at the bottom of the standings doing
their tank-a-thon there. So, um, that's a weird one that seems designed just for one team.
Lottery odds allocation allocated based on two year records. Interesting. Lottery extended to include all playing teams wow i like that one too so hey you try hard you get into the play-in you still you know you're
gonna have a low chance but you're still gonna get some lottery balls instead of just being
in purgatory and then the lottery extend uh flatten odds for all lottery teams where it's
just like okay you make the lot whether you're in first place,
you know, first team to miss the playoffs or the worst record have flattened odds. That's a, that would be something that would be something. Uh, teams would always find a way to kind of like
game the system, but I like it. I like it. It's gotta, there's gotta be something. Listen,
like the tank can be fun
as a fan. I know like some team, you know, you like to watch your team lose. You don't want to
see your team lose, but you know that they're doing it because hypothetically they're trying
to get better for future years, which hopefully gives you a better squad. What's up, Jorge? Good
to see you. We got LL Cub in the house. Sky Arc, Fertile.
Jakaria, welcome all.
If you want to come up and talk some NBA, we got Prince down there as well.
You want to talk some NBA, come on up.
Say hi.
We are talking NBA with Grateful Marathon.
And myself, Squiddy.
If you have thoughts on the Tankathon, come on up.
We're post-All-Star break.
You got thoughts on the game on the weekend.
We'd love to hear from you either in the comments or up on stage.
Any guys have thoughts on these tanking conversations?
Because with eight teams right now, it's pretty wild.
Man, my first thought is I thought they should have gone.
I mean, I kind of like the concept that they're about to go with.
I also wanted Adam Silver to add in like every like bottom feeding team needs to play for like that lottery pick.
So actually like do a tournament for like the bottom teams and let them play.
So like how we have to play in tournament midseason,
throw in another like tournament, like almost even like after this season, like right before, like maybe summer league or something like that.
And then see who can see who can win for the draft spot.
Well, more content like during the playoffs. Right. But like we're like the few days, like before the playoffs start with all like the losing teams to play.
That'd be perfect. Right. That'd be seriously. That'd be perfect.
And then we all get to see another tournament of teams that are at the bottom trying to play hard for
that you know that number one rookie you know so that would be interesting for sure we'll see how
it goes you know like the nba is just kind of fucked right now and it's uh it's it's kind of
rough to watch the playoffs are always good right The playoffs are always good, right?
The playoffs are always great, but the regular season, it's just become a complete and utter clown show.
What I read about All-Star Game, it actually...
The viewership was kind of good.
I think it was the highest since 2011.
It was almost 9 million people and we have Olympics happening right now.
So that's somehow good.
But man, regular season is weird, not gonna lie.
Yeah, regular season is kind of weird just because of like you know you got all your sports betting
things and then you got players who know about the sports props on them and all types of stuff so
it's a it's a weird it's a weird circus like show right now in the nba like especially in the middle
of the season especially with like people who really know like there's props on them they don't
even want to go for like don't even play hard sometimes especially when they know they have like some $1,700 prop plus on them so yeah I feel like yeah
this the tanking and sports betting and all that is kind of like jumbled up and making the season
like really shitty right now but the I feel like that all-star game kind of helped a lot a little
just to like show like you know like all the competitiveness between like all the different
teams especially with that world concept. I really did like that.
I did like the younger team for sure. I felt,
I felt the younger team should have won anything. I mean, anyway,
so I already knew that I called that the whole night. So, but I, yeah, it's,
it's weird with the tanking though, just because of, I mean,
with people literally trying to look for like number one spots and then sitting players and pretending that they're injured, yeah, that messes the season
up completely.
Like, you lose fans, like, you lose viewerships and all that.
And I felt like, yeah, the All-Star game definitely helped a little bit with the viewership, so
we'll see how they play second half of the season.
But, yeah, that was a crazy one.
yeah,
that was a crazy one,
man.
Man.
It's yeah,
man.
It's just like,
it's a lot,
but we'll see.
We're getting into the stretch.
we're getting into the stretch run here and I just,
I'm ready for the playoffs to start.
I'm just ready for the playoffs to start.
Christoph Porzingis made his debut In a Golden State Warriors jersey
Oh man
Speaking of the Europeans, grateful
He looked pretty good
What else do we got?
LaMelo Ball was in a car crash
Oh shit man, I saw that
Oh man
And then hopped right in a Lambo right after
Yeah man, but
He had to be playing on his phone or shit because uh
that was crazy uh and and i saw like a like a video of him driving and
man he should hire a driver probably that's the safest for him
seems you know if you're making millions of dollars that's probably a nice idea
millions of dollars that's probably a nice idea hire a driver um let's see here what else do we
got i mean really not much has changed since we last spoke because there has not been much
basketball um let me see the scores of yesterday uh jaylen brown had a 13 assist last night which
was kind of oh yeah, yeah, dude.
Monster triple double.
That's crazy.
He usually is not even with the assist like that.
I was really, I was like pretty proud of him that he was dishing it out.
He's so good, man.
He's really proving again, like always, always turning the doubters wrong.
Right.
But he's one of the best players in the NBA for sure.
These Celtics team are what the Sixers should have been
with fucking Tatum and Brown.
And it's disgusting, but I respect them.
You see his party got shut down too in Beverly Hills.
I think he's going to be suing the city of Beverly Hills.
And he was like, I know you don't like me
because I play for Boston or something like that.
Not having that, he's an interesting character.
I'm a huge fan of his.
He's smart, right?
He's highly educated, and he's a pretty introspective person.
But for whatever reason, he's like a magnet for people, for haters.
I can't fully put a thumb on it.
What else do we got last night?
So some scores from Thursday, February 19th.
The Rockets went to Charlotte and beat the Hornets.
That's a nice win.
The Cavaliers, easy win over the tanking nets.
The Hawks beat the Sixers.
Damn, the Sixers needed to win that one in Philly.
That's not good.
What's up, Tony?
Good to see you down there.
Jay Vegas in the house.
What's popping?
The Pacers and the Wizards, two tank-tastic teams.
The Wizards ended up winning at home.
Somebody had to win that one. The game of the
day yesterday was the Pistons beating the Knicks in Madison Square Garden on top of
Cunningham's monster game. The Raptors beat the Bulls. Nice win for the Raptors there.
The Bulls needed that one, losing at home. Spurs blew out the Suns Um not much again Porzingis is back Jalen Brown with 23 15 13
You've got the magic
blowing out the lowly Kings
Palo Banchero 30 points
They hit the most threes last night to like they like had a franchise record I guess
How many threes was that? Threes last night, too. They had a franchise record, I guess.
How many threes was that?
It was something over 22 or something like that.
Something crazy.
And then you got the Clippers edging the Nuggets by one.
That's a big win.
Benedict Mathurian, 38 points.
I called it. I told you.
I said that man needs to just go somewhere
And let him just fly like a fucking peacock
Like another guy
No, the wings have spread
The wings have certainly spread last night
That was
That's a big line
That is a big line
We'll see
I'm just ready for the playoffs to start. There's
really not, fuck man. There's really not much to talk about. Like I'm trying, I'm thinking
I, even if I put it into Grok, I mean, new, new players playing for new teams again, James
Harden, um, with the Cavs, he had 16 points, nine assists, three steals. That is just a fun backcourt with Donovan Mitchell.
And, yeah, I mean, I think that's sharp money to bet on Cleveland to come out of the East.
For real, bro.
Like, honestly, now I feel like James Harden actually has the team and the, like, supporting cast behind him now,
like, actually going into the
playoffs because you know obviously the the James Harden we've seen before like you know me being
from Philly and Boston and all these other teams like not the not the Houston James Harden but like
after he left like we we saw his like you know we saw his performance diminishing just because
he was trying to do way too much you know I? He was trying to be the offense and try to facilitate,
do everything else and play defense.
So it was like it was to the point where he was worn down because he had no
help.
And now I feel like he actually has a really good supporting cast,
really tall trees in the back to help him,
especially if he gets blown by, you know what I mean?
You got to worry, you don't worry about Jared Allen or Mobley.
So that's what I'm like.
I feel like they have the strongest competing chance to actually win the east just because man i mean you
already know donovan mitchell he's already facilitator himself he didn't even need harden
he was you know i mean he can do it everything himself but now that harden's on the team and
helping him alleviate all that stress oh my god yeah that's huge they're gonna be fucking
yeah dangerous seriously you gotta watch out for them.
And then they've got the two monsters in the middle with Mobley and Allen,
just like holding it down defensively, too.
They certainly have the team to back up Harden's defensive deficiencies.
Do you think the Hornets are going to try to push for the second half of the season?
Yeah.
I really do.
I think so.
I really do, man.
I mean, they're young.
They're hungry.
Why not?
That's what I'm saying.
Why not?
Honestly, they're not trying to rebuild right now.
They're pretty healthy.
That's what I'm saying.
Why not push for that, honestly, making the actual play and shit even farther? That's what I'm saying. Why not push for that, honestly, making the actual play
and shit even farther?
That's what I'm saying.
The East is falling apart right now.
Honestly, there's those only top three teams
that are really staying strong,
but everything else is kind of a jump ball for them.
So I really think they actually have a chance.
You know what I mean?
As long as LaMelo and Khan can keep leading the team
how they are and then obviously the supporting cast
of Brandon and all of them, oh my God, they're gonna be they're like this they're the
spurs of the east to me right now like the magic were but they still haven't found their identity
you know i mean like everyone on the on their team wants to fucking score or do something so
i feel like the the hornets right now are just they're they're way better glued team like they
love each other that you know i'm saying like they're you can see the camaraderie they have like honestly i really see
them pushing as hard as they possibly can they're literally trying to make that solid play in and be
maybe like i said maybe even farther before i mean after the play in so and then i mean calc
brenner is really good he's a very solid player um it's nice to see again, they got this young kid Salone,
right. Starting to play some minutes who, you know, he could, if he like really hits his
potential, he could be like a Giannis light. Um, they've, and they've got, you know, some guys
suspended right now, uh, miles bridges and the Abate from that fight. So they're not a full strength right now.
Brandon Miller is a stud.
Yeah, no, they, they, they got a squad.
They absolutely have a squad and they're fun.
And also they have one of the best color schemes in the league for sure.
Facts.
Love that teal.
So tough loss at home,
but playing shorthanded,
giving the Rockets everything they got,
not bad.
I need to get your guys' opinion.
I'm in a Dynasty Fantasy Basketball League.
Also, some more peeps.
What up, Siwoo?
Tony in the house, four, five, six.
Welcome to NBA talk. I need to hear your, your thoughts. So I'm in a dynasty league. I'm done
for the season. I I've got no shot at the playoffs. I had Halliburton out all year,
you know, not my year. First time missing the playoffs, but that's neither here nor there.
year. First time missing the playoffs, but that's neither here nor there. I traded Joel Embiid,
a healthy-ish Joel Embiid, Josh Hart, Brandon Posinski, and this one hurt.
Fucking, why is his name? Jabari Smith. And I received an injured Anthony Davis,
which to me and bead and AD, you know, they could go either way.
But again, because it's going to be for next year,
I'm already looking at next year.
So I got Anthony Davis, Ace Bailey,
who I was really excited about Reed Shepard,
which a little risky because, you know,
the Rockets are going to have Fred Van Fleet back,
but I like him long-term.
I think he's going to be a good player.
Taylor Hendricks, who should be getting some solid minutes on the Grizzlies.
He could be a nice little rebound. And most importantly, I got a first-round pick in a loaded draft.
How did I do?
Dude, really good, man.
Like I said, staying young right now. And that's all. Like I said, you're in the rebuilding. You know, like I said, young right now and that's all like i said you're in
the rebuilding you know you're already like i said you're already looking for next year so
rebuilding around those young guys especially with ace you know i mean and reed like i yeah i like
that just with them right now that's a solid that's a solid one-two punch right there in general
and then hendrix yeah i mean i you know hendrix had potential when they drafted him with utah
and then utah got rid of him and i was like man he could, you know, Hendricks had potential when they drafted him with Utah. And then Utah got rid of him. And I was like, man, he could have really did something with
them. But now I like the fact, you know, he's winning Memphis. Once Ja gets out of there,
everyone actually kind of like established themselves a little better. Like they'll be
able to, you know, the ball will probably be flowing a little better. Like the camaraderie
might be up. So we'll see. But yeah, I like that. I like how you started off. And started off and then yeah i mean shit with the draft pick you shit you might you might grab someone like you
might get a golden one oh yeah no and i've got three picks now too which is which is huge in
the first round next year so i'll have like a top solid bro yeah it's a loaded draft and this was a
good year to kind of stink so i still have like anthony Edwards on my squad. I've got Jaron Jackson Jr.,
who again was done for the season.
Hold on a second.
I have to respond to this text message.
I got Jaron Jackson Jr.
Anthony Edwards is my rock
and I'll have Tyrese Halliburton back next year.
We'll be okay. We'll be okay
And guys I was just checking the the winners of slam dunk contest and damn
I totally forgot about some of those people
Nate Robinson he was he was such a crazy guy. That's one of the best ones ever the Nate Rob of slam dunk contest and damn i totally forgot about some of those people uh nate robinson he
was he was such a crazy guy that's one of the best ones ever the nate rob i know yeah that
jason richardson man i remember that one that was crazy one that was crazy one back in the day
keep going we have uh of course we have zach lavineine. We have Dwight Howard in 2008.
It was like a Superman dunk, right?
Superman is in the building.
It's crazy.
And also in 97, 98, 99, there was no slam dunk contest,
which is interesting.
1996, Brent Berry
let's go baby what a legend
yeah
Donovan Mitchell
Aaron Gordon in 2020
that was a worthy winner
that dude could fly
yeah man the dunk contest ain't like it used to be man like you said the excitement's kind of out
of it i i was looking forward to the three-point contest i'm not even gonna lie to you like when
i saw the lineup for the dunk contest i said yeah i'm gonna just tap into the three-point contest
get my indulgent on that and watch my boy con workout which i which I told you, Squiddy, he was going to get hot, man.
Yep.
You called that one.
It was cool to see Dane win.
Dude, that's all Dane was supposed to do.
He was supposed to win because that's all he's supposed to do is shoot.
You know what I mean?
He had to work out, play no games.
All you're doing is literally grabbing the ball off the rack and shoot.
So everyone kind of just called that one.
Don't need an ACL to let it rip.
Man, what about my boy VJ Edgecombe, though?
Hitting all them game winners.
He's so good, man.
So good, bro.
That's what I'm like.
I'm like, bro, he's got to be in the top.
He's got to be pretty high up there with Con and Cooper.
You know what I mean?
You have to – he can't be too far under them with the votes.
You know what I mean?
The kid has literally actual eight game winners in the regular season,
and then he hit some game winners in the All-Star game.
He's showing out.
I'm so dumb.
so dumb. I'm the worst, like better in the world. Like I had him to win rookie of the year. I put
I'm the worst better in the world.
I had him to win Rookie of the Year.
like 50 bucks on him on Kalshi, um, at like 5%. And then it went up to like 40 something percent.
I was like, I should have sold, but of course I did not sell. And now it's at like 1% because
there's no way he's going to win it over flag or con. but he's still so he's still so good uh we got
honeybee in the house what's up honeybee good to see you zombie rob down there dupes what's popping
dupes we got bored ape elton henderson down there welcome again fertile and we've got the man the
myth the legend ll cub king in the house. Welcome to the stage of NBA talk.
What's going on, my man?
What are your NBA thoughts?
What's on your mind?
Yo, GM, GM fan, what's good?
What's going on?
He's cracking, LL.
He's doing it and doing it and doing it well.
Let's go.
Fuck it.
Yeah, last night, I'd say it popped.
I'm having a hard time thinking right now.
Super sick, but not talking the best either,
except in my Barry Manilow voice.
But, yeah, I wanted to hit on the Celtics, obviously,
but the game last night was interesting to me for multiple reasons.
One, Celtics blew a 30-point lead, which they shouldn't have, in my opinion.
Two, Porzingis and Al Horford with Steph back.
That team looks fucking nasty.
I mean, they could be really, really good.
So I hate Golden State, but damn, would that be some really good basketball to watch
So that's gonna be interesting to develop and then on the Jalen Brown stuff
I saw a tweet or maybe it was postgame last night where
he the Beverly Hills had put out like a
Statement apologizing to him and he responded with like yeah basically a little too late
yeah like fuck you like you fucked with my organization we've been doing this for years
she didn't fuck with anybody else and he i mean the dude went to berkeley you know i mean he's a
smart motherfucker and so he was up there discussing like international politics and race
race and important topics and he got shut down. So the fact that that happened
and that they actually had to apologize is good.
The fact that he's not just eating crows is good, too.
I like that he's standing up for himself.
He's a solid dude and I think should be the face of the NBA.
I mean, he doesn't have any fucking run-ins with the law.
You know, he's smart.
He's a player advocate.
So, yeah, obviously I'm on Jalen Brown's nuts all day long,
especially this season.
Nice nuts to be on, LL.
Yeah, for real.
Big pair.
Big pair, bro, because, I mean, Jalen Brown just showed it
in the last couple years in the playoffs.
You know what I mean?
Jason Tatum really hasn't, like, been there.
And Brown has literally been the most consistent Celtic, literally,
besides, obviously, Peyton coming off the bench and Derek White hitting his threes.
But the most consistent, talking about just going to the playoffs, like, yeah, Jalen Brown for sure.
You know, I love Peyton Pritchard got interviewed again last night about six.
What, you coming off the bench?
Coming off the bench.
And he's just like, you know, it's really not any different for me.
it's really not any different for me.
Like I plan five or six minutes and taking a seat or coming in like I do and
playing way more and having a more pivotal role is kind of more important to
me anyway.
And so I hope that shuts down those talks because the poor kid gets interviewed
about it every time he has a great game,
which is every time he suits.
He's so good.
He is such a baller.
if he left the Celtics,
that dude is getting, he's, he's starting anywhere else getting paid so high. It's such a baller. If he left the Celtics, that dude is getting – he's starting anywhere else,
getting paid so high, it's going to be ridiculous.
Yeah, I think, you know, he sees the vision,
and that's what I like about him too is he respects the program.
He knows he's got one of the best coaches.
I mean, he knows he's in the right spot to try to get a ring.
And, man, I don't know what the playoffs look like this year.
But I don't mean, obviously, I think we'll be competitive.
But next year, the year after, like dangerous times, I think.
So let's go.
Let's stay healthy and good basketball.
All those other rules man
I cannot wait to see how some of that plays off because some of that has to help the tanking shit and
Because it's just gotten to where even though
like NBA fans know it happens when an average person has
NBA in turns on the TV and there's a game on and they're seeing that shit. They're like
What's happening? Like why is this so broken and can somebody
call can somebody call the devs
devs do something help you could you can thank Utah for
kind of sparking that too you already know like they shouldn't have did what they
did like they were up and then they sat everybody
like that's that's a clear sign of something
yeah i mean like at least we used to hide the people that were fucking around they tried to
be uh shifty about it that was just plain the sixers in the stupid process
dumbest process of all time my mad Madden B didn't play last night.
Yeah, me too. I need him back.
I need him back.
Do they have him right now on minute
restriction right now again still, or what's going on
with that? I don't know, to be honest.
That's what I'm like, because he was playing.
I mean, he was over his minutes, honestly,
and they weren't even doing it.
He was playing as much as he could.
He wasn't even just playing. He was dominating. out that's what i'm saying so that's what i'm like
i wonder like must be something going on with his knee again or they might just be he's not obviously
he's not worried about missing games and any awards for but so but yeah it must be something
wrong with his knee because that's the only thing i can think of i'm like him him going that hard
and then like not playing after yeah it has to be something like medical wise. Yeah. It's definitely the knee. And I hope that it like,
just, I hope that it works out because I just want to see him just not even as like a former
kind of Sixers fan. Right. Like, you know how I stand there. I hate the owner. If they win,
cool. I'll celebrate it, but I'm not going to lose sleep. Go Jazz.
Just as a basketball
fan, right? Seeing him somewhat
healthy in a playoff series
would be good for basketball
because we've never seen that ever.
We've never seen that ever
and it's a shame because when he's healthy
and playing, he's one of the most talented players
I've ever seen with my own eyes.
Hands down.
Hands down.
Like, he was.
Yeah, he's frustrating.
Like, seriously, he's one of the most hardest guards to, you know what I mean,
the guard.
He's a mismatch for anybody in the league.
It doesn't matter who it is.
He's a mismatch.
And that's what I'm like.
If he's healthy, like, he.
The funny thing is, like, when he came in the league, everyone was like,
oh, yeah, he's about to be one of the most dominant centers, you know, opposed to Sha is like when he came in the league, everyone was like, oh yeah, he's about to be the one of the most dominant centers, you know, opposed to Shaquille when
he came in.
And, and then like I said, it was just the health problems.
And then, you know, all them just sitting in with the minute restrictions and everything
kind of diminished his gameplay.
And now I feel like him not playing as much, he doesn't have as much rhythm.
You know what I mean?
Like now, cause it's like having to play with vj and maxi and stuff you have
to have a lot of rhythm for sure with those kids because they're up and down now nowadays and yeah
something like i just if he was healthy like it's just injury it's just injury like he's been
fitting in right like he's been absolutely balling like when he's out there unit and he fits in you
know like yeah they have to slow it down a little, but it's worth it when it's someone like in beach
So and they were playing really good ball and they were beating teams and I really think that they would be you know a healthy and bead
And you get Paul George back for the playoffs. I think he'll be back from playoffs right off of his little ketamine run
Yeah, yeah, they don't have him cuz he what they said it was a it'd be 10 games before the end of the season. Okay, so yeah
Yep, he'll be back. Oh, it was caveated before end of season. I thought it carried on
I thought that was kind of the gravity of the fine was that it did go into the play
Well, no like it ends the 25 games ends before the playoffs
Yeah, oh, okay. That makes sense
Well, that's a lot less of a yeah, it doesn't't really matter as much, I guess, as long as they're still there.
Which they should be able to hold. I mean, I think they should be able to hold arese Maxey and Vijay holding steady.
Like, I mean, you've had Paul Reed.
Paul Reed is doing his thing.
I mean, well, not Paul Reed, but what's the other thing? Former Sixer Paul Reed, who did have a great game.
He did have a great game last night, yeah.
Damn, what's the other big that they have?
I cannot remember his name, but, I mean, so far right now, like I said,
I think they'll be fine.
Like, just because of the youngness with Tyrese and Vij now, like I said, I think they'll be fine. Like just because of the, the youngness with the Tyrese and BJ, like holding that team, they'll be fine.
It's just, you know, they're going to make the playoffs.
It's just about getting them healthy for the playoffs.
That is all it is.
Good thing is now, you know, when, like I said, when Embiid doesn't play,
VJ's, you know, minutes and him touching mb doesn't play vj's you know minutes
and him touching the ball goes up the usage goes crazy it's ridiculous you know i mean his plus
minus is like yeah it's through the roof so that's why i'm like you having him and maxi on the floor
right now you know having kelly uber play some defense get a couple steals in the lane do his
thing but honestly i they, they're fine.
Like I said, they've learned to play without Embiid and Paul George.
If you really notice, they've learned already.
Tyrese Maxey and Vijay have not slowed down.
It doesn't matter if him or what's his name are on the floor.
It doesn't matter.
They're still going to do their thing.
But, yeah, I felt like they've learned to play without him,
and that's why I'm like, I think they'll
be good going into the playoffs.
Depending on who they want to see the first round.
Time will tell.
Time will tell.
When you mentioned
Shuck, he's an absolutely crazy guy. Such
a legendary player. I
assume that everyone in the world knows
him right and i saw a video from from milan and people were like who's that tall guy and i was
like shut the fuck up you mfers like what's going on there they didn't know it's shock you know so And now we got Shaq. Snoop getting 500k a day to be in Italy during Olympics.
That's not bad, right?
Damn, that's living a life right there.
Not bad at all.
A little bored ape exposure for us.
Yeah.
Is he rocking any ape?
Is he rocking his Dr. Bombay?
I didn't see anything, bro.
But man, he definitely should steal the show with BAYC.
I saw some tweets from 2021 that he tweeted out that he want to be on, like,
advisor to BAYC club or something like that.
Wait, what was this?
Like in 2021, I think.
Okay, that was a long time ago.
Ages, ages.
But what else we can talk about?
Of course, the All-Star game.
The new format.
Some players I saw, they complained
that they would prefer East
versus West.
What do you think, guys, about that?
You're all grateful.
Yeah, they've tried it.
Honestly,
they were just doing something new.
That's all it is. They're just bored right now
in the NBA. Literally, they're just coming up with just things right now they're like hey pick that guy in the audience let's see
what ideas he has come up here you know i mean share something so that's all they're at right
now so i mean i i it wasn't like it was a bad format like i said having the young players
versus the old players versus the the world like it wasn't it wasn't a bad format like i mean like
i said it was a competitive
i kind of wish that it was more than uh you know a quarter you know i mean i kind of wish that like
they would do like maybe even 15 minutes a game instead so like you can have at least everybody
else gets a chance to play because you had so many players on the bench that didn't even come in
that didn't even come in for you to play in the game. So that's why I kind of made it like where you had some fans come in there
and you're like, well, shit, I came to see, you know, Murray
and Murray didn't play the first game.
Or, you know, I came to say – or I came to watch Joker
and Joker didn't even score, blah, blah.
So it's like, yeah, I feel like they should have made it a little longer,
made a little longer quarters.
But other than that, it was a good concept.
Like I said, it was – you know, they it competitive anthony edwards definitely made it competitive for sure
because you know obviously he's he's a competitive person in general but the fact that like yeah you
had like who's from that young team are they gonna go who's gonna go to the older team next year if
they keep this format that's my whole thing is like because you had devin booker you had like
some cats that are on the younger team that were been in the league for fucking nine years that's
not a young team I feel Devin Booker's still like 22 years old he's still young though that's what
I'm saying like some of these cats literally came into the league with like they were 17 you know
I mean so it was just the fact that I you know like I felt like if you're if you're a vet and
you're playing more than six years you should should definitely be on the vet team, like LeBron and all these guys.
But other than that, I like the format.
I feel like Victor needed fucking help because he did everything he could.
He did everything he could in the last year.
So I don't know what it is.
They just maybe going back to the East and West might help Wim Binyana get a win.
But, yeah, I don't know.
Him just being on the world team by himself, it's not enough.
We talked about it last time.
I'm still, you know what I'm bullish on.
You know what I'm bullish on.
I think they need to do it.
But, I mean, the East and the West, if they're able to, like, actually, like, ball out and, like,
it's just,
it doesn't work anymore.
It is what,
as Anthony Edwards said,
it is what it is at this point.
It is what it is at this point.
I mean,
I remember when it used to be a great format and it worked and you were happy
to cheer for your side,
but yeah,
man,
I guess the,
I didn't take Ant as such a philosopher but he nailed that one all right we've got a new person on the stage we always love to hear from new people
this is a banana um welcome banana i see your hand up first and foremost you have to answer
a question in order to be able to speak on the stage. Are you ready?
In which city do the Detroit Pistons play basketball?
If you're able to answer this question, you're able to come up on stage.
I see a lot of emojis, but you're going to have to answer the question, Banana.
Which city do the Detroit Pistons play basketball?
We need to hear your voice basketball we need to hear your voice
At least type the answer in the purple pill
Yeah, I don't eat I don't want to be like in pop fiction like do emoji again you MFR
All right, your hands up your hands are up for Detroit. I love this city, but you still have to answer
for Detroit. I love this city, but you still have to answer.
Go on.
But, but, but has a, has a banner from other side. So what's going on there?
Is it a AI agent?
I'm so confused again. We see your hand, we see your hands up for Detroit.
I love this city. You got to answer your hand is up. The whole point of a hand
raises for you to raise the hand. Unmute.
And then the host.
Yeah.
Also, if you're muted, you need to unmute.
But, okay.
More emojis.
Okay.
You can always just type the answer in the chat.
We'll take that too.
As a third option. Your hand is up.
All right.
We're calling on you.
We are fulfilling the host obligations of the hand race right now so now's
your time to shine now's your time to shine talk like your favorite animal give us a move the lights
might be too bright man on the stage man that question might be too big too big bro. And he's down. I took him down. I took him down.
Like, what the hell is going on with these emojis?
Like, I took him down.
Of course.
Of course we know that we took you down because we did it.
Okay?
We don't need emojis for that.
You know?
Okay.
Damn, what was that?
Banana.
Or banana.
Or even, you know, learn how to spell or what um squiddy
gotcha and now baran is sending emojis to me like what the hell is going on guys damn i don't know
i don't understand i'm just gonna have my hand up
the entire time damn grateful how's banan the new friend gonna be able to throw you emojis and i
i thought we were friends and i can't even throw you emojis champ i don't understand how it works
yeah if you if you click on the name like i clicked on grateful and i don't get a chance
to show an emoji but i click on him again and then it pops up. No, what I'm saying is Grateful has faded me straight to hell.
And we aren't friends, apparently.
Oh, yeah, I blocked you.
Now I see that.
What's up, Bart?
Now you can try again.
What's up, Bart?
Welcome to the stage.
Again, you should be able to answer this question.
Which city do the Detroit Pistons play basketball in?
Isn't that like Detroit
Coming through you feel me wait wait
People failed this isn't wait. What is in the name? It's a name. Yeah. No, nothing gets by you are nothing gets by you
We just like to fuck around cuz we get some trolls or we get some like bots to try and come up on stage
And we let them up but we have to make him answer a very simple question
Like which city is playing or I don't think I'm a bot
No, we know we know you so I had full confidence that you were able to answer that question.
How are you guys doing?
I just, I don't know.
I came up.
I haven't been on Spaces, Grateful Spaces in a while.
Your Spaces in a while.
So all you guys up here and I was like, I need to show up.
So Legends, Squiddy, Grateful, LL, and Marathon.
Man, can be among greats right now so how you guys doing man how's everything doing
and do y'all do y'all see i know you guys are talking about basketball but y'all see my shitty
ass city trying to lose the best thing that ever happened to them chicago bears do y'all see that
shit bro like the first good season the first good season they're trying to throw us away
bro what the hell was up with the mayor talking shit?
The Indiana Bears!
I saw that, bro.
I was not feeling that, dude.
Bro, weak-ass mayor, bro.
They have destroyed Chicago, and now they're about to lose one of the best things they ever happened to them.
Come on, Art Telephone.
To Indiana, bro.
Not even Indiana.
Not even Michigan.
Indiana.
Hey, if they lose the Chicago Bears, bro, you
guys are going to riot.
I'm moving to wherever
Grifu lives. I'm leaving the whole U.S.
We gone.
I'm just gone.
You finally got
quarterbacks, too.
Yeah, finally had one good quarterback, bro.
One good season, bro.
And they're like, okay, yeah, let them go.
Let's take some money.
Why are we up right now?
Fucking losers.
Well, my day is better now that you're coming to hang out, Art.
You're the man.
And it's always good to chat and say what's up.
Yeah, same, man.
I hope I didn't bring craziness to your space,
but I guess you guys are just having fun.
No, we love it, man.
We're always having fun, man. We just love hearing from the homies we love it my guy
bring it in damn i just got a dm from banana and he said that you just got a banana in your dm did
he give you yeah yeah yeah did he send you the answer no not the, but he was like that Sivu can beat Squiddy 101.
Easy.
That's kind of crazy.
I refute that hypothesis.
It's very easy to solve this.
Next AFES 101 tournament.
It's the whole way.
Let's see who takes the trophy.
takes the trophy straight up we are gonna do something we are gonna have the uh
We are going to do something.
We are going to have a basketball event.
yeah just like nobody's getting in no circle with marathon and paintball guns we're not doing that
ever like since no one's doing that like we want to see who the marathon or paintball is for like
who's the ape who's the basketball ape we want to see that bro i told april for next year i said
please man i said hey you could put as many people as you want i was like i don't matter i was like it could be 800 versus me that's fine as long as i get my guns he's like i'll think
about it i was like all right man long as you're thinking about it i'll take that i will score on
you marathon oh my god i can't wait squiddy you i i will score i'm. Well, that's what we're 100% for, like, A-Fest.
So, like, you know, I've got the Fisters,
and we're going to do, like, a little basketball thing.
We'll do, like, a combination of the Fisters
slash the Gaming Apes show
slash the Grateful Show
slash anyone else who wants to contribute.
Like, this is, like, absolutely going to be
a side event next year.
We just need to know.
As soon as we get the city, we're going to start a side event next year. We just need to know
The city we're gonna start the planet Squid you could do like a 2v2 and have like other projects actually have like jerseys so like their projects be on their jerseys
And you know three threes that'd be sweet. Oh you wanna do 3v3 that'd be dope. Yeah
We'll get a cow of the people we'll see how like 3v3
I'm gonna get a lot more dunks two on two, I probably won't get as many.
But 3v2, back doors, slips.
I'm taking a charge, bro.
Oh, yeah.
I'm going to jump over you, squiddy.
I'm taking a charge.
And I'm getting the call.
Don't cancel me right now, okay?
Don't cancel me, okay?
But damn, Honeybee is in Bangkok.
He's going to be great with back doors now, I think.
Oh, my God. Grateful did not say banana in Bangkok. He's going to be great with back doors now, I think. Oh, my God.
Grateful did not say banana in Bangkok in less than 10 minutes.
This is crazy.
Sorry, Art.
I didn't know you did this show up, man.
My bad.
You showed up at the wrong time, brother.
He's coming.
He's coming.
Bro, honey, we haven't even talked in a while, man.
Congratulations on the move to the back door
fuck man i fucking know brother fucking every time i show up anywhere motherfucker's like
bangkok bangkok also that's the first question i'm jealous bro that is the first question i ask
because like here i understand how girls feel because here you get a disgusting amount of likes
on like every like, you know, fucking dating app.
And like 90% of them are probably ladyboys.
So like my first question every time,
if I look at the fucking things, I'm like,
I'm like, they look cute.
But my first question is like, do you have a banana?
And they're honest.
They're like, yeah.
And I'm like, I am good.
Thanks.
I fucking love you, honey. They're like, yeah. And I'm like, I'm good. Thanks. I fucking love you, honey.
That is dope, dope.
Thank you for sharing such an experience with us.
What are you doing out there, bro?
Are you there indefinitely?
Yeah, yeah.
I'm just hanging out.
Grateful.
We talked about this.
I might have to join you soon.
Might have to get out there.
Dude, if you come out here,
we take over.
Part of my goal, too, is
expanding on the Asian market
in the sense of we have a big
Asian community in Bored Apes
just in general for gaming and everything.
We work in this industry
like all of us do.
I feel like we don't tap in enough
to organize events with them or get them along. I know part of it is like also like a language or culture barrier. But part of my goal is to like kind of tap in here and kind of do like an Asia tour, you know, set up events. I know that you started the other side London. I want to do the same thing here in Asia. You know, I mean, start tapping in with everyone here.
I do not work in the gaming industry.
I do not work in the gaming industry. I am unemployed.
I am unemployed.
Okay, my baby.
I got gaffey.
Done.
I will be right out.
What's up?
We got bullies in the house.
We're going to go bullies in art.
What's up, bullies?
Are we talking basketball or Bangkok's?
Tuk-tukes.
For the innocent and ignorant like me,
you referred to this place as the back door.
Do you want to elaborate on such a claim?
I mean, I don't really know.
I've never heard of that.
Oh, you never played basketball?
Oh, no, no, no.
What is basketball?
It's a basketball ball.
No, no, no, no, no.
You said my man moved to the back
Door
Yeah, he made a backdoor cut
What did that mean?
First he said the pick
You know
First you go to Thailand
Then you come through the back door
So first you make a pick
Come through the back door is what I'm hearing
But Jesus Christ
Welcome to the fucking ABC I'm told the back door is what I'm hearing but Jesus Christ. Okay
Welcome to the fucking ABC
I'm still confused. What is a ball club?
The always back door club. Oh, yeah
Newbies how to do a proper back door in basketball
Nothing ping-pong. Did you call Honey B your point guard?
100%?
Yeah, Honey B is definitely a point guard, for sure.
I got a slide out, man.
I'm a sharp shooter, bro.
That was funny.
A point guard.
Honey B, you can run one and two.
We can have you rotate.
Nothing wrong with that.
Dude, I'm a sharp shooter, bro.
I'm Curry, son.
I'm sitting there.
I'm like, just pass me the ball, son.
I'll give you a three point.
We'll just run you off a couple screens.
That's all we'll do.
We'll just set the plays off for you my guy
Just cover me giving ball
three three three
But there's actually fake Steph Curry and fake LeBron in in in Asia somewhere. I think in Philippines or did you see those videos?
I did
Honey, you could be Steve Nash, maybe.
Dude, those are so funny.
Like the flamboyant basketball players.
Have you seen those clips?
I know Marathon, you've seen those clips.
Yeah.
Well, isn't Steve Nash still tall, though?
Well, for normal human beings,
yes.
Yeah, like, um, I don't know why Grateful
said Honey Bee would be Steve Nash.
Because, but
in NBA terms, he was short.
He'd be Jose Alvarado.
I mean, wasn't Allen Iverson shorter?
Yes. Honey Bee would be Jose Alvarado.
Steve Nash is 6'3".
Yeah, damn.
Iverson was like 6'0".
Steve Nash taller than me.
Yes.
And he played in NBA and you didn't.
Yeah, bro.
Taller than me, bro.
Oh, my gosh.
We got Prince down there.
What's up, Prince?
We got Digital One.
Welcome to whatever the fuck this is.
We got Lil Lil Set in the house.
Ajax.
Bring it.
It's crazy, bro.
Like, we talk standings and what's going on in NBA
you know no one listens
no one gives a fuck
we start talking about you know backdoors and stuff like that
we basically educating about how to play
basketball everyone shows up
everyone's like I want to learn about the best
backdoor move ever
I want to learn about the backdoor
they're listening man
they're taking notes man
I see that.
I see that.
So it's absolutely wild.
That's why Prince came here.
Vodcoed a new app called Backdoor in Thailand with no banana, banana.
Who's the best NBA player right now?
Anthony Edwards.
Right now, Anthony Edwards.
Just the way he's playing. Performance-wise, yeah. Anthony Edwards. now, Anthony Edwards Just the way he's playing
Performance wise, yeah
Anthony Edwards
Obviously Victor
But Victor's playing on all levels
And then we have Joker
So it kind of goes in like different like
Kauai
Clothes
You know what I mean?
Kauai
I'm saying like right now
I would say like top five
Those are the ones right now
That are playing the best basketball
Man, y'all said
You said top five
And I didn't hear Giannis
I mean, well Giannis is not playing right now Gian. Man, you said top five, and I didn't hear Giannis.
I mean, well, Giannis is not playing right now.
Giannis, the only thing is, so here, look.
You putting Giannis in top five.
How did you call him?
Giant penis?
What did you say, bro?
He was like, giant penis.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God, bro.
It's Giannis, man.
But, yeah, Giannis is just not playing right now.
Like, he's kind of had an up-and-down season.
Like, he's literally been injured almost three times this season.
He's probably sat out about, like, 20 to 22 games almost, maybe 25 games damn near.
And, I mean, it's just obviously when he comes in, he's, you know, I mean, he's above and beyond everybody else that he plays with.
He's, you know, he comes, he hasn't played for, he might not even play for a while and still come in and drop 25 to 30.
But it's just, like I said, since he hasn't been playing, we're talking about consistency wise.
Yeah, Kawhi, Joker, you know what I mean?
Like all these guys that we're naming, like even Cade Cunningham, like we're talking about consistency.
Like we could put him in the top five.
Cade is top five right now top five right now easy easy peasy so that's what i'm saying like it just really just depends because
like we're talking about performance right now yeah anthony edwards kade kawaii all these guys
are literally helping their team win like actually putting in and doing the most that they can so
right now yeah it's like you can put obviously janice is going to be in the top five you know
i'm saying but you got to have a healthy
Giannis, you know what I mean? And we got to see where
his team is. Like, say Giannis is
healthy and say, even
when the season started, let's say the season started,
Giannis is healthy, they're losing
a lot, but Giannis is averaging 40.
Are you going to put him in the top five?
I wouldn't just because
he's not helping his team win and do the things
that he can. Like Joker, someone like Joker, you know, you put him in the top five
because he's going to be filling up every fucking stat and helping his team win.
So that's all it is.
It's more like where the performance is and where you are with your team.
So that's all it is.
Like Giannis is going to be in the top five, but he just says he's going to have a healthy season,
and right now he doesn't.
There are five guys, even when healthy, I think's still five guys. I'd take over Giannis
Call me crazy. I'm taking Anthony Edwards
Yeah, I'm taking the okage mm-hmm
I'm taking Cade right now. Mm-hmm. This is what he's doing with the Pistons and again
It's not like he's some schmuck, you know
He was a number one overall pick like can't miss prospect for a reason Fully coming into his own. He's a fucking six seven six eight point guard
Like you can't beat that. I'm taking. Oh, am I taking Maxine? No
I'm taking Jalen Brown. I like that over Giannis right now
I'll pander to cub ll here for a second, but it's true.
I mean, what he's doing without his running mate, right?
Stud, absolute stud.
And then Victor, you know?
Guys, maybe we should share also one thing.
I don't want to talk politics, but President Obama, he actually said that there are aliens, right?
And now Trump said that he will actually release those aliens files.
And I think this is going to be a huge problem. I think Michael Jordan will be exposed as an alien.
And Victor.
And Victor, 100%. So it's going to be an interesting season for sure. Can you imagine if actual NBA players are legitimate aliens?
Y'all don't think Tom Altman is an alien?
Dude, I mean.
Just look at the way he speaks.
Dude, I mean, Anthony Edwards is fucking 6'3", 6'4".
Not too many people really know that.
He may look tall on TV, but he is not.
That dude jumps like he has fucking rocket ships in his calves.
So, yeah, he might be part alien.
I mean, it's Space Jam.
Bro, he's 6'4 with a 7'1 wingspan also.
That is so awkward.
Obviously, Wimby is 7'4 with a 8 and 11 wingspan.
But we're talking.
Eight miles wingspan.
But we're talking about like someone who's 6'4 with a 7'1 wingspan.
That's crazy.
That's why you always see him just jumping clear over buildings to dunk on people.
But it's crazy that he's 6'4 because his daddy is 6'6.
And he also has six rings, so that's wild.
But yeah, he has definitely that gene, you know, that clutch player gene from his dad,
and that's something that Brony doesn't have yet. I don't know if he gets it or practices,
I don't know how to get it from his dad, but Anthony Edwards definitely gets that stuff from Michael Jordan.
I'm 100% convinced.
If it's not going to be in Dead Alien Files, you know,
I can't imagine it's not there.
So, yeah, so obvious.
If you don't believe that Anthony Edwards is Michael Jordan's son,
we probably don't have to talk basketball here.
I think now we're going to need somebody
to grok a modern
Space Jam starting
lineup of who the
aliens are
I'll ask him right now
that's a kick prompt
guys give us retweet
more people joining we are teaching
basketball here teaching bagadors
alley-oops slam dunks um
alien files honeybee is basically giving us a dating advice in thailand and in especially in
bangkok and i i still think my pronunciation in english is a little bit off i don't know how
honeybee what's the correct pronunciation i think it's cock, right? I learned that in a hangover movie. I'm not 100% sure, but...
Bang cock.
Bang cock. Okay.
And yeah, more people joining. Probably no one cares about standings.
Everyone cares about trash talking and rumors and sensational stuff.
You gotta say sweaty cock.
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What the fuck are we doing?
But I love it.
This is just like, you know, shit's going.
Hit the fan.
Hanging out with the fam.
It's great to see everyone coming through.
Again, we got some more homies.
We got Nana down there.
We got Otter in the house. We got Ape Wh ape whale all the legends are coming through and saying what's up loco moco
ray welcome everyone down there i got an answer from grok if the monstars happened today uh they
would say this is their lineup steph curry for shooting yokich for the passing vision
janice for the athleticism luka for scoring scoring and Victor for height slash defense that would be a dope mon stars lineup damn
Couple seven-footers in there and then Steph and Luca. Yeah, that's that'd be tough
Asked the other question ask who's for sure not aliens
No one can follow it up. Oh
Yeah, I mean we are vibing this is the the NBA talk
slash just
community hangout on Friday now I guess because I
Think that the basketball talk is really not much more when it comes to hoop.
But we like doing this every Friday.
Myself, Grateful and Marathon.
We love basketball.
Talking NBA.
Talking hoop.
We just had the All-Star game.
But now we're talking in cock.
So what are you going to do?
Shit, Squiddy.
I was actually going to tap in back to the Lakers, man.
Do you think they need to be hitting the panic button right now let's see when we start talking lakers we're gonna lose
half of the listeners no that's that's the clippers that's the clippers so that's the
clippers but but yeah like i don't know like i feel like they should they're in there like a
panic mode right now just because of obviously not playing defense.
That's one of the things that they need to do.
But I feel like they still have – I don't feel like they're happy with DeAndre Ayton.
Like I feel like they picked him up and they thought it was going to be something.
But it's – honestly, with the Lakers, it's all guards.
You know what I mean?
Like they literally based their whole thing on just having guards
and trying to outscore everybody nowadays.
And I feel like, yeah, like once LeBron is out of there, like it's going to be back to rebuilding.
And I feel like he'll be out of there by next season for sure.
Just because of like, I mean, not the disappointment, maybe run that they'll have in the playoffs, because let's let's get it straight.
Like this is not a championship Lakers team.
If anyone likes basketball and they can see that this is not a championship team so right now
i feel like if they rebuild they rebuild about around luca austin reeves you know i mean a couple
other younger players but right now it's like yeah when lebron is there right now i feel like they
don't have an identity because like lebron still wants it to be his team but it's not it's Lucas team you know I mean and it's it's the fact that LeBron is like he's not playing defense but he's also not
trying to be like productive on offense wise and I'm like dude his minutes for like his usage is
like not it's just going down right now I just feel like the Lakers are not going to do shit
in the playoffs they're probably going to get dusted in the first round by whoever they play
just because like like I said they're going to try to outscore everybody luke it can't do it all on
his own and yeah that's something like i feel like this the lakers right now need to hit the
panic button because they really didn't make any moves obviously getting luke canard was i mean a
good thing but he's not a fucking he's not no tyrese max he's not no vj escom he's not no rookie he's
not a prime player like you you know like we like we're expecting the Lakers to pick up.
So that's my whole thing.
Yeah, but you know better, Grateful, right?
Like those guys aren't available, right?
Like you can only – it takes two to tangle.
You're not going to – it's not like the Lakers have like their pick of whoever they want to have.
Like there's fucking like 30 other teams who are trying to build their own shit as well, right?
Like most teams are not trading their first- round rookie unless they're getting a star.
The Lakers aren't giving up a star.
And do you think they're going to try to go for Giannis or anybody?
The deadline is supposed to be like for around the margins with the occasional stars coming up.
I'm still shocked that Giannis wasn't traded.
So it looks like we'll see that maybe in the offseason.
I have a theory here about what's going on with Luka
because I heard rumors that maybe Mark Cuban
want to get back into the Dallas Mavericks.
And that means that I think 2028 Luka is going back to Dallas.
And yeah, so that's only what I think.
That Luca is going back as a franchise player.
And I think Brony will follow.
So it's going to be quite opposite.
Instead, like Luca going to LA, like Brony will go to Dallas and they will make a duo there.
Yeah, Fresh rumors.
I mean, that would be a dope what if, honestly,
if you really think about it.
But what if, right? I mean, seriously, I would like to see that.
What if?
Playing around Cooper Flagg and you have Luka.
Hell yeah.
That's a young team.
I mean, dude, I would like to see that, for real.
I can see that being a high-scoring offensive squad for sure.
Also, another rumor was that actually Steve Ballmer
thinking about merging Lakers and Clippers
and calling them Lake Clips.
I don't know if it's true or not, but yeah, rumor.
You know, I'm in the sewers in LA.
So Nana spotted me a few days ago.
I was a little red going around trying to get a new alpha for you guys.
We'll see.
Where's Kawhi going to go?
You think he's going to go anywhere?
I know they have a bunch of stuff going on with him.
He's fucking good in LA.
He's staying.
He's chilling.
He's got his own team.
He's where he wants to be location-wise.
He ain't going anywhere.
And he's got Garland now.
So I'm like, they could try to really work around that team,
build off of him and Garland.
Oh, my God.
They would actually be kind of good.
And Benny.
That's what I was like.
Yeah, they can't count the Clippers out next year for sure.
I'm still not counting them out this year.
Do you think that – I mean, do you think that them getting rid of Zubats
kind of hurt them?
Yeah, because he's a good player.
That's what I'm like.
But they need to fill – like, obviously, they got to fill out another
back-to-the-back big, you know what I mean?
Like, at least fill that position for them because that's what kind of
established them.
Unless they want to try to, like, get a new identity and be like you know that you know running gun team
yeah that that was a weird one trading zubach because i thought that they were starting to like
look pretty dangerous this year
so we'll see i mean he's gonna be nice with halliburton next year for sure like halliburton
probably get probably average about three or four more assists
just with having him on the squad.
He was already averaging like 12.
Mm-hmm.
That's what I'm like.
That's what I'm like.
Zubats is more consistent than what Miles Turner would be in the Pacers.
So, that's what I'm like.
I think that's going to help them big time.
Like, the Pacers are for sure going to be shitting on a lot of teams next year and surprising them.
Actually, we have Laker in the in the comment section.
He's like Lake flips never.
Yeah, like Steve Walden was like, maybe I buy L.A. Lakers and I'm going to end the franchise.
I don't know, man. So many rumors.
I don't want to get deep into that.
Also, guys, Zubats.
You know what the name means?
It's basically Tooth.
You know, he's like a running tooth.
It's a crazy, crazy name.
And why Clippers are actually cursed?
Why they are cursed?
I remember Kobe had tryouts with them,
and then he commented that
they didn't pick him because that's what clippers do right so um why
they have new arena right so what's going on there that franchise is i don't know what it is man like
like i said back in the day you know i mean There were fans when you had the run-and-gun team.
And honestly, they were even fans when you had Baron Davis on the squad.
You had Blake Griffith on the squad.
It's just like I don't know what it was.
It just kind of fell apart from their identity of being that run-and-gun dunking squad
because obviously the Lakers were the championship, you know,
the team in L.A. to really be looking upon.
But the Clippers were kind of like that fallback team.
Like, oh, man, this is of like that fallback team. Like,
Oh man,
this is an exciting team to go watch.
And now they're just not.
Yep.
That's what it is guys.
What a crazy week.
Absolutely wild.
Good space.
Good space today.
Anyone else got anything?
Anyone else got some ball talk or just want to say anything as we start to kind of, uh,
jokes.
I got to, I personally have to get going shortly.
I appreciate everyone hanging out.
The floor is open.
I got to see PBC down there.
I think I shouted everyone out as, uh, as we like to do.
Honey B.
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Well, yeah, I mean, great space as always.
Thanks for the speakers coming up and making it a fun time.
We did our NBA talk in the beginning and then we just bullshitted a bit more because honestly it's Friday and it's uh it was honestly it was a bit more fun it's more fun when all the homies come through
very appreciative and thankful to everyone up on stage and in the crowd for coming out here and
showing some love uh we got another full week of space this is coming Monday I got the Gaming Ape
show my weekly space Mondays at 10 a.m eastern time you've got the Gaming Ape Show, my weekly space. Monday is at 10 a.m. Eastern Time.
You've got the Grateful Show every Tuesday and Thursday at noon Eastern Time
and whatever the time is in Europe.
Again, the Gaming Ape Show, I got my co-host Siwoo down there, the Silent Assassin.
We got other games on Saturday.
We've got so many other different community events.
If you guys are doing some events and you want some love from the Fisters,
you let me know.
Hit me up.
Always here to support and show some love.
Appreciate everybody.
Hell yeah, guys.
What a great space today.
Great vibes.
Great people here on stage, in the audience.
Really enjoyed it.
Love the trash talk about everything. It's in the audience, really enjoyed it. Love the trash talk
about everything. It's great that we are really international here. You know, we have Europe, we
have Asia, we have Bangkok, we have USA and many other countries here on stage, which is awesome.
Sivu, I think he's in Germany, right? Or Austria or somewhere like that. Something like that. Yeah.
If he's from Austria,
he's from the same country as that OpenClaw MFR.
So we have to be careful with Sivu.
You know, he's tech savvy.
But guys, have fun.
See you next week.
In your basketball.
Go to other side.
Play other games.
And keep winning.
That's fucking important.
Let's fucking go.
Mr. Mef, you know how we do.
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