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The ABC - Ape Ballers Club🏀| ep. 7 HANG THE BANNER AT THE GARDEN
Recorded: Dec. 19, 2025 Duration: 1:34:10Space Recording
Short Summary
In a lively discussion, participants explored the evolving landscape of the NBA, touching on partnerships, growth indicators, and emerging trends in player development and team dynamics. Key highlights included the Knicks' mid-season championship debate, Jokic's record-setting performance, and the impact of social media on player training.
Full Transcription
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You and you and...
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Hell yeah.
Hell yeah.
Come on, come on, come on, let me show you what it's all about.
We think we're right, and we'll take all the branches on the learning tree.
Not me doing the Squitty two-step right now
Bro, I can't I can't turn I say, but let's go, baby.
ABC, one, two, three, baby, you more minutes of intro. I have another banger here.
Retweet the space, guys. We need to get more people
here. And Squiddy, if you want to rename the
space, you know, add some spicy
headline, whatever you want to add
into it. I don't know. Maybe we got to be like
Marathon dunked over Wemby.
The Knicks are champs.
Breaking news.
Hang the banner.
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Yeah.
Yeah, that was the intro.
What's good, guys? How you doing?
What's up, Squiddy? What's up, Marathon?
Yo, yo, yo, top of the top, y'all. How we doing?
It's been too long, man. Too long, too long, man.
Too long, bro.
Man, is this a new NBA season man. Too long, bro. Man.
Is this a new NBA season, Ren?
It feels like it, right?
It feels like it, right?
It's the second act.
It's the second act.
We're in a play.
This NBA season as a whole, you know, it's a marathon.
You're in it for the whole story.
You're here trying to figure out what the stage is being set up for.
This is an intermission.
There are three intermissions.
Then he got the All-Star Game in February.
That's the other one there.
I think with the conclusion of this NBA Cup, we are, and I'm no math major,
are we a third of the way done? I don't know. That doesn't
check out at all. That's actually not even close. We're still only two months into the season,
but it feels like it because we've already crowned the champion early on, the New York Knicks.
We're getting to see who is looking legit. We're getting to see who is just frauds.
who is looking legit.
We're getting to see who is just frauds.
We're able to see, you know, and we know that the landscape,
the NBA trade deadline usually goes pretty crazy.
So that's also at the very end to, you know, we're getting there.
We're getting there.
It's December 19th.
Getting close to one of the best TV days of the year,
which is Christmas for NBA.
You got ball all day long.
Oh, I thought Home Alone, bro.
I thought you were talking about Home Alone, you know.
No, NBA Christmas.
We're talking basketball.
NBA Christmas.
Yeah, there were three movies, right?
There were three Home Alones.
That's right.
That's right.
But I talked to Chet GPT today,
and it seems that 25-2 uh okc right
i think that's one of the best starts in nba history maybe even the best one i think
chet gpt said something about golden state in 2015-2016 they had 24-1 or something so i don't
know if they were better, but this is crazy.
This is crazy, man.
That's a good place to start, too.
And also, what's up, Bull Market?
What's up, the aspiring nobody?
Nobody, I think I used your referral link for Aid Church.
So I hope you're getting some nice little referral kachish there, too.
Appreciate you being a fister.
Same with you, Thialpino.
Appreciate you coming through.
Say what's up, Barnabas.
What's going on?
We got the prospers in the house.
Loco Moco.
What's up, everyone?
Welcome.
Thank you for coming in early.
Ghana.
Feta, I see you there requesting.
I'm not going to lie.
I don't have my high hopes up for a Fore forex trader uh airdrop hunter we tried bro
ball knowledge we'll try we'll try it again let's try it again in a second but i just want to say
what's up to everyone we'll give it a we'll give it a whirl it's always fun to go matumbo if it
doesn't go well but we got to give everybody a chance we got to give everybody a chance um
oh yeah so i was gonna say the good place to go to start was that 25 and 2 record 24
and 2 it should be one i want to talk about that spurs thunder game and kind of the end of the nba
cup but let's have a little fun here to start we're gonna give uh we're gonna give fate fate
a chance here fate a shock us with your ball knowledge. Which city do the Pacers play in?
Feta, the floor is yours. Now's your time to be a superstar.
Bro, what's going on? What's going on? Always the same. It's always the same.
Come on, you on stage? This is the basketball, biggest basketball stage in Web3.
Come on, you on stage!
This is the basketball, biggest basketball stage in Web3!
You got it!
Feta, I know you see Grateful in this super duper mindshare and everything, right?
You want to kind of get up in there.
Yeah, man, you want to milk me, bro.
I don't even know if you can say this in English, but you really try to milk me hard here on stage.
No, we love a good milking in America.
A good little milking today goes a long way.
But Feta, again, you gotta answer this question.
Which city
is the Pacers?
We're blocking you.
You're not gonna answer
we're blocking you, man.
No mindshare from this space.
No mindshare.
All right, Feta,
you're gone.
We got all the emojis
beforehand too
to get on up.
We finally get on up.
You had one simple question.
Blocked.
Blocked, bro.
Blocked.
Yeah.
Gone.
Bye.
Ciao.
Yeah,
of course, it was Philadelphia Pacers.
The Philadelphia Pacers, yes. Such an obvious answer, guys. Like, what's going on?
But yeah, let's go right into that first one, too. Because again, are they 25-2, you said?
Yep. No, the guy on stage said it. The fader said it.
No, the guy on stage said it.
The fader said it.
I'm shocked.
I'm shocked that the Spurs took him down there,
especially when the Thunder were up like 16 points.
I wasn't in the beginning,
but to come back from 16 against the Thunder is a tall task.
You know, and it was crazy because the way like how Wimby didn't start,
I knew it was going to be like a late.
He was going to get going late.
And the fact that like Chet couldn't even handle him that's why I was like I think they're the
Spurs actually might have this one just because it was just about time for O'Casey to lose one
and honestly the Spurs are a young and up coming team you know I mean like with especially with
De'Aaron Fox kind of leading that charge like that's that's a team to be reckoned with and
like I said they'll be on some pop you-like levels here in, like, the next couple years.
If they stick together, I think that team will actually be able to do something for sure.
Yeah, I mean, it's how you do it, right?
You've got three top five picks in Harper, Castle, and, of course, Mr. Wimbanyama.
It's a proper tank, and being able to actually hit on these guys,
and then find out who your superstar is, and then build around it.
This is no slight on the Spurs.
But I'm shocked that the Thunder weren't able to do that.
And it would have been perfect, too.
If they did that, then they lost to the Knicks,
but the loss would not have counted against the record.
That's something that I was kind of hoping for, too.
Because it was not
an official NBA game. So if they would have lost in the finals, that would not have counted to
their record. But the Spurs are the first team that we're going to talk about here. You know,
I know we're going to talk about hanging the banner and that's a whole, I'm excited for that
discussion. Let us know in the comments too, if you think the Knicks should hang a banner
in Madison Square Garden for winning. I heard they were talking about they weren't going to
do it or something like that. It was like a discussion. I heard that they were not,
but I'm curious what everyone would do if they were the Knicks, and I'll give my answer later.
the Knicks and I'll give my answer later.
I think I know my answers,
but going with the Spurs first,
taking down the thunder on that stage in the semifinals there again,
giving them the thunder,
the second loss of the season already into December.
Yeah,
they're for real.
They've,
they've got what it takes.
I just hope Wemby stays healthy.
They've got the stuff.
I mean,
Dan Fox is a superstar.
Don't let anyone fool you there. Don't let the low keyness fool you. He is a superstar stud and he's not the best player on
the team. Right. So I, I, yeah, they're legit. I think there's four teams right now in the West
that are serious contenders for the Western Conference. No, call it five.
I'll throw the Lakers in there just for the hell of it.
You got the Thunder, the Spurs.
We'll always believe in the Nuggets because something else we'll top on today.
Nikola Jokic just set a record.
Oh, yeah.
And the best of the most assists for the big man, baby.
Most assists all time from the center position.
Let's fucking go.
And he's just getting started.
We're going to have the Jokic conversation for the GOATs coming up soon.
Yep, we're going to go there.
We're going to go there.
You got the Rockets, who are just so good and so deep, even without Freddie.
Sangoon's a top 15 player in the NBA.
Kevin Durant, still Kevin Durant. And then the Lakers,
you just can't count them out.
I don't care if LeBron's stats are down.
You know, he's Grateful's goat,
so we gotta support him.
And I think
that, you know, Reeves
is the real deal. Luke is the real deal.
I think they have a chance to someone figure it out.
What you talking about, man?
Marcin Gortat.
You MFR, man.
Marcin Gortat
actually played with
one Czech player in Washington
called Tomasz Satoranski.
He's playing for Barcelona right now.
I think they were like best friends.
So I know that guy.
Legend. I gotta see if I've got any Santoranz Tomas
rookie cards that I can get you the next time I see
you oh I have them
on NBA Top Shot bro I paid for that
card $666 I remember
that oh shit
that was wild time that was a wild
time we got the props to come up again if you want
to come on up and talk ball,
please come and do so.
This is episode seven of the eight ballers club.
We are back on our Friday's schedule here.
Talking hoop,
you know,
listen,
finding continuous ways to break out of our little bubble.
We're just talking basketball here,
right?
We're talking ball.
We can go maybe a little,
not too much college,
mainly professional,
mainly professional stuff, but we all love basketball basketball here we want to talk to our homies
that love basketball and we're twitter space hosts and that's what we do so why not have
another twitter space host appreciate coming up and joining us here we got the prospers in the
house prospers what uh are the spurs for real what's's good, Scrap? What's up, fam? What up, twin?
Yo, yo, what it do?
What it do?
Yeah, man.
I ain't going to hate on the Spurs.
I'm not going to hate on the Spurs.
I will say, Wimby Amba, you better be doing all the shit that you're doing
because you're like nine foot tall.
Like some of the things, you know what I'm saying?
Like if you, you know, I'm saying? Like if you, you know,
I'm, I'm not going to get crunked with not old, you know, came down and windmill punched on somebody. Oh, he did. Now the skills there for his size is awesome. The boy, the, the, the, the,
the, the, the boy is great, but I'm not finna be like, uh, Hey, you know, swinging all on the vine
cause he should be, he should be doing that.
But he's at that height and taller where long as he stay healthy.
The main thing that's going to make Wimby great is that if he stay healthy enough,
long enough to put up those numbers health-wise while he's healthy.
Because, I mean, it hasn't been necessarily one like him,
but it's been like, you know, others that can come in and do that fold.
And it just all depends on what team you get to and how you play.
But go Mavs, Cooper flagging the building.
Let's go.
Hey, you ain't lying, bro.
Shoot, yeah.
Wimby, if he just he just gotta stay healthy we get that
you know get a better frame on him for the next couple of years i'm sure you know he'll he'll be
working on that i mean he ain't gonna be swole you feel me but he'll get a stronger frame soon
enough but yeah honestly it's just the pieces around him if you know if they can you know keep
up their you know doing their part where it's like now you're not putting wimby in a in a position
where we're utilizing too many
minutes. You know, I mean, we're maximizing his minutes out. We're burning this guy out. So that's
why it's like, I like Dylan Harper. I like Devin Vassell. I like, like I said, I even like Harrison
Barnes being a corner boy, you know, just shooting because like I said, it just takes so much pressure
off of Wimby. But I mean, shoot. Bro called him a corner boy. My boy Nick Young, man. Nick Young would tell you, man.
That's what he calls himself.
Bro, you can make a lot of money being a corner boy.
I was trying to tell you, man.
That was my role.
I was a corner boy.
Hey, that's what I'm saying, man.
Do you feel me?
They count on you guys to shoot.
That's what it is.
You feel me?
If the play is dead and you're in the corner and you're wide open, we need that.
You feel me?
So that's, yeah.
Tony Kukot shit right there.
Exactly, exactly.
So, yeah, that's why I'm like I really like that cast around that's Wimby
because it'll help him go a longer way, especially with, like, you know,
how they play defense, honestly.
Like with Dylan Harper, the way he plays defense, shoot,
he can be locking up a lot of guards where Wimby won't even have to be that
secondary having to block anything.
So I really like the Spurs. I really like their way going. And yeah, I mean, it's going to be a test for them having to play Houston and Dallas right now.
But Dallas is kind of like they're young, but I mean, not not young, but they're just, you know, they're out of their like youngness.
And the only person that's really young on their team is you got them hard and Cooper flag and all those guys. But right now, yeah, Dallas is going to be a, I would say,
I think the Spurs can beat Dallas just because of how,
like how they,
how faster they are.
They're just a faster team.
That's all it is.
Bro,
the doubt Dallas won like eight games,
like four or five games.
I know.
That's what I'm saying.
Like,
of course they're going to be,
of course they can be Dallas.
Dallas isn't even in consideration.
They're just counting on Cooper flag.
You know what I mean?
The score every time. Cause Anthony Davis, you don't know if he's going to be healthy on Cooper Flagg, you know what I mean, to score every time because Anthony Davis,
you don't know if he's going to be healthy or not.
So that's why I'm like –
He's not even going to be on the team.
Yeah.
He's not even going to be on the team after the deadline.
Let's talk about that.
Before that, too, the real story of Dallas, bro.
I'm fine with rebuild.
I'm fine with rebuild season.
I'm not tripping.
I'm fine with rebuild season.
We got us a good core going or whatnot, you know, you know,
everything happened for a reason. It is always going to be parody in the league.
Um, so I'm, I'm liking that it is more parody, um,
that there are presenting more parody in the league to get more people,
get, get, get more people and get more eyes and,
and things like that on the game a little bit better um you were saying something about the
raising the banner um yeah i think they should should should raise a banner if um they put
if the if the season was that long say the games was not 82 and it was that long then that's that's
where the season would end or
that would be the championship so that would be the championship they put it there to add
competition um so you know people would get up for the games during um you know mid-season and
things like that and if you ain't gonna get up for that championship that's you but we is and we
gonna put we we gonna put b to a um and we gonna hang this banner i think
they should i think they should hang the banner and then online down the line the meta is gonna
add up to where you can put that count that be like okay well when we won the championship the
the main championship we won the cup as well you know what i'm saying that's gonna add an extra
stat like um great you know great teams oh yeah you you gotta win the cup as well you know what i'm saying that's gonna add an extra stat like um great
you know great teams oh yeah you you gotta win the cup and the the championship to be fully fully
you know what i'm saying yeah i do know what you were saying one 100 and the thunder were able to
do it last year which is pretty sweet uh the first one to kind of take down that double. Maybe this sets the precedent.
Who knows?
But yeah, it was a lot of fun.
I'm never going to... Listen, I'm a fun guy, right?
Any chance that I have to celebrate,
do something, we're doing it, right?
Knocked out a first...
I won't go so far.
I love the memes, like hanging the banner.
Came back from 16 points,
totally lose by two, right?
Those really cracked me up.
But hey, it's a championship.
You get a trophy.
Hang the banner.
It doesn't even have to be a banner.
Maybe you got like something new that's a tier below banner.
Regardless, you got to celebrate it.
You got to get involved.
It was cool to see, you know, like the end of the bench guys that are making 200 grand.
No, they're not making 200 grand and make a little bit more than that
But every player the Knicks got 500k for winning this thing
This changed Tyler Colax life, you know, I'm saying it's not gonna change Jalen Brunson's life
But these end of the bench guys they are the hypest ones too because they get a fatty
Little paycheck one I think that's what's really cool about that too because they get a fatty little paycheck.
I think that's what's really cool about that too because the vets and all these guys who are making their bank,
they're not just playing for themselves and the team and the fans,
but they're really playing for the guys at the end of the bench who are busting their ass in practice,
who might not get another chance, but they're there now.
And they're working now and they're part of the team.
And for that reward to go across, I think that is the best part of the nba cup i want to hear your thoughts on that marathon
and then yours too they're grateful you already know man that incentive kind of goes down all
the way because like even the semi-finalists they made like 200 some thousand and like the people
who are like bronze made like 55 000 so i'm I'm like the rich, just getting richer. You already know,
like that's all it really is. Like, I mean, I do like the incentive of like, you know what I mean?
Raising that banner and then like having another championship banner. Cause like I said, I mean,
it does, you know, it kind of pushes you to like, yeah, let's just go ahead and knock this out and
get the full thing. You know, the full, the full belt in the full hat, the full fit. You feel me?
So yeah, I mean mean i think they should
raise it i mean if not i mean that's on them i'm sure that the money helps a lot more but
you know other than that they need to push for looking towards the future of actually winning
the real chip you know i mean so if if that let's not get too crazy there's still the new
i'm saying exactly that's what i'm like if they need some type of gas or a battery to be putting
they back by looking at that,
you know what I'm saying, up in the rafters, then hey, so be it.
But, you know what I mean?
I mean, I think they should raise it just for shits and giggles to say that you have another attribute.
You know, this is what the Knicks are known for.
We do mid-season greatness, but we can't win it after.
You know, once it's playoffs, we go to shit.
Grateful. Are you raising the banner?
They should at least release like
NFT collection celebrating that
you know when you mention
200k
I thought you were talking about average
web 3kol here
you know that rocked his community for 200k
but you were talking about basketball, man.
I know for Brunson it's not much, for other
players probably a lot, but
they should do something, man. I know there
are so many memes, you know, I saw that meme that
like Parade Down Broadway
is going like celebrating,
but I think it's
important to taste
that feel, right? Like how winning
feels, and they did it. So, man, I think it's important to taste that feel, right? Like how winning feels.
And they did it.
So, man, I would love to see them winning something.
What do you think for Knicks?
What are the chances actually winning the whole thing this year?
Dude, I mean, they got to be the favorites in the East, right?
I love what the Pistons are the nick the knicks have the experience and listen i i like the i'm a knicks
fan i like the knicks more because you know i love these philly guys i got i got a little bit
of a connection to the team and to to what they got going on in the in the organization shout out
shout out to leon um and they they were doing things the way that i
thought the sixers should have done the way right and i've always been a believer of this you know
listen you got to get guys in order to win especially in philly you got to get guys who
resemble the toughness and have that origin and have that connection to the city like bro seeing
seeing brunson always wear like his eagles gear and stuff like he he gets it right he gets it but
that's neither here nor there New York's very lucky to have him I don't see anyone in the East
really giving them too much competition there I mean it's just wide open we're gonna see there's
just so many chips that have left that are still to be kind of like determined based off of like
trades and who's gonna kind of beef up and what teams look like after the trade deadline because we really don't know right now but as of now yeah i mean
i think not they're not just a favorite in the east but uh they're pretty heavily pretty heavy
favorite yeah matt don who's who gives them the best trouble right now in the east it's kind of
sad there is really not too many people in the east man you write all the like
big playing cards are kind of just out for this year.
So that's why the East is wide open.
So I'm like, yeah, there's really not too many.
I mean, Cleveland's falling behind.
Obviously, Boston, you know what I mean?
They're not what they used to be.
And the only team I can really see them even trying to give them a run is probably the Magic,
which is crazy work to even say.
But, like, I –
And a healthy Cleveland.
A healthy Cleveland right now.
I don't know what it is, man.
They're in a little rut right now.
So, I'm like –
Yeah.
I don't know what it is.
But they're going to make the playoffs.
They're in eighth right now.
I'm like, Donovan Mitchell, his numbers are down right now.
He hasn't been shooting well.
Like, they're kind of just putting their whole – like, they're leaning on numbers are down right now. He hasn't been shooting well.
They're kind of just putting their whole, like, they're leaning on Mobley right now.
And that's why I'm like, that's too many minutes on him.
And he can't do it himself.
So, I was like, I.
Yeah, that's not a winning for me.
Exactly right now.
So, I feel like they're going to have to mix up some things, help Donovan Mitchell right now. Because he really, I mean, you already know, besides Garland, he can't do it all himself as well.
So that's what I'm like.
You need, Cleveland needs to do some spring cleaning.
Like, there's like, yeah, the Bucs are completely spring cleaning.
So right now, the Knicks and the Pistons, man, they really have, honestly.
Bro, the Pistons are 21-6.
Yeah, that's what I'm like.
Bro, I just don't see anybody beating them right now.
That's what I'm like.
They're just in the East.
It's just wide open because of Tatum and everybody going down and Halliburton.
So, yeah, I mean, honestly, I give the Knicks about a good 65,
almost 75% chance right now.
I mean, they'll definitely be in the East Coast Finals, obviously.
We might be disrespecting the Pistons a little bit with this.
I knew that the the pistons were in
first and doing their thing 21-6 is pretty damn good cade cunningham i mean he's a top five player
in the nba right now i don't think that you know he's definitely him i'm gonna go through the
standings of the east right now just a little quick update it's been two weeks since we're
going pistons in first place right now 21-6 the. The Knicks in second. Raptors in third.
This is where it all gets muddled.
From three to nine, there is a two-game difference in the standings.
The third-place team, the Raptors, are 17-11.
The ninth-place Hawks are 15-13.
That is a two-game difference between, I mean, they're all playoff teams right now.
But you got the Raptors, 17-11, Boston at 15-11.
They're in like just an interesting spot.
Sucks when you lose your best player, Jason Tatum.
You got the Sixers in fifth, 14-11.
The Magic in sixth, 15-12.
Heat, culture, always hanging around, 15-12.
Cleveland started the year as the favorites of the East 15-13 in 8th place
The Hawks in 9th place at 15-13
Then he dropped down to the Bulls, Bucks
And Con Canuples, Hornets
And we don't have to talk about the Nets, Pacers, and Wizards
Right now
But yeah, I mean it's just
It's wide open
The East is incredibly wide open
Let's pivot on over to the West
Before I go
to the standings, I just wanted to talk about
the video up top.
Because we talked about our favorite video. This is
my favorite NBA video of the week.
Kyrie Irving introduced to
a robot. Grateful.
Do you have any thoughts on this?
I'm just watching it, so give me a second.
I'll watch it and I'll be back.
We're excited to hear the details here because it's a good one.
We've got Jui Huang.
Shit, I just saw that, bro. Why did he do that?
Bro, isn't Kyrie Irving something like that he believes in flat earth or something like that?
Is it him or Chris Paul?
He is a flat earther.
Shit, so probably yeah i don't know what happened there but it was it's wild video to be honest
how funny is that i mean he asked if he could push it and that thing was squaring him up too
you know listen you gotta defend you gotta defend yourself that thing was ready to rumble
and that just cracks me up um but we're gonna go to the west here too we talked
a little bit about it the west is very top heavy we talked about the top five teams the thunder
nuggets lakers spurs and rockets yeah those are the contenders the timberwolves you can't rule
them out they're a team that if they get hot in the playoffs at the right time like they're going
to be able to grind out a seven-game series still.
So I would not fully put it past them with Anthony Edwards if he's doing his thing.
You got the Suns playing some good ball at seventh right now, 15-12.
The Grizzlies, what is going on with these guys?
13-14 in the eighth seed.
So as it stands right now, with all these top-heavy teams,
there might be a team that makes the playoffs with a losing record this season with what 10 teams now, right? Which is
basically everybody. 10 teams is wild. 10 teams is wild. Um, but yeah, right now the 10th place,
the trailblazers, 11 and 16. It's a 40% winning percentage.
Not great.
Dallas has been starting to pick it up.
No, that's not even true at all.
Yeah, no, they're 6-4 in their last 10.
They're picking up a little bit.
My Jazz are playing some good ball.
No one expected them.
10-16, then you got the Kings Clippers at 6-21 is just absurd.
That's another story too.
We never really talked much about Chris Paul and that exit there.
There were some additional stories that came out on this.
You know, John Collins was talking about this too.
You know, Chris Paul would be having like, he was just trying to bring more leadership right to the team and build a culture.
And I don't think anyone was having it no one was
having it they would be playing in practice and he'd be leading the second team too and they would
be busting the starters ass and to play I yeah just a really bizarre situation do we think Chris
Paul is done will he join another team to be that culture builder there or is he is he done so be
nice I mean I think he could get picked up by somebody if they're looking right now but I mean to be that culture builder there, or is he done so? It would be nice.
I mean, I think he could get picked up by somebody
if they're looking right now.
But, I mean, you know, he's kind of just like on that way out.
He was already on his way out, really.
So, like, I think he's just about to get back to doing all-state commercials
or whatever, state farm commercials and whatever he needs to do, honestly.
But he's already part of the Players Association.
He's damn near president of that.
So that's why I'm like, he's going to be part of the NBA no matter what.
So I feel like he doesn't really need to be on another team.
If he did go to another team, he would help them for sure by far.
He'd be the best backup point guard you could have.
So, yeah, I mean, I don't know if he's done per se,
but there's not too many teams right now.
Like, if we're talking about, like, you know, the top five teams
and each, you know, the East and the West, then, yeah, they don't need him.
But right now, if we're talking about teams that aren't contending,
that, you know, are just needing for leadership to kind of build up
that younger, you know, that younger base, then, yes,
they would definitely need to pick him up.
I hope he gets somewhere so he can actually complete the farewell tour here.
You know, I just bummed that that was cut off for the point God.
Love him or hate him.
Dude's absolutely incredible.
We got some more people coming through.
My man, Tony, in the house.
What's up, legend?
Great to see you.
Welcome, Steph, here for the vibes. We got, Tony in the house. What's up legend? Great to see you. Welcome Steph
Here for the vibes. We got zombie rob in the house zombie rob nose ball
Otis what up Otis G in the house four or five six what's going on?
We got the smoking J in the house. We got my man fertile great to see some fisters down there
I think everyone in the crowd right now has a fister and that's what it's about
That's what it's about.
That's what it's about.
I appreciate that, by the way.
It's always fun to see the PFPs down and people rocking it.
That means a lot.
Welcome to the 8-Ball Club, the ABC, hosted by Grateful Eight, Marathon Crypto, and myself.
Marathon, yeah, we started it, too, but you're an official co-host, man. This is, we're pumped to be doing this with you.
And this is just how it works.
You know, it's organic ball talk.
Again, anyone want to come up and do the thing?
We've got three completely different, but at the same time, connected hoop minds here.
And we're just going to continue to talk the talk, talk the shit.
So if you like the NBA, you like basketball, or if you just like Grateful Ape and you're
just trying to feed off of his mindshare, come on through.
Come on through.
Grateful's like, yeah, you know, Squiddy, like we were going back and forth in terms of like the link and hosting and stuff.
It's like, you want to host it?
I'll host it.
It's like, listen, we'll be there.
We're co-hosting.
But like, listen, let's take advantage.
Let's take advantage of that too.
You know, the reach is a real thing. Let's take advantage of that too.
You know, the reach is a real thing.
But we'll see how that goes.
We'll figure it out.
But yeah, grateful. It looks good on you in that one spot.
Grateful.
Oh, yeah, man.
Last time I heard about reach was in that ad.
I reach, you teach.
And if you like basketball, guys, you know what I'm talking about.
Mine was a reach around.
We've done different reaches.
But yeah, the eight ball club.
Or maybe it was your reach, I teach.
I don't know, bro.
It was probably your reach, I teach.
I don't know, man.
I think we both teach, Squiddy.
We both teach you.
Yeah.
We both teach.
We both teach for sure.
But yeah, it's fun.
We're excited to get back into the swing of things. We both teach. We both teach for sure. But, yeah, it's fun.
We're excited to get back into the swing of things.
It was kind of like, you know, there was some good hoop,
but the games, you know, were few and far between.
Like the Sixers haven't played in like six days, five days, because of the cup and everything going on here.
But we're back to regularly scheduled program with basketball with the NBA.
Let's see the comments, too.
Again, share us your favorite story.
What's your favorite NBA storyline right now?
Just say, GM.
Squiddy, you see Brunson's game winner last night after he got hit in the nuts?
Brunson?
Oh, no, I did not.
Oh, yeah.
They were down, I mind you.
The Knicks were down, too.
He got hit the nuts.
They call a timeout, comes right back
and hits a three to put them up
114-113 with four seconds left.
About the pennant.
Brunson having a bad
couple of days, man.
Getting hit in the private parts, getting hit in the nuts,
getting poked in the ass
and all that, man.
I saw that poke, man.
I saw that poke. Oh my god.
That's actually what Squiddy did for the first time.
He saw me.
I was like, what's that?
Once Josh Hart poked him,
you know, now everyone
wants to poke him
I know you know what I'm talking about there
Marathon
Y'all saw the video though right
Those guys really love each other
Those guys really love each other
That's what French is about
It's not that much love
That's diabolical To bro, to do that on national television, you know?
Yeah, dude, Josh Hart saw the fisters.
Josh Hart saw the fisters.
He's like, you know what?
We're now the Thumbers.
Let's all thumb each other.
It was fisting from a wish, to be honest.
It was like 5% of what you can do, uh still enough probably i have his i have his wallet should i waste a fister and send one to his
wallet once the minting goes left dm him first bro like yes dm him first we get him here
you already know josh art i am trying to get him here too but we got to figure out like what that
would look like right we would want to like have some time to like promote it and do something fun and cool there but i'm actually working on that
man i started studying it called it's called reversed psychology and basically how to approach
him it's like fuck you you're never gonna be on the abc motherfucker and you dm him this and i'm
telling you he'll be like no please i want to I want to be there. And be like, no.
That's my next message.
You know what, Josh?
We're going to find a different Bored Ape NBA player
to come on to the show.
You're not ready.
I've seen your work.
You ain't ready for this.
So, you know, we...
We have to do NBA All-Star
voting live here on the show
100% today
you want to do it right now?
yeah
we can do whatever we want
we can do whatever we want
there's so much room for activities
oh my god
okay
okay
Luka Jokic-Reeves.
Durant Curry.
I don't know.
Guys, I'll delete my picks and we can all vote together.
So let's start with West.
If you go to nba.com, vote.nba.com, that's the site.
And who you got?
Tell me who you got.
I'll go with
Europeans, of course, right?
Steph Curry,
probably one of the best European players ever.
I want to know
are some of the up-and-coming first-timers.
Did Singun make it last year?
I don't think so, but he seems like he'll be a lock for the first...
Marcus Smart.
There are so many players to pick from.
Listen, if you're voting for Marcus Smart...
No, no, no, I'm just reading that.
I'm just reading that.
I mean, we can name so many if we really go down the line.
Barathon, where is it this year?
Where is it this year?
Is it in L.A.?
I don't remember.
I thought it was in L.A.
For some reason, I thought it was in L.A.
It is in L.A.
It is in L.A.
Yep.
Yep.
I was going to say, do I go to that?
But it's too far.
I don't want to go to LA.
I'm definitely going to be pulling.
I'm for sure pulling up.
Yeah.
I'll see if I get tickets.
Because usually I get hooked up with SoRare.
Because, you know, just doing our thing.
But if that's the case, then maybe I'll make that work.
Last one I went was Indy.
That was awful.
I mean, it was a great time, but it was just a terrible game,
which it usually is.
Last time I was in Indianapolis was when Gordon Hayward missed the
half-court shot to beat Duke in the Final Four.
Yeah, that's incredible.
I wish that went in so bad.
Oh my God,
dude.
You could hear a pin drop,
Squiddy,
in the whole arena,
bro,
when that thing went up.
Like,
it was crazy how everyone just shut up.
Like,
it was ridiculous.
I like expected it to go in.
Oh yeah,
we all did.
Gordon Hayward was hooping that day.
Oh bro,
he was hooping his whole career,
man.
He's one
of the best that we've had for sure he was a dog man for the all-stars i mean we got to go obviously
we got to go with our main people you're gonna go luca lebron austin reeves then we can go down
the line kevin durant uh maybe even have a a men. Thompson might make it this year.
We already know Cooper flag will be in there for, you know,
Shay Gil, just Alexander.
How are we not going to say, how are we not going to vote him?
I was going to be going through the line.
Oh yeah.
I'm just going through the team.
So yeah, we got Joker.
Murray might actually make his first all-star appearance this year,
which would be, you know, kind of a good sign for them.
You know who I think actually might still make an all star appearance, man, would be
Westbrook, which would be crazy.
Yo, I know he still might get some votes just to even get in.
Also, my sleeper here, Denny.
Denny's been balling.
Oh, dude, he has been.
He really has been.
And he did he what?
He had the game winners last night.
He's really fucking good.
Yeah.
He is really, really, really good.
And Reeves.
All right, I got my West picks.
You can only pick five, it looks like.
Yeah.
I mean, and then we're talking about East.
We got to go Khan with the sophomore rookies for sure.
Khan's going to be making the net.
He'll be head over heels.
Everyone's picking him.
Brandon Miller will probably be making sophomore rookies starting.
Maxie.
And then Yon.
Maxie.
Oh, yeah.
Maxie.
Yeah, now we're going to go to the real stars.
You know, Maxie.
Paul George won't make it this year because he's not playing.
Joel Allenby probably won't make it because he's not playing.
Giannis is going to be hurt.
He'll probably get voted in.
Jason Tatum will get voted in.
Jalen Brown will get voted in.
Peyton Pritchard might make his first all-star appearance this year,
which would be kind of dope.
You're going to have Brandon Ingram who will probably get voted in this year
because they're pretty much the best.
I got a sneaky one for you.
Is this guy an all-star?
Norman Powell.
Yes, hands down. Oh, shit, hands down. sneaky one for you. Is this guy an all-star? Norman Powell. Yes.
Hands down. Oh, shit.
Hands down. Like, I was going to
name him from the Heat for sure because
I mean, he's hooping better than anyone on
the Heat. So I'd say if there's going to be anyone
that's going from the Heat, I'd have to buy on him
because Hero hasn't really shown up too much
this year.
Know who else we forgot?
Jalen Johnson who
oh shit you already know
that man had 43 last night on his birthday
he was one assist a shy from a
fucking triple double on his birthday you know
he's almost averaging a triple double it's
pretty insane right now he's averaging
26 points 24
points eight assists and ten
and a half rebounds
man I was trying to tell you if he went anywhere else but Atlanta,
that he could help so many people.
It'd be ridiculous.
I mean, and then obviously you got your Jalen Brunson, you know your towns,
but Josh Harder probably may still be voted in.
And then, I mean, there's really not too many other players.
I mean, if we're talking about the East, because that's what I'm saying.
Everyone else is really hurt.
So, you know who I'd really like to see is Vijay Edgecomb kind of get in there.
I know he'll be playing in the rookie sophomore.
You know, he's going to probably for sure.
But I want to see him in a dunk contest.
Oh, my God.
That'd be dope.
Him and Cooper Flagg.
So, my favorite dunk of his is from when he was in college.
You know exactly what I'm talking about.
Playing against Gonzaga.
Oh, yeah.
Coach's son.
Coach's son came right in the game
and got a fucking handful of nuts.
He got a handful of nuts for sure.
With enough to take home.
He re-housed his ass.
With enough to take home to feed him through the week.
Oh, it was a to-go bag, for sure.
And I forgot that that was Vijay until I saw it again in the earlier seasons.
Like, okay, yeah, this makes a lot more sense, too.
Right?
That was too funny.
Have you seen that dunk, Grateful?
I was voting right now, guys.
But, bro, our player was posterized, man. I was voting right now guys but which bro
our player was posterized man
it was crazy man
he was crazy
that's not good
you were talking about this dunk or which dunk man
oh you talking about from Brandon Miller
oh yeah Brandon Miller
that was bad man
you don't want to be in highlights on the other side, right?
Like the, what was the name of that show that actually Shaq was doing?
Oh, my God.
Shaq to the fool, man.
You don't want to be there.
So he got posterized.
It's crazy.
I'm really sorry for that guy.
But, man, I was voting, and I think I'm good.
I'm good.
I'm good.
Man, that was a crazy and I think I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. Man, that was a crazy game too, man.
Fucking Knipple and Ball both go over like 50% shooting from three.
Like, that's crazy.
That is just amazing.
Yeah, like Knipple, honestly, like he should be getting voted best rookie of the year.
If he doesn't, then I'll be very disappointed.
I ain't going gonna lie to you
because he has been holding his weight every game i think only he's only one game so far i think
he's had under 20 yeah that's a good transaction that's a good transition too to go to the rookie
ladder and see what's uh see what's popping here um because we always like to go check out the
rookies using nba.com the key of ladder, which is like an official thing that they do.
They've got Cooper flag at one right now.
Yeah.
He's been, he's in ball and he had a 42 point game.
All good.
He averaged, he's almost averaging a double double this season,
but then he got knuppled right behind them and broke knuppled.
The way that this guy scores, this guy's unbelievable.
This guy's unbelievable.
He's also 20 years old.
Did you notice his minutes too last night?
Yeah.
You see the coaches trusting in him more than ball now.
Oh, yeah.
This is his team.
That's what I like.
This is his team.
Uh-huh, surely.
Surely is.
Which is pretty cool to see.
It kind of came out of nowhere.
And then three and four, you've got two different pelicans who were balling
Got Derek, they beat the Rockets bring back the slow-mo, baby
He is a fun player to watch this point center
Plays at his own pace and starting to starting to be killing people right now, which is really which is really fun
They came back and beat the Rockets last night.
I couldn't believe that.
Yep.
And Jeremiah Fierce, point guard, seventh overall pick.
The best jersey in the league right now.
Yeah, that's pretty cool.
Right.
That's pretty cool, Fierce.
It's a double investment, too, if you get a jersey of someone with a cool last name.
Because you can go with a little double entendre.
That's why I wear my Eagles,
Ricky waters Jersey.
Just remind people to stay hydrated and drink water.
number five,
VJ edge cone.
My biggest fumble was,
I bet on Cal sheet that VJ would win rookie of the year.
I took him at 9%.
He went up to 40%.
I should have sold that shit and taken my money.
Now he's down to 3% and he's got no chance to win Rookie of the Year.
No chance to win Rookie of the Year, but he's coming in at 5.
The last 10, Cedric Coward at 6.
Dylan Harper on the Spurs at 7.
Ryan Nembhard, Dallas, undrafted at 8.
Cool to see.
Maxime Raynaud from the Kings, the Frenchmen.
And then Ryan Kalkbrenner from the Hornets, another Hornet in there too.
Any surprises?
And when are we going to see Ace Bailey start doing some stuff?
You know, it's hard for Ace right now just because Keontae George is cooking right now.
I think he's averaging in the last five games like 34 points.
So, yeah, it's kind of hard for Ace Bailey to get going when Keontae's going,
Sensabal's going, and they're just trying to get him in the flow of the game, really.
So he's still got Cody in there.
So there's a lot of stuff going on right now.
But Ace will do his thing soon.
He'll be doing his thing soon.
Yeah, I believe that as well.
But, yeah, I got to give it up for my my boy undrafted Nimhart
just being up in the conversation
hey man the Nimhards
bro that Nimhart just the Nimhart family
bro like are they brothers
they're scrappy oh yeah
oh yeah
it's crazy how it just runs in the bloodline
how many like brothers there have been in like the NBA history
So it's so crazy for one person to make the NBA but then multiple from the same family and how often it happens
It's just genetics are crazy thing and environment is such a crazy thing
You know even like the father son to grow up and be around it, you know what you got to do to kind of get there.
It's still really fun to see.
You know what's crazy is that Giannis got his brothers to come over to Milwaukee, and now he wants to get out of there.
It was a trap.
Hey, yo, as long as you got them paid, bro, you got them in the dough, man.
They got to figure out how to stay in that motherfucker, man.
They can't keep on depending
on bro, man. If your
brother gets you in the dough, man, you get
in the dough, man, and all you got to do
is perform,
work out, and get your... Man.
But, you know,
when you get too lax
and you just gonna live, nah,
you can't do that.
I'll be trying.
Once my brother gets me out, I'll be trying to outdo my brother.
All day.
Yeah, that competition, that fuels you.
That really fuels you.
Like the Barry brothers.
Oh, man.
No, it's fun.
I wish I had a brother.
But let me say this. Y'all was talking about the east y'all was talking about the east but does it matter who comes out of the east does it matter
right yeah right now i do i i think whoever makes it to the championship means they're playing good
ball right they're gonna whoever makes it to the top they're gonna have like that like a stud guard
i see where you're coming from, and I would typically say yes,
but as a Pacers believer last year, no one thought the Pacers had a chance last year.
Let me vote, guys.
So we're going for Jalen Bronson.
What do you think about it?
Giannis?
Yeah?
Makes sense?
Tyler Hero.
I don't know, man. I I like that guy but maybe Donovan Mitchell
I would
say Donovan Mitchell more
than Tyler Hero but Donovan Mitchell's numbers
are down so he'll still
Jalen Brown maybe
yes because he's
the only reason why Boston's even doing anything
and who's got to be the fifth one guys
we have Maxie
yeah
is Cade in there? Cade not in there?
oh Cade
yeah I don't see how you lead Cade out
I don't see how
he's going to be starting
hey you know he's going to be starting oh yeah, you know he's going to be starting.
Oh, yeah.
And the best player on the best team in the East,
he's got to be in there.
Hands down.
Bro, there's a...
Yo, healthy K or healthy Halliburton.
You can vote for people that are actually injured
and not playing.
That's a good one, yo.
Yeah, you actually can.
I'm going for Tatum, then.
Dude, Scripp, that's actually a good question, man,
because they play so different.
Because, you know, like, Kade's an actual scoring point guard.
You know what I mean?
Like, Halliburton's really for, like, to actually get you to assist.
You know what I mean?
But he will still score, you feel me, when you need him to.
But that's not his prerogative.
You know what I mean?
Like, Kade is like, oh, yeah, I can take my man all day,
and then if I get doubled or tripled to him, I might dime it.
You feel me?
So, yeah, it's a different kind of play right there,
and it just kind of comes down to the game time situation of, like,
where do you need Cade at and where do you need Halliburton at?
Because it's like both now on defense, they actually know slouch.
Both of them actually can play great defense.
That's what I'm saying. they both match up actually well it's just like yeah they're just so much difference offensively wise yeah man i i just wanted to ask that because i want i i knew you
would probably give me some insight because that that that's kind of that would be kind of tough
one for me too it's like a um squiddy, squiddy great. What'd you think? Healthy, healthy K or a healthy Halliburton? Who are you starting with?
I mean, I love, I love Hallie, but I gotta go Kade. I gotta go Kade. Um, I think that,
you know, they're different type of scores, although Hallie's passing Although Hallie's passing is so good. Cade's a better defender.
A lot
more difficult to get against
there in basketball. Yeah, offense
is obviously the flashy one, but
it's only 50% of the game.
I think Cade is a more complete defender.
Can guard more positions. He's just bigger and
stronger.
And, you know, yeah, I think I'm
going to go Cade. Cade's the real deal.
He was the number one pick for a reason.
What about you, Grateful?
Man, I'm a fan of Halley,
so, yeah.
I'm going with him, but
he can play, so that sucks.
I kind of miss
that, man.
I'm really curious how they're going to get back because
like torn Achilles is such a crazy injury that, man.
He's back to playing one-on-one now.
He was in an interview the other day on NBA TV.
He's back to playing actually physical one-on-ones right now.
So him and Jason Tatum.
But mentally, bro, like it has to be so
tough to get back right like oh it definitely does for sure you already know it's like like it's like
just thinking like taking the wrong step i can't jump as high as i want to like i can't push off
like it's all as a mental it's a mental for sure uphill but that's what i mean that's why you got
your teammates and that's why you got great, you know Great athletic people around you to help you get through that struggle
Oh, squiddy, I did it. I did it. Oh, yeah
All right, your question
All right, go ahead
Sexy crypto queen. I've got a question for you. Are you ready?
Hi, hi, hi. Yes, I'm ready. All right, sexy crypto queen. First and foremost, welcome to the Gaming Ape Show.
Here's my question.
Which city do the Chicago Bulls play in?
I see the...
One more time.
Again, you got to get this question right in order to stay on.
Which city do the Chicago Bulls play in?
You got this.
Damn.
It's not a...
It's on the West Coast.
West Coast.
You got it.
West Coast.
Sexy Crypto Queen, you got one more chance.
Okay, West Coast.
You got LA, Sacramento, San Diego.
In which city
do the Chicago Windy City
Bulls play in?
Oh, sexy crypto queen.
We're sorry. You had a chance.
We're sorry.
I actually don't know. Yeah, we're sorry.
It's okay. Well, what brings you to the
what brings you to the eight ball club
here? Are you just here to?
Are you just here to farm?
All right, you want to farm our mind chair sexy crypto. Yeah, we can talk we can talk WNBA which is sexy crypto
No, I removed come on which city do the Chicago Bulls play
Is the best screen's the best.
Squiddy, you're the best ever forever.
Oh, my God.
This was incredible.
That's my highlight of the day, bro.
This is highlight of Friday.
Nothing is going to beat it today.
Thank you so much for that because that was incredible, man.
That was so good.
I figured I'd add a little wrinkle.
No, no, no.
We good.
We good.
You don't have to use chat GPT for that.
You don't have to be okay with that.
Okay, guys.
New segment of the show is going to be roast our guests.
So, you know, I think Sivo should join us here.
And we can ask maybe about Dirk Nowitzki, right? our guests. So, you know, I think Sivo should join us here. Uh,
and,
we can,
we can ask,
uh, maybe about Dirk Nowitzki,
right?
what is Dirk Nowitzki's first name?
Nowitzki said that he helped,
uh, O.G OG and the OB shoot
What's up, Baron?
I'm not going to give that answer out
See Baron down there, see Siu down there
I see Ari is down there
What's going on? We got Papa Mac
What up, Unk?
Papa Mac has been cooking
Papa Mac has been cooking
Oh my god
I just bought, did I get some more, um, what did I just pick up?
What pro, the mine, I got my, I got some miners, um, shout out to, uh, I had to buy some more
on the secondary. Thank you to, to Tony. Tony's one of the goats in this absolute, in this space.
Very grateful to Tony. Anything Tony recommends me to do, I do.
I check it out.
And Unk's been there doing his thing,
so I had to pick up a couple more Mimeboys doing some great stuff.
Doing some great stuff.
And that's where we're going to try and...
I won't make it about the Fisters.
That's for another time.
But that's what it's all about.
Supporting the peeps, doing our thing in the ecosystem
go grab some mind boys
those things are pretty sweet
and just awesome
builders doing their thing
guys
why is
after I voted for All Star why it says
vote again in 13 hours
like you can vote every day
is it like a farming bro?
Like,
should I log in farm share?
They just want chain transactions,
bro.
They just want you to get a higher banter score.
Yep.
Speaking of chain,
I do.
I have to bounce in this one in a couple minutes.
So a space.
She invited me and the Fisters to take part in that, which is where, you know, we'll take our time here, but we'll send people afterwards.
I just want to throw that out there.
Because speaking of mine, boys, speaking of mine, boys, what do you think if the Nuggets were healthy this year, fully healthy,
you think they'd be able to take on the actual OKC and go game seven?
That was a fire transition, dude.
That was good, and the answer is yes.
I'm taking, you know, the Nuggets have a chance in any seven-game series that they're in.
I don't care who's on the other team.
Hands down, man.
You got Joker right now who had another triple double last
night and it was a low-key triple double and now he's leading all bigs with all assists like
that dude is uh he is the unicorn of unicorns like it's crazy there is no big better than him
right now like that man is literally doing it on all angles on the court. And you cannot give this man enough of his props.
It's crazy.
It really is remarkable.
I mean, he's the best player in the NBA.
He's still the best player in the NBA.
And there's a lot of top-heavy talent.
But he's just something special.
I don't think it's crazy to say he's one of the top 10 players to ever play the game of basketball.
I really don't.
I don't think it's recency bias.
I don't think it's,
you know,
he should have another MVP.
You have to put him,
you have to put him in that conversation.
yeah,
I don't care what anyone says.
You have to,
I mean,
he makes everyone look so good.
You feel me?
It doesn't matter who is around him.
Like it's,
he literally, that's what I'm saying. Like he leads that It doesn't matter who is around him. Like, it's – he literally – that's what I'm saying.
Like, he leads that offense.
Like, everything just evolves around him.
And I'm like, I think the Nuggets literally have a chance of actually taking OKC.
Say they do have to, you know, see OKC.
If it does come down to it, it'll definitely go game seven, for sure.
Go game seven all day.
Game seven, nothing easy.
You know what, fellas? agree with with y'all with
that with that uh yoke is saying but i i i do i will say this i think that it would be a little
bit different if he played in the 90s late you know i'm saying i think i the late 90s into the
2000s i think it would have been a bit different. He's still having skill set and he'll still go hard.
But the style of play that is now compared to the style of play back then,
it was some catch back in the day that could probably put up the Jokic's numbers
with the style of play right now.
You know what I'm saying?
Exactly. numbers with the style of play right now you know what i'm saying so as far as like a big man
at the center position that we call for today and right now yes yes most definitely most most
most definitely that put them put them put them up there but you know i i get kind of, you know, with greatest of all times, I really don't like the greatest of all time just title theme, period,
because it's always going to be someone or something that comes and evolves greater and better than the next.
then the Knicks and and there's never but as far as just great and awesome and you know talented
individuals and ball players and people he's definitely up there
do you think uh we'll ever see like in our lifetime uh another most dominant center like Shaq
like anyone like actually coming in and being that like most dominant you feel me where they
had to like change offenses and change defenses and you know i mean putting all these rules again
like do you think we'll ever actually see someone who's just coming in and tearing down the rim
they don't want to i mean you know what what's what's done what's new you know what i'm saying
under the sun is always so everything what goes up must come back down.
Eventually people are going to be getting – is going to get tired of this game
as far as, man, come on, man.
The scores is 222 to 255 now.
You know what I'm saying?
Like, can we get a little bit more defense?
Can we get some – you know, we want to see some type of more skill
and i think the big man i think the big man can't come back it's just all about the coaching see the
meta you know you know if the if they change all they got to do is change the meta back all it
take is is a coach and a and a talented player to come back and change the meta back and get one of
those those those big guys or whatnot. And you know it.
It was supposed to be Embiid.
But I saw, like, Richard Jefferson was saying something like,
you know, one year he was seventh in the league in scoring,
and that was like 24 points.
Now it's like the 18th person in the league is averaging 24 points.
A lot of offense going on right now too.
And, you know, they're calling a lot of fouls.
And, you know, a lot of factors are going to have to go into that to swing that back.
I have a solution, Squiddy, for that, man.
Talk to me.
Yeah.
So if you look at Wemby, he's 7'4", and he sits at like 235 pounds, right?
Okay.
He's a buck 95 tops.
I'll just say way, way too.
Yeah, but guys, if you look at Nikolai Oki's
brother, he's
7'9", over 400
pounds. So we need to bring
his bro to NBA.
And I think we have
another shock there.
Grateful. I was on the plane with
Joker's brother on the way to vegas
for eight no way way out there yeah dude taking up literally both rows like arms just sitting in
the actual aisle like they had to like actually have him turn completely and look out the window
just for the cart to go by like and people were it was so funny we were sitting there before we
even boarded the plane and like this family was uh sitting there watching him walking and they were like oh my god is he a
roman soldier i was like no that's actually joker's brother i was like do you know who like
joker the the nugget center is they were like yeah yeah i was like that's his little brother
they were like oh my god this is little brother hey guys this is my little brother here
man imagine imagine you booking
whatever you're booking, man.
Can I get a spot for my little brother?
He's like seven years younger
than me.
Yeah, that was so funny. I was like, oh my god,
he's on his way to A-Fest? I was like, no way.
But yeah, obviously he wasn't there, but that would
have been dope if we just saw him there.
If he was there, we would have saw him.
Oh, yeah, hands down.
If he was there, we would have saw him.
All right, this is an absolute blast.
I'm loving this.
You guys feel free to keep it going.
I have to bounce over.
Well, I don't have to.
I get to bounce over to my friend Soe's Space.
They're doing at 11 a.m.
Eastern.
They do,
they do ape in Fridays too.
So it's a great transition.
I got to tell her,
stop putting me as a,
as a,
as a guest.
And that's not true.
I absolutely love it,
but I tell her I'm always a couple of minutes late.
Cause she knows we got the eight ballers club going on.
Warm in a space out,
bro.
Let them warm it up,
you know,
and then you can come
I'm gonna come
Please don't come
I'm gonna come
If anyone
Again if anyone got any of their
Lasting takes their NBA stuff
Again we got the GM's down there
What else do we have?
Oh, yeah, Luka's 45-point triple-double last night.
LeBron at 28.
Nothing new.
They should have beat Utah, of course.
But, I mean, Luka is killing right now, dude.
He's crazy.
It is.
It's crazy how much he really can produce, man.
Right now, obviously, that team is now his.
He is definitely holding the reins right now.
I really want to see them build and get him up.
I like Aiton and everything, but I don't know if he's really a Laker,
traditional Laker center to me.
But obviously, going back to Scri point of like how the the center position has evolved anyway like it's like where where can we find that back
to the back big if he's not joel and because i mean joel b does shoot a lot of threes but he
still will put his back to the backs you know i'm saying so it's like the lakers need to get back to
that triangle offense and not be so three heavy.
Like I said, if you really
want to get rid of the algorithm, once
Steph Curry is out of the actual league,
then we'll probably stop seeing so
many threes. The algorithm will
change. No, no, no, bro.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cut you out, bro, but that's
not going to...
You're right.
You're right.
I just had to hold on.
It's just getting worse because everyone's just going to think that they can be the better
Sam Curry.
Exactly.
Exactly.
So, yeah, you're right.
The algorithm is just changing.
You're right.
I don't know if we'll ever really will see that, like, back to the back big, man, like,
because even Giannis doesn't even want to, like, I mean, he puts his back to the basket,
but he's more of that full steam ahead.
Like let him get the ball and he's just going to run you over.
You know what I'm saying?
Like he's just straight up North and South right away.
Like on you, he's really not going to be like trying to like, yeah,
you know, back you down.
Like you actually throw the ball into him.
He kicks it back out.
We actually start an offense.
He's doing a down screen or, you know what I mean?
DHL, all types of stuff.
So it's like, yeah, the algorithm around the league has got to change for the big to come back or to even like, I mean, there's, I mean, dude, the mid range is gone.
It's completely gone.
I mean, I bet you it's on this, on this panel right now, name five people in the league right now that actually shoots mid ranges.
I can, but I want y'all to.
Like, consistently shoot mid-ranges and hate threes.
SGA.
DeRozan.
Shoot a coop.
I think
Flagg, he's not a
three-point shooter yet. He's working
on that mid-range.
Yeah, he's coming in right now, just a little.
I wouldn't consistently
call him that right now, but he's
just working his way in it.
I don't...
See, the thing is
with the basketball game now is they done took away every position, being able to have a special skillset to promote and push that would make that would actually bring up the NBA because you had, you had, okay, this is my center that I like.
And cause they, you know, I like Shaq, he's dominating the paint.
I like Tim Hardaway cause he got the killer crossover.
Allen Iverson, you know, these different things.
And now I'm going to ask you all these questions.
Might be kind of like crazy, but is it the NBA fault or the trainer's fault in AAU?
AAU is trash right now.
AAU is trash right now.
I really think it's AAU straight up.
AAU is completely like flipping the, you know,
flipping this concept of like, well, now we got NIL.
We got, you know, now you're going to be this specific star
so you can be able to take as many shots as you want.
You know what I mean?
So it's kind of – it's – you know, it's like it doesn't help that the NBA is an enabler by showing like, hey, once you get here, you're going to be your stars.
You're going to be rolling the riches.
You're going to be doing all this stuff.
So it's like – yeah, I mean, honestly, you kind of put it in the AAU start because you've got to start with the kids, right?
So, yeah, I'm thinking it's more like the AAUs.
They have to be able to put a better mindset on these kids and how they come up of, like, this is what the game's about.
Like, you don't need to be that high jumping guy.
You don't need to be, like, you know what I'm saying?
Just be this team guy who's producing everything, who can do it all.
So that's why I'm like, I feel like they need to start doing that instead of, because like i mean all these you have all these like aau camps and stuff now really and like all
these like rappers who are sponsoring aau teams and stuff like that so now they feel like oh yeah
i'm the star i can do this i can do it on you know i mean like i i the the spotlight's on me
so now it's like i don't have to listen to anybody else when i already know what's about to be my
future you know i mean so like i feel like it could be like i said the aau a lot of like an I don't have to listen to anybody else when I already know what's about to be my future.
You know what I mean?
So, like, I feel like it could be, like I said, the AAU, a lot of, like, enabling in the NBA, a lot of brainwashing, a lot of social media does hurt these kids for sure.
And, yeah, I mean, like I said, put it on the AAU right now.
For me, it is.
It's all on the AAU.
Yeah.
So, the game, the AAU game, right, is fast-paced. You know, they making money on that side.
They not teaching the big man how to be a big man in the AAU.
Now, in what?
High school basketball, right?
High school basketball, college basketball, they still do that to a degree, right?
But AAU, which all the star kids and players now, they got a trainer.
And what they training them on? Ball handling skills.
You know, not even as much defense, but ball handling,
Steph Curry stepped back, Harden stepped back. even as much defense but ball handling um steph carry step back um harden step back
defense is out the window for sure what defense is out the window when it comes to aau camps it's
just a highlight reel after a highlight reel so yeah you ain't lying so you only got so much talent
the talent that you got to work with and and I believe that's why the European,
why they, you know, like the aspect of their game came in and translated well,
but helped out a lot more because they kept the fundamentals,
was able to keep the fundamentals in there.
And that's why Jokic, that's why the Joker is the truth,
because he's still utilizing the fundamentals. That's why Luka is the truth, because he still utilized the fundamentals.
And so the kids here in the United States,
they skipping the fundamentals and going straight to the 3-7 combo step back
between travel move.
You know what I'm saying?
And they not.
You feel me working on their gather step to see if, yeah.
Bro, the gather step is so hot right now.
Bro, that's the newest thing.
The gather step.
I mean, my algorithm is all gather step. Is this a travel? Is this whatever? But no, dude, that's the newest thing. The gather step. I mean, my algorithm is all gather step.
Is this a travel?
Is this whatever?
But no, dude, it's a gather.
It is a gather step.
You can thank James Harden.
James Harden introduced that to the NBA.
He read the rule book, and he knew what he was doing.
Yep, and Maxie does an insane job of that as well.
Yeah, it's been fun to see.
But, guys, keep this convo going. Maxie learned it.
Maxie learned it from Harden, too. He did learn it from Harden.
Absolutely. I think Maxie's
separation is
way deeper than any other separation.
Oh, dude. Lightning quick.
He's one of the quickest guys in the NBA
right now. Wasn't they working out together?
Didn't they camping together
a little bit? Did they work out? Yep. Yeah, they were on the sixers for a bit uh-huh that was little brother yeah
little bro and unk little bro and unk but guys i'm gonna bow out of this conversation i'm gonna
head on over to the other space incredible eight ball club again keep the shit going and whenever you're done, come on into to so is I just committed myself
For this one here
So I'm gonna hop on over much love and appreciation everyone joining grateful marathon. Love you guys prospers
Thanks for coming to hang up
Fisters out there the fam we got it. We got a great little community sub community what we do with a change stuff
And I appreciate each and every one of you all that continue to come through
the spaces that have grabbed Fisters.
We will
talk to you. I'll talk to you next time. We're going to keep
doing this. The 8-Ball Club, baby.
Yes, sir.
Squiddy.
We'll see you over there.
We're bringing NBA players to Ape Fest
and we're going to play
1-on-1.
Maybe 3-on-one.
Yeah.
Maybe three-on-one.
So we have a chance.
Yeah, I think three-on-one we have a chance a little bit at least, right? If we start with a
ball.
Yeah, that could work.
But, man, we need to
do some ball next Ape Fest.
If it's going to be in Miami, Vegas,
who knows? Who knows? But we're going to be in Miami, Vegas, who knows?
Who knows?
But are we going to play ball,
man?
Definitely.
Definitely.
What up,
Baron?
What's good,
man?
Sorry about that Rams loss last night.
That was a crazy game.
Oh my God.
But,
but yeah, back to basketball though.
Where do you think Giannis is going to go?
If he does decide to go,
I mean,
I know he was like saying,
oh yeah,
my Adrian was talking about this, but we all know we really do.
Giannis wants to get out of there.
What do you think is the best team for him, honestly, like options wise?
Like, do you think he should go to the East? Do you think he should go to the West?
Like any questions or any answers on that?
Bro, that's definitely a great question.
And I saw also some rumors, so you think it's confirmed
that he's on the way out? I mean, I think so, just because obviously their gameplays right now,
Miles Turner coming over really didn't like kind of like, you know, plan out, pan out to what they
thought it was going to be. Kyle Kuzma is really kind of like he's just up and down.
You never know with him.
And then, like, their guards.
They just haven't figured out guards right now.
And that's where they're weak at.
Their guards and their wings right now.
And I just let this feel like Giannis is kind of like either like, hey, bring in someone better like Dame again.
You feel me?
Or bring in more wing players to help me because I can't do this all on my own.
Or, hey, I'm out. And I really think it's just that I'm out now. you feel me or bring in more wing players to help me because i can't do this all on my own or hey
i'm out and i i really think it's just that i'm out now because he really wants to like kind of
you know chase a chip again before it gets too late so bro what about lakers man is there even
chance probably not right i mean i i mean hey look if anthony davis and luca can get traded you know
i'm saying don't you know what I'm saying?
Why not?
So that's why I'm like, if the Lakers really wanted to pursue that, they do have enough pieces to give up.
You know what I mean?
Like, they've already proven that they have enough pieces.
They could probably give up six players just for Giannis and a couple draft picks if they wanted.
But, I mean, does Giannis want to go to L.A.?
Could he fit there?
I don't know.
Like, I mean, that's a tough one just because it's like everyone's so ball dominant.
You know what I mean?
Like, you're going to be on the court.
I don't think they're not going to get rid of Austin Reeves.
Like, they're going to be paying that guy for sure.
But, like, you can't get rid of Austin Reeves.
You have Giannis on the court, LeBron on the court, and Luke on the court.
That is – there's not enough balls in the gym, I don't think.
So, that's a tough one right there. Man, not enough balls in the gym. I don't think so
That's a tough man. Let me tell y'all thinking really where he gonna go
It's gonna be somewhere. Next is gonna be somewhere where is no state tax
He don't care a champion a championship with no state
I'm sorry. That's I'm trying to i'm trying to tell you
he he won't his he won't he won't another championship but he won't his paper bro
he already he already kind of like said kind of you know what i'm saying and and if this is your
last goal and it's and you're gonna get your last your last hoorah contract in man you're gonna want
as much money as you can leading on into i mean it's
business too so we can't we we gotta think we gotta know that these players nowadays don't think
like back in the day because they didn't know the money was gonna be this good how it is now
so the money good man so he he wanted to go somewhere where ain't no where it's less tax
no state tax so what teams are those he might be coming to the Mavericks.
Let's go.
What did you say, Mouse?
He's going to Dallas?
The Mavericks.
He said the Mavs, yo.
I mean, shoot.
They get rid of Anthony Davis, a couple other players.
You could push for that, honestly.
That's not out the question.
You feel me?
That's for sure not out the question. I could see that happening uh the knicks too grateful i mean everyone's
saying he wants to go to the knicks that's a tough there were some rumors i think they
saw him there over the summer right uh but yeah so i'm like now let's think about like
who do the knicks really have to give up? You know what I mean? Like, that are actually worth the trade.
Spike Lee, probably.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Like, actually worth the trade.
So, like, their bench is not deep.
Like, that's something you got to think about.
The benches for the Knicks is really not that deep.
Like, if we're talking about Clarkson coming off, McBride coming off,
who else do they got?
I mean, Mitchell Robinson can.
I mean, he's an injury fucking prone, so I don't know if he really won't throw him in the trade.
But I mean, yeah, that's what I'm like. It's they're not going to get rid of Mikael Bridges.
That's what I'm like. It's there's a that's what I'm saying.
That's like there's there's not too many pieces they could really give up.
give up so i'm like i don't know if he would be right fit for the knicks i would think honestly
So I'm like, I don't know if he would be right fit for the Knicks.
he'd have to find a i mean it's definitely gonna be east coast squad because right now i don't know
if he right now if he really needs to fit in and on the west coast squad because like i said every
top team we just named there's not enough balls in the gym that's what i'm saying like for him
to be fitting in that offense he's going to change everyone's offense completely because
like i said he's a downhill player completely and that's what's like there's to be fitting in that offense, he's going to change everyone's offense completely. Because like I said, he's a downhill player completely.
And that's what I was like.
There's not too many teams.
I lost you there.
Sorry.
Yeah.
Phone call.
Right.
I knew that.
So where is he going?
Sorry.
Yeah.
My bad.
I'm back.
I took a call.
But yeah, honestly, it's a tough one because if he goes to the West Coast, I'm like, dude, there's not enough balls in the gym for any like he's going to change everybody's offense.
What the the Nuggets are really a half core team. Like he can't go to the he can't go to OKC. He can't go. I mean, not anywhere contending. That's what I'm saying. Like anywhere contending. Obviously, you would help. He would help anybody. Anybody would take him. You feel me?
But who are they going to actually
give up for them
not to give up so much
of their team? Now they're back in the rebuilding
process. You feel me? We need a Giannis
that's going to come to our team right now.
We didn't have to give up much, but now we're just still
on track. We didn't have to skip track
at all. So that's where it's like, it's kind of
a tough one right there for him. He have to go to Miami, man. He have't have to skip track at all. So that's where it's like, it's kind of a tough one right there for him.
You have to go to Miami,
man. You have to go to Miami.
Yeah, I think so, man.
Yeah, seriously.
I mean, honestly, Miami would probably be the best
fit for him. Seriously.
They can give up a couple people
and still have an actual full team
and keep that fast break,
fast paced team, honestly.
And I think he would fit in perfect over there.
I mean, don't get me wrong.
He would fit in.
Like I said, he's the queen.
He's the queen on the chessboard.
You can put him anywhere.
You feel me?
But it's like, what are we giving up to put him there for him not to be back in this position
where, like, well, shit.
Well, I just came from a team that don like, well, shit, well, I got,
I just came from a team that don't have anything. And now you guys just got rid of everybody. So
now I'm back in this same position. So it's like, now you want, like I said, now, like I said,
are we putting him with a contender team? Are we going to put him with a team that's, you know,
I'm going to make the, you know, make the ninth, 10th, you know, eighth spot to try to push in for
the playoffs. Like, yeah, it's kind of hard. Because like I said, you're changing your offense no matter what.
You're completely changing your offense when that man comes in.
Because he's going to be 50% of the ball.
50% dominant of the ball.
So now we're talking all your other superstars on your other teams.
And now their shots are going to be diminishing.
You know what I'm saying?
So that's why it's like it's going to be hard for him to go.
Yeah, like I said, you're right.
Like I said, Miami would probably be the best fit right now for him so let's
see guys we can bookmark it we can create a clip out of this episode and
and see if we were right and yeah what a great show today we had so much fun
guys don't forget to vote for all-Star Game. We already voted. You can vote every 13 or 14 hours, which is wild. the next week. But anything, any highlights, anything that was excited for you?
I see that orange MFR AlphaDG in the audience laughing.
He wanted me to say, we're going to land the plane.
But I'm not going to say it.
He's the pilot.
He's got to do that.
But, yeah, honestly, dude, great show today.
I mean, yeah, we talked about a lot for sure.
I mean, it was a lot of NBA.
We got a lot of NBA to talk for next week for sure.
So, yeah, just get ready to tune in.
Hope everybody has a Merry Christmas.
Anybody who celebrates Christmas, Kwanzaa, anything else, Hanukkah, you know what I mean?
Coming down, rolling down the line, but I want everybody to save travels for sure.
And if you guys are traveling anywhere, go find a gym, you know, go, go, go ask them for a basketball, rent a basketball, go put up some shots, you know, nothing wrong with that.
And yeah, I just want to say, yeah, thank you, everybody who attended this show today.
It was a great show.
You know, I'm glad you guys love basketball.
We surely do.
You know, we got Grateful, Squiddy and me.
Prospers came up.
Proof came up.
You know what I mean?
You know, at the end of the show.
But we'll let him get his TED Talk here for a second.
Got to say what up to my man, Baron.
You know, hey, everybody in the crowd, for sure.
I got, you know, uh zombie papa aspiring otis g
everybody hey i'm talking about siwu power everybody if i'm not naming you i'm sorry
but it's kind of hard to pronounce everybody but i love you guys for loving basketball
hell yeah man i love it man marathon i have one more question before we say hi to alpha djan
uh i'm getting so many ads for that like silent ball did you see that like oh yeah did you see is it legit or is
it stupid or what's going on you know i don't know yet i'm like i'm trying to like ask a couple
people about it right now i even asked isaiah thomas i was like what do you think about this
he's like i he's like i'm about to tap in but he still doesn't even know about it
so yeah i'm gonna kind of do my research still and we'll see what it comes about i mean it looks
pretty it looks pretty interesting so man imagine imagine you can fly and you and you can you can
practice you know uh your ball handling skills which is dope like you have like strong turbulence
and you're like holy shit yeah come on man let's play the ball here so that can be even better uh yeah but talking
about alpha dj and i'm i'm 100 sure that i can beat him uh 21-0 in 101 so alpha welcome here
how you doing yeah that's european confidence mf you know that's it's rare it's rare here
jim man jim and definitely you because in the winning fashion of how you
always win everything you've already won the contest so why would i even show up i get it bro
you are the winner so hey man winner winner chicken dinner it's always nice to meet a uh
all-time great who is like 100 million and zero so you 100 million wins and no losses hey i'm just
here for the ride but now um definitely want to come up i am triggered when you said i see this
orange mf you know i i know you know how to do this thing man and then marathon crypto i think
he's team aqua as well so i just had to come up here just just to balance out the stage a little
bit and say hey man this is an
awesome show i like it i love it it's all about talking about ball the other foot you know the
other ball in the united states pause because you know we have football football and we got a bunch
of football shows as well so this right here balances out the uh the uh athletics department
in uh in the eighth family and I think this is healthy, man.
And it's congrats on you guys for harnessing it and pushing forward with it. And I'm glad to see
what's going on and hope, uh, it goes even further. And next thing, you know, we can start
seeing you courtside at the, at the Lakers games or something, or even seeing an emblem in the
center of a court, you know, like says eight ball or something i mean i'll fall out and die and be
like yeah this is it i'm with them guys right there so hats off to y'all man kudos thank you
for allowing me to come up and turn this to my ted talk and my youtube channel now you can have
your show back right after i land my plane and dock my ship peace did you did you tell them to
make sure their tray tables and the seats are back up in their upright positions
Not necessarily
We want to catch them off guard
So like if we have a little turbulence
They can like bump their head on the seat in front of them
So we can be like we've been telling you the whole ride
To sit your ass back
Now good you know
I mean sorry man sorry not sorry
Love you bro love you Yeah talking about 101 man, I think Marathon he would cook me
It would be crazy. So yeah, if I want to embarrass myself, let's play 101 and record it and yeah
Yeah, with AlphaDG I think if I play only with left hand, I can make it happen.
But man, with Marathon, it would be tough.
Yeah, I was going to say,
then after Marathon beat you,
then I can go smoke him
and then everybody can say,
wait a minute, what is going on?
But he's very good in airsoft.
Imagine we play like airsoft basketball together, bro.
Like, that would be crazy.
That'd be dope, yo.
Just have some shooters like off into the sides
and like
every time someone
goes for a layup
you just get shot
oh yeah
that'll see how much
concentration you really have
oh my god
and if they go for a dunk
they really
they get shot and explode
right
oh yeah
AlphaDigen
you mentioned something
that's 100% true
we started this show
because we are here
to onboard new generation
of basketball players into the
BAYC club, that's the purpose
of this space, we just needed to do
it's like an unlock, we need to do 10
episodes, because they were like, hey
we can join you before you reach 10
episodes, so we did
uh next week is gonna be episode 8 so you know early 2026 we will reach episode 10 and then we
will start inviting NBA stars here and we'll force them to buy BYC uh to come to ApeFest to play uh
celebrity basketball uh with celebrities from the club,
like me and Marathon, right?
So it's got to be fun.
But yeah, we need to get some NBA players that really will be involved in the club.
Why not, right?
Why not?
Like, let's get those some efforts here.
I think Marathon could, like, yeah, man, like Marathon, you could beat.
We could beat in a 101 in nba bro like
i mean who i have beat i mean i like i said hopefully i'll happen you already did you already
did i play like i said i literally do play one-on-one like mostly every day in the gym
with a couple nba players so it's not like yeah i can't that't. That guy's crazy, bro. So, like I said, I'm matching up doing one-on-ones all day.
That's what we do is just train people in the gym.
So, if you want to come train, if you want to play overseas, play in the NBA,
come pull up Colorado, come get some high-altitude training,
we got you down here.
That's awesome, man.
Because me and Tino, we were on a local basketball game.
That's the highest level that we have here. But, man, I think if youino, we were on local basketball game, like, that's the highest level that we have here,
but, man, I think if you give me
a few months of practice, you know, I can
be all-star here, so
that would be dope,
but, yeah, man, share some videos,
man, share some videos, how you're killing it, I would
love to see that, bro, like, if you are,
I don't know if your docs are not here on
Twitter, but it would be so cool, man. Oh, yeah,
now everybody knows who I am, so, no, you're good. Everybody knows I'm always in the gym putting up. Yeah
Yeah, yeah, I would love to see that man like how you dominating over some NBA players, you know, he's like oh shit
I'd be LeBron 11
11-0 holy fuck guys
Charlotte Hornets he used to play for the Charlotte Hornets. He's actually playing in France right now.
He's back out here.
We were just working out yesterday.
So I'll post that video.
That's incredible.
I love it.
I love it, guys.
Basketball is my favorite sport.
Yeah, I heard it in one of those songs, right?
But it's true.
I love the game.
I love that you joined us today.
It was a blast.
We talk about so many topics.
Oh my god, we also got a few bots here on stage.
We gave them crazy questions like Squiddy.
Maybe we can ask AlphaDigen the same question as we asked the bot, right?
If he knows.
AlphaDigen, we had a bot here and Squiddy asked the bot to basically verify or to solve CAPTCHA.
And the question was in which
city is based Chicago Bulls? Man I'm such a bot I'll just say in Bulls City USA
Bro are we blocking that MFR or what? Bro, imagine you flying to that city.
So you say, I land my plane in...
Kansas.
Holy shit, guys.
We are not serious people.
We are not serious people.
Oh, and Martin kicked already AlphaDigen out of the stage.
Well done.
Well done.
Same rules for everybody here.
Absolutely love it.
Prospers, thank you also
for joining us today,
sharing your opinions,
your alpha here.
Absolutely love that.
Join us next week if you can.
Damn.
Love it.
Love it.
Marathon, have a great...
Everybody, have a great weekend.
Enjoy your Friday.
Enjoy Saturday, Sunday. Go out. You know, depends where great weekend. Enjoy your Friday, enjoy Saturday, Sunday.
Go out, you know, depends where you live.
It's crazy cold here.
So I'm not going out.
But if you live like Florida, it's probably much better, right?
California.
Holy shit, I'm jealous now.
Montana.
Maybe not Montana, right?
Yeah, thank you so much, Marathon.
Thank you so much, Squiddy, for co-hosting today.
Thank you so much, everyone who joined us here on stage.
Thank you so much, everyone, for listening, tuning in.
We love it.
Whenever you want to join us on stage, just request we bring you here.
And Marathon, final words, and then we wrap it up with a song.
Honestly, man, NBA on top on top board Apes on top we're gonna be at a fest hooping I'm gonna try to
get us I'm gonna try to find us a way to get us you know the eight ball club at
the all-star game so let me get to some digging talk to some people but other
than that yeah we gonna make this go as far as we possibly can. You feel me?
This is the ABC.
So this is what we do here.
And anybody else who, yeah, like I said, anybody who else is in front of us,
hey, you're going to get stepped on or get dunked on.
Because this is what we do, y'all.
Yeah.
Everybody else is like Tyrone Lu when AI step over him.
You know, that's you guys.
You MFs, you know.
And now, now, actually, Chris Paul is over him you know that's you guys you MFers you know and now now actually Chris Paul is dating
you know his wife or girlfriend I don't know what the rumors are so yeah we have a little situation there
but guys have a great day have a great Friday this was ABC number seven let's fucking go baby
oh yeah baby all around the world
To the beach
All around world yeah, I know this is so so dead
To the beach
Yeah To the beach, y'all. Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, basketball is my favorite sport.
Hell yeah.
100%.
Have a great weekend, guys.
Let's go.
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