Antonio Daniels Talks Beef Between Pelicans and Stephen A. Smith

Antonio Daniels Talks Beef Between Pelicans and Stephen A. Smith

NBA champ of course Sirius XM NBA radio FOX Sports radio host as well Antonio what’s happening say hello to lindsy Hunter oh what’s up fellas Rob Lindsay good to talk to you brother good what’s up brother how you doing man no doubt I am truly blessed man truly blessed all

Right we got all kinds of stuff we want to get into uh let’s start Steve cerry they backed up the truck $35 million extension it seems kind of weird they’re on their way going the other way I’m not saying they should have fired them or whatever but nice big payday for a team

That most of the year has looked out of it why you sounds upset Rob I just because I just understand like I’m always trying to figure out like the money for coaches I know Lindsay you coached you were a head coach in the NBA but my God they’re giving away Monty

Williams I don’t even know Monty Williams got a a truckload of money and now Steve cerr I’m just saying what where are you with the Warriors are they a contender or Pretender what are they they’re not a contender for me okay they haven’t been I feel like and I I said

This last year though uh you can kind of see the wheels start to come off for Golden State last year and I’m not going to say it was all due to the Draymond Green punch but things started to head in the other direction from from that point kind of moving forward uh Steph

Curry has way too much responsibility for them to to be relevant he has to be incredible on a night tonight basis if he’s average they don’t win if he’s good A lot of times they don’t win he has to be extraordinary for the Golden State Warriors to to win Klay Thompson is not

Who he once was that team is not built and constructed the way it once was with veterans the Andre Iguodala the the sea Livingston you know those kind of guys now they’re building around younger guys along with Steph Klay Thompson has lost a step or two so I mean the thing is

When we talk about Dynasty can you think of a dynasty that’s come to an end and it didn’t come crashing down dynasties generally don’t end well no they always Crash and Burn I’m with you that’s usually how it goes Tonio one one question for you because I’m about the

Klay Thompson situation because I you know I’m a big fan of Clays when I I coached out there so I got to know those guys I was going to say yeah you on the coaching staff there yeah so so I’m looking at clay and and you said some

Key things the team is not constructed the way it used to be they don’t play the same way so Klay doesn’t get the same touches that he used to get the ball doesn’t swing the way it used to now if you look back at the year they

Won it the last time they won it when they beat Boston in the finals Clay’s numbers are basically the same shooting percentages are the same he’s probably dropped in points by two points I think he was averaging 19 then he’s averaging 17 now but the difference is like we

Talked about they’re losing now so now something has to change yeah but also it it it’s the fact that the the numbers may be the same but the responsibility different that that’s the biggest difference now it’s more as expected of him with that team you had Jordan P you

Know you had a couple BNS on that team to kind of offset his lack of efficiency so to speak for Klay Thompson and when I say lack of efficiency I mean lack of Klay Thompson efficiency from what we’re accustomed to right now the responsibilities change when you’re

Playing guys like paj jimsky and and kenon and you’re bringing these kind of guys kaminga Moody you’re bringing these guys they don’t have the understanding of the offense that right those other guys that you had at that time had and if you go back to the previous three

Championships again you have to take a look at some of the better that they had at that time and things just looked a lot smoother even when you watch them play now that ball doesn’t move like it once did no no action’s not the same I’ve said that every single game I watch

I’m like the ball doesn’t move the way it used to Steph Steph dominates the ball more now than he ever has and and most nice he has to for them to have a chance right and that that’s what I mean when when step has to be incredible for them to

Win he has to be incredible when he has games like he was last night one to 10 from the three-point line they ain’t winning right no doubt they not winning Our Guest is Antonio Daniels of course NBA champ serus XM NBA radio host uh so the Pelican social media went after

Stephen a uh they went after Stephen A you saw it Antonio uh and did I yes and basically he had some Choice words about Zion and eating at McDonald’s and stuff like that so they pulled up his picture from college when he averaged 1.5 points

To make their point uh did Stephen A and forget about I mean they could have fun do whatever they want to do on social media but but did was Stephen A’s talk about Zion that was it based on anything or not as far as his conditioning and

His health and his weight was was that fair or was that not fair I thought it was completely unfair okay and I’ll tell you why I I am all for um legitimate critique I am all for criticism I am all for that but the thing we have to it has to come from

Somewhere right so let’s think about this right the game before the All-Star break Zion had 368 and six right talking about the game prior to the allstar break so then you go into Allstar break and then you come out of Allstar break and coming out of Allstar break he has a

Game of of 27 and 10 and the Pelicans at the time had won eight of nine games and that’s what you wake up saying at that time again I am all for critique I am all for that like if it’s legitimate I yeah I get it but mean-spirited things

For a young man that’s 23 years old I won’t grasp that concept I’ll never grasp that concept you know like you can say they Stephen A is a very very articulate man very articulate you know journalist for a number of years and is great at his job there are better ways to

Describe how you feel about Zion than burgers and all this other kind of stuff that he was saying especially since it came from nowhere because he’s playing well and the Pelicans are playing well right he’s he’s appeared in 47 games this year right the whole thing with

Zion was availability he played 29 games last year 29 so he played in 47 games this year thus far and then after they win eight of nine games and he goes for 36 eight and six and then comes down and goes for 27 and 10 that’s the thing that

Comes out that next morning right from where I just don’t grasp the concept of it we got one about a minute to go Lindsay got one more question Antonio do you think like like cuz I I think Zion is a a walking you know double double

When I watch him play he shoots a high percentage he just has a to be as big as he is man he has a uncanny quickness about him and he can he I mean he’s a grown man out there at 23 he’s a grown man out there can he maintain that level

Of play though on with with the weight he’s carrying and I’m not like saying it’s all bad weight because some people are built like that and some people can play like that we watched Barkley for years dominate you know with a bigger frame so do you think he can just stay

Healthy playing the way he plays with that explosiveness that he has I I do but you know what Lindsay my thing with him and his explosiveness I feel like that’s one of the most underrated aspects of his game is something that you just said it’s it’s his center of

Gravity right it’s his handle and he is one of the best tough layup makers in the league man he is you know what I mean like his I haven’t seen a guy that’s that size with that explosiveness that quickness and that touch around the rim I feel like him Steph and Kyrie

Irving are the best tough layup makers in the league and we his his highlights go viral but that’s not all he is right do I think he can no question I think he can but you know this better than anybody as you get older you start to figure out certain things about your

Body right that you don’t know when you’re 21 and 22 years old my rookie year I was eating McDonald I was McDonald was a rookie I was eating McDonald’s my second year in the league when we won the championship with San Antonio Spurs all right growth

Is not linear and this is something that he is going to continue to grow and find out as he continues to mature in this league all right his name is Antonio Daniels Al guy NBA champ Serius XM NBA radio host thanks my man we appreciate you

THE ODD COUPLE – Antonio Daniels talks to Rob Parker & Lindsey Hunter about some of the major stories in the NBA, like Steve Kerr’s contract extension and the Pelicans vs. Stephen A. Smith on social media.

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