Ryen Russillo Interview! Jokic VS Wemby, 76ers Playoff Hopes and MORE! | Run it Back

Ryen Russillo Interview! Jokic VS Wemby, 76ers Playoff Hopes and MORE! | Run it Back

Back back uh oh it’s Wednesday no pen Wednesday weird mood right here uh this is run it back FanDuel TV my name is Michelle that is Chandler that is Lou and of course joining us because he hates us and he’s far away sham shiria is it true Shams that the reason you’re

Not here is you don’t actually care for any of us no that’s not true but we did tell you all on Monday that Joel embiid was probably going to play onday from and so much so that yesterday all day long I thought oh okay I guess he’s

Out now I don’t know and then the questionable pop up how funny is that that NBA teams should just follow Shams for the real scoop instead of the injury report that they just last minute throw up there that the MVP is playing I know I don’t like the they listen to the show

They would have known Monday Shams they know what’s up Shams already told you guys this but yes Thunder at Philly last night OKC without SGA no Maxi on the Philly side but they did get MBD back uh 24 points six rebounds seven assists including the game-winning free throw um

Seven games is what he’s got left on his schedule to finish out the regular season he I’m shocked he’s back but B how did he look is is this enough time to ramp up as they say it’s enough time because it’s all he’s got right this is

The push he’s going to make it’s and he looked unbelievable the fact that he missed nine weeks and can just come back in an NBA game against arguably the best team in the NBA I know SJ was out know Jaylen Williams was out but so is Tyrese

Max the fact that this was his first game back he looked at there some plays he looked a little fatigued and that’s normal you can’t emulate a game situation from practice and shootarounds and things like that and he had six turnovers but you know the most important thing for me this gives them

Confidence going forward this gives them you know this feeling that okay this season’s not just thrown away because Joel is hurt he’s coming back and yeah it’s going to be a tall it’s going to be a tall mountain to climb no matter who they face because they do just have

Seven games to kind of get that chemistry back play through him but this was one of the teams that people were scared of early on with Joel so seven games it’s not a lot but I think with him playing 30 minutes already in the first game I think we’ll see that to

Continue to grow and I’m happy for him I mean nine weeks only for a Tor meniscus that with his injury history is is super impressive so welcome back big fella I know he had the suck it t-shirt out it was it was beautiful thing to see uh

Look they’re eighth in the East Lou you know making out of the plan going to eventually have to have Celtics bucks and any of these things could happen and again who knows but what kind of chance are you giving them like realistically look at this team what are we what are

We yeah let’s let’s not pretend this guy was wasn’t an MVP candidate before he went down nine weeks ago and and seeing what he did game one back in almost putting 25 on the board big time win uh without Maxi if there’s going to be any

Team that can put pressure on the top that you would hate to see at the bottom of a seven or eight it’s going to be the Philadelphia 76ers with a healthy Joel andb back on the floor with a Tyrese Maxi healthy back on the floor and being

Able to ramp up you know this is if I’m if I’m Milwaukee and and and I’m Boston I’m kind of pissed right now that the 76ers slid to this position only to get Joel and be back two weeks before the playoffs start cuz you know they can

They can get in a position where they can put real pressure on these top teams and then by the way whoever gets them the other team most likely is going to get the Miami Heat now they have time to get fully healthy and we don’t know about Tyler hero but you know Jimmy’s

Back Bam’s back so seven and eight seeds in the in the Eastern Conference they’re not going to be an easy out so Boston Celtics they’ve had a great year Milwaukee’s been a roller coaster up and down but whoever they draw and but it could be Chicago Atlanta I don’t see

That happening because I think those you know heat and Philly teams are really good but with Joel coming back again this just gives them that belief this gives them that confidence that we can go out we can beat anybody any given night because we have the best player on

The floor anytime Joel and B plays so I’m happy to see him back I didn’t think he’d come back you know tal is still out he the fact that he we all didn’t it’s crazy I missed 6 months for a tournament like it’s I I even said they should s

Him the rest of the year it’s great like it’s not just like you put a Band-Aid on it or like an injection or even like a scope this is a real go under fix a torn ligament so it’s crazy the fact that he’s back especially given his size and

The way he plays and his age and his injury history it’s nuts I hope he can sustain this because again Philly when they’re fully healthy they are dangerous and they’re not going to be an easy out for Boston or Milwaukee no I well you know how I feel about Milwaukee but uh

Shams you also had some more Joel embiid news yesterday it wasn’t just what we saw on the court what else going on I’m told Joel ID has signed a new multi-year endorsement deal with Sketchers he will be the face of Sketchers basketball um he’s been trying different shoe models

With Sketchers since October he finally found one and he will stick with it at least for the reer of the Season he wore for the first time last night Julius Randle Terence man also part of Sketcher basketball but for for Joel embiid I think like Chandler and like Lou said I

Mean for him to come back I I knew just knowing Joel no one knows his body better than himself uh he’s been through so many different injuries he knew exactly what time would be the right time to come back he wanted to ramp up use these next five games to really get

Right and when Joel and beid steps back on the floor he he in his mind he feels like he’s going to dominate the game impact the game at a high level I don’t think he want he wanted to come back to this season and just be a shell of

Himself so we’ll see we’ll see if he gets back to that place before the start of the playoff how big is that bag from sketch a pair of Sketchers no I’m GNA assume they’re comfortable the pitch Kershaw I think he’s a Sketcher guy who Romo does this I think it’s I think it’s

Time for us to get us pair of Sketchers but once you once you go Sketchers it’s no going back to being cool and young I don’t know Sketchers is the move after a guy with that many injuries especially to his low sket has a history of being a

Comfortable they don’t they never built a basketball sh they do you think that they can’t figure it out well he has a history of inj listen regardless Sketchers regardless he’s getting a bag if he’s well the original Sketchers wasn’t CL the demo was like older people

Walking a lot right and so they’re like hookas hocas they’re like they’re comfy they’re comfy I just don’t know if I want to hoop soft cushioning I mean they got to start look what do you think garbage really I like the colors stop they look comfy bro a lot of that’s they

Are prob that’s what they’re built for he knows what he’s doing but the NBA is not comfy it’s they need to be built for Speed and power I’m going to say it 20 years from now Sketcher is going to be the best yeah no chance hot right it’s a

Hot take wow Michelle no chance check back in I’ll be dead but still we got to come back to that one yeah yeah we’ll come back to that one Sean will still be going producers just put the highlights like all right sketch by the way this was fun you didn’t have Jamal Murray

Doesn’t matter uh it was a close one till the end but the nug did win 110 105 they now sit first in the west this will just flip-flop for the next two weeks um yic with 426 and six and Victor wanyama finished with 23 158 and nine oh we’ll

Get to that in a second but first here is joic talking about wimy you say anything to him after that if you block more shot I’m going to something but he he blocked like four after that so I didn’t do anything about it he he had uh translator do we have a

Tiny translator I don’t think he was stoked that Wy blocks him he blocked he blocked a lot of things um but you heard that stat line two assists and one block shy of the quadruple double the one I’m waiting on the one I check on every

Night uh if you had to pick what was most impressive I mean he mentioned the blocks but this it’s definitely going to be the nine blocks got to be the blocks I think the most impressive thing was yogic is 46 and and 16 and six and the

Win but yeah this stat line is insane we’re talking about we he going to do it next year I think he might pull this off this year like every s he look 23 158 and N think he’s just three little stats away from getting quadruple double which

Is just insane we never thought we would see that again because we don’t have someone with that size and that talent and that skill set to be able to do all four of these statistical categories so the points are going to come easy the rebounds are going to come easy even the

Assists he’s going to have the ball in his hands but the fact that he could possibly have you know double digit in four different categories it really is nuts and we’re talking about a kid in his rookie year too so he’s going to get it it’s just a matter of win exactly I

Don’t think the the Casual fan understands how hard it is to get nine blocks in a game to almost have 10 and that’d be the reason that you have a quadruple double that is the most impressive part of everything that he’s done so not only is he an offensive

Threat he’s going to put himself in a position to be in a defensive player of the year conversation for years to come at nine 10 blocks that’s insan that’s T say has more blocks than 86% of the players uhhuh in history like we’re part he’s got more blocks than that’s hard

For for sure I saying he probably does what do you mean probably it’s crazy man it’s it really is matter of fact he does cuz I probably have a 100 blocks in my career I probably have less really yes I was a swipe and get out of the way or a

Charge guy pull it up Lisa let’s see how many we got probably got way more to you give yourself credit I don’t think so dude yeah you might you know what we we’ll effort that try to find out what you had Shams this G this game was fun

Like I look I get it Spurs are just playing for for fun right now and they’re missing a couple dudes but it was an entertaining game what did you take away from it I was texting in the chat like I wish it went to overtime so

We got a chance to see Victor minyama like go for that quadruple double I mean it is just a matter of time we’ve been talking about it for months now there’s four players in NBA history that have accomplished it just one time Victor wanyama will be the guy that we’re going

To think about as far as being the all-time quadruple double leader I think it’s it’s only bound to happen as long as he stays healthy we think about Russell Westbrook in terms of triple double King along with Oscar Robertson before him it’s going to be Victor Roman

Yama very very soon whether it happens this year whether it happens in the next two three four years um and all he has to do is get get two and he’s the all-time leader um and I think when I when I see this game and when I see the

Spurs obviously they’re down Deon Vel down Jeremy soan getting Talent on this team is going to be the number one priority this summer for them they’re GM Brian right the one good thing that they’ve done is they have optionality they have a ton of flexibility they have

A ton of draft picks they have tradable contracts that dejonay Murray trade they made a couple years ago getting three first round picks getting a draft swap that’s all stuff that’s going to come in handy come this summertime when they really are going to have to be aggressive this summer next summer to

Add Talent around wemi what’s really fun about his rookie season is that it’s yes they’re they’re a bad team right but they’re not it’s like they’re rebuilding it’s not like they’re tanking like they have the future they have the assets they have all these pieces so wimy is

Being able to grow as a player and as a teammate and when you look at their roster when you got guys like soan and Johnson and V these are kids that he’s going to be playing with for the next you know three to five years hopefully

And have this core kind of continue to grow together so it’s it’s a very good situation for wimy that he is on this team where he does get the minutes he does get the Reps he’s going to be the best player but also there’s light at

The end of the tunnel where we’re trying to win as soon as next year so it’s it’s it’s a great it’s the perfect situation for him they’ve been showing some good glimpses too against some pretty good teams all right over under Chandler on your career

Blocks I just saw it it up2 which is by the way is way more than I thought yeah and you thought yours is way more than you thought I got 192 see you guys you’re selling yourself short who to thk it um how many is wi we got I think we

Might got him combined we might have them for sure not going to have him 17 week next year not even done yet on his first year uh yic though with the 42 points that tied of course his season High I don’t even know L what’s left to

Say I watched the Denver feed last night when I was watching this game for a while there’s just three little letters of what by the way the Denver feed’s giving it to him you know what I’m I’m going to have to agree I I felt I felt

Like the I felt like the window was I felt like the window was was slim for for SGA to actually pull it off and that was going to come with having in one seed and carrying the team over and them having a little slippage him being out

You know these are these these games are pivotal when it comes to voting and and uh the opinion of the voters and so yic having this big game uh while SGA sits out I think this kind of hurts my this hurts my my position so I think he’s the

Guy the number one seat obviously that’s the thing we’ve been talking about too and they got the Hawks the Jazz the Spurs the Grizzlies they have some they cool bad scheduling coming up so they should probably finish with the onec which obviously is going to be the

Cherry on top for him getting it but here’s the thing I love that the the SJ exploded on the scene right like so I think that that helps his case that yeah I think the NBA and voters want someone new they want someone young in that market where that team’s going to be

Really good for a long time it’s just hard to overlook what yogic does consistently Night In N Out with this team and this Championship as aspirations if you looked right now who has a better chance to win a championship I think 99% of the world would say the Nuggets this year than the

Thunder 2 which I think that has an input but it’s crazy we get numb to these stat lines if SGA had the statline I would be like whoa like what a game jokic I’m just like ah think we should do the voting and completely after the season I think I

Think playoffs should be factored into the voting as well we always talk like Dirk won MVP and then he lost first round and it’s just like it’s it’s you got to go back after for the ceremony it’s like it just it’s it sucks do you think that’s a thing that they talk

About yearly like or they’re never going to change that they’re going to keep it two separate Seasons basically the regular and the post I think they should I think they should talk about I think they I think it should be a conversation and something that they consider because

You you you you get to see who’s really the guy in the playoffs you know with these guys that are leading all the way like joic he deserves to be the finals MVP MVP the things that he’s done but you you know you should give them an

Opportunity until the end of the season for everybody to be able it’s the same thing for All-Star right like there’s people that don’t make All-Star but then make like all NBA like sabonis didn’t make allar he might make all NBA like so that is also the voting starts you can’t

Be all NBA and not an allar the voting starts like a month into the season it’s CRA all you have to do is have a really good first two months and you’re an NBA Allstar correct I know I don’t I don’t love that pattern by the way I actually

Kind of hate it uh here’s a tough one Chandler if you could have only one of the two for the next five let’s do five years wemi or joic who are you taking how old is yic this is easy for me I think I’m going to go yic just CU I know

What I’m going to get for the next five years wi be there’s still like a learning curve there’s still a process with him there’s still the worry about him getting stronger missing games 29 29 years old I got to go yic cuz I know exactly what I’m going to get at least

For three or four of those next years and then we might start seeing a dip with his game the way he plays his body even if he loses athleticism he’s still going to be an elite player like you know what I mean it does not like he’s blowing people away with his

Explosiveness and Above the Rim anything he’s doing now at 29 he can do at 34 so I got to go yish it’s going to be yish for me as well he’s a proven winner already I wonder if uh if he’ll be like he’s the kind of guy that’s going to

Stop playing basketball earlier than we want him to isn’t he like I wonder how long we’ll get to see him if they win again probably got another three and also he just continues to tell us he really doesn’t care horses are waiting like his horses need to be tended to so

Then 10 years obviously it’s wmy we don’t need to and by the way next year when the first two months start and wm’s an allar and he’s like top five player in the NBA might change but we just there’s too much that we don’t know about him yet Future’s bright yeah

Future’s very bright uh Mavs Warriors Dallas and San Francisco uh and they win 104 100 it’s their fifth straight it’s like they know something’s up Andrew Wiggins with 23 and he also had to guard Luca uh six of those Warriors in double figures Luca finished with a a

Pedestrian 30 points 12 rebounds 11 assists it’s his 20th triple double of the season and uh their seven game win streak for Dallas that’s over Lucas said afterwards you can never ever count out the Warriors I mean I thought we kind of almost had reached that point Lou that

We were starting to count them out now are he’s right you you can’t you can’t count these guys out there’s too much legendary history there and the core of a lot of those moments are still there they’re on a five game winning streak right now what better time of the year

Than right now for this team to be gearing up um to surprise some surprise some people the only thing that’s going to stand in the way very much like their Legendary Run there are some young guys the yices of the the jokers of the world and these young guys they are at the

Beginning of creating those moments for themselves and that’s the only thing that stands in front of uh the Golden State Warriors for making one of those legendary runs is these teams are ready to make their runs themselves other than that you can never count this team out I

Look forward to it Andrew Wiggins I Andrew wig he was the key on their last championship run he’s been their key this year with the he hasn’t played good everyone knows though he’s not a 12 13 points per game guy he’s not a 36 or you

Know 45% from the field guy he’s had his struggles majorly this year but when he shows what he did last night and not even the 20 plus points he guarded Lucas so good Lucas still got his stats he but he used his length he shots exactly and

You’re he’s still going to get his with just the amount of ball times he has the ball had point I me for him that’s awful seriously though but his defense was unbelievable the way he moved without the ball the way he got out in transition this is the kind of energy

And the spark they need from Andrew Wiggins cuz again you can’t count out Steph Curry you know what you’re going to get from him even Draymond when he’s playing the team is a lot better and he’s been pretty consistent in what he brings to the table they need Andrew wig

Especially with kaminga out we don’t know when he’s coming back and he’s been a bright spot but kaminga should be and needs to be their second most important player because he is that guy can go give you 28 and five and guard the other team’s best player and I know you hate

It but give draym on green credit I don’t hate it big time Big Time block Big Time defensive stance at the end of that game to get them over over that hump these guys are gearing up you got you got to be excited for the postseason

And what’s the commment to play in you know what’s crazy is I was looking at I think the spread finished at like you know the the warriors were favored by one and a half or two points I’m looking at I’m like kaminga is out they’re I get

It they’re at home how the hell are the Warriors favored and it’s just it’s crazy how good they are but that’s that’s the respect that the Warriors have the people know how good they can be people know at home I mean that building is pretty good it’s a fun

Building I don’t know it’s that’s why this is exactly a perfect example of why if I’m a play in it’s scary to have to play this team and just beat them one time because they can go and they can advance and they can make noise even

Later and that if they get to if they draw the timber WS of the Thunder oh man it’s going to be tough like it is going to be tough same thing with the Lakers the Lakers look good so it’s it’s crazy because the Western Commerce is so deep

We’re talking about a 10 SE when LeBron you remember when LeBron said whoever created the play in should be fired yeah they should get a raise that’s they probably did they probably were given prizes and those playin games are going to be better than some of the first

Round series aged 100% agreed it’s there’s just much more on the line quickly and by the way for the record loop I don’t hate it because here’s why I get so mad about the Draymond stuff he came back in late January and they’re 23 and 111 that’s why I get a irritated cuz

I’m like dude why you what does air irritated mean I hate you so much have you seen his pants today good Lord America uh Jonathan kaminga he mentioned it his four straight game that he’s missed shams when can we expect him back out there John and the Kingo will be back on

Thursday in Houston according to Steve Kerr obviously a massive game in in the standings Houston has been coming right behind uh Golden State the last few weeks 11 straight wins but they’re now I believe three games back of Golden State um I mean that’s going to be pretty

Insurmountable you got to win if you’re Houston on Thursday to give yourself even a chance but uh Wiggins has stepped up in these four games that that kaminga has been out with nen onitis uh and and you know getting kaminga back in the lineup getting him a rhythm before the

Playoffs that’s going to be big for them but I’m looking at the standings uh a Warriors 109 matchup against the Lakers in that first playing game potentially I mean one of those teams going to be going home way earlier than they thought it is true because the Kings I think are

Going to struggle I think if it end right now they’re going to lose to Phoenix which means the Warriors or Lakers one of those teams are out which sucks sucks for who whoever is out oh interesting uh Luca and Kyrie combin for 57 um top Duos where you got them middle

Of the pack you and your middle of them I think they’re a little better than the middle of the pack I think Tatum and brown you got to they’re the best team you know I mean sure Giannis and Dame are up there Joker Murray I don’t know I don’t know that’s a

Championship D what it is it is so where does that put Luca and Kyrie they’re not a champ in the upper echelon in the middle of the pack I think they’re in the upper they’re in the middle of the P they’re a top five Duo there’s KD okay

Cool they’re a top five Duo but where do you put okay so they’re worse in the middle of the pack then yeah what’s the pack how many are is the pack if if they’re in the top if they’re in the top five where are they in the top five

Fifth oh so they’re not so you when you were answering it you were saying pack what how big was think third or fourth maybe the third or fourth best duo in the league right now you had them worse he has them worse he says five out of five I’m

Saying at least three all right can we just show really I just want to show this video I know we’re going go into a break here in a second but this this half court competition I would pay money for this shooting them like free throws it’s just Steph and Luca having they’re like

Kids I would watch this yeah this is fun yeah make this a thing we should have this shootout at all-star weekend too right Shams like let’s make this happen know I don’t like how friendly they are before the game I really I don’t also

But I I do like the I do like this for the fans especially that are there early I also like those shoes those were good shoes not Sketchers they were not Sketchers got it uh we’re going to take a quick break Shams love you mean it uh

We’ll see you bright and early tomorrow when we come back oh no Ryan rillo join Ryan there he is with a KN God only knows where he’s coming from right now he’s coming from his kitchen uh well I haven’t seen this dude in Forever you just did his podcast Lou

Have you met Ryan rillo yet I have not well good then we’re an introduction right now from the Ryan rillo podcast and a thousand other things who are we kidding rillo is here what’s up buddy good to see you again this has been a minute know it’s the last time I saw you

We were at ESPN and I remember you came on to Sports Nation and they were like he doesn’t have enough energy I’m like that’s who he he’s just a dry dude like Let Him Live that’s what you said about him no I didn’t say it and then he and I

Talked about it mocked everybody that said it true or false Ryan villo has been to my house in Malibu for a party true uh well kind of F I think I got there after the party been going on for 48 hours oh my God that checks

Out Chandler it was so bad Chandler left his own house yeah so I remember I I brought a a friend shall we say and I was like this house is sick great dude a lot of cool people it’s going to be amazing and and I’s Mutual buddy was

Like talking it up and she was like all right this is going to be great big car service SUV black oh wow obviously dirty way yeah so I was like I’m doing this up huge and it looked like a bomb went off and then Chandler left she friends with these guys I don’t

Know do you trust people in your I would steal something if I knew you yeah I trust it Go by the way for the record Chandler was fine it was just like everything else going on it was over if it was yeah if it’s a week it’s a

Three-day party it’s comeing to go as you please have you been to one of these parties I have not I have not cuz now I’m working man I’m the father yeah yeah yeah whatever we’re sicking tired of you uh all right so let’s get to some hoops

Talk here because embiid made the big return last night which is still shocking to everyone on this panel that he’s already back but he had 24 points they make it out of the play they’re getting Boston or Milwaukee can we be hyped for this what

Kind of a chance are you giving it well it’s a lot more fun than watching what they’ve been uh since he was gone CU they’ve just been terrible uh I think they tried to piece it together as much as they possibly can but last night was interesting for a few different reasons

Right because they were subbing him in and out with that game mattering you know they could have just said all right fine he got back he got his run um it’s it’s clear I don’t care what Nick Nur said about his conditioning I mean it’s just it’s just not realistic that he

Would be back and close to Peak conditioning for him because he’s a big guy he hasn’t like playing in a real basketball game is completely different than all the work that you would do leading up to it so uh he had a couple big shots uh I actually thought he was a

Little pass which is understandable but going up against Boston or Milwaukee this late in the game like Boston has a lot of things they can throw at him I I think Boston with the history of those two teams would welcome it so the name brand part of that being the first round

Matchup you’re like wait this isn’t what’s supposed to happen you’re getting back the NBA’s MVP in the first round but I just don’t know if those two teams would be afraid of what we saw last night unless it gets a lot better in the next two weeks yeah I think just that as

A teammate of Joel’s I think that good does give us that boost that confidence that okay any given night we have Joel embiid we can feed him we can dominate him the seven games is that enough for him to get in good good shape that I

Don’t know but I said Ryan I’ve torn my miniscus four times the fact that he’s back playing 30 minutes doing what he did last night after just missing nine weeks was the most impressive thing to me and yeah his cardio is going to come he’s going to turn the ball over he’s

Going to be a little passive like you said but the fact that he’s on the floor to me gives them at least that The Season’s not just a waste you know what I mean like now at least we have a team we can go to war with in the postseason

No matter who we play if it’s the Celtics so it’s a it’s a big mountain decline but at least now we have the confidence with Joel embiid going but on the on the flip side of that think about what you’re if you’re the Boston Celtics what are you thinking you’re like well

Damn you think I put this I put this team in a position to be one of the best in the League this year only to be rewarded with Joel embiid and Tyrese Maxi for the first round of this of the playoffs like you CH he’s changing the

Whole dynamic of the playoff look yeah Ryan if you’re the Celtics would you rather the Heat or the Philadelphia 76ers because they’re probably going to get one of those two after having a hell of a season yeah I know I mean you would think and you guys can answer this a lot

Better than I can but I’d always like to think like if you think anything of yourself if you have any kind of personal Pride knowing that you blew that series to Miami because I still like I think that Eastern Conference Finals outcome is still one of the most

Surprising playoff series I’ve ever seen because Miami just punked him for three straight games it’s like Boston you’re like you really going to let this happen then Boston wakes up they get it to seven Tatum turns the ankle so you would think like yeah no actually we want

Those guys again because we want to prove what happened last year the difficult thing about um I’m getting emotional about it oh my God it cool deep breaths all right all right I watch the Heat for what five six months and then it’s like okay none of that

Mattered like the team I watched last night against New York where most of their guys are back and Butler’s defending Brunson and now kayin Martin’s back in there and yic who I have a sneaky love for uh like I watched that game against New York who’s missing all

Their other guys you’re like wait would this be a four seed if they had played like this the entire time so I still think Miami would be the more challenging basketball team than Philadelphia because I don’t know why it’s going to look so much better in two

Weeks uh but you would think there’d be some lingering personal Pride from athletes after what happened last year to Boston losing in the Easter compest finals yeah and anytime there’s like a b up Team all year long and you just know Miami at some point they’re going to get

Tyler herro back now they got Martin back you know they’re getting Jimmy Butler back so it’s like at some point this team’s going to be full strength and I don’t want to play them in the first round but given as a competitor of you know what happened in the past yeah

I’m a little more Juiced up than playing you know a banged up Philly well for but also I want to survive in advance too and just play Orlando in the second round so whatever is the easiest path also would be kind of nice we give Miami a lot of credit because they usually

Turn it on at the end of the season and they become one of those teams that you don’t want to run into but pre Joel embiid injury Philadelphia was a top three team in the Eastern Conference so to run into them with Joel embiid back for the first round of the playoffs I

Think in my personal opinion that’s a scarier match up just selfishly as a fan and people that we’re all going to be watching I I love everything about what’s happening right now I’ll tell you this whoever Philly plays the first round if Joel embiid wasn’t playing I probably wouldn’t watch that series at

All then get now it’s you be at least it’s spicy it changes everything let’s talk Celtics for a second rillo cuz they are it’s just a crazy team and I I’d love to be a fly on the wall when they’re watching Joella come back and they’re

Like damn it but they got the best record and then Jason Tatum takes a lot of heat uh predominantly clutch time critiquing where are you on on what he’s done what he can do what are his limitations if any just a real quick thing I think with the history of the

Playoffs and beat Boston’s like whatever really seriously yeah I think they think mb’s easier to guard in the playoffs than the other top guys in the league than Miami so yeah uh I just I just think of harder for a traditional Center to to destroy you in those late

Possessions um but as we’re talking late possession traditional about Joel embiid I I feel you but Joel embiid is like that’s not traditional to me you know what I mean look I mean if if we’re going George mikin you got me no not that tradition won’t go that back we

Won’t go that yeah but also who on the Celtics Ryan who on the Celtics Ryan porzingis ain’t guarding Joel in the half court offense Horford so they’re going to be D team so these guys like UB Harris are going to get a lot of more open shots than they have the last nine

Weeks Horford does I I can’t believe he’s still doing this okay but he does an incredible job of like just making everything all the work before the catch and the setup he just does a better job against em be than other people have done I think that’s why the Sixers were

Motivated to sign him as a free agent years ago and here we are like five six years later and he’s he’s still giving them good minutes um you’re right porzingis one-onone like nobody’s going to hand and be oneon-one I would just say I’ve noticed stuff I feel like late

With him in some of those big possessions where he needs to be set up to get into position or he needs to be set up to get that catch at the free throw line which is a layup for him um but there there’s it’s just a little bit

Harder for him than say like a list of two or three other perimeter guys that can kind of get the ball and just go Um at least that’s the way I you know look we may just disagree about it but I don’t think Boston’s going to go oh no

We have to play him again when they’ve had a pretty good track record against them in the playoffs see and to me the Celtics their issue who’s stopping Boston well their weakness was their depth to me but the fact that they went through a whole regular season

They’re 59 and 16 with Pritchard and Hower and Horford as their only three real rotational bench players is nuts so everyone knows getting into the postseason shortens anyway so now I think that’s almost an advantage to them because now guys are really teams are just going to go seven eight deep

Anyways so now I think that that weakness turns into a strength because those guys are proven those guys are ready they’ve gotten all the Reps all your long and they’re healthy and they’ve been healthy which helps a lot who’s stopping if you want me go ahead

Um like look the the late game stuff though Michelle you’re asking me about like I see it too because you know if you dig into all the numbers and we did this with Bill on Sunday there’s not really like this number that jumps out like oh in 2020 they did this but then

The late game they did this or their playoff efficiency in offense went down a hill and you’re like you know it’s all kind of pretty steady like 22 is probably more about defense um but I’ve looked at all the clutch numbers I think it’s more of an eye thing than something

That’s looked at in the number because they only have like after the All-Star break eight games that qualify as clutch but I do think they get a little isolation jab step Triple Threat happy where Tatum and Jaylen are so good at making absurd shots that they kind of

Default to that but the by product of that becomes that everybody’s just standing around watching to see if the shot is going to go in and they make themselves easier to defend so this is an historically accomplished statistical regular season team but I think some of that lingering stuff that those of us

That have watch them a lot were like hey is that going to be enough not just to get out of the East but to beat say a Denver in the finals because I thought that was a very clear difference between the execution of those two teams when

They played twice this year but right so right now would you take the Celtics or would you take the field just to get out of the East I take the Celtics over the field but I wouldn’t take them over Denver yeah me neither sounds that sounds fair right I mean the fact

They’re 32 and three at home which is they’re then like you said sometimes we see Tatum take these like it’s like Luca when you see him take this 35 foot step back three at the end and he misses it it’s like what the what kind especially when teams are going on runs

Yeah it’s like why are you taking the shot so when you see Tatum and brown they get to their mid-range they do that’s a low efficient shot right that’s a low percent shot so but when he makes it it’s a hero what a crazy shot but

Most of the time that’s not a high that’s not a good shot live by It Die by it they are a jump shooting basketball team they like they like shooting jump shots and they like shooting three-pointers they’re going to live and die by it even when teams go on a six to

Eighto run you would think they’ll come down get something flowing where the ball will move side to side no this team plays ISO basketball and they’re going to live by it and die by it and that’s what we wait to see in the postseason I can’t wait to hear your take on Draymond

Green because the fourth ejection of the Season just happened um it was so egregious that I think he finally lost Lou as a staunch Defender at least this week it is the first time it has happened so where are you are you reading Kerr and Curry as just like they

Got to be over it but they got to also stand by their dude yeah I think that’s what it is I think it’s standing by him I think it’s uh you know sometimes you do everything as a parent I don’t know what that’s like but you you know your

Kid just sucks you know you just go like we tried we did a lot of stuff we bought him stuff we deprived him of stuff we tried all these different angles we read books and you know he’s just he’s not going to listen to us just you know so I

Think the stuff that’s really frustrating about Draymond I think his personality is really important to this entire run um I’ve always felt like every team needs one guy that’s going to kind of live in the gray area and and fight for you emotionally because the rest of the Golden State Warriors over

These years have been kind of passive personalities I mean they’re great there’s a bunch bunch of my favorite players I’ve ever watched but they needed Draymond to be this kind of emotional fuel for them throughout a lot of this stuff so I think that was kind of the agreement where they all

Understood hey we need to let him go a little bit further because this is just who he is I remember I interviewed him after the 16 finals in person in Toronto at the All-Star events and I was like is there any part of you that regrets you

Know what happened in 16 and really the finals turning on that he was like nope he’s like I wouldn’t have 70 million if I acted like you or something like that and and mean he wasn’t actually being a jerk about it to me but he was basically saying like I am wired

This way this is what you get and that’s why I have all this money in the bank and I’ve got so I don’t think that he’s ever really felt like he has to be more accountable like all of us wanted to be more accountable I think he I think he

Finally said it on on his own podcast though he said I might have cost us a championship in in 2016 I I believe that’s what he said on his podcast so what does he believe because he says one thing he says another thing absolutely what is what what’s up my thing is it’s

All fun in games he is the emotional leader he’s he is that heartbeat he is that tough but it’s when you’re not on the flooor for your team all that goes out the window so if if you yes you you are that emotional leader and you

Are the tough guy in the locker room and clay and Steph as great as they are they are kind of passive and they’re super nice guys but they’re not going to be the guys to jump you in practice they’re not going to be the guys to check coach

You know Steve yeah they’re they’re not that but when it comes to this level where now he’s missing games and as Steph Curry as Steve Curry you realize that we are a much better team when he’s is on the floor that’s where then I’m pissed off that’s when Steph Curry is

Literally crying on cuz we’re there’s 23 and 11 since he’s back that’s a huge difference than the bad product they were putting without him so his value is more important than his his attitude and his toughness what that that that doesn’t matter to me if he’s not able to

Play because he’s suspended doing dumb green end of the day Jordan P was not the only player that got punched this year last year trust me he was the only one that somebody leaked the tape trust me you mean punched by Draymond or there’s a hot take is like a cereal puncher

Left hold on how many you see punch in the face you know what’s crazy the crazy I saw om casby and Garrett Temple beat each other and there was no video of it that’s what I’m saying the problem is the video getting leaked it’s not the problem somebody gets punched oh you’re

Not saying draymond’s punched like 30 gam last year not cuz that would have been a story not yeah that’s what I was like can I go now well there is probably 25 other altercations that with Draymond with anyone else that if it was on tape

We would we would really be mind blown I know what are we not seeing but side note this the omry casby Garett Temple that’s the weirdest Duo I’ve ever heard why would they be mad at Temple like the nicest guy in the world and omy Cat it’s

It was crazy after like a loss we were in Memphis it was after a loss and I’m talking like blows punching each other in the face to where like we were so caught up we didn’t even break it up we were just like watching and then finally

Like hockey but it was a crazy fight it was literally a hockey fight I kind of love that you let let him bre if that video came out it would have been so viral people get punched every day be people what is wrong with you Lou Lou is

The casby wasn’t a big rebounder right Casby can’t even break it up oh let me ask you this Warriors Lakers we got the whole playin situation either one of those in your opinion a viable option to to make a Deep Run both I don’t know this is the most clueless I think I’ve ever been Anar West seriously like I

Like so many of these teams and I’m like all right I can find the argument right I can find the argument against him like I got asked the other day I was like okay after Denver because I think Denver it makes sense to default to Denver um and that’s with Murray back

Because they have a really hard time with guys on the ball creating on their own there’s just not a lot of those guys and when joic comes out now you know you can just see that the offense has struggled a little bit so anyway when I

Look at the matchup part of it like I think Minnesota with the way they’ve handled the Clippers with the way they can have goar cover Gordon the dunker spot and then Denver tries to have Gordon bring go away and they just ignore it they’re like fine you want to

Shoot Corner 3 Aaron do it that means jokic isn’t shooting the basketball like I like Minnesota as as another option but I know you could come back at me and kill me on the late offense what is the thing that you trust what does it look

Like with cat coming back if he’s coming back late and all that kind of stuff so when you start factoring Golden State LA into it like Golden State’s been I mean actually both these teams have been really good since you look at these record points but I think it’s an awful

Match up for Golden State like last year in the playoffs just went this is this is impossible we’re talking which of those teams make a run one of those teams aren’t getting out of the play in yeah you know what I mean one of the which is

Weird to yeah like I don’t think they’re catching Phoenix and Phoenix is gonna you know Phoenix Sacramento and then one of those teams are out so it’s do you guys like Phoenix dude I’m so scared of Phoenix I I love Phoenix I thought they’ve been so I thought they were so

You know underperforming but I’ve said it all year long I think they have it all I think the pickup of like a Roy O’Neal is great nurkic he constantly have 15 and 15 nobody talks about that Beal’s been a little bit of a roller coaster inconsistent but when you have

That much offensive fire power and you have Grayson Allen now having a career year shoo what world we live in they have so many weapons offensively where to me that’s scary Minnesota had a great year OKC had a great year but I’m not scared to play them in the posting

Because I haven’t seen them do it before I haven’t seen so KD is why you I’ve seen those I’ve seen Devin Booker do it I’ve seen Kevin Durant do it so those guys have that their res ma scares me more than care do it together that’s that’s they’ve been super inconsistent I

Just know what they’re capable of there we go well wait Ryan why did you ask cuz are you are you not buying them I had a really hard time and I know it’s one game but the rematch against the Spurs where they lost you mean the

Three of the four they lost I love it so much yeah or that um they were a team where I was like I don’t really care what the record is I don’t care what the seed is I don’t care what all the numbers are like those guys haven’t

Played enough games together like once they roll it out like I love Booker he is one of my favorite players of the last few years it wasn’t immediate with him but just the way he is and he goes about his business like I wish more basketball players just as soon as they

Stepped on the court were like that guy I I think he has that thing that you need to to just raise your game to another level and we’ve at least seen with the the run in 21 you’re like okay there’s something there as opposed to some of these other players that I love

That you know I think there’s always a moment of oh is that guy comfortable right now like I remember Shay gild Alexander in that run with the Thunder where they went to the Rockets with seven games and it was Chris Paul and it was schruder like sgaa granted he was

Younger he wasn’t the first option you’re like I don’t know if he’s entirely comfortable out there and now I would never even think that of him um going you because the team is his and all these different things so with Phoenix they check all these boxes but I

I I feel like I gave up in the last week and their closing schedule is absurd when you look at everybody they’re going to play the reg sus it’s unbelievable how bad it is yeah somebody somebody was mad yeah I’m I’m Ry on this one like you

Just they they haven’t had that that Firepower that you would expect from from the talent that they have on paper I hadn’t seen put one of those runs together where I’m like yo this is going to be a dangerous basketball team come postseason it’s just so many so many

Inconsistencies and how they play and how they defend it just worries me sometimes Minnesota 52 and 23 Phenix 44 and 31 if they played in the playoffs I think I’m taking the Suns when you put it like that it is an interesting you know I mean like I don’t care about

Their regular season record I I I really don’t the numbers are the numbers I’m just I’m I’m A vibe guy I ain’t feeling the vibe yeah I’m not feeling Vibes yeah we got Vibes and Visions sons and four we’re gonna get that we’re gonna get that kid back we’re gonna get that kid

Back I’m all sweep him I think like a few weeks ago I probably would have gone with you on this and by the way this is what we’re getting we’re getting and then I’m I’m waiting around for like the C they just going to go hey we showed

You what we needed to do for two months and now we’re going to stink with me and L are hot on the Clippers now they’ve I think I’m still there so we we agree again it’s so many of these teams in the west that I really really like

That it’s just it’s all over the place you guys should exchange numbers on this but seriously like what about Dallas like I know Dallas is scary Dallas is scary look at we’ve named 10 teams and they’re all all good they’re all deep and they all can beat you any given

Night Dallas is one of those teams I can’t get with but CH loves them by the way I just want to fast forward to the playoffs um on the MVP thing L had SGA had him since before the season even started channelers got yic you actually have a vote where are you

Leaning and if it is joic and he gets his third is he is he best of all I mean I know Tony K coach has his opinion but where are you a ridiculous take what was it I missed that one youx players man you guys get mad at us in media you

You’ve been on fire went nuts yic isn’t on the level of he wasn’t top five someone else some dino Raj Y is good and all the stats are cool but he’s nowhere near as good as that was a that was a real schol bro um it re of old school wait you get

A vote Ryan okay what can we look at that what thanks Chandler you seem excited about it wow that’s cool like what’s wrong with you did we get a vote come on no we don’t get a vote we’re not real I just got it I I didn’t get it I didn’t get it

Until after I left es I that’s the best part so that was the weirdest like all these things that have happened to me post ESPN it was like oh is that because of ESPN I was like no I actually as soon as I left I was gone I don’t really get

It either uh no I think somebody in the office was like do you know how many games this loser watches like just you should get a vote though think of about people who do like you should get a vote do you how hard do you think about it or

You already know you’re like I I already I’ve had it last year I I really had a hard time with it okay you know cuz I think it’s is really important you know you’re uh as a vote last year too just shut up thanks buddy he’s never been more impressed by

A human being in his life I don’t know if that I feel like there’s a tad like all right you know when you started bringing up the C coach thing I started bringing up the globe being like let me try to figure out what’s going on and

Why why they’re dumping on joic so bad uh last year I struggled with it I really really struggled I ended up going with embiid um I didn’t but I just Tred to make the vote the vote because last year there was so much going on just Waring tribes on that that was so

Frustrating because I felt like you just had to be so dismissive of either one of the players to make your point and I just didn’t think that’s what it was and I thought the way EMB closed and joic and Denver was just kind of like over it

And you g to try to go the whole season so anyway having said that I have no hesitation with yic this year like there’s no way I there’s no way he could wear a t-shirt that says Ryan rillo sucks warm-ups and there’s just no way I’d be voting any for anybody else it

Really comes down to Luca and jannis 23 for me which makes Lou probably upset that I well today I conc it today I conceded I thought the only way that he could possibly pull it off if if they finish the season with that with the one seed

And him being the leader of that and with some slippage I think they going they’re in third today or something of that nature could change in two days I me he and Yannis are his two and three I didn’t hear SGA I’m I’m going bypass that part and not

Tatum Love for Tatum it’s a lot of people that likes Giannis as well jannis is a sleeper pick uh Sur I just feel like there’s almost like we’re so used to it now that like I almost voted Giannis last year really number one yeah it’s like we’re just it’s just he’s

There he’s he’s in our subconscious all the time but he doesn’t have the I’m sorry Michelle I think it’s because sometimes honest I I think the guys that played like be like he just gets it and goes through everybody there isn’t like we had that thing this season we’re like

Where’s the bag where’s the bag like I don’t know man whatever it is it works and I love that he’s up for it every single night that’s the thing about I think he’s mad Ryan yok could just schedule they got the Hawks the Jazz the Spurs the Grizzlies like they’re going

To get the one seed too stamps is well that Spurs thing’s not a given so let’s slow down um let’s talk right it’s the last game and nobody will play I know maybe not uh they’ve been fighting the CET hren Rookie of the Year thing basically all season although that’s

Weakened a little bit it’s wemy right I mean who cares what the team record is go ahead right I I I hate Rookie of the Year being factored in by like oh those games mattered more like CH C can have a game where he doesn’t even like I like chat so I don’t

Want to argue against Chad but cat’s role in responsibility on this team is completely different than when Bama’s and Victor is the better player yeah but I think we turn the corner on wmy again the things he’s I just think when yeah so we’re not looking at all at wins and

Losses in this only award everything else allstar MVP wins matter Rookie of the Year doesn’t right you’re a rookie you’re just doing but it’s just it’s crazy when it’s a draas okay we’re talking about the best team arguably in the west and the worst team in the west

What you don’t think chat would put up those numbers on the Spurs and still get that many wins you almost had a quadruple double and lost on the flip side though how good would the Thunder be if was on the Thunder this is what it’s been season it’s hard like it’s

It’s mesmerizing but it’s just hard to root for when it comes to winning we can agree that winning does not matter fine when be by far is the better player better future and he has had a hell of a year fine winning just does not matter a

Lot of these big numbers have come with losses that’s all we saying most of them right and he also had like three months where no one on the team could throw him an entry pass yeah okay but but Chad is L possibly a number one seed Ryan that

Does that’s got to count for something it’s coming it’s coming Ryan um we this has been awesome I hope you’ll come back on again was it bill that said when he watches wmy he feels like he’s in a dream is that him I think so although he

Lost his mind I mean I’m glad we’re leaving now before I get to say I’m think I’m flirting with wemy for Defensive Player of the Year yes all right let’s come back this is all I love this so much all right uh this was been great it’s been good to catch up talk

Soon thank you appreciate we’ll take a quick break we’ll be back revoke guys we we can’t finish the show and not show this this gracious moment it really is crazy to do in a game with like five minutes left I mean they’re up what are they up 20

Still by the way is that considered disrespectful it’s not considered disrespectful because whoever this guy is had an opportunity to play defense he decided not to you know what’s crazy and here’s the Highlight he fully gave up the yeah he gave up that’s fun that’s that’s not Jackson Hay’s problem but I

Would lose my mind if I was at that game that’s silly that’s a Toronto Raptor’s problem you should be mad at you should be mad at your own team look at the reaction look at number two dancing on they’re Dancing On Your Grave he’s there also those Toronto un

Everything’s throwing me off with the color scheme on those are the drink un I don’t love it I don’t that’s a weird my man just did a through the legs dunk in an NBA game it’s pretty sick what did you just get it yeah I mean it’s nuts it

Took while figure out what we we looking at uh that’s going to do for it’s a hard dunk to do Tyler HBO Malik Rose on the show tomorrow have a great Wednesday double guest back up back up back back

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