Loves and Loathes: Vintage Steph Curry, the Unbeaten Grizzlies, and Coaching in Quarter-Zips

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That's, yeah, those ones. We'll get to that, because that'll be in Loves and Loads. We do need to start by saying, it does feel like deja vu. No, no, time out, time out, time out. You got us. You can just do a second round of Loves and Loads. At the top of the show, right after the Grizzlies go 5-0, when they're underdogs on the road against another undefeated team, you have to talk Grizzlies up top. Not only are the Grizzlies 5-0, but they're also undefeated. The Grizzlies 5-0 have a young team that has been thrown together. Their rookie was the second youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double. They are 4-0 on a road trip to start the season, which is pretty unbelievable. And last night, at the game against his former team. John Morant in his bag against his former team. This is how the game started. And it was like, oh, this is quite the build-up. Oh, and the song. Don't forget the song choice. And then there is a clip that goes around that the player from the Portland Trailblazers gets to select a song that is played in the pregame. And so they put up on their Jumbotron tonight's selection from John Morant Cross Me by NBA Youngboy. Which, if you were to go read the lyrics, are pretty unbelievable. And so, that's all leading into now Morant playing against his former team. This episode is presented by Sam's Club. During the holidays, everyone's in a club. The last-minute gift giver's club, the coolant's club, the food coma club, whatever holiday club you're in, Sam's Club is the club that helps you pull it off. Need to get a meal on the table under two hours? Done. Shopping for the brands they want, like Dyson and Lego, without blowing your budget? Check and check. Sam's Club helps you make the most of the holidays. Come join us. Sam's Club. Now, just as a point of clarity here, there is somewhat of a minor civil war that goes on within a small market that has a superstar that left where there is going to be a portion of the fan base that is always Grizzlies, Grizzlies, no matter what. And then, with the advent of the John Morant era, a lot of new fans came along. And then those fans now resent the team because they are gone. And so, everybody knew they wanted nothing more than for John Morant to cook the Grizzlies last night. Because they had stood by John Morant. But, as they played last night against the 3-0 Blazers, they go on like a 28-6 run in the game. I mean, they wore them out. They waved the white flag with four and a half minutes left in the game. And this was a game that was tied at halftime. And then, in the most. Greek tragedy way ever, not only do the Blazers get demolished in the game, John Morant goes out in the second half with a hamstring injury. You saw it. I hit the group chat and I was like, John looks like he's limping. And then, two possessions later, he had a crazy closeout where he jumped. I remember this. He jumped in the air and swung his hand like he was going to try to take someone's head off, but just to distract somebody from shooting a three. It was super athletic. I was like, I guess he's not that hurt. And then, he's out. And as I've told you many times, I have no ill feeling about John Morant. I mean, you know, I watched him for the first seven years of his career. I know everybody involved with him. I hope he achieves what he should have achieved. I would hate for it to be a sad story of what might have been. Because I think he is mega talented and he seems to be in a good place now. And I gotta be honest with you. It's been a thing. Over the course of the last three plus years, where it was like, bro, can you play five games in a row? And we would get to maybe game four or we would get to game five in a row and then it would happen again. And we'd be like, there's no way. You go back and look at how many times he's played five games. Five. Not like ten. Not like twenty. Five. And so to see that happen, last night, that was a huge bummer. Because it's like, well, one thing has not changed. And on the other hand, the Grizzlies, who last week, I said in Loves and Lows, you always try to identify, like, who is the try-hard team? And I told you, this is the try-hard team. They're trying hard. And they are deep. And you have seen, at the beginning of the year, Ty Jerome won Western Conference Play of the Week. And to watch them now, like, I'm watching them last night, for the other team to deploy their best defender on him into Monty Kamara. Shut him down. And he's also guarding him from 94 feet. And he is getting guarded like a superstar. He's made to C2. He's deploying the best defender on him. But it does open up everything for everybody else. Because it's like, are you really going to use your best guy on Ty Jerome? Okay! And next thing you know, and they have had this belief that their strength in numbers, obviously the way this guy coaches, Tumas Isolo, he goes deep into the bench and plays a bunch of guys. And it's almost like line changes sometimes. And then you watch these second quarters and you watch these fourth quarters, and they have proven to have a distinct advantage against their opponents in those by playing fast, playing a bunch of guys. And obviously, they got good players. They got good players. They don't have the A-plus guys, but they got a bunch of good ones. They're just like a. What am I trying to think of? You know those dogs in Africa? They're like a pack, and they hunt and they take the prey, and they corral them, and they have a coordinated attack of like 15, a pack of dogs, and they get like one prey. That's what it feels like when you play the Grizzlies. They're not the biggest. They're not. You know what I mean? There's just a pack and they move in coordination. And like Beef Stew last night was great. Like Gigi Jackson. They're just deep. They got a bunch of just B-pluses. It's been a different. No A-pluses. And it's been a different guy. Like ever since. Yeah. So, as we always talk about the whiteboard, as soon as Jerome went to the top of everybody's whiteboard, which happened very, very quickly, now you have seen these other guys be able to flourish. And then I don't know why they're just leaving Cam Boots open for practice threes. He had three. Three just butt-naked practice threes. They're daring him to shoot them. And he didn't just hit them. He casually easily knocked them down swishy. That is actually something that was mega fascinating because what happened last night is Zack Eadie and Donovan Klingon was like. They hate each other. And it was also like 1993. These pigs. It was like King Kong versus Godzilla. Eat. No. I think. Edie hates him. It really does. And I forgot they played each other in college in the championship. Oh, yeah. Last year, some stuff happened. I didn't know this was, like, so historic. Oh, yeah. I was like, man, these two are getting after it. This goes back to Purdue-UConn, for sure. And, I mean, he's yelling to him about flopping. He's, like, telling him to get up. And then Donovan Klingin is just like, whatever. They really, like, there's real smoke there. I love it. It's great. I mean, you just don't see that with big guys. And you have these two just mountains that really, like, tangle with each other and obviously can't stand each other. So, that was great. But the thing is, Edie gets fouls. Beef Stew got three fouls. Quentin Post got hurt because that's their third center. So, what do they do? Yeah, he hit a couple threes, too. So, when you asked about the stepping into threes, they played Boozer at the five. And now, this creates a choice. You have to make defensively, which is the choice you were talking about. They don't want to draw Klingin or a center away from the basket. That opens up the basket for guys to drive. And so, if he can knock those down, you ask, why is it so open? I mean, this is, like, the drop coverage thing. And it's, like, if you – it was interesting to watch because you're like, oh, this is actually a real weapon because if he can man the five defensively and rebound well enough and hold down the four, that creates a huge – you saw it last year with your championship-level team on a much higher level. But that is the problem that Cat creates for teams. If you're going to play your big lug and they're going to play Cat at the five, he'll just – I mean, it's shooting fish in a barrel if you're going to leave him out there to knock down threes. And so, if Boozer can knock down threes, his ability to play the five becomes a massive weapon for them. And I don't think they would have even gotten to it in that way if it weren't for foul trouble and post going out. No, and I don't think he's going to see naked threes like that too often because the NBA, usually someone's coming to close you out, whether they're late or whatever. Like, usually someone's coming, but there's just no one coming. But one of my biggest takeaways from this game, outside of the Grizzlies are easily the best team in the NBA, and they're probably going to go 8-2-0, is that I would hate to cover Denny Advia. I would hate to cover him. Like, there are possessions. Where the defender is just running alongside of him with their hands, I think it was like Cedric Coward or somebody, with their hands straight up. And Advia just sort of like bumps India and sweeps his shot up, so he hits your arms, and the refs call it. And it's like, you can't really be mad at Denny for having this effective game. You know, Brunson does it too, SGA does it. Like, guys get to the line, you know, but like, I would hate to cover him. I would lose my mind. Well, and one of the things that you're finding about these, guys, and I watched him last night, I remember back in the day, it was about, like, whether it was James Harden, or it was Jalen Brunson, or it's Luka Doncic, and you wonder, like, how. Or Kevin Durant with the sweep through. Would you say, how do these mega, like, these guys are not mega athletes, so how do they do it? And then what they did is, like, many of the times, what they would find is they would study these guys, and they would say, we always focus on fast twitch and acceleration. But what. But these guys, the blessing that they have is they stop faster than you. Yeah, Denny did that a couple times last night. The deceleration, it's actually, it's almost like the complete opposite. Yeah, if you think about it, it's like, yeah, we go 0-60 faster than you, but you don't stop as fast as I do, which is going to create the exact same advantage as the acceleration. And these guys are all great, and he is one of those. He is great at it. If you watch him, he's going full speed, and then he just stops. And you can't stop in time. They use steps to their advantage. I'd hate to cover him. And you know what? You can tell in the locker room before the game, they're like, listen, Denny Obvious is going to try to get to the line. Just make sure you don't have your arms in this position. Make sure you don't do this. And there's just nothing you can do about it. There's just nothing you can do. He's going to get to the line. And also, like you see last night, Klingon is fantastic, but they missed Time Lord because, of course, they're running out Brendan Carlson. I mean, these guys are, you know, should not be playing. The guys that they were running out at center, whenever Klingon would have to sit, are not guys that you would tend on plugging. And Robert Williams being out for them was a thing. But it was mega impressive. All right. And you tell me, where's the loss? So Memphis plays. Oh. All right. Kings tomorrow night. In Sacramento? No, no. Home. It's all home. Home, okay. This is all home. Okay. Yeah. They're coming. They're flying back. They flew back last night. So it's probably a win. Pacers Monday night? Probably a win. Yeah. Huh? Pacers try hard. They get the scissors around there. No, they're hurt. You see their injury thing the other night was 10 deep. And Halliburton's already out. Right? All right. I'll give you Pacers. Keep going. So you got, okay. Kings. Oh, I missed Pelican. I missed Pelicans. Kings, Pelicans. So you're giving them that. Pacers. Sure. We may do the show. All I'm telling you is I don't want to get ahead of myself. I don't know. Things happen, man. I understand. There's upsets every night. Anyone who has a FanDuel account will tell you. I am only telling you. I'm just going to prepare you. There is a very real possibility that Memphis is 8-0 going into Oklahoma City a week from today. Okay. And I'm going to be honest with you. I'm just going to tell you that when we do the show next Friday, we are talking about the 8-0 Grizzlies playing against Oklahoma City at home next Friday. It could happen. I mean, the next three games are Sacramento, New Orleans, Indiana, all at home. Schedule's light at the beginning of the year. Schedule's light. That's great. But I love it. It was, it was, that was unbelievable. And Boozer. Boozer is awesome. Absolutely awesome. They were 4-0 and he hadn't hit a shot yet. And then last night broke out for a triple-double. And been a good start so far. That's for sure. That's my first. Sure has. That's my first love. I love him. We also had the Hawks beating the Cavs in Atlanta. Big Kong Wu night. Big Kong Wu night. Big night. I was like, damn, he's hitting threes. He's getting to the rack. He's getting to the line. Playing defense. I was like, because that was one of the big sort of like question marks about their team. It's like, who's in the center? Like, they got a bunch of wins. Who's in the center? You worried at all about your Cavs? Um. Yes. A little bit. I mean, it did feel, both teams run a back-to-back, right? And Atlanta back-to-back's not an easy one. No. And they've got guys. To make Mitchell play the way he did. Because he was like one for nine from three. You know? And Peyton Watson was one for eight from the floor. Like, it was, you know, it was a competitive game. Yep. Came down to the end. Mitchell had two looks to tie the game at the end. That's right. He had two looks. Not great looks, but two looks in one possession. You know, two cracks at the apple. Is that how you say it? Two cracks at the apple? They did. Bites. Two bites at the apple. What the hell? What the hell is wrong with you? Hey, I will say this. The Cavs have been one of those teams that, like, you regularly can text and say, hey, turn on the end of the Cavs game. Like, at least they've given us that. They'll be in it. Yeah, they'll be in it. Right? They're not getting blown out. Yeah. What's your first love? I'm not too concerned. Okay. You know what I'm going to do? Pelicans-Kings? Okay. Big one. You're scared. You're scared if you say something about the Pelicans-Kings, they might get your grizzly. Oh, no. That's tomorrow night. Halloween night. I will say this. Unbelievable Darius Acuff box score. Oh, yeah. And that dunk in transition. Yeah, because I'm watching the Hawks and the Cavs. I got my eye on the other game. There was only three games last night, but that dunk was on everyone. Damn. That was awesome. And Fears, too. Fears played really well. Oh, by the way. How do I say this? Quick 20-second timeout. Just because we brought up Acuff. And obviously, I think about watching him so much last year at Arkansas. Wait till you see this year's Arkansas team. I just happened to watch them the other night because they played like in a… Wait. They had the finish kick, right? They called him Slim Jesus. Yes. Yo, the game started. They scrimmaged Memphis, and it was on ESPN+. So, I watched it. The game starts. There's a turnover to start the game, and this guy gets it. He jumps the passing lane, goes out on a break, and cocks this thing back like this. His name's Mika. Yeah, if you don't know who this is, I think he's from Finland, right? And he's got a Michael Myers tattoo. This guy. He's awesome. Oh, and they've got the number one point guard recruit in the country, this kid named Jordan Smith. And they've got a Billy Richmond III, who is awesome. Like, they are… If you are an NBA fan, you're going to tune in Arkansas. saw and just frothed at the mouth at some of these guys because they are. While we're on the college basketball tangent, I saw a headline today that was on ESPN that there's this new highly-touted point guard who's committed to LSU. Last name, Alston. No. I was like, no. Is it really? Skip to my loo, too. Rafer Alston's kid is like. I know because anyone who's our age, those N1 mixtapes, the VHS's were like. I've probably watched Volume 1 and Volume 2 more than any other film I've ever seen in my whole entire life. Legendary. And Skip was like, actually made it from a mixtape on VHS to the Toronto Raptors in like two years. That's how good he was. He was on Jalen's team one time and I think there was some argument or something and Skip didn't pass him the ball one time in an entire game. It was like, he just completely closed him out. They would call plays for Jalen, he would come around a curl and Skip would just be like, nah. Nah. Okay, back to what you had. Yeah, yeah, let me hear yours. I do want to say about the Pelicans and Kings, you'll be watching these two teams. Just some very curious coaching decisions on both sides. Just keep an eye on that while you're in the building. Enjoying these wins because I just can't figure out what the plan is there. All right. Boom. I teased it on Tuesday. It feels like seven years ago now. But after our episode, I meditated and I just got myself ready physically. I went to the cryo chamber and then I went to the New York Knickerbockers contest against the Pistons. Let me tell you something. They were 0-3 at the time. I don't know if you remember that game because it was a million years ago, two Knicks games ago. They were getting their asses handed to them in the first quarter. They, it was like 25 to 38 after the first quarter. And I remember at one point, like the Oregon person like does this, like the cue the defense chant. And like there was no one booing, but you don't get so quiet in an arena that like when the other team scores, you can hear them like scream. And it was just like the Pistons were hitting everything and like it was so quiet and it got a little like they got weird in the garden. And I remember the Oregon guy was like, you know, and like the whole crowd was just like, fuck you. We're not chanting defense when they give us 38 points in the first quarter. It was just like, no, y'all got to earn that. Like Oregon guy, no, this is not like a two-point game in the fourth quarter. We're all at our feet. What do you think Oregon guy thinks when no one responds to his Oregon? Yeah, Oregon guy was like, let me try this out. You know, the vibes are weird. We need to stop. He's like, we need to stop. How can I help? Let's get the crowd chanting defense. I don't think there's a single person like not even a kid was said defense when he tried to do that. I got to know what are you? So your buddy takes you to the game with this season tickets. What are the conversations you guys are having at the end of the first quarter? I mean, this is existential crisis, right? Because this is the get right game and now you're down double digits again and your team doesn't look right. It's just we can't get a stop. It's just we can't get a stop, right? And then we start. Is it? Is it Mitchell? Is it? No, it's it's it's here's what it is. If you start going down the intrusive thoughts is what the kids call it. So then you're like championship hangover Brunson shouldn't have done SNL. We need Mitchell Robinson. This team doesn't have the heart. They don't care like they used to and then of course they turn it around. I think they literally scored nine points. They scored 12 points. Then the Pistons were 12 points in the second quarter and 13 in the third quarter. And then next thing you know, the Knicks are up by 20 and we're all celebrating. My buddy had he's a doctor. So he works overnights. So he had to leave at the end of the third, but he left with the game very well in hand. And I was just like it was it was it was great to watch. It was it was a good feeling watching the Knickerbockers get that win and then they beat the Bulls the next night in the home and road back to back. Okay, two questions a does Madison Square Garden feel any different this year post championship? Yes, more expensive. More expensive. Everything is everything. Now the sodas are 20 bucks. Everything's more expensive. I couldn't be there unless my buddy has tickets. I pay face value. I just I wouldn't even be there. Otherwise just everything. It was fun though. It was fun. It was fun. It is it the vibes are different. It doesn't feel like it doesn't feel like this team's hitting on all cylinders and everything's going great because there were there was like two possessions. This is what I said to my friend. I was like, there's only been like two possessions. I was like, man, they really whipped the ball around and that was a nice back cut. There's a couple of nice like pocket passes, but there's no like I don't know. There's no sort of like, wow, this team is really like on a string defensively or look at that four pass possession that leads to an open three. It just just doesn't feel great. You also get look, you should and theoretically you get everybody's best effort. That is the difference when you come back from a title year right now. That is the that's the reigning champs coming in town. That is a huge feather for everybody. If you get that win for every team for every team. Yes, you know, I mean that it is different. They were they had a lot of trouble with the business last year and you know, Dern wasn't there but Paul Reed man remember him in the playoffs last year and like he looked great this game. I was like, how how the Sixers is let this guy go. Also it makes it a lot less devastating to lose Isaiah Stewart because Reed has been able to do that. And because he's that energy and he's that kind of fighter and he's got that kind of DNA, whatever the second thing I was going to ask you real quickly is will you watch Detective Mitchell? I think they say in the in this trailer. Have you seen this where Mariska Harketag is like Detective Mitchell and Jalen Brunson turns around. He's on law and order SVU. Oh God, you haven't seen this. No, you haven't seen the trailer haven't and she was just on his podcast to know. I'm she's like, well, I get I follow every Knicks account. I don't know. I don't like we'll have to call Detective me or you know, we're going to have to get Detective Mitchell and then all of a sudden turning around from a desk is Jalen Brunson. He's a detective. I'm like, oh, this is amazing. And they gave him Donovan Mitchell's last name. I think it's maybe it's wrong. I might be wrong though. 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I was about to say there's one surprising. I got it. But I mean, like they were I know they were like in trouble of being like in the relegation zone. They're over under every. It was like unanimous that they're over under was too low. And every podcast said if there's a team to watch, you know who could be dangerous. So like they were tagged as a team that it could happen. Right. Whereas the rest of these you wanted one of these teams to be like, you know what? They're way better than I thought they were going to be. And like, yeah, instead you look at the schedule and you're like, all right, that it's kind of odd. Like they're not we started off and it's like the first week of the season. But none of them have been you can consider. And I know that the Grizzlies are being framed as but they're not big surprises. But I mean, if you listen to a podcast, if you are an ardent fan, there's a scenario where people saw this coming. I guess it's a little surprising that Miami's one and four, and it's a little surprising possibly that Utah's one and four. But other than that, it's pretty much been the teams that we expected to be bad been bad. And I figured one of them going into the first week and a half, two weeks of the season. season we'd be like hey maybe they're not what we thought they were gonna be yeah there's there's no team that's surprising you being better than we thought right outside the Grizzlies but they're they kind of jumped from mid tier to top tier but no one's jumping from bottom tier to mid tier right yeah things not yet not yet things happen over time related so the Hornets trade the mellow ball all right you know and you know Nas Reed comes back and all you hear is all you hear about how Nas Reed was so important to the community and how everyone loves him in Minnesota and I've always thought that he's just showing flashes like one time he was in transition and he went around the back on a defender and then they pulled up from three and I was like damn like the seven-footer like Steph Curry out there and the the weirdest thing happened in this game when they're up at the half and by now you've heard it because it happened Wednesday night and then Nas Reed doesn't play in the second half and head coach Charles Lee's asked about it after the game and he was ready to say yeah you know unfortunately you know Nas didn't meet our standards in the first half and at halftime we made a decision that he wouldn't play in the second half but I look forward to him meeting those standards come next game so I thought that was weird and preparing for the show love the internet because the internet will get to the bottom of things right now afterwards they all get to the bottom of things they all said like oh it's just a blip the radar and you know we've you know we cleared the the air or whatever like there's no ongoing lamb chops pork chops beef or anything of that nature with gravy but there's a couple clips online and there's one where there's this like there's a sideline inbound play where it seems like Nas is a little lost doesn't know where he's going and he's you know set to pick on the ball when it's supposed to be on you know another player and then there's a there's a clip and they're going to the next game and then they're going to break they take like the wide shot kind of like from the jumbotron and you can see that the team is walking to the bench and Charles Lee's kind of like grabs Nas Reed and this is at the end of the first half and he wants to talk to him there's also some clips of not read sort of missing shots and turning the ball over but nothing crazy like he's not like right you know and what it really feels like happened is that they got to an argument at halftime you know yeah and the coach is trying to establish hey man I'm not going to be able to I'm the coach here yes and I'm in charge you're not in charge like Lamella ball kind of doing whatever he wanted right set the wrong standard and one of the reasons we traded him was sort of like some more organization and a little bit more falling in line and you know I think that he was a little upset about that but I just made me sad I love Nas Reed I want Nas Reed to flourish on the Hornets the Hornets really are missing con canipple and Kobe White but I'm not going to be upset about that I wish I wish I hope that we forget about this soon and Nas Reed is putting up big numbers and playing okay good because that actually leads into my second love which is Brandon Miller's 104 points in three games there's no way around it the internet jumped all over it when he had six points and was two for 14 and one for 11 from three right after signing a 200 million dollar contract I mean that led to the guy got 200 million dollars and then goes out there and is two for 14 from the field for three years and six points good luck to Brandon Miller being your number one guy and his response I mean they their losses are they got bashed in that second game of the season to Atlanta their other one is a loss on the road to the Pistons which was noble which they did the other night a game in which he had like 31 and 12 in that game you have 39 against the Wizards so yet 104 and three games their wins are Brooklyn Miami and Washington and they'll they'll they'll they'll that is interesting because Miami and Washington are ones that they would absolutely consider to be peers right if you're going to be fighting for 10 if you're trying to get into yes you know that play in spot they actually play Washington again tonight but since since that six-point game Brandon Miller responded with 34 39 31 like you said they still don't have cock nipple and Kobe White so he we're going to have to when we're talking he is the whiteboard the rest of that lineup is his Dennis Schroeder Diabate Nas Reed and Cyon James that's the rest that's who he started with in the Pistons game Brandon Miller Dennis Schroeder Diabate Reed Cyon James and he's gone 34 39 31 and he'll get concussion and he'll get a nipple back he'll get Kobe White back and like maybe they could be a little bit surprising because they've been able to hold down the fourth that's three and two already this season him averaging what he's averaged over the course of the last couple of games and he's doing that without what seems to be not much help so shout out to Brandon Miller took all the took all the arrows for sure after signing for 200 something million dollars and throwing up the dud of all dirt and all the dirt and all the dirt duds in Atlanta but my god what a response 104 and three games a lot of points that's a lot yeah hell yeah and he's in there playing the Wizards tonight who he just dropped 39 right could keep it up I mean again who else are you he is the guy shooting like 27 percent of their shots 27 percent of their field goals it's pretty probably should be shooting more I know it's exactly what I wrote my did you just did you just hear the lineup that I mentioned I mean Schroeder Diabate Miller Sion James Nasri Diabate I mean it's not that bad that is horrible it's not that bad what well the I think I Kobe White and conk nipple will help a lot you think yeah um shout to Brandon Miller next love next love um just a vintage Steph Knight just absolutely vintage Steph Knight like he oh god it was against the Timberwolves obviously missing Anthony Edwards but they were putting McDaniels on him who's like one of the best defenders like he started the game just hitting floaters and kind of back cuts and getting inside and then in the second quarter was just one of those like curry flurries where he's just hitting everything and he's sitting there and like he's like he's doesn't think now we're kind of like holds the ball through and crouches down like a ninja and just watches it for a little while it holds still and then he pulled up one like a heat check shot like a step in from the logo and it was just like amazing so he starts inside they hits everything the second quarter outside and then he starts doing this thing in the second half where he gets to the line a million times he got to the line 16 times in this game and he would just get you know you've seen players do this Chris Paul's really good at this and Brunson does that and he's this where you kind of use the pick and roll and get the guy on your hip and then sort of like slow down and bump into him and then lean forward and shoot like he was just getting to the line over and over and over again it was such like a it was just such a great display of offense and really like a reminder that at this age of 38 he can still be the Steph Curry that he's always this is perfect because it leads into my next load that wasn't the story from that game Jacoby was it very you heard you didn't hear very much about the Steph Curry unbelievable game you didn't hear any what did you hear about from that one yeah Axel not as much Lamilla Rudy Gobert offense I mean look this has been long-standing on the mismatch I mean I cannot stand watching this guy play basketball I really can't and watching him go over 13 over the course of two games is like it's unbelievable I don't know if you know I think it was I think it was 0 for 9 on layups and then layups and he's eight feet tall how it what just we talked about this on last episode or watching him throw it off the top of the box it's just like like if my daughter did that I'd be like what are you doing I learned some touch like no lower on the box he just throws it like over the box it's just crazy it's we did this on Tuesday's episode look and you know what's great you know what's wild I know that it got worse I know the WNBA finals are going on right now too and I know it's all anything WNBA is a sensitive topic so I don't it okay no it's very Angel Reese II to me in the sense that I understand that he's amazing defensively I understand that he's athletic and can rebound but this like the offense when it's like and I got it I don't understand these guys it's like this is that's disrespectful to Angel Reese because she gets buckets and she makes a lot of money and she makes a lot of money and she makes a lot of money and she makes a lot of money and she can she get misses left and gets the rebound puts them back in go she is living catch a lot she's living an unbelievable life being calling everybody bums and too little and then the last like three games being four for a thousand I mean that is happening you watch it she'll throw it off the top of the square to brother don't don't don't don't get me wrong she had 30 points in the game earlier it was that was a long time ago I'm not telling you she's not Again, Rudy Gobert is good. I've always, I just, I can't stand, like, watching. If you talk about WNBA for more than a minute, all of a sudden we're going to get the comments. I don't want anything to do with it. I'm saying big people throwing the ball off the top of the square drives me crazy. That's all I'm saying. Go Bear, do you remember that Lakers playoff game when he couldn't miss? I think it was two years ago. It's the same thing. It was just like, what the hell? And I'll say this. He was so dominant. He had, like, 40 points. And also, for his career, he's been 65% from the field. Like, he's not a guy that typically does this, right? Like, in the same way, when you watch Reese, whatever, right? Like, I'm well aware, just like the Laker game, she can get bucked. Like, there's going to be a game where she scores 30-something or whatever. But, like, when it's bad, it is so bad. And it's just, like, chucking the ball off the backboard. And then watching Kaminga and LaMelo yelling at him. And I don't know. I saw the presser. I saw the presser. No, it wasn't a big deal. And I don't know what it looked like on the viral video or whatever. Like, I understand. There's no doubt in my mind Rudy Gobert doesn't care about being yelled at. Everybody's yelled at him for his whole career. Donovan Mitchell's yelled at him. Ant's yelled at him. Like, honestly, I totally believe he has the ability to get yelled at and is wildly unfazed by it. But watching those guys be like, so animated, and they're yelling at him. And his just blank stare with the goatee. Not even making eye contact. Not acknowledging that they're talking to him. Just, like, blank stare out into the void. It's such a clip. And of all people, it's LaMelo and Kaminga. I know. It's going to be a rough go without Ant. It is going to be a rough go without Ant. But, my God, I cannot stand watching this guy play offense. Again. Great defender. Had 20 rebounds in the Cleveland game. Guy can rebound the ball. I've never told you he's not good. I'm telling you, like, the offense thing. Like, oh, my gosh. It's crazy to me. Anybody that's like us, that grew up playing basketball, that's not tall, resents the guy. Like, you just think to yourself, my God. If I could be that for a day, I would dunk on everybody. You know, Chris Finch is like, why didn't he just dunk? I told him, stop being finesse. I don't understand. I mean, it's all, it's like he's been in the league for, what, 11 years now? 12 years? Like, it's like, this is, this is who he is. This is who he's been. I know, but like, you, but, you know, if I, like, you got a men's league game this week. Bro, if I made you his height for one night, the amount of dunks you would have, like, you would just, I mean, you'd try to tear off the rim every time. For a couple things. Number one. I'm, I'm a terrible basketball player now. I was once good. I'm awful now. You are. I don't think I've scored a point in the last two men's games. You're really good. And number two, but no, I don't miss nine layups in a row. I'm just too scared to shoot. I don't know. I just barely contribute. But secondly, can you really get people that are like us and not tall? I'm 6'3", Verno. Yeah, that's fair. Don't, don't, don't put me in the not tall group. That's fair. That's fair. You're not tall relatively. You can't. To who? You're not dunked. You're not dunked. You're not dunked. You're not dunking. I was. Like 20 years ago. 20 years ago. Yeah, literally 20 years. Maybe even more. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 25? I used to be good at basketball. That's fair. I shouldn't have thrown you in the not tall group. Yeah, come on. That's fair. Yeah. I didn't want to feel alone. Let's go really quickly through this one. Because it involves the aforementioned WNBA. One of my lows is them. I'm kidding. My hair. I had my hair cut yesterday at like 1.30 in the afternoon. I'm like, oh yeah, the finals are on right now. If you're on the West Coast, the game started. Like you're having morning coffee. All right, hold on. I'm not, I'm not trying. And the game started. I'm not trying to be a dick. You pay someone to cut your hair? Now that's you being a dick. What? I mean. That is you being a dick. Why? I guess it is me being a dick, but I can't. I can't believe this. Why? Well, don't you answer your question. You just say a one? I've had this haircut for a long time. A one? No, I used to see, I cut my own hair for a very long time. And it was just a one. It was just a one. Yeah. But I like a little fade. Oh. So I have someone fade a little bit on the side. So what is it? It's just one and a half with a skin fade. Oh. So there is a little artistry to it that I just can't do myself. I'm sorry. Yeah. The numbers. I just see your face on. I don't see it from the side. I didn't realize that this is an intricate fade. There's a little something there. Yeah. Yeah. But if you want to make fun of me for. I'm not making fun. I just didn't know. No, it's fine. You know, you can't grow facial hair, but that's fine. I can't make fun of my hair. You know, I'm also a Cherokee chief. I know. I'm familiar. Be careful. Yes. But yeah, man, the game was, it's just, there's just, there's another solution here. I know there is. Someone's got to figure it out. Like there shouldn't be WNBA finals games at 1230. As if there's not enough controversy in our hands around the WNBA. Now we're playing the games on the USA network. It's on the USA network. Name a show that airs on the USA network. A single one. Law and Order SVU. Doesn't it? Repeat. Those are repeats, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They're repeats. I think. Yeah. I don't know. There's none. There's none. There isn't one. Yeah. Next love. Cooper flag. Second year leap is on. Obviously a great win for Dallas. 120 to 96 this week against Oklahoma city. He went out in the Indiana game, but even in that game, he had 14 points in 17 minutes before we landed on his shoulder. I bet before he got taken down by knee Smith. Yeah. The other games. So he had 14 points at 17 minutes. In that game, the other games so far 32 at Houston, 29 at Miami and 26 against Oklahoma city. So he's only getting weighed down by the 14 that he had in the 17 minutes in the Indiana game. So far he's averaging 25, seven and five. And as I said, those not, who knows how many he would have gone for in the Indiana game. Hell, he had 14 points in 17 minutes. So that could have been another 30 plus in that game. Um, he looks absolutely awesome to start the season. And we look for guys that are going to be the next wave of superstars. He looks like a guy immediately that can make an all-star team by year to make an all NBA team by year two. It's, uh, I love, this is not surprising, but I love the chemistry that him and Kyrie have together, especially in that thunder game, you know, a national TV game too. Against, against, you know, a contending team. Like I just, I love them working together. And I, I just, I think that Kyrie is a vet point guard and he's going to put him in places to succeed. And one of the things that always has jumped out to me about Cooper flag is everybody in the NBA. I would say like 80% of NBA players are between like six, seven and six, nine. Like everybody like Lamella ball is the same height as beef stew. Right. Like, you know how it works out like that, but Cooper flags are like two inches taller than everybody. It feels that way, especially with his skillset, he's just, he's just tall. He's just a couple inches, not just taller than his position, then everybody on the floor. That's not like some seven foot giant, just a mega athlete. Yeah. I told you, I went to one of his high school games and I saw him blocked 14 shots. Blocked. I'm not surprised. It was insane. I'm like, what is this? He was 16. I think it was the day my son realized basketball. It's not happening. Was that, was it on the table before? When we walked into that gym, he's probably in like, I don't know, sixth or seventh grade playing AAU, all this stuff. We walked in, it was an EYBL tournament and I saw a guy who's not even good. I think he's still playing college basketball named John Bull. John Bull was like seven foot tall standing in the paint. I watched him block five shots on one possession and I turned to William and I said, you know, you would never score on him in life. And he's like, how, how could you ever score on him? If he was trying. I mean, it's just the size of these guys. I mean, they're just, it's a different world. You go to an EYBL event and you realize like, bro, this, there's levels to this. Oh yeah. And I went and watched Cooper flag and that Joker, I mean, he was the best 16 year old I've ever seen in my life in person. All right. All right. So this one, my next loves kind of corny, but I do love it. Weird story. It seemed like a sort of a PR release. Um, the Boston Celtics are donating $200 million to the Boston children's hospital. Right. That's a lot of money. Yeah. And, and I don't really understand how rich people operate their money, but sometimes they're so philanthropic because like it saves them money on taxes or whatever the hell. So it might be one of those things, but $200 million for the Boston children's hospital is awesome. Amazing. And they, they put out a, press release of all things that they're going to do with it, which sounds fantastic. But I also have a personal story about this my niece eve was born in the boston children's hospital um and god now she's a freshman in college and like within days they found some sort of heart problem that she had and she had open heart surgery as like a newborn in the boston children's hospital and you know i don't know if that happens in other hospitals this is a really well respected like known as one of the best children's hospitals in the world and like they basically saved my niece's life because at other hospitals without that kind of care they might not recognize this condition that you have with their heart and she goes back there every 10 years or whatever and gets whatever i'm not a doctor but gets whatever in her heart upgraded or whatever's going on it was just like man i just think it's cool that the celtics are giving 200 million dollars you know because some owners like i'm not going over the second apron i'm not getting into the tax i'm not giving away 200 million dollars something certainly near and dear to my heart one of the greatest children's hospitals in the world saint jude is right down the street from where i work every day and but and labonner is as well both labonner and saint jude and people come from around the world and around the country to stay there because families never pay a dime to be at saint jude i mean and they have facilities all over memphis like hotels you can stay in rooms you can be in with the kids and obviously i've done many events with them and been over to that hospital nothing will change your perspective on life than going to a children's hospital walking the halls of a children's hospital nothing nothing nothing will change your life nothing i mean you you all of a sudden realize how grateful you should be for the way things are going and uh yeah big ups to the celtics for doing that and big ups to boston children's hospital um my next uh loathe that's what we're on right okay so i have said this many times and it's a it becomes a blind spot for me when i listen to people talk about television shows all the time because i rarely i pretty much just watch sports i'll watch like i watch stuff on youtube i watch golf videos i watch stuff like that but i don't watch a lot of i don't watch a lot of okay lebron i i watch a lot of tv shows right that's what i watch or i mean i mean i don't do a lot i don't watch a lot i don't do a lot of pop culture coverage yeah i don't watch a lot of television shows i'm watching war i'm watching war right now okay but a high profile divorce in london oh is that right so anyways that's good i don't watch that much so once nba season gets started i like end up watching a lot more tv than ever because i watch football all year but like during the commercials i just play on my phone or whatever i don't pay any attention so now tvs are omnipresent bro this political ad season i can't take it has anybody ever voted for somebody because of a political ad i understand like the name awareness of them but holy mackerel i mean it's like here is what it's like the template is all the same here's what scares you i will fight for you vote for me and i'm like please just no no rarely is it vote for me it's always like that other guy sucks yes you know how bad he sucks he wants to kill your children he wants to murder your dogs he wants to drown your kittens he's a terrible person look all these terrible things he's did but vote for me it's never like a positive thing about how you're gonna be a an agent for change in the community it's always just like the other guy is terrible yes and i just i i sit there and i watch them i'm like do people watch this and be like you know what i'm gonna go vote for that guy like do they do that maybe they do maybe i just don't understand the way that like maybe i don't know i don't know but yeah well i i wish one time somebody because most people have very little to no faith in politicians for very good reason right they over promise and under deliver all the time most people feel like it is the people like there's a political class and then there's the you know then there's the rest of us um and that yes you might take a side on things but generally your grand belief in politicians is probably not very strong i think that's what the studies would tell years ago when i was in college there was a guy that ran for student government association president right and there was somebody that stood up there and said if i if you make me president i'll do this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this and another guy stands up there and he goes if i if you vote for me this is what needs to happen at this school i'll do this and this and this and this and this and it's a girl gets up there and she says if you vote for me i'll do this and then i had a buddy who lived down the hall for me right and he goes up there and he stands up and he says we go to school in the south it is appalling that in our school cafeteria we serve nest tea nest tea is nasty and i promise you this if you vote me student government we will have real southern sweet tea in the cafeteria by next week and 100 of the vote all of it landslide and i kind of i always think about that's 20 something years ago and i always think about that i like why doesn't somebody just say look you're gonna hear all these people say everything here is something that i care about you care about and i can actually make happen if you vote for me forget about it get all this other crap if you vote for me this one thing that we can all agree on that you care about the mcflurry machines will never be broken there will never be a single broken mcflurry machine in the mcdonald's for my entire run in office here is never here is something that i can actually promise and actually deliver on and i promise you if you vote for me that will happen um i'm telling you it's the mcflurry machines man it's the mcflurry machines i mean there's that's a great political advice for now i mean people don't necessarily come to the mismatch for the political uh council but you're not wrong you're distracted in a million different ways yeah there's 100 million things we all want fixed but just give me one thing you for sure know this will happen if you vote for me yeah i'm on board and it's like how persuasive did the sweet tea happen the sweet tea happened right a hundred percent within within a week within a week it's as someone who did not grow up around sweet tea every time i have it i was like this is this is got a lot of sugar in it i'm like damn this is very sweet could that be good for you here's the crazy thing and shout out to wes howell i don't know whatever happened to him i haven't talked to him in 30 years i didn't he very well may be you know i don't know what happened to him i haven't talked to him in 30 years i don't know a politician now i don't know he's probably probably he's probably watching his ads he probably is he's probably a politician but he he did it he did it i still remember his name to this day because it was that unbelievable great advice it was that great advice yeah all right my next one go quickly on this one this is just annoying like wednesday night there's so many games there's like 12 games right so you know i see the comments sometimes like jacoby doesn't watch games like oh i can't watch every second of 12 games one night who do you think i am zach low but then on a night like that i will spend time on thursday sort of like catching up re-watching watching condensed games or good games or whatever but one of the things i really enjoyed was on nba.com you click on the box score and if you're like oh like uh whatever you're like uh mitchell was where just anything oh payton watson was one for eight i'm like you know what let me go let me look at those eight field goals you can click on the field goal number and see all eight of payton watson's field goals and you can see all eight of payton watson's field goals you can't do that anymore and i loathe it you can't do it really it takes you to a shot chart and it tells you where in the game it happened and what type of shot it was but you can't see the shot the video doesn't pop up like uh like i saw sabonis had seven turnovers right i'm like well how did that happen like you know is it ball getting picked from him maybe he's throwing good passes that people aren't catching let me look at those you used to be able to just click the seven turnovers and watch the bonuses seven turnovers because i didn't watch the seven turnovers and watch every second of the pelz kings game i use this as an asset to sort of catch up on games and things that happen you can't do it anymore i'm gonna click on this is this true you think i'm lying you're calling me a liar i just you have to fact check i haven't done it this year well you're not working as hard on the mismatch as i am i guess wouldn't you want to look at those seven sabonis turnovers just any sort of like big stat yeah on the game you didn't see shot plot hex map yeah shot no videos heat and then you can download it and i think it's like oh maybe because the preseason then i was like well maybe it's just because the first game they haven't got it done yet they're just not going to do this anymore do you think that the nba.com site should have less video that was a good tool amazing yeah because i would do it all the time like like like for steph's 44 point game right i just like oh let me just watch all of his his field goal attempts i didn't even realize this this is appalling this is appalling i'm looking at it right now i'm looking at it right now i'm looking at it right now i know this is appalling i'm gonna write a strongly word email what happened happened here? To Bill Simmons, who's going to forward it to the NBA. Did they sell it to somebody or something? Or is it. Bro, I have no idea. I have no idea. Oh, so now you got to get like your Synergy account or something to watch these now? Oh, no! No! Furno, here's what it is. If you vote for me, I will guarantee that every stat in the box score on NBA.com will feature videos as it has for the last few years. If you vote for me, I guarantee that will happen within a week. I mean. Now I'm a senator. It's a landslide. It's a landslide. It's a landslide victory. Alright. Alright, let's finish up. Oh! This episode is brought to you by Petivity. Cat parents are basically mealtime detectives. Who actually ate? Did they finish? Was that less than yesterday? The new Petivity Smart Feeder for Cats turns everyday meals into meaningful health insights, helping you identify changes in your cat's habits and be more proactive about their health. Plus, you can feed them from anywhere. Take the mystery out of mealtime. Visit Petivity.com. P-E-T-I-V-I-T-Y dot com slash catfeeder to learn more. Last love. Yeah. Ernie Johnson getting to go out on his own terms. So, obviously I am a huge Inside the NBA fan, as is everybody. I mean, it's the hallmark show of the league. If you are a big NBA fan, it's sad to see, you know, I'm glad, or Ernie Johnson said, like, look, I said when I wasn't going to be able to prepare the way I want to be able to prepare, and he's gone through health problems. He's 70 years old. But very rarely do you get to see somebody go out, like, on top, on their own terms, right? Usually the ending is not great. And so I'm going to put this in my loves, because I love, love Ernie Johnson. He is exactly, what everybody says he is. I mean, I don't know how many people you have to see stand up, and you saw Charles give his emotional speech the other night about, people ask me all the time, is he really as nice as people say he is? Ernie Johnson's a legend, and everybody in the broadcasting community and every fan, like, I would say his Q score rating is as high as any broadcaster ever. Honestly. And nothing would be worse than to see it, like, all end abruptly, or, you know, how scared we were when the TNT thing was going down, or whatever, and, or for him to, like, lose it, and then people watching it and be like, man, he ain't, it ain't like it used to be. Like, you see this happening a lot with broadcasters, especially as they age, right? I was watching a little bit of Marv call his last games, and it was like, hmm, maybe time. Well, you see it, now, guess who else was universally beloved? And I, you know, look, he's always going to have a special, it's Al Michaels, but you see people criticizing Al Michaels every Thursday night. He's still good, though. Every Thursday night, though, it's like, you know, and it's like, his heart ain't in it like it used to be, or he ain't like it. And it's like, Ernie Johnson is, like, as sharp as ever, and is going to get to go out on his own terms, and as an NBA fan, obviously, I, I love, loathe that I will not, like, that show is never going to be like it has been for so many years. But, I mean, he has been a, for anybody that loves that league, he's been a mainstay for 27 years of my life. And good for you, man. Go and live the happiest life that you can have. Everybody's going to miss watching him on that show, but I do love the story of a guy, he's getting, he's getting to say, I'm done after this. And most people don't get to do that. Most people get told. Yeah, and I'm sure they're trying to offer more money, or saying, well, we'll reduce the days, or whatever. I'm sure they're, it's usually not that way. No, most people get told they're done. Yeah, exactly. And he's telling them, no, thank you. And I just want to say this on that topic. I'm not convinced that Charles Barkley is done. Maybe not. I'm just not convinced. Maybe not. I'm not convinced. I'm not convinced. Maybe not. Alright, my last love. Where is it in my. my notes? Right here. I'll make this one quick. Yeah, the courts look stupid. Yeah, the whole tournament's kind of useless and not for anything, but I love NBA Cup, and the NBA Cup's coming back tonight. Why? I don't know. Why do I love it? Because, what do you always say? If the players care, I care. Yep. And they try a little harder, and the point differential thing is weird, and makes them like, play harder, and like, make the blowout bigger, even when they're up by 25, and it's just funner to watch than a regular old game, it's additive, and I like it. It's silly, it's stupid, it's pointless. I get it. I still like it. I'm excited about the NBA Cup. Also, a year ago, predictive. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Also, the year before, the Pacers ended up in the finals. Yep. Like, I mean, it has. The teams that have performed in the NBA Cup have actually certainly been able to. Mitchell Robinson got 11 offensively. Defensive rebounds in the NBA Cup. Amazing. I mean, the Lakers were outstanding in the first NBA Cup. Yeah. I mean. Yeah. It's fun. It's fun. And most of the. What we have seen is many that have performed extremely well in the NBA Cup have proven to be able to perform playoff-wise. That's a good point. They're not. It's not always like, you know, the same team in the finals. No. The same team in the finals. The same team wins, wins. It's not always like that, but it's usually like. It's usually not fluky. Like, oh, guess what? The Hornets are the champions. These guys do care about winning it. Yes. They do. And then they can. And that makes me care. Yes. And then they can. I'm for it. Then they can stick their fingers in each other's butts. Because that's what happened when your team won last year. God damn it. That happened. That happened. You can't take that away. You should Josh Hart dress square up to Jared Jack. Amazing. Josh Hart is hilarious. He is legitimately funny. He really is. All right. Last load. The pitcher of Porzingis getting new teeth in Spain. What the hell? No story is crazier than. Also, look, we covered this before the season started. I was like, this is the weirdest thing ever. Right? I've never seen an NBA story like this. Then we fast forward, and I go back, and I tell you, all right, I'm going to deep dive on this. And then they said, well, he's Atlanta. Oh, he's got pots. And then I go and find that clip of last year, Steve Kerr giving this impassioned speech. It's not pots. It's not pots. I called the Atlanta GM. He doesn't have pots. Right? And then you have Chris S. Porzingis tweeting out, I don't have AIDS. And then there's a story of that's not funny. He said, I don't have AIDS. That's funny. You can't say him tweeting, I don't have AIDS at the end of a tweet is not funny. Like, take that back. That is funny. So then you have Golden State wants to trade him, and he's probably going to retire. No, before that, it's like Steve Kerr, like, do you know where Chris Dapps is? He's like, yes, he's around, you know, you don't know where he is. He's also, like, not reporting to the team. So then, but then they say, no, he's at the facility, and then they say, no, we want to trade him, and he's probably going to retire. So if anybody wants to retire, you know, if anybody wants to trade for a guy that's going to retire, and can't play, and we just signed to an extension yesterday, and then the story turns to he's got pots. And he's nowhere around the facility is not reporting, like, unexcused absence. And then a pitcher from Marabella, Spain, with a dentist that posts always always what is it? I don't know. I didn't memorize the dentist tweet. That's your job. It's like, always great to treat a champion or something. And it's like a dentist with Porzingis and his new teeth. Of course, because he's got new teeth. He's got these huge white teeth, and he's smiling as big as he can, because he's kind of, you know, he promises the dentist he'll get a discount if he posts it or whatever. So now he's in Spain in the dentist chair with pots, and the Warriors are like, why aren't you at the facility trying to get back on the court? Look, this guy has been a never-ending source of news. Please, please Instagram a picture of you smiling that says, I have new teeth, not AIDS. What is going on? This is the weirdest course of events. Is there not someone in his life that's like, hey, man, let's just keep a low profile. Tell the dentist that you'll post a picture in a month or two when things settle down. Also, how did you wait until the NBA season started? You just had forever off. Why are you in Spain getting new teeth and allowing this guy to post? This all just, nothing is more bizarre. No idea. Nothing is more bizarre than the whole. Porzingis News Cycle. It's crazy I don't know what could be next Is he going to score 40 in the big three or something? I don't know what happens next And you mentioned Adding to all this They signed him to an extension Yes A commitment to a player Who's rarely available Percentage of cap, yes Yeah, and committing Being like, we need you, we want you We're committing to you, extending your contract Nothing Nothing is more The trade thing is crazy He's on the market It's like, okay Anybody want to trade for a guy with POTS? Or that might retire? Oh, it's also He's not going to be available because of POTS And probably not a couple weeks because his teeth hurt So give him some time I mean That's crazy Especially waiting until the season Starts The whole thing is just so confusing I don't understand I don't understand All right, last loathe All right, I have a last loathe It's short and a bonus one You know, we're watching a lot of NBA games And I'm not saying that they need to wear suits But I really hate that all the coaches Wear the same quarter zip I just don't like that it's like A quarter zip uniform I've never been a quarter zip fan I want to apologize to the Manning brothers I want to apologize to all the finance bros In New York City I've never been a quarter zip guy Partially because I'm not a quarter zip guy I have large poofy nipples And they stick out when I wear a quarter zip But that's more of a me problem But I'm not saying they need to wear suits But just a little variety I don't know There's something about Is it the casual And also is it the casualness of it? It's also that they're all wearing The exact same pants and sneakers It's something like oompa loompa-ish about it It's just like a little too Like school uniform-y for me You know what I mean? Very athleisure Yeah, and it's like Maybe like a button-up I don't know Like on a random Wednesday I shouldn't be more dressed up Than an NBA head coach That's all You know? I don't have the solution I think There's more variety and freedom We need the coach that's willing to Buck the trend And we either need it to go one of two ways Maybe Mizzoula seems like the guy that would do this He just wouldn't wear a shirt No, no He's just not wearing a shirt No, a hoodie No, a hoodie Wear the hoodie I thought That's what I was thinking I was thinking about football coaches Yeah, wear like Because they have a lot of different weather That they have to deal with So there's a lot of variance on football coaches You could either go hoodie Or I mean the king move would be To wear like the suit Like you remember that 49ers coach That started showing up Yeah, yeah, yeah Mike Nolan He started showing up No, Drew does this really well Because on Saturday mornings I turn on like the English Premier League Those coaches do it really well They're always wearing like Business caps Casual but tailored Fit perfect You know what I mean With some slacks Yes And they're not wearing suit and tie But they're not like in quarter zips Like they're just like Going to the gym on a Sunday morning I'm with you I think the answer is either Be more formal Or way more casual Like I wish Mizzoula would show up In like a hoodie Like a gold gym No, no Like a Celtics hoodie And Celtics sweatpants You know what I mean Oh no A hoodie and sweatpants Hoodie and shorts I like a hoodie and shorts look Perfect That's always a good look for the fall Yes Yeah I think either I think I'm a fan of like business cash You can wear anything It doesn't even have to have a logo on it It's just like A little something better Like a I think Let's look at the Soccer coaches in Europe Something like that I'm with you Let's go do it for another Oh, I got No, no I got one bonus Oh Halloween is tomorrow And it's a little sad Because I used to love Halloween When I was in my 20s Man Like I used to go out Like a weekend like this In New York City When it lands on Saturday I would go out To like a nightclub on Friday Until four in the morning And then another nightclub On Saturday Until four in the morning Me and Kevin Wilds Created the best Halloween costume In the history of Halloween costumes It We We rented a stanchion A velvet rope And I had a clipboard With a bunch of costume names on it And names And he was a bouncer And we would just set it up In the middle of like a dance floor In a nightclub And people would come up to us Thinking that we're a VIP section And try to talk their way Past the velvet rope It's amazing So And then we would open it And let them through And they would get through And kind of realize That there's no VIP section And that there was just a costume Like we were like fooling people And you also end up talking To every single person in the party We would walk the streets Just put it out on the sidewalk We put it outside of McDonald's One time And just let everybody in When they walked up It was the best costume I used to love this weekend This would be so much fun And now all I can think about is When can we Be done with trick-or-treating How do I get rid of all this candy The kids are going to want To do different things And like It's just going to be a mess And it just sort of like Now it's just work It's just work now What are your kids? We've got Like Like sort of Like Emperor Palpatine's crew The In Star Wars Like bad guys The Republic I think they're called Or whatever He's sort of like An admiral in the Republic My son And then we've got A My daughter always Is very creative Last year She was a Starbucks employee Which was great She had like the apron And the hat Amazing And this year She is the The Monopoly man Amazing But she's got her own twist on it She kind of looks like a rocket Kind of It's just like And my other twin Is a mummy And the baby is Grogu Perfect And I got this thing I have I ordered it online And I got this thing A mask With my wife's face on it So it's like a Like that see-through Sort of like pantyhose thing And it's got my wife's face on it And I'm going to like Dress kind of crazy Like she would And I'm going to be my wife I don't think it's going to go over great She's already not really into it But that's what I'm going with I asked my daughter When I picked her up from basketball The other night I said so what What's the Halloween costume this year? You know I'm expecting like You know She's 13 So maybe she's a little too cool For school now right? We're probably out of like The whole bluey Or being something like Like that Whatever I was like So what are you doing for What are you going to be for Halloween? She's like I'm a robber I was like Okay Alright I don't know I was like why? She's like what? What could go wrong? Yeah I was like alright And I think my son is like He is He is going to be too cool for school He's at that age Where all the boys Will probably just wear jerseys You know what I mean? Oh yeah I saw a lot of those Yeah I was like you're really not trying They put the eye black That's what they do It's like a A lion's jersey and eye black Like I'm a football player It's like okay That's what they do They just end up putting on a jersey Or something But yeah She's got a mask And it's going to be a robber I'm like oh great Great Okay Whatever I'm done I don't even want to talk about it anymore I'm going to Grizzlies Kings Do whatever you want You're going to get blown out By the kids in the Pelicans Alright It's good It's good It's good That's it for another episode of The Mismatch Thanks to Jesse, Liz, and Steph as always And Jacoby I'll talk to you next week It must be 21 and over And present in select states For Kansas In affiliation with Kansas Star Casino Or 18 and over And present in D.C. or Wyoming Got a gambling problem? 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