Mike Smeltz
Appearances
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
I'd listen. But Mike, what's up? I'm so happy to be here. I can't wait to send this to the Glue Guys listeners because... As for anyone, I had a podcast for 10 years about the Brooklyn Nets. A lot of lows, very, very few highs. A lot of lows. We covered vaccine mandates and anti-Semitic posting and all this other stuff.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
My buddy Brian and I, who I co-host, my best friend in the world, we just looked at each other. virtually and we were just like, we can't do this anymore. We can't subject... He had a kid and I now have a third child. And I was like, I can't... You guys know this. I can't imagine how much basketball you guys watch. You just do the math. You're like, I can't do it.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
You can't do the pod unless if you're like... locked in right you gotta be in it you gotta know you have your noah clowny takes ready to go on a weekly basis and so i'm but i'm happy to do this because i have like a like a squirrel in the winter i have a chestnut full of of takes about the nets so this is this is it this is i'm so glad to be here it's great
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
It's such a... I don't know if it's on Stockholm Syndrome, but you are trapped in this internal battle between really loving Jordy Fernandez, the coaching, the moxie of the squad, winning more games than they should, even though they've only won, what is it, 25 games this year? Yeah. And being very locked in on that front and then also being pretty furious every time they win a game.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
We've been there. We've been there. Yeah. It's a bad feeling. It's a bad way to live. It's not fun. But this is the situation they put themselves in willingly. They made that trade to get rid of the Suns draft picks to get their own draft picks back.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
kind of, I, I mean this lightly, but it's kind of in the worst case scenario where the sons have had the worst possible out of like the hundred thousand simulations. This is the worst son's year possible pretty much.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
Um, and the nets having their pick, even though they're the six best odds, this is like the best season they could have possibly have had, even as they're trying to like actively tank and do all the things that they're doing. Um, But again, it's been enjoyable. This team has those early Kenny Atkinson, Coach Nets, Spencer Dinwiddie, Joe Harris type vibes.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
And it is way more fun to watch this team than it was the end of the Katie Kyrie era because that was just so negative and the expectations were so high. This team, the expectations are... like lower than the basement, right? It's like Minecraft. You're digging. I don't know if you guys put my six year old now plays Minecraft. I know Minecraft. Oh yeah. I know Minecraft.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
You're digging into like the molten lava level. Yeah. That's how low the, the nets expectations were. Um, And it's kind of fun when Zaire Williams pops off or Keon Johnson or Noah Clowney makes one out of eight threes. And so it's exciting. But it's also the worst. And it's good and it's bad. And it's like, God, it's such a mind mess.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
Yeah. There is a clear, there's like a lot of bad math happening. What you described is not bad math. That was good math. There's bad math happening within the Nets fan base. Like people are very angry that they're not the fifth spot in the odds over the Sixers, that they are the sixth. you guys know this, the lottery odds difference between five and six is minuscule.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
It's 1.5% to get the top pick advantage to the Sixers in the fifth spot. It's basically 5% chance better to be in the top four if you're the fifth spot or the sixth spot. So it's like the way they flattened it, it's really not as impactful as people are like really upset about it. It's just that like, Yeah, this is the worst. This is the worst possible Suns season.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
And as good as the Nets probably could have been this year. And you kind of think about that other scenario where you have those Suns picks, you hold that team hostage. It would be great to hold Matt Ishbia hostage. Like, how much fun would that be? Um, so that's kind of like, that's a little bit of the stinging thing, but I still look at it.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
This as like the nets are going to have four first round picks this year and just an insane amount of salary cap space. Uh, that's a better position than like, you know, just whatever morass that they were in for the past few years.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
Nope. That's the negative of the team. I really want to stress this to people. Noah Clowney, okay, their first-round pick from, I guess, two years ago. I've heard, I think it was Ryan Russillo talk about this, where... the development now that they have in the NBA of like young players that they make shoot threes that shouldn't be shooting threes. Noah Clowney is the poster boy for that.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
They're making him shoot like five threes a game. I know that's not actually his per game three point, but like there are many games where he goes one for six. He is the worst shooter in the NBA. Now he has a good like free throw percentage, which is why they're like, go shoot threes. You know, he's a six, nine athletic forward who was more of a post player in college and that they're like,
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
trying to become as a secondary post defender, you know, with the block and then come shoot threes on the other end of the floor, the visions there. He's just not like, he's not good. Um, Derek white had their other first round pick. Not good. He scored 17 points last night. Best game of his life as a net, but he's been a complete non-factor Keon Johnson, Trendon Watford, uh,
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
there's just not there's that's the problem there isn't that young exciting guy at all on this team we signed drew timmy timmy um yeah i if the dude was like yokich of the g league um and i think that's our prompt most promising young player already even though he's probably like 25 i think isn't he like old um Because he was in college for... He's 24. He's 24. Apologies. He'll be 24 years old.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
So there just isn't... That's the problem. They're really starting from scratch going into this offseason where they have all the draft picks. They have their own draft pick, as you said, since 2010. They have all the free agency cap space. It's like... they really need a lot to rebuild the roster. The thing is they do have like some weird veterans, right? They still have Cam Johnson.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
They still have Nick Claxton. So it's not like this team is starting from zero in terms of players, just from young players. They just don't have a dude at all.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
The Nets hold the Bucks pick hostage this year. easy trade Giannis for their own first round. That's all they need back is the 18th pick in the draft. We hold the bucks hostage. I think the only way they do something big is if they get Cooper flag. Cause I do think if they get Cooper flag, the like, then it'll be, we got to, we're going to just boom, boom, boom, make moves.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
Josiah is going to have a desire to like amplify that and put good players around them and immediately make this seem interesting. Um, which would be exciting. But who's Giannis going to play with on this team? Like, what are they trading? Are they trading, like, all the Knicks picks, all of their own picks? And then, like, you get Giannis, and then you have more cap space to sign...
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
I mean, who's a good free agent? Do you guys know? Who's an exciting free agent this year? Most of them are off the board. De'Aaron Fox, did he sign his extension? That's the thing. I haven't even looked at it because I'm going hoops hype free agents right now. It's just not that good of a class.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
the so again i think the only way that something big happens is if they get cooper flag if not then it's like we're gonna suck next year we're gonna continue to build a young team and then we'll do the whole like we'll trade all the next picks for a guy at some point the the discontented superstar that comes around the corner
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
God. Does that do anything? If they bring Brooke back, they need to sign Joe Johnson again and bring back Joe Johnson, you know?
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
He'd have the return. Yeah. He would be welcome back with open arms. I did say, you know... my buddy Brian does not feel this way. I, I had, I have made my peace with Kyrie. Like I felt he has like gone to Dallas and like been a positive force and not like he was really bad.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
I think like, obviously we all fascinate on the, the vaccines and then the antisemitic videos, but he was like actively damaging the team, you know? And so, but yeah, I don't, I don't want him back in Brooklyn. There is a segment of the fan base that would definitely be so fired up if we came back. Really?
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
Yeah, because there's psychos that came in, not in a derogatory way, just like the Kyrie fans became... Oh, yeah. Brian and I talked about this a lot. It was like... So when we, pre-Kyrie, pre-KD, we were like, you know, like this, like your punk rock, your favorite punk rock band before they hit it big on the charts, right? Like that was the fan base.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
It was like a small, intimate, you knew everyone, everyone had the same mentality. And then Kyrie, KD come and it's like, It's like one of the punk rock band members started dating a Kardashian, and then one of them dated Taylor Swift. And then those fan bases merged on top of this tiny little fun club that we had that we didn't want the attention. And then some of them have lingered to care about
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
about the team on some level. And they're just, it's just like, it's still a clash of personality in the fan base. It's been, it's been a wild ride and understanding like NBA fandom to be a Nets fan over these past 10 years or so for sure.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
I'm just like drawing. I was laughing too much. So it's any coach in the NBA versus a player or just Jordy versus a player? No, just Jordy.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
may be bad at this game because i love herb jones you're like really thinking yeah well i'll go jordy i just loved he's been i mean he's the problem he's the anti-hero taylor swift i'm the problem it's me he's the reason why we can't tank like we really should have kept jock vaughn like he would have tanked he would have loved he would have been so good at taking okay yeah but so jordy for the sake of the bit jordy for sure
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
It seems like he's a guy again, like Kenny who like, he's going to raise, you know, like it's funny. I'm going to ask you guys something. This is, I don't know how much you talk jazz on the show is will Hardy still in that class?
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
So gross. Took them three years. One of my favorite Bill Simmons bits was him being so pissed that Danny Ainge stole Will Hardy off the Celtics bench. I don't know if you guys remember that. It was like Danny Ainge sat courtside in a Celtics game and saw how good Will Hardy was. And I'm like, he's fine. He's not. But that, you know, it was one of my favorite things I've ever heard.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
Yeah, I think Will Hardy's a fraud. I think he's a fraud. Next one, Jalen Green or Jordy Fernandez? Oh, Jalen Green. I mean, I know people don't like him, but you would rather have... Wow, okay. Yeah, I don't think... I don't know how...
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
I don't think to Jordy Fernandez you were going to be, I'm super, well, it's more of my stance to get like all NBA coaches, which is like, there are other Jordy Fernandez Fernandez out there. Wow. Yeah. That's kind of like, you know, like JJ Redick was a podcaster and is like an awesome NBA coach. Um, Jordy, Kenny Atkinson was on, obviously he got offered jobs. He almost took the Hornets job.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
He had it for like 24 hours. Right. But like, he's an awesome coach. JB Bicker staff, like, We – I think that actually is – we may be in the golden era of NBA coaches right now. Possibly. And I actually – I would rather like long-term future have a good player that maybe I can flip for something else down the road than like a really good coach because Taylor Jenkins gets fired.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
God, you know, like someone's going to get Taylor Jenkins for nothing. And I think if you did this with a Grizz fan last year, people would be like, oh – There's nothing that I would part for to give up Taylor Jenkins. He's going to be available and get a big contract from Matt Ishbia. this off season.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
Would you rather have Geordie Fernandez or Jalen green and Taylor Jenkins? Right? Like that's I'll take that. You know what I'm saying? I'm just saying, you know, I love Geordie Fernandez. He's great. He did injure aunt Edwards last. No, no, He had an amazing response though. Did you see what he said?
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
He said, I really tried to get out of the way and I have to be faster because the player's health is the most important thing. And like, that is like a... that like mindset, that's my favorite thing about Jordy is that like, he has that modern mindset for a coach.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
I mean, he's only however old he is, you know, he's, and he's like that, like artful way to kind of talk about a superstar and be like, I gotta, like, I gotta get out of the way. Like their player, the player's health is the most important thing. Like that's not how Lionel Hollins talked. Right. So that's, I, I do appreciate that mindset. Um,
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
And I do think that has a huge impact on how players feel. I will say the Nets are probably the best vibes tanking team in a very long time. They just have good vibes. Even Cam Johnson's still seemingly happy to be a Net as his name was in trade rumors for 18 months. I love Jorgie, but yeah. I'm a Jim and Joe's guys, not X's and O's.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
I mean, I would watch my arm for Trey Murphy on the Nets. I would rip my arm off. So, yeah, I like Trey Murphy. But really, do you know how bad the Nets young players are?
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
I know, but I guess I thought you were going to be a dummy. Brad Stevens was a fine coach. He was a fine... He's a better GM.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
Noah Asengway, is that how you say his name? The 6'9", super, super skinny French kid who's playing in Germany right now. You see his highlights, and I know it's the highlight trap, but he is driving. He's doing dunks from eight feet out. He does the thing that you love from an athleticism standpoint where he can do...
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
The spin move around the player and immediately jump and do like a distance dunk. That is to me is like what I need to see from athleticism. He's like kind of like late lottery. At this point, the Nets have the 18th pick. I don't know if I'm saying he's like a six-pick worthy. I think he's going to fly up the boards because that athleticism is just so tantalizing.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
And he's like a decent free-throw shooter, not a good in-game shooter at this point. He's basically a dunker, but he's a 73% from the line. So we have to clarify that. Con Canupal? Love con nipple. Oh my God. I love him. So I, I, I'm, I am a subscriber to the theory of you get like the second best player on a super team. There's untapped.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
It's like the, um, you know, like for all those Kentucky players who were under Cal Perry, who like didn't do that well in college, but then always blew up. Um, obviously Booker being one of them is like, I love the second best player on a really good super team. Um, I mean, so, like, those guys, like, I was really into Igor is a demon. Mm-hmm. But his shooting is so bad. Yeah, it's rough.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
It's so bad. It's rough. But there's actually a lot of dudes I like. Living in Maryland, like, Derek Queen has, like, become the mayor of... I mean, really, the governor of Maryland at this point. He's a lot of fun. Yeah. The problem is he's so... Defensively, I know he's like a smart defender. He's so slow. It's not what you want. He's got no breaks. Yeah.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
If people are really watching, it's like there was a lot of buckets that he gave up because his guy would cut and he just wouldn't... It's not that he's like lacking effort. He's just like, he's so slow. But God, that like... Michael Sweeney post game. I'm always right here in my heart. The Michael Sweeney, like just big bodied boy. So there's a lot of dudes I like in this draft.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
Obviously though, you know, like Cooper flag, the top, the top dudes are really like so intriguing for me. I think like, can I ask you guys a question? Yeah. Classically, we will say this is a four player draft, five player draft. Yeah. Even though we know that's not true. That's what the Nets thought when they traded Damian Lillard picks.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
Literally, Billy King came out and said, this is a three-player draft or whatever it was, and then Damian Lillard was the pick. They didn't get him, obviously. So what is the tier player draft that this is? Is it a three or four player draft in your mind? Or is it just a two? It really should be Flagg and Harper and Ace Bailey and Edgecombe, and they're not quite even of the Dylan Harper flag.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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It's really like Flagg, one tier, Harper, another, and then is anyone with Harper is the question.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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Yeah, I'm with you. He also went to Long Island Lutheran. I know he's from the Bahamas, but that's a powerhouse outside of Brooklyn. I mean, it's in Long Island. So it's something I'm... He's the kind of guy I fall in love with. His assist numbers are better than... I always look at assists. You always look at steals and blocks. You look at those periphery... Not that assists are periphery stats.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
You just look at those to be like, what are they doing outside of the scoring? And he's like two steals a game and three and a half assists. Those are indicative of being a contributor outside of just being a bucket getter. And so I super like him. I think if they get into the top three, you feel good. If they're not... you really have to make a big decision.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
Like you just have to, you have to really, okay. Is it like, like who, who intrigues you? Asa Newell is such a, um, Sean Marks pick. Yeah. Even coming from Georgia, like Nick Claxton did. It's just, I, I don't know. I just don't, it's, it's hard for me to like get super pumped yet, but, but tons of talent.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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That's all. Just send it in right now. Hey, guys, I have a proposal. Here it is. Who are they getting mocked? Is it Cooper? It's a Gasparis, number one, actually. So sorry. Are you guys aware? Cooper Flagg's pretty good at basketball. It's insane how good this guy is.
The Athletic NBA Daily
Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
So, to start us off, I just want to say, we're all riding on Sam Vecini's coattails. I think when you guys hear this with Vecini, it's the best. He gets really into it. Must listen when you guys... It's great. You and Vassini had a wild back and forth picking names.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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I forget, it was the last time he was on the show, and I was like, you guys are pulling names of dudes that people don't even know are alive. It was absurd. So I'm going to let everyone down, but I'm ready. I'm ready for it.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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I'm going to make Andrew try to figure that out. All right, Andrew. I think I have an idea. I shouldn't count. I'm like counting my fingers. I'm like, that's dumb.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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That's such a good. That's like right. It's not above four. Would you have said, Al, if it was right on the money? No, I would not have. Okay. I'll go under.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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He's off to a great start. Look at that. Is it Keon Johnson, Zaire Williams, and who's, I don't know.
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Jalen Wilson, right? Yes. God, another, but he's doesn't even, yeah, he's, he's in the dustbin right now, but yeah, that this team's so bad.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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Yeah, his, like, again, sneaky. Oh, Zaire, William, not the pick, yeah. No, he's a 60, though.
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Sneaky, bad season. Yeah. I'm really worried about his trade value.
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Okay. The thing is, I know this answer, and I won't say anything. That is a really hard question.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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The sneaky part is that people remember that he played on the team this year. It is absurd.
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Okay. Okay. Kevin Durant.
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Because I have other names that I was like, Kevin Durant definitely did. And then I have like my special ones that. The most he had was 300. He had 321.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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Can I tell you, it was not Ben Simmons. That's true.
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That's an honorable way to go.
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Yeah. I'm a visual learner.
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Um, no, I don't because like all the names, like, like I want to say James Harden, but he also didn't play basketball. Why is that the only Nets team you can think of? No, I'm just saying these are guys. I'm just saying these are guys. I get, I think my problem, my hangup is I don't understand the concept of 403 pointers.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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I think I really should just do the math and just be like, it's not like I can figure that out, but Joe Harris. Yeah, Joe Harris was one.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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A lot.
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I mean, he was a thing.
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I think it's six man.
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Oh, I'm such an idiot. Actually, I'm not. I just said that to make it seem as obvious, and it's not.
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Psychological warfare.
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Meesee? Yes!
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Who was it? All right. See, I didn't know. Mark's told the story on the glue guys, which he's told like in a thousand places, but yeah, that's the easiest. Yeah. I figured that would be easy. They also paid for Andrew. Would you have known that?
The Athletic NBA Daily
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They also, I think they also paved a part of the road in front of the practice facility with the funds. Oh, nice. Yeah. Yeah. He was Kyle Korfer was traded for a copy machine.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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This is corrupt. This is corrupt.
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That game. That was one of the highlights of the season. I actually think you're missing someone, my friend. Oh, really? Cam Thomas. Oh, I mean, of course he like, he definitely, I'm looking at now his game logs, but that's who I was thinking of.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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Wait a second.
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30 point games. Yeah.
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The funny thing is, I didn't really remember Tyrese Martin, and then when you said that he came out of nowhere, I was like, oh, Tyrese Martin.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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But I was like, no, no, no, Cam. Yeah, Cam Thomas. Yeah, he did. I looked at him. Yeah, he had to have.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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Guys, it's feast or famine with me, folks.
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And Buck Williams went to Maryland. You know what? And I think I should have... So did Walt Williams, which is what is my problem. Oh, interesting. They both went to Maryland, but there's no excuse.
The Athletic NBA Daily
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No, it's not.
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The funny thing is, like, I got the number one. Like, I knew Williams was the number one guy.
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Ja Morant and Westbrook Blunders + Nets Need Lottery Luck | Slam N Jam
You know, some people.