The crew heads into the day, having already stolen a game on the road and tying their week-long series at one game a piece. We head to Amin's sweet spot with some NBA analysis, but will he make an unforced error and throw a pick on a flea flicker? Today's cast: Domonique Foxworth, Amin, Chris, Billy, Charlie, and Jessica. Today's Local Hour contains mention of sexual assault. If you or a loved one has been a victim of sexual assault, you are not along. Call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the significance of the McFlurry Machine Metaphor?
Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here? Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up. Well, I do know that to be true, but even during ad reads, like... Cuervo. I think you could lay out, especially for one of our great partners. Sweet, delicious Cuervo. Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots.
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Chapter 2: How did the team adjust their lineup for Game 3?
All right. We're back for game three. There we go. A little change to the starting lineup. Our man Hawk is gone for the day. He might be back later in the week. Benched. He wasn't benched. He was benched. It's a little – it's a DMP. Well, the voice that you hear is the replacement for Hawk.
They called in the left-hander.
They called in the lefty. Not even lefty. That's the crazy part. It is Mr. El Hassan, the dream himself. You've been walking around with a lot of confidence around here. You know that nickname? No, I mean, it's always a nickname. It rhymes. That's the right nickname to go.
That was my nickname when I worked for the Suns, man. Right, yeah.
I mean, the dream, right? Yeah, I mean, that's it.
Or dreamer. There we go.
So we got dreamer in here. No Mike Ryan today. Billy's back. Chris Cody, who's been the rock. Big Red the Rock is here. The return of Smitty Wap. We also got my man Charlie, who at some point, so a couple of things we're going to get into today. Charlie and I went on a gallivant last night. with some friends. One of our friends was kidnapped.
I heard a story about a lunatic strength coach that happened last night. What else happened last night, Charlie? That was crazy. We don't have to get into the story specifically, but we can tease them for later. I feel like you think less of me now. No, no. I just got to know you more. Multitudes. Everybody has these stories.
Did Charlie have a Sam Rockwell and White Lotus type of night? No.
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Chapter 3: What are the key takeaways from last night's NBA games?
You start the game off. Let them know.
We got John Fantas coming on later in the show to talk to us about the tournament. So that's a run-the-ball situation. We got David Sampson, which is always fun. I love David Sampson. He makes me seem so smart. He's the best.
But I think at some point we're going to get to Steph Curry hitting a ridiculous amount of threes, but I think we got to start with what Jokic did last night in double overtime, a 61-point triple-double. He's insane. All the shots in the paint look like they're mistakes, but they always somehow... Go in. He's incredible. The passing.
And I was watching the highlights of that game this morning because it was on way too late for me. But Charlie was still up. He couldn't sleep because he's a Jokic head.
Yeah, I mean, got home and it was double overtime against the Timberwolves. Jokic was unconscious. I don't know. Amin, I wonder what you think about this, too. Is the lead for you Jokic or Russell Westbrook, who we've talked about all year? He's tempered his Russ. He's deferred to Jokic in seemingly every big moment to the point where he's almost overpassing.
And then with 17 seconds left, the Wolves turn it over. Russell Westbrook smokes the layup rather than dribbling the ball out to get fouled. Up by one. But he doesn't give up. Russ always has motor. And he fouls to kill Alexander Walker with .1 seconds left after complaining for a call.
I don't know if you guys saw the reverse angle. After he smokes the layup, he just stands there and sits in it for a little bit. As action is going, they're playing, and he's just like, yeah, I might have just blown that game. And then he gets the idea, like, I gotta make up for this. And he runs. And the craziest part is watching the TNT broadcast when the foul happens.
They're like, oh my God, there's a foul on the buzzer. And they just centered in on Peyton Watson going like this. And I was like, oh, Peyton, man. Like, come on, buddy. You gotta earn your spot. You can't make mistakes like that in the clutch. And then I showed the replay. I was like, that wasn't him. Why you guys focused on him? Because he looked shocked?
I'm sure everybody looks shocked on the team. Why you gotta focus on him?
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Chapter 4: Can the Warriors overcome their size disadvantage?
And I have even more confidence after I sized him up. Because I didn't check out. Like, we saw his shoulders and arms. But today he was looking at me like he wanted to race me. So I had to check out the engine. Taylor ain't got no dunk. He can't run. He ain't got no engine. He don't got no cakes. You can't fly if you ain't got no cakes. I'm sorry this is uncomfortable.
I don't mean to objectify you, Taylor, but I know this from when I was being scouted. The coaches and the scouts. Check your ass first. Yeah. So they start. I remember my dad. Turn around, boy. My dad wasn't a very good athlete, but he obviously was very involved in me getting recruited. And I went to my first combine when I was a sophomore in high school.
And the coaches were standing next to my dad. Like, man. Yeah. I mean, he's going to be a good player. He's explosive. And he got real nice hips. And I remember my dad was like, you know what school you're not going to? That one. He talking about how you got nice hips. I was like, no, no, dad. It means like I turned well or whatever. He was very confused.
No, no, no. Your dad was right. Anyone compliments my child's hips? Yeah, we're ending that conversation right then and there.
I mean, that's a football thing. If you listen to draft stuff, you hear a hip. I'm sure you hear it even worse. Here's the thing. What's the worst thing?
Here's the thing. 98% of the time, you're probably right. It was just a football remark. But then there's that 2%, right? Do you really want to risk that 2%? And then everyone will be like, Well, the man did tell you he was complimenting the hips, and you were like, yeah, thanks, instead of doing something about it. No, you can't take that.
It reminds me, I watched that docu-series about all the things that were happening at Nickelodeon behind the scenes to those poor children or whatever, and one of the kids, his dad was really kind of involved, and it was like, no, always picking him up, always on top of things. Then he ended up having a divorce, And the mom was getting custody.
And the mom was like fully into the Hollywood mom life and just dropping the kid off and leaving them be. And so years later, the scandal comes out. Man, these kids got messed with or whatever. And the dad is watching the news with his son. And he's like, man, see, I'm glad I kept you away from all of them. Turned out his son was one of them. Yeah. So like, you don't want to be that dad.
Thinking like, oh yeah, I did everything right. And then they say, hey.
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Chapter 5: How does Shea Gilgeous-Alexander influence the Thunder's play?
Yeah, well, you know, we don't objectify our players. We say, got a nice personality, that kid. That's what we say. A hardworking fella. Also, got nice open hips. Open hips.
Okay, so open isn't objectifying. Do you believe, so watching Steph in the Warriors, well, in the Warriors is the right way to phrase it after last night. Steph went for 52, 10, 8, and 5 with 12 threes versus Memphis. I've been hesitant to accept the fact that Jimmy Butler has taken this team to being a legitimate title contender, but I have
the dream here, a real NBA expert, to let me know, should I be serious? Because I know they're better. I know they're not, they're gonna be a tough out, but I have a hard time convincing myself that they actually have a chance to win another title this year. Should I be... Should I change my opinion on that?
They have a chance? Change your opinion on if they have a chance? I mean, they obviously have a chance. I'm not talking about a mathematical chance in the same way the Timberwolves have a chance of winning the championship. They have a legitimate chance, yes. Are there obstacles? Hell yes, there are obstacles in that way. And chief among them is they don't have a lot of size, right?
They're playing... Quentin Post, who before this season, no one even had heard that name before. Trace Jackson Davis has fallen out of the rotation to some extent. Kevon Looney is 700 years old, and yet somehow not 30, I don't believe.
You got 700-year-old knees, it would appear.
He's old and young at the same time. He doesn't have open hips. No.
Them hips close early. His hips close early.
They're not 24 hours. And then you got Draymond and Jimmy Butler playing undersized pretty much, which they're all tough and they bring something to the table. But at some point, you run into someone who's just big. And when you look at the Western Conference, whether it's Jokic or, you know, Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein or even someone like Shingun. You're going to have problems.
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Chapter 6: What are the strategies for taking down elite NBA scorers?
Shea Gillespie Alexander, James Harden, Luka Doncic, Jalen Brunson. What do all those guys have in common? They're not like you. One would think, oh, the guy that's blazingly quick and jumping over everybody. That's the guy that everyone fouls. No, it's the guy that makes you play down at their pace. Yeah. They know how to slow it down and stop and speed up in small windows.
And that's what gets unruly defenders off balance and makes them foul. But, like, to me, it's not like, watch me fool the refs one more time. No, he's getting fouled. And he's getting fouled because you have no recourse.
Yeah, I mean, and I guess my point, you're right. I don't mean to say that he's like a foul grifter. Like, the fouls are genuine. But it is a part of his game. And the reason why that... I've heard that that should give me some concern is like the refs don't call every game consistently. And then in the clutch, when you need those plays, the refs tend to swallow their whistles in those situations.
Or their wishers. Or their wishers. And they don't have like a true secondary playmaker in a way that you would expect them to.
Well, isn't that the bigger question? Like, Shea at this point, we expect him to be awesome in the playoffs, but the question is more Jalen Williams and Chet and if they're going to play really well consistently as a second and third option.
My guy J-Dub, man. I can't believe you're sitting here doubting J-Dub, man. Look, you're right. The game plan, which is always my favorite thing about the NBA, it's the difference between the NBA and the NFL. In the NFL, you guys have a game plan. It's like a secret. Don't let anyone know what the game plan is. It's a game plan. They're not going to... Oh my God, what are they doing?
Our heads are exploding. The NBA is like, yeah, hey man, you want our game plan? Here it is. Your opponent, here, take it, take it, take a look at it. Now stop it. Try and stop it. So the game plan is we're going to get the ball out of Shea's hand. We're going to throw two at him. We're going to make someone else beat us. We're going to see how much.
If we can go to the well to J-Dub again and again and again, him and Chet, how much they can continue to convert before it dissipates on them, right? The reality is, Shea Gillespie Alexander leads the league in scoring at like 33 points a game. Eight of those points come from the free throw line. So he's still scoring 25 a game, not getting to the free throw line. Again...
It's so easy to say, oh, just take Shea out the board. And then what are you going to do? All right, go ahead. There you go. Here's my game plan. Now take him off the board.
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