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Let The Madness Begin!
The Lakers snap their four-game losing streak with a win against the Suns while maintaining their position in a tightly contested Western Conference.
• Lakers finding team identity even with LeBron James out of the lineup
• Jackson Hayes emerging as an effective big man in the pick-and-roll with Luka Dončić
• Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns struggling despite their star power
• Duke, Auburn, Houston, and Florida earn #1 seeds for March Madness
• College basketball tournament delivers unmatched excitement with its win-or-go-home format
• The passionate atmosphere of college sports creates memorable moments beyond the professional game
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Speaker 2:All rise. The pod is back in session. What a blessing. Welcome. We back All over again to the Supreme Court basketball podcast. There it is, let's go, let's go, let's go. Me and the boys Fellas how y'all doing.
Speaker 3:What up? What up? It's your boy Reback and her Mike. We back up in there. Yes, sir, yes sir, on this lovely Selection Sunday, we back here with another one.
Speaker 2:Yeah, about that. A little rough for my guys, but we'll get into that. Hey, we appreciate you guys coming back for another episode of the Supreme Court Basketball Podcast. I am Chris with my two brothers from another mother. What's going on with this big bear Are we?
Speaker 3:good, you know, man, this is a great Sunday. Y'all know this is great. I ain't got to go off and keep telling y'all that every week. Y'all know my voice by now. You better Y'all sure.
Speaker 1:You would hope.
Speaker 2:That means you've been back more than once. Right, right, right.
Speaker 1:Right, you know the players.
Speaker 2:Good time, you know, the playersakers finally getting back in the win column beating the suns man the suns snapping that four game skid.
Speaker 3:Had to get that out the way.
Speaker 2:Four game skid was rough I'm sitting fifth place right, but luca goes off as usual. He's starting to come back around. I'm liking that. I'm liking seeing where this team could be and it's actually kind of nice. I'm finding the silver lining in Bron being out right now because Luka is having to lead this specific team and really I think one of the bigger shocks is that I'm really feeling Jackson Hayes. Jackson Hayes is actually. He's turning out to be that big man that that Luka needed. You feel it when he's not on the floor. I don't know if you guys saw today, but the way his pick and roll, I'm like OK, this, this might be, this might be something you get really back. You get everybody healthy. I think this could be something worth looking at. What's your thoughts, bear?
Speaker 1:You know what I was thinking the same thing. I mean, I hated that four game skid, but you know what, realistically, thinking about who we were playing and the caliber of level of teams that we were playing, yeah, it was a tall feat being that we're gonna have. We weren't gonna have at least one game luke and lebron and he's missing, yeah, and then we end up really so I right, and.
Speaker 1:But at the end of the day, though, I'm gonna say this, to say this, and I it was, you know, for me at least, and I think I'm pretty sure the coaches it, it, it. It was heartwarming to see that, damn, look at us. I mean, we lost, but we were fighting up in there and I think that we could cause. We're going to need these guys in the playoffs, right, we're going to need the Austin Reeves, these guys in the playoffs right, we're going to need the Austin Reeves, we're going to need, you know, the Finney Smiths and everybody to kind of contribute more. Because and really looking forward to, like the top tier team, obviously OKC, the games that we lost, I didn't. The takeaway from those games wasn't like, oh man, like we look bad. It was just expected, but it was still with the mindset of thinking, man, if we were at full strength, we just I think we'd whoop them, especially when you look at, you know, most recently, you know, noticeably, the denver game. I thought that was surprising to me. That was, yeah, they were gonna crumble.
Speaker 2:But to see, and what you're finding is that you know, sometimes you look at start studded teams, but the other times, what you really need to look at is do the pieces fit? And I think for the first time in a long time probably since that, since that championship we actually have feet, pieces that fit, even though they may not be the names that you're accustomed to, they may not be the ones you thought you wanted or needed, but they're actually starting to work out what you think.
Speaker 3:Rey I thought it was uh, obviously you got to, you got to snap that skit.
Speaker 3:You know lakers had been on a nice tear during february, uh, in which we saw lebron, to my knowledge, be like the oldest winner of the player of the month, which is yeah you string it up for those long and during the season that puts you in mvp contention, right, but uh, this was one of those growing pains they had to go through with LeBron out of the lineup and this is like you said. I needed Luka to show me he could man the fort in LeBron's absence and he's done a decent enough job. I'm still waiting for, like Robert talked about last week, I'm waiting on that Luka game, that monster game. I thought he would have had it against maybe a Milwaukee Definitely would have came alive against Brooklyn, but it worked out the way it did and they got the win today against I won't say a lowly Phoenix Suns team, but certainly not one of the best in the West.
Speaker 3:That's just in terms of record this year and again we'll definitely touch on that how that team has looked this year again or something right? Yeah, that's yeah, and we'll definitely touch on that how how that team is to look this year, considering all the money has gone into them and and the star power that they have to now be outside of, outside of play, in contention.
Speaker 3:That's crazy enough in and of itself, but um, that squad, yeah, yeah with that squad, with that payroll, everything going on in phoenix, you thought they would have had a lot more success. But it goes to show you you mentioned this, Robert, and I thought we wouldn't see it until the end of the season possibly I thought the Lakers would stay in firm command of second or third, but I forget that the West is so tight, Three, four games can slide you down to fifth, where they currently sit. It ain't nothing for you to go from two to five. That, to me, was the big surprise. I said well, the Lakers are in fifth.
Speaker 3:Damn how quickly we were celebrating them being just last week. We were celebrating them being in second place at that point, and we know Denver had taken over after they hit that two-game skid against Boston and then Brooklyn. But Denver had lost a game or two in that time. But yeah, it don't take much, but this is definitely a much-needed win. It definitely has to go well for Luka's confidence and LeBron's confidence and him right. So again, it's a growing pain, but hey, it's one of those needed transitions, it's got to happen.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think the crazy part is that I want to say they are only two games, maybe three, behind in the win column from second place. So even with a four game skid you look at the standings, there's still literally a couple of games behind, which speaks to your point, rhea, is you really just don't have a lot of room. So I think if the Lakers can get healthy and still hang on to fifth or sixth here in the next week or two, get everybody back, get ramped back up right before the playoffs. I think that's best case scenario. Because to be that close and to not really be that far behind in the record because I think that's the hardest part, and to not really be that far behind in the record Because I think that's the hardest part when you start to pile wins and somebody has four more wins and four less losses, now you have a problem.
Speaker 2:But to be basically in the mix where, hey, a couple shots fall here and maybe you guys are in third right now, but it leaves you hope that they can still play Bear to your point, I think they still compete even without having that full roster and that full lineup, which is something that in the past we couldn't do. When it was just AD and it was Bron, if one of them was out, it was a wrap, it was a good look on. You didn't feel like, yeah, there was much of a chance. Now you see people and I think even for the role players they're starting to see their value.
Speaker 1:Your thoughts- Bear, you know, I think that, when it comes down to it, it's encouraging from everybody and I think it's actually scaring the league when you think about it, because they said, you know, this Lakers squad is competing against the top teams in the West and they're, you know, going to the end and this was, like I said, one game without, you know, three of our top starters With three of our starters, and one thing I will say is our rookie and and Reeves between those two guys. Yeah, I'm really loving what I'm seeing because and reason, I mean, he stepped up so much and, like I said, he's going to be a key factor coming into the playoffs because he's and when you see that and you see LeBron James not playing, I think that everybody, the Lakers, are putting, you know, the rest of the league on notice, like when we're at full strength, because I think LeBron James is okay. Actually, I think at this point, he's just going to go ahead, give it, you know, extra rest. Do we, you know, and wait till the playoffs maybe, like, maybe the last week of the season come back to kind of get back into the flow and the rhythm of things so we can go in now I it's got to get back into the flow and the rhythm of things so we can go in Now.
Speaker 1:I don't, I do. I'd rather take that second spot. I don't want to drop down and stay down fifth, sixth, because we're going to end up playing. I don't want to. Basically I don't want to play OKC first round or anything like that. I don't want that to happen.
Speaker 2:But we're looking great. I'd want to avoid too. I'm saying too.
Speaker 1:You know I'm saying yeah, but I don't you. Yeah, I'm saying I'm thinking man, I'm telling you, I think, at full strength, I think we can whoop denver. I'm not impressed um baby, it's just me, I'm not, they're not the nuggets of old.
Speaker 2:The problem is there is something about the psyche of a team who dominates and and luca even mentioned it it uh himself that everybody gets up for the Lakers. He pointed out the fact that that's real Like being in the league and he's like I've played in some games, I've been some play, but everybody gets up for us and I think that becomes harder because even to that point we got the last time we beat Denver it was by committee, it was, you know, help side, it was a lot of those things. The question is, can you sustain that for seven games? And I don't know yet if we're there yet, just because of the lack of time the guys have had? Yeah Well, I do think we oh go ahead man.
Speaker 1:Go ahead Barry. What are you saying, phil? Do you think that there's a? I mean because we do look different, you know. But do you think that we've changed and maybe turned that corner when it comes to being able to play consistent ball? You know, team ball that's necessary for the playoffs, you know. Do you think that you feel more confident, or?
Speaker 2:I definitely feel more confident because my biggest issue with the Lakers in the past has been the fact that they didn't have an identity Right. That was always my biggest critique of Darvin ham's team, where it was just like I don't know, and I knew that, uh, I was correcting that because you had people like ad coming out like yeah, I don't know what we're doing either. So when you got the players coming out, just right right, your guess is good as mine.
Speaker 2:Let's all shake the magic eight ball and see what shakes down this week. It's like, okay, that's a problem. I do think, collectively, there's more energy around defense. I think their help side is better and I think getting Dorian Finney-Smith out there with Rui when he's available, I think now you have guys who can actually switch and that was one of their biggest issues. The perimeter Even though Jackson Hayes is not AD he's still long, he's lanky, he's active. Even Christian Coloco when he gets in, it's like okay, you got some pieces there that they're maybe not as polished or as good, but at least I know they have an identity and they have a game plan. So yeah, to answer your question, I definitely think they've turned a corner.
Speaker 3:I was going to say, say I was gonna jump in a while ago and say I'll do you one better and this is a bit of a surprise coming from me maybe. Um, I think the lakers, healthy once they figure it out is well, it shouldn't come as a surprise when you got lebron and you got lebron and the don, yeah, I think they could at least get out of the west. Like, obviously, you know styles make fights, so the matchup matters first round, uh for sure you definitely want a bit of an easier test, right, and it progressively gets more competitive and harder, obviously. But I think the lakers as constructed now that we've seen luca pull out a win, solo bola, without lebron in the lineup, once LeBron gets back, that only fortifies him even more. You don't get worse because LeBron's back in the lineup.
Speaker 3:Austin Reeves up until tonight's game, has been averaging about 21 points. I think he's averaging a career-high 19 a game. Dalton Connect is giving you double digits. They've been two of the most consistent third and fourth options on any team that I've seen in a while. Like there has been few games in this stretch wins or lose, whether it was that eight game streak or it's been the four game loss streak. Austin reeves and dalton connect have come to play and and to your point, you got guys like jackson haves who are now, you know again, he's long, he can run the floor, um, he can, he can, he can block some shots. Excellent in pick and roll, definitely, which makes him a great lob threat, which is really.
Speaker 3:He just needed somebody like like he needed lebron and luca willing passer willing passers who can make him more more of a lob threat than he already is with his long, his length and athleticism. So you definitely, definitely get the most out of me. You're seeing that now, but again you're getting I always touch on this when you get key contributions from guys deep in your lineup, that definitely bodes in your favor. When you start to get guys like coloco, you get guys like jordan goodwin, you get guys who who make the in all nbas, who who do they play for squad contributing this late in the season, those are good signs. And again you got Luka holding it down in LeBron's absence. I'm pulling out a. It depends on who you talk to whether this is a real quality win, but a win nonetheless.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Right, you get back in that W column. That's never a bad thing. That's what you need. Right, that's what you need. He's damn near going for a triple-double. He by himself was more impressive than KD and Book combined. This game, just about right.
Speaker 2:Reeves versus Book and KD Right, yeah, they were 21 points better than them. Right, a couple assists better than them, a rebound better than the two of them, three steals better than them. Yeah, even that speaks to and I know we're talking about the Lakers. But the other side of that is KD I think we all can agree is a generational player when it comes to the game, no doubt. But is he worth it? At this point, is it worth taking a chance on him? Specifically Because when he went to Brooklyn, I thought, okay, the Warriors we knew was a cheat code because he had he, he was dropped into something. Proven Brooklyn, I thought, was him getting what he was actually looking for? That chance to prove that? Yeah, I really am that guy that went over like a turd in a punch bowl, but, um, when that happened, it was like okay okay, so now here we are in phoenix.
Speaker 2:You, you would up and rising devin booker bradley bill turned out to not be. You know what, what everybody expected, but you know what I mean like, did he?
Speaker 3:or is he at about where we thought he was in comparison to d book and david durant?
Speaker 2:right it was right I romanticizing him with two other superstars. That led us to believe this could be more, but you're right.
Speaker 1:I think the skepticism is warranted. Listen, what we now know and what we can really affirmatively say is that KD cannot be the centerpiece, and this is why I say that, because you're going to have to have someone that is a true leader. And this is why I say that, because you're going to have to have someone that is a true leader. Now, when you look at the exploded view of his career thus far, the problem with OKC was not having the guy there that really could have kept that together, because they were looking at KD to be that guy. But remember, we got to remember why he went to Golden State Because they crumbled, they had that series in the bag and lost it. But he was supposed to be the guy. Who's supposed to be the leader. And I think that's part of the issue that we have with KD is his leadership qualities and I think, from a superstar standpoint, I don't know the last time we've seen a guy of his skillset and stature in the league being a superstar but lacking when it comes to leadership qualities. That much he it's so bad and I, as a team, I don't think you bring him in unless you have someone that's a true leader. You can't, because, if not, you're gonna have a problem. He's listen, you're gonna win some games, but when you have face adversity, it's gonna fall off. He's not gonna be the guy that's gonna push them through. He's going to be the guy that's going to push them through. He's not going to be the guy that's going to rally the troops, even like they have like a three, four game skid, and try to get things on track.
Speaker 1:I think that I don't know, maybe it was just me. He was in the best, he was in the best situation but he let if anyone I know we talk about, you know, people talk about LeBron James dealing with certain things and can't deal with the, you know, the media and things. I think he's that KD, so sensitive. He was trying to. That's the reason why he left so he could quote unquote, kind of shut the people up, but he didn't get a chance to. You went to, you went to you know. I mean, man, you went to Brooklyn, had a super squad and y'all felt, yeah, I mean we can talk about the big toe being on the line and everything, but we thought they were going to dominate the postseason.
Speaker 2:Even with that.
Speaker 1:Right On paper. So I don't know. I think it's warranted and I think, depending on what happens in the playoff, if they, how about this? I'll say it If they don't make the playoff, he's not worth it anymore. I mean, think about it. You don't stay in a time where there's a play in, you have more than one, more than one way to get into the playoff with that team with d book, and you can't get.
Speaker 3:nah, I'm cool like mike budenholzer at the helm.
Speaker 1:I think we gotta start looking at him, even when it's all said and done from his legacy. There's a big tarnish on that thing. I'm sorry, you take away you know what I mean. You gotta take away the Golden State. What has he done before Golden State? And after, what has he done?
Speaker 3:I want to be fair to KD, because we tend to forget that Brooklyn team was up 2-0 in that final, in that playoff series, and they didn't. They looked to be pretty unbeatable before kairi irving went out with that injury. Kevin I mean kd got some bad breaks in in new jersey. In new jersey, brooklyn, for sure uh, there's the the toe on the line. It was just a series of bad breaks that I don't want to pin all of it on him, though unfortunately, you know, whenever you're the man you get your unfair share of credit Right and it breaks both ways, you'll get an unfair share of blame too when it doesn't go the way it's supposed to right, right way it's supposed to right. And as much as I get that and I've said this about KD time and time again and I don't want to I don't want to use the wrong term when describing what I think his personality type is I thought Kyrie was one of these guys too. When I use terms like malcontent and maybe he's not a malcontent as much as he's a guy who absolutely needs everything to work out optimally, where everything has to go just right for Katie, you know what I mean. He needs everything to go right to have the most optimal result which, unlike any other superstar who doesn't need everything to break their way, katie seems to need everything and he either grows bored, he loses. You can tell there are times where he almost loses his passion. He just loses his drive. He just katie, just just depending on the situation that he's in, whether he's happy or not. And then again I don't know this whole happiness thing and professional sports is kind of a weird thing to me. You know what I mean? It's it's you're gonna be in some winning situations, you're gonna be in some losing, but you make the best of it.
Speaker 3:Dame Lillard spent a lot of time toiling in Portland trying to get that team somewhere, but you never thought for one second it was for lack of effort. Never once did you did you knock Dame and say he was not trying, he was not competing. There are times when I look at Katie he looks withdrawn, disinterested, disengaged. It feels like his heart isn't in it. So he cannot perform at his peak. That's my problem with KD, and it's been too often where his skill set was maximized on a team like Golden State. Because he is a great shooter, he's surrounded by other shooters and great defensive players and a coach and a culture. But if you take him out of that and you put him on a team where he has to be the guy unquestionably I don't, I don't know sometime and this has kind of proven that, like, his leadership qualities have been called into question, and for good reason.
Speaker 3:And I hate to do that to katie. I think we can be unfair to katie at times, but this time I think it's kind of warranted. You d book and d book has to accept some responsibility times, but this time I think it's kind of warranted. You d book and d book has to accept some responsibility too for this team. I thought he was going to turn a corner and be this, this kobe protege. We all saw him as at one point, yeah, and then we haven't heard much. We haven't seen much of that, that d book, in a while. Bradley bill I I can hardly really. I mean, how much of the other blame plied do I cut for him? You know what I mean?
Speaker 2:he's good, he's getting small slice, you're on the team, you're one of the better players, but you got to be in the bakery in order to get a slice, exactly, but we're being realistic I didn't count on you to be to do a whole lot, so I can't really put a lot on you.
Speaker 3:You know what I'm saying, like for real that man?
Speaker 1:is that man knocking on the door on the outside?
Speaker 2:Yeah, with no trade clause and everything. So yeah, yeah, well, I mean we'll see what happens. I don't have too much confidence. Like I said, they are the number 11 seed. 11th seed we are the 5 seed. So, looking at Western Conference standings, the Rockets are our 2 seed at 43-25. The Nuggets are the 3 seed at 43-25. Wow, the Nuggets are the three seed at 43 and 25. The Grizzlies are the four seed at 43 and 25. And the Lakers are the fifth seed at 51 and 25. All you need is just and then the Thunder are at 55 and 12. There's no catching them. That's crap.
Speaker 3:It's academic at this point. They pretty much clinched. They're going to win. The West, yeah, and the league For sure, yeah, yep.
Speaker 2:But I mean anywhere between that. You know, the Warriors are two games behind us in the win column, three games behind us in the loss, so you got a little cushion there. But I mean the sooner they can get healthier in terms of the Lakers, the better, because the better because they are warriors have gone from like that 10, 11 to succeed.
Speaker 3:So seven game win streak. It's about to say hey, when I say do not look now, don't, don't turn, turn around if you're the lakers like do not look back.
Speaker 1:Well, how about minnesota coming along? I was about to say yeah another seven win streak.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, these teams are starting to.
Speaker 1:It's gonna get interesting in the west, for sure yeah, I think minnesota personally is like a sleeper team. They're playing some great ball, great ball.
Speaker 3:But I'm interested to know what is your take on this Phoenix Sun team, chris, and KD and his. I don't want to have a legacy talk right now. I think that's a bit premature. Yeah, because there is still some meat on the bone. He still has a chance to redeem himself and prove that he can be a championship caliber leader in nba.
Speaker 2:But this season, like to look at him and say that katie was a bum. You know what I mean, right, where his conversation and legacy will get is when it comes to leadership and all those things. I think from the sun's perspective, though, if you look at what the lakers are dealing with versus what the Suns, we are really starting to see, yes, a big three is something we fell in love with. It don't always work, and I think, like this Lakers team, for example, is one of the pure teams, because there are guys who have really specific and defined roles that they are just excelling at together. Right, luka is a scoring machine. He is going to be. He is not going to give you much on defense, not for lack of trying, but he's going to give you the best he can, and he's going to rely on his wings and his bigs, and that's what it is. But what he does so well is he forces teams to figure out what they need to do. He plays his role personified, and I think that's the biggest difference between these two teams. You look at Devin Booker and KD. Kd, just long lanky alone is going to give you something. On defense, he's going to be a scorer. But when you look at the pieces around them. And some of that, to me, isn't so much about the personnel, it's about the people who put the personnel together. And we see this a lot when you get a new owner.
Speaker 2:Everybody wants to put their stamp on something so quickly that, yes, I'm going to do this, I'm going to throw caution to the wind, I'm going to go get this guy and we are going to. And you just realize that. One thing about basketball that's been proven. Even if you look at when we had a lot of success, we had the right people in the right places. You had the Robert Ories, you had the Rick Foxes, you had the Derek Fishers. You had these guys who were just glue guys in their role, who understood. This is the star. Yes, he's David Ruffin. We did Temptations but we all got to hit these same moves and we're all going on tour and I think that's the biggest problem the Suns have right now. You're going to get high volume from Book. You're going to get high volume from Book. You're going to get high volume from KD Two top-tier athletes. After that, the fall-off is real. I mean, in some cases I feel like you can get us out there, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:It's just like well, what's the difference? Let me spot up for one, Right.
Speaker 3:It's kind of leftovers after KD and Bookie.
Speaker 2:It just is not enough to compete in a West. I mean, just listen to what I just gave you. You've got three teams with the exact same record who are taking up a spot. It's like, well, you sneezed first, so you fell a spot. You know that's crazy. So I think that's part of the problem is just, I think they have a bigger issue than just the personnel on the floor. They need management. They're going to probably fire Budenhoser at the end of the year, so it'll be another coach. So you will have gone through you know what three in the last couple seasons because they're just trying to figure themselves out. So when I talk about identity, phoenix is an is an example of what not having an identity will do to your squad.
Speaker 3:So, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's the takeaway on that one.
Speaker 2:Yeah, right it Right, it is what it is. Yeah, yeah, completely, but you talk about identities. It's that time of year, fellas, it is March Madness, and some identities are going to be carved.
Speaker 2:Yeah, man, I agree. Duke is looking good out there, so much so they got a number one seed with Auburn, houston and Florida. My Tar he there. So much so they got a number one seed with auburn, houston and florida. Um, my tar hills got in and they, they squeaked in. Um, to be honest, I didn't expect them to make it. I I wouldn't have been mad if they didn't make it. They just haven't been what they've been in terms of what tar hill basketball is. I think uh, hubie is is gonna be uh on that hot seat coming up.
Speaker 1:Alumni or not?
Speaker 2:it don't matter. I think, yeah, to be honest, I give him another year. I think I give him next year because him being so close to Roy Williams and such a part of the fabric of the Tar Heels that I think he may get one year. But after that, put it to you this way, I wouldn't be surprised if they're lining up what their next potential targets will be now. If he can't get it done next year, he's got a top 10 class coming in. I think Tar Heels are ranked like eight, but especially the rivalry game. I thought they gave Duke a run for their money this last game that they played. Oh, definitely.
Speaker 3:They had to get up for the tournament. I was expecting that. That wasn't much of a surprise to me. They had to make a good showing in the tournament.
Speaker 2:The flag out didn't hurt. But for them to go down about 20, 21 points and come back and poor decisions at the end there stepping in the lane on a free throw that could have tied the game, you don't feel those decisions. Fortunately for that young man, I will say I was happy that he will get another chance to play another game to walk off and that'd be the last thing you remember against Duke, that's a lifetime of torture. But I know, ree, your Blue Devils are number one seed.
Speaker 3:You already know, man, we continue domination of UNC this year, which is already, if we don't do nothing else.
Speaker 2:I had my year and my year was Coach K's last year where we absolutely mopped them every chance we could man, I tell you.
Speaker 3:that was the coup de grace. Yeah, you hate it to see it happen like that, but this has been our year.
Speaker 2:I'm sure he still has nightmares about that one.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I'm loving it, though. I mean we've been smacking on UNC. I mean that last game was tough. And UNC did prove it that they had. I mean, yeah, for real, they got a lot of chutzpah, but to win that tournament with Cooper Flag out, you know what I mean, like that was. I mean we got a team we do there's Con Knipple, you know what I mean. We still have some guys on that team, but we proved our toughness winning, outright winning the tournament, totally agree.
Speaker 3:I mean I think we look good. But again, you know me as much as I love my Duke Blue Devils, I'm never confident in us when we have a very underclassmen-heavy team. If our best players are underclassmen, freshmen, it's hard for me that to be that confident. Because, yeah, even in college basketball you're more veteran savvy teams are going to have success. That's just the way it works. There have been a few exceptions.
Speaker 3:Maybe the last team we saw that was led by a freshman phenom which that won it all was what syracuse with mellow, I want to say Melo might have been the last one in recent history, I think so To be led by a freshman to win it all. So you don't see that too often. You're right, yeah, and I don't. I mean we've had Zion, we've had some guys. We've had the Kyries of the world, who you know he didn't have a very long Duke career. Yeah, he played about as many games for Duke as I did, you know what I'm saying. But we've had some Paulo Banqueiro, but we haven't. Yeah, I just don't. I love us, I want us to do well. Fingers crossed, we need it. We've had a nice drought, or at least for Duke Blue Devil fans. It's like the Lakers More than a few years is a drought. You know what I mean what are we doing?
Speaker 3:yeah, what are we doing? It's damn near unbearable. But um, you want to see somebody's hitting a chopping block after that point. But I'm sure john shire has more belief than maybe hubert david davis does because of the success he's had this year um, but uh, yeah, man, and everything he.
Speaker 2:He is beating him, without a doubt, and he was the heir apparent selected, and it's one thing that Duke did. They didn't go outside and look. Coach K was like this is who was taking over my program and that's what it's going to be. So, yeah, he has no problem in terms of job security right now.
Speaker 3:Yeah, when you're handpicked by Coach K, yeah, you k. Yeah, you got again. You're gonna have a longer leash than most will. But I mean, you got some teams that scared me. The auburns, houston, uh, florida is a nice well-rounded team. You got some teams that that that definitely strikes some fear in my heart. Um, and we know how the tournament is, man, it's anybody's to win, because if you get hot at the right time, you can find yourself in the final four championship game. But it ain't that hard.
Speaker 1:I still look at it. I still think that michigan state gets a strong candidacy to win. I think michigan state movie and houston, because we're talking about defensive teams me personally, and I think those two, when it comes down to it, I it wouldn't shock me, you know, if michigan state, but I think that the hard out is going to be. I think you know what I'm going to say, coming from the other side of the bracket, I think you know, like Alabama, I think they could. You know, I think there's certain teams that can really this could be a great year. But for Duke, you know, I mean, obviously, you know I'm not I don't have a certain team, I think, depending on if we're going to flag his health situation, that ankle Right Now.
Speaker 1:I think if he's 78% and I think that he's going to still make him. He's going to be a major impact on the team, but that is the key and they know it. And I think that, duke, you know, we know how ankle injuries could be. I mean you can re-aggravate that thing. I mean first play of the game it doesn't take much, I think, if he's 8%.
Speaker 2:they're willing him out because it's the tournament.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you ain't got no choice.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I need you to get a power.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and that's where it gets tricky because you don't want to risk anything long term.
Speaker 3:You're talking about a lottery pick, easily, if not the number one overall pick, but you want him back healthy. I mean sometimes ankle injuries we saw what another Duke Blue Devil, what ankle injuries did to Grant Hill. Oh yeah, you know he wanted to wheel his team into playoff position, or you know at least be or even further than that. But I mean it cost him dearly. It cost him his career. For the most part it don't take much Like if you again. It's one of those deals where sometimes with players much like boxing you got to be in their corner throwing a white towel because they won't defend themselves. They'll go out on legacy, they'll go out on bravado and everything else, and it's like you know we need you here long term, whether you plan on coming back next year or going to the league. Whatever decision you make, you want to make it in the best health you can be in.
Speaker 3:And this may not but you know, hopefully it's minor and he knows his body better than anybody else. Hopefully the training staff is. You know, hopefully we got to get enough training staff that knows and it's going to break it to him if he can't and it's not a good idea. But you know, fingers crossed. But right now I don't know.
Speaker 2:You want to see them compete at the highest level Definitely.
Speaker 2:When you have a year that goes this well, where you've earned a number one seed, you want to really see that play out. You know my Tar Heels are fighting for 11th on Tuesday against San Diego State and even that's not going to be an easy out, because San Diego State is a good team, like they've always been pretty balanced. And the one thing I love about the tournament and it's arguably, to me, the best sporting event out there in terms of sheer excitement, because if you look at anything else, and it's arguably, to me, the best sporting event out there in terms of sheer excitement, because if you look at anything else, it's so true, all you have to do is get hot. If you, if you are in right now, you just have to go on a five, six game win streak, you know what I mean and you will literally beat everyone and there's nothing you can do about it.
Speaker 2:How many teams came true, truth be told, look, I can't remember the last time. You know it was like a team who was just completely out of the far right, where it's like nobody had any clue that they could win, because even in this format most of the time, you know guys will get weeded out, but to watch that process is always somebody who goes down way too early, it's all all, always the Cinderella team, or always somebody who goes down way too early, it's all, always the cinderella team, or always somebody that you know pulls on the heartstrings of it. So, from your perspective, is this one of the best sporting events of the year. What do you guys?
Speaker 1:think most definitely because you're talking about you know one, you know one game when to go home that that you know just that setup alone is going to bring the intensity. You said it all right there. Yeah, that's why right, and that's why you know for college basketball, even for the regular season, every game matters. There isn't like, okay, we still got. You know every game matters, so they're already.
Speaker 1:If you think about it, when you're in college basketball you're already playing at a certain level and especially towards the end of season, you know you're playing your tournament championships now that you're in.
Speaker 1:You know the big dance, the type of energy that is necessary, as even from a coaching standpoint, you're gonna have to do some of your best coaching. You know every round, as long as you make it, and you know all that takes is a great outing for you to knock someone off, whether you win by 20 points or one point, as long as you can win and keep going to the next one. I just think the excitement of seeing some of the big names tumble and fall first two rounds. They go down to what you think is a lesser team. But, like I said, all you have to do is kind of especially this is we understand that it's not professional NBA basketball, but to get those kids to really buy in and give it their all on the court. I mean, you know what there is, you think about it NBA. We know that some of these guys when they play, it's kind of like they kind of throw in the towel when they know we're not having a great night. There's still another game tomorrow. It's the first game.
Speaker 2:We'll sit, our guys None of that?
Speaker 1:None of that. Listen, I need you to tape this up because this may be and for some of these guys, this may be their last collegiate game or their last game period. Because everyone's not. You know what I mean. Because everybody's not going to the league. Everybody's not going to the league. Because everyone's not. You know what I mean. Because everybody's not going to the league. Everybody's not going to the league.
Speaker 2:Everybody.
Speaker 1:So I need to leave it all on the floor. There's so much at stake, not just for the championship, but their career in sports periods. For some of them, like this is the last of all. There is nothing after this. So I need to go ahead and at least try to win this chip. You know what I mean, and I just you know. To see not only the energy, but to see the emotions that they go through, you know what I mean, like the state the other night was heartbreaking to me.
Speaker 2:I mean, I saw that he, he, I mean he couldn't get past some tears, he apologized for crying, but that that was such a pure moment, and it was one of those things. Being in locker rooms and coaching for a number of years, you feel, feel for those kids, because they, they truly don't know. They've loved this thing this entire time. They don't know what's next for them, and part of that is some of that is the disappointment of the loss. The other part of that, though, is I don't know if I'll ever get to do this again at this level. Yeah, and you feel that I mean that boy cried, he and, and he talked about you know, but he transferred to, he left his old team, transferred over, and it was like was the grass eating greener and I owe money. But, man, that, that raw emotion. I felt so bad for him in that moment, because it was, it was pure, and he was genuinely remorseful about not being able to do more, which something you don't really see at the professional level, not like that at least.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, for me it's. The answer is pretty easy it is. It has to be the penultimate, and I said it only to the super bowl. Not that I think that's a better product. Um, it's just what we're accustomed to, right? It's the biggest sporting event in america, no doubt. Now this obviously is second to it. Maybe I'm not sure if that's true, for all I know, it could be the college, uh, football national championship. But, um, yeah, but the tournament is probably the best, one of the most fair systems there is is no fairest there is no. This is the best that we have right now in terms of its fairness. I mean, you can argue that like teams.
Speaker 3:Once you get past the selection because again it will not come without controversy that teams like North Carolina made it, and that's not to pick on them, I'm just saying like no, no, no, you're absolutely right.
Speaker 2:Because when they lost that game, that was my first thought is like, yeah, this year's over, we'll see what happens next year. And for them to get in and I mean even being in a play-in situation, they're going up against a good San Diego State team and then, if they win, they still got to go against Ole Miss. But the funny thing is, again you get on a run. That's a veteran coach, you know, know, he's been to the top of that mountain a couple times.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you still got rj davis you got la you got jackson, so you still got some guys who can actually, if they can just put it together quiet, escape you, mess around and be in a final against auburn in the section and be like hey, look, yeah, look at what we're doing yeah, so it's possible, it could definitely happen, and that's one of the things about it.
Speaker 3:Like college basketball has found a way, this is where the NCAA gets some credit, whoever's in charge or at the administrative level. I got to give it to them and their foresight, and even the naming of the different rounds, the Elite Eight, final Four yeah, those, those titles, they all build right and we know.
Speaker 3:We know what that means. Like the final four is exclusive to college basketball. Yeah, now, technically, whenever you have a semi-finals, there is a final four, of sorts, but they've coined a phrase that is transcendent even if you don't understand basketball, you know the final four. We're talking college basketball, especially in this country. You certainly know what time it is. So if you asking me like, yeah, to me it's, and as a basketball fan, again, super bowl is great or it can be as a potential would be great, but more often than not, the tournament is probably going to shake out and be entertaining regardless. Like you're guaranteed some entertainment, you're guaranteed some level regardless. Like you guaranteed some entertainment, you guaranteed some level of drama. You're guaranteed some great storylines. It's just it's. It's a great time of year for basketball. We, we got NBA kind of winding down and it it. You know you're getting into the probably the most competitive part of the season, especially in close races like the Western Conference. But in college basketball this is like you said, this is it for some of these guys?
Speaker 3:They're not going pro, at least not in basketball.
Speaker 1:Fellas, you know, we got to bring the other gender in the women's side, and especially over the last-. Oh man, they've been shining. Yeah, I'm telling you.
Speaker 3:You got to give it up for the ladies man.
Speaker 1:Everybody wants right. So you from from from. Just, I didn't know that I'm gonna go out on the limb and say this as much as I love the nfl, I think collegiate sports on the whole, when it comes to football and basketball, there is no better product. And the reason why I say that? Because the energy that comes with both now I will say that you think about sad.
Speaker 1:You think about saturday just called collegiate football. I heard someone speaking you know one of the NFL guys, and he's, you know, played for one championships with the Patriots and he was, you know, speaking to the fact that there's nothing more crazier than a college fan. And even the people that you know, the fans that show up we're talking about Tuesday the game is Saturday Show up with their, you know, and start everything Tuesday, waiting in line or waiting in tents or in their you know their RVs pulling up in body-pillow drones Right.
Speaker 1:And think about it. I mean, listen, I know they don't like it, but just even to see when, like, there's a big game and an upset happens and they, you know, storm the field. That type of energy is so attractive as just a fan to watch yeah yeah, I mean even the personalities.
Speaker 1:when you see some of the personalities in collegiate sports that have been kind of like you know they've been there, I mean since forever and just to see them, you know, to come out the sportscasters for college, you know that is. You know, I mean arguably, like I said, dick Vitale just at the time, to hear that yeah baby come on man, come on now.
Speaker 1:I mean you think about it. Some of the best moments in sports are from collegiate sports. You know the best moments. I mean your Duke, the Christian Leitner shot. I mean come on moments. I mean you're Duke, I mean the Christian Leitner shot. I mean, come on now. I mean some of these things we really got to. Like I said, don't get me wrong, there's. I think if you're going to compare it to something you have to compare it to, it would have to be only the finals. The finals in NBA, yeah, that's a whole, nother level.
Speaker 3:Yeah, but the finals can be kind of a 50-50 proposition in terms of entertainment value.
Speaker 1:You never know what you might get. The ones and dones. You know what I mean, but the one and dones, that aspect of it is what makes it.
Speaker 3:Just that. In and of itself, it adds something to the atmosphere that you can't get in professional sports Win or go home. It truly is win or go home. There ain't no second chances. This is not a best of three, five, seven. You know what I mean. This is not a double elimination. It is you have one time to have a bad night and you're going home, and that's that.
Speaker 1:And you can regroup for next year. Hopefully you know what I mean. A collegiate rivalry is unmatched. It is On top of that. Remember we all went to go. You saw the Duke North Carolina game Went and we had people up in there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I swear. If there's one thing I would want for us in this life is to be in attendance at one of them games whatever site Like yeah, you talk about a dream.
Speaker 2:Oh man, just us sitting there at the bar restaurant. I remember I had a couple of beers and you could cut that tension with a knife because that was a close game. It was hard fought, you knew. If this was it, you know like this would be coach k going out losing to carolina after just losing to them on you know, his last game coaching as the head coach at duke. So it was just like there's no way lightning strikes twice. But man, I was. Yeah, you're right, there's no feeling like that. So I totally agree with that. Yeah.
Speaker 3:The college sports atmosphere. It's unmatched because you have the passion of the student body. You just got a lot more going for it. It's a lot more passion-packed because people care more. These aren't paid professionals. I mean you could argue that they are kind of semi-professional now with the money they're getting, the NIL, money transfer portals and these guys are making decisions like pros. But for some, like you said, this is going to be the closest they'll get to that the ability to transfer, make money. This is their professional career. And again, like you said, brad, you got the women's game now, which has really been quiet as kept. I mean it's been still in the spotlight from the men's game.
Speaker 2:I I haven't mentioned it because I think it's an episode in and of itself, because we we have to talk about has the women's game in its totality. Oh, yeah, yeah, I've touched on that pendulum, yeah, and and taken over.
Speaker 3:Yes, that's, and it's a conversation to be had.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:It's getting there for sure, but in terms of the college environment, they certainly have earned their keep. Oh yeah, absolutely yeah, and you might, you might argue they deserve a lion's share of it. But this year, you know again, you got to. Really, I think this election committee did a great job this year. Know again, you gotta. Really I think this election uh committee did a great job this year. You're always gonna have some controversy. Yeah, that's built into it.
Speaker 2:It's gonna happen so large. Yeah, somebody's gonna be upset right, it's no matter.
Speaker 3:If it were 128, somebody would feel left out.
Speaker 2:Yeah the 129th team is right, yeah how hot.
Speaker 3:How did we not make?
Speaker 1:it and when you look at just the size of the field.
Speaker 3:Like what field starts out now it's 68, right, but it's a 64-team tournament that whittles down to one last man standing. When you hear that Luther Vandross being queued up, that one final moment man, you hear Clark Kell clark kellogg's in the it's it is nostalgia, yeah yeah, there's so much around that man and, and that's the greatest, it can't be overstated.
Speaker 3:this is the, the best time, one of the best times a year for basketball the tournament, and by that time we're done with that, we're looking at the nba playoffs. We'll have a better, we, we'll have a clearer picture, but, yeah, but I'm certainly looking forward to this tournament. And again, hey, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention the bracket. That's the most exciting and fun part, even for the casuals, those who don't follow college basketball or sports in general. Just filling out a bracket at your office party or whatever, you know what I mean, to have bracket parties, that's a fun that we, nationally, we get to indulge in every year. I don't give a damn where you are, whether you work in sanitation or you work in corporate America your office is taking up some pools.
Speaker 2:The philosophy behind it, yeah.
Speaker 1:Some people are like, oh, I'm going with this color.
Speaker 2:Yeah, if the team has this color. I'm going with it. I like their mascot better. Just the rationale and the one thing do you ever think we'll get somebody who fills out a perfect bracket?
Speaker 3:Because there's been a billion dollars on the line for a million dollars, who knows how long, and there's a reason nobody's wanted because there's always an upset just the thought that you have a better chance of picking six or seven numbers to win close to a billion dollars or to win a jackpot than you do at filling out a completely 100% accurate bracket. That's crazy in and of itself. Like there is no, like there's no rhyme or reason, and you can get down to all analytics and every year they'll do a show dedicated to these guys who come on who this team?
Speaker 2:has a better chance.
Speaker 3:Bracketology and the whole nonsense all it is, and you know what it's equivalent to. Bracketology is damn near equivalent to astrology and that it means absolutely nothing. You know what I mean? It's a bunch of hogwash. At the end of the day it's all fun and games, but it means nothing. It has no significance. But I mean, I'm looking, I got a bunch of them. I'll probably print out about 20 and fill out 20 different brackets. Just you know what I mean.
Speaker 2:I think I'll do the same this year. Yeah, Normally stick to one or two. No, I do a ton of them. This is one with my heart and this is one just. But yeah, I think this year I'll probably get a few more in, just to see what that's like.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but listen to what you guys are saying. We're talking about just the excitement of, you know, choosing the brackets. Just think about that, Even like when they have the Think about it in college, when they have like the early at four o'clock, they have the bracket special.
Speaker 1:The special for who's going to get the reveal Just in that alone, like I said, from that, from revealing who makes the tournament moving forward. And I dare say this I think that the championship game is probably like the greatest Monday of sports, of any sport, that Monday, and that's the thing. There's no way, you know, I understand the NFL, you got to build it up but hey, that Saturday, that Friday, saturday, you know who won that. Following Monday, like, yeah, let's rock, let's go ahead and get it out the way, and I and I like that because you don't want a team to cool off, like I want to see both you guys at your best towards the end. And we know that it's going to be ups and downs in the game, but yeah, very, you're going to always get, like I said, I think the consistency of it too, and you know, because nba, it can be inconsistent, like you say, you get to the finals, it's like, yeah, you saw the, you know in recent years.
Speaker 3:It's you get to the playoffs, it's like all the top stars are injured somehow. Some way he depleted of a whole bunch of star quality and it's just like whatever, I don't even care who wins now, it's just like whoever's the healthiest at this point is gonna get it done, and we'll be certain to put an asterisk near it too guys are permanente MVP's but yeah, just in terms of like, just the, the raw emotion and the passion. It is just fun and, you know, can't be overstated yeah, you gotta love it.
Speaker 2:So we'll have to trust and believe we'll have some more coverage of that. Well, there fellas we coming to the end. This, uh, freestyle what's on your mind, a couple minutes and just let us know what's on your mind yeah, what's going on?
Speaker 3:what was everybody up to? Are you watching anything interesting? Anybody? Uh, stumble on anything that's that you want to share with the congregation, that you want to let the people know about.
Speaker 2:I just started daredevil, the reboot of daredevil. I enjoyed that. When it got darker, when disney started to get into a little bit of blood, a little bit of violence, I was like okay oh, we got blood in in this up in this series really oh yeah, they kept up with it from netflix.
Speaker 1:They didn't, they didn't depart from it.
Speaker 2:They, they, and first episode they come with it like yeah really some familiar faces that are that are brought right back into the fold. So yeah, I would. I would definitely reckon if you followed it on netflix it's a good jump in.
Speaker 3:I might have to check it out. I was just. I was concerned that they would take all the blood out and remove all of the uh, uh, yeah, what I've heard about okay, they from pause to play, they, they just hit continue.
Speaker 2:So, yeah you, you need not worry about that for sure all right, that's cool I mean because listen those series.
Speaker 1:You know the Daredevil, the Iron Fist and you know Jessica.
Speaker 2:Jones and all them, luke Cage and all them yeah.
Speaker 1:They put Netflix on the map. For me, like, a lot of people didn't really know that Netflix had these things. And then you know next thing, you know, man, it blew up. So you know, I'm happy that the show was back. I love that show. I was, you know, those marvel ones. I mean, if you people that's listening, if you haven't checked them out, you guys need to check them out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, please do y'all slip it only other one I'm waiting to come back is your honor that that was a good you're gonna be heartbroken.
Speaker 3:I enjoyed. I hope I'm wrong, but last I heard that was my show. Uh, it's a wrap. They're not coming back. I don't know why. Unless somebody, unless another network picks that up, that show's not coming back. That, oh man, that pissed me off.
Speaker 1:So you're telling me they left us with a cliffhanger yes, yes, yes oh my yeah, trust me, that broke my heart.
Speaker 2:That was the show I was most looking forward to, oh I've been waiting and I told my wife earlier like hey, where is that chris?
Speaker 3:it's two shows that are similar yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 2:Mayor of east town you've been talking about that for a while. We're watching it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we're on that too bear oh okay, pay attention, pay attention to that show. That's gonna throw you for a loop. Yeah, yeah, I gotta check it out now you're talking about it like that wait a minute, you haven't seen it?
Speaker 3:no, I've heard robert talk about it for a minute for some years, a couple years now.
Speaker 1:I want to say I'm waiting and hoping I don't you know.
Speaker 1:I don't know if they're gonna come, but yeah, I don't know if they're gonna come back with it. So, but yeah, those are the shows you know, the same similar shows we're on. Only thing I'm doing now is, man, I went and got my uh, we wouldn't got some bikes fixed in the house that need to be fixed. But to my surprise, no, bro, but to my surprise, see, this is me being lazy, being being a mechanic myself, knowing how, to you know, work on different things and the bikes I didn't feel like doing them, so I wouldn't get it. You know, since, uh, I don't have a truck, I've issued, even had a truck and yeah, they wouldn't fit. When got a van from u-haul, took it up there and by the time they did the assessment, oh, you need this, that and the third, and I knew it, they weren't cheating, because I could clearly see, yeah, and I got that, bill bruh it was like are they fixing bikes or motorcycles?
Speaker 3:like, oh yeah, what's going on, what's a harley up in this joint right.
Speaker 1:I was like man, I'm thinking like how much does that bike cost? That's brand new, you 434, that was a ticket.
Speaker 3:I was like, yeah and we're talking bicycles, right, not motorbike.
Speaker 1:It's crazy no, yeah, pedal power, buddy. Yeah, that's crazy. 434, bruh. We'll see how if any more rains come, I'm about ready to get on out there. Put this bike out there, use, you know, another form of cardio, because I can't do no track or no treadmill you gotta enjoy it.
Speaker 3:It'll keep you on. Ain't nothing new over here, man? I ain't been up to nothing much ain't haven't stumbled into nothing great worth mentioning, just been the same old, same old man Trying to live through the off-war moment, trying to see what's going on in the world.
Speaker 1:Well, check out that. Mayor of Easttown. Yeah, I guess it'll give me something to do in the interim?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I can check that out.
Speaker 2:We've been talking about it for a while. How?
Speaker 1:many episodes of Daredevil is available? Two, I think three right now. Oh yeah, it's going down.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah it's going down, yes, so you might want to check that out. Last thing I want to leave y'all with and we kind of talked about it so we've known each other, the majority I mean. I met these guys in third, fourth grade and we're all in a similar age bracket mid-40s, and you know we've had our conversations and we've we've kept up with each other. But one of the things that, uh, we kind of touched on today was just being good to each other, making sure that you were watching out for your brother.
Speaker 2:It immediately made me think of the uh lyrics from the best man I can be from the best man soundtrack, and just a couple of lines what can a brother do for me? He can pick me up when he can pick you up when you were down. What can a brother do for me? He can be your eyes when you can't see. What can a brother do for me? He can help me be the best man I can be. So watch out for your brothers. Sometimes we get so caught up in life that applies to sisters too.
Speaker 2:But that that was on my head and on my heart after we had a conversation. So just make sure we're looking out and doing, doing what we can to be the best for each other, cause we need each other. I know we are men, I know we are prideful, I know we are strong, I know we are providers, but we are human. So, uh, you know that's something that this brotherhood talked about. So make sure that you are watching out for your brothers, being there for him, being his eyes when he can't see, picking him up when he's down, and just making sure that we're taking care and making sure each of us is the best we can be for one another and the people we love. So with that I'll leave you. Rekha, can you tell the people where they can find and support the pod?
Speaker 3:Well, you can start at our website. Well, not ours, but you know we'll call it our website. Thesupremecourt words, but you know we'll call it our website.
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