Hour 3 - Embiid and Jokic are BOTH All-NBA First Team Players

Chris and Rob get into a heated debate about whether both Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid deserve to be First Team All-NBA, discuss Broussard's decision to put Embiid over Jokic and Giannis as the NBA MVP and share their thoughts on Draymond Green's cloudy memory with the word 'bitch'. 

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(01:09):
Rob and the audience the listeners. I am one of
the official voters for the NBA Regular Season Awards. The
awards were due. Your votes were due at six pm
Eastern today three pm Pacific. I turned mine in Saturday
afternoon and Rob, I'm gonna read my MVP ballot to

(01:36):
you and see if you have any issues. And then
I'll read my all NBA team to you and see
if you have any issues. A little birdie told me
you do, so we'll get that. I have a big issue.
But go ahead, okay, okay, okay, at number five MVP,
because you vote for five people and then they talied.

(02:00):
You know, you get a certain amount of points. I
assume I don't know off top of my head how
many points, but you know, one point for fifth, two
points for fourth, three points for third, two or four
for you know, and then they tally. And that's why, Rob,
you could get the most first place votes and still

(02:22):
not win. If the guy gets the second most beat
you badly in the you know, in terms of finishing second.
You know what I mean. So anyway, my fifth place MVP,
Donovan Mitchell from the Cleveland Cavaliers, had a fantastic season.
Rob had a seventy point game this year and broke

(02:46):
the Calves single season record for forty point games in
a season, breaking Lebron's record. Lebron played eleven years in Cleveland,
and we know he's not primarily a scorer, but he
is the all time leading scorer. So that's pretty impressive
in your first year there um number four roub Jason

(03:08):
Tatum wasn't an early front runner for the MVP. Had
a great year. He was early on kind of. I mean,
his game didn't fade him. He had some bad games
here there, as did everybody, but I mean he still
ended up averaging like thirty and eight. I mean, led
the Celtics in scoring and rebounding and they're obviously one

(03:33):
of the top teams as far as the chance to
win the championships. So he's number four, number three NICOLEA.
Yokis now he could end up winning it. We know
a lot of people are gonna vote for him. Would
have been his third straight or it will be his
third strade if he wins. I look, he's had a
great year, there's no doubt about it. For me, my

(03:54):
knock against him mainly was the defense. He's not the
defender that the two guys I put in front of
him are. He's not even close. They're two of the
best in the league. He's not on that level. And
also didn't get to the free throw line like they
do and cause the type of havoc that getting an
opponent in foul trouble causes like these two guys ahead

(04:18):
of him, and then I'll admit this, Rob, this would
be as third straight as I said, And I do
hold that in a little higher regard, like I'm not
against voting for a guy, you know, to win three straight,
but if he's gonna win three straight, which Michael Jordan, Lebron,
James Kareem, Abdul Jabbar Yanda signs to Dakoumpo have not done,

(04:43):
then you better be heading shoulders above the rest. Because Rob,
we can look back at those guys in the year
they had a chance to win three straight, their numbers
in a lot of cases got better, especially like Jordan's
got better. I think Kareem's got better, and they still
didn't win it. And so I got Yokis third two.
Yannis Onto di Kompo the Milwaukee Bucks. He's won it

(05:07):
twice before, hadn't won it in two years. I don't
think he's gonna win it this year. Rob, he might
not even fit the second. Most people think it's between
Joel Embiad and Nicola Yokers. But I got Yannis number two.
He's had a tremendous year. You know, one of the
best defenders in the league. Obviously did his thing offensively,

(05:28):
rebound he does it all, really rebounds, assists, and even
though he's not a great shooter, he scores it as
much as anybody in the league. So I got him
number two and then number one. Rob. You know who
it is after hearing these guys eliminated Joel embiad And look,
here's some of the reasons. First center to lead the

(05:51):
NBA in scoring since he did it last year, but
outside of him, since Rob Shock in the ninety nine
two thousand season, that's almost twenty five You voted for him?
I don't. I don't remember, honestly, I gotta look back
if I thought him last I wasn't sure if I

(06:12):
voted for him or yall. I may have. But he
finished second last year, but also robbed the highest points
per game for a center since Bob McAdoo back in
nineteen seventy five. That's almost fifty years. First center with
three fifty point games in one season since Kareem in

(06:33):
nineteen seventy two. That is more than fifty fifty years. Uh.
Tremendous defender free throws gets there at twelve times a game,
which is astronomical and hits eighty five percent of his
free throws. Rob and here was a big thing for me.
He's one of the top ten clutch players in the
league in terms of scoring points in the clutch, you know,

(06:56):
the clutches a game that's within five points and Um
has five minutes or less left. And he's one of
the biggest clutch players in the league, above Yannis and
Yokich in both not only scoring but blocks and steals.

(07:18):
There was a game of a little bit I think
it was Dallas when he blocked the shot from Luca
late in the game appended, I believe, against the backboard.
But so those are some of the main reasons that
I voted for MBID and Uh, we'll see if he
ends up winning. I think it's gonna be one of
the closest votes we've ever seen. But those are my MVP.

(07:38):
That's my MVP ballot. Rob any issues with that, Um, Yeah,
the only issue I have with you is I don't
think you're being fair because you're factoring in other things
rather than just MBI should just be the winner, like
I really believe like you're what do you mean other
things like like the bringing up who didn't win three

(08:02):
should have nothing to do with your vote. It just
shouldn't in a vacuum. If you're just going on who
had the best regular season, I think that you are,
whether you want to be or not, I think that
you are fixated on that. And that's a reason why
Yokis can't get your vote, because you really are. You know,
you're looking at it from a historical standpoint, and that

(08:24):
shouldn't matter. It just it shouldn't. I understand, after it's
all said and done, you could go back and look
at it and say, man, Michael Jordan ever won three
or so and so, And I get that, but I
think that's been in your head. And then before that,
you talked a lot about him not going to the
finals or being postseason. But yeah, but neither has embed

(08:44):
you know, like so like he hadn't won MVP either, Right,
he's not an I get it, But I'm just saying
I think that those things have factored in the way
you look the way you look at the Joker if
the Joker didn't you know, I do believe that there's
a part of you that's that's trying to what's the

(09:07):
right word is like you're on guard for the history
of the league and history of the tradition of the MVP,
and so that you have you feel like you have
responsibility to kind of if those guys couldn't win two,
how in the world could this guy And he's nothing
close to them. I'm just saying, you know, aside from
his numbers, um, and let me just give you. I'll

(09:29):
just give you his his numbers, Chris in that and
I get it. It's your vote. I always respect whoever
you know makes the vote. Twenty four and a half points,
eight point eleven point eight rebounds, nine point eight assists,
so it didn't finish with the triple double. Sixty three
thirty eight eighty two is his shooting splits top three

(09:50):
and rebounds and assists first, and triple doubles first in
plus minus, first in post up points, and his team
first in the West. So he has an impressive resume,
and then he will get votes. I agree with you, Um,
I think I might have to vote for him when
I look at the other time, I don't think. I

(10:11):
think Jannie is a distant third. And I don't know
why I know his numbers are good, Chris, Maybe because
he missed a lot of games. Is that fair? He
only played five games? And is that what it was? Yeah? Um, so,
so he's had impressive numbers. I think his numbers are
better than a year ago when he won. It's gonna

(10:33):
be interesting to see how playing is. And I hear you,
I'm just I think you can justify any of them, right, right,
you can make a case. I don't think that saying
embat is like like you're picking, like you're grasping for straws.
And people who vote for uh the Joker and people
will have a legitimate cat I just read down those stats.

(10:54):
What what stats do you have an issue with? You
know what I mean? Like, right, I do think? I mean,
obviously he feels the box score like nobody else in
terms of at least points, rebounds, assists. But MB's scoring
nine points a game more than him. I mean that's significant.
You know, he doesn't pass it and get the assists

(11:16):
like he does, but he's scoring nine points a game more.
And if if my game and not this is the
only thing. But if the game is in the balance,
I'm going and I need a bucket. I'm going to
MBI before him going to Yokum he can draw a foul,
he draws more fouls, hits great, great for the free
throw line, and just has the crazy mid range game.

(11:38):
But um, we'll get to the All NBA. Uh rob G.
How are we gonna do that? Yeah, we're getting were getting.
We took more time on that, so we'll get to
that in another segment because I got more issues with
that than your MVP vote. Yeah, yeah, my MVP vote.
You're just making junk up because you I'm just saying,

(11:59):
but we're gonna throw it out to you guys to
react to my MVP. My top five one is MBID
He's my vote for MVP. Yannis second, Yokis, third, Jason
Tatum fourth, Donovan Mitchell fifth, You'll turn the way in
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way in on my MVP ballot. Just give it up.
Tell me I got it right on the money? Is
that it? Just give it up? Is that how you
end it? All? Right? Let's do it, man, let's go

(13:48):
to Roger in Fort Lauderdale. You're on the odd couple
of Fox Sports Radio. What up Roger? Yeah, hey, listen.
As a fan, I just really enjoy watching the Nuggets
when your kitch is on the court. When he's not
on the court, though, they look like a lottery team.
They're just scrambling around now knowing what they're doing. But
it's a team game, and he shares the ball. He's

(14:10):
got his players running routes. They're gonna run, they're gonna
get rewarded with the ball, and they're gonna get dunks,
they're gonna get shots, they're gonna open shots, and it's
a really fun game to watch. And it'd be a
fun game to be a teammate with Yokich because you
know you're gonna get some activity. Where As you watch
Donovan Mitchell or Lillard or Steph Curry shoots seventy points

(14:32):
in a game, well that's pretty ballhoggish and selfish and
not as much fun. Sure, it's a skill, they're great,
but it's not as much entertainment as seeing I'm a
fan of when Bill Walton played the Wheelman and all
of his Portland Trailblazers were circling around and he would
reward them with passes. It's a fun game to watch
and play as a team, not the individual. And I

(14:53):
don't want to see MBI go to the Fleetzo line
twelve times. Who wants to watch fetzos all the ball game?
And you, Roger, I'm my man. Walton was a great passer,
one arguably the best passing big man until Yoki. Yokis
is definitely the best passing rob. And like I said,
he's the first point center. You know, they say Pippin

(15:14):
was or Paul Pressy, whoever you want to say, it
was the first point forward Rob. This dude's a point center.
It's it's incredible. He's great. I got nothing negative to
say about it. All right, Gary and Houston, you're on
the odd couple Fox Sports Radio? What up? Gary? Yeah?
So my top three would have been Yannis one, Yokis
two in v. Three. The reason I had Yannis one

(15:35):
is I think their numbers were all close enough for
Yannis had the best record, and he did it with
Middletoom barely playing the season, and like and Bead had Hardened,
who led the league in assist Jannis is more of
like the like the solar system for his team, and
and he's just and he's just a better player, and
he's just a more dominant player, all right, all right, Yeah,

(15:56):
that's why I had him close, you know. And again
you can make an argument for any of these guys,
but yeah, no doubt. Brent and Louisville, you're on the
odd couple of Fox Sports Radio. Yes, thanks for taking
a call. I'd like to pay my respects also to
the victims we had in the tragedy today. But I
saw that just heartbreaking, just absolutely heartbreak. Yeah, yeah, absolutely,

(16:18):
I do agree with the previous color. A lot of
people forget that he's playing with the guy Harden averaging
more assist than anybody in the NBA, uh average twenty
five points a game and lead or you know, more
assists than MBIID, more rebounds than MBID, and more steals
than mb and Be's got him by blocks about under
one per game. And I think that, you know, then

(16:40):
Denver basically falls apart when he doesn't play, and you know,
and Bead has Maxie. He has the number one assist guy,
and I think that makes it easier. He's a tremendous
scorer and a special talent for sure. But uh, you know,
you take those points that he averages more than than Joker,
but then you throw the assists in the Joker, you know,
so he actually accounts, I think, for more points than right. So,

(17:02):
who do you think's gonna win, Brent, Well, I think
everybody wants him bid to win. And I think if
Joker played on a team like the Knicks or somebody
a little bit sexier or you know, a bigger market,
I think you'd have a better chance. But I've often
thought that if I was starting my own team, I
think I would take Yannis. If I could choose anybody,
I would probably start with Jannis. But but I just

(17:22):
think that as far as valuable goes, I think, uh,
you know, you know, the Sixers can get bad without
uh without their center. Well get by and and and
being the lottery. Yeah well yeah, if they play and
well and the Nigga and the Nuggets are in the
first place also, so that's that's you know, but the

(17:43):
Sixers actually had a better record. Yeah, well yeah, you know.
But now, look, yo, it's like I said, you can
really argue any of the three guys. Um they all
had tremendous season. Yeah, so uh, definitely the joker's demand.
All right, appreciate it. Eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox, Chris,

(18:04):
you want to go through you? We got a few
minutes here, yeah, or are we gonna do well, We're
gonna do that a little. I'm gonna give my All
NBA teams. Um, I can give you a few of
the other award winners that I had, and then we'll
do my All NBA team because you got a little
beef with that. Somehow, I have no idea I do.

(18:24):
Most improved Player, Rob Laurie Marketing from the Jazz. Remember,
had had a tremendous season. Um. You know, he obviously
played with the Bulls earlier and became a first time
All Star this year. Rob. He went from averaging I

(18:46):
believe it was six fourteen points last year, fourteen points
last year to twenty five this year, and like I said,
made the All Star team. Was with Cleveland last year
after playing with Chicago for the first four years of
his career. So Lowry marking In was my most improved player.
My defensive player of the year was Evan Mobley Robin Cleveland,

(19:07):
two guards that don't really guard Donovan Mitchell and Darres
Garland and he and Jared Allen was a big key too.
But Evan Mobley a guy that can switch and guard
any position. He's long, he's athletic and gives you some offense.
But he was the real anchor of that defense, which
was number one in the league this year. My sixth

(19:28):
Man of the Year Malcolm Brogden from Boston. Emmanuel Quickly
with the Knicks was second. It'll be interesting who wins
is but Brogden's been great for the Celtics. Gave him
just what they needed when he came in there, and
some big time three point shooting as well, and a
smart point guard. Rookie of the Year this one was

(19:48):
the easiest Paolo buying. Carroll Orlando definitely looks like a
future star. Clutch Player of the Year rob this was
a new award. Dearon Fox from Sacramento was just far
and away the most clutch player. Points actually had a
few nice um I think steals. He had a good number.
So they have the stats. Is there certain stats that

(20:10):
they value to well, well, no, it's it's just in
the in the last five minutes of a game of
a game that's within five points, what your numbers are
during those times, So you may have some players, like
you might have played one hundred and fifty minutes of
those situations. So who was in there? I'm just curious, okay,

(20:30):
because this isn't pretty new to me. Yeah, Fox was
the number one? Where was Steph Curry in that? Just curious?
Let me check. I'm just curious, Chris. Yeah, yeah. Fox
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(20:51):
R to listen live and Rob you wanted to know
about the clutch numbers? Um de air Fox was number
one in points, uh, you know, per situation or total
points in that situation or per game and because you
know it's only a few minutes of the game. Um,
but DeMar de Rosen was second. I didn't vote Demark

(21:13):
because I mean, obviously Chicago didn't have a good year,
so he wasn't winning a lot of those situations, but
he did put up points. Um. Bradley Beal third. I mean,
I don't even know if you can get include Zion
because he didn't play a really enough game. But Jalen
Brunson would have been fourth, he was big for the
and guess who was fifth, you know, and guys that
played a significant number of clutch minutes Lebron uh six,

(21:37):
brandon Ingram seven. I mean Cam Thomas didn't have a
ton of those situations. Uh so seven would have been
Steph Curry. Uh mb was right after Steph and then
Trey Young, then Jimmy But curious as to where yeah where? Yeah? Yeah, so,
um so that was a thing for me, like mbad again,

(21:58):
obviously top ten, Yokis was a few spots down, but
certainly in the top fifteen. And Yannis wasn't in there
now I don't know how many. You know, they were
winning a lot of games, you know, by a lot
of points. But Yannis is down, you know, much lower
in that regard. But so yeah, there we go with
the clutch number. So here's the here's my all NBA team,

(22:21):
rob uh let me get there. Um, this is the
definitive All NBA team. And here's the thing. Now, the
NBA they list players at multiple positions. If they play,
you know, they have a game that's kind of like that,
they list them at multiple position positions, but you still

(22:44):
you got two forwards, a center and two guards. My
two forwards Yannis and Embiid, My center Yokich, my guards
Jason Tatum and Donovan Mitchell. So it's really the same
as mine all NBA, my MVP list. But still those

(23:06):
are my my top five, my friends, here's my issue.
You can't have two centers, Chris, especially when you're making
the case for EMBID. You should not have picked the joker.
You got two centers and I want to forward. No,
he's a center. You just said it. He's a point center.

(23:28):
He's not a forward. You're sitting on the fence that
your butt her. I'm not, yes, you are, because it's
not they put no he how do they allow you?
You shouldn't because of those guys. Wait a minute, just
hear me out. Both of those guys are centers. They
are centers and not forwards. They played a center position.

(23:49):
And once you made the bet, I mean made the
vote for EMBD to be your MVP, then he should
be the guy. And the joke can't be that guys
like you're pacifying him and just throwing him a bone
because he didn't get your your vote. I hated, I
hate that you pick two centers and there's only one
center spot. Well, Rob, But here's the deal. If the NBA,

(24:16):
which is the official arbiter of NBA basketball, they make
the players available at that position. Everything is computerized. It's
not like you just they send you an email saying
these players play both positions. They if there are certain
players that aren't listed as a forward or a center

(24:39):
that you can't vote for, so they make Inbead available
at the forward. Last year they didn't make Jason Tatum
available at the guard spot, which upset me because I
wanted to put him on the first team but I couldn't.
And so this year they made him available as a
forward and a guard. So they make him available. Then

(25:02):
they're the arbiters. Then I'm gonna vote for who I
think are the best players. And my plays like a
forward to a large degree. He's a mid range He
one of the best mid range shooters in the league.
I believe he's second in mid range percentage to Durant.
I mean to dude, is awesome on the perimeter, and

(25:24):
so that's the Yeah. I have no no qualms at
all about putting him uh at forward because I think
he plays like that. Yeah, but he's not his his
position as center. We just according to the NBA. I
don't care about the NBA. To cot, No, that's I
don't care what they're doing. But they're the kings of
you're telling me that m beat is the guy, he's

(25:47):
the MVP. He should be in that center spot. Are
you pushing him beating the forward spot? Or is he
a center? He's a front court player to me, I
know I didn't ask you that the front I said,
you asked or centers what position? And you're giving him
first I'm asking him is what do you play? Is
he the first team? I think he's a center forward

(26:10):
because the NBA has him as a center forward. I
know they would make him available as a forward if
he wasn't one. But you know he's not a forward.
He's a center. Both of those guys plays center, don't
It's not like Anthony Davis, who goo's a center who
plays forward. Those two guys, if there are two guys
in the NBA, those guys are centers. Would you agree

(26:32):
with that. I think there's a lot of centers in
the league. No, those two embat rob If you watch
Joe l mb play, which I know you do. He
plays on the perimeter. Actually, both of them do. What
do they listeners? Guys? Position wise? I'm just asking the
tech the ballot forward and center. I don't like your

(26:57):
beef is with the NBA. Not me. No, if they
didn't listen, if they didn't listen as forwards, then I
wouldn't vote for one of them as a formart. Okay.
So they are the three best front court players in basketball,
and they all deserved first team all NBA had. Next
year it's gonna be positionless. Which is it? Canda be

(27:17):
five front court player? My problem, My thing is, don't
get mad at me, get mad at the NBA, get
mad at the players who agreed to this. I hate
in the CBA. I hate it all right, rob Ge,
you got the game has become positions. Question for clarification, Yes, Chris,
did you say that Nikola Yokich and Joel Embiad are

(27:38):
both listed as forward and center on the ballot? Correct? Uh? Yeah,
I'm not sure if yokis I just put Mbiat as
a forward, Okay. Well, according to beat is definitely according
to NBA dot Com on their homepage, if you look
up Nicola Yokich, Denver Nuggets number fifteen center. No, that's fine,
slash and order. Okay, hold on, hold on, don't try

(28:00):
to make me I'm sicking. I'm not saying it. Try
to make me look stupid. I'm not trying to do.
But listen to me. When you vote, it is computerized
and they have a list of the forward you can
vote for. Okay, Mbat is on that list. All right,

(28:21):
I'm not sure if k is that remember from memory,
but like Steph Curry ain't on that list, so you
can't vote for Steph as a forward. Luca Done is
on the list as a forward and a guard. So
my point is, regardless of what they might list them
on Basketball Reference dot com, NBA dot com, Denvernuggets dot com,

(28:45):
or or in this case, Mbat six Ers dot com,
mbeat is listed as a forward or the official NBA ballot,
which means he's eligible to be voted for. So y'all
can argue with Adam Silver over whether or not you
think he's a center or forward. I'm saying, on the

(29:05):
ballot he's available, and I voted for it. I hate it.
I think it's a total cop out. Just that the
idea that the guy both guys play center, and and
and both guys are are are picked, uh for the
front court players for a first team somebody, if you
were picking, I'm just saying from your standpoint, Chris, if

(29:27):
you're picking and beat as your MVP, then Yokis shouldn't
be on your ballot. Why not because he's a center.
He's one of the best five because he's a center.
And then beating up in you in the old days,
it's positionless basketball. Now I'm in the old days. I
just I just sent you a beep on your beeper.

(29:50):
I hear you. But I would also say this MBA
played like we can get caught. It's just like Tim Duncan.
Tim Duncan played like a center, but he was listed
as a power forward, you know. I mean, so having
him in Shock on the first team All NBA together,

(30:11):
what I mean they played the same position essentially. I
don't care what you call Duncan, you know, so, I
just I think the game is evolved next year. I
don't necessarily like position lists, but because you might end
up having five guards or terrible terrible. But like Jason Tatum,

(30:35):
like he really is, I mean, he's listed obviously as
a forward. I don't. He might be listed as both officially,
but on the ballot he was a guard. But again,
the dude shoots a lot of threes. He handles the
rock as much as almost anybody in the league. Like,
what's the difference in voting him as a guard? You know,
it's just I think it's the the the evolution of

(30:58):
the game, as they say. But all right, that was
you know you you had a little pushback. I think
I convinced you, so, you know, I will say, guys,
don't you miss the days when you had to be
really specific with the positions and Andre Drummond and DeAndre
Jordan were making all thank you, thank you, Roger. I mean,
that's what I missed. That's my favorite part. That's the

(31:18):
thing you if you went strictly by center for it
might not be, you know, that bad, But it was
in the past where you had to pick a center
and you got guys that really aren't that caliber making
third team All NBA, you know. So, I mean now
it's very guard heavy, you know, so it's harder to

(31:40):
find forwards and centers. To be honest, when you look
at the guards, it was tons that could have made
it my my second team rob uh forwards Jalen Brown
from the Celtics Luca Dodgers of the Masks. Obviously he's
like a guard, a point guard, but he was available
and he's one of the best ten players in league.

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Anthony Davis was my center. I know he missed a
lot of games, but he was dominant when he played.
Shaye Gilders, Alexander dearon Fox my second team. Guards. Four
wards on my third team, Lebron. I didn't plan on
having Lebron because he missed so many games, but looking
at the list, he was just better than all these

(32:21):
other guys, and you know, he was dominant when he played.
Julius Randall also making it twenty five, ten and four
his averages. Demantess a bonus third team center, and my
guards on the third team Robs, Steph Curry. I would
have had step even on the first team, but he
only played fifty eight games, fifty six games something like that,

(32:44):
and John Morant I put him on. I know he
had his issues, those were off the court. On the court,
he was fantastic and it doesn't seem like it disrupted
the team, at least on the court too much. So
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This is the I Couple Live from the Tiret dot
com studios. Rob Let's put a bowl on this Gobet situation.

(33:50):
Rob G. Draymond No Surprise, I guess commented on it
on his podcast. Tell us what he said, Draymond, the
gift that keeps on Give me latest episode of the
Draymond Show Podcast. We would play the audio, but there
is some cursing on it and we didn't have to
turn around time. But he's talking about the situation. Here's
what he said. Quote quite Frankly, there are just some

(34:11):
words as men you just don't say to other men.
The B word. Wait a minute, he said it to me.
You're just not allowed to disrespect guys and say what
you want to say. Didn't he do that to Lebron Durant, Yes,
he did in the twenty sixteen finals when he was suspended.
Remember Lebron told me to my face that Draymond said that.

(34:35):
He was like, you know, that's one of them words
you just can't say to somebody on the court, you
know what I mean. But they're all cool now, right,
he's a Durant too. He's cool with Durant too, Um,
which is good. I mean obviously friends, but um, yeah,
I mean the the Lebron one. I don't know how
he said it, obviously it wasn't I'm sure as pronounced

(34:59):
at as he said it to Durant, right. Remember they
were kind of in each other's face to some degree, right,
and it was it was over a nice little chunk
of time. Um, But you know, I'm glad they could
move past it. But it's interesting to hear Draymond say this.
Did he address him saying that to k D and

(35:20):
Laurun of course not. No, he didn't, of course, not Chris.
What don't you expects where's the pushback? That should be
the name of the show. Whereas but you're right, like,
honestly though, I mean, that's out there, draymonder should have

(35:40):
addressed it, right, he knows that he least with Durant,
which is more recent than people's minds, you know, to
act like he hasn't done that, Chris, and like, you know,
like that's the part, that's just that that that's why
I got an issue, you know what I mean, Like
you can't. You're burying the league, You're burying the story.
Come on, well and look he can say just say, look,

(36:02):
I've done that to guys. I've been wrong. Um, you know,
and that's what upset KD so much. And I had
to own it and we had, you know, we made up.
I had to apologize for him, that right, you know.
But yeah, I said in the heat of moment. But yeah,
it's uh, it is interesting to hear Draymond say that.
Rob G what are your thoughts on on Gobert you

(36:24):
I think I think it was a terrible decision to uh, yeah, terrible,
terrible And as far as Draymond's I mean, Luke, you know,
Draymond has an interesting memory when it comes to how
he does everything relay information. You know, he was so
apologetic for the punch on Jordan Pool that he did
a docuseries and the first quarter of it was him

(36:47):
talking about when he punched him, right, and it's like,
you know, yeah, but Draymond gets this business. I think
I think he knows how to cut through in ways
that other athlete podcasters just don't. Well, Draymond is one
of those guys that will just say what everyone and
a lot like Barkley in that regard. You know, he'll

(37:09):
just he's just gonna say what's on his mind and
not care what people think or say, and that there's
a place for that. And I mean, I agree with
Rob that it'd be nice to give him some pushback,
that's all. And Chris just start nothing but just to
get the whole story. Let me say this real quickly.
Tomorrow is the debut of Baseball Justice with David Justice. Chris.

(37:32):
We're gonna do that twice a month all season long. Right,
We're looking forward to it and forward to it absolutely absolutely,
all right, it is the odd couple. Christ and Robs
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