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Stephen A. says Giannis & Bam Adebayo have a 'ROAD TO PROSPERITY' in Miami | First Take
Stephen A. says Giannis & Bam Adebayo have a 'ROAD TO PROSPERITY' in Miami | First Take
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He's not the only one though that was on the move this week.
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Also yesterday, we learned LaMelo Ball is going to team up with Anthony Edwards
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in Minnesota in a trade
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that sent Nas Reed
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and picks to Charlotte.
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The Timberwolves fell short of the Western Conference Finals this year after making it
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the two years prior.
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And so now that we've had a little bit of time to reflect,
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let's think about which was more impactful.
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Was it Giannis now going with the Heat
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or LaMelo now going with the Minnesota Timberwolves?
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Kendrick Perkins, what do you think?
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Oh, it's Melo going with Ant-Man.
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It's Melo going with Ant-Man.
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We We're witnessing a young back court
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that could do something special for the next five to six years.
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Anthony Edwards has been dying to play with a point guard of of LaMelo's
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status.
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When you talk about him being able to set the table for Anthony Edwards,
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Anthony Edwards has been one of the best three-point shooting uh best one of
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the best three-point shooters in this league over the last two seasons.
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And now all of a sudden,
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you have a point guard that's not only going to push the pace,
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not only could score the basketball,
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but also could set the table
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so that Anthony Edwards could be the best version of himself at the two
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guard.
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It's times that we were watching Minnesota
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and I felt like the usage rate of Anthony Elvis was too much.
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He was having to bring the ball up the floor.
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He was having to go out there and damn near average 30.
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He was having to set the table for his teammates.
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And we know he's gotten better in those areas.
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But now you put Anthony Edwards in position where all he has to do
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is worry about getting buckets.
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Oh, it's about to be hell
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and hot water for the rest of the league.
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I completely disagree with Big Perk,
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but not because of what he said about Ant-Man and LaMelo.
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It's because he's not taking into account the level of competition
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that exists in the Western Conference
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and what you're going to have to go through.
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Ant-Man and LaMelo ball can potentially be lethal.
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No doubt about it.
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You know how I feel about Ant-Man, Big Benny, you know that.
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But in the end, shoot, they ain't going to eclipse OKC.
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It's not going to knock off San Antonio.
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Um, you still going to have a hard time,
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as far as I'm concerned with Denver and Houston.
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I'm just going to keep it a buck in that regard.
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I think the road to prosperity is what you have to take into consideration
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here.
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And that's why I think that Giannis is the more impactful deal.
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Consider the fact that in a restricted area, essentially in the paint,
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that the Miami Heat ranked in the bottom 10 over the last several years
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in the NBA,
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they didn't have any interior kind of offense whatsoever.
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Giannis shot 71% from the field last year.
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79% I believe the number was 79% of his shots came in the paint.
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79% of his of his shots in the paint area.
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And obviously he was a league leader in
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that category in terms of what he brings.
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His you're talking about a problem solution situation
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that the Miami Heat directly addressed by grabbing Giannis at Dmpo.
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When you combine that with Bobby Porters being his teammate who is no scrub.
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We don't mention him enough.
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He is not a scrub.
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The brother can play. he's there.
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Then you combine that with the fact
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that you've got a situation where Bam Adabio,
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a 20 and 10 player who's an all-star caliber player,
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two-time Olympic gold medalist, and an elite defensive player.
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You look at that front line, it is not something to sneeze at.
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They still got to fill out a roster, make no mistake.
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But the road to prosperity in the Eastern Conference is a little bit easier
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to tackle than the West.
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And that's why I say Giannis is the more impactful move
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because the level of resistance
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that he'd have in the West is not necessarily what he's gonna have in
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the East.
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I'm not going to completely disagree with Perk on anything that he said,
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but we've been talking about Giannis Anttompo
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and his future for the past three
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or four years because he's an MVP,
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because he's an NBA Finals MVP.
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And now you pair him not only with the Miami Heat
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as an organization that you trust will go out
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and get the pieces
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that can surround him with the shooting,
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with the ball handling, with everything else.
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You also give him a player in bad qualifies
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as the best player he will have played with in his career.
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And you give Bam a guy now that's marketkedly better than him.
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And you put Bam in a position where Bam can do all the little
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things that Bam does.
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You're not focusing on Bam being a 20 and 10 guy.
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You don't worry about Bam scoring 80 points in a game or whatever.
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Bam can be the most versatile defender this side of Victor Winyama
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and that will help out Giannis onto the Kmpo.
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Giannis is still at this point in his career an MVP type of player.
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He's finished top five
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and MVP up until last year where he played 36 games.
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I believe it was seven straight years finishing in the top five.
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And then you go
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and play in the Eastern Conference where it's marketkedly easier to get to the
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finals.
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That's not a disrespect to the New York Knicks,
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but it's one team as opposed to San Antonio and Oklahoma City.
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And I think the urgency is going to be there for Giannis.
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Do we know how urgent LaMelo Ball is going to be playing basketball?
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I know we're going to talk about that a little bit later,
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but we know that Giannis has all the urgency to play serious basketball this
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year,
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next year.
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His clock is ticking.
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He doesn't have time to waste.
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So that's why I think
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that Giannis is by far the most important acquisition out of the two.
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That don't have anything to do with my opinion.
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I don't give a damn about urgency because I think LaMelo's gonna have urgency.
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I think that playing with Ant-Man is urgent.
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I'm not going to sit up there and dismiss that acquisition like that.
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I'm just simply talking about the powers
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that be in the West compared to what the East is looking like.
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And I think that in the Eastern Conference, Giannis would bam in Miami,
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there's a road to prosperity that's a little bit easier to tackle than what's
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waiting out west.
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See, and see that and and see this is the problem.
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Real talk.
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This is the problem is
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that it's a lot of people out here
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that don't take LaMelo Balls serious.
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And I don't know what's the problem.
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I don't know why people feel like this man is not a hooper
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or a competitor.
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I don't know if it's because he has the IG followers.
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He posts on IG or he has the tattoos.
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But when this man steps between the lines,
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this man goes out there and give people that work.
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I understand it may look like he's having fun, and he is,
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but at the same time,
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he's trying to bust your ass every time he get between those lines.
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And when I think about LaMelo Ball two seasons ago,
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because he did sacrifice this season a lot
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because of the personnel he had around him,
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I believe the man was averaging about 25 points
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and eight assists. you had him alongside Anthony Edwards,
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who by the way also could always who also is one of those guys
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that we believe that's always going to finish in the MVP conversation
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and you have that backcourt.
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I don't give a damn if it is in the Western Conference.
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Tell me how you're going to game plan for it.
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Tell me, tell me
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if teams are going to be allowed to send a trap
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and a double team now at Anthony Edwards to get the ball out of
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his hands and say,
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"Hey, someone else make a play for him."
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The thing is, hold on one second
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because it's been it's been pissing me off.
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It's been pissing me off.
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Put me up so I can see Stephen A and Vinnie.
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Put me up because this junk has been running me hot for the longest.
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Like I feel like LaMelo Ball has been getting criticism that has been unfair.
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And I'm not talking about from YouTube.
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I'm talking about from the world.
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This man has been called a clown.
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This man has been treated as if he's a criminal.
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Do you know I have walked into AAOU gyms
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when LaMelo Ball has been in there
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and this man has been treated
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and these kids attack come up to him
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and try to they they come around him
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as if he's the president.
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This man is a real iconic figure.
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He's get he get puts up there with the best of him.
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He is a real role model.
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I just hate when a lot of people, and again, SA Vinnie,
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I'm not talking to y'all.
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I'm addressing the outside world
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that continues to attack this man character
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because it's nothing about this man's game
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that we can sit up here
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and downplay.
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Because when if you could average 25 points in a season,
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that means that you're a damn hooper.
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>> Well, first of all, is a couple of things.
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I know you wasn't talking about us,
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but let's speak on behalf of the industry.
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I haven't heard anybody in the industry attacking LaMelo Ball.
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You got trolls out there everywhere.
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Hell, I mean, listen,
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regardless of the network and what network you're talking about or radio or television,
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have shown nothing but respect to LaMelo Ball.
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We know the brother can ball.
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We know he can play, but let's be very clear.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, that is true.
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That's absolutely true.
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Like Mike Wilbond was critical of LaMelo Ball
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because he said sometimes he could be erratic
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or whatever.
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And he pointed out that stuff strictly about basketball.
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But you know, Lavar Ball
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and people would get on them in the past
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and stuff like that.
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Then you had the whole Lonzo Ball thing.
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So because of the attention that he brought to his family,
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but you respect those cats and you certainly respect LaMelo Ball.
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LaMelo Ball can ball.
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You've never I've never heard a criticism of him on this show ever.
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Ever by anybody, >> by anybody. and Perk,
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I I think there's a difference
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when you're playing for the Charlotte Hornets where there's very little to low expectations
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and he was able to lift them up
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and he deserves a a huge amount of credit for
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that than going to Minnesota where you have to play 82 games of high
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expectation basketball.
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Not saying that he can't do it, perk,
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I can see you in the corner of my eyes sitting up straight.
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I'm not saying that.
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What I'm saying is there is pressure now.
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There are consequences now where you have to play where you have to be
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that dude next to Anthony Edwards
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and be his co-star.
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When you're playing in Charlotte,
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it's very little to no consequences in being able to play freely.
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I I compare him to like Jason Williams, white chocolate.
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He could do all those things.
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It was a matter of decision making, not the skills.
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>> Hold on, hold on, hold on.
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Let's not go off the rails here.
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The question, Big Perk,
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ain't about La La Llo
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and just him and whether
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or not he's going to give you
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that work.
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The question is, which move will be more impactful?
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Meaning that you look at the team and what they're going to do.
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What have they done?
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And now, what are they going to do
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that they've got LaMelo Ball instead of a Julius Randall
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or Carl Anthony Towns?
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It's the road to prosperity.
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You know what, bro?
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I can sit up there and I and you know what?
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I I'm getting in shape.
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I I I I look pretty decent.
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I look pretty decent, but damn it,
10:44
I look like a dot standing next to you and your big ass.
10:47
The fact of the matter is is
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that it all depends on what you standing up against,
10:51
who you going up against, and what platform you're on.
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He's in the Western Conference.
10:56
I know LaMelo can play.
10:57
I know what Ant-Man could do.
10:59
But there's this brother named Shay Gilis Alexander with Jay Dub
11:02
or AJ Mitchell and
11:04
or AJ Mitchell.
11:05
There's this brother, I understand Dearon Fox struggled.
11:08
We understand he's got some make it up to do.
11:10
But Stefan Castle and you seen Dylan Harper.
11:12
I mean, you look at the Western Conference
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and there's some cats waiting now that's sitting up there saying,
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"All right, let's go.
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You got that work.
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Well, we got some work for you, too."
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In the Eastern Conference, not so much.
11:24
You got Big Body Brunson that you got to deal with.
11:27
The reigning defending NBA champion Knicks you got to deal with.
11:32
But on outside of that, what help you going to get for Kate Cuttingham?
11:36
You understand?
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I mean, you're in Boston.
11:38
Is Jaylen Brown gonna be there?
11:39
You know, you got some question marks.
11:41
So, if you're looking at Giannis in terms of what move will be most
11:45
impactful,
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I don't think it's beyond the pale to say Giannis and Miami.
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That's a more impactful move.
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>> Oh.
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Oh, wasn't we on here the other day?
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And first of all, I listen,
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I was never talking about my big brother Mike Wilbborne.
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And I Stephen, I'll send you the clips later of the other people on
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the other networks that have been going at LaMelo Ball's character.
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I'll send it to you after the show.
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But let's stay on top.
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Okay, but let's stay on topic.
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Let's stay on topic here.
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Go ahead.
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Okay.
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So, I did so so so number one, I did answer the question.
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Number two, what?
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We had a conversation, me, you, and Vinnie,
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about how Minnesota had to do something in order to make sure
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that they keep Anthony Edwards happy.
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They did something.
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If you're going to get an allNBA caliber player, number one, that's doing something.
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Number two, let me tell you a little bit more about LaMelo Ball.
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LaMelo Ball has been waiting on this moment, Vinnie.
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Yes, I'm not downplaying the Charlotte Hornets or their fan base.
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I think they have an outstanding fan base,
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but LaMelo Ball has been dying and waiting to play for something.
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LaMelo Ball has been built his daddy Lavo Ball has built him for pressure
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since he's been in high school
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or since since he's been in grade school.
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Cuz let me remind you, when everybody tends to go right,
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the Ball family goes left.
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LaMelo Ball was one of the first ones
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that I've seen that I've seen
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that left high school
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and went overseas and went played with grown ass men.
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So his daddy put him in the fire on purpose.
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So mentally he's there.
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And the one thing I will say about Anthony Edwards is
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that Anthony Edwards mentality is contagious.
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And so when you come together with those two,
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you don't think those two have text
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and made phone calls last night
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and say,
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"Hell yeah, let's get to it."
13:44
They're excited about playing each other.
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I just want to know what the game plan is going to be
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when you have two guys
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that both can average 25
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and go in and give you 30 points a piece a night.
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What is going to be your game plan to stop?
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>> Again, nobody nobody You got a point.
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Nobody is saying that it's not go
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that that those two
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as a tandem is not going to be successful.
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What we're saying is is
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that it's not going to be
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as impactful as Giannis in the Eastern Conference.
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That is what we're saying.
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Don't confuse the two.
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They can give you the work
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and still end up home in the first round.
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That's the reality of the situation in the Western Conference.
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Stop acting like you don't know.
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Stop me mugging folks in public.
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You understand?
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on the national airways
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AND THE CAMERA LIKE YOU GONNA SCARE US LIKE YOU GONNA SCARE US INTO
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BELIEVING WHAT YOU SAYING.
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THE FACT is two things could be true.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves can have an elite offensive back court that's giving people
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that work on a night innight out basis
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and they could still have their ass home in the first round.
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CONTAGIOUS.
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YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?
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There's a couple of people, you understand, in Minnesota did look like Anthony Edwards.
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It ain't his fault, don't get me wrong,
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but it didn't look like he HAD THAT CONTAGIOUS EFFECT ON THEM.
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So again, it ain't all It's not always what you crack it out to
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be.
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That's the bottom line.
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Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball is going to be fantastic offensively at the very
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least,
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probably overall.
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But is it going to be more impactful than Giannis in the East?
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I don't think so.
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