Giannis Doesn’t Watch ANY Basketball?! | Doc Rivers/JJ Redick Beef

Is it a bad look that Giannis Antetokounmpo doesn’t watch basketball? On this edition of Road Trippin’, Richard, Channing and Allie dive into what this revelation tells us about the Bucks superstar, and why it is potentially stunting his greatness. Also, after a take about Doc Rivers was dropped by JJ Redick, what are players’ feelings about the longtime NBA coach? And finally, the crew looks at All-Star Weekend, gives their takes on the game, the city it was played in, and how it can improve.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 – Intro
1:22 – Allie calling Lakers games
4:26 – All-Star recap
10:48 – Channing’s gripes with All-Star Weekend
17:10 – Skills Challenge, Dunk Contest
20:22 – Steph vs Sabrina
32:22 – Under Armour Game Changers of the Week
34:40 – Giannis doesn’t watch basketball
42:13 – JJ Redick/Doc Rivers
52:27 – LeBron hitting 40,000 points

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Cheers Cheers oh cheers this we’re actually recording at night time so you are actually drinking yeah well Chan’s always drinking doesn’t matter what time we record yeah I me I’m more after at least 10:30 nowadays nowadays after at least 10:30 which means he set a rule like no more cracking beers when cooking

Eggs for the kids before school no no no we’re not doing that unless I got to do tastings is that royal blue our hoodie Richard yes is it oh yes I’ve been on a podcast tour for the last week and a half if Richard would kindly show you

All don’t forget you get your homage gear at Road tripping.com at homage.com excuse me homage.com roadtripping it is comfy SL road trip clothing um guys welcome road tripping Ali Clifton Channing fry Richard Jefferson what oh sup fools sup fools is how you say that sup fools Su fools um let’s recap our Allstar

Activities basketball and then also just how you guys spent your Allstar break let’s not let’s talk about R Aly Clifton being the first female the ever call Lakers Regional game let’s give a shout out in the history in the history of the Lakers look you guys already know that

She keeps everything together and yes you guys have had the pleasure of listening to me for years but like little did you know that we had just an absolute Superstar me and Channing knew we were like well chany the first couple times but you know what the Caboose Allie’s the engine and

I’m that empty cart in the middle right I’m the empty cart I would say you’re definitely the the the fun cart the fun cart yeah the fun cart yeah and channing’s the one in the back where they keep the coal right where they keep the coal alli’s the engine with you know

So that’s also in the back isn’t it shot no in the back um wait allly do you have you have more more news right uh oh more news yes oh then I’m calling another game on Friday yes they gave another that means you didn’t suck that means you didn’t suck oh thanks no

Pressure God that means there’s still time left oh I first of all I suck all the time I like trust me people tell me every day they tell oh they definitely do I I have created accounts just to tell Richard he sucks yeah yeah and so

Does my mom this is crazy she’s got a burner tells me how trash I am no you’re kind I I finally feel like I’m part of y’all’s Club you guys both call games you’ve done it at the highest level here in this league and it was certainly an awesome

Opportunity I was over the moated about it yeah I will say that it was fun welcome I’ve been trying to told y’all I’ve been trying to told y’all it was fun I I actually started my career calling college games for my alma mater but that was like before I even knew

What I want University had a team too too we’re GNA get into all the alma moer stuff because y’all’s crew that y’all hang with runs really deep and I feel like you know I was a principal’s kid so I always had those moments where my dad would warn me just

So you know any decision that you make I will know about it before you make it and then I’ll be the first to know about once you make it so be careful on your decisions that you make okay that’s how I feel with hanging out with you guys

But first and foremost yes excited to call the game super super ecstatic you guys are amazing I appreciated the support because you guys gave the love chenning I love the love that you gave the day after when you were like oh you’re going to be great and I was like

It was last night Allie I’m on East Coast time girl I don’t on East Coast time nobody tells me I love you you’re amazing um super positive though I called you I actually physically called you told you you’re gonna do great you did she was like yeah that was yesterday

But I was like Hey next time next time it’s fine um okay let’s talk about NBA Allstar we’re going to talk about how it relates to basketball but if you guys don’t want to talk about your time at Allstar I’ll talk about mine just because I do need to give one shout out

And this individual knows that it’s coming short backstory I do not have to be at all-star weekend so therefore I like to take time to get away sometimes I go home sometimes I’ve gone skiing um whatever this time I chose to go with a group of girlfriends of mine to Miami

Fun fact I’ve been to Miami 13 times all 13 times I’ve been working which means I’ve never gone to Miami not working so how do you maximize three days in Miami when you’re not a line girl like no offense I just I can’t stand in a line I

I just I can’t like at that point it’s like that Cleveland bgie coming out you yeah got Cleveland bie so I reached out to some people that I know who are familiar with Miami and they gave me a list of things to do blah blah blah they

Said I have a contact for this certain establishment um I will connect you so Friday night comes and I’m having a text conversation was said contact to which they handle the one thing that I asked and said I wanted to do and then Midway through the conversation I get a text we

Always talk about how road tripping has just kind of circulated my life and reminded me who I am and who I hang out with specifically you two I get a text that says also are you the same Ally Clifton from road tripping I said I said

This she is with an upside down smiley face hello they said hello so we have mutual friends or LOL we have mutual friends Channing is a good friend and wine buddy of mine we went to college together which means he also went to the same College as Richard so the next know

It was a it is a um I will call you in a few so then it led to I know Doug I know Daryl DB everyone calls him like who is Daryl Brooks I’m like oh know nacho did he know no no no she don’t know that guy

She don’t know that guy that pre pre cool chanting I’m really good friends with chanting blah blah blah so from there on out the one thing I will say it made my life so much easier so thanks for having a friendship with me because all y’all Arizona people are wonderful

Time so connected shout out to Matt Brooks you’re seriously I will forever go back to Miami he actually told me by the end of the trip that he’s now my Miami travel agent I said deal however there was a text when he asked me um he said how was how was your night

I said this place is for the birds holy [ __ ] he said so you hate it I said where are we going tonight sign me up I know so shut everyone Richard you know what she talking about now everyone has the same reaction oh what time does this

Place close you’re like ah 7 am 10: am whatever time whenever everyone leaves but it typically doesn’t close you get waves of people waves of people no look Miami there this is one thing that I will say NBA players have have mastered right because of our jobs because of how

Much we travel and a lot of times you’re a young guy you know whatever so you get friends in every city and I mean that not like like when we were like jaspine you know both of us know jaspine jaspine went to Arizona he lives in New Orleans

Whenever I would go to New Orleans he’s the only [ __ ] person I know Jasmine you want to go to dinner you want to go D So eventually you start making connects and different cities now you’ve never had a straight party connect which you now have in Miami but yes that’s

Part of life on the road is like you like you got to figure out those cities where you got like people even if it’s just dinner like you know you have friends um from college friends from here and you’re like hey look I’m gonna

Be in DC for one night and I don’t want to sit in my hotel if you want to go to dinner so I’m glad that you found a party friend uh that can help you navigate Miami because those friends are very very important shout out beu shout out Maddie Brooks be is throwing

Pictures around like you should not be having said that yeah I will say we may or may not have left this establishment when it was not the same in the sky out when we left as in when we came having said that we were in our vehicle to go

Home to bed and our car almost hit the motorcyclist in front of us at a stoplight and oh I told a friend about it and they said that’s because they were leaving the establishment at the same time you were yeah listen put a damper on The Bu I ran what rich I don’t

Know if allly was in R back of a car and ran like I was Guilty Red Bull gives you wings I was ready to fly um all right having said that how was Allstar for you guys there you want me go since I to be

There the longest or do you want to go you you could go your short story I’m gonna go very short story I could go without it I oh I was going to say you know that new Tik Tok that says I’m going to tell you about what it’s like

Like getting ready with blah blah blah blah blah and then they do the whole entire Tik Tok without saying a word yeah that’s what I thought you were going to do I was going to tell you all about allar and how great it was and

Then you go like 30 you don’t all look there’s po look first of all best part about all stars I got to see our girl Annie I got to see her thank you for the gifts Annie thank you for the N for the kns for the shoes so that’s the reason that’s the

One reason to get to to Allstar so you can go say hello to Annie give her a hug catch up with her have her tell me about how like Hendrick is wearing like your shoes yeah he’s a size 16 now yeah and so uh no that’s Annie works for Nike she

Used to work for Lynn Merritt who was the head and look the General’s awesome she’s awesome so that’s it that outside of that look I got some good pieces of content I got some pieces of content with michah Parsons I took an Uber pool um then who CJ Stouts that honestly the

Best part about it was getting some pieces of content for my social if if a completely other league if they told me that I’d never had to go to Allstar Weekend again I would I’d ear to ear smiling so I don’t know if I agree with

That I think allar weekend can be fun I had a good time in Utah a blast dude totally so Utah was good Chicago was kind of weird Cleveland obviously we had a great time right but here’s my here’s my four things you cannot do on all-star weekend one have

Bad weather people come to Allstar Weekend to go to these great parties to spend money to get basetball experiences to walk the town you can’t do that in a city with shitty weather like Indiana also Indiana’s not big enough it’s not there’s not enough space to do where

Like in Utah you were like hey 15 minutes down the road an hour as Park City you know like there were a million things to do even though and everything was elevated because it’s All-Star everything was like super amazing Indiana felt very Midwest that’s not bad that’s not good but that’s not

Allstar right it didn’t seem like to there’s not enough great restaurants St Elmo you’re not you’re not you’re not gonna be allowed back in and you didn’t it but I’m saying Indiana no no he hear me out you should have just I’m bashing Indiana what I’m not bashing Indiana but

I’m also saying no I’m not bashing Indiana I think it’s a solid Basketball City it’s great for the final four it’s great for the Super Bowl right it is not great for a allstar game it’s a different demographic of people in Superstars and and you know famous musicians how many famous people really

Came out to enjoy the weekend in Indiana not very you flew in and flew out Richard the same day what are you talking about we had 50 there we had Lil Wayne there okay let me let me interject they flew in and flew out the same day

Richard in LA are they GNA fly in and out the same day no they’re going to different parties they live here what I’m saying they also live everywhere Ally all I’m saying is Allstar Games should be on the west coast one should not be in the midwest or east coast winter

Cities two and three you also need to have star power so where’s the star power find good we other cities in bigger cities to do it that’s my okay okay I 100% agree with you Channon now let’s lay out all the reasons why that will never happen every city can’t get an

All-Star Game Richard there’s 30 billionaire owners they all want to have the All-Star Game whether it’s Revenue share Reven share thank you no thank you go on go on I’m mute myself you don’t got to mute your you don’t got to mute yourself the only thing I’m saying is like is that

Like are we gonna be real or are we gonna be like yes those cities are not the ideal city to go to in February right that’s the that’s not ideal but they’re not going to do it just in La Fe they’re not going to just rotate it the

NBA is about growing the brand about spreading it so every city is going to get it we know that it sucks to have three in a row that were shitty weather part of it is because I think Indiana was a make good for Co because it was

Supposed to be there one of those years that you know it got you know whatever kaios so I I say that to say channy I agree with you [ __ ] having an LA or Vegas every single year I’d be the happiest person yeah yeah I’m cool with that but

We know that from a from a from a business standpoint the NBA is always going to spread it out every team is going to get it and we just you know you live and die by where that is like there’s no direct very few direct flights out of Cleveland out of

Indianapolis Utah is great shout out Utah they got international airport so you can get anywhere you want to go and you’re on the west coast and you got skiing shout out Utah love it but yeah getting in and out of Cleveland and Indianapolis is like you can leave at

10: and you’ll get back to LA at 7 and you’re like that’s Los Angeles California we can’t like there’s not better options so I’m with chanting I agree it should be in the west coast every single year but that’s not reality the reality is they’re going to spread

This [ __ ] out I will say as the mediator of this Richard gave the overarching feelings of the two of you and Channing just explained why basically basically yeah okay let’s oh what’s up boy what’s up shanning man that’s an adult voice you driving yet no no okay tell your dad let

Him drive to Bronco okay okay yeah yeah I know it dadd BR absolutely not come to get you a new rabbit okay that’s his bunny I know it so cute everybody got one of those things yeah okay here we’re gonna break down the weekend skills challenge okay

We got to pick serious teams I say that okay it says basketball it says basketball on the inside or just a weird thing what D can I say it no you can’t say it J Richard little uh Little Richard sees the the thing oh yeah why

Does it say that what does it say I know what it says me yeah what does it say ask ball yeah he’s like Daddy can I say that I like no what does that mean of course no the be was missing because it’s like a cup

Thing so the B was missing so it said yeah fantastic let’s go all right get out of here get out of here Beat It kids can I just play this no no bro I’m done he just asked me if you can put on the Pac-Man and play it no bro

Upstairs upstairs I’ll be up there in 97 minutes upstairs what is their concept of time is curious to me Daddy can I listen to a story yes um the problem is it’s not their concept of time is what is their concept of sarcasm and they’re such a

Better job I’m so proud of them when I say 97 minutes they just look at me and roll their eyes and just like walk off they know that uh all right here we go back to basketball challeng the skills challenge good idea confusing I think we

Need to just pick four guys that want to try and win it right and it’ll be the NBA versus the g-league versus the WNBA and you make it competitive for money so that way if the NBA loses somebody’s gonna say how y’all like y’all gota win this [ __ ] because Scotty Barnes

Didn’t give a [ __ ] uh Anthony Edwards didn’t give a [ __ ] but like the Pacers team actually cared so you may have two NBA teams and then the other two team one from the g-league one from the WNBA because obviously that’s bringing in basketball if we’re promoting basketball let’s bring in everyone because

Obviously the G league is the best at dunking maybe the WNBA is best at the skill skills challenge right anyways the Three-Point Contest I thought was interesting it’s obviously the most uh exciting right it doesn’t get the most hype but it is the most exciting event every weekend everyone I’ve been to I

Watched this is crazy I watched how Tyrese Haliburton and Cat shoot they got 35 and 36 in warm in like their practice like the fact that these dudes are shooting that well from three is my second point to the game but we’ll get to dunk contest let’s stop it let’s it’s it just

Needs to be there’s no big names that are coming out let’s make it entertaining bring the best dunkers in the world give them a platform nobody from the league pick one or two guys from the league one who’s not in the league and one who’s in the g-league and go from

There why not it’s entertaining because other than that Jaylen Brown great player that was the worst it was worst it made Richard’s Dunk Contest appearances look like Vince Carter he jumped over a dude in a chair he did a left-hand windmill these were some sea fried dunks they were sea Fred dunks and

I was looking at these scores like oh hell no but shout out M mclung he came prepared did what he had to do getting him checks and that check is as much as his yearly check so he going to keep winning Steph Curry makes you believe

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There’s actually a situation that you missed from Saturday the Steph versus Sabrina and I do want your thoughts on your colleague I want your thoughts on your colleague Kenny The Jet Smith in the comment that has circulated I did see his his chat with Stephen A Smith as

Well yeah I think sometimes what you think you’re saying doesn’t come off how you sound Kenny’s a good dude it just didn’t sound right and then I think in that situation you’re in your mind you’re like what am I you know like what am I saying that sounds wrong and he double

Downed on it and then people start people started to take it a different way so I’ve learned about like look we’re if we’re gonna talk about what he said we also talk about what Reggie Miller said right what Reggie Miller said and Reggie put him he was trying to

Make a basketball technical position that is what that is what um he was trying to make and I know Sabrina Kenny so he said just for our listeners in case you didn’t see it she should have shot from the women’s line that would have been a fair contest she

Should have shot from the line there is a woman’s tea and golf there’s a men’s tea for a reason continue please and and and the point is more of like when she broke the record when she broke the record that was from the women’s line

Right so it’s like hey here are your two lines who can make the most most right like she has this line oh she can shoot 35 Footers yeah we know she can she’s one of the greatest Shooters to ever live male or female that’s not the question the question is she broke the

Record Steph’s record Steph had the record from this line she broke the record from this line their competitive three-point lines so his point that he was trying to make was that should have been the contest from your line from my line not step back two feet and even he

Was saying we know this from because we know basketball statistics every six inches you walk back your percentage decreases right every foot you go back every every every bit that you go back your percentage decreases right and so when you look at it from that standpoint even that little Gap it’s um it’s

Actually more impressive that she has further range and can shoot with that accuracy but if we wanted a true test of who was the most dominant three-point shooter in their respective field you shoot from your line he shoots from your that’s what Kenny was trying to say

Yeah it didn’t come off reie when Reggie starts throwing the oh if it up you you want her playing with dolls now that part is like now you’re not being a good teammate yeah right like that part he said you want her playing with dolls right like that’s what Reggie said

You didn’t hear that that part yeah that part so Reggie puts him out there like whoa like so Kenny’s like whoa no no no I’m not making this a a not technical basketball thing and it’s like well they agree to it and why this is something we

Should be marveling at and blah blah blah he was like yo that’s not what my intent is but when he kind of was going at him about it and then makes in my opinion which was like we know Kenny his role on on TNT what his beliefs I

Understand we just explained what he was saying technically now other people might have had let’s just marvel at this let’s just well he was a technical person so he was being technical in which he believed that if she broke the record from that line he had the record

From his line those should be the two lines that they shoot from went into the the point of how shooting is muscle memory obviously you guys three-point shooter I’m saying he was being extra technical Reggie started taking it to like other places like male versus

Female and B B is like some and then makes a comment about dolls like he didn’t tell her to go back in the kitchen he didn’t say that to her but in that moment everyone just was like Kenny and just trying to ruin this amazing

Moment he W no he was just merely being in in I my thing is this did he what you got to have a feel for the room you have to have a feel for the room I don’t think Kenny had a feel for the room it

Doesn’t make what he was saying from a technical standpoint wrong or incorrect but when you go throw darts at him like oh you want her playing with dolls now you’re making a technical conversation into an emotional conversation and I thought that part was not cool because

He wasn’t telling her to get back in the kitchen he wasn’t saying anything misogynistic he wasn’t saying anything sexist he wasn’t he was talking about it technically so that’s where I think the heat really came because it looked like like he like like Reggie was going at

Him in that moment and then they’re talking over each other and then the conversation’s over yeah yeah one thing that was brought up was that this this all stems from like one thing why does Sabrina have to move to the NBA three-point line right that’s the real

Point why she moved wasn’t because she goes oh I think I can beat him she goes if I beat him from the women’s line they’re gonna say well she’s shooting from the women’s line so like the LA understanding the lack of respect again comes from probably why Kenny said you

Should respect where she’s shooting it from based on the her biology based on the rules of the game that she has excelled at and played but Sabrina knows that it’s more than just this shooting contest like Steph wins no big deal Sabrina wins at the three men’s at the

Three ball from the men’s line now that conversation changes there’s no excuse now I don’t know if she shot with a men’s ball either which is another thing that was crazy she said she would have shot with for me I think we do it every year I think we do it she

Was getting rid of excuses she was getting rid of excuses she didn’t want no excuses if she won but that part I think was maybe 26 was crazy by the way yeah but also too it’s like hey we can talk about we can talk about Grand Slam

Tennis women play three sets men play five men might have games that go four or five hours women have three sets doesn’t make Serena is and Coco there as much of a draw as the men right there as much of a draw as the men like their

Arenas are going to be packed out but they play far less sets but they have equal they get equal pay like now and that and that’s the thing I 100% support equal pay that was one of the men’s arguments in in in tennis is like they’re not playing Five sets for five

Hours right even then when you look at from a revenue standpoint the longer we’re in there the more concessions are sold the more this the more that games are longer like you guys the TV ratings the TV is longer so for our games and our matches that are five sets long

Right and that can go into tiebreakers you get more commercials you get more that so there’s more Revenue driven by the men’s based off the length of time right but they have equal pay now in that sense should men be upset right and I know we’re veering off I’m just

Showing you that there are multiple instances of women having a set of standards and men having a set of standards and we don’t we don’t say oh well Serena’s won 29 Grand Slams but she only played three sets no she dominated her field so you should shoot from your

Line he should shoot from his line let’s see who’s the best from their line want get be like best of three maybe get rid of the skills challenge or the dunk contest until everyone’s okay with who’s entering in it and who’s going to make it worthwhile to watch having said that

I think you could go 2v2 you could go two you I think you can go you can go men women’s if you had wanted to go like like like two teams but I think to make it a showc once you start doing like like weird things with

It then it starts to look like the skills challenge it’s just like hey these two these two they’re gonna go best at they’re gonna go best out of they’re gonna go best out of three or something along those lines I also think including it would put more pressure you

Would get a better quality product if again I’m gonna stick with this three thing the the two best three-point Shooters in the WNBA to represent that League the G League League the best two three-point Shooters and the NBA the best two three-point Shooters now you’re not going to get you’re going to get

Stephan Dame you know cat and Dame You’re Gonna Get You know the two best Shooters and we’re gonna see yeah until somebody loses then [ __ ] gonna stop doing it no I mean but they won’t do it because they’re like dude if I’m a three-point if I win this that means I’m

Obviously the best in the world anyone lose it right it’s kind of like Billy hoy right he’s like you missed this shot you got to answer why you lost two a slow white goofy like like you know what I’m saying it’s like like that’s the part is like that that’s the thing

Like you know you gotta shout out white man there has to be pressure on these guys to do something fair but let me say this immediately and shout out to the women and this is why Sabrina is so special the the women are starting at a disadvantage because we move it back to

Our line where we practice every single day every sing every step everything is based off of our line and then we shoot our distance extended from based off of our line they are shooting from our line so they start off at a disadvantage that’s in golf when there’s women’s sea

And there’s men’s SE there’s also called a handicap to even out the playing field right to make it a little bit more level we’re not doing that maybe put the line in between split the difference I was just going to say what if you did that

Put it in between that that to me is more fair than making them adjust to us and say can you shoot from the same distance and you don’t have the same muscle mass you don’t have the same quick tip you just like that’s just biology sh would it be a different

Because you’re obviously a three-point shooter would it be different for you to have shot from the women’s line oh yeah it’s not even close I never shoot that as in you would have been better yeah that part it would have been a challenge it would have okay obviously we would

Practice that and if you’re a shooter you’re shooter and I’m GNA exclude Steph from this I I don’t know how much time these guys really put in practicing but when you shoot a million of these threes and then now you’re like a foot in mentally mentally these young kids think

That’s an awful shot so in their mind they’re like they may have to take steps back to be more comfortable in muscle memory it would [ __ ] them up it would [ __ ] them up oh I was gonna say I think the it take you five shots to get the

Distance and then but you’re moving Richard so you’re moving also so like shots now you’re now you’re into the ne no no that next spot is different your feet have to be different your angle on your shot has to be different like you gotta aim that mother sucker it’s not

The same regular shot like it’s like shooting a floater or like getting full extension on a three right so to me it would be an adjustment I wouldn’t let them I wouldn’t let them know where the line was whether that’s an inch like no don’t know they could practice they’d

Have to practice in between the women’s and the men’s and then on that day you just put the line wherever and they got to figure it out what if they use that electronic court that they had in the Celebrity Game and you could just move it to just in between so it wouldn’t

Even have to be like on the court that’ll be tight electric led the LED core is sick by the way shout out ESPN oh well shout out to Sabrina and Steph because that was epic for not only just the weekend but beyond and as Sabrina said if you can shoot you can shoot

Doesn’t matter if you’re a boy or a girl all right speaking of Steph it is time to give me your top players from last week rack your brain because it’s been a minute uh these are our Under Armour Game Changers of the week which players or coaches have impressed you the most

Honestly underneath the radar the team that impressed me the most is the the Pelicans right I feel like nobody’s talking about them they’re winning games they’re supposed to win they win it they’re healthy um I don’t know how much they’re respected obviously we’ve heard the comments from Draymond talking about

Ain’t nobody worried about the Pelicans but I think they’re gonna I think they’re going to sneak up on somebody in in the E Western Conference I think there’s not all this talk about Zion and his weight or does bi and him work I think valent Tunis is having a great

Year CJ and their young guys have really been developed so I’m pretty excited about that team look I’m gonna go I’m gonna shoot a little shot in the dark and I’m gonna say Dallas that’s how shooting a shot in the dark good Lord that’s team right yeah it

Isy I want to shooting a shot in the dark with Minnesota no no no I’m saying Dallas is D Dallas is Seventh Place ho what do you mean it’s not Richard they just made the biggest jump in the Western Conference when with their trades the trades they got I bet they

End up okay yeah and James Harden got traded and it still took them time to get adjusted so can I give them a little credit for finishing the [ __ ] All-Star break strong winning six straight okay thank you so that’s what I would say I would like they’re like if

We’re going to talk about game changers I’m going to give it to the Dallas overall Mavericks in my opinion just because they added some key pieces um they’re playing well they got some big depth they look like they could be a bit of a problem they’ve won six straight

And we know the last two games before the allstar break everyone’s checked out ask Milwaukee you know ask Golden State everyone’s checked out so for them to finish strong I I think I think it could I think it could real dicey dicey for the rest of the Western Conference the last

30 games let’s go to Milwaukee and with one of your teammates first road trions game changer of the weeks Game Changer of the week are sponsored by UnderArmour do your thing change the game the curry 11 future cures are available now at Curry brand.com JJ

Reck oh are we gonna do that can we do the other guy first please and then we’ll get guy Giannis oh yeah actually have that too man what do you say says can I read the for you Channing please please golly I just in general do not watch basketball so stats highlights how

People play I have no idea and I love it I love it when I go to the game and have no idea who I’m playing and what they do that’s the dumbest [ __ ] [ __ ] I’ve ever heard in my life in my life the and

And this is what makes me so mad he is so damn talented and god-gifted could you imagine if like you watch basketball and you went into the game with a special Advantage other than something physically gifted to you other than maybe your tenacity and aggressiveness maybe some mental

Fortitude I cannot imagine it just I couldn’t imagine the greats anybody you can have whoever you want as the top three players ever to play or a top 10 player and they go you know what ah I just don’t watch basketball he has an opportunity to be

One of the greatest players ever to play basketball he don’t even watch the [ __ ] makes me Furious now okay he says he doesn’t even know who he’s guarding Richard or what they do is there more context Richard Richard okay okay even commented on um I put I reposted it the whole

Interview he basically like I love that I don’t know who I’m guarding and you know what they’re going to do and you know we just go out there and play basketball and blah blah blah and I’m like and I can’t say anything because he’s so good I wantan to say it’s like

It’s like I want to make this more measured because yes every emotion that channing’s had is the right emotion now I’m gonna try and be a little bit more measured as Channing took a big drink it’s like just this is my thing don’t get it this I guess this is my thing

It’s disappointing to hear obviously Yannis is is great he’s an MVP he’s all the won all of the awards he is one of the great players in American Sports history right he is right one of these one of the great athletes that we’ve ever seen I think the part that is

Disappointing is that he won’t maximize he won’t maximize what his true ability is if he doesn’t take that next step if he’s not paying attention if he’s not watching tons of basketball games if he’s not doing this because we know this there’s people like Braun was chasing MJ and

Again Giannis might feel very comfortable with this but I’m saying if he wants to be the greatest player if he wants to be the best version of himself you can’t do that without being a student so immediately you hear that you hear that there’s a cap to what he can

Accomplish and that doesn’t mean he can’t win more championships and more MVPs that’s not what I’m saying what I’m saying is that we know LeBron James knew all the plays of the other team we knew he knew all the plays of of our team he knew the defensive schemes he knew like

For every team in this league players tendencies all of the things I say that to say is he’s maximizing every ounce of his brain of his time of everything he’s watching film Kobe was the same way there are guys that are just the same way because they want to maximize their

Greatness and when you hear this from Giannis it’s not that he’s not great it’s just that he’s not maximizing the greatness and that part is disappointing because you almost put a cap on how great he can be and that part is when you hear that that’s the part that’s

Like damn that sucks bro Al could you imagine if that was your leader and you’re trying to win a chip with him what does he do in the playoffs I’m gonna add some context as Richard just asked for however I don’t know if it’s GNA change your mind I’m not saying it

Wasn’t I would I was trying this is from Allstar Weekend in a in a press conference and basically someone said for him though perhaps he’s trying to keep a balance between his life at work and his life at home he said as much as this in the past past we’re not talking

About basketball in this house this household we don’t talk about basketball you know why because the way my brain operates all I think about is basketball so I don’t need to talk more I’m going to drive myself crazy right I’m GNA want to escape it so I feel like I’m at my

Best when I go back to my house I watch my shows I focus on myself focus on my breathing I focus on what I eat so when I come here that allows me to give a 100% in what I do I love it that and that again that gives more context

Because he’s saying he doesn’t even watch basketball within his Helm and that doesn’t mean when he’s on the road that he’s not looking at games doesn’t mean when like we both know Bron would be in his in his SUV van watching highlights and watching film on his way

To practice so that’s why I wanted to give a more measured response because I’m like before we just say that Giannis just shows up and just like who we playing today we know that that’s not true because we know we know if we’re going to pack for a road trip we know

How many games we’re playing we know what cities we’re going to because you got a pack based off of weather fits in every city and doesn’t go out he don’t give a [ __ ] no but I’m just saying though like still like you Giannis if you wear the same like hoodie

Track suit three nights in a row you gonna start getting clowned on if he got if he got a four game Road Trip he packing four Tech fits one of them is gonna be a Milwaukee Bucks issued Tech fit 100% he not worried about no fashion

If you’re for any young player for any great player if you want to be that if you’re not studying the game like I wish I watched more I understand I watch more basketball now than I did when I was a player which again like now that I’m

Watching it it’s just on in my house it’s just on and so I’m not gonna bash Giannis I and again this where I know he speaks English great but I think maybe there was some some contextual parts missing in what he was saying um but you you’ll never maximize what you can

Achieve if you’re a good player you’ll never be great if you’re a great player you’ll never be elite if you’re Elite you’ll never be legendary if you don’t become a student of the game and yeah I just I’m I digress I also think it may have been yeah

Infuriated yeah it did infuriate you having said that wow I was just going through your Twitter it’s not there anymore I had to actually look up an article but thanks for the shout out on Twitter calling yourself chop liver because I got you to do the road triman

Podcast more than Richard yeah well Richard’s like chenning come do this podcast and I was like ain’t doing this [ __ ] and then Ally was like come on chenning and I said okay biggest M he quot tweeted you Richard and the support the people that support you tweet yeah

And janning put am I chopped liver she got me to do road tripping more than you wait did you also see the thing where I said you got cook like CCO Gizzy but wait I gave you love when you when you called a game I know I give you

Call if you do something special you doing the same [ __ ] you been doing but but that’s the problem like if you’re doing that for me then it just never stops like I get it Janny like Richard you haven’t done nothing new you’re still wearing the same sandals for three

Years ago if you do something new we’re going to congratulate you but what else I’m trying to find some new [ __ ] I’m trying you can’t you do too much Richard do less I’m calling do L find new [ __ ] go to am.com Roadtrip wait Richard come on okay I I

Really want to hear this JJ doc River story oh and you can tell about the fun part on the other podcast that you went on rich before I say anything before I before Richard says anything for cont 90% I’m this a big number and I exaggerate I’ve had a few there’s a lot

Of players that have that same energy towards Doc Rivers not on the Pat or J Pat or which side are you talking about oh I’m talking about the Clippers JJ side like Doc Rivers no accountability there’s there’s a bunch of players that have played for the Clippers that have

That feeling about him whether that’s fair or not it happens he they won a lot of games they’ve lost a lot of games they’ve lost a lot of game sevens I’m gonna let open this up because I’m gonna step back and be educated so so one I just did the Gilbert Arenas

Podcast that janon can’t wait for you to show up to that oh God yeah it’s great it’s great but shout out our guys over there at gills Arena um J fxy they got a crazy setup though there in his basement like they got a little they got a Min that’s a basement

That’s his they got a mini Jumbotron they got a mini Jumbotron that’s his basement yeah they look like they’re in a warehouse when you live in Calabasas Woodland Hills you know you can get a you yeah wow yeah so that’s his basement it’s um you’ve seen you’ve seen my

Basement before so it’s probably like double the size of this maybe like double but they also have other rooms so like it opens up to like a weight room but they use it for like to but they’re killing it anyways so I like I I see JJ On First Take and JJ he

Loves first take but he also knows that first take is not always great for him because he gets so passionate and fired up very very quickly which I that’s why I like working with him because I like [ __ ] with them right I like [ __ ] with people like that so that’s why we

Get along so he says what he says about Doc Rivers so I’m like oh okay wow that’s that that’s intense I’m I had already planned on going and do the pat B Pat Bev podcast whatever so I sit down and Pat Bev wants to jump right into it

Like we want to talk about JJ and then at that moment it click I’m like oh [ __ ] because last time I saw Pat Bev he was with the Phillies uh with the 76ers I realized oh [ __ ] he’s in Milwaukee oh [ __ ] he’s defending [ __ ] doc oh he

Going at JJ so I’m like oh [ __ ] he’s like yeah so I tweeted that JJ he reads his tweet uh that’s what Pat B is he’s reading his tweet so um all of a sudden my phone starts buzzing my phone starts Buzz I look at

It and JJ put in our text chain or Ryan ruko put in our text chain with me him and JJ he put JJ’s response to Pat Bev while I’m on the podcast so I get to go hey Pat JJ responded to you want to know he’s like yeah yeah yeah I want to

Know I read it out and he they was talking [ __ ] so then they both go back but I don’t think I’ve ever been sitting in a spot where all of a sudden [ __ ] was going on and people were live tweeting at each other and JJ had no idea I was

Sitting down for the pat bed pop like after he said that after he sent that tweet in I sent the screenshot that I was sitting that I was sitting there with them and it’s just funny I think Pat be did a very good job of expressing

That let me be clear I attacking what JJ said not JJ I love JJ what he said I feel is factually in wrong in wrong factually incorrect inaccurate inaccurate you feel that what JJ said is no Pates my my no no no I’m saying that

That’s what Pat beev is my my opinion of this is my opinion of this is I didn’t play for Doc Rivers the people that are battling are people that played for Doc Rivers so I can’t speak on Doc Rivers right I can talk about what I see as his record

I I never played against one of his teams in the postseason so I can’t be like oh he didn’t know what the hell he was doing right so it’s like I could just watch it from an objective perspective listen to players like Channing says there are some people that

Doesn’t have a great experience with Doc there’s some people like Pat be was like yo man this man helped me get paid twice he believed in me no an opportunity like they led a team to the postseason with no Superstar where it was him Tobias I

Think Dwight pal might have been on that team and like was uh L will right he’s like yo so he was giving Pat Bev all the support and and Pat beev would run through a wall for a person like that so when he sees that Doc and saying that

Doc throws his players on the bus Pat beev has a completely different experience I respect that my name is Paul and I don’t know any of y’all okay let me ask you this then having said that chenning if you agree and you’re kind of nodding with Richard just in

Terms of never played for Doc let’s take it one step further okay Stephen A Smith on Doc reverse I said this JJ the second he got the job if Doc Rivers and I’m not talking about this season because he came in there halfway through if Doc Rivers between this year and next season

Doesn’t win I think it’ll be his last coaching job in the NBA we said that three times ago yeah it’s like who the how that’s not even that’s not that’s a lukewarm that’s an Antarctica take like that is like you think this is his last opportunity and it’s only Championship

Or bu no I’m not saying no what I’m saying is this is like for Doc Rivers to not get another job he’s had five different jobs if somebody like he’s a good coach but at this point in time it’s just like he’s a very good coach no

One’s not saying he’s a good coach but he apparently he’s not the coach to help you get over the hump he’s a coach that has more playoff kind of like black marks and they’re not all his fault there’s been injuries there’s been different things even when they were up

3-1 against the Pistons and it was with Orlando Pistons were like the number two seed and Orlando was the seven they just overachieved and the Pistons turned up that heat on them so the p were a much better team I say all that to say is

That like it wasn’t all his fault but at the end of the day you are what your record says you are and so that’s the part where it’s like I know G president if I was a gmr president I wouldn’t hire doc the problem is he won that’s the

Problem he’s DN Tony but he won imagine if listen just hear me out Doc Rivers won so the expectation is oh Doc Rivers can take a team of superstars and he could take you over the hump he can do it and then you go to the Clippers oh

They have three Superstars or Stars we’ll say Stars DeAndre you know Jordan Blake Griffin Chris Paul and that Crew He took them there a bunch of times and they just didn’t end up doing it for whatever reason I’m not blaming him I’m saying if you’re the responsible one

He’s going to take most to blame go somewhere else same thing happens comes goes to Philly same nothing happens happens now goes to Milwaukee and all of a sudden all this stuff starts happening and what I get fired I don’t want to say I get fired up I agree with JJ of this

Doc I don’t know what you’re diverting already but as a leader as I’m as I get on Giannis about watching film as a leader what you say is huge about subconsciously what your players think it is huge whether whether you care or not you going well we’ve done this you

Got say we need to be [ __ ] better if we think we’re going to win we need to be [ __ ] better and that’s it no excuses we have two of the best players in the NBA we that we’re the second best record and we’re losing to [ __ ] games

Because we don’t take them seriously and half of that’s on me that’s all he would have to say whether he believes that or not it holds Owens to the rest of his team and he’s being a leader and that’s what’s frustrating is that now I think ke’s there’s some big flaws in what’s

Happening in Milwaukee now I could be proved wrong but you’re starting to see the algorithm on Instagram talking about when Brook Lopez was mad at Adrien Griffin for their defensive um uh uh defensive like schemes and most of it was because he was being lazy and not being active because he’s used to

Sitting back there in a drop and they give up the most Corner threes basically in the history of the NBA and they just just happen to have Giannis and and Drew holiday and Chris Middleton that’s was my rant so I I’ll let you I’ll let you

Finish up Alex I I I think this as far as this is that like I have personal opinions about my views of Doc’s teams but I can’t go and say Doc’s always making excuses because I don’t have personal experience of that now you ask me questions about other people I can

Give you detailed information I would say to the beginning of this and we’re going to circle back I have heard from players that feel very similar to JJ I have heard from players that feels very similar to to uh Pat B that’s it okay I’ll give you that me too yeah just more

On the JJ set maybe maybe maybe the bo are three and seven since doc took over there’s a lot of ENT he might he might not be the most he might not be the most popular person walking around ESPN either let’s just say that hey well it’s also crazy how their

Defense got sort of good but then their offense is garbage now 24th how you but you need a sample size of 20 games you cannot judge this person 20 games and people are checked out before the break checked out all of a sudden you got new you got new schemes

You’re trying to implement stuff he’s got different terminology that he’s used for his teams and he’s like oh well let’s red that it’s like oh here we call that black those are things that like in training camps and in practice like you get through that over in time until then

It becomes a better group all right we’re going to end with this one the um Lakers play The Warriors tomorrow LeBron is not playing he has been ruled out um however he go night night however he is just 132 points away from hitting 40,000 that’s [ __ ] ridiculous say

He’ll hit that Mark on February 25th versus the suns are you calling that that game Richard Sunday do you have Suns Lakers what’s today is it on there is it on ABC yeah it’s Sunday yeah oh good for you well it’s probably not gonna happen because he’s not playing tomorrow thank

You for that thank you but he will play Friday well hopefully I don’t know fingers crossed maybe he returns Friday but then there’s Sunday but I doubt he’ll how he won for he won you say he’s how many points away 1327 he wasn’t gonna do that in three

Games anyway he had two games Sor yeah February 25th versus the Suns or the 28th versus the Clippers no it’ll be Mark something yeah he can’t like he’s not gonna score 130 points in in three games you’re right’s not Vegas was wrong sorry sorry about it I didn’t say

It you’re getting defensive don’t do you’re getting defensive do that don’t don’t get aggressive don’t get aggressive we were nearly talking about the numbers in the math and I was like he GNA have to average 40 Ariza education you guys did learn something I’m proud of you I learned averages I

Learn basketball averages that’s it I’m justas said that blaming Vegas Vegas can be wrong I blame a lot of things on it’s fine um okay having said all of that what does uh what do you think this means for LeBron honestly you just said it rich or Channing 40,000 is a lot dude

That’s more point it’s more he has more points than I had actual minutes in the NBA like no one’s going to get 40,000 points to understand that is like it’s not even an attainable number that you would think of well let’s put it this

Way at the end of the day no one that is currently playing in the game right now and it’s going to take them 20 years to pass it so like put that in perspective that that’s all I got to say it’s like that person is isn’t here right now no

One currently playing in the NBA is going to reach that number it’s going to have to be somebody well I guess wimy you could say that you could say that but again he’s got to do it for 20 years and he’s got to be an obsessive psychotic person all right welcome back

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