Warriors & Celtics are struggling, Nick’s NBA Title Pie, What is Brock Purdy’s next deal worth?

(00:00) Worried about the top seeded Celtics? /Has Damian Lillard’s first season with Bucks been a disappointment? /Believe in the Pelicans?
(22:05) Are the Warriors able to re-focus for a playoff run?
(33:40) Can anyone beat UCONN men’s basketball? Will they repeat?
(38:17) Does Brock Purdy need the 49ers to keep Brandon Aiyuk?
(43:39) Nick’s NBA Title Pie
(56:28) Better chance for Paul George to win a title: Clippers or 76ers?
(1:01:29) Nick’s NBA Medals /Eagles trade Haason Reddick to Jets

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People on this show are ready for the eventual Brock C regression are the 49ers helping if they don’t extend auk and finally the most delicious segment in all of sports it’s title pie this time Brew with pie Mississippi Mud that was my that was my uh recommendation I

Think I think there’s some pie in store for both of us Chris brard who excited about pie I’m Kevin Wilds Nick any surprises in okay yeah yes a new one new team on two teams off how about that we start with another Celtics lost to the Hawks what’s going

On here this time in overtime Tatum misses that Joe moua called that a good shot I respectfully disagree dejon goes for 44 on only 44 shots Celtics are a healthy 11 games up on the bucks but Brew did this loss raise any concerns in your mind well first let me say this

Wilds is told us he thinks the Lakers are better without LeBron you and I have wondered aloud if is Houston better without shenon well the Hawks are now 12 and 10 without Trey young 12 22 and 29 with him so I mean 12 and 10 isn’t awesome but they were terrible with him

This year yes I mean Trey is wonderful uh skills he’s got the bag but he win but anyway look the Celtics a few uh a month or so ago had an 11 game win streak lost two in a row then a nine game win streak and then lost these two

In a row to the Hawks so I’m not going to panic what I will say is this there you know there were my pick to win the East they’re still my pick with confidence all right they’re not my pick like the Clippers are to get to the Western Conference Finals where I’m just

Sticking with them because that’s what I picked I really feel Boston is the best team in the East but they are not as some people think like it’s they’re clearcut and all that I think Denver is more clear cut in the west than Boston is in the East what totally agree a lot

Of people don’t looking at the point that they’re thinking they that the Celtics have a cakewalk they don’t have a cakewalk in their problem and I’ve said this before but it is an issue it wasn’t last night I don’t know what was going on last night just maybe a bad

Game but to uh Monday when they gave up the 30-point lead to Atlanta the thing that I’ve been talking about they focused too much on the three and they started that game five of seven from three and ended at 6 of 31 from three

And missed like 14 or 15 or or maybe it was even 16 straight threes they have players that can get mid-range shots they have players that can get to the Lane Christ spinix you can post him you can post Al Horford and they they fall

They are in love with the three now 10 years ago if you’re have a lead and the team is marching back cuz the lead was just shrinking shrinking shrinking I’m talking about Monday and they kept hoisting threes that would be viewed as terrible basketball 10 years ago and I

Get the change in the three and and I I I I uh uh like the three-point shot too but still go get an easy shot especially when you’ve got guys that can do it so that’s the one that scares me a little bit and they don’t nobody fears them

Even Atlanta doesn’t fear them Indiana doesn’t fears Miami New York they don’t fear them Denver people fear they don’t fear B crushing teams I understand but I don’t think so here’s the deal like it’s an old movie Trope it usually has to do with like should someone get out of a

Relationship where they get out the old whiteboard or corkboard and they do a Pros does that yeah it’s like it’s a list of Pros list of cons I can make a very long list of reasons the Celtics are awesome you know what I mean a long Pros list the the boxes they check

Historically ey test stuff depth record Point differential all of that I have a growing list of concerns though so can I can I say them to you because I bet you agree with a lot of them one of them Missoula you’re damn straight one of them is Joe Missoula but I’m he’s I’m

Going to get to him in a moment I’m going to go kind of smallest to largest on the concerns list one is their two key Acquisitions have either non-existent or checkered playoff pass so Drew was unbelievable you know what I mean when the Bucks won the title and

Then his last couple postseasons with Milwaukee were not great it’s one of the reasons they wanted to move off him so that’s a slight concern Chris staps has played in 10 playoff games in his career he was really good in the first three a half decade ago with Dallas then got

Hurt and then that second series was totally marginalized and then hasn’t been back there so those are something of concerns then there’s the fact that Joe Missoula has the disposition constantly of a poker player who just lost a terrible pot and it’s just like R

And is like ready for ready for a fight and ready to go last night just he like don’t tell meon Murray played great he took 4 Shots he’s out there trying to block people shot he is just constantly like who what’ you say hey anyone anyone

Ask want to ask me about adjustments now what about timeouts anything he doesn’t I’ve grown to like it okay that’s that’s fine I’m just telling you for me you do not like coaches like that I just I I feel like Nick would be that type of

Coach maybe I would you don’t like maybe I would but it it doesn’t to me exude calm it under Fire and then there is of course the whole they’re not good in the clutch stuff which is the biggest concern we talked a couple weeks ago about Tatum

Over the last few years him individually this is them since the allstar break as a team and so they do blow a lot of teams out and I give credit for that run through the playoff that’s how I feel and so for all Wilds do you think I’m

I’m not trying to be reactionary or over the top I think I think those are legit legitimate concerns I’ve grown to love Missoula who he is I I don’t think he’s I don’t think he’s pretending to be that way no I I think he’s locked in and honestly since there’s so much

Tournament on it’s a little Dan hurly esque like Yukon will be up by 30 points and he’s yelling at people and he’s yelling at fans and missou is just locked in he he knows the schemes he doesn’t want to be challenged by reporters who claim not claim but might

Might challenge some of his decision- making he’s right back at them it’s it’s also anti- bellich where bich like no sure he will engage so I don’t mind it but you got to win well how’s he doing they’re 11 games up on the box and they’re blasting we know what it’s

Coming down to though we know what it’s coming down to if they don’t win the East it’s I don’t care what he did in the regular season it’s not going to matter but this is the off of your point before we talked about Missoula Tatum in the fourth um

Not great and last night he obviously missed a shot that Missoula said was a good shot his postgame presser he said I know I missed a couple this year so I was like darn I got to be doe for one I hit a bunch in my career he says he

Likes being in this situation you know the other the the end of overtime it didn’t go to Tatum it was more of a traditional play rather than a one-on-one shot for Tatum but well I can’t tell if this is a huge deal or just like hey make her Miss League well

I think what you do what can concern you is it getting in his head not just okay you know can I make these shots but him trying to prove that he’s clutch there’s been so much talk about him not being clutch he go out there last night took

12 shots in the fourth quarter well that’s what so that like does you know what I’m saying is he trying to prove that I’m the man I’m clutch just let it let just play and let I don’t know if we can run I think we can Jaylen Brown shot

Which could have been the game winner because the numbers were weird Jaylen Brown took one shot in the fourth quarter Tatum took 12 then in overtime Tatum only took one Jaylen took four and he had missed the first three and then this one and his reaction to this was

Immensely emotional and fire well you’re seeing it and I do think there W you know that in this particular game it was odd seeing in the fourth Tatum get a dozen shots and Jaylen Brown get one that to me was you know more coincidental than something really significant but here’s the one other

Thing and this is I understand a hobby horse of mine but I will once again pound the table metaphorically cuz I have a broken arm can’t do it that well actually um that the number one seeds across Sports should be able to pick their postseason opponent oh yes because

Another concern for the Celtics is their path kind of sucks they are likely playing either Philly or Miami in round one and I and that is not if Philly is not a traditional eight seed right if assuming they have Miami is just Miami and I know everyone

Laughed at me last year when I said Boston didn’t want Miami in round one and then I was proven correct in the Conference Finals after Miami s the8 seed beat the previous one seed Milwaukee and so a path of Miami or Philly then the 48 minute torture chamber the Knicks could potentially put

You in to only then get the opportunity to play potentially Milwaukee that is not like like the the path you would think for a one SE that’s going to have 10 more wins than everybody else I know thing is weird the facing embiid in round one would feel a little unjust if

You will when you’re the first half will be just as hard if not harder what if they have the Lakers the I mean it’s still those games were close Nick won’t admit it but it was a close sweep okay but regardless more to every other way

You should get to you should get to draft your playoff opponent the one do you I don’t 100% agree there’ be no tanking there’s a gimmick in the shrip we’ve been doing it this way for 77 years it’s working meanwhile the Bucs got 35 from Yannis and 20 from Dame as they mustered

Only 100 points and lost to the Pelicans macro look on how Dame has fared in the last two years one with clor in Portland the other one in Milwaukee uh brew has this been a disappointing transition to the Bucks don’t soft pedal it absolutely oh okay now we all know it’s about the

Postseason so it can work its way out there’s no doubt about that but to this point yes number one you got a coach fired and I’m not saying Dame did but the team wasn’t playing well enough and a coach got fired whether you want to blame Adrien Griffin or what a coach got

Fire that’s always to something to do with the players number two you showed the numbers that field goal percentage his worst in a season in which he’s healthy in eight years three-point shooting percentage worst in a season he’s healthy in nine years which is the opposite what I thought would happen

Yeah I thought efficiency would go up his points would go down yep and so there’s that and of course most importantly they what 11 games behind Milwaukee or behind Boston so look I I think they’re a good team uh one of the reasons I feel better about Boston even

Despite their flaws that we just talked about is because everybody’s flawed it looked like the Bucks like Giannis and Dame and Doc had figured it out yeah remember they came in they had a nice win streak I don’t it was eight eight nine games something like that maybe

Seven games and then lately they’ve gone five and six so their last 11 games when games they need to win or trying to win they’ve only won five of 11 so yeah it’s been disappointing so here’s what’s weird about Milwaukee they are unbeatable when Dame’s excellent Dame

Has scored 30 plus 19 times this year they’re 17 and two when Dame leads them in scoring they’re undefeated when Giannis leads them in scoring they’re really good and then not surprisingly they’re two and four when someone else does which usually means one or both those guys didn’t play corre but when

Dame’s excellent they don’t lose the question is and the concern is so to speak how often can Dame be excellent y your your buddy Bill Simmons along time ago coined the phrase or at least first place I heard it with aging NBA players is once a week guys guys who used to be

Great every you know basically every game and now at this point in their career they can be great once a week but not more often than that I don’t think that’s the Damien Lillard the Bucks anticipated they were getting when they made this trade I’m not even saying that’s the Damen Lillard

They got but he is this is the first year of his career where he has looked like he is approaching that territory if not there and so that to me is is a concern because I I understand why they made the trade and I still think the

Trade is totally Vindicated if he wins him a couple playoff games they make the finals like there is no there is because I mean it will be Improvement but they have already won a championship they’ve won a championship but they won a championship with a very different Chris

Middleton Middle you know I mean that’s the other underrated story about the Bucks is Middleton was unbelievable in the championship run and then got hurt in the playoffs the next year and since that following year playoff R when he got hurt he hasn’t been the same player

He’s been hurt this year and so this is also the F and Dame obviously has shown that he’s clutch we know that no doubt but this is the first time where like every game means something he has never been under this type of microscope and

It’s going to be even more so in the playoffs I know they went to the Western Conference Finals one year but no they’ve never his teams have never been expected to get to the finals and now it’s finals or bust and that does add some pressure to you do you think he’s

Going to shrink in that I think he’s clutch but combined with maybe what Nick with the age it’s just it’s just this deep in his career it’s something he hasn’t experience like everybody’s looking at every shot every Miss shot whereas before anything he did was gravy

CU it’s like oh he doesn’t have can can I you’re the mathematician on the show so he’s shooting 40% from three in March MH he’s only shot in the 40s three times out of 13 games so it’s like when I used to work at Ben and Jerry’s you know I’d

Average a a medium two scoops of ice cream but I would never serve two scoops of ice cream I was always serving one scoop or three scoops but it would average out to Two Scoops so he was you know he gets super hot he goes 11 for 22

Against the Nets you know that’s fantastic and then he’ll go super cold to go three for 14 or that 11 for 22 was field goal that was five for 11 on threes so so it’s a little bit of feast and famine from thre is that weird or

You’re like no I don’t think listen I don’t think that’s weird I think that that the what when what my head went to is LeBron for his career is 277 and S and has never had a 277 and seven game like your averages are actually your did

You know that he’s never had a never once playoffs for a regular season never once had 27 points seven rebounds seven assist like he would try I know it’s kind of do but so I think you know statistically that’s not that anomalous here is cuz I am the one person at the

Table when we did our picks picked the Bucks to win the title and I still believe they have the highest upside of anyone in the East here is my glass half full reading of it because Boston is so far out ahead that the Bucks are in a

Bit of a holding pattern and Dame is I think this is where I do think the personal life stuff for Dame of the move and most notably the divorce and he has talked about how it is dragged on him I think that that is more likely to have

An effect during the dog days of the season and then when the playoffs start this is what the whole thing was for the whole thing why game wanted out of Portland why Milwaukee win and got him was for 7 and 1/2 weeks you know that

Start in a couple weeks and if Dame is getting closer to being a once a week guy if he has been trying to hold stuff in the tank so he is you know what I mean fully functional for the postseason again I’m saying that’s an admittedly optimistic view but I think it’s the

Fact that this team has been so excellent when Dame’s been excellent to me makes their path very clear can Dame be excellent ellent in the postseason if he is they’re the best team in the East okay frisky Pelicans are 10 and3 in March uh in fifth place Zion last three

Games 36 29 28 Brew shooting 70% from the field last three gam uh top six in the west Pelicans could jump up to Fourth here yeah if your clippers keep sliding uh host a first round M they just win their last game okay I mean barely a win’s a win baby barely all

Right all right whatever you’re starting to believe in New Orleans not as a western conference Contender as far as like getting to the finals this year but definitely as a team that could upset someone have a nice relatively deep playoff run and then next year assuming Health be a

Contender to get out could they could they make the Conference Finals this year cuz to me that’s everyone’s ceing right everyone’s ceiling is lose to Denver in the Conference Finals is kind of how we look at it so are the Pelicans I’ll give him a shot at that too yep I

Give a shot at that and what I like about them is that they they like they play to their strengths and that’s what good teams do defensively they’re top five in defensive rating so Willie Green’s got them playing good defense but Zion and Brandon Ingram are neither

One of them is good three-point shooter especially Zion he’s only taking one three this month which is good all right but then you got Trey Murphy and CJ McCollum who can shoot the three and you got size with valent chunis my point is they’re bottom 10 in the league in

Three-point attempts top 10 in the league in free throw attempts so we got guys that don’t shoot the three great or two best players or at least best scorers but they can get to the hole and now it is easier with the floor spread to get to the B we just saw the

Highlights with Zion go to the hoop keep going to the hoop until they stop you or they foul you and that’s what they do and so yeah I I like what Willie Green is building there in New Orleans and it’s it’s Lakers is in that regard yeah

You know what I mean they don’t shoot a t to thre no and we’re going to live at the line because we’re going to attack the basket and we’re going to and not going to live at the three-point line because we don’t have the Personnel for

It so couple things one is they’ the last couple weeks they’ve been doing it without Ingram he should be back before the playoffs now I’ve always questioned the Zion Ingram fit exactly so I’m that you know you’re adding your you know a guy who was your best player maybe your

Second best player but that is not a seamless addition but right now they’d be playing the Clippers in round one I’d pick them them oh yeah yeah right right now I think that they the again let’s just assume they’re on the opposite side of the bracket of the Nuggets they have

Similar postseason experience to OKC more than OKC actually and similar to Minnesota that would be round two for them like could do I think they could beat either one of those teams in round two sure and I think the quiet has been good for Zion yes I think the fact that

The Pelicans and Zion are no longer and A or B topic for shows like this around the league has been good for him I think that Zion after the really the struggles on the court and the embarrassment off the court that he went through last year

I think them being him having a quiet great month like you said 24 points on like 62% from the field rebounding better the team playing better I think that’s good because I don’t think they thrived under that and he didn’t Thrive or feel comfortable under that

Microscope so I give him credit I think his maturation whether he was shamed and embarrassed into it or he’s just learned whatever the case he appears to have matured which is huge for him little Pro it game tomorrow host hosting the Celtics so yeah Celtics last right was a pro it

Game yeah and they beat Nick’s bucks yeah they did for Flippers Pelicans you’re going to flip right over to the Pelicans like I am from here we go it’s within the it’s in the 100% AB Warriors not saying I will next on FS1 the fox Sports channel at serus XM yeah of

Course you’re [Applause] allowed welcome back to a hot show Warriors coming off an emotional win in Orlando without kaminga or Draymond after he was tossed Steve Kerr talked about the ejection on 95.7 The Game take a listen I felt like in hindsight I I look back at that Miami game and I regret not

Saying something cuz I thought he was on them too much so so that you know that that’s definitely my fault but to your point Draymond knows I mean he’s he’s a grown man he’s got to handle his own business do you think the Warriors refocus for a playoff run no here’s the

Problem they have to refocus right now for a deao playoff run which will then make a playoff run impossible I want to show you guys their schedule because it’s a unique thing that’s happening they’re going to have nine straight days or games of travel so they go to

Charlotte then to San Antonio then back home for a game against Dallas then two Houston then back home for another game against Dallas then uh or then back to Dallas pardon me then back home for a game against Utah then to Los Angeles then to Portland then back home if they

Get through that the priz is and make the play you go on the road for game one of the play in if you win that you go on the road for game two of the playin and if you win that now you are the eight

Seed and on the road for game one of the of the first round of the playoffs so they’re cooked like maybe they I I think that they are I think the win against Orlando probably is going to be the difference between the Rockets catching them and the rockets not catching them

So you think they’re I think they’re I think that they Pro because they have the tiebreaker with Houston I know they have some tough games they have some tough games but I I right now my money would be on they finishes the 10 and then don’t make the playoffs but even if

They do they can’t go on a playoff run so no like whatever energy they have think to me Brew think about it’s like Steph against the Kings had to expend all that energy to get through it and then wasn’t the same guy by the time the Lakers series started but now it’s

Starting a couple weeks earli that’s true yeah look the Dynasty’s over I’ve said that so I I don’t care if Draymond was behaving like a priest for the last two months they still weren’t like winning the West so I agree with I do think they’ll make it the play in I

Think the Lakers are better with their size I think they’d probably beat them if that’s who they meet but if they were to through I I took the question like are they toast as far as even the play in and I think they can regroup for that look they’ve been dealing with

Draymond his whole career like this all right and they found a way to play through it and win games I think right now outside like I think their biggest challenge I I don’t think it’s too serious but Jonathan kaminga didn’t play against Orlando all right and he’s

Questionable for the next game so I I don’t think it’s too serious but they need him back if kaminga is out I actually think Draymond will come back and play really well I think he’s GNA you know I think this will kind of motivate him all the naysayers and you

Know I he might have another incident at some point but I do think he’ll be effective defensively and offensively for this team so I think that’ll help but um yeah I think they can make the play in but that’s probably it okay they play the Hornets tonight they’re five-

Six in their last 11 games so let’s go macro now roller coaster of emotions for Steph looked upset after draymond’s ejection only scored 18 but did close the door on the magic and sent them to bed uh also played some soccer with the chairs here’s Steve Kerr on

Step for Draymond to get kicked out 3 minutes in um it was really unforgivable and you know I think Steph may have even been a little upset with himself for not pulling Draymond out of there but I think mostly it was just come on man you know we got we need

This and and you know Steph is such a fighter he’s such a competitor he wants it so badly can I before I ask the question just those back-to-back quotes from Steve Kerr strange why like Steve Kerr blamed himself because Draymond was on the refs in Miami so Steve Kerr is

Like ah I should have said something and then Steph maybe blamed himself for not pulling Draymond it’s just you know odd can I can can I give you a before I give my answer here a rationalization for that it’s from an off air conversation we had which was we were

Discussing uh and I’ll keep the details vague but kids grades and how much of it fall on the parents oh and the we were debating you know what I mean at what age is it more on the kid more on the parent I think the window there is Steve

Looks at Draymond as he called him a grown man but not re like he doesn’t have the self-control of one so it is my job it is Steph’s job to understand that and to then protect him from himself like that’s you know that’s what I took

Can I say this quickly I don’t think I said this yesterday when we talked about it I’m not blaming so I do put some blame on the organization as a whole but I did think watching that cuz when Draymond was going off on the ref Steph

Was like right there it was almost like he was there to try to make sure it doesn’t get out of hand I would have liked to have seen Steph and CP3 Chris was somewhere around there too maybe grab Draymond just walk him away look man let’s let’s go it’s over we got a

Game is that the is that the super I’m job I mean it could have superar superar M for all I can I mean I just I think he respects Steph enough where he would not maybe yeah but also I think that Steph didn’t maybe think I I think that if it

Was like oh he might get in a fight here I’ll do that I think maybe he didn’t think he need needed to press that button 3 minutes into a game on a non-descript foul call but go ahead here’s the question sorry to Der do you think we’re watching the end of Stephen

The Warriors so here’s I think that there is a nonzero chance that Steph’s final game as a warrior is coming up in the next couple weeks I think that the I think that anyone acting as if it is an impossibility that everything that has happened over the last 15 18 months po

18 months post Championship plus the potential decision by the organization to not bring back Klay Thompson and then all of that to act like it’s not possible that Seth’s going to say you know what I’m going to be I’m 36 years old wow I I you you see how badly I want to

Win we’re not going to be able to do it here and the band’s breaking up so and and if and if Clay’s not back the B the band’s already broken up mhm Iguodala is doing a podcast Clay’s going to be playing somewhere else Draymond is going

To be dangled in trade stuff at the very least you know what I’m I’m not going to be the last guy at the party with with no parachute here it’s possible but what I think there I I wouldn’t even I won’t even say I wouldn’t mind to see seeing

That happen but I think right now Steph Curry is right now the overwhelming odd are that he wants to end his career as a warrior I I think it is would you agree no no no so if you were to be like Nick even money bet Steph is game one next

Year is a warrior or somewhere else obviously the smart money on at that standard would be with the Warriors but if you offered me let me think of an example all right hey Nick I’ll give you a 100 to one that win Bama is not a Spur

Next year I’d be like no I won’t take it because he is 100% going to be a Spur next year is there a 10% chance a 15% chance that if this year ends in embarrassment if Draymond has another incident if they miss the playin if they

Get whacked in the first playin game or whatever it is and and then we see how the other part of is see how the playoffs go what if LeBron and gets no I’m saying for somebody for the guys his contemporaries what if KD goes on a Deep

Run he’s my age what if LeBron goes on a Deep Run I I was battling with him he’s older like the the idea that Steph wouldn’t look would cuz the I think people forget how old he is he’s 36 right all of league history full list of

People to play more than half a season and average 20 a game age 36 or older Carl Malone Kareem LeBron and Jordan that’s it w so like his history would say he doesn’t have a ton of tread left on the tires does he want to spend it without clay potentially with d you

Being draymond’s babysitter to be the N seat I don’t know so I’m just saying it’s on the board here’s what it depends on Steph we know his legacy is tremendous uh he’s arguably a top 10 player everybody I think arguably I think he is in most people say

Arguably how much further does he want to go we know LeBron as M as you know touted as LeBron is as decorated as he is is still striving for more right is St and I don’t I’m not saying Steph’s not as competitive as LeBron I’m just

Saying and then none of this is like written in stone as far as these rankings all right but in Steph thinking I want to pass magic and be the regarded as the best point guard ever I want to have the most rings of this era and have

It be viewed as the Steph Curry era versus the LeBron James era is any of that in his mind even if you would disagree with people saying that I’m just saying it becomes a discussion like if he were to go somewhere and win ring number five now he vers magic is a

Discussion now whose error was it step or Lebron is a discussion does he want that or does he is he like I want to be a warrior this is where I built this franchise and I’m cont there’s but there’s also a third to me even more likely option which is that he cares

Less about the rankings and the era and the nebula stuff but cares a lot about God dog it do you know how fun playing in the NBA Finals is do you know how awesome I obviously I don’t know but I imagine it’s dope like the attention the exhilaration the adrenaline this is what

I and I’m still good enough I’m still good enough and unfortunately my surroundings are not going to allow it he’s a smart guy he knows what a championship team is could be what it is and so I’m I’m all I’m saying is again I want to be very clear and I know this’s

Going to be aggregated out of context it’s fine I am not predicting Steph Curry is going to say trade me I am saying anyone acting as if that it’s not on the board that a couple weeks from now is his last game as a warrior I think it’s being overly optimistic I

Think it is on the board minuscule chance of him not being a warrior next season Kobe was as competitive as Kobe is played out the string with the Lakers and yeah but I wonder if Kobe hadn’t torn his Achilles Like had would you know what we would have done Huskies

Next I think that’s a good Take Yukon Rolland number one seed dispatched of San Diego State 30-point win this after dispatching of Northwestern at 17 huskys 35 and three and have a matchup which isn’t good for me cuz my entire family loves Illinois tomorrow let’s take a look at the odds Yukon won Purdue Houston Tennessee

Illinois Marquette Alabama Duke uh greaton and Gonzaga Brew can the Huskies be beaten well look my pick uh pre pre-t turny was Yukon it might be the one I get right B what a I I saw it as a fact this was going to happen now I’ve you guys know I’ve been

Watching this since before you were born all right this tournament I’ve seen many great teams that everybody thought was was destined to win it not win it in a seven game series would any of these teams be you can’t no but in a one and done it’s possible I’m not predicting it

But it’s definitely possible and look Dusty made me he threatened he threatened to never do another graphic for me if I didn’t put this one up he doesn’t do the graphics does them well he he get out of here with this I mean I look just look at the numbers 53 the

First player 50 points 35 board on 65% shooting since Lou alinder AKA Kareem Abdul Jabar man I mean I’m just saying I don’t think Purdue beating him but Ed is just a difficult matchup in college basketball and I know yukon’s got the seven foot footer as well so so I I want

To throw something at you wild this is your team and to your credit you didn’t pick Yukon a week and a half ago like Brew did you picked him at the beginning of the Season saying it you were saying it all year long I I listen obviously

Yukon can be beaten one of their losses is to a team left in the tournament kraton but I don’t think kraton’s GNA make it to the final to play him again they probably wouldn’t beat him a second time I picked Houston before the tournament I think Houston’s been

Banging on the door with Kelvin Samson ever since he’s been the coach uh Yukon obviously is better than Houston but to brw point could they get the right matchups and beat him so these two Graphics cut both ways and they’re what I want your reaction to the first one is

They’ve just waxed everyone for two straight tournaments yeah nine consecutive double digigit turny victories that’s every game last year and the three this year so that’s good and then this graphic makes you a little nervous longest win streaks without Johnson yeah but what happened to that

UNLV well they ran into Christian lner I believe they finally ran into a one or a two seed and they lost yeah so that that that UNLV team if you don’t remember they won the title running through every body and then the next year they play

Duke and lost and so the the question that I have for you is or what I’m throwing at you is are you a level of concern starting with the Illinois game that the Illinois game and then the one or two games that follow will all be the toughest competition that Yukon has

Faced in either tournament um I think that’s a fair question I think Yukon is on another level and I don’t think they’re going to be beaten I don’t know about next year but I’ve already started to look ahead Dynasty wise cuz here’s the thing if I talk about great I you

Know I joke around about team of the century and the Patriots team of the century so here’s how successful the Yukon men have been in the last 25 years this is if they won if Yukon wins this tournament which they are favored to they will have as many championships in

The last 25 years which is a solid generation than North Carolina and Duke combin incredible so I don’t know at what point you start viewing as the dominant program in college basketball and that’s just the men the women have 10 championships eight players of the

Year last since the turn of the I mean if it’s G if it’s if it’s gender neutral then it’s the University of Connecticut it’s the best college basketball program but you’re making a point and and Dan Hurley my goodness well that’s the thing for Yukon that they deserve institutional credit for that’s across

Three coaches that’s three different coaches that have won national titles there and so obviously my Nemesis is a Syracuse guy you can hey what do you mean s you got your one yeah but that was their rival is what I’m talking about we’re not Rivals anymore no I

Understand you nice fzy hey Syracuse gosh darn it I’m saying Calon was the Rival is the Carrier Dome still up brand auk still looking for an extension from the 49ers coming off a 13007 touchdown year telling Shannon and ojoo I’m trying to get what I deserve

I feel like uh this season I figured out who I was as a person and a player people are going to follow me because I’ve done it the right way since I’ve been in that building from the first day I walked in there to when I was there

Earlier this morning nice location drop uh if they don’t see the worth in that that’s all it is Brew one thing I know about you you’re big on intangibles yeah so was auk um he added that he’s hopeful a deal can get done do you think if it’s

Not done this would hinder Brock P at all I love Brandon auk and I’m sure Brock py does too they’ve obviously developed some chemistry oh of course you want him back it’d be great if he’s back but if he’s not they’ll be okay because and I’m not saying he’s not

Gonna be the number two guy but Jaan Jennings coming off a nice Super Bowl I think he’s a good receiver obviously you got Debo they’ll draft this a receiver deep draft they’ll draft thought they needed offensive lineman and they still well they they got other picks they got

Other picks but they’ll get their receiver and of course you still got Debo and KD and Christian mcaffrey so they and look let me just stop with the feelings and the sentiments and the you know speculation it happened Brock py had to play without Brandon I earlier in the season one game

How did you’re right thank you wild here’s how it went it was against the Giants the ners won 30 to 12 the ners won 30 to 12 12 Brock P threw 25 for 37 310 yard two touchdowns 111 passer rating oh let me throw this in for good

Measure I would two years ago when py was a rookie played three games last three games three games late in the season without Debo you know what he did six touchdown do no another great receiver that’s right but how did he do six touchdowns two interceptions similar

Passer to that 111 but this year bre without do you have maaf out too no Trent Williams I didn’t expect him to win every game but regardless I didn’t expect him to be like you certainly expected every game either uh so listen I’ll study this is the

Rare forget the future take by me oh the Niners window is this moment and so if Brandon iuk is you know going to be a problem or unhappy or not report if you don’t give him a New Deal you can’t trade him because you are too Limited at the quarterback spot you

Right now are so cheap at the quarterback spot this is your moment the te listen whether I’m right or wrong about Brock pie either way Midnight’s approaching and here’s why if I’m right then you are in short order going to be on the quarterback Carousel if I’m wrong

And he’s awesome then you are in short order going to have to be tearing away the rest of the team cuz you’re going to pay him 50 million a year so either way this year is your moment this is your window you can’t go backwards and so I

Don’t look at the and I never am the you know short-term thinking guy I think the Niners are in a very unique position they have the one of the oldest tackles in the players in the entire league at left tackle the best player on their offense is a position that doesn’t age

Well that has a high injury rate and an injury prone player in Christian McCaffrey Debo your other great wide receiver has had a tattered injury history because of because of his own playing style so I don’t think they and you you don’t have in my opinion you’re

Right Brew they have other draft picks but you are going to need to use those draft picks on the right side of the offensive line that you said all year was a huge weakness for them right I would argue potentially they need help in the secondary so for all those

Reasons go so you would not draft okay but you’re saying pay I I would yeah that’s what I’m saying I was saying I would pay I to see I just think that they I think that they they are the offense with Party Works under a very specific set of circumstances and upsetting those

Circumstances is setting yourself up for failure when you know that pretty if if you believe in perie you know very soon he’s not going to have those weapons brw there’s no more goalposts actually they are there’s no more bring them out moving them like crazy how am I moving

Them he did he face the rest adversity last season yes play well that’s not what I’m talking he needs exact this exact specification is what he needs to play well him against the Giants yeah he can’t have any different receivers at all whatsoever Ro I’m saying keep I you

Stop it I’m trying to help him out you canot say that with a straight face rooting for party you know what a trick a trick that Nick does live from New York it’s the show that is predicting a 15-point husky Victory tomorrow night against Illinois

Yeah are you going to watch it at home or you going to be out your own house I might have to I might get pushed out of my own house it’s the second hour of first things first today is there chance that Paul George is in Philadelphia next year wearing a Sixers

Jersey not just there game uh meanwhile the wolves in Denver number one seed on the line tonight must win some people uh but right now it’s Friday March 29th and as the race towards the playoffs heat up we’ve baked up the most delicious segment oh what do you have we

Got a pie fine that complained that complained a lot that’s a heck of a pie director is telling me to hold it high which is difficult without seeming like I know I’m not going to hit him in the face you really look like here is

Supposed to be here but once it gets up here and I’ll be honest with you it’s hard it’s a heavy pie is that apple or it’s not Mississippi Mud like I you’re going to love this I’m not a big apple pie guy I don’t like fruit in my pie I

Know we’re supposed to be C analysis but it’s also what a little present you gotow oh that’s mudy too yes let me show let me show don’t we don’t have wow looks delicious might kill me but looks delicious okay I’ll be going out and stop thank you w well it was katanic k

Sorry awesome we really do this seg can I just go eat this I do grab your plates and yourte coaching analysis it’s time for title pie all right there are some new teams losing their slices and a one new team with a slice but brw your beloved Clippers they don’t have a slice

Obviously there are a lot of other teams don’t have a slice but these are teams that are playoff teams or in there the the beam I listen I apologize to the beam the good people of the beam City Sacramento but they’re they don’t have a slice Golden State obviously doesn’t

Have a slice now 1% same as last week the Knicks listen I just respect them they’re not going to have another playoff gear and the they are already playing at a playoff level intensity but damn man they might be the two seed yeah and so I give them credit and they’re

Getting healthier they’re at 1% 2% Phoenix I can’t totally discount them but I also cannot foresee a scenario where they play great for two straight months but because Durant is still so great Devin Booker is you know maybe you expected him to go to a slightly higher

Gear this year and he hasn’t but we know that it’s there and it feels healthy you can’t totally discount him but I put him at 2% 3% Welcome to The Pie New Orleans Pelicans 3% under the radar getting Brandon Ingram back I think they’re

Going to win round one if it is a 45 or 54 against the Clippers that would put them in the final four they get 3% dropping a bit Philly down to 4% because they have been so bad without embiid that I worry that about what their

Playoff position he is going to be in embiid having to be thrown right into a must-win scenario also oddly their performance without embiid makes me feel better about his MVP last year great I understand that and he was playing like and he was playing unbelievable this

Year the record was great the moment he goes away they’re awful next all right another team that lost a little percentage of their pie like Miami wow you’ve got to catch Indie for the six se you can’t be in the play in Miami against Philly you can’t have a 78 play

In Miami Philly and then all of a sudden one of them is playing I’m surpris you don’t want to see them against the Celtics in round one well here’s the thing in Theory I think that would be fun and I would like to see it but the

Way to get there the only way you can be the eight seed is if you’re in the playin and lose and then win or if you drop all the way to the nine like none of those are good scenarios so get to the six line and do some you know do

Some heat cultur stuff 6% OKC now this is title pie not tears but if it were tears this would be called Leon Leonardo de caprio’s girlfriend a little young a little skinny but very impressive so the Oklahoma City where listen I I want to give him credit but they are so young

They don’t have the size that you think they’re going to need in round two or three in the west and they might play the Lakers in round one who have just been their Kryptonite so to speak but SGA legitimate MVP candidate not just like Fringe legitimate candidate chat

Wild’s guy been awesome they built the team really well Sam prey’s done a great job the coach done a great job 6% 7% Minnesota if when carinth towns comes back he fully accepts being the number two option I like what the team can be

Yeah and I you don’t think he has I I don’t no I I I I think maybe yes but then maybe he saw all the love he’s like wait Anthony ever’s Michael Jordan now do people not know I’m the greatest big man of all time what are you talking

About do people I know what I did last year was more impressive on the Nuggets did I’m going to show them when I get back that’s a concerns me and so but give them credit Chris Finch has done a good job it’s a wellb built team bu Roster number one defense in basketball

Might be the number one seed 8% bigger piece the Mavs scarier by the day now yeah that’s true and credit words do I have been probably one of Kyrie’s most vocal critics for a lot of the shenanigans and the fact that I think bag is a little overrated turns out the

Greatest player of all time agrees with me on that take thank you JJ reic um but uh also I just I wanted to see more production to go along with the the amazing highlights well they’ve been awesome and he and Luca little stuff I I know this is going to sound like you

Know Kevin cner and draft day but I you saw the story that Kyrie was the last one to leave Luca’s party that he and him were hanging out at his birthday party the just the two of them I like it I like the pairing there nobody wants them in round one

10% the Lakers for the first time including the year they won the title Brew they have an elite offense in Los Angeles that number two offense in the league in the league since the break they seem like they are healthier they’re getting Gabe Vincent back who was their big offseason acquisition who

Has barely played for him we’ll see about V but right now as presently constituted and healthy they are in my opinion the second best team in the Western Conference 14% Milwaukee they dropped a bit I’m starting to be a bit concerned because I understand they

Can’t be the one but they could drop to the three and you don’t want the Knicks to pass you like just tighten some stuff up I still think they have the most upside because of the Dame Giannis Duo 15% Boston I understand they deserve to be higher than 15% I just don’t trust

Them their coach is a little I don’t know what the right word is he just always seems anxious he seems like your your buddy you go to Vegas with you leave him you come back he’s at the blackjack table he’s sweating it’s like what’s going on it’s like man it’s been

A rough 90 minutes it’s like chill out man just chill out and so that instill confidence but the starting five is outstanding then 25% Denver it’s at this point shocking when they lose yes they’ve lost three times since the All-Star break twice to Phoenix one of those in overtime and one Kyrie doing

The sky hook uh it would be in my opinion Brew tell me if you agree a choke job if they don’t make the finals like they are now in a position they don’t have to win the title because Boston is the favorite but if Denver doesn’t make the if they’re healthy and

Don’t make the finals we’re going to say oh man something disastrous happened there’s title pie well done well done look I think in truth Denver deserves a much bigger slice Boston bigger slice milwauke like a lot of those New Orleans not winning it Nicks no chance no chance

One in 100 no chance all right but my beef is with how are the Clippers they can’t even get to they have as much of a chance to win it as Phoenix they and I think they have I can argue their talent is just as high as phoenixes at the top

Of the roster and then they have more depth than Phoenix I get it and I will admit this they seem to be wilds and I know I’ve reserved this term for the Eagles of last season but there’s some type of Supernatural Funk going on out there in

LA I mean my goodness so I I’m a little bit hesitant but they do deserve a slice of the pie and here’s the thing Nick you remember three years ago tyu still the coach gets them to their only Western Conference Final in the franchises history guess what happened that year

What kind of a funk at the end finished eight and 17 eight and seven in their last 15 went lose five out of their last nine not playing well at all only won 47 games they already got 45 this year and then to to make matters worse Kawai

Leonard gets hurt in the second round against Utah and they still go on to win the series so I’m saying they still they deserve a slice of pie that’s what I’m saying okay so I had them on the preliminary Edition cuz I do it 24 hours

Ahead of time then I look over it again the next morning I exactly right I had them on there and then I saw Wilds some just startling graphics on this show yesterday talk talking about the Clippers post Allstar break now I thought they were my Graphics but it

Turns out they were Bru graphics and it was about James Harden I keep your and so you you brought this to my attention after I brought it to your attention now I’m bringing it to your attention again it’s kind of a snaky in its tail of statistical graphics and that is why the

Clippers have a 0% slice of tidle pie 0% I I like the Nicks more than them right now look at this oh speaking of can I I just want a larger New York slice yes I’ve got three graphics and Ramsey had 10 of them I had to pick three first of all

The big three uh Brunson OG um oh Brunson and OG I’m sorry it’s just the big two I’m sorry that we R uh 14 to1 best trade of the trade deadline was getting OG so when that Squad is working pretty good never mind we got Mitchell Robinson coming back julus Randall come

Back then we know that they can win they have been winning everyone like all right you believe in all those teams you have to believe in New York and this is this is a tricky one that Josh did Nick’s in the fourth quarter you’re like okay Point differential sure it’s one of

Those Graphics where the footnote is the most notable thing 38 and2 this year Brew when leading entering the fourth and everyone’s very fashionable ah no lead is safe oh you know 14 doesn’t matter tibs has everybody locked down and Jaylen Brunson is not letting teams come back

I’m not asking for a huge slice we’re at 1% now maybe just 2% maybe I’ll take a give me a piece of the Lakers St that stat is in so especially in today’s NBA so you have to win three quarters you love winning quarters just win three I

Do love and then we’re good uh so here’s the my concern for the Knicks cuz everything you said is correct my concern for the Knicks is do they have a bit of a reverse of Miami meaning that Miami is kind of lethargic it’s odd because they have good there but that

They and then the playoffs come around and they ratchet everything up and become a far better team year after year tibs his teams historically part of his greatness is getting all the juice out of the berry almost instantly but then they don’t have another year to get to

Now maybe the Randall injury actually pays dividends for them because he has been out of gas every playoff run of his career so maybe him being out like he’ll have more juice left I don’t know so I I buy it to a degree it’s still very hard

For me to see them winning four rounds quick update on Denver is what you were saying I don’t I don’t do title pie I just bring the P really cuz I thought they were in a must win tonight wild so what happens if they lose probably down to 99 okay uh Paul

George headed to Philly may maybe maybe a leverage play let’s check in on the Clippers in the four spot on the west they’re four and six in their last 10 bro look in the future according to Brian windhorse there’s some Rumblings that Paul George and LA are quote apart on contract talks

Now windhorse thinks the deal does get done there’s also some speculation that Philly could swoop in you know Daryl’s always got his eye on the trade wins so a lot there what’s the better chance for Paul George if he wants to win a title is it your LA Clippers or the

Philadelphia 76ers well first let me say this I I think George will end up back with the Clippers um they’ve already extended Kawai obviously George is younger you would think you know he’d be a guy they want to bring back and they’re going into that new Arena and

They got all these stars from Southern California Westbrook and Harden included again I would think they want George and Kawai there and he’s from Southern California as I said so he probably wants to be back there now to answer the question neither is awesome just because for for actually for similar reasons

Injuries you know mb’s got the injury concerns obviously the Clippers have the injury concerns but of the two I would say like let’s say health is there I would say the Sixers 100% because if he goes I mean you’re talking about Maxi at Point allar yeah Joel in beats obviously

A center Allstar and now George it would be great if they if you could promise me like let’s say George Goes there next year and the Sixers will have the money if they just want to go out and get it as a free agent if they all were healthy you can

Promise me MB George they’ll be healthy throughout the year with maxi I think they’d have as good a chance as anybody in the East to win get to the finals and listen I am less big on just you know who are the best 15 players in the

League get you know put pair them together then I am on the best players in the league league and their fits and positions I understand it’s position basketball but not really you you need a point guard ask Phoenix you know what I mean you you you need a real big man ask

The Clippers the previous few years I understand they’ve addressed it somewhat now like so to have a point I understand he score first but a point guard in Tyrese a wing in Paul George and a true Center in embed even though he can stretch the floor that really makes

Basketball sense and from a money perspective I can I’m not reporting this but I know this because I know Daryl without having talked to him I know this he’ll offer Paul George as much money as he’s allowed to and Philly has not just one they have two Max cap spots

Available theoretically if they wanted to renounce everyone other than him be and Maxi that and if you remember Daryl’s on the record interviews when it when he was waiting to trade Harden one of the things he was talking about was maintaining the flexibility of all that

Cap space this coming summer in a league when the only teams with cap space stink they I mean are just aggressively bad teams and so I think that maybe Paul George I want to stay there or maybe this postseason goes poorly and maybe Harden does stay and then maybe Paul

George doesn’t want to stay there I don’t know you know what I mean I’m not going to act like I know those guys relationships but the Clippers don’t seem to be like hey where we all going to din after the game guys they don’t have that again I’m not there I’m cross

The country it just doesn’t feel like that when you watch them I’m also cross the country I you’re right so I I think that this is because the other thing for Philly is and this isn’t Paul George’s problem it’s not anyone’s problem but Philly’s problem is where are they going

To spend that money yeah you know what I mean if not the I understand Clay’s available Clay’s not thought we were looking for someone disgruntled wasn’t that the plan like maybe someone’s going to ask out right but that didn’t happen this year and so yeah maybe in the summer it could

Theoretically I understand that but Paul George just being a free and clear free agent and the fit is great y the F the Paul George has the if Paul George is your best player you cannot win a championship we know that and that’s not an indictment on him that’s the case for

Almost every player in NBA history um and if embiid you’re best player we haven’t even seen you make Conference Finals but in theory embiid being your one Paul George being your two Maxi being your three and that at one point switching and they got to go for it cuz

Who knows how long andb is going to remain healthy Oh I thought you were talking about the disgruntled now like Daryl’s like who’s disgruntled and it’s like oh no oh shoot I wasn’t playing on that that’s true though true though that makes sense and I just I don’t think the

Clippers are going to be happy how this year is going to end just my opinion you know what I’m done hearing about the new Arena just doesn’t care it’s going to be awesome if it’s going to be so awesome why like well George is not there I’m

Not going Kawai will be medals time Celtics in Atlanta Jaylen Brown he’s been catching some great dunks great dunks uh this is two of his 18 but it wasn’t enough Celtics lose bronze medal only two games last night so only four teams to choose from

Giannis 3514 and four in a loss they try not to give medals to guys who lost but again the NBA wasn’t trying to compete with the NCAA tournament last night so a light night of basketball silver Zion 28 and5 in a win for the surging Pelican

Zion 64% from the field this month 24 points per game and finally rebounding for the yeah after four rebounds a game early in the year and then Deonte Murray uh 44 shot attempts is a lot I’m not going to lie to you uh I think he missed

A dozen threes and 13 tws it’s the most missed of those since Kobe’s final game when Kobe was gun for 60 uh but they won and he’s hit the gamewinner he gets the gold there’s the podium from last night in the association uh breaking NFL News Adam schfer reporting Hassan reic is

Headed to the Jets last year he had 11 sacks uh year before that he had 16 and went to the Super Bowl but that gosh darn Turf prevented the Eagles uh from getting good grips and being able to get to momes uh Nick your reaction I mean

The the Jets are funny to me because so they lose their top pass rusher to the Eagles in free agency who’s a young ascending player they then trade for an aging seemingly somewhat declining player who’s got one year left on his contract because well if we don’t have

That second or third round pick in two years I ain’t going to be here so what does it matter and so I mean the there is an element of they are doing a lot of work on a house that they are moving out of and so I get it like maybe it’ll hit

And so they are the Jets better today than they were yesterday yeah cuz son reck’s a good player I like it they paid more for him than the Titans paid for Sneed it feels like it’s a rich price to pay but again I’m just a guy trying to

Take the Long View not a guy trying to keep my job running the Jets so I I don’t believe I’ve ever uttered this word or phrase with the Jets but they’re behaving like their ESB I am I wrong no they are they’re behaving like they’re and and you know what I mean nobody’s

Going to be shocked when they don’t win the Super Bowl but they’re going for it we got a 40y old quarterback yeah we might lose our jobs if work let’s go for it that’s what certainly pob right playoffs are bust I think absolutely yeah totally absolutely po I don’t know

If that’s going to catch on this not like we’ll try I’ll try to the world is up next uh Denver has to win tonight we’ll see you tomorrow oh no we’ll see you Monday