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Booker, Durant both score 36, Suns even series with Nuggets
"Devin Booker and Kevin Durant each scored 36 points as the sun's defeated the nuggets one 29 one 24 to tie their Western Conference semifinal series at two victories apiece. Landry shamit had 19 points off the bench, including four three pointers in the fourth quarter. The bench contributed 40 points overall Durant says that was huge. It was good that we got some momentum and after that first quarter and was able to kind of be an even game after that and sort of four for we pulled away. So we played extremely hard, man. So we can do. Our bench came through and made big shots, got big stops. Nicole, the jokic led Denver with a career in playoff high 53 points. George Tanner, Phoenix
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"AP sports, I'm Bruce Morton, high drama in Philadelphia with a sixers series with Boston stands at two two. James Harden's hoop sent the game to overtime, then his three ball with 18 seconds left gave Philip a one 16 one 15 victory. I'm a competitor like I always want to win always want to be aggressive, I always want to do things to contribute to winning. That's just me. In the west, the nuggets met the sons. George Tanner has the story from Phoenix. Devin Booker and Kevin Durant each had 36 points as the sons that he had the nuggets one 29 one 24 to tie their Western Conference semifinal series at two victories apiece. Landry shamit had 19 off the bench, including 5, three pointers. The corolla jokic led Denver with a career in playoff I 53 points. Both series resumed with game 5 on Tuesday. Hockey, the Devils pulled within two games to one by thumping Carolina 8 to four. Jack Hughes, who led the way by scoring two goals and helping on two others was glad to be on home ice. They took it to us. When they were at home for two games, so we wanted to come home and match that same energy in, you know? We did a really good job. The Panthers have a three games to none lead over Toronto. Sam Reinhardt came through with the overtime goal as Florida prevailed three to two, and the kraken went up two games to one by pounding Dallas 7 to two. Baseball, the rays ran their major league best record to 28 and 7 by walking off the Yankees in ten innings 8 7. Meanwhile, the top team in the national league flexed its muscles when the braves got past the Orioles. Atlanta first baseman Matt Olson said it was nice to take a series from a quality opponent. Yeah, they're obviously off to a really good start. And it's played some tight games a series, so good to battle out that one today for the series win. Baltimore has the American League's second best mark at 22 and 12. Bruce Morton, AP sports
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Booker scores 47, Durant adds 39, Suns beat Nuggets 121-114
"Devin Booker and Kevin Durant combined for 86 points and the sun's pulled within two to one in the west semifinals with a one 21 one 14 victory over the nuggets. Booker torched Denver for 47 points, shooting 20 of 25 from the field and 5 of 8 from three point range. It's trying to be aggressive being ultra aggressive. I understand that open stings up for my teammates when I play that way. Durant provided 37 points. Nugget center Nikola Jokić had a triple double with 30.17 assists in 17 rebounds. Game four is Sunday in Phoenix. I'm Dave ferry.
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Nuggest blow out Suns, Leafs win
"AP sports, I'm geffen cool bob Jamal Murray scored 34 points and the nugget sprinted past the sun's one 25 one O 7 in game one of their Western Conference second round series, reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokić had 24 points and 19 rebounds, while Kevin Durant scored 29 and Devin Booker added 27 for the sons. Other NBA news 76ers center Joel embiid is doubtful with a right knee sprain from Monday's series opener in Boston. Stanley Cup playoffs, the leafs earned their first playoff series win in 19 years after a two one game 6 OT win to eliminate the lightning. The range is forced to game 7 with a 5 two win over the Devils in the west, the oilers eliminated the kings with a 5 four game 6 win. Day three of the NFL Draft, the LA rams drafted two time national title winning Georgia quarterback stetson Bennett in the fourth round. The rams also made Toledo defensive linemen, Dez Juan Johnson, mister irrelevant with the 259th and final pick and Major League Baseball, the rangers placed ace Jacob de Grom on the 15 day IL with Wright elbow inflammation. AP sports
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Booker scores 47, leads Suns past Clippers to win series
"Devin Booker scored 25 of his game high 47 points in the third quarter to lead the suns to a one 36 one 30 victory over the clippers, Booker also had 8 assists in ten rebounds as the sun's overcame a 9 point halftime deficit and captured their Western Conference playoff series four games to one. We didn't want to go back to LA unless it's for the Western Conference final. So, you know, just want to get it done, you know, being down 9 points coming out of that. We knew we wanted to do it quick. You know, we didn't want to wait until the fourth quarter and try to fight uphill battle. The clippers led by Norman Powell's 27 points made things interesting by nearly coming back from a 20 point deficit early in the fourth quarter. George Tanner Phoenix
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Durant scores 31, Suns beat Clippers 112-100 for 3-1 lead
"Kevin Durant and Devin Booker combined for 61 points in the sun's one 12 to 100 win over the clippers durand had 31 of those points. You know, it was a back and forth battle. They throw punches. We throw punches. And luckily we came out with the last one. Booker finished with 30 and Chris Paul had 19 with injured star Kawhi Leonard watching from the bench Russell Westbrook kept the clippers in it with a game high 37. The series now ships back to Phoenix with the sun's leading three games to one. Mark Myers, Los Angeles
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Booker has 45 points, Suns top Leonard-less Clippers 129-124
"Behind 45 points from Devin Booker the songs beat the clippers in game three, one 29 one 25 to take a two one series lead. Booker played 45 of the 48 minutes and shot 18 for 29 from the floor. Yeah, I say it's just strictly playoffs. You know, I keep saying this that time, you know? It's when I go home. Kevin Durant finished with 28 points, clippers star Kawhi Leonard sat out with a right knee sprain, Norman Powell scored a team high 42 points. Mark Myers, Los Angeles.
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Booker scores 38 points, Suns beat Clippers to even series
"Devin Booker scored 18 of his game high 38 points in the third quarter to lead the signs to a one 25 one O 9 victory over the clippers and tie their Western Conference playoff series at one win apiece. The sun's bounced back from 13 point second quarter deficit with Booker hitting a three pointer to tie the game at halftime. Those obviously a point of emphasis for us to have a better start, but you're still not promised that you're going to make all your shots. So just felt the game out. Settled into it, seeing what they're doing. And just went from there. Kawhi Leonard led the clippers with 31 game three of the series as Thursday in Los Angeles. George Tanner, Phoenix
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Booker goes off for 38 points as Suns even series vs. Clippers
"Moved up two in their opening round playoff series with the Atlanta Hawks beating the hawks one 19 one O 6. Jason Tatum had 29 points, the Celtics went on a late run to finish the hawks in this game. Phoenix says, even at series with the LA clippers at one one, Devin Booker with 38 points, leading the suns to a one 23 one O 9 win. The sun's rebought it from our disappointing game one, and they fell behind by 12 early in this one. The Cleveland Cavaliers avoided an O two hole. Darius Garland said in early tone, 26 of his 32 in the first half and the Cavs blew out the New York Knicks one O 7 to
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Leonard scores 38 to lead Clippers past Durant, Suns 115-110
"Kawhi Leonard led all scores with 38 points 13 in the final quarter, clippers beat the suns one 15 one ten to capture game one of their Western Conference playoff series. Russell Westbrook only had 9 points, including two free throws in the final seconds, but he also had ten rebounds, 8 assists, two steals in three block shots. I think I'm one of those guys. I can do everything each and every night. Like I've always told you guys whatever it's needed of me. To win the game, I do it. Kevin Durant had 27 points, 9 rebounds at 11 assists to lead the son's Devin Booker added 26. Towards ten Phoenix
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Bucks clinch playoff spot, top Suns 116-104 for 50th win
"Giannis scientist led the way with 36 points, Brooke, Lopez, added 21, the NBA leading bucks defeated the sons one 16 to one O four. Yanis added 11 rebounds and 8 assists, the bucks became the first team to win 50 games and clinch a spot in the playoffs. I think the last three games just played play off atmosphere. It's really good for us. It's really good for us to be up, lose a game. To be downtown, come back to the game, be up ten. They came back, they would keep our proposal win the game by ten. It's good. Devin Booker had 30 points to lead the sons who have now lost three straight games following the injury to Kevin Durant. George Canada, Phoenix
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Durant tiebreaker lifts Suns over Mavs in showcase of stars
"Kevin Durant scored 37 points, including the tie breaking jump shot with 11 seconds to go to lift the Phoenix Suns past the Dallas Mavericks one 30 to one 26. Son's third straight win while the Mavericks lost 6 of their last date. Durant says it felt great to get a fun victory. Being a fourth quarter game when we had to, you know, be locked and all the way to the last possession. It's always fun, you know, playing against two all world Hall of Fame players as well on the other side. It just makes the game even better. So I'm glad we can come out here and get a W Devin Booker added 36 points for Phoenix while Luka Dončić led the mask with 34. Kyrie Irving had 30. Bob Stephens Dallas
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Kevin Durant scores 23 points in Charlotte in Suns debut
"Kevin Durant made his son's debut and helped them end the hornet's 5 game winning streak one O 5 91 Durant scored 23 points on ten of 15 shooting in the wire to wire win. He was playing for the first time at 7 weeks and suffering a knee injury while with the nets. Devin Booker dropped in 37 points while Deandre ayton added 16 with 16 rebounds in the sun's 7th win in ten games. Kelly Uber junior led the hornets with 26 points and Terry Rozier added 20, but Charlotte fell to 20 and 44. I'm Dave fairy.
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Bucks outlast Suns 104-101 for 14th consecutive victory
"The box picked up their 14th straight win despite the absence of Giannis intent to kupo, pulling out a one O four one O one win over the suns. Drew holiday poured in 33 points and brook Lopez made a tie breaking layup with 24.8 seconds remaining. Lopez finished with 22 points and 12 rebounds, while Middleton added 11 points and ten boards. Middleton hit Lopez for the go ahead basket. This is just a huge threat offensively. And so they knew it they had a plan like that. You know, go contest that shot and he's a great playmaker. He sees everything. So he saw him step up and a great play. Devin Booker scored 24 points and Deandre ayton had 22 with 11 rebounds for the sons. I'm Dave ferry.
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Suns top Kings 120-109 with Durant watching from bench
"Devin Booker led the way with 32 points, Deandre ayton added 29 points at 11 rebounds as the sun defeated the king's one 20 to one O 9. It was their 5th win in their last 6 outings. Booker says he's feeling stronger after missing 21 games with a left groin strain. You know, after the first week, it's kind of like, I am here now to get the most out of it. So a lot of strength training, a lot of leg work can, you know, tonight at the field. I feel really good. Chris Paul had a season high 19 assists and 17 points for the sons who are now 32 and 27. Deer and fox had 35 to lead the kings, their record falls to 32 and 25. George Tanner Phoenix
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Ayton, Booker lead Suns past Pacers a day after Durant trade
"The sun's led by as many as 26 points in a one 17 one O four winded Indiana. Deandre ayton had 22 points and 11 rebounds, helping Phoenix when the battle of the board 64 45. Sun's coach Monty Williams. I thought DA's energy effort, the Jews, the communication on the glass. I thought it gave everybody a ton of whatever you want to call it. Especially on a back to back. Devin Booker provided 21 points and Chris Paul added 19 for the sons Benedict Mather and posted 22 points while all star tyrese Halliburton finished with 18 and 5 assists for the pacers. I'm Dave ferry.
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Suns match Pacers' offer for Ayton, keeping nucleus intact
"It took just a few hours for the suns to hang on to Deandre ayton a person with knowledge of the matter says Phoenix has matched the pacers four year $133 million offer sheet to the starting center The move keeps the sun's nucleus of ayton and all star backcourt Chris Paul and Devin Booker intact The center averaged 17.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game last season while shooting 63% from the field and 37% on three pointers Ayton was a key figure during the sun's run to the 2021 finals and he helped Phoenix when a team record 64 games this past season I'm Dave
Game Theory Podcast
"devin booker" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"Now, I do want to speak very quickly before we dive into the other three about some of the other MVP candidates because I do find it interesting that there seems to be like a bubbling case for a couple of guys, like everyone wants to push Devin Booker into this conversation. And I love Devin Booker. I think he, I think that these arguments are more first female and MVP comparatively to the other three guys, unfortunately. Yeah, I think the top part here, again, if you have a framework, I'm okay with it. We can disagree, but then it's not like, all right, your argument is bad. As long as you have a good argument, then this stuff is arbitrary, and if I was valuable, if you're all starting thing is like, you have to be one of the best teams in the league. And record wise, your team has to have one at the top, whatever you made the cut off, top two top seed in the conference, whatever. Best record in the league. It's got to be the best team in the league, whatever. It's got to be that guy, and he's got to have a good amount of production. Okay. The problem is when you start really diving into this and you ask the questions, what's really gotten with me is that I can we can look at the numbers, right? And there's always a pushback on the stats thing. For me, it's more of the stats are not what it's about. The stats are an indicator of what you contributed. Yeah. And the question is, did you contribute so much that you drove winning more than anything else? And what the sons, I don't wind up being like, man, without Devin Booker, that team would have been, you know, whatever, or even that's not even the framework that I particularly like, which is, you know, it's because of Devin Booker that they're so good. That's not where I get to. When I watch the sons, I'm just like, this is the.
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Suns extend win streak to 16 with 113-107 victory over Nets
"The sons of run their winning streak to sixteen games by downing the nets one thirteen one oh seven Phoenix never trailed and led by as many as twenty two before improving to seventeen and three Devin Booker scored thirty points a Chris Paul had twenty two for the sun's core one away from tying the longest winning streak in team history Paul added eight assists and five rebounds becoming the first player in NBA history to reach twenty thousand points ten thousand a system five thousand rebounds you gain you know we get opportunity to to have fun hello so we don't keep taking it one game at a time and I got said and will join a moments because
The Jump
"devin booker" Discussed on The Jump
"Defense is also a team concept you know. You have to have five guys. Actually everybody on the same page including coaching staff players. You have to follow a game plan so you know when you're struggling you know when you're a struggling team trying to figure it out you know the defense reputations will come on you but just knowing the bigger picture and know what i'm trying to compete towards everyday the book i know you right like writing addicted things for us with the nba finals. But you also apart a team usa. I wanted to get was your mindset like fours the transition from going straight from the finals to having the fly to tokyo and participate in play a major role in in olympics with team. Usa so just maintain this level playing the highest level basketball. You know this is what i play the game for. So you know it's a. It's a really exciting time. You know the chances. I've got to participate with the select team. And even just be in the gym with those calibre of guys. Those caliber of coaches feels good. You know it's it's what you wanna be around. Now i when i say residual effect is no. It's not necessarily affecting your play because you've been playing outstanding but no one's one hundred percent in this finals once you get to this point but how is knows feeling. Is that anything that you earned concerned about that. You think about anytime it gets taff. We can see the look on your face but how's it. Failing feels fine man. Then those is back normal. Well i don't know if it's straight. Yeah but but but like you said man. Everybody's dealing with something right now is the time to yourself. You'd have to dig indeed. Let devin sons fans thank. You look just great. I know your girl thinks you look fine so really. I don't think you have anything to be worried about department. I also know that you've been pulling up to some of these games at in phoenix in some pretty sweet rides. Are you bringing the chevy impala for game seven if we get there because that does seem.
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"devin booker" Discussed on The Jump
"Be playing this game other other than plan to win and you know i knew what the what we did. The bubble And the environment and Environment that we form down there in the bubble with the dishes that we made in the off season. You know i knew we were gonna play in in some meaningful basketball game so you know we never put a price on it like. We want to go to the finals this year. There's just been a day to day pursuit for each day trying to get better. Richard jefferson hair. What's going on. deb. I just wanted to ask you one question. There's been so much talk about you. Know your relationship with kobe. The be legendary that was one thing as a mentor. But how are you feeling about these kind of kobe. Comparisons that you're starting to get where you see the numbers and you see your performances. How do you feel about that. Haven't really thought about it much I know it's some that everybody has going on right now you know. I didn't make that comparison myself and just leave it at what he's done for me as a mentor In advice that he's left with you. Know so i tried to take bits and pieces of as mentally and his approach but i should never be compared to kobe. Bryant let devon if other people are putting you in that same sentence and you certainly have never done that but if other people are it can only be a good thing. It's not a bad thing. So congratulations on even having that be something. That's a thought crossing people's mind. I also want to get you on your defense though. Because you come into this league everyone talks about your scoring potential what you can do as a leader of a team but your defense has improved so much every year in the nba. And if we look at this series. Chris middleton drew holiday have shot a combined. Eleven four thirty seven shooting about thirty percent when they're defended by you. What are you doing out there. That has been so successful. And how important has it been to you over. Recent seasons to make sure this was a bigger part of your game Will always say especially with this team that we have here that we want to hang our hats on the defense in you know. We don't wanna make it a making a missing determine if we win basketball game so you know some that. We have held their head on this whole season. And i'll take a lot of pride in it and we do as a team also Then you know.
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"devin booker" Discussed on The Jump
"Can find a community on facebook groups facebook groups more together find your group at facebook dot com slash groups. That's facebook dot com slash groups. Take on anything with facebook groups and we now welcome. Chris middleton into the show on a very important day the day before a possible clinching game of the nba finals. Thanks so for joining us. We appreciate it. thanks for having me. Well chris this is your eighth season with the bucks. This is by far the furthest you guys have gotten as a group. You are one win away from an nba title. What do you think was the biggest ingredient in the change in shift in the team. This season that you were able to get this far. I would say just the guys that we add into the locker room Bobby portis me for speech. Talk has been huge Brand brave forest. He hasn't played this much much. Season me the series but overall the guys that we added home they just gave us so much firepower so much different as we could throw out there um and also experienced with it. Yeah that drew holiday guy. I think was pretty good for you. In the how jews be so big i. It seems like he's been playing with us for a couple of years now. I can't believe i forgot that guy. But you know He's been huge. I definitely especially letting gays with defensive. Plays you know him knocking down south. I got us going Jus been incredible chris. Big park look. I've been trying to tell the world about you for the longest right. And i think in this postseason away you have stepped up when it matters the most in the crucial moments in a four quarter you have delivered in great fashion. Do you feel like you have silence. Critics this postseason. I don't worry about them too. Much man You know. I feel like i've been doing you know. Get great days for a long time. Everybody goes through failures and whatnot And i've gone through my sheriff by the most successful career And now dishes just trying to put a stamp on everything You know. I knew that we had a great-aunts coming to this season. That being in this position to win the championship so just been all in for me on for everybody. No matter you know how performance all about trying to win work chris. I feel like your friend right now. Because i mentioned mom i you found wonderful pamphlets and so i gave you name right money making militant. Tell me if you approve. That matter approve of cash steak so stop stop. it's fine my thing is i wanted to ask you. Richard jefferson here. I wanted to know this. Take through the year before and then the year after that he was able to was able to resign that contract. What was it like kind of before. And what was it like this season knowing that that was behind in everybody was pushing in the same direction. It was the same honestly. I didn't think about it too much. That didn't lose sleep. Didn't feel pressure. You know resign or leave it You know he's the guy that we've been through a lot together. I knew he wanted to build something special here Right now we. We definitely have a chance to do that. So knowing him know the type of person is they. Don't worry about it too much. I know that's my that's my brother. whatever you decided to do i'll support of One hundred percent just wanted him to be happy. But i'm definitely happy. Stay chris look. We seen some wild writing especially in phoenix with them. Count money doing all the whatever extra stuff. Why janas at the free throw line. How do you expect the milwaukee crowd's response tomorrow night man. I can't wait to see describe tamar even outside. I haven't seen the pictures and videos at dares district even one way out there. Pack even here. They're they're packed away. So i can only imagine what it's gonna be here tomorrow I know. I speak for all of us on this that we can't wait to be played in front of no tomorrow night. Well chris first of all. I'm glad you said you weren't nervous about janas. Not signing that supermax. We had bucks co owner mark lousy on the show the other day. He said he was extremely nervous so he was nervous for you because that got taken care of. I do want to switch gears a little bit team. Usa because after these finals you drew holiday. Devon booker will be joining them team. Usa did beat spain and its final exhibition game before heading off to tokyo. What do you think about this. Quick turnaround especially that we know for sure. This finals is gonna six games. It might even go to seven games and you guys got it then. High tail it to japan and play games that really matter for this olympic medal. Yeah i love it Not the biggest thing is that you know. We don't have to get out of shape and then try to find the best part of the west prior the flight. But i think we're all excited. I'm definitely excited to be part of your say being olympia and I if i forgo for sure what made you want to do it. Because that was supposedly gonna be. The tricky part is getting guys who competed all the way through the finals to actually go join the olympic team. And yet there are three of you which is definitely more than they expected me for me. It's just a chance to play for team. Usa harm i did you know for the world cup. We had a disappointing finish Part of that is you know to make up for that And another is like i said being olympian Represents your country. I think that's one of the biggest things the best as you can do. Your best ball or fresh career so something that. I had to take advantage of Definitely just wanna point out. You are such a good guy that was not a dig at richard jefferson who had his own disappointing olympic. Finish in two thousand. I r manager. All she does is dig all her kids. That's all she used to that. I.
First Things First
"devin booker" Discussed on First Things First
"Not. It's not nice okay. So i have the ultimate confidence in chris ball. I root for chris paul. I like crispell personally i. He's done some stuff on shows that i've been on and produced so i like chris. I'm going to root for him. He has said two interesting things in his postgame. Press conferences branded that. I wanted your take on because one of them was when rachel asked him. I mentioned this earlier in the show when rachel. Hey against the clippers. Europe ben up three one before. How do you feel like. I don't to talk about three one so it felt like. Oh chris paul is referencing his past failures. Then at another instance. I think it was in the finals. Maliki asks him. Hey how is your hand feelings. I i don't know what you're talking about. It wasn't it wasn't trying to be rude. He was just taking any sort of excuses that seemed to be on the front burner and putting them on the back burner. Do you think that's a good strategy moving forward. And and i know it's hard to sort of just project but i'm trying to explore the space off poorly in this game that there was a little bit of here. We go again in you talk about having short memory and chris ball being a student of the game and being straight up brilliant. Maybe doesn't have a short mary. Maybe can't have a short memory. So do you think that baggage is perhaps weighing him down. I think the first thing you said as far as when when they brought up a three one He could've articulated himself better. But what he's what he what he was doing. There is trying to move for like that short term. Remember that we talked we talked about. Why would i even go back to any negative die like it's all about positive. It's all about moving forward and then when you talk about the hand that's what great players do nine going to name any names but there's a few guys that actually like big ben in football. I won't name any basketball game. I wanna make. I don't want to upset anybody on his show. But the the great players There's you know they really lean into like look. I'm okay. don't talk about my injuries. Obviously to gone referring to. He's a phenomenal player. But there's times where he's like Yeah this is this ankle is. I'm feeling like this or my lower back or my hamstring. No great players. Don't wanna talk about the injuries. There's no excuse and when you talk about last night. I thought it was excellent. What he did. That's what you need to do if you're a leader if you're a star player you actually embrace it when your team wins you deflect when you lose you take it all on so c. p. three sat there and he saying you know what those seventeen turnovers five of them was on me. And we're really. They're all on me. Because i'm the leader. I'm the point guard. God so he did exactly what he needed to do. I'm expecting a bounce back game with him back and phoenix nick. It also first of all brandon. And you're not gonna upset anybody on the show to say that listen james harden those nagging nixon pots. And we know we know. He's now recovering in paris. And he'll be better next year they want to worry about. It is wild i listen. There's injury excuse than an explanation and sometimes they do kind. There's a gray area. In between i'm gonna give you a different press conference between the two. You mentioned the one after. They made the finals after. They beat the clippers ball. Said i have torn ligaments in my wrist. And everyone's like torn ligaments in your wrist. Yeah and natural. Malaysia was asking him about not at. No let's not talk about that. And i give him credit for that part of me says okay like that's a real injury and you're dealing with it. The other part of me is like but you're saying that injury you suffered it before. The end of the clippers series. Final game of the clipper series. Might have been the best game you've ever had in your career. You started this series out with thirty two points and my buddy al texas about basketball at the time he texted during this segment. He's like guys say drew holidays name. So i'll say drew holidays name while was brutal offensively. He is wearing him down. Here's where he is listed through all of these great great defensive player. And he's wearing chris paul down to a degree. I think that part of it but when you see his point go from i think this right dust. You'll get mad if i'm wrong but thirty two to twenty three to nineteen tan. Injury is getting worse or maybe there's the latest year he's ever played. It's he's got the best point guard defender on him. And i think it is natural. We are seeing jaanus at the beginning of these games. Lack of better term. Freak out. Like i know he's going to say i ant go to the bathroom. Honest like goes to the bench two minutes into a game like take a deep breath and compose himself. These are the finals. It's not ridiculous to say for chris. Paul as crazy as the moment weighs on him like that he does feel the extra pressure of we have a lead in the fourth quarter to go up three one and it didn't last night at least bring out the best in wild. Yeah well the optimistic way to move forward with this brand brandon. Is that chris balls. Bad games just look uglier than everyone. Else's bad games. Chris middleton had bad games. I miss shots. Devon booker scored ten points. You just miss shots. When chris paul has a bad game the ball ends up in the hands. Now i thought specifically like the falling down turnover just chat assertive sort of drama to it and like felt more like i know. You're you're obviously. I'm sort of like neutralness series. I picked the bucks. But i was when he fell down. I was like oh no. I don't wanna see your superstars fall. Like so i still feel like monty is so smart in his is operating on another level not only strategically but emotionally with this team. Like the press conference last week not to me not at present in the locker room last night. When he's like guys we can do it. It's just run over offense. Rebound it made me think my goodness or the last time. We had an awesome monty williams locker room. Press conference was in the bubble when we were. Hey guys you got you earn respect. And now they're in the finals. It just drove home to me motion. Brilliant monica williams as in like you said on the level. It's just through the roof but anonymous besides all the judgments and stuff so i think that montes leadership will again be showcased here even to a guy like chris paul who views him other. Both you know they're both up here. They're both leading the team. Money ha worked with chris paul new orleans when they went to the finals. He's like i'm freaking out coach freaking. It's okay he's hugging in. There's a really beautiful relationship. And i think we're gonna see chris ball bounce back in game five of it. Listen chris. paul is an amazing man. Chris paul is amazing. Father seems to be amazing husband committed. He's amazing businessman. He's amazing leader leading The nba players association. Like think about that. I say that because this is a sixteen season. I love monty wild. But he doesn't need monte. He knows what the hell he's doing. This is one of those moments. Where i'm going back to witness it and i brought this up in the first block. Wisher.
Xtra Sports Radio 1300 AM
"devin booker" Discussed on Xtra Sports Radio 1300 AM
"18 point range. You know which doesnt as as impressive of a game, he may score, they still have a chance to be successful because of his passing. He had 32 points and nine assists. So let's say those those 32 points, you know, tails back to 18 or 19, and those assist, jumping to 14 15 range. Because the way that DeAndre Ayton uh and Devin Booker can play Right? No, I and I get that Look. These guys are good looking. Devin Booker is someone who we thought was going to take the next step in his in his stardom, and clearly he's been slow down. You can slow him down. Patrick Beverley slowed him down in in in the series with the Clippers to the point where he wasn't that effective, But Chris Paul was extremely effective. Now The Bucks are a better defensive team. Then the Clippers so they can do this. You know they can make maybe when when they sell out to do. It's not that much of a of a difference from them, But I mean, he's doing everything right. I mean, he's doing everything and and and I If they try this if they if they go with the same type of situation they had and say, Well, we just need more defensive intensity. We need more of this. We need more of this. I mean, it's going to be a loss tonight, and it's going to be a loss in Game three. It's gonna be a loss in Game four doesn't matter how healthy anuses because what he's doing, especially in transition is crushing teams. And now that they've finally seen a little bit of all right, well, this is what we have to do. Then let the chips fall with the other guys. Because if Booker becomes a star, I always never want to sit back and say, all right, we didn't do everything we could. You know, we thought what we got us to the finals and I get that It's difficult as a coach to say, boy. Everything we did has gotten us to this point. We've beaten everybody this year, right? We're one of the last two teams left standing, and now we have to change some things here, you know, kind of radically in the finals, but That's kind of what you have to do when you're faced with a reality that this is how it's going to go. It's going to be the same replay a game one the rest of the series. Yeah, no, And you know, it's interesting. You bring that up to, um, I spoke with Jared Greenberg. He's over there covering the NBA Finals right now, and he just pretty much said. I asked them if they were discouraged. Yesterday, Bucks were discouraged from what happened happened and obviously optimistic because Yanis came back where they played well, and they lost. And he said they felt like they played well offensively and that they've been here before Losing these game. Ones. Lost lost to Atlanta lost to the Bucks and excuse me lost to the Nets, Not the bucks clearly that they are the bucks. Um but, he said, this is an optimistic team that they feel like they can wear down the sons. And for me. They've been rewarded by it, but I hate that game plan, like my whole big problem, uh, with the bucks is that they don't adjust and they've been rewarded through injury and just kind of like injuries have happened, but I don't think that's the game plan, but they're going to stick to that game plan. So, Jerry, you said that you feel like the you know, just just do the same thing. There were down That's the game plan. That's are you Are you rolling with that because I'm not confident and faithful in it, because when you look at the sons they are and have become such a complete team where it can be different guys on on different nights and, you know Chris Paul scoring at a level we just haven't seen in a very, very long time or ever. He's never made it to the NBA Finals. Right, but but you have to do this. He's become that guy. I mean, if it was a case of Hey, here's Chris. Paul is playing great. And Devin Booker is killing us, too. Right then. Okay. You know, we really have to do something here or what can we do? Because they're both killing us. But Booker has shown that okay, He's a little mortal. So let's make him do it. Let let's see if he's a start. Let's see if the bright lights of the finals are enough for him because he really has. I mean, he he shot. He was eight out of 21 last game, and that was like his best game shooting in Three weeks. I mean, he's just has not been good and his is getting the free throw line, which is which is which is great, because when, when your shots not falling, you want to make sure you get to the free throw line. But I would say it's time to see this and see if this guy can beat us because you saw what happened in Game one. I don't even think the The Sun's even played in a game in Game one. They looked like they played kind of like a B game, and they were able to win this and and go away and win by double digits when if they play their a game that's like that's like a 1 35 13 game and the Bucks are going. What just happened to us? Man? Janice came back and and and we thought we were going to be really good. And we had We have this great defensive team We just lost by 35. This wasn't even an a game by the sons and they won like that. No, no, that's not even close. Not even close. And you're right. They didn't play amazing, but they they did just enough. Monty Williams is going to just I don't have the same faith in Buck. I don't. I'm sorry, Jason. I just don't And and clearly, they don't plan on a lot of adjustments. Well, this is why I need to be the head coach. Right? This is this is why this is why. I mean, this is why I can. I can I can fly and get there tonight. I mean, it's a short hop from LA to Phoenix. I can get there and coach I'll put on my I don't know that I could wear a suit, but I got a nice pair of jeans and a crisp college shirt I could wear. I'll be all right. Okay. You know what? I can see you rocking. That man can see you doing it. I could. I could see you and then you could. You could be my assistant. Draw plays and stuff and I'll let you wear U C l a sweatsuit on the side. Yeah, That'll work. Jason Smith. Ryan Hollins in for Danny, The Dan That's Twitter at how about of Fresca Ryan at the Ryan Hollins coming up next? We've got more on the NBA Finals are going to check in with team insiders from both teams throughout the show today, but straight ahead, Chris Paul conversation that I think both Ryan and I are on opposite sides of We've got that for you coming up next right.
BallCourt - The World of Basketball with Coach Drew
"devin booker" Discussed on BallCourt - The World of Basketball with Coach Drew
"Of this and is saying that adopt. Lucas cannot complete a game seven. I wanted them to wait. Trust to save. Dr just just so he would have been the losing his coach in game seven which he is but i think is because in game seven a lot of the time doc rivers puts it on his players to pull through and sometimes you have a paul george moment and other times you have been citizens moment so is not all. It's not all on now. All on doc rivers but when we take a look over. Let's take a look at just playoff ben and this is why he like his nowhere else to go playoff. Ben joined the residencies averages. Fourteen point three points a game. He gets into the playoffs now. First of all fourteen point three points a game. How are you the star. Second star on that team only average of fourteen point three points a game. Six point nine assists seven rebounds as a six ted. A you are the start bringing up the ball. That's where i issue it. He shoots at a fifty five percent clip. That's that's horrible. Horrible person does not shoot three point you know but when we take a look at his playoffs how he played in the playoffs against washington go in his best game a triple double by the way basket. Nineteen points ten rebounds eleven assists now. That was a very good game but we take a look at the game before going. Fourteen fourteen thirteen points. You know look at some of the games after gets atlanta game two against atlanta going or points literally. He was two or three so it wasn't should've ad percents just wasn't the ball to of three He had three rebounds and seven assists even in the first against atlanta where he played great yet. A perfect game should seven percent. Have seventeen points in. Tennessee's is a great game but think about. He only shot times. This is your spouse and he's only shooting at seven time matter of fact against against atlanta. He's he only shot. The mosey shot the ball was eleven times were the most. He shot the ball. It wasn't one single game you could never. you can. Never ask k. D. or the bronx or steph curry or klay thompson or a even even What's go you. i'm not even talking about major shooters here. We we didn't even you can even look at you can even look at. Chris middleton issue the ball more than eleven servings but supposed to be the starving to eat now is not the town which people are looking down as the will is the will the played game the will to elevate your game and is not being shown by ben simmons so unfortunately i think ben simmons time in philadelphia is running short. But what are they gonna be able to get. That seems to be the question. And we're gonna go ahead and keep on watching that just to make sure that we bring it to you and make sure that somebody's getting a true value. Because ben simmons can go where we don't know he could go somewhere where they hold them accountable. They push it hard working hard. He has a whole second career and as a great showing move forward or he could go somewhere and just fade away and we'll never hear about the process again right so i want to go ahead and jump onto my nets topic we're gonna talk about the wnba wnba. What our favorite leagues especially when it comes to basketball has been all around very much included in everything that you're doing and i love the way that the highlights of in star players but olympic committee doesn't seem to be sharing a lot of the wb as of feeling toward one of our plates net. Negga oklahoma mccague one of the key players the all star and mvp and was never ever selected three olympic team. You play for team. Usa as you clearly remember during the eba world cup but you never played billy between now with this. Recent with recent will with the Put together the new olympic team. Everybody was into himself yes. She's been dedicated. She has not missed. One should not miss one. Us eighteen camp. she has A bit out there with. Everyone did everything that she could but she still take the team now. The reason why they didn't make the team was due to injury that she had suffered at the beginning this year. Time line for the injuries get back with four to six weeks. That would put her coming back into play just before the first game on july july when he sat on fortunately did not fall into the timeframe so echo was not picked. Now to me. I find it to be pollen the former all star or mvp Wnba champion never ever played on the olympic team. Not not taking away anything from anybody. Who's on that team. Who have a lot of a lot of the names of the sport of the wnba on a whole on that team but when you stop and you look how much has given towards the game of basketball for women. How much is given towards team. Usa and how dedicated. She has been that. She's a sits type. All-star that that she's that she is the mvp that she was a wwe champion and none of those are waiting to the factor or all those outweighed by the fact that her injury timeline bite fall at the first game now it normally intermediate we tend to you know trying to keep our opinions underlying in so this way you can formulate what are in is To our show a couple times but no not today. I'm gonna go ahead and tell you exactly what wiping. I think that this is absolutely. This is foolish thing that i've ever seen. How could you not have her audit. Even if she is injured she might not be back by The opening day. So be it. If you missed one game not give so much to court song. Watch to her teen. Edgy makes people around her soap but is a wallet as people around is going to be better. We know they're going to be better and the fact that she was really puts a light of how could you in at of course we know that happens. It's going to be another four years or she gets another opportunity. That's saying that gamers going.
BallCourt - The World of Basketball with Coach Drew
"devin booker" Discussed on BallCourt - The World of Basketball with Coach Drew
"Welcome back to ball court and visit the world basketball. I am co drew. And as you know i love to talk about how live today. We're gonna be talking about allen's caruso ally roussel acc. Fresh the high wire from the los angeles lakers has been cau- flying high. Actually i was was detained and arrested in texas or marijuana possession. What took place was. He was going through an airport and he had a grinder that had some residue at dover. Rob what would i say a great week obvious. Offseason is going very well. So he had us a residue in that Griped and he was detained for now to me. I find it kind of comical about the whole situation being for the fact that he plays for the los angeles lakers in los angeles. Marijuana is actually very much legal and he would have been caught with that grinder and it would have to dispose of the grinder in the los angeles airport. They do have facilities where they'd be able to dispose of quieter and any other products like that but the fact that he wasn't texas visiting family joined his offseason. Obviously everything in texas is going to go on everything from la translate open the texas as he clearly found out now a- ponding on this story being done there wasn't no we didn't get word of what l. a. was going to be doing ours any repercussions towards it. I do believe that it is is off season at worst. Mba could just give him a fine because it's not like he's gonna be kicked out of league or anything l. Boogie cousins is still in the league. I'm not snitching sank in but neither ahead of it. So i'd have to say shot. See you as caruso. Thank you for baker to show Possibly funny way you now on whole coming back you know hidden. He won't like lebron. Probably might not gonna have round brownie after what happened with brawny early last year. Get caught no smoking the blood on his live. So there you go allows so was like you ain't gonna get dinner over james home so let's go ahead and move on now we're going to go ahead and take a closer look a isil a certain things that has been taking place in the basketball world. First and foremost we want to go ahead and talk about benson's can philly fans trust ben. Simmons and trust is process any further. Now in my opinion from what. I've actually seen it can no longer happen. The of the relationship between philadelphia and ben simmons has been shrink and it's been spayed beyond belief as a matter of back on my nets on the next episode of ball court. I'm gonna have a huge issue. Oh and love me will be on with nimble expand. Bring him all talk about the whole thing. That's taking place. Ben simmons and the process but in my opinion and i wanted to go on record so this way when he comes in and play him back with and i play the sound bite. I wanted to hear exactly what i'm saying right. Philadelphia has trusted. This process sold. They they got rid of l. faults because they said that marquel foltz shot was broken. And there's no ex- held onto ben. Simmons made excuses benson's even it's been a while that we've been wanted him to have a jump shot as a matter of fact in an interview in two thousand eighteen kobe bryant. Yes the great kobe. Bryant has stated that eat that senate is gonna regret not having a joke shot. In britain big about this look how important he has been but also look how guarded he has been when he was at lsu. We weren't getting the chance to see. Ben simmons in his entirety due to injury. They said he was sitting. And then right after that he got into the league. You got into league and set his rookie year so we didn't get a chance to see what we did see. You didn't have a jump shot. It told us it would be better. As a matter of fact. I did a show on that jump. Shot was getting better at the beginning of the season. He threes is doing a lot of great things or what happened. Let me go ahead a down. What happened in that left hooks series. That reason why we can no longer trust benson. It's outside of the fact that he shot thirty four percent from the free-throw rain thirty four percent. That sat numbers shack numbers anywhere. Outside of that he got smoke in. The big lights came on. Ben simmons from struck down in those big leads. He tried to hide away from me. He's shied away. I saw on one play. He had a wide open dunk at a six ten with his sits. Ten frame he caught that path. He was ahead of chew players past it. All and then teammate was. He turned to argue with the rat about about that call. That was made or miss call. That was me that to me spoke volumes. That one incident right. There spoke volumes. Because i said to myself as the philly fan. I can no longer trust you. You're willing to talk and argue with the rap but you're not willing to play hard enough to throw out a dumped onto people smalley. You're not tough enough to go ahead and take the shots that we need. You're not you're you don't have that competitive edge. You are not philadelphia player. You have to understand legend affiliate philly tough player's allen. Iverson andre. the doctor j. These are some of the top players. he's meatball legends. These are the people that you could take any park in philly. And they would represent the city the town to their fullest at gillette Eight you take into any park philly your anywhere. He's gonna come out hop out of the truck at rockford looking like katya ruckus way back in the day. He's going do that. I feel that about joe. Lillard me when. I see him when i see him play. Razzie him go at it. I see him get everything to the process. I'm not seeing that wrong. Ben simmons at ben simmons. There's been a lot of people did a lot of spin. This is too many people babying him and telling him that. It's gonna be okay but you you have to think about it. You're in a league. Filled with young men trying to make it to the top trying to be the best trying to be the next kobe bryant. And you have everything and you'll quarter. You're a big man even handed the ball. You can pass the ball. You have great court vision and all you have to do is worse than a junk shop now. A lot of people don't watch basketball who don't listen to basketball sitting up. You know what that's probably difficult to get a jump shot this late game but dwight howard improved his jump. Shot look how. Many men have changed games around started spreading the floor but ben simmons complacent as philadelphia as a philadelphia fan. No way it could watch. Somebody be complacent so i tell you. Ben simmons will be suiting up in philadelphia and the worst part about it is.
BallCourt - The World of Basketball with Coach Drew
"devin booker" Discussed on BallCourt - The World of Basketball with Coach Drew
"Version of steph curry or all. It action is going to be the future of the league alongside devon booker. All we get the reincarnation of some of our greatest players happening right. Now let me let you decide. Take a look at these numbers. These gaudy numbers that he put up against the philadelphia. Seventy sixers which bam let me tell you that. That series was a great series to watch. We're going to talk about. What happened with ben. Simmons little bit later but as Great city swat and against the seventy sixers. He was phenomenal. As a matter of fact. I'm seeing when i look at these stats am i right. Yes not one game that he played against the other twenty twenty one point game in game chill out and that was his lowest scoring game. Everything else we're talking about thirty five. Twenty eight twenty five thirty nine thirty four against the seventy six. Now if you're not familiar with how britain seventy six playoff deepest mind you. Seth curry is on except party with the same person earlier. This locked up his brother steph curry when they played against so. He's a formidable defensive. Play and then you go ahead and agile eat who also rim-protector at the high on the highest left. This was a tough way at trae. Young with boasted double doubles against a matter of fact he has four different double double against an assist. So he's his giving up the ball lumina ball around his keeping things moment and every coach is watching this saying. Hey what is the future of our league look. Alice is trae young. How is devon booker. Gonna show us what we seek. Seek trae young. You could see his co. He's is he has that shot. That does reminiscent of steph curry whereas quick shot is coming up with the handle and his court vision his Iq game puts him on the league. he's doing something. Nobody has a vast the thing that got everybody's attention you got our eyes open. Promise that game in that you will do something. That's how he's going to measure how great he would be if he could do something that somebody has never done before in his doing it now and that is a measure of this break is that he sought. He's don't now. I can say the periods devon booker like man. This is going to be a great a great shook in a couple of years or even this could be a great matchup but hands down right down your as great as he is not people's level deemed book is. He plays now think about studied at the altar of kobe bryant and now he's sitting taking classes from the great secret rick thinks is his low levels a beagle fifty trae young. That's something that we definitely wanted to scott so if you are listening to go ahead and it in the comments section at the scores or even hit me. Right at drew coach for three on instagram. Tell who do you think is gonna be the next inch. Is it going to be deemed book or is it going to be ice trade. I don't know that it's a hard decision. I'm leaning the book up. Stick with me right here. A ball we got the raw basketball coming up right here in the world and best. I'm muslim.
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"devin booker" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"His team to the playoffs. I don't agree with all of these antibiotics but there is some truth to what he saying. Not about the offensive fouls necessarily. Because i think we're all gonna have to just adjust to that defensively. Zaylon is an issue. Chronic trying to construct lineups around zion. It's not easy defensively and it does take off some of the glimmer of that amazing scoring streak to me anyways that you describe earlier He went on to say lamelo ball. A cursory mentioned in your discussion. He's probably closer to a brand name. Malcolm brogdon than a walmart magic johnson. So can we cool our jets on him until he started finishing games consistently anytime someone tries to say that lamelo should it be compared to magic johnson. You know i'm gonna bring it up on this show. What did you think of that heater. It's a good take right. I don't even really know what it means. I've i've read that sentence multiple times. But now lamelo. I feel like we should have maybe talked about lamelo a little bit more. Like he's i think we did but like he's on a really great rookie scale contract and he is the best rookie. So that's terrific value. There's really it's just like not that complicated But i i'm i'm not really too deep into being lamelo because he's what is he like. Nineteen and the expectations were so wonky coming into the season. And i think he's blown all of them out of the water Easily no honeymoon period. So don't rain on the parade. I agree with you there. I just like his placement of lamelo ball closer to a brand name malcolm brogdon which i guess he's trying to say you know like a you know a a super size version of brockton is right now compared to like a poor man's version of magic johnson. I think that's relatively fair. Mean you get more athleticism from a lamelo ball. But he has a lot to prove still and i think that was his underlying point At the same time like he doesn't have that much to prove from a contractual value standpoint. Because you over delivered this year as a rookie with the injuries. There's kind of no way around it like. Who would you rather pay lamelo that rookie number or you know wisemen. Who's been a big time minus or anthony edwards by all the advance stats has been a big time minus so i think the value thing was kind of already sealed up now. Is he going to be worth a max contract three or four years from now. He definitely still has to prove that to me. And that's where i kind of agree with the emailer Here's one he's definitely getting max contract like it's already they already have like the paper printed out there just. It's in a locked box waiting for him to be eligible to sign it one hundred percent. I'm just saying is he going to be worth. It has to prove that to me. I don't think we saw enough from the first three months to say he's automatically going to be like a top fifteen level playmaker in three years. You know i. I still think that Dad jury is still out but he definitely get there and he. I'm more convinced he will get there then. I was at the start of this season. But i'm not You know like let's not rush to pay him every last dollar and just assume he's going to carry title contenders for the next decade. I think that is it is appropriate to pump the brakes just a little bit there. We had this question from lindsay. Michael tell you. She is a big shop. Professional sports executive longtime listener she would know about contracts. You'll value and she came at you. She said how. Do you mentioned jayson tatum..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"devin booker" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"All right i. That's probably enough about the phoenix sense. I'm going to ask you one. Final question though You know if you're a team like the lakers and we mentioned who some that teams we think the suns could be in the first round like the dallas in portland's of the world. But if you're the lakers and you're sliding to like seven and you're potentially or an maybe it's not gonna wind up seven maybe somewhere in that lower half of the bracket right and you're looking up to standings and it's the last couple of weeks of the season and we could see all sorts of shenanigans this year with teams trying to line up particular matchups. Who do you want to face. Who don't you wanna face. If you're the lakers in the potential teams are utah. Denver the clippers and phoenix as your four possible first-round opponents. Which of those four do you wanna play more than the others. I feel like the answer has to be phoenix here in. That probably feels insulting to the suns fans. But i do think if you're the lakers. You're feeling like you're winning those matchup battles with lebron a d. Pretty handily you're liking. That phoenix's main guys are inexperienced. Where a lot of your players are coming back off a title run and you like the fact that they don't have yokich they don't have like this incredible three point shooting attack like utah and they don't have and paul george who are probably the best match matchups in the western conference for the lakers stars. So i think by default. If you're the lakers don't you wanna play the sons i mean. I don't wanna play the nuggets. I'll tell you that right now. Definitely don't want to play the nuggets. And i don't wanna play the clippers in round one. That's just that's too tough like. That's the team that i think i was. I thought i was gonna play in the conference finals this whole time. So those are the two teams where i'm just like. This is an absolute nightmare scenario and we were not meant to win the championship. If i if i get one of those to The jazz are. I mean i go back to the rice. O neil thing and who guides lebron james and that team in a seven game series. And how do they cover him and are they scrambling doubling and i think that that could be just of a tech a problematic matchup. Let's say And i can just picture all the post ups. Where lebron's backing roy kneel down. Go bear rushes over to double. Lebron throws the ball over his head and andre drummond or anthony davis just destroys the rim. That's that's every possession in my head. So go you're describing. What sounds like a very painful process for you like you. Close your eyes in this nightmare. Scenario is playing out. I mean i is that what's happening. This is the life. I live It's put to it though. I mean if you're la would you rather play utah or phoenix. It's a really interesting question because phoenix their style. And they're going to be trying to play a possession game right. you know. chris. Paul's can slow it down And i think if you're the lakers it's like all right if you wanna play possession basketball. We've got lebron. Were feeling great about that And i think if you're a utah the difference there would be. I completely agree with you. The matchups are tough for both the jazz and the sons when it comes to laker stars. Utah's i think that you know. They're the feather in their cap..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"devin booker" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Levine. Seven a great year. man. I don't know what to tell you it's not like i said eric bledsoe well. I'm glad you didn't say. Eric bledsoe cosc- fits your profile of these guards on losing teams who you're trying to prop into conversations that they don't belong in okay. It's not a slam dunk for chris. Paul it would be for me. I would have him on my thirteen. And i would feel absolutely great about it. You've made a lot. You've made a very compelling cases. I would say about eight or nine candidates so it's gonna be hard to call that list but some of those guys are thrown in there. Michael i mean come on we can. We don't really have to take those cases seriously. So i didn't say jimmy butler is jimmy butler even guard. I don't even know. I think he usually get sleighs guard. Yeah he usually classified as guard. I think i mean. I think the minute stuff comes back for him. Doesn't it yeah. Potentially he make my little fake little list here but he just kind of popped into my head as we were talking. yeah okay. Well that's a fun conversation. I love to hear what the open floor globe thinks about the all All nba. how it's shaping up and some of these debates open floor mail add gmail.com open floor. Mail at dot com. I'll just say this over the course of an entire season chris. Paul has been rock solid steady every single night. He puts up the big assist numbers. You know he does all the little things. He plays hard on defense. He leads everything. I mean those kinds of things are very difficult to quantify and yet his impact stats are off the charts. If you're telling me who am. I more afraid of chris. Paul zach levine late-game situation in a seven game series or whatsoever. It's not is not even a calm. It's almost an insult to chris. Paul to have that kind of debate michael and so i just think that we need to reward this guy for what has been an absolutely phenomenal late career season for him. Welcome to the official unsolved mysteries podcast. Has he done this to someone else. Don't know but he's out there. These are all new stories. Terrifying abductions bizarre paranormal encounters heinous killers and unexplained deaths. I felt i had to say..
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"devin booker" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"No push and i wonder. Do you think that eight. No push played into chris. Paul's decision to want to go to phoenix. All like you could kind of see it all coming together. So then it's worth its weight in gold right. Yeah no one hundred percent Okay give me your all mba guard. Stop talking this conversation michael. Let me give you some guys here. Okay damian lillard. Yes steph curry. Yes brad beal. No michael goodness there is no way bradley. Beal should be in this conversation for all the nba. You have absolutely gotta be kidding me. Do you know how bad orlando sees has been this year. I mean it's been a complete disaster right washington washington season. no i'm talking about orlando season orlando seventeen to thirty four right now. Absolutely everything has gone wrong. That could possibly go wrong for any team. Washington is one point. Five games above. Okay come on michael. And that's only because they beat last night otherwise it would be point five games. I mean they're basically. Having the exact same season invalidated bradley. Beal cannot be all nba. I'm sorry okay so you're wrong there but I have eight nine. We gotta work on your. We gotta work on your basketball. Your your coming from the boston celtics. Lineage where nothing is more important than winning. And you're gonna turn right back around and say let's hand it to the nba scoring leader on a team. That's won one out of every three games this year. It's truly okay. I can go on and on here. But i'm just going to say that bradley beal is going to make an nba team whether you like it or not. He's not and if we're going to have problems okay. I'm going to have to start a campaign not only accusing you of bad basketball. Values put all the voters. I don't think he's actually going to make it to be two in entirely all serious. I don't think bradley beal's be but continue. Actually i truly can't wait until the nba. But you know he's got this hip injury if he doesn't play again i can see him not making it but anyway he's got a win injury to i mean it just broken. The can't do it all right. Who else you got. Okay next up. James harden yes like he's just gonna make it kyrie irving gonna make it. Oh i think. Chris paul had a better season than kyrie irving. Gotta say okay. He's played an extra quarter games He's been out there every single night. he's been the most important piece we argue first or second. We have argued that. I mean kyrie's clearly third most important for brooklyn i would. I would say. Chris paul deserves it more than kyrie irving. I think that he is the third most important absolutely. But he's also the guy who has kind of been around The most since that sabbatical that he took earlier in the season. So when you kinda. Just tally up. You know hardens now going to be out for a little while with this hamstring and katie. Missed like two months an urban is kind of been. The guy who i think has played the most minutes without the other two stars. I could be wrong about that. But he's close is either him or heart and obviously but kyrie has just been the best season of his career by far. The numbers are just stay our eye popping and i watch a lot of nets basketball and single. He's just unstoppable like in a way that..
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"devin booker" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"I i do just like his placement of lamelo ball closer to a brand name malcolm brogdon which i guess he's trying to say you know like You know super size version of who brogden. is right now compared to like a poor man's version of magic johnson. I think that's relatively fair. Get more athleticism from a lamelo ball. But he has a lot of proof still and i think that that was his underlying point at the same time like he doesn't have that much to prove from a contractual value standpoint because he over delivered this year as a rookie even with the injuries. There's no way around it like who. Would you rather pay lamelo that rookie number or you know wisemen. Who's been a big time minus or anthony edwards by all the advance stats has been a big time minus so i think the value thing was kind of already sealed up now. Is he going to be worth a max contract three or four years from now. He definitely still has to prove that to me and i. That's where i kind of agree with the emailer Here's one he's he's he's definitely getting a max contract like it's already. They already have like the paper printed out there. It's in a locked box waiting for him to be eligible to sign it one hundred percent. I'm just saying is he going to be worth it. He still has to prove that to me. Like i don't think we saw enough from the first three months to say oh he's automatically going to be like a top fifteen level playmaker in three years. You know. I still think that the jury is still out but he can definitely get there and i'm more convinced he will get there. Then i was at the start of the season. But i'm not You know like let's not rush to pay him every last dollar and just assume he's going to carry title contenders for the next decade. I think that is it is appropriate to pump the brakes just a little bit there. We had this question from lindsay michael. And i'll tell you she is a big shop. Professional sports executive longtime listener she would know about contractual value. And she came at you she said. How do you mention jason tatum. And jamal murray and not the number one scoring option on the team with the best record in the league who earns less than both and next year will be on the equivalent contract as the other two so michael. What do you have to say for yourself did you completely snub lindsay's beloved donovan. Mitchell here no lindsey. I had done it. Mitchell written down on my little. My little spreadsheet ahead bam adebayo. I had the errand fox These guys are all on the same deals as As you pointed out and it was more just like whoa hoo hoo. I could have picked donovan mitchell and bam to kind of exemplify that category of player for sure. I just shows tatum and drama. Kind of randomly and so I'm one hundred percent with you donovan. Mitchell's contract is is is great The jazz should be absolutely thrilled to have him on that deal There are some other. Max contracts kind of in that realm. Pascal siakam is not looking superb slowing out for one second. Don't you think. Mitchell is given better value than tatum this year. I mean and better value than jamal. Murray lindsay has a point here. I mean i think they're all in the same kind of category in conversation..
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"devin booker" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"That he can be one of those breakout Really intriguing players on both ends of the floor. So i totally wasted higher. I'm with you on that part. I he's like the one part that i kinda don't question. I think he's going to be really solid in. Show gradual demonstrate growth for the next three or four years. It's it's more of their stars how much you have to pay them and our other guys gonna want to go play with them that You know to me potentially dips their their future. But i love the optimism from you as always your signature trait are. Let's get into some of the reactions. Michael to our best and worst contract conversation from last week you'll remember that we had a guy named sean right in. He describes himself as a canadian boston. Celtics fan who is currently doing a phd economics. He gave us a lot of background about a model that he created to determine player earnings versus encore performance. He looked at things like age. Shooting percentage wind shares plus minus rebound steals blocks. All of it basically everything he could get from basketball reference to make his model and he told us that the most overvalued players this season were blake griffin otto. Porter john wall. Stephen adams kevin love and kemba walker number of those players. We did mention in our conversation. And he said the most undervalued luka doncic who added number one trae young carmelo anthony. Donovan mitchell bam adebayo and shea eulogise alexander so some interesting names that we hadn't talked about. We didn't mention stephen adams. I think that's one that probably needs to be in this conversation. Especially because of the years added to his extension. We didn't mention otto porter which is completely appropriate because everyone always forgets him all the time. In all conversations trae young being undervalued was interesting to me michael media and bring up trae young. Did we know. And i mean he was on my list. I you know. I had a lot of players. But he just kind of fell into the same category as luca so i didn't even feel like it was worth mentioning him but he's absolutely i mean there's no question for sure and then carmelo was an interesting one too because he's kind of in that. Nicolas batum category. Where like you know. You're getting him on the bargain-basement veteran veteran contract do we overlooked we snub mellow. I don't know if i mean like isn't mellow just kind of getting the contract that he's he deserves like that's just i haven't like dovan too deep into the season that he's had been watching them play like i mean he's comes off the bench she He had to moonlight as a backup. Five for a little while and that didn't go so well and they have one of the worst defenses in nba history. So yeah i just feel like carmelo is kind of. He's not terrible. He's not changing their season in a positive way in any like super dramatic any super dramatic degree. But yeah i just feel like he's kind of getting paid with. Should i would say that. He's over performed the minimum. But you know part of this thing is like well lots and lots of guys get the minimum and most minimum players. Don't have any impact whatsoever. Mellow certainly had more than that. He's giving them some in key moments but they're also not asking the world of him. I'm not going to campaign and say oh he should have been making the mid level this year. But it's interesting that the model said. Hey you know. Carmelo is giving them a little bit more than you would expect. It's easy just to overlook those minimum guys because most of them aren't giving you minutes and he's had to play a lot for portland..
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"devin booker" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"I love mikhail bridges one of my favorite players in the entire league. He's just not that's just not his type of matchup like he's really. I think he's stronger than he looks. But he's not strong enough to obviously bang with like labron in the post. That's just not what he's going to do he's going to chase guards around and he's going to caress ball handlers. Ninety four feet you kind of need to steal miles bridges upper body and just attach it to mikhail bridges his body. If you want to match up with lebron right. That's like a perfect basketball player that you just described wish. That was a real person. It'd probably is it's probably lebron. We'll get to work on it. But that's the thing for me. And i mean that that kind of extends to some other teams like. I also have that concern still a little bit with the utah jazz and rice. O.'neil is kind of their stopper. I don't know if he's big enough to to to handle those guys It's going to be a group effort. And you know adding torrey craig. I think was really nice edition. And he hit some open threes last night. Which is if he's going to hit threes. Like i mean. I don't even know how many minutes he's gonna play but he's gonna play a lot and he's going to be really impactful for them in the postseason and give them a lot more options but But yeah you're just asking a lot of jae crowder And i don't know. I just don't that's like the big concern for me if i had one with this team. Because as good as their offense is you know they take a lot of mid range shots They're very accurate from the midrange. And that's wonderful but defense is kind of what's carrying them through the regular season. I would say a little bit more than their offense which is which is very good and if they can't get stops consistently in the postseason it could be. It could be a pretty disappointing run for them. So that's the. That's the big thing for me when i look at this team. Are they totally fair to say if it's two seven laker sons The lakers are going to be favored. And that could actually be a quick series and the lakers favor. And i think some suns fans would say oh well don't disrespect our regular season consistency and everything else. Is this really about kind of pudding what they've done into context. They've had health and availability compared to a lot of other teams in the west and that has fueled they're consistent play and it starts with chris. Paul i mean he's been You know very very durable night out there making a big impact. But it's not just him of there guys have Have played a lot of games in a lot of minutes. And that's really helped him stay steady so i think that's kind of number one Know they're going to have an advantage in the standings and and other statistics just because of that continuity factor that not everybody has enjoyed during this season do inexperienced is gonna wind up making them kind of a bigger target for upset picks. I would look back at the denver nuggets a first year. They made the playoffs. I believe they beat the spurs in seven games in the first round. That was another team where people kind of circled them and say. Hey look they've never been there before. Do you really trust these guys. What are you gonna get from jamal. Murray and so. I think if you circle that example and say hey look i mean..
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"devin booker" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"What's up open for globe this bengal with the washington post. I am joined on the other line by michael. The pie peanut from sports illustrated michael. I put out the call for questions on the last episode. People emailed us open floor. Mail at djamil dot com open floor. Mail at jima dot com. I'm not even sure. If josh had a question he just wanted to scream at us. Michael here comes. It's time to take by phoenix suns. Seriously they had the second best record in the nba. They just completed a season sweep on the team with the best record in the league. That's the utah jazz and have such a deep team with a great one. Two punch endeavoured booker and chris. Paul when will you guys finally talk about the phoenix. Suns on the podcast. Instead of the boston celtics brooklyn nets on every other episode. Well very fair question from josh. It wasn't impressive. Victory by phoenix on wednesday night over utah possession game late in the fourth quarter Winds up going a little bit dry with their offense in the last couple of possessions of regulation but they wind up coming out with great energy and execution in overtime to take that victory You could kind of call it a playoff preview. I would michael. I was kind of looking at that game through the lens. Of what will these teams look like. Once they hit the post season and phoenix has been absolutely impressive. Steady the hallway through the season so we should dive into. What's going on down in the desert so my first question to you. He mentions one two punch in booker and c. p. three is that the one two punch or the two one punch. I think when we're seeing late in that game for phoenix Who gets the ball. How are they going to run the offense. They did tend to kind of trend towards devon booker at some key moments there. I don't know how i felt about that. Michael i kind of thought the ball should have been in crisis. Hand my crazy a little bit. I know that you have this issue with devon booker and. I don't know where it had originally germinated from But booker's good he's really good and he's one of those few elite scorers in the league..