Open Court ~ Dwyane Wade, Kevin Durant, Melo & DeMarcus Cousins

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So DeAndre Mason Plumlee way come on covers first game of the season need to chill a little bit here guys right.
I like it let's go this is a sneaky texting robbery i like it i'm looking through the one-on-one fight don't so you know fake fighters I'm just saying neither one really want to fight how come on I'm just saying it's a friday and man the cakes are already here we have free time and be a campfire and Scott back and of course esteemed back 10 times and beer you want to bring it up let you know I just capture right there guys let's be honest there was a lot of hand-wringing about the Chicago Bulls the summer right the roster it sort of felt like when you go to the grocery store you know when you're hungry and you just sort of randomly start taking things off the shelf with Oh Jean Rondo that looks good and bad wait yeah let's get that all the time you end up with a shopping cart full of players who can space the floor and can shoot long distance or so we thought last night.
Wait with four of six from three including the 25-foot step back to prove that gap in a win over the celtics man who only made seven threes all of last season.
Let me put it another way of the players who attended more than a thousand threes in their career so you know basically veterans weight is one of the three worst addict in history you know it's not good when you are on the list with this with Charles Barkley come on now wonder his wife Gabrielle Union tweeted this during the game.
Who is this guy is right but here's the thing about weight of all the skills the 12-time all-star has his most valuable might just be his adaptability you remember how wait played to win his first ring barreling to the basket like a tornado the slogan that Congress dreamed up for him was fall down seven times stand up eight right but that as he aged he adapted his style developing his shot on Michael Jordan there and then when Ron James came to Miami it is Wade who adapted yet again and now he's trying to adapt one more time this summer he asked Fred Hoiberg to be his shooting coach and spent weeks learning eburg footwork most players aren't looking to try new things as they approach 35 years old but you only needed to see Wade come down the hallway after last night's game to know how much this all means to him that's what you do it as a homecoming right there like that now to me that doesn't look like a man who is sour about a role in Chicago that has him often referring to Jimmy Butler that looks like a man who knows how to adapt and so the question I want to ask you guys really is first of all due by the way it is now going to be a three-point shooter and in general I mean it can balls do better than they are poised to on paper but you know what rich was like throwing a lot of food and upon like gumbo you know you all these different things in the pilot also need comes on the chase is pretty good we don't tell your tastes pretty good the way we might not hit another three all season long I mean it's for last night but one and only parent I love the way you know I loved way but I think he understands who he is as a basketball player is adaptability is something it he can do on a night to night basis he's one of those guys that don't take it from Kobe who learned it in your early in his career is over to get to the basket do whatever you want now as you slow down home you have to get that mid-range game and you have to get that long-range get someone to let me back in the day you know i mean not like the way you get 107-foot cool like to do that you know where he was jumping all over the place and then as I got older it was more of these jungles watch by the way no it's just one can throw police you know Michael Jordan good you know Scotty of micro out there.
Oh so you learn to think as you get older and as you get you know that experience well absolutely look they'll be fine.
They're nice NBA team there wouldn't like the low forties okay that's enough don't spoil me there are you gonna look like look they're very smart they can pass and cut better than almost any other team really don't like figure stuff out and i will say this people are gonna leave them so open that their threes are going to be like an easier than a lot of other teams threes until if they start making them that'll change that they'll figure some stuff out but man that spacing is awful and they're going to be nice but it just doesn't work and they never look good during pre-season it didn't look at last night when you saw them put this roster together and we know how it all happened they certainly did not expect way to be available.
What did you think though in terms of someone who does think about roster makeup as much as you do I i thought i'm not sure they have any plan in place or what the long-term vision of the franchise and they hired Fred Hoiberg.
They said all is his pace and space offensive the mystery ingredients that take us for tips couldn't take us then they've they signed nothing but guys we can't shoot that mean it's like why driver friend over I don't know they go but he wouldn't mind getting those three players on your own you're all course not all those guys are you know their wealth of experience like to talk about like you said if they keep getting no shots and they improve their jump shots then they're gonna be hard to be you know but you know we're looking at one game sample right a team i know this back to write a one-game sample so let's look at this.
You're doing all-star break and let's see what they are because i do agree with you that that space and still gonna be you know little substep suspect and you got guys who were not shooters gonna have to shoot it.
Dwyane Wade might not hit another pre-game just saying he might have different later nine this year's data seven right mid season for the second game of that double header was a great game right it was little chippy Clippers blazers and afterward take a listen to a crisp all TNT's David Aldridge you know we know we're not wanted to you know most like teams in the league and we talked about embracing it seriously like forget everything else let's go out there every night back-to-back tonight let's play a compete is what it is that's pretty strong their embrace the hate right i mean the clips do you want to go that route is going to live up to write something that boys got that and then.
Can be bare knuckle nicks to the nineties they added to a bit you don't want to run into them in a dark alley there.
Well maybe jordan this yeah that's basketball back in the dogs Jeff like a time machine you can't make him stop and we remember Miami initially tried to embrace the hate when they became the heels member ron was I'm okay to wear the black hat all that stuff i think is a good strategy for the Clippers in our friends our back right that they have everyone hates to clip my everybody hates the Clippers I mean they just embrace it.
Yeah whatever floats their boat I don't think we can make whatever whatever whatever does it for them find something you care about you don't care about who's the fifth guy on the floor in crunch time with Reddick DJ Blake and CP that's what I care about that's going to decide whether they can beat that actually get to the conference finals for the first time in franchise history that's what I care about visit elevate a team noted can give them more electric first 150 guys Crawford this summer but yeah I think it does i think you know what Chris Paul is doing is taking a page out of Kobe Bryant booked who's always coming to talk about he loved being the villain and I think right now this team feels that everybody does hate him and one of the reasons because they complain all the damn time but we won't get into that you know referee them everybody but I think they're taking this to a level where hey this is something that can motivate us to get to that western conference finals which is something we've never been able to do do you think the rats are kind of fact I think do absolutely there's not much think the ribs get tired of guys complaining time and time again and you know just like anything else you keep complaining referees also nice are shut yell to can they defend Kauai and clay and KD with Jamal and JJ on the wing not gonna fly.
Probably not but I think they're probably look at it like we we we feel we can only score with you you know and it puts pressure on another team as well as trying to defend him but he'll send Tony after two games looks of it hey Julie hey so does everybody always been out and get about the little think about don't know if anyone's forgetting about kauai with never to put up their first two games right i think that I don't think he can go low-key this season no but those kinds of movies he looks good all right before we go to break I do want to update a story that we spoke about on this yesterday the Sixers pulling R&B singer sevyn Streeter from singing the national anthem because she was wearing a shirt that said we matter enough six players were upset about the team's decision they had a meeting with management and they weren't the only ones who spoke out here's a tweet from the heats justice Winslow saying we matter and posing with a raised fist with the Sixers Jeremy grant and today the Sixers released this statement quote we are sorry that this happened after receiving feedback from our players basketball operations staff and ownership group we believe that the wrong decision was made and seven should have been welcome to sing we apologize to her and in an effort to move the conversation forward we have reached out to offer her an opportunity to return and perform in a game of her choice we are waiting to hear back now those of you who watch the show yesterday know how I feel on this issue a black woman simply stating that she matters that she is as human and as worthy of recognition and rights as anyone else in this country that is not something that should be up for debate or that there should be political five Don that's not anti-american or protest against the military and the people who want to turn it into one are not the people you want to pander to was an organization so I really appreciate what the Sixers did here when their players in front office staff had an issue they listen we don't see that all the time and then the Sixers publicly and not acknowledge that they were wrong they said they were changing their minds and they apologized an apology that actually sounded sincere that is not how public discourse usually works these days.
All the more reason why it's refreshing all right we'll be back with more the job right after this.
Welcome back to the jump nothing wrong with a little extra practice but i don't know i mean it sounds like Kevin Durant a superstar is listening to certain outside wishes that are critical accounting him signing with the Warriors after just one game he's clapping back Byron is this type of workout motivation is something or nothing but missed nothing I I think he's just trying to you know keep yourself going or you know trying to motivate yourself i don't think it's anything that somebody would call me a coward first of all we're gonna find out who it is i would find out who it is and in you know that no I just I just pick up here at the ceiling without knowing about it i would be our lender that we're trying to call me a coward here you got to go right at him so I think this is all something just for KD to motivate itself because of everything that's been said during throughout the summer it's gonna be a long season it's gonna be a long season for one game in and he's throwing this values making more running from him it's not right right now that's what i'm saying he's making more out of this than anyone but the crazy people on Twitter who have the little egg avatars no one's calling him a coward no one's really even angry everyone's excited to watch them play what is he talking about he's happy I'm happy I me that that was his decision.
Let me ask you this now and reluctant to even say this that he knew that the media was there we have seen players quote go out and work on their shot after a particularly bad game and there's a practice gym in the arena and yet they somehow end up on the middle of the floor all the reporters are working to work on their shot and you think that was it.
That seems to me you know better than that seems to me like more sort of natural like talking to myself during a shooting routine then certainly something that you may have coach going ok that's not be delicate here you're just going right in July love you say go riding on Valentine's you don't know already I mean so you think it's legit.
I think it was a Jedi again i just think this is something he's just trying to get yourself motivated and get so geared up.
You're ready for game alright let's move on to the next one sentence after that hello Anthony taking shots at the team's offensive after Tuesday's 49-point lost to cleveland telling reporters quote he can get frustrating especially for a guy like Derrick Rose who is used to having the ball in his hands next to early to be complaining about triangles never too early was like the ninth time LOL longest since Phil got there at least and he's right by the way this season Derrick Rose's is the worst construction of a point guard to play the triangle office that could possibly exist maybe other than Rondo but you know that this is going to be an issue as long as Phil is there it's why Derek Fisher got fired this sort of tug-of-war of triangle or maybe move away from it a little bit never gonna go away.
It's the first game you know what I'm saying is the first game of the season and in our city we gonna get drunk anyway flavor but it's the first game of the season and it right now you should be really trying to uplift the teammates in the whole staff the coaches have everything right now more of a shot there arose yeah me too i mean i don't think is good this is shotted the triangle office period hey maybe we should get ready for me I don't know but at least give us some time is one game into the season and you got all these new parts to the puzzle that you need to integrate into the system and they got to get comfortable so it is one of those things right now I feel he should have really been more positive about those guys and just talk about you know what could happen instead of what's going on so one of the reasons i was pessimistic about the next they have a bunch of new players and they don't seem to undergo how they want to play it's like if you if you can spend the first 25 games of the season.
Figuring that out that's a problem how many times have you said the sense you said last season I know I was here when you said that last hit before I mean how patient our next fan supposed to be or even help patients organization supposed to be let me we're going to learn a year from now you know I mean Phil as a contract out in in not that long we're going to learn how long this is going to be an issue pretty soon but I don't think it's going away as long as he's well if you're gonna run trying officers just go back to that you can keep changing parts you know these guys are it takes time for guys to get you to it you so if you keep bringing in 45 different phases expect them to be an integral part of that team it's gonna be a struggle will be watching as you know real quick you guys have to hear what boogie cousins said he compared Kawhi Leonard to will take a listen these losers really good it please for something that's on me because he's just making some tea his amazing sauce over to God I mean I heard he was working with Kobe and Phil some flashes the cold comparing him to Kobe Bryant Byron Scott how do you feel about that.
Well first of all if you're going to compare them to somebody and you think the kid is playing great basketball and quiet koala later right now it's gonna be an MVP candidate this year I mean the kid is that good but that is the best compliment you can get from one of your peers to be compared to kb you know so obviously the kids playing great basketball his future every year he's got better and better he's taking a much more significant role in often the last couple years this year I mean the sky's the limit for this guy and they might have the best frontline in basketball in san antonio right now he is the King's last night with shots looked like Kobe shots you know when you need a bucket and nothing else works like someone's gotta get a bucket can we talk for a second about now Kawhi is just reached a point where he just takes the ball from behind they're not even trippin it and take it oh I've never seen that before poor Ben McLemore was almost reduced to tears on the court last night should have been I would have been I won't say that was a fun game to watch right and the blazers game was a really fun game to watch and all of the hand-wringing and that oh my god this whole season its predetermined the cavs and the Warriors and you can be boring because we all think we know what's going to happen in the finals basketball is fun and there's all these subplots all over the league every day i just i was sitting there flipping around last night thinking school this computer is gonna be a good year it's gonna be a good year because again you can't you know you I mean if you play it on paper give it to go and state game is played on the court and there's it's fun to watch the watch the end even if it happens exactly what it's gonna happen it's gonna be fun getting there all right we're gonna go to break with this distant replay from Carmelo back in 2009 your triangle here Anthony 430 Millsap gal.
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Double and his hocks they do last night and after the game as head coach but when full pft comments are there he said White has established himself as an elite player.
Siren he's talking about a guy who has made all-star team in two years do you buy that he is in the elite of the NBA cell no i do not but I will say this you can be an elite player again if deemed not if Dwight Howard would do little things can rebound block shots you know if he does those things he's one of the elite big men in this game when he gets himself in problem troubles when he also said once the ball on the offensive end you know he wants to be that post-up player that's not his forte so do what you do and if he does what he does he's gonna be tough this year where the conversations you have with him when I assume you said you need to do these little things.
Not another conversation yeah whatever one coaching me whatever whatever one thing in my head whatever one tier below really is that's where you still really good anything and I think yeah I think you fit really well talks last night you did exactly what they needed he looked good they only posted them up when they're when they're bench guys were in and they needed some offensive look work well I mean he is the reason why I'm flashing back to the lakers what I was going through my head there are two we find with two different players in kobe and James Harden would have made it clear that they did not like mine was right he is now playing on a team with players who have at least it's probably that they do like playing with him that has to make him feel better right and the way that he wants to produce absolutely i think it makes him feel much more part of the team and like you said we know in Houston last year you know he made a statement about these guys hang out together they your friends off the court we know good and well him and James Harden hang out together i'm pretty sure in a locker room after the game he probably say which way you going because I'm going opposite don't want to be around you going that way I'm going this way yeah so we know when you in a team environment.
I feel that love they play better that buzzer means it is time for maker miss Dianna told GQ he wants to go to space maybe even Mars that you share for CEOs desire space travel.
Yeah earth is over we gotta wait for you talking about let's do it the old model where you might like whenever we go you can look like a Martian maybe it would be better for Captain Marvel you know all i have for math French it 748 rolls his fellow countrymen rudy gobert with this Instagram picture photoshopping himself in the crowd while go bears getting done god siren is messed up to post about your friend that's cold blooded that supposed to be your boy and you post this get dunked own that's cool but I like it I like it really takes pride in getting thought that everybody should not give out when you see I mean I like fun right I get that makes flashbackfriday we found the old footage adding practice with Darryl Strawberry 20 years ago your boy eric davis to I thought that was going anywhere tonight why are you asking why i'm not one to do that whole real not one soul in two minutes while I got simply hi.
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