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not eating these jalapeno chips today this is not it just it's stuck with me like a
half hour after every chip yesterday long gene long gene built tonight like
that no no no I mean it's what did you say that I took the dog out for walk
last night last night you know like you know the night walk um and normally we're
still in the midst of the training bit you know where you know every time she
does something right to give her a treat yeah yeah every time she does something
wrong you just kind of lay a lot lay off yeah yeah and give her no attention so
she could not have been better behaved last night on this walk yeah seems
another dog doesn't go ballistic yeah like it's all great but I forgot the
treats hmm and she's looking up at me like WTF man but what are we doing here but then
when we get to the house you got to give her like some bacon and eggs I start walking back to the
house and I actually did burp a little bit yeah and she turned around and looked at me and it's like
all right where is it my treat oh oh I thought you didn't have something yeah you ate my treat
it's Barton Karlin I need to be in New York can I not miss something yeah I'm maybe 12 I've
only I've had dogs since I think 2006 yeah because I'm not a dog guy but I got him for my
protection for the family sure I maybe walk my dogs three times oh it doesn't surprise me yeah my
dogs it is the most beautiful thing in the world because like you have to get up and walk them
at night in the morning I just open it back door well go chase deer go chase black bear go have a
party see but that was the thing is that we used to have a fence in back yard where we live down in
South Jersey and we had a doggy door so she would take herself out in the morning and you wouldn't
have to do it now we got a townhouse and she's waking up now I haven't had to do that but my wife
the next couple of days has got a girls weekend in the city so this is going to be all on me you can
bond you guys get the bond we do get the bond because she's still my wife went out last night for
you know her running errand and she's sitting by the door whining where's mom a whole thing oh man
am I not enough and yeah exactly but no we're getting there we're getting there she's
saying this is great bonding time for you guys yes and she she's it's it's funny like
and I want to bring it down a little bit today's a tough day a little bit and it's going to
sound silly get a river we don't have kids right and we had a dog for 16 years so you're 16 yeah she
was she had a hell of a run but it was a year ago today that we had to say goodbye and so I was
thinking about that a little bit when we obviously just got the new dog and the new dog has a
much different personality right and uh different breed too right yes yeah the the last one was
about 10 different things poppa was a rolling stone but uh this one is mostly lab retriever
but a rescue two years old and I uh I will say beginning of the morning comes in and just gives
you all the kisses in the face and just snuggling and it feels great it feels great and then you know
I don't have the responsibility of having to pay for a kid's education so we're good exactly
that works for me oh well I got to walk you a couple times today no problem we'll make that work
perfecto it is Barton Carlin on ESPN New York on the ESPN New York YouTube page where you should be
subscribed to the channel where you should obviously be commenting and being a part of the program
you can also do so at 800 nine one nine three seven seven six I can't believe I might have come to
this realization last night and this is me talking have I been too hard on the next I actually sat
there last night and I'm watching towns make plays down the stretch I'm watching bridges play better
I've seen better consistency over the last couple of weeks since two weeks ago uh tomorrow night
with the pistons game they've been better I and you're just rolling your eyes at me right now
and I understand why you look back at last year they were 40 and 22 at this exact same spot have I
I am actually asking myself right now have I been too hard on the next am I wrong to be asking myself
that question you are what's the standard for the next it's not our fault that we have higher
expectations this year they put them on us they told us they beat Boston last year they were right at
the cuss and they fired tibito because they felt that maybe he was holding them back obviously they
felt that he was holding them back so what's the next step to progress it's either the Eastern
Conference finals or the championship and the time is now so we're not judging them when they beat
the Toronto Raptors who they're better than who they beaten 12 times in a row are we supposed to
be impressed by that no I wouldn't say impressed right the real test is what do you do tonight if
shake gilly decide if shake gilly decides to go two games in a row that's he's coming back off
an injury can they beat that team because he didn't he didn't go last night correct he's she
sga did not play last night neither did heart and style so so are they going to go tonight we we
think but we'll keep it so it will definitely be paying attention throughout the course of the show
for any news on because our criticism has come not from the fact that the next don't have these
spurts when they play very well and they show us what they can be at their height our criticism comes
that when they play against other teams that we think are title contenders they fall short almost
every time outside of the spurs that's why we're tough on them that's why we hold them to a higher
standard because we don't have precious this time in this window with now the reports that Tatum
may come back is a realistic thing and if he comes back we talk about a team that's already ahead
of you in the Boston Celtics that gives them a great player so if they've already
established they have a better record than you doesn't mean that they're better than you
but if they get a all-world player even if he is limited it's going to make their team better
which you've already had trouble with their team now we've talked about the fact that that might
play a role maybe not from a positive angle in the chemistry of what Jaylen Brown has led them
this year but I have trouble thinking that Jason Tatum is going to make them work. It's not like
he a new team it's like a new team no it's not like they didn't play together and dominate together
so here's the thing why the reason is now because we knew that Tatum will be better next year
because he'll be off of entry what you have to worry about is not only the people in front of you
but those behind you you you worry about the pistons right and because the pistons right now have
the best record so you have to catch your ass every time you play correct but if the pistons lose
this year they have the equity but runway in front of them right they have the equity they have the
draft capital cap room cap room they haven't had to pay anybody yet to anyway to add to add to
anything that they need to be better to beat you next year by the way and I I'm not trying to troll
or anything yeah but even though they lost last night the play that Kayed made to come over on the
block yeah was an honorable play that's what happens when you superstars a two-way player or
it gives effort on on both ends of the court but I did find myself wondering because okay they
they went out and they took care of business against the team that they should take care of
business against yes they have Oklahoma City tonight we feel like the path and we've talked about
this the last few days ever since Sunday that the path the nicks have to a championship would have
to include facing San Antonio because of a matchup and that San Antonio has these favorable matchups
against Oklahoma City I want to be able to see that we can stop talking about that aspect of it
can you go and beat an Oklahoma City team tonight at home right I don't have to worry about well I need
this team to beat that team to beat this team right for me to be able to get because we don't
and I need the pistons to be the the team in the conference fine right because we don't say that
about the teams because if you're a good team then you're good team we don't really say the
pistons need a particular matchup we don't say that okay see these particular matchup even though
they have struggled against the spurs if you're a legitimate title contender then you should be a
legitimate title contender we don't say oh man they'll the the nuggies have to have a certain path
we say that the nicks have to have a particular path but I'll even continue with further why
the time is now while we hold them to such a standard look at what Atlanta's doing with Kaminga
I don't know if you guys are paying attention and also if you look at what Charlotte is becoming
Charlotte is 19 and two with their young core all together now they haven't been together a lot
because they've been injured and then out of the lineup but this is that is a young I mean what's
this name Colchonette Colchonette Colchonette Colchonette Colchonette Colchonette Colchonette
Nippon Nippon Pippon right he set the record for you know three points Junior of a rookie already
and and you talk about what they did in the draft a couple years ago I forget the
the young guy that they got to they have ball they have bridges they have a scrappy athletic team
that is 19 and two when they play together.
They're behind you pushing you.
Now and don't don't please you're thinking of Brandon Miller.
Yeah, Brandon Miller.
Yeah, and don't forget and don't let's, I guarantee you can write this down.
LeBron James would be in Cleveland next year.
And I don't know what that means.
I don't know, you got Harding.
You got Miss Troop.
That's a hell of a big three when you think about the role players then
would be a Moby and Jared Allen.
Don't think LeBroning will try and this one's for Cleveland
or try and ride up to the subset because if anything's apparent this year
is that LeBron James is done in Los Angeles.
Oh, absolutely, absolutely.
And there's there a better way for him to potentially go out
than to win a second chip in Cleveland.
It's the only place for him to go too.
And he'll get so much of the credit because of being a hometown guy.
And that's what he wants.
That's what he wants.
They won't go to downtown.
No, he wants the credit.
Right.
He's going to get the credit.
Look, I came back and I gave you two.
Exactly, exactly.
So you talk about that.
Then you have to deal with Boston again.
And then you know another year for Philadelphia
with now not in B with Maxi and the other young kid
that they have that's coming along like crazy.
You know, I mean this year he's a he's a he's a rookie.
I don't know why I don't know anybody now.
VJ, ask him to ask him.
He was a kid from Baylor last year.
So that's why the time is now for the next
because it only gets harder going forward.
Right.
So this is the year and this the year today told us
because oh, by the way,
Shannon Brunson is going to want some money in a minute
and you're going to have to have either some crazy luxury tax money
or you're going to have to start saying goodbye
to maybe some non-core guys like Josh Hart
or somebody like that and it's trying and make space
for Brunson to get the money that he deserves.
So I'm glad that you brought this up
because when I talk about the the better
consistency over the last 10 days, 12 days.
The thing that has been most consistent over the last month
has been that they have gotten back to playing better defense
and guys like Josh Hart are the biggest reason why
and so when you say that now is the time
because of players like that you couldn't be more right
and I look at it and I say am I being too hard on them
but then again, I don't I don't necessarily think so
because it's all been hyped up to me
that that including from the owner
that this is supposed to be a team that at least
is playing for a championship.
When you play better down the stretch of the season
when Cat plays better and I'm giving him credit for last night
play better again when you have all of these things go right
it shows it to be a little bit more encouraging for me.
All I'm thinking about right now I don't care
about the fact that the Celtics are in front of me.
I don't care about anything else.
All I'm thinking about right now is staying out of the four spot.
I do not want I want to give everybody else
the best chance possible to knock off Detroit
before the conference finals and then if I have to go through them
it's not until the conference final
because that's when I'm going to have my best chance to be
and I haven't done anything to do that
at all this year
so it just gives me more time to try to figure it out even more.
So the one thing I'm having trouble with though
is what we saw this morning from Draftkins.
I am a little bit surprised by this
and frankly it's got to be thinking a little bit.
Out of the eastern conference
the odds to win the east have changed
despite the fact that the pistons are 45 and 15.
Right now here it is in the east
Celtics plus 250 to win the east obviously because
they expect Tatum back soon.
Bill Simmons was saying also I was pointing to Friday
I don't know about that but you know
it's it feels it certainly feels like when not if
correct Cleveland now at three to one
Detroit is third at plus 380 you want to know why
they can't shoot this is true man it can't shoot
harder and and dunk and rob
well K did have a bad game last night offensively
yeah five points yeah it's 10 points
10 points five yeah he just wasn't
it was but I mean I get more excited
when I see somebody make a defensive play
like that when you're that kind of a star player
so like losing that game last night to me
especially when I'm not sure who it was but
somebody from the Cavaliers last week
said that the pistons were quote not in their class
it wasn't a player and it was somebody who
said it off the record by or without their name
attached to it which by the way is gutless
there for real but I'm sure that it is going to be
pierced when they fatigue and they don't
brand a game and they become the team that
people get excited to play against but the
next are now four to one and fourth in odds
to win the eastern conference not to win
a championship win the eastern conference
and as far as winning a championship
the next right now one two three four five six
seven seven sixteen to one to win a championship
this year right now
Oklahoma City Denver San Antonio
Boston Cleveland Detroit the next your
pistons are 15 to one to win the title
that's what that's what I'm putting bird down that's value
uh the spurs at eight to one that's value
eight to one yeah spurs at eight to one to win the
championship yeah we might need to put down on
oh yeah but my point is like when you get
back to the eastern conference and you look
at the whole thing it it is
somewhat insulting to say the nicks at 40 and 22
right now a team that went to the conference finals
last year is the fourth favorite in the
conference behind those other three I
mean remember what we what we were saying
about them at the beginning of the year
how quickly have that changed like let's go
back to the first month of the year we had
them as D team to beat yeah well they were
and not even close and man did the rose
followed did the bloom fall off the rose or
the rose fall to bloom the nicks had to start
the season I don't remember and maybe Tom
can check this out for me to verify
nicks had to start the season as the favorites
in the eastern conference did they not they
must have they were definitely they were
definitely up there ball verify yeah well
they were certainly the pistons were not as
of yet uh Cleveland was not right and
Boston certainly was not correct so the
nicks had to be the favorites at the
beginning of the year to win the conference
I do wonder I'm honestly questioning myself
because now I'm looking around and I'm kind
of seeing this disrespect being thrown at
the nicks and I'm like am I part of the
problem I might be part of the problem I
think it's about their resume it's about
they when they play against the good teams
outside of the spurs they don't look the same
and you know they have to take responsibility for
that they can't the problem is they don't
they're not consistent it's no consistency
they'll show us a good run and that's why
this that's why this this part of the
schedule is so pivotal because this is a
run where we get to see you know how they
have now you know the raptors that that's
that's a nice little warm up right I mean
the raptors are fine whether they're like
fifth in it fifth in the east they're
10 10 and a half games back but now we
now we get to see like what they're all
you know we get to see like how they match
up against the the caliber opponents
that that they're going to see in the
in the postseason what is your expectation
tonight and let's operate under an assumption
that heart and Stein and SGA will play what
is your expectation tonight I think the
nicks might they might be wanting three
out of the next four I mean I I think
that's realistic two and two would be a
win in my opinion two and two would be
a win for them so if you have them in the
next four games beating who you go to
down after tonight yeah I got them losing
the makers I got to beat the Lakers and
the Clippers people haven't been paying
attention but Kawaii has been engaged
all year and you know on the road in LA
after coming off of you know these tough
games and these games to take a lot out of
you when you play against good opponents
they take a lot out of you and you know I
don't know like if if the Clippers are
coming off of rest of the day or something
like that it's it's going to be a main it's
going to be a p-cock game it's going to be
big time the Lakers going to be a p-cock
game you know I mean they're and and
and they're playing the Clippers off a
back-to-back the Lakers are in ABC game
right that's what I mean yeah yeah three
thirty so then they're going to be going
and they're going to play the Clippers
the day after back-to-back
that's that's that could be a scheduling
loss let alone people not realizing how
well I know we thought that after
harding and Garland came in and played
well with them as well you know I mean
after after he was traded from Cleveland
so I can see them one in three but the
thing is is like once you get past this
stretch and then you get into Utah
yeah yeah and you get Indiana and you get
Brooklyn and you get Washington
correct New Orleans but then you got
Charlotte and that's not going to be easy
no no no but I'm telling you it's like
listen the one thing I'm really thrown
by and I get it it's just during the
regular season it's not counting the
postseason is how much people are loving
up on the Celtics with all of this
even with Tatum coming back when they
have the tough schedule remaining in the
Eastern Confirm so I that's a tough
one to see too yeah I mean the key is
can they can they catch Boston
because it gets back hard you know I mean
they they got these like what one two
I can't I can't ever call a game that
potentially has Steph Curry in it a
fluff game so you you never know
there but Indiana Indiana they can't
beat Indiana remember well they they
lost by 14 but you know you said so
we can't say that's easy I have to think
I have to think that they're going to go
back with that which is that's one of
those games that's going to stick with
you go back and but do you think you
split because you got him twice with
Indiana you know you better win both
you better win both it's easier said and
done you got him to you got him twice
in four days uh the cabs or the next
depending on where you look where the
preseason favorite knees more Cleveland
love than next but they were both
right there I didn't realize that the
cabs got that much love comparatively
speaking uh to the next but I we knew
that we knew that somebody was going to
get elevated yeah because of the two
teams that you know was Indiana with
Halibut and Boston we knew it had to be
somebody and it was going to be the
Cleveland or the next we knew Detroit
wasn't getting a love listen I was
going more off of what the next did
last year and what they were bringing
back this year which seemed to be
you know listen maybe they were down
playing tibs a little bit or rather
playing up the fact that tibs was gone
a little bit um when they weren't
considering them as the favorites uh
and the cabs were getting the nod over
them and I cabs have been good for
a few excuse me a few years now
it's like me looking for a name you
looking for to wear it like I'd be
looking for names so it's all good I
got to just tripping over my fat tongue
no diddy do that do with that what you
will
Barton Carlin ESPN New York and so here's
the question have we been too hard on
the next I really want to know if you
feel like and I probably know the
answer but I really want to know if in
fact I have been too hard on the next
because now I'm starting to feel like
they're getting a little disrespected
and that kind of wait a second only we
can smack around our guys yeah that's
all yeah you we can mess when you can
exactly eight hundred nine three seven seven six
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they have played much better defensively
and I will be the first to give them credit for that
see but that's what you always ask yourself
yes they play defense but you're asking
who they planted against I mean Barnes
and Ingram Ingram got whatever you want
to just say so what you want to see you want
to see how they play against teams that have
multiple multiple options but I can't
hit them for that when it's been a month
that they've been playing good defense
top five in the league in defense over the last month
I mean that has been better consistent
who have they played like see that's what
that makes me want to go because this looks like
when they played the pissant pissant get whatever they wanted
the pissant got lazy at the end of the game
yep you said I'm saying so I want to know
like good defense against who it matters
it's like it's like if if I go a month
in a week part of my schedule
and I shut down Cleveland Arizona Jacksonville
you know what I'm saying it's like
is it fougaisy or is it real no I understand completely
I think for right now all I can do is give
them credit for what they have done
in front of that other group these next few games
I won't lie like I'm very interested to see
how these play out and listen for instance
the other day against the spurs right I was
excited to see that game but I do have to put
into context for the spurs that that's the
toward the end of a road trip that is a long
road trip and it is on a Sunday afternoon
against the next at the garden it's
obviously not an easiest Simon in any way
but that was a team that was rolling
and just seemingly partially took the day off
ran out of the gas and it's the sign of a young
team which they are in a lot of positions
let's hit the calls 800-939-3776 we start
we see Dylan Harper at the strip club right
because you know this is old hood
all right not to my knowledge I don't think
he was Dylan D in Queens is up first
on ESPN New York do you what's up
look what's up okay for the next 20
some last time the thing with the next is
they have the worst back card on all the top 14
if you think about it and that's with Jalen Brunson
think about it Jalen Brunson is not him and John
of the Mitchell color the draw he's not
better than Kate he's definitely not
better than on Wednesday in the Jalen Brown
so that's why it's next to get a knock
on top of it the calves might do this
part needs to speak on this the calves have
the choice number this is twice not like the
last game they lost because if you tell me
that do Jason Tyson had money on the game
I would believe it because he threw away that
game but other than that they kind of
dominated in that game and this game too
and gave his super power versus most
guards is that he stronger no guard is
stronger than hearted so and you saw that
last time he couldn't he couldn't boy in the
way he does most guard so it could be very
you have been watching the playoffs
yeah but but but but but and you're
hearted in the playoffs we got to see that
too and don't worry we can we have two
right and also we have two more game
for stew beef to come back then it's all
changes okay okay and then I don't know
why Nick shares assuming they're going to
beat the Celtic this whole concept oh
you want to get the two three why are
y'all assuming y'all beat in the Celtic
and Taylor has been played a single
minute yet like I don't understand that
why do they make the same like that like the
Celtic they beat them last year because
they beat them last year you know you
got to go off the revisionist history
right they went against them last year so
I think they feel confident in the fact
that they match up well against them
and you know they confident that they can
beat them because they know the game plan
and know the sets you know teams are
well here's the biggest thing though if
we're going to look back it's amazing my
default setting seems to be going
back to hating it really does because I'm
the one sitting here it might be in two
tough on them and this is not making
excuse they beat them they did everything
they had to do the Celtics could not
throw it in the ocean from three in that
series and and they took that calculated
risk and it wasn't about the next playing
amazing three-point defense in that
series and the three-point defense this
year has not been great yeah so I think
this is part of it I mean I think you
talk when you talk about the three-point
shooting you know I think this year forced
the Boston cells to play a little bit more
a little different because you know they have
guys with different talents I know
Pritchard still thrown it up and white
still thrown it up but you know they really
go inside out a lot more with the
pick and roll with the the big center
they got let's hit Anthony and Douglas
and next on ESPN New York Tony what's
up baby how are you hey you doing my
guys so I was something of time before
and yeah I you guys got to stop with the
with the Atlanta Hawks the Magic and the
Horn I mean no we talk about future we
talk we talk about in the future like we
stand there young team behind them you
know I understand but I feel like none of
those teams have a closer first off and
I don't think any of the top teams should
be scared of any of their you know top
players because they haven't proved
anything yet I mean who will we
scared of in the playoffs even in the
future for those teams you know I mean
LeMelo's good but I feel like he has a
lot to prove I mean the Atlanta Hawks they
have a decent all-around team but they don't
have any closures and the magic I feel like
they have a lot to prove as well I mean the
magic may be the best team out of those
three to me because they have a ready
player like Desmond Bain and they have
Paulo who could be a superstar in the
future but I don't I don't think the top
four teams have anything to be worried
about even in the future and I'll go
get the pisses the pisses gets crappy
against Charlotte Charlotte gives
the business problems they so athletic
they all they do is run they're 19 and
two with that with that starting lineup
they they've been they they I'm telling you
you heard it here first you heard your
first I don't know I just don't I don't
think they're the persons because the
persons had Cade and they had just a
better coach and they have just better
players to me um and I feel like the
mix shouldn't be you know the mix should
be anticipating next year because we
have an opportunity to get young so I
feel like listen we we have all about
edge in a basket right now but okay I
agree Anthony but if I were you I would
not even think about next year this is
this is not about the next few years
teams like the pistons can afford to do
that even though that they're 45 and 15
because they are where they are as
young as they are and as much as they've
been determined by the draft and by
getting young a couple of solid veterans
in Harrison such to really even them out
the next that's we're not talking about next
year this is a free agent team when you
talk about the next you know and that's
the issue because when you have free
agents the window is much shorter
because the money don't the math don't be
mapping right everything that they pretty
much got they they bought you know me see
like cool catch I'm in with this okay I
would believe all about that with the
next except champagne did did go
crazy on from three in the New Year's
Eve game the next would be undefeated
against the spurs just like settle
down like if if some butts in candy
and that's every day would be Christmas
it happened the guy did go off
and they lost that game I tell you who
I want to see more of is the deer
and warry guy
do you want to get war I think you're
gonna I mean they they they they they
really got something special with him
and he may be he may be the player
that allows you to walk away from a Josh
heart right now he doesn't give you the
offent me the defense that heart and
injury energy but at 19 years old what he's
doing and his fearlessness I mean this
dude do not care about shooting the ball
this dude will jack 80 first of all to take
13 shots as a rookie is crazy can
did I let this go did tsunami
tsunami points this out did he actually
called James Harden a plus defender did
that happen I wouldn't be surprised like I
want to go back in almost how did I let
that go do I mean go back in no no I'll
just hammer him the next time without
checking it just you know have fun with it
but like how did I let that how do you
look a comment like that go see this is
what happens sometimes sometimes I just
black out and like with D that can happen
but I blacked out in the moment James
Harden a plus defender what are we
doing yeah did that really happen but James
can play defense when he feels like it
and like maybe he felt challenged
because because Kate is few and far
between yeah yeah I mean because Kate
is uh his size and he looks at him as
an opportunity to like uh you know
prove a point tsunami and to the
audience guys I apologize if I let that
go yeah you did let it go it's a bad
job it's a bad job by me I can't
happen can't make it more can't make
all the size it's it's part in
Carlin on ESPN New York on the ESPN
New York YouTube channel go there
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D in Queens all right settle down uh
and then I'm a lot of people are impressed
with D.R. uh D.R. and they should be
listen what you are seeing is that um
and there are numbers to back this
up and we'll share them with you in a
moment if you do want to give credit
to Mike Brown for one thing it is
extending the next lineup quite a bit
and the bench quite a bit because when
it comes to the numbers in minutes there
is a drastic drop off the sure they need
to just go ahead and release Clarkson
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of things i want to share uh this from
Tommy beer will give him credit on uh
twitter thus far this year nicks have played
a total of 25 games against the top
six teams in each in each conference
they are sixteen and nine in those
games which is markedly better than
last year they were ten games below
five hundred in the regular season
against the top six games teams in each
conference so that's obviously a much
different result and then
how much do you want to play into this
again keeping in mind through sixty two
games last year exact same record right
forty and twenty two
Josh Hart played thirty eight minutes of
game last year this year he's at thirty
Michael bridges thirty four minutes of
game this year thirty eight last year
oh gee thirty seven down to thirty three
jalen is down about a minute you wouldn't
expect that to be down much and cat is
down about four minutes again how much
would you look at that and give them
credit on that front but then to your
earlier question twelve of the last
twenty games have been against teams
below five hundred i mean and you only
play that's who on your schedule
and if they lose to if they lose three
out of these next four it's not a
it doesn't mean that they can't win
because i think regular seasons games are
circumstantial based on the elements
and things like that all we can do is take
small indications and and take small
gathers of information to make educated
guesses could they still go out there
beat the pistons after losing to them
absolutely they can't can they beat
anybody sure they can but we want to
see evidence that they get they get
they're built to the right stuff and
hopefully that when they play these
teams they're gathering information
not only about their opponents for
future matchups but about themselves
let's hit it eight hundred nine one nine
three seven seven six Blair in
plainfield is next on ESPN New York hey
Blair what's up hey Colin hey Bart
listen by the way mixed fears like
we are excited because no deal
while in when he's played fifteen
minutes or more he's averaging a plus
minus of plus sixty four
and he's homegrown second round i think
you can average plus sixty four i think
total would be a plus sixty four
because okay i'm sorry that means that
they're average they're on average
outscoring teams by sixty four points
a game when he's in the game that's
i know what you're saying you know plus
minus is much better you know what he
meant Colin move on well look
it look it's it's a positive wouldn't
you agree yes absolutely look
every twenty-year-old kid to give you
this kind of a lift yeah is
incredibly encouraging my cousin's name
Blair yes we don't give you bonus time
because my cousin's name is Blair
are you the only one cool are you only
Blair because it's three of them he's
Blair Lewis picked a third
hey listen i'm fun to Bronx too
not a lot of people named Blair in the
Bronx but anyway
no one is famous Blair she either
Blair Underwood yeah Blair Underwood
black Thomas yes same same name different
bank account let me just say this real
quick um listen car and i can't blame
you if you fallen into that vacuum
of negative mix you know i haven't fallen
into it i've i've lived in it all year
all year if you would if you would i mean
i'm a diehard nixan all the way back to
channel nine okay back in the day um i
you know i was like Steve Albert three
when he wants
i've been suffering a long time but i'm
sticking with the nix the bottom line is
this and i'm calm about this
there it i think the nix have probably
for a lot of reasons the least
objective narratives in the NBA besides
the lakers there are big market team
that means more eyeballs more focus
everybody gets their best game game ready
for the nix there's no load management
you got to really be hurt if you're
visiting team i'm not making excuses
but negativity gets more nix for clicks
and you got season a stupid i mean
season a smith and you got dream on
green you got people like that who know
that it's a big big amount of attention
and money when you are negative about the
nix plus you got very obnoxious i'm i'm an
expand on realistic nobody likes me
the new yorkers outside of new york
okay so it's easy
Blair tell me this really yeah good
what would be considered a
disappointing season for you
deathbar without a doubt
disappointing would be anything short of an
appearance in the NBA finals
an appearance so here's the thing is like you're
talking about the nix for clicks and all that
stuff but your expectations are where
our expectations are that it would be a
disappointment if they didn't make the
finals like i don't even know if i would
call that a disappointment right now i
don't if they may if they'd lost in the
conference finals in seven to the
pistons in a hard fought series i don't
know that i would call that i could in good
conscience call that a disappoint not
when the pistons are played like they have
all season well it'd be disappointing
me because you let it tamed out was behind
you last year that you sent us past you
yes i get that too but you understand what i'm
saying like we can't be all of us are so
hard on the nix and beating them up so much
but then well it's a disappointment then we'll
get to the finals right but you're setting
the standard which one by which we are trying
to determine what's the success and this is
why you interpret what we do
as negativity whereas i would more interpret
what we do as a realism and an expectation
like you could argue that maybe my expectations
are too high for what they're supposed to do
well they told me i'm too positive on the next i
mean they told us then they like bridges down
all right even i can't sell them yes well they like bridges down
and told us that that was all they needed well
it lead i i can't go to town on him again
but there's no need to at least he's playing a little better
they play better he's played better last couple of games he has
he absolutely has Derek and hillside is next he has
been New York Derek what's going on yeah i was going
on guys how y'all doing today man good uh talk
about the next man love they've been playing better
i think the two acquisitions i have a lot on
soldier and has probably shifted the culture
with the defense a little bit but um the
minute thing it's like last year to me i can't
blame them but oh because we can look at the
bitch who do he really have to really play
they didn't have a duo aura the young guy
she'll talk about now who Debbie is promising
they didn't have a type of pole in Jordan Clarkson
and stuff like that is really he didn't really have much
he had cammin paint come off the bitch
yes shaman i mean he didn't play shaman last year
i think shaman was a little bit hurt wasn't he last year
nice his ass was hurt from sitting on the bed so much
yeah but yeah but i mean that'd be kind of
play shaman to be looking at what shaman's doing this year
but he really he's talking about one player
that i mean you need at least three to four
if you want to make a deep one in the play oh so
to me it i get white brown has been a lot
you know we'll search with the minutes and you know
sharing the minutes around and he has a better
bitch i just want to know from you guys' perspective
like um the last caller i didn't um not the last one
before that i think he was talking about the guys
the teams that are you know yearning up to make a run in the
future he was like shooting down at charlotte carolando
charlotte or eland or eland today there's some serious
tends to me or eland or audini does a competent coach i think
after this season they probably won't get rid of
them all mostly to be honest but eland if you get a big man
and with um charlotte and audini if they get in the playoffs
yeah i don't want to see charlotte yeah man you don't because you
think it a little bit experienced that's going to do a
lot for the confidence into the next year so
i just want to know how y'all really feel about
what i said about uh jimal moseley and the charlotte hornets
listen i i am high on charlotte hornets and listen people see people aren't
paying attention and what happens is they got the
suspension so the suspension you know kind of stop their
momentum but they got into that scrap with the
pistons because they was getting into pistons as
and giving the pistons some of the some of the same some of their same
treatment so i mean if you ain't paying attention man
ball is a is a is a could be a perennial all star if he can stay healthy
carniple is is a shooting machine so now they have the
spaces that need branding millers or dog you know the first
person that stepped up to try and fight stew beef was mild
bridges he brains that dog mentality you know you can
disagree agree with what he did in a couple
years ago how you see him but he's a he's a show no
player and then they got then they got the moosa
on the outfit guy man so they got they got they got a bunch of
young guys that that play very well and then listen
that's another young team you know the outfit or whatever
i can't say about that yeah do you buy that 24 years old brother
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