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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

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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

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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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you get your podcasts here's a couple

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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