NBA Playoff Chaos, Pistons Force Game 7 & Spurs Ready for Thunder | 🎙️ THE PROPHET RETURNS 😳🍷

Cold Open And Nickname Banter

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Profit because I I I love a nigga. Thank you so much for my nickname. I think that's very fitting. You know, a lot a lot of people are trying to get on me for my one, you know, wrong pick about the Spurs, you know. You know, even a profit can be wrong. One and done every every once in a while.

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We picked the Sixers against the Celtics like a month, like a long, long time. So right about that. But like what have you done since the what about you're a one? You're a one-hit wonder. You're a one and done. How am I a one-hit one?

SPEAKER_07 0:27

I called it, I said Jeremy Lin. At the beginning of the playoffs, did we know Ant-Man was gonna have two broken knees going into the series? He wasn't even supposed to play in in this series, miraculously, like Wolverine came, played in game one, and then uh DiVincenzo ruptures his Achilles. Have a lot of powers. I'm like L on um on Stranger Things. So I have a lot of powers, okay? But every superhero has limitations, okay? The one thing that I cannot see, okay. So this is just a disclaimer. I cannot predict injuries. All right. I cannot see that. So you just have to have that one little disclaimer. So just have that. Just know that I can't see that, but everything else I have pretty crystal clear vision on. All right, all right. So man, I totally lost where we were. I don't even know where I was.

SPEAKER_01 1:14

We're making stranger things.

SPEAKER_07 1:16

Yeah, we're making stranger things. Shout out to Stranger Things. We've been we've been bench watching that. So that's been fun. So don't lie. And this is Derek Thompson from Pick'em Pros. You can catch us on all podcast platforms, including YouTube and now 104.5 WCCG in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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Let's go ahead and I pick them up to bro, go drop a ball, talk a pick a roll.

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We're gonna up to go touchdown. We the winning team, champions, when you walk.

Pistons-Cavs Game 6 Breakdown

SPEAKER_07 1:58

All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. You know who it is. I am Derek Thompson. I'm Diego Thompson, and I'm Mike Sims. And who are we? Pick'em Pros in the house. Yeah, baby. Pick them pros in the house, father-son, dynamic duo, along with Detroit's finest Michael Sims here representing, you know what I mean? Representing the D. Representing the D, but you know, I'm also representing the D as well. You know what I mean? Detroit versus everybody, everybody. You know, y'all don't know about this. There's a little something that only the the Detroitians know about. You know what I'm saying? If you and the D, you know about it. That's right. That's right. So shout out to the D special show today. Let me go through the rundown. We got a lot to cover here. So today we're gonna cover the Pistons clearly. All right. So a lot of us have them going to the finals. Knicks fans do not agree with that. Uh, some say, hey, are they even gonna get past the Cavs? They got a big game seven tomorrow. So we're gonna talk about that clearly. We've got um the Spurs. They knocked off the Timberwolves. The prophet said that was not gonna happen. That was one of the things he was wrong about. Okay, so we got to talk about that. That's the answer to that. Okay. We also have um, hey, what dynasty, what team is gonna run the next 10 years? Is that gonna be the Thunder or is that gonna be the Spurs? We know who's that gonna be, or is that gonna be somebody else? We're gonna talk about that. We've got to talk about the Knicks for all our Knicks fans. Shout out to you. We're gonna talk about are the Knicks about to run the East for the foreseeable future. Um, and then also um Brunson. Is he already the top two Knicks of all time? Let's let's talk about that. Brunson, all right. Then lastly, of course, we have to go into the uh conference finals, who's gonna win, who's gonna go to the finals, other already told you that. I think we all said that, but we will revisit that. Um, and oh, we got more, a lot more here. Um, my grandmother, uh, Mr. Loris Christian, your grandmother passed um a couple weeks ago, and we just want to thank you for that. This show is dedicated to Mr. Loris Christian. We love you. We're gonna do a special tribute to you later in the show. She is uh representing Detroit, representing the D. Another reason why I had this hat on here. So we're going to give her much love and we'll finish off with Brandon and go from there. So that's the show rundown. All right, all right. So, y'all ready to get into this fire show today? Let's fire it up. All right, let's do it. Let's do it. So let's talk about Detroit basketball. We know about we're gonna talk about that. Now, before that, Sims, you know I mean, you know, I went to the D, couldn't go to the D without bringing back gifts, man. So uh oh. You know what I'm saying? I actually I got the Detroit versus everybody from you as well. I appreciate it, so I'm saying representing the D. You got that, you got that as well. So I appreciate it. Yes, you're awesome, man. Yes, yes. I had to make sure, make sure you have that. All right, so let's go into uh game six uh that happened last night between the Pistons and Cavs. Pistons were on the brink, man, looking shaky. Yeah, some may have been scared, some may not have been scared. I don't know, we'll talk about that. I had we you uh Mike and I both had them go to the finals, so we had a lot of them live last night. Now they're coming home for game seven. But Diego, why don't you kick us off, man? Tell us about uh game six um and we'll go from there.

SPEAKER_03 5:19

Um yeah, I mean, I think Pistons uh they I mean I I think the Cavs should have took care of business in game six. They're gonna beat him because I really am not confident them in a game seven with like guys like James Harden and the team, guys who haven't really come up clutch in the playoffs really before. Right. But um, yeah, so Pistons that they uh that was a big win for them uh getting uh taking control. So now I think game seven is a game that they I really do not see them losing. And are they ahead of schedule? I think they're they're a bit ahead of schedule because um Cade obviously is a great superstar, but uh, they don't really have a lot of other championship level uh players in that team. So I think they are ahead of schedule, really getting to where they are on the break of going to the conference final. Yeah.

Cade Off Ball And Ref Complaints

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So one thing I gotta mention, so I know a lot of you are watching on Instagram. So Instagram is forcing us to show it vertically. So most of the solo cameras are great, but the wide shot, I see you're just seeing the table. We're also streaming on YouTube, so you can go to our YouTube channel and you can see it in its native format. We're trying to, we know a lot of the Instagrammers don't go to YouTube too much, so we're trying to share the love. But if you're watching on Instagram for the best experience, go ahead and go to YouTube. That's uh youtube.com slash uh pick them pros. You can catch us right there. So just want to mention that. All right, so Sims, man, what what you see in uh in game six? Oh so was really happy about game six, it's what the pistons should have been. Their uh off-the-bench point production was insane, and and that's what it has to be. Um I I I'm gonna be straight up, I'm still a little worried, only for the fact that there's just too much being relied on on Cade. And if you look at some of the past games, he uh um in the fourth quarter, he's been drowning out in the fourth quarter just because he's been exhausted, you know, as far as playing defense and then uh having to be that that that that scoring guy. Now everybody picked up the spore, the scoring on this last game, and I think uh Reed is has been uh uh awesome spot. And you get you can look at him and Duran now, you see they're gonna be splitting time right down the middle. I mean to. Right, right, right, because you know he was averaging 19 points a game during the season. Right. And now I think he's barely averaging 10, right? I mean, when I say that, I'm talking like barely. So had to find something for that. And I think, you know, uh um he's found the coach has found something, and we're gonna kind of go with that. Uh, I think we'll get by in the game seven, but I'm a little worried about the Knicks now. Only from a standpoint of all of these seven games, and uh it if you know anything about the playoff playoffs, it's grueling, yeah, it puts a lot on the body, and the Knicks resting. Yeah, they are. You know, I had expected that they would take care of business more with Orlando, right? You know, and then if they got into this with Cleveland, fine, but at least they had some. But no, it's been uh with Orlando now with Cleveland. I think they're gonna get by, but it's gonna be rough. Yeah, yeah. Two two game sevens in a row is a lot to uh to go in. I think the only thing I can find some um, one of the things I can find some hope in is I believe the Celtics did the same thing. If I'm not mistaken, the Celtics, the big three Celtics with Garnett, Ray Allen, and all them, I believe they had shoot, they had at least two game sevens, I believe, in their road. Right. If I'm not mistaken. So it there is a precedent for it, but uh, of course, it's very rare to uh to to do that. What stood out to me uh from jump, and I also heard it um on NBA radio this morning, said the same thing. How many times did you see K bring the ball up the court in in game six? Yeah, it was it was less. Yes, yeah, it was less. So um uh Jennings brought it up more. Exactly. Um I would kind of if you remember the um oh gosh, Reggie Miller, they did uh Steph Curry. I would like to see him come off of multiple screens, but they don't do that. Nah, I would I I think K can fit into that because he shoots that that that midi is insane. Oh yeah, yeah, it's it's it's insane, and he shoots down. If you ever notice, he shoots right on at the at the basket. So if he gets just a second, yeah, it's it's coming off. So yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I think that's that's what really stood out to me. They took took him off the ball, bringing him, uh, bringing the ball up. So they really kind of made him more of a two. Um which is his real position. Exactly. That's his real position. Right. But my question is, you know, we're gonna go all back into that, is does he, you know, I I think sometimes for the star player, they'll make the offense to the way that he likes it. Right. So I wonder how he's feeling, you know, how things are going. And he said, okay, all right, let's start having him. Because man, he had uh, you know, that game five, he had 40 points, I think it was. Yeah, oh yeah. Yeah, yeah, and they lost. Yeah, right, right. And he did. Because Diego, you were saying that, you know, he's so much harder to what he's so much easier to guard when he's bringing the ball up like that.

SPEAKER_03 10:30

Yeah, so must be because like he's I don't really view him as a true point guard, right? Because he and he turns the ball over a lot. And so I think that's just because he's not that he's a he's a good ball handler, but as far as like bringing the ball up the court, like taking care of it, right? Like, I don't know if that's really he's a better ball handler when it comes to like getting to his spot trying to get a bucket. Right. So I think having Jennings bring the ball up and have him play that too, I think that that's what's best best for them. He's been one of those like really good players that they're that that they put at point guard to make make his stock rise. Yeah. And in high school and like high school and college, it was like the competition wasn't as good.

SPEAKER_07 11:06

You're gonna know in game seven.

SPEAKER_03 11:07

You're gonna see what I know he's seen in the series, but yeah, two, he we know he can get a bucket, so yeah. So I think that's what it should focus on him doing. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_07 11:16

That's that's definitely what I what I noticed. The offense just had so much more juice to it last night. So we'll see. The what what concerns me as someone picking Detroit is just the extra day of the media killing Cleveland. You know, that's that that's the only thing that is a is a concern of, you know, hard having to hear everybody saying all this about him. Mitchell here, just like, hey, y'all, be quiet. Just just let him. Right. You know, that's the only thing. Right. Don't don't wake Mitchell up to come in and have a, you know, an amazing Mitch report performance. Yeah, like he had that was it, that first game. Right, exactly. Right, yeah, right. So that's that's the only thing there. But um, you know, they're at home, the crowd will clearly be in it. Uh man, the D was repping in Cleveland uh last night, man. There was a lot of Detroit fans up in there. They did, they did. They showed up hard. They showed up hard. So yeah, yeah, yeah. Hopefully, hopefully, I'm just gonna touch it and stuff, right? We we we can get some kind of consistency on the calls. Oh my gosh. Woo! This ain't even me saying this. Yeah, it's it's across the NBA, you know, what people are saying. Yeah, the call, the calls have been bad.

SPEAKER_03 12:31

Yeah, it's pretty fair on a uh pretty unfair on a star. Like that last foul. That's crazy, man. That last foul, like those last two, they were not fouled.

SPEAKER_07 12:38

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, look at look at it, look at game game five. I mean, again, I'm fine, even though you're gonna call all that on Harding, but he literally on game five, he literally tripped him. The commentator said it. All right, and you know, commentators try to stay away from that. They do he he tripped him, yeah. He tripped him, and he didn't call anything. He could have ended it right there on the free throw line. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was that that was bad. That was bad. So, one one last thing here um before we uh go because we all think we all have the pistons in game seven. I think that we all have that. Yeah, but the last thing is so are the Pistons ahead of schedule? So, Diego, you already touched on this a little bit. I don't know if you have anything else you want to say on that if we just go right the mic, but I do want to touch on if they're ahead of schedule.

SPEAKER_03 13:25

Oh, well, yeah, yeah, I think yeah, I believe they're they're ahead of schedule, yeah, because of um, yeah, I just think I I was viewing them as like one piece away type of team. But with them already getting to a conference final, I think that's a big achievement. So um, I think once they get like another player that's like on Cade's level, I think that that can get them to being a real championship contender.

SPEAKER_07 13:47

Well, they haven't sold. So if they win, so yours might be if they win tomorrow, they're ahead of schedule. Because what if they lose tomorrow?

SPEAKER_03 13:53

If they lose tomorrow, then I'd say they're about like on par schedule. Like they I wouldn't say like losing in a game seven in a second round series, that's not an underachievement. Okay. I mean, that's not a because they only made it the first round last year and they lost the next like six games, I think. I got you. Yep, yep, that's that's fair.

SPEAKER_07 14:11

Oh my gosh, I got I'm gonna have to agree with Diego here. Oh my gosh, I might have to give you the doggone Detroit versus everybody has. Yeah, I'm I'm pretty much the same, you know. So, and I like what he said that even if let's just say that they lose, they still on track. If they win, a little bit ahead of schedule, but I had them going anyway, at least to the conference finals. I'm just gonna repeat it. I just think it's gonna be a toll. It's just a toll. And I and the Knicks sitting back resting, right? Right. So oh dang, you know what? We gotta go. We're going way longer on this segment than our planned, but it's okay. It's Detroit. This is a Detroit themed show. We got the Detroit family showing love. Shout out to Granny. She was a huge Detroit Piston fan. That's right. My granny was a huge Detroit Piston fan. Aunt Merlene, too. Everybody, yeah, huge. Can't be in Detroit and not be a fan. Yeah, yeah. So I gotta shout that out. But beef stew. Yes, man, was because I know before he was talking beef stew, we're gonna cook it up and all that. Yes, I see, man. What's up with beef stew? I don't think that uh if if if now it depends upon if you've looked at him during the season. For whatever reason, the coaches cut some of his men minutes back. So I actually think he can't get into a flow, okay, right? For what he was normally doing during the regular season. That's what I kind of think that's what's going on with him. And again, I'll say it again. I just think Reed needs to be in there. You know, that's that's the person that needs to be in there as far as for the way I mean they use they need to split their minutes 50-50. For real. You know, for real.

SPEAKER_04 15:45

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_07 15:46

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Because we were looking, yeah. We were like, man, where's we looking on the bench? We don't see him. I'm looking through the box scores. Four minutes.

SPEAKER_03 15:55

I'm talking like warm-up, tea, and sweatpants, like nice, like good.

SPEAKER_07 16:00

No, the coach, the coach now, he's looking at it going, okay, all right, this is crut, this, this, this is, you know. So now he he he trying to retool, so he's true, you know, because reading them wasn't receiving no time. He stuck him in there, what was it, game four, I think it was at the end, yeah, and got some good production out of him. Then he started saying, Okay, let me try. So, yeah, you know, again, uh, what was the guard's name, too, that he had in there yesterday? Oh man. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I was like, where'd he go? Oh, right, right, right, right. So when you see that, they reach you. Exactly. They reach like if you was in the stands, he might have grabbed you.

SPEAKER_04 16:35

Really?

Spurs Beat Wolves And Why

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I would have been giving them buckets. You would have you'd have said, Hey, hey, y'all need this bucket right here. Let me go, let me go get another spit bucket for you. You've been giving them some buckets. I would have been making the sound effects and everything. Oh man. All right, cool. Well, let's move on to the uh next topic here. So let's get to the Spurs. We know the Spurs fans are ready. We got to get to the San Antonio Spurs and um the Minnesota Timberwolves. Try to tell everybody. Yes, yes. You you tried to tell everybody. So, man, so let's actually let's start off with you because as you saw, if uh you were here for the very beginning of the show, we played the clip from the beginning of the playoffs. You said it would be the San Antonio Spurs and the Pistons in the finals, and you said the Spurs would win the championship. So clearly you're still on track for that. Um, just man, what what are you seeing in uh what did you see in that series with um the Spurs and uh and what did they did they expose Minnesota at all? Oh, I mean, it's all about Wimby for what he does. And this is why I'm saying if you look at Oklahoma statistically, okay, Oklahoma, they shoot some threes, but they don't shoot threes like that. Their field goal percentage is almost a little bit over 50 percent. You talking about Minnesota? I mean, excuse me, Oklahoma, excuse me, Oklahoma. And the reason why I'm saying that is yeah, that's this is why uh uh thank you. San Antonio is gonna get um by them because Wemby does such a huge Minnesota couldn't go inside. Okay, it could they couldn't go inside. So now you got to hit from the you know from that three-point line. Yeah, it's gonna it's gonna push you. And they got in Casey and oh boy, they got two dogs out there for defenders, yeah right. So uh I just think that that that inside, how many times did you see somebody not just Ant-Man head in the inside and they see it and they turn around and head back out? See, Wimby gets counted. We we we count the blocks, but we don't count those. That is true. That's a statistic that you need to take a look at. That is true. How many go in there and turn around and go back out because they know that he's there. That's true, you know, or or shooting a bad floater. Right. We saw a bunch of missed floaters coming up.

SPEAKER_03 18:54

Yeah, it was like you're trying to make a decision to go right, yeah, right, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_07 19:00

Right, cuz because it's funny, and that's a good point, because it's a heck of a floater that you got to do when you got a guy that's seven, what, six? Yeah, yeah, it's crazy, it's crazy. Yeah, okay. What about you, Diego?

SPEAKER_03 19:12

Yeah, um, I mean, yeah, congrats to the Spurs for beating a depleted uh Timberwolves team that was down like three guards and hadn't had their best player, was in had two injured knees, but whatever. That's congrats to them. So, yeah, and took them six games, too. But um, yeah, so I don't think Teal's got exposed. They were just like really run down, obviously had some injuries. Ant-Man, he was able to give them a few really good games, but just those injuries were a lot more. Yeah, so yeah, so um so yeah. I mean, I think the Spurs did what they were supposed to do. Okay, but the the but the Thunder, they're gonna give them some trouble. I know that Spurs, um, they really um they were beaten up on the Thunder a lot in the regular season, but we know how these teams are. Obviously, we could see like if you looked at the games, especially early on in the season, uh OKC was uh either they either weren't full strength or they weren't really showing all their stuff. Because then later in the season, you could see them really showing all their schemes, showing all that all uh and they got and they got Jeremy Kane and a few other pieces, and they were making big time moves. And like with them, you you say the Thunder, they can't really shoot. I think that they can adjust to whatever play style they need to play. Because look, they've had they picked up Jeremy K in the middle of the season, and throughout the playoffs, they've either really gave him some quality minutes or they haven't played him at all. In the games that they've really played him, they've really needed shooting, and he's delivered that. He's been able to shoot like make like four or five threes in a game. But if not, if they play more physical team, a team that they they're able to get to the basket more, they don't play him as much. So yeah, I think that they can adjust to that. I think this is also a series where you'll be seeing a lot of Jared McCain's. He'll be needing a lot of outside.

SPEAKER_07 20:59

I think you I think you will, and y'all keep going to that series. We're supposed to talk about that series later in the show, but that's okay. That's all right. Y'all are good, y'all are good. A lot of people want to hear about that. Uh, Summer, can you pull up that last comment? Because uh, I just it just flashed by and I just want to see who that is or what that is. It was a blue. Uh oh, what up though? Okay, Detroit, Deanna. Yeah, what up though? What up, though, Detroit fam there? I knew I caught out the corner of my eye, so I'm trying to keep an eye on some of the comments here. So, okay. Um, and shout out, man, to everyone that's been commenting there. So, I want to give a special shout out also to I'll say Nixter, but it's N1 CK5 T E R. Big Spurs fan. Actually, started a whole lot of banter back and forth uh from the profit and whatnot. So we appreciate you. So a lot of great uh banter going back and forth. So with that series, man, um, one thing that they did expose they did expose that the um Timberwolves take a lot of bad shots. Yeah, they still take a lot of bad shots, and that's something. Something that the Spurs you don't see the Spurs take many bad shots. Um, you also don't see the Thunder take many bad shots. That's why that's gonna be such a great series. Yeah, the Nuggets typically don't take bad shots, but the Timberwolves are so athletic and they can kind of get around those mispossessions because their defense is so good and the Nuggets don't play, you know, as good at defense.

SPEAKER_03 22:23

Yeah.

Thunder Vs Spurs Dynasty Debate

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But when you get to this stage, you get you know this late, you have to be able to take shots. You can't be wasting shots uh like that. And that's something that Minnesota, they're a lot better than they used to be about that, but they're still bad about that. So that was one of the things that they need to clean up. Yes, the injuries were, you know, an issue, of course, and with both of his knees and losing um DiVincenzo. That clearly was big. They could have used that three-point shooting. They needed another perimeter defender. So, you know, with all that, yeah, I still think Minnesota could have got him, but hey, you got to give Spurs credit. They they beat him, and a lot of the games were blowouts, you know, they're blowing them out by 30 and whatnot. So that definitely took their heart. Um, you know, the thing that they they took their heart earlier in the series because I noticed games three and four in Minnesota. The crowd wasn't nearly as loud as they normally are. Because the Spurs, every single game, the Spurs would get up to a 10, 15 point lead, like right off the bat, every single game. Right. And then Minnesota would climb back in, maybe tie it by the end of the first quarter, but it was like always an uphill battle every single time. So we're starting really well. Yeah, so they they they had their number. Um, you know, they've got to, they got to get healthy, um, but they they have to take better shots. That's something that they're gonna have to clean up if they want to contend. They've got some pieces, but you know, they gotta, they gotta clean it up. So that was the thing I saw. All right. Um, man, I think we can let's go ahead and move on to the next topic. Y'all ready to talk about the dynasty? Who's gonna be the next dynasty over the next uh next decade? Not even a debate. Okay, not even a debate. You're thinking the pistons like myself? Yeah, I mean, no. I agree with you, Diego. Yeah, you're right, the Pistons, man. Yeah, so yeah, so Diego, Matt, kick us off with this. So, hey, okay, you know, we know that the um Thunder already have a chip, so that that is a big deal. Um, they didn't waste any years. I feel like the Celtics had a lot of the makings for a dynasty, but they missed a lot of opportunities. You know, the uh the the year in the bubble um was a missed opportunity, the year against when they lost to the Warriors was a missed opportunity. Yes. The year that the Heat knocked them out in the Eastern Conference Finals. I mean, the Celtics could have four championships right now and would already be listed as a dynasty. So when you give away those opportunities, that cuts into your opportunity to have a dynasty. Yeah, the Thunder are right on schedule or ahead of schedule because I'd say the very first year they really could have won the title, they won the title. So that's big. A lot of teams don't do that. Um, so you know, we can look back at the Pistons. The Pistons could have had a lot more titles back in the old bad boy days. Oh, that one they threw away the bird, which is the classic. Exactly. That was supposed to be going to the championship right now. Exactly. So a lot of teams that you know win a couple, they end up throwing a few away early. But um, with all that said, Diego, um, who runs the next decade?

SPEAKER_03 25:30

Yeah, I mean, it's gotta be the Thunder. I mean, they got they already got the chip, like you said. They're on a run again, and their their roster just constructed so well. I mean, they got that SGA obviously running, and he's been doing his thing for the last few years, probably gonna get back-to-back MVP. Um, Chet, um, a big matchup problem, seven, seven foot can really do it all. Yeah, big. Um J Jalen Williams, small forward, can really do everything on the floor, defend, shoot, get to the basket. And just all their role players are amazing. Like, it's like anybody on the on that team, like if they if you really gave them a chance to shine, they could get you like 20. So like like AJ Mitchell, you got him like 20. Jeremy King hit like four or five threes in the game. Like, you know, they got they got so Lou Dort, uh Alex Crusoe, right? Like they just got so many pieces, and everybody can defend, which is which is something that you really need in in really every round of the playoffs. So and and they got the the uh GM that uh is always gonna construct the roster to where they have that, and and they got picked, they still got picks for the next few years. Like they got a first, they got a lottery pick this year. Yeah, so they can get another really good piece. So yeah, I just think that the Spurs will obviously be a contender, they have Wemby, and as long as he stays healthy, he's gonna be um he's gonna be a problem. But I think the Thunder will be the main, the main dynasty.

SPEAKER_07 26:49

And Mitchell's on a very team-friendly contract, yes. So yeah, yeah. Okay, yeah. All right, great case for the uh Thunder. So I guess that's uh open and shut there. See that comment. Uh uh, don't sleep on the Spurs. Yes, yes. Thank you for commenting. Yes. All right, really right in right into that. So Spurs. Speaking of not speaking on the Spurs, Spurs, yeah. If I gotta pick somebody other than the Pistons, since we only have two up there, I don't know why we uh drinking the Kool-Aid. But with that being said, since it's our two topics right there, I'm going to say uh, because not you got Wimby, you got Castle, you got Fox right now in the postseason. Um, they're all averaging double digits, like 19 and uh 18, almost 20, almost 20 points. I ain't talking about Wimby. So you got three core values, and I didn't even throw Harper in there, but man, you can see that they are going to be a dynasty. I just think that I'm a big defensive person, uh, you know, just of course being from Detroit, bad boys and Ho Chabane. And Wimby just brings so much from a defensive standpoint. It does. Because when you come down court, you know, a lot of people, if you are basketball aficionado like myself, you understand that it's just so many shot attempts that happen per game. How you take that is quality shot attempts. And what Wimby does is he takes a lot of that away. And so I really see that coming up that they're probably going to be the dynasty now. They're gonna you know go against each other a lot. You can see that that that that's gonna be the um um, I think from a conference standpoint, who'd you put that with uh from back in the day? Them two going, uh you can see Spurs and Thunder. I'm trying to think who we saw a lot. That's that that's in the same conference, yeah. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Western conference. Oh, or Eastern. Uh trying to think that you usually end up matching up a lot. That's true. I mean, because I mean Bulls and Knicks did, you know, back in that time. We all do the Bulls one every time. But Boston and Detroit. Yeah, Boston, Detroit for sure. Um, shoot, uh Bulls and Detroit. My gosh. Bulls in Detroit. Yeah, yeah. You can see that it's gonna be a Spurs Thunder thing coming up here in the future and stuff. I just think Wimby's gonna be, you know, wow, how old is he? 20 what?

SPEAKER_03 29:07

I think like I think 22. Yeah, is he 22? I uh I do worry about him staying healthy though, that's the thing. I I agree with you on that. That's always I agree with you on that.

SPEAKER_07 29:15

I'm always nervous about because the guy, and he's put on weight, but he's still a buck 05. Yeah, yeah. He's still a buck 05, yeah, yeah, for sure. Yeah, yeah. I'm trying to get us say, yo, dog, drink some pure green over here. Shout out to pure green, shout out to pure green as possible. Uh, yeah, man. So, you know, I, you know, I'm with Diego on this, with uh OKC with the Thunder. Um, you know, draft pick wise, they're set. They have the best GM in basketball. Um, and the Spurs are positioned. I mean, clearly the Spurs have a very good coach. I think that coach, I'm very impressed with the coach. Um, of course, the culture, they still have pop that they can lean on. I saw clips of pop, you know, helping them out and whatnot. So, you know, it's a great organization. I hate on the Spurs a lot, but they're a great organization. You can't take anything away from them. And two things that I have to give them shout-out to. So getting off topic a little bit, but with the Spurs, I am grateful that the Spurs prevented the Shaq Kobe Lakers from forepeding. So, because they were gonna foreped and the um Spurs beat them. That's right. Oh, that that's the comparison, actually. My God, the uh Lakers Spurs.

SPEAKER_02 30:32

That's the one.

SPEAKER_07 30:33

Yeah, um, they prevented them. I matter, I remember I was uh downtown Riley, was at this uh spot, and the game I was you know on. They uh beat them late great Kobe Bryant, you know, uh was crying after, you know what I mean? And like as soon as the game went off, music cut on, everybody was partying because so many people could, you know, you could love or hate the Lakers, right? Um, and then the other thing that they did, they also stopped uh the LeBron Heat team. Ah, that's right. They beat them by by a record margin that uh that followed. That's right. So it is they had a couple of big uh big championships that beat other teams that I couldn't stand. Right as a fact. So I do have to give the Spurs credit for uh for that. But as far as this matchup, to get back to this, I think one of the other advantages that that the um that the uh Thunder have is Jay Doug. Jason Williams. They gotta keep him healthy, right? And he again, all this stuff that the Thunder's doing, people forget. He's the second best player. Right. There's two teams now, again, lesser teams, they're sweeping them without them. Yeah, but the advantage that they have is that they got that big wing, they got that big Scottie Pippen frame player that they can have. So you can have SGA and J Dub on opposite sides. Wimby, Wimby can't check them both. He can't be up there blocking them both. Yeah, and that that that three guard offense is great when you're getting downhill passing everybody, but when you have guards that can defend you that are bigger than you, it might be a lot of mouse in the house, you know, backing down with J Dub and with uh SGA. So that's that's probably the X factor. So, you know, I'd say as long as J Dub can stay healthy and they can continue on, I think that's one of the big advantages that I give them. You know, they've got Chet. It's gonna be interesting to see how Chet and them, you know, match up throughout the dynasty. But um, it is close. But I do equate this. I think this is gonna be very similar. That's a great point, Diego. This is like the Lakers and Spurs, where you know, they run it for years. I mean, shoot, the Lakers got five chips in that. Uh, I will say Kobe, you know, with Kobe being there and Shaq was there for three of them. Yeah, and then Duncan got Duncan got four, four or five. Four. So Spurs, fact check us on that if it was five.

SPEAKER_03 32:54

But yeah, um, but you're getting five, but like the their fifth one was like a few years after the Lakers. Like their fifth one, because like Kobe got his final one in like 2010. Spurs got their final one in like 2014. So if you look at like when they were really like both in the middle of the city. Oh, when they were going. Okay. Okay, you're going, yeah. Okay, yeah, yeah. Right, right.

Are The Knicks Built To Rule

SPEAKER_07 33:12

But yeah, but yeah, I think the totality because the Spurs also got taken out. The first one was the um the lockout shortened season in I think it was 99. Um, was the very first one when they still had Dave Robinson. Yeah. Was that I think if we throw that in, I think that makes it five. But yeah, um, anyhow, I think this is very similar to that. Yeah, I agree. Yeah, I agree. I think that that's the best, best comparison there. All right. Well, let's move on to the Knicks. Knicks, Knicks here. Uh, again, we're not talking about the conference finals just yet. This is purely Knicks, okay? So we have uh two topics here. First, we're talking about within this Knicks here. Um, man, are the Knicks about to run the East? Most folks, you know, in the comments are saying Pistons don't have a shot, although we're gonna talk about that in a minute. But just long, let's talk about this just from a long-term standpoint of what's being built, looking at the rosters, just looking at the makeup. You know, are the Knicks about to run the East?

SPEAKER_03 34:14

Uh okay. Look at it, Mike. I don't think they're about to run the East. Like this year, I think they're gonna get to the finals. Okay, but like as far as like every year, like this, the team, the beat, like I don't know about that. Like they they have a good team. They they have Brunson, obviously. I really like him, I like his game. But I mean, the Pistons are like one move away from being like really top-notch, though. Um, I think that that's gonna be kind of the rivalry there. I mean, the Celtics could we don't know about what they're gonna do. They could still get Giannis. They they're in the like the they're still, I mean, uh they're still um we're talking about, but so can the Knicks. Yes, the Knicks can uh yeah, but I don't know. I don't really know if that's I don't know, but I I mean the Knicks they're they're gonna be around, they're gonna be uh one of the top teams in the East, but I don't know about the the team to beat, probably not. Uh-huh. Okay. All right.

SPEAKER_07 35:10

You know how he just said that? And I like the thing Diego said, but Diego just approached that just like how you approach Dallas at the beginning of the season or whatever. And they can they go into the Super Bowl, right? Right? Right. Oh, well, uh uh Knicks say I like Bronson and all that, but what do I always say don't drink? What do I say don't drink? Everybody remember? Kool-Aid. Don't drink the Kool-Aid, gentlemen. Gentlemen, I say it to you right now. There it goes. Pack it a Kool-Aid, don't drink it. Don't drink it. Don't drink it. We're not gonna drink it. Don't drink the Kool-Aid. We're gonna drink prayer green, get it shaken up, baby. Why? Because the Knicks, they are going to be good. And I actually even said for this series they that the Pistons might have trouble with them if they get past this game seven because of just the wear and tear. But if you're talking about building a dynasty and I just don't think the Knicks are like Dallas, they always do something. It's something. And then next year you're talking about Boston being, you know, right back in there. Well, we saw from Orlando, I think we all agreed that that was supposed to be the Orlando that was supposed to be during the season, and they got everybody back. And you know what? And again, for next year, what does that mean if they keep everybody attack? I just think there's a lot of variables in there. And um, with the Knicks, you got to be careful. It's just like Dallas. You don't drink the Kool-Aid, yeah, you drink pure green. Uh uh. I like it. I like it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't um they look good. They look good. And the way they've been beating people down, I'm I'm just more shocked by the swing. You know, like it was two weeks ago, they were down two one to Atlanta. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 36:46

Well were they ever down? I think it was just tied.

SPEAKER_07 36:49

I think they were down two one.

SPEAKER_03 36:51

Nah, I don't think they were down.

SPEAKER_07 36:53

We gotta look that up. Yeah, they were. I'm pretty sure they were they were down to one. Randy got the whole, we got uh let's see. Okay, you didn't say that. But yeah, I think they were down, they were down to one. Yeah, uh, so I mean, you know, here it is. Now they're blowing teams out by like record record margins. It's it's it's it's ridiculous. So, you know, man, it's um they're looking great, but the Pistons, again, they're building their roster. Um, they need to get another piece, but they can But if you look at them during the regular season, oh, oh, the the the Pistons manhandle the Knicks. The Pistons manhandle the Knicks. That's why it's gonna be so interesting if they do, you know, end up facing each other in the Eastern Conference Finals with actually both matchups. We already have Thunder OKC, and we saw how the Spurs had their number during the regular season, but people will say, hey, that's regular season. And the OKC gets the benefit of the doubt a little more because they're champions as well. Here it is with the Knicks, Pistons. Pistons clearly, you know, uh manhandled them, we're very physical with them. You know, um the Knicks.

SPEAKER_04 37:58

The matchup was really hurt.

SPEAKER_07 38:02

So that's gonna say a lot, you know. If they because again, there was so much buzz. We forget the Knicks made the Easter Conference Finals last year. That's correct. There was a huge buzz about them making the Easter Conference Finals, and then they fired the coach, right? Right, they were named the streets. I mean, yeah, they they about had a parade when they made the Easter Conference Finals, and they went from that to firing the coach. Yeah, which that's a whole other topic. So, you know, you know, so it can change in in an instance. So I think that's gonna be very, very interesting. But um, they're looking good right now, but I think we're gonna have to we're gonna have to see. And then the Celtics. What are the Celtics about to do? You know, it looks like they may you know make a move. Are they gonna bring Giannis in? What's gonna happen there? That's gonna be very, very interesting. You got Orlando up and coming. Uh, the East, I think the East is gonna be tight.

SPEAKER_03 38:55

It's gonna be probably too many other teams are like this one one way in the in the in the East.

Brunson’s Place In Knicks History

SPEAKER_07 39:01

And and and you just believe it or not, and you're a Dallas man, you put the Dallas Cowboy hat on and everything, and you mess with them, but you just made my argument. The Knicks did a Dallas thing when they go to the Eastern Conference finals, and then they go on and fire their coach. That's a Dallas thing. I'm just saying, right, right. I was just saying, right, they're too much, yeah, like Dallas. That's that's true, that's true. Uh that that's a great point. That's a great point. All right. Well, one more Knicks topic, and then we're gonna officially get into these uh conference finals picks and our tribute and uh bring Brandon on here. So with uh Brunson, let's talk about talk about him for a second, man. Uh he's got the most 30-point playoff games in playoff history, led them to back-to-back Eastern Conference Finals. Um is uh really a polarizing topic when it comes to Brunson. A lot of people think he's overrated. Well, not overrated. A lot of people think he's underrated. A lot of people think that, you know, um, you know, it's the opposite. So, Diego, man, tell us um what's your take on Brunson?

SPEAKER_03 40:07

Yeah, I mean, I think he's a top two Nick of all time for sure. Um, getting the back getting the backpack Eastern Conference Finals, you know what I mean? And uh yeah, I mean, just how just how he's really put the team on his back for the last few years. Ever since he's got there, he's been putting big performances, putting up big performances for them, and just uh yeah, really and and just taking them for being a really bad team, then being consistently one of the top teams in the East every year. So yeah, I think I think his top two Knicks of all time. I don't know. I don't know. I can't name two other goods I have over him as far as Nick's franchise.

SPEAKER_07 40:40

It changed it changed instantly one once he got there. So uh Mike, you have a little more history on this one. Gress Hopper doesn't understand about you know uh uh Walt Frazier and uh uh uh Willis Reed. And and uh uh let's not forget about uh Alan Houston. He's uh you and Nick, man, you know about Houston. All right, of course, of course, Patrick uh uh Ewing. But man, you can go, you know, on so I I I actually like how Brunson, I love the fact how he'll look at a game and he he does something that I love. I I wish I hope Cade can get a little bit more back. He can measure the game and say, okay, I need to do this now because we're getting here. I like that. That's this that's the sign of a true superstar. Where they just go ahead on and say, I got I gotta take this bucket, you know, because of where we're at. And and and and he does that. I'll give him that credit. Now give him the to the the the number two spot, ooh man, that's that's rough, you know. And I'm I'm already thinking about there's some Knicks that I that I missed in there and stuff. I wouldn't push Starks. You got Pat Patrick Ewan, Starks, Oakley, uh Anthony Mason. Yeah, you know, it's a lot of a lot of guys, but you know, they and they got to a lot of you know conference finals, but none of them won the championship. None of them won the championship, you know, Willis Reed and uh Walt Frazier. Walt Frazier, you know, the you know got that. So then I think the the bigger question may be if he gets the chip, they win the title.

SPEAKER_03 42:11

If he gets the chip, he won't get the greatest nick ever. Yes, yeah. I so I agree with you on that too. I don't that's I agree with you on that. I don't think that's gonna happen. Right, right, right. If he beats Pitt and then beats the uh OKC or the Spurs, come on. I agree with that.

SPEAKER_07 42:28

I agree with that. Because it's coming out of the West for a few years here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They get it in in this era. Uh yeah, because I mean you you may be able to compare that to getting a chip in the you know Shaq Kobe era, right? You know, yeah, Duncan era, Jordan era, you know, those those eras. Um, you know, speaking of, the Pistons were able to squeeze one out in the Shaq Kobe era. Right. You know, they got almost went back to back. Utah, think about Utah Jazz.

SPEAKER_04 42:56

Yeah.

Conference Finals Picks And Matchups

SPEAKER_07 42:56

Anybody knows that that that that Carl Malone and John Stockton, Stockton, whether you liked it or not, they should have had a chip, but they just came in the wrong era. Oh, yeah. I mean, they they office was insane. It had uh Hornace, everybody, you know, everybody talking about jumper and shoot. Hornsek was lethal. Yes. Lethal. Absolutely, absolutely was, absolutely was, yeah, yeah. So yeah, so we'll see what happens with the uh with the playoffs. Um, you know, if he gets to the finals, which a lot of people think he will, he, you know, the the debate is does he surpass those Knicks like Ewing and those guys? Because they got to a finals indeed. Right, you know, but then Ewing got to the finals? Looking at the numbers, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. They got to one. They didn't they lost to the Rocky. Yeah, yeah, it was when Jordan, yeah, it was when Jordan was gone. It was when they got there, yeah. Right. Yeah, but Elijah Wan and those guys uh yeah, took a dream out. So the dream shake. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Well, let's let let's get on into these uh conference finals. I think everyone knows where we stand, but let's dive a little deeper into this. So let's um lock it in. So again, we I guess we know, but we don't know. Final matchup. We know the Knicks are there. Yeah. So uh Diego, man, what's uh what's what's gonna happen in this this next series?

SPEAKER_03 44:18

Yeah, so I got Pistons beating the Cavs, and then Sack makes it Knicks Pistons East Congress Finals. I'm gonna go Knicks and six, Brunson, they're gonna take care of business and uh head on to the finals the first time in like a million years. So yeah. Nick Nixon six.

SPEAKER_07 44:35

All right, I I like that. I like that. And so if that's Knicks and six, that means that the Knicks are gonna win in Detroit.

SPEAKER_03 44:44

No, they'll win it, huh? Oh, that's right, that's right.

SPEAKER_07 44:47

They'll be at home for that. Okay, okay, that's right. Because Detroit is the number one. Okay, my bad. That's right. Okay. So they win it at home in six and go on to the final. Okay. All right. What about you? So if the Pistons make it, all right, uh, they're gonna do a seven-game series with the with the Knicks. And the Knicks, I think, uh, as much as I hate to, I just think they're tired. I just think they're tired. I'm gonna have to see how they start off, but yeah, but you know, I was all Pistons starting off. I just wish they didn't go. The playoffs are just so grueling. Yeah. If Cleveland makes it, sweep. Yeah. Knicks will sweep them. Yeah. Everybody gonna be booking for the final playoff. You know, so that's the yeah, right, right. I think the Pistons just match up better. Uh I and again, if if they can get past that, you know, that grind and that tire, I they could beat the Knicks. They did it during the regular season and they match up way better than Cleveland does. Again, it's just a matter. And if everybody pays attention, that four quarter, Cave and Hurting because he's been tired. Yeah. Yeah. And I noticed so with that, because they were they were prepared for that. Um, so last night, it was about the me and Diego were watching it, it was around the five, five-minute, 50-second mark, six-minute mark, they took Cade out. They did. And because they were trying to get him a quick blow. Trying to get him a blow for the last little stretch. But what they got a huge break because as soon as they were subbing him out, the guy for Cleveland slipped and fell. And off of his own teammate's sweat. That's right. He slipped off his teammates' sweat. Detroit went down, got a bucket. Cleveland had to call a timeout. That's right. And that was extra like rest time of him being able to sit. So they pretty much brought him right back in, and he was already fresh. So that was that was a great, great uh big, big, big break for them. But yeah, so with okay, so if it's Nick's Pistons, you say it's going seven. Yes. But then who who wins it? If they kind of stickers, did you catch? I didn't catch a I have to say Nick's. Okay. All right. I just have to say as much as I as much as I take two.

SPEAKER_03 47:01

Gotta hop on my side, man. Yeah, I'm always gonna make the right picks. Well, I guess it's again.

SPEAKER_07 47:05

I would not have said this if they haven't had to go through two seven game series. I just want to put that caveat in. Got you. Because I could I equate everything.

SPEAKER_02 47:13

So you got fans of team, you got fans of the team that's right on my side, man.

SPEAKER_03 47:19

This just shows how great Brunson is and just how great I am. You know what I mean? Like it's just you, yeah, for for believing in the Knicks, man.

SPEAKER_04 47:27

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 47:28

All right. What a couple of things. I'm gonna give it credit for this too, man. Okay, okay, okay.

The Prophet’s Picks And Injury Disclaimer

SPEAKER_07 47:31

We're gonna leave it at that. I I I I I'm not even gonna dig into the archives on you all now. I'm gonna let you breathe on that. So, all right, so with this one, man. So I'm I'm gonna stick at the prophet because I I I love a nickname. Thank you so much for my nickname. I think that's very fitting. You know, a lot a lot of people are trying to get on me for my one, you know, wrong pick about the Spurs. You know, you know, even a prophet can be wrong. One and done every every once in a while.

SPEAKER_02 47:59

You picked the Sixers against the Celtics like a month, like a long, long time ago. So right about that. But like, what have you done since then? What about you're a one-hit wonder? You're a one and done. How am I a one-hit wonder?

SPEAKER_07 48:10

I called that, I said Jeremy Lynn. I called the Sixers over the Celtics in seven. All right, a week into it. They were down 3-1. We know all you've done. Did I waver one bit? Only thing you've ever you've done. Then, then, then I said it's gonna be so bad, they're gonna be in the honest sweep's fix. And what's been all in the news since then? You know what I mean? Then I said the Knicks would be a bad matchup to the Sixers because then people were hyped about the Sixers. Oh my gosh, dang, they do have a pretty talented, lengthy, you know, roster here. That might be a problem. I said, nope, that's a bad matchup. And all the Sixers fans, because they were crowning me like, oh my gosh, this guy called it. He he's with us, he's with us. And I was like, ah, well, actually, that's a bad matchup. So I had to stand on that. Look, ended up being right about that. Then I said the Timberwolves would beat the Nuggets. Everybody was all high on Joker in the Nuggets. Okay, you you picked that too. So you could also just because you picked it, that didn't come off my record. That isn't it? You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_02 49:16

As a profit, you know what I mean? So we we gotta check the video and see who picked it first. I think I actually made the pick first.

SPEAKER_07 49:23

You did because it was your turn, but that was still my so you could have really looked at the paper like, ah, I don't know about this album. But the point, the point, oh hold up, seeing the uh seeing the copy, shout out to E. Temot. Uh shout out to you, man. Go, Spurs, go, appreciate that. Much love, much love. But this is one thing I gotta say about that, though. Okay, so there's actually, if we want to be all the way right, I've been wrong twice, okay, in these series. But there are actually we we can point to specific, specific things that happened on the road.

SPEAKER_02 49:53

Lakers versus Rockets? Yeah, I was I was the only one to pick that. All y'all were looking at me crazy. That is correct. Correct in that.

SPEAKER_07 49:58

You that was me. You were the only one to pick Lakers Rockets. Yeah, you were right. Congratulations to you. Yeah, but what happened? What happened in that series that none of us knew? Did any of us know KD was not gonna play? He was questionable. Yeah, he was questionable the entire series. That was a big deal. Exactly, exactly.

SPEAKER_03 50:17

So and Luca didn't play the entire series. So I mean and then we didn't know he wasn't gonna come back at all.

SPEAKER_07 50:23

At the beginning of the playoffs, did we know Ant-Man was gonna have two broken knees going into the series? He wasn't even supposed to play in in this series, miraculously, like Wolverine came, played in game one, and then uh DiVincenzo ruptures his Achilles again. So, again, not gonna give excuses, but those are just factors and things that happen.

SPEAKER_03 50:42

So the two we don't know if I didn't if I had the Timberwolves over the that's right, because you just put it all out there.

SPEAKER_07 50:49

I put it out there, but the thing that I'm not so again, I have a lot of powers. I'm like L on um on Stranger Things. So I so I have a lot of powers, okay? But every superhero has limitations, okay? The one thing that I cannot see, okay. So this is just a disclaimer. I cannot predict injuries, all right? I cannot see that. So you just have to have that one little disclaimer. So just have that, just know that I can't see that, but everything else I have pretty crystal clear vision on. So we gotta we we gotta keep that in mind, all right? Throwing that in there, all right, all right. So man, I totally lost where we were.

SPEAKER_04 51:25

I don't even know where I was making stranger things references, we're on stranger things, yeah.

Thunder-Spurs Predictions And 90s Comparisons

SPEAKER_07 51:34

Shout out to the stranger thing. We've been we've been bench watching that, so that's been fun. So I know a lot of y'all already probably watched that. So we're on season four right now, halfway through season four right now. So yeah, yes. That's fun. That's been fun. Seeing all the 80s references too has been it's been great. So um, so yeah, so to get back to this, so I'm sticking. So as that, okay, I picked back in April, I said Detroit. I'm sticking with Detroit. Detroit is gonna have three, seven game series in a row, and they will have another one. So go ahead and book, find when that game seven is. Go ahead and book your flights, get your tickets for game seven, distance, next. It's gonna be pandemic. Oh, it's gonna be wild in the deep. It's gonna be wild in the deep. Yes, Detroit versus everybody. It's gonna be wild. So go ahead and book that right now. All right, all right. So uh, all right, so let's move on to the Thunder Spurs. We know y'all want to hear about this one, all right? All right, so let's let's see what's gonna happen here. Um, Diego, go ahead and start us off, man. Thunder Spurs. West for sponsors.

SPEAKER_03 52:37

Yeah, I got thunder, I got Thunder and six. You know, it's gonna be too much. Uh Spurs not gonna be expecting all what the Thunder got for him, and they got and they got Jada back, so yeah, he that's gonna be an X factor, and they're gonna they're gonna take care of business.

SPEAKER_07 52:50

Okay, take care of business. We already said a lot about this series. So uh, Mr. Sales. The Spurs is going to take out OKC and the refs.

SPEAKER_04 53:02

The refs. Oh man, the refs. Oh, I'm sorry, did I say that? That slip dude. Yes, you see.

SPEAKER_07 53:09

I didn't mean to say that.

SPEAKER_02 53:10

I'm a small town team. I'm sorry. Has something going good for them? Everyone's always got to bring them down. And I believe in the rest. I hate that.

SPEAKER_07 53:17

I saw a stat that I want to say, I gotta get fact-checked on this, but I saw something that said that OKC is actually taking the least amount of free throws in the playoffs. Yes.

SPEAKER_03 53:29

It's just like because the free throws they take is very exaggerated. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 53:33

Now that could be because they've had two sweeps. So that might you probably look at that.

SPEAKER_03 53:37

So you can do things with numbers.

SPEAKER_07 53:39

We can do things with numbers.

unknown 53:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 53:41

But in the, I will say, in the Lakers series, though, um, like, what's his name? Reeves was getting most of the free throws. Like at least three of those games. Reeves led the game in free throws. Um, Lakers shot more. SGA did not uh, you know, shoot as many free throws. So, you know. I don't, I, yeah, I don't well, wait a minute. What did I hear? Oh, I heard a whistle right now. They already blown the whistle. SGA and the game ain't even started. Oh, man, man, man. All right. Well, let me give my shout out to Summer. Summer, these graphics are fire on the screen here. These graphics are absolute fire. So love these. Thank you, thank you. The whole pick and pro team uh got us looking looking good out here, good out here. All right, Thunder Spurs, man. Y'all, I'm gonna give a 90s reference here. Okay, we were talking 90s ball.

SPEAKER_04 54:31

Uh-oh.

Tribute To Granny And Detroit Legacy

Brandon’s Graduation And Game Picks

SPEAKER_07 54:32

This series reminds me of 1992. And Dwayne, Uncle Dwayne, I know you watched it. I saw a comment from you. This is 1992. This is Chicago Bulls, which these OKC Thunder remind me of. And I'm qualified to say that because I grew up going to the old stadium watching the Chicago Bulls. So all y'all that want to come and say that's blasphemous, I saw them with my own eyes. Okay. So I'm most qualified to talk about that. Okay, but with that, um, this is Jordan versus Drexler. Okay. SGA versus Wimby is Jordan versus Drexler. Okay. He's gonna come out, he's hearing all the chatter and all the Spurs lovers and the Spurs, everyone wanting to crown the Spurs, and SGA and OKC gonna say, okay, we we we we about to show you what's up. We've been playing chess, all right, while y'all are playing checkers. So they're gonna go ahead and take care of this in five. Five. They beat him in five. So not even messing around, gonna beat them down. Y'all can say, y'all can say the refs, you can cry, do all that. All the excuses are about to come out. As long as J Dub is healthy, they're gonna take care of you. I'm the only one picking San Antonio. Just want to make that clear. You're on the island. Yes, you're the only one. Yep, you're the only one. No more. Only one. Only one. That's all right. So let me read some of the comments here. So we're gonna party like it's 1999 from uh E to Mot. Said uh Spurs beat three times, beat the three times. They only beat us once. Thunder, we're literally the only team who can beat them. Yes, yes. And so, and so I will I do agree with you on that. I feel that the um the Spurs are the only team uh as currently constructed that you would even give any type of chance to. I feel that if the Timberwolves were healthy with some of how they were positioned, they could have, but again, they take a lot of bad shots. But no, you're definitely right about that. The Spurs, you know, the only team there, buddy. They're the best shot. Yeah, they're the best chance. Yeah, yeah. They're gonna shock. They're gonna shock. All right, game seven. Can't wait. I think that series starts Monday. I believe that starts Monday. Probably. Because the um game seven for Eastern Conference Finals is Sunday. Right, because you're supposed to have the Cleveland and uh series, right? If you don't know, you know. So I believe the uh Spurs Thunder start Monday night. Yes, that starts Monday night. So yeah, yeah. So looking forward to that. Okay, all right. Well, um, let's go to a uh, you know, it is it's definitely sad, but we're celebrating her life. Just want to give a uh quick tribute to uh my grandmother, uh Mr. Loris Christian out of Detroit, Michigan. Uh, was 95, 95 years, man. Living to be 95 years old. Um, just got back from Detroit, you know, going to the services and everything, and got to see all my beautiful family, uh, which is always great to see. Uh, blessed to have such a great family. So she created an amazing legacy uh for us all, raised some, you know, a beautiful family. And um the one thing that I'll, you know, I will say, and at the end of the show, we have uh, as we play our outro, you'll see a bunch of photos of granny. So please stick around and check that out. You'll see Diego on one of them and whatnot. But I'll tell one quick, quick, funny, funny story about my granny. So we had to call her Granny. It wasn't grandma, it wasn't grandmother, it was Granny. She would pound on the table when we were like one. And like, this is how you address me, Granny. And so the one thing that was so funny is growing up, right? I'm about, well, Diego's a little young younger than Diego. And so I grew up in Chicago. And then, you know, grandmother's in Detroit, my mom's in Detroit. So we would go there several times a year. And so I love going up there visiting them. And um, one of the things I remember is that, you know, was, you know, I was scared to like talk to girls, you know, was I was very shy growing up. So it's a lot different than now and what Diego knows of me and whatnot. But, you know, I was I was definitely shy coming up. And then especially, you know, when it came to girls, like, you know, the girl, the girl had to come to me. You know what I mean? It wasn't because I thought I was all that, it was just because I was, I was, I was just too scared to go and talk to them, right? So that's how it was. But my granny, she's very much like my wife. She would go talk to anybody, didn't care, didn't matter. Uh what? You, you, hey, y'all, you know, come on. So my granny would play matchmaker. You know what I mean? So, and what was so cool was she she was spot to like the the the pretty ones, the fine ones, you know what I mean? So I used to love being around her, being up in Detroit. Uh, because I knew, man, if we were ever somewhere and there was a fine girl around, she was gonna Granny Happy. She was gonna make it happen, man. And it was so funny, because then come on, who, what girl's gonna turn down? Do you know tell you know, Granny? Right, you know what I mean? So that's just a funny story that I wanted to uh say. And uh, yeah, just much love, rest in peace, Granny. We love you, and uh shout out to all the Detroit fans watching Detroit versus everybody for that shout out. All right, all right, so thank you, thank you. Stay tuned for the photos at the end, all right? And so, no easy way to transition from that. But what we are gonna do is we're gonna transition to family for the very last segment. We got a couple minutes with family, our very own Brandon Bean, to come on and uh share his thoughts on uh what's gonna happen in these conference finals in the championship. So uh let me bring our man on to close us out. Here we go. All right, my man Brandon, what's going on, my man?

SPEAKER_05 1:00:10

What's going on?

SPEAKER_07 1:00:11

All right, all right, man. Great to great to see you, great to see you. So, man, um uh shoot. Oh, first off, big congratulations, big round of applause. We understand you are a new graduate of um was it Sam Sam Houston U University?

SPEAKER_05 1:00:27

Sam Houston State, yes.

SPEAKER_07 1:00:29

Sam Houston State, Sam Houston State, yes, big round of applause. Yes, yes, yes. So for one, tell us tell us about the degree you just got, and then let's go into the conference finals.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:40

Um so I graduated back on May 7th. Um I graduated with a degree in mass communications with a minor in um broadcast production. So hopefully like I can find, you know, go into you know, sports analysts with you know podcasting as a backup plan. So that's like the that's the goal, like that's the dream. You know, still chasing it since uh junior high high school year. So that's the plan, that's the current plan I'm on right now.

SPEAKER_07 1:01:18

Cool, cool, cool, man. Well, hey, keep pushing, keep pushing. You know, we got you, we got to talk about a lot of stuff we gotta do and whatnot. But uh man, we appreciate all the love and support and you always, you know, being here with us. And uh yeah, we're fully for you. Like I said, you know my family, they all love you. We watched the uh live stream of you graduating, always asking about you, man. So you you definitely fam. So um, man, so let's let's go on into um Eastern Conference Finals, man. What what who you got?

SPEAKER_05 1:01:48

Um, I have the Pistons and Seven. Like I am I am very aware of you know the back-to-back game sevens, but sometimes like that that that can happen. I mean, we've seen championship teams dominate through the first two rounds and win championships that way. We've seen teams, you know, have back-to-back game sevens and win championships the other way, kind of like the OA doesn't get. So I feel like it doesn't, but that's the whole beauty of a championship journey. Some journeys are more smoother than others. Some are just gonna require, you know, like running through. You might have a postseason similar to Golden State and an OKC. You might have it similar to like Cleveland when they had to overcome a 3-1 deficit against, you know, the 26 win 2016 Warriors. So everybody has like a everybody's journey is different, but it depends on like it's just how do you determine your play will determine the outcome of that journey. And that's what the Pistons gotta understand. Like, if the Pistons make it, will it shock me? No, not really, because they've been the best team all year. Like they've won 60 games this year. I don't think it's a fluke by any stretch. Like they've been for the most part that they owe like fans have been rocking with this team since forever. So if anybody should be up right now, it's the Pistons fan. Like, whether they win the title or not, it's like I get it. If they win, yeah, if they don't, Pistons fans will still be there. Knowing them, they probably would still uh they would still probably give them a parade just to even make it this far. So, but that's the beauty of it, right? Like the Pistons fans, like they they've been struggling all those years, so they like, hey, you know, here's a team that's on the doorstep of a conference final, you know what I'm saying? Like, we could easily, you know, call them a failure, but it's like, why would we do that? I know nobody expected us to make it this far. So as long, like that's the beauty of it. Like, some fan bases be like, oh, well, it's title or bust. There's like, well, if we win, we win. If we don't, we're gonna still support the team no matter what. So I think that's what's getting lost in today's world is the expectations. Like, yes, it's cool to have expectations, but every franchise expectations are different. That's the beauty of it. Some teams are like, you know, like it's championship abus. Others, like, hey, if we make it, we make it. If we don't, hey, at least we made it this far. Like, nobody thought we would make it this far. So that's all I feel about that conference finals. Like, okay, Pistons and Seven.

SPEAKER_07 1:04:55

You got the Pistons and Seven. Okay, so what about the um Thunder and Spurs? How how many games is that gonna go?

SPEAKER_05 1:05:01

Thunder and seven. Like, I feel like I get I get San Antonio. San Antonio has up to that point has beaten OKC three times in a three out of four times in the regular season. I'm very aware of that, but it's the playoffs. Right? Intensity is at an all-time high. Like, this is where you either be a big dog or you a chihuahua. So I understand with San Antonio Brace, yes, they have Wimby. Wimby looking at like, yo, we've gotten the better of OKC because of him outplaying Chet. Now, Chet got a match what Wimby got going on. And like for starters, Wimby had the big dog to Chit in the Chihuahua. Yeah, it's on Chet to be the Big dog in this.

SPEAKER_07 1:06:01

You're gonna have to step up. You're gonna have to step up.

SPEAKER_05 1:06:03

Jay already is the big dog.

SPEAKER_07 1:06:06

Oh yeah. Oh yeah. No, no, no question about it. No question about it.

SPEAKER_05 1:06:12

In order for OKC to win this series.

Wrap Up And Where To Watch

SPEAKER_07 1:06:16

And I'm I'm I'm interested about this series getting uh chippy. It really had it had a lot of makings to get chippy. I think oh OKC was kind of being too cool for school in the regular season and didn't really want to go there with the uh with the Spurs. But I'm very, very uh curious to see. Uh thanks for the comment uh that too. So Professor given shout out to Brandon. Um, but yeah, I think that um it's gonna be interesting when this series reaches that point because I've never seen the Thunder be pushed to that point to where they really get upset and it gets chippy. So that'll be uh it's gonna be fun, man. It's gonna be fun to it's gonna be fun to watch. Well, Brandon Man, uh again, congrats, everybody's pouring their congratulations into you. Thank you for your take, your balance take. You always have so much your thought and analysis in it. So that's something that everybody, including us, loves about you, man. So enjoy the rest of your weekend. Congratulations on your degree, and uh, we'll be hollering at you real soon, my man. All right, man. Okay, cool. Thank you. Thanks. One and only, one and only Brandon, recaptain man. Well, uh, hey y'all, that was uh that was fun. It was great. Always, yeah, yeah. So, man, that's what Pick and Pro Platform is all about. Love the comments, man. Thank you. Uh Eatom, I don't know if I'm pronouncing it right, but uh love you saying of respect, you'll be back. That's what it's all about. It's gonna be so much fun. And that's Spurs fan, Spurs fan. It's all fun. We joke, we have fun, we talk junk, but it's all in fun and love. Uh Pick and Pros is all about family sports, enjoying uh the games and uh and call calling your shot. You know, we're not gonna wait until to see what happened and then talk about it. No, no, no. We're putting the money on the table, bold takes. Hey, this is what's gonna happen. Standing on it. If we write, we write, we wrong, we wrong. We uh, you know, it's all about that. All right, cool. But hey, on that note, we're gonna go ahead and get out of here. Stay tuned for the lovely photos of uh Mr. Loris Christian, aka Granny 95. Uh till then, enjoy the games tomorrow. Go Pistons, Pistons, go Spurs, go Thunder, go Cavs, go everybody, all the fan bases love you. Until then, pick up pro. Pick up bro.