Warriors vs. Nets, NBA Tampering Investigation, Fan Questions | WHAT’S BURNIN | SHOWTIME Basketball

Published Nov 16, 2021, 6:16 PM

A huge WHAT'S BURNIN episode is here as Matt and Stak discuss a big week of NBA games, including Nets vs. Warriors. Plus, they talk Steph, the NBA tampering investigation, and answer your fan questions. 

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Jack got some big games coming up this week, kicking it off with the Warriors, Nets, Spurs, Clippers and seventy six Jazz. I know you like that Warriors Nets matchup. It's gonna be a good game. Good see Katie go up against the Wars every time they play. But the War is on the roll right now. We see if the Nets can put a little dumb in them. This year, Draft Kings sports Book has given all customers a chance to win big with their game of the week Wednesdays, but fifty dollars on any market for that week's chosen game, and customers will see one dollar per point over two d towards a free bet. Don't miss out on this week's basketball action with DraftKings sports Book, America's type rated sports book app that's promo co smoke. Head to the app now to check out all the great odds of promotions DraftKings sports Book has to offer. Would you take a show internationally with the live audience and attendance? Huge fan of the show from Melbourne our Stree you and would love to see it live? Man? Dope? That's dope right though, shout out Australia. Man, we would We gotta ask the bosses, but I think we keep winning, you know what I mean. Podcasts of the Year, how can they say no? Jack? Right? Shout out to Melbourne, Australia, shot out to Sydney, Australia. I played out death. Is that when you said you had to shoes? We Caangaroo one time because he was working with you. Welcome back to What's burning Jack, what's good cold? With my brother? And join this fall weather? What's good with you? Man? I can't call it. Let's get to it man. The week ahead. We got some industry matchups this week, starting with the MAVs and Sons. They will play Wednesday in Friday. Let's talk about that matchup first and after. Do you feel either or both of these teams are legitimate top four seeds in the West. But let's get to the match up first. Chris, Paul Luca, donches you know what type of matchup it is. It's gonna be a point guard battle. Which point guard can carry their team to win or will they seem to win. It's gonna be a good matchup. We love to see it. But the question you was asking me, Phoenix has proven to be a top four team, but Dallas has a lot more to prove to be a top four team. I like the match up, um I I can see them possibly splitting uh this one one. Sons are hot, MAVs are playing well too, Um, you know that the Sons have been doing all this without eight and so when he gets back, expect them to continue to pick it up. As far as if I see either one of these is a top four seed, I would probably have to go with Phoenix. You know, but again, this might be the year that Lucas really steps you know, steps up and get the rest of his team. Obviously Luke has been playing great, but you know, get the rest of his team going, which is a true sign of an m v P, and they can steak into the top four. But if how to choose one today, I would probably say Phoenix. Next up, Sixers Nuggets, Battle of the big embad versus joke it Which big man do you feel like we'll carry his team further this season? Man, it's hard. It's hard to say. When you got two big men that's that's that dominant and that really can do it all on the court, It's gonna go down to which a big man is the most dominant that night. It's hard. It's hard for me to say, because both of these guys can get off and carry their teams two big wins. But if I had to pick one, I go with him. Beat. I think in Beat is gonna it's gonna have a better game. He's gonna be on the road, so I think he's gonna have more to prove. I love. I mean, these are obviously the two best big bigs in the game. Joke it. You know what he's about. Um In Bead. I love him Beat, and he's finally able to stay somewhat healthy. To me, he's the most skilled big in the game. So I love when they beg against each other. Um going into Denver is always a tough place to play. With that said, I'm gonna take Denver that night home court. They've been playing solid and uh again, you know what your lungs do when you go out there, especially with the r lugs used to do. We go out there, Lakers Celtics Friday. The rivalry continues. Celtics little inconsistent shoulders playing well. LA just continue to be very inconsistent. Braun is still out day to day. What do you think about this matchup right now? Neither team is really where they're capable of being. Yeah, I think right now it's better for the Lakers because we know what Bron gonna bring to the team. We know what Bron gonna do this gives other guys and the guys they acclimated to to really get a field for this team and get to plan with a D and Russe and Melo get them all playing together. So I think it's it's not a bad thing that Brons out right now gives the rest, you know what I mean, And it gives these other guys a chance to step up with the Celtics. They still still trying to figure out who they are. You know, guy's been Andrew Brown is injured again, so that team, that team is really up and down. But I think the Legers are pulled that game off in Boston, and I think rus will have a big game. See I kind of counter back on what you say, and I I I get what you're saying with Braun being down and you know what he can do. But I also think playing with Bron is a lot different. So I think the new guys like Russ need to be playing with Braun to really see what it's like to play with them, because you know, Russ is a different player when Braun it hasn't been playing and then when he does play, So to me, I feel like for that chemistry to really get going and where this team needs to go. Lebron needs to be out there with these new guys because you all know, like you know, guys like us, we're seamless. We can fit into any situation to play with any superstar. But sometimes it's hard to it if you're another star, as these guys are, It's hard to play with superstars. So you know, I think you see two different Russes, and Russ is still trying to figure out what is the best Russ for the Lakers. So I think he obviously needs this time with Lebron. But with that said, you know, Celtics continue to be inconsistent. You you're here and talks now about possibly Ben Simmons for Jaylen Brown? Is it time to give up on the Brown Uh Tatum wing combo? So I really think this this team is you know, very talented, but you know, just no consistency and it seems like no chemistry and rhythm with that squad. So we'll see what that has to look like on Friday. What are some of your came back on this this Laker Celtics. What are some of your favorite moments or moments to stand up to you the most throughout this just just the history with Bird and Magic and also um the finals between Kobe and Kjina. I think that was big. Growing up, you always watched the heard about and watch the Lakers versus Celtics, heard about Bird and Magic and I they always battle with each other, heard about Bird left hand shooting and all that type of stuff. So but we didn't really get a chance to see that, but we really got a chance to watch in person Kobe and Kobe against the Celtics and those and those games. So that was that's what That's the big games to me. I agreed. Question, do you remember Lakers versus Celtics the video game? Do I do? I remember? Hey, that's when the hoop games first started really starting to be cool. Man Laker, Celtics, Bulls Blazers, all that kind of ship was hard back there. That was dope. Next up on the radar, presented you by DraftKings Warriors at the top of the NBA with an eleven and two record, uh steps playing another planet, passing Ray Allen for most all time three pointers made. Thoughts on this team, who isn't fully healthy yet? And the way STEP's been playing. Steph is just picking up where he left off last year. He was at the m v P level last year, and he's starting the season off on that same note. I think he's just carrying his team and then and bawling out right now, is that Clay get back, because you know, you know, it's gonna take a minute for Kay to get his feet get his feet were to get back to being comfortable on the court, catching the ball, moving and all that starting and stopping. It's gonna be a minute. So you know, he still got to carry his team for the bulk of the season. But for the most part, these young guys are coming on. Gary Payton Junior is playing well, and you got all all those other guys coming in and playing well. So steps playing great. But this team as a hardest playing well. Yeah, I agree, this team is playing really good. And I think the only question for me is Clay has been out for two years, so will Clay come back? And you know, normally when the situation at that, there's a little nagging ship that will hamp for you. So I hope he's able to work through all that. Uh. Interesting to see wise man get back on the court. You know, they played their rookie a little bit last night in the Charlotte loss. He was really active long and can play some good defense. They've got a lot of good pieces on this team, and I think probably the most important piece and guy they need to play the way he's been playing as Andrew Wiggins. Andrew Wiggins is always like, damn, he's so talented, but what there's a butt. But I really think this team has him confident, believing in itself, and they're gonna need his twenty to twenty two points, not just in the regular season, but in the playoffs. And I think it flashes last year in the playoffs he played really well and played lock up defense too. So I think he's gonna be a key piece to what they're doing. But you know, Jordan Pool, Gary Payton Jr. You know, all these kids are really bringing a lot of energy, man, and obviously Draymond is being Draymond. So this team is gonna be really scary once they get healthy and and and it's good to see because you know, they went from a dynasty to walking doormats and now they're back, and it's it's always dope to see people bounce back like that. Next up, Secure the Bag presented to you by moneyline. We've got some ship going on, y'all. So the NBA has launched a probe into the Chicago Bulls of Miami Heat involving Lonzo Ball and Kyle Lowry allegations of tampering surrounding early contracts. The maximum fine for this can be up to ten million dollars per team, possible suspension of executives forfeit draft picks and even avoiding contracts and violations are found. This sounds serious. But to me, if you think about free agency, as soon as free agency hits, any of those contracts that are like bang bang bang bang right after it comes, obviously these motherfucker's have been talking. So to me, I think this is dumb because you can't even if it's not executives talking to players or agents as players talking to players. So I kind of just think this is this is stupid because you can find this really across the board, and they're singling out, you know, two of the bigger free agent moves this year. But if you think about it, like, how are the any of these contract is happening as soon as as soon as free agency hits, So this is something that's been going on. For a long time. I think they're trying to single out these two teams, which is dumb. Uh Jack, What do you think? Well, I totally agree with you, bro. I mean, it's no way, like you said, these teams can make these deals and sign guys right right after the den I mean, right when it's time to start signing guys, when it's time all these free ages up, and they and they haven't talked to the ages I talked to these players. That's impossible. But at the same time, I think somebody saw Team Matt, somebody saw him bringing this up and trying to bring up some mess with these two teams. I think it's just somebody who didn't get one of these players. Always lied to somebody made a promise and they didn't get what they wanted, and now they saw to try to bring it up to bring up dirt on these two teams. And that's what That's what it all boughts down. Like I agree, they got they got a Karen. They got some Karen executives crying to the league because they were supposed to get one of these players. With salaries at an all time high. Do you think something like this can prevent free agents from securing the bag. I think it'll be crazy to see one of these big players lose a contract of a contract get voided over something like this because they spoke to somebody or had a conversation with somebody, not knowing that it would come to this. Bro. I think that would be crazy. I I don't think it will go smooth. I think it's start a lot of chaos because it's never been done before. Because we know people talk all the time. Yeah see, I don't know, And really should a player lose his money because the front office violated and rules, like, there's no rules for us, you know what I mean. Like guys throughout the season in the summertime are always talking about joining up or where they're gonna go next summer, all this kind of ship. So that's common talk amongst players. So there's no real you know, that's just is what it is. Whether it's rule with it or not, it's always gonna happen. But at the front office fox up, how can they take the money from the player. That'd be crazy. But I guess we'll just have to see. Hope these guys keep securing their bag and if the teams get fine, they'll be all they got a lot of money. This Thursday, November eighteen, we dropped the fair Band Bleak interview. Really got to know the little helped me better? Great interview. Check out the teaser. What was your welcome to the NBA moment? I had a few, but the first one was preseason. Um again, I was trying to make the team. It was like our second to last preseason game. We're playing the Clippers, uh CP, Blake and all them. I was like, like I said, I was the third point guard, so you know, I usually ain't checking into like the second half of the game, and me and Kyle we're not really that that close at this time, so I didn't know he wasn't playing. You know, guy's donna play all the preseason games. So we're standing in the huddle, um case, drawing up to play, and he write my name on the board just before the tip off, and I'm looking like fun, like, yeah, y'all, we wasn't gonna tell me I was starting. So I'm taking I'm taking my warm up and stuff off. You know what I'm saying. I'm trying to get ready. So I'm like, all right, bet so now I'm out there. I'm nervous as hill and this Chris Paul, you know what I'm saying, This is this is CP for me. This is like this as good as it gets. So man, he wasn't even shooting. I think he had like thirteen points at half time. He was double crossing me, spinning me around. They used to run a little high the little high double drag at the top Blake in DJ, and he was rejecting. I was trying, man, I was spinning around. I was so lost, and I just remember being in the locker room at half time. I was just like, yeah, this is this is a different level right here. He wasn't he wasn't even like trying to be No, he wasn't even killed. But he knew that I was a rookie, so he was like he was letting me know. Next up. Fan questions at s J c oh one, who is current Who is your current m v P so far this season? Good question. I'm going with Steph right now. I gotta go to stuff right now. The way he's playing, they got the best record the league. Like I said, he picked up from last year when he played the v m v P level last year. I think He's the MVP so far right now. I love it and I'm not even mad at that, but I'm gonna go with k D UM. I think there second in the East right now. Um, with all the fucking mess they've had over there, Harden hasn't been playing well. He's finally starting to get his his game together, but Katie has been consistent leading the league and scoring, shooting percentagers or where they're at and then above. Uh, it just seems like with all the rule changes and the ball changes, the only one that hasn't been effected this year is you know, Stephen in KD although steps three point shooting percentages down a little bit, so tough question. Either one. I'm good with, you know, either one of those guys being it, but uh, in my op, I think it's Katie right now. Next fan question, a tone of less assin. How wonderful is it for you to see Carmelo athlete shutting up to meet it with his great start off to the season. Oh it's beautiful. You know. We we've had this conversation. We finally added on the show. We've been fighting for this dude since the okay see ship happened. But it's great I mean to come to l A. Uh, and you gotta think he's got a lot of personal ship in his life. That's in the media right now too, you know what I mean. So in l A that's only magnified. But he's been able to come off there, shut all the noise up, and play great basketball off the bench, accepted his role mentoring younger players and shooting the ship out of that ball man. So if I'm very happy to see what Mellow is doing right now, the best way to quiet the dials and shut him up is to go out damn ball. They used to always say that, next up, Mr Darren underscore dancer. I have two questions for Stephen Jesse Jackson. Which would you rather see happen? Kevin Garnett get traded to the Warriors or the Malice in the Palace never happens. With that choice, do you believe you guys would have won an NBA championship? That's a good question. Oh. I have to pick one, though, Which would I'd rather see right to see happen? That might be one of the best questions we've ever had. The brawl was kind of inevitable, like something was going to happen. That year with that team. Eventually, maybe maybe not the brawl, maybe it happened at the club. Just something's gonna happen, you know what I mean. It was just too many real ones on it. That team was going to derail. Too many project babies on that team, man it with too many projects babies. So but if we could have got Kevin Garnet to that, we believe team championships in our review, we was gonna touch a trophy, whether whether it was the Western Conference Finals trophy or the NBA Finals trophy, we was going to touch the trophy. We I just don't know which one man kg to that. We believed team would have been unbelievable. But then you also think if if the malice never happened, you know, you're the trajectory of your career changes too. You get to save some some bread. They don't that, they don't hold sh against you, so you're making All Star games. So that's a that's a tough question. Yeah, that is a tough because we've damn show was gonna win the championship that team, Matt, Yeah, y'all was tough. Next fan question at a sign dot goard dot Nick one big purchase you regret, man, I truly have to say I never was really crazy with my money and bought jewelry or too many cars or crazy houses. I probably say the one regret during my career if my money, is I was just too giving. I gave a lot of people a lot of money, so I would probably say that would probably be my regret. Wasn't so much me spurging on anything because I wasn't really like that. I would just say me just be given to to forthcoming to to help try to help so many people. I think the dumbist purchase I've ever bought was I was too influenced by rap music. Box and jay Z was talking about a portion nine eleven and I wouldn't got that ship and forgot I six eight and they felt like I was riding up my like my ass was hitting the street on every bump. Man, I got rid of ship three days later. It was the dumbest move ever. I had to stopped taking rap music so serious. Well that's when you was a rapper though, too. I was j C B Underscore thirty five. Have y'all been on college hoops? What do you think about Seattle's next superstar? Polo. You know, this fucking kid is incredible. I didn't mean to jump the gun, but I've been hearing about him from my whole boy, Spencer Hawes for like the last four years. He's like, yeah, we got someone specially who's going to be a star in this game. And I, you know, I started checking him out. Jackie came out to Memphis and played in the game, didn't he. Yeah, man, I got a chance to uh coach him in the in the obviously game, and hey, this kid is a problem. Man. This kid is a problem man. Shout out to Bible, shot to jo at the Obvious and classic man, and we got we had a lot of kids that that's a couple of kids playing with him, Mad Duke and a couple of other top college kids that are playing the game last year. But Polo, man, I'm telling you, he is a problem bro. Number one pick possibly next year. Man, he we wanted done for sure. Yeah, Big Strong can do it all. Having his way over at Duke. Yeah, this kid, this kid is It's fun to see that kind of talent. Next fan question, Dan Ottoman, would you take a show internationally with the live audience and attendance? Huge fan of the show from Melbourne, Australia and would love to see it live. Man. Dope, that's dope right there. Shout out Australia. Man, we would we yeah, man, We're teaming up with the team called Light and uh we're gonna start touring in the States in two hoping all this COVID stuff allows us to. But they're live shows and something we've been talking about. We've been wanting to take all the smoke to the next level. So yes, live shows. I mean, I don't know if we'll be able to get Australia. You gotta ask the bosses, but I think we keep winning, you know what I mean, Podcasts of the year. How can they say no? Jack right. Shout out to Melbourne, Australia. Shout out to Sydney, Australia. I played out there when I first came out when I was eighteen. I broke my foot out there because I was I was scoring too much week from the local bars and wouldn't taking basketball serious. But shout out to Melbourne, Australian. Sitting man, y'all showed me a lot of little about that and y'all had that pack because that where you said you had to shoot the kangaroo one time because he was working with you. Uh uh, that's my first time seeing the Aborigines though. Man, it was cool people. Man, it was different, but it was cool. Closing thoughts. Uh Man, I'm so happy for this team right here, man, the Washington Wizards sitting at the top of the East right now doing all this what Brabbie Beale is dealing with the loss of his grandmother. Condolences from our from me and Jack obviously. Uh. New additions have been amazing team. This Westbrook Laker trade has really benefited the Wizards. Montrose Harold's averaging eighteen and nine, Kuzma's averaging fifteen. I think he's right below a double double spencer Dinwoody. You know, people forgot about him what he was doing in Brooklyn before he got hurt. He's at sixteen, five and five and KCP is rounding it out with this team. What kind of NOI do you feel like they can make in the Eastern Conference? Jack, they can, they can make big noise. They definitely, And I think the big the first step of them is getting into the playoffs, you know, and and and and seeing one and trying to upset somebody in the playoffs. But I'm really happy for Montres. Bro. He really got screwed in l A. You know what I'm saying back fact, I'm talking about Matres. Happy birthday to his mother because his mother and my mother birthday was on the is uh what we said that we gave him shouts out a week a part in the same month. So happy birthday to my mother. Happy birthday. Yeah, he gave his mom a shot out yesterday. But I'm having him dog because he deserved it. Um, he had to get a chance to ball and beat him. He's helped me turning this team around. And uh we talked about him allowed when he was with the Lakers, how he could have helped that team and they didn't use him. So to see him to get to Washington, to get it, to get a chance to play and beat him again, it's good to see Bro. Yeah, I mean, I love what this team is doing. You know, Bradley Bill is stugged this out. You know, we've all been talking about where is he going, what's he gonna do? He stayed loyal, but it's it's crazy to me. How you see from the first wave of of a Lonzo ball brandon Ingram, Julius Randall. These guys leave the Lakers and go on to get big contracts, most improved, you know, really start to spread their wings. And now you're seeing it with this wave of Lakers that just get Trady. No, Kyle Kuzma, is you know at fifteen and ten almost Montreal like Montreals, Like you just said, I didn't get utilized, right k c P. You know how many big shots he hitting the finals for that that that championship Laker team. So it's crazy how when these guys leave the Lakers they're able to kind of really find their game or get back to what they used to be. So kind of interesting take, but you know, definitely happy for this team. Um and agree, you know, making the playoffs is the first step, but I definitely think this team has you know, it is going to be a scary out come playoff time. Man, So Jack, I think we might have something to do with this, although you know they've both been training and and and and been in the space for a minute. But we got Darren Williams fighting Frank Gore. That fight has officially been announced on the undercard of Paul Fury. Obviously, Showtime pay per view December eighteenth in Tampa. Thoughts on this. I hope they got us done as promoters for the fight, because we damned so help promote this motherfucker. When we was talking to Darren, you know what I'm saying, we we we spoken into fruitionous. So I hope we get some promoters paper, you know what I'm talking about. But it's gonna be a good fight, bro, I'm happy. I'm happy for both of these guys. We both know they've been training. Um, you know what I'm saying. The NFL gets the NBA, it's gonna be good to see. Uh I don't I don't hope. I hope both of these buzzs go out there and put on the great performance. Nobody get hurt. But you know, I'm pulling up for Darren of cour Us. Yeah, obviously I'm a big, huge Frank Gore fan too, because you know, he was our he was our running back out here in San Francisco for a long time. But yeah, obviously gotta go with uh D will to represent our sport. But I think this is dope, man. I wish they could have fought some other people first before they got to each other. But they're starting with each other. But this could be a new tread man. So excited to see what this is about. Man, well, I hope you enjoyed this episode of What's Burning. 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