Phil Jackson's greatest skill was managing the massive egos of his superstar players
Management of egos is also equally as important. Kerr does that a great job with that. Phil Jackson was managing Michael Jordan, Scotty Pippen, Shaq, Kobe, Dennis Rodman. And he was also banging the owner of the team too. I think he's pretty good at managing egos.
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View episodeLeBron James might be better as a Robin than a Batman for the Lakers
I think what we're seeing is LeBron might be better as a Robin than he is as a Batman. They've got a true number one option finally on the Lakers in AD who looks healthier than we had predicted.
My fear of the Lakers making a championship run has reached a new level
My fear of LeBron and the Lakers making a championship run has elevated to another rung. So I do think this is gonna be a great series. I obviously, you know, like game one, especially the Warriors coming off of game seven, I don't know how they're gonna solve for the fact that the Lakers are just taller than them.
NBA playoff teams should only wear their classic home and road jerseys
When you're in the playoffs, you wear your jerseys, you wear your classic jerseys, you wear your home, you wear your road. Like don't fuck it up. ... I don't want your city connect. I don't want your 17th Nike jersey. ... I do sound like an old man right now, but I want your classic jersey playing in the playoffs.
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View profileThe Knicks will probably win the series in five games or even sweep the Cavs
I still think that the, the Knicks are probably gonna win in five. They could even pull off the sweep. I guess the only real question we have for you, 'cause we already, we declared that the New York Knicks have won the series after game one. Correct.
The NBA should rebrand the 'granny shot' as the 'pimp grip' to encourage players to use it
Nobody, no player in the NBA wants to shoot a free throw granny style. But if it's pimp grip, that sounds pretty fucking cool. Listen, if it goes in, it doesn't matter. Like if he and he would, he actually probably get some endorsements from it.
I want the Thunder to win so we can love Victor Wembanyama longer before the inevitable hate cycle starts
I know who I want to win. I want the Thunder to win this series. And the reason why I want the thunder to win this series is because I think if the thunder win, we get to restart the clock on how much longer we get to love Weby before we hate 'em. If the Spurs win this series and then they win their first championship and Weby dominates, we're gonna eventually hate Weby.