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00:00I'm concerned about my relationship with the director of sports Lucas Alexander. Oh, no, what happened concern? What happened?
00:07I'm just concerned. I'm concerned. That's all I did edit the tweet a little bit. Oh, did you it's too late
00:14It's too late. Everybody's already now. Everybody's all ticked off
00:17So I love that you you knew what the problem was
00:21Before I even said anything and I did not say anything to you off air either
00:26Came in here your guilty conscience
00:28Was already screaming at you. I changed the picture. It's too late
00:33It's too late. Everybody thinks I everybody thinks I'm ripping Steph Curry for taking the night off
00:39Well, because he's a little wimp. Well, I mean which is not even close to what I said
00:46I mean if Lucas really wanted to put something out there. He would have put out what I said during the crossover about
00:54Let's put the rat on the table brought to you by atco pest control, which is he stunk
00:59He's the reason they love that that I think that that's evident
01:03So you're him ripping Steph Curry for sitting out. I didn't rip Steph Curry for sitting out
01:09Apparently you did. No, I didn't because I saw on Twitter. No, I winner is always true. There's no room for I'm tired
01:15There's no room for I'm tired, which by the way, Steph never said your your your indication sensation
01:22Is that Steph
01:25And I'm mad at him for it and that's fair no he begged the Warriors
01:30I don't know if bagged that might be strong. He asked the Warriors to play tonight now back to look. Yeah, exactly
01:36Now, you know why he's mispronouncing our names or just mine Tremont's in the picture now, so it's not just about stuff. No
01:44This is a larger point that's coming from the idea that Steve Kerr
01:50Said he's exhausted and we have to consider sitting him out
01:55I don't know why he's sitting out whether it's rest whether it's a knee whether it's a back whether I have no idea
02:03but he's sitting out and
02:05That's their decision and I get it the larger issue is if you're going to claim
02:12That when we have a handful of games in a short period of time
02:16We're too tired to do this
02:18Then I just sort of think the idea that the Warriors are championship contenders is kind of funny
02:25Because how is it that I'm supposed to believe that the Warriors are a real contender if?
02:32they can't even stay fresh enough to try to get out of the play in tournament and
02:39Somehow three months from now. They're going to be fresher than they are now
02:43Without any real time off, I don't see it. That's my point
02:49But of course Lucas went for the marks ripping Steph Curry. Let's put it on social media angle. So
02:55I'm a big boy. I can take it. Yeah, anyway, well
02:58Maybe you should think twice before you call him soft and saying that he needs a nappy now
03:03You were the one who did the nappy nap thing. I thought was genius. Oh, that's not hot enough
03:08It's basically your marquee and so well when you say things that are like wildly inaccurate and
03:19Retweeted who said anything wildly inaccurate he's not sitting out because he or the head coach
03:25I didn't want him to I didn't say that he was you said he needs a nap. No, that was you which was funny
03:32This comes down to one thing and it's the going on a director of sports medicine
03:38Dr. Rick celebrity who looks at all the metrics and the amount of mileage that he he charts and the amount of games and
03:45All the rest of it and he says you're gonna take the night off and that's fine
03:49I accept that what I don't accept is that the Warriors are actually a serious contender if
03:56they can't
03:58If they can't be there and play when they need to play if they would have won last night
04:02You would have thought different about tonight him sitting out. Um, and that I
04:07Can't put myself in your mind
04:09but I think that for myself if they would have won that game if they would have handled if they would have
04:15Handled their business then you would have looked at tonight. I would have looked at tonight and said, you know what?
04:19Yeah, take the night off. The last time you had a game off was
04:23January 28th against Utah a game that they won. I don't know that I would have said it that way
04:28Would it have felt different sure because they would have actually had a little bit of breathing room
04:33Between them and the Timberwolves and they don't and they don't yes, they could go to bed tonight in the eight seed
04:39That's just the reality and and so if you're hurt you're hurt
04:44But if you're tired, I mean again, I'm gonna just all I'm doing is I'm relating to what Draymond said
04:51Because Steve Kerr came out said Steph's exhausted. You can see it. Okay, that's fine
04:57That's a fair observation, it seems like the players kind of clapped back on it though a little bit
05:02I mean Draymond was was told. Hey Steve says Steph's
05:08Exhausted what's your response to that? It's game 68. I think we're all tired. It's the reality
05:14NBA so we just got it all figured out away, but I think you know, all things considered everybody's tired
05:20So you usually what a season works?
05:23You kind of start off the season fresh and kind of get to a point to where you maybe after used to be like late
05:30January early February
05:32Really late Jane where you start getting into them dog days and then you get to the all-star breaking you kind of get rejuvenated
05:40Coming out of the break and then you kind of get to this point and it's like not quite
05:45Can't quite see the all-star break anymore, but you can't quite you see the end yet
05:50You know and you kind of hit those dog days again, and that's where everybody is right now in the NBA
05:56Unfortunately, we got a lot to play for in these games. So, you know, you don't get the luxury of
06:01Tricking off games or you know a bunch of rest. We need to win games. So
06:06It's not what he just said. Well, they've won games. We're all tired
06:10We don't have the luxury of sitting games out and tricking games off because this is where we are
06:17Right, but if you are not able to play at the level that you need to play at if it's your back or your
06:23Bilateral knee tendinitis or if it's your ankles or whatever it is
06:27If your medical staff doesn't think that you are good to go
06:31Then it might benefit you to have a night off and I look at the last five games all at home
06:3637% from the floor
06:3832% from 3
06:4023 a night those are all down for turnovers a game
06:44Turnovers are up shooting percentages are all way down and he's playing
06:4834 minutes a night. He's playing a lot
06:51he's not playing great over these last five and you've won games and so you look at last night and
06:57The eye test you could see it and you even said in our show thread like you probably should have just sat this one out
07:02The way you're playing that was sarcastic, but yes was but it was sarcastic
07:06But it was also you watching the game and thinking I mean, he doesn't look good
07:11If you known someone's gonna play that poorly, I don't care who you are
07:14I'd rather you sit out. Okay, he was all he was a net negative with how many how much he turned the ball over last night
07:20Yeah, so it back-to-back net negative game
07:22But I you know again like that that doesn't really have necessarily to me anything to do with tonight
07:29You know what? I mean, even that even if you're not at your best
07:33Like what can you give the team?
07:36Can you give the team 20 minutes?
07:39Could you give the team 15 minutes and again, I'm tucking this into I don't actually know what he's feeling or why he's sitting out
07:47When I go to the NBA injury report, it says rest. It doesn't say back. It doesn't say knee. It says rest
07:56Okay. Now you don't really matter. Well, maybe to me it does
08:00I mean yo kids last night was out with an elbow bruise and with an ankle impingement
08:05He's got stuff that he's been dealing with Jamal Murray's the one who just sat because you know felt like being in sweats tonight
08:14That's got stuff that he's dealing with. Of course
08:16They and but Draymond's point was they all do like this is the situation you're in y'all put yourselves here
08:23by
08:25Losing games in Utah where you're up by 10 with six seconds to go and you find a way to lose now
08:31You're here now you're here. And if you're telling me as Draymond did we badly don't want to be in the play-in tournament. Well
08:41Then I'm sorry, there might be some discomfort
08:44So like again, I'm saying all this not to say that somebody's making a wrong or wimpy
08:52Decision tonight because I don't know what he's feeling
08:55I'm saying this to say
08:57That maybe these championship dreams that we've allowed into our minds over the last three or four weeks
09:04Might be a little misguided
09:06Because if you're if this is physically where you're at, I don't see you getting into the playoffs and moving forward
09:14I don't if this is where you're at physically and by the way, here's Steph's response to what Steve Kerr said
09:20I feel fine. Obviously, I didn't play great at all
09:24So everybody's gonna including coach is gonna try to figure out why and mostly the turnovers don't plays all night
09:32But had a really good run you expect to have a level of consistency and whatnot
09:37So when it doesn't happen becomes a question
09:39I'm feel like more and more of so my back when I was dealing with the last couple of days see how that responds tomorrow
09:45Otherwise feel feel pretty solid. Okay, so maybe he woke up in his back felt like crap
09:49Sounds like he has a cold to hear his voice. That's kind of a little congested
09:54He waits a long time to come out. So maybe it was just late. I was a late game
09:59Yeah, Randy probably knows was that like 4 in the morning when that press conference is taking place
10:04Oh, I don't know exactly it was it was soon after or soon before I wrapped up and I didn't get off the air till like
10:101140
10:11Right. I'll be around like 1120. You're gonna have to review a call and we have to spend five minutes to review a block charge
10:17That's pretty ridiculous
10:19National games was a little later a little slower. But yeah Steph takes his time, which you know, that's fine. These are no doubt
10:26yeah, no doubt and I
10:28would not leap to
10:29him resting now means they can't be a real threat in the playoffs because of what we saw in 2022 where he
10:37Rested and I know he was injured, but he got rest and he came back. He was good and they won the champ
10:43Of course, I'm not saying they can't be a threat in the playoffs
10:45I'm saying that this is a little misguided that we are
10:48We've been sitting here for the last three weeks going. Oh, they could be the five big before they could be the three
10:53No, they can't. No, they can't nothing hurt. Yes, and
10:57And now potentially tonight will too if what you're saying is look we're out of gas
11:03I mean that was Steve's message
11:06We're out of gas. Well when he's out of gas when he's supposed to refuel and
11:11Draymond there were a little bits and pieces of we he was saying where he's like, wait a minute
11:15Why are we focused on Steph Steph's tired? We're all tired
11:19That's March. Welcome to March. Yeah, Jason Jason the playoffs. Well, Steph has played
11:26340 more minutes than Draymond, which is
11:29Roughly 10 full games if you're talking about 30 minutes a night, that's how much more he's played than Draymond
11:36So hey Draymond, you don't get to talk to Steph about how much more tired he is and you know, he got hurt
11:42Yeah, just talking about minutes playing. I understand
11:45So, I mean when you get hurt it allows you to rest when you don't play basketball
11:49It allows you to rest Steph played the most minutes on the team by far
11:54He's played in 59 games only buddies played in more games and Moses Kavon who doesn't play a lot of it
12:00So he's their dog. He's played the most matters. That's the responsibility of being the one
12:05Yes, and if you want Steph to be at his best
12:08Probably resting him on a back-to-back is the smart thing to do. I mean maybe but again, he's like
12:16These games all feel like three
12:18That's just that's the reality of where we are
12:20That's just the truth of the matter and if there's an obsession with not being in the play in tournament
12:25Then I don't know that exhaustion can really be part of the conversation right now
12:30That's all again. If the back is tight, then the back is tight
12:33I don't know that exhaustion can be a part of the conversation with the situation that you're in
12:40That's all that I'm saying. That's a general statement. It is not directed at Steph Lucas
12:47Not too late general statement that exhaustion
12:50Cannot really enter the room if you're trying to desperately avoid the play in tournament
12:56Let's go to Celtic will in San Jose. Hey, well, what's up? Thanks for calling
13:01I
13:02Do a Willard never called you guys the last time I was on a phone call with the radio station was KMBR with Tom
13:09Tolbert like 18 years ago. I'm a diehard
13:13Yeah, it's been a while. I'm a diehard Boston Celtic fan
13:16I'm a diehard season ticket holder for the 49ers. So half of you like me half of you don't I just wanted to ask you
13:23Sometimes I call you or I listen to you guys driving to work. I
13:27Understand every city has a sports radio station every city has to you know, try to pump up the team
13:34Wherever it is in this case, it's the Warriors my question to you guys is would you guys be surprised if?
13:42They lose in the first or second round if this is my opinion on it
13:47I mean, this isn't the Warriors with the rant
13:50This isn't the Warriors of back when you guys had, you know, the the NBA Finals you beat us
13:56A couple years ago in my opinion. I don't I mean you got you know, you got okay
14:02See you got Denver you got even the T woes will give you problems
14:06And by the way curry without curry, you're nowhere at the moment
14:11So maybe he does have to take the day off today. I understand you guys are I think the last to get in right now
14:19But my question to you guys is would it would you guys be surprised?
14:25To make the NBA Finals this year. Thank you for my call. Okay, so to go shock
14:31Completely completely. I've already said that if they win the championship this year Steph Curry is the greatest player of all time
14:37That's how shocked I would be and I'll offer you again the over-under on playoff wins at four and a half
14:44Which means they would win a series and I would imagine you're not changing your answer and give you the same answer
14:49I've given you every week, which is I will take the I take the under which means you don't think that they're going to win
14:54A playoff series and you've thought that for five minutes. I'm not five weeks
14:59I'm not convinced who are they're gonna be in the playoffs exactly
15:02Exactly. So like like I I hope so I think so. I'm not convinced
15:07Beyond all shadow of a doubt they go to bed in the eight hole the night. How y'all feeling?
15:13Yeah, it's temporary. Maybe I mean it could be on their way to be in the ninth seed
15:19But I doubt that I just think that if you're looking at it right now from a warrior standpoint
15:24You can't react to just last night last night was more than
15:29Unfortunate and you've got 14 left to go and if you go 10 and 4 and you win 49 games
15:35That's probably enough for the succeed. It may not be I think that it probably will be and so you look at it from a
15:4214 game lens you can't just look at tonight and say oh god
15:46Milwaukee's good and we blew it last night against Denver who was depleted Steph
15:51We got to have you in there. You look at every day in every game
15:55Individually and based on what we saw from Steph and you mentioned that it was one of the worst games
16:00You've ever seen him play based on the basketball reference game score
16:05There were seven games worse than that this year alone and of those seven games. They lost six of them
16:11So in other words when Steph plays poorly like he did last night you lose right, right
16:18Right. So if which means I need to play poorly, right, but they need stuff
16:23You could look at it that way right where it's like
16:26I know the records better without him entirely as opposed to him playing poorly
16:30But I do think their record is absolutely at its best when he does play and plays well, right?
16:37Okay, I don't know how the man feels today, I don't know how the man feels today last night before he left the arena
16:41He said I feel fine
16:43He said I feel fine. I also know that he lobbied the team to play tonight
16:47but
16:48You know, here we are Rick celebrating his decision. They're they're smarter than I am
16:53They know more than I do. So that's why I'm saying this isn't directed at Steph
16:58It's directed at the larger issue of if you're going to claim exhaustion
17:03Then I don't know how it is
17:05we're supposed to believe that this is gonna go three more months and I also think it's kind of interesting how the NBA world of
17:12fandom has
17:13Raged so hard against load management yet. We get to moments like this and fans will rally it up
17:21Oh, well, the man needs a night. He does why?
17:26Why?
17:27Nobody needed a night a decade ago
17:31Kobe never needed a night
17:33MJ never needed a night. Why do you need a night? Why why is it now impossible to play an NBA season?
17:40I don't impossible, but it's been proven that players perform better when they get additional rest and that's been the science of it and
17:49Sure, so do that when you're not literally living and dying on every possession. Well, you're not I think you are
17:56See, I don't think they think that they are. Well, you're not there yet
18:00Like if I give you Minnesota schedule the rest of the way
18:02What do you realistically think is is a scenario that that that the Warriors are targeting?
18:07Well, I don't have it in front of me. Would you like to hear it? I would love to mark
18:11All right, so they're off tonight. That's a win
18:15And then they've got home games Wednesday and Friday against New Orleans probably wins. Okay
18:22Then they're on the road after two nights off. They hit the road for one game to Indiana. Okay, sirs. It's a tough one
18:29I'm gonna give him a loss. Okay, that's
18:32Optimistic then they are back home after wait for it three nights off. That's nice. That's cushy to face the Suns
18:40That's probably a win. Okay, then
18:42Feels like Phoenix is gonna put up 125 and lose in that one
18:45Then they get a night off and host the Detroit Pistons tough one, but I'm gonna give him a win
18:50Okay, so got him at four and one now they get another night off and go to Denver
18:55Okay, I'm gonna give him a loss are you cuz I watched him go to Denver last week and dismantle the Nuggets but fine
19:03It's a tough place to win. And I mean Denver's one of those teams. It's kind of a head scratch
19:08All right. So and again, this is just a mock trial, but you got him at four and two
19:12Yeah, we got a night off now. They're going to Brooklyn. That's probably a win
19:16Okay, then they got another night off and they're going to Philly. Oh boy. All right
19:20So now we're six and two now we got two nights off and we go to Milwaukee
19:25Tough but tough Milwaukee again
19:28man, Milwaukee in
19:31In theory is better than they actually are. So my gut tells me Milwaukee wins that but
19:37Milwaukee's not as good as I think they are. So I'm gonna give Minnesota the win
19:40Okay for the sake of the bit, so you got him at seven and two bit now
19:43They got a night off and they go to Memphis
19:46Yeah, it's tough, I mean I'm gonna give him a loss there
19:49Okay, fine seven and three now on a back-to-back, but you come home for Brooklyn. Yeah, okay
19:56Eight and three, okay, and then you finish after a night off at home against Utah probably nine and three. Okay, that's 49 wins
20:03So can the Warriors win 10 of their remaining 14 to tie, Minnesota?
20:09Well that makes tonight pretty important games against Milwaukee and the Lakers and Denver and etc, etc
20:16All still on the schedule vote for Golden State. Yeah, and I'm trying to think that's all I'm getting out
20:22I'm not saying I can't do it, but this is crazy urgent every night. Yeah, crazy urgency every night
20:29Yeah, there's urgency, but there's also recklessness and you're not gonna be reckless with the chef
20:34Of course because you're feeling some kind of urgency
20:37I'm not here to tell you what Steph Curry's body feels like this morning. I have no idea
20:43I'm my point today is I just don't know where the word exhaustion fits into the larger conversation
20:50For any player, which I think is what Draymond was saying last night. Sorry, we're exhausted
20:56Gotta figure it out
20:58That's what I mean, those are his words not mine. Yeah. Yeah, he's played
21:03Seven fewer games than than Steph and he's played 350 fewer minutes
21:08He's talking from again. This is an annual experience of late March, right, you know
21:15So he's the one that we should be tweeting about. He's the one called Steph soft. Not you Lucas
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