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00:00And I want to share this tweet with everybody, too.
00:02Hello, AOS Floor, who tweeted at us and at 95.7 The Game and said,
00:07Here we go, Rockets and Warriors.
00:09Easter Sunday, they've got Amen, and we've got Moses.
00:13Wow, that's a five.
00:15For you Catholics out there, that's a damn five.
00:19That's some good religious humor right there.
00:21No doubt.
00:23Who wins in that case, by the way?
00:27On Easter, what's more powerful?
00:30Moses or Amen?
00:31Well, I believe that Easter is more of a New Testament,
00:34so Moses is a little bit out of his depth as an Old Testament character.
00:38And so I don't think that Jesus staged his comeback until the New Testament.
00:43He was down at the half, I know that.
00:45I don't even know what the hell is going on right now.
00:46So Jesus goes into the locker room and he's down a bunch.
00:49When Moses takes a charge and he gets up, is someone going to say he has risen?
00:53Well, first of all, Moses gets the ball at the top of the circle,
00:56and as he drives down, the defenders just part.
00:58And he's got a free lane to the bucket.
01:01And then you go into halftime and Jesus is down a bundle.
01:04And then you get late into the New Testament and back comes JC.
01:09You thought they were down 42 with eight minutes to go?
01:13Christ is coming back.
01:14Christ has risen.
01:16He is him.
01:18We should probably stop.
01:19I can't stop.
01:20I got so much more.
01:22I can do five minutes of humor on this.
01:23I know you can.
01:24I know you can.
01:25And I'm going to stop you.
01:26Jesus was down a bundle at the half.
01:28That's all I'm going to say.
01:29That is pretty funny.
01:31That's pretty funny.
01:33Roger in the city.
01:34Hello, Roger.
01:34What are you doing?
01:37Oh, hey.
01:38Yeah, just driving home from a day of work.
01:43Yeah, that happens.
01:44All right.
01:45Congratulations on being done.
01:50Hello?
01:51Yeah, go ahead, Roger.
01:52You're done with work.
01:54I just wanted to say.
01:55I just wanted to say.
01:57Oh, sorry.
01:57I thought you meant done for like you were dropping me.
02:00No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
02:01We're not going to treat you like Guy Santos and let you walk in the game and scream and leave.
02:06Like we're not doing that.
02:08Oh, God.
02:09Love Guy.
02:11Anyways, just wanted to say.
02:14Yes.
02:15Like a lot of people have said, it's pretty obvious that Kerr and the analytics kind of
02:22speak for themselves and that they know what they're doing.
02:25But you know what Jonathan Kaminga knows how to do?
02:29He knows how to cook the Rockets.
02:32He will cook the Rockets if he's just given the opportunity.
02:37So if Jimmy's having any problems, Kerr needs to make the adjustment and just let him go
02:44at these guys because he knows these guys well and he's cooked each one of them individually
02:52many, many times.
02:54Thompson, Green, probably Eason.
02:59He knows what he can do against these guys and he has proven it many times this season.
03:06He needs to cook the Rockets.
03:09Roger, thank you.
03:10Can I?
03:11I'm OK.
03:12I've arrived at a spot.
03:13I'd like to talk about this for a second.
03:15You can.
03:16I mean, you know exactly what I'm going to do.
03:17I mean, listen, listen to me.
03:19I think this doesn't have to do with cooking.
03:21I think he's going to play against Houston, but right now it doesn't matter.
03:26We got a lot of time before the Warriors play the Rockets, and I don't know how that's
03:31going to look.
03:32I think there's some variables involved, but yes, the Rockets are young and long and athletic.
03:38Do they need Jonathan?
03:39Probably.
03:40Probably.
03:41OK, that'd be my guess.
03:44Who knows?
03:44We'll see.
03:45But here's what I'm personally done with.
03:49I really don't want to hear any more about how Jonathan cooks.
03:54I don't care what he scored against the Rockets.
03:57He averaged 21 a game.
03:58I don't care.
03:59He cooked.
03:59I don't care.
04:00He wore an apron in the game in October.
04:02When the hell is somebody going to call in and be like, you know what Jonathan can do
04:06in this series is play team basketball and make good decisions that help the Warriors
04:14win.
04:15I'm really starting to get tired of this cook thing.
04:19And the ha-ha and what Jonathan can do as an individual and what Jonathan can do as
04:24an individual and what Jonathan can do as an individual.
04:27I don't want to know.
04:29I don't care what anybody can do as an individual.
04:32The Warriors need Jonathan to start making the right decision on a very consistent basis.
04:40And they don't.
04:42You might disagree.
04:44They don't.
04:45But I don't hear anybody ever say that.
04:48Nobody ever calls and says, you know what, Jonathan?
04:51We think Jonathan can go in there and make the right play.
04:55Everyone keeps wanting him to cook.
04:58That's not what this is.
04:59That's not going to win a ring.
05:01Well, it won on December 5th.
05:03Great.
05:03You didn't have Steph.
05:04You didn't have Jimmy yet.
05:06And you didn't have Draymond.
05:07He had 33-7.
05:09And you beat those Rockets at Chase Center.
05:11He had no choice but to cook.
05:13There was nobody else out there who could play.
05:15He made an appetizer.
05:16He served a main.
05:18And then you know what he gave him for dessert?
05:20He gave him the ha-ha.
05:21The ha-ha.
05:22Yeah.
05:22The ha-ha.
05:2333-7.
05:24Uh-huh.
05:24Let J.K. cook.
05:26I don't care who cooks.
05:30I just want the meal.
05:33I don't.
05:34Well, the meal that night was delicious.
05:35Yeah.
05:36Well, don't do that.
05:38That's the guru sound.
05:39Don't do that.
05:40And I'm looking at the game score.
05:41And that was not his best game of the year, but it was one of them.
05:45He had three games that, according to basketball reference, had a higher game score.
05:49Two of those games, though, the Warriors lost.
05:51So, and I'm just tongue-in-cheek coming back at you.
05:55I know you are.
05:55Because I'm totally with you.
05:56I know you are.
05:56But, and I wonder about him playing in the series because what you've said for the last
06:01couple of weeks has really stuck with me about this Warrior team.
06:05Like, to go back to December and look at this game where J.K. cooked and you didn't have
06:10Steph, Jimmy, or Draymond, well, that's a great night.
06:13And I'm not taking that away from Jonathan because they won that game.
06:16And without that game, they might have been the eighth seed.
06:19Yeah, that's the point.
06:20That matters, but this team is not that team.
06:23And this team needs him to, this team doesn't need him to cook.
06:27They need him to be an assistant sous chef.
06:30They need him to chop.
06:31Chop the veggies like Guy Santos.
06:34Buss a table, Guy.
06:35I'd love to bust a table.
06:37I just, I just want, this is just me, this is how I want, I just want people to stop making
06:42everything about individuals.
06:44I just, I don't care.
06:47I don't care.
06:48Why, why do people want to let J.K. cook?
06:52What does that do for you?
06:54It's almost like people want, somehow they want him to prove to the organization that
07:01he's a talented basketball player, more so than they want the Warriors to win the basketball
07:07game.
07:08I'm not here to tell you that J.K. stops you from winning the basketball game.
07:13But, but, but why is that your goal?
07:16Let him cook.
07:17I want him to cook.
07:19Why is that anyone's goal?
07:21I don't care if Steph scores four points if they win.
07:25Yeah.
07:26I don't care.
07:27Did you hear the Jimmy soundbite about, I don't care if I have, you know, 10 assists
07:31or, you know, miss 10 threes.
07:33I just want to win.
07:34Jimmy Butler, this guy, this guy has had games.
07:37It's a future Hall of Famer.
07:38He had games two weeks ago where half our staff came in screaming and yelling because
07:42he shot them all four times.
07:43Yeah.
07:44That was me.
07:44Great.
07:45Shoot it four times.
07:46Did we win?
07:47Did we win?
07:50Did they win that game when he shot four times?
07:52I don't remember.
07:53I think they lost.
07:53I think they won.
07:55I just don't care who cooks.
07:57I get it.
07:58I don't care who cooks.
08:00All right.
08:00Let's go to Larry and Lafayette.
08:02Hi, Larry.
08:02What's up?
08:04Well, I've been just sitting here enjoying a couple of, you know, first a fun, then a
08:08more serious effort from you guys.
08:10There was kind of a, uh, uh, uh, a resurrection, uh, comic inflection, sincere perfection from
08:21dibs a minute ago.
08:22Yeah.
08:22Appreciate it.
08:23Yeah.
08:23Slight blasphemy, but all done with, uh, with tongue in cheek.
08:26And I love the Lord.
08:27All of them.
08:28All the gods.
08:29We like it.
08:29We like it.
08:30I was not, in no way was I coming down on it.
08:33And I, and I love Cadbury cream eggs, man.
08:36They should sell those things year round, Larry.
08:40I agree.
08:41But here's what I might take is the four years came into this and they were looking in
08:45night or in 20, I think it was 2019 when they drafted Wiseman and no, it was 2020 and
08:53they drafted Wiseman that year.
08:55And they were thinking, uh, that they were going to get the next Tim Duncan and that didn't
09:00work out very well.
09:01And now you have a raw rookie who's really trying his best, had a lot of injuries, didn't
09:09work out, but that should have taught them something about drafting a project with Steph
09:15Curry still on the roster.
09:18Then they follow that up with Kaminga and Moody.
09:21And, you know, they, I think you could argue that both of them had a really tough time breaking
09:26in and, uh, and I don't think it's their fault.
09:29I agree with everything you said about all the other folks that were, uh, were able to
09:34play because they were on bad teams and, you know, there are always great scores on bad
09:40teams, but unfortunately you put Kaminga out there right now, they, they're going to
09:46drop off him and not even, you know, they're going to clog Jimmy a little bit.
09:50But I think even worse, they're going to double team a lot of three point shooters, not just
09:55Steph.
09:56So it, that lack of spacing that happens when he gets on the floor is why I think Steve can't,
10:03can't use him yet.
10:05We're going to need him against the Rockets though.
10:07I think they're longer, more athletic.
10:09And, uh, I think he'll have a role, but I hope, I hope it works out.
10:14Larry, I think it's a great call.
10:15Thank you very much.
10:16I, I, I co-signed with what Larry's saying, uh, wholeheartedly.
10:20I, I, I do think Jonathan will probably play in this series.
10:23I think he'll probably play in this series.
10:25Um.
10:25Well, that's another question for Steve Kerr then it's, how do you get him ready?
10:31How has he stayed ready?
10:33Well, that's his responsibility.
10:34It's Jonathan's responsibility and Steve's.
10:36And I, I wonder about the, you know, where he is mentally after having two DNPs in two
10:43gigantic games.
10:44And, you know, I'm sure Steve will say, you know, Jonathan's a professional and he, you
10:48know, we've been talking to Jonathan and he'll be ready when called upon and all the rest
10:52of it.
10:52But I personally just wonder about bringing a 22 year old back after two games of DNP and
10:59now it's, all right, JK, get in there.
11:02We need you.
11:02But this isn't new.
11:03Moses had went through this his whole career.
11:06TJD had went through this just last week.
11:09Yes, there is.
11:09Guy Santos didn't play in game one.
11:12Nobody, no, when, when Guy went in last night.
11:14Not one human was like, is he right?
11:17Is his mentals okay?
11:19Are you different stories though?
11:20Of course they're different stories, but, but there are similarities.
11:24And one of the similarities and the only one that matters to me is you are a professional.
11:30Yeah.
11:30So your job is to not get up in your feelings.
11:34And when you're called upon, you go perform to the best of your abilities.
11:39I, that's it.
11:41That's it.
11:42And I would expect Jonathan to do, like we've said this a bunch of times, Jonathan has handled
11:46this great.
11:47Yeah, he has.
11:47I don't know what he says behind the scenes, but he has not caused any problems.
11:52He's handled it great.
11:54And, and, and if, and when he goes in against Houston, I absolutely think that, um, he'll,
12:00he'll, he'll be ready to go and he'll be full effort.
12:02I don't see it as an effort thing.
12:04I just, I just don't, I, I don't see him as a great decision maker and I don't see him
12:09as a great shooter.
12:10And those two things are a problem for warrior basketball.
12:13And, but I think early in this series, you'll probably see him.
12:16I don't know if you'll see him late.
12:18I don't know.
12:19It depends on how he does early.
12:20If he gets some time in the early portion, I just wonder about his confidence because
12:25when you go from DNP to, all right, now we're going to play you, you're usually not given
12:30a big long leash.
12:32And if you're not given a long leash, do you press or do you kind of play tentatively?
12:37It depends on your nature.
12:39And JK thrives when he plays with that downhill aggression and he attacks the rim and you know,
12:45you get the ha ha and he's trying to dunk on people.
12:47I just wonder if he does get minutes, if he's not tentative being afraid to make a mistake.
12:54Maybe.
12:54Yeah.
12:54I mean, I think that the mental challenge is always there for professional athletes.
12:59You know what I mean?
13:00Like people who, you know, let's say that you're getting your first chance in a while,
13:05or let's say you sign a new contract or let's say you get traded somewhere.
13:09We went through this with Dennis Schroeder.
13:10Remember when it was always pressing, he's pressing because he's in a new environment and he
13:15really wants to show out.
13:17Well, well, that's, that's the deal.
13:19Pro sports throws a bunch of mental crap at you and you have to be able to handle it and
13:24perform.
13:25And so same thing here.
13:27I think let's go to TK in, uh, in Petaluma.
13:30Hi, TK.
13:31Thanks for calling.
13:33Hello guys.
13:34Um, first of all, I love the show.
13:36I love listening to it on my way home.
13:39Second of all, when you all walk out tonight, look out for those lightning rods with all of
13:43those religious jokes.
13:44Be careful.
13:45Um, yeah, I'm good.
13:46I've been doing it for, uh, 50 years and so far so good.
13:50Although it is a little cloudy today and I am wearing a metal jacket.
13:55So yeah, full metal jacket for Dibs.
13:58Yeah.
13:59Remember God, Dibs did most of the jokes.
14:01Anyway, go ahead, TK.
14:03If God can't take a joke, then he's not the all knowing, all loving creature that we all
14:08think he is.
14:09Come on, God.
14:10My comment along the same lines that you've been talking.
14:15I think that the piece that I would say is I think curve is more comparable than you
14:20guys are giving him credit.
14:22And here's what I mean by that.
14:23Um, you get athletes, when you get them on your team, you get what you get.
14:28They are what they are.
14:28They have whatever athleticism, whatever.
14:30I hate when people constantly go around IQ, IQ, this is basketball.
14:34These are athletes.
14:35The fact of the matter is, yes, they have to be smart and all of that.
14:38But at the end of the day, you have what you have.
14:39And I think it's up to the, it's up to the coach to figure out combinations where he can
14:44get the most out of the players you have.
14:46And if you have an issue with him being on the floor with Jimmy, which is what he specifically
14:49said, then there are going to be times where you're going to have to get Jimmy off the
14:53floor, but he is not going to go through several seven game series playing 40 minutes.
14:58You have to be able to look out further than that.
15:00And know that he won't be able to play.
15:02So therefore you have to be already planning the times that he off the floor, put Kaminga
15:06in where he's able to do what he is able to do best, maximize his talent.
15:11It's not easy, but that's why the coach is the one that you have to be required to have
15:16the highest IQ than anybody else, because he has to figure out those combinations to get
15:21the most out of everybody.
15:22So if you can't have them on the floor at the same time, even if you're giving Jimmy a
15:26break and you're getting him in for two minutes here, a minute here, or three minutes
15:28there, that is a better proposition than not playing him at all and not going into this
15:33series where you know you're going to need him.
15:35Okay, so TK, yeah, this is a great call.
15:38But here's what I would respond and say to those points.
15:43Number one, the idea that can Jimmy Butler be doing 45 minutes a night for the entire
15:48playoffs?
15:49No, probably not.
15:50But these last two games were not that.
15:52These were treated as one game must win situations.
15:56And I guarantee you, even if Jonathan suddenly has a role or anyone, Guy, TJD, if they've
16:03got a role in game one, two, or three, if this series gets to game seven, that's out the
16:08door.
16:09That's out the door.
16:10We're going with our best and we're putting our best foot forward.
16:14And I think that that's completely fair.
16:16One other thing to bring to the conversation with the crowd that wants certain players,
16:20hey, just give them a little nugget.
16:23Give them a little three minutes.
16:27Let me just present this for your thoughts.
16:32I think there are some players who would absolutely rather have zero minutes than seven.
16:40And the reason is stats.
16:43That's it.
16:44Because stats are very much part of the conversation when it comes to money.
16:48And when you play, now you're PPG.
16:54There goes your points per game.
16:56Right now.
16:56I'm telling you, this comes up when an agent is out there talking to teams and you're not
17:03going to rely on Brooklyn's GM to know the whole story of how this, that, and the other
17:08unfolded with the Warriors.
17:10And he's looking at the, let's go to his basketball reference page.
17:14And let's check out, what's his playoff points per game?
17:17Oh, 1.2?
17:19What the hell's the amount?
17:20I'm not paying for that guy.
17:22I'm telling you, this is at minimum a part of the conversation.
17:25I would agree.
17:26And right now for his career, Jonathan Kaminga is averaging eight minutes a game.
17:32Eight minutes a playoff game.
17:34I do think also that different players thrive in four-minute bursts more than others.
17:40And if you have Guy Santos, and I don't want to make this about Guy or JK because JK is
17:44a more complete player, and I think he'll have a better career when all is said and done.
17:49But if you're Steve Kerr and you're looking for a four-minute Energizer bunny kind of an
17:54insert, for me, it's Guy Santos.
17:57You bring him in and you let him go crazy and do his thing.
18:00And similarly with Buddy Heald, all right, Buddy, we need you to get in there for four to
18:05six minutes and make a bunch of shots.
18:07And he goes in there and he takes him and he doesn't make him.
18:10Okay, it's not your night, buddy.
18:11So we know we're not going to play you 32 minutes unless you're really, really hot.
18:16And that's just the way you have to deal with role players in these spots.
18:20Yep, absolutely.
18:21I mean, it's not an easy one.
18:24I will agree with this.
18:25He started off by saying, look, or maybe it was even the previous caller, like Steve
18:30Kerr is much more comfortable with all of this than maybe we give him credit for.
18:35And I agree.
18:35I think, in fact, all the Warriors are.
18:38You know what I mean?
18:38Like, it's interesting because we watch this stuff and we go, man, there's such ego in
18:44sports.
18:44And there absolutely is.
18:46There is.
18:47Then again, there's Draymond Green, Mr. Podcast and ESPN and TNT and the loudest mouth in the
18:55game is literally at the podium last night sharing a story of how he feels.
19:01Steph Curry, in the kindest of ways, walked over to him with a few minutes left in the
19:06game and said, how about if you don't shoot?
19:09Because I'm better at it.
19:11And that's what we're going to be doing right now here for the rest of the way as I try to
19:14take us into the playoffs.
19:15And they handle that stuff.
19:18They completely handle that stuff.
19:20So my point is not that Jonathan is some way happy with what's going on.
19:25My point is that I think in the world of adult sports, everybody's used to this.
19:31You have to be able to take this.
19:33For God's sakes, we have a business that is based on us waking up every day and talking
19:39about these people for hours on end.
19:42And they deal with that.
19:44They deal with that.
19:45How would we feel if there was a whole industry based on talking about our performance the
19:50next day?
19:51This is like Inception.
19:52So we got sports talk radio on sports talk radio.
19:55There you go.
19:56How do you feel about that?
19:57Dude, that's getting crazy.
19:58It's a little much, isn't it?
19:59Kind of like the YouTube feed.
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