24-25 NBA Season: 10 On The Clock Season 4 Episode 1
10 On The Clock: With Tyrone SmithOctober 22, 2024x
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24-25 NBA Season: 10 On The Clock Season 4 Episode 1

We’re launching the highly anticipated fourth season of *10 On The Clock*!


In this premiere episode, Tyrone reflects on his recent hiatus and shares exciting updates about the show's future. He introduces a new segment, *Living Room GM*, offering fans an inside look at his unique approach to team management and decision-making. Additionally, Tyrone announces the non-profit organization he will support this season, underscoring the show's commitment to giving back. Don’t miss this exciting start to a brand-new season!


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Tyrone's Latest Pistons Editorial


https://lastwordonsports.com/basketball/2024/10/18/is-the-pistons-preseason-success-a-sign-of-whats-to-come/



Tyrone's Latest Hornets Editorial


https://thepeachbasket.net/promising-pre-season-signals-big-things-for-hornets-guard/




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[00:00:01] We're exclusive on the production. Your experience just got serious.

[00:00:18] Season!

[00:00:33] So I didn't even lie to y'all man. This isn't gonna be a long drawn out episode.

[00:00:40] I just wanted to kind of get my vocals back warmed up.

[00:00:44] Cause it's been a minute. My hand has been doing a lot of the work.

[00:00:50] What?

[00:00:50] Palms. It is what it is. Y'all understand the grind never stops even if one thing isn't going as consistent as it normally has been going.

[00:01:02] Y'all understand the work that goes into these type of things when you try to accomplish something?

[00:01:07] So, work with me folks. Work with me.

[00:01:11] Welcome to the intro episode of Season 4 of 10 On The Clock.

[00:01:15] I'm your host Tyrone Smith, AKA Rome 2 Exclusive, AKA Mr. Hustle Bandit, AKA Mr. Sneaker Bandit, 4 Point Island, lock em up Rome.

[00:01:26] Daytona360, back in the building. Back in the building.

[00:01:32] Hell yeah!

[00:01:33] Now I know it's been a minute. I think the last time I was on the episode, I think it was back in February.

[00:01:39] That's been a long time. I ain't even gonna hold you. Basketball gets kind of boring after the trade deadline.

[00:01:47] It gets hard sometimes to kind of put stuff together because it seems like you talking about the same old, same old.

[00:01:54] But I promise you, this season is gonna be different.

[00:01:58] I'm going to stick it out from point A to point B to point C, all the way to point whatever point I need to get to to get every single week covered.

[00:02:10] So I know y'all probably been missing my voice.

[00:02:13] I know y'all been wondering what's been going on with the myth, the myth, the legend.

[00:02:19] Give me that money!

[00:02:19] I've been working, working.

[00:02:22] When I mean working, I mean working.

[00:02:25] Before we get into any festivities of what I want to talk about, because like I said, this episode isn't going to be long or drawn out.

[00:02:32] I just kind of want to give y'all a heads up what to expect this season from me and the show overall.

[00:02:40] I want to give a couple of shout outs to a couple of websites that I'm affiliated with that I've been doing my writing journey on.

[00:02:48] And as y'all know, some of y'all may not know, but for those who know, I am a sports writer now.

[00:02:58] I write for the Pistons over on Last Word on Sports.

[00:03:02] So shout out to the folks over there at Last Word on Sports.

[00:03:05] Yeah, boy!

[00:03:06] I also am on my second season with the Peach Basket.

[00:03:11] Shout out to Jose and the fellas over there at the Peach Basket.

[00:03:15] Last year, I wrote for the Pistons over there.

[00:03:18] This season, I am writing for the Charlotte Hornets.

[00:03:22] Now, I know y'all wondering, Tyrone, why do you pick all the terrible teams to write about?

[00:03:29] Well, first of all, never disrespect home.

[00:03:32] It's Detroit versus everybody.

[00:03:35] What up, though?

[00:03:37] And second of all, Charlotte is like the second home, man.

[00:03:41] You know, I got a lot of connections with the Charlotte Hornet franchise.

[00:03:46] Not me per se, like me going to like Hornets games and like knowing like staff and coaches and stuff like that.

[00:03:54] No, what I mean by that is Charlotte will always hold a special place in my heart because their colors are purple and teal.

[00:04:05] Purple and teal was the colors of my high school.

[00:04:09] Shout out to all the Crockett Rockets out there, man.

[00:04:11] It's a shame they closed that school.

[00:04:13] We was a great school academically and on the sports field, even though I never got a chance to play for the basketball team.

[00:04:21] Always got cut at the last day.

[00:04:23] That's neither here nor there.

[00:04:24] We're not here to talk about those type of failures because look, failures build success.

[00:04:29] And that's what it did for me for the most part.

[00:04:32] And you know, it's just it's just a real chill city.

[00:04:35] It's a real chill city that I love to that.

[00:04:38] I love to visit and I can't wait to go visit again.

[00:04:41] So that's why I write for the Hornets.

[00:04:44] Hometown Detroit versus everybody.

[00:04:46] You already know how I feel about my my Detroit teams.

[00:04:49] They might not be my favorite teams, but when we talk in city and putting on for your city, you always got a roof on.

[00:04:58] You just don't roof on when they play your favorite team.

[00:05:01] So when if the Lions just so happen to play the charges this year, I'm sorry, Detroit.

[00:05:06] I got to go for the charges when the Pistons play the Suns this year.

[00:05:10] As much as I love what the Pistons has been doing or has done this offseason with the moves they made and the culture change.

[00:05:19] No hoodies allowed.

[00:05:21] I got to go for my Phoenix Suns.

[00:05:23] I got to rock the book.

[00:05:24] I got to rock KD Bradley Bill Tyus Jones.

[00:05:28] I got to go.

[00:05:29] I got to go with the fellas over in the Valley.

[00:05:32] When the Red Wings play the New York, New York Islanders, I got to go for the Islanders.

[00:05:36] I don't know a player on that team, but I just like the Islanders.

[00:05:40] Maybe it's because of that 30 for 30 documentary that I seen about the dude that scammed his way into owning the team.

[00:05:47] That's one of the craziest sports stories you'll ever hear.

[00:05:50] Like that man really finessed his way into owning the team.

[00:05:55] That's crazy.

[00:05:57] And when the Tigers shout out to the Tigers, they just put up a memorable season, man.

[00:06:02] Almost made it to the World Series.

[00:06:04] Last game they got defeated.

[00:06:07] But when they play my other team that just made it to the World Series.

[00:06:14] Shout out to the New York Yankees.

[00:06:16] I got to root for the Yankees.

[00:06:19] Anybody else they play, they got my support all the way.

[00:06:23] But when they play my favorites, I got to rock the other way.

[00:06:27] Just like if Michigan and Michigan State was to play the University of Miami in football.

[00:06:33] I got to go with Miami.

[00:06:34] If they was to play the University of Connecticut in basketball.

[00:06:38] I got to go with UConn.

[00:06:40] So you see how this goes.

[00:06:42] And you can always rock with your home team.

[00:06:45] But when they play your favorite teams, home team kind of go away.

[00:06:49] Just for that day.

[00:06:50] Or that series.

[00:06:51] Or whatever.

[00:06:52] However is going on.

[00:06:53] So that's what it is.

[00:06:55] So shout out to my people over at the Beach Basket.

[00:06:58] And the last word on sports for allowing me the opportunity to do what I do.

[00:07:04] And that's right.

[00:07:07] Because I got some good things going, man.

[00:07:09] I'm trying to be the best I can be in this journey that I call sports.

[00:07:18] So this year.

[00:07:21] I'm talking about partners, man.

[00:07:22] I got.

[00:07:23] I'm trying to.

[00:07:24] I'm trying to do something.

[00:07:25] I'm trying to do some things, man.

[00:07:27] Shout out to Versify.

[00:07:29] Another year with the guy Brandon over there, man.

[00:07:32] I appreciate him believing in me.

[00:07:36] Allowing me to bring my sports content over to his platform.

[00:07:39] He's been doing some major things.

[00:07:41] I know I've been out the loop in terms of recording.

[00:07:44] But I still see what's going on.

[00:07:46] And he's been doing some fantastic things.

[00:07:48] So shout out to Brandon over at Versify.

[00:07:51] Shout out to Wager Wire.

[00:07:53] Had a good little conversation with him a while back.

[00:07:56] I'm trying to get into.

[00:07:58] It's been busy.

[00:07:59] So I really been able to get into that aspect of it.

[00:08:04] But this season, like I said, is coming up.

[00:08:05] It's going to be a big year for me working with the folks over at Wager Wire.

[00:08:11] Just as this is going to be a big year for me working with the folks over at Betstamp.

[00:08:15] Shout out to them once again.

[00:08:17] Shout out to Havis 365 Clothing.

[00:08:19] As you know, I am an affiliate for them for the past year and some change.

[00:08:25] So it's always a good look.

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[00:08:32] I'll leave that information down in the description of this episode.

[00:08:36] Just in the event that you want to go ahead and copy some Havis 365 merch.

[00:08:41] W energy drink and another round around the sun.

[00:08:46] Another round around the sun.

[00:08:47] I'm keeping it.

[00:08:47] But if you want to go ahead and get you some of them fluids to help you bouncing up and down the walls doing cartwheels at the age of 47.

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[00:09:26] We just getting started so you know more things is going to be coming up as we go along in this journey.

[00:09:32] So bear with me.

[00:09:33] But this is how we starting out this year and I'm really looking forward to it.

[00:09:38] So shout out to all the partners.

[00:09:39] Shout out to all the affiliates.

[00:09:41] It's going to be a great year.

[00:09:43] 2425 is going to be a great year.

[00:09:45] I promise you.

[00:09:49] So I know y'all been wondering.

[00:09:52] How is the how's the how is it going to be different from the last several years?

[00:09:57] Well, let me just say this working with people man.

[00:10:01] It really opens your eyes.

[00:10:03] It opens your eyes to different things.

[00:10:04] It allows you to see different things and allows you to put things in motion that you may have never thought of putting in motion man.

[00:10:13] And when when I work when I do work with the peach basket and we do these different live streams or things along those lines man, it really opens my eyes and it really makes me think that I don't have to be isolated into one box.

[00:10:28] And I feel that's how people feel sometimes they feel like you have to be isolated into one particular thing.

[00:10:35] And for some that may be just working, you know, some people feel that they got a nine to five in there.

[00:10:41] They're set forever, which is true.

[00:10:44] Working is important because you don't work.

[00:10:46] You don't work.

[00:10:48] You don't get no money and you're not able to do the things that you want.

[00:10:53] But sometimes you got to find your passion.

[00:10:55] And I know that's hard to say, especially in a time like this where everybody's talking about how inflation is crazy.

[00:11:03] And, you know, the high price of things, you know, limits you from being able to reach a full potential in terms of investing within yourself.

[00:11:13] But sometimes you got to take that sacrifice, especially if it's something that you really work hard for.

[00:11:19] It's something that you really got a passion for something that you really want to be able to make an impact in life.

[00:11:26] And it's going to be tough.

[00:11:28] It's going to be tough.

[00:11:28] But you got to understand that it's short term pain for a long term game.

[00:11:33] That's something I've been preaching to all my friends as they go through certain journeys, trying to figure out what it is that they want to do with their lives.

[00:11:41] And, you know, just kind of having that doubt within themselves or within their profession, because they feel like going back to what it was that made them comfortable is the best thing.

[00:11:52] And not understanding that any time that you go through something different or you change, it's going to be that tough.

[00:12:00] It's going to be that tough period.

[00:12:02] But at the same time, you got to realize that that tough period is going to subside eventually.

[00:12:07] And when it do subside, you're going to see the benefits of what it was that you've been putting all your hard work and your efforts and your determination into.

[00:12:15] When that happens, man, you're going to be so very happy that you were able to leave the toxic thing that you was once in that.

[00:12:24] Yes, it provides you these great things and provides you these great benefits and provides you this great pay.

[00:12:29] But the unpredictability was always there.

[00:12:33] You never knew what was going to happen day after day or month after month or maybe year after year.

[00:12:38] But now you in your comfort zone, you in that comfort level.

[00:12:42] Now you can go ahead.

[00:12:43] You know what to expect.

[00:12:45] You're doing what you love.

[00:12:47] And that's that's all it comes down to, man.

[00:12:49] You got to be able to have the confidence to know that sometimes it's better to walk away from stuff.

[00:12:57] It's better to do things differently.

[00:13:00] And that's what I plan on doing with these 10 on the clock episodes.

[00:13:03] I plan on doing a lot of things different.

[00:13:06] Oh, yeah.

[00:13:08] Basketball news don't change.

[00:13:10] I mean, that's that's that's what the show is about.

[00:13:12] You want to hear the topics of discussion and you want to be able to maybe listen to it a friend.

[00:13:19] Listen to my perspective.

[00:13:21] And then you go ahead and you have your own little whatever it is that you want to have.

[00:13:25] That's that's that's the that's the great thing about sports debate.

[00:13:30] This is one of the great things.

[00:13:31] Everybody has their opinion.

[00:13:33] Everybody is right in some way, shape or form.

[00:13:37] But it's always good to have that back and forth.

[00:13:39] Ben, what does change is a couple of different segments that I've been doing for the past several seasons like locks of the week.

[00:13:49] Now, this is one of my favorite segments.

[00:13:51] Segment is just because I get to show my basketball knowledge on a week to week basis.

[00:13:56] This will be my fourth year.

[00:13:58] So I've done three years of locks of the week in all three years.

[00:14:01] I have finished with above 500 record and it hasn't been close.

[00:14:06] I've been like maybe 10, 15 games over each year.

[00:14:11] But this year I want to do something different.

[00:14:14] Now, I always put this plan in motion every Christmas where I pick Christmas games and whatever games that I pick correctly.

[00:14:22] I want to donate X amount of dollars to.

[00:14:25] So, you know, I want to donate X amount of dollars to a nonprofit organization.

[00:14:32] But life comes at you hard sometimes.

[00:14:35] Even though your heart is in the good space, you're not able to do exactly what it is that you want to do with money sometimes.

[00:14:43] And that's what happens with me.

[00:14:45] Life comes at me hard.

[00:14:47] So this year I'm going to do something different with locks of the week.

[00:14:50] So I'm still picking games Monday through Sunday.

[00:14:53] I will pick games as long as they're playing them.

[00:14:56] Of course, I can't pick a day that they're not playing.

[00:15:00] So I'm going to still pick my seven games.

[00:15:03] For every game that I don't pick correctly.

[00:15:06] And we're going to tally them up at the end of the year.

[00:15:08] For every game that I don't pick correctly, I'm going to donate $5 to Souls for Souls.

[00:15:13] Give me that money!

[00:15:14] It's a nonprofit organization that deals with providing sneakers.

[00:15:20] So that's what I'm going to do.

[00:15:21] I was going back and forth.

[00:15:23] I didn't know how much I wanted to give.

[00:15:24] I said $2 at first, but I felt like that was a little kind of cheap.

[00:15:31] Then I said $10 and I was like, eh, I don't know.

[00:15:35] What if I lose like 70 games this year?

[00:15:38] Or 50 games or 60 games?

[00:15:40] What if I finish below $500?

[00:15:44] I'm going to lose.

[00:15:44] Now, another person would say, well, you got the money.

[00:15:47] Look, life comes at me hard sometimes.

[00:15:53] So, maybe that's something that I don't want to do.

[00:15:55] But at the end of the day, it's all about being able to do something.

[00:15:59] You kind of come within your middle grounds.

[00:16:01] I was going to lose $5 was good enough.

[00:16:02] So, for every game that I lose this season, I'm going to add it into a pot.

[00:16:08] At the end of the year, we're going to tally it up.

[00:16:13] However many losses, multiply that by five.

[00:16:16] And that's going to be my donation to Souls for Souls.

[00:16:20] In addition to that, I'm adding another segment called Living Room GM.

[00:16:30] Now, this is a series that I'm actually looking to get off of the ground.

[00:16:35] Look, I've been, it's been so, I've been ready at one point and something happens

[00:16:40] and then it kind of, it's been up and down.

[00:16:42] But look, I'm going to debut Living Room GM on 10 on the clock.

[00:16:48] And what I'm going to do is, I'm going to have one person, like I said, my connections are strong

[00:16:54] within the people that I know from Last Word on Sports, the people that I know from the Peach Basket,

[00:16:59] and just my own personal connections.

[00:17:02] Interview them.

[00:17:03] Have them come in, have them sit down.

[00:17:04] Not necessarily sit down, but have them chat with me.

[00:17:07] And we just talk about things going on in the NBA.

[00:17:10] I had to probably pick a specific topic of discussion within that week to kind of steer away from my weekly discussions,

[00:17:19] the things that I want to talk about.

[00:17:20] Maybe we'll talk about, because I try to steer away from the obvious topics, the Lakers, the Warriors, LeBron, Curry,

[00:17:28] Giannis, now Wimby Yam is going to be a big topic this year.

[00:17:32] I try to steer away from those conversations in my stories of the week.

[00:17:36] Try to give the teams that don't really get the accolades and the media attention, I try to give them some love.

[00:17:43] But maybe with the living room GM aspect of it, this would be allowed us to talk about some of the bigger things.

[00:17:50] So I'm going to have some brief clips of interviews from people that I talk to.

[00:17:59] It'll be debuted on the channel.

[00:18:02] I will also have full interviews available if people are interested in checking those out as well.

[00:18:10] Still trying to figure out how I want to do it in terms of the full interviews and where I release them at.

[00:18:17] But once I do decide where they're going to go, I will let you guys know in future episodes.

[00:18:27] Everything else, for the most part, is going to be cool.

[00:18:33] For example, I'm going to be doing live reactions of NBA games over on playback TV for the Peach Basket.

[00:18:42] I'm going to be doing some Pistons games.

[00:18:44] I don't know which ones I'm going to be doing because the objective is still to go down to LCA,

[00:18:49] Little Caesars Arena, and be able to check out games myself.

[00:18:53] But I also want to do Charlotte Hornet games as well, since I am a contributing writer for the Hornets over on that platform.

[00:19:02] NBA season preview show is going to be coming soon.

[00:19:06] I don't necessarily know when it's actually going to be coming.

[00:19:12] Shout out to Jose.

[00:19:13] He's still putting that together for us to kind of make that happen.

[00:19:17] So I can't give you guys any information if I don't have any information myself.

[00:19:21] But I do know that it's going to be coming.

[00:19:24] Look, you can do a season preview.

[00:19:26] I think as long as you're not with like 10 games within the season, you can still do a season preview show.

[00:19:31] Because everything is still kind of fresh.

[00:19:33] People still trying to find their ways.

[00:19:35] So you really don't necessarily know what's going to happen.

[00:19:39] But it's still going to be interesting to see, you know, what the fellas think about the season.

[00:19:44] More in particularly, the things that I'm worried about is the perception of the Pistons.

[00:19:49] Because I hear a lot of people talk crazy about the Pistons and how they're going to be bad this season.

[00:19:55] But I really do believe, I really do believe, and I wrote this in an article for last word.

[00:20:01] And I said it, I said the Pistons are probably going to be a 35-win team this year.

[00:20:07] And their ceiling is probably 37 games.

[00:20:12] There's 37 wins.

[00:20:13] Like I wholeheartedly believe that.

[00:20:16] Like I wholeheartedly believe that they're going to shock a lot of people in the NBA this season in terms of wins.

[00:20:24] And you know, I think they're still going to be under 500.

[00:20:26] But I think they're going to be a lot closer than what people expect for them to be.

[00:20:32] Remember, Houston was in the same position last season.

[00:20:37] They had all the young bucks.

[00:20:39] And then when they went out of free agency, they went ahead and they got Fred VanVleet.

[00:20:44] They went out and they got Dylan Brooks.

[00:20:45] And what do you know?

[00:20:47] They ended up being one of the most improved teams and proved their wins by 19 games.

[00:20:53] The same thing can happen for the Pistons.

[00:20:55] They had a game.

[00:20:55] They got a young team.

[00:20:57] They went ahead.

[00:20:58] They got Tobias Harris, who people for whatever reason they hate.

[00:21:03] And I understand it.

[00:21:04] You know, you make 300 plus million over your career.

[00:21:07] You've never made an all-star team, whatever, whatever.

[00:21:09] It is what it is.

[00:21:10] But Tobias, when it comes to being a reliable factor in the starting lineup, he's been that.

[00:21:17] In Philadelphia, he wasn't bad.

[00:21:19] He averaged about 17, 6, and 3.

[00:21:22] And he had pretty good shooting efficiency.

[00:21:24] So, whatever reason you don't like Tobias Harris, understand that he still is a good player.

[00:21:32] Cool.

[00:21:32] Then you get guys like Beasley.

[00:21:34] Then you get guys like Tim Hardaway Jr.

[00:21:36] I don't know about the Tim Hardaway Jr. factor.

[00:21:41] I don't know about the Malik Beasley factor right now because they kind of struggled in the preseason.

[00:21:46] But it's preseason.

[00:21:48] And eventually, I feel like those guys will find their shot.

[00:21:52] And when they find their shot, combined with everything else going on, Jay Knight with his confidence, K, Jalen Duren, you know, Simone Fantecchio.

[00:22:02] You got Ron Holland, who's potential to be a dynamic two-way player.

[00:22:07] The Pistons have some pieces, man.

[00:22:10] And maybe people don't understand you because they're not in the city and I live in Detroit.

[00:22:15] Well, I don't live in Detroit, but I've stayed in Detroit.

[00:22:19] You know, I'm heavily affiliated with the city.

[00:22:24] I see the Pistons, you know, I see the Pistons more than I see any other team.

[00:22:28] So, I see the improvements.

[00:22:29] I see them getting better.

[00:22:31] And that bottom half of the Eastern Conference isn't that great.

[00:22:34] Atlanta, I don't think it's going to be that good.

[00:22:36] Brooklyn's not going to be that good.

[00:22:38] Charlotte might be in the mix, but I don't think they're going to be that good.

[00:22:41] Chicago, I don't think it's going to be that good.

[00:22:43] So, there's opportunity there.

[00:22:46] Washington is going to be bad.

[00:22:48] There's definitely opportunity for the Pistons to sneak into one of them playing spots.

[00:22:52] For sure.

[00:22:54] I think I got everything that I wanted to do.

[00:22:56] But before I go, since this is the first week of the season, I do want to give you guys

[00:23:04] the first edition of Locks of the Week.

[00:23:15] Okay, so here we go.

[00:23:18] First edition of Locks of the Week.

[00:23:22] Tuesday.

[00:23:24] Today.

[00:23:25] Tonight.

[00:23:26] Oh man, it's going to be great.

[00:23:27] We got the Lakers, T-Wolves.

[00:23:30] And then we got the Knicks and the Celtics.

[00:23:33] Those are two great games.

[00:23:34] Two great ways to start your season off.

[00:23:37] Celtics are going to be raising banner number 18 against the newly acquired Carl Anthony Towns

[00:23:45] and the New York Knicks who are looking to be in the discussion for NBA championship glory.

[00:23:52] But we ain't picking that game.

[00:23:54] We going Minnesota, LA.

[00:23:57] JJ Redick, his first game as an NBA gear head coach.

[00:24:02] LeBron James and Anthony Davis in the fall.

[00:24:05] Anthony Edwards.

[00:24:06] Minnesota is a much deeper team than they was last season with the trade.

[00:24:10] We're picking up Julius Randle and Dante DiVincenzo.

[00:24:14] We still got Anthony Edwards who's coming off the high of an Olympic gold medal.

[00:24:19] And Rudy Gobert who is looking to break the tie for most offensive player of the year awards this season.

[00:24:26] The man has been highly disrespected in all regards.

[00:24:30] And he's looking to show that he is the greatest defensive center in the 20th century.

[00:24:38] 21st?

[00:24:39] 21st?

[00:24:41] Well, this century.

[00:24:42] You know what I mean.

[00:24:43] But if I had to pick between the Lakers and the Timberwolves, I'm going to the team rules to defeat the Lakers tonight.

[00:24:53] Wednesday, give me the Pistons over the Pacers.

[00:24:57] Thursday, I'm going to take the Thunder to defeat the Nuggets.

[00:25:01] Friday, I'm going to take the Hornets to defeat the Hawks.

[00:25:06] Saturday, Mavs over the Suns.

[00:25:09] And Sunday, you can give me the Warriors to defeat the LA Clippers with No Kawhi Leonard who is out indefinitely with a knee injury which seems to be a recurring theme at this point in his career.

[00:25:23] And I made the analogy that Kawhi Leonard is pretty much turning into a more accomplished Penny Hardaway.

[00:25:31] What I mean by that is, Penny Hardaway was a great talent.

[00:25:36] Great talent.

[00:25:38] All NBA, all star, MVP candidate talent.

[00:25:41] But he was always hurt.

[00:25:44] And this is what happened with Kawhi.

[00:25:46] Kawhi is a great talent.

[00:25:49] Defensive player of the year, MVP candidate, finals MVP.

[00:25:53] All NBA team.

[00:25:55] But he just cannot stay healthy for whatever reason.

[00:25:59] Which is why I think Paul George decided that he needed to chunk up the deuces and get up out of LA.

[00:26:04] But hey, just imagine, you're playing for your hometown team and you say, bro, I don't even want to play for the hometown team.

[00:26:12] Why is that?

[00:26:14] That's crazy to think about.

[00:26:17] But those have been the locks of the week.

[00:26:20] That's been the episode.

[00:26:22] I promise, production wise, it's going to be a little put together better.

[00:26:28] I did want to come out.

[00:26:29] I did want to get an intro.

[00:26:30] I'll let you guys know what's been going on.

[00:26:33] But I am still working on getting everything together in terms of my production.

[00:26:39] You know, because I love quality.

[00:26:42] I love quality.

[00:26:44] I love point A to point Z.

[00:26:46] I love it.

[00:26:47] But I did want to come ahead and let y'all know that.

[00:26:50] I forgot about basketball season.

[00:26:52] I am going to be ready, willing and able to put down some heat for y'all.

[00:26:56] Because it's going to be a great year.

[00:26:58] I can feel it's going to be a great year.

[00:27:01] But that's the episode.

[00:27:02] And I appreciate y'all rocking out with me as always.

[00:27:06] I'm Tyrone Smith.

[00:27:08] Raw 2, Sluice & Hustle Bandit, Sneaker Bandit, Floor Point Island, Lock Em Up Raw, Daytona 360.

[00:27:14] And I will holla at y'all next week.