24-25 NBA Season: 10 On The Clock Season 4 Episode 4

[00:00:00] We're exclusive on the production. Your experience just got serious. Season 4. Speechless for the first time. This is rare, but just wanted to get straight into this episode because that's how I'm feeling right now. Welcome to the fourth episode of 10 On The Clock. I'm your host Tyrone Smith, aka Ron2Exclusive, aka Mr. HustleBandit, aka Mr. SneakerBandit.

[00:01:11] 4 Point Island, lock them up wrong. Daytona360, back in the building, back in the building. Hell yeah! So like I like to do every week before I get into the festivities of the episode, go ahead and get some housekeeping out the way. As you all may know, Veterans Day was yesterday, so shout out to all the veterans who may be listening to this episode or just shout out to all the veterans in general.

[00:01:40] On a personal level, I want to give a shout out to veterans that I know, aka family. My dad who was actually a veteran, so shout out to my pops. My Uncle Neil who was actually a veteran as well. Shout out to him as well. And my two cousins, my cousin Kennedy and God bless the dead. Rest in peace to my cousin Aces. All veterans in the family who all of us are

[00:02:10] very, very, very proud of, very proud of, very proud of, to take that type of leap of faith has to be a, a monumental mind thing because that's a, that's, that's tough work. I'm sure it's tough work. You know, you know, you watch the videos and the training and all that. That's some intense, that's some intense stuff.

[00:02:36] And you got to be built with, with some, with some strong character to, to commit to something along those lines. So shout out to my personal veterans that I know within my family and just shout out to all the veterans out there. Um, I hope you was able to enjoy the best of your day. I hope that everybody took care of you the way that they're supposed to take care of you because if it wasn't for you making that sacrifice and that commitment to your country,

[00:03:06] a lot of us wouldn't be enjoying the freedoms that we have right now. So shout out to y'all. Hell yeah. And I got nothing else more to say outside of that.

[00:03:16] I mean, check the, I mean, check the, check the, check the links in the description for the latest articles that I've written over on peach basket and last word on sports.

[00:03:29] Basketball is now in the full swing of things. Let's just go ahead. Let's get it popping, man. Let's just, let's knock it out. Let's go ahead. Let's start off with these locks of the week.

[00:03:40] All right. So last week I went four and three predictions and I do want to admit an admission in my locks of the week. The Sunday game, I had the Lakers playing the morning something, but they actually played the Raptors and a beetle.

[00:04:08] So my bad on that. See, I'm still trying to get into the whole swing of things, man. So I'm getting better. I promise you.

[00:04:17] But I went four and three. I am currently nine and 11 on this season so far.

[00:04:24] As you all may know, this is your first time listening. I am doing something special for every loss that I do achieve during my locks of the week.

[00:04:32] Where I will be tallying them all up and making a donation to souls for souls, which is a nonprofit organization.

[00:04:39] If you want to see me get big money, you want to see me lose these locks of the week.

[00:04:45] And look, I know people saying, oh, you doing this intentionally so you can try to give money.

[00:04:50] Look, I don't have a problem with giving. I'm really struggling right now because basketball, the NBA right now is just so unpredictable.

[00:04:59] Like all the good teams you expect to be good aren't good right now.

[00:05:02] The bad teams are not as bad as you thought they would be.

[00:05:08] You can make arguments that they're better than what their record say they are.

[00:05:11] So right now it's a little unpredictability. As the season goes along, everything will fall back in place.

[00:05:16] And I'll be dominating these locks of the week like I've been doing for the past three seasons going into the fourth.

[00:05:24] With that being said, though, we got to make these picks great again.

[00:05:29] We got to make Rome's picks great again.

[00:05:31] And I know y'all don't like that slogan because of certain things, but we got to make these picks great again.

[00:05:39] So this is this is my job to do so. And I did so by starting off right Monday.

[00:05:45] I picked the Nets to beat the Pelicans and it actually happened.

[00:05:49] Shout out to the Nets. Nets are way better than a lot of people expected them to be.

[00:05:54] And that backcourt, that Dennis Schroeder, Cam Thomas backcourt is looking looking kind of nice now.

[00:06:00] I don't think they'll be able to maintain it during the course of the year.

[00:06:03] But what's happening is them guys, they're building up trade value.

[00:06:10] So as the trade deadline goes along and once the Nets start to try to fizzle out, potentially,

[00:06:15] the Nets can get some nice compensation for those guys because they've been out there balling.

[00:06:20] And they've been showing that they can be significant contributors to teams that are looking to make deeper runs in the playoffs or the championship.

[00:06:31] So with that being said, we're going to start out with Tuesday, which is today.

[00:06:36] And we're going to go ahead and we're going to take the Pistons to defeat the Heat.

[00:06:42] Wednesday, you can give me the Rockets over the Clippers.

[00:06:46] Thursday, give me the Mavs over the Jazz.

[00:06:49] That is the only game on the schedule for Thursday.

[00:06:53] So take it.

[00:06:56] Friday, Warriors over Grizzlies.

[00:07:00] Saturday, Bucks over the Hornets.

[00:07:02] And I went back and forth with this because as we're going to talk about it as this episode goes along,

[00:07:10] I ain't liking Milwaukee right now.

[00:07:12] And Sunday, give me the Blazers over the Hawks.

[00:07:19] Those are the locks of the week.

[00:07:21] Let's talk about some of the stories.

[00:07:23] I think one of the obvious stories that we need to talk about this week is the terrible, terrible starts of the Sixers and the Bucks.

[00:07:47] These are two of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference and in the NBA right now.

[00:07:52] But let's first, let's talk about Milwaukee.

[00:07:54] Milwaukee is a hot potato mess right now.

[00:07:59] And I want to remind people, if you haven't checked out the Peach Basket season preview episode, I would highly encourage you to do so.

[00:08:09] The link is in the description.

[00:08:11] I made a take about the Bucks and the Sixers that may not seem popular.

[00:08:17] It may seem ridiculous as the season goes on.

[00:08:21] But as I'm watching this team, as I'm watching these teams right now, it may come to fruition.

[00:08:28] I said the Bucks and the Sixers would not make the playoffs.

[00:08:33] They may make the play-in.

[00:08:35] They may be contenders for the play-in.

[00:08:37] But they won't be one of those six seeds in the Eastern Conference.

[00:08:41] Now, who's going to be there remains to be seen.

[00:08:45] There's a lot going on within those spots right now.

[00:08:49] But the Bucks and the Sixers are the worst teams in the Eastern Conference.

[00:08:54] Now this is upset, rightfully so.

[00:08:58] I feel that this is what happens when you're good for so many years.

[00:09:03] You bring back the same core.

[00:09:06] But the same core that you bring back is getting older.

[00:09:10] While these teams have been struggling for many, many years, they're bringing in these young, talented players.

[00:09:17] And these players, yeah, they're going through the struggle of it.

[00:09:20] And yes, those teams are going to lose a lot.

[00:09:22] The development is there.

[00:09:24] So when they're fully developed or they're getting into that developmental thing where the game is slowing down to them,

[00:09:32] they are going to overtake these older teams that were built to win right now.

[00:09:38] And this is what's happening with the Bucks.

[00:09:41] Yes, you got Dame, but Dame isn't the same Dame.

[00:09:44] Dame isn't Portland Dame.

[00:09:46] Chris Middleton's been out with injury.

[00:09:48] Brooke Lopez doesn't look like he's the same player.

[00:09:51] I mean, you got Bobby Portis who's nice.

[00:09:54] And then you went on and you got guys like DeLon Wright.

[00:09:57] You went on and you got guys like Jay Crowley.

[00:10:00] What?

[00:10:01] You got these guys that's out here who are veteran presence, but they aren't doing the things that they need to do overall in terms of developing the young guys.

[00:10:13] You got to start transitioning to a younger league.

[00:10:16] You got to start transitioning where these younger players are going to be out there playing for you.

[00:10:21] Because this is what happens when you put yourself in a position where you are so highly invested in the young guys that are out there playing.

[00:10:31] I mean, the older guys that are out there playing.

[00:10:33] You got to have some type of balance.

[00:10:35] And Milwaukee doesn't have that balance right now.

[00:10:37] And it's unfortunate.

[00:10:39] I really do believe that they can't pull themselves out of this.

[00:10:43] I mean, you got to start strong.

[00:10:46] And you got to start respectable enough to where if anything was the pop off, you only X amount of games into a situation where you can come back and you'll be good.

[00:10:57] But the Bucs are currently 2-8 right now.

[00:11:00] And this isn't the start that they wanted.

[00:11:03] This isn't the start that I think they expected.

[00:11:05] And this isn't the start that everybody felt that the Bucs was going to be.

[00:11:13] And my bad for calling it Torian Prince Drake Crowder.

[00:11:16] I swear, man.

[00:11:18] Oh, boy.

[00:11:19] That's about to be crazy.

[00:11:21] Damn.

[00:11:22] Damn.

[00:11:23] But for Milwaukee, this isn't what you wanted.

[00:11:26] And I think, where does this all lay?

[00:11:29] I think this all lays on Doc Rivers.

[00:11:33] Because once Doc got to the fold, the Bucs got worse.

[00:11:38] The Bucs were the second seed in the Eastern Conference with Adrian Griffin.

[00:11:42] They were like 30 and 13.

[00:11:43] But everybody said that that wasn't good enough for Adrian Griffin to keep his job.

[00:11:48] And for whatever reason, it wasn't justified.

[00:11:52] You can't justify any reason to fire a coach who was 17 games over 500 to be fired.

[00:12:04] You just can't do it.

[00:12:06] And I feel like this has a lot.

[00:12:08] You know, a lot of people say that Giannis isn't the greatest when it comes to being a coach morale booster.

[00:12:15] This is what maybe this is what this looks like.

[00:12:17] But this isn't good.

[00:12:20] And it would be sad if Darvin Ham and Doc Rivers were to get the Bucs.

[00:12:29] But at this point, why would you give them the Bucs?

[00:12:32] You invested money into them.

[00:12:34] You fired your young upstart coach for them.

[00:12:38] Why would you?

[00:12:40] They need to start getting it together now.

[00:12:42] And if they don't start getting it together now, it's going to be ugly.

[00:12:45] You know, Dane, he has a concussion.

[00:12:49] So, you know, who knows how long he's going to be out.

[00:12:52] So, it's just not looking good for Milwaukee.

[00:12:56] Just like it's not looking good for the Sixers.

[00:12:59] Now, on a positive note, Joel Embiid is set to return.

[00:13:03] He's going to play tonight against the Knicks, which is good.

[00:13:07] But everything else around him isn't great right now.

[00:13:11] You know, Paul George, he was brought in.

[00:13:13] And everybody said there was this huge signing.

[00:13:15] Everybody said that this was the signing that was going to put Philadelphia over the top.

[00:13:18] But he hasn't looked great right now.

[00:13:20] And I don't hold that against him.

[00:13:23] You know, he's still working out the rust.

[00:13:25] He'll be where he needs to be as the season goes along.

[00:13:28] But Philly fans are desperate right now.

[00:13:34] People have been preaching process for so long.

[00:13:37] And they've been having to buy into it.

[00:13:41] And eventually, they're tired of the process.

[00:13:45] They want to see the finished product of this process.

[00:13:50] It's like when somebody announces that they're going to be building a new state of the art.

[00:13:54] You know, you get tired of seeing the construction.

[00:13:56] You want to see the finished product of this state of the art complex.

[00:14:03] And this is where Philly fans are now.

[00:14:06] And this is where the Sixers organization is right now.

[00:14:10] They got to put this together.

[00:14:11] Because if they don't do it now, this is the year.

[00:14:14] I personally believe that this is the year that they got to figure it out.

[00:14:20] If they don't figure it out this year, it's going to be an interesting time for the Sixers.

[00:14:25] And they're going to have to start blowing this stuff up and start building for the future.

[00:14:32] I really wholeheartedly believe that.

[00:14:35] But when we look at the conference, just think about where we are right now.

[00:14:40] The Sixers and the Bucks are two of the worst teams in the East.

[00:14:47] Think about this in perspective.

[00:14:48] The Pistons, the Bulls, the Hornets, and the Nets will all be playoff teams right now if the season was to end.

[00:15:00] Now I'm saying?

[00:15:00] The Knicks were under 500.

[00:15:03] Damn!

[00:15:04] The Pacers are struggling right now.

[00:15:06] Damn!

[00:15:07] And the Pistons, the Bulls, the Hornets, and the Nets are all valuable options for playoff contention.

[00:15:13] Damn!

[00:15:14] Think about that.

[00:15:16] The East was seen as the best conference of the two.

[00:15:20] Now look at it.

[00:15:22] It's looking crazy.

[00:15:24] I have absolutely no idea what's going on.

[00:15:26] But yeah, Philly, Milwaukee.

[00:15:28] Get y'all to act together, man.

[00:15:30] Ha ha!

[00:15:31] And speaking of teams that's getting their act together, shout out to the Golden State Warriors.

[00:15:36] Hey y'all!

[00:15:37] They are one of the best teams in the Western Conference right now.

[00:15:40] Hey y'all!

[00:15:41] Currently 8-2.

[00:15:43] They've been out there playing some ball.

[00:15:46] Some good basketball.

[00:15:49] I'm really looking at like a college team that's just striving.

[00:15:53] And what I mean by that is, you notice how in college you get some of your best players.

[00:15:59] You get your five-star athletes.

[00:16:01] Things along that line.

[00:16:03] You thrive.

[00:16:06] But eventually, that college athlete, that five-star prospect, he's going to want to go.

[00:16:11] He's going to want to go to greener pastures.

[00:16:13] He's going to want to go to the NBA.

[00:16:15] And then you have to replace that five-star athlete with maybe somebody who wasn't ready.

[00:16:21] Of course, wasn't ready to play because they had these elite talents.

[00:16:25] But the development over the season has put them in a position to want to go out there and play.

[00:16:31] And they thrive.

[00:16:33] So all they're doing is plug in and play.

[00:16:36] And this is what I look at when I look at the Golden State Warriors.

[00:16:38] This is a team that, yes, they still have Steph.

[00:16:41] Yes, they still have Draymond.

[00:16:43] But everything else is just kind of plug and play.

[00:16:46] Buddy Hill was the perfect free agent signing for them.

[00:16:50] Because he comes off the bench, he gives them buckets, and he gives them a three-point identity at the guard position.

[00:16:57] DeAnthony Melty comes in, he gives them a physicality, defense.

[00:17:01] He grabbed 10 rebounds, I believe, in that game against the Oklahoma City Thunder that they won, 127-116.

[00:17:07] So he gives them a toughness, a dog, a defensive mentality.

[00:17:11] And he's also able to shoot the three.

[00:17:14] Then you got guys like Kevon Looney and Jackson Davis, the center.

[00:17:20] Moses Moody and Jonathan Kaminga.

[00:17:23] And these are all guys that, you know, some may start one.

[00:17:27] One may start one game.

[00:17:28] One may sit the other game.

[00:17:30] Like, the only obvious starters that I've seen is Steph and Draymond.

[00:17:34] Everybody else just, I guess it just kind of goes based off of the team that they play.

[00:17:40] That's so much like college, though.

[00:17:43] That's like a UConn that just goes out.

[00:17:45] They dominate with the players that they have.

[00:17:47] The players decide to go for greener pastures.

[00:17:50] And they just plug somebody else in there.

[00:17:52] And they still continue to go out there and make things happen.

[00:17:56] If you are a Western Conference team or just a team in general, you better be looking out for the Golden State Warriors.

[00:18:01] Because they're buying in.

[00:18:05] The players are buying in.

[00:18:07] And when you get players that buy in, that don't care if they start or not.

[00:18:11] They don't care if they get the minutes or not.

[00:18:13] And they just go on out there and play in.

[00:18:15] Because they know that the way they're playing is winning games.

[00:18:19] And it's helping them put them in a position to win playoff time.

[00:18:22] Come around.

[00:18:23] They'll be able to get home field advantage.

[00:18:25] And they'll have that confidence to go out there and dominate.

[00:18:30] This is not what you want from a team that's won four championships.

[00:18:35] This is not what you want from a coach that's won as many championships as he's won.

[00:18:41] Not only as a coach, but also as a player.

[00:18:44] But championship DNA and you're getting guys that's buying into what it is that the coach is preaching.

[00:18:52] This is beautiful.

[00:18:54] This is a beautiful thing to see.

[00:18:56] So shout out to the Golden State Warriors.

[00:18:59] Because they've been doing great things with the way that they've been playing basketball right now.

[00:19:07] And let's just talk about the state of the league right now.

[00:19:11] Because it's just weird.

[00:19:13] It's weird when you really look at it.

[00:19:16] Like the East.

[00:19:16] I talked about the East when I talked about the Bucs and the Sixers.

[00:19:19] And I talked about the other teams that right now would be in playoff contention if the season were to end today.

[00:19:27] Outside of the Celtics and the Cavs, everything else is just a free fall.

[00:19:31] And it's really giving vibes that somebody can come in and take a spot.

[00:19:36] Because nobody outside of those two teams are earning their keep.

[00:19:41] Like the Cavaliers are currently 12-0.

[00:19:43] They won a game this week.

[00:19:44] They just beat the Bulls yesterday.

[00:19:46] The Cavs are looking like championship quality.

[00:19:49] The Celtics are always going to be there because they have one of the best rotations in all of the NBA.

[00:19:55] But we look at the Knicks.

[00:19:56] They're currently struggling right now.

[00:19:59] And this is not the start that people want to see.

[00:20:02] Especially considering the investments that they made.

[00:20:05] Getting Carl Anthony Towns.

[00:20:06] Getting OG.

[00:20:07] But it's still early.

[00:20:09] So I feel that they're still trying to find their stride.

[00:20:12] You know, most teams when they make big moves, it takes them a little minute to find their stride.

[00:20:17] So this is just what this could be right now.

[00:20:19] But this is going to be a good test for the Knicks or if they play the Sixers tonight.

[00:20:24] We'll see if they can find their stride.

[00:20:27] So let's talk about the Hornets.

[00:20:30] The Hornets are one of the best offensive teams in basketball.

[00:20:34] And it has a lot to do with LaMelo Ball who's been playing.

[00:20:39] I've been saying it.

[00:20:41] If you go to the Peach Basket, read my articles on the Charlotte Hornets.

[00:20:45] I'll talk about LaMelo Ball.

[00:20:47] And I say if he's healthy, he is a top five point guard.

[00:20:53] The only problem with LaMelo is can he stay healthy?

[00:20:57] And so far, he's had little nicks and bruises and things along their lines with his ankle.

[00:21:03] But he's been available.

[00:21:05] And when he's available, he's showtime.

[00:21:09] All that needs to happen is that team needs to thrive defensively.

[00:21:15] They have the pieces to do so.

[00:21:17] And Miles Bridges, I'm calling you out because you signed that contract extension and you haven't lived up to that money so far.

[00:21:27] Yeah, you had a 21 piece, a 20 plus piece against the Pistons.

[00:21:34] And that was the same day that I wrote the article.

[00:21:36] I was critical.

[00:21:37] I said, is this is this investment?

[00:21:39] Was this investment worth it?

[00:21:40] And you went out there and you showed that it's worth it.

[00:21:43] Now, we need to see this on a regular.

[00:21:45] We know you're not getting the minutes like you not like you've been used to the past several seasons that you played,

[00:21:51] which means that the shots aren't there for you like they once were.

[00:21:56] But still, you still have that something.

[00:22:00] You have that athletic ability.

[00:22:02] You can make things happen.

[00:22:05] You don't have to always shoot threes.

[00:22:07] You have the ability to get to the lane and attack and be aggressive and get to the foul line.

[00:22:12] You're a good free throw shooter.

[00:22:13] You can make this happen.

[00:22:15] I just want to see him elevate, do more with his game and be more of a complete or I don't know the word that I'm looking for,

[00:22:26] but I want him to be more in tune with the starting lineup and give them what they need at the power forward position.

[00:22:37] But Charlie, they looking good, man.

[00:22:41] They are looking good.

[00:22:42] I thought this was going to be a tough stretch in the season, but right now they're playing some ball.

[00:22:47] And they're making teams work just like the Pistons are.

[00:22:51] The Pistons are making teams work for their victories.

[00:22:55] Now, yeah, they had the blowout loss to the Knicks.

[00:22:58] Okay, that's going to happen with every team.

[00:23:00] Every team is going to have a bad loss.

[00:23:02] But every other game, they've been in it for the most part.

[00:23:05] They were in it in the game against the Cavaliers.

[00:23:08] And then ultimately they were just, it was just too much.

[00:23:10] The Cavaliers was just too much and they ended up losing that game.

[00:23:16] And they've done well.

[00:23:18] They won by one point against the Hawks.

[00:23:21] Cade Cunningham with the game saving block.

[00:23:24] They lost by one point to the Charlotte Hornets.

[00:23:27] Brandon Miller got the tip in at the last second.

[00:23:31] They lost by two points Sunday to the Houston Rockets.

[00:23:34] And they could have easily put their game into overtime.

[00:23:37] Tobias Harris missed his free throws.

[00:23:39] That second free throw, Jaden Ivey had the position to put the ball back in.

[00:23:45] But Cade Cunningham, that's just being aggressive.

[00:23:49] You can't be mad at that.

[00:23:50] You can't be mad by the way that they lost.

[00:23:54] But, oh, I'm looking at this team.

[00:23:56] They're playing for Bickerstaff.

[00:23:58] And that's all that everybody wanted if you're a Pistons fan.

[00:24:02] That's all you wanted.

[00:24:03] You just wanted your guys to play for your coach.

[00:24:05] And he's done a great job with getting Ivy and Cunningham to buy into being one of the best backcourts in the NBA.

[00:24:16] Tim Hardaway is doing his job knocking down threes.

[00:24:20] Malik Beasley is doing his job coming off the bench.

[00:24:23] Paul Reed is doing his job being that second in command.

[00:24:26] Now that Jalen Duren has been hurt.

[00:24:29] Isaiah Stewart is playing solid.

[00:24:30] But defensively, he gives them a whole other identity about themselves that makes them believe that they can lock up any team on the defensive end.

[00:24:41] Now, I want to see them clean up their rebounding a little bit.

[00:24:44] I feel like they let teams get a little too dependent on offensive rebounds.

[00:24:49] They get killed on the glass from time to time.

[00:24:51] But the Pistons are playing hard.

[00:24:54] It is fun to watch a Pistons game now.

[00:24:57] It's fun.

[00:24:58] Like, it's fun.

[00:25:00] Whether they're dominating or they're letting teams come back and they got to show their will.

[00:25:06] It's fun to watch Pistons games right now.

[00:25:09] So, shout out to the Hornets and shout out to the Pistons.

[00:25:11] Both teams that I cover on two different platforms.

[00:25:15] So, look.

[00:25:16] I would like to say that I'm the reason that these teams are doing good right now.

[00:25:20] Because I am harshly optimistic about what I think these teams can be.

[00:25:26] And everything that I've said is kind of coming to fruition.

[00:25:30] So, I don't want to like to toot my own horn about things that I say.

[00:25:34] But, you know.

[00:25:35] It is what it is.

[00:25:39] Now, do I expect these teams like the Brooklyn Nets?

[00:25:42] Do I expect these teams to continue to beat?

[00:25:44] No.

[00:25:45] But it's still good for basketball.

[00:25:47] Because every day we talk about the Lakers and the Warriors.

[00:25:51] And now the Thunder, they're good.

[00:25:53] So, we get to talk about the Thunder now.

[00:25:55] We talk about all the good teams.

[00:25:56] Let's show love to the bad teams that everybody thought, oh yeah, they're going to be 0-10 starting the season.

[00:26:01] And they're going out there and they're hooping.

[00:26:04] They're balling.

[00:26:05] They're making things happen.

[00:26:06] So, let's give love to those teams.

[00:26:08] Let's give love to those teams.

[00:26:09] Not the Wizards or nobody like that.

[00:26:12] But, you know, the other teams that look good.

[00:26:15] That make teams have to earn their victories.

[00:26:18] So, shout out to them.

[00:26:21] And let's finish it off with some other news.

[00:26:24] You know, like Bronny James going to the G League and ticket prices going up by a ridiculous amount.

[00:26:30] Now, on contrast, a Motor City Cruze G League ticket was like $30 if I'm not mistaken.

[00:26:37] I've seen somewhere where G League tickets for Bronny James games or that game was $200.

[00:26:44] So, it tells you the impact that he's going to have.

[00:26:50] I don't know if it's going to be in the league.

[00:26:52] But if he's a G Leagueer, man, he's going to put butts in seats for sure.

[00:27:00] Kevin Durant is going to be out for some time, which now makes me think of all the injuries.

[00:27:05] You know, like Chet Hongren.

[00:27:06] That's an unfortunate one.

[00:27:08] Going to be out 8 to 10 weeks with a hip injury.

[00:27:11] Jimmy Butler missed the game with an ankle injury.

[00:27:14] So, this is the unfortunate part of basketball.

[00:27:17] But this is just a part of it that we all know that's going to come.

[00:27:20] But it's also important for other guys within the team to step up and earn coaches' trust when those guys do come back that they'll be able to continue to play.

[00:27:34] Because I'm sure every player on the team wants to be able to play.

[00:27:39] But they're not able to play for whatever reason.

[00:27:41] So, with these injuries that's been going on, this is the time for guys to showcase their worth.

[00:27:48] They showcase that they are ready for the bigger spotlight if needed.

[00:27:56] And it is now needed for me to finish this episode out.

[00:28:00] So, I've said everything that I needed to say once again.

[00:28:03] I appreciate y'all rocking out with me as always.

[00:28:06] I am Tyrone Smith.

[00:28:09] Ron 2 exclusive.

[00:28:10] Hustle Bandit.

[00:28:11] Sneaker Bandit.

[00:28:12] Four Point Island.

[00:28:12] Lock Em Up.

[00:28:13] Ron.

[00:28:14] Daytona 360.

[00:28:16] And I will holler at y'all next week.

[00:28:19] Shout out to the Lions.

[00:28:22] They pulled it out.

[00:28:25] The Lions won again.

[00:28:28] Detroit vs. Everybody.

[00:28:31] Peace.

[00:28:33] Peace.