Luka Dončić deserves MVP, Warriors dynasty will be done, 1992 Dream Team vs. 2024 US Team | THE HERD

Okay, separate them. Are there any of those that you think are terribly wrong? Well, I don't know if we can get all five of them back on the screen, but I have to tell you something. Colin Cardd, this could be a five for five. I love four of them and I'm the one for Thunder to win a series. Max is less an indictment against them and more the fact that in the second round they

will

play Dallas because Dallas is going to beat the Clippers just like you. saying in three and I think Dallas is going to the Conference Finals at the very least, so one and three were in the Total Lock step, the Lakers are going to win tonight and then we can talk more about a series of Lakers nuggets, which which I think is more intriguing. than people give him credit for and this is not an indictment against the Knicks, but it's really a testament to what Tibido has

done

and what Jaylen Brunson has

done

, but because of the injuries and because they play so hard throughout everything the year, they don't.

I really have an extra

team

for the postseason and I totally agree with 1, three, four and five, number two, that I could see that happening and I think the Timberwolves are trying to work on Carl Anthony cities, we have to see how that's it Sure, if I'm going to choose that one, but 1, three, four and five, I love it and the sun, forgive me, the sun is beating down on the Timberwolves. It's certainly plausible, I'm not sure if it's my choice, but I think those are actually very good, bold predictions, okay? I'm going to throw this at you.

I said if you have an MVP vote, sgaa Luca or jic, you can make an argument for Luca because of this, first of all, statistically they are all great, but Luca has been able to outperform like LeBron. briefly did the Kyrie drama and it's no small thing, he undid the Celtics Brooklyn was a disaster considered difficult or a failure in Cleveland LeBron solved that Rubik's cube for a couple of years and then he went sideways and Kyrie goes with Luca was a year a little noisy one actually I think I would give it to Luca because I think valuable means what I overcame.

I think it's a real thing and if Luca gets it, I have no problem with your thoughts. Well, I agree with a lot of that. I hear J Maxman calling. Luca has been the best player in the world for at least a few months and, as much as I love Luca, I don't think it's a title he can hold until he at least reaches a final, but I agree with you and I think Okay. with JM, he is the MVP this year and that is what you said now. Kyrie

deserves

credit for not creating drama for playing as outstanding as he did by his standards, having a relatively healthy season and Kyrie had a great year, but what's your point.

Kyrie has never been a part of winning basketball except for the three years alongside LeBron James and now he is again, so Luca gets credit for that. He also had a banana season throughout the NBA since the NBA merger. The people who have ever averaged more points per game than Luca this year in a full season are Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryan and James Harden. That's the list you add, he had nine rebounds and nine assists, so he created, you know, over 50 rebounds combined points. and assists per game the

team

was the best team in the league the last two months of the year 15-2 in its last 17 games then they rested games 81 and 82 the team's defense improved and after Kyrie you don't have a single One of the league's top 100 players on that list still won 50 games.

My pick would be Luca, just barely edging out Joic and then a clear number three in SGA, who I think he had a phenomenal season, but not as good as Lucer Yic, and listen, some people can. I don't agree with this, but when it's as close as Luca and Joic, I give the tie to the guy who hasn't won one yet, yeah, and if Joic hadn't won one yet, you'd say okay, it's definitely his time . It's kind of how I felt last year with Embiid. That's why guys like LeBron, Kareem and Jordan, instead of having 10 or 12 MVPs, have six, five and four, because when there is another great player who is having a great season, they haven't had one. he won one, but they usually give it to him.

I think Luca, the team won enough games. I think he

deserves

it. I went to see the Lakers Warriors about 10 days ago because I thought it was the last chance to see Stephen Clay and my opinion. after watching the games Steve Kerr is running much of the offense through Klay Thompson sending a message to Joe lob please outbid Orlando we need we don't have size we need Shooters and Clay had a really good April Do you think it's Stephen Clay, I mean? If they lose to Sacramento, I tend to think they'll win tonight, but they can't beat, they won't beat the Lakers, do you think they'll blow that thing up?

Well, yeah, I mean, I think I listen. I think there's a two and a half point difference tonight, so obviously either team could win. I think Sacramento is going to win tonight even though Sacramento, since Monk Malik's injury in particular, hasn't looked very good in that building. This would be the biggest win for the Kings in 20 years because, to your point, I mean this is a Bay Area, not a rivalry because the Warriors have been much better, but you know Kings fans don't love Warriors fans and Warriors fans don't care about Kings fans. So I think this

will

be a big advantage on the home court, but from what you're saying, Colin and I don't think this has gotten enough attention.

I think we are less than 12 hours away from the last game. Steph Clay and Draymond play together. I think Clay won't be on the team next year when Clay said on Draymond's podcast that you know, of course, he wants to continue being a warrior, but he has to prioritize things like his mental health, which made me feel like This wouldn't have been fun for him. He's not happy when you see Steph dealing with the drama he faced on the court in the game where Draymond was ejected, he just feels like this is the last stand and yeah, so I think this Warriors team is the fourth best team in the NBA.

Dynasty ever Russell's Celtics Jordan's Bulls keman Magic's Lakers and then this Warriors run. I would have it ahead of the Sha Kobe Lakers and I think the last game they will play together as a trio is tonight, yes, so I want to tell what this new Olympic team. going to Paris there is one more place and I said I like new things more than old, but when you put the

dream

team against this team, if you take LeBron and Steph and they have been to 11 finals in 13 years, They are clearly the Old Guard, they have carried this league, uh physically.

Interest ratings when you become old and new, this is a kind of indictment against our Aaou system. Team USA is made up of a lot of guys I don't know if they are in their Prime Jason Tatum if you would take the big chance Booker scores but they were horrible in Phoenix before KD and Chris Paul I think Dream Team would house these guys in their Prime, okay, wait, wait a minute, wait a minute, here's why. You can't say take out LeBron and Steph, that's not something you can't say, hey, take out two of the best guys and let's go, I don't get it and you don't do this, but a lot. of people the revisionists put that back on the screen if we can basketball history revisionists

1992

Larry Bird was cooked, it was over, he wasn't the best, he wasn't close, his back had failed, it was true.

Magic Johnson had already announced his retirement. Well, Christian Leer wasn't in the NBA, however, Chris Mullen was fine, so that's four guys we can rule out, for starters, Barkley Malone Ying David Robinson, all those guys, John Stockton, none of them in

1992

had been in an NBA Finals, none of them in 1992 had really come close. to an NBA Finals, so on that team the only champions on that team were Jordan Magic and Bird and Magic and he was retired and Bird was about to do it, so I'm not going to let you suddenly say, "Oh, you already know".

In my day, no, no, no, no, no, no, and if you give me, if you're telling me, I can have this like everyone gets transported to their Apex Prime, so you get LeBron from 10 years ago. Steph from three years ago. from that that's different but the same with the

dream

team that's a different story but I'm not going to suddenly romanticize that the 1992 dream team got enough credit in real time I don't I think now we have to suddenly tear down the Dream Team

2024

to build it, okay, you can have Bamama for BU. I'm going to take David Robinson, that's how I see the world, well, okay, you can have Christian. read I'll take Devin Booker I mean what are you doing and from above you fired LeBron and Steph?

What does that dream team look like without Michael and Charles? Come on, we have to be fair, Colin, but keep going. Well, I mean, LeBron's going to be 40, but whatever he does, I'm not, I'm not an assistant, he's pretty good, he's pretty good, he's pretty good, but you, but, but the bird was the bird no. could move. The bird threw his back. repaving his driveway and he couldn't move anymore, yeah, but Bird was like the seventh best player on that team. LeBron is the best on this team. That's a little scary. Well, that's a testament to LeBron James talking about it.

The whole NBA is fine, finally, um, I do it. I looked at the Lakers and I think they actually mesh together pretty well. I think old teams have to be situationally strategic, so I have no problem with the Warriors sitting in front of a group of players so they are ready to go tonight. I think the old player sits down so I'm ready for him. I think that's the strategy and I agree with that in all of our sports. You think it's better for the Lakers not to do what jmck and I say which is to lose.

Rest LeBron tonight, you're going to end up beating whoever's crazy, you guys are crazy, so wait, I don't know how much time we have, but okay, first of all, yes you guys. We're saying you throw the game, throw the game and then play on Thursday, yeah, so on Thursday you'd play the Kings who swept you this year because interestingly enough, they can't beat Damont Sabonis or the Warriors, who showed you a week they can hit 26. three in a game so, but leave that aside, that's not even why it's so ridiculous. The reason it's so ridiculous is if we can all agree that the Lakers' only chance of making the NBA Finals is to beat the Denver Nuggets, yes, the only round. have any chance of doing it in the first round, they can't, the only path for Colin is Denver when you have as much rest as possible four days before the first game, when LeBron and AD are fully healthy like they are now when you have two. or three days between most games and when LeBron is absolutely on fire and the Nuggets, interestingly, are coming off a strange stretch in which they blew a 17-point one-game lead to have it against the Spurs in Game 81 of the Last year, all four games. they were locked in the fourth quarter or the fourth quarter and what happened, LeBron six weeks into the playoffs ran out of gas and didn't have great fourth quarters and LeBron was ice cold from three, yeah, he's healthy right now and they would do it . rest between games because it doesn't happen every other night.

I'm not saying the Lakers would beat the Nuggets, what I'm saying is that the only chance they have of beating the Nuggets is if they play them in the first round, so of course you win. tonight you have four days off and you say, let's see if Jamal Murray can average 33 points per game like he did the last time we faced him in the playoffs, let's see if LeBron shoots 21% from three like he did last time against the Nuggets . in the playoffs to not lose tonight having to play a must win game against a team that owns je or a legend like Steph Curry that's Banana's opinion, it's crazy to say it and you wouldn't really say it to the Lakers do it if you were training them you wouldn't do it.

I would go to Rob Penka and suggest it because my opinion is that they went to Boston and won. I think they could win without LeBron and the court tonight. I mean, they went to Boston without ad and LeBron and beat the Celtics, but does LeBron look tired? You see it on Sunday. The boys are there. Zion Williams is selected 15 years after him, since the idea is that this is the best athlete in the League since LeBron LeBron made him look like a little kid. LeBron is rolling, let's keep rolling, let's beat the Nuggets and that would be spitting in the face of the basketball gods.

Now I don't know what you are. You know how much you believe in the gods of basketball, but that's not the case. I want to try basketball Gods, go win, handle your business and let yourself think that you think about LeBron like if LeBron was given a truth serum and asked hey, if you're completely healthy, what you are now, who's better, you are niika yic, how do you respond? If he wants this opportunity, even if it's stupid, I think they win, I think the Nuggets play and then we see the first thing. It's a little bad, but he still brought his flame today.

I appreciate your effort, well I just lost my voice. I apologize, but I feel great and I'll see you all in about 90 minutes. Thanks Colin. Hello everyone, it's me. I'm Uncle Colin. Subscribe here to receive the latest from the pack, including exclusive behind-the-scenes videos and more, whether you'rewherever you are and however you want. You may be watching thanks again for making us part of your day.