What We’re Seeing at Kings Training Camp: Acuff, Simmons & First Impressions

0:00Do Samo. Do Samo. Do Samo. They tell you what they know. Do Samo. Do Samo. Do Samo. Do Samo. The pocket that you know. Yeah, Morgan is right about me. I'm not going to say that very often, but she is because we get closer to the season and my optimism continues to go up. We are five days in a training camp. And we've been holding off doing videos on this because I'm just trying to like soak in the vibes of training camp. Totally. It's so funny because it was like, okay, after day one, should we do a video? No, let's wait till after day two. Let's just see a little bit more because you don't want to, well, you're really good at jumping the gun and just saying whatever you want and being super optimistic. I like to actually make sure I'm like soaking it all in and analyzing everything. Yeah, being a coward and not having a take. Absolutely for sure. So we are going to be talking about the Sacramento Kings five days into training camp.

1:04We're recording this on a Saturday night. They're first preseason games coming up Monday at Golden One Center with the Lakers coming to town. Hell yeah. This podcast is always presented by our friends over at Centivo Vineyards and Winery. I'm Duce Mason. That's Morgan Reagan. How are you doing? Oh, I'm good. And why am I so good? Well, you know, I thought the summer was busy. I was like, man, I'm doing a lot of W a lot of W and V a lot of basketball, right? Like traveling. This is a cool living the dream. It's great. And then this week happens you and I have been in an arena or basketball gym or at a practice every single day this week. Every, yes, since Sunday, every single day. And it's by the way, it's amazing. Every single time. I'm just like, I could sleep in a basketball gym. Like I really could. There's just something about being in a gym that is so much fun. But this week, it's extra special. It's it's really been fun

2:04not taking it for granted, whether it's W NBA playoffs or a King's training camp practices and everything else. And it's been really fun just soaking it all in and just getting ready for the NBA season. Well, let's talk about King's camp because day five is in the books. In this week has been a little bit of everything, right? They're installing offense and defense, drilling a ton, right? And they've actually had a couple of two days. From my understanding last year, they have like one day of two days. They've done it a couple of times. You've been doing scrimmaging. What's your vibe? How do you feel? What are the vibes around the Sacramento Kings? Five days into camp without any preseason games being played quite yet? Love this love this time of year. Vives are I guess things just seem to be like a little bit more connected. And when I say that, I think from

3:04a communicative standpoint, from coaches, coaching staff, players, everyone always seems to be talking it up. And I told you, since I feel like the day we've met when we talk about basketball, how talking and communicating is a skill set on the basketball floor. And there's not many people that do it, especially at the NBA level or at the professional level, sometimes talking to former players. They'll be like, yeah, it's like they're embarrassed and they just don't want to talk it up or it's laziness. And they want to do this. You can just tell that it's being set as a standard with this team. I don't care that it's training camp. It's being set. It's something you and I've been to many training camps now and to see it on a different level from that energy and that vibe, I just I really appreciate that from a fundamental skill set standpoint. I think one of the guys who jumped out to me with being vocal is Doug Christie. Yes. Yes. I think I don't know if it's him

4:04just finding his voice. You know, this is now his second full season as head coach. I don't know if it's because it's a younger team. I don't know what it is. Okay. But he's always had like a fire in an edge. Like that's just how he played the game. But seeing him like be more vocal as a coach through training camp. I'm like, Oh, he seems more comfortable. Yeah. It's like he's probably more comfortable with that role when you're getting empowered by your GM and by other people within the organization. And when you kind of when you have that empowerment and that confidence in people, you feel like people have that confidence in you, you're going to feel safer to be yourself. And Doug Christie has a player in that fiery player that he was the the teammate that he was, the leader that he was in so many different ways. It's so cool to see that translated already early on this year, just in those moments of like, Oh, he's he's being fiery. He's coaching with

5:06love, but coaching with passion and standards standards. Like there's not like, Oh, hey, you can do this and get away with this. And then we move on. It's do it the fuck right. Do it right. Figure it out. We're going to get there. And when you set those standards of the just the smallest things, it bleeds into the season. And I just I love that vibe. Yeah. I was just thinking about the last year at this time, Westbrook was even on the team yet. Oh, yeah. So he wasn't at camp and precious a chew. I'd not been signed. It was till later. But my point is when you bring a rust in like after camp, like, that's a big personality. You're trying to like fit into your locker room after you just went through camp and training camp is not long enough anymore for coaches. Like coaches wish it was like two weeks before and then having 10 preseason games like they did back in the day. Nowadays, it's like, you get like a week of camp and then you're playing preseason games and the season is here. So I just think now it's like they've got their squad. This is their team. And it's an interesting mix when they've got some young guys who were here last year.

6:11Some rookies that they just drafted who come from like, you know, programs where they had a voice and then you've got some vets. And at this point again, we're five days in the camp. Okay, no adversity, whatever. I just feel like, yeah, this group is connected to your point. Like I mentioned Doug Christie, but like, I think Maxi and Raino has been so vocal in his leadership and his encouragement, Dylan Carval and then Darius A. Cuff too. And that's where I wanted to go next because you were just talking about how like, yeah, last year at training camp, you know, Russ wasn't even there to set a tone or whatever else. It's not like I don't, it wasn't in as many practices and everything in training camp last year to see like how Max was acting as a rookie. But even whenever we would talk to him and see him in other moments, you know, he was vocal in drills and everything else, but seeing him vocal outside of drills and using his voice of encouragement and everything else and trying to set a tone of energy and then even Dylan Carval being undrafted

7:14last year, trying to just find your home in different ways, being on a two-way contract. In this year, really being able to be that vocal energetic guy on the court, on the sidelines and everything else. And then Darius A. Cuff, someone who to the media just seems like such a quiet guy. Although I felt like a media day, he opened up a lot like in his last media session too. He did. And I think that's already been very noticeable. The way that he's already caring himself different from how he was in the summer and just getting used to everything and understanding like you have the keys and have the confidence, but you also have there's a lot of responsibility that comes with that with the voice with being a leader. And so like seeing these young guys pick it up to another level, you notice it even with the veterans like vibing with that though. It's not like it's clashing. If anything, it's like, cool, we're down with that. We're, we don't,

8:14we don't need to have egos in this situation. We know where we stand. We know where they stand and we know where this team stands right now. So it just feels like people being connected and also just understanding each other on a different level. It's just a good way you want to start the season. If you're going to start a training camp and everything else. I want to talk about the drill we saw. So the Kings have a scrimmage. And then at the end of the scrimmage, Doug Christie says, all right, four, 15 on the game clock. Okay. All the players go onto the baseline. Right. All right, four, 15 on the clock. And they have to score 120 points and four minutes and 15 seconds. The last balls. Yeah. You've got three players pushing the ball up to court with quick passes. One lays it up. The two others are receiving passes to knock down threes. Then the player rebounds outlets goes the other way and it just keeps going nonstop. You've got the lay out the threes

9:15running the floor. And this is after they scrimmage. Okay. Yeah. So they have four, 15 to execute this right to get 120 points. And on the surface, you're going, oh, well, no deep. It's no, but it's like up the floor after playing being physical, right. And then you have to knock down shots. And you have two guys shooting at the same time. If you're both shooting at the same time, one of them is not going to go in. There's so much to this drill. Yes. Anyone anyone that's ever like maybe done this drill in high school, let's even just say college you've done this drill. And you have that one teammate that doesn't understand the assignment that doesn't communicate that doesn't do something right. Like you're going to get fucking pissed because you're getting tired. Yeah. You're trying to make your shots. It's a mental game. It's a physical game. All the things that I play fast, you have to play fast. You have to make sure you are precise, communicating. Yes, because even even if you're catching, if you're calling for outline and you're catching the ball behind you, the amount of energy that that just takes to reach behind you and grab that basketball

10:16so fucking annoying, and especially when you're in this state already, like you're like, okay, we got to push, we got to go, we got to get it done. Well, they weren't getting it done. Yeah. First time around, they don't get to 120 in that, uh, four, 15, which is very common, by the way. Sure. Sure. But then round two happens. They don't get it again. Again, this is after a long practice. You scrimmages, guys are kind of like, damn, we got to, let's go. Yeah. Round three happens. They don't make it again. They get to like 113 and you could tell, like, I was waiting for Doug to blow the whistle. I'm bringing in good effort guys. No, because like Max and Dylan and Acab everybody was like, no, let's go. Like they were trying to get amped up. Like we got to finish just the right way. We were amped up. I was nervous watching it after I go, oh my god, just get to 120. I'm tired watching this. Yeah. Um, it's one of those things where it's like the mental toll it can take on an entire team, but you just saw, you saw

11:17spirits still lifted, still high in understanding. Like, no, we want to go home. We're ready to go home after a long day. We have to get this done. There's no, there's no shortcuts. There's no, like, okay, we're going to cut it down to 115 because we've done this drill so many times. It's like, no, you got to get it done. And I feel and I told you this. I said over our years in King's basketball and even in the NBA, we've talked to coaches and so many coaches don't do this type of stuff anymore. They go, they're professional basketball players. We don't need to do this. And then you want to find that balance of what type of college drills and, um, I guess a college approach you can have with professional players that make millions upon millions of dollars to while also holding them accountable for not getting something done. And when you can find that balance and that respect, it just can go such a long way. I thought was cool about it. It was everyone was like locked in to like accomplish that goal and together get through the fatigue and the mental hurdles

12:19that come with like heavy legs. Like you just scrimmage and you're trying to knock down threes in a fast amount of time and you're coming up short and you have to like not hang your head. You can't stop. You have to keep going when I told what I said to do so turn juice. And again, not a professional basketball player, but when doing this type of drill in college, I said to you, there was always one girl on the team that would miss the fucking layups. Like you don't miss the lips. Like that's the easy. Like that's the one where you just have to make those because the making the shots, uh, in transition running down and trying to make them while your legs are tired, while you're mentally tired. Like those are the hard moments. So make your layups. And I remember when you have that one person, you have to encourage, but you want to kill them. So it's like even finding that balance of love, of giving love, of support and everything else. And it was really cool just seeing this team with older, with veteran guys, young guys come together and be able to get it done. Yeah. And then after they got that done, it was like, all right, we have to have five

13:20free throws in a row. So Doug picked each player, go hit one. And if you miss it, everyone's got to run and you got to start over. Yep. And we, and everyone usually sees this at the end of practice, too. You know, like media comes in, they always see the free throws at the end and they're like, God, what's happening? And the point is they hit all five in a row. And then it was done. So it was just a cool moment where it's like, all right, like guys could get irritated whatever. And we're talking about vibes at this point. We even talked about, you know, how we're feeling about what some of the stuff we've seen as well. But I just thought that was cool. And it was nice to see the young guys be vocal. Like I'm used to the vet stepping up and saying things like, I think Zach has been super engaged throughout camp, Levine. Like, oh my god, I didn't know what to expect to be honest. Cause I'm like, this guy just opted in. It seems like he's been in trade rumors, you know, since Scott Perry got there. And it's like, what, what kind of version are you going to get? Is he have one foot out? The guy has been like, both feet down like, and then watching him today. I was like, you can't miss. He wasn't missing. Not only was he not missing.

14:22But like, it's really the quickness in the athleticism, the thing that we've seen throughout his career with his athleticism, his ability to like get into the paint or blow by somebody. It's just like, you still are that quick. Like I love seeing that. But then also to see him be so efficient and make his shots was just so fun. Yeah. So just positive things there. In terms of on the court, anyone that has jumped out to you throughout training camp, thus far, Darrys A. Cuff's passing. So anyone in plus that specific thing about him, how precise it is. I, it's just, it's art. It's beautiful. And it could be the largest human being in front of him taking away his vision. God, and this is making me think of the other person that's passing really well that we'll get to the second. But Darrys A. Cuff and his ability at 19 years old to make the right pass to be effective with it to create those advantages because he is getting it to a

15:27shooter in the shooter's pocket. He is lobbing it to a lob threat perfectly where they want to grab it and the timing is just on point, pushing the ball and transition. Those are things I've noticed about his specific. Yeah. I think it's just timing too. It's just been timing. Everything's so precise. Like he's got the beat down. Like, I'm going to pass it the right exact moment. And yeah, the vision has been good collapsing the defense, just making the right place. And yeah, the shop making too. I, you know, watching him, I was really impressed. Now you gotta see it pretty season in the NBA. I'm just talking about what we have seen through our camp here. I've been really impressed. And I know where you're going next. It's Ben Simmons. That's 100% it. Ben, I think everyone is trying to be cautious about like getting too excited about Ben Simmons because of the reality. He didn't play last year. He's had the injury stuff. He's not been able to stay on the floor. Sure. When he, I've seen him out there, he's looked really good. Really good. And now it's like, all right, they're going to have to, in my opinion, I think they're going to have to manage his minutes a little bit, especially after he's been a year away. Like,

16:31what's that looked like? But when he's out there, he's going hard and he's defending. And then what I know you like about him is the passing ability. The passing, but he's also pushing the pace. So with the passing, he's pushing it up the floor and then making the right pass. Or he's making the right pass, pushing it up the floor with the outlet with just being able to see the floor. I'm sure he's able to see the floor like he is able to because he's 610. He's huge. He can see over people. He's coming down. He's getting a rebound. It's like, holy shit. Uh-huh. Just a huge body. But then another player that is just like, like his feel for where a player will want the ball, leading them with the pass, or just recognizing that he can make this pocket pass, splitting these two defenders and getting it to somebody and not making things more crowded. Um, that's just been fun to watch. And I, I mean, we've always been talking about his feel for the game, his vision and everything else.

17:34But then just seeing it after he hasn't played for an entire year, he's like, that's something you just don't lose as a basketball player, and especially when you're still so young. And he looks like he's moving well. Yeah. You know, you're not looking at him like, oh, is he uncomfortable out there? And he said after practice the other day, I love this quote. He's saying that the best part about how he's feeling right now is that he just has normal soreness. He says, which is the best feeling in the world, being able to come out here and compete every day and just have the general soreness is a good thing. I feel great. But yeah, I mean, I think his size, his ability to push in transition and the vision has definitely popped into what he can do defensively. And I think, you know, that's what's intrigued me about this King's team. By the way, I know that there's going to be a fan from another team listing those going, you guys are fucking insane. Okay, you guys are a 21 team shut up. Like, what are you even saying? Let us let and look, they might be a 21, a 20 win team. I just look at the size and versatility that they do have now. And it's just,

18:35it's so nice. It's nine and a nine and a it's drastically different than it's been the last couple of years. And the small glimpses we've seen from Ben Simmons throughout camp. I'm like, I think he can help them. If he is healthy, Ben Simmons is going to help this team. I really believe that monk was talking about playing with him the other day. He said, playing off the ball now, I get a lot more open shots, a lot more space. He draws a lot of attention. I've been liking playing with him. Doug Christie says I really enjoy being around him. He speaks. He enjoys basketball. He loves coaching any special as a basketball player. You just don't see that often. So when you see greatness, you recognize that and make no mistake. He has all those qualities. Yeah. It's been, it's been really fun. Not only watching him, but hearing him talk not from media day, from media scrums, um, the way that he just carries himself out there, it, it's like, I feel like all these guys right now, it's like they're just playing basketball. No one's worried about roles and positions. You know, some guys already know what their role is going to be. They've been in a league.

19:38They, they get it. But like, you don't feel that through the death. You, you feel like everyone's battling. Oh my god. For their spots and I thought it was really physical. In that alone is just such a, that's such a healthy position to be in in such a competitive sport where that's only going to make individuals better. And I think that even goes for Ben in his thought process on things. It's just understanding where he is right now. What his role is and what he wants to be. It's just going to keep pushing him to a different level. And yeah, it's just been enjoyable to, to watch a player of with those physical attributes out there on the floor. I also wonder if some of these vets like subonus and libine guys have been around for a while whose future with the team. It's no doubt about it. Like uncertain, right? If they're like rejuvenated a little bit by some of the young guys out there. Yeah. Yeah. And then being vocal and bringing the energy. Well, juice, it's,

20:42it's like we've heard people talking about this even the other day when there's different energy out there on the basketball floor and you're playing fast and you're talking it up and you're all working together to achieve the same goal out there, whether that's winning a scrimmage or a drill or whatever it is. And you're having fun. Then you're going to feel reenergized going back to even how we talked about talked with precious and the summer saying that last year was some of the funnest times he has had in his entire career and we're like, what are you okay? Are you sure? And it's again, it goes back to all the things that we don't see and all the things that he felt as a basketball player in his career of a connection and to see that connection bleed into this year and continue and have some continuity, I'm sure that's going to reenergize and give the vibe that is needed to some of the guys that have had some uncertainty and will have some uncertainty going forward. Were you surprised by like how physical it gets sometimes? No. And surprise like

21:49I feel like there are teams that won't practice like that but then again, we're in training camp. Yeah. You know, so like I would just expect that type of physicality. People are working to earn their roles and solidify where they belong and kind of set the tone. But I love how hard everyone has been playing. I also think something we're going to be watching is offensively like is the pace better like last year. I mean, I can't don't even talk about it. Don't even talk about like that. It honestly like it's triggering. It makes me sick. Well, the best version of just more modern basketball was at the end of the year when like everyone was getting mad when they started winning games when it was a lot of the young guys like plowed in, you know, max and neek and I'm sure I'm missing one. You know, precious was out there two at times. But this year, they're definitely emphasizing like almost every team, right? We're going to play fast. We're going to play

22:50with motion. You are seeing that. And I think that's encouraging because it's like, okay, that's how they need to play now. Will they have success with it? Will they knock down enough shots? We'll find out not today. But there was another day. There was one of the days this week. I forget what day was that we would see a few moments where there was a stagnant offense in the half court. I feel like that's only been very few from what we've seen so far is people understanding the multiple actions needing to be run and how it elevates the entire team and brings a different type of energy if you cut with the purpose. If you are intentional about a screen, all those things, I feel like are being put into place and actually being executed at for the most part throughout this training camp. I think defensively, they've also had moments. It's also so hard to read.

23:50Sometimes when you see this stuff because it's like they're just facing each other. Yeah, not facing another team. That's when they true. They know each other too. For me and a camp, I'm like, all right, I'm just watching like do things look different? Are they are they playing faster? Is the ball popping? Are they competing defensively? Are you seeing the communication? Because that goes back to what you were talking about earlier, which is guys talking to up, lift each other during tough times, but it's also making sure to talk defensively, communicate nonstop. I feel like that's been there again. We have to see it when the game actually start and it starts on Monday. We're going to look ahead to the Lakers game in just a second. But we should mention that tonight's podcast presented by our friends over at Centivo Vignettes and winery. The best of the best. And if you're looking to have some of the best, make sure to go to CentivoVignettes.com. They're this entire family. They're the best and they're all Kings fans. So they've been through the ups and downs. They understand everything. But they also understand wine at a very high level.

24:53So if you're looking for seriously some of the best tasting wine, they're local. They have a tasting room in Sassoon Valley and in Shingle Springs. Make sure to check them out. Also presented by our friends over at Merrick Ambulance. You forgot to say Merrick Ambulance. You do a good job. You know, I was almost going to say Centivo again. Ambulance. No, Merrick Ambulance. Thank you. We've teamed up with Merrick Ambulance. The trusted name and emergency medical services across Northern California from life saving responses to being the team behind the scenes at your favorite events. Merrick is here to serve. Learn more at medaqambulance.net. Monday night Kings. Monday night. Preseason opener at Golden One Center. Some things or something you're interested in seeing in that game. Something that I um. I guess it's like it's preseason. You're going to see sloppiness. Yeah. Like it's still just learning one another, especially going up against another team.

25:53Um, it's so simple, but like the effort on both ends and it's kind of a gross answer because it's like no shit. You should see that and especially early on in the season. But I don't know. I just I'm I'm coming off of a traumatizing year last year and I understand that this is a whole different team. But that's all I beg and ask for now until until I realize okay, it can be more. Oh, these players can give a lot more. Okay, I can't wait to work in game 15 and I'm talking about yeah, they just need to push the pace a little bit more. Oh, defensively, they have to be two feet over. But right now it's just like I need to see that like dog like mentality effort on both ends of the floor. You mentioned the turnovers. I was watching a little bit of Miami Toronto today. Miami had some moments. Let me tell you just pushing the pace. You talk about pace. Yeah, crazy. I mean, Yannis pushing the other way, hitting the trailer, bam for three, but my point being is

26:58Miami had 25 turnovers in the game, right? Toronto had 19. That's that's the main season for you. Like you can kind of expect stuff like that. For me, I'm curious to see how A cuff handles a team again that has some length, right? Okay. They've got Matisse Thiball coming off their bench. You got Vanderbilt. I'm sure he's going to see some length out there from this Lakers defense and how does he handle that? You know, we saw during the summer league, these teams were just putting so much size on them. It's such a different game in summer league. It's more like a pickup game. It's like wreck. It's not. Now these teams have installed some stuff. They built some cameras chemistry. They've had cam. It's not like summer league, right? So this is going to be a good test for him. Yeah. You just see how it looks against another team. And then it's the same thing on the other end defensively, just making sure that you are playing with communication, you're in your spots, you're in the he's made some defensive plays and can't. Yeah. It's really positive to see.

28:00I think he's a really competitive player. I want to see what that looks like in game one for him. Yeah. I guess I could have gone to a specific player. That's fun. And then super broad. Why is just throughout the preseason, not just this game. You know, what is how does Doug experiment with the lineups? Do we see Max in subonus on the floor together at times? I know we talk to Max about that a little bit at media day. How does that look? You know, what's Keegan look like? That's another one. There's some of these guys. We just haven't seen play basketball. Deandre Hunter. Deandre Hunter is on the Sacramento Kings breaking news. And so subonus. Dude, you know, so I'm eager to see all those guys that were kind of banged up last year that you didn't get a chance to see even some of exactly me. I'm excited. I'm well, the way that that's been playing throughout training camp and everything. I'm like, I want to see that a little bit more. And maybe even him

29:00just having like a fast point guard or even a willing point guard to push the pace in Dei Risekuh and Ben Simmons, it could really help his game too. I'm telling you what? Yeah, he tries playing fast. I know. And I know, like him and Demar are probably close friends, right? They've known each other forever now because they played together. Two different styles. But it's a totally different style. Right? Like the Kings played so slow last year and inconsistent, especially, you know, whether it was like Demar, who's an unbelievably gifted score, but it changes the flow in the dynamic of the offense, your point guards matter too. And I think now this you're going into the season, when you've got a cuff who likes pushing the pace, getting the ball up the floor, Ben Simmons, we've seen that too. Alfred Payton, who's another guy that they signed to a training camp deal, a veteran point guard who's really good at setting the table for others, you know, Flagler, we saw during the summer league too. I just think you're going to see an offense that looks to push

30:02a lot more getting to the early offense and keep the ball moving. I want to see that against the Lakers team that, you know, is talking a lot during camp. Walker Kessler was talking about how they're they're going to be one of the best defenses in the NBA this year. Are they now? Yeah. Okay. I mean, if he feels that way, I mean, it's look at the way that we all talk during training camp. So that's why I can't give it. It's fair. It's fair. And he's like, and he's, and Lucas in the starting lineup. So it was Austin Reeves. I mean, well, everyone can you be different. Because everyone only talks about Lucas body. Everyone's been talking about Lucas body. He's the same way as his rookie season. Like poor guy, I feel bad. Why? Is that all like that's everything a year we're on like Luca Weight Watch. And it's just like, I know, I know, I know, I mean, it's it's it's part of it. It totally is. He's on it. And guess what? It doesn't matter how big he is. He's still good. So maybe, maybe Walker Kessler has seen him be like a little bit quicker with that lighter weight. I could tell you one thing. Okay. I have one thing I want to talk

31:06about what you got. You on this King's Lakers preseason matchup. We'll be live after the game to break it all down to know it. I guess it's a message to King's media. What? Yeah. Yeah. I've been mean to talk about this. I don't. We have to stop taking video of Ben Simmons shooting. And then posting on social media. It's weird. It's like Ben Simmons at practice and at camp. You know what he's going to do. He's going to make shots and he's going to miss shots. Yeah. And he's going to take three. He's going to take three. This guy has never been a high volume three point shooter. No one confuses Ben Simmons as being some great jumpshoot. He's not a great perimeter defender. I mean, a perimeter shooter. We know this. Yeah. So why do we have to like whether he's making it. It's like, oh my god, Ben Simmons is making three in practice. Okay. And then he airballs one. And then it's like, see Ben Simmons. It's like, can we just let the guy play basketball? All right. I know he's not a good shooter. What I want to see from Ben Simmons is he's going to push the pace, drop some dimes, play some defense. Be healthy. It just doesn't feel like over the years.

32:12Like the media, they're not doing that with everyone because I've seen a lot of airballs from great shooters from bad shooters from big from everyone. And I'm like, oh, the intention behind this. No, we're trying your little clickbait bitch. We're trying to get engagement. And it's said no, it's gross. Don't do it. Don't do it. I know. No, I'm with you. I'm with you. But the message they people like clickety click clicks. Um, it's weird. Anyway. Yeah. And now we'll put we'll put one one shot of him airballing right here in this in this podcast. There we go. I'm excited. Basketball NBA basketball is back. Oh, yeah. Monday night, golden one center. The preseason begins. And let's enjoy the ride. I'm like I said, I'm becoming more and more optimistic because I think I see that a cuff is going to be a player. Simmons looks good. They've

33:15got size, length and athleticism. They're healthy right now. You can be optimistic. There's nothing wrong with being optimistic. It's again, just making sure that you're realistic with your optimist. Yeah. So like, who are they matching up with in the first round of the playoffs? What would be the best matchup? Let us know in the comments below. Um, any other thoughts, final thoughts? Um, I'm just so excited. I'm so excited. It's back. This is this is the thing that I do every year, every year. I it comes back around. I'm like, Oh, that happened so fast. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, my God, training care. What's it going to be like? And then every time we even get into a preseason, I'm just excited that it's back. So I'm stoked. Let's go. I'm excited to have a post game pod on Monday. Yeah. Let's know how you are feeling as well in the comments below. If you're listening to the audio, hit us up. Do some mo at gmail.com. Also check out our website, do some mo dot com. Click on merch. We dropped some new merch. Moria is actually wearing one of

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