We had Kofie on the pod today as well: kzfaq.infoYIR13Cv17Rc

Batum beat the “4th quarter wtf batum in” allegations

Rusty would lose his house, if he started betting on ball 😂😂😂 (don't gamble guys)

Rusty getting the play in picks wrong so he can get all the playoff picks right. Genius

My main takeaway from the sixers is that they lose this game by 20+ under doc rivers

Bam picked up 2 fouls like 5 minutes into the first quarter thats probably why he played 30 mins

As a Hawks fan, I really don't trust the Front Office to make the right decisions.

Injured Embiid moves like Brook Lopez😂

Small guard assessment was right. As a Knicks fan, Brunson has a great team around him including two college teammates with already existing chemistry. If he had Atlanta’s roster, it would be a bad carry job like Trae

my dad (not a bball fan) and I were watching the bulls game and the only comment he had the entire game was "wow. that guy with the big hair is really good"

"ITS A BATUM BANANZA" is probably the wildest thing i have ever heard a commentator say im ngl

You cannot convice me Trae Young didn't grow a whole beard overnight, meaning the lollipop got dropped on the carpet twice

Ayo Rusty… the way you talk about basketball.. I literally look forward to my lunch times so I can watch your latest episodes.. I live in New Zealand so the time zones get in the way with basketball games.. so it’s so good to be able to listen to a good 30 min episode everyday when I get time.. anyway just want to say big respect for what you and your team does.. keep up the good work

missed opportunity to name the video "its time to traede young"

I was so pissed when I saw the Jimmy injury. I'm a heat fan and I would've been mad if we lost, but it's so different when we lose by so little after our star player gets hurt pretty bad near the beginning of the game. The fucking scream for Jimmy when Oubre fell on him was horrible to hear.

Insane that 10 FT attempts is now getting to the line “a little bit”😂

Remember when there was Trae is better than Luka debate Lol

Bam only played 30 minutes because he got 2 fouls early and one was on a Embid flop

Give Coby White that MIP!

This was a thorough and well done post game wrap up

I LOVE THE INCREASED QUALITY!!! Great job the extra effort in videos is not going in noticed. Great shit Rusty❤

Single game elimination is awesome, you don't have to wait 2 weeks to get to elimination games.

I think the Spurs will wait for Trae to request a trade himself, that way they don’t have to give up a lot if they try to get him. Spurs can give back the Hawks picks and probably KJ, Branham, and probably Graham.

Got that warriors streak 😂

It's easy to make one game bets on certain games in the regular season of college basketball because some teams aren't as good as others. If you bet during March Madness or on big games it's a coin flip but other than that there's a huge gap between the best and worst teams.

I wish jimmy didnt get injured all of the time. He brings so much hype and excitement in the post season

New method is to pick the opposite of Rusty’s predicts 😭

Does anyone know how i can get ahold of Tyler Herro? I have some masonry i need done for the mantle of my fireplace and he seems to be a fantastic brick layer.

who's going to take that deal? He's going from 40mil to 48mil annually in the next 3 seasons, and he can't defend a leprechaun. Going to be painful watching this play out

Outside of San Antonio, I really like Trae on the Magic, could help unlock that office a bit and there's defense and size surrounding him

As a Spurs fan, please please PLEASE I do not want Trae Young. It would be the right fit for Trae and that’s it. The Spurs notoriously get cooked by guards. Vic is awesome on defense but he can’t protect the rim and the perimeter, so going after one of the worst perimeter defenders would only make that problem worse. Also, the Spurs don’t necessarily need someone who leads the league in assists; they just need someone who can reliably set up Vic and make the smart pass. Just that much will be enough to take the next step in terms of amplifying Vic’s impact. Trae can get you 10 assists sure, but he’s also going to single-handedly lose games because of his shooting woes. He’s going to let every guard he matches up against score 30. I would rather give Atlanta all their picks to get DeJounte back than get Trae Young for half the cost.

I wanted my Mavs to sign Ayo last summer. Love his game.

I've been saying it for years now, the nba is trending towards making shorter guards obsolete unless that guard is hyper athletic and can shoot. The taller guards/point forwards make getting a 6 ft pg kinda dumb especially with offenses now mismatch hunting all the time. Having anyone 6 ft 2 and under on the court makes your team a defensive liability against the smarter, taller teams. The knicks might make some noise this playoffs but watch for teams attacking brunson defensively being the reason they get stopped.

Ngl, with that facial hair, you look like a young Angry Joe 😂

Its a real shame embiid is so injury prone.

Whoever gets Trae young is gonna elevate crazy, sucks that Atlanta can’t figure it out.

I'm so glad a fellow Bulls fan sees how absurdly cracked Dalen Terry is as a defender

Imagine if the bulls win the series against Boston in 6 games lolol

JB playing 3 qtrs with a sprained MCL is the wildest shit to me. That injury was just dumb luck man

Duncan Robinson was injured bro u can't be serious

Jacob should need to keep a mustache for a round of nba playoffs for each wrong play-in prediction he makes

To the Pelicans, I completely agree 😃 In all seriousness, what is the direction with the Hawks if they decide to trade Trae? If they trade him to the Pels ,for example, they most likely will get BI or CJ and a ton of picks. With one of those players, what do they plan on doing? I’m honestly really curious

8:13 because nba players while varying in skill and talent, should always come into the game with full confidence that they can hit every shot they put up, even if they don’t. You don’t become good at anything if your mind is telling you that you can’t do what you’re trying to do. Plus he was hot in that game so there’s nothing wrong with a heat check

Bam had 2 fouls like mid-way through the 1st. But yeah, Bam not playing as much was pretty odd.

Bam got 2 early fouls and missed most of the 2nd quarter but he still could have played more in the 2nd half ig

12:20 To cut the Sixers some slack, I've watched practically every single Heat game this season and this wasn't just our typical zone. "The Blob" as it was referred to on the broadcast was some of the best defense I've seen my Heat play this year. I think Spo legitimately saves these schemes for the postseason to catch teams off guard. There's no way in hell Nick Nurse wouldn't have had those boys practicing against it if he knew it was coming. The fact they were able to figure it out at all is a testament to how good he and his staff are. Oh also Duncan most likely didn't get minutes because he's been dealing with a back issue that's had him out the last handful of games. Haywood Highsmith has been an absolute sniper lately so I'm guessing Spo just felt confident enough to trust him in that role. Agreed though, I wish Dunc got minutes.

I’m a hawks fan and even I agree that we should trade Trea young as long as it is decent trade not because I think he is not great but just because I think it is the right move in the bigger picture

The dirty 20 Embiid scored with 10 free throws and atrocious fg percentage are his playoffs career level.

Looks like Okongwu missed a month from mid Feb to mid March, and only played 2 games in March and then nothing since. 10pts and 7 rebounds and his defense looks like it was sorely missed.

You might’ve missed it but bam got 2 quick fouls in the first five minutes of the first quarter so spo took him out and he only played like 10 minutes total in the first half. In the second half it was clear that he wasn’t going to foul out so spo played him normal minutes

Idk if I’d say about embiid’s impact on defense. There were multiple times where he just wouldn’t close out on he shooter

Rusty liking again the Bulls... Imagine them making an all on trade Next year for Durant.

as a spurs fan, I will always love Demar. Would love to see him win a chip

I'm not sure what they get for Trae Young at this point. I like him in a vacuum on a lot of teams, but that contract might be a problem. A couple months ago, we were talking about the Spurs giving the Hawks back their draft picks. Today, is there a market for that? The Lakers also have interest, but the Hachimura, Reaves and 3 first round picks we were talking about two months ago doesn't sound particularly appealing either.

the only thing that could’ve made the broadcast even worse would be to add reggie miller but the only positive about it was that miller doesn’t work for espn

embiid not injured in as nimble as shaq while when hes injured he has the mobility of manute bol

Been lookin healthier 💪🏾

Idk how he picked like this bro I understand choosing the warriors but everything else is a no brainer

the bulls r 21st in defensive rating and 15th in opponent pts per game. around 10th what?

I really like Trae Young. I know his faults but sometimes he does go off, and if the Spurs could get Trae I think Pop can utilize Tre and improve his consistency

Processing is only a weakness for embiid when comparing him to jokic and a select few other bigs compared to the average 7 footer clint capella, Mason plumlee embiid process just as good as any of them

Do you think the Chicago Bulls should trade or release everybody on their team except: • Colby White • Ayo Dosunmu • Patrick Williams • Jevonte Green (maybe)

I like you Rusty, and this might be my bias as a Hawks fan, but I can’t take your ATL takes anymore. You at least managed to factor in that Jalen was hurt and unavailable, but you didn’t mention that ATL didn’t have Onyeka Okongwu nor Saddiq Bey would have given them length against Chicago and you were quick to write off Trae without mentioning either that he missed 2 months of the season and didn’t look like a huge offensive threat since coming back. He was much more the facilitator albeit a better one than the one we saw in the play-in. The reason Dejounte was the only player who looked good for atlanta was because going into the contest, he was the only one that was able to actually get consistent minutes coming in as Quin Snyder was playing him on a minutes restriction every night. How the FUCK is he supposed to go into a play-in game with any kind of rhythm like that. Maybe that’s an excuse because Coby White went off despite not being in a rhythm ever in his life. But saying the Hawks have to trade trae is just prison of the moment and it’s a casual ass take. Do better.

Weirdly enough, the bulls since january are the 12th best offense and the 27th best defense according to cleaning the glass

Man people were talking mad shit but the mustache is growing on me tbh

Crazy the year coby white has had

Hate to see Jimmy get injured, 76ers don’t really stand a chance against NY, but thank god we get to see another new playoff series that we haven’t seen in recent years. Also, it’s been time to trade both Trae Young AND Dejounte Murray and really everybody minus Jalen Johnson and Onyeka Okongwu, one injured game from Trae doesn’t change that at all

I think the hawks trading dejounte for Julius randle would make sense for both teams and is something both franchises would do

14:30 Bam did get 2 fouls in the first 6 minutes of the game so that definitely is what effected his minutes

Embiid needs some more minutes under his legs. Hard to come back after 2 Months and get limited play time in the remaining games of the season to get tossed into a Play-In game & now the playoffs. If he can keep that Knee safe and continue to condition well during the first 2 Games of the NYK series it could be a dangerous 7th seed.

i went 1/4, to be fair the heat and pels both were looking good till injury…

The heat gotta get over the Duncan Robinson not being able to play defense thing. Like you said, he is big and can stay in front of someone. Rather have a good offensive guy with bleh defense than a complete non factor on offense out there

The play-in is a tournament to GET IN the playoffs, come on people how hard is that to comprehend 🤦🏻‍♂️

It was time 2 years ago

duncan robinson still coming back from injury

Andre Drummond better hope that Caruso can play against the Heat. If not,-as a Chicago native would say-there's gonna be some Bulls-head brothas in his lobby.

Finally a W take!

Bro went 0/4😂still a big fan though and respect your opinion

*Atlanta Hawks receive* : [1]. *Kevin Durant* from the Phoenix Suns for Trae Young, along with Bruno Fernando and Garrison Mathews. [2]. *D'Angelo Russell* from the Los Angeles Lakers for De'Andre Hunter. [3]. Sign pending Detroit Pistons Restricted Free Agent James Wiseman. [4]. Sign pending Phoenix Suns Unrestricted Free Agent Isaiah Thomas. [5]. Sign last season's 2 Way Players Vit Krejci, Seth Lundy & Dylan Windler. *Atlanta Hawks key Free Agent departures* : [1]. Saddiq Bey; [2]. Wesley Matthews; [3]. Trent Forrest. *Proposed Atlanta Hawks 2024-25 Roster* [C] Clint Capela & Onyeka Okongwu; [PF] James Wiseman & Mouhamed Gueye; [SF] Kevin Durant, Jalen Johnson & Vit Krejci; [SG] Bogdan Bogdanovic AJ Griffin & Dylan Windler; [PG] Dejounte Murray, D'Angelo Russell, Kobe Bufkin & Isaiah Thomas.

So the moscache is getting traded in the off season?

Just to comment: Spurs and Lakers will show trade interest in Hawks point guard Trae Young. The San Antonio Spurs don’t have much assets to trade for Trae Young other than the Spurs’ multiple good 1st round picks for the next few or several years. The LA Lakers might be able to pull off a Trae Young deal next offseason, but we’ll see.

Bam had 2 early fouls in the 1st. Duncan was coming off an injury.

Coby White randomly solving the bulls being shit? Most Improved

My boy Batum is underrated.

Rusty you gotta fix that posture

Trae is still a top player. Him and Wemby would make a great combo

Rusty got some drinks in him

I want Trae Young trade to Chicago Bulls For Zach Lavine trade to Atlanta Hawks This summer offseason Move 2024

Did tou watch the game Bam had two fouls immediately off Embiid flops. And Duncan had been horrible since he came back from a back injury

So far 3/4 on injuries in the playin games, yikes

Bam Had 2 fouls in like the 1st 2 mins

Knowing our front office, we'll trade Jalen Johnson and Okongwu for 5 2nd round picks

bam had 2 fouls very early

Feel like the hawks are just gonna keep trae around longer than they should so they won’t have to admit they made a mistake in trading away luka on draft night.

Yeah Bam had 2 early fouls which limited his first half mins. Idk why Duncan didn’t play. TYLER HERRO TAKING 27 SHOTS while Bam took 9 SHOTS 😐😐

bam only played 30 minutes because in the first 4 minutes he had 2 fouls and was 0/4 i think spo was tryna give him a breather to rethink the game an then k love was playing phenomenal defense so he didnt really come back till the 3rd

Betting people let’s fade rusty for the rest of the playoffs 🫡

Trae Young is not the best player on a winning basketball team. He could be an elite second option to great interior scoring forward or center, but I really think he's not efficient or consistent enough to be the clear leader on a contender

7:30-7:34 🤣

0-3 I’m only slightly surprised 💀