Inside the NBA reacts to Pelicans vs Kings Highlights
MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT. >> I WAS LAUGHING. I GOT 1239 EASTERN TIME, 1239 STUDIO IN ATLANTA ON A MONDAY NIGHT GOING INTO TUESDAY MORNING, SAID NIGHT NUMBER ONE OF THE YES. >> OF THE KNOCKOUT ROUND. >> REMIND ME TO MAKE A PHONE CALL LATER. WHAT WAS ON YOUR MIND, JEFF? >> DO YOU REMEMBER THAT YEAR? >> HEY, MAN, STOP IT. MAKE THAT CALL. HEY, HEY, HEY, ERNIE, ASK THE QUESTION. >> HE’S GOING TO MAKE A COMEBACK WITH MICHAEL JORDAN. TIM GROGAN CAME DOWN AND THEY WERE WORKING. SHOUT OUT TO TIM GROVER. >> TIM USED
TO WORK HIM OUT. HEY, MAN, STOP IT, MAN. ERNIE ASKED YOU A BASKETBALL QUESTION. >> SO HERE’S MY QUESTION TO YOU. WILL YOU CONTINUE WITH THIS STORY TO EAT RIGHT. >> THEY HAVE VEGETABLES, ALL THIS STUFF FOR THEM. SOON AS TIM GROVER, LEAVE ME ON A PIZZA, I WAS LIKE, HE’S NOT COMING BACK AND PLAY WITH NO WIZARDS. OH GOD, WAS LARRY, WHAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT WE WATCH TONIGHT, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. >> IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ERNIE. GET TO THE HIGHLIGHTS. LET’S GET TO THE HIGHLIGHTS, Y’ALL. >> HE’S BEGGING TO
SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GAME WE JUST SAW. OH, HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED. DION WILLIAMSON AND SHAGGY. IT WAS FUNNY AS HECK. THE WINNER GOES TO VEGAS IN THIS
TO HAVE A PLAN B YOUNG KID, NEW ORLEANS HITS HIM 18 TO 4 TO CLOSE OUT THE FIRST QUARTER. >> MAN TOUGH CROWD. >> INGRAM BOY, HE GOES MAKE SOME TOUGH ONES. DOESN’T HE? YES, HE DOES. HERE’S ONE OF THE THIS IS A GREAT PLAY. THIS CAN’T HAPPEN. >> NO, NO, NO, NO. >> THAT CAN’T HAPPEN. >> HOW ABOUT YOU, HERB JONES? >> NO, MCGEE CANNOT LET HIM GET YOU. >> YEAH, I KNOW YOU GOT TO GET THAT REBOUND, C.J. MCCULLOUGH. OH A LITTLE BASELINE JUMPER. AND THEN JONAS VALANCIUNAS AND TREY LYLES WERE GETTING KIND
OF MIXING IT UP JUST A TOUCH. >> WELL, THEY SHOULD JUST KISS BECAUSE THEY NEITHER ONE WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING. OH, MAN. COME ON, MAN. THESE GUYS ARE LOVERS, NOT FIGHTERS. >> THEIR TREY LYLES COMES DOWN TO THROW TAPS HIM ON THE BACK OF THE NOGGIN. >> WAIT, WAIT, PUNCH. >> AND THEN ERNIE STEPH, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT. >> YEAH. INGRAM. 6961 PELS AT THE HALF INGRAM AGAIN. >> OH HEY, HEY HEY TOUGH SHOT YEAH THAT’S WHAT HE GOT TOUCH AIN’T NO TROUBLE ZION WILLIAMSON CLEANING UP THE MESS INSIDE I TELL
YOU WHAT MAN HERB JONES MAN SHOUT OUT TO THE PELICANS FOR FINDING HIM AND I DID NOT SEE THAT AT ALABAMA. >> DE’AARON FOX HAD 30 FOR THE SEVENTH TIME THIS SEASON , BUT COULD NOT LEAD SACRAMENTO ALL THE WAY BACK. >> MALIK MONK FOR THREE. BUT NEW ORLEANS, WHICH HAD LOST SIX GAMES THIS SEASON WHEN LEADING BY TEN DURING THE GAME. >> OH HERB JONES GET THAT THING. >> THIS ONE. YEAH. >> WHO HE PLAY FOR ERNIE THAT WOULD BE THE PELICANS MAZZULLA AND THE. PELS WIN IT BY. TEN 127 TO 117. >> THEY
SHOOT 50% FOR THE 10TH TIME THIS SEASON. THEY’RE JUST FIVE AND FIVE THOUGH, IN THOSE GAMES BUT THEY WIN IT BY TEN AND THEY ARE IN TO THE IN SEASON TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS AGAINST EITHER THE LAKERS OR THE SUNS. I TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN YOU WATCH WHEN YOU WATCH THIS PELICAN TEAM AND YOU SEE ALVARADO, WHO’S ONLY PLAYED WHAT, AN EIGHT GAMES NOW TRAE MURPHY’S ONLY PLAYED IN A COUPLE OF GAMES NOW NOW MCCOLLUM IS BACK IN THAT MIX. SHAQ THIS IS A TEAM THAT THAT HAS GOT SOME DEPTH AND SOME TALENT THEY HAVE DEPTH TALENT
A LOT OF POTENTIAL ESPECIALLY WITH ALVARADO AND YOU KNOW THE OTHER GUY THEY PLAYED, THEY PLAYED VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE. >> YOU KNOW, ONCE ZION LEARNS HOW TO PUT HIS IMPRINT ON THE GAME, DOMINATE, I DON’T USE THAT WORD. BUT ONCE HE LEARNS HOW TO DOMINATE THE GAME, HE’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO JUST HAVE GOOD GAMES. HE HAS TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE GAME. ONCE HE LEARNS TO DOMINATE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, THERE WILL BE A DANGEROUS TEAM. RIGHT NOW THEY’RE THEY’RE GOING TO BE UP AND DOWN. YOU KNOW, INGRAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE INGRAM
HE’S ALWAYS PLAYED LIKE THAT I LIKE VALANCIUNAS BUT I AGREE WITH CHUCK ZION IS THE WILD CARD ONCE HE LEARNS HOW TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE GAME. LIKE I SAID EARLIER AND DOMINATE, DOMINATE, DOMINATE MORE THAN SIX REBOUNDS MORE THAN 2526 POINTS AND PLAY WITH FORCE EVERY TIME SPRINT EASY BUCKETS DUNKS, JUMP HOOKS RIGHT NOW HE’S A LITTLE TOO INCONSISTENT FOR ME RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH ERNIE GO AHEAD, KENNY I THINK THE INCONSISTENCY SEE WELL, FIRST OF ALL, HE IS SKILLED IN TERMS OF BALL HANDLING FOR HIS SIZE. >> IS HIS TOUCH AROUND THE
RIM AND HIS ABILITY TO PASS AND FIND PEOPLE. IT’S HIGH LEVEL. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU’RE NOT IN BASKETBALL SHAPE? YOU YOU’RE JUST NOT IN THE PLACE THAT YOU SHOULD BE IN. SO INSTEAD OF SPRINTING BACK WHERE HE, BECAUSE OF HIS ATHLETICISM, HE COULD HAVE BLOCKED THE SHOT. HE CAN’T GET THERE BECAUSE OF HIS NOT BEING IN THE PROPER BASKETBALL SHAPE. SOMETIMES YOU CAN’T DART INTO THE PASSING LANE AND GET THE STEAL. YOU CAN’T GET THE DEFLECTION WHICH CAUSES THE OFFENSE TO STAGNATE ON THE OTHER TEAM. SO HE’S MISSING OUT ON PLAYS THAT HE WOULD BE
HE WOULD MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND STEAD OF JUST MAKING THE IMPACT ONLY ON THE OFFENSIVE END. I THINK THAT HE CAN MAKE THE IMPACT ON OTHER PLACES AND WHEN HE GETS IN BASKETBALL SHAPE AND HE’S GETTING THERE, HE’S A MUCH BETTER SHAPE, OBVIOUSLY, THAN HE WAS IN BEFORE BECAUSE BUT HE STILL PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY, 30 DAYS, 45 DAYS AWAY FROM BEING WHAT WE’VE SEEN HIM BE IN COLLEGE OR COMING INTO THE LEAGUE. WELL, ERNIE, HOW MANY NBA TEAMS GOT THREE ALL STARS? >> NOT MANY. ALL THREE OF THOSE GUYS ARE ALL STARS. SO
THEY ARE AHEAD OF EVERYTHING. WHAT I LOVE WHAT BRANDON INGRAM SAID. HE TALKED ABOUT EVERY OTTO HERB JONES. HE EVEN MENTIONED MARSHALL, MAN. THOSE GUYS PLAYED WITH TREMENDOUS ENERGY, ESPECIALLY ALVARADO. AND THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT YOUR BENCH TO DO. YOU’RE NOT PLAYING PAYING YOUR BENCH TO WIN YOUR GAMES. YOU’RE PAYING THEM LIKE, HEY, WHEN WE GO TO YOU GUYS, KEEP THE LEAD OR KEEP IT RIGHT THERE LIKE SO THEIR BENCH IS TERRIFIC. THE PROBLEM WITH ZION IS HE’S PLAYING WITH TWO ALL STARS, SO HE’S NOT GOING TO GET THE BALL AS MUCH LIKE SOME GAMES.
HE’S GOING TO GET 30, BUT SOME GAMES HE’S GOING TO GET 18. BUT WHEN YOU GET 18, YOU GOT TO GET 14 REBOUNDS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO, LIKE I SAY, WHEN YOU AREN’T GOING TO GET THE BALL EVERY TIME YOU’RE LIKE, OKAY, HOW CAN I MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE GAME? HIM AVERAGING SIX REBOUNDS A GAME IS RIDICULOUS. HE SHOULD BE A DOUBLE DOUBLE GUY. AND UNDERDOG TOLD ME EARLIER HE’S ONLY HAD TWO GAMES. YOU SAID HE’S PLAYED 17 GAMES. >> THIS IS 18 TODAY. >> HE’S ONLY HAD TWO DOUBLE DOUBLES. THAT’S RIDICULOUS. WITH HIS
TALENT LEVEL. THAT’S CRAZY. >> THEY WIN. 127 117 THEY’VE PLAYED THREE TIMES. THE PELICANS AND KINGS THIS YEAR AND NEW ORLEANS HAS WON THEM ALL. BUT THIS ONE PUTS THEM IN THE SEMIFINALS OF THE IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT. AND AFTER THE GAME, THIS IS WILLIE GREEN IN THE LOCKER ROOM. >> BE PROUD AND CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT WE’RE THE FIRST EVER. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE NBA HAS HAD THAT WE GOT TO CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE’RE ONE OF THE FIRST TEAMS EVER. >> THEY’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR
A LONG TIME. IT DON’T MATTER. THEY PUT A GAME IN FRONT OF US. WE WANT A FREAKING WIN IT. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT Y’ALL, BUT TOMORROW I’LL BE AT JAVIER’S HOTEL, SNEAKING BY LIKE SABONIS PASS. >> SHAQ. OH >> OH. TALK ABOUT THE DADDY BONES IS LIKE, HELLO, DOMINO . >> YES, INDEED. >> YEP. THAT WAS HIM TRYING TO MAKE THAT COMEBACK. YEAH. >> DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK. I’VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. YOU BEEN HERE FOR YEARS? >> YOU AIN’T MAKE THAT COMEBACK. THAT’S RIGHT. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, WE HEAD TO THE FIELD
HOUSE IN INDY SABONIS THING WAS FUNNY. >> YEAH, IT WAS HILARIOUS. RICHARD PETTY SABONIS JUST LI Y
