ITALKSPORTS Episode 30 - UFC Rankings (Illia Topuria and Alexandre Pantoja). NBA Injury Problem
The relinquishment of the Featherweight Title by Illia Topuria marks a significant shift within the UFC, as he transitions to the Lightweight division, a decision that could profoundly impact an already formidable landscape of fighters. Alexandre Pantoja's exceptional prowess as the reigning Flyweight champion provokes my ire, for he remains unjustly ranked lower in the Pound For Pound standings despite his remarkable achievements. The discourse then shifts to the NBA, where I scrutinize the alarming trend of escalating injuries among players over the years. This phenomenon prompts contemplation of the cumulative wear and tear experienced by athletes who have engaged in competitive basketball from an early age, ultimately culminating in the grueling demands of an 82-game season. Such factors necessitate a rigorous examination of player conditioning and the sustainability of their performance in the current era.
Takeaways:
- Ilia Topuria's move to lightweight after relinquishing his Featherweight Title creates significant ramifications for a highly competitive division.
- Alexandre Pantoja's outstanding performance as Flyweight champion warrants a reevaluation of his Pound For Pound ranking, which is unjustly low.
- The alarming trend of increasing injuries in the NBA raises concerns about player conditioning and the rigors of an extensive season.
- The wear and tear from years of organized basketball may be contributing to the growing injury rates among players.
- Modern medicine's advancements seemingly coexist with a troubling increase in injuries, posing questions about player preparedness.
- The current NBA landscape reflects a concerning pattern of injuries, particularly with high-profile players sidelined during critical moments.
Transcript
Dallas Mavericks traded away Luka Doncic, and they said, to hell with the future of the franchise.
Speaker A:We want to win now.
Speaker A:We want to win now.
Speaker A:We got Anthony Davis, we got Kyrie Irving, we got Maxi Kleber.
Speaker A:We're gonna do this.
Speaker B:Ha.
Speaker A:Oh, man.
Speaker A:I just.
Speaker A:Everybody that I just listed is injured.
Speaker A:No, he's washed.
Speaker A:He can't wrestle.
Speaker A:He.
Speaker A:His striking seems to have slowed down.
Speaker A:How you gonna be washed at 29 years old, bro?
Speaker A:What you gonna be doing in 35?
Speaker A:Oh, I know.
Speaker A:He's not gonna be doing anything that.
Speaker B:They're not focused, they're not disciplined and reliable enough.
Speaker A:There is no passion.
Speaker A:There is no discipline.
Speaker A:There is no.
Speaker B:It's a complete crap.
Speaker A:This dude hasn't lost a fight in five years.
Speaker A:He's the reigning defending champion, and yet Dana White won't even put him at least top five.
Speaker A:Nyan, Mike check.
Speaker A:1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2.
Speaker A:What's good?
Speaker A:What's good?
Speaker A:What's good, baby.
Speaker A:30 of them things, baby.
Speaker A:30 of them things like Steph Curry.
Speaker A:Yeah, I feel good today.
Speaker A:I feel good today.
Speaker A:It is Monday, 17th March.
Speaker A:He talks sports, and his name is Mukundi.
Speaker A:Welcome.
Speaker A:Bro.
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Speaker A:Let me tell you something.
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Speaker A:Like, should have seen me yesterday, bro.
Speaker A:I was in Brahman, Kitcheners, doing my thing.
Speaker A:Did you know that?
Speaker A:I'm an mc.
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Speaker A:Master of ceremonies.
Speaker A:I don't rap.
Speaker A:Eh?
Speaker A:I'm not mc, rapper.
Speaker A:I'm mc, Master of ceremonies.
Speaker A:But I killed it, bro.
Speaker A:I killed it.
Speaker A:I had the crowd in my hands like this, bro.
Speaker A:I had the crowd in my.
Speaker A:My hands like this the whole time.
Speaker A:They were feeding off the energy.
Speaker A:We had good.
Speaker A:We had a good time.
Speaker A:We had fun.
Speaker A:Where were you?
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Speaker A:Anyway, shout out to Juni and friends and everybody that came through and everybody that actually just made this possible, bro.
Speaker A:It was a great time.
Speaker A:But I'm not here to talk music, vibes, and anything else that happened in Bramfontein.
Speaker A:I'm here to talk sports.
Speaker A:But before I do that, Dr.
Speaker A:Taylor.
Speaker A:What's good, bro?
Speaker B:Yeah, you better do that.
Speaker B:Do that again.
Speaker B:Do that Same Thursday.
Speaker B:That's with Chelsea losing to Arsenal.
Speaker B:How can you like.
Speaker A:I'm done, really.
Speaker B:They lost Arsenal.
Speaker A:They lost to Arsenal.
Speaker B:They lost Arsenal.
Speaker B:They lost Arsenal.
Speaker B:Not.
Speaker B:I would have rather used to Man United.
Speaker B:But in good news.
Speaker B:Yeah, we won.
Speaker A:Yeah, I heard.
Speaker A:Yeah, I heard that.
Speaker A:I'm a Bugab.
Speaker A:I love how he goes to pirates when Chelsea disappoints him.
Speaker B:I just disappoint.
Speaker A:Like he cares about pirates at all.
Speaker B:I do, I do.
Speaker A:I do.
Speaker A:You.
Speaker A:I've never.
Speaker A:I never heard you talk about pirates once on the show.
Speaker B:Because Pirates is more disappointing than Chelsea.
Speaker B:But we won cuz.
Speaker A:I think it's cuz they.
Speaker A:They're in the same league as Sundowns, bro.
Speaker A:Sundowns just boring.
Speaker A:The league is.
Speaker A:They've won the past eight.
Speaker A:Eight straight championships.
Speaker B:It's boring.
Speaker B:We'll take second place finish.
Speaker A:Is it seven or eight?
Speaker A:Somewhere there.
Speaker B:Somewhere there.
Speaker A:But Mamelodi Sundowns.
Speaker A:How do you win seven straight championships?
Speaker A:Anyway, just.
Speaker B:Just a quick side note on the Liverpool.
Speaker B:Because of Liverpool they got knocked out of the Champions League and they lost the EFL cup final yesterday.
Speaker B:I lost money on you guys.
Speaker B:You guys are supposed to win everything, but now you're not doing that.
Speaker B:So Chelsea disappoints me, Liverpool disappoints, points me.
Speaker B:Now I must lean to Orlando palace for my happiness.
Speaker B:Anyway, let's go to you, shorty.
Speaker A:Your wife.
Speaker A:Your wife would have told you.
Speaker A:You put your faith in men, men will disappoint you.
Speaker A:My dude.
Speaker A:My dude.
Speaker A:My g.
Speaker A:My guy.
Speaker A:What's good, man?
Speaker A:What's good?
Speaker A:Are well.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Tell me if you're well down there.
Speaker A:Just tell me.
Speaker A:Mukundi.
Speaker A:I'm well.
Speaker A:Mukundi.
Speaker A:I'm fine.
Speaker A:How are you?
Speaker A:What is happening in the ufc?
Speaker A:What?
Speaker A:Because I don't follow.
Speaker A:Let me tell you what happened a couple weeks ago.
Speaker A:I didn't even talk about a couple weeks ago.
Speaker A:Ilya Trio relinquished.
Speaker A:Relinquished his.
Speaker A:His feather.
Speaker A:His featherweight title gone just like that.
Speaker A:And.
Speaker A:Excuse me.
Speaker A:And he said he's moving up to lightweight.
Speaker A:Cool, cool.
Speaker A:But will he survive in lightweight?
Speaker A:Probably.
Speaker A:He hits hard, he's skilled.
Speaker A:But he said he wanted to move up to lightweight so that he can fight Islam Makacha for the lightweight title.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:Cool.
Speaker A:I ain't mad at that.
Speaker A:Islam says, better get out of here, boy.
Speaker A:Better get out of here.
Speaker A:Islam says, you better not think about challenging me for the title before you prove yourself.
Speaker A:Which I mad at.
Speaker A:Which I mad at.
Speaker A:Because if this was any other division, if this was any other division, I would have said give to Poria his title shot.
Speaker A:He was the champion in the other division.
Speaker A:Let him come up to the other.
Speaker A:To your.
Speaker A:To the lightweight division by getting a title shot.
Speaker A:If.
Speaker A:If it was any other division.
Speaker A:You can't dog the light heavyweight.
Speaker A:The lightweight division is the most stacked division in mma.
Speaker A:The most stacked.
Speaker A:Let me tell you who the top 10 lightweights are, right?
Speaker A:Tell me if this is not crazy, bro.
Speaker A:And I understand why Islam says Ilya TR has to prove himself.
Speaker A:Let me read you a list of names.
Speaker A:These are the top 10 ranked lightweights in the UFC.
Speaker A:Islam Makhachev is obviously the champion, so he's off the list because that's how it works in mma for some reason.
Speaker A:There's the champ and then the top 10 contenders, which I guess makes sense.
Speaker A:But Islam Makashev sits at the top of the mountain, followed by Arman Tsarukian.
Speaker A:We all know what happened there.
Speaker A:Charles Oliveira, Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier, Max Holloway, Dan Hooker, Michael Chandler, Benil Darouch, Matus Gamrot.
Speaker A:I don't even know who that is.
Speaker A:Rafael Fazeev.
Speaker A:Renato Moicano.
Speaker A:Boy, Paddy the baddie is in here.
Speaker A:BSD.
Speaker A:Benoit St.
Speaker A:Denis.
Speaker A:And he's not even.
Speaker A:He's number 13 on this list, bruh.
Speaker A:Benoit St.
Speaker A:Denis.
Speaker A:Remember when Charles Oliveira beat him last year?
Speaker A:But what I'm saying is this division is stacked with talent.
Speaker A:Talent.
Speaker A:Do you know how I know that this division is stacked with talent?
Speaker A:All of these names.
Speaker A:If we were to wake up tomorrow, right, and we find out that Armand Sarukin is actually gonna fight Islam Makachev now for the title, would you be shocked?
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:Charles Oliveira.
Speaker A:If you found out that Charles Oliveira is challenging Islamic culture for the title, would you be shocked?
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier.
Speaker A:Actually, Poria just lost.
Speaker A:Like, when was.
Speaker A:When was that?
Speaker A:It was it UFC 303.
Speaker A:But, yeah, Poria just lost to.
Speaker A:To Islam.
Speaker A:So, baby.
Speaker A:Yeah, Islam's last fight was against.
Speaker A:No, actually, Islam's last fight was supposed to be against Tsarukian, and then Aman got hurt, and then they.
Speaker A:They brought out Renato Moicano.
Speaker A:Who?
Speaker A:Man, he made such light work of him.
Speaker A:He made such light work of him.
Speaker A:But what did you expect when the number 10 contender just has to fight the champ on three days notice?
Speaker A:There was no way.
Speaker A:There was no way.
Speaker A:I don't care.
Speaker A:I don't care who you are.
Speaker A:There's no way you're beating Islam Makhachev on three days notice.
Speaker A:There's no way, bruh.
Speaker A:There's no way.
Speaker A:Shout out to him for getting in there, got his payday, which I guess is what matters at the end of the day.
Speaker A:But out of all these names, would you be surprised if you found out that these dudes are challenging Islam for the title?
Speaker A:I wouldn't.
Speaker A:I wouldn't But.
Speaker A:But I do appreciate what Islam did because Dana White was hyped for this.
Speaker A:And I do appreciate Islam saying, nah, you gotta prove yourself.
Speaker A:You gotta show yourself.
Speaker A:Because I was gonna feel some type of way.
Speaker A:Here's why.
Speaker A:Armand Tsarukian was supposed to to be is the number one contender, actually.
Speaker A:However, he.
Speaker A:He couldn't fight in the last fight.
Speaker A:He was scheduled to fight against Islam because of lower back pain, and then he withdrew a day or two before the fight.
Speaker A:That's how Moana had to step up.
Speaker A:However, Dana White came out and said, Tsarukin's next fight is not going to be a title fight.
Speaker A:Chances are it'll be Tsarukian Oliveira too, maybe.
Speaker A:And the winner of that gets the title, gets the title shot.
Speaker A:But Dana White said he has to work for his title shot.
Speaker A:He's not just gonna get an automatic title shot now because he was the number one contender, which makes no sense because it's not like he lost a fight, bro.
Speaker A:He got injured.
Speaker A:Injuries happen all the time.
Speaker A:This is why I don't like Dana White sometimes because of his favorite child syndrome.
Speaker A:How come the number one contender then?
Speaker A:An active number one contender, Someone who's beaten certified dudes.
Speaker A:This dud beat Charles Oliveira last year.
Speaker A:Sure, it was a very close decision, but at the end of the day, a win is a win.
Speaker A:He beat Charles Oliveira last year.
Speaker A:This dude is legit.
Speaker A:And yet he has to work his way up to a title shot as the number one contender.
Speaker A:Jon Jones, on the other hand, took three years away from mma, came back, and his first fight was a title fight in a different division, I might add.
Speaker A:Bad.
Speaker A:Yeah, he did win the fight in two minutes.
Speaker A:So like, ah, no, no.
Speaker A:That was against the number one ranked heavyweight in the world.
Speaker A:But we all know how washed Surugan is now, so I might not even listen.
Speaker A:I was having a conversation about this just yesterday with a homie of mine, and he was saying, why do you say Cyril Gardner's watched?
Speaker A:And I said, look at what he's done since the Jon Jones fight.
Speaker A:Has he done anything significant?
Speaker A:He has two wins since then.
Speaker A:The other one was just a few months ago.
Speaker A:And we all know how that went.
Speaker A:What was his name?
Speaker A:What is his name, man?
Speaker A:What is his name?
Speaker A:I can't remember it right now.
Speaker A:And I hate that so much because he got robbed.
Speaker A:He got robbed.
Speaker A:Cyril Gone.
Speaker A:Volkov.
Speaker A:Sorry.
Speaker A:Sorry.
Speaker A:I just.
Speaker A:I was.
Speaker A:I was angry at myself for not getting it.
Speaker A:Alexander Volkov lost to Cyril Gone in a very controversial split decision just a few months ago.
Speaker A:Just a few months ago, Cyril gone was supposed to be the creme der creme of the heavyweight division.
Speaker A:Just, you know, the pretty boy from France with the chiseled body and the quick kickboxing skills.
Speaker A:Yeah, no, he's washed.
Speaker A:He can't wrestle.
Speaker A:He.
Speaker A:His striking seems to have slowed down.
Speaker A:How you gonna be washed at 29 years old, bro?
Speaker A:What you gonna be doing in 35?
Speaker A:Oh, I know.
Speaker A:He's not gonna be doing anything.
Speaker A:There's.
Speaker A:It's Chai.
Speaker A:It's Chai.
Speaker A:And I also have a problem.
Speaker A:The ufc.
Speaker A:The UFC always raises.
Speaker A:If it's not the Baltimore Ravens, it's the UFC somewhere, somehow.
Speaker A:Because I have a problem with their pound for pound rankings.
Speaker A:Their pound for pound rankings make no sense.
Speaker A:How is Alexandra Pantosia?
Speaker A:This dude has had the flyweight division on lock.
Speaker A:On lock.
Speaker A:And yet he is number eight.
Speaker A:He's number nine in the pound for pound rankings.
Speaker A:How is he below Alex Pereira?
Speaker A:I love Alex Pereira, but he just lost his last fight.
Speaker A:How is Alexander Pentosha?
Speaker A:Not.
Speaker A:Not above him.
Speaker A:Ankle life is at number six.
Speaker B:Cool.
Speaker A:That's fine.
Speaker A:He's undefeated in the ufc.
Speaker A:He just won the title.
Speaker A:Excuse me.
Speaker A:Last week.
Speaker A:It's fine.
Speaker A:Dricas Duplessis, number five.
Speaker A:Cool.
Speaker A:Merab Dalishvili is number four.
Speaker A:Cool.
Speaker A:Ilya Toporia is number three.
Speaker A:Jon Jones is number two.
Speaker A:I ain't even gon get into that.
Speaker A:And Islam Makachev is number one.
Speaker A:But why is Alexandra Pantoja the best flyweight in the world?
Speaker A:Probably the greatest of all time, only number nine in the pound for pound rankings when he is currently the best flyweight in the world?
Speaker A:And let me not.
Speaker A:Let me not act like this dude is not on a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 fight win streak.
Speaker A:And he's gotten how many title defenses?
Speaker A:1, 2, 3.
Speaker A:So he has three title defenses, as many as Portan.
Speaker A:And most of them were very dominant, I might say.
Speaker A:Dude, last year I was just talking about how we had to import Kai Asakura just for him to come get put to sleep by Alexandra Pentoja.
Speaker A:And yet this dude is not number 10 on the pound.
Speaker A:Is not.
Speaker A:Is not at least top five in the pound for pound rankings.
Speaker A:If not him, then who?
Speaker A:If not him, then who?
Speaker A:Because I can make a solid case for him to be above Pereira.
Speaker A:I can.
Speaker A:Dude, look at this.
Speaker A:Look at his resume.
Speaker A: ses, and his last loss was in: Speaker A:That was five years ago.
Speaker A:This dude hasn't lost a fight in five years.
Speaker A:He's the reigning defending champion, and yet Dana White won't even put him at least top five.
Speaker A:Nya, I don't like it, but it's fine.
Speaker A:It's not my company, not my promotion.
Speaker A:All I can do is complain about it, which is what I'm doing quite well.
Speaker A:Professional complainer.
Speaker A:Okay, I'm done.
Speaker A:I'm done.
Speaker A:I'm done.
Speaker A:I'm not even gonna get into the bantamweight division.
Speaker A:Listen, the feather.
Speaker A:The lightweight division is stacked and probably the most stacked division in ufc.
Speaker A:And I watched Dan Campbell.
Speaker A:Not.
Speaker A:Not Dan Campbell, Luke Thomas.
Speaker A:I watched Luke Thomas the other day, and he said, this generation of lightweights, when they are gone, the Poiriers, the Gaethjes, the Oliveiras, the Chandlers, when this generation of lightweights has gone from the UFC and MMA as a whole, the next generation won't be able to fill their shoes in terms of skill and box office value.
Speaker A:This is the most entertaining time for UFC and mma.
Speaker A:If you love MMA and then you know you are guaranteed for a great fight whenever there's a lightweight bout, especially if you see the name Chandler, Gaethje, Poirier, Oliveira, Makhachev.
Speaker A:Man, I'll even go ahead and put Holloway in there because he now moved up.
Speaker A:I'll put Dan Hooker.
Speaker A:Bro, this division is too nice.
Speaker A:Division is too nice.
Speaker A:But anyway, I've complained about the ufc, and I have something else to complain about.
Speaker A:At that time of the year where half the league is unrecognizable because everyone is injured.
Speaker A:Everyone is injured.
Speaker A:The Dallas Mavericks traded away Luka Doncic, and they said, to hell with the future of the franchise.
Speaker A:We want to win now.
Speaker A:We want to win now.
Speaker A:We got Anthony Davis, we got Kyrie Irving.
Speaker A:We got Maxi Kleber.
Speaker A:We're gonna do this.
Speaker A:Oh, man.
Speaker A:I just.
Speaker A:Everybody that I just listed is injured.
Speaker A:Everyone that I listed is injured, bro.
Speaker A:Let me tell you, the Dallas Mavericks injury reserve list.
Speaker A:Caleb Martin, Jalen Hardy, Kai Jones, Dante Exum, Olivier Maxson's prosper.
Speaker A:Anthony Davis, Daniel Gafford, Derek Lively, Kyrie Irving.
Speaker A:Four of your starters are injured.
Speaker A:Anthony Davis, Daniel Gaffer, Derek Lively, Kyrie Irving.
Speaker A:Those are players that were supposed to be integral, integral pieces of this supposed championship team.
Speaker A:They are injured.
Speaker A:Kyrie's out for the season, and because of that, chances are they're gonna tell AD to stay the rest of the season, because what's the use of bringing AD Back if Kyrie is out?
Speaker A:That's useless.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:Okay, let's look at the Denver Nuggets.
Speaker A:Did you know that as of today, 17th March, Nikola Jokic is on a D A day condition because of an ankle sprain.
Speaker A:Same thing goes for Jamal Murray.
Speaker A:Bro.
Speaker A:Bro, I don't get it.
Speaker A:The Pacers, Tyrese Halliburton, Isaiah Jackson, Pascal Siakam is out.
Speaker A:Out.
Speaker A:Okay, but they say he's out due to personal reasons.
Speaker A:I don't get it.
Speaker A:Even Lebron James, you know it's real when Lebron James is injured, but then again, he's 40.
Speaker A:But still, you know it's real when LeBron James is injured.
Speaker A:So I don't know what, what is happening with the league and it's a trend that I've been seeing for years that players just get a lot more injured now and could it be the whole wear and tear discussion?
Speaker A:I'm starting to believe it now.
Speaker A:I'm starting to believe that the reason players get injured now, and they get injured more now than players, than players of the past, is because by the time they get to the league, the wear and tear on their body is just too much.
Speaker A:Which I guess it's fair because think about it this way.
Speaker A:These dudes start playing not.
Speaker A:Not professional, but organized basketball.
Speaker A:Since as soon as you're old enough to hold a ball and dribble and shoot you will, they make you play organized basketball.
Speaker A:So that's Little League, that's aau.
Speaker A:And they do camps and proper intense training.
Speaker A:Bro.
Speaker A:You get to college.
Speaker A:You get to college and it's an entire technically a professional basketball player by then.
Speaker A:So by the time you get to the league, you've been playing organized basketball for the past 10 years already your body has been through the wringer.
Speaker A:Now you have to keep up with an 82 game schedule.
Speaker A:82 games.
Speaker A:Lord forgive you.
Speaker A:If you're an actual starter that plays meaningful minutes, that means you are gonna have those legs dead by the end of the season.
Speaker A:And that's what I'm saying.
Speaker A:At this time of the year, it's perfectly normal.
Speaker A:But is it sustainable?
Speaker A:Clearly it is to some degree, because I love how we can keep saying all this, but players are playing longer.
Speaker A:Steph is 37.
Speaker A:Just turned 37 the other day and he's.
Speaker A:He looks like he's in the best shape yet.
Speaker A:KD is 37 as well.
Speaker A:LeBron's 40, Damon's 35.
Speaker A:Russ is 35, Harden is 35.
Speaker A:These dudes are old and yet they still hooping meaningful minutes.
Speaker A:All those dudes are all star level players.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:Even Russ in Denver coming off the bench and Starting every once in a while.
Speaker A:He is a great player and he's still playing great.
Speaker A:So it's just the beauty of modern medicine.
Speaker A:Is it the beauty of modern medicine or does the league actually have an injury problem, a conditioning problem, and if so, what.
Speaker A:What should they do about it?
Speaker A:Because I'm not even going to start to talk about the Philadelphia 76ers anyway.
Speaker A:Those are all the thoughts of one man sitting on a chair in Joburg.
Speaker A:Tell me what you think.
Speaker A:Am I being rude?
Speaker A:Am I being too mean to the players?
Speaker A:I'm expecting too much because I know how I feel about the UFC there.
Speaker A:I don't need you like I do, but like.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:What's good, aj?
Speaker A:What you got for me?
Speaker B:Okay, it's my turn.
Speaker A:Your turn?
Speaker B:Sure.
Speaker B:You don't need us on the ufc.
Speaker B:So I'm gonna put that to the side with the injury thing with the NBA.
Speaker B:I think maybe check me on this because this is.
Speaker B:You're the aficionado, I think I wouldn't blame it, personally.
Speaker B:I wouldn't think I'd blame it on wear and tear.
Speaker B:Because where we are with modern medicine now, stem cell therapy, chirotherapy, there's all the.
Speaker B:These physios and dieting programs.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:That's why I said, is it more of a conditioning problem or is it because we still got the beauty of modern medicine?
Speaker A:That's why I mentioned players like Steph and.
Speaker A:Dude, rey Mysterio is 50 years old.
Speaker A:I know this is not related, but Ray, you mentioned stem cell treatment and whatever.
Speaker A:Ray, Ray, mysterious, 50 years old.
Speaker B:I think, I think personally that the money these guys are making has affected generally their mentality that they're not focused, they're not disciplined and reliable enough.
Speaker A:There is no passion, there is no discipline.
Speaker A:There is no.
Speaker B:It's a complete crap.
Speaker A:That's what my.
Speaker B:I honestly think that all the money that these guys are getting.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Has taken away the discipline from making sure that they're taking care of their body, that they like complaining about minutes.
Speaker B:People say LeBron James, you know, he takes wor 1.5 to $2 million on his body, but he, he play, doesn't play.
Speaker B:Hasn't played a full 82 game season since I don't know how long.
Speaker B:I think that the more money that these guys have been making without having to prove that they're worth all that money has led to a discipline problem, which is why they not incentivized to play all 82 games.
Speaker B:And if they're getting injured, it's because they're not incentivized to go and make sure that the conditioning and the training is tip top so they don't miss any games because their dollar is not attached to how many minutes they play and them showing up.
Speaker B:That's just my thoughts.
Speaker B:That's my question.
Speaker A:Damn.
Speaker A:Damn.
Speaker B:That's just my question.
Speaker A:Nah, I will.
Speaker A:Damn.
Speaker A:That's a loaded question.
Speaker A:And you may be right.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Because Ben Simmons never plays.
Speaker A:But I bet he never fails to cash those checks.
Speaker A:And when they ask him, why don't you play?
Speaker A:Dude, this one time, he set out almost an entire season because mental health reasons.
Speaker A:We all have mental health issues, bro.
Speaker B:I support Chelsea.
Speaker B:I've got mental health issues.
Speaker A:There we go.
Speaker A:There we go.
Speaker A:For six months of my life, I'm a Ravens fan.
Speaker A:I know, Matata.
Speaker A:But I also don't have a hundred million dollar contract short to work, man.
Speaker A:Nah, I get you, bro.
Speaker A:I get you.
Speaker A:You cooked there.
Speaker A:I can't even say nothing.
Speaker A:Ah, yo, your question ended up being a statement.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Something I actually have to think about.
Speaker A:Because you ain't lying.
Speaker A:You ain't lie.
Speaker A:I'm thinking about the All Star Game as well.
Speaker A:Like this.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Did you say some guy from the G League had to show us how to dunk?
Speaker A:Exactly.
Speaker A:Shout out Mac McClung.
Speaker A:Shout out Mac McClunk.
Speaker A:But anyway, bro, so what's up?
Speaker A:Are players spoiled?
Speaker A:That's.
Speaker A:Are NBA players spoiled?
Speaker A:Let me know down there, bro.
Speaker A:Until then, man, just, I don't know, watch sports, have fun, be nice to your mother, and as always, enjoy the violence.
