0:05 Welcome back to another episode of the Careful Boys, where hey, we're going to be talking about some ball. We're talking about some basketball. >> ████ basketball, baby. >> Number one destination for ball knowledge is JK News, dog. Everyone knows that. >> Ball news. >> Everyone knows that. What are you talking about? >> Not with his WNBA freaking >> What are you talking about? We >> won the We won. >> We won the ship. >> We won the whole season. No, not. You lied to us. You lied to us about Caitlin Clark's number of shots. >> Wait, wait. Yeah, it was 60,000. Wasn't 65,000 in high school. I was wrong. >> Number of shots is crazy. >> 65,000 points. >> So, basically, breaking news. What had just happened is the Dallas Mavericks and we had done a video. >> Fire Nico. [applause] Fire Nico.
0:55 >> It just fired their GM, Nico Harrison. He's the guy responsible for the wildest trade of NBA or for sports franchise history where Luca Donish went to the Lakers. >> Oh, that Oh, you know you know why, right? >> Go ahead. Tell me why. Cuz we know ball here. >> Oh, brother. >> Oh, you know Ball, but I know Beast. Okay. So, they're actually owned by the same Venetian group by the Ads, right? And um >> Miriam Ad. >> Yeah. And then uh they wanted to build like they had a they were pretty close to getting like a casino and a hotel and a resort next to the stadium. They were going to pump all this money in. And then they said, "Actually, we don't want to do that no." So then she was like, "Oh, really? You don't want to ████ do that? They don't want to do it."
1:45 Yeah. So then guess what she's going to do now? Well, their beloved allstar Luca is gonna go bye-bye. >> Holy ████ That's a good conspiracy. That's a good one. >> Yep. That's proven. >> Yep. >> Business moves. >> Google it, ████ >> Business moves. And then >> So, but what about Cuban? Because Cuban was in charge. He wanted the casinos, right? Like that was the thing. >> That's the Rockets, right? We're talking about the Mavericks, right? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Mavericks. So, Mark Cuban was the owner and then he sold it to the Add's, right? >> Partial. Partial. >> Well, now he's the minority owner, right? And there's >> uh for for Rockets or he's the Mavericks, too. >> For the Mavericks. Yeah. >> Oh, >> not He doesn't have anything to do with with the Rockets. >> You don't have to deal with the Rockets, >> but he's the he's maybe coming back now because Nico's fired. He's maybe coming back as the as to help build the new
2:35 team. They're talking about blowing up the team. >> Nico's the fall guy. So, like add the shot caller. She's the one that said go make this happen and then he's getting he's the fall guy for the trade. >> No, nobody blames Mark. >> No, no, no. Not not >> Maro. Yeah. Oh, Nico. Got it. Got it. Got it. >> That's why it's like that that's in sports. They go, "Oh, what a dumb guy making a trade, right?" But then they're failing to see the business behind it. >> I think that he genuinely thought it was a tight move. >> Who did he trade Luca for? >> Oh, >> um Anthony Davis >> and uh some some picks basically. I think his vision. Okay. So, I think a lot of the momentum comes from or at least within the news today talks about how the Mavericks went to the finals in like 2024. So, at that point, Nico Harrison and all of his trade moves just
3:25 like he just looked like he could do no wrong. He just knows what he's talking about. Um, and the owner that's not part of the conspiracy theory, Patrick Dumont, I believe, um, also owner of the Dallas Mavericks, was kind of just like, you know, like, hey, we're on board for, you know, whatever calls you want to make type ████ And so, I guess in his vision and spearheading, he was like, look, I know we got a franchise player in Luca Donuch. However, if we can pair up Anthony Davis with Kyrie Irving, then like we got a real chance of doing some some gangster stuff. And for whatever wizardry that he put on people, maybe in collaboration with the idea that they didn't want to sign Luca's max extension, >> which is the big number, right? That would have been a massive number compared to what he got with the Lakers >> or what he will get. But like with all
4:17 that, somehow they got everybody on board and they made this trade that the whole world thought was dumb as ████ except the Lakers. We were like, "Yay." >> Not dumb cuz we got him. >> So Luca got went to the Lakers on a pay cut. >> He just didn't get a signed supermax extension >> which he was about to get. He was a couple months away. >> Yeah. But like at the same time, the irony now is like or at least when that when that trade happened, Nico was kind of like, "Let's only time will tell if this makes sense." The irony right away is that >> AD injures himself immediately, >> which was which was kind of unfortunately expected. We've had nothing but AD going into like injuries all his entire tenure with the Lakers. >> He got he got loose ligaments. >> Yeah. And he's just like he's in his 30s, you know what I mean? He's just
5:07 he's an older dude. Luca is like in his primes, in his 20s, >> by the way. He's very good. Like there's no question like he's good, >> but he is he's very uh notable. Not durable. Yeah. Snapable. >> Kyrie got injured, >> so he's out. AD just got injured again, so he's missed the last six games. Luca hilariously has been insanely dominant for the Lakers this season. So now the Lakers with Luca are like on a tear >> and with LeBron >> out. LeBron's out and and the Lakers are just he's got like a other hamstring or or some other industry sprain or whatever. What? He's he's going to be fine. Him coming back is what scares me actually because the Lakers look great without LeBron. >> He's going to ████ the chemistry up >> low key. Yeah. Yeah. Um, and then at the same time, you've got the Dallas
5:58 Mavericks who magically got the number one draft pick in Cooper Flag. >> 2% chance. >> Yeah. But then they Kyrie's out, AD's out, Klay Thompson sucks somehow. And they're just like one of the worst teams in the league right now. >> They're like they're down there with the Wizards and the Pacers, which is crazy. >> And the Pacers don't have their star player for the whole year. >> Yeah. So, someone has to get fired. That's for sure. >> And then what's what's going like more viral in the NBA community right now is you've got Patrick Dumont, the owner of the Mavs, sitting at the the most recent game, next to a hardcore Dallas Mavs fan who's wearing a Luca Donish Lakers jersey. And then they're just this younger kid and they're just in this conversation where apparently he blatantly admits like that they messed up >> to the kid >> to the kid. >> Talking about the the like the acting
6:49 owner, right? because the ads really stay out of it. Well, obviously Sheldon's dead, but but this is the acting owner, Mr. Dumont. Like, he's the guy who's like handling operations. >> So, they're just like, "Okay, we need to basically call it a loss and it it to do the the Dallas Masks fans like the honor of something, admit to it, and then start over." And now there's just nothing but trade rumors of getting rid of ████ everyone and trying to reap it. And the add are like Miriam's like, "It's working out. >> Give me my mall, B████." >> JUST LIKE I WANTED. >> GIVE ME MY CASINO. >> I told you I'd ████ things up. Dallas, you want to ████ with me? >> And the Lakers are on a tear right now. >> Yeah, they're killing. They look good. Our bet looks good. >> When did the season start? >> Um what? A month ago. Yeah. >> Plus, something like that. >> On the 20th of October. >> What is the What is the uh payout now?
7:40 >> We just bet it what during the Dodgers World Series game. It >> was a 100 to win,400. So 50 bucks each made us is going to make us 700 bucks. >> ████ go, dog. Feels good, dude. >> Versus we bet on the aces and our 25 bucks made us like 70. >> Yeah, >> we split a hundo each. Yeah, just [laughter] about. >> Damn. >> No, the Lakers look good. Lakers look really good. Like obviously Luca, like you're saying, the synergy with the team. Synergy. You like that? Sounds like I I'm throwing a business to everybody. But no, they look really good. But yeah, so explain why why you think that um LeBron coming back is going to be problematic. >> I'm worried about LeBron coming back because he just changes the dynamic and if our dynamics is really good, why like if it ain't broke, it ain't broke. >> Why not have the goat in? That would be the push back from most of the fans,
8:30 right? >> Is he a ball hoger? >> Is um does you know they do all those press conferences and stuff and you hear what the coaches speak and whatever. Is LeBron in the role of leading the team or is he like some people know they're the supporting player now? Like >> he's definitely a leader like just I think it's undisputed. I think bless you. I think he's a I think he's a brilliant mind on the court. Like no matter what his basketball IQ is like undeniably very very smart just the way he knows how to just orchestrate things. All I'm saying is like um just because you're a quality person, very talented, have great IQ and stuff like that, if a chemistry works in a certain way, adding greatness doesn't necessarily make that chemistry work the same way. >> So, I'm not saying greatness can't happen. I'm just saying like we're witnessing great stuff right now, you
9:21 know? Uh and >> you're just scared being a scared boy. >> I'm being a scared boy. But I like what I see right now and I I'm not sad. I'm not sitting there going, I wish LeBron was here. your wife is talking about getting like big fake titties and you're like, "We have a good life as it is, baby. We don't need to like bring all this un uninvited attention in," you know? >> I'm like, "Bring LeBron in in our like weak points cuz we know we we're not indestructible against like we got destroyed by OKC and and you know, former NBA champs and SGA and stuff like that that maybe is a weak point. Like maybe we need to throw somebody in to stir some stuff up." But right now, like DeAndre Aton's doing better than he's done in in recent years. Ruy's doing well. AR's stepping up. Luca's breaking record. Luka Luca's literally being put into like, you know, the annals of Lakers history with like Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe and people that have like done certain records in the
10:12 first five games. Yeah. >> And he just looks great and he's having and his chemistry with Austin Reeves right now is like undeniable. I don't want to get too meta, but the point is like I think two years ago, uh, some Lakers fans were already like, "LeBron, thank you for giving us an NBA ring in the bubble. I don't care if people say that wasn't the same. I don't give a ████ We got it done." Now you and Bronnie for whatever, like, you know, like, dude, just enjoy yourselves wherever you you want. >> Bronnie is still on the Lakers. >> He is. He's airborne all the time. He's awesome. >> The memes right now are hilarious. They'll take like Austin Reeves and Luca Donish and Bronny, put them in the same meme and it be like these three guys combined did this many points and then Bronny's a zero. >> That's one I That's one I sent you. >> Saw Bronnie play in real life and then that miss like 10 shots and then when he made his first one the stadium went
11:02 crazy. >> Yeah. And he like kind of does that little like >> like you're watching a kids like kids basketball. >> Hey, we love it for the culture, >> you know, like in general. Just the idea of it is great. the the stats of it are not. >> Real quick, Pacers update. So, like, you know, we ████ suck. Um, Hallebertton's out. TJ McConnell is out. We lost our big man. Obviously, Miles Turner went uh away. So, now we have Jay Huff, who I think maybe could be good because he shoots the three better than Miles like 4%. So, like, we're in trouble. It's looking rough. We're just waiting for next year. I hope we reload. I hope we get a better draft pick, but we're toast this year. Toast. We're down with the Wizards, dude. >> We got one win, 10 losses. >> Also, on some superstitious ████ last time the Lakers got a particular type of
11:53 player from the Boston Celtics, we ran it all the way. And that's what we did in this off season. We got Marcus Smart from the Celtics. And just like Raj Rondo, when we played against him, you hated that guy on the court. when he's on your team, you love what he does. But he's a player you hate playing against. Just that annoying piece of ████ who's effective. Like TJ McConnell. >> I love TJ. But yeah, >> yeah, totally. >> When I'm rooting for the Pacers, if I'm playing against Pacers, I look at that squirrel and I'm like, "F███ this guy." >> But by the way, the Jaylen Brown memes of him bumping up against guys with his head and leaving ████ stains cuz he's he's obviously using some kind of guideliner for his hair, is pretty great. I don't know if you guys have seen that, but there's memes of him like he'll just like, you know, cuz I probably, you know, probably pretty similar, right? And then it's like boom
12:44 boom >> and it's like a big >> and then like big stain cuz like he's using filler or whatever. >> Dude, you look like Avatar the Last Air Bender right now. >> Whoa, thanks. Holy ████ That's the nicest thing you ever said probably. >> So that the powder stuff that the powdered >> Yeah, he's using like the filler ████ right? The guideliner for the hair and like it's leaving stains on cat's jerseys. It's [laughter] so ████ funny though. But as a hair guy, I'm like, "Respect." As a hair guy, I'm like, "Hey, ████ respect, dude." >> But if you guys want to get in on our Lakers bet, we'll accept you. >> Did you guys bet on the Pacers? That's I'm down. >> Hell ████ no. Hell ████ >> no. >> We like those ratios though. >> No, we bit the Lakers. >> Editor, when uh Steve says Pacers update, just slowly turn his volume down till he's just >> No. No. Please don't. Please don't. That That would be really bad for me. I I'm trying to show everyone I know a
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