We're live, we're talking about architecture right now with young June Park of the School of Architecture in UH Manoa, and we're going to address one of the biggest questions imaginable in the state of Hawaii and around the country, and that is affordable housing. It was a part of infrastructure in a funny way. This housing has gotten more expensive, especially in Hawaii, and that's a whole long story, but it's the landscape, the environment for this discussion. Because it's in crisis, people cannot afford housing. We have to find a way to build housing afford. We have to change the whole system in order to provide affordable housing. Back in the 60s and the 70s, it was a noble aspiration. Now it's crisis, okay, and everybody has to pitch in. Everybody who's involved, and guess what? Architects are involved, and guess what? Architects have new tools, and young June has new tools, new technological tools that we are just learning to deploy now, and architects are wrapping around those tools. So the question is, what tools do we have? What can those tools do? What problems can they solve? And at the end of the day, how do they allow architects to actually chip in their discipline, their technology, their expertise to make affordable housing? Let me add that I don't think the policymakers know about this. The policy being makers should be listening to home June. The policy makers should be trying to figure out how to fund it, how to allow for it, how to take any obstacles out of the way for it, so that the architects can make their contribution. Okay, so this is an important show on a crisis. Young June, welcome to the show. It's so nice to have you here. Aloha, Jae. Thank you for having me today. It's my pleasure to have a time with you. Well, we already know that there was a partial collapse of the building in Florida, Miami, Florida, which was the Champlain Power South. Actually, it happened in June 24 this year. Do you guys know that more than 80%, I mean, that building, that building was completed in 1982 in Hawaii. And more than 80% of the condominiums in Honolulu are older than or about the same age of the Champlain Power South. It's kind of a very big number and high number. And can you show me the slide of the one? Yeah, so our Hawaii is beautiful. But the problem is it's getting old and very expensive. So the expensive because of the several reasons. So we already know that Hawaii has a high life expectancy and unbalanced real estate property ownership. As you know, the currently 5% of the population owns 80% of the land in Hawaii. So 90% of the population struggle to find their own property from the rest, which is 20%. That's terrible. I want you to know that's terrible. Yeah, yeah. I mean, as a matter of social policy, that is unacceptable. We have to do something about that too, aside from the architectural side of things. In addition to that, we have very limited job opportunities for young generation. That's why our family demographic population structure kind of a bigger and smaller instead of this normal shape of the structure. And also the Hawaii itself is one of real estate investment portfolios for national and international investors. So it's like the price is going to be getting more expensive and also our building's going to get getting older. Then how are we going to solve it? How are we going to? Right. And I think it's worth mentioning that the problems we are talking about are getting worse. They're not static. They're not the same year after year. They're worse year after year. The disparity in wealth, the aging of the buildings, the inability of the people to buy a home for anything they can reasonably afford is getting worse. So the first thing to do is we have to catch up on all this. We have to bend every effort. Definitely. That's why I'm introducing this kind of technological development made in these days. Can you show me the animation, the video that I... So what we are looking at is this kind of morphological transformation achieved through the data interpolation. So which means previously computational design was known as a computer-aided architecture. So it was all having some tools. We're going to make a building, making some better documentation out of it. But in these days, it's not limited that way. We are able to get into the more usage of the power of the computer, which is including this kind of optimization and also the augmented reality and then the environmental simulation and also the building information modeling and so on. Okay, so what does that help you achieve? We're talking about building houses cheaper. We're talking about having more units in a given space. How do these tools help you? So I'm going to get to that. So I show that how the geometry can be transformed with the data driven. And then the next one I show that that kind of idea can be expanded to change the shape of the building according to the parametric value of each component. So in that case, if we are able to encode those variables to the necessary architectural element in terms of cost, in terms of usage of the room, usage of the circulation and so on, getting to the direction of the cost-driven optimization. So can you go to the next slide? Yeah, so we went to the site, which is the Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. That place is a kind of struggling community, which is kind of slum because of the property embedded in that society. Not only that, even though they had a kind of so-called affordable housing designed by the European architect and so on, the problem is they didn't provide, that they didn't maintain and then use that kind of social context usage of the existing family relationship and those. So we wanted to get into the optimization. So through this, we were able to save the, in theory, we saved 22% of the total project cost and also we were able to do the social mix regarding building unit types. And then also with following that kind of design advice strategies from the optimization, we were able to increase 120% of the number of the residents. What I'm trying to say is it's not just about making the columns and walls and then slab and then the roof, not this way. We want to compute the older information, those information, getting into the transformation of the geometry and then the shape of the building, arrangement of the rooms, and so on. What does that do for affordable housing? Affordable housing? Does it make it cheaper to build a building? You're looking for comfort, you're looking for cheapness, you're looking for different materials. I mean, what are the calculations and optimization do to make affordable housing? Yeah, so the affordable housing in that case, we are able to increase the number of the rooms to accommodate the people within that even constraint of the site, size of the constraint site. And also as you mentioned, the cost. So in terms of material, in terms of the usage of that component, the cost evaluation estimation. And then the third one is design context. So are you going to put the living room and then the bedroom and then also this dining and kitchen? Which way? It's kind of a combinatorial search. So the human being can do the expert designer, can easily do ABCD, combination of the one house. But when you get into the bigger, into the one apart component, multiple apart components, and those, how are you going to manage all these different variations? So the computer going to do this, do us, not only the computation, but also the simulating the design proposal. So let me see if I understand. The idea is you have so much space, so much room, so much of a footprint on the ground. And you want to put as many houses there as possible. You don't want to make the walls any thicker than they have to be. You don't want the rooms to point in the wrong direction because that's wasted space. And this optimization can help you make the building more efficient, more efficient to build, more efficient to put more units in. And I guess at the same time, you don't want to make it the walls too thin either. No, no, no, no, they have to have their privacy and so forth. Yeah, sure. So what happens is you put in data, like the size of the building footprint, you put in the number of units you want, you put in your presumptive distribution of the square footage for each unit, and bingo, out the other side comes a plan that will maximize the number of units, minimize the number of obstacles and the size of the walls, maximize the living quality, which is important in that space. And then I can get a thousand units on an acre, maybe, which is actually what Stanley Chang, who was the senator in the Hawaii State Senate, is trying to do in certain areas here in Hawaii. He's very advanced and he's talking about the same thing. I don't know if you've talked to him, but he's interested in you. Actually this summer, I had a chance to have a conversation with Stanley Chang because he thought about the multi scale of the affordable housing, how this can be done. One architect can do it. So I showed this example and then he was very interested in, but after that, we didn't have any further discussion. But yes, I really want to extend this kind of collaboration further. So in addition to what you just said in terms of optimization of that housing components, the more important in three-dimensional generation of the buildings, not just two-dimensional map, and also the computer going to give us how many one bedroom, how many two bedroom, how many three bedroom, how many studio, even those going to be computed by the machine. The machine is going to encode it with a government subsidy. So how are we going to maximize the government subsidy and also the profit in that case, how many different room types, those kinds of things can be encoded into the building design. I'm not saying that these architects so far, architect is very pure designer, but at the same time, I hope architects can accommodate these opportunities, unlimited opportunities to enhance their capability to go further. Well, what I hear you saying, and I think this is a real takeaway for our discussion, is that architects are changing the way they do business. Architects are incorporating more advanced technology because this is very advanced. This is not something you go down to Best Buy and buy a little software. This is pretty sophisticated. Okay, and so that's one thing. The other thing is you are addressing a serious social problem crisis. And the third thing is you're happy to collaborate with, cooperate with and educate legislators. So that's it. You know, architects didn't do that 10 years ago or 20. It's only now architects are learning how they have an involvement in social policy. They have a responsibility for social improvement, social development.  Yeah, and then let's move on. If you don't mind, we can move on to the, I mean, I'm not sure how much time I have. Can we move on to that cost-driven example of this project? Actually, this project was titled the optimization of the building design and its management solutions on the view of cost-effectiveness for building users. This was supported by the research fund from the Senbu, Hawaii. So in this project, the optimized the building design strategy and its management solutions for maximizing the potential for the ability and marketability of the building has been developed. So basically, through this technique, you are able to see that 36.4% of the reduction in its maintenance fee compared to the original building. What I'm trying to say is when you, you can make a beautiful building in very expensive manner. However, if you are able to kind of a decent building, which have minimizing unnecessary cost will provide more spaces for the people and also more convenience for the people. In that case, we are able to achieve the resilience. So I mean, you talked about in the beginning about this problem is dynamic. It's not just static problem, affordable issues and only see issues and those very dynamic problem. How are you going to respond to this? Many people talk about the resilience. In my opinion, resilience response should be first, robust planning. Robust planning is we need to kind of make a plan not only the right now in terms of a future creation, robust planning. Second, rapid recovery. Rapid recovery means when something happened, the system should be able to respond that issue very quickly. That has the way to be designed. And then the third one is consistent adaptation. So through the building design, people should be able to adapt the given situation. So those three things has to be resolved into the developing the design, developing the project. So this is kind of one of the examples that we did. And then we at the time we went through about 17 high-rise condominiums in Hawaii and then six condominiums in Florida to find out what is the kind of exemplary prototype we want to follow. So when you do the optimization, there are two ways. One is that we're going to do optimization from the scratch to the end. Or if you want to save your time, you want to start with some kind of a standard and prototype, you want to use it as a model, then try to use your problem to kind of getting rich to that kind of a standard. Not exactly the same. So through those study of the 23 analysis, we were able to get into the kind of building model included with the program. That program will accept kind of various data. So simply saying based upon the analysis, you get the prototype. Prototype will be kind of managed by the data in terms of a cost, in terms of a living condition, in terms of a circulation, in terms of a hierarchy of the rooms and so on. So that's what we did with this project. And then, yeah. It's a total order. I mean, all these various things, you know, ending with resilience and recovery and those things, they're hard to do. You really have to think around the corner for that. And you have to get your owner to think around the corner for that because if he's into value engineering, he's not going to be too concerned. He just wants to get the thing built and let the buyers or the tenants worry about what happens in the future. Are there any buildings that you know of here in Hawaii that have already been built that match, that accommodate these various concerns about planning and resilience? As far as I know, not yet. We have to get that going, don't you think? Definitely, we have to get that going. So there's one condition. Somebody can ask a question. You know what? When we have an expert architect, he can do it. Yeah, I don't disagree. He can do better than the computer. When you have one building, one house, when you have one house, design this one, one house, maybe one building, the one architect can do better. However, let's increase the number of the buildings. It's going with the community. It's going with the whole district. I think the computer can do better than the expert. Sure, you make it modular. You're designing a framework and you're going to repeat the central components. But you know, one thing that strikes me, when I ask you, part of architecture is to make a better aesthetic experience in a city, for example, make us feel better, make us feel better about our surroundings. And if you give me buildings that all look alike, you're losing something in the aesthetic, how do we avoid losing something in the aesthetic? That's why the, can you show me that the first animation that I showed in the beginning, this is the possibility of the morphological transformation by the computer. We can do the complexity of the design freedom. But right now, because there's a problem, it's very small. So that's why I didn't include all this flexibility of the design. But as you see, we can get to that high quality of the design complexity. We can do it. As you see, this is the evidence. Okay, let me ask you another thing you mentioned earlier was artificial intelligence. Yes. And you know, that's really the sort of the magic box. Nobody knows how far it can go. But we know that it can do extraordinary things and solve extraordinary problems. Where does artificial intelligence fit in all of this? There are three different areas. First of all, the most important thing is artificial intelligence in architecture is a data driven. So you somehow you need to train the machine through the existing data set. So through data set, somehow you are able to, when you do some sketches, so then through the sketches, you are able to find out how these different architectural style can be applied to that kind of line drawings, let's say the kind of mood or the kind of design mood. How can I just have those? So through training the machine into that different categories of the data set, machine can with having very limited information that you are machine can provide those conceptual design variation at the early stage of the design. At the same time, in the middle, through this design optimization process itself, in these days, machine have multiple outcomes. So they are trying to get into that optimization process itself. So sometimes I'm getting scary. And then the machine can take over all the things what we can do. That's a good question. You pose a good question. The role of the architect seems to be to need the information into the computer and then pull it out again. Where does the architect fit? I mean, I've always seen architects as critical people in our society. They design our cities. They make our lives worthwhile. What happens if we take them out of the equation? It's an excellent question. I believe that you already know what the testing knowledge is. Testing knowledge is like a ride or bike. So the testing knowledge is kind of contrast to the explicit knowledge. Explicit knowledge can be written and delivered through these images, writings, and so on. But how to ride a bike? It's not easy to through all the written information, right? So the thing is, machine cannot have those data. The testing knowledge data. Because without data, machine cannot run. So for now, those creativity, those testing knowledge reside in the heart and then the brain of the architect, designer, and artist. That's what I think. So, you know, I guess one of the questions that has been in the room here with us is who exactly writes the code? Who exactly develops the algorithms? Is it you? I know it's not Best Buy. Is it you? Who is it? And these people are going to be very important going forward.  Maybe architects are going to change the way they relate to their own work. Yeah. So the it's like teaching your children, teaching your children that this is how to design it. This is how to develop the high-rise condominium in terms of cost saving. In that case, how to teach, how to provide a direction, and outcome will be different. So what I'm trying to say is who's going to guide that kind of direction? I think that's the architect. That's maybe the collaboration with the client, collaboration with the police maker, various stakeholders. They can make a decision. Then according to the kind of decision making, artificial intelligence can support all the works. But not 100% right now. They can do little things for now. Well, but it'll change. I mean, these algorithms will become more powerful. All the processes you're talking about will become more powerful, will be able to design things more sophisticated, be more responsive to the architect. So everything is changing. The only constant is that everything is changing. Yeah. I mean, though, in order to get to the level, I think we can exercise and advance this what we already have in terms of design optimization. These kind of things can be more deeply applied in the development of the building designs. Then we can have some better benefit for our society. Let's think about the big picture. I know it's a very honorable way to have a decent house for the people, but at the same time, we are able to collaborate together, get into the more bigger kind of community design and then block district. And further, the bigger problem that we have, which is in dynamic status, then I think that's what we can do as a member of the society for the contribution. So we, luckily, if you go to the next slide, that course driven. So the outcome of my research was able to kind of a basis of design of this Capulani residence, which has the kind of honorable award that 2021 gold award on the affordable housing category of the 30s FIA BCI, the International Real Estate Federation in France. And also, this Capulani residence was invited to the United Nations habitat for better of one future. So that's the kind of achievement we were able to have. You have more slides you want to discuss? The last one, last one. The last one. Oh, I mean, the last two, if I have two minutes. Yeah, this one is the, my doctoral students projects already done by Michael Honiak. Actually, he found that, oh, this kind of prefabricated modular design is very suitable for the Hawaii. You know why? Other areas, which has four different seasons, prefabricate this modular system problem is a joint. If there is a different temperature, then the joint going to make some, making some clicking sound, making some problems. However, weather in Hawaii is constant. So it's the perfect condition to use those kind of prefabricate modular design system in the design of the very in high level of the design complexity. However, we cannot use those things more and more in Hawaii because of the lack of the police making. So I hope that if our politicians can provide kind of proactive making of this kind of policies, then we are able to accommodate more enhanced technologies and then more enhanced applications in our state Hawaii. That's my hope. Well, let's talk more about that. It seems to me that you offer a lot to the School of Architecture that you have expectations of your students that they have to be akamai about these things. They can't turn aside. They can't think classically when the role of the architect and architecture in the community is changing when the demands of the community are changing. So what do you expect to contribute to architecture in Hawaii? And what do you expect the school to contribute and the students to contribute in the next generation?  They see it differently and you're here to make a contribution. What is the contribution you want to make? So that's an excellent question. In the year of the Marcus Petrubius Polio, who is the architect in the Roman Empire a long time ago, at that time the architects was a master builder who is the kind of a medium between the god and then the emperor. He's the one who delivered this message to the emperor to make the buildings. So in that case, he was able to know that construction in terms of mason, blacksmith, and all the different issues. However, due to the, ironically due to the development of the technologies such as perspective drawing created by the Philip Brunelleschi and also the orthogonal drawings used by the Andrea Palladio in the age of the Renaissance and those. And then architect, you know what, just send the drawings. I don't need to go to the construction site. I don't need to deal with those issues. And then he's a vicinity getting shrinked and smaller and smaller and then just let's draw this one within my studio. However, ironically, also with the help of the technology, you are able to recover the status as a master builder which can make a real contribution for the society. That is just the medium between the god and then the emperor. You can do the heart of the society. That's what I want to see. Do what you can, yeah? And maybe more than you think. So, you know, one of the things is that Hawaii has made some really awful architecture. I'll take you for a tour one day, okay? I'll show you what I think is really, really awful. And it's a long tour. This may take several hours. And the problem is these buildings that are awful have a useful life of hundreds of years because they're built with materials and locations and costs, you know, the economic considerations, they're going to be there for hundreds of years. And, you know, I wish we could tear them down, but that's probably not in the cards. So, when you say make a contribution, you're really talking about areas where you don't have to go through the humbug of tearing everything down, where you have green fields to work on, or at least places that are buildable. Okay, here's the question though. When you put all this new design into a building, and you make it a building that satisfies the social needs and the technical needs of the community, now, using all these tools, using this new design concept you're talking about, that building is also going to have a useful life of 50, 100, 150 years. Okay, and while that 150 years is passing by, there'll be new ideas, new designs, new tools, new architects, new generations of architects. What happens when the buildings you're building now get old? Okay, yeah, I understand. So, well, I cannot get to that, the kind of big picture, but I cannot get into the small problem related to what you just said. So, one of the issues in Hawaii is a multi-generational housing. The multi-generational housing in the beginning is going to start with a nuclear family, a couple, then they will have the children, and then the children getting bigger, and then the house is bigger, and then when the children went out, then they have to think about how you're going to divide and then change the form of this one. So, my current research development is how the building can evolve with the change of the family structure. So, as you mentioned, building can go up, and then what is the efficient and effective manner to make it smaller, to make it collapse, and to make an addition based upon what you started. That's why in the beginning I called it the resilient design approach. So, as you mentioned in the beginning, dynamic status, you have to deal with past, present, and future at one time. With the help of the computer, you are able to somehow forecast. That's what I believe. Thank you for that. That really helps me, actually. And my last question, if you don't mind, my last question for you is, you know, we made a movie about climate change and the relation of climate change to endemics, and we interviewed faculty here and around the country to talk about that. And what we found at the end of the conversation was always the thought that what I say as a scientist, what I say as an academic, it doesn't necessarily get into the city council, and it doesn't get into the legislature, because those guys do not understand that they don't care. I think they care. They think they care on a political level, but not beyond that. Anyway, so, you know, and every scientist we talked to had concerns about their ability to affect policy, to affect the policymakers. And what I found was so interesting is they said, you know, in the past, in science, that was okay. We were in science, and they were in public policy, and if they listened to us fine, if they didn't find, it wasn't our job to try to, you know, muscle the public policy. We can only tell them what we thought. Now some of them came up with the notion of, wait a minute, part of a scientist's job is to go out there and affect public policy. Part of us, and I'm really talking about architects too, part of a scientist's job is to change public policy, and some of them, and this is the most interesting thing. This is my question. Some of them said, well, you need to have scientists who run our office so that they will have the influence of policymakers themselves. So Yang Jun, what do you think about the possibility that an architect steeped in all the technology and design we've been talking about would run for office? And he'd be shoulder to shoulder with Stanley Chang and many others in the legislature and the city council, he'd be an expert in the next office. Would any architect do that? Should architects do that? Let me tell you something. So Jay, we already have two big warnings. First warning is environmental changes, climate changes, which is about our science is not lie. It's related to our everyday life. And then we had the second warning, which is this COVID pandemic, that, hey, look at this science and all these issues. It's not away from your reality, it's just happening. Even your everyday life going to be kind of regulated, kind of pushed back to the corner. Right now, the third question is, are you going to still going to ignore the help, possible help you can have from the science, technology, all these applied areas? I think it's time to reach your hand, then shake hand in the collaboration. I think that's my answer, a humble answer. Okay. All right. I just want to give you the opportunity, Jun, to leave a message, a message with our viewers, a message with students of architecture, owners who might call upon architects, and government people who might interface, engage with architects and architecture. What is your message to them today in view of the things we have discussed? Okay. Can I show the last slide that? Sure. Yeah. So this is my website. Which is idotdesignforfeatures.com. So if you visit there, so you can have more information. And my last message is, if you allow me to use my very poor Latin, so this says, destitutus ventis, remus adhibe. So in English, if the wind does not serve, let's take to the oars. Yeah. I think that's my last message. Okay. I think I know why you speak Latin is because architecture really got a huge start in classical days. And we're still using the lessons that they gave us. Am I right? Yes. So we're going to find out the future through the window of the past. I think that's what we are trying to do. And also we are living in present with the desire and hope in good manner, I hope. Yeah. Young June Park, Professor at the School of Architecture, UH Manoa, part of the generation that's going to change our world here in Hawaii. Thank you so much, young June. Thank you for having me today. Aloha. Aloha.


There's a secret benefit to positive thinking not a lot of people talk about maybe even know about and it is that If we start to practice talking to ourselves in a more positive way That's not easy right and and the fact that we will become aware quite quickly That this is kind of difficult. This feels strange This is bringing up feelings that I don't particularly like when I start to feel or talk in a better way to myself That's actually really really helpful for us what I typically focus on when I'm maybe working with somebody is Of course, we want to start talking to ourselves in a much more loving compassionate supportive exciting enthusiastic way I Often I take the approach of okay before we we jump into all this positive thinking and positive self-talk Let's just go under the surface and start to look at some of the things that aren't so nice and Get to work questioning them a little bit more deeply and maybe Taking some of the power out of those and Then the the positive thinking will be much more accessible or authentic but you can also Have a practice of just using positive thinking and in a way it can actually be really helpful Even because what it's going to do is it's going to you're going to say it to yourself like my life is fantastic I really like myself. I support myself My future is a bright future All the things I want in my life are going to come to me We talked to ourselves in this way it's going to run into things inside our body and That's going to show us exactly Where we need to maybe do a little bit of inquiry into something whatever that block is with that thing So when I tell people is when you're practicing more positive self-talk like for instance, I sometimes get people to do this thing Like an issue with procrastination There is it tends to be an awful lot of limiting beliefs or dysfunctional thinking So I get people to kind of Rewrite a story for how they What's what is their personal productivity like in terms of how productive they think they are or how? Successively think they're going to be and I get them to kind of rehearse a more positive story But in practice in a story like that it's going to show us exactly where the blocks to accepting that lie Which is a huge huge benefit You see a lot of people with positive thinking make a little bit of a mistake I think and the mistake is okay I'm saying these more positive supporting things to myself now and I feel like I have to believe it It's not really about that It's more about you're not really trying to convince yourself of anything with positive thinking and if you are you can kind of just relax that a little bit What we're trying to do is see how it's accepted by you could say the nervous system Which may be holding on to old beliefs that are there to protect us based on past experiences that we have So we're just using it to say okay. How much of this can I accept today and where is it running into a block? Where is the resistance? Where is the this the thing that rejects that and what does that thing have to say? So there is a huge huge benefit in doing inquiry into our negative limiting beliefs And we can also start it more proactively talk positively to ourselves But either are great tools Because when you use that positive thinking you're going to find the blocks to that write the part states that are rejecting it So in terms of your own practice here or little tips you could take away from this I would say do inquiry try and identify the negative self talk that's there Write it down all those talk thoughts belong on paper in black and white and then they can really be questioned into How is this serving me? How do I know this is true? I'm I completely sure that this is true These types of questions How has it impacted my behavior when I've been believing this? Considering the precise opposite just like Byron Katie's work and then maybe if you're feeling okay You experiment with more positive ways of talking to yourself, okay Trying out a new story story rehearsal, which is kind of repeating a story to yourself to see how it feels but In either way, I really am a big advocate for trying this and it can be a simple exercise You try it for a few minutes every day just talking to yourself and using the power of your own will your own convictions To choose a narrative or a story that's going to serve you much more and make you feel much more self-empowered This is really the definition it to take responsibility for ourselves. I think is to look at what have I been telling myself? What's the story? How what what what's what story have I walked around my life with and What has that been bringing into my life? To really I mean, I think that's the most fun the middle thing there is is to really start to question and examine and Change that story if it's not a story that's been serving us so a few minutes a day to sit down and Feel into what it feels like to express and tell yourself a different story You can't go wrong with that even if you're not really fully accepting it It's going to show you where you are with that and it's going to show you precisely okay There's a block to saying this thing. I really really like myself Okay, something's happening in my stomach right now. What is this thing saying? It's saying What's there to like? Okay. Well, okay, there's nothing to like Now I can do it some inquiry in that belief. Okay, there's nothing to like so Once the inquiry is done in that that dissolves a little bit and try again. I really like myself See is it accepted? It's not so much that we're trying to believe it Just will it be accepted by me? And the more we can do that then we're going to feel much more empowered So that's some thoughts on I guess the balance between positive Thinking and challenging some of the negative stuff typically I would tend to Come down more on the challenging the negative stuff, but there is definitely a time in a place For proactively choosing a story for yourself that is going to serve you rather than limit you so clear out that and I hope that's food for thought and I'll see you again soon. Thanks so much for joining me here. Bye. Bye


Alright, welcome back to the Sports Mag Zone, we continue with Cricket, lovely cricket. For Wessonnay Space, our Shamar Joseph received a hero's welcome on arrival in his home country, Guyana on Thursday evening. Joseph's family members of the Guyana Cricket Board and enthusiastic supporters greeted him at the Cheddy Jagon International Airport in Tamiri as they showered him with flowers and adulation following his heroic efforts on the Wendy's Test Tour of Australia. The 24-year-old Joseph took 7 for 68 in the second innings of the second test at the Gabba to inspire the Caribbean team to a famous eight-run win, which leveled the series at one all, and in the process gave Wessonnay their first test win in Australia for 27 years. On hand to witness the celebration of Joseph's achievements was Sports Editor for Newsroom Media in Guyana, Avinash Ramzan. He joins us now on Zoom. Good afternoon. How are you? Good afternoon, Maria. Good afternoon to all listening, as well as Lance and Ricardo. I'm doing well on top of the world. Yeah, really happy to have you join us this afternoon. So talk to me because we could not be there yesterday. I would have loved to be there at the airport, but you were there. So break it down for us. What was the atmosphere like? I could tell you, Maria, if you were there and you didn't get goosebumps, then you have no emotions. It was a wonderful welcome home ceremony for Shomar Joseph, and all the adulation and the love, as you mentioned, was there throughout.  In fact, when the aircraft was coming into the Tatumiri Airport, his entire family and the population from Barakara, they were invited by the government to Guyana and the Guyana cricket board to witness that welcome home ceremony. And they were shouting, they were singing, Maori champion, Maori champion. And that really evoked a lot of emotions within persons who were there. And if you didn't shed a tear or if you didn't get goosebumps, then you had no emotions, really. Yeah, and you don't love crickets as much as you. Yep. Yeah. So you said the family was there, but give me some details. Like, who exactly was there? And along with the Guyana cricket board, was the sports minister there? Was the prime minister there? Details. But so the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Charles Ramson, Jr., the director of sports, Steve Ninval, the president of the Guyana cricket board, Visundi Al Singh, who happens to be a director of CWI as well. They were there to receive Shomar. And of course, his family from Barakara. We have heard so much stories about Barakara and the Holy Unity and the camaraderie with the people from Barakara. Wasn't sure there, as you see on the screen there, though, that his brother lifting Shomar and Shomar's son. And that was as he exited the aircraft and was making his way to the ceremony itself. But a wonderful atmosphere there at Shomar made his way. He seemed a bit tired and expectedly so, having that long travel back from Australia. His parents, they shed a few tears. And I think Shomar held it up well because of the fact where he noticed he didn't look at them directly. He was trying to be tough. He knew the emotions that surrounds his return. And he held it up well, but all in all, a wonderful ceremony. Wonderful welcome back for a guy who left Guyana with lots of promise, lots of expectations. And you know what, Mariah? He came back as a superstar. Avinash, you know, this is one of the things that we love about sport. This is the kind of story that we live for because a few months ago, Shomar Joseph would have never anticipated in his wildest dreams what has happened in the past weeks in Australia. And it is tremendous for him to embrace and being embraced by the Guyanese public in this way. What in your opinion was the most moving part of yesterday's homecoming for him? I think for him is to be reunited with his children and his family. As soon as he came off the aircraft and was making his way towards the area where the ceremony was held, the first thing he did was grab his son, you know, kissed him on the cheek, kissed the other one on the cheek as well. And that for me showed how much he missed his family and his children. He's a family man, of course. And you mentioned something, Lance, that probably he himself didn't believe the stage that he would have reached today. What I can tell you, in October 2020, I met this guy for the very first time playing in the Interconti competition, which is used to select the Guyana team. And he played for the Select 11 in that competition. He couldn't make his own Conti team. He was a virtual unknown at the time. And you know what he told me? Our very first interaction when I make it. And he's been telling that to every single person he's met since then when I make it. For some reason, Shamar is Joseph had a vision that he's going to make it big. And that has been manifested here today. Yeah, I want to get a comment from you as well about the Guyana president, Dr. Irfan Ali, because he clearly is a huge lover of sport. And there is something happening in Guyana for sure. We see the kind of atmosphere that is generated in CPL cricket in Guyana at the moment. And for the president of the country to be so invested in sport, I think it bodes well for the future of Guyani sport. Well, the president did play a game, not competitively at any level, but in the community, he did play cricket. And I'm sure he would boast to say that it was probably the best batsman that never played for Guyana or the West Indies. But he's a guy that is fascinated about sport. And he doesn't talk the talk, he walk the walk. And there has been investment at the community level. There is a grown enhancement initiative by the government. And it's really to on earth talent and bring talent to the national level. And that has been working. Of course, we all know about the Barakara story. Shamar played in an area there, was born in an area that not much facilities. He came to the coastline and he developed his cricket. So the whole trust by the government is to ensure that we can produce more Shamar Josephs. And that has to come from the top level. And the president, of course, has been leading the charge. Immediately after that ceremony at the airport last night, he met with Shamar and his family and well wishes and members of the Guyana cricket board at a private dinner. And I'm sure lots of things would have been said there in terms of support for Shamar. And I'm sure the government would ensure that the trajectory that Shamar is on right now could only get higher. Yeah, you know, we've been discussing quite a lot this week about protecting our young fastballers across the region and specifically Shamar because of what he has done in Australia and what the expectations are going forward that he can deliver for West Indus cricket. What are the discussions been like in Guyana relating to this topic and how he can be and should be protected? Well, a lot of people in Guyana would feel that, you know, he would fall prey to the T-20 franchises. Kimar Roach did mention that he has to guard against the distractions, quote-unquote. And I'm sure that's the same message across the region.  But he himself, I spoke to him last night as well, I just get a gauge from him exactly what's the mindset at the moment. And he is very much focused on Test cricket for now. And that contract, the West Indus retainer contract that he's received earlier this week, I think that's a step in the right direction to ensure that he's properly managed. The Minister of Sport did mention as well that it is important that he's guarded against distractions and he's able to fulfill his potential, not just for Guyana, but of course, the West Indus at the international level. Yeah, any more celebrations planned that you know of in the coming days? Well, nothing that we know of at the moment, but I'm sure the people of Barakar would have their own little celebration that wonderful village there that has given us a superstar. Yeah, and of course, he does have a toe injury and to travel all the way from Australia back to Guyana and then have the welcome home ceremony last night. Did you speak to him about how he was feeling, how the toe was feeling, and how it was coming on generally? But we're trying to get as much as we could from him, Ricardo, but we got about a minute and a half interview. We couldn't talk much. The fans were there. They're trying to get photos. They're trying to get an autograph on all these things. Everybody was trying to get in Shamar's direction, but I can tell you, this guy is tough. He wants to perform. He has a mission to be that superstar. And the Minister said as well, he's got to be obsessed with greatness. And I think Shamar has already taken on that mantra. He wants to be obsessed with greatness. He wants to achieve great things in his career. Even for the people of Barakara, he wants to put that community on the map. And he's done a fantastic job in doing that.  He's a fit guy and he's showed the world what the people of Barakara can really do. Yeah, and can you give us a summary of what Shamar had to say, his own address to those in attendance last night? Well, he just said that he was glad to be back home. It was a very, very, very brief speech. And he was glad to be back home and to be reunited with his family and the rest of Guyana. And he was very excited to be part of that test series win. The draw, sorry. And the victory in that final test. No, it seems like a win. I can't even realize when you said it. Yeah, but he was glad to be back home and to be reunited with his family. Of course, this is his first major tour and major time away from his family. So it's something that he was eager to get back home and be part of the celebration back home as well. Yeah, I also want to get your thoughts quickly. We had a chat with Ian Bishop on Tuesday, was it? Or was it Wednesday earlier this week? And he mentioned a young fast bowler in Guyana as well. I'm trying to remember the name as I speak to you. Silas Tindall. Yes, Silas Tindall. Yes, and I wanted to know if you knew much about him or what you can tell us about that young man because Bish seems to think he has some quality and deserves some level of assistance. Yeah, he has been around for quite some time. He's from the same county area as Shamar Joseph, as Romario Shepherd. He's a wonderful young talent. There was the Guyana-Harpy Eagles matches that were held recently to select the team. He was part of one of the squads. However, he picked up an injury and could not showcase his skill, but he's one for the future for sure. And with good management, I'm sure that he could go on to achieve a lot of great things for Guyana and for West Indies cricket. Some would say that he's done the pecking order because of the availability of the senior guys, but once he's given that opportunity to hone his skills, he's certainly one for the future. Yeah, and I guess we run the risk of always looking for the next Shamar Joseph now, the next diamond in the rough. But if this kid could be it, then maybe there needs to be some level of intervention, get him fit, get him healthy, and let's see what he's able to deliver. Yeah, we saw what Shamar did in Australia there, and that really revived West Indies cricket on so many levels. People are becoming passionate again about West Indies cricket. In Guyana here, for example, everybody, every single body, from the youngest child to the oldest man is talking about Shamar Joseph. And you know, here's down the line, you could see so many young Shamars coming out to Guyana. Yeah, a lot of things to celebrate in Guyana. I spoke to the GCB cricket operations officer, Anthony Dianne Radden, I was telling him, I need to make a trip to Guyana soon because I need to see what y'all are feeding these cricketers because things have been looking really up Avinash. Yeah, and I'm talking about feeding the players. If you notice, I mean, the world has noticed how fit Shamar is. And it's important that from here on, he doesn't get carried away. Continue to work on his fitness and continue to eat the stuff that he has been eating. Of course, Barakara is a farming community, and these guys eat healthy. You don't want a situation where you lax with your fitness and then it affects your game. We know all the troubles we have with players across the region not being fit. Shamar Joseph consistently has done over 40, late 40s, sometime early 50s on the yoyo test. So he's extremely fit. And one would just hope that he continues along this path, continue to train and continue to eat and look after his nutrition. And we know very well that he's going to be invited to a lot of fancy dinners in the next few weeks and months. So, yeah, that is very good advice. Avinash. Yeah, we... Yes, go ahead. Yeah, we want to thank you so much for stopping by on the sportsman soon. Keep up the good work and we'll talk again really soon. Thank you very much for having me. Take care. Lance, quickly, were you in Jamaica in 2008? No, I wasn't. No, you weren't. Not during the Olympics, obviously. So what is happening here with Shamar Joseph, right? Yes. Reminds me of 2008. Why am I asking if you were in Jamaica? Of course you were not. You were in Beijing. Sorry. I was home in November, though. Yeah. I was home in November, yeah. But it reminds me of what it was like in Jamaica when the Black, Green and Gold dominated at the Beijing Olympic Games with Usain Bolt and Chellian Fraser Price and Millie Walker and Veronica Campbell-Brown and the 4x1 team. And what I am seeing, and I've spoke about it just now, about the reaction and everyone in Ghana passionate again about the game. Yes. And that's the general feeling right across the Caribbean. Everybody's asking about Shamar Joseph. Everybody wants to know, see West Indies cricket again. Yeah, well cricket needs a story like this. Given what has happened in West Indies cricket... West Indies cricket. West Indies cricket in the past three decades, Caribbean cricket needs a story like this. And a player like Shamar. Yeah, you know, I just think that it should trigger a sort of rise in the interest and appetite for the game. We don't want 1201 to come too quickly, though. 1201. Yes. Or is it midnight? You didn't watch the Cinderella story last. We have to take a break for that one.  We'll be right back. You just didn't get it.


Just like most animal products, eggs are viewed from two opposite perspectives in conventional wisdom versus ancestral health.  Of course, quality plays a huge role here. Regular supermarket eggs are full of allergens, agrochemicals, antibiotics, and have high levels of omega-6 due to poor quality corn and soy-based feed. However, even the best chicken eggs on pasture absent of corn and soy can still contain allergen issues from lysosome or gut permeability problems from egg white protein. Today, the focus is simply understanding what nutrients are contained in eggs, vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids. Eggs are a very diverse and balanced food when compared to other animal foods, especially red meat. The only options close to eggs in regards to that balance, seafood, shellfish, but in my opinion most of those sources are far too polluted. Of course, I have to mention we do have corn and soy-free eggs available now on Frankie's Pre-RangeMeet.com. Hopefully sales do well, everything is good. We can have hypoallergenic eggs for the most sensitive people where really anyone should be able to eat them regardless of the allergens, regardless of whatever health issues they're having. I haven't actually done a video on eggs in three or four years now, so this is pretty long overdue. We have the nutrient here, 15 on the left side and 15 nutrients on the right side, and I did the whole egg, the egg yolk, and the egg white. Keep in mind the calorie count of these is drastically different. We did not equal out the nutrient percentage versus calories. Obviously, for egg yolk, egg white is one-seventh of the calorie. If you multiply these numbers by seven, when comparing them to egg yolk, it does look a lot better. Obviously, in regards to calories, egg yolk is the most dense. When we move down to fat, saturated fat, especially non-oxidized animal fats are very important for cellular health. Eggs are a good source of those, however, when we get into the omegas later, there are some concerns with most eggs. The funniest thing to me is when people talk about, oh, the carbohydrate content of eggs is bad for a zero-carb carbohydrate, I just burst out laughing. It's completely ridiculous that you think 0.7 grams of carbs, look, if you're worrying about that type of stuff, you have no clue what you're talking about. It's so insignificant, it's ridiculous to me. Eggs are a pretty good source of protein. The amino acid profile is fairly complete, and that's really one of the main reasons to consume eggs. Bodybuilders do it a lot, but because most eggs are low quality, I like considering grass-fed beef, red meat, game meats, much better protein sources to include in your diet. But eggs are nice, eggs are convenient, they're definitely a change of pace. I think after we look at the whole nutrient profile of eggs, they seem pretty good for someone with some type of liver damage, mainly the egg whites. Vitamin A retinol, it's pretty high. One egg is already 31%, egg yolks, this is probably two or three egg yolks, is 100% of your vitamin A, and egg whites measure at 0%. I'm not sure if that 0% is actually accurate, but what this is telling us is that if you're going to eat a lot of eggs that day, you really need to be out in the sun the whole day basically. Otherwise, you should really taper your intake and be careful or just take the egg whites. Because every day you're eating 4, 5, 6,000 IU of vitamin A, you need to be getting that much from the sun, which takes a long time, many hours in the sun, at a high UVB index, so be very mindful of the fat-soluble vitamin balance in the liver. Vitamin B1, main concern when eating a lot of eggs, when eating stuff like white rice, a lot of starch, you probably have to supplement B1 regardless of your diet. We're not going to look at this as an excellent source of it. Most foods do deplete your B1. Vitamin B2 looks pretty good across the board. If you're having 6, 7, 8, 9 egg whites, excellent, excellent source of vitamin B2. Vitamin B3, kind of the same thing in that regards, whether you're having the whole eggs, the egg yolks or the egg whites, it's a good source of that B vitamin. The B5 is where the egg whites really taper off, same with the B6. So those two specific nutrients are contained higher in the egg yolks. And when you look at the B vitamin profile of meat, it kind of makes up for it. So you don't really have to worry about it too much if you do have a lot of red meat in your diet. B7, biotin, it's actually pretty good across the board, but egg whites have been said to deplete biotin. Is that true? If you're having a high quality probiotic and you're eating carbohydrates, I'm not sure it's that much of a concern. Vitamin B9, folate, one of the things I usually tell people to supplement to see if they feel better because it's decently high in a lot of animal foods. But to come from a past diet where you were deficient, it's hard to just use the natural foods to get back to baseline where you should be. And we have some percentages here. We have some numbers. And that's because it's just easier for a reference point.  What's the RDA? Now percentage-wise, some of these RDAs are too high, and some of these RDAs are a bit too low. So I have done other videos going more in depth. I think one might have been titled like Meal Plan or Standing American Diet or How to Be Healthy, but we've gone over the RDAs before. Oh no, it was actually a video specifically. If you Google Frank Tafano or YouTube Frank Tafano, RDAs, it should come up, bottom B12, pretty good across the board. And that's one of the RDAs that is probably a little too low. So one egg having 200% of your RDA of B12, to me that sounds a little bit silly. The bottom you can see is 0%. I think if you took a fresh egg and had it legitimately tested in a good lab that went low enough, there's some bottom you can see in there. It might not be crazy high. Vitamin E, very high in whole eggs in the egg yolk. And to my understanding, vitamin E is mainly to protect the oxidation of the specific animal food. It's not like you want to take extra vitamin E. I've listened to a lot of podcasts and I've done a lot of research into it, and I haven't really found a definitive answer on that yet. Taking things like wheat germ oil compared to egg yolks, it's really up in the air, but eggs really are the only source of that, granted you're not eating the egg white. Same with vitamin K. And did they measure K2 in this as well? We don't know, but there are very few animal foods that are super high in vitamin K2 without being fermented. Eggs are pretty good. Most meat has a small amount of it, even just regular grass-fed beef. Eels are very high in vitamin K, but for the most part, you want to supplement it, get a good quality probiotic like water kefir, and your gut should be synthesizing enough vitamin K, but it doesn't hurt to have some in the egg yolks. That's why I think they're a pretty good choice, as we spoke about in the baby formula video, as a supplement for that specific nutrient, instead of giving your child the vitamin K they usually do when he's born. Electrolyte minerals, it's not really a priority for me.  We're not really looking at it too much. Calcium content, if you're eating a lot of egg yolks, is okay. As most of you guys know, I'm pretty against taking extra calcium in any form, and it's the primary reason I'm against consuming dairy is when you take a lot of calcium in, it throws your magnesium ratio off, which isn't that high in eggs. Magnesium, one of those other supplements that most people have to take consistently, almost on a daily basis. One thing that maybe I should have said at the beginning of this is the nutrition of these eggs depend on the feed, and the nutrition of the feed relating to the nutrition of the eggs depends on how those grains or whatever was in the feed was grown. You could have one egg from a wild turkey or something that's probably drastically different from a vitamin and mineral profile compared to these chicken eggs, but we're using what tools we have access to, and until Frankie Boy gets his own farm and starts throwing organic minerals into the feed that are way too expensive, this is what we got. Sulfur, this is where most people have a diet too high in sulfur, and in my mineral balance videos I've touched on that, you can take some molybdenum to counter it, but that might be one of the reasons you're not feeling so good when you are eating eggs, because if you're having, you know, four, five, six, seven, a dozen eggs a day, very, very high in sulfur, a lot of sulfur. Iron is pretty good in the egg yolks, so I guess, you know, some of those pale girls that faint when they get up, maybe throw some egg yolks in your diet. Egg is pretty good, and one thing to note about eggs is, you know, most animal proteins have a lot of zinc and not a lot of copper. Eggs actually have a decent amount of copper, but most of the zinc is in the egg yolk, so if you haven't carnivore for a while, if you're trying to reduce your zinc intake, if you need to rebalance it with some copper, egg whites actually have very little zinc with some copper. Manganese is not too significant. I didn't put selenium on here, but eggs do have a decent amount of selenium in both the egg yolk and the egg white.  You've got to kind of be hands-on and have an understanding of it and be able to do it yourself, which requires a lot of infrastructure. Littleic acid, which is our chief inflammatory concern, is usually pretty altered, so what I want to say here is the eggs used in this nutritional database weren't the best. They had some high omega-6 plant source in their feed, which wasn't giving it a super good ratio, so the balance of that going to the DHA, yeah, it's great that eggs have DHA, the preformed omega-3 fatty acids, going back to the baby formula, again, that's why I think egg yolks are such a great source, because most people don't want to eat animal brains and fish can be very polluted, and eggs out of those foods are the most approachable, you know, for an omega-3 source. Arachidonic acid is decent, but the main concern there is what's the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio of the egg, and that is dependent on what the chicken is getting in the diet on pasture or corn and soy free. Those are going to have the best omega-3 to omega-6 ratio, and you don't really want to be giving the the chicken's fish meal, because that stuff is so high in toxins, even if you make the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio better, you're adding a new downside of inflammation. I don't think I mentioned molybdenum, I didn't have enough space on this board. Eggs probably have a small amount, but that's another one of those minerals that's going to be very depleted in the soil, and, you know, farmers again aren't mindful of that, so you're probably going to want to be supplementing it, especially with the sulfur intake, as I said. We mentioned the saturated fat content is important for cellular health.  In this case, eggs, you really need to go as high quality as possible to make sure that, you know, nothing's iffy, because down the line, when you do start having health issues, this might have been one of the factors, you know, if your farmer was lying to you or whatever it may be. Salt was leaving a comment on my video saying that, oh, we need more local farmers, and people need to shop locally and sustainably. If local farmers weren't ripping people off and nickel and diming them, every chance they could, it would have happened already.  They don't care about the quality of the product, they're not going to spend an extra several hundred dollars a month on customizing supplements for the animal feed, because they don't know how to do it, even the feed companies don't know how to do it, but I won't get too much into that this video. Hopefully this gives you guys a pretty good understanding of the profile of eggs, and just to bring up the few points why I like it compared to meat is it does have a few B vitamins that meat is not that high in. It is an excellent source of cholesterol, it's much higher in it. Vitamin K is nice, the vitamin E is nice, and that significant zinc to copper ratio difference, as well as the DHA. Though those are the main reasons you would probably want to include some eggs in your diet compared to just eating a lot of red meat, but as you guys have seen with most of my recent day of eating for a while now, I don't have eggs in my diet. Maybe I'll try the egg whites, and if I do a little bit of testing on them and see how that goes, and hopefully hypoallergenic eggs. Soon enough, who knows, we'll see how that goes too, but thank you guys for joining me. 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What's the word y'all welcome back to NBA every day where I'm breaking down off seasons Just talking about every NBA team for 30 days. Hopefully maybe not maybe 33 maybe 34 We already talked about the Kings we talked about the Warriors So if you missed those be sure to watch it even if you're not a fan of those two teams I try to do a good job of just making an entertaining video So I would give it a chance if you haven't already, but now let's talk about my Chicago Bulls you like any bro. This is the third Bulls video you can drop that little over a week We tired of hearing about the Bulls I'll just say this is a little bit different though because when we talked about the Lonzo ball signing and we talked about the sign It's ready for the Marta Rose and that was my perspective as a fan on cloud nine Bias fan. That's just super excited. That's Chicago. The Chicago Bulls did anything, right? Those are spur-of-the-moment pure emotions and now since we're a week away from that two weeks away from that I can look at it from a different scope different perspective and kind of again talk about the Bulls a lot of it Is nitpicking I mean think about the first two episodes of the series so far we nitpick You know I'm saying that's part of the media that's part of what we do is NBA fans We nitpick things and I would say that this Chicago Bulls offseason is very polarizing I know we're respected journalists and well respected podcasters that hate what the Chicago Bulls did this offseason And I know some other people that are well respected that absolutely love with the Bulls that this offseason And I am more leaning towards the love. I'm gonna keep keep it honest with you But I can understand the perspective of the people that don't love what we did one thing that is a consensus is That the Lonzo ball signing was a W I have not seen a single person that I that I listen to or why I mean people on Twitter gonna say they want but I mean like Somebody that's in the media say that the Lonzo ball contract with the Lonzo ball signing isn't good for the team I honestly do believe that Lonzo ball would fit the team pretty solidly. I've been getting a lot of mentions about People thinking that my or Bulls fans expectations about Lonzo ball is so so great and I don't think that's the case I don't know many Bulls fans thinking that Lonzo ball is about to blossom into a superstar player If anything, he's a high level role player and we will take that from what the Bulls have come from We haven't really had that many great role players in our our recent history So having a guy like him that can whip the ball around we going on the brakes and hit his three point shots and play great Team defense those are the type of things we need especially next to some of the guys that we have So I think that was a W of a signing and I think most people agree with that what makes it polarizing is the DeMar DeRosin sign a trade Because for a few different reasons first of all, I've seen a lot of people ask who are the Bulls bidding against right? DeMar DeRosin, I guess according to advanced statistics We look at contracts was worth about 16 million dollars a year and the Bulls gave him three years 85 million and They gave up a first-round pick to a team that had little to no leverage I understand that perspective, but I legitimately do believe that this is a play from our front office to think even bigger Than DeMar DeRosin and himself We've seen this with the New York Knicks in the last year or so There is value to these super big market teams at least from a fan-based perspective to be Competent because that competency can potentially put you in a situation to become a free agent destination And guess what the Bulls did this off-season. This was not a off-season where free agent pool was amazing The only superstar player we had in this pool was Kawhi Leonard and we all knew he was gonna resign But if you're ranking the top five top seven players on the free agency board this off-season the Bulls signed two of them and I think that is a good sign for Bulls fans For the future Again the Bulls even though they're big market team their historic team Thanks to Michael Jordan winning six championships in the 90s. It still is not a free agent Destination and in the homies talk about this all the time There are a few different reasons why I think the Bulls might not might not have been a free agent destination Even in those hey day with the DeRosin Joe Kim Noah's when we were on our way to potentially win a championship why we couldn't snag LeBron We couldn't snag mellow we couldn't snag this player and we dealt with Carlos Boozer for four years Maybe it was more than that and one of the reasons is the the shadow of Michael Jordan The shadow of Michael Michael Jordan is huge for a superstar player Because no matter what it's just the truth if the Bulls trade for a superstar get a superstar or develop a superstar He is going to be compared to Michael Jordan as soon as he hits superstar Jordan got a six and I don't think many people want that for themselves. There was only one player I can think about that was like I'll take that Jordan one six. I'm gonna go to Chicago and do the same thing It was Kobe People forget that Kobe was this close to being traded to the Chicago Bulls But it wasn't for Luol. Dang. Yeah, he won the play with Luol, but the Lakers won the Luol Kobe was willing to come to Chicago Just what a decade since Michael Jordan left and he was like, I want to match that Kobe was a different breed Kobe was a different breed But so I understand the superstar players not wanting to come to Chicago for that reason and the other reason is that management Ownership has been terrible for more than a decade now Legitimately has been really really bad So that's why it's no surprise when the Bulls trade window Carter and window Carter starts to photoshop all of his old pictures out of Bulls jerseys That's why it's no surprise when Taylor Hutchison gets traded away and he makes a tiktok of him laughing at the Bulls It's it hasn't been great recently But I think all of that is kind of coming around right now So yes, I think I can honestly agree that the Bulls overpaid for DeMar DeRosen But as a Bulls fan, I can tell you personally. I don't really care Because of DeMar DeRosen come to Chicago and help bring any buzz to this city. It is a W It legitimately is a W I've been to a lot of Bulls games in the last four to five seasons as we've been on this rebuild thing and And though the the fans pack out the house every single night There's a different kind of energy when they're good The last time the Bulls were good is when we make the 8-seater We went against the Boston Celtics and it was Rondo Dwayne Wade and Jimmy Bartlett. It was a kind of a roster right there But those first two games on the road going into Boston the city was buzzing We need those type of things again. Now DeMar DeRosen Alice Caruso Lonzo ball Tony Bradley Should be good enough for the Bulls to make a playoff spot. It should be But as much as we spent this offseason, there is no guarantee and that's the thing that's a little bit scary I saw somebody on red and I'm pretty sure they had an unpopular Unpopular opinion saying that the Chicago Bulls are just gonna be another version of the Indiana Pacers and I looked at that And I was like Sure, I can understand where he is coming from the Indiana Pacers our team That's gonna be in the playoff hunt every single season some years They might make it some years they won't make it but they always have a good roster of like quality NBA players But never get the superstar player or never do the thing to get it over the hump and I can understand that But here's my big but here the Bulls have this X factor and This is 19 year old kid named Patrick Williams. I Don't believe that Patrick Williams is going to be a star in his sophomore season But I believe that Patrick Williams will be a star eventually So hypothetically speaking, this is me thinking group big picture and these are type of things I think about all the time And I think about my Chicago Bulls Two years from now The Marta Rose will be 35 ish years old That would be the last year of Nick Vucevich. We don't know what's going on with Zach Lavey But hopefully get an extension That core is gonna be pretty old in comparison to some of the other teams in the league But a Patrick Williams is the star that I think he could be he could be the glue That makes some things actually happen But yeah, there's a bit of a little bit of fear when you think about us giving up a such a future pick for the Marta Rosa When the reality the Marta Rosa might not be as good when that pick conveys But I do believe the Marta Rosa is one of those players that might age pretty solidly It's not like he's going out there and he's hyper athletic anymore I know you can still catch a body or two, but he is a slow-paced kind of Mid-range killer and those type of things won't go away. How good can the Chicago Bulls be? Honestly, I think our ceiling is more like a four-seed and I think our floor is like an eight-seat. Um, I Hope that we don't hit the floor I would much much more likely hit the ceiling I don't want the Bulls to be in the play-in because if we did all of this just to be what two seats higher Three seats higher. Oh, I would hate that so much. We do have our pick this year We have our pick in two years So it's not all lost on the draft capital But we did trade some future picks. I'm super excited to see what happens with Zach Levine And I'm not talking about on his contract things but more on his ability to adapt to being around better players Um, Zach Levine is the oldest player to lead to never making a playoff appearance And I want that to end man Um, Devin Booker was the last Empty stats guy to to change the narrative around him and Zach Levine has that same opportunity this off season Or this regular season because this is by far. And I mean, it's not even close This is the best roster Zach Levine has ever played with I think offensively the Chicago Bulls should be a top seven offense in the league Um, I think that Billy Donovan is good enough to facilitate a good offense I do worry about the defensive side of the ball With the martin rosin with our being a negative defensive player pretty much for his entire career Nick voosevich being a pretty negative, um center And Zach Levine still growing as a defender. I watched I watched the Olympics I see him trying to lock in and I think we need a lot of that this season We do have a lot of holes on the defensive side of the ball Even Lonzo Ball who we signed to be a great defender. It's not an amazing one-on-one defender He's more of a great help team defender Um, so alice caruso, you better be ready to guard carrey for games this year in the season and a potential playoff series two I don't think the bulls are done because the lorry marketer thing We don't know what the hell is going on with lorry marketer. So bulls fans before we wrap up this video This is my question to you.   I will be looking through that comment section. Thank you so much for watching NBA every day I know this one was way more all over the place than any other other episodes I don't have a script