بسم الله الرحمن رحيم إن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره ونستغفره ونتوب إليه ونعود بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيحات عمادنا من يخله الله فلا مُقِلَّ لها ومن يُدِّل فلا هاليا لها واشحد ولا إله إلا الله وحذور لا شريك لها وأشهد أن سيدنا محمد عبدوه ورسول يا أيها الذين آملوا التقوى الله حقا تقاته حقا تقاته ولا تنوتون إلا وأنتم مسلمون يا أيها الناس التقوى ربكم الذي خلقكم من نفسه واحدة خلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجانا كثيرا ونساءة والتقوى الله الذي تساءذون به والأرحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيبا يا أيها الذين آمنوا التقوى الله وقولوا قولا سيدا يصلح لكم عامالكم ويوفلكم ذلوبكم ومن يطع إلاها ورسوله فقد فازه فوزا عظمة أما بعد فإن أصدقى الهديتي كتاب الله وخير الهدي هدي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وشر الأمور محدثاتها فكل محدثة بلعة وكل بلعة بلالة وكل بلالة في النار الحمد لله الحمد لله الذي أنزل على عبده الكتاب ولم يجعل له إواجاء الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا لنهتد لو لا أنهدان الله الحمد لله رب العالمين ألحا برزطو to الله سبحانه وتعالى بهي غورفايت and exotted الله سبحانه وتعالى has blessed us to enter into one of the best seasons or to be on the verge of entering into one of the best seasons of the year the winter the winter is a special time for the believer it's related from our prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم عن أبي سعيل المقدر رضي الله عن عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال الشتاء ربيع المؤمن طال ليله فقامه وقصر نهاره فصامه the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is related as saying a hadith related by various versions by man Ahmed, Imam al-Bayhaqi and others on the authority of every sa'id and al-Qudri that our prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he mentioned the winter is the springtime of the believer الشتاء ربيع المؤمن it's night so long طال الليله and therefore he stands for prayer during them فقامه and his days are short وقصر نهاره فصامه so he fast during the days so this is a season where it's easy to do قيام الليل or تهجد and it's easy to fast it's easy to do قيام الليل because the nights are very long so the person can either stay up after isha' and pray and still get a healthy portion of sleep or the person can sleep after isha' and wake up in the middle of the night and pray and still have time to return to sleep or the person can get up well before fadr after getting a good amount of sleep and pray and still have energy and vigor as they go through their daily activities because they've gotten an ample portion of sleep or into the length of the night طال الليله فقامه and the days it's easy to fast because the days are very short during November and December and January the days are very short and also they're very cool they're not half and so it's easy to fast so now the person will be fasting or in a couple of weeks from 6 in the morning until 4.30 at night in very cool days so it's not challenging and straining for the believer so this is a special time and one of the reasons that he mentioned are one explanation we can give we can't say the reason that would be around he has one way we can explain his making this parable between the time we can pray and the time we can fast extra and the springtime اشتعوا ربير المؤمن the winter is the springtime of the believer in the springtime there is much vegetation and so the animals they get fat in the springtime they fatten up the grass is fresh they're not eating dried grass they're eating fresh grass and the grass is very long it's not eaten over and burned out like it is in the summer months as we see here the hills are green in the springtime the grass is very tall so the animals and those of you from agrarian societies in your villages back home you know this very well that's the best milk because it's fresh grass and it's available in abundance and there's a lot of moisture in it and the water is also abundant so the animals get fat the cows their udders get very full with milk during the springtime and the milk is very sweet and so the Muslim fatten himself up or fatten herself up you know sisters don't like to use those words in the same sentence metaphorically speaking the believers fatten themselves up in the winter with the abundance of agrar and the abundance of thawab that here she can earn from the lengthy nights that they're standing for prayer that they will be challenged to stand for in the summertime when the nights are very short and the short days where they're fasting more than they were fast in the summer voluntarily because of the very long and very hot days which would challenge them to fast so brothers and sisters take advantage of this opportunity and we have another great blessing that Allah Ta'al has given us with the entrance of the winter so these two great virtues that are associated with the winter الشتاع الربيل المؤمن طال ليله فقاما وقصر نهاره فصاما the fasting and the prayer these are two great virtues that are also associated with the month of المحرم which we also are entering into what we've entered into so the season that we enter into the winter coincides this year with the season we enter into محرم and so when محرم is mentioned these two great virtues are also associated with it the Prophet ﷺ in terms of the fasting he mentions about Abu Hurraibah قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أو سوء إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عين الصيام أفضل بعد شهر رمضان فقال صلى الله عليه وسلم شهر الله الذي تدعونه المحرم so the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم it is related by Abu Hurraibah that a man came to him and he asked him which fast is best after the obligatory fast of رمضان he said fasting the month of Allah شهر الله الذي تدعونه المحرم which you refer to as محرم so it said fasting if any month fasting its entirety the most virtuous of all months the fast in their entirety is the month of المحرم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أي صلاة أفضل بعد الفريغة فقال صلى الله عليه وسلم قيام الليل and he was asked صلى الله عليه وسلم this is the same hadith we broke it up he was asked which prayer rather is most virtuous after the obligatory prayer he said قيام الليل and there is specific hadith mentioning the virtue of قيام الليل المحرم so this is an opportunity for us brothers and sisters to get the virtue of fasting and praying also at a very special time the month of محرم so we should avail ourselves of this opportunity we should avail ourselves of is that الله تعالى is facilitated for us to pray and to fast because this is the essence of what we are doing on this planet الله تعالى mentions in quran off-sided verse where he says اللهم صلى الله عليه وسلم وما خلقت الجن والإنسى إلا لي عبدون I've only created the jinn and the human that they worship me and the two things that embody our worship and our devotion more than any other things they are the prayer and the fasting they're the prayer and the fasting other acts of worship they're not relevant for everyone so Zakat the pillars of Islam naturally the Shahada we enter into Islam but of our devotion but of our devotional acts the prayer and the fast are general for everyone and there are those who exempt it from fasting but they're a very small minority the prayer and the fasting are for everyone the Zakat is for those who possess an excess of wealth and the hot similarly those who have the wealth and the situation that allows them to go so those are situational and circumstantial but the prayer and the fasting is for everyone and it's available for everyone so when Allah سبحانه وتعالى encourages us to seek his help through two great means he's created to facilitate that what does he say seek the help of Allah literally with patience and prayer as many of the exigents remind us as-sabr as-sabri as-sriyami so sabr here means with fasting and with prayer as fasting is called our patience is sometimes referred to as fasting because fasting involves patience we have to refrain ourselves and we have to wait for the period to fast to break our fast we have to be patient with the pains that might come with fasting the headaches or the nausea or stomach ache we patiently deal with that difficulty we have to refrain from that which is lawful for us to say nothing to say nothing of refraining from that which is unlawful at all of our times and so that that involves rather restraining ourselves from that which is forbidden for us during the day of the fast and those are the three aspects basic aspects of patience patience has three basic aspects patience in dealing with the challenges that come and obeying Allah SWT so we're told not to use interest engage in interest that presents certain challenges for us to refrain from alcohol that presents challenges some people if I put alcohol in my store I could increase my profits exponentially and if I increase my profits I can have an easier life no we refrain from that and we deal with the hardship that might come from refraining from that just as we deal with the hardship the headaches or nausea or stomach ache that comes in refraining from food and drink during the day of our fast as long as it's not severe and will force us to break the fast or to be exempted from fasting we were sobru out in Mausia so in being patient in refraining from those things that constitute sin and rebellion against Allah so we refrain from those things that are sinful as we just mentioned selling alcohol consuming alcohol is sinful we refrain from it and that might involve hardship as we mentioned we're patient and obeying Allah and wasabru علي مصريبات and patience in the face of calamity so when we're tested with calamity we don't lose our cool we don't start blaming Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we don't engage in that which forbidden because we see it as something that we have a license for owing to the calamity that's befalling us no we're patient we're patient and we maintain our dignity and our composure we don't fall apart we don't start acting and talking and behaving like people who don't have Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in their lives who don't understand the reality of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so those aspects of patients are involved in fasting there's مصريب as sometimes which is the physical pain there's refraining from that which is forbidden which are the food and drink and there's patience in persevering and obeying Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala patiently enduring the fast as it moves through the length of the day and patience in maintaining our dignity not moping around and trying to show people we're fasting they never know we're fasting just as they didn't know those Sahaba they were poor because of their dignity you would think they were well off and wealthy because of their refusal because of their self-reliance and self-restraint fasting and praying as we mentioned وستعينوا بالصبري والصلاة وما خلقتوا الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون these are symbols of our worship and this is what humanizes us if Allah ta'ala says وما خلقتوا الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدون I've only created the jinn and humans that they worship me then this is the rationale for our creation we were created to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and to the extent that we worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we humanize ourselves because we're doing what human beings were meant to do on this planet and to the extent that we we abandon the worship of Allah and we marginalize the worship of Allah then we denumanize ourselves and we sink down to the level of the animals because why do we fast why do we fast and what does it involve we fast seeking the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we fast implement the orders of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala كتب عليكم الصيام يا أيها الذين آمنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب علي الذين من قرلكم لعلكم تتقون so it's been ordained for you this is a commandment for us this is why we fast we fast voluntarily to draw ourselves near to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala ولا يزالوا عبدي يتقربوا إليه بالنواف الحتى أحبه my son my servant continues to draw close to me with the voluntary accent until I love him until I love her this is why we fast voluntarily this is why we fast obligatory this is why we pray our obligatory prayers this is why we get up in the middle of the night and we abandon our sleep and the comfort of our beds and we go to the cold water and we make wudu and we pray and we pray because we humanize ourselves and we maintain the legacy or the heritage of human excellence by so doing and when we abandon the prayer and we abandon the fast and we abandon the worship of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we dehumanize ourselves and when we dehumanize ourselves what is left for us except to sink to the level of the animals Allah has created us to worship him as he mentioned in Hadith Qudsi يبنى آدم إني خلقتك عبادتي فلا تلعب oh son of Adam oh child of Adam fairly I've created you for my worship therefore don't play around إني خلقتك عبادتي فلا تلعب and so when we abandon the worship of Allah we sink down to the level of the animals and we consume ourselves and lose ourselves in the emptiness of sport and play all we do is play not out and we consume of sport and play and we amuse ourselves to death literally to spiritual death as opposed to bringing ourselves to life bringing ourselves to life so brothers and sisters take advantage of the opportunity to humanize yourself take advantage in what what is the locus of our humanity it is our hearts it is our heart ألا وإن في الجسد مضغطان إذا صلحة صلحة الجسد كله وإذا فسدت فسدت الجسد كله ألا وهي القلن وإن في الجسد there is an organ if it is sound the entire body is sound and if it is corrupt the entire body is corrupt barely it is the heart so our prayer and our fasting purifies our hearts and it renders our hearts and some say the heart is synonymous with the ruin this quality within us one opinion depending on the stage of its development can be called قل or روح or نفس or we specifically refer mentioning the heart because of the textual reference ألا وهي القلن this this organ is the heart and we purify it it becomes more receptive to the divine messages and divine their compatibility and receptability its compatibility and receptability with the divine message it is enhanced when our prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم mentioned حتى يكون هواه تبعني مجد to be so in a lower stage of development this quality is called هواه no one of you truly believes until their very inclination the whims that emanate in their soul are consistent with what I have brought حتى يفير التراحي of ثمه rather حتى غاية a goal that we move towards and how do we move towards that goal we move towards that goal with the worship of الله سبحانه وتعالى we move towards that goal with the remembrance of الله سبحانه وتعالى which is a manifestation of our worship and a quality which must for our worship to be meaningful must be in all of our worship وعقيم الصلاة لي ذكبي undertake the prayer for my remembrance وإن الصلاة تنه عن الفحشاء والمكر ولا ذكروا الله أكبر the prayer words of indecency and loneliness and the remembrance of Allah is greater the Hajj فذكروا الله عن المشعر الحرام وإذا فقطوا من عرفات فذكروا الله عن المشعر الحرام فذكروا كما هداكم وإن كنتم من قبل من قبل لمن أطبالي so when you go down فما عرفات remember Allah at the مشعر الحرام remember Him as He has guided you too وإذا يقديتم مناسيككم فذكروا الله كذكبي كذكبيكم أباءكم أو أشجد الذكراء and when you finish the rites then remember Allah as you remember your fathers or even more intensely so the Hajj the fasting all of them should be embodied in the dhikr of Allah and our tongue should be moist with the remembrance of Allah as we come and go throughout our day because this is what purifies our hearts and this is what brings us into the realm of divine love as Allah Ta'ala reminds us حديث خدسي which we partially call it but from the beginning of the Hadith عن عدي حريرة رضي الله علي عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فيما يرويه عن ربي عز وجال أنه قال من عاد لي وليا فقد أذنته بالحرم وما تقرب إليه عبد بشيء أحب إليه من مفتراته عليه ولا يزال عبد يتقرب إليه بالنوافل حتى أحبه وإذا أحببته فكنت سمعه الذي يسعر بي وطصره الذي يبسه بي ويده التي يبتش بها والرجله التي يمش بها ولا انسألني لورتيانه ونستعذني لوري ذنه وذلك بأخذ من المساعدة من هذه المساعدة التي يبتش بها أفضل الله ما يقول الله؟ يبتش بها ويأتي بأي حتى أحبه ومن أحبه أحبه ويأتي بها ويأتي بها ويأتي بها ويأتي بأي ويأتي بأي ومن مجرد من الان ويأتي بأي هذا هو المساعدة أخي которой لسنا تدفع هذا هو المساعدة من هؤلاءウائowaased بصوره هذا هو المساعدة when they speak the words touch the hearts of the people يمكنكم تجاحه까지 أنا ق and you can call that Daa'wah أنت ليس داوة ، يمكنك أن تقلق أخرى المسلمين على الأسلحة حتى تقلقوا بكتبك من داوة أنت ليس داوة ، داوة هي when the word that has become internalized in the depths of our soul emerges from our hearts through the translator of our tongue and sinks into the heart of another human being and that is what spread Islam to the far corners of the world that is what created the reality when we look around this masjid we see Muslims from all races and all ethnicities from all socioeconomic classes, male and female that universality is based on the universal nature of the heart and the worship of Allah SWT and the impact universal in terms of the impact they can potentially have on the hearts of any person regardless of their age, their race, their gender their ethnic, social, cultural, economic background this is what we need brothers and sisters this is what we need and when we do that we won't have to engage in public relation campaigns to try to improve the image of Islam that won't improve the image of Islam the image of Islam will be improved when our hearts are improved December which we know every year and when a proper Muslim question them now they fast in December we fast Ramadan Ramadan is the month of the Muslim fast now they fast Ramadan may they continue to grow but they said we are a baby nation so we have a baby fast December is a baby fast for a baby nation the shortest days of the year and some of the coolest days of the year so they were a baby nation so they had a baby fast so it's easy for us to do the baby fast during these days that we're entering to may Allah bless us to take advantage أقول لقول هذا أستغفر الله لي و لكم والسائر المؤمنين أقول لي الله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين سيدنا محمد و لآملي والصحبه والسلم تسلم كثيرا إن الله و ملائك أقول صالون على النبي يا أي حلدنا آمنور صلول عليه والسلم وتسلمه ما رضان و صل وسلم بارف على سيدنا و حبيبنا و نلينا و شفعنا و أصرولنا و كرة عيوننا محمد و على آله والصحبه والسلم تسلم كثيرا الحمد لله رب العالمين to conclude we'll make another reference to the heart الله تعالى mentions in the Quran ألم يقنين الندينا آمنوا أن تخشى قلوبهم لذكر الله وما نزل من الحق ولا يكونوا كالذين أوطوا الكتاب منهم قبل فطال عليهم والآمت فقست كلوبهم و كثيرهم منهم فاسقون الله تعالى mentions has the time not come for those who believe ألم يقنين للذين آمنوا that our hearts become reverent and humble through the remembrance of Allah و تخشى قلوبهم لذكر الله and what has been revealed of the truth and they don't be like those who preceded them and the time becomes long the time between them and their prophet or the revelation or for the convert the time they converted and then the time they're in now relatively speaking and their hearts become hard فقست كلوبهم و كثيرهم منهم فاسقون and many of them lose their moral bearings This can happen to us brothers and sisters What is the cure? يعلنوا أن الله يحيلهم الله يعلم at the beginning of the next verse you should know that Allah revives the earth after his death الله revives the dead earth with the life giving rain all this dead earth around us in a couple months or even less in a month إن شاء الله تعالى it will be brought back to life all this burnt out stubble on these hills will be lush and green in a couple months إن شاء الله if it's a normal winter الله will revive the physical earth with the rain and Allah revives the hearts with his remembrance تخشى خلوبهم لذكري الله يعلنوا أن الله يحيل الأرض بعد الموتها so when the hearts become hard and dried and burnt over like this earth around us sprinkle the remembrance of Allah on that earth brothers and sisters and watch it bring forth its vegetation but its vegetation isn't grass that you can eat but it's good character that will benefit people just as the grass benefits the grazing animals its truthfulness on the tongue its sincerity and the intention its fidelity and faithfulness in the covenants and oaths that's what the revived heart is bringing forth and Allah bless us to irrigate our hearts to saturate our hearts with his remembrance يحلدنا منذكر الله الذكرا كثيرة الله مغفير المسلمين والمسلمان والمؤمنين والمؤمنان أتحيائي منهم ولموت ربنا لا تذكروا بنا بعد إذهديتنا وحبلنا بالله دون قرحنا إنك أنت الوحام ربنا فرق علينا الصبر والتوب قديمنا وانصورنا علي القوم الكافريين ربنا فرق علينا الصبر والسبأقدامنا وتوفنا مسلمين مع withacióنا أنت مولانا فالصورنا علي القوم الكافريين اللهم اننا نعود بالك منło الحمي والحزن وانعود بالك من العجز والكثل وانعود بالك من الدنة ال VERD من قلب الدين قهر الرجال على المقسم لنا من خشات كما ترور به بيننا وبين الآصيك ومن طاعتك ما تبلغنا بها جنتك ومن اليقين ما يهوين علينا ما صائب الدنيا ومقعنا بأسمائنا وأسارنا وكواتنا ما احيتنا واجعله الوارث مننا واجعل فأرنا على ما انظالمنا وانصرنا على من عدانا ولا تجعل مصيبتنا في ديننا ولا تجعل مصيبتنا في ديننا ولا تجعل مصيبتنا في ديننا ولا تجعل الدنيا أكبر رحمنا ولا مبلغا المنا ولا تصدف علينا بذنوبنا من لا يخافك ولا يرحمنا يا أرحم الراحمين رعف عنا وفعلنا ورحمنا أنت نولانا فانصرنا على القوم الكافينين اللهم من أراد خيراً لهذه الامة المحمدية فوثقوا لكم لخير ومن أراد شرر لها وللمسلمين فخفوا أخذ عزيز المقتدير وجعل تدبيرهم تدميرهم اللهم عليك بعداع الإسلام أنت لو لنا فونصورنا على القوم الكافرين سبحان ربك رب العزة عما يصفون والسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين وصل الله وعلى سيدنا محمده وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم أقيم الصلاة يا رحمه يا رحمكم الله


NBA All-Star voting starts in one hour. That means the bowl bowl to starting lineup has to happen, right? Run it back. Starts now. Run it up. Run it back. Run it up. Run it back. Run it back. Run it up. Run it back. Run it up. Run it back. Run it up. It is Tuesday, the Tuesday before the cold that takes over the entire nation. Shamsharanya, stadium insider, Chandler P. got the all black memo. And then of course, Eddie G. on the end just doing his own thing, like he always does. What the heck, Eddie? I didn't get the memo. I didn't get the memo in our photo shoot either.  I actually can't. So I tried to make it work. We just want to be slimmed out. That's all it is. We're very vain people. We had some games last night. 100%. 100%. We finally agreed. We had some good games. Could it be? Maybe? Finals? I don't know. But this is a Yanis 42.10 rebound night. Bucks beat the Pelicans. It was a lot of anticipation for the Yanis, the Zion, what's going on in those four games, 38 points a game, 12 rebounds. Brooke Lopez also just throwing in 30 points. That's his season high. Look, this Pelicans team has been super fun to watch, opening a lot of eyes, Shams. If you had to put a finger on it, what would be their biggest concern at the moment? I think right now it's the health of Brandon Ingram. He's missed the last about a month with a sprained toe. And I'm told the hope is that he's back at some point soon. But there's still not that clarity as far as when that point will be. And I think for him and Zion Williamson, it was so important this season to get a level of chemistry because the last two seasons, Brandon Ingram a couple of years ago, him and Zion Williamson played extensively. Zion Williamson emerged as an all-star, Brandon Ingram had emerged as an all-star as well in New Orleans. But last year, B.I. really carried this team and carried the loads. Zion Williamson did not play a single game. And so these two guys coming back, I don't think there's a clash in terms of how they play, but I know there was an importance on the season, on this roster to get both of those guys chemistry. And unfortunately, injuries for whether it's for Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson, these guys have not been getting that level of chemistry. So if there is a level of concern, it's that. But this team overall, has that a successful start to the year. And I think right now they're in kind of a tough place. They've lost a couple of road games here. They lost at home against a good Milwaukee team. So just hopefully getting Brandon Ingram back on the court here soon. Yeah, this was a huge statement game for me, for Milwaukee, without Chris Middleton on the road. The way they guarded Zion was so impressive. They really just shrunk the floor. They have length, they have size with Yanis and Brook Lopez, both defensively. It was impressive. And this was supposed to be the Zion Yanis crazy matchup here. And Yanis played really well. But yeah, the center's really bad. And for me, it was Brook Lopez, 30 of 12, 17, knocking down four threes. And then Ballantunas also 37, 18 and five like crazy games for this. And he kind of shows how deep, you know, both teams are and the seasons that they're both having. Yeah, I think it's a statement game for both teams in a weird way. They both showed up for the competition and for to prove they're with the best team in the league. I'm impressed by the Bucks and their defense. I think they're the best defensive team in the NBA. And I think Brook Lopez, who Chandler mentioned, is a big reason why, if not the biggest reason why. And that's why people like JJ Reddick or Sam, maybe he's an all star this year. 30 points is great. But the way he shrinks the floor, like Chandler mentioned, the way he absolutely takes away the paint on defense, it changes everything for the Bucks. And so they can win a big game like this without Chris Middleton and in in able to contain a player like Zion, who nobody has been able to contain basically his entire career and the way they have by taking that paint away. But then with Brooke, able to also close out on shooters afterwards. It completely changes what that defense is. It's helped. It's helped Yanis went to defensive player of the year awards. And I think it should get Brook one if he continues this for the rest of the season. That just warms my heart having been there for his rookie season in New Jersey at the time. That just makes me very happy. But look, it can't be all positives, right? We have to find some sort of a flaw. Something has to be wrong with this Bucks team. If you had to pick a weakness, Chandler, why don't you start? What would you say it was? I mean, it's the health of Chris Middleton. I think he's, you know, he's their best second option, scoring, you know, shooting wing. And he's kind of been in and out of the lineup all year long. And Yanis needs someone like him as great as Yanis is. He needs someone to relieve that pressure to go get a bucket to knock down shots. And Lopez has been great, Drew Holiday is great. He's also been in and out of the lineup. But to me, Chris Middleton, he's an all star and he can do it all. And him being in and out of the lineup is putting pressure on these other guys to kind of fill that void and putting a lot of pressure on Yanis to carry even more load than he already does. So to me, I think that's the biggest thing because this team fully healthy, they're tough to beat. Middleton's role to me, of course, is vital. Like what Chandler said, if there's no Middleton, then you can say goodbye to any move that they want to make. But, you know, hopefully Chris Middleton is going to stay healthy. And I think the one thing that they know that they need, and I feel like they need is really that 4-3 that they had a couple of years ago with PJ Tucker. That's why we've seen them aggressively trying to go get a J Crowder in that lineup. They missed that guy coming off the bench. They have Bobby Portis at the five, but they want that other guy in the front court that can come off the bench. And we'll see if they can get the J Crowder deal done. But that's something that they haven't been able to replace ever since they lost PJ Tucker to Miami, and then he goes from Miami to Philly. Yeah, we're going to remember that one. This J Crowder thing, just when? When is that going to get solved? Eddie, pick a team. Which team realistically would give this squad the biggest trouble? I think it's the Celtics, the team that beat them last year. And when they're fully healthy and hopefully the Bucks will be fully healthy, we'll get to see really who is the best team in the Eastern Conference. I think it's clearly out of those two, shout out to the Cavs, big win yesterday, but they're in a different class. So yeah, I think it's them when they have Robert Williams and they're able to test what Yanis can do in a crowded paint. But the Celtics haven't looked so great in the last week or two. A lot of their shooters have came down to earth and it's completely morphed with that defense. I mean, what that offense is now. So yeah, I think it's the Celtics, but I think the Bucks are the clear, clad best team in the league right now. Yeah, I agree. I mean, it's definitely Boston, Cleveland, Philly, Brooklyn, I think can compete with them, but I don't see them beating them four times. So yeah, I agree with that. I think it's just Boston and they'll all hear the clear cut favorites. And honestly, I think whoever wins the East wins the West, in my opinion. Is that a, you want to lock that one down this early? No, I don't want to go that far. Get it out there. Just throw it out there, hot takes, let's do it. Although it's not that hot a take, maybe it's legit. Let's go West, shall we? Because Oklahoma City, I mean, they didn't get the memo. They're not tanking, apparently they beat Portland. An SGA game winner, also a little history was made with Dame passing Clyde Drexler as the Trailblazers all-time leading scorer, love to see it. Shoms, I love doing some psycho analysis. So after the game, Dame had advice for SGA and he said that the grass isn't always greener. Here we go. What do you think he meant by that? Well, I think first of all, shout out to Dame and Lillard for passing Clyde Drexler and for OKC's part. Early on this year, guys were missing games. SGA, I believe, came off the bench to start a second half. So I think efforts were made to do what that team had to do. Teams were trying to position themselves. But this team is competing at a really high level and you have to give SGA a lot of credit. I think when you look at Dame and Lillard's comments, it's very interesting, the fact that he made those comments after the game. SGA is just so good. I think being an all-star is going to be something that for sure we're going to talk about with him this season. To me, he's looking like a shoe-in, really a no-brainer. And he appears to really want to be in Oklahoma City and really embracing the role that he has there. And the Thunder right now want to build around him. So as much as I think teams around the league want to continue to eye that situation, whether it's Toronto or New York or LA, everything seems to be right there. Dame and Lillard's comments being kind of an overshadow of what the conversation is to come with SGA there. I love that he threw that out into the universe, although sometimes technically the grass is greener on the other side. I mean, you can't, right? Like you can't say that it always is, is it? Yeah, it depends on the grass. Sometimes it's bad. But look, the kid went 14 for 14 from the line. He had the game winner. I mean, you really cannot ask for a better performance. As far as a clutch player goes though, Chandler, I ask you this, can we put him in the conversation right now as a clutch player in this league?  The season he's having is unbelievable. And look at the Thunder. They're two games out of the play-in with what feels like an AAU roster that we're watching out there. And this is without their big stud chat home grid. So SGA's just carrying the load. The guy's averaging 31, 6, and 5. He's probably going to be a starter in the all-star game. Like he has really taken his game to the next level. I think the dead-on favorite for most improved. He should be an all-star. I don't care about the record. This kid has taken leaps and bounds and is, to me, the most impressive player this season so far. I love it. I mean, shout out to our stat guy yesterday who figured out that they have an awful record when he scores 30.  It warms my heart to see a young fella shoot a mid-range jumper for a game winner. He said afterwards, this shot, he's worked on the spin right into that jumper. I'm so happy it was in a sidestep. Tyrese Halliburton, three. But yeah, he's an all-star. They need to build around him. This is the type of player you hoard assets for. This is the entire point of being that type of franchise. This is the jewel of the Paul George trade. I think you could honestly say you've won the trade now. He's probably a better player than Paul George right now. And this was the point. This was the entire point of breaking it down was to get him and to get picks. And now you have Ted Hongrum and you have whatever you have going forward with your picks. And you have basically the entire decade of Clippers picks. This is the entire point. And I'm happy that he's showing that. I'm happy he's a sure all-star, whether he starts, whether the coach has put him in. He deserves it. And I'm happy for him. As far as Dame goes, yo, it sounds great. And yes, he remained loyal to the Blazers. We're talking about a guy who has toyed with leaving that team multiple times, very publicly as well. Like it wasn't just rumors in any window. It's Dame Lillard on the record saying, yo, I sat down with LeBron and Anthony Davis and essentially tampered. So find whoever you need to find. But yeah, I thought about it. So all right, Dame, like yeah, maybe the grass is greener because you thought it was for sure. Yeah, Chandler. Yeah, listen, I think it's great when players stay with one franchise for their whole career when they show loyalty. But yeah, things happen. You definitely took meetings. You definitely, your agent had conversations. Like Bradley Beal, he honestly just stayed in Washington because he got that fifth year and got more money. So as much as you want to talk about loyalty and that, that is part of it. But FSGA has a chance to move to a bigger market to sign a huge deal with getting more money off the court. No doubt in my mind, that's exactly what this dude's going to do. That's what most people should do, honestly. But I do respect the guys who stay in the same market and it works out like Dame has done. But this kid's an absolute star and I don't see him staying there for the rest of his career. I do appreciate him wanting someone else to sort of take that track. And by the way, working out, I guess that's all relative. Like what does that mean to everyone? But I'm giving you the option right now, Chandler. Nothing else involved. SGA or Dame, who are you taking? Oh, like not giving me no age factored in or anything? Well, I mean, who they are right now. We have time chain and all that. I'm taking Dame Lillard right now. If I'm for the future, obviously I'm going young. But right, Dame Lillard, you can't sleep on him. So he is one of the greats and he is unbelievable. But obviously for the future with their ages, I'm going SGA. But right now I need someone to win a game. I'm going Dame Lillard. I can't read Eddie's face. I'm going Shay, if we're talking right now this season and you know, we're talking about injuries and what he gives you with the youth and his ability to shoot now, which is something he's at it as his career has kind of gone on. I'm going, Shay, I got Shay over a lot of guys. I'm probably picking him over Trey. I like it's, he's that good to me.  That's kind of the tier of player that I see him in. So yeah, give me SGA. Shay and Jha, it's like a 90s R&B group. But just, I love it. I love it so much.   Not sure where that came from. Chandler, are you, I mean, look, this team has been sort of quietly under the radar for good reason, for most of us for the season. But right now are you buying a little more stock in Philly? Yeah, I am. Listen, when they're healthy as well, they're a great team and they have one of the best big threes in the league and they're still missing Maxi. But this is, this game was interesting because these are two teams that are trending in the opposite direction. And you got Philly that's kind of on a roll right now. And then you got Toronto, who is, you know, lost six straight and Toronto is confusing. We'll get to them. But yeah, Philly, Philly is going to be a tough to beat because they can do it all.  They have Tobias Harris. They have depth at that time period where they had all the guys out. These Jake Miltons, these guys really stepped up their game and kind of took on that challenge. They have Joelle when he's on. He's the most dominating big guy. And Tyrese Maxi is one of the best young players in the league that can get out and transition. He's so quick, he can go get a bucket. So I love Philly. I think they're going to be a tough out in the playoffs. I think they have experience, they have youth, they have size. When they're healthy, they're going to be extremely hard to beat. Yeah, look, I usually hate this team. I mean, this was a God awful game to watch. But I do appreciate how they gutted this win out. Overtime was five to two. So they had to strap up, they had to defend, and they had to really make it work. And when it all came down to it, they didn't go to Isoball. They found Tobias Harris for a big shot. He actually had two big shots, almost called back for an offensive foul. So it was actually an impressive win for a Toronto team that is not as bad as their record is. And they went down the stretch playing small with Chris Boucher and OG and Pascal Siakum. And the Sixers were able to contain them and really bother them on defense in a way that I'm not used to seeing a team with James Harden and Tobias Harris on the floor do. It made me wonder, with all the talk about if Tobias should be traded, and he's been in trade rumors basically his entire career. Maybe this is a guy they need to hold on to. Maybe this is that third or fourth guy they need. I don't know what the Shams Intel is here. But I get that he is the easiest to trade piece and easiest to turn into two players, three players. But I mean, he bailed him out in a big way yesterday and was key for them. You think about Tobias Harris that makes it so. Yeah, I mean, the thing that makes it so interesting with Tobias Harris is that Philly, like I reported what it was a month ago, they discussed Tobias Harris in different deals. And I think the challenge, though, is making the team better. You can discuss trading a player. And there was a lot of conversations around Eric Gordon and Tobias Harris. And then Philadelphia pivoted and went and got De'Anthony Melton last year during the draft. So you'd rather have Tobias Harris and De'Anthony Melton than just having Eric Gordon. So trying to find creative ways to make the team better. So you have to look at potential Tobias Harris deals just because to make the money work. So if it makes the team better, I think you look at it. But most deals are not going to make you better with Tobias Harris. By the way, Tobias Harris is averaging 17, 6, and 3 on 50% in the field and 42 from 3. Like, like he's good. Yeah, every team needs guys like Tobias Harris to kind of relieve that pressure. OK, I want to get to Tyrese Maxie really quickly. But I want to talk about this trade rumors thing, right? And this is really more towards Shams and Eddie, because we're just mirror civilians.  Eddie, go. No, no, I would sulk. I'd be so sick. Just the anxiety of like tomorrow, I might have to live in Cleveland.  And it would bother me on a daily basis. So there's no way. I mean, I don't know what the rural world sense is, but like I used to work at a warehouse for a grocery store. And it's like, yo, if I had to work at the warehouse now across town and my commute is different, my life would be in shambles. So there's no way. There's no way. Right, like if I even heard a co-worker say something negative about me and passing, I feel like I'd shut it down.  I got him out. Picture having a choice and the best money that you got was at Memphis, Tennessee, and you had to personally choose that. That's what it's like. All these cities in the world, but the best offer I got was in not the best place and you just have to take it and pack up your family and get movers. It's a stressful but exciting time, but it's a lot of fun. I'd be spamming the agents. So Miami didn't offer anything? Nothing! Not Miami, not LA, are you sure? Shoms is the most equipped, I think, to deal. You just seem the most wise and level-headed of the four of us. Am I wrong? Yeah, no, I'm not paying attention. Listen, I'll get it. Eddie will send me some stuff. People will send me stuff. But I stay focused on the work. It's crazy when I was growing up, I'd read cliches. I'd see players like Chandler come on TV and say, I take it one day at a time. Like, I'm gonna go to the next game. And I'd be like, what is this guy talking about? And then, you know, you start like actually working. It doesn't matter what industry you're in. You start working. You're like, yeah, that's actually what life is. So, it's not really a good day. I see you Shoms and whatever Riz God is, you're all over the place. I get it, you're level-headed. I totally get it. You're better than us. Okay, we gotta get to the Mavericks. The Mavericks, well, they were active. That's a great way to start this one, isn't it? Luka and Jason Kidd, very, very active. And this one both ejected, arguing a no-call against the Timberwolves. They lost, they're now under 500. And Luka, you know, not surprising here, Chandler. Do you agree with the ejection though? Yeah, it's hard to tell what he said, but obviously it's just, it's a second tech. And he complains an awful lot, man. It looked like this game was already getting out of reach and they get another shot at him. But yeah, this is kind of his kryptonite and his Achilles heel, where everything, even I've been to a couple of his games this year, even when he's dead wrong, he's complaining a lot and he's getting this reputation that, you know, he's not getting any calls and they're out to get them. And it's every single time, asking the coaching staff to review. So this is definitely, I think, something that we'll look to improve when the older he gets, the more mature he gets. But as a star player, I personally think he's gotta be a little bit better. He's gotta be more mature. He can't do things like this and take himself out of games. Yeah, maturity is the right word. It's where does it sound for an adult man? But I've been watching basketball for, I don't know how many years. I don't think I've ever seen a player complain as often as he has. And I've watched the entire LeBron career. I watched Rashid Wallace get 40, whatever text. I don't think I've ever seen. I'm talking this guy is mid-layup looking at the ref screaming, where is my foul? Before he even takes it.  And he's weirdly impressive in that sense. I'm actually shocked he doesn't get ejected more. Also, that's not a foul. That's not been anything that's an offensive foul. What are you doing?   I spin under you and try to get a foul. So yeah, look, take the hell, bro. Like I appreciate Jason Kidd standing up for him. Jason Kidd was quite the ref worker in his time as well. But yeah, like I'm shocked Luca isn't ejected more. He is in it's like an art form, what he does. So I don't know that it changes. This might just be who he is. LeBron is still complaining to the rest all these years later and laying on the floor and rolling around. So Luca might just be doing this for 20 years. I don't know. I call that a 2K foul. Like you never get that call. If you're going and running at like LA fitness or lifetime fitness or wherever you get your basketball in, you're never getting that like pump fake and like jumping in the defender call. You never get that because it's a 2K call. So hey, shout out. You know, they still call it. Shoms, if we were at the gym, I wouldn't even attempt that whatever that is. That's not like basketball. I would pass it or something. So like, don't do that. Chandler's definitely gotten away with a few of those in his career as well. You know what it is. And now people, the kids initiate contact and then they're looking at the ref, confuse that they didn't call the foul. And I'm with Eddie. Half the time they do this, it's an offensive foul. Like when you shot fake and the guy blows by you and I jumped this way, that's not my natural shot. And then I get confused and I look at the ref as if that's a foul, but you created all this. It doesn't make sense to me and it's too much. Well, let me, do we really think it's going to change? Because isn't it the same guy that we've had a couple of seasons now where it came down to the last few games on whether or not he got another technical and would have to sit like this is, this is a lot. And I feel like we're not really seeing a change in the right direction. Are we? Well, on the flip side, you could say this kid's so competitive, he wants to win. He cares, but it's got to change. And this has got to come from the top. This has got to come from Nico. This has got to come from Mark. This has got to come from Dirk. Someone's got to kind of get a hold of him and be like, listen, man, you do so much positive. We're great. We don't need to tell you this, but don't, don't let this take you out of your game. And damn sure don't get kicked out of the game because our team stinks without you and we need you on the floor at all costs. So this, it's got to change, but I like how much he cared. I like how competitive he is, but it's not like this isn't a good look. Oh, it's very, it's just so much acting and drama. All right, but he's not the only one that has something to say about the officiating. This goes back to Sunday and Jaylen Brown in his words. We turned the ball over and we had a lot of travels. That's something I got to work on, I guess. They pick and choose what they emphasize as a traveling call, but it seemed like every game, like that's the person I'm targeting, but you look around the league, you know, you could pinpoint a lot of players is doing the same thing. So you can't pick and choose when you want to call stuff, but it's something I'm gonna work on. Shoms, do we have any league analysis right now on these travel calls? Cause there are a lot. So I think there's been some, you know, obviously questions around the audience and fans as far as why has traveling increased so much? And so what I was told is that in late October, a memo went out that they would be taking a closer look at travels. And so since that point in late November, we've seen travel calls from the league's data on a recent competition committee call. Travels have doubled since that late October memo and since that late October moment. And so it's clear that, you know, traveling is being emphasized, is being called more often. And I think the refs themselves, they're working on trying to find consistency.  It's like finding a level of consistency because you can't call a travel on every play. Jill and Brian, I think tweeted last night, like it's tough because he understands that some of these calls are travels. He's just a level of consistency.   But yes, there has been data and it's pretty much doubled since the point of emphasis. I mean, look, they're humans, right?  Was it bam out of bio the other night that had like 29 steps before we finished? It was a crazy one, but nothing really happened. But for this one, Jalen is seemingly taking a little personally as if they're targeting him. So do you think that there's validity in that, Chandler? And have you ever felt like a ref was targeting you? No, not targeting. Look, these refs, at the end of the day, you have a relationship with these refs. Do you see them all the time? You get to know them. You don't like some, but at the end of the day, these guys, they're trying their best and it takes a while to understand that, especially when you're competing and you disagree and you wanna win. But these guys, I wish there was accountability for them. I wish their mistakes were public like ours were. I wish there were certain different rules that could be made to kind of keep it an even playing field. Do I think that Tony Brothers wakes up and thinks I'm gonna go screw with Jalen Brown tonight? No chance. He's got a family to provide for. He's got a job to do. He's not gonna try and do it bad. Although he might not stand James Hardin or any of these players. He could have something with them.   Yeah, for sure. But this again, this is a maturity thing that he's just gonna have to get past and they're not out to get you and over the course of a season, there's gonna be ups and downs and it's gonna change and it's all gonna come back and even out. But no, the idea that these refs are personally attacking the players, I don't agree with. The traveling is obnoxious and they've made a point now. They've made it clear that they're calling them but even last week on my story, I'm sitting there and I'm just recording a guy at half-pore, I forgot who it was and he takes three little steps and then dribbles. And this is the game on the lines. Like now they've put this onus on them to be consistent and I think it sucks for the game. I think it's slowing down the game. Fans can't like it, but they have now set the standard so high that when they do blow a non-call at the end of the game, it's gonna piss a lot of people off.  How much do you hate this? I think it's an interesting part of the evolution of the game. And if you watch these travel calls, a lot of them are like on the takeoff off the triple thread, on the sidestep for the jumper. It's not the traveling you would think of a guy driving to the rim like Donis and really pushing the boundaries of what two steps in a gather is. So I think it's just younger players innovating the game more than ever before and finding ways to get spacing, get jumpers and the league having to catch up with that. For Jalen Brown, a lot of it is taking off before he puts the ball on the ground. And you're taking every advantage you can by getting your feet down and getting going. And the same thing with the jumpers. These kids these days have learned how to find ways to get back behind that three point line with their two steps and their footwork to get a three off their hands. And it's tough to keep, I mean, I'm a old head in a lot of ways. So when I watch them sidestep and do layup gathers into threes, I'm still like, yo, that looked like three steps. I'm still that guy. And I'm like, if I did that at the park, I'm getting called for that. And maybe not now, cause everybody knows what it is, but it's just the evolution of the sport. It's trying to figure out how to officiate that. And for the players try to figure out how to make it work right. I think it's, yo, it's frustrating as a fan right now to watch, but I think it'll be ironed out at some point and we'll have some balance. And those guys will have to adjust their pros. Jalen Brown knows he needs to not put his second foot down before he puts the ball down. You know what I mean? So it's going to cost him a split second. Yes, but he can still get by defenders. He'll figure it out. Also, I will say it's a, it's a tough job, man. Like no matter what call they make, there's 15 people on either side that are going to think you're wrong and it's hard at game speed. So it's a shitty job in my opinion. Yeah. I don't, I, wanting that job is crazy to me is too hard. Taking a quick break right here. We're all going to get a glass of water, hydrate. Home Alone is a Christmas movie. Duff, Tyrese Halliburton knows that and Russ with the checkered flag when Run It Back returns.  Chippin' My Shoulder has never gone away. I've had a Chippin' My Shoulder since I first started playing basketball. Sheesh, I don't want to say it, but I remember my dad and uncle sat me down and said, if you don't want to play basketball, we understand. It's like, dang guys, y'all, y'all even? But a lot of times people don't think that you have that potential, that you have that growth, you have that opportunity, and then you go out there and prove it wrong. I've done it my entire life. I was a guy that was like a three star, ended up going to Tennessee, I had success early and ended up being player of the year twice. No one thought that was going to happen. You could ask anybody in high school, they wouldn't have told you that the case. And then I get drafted and no one thought I was going to be playing in the pros more than a season. And that's kind of, I've been here for a long time. I've now taken a step to now I'm an impactful guy in the league. So that's how I approach every single day. It's like, if you keep down to me, I'm good for you. Good for you. Of course, that's Grant Williams sat down with Shoms. Shoms, he's obviously been gambling on himself for quite some time, didn't take the extension that was previously offered. So right now the market for Grant Williams looks like what? There's strong interest. So I think there's going to be a market when I talk to teams around the league, I think people are looking at him at somewhere in that 15 to $17 million range in an extension. And so he's thriving right now in this hybrid role where he'll start sometime, they'll come off the bench most of the time. So he's able to really thrive as a spot up shooter. So it's going to be curious to see if he does end up leaving or if he gets a bigger deal somewhere else, obviously that will put him in a position to start, but where would that leave him? Would he play better? And I think teams feel like he could be more impactful in the offensive end, doing a little bit more than just being a spot up shooter. But right now he's feeling a perfect role for them. He's thriving in that lineup. And I think when you look at the cap space teams in the summer, the Orlando, the OKCs, the Indianas, those are all teams that you, you can plug a Grant Williams and you can plug a Grant Williams on a team that's not competitive right now, because he can probably help you with that, with leadership and obviously on the court as well. How exciting and nerve-wracking for the guy. Shoms, thank you. We will speak with you first thing tomorrow morning. But now guys, get your fashionista hats on. It's fit or break. I have missed this. Where has it been? We're going to start things off with Jared Ellen. Cozy vibes at all times. I mean, look at us. If you catch me most days, I'm looking like this. So I'm not going to hate.  There's no chance I'm calling that a break. I like how much he genuinely does not care. Like he doesn't care to be cool. He doesn't care to look dope. He doesn't care about anything at all. He is this is him through and throughout. Yeah, I do respect that. Also, I live in sweat. So there's no chance I'm saying anything negative about anything on that outfit. All right, Tyrese Halliburton, the sneaker game. It's everywhere. This, of course, a little home alone tribute. What are you guys thinking? I love it. Of the classic, classic movie. Those two guys used to terrify me as a kid. I hated them. But these are these are fine. This is a classic movie. Everyone's got to watch this movie this time. Hold on.  I don't understand. Yeah, I don't know. It was the thing I had. They were I was terrified of these guys kind of creep them through the window. Look, I hated it. I can't hate on the wet bandits. There's no way. I'm sorry. They're sticky bandits. They're sticky. Yeah, there's no way for me. This is a feeling. Yeah, I love them. God, I love when shoes are so pretty. They're pieces of art. Miles, OK, zero negative words coming out of anyone's mouth for Miles Turner. It's not the first time he's committed to any kind of Star Wars theme, but this is on another level. He brought an entourage with a fire. I'll be played well that night. I hope you really earn the moment because this is the type of stuff I would do. We were in the Fandall offices every day. I'd have to do some entertaining stuff like this to keep it lively. Call me a hater. Call me a hater. I hope you played awful. And I hope he had to put this back on. After the game. After the fair. Are you? I have never seen one Star Wars or Star Trek movie in my entire life. Fun fact, you know, he brought. He brought that's not fun. Chandler, there's just no. There's not going to be no hate for me. I he's the Mandalorian. My dog is named Mando. I just I'm sorry. I'm all for it. Good job. How have you not seen a Star Wars? I don't know. It's just never been my thing. But how do you know? Oh, no, no, no. Next time we're all in the same city. We're doing movie night. And it's going to be a 12 hour extravaganza. We'll start with the 70s, 80s versions. And then we'll go from there. Don't worry. I got you. I got you. OK, Russell Westbrook and little. It's like a NASCAR, but fashion vibe. I don't know. I mean, this is this. This is becoming the norm with him. I shut out. I think he's genuinely fashionable, but this is not it. I'm sorry, buddy. I'm sorry. I like to say it. I like to say it. I'm going to do it to say it's intense. Yeah, it's almost costuming. I'm not rolling. I'm not rolling. No, nobody likes that one. OK, no one likes that one. We hate it. And then we've got a little Cam Johnson not really feeling bridges right away. What's up? It doesn't want any of his sweat on his outfit. I don't. I don't hate that at all. So what's gross? No, that's the I haven't gotten the bag yet. Chill out. I got to keep this in good condition. I also always kind of shock when guys dap guys up like right up to the game. Like it's like a rapper front row. And he's he's giving Zion a big hug. Like that's got to be.  So I could not imagine. You mean the let it rain guy? Let it rain. Yeah, like, stay away from me. It drops. If Kevin ever comes with me at the game, it's just like a quick fist pump. I'm not I'm not given the dap in the hug with the. No, I'm struggling. That's not Chandler. That's nasty. Did you do that? Did you hug people right after? You know what? I was the guy hurt in like a suit and was kind of like moving over every time. Not shocked at all. Yeah, it's not. It's not my. I feel Cam Johnson's pain there because I've been I've been there. You know what? Plus, he could borrow that jacket or maybe had to return it after he wore it. I don't know what his deal is. Who knows what his style is up to up next? I'll start voting kicks off. Oh, my God, the year's flying by and should felt Celtics fans. Am I drunk? Hit the panic button when we come back or real. That is Jeremy Sohan. And that is a one handed free throw because he's shooting about 45 percent from the free throw line. So had some talks with pop, working on some fundamentals, decided to try this out. This was last night. Chandler, your feelings on this. I mean, it's a little concerning that, you know, you draft this guy and he's already kind of making this drastic of a change. But I respect it. This is this is a kid who's who's young enough to change. He's mature enough to understand that 45 or whatever percent is not going to cut it. I don't know if the one handed. I mean, pretty much every jumper is one handed. You just have the guide hand. But I respect him trying. This just seems it seems like it's a lot.  I don't know. I respect the effort here. And hopefully I think it's going to go up. It's hard to go down from 45 percent. But this is this is a drastic change for such a young kid. It looks like it's all his hand, right? I mean, if that's what he's concentrating on, I kind of respect that he's not afraid to. That's what that's the best thing about, I think, is that he's actually changing and like Ben Simmons, DeAndre Jordan, Dwight Howard, these guys never have even attempted at doing something like this because they're scared to, you know, be embarrassed or missed or whatever it is. At least this kid has the guts to do it. Yeah, the other guts to do neon green hair. This is this is a walk in the park for him as long as he's making them, I guess. So, you know, whatever works. We were watching guys switch left handed in the middle of the season. So, yeah, give it a shot, bro. You guys, you guys are about to lose 65 games. It's cool. Just do whatever. Also for everyone who's wondering why pop still doing this. Look, loves it. This is just straight fundamentals. And it's all hand. It's just a hand. It's in the weird place. And the green hair. Does pop have a good jumper, Michelle? I don't know. I've never really seen him just sit in there and do that. I'm going to assume yes, because it's pop. The green hair, by the way, it's because the coyote wanted it for Christmas. I mean, we've really got a familiar thing going down here. La Familia to the all-star game. So, look, last year, Andrew Wiggins was a starter and it was because of this amazing takeover by K-pop fans and Twitter. And that's how that happened, which is fine. But I think the league is trying to figure out better ways to sort of get the all-star game in order. So, they've made a couple of changes. I don't know if they're great big changes. The fans still count for 50%. But can't vote on Twitter anymore. You got to do it through the app. You can only do it one time a day. Of course, players and media also will have their stay in this. It's big for the fan side of things. Do we like it, Eddie? Do we think it will make a difference? No, I want the all-star game to be as rigged as possible.  When Zaza almost made it, I wanted Zaza to make it. I'm that guy. So, I mean, look, I guess they're making it a little more complicated to vote. I'm old enough to remember used to have to be at a game and fill out a ballot and put it in a box. Yeah, right. Whatever works. But, I mean, let us vote however we can. Let us vote on IG. Let us vote on everything. Twitter's already been ruined. Let us do our votes there, too. Wow. That's so defeatist. So defeated. Yeah, I agree, though. First of all, also voting, it starts too early. This is OK. This is your chance to be an all-star for playing good for two months. Like, this is where the voting. The season is just starting. Like, how I can, you can be rewarded as an all-star for basically having a two and a half months. Like, SGA could not play the rest of the season, but he's an all-star this year because he started off hot. It doesn't really, it doesn't feel right. And I agree with Eddie. I think that we should get the most possible votes. Like, do it on Twitter. Do it at games. Do it on the app. Have it all. Like, I think that's what makes it fun. Although it does, like, when I was in Houston, Jeremy Lin was damn near an all-star starter just because of all the Asian votes. So it was, it was. Exactly. It's tough. I love it. I love that. But, you know, how close do you want him to do it to all-star weekend? Like, you want February 1st to be the starting? Yeah, I need a little more time. I need a little more time. I need more games. I need, it just feels too early now to start it. At least after Christmas. Yeah, I think it's a great point. And it kind of, like, I had never really considered, but yeah, we're voting on it. I know that, like, to be the Shams role real quick. I know technically it's for, like, the last year of basketball. But that's not how we think of it at all. We think of this season, who's playing the best this season, who is the guy. And so, yeah, we're getting in off 25 games. It's not necessarily right. So I'm with Chandler. Like, start this MLK day when they have everybody play. Like, let's do it then. I know there's probably some logistics of, you know, we got to print these jerseys. We got to get all these graphics ready. We got to work faster. It's fine. Just start it later. Let's do it better. There you go. You heard it, America. Work faster. And that's Eddie G, right there. Speaking of, Eddie, you're still in the hot seat here because the NBA finding the nets. Yeah, I know. They failed to comply with injury reporting rules. That's basically meant they sat their starters against the Pacers. Do you think any lessons were learned here? No. You should see it to be frank. Let me plug our show real quick. On the latest episode, et cetera, is coming out today. We actually talked about this. And Kevin basically said, hey, look, this is the league. Like, I'm sorry to the fans. And I feel like most fans actually understand. But this is the league. And we got to find days to rest. And it is what it is. If the nets find another day where they'll have X amount of days off afterwards and they can combine it, they're going to sit, guys. I'm sorry. It does suck. And I know some people in Indiana, there's probably one chance to see KD and Kyrie all year long. And that's unfortunate. But I'll put the blame on Kevin, because he's the one who said, yo, in today's NBA, you just got to pay a little bit more attention in planning out a game two months ahead of time. Probably not the best idea. Yeah, this is the era. This is the load management. This is a business.  And it's tough.  I remember when I was a fan going to Magic Games, if, you know, if Kobe wasn't playing and I was the one time he came to Orlando, I was sad. Like I was genuinely sad. I get to see the magic play all the time. I came here to see Kobe and he's not playing. So it definitely I see it both ways. But at the end of the day, the players are way too important. You know, please, everybody. And they're going to need them to keep doing this and have the load management and have the doctors kind of strategically shut them down. Most likely on road games. I know that means like is there a fix?  Like what is the fix here? Is there one has to be. It's just if you're traveling, you're already a part of it is that you're even more tired. You're more fatigued. You landed late. It's a back to back. So it just kind of makes more sense like medically to do it on the road. Yeah, I think look. People were cussing me out the day that the Nets did this and saying, Hey, you know, I spent $500 or whatever. But yeah, it's your money, but it's also these guys knees and ankles and hips and Achilles and the Nets are, you know, they're really this team of just a bunch of damaged guys in a lot of ways. I mean, Seth and Joe, both coming off ankle surgeries. Ben had a back surgery.  At that time, Nick Claxton had a hamstring injury. And then obviously Kevin is old. And so they had this weird kind of combination of just things going for them that's like, yo, we do have to get rest for these guys. It's unfortunate. But I mean, I think the fine was 25K. Oh, please. The Nets probably, you know, sent that in pennies to be petty. I don't know. But that's, you know, that's like one consistent stand for the night. They'll they'll be fine. They'll accept that. I feel like, I mean, maybe you stagger them or maybe it's a mandate. I know that the traveling is part of the hay, if I could say. But a lot of times they do travel and they just sit on the bench and street clothes. Like maybe if it's you can't sit on the road, you can't I it's hard for me to believe that there's not a fix. Like I know you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube, but there has to be a way to sort of make it a little bit better. And I'm not saying it's because of Timmy, because, you know, life is hard and it's not unfair. It's not a fair thing. And you'll figure that out, kid. But, you know, just to avoid having three stars all sitting on a bench, it's just a bad. It's frustrating. It's frustrating. Yo, the Nets won. The Nets won. And so well, you know, would you show us? We beat them anyway. Yeah, so take your 25 K. That's all I got to say. Oh, we're taking a break. Things got serious. Things are real serious here. Morale is low. Enough is enough. These parlays. It's time to let the lady fix it all when we come back. Grass isn't always greener, Michelle. Santa Barclay is coming to town. No, I'm not. I'm not doing that. He's delivering $20 million in gifts this holiday season to all Fandal customers. It doesn't matter if you've been naughty or nice. St. Chuck has something for everyone. Just check your Fandal app from today through Christmas Day for no sweat, same game parlays, casino bonuses, and all sorts of stuff that'll fill you with holiday cheer. Look at that smile. Yeah, roll T. OK. So yesterday, we had our four leg parlay, as we do on this show. And the requirement was a 75% success rate. So three of the four had to hit. Well, two of the four hit. Gentlemen, let's go through what happened last night. So, so, so. Biddle, did you make a call? Did you make a call to JB to sit down with Mitchell? He had eight points for the first time. How crazy is that? He sat down the seven-minute mark in the third quarter and never came back and gave me a 23 points. There's some collusion here. Like, if you have to be on the segment beads, we could have just put you on. You didn't have to cost us money. It's true. If it makes you feel better, I was in playoffs for fantasy football. I had Aaron Jones, who was a couple inches away from getting six points. I was down five, and now I lose. So you know what? Gambling is hard, Eddie. It's a really hard thing to do, which is why I've decided to do it. I lost the Packers' defense last night. All the Rams had to do was not be bad. And they were all for this Baker-Macon. Devin, historically bad. Devin Booker didn't even play last night, and they had 38 points in the first quarter, and I took the honor. Like, it just doesn't make sense. I think we can all agree that Chandler's the worst, though, right? We agree that Chandler's the worst one. OK, let's just have that. OK. We'll see how this goes, Michelle. Let's see how it goes. Hold me, or middle. I know I really have. Eddie, what do you have for us for tonight? I have Jordan pull over 26 points against the Knicks, which means he'll probably score 21 and shoot terrible. So yeah, that's what I got. First night of them back to back. I got it. Come on. JP lighting them up. It's the Garden. He'll be great. He'll be great. I feel good about that one, Chandler. Absolutely. Yeah. I like that one. Yeah. Chandler? This is his team right now. This is his show. He's got to get buckets. And you know what I realize, Eddie? We're always taking the points, the over on player props. I'm straight up going sons, money line, at home against the Wizards. And they do not cover this.  Because no more shooting for the fences. I'm going for the lock. And my boy, Pauli, check just texts me and said, I can't wait. It's parlay time. I'm going to the opposite of all you guys. So here you go, Polly. I dare you to take Wizards money line, Polly. I mean, I'm glad someone finally figured out how to do this. I'm going to go, I'm stepping my foot in the pool gently as it's my first time. Nick's money line over the Warriors garden, all eyes on the garden tonight, no Steph. The Knicks have been doing OK. And also the Warriors on the road are a hot garbage mess. So that's what it's looking like. We're starting little today. 20 bucks, get you about 56 bucks. That's not bad. OK, OK, guys. Part of me wants the Warriors. Part of me wants the Warriors to win by 40. Oh, yeah, they will. I'm so happy this happened on a Tuesday, because when your leg loses it today, we get to talk about it tomorrow. You know, no chance tomorrow. There's zero chance my leg loses and we will find out tomorrow until then. Enjoy the games. Happy Tuesday. Get ready for the cold front. It's a comment. We'll see you all in the morning.


Welcome to psychic medium Tony green. I am Tony green host of the show and we're going to get going right away So first and foremost Happy Monday If you're here you survived the full moon The full super blood moon lunar eclipse, which was this uh, I think it was Either it was either supposed to be the 15th or the 16th. So it either happened last night or it's going to happen tonight I think it I'm pretty positive. It depends on where you are in this big beautiful world, but Here's what I'm going to say the build-up to this moon was something freaking crazy I'm going to tell you guys If you had this experience Please let me know I think I did not sleep for the past like four or five nights more than 45 minutes consecutively either crazy crazy dreams um woke me up Like I would be asleep in like this really deep deep sleep and then all of a sudden This crazy dream and pop out awake or Or I would just wake up just Wake up no crazy dream just waking up um But lots of lots of interesting insights came through with it now this full moon is supposedly When we can release things that no longer work for us, but also a lot of secrets coming out We all deal with a certain amount of stress and worry on a daily basis Um, we should be able to handle or cope with it, but when it gets a little too much We have to like a pull the plug the valve whatever you want to call it and release that pressure This is one way of doing that Oh, yeah, there's a lot like I can feel that on my heart really feel it on my heart So What we are going to do next is I am going to take colors When I uh say your area code Please tell me your name and your Where you're calling from Yep, that's what I need your name your first name and where you're calling from And then an either an exact question or an exact Connection that you would like to make with the other side. Okay A couple quick little things before I get started the superhero stomp is this weekend I want to thank a few people who have donated Matthew Moore. Thank you again um If you're one of my listeners and or followers and you have donated, please let me know I'll be happy to give you a shout out if you want to shout out um Now the superhero foot stomp is a 5k that is dedicated to raising money for children in the piwaki wisconsin area That have cancer all of the money goes directly to the families of the children There's a 5k there's a shorter Run for younger children And all the children come out dressed in their favorite superhero costumes and um The storm troopers show up It's really quite an event if you're in the area this weekend. Please come in and check it out I do want to thank planet fitness for donating a membership I would like to thank nothing bunt cakes in brookfield, wisconsin for donating um A certificate Thor salon. Thor. Thank you. Thor. I love you. Thor does my hair by the way everybody Salon Thor is in bay view And Thor is the one who does my hair, but anybody at salon Thor is Simply amazing hands like The best they're Absolutely the best, but thank you Thor for donating Um, there are a couple of other people I should have written it down Prior to um Prior to doing this, but uh this morning was was Did I mention I haven't been getting sleep? Uh Yes, okay cake b says. Thank you. I was awake at 2 a.m For four to five nights in a row. Yes, and the random person. Yes headaches and dizziness And ringing in the ears and sal says there's a lot of heavier energy out there anybody else experiencing anything new or different from this particular Last week or so There's a lot going on so please stay clean stay healthy. Um, try to keep your Your um Emotions at a minimum right now because people are going to be lit off I'm just saying people are going to get lit off easy right now So let's uh, we have emotional stability. Let's clear that to a yes And if you know somebody who who is very stressed or worried We all nervousness and causes of nervousness have been cleared. Let's clear that that one gives me a headache instantly who Just play this quietly in the back background. I was gonna say black ground Black out the screen and play it quietly so they don't know The healings will work the best they can for anyone listening and opening open to Hi, Cheryl. Emily has been having headaches.  Let me take care of that now. Um Yeah Uh and norah. Okay, so Emily and norah are having Yeah issues and amious saying I haven't slept in Yeah, okay. So everybody Um, listen if you're watching me, I I know my tv show my show goes live on actual tv It's streamed live on roku and another a number of other streaming channels. Thank you rudy from rude rangers tv um And w s c s they they play it live on their station and it streams out on all of their channels Also, if you are watching live or listening live on a podcast that i'm on and you want to join us live for the show You can call in eight four five two seven seven nine nine one three one And or you can join me live on youtube every monday and wednesday From noon until noon 30. I do a minimum of 30 minutes If I can I will do 60 minutes. We're just going to see how my speech abilities hold out for the day to see if I do 30 or 60 today Um kelly says uneasy stomach most days Hope I can get past this you will kelly. It's gonna it's gonna be okay. Um Genevieve yes, um Oh, yeah, everybody is having um some Some issues with sleep. So I'm gonna do we are clear. I get a no let's clear that so you guys um Here are some things That we need to know there are going to be a lot of changes coming in june is going to be a really big month I I just want to point out a few ironic things that And this isn't about my choices personally Okay, people who know me know what my personal personal choices are but this is just ironic to me We thought the last potas was going to do everything the current potas is doing But we kicked that potas out because of mean tweets Actually watch the mule movie and you'll find out we didn't kick him out. He overwhelmingly won They have all the evidence. What's in the movie is like One tenth of what they have as evidence So everybody was so afraid the last potas was going to do overturn Roe v. Wade and the supposed Liberal potas the for the people potas is systematically taking away every right But not calling it taking away rights Roe v. Wade doesn't have any effect on me For a number of different reasons, but they are taking away my body my choice Pay attention men. This is not just about that. They're taking away my body my choice Is it sinking in are you there that yet? If they take away my body my choice California has passed a bill stating that you can marry somebody at the age of 11 go california Sorry, that was piercer chasm for those of you who do not know me If you didn't know about that, please fact check it. Do not come at me until you have looked it up And fact checked it 11 11 Okay Okay, we're going to move to the relationship issue of this show the relationship part of this show And today's relationship message if you are in an in and out relationship Where you know you take breaks and come back together. Those are the most difficult relationships to end And here's why you never know when it's over. You're always waiting for the other person to come back again So if you are in that in and out relationship Situation give yourself a good timeline and stick to that timeline Don't make threats make promises to yourself. Don't discuss it with the other person Make that promise to yourself and hold yourself to that promise Okay at the end of the day When you go to bed at night the only person you are guaranteed to go to sleep with every single night is you The only person you are guaranteed to wake up with every single morning is you If somebody is not coming in and my friend Cindy said this to me once and Cindy. I love you I know you listen to the show. I love you and adore you um If somebody is coming in and they're not adding to the equation They don't belong there if somebody can't come in and like if you're at this level of happiness on your own Yep, if somebody doesn't come in and you both don't increase to this level of happiness And stay there Then that person doesn't belong in your life at all Now in the beginning that increase of endorphins and happiness is Naturally going to increase and i'm going to say this again When you first start a relationship, it's not the other person's love That you are feeling It's the feelings you have for you The feelings you have for them being released within you That love or giddiness that you feel for them is being released In you those endorphins are being released in you if you do not maintain that giddiness that joyfulness for that other person Yes, that will subside In the beginning they are analyzing you there might be love bombing if there is run fast and far But in the beginning Those feelings those intense feelings that we feel for the other person nine times out of ten Are the feelings that we have For those that person that's causing that reaction. Okay, I've done my little State of the union address my little relationship address I've done some clearings if you missed the clearings in the beginning of the show, please Go back After the show and watch them We're going to go to the first caller if you would like to call in if you would like to participate in the show Ask a question connect with a loved one On the other side Eight four five two seven seven nine one three one is but call in we're going to go to seven seven five Oopsie seven seven five Seven seven five. How can I help you today? Hi, tony. Um, I I said clearings of hearing for your sleep. My name is wendy from Sacramento, california Hello Hello Turn it looks like we lost wendy. I'm gonna go to five one four. Sorry wendy five one four How can I help you? Hello tony? It's jenny b. How are you? Oh my gosh, jenny b. I was just saying hello to you I'm good. How are you? Yes, you were and how you been? So good jenny b.  How I've been really good jenny b I've been super super good. I love you too Oh, thank you. You guys I love you too.  Oh, thank you Okay, so for everybody listening re-listening. I I think I'm about to get a delivery So if you hear my doorbell, I want to apologize I kind of want to open the door and make the fedex guy carry it in if it's for me because it's a really heavy package What should I do everybody? I can drag it in. Okay. Let's keep the show going jenny b. I don't want. Can I help you today? Oh, it is my package. I'm helping you. What should I do? I want to open the door and bring happy and bring it in I can tell it's heavy because he had to slang it over his shoulder Okay, enough about my package jenna b. How can I help you today? Do you want to get a reading with tony? It's wonderful because I just had one um a week ish ago and i'm calling you in regards to that because As we have talked about there's a huge possibility Well, you just seems to be written in the stars that I was going to swindleman In the near future But the friend that blew up on me uh is also the if I can say my uh My person to bring me there, uh, I guess my golden ticket if you want to call it that way um And she really blew up like out of the blue and was Not necessarily the nicest person and of course it's all by text and since then I haven't spoken with her and frankly I haven't tried to reach out to her. I just said call me when you want And I tried to explain to her Well, not even explain. I just mentioned to her, you know I did it for me. It's out of love and and that's it and I did not And I held my tongue really good because I could write back and say you're being mean to me and I did not attack I did not do that. I was just wondering um What the hell's going on and if this relationship is over and I need to Move on because I love myself. I don't want to downgrade myself. No, so right now. Here's what I'm going to tell you right now Um For lack of a better way of saying it A lot of things are coming out for a lot of people and I did I think I said in the beginning of the show like Don't don't We need to practice Patience right now. Don't pop off at people.  Do not react or act out because people are going to be um heightened stress um heightened stress Whatever it is right now. Um We all know and I know it sounds so ridiculous to say well, it's a full moon out there Um, we all know Full moons can can affect people and especially affect people who are more sensitive Now sensitive can mean people who are um sensitive as far as healers and psychics But it can also mean people who are sensitive Who maybe are not as stable? As what the general population would say they should be Having said all of that There's a lot and and jenna v. This is where your answer comes in There's a lot going on in people's personal lives that we are not aware of And they might vent on us Um unknowingly and thinking it's justifiable to vent on us because It's a safe place to vent I've done that in the past where I've had a situation and I was talking to a friend and that friend caught the the all of the poop What i'm going to say to you And I I hope this makes sense to you just breathe through it the next couple of weeks for everybody I mean everybody everybody, of course, they're going to throw a song in they had to get their first song in Everybody everybody. I wish I had maracas right now Uno dos tres Okay, now they're throwing it completely. This is the energy we need to bring in I think is what they're saying we need to bring this energy in over the next couple weeks It's going to be really tense things are going to come out of people's mouths that maybe would not normally come out Or they wouldn't want to say try to practice patience um practice forgiveness It doesn't mean we allow people to treat us in a Whatever way When the time comes and it's appropriate have that conversation again um, I'm sure most people are aware enough to know when they say something that's inappropriate and they also um, they might not want to revisit out of ego or embarrassment It doesn't matter. I do feel like everything is going to come back together. It's going to be just fine Give people the time and space they need during this time to get themselves back together this I cannot stress it enough I cannot stress it enough I This is going to be a critical time and moving into june and I know people do not Click off as I say this Because it this is just one second of the show and then I'm I'm going to go into something else But I know people don't want to know this but there are a lot of political changes coming in That on top of our personal changes that on top of our um, increasing prices for everything That on top of whatever relationship BS we have going on that on top of people being worried about Do I feed my kids or fill my gas tank and yes Just because you're not personally in that situation It doesn't mean there aren't other people trying to figure out how they're going to feed their kids and get to work You might not personally be in that situation. I don't want to have kids. I'm not in that situation um That doesn't mean somebody else isn't feeling the struggle more and maybe it's not a financial situation Maybe it's a completely different situation There is going to be a lot coming out at the end of may Beginning of june that is going to start a turn and these are predictions And we know how predictions work. They can happen Depending on what actions people take These actions have already been set in place and if people don't believe me, let me ask two questions here Sometimes we miss the obvious POTUS and SCOTUS have not been on air force one or two X POTUS has been driving around or flying around In air force two now if you know, you know If you know you know Nobody's sleeping in the white house supposedly since day one Put it all together. Let's make ourselves a pie Put it. I don't even that's not even a song stop it Oh spirit thinks they're all funny as fudge I think we're making a shepherd's pie because this pie makes No sense. We got layer on layer on layer of confusion. And why do people keep you confused? Yepper pepper. So over the next couple of weeks, please be kind be gentle um Allow yourself to just observe If something comes in that upsets you just again, let's do this. Um, all stress has been cleared and released. Let's clear it and release it who Anybody else feel that? Hey, if you are on my youtube chat and you feel this Let me know all that's causing worry and anxiety has been cleared and released Getting a no let's clear and release that somebody is Good. Thank you. Genevieve. I literally felt with that one like I was good I felt a little nausea So somebody out there is really experiencing a tremendous amount of anxiety right now Let's get that out of us. I want, you know, I want everybody to be healthy and happy and to be able to get through these Experiences as observers and not Participants if you here's what I'm going to say over the next couple weeks if you can get through it observing it And not having to be the person that got really upset popped off got angry You are doing a million times better than than the people who are actually going through the stress of it so I just watched it. Oh So sale on youtube says he just watched something leave that means something huge was released from him from him or the area He's in sale. Thank you For sharing that that is amazing. I love that So Genevieve as we go through this she is going to reach out to you um Our egos our egos need apologies our spirits don't our egos need to talk about it our spirits don't On one level all of us are divinely connected and we understand that if somebody reaches out it's because they are in that space where They just want to reconnect um If a conversation comes up about it remember we've been the antagonist in the past and maybe it's time to uh be in that space where we are just moving forward I do feel like everything for switzerland is still on um And genevieve, thank you so much for calling in and being part of the show. I'm so grateful for that. Thank you love thank you for Being there for me and giving me and everyone answers and those gorgeous healing. I love it Absolutely, it's my pleasure and i'm so grateful that I have people That tune in and watch and listen that I can um help in whatever way I possibly can. Thank you genevieve I am. Thank you so much. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I sometimes I think people are done talking and then they're not and I'm so sorry genevieve Thank you so much everybody. I love y'all so much until Next until wednesday have an absolutely