Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Folks, I'm getting hungry. And you know my favorite part of any meal, snack, or game day app? That's right. The GOAT, or should I say the greatest of all time, Frank's Red Hot. It's got the perfect blend of flavor and heat that elevates all foods from wings to buffalo chicken dip to even ice cream. That's right. I said ice cream.
And with a roster of flavors from OG to sweet chili, you can put that shit on everything. So make every dish the greatest and eat the GOAT. Tom Haberstroh put an asterisk on Bam's game. He also put it on Kobe's game and Wilt's game. No, because all of those high scoring games are a little bit bogus. This is from Sam Quinn of CBS. Kobe scored the last 22 Laker points.
when he scored 81, 17 of which came with a double-digit lead, the last seven from the free-throw line. Wilt and Devin Booker are the only players to score 70 against winning teams, and they only did it in losses. Luka is the only player to score 70 in single-digit win. Mitchell did it in overtime. All 70-point games are a little fake. That's why we don't see them in the playoffs, he said.
Don't we have to, or can't we all just acknowledge the only way a player can score that many points in a game, there has to be bullshit, right? I don't think that you can get to 100 without bullshit. I think in the modern game it's possible. I do think that we will see 100 in our lifetime just because there's going to be a marksman from outside that doesn't miss.
Oh, but the greatest quarter I've seen is Clay Thompson's, right? He had 37 points. Did he make 10 threes in that quarter? I think that's the scenario in which, unless the rules change, that you're going to see somebody go. This is why I'm telling you guys, though, that the BAM first quarter is the most impressive thing I've ever seen in a Heat uniform during a regular season game.
The first quarter, when you're looking at a guy who, and you've seen the stats over the last couple of days here, he made as many threes against the Wizards as he did in his first five seasons in the league combined. Yeah.
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Chapter 2: What is the significance of Bam Adebayo's recent performance?
I mean, that's crazy. And he shot a bunch of them. What was funny, one of the many funny things about that is there were about seven of them that just hit the backboard. Like he threw seven boulders at the rim when he got tired, when he lost his legs. That was all at the end. It was all at the end. Because did you know that he got to 70 points with about seven minutes left in the game?
And he was shooting over 50% from the field and over 40% from three. His stats were unbelievable, and then the bullshit started. In 2015, the Golden State Warriors beat the Sacramento Kings, and Klay had 37. He had nine for nine from three, and 13 for 13 overall field goals, so another four buckets, and he had two free throws.
Mike, are you thinking there's going to be a 100-point game because Klay's going to do that in three quarters? He's going to go— That was just one quarter, 37 points. He's going to go 27 for 27 over three quarters and get to 100 points. Dude, if Bam can go for 83, a Steph Curry type can go for 100. Well, I do think that we sort of underestimate the amount of stamina that takes.
I've heard him interviewed some, but I haven't heard anyone ask him if he's ever been that tired at the end of a game because I can't imagine he's ever been that tired at the end of any game he's played. His jersey was a different color than his shorts. I had someone say to me yesterday that his jersey was black at the end of the game. That's a red jersey. Follow me up a logic ladder here.
Would everyone here agree that in basketball, defense is equally important to offense? Everyone here would agree with that. Even though we celebrate offense wildly disproportionately, we would agree that defense is as important. I speak for everyone. You would also agree that we do a very poor job of talking about it well, measuring it well. Offense is easier to see, right?
So Mike Ryan has understandably grown tired of Bam Adebayo as the lead thing for something that has been a play-in team. But would you agree, or is it blasphemy to say, based on what I just said, that Bam Adebayo to the Miami Heat's defense has been what Dwayne Wade has been to their offense? Yes or no?
I disagree with that because Bam Adebayo to the Heat's defense has not given the same results as what Dwayne Wade to the Heat's offense. And I think the example that you just cited is why offense is more important than defense because Dwayne Wade and his offensive game has beaten tremendous defense in the playoffs in moments that you've absolutely needed it.
And Adebayo knocked out the Celtics at the rim in the bubble with defense in the playoffs. The reason that I say this and the reason that I disagree with what Zaz just said, Bam's defense, and this is why the Heat won't trade him, Bam's defense always makes them top five. I saw Wade be great at offense and them not be top five.
They're always top five, and it's always because Bam Adebayo is at the center of their defense. Have we ever remembered a play from a game one in a series the way that we remember Bam's? Because a lot of people think, it's Mandela effect, a lot of people think that the series was one on that play. It was game one. If he doesn't make that block, they probably don't win that series.
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Chapter 3: How do high scoring games impact a player's legacy?
Yes. Yes. There you go. That's a good example. Actually, that's a much better. That's a goat game one. Yeah, because they lost. The Sixers won the first one in L.A. Everyone was shocked, and then the Lakers won the next four. What happened there? And it's one of the most iconic moments in basketball. In a five-game, on the wrong end of a five-game. Was Matt Geiger on that team?
I think Eric Snow was the point guard on that team. Allen Iverson dragged a bunch of bums. Did you see Eric Snow at the reunion? Yeah, but that's not new. No, I'm just, what? I can't talk? I'm catching up with my friends. Did you guys see Eric Snow at that? Yeah. All right, I'm not going to say what everyone's thinking. I saw Pat Croce. You guys see him? He looks good.
Well, you just said what you weren't going to say. By saying that Pat Croce looks good, you just said what you weren't going to say about Eric Snow. We didn't comment on Antoine Walker. at the 20-year reunion. This is something, well, Dwayne Wade was talking about the lack of buzz in town, and are you guys willing to follow me down the path of the Miami Heat, who know more than we do,
unwilling to trade bam out of bio because they think he is to their defense what duane wade is to their off what duane wade was to their offense it's regardless of whether you want to split hairs on it or not it's pretty close like he's he's an all-time defender bam out of bio will will be will go down as an all-time defender while never winning the defensive player of the year It's for sure.
It's kind of the same way as Spoh is the best coach but never wins coach of the year. The thing is, you can't measure defense. My voice is going right now. With DR last night, we were absolutely lit last night. But you don't measure the game. It's points scored, not defense. You can't be like, oh, Bam's got four defensive stops.
Okay, that doesn't matter because if they come down and hit four threes, it doesn't really matter. And I guess I would just kind of say what I said again but in different words where – I don't think that Bam can be the best player on your team and you win a championship. And I know Dwayne Wade can be the best player on your team and win a championship.
Well, but you're doing the measurement of just winning is the only thing that matters.
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Chapter 4: What are the arguments about the validity of scoring records?
You're doing it the way we measure quarterbacks, but it's not the only thing that goes into winning. And on the front end, I just ask you, is defense as important as offense? Because before Bam Adebayo, those Heat teams, we celebrate Bosh, Wade, and LeBron. They won... Their defense was great.
Like, they made a bunch of mid-range jumpers against the Spurs because, you know, Pop figured out how to get them to just make mid-range jumpers. But they are, every year, a top-five team with Bam at the center of the defense. It's the core principle philosophy of almost everything they do. I wonder if I can just say flatly the Heat value defense more than they do offense.
They figure they can get offense from every Max Strews Every Gabe Vincent, every Duncan Robinson, they'll figure out how to get offense. This year's Heat team is only as many games over .500 as it is because of its defensive rating. They are an average offense efficiency.
But the thing is, Dan, when you say all those guys, the Max Truces and Gabe Vincents and Duncan Robinsons, you have one guy at the center that can put the team on his back when the playoffs start. You don't have a Jimmy Butler anymore. You don't have the guy that's the stalwart to your offense. It can't be Tyler Hero. We know it can't be Bam.
My point is that no matter who's on defense, whether it's Tyler Hero, Norman Powell, or Max Strews, or anyone else, the reason they're good at defense is because Bam's always at the center of the defense guarding all five of your guys. Yeah, their defense this year in particular is fully because of Bam. Like they had so many guys out there at so many different moments who struggled.
And while they have some really good individual defenders, Davion Mitchell is a good individual defender, Pella Larson as well. Andrew Wiggins having one of the best seasons of his career on both sides of the ball. At the same time, Bam's ability to guard one through five, to play in a zone, to play man to man, to guard a wing, to guard a big.
That's what allows them to do all the different things they do that do slow down other teams eventually, which is why they decided to play with pace this season because they knew he could anchor it. My point is they have more knowledge than we do. They have more invested than we do. They say BAM is untouchable. I'm explaining the reason to you that they say BAM is untouchable.
We'll talk about the 83 points. It's not why they value him. It's because he always shows up. It's because of the rarest of things. Other players in the league say of Bam Adebayo, we know how hard that dude works. It's evident in what it is that he's created with his game. But Dwayne Wade, I heard him here. He had some pretty great sound. And Dwayne Wade seems legitimately angry. And if...
I say to the audience, Dwyane Wade's 2010 through 2014, when they were fighting with America, do you think he misses fighting with America about stuff? This is Dwyane Wade here, and these are fangs for Dwyane Wade when he says what he says here. Also, let me say things and let me do things that y'all can't do, right? Folk can't walk in the locker room and say certain things that I can say.
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Chapter 5: How does Bam's defense compare to Dwyane Wade's offensive impact?
He did piss off. He did piss off Bam Adebayo. But one of the things that is always funny about media members and fans and how they react to conflict in a locker room, Those guys thrive off of conflict. It was Ray Allen who actually taught me. He's like, nobody in here is in their feelings on anything like they pissed off his fuel. Pissed off is something that, you know, Dwayne Wade.
learned in an organization where Shaq and Mourning would go face to face with Riley and it seemed everyone there like they were going to fight. And then Shaq and Mourning would get kicked out of practice because they thrive on conflict. They create it. It's very different from most other workplaces.
And I have seen, before we get to the more positive sound from around the league, because there is some of that, I have seen Zaz and Jeremy getting pissed off about the conflict that there presently is around the BAM conversation. Yeah. I mean, it's why, and I said this yesterday, I really wish they pulled him at 81 because I think the reaction would have been so, so different.
And I'm annoyed and I'm offended at some of the reaction, which... Bam does not deserve. He did nothing wrong. And I just wish Bam was getting the respect and the adulation over these last 36 hours that I think he deserves. And it's played out exactly the way I figured it would play out. And some of the things that I've heard people say out there, it's offensive to me as a Heat fan.
Quick break to tell you about a special Miller time I had with my good buddy, Mochetta. Mochetta texted me the other day. He said, hey, what are you doing for the game? I said, I'm just on my couch right now, doing nothing, enjoying it. He's like, hey, do you want some company? I said, from you, Mochetta? Absolutely. Mochetta comes over to the house and I pull out the Miller Lite.
Miller Lite made that casual hang a memorable good Miller time with my good friend Mochetta. Because Miller Lite brought us together. We took that first sip after we toasted our beers and we knew we made the right call. We watched a game. All of a sudden, we're standing up on our feet. Big threes are being drained. And white cans are being clanged. See times like these?
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