Local Hour: Mamba Mendality
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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.
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.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–2:13
2
What is the significance of Bam Adebayo's recent performance?
2:13–5:51
3
How do high scoring games impact a player's legacy?
5:51–8:00
4
What are the arguments about the validity of scoring records?
8:00–14:13
5
How does Bam's defense compare to Dwyane Wade's offensive impact?
14:13–43:49
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