Hello, welcome to the hoop collective podcast. We talk about the NBA. It's Sunday night joining me from Naples, Florida is our front office insider Bobby Mark. Hi, Bobby. Hey, Brian, how are you?

Good. Can you believe what was more shocking today? Jose Alvarado of the New Orleans Pelicans putting up 38 points on the nuggets who by the way, the nuggets are the 38 points for it was not good weekend for the nuggets, but 38 points from Jose Alvarado, the most points ever scored by an undrafted player in the NBA.

I commented right when it was going on. I said, you might as well guarantee the rest of that contract for this year. It came. Can you believe too that they have them under contract and I understand at the time, I mean, the guy wasn't making any money was on a two way.

You know, but this year's partial next year's non guaranteed it's a team option and it's one of these baseball type contracts that we see out there like right like the pitch, the pitch will be like 34 when he hits free agency and be able to cash in here, but I think I'm more shocked that Willie Green took him out at 38, although he had two attempts to get the 40 that he took him out of the game there.

So I talked to Andrew Lopez who covers the Pelicans he was at the game and he was chasing 40 for several possessions. He pointed out Zion's never scored 40 in a game.

But a pair he told me the Pelicans the last few possessions like they were they were moving screens like crazy. They were trying like everything in their playbook to try to get into that 40 point.

There was multiple clear outs. One for flat for the Alvarado. He didn't run one for flat when he was in high school. I'm sure.

So AD scores 55 in DC tonight. The Lakers win again. He was 55 and 17. Bobby, I have his stats for the last 10 games. He's averaging 35 points 16 rebounds shooting 65%

65% part of the reason why he's on this hot streak is he is knocked off shooting threes and has been getting the line attacking super aggressive.

I was in 10 free throws a game in those 10 games. The shooting 88% line by the way when he does shoot the three which is only average in like one and a half a game. He's shooting like 45% on those.

But he's kind of morphed over his game but more than anything like he's just being viciously aggressive and I've talked to some folks around the team. I've talked to some folks around AD.

His back was bothering him early in the season. It's better now only he knows like you know that he missed a game last week because of a calf injury.

So I mean, yeah, he's healthy. But only he knows while all of a sudden he's being just vicious like the Anthony Davis peaking Anthony Davis and.

It's been a humongous difference. The Lakers started to intend they winning DC tonight now badly be only played three minutes had a hamstring injury but.

I mean good luck beating any team when a guy scores 55 LeBron had a good night to and their 10 and 12 they start to and 10 they've gone eight and two cents Bobby.

I mean, you know, I don't love to talk about the Lakers, but you got to give them their do.

Yeah, I mean, I mean, you could you could say hey, look at their schedule. I mean, they've had they've had some soft ones there with San Antonio, but they've beaten teams are supposed to be I mean, it's funny, Brian, I watched, you know, you watched the Friday night game against Milwaukee and both.

I mean, probably one of the better regular season games that we've seen in a long time and both teams towards the end or you know, everyone's grabbing at the shorts because they are dead tired here and.

I love that ever seen LeBron that tired and I've seen LeBron tired. Well, and that was the thing I said to myself after they want all right, what is the carryover effect going to be you know, they didn't play I mean Milwaukee had to go to.

To Charlotte the next night and basically you know, there was no holiday middle 10 or Yannis in that game and i'm thinking all right, they still won and still one yeah and Lakers are in.

Well, you know, they got to play the wizards on Sunday, so like what's the carryover effect going to be is they're going to be not really a hangover, but from a fatigue standpoint yeah and you know how you have any played you know Sunday night there wasn't and you're right, I mean in that Milwaukee game, I think you attempted one three until like three minutes left in the fourth where you hit you know, you know, two, I think two back to back here and i'm working on this document for I think the summer 15 16th where we take like.

Like you know front office questions what teams have to ask themselves and we kind of separate players with trade value who has the value control what contracts and originally like I had a day in my.

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