Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast.

We talk about the NBA, which we are doing on Thursday afternoon.

Joining me from Detroit, Michigan.

I think I saw the other day.

You're a senior, senior writer, Vince Goodwell.

Yeah, that's one of those things. I'm junior in real life. I guess the senior at ESPN. That's right. Vincent Goodwill Jr. That's true, by the way. I mean, you two are talking about, you know, some of these, we're about to talk Cavs Pistons. You all can go back to like. Excuse me, sir. You have not been introduced yet. Okay. Joining us from Sacramento, California, senior writer, Anthony Slater. I would question my tag more than Vennies. Well, you're... Are you Anthony Slater Senior? No. Oh, yes. It's funny. Yes, I guess I am. I don't know. That's not something I've been thinking about much, but yes, that is actually correct. AJ, David Jr., and so you're a senior, right? Yeah. All right, Vince, you're back home in Detroit because there's a big game on Friday night.

You know, like, let's be honest, we're in February.

It's not like it's nothing.

But, you know, the Pistons are going to want to send a little message because I know they beat the thunder on Wednesday night,

but the thunder were missing all their guys.

And I could tell they felt a certain way. Cade, you know, C the Thunder were missing all their guys. And I could tell

they felt a certain way. Cade, you know, Cade was terrible in the second half of that, uh, that, uh,

that Spurs game. And I could just see in his eyes in the first quarter last night. He wanted to

get that taste out of his mouth. He and Jalen Duren went 23 of 33 or something combined in the game

against the Thunder. Of course, it's one thing with all due respect to Jalen Williams, Arkansas,

Jalen Williams, who had like one of the best offensive games in his career, when Jalen Duren

is rolling downhill on the pick and roll, and it's Jalen Williams down there and it's not

Victor Wembeyanama it's not quite the same but still the points count the same yeah well air quotes

thunder too i mean yeah i know i think six of their top eight were out so that felt like the

sound presti special.

Yeah. Having said that, the Thunder played until the last minute of the game.

And they got a big game of themselves on Friday. But first, Vince, I want to talk about this.

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