#158

In this episode we are going to be talking about the Zion Williamson situation, RJ Barrett’s big time game, the Celtics recent hot streak, our impressions of Philly, the steal of the draft, and OG joins us to talk about the best teams in the league and more.
Hosts: Joel Moran, River Brown, Andrew Velez, and John Carlos
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#PickaSide #158
Intro 00:00
1. Zion Williamson situation 10:07
2. Joel speaks on RJ 50:41
3. Would the Celtics beat the Heat in the playoffs? 01:10:08
4. Thoughts on the 76ers 01:47:00
5. This week in the NBA 02:08:30
6. OG joins the show to talk Wilt vs Jokic and best teams in the league 02:22:51
7. Steal of the 2022 draft 03:08:35
8. Lakers future 03:19:33

[@thejoelmoranshow]

Time stamps: 1. Zion Williamson situation 10:07 2. Joel speaks on RJ 50:41 3. Would the Celtics beat the Heat in the playoffs? 01:10:08 4. Thoughts on the 76ers 01:47:00 5. This week in the NBA 02:08:30 6. OG joins the show to talk Wilt vs Jokic and best teams in the league 02:22:51 7. Steal of the 2022 draft 03:08:35 8. Lakers future 03:19:33

[@wolfs1bane]

Stay hating on our squad, celtics love being underdogs. When they make the ECF, come back to this comment.

[@1800LUNATIC]

I rock with JC. Dude has some good takes

[@Malik9591]

Most New Yorkers just want to be competitive, yes a championship would be nice because for what we’ve gone through we deserve one, but if we can be competitive year in year out most of us would be happy

[@princekisaka6473]

Yo JC so funny when he going at harden 😂😂

[@RALF0691]

I was watching the new Kanye interview and the next thing i know i'm waking up at 1am to this podcast. Basically what i'm saying is i enjoyed what i saw from this podcast when i woke up. You guys got a new subscriber.

[@pickaside]

Thank you 🙏

[@byechance7644]

Look at the stats. The celtics are no longer an iso heavy team. That was an early season issue. They pass the ball almost too much

[@pickaside]

Can you link where you found the stat?

[@byechance7644]

@@pickaside i don't have a specific link to share but if you look at the stats, the Celtics are top 5 in the league at passes per game since January 1st. It was a major issue early in the season and last year but Ime turned the team around so its an understandable mistake. I love your content! Keep it up!

[@pwpeeperceeper1319]

@@pickaside 😅i io😅😅i😅😅😅littersly😅😅😅😅😅o😅😅i😅😅😅😅😅😅😅ionic

[@pwpeeperceeper1319]

i’m i’m 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@wavygodofficial9827]

Miami is getting severely getting underrated and its mind blowing to me

[@waitersisland1934]

Jimmy Butler is 6/9 for go ahead or game tying FGs in the final minute/OT. Best in the last 20 years but go off Riv

[@nikkooo7228]

y’all shleeepp on atl, joel prolly ecstatic that his New York bums don’t gotta see us in the playoffs again, all love tho pick a side, and chill on my by andrew yo yall killing him

[@notmytruthTHEtruth]

I got nothing but positive things to say about the Suns, Grizzlies, Bulls, Cavs and Heat this year. All 5 teams have done a great job.

[@tylergrove1397]

Best times of the week, when the 2 pick a side episodes come out🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@massimomunafo3027]

derrick white can create his own offence

[@MrKohulann30]

if zion can't get motivated in a small market, how tf do you expect him to deal with the pressure of a big market lmao?

[@smitsta]

I like these cats. Dont forget to include timestamps. 3 hrs is a long podcast so i like to pick one or 2 topics to listen to during a workout or something

[@pickaside]

Timestamps are in the description. Thanks for watching the show!

[@maxwellsplash970]

So clutch to end the weekend fresh new pod !!!

[@ClydeW893]

love you guys shows man so home feeling and lit, good vibes

[@jordanwhattt233]

Best podcast channel out there!!!! Never stop

[@pickaside]

Appreciate it 🙏🏽

[@jordanwhattt233]

@@pickaside also tried getting on the discord but it’s not putting me on the server, I sent y’all a msg on Patreon

[@pickaside]

@@jordanwhattt233 Are you in now?

[@Baconeggcheese96]

Yo joel you looking slimmer my brother keep grinding love the podcast guys

[@zonnieball5477]

Miami Heat 3-0 vs the Bulls and Tyler Herro had the shortest offseason in NBA history after the bubble run.

[@Marcus_Hunter]

Facts Heat ran out of gas in the playoffs last year

[@EJFF.]

Haha love seeing OG back on the show, another W episode boys💯

[@sneaksies8931]

Your show is great, love listening to it. Thanks guys.

[@Thevitoverse]

I honestly love this podcast. All of you have such different but good basketball takes. I respect that. Im happy that yall are talking about RJ's quiet ascension also

[@itsyeboi631]

Respect for the pod. Miami heat still the most slept on team in the league and we like it like that

[@tj-23]

It’s great to hear the dialogue for the heat tho😂

[@dopeboyStunna]

My guy they are 100000% sleeping on us and I love it.

[@tydelthom]

Grizzlies are the most slept on, no national TV games this season

[@itsyeboi631]

@@tydelthom ? What are you talking about? Grizzles have been flexed into so many national Tv games its silly. Miami gets flexed out of National Tv coverage for a worse matchup

[@betweendalinesnbapodcast3733]

1:49:00 Matisse is the reason why the 76ers won’t come out the east.

[@youngtyrece5925]

OG went crazy💯

[@21alexx77]

They also sleep on Kendrick Nunn second in rookie of the year voting behind Ja. Tyler was sharing mins all season and Nunn had a hell of a year

[@lTheFreshKingl]

Keep it up guys, this shit is dope!

[@ChrisbeFoSerious]

Draft Steals accounting for their Draft Spot, Current Production, Potential, and their stock before the draft. 1. Franz Wagner (8) 2. Ayo Dosunmu (38) 3 Cam Thomas (27) 4. Chris Duarte (13) 5. Bones Hyland (26) 6. Jonathan Kuminga (7) 7. Josh Giddey (6) 8. Alperen Sengun (16) 9. Isaiah Jackson (22) 10. Scottie Barnes (4) 11. Herb Jones (35) 12. Josh Christopher (24) 13. Luka Garza (52) 14. Trey Murphy (17) 15. Sharife Cooper (48)

[@Dc_-gy1fy]

The Celtics do do some iso plays here in their but they aren’t that all time recently

[@anthonygulick]

Tre Mann easily the steak of the draft Ayo has been great but Tre Mann was late first round and has been better offensively. Microwave scorer who will be around for years.

[@sydguitar99]

I like OG but his Harden take is so off, 2018 Game 7 he put up 32, 2019 Game 6 he put 35pts, Game 5 against the Lakers he put up 30. His team is just never as good as the opposing team. He was getting doubled and fouled like crazy in those series but got no calls, there's a whole YT comp showing all the egregious missed calls

[@guillaumeselivre]

Happy to see your sub numbers increase each week. Keep the same spirit 😘

[@SneakerGod22]

Great Podcast! OG was great, he should be on more.

[@JasonInTampa]

For the Steal of the Draft class I like Jonathan Kuminga. He's playing extremely well and starting on the GS warriors along with Steph, Klay.

[@47buddz97]

He’s a top 10 pick?

[@betweendalinesnbapodcast3733]

Love the pod but y’all really gassed in the 76ers talk.

[@sydguitar99]

I think Larry Bird should be a top 5 player of all time, just like how Magic revolutionized the PG position, Larry was way ahead of his time with what he did as a wing. He could score at all levels, he could pass difficult passes and he'll defend the best player on the opposing team

[@generalwoofles6240]

Lot's of disrespect towards the Celtics but Riv's Bulls are 2-13 against good teams.

[@wolfs1bane]

Facts, I hope to god the celtics meet the bulls in the playoffs. Easiest matchup in the whole conference

[@generalwoofles6240]

@@wolfs1bane I wouldn’t go that far lol

[@Notcleverenough]

Chitwn!!! OG has seen it all!!

[@gamefreakjason]

I got a really busy schedule but I still make time to watch every episode all the way through. Appreciate the grind from y’all boys. Also Drew, that’s my boy for real bro 😂

[@haaaaandrew]

Appreciate the love my guy 💯🙌🏽 and we appreciate you supporting the show ❤️

[@gamefreakjason]

@@haaaaandrew Yes sir always, 2022 big year incoming for the PAS fam 💯

[@JudahBag]

His confidence in the bulls is hilarious

[@stimshotgaming6082]

" Miami Doesn’t Have A Guy " Well I‘ll Take A Team Over A " GUY " Any Day Of The Week 💯

[@BookOfChan]

is the discord only for patreons?

[@pickaside]

Yes

[@Adrian-xu3xi]

Y’all really watching 3 hours of normal NBA fans talking about basketball 💀

[@parris98457]

I just can't put wilt that high up. First off, wilt was playing competing against less than half of the players the NBA has today. In a league where talent is spread out by a wide margin in the 50s and the 2000's the margin closed heavily from top 5 to top 30. It's also easy to break every record in the book when you're playing close to 50% faster than the nba today. In a time where records were pretty thin to begin with, you'd figure one guy would have to take all of them because somebody was going to figure out the game above an elite level. Thays why you just can compare eras because the game changes every decade.

[@KCFree3]

Riv has some really good takes. I rock wit him. But with the RJ take, since his 1st year, he hasn't had consistent coaching, bad front office, and a guy that doesn't wanna give up the rock. So the argument that you know what type of player he's gon be by year 3-4 doesn't work with everybody.

[@kevintrejo1361]

Straight facts on jokic

[@dylanrademacher4350]

🐐

[@princekisaka6473]

WITH JAMES !!!😂😂

[@caamafia]

Rj made playoffs his second year and the team didn’t play well because the offense ran through Randle. If you gave Rj the ball In The playoffs and performs like he is now everyone’s perception changes. Let’s not forget he was number 1 recruit coming out of high school over Zion and ja. Ja was given the keys since he got drafted there’s a difference. Most rookies that average over 20 as the main guy there rookie year aren’t that efficient so to average 17 as the second guy off 40% from 3 his second year isnt bad at all

[@tfive24]

If you don't like attention, you don't go to a place, where the attention and pressure is high.

[@ErkyIrsay]

He not undefeated anymore 😂

[@Ltnuggetv3]

A lot of the knicks talk surrounding the fan base & players wasn’t accurate. we drafted kp who had the potential to be a top 10 player in the league & phil jackson wanted to rebuild regardless. he traded shump jr & novak after we won 54 games lol.. ny didn’t turn on melo phil shipped him out. fans didn’t turn on randle. his body language was terrible he doesn’t hustle like he did last year on defense & his isolation has largely been ineffective & he refused to pass out of doubles. otherwise good podcast.

[@jah-x]

I fvks wit jc heavy.

[@JayJaReelXV]

Not every knicks fan i never switched on melo

[@21alexx77]

Bro the heat had a 70 day offseason. It’s been 3 season overlap in 1 calendar year. They were dead tired and worn dwn

[@21alexx77]

If y’all say Boston is 9-1 in the last 10 Heat are 8-2. Boston hasn’t played anybody in that stretch.

[@emariscottmusic]

6:45 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@21alexx77]

Riv a hater and for what!!? 3-0 bs y’all put sum respect on the Heat clown

[@Jackson-kw1ud]

Rj should be a all star

[@budlightyear77]

the guy on the right definitely meant what he said about bostons offense being better than miamis, but started to retract his statement because he was getting so much shit 😂

[@charlesthompson5645]

Not gonna lie once levert and garland get going I think the cavs could beat the Celtics lol

[@crigonalgaming1258]

Man on the right is arguing in the viewpoint of Zion. We must also look at the perspective of the business. You think the owners would be happy about this? That even rookie contract players could force their way out now? Paying players to sit out? This is weakass mentality. No ifs and buts about it. You're basically defending a league where players run amok with no accountability towards their contracts whatsoever. It also sends the wrong message. If Zion has the capacity to be a detached teammates, and he'sarrived in New York, I don't want to team up with that guy. And believe me, the next CBA negotiations are going to be wild.

[@betweendalinesnbapodcast3733]

1:59:30 y’all are really gassing it. It’s been two games let’s relax

[@emariscottmusic]

Need an Xbox league !! I’m there !!

[@lostyly]

Philly haven't got what it takes to come out the East IMO

[@koltzy8508]

So yall telling me, yall dont trust herro in the 4th quarter? Yet he is the 11th player in the NBA with most 4th quarter pointss......

[@yonartest]

CJ a snitch all facts no 🧢

[@Smear60]

First

[@truevision7623]

Drew be trying to sound too perfect by using big words when explaining. Bro just stop and get to the point sheesh.

[@haaaaandrew]

This is my favorite comment ever

[@alonzobarajas8704]

😂😂😂

[@1800LUNATIC]

@@haaaaandrew idk what this dude is on. Your takes are always on point

[@nikolasdavis8627]

Ur not

[@305dagoat4]

Boston got the regular season edge on us but Spo owns Boston in the playoffs. Last time we faced them, we beat them with a worse team than we have now. That's not changing.

[@wolfs1bane]

We beat ourselves. Yall did what you had to do, but that was our series to lose.

[@wolfs1bane]

We beat ourselves. Yall did what you had to do, but that was our series to lose.

[@305dagoat4]

@wolfs1bane We locked yall down, plain and simple

[@robesterd8132]

RJ leap….yea into the mid tier😂😂