00:00I just wanted to see what your thoughts were on the Grizzlies being 6-1, first of all,
00:04because we knew Cam Boozer was going to be good.
00:07Like, Cam Boozer is their first in offensive rebound percentage in Week 1.
00:11He's a big reason.
00:12Ty Jerome, he had 45-28-31, 104 points, second only to Ja Morant for Grizzlies' first three games.
00:23So, listen, they are 6-1 right now, but I don't think anybody believes in that, right?
00:29No.
00:30That's not sustainable.
00:31I think what Portland doing is real.
00:33I think what the Portland Trailblazers are doing is real because you look at the names that they have.
00:38And remember, Satan Sharp's not playing this year.
00:40Yeah.
00:41So, you take 15 of his 20 out, but you still have room for these other guys.
00:46Like, Denny Obvious is showing last year it wasn't a fluke.
00:49Dame Ashley looks to be healthy.
00:51Ja looks to be engaged, not energized, but engaged.
00:54Right.
00:55You know, so they just have a lot of young pieces that are playing their role to the extreme.
01:01And I want to see if Dame can physically continue this.
01:04And I think when he does physically start to take a step back, I think that's when Ja is going
01:08to turn it up.
01:09So, I think that what we're seeing from Portland is sustainable.
01:13I don't think Memphis has the horses to continue this.
01:16Because when you start saying, all right, Ty Jerome, you're cut off no more.
01:20You're cut off no more.
01:22He can't be your best player.
01:23I mean, listen, I love Ty Jerome.
01:26I think he's an awesome second or third scorer.
01:29It's a great story.
01:30It's a great story.
01:31But, like, if you really believe in the Memphis Grizzlies in the future, like, it's got to be Cam Boozer
01:36as the guy that's doing what I mean.
01:38I don't think he's going to be putting up those points, but he's got to be the guy and then
01:41Jerome playing off of him.
01:42And you get some other pieces around it.
01:44That's what it's got to look like.
01:46I mean, Zach Eaddy is a good.
01:48Zach Eaddy is a serviceable NBA player.
01:50You put Boozer next to that.
01:51You got Beast too off the bench.
01:53They have great role players, but they don't have a superstar.
01:57Look, man, Ty Jerome is the perfect example of what I try to tell people.
02:01Any guy in the NBA will bust your ass.
02:04Any one of them.
02:07Any guy you think is sorry, he will cook your ass in an open run.
02:12Ty Jerome's a great example of that.
02:14If I would have told you last year Ty Jerome was going to do this, you'd laugh.
02:18But the issue is Ty Jerome's getting the shot out.
02:21He got the super green light.
02:22He got the neon from a mile away green light.
02:24And any player in the NBA can score.
02:27They all can score.
02:29That's how they got there.
02:30The difference is when some guys have to use other tools in their game, they can't.
02:35They can't play defense.
02:36They can't rebound.
02:37They can't run an offense.
02:38Ty Jerome is getting an opportunity to shoot the ball that he just never got in the NBA.
02:43And now he's succeeding with it.
02:45Yeah.
02:46And Ty Jerome, he's played on some pretty good teams.
02:49He's played with the Cavaliers.
02:52He's been on the Warriors.
02:54The Warriors let him go, too.
02:55So he's been...
02:56Never did any of this.
02:57Yeah.
02:57Never did any of this.
02:58Because it was Steph and it was Donovan Mitchell.
03:00And it was like you knew your pecking order.
03:02Never did any of this.
03:04But my thing is if he was this good, he'd have done it against those dudes.
03:08He'd have done it in those offenses.
03:10Why didn't he?
03:11Because they put him on a team where they say, hey, man, do whatever you want.
03:13We ain't going to win no way.
03:14And then they started winning.
03:16Yeah, this is the only players with multiple 40-point games this season.
03:20Ty Jerome, Anthony Edwards, and Luka Doncic.
03:24That is just...
03:25What?
03:26So, yeah, he had 45-5 with two steals and five threes on Monday.
03:33Cam Boozer, 17.3 points per game, 10.3 rebounds, five assists.
03:39He's the only player averaging 15-10-5 on two plus threes made this season.
03:44We always kind of knew that this was going to happen, right?
03:47But, you know, it's just happening in real time.
03:49I think he's been better than I expected.
03:51Like, I always said that he had a high floor.
03:54I think he's been better than that.
03:55I think he's actually been really good.
03:58I thought he would be a slightly better version than his father.
04:01His father was a multiple-time all-star.
04:04His father was a great NBA player.
04:06Not like an all-NBA player, but he was a borderline every year all-star in his prime.
04:11Cam Boozer is going to play at his father's prime as his floor.
04:17But if you watch basketball, you could see that coming when he was at Duke.
04:21His physical stature, his understanding of the game, you can't speed him up.
04:25And you play so many games in the NBA during a regular season,
04:28he's going to be able to get his numbers.
04:30He's going to be able to be the look that you thought he would be.
04:36I think that this is as good as you'll ever be.
04:39Like, that's the thing.
04:40Like, he's good, but this is just it.
04:43Like, he's...
