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00:00Let's talk more about Brown.
00:06We were just talking about him in the break and I thought we'd carry it over because it
00:10is interesting how he got left off of that U.S. team.
00:14He doesn't seem very happy about it and you think you know why.
00:19I got to tell you at this point, dude, I think they put Pritchard from the Celtics on the
00:24team before him.
00:26It's kind of strange, isn't it, when you actually take a step back from this and go, well, so
00:31you mean the MVP, the guy that won the MVP in the finals, the guy that was the MVP in
00:36the conference finals as well, one of the players that has just completely grown his
00:41game and has begun to be an elite player in the NBA, cannot, is not even, I think they'd
00:48put Cooper Flagg, Hawkeyes, they'd take one of the dudes from the select team first.
00:53I don't buy in that it's Nike, Scott, and I'm not going to pretend to know the entire
00:57inner workings of what's transpired behind the scenes with them, but I really do not
01:06believe, Scott, that Nike is running the U.S. Olympic basketball team.
01:11They have a hard enough time running their own company right now, okay?
01:16So the Nike stuff, maybe it's coincidental and okay, he's not with them.
01:22I understand that, but I heard Scott going back before they put the team together, that
01:28people around USA basketball were put off by Jalen Brown, and Grant Hill's a pretty
01:35straight shooter, right?
01:37Grant Hill is basically leave it to Beaver of the basketball world.
01:43Jalen Brown is not, and I think some people thought, and including myself, I think they
01:48just don't like him.
01:50They don't want him on the team, and I'm not talking about the players, but USA basketball,
01:56and I don't think they like his outspokenness, and I don't think they like his political
02:00views.
02:01He's very, and it's funny because the media ignore him, but he does have a lot to say,
02:08and he's very active for real.
02:10He actually marches with people.
02:12You know what I mean?
02:13He doesn't just talk, he'll show up to the march, and he'll be on the street, and he's
02:16not here as Jalen Brown, he's just a dude, right?
02:19So I think it rubs USA the wrong way.
02:23I'll just cut to the chase.
02:24I think they're worried they're going to show up to Paris, and he's going to start talking
02:27about Palestine, and genocides, and he's going to start talking about the world issues and
02:33stuff, and I think it freaks them out, and I actually do think there's some sort of animosity
02:39between him and USA basketball, because as you stated, I mean, this is just, here's another
02:44one, Scott, let me ask you.
02:46Is Kyrie Irving good enough to be on this team?
02:49Probably.
02:50Easy.
02:51Should Halliburton be on the team before Kyrie Irving?
02:54Why is Kyrie Irving not on USA?
02:57The guy's been one of the best players in the league.
02:59They wanted no part of him, Scott.
03:02He wanted to play, he was willing to play, they wanted no part of him.
03:05Political, let's be real, politics.
03:08His political views, they're like, we're not putting him on Team USA, point blank.
03:12I think Jalen Brown is falling into that same sort of, he's buddies with Kyrie, he's basically
03:18a, he's basically Kyrie 2.0, actually, off the court almost, and I think that freaked
03:24them out, Scott.
03:25That's my opinion, and I think other people believe that too.
03:28Well, obviously, they're both very outspoken, and they got a mouth, and they got a mind,
03:35and they just come right out with it and say it, and people don't like it.
03:40Irving's dug his own grave many times with his views, and I didn't know Brown was so
03:46hardcore, but it's got to be the reason.
03:48They don't want problems.
03:50It's bad enough, the world, what's going on in Israel, Gaza, in Ukraine.
03:58There's enough, just in Washington with this election, with people trying to kick this
04:04guy Biden out of his ticket to run against Trump.
04:09People want him out.
04:10They don't want him running.
04:11They think he's 120, so everything is so sensitive right now.
04:16The last thing they need, I agree with you, is mouths, just play ball and try to win a
04:22gold medal.
04:23Can we all just-
04:24And I think he would have, Scott.
04:25You know what I mean?
04:26And I think it's a little overrated.
04:27I'm just giving you my reason why they don't like him.
04:29I think you're right.
04:30It's not like David Brown is standing on top of a rooftop causing problems every day.
04:34No, he isn't.
04:35He isn't.
04:36So, like, they got an answer to it, and they're going to win without him anyway, so it won't
04:40matter, but they're screwing the guy over, bro.
04:43Let's just call it out for what it is.
04:44I mean, how is he not on that team?
04:46Right.
04:47It's point blank.