Warriors Are In Their Dream Scenario

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00:00For this job, as you know, it's very difficult to do. I went to sleep like at 8.30 and slept like a baby.

00:05Well, what is difficult is when you're pinch-hitting for a day or two days like I am today.

00:10You don't have the benefit of being tired from the early wake-up call the day before.

00:15So you try to go to bed at like 9 and you're like, well, I'm not tired yet.

00:18Right.

00:18But I fell asleep kind of early. Went to bed, I think, like 10, 10.30.

00:21So I got a decent amount of sleep.

00:23You gotta go work out, man. Your roommate's with Evan Giddings, right?

00:26Mr. Workout Master. Come on, you guys go hit the gym. Go put it in the bed now.

00:29I'm gonna go home and take a nap.

00:30Okay, that's fine. No.

00:32Well, there is a thing with this shift, and Sam can attest to this.

00:36You gotta be careful with the naps when you get home.

00:38Because if it bleeds into one hour or like two hours, then you're gonna be lethargic.

00:43Then your sleep's gonna be all messed up.

00:44Gotta do 20, 30 minutes, all right?

00:46Then you get a workout, then you get some lunch, and then you gotta do what you gotta do.

00:50But we got Mark Randy in here today and cannot wait to break down this series against the Houston Rockets.

00:56And there is so much baked into it.

00:58But before we even get to there, I do want to pick your brain, Mark,

01:01because you've been covering this team all season long.

01:03You and Evan doing a hell of a job with Warriors pre- and post-game live.

01:06Obviously, you fill in with Warriors this week with Dan Devone.

01:10You've known this team throughout this entire season front to back.

01:15Are you at all surprised to find this Warriors team in this spot, given everything that took place,

01:24whether it's the last couple months, the start of the year, the Kyle Anderson saga,

01:28the Dennis Schroeder saga, the D'Anthony Melton saga, the Lindy Waters saga,

01:32if you can even call it that, right?

01:35All of that.

01:36And then you find yourself with Jimmy freaking Butler the last couple months.

01:40We didn't know how it was going to be.

01:42You saw what took place in Miami, him and Pat Riley going at it publicly.

01:47It was ugly.

01:47It was messy.

01:49And then he comes here.

01:50How's it going to work with Steph?

01:52How's it going to work with Draymond?

01:53Those two personalities.

01:54And man, for now anyways, and we'll wait for a couple years and maybe it blows up,

01:59but for now, I cannot think of a more perfect fit.

02:02And even I, my wildest dreams, did not expect this team to be in a first-round scenario

02:08against the Houston Rockets.

02:10Now, the destination ultimately is good.

02:13How we got here the last couple weeks has been a little hairy.

02:15But ultimately, if I were to tell you two months ago, Mark, that this team would be

02:18a playoff team and facing the Houston Rockets in round one, I think you'd take that.

02:23Oh, absolutely.

02:24You'd take that.

02:25If you told me before the Jimmy Butler trade happened or right after the Jimmy Butler trade

02:29went down, the Warriors would be hosting the Memphis Grizzlies in the 7-8 play-in game

02:33and the winner gets the Houston Rockets and then maybe gets the Lakers in the second round

02:38and avoids OKC, I would absolutely jump at that.

02:42The split second after you got done offering that to me, like this is legitimately the dream

02:48scenario for the Warriors, like realistic dream.

02:51Like, OK, maybe getting to the four and having a home court, like maybe you would think that

02:55would be better.

02:56But like realistic scenarios, I don't think it could have possibly played out better for

03:01the Warriors.

03:01Now, it is a little weird the way it happened because you beat the Spurs at home.

03:06That Clippers game on Sunday doesn't even matter.

03:08And you're the six at the worst.

03:10And yeah, you probably would have not wanted to deal with the risk of the play-in.

03:14But now knowing what we know, I don't think the end of the season, just based on the match-ups,

03:20could have really played out better for the Warriors.

03:21And they've played now 83 games, 82 regular season games and the play-in game.

03:26It feels like we've lived through three different seasons already, Spadoni.

03:30That's a good point.

03:30The 12-3 beginning when the Warriors could not do anything wrong.

03:34And you mentioned the Lindy Waters saga.

03:36He was starting early in the season.

03:38I remember Tuesday, October 29th, the random game, second home game of the year versus the

03:44New Orleans Pelicans.

03:46Lindy Waters came off the bench that game and scored like 25 points.

03:52And all the Dub Nation was wondering, who the hell is this guy?

03:54And then Steve Kerr said after that, you know what?

03:56We're going to start him.

03:57And the Warriors rode that to a 12-3 beginning.

04:00And then all hell broke loose after that.

04:02They fall to 500 just 15 games later.

04:06They went 3-12 after going 12-3.

04:08And that downward spiral continued.

04:11Ultimately, they get Jimmy Butler.

04:12They rack up an amazing amount of wins ever since he was acquired.

04:17They kind of trip up a little bit down the stretch.

04:18But we've lived through legitimately three different seasons.

04:22And it feels like forever ago when this season began.

04:25The long and winding road.

04:26Shout out to the Beatles that got us to this spot, Spadoni.

04:31I don't think.

04:32I mean, it was a crazy path to get here.

04:35I don't think there can be anyone in Dub Nation who's upset with where the destination

04:39ultimately became.

04:42Now, we'll see how the postseason ends up going.

04:45But, I mean, considering everything that has happened, I don't know how you could have

04:48asked for much more than this.

04:49What did Stephen Curry say a couple months ago?

04:52All he wants is some meaningful basketball.

04:54He has it.

04:54That's what he wants.

04:55He has a series, at the very least.

04:57And I think it would be disappointing to be one and done.

05:00But also, there has to be some perspective on how this season has gone.

05:03And the start of the season, quite frankly, I think everyone wanted just to be a playoff

05:07team.

05:08Like, let's take a step back here and just realize where this team was at in the summertime.

05:12You whiffed on Lowry Markkinen.

05:13You whiffed on Paul George.

05:15How serious were those talks?

05:16Who do you believe?

05:17Who do you not believe?

05:18Let's just say they wanted to get a big boy.

05:20Thank God they missed on Paul George.

05:21Right?

05:21In hindsight, yes, absolutely.

05:23And maybe Markkinen, too.

05:24Who knows?

05:25And then there was the Klay Thompson stuff, right?

05:27And Klay Thompson, by the way, going off yesterday as the Mavs blow out.

05:29Way to go, Klay.

05:31And now I had to feel good for him.

05:32Yeah, we will.

05:33You know, good job, Klay.

05:34Because this time last year...

05:35How's the horror of his golden one center?

05:36Well, a year ago yesterday, he was 0-4.

05:38That was his last game as a Golden State Warrior a year ago.

05:40Remember him staring up into the stands after the game?

05:43Yeah, that was like the beam chants, all that.

05:45They were chanting that halfway through the fourth quarter when they knew that game was over.

05:48Happy for Klay.

05:48Yeah, absolutely.

05:49And can they take care of business against a, you know, slightly hampered Memphis Grizzlies

05:53team now with John Morant?

05:54We'll see how his ankle's dealing with it.

05:56And that would be an interesting matchup if the Mavericks do end up winning that game.

05:59Like, I know the Oklahoma City thought they'll beat the Mavericks, but Anthony Davis, he'll

06:04take a pound of flesh out of you if he has a game or two.

06:07Absolutely.

06:07That will be interesting because the Mavs have OKC's number, but it was really the Luka Doncic

06:13version of the Mavs.

06:14Exactly, last year.

06:15They upset them in the playoffs last year, and I think they had beaten them a couple

06:18of times earlier this year.

06:19I think the only teams in the West, maybe with multiple wins over OKC, the Warriors and

06:23the Mavs, I think, this year.

06:24Totally.

06:24It's an entirely different Mavs.

06:25Absolutely.

06:26And we'll get into some of these Western Conference matchups.

06:28Obviously, it's not set in stone yet, but just kind of doing a little hierarchy of how

06:32maybe Grandy and I kind of rank these teams out West and where you'd have the Golden

06:36State Warriors amongst the best.

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06:59That was a lot.

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07:24Are you kidding me?

07:24The injury report?

07:25It's my favorite.

07:26That's where Sam shines brightest.

07:28When he has these scripts for the injury report, he tries to trip me up sometimes with some

07:32little jokes in there.

07:33You're not going to get me this time, Sam.

07:34All right?

07:35By the way, it's three Italians and Lubman today.

07:37Oh, just wait until you see that one.

07:39Three Italians.

07:40I had a lot of injuries to be worried about right now, though.

07:42No, actually not.

07:43He's an Italian.

07:45Is the Oakland Roots on there today?

07:47No?

07:48Any of the Oakland Roots?

07:49We got a win.

07:50Big win last week over FC Tulsa, right?

07:52Don't be scoffing at it, Mark Randy.

07:53Oakland Roots player number four is on the injury report.

07:55Okay.

07:55All right.

07:55Well, we'll see.

07:56That could be devastating for the season.

07:58By the way, guest promotion today, as you're doing a hell of a job with the rundown, Dave

08:02Fleming going to be joining us at 8.30, voice of the San Francisco Giants.

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