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  • If you know and love that error of Warriors basketball, you are not alone.

  • The team unveiled their Oakland Forever jerseys, and that is a member of the We believe Warriors, who, of course, played in Oakland.

  • Do you like this homage to your group?

  • I love it.

  • I love it.

  • One thing I realized when I got a chance to go back for that 17 championship run is there's still so much love for that team there, not only by the city but by current players.

  • You know, Steph KD Clay Draymond They were all with that We believe movement.

  • So I think it's Ah, great move and a great honor because they lost a tremendous fan base moving from.

  • Although it's not far, that Oakland crowd is gonna be a lot different than the new crowded that that San Francisco stadium.

  • Yeah, I mean, it's pretty remarkable.

  • Your group did not win a title, and yet we won one serious right.

  • What we captured the hearts of justice.

  • Popular is the team that won three rings and including from the As you say, the team that won three rings feels that way.

  • Dio this video is amazing.

  • Pacers forward Alan Johnson surprising his family by buying them a new house.

  • He posted the video to his instagram account.

  • Jackie, how would you react if you were surprised with the new house by one of your kids?

  • Yeah, I would say.

  • Did you rob my bank account?

  • Kids can't afford to buy me a house, but I would certainly appreciate the sentiment.

  • What I love about this is Louise hasn't bought in a house for himself yet.

  • Bought it for his mom first.

  • God bless him for you.

  • I mean, I think that's the dream of players.

  • You know, you always want to take care of your family.

  • Your mom in particular.

  • I lost my mom too soon before I was able to actually do that.

  • You know, I got my dad a car, but tremendous show of respect.

  • I mean, moms brought us into this world, so I couldn't be happier for him and his mom.

  • And the fact that he got his mama house before himself, I think is a tremendous gesture.

  • The amount of sacrifice that MBA parents make to get their kids to that point is a story I don't think we tell enough, frankly, and I love saying this is true emotional, Just not gonna like Let's talk about the Rockets.

  • They officially introduced Stephen Silas as head coach today.

  • Congratulations to him.

  • A 22 year run as an MBA assistant, I said the other day.

  • He is as qualified to be a first time head coaches.

  • It is possible to be world scientific man, also on John Lucas.

  • Here's Silas on changes to the option to come in and make wholesale changes.

  • That doesn't make sense to me.

  • What I will do is try to make it a little bit easier on those guys.

  • Put in a few little actions that will, um, make the defense have toe, make decisions and make them a little bit harder to guard.

  • Be a little bit more versatile on the offensive end and again let those guys play to their strengths.

  • Getting defense is on the move early in possessions and keeping them on the move.

  • That sort of thing, Uh, not so much kind of stand around is a type stuff, even though there will be that, and there will be times for that because that's what they do well.

  • So, Matt, do you like hearing that?

  • What do you think of the match of Stephen Silas and James Harden in Houston?

  • Um, it's yet to be determined, but I can piggyback off what you said.

  • I mean, he's definitely qualified.

  • He's paid his dues.

  • His dad was a long time coach.

  • I had an opportunity to play for him with the we believe team.

  • He was an assistant coach, and he's a very mild mannered person by nature.

  • Um, but what I say all that to say sometimes as an assistant coach, you kind of have to play your role as players do.

  • I think you'll be able to show a little bit more of his personality and his, uh, he's gonna have to definitely gonna have to be an authority figure s so to speak with this situation because I feel like that's kind of what that team may need.

  • Not much, but he's definitely gonna have to kind of come out of his quiet demeanor.

  • Um, to coach this team, right?

  • You know, honestly, this kind of bugs me, Rachel a little bit that we're asking about this and I know why we are because others were talking about the hardened had someone else in mind that he may have wanted to be the head coach.

  • Let's give Stephen Silas a chance.

  • He didn't just come down and say, Hey, my dad's Paul Silas, can you hire me?

  • This guy went through the ranks.

  • He was an advance scout.

  • I had front office.

  • People tell me how hard he worked.

  • He started at the bottom, worked his way up.

  • Had great relationships with Steph Curry, Luca Donkeys, Kemba Walker.

  • All scoring players in the n.

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  • He knows how to work with superstars.

  • Let's give James Harden and Stephen Silas a chance to have a great relationship before we all start wondering if it's gonna work.

  • Stephen Silas deserves better than that.

  • In my opinion, E.

  • I mean, look again.

  • We've been laying out his qualifications on the show all week.

  • I think that there's no question that he is prepared for this job.

  • The question is, what is he going to do to solve a difficult puzzle?

  • I mean, you have Mike D'Antoni, incredibly respected coach who obviously didn't solve it to the degree that they needed to.

  • So I think there's just a lot of questions about what this very qualified head coach is now going to do next.

  • I think sometimes you just need to change the scenery and a new voice.

  • You know what I mean?

  • With all due respect, Thio that D'Antoni his his voice was worn out in that locker room.

  • Hopefully, this fresh voice will bring new energy to this team because they're very talented, as we all know.

  • Yeah, and as I mentioned briefly, um, Adrian Romanowski and Tim MacMahon reporting that John Lucas will stay with that staff, I know that is an important piece not only to James Harden, but to several of the guys there and someone obviously who is an asset in Houston.

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