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Hey, what's up everybody? This is Charles Sans. Want to welcome you guys to another episode of the Dreamers Pro Show where we cover everything from sports, hot topics, classic debates, entertainment, and we give you guys a fresh perspective on things and how we see them. And today we got a hell of a show for y'all. Before we get into it, please make sure you like the video and subscribe to the channel.
So, yesterday, uh, the number one talking point in the NBA was the 83 points that Bam Adabio scored, right? Biggest thing in the league by far. Uh, everyone was talking about it. We gave our viewpoints on it. Um, NBA players, fans, everybody, everybody. I even saw a video of Nick Young really losing his mind on Gill's Arena going off. Like, really, really going off. Like, you know, about y'all, some of y'all sort of have seen it. Um, but one of the people that weighed in on it yesterday was Stephen A. Smith and Chris Mad Dog Russo. And we did a show about this on ES, uh, yesterday when they did on ESPN. So, I was surprised to see that Stephen A. Smith did another show, uh, I guess later in the day to talk about, um, uh, what is it, to talk about what happened. And actually, if you go to his channel, the name of the video itself, if you guys want to watch it, is called "Why Bam's 83 Point Doesn't Touch Kobe's 81." Stephen A. Smith reacts. But if you go, um, if you go to his actual YouTube, uh, page, you'll see, um, he wrote on the thumbnail, "Not how Kobe did it." And I'm like, this is interesting because when I was listening to him on First Take, he seemed to be kind of pro-Bam and what Bam did. So I clicked on the video and, um, Stephen A., Stephen A. Smith was saying what most people were saying, which was the first three quarters was impressive, but when it got to that fourth quarter, it was an absolute, it was a debacle. It was, it was, they made a mockery of NBA basketball in that fourth quarter. And he, he, he, he said the same thing. So what we want to do is we're going to play what he had to say. I want you guys to watch and listen to what he had to say, and I'm going to come back and continue on the show. Take a listen to his comments here.
See that last part is important to bring up. It's the Washington Wizards. Ladies and gentlemen, they are an atrocity. They are god awful. They make it easy for us to stomach politics coming out of Washington, 'cause they're worse. They're horrible. And you know what makes it even worse and what makes it appropriate for me to say what I just said about the Washington Wizards? They actually look like they were helping Bam Adebayo capture the record. They were extending the game. Why would you foul Bam Adebayo late in the game like that? Why would you do that? Why would you do that for? Why would you just sit up there and try to force him to miss a shot? What'd you foul him for? Okay, the Washington Wizards will live in infamy for this because they're that awful. And Ime Udoka was right to bring it up. Now, this is an opponent from another team sitting up there and saying, "It's the Wizards." That basically tells you to the citizens of D.C. No wonder you ain't a damn state. You're the District of Columbia. I think about the late great Jesse Jackson. God rest, Jesse. God rest. So, remember, remember the phrase he would use, "No taxation without representation." You don't even have a representative. I wonder why. Because the Wizards are there. One could easily argue on this particular morning, 'cause the Wizards are there, that's why we've seen a lot of things taking place in the nation's capital. A lot of things that make us want to puke. This, this was one of them. Just no defense whatsoever. Just horrible. Okay. So, that's bad enough. But Coach Eric Spoelstra, a future Hall of Famer, an Olympic gold medalist as an assistant coach, who will be coaching Team USA in 2028, who's a great coach. He didn't look that great last night trying to facilitate Bam Adebayo getting the record, challenging calls, losing challenges, having his team foul dudes, buying all in just to extend the game because they recognized that history was in the making and you wanted to, you know, do all of this. Nah, that ain't how Kobe did it. That ain't how Kobe did it. Now, keep in mind, I love Bam Adebayo. And oh, by the way, major props to him for having Asia Wilson right next to him on the podium after the game. You could do worse, my brother. You could do worse. I mean, the GOAT in women's basketball sitting right next to you as your lady congratulating and celebrating with you and being in attendance for that game. That's a beautiful moment for Bam Adebayo. He deserves it. And perhaps now he'll get more aggressive offensively and really showcase his skills because he's got those kind of skills. But at the end of the day, to be up 25 points, to clearly be chasing numbers, that's not how Kobe did it. And to be honest with you, when we compare it, it has to be three on the list. Wilt Chamberlain doesn't even get the nod ahead of Kobe, even though he dropped a hundred, because nobody saw it other than the spectators in attendance and he was a foot taller than everybody he went up against in the '60s. He might have been the only seven-footer on the planet outside of him and Kareem and George Mikan. It wasn't putting stuff in the food then making you grow. So, I mean, that's where we got to look at it. Whereas Kobe, we saw that live and in living color, 2006, cameras rolling, and this brother was doing it all. So Kobe goes down as the greatest single game performance we have ever witnessed. Wilt Chamberlain's got to be number two because 100's 100, and Bam Adebayo's got to be three. But the bottom line is, he did it.
>> Excellent. So you heard what Smith had to say. What are my thoughts about this? Look, um, I think most people would have given Bam his props if he did it the right way, if he did it within the flow of the game. Um, I think the fourth quarter and what happened in that fourth quarter is where he lost a lot of people. You know, the Miami Heat were going out of their way to let this guy get every single shot. You're in the game, you're up by a lot of points. And usually, in the past, when players are doing really well and they're rolling and their team is, you know, their team is leading, they take their star player out of the game. They did the exact same when Kobe outscored the Dallas Mavericks in three quarters when he had 62 points in three quarters when teams were scoring less than 100. Kobe could have played the fourth quarter. As a matter of fact, the Lakers coaching staff asked Kobe to go back in the game. He said, "No, he doesn't want to go. They don't need, he doesn't need his points anymore." And the Lakers coaching staff were stunned, like, what? Yeah. So Bam is getting criticized for that. The Miami Heat are being criticized for their role in it and the disgusting display of basketball. What they did at the end where it just kept on, it was just, it was disgusting, right? It wasn't basketball anymore. It was just some, it became a sham of a game, right? They, it was a total mockery of the sport. Um, and that's why people are pushing back. And then the 43, bro, if this was pure, people would have said it. When Kobe scored 81, no one had this reaction. People were in awe. This is what happens when you try to shortcut your way to things. It ultimately, it never works out the way you think and hope it would. It's better you just go through it the natural way than try to cheat the game and pull off some shenanigans because at the end of the day, nobody respects it. There are few people out there. You know, the only people really fighting for Bam were Miami Heat fans, LeBron James fans because they have their own interest in it, and then trolls. That's it. Everybody else is not really impressed by it because he didn't do it the right way. That's, that's, that's basically what everybody's saying. These are my thoughts. Whatever you guys think, please leave your thoughts and comments in the comment section. We catch you on the next one. I'm out. Peace.