An NBA Finals Preview, Van Lathan on Caitlin Clark, and Life Advice | The Ryen Russillo Podcast
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2024
- Russillo begins by sharing what NBA front office members and coaches think of the Finals matchup, then reveals his own pick (0:37). Then, he’s joined by Van Lathan to preview DAL-BOS, discuss Kyrie becoming likable again, and share their thoughts on the Caitlin Clark media coverage (9:13) . Plus, a new-look edition of the Alliance (1:01:16) and Life Advice with Ceruti and Kyle (1:10:28)!
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Host: Ryen Russillo
Guest: Van Lathan
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Van lathan and rusillo should just have a podcast weekly together. They have great chemistry together and are so fun to listen too especially when its college football.
agreed great conversation. I learned a lot from both perspectives
A racist white guy and racist black guy arguing always get the people going
Agreed.
Russillo + Van talking hoops AND life advice?! Immediately GOATed episode
Time to glaze, boys
@@handfullofsean truly impressive level of small dick energy to have to call any compliment of another man "glazing"
Full Russillo pod on YT? I could shed a tear, been waiting for this day
32:39 Van Lathan waking us thru his cathartic night time ritual of wiping his dog with coconut oil is grade A content
This is bonkers.
26:21 Peak story: Bald man grills a Dick’s Sporting Goods associate about Jordan Poole’s shoes
Exactly. Too WOKE, it get tiresome at this point.
Excited to hear Ryen's thoughts on the matchup without having to pretend Simmon's coping takes are valid LOL
Damn they dropped the whole thang on us. Love it. No more platform exclusivity!!
It is absolute internet malpractice by the editor or producer for not including Russillo's face at 32:28 when dude starts-very casually-about wiping his dog down with coconut oil as a nightly routine.
Van and Ryen is such a good duo
Van + Russilo = Gold
Yes so happy to have the whole pod drop at once
The kyrie piece, one thing I haven’t seen anyone talked about is that I think kyrie and Luka have mutual respect and admiration about each others basketball genius talent and skills, and there are not a lot of people in the league that these two have any respect for lol
We need a pod about life advice from Ryan 😆
this episode rocked
Just finished Simmons pod with Ryen, now going straight into this video. My brain gonna need a factory reset after this. Hopefully there’s a “is Jaylen Brown the best sidekick ever?” Segment!
Damn that’s like 4 hours straight of “Dad Talk”. 😳 Hope you’re doing okay!
@@upbeat_paradiso6773I’m only 3 months into my Ryen / Bill obsession. Haven’t put much mileage on these tires yet compared to the others here with us. Trying to enjoy the ride before I get too far down the road
This was an all timer
This is a great one!
Great layout by Ryen when Van starts on Caitlin clark
This can only be awesome!
I'll ask again. Only 18.7 subscribers? Wtf? This dude is criminally underrated.
Love having the whole pod on RUclips! Let’s go
As a single dad of 3, I can speak on both sides of that email, and I realize every scenario is different for sure, but there’s nothing wrong at all with just wanting/needing to hear a little compliments on doing what your doing so she can be a stay at home mom, while a mom is definitely a great thing and hard work, it shouldn’t be looked at as a job, it’s motherhood, fatherhood and parenthood, it’s why you have kids, because you are ready and know what has to be done, there are naps, breaks, and quiet time being at home with kids, he’s working 2 jobs and cooking and cleaning? Yeah, praise the guy once and a while, he’s not asking for anything other than a little appreciation
Van and russilo make a great pair I loved this pod
Had a similar experience on the golf course during a scramble which are drunken sh*tshows and i hit the ball back at them. I love confrontation when someone else starts it.
Omg full podcast in video!! let’s gooooo
always upload the full podcasts please!
i love it when they upload the full thing
REMYS CORNER THE BEST BOXING SHOW THERE IS FACTS
"caitlin going for 90 on rachel, its gonna look like white supremacy" was too good lmao
Van the goat with the hater takes!
I love it!
Russillo describing this futuristic crazy version of marriage that most healthy couples achieve by one part of the couple going on holiday for a week every couple of years is the content I’m here for.
“I bet they got a lot of Pritchard options tho” 😂
If the WNBA was smart, they would market and promote Angel Reese on the same level as Caitlin Clark to mirror the Magic vs Bird rivalry that saved the NBA in the 80s 💯
That's a good idea and it still may not be enough.
They got something going on right now but in general the public interest in women's basketball is very low to begin with.
Such a great conversation about the top issues in a much better environment
I've never agreed with someone so much in a video than I did with Van
Jerry Jones has been using that tactic, and it is one of the biggest reasons the Cowboys are worth more than any other sports franchise in the world--"no such thing as bad press".
Dallas bigs are perfectly Mobile and if they play them both at the same time that could be a big problem for Celtics offense
YOO LETS GO FULL POD VIDEO
People are still underestimating the Mavs.
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
if anyone thinks KP will be a factor please check what Luka thought about him when KP was the Unicorn and Luka was 18. Game Slovenia Latvia EuroBasket
let me get on the pod next time
Kyrie really is the most villainized person in sports history he left a franchise in free agency and you would think he killed the rest of the player that were on the team when he was. He also is the same kyrie he’s always been Dallas just loves him for who he is
Kyrie got destroyed because he went against political establishment. You can't go against the ruling class and not pay for it. This Ryen boy is a shill.
Agreed, he's just misunderstood, as most highly intelligent people tend to be.
Thinking about every Dallas loss this postseason.
clippers: clips shot 60% from three and made WILD contested shots the whole game. Didn’t do that again for the rest of the series. Anomaly. The other loss, Clips started crazy hot from 3 like game 1 making an absurd amount of 3s but blew a 33 point lead and Dallas almost completed the largest comeback in playoffs history if PG didn’t hit a contested fadeaway 3 from behind the backboard.
Thunder: first loss, Thunder legit beat the breaks off Dallas in the second half and made more threes in that half than they did for the rest of the series in a single half. Anomaly. Second loss: Dallas lost a nail biter but had their worst free throw shooting game of the season. Luka missed a game tying free throw with seconds on the clock. Anomaly.
Wolves: Dallas lost another nail biter, but were without arguably their third best player who played a huge role in equalizing the effect of Minnesotas size advantage. He also didn’t miss a single shot the whole series. Got him back the next game and blew them out.
Why write all of this? It’s taken anomalies to beat Dallas this playoff run. No team has just played a regular game or overcame an off night to beat them. They’ve had to fire on all cylinders to get a single W. On the flip side, Luka had his worst two playoff series EVER the first two rounds. Dallas won games where the opponent made 12 more 3’s than them and they shot 23%. They won games where they were out rebounded, shot less free throws and a lower percentage. They didn’t need huge games to win, they just won. The best part… they weren’t even favored. I’ve got Dallas beating Boston in 5 and shocking the world. The team is special.
It's not just the anomalies, Luka for the first 10 games was a very different Luka than the last 7 games.
(10 games)27/10/9 with 40/26/78 splits
(7 games) 31/10/10 with 47/44/87 splits
This means he got healthier by the end of the OKC series and the way almost every analyst talked about the Mavs, they wouldn't have a shot against the Wolves, nonetheless, they were a Lively injury away from being swept. That also means that a Clippers and OKC series would have been considerably different had Luka been closer in health as he is now and, for sure, the optics would have been different as well.
The thing for Boston is that they can really get hot but sometimes to their own detriment, they fall in love with jumpers and they stop attacking the rim. But they might keep doing it even when shots are not falling. Tatum is not shooting that well but at the same time, guys that were shooting well BEFORE the Mavs had a different experience with the Mavs defense. Even guys like Reid who started scorching hot eventually cooled off. I'm not sure if the Celtics can keep having hot shooting after hot shooting and the Mavs even won a 12x 3s shooting deficit against the Wolves. KAT was playing very well BEFORE the Mavs, is that just a coincidence or is there more to it than people think? I mean, Ant only played well once Lively was out.
What I don't get is, were the Celtics just playing with the Pacers? The Mavs won't commit the same type of TO late in the game like the Pacers did and lose games that were already won. Had the Pacers played like a more experienced team, the series could have been tied 2-2 even without Haliburton. Sure, similar thing could be said about some Mavs games but overall it was less about silly out-of-bounds TO rather than the Mavs were much better executing plays in the clutch. It's hard to measure the Celtics properly because of the competition they faced and all the injuries but they didn't assert the domination I expected from them, but maybe it was just them playing up to the competition.
I don't know, Luka seems to possess that MJ thing that when you have him on the team - and finally with a decent roster - he won't let the team lose. It's a contagious feeling that role players feed off of it, it takes away part of the pressure and on the other hand, it makes opponents traumatized. It's the soul crushing feeling that Minnesota experienced in that 1Q or the Suns in 2022. Mavs were the underdogs every step of the way, aside from maybe Legler and Chris Vernon, everybody else picked the opponents over the Mavs and the Finals are no different.
What I find fascinating is how before the Playoffs the Nuggets were favored against the Celtics. But once the Wolves beat the champions, they became the favorites and that the Celtics wouldn't be able to breath with the #1 defense but then when the Mavs made that same defense look just ok, people went back to the Celtics as the favorites. In some polls, you might see the Mavs winning but it's much more due to Celtics hate than actually picking the Mavs to win. Lots of people say "my heart says Mavs but my brain says Celtics".
I think A LOT of people are still underestimating Dallas and I feel like if they win, most of them might say that it was because KP wasn't healthy rather than give the Mavs the credit. I'm very curious about game 1. I also think that Mavs in 5 is very much possible, I don't know, I don't see this going 7.
Dallas' team is bigger, stronger and younger. In my opinion, also more athletic. These are advantages that they should take advantage of.
I love all these Celtics fans pinning their confidence on a habitual playoff non-factor player coming off 4 weeks of not playing as if he’ll just come back and immediately be a huge factor in the series.
Even if he plays up to his standards, Mavs still have two best players of the finals.
i think the mavs will start gafford and see what they can get away wth. classic j kidd first gamer in the making. but to the point of stretch bigs in particular: horford isn't actually efficient. so i think the mavs try to match gaffords minutes with horfords. lively and maxi are actually very capable at the perimeter. lively i think has the ability to even force kp into bad decisions. so we will see. i am hyped.
That intro ended with me looking at your hair and you saying, "which we are still.... hanging on." - Great pod though. Y'all mesh wonderfully.
Van been eating good
Van looks like Kanye
I love how people keep saying that Boston has 4 people to throw at Luka. No they don’t. Jrue and White are too small and are just bodies. The only guys that can try to guard him is Brown and Tatum and even those guys Luka has cooked. Wolves had McDaniels, Antman, Slow Mo and NAW if we’re talking bodies. And they had a top 5 defensive center. So let’s stop.
Well you stop everyone else.......we do have 4 people to throw at Kyrie. I'd make Luka score 70 to win every game.
Sota had more "bodies" to throw than any other team in NBA. These ppl delusional if they think Jaden, Ant, NAW, Kyle and Naz are not better than anything Boston has. Luka destroyed them and he will destroy the Boston bodies too.
15:41 >Stories are the reasons we watch these games
It will NEVER stop being crazy to me that people get PAID on the ringer to be complete basketball CASUALS. Glorified TMZ
You should watch basketball for uh... the GAME being played, not the story.
No one should have issues with hard fouls on her during the whistle, but that foul was dirty asf! And made worse by Angel's reaction. How can you say she flopped when there is no way she saw it coming.
Dallas had by far the toughest path to the finals. The blew through a weak eastern conference and had a pretty easy path through the playoffs. Not saying it’s their fault but it’s just how it is. I hope it’s a good competitive series that goes 7 games.
bro if you go with the celtics, go with them in 6. any 7th game scenaio favours the mavs by a mile.
48:18 had me laughing so hard
Are we officially past the giannis jokic curry lebron kawhi kd winning titles era?....
BRO WHAT KINDA DOG NEED COCONUT OIL XD
Thank you Van as a black man obsessed with college football I had my own people calling me a Uncle Tom because anyone who was around the sport long it wasn’t gonna last long up there in boulder
Van does not know damn thing about kryie
I was getting infuriated listening to the par 3 story. I probably would of ended up in jail after putting a sand wedge through the kids teeth
47:50 Matt Kemp and Rihanna
I was always a fan of Kyrie. I dont care what his beliefs are off-court, thats his beliefs not mine.
Lebron never wanted to trade kyrie lol cap
We aren't watching WNBA because the players are not very good at basketball, they struggle at simple things like layups, ball handling, passing, and perimeter defense not to mention shooting with proper form and especially percentages. Come on
FYI, if Van Lathan is on your episode, I'm blocking it.
You won’t be missed
@@ObiAmajoyiSrMD lol, anyone who likes van lathan is someone i want no part of
So easy to describe series
Everyone thinks Boston gonna win…
But hope they lose least likable team outside of Boston easily no guy to gravitate to. Bunch of just bad basketball guys horford(stole money and bailed on Boston) porzingis(openly said he quit during playoffs before). Even if they win people will move on in 48 hrs to off season
Damn Van did Big Rach DIRTY LOL!!!!!
Enough with the I’m not going to apologise to Kyrie Russilo
My dude calling out my favorite boxing RUclipsrs
Your Boston will lose in 6 Mavericks will steal game 1
18:13 this is exaclty why I dont understand why people look up to athletes for Political or Socail Econical advice, these dudes did not live a normal life, Sure Lebron was poor growing up, but at 18 everything changed and even prior he was basically being groomed to to in the NBA. THAT is way different than someone who grew up poor, and is now 37 and working a job they hate for the past 17 years without a clear path to move up. How can the majority of America relate to these Pro's in those assepects, I know I can't.
Not saying NBA players cant have a voice, but you definitely shouldn't base yours off them.
I'm tired of constant Kyrie slander. He did nothing illegal, immoral, or wrong.
All he had is his opinion which happened not to match your opinion. why do you keep talking about a person standing up for his opinion and decision? Ppl like Ryen are one of those who can't stop living in gossip world. Can you stick to basketball and talking about basketball?
If you want to talk about Kyrie's character so much, bring someone who will defend his position rather than someone who will parrot your position.
I mean, are we really going in these "antisemite" bs talking point considering what is happening right now in Middle East? Really?
You guys were wrong about this and it is blatantly apparent right now. The alleged victims are actually the perpetrators.
I hope it goes 7 and the Mavs win by 1 point on a last second Kyrie shot in the Garden. 😂
this dude is addicted to race, van lathan lmao
You are actually obsessed with it. You’re the only one here talking about it
So these guys are arguing that we shouldn't care about basketball players as human beings when they are Podcaster. Talk about hypocrites.
Van is a fan of the diddler
I skipped through the entire wnba discussion.
I love calling things anti-Semitic with no context as if ford believed what he did out of random hatred and not justified belief
Welcome to a world influenced by AIPAC where every negative thing said about Israel or Jews is labeled anti small hat people.
Exactly. But this is TMZ Lathan, he knows who his owners are.
Welcome to a world controlled by AIPAC where everything is anti small hat people.
Welcome to a narrative machine run by AIPAC.
CensorTube has blocked me from commenting on this 4 times now because you're not allowed to even discuss this topic.
With so much Tatum hate and ridiculous Kyrie support, there's nothing I wanna see more than the Celtics coming out on top
Someone think of the Boston fanbase 💔💔💔 😩😩
Can't let a team with jaylen brown on it win, man.
Tatum disrespect is huge but common. Luka and Kyrie are better players. It's okay to admit this.
Had a similar experience on the golf course during a scramble which are drunken sh*tshows and i hit the ball back at them. I love confrontation when someone else starts it.