Kenata Edwards, Eye On CBB Podcast, joins Adam to talk basketball (college and professional) and who is Draymond Green PUNCHING??

This is the atom gold shell less than two weeks away from the NBA opening night. Wow, less than two weeks away.

Cannot wait for that dream on green is already in midseason fighting form to discuss that and more with my friend Cannata Edward CBSSports.com you can find him on Twitter at not of the scribe before we get to the NBA. My friend Melissa told you so can I say I told you so.

I did going. Is that with you get a start start because you as a defeatist Mets fan yes saw that I had a lot I I also saw it out there, but I did not verbalize it, but it it's okay. Not as good as the brace would go.

I tried to warn you, you go with your your optimism that no refund or student when the division this is the cops stop Mets stuff that happens like Mets stuff and NC State stuff are basically the same sort of crap. It happened so didn't make it more painful that the big hit was delivered by Travis Darnell.

I said this to yesterday to grant McCauley does radio and a lot of great stuff in Atlanta and I put this on twitter and I was I was texting with Elliott Johnson is beyond me tomorrow and Doug Glanville like this is what made it even worse was that Travis Darnell for like five years in a Mets uniform. It actually seemed like eight.

It might've been less than five delivered like maybe two clutch base hits and in his career against the Mets. Part of that was with the raise the rest of it is been with the Braves in his career against the Mets.

He's got a 980 OPS that's more than 200, 240 points higher than his overall OPS and if you took out the games against the Mets's career OPS is like 712 it makes me so angry we need to go find the witch doctor is found in probably go take a trip to Shea Stadium. We may have to do that, we just might not mean much as beat the Padres and then let's go have some fun and without pressure and take on the daughters absolutely mashers or tomorrow. By the way, and it Mike if I'd wager. I would say it's mashers or tomorrow and then Chris Bassett on Saturday hoping that they can get Jacob the ground going game one against the Dodgers.

I think there to hold the ground to Sunday and yet you read something similar to that the justice combat great is been funded look great, but not looking great. Jacob Grubbs given up three runs a game like last five starts. So it's been a mess. I understand given three home runs against the Braves for the loss to get our let's get to. I will before I get to the NBA. I want to.

When asking about ISA read the story on CBSSports.com and Cannata Edwards completely down with anything on CBSSports.com, including great podcast just the potential of the NCAA tournament, expanding the transformation committee suggested 25% of the teams eligible in each sport be in the tournament which would mean a 90 team NCAA tournament. I don't see it going to 90 but what I do see our playing games at the top and in the middle of each of the four regions. Have you talked about this with Gary Parrish and Matt nor lender who do the ion college basketball podcast that you work on with them. I have not talked about it with them yet.

Probably will bring that up because his new episode coming out.

Ironically tomorrow, live on YouTube on college basketball is research that you'll find a promise big thing about that for me is I see why they're trying to go playing games. I see why they're trying to extend the inventory because that's the only moneymaker that the NCAA really pass. I do wonder if they're going to try to if this ends up becoming the new Coke product and you know what I mean by you. You over oversexed try to come up with something new, something that no one really asked for the everybody love the old product.

Leave it alone. 68 understand that you want 90 schools are guaranteed but at the same time and this is something that's been brought up before, if everybody kicked Blake. If everybody can reasonably make the tournament does not make it a lot harder to keep your job as a head coach knowing you just made the point. Oh, you just made the first round you got limited it to create such a land mine for coaches, especially in mid-majors in upper upper majors that are only going to get so far that you're going to have a lot more turnover at the top.

Not sure this can actually help anybody out. I'm not sure that the of the people to make these decisions are going to make them based on what's good for coaches and coaches can argue one way or the other. I don't think that's going to be a consideration for them. I think the only consideration for them isn't about fair isn't about manners of good teams left out because no there aren't there are some bad teams allowed in. Not bad, but mediocre teams mid as this is the word of the day here mid teams that are allowed in. I just think that they're looking at this for as a as a money money deal. We need another layer of income coming in, which as I'm thinking about.

This means that it's probably going to be more than just expanding the first four to call it the early eight but maybe an entire writ of layer of first-round games that may be, they can push onto a streamer to an apple onto an Amazon to surmount loss or impairment) that would make a lot of sense to to get another layer of dollars coming into the NCAA because as you said at the beginning hundred percent true. The only moneymaker for the NCAA it is and that's what worries me about this is that they're trying to make this money and trying to make up what they don't different college football and there's probably a better way to do this and this is more like hey let's start scheduled making sure that the these games in November. They are the best marketing metrics we can do. We can't have Baylor versus a deed deed to school or are very low Division I school. We can't adequately think about it like this out were talking about us scheduled upcoming were in the first seven days.

I think the marquee matchups. Good side upper Smith machine state, and that's on the Aircraft are an excellent reason care. That's what I'm talking like that scheduling these games start treating the schedule like it actually matters if we can get time where okay. The December schedule back in conference play matters, and by the time were February talking about down the stretch conference tournament's upcoming and what you don't need to expand the tournament to make college basketball matter more, actually just hacked a year nest.

That's not my problem with this is that the college basketball season due to the fact that possible make so much money as become an afterthought has become incredibly niche.

I live in the speech in this niche. Does pain very very well but at the same time I would like to see color best will matter more, and you some foresight and not have to go to gimmicks to extend everything and I think the only thing everyone sees expansion expansion unfortunately is a gimmick as well. 522 good things about that and I really want to get to some NBA stuff. But one, Kentucky's schedule is great. Kentucky gets it signed. They're doing the home and home with can Zagat they've extended that for for six years. Most of these games are to be neutral sites but there are going to play on on campus sites. I wish like I don't criticize do for their schedule. But I would like to see more from Duke and their schedule for the most part there's gonna be like seven or eight automatics and then the rest of it, and of the other than the ACC Big Ten challenge game. They'll be neutral site games, which I'm not against neutral site games but there is something to having college basketball games on home floors because the atmosphere is what sells all of college sports.

But again, I just just think that they're looking at this from it surely surely inventory when we get to dream on green throwing a hand in the Jordan pool and I know that warriors are mad because why are we doing this.

Not even a regular-season situation worries manager Kevin Durrant because he knows Durrant's got a leave and they get into an argument that they have to be separated. What the heck happened there.

I pretty sure this is over money is to remember that dream on every agent nonrigid. He does have a player often doesn't necessarily have to exercise it. If the market is out there for which I kinda doubt there actually is out there for this is also about Jordan pool starting to feel himself, which I get it. You were the third musketeer you were placed was dark Canyon, dream on green dream on green when he starts feeling insecure about his position on the team or or feeling insecure about the team he starts trying to fight and throw hands. We seen this before local Kevin Durrant. We've seen all of this before from him.

So this is just another piece of the playbook. We know dream on. I want to use malcontent because the government does little bit too far.

But at the same time were talking about a guy that can be kind of iffy and he kind of is just two years and you have to deal with it and at some point the Golden State Warriors are going to say no more, and that point the next season.

This may be the last run will receive dream on dream on green awards uniform and you know what that's okay.

I think we see dream on next year on the player option at the very least I I'd I have a hard time seeing the separation between dream on stuff I do, but also the same Thomas a guy like John Domingo who is taken his lips forward and it was become really, really good. I see a guy like James Wiseman who is look phenomenal is most foreign direct this preseason, but you're talking about.

If you can replace that. If you can find a reasonable measure placement and acceptable measure and staffs okay with it because at some point staffs can you get tired of it to like if you get all that I can see him being dealt often being like a expiring contract. Go go and have it and again you again heavily used dream on your wall to the highest bidder and something that's going to need the culture boost a.k.a. Charlotte Hornets team like that is going to need a guy like that tensions the details can play a little bit play little bit.

I'm sorry you grown up. Yeah, great being a grown-up semi yeah know that II think their compared time teams may be relevant to oddball have a hard time unwrapping wrapping my mind around dream on green another uniform.

I really do. But you know a lot more about these things and I and I absolutely bow to your expertise on this are the Lakers I did. Russell Westbrook said were were just going to go if I got the ball I can go Lebron you go Anthony Davis you go. Are these people crazy it what is going to be different this year than last year with the Lakers other than maybe Anthony Davis will be healthy. I wouldn't go that far.

About every day was being healthy.

But what I would tell you is that they actually like coach is kinda clear – like coach and may the message didn't get lost. Lebron Lexa coach feels what is trying to do tried to make this a little bit more player friendly outside of that I can tell you it was good to be different. This team if they get 50 games combined where Anthony Davis Lebron play together their minimum planting. We know that much if they get less than that they're going to be in the same spot they are there, and now they were last year. And oh yeah you know who owns their first trumpet this year right lens the normal pelican so yes, so this may be a spot where Victor women, may again Lakers may end up winning this event went beyond the split sweepstakes and at the same time have to give that to New Orleans would be hilarious which is what I'm rooting for I would not root for Victor when then Yama who I've now seen highlights of and I'm frightened 73 fluid athlete with the ball. Are you kidding me playing already against men, so I'm not worried about will like Chet Holmgren will get broken when he starts playing against men, women, Yama is dynamite. So my final thing is about the pelicans is Zion really back and if he is are we going look out for New Orleans.

I'm not going to go look out for New Orleans yet. I think the warriors are better seven-game series. I think yes lepers are sneaky danger as early many 50 games from PG and Kawai and Bill be ready, but after that and I would honestly put the top 14 W., but honestly, I think I think they're that good. I think her to be incredibly excellent but to be fun to watch as long as I'm Zion's healthy and they've done enough to where I'm pretty sure that they don't have to have a healthy Zion to be really really good to be top six Goodman West, that's all that Zion makes an dangerous Zion makes them probably Western Conference semi final dangerous. Maybe Western Conference final dangerous. That's how they are Mac I to I just want Zion I was I to be healthy and I want I want the world to see, because he is as electrifying an athlete as we've seen in the sport in a long time. Cannot Edwards not to describe on Twitter will be okay. We just gotta get past the Padres.

I don't even believe this. This setting up for this setting up for disappointment only, not to take your black cloud and go somewhere and I'll talk you later absolutely I will happily take Josh fighting fight and love you so much weight that we throw hands would be dream on a Jordan pool right now. I will talk you later method. Cannot Edwards negativity. I don't I don't play negativity. This is the Adam gold shell