TATUM'S RETURN, TRAE YOUNG'S DEBUT IN DC & BEING A BASKETBALL COACH & A PIMP IS WILD | S8 EP40

Jason Tatum's return to the Boston Celtics, while a significant boost in talent, presents a challenge for coach Joe Mazulla. The team has performed exceptionally well without him, and integrating a star player back into an established, successful rotation requires careful management of minutes and chemistry. The hosts suggest Tatum might not even start immediately to ease him back into game speed and preserve the team's rhythm.

Cam states, 'You have to think about that's why I brought up Joe Mazula. We don't imagine how good they're doing and then you get Jason Tatum back in the lineup and it doesn't go right. Right. because not the chemistry that they had all year um would not be the chemistry that they have in the last 20 games.'

Wemby's recent performance, including a 38-point, 16-rebound, 5-block game, showcases a new level of aggression and focus, which the hosts attribute to a 'monk retreat' he reportedly attended. This leads to a humorous but insightful suggestion that other talented but sometimes unfocused NBA players, such as Ja Morant, Zion Williamson, Joel Embiid, and Paul George, should also attend such a retreat to harness their potential.

Cam notes, 'This season you could tell he wants it even from the Allstar game when he said you see him really wanting to win and taking the Allstar game seriously... I'm not sure if it was him in the offseason going to sit down with the Monks over the summer and stilling instilling that, yo, you that [__] attitude in him, but that's the attitude I see.'

Following Trae Young's debut with the Washington Wizards, the hosts express skepticism about his long-term legacy in a perennially irrelevant franchise. Cam suggests that if Young is not committed to signing an extension after his current contract, the Wizards should proactively trade him to avoid losing him for nothing. A hypothetical trade sending Young to the Houston Rockets to play alongside Kevin Durant is proposed as a potentially 'nightmare' scenario for opposing teams, significantly upgrading the Rockets' offense.

Cam advises, 'If you don't have a guarantee with him saying that you're going to sign back with him next summer... you might want to try and trade Trey Young... because if he doesn't want to come back to DC, you're gonna end up with nothing.' Mace adds, 'Trey Young off the pick and roll with KD is a nightmare.'

An assistant men's basketball coach at Cal State Bakersfield was arrested for pimping across four states, possession of automatic firearms, and intent to sell methamphetamine and marijuana. The hosts discuss the shocking nature of a coach 'moonlighting' in such a capacity, questioning the definition of 'pimping on the side' and drawing parallels to unexpected legal complexities they've encountered.

Mace asks, 'Pimping on the side is crazy. I gotta call Bishop Don Juan... Can you be a P on the side? I've never heard of that.' Cam adds, 'Sometimes we learn this growing up, right? ... we know somebody who got in trouble for something we didn't know was a crime.'