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On a Saturday night, you are looking live at OTA Arena,
the big stage for the Little Basketball Association.
It is the Giants and the Sky.
Some of those little ballers already in the building.
Fit check, fresh, crossover, sharp, step back on time.
Speaking of on time and fresh, here's the man of the hour,
Kaisa Knack.
He was just floating into his LBA debut with some of his teammates there welcome inside everybody
Look at this beautiful arena here in Atlanta, Georgia Pete Sousa alongside King of the floor King
You can feel the electricity in the building tonight for Kaisa Matt's debut
And yeah, as soon as you walked in it was fun
It's hot in here, but the atmosphere the crowd is packed. It's sold out
This is going to be exciting. The first game was great. The second game should be even better
I am looking forward to this a capacity crowd and millions watching around the globe
Hands or tickets trading hands outside for street value of numbers. We can't even imagine
Let's look at the LBA regular season that kicks off tonight
Four teams start their run for the chip and here is exactly how it breaks down a round robin determines the playoff
seeding and the playoffs start on October 1st and the finals on October 2nd.
The very short season Pete so that means that every single game that you play it matters.
Start from the jump to the finish they all matter because the season is very short.
Yeah and you know it's a lot of pressure on Tyson at making his debut. A guy who was a
perennial streamer and now on the basketball court here is the regular season schedule
As we get into the nuts and bolts, of course,
our featured man tonight, Giants and the Sky,
that of course tipping off in about 19 minutes.
Then the mountains in the sky featured tomorrow night,
followed by the towers in the sky.
You know, Kaisenette, like the Bron James,
you're gonna see him on all the featured matchups,
so get used to it.
And these Kaisenette stunning the world
earlier this week, King.
We saw it, you and I were texting each other.
Wait, I can't believe this, is this true?
When the biggest streamers on the planet opts to go into pro basketball last night, Kai entered the LBA draft and let's take a little bit of the retirement announcement that sent shockwaves.
I'm so far to notice.
I'm quitting streaming. Okay. I will no longer be streaming anymore. I'm now completing phase two of being a professional basketball player. Okay.
Don't laugh. No, no, don't laugh.
I get drafted in a few days.
I don't know if I'm gonna get drafted, but I'm in the lottery.
Okay, I will be in a professional, professional basketball league.
Chat, listen to me, bro.
I am a basketball player.
I'm going to accomplish this, bro.
You could compare this game to Michael Jordan retiring from the NBA after winning
all those championships and going to play baseball.
100%, but you know, one thing I love about Kyle is his willingness to prove
people wrong you know we saw what he did in the all-star game so the all-star game
it wasn't his best performance and he will admit that but he has a chance to
redeem himself tonight to go out here and to show everybody that he can do
this we had a chance to talk to him tonight and he said I am fired up I
am ready to go 110% last night was a little bit of a shock one of the
biggest dreamers we mentioned it on earth entering the draft the last
overall is where he was taken I was a real disappointment we're talking
about an Uber driver, a sea monster, an astronaut, Neil Armstrong, an infant who was born on draft
night, even his own mom was taken before Kai last night.
That just shows that nobody believes in him. Nobody thinks that he is capable of going out
here and putting on a good performance. So look for Kai to be extremely aggressive from
the start of the game. He is trying to prove everybody wrong.
You want to talk about aggressive. Let's take a listen to what Kai had to say when
He was finally drafted last night, a lot of disappointment.
How y'all doing today?
I don't give a f***.
You call me Jeffries?
So how shocked were you when he went into free fall,
was passed, passed up a third where he thought
he was gonna get picked and ended up getting taken last?
Yeah, I mean I was extremely shocked.
You know, you gotta go like Jacoby Jeffries,
who we will be talking about a lot.
And this young man has a lot of talent,
went third in place of Kai.
So I was really, really shocked.
I mean, Jacobi Jeffries deserved to go top five,
but I thought Kai would at least go higher.
I didn't think he was gonna slide
all the way to the last pick.
Yeah, there's Jacobi Jeffries.
Look, bad news for Kai and his team last night.
Jacobi Jeffries was taken third.
Then he was taken 10th.
Then his entire family was taken from 17 to 20.
That really has to light a fire.
Under Kassanat tonight, that was insult to injury.
And here we see some of the issues
happened last night just absolute male legs taking a you know umbridge
wrestling and managers were very upset about the Jacoby Jeffery yeah you know
one thing about Kyle we talked to him a little bit before the game in the
green room he doesn't care about anything he doesn't care about age he
doesn't care about height he is going out here giving a hundred percent effort
attacking from the jump and like I said he is going to be ultra ultra
aggressive. I looked for him to at least score 21. You said you got him at 20. I got him at 20. Anything under 20 I think is a failure. Well, we talk about failures. This is what Kai does not want is his legacy to be a failure. But the entire world is taking notice. Here's Nick Wright of Fox Sports weighing in on Kai and his possible legacy after the LBA debut.
basketball kind of has a holy
trinity of players. There's
LeBron, Kareem and Michael.
People can argue about the
order, but everyone knows it's
a big three. If Kai pulls this
off, we got to start talking
about a big four. This would
be rising to the occasion
against some of the best
eight-year-olds we've ever
seen. We're talking about
Randy Jones Jr. We're talking
Talk about Halo Eps.
Talk about Dmitri Anderson.
If he is able to do this,
not only is that big three now a big four,
but do you need to say Kai's name
before you say Michael's name?
Do you need to say Kai's name
before you say Kareem's name?
Now we have a legitimate GOAT conversation to be had.
Well, speaking of somebody who knows a lot about basketball,
our own Autumn Johnson was actually able to catch up
to track him down earlier this evening,
pure his autumn with our man, Kyle.
Kyle, from pro streamer to now pro basketball player,
you're finally making your debut.
What does this moment mean to you?
This means everything to me.
You feel what I'm saying?
Everything that I'm doing is for Leandro Barbosa.
And it's for every athlete out there, you know.
You know, it's been two long since I've
been hiding my athletic skills, and now it's time to show it.
And yesterday just with the motivation,
and now I'm here today to go crazy.
Let's talk about yesterday.
I mean, giraffe night.
You thought you were going number three,
ended up last. What statement do you need to make tonight to make some noise?
All I want to say is Yoko just 41st draft picking NBA. You feel what I'm
saying? So a number is nothing you feel what I'm saying? And it's not gonna
matter what's what's happening doing the draft and what's happening on the
hardwood floor. So today I'm going crazy and it's this is this is I'm
putting everything on the line. It's all tasks ahead of you. The best eight
and nine year olds in the world. What do you think about your
competition? I don't I don't give a damn about them. I don't care
about no eight, nine year old.
Whatever's going to happen on that court.
I'm treating this as like it's my life dependent on it.
You feel what I'm saying?
Hopefully they're ready because I am.
He's ready for the moment.
We'll see what he does.
Back to you guys.
Adam Johnson, thank you so much.
He's not only ready for the moment.
Kaizanat is red high.
He's frustrated.
He is ready to go.
You know, you heard it right there.
He compared himself to Yolkich.
And we heard a little bit of Leandro Barbosa,
which was the most random NBA X NBA player
that I probably could have thought of.
However, we go from there to Yokic.
We'll see which one he is going to be tonight,
a role player or a standout star.
I think that he might be going more towards,
which is what you think I'm gonna say?
I think you're gonna say standout star.
I was gonna go role player.
Role player?
I was gonna go role player.
I mean, he can still get 20,
but I think it's gonna look a little different.
It's not gonna be straight ISO buckets.
It's not gonna be that.
That's not a game.
I think it's more junkyard dog
doing the little things that will add up.
You know, getting rebounds, offensive glass,
Passing cutting playing strong defense. I mean, I think it's all of those things that will make kites in that effective on the basketball
What how important is it for him to share the basketball?
Get into the flow again, you know knowing what you've been in the draft
I think that he could probably look to shoot early
But I think that the more that he looks to get his teammates involved the more than he looks to make the small plays
I think that'll lead to winning we'll learn a lot about kites and that is he a winner or is he a guy that is trying to
We just scored the basketball and stuff is that small plays
for the little basketball association.
As we take a look at the Dallas Giants and exactly what
Carson that will be going up against tonight.
You got to like this team and their mentality.
Can 100% they have talent.
This team right here will be able to pressure you.
They will get up into you.
They will cause a lot of turnovers.
The one thing that I like a lot about this team right here
is Kai and Keaton here.
He is a guy that can really get into the paint.
Now we talk on a college level about guys, teams who have good guards, win games, good
guards, get you W's in college basketball, and I think it's the same thing, we can attribute
to this level, good guards that can get into the paint, that can break you down, that
can make the right play, late shot club will get you over the hump in a game like
this.
So we saw them in the first game, this team has a lot of talent.
Of course the New York Sky and Kaisenette, they are a high scoring team and they
of course are led by Kai really going to be interesting to see if he can answer the call
and remember somebody else you really have to look at is a Johnny Howard. Is it Kai's team?
Is it a Johnny Howard scene? He plays like Kyrie Irving, kid. 100% and I want to emphasize the
deep bench that his team has about eight starters on there, right? Five guys only start at a time,
but they have eight guys who legitimately can start on any team that is playing in the LBA.
This team is deep and they are talented.
They are loaded.
Who will be that main guy for the sky?
We see Jody Stallings to just absolutely putting in work.
There is a lot to like about this team.
And he likes to listen to all kinds of good hip hop,
especially not like us when he's getting ready to play.
And he hopes that Kaisenette is not like us.
He hopes that his team is absolutely phenomenal.
You can't forget about Camden or he's a forward that will make
plays all game long.
And there is the tallest player on the court tonight,
Kaisenat.
Everybody around the world, we're
talking about millions upon millions watching
around the world tonight.
There is Kaisenat.
He's the big reason why.
Also, we've got a capacity crowd here in Atlanta, Georgia
at OTA Arena.
Speaking of the world, how about America?
Let's send it down to the floor for our national anthem.
then gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages.
Good, welcome to OTE Arena.
You are witnessing the first night of the LB Association
matchup is between the Dallas Giants
and the New York Sky.
We ask that everybody please rise and remove your caps.
And most importantly, put all your cell phone lights
as we get ready to sing in the national anthem,
being performed tonight, from Wichita, Kansas, please welcome musical recording artist Tommy Newport.
Oh, say can you see what's so priceless gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars is streaming
Wait to describe it. First then, electric here came at OTA Arena.
All right, well, we guarantee we'll be right back
after this short break.
Don't go anywhere.
L.B.A., Kais and Nat coming back.
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We are set to kick things off.
Kaisenat in the circle.
Ready to jump with Canaan Bell.
Jimmy Shake in a nice move by Jackson,
but has it taken away?
So far you've seen turnovers high stakes, high level.
These teams need to strap it off.
Keetanya, keep your eye on him.
Number eight is their big time score,
caught up in Casinac says, hey, that's my bad.
I like it, Randy Jones getting into the paint.
A little scissor steps hesitation.
Blows right by the initial defender.
Good floater, almost had the rules for tonight's game.
Eight minute quarters, there's four of them.
Four timeouts a game, 35 second shot clock.
That one just rims out.
Stones with the quick trigger so far tonight.
One thing the Giants won't have to do is lock out.
They are undersized.
They are smaller than the Sky Team.
They must be able to put a party on somebody
to get those defensive rebounds, to get in transition.
Now to listen in.
Beautiful view.
Giant's get a right back and then turn it back over.
Send that earlier, kid.
Giving his teammates a little bit of feedback.
You like that?
Don't mind it, he's a leader.
We're saying leadership from on me now.
I would expect that when he's holding it down.
I would expect some type of leadership.
Five foot four, 22 years of age.
I was going to give it to him. Step him through.
Sinead's short on his first attempt.
The honor is coming out of the crowd before you heard him saying his own defense.
I like this right. Stephen A. Smith said prior to the draft thing,
you can't go left, guys, Sinead.
So far, he has gone right and there's his first foul.
So this guy as well, Sinead doesn't like that.
He's playing with his hands and of course that's...
It's hard to hand a glove to be perspiring the
emergency into the lane that really fits him and that's really meant for him.
Yesterday was tight.
It was monumental like he's coming off of an MVP season.
And I wasn't so happy that he would make it to the next one.
So he's a resident.
He is a revenue face of this league.
And he asked more than what it takes to do anything he want to be.
Back to do everything.
Defense, fourth block, three-bound.
To the crowd of millions watching around the globe.
Team rotation.
Jackson getting an earful from his teammate.
Mr. Kassanak.
Now that's time of inexperience king. Is that something that's really disappointing for you as an analyst?
Because I still think despite that experience. He just has we call natural talent and natural abilities
So I think that we haven't seen them in the first quarter
We haven't seen it yet, but I think that as the game progresses. He gets more comfortable
He will settle into the game and he will start to be effective
Play for Shannon sharp at the celebrity all-star game
You messed up my opportunity to get a piece of layup in transition.
Pete Susan, alongside my partner, Jim McClure.
No, I got some of who watch me, guys.
Help me, this is embarrassing.
Help me, God, please.
Sanat O'Leon calling to a higher power of his team.
Trails by three, seven to four down.
Cup shot following well short.
Someone may have gotten a hand on the couch.
Japson is follow up over the rainbow.
I can tell you, the system's always pumping.
Sinead reminding us of a soccer match.
Knocked my man down.
He got saved from picking up his in-situations where
he could maybe pick up that pass,
spent part of the summer in Paris at the Olympics.
Streaming from the streets to where USA men's and women,
both won gold, probably bikes and gold today.
Turnover, basketball goes to the sky.
He's Jacobi Jeffries, look at this young man right now.
I don't know if I've ever seen an eight-year-old as small as this young man.
This young man looks like he eats weights.
He might be swollen and tight.
I'm just into the game.
Jeffries moves by trouble.
Hey!
Walk into the tag zone.
He gets it.
Voice three!
Comes out.
To the rebound, it's tangled up.
Head coach at Dallas and right there, that's Cary Howard.
Cary Howard, the head coach of the New York Scott,
It's been compared to throw Jackson and they'll have to have an even keel philosophy to keep this team all together as these guys have been happening before this.
And it's a matter of jelly.
They seem like they're all looking to point.
Once they start a lava, this is what we did not want to see tonight.
Zero points for Kaisenak.
Two rebounds, one block, and four fouls.
Partner, we still got 120 left in the first quarter.
Go and do everybody!
I don't know as you'll see, Kai, a smart coach wouldn't put him in until the fourth, unless
you trust him.
But we will see and experience, I don't know, 16 million combined, you two bottleers disappointed
so far.
Hear the chatter from the branch, what's the matter?
Yo, yo!
Hospital Rock!
Get away!
Cal Jackson has just been everywhere.
He can dominate inside.
He can do himself all over the floor.
Jump shot.
He can dominate inside.
He can do so all over the floor.
Jump shot is short for Jones.
Here come the sky.
Started with Starling's pass.
One of the few times he's seen tonight.
A player get a rebound, be able to kick it ahead,
and then maybe have to finish and transition.
Great pass to Camden or, but that's a tough finish.
And one right hand fading away from the basket.
Very great body control.
Camden or showing us how to finish like a grown man.
And you mentioned it.
He loves the contact.
He wants to be the NFL MVP when he grows up right now.
Camden or is showing signs of physicality.
Complets the three point play.
Locked at seven, Parker.
Low scoring game.
Didn't expect to see this, but like I said,
I think teams have to settle in,
stop turning the ball over as much.
and we'll see more production from the offensive side.
Randy Jones runs into trouble in the corner.
It's a quick first scat hole.
And a foul, and a foul, and a foul.
Jones!
Marjade Jones.
Yes, mad game.
We've seen the floater.
We've seen him get to it earlier.
You missed one, but right there,
the confidence to go right back to a tried baseline.
Take the contact.
Nice touch around the rim.
Marjade Jones is skilled.
His favorite vacation spot is New York City.
He just took a trip to the sky,
running all over New York so far tonight.
Looking to put the finishing touches on this three point play.
20 seconds.
Shot clock turned off.
And Johnny Howard launches it.
The iron unkind.
Turn over.
Five seconds left and the foul was committed.
That's Jacobi Jeffries. He's been quiet so far tonight.
A lot of bad plugs between he and Sanat last night.
It all started when he was drafted third and tenth
and his whole family was taken before a cop.
Better few.
They say he plays like Dennis Smith Jr.
Seemed like a senior there, King.
He's a bucket getter.
He is shown tonight why he is one of the best players
on the court. Will he keep it up?
up we will see we are locked after the first frame.
Tyson at though looking for answers.
We'll find out if we've got him when we come back.
Inspiration for Jody Stallings as we
see some of the other big names here is the stars are out
at OTA arena here in Atlanta Georgia
for the debut of the L guy who's so
bustin down when Rolly Avalanche was a hit so far,
King.
Bit of a flop tonight in the first quarter.
Yeah, I think in the second quarter
he needs to do what got him success.
I mean, he hasn't really scored, but he's done a great job
crashing the offensive glass.
That goal contributes to success
and contribute to his team winning.
That is his best formula.
Not dribbling, not shooting threes.
Go crash the glass as hard as you can
and when he crashes the glass,
I'm gonna stay in the back loop.
Saw those two young ladies in rhythm
and this guy in rhythm as well, Jody Stonings.
His first miss.
Follow up by Jackson is no good.
Sky really cleaned the offensive glass early.
Jackson's tied up, looks like a quadruple team.
Barely got it off and not got a bounce.
Looked like he's got a hand on it,
but he'll stay right here.
And look at the way Kane and Bell
is blocking out Kai on every single offensive shot.
He is embracing the matchup against the Superstar.
He falls through the basket of the night.
Kai got positioned, used his strength
to overpower Bell right there.
Good play right there by Sineq.
There's been a lot of drawing
We're seeing physical play from the rest of the players on the court.
Boy, this has been all we've orders off the mark.
One rebound.
Here's to Stallings.
100%. He got fouled right there.
On the glass, you see three different players.
He's grabbing his arm.
Yeah, he's definitely getting fouled down there,
but I expect him to finish.
He has the strength, he has the size.
He has to finish.
Stallings.
Trick or Happy the Knife, this is that one.
So now, they've gotten his hand on him.
And he is a two-way player, not just a sparrow,
but can go get it on the puckage of side, too.
All right, let's get it down to our big-play score,
Autumn Johnson standing by.
That's right. I'm here with 8-0, and I...
Yes, I'm just trying to look at...
Oh, good save. I like the hustle.
Are you trying to get a look at all the talent out here?
Obviously. Very reputable lead.
You feel me?
And so, like, if this is all here,
that is their opportunity.
I want to be here for that.
to think the ball in against pro stream to turn into a pro basketball player.
What was your reaction to that?
I'm proud of him man.
He's done a lot of crazy things before.
You've seen a lot of crazy things happen, but the search your own league man.
That's it's one of the ones.
No cap.
He just needs to perform now.
He just got his first bucket of all the numbers.
He just got his first bucket.
What do you want to see more from him?
I want to see him be aggressive, but say at a foul trouble.
Get foul trouble and now you see my man.
She got four fouls and second quarter.
So I want to see that same tenacity.
Don't jeopardize your defense.
Defensively, he's been hounding them.
He can play it tight, he can deny him ball.
Like he's a tough person to be up against right now,
especially if you're eight years old.
Two-way player out there will see what more Kai has.
Six-0 run for the Sky.
Johnny Howard did not count the big three moments ago.
Look at that stupid pass.
Fights on with a vision who makes no mistake.
Oh my goodness.
This out of too many eight-year-olds,
the ability to get into the paint,
Draw the defense in, kick out to the open man for the jump shot.
And Johnny Howard with the E. Lee Playcard skills at only eight years old.
He can appoint guards, so not ahead of the starlings into the corner.
Here's Kandilore.
And Johnny Howard really feeling it.
Tosses my team.
But we talked about him in the open feet.
Is it this team or is it Kai's team?
And I think Skylin's got the internet to the mix, but right now we are seeing.
Johnny Howard put on an absolute show the three ball the playmaking that touch around the rim with the floater the handle
This kid right here
Might be want to be best players on the court not in the whole league
There is Kai giving it his all
We get another look at the hesitation instead of floater
Howard putting on a show
Answer on the other hand
I'm saying quick first step,
dance, hustle playing by Kyle.
Too strong, elevated to the rebound
is the 5-4 Senat, can't grab it.
Right in his face is Canaan Bell.
You know, I think this is where
Kyle Senat is at his best.
Not trying to be a squire,
we talked about it earlier.
Who's he going to be,
Leandro Marbosa or Nicola Yoakic.
And I think that it's being cleared
that he is a role player.
He is an elite level role player,
but there is nothing wrong with that.
All players contribute to championships.
Floating to the basket, missing his stallings.
Stoppage on the floor, you are tied up here with 3-38 left to the second quarter.
New York, they're on the ball here with the second quarter team.
20-17, they leave now.
How you doing? I'm tired. Who in play?
Good communications and stallings, and Sanat talking it over.
I think what's led to this guy getting their lead is
Howard putting pie in the back of the zone as opposed to the front now you control everything on the glass
Not scared down by a
Now for that my seven now for they needed that needed that spark from him
He has to be able to step up right now in these moments
Speaking of stepping up to your stallings
Charles iron but off the box
This guy, he's the smallest guy on the court, but it doesn't matter because he has the biggest heart.
We're seeing elite level guard play right now, Pino on both sides of the basketball.
It is strong as it go out of bounds, but they'll say it was last touch by the Giants who stay here.
Kai has done so much good right now, Pino.
There's something in that.
What happens? How does this game change with Kai on the bench?
It's gotta be a tough adjustment for a guy like Zodiac.
You mentioned there's a major monster following off the court almost 11 million followers on
Twitch and he tonight has become a supporting actor, but he's done a pretty good job
He has been any lead level roleplayers. Warring is not his forte
That's not a specialty when he is being able to crash the glass when he's saving passes
He started a break a few times. I mean when he does things like that. You saw how the lead expanded
We get this right before the EPF of the chat, almost 14 million followers.
You don't want to get down.
Stallings and Howard right now just putting the team on their back when it comes to scoring.
They both have a lot of game for only eight years old.
Well, Stallings has got to play well.
His hero Dennis Smith Jr., who he's compared to, is in the crowd tonight.
He's stepping up in front of his man.
He says, I'm the Giants and I'm not getting away with the travel, but nonetheless, good bucket.
He says, whether Kai is on and off the court, I'm going to go with the opposition.
He's breaking ankles, loses the basketball, but corrals it.
We got a double triple call, maybe got a little ahead of him.
That's a good call, as you see right there.
Not giving up on the play, getting crossed from the jump,
but being able to recover to cause him the double dribble.
That's a lot of heart and a lot of effort right there.
R.J. Jones has been the heartbeat of this Dallas team,
drops it off for his partner of crime, Jitanya.
From the mid-quarter, walking the tight rope.
came in foul.
Had to pull the trigger right.
Jones just off the mark.
All gets knocked out of bounds.
It'll go to the sky.
If you're the giant, you want to keep the ball away
from the corners.
The sky is being extra aggressive.
They're trapping in the corners.
You want to keep the ball out of those areas.
Cal Jackson heaves it up court.
Stonge takes it over the timeline.
Darts towards the center of the floor,
absorb some contact to clear the way.
Count Jackson wants it, Count Jackson gets it.
That's when we do the two little celebration right there.
Post you up from the free throw line,
get to where I need to go, skip through the lane.
It's the bucket.
Oh, Keith and Nia, boy.
He's got the eye of the tiger.
Keith and Nia can heat up.
We talked about him in the open feet.
Instant offense, kind of like a microwave.
You can heat up at any moment.
10 points for Keith and Nia,
says he loves hearing the ball go through the net.
He's been hearing it a lot tonight.
Stoings on the other side also has 10.
Floater!
Too strong.
Look at that.
Jones has played big tonight.
Whips it up court.
Ball's taken away by the Sky.
Heads up play by Timothy Stokes.
And one of the few times that we have seen RJ Jones make
a bad decision.
He's such a smart basketball player.
We don't see in both too many turnovers
across four passes like that.
But for the most part, he's been on his A game
other than that one pass.
What have you liked so far about the way
that Sanat and New York just played?
They got a four point lead.
And I liked the edge, just taking Coach Howie.
You talked about it, we saw it earlier.
Howie was at the top of the zone.
They moved into the back of the zone
to control the rebound, to control the glass.
He's done a great job making the hustle plays.
Got a lot of these Lincoln shot opportunities.
That's what got Bill.
He's asleep.
There's Coach Howard.
Talking about him with Kai Samantha.
Saw Kai walking in earlier, so fresh coming to the arena
with all the gear.
And he has been willing to step aside
when he needs a break, when it's
teammates time to step up.
And also he's been in foul trouble
as you see hit Coach Howard right there.
23 seconds to go.
You have to hold for one shot if you are this guy.
Typically you shouldn't shoot this basketball.
You shouldn't even go before eight seconds.
Let's see what coach Howard draws up.
I wouldn't be surprised if they try to get a Johnny Howard
into the paint.
La pass to Kai to try to get a two on one on the backside
because the Giants are right now in his own.
But with 23 seconds, if you're the sky,
you want to walk out here with the last shot.
And here he is behind his backs and out of the next traffic.
Boy, B-Wolts Palace coming off the break.
Coming up short, but look at the hustle.
Saves it in bounds.
But the Giants come up with it.
And now loses the handle.
And Jackson, silly foul, pops to the sky by Caden Bell.
We saw a bad possession right there by Kyle.
That speaks a little bit to the inexperience.
No experience, basketball players,
know in that scenario you walk out with the last shot but to go with 16 seconds
and shoot the air ball was caused a turnover I mean they got bailed out
because now they're ending it with these two free throws because of another bad
pass on the opposite side however I have to be a little smarter in certain
scenarios so we thought there was gonna be two shots there pivotal change
of direction. I would lob his ball up to Kai. They lob it outside to Kai. He launches for
three to the strong.
I wish he could have that one back here, but he's got a whole second left to earn his
keep. This is the guy who wanted to be drafted in the lottery, wanted to get taken third.
At least thought he should have been a real disappointment last night at the draft. Got
taken last. Again, we mentioned it. A sea monster taken before him. An invisible
man. Also his mom. This was a disappointing situation for Sinat, but he's come out tonight.
And is really put in work, but it just hasn't paid off. Let's get it down now to Autumn Johnson.
That's right, you guys. I'm here with Kai. You have two points right now. Struggling with some
foul trouble. What do you make of your debut so far? I feel like anybody that's playing right
now, they, oh, I can solve. They know I'm supposed to be getting the ball going straight
every time when I touch somebody, they fall on the ground.
Like, just play basketball.
This is what I'm trying to do.
Two points is crazy.
Feel me? Me and my teammates thought it was a little rough,
but now we both move it down going into the next half.
Johnny and Jody right now, though,
putting the team on their back,
how are you gelling right now with your teammates?
I'm staying composed. I'm staying good.
I'm making sure my teammates get the ball when they need to,
and I'm making sure that I do my play and play my part,
you know? I'm doing this for everybody.
That's part of my team. All we're trying to do is get this win.
Still a very close ball game.
Coming into the second half,
second half, what are the adjustments?
The difference is keep, keep going.
You feel what I'm saying?
Don't switch it up.
Find their weaknesses, execute on the weaknesses,
and that's what I gotta do.
That's it.
Keep going.
We'll see how it goes in the second half.
Back to you guys.
Autumn Johnson with the man himself.
A slow start for Kaisenette in the little baller association.
Some little ballers out tonight.
Having fun.
Well, we stay inside OTA Arena, Pete Souza alongside King McCleur, King.
Earlier today, Phoenix beat Atlanta in our LBA opener.
It was a very exciting game.
A high scoring, I mean, two teams really battling out.
Phoenix was pretty dynamic, I mean, when you look across the whole league, the Little
Ballers Association, you see so much talent.
I mean more times than I've probably ever seen at the age of eight and nine
These guys are high-level players that we could potentially see be really elite level talented on the high school level
And maybe even on a conference. Yeah, and they've been afforded this opportunity to buy kison that he has been struggling tonight
But earlier on you and I came out here. We watched a little bit of that Phoenix, Atlanta game
It did not disappoint and this game is disappointing either
It's been a lot of up and down, a lot of turnovers and inconsistency, but for the most part, I mean, this game, look at it, the card play is what I've been so impressed with on both games.
In the first game, a lot of layups, a lot of teams coming out and being able to share the basketball, being aggressive on the deepest side of things.
I mean, the way that these guards are playing, though,
like I said earlier, Peter, I don't know if I've seen
eight, nine-year-olds.
This talent, this talent.
Now, we saw the mountains come out
to a strong start earlier today.
And then Prince Calvin just started to take over,
did it from all over the floor.
And of course, he's got that fresh haircut as well.
Here he is in the open floor.
Takes the dribble up off the glass.
Kai talked about us being composed,
But Colvin and his teammates really were composed earlier today.
The towers just too much, winning 47 to 27 in there
is the stat line.
For the Prince, he is royalty so far today, King.
He played well.
I mean, you saw the step back three right there.
I mean, what eight-year-old, the age of eight.
I mean, I played High Little Basketball,
but at the age of eight, I don't know
if I was doing that this early.
The talent level, the IQ, the skill
that I have seen in the past two hours,
I'm extremely impressed with while we talk about our games, the Giants and the skies.
We take a look at the halftime highlights.
We saw this earlier at OTA arena this evening.
Of course, we have the superstar
chatting out on the floor to smoke all over the arena.
He, unfortunately, wanted the ice water in his veins.
He was not smoking the first half game.
He wasn't the at the settle lane.
The inexperience kind of played a role in it.
But his team played well.
He was a big contributor in his team gaining the lead without Kai. They would not have gotten that lead.
Inside we see Kai. He was being harassed earlier. He mentioned about the opposition being soft.
And there he is right in the ear of Canaan Bell. A lot of intensity tonight from Kai.
He wants the basketball. He wants to do well. His teammates though have really stepped it up.
We saw Camden or there with the hoop and harm. And how about that transition defense?
This is the guy we've been talking about all night, Jody Stonnes.
How about Johnny Howard there though?
The game right there, the hesitation to the floater.
Johnny Howard had a little 4-7.1.
He was phenomenal, but the rebound, I mean of course the foul
stand out, but he did a good job of adjusting.
First quarter was kind of antsy, a little nervous playing with his hands.
Picked him up quick after that second quarter.
Really didn't pick up that many.
Might have picked up one, but did a good job of adjusting.
It's still catching the gas, being effective without.
We're gonna look at Kai's tonight.
We mentioned it, his stat line tonight.
He probably has wanted to do more scoring wise,
but his team is ahead.
And we talk about the New York sky.
Coach Johnson says, hey, this team is together.
Can we FaceTime?
Daly, 10 of these young men, right?
They're on a group chat.
You can tell the chemistry, maybe making up
for where Kai is leading off tonight.
Yeah, when Kai tries to be the star, it doesn't work out good.
When he tries to be aggressive, when he tries to shoot the ball more than he's capable of doing,
that doesn't work for this team because they are so connected.
When he's a role-player and fits into the system, that is when we saw them excel.
That's when we saw them give the lead.
If he can continue to do that, I expect to start to win this game.
You know, the psychology of what's going on tonight with Kai, you think about it.
Off the court, right, as a streamer, he is probably the biggest in the world.
But on the court now as a baller, the little baller
association, or excuse me, the little basketball association,
he has struggled when he's been the focal point.
It's got to be hard to be a superstar in one respect
and then come over where you might just
be a little bit of a role player, at least early on
in his legacy.
Yeah, I think that really speaks to his character.
He's very selfless.
Now, we talk about what he does for the community.
I think it contributes to what he's doing right now.
And he's cheering on his teammates,
telling them they got this.
When you see a Johnny Howard, when you see
Stahlins out there scoring.
He is the main one, gapping him up, saying, hey, good job,
guys.
I mean, he's not having a great game.
And at the age that he is, the old age
that he is compared to everybody else,
he is selfless enough to be able to put the team first
and try to go out here and get a victory,
because that's all that matters.
Two-kai.
Now, you were a big-time college basketball player
at Baylor.
And you know what it's like to have a four-year career
for your productive throughout all those four years.
Do you feel like maybe Kai in his debut tonight?
Remember now he's got three more games left right and then you make it into the postseason is he pressing a little bit
Yeah, you could definitely say that because a lot of times you look at you look at a lot of guys who are
Stars
We got to go to the lock. Okay. Kai is going off on his teammates. Let's get it down there
Has been a ball what I gotta do they're fouling me
Same thing, all right, same thing.
You have the same energy, all right?
I'm gonna keep saying, get better.
You came off that floor, come back in,
better than you were when you left that floor, okay?
Let's talk to each other. Be there for each other.
That's the main way we're gonna win this game.
Come on, bro!
I feel like I'm out of thought right now.
No more arguing. We'll go out there and get that win
and do what we gotta do. You feel what I'm saying?
Come on, let's blast in. Come on.
Can I just do a bit of story?
Yo, my career on three.
on three, one, two, no, Kai's career on three.
One, two, three, my career.
We heard what you might call dissension,
what might have looked like early on as a mutiny.
That was the New York Skylock Room,
but we went over to the Dallas Giants,
Com Cool and Collector.
Again, I think that when you see the second half,
I think that that would translate.
I mean, I think that Kai in his career,
I mean, he's put so much pressure on himself,
we kind of saw it right there,
you know, Kai's career on three.
He's put a lot of pressure on himself
out here and have a great second half, but like I said earlier, when he does the
little things, when he's trying to focus on winning instead of his own gain, his
own numbers and stat padding, he can have success. And that's when they saw success,
but that's not going to twist the piece. This Dallas Giants team, they aren't
scared, they aren't afraid of the moment. They will come out here ready. They
got guards who can attack, who can heat up quickly. They will come back
and they'll be ready, they'll be composed.
Kaisenat looking composed now after some colorful talk
in the locker room at halftime.
We'll step aside and be back with the final two
supporters.
Right now it is New York 26, Dallas 22.
Don't go anywhere.
Are you sure about today?
I can't even guess I'm going to wait.
You gotta check this out.
Back to back to back.
We get it, folks.
To back to back.
Y'all, we feel nothing different.
Now, let me see that.
It's just a little bit brighter in Atlanta
in a beautiful arena tonight.
Felt a capacity, of course.
We'd like to thank you for watching.
Millions upon millions streaming around the world.
Okay, first half to disappoint.
It didn't, but what did disappoint is Kai's step line.
However, like I said, what will he do in the second half?
How will he respond to his low average start?
All right, let's find out.
Standing by with the coach is Autumn Johnson.
Coach Howard, you just came out of the locker room
with your team.
What did you tell them?
I told them we gotta do a better job of playing defense.
Right now, we're playing very soft on the defense
and we gotta rebound the ball.
We're giving up a lot of chances.
So we've gotta play better defense and rebound.
Johnny and Jody right now have been phenomenal.
What have you liked from them?
Johnny and Joe, he's just doing what they always do.
Actually, I feel like they can do it a little bit better.
We've got to move the ball.
Once those guys get going, though,
they're pretty hard to stop.
They just haven't really got going yet,
but they'll be much better second half.
Kai, I'm foul trouble.
Only two points.
How do you get him going?
Well, right now, we're trying to feed him the ball.
He's just got to put it in the hoop.
So we're going to keep feeding on the ball here.
And hopefully, you know, the basketball guys,
grab him some luck.
As simple as that, you guys.
Back to you.
All right. Thanks so much, Autumn.
Her coach, Howard, his voice a little raspy.
Here comes Kaisen X.
He loses the basketball.
The effort though, unparalleled.
Finds the handler, somehow drops it up on a shiny Howard.
That creates, King.
He creates, but one thing he does not do is dribble well.
Right there, the handle, not on point,
but the hustle was there.
Speaking of hands, quick runs.
Jody Stollins is on fire now with 12 points.
Jody Stollins is inserting his dominance.
He has been dominant from the start of this game.
He is not disappointed.
Just inside the three-point arc, the south call.
Off the mark, no good.
Rebound pushback, lead is trimmed to six.
Here is Kaisa Knapp.
Friends with players like Jalen Brown, LeBron James,
and Steph Curry.
Pumps pulls the trigger.
Jess Short.
Got to look up.
Star-studded Friends doesn't translate into a story performance so far.
Gintenia in the corner, launching the three, RJ Jones!
He's in the middle!
Open two men, however, give the ball to RJ Jones.
He will create, then come fake.
Madagascar away with a foul right there in tie.
Oh, and Stahlings with the show.
Let's get it down to Autumn Johnson one more time.
What's up, Autumn?
Hey guys, during the half I was able to catch up with the Giants head coach told me he right now is just defense and keep talking, getting the right spots in offense and just have fun out there.
If the opposing team scores, keep your head up and get back.
And right now they're not focused on Kai.
They said they don't matter who is out there.
They're not sure what his cardio is looking like, but they want to keep him running.
And the key right now is just to keep them off the boards.
And I was listening in to the chant.
The Giants were saying, who wants smoke?
We want smoke.
They want all the smoke tonight.
I'm not surprised by that at all, because the way they are played, no matter how much they get down by, they continuously attack in, and led by RJ Jones, who has had a giant heart today.
After the big rebound by Sinai, the unfortunate travel for Cal Jackson.
The Bronx New York natives drafted last in the LBA draft last night, a real disacloidment
for Kai.
An opportunity to rectify that tonight.
So far, hasn't been able to do it, but that guy, Johnny Howard, has been fired.
Oh, big time pump fake from Quintanilla!
103 point shot.
He's gonna knock it down with a bunch of pull-ups, get into his spots.
Quintanilla knows how to do that well.
4 feet 7 inches running the floor 4 feet 9 with that hair over the rainbow.
He's too strong and another rebound for Sennett.
Maybe he's climbing 12.
He does not know how to fall.
He's going to hurt himself.
He dies in power.
It's a clean look for Stallings.
Too short.
Here's Kai again.
Charles Oakley on the boards.
Nina disappointed there.
New York loses the basketball.
But on the floor they go.
One matchup intensity at a fever pitch.
Look at this right here.
Good hands.
Good strip.
That's clean.
But he has to learn how to fall right there.
Landing right on that tailbone like it hurt a little bit.
But that's great defense.
Way to get back in transition if you're the guy.
Good hands.
All ball.
Kai needs some blistex.
Sturto will get that soon.
Three pointers from the corner.
There's Camdador.
We saw him play big time in the first half.
There's some contact.
And also made the hoop, and here's Kai.
From the free throw line, the jumper.
You know, at this point, you're worried about,
and Art of mentioned it, his conditioning, right?
And all his legs getting maybe a little weaker,
hurting that jump shot.
Whistle blown, foul underneath.
He gets the blistered real quick.
Says, hey, I don't have time for it right now.
What have you liked about tonight's console?
Well, so far in the second half, he's dominated in the class.
When you look at it, he's crashing the glass already.
He has been there leading rebounder.
That's what he's contributing right now.
He's a junkyard dog.
Clearing the seat for himself.
There's some space on the floor.
He's stalling once again.
Big time hustle.
You mentioned that RJ Jones.
RJ Jones can score, but defensively,
He's been very, very good.
He's pressured the basketball.
He's shown the hustle.
He's a two-way player.
Stallings from long distance, can't connect.
Rebound in traffic taken down by Robert Lamar.
The ball will stay with the sky.
Well, these kids are so excited to be here, right?
There's Jake Burton.
See, maybe a little bit of nerves
when you first get into the game.
Three-point attempt.
Stalling he's ice-cold. Can't hit. Archie Jones.
Like a hot knife through a butter.
Well, Caden Bell, he's not shy on confidence.
Just into the game. Here's Aiden McCour.
No relation to my partner, Game McCour.
He's off the mark.
Gathering the rebound is Kellen Brown.
He misses two, but another offensive board for the Dallas Giants.
Oh, good pass.
A head-and-a-pack. He's in control.
Johnny Howard is denied coming to make the play.
His rubber, Lamar.
And those are the plays.
As Johnny Howard gets older and gets more experienced,
he'll be able to use his body to shield off
the big and see him come for RJ Jones.
Thanks to all of you.
It's continuing to put the team on his back.
And just keep continuing to give up.
Running the mean of losing the basketball is Jackson.
Key three try.
15 points for Jody Stahlins.
This team now leads by two.
245 left in the third quarter.
We've got a great one from O.T. Arena and A-town.
Folks are looking fly tonight.
Dita is hammered, running with him as Kellan Brown.
You see the strength right there.
He's such a force when he puts his head down.
He tries to get to the ground right now
at the age of eight.
He's hard to deal with.
Look at this right here.
Stepping into it inside out force love the reaction telling the crowd to be quiet
And right here good block on the opposite side
As Johnny Howard like I said as he gets older
He'll be able to see the big coming and know what to do as a result, but good defensive hustle right there your stars
The first one is off the mark.
And there is Kaisa Knight.
And the king of the glass tonight, 12 rebounds, leading all players here in the LBA's debut game.
There is Stallings trying to give his team a three-point lead here as he does the Mark Jackson around the world.
Knocks it down.
What would you like to see Dallas do here down the stretch, King?
Continue the ball to RJ Jones let him create he doesn't always have to score
But his creation is getting into the lane and being able to find his teammates. He has been excellent your best playmate
Speaking of playmakers out of Johnson with Dennis from Junior
Junior NBA player you had an opportunity right now to watch Kai take on the court. What are your impressions on the ball?
I think he's I think he needed to get in the scoring column. He ain't got a basket yet
But I like it's awesome.
I've seen him come to the top, so I've seen him as awesome.
Get back to streaming, man.
Get back to streaming.
That's what you're really good at out here.
But you know what?
He did a good job of drafting.
So he might have got to do it as a GM.
He got my little cousin on his team.
So he did a good job of drafting.
Do you want to work on his game, man?
Tell them to get in the gym with me.
So I'll get in the gym with Dennis Smith, the junior.
Do you think he has what it takes, though,
with just a little bit of time?
So appreciate it.
See you guys.
Amazing comparison. Kenneth Fareed is Kaisenette. I love the comparison from the
hair to the rebounding to the lack of oxygen. Kaisenette back into the basketball game.
We mentioned Kenneth Fareed and Kai with 12 rebounds. I would be remiss as I didn't.
Now it's the outburst right there from Jody Stallings. Dennis Smith Jr.'s
He's no cousin, now he's 19 points, King.
It makes sense.
It makes sense why my man is out here cooking
the way he is cooking, because his cousin was a problem.
Hey!
Ball counts out of bounds.
With the sky of 5'3 over the Giants from OTE Arena.
A little basketball association, Pete Sousa.
Alongside King McClellar, we have a good one
from Atlanta.
He's still going as we heard.
You found it.
He's been joined with Kaisenat.
There's Kaisenat.
Four feet, four inches tall.
He was 5'11".
Maybe he was 5'4".
5-4 going on in 5-5, either way, he's team up 3 right now.
Left here in the third quarter, check it into the game, Barbat Barbarian, he got all of that in there.
Zanat extends the lead to 5, RJ Jones drops it off, Barbat Barbarian, nice move off the heel.
Another rebound from Kaisenat 13th of the night.
He is the chairman of the boards.
One of the four courties, Amir.
I gotta get your assessment of Kaisenat
in the open court.
I just want to replay.
I need to replay of the open court dribbling,
because goodness gracious.
Let's take a look at this right here.
Look at the control.
Look at the finish.
Once again, he needs to learn how to fall,
because he's looking at the flop to the ground.
You know what? Coast to coast.
It is not his specialty once again,
because he has to repeat this,
but he ends up at the free throw line
due to his strength in his size.
So it worked out in his benefit,
but goodness gracious.
He might break the backboard, where he should.
Kai won the Nickelodeon Kids' Curse Award
for the 2024 favorite gamer.
Certainly not the favorite free thrower right now.
Oh, for two.
Almost grabbed his own rebound.
A couldn't crowd.
Four to bounce.
Five seconds left.
And the foul is going on town.
We don't like it.
With 19 points.
He's probably got some sway.
Come here.
Kitenia in bounce.
RJ Jones with time running up.
Back to Kitenia.
No.
So an opportunity swanning for the Dallas Giants
that got a little bit of work to do
to catch up with this guy and his teammates.
Kai said that 13 rebounds.
Cleaning the glass all night long.
39 to 34.
His team leads game.
He's played well in the second half.
He's adjusted.
Not a score, but he's done all the little things
to continue to give his team the lead.
That young man right there stallings let's put the team on his back and he will continue to do so in this fourth quarter
3 has 13
In the basketball association Kai one of the biggest guys on the floor at 5-4. Let's get it down to our teammate
Life-long friends of Kai what do you think of this performance so far?
It's kind of frustrating because you see him run up and down.
It's like, I feel like his squad is every time.
It's like number two, the pro.
He's a pro.
Number two, the pro.
And number 13.
Do you think Kai has what it takes to be
one of the goats in this league?
What he has what it takes in the beginning.
But I feel like he has all the potential guys.
All the potential guys.
I feel like he has his dirty shirt.
He just got to stay motivated, stay calm, and pass the ball.
I mean his whole team they are a chemistry is like together. I love the chemistry of the team. Okay, Robby of the Fogus
Working out for like a month in change now for real
I mean I did the unthinkable ending his streaming career to turn pro. What is your reaction to that?
It wasn't the best decision, I think I
Knew he always had it in him
He should have 30 of the games over.
A man of many talents only have the money to fight and finish the game.
There's Jody Stallings as we go from Kaisenette to the man who is stealing the show king 19 points.
Four steals and a rebound and a block to go with it.
Over there getting advice from his cousin.
I know his cousin is proud of his performance but in this fourth quarter Stallings has to continue to be huge.
Just like I say this Giants team just will not go away no matter how much the lead of the sky increases
The Giants will not go away and they steady the intensity steady being the game
Who else with the basketball right?
nine years of age
Lights out for the free ball for the young man. Oh my goodness coming off the high screen and roll
Stopping on a dime knocking it down behind the hark
Tony Stalin just learned a lot from his cousin.
Eight point advantage for the Sky, New York.
Sky high right now.
Johnny Howard looking to break down the competition.
Breaks him down and gets Dexter C. Pippen in open luck.
He can't connect.
Pippen grabs the rebound and is on the floor tied up with Cal Jackson.
Kaisenat starting off the fourth quarter on the bench.
Oh, collision.
You don't like to see that.
Cain and Bell have gone 110% all night long running into the team of defense.
It's right here is a good substitution.
Get tied back in this game here.
Okay, look to extend the lead right now and put your foot on the gas if you are the sky.
And here is Snap back onto the floor.
He grabs it, dishes it.
Kitenia launches the three, not dead-mounds.
Last touch by Bell.
Whoa!
I'm low! I'm low, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Guy, quick.
Guy, that is two cents.
A quick whistle.
We'll do it over again.
Jackson down low.
Bares Timothy Stokes and traffic.
Now Kitenia time.
Kitenia and Jones have to be aggressive.
He follows your coaching, beating players in the lane.
The first one it actually looked halfway easy good finish look at this right here
it's still a little high but coast to coast I get it done all he needed was
the opportunity to settle into the game and now he's getting more comfortable
We're seeing it come out a little bit.
And this is his first game in the LBA,
and we can see him finding a rhythm.
And a nice job by Coach Powery-Harrick,
by channeling Kai's energy bursts, right?
Finding him chances, or finding him opportunities
to take a breath.
And it's that line.
I mean, not extremely impressive
as far as point you would think
that he would have been scoring more,
but the rebound is something rapid,
but that will always be there.
He will always be able to dominate on the glass.
The 4,000 done a great job in the last three quarters,
not picking up that last foul to disqualify him.
So he's a smart player.
He's learning, he's adjusting.
I think the points will go up
as he plays more games in the league,
but not a horrible start to his career.
He's been spending a lot of time
with the Leandro Bassoz, of course,
over Phoenix Sun and NBA champion,
to add and propose to more of a scorer, Kai,
more of a tough guy underneath tonight.
This town grabs a rebound.
Another one reported from yourself,
a ninth Jody Stahlins, 25 points,
letting it go for Steph Curry-Bridge.
Have yourself a night, Mr. Stahlins.
And the sky's lead is extended to 15 with the tray.
Keaton either when they need a big shot here's their guy he finds Howard
Banging people to the floor here's the night again like a locomotive too strong
The step arm
15 rebounds and 25 points for towns
He did it with the head fake into the corner in this last five minutes.
It's getting over to Autumn Johnson.
I'm with Deshae and Austin Deshae.
You had an opportunity to sit for inside of them.
Deshae is for me to be here man, honestly.
Watch my friends go crazy.
It's great and I never could believe there would be something like this.
I thought this is going to be the first minute.
Honestly, this is going to be starting something very generational.
Generational talent and Kai who is looking to be the face of this league
and take over what have you liked about his game so far?
And I like he got a lot of good energy.
He's been getting rebounds.
He looked like Will Chamberlain out there.
You know what I'm saying?
I'm loving it.
He's passing the ball.
He's connecting.
He's communicating with his teammates.
You know, I think he just, yeah,
that was his teammates to pass him the f-ing ball,
but it's good.
You know what I'm saying?
That's the type of hardship we need on our community
and our teammates are going crazy.
I can't wait to see what the next game is.
Do you think he has what it takes?
Yes, yes.
I think he has, if he keeps his head on straight,
Stay away from the distractions and really lock in like after this used to be in the gym for hours every day after each game
To really be the potential. He really can't be I think you can be the face of this week real real soon
No problem, thank you so much
Thanks a lot of 14-point advantage for the sky what a move by a Johnny
get into the lane but he doesn't always have to finish he is more than just the
score he is a true great guard demands the game commands the game is always in
control great time great drop off he just knows where the ball needs to go
in all moments 51 to 37 sky and kai sanat leave coming up on four minutes
left to you from OTE arena and don't go anywhere after the game we've got a
the press conference where you can be sure to hear from Kai.
The possibility of a fireworks display though,
lessening as his team is ahead
but they've forced a shot clock violation.
The tower causes the best scoring group in the country
and they have produced tonight.
There's just so many options on the floor at all times.
We talked about a Johnny Howard and Kai
at the beginning of the game,
but Stalin's is the one that took over.
Stalin's is the one who has been the star of this game.
Of course, kind of stranger to big time basket though.
He took an NBA 2K25, played in the celebrity game last year
where he was only able to manage one basket.
He told us before the game he was gonna improve upon that
was taking last and last, last night's draft.
He's got a little bit of work to do,
but he does have six points in it.
Racing across the timeline.
It's an actress, the needle, the floater.
Too strong.
$63 a night, looking like Godzilla in there.
Jump ball is the call, tie one and a five.
They props to him, King.
He had 4,000 in the first quarter,
or he started 2,000 in the first quarter,
and then four early in the second, he's playing smart.
And he's been able to make the adjustment.
That's what you want out of your best player.
That's what you want out of your star.
The ability to, ah, bounce out after picking up
quick ones in. He's got his rhythm. He's now in his way. He can impact in this game and
he's starting to really turn it up on the swing.
He really has, he's been playing very well and he's been playing within himself.
Oh my goodness. What are we doing?
I'm going to turn over in the open floor. I think one area he can really have to
He must get better with his dribbling too many times in the open court.
We just saw right there my man tried to dribble over the defender.
That is the time when you hit him with a wrap around and you do something to switch hands.
But you cannot dribble the ball over the defender.
He has to be able to improve on his hand.
Now, like the show tonight, you can see it in person.
If you'd like, come down to watch.
Isonette you see the qr clone on your screen all you gotta do hit that up you can come
Isonette in person
It has been an electric environment here from O.T.
In Atlanta remember you come see Kyle till October 2nd
You might see your Texans like that from Maryweather
QR code though in your upper right hand corner inside nice pump face
It's his own mist
They're like Angel Reese out there
Miss an opportunity and two more points is team up 16
There's one thing I used to do
Today until tomorrow to improve what is I think needs to watch film
I think that's the biggest thing you have a short turnaround right you can't go in
You can't do that with a short turnaround in playing, potentially five games in five days.
If you're kites and that, watch the film, learn where you can pick your spots, how you
can be aggressive, when to not be aggressive, when to pass the basketball, when to exert
your energy.
If you can watch the film and learn quickly, I think you can have a turnaround, have
a successful day tomorrow.
Yeah, that's a great point with so many days and so few so many games in so few days.
It is important that he keeps his legs fresh and if he works on the mind or so then working
on the body and he can also have to pace himself a little bit better.
There's too many times where he gets the offense and gets the defensive rebound, tries
to go 100 miles an hour.
He doesn't have to do that.
If he can learn how to change his pace, change his speed in the open court, he will
be a lot more effective.
KC three does everything 190%
Basketball
Star-sledded crowd here at OTE arena joining the millions of millions streaming around the globe
So happy to be with you tonight.
Three ball off the mark from the court.
Here comes Kat, the I-Self team.
It's a knee.
Could be too little, too late for Dallas.
All right, spins out of track.
The corkscrews is way into the left off the ground.
It is going to a long, tough night for Kaisenette.
But his energy has been consistent.
That is what you want to see.
Energy from start to finish has been there
His biggest dream ever with Kevin Hart and Trusky was a sleepover stream not much sleep
Gotten right there by that star-studded trio
To free throws coming up for God
The more that he gets
You're starting to see the touch come there.
His head is starting to look a little better.
It's just all about comfortability with Todd.
We see Jordy Stiles headed the bench
and his family, friends, and followers.
25 points.
20 rebounds for Kassanat.
Looking to add to the point total.
His team up 13.
134 left from OTE Arena.
0 for 4 now from the free throw line.
He's sitting forward here.
He uses the basketball.
Who else coming up with the Kai Sanat?
The stands showing maximum effort, King.
That's the energy that we talk about.
The assistant lead has been here all game.
It's never waiting.
Ooh, nice inbounds.
Got a little bit of finish from the end of the line.
Turn up on a minute left.
The lead has been trimmed to 11.
Hey, by Coach Howard.
Doesn't look happy.
Kai Sanat making his way to the bench.
Right now has to be feeling good about the results.
I'm dying.
Major reason why his team is up.
He has played extremely well
and a little rough at the beginning,
but 20 rebounds is extremely, extremely aggressive.
Gets the lip balm right when he goes to the sidelines.
Now he's looking for the water.
Face of determination.
His team though has been in red at the night
like some of the members of the audience.
Really been an exciting environment here.
Just in time, but you can tell the energy in the building has been lit.
All game. We are just getting started here in the LPA.
You can watch us on Kai's Twitch, but make sure you keep tabs on us.
until October 2nd.
It's a nap back in the game.
Doing what he does best. Talking some trap.
And most of this capacity crowd,
still on their feet.
Inbounds.
What was this to them?
Can imagine we're trying to cut here.
In the middle left.
Rain on South Fish.
Just a little too much pressure on that.
KYP, know your personnel, right?
That you're throwing everything way too hard.
It's a little mad right there.
Yeah, Jay Stollins, not much he could do there.
Robert Lamar does a nice job gathering it.
Finds power.
Lamar offens it.
Bored.
Too strong.
Get it, get it, get it.
Stollins tries to grab the rebound.
He gives encouragement from Sinead.
And the whistle from the referee.
Kai has been encouraging to his teammates tonight.
Very good attitude for someone who was picked behind Seamoster
last night.
Invisible man in Neil Armstrong to a mixture he's still with us.
Man in the middle of the call.
Tonight was taken last by his team.
Looking to finish first tonight.
Oh, look at this.
Junior.
And the second star is rejected.
I like it, though.
Comes in the game.
Doesn't matter the height.
Looking to go get a shot up.
I like the aggressiveness.
Well, if it runs in the forward,
He's got 25 tonight, so he just needs to keep at it with 20.9 seconds left.
This guy has six players out there.
It's a little short.
He wants it back with 15 seconds left.
Moore gives it to him.
Three tries from Kai.
Not his specialty.
He gave the chance for one more shot with Kai right in his face.
didn't disappoint first half was a little a little concerning but he picked up in
the second half his energy was there he rebounded the basket ball he brought the
energy brought the intensity he led his team to a win that's all you ask for I
think he will improve as the this weekend goes on but he let his team
to a victory as a player do you think if you're kind of hey we got the first
one out of the way and we got a
victory. Yeah, just settle in
and I think tomorrow as he gets
more and more comfortable, I
think we'll see him add more
points to that scoring column.
And speaking of tomorrow, if you
want to come out to OTE arena at
six o'clock, the Towers and the
Giants will play and then of
course will be featured once
again with Kai and the Sky
hosting the mountains. That's
at 7.30 Eastern time, but the
time is now to get it over
to Autumn Johnson and our
and our superstar tonight, big time game by Jody Stallings.
That's right, I'm with the star of the games, Jody Stallings,
who played lights out.
You have 25 points, four steals.
How were you able to put the team on your back tonight?
I was playing defense, Gary, bouncing, shooting threes.
I mean, light work out there, doing it all for your team.
And you also had an opportunity to play with Ty.
What did you like about his performance
and what he brought.
He did good.
Absolutely.
And you guys come in tomorrow still
looking to take on teams and take over this league.
What is it going to take for Team Sky to take over?
We just got to play defense gear,
rebounds and make layups.
Spoken like a true pro, you guys, back to you.
Well, there you see the stat line, 25 points.
But there you see Kaisenette.
Doesn't look satisfied, Kamla Clure.
I like the analysis right there by Stalings.
He needs to work on his job.
I would second that.
A lot of spot shots, he must get better at that
and more handling, but I think he'll be fine.
He will be better as the weekend progresses.
You would think a player of Kai's Elka,
or a performer of Kai's Elka,
should wilt under all this pressure,
but out of the gate, maybe he was feeling it a little bit,
maybe put a lot of pressure on himself.
It's all about comfortability, Micah.
The more comfortable that he will be,
the better his game will end up progressing.
And I think that he did a decent job.
Great start for his debut.
He was solid.
We'd like to welcome you in to the LVA post game show.
Pete Souza, alongside my partner, King McClure.
It was all about Kaisenette earlier tonight
before the game started, King.
But then, once the ball went up,
was big time about Jody Stahlings. Jody Stahlings was an absolute force on the
floor. He definitely was the best player tonight. It's not even a question. Even
with a guy like Kaisa now who got drafted Jody didn't Jody was the best
player on the floor and he showed that he belongs belongs on this stage and not
just him or Johnny Howard. I mean that trio right there between Howard
Kai stallings they will be forced to be reckoned with in this league and look for them to make a lot of noise
In this league speaking of noise, let's take a look at the second half highlights here from OTE arena in downtown Atlanta
Early on we saw a lot of Johnny Howard, but we also saw a lot of RJ Jones and a lot of maybe confusion from Tyson
They got off to a slow start, but his teammates were able to pick him up.
I think that's all you can really ask for.
They carried them, they put the team on their back and they allowed Kai to contribute whatever he wanted to contribute.
But don't get it twisted because the Giants played big and they stayed in the game for the majority of this game.
At the end, when Kai finally turned it on, they became a little bit too much for the Giants.
But for the most part, when you look at Kintania, when you look at RJ Jones,
Boom. These guys stepped up and they played extremely well.
They just didn't have an answer, honestly.
Four cock.
Well, cock finished with 20 rebounds.
How do you think he sort of amended his game
in the second half to find his footing underneath the basket
and saw the putback and score there?
All right.
Didn't force it.
He stopped forcing it, I think, early on.
He wanted to be extra aggressive and wanted
to try to go get it.
But he let the game come to him in the second half.
I would make adjustments by putting him in the back of the watch.
I really just let me settle down and let it come through him.
My God, and this is what you see as a result.
Yeah, let's listen in on KC three and the New York sky after the win.
You got the dog, bro.
Tonight, go to sleep early, get some rest.
I play tomorrow.
We all play hard tomorrow, tomorrow's Saturday.
So be glad to play house.
Anybody coming up for the coach, too, you are?
Oh my God.
Hey, look out.
I was great.
Tomorrow's Saturday is Sunday.
Sunday.
So we're playing for the lord
My chat is everybody thing you're y'all game to you gonna go crazy. I everybody be back here same exact time
Same exact time and we're going up there. Who's you gonna be? Who me? Yeah? Why wouldn't I be here?
I'm gonna be here
How you suck?
Yo, pull me back on Titsa.
Oh my god.
Come on, bro.
I was playing basketball, bro.
Well, there was some dismay tonight on the face of Kaisenat, but that's the most dismay
we saw all night long when he was asked if he'd be here tomorrow night.
Of course he's going to be here.
My man was so tired.
He forgot what day it was, Pete.
Yeah, that's how you know he put everything he had into this game from start to finish
the energy.
I just love the Kenneth from Reed comparison that we got from Dennis Smith, because
I think it's so accurate. That's what he did tonight. That's how he contributed inside the paint domination
Rebounding energy hustle all the little things right control what you can control and he did that he can't he didn't control
That's how he does jump shot, but it's okay
It's fine. He can work on that he can improve on that
But the energy in the rebounding is what I was extremely impressed with this is what you want from a guy who was
Drafted lower than what he thought he would be a lot lower Stephen A Smith early on last night
message sent a message to
Kaysen and through the media,
he said, hey, you got yourself
going through. You've got to
improve that left hand. There's
a lot of different things you
need to do before you are
drafted in the lottery and we
saw Kai plummet to the last
pick in the draft. But the
effort was there tonight and
we saw the charisma. Hey
look, this is a guy who
really has put it all together
to make this thing happen
tonight. The LBA, we love
it. We love the fact that
his chat is involved, but I
But I want to go backwards.
Let's listen to what Steven A. Smith,
yours and mine's colleague at ESPN had to say
about Kaisenat last night.
This is your boy Steven A.
Look at that, Kaisenat.
I mean, I get you, I get you.
You think you got a game?
You think you got a game?
You thought you was gonna be the number three
overall pick, didn't you?
You thought you were gonna be number three.
I know you think you got a little jade.
You think you got a handy.
You think he gets the hole any time you want to.
But it's about how you're finished,
not how you start, my brother.
Did you see the defense keying up on you?
Did you see them making you go to your left?
because they knew that you wanted to go to your right.
Did you see that?
Did you see them stepping back and forcing you to do J?
You suddenly didn't have, at the most key pivotal moment,
when you were working out to get yourself
to be a top three overall pick.
But it didn't happen.
It didn't happen.
Now, does that mean you don't have a game?
No.
Does that mean you don't have a failed career?
No, it does not.
What it does mean is that you weren't number three
like you were saying you were going to be.
Like the prognosticators were saying you were going to be.
Like everybody was saying you were going to be.
except your boy.
Your boy tried to tell you you were top 20, not top three.
You didn't listen.
I hope you learn from this and recognize
that I know my basketball.
You got game!
Just not the game.
You feel me?
Well, if you watched the draft last night,
you know that Stephen A. Smith was spot on.
The frustration had bubbled up to such a high level
for Kai last night that he actually tried to steal somebody else's draft spot
crashing the podium and trying to be disguised as another player.
That situation was quickly rectified and Kai was forced to wait till he was selected last.
But showing resolve tonight, getting 20 rebounds in his team's victory.
And you see the holes in this game.
You see the weaknesses.
I mean, there's some to point out.
But let's talk about the positives and what he did extremely well.
And I'm impressed like for a guy who got drafted,
The where he got drafted expecting to go number three. He had a lot to prove. He played like a guy who had a lot to prove
He played like a guy who who was trying to show the world what he was capable of doing the people who didn't believe in him
And who doubted him he played that way by his energy in the social
He tried to prove all the doubters wrong and I think he did that tonight
It's that line ended up being much better than it was in the first half. He adjusted. He got comfortable
shots out to him. I only expected to go up from here.
What's the one thing you could see him improve on?
If there's one wrinkle to his game, you mentioned watching film.
If there's something you could tell him, if he comes to you and asks you,
you were talking to him before the game, maybe he'll ask you after it,
what can I do to improve? What would you tell him?
I would tell him it's pacing. I think there's two things.
One is pacing, like going 100 miles per hour, getting the rebound,
trying to, he didn't have to do that.
He can really change his pace and be more effective and more efficient with his energy.
I think that's number one. Number two, staying close to the rim.
Please, for the love of me, do not shoot a 3-point shot.
That is not your specialty and there's nothing wrong with it.
Kenneth Freed never really took 3s, might have took a few in his career,
but he did all his dirty work inside of the paint.
You don't have to be a 3-point specialist to be effective.
So do your work in the paint and watch and manage your energy and your efficiency.
All right, well, the press conference is starting right now here in the bowels of OTE arena.
Let's get to it.
Kyle, you got four fouls in the first half.
How does that make you feel about your performance in the rest of the game?
Daniel, I have played four what?
Four fouls in the first half.
First of all, when they told me I had four fouls in the first quarter, when they told
me I had four fouls, I didn't know what was going on.
I feel like the ref in the league is just too soft.
Like man up.
I'm saying everybody's here to play basketball.
Basketball is a physical sport, you feel me?
So when I do my thing where I'm trying to block
or I'm trying to get the ball, it just happens,
you feel me?
Cod, Cod, Cod, Cod.
The big storyline of this game
was your matchup against Jacobi Jeffries.
How do you feel this rivalry motivated you today?
Yesterday he was making fun of me.
Today he barely had minutes.
As I said, I still stay my way to say it.
Fuck Jacobi, I don't give a fuck.
Oh, Cod, Cod, Cod, in the back, in the back.
After game one, many are saying,
the sky should have never taken you out the 24th pick.
What do you have to say to that?
24th pick, that's where they went wrong.
How much points did I have?
Does anybody know how much points I had?
I was one away from a double W,
feel what I'm saying, 24th pick, we got the win.
It's everybody who didn't pick me,
they're about to lose everything.
I'm going to this shit, we gonna do what we gotta do.
So, Kai, it was the first game of your career.
Do you feel like you made the impact on the league
that you're playing to?
Um, I came in here just trying to do what I do and at first I'm thinking you know
I'm gonna do what I gotta do and I'm gonna come in here and I'm gonna school
the points and do and dominate over my teammates and stuff like that but I learned the hard way I learned the way that it was
You know, it's a team game of basketball
We got to do what we got to do as an as a team at the end of the day
You feel what I'm saying if my man's got a shine let him shine. I'm gonna pass him the rock
You feel me?
Everybody want to be stuff and curry something's got to be Jamal green
So if my man's right here on the left could shoot, I'ma let him shoot.
You feel me?
I hear everybody on the sideline.
They ain't hating and stuff like that.
Let me just zone out with my teammates and get the win.
And that's what we got tonight.
Can you tell us a little about your teammates and particularly Jody?
teammate Jody?
How much point did Jody had?
He was like, was he, who's Jody was the one that, um, he had 25?
Damn, Jody had 25?
Shout out to my man Jody.
It was some little nigga on my team.
That nigga did not pass me the fucking ball.
When I told him to pass me the fucking ball,
but it's all right, though.
We got practice in the morning,
and I'm gonna tell him about himself,
but shout out to Joe.
He had 25, his highlights gonna go crazy.
Hopefully, you know, the NBA start scouting him right now.
They just pay attention to him.
That's what it's all about.
You feel me?
Hopefully everybody in the NBA and all those other teams
could, you know, I feel like our league
is a little bit more professional,
but you know, everybody gotta go up at some point.
So, um, rate your own performance one through 10.
How it feel like you did?
I want you to be honest.
Huh?
I'll be honest.
Um, I'm a little disappointed in my, in my, the way I played on the offensive end in
terms of getting my team's rebounds and making sure that they succeed with the ball.
I saw I'm proud at before right now.
Ain't nothing a joke about you feel what I'm saying.
I didn't go in there and drop in 20 plus.
dropping 20 plus. I didn't go in there having the highlight of my day. I wasn't the MVP or
wasn't the most talked about the first game and that's why we're going to give everybody for second game.
How are you and the team preparing for the next game?
I'm about to go watch LeBron highlights. I'm about to go watch Anthony Edwards highlights.
I'm about to watch a lot of highlights. I'm about to work up a tutorial of how to play
basketball on YouTube and lock in and how to be more aggressive on the offensive end.
Any more questions?
What's the next game?
What time is it?
Tomorrow?
Oh, tomorrow the next game is at, I believe, same same as today.
So, 7-0-5, right here and stuff like that.
Appreciate y'all.
Well, just like his streaming career, King McClure, wherever Kaisenat goes, it is a
media circus as we just saw play out in that post-game press conference where he
used some colorful language some might consider an assault on the English
language but he was impassioned. There we go that's what you love to see I think
he needs to stay away from the Anthony Edwards highlights stay away from the
LeBron highlights I think that how to how to play basketball is more along
the alley of what he should be doing but nonetheless he's passionate he
loves the game and he wants to win and that's all you can ask for from
your star player. What did you make of his choice words for Jacobi Jeffries?
That's interesting. I mean, especially for a guy in Jacobi Jeffries who
really didn't even, we didn't even notice he was on the floor. I think it's
very interesting. I mean, there's still some bad blood between him and
Kai because he took Kai spot and Kai honestly, I played the man. Kai showed
why he should have been in Jacobi Jeffries spot. Yeah. Jacobi Jeffries
was taken third, 10th in his entire family was taken last night before
Kaysen at any last thoughts on tonight's game as we head into tomorrow. I just
expect to see Kai take it to another level offensively and he will be more
efficient. He'll be better. I think to see him get to a different level tomorrow.
I will for King McClure our entire crew here from OTE arena where the sky
defeated the Giants. I am Pete Suzer. Remember tomorrow night, our pre game
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King McClure, I'm Pete Sousa. We cannot wait to see you tomorrow night. Thank you
so much for joining us here from OTE Arena.