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We saw Kai's debut last night. Mixed reviews. What do you think he needs to do to take the next step?
Well, I'm gonna take the next step. He has to let the game come to him and that's first and foremost
Last night early on he tried to force a lot of things and I think that's why he didn't have a lot of success
He picked up four fouls early stay out of foul trouble. Let the game come to him
Don't be so aggressive. Do your work in the paint and not on the perimeter
I think if he does that he'll have success tonight
Well, he'll be looking to have sex success against the mountains and here is highlights from their game yesterday
They came up short taking on the Phoenix towers a big reason why was Prince Calvin?
But we're looking forward to seeing some Zion Hill tonight
He had four points and five steals yesterday, but he was no match game for Prince Calvin
This game was a lot closer than what the story indicates
They just pulled away towards the end.
However, it was a high level competitive game,
and that is what I would expect to see tonight.
Johnson had the opportunity to catch up
with one of the cornerstones of the Towers organization.
Here she is with Halo X.
Getting on Team Sky tomorrow, and I have Halo here with me.
And Towers is putting up numbers throughout this tournament.
Do you think you'll be able to do it again versus Sky tomorrow?
I believe we can work there.
I believe if we do right and we play right,
We can beat them.
So that game is tomorrow.
How many points do you think you'll hold Kai to?
At least 10.
OK, points will be hard to come by.
We'll see how that goes down tomorrow, guys.
Back to you.
O.S. with our Autumn Johnson.
And if Kai were to have 10 points,
that will be an improvement upon what we saw last night
as we get set to take a look at some of the highlights
came from their victory.
It was a victory yesterday against the O.S.
I expect kind of be more of a score tonight.
I mean, yesterday he was more of a junkyard dog.
Kind of gave Kenneth Farid vibes like Dennis McJunger said.
Dennis Rodman, Traymon Green.
I mean, he played defense and specialized on the glass.
I expect him to be able to go get more points tonight.
We talked to him earlier before the game in the green room
and he said, hey, I'm going to give you a better performance
from the field as far as scoring the basketball.
ball. So I expect nothing less from that. I mean, he's gonna rebound, he's gonna bring
the play with the energy, bring the intensity, but I think that we will see him get at least
double digits. A double-double is expected from Kai tonight.
And the Sky wouldn't have gotten it done without the help of Jody Stallings, who had 25 points.
And Johnny Howard, I know as we see Stallings knocked down another J, you really liked
what Johnny Howard had to offer. Oh, Johnny Howard is the ultimate playmaker. He is
the facilitator he calms everything down and it's crazy to say that about an
eight-year-old but he can get into the paint he makes the right decisions he
is a true definition of a point bar I think Chris Paul a little bit and
stallings is absolutely insane but this play right here the shock around
the world the block around the world
Kaisen that had great position but came in bell gave Kai fits in the first half
However, there is no Cain and Bell on this mountain's team.
Kai will be the dominant post presence tonight because that man,
and his size is crazy, the differential.
Yeah, well, everybody knows how well Jody Stallings played
last night.
We mentioned 25 points.
Kai is supposed to be the star of the show,
but Mr. Stallings kind of stole it from him.
Here he is after the game with our own Autumn Johnson.
maybe a little bit of a storm brewing in that sky locker room.
What did you like about his performance and what he brought?
Autumn Johnson asking the million dollar question got the 10 million dollar answer.
Now we want to break down as we get a look at Jody Stallings.
Some of the other greats, right?
I mean, kites and that is the greatest streamer of all time, right?
One of the best creators of all time.
But let's look at some of the basketball players.
the best of all time that he is trying to compare himself to some of those
debuts King you see Steph Curry not bad 14 points King James 25 points and there
he is his inspiration Kai's inspiration that is Leandro Barpoza with four points
and hey King I know you like that we see the eight points but 20 rebounds you
know Pete call me crazy but I think that Kai's and that's performance when
you look at the guys who we just named.
I would say that his performance is second best.
Behind LeBron, it's more impressive than Steph Curry,
way more impressive than the Archibald,
Daniel Marbosa.
I mean, Kaisenat did his work down low.
He was a force in the second half.
His debut performance was the second best.
Better than Steph Curry,
better than a lot of guys in the NBA.
Kaisenat is really a force when he is locked in.
Well, you and he talked and you mentioned last night,
He needs to learn how to fall.
You mentioned that to him before the game.
He agreed with you.
Yeah, because if he doesn't learn how to fall,
he's wanting to injure.
This is a five game series,
because I'm gonna expect him and his team,
I expect him to lead his team to the championship.
Five games in five days,
my man has to protect his body,
has to protect himself.
Let's take a look at some of that intensity last night.
A lot of pressure on Kai.
Maybe you put too much on yourself.
Sound to the gate, here we are.
It's himself.
in your debut
My teammates and we just come in for the win
I'm not trying to do two extras. No, I'm ass and just and just set the expectations low and just be a team player
And do what I ought to do in the court. Well, Jody said you need to work on your shot come into the smash-up
After all he did have to answer the number two role on Jody's team number two. No, I'm number two
I'm like that. He's the number one Jody. I'm that's my man's
I'ma just pay to I'ma just pay the back until the time to pay the front
I'm gonna let him shine right now. You know, just do what he got to do and um
Hopefully he don't not pass me the ball. You feel me cuz you that chemistry so right now
We're just on the same page, and I hope we just do we got to do out there
Hi, looking to submit his legacy coming into game two back to you guys
All right, thanks a lot autumn electricity. You can feel it in the arena
There he is Zaden Turk one of the best players on the mountains as we get a look at tonight's scouting
report in this prime time matchup between Atlanta and New York.
The mountains, they have a defensive mindset.
And that's what's going to be interesting.
When you look at guards like Johnny Howell,
you look at what Stalin said yesterday.
Even Kai, that big trio, how will they respond
to an aggressive defense at the mountain's play?
On the other side of that, New York City, stand up the sky.
They are a high scoring squad.
They get buckets at an elite rate.
And if Kai can contribute to that, this team will be dangerous.
Will they be able to make aggressive?
Will they be able to go 100% and be as aggressive as they were
yesterday against this defense?
You see Kai limbering up, and he
needs to take care of that body of his.
At some point, you know, like 22 years of age,
playing against a bunch of eight and nine year olds.
We may be mentioning the words load management.
I would think so.
Five games in five days is a lot,
especially when you play as hard as Tyson at this.
I mean, my man was going a hundred miles per hour
getting the board off of the defensive rebound,
dribbling as fast as he can,
knocking anybody he could out of the way.
He stepped on a few people to get to where he has to go,
trying to dribble over a few people
to get to where he has to go,
But nonetheless, he needs to pace himself.
He has to not pace himself.
He cannot go 100 miles an hour.
Every single game, and he's sustained it.
And there we hear him right now.
Talking to Coach Giari Hallard.
He has been a team player as far as emotion is concerned
and firing up his teammates.
This young man from the Bronx in New York City
has really been someone who has been an inspiration to his teammates.
10.8 million Instagram followers, 13 million followers on Twitch,
16 million combined YouTube subs, most of which who are looking forward to watching him explode tonight, King.
He is a leader. That's what you expect. He's hopeful he talks out of your draftings.
He leads these guys and that is why they were able to get them win yesterday
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A beautiful look as the sun falls on Atlanta, Georgia.
The ball, though, is about to go up here at O-T-E Arena.
The capacity craft here is a Johnny Howler.
The mound's starting off in a 1-2-2.
Looks like they're slowly matching up with it, but I like it.
This is it.
They scramble for it, and there is Kyle Jackson.
Oh, possession set up for Kyle.
You know, I like the drive.
You can see what they are going to immediately.
They're going to Kyle, close to the rim.
You have three opportunities.
Kyle has to be able to converse.
It's all over him.
Players want to win this game.
They are diving on the floor for loose balls.
You see the intensity.
Let's starting lineups as we take a look.
There is Roman White, you see.
Zion Hill, Demetri Amerson, Titan Dawson, and Maycio Lyons.
Mountain's lost yesterday.
The Phoenix Tower is trying to even up tonight
against a New York Sky team that won their opener
against the Dallas Giants.
Nice cut by Cal Jackson to the hole.
Underneath, too strong.
and struggled with his touch so far in his two games game.
It's not looking too good.
It's not looking too good.
The first minute of this game is not
looking too good for Kyle.
Too easy of looks for him to be missing that bad night.
Well, all the Johnson is burnt out of here.
What's up, buddy?
Hey, guys, well, we did see Kyle struggle
offensively yesterday.
He watched film, though.
He did match up.
Specifically, he watched How to Play basketball.
He watched channels, his inner Lebron jams,
and also Anthony Edwards.
But hey, I don't know you guys,
I thought you looked like Dennis Rodman out there
grabbing 23 bounce, but just settling down,
not being so anxious coming in,
what this offense is gonna be important.
That's a really good point,
just kind of getting under control
as we see him pass ahead to a Johnny Howard,
like a surgeon.
Howard launches, rims out, but there's time.
He made it!
That is what he does.
That is where he, that's his bread and butter.
Crashing the glass as hard as he can and finishing.
There we go.
One for four, one for five right now with two feet in in.
That is what he is supposed to do.
Rolling around on the ground right now is Kandyn Orr.
They go ahead to Starling's.
Flip, snap, look at that.
Jody Starling's.
Acrobatic move.
I love what Starling's brings to the table.
Picking up where he left off last night,
he is an instant bucket here.
Right side, Mountain's controlled.
He loses the basketball.
Put him to the net into the open floor.
Like a locomotive.
Hits the brakes and off the glass and in.
That's twice now, King.
We've seen the ball go through the basket.
Got to feel good for Casanet.
And he finally has to get under control and settle in.
I think that's something he's little too antsy when he first starts.
Once he settles in, he'll be great.
But the defense of the sky,
really causing problems right now for the mountains.
the mountains.
Camdenor fast break bucket is good.
It's nothing.
Skye, Ty L. Call by Denitri Anderson.
There he is.
The head coach has been prepared to tie Lou.
He's going to try and use some of that influence
to settle his squad down.
And that's a great timeout.
But look at this right here.
Look at the pursuit of the basketball in the air by Ky.
Goes opposite.
That is what you see.
Great rebounders.
They don't go on the same side
that the ball was shot on.
It goes to the opposite side of the rim.
Starlings can finish.
You can score whatever way you want them to.
But early on, we see the aggressiveness.
We see the sky getting after it and really making it hard
for this Mountain State.
Let's take a listen now to the New York medal and pass it out.
Two medals, yes.
I got to make those.
I got to make those.
I need more, baby.
And overtime elite arena, we see the confidence
and kind of feel it, King.
just oozing off of Kaisenat.
Wow, this truly stars.
He is good.
You've seen him do it from the inside, now the outside.
It doesn't matter.
He has a true definition of a three-level score.
Inside, outside mid-range,
he has so many different facets to his game.
25 points last night on early four tonight.
This team up 10-0.
Right side, launching mountains.
Two strong rebounds to Kaisenat.
Baseball pass.
Johnny Howard's fans gets tangled up.
Nice pass from Tata James, who is amped over here.
Nice. He took a nice, nice ice bath.
He has some old male ace and Slim Jims.
He's ready today. He's ready.
Did you talk to him after his debut?
If so, what did you tell him?
He tried to watch the brawl of Game 6 against Aubrey.
He's so serious.
What did you want to see more from him coming in today?
I wanted to see more defense and sauce corn more rebounding was at 60 instead of 20
So in such a great vibe you and the rest of the Mason kids
I see her just showcasing a talent and everybody's here having fun
Here in OTA arena, I'm gonna sit back to you guys
Ty little
Shooters shoot
The ball is taken away by Jackson.
I had to stall.
That's a grown man move right there.
They are getting after him right now.
Mountain Scram, everything.
He never tries to look back to the first miss.
King, why is he missing these legs?
Inexperience.
Inexperience, he just needs a little bit more time on the court.
But he's playing like a high-level draft there.
Zoom into the hole.
Last move, B-woman White.
This guy looking like a well-oiled machine.
Seven out from three. Too strong.
That was four of 20 last night.
That's gotten better than that, because the working-on-the-team,
working-on-the-class are the mountains.
He does it his first two.
That is why I think that mountains will get back into this game in transition.
Half court offense has not been great.
It's been stalled into the pressure of the sky.
Getting out in transition is where they will get back
into this game.
Stalling, just first miss Q tonight.
Mountain's trying to take advantage.
Inside of a minute left.
Overpass, nice pass by Demetri Amersley.
And he finished.
Seeing some life out of the mountains.
They're getting it done in transition.
Get the miss, block out Kai, and run.
Johnny Howard sets the table, puts it inside for Samat.
Hey, you want it?
You gotta go get it.
Yeah, that's our guy.
Kyle has to go meet the ball.
He has to get that pass if he wants to score.
Skip to the open corner.
So they got healed.
It's what we love to see.
The LPA, there's nothing like it.
It is a game of runs.
Back and forth, mountains finally creeping to the game.
Sky start off hot.
The second quarter and the rest of the game
will be when to watch.
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King, what'd you like about Atlantis comeback?
I like how they got it done.
It was strictly in transition.
Getting stops, blocking out something
that they were not doing earlier on in the game.
There were too many offensive rebounds allowed by the sky.
And when they started actually putting bodies on people,
keeping Kai off the glass, getting steals, getting stops,
they turned those stops.
They converted the stops.
They converted the defense of rebounds
into buckets, great defense, leads to easy offense.
All right, let's get it over to Autumn Johnson.
What's up, Autumn?
I had an opportunity to head over to the Huddle,
and the Sky's head coach was really emphasizing
to not play selfish, wake the ball,
make sure we can play together.
And he also looked at Kai and said,
hey, you are the face of the league.
Make sure you play like it for right now.
Two points shy from a double, double, two,
right, that's sticking together as a team.
All right, thanks a lot, Autumn.
We see some team play right there.
Cal Jackson converts his team, he's up nine.
A Johnny Power Rebaunch off the line.
Rebounds pulled down by Jase Burton.
Let's take a listen in to Kaisenette.
Jack, can you hear me?
Yes or no?
Yes or no?
Jack, can you hear me?
Yes or no?
Jack, can you hear me?
Yes or no?
Jack, can you hear me?
Yes or no?
Jack, I'm really trying them hard.
What do I got?
I want to shoot threes of top, man.
I want to be more on the floor.
Look who I have to do, Chad.
I'm doing good now, I bet.
I'm getting tired quick.
I'm fine.
But I'm not just taking from the top and driving,
I'm getting tired from the paint, from the paint.
I'm feeling that.
I'm about to go see Tarukimon.
We better go on Tarukimon
because this is a whole thing right now, okay?
Just a whole thing right now.
Stay little.
Okay, all right.
All right.
Here we go, here we go.
I'm gonna be Chad.
Checking that Chad out last night.
It's like a machine gun, okay?
Then he wants to shoot more threes.
He hits levels to it, Kyle.
You can't just jump out there and start doing it.
You have to work your way up.
Once he can make a layup consistently,
then he can work his way out to the three point line.
But I think once he settles in, we'll see who can work
for the behind the arc.
And Shani Howard from Beyond the Arc, too strong.
Passing tangent for Kyle Jackson
is taken away by Roman White.
We've called his name a lot tonight.
The White Knight drops it off.
Zion Hill, oh step back, too strong, but right there for the rebound is Macy O'Liens, unselfish play, finds an open man, Walker can't convert, Jase Burton in the open floor, loses the basketball, Howard races to save it, but he's out of bounds.
5 minutes and 30 seconds for me.
10-9, this guy leads right now.
5-57 left, here in the second corner.
He zooms up alongside my partner, Keith McClure.
And here comes Kai Sinash.
Kai spent the summer part of the beast in Paris.
I are rolling from the streets of the Olympics
where the men's and women's team won Golden Basketball.
He'd like to get a chip tonight.
Oh, oh, oh, no left hand.
Hey!
What a sense right there.
Was able to get the ball out in transition, no matter how it looked.
He got the ball to where he needed to go and that's a good voter right there.
Yeah, Jay Burton wants to be an NBA player or a lawyer.
He is making a case tonight to be a pro.
Indigate player or a lawyer that has two great occupations right there.
He puts his cards right after we stumble both, it can be your agent.
Stallings showing off the defense, and here comes Kai.
Gathers it, low three.
Going for it, Stallings will wave them off, rips out on him.
Big rebound, but throws it away.
You know, one thing I've been impressed with is, yesterday we saw Kai.
Get it down to her.
Four fouls in the first quarter.
No fouls so far.
He's got a great job of being able to control his body
and not be aggressive with his hands.
Facing into the fourth court.
Getting a good look at Zion Hill.
Five points and four steals last night.
Using the vision there.
Snaps it over to Cameron West.
Oh, but it's a call to foul.
There we go.
Good stick right there.
Trolled the same.
Saw the open lane.
That's a great take right there for Cameron Webb.
I'm bleeding. I'm going to die. I'm going to die.
We just heard Kanda mention not only is he gasped,
but he says he might be bleeding.
Can't see any blood, but he did say he wants to be an actor when he grows up.
He's all grown up at 22 years of age.
Acting like a pro basketball player tonight.
We'll see if he can come through and actually make it a reality.
So far, I would say that it's yes.
I mean the numbers that he's put up, he's making a strong case of why he should have
went top five in the draft.
We talk about him trying to prove himself.
I think tonight he is doing that, he is proving his worth.
Come on, come on, come on!
Come on, fucking it!
You good?
You got it!
You got it!
He has been fired so far tonight.
Eight points overall.
Nine rebounds.
9 rebounds, launching a 3, just off the mark is Titan Dawson, a Titan of the basketball industry.
Oh, Stutter stepped from stalling! Stop that! You can only stop himself.
Chase Burton with the run of that 10 and Bill head to the free throw line.
You start the 10! You start the 10!
Okay.
Yesterday, mixing it up with teammates,
he seems today to be on the same page with the rest of the sky.
And one thing that stands out right now is 22 to 11 and rebounds.
The sky are absolutely dominating on the glass,
whether that be offensively or defensively.
The mountains, when they get the stops,
when they are able to block out,
that is when they saw success in that first quarter.
So they have to block out.
If they can shrink the gap in the rebounding game,
they will be able to shrink this lead.
Speaking of success, let's get it over to Autumn Johnson.
That's right, you guys.
I'm here with Darmani.
And he is here at his first LVA matchup.
How are you enjoying the experience so far?
I love it, man.
These kids really know what they're doing.
They're running back and forth, putting on the clip game.
Yeah, I'm going to join it.
Right now, Kai is trying to just really make
his statement known.
He has ended his streaming career to turn pro in basketball.
What was your reaction when you learned that?
You can do anything you put your mind to.
You got to start somewhere.
I think Kai has started right now, and I can tell.
You had a little bit of the opportunity to see him play.
What have you thought about his game so far?
I think these kids can really teach Kai a lot.
I'm having a good time.
I don't know.
I'm getting serious too.
He's not smiling.
He's not playing with these kids.
He's not going easy.
He's that real.
And they're better than him though.
They're better than him.
What more do you want to see from him?
From Kai?
This is entertaining for me.
I'm not gonna lie.
I like seeing like the kids crossing them up
and make shots on him.
I like that.
I like it.
I'd say keep going.
Keep going Kai.
Thank you so much for your time.
Don Monty.
Of course riding home here in the ATL.
As we look at Kai.
He is one rebound away from the double-double.
His team up 13.
Pass it, pass it, pass it.
332 left here in the second corner.
The Hauer trying to break down his zone.
Oh my god, you know what's happening?
Hey, hey.
He snaps it to Burton, and floats it inside.
Tump fake, but Timothy Stokesy misses,
but he adds his own pull.
Oh my.
Oh my.
Oh.
He was right up there.
And that wasn't pretty, Pete.
When he has to get his feet set, he has to be able to get his feet set, turn his hips, and he has to shoot the ball with more arc.
If he gets it up higher, I think he has a better chance of dropping it in, because right now, he's shooting bikes, and right now, he has to do it constantly.
The river, he says.
So right now, you have to be very strategic and careful with where you make your passes.
Janet Sharp told Kyle earlier this week he's made it off.
I'm seven feet, showing it right there.
Into the fourth floor.
And picks an assistant with his rebounds of points.
Little bit of history made tonight at OT, Arena First,
double-double.
And Kaisenath history and LPA history, taking place.
This is impressive.
First half, double-double.
This is a young man who is trying to prove himself.
A young man who was overlooked, undervalued,
and showing why he should have licked in that third spot.
He bring up a great point.
Was in free fall in Friday Night's draft.
A secret, real, strong and invisible man,
his own mom, taking in front of him in the draft.
Expected to go three.
He went last.
Shelly Howard says, hey, I'll go first.
Has it knocked away?
I left, not that abounds,
but he has been in force over that.
1.11 rebounds for the superstar.
Everybody, not just everybody in America, everybody around the globe
scratching their head earlier last week when he announced his retirement from streaming.
Surprising folks tonight.
By Jody Stoings, heads up play.
And weaves his way through traffic, missed communication.
Kai ends up on the same page with him, taking the baseline off the glass.
That went everywhere, but through the hoop.
But you know what you can see?
The handle already getting better.
I mean, the between the legs right there actually looks fluid.
Now as a former player, you can't love seeing the guy
play his way into shape right in front of you during game time.
Yeah, he's slowly getting better.
I mean, every single game he's improving.
And this is just the start.
Yesterday's first game was a debut.
Today's second game, it's only going to go up from here.
When you watch the third, fourth, and fifth game,
watch how much you will improve.
This is young man who cares and was dedicated to his craft.
Just like you worked hard in streaming,
he'll be the same day on the basketball court.
He created a thousand years ago.
Plays like Dan Lillard doing it tonight.
Stallings free off the dribble, no good.
Long rebound, parents out to Camp D'Nor.
Here goes Stallings trying to make this deal
and get him fired as he makes the overhands.
Of course, Jody Stallings is going to take advantage.
Just makes it look so easy getting down here.
Nobody wants to get in front of him because he is a tank.
Such a strong force.
And I love how Johnny Howard is picking up.
He loves to guard.
He's a two-way player.
I love the habit that he's causing right now.
Dallas Anderson loses the handle.
He's just five years old.
Into the four court.
Goes makes the alliance.
Paul Scott's set of pounds as we come up on halftime.
New York leads by 12, 26 to 14.
Don't go anywhere, you're gonna stay with us during the halftime show.
We've always got a few surprises.
We just might take you inside the sky locker and
once again we're gonna fire up to the sky.
Kyle has ever said five years old, we love it.
We're playing good though, we're playing good.
But let's get this way, let's go.
One, two, seven, eight.
The third God mentioned winning.
I mean that is what it's all about.
He knows as the team goes, so goes his career.
He said, this is my career, this matters to me.
That's the type of guy he is.
He's literally like a bra and D-Way.
I just got him on my left.
He's doing you.
He's signing.
He's passing it all around.
You a good player, bro.
You know how to play.
He's talking to the stones.
He's talking to the stones.
He's looking for D-Way to the bra.
He's missing at the buzzer.
It is just a 10 point game.
So we're not playing chat.
Check, check, let's go, check, it's all we.
And you hear Kai talking to you guys at home.
He is standing by with our own Autumn Johnson.
As you see, the folks looking fly tonight here at OTE Arena.
The stars are out, the lights are bright,
and the New York sky up 26 to 16.
12 points, 11 rebounds for Kai Sinat.
He's standing by with Autumn Johnson.
Kai, you already have a double, double
in the first half of this game.
How are you letting the game come to you right now?
Hey, I'm just taking my time.
The thought of this having to be a,
this was an idea on a white board,
and now it's becoming my dream.
It's becoming a reality.
You feel me?
I've dreamt of this my whole life.
And the fact that we got this going on
and I'm doing what I gotta do as a teammate,
I feel good.
You were pouring a lot into Jody.
I was listening into that conversation.
What did you tell him?
I told him, hey, keep playing your game.
Keep doing what you gotta do in the corner.
I'm gonna keep executing what I gotta do it.
You know what I'm saying?
That everybody could be Steph Curry, LeBron, James.
Some people gotta be Dream on Green.
You see what I'm saying?
People gotta be the team playing to make sure the puzzle
gets pieced together.
Right now, you have double digit lead right over Atlanta.
How do you keep this team at bay going into the second half?
Say that one more time.
Double digit lead for you guys right now in the second half.
How do you keep this team at bay as we know they can get going?
Job's not done.
It's not finished.
Anything can happen at any moment.
We can't get comfortable until the fourth quarter,
until that final second buzz.
We cannot get comfortable.
I'm here to execute.
The job is not done, you guys, more at the half.
I'll be back to you.
All right, thanks a lot, Aldo.
We have really seen some progress for Kai Sanat
as we look at some of the court side folks
who are here for tonight's game.
Kai has really gotten better, King, if we think about it.
We look at last year in the Celebrity All-Star game
in Indianapolis, just one basket.
Last night, eight points and 20 rebounds.
Tonight, a double-double at the break.
It's all about comfortability.
The more comfortable he gets,
The more he settles in, the better his performance is.
And that's what we're seeing today, the major improvement.
He's still struggling on layups a little bit, and that's OK.
But I think as the game progresses,
we will see him start to finish those
at a more consistent rate.
What have you liked about his improvement?
What's the one thing you can put your finger on and say,
hey, from yesterday to today, Kai got better, literally
overnight.
Just letting the game come to him.
The energy was there.
It was there yesterday.
It's still been there.
But letting the game come to him,
I'm not trying to force it, and that's what I love the most.
Yeah, and that's what the folks here love.
They came here to see Kaisenette.
And when we look at these half-dime highlights,
it is all Kai.
Let's take a look now as we have the New York sky
up by 10 against the Atlanta Mounts here at OTE Arena.
Here are some of the highlights.
Look at that, Kai.
Flying in, banging bodies to get one of those 12 rebounds.
All the glass is where he did his work.
That's his bread and butter.
Being able to crash the glass extremely hard,
the intensity, the energy.
I mean, this man right here, like I said,
the layups still went there all the time,
but he's getting better.
Staying at a foul show, but it's one way,
it's one level of improvement, which we saw yesterday.
Got 4,000 in the first quarter early today.
I don't think he has one.
I mean, he really has been the focal point,
has been that leader.
Jody Stahlins didn't have that,
not the same level of effect,
but the defense of the sky
has really caused problems for the mountains.
has an elite basketball player yourself.
When you look at Kai and his production tonight,
how important was it for him to get going early,
to see the ball go through the basket?
It's huge for his confidence.
That's the one thing, I mean, he's a competent streamer,
but he has to gain that same level of confidence
on the basketball floor.
And when he does that, I think his productivity will grow.
Hey, King, once again,
things are maybe getting a little unsettling.
Let's take you to the sky's locker room.
I'm trying to make my lay-ups.
They're passable when I need to, but it's not as easy as you think.
What do you mean I'm lack?
First of all, I know what I could bring to the team.
I'm telling you, I know what I could bring to the team.
I got it in my lay-ups, yes. I've been missing.
I know. But I got a double, double.
Keep missing.
Because everybody out there is salad me. You're not looking.
I'm tired.
Then when I'm tired, you're going to leave me in the game.
You're going to be able to pay attention.
When I'm tired, take me out of the game.
Big, big team makes you got the envelope.
So nobody's doing that all?
No, yes you. It's you.
I got a double double though.
I, I, I, I, I'm not doing it more, bro.
Listen to me.
Bro, okay.
I'm going to make the layoffs.
As long as they...
They have played at the highest level that you can play for a little league basketball,
okay?
Trust them.
Trust them, okay?
When you get the ball, you got to be strong, okay?
I understand you're saying that guy's supposed to be in a certain spot, but guess what
they got?
If he not in that spot, how you going to throw it?
If he ain't in that spot, handle the ball and make the good decision.
You made some good pass to bra. I love it all right on defense. You gotta start reaching slide over
That is when I put you in your energy guy. Okay, the give me energy. You gotta get up and pressure that ball
Okay, you gotta get up there and pressure the ball the fans want to see you
I'm playing you you gotta give me something out there
Okay, when I look at that statue that ended and I you can't have a zero across the board
You gotta give me some stills some rebound some fire
Okay, let me tell you something about when Cosnett catch that ball down there when he gets down there wrap it up
Okay, but they don't see me as a leader, you know what I'm saying?
I wouldn't crash or add a ball either, because you keep this in control.
We don't have to be in that.
This is your role.
This is your role.
This is your role.
Don't sell me in, bro.
Don't sell me in, bro.
Yeah, and I got a double-double.
Without my place to beat Todd Gayne.
Coach, what are you talking about, bro?
Well, for sure.
But how much should you add?
That's the problem.
I want a 10 coming in today.
I want a 10.
I just want a 10.
I'm not telling my anything.
See, see, that's low expectations.
Yeah, it's because that's what I wanted.
38.
Get my phone.
Get my check.
Look, the check, they're laughing at me.
They're laughing at you missing all of God damn layers.
I bet they're laughing at my put in there.
Check. I have a double, double.
He's snapping right now.
You got a double, double, I'll push.
We should be winning by 30.
Okay, so can I stop you with some drinks? Can I get drinks?
You don't have to stop me from having a drink.
Listen, your best bet, use the bad boy.
Hit the square.
Hit the square.
Look, don't take a person.
It's all because I love you.
You understand me?
And I want you to be the face of the league.
Come on, take it later.
You need a 40-bar.
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
You need a 40-bar.
They're chatting, laughing, they're chatting,
laughing the whole time, chatting, laughing every day.
Court side, Pete Souza, alongside King McCleod,
King, it's not every day.
You'll see a pro basketball player address social media
or the chat in this case at halftime,
asking them for advice and telling your coach,
Hey, they're laughing at you.
Whenever the chat says ghost, whenever the chat says ghost,
and that's what Kai knows.
I think Kai had a point.
He has a double-double, however, if you want to make his layups,
it's probably about 16 plus.
Two things can be right at the same time.
26 to 16, the sky leads right now,
and all's well that ends well.
We saw he and Coach Howard kind of dappin' each other up
before we came back and took a year of courtside.
We are going to take a quick break here and we will be back with all the second half action.
More than likely, can you talk into the chat?
Your thoughts about cell phones on the bench during a pro basketball game?
You know, typically I'm not here for it, but if it's Kai, who like we say is the greatest streamer of all time,
I will allow it.
I will allow it. As long as he is locked in when he is between these lines,
And as long as the cell phone is not actually on the court,
I will allow it.
And he will start the second half.
One of these pressure he might not
as he was buried in his phone until just seconds ago.
But here he is, 26 to 16, his team ahead.
As we start the third quarter, keys for Atlanta
to get in this one and take the lead
and make you surprise this guy.
Well, it starts on the defensive end.
Defense and turnovers.
He ain't able to get stops, turn those into transition points.
But on the offensive side, take care of the basketball.
Stop forcing the ball into the bad spots on the floor.
That right there is what you do.
Bind the open man, shoot the ball,
and you shoot at the rim to turn it over.
Yeah, big time props for Dmitry Emerson.
Drawing that play up.
A half time.
He's the coach and his son.
He saw Dmitry Emerson knocked down the jet.
Eight point advantage.
And the Mountain got it to six again.
Oh-oh!
He got it!
He got it in hell!
And you see early, Pete.
Good defense leads to transition.
That is what the Mountain's have got
in the majority of their points.
Kitting out and pushing the pace.
Eight points for Zion Hill.
Three ball, one and four.
Cash, as soon as he let it go.
29 to 20.
Sky, answer the run.
Spinning out of trouble.
He's tough. Doesn't matter who is on a kaisen now.
Trying to force in baseline doesn't care about the height differential.
Gets the ball in a nice touch.
So that bails out his teammate.
Corral's the basket ball.
Whips it to the corner. Number three.
Off the mark.
Seven point advantage for the scouts. Look up.
Triple team is Amerson.
Ball is taken away by Orr.
Trying to get it to center.
away by Or. Tried to get it to
Sinan and knocked away.
Prides itself on defense.
Getting steals. Getting steals.
Great defense leads to easy offense.
That is the recipe for success
if you are the mountains.
Knocked away.
First time that the mountain has
been within five points
since four minutes left in the
first quarter.
with the steel.
Can't convert.
There comes a mountain to the floor.
Amherst is soft, Stoffins is foul, and a Johnny Howard.
This is great beat.
You love it.
How will the sky respond to adversity
when it strikes on the basketball court?
They were kind of tested yesterday, but not fully.
This is the first time that they have truly been tested.
How will Kai as a leader help his team respond to adversity?
10 points as well, that's as many as I want to pass the ball on the sky side by
as they have been outscored in the second half, 10 to 3.
But one thing that Kai can get better at is he stays in the left side of the offensive side.
If he runs out and moving out the basketball and moving multiple areas within the paint,
not staying in there for too long, but being able to move it out the basketball,
he will help us. That question to you though, the more he moves, the more tired he's getting.
Yeah, but you have to move a lot.
Look at this move side to side.
Just make sure you're not in a pink for three seconds.
But if you can move side to side,
you can get open in there, get open lanes.
Boy, he's the best.
Hey!
A Johnny Allen on his big side.
That's nice defense.
Hansy is signed up.
Yes, Jody Stalin is the guy that called.
NYC, let's call up Autumn Johnson.
Yeah.
What you got?
His impact don't show up much on the scoreboard.
If you know what I mean.
Almost like a Andre Abedala's.
He'll get off his best player, that makes sense.
The best shot, but he has effort and he has hard.
So, okay, we can't fall.
I got 1200 on him.
What more can he improve on
as he now looks to close out the same?
He smoked 12 of them already.
Get him, guys!
But he got effort and hard.
He need to work on his layups
and his overall game.
and angles and shooting and IQ effort heart and basketball back to you guys
thanks so much autumn we also mentioned IQ so it's up to me it's not like you give up on a little
everything you need to have a little bit of everything so right now tag 16 points 14 rebounds
Three minutes left here in the third corner.
His team has surged back ahead to a double-digit lead up by Oren.
Zion Hill to the corner.
Amberson charges to the lane and whips it back out.
The Roman White loses the handle.
Scott coming over, cutting three.
Macy Alliance knocks it down right in his face.
Now it's one of the best offensive possessions that we've seen from the mountains.
Multiple paint touches.
They drugged out to the lane, kicked out, was able to attack closeouts.
That was one of their better offensive possessions.
Speaking of attacking, Ryan's on defense closer to way.
Strangling on the floor is catch-out, and here comes the Johnny Howard.
Starling's up ahead. You know he's gonna tee it up.
Don't do it, but there's some man.
15-3 back.
You've been 17 points.
He's learning from his mistakes, not what he's making layups, so what did he do?
He kicked out for the open three to Howard.
Kai is slowly getting better every single game.
And the question now came, will he continue to climb the ladder?
He's setting the bar pretty high right now.
Playoff start October 1st.
And deep as hell, Paul Tamar, Paul goes to Kai.
Look at him right there, slowing the game down.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
He did give it that big.
That's not what he does.
The handle is not what he does.
But his IQ is growing, snowing the game down.
No one's seeing that the game is getting a little bit out of control.
Snow the tempo down, I like it.
The crafty better just about 13 years older than any of the performers today,
showing that boxy going ahead to Howard.
He missed fires and here come the mountains.
I might need a sub right now.
He's a little bit fatigued.
The energy body retrieves the rebound.
is 19.
Posing in on another 20.
Posing in on two more points.
On the face of the mountains.
Great outlet pass.
We see Kai now starting to get rebounded
and instead of dribbling the ball up the floor,
his eyes are automatically up.
He's outletting the ball for his teammates for easy layups.
Leaving a long jumper as to feature Anderson.
Oh, I spoke away too soon.
Oh, that was hot.
The three seconds left to go to the free throw line
and his team up 15.
Another look at this one, Kai.
And we've got to get a replay of this
because this was so incidental.
Good layover, I wish we could back it up just a little bit more.
I love the celebration.
Let's look at this.
Oh, a little wrap around.
Dribble around the defender.
I don't think he meant to do that, but nonetheless,
he got to the money.
Yesterday, King, you said you couldn't
dribble over anybody.
You did just that.
Well, he tried to dribble around in that time.
He realized you can't go over that to carry,
but you can dribble around right there.
If you remember, David Brown jumped over
in the dunk contest.
Now he's dribbling around opponents.
And the creativity, I mean, we know
that he is one of the most creative souls on the internet,
but you're starting to see the creativity in his game
on the floor.
16-point lead for the Scott.
So he's getting like a 17.
Well, maybe he can make it 18.
Nice foul for Jody Stones.
Can't close the door on the effort, but his team now up 16.
Now he's had a nice run out of the quarter break.
You see some of the work put in right there by Zion Hill.
He's got 10 points and a little bit
to say to the opposition.
Kai has been instrumental in getting this lead back,
dominating on the glass,
finishing at a higher rate on his layups.
He is part, main part of the reason why.
The sky is up 16.
Will they keep it up?
We will see.
Who's this guy turning on the press, kid?
I guess the women in the front, bro.
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That means you have Amazon Prime.
With this logo next to your name,
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I'm talking no ads.
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That's the way some might pry.
This is my ice cream truck.
Ice cream!
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First is to honor big guys.
The New York sky feeling sky high right now.
The mountain's got the work cut out for them.
44 to 28.
Here from OTE Arena where the atmosphere is fastened to say the least.
Capacity crowd of millions streaming around the globe, Pete Sousa, alongside King McClure.
King, you could just feel the excitement in this arena.
We're headed into the fourth quarter, the second of two games.
The energy has gone nowhere.
Hey, I don't know what's going on, my man.
Red.
But I love it.
I love the energy.
It's infectious.
It's going throughout the building.
I love it.
This is the place to be.
Autumn said it earlier.
The Hipskicker in the ATL is at OTE.
Quick seat taken by Tim.
It's all about y'all, bro.
How was that?
Kai responded to all the attention
and the hype surrounding his basketball career.
He's responded great.
I mean, he's getting better and better and better.
I mean, he's getting comfortable.
And we're starting to see the production increase.
He is setting the ball high.
Expect Game 3, Game 4, and Game 5 to be even more dominant.
The champion web gets on the board with the baby jumper.
Triple lead with 14.
Johnny Howard staring into the eyes of Dallas Amerson.
See Dallas top of the key just five years of age.
Real energy guy says his head coach, Dimitri Amerson, is dead.
To the floor is a Johnny Howard running into a brick wall.
Tight tossing.
Love seeing it.
Alice Emerson.
Oh, he is old.
I love it.
He's up.
He's up.
He's the Anderson guy.
4 feet 2 inches is Emerson.
And there is the 5 feet 4 inch cast and end.
Oh, I think to the ladle, it's the arm.
There is a burden though.
Carbs into the corner.
That's a surprise, he's been up here the mountains you have to, but somebody block out.
Knife into the lane is Howard, 14, the time is now for Atlanta.
And he says it's my time, Macy O'Lions.
It's a great take right there, a little coast to coast action.
Stop on a dime, avoid the charge, good floater right there, Macy O'Lions.
Come on, team!
Pure jump shot at only eight years old, it looks effortless,
leaving his hand every time, single time he shoots the ball.
You think it is a bucket.
Thinking everybody may have
strived into the lane as Cameron went.
Problem is he loses the basketball.
Jackson Weaver has it now and he's picked off.
Strong to the hole.
Lions will shoot too.
All right, so the lead is 15 now.
And the bad news for the mountains is the Plastinac
filling up the gas tank on the bench.
Here he is approaching the scores table.
Coming back to the basketball game
as we get a look at Lions.
Four substitutions coming into the basketball game for the sky.
Including the big guy, as far as this event is concerned.
Kaisenette, Bronx, New York native.
Showing off some of that New York City grit tonight.
Another 20 rebound performance.
Off the miss, offensive born for Atlanta.
Double team though, and the ball is taken away from Roman White.
White gets it right back, showing the fight.
And here comes Roman White behind his back, dropping it off
for Dallas Amerson.
A head dig going to Stokes from the hip.
Maybe got a little too cute.
Oh, 5'20 left.
Oh, look at this Roman Wright.
He's riding the needle up the half court where he's fouled.
Dallas Amerson tries to get it in over a much bigger
Jody Stallings.
Stallings takes it away.
Three try coming up for Orr.
Barely grabs rim, but another rebound.
and that bunny hop too strong another chance no here we go one more time
fourth try and LBA record guy he racked up about excuse me okay he racked up
about three right there 20-24 game he's done his work he's done more than enough
and he is the prime reason yesterday he was carried today not the case he is
not being carried he is putting the team on his back and getting his team to the finish line.
Hey guys I'm on the sidelines. I was here yesterday and he played really well but today he's like
locked in like he knows what he's doing it like he's had a bunch of steals he's like absolutely
absolutely insane like they're
affecting you guys. Alright Autumn Johnson, thank you so much. Good looking view
court side and the crew, Pedazzo by Kaisenab and his club. Jordan, Jordan pooling
pressure. God seeing one of sideline and you're trying to go crazy right now. I
I see you guys
Here he goes
19-point advantage
And the LBA regular season.
Here comes Kai.
And Carrie, maybe not.
Jay Stahlins has the basketball.
Jackson Weaver comes up short.
Coming up for hell too strong.
Finding a way is Roman Wright.
Still some fight in this Atlantean.
And that's tough.
And that's what you expect out of every team in the LBA.
I mean, constant that has been way too much for this team,
but Atlanta is not giving up.
They are extremely tough.
Every team in this LBA league is legit.
Hey, players are tied up.
Kai, urging his teammates on.
Yes, 17 point deficit right now for Atlanta.
As we see Kai with two more, 24 points for the streaming
superstar, turn pro basketball player.
It's time to jump.
Please don't hurt yourself, Kai.
Please do not hurt yourself.
All we're gonna see is a ladder here in O.T.E. Arena.
It's a five foot four inch kick.
Brats a rebound and loses a hand.
The right front of us here at the scores table.
Kilo is over for the sky and Kai's an ass.
Now that can't be legal.
Hey, Kai's an ass.
Kai is the best player in the league.
Kai says, goals.
When you dominate, when you score 24 points
27 rebounds almost a 30 30 game you can say whatever you want to
referee 30 30 is within reach as Johnny Howard
carving is ready to move here set that off the glass
and shout a free point play now we'll get to free throw
yesterday Pete these free throws weren't pretty they were not a
thing of beauty I am very very interested to see how these
free throws go first time going to the free throw line
tonight how is this going to go I just hope that Kyle hits the
God, you see who's sound like you see everybody on the sidelines.
God, you see how packed it is.
Help me God, please God, please God, please God, please God, please
Give me to a higher power right now.
God, please God, please God, please God, please God, please God, please God
I don't know if God answers these kind of prayers, kid.
Chad, Chad, WVN Chad.
We're about to find out.
Chad, please WC.
Chad, please WC.
We are about to find out.
You can hear a pin.
Oh, am I?
You can hear the ball.
You can hear the ball.
I just hope this gym has insurance on the backboards.
They rebound, not bad for just two nights.
These are astronomical numbers.
24 point offensive effort you want to see there from Sanat,
but he's got to be close to having gas.
122 left, more Tony left.
On his teammates they don't be scared.
Trying to light the way for the rest of the sky.
And he will now get a much needed break.
And an adventure with 32 every bounce.
To the 124 points.
Possum down Rolly Avalanche with some big numbers tonight.
Mountains tonight.
Ball's knocked out of bounds.
Amberson will rebound.
Bars at a crosscourt.
Down to the sky by Timothy Stokes.
Here comes the big fella.
Of course, that sport likes what the C's trying to get underneath to Jay Stoins.
Params out to the top. Here's a shot.
You're out by 17. One minute to go.
It's obvious throughout the read. Turn to blind.
53 to 36.
Scott lead here from OTE Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
We'll be back at it tomorrow night. 7 30 Eastern time.
How about that?
A lot of heroin says, I'm in it right now.
Has had a very quiet game, but he hasn't
had to do what he had to do yesterday.
Because Kai has such a major capacity
to move from Kai to that in the sky.
And stay with us.
Post game, we'll talk to Kai.
We'll have a press conference.
We are far from done here from Atlanta.
Trimbling display put on by Dallas Amerson
at just five years of age.
Hands it off to Aaron Williams.
Williams also plays soccer.
They've got the foot on that one by accident.
Wow, coming over to make a play.
Another youngster, Jay Stoings.
Here comes a Johnny Howard.
Howard absorbs some pop-tack.
So tough.
Four feet, three inches tall.
A Johnny Howard player, awfully big tonight, 0.5 seconds
left, 21 point advantage for Kai in the sky.
Dimitri Amerson has been physical tonight.
He's also a football player and we can see why.
Little bit of confusion now on the lane.
All academic at this point for Amerson.
Not academics, you gotta talk about the numbers
for passing out, often made by Amerson.
24 points, 32 rebounds.
As Amerson putting on a free shooting,
free throw shooting this put, excuse me.
down all three and does it quickly.
37 to 39.
Kaisenac in the New York sky.
Victoria skin.
I major improvement.
From day one to day two.
Game three.
I'm looking forward to seeing what to expect out of this.
The sky will take on Phoenix tomorrow night.
But the issue right here has just wrapped up.
21 point win, excuse me, 57 to 39 after the three free throws.
Big time win for the sky.
Let's get it over to Autumn Johnson standing by with Coach Howard.
Thanks so much, you guys.
I'm here with Coach Howard with Team Sky.
2-0 in the regular season now.
You guys are blazing hot scoring 57 points.
What's been the key to your success so far?
On the biggest key being the guys been playing together.
They trust each other.
They're moving the bar well and they're
running hard in transition.
So that's been the biggest key.
And we picked up on a defensive end.
And the defense is giving us points.
And Kai almost had a 30-30 game, 24 points at 32 rebounds.
What's been the difference maker for him so far?
Just turning that leaf in his debut.
He just needed to get cussed out a little bit.
In the locker room, I just customised a little bit, got him together.
He just got to stop missing Leos.
If you make his Leos, he'll have 50 and 30.
So, that's it.
He just got to finish at the rim.
I mean, that's an iconic stat line.
When you think about the pillars in this game, the Lebrons, the MJs, you name it.
Do you think Kai has what it takes to be one of the goats in this game?
He got a long way to go.
But it's a good start.
A good start.
And hey, 2-0 is a very great start.
Thank you so much, Coach Hauer, for your time.
Back to you guys.
All right, thanks so much, Autumn.
Kai and the sky victorious tonight
against the mountains as we take a look
at just how we got here.
Wow, Kai, it looked like he was dribbling
through cones at times, King.
He was fired tonight.
32 rebounds, but we just see some of his 24 points.
You know, yesterday we saw a trio
between him, Stallings and Howard,
but today it was all Kai.
Kai put on a show, he carried his team to victory,
and he did what a leader is supposed to do.
We played like a guy who was drafted low,
who was underappreciated and undervalued.
Second straight win through the sky,
obviously, Kai's career on a very big stage right now,
but winning the most important thing,
two and O at the regular season,
and he is putting in the work off the court
and watch this intensity, the follow up, the rebounds,
a lot of offensive boards for him.
He was locked in and that's all you can really ask for
from a guy like him.
Speaking of a guy like him, we are joined right now by him, Kai Senat.
We talked about it.
24 points, 32 rebounds.
Thanks so much for joining us, Kai.
What's going on?
How y'all doing?
Hope y'all enjoyed the game.
Kai, you made a major improvement from game one to game two.
What can we expect to see out of you in game three?
Game three, I'm gonna give you my all.
The reason why I even improved in the first play was because my chat, you know,
my chat, every time I look at the chat, they over here spamming L's.
I'm wack and all that stuff, but I have to put my chat.
I represent in the mafia, so I have to give it all I got.
Yeah, Kyle, we've never seen that before.
Professional basketball player looking at his phone,
getting influence from the chat during a game.
What's the thinking behind that?
It's like, you know when you play 2K in my career?
That's what it's all about, you feel what I'm saying?
This ended up being an idea turn to reality,
so I'm over here hooping like MJ and LeBron.
You feel what I'm saying, making everybody proud.
We saw the little rap at the halftime
between you and Coach.
How much did that motivate you to come out here
and continue to do what you were doing?
You know, me and coach, we have to have that relationship.
He can't be so soft on me, he gotta be tough on me.
You feel what I'm saying?
Anything that he's saying, I gotta be able to take it
and apply it on the court
and do what I gotta do at the end of the day.
Yeah, Kai, one last question.
A lot of folks, a lot of naysayers out there,
we watched you fall to the last pick in the draft.
You expected to go three.
What do you say to those people right now
who actually let you slip to so late in the draft?
You feel what I'm saying?
I'm ready for the championship game.
I'm here for my teammates and I'm here to doubt them.
I'm here to prove them on every single time
I step on this hardwood floor.
All right, thanks for the time, Kai.
Of course.
We'll let you get to it.
So, King, Kai's tonight.
Obviously happy with his performance tonight.
Not only happy with the victory,
but can go to bed tonight.
This is the guy who doesn't sleep much,
but at some point he will go to bed tonight.
And he's got to feel good about himself
and the way he played tonight.
You have to, because the biggest thing
you want to see his consistency and improvement and we saw consistency in the rebounding in the
rebounding stab but the area in which he got so much better is scoring actually converting those
close shots those layups he was able to get more attempts because his teammates were able to find
them he played well offensively he has a lot of holes in this game a lot of areas where he can
improve but for the most part my man played hard he played from the start to the end
He led his team to victory.
That's all you can ask for from a leader like Guy.
Much better shooting tonight for Sonat too.
We mentioned last night was 4 for 20.
0 of 4 from beyond the arc.
He really honed in on his strength, right?
Size is an advantage for Guy.
He played strong inside.
Multiple rebounds, obviously more than multiple.
He had 32 on the night, half of which were offensive.
Defensively, he was great as well.
I mean, that's what he excels.
Shout out to Coach Howard, doing a good job
of putting him in the back of the zone.
We saw him yesterday early on where he picked up his fouls.
He was the top of the zone where Coach Howard made the adjustment,
putting him to the back.
Not only did that allow him to get more rebounds,
but he was more active to be able to get stills in the passing lane.
A great game plan, great strategy,
and Kai went out there and implemented it.
What do you make about some of the off-the-court stuff?
We saw his team with a size of believe,
a 10-point advantage at halftime,
but still he's taking issue with his coach.
A little bit of dissension, even when they're ahead
and he's playing well.
Is that concerning?
Not really, because I think he's a competitor.
He is a natural born competitor,
and I think my man wants to win.
At the end of the day, he felt like he did enough.
Like I said, two things can be true at one time.
His coach was right.
If you make your layups, you probably have about 20.
And Kai was right, I have a double double.
I'm the reason why we are here.
Two things can be true at once.
Do I argue with arguing with the coach?
Not necessarily, but sometimes
if you're putting the team on your back,
like Kai did, I'm not opposed to it.
But Kai did what he was supposed to do.
I don't really pay attention to any of the off the court things.
He is locked in, he spoke as he wants to win at the end of the day.
Getting that championship ring is all that matters to Kai and the coach.
What does it mean to the Little Basketball Association to have a guy
like Kai being the face and leading the charge for this league?
We mentioned it.
He quit streaming and if that's the truth that is really disappointing for
lot of people right now on the chat people watching around the globe and
it's transition to a career and professional basketball but he's so far
has really been productive even when he hasn't scored a lot of he did rebound a
lot last night but his team was one. What better guy do you want representing
your league than a guy like Kai? I mean he off the court we know how special he
is but I think on the court game by game he is showing us that he can do
the same thing. He is showing us that he is not just special off of the court,
but he is special on the court. He is a guy that can provide value that can win
you basketball games and at the end of the day can take over whenever he wants
to. Pete's is alongside King McCleary. We are here at Ote arena where the
New York Sky have won another game. They are two and own now Atlanta falls
to own to a game tomorrow night. Obviously gonna be here at Ote arena.
It's going to be Phoenix and Kai's New York team.
We are waiting now as Kai gets set to talk to the media.
Remember, tomorrow night, both of those teams are undefeated.
Now, you have an opportunity for Kai to experience some success
in the world of basketball.
A media circus follows this young man wherever he goes.
How would you tell him to approach his relationship
with the media as it sometimes has been rocky?
I mean, yeah, for me personally,
I would say don't feed into the hype,
don't feed into the narratives.
A lot of teams, a lot of people, a lot of the media,
they like to build stories.
They like to play on different things that they see.
Like for instance, a typical media member would build
on the fact that there was dissension in the locker room.
However, if you're Kai, do not feed into them.
You stay locked in and stay focused
on the one thing that matters
and that's winning an LBA championship.
Hanging an LBA banner is the only thing that matters.
Caitlin Clark showed us that you can be locked
and you can be focused despite what the critics
and the naysayers have to say look at her as the perfect example of how to handle criticism
controversy and everything else that you see that doesn't have anything to do with between
the lines on the court play.
If he can do that, I think it'll be fine.
The ball, the bar, excuse me, has been set high for Kaisenat here as he continues
to get better every game.
So far, rebounding wise, he has had 52 combined rebounds over just two games.
you think about that those are mind-boggling numbers. Last night he has
eight points tonight he has 24 points he continues to improve on the court
scoring and rebounding. We also saw some shot blocking tonight and a little
more of a cohesive relationship with his teammates. What do you make about the
team building this team has got? I think it's interesting because you know
they typically have a trio. When you look at Howard, when you look at
Stalin and Kai, that's what you saw yesterday. You saw those three
guys having to come together in order to get a victory.
However, tonight Kai is so dominant that Stalin's didn't have a great game.
Howard didn't have a great game.
But guess what?
They didn't need to have great games because Kai was that level of dominant.
Right?
If he can continue this and just allow Stalin's and Howard to contribute whenever they need
to see, they'll be fine.
All right.
Kai has made his way through all the fanfare and his teammates and is now set to speak
with the media.
Let's get to it.
Brings to the team chemistry
Hey guy the broadcast caught what seemed to be an argument between you and the coach. Can you tell us what happened there?
Just a little bit of frustration. You feel what I'm saying. Um, you know me and coach got a love-hate relationship
But mostly love that's my brother. You feel what I'm saying. He got to be tough on me when he wants to he got to speak
His mind. It's all love at the end of the day
This was the first game of the season where you did not lead the team in scoring
Were you relieved you didn't have to carry the team today a little bit
A little bit
What do you think changed from last night's game um I
Watched tutorials on YouTube but how to play basketball a little bit and I watched some LeBron highlights and it really helped
I'm not gonna lie
I was watching their fire his finals back and stuff and the tutorials really helped
It's like a three-minute tutorial someone on YouTube and I clicked it and I was just watching at the whole night
Also, I watched a lot of film, I was watching film, I watched my teammate here, how he played
in the field, I was watching how he carried the ball up the field and up the court.
And I just let them play that game and that built out to let me do good at the end.
Thank you.
Hey, Kai, how do you feel like you, how do you rate the way you'll be playing the
rest of the season?
I said, how do you rate the way you'll be playing the rest of the season?
I mean, I think every time I have high expectations for myself,
I don't exceed them.
I don't I don't I don't match the expectations.
So I think I just got to just play it slow at my point in my game
and just take it slow and just have fun out there.
You feel what I'm saying?
Because at the end of the day, as much as I want this to,
you know, I want to be the face of this league and stuff
like that, it's all about them at the end of the day.
You feel what I'm saying?
They having fun out there.
They really got skills.
So for them to really have skills,
I mean, we just play a professional state and going home
and seeing the highlights and seeing the clips and seeing
the chat support them. That's what it's all about.
One's the next game. God damn it.
You're an amazing player.
It feel good. That's good, Jody.
Jody, you know, out there on that court,
you feel what I'm saying?
You'll be as professional as you be.
Have you ever been in a professional court
and stays like this?
Yes.
Okay, okay, okay.
And when you bring up the court as a PG
and as a point guard,
when you go up that court,
what's going through your head?
to to be crossing them and using my moves. Exactly. Clap it up for y'all. Clap it up for them, y'all.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, what was your favorite time during this game?
To, to going to the women's game once.
Johnny.
Hey, guys, hey, hey.
Yo, what you want to ask?
I actually have a question for, uh, who's that, Jody? I just wanted to ask, when was the next game?
I don't know how you don't know tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow at 7 p.m. At 7 p.m.
Tomorrow's a game at 7 p.m. Yeah, literally anybody that's watching literally tickets is on like $2. I just made it
So it's making super low two dollars just to come
Estimation mark tickets
Pull up to the game. You feel what I'm saying is gonna be lit championship game in a few get in a few days
if we keep playing like how we do.
Just a huge media circus once again,
surrounding Kai Senant,
Pete Souza alongside King McCleary.
There were a few moments there
during that press conference where I was frightened.
I'd never seen someone really command
control of a press conference
since maybe someone like Bobby Knight,
he really seemed to strike fear
in the heart of the media and for good reason.
Well, I think that that's just the type of guy
that Kai is and I'm not saying he's aggressive, but he's just such a selfless guy, he was
getting all the questions, but he had his two guys with him, he had his two teammates
with him.
So what did he say?
In the words of Kai, stop blazing me, let's talk to my teammates, let's ask my teammates.
That's what he stands for, he stands for equality, he stands for inclusivity in everything
that he does on his platform just was displayed right there in the press conference.
out the cop being a great teammate and being a great leader in a great example.
Hey, and tip of the cap to Kai for also being a winner. His New York Sky team is 2-0. We'll
see if they can keep it rolling tomorrow night and you heard Kai make sure you come down
to OTE Arena and watch Kai play every day until October 2nd. Just scan that QO code
or QR code. We showed you a little bit ago. Let's see if we can get it back up again.
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I'm Pete Siza. Pete Siza rather. I'm wishing you a good night. New York wins 57 to 39.
Be safe everyone. We'll see you tomorrow right here at 7 p.m.