1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Here at five fourteen on a Friday evening, the Rockies 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: falling to the Philadelphia Phillies ten to one. Yeah, well, 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: I mean again again. You know, let's start with that 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: first inning. You you spy your opponent seven nothing, Dave. 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: We have such a great time this morning breaking everything down, 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: getting ready for opening day out there right at twentieth 7 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: and Blake And a lot of what we said at 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: that moment, First of all, Hi, how are you good. 9 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,479 Speaker 1: I'm to a great man. It's Friday afternoon here in 10 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: a beautiful city, right. But a lot of what we 11 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: said was was, Hey, the path for this team to 12 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: win is to play sound, fundamental baseball, right, to do 13 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: the small things, to play good defense. You know, when 14 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: you're trying to win with the margins that they have, 15 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: like with small ball and controlling how many base runners 16 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: you have, you can't really do that. Once you're down 17 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: seven to nothing, you know what I'm saying, Like, you're 18 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: not going to be able to play the game you 19 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: want to play, you're down by that many runs. So 20 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: so for me, once they were down seven nothing, I'm 21 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: not saying it was impossible for them to come back. It 22 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: just didn't feel very likely. 23 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 2: Well, I mean they have accept I mean they've scored 24 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 2: They've scored eight runs in a game one time this year, 25 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 2: so it's not like they have been prolific offensively. But 26 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 2: they dug themselves such a such a huge hole. And Lorenzo, 27 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: you know, we talked about the importance and so did 28 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: Walker Montford, the importance of not walking people and pounding 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 2: the strike zone. Well, rest assured when you've got and 30 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 2: the Phillies have a really good hitting team, veteran hitting team. 31 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 2: And so when when it's public knowledge that hey, this 32 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 2: is sort of our mantra this year, we're not gonna 33 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 2: walk you. If you hit it out or hit it hard, 34 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 2: so be it. But we're not going to walk you, 35 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: which means, you know, you're going to try to pound 36 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: the strike zone, which means as a hitter, you're you're 37 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 2: going to get some pitches to hit. And the Phillies did. 38 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: And as I said, they've they've long been a really 39 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 2: good hitting team, and we saw that in the first inming. Hell, 40 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 2: I never I thought for a minute we're never going 41 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,399 Speaker 2: to get out of the first inning, that this could be, 42 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 2: this could be an all time right. 43 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: Would they went back to Turner right when. I mean 44 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: you get through the entire lineup and you get back 45 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 1: to your your leadoff hitter, you're you're starting to wonder 46 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: a little bit. No, I kind of felt that way too. 47 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: Lorenzo was just missing uh and and then you know, 48 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: you're listening to to Jack with a play bye. They 49 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: were describing that wind tunnel out to right field yep, 50 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: and you're thinking, oh boy, this is this is like 51 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: for a team that is this loaded and the Rockets. 52 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: You play plenty of these teams and we play in 53 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: the NLS. There's a lot of really good hitters in baseball. Well, 54 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: you play a team that's loaded with Turner, Schwarber, Harper, 55 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: Bom Scott. I mean this is just your first five batters. 56 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: There's no brakes. 57 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. 58 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: There, That's what it felt like today playing the Phillies. 59 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: I mean, you got to find a way to around it. 60 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: And by the way, we spent a lot of time 61 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: early and I didn't know about it until after we 62 00:02:58,400 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: got I got in the car and I was listening 63 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 1: to Jack Cantatas on I L yep. So that we 64 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: were like, hey, you're you're gonna be in great shape 65 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: because you got Kintana well, he's got a hamstring injury. 66 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: So now you're gonna go to maybe a bullpen game tomorrow. 67 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: You gotta find a way to work around that. Now, 68 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: I will say positives. Uh billoso bioso, I think is 69 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: how you pronounce. 70 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 2: It is a bioso. 71 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: I think it's that. That's who came in in relief 72 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: for Lorenzen. Yeah, he looked great. I mean, you know, 73 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: you know, you'd had to go to a guy burn 74 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:30,959 Speaker 1: a guy that you have to, but you didn't have 75 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: to go to anybody else the rest of the way. 76 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: If I would have told you, hey, Lorenzo is gonna 77 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: a good run after three, it's gonna set you up 78 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: in a kind of a bad way for the rest 79 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: of the weekend. He pitched six innings. 80 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 2: Man, Yeah, I mean we're always going to be able 81 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 2: to find some positives and only want one really ugly situation. Yeah. 82 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 2: But the reality of this is they talked about in 83 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 2: this one game. It's I understand, it's one game of one. 84 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 2: I get it, But in this one game they went 85 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 2: into the game the year talking about the importance of 86 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 2: not walking people. Right, Schwarber walks, Harper walks, and then 87 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 2: you get yourself into trouble. This is a power hitting team. 88 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 2: I mean Schwarber head home run, Harper head home run, 89 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 2: Real Muto, I think double. I mean they this is 90 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 2: I mean, the Phillies have been a really good team 91 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: in the National League East for the last handful plus years. 92 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 2: They're going to be right there, I think, depending on 93 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 2: obviously in the pitching, but from an everyday lineup, the 94 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 2: Phillies are for real. So when you walk guys right 95 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 2: out of the gate in this park here in Denver, 96 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 2: you're you're obviously asking for a disaster. 97 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: Well, and you're absolutely right. So, I mean, I guess 98 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: it feel like in a game like this, there's plenty 99 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: of frustration to go around. Certainly the pitching lets you 100 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: down early, but then you're hitting. You only had five 101 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: hits in this game, Dave, which has. 102 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 2: Been I mean, if you go back and look at 103 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 2: their outputs so far this year, one of the things 104 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 2: we've talked about is they're not really hitting the ball. 105 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 2: They had that one outburst in Toronto fourteen runs, but 106 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 2: if you look at if you look at the other 107 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 2: games they've played, they really have not been a consistent 108 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: hitting team, and they're going to have to. I don't 109 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 2: have the answer, it's too early in the season, but 110 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 2: they're going to have And this has been something that 111 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 2: has plagued the Rockies the last couple of years. For sure, 112 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 2: more so on the road. But even like last year 113 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 2: at home, it was not a power hitting team. It 114 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 2: was not a team that all of a sudden could 115 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 2: put a four or five spot up because they just 116 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 2: hit a three run homer. They just didn't do that 117 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 2: a lot. So the margin of air, as we talk 118 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 2: about in the NFL, the margin of air for the Rockies, 119 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 2: you know, shrinks a lot. And that's why when you walk, 120 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 2: you walk. Now, somebody hits a double, then Marsh hits 121 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 2: a home run, then all of a sudden, you look 122 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 2: up at seven nothing. I mean, for all intents and purposes, 123 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: the game's over because your offense just hasn't hasn't been 124 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 2: able to get on track. So it was not It 125 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 2: was not a good day for the Rockies. And I 126 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 2: guess the good news is they get to take a 127 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 2: shower and chowel and go to bed and get up 128 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 2: and try to win a game tomorrow. 129 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: I see, that's all you can do. And that's the 130 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: beauty of baseball. And that's why oftentimes, you know, when 131 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: we're in the course of the season, it's so different 132 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: than NFL, right because the NFL that you have the 133 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: one game, and that is such a massive deal, and 134 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: we spend a lot of time talking about it before 135 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: it happens, a lot of time talking about it after 136 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: it happens. In baseball, there's one on one sixty two, 137 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: and it's it's such a small fraction of this season, 138 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: but it's the trends. It's the amount of strikeouts. Like 139 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: I was talking to Nick after the win against Toronto, 140 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: and you know, you won the game, that was fantastic, 141 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: you still struck out seventeen times. 142 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 2: Yep. 143 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: Like your hitters today struck out fifteen times. So it's again, 144 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: it's acknowledging, what is this a fact? Like you want 145 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: to play to what your strengths are, which is what 146 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: Walker Montfort said to us. And I completely have bought 147 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: in to the direction that they're taking this team. I 148 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: like it. I like that it's different. I believe it 149 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: can work too. But part of playing small ball, being 150 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: aggressive on bass paths is not striking out fifteen times. 151 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 2: No, Well, you look at the first three innings and 152 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 2: again The Phillies scored seven runs in the first the 153 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 2: first three innings, so nine outs for the Rockies. They 154 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 2: struck out six times. There you go. I realized Nola 155 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 2: is a good picture. He's a veteran guy's been, he's been, 156 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 2: he's had his Moment's been really really a good picture 157 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:50,239 Speaker 2: for the Phillies for a while. But I mean again, 158 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 2: and I don't have the answers, but I'm just sitting 159 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 2: watching the game. They've got to figure out how to 160 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 2: get the bats on tracked. We've gone through pitching coaching 161 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 2: excuse me, hitting coaching changes. We've gone through a new 162 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 2: manager now going into this his first full season. I 163 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 2: don't know, but you know, that's that's a frustra I'm 164 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 2: sure it's frustrating for them too. You know, nine outs 165 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 2: and six of those are strikeouts. That's just that's not 166 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 2: a not a recipe for success, not really. 167 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: And Aaron Nola, you're right, has been been very good 168 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: for them. He's also had some inconsistencies. You know, they're 169 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: teams that do get to him. The point of this is, 170 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: ultimately for the Rockies is because they play not only 171 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: the division that they do, where you have the Dodgers. 172 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: You have the Padres, you have the Giants, they all 173 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: they all can rake and and no, honestly, the Diamondbacks 174 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 1: have a lot of talent too. There's gonna be games 175 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: like this, so whatever you can do to triage it. 176 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:47,839 Speaker 1: And there was a moment before that three run homer 177 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: that it felt like you could you might be able 178 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: to get out of this thing. And then the three 179 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: on homer happened, and that's when that's really when it 180 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: fell apart. But anyways, I'm with you. We move on 181 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: to tomorrow. They got Lizardo. We don't know who's gonna 182 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: start for the Rockies because they're going to do a 183 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: bullpen game. But that was one thing, by the way, 184 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: for a moment. Well. I talked to Walker Mofford earlier, 185 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: right before we went on. He was very excited about 186 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: their bullpen, like he because I heard with the starting 187 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: pitching saying, hey, you know, you're starting pitching is off 188 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: to a pretty good start. He's like, I mean they've 189 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: been they've been good. They'd kept us in some games. 190 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: He's like, our bullpen's been really good. 191 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I was like, okay, I'm I'm of the 192 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 2: mind that and I said it. I said it from 193 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 2: Corsfield today. I think I'm anxious to see what what 194 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 2: the Rockies looked like this year with Walker's sort of footprint, 195 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 2: handprint on this franchise. Not to say that Dick won't 196 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 2: be involved, because Walker was very clear when I asked him. 197 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 2: He said, it's it's going to be both of us 198 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,199 Speaker 2: making decisions. I mean, and that's fine. I don't think 199 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 2: any of us actually thought that Dick all of a 200 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 2: sudden was going to cease complete control of the decision 201 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 2: making and go fishing up in uh wherever, Netherland. So 202 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 2: do they fish in Netland? 203 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: I would imagine there is some there's a pond or two. 204 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: I gotta be yeah, yeah, So I want to see 205 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: what he does. 206 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 2: I you know, I want to see what Paul D. 207 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 2: Podesta does in terms of just how some of these 208 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 2: young guys sort of hang in there. Can they gain 209 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 2: any traction offensively? But I think when I asked him 210 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 2: what would the expectations be for this season, what would 211 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 2: signify to him that this was the season that maybe 212 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,959 Speaker 2: not perfect, but he could tell that this team was 213 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 2: headed in the right direction. He said, be appreciably better 214 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 2: as a team now. That's somewhat of a generic comment, right, 215 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 2: But to me, that would mean you're playing better baseball. 216 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 2: You're not giving games away on defense. You've got some 217 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 2: good young talent that you cultivate and they start to 218 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 2: they start to play, at least in some stretches, some 219 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 2: pretty good baseball that this veteran rotation larger of which 220 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 2: you brought in this year, hangs in there continues to 221 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 2: play well. I mean, they obviously didn't get good starting 222 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 2: pitching today. But at the end of the end of 223 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 2: the season, you look back and say, if this team 224 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 2: is a is a sixty five win team, I mean 225 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 2: that would mean how many it would be? That would 226 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 2: be ninety seven losses? Yeah, two more wins. Can the 227 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 2: Rockies get to sixty five games? I don't have any idea, 228 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 2: but I think that would be the kind of step 229 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:32,839 Speaker 2: that most Rockies fans would say, Okay, you've you've got 230 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 2: to have Rockies fans latch on to two or three, 231 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 2: three or four of your young guys and say, man, 232 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 2: that that kid, that total of our kid is really 233 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 2: good at shortstop. I mean, he's gonna He's the reason 234 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 2: I'm going to watch tonight and see what happens to 235 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 2: the Rockies, right or you know, Doyle a great outfielder, 236 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 2: got to got to pick up the offensive side. But 237 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 2: Rockies fans have to have three or four young dudes 238 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 2: that that they can get excited about either going to 239 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 2: course field, listening to the game here or watching the 240 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 2: game as the season goes on perfectly ahead. 241 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,959 Speaker 1: And I do think there are some guys. It was 242 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: interesting from Walker earlier on the air with us. We 243 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: was talking about some of the guys they had playing 244 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: last year. He said they were just weren't ready to 245 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 1: play in baseball. Yeah, yeah, yeah, And he said we 246 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:22,959 Speaker 1: kind of had to go through this thing and find 247 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: high floor guys that could kept produce every single day. 248 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: And I do believe they had that talent. But really 249 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 1: is as the course sort of proof is in the 250 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: pudding kind of thing. We'll find out here in short 251 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: order who they really are. They they hadn't won a series, 252 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 1: and it's just startling thing to realize. Last year there, 253 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:42,599 Speaker 1: do you realize their first series win? You probably do 254 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: because you remember everything wasn't June first. I was going 255 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: to say yeah first to June. Yeah, So again, does 256 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: that mean that they won their first series? 257 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 2: Hey, they didn't win their See, they didn't win their 258 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 2: twenty fifth, they didn't win their thirtieth game until June. 259 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 2: That's right thinking about this, this is I don't. 260 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: Know, this is April's right. 261 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 2: I think they'll be I mean, I don't think that's 262 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 2: going to happen. Yeah, but again, I'm more I'm more 263 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 2: of an optimist than a pessimist. But I but I 264 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 2: do have a rather large dose of realism to me. 265 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 2: I mean, this is we've got to have some of 266 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 2: these young cats come through that we like their potential. 267 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 2: Now we have to see it. We have to see 268 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 2: it actually play out in stretches of You won't see 269 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 2: it for the whole season, but I want to see 270 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 2: it in stretches of play where you say, okay, man, 271 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 2: oh man, this kid, you know what he's going to 272 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 2: be a really he's going to be a cornerstone of 273 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 2: this franchise, you know, for the next five, six, seven years. 274 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 2: You need about four or five of those, at least 275 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 2: three or four of. 276 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 1: Them on the text line kay comsper Health text line 277 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: five six six nine zero Dave they fish in Netherland 278 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 1: with Gregory Monks. Ah. I imagine that's a very peaceful 279 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: because because generally I haven't been fishing in a very 280 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: long time. But generally speaking, people that go fishing do 281 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: it for a bit of. 282 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 2: This in I I, well, they do it to catch fish. 283 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: Well, they do it to eat. 284 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 2: Yeah. But also by the time I fished, I think 285 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 2: I was in Lake Texoma. You know where that is? 286 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 2: I do not. That is the right on the border 287 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 2: of Texas and Oklahoma. The name with my granddad. Pretty cool? Yeah, nice, 288 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 2: was it? 289 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: Uh, there's multiple times of fishing, like was this the summer? 290 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: I mean, like like where fish? 291 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 2: Yeah? Okay, we fish right from the bank okay. Yeah. 292 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 2: And he had a big, big rolled he rolled his 293 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 2: own cigarettes. There you go. He was like six three, 294 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 2: jet black hair, uh, slender but big, tall and loved 295 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 2: to love to smoke and fish. 296 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: That's good, deep deep bear tone voice. 297 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 2: Scared the crap out of me all the time, like 298 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 2: Alan Roche, Yes, just like that. He's part part Cherokee. 299 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 2: I don't I don't know which, like part. I'm sure 300 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 2: I have to have Cherokee. Mean, I'm just not sure 301 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 2: which part of you know. My body maybe. 302 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: Got a little bit of pipes still from him. 303 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 2: Well, I mean probably got my height really so, but 304 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 2: that was the last time, last time I fish, so good. 305 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 2: Good to good to know from our textures that they 306 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 2: do fish in Netherlands. 307 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, we'll have a roling here. We're on 308 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: until six o'clock. There's some massive news in the NBA. 309 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 2: Before before we go. Yeah, whatever happened to the Harry Christians? 310 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 2: Are they still around? We used to see him all 311 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 2: the time in the airport. 312 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I'm the airport right, Yeah. I don't see 313 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: him the airport anymore but tight security. 314 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah yeah. So where where do they Where do 315 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 2: they go now when they want to whatever? With the symbols, 316 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 2: the little little bitty finger symbols. I never've quite got that, but. 317 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: I don't have to either. But where where? 318 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 2: Like, where do they do they congregate? I'm asking, just asking, Yeah, well, I. 319 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: Get our textures. I'm sure there's like a local chapter 320 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: of the Hrry Christians. Really seriously, Well, there's a local 321 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: chapter for everything, like where we got into the whole 322 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: thing about what we were talking the Olympics and we 323 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: were talking about curling, and there's a curling chapter for 324 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: sure at Denver. 325 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 2: I mean curling, but curly a little bit more mainstream 326 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 2: than Harry Christians. I asked this honestly too. Yeah, I 327 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 2: know we have to go. Are Harry Krishna's Buddhist? 328 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: Oh that I do not know, Haro, what do you 329 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: got for a set? I believe they're Buddhists. 330 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 2: And there are fifty six formally affiliated centers in the 331 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 2: United States. Is there one here in Denver? 332 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: I will try and find if there's one of these. 333 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 2: That means efforting right, thank you, Zach. All right, fifty 334 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 2: six of those? Man? I then them cats listened, they'd 335 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 2: shuffle around the airport. I'd be like, look at look 336 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 2: at these dudes. They just fascinated me. And then they've 337 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 2: just sort of faded. You know, well, because as you said, 338 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 2: the security at the airport. You can't just shuffle around 339 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 2: the airport. 340 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: And do that. No, there's a time we used to 341 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 1: just go to the gate if we have any people, right, yeah. 342 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 2: Right, remember that if we have any Hardy Krishna's that 343 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,719 Speaker 2: listen to the show Texas at five sixty six nine 344 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 2: zero and let us know where you guys hang out, 345 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 2: where you congregate. 346 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 1: That's right, definitely want to know. Yeah, yeah, no idea, 347 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: All right, we're off only here we come back massive 348 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 1: news in the nba U. Plus we do have some 349 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:26,640 Speaker 1: Broncos news. We'll get to that. 350 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 2: Asking and somebody in our audience knows. So there is 351 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 2: actually the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or isk CO 352 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 2: n ish Kon in Colorado is centered at the Denver 353 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 2: Krishna Temple, which is located at fourteen hundred Cherry Streets. 354 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 2: All right, remarkable, Yeah, I figured they were. You got 355 00:17:52,240 --> 00:18:00,040 Speaker 2: to congregate somewhere. Yeah, right, congreg congregate sound like loitering. No, 356 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 2: congregate's not loitering. No, congreate's not synonymous with lowder. But 357 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,360 Speaker 2: the way you're getting together like right, But the way 358 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 2: you described it in the airport was more like loitering. Well, no, 359 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 2: they were, they were What were they doing? I think 360 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 2: they were seeking donation and handing out literature about I'm 361 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 2: not even sure what what the religion is. What what 362 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 2: do you think it is? Oh? 363 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: I don't want to get in that cut much trouble. 364 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: But Buddhists was giving me my first guest when you 365 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: when you said Buddhists. 366 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 2: That we've now established that they're not Buddhist. 367 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 1: I really don't know. I like wouldn't even know where 368 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: to start with with the guess because it's not Jewish, you. 369 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:43,679 Speaker 2: Know what what denomination might be? Zach is efforting that 370 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 2: I believe it's Hindu. Hindu, Okay, all right, Hinduism. 371 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: I make enough people mad. I don't want to like 372 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: tell them like, no, I think you're this, and they're like, 373 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: how dare you? That's not even close? 374 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 2: You know what you do is say listen, I don't 375 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 2: know so the sin they are. 376 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: A Hindu religious organization. 377 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 2: Religious organization. Okay, okay, very good. 378 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: Good, Well, thank you for the for the textures that 379 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: helped us out. For somebody said they visited once. How 380 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 1: was that they visited us? No, they visited the temple 381 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: here in Denver. Somebody that we texted in says, I've 382 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 1: visited that temple. 383 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,959 Speaker 2: Seriously, like we had to do that. 384 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: So to wonder, I don't wonder, but to like go into. 385 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 2: It back into the congregation, Well, like what brought you there? 386 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: Like curiosity? Were you like like you were doaking? 387 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 2: Somebody wanted to learn more about one know, and I 388 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 2: don't think you just met a girlfriend and she's a 389 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,679 Speaker 2: Harry Krishna and you want to learn more about like, 390 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:39,719 Speaker 2: what what's up with her? 391 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't think that would mean my case. 392 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: My wife's Jewish. I've I've gone. 393 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 2: To maybe maybe you meet a Harry Krishna. Maybe you're 394 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 2: female and meet a Harry Krishna man, and you want 395 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 2: to know exactly kind of what what's up? So you 396 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 2: go visit the the temple the temple. 397 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, but only once, so maybe it didn't go 398 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: so far after that. Well, you never know, You never know, 399 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: all right, five six six nine zeros are Ka Commas 400 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 1: spirit health text line. So some big news with the 401 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: NBA today has and this is first of all credit 402 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 1: to you, because I asked you about Luka Doncic who 403 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: got injured last night and the blowout loss to the 404 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: local club City Thunder, and you said, well, I would 405 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: suspected at least a month for his hamstring injury. Sean 406 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: Sharani this afternoon says he is out indefinitely, indefinitely, We'll 407 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: miss the remainder of the regular season and status is 408 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: uncertain beyond that. This is a massive blow obviously for 409 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: the Lakers. How does this reshuffle what you think is 410 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 1: going to happen in the West doesn't impact it at all. 411 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 2: Well, sure, yes, because I mean because the Lakers right 412 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 2: now or third in the West. The now, it's wide 413 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 2: open in terms of how far how many games can 414 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 2: they win down the stretch and hold off? Can they 415 00:20:55,760 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 2: hold off the Nuggets? Can they hold off let's see, Minnesota. 416 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 2: Houston would be next. Off the top of my host. 417 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 2: Houston's five, Minnesota is six. Correct, So the Lakers have 418 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 2: you're you're looking at it, I'm not. The Lakers have 419 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 2: five left. The Lakers have five left. Yeah, I don't know, 420 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 2: you know, I don't know their schedule. But obviously with 421 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 2: with Dan Chietz, I mean, this is a guy that 422 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 2: has been so I mean, he's a great offensive player anyway, 423 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 2: but he's been unconscious this last month. It's been just 424 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,199 Speaker 2: it's been almost absurd some of the shots that he 425 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 2: has taken and made. 426 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: So they got the Mavericks coming up on Sunday. 427 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 2: They can beat the Mavericks without Luca. Oklahoma City depends 428 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 2: on if Folk City is still trying to hold off 429 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 2: San Antonio. I'd say that's the loss. 430 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: Golden State at Golden State. 431 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 2: Golden State's not very good, but I'm going to say 432 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 2: Lakers win. But I'm not sure about that. 433 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: Golden State's hanging on to the ten seed right now, Okay, 434 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: but I think they're locked in. I believe they are 435 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 1: locked into. Yeah, they're locked into a play in, so 436 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,199 Speaker 1: they may not be able to advance much, so they 437 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 1: may have nothing to play for. So I'll get the 438 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 1: Lakers win the Phoenix and then Utah. 439 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, so they're gonna win three or four of the five. 440 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, so that probably puts them into the third ye 441 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: even if they even if they don't have much going 442 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: into the postseason. I mean, we had a fascinating conversation 443 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 1: about it earlier because I was like, Okay, well, is 444 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 1: this the opportunity for the Nuggets to maybe aim for 445 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: the three? But as we just broke it down, how 446 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,400 Speaker 1: far the Nuggets behind the Lakers one game one? Lakers 447 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: had the tiebreaker and in. 448 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 2: Essence, and the Nuggets have five games left? Yes, yeah, 449 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 2: so if the Lakers win four, they lock out the Nuggets. 450 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 2: If the Lakers win three, the Nuggets would have to 451 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 2: win all five. So the Lakers win two, the Nuggets 452 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:46,679 Speaker 2: would have to win four. Nuggets play San Antonio twice, 453 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 2: Oak City again yep, and Portland Memphis. So you're gonna 454 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 2: beat Portland and Memphis. Tomorrow's game, I think is a 455 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 2: huge one for the Nuggets. 456 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: I realize you're the intendants because we need you. 457 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, honestly, will be the first I'm looking forward to 458 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 2: going first game that I've been able to go to 459 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 2: this year. So looking forward to that. But I again 460 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 2: the qualifier for me, I think the Nuggets have enough 461 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 2: if they're healthy, to win it, even though they would 462 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 2: not be the favorite against Oak City, and I'm not 463 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 2: sure in the seven game series with the Spurs having 464 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 2: home court presumably, I'm not sure the Nuggets would be 465 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 2: the favorite in that series. I like their chances if 466 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 2: they're healthy. I'm counting on ag you know who has 467 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 2: been out of the lineup a lot. He's back then 468 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 2: he sort of nicked something that he's back again. So 469 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 2: he is such a key component to their success. You're 470 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 2: getting the best of Jamal Murray right now. The joker 471 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 2: is the joker. You know it's going to get from him. 472 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 2: Peyton Watson. I've used the phrase renicked. He's now renicked 473 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 2: with the hamstrings, so you never those things are quirky, quirky. 474 00:23:59,320 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 2: Who am I missing? 475 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: Who else is Bruce browned him. 476 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 2: He's you need Hardaway, He's fine, you need Christian Brown. 477 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 2: We've seen him elevate his game a little bit. I 478 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 2: think the more he plays, he's he's vital to him 479 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 2: on defense, and we've seen him knock down a few shots. 480 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 2: Not a great outside shooter. And then I think coach 481 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 2: Adaman has to decide what am I doing at the 482 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 2: backup post spot, because now you've got you've got the 483 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 2: kid that's come in off the bench. He's injured as well. 484 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 2: Now the not a great offensive player, defensive guy, post player, 485 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 2: the light skinned brother, oh Brown, yes Brown, spitcher Jones. 486 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 2: Now you've got him nicked. He's nicked up, So you 487 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 2: got to decide. I mean they were they were getting 488 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 2: a lot out of him in terms of hustle. Uh, 489 00:24:55,920 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 2: good defense, good rebounder, Uh, smart player, not great offensive player, 490 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 2: but he gives you that component of all those things 491 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 2: I describe. Now he's nicked. I think Valentunis has to 492 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:12,199 Speaker 2: be a guy that plays in the playoffs, and we 493 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 2: thought he would when he was acquired. Give Nicole Nicola, 494 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 2: you know, fifteen to eighteen minutes of rest and solid 495 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 2: play when he's in I don't know what's happened to him? 496 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 2: He played against Utah, He's played pretty well, but before 497 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 2: that he sort of mysteriously disappeared. I think they like 498 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 2: Spencer Jones and what he brings, but I don't know 499 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 2: if I would say I like him in complete. 500 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: Lieu of Valentunis No, and maybe for David Adelman as 501 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: you're testing out some rotations. Still, you get to the postseason, 502 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 1: it's gonna be match up based, right, I mean, maybe 503 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: Valentunas has a bigger role against a team like Houston 504 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: if you end up see him, because they're all bigs, right, 505 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: I mean, they're just a very long team. And maybe 506 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: also the same thing with with Oklahoma City, he has 507 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: a bigger role there too. I don't know. 508 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 2: I just got a tech from somebody that is a 509 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 2: great friend of mine and would absolutely know. Spencer Jones 510 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 2: is hurt and the Nuggets absolutely need him, which was 511 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 2: what I was talking about. I just love he gives 512 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 2: them toughness and again rebounding. He does all the dirty work. 513 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 2: He's not gonna you know, he's not going to be 514 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 2: a twenty game point per game guy, but he'll cut 515 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 2: when the joker has the ball in the post. He'll 516 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 2: make himself available, but he busts his ass on defense 517 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 2: and rebounding, so he's hurt and they definitely need him. 518 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 2: And my friend says, Dancie, it's now will be ineligible 519 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 2: for postseason awards because he's not going to be able 520 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 2: to play sixty five games. 521 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, he won't be I gess. 522 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 2: I'm gonna I'm going to tell you right now, based 523 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 2: on how he walked off the court, he's not going 524 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 2: to play this year. This year, yeah, he's not going 525 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 2: to play. I would purely conjecture. I would bet he's 526 00:26:56,160 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 2: not going to play unless the Lakers get through the 527 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 2: first series, and the first series could be five, six, 528 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 2: seven games, two weeks. He's not gonna play. You just 529 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 2: he walked off seriously like he had a bucket full 530 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 2: in his breeches. I mean he was holding this he is, like, dude, 531 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 2: you don't even want your cheeks to move. It's like 532 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 2: you're walking like a guy who's ninety years old who 533 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 2: just poo pooed himself in bed. He doesn't want to 534 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 2: he's got to get to the potty because he's gonna 535 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 2: ruin his pajamas and we all know that experience. Well, 536 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 2: I know. I mean I don't know quite like that. 537 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 2: You know, not yet. 538 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:34,920 Speaker 1: I mean you described it so perfectly. 539 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 2: Well, it happens, right, you know where you think you're 540 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 2: gonna you think you're gonna pass gas and you go, oh, 541 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 2: of course, like wait a minute, I got to excuse 542 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 2: myself now. And then you walk like I would term 543 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 2: it gingerly, you walk carefully, you get to the body. 544 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 2: He wasn't moving, well, how about that? 545 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 1: No, he wasn't. He wasn't. So there was one thing 546 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: I wanted to look up because I saw an NBA 547 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: guy on Twitter earlier today saying that Luca actually does 548 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: qualify because his injury happened after March thirty. First, you 549 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: have to play a certain amount of games. And then 550 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: I looked up the rule. Here in the break he 551 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 1: finished one game short of eighty five percent. So there 552 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 1: is an example here of the sixty five games. Everybody 553 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: knows about the sixty five games that these players have 554 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: to play in order to qualify for postseason award or 555 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 1: for regular season awards. So Luka doncis, of course in 556 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 1: the running for the MVP. He's not going to reach 557 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: sixty five games. But on this whatever it is, this 558 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: thing that they have as an example or an exception, 559 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: you have to play eighty five percent of the games. 560 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: He plays sixty four to seventy seven, finishing one game short. 561 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: So Luka Doncic will officially not be in the running 562 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 1: for the MVP. Though, as I was telling you in 563 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 1: the break, the final straw pole that Tim Bontemps does 564 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: for ESPN, which has been relatively accurate the last several years, 565 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,479 Speaker 1: has SGA running away with it, win, min Yama winning second, 566 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: and then Joker finishing third. 567 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean I at this point, and especially with 568 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 2: with how Joki has been, I mean I think had 569 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 2: a hell of a year, I don't think he cares 570 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 2: one iota if SGA wins his back to back MVP awards. 571 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 2: I just don't. I think Wemby cares. I mean he's 572 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 2: he's sort of out there publicly when asked about it's like, yeah, 573 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 2: I mean I want to win, and I think I 574 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 2: should win. He's probably gonna win it at some point 575 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:37,479 Speaker 2: in his career. 576 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: I think if the Nuggets were the one seed, like 577 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: the one seed in the West, does Joker win MVP? 578 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 2: I don't know, because I think there's a bias built 579 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 2: I think there's a bias from some people that don't 580 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 2: completely understand the brilliance of Nikola Jokic. They don't get it, 581 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 2: they don't you know, he's not a high flyer. He's 582 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 2: not a you know, guy's that's gonna block of shot 583 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 2: on the top of the square on the backboard. He 584 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 2: doesn't do. All he does is play great basketball. His 585 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 2: IQ from a basketball standpoint is the best that I've 586 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 2: ever seen. And there's some guys that would rival him, 587 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 2: like Magic Johnson, but very very few. 588 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: Well, it's gonna be fun tomorrow that game Nuggets in 589 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: Santoi Spurs, along with the Abs and the Dallas Stars. 590 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a lot of fun. 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