WEBVTT - What did Murph Learn Today | Marcus Thompson on Jed York & the Warriors 0:00:00.190 --> 0:00:06.370 Listen to The Sports Leader anytime, anywhere. Download KNBR, The 0:00:06.830 --> 0:00:10.290 Sports Leader app. Murph and Marcus continue live from the 0:00:10.330 --> 0:00:13.150 Casino Matrix Progressive Jackpot Studios. 0:00:13.460 --> 0:00:17.759 Casino Matrix, Progressive Jackpots are here. Where are you? Just 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:19.799 drop in. 1-800-GAMBLER. 0:00:20.260 --> 0:00:24.140 Marcus Thompson of The Athletic covers it all. Obviously does 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:26.320 a ton of Warriors. He's done that for years and 0:00:26.340 --> 0:00:28.800 years and years, but also focuses on the 49ers who 0:00:28.860 --> 0:00:33.839 are in the news. After Jed York gets arrested for 0:00:34.140 --> 0:00:38.290 a $ 140 solicitation of prostitution and pleads no contest, does 0:00:38.330 --> 0:00:40.589 the whole deal, pays the fines, it's done, it's dusted, 0:00:40.650 --> 0:00:42.970 it's over. The question is what will be the lingering 0:00:43.010 --> 0:00:46.629 effect on the ownership structure, et cetera, et cetera. Plus, 0:00:46.830 --> 0:00:49.440 you know, they got to beat the Rams week one. So, Marcus, 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:53.339 good morning. Welcome back to Murph and Marcus. How you doing, man? 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:59.150 What up, Marcus? Man, what's going on? I only got 120. 0:00:59.150 --> 0:01:00.690 So I guess I'm not doing that great. See, there 0:01:00.710 --> 0:01:00.850 you go. 0:01:00.870 --> 0:01:01.029 Sorry. 0:01:01.190 --> 0:01:03.350 There you go. My fault. I know. I know. 0:01:03.550 --> 0:01:06.410 Everybody's got them. Everybody's got them. The 140 seems to 0:01:06.430 --> 0:01:09.429 be a really big focus for people. It really does. 0:01:10.250 --> 0:01:10.830 It does. 0:01:11.290 --> 0:01:15.290 All right, buddy. What does this mean? So Parag Barate 0:01:15.330 --> 0:01:18.950 left a couple months ago. Nobody really paid attention to it. 0:01:19.390 --> 0:01:20.000 And now this. 0:01:20.670 --> 0:01:22.260 Now we find out the sad news that Jed and 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:24.319 Danielle are filed for divorce in May. 0:01:25.170 --> 0:01:25.530 I don't know. 0:01:25.610 --> 0:01:28.410 Is there something there about the 49ers' ownership structure or 0:01:28.430 --> 0:01:31.589 the hierarchy, the top of their executive chain being a 0:01:31.630 --> 0:01:32.550 little unstable? 0:01:34.060 --> 0:01:36.560 I mean, of course it is. And especially as we 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:44.759 see the constant drama this team goes through, there's a 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:50.660 lot of self-inflicted wounds that end up becoming a cloud 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.500 over their training camp and leading into their season. And 0:01:53.540 --> 0:01:59.270 you got to wonder... If it's messy up top, it's 0:01:59.290 --> 0:02:02.430 probably going to be messy trickling down, right? It's going 0:02:02.450 --> 0:02:05.450 to be messy at the bottom. You always look to ownership. 0:02:06.110 --> 0:02:10.790 I mean, this team cannot have a peaceful training camp. 0:02:11.419 --> 0:02:16.600 It's wild. And for this to be the latest thing, 0:02:16.620 --> 0:02:21.180 it really just shows that I'm sure they want to. 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:23.590 I'm sure they're trying, but it just feels like they're 0:02:23.620 --> 0:02:28.730 incapable of of a peaceful, calm, productive training camp. And 0:02:28.770 --> 0:02:31.570 now the owner is in it. So, yeah, I think 0:02:31.650 --> 0:02:33.430 all of this stuff starts from up top. That's the 0:02:33.470 --> 0:02:36.410 first place to go when looking for accountability. 0:02:36.790 --> 0:02:39.580 Marcus, this is an organization that's won five Super Bowls. 0:02:39.900 --> 0:02:42.940 It should be one of the most well-respected organizations, not 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:45.519 just in the NFL, but across the sports landscape. But 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:47.839 right now, it doesn't feel like that. With this Jed 0:02:47.860 --> 0:02:51.200 York situation, with the Kyle Shanahan car accident, You throw 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.720 in Brandon Ayuk in the substation. It kind of feels 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:57.220 like the 49ers are being viewed as a laughingstock right now. 0:02:57.590 --> 0:02:59.170 How bad of a look is this right now for 0:02:59.210 --> 0:03:00.329 this 49ers organization? 0:03:01.150 --> 0:03:03.190 I mean, I think this is the worst look, but 0:03:03.530 --> 0:03:06.380 I do think this matters because they are such a 0:03:06.410 --> 0:03:09.560 respected franchise. I mean, this is one of the the 0:03:09.710 --> 0:03:14.690 premier franchises in the NFL historically. So I think that's 0:03:14.790 --> 0:03:17.110 why it's such a big deal. And this is the 0:03:17.169 --> 0:03:20.560 worst of them all. I mean, the substation, you know, 0:03:20.570 --> 0:03:24.480 there's a lot of like internet cuckoo behavior, right? So 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:26.519 it's almost like, Hey, what are we supposed to do? 0:03:26.580 --> 0:03:28.960 Except for the fact that they put the, put the, 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:32.500 put the stadium there. But, but this is, this is, 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.130 I mean, a car accident happened, right. And how that 0:03:35.190 --> 0:03:39.570 was handled. How they came out about it was, you know, 0:03:39.650 --> 0:03:43.010 a self-inflicted wound and, you know, brought about all of 0:03:43.070 --> 0:03:46.920 this drama. You know, another sign that they just really 0:03:46.980 --> 0:03:50.460 bundled these situations. But this is bad. Like, this is 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:55.300 where you become the laughingstock, right? What is it? Wheat Hill? Wheat? 0:03:56.210 --> 0:03:57.050 What's the place called? 0:03:57.090 --> 0:03:59.310 Wheat Hill Mobile Park. Wheat Hill Mobile Park. 0:03:59.390 --> 0:04:01.330 Yeah, yeah. Like, this is the type of stuff that 0:04:01.410 --> 0:04:06.720 ends up, you know, in cartoons and stuff. You know, 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:10.150 as the joke that doesn't go away. Now we heal 0:04:10.790 --> 0:04:14.330 this type of stuff that becomes part of, like, the zeitgeist, 0:04:14.410 --> 0:04:17.729 and now people don't ever forget it. And, you know, 0:04:18.190 --> 0:04:21.970 it's a cultural phenomenon. So to make this blunder, this 0:04:22.010 --> 0:04:26.120 type of blunder, in this age, right, in this era, 0:04:26.140 --> 0:04:32.380 it's probably more embarrassing than it is harmful. But these, 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:34.000 you don't really get away from that easily. 0:04:34.610 --> 0:04:36.570 Yeah, and you're right. I mean, with all, you know, 0:04:36.589 --> 0:04:40.710 the car accident and Parag and divorce and this, it's all, 0:04:40.860 --> 0:04:43.599 it's tough. And it trickles down. It does. It does. 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:44.200 Man, oh, man. 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:45.560 I mean, they're going to go out to practice today 0:04:45.580 --> 0:04:48.560 and they're going to go to Vegas Thursday. And I mean, 0:04:48.580 --> 0:04:51.780 we'll see. They'll have to push back against this narrative 0:04:51.820 --> 0:04:54.060 for sure. Larry Kruger texted in to say he thinks 0:04:54.850 --> 0:04:56.830 one of the angles is that maybe Kyle and John 0:04:56.890 --> 0:05:01.170 come out with more job security issues. Because stability is 0:05:01.210 --> 0:05:03.890 what they need now. I mean, I don't know if 0:05:03.930 --> 0:05:07.610 Kyle and John's jobs were insecure at all. 0:05:08.790 --> 0:05:14.040 I mean, for sure, like, it would be really hard 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.920 to make a change in that sense. And if you're 0:05:16.940 --> 0:05:21.299 doing that, like, it's like, yeah, you're completely starting over. Right? Like, 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:24.440 all right, we're doing it. We need a full reset. 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:28.750 And that's even more risky because what if you mess 0:05:28.790 --> 0:05:32.680 that up? It just feels like, to be honest, John 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:37.540 Lynch feels like the most stabilizing force in his relationship 0:05:37.580 --> 0:05:42.040 with Kyle. But you could also talk about how they 0:05:42.060 --> 0:05:46.580 handle contract situations and somehow that's always a thing. Perhaps, 0:05:46.610 --> 0:05:49.620 I don't even think it's always a bad thing to 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.570 tell a player, hey, you're not getting what you need. 0:05:52.130 --> 0:05:55.130 But when you add all this stuff and you deal 0:05:55.170 --> 0:05:59.430 with the Brandon Ayoub situation, you know, perhaps everybody has 0:05:59.510 --> 0:06:02.510 a place where they can tidy up. But that does 0:06:02.550 --> 0:06:05.710 feel like the most stable part, and probably because it's 0:06:05.750 --> 0:06:09.170 just directly connected to football. But they still haven't done 0:06:09.250 --> 0:06:11.669 the thing that they're there for, which is win the 0:06:11.690 --> 0:06:15.850 Super Bowl. So, like, it just feels like a lot, 0:06:16.430 --> 0:06:21.440 and there's always something, and they're the franchise that always gives, right? 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.300 So from our perspective, it's great. If they're not winning, 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:29.169 if they're not acquiring big names, Right? They're, you know, 0:06:29.330 --> 0:06:33.589 using pocket change to have a little fun in East Palestine, Ohio. Oh, boy. 0:06:33.610 --> 0:06:36.250 Well, Marcus, I know that the path to potentially winning 0:06:36.270 --> 0:06:38.950 Super Bowl this year starts week one down in Australia, 0:06:38.970 --> 0:06:41.610 and it sounds like the 49ers could have some reinforcements. 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:44.280 They announced this weekend that George Kittle was activated off 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:47.240 the PUP list. Now, no guarantees that he plays week one, 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:49.360 but after hearing that news this weekend, how would you 0:06:49.420 --> 0:06:51.900 handicap his odds for playing week one against the Rams? 0:06:53.100 --> 0:06:56.330 I would still... Put them pretty low. I mean, that's 0:06:56.390 --> 0:06:59.550 a long way to travel, and they are spending a 0:06:59.589 --> 0:07:02.860 week out there. So maybe that helps some. But then 0:07:02.890 --> 0:07:04.640 you got to come, you know, you got to make 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.680 this trek back. And we all know flight ain't really 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:14.260 good for recovery. So it's a good sign, but, you know, 0:07:14.370 --> 0:07:18.550 it's just based on their history and how critical he 0:07:18.750 --> 0:07:24.370 is and how they seem to be, one devastating injury 0:07:24.410 --> 0:07:27.810 from being derailed, I would guess they would choose caution 0:07:27.890 --> 0:07:30.630 in this situation. But it is George Kittle, and, you know, 0:07:31.150 --> 0:07:35.010 to do these violence for breakfast, keeping him off the 0:07:35.030 --> 0:07:39.670 field might be tough. But I'm saying, hey, relax. Welcome back, 0:07:40.430 --> 0:07:42.250 but hold off. And it's not like they don't have 0:07:42.350 --> 0:07:46.670 anything tied in. Like, you know, Purdy will have somebody 0:07:46.690 --> 0:07:48.670 to throw the ball to who he feels good about. 0:07:48.710 --> 0:07:51.770 It won't be Kittle, but he'll have something. So, to me... 0:07:53.510 --> 0:07:55.330 if the smart money is on the rest of them. 0:07:55.850 --> 0:07:57.010 Yeah, could be, could be. 0:07:57.060 --> 0:08:00.920 We'll see. As Matt Barrows said, your colleague at the athletic, 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:02.560 that the ramp up is going to have to be 0:08:02.740 --> 0:08:05.800 steep because they leave a week from tomorrow. I mean, 0:08:05.820 --> 0:08:09.360 that's really soon. And these Achilles injuries, Marcus, I mean, you, 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:12.970 I don't know, same as the, think back to, we've 0:08:13.010 --> 0:08:15.010 talked about this before, I think, but used to be 0:08:15.030 --> 0:08:18.090 a career ender. And now it happened in January. And 0:08:18.110 --> 0:08:20.490 he's talking about playing in September. Mike Crabtree even came 0:08:20.530 --> 0:08:22.850 back faster than this. And, Who was the running back 0:08:22.870 --> 0:08:24.650 for the Rams? Was it Kyron Williams who came back 0:08:24.670 --> 0:08:27.590 so fast? Cam Akers. Cam Akers. I mean, man, is 0:08:27.610 --> 0:08:28.590 that the same in the NBA? 0:08:30.310 --> 0:08:34.220 It's getting there, yeah. I mean, Tatum came back pretty fast, 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:40.560 Jason Tatum, after tearing his. You know, Damian Lillard, he 0:08:40.580 --> 0:08:43.180 took longer, but he was older, right? He was in 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:47.170 his late 30s. You know, Klay took a little longer. 0:08:47.190 --> 0:08:52.290 I think the younger... The younger players are recovering faster. 0:08:52.350 --> 0:08:54.470 It's definitely not... Remember, it used to be you're done. 0:08:55.250 --> 0:08:58.689 And the other key part I think we're seeing, like, 0:08:58.830 --> 0:09:01.620 as far as the progress goes, is even when you 0:09:01.670 --> 0:09:04.699 came back, you lost a lot, and it was noticeable. 0:09:05.220 --> 0:09:07.580 I think that's a little bit fading, too. I think 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:11.800 you're seeing athletes come back from Achilles and refinding some pop, 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:16.079 all right, and still not losing some explosiveness. So that 0:09:16.340 --> 0:09:21.400 bodes well. You know, NFL players are already... Right. So 0:09:21.460 --> 0:09:24.920 if anybody can get there, it's them. I remember I 0:09:24.940 --> 0:09:29.620 remember Jerry Rice broke paradigms about ACL when he came back. 0:09:29.660 --> 0:09:32.559 So NFL players are built a little different. So I'm 0:09:32.580 --> 0:09:33.360 not surprised at all. 0:09:33.990 --> 0:09:36.290 Marcus, you just mentioned a name, Clay Thompson, and we 0:09:36.330 --> 0:09:38.429 actually just played sound on our show yesterday of him 0:09:38.490 --> 0:09:41.060 talking about his recovery from that Achilles injury, but also 0:09:41.100 --> 0:09:43.400 his decision to sign with the Miami Heat after completing 0:09:43.420 --> 0:09:45.339 the buyout with the Dallas Mavericks. How do you think 0:09:45.380 --> 0:09:47.460 Clay Thompson is going to fit in in Miami on 0:09:47.500 --> 0:09:48.440 and off the court, Marcus? 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:51.280 I was about to say, what are we talking about? 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.770 In the arena? I think he's going to fit in 0:09:53.809 --> 0:09:58.030 well in Miami. Is there any player more made for 0:09:58.050 --> 0:10:01.840 South Beach than Clay Thompson? No. It just feels so 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:06.140 perfect that Klay is there. If anybody knows how to 0:10:06.260 --> 0:10:11.320 enjoy the chill vibe of Miami and South Beach, it's 0:10:11.380 --> 0:10:14.530 Klay Thompson. Also, I do think he fits on the 0:10:14.570 --> 0:10:16.510 basketball court. I think it's a great choice by him 0:10:17.090 --> 0:10:21.030 because he has the thing they don't have. Like, they 0:10:21.090 --> 0:10:26.429 need shooters badly. They got Bam. They got Giannis. I mean, 0:10:26.950 --> 0:10:30.460 the paint is congested, right? That's the most packed the 0:10:30.500 --> 0:10:34.320 paint team. Like, everybody will pack the paint, and they 0:10:34.340 --> 0:10:36.980 need people who can shoot. They lost Norm Powell. So, 0:10:37.260 --> 0:10:41.080 you know, Andrew Wiggins is a pretty good shooter. He 0:10:41.460 --> 0:10:43.900 can burn you from three, but he's not somebody who 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:49.270 terrifies defenses. Clay out there, man. Clay, you still think, hey, 0:10:49.370 --> 0:10:51.980 this dude could just go crazy, and he's going to 0:10:52.100 --> 0:10:54.439 open up the lane for them. Like, it's a perfect fit. 0:10:54.460 --> 0:10:57.120 I think he might even end up starting because the 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:00.160 fit is so good, where in Dallas, you know, he 0:11:00.179 --> 0:11:02.700 spent a lot of time coming off the bench, and 0:11:02.740 --> 0:11:06.160 he's trending towards this, all right, off the bench, higher gun. 0:11:06.710 --> 0:11:09.150 I could see him being so useful for what they 0:11:09.190 --> 0:11:11.770 have that they start him. And you know Clay want 0:11:11.790 --> 0:11:14.570 to start, so you know he's still– he still feel 0:11:14.610 --> 0:11:17.130 like he's one of them guys and he could probably 0:11:17.170 --> 0:11:18.110 become that in Miami. 0:11:18.750 --> 0:11:21.210 That's, I mean, just love to see, I can't wait 0:11:21.230 --> 0:11:23.929 for the social media content from, it's going. 0:11:23.690 --> 0:11:24.330 To be lit. 0:11:24.410 --> 0:11:27.310 It's going to be lit. Deliver the good. 0:11:27.510 --> 0:11:30.930 Hey, Warriors did make one small transaction. If not small, 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:34.980 Brandon Williams, six foot one guard out of Arizona scored 0:11:34.980 --> 0:11:38.200 13 a game in Dallas gets to the rim, gets 0:11:38.220 --> 0:11:39.679 to the line. You like it? 0:11:41.580 --> 0:11:48.760 Absolutely. You know, I normally get a little weary about 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:52.120 getting guys because they hurt you. And Brandon Williams is 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:55.880 one of them guys they just couldn't guard. And it's like, man, 0:11:55.900 --> 0:11:57.540 let's go get this guy because we can't guard him. 0:11:57.860 --> 0:12:01.140 But in this case, he does the thing they need. 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:04.620 He is a put my head down and go get 0:12:04.660 --> 0:12:10.510 a bucket. He's tough. He's physical. This to me is 0:12:10.590 --> 0:12:12.489 a good pick. I think they need it. two or 0:12:12.530 --> 0:12:15.510 three of these, these type of players, they're not going 0:12:15.530 --> 0:12:17.950 to move the needle. You're not going to win the 0:12:17.990 --> 0:12:20.710 press conference, right? You're not going to silence social media, 0:12:21.230 --> 0:12:23.670 but man, these players are pretty good and they, they 0:12:23.730 --> 0:12:26.510 have value and you've seen them, you've played against them. 0:12:26.870 --> 0:12:31.080 So he's good. He's fast. He's athletic. He's young. He 0:12:31.100 --> 0:12:34.120 can get hot. Like, yeah, no, this is to me. 0:12:34.140 --> 0:12:36.140 I like this figure. I like this a lot. I think, 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.300 I think this was a sign of what they, this 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:41.000 is the direction I would have went from the beginning. 0:12:41.500 --> 0:12:44.500 Marcus, one last question for you real quick on the 0:12:44.580 --> 0:12:47.420 Golden State Valkyries, who beat the Minnesota Lynx last night 0:12:47.460 --> 0:12:50.260 for the first time in franchise history. Now I'm seeing 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.030 people on social media saying that it's their biggest regular 0:12:53.150 --> 0:12:56.590 season win ever. Obviously, for those of the audience that 0:12:56.630 --> 0:12:58.550 don't know, the Minnesota Lynx had the best record in 0:12:58.590 --> 0:13:01.210 the WNBA. So how significant do you think that win 0:13:01.250 --> 0:13:01.809 was last night? 0:13:03.230 --> 0:13:06.570 I actually think it was huge. Because when you begin 0:13:06.650 --> 0:13:10.050 bullied by a team, you know, especially, and they just 0:13:10.070 --> 0:13:14.319 got through celebrating, like on your court, right? And, you know, 0:13:14.340 --> 0:13:18.000 Minnesota's a team, they talk. Like, you know, Kayla McBride 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:21.180 hit the night-night after she hit the big three to 0:13:21.230 --> 0:13:24.089 basically seal it. Like, you got night-nighted on your own court. 0:13:24.910 --> 0:13:28.829 To me, that loss on, you know, I think it 0:13:28.850 --> 0:13:34.550 was Wednesday, put like a doubt over the Valkyries. Probably 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:36.860 not in their locker room, but it was like, okay, 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.760 this is a championship team and you can't beat them 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.140 maybe you're not a championship team yet. So for them 0:13:43.179 --> 0:13:47.219 to go into Minnesota and beat them and hold them 0:13:47.260 --> 0:13:50.140 to the lowest total they've had offseason, and they didn't 0:13:50.179 --> 0:13:53.300 have Courtney Williams, but they still had enough. Like, that 0:13:53.340 --> 0:13:57.559 was a we'll-see-you-in-the-playoffs type of win. Like, if it's 1-2 0:13:58.020 --> 0:14:00.250 and it comes down to the finals and it's me 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:03.720 against you, That win will make them feel a whole 0:14:03.780 --> 0:14:05.540 lot better that they can beat them. Because they didn't 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:08.280 just beat them. It wasn't luck. It wasn't like, oh, 0:14:08.300 --> 0:14:12.080 it was a fluky win. Man, they made Cheryl Reeves 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:15.380 pull a plug with three minutes left. She sat the starters. Like, 0:14:15.420 --> 0:14:19.000 that was a resounding response by the Valkyries. And I'm 0:14:19.020 --> 0:14:21.560 telling you, I don't know if people are paying attention, 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:26.080 but Veronica Burton is the most... Bay Area point guard 0:14:26.260 --> 0:14:29.800 we've ever seen. Like she, I mean, people would love 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:34.340 this woman, man. She does everything on the court. And 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:37.000 she was a big reason. She shut down Olivia Miles 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:39.940 for the second time this season. Shut down Olivia Miles. 0:14:40.180 --> 0:14:43.020 And Natalie Nicosia was like, you go at Olivia Miles 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:44.660 every time. So not only did she shut her down, 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:48.140 she went after her. And this is the type of 0:14:48.180 --> 0:14:51.540 player that the Bay loves, just tough as, is all 0:14:51.580 --> 0:14:54.340 get out and can play. So that was a monster 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:56.720 win that I think has playoff implications, even though it 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:57.880 doesn't do much in the standings. 0:14:58.500 --> 0:14:58.920 Interesting. 0:14:58.940 --> 0:14:59.660 Good stuff. 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:04.400 Playoffs don't start until September 27. So we've got a 0:15:04.580 --> 0:15:05.680 month to go, man. 0:15:05.700 --> 0:15:08.580 With only five games. 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:10.780 They clinched too early. They're like the Dodgers. 0:15:10.970 --> 0:15:11.760 They clinched too early. 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.290 Well, it's the FIBA World Cup. They've got a FIBA 0:15:14.330 --> 0:15:14.950 World Cup break. 0:15:16.010 --> 0:15:18.890 Hydration break for the next month. But anyway, we'll be 0:15:18.910 --> 0:15:21.280 looking forward to that. And you're right. Who knows? Now 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:23.820 the Lynx have a little seed of doubt in their heads. 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:24.500 So, all right. 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:28.859 Wide-ranging chat, Marcus. And, you know, dude, stay out of 0:15:28.900 --> 0:15:32.210 the Wheat Hill. Mobile home community. 0:15:32.230 --> 0:15:34.680 I promise you, I promise you it won't be 140 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:39.800 for me. If I ever go that route, which I won't, 0:15:39.900 --> 0:15:41.460 but if I ever did, uh-uh. 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:43.900 They're calling it San Francisco 149ers. There you go, buddy. 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:50.590 Oh, boy. All right, Marcus, be good. We'll be reading you. Thanks, man. 0:15:51.310 --> 0:15:51.710 All right. Peace. 0:15:52.030 --> 0:15:55.290 He's laughing. All right. We'll finish up. We don't have 0:15:55.330 --> 0:15:56.990 to talk about jet all the time. 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Find the official rules at thesportsleader.com. 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:00.160 This is hilarious. It's like a little, like, renaissance thing. 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:01.820 Like, brrrr, do-do-do-do-do-do. 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:08.080 Anyway, please, tickets are on sale now through LiveNation.com. That 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:11.659 was one of the more underrated Paulie Mac tunes, Come 0:18:11.700 --> 0:18:15.790 Say JaVale, Come Say JaVale, Come Say JaVale McGee. Might 0:18:15.830 --> 0:18:17.930 have been a Tony, Creative Tony production. 0:18:17.970 --> 0:18:18.690 What a parody. 0:18:19.810 --> 0:18:21.130 I think Creative Tony got a lot of those. 0:18:21.410 --> 0:18:21.810 Oh, yeah. 0:18:21.850 --> 0:18:25.050 So anyway, hopefully somebody wins the tickets, and then we'll 0:18:25.070 --> 0:18:25.370 be happy. 0:18:25.570 --> 0:18:31.159 Yeah, hopefully Stix... are as impressive as Rafael Devers swinging 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:31.899 the stick yesterday. 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:33.600 There you go, buddy. You like that? 0:18:33.820 --> 0:18:36.000 Come sail away with a fastball from Chase Burns. 0:18:36.020 --> 0:18:38.240 Yeah, had that sail out to the deepest part of 0:18:38.260 --> 0:18:40.260 the ballpark out to the 415 section. 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:45.699 Incredible performance against one of literally, metrically, numerically, one of 0:18:45.770 --> 0:18:48.310 the best pitchers in all of baseball. Yeah, Chase Burns 0:18:48.470 --> 0:18:51.369 is a dude. He's a Cy Young candidate. He's on 0:18:51.390 --> 0:18:54.209 a bad team. They've lost 70-whatever to the Giants. I mean, 0:18:54.230 --> 0:18:56.389 they're as bad as the Giants almost. But this guy 0:18:56.430 --> 0:18:59.690 was literally in the Cy Young conversation, 14-2 to 2-5-1, 0:18:59.750 --> 0:19:03.930 huge strikeout numbers, dominant, and they just attacked him. Tony 0:19:03.950 --> 0:19:06.390 Vitello had some interesting comments after the game about being 0:19:06.470 --> 0:19:10.550 hooked up. He felt like the team was like– and 0:19:10.570 --> 0:19:12.300 I don't know. There's kind of– you can read it 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:15.600 in a negative way that the implication is that prior 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.340 in the season they were not hooked up. I think 0:19:18.380 --> 0:19:20.740 it just means like committed to the process, committed to 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:24.600 every pitch, committed to winning. We have that cut, Jacob, 0:19:24.660 --> 0:19:27.659 about him being– you know, I'll hook you up. 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:28.060 All right. 0:19:28.100 --> 0:19:29.400 We used to have that sound by two. 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:29.879 Here it is. 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:32.500 Here's a Tony V about last night's lineup, which was crazy, right? 0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:36.240 Had Raphael Devers, Jungle Lee, and seven strangers, right? And 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:39.960 including Shea Whitcomb and, and, and all sorts of nonsense. 0:19:40.070 --> 0:19:42.389 Turner Hill, Turner Hill, that'd clean up. 0:19:42.490 --> 0:19:42.690 Yes. 0:19:42.730 --> 0:19:46.170 Drew Cavanaugh, your five hitter, Nate Furman, your guy's six hole. 0:19:46.619 --> 0:19:47.879 But Tony praised him. 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:50.800 To win a game during the regular season, I'm a 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:52.619 firm believer you just got to have guys that are 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:56.560 hooked up. And right now, again, hopefully we all can 0:19:56.600 --> 0:20:00.340 work together, whether it's our group as coaches or the players, 0:20:00.900 --> 0:20:04.590 both sides together to show results that back that up 0:20:04.619 --> 0:20:08.489 and boost confidence. But they're hooked up. They're hooked up 0:20:08.510 --> 0:20:11.060 right now. And like you said, it is baseball. There's 0:20:11.100 --> 0:20:13.780 a bunch of reps. Anything can happen. And to win 0:20:13.820 --> 0:20:15.419 a game, you just got to come out and you 0:20:15.440 --> 0:20:17.700 got to play hard. And it'd be nice to say, 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:20.850 you know, mistake free or flawless or clean or whatever. 0:20:20.890 --> 0:20:23.850 But that's not true. We made several mistakes tonight. Boston 0:20:23.890 --> 0:20:26.030 beat us and they had a little league home run 0:20:26.050 --> 0:20:28.430 against them. You know, things are going to happen. But 0:20:28.990 --> 0:20:30.310 I feel like if you're hooked up and got the 0:20:30.350 --> 0:20:32.910 right mindset, it's there. And it kind of started with 0:20:32.950 --> 0:20:35.189 a little fresh vibes. You know, it was great for 0:20:35.230 --> 0:20:38.460 everybody to meet Shea. Rafi kind of leading the hitters 0:20:38.500 --> 0:20:41.560 meeting with some thoughts with now Willie, not there next 0:20:41.580 --> 0:20:43.419 to his side. He kind of just took the reins 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:46.320