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First of all, the TV Greatest of 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:48.559 All Time Championship is tonight. It's Seinfeld and Breaking Bad 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:50.880 in the final. Who will be crowned the Greatest TV 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:52.880 show of all Time? I also got another poll up 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:55.120 there for you. We've been talking about the NBA players 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.840 and resting so much. My pole question up there for 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:00.400 you on that FN T s Y Rady on Twitter 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:02.680 handle is do you think the amount of rest current 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:06.880 NBA players during the season get makes them less great historically? 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:08.920 A lot of people have been talking about this. Later 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:11.400 I have some things to add, but let me know. 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.600 It's up on their on the poll right now. Yes, 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.160 no or maybe, but it's a business. 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Oh you know what 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:14.280 it is this j boyd Dane Martinez. You're listening live 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:17.560 to the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:19.720 You could catch us live on the Fantasy Sports Radio 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.519 Network with that Fantasy Sports Radio Network app. You could 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.040 download the show afterwards on the Audio Boom on the Stitcher, 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:28.959 iHeart Radio on iTunes. You know, if you just subscribe 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:31.160 this way, you just said it and forget it and 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:34.160 just like a good championship caliber fantasy lineup. I'll be 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:35.520 here to give you what you need to win your 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.800 league and win that cash. Of course. Big shout out 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:41.640 to all our Sports Byline listeners across the country and 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:45.480 our American Forces Network listeners around the world. Let's get 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:47.800 it going with speeds and starters here. Another beautiful day 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:51.520 in Major League Baseball. Mookie Betts and Handling Ramirez are 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:53.120 out for the bus in Red Sox today. They got 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:56.320 a flu bug going around the locker room there in Boston. 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:59.640 Matt Kemp left the Braves game today after going too 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:01.520 for three and having a pretty good start to the 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.880 season with tightness in him his hamstring. Keep an eye 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:09.000 out for him throughout the weekend. UH. Sunny Gray, He's 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:12.200 gonna throw a bullpen session UH today and then after 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.560 that the next step is, you know, live BP, then 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:16.760 maybe go on a rehab assignment. They're now saying Sunny 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:21.200 Gray could rejoin the Oakland A's rotation by late April. 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:23.960 Another news and notes around Major League Baseball. Colin mq 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:27.599 left his rehab start yesterday. He's gonna go back to 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:30.080 to Houston for an m r I. He was dealing 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.279 with a dead arm period during the spring, so that 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:36.000 is definitely something to look for on the Astros and Houston. 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:38.480 Here's what I want to do. I wanna as usual, 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:40.120 I want to give you an update on you know, 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:42.200 the starters I gave you. Remember, I'm telling you the 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:45.479 starting pitchers are how you win dfs. All the other 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.680 stuff is a little bit random. I gave you two 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:51.039 starters yesterday to play. I definitely hit with one of them. 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:52.880 I was oh so close to putting up a big 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:55.360 number with the other one. I'll tell you what though, 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:58.760 yesterday's show, I gave you Marcus Stroman at only seventy 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:01.960 on Fan Duel. I said he was looking good. I 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:03.960 said he was looking great off the w b C. 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:06.159 I said that Tampa Bay lineup was one that I 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:09.080 would attack, and Yo, he looked good. He even got 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.080 you some caves. My one question was did he have 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:14.120 the strikeout upside? He had a nice little outing six 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:16.760 and a third innings, only gave up one run and 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:20.200 struck out five opponents. He got the quality start, he 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:23.159 got the win as the Toronto Blue Jays won the 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.919 game five to two last night. The other guy I 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:29.320 gave you was Robbie Ray and he was also close. 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:32.200 He was also close to that quality start that you need. 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:34.479 He did have the strikeout upside. Like I said, striking 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:36.880 out six and five and two thirds with that cape 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:38.600 or nine is what you look for. But he did 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:40.440 not go the full six innings that he needs for 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:43.000 the quality start. It's a shame too, because right after 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.400 that the Diamondbacks scored four runs in the bottom of 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.680 the six and went on to win nine to three. 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:50.680 Robbie Ray could have gotten that win for you right there. 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:54.280 Tonight's late. Tonight's late. I'm gonna tell you right now, 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.240 if you're looking for starters, it is tough. As we 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:01.279 move on to Friday, because um it basically the day 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.320 you know, everyone has their rotation. It is the day 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:06.960 when most teams are running out their SP four or 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:10.479 even their SP five. If you see tomorrow slate, a 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.279 lot of the aces come back. So this is the 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.240 bottom of the rotation. I don't see many options. I'm 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:17.279 gonna give you two that I think you should be 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:20.960 playing today. The first one is Francisco Loriano at eight 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:24.640 thousand on FanDuel. He's actually the highest price guy, but 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.200 I say you gotta play him anyway. Okay, I like 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:31.360 him going into that Tampa Bay Ballpark. It's on the road. 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:33.760 Instead of pitching in Toronto. You don't want guys pitching 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:36.960 in Toronto. You get an opportunity to play Loriano in Tampa. 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:39.479 I like that. I also think that he's been having 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:42.039 a great spring, something of a little bit of a 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.720 revival for Francisco Loriano, and I buy it. Okay, eighteen 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:49.120 strikeouts and only two walks in spring training over a 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.560 full game he pitched there in spring training. I like that. 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.280 The other thing I like, and this goes underreported, I'm 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:56.880 gonna be on Francisco Liriano all season long as a 0:06:56.960 --> 0:06:59.800 diamond in the rough. And here's why. If you remember 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:03.080 when Loriano had that revival with Pittsburgh a couple of 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:06.520 years ago, you know who his catcher was, Russell Martin. 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:09.279 Now back in Toronto, you know who his catcher is, 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.520 Russell Martin. And I think that is actually gonna be 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:16.200 very interesting, helping him control the slider framing pitches. I 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.040 think that's a big thing. I think it gets started 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:22.480 tonight at Tampa. I love Francisco Liriano tonight in your 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:24.920 DFS lineups. The other guy I'll give you because, like 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.400 I said, it's starting pitcher four or five day. So 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:29.360 if you're gonna scroll down, you might as well scroll 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:32.320 down and uh. A common theme I'm gonna be giving 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.640 you all weekend long is I like these St. Louis 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:38.440 Cardinals up at home against the Cincinnati Reds, and tonight 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:42.920 at on FanDuel you can get Mike Leak. And Mike 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:45.640 Leak also had a pretty good spring fourteen strikeout, six 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:49.520 walks throughout spring training. Remember going up against that Red's 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:52.280 lineup at home, not even in the Great American small park, 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:55.800 but at home, you really only gotta worry about Joe Evado. 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:57.880 That's about it. If he can work his way around 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.120 Joey Vado, I think he lasts the six inning he 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:02.080 needs for the quality start. And you're talking about the 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.200 Cardinals at home against the pitiful Cincinnati Reds. I like 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.600 them to get the win tonight. I like Mike Leak. 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:09.240 Let me tell you something. I like the St. Louis 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:13.240 Cardinals all weekend long, Fantasy Freestyle on a Friday. So 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.640 what I also want to do as we go around 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:17.600 the league and Speeds gives you his starters, I want 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:20.120 to talk about the Saturday matchups and the Sunday matchups 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.600 as well, because if you're listening like you can on 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:25.760 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network Monday through Friday from seven 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:27.680 to eight pm, where your boy is gonna give you 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.480 what you need to win your leagues and win their cash, 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:32.120 I might as well talk about Saturday and Sunday also, right, 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.520 So Saturday Saturday is a beautiful thing. It turns to 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.160 be the first time around for those aces to get 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:40.560 their second start of the season. There's a couple of 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:43.480 aces out there on Saturday, one that I'm gonna spend 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.600 up on, one that I'm gonna fade. This is the 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:50.000 only time of the year, this is potentially the only 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.800 matchup of the year where I would tell you to 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:56.400 not spend up for Clayton Kershaw and his second start 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.120 of the season. Why is that, Well, it's quite simple. 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:03.120 He's facing the Larado Rocky's at Coors Field in Colorado. 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:05.440 I don't care who you are, even if you're Clayton Kershaw. 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.160 Even though that game is only to one today tomorrow 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:11.920 with Kershaw, I am fading him on the road at Coors. 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.520 I will, however, spend up for Madison bum Gardner. I 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:18.280 don't care how expensive he is tomorrow because he is 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:22.080 at San Diego the Padres. They're pretty much sporting a 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.880 minor league lineup, and as you know, that ballpark is 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:28.160 also a pretty cavernous I love mad Bum once again. 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:30.320 It's just too bad that we can't put uh, you know, 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:33.960 his offensive numbers in your lineups as well. A couple 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.600 of other pictures that I kind of like. Tomorrow on Saturday, 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.760 Remember I like these Cardinals. Michael Waka goes tomorrow against 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:43.680 the same Cincinnati Reds at home. I think Waka is 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.760 due for a bounce back season. He's using his change 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:49.319 up a lot more. He's gonna toe the rubber for 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:52.040 the first time. I like Michael Waka. I also like 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:55.040 Massa hero Tanaka to bounce back. Remember he had a 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:58.120 bad first start. My boy Jake Seely, who's known as 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:01.240 the number one rancor, says that that will probably be 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:04.400 his last or his worst start of the season, and 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.320 I tend to agree. So I think Tanaka comes back, 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:10.600 has a good effort tomorrow night. I also like Dallas 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.760 Kaiko at home against the Kansas City Royals. This Royals 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.560 lineup does not scare me. Kaiko looks great. Has still 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:18.560 not given up a run in his first start. I 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:20.599 think he's worth it. Then you look to Sunday a 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:22.760 couple of guys I want to throw out again St. 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:27.360 Louis Cardinals. I'm telling you Carlos Martinez against the Cincinnati Reds. 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:30.240 I like that on Sunday. I also like Garrett Cole 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:33.720 on Sunday against the Atlanta Braves. His first start was 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:37.160 at Fenway with a big kind of adjustment for their 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:39.680 opening day. I think that was a tough situation, a 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.040 tough spot. He is at home this time. He was 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.520 fined through four innings last time around, even at Fenway, 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.640 I think he has a nice little bounce back start. 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:50.920 And then listen, if I like Madison Bumgardner at San Diego, 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:53.200 there's no reason the next day and not like Johnny 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:56.679 Quato at San Diego as well. Matt Bumming Quato are 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.240 one of the best one two combinations you can get 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:01.640 in Major League Baseball. 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Thank you to everybody out there on 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:39.360 the Sports Byeline American Forces Radio Network. This is your boys, 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:42.679 Speeds the Spitting Statistician. You're listening live to the Fantasy 0:12:42.720 --> 0:13:04.720 Freestyle and the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You know what 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:08.040 it is. It should boy, Dane Martinez Speeds, the Spitting Statistician. 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:11.200 You're listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:13.880 Sports Radio Network. Chris Bavono went me on the ones 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:17.160 and two is so hot that we sweat steam. Welcome 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.120 also to all our Sports Byline affiliates across the country 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:24.800 and with the American Forces Network radio around the world. 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:26.880 You know how we do here on the Fantasy freestyle. 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:28.880 We're gonna get it going in the cipher real quick. 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:30.920 We got some news and notes. First of all, for 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:33.760 you in the NFL. Big Ben has officially announced that 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:37.640 he will be back for his fourteen football season. You 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.880 know those quarterbacks from that great two thousand and three class, 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:44.439 A lot of conversation about them, Eli Manning, Philip Rivers. 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:46.320 Remember earlier in the week I told you Philip Rivers 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.960 said he would not be mad if the Chargers drafted 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:51.480 a quarterback in the first round. So these guys are 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:53.720 getting it up there a little bit in age. Hopefully 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:56.000 they're protecting them for the last couple of years of 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:58.560 their career. The New York Jets have a couple of 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:02.440 people maybe on the eid blocks Sheldon Richardson, they're still 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.360 saying may get moved before the NFL Draft, and also 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.360 now a little bit of smoke around Eric Decker. If 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:10.840 they are going for the full rebuild, maybe Eric Decker 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:14.080 is also on the move. The Tennessee Titans seemed to 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.760 potentially be interested in that, and they have multiple draft 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.960 picks to talk about. Marvin Lewis says an extension is 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:23.040 not really on his mind. I would think it would 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:24.800 be on his mind. It is the last year of 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:28.240 his deal the Cincinnati Bengals head coach since two thousand 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:31.880 and three. Your boy speeds, the spitting statistician actually expects 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:34.800 a big time regression from the Bengals this year. I'm 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:37.560 calling my shot here, Marvin Lewis, this may be his 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.920 last year free agent, and Kwan Bolden says he still 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:43.440 hopes to play in two thousand and seventeen, but he'll 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:46.840 likely wait through craning camp until injuries dictate where there 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:49.680 may be a landing spot for him. Travone Boykin was 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:52.560 arrested for violating his probation that goes along with a 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:56.680 public intoxication charge. Last week, Seattle maybe looking to change 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:00.360 their backup quarterback behind Russell Wilson, and as always on 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:04.440 the Fantasy Freestyle have hard hitting news. Aaron Rodgers and 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:07.520 Olivia Munn seemed to be calling it quits after three 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.960 years in their relationship. I wonder what the Aaron Rodgers 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:14.200 family thinks. Remember he is estranged. I put it on Twitter. 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:17.960 I wonder if Olivia Munn told him to go pack, 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:22.040 go um. I told you earlier in the show that 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.760 I had his pole question up and the pole question 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:26.040 we had up and you can check it out on 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.760 the f N T s Y Radio, Twitter, handled or 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:31.600 follow me at Spitting Speeds and you can get to it. 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:33.920 The question is this, do you think the amount of 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:37.120 rest current NBA players get during the season make them 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:40.120 less great historically? And your absence a yes or no? 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.680 Then maybe because it's part of the business. Now. I 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:45.880 bring this up because we've been talking about the rest, 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.760 then the schedule and the back to backs all season 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:50.840 long here on the show. But yeah, let me tell 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:54.440 you something Dennis Rodman short thinks. So he chimed in 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:57.360 in an interview that he gave this week as well, 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.800 and let me tell you something. This is Dennis Rodman, 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:03.360 and I quote, you know what Lebron's doing the one 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.440 thing that I always said Michael Jordan never did. He 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:08.480 never rested, He played every game. He played every game. 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:10.640 Lebron hat is in the position to do this now 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:13.160 because they need him, The league needs him, and that's 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:17.240 why he's doing all this crazy expletive now like being 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:22.840 m about all this expletive. He continues on, it's very 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:26.280 easy to do what they define now as greatness. Michael 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:28.800 Jordan did it when it was tough, really tough. What 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:31.320 he do. He led the league in scoring ten years 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:34.240 in a row, ten years in a row. Back then, 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:36.640 that was hard. He averaged like thirty two points a game. 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:41.200 Now it's easy. All these expletive triple doubles. Back then 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:43.000 when he was getting his ass, what I mean, beat 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:46.080 down every game. Then when he played against us, he said, 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:48.680 guess what, I gotta go back in the gym, get tough, 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.640 and he got great. So that is it. You know, 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:56.359 Rodman certainly out there scorched earth for the players of today. 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:57.920 And check this out. I've been telling you, I gotta 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:01.320 give this stat again. Well, Chamber and once in the 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.560 sixty two season average forty eight and a half minutes 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:08.520 a game. NBA games are only forty eight minutes long. 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:12.879 This guy averaged more minutes in a full season because 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:15.600 of overtime games than there was. He only missed eight 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:19.680 minutes the entire season in the sixty two season, only 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:22.879 missed eight minutes the entire season because he got ejected 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:25.959 once with eight minutes left to play, played all the games, 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:30.000 all the minutes. This year, there's only four players in 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:33.320 the NBA that even average thirty seven minutes a game, 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:39.960 Jimmy Butler, Wiggins, Lebron and Kyle Lowry. You know, so basically, 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:44.040 by definition, every player in the NBA this year misses 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:47.560 more minutes per game then Will Chamberlain missed in that 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:50.400 historic sixty one sixty two season and check it out. 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:53.720 Kenyan Martin was also signed, kind of saying the same thing, saying, 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.239 people don't really care that much about, like, you know, 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:58.480 winning and trying hard. It's kind of like all just 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.760 a little boys club. You know. He sided guys and 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.160 a nice piece on the player Tribune that I saw today, Um, 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:06.959 guys like Reggie Evans, this is a dude that you know, 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:12.280 grabbed Chris Cayman down under one time. Guys like Kobe 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:15.080 who would just like just straight up killers. Talked about 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:17.919 Ron Artest, Kevin Garnett and even head coach back then, 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:21.600 Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz. That were all kind of, 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:25.080 you know, tougher than what we would see out there. 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:26.639 So that's why I ask you, you know, with all 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.240 this rest and all this talk, do you think it 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:32.920 actually lessens you know, they're kind of legacy. Remember also, 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:35.520 James Harden thought that thought that this idea of playing 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:38.080 all eighty two games and minutes played should be one 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:41.199 of the criteria for the m v P Awards. So 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:44.400 I asked you, do you think it makes them kind 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:47.159 of less great when compared again to their historical peers. 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:50.040 All the rest that they're getting, My man, Chris Bovona 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:52.080 making it so hot that we sweats team. What do 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:55.200 you think about this, Chris david is drop a bomb 0:18:55.200 --> 0:18:57.359 on it? Do you think that this kind of diminishes 0:18:57.400 --> 0:18:59.560 their legacy? All the rest they're getting the players of 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:01.720 today's and b A growing up in the nineties, we 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:05.200 obviously grew We had some of the hardest working basketball 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:10.560 players in the NBA. UM. I'm not against resting players 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:13.920 after you've won certain things like when you've gotten the division, 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:17.080 when he's gotten into the but just managing their minutes 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:19.879 earlier the season, like in December, I think it's it's 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:21.440 a little much. I think the only guys that should 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:26.720 be allowed to be have man minutes managed are rookies. Okay, 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:28.720 all right, fair enough, So check it out. We got 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:30.159 that pole question up on the f N T S 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:32.320 Y radio Twitter handle right now. Let us know what 0:19:32.400 --> 0:19:33.960 you think. We'll be checking in on that pole A 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:35.560 little bit later on in the show, Let's keep it 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:37.760 going in the cipher here on the fantasy freestyle which 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:41.480 your boys speeds the spitting statistician. Yo, Yesterday I was 0:19:41.480 --> 0:19:44.520 talking about LaVar Ball, how he was hurting his kid Alonzo, 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:47.480 you know, trying to maybe in essence, negotiate contracts for 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:50.600 him and be as the facto agent. I said this yesterday, 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:54.240 and then Yo, Alonzo starts popping off again. I don't 0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:58.560 know if you saw this, but he basically, he basically 0:19:58.600 --> 0:20:01.040 said that the reason his son's team u c l 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:05.200 A lost in March Madness was because that u c 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:08.879 l A was starting three white players, which I think 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:12.280 is absolutely crazy. But check this out, and I quote 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:16.159 from LaVar Ball. Realistically, you can't win no championship with 0:20:16.160 --> 0:20:19.159 three white guys because of the foot speed. It's too slow. 0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:21.840 I told Alonzo one of these games you might need 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:23.800 to go for thirty or forty points. It turned out 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:26.000 that was the one game. Once they got to the 0:20:26.040 --> 0:20:29.440 Elite eight, there was right there, are you kidding me? 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:33.480