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Speaker 2: Welcome in What's Right with Nick Wright. Episode one, Massive Day,
Speaker 2: Huge night in the NBA Last night. We will get
Speaker 2: to that. It is a huge day for this show.
Speaker 2: This is our final show before Demonse move sale. So
Speaker 2: Demanse's going to be off the show for a couple
Speaker 2: months as he gets settled in Los Angeles. His sister Deora,
Speaker 2: who you guys met last week, will take the baton
Speaker 2: from him at some point during today's show. All of
Speaker 2: that's happening. Also while we are on the air right now,
Speaker 2: Tiger Woods is in the sand. On two at Augusta,
Speaker 2: Nashvill I do believe last year when we started this show,
Speaker 2: it was right around this time Master's Weekend. It's where
Speaker 2: we introduced Nick's Golf Corner, which was beaten in popularity
Speaker 2: only by Nick's Tennis Corner. I would imagine if you're
Speaker 2: watching us live on YouTube right now, we greatly appreciate it.
Speaker 2: But I understand if you're locked into the Masters and
Speaker 2: therefore you're watching us later or listening later. However, I
Speaker 2: will give you shot by shot updates.
Speaker 3: I don't know what that says about our show, what
Speaker 3: we're missing to watch right now.
Speaker 2: Okay, it's been a year plus and you still don't
Speaker 2: understand the import of augusta national, of Tiger going for
Speaker 2: his sixth green jacket for a sixteenth major. Tiger just
Speaker 2: punched out of the bunker on two, so it's not
Speaker 2: gonna be an eagle opportunity. The drive sprayed a little right,
Speaker 2: nice par on one for Tiger. But we'll save all
Speaker 2: that for later in the show because I have a
Speaker 2: special present for you, as it is your final show.
Speaker 2: Don't you don't yet know what it is. We don't
Speaker 2: have the YouTube plack one hundred thousand subscribers. I wish
Speaker 2: we had that hopefully you will get it when you're
Speaker 2: in Los Angeles. But let's get to the actual show, Demons.
Speaker 2: Here's what is not on today's show. Not on today's show.
Speaker 2: Tyreek Hill saying he's going to be the Chief's worst enemy.
Speaker 2: Angel Reese taking upon herself to turn down the White
Speaker 2: House invitation. Baby maybe simmer a bit Angel, a big
Speaker 2: Angel rhes fan on your side on almost all of this,
Speaker 2: maybe a little over it over indexed on the exposure
Speaker 2: post title saying we'll go to the Obamas and the
Speaker 2: Ravens might draft a quarterback in round one.
Speaker 3: Talk about that last show, even though that Jill Biden
Speaker 3: invited both teams to the White House.
Speaker 2: The reason we didn't talk about it was because by
Speaker 2: the time we were on the air, the White House
Speaker 2: had said that wasn't a real invite, the actual White House,
Speaker 2: Like Jill Biden's not in charge of inviting those things.
Speaker 2: So by the time we were on the air, the
Speaker 2: White House had given us statement like Jill was trying
Speaker 2: to be supportive, but we only invite the champions to
Speaker 2: the team. I'm not sure if Angel got that message. Again.
Speaker 2: The I thought Jill's comment was I thought her heart
Speaker 2: was in the right place.
Speaker 3: Thought the sportsmanship.
Speaker 2: No, her comment about inviting the loser to the White
Speaker 2: House as well. Thought her heart was in the right place.
Speaker 2: I shouldn't call her Jill the first Lady United States.
Speaker 2: Her heart was in the right place. But I thought
Speaker 2: it was ill timed. I think Amejelies understandably feeling herself
Speaker 2: a bit. I thought her comment was a little mistimed.
Speaker 2: Don't love it and go ahead.
Speaker 3: Wait, So it was like calling the press, like is
Speaker 3: calling Joe or Barrock.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're supposed to call it. Yeah, you're not supposed
Speaker 2: to call him Joe or Brock. Yeah, the President Biden,
Speaker 2: President Obama. You know, you get to be called president
Speaker 2: even when you're no longer the president. So it's still
Speaker 2: President Obama, the first Lady, but you know, first Lady Biden.
Speaker 2: How you know, Madam Biden. I'm not certain Kamala Harris's
Speaker 2: husband is the second Gentleman instead of the second lady,
Speaker 2: first one we've ever had. Yeah, it's a pretty cool thing.
Speaker 2: Doug Emhoff is his name. All right, Let's get to
Speaker 2: the show. What's first up? Demanse. Let's just get to
Speaker 2: the show, all right, man.
Speaker 3: Everybody got really excited when the Lakers beat the Jazz
Speaker 3: in overtime. Oh, stop it in overtime?
Speaker 2: Yeah, and Lebron dropped thirty seven, five and six and
Speaker 2: hit the game winner, and everyone it's like, oh, Lebron's
Speaker 2: afraid to go to the basket because he doesn't want
Speaker 2: to get felled. And in the last minute overtime he
Speaker 2: hit two free throws then hit the game winning layup.
Speaker 2: He also scored nine points in overtime at age thirty
Speaker 2: eight and year twenty coming off an injury.
Speaker 3: Go ahead, all right, Getting excited about that is a
Speaker 3: little like getting excited about Tiger Oh going for par.
Speaker 2: Okay, But anyone that knows anything about golf knows Tiger,
Speaker 2: even twenty five years into his career, gets he has
Speaker 2: a little nerves on the first hole of majors, and
Speaker 2: often Bogie's the first hole, puts himself in a hole,
Speaker 2: sprays that first drive to the right. Everybody that knows
Speaker 2: anything knows that. So a par at one at Augustin
Speaker 2: National in twenty twenty three is a good thing. But
Speaker 2: go ahead.
Speaker 3: But the Lakers lost to the Clippers last night, Yeah, right,
Speaker 3: Lebron and Anthony Davis playing, Yeah, pretty crazy? So the
Speaker 3: Lakers are in the play in as of today. It
Speaker 3: could change. Afterwards, Lebron basically admitted that they had no
Speaker 3: chance of beating the Clippers back to back. Okay, he
Speaker 3: called this game a scheduling conflict. Yeah, what a winning attitude.
Speaker 2: Okay, stup, you know what, This is no way for
Speaker 2: our professional relationship to I shouldn't say end, but pause
Speaker 2: with a total. You are being set up. You are
Speaker 2: being set up for failure by our Charlatan producers. So
Speaker 2: let me.
Speaker 3: Ron set himself up for failure when he said he
Speaker 3: can't beat the Clippers.
Speaker 2: Okay, here is There are such things in the NBA
Speaker 2: as a schedule loss. So a schedule loss is when
Speaker 2: one team is at a massive rest advantage. So the
Speaker 2: Lakers the night before last were in Utah. We're in
Speaker 2: Utah and then they come to LA for the game.
Speaker 2: The Clippers just had their longest break of the season,
Speaker 2: not including the All Star break. They had not played
Speaker 2: since April first, which is why the Lakers simply should
Speaker 2: not have played Lebron or Anthony Davis last night. Because yes,
Speaker 2: the Lakers had they won last night. That everyone says,
Speaker 2: here's what people were getting wrong. If the Lakers went
Speaker 2: undefeated the rest of the way, beat the Clippers, beat
Speaker 2: the Suns, beat the Jazz. Everyone's like, oh, they control
Speaker 2: their destiny for the sixth seed, and now they're the
Speaker 2: seventh seed. But that is not accurate. If the Lakers
Speaker 2: had gone three to oher and beaten the Clippers, the Suns,
Speaker 2: and the Jazz, they would not be the sixth seed.
Speaker 2: They would be the five seed. Okay, And you don't
Speaker 2: want to be the five seed. You don't want to
Speaker 2: play Phoenix when they're their healthiest right now, they would
Speaker 2: be a diz. You would, I believe you would rather
Speaker 2: be in the play in and play and play, have
Speaker 2: to play a do Ordi game, one extra game and
Speaker 2: be the seventh seed and playing either Sacramento or Memphis
Speaker 2: in round one, assuming you win the playing game, then
Speaker 2: be the five Tigers. Approach on two about I'm gonna
Speaker 2: call its rolling. I'm gonna call it about thirty six
Speaker 2: feet from the hole. He's gonna have a tough two
Speaker 2: putt for par on a par five.
Speaker 3: Not ideal.
Speaker 2: Uh, You you don't want to be the five. So
Speaker 2: the reason I encourage the Lakers to sit there, guys,
Speaker 2: last night, take the loss. Let the Clippers get very
Speaker 2: you know, almost lock up the five seed, assuming they
Speaker 2: don't lose both of their remaining games. And you are
Speaker 2: gonna be the six if you go two and oh
Speaker 2: and the and the Warriors lose to the Kings. Or
Speaker 2: you're gonna be the seven if you go two and oh,
Speaker 2: maybe even one and one and the Warriors beat the Kings.
Speaker 2: That's fine.
Speaker 3: They didn't do that. Though.
Speaker 2: They didn't do that. They played their guys. And here's
Speaker 2: what what is maybe what I should have led with
Speaker 2: in the most notable part of this entire game last night.
Speaker 2: And I can already hear the producers laughing from Los
Speaker 2: Angeles when I say this, and you rolling your eyes.
Speaker 2: But I know I'm right. The Lakers have never been
Speaker 2: scarier than they are this very moment. Oh why am
Speaker 2: I saying that, folks? I have Victor shaking his head. Hey, Victor,
Speaker 2: you're in Los Angeles in April. Take your skull cap off.
Speaker 2: You look like a dope. Here's why the Lakers have
Speaker 2: never been scarier. Last night, in the first half, Lebron
Speaker 2: played I believe, the worst half of basketball I've maybe
Speaker 2: ever seen him play. He had four turnovers, he was
Speaker 2: one of six from the field. Russell Westbrook was taunting
Speaker 2: him more on Russ in a moment, and he had
Speaker 2: three points. He finished the game it well, forget how
Speaker 2: he finished the game. In the second half of that game,
Speaker 2: where Kawhi played every single minute on a back to back,
Speaker 2: where the Lakers exhausted, was Lebron coming off an injury.
Speaker 2: In the second half, he had thirty points on twelve
Speaker 2: of fourteen shooting, and it was for the entire league
Speaker 2: a shot across the bow of even in year twenty,
Speaker 2: even at thirty eight, even on tired legs, I can
Speaker 2: still get to a level that only three other guys
Speaker 2: in the whole league can get to, Giannis, Steph and Durant.
Speaker 2: That's it, those three and Lebron. If there was ever
Speaker 2: a time for Lebron in that second half yesterday to
Speaker 2: make sure he kept his double digit streak alive, which
Speaker 2: is over eleven hundred games, get to his ten points,
Speaker 2: and rest for the night, that was the night instead.
Speaker 2: I think, in part because Russ wouldn't stop talking trash,
Speaker 2: pointing at him after every made basket, doing all the
Speaker 2: Russ things he was doing, I think Lebron wanted to
Speaker 2: see if they could execute a twenty four point comeback,
Speaker 2: and they did, by the way, get it to seven
Speaker 2: a couple times, but they didn't have it. But they
Speaker 2: also didn't need I would argue, you want to win
Speaker 2: that game. You don't want to be the five seed. Now,
Speaker 2: if you really don't want to win, you should arrested
Speaker 2: your guys. I think that was a mistake by Darbnham.
Speaker 2: Now I want to talk about Russ for a moment.
Speaker 2: Russell Westbrook finished the game six of twelve from the field,
Speaker 2: fourteen points for assists, three turnovers. Russell Westbrook in the
Speaker 2: first two minutes of that game was three of three,
Speaker 2: eight points, one assist, zero turnovers. In the final forty
Speaker 2: five final forty six minutes of that game, Russ looked
Speaker 2: like Lakers Russ. He was three of nine from the field,
Speaker 2: oh of two from three, oh of one from the
Speaker 2: foul line, as many assists as turnovers three to three,
Speaker 2: and had six points. I am conflicted on how I
Speaker 2: feel about Russ's performance last night, because I like Russ
Speaker 2: as an all time great, because he is an all
Speaker 2: time great, and I understand his anger that he feels.
Speaker 2: Lebron at the end wanted him gone. I understand that
Speaker 2: for the reason Lebron wanted him gone was because Russ
Speaker 2: refused to acknowledge his strengths and his limitations, leaned into
Speaker 2: his limitations, ignored his strengths, would not commit himself defensively,
Speaker 2: would not find a way this offseason to see if
Speaker 2: he could become even a passable shooter. And it is
Speaker 2: the stubbornness that led to him last night being great
Speaker 2: early is the exact same stubbornness that has made him
Speaker 2: who he is. But it is also the stubbornness as
Speaker 2: to why he has not been able to age gracefully
Speaker 2: into a role player and listen his energy. The Clippers
Speaker 2: were up fifteen to two immediately. That was because of
Speaker 2: Russ's energy. The rest of the way, it was a
Speaker 2: dead even game, and so they won the game in
Speaker 2: the first three minutes. That was because of us. But
Speaker 2: the lack of, in my opinion, self awareness that you're
Speaker 2: not gone from the Lakers because you and Lebron went
Speaker 2: out to dinner together and you offended him and he
Speaker 2: turned on it. You're gone from the Lakers because you
Speaker 2: had a season and a half to show you could
Speaker 2: be a part of winning basketball in that role. Tiger
Speaker 2: saves part not a disaster on par five second hold.
Speaker 2: You could show you could be a part of winning basketball, and.
Speaker 3: You couldn't show it.
Speaker 2: It's a job and you have to understand your role.
Speaker 2: And here's the other part that I would think would
Speaker 2: be noteworthy for us. The Lakers were shopping you all year.
Speaker 2: Man all year, no one wanted you in the league
Speaker 2: unless the Lakers would include first round picks nobody. Then
Speaker 2: the team you got traded to immediately paid you to
Speaker 2: go away, and that the Clippers picked you up. And
Speaker 2: good listen, he's actually since Paul George has been out,
Speaker 2: he's played. He had one great game with No Kawhi
Speaker 2: when he got to be you know the old Russ
Speaker 2: where I'm gonna do everything. But if you watched the
Speaker 2: game last night, after that opening stretch, all the old
Speaker 2: Russ limitations were there, The spacing limitations were there, the
Speaker 2: defensive limitations were there. And he he just doesn't have,
Speaker 2: in my opinion, the self awareness that he needs. And
Speaker 2: I think he is going to if they do play
Speaker 2: the Suns in Round one, going to take it like
Speaker 2: a personal battle with him and Chris Paul and him
Speaker 2: and Kevin Durant, and I think it will be bad
Speaker 2: for the Clippers because he is Yeah, because he's not
Speaker 2: that level of player anymore, and he doesn't anymore. The
Speaker 2: energy and athleticism he was exhibiting to open that game
Speaker 2: was remarkable. He's too old to be able to keep
Speaker 2: that level up throughout. As soon as we got to
Speaker 2: the first TV timeout, he was done caring about defense.
Speaker 2: He was done doing any of the things that he
Speaker 2: was that they need him to do for that team
Speaker 2: to be long term successful. So no, I don't. I'm
Speaker 2: sure that was a great moment for him. But if
Speaker 2: I am the Lakers, given how I saw Lebron played,
Speaker 2: given the fact that I don't want the five seeds,
Speaker 2: and given the fact that because of what's happened with
Speaker 2: the Grizzlies and the Kings, the Kings are still alive
Speaker 2: for the two, I think they want the two. And
Speaker 2: the grit and the Kings, I believe we'll see are
Speaker 2: gonna play their guys Friday night. If the Kings play
Speaker 2: their guys Friday night, I believe they beat the Warriors.
Speaker 2: Then the question is can the Lakers go two to
Speaker 2: zero beating the Suns and the Jazz, The Jazz is
Speaker 2: Game eighty two, the Jazz will have been eliminated. The
Speaker 2: Lakers will won that game. The Suns. Now, this is
Speaker 2: where the schedule evens out. The Suns will be on
Speaker 2: a back to back. The Suns played tonight against Denver.
Speaker 2: If the Suns play their guys tonight, I do not
Speaker 2: think they're playing Kevin Durant on a back to back
Speaker 2: on Friday, and I think the Lakers win Friday, the
Speaker 2: Warriors lose Friday, and then the Lakers win Sunday, and
Speaker 2: the Lakers of the six sees, playing either the Grizzlies
Speaker 2: or the Kings. We'll see how that matchup ends up
Speaker 2: being and the Warriors fall to the plan. But even
Speaker 2: if the Lakers fall to the plan, I would rather
Speaker 2: be there than playing this fully functional Suns team that
Speaker 2: right now looks terrified. All right, go ahead, demonse, nothing
Speaker 2: I got nothing to have there. No, Well, let's go
Speaker 2: to the next topic.
Speaker 3: Oh all right?
Speaker 2: Uh?
Speaker 3: And b dismantled my Celtics on Tuesday with a fifty
Speaker 3: two point game. Yeah. Uh. Doc Rivers declared him as
Speaker 3: the MVP, and most people tend to agree. Yeah, considering
Speaker 3: you claim Jokic was undeserved.
Speaker 2: Piped it. Tiger right down the fairway on three piped it.
Speaker 3: Super exciting.
Speaker 2: Oh he out drove, he out drove his holes. Crew,
Speaker 2: look at the old man. Still got it.
Speaker 3: Go ahead, You're play louder than anybody on the field
Speaker 3: right now.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, golf, there's not a lot of yelling. And
Speaker 2: it's not the field, it's the course. Have you learned nothing?
Speaker 3: Go ahead, somebody's in a green jacket.
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh job buddy.
Speaker 3: Yeah, considering you claim Joki was undeserving because his team
Speaker 3: never won anything, how stupid is all this gonna look
Speaker 3: when Giannis wins the East again?
Speaker 2: Okay you are, it's not gonna look. Why did the
Speaker 2: Why do the producers today on your last day want
Speaker 2: you want me to be angry with you and in
Speaker 2: compare it kind of because of the things they're they're saying.
Speaker 2: I don't understand that that doesn't seem because I don't
Speaker 2: even know that you believe that it would look dumb
Speaker 2: for embiid to win the m v P. They're they're
Speaker 2: they're setting you up to fail on your last day,
Speaker 2: to be careful.
Speaker 3: When you go out. I know that it does look
Speaker 3: bad when, like you know, the m v P doesn't
Speaker 3: end up doing anything playoffs, agreed.
Speaker 2: It is very different. If it's your first m v P,
Speaker 2: then your third, right, that's first of all, second of all,
Speaker 2: I believe, Okay, So I'm okay with that argument. I
Speaker 2: don't agree with that argument because I believe Jannison embiid
Speaker 2: right now it is a coin flip and ties should
Speaker 2: go to the guy who's never won one since in
Speaker 2: the last forty years. Oh God, dog it, I'm gonna
Speaker 2: have to Guys who have multiple second place MVP finishes
Speaker 2: are There's nine of them. Now I'm trying to figure
Speaker 2: out the second place MVP guys. I'm gonna try to
Speaker 2: do it. Set him be Deside, Harden, Lebron, Durant, Duncan,
Speaker 2: Garnett more than once multiple second finishes. This is what
Speaker 2: I'm saying. Guys who have multiple second place finishes and
Speaker 2: now I gotta start over. Guys who have multiple second
Speaker 2: place MVP he finishes are Harden, Lebron, Durant, Duncan, Kobe Garnett, Robinson,
Speaker 2: Jordan Bird. I don't think Magic had multiple seconds. I
Speaker 2: think that's your nine. Okay, all of them won an MVP.
Speaker 2: The only guy in the last forty years. To have
Speaker 2: multiple seconds and not have won an MVP is Joel
Speaker 2: emb This would be his third straight seconds. That'd be ridiculous.
Speaker 2: The only guy who's ever had three straight seconds is Bird.
Speaker 2: Bird's first nine years in the league, first nine years,
Speaker 2: first second, or third MVP every single year, pretty unbelievable.
Speaker 2: But Bird then won three straight one three straight. So
Speaker 2: history says Embiid should win it like it's his turn.
Speaker 2: Moments he played Jokic once this year, dropped forty eight
Speaker 2: on him.
Speaker 3: And cooked him.
Speaker 2: He just had fifty two on eighty percent shooting against
Speaker 2: the Celtics. He also has a buzzer beater against Portland.
Speaker 2: National TV stats last forty years, the highest scoring season
Speaker 2: by a center Embiid this year. Second highest scoring season
Speaker 2: by a center Embiid last year. So back to back
Speaker 2: years where the most points ever scored in a year
Speaker 2: by a center or in the last forty years by
Speaker 2: a center were Embiid on the scoring point? Who do
Speaker 2: you think in the last forty years, Demanse, who do
Speaker 2: you think has averaged more points in a season than
Speaker 2: Embiid's averaging right now? All of NBA? And you said
Speaker 2: in the last and last forty years? Who do so,
Speaker 2: I'll give you some names. You tell me if you
Speaker 2: think they ever averaged more than Embiad's averaging this year. Lebron,
Speaker 2: no Durant, No Damian No, no Dame, no Durant Iverson
Speaker 2: Maybe nope, close, but no. Three guys ever, three guys
Speaker 2: in the last forty years? Who do you think the
Speaker 2: three are?
Speaker 3: Shack Nope?
Speaker 2: I just told you Shack No, shan Oh, Kobe, Kobe Yes, Curry,
Speaker 2: Curry no, Kobe, Harden, Jordan and Jordan if you would
Speaker 2: have thought about those are the only three who've averaged
Speaker 2: more points than BED this year. His defense has been
Speaker 2: off the charts. His team is not great, but really good.
Speaker 2: He's the MVP.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 2: I bet it at plus three hundred, he's now minus
Speaker 2: twelve fifty. He's the MVP next Damn man, what that
Speaker 2: You're mad? You didn't get that.
Speaker 3: I don't ever look for those bets.
Speaker 2: Though I haven't been on fandom a long time, I
Speaker 2: know I'm so proud of you. And you're moving to Cali,
Speaker 2: where it's not legal, it's gonna be great. I'm gonna
Speaker 2: have to make your bets for you come football season. Which,
Speaker 2: by the way, Demanse Here's here's gonna be the test
Speaker 2: of whether or not Demanse becomes a shark better if
Speaker 2: if when he wants bets, I actually placed them or
Speaker 2: I just am the house. So because if I'm if
Speaker 2: I'm the house, it means I think you're a sucker
Speaker 2: and I just want your losing. If you're a shark
Speaker 2: better than all and then I would just actually place
Speaker 2: them for you. And I know people were like, oh, Nick,
Speaker 2: don't talk about it on the pod to interstate fraud.
Speaker 2: Bapa ba ba bah. Guys. I understand that in some
Speaker 2: people's eyes, America is and what it once was. If
Speaker 2: a father and son are not allowed to place bets
Speaker 2: for each other, then what does this world come to know?
Speaker 2: I e the I I dare the Department of Justice
Speaker 2: to come after me for placing a few wagers for
Speaker 2: my cross country son. All right?
Speaker 3: Next, the MAVs were on the brink of missing the
Speaker 3: plan last night. M Kyrie put up nineteen but Kyrie
Speaker 3: put up nineteen points in the fourth quarter and they
Speaker 3: beat Sacramento. Yep, it's a big team to beat at
Speaker 3: this point. Are you happy your Slovenia's son is still alive,
Speaker 3: is still alive for the season, or worried that Katie
Speaker 3: might have been Kyrie K. Sorry, yeah, Kyrie may have
Speaker 3: impressed Dallas enough to keep him around.
Speaker 2: Well listen, I am glad they're alive. It's very simple.
Speaker 2: For the Maps, they have to go to and zero
Speaker 2: and they the MAVs, in order to salvage their season,
Speaker 2: play five consecutive Doward eye games. They're now one and
Speaker 2: oh one, so they have to win their final two games,
Speaker 2: which I believe they will. So the MAVs final two games,
Speaker 2: they are home against the Bulls and then their home
Speaker 2: against the Spurs, who are the worst team in the
Speaker 2: league or the worst team in the West. The Bulls
Speaker 2: are locked in to the ten, so they have nothing
Speaker 2: to play for. They're about to have to win back,
Speaker 2: you know what I mean. So the MAVs should go
Speaker 2: two and oh, which would be three and oh after
Speaker 2: last night. They then need the Thunder to lose. Once
Speaker 2: the Thunder are at Utah tonight, Utah is close to eliminated,
Speaker 2: but not quite quite. So Utah is in an elimination
Speaker 2: game and then the Thunder play Memphis, and Memphis could
Speaker 2: need that game to stay the two seed. We'll see
Speaker 2: what Memphis does prior to that. So if the Thunder
Speaker 2: lose once and the MAVs go two and zero, then
Speaker 2: the MAVs are the ten seed, and they will have
Speaker 2: to be probably Minnesota in round one or in the
Speaker 2: first play game on the road and then another play
Speaker 2: in game just to get the eight seed. That whole
Speaker 2: scenario's unlikely. However, if they do it and we get
Speaker 2: the MAVs finally clicking against yokicch in round one, oh,
Speaker 2: it's my dream. It would be my dream. So listen,
Speaker 2: here's the reality on the MAVs keeping Kyrie not keeping Kyrie.
Speaker 2: They have panicked to keep Luca. They panicked with the
Speaker 2: Christaps trade. They panicked when they traded Chris Stabs. They
Speaker 2: panicked when they didn't give brunts in in reaction not
Speaker 2: giving brunts in the deal, and then they panicked by
Speaker 2: trading Kyrie. Sometimes you have a player who's so good,
Speaker 2: so fast, you act almost irrationally because you're nervous about
Speaker 2: losing it.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 2: I do think they're gonna lose them eventually. I think
Speaker 2: Luca eventually he's gonna be in Miami Heat. Just feels
Speaker 2: like that's what's gonna happen. But if they were to
Speaker 2: somehow sneak into the play in, survive the play in,
Speaker 2: and then win round one only the sixth ever won
Speaker 2: versus eight upset or eight versus one upset, maybe that
Speaker 2: can salvage the year. You guys know, I wouldn't be
Speaker 2: in the Kyrie business.
Speaker 3: But he was brilliant.
Speaker 2: I got a credit. I mean, he was brilliant last night.
Speaker 2: He was absolutely phenomenal last night. All right. Next last, Bill.
Speaker 3: Belichick is reportedly shopping Mac Jones around. There's tension between
Speaker 3: the two, two of them after Jones was unhappy last season.
Speaker 3: It's probably unhappy because the Patriots had a complete idiot
Speaker 3: at offensive.
Speaker 2: Let's not use idiot, all right, Dope is better moron again,
Speaker 2: let's not really two fis in dope feel kinder?
Speaker 3: What about dingus?
Speaker 2: We're not using that either.
Speaker 3: Who really needs to go intow England? Matt Jones or
Speaker 3: Bill Belichick?
Speaker 2: Okay? The amount of people who are caping for Mac
Speaker 2: Jones over the greatest coach ever is baffling to me. Now,
Speaker 2: did Belichick screw up the staff last year? Yes? Has
Speaker 2: he been bad on the GM part of his job?
Speaker 2: For a few years now, I would argue, yes.
Speaker 3: He's getting old.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but is he still in game one of the
Speaker 2: best coaches in the league. Yes, Is he still a
Speaker 2: defensive genius? Yes?
Speaker 3: Oh boy?
Speaker 2: Hold on, Tiger with a scary six footer for Parr again,
Speaker 2: we just want to be even through nine? Is a
Speaker 2: little six foot tickler for Parr? Come on, Tiger, Come on, Tiger,
Speaker 2: it's back. It's back. Oh, and I knew he was
Speaker 2: gonna miss it. Oh.
Speaker 3: I physically just yawned like it wasn't even like a
Speaker 3: forced yawn. I think it just naturally came.
Speaker 2: Okay, now he's got a little two foot coming back.
Speaker 2: Oh that would the tournament would have been over for him.
Speaker 2: You can't three pup from six feet. Come on, Tiger
Speaker 2: and Hoveland, who's in his group? Eagled the second, So
Speaker 2: Hoveland's two under co leader, Tiger's one over. Gotta get
Speaker 2: it back.
Speaker 3: There in a team, No, they're in his Have you
Speaker 3: learned nothing?
Speaker 2: I don't want to talk about Mac Jones anymore. We
Speaker 2: play a game, we do a Master's update. Demonse learns
Speaker 2: that this isn't the Wrter Cup. There are no teams
Speaker 2: at the Masters, but you have groupings. You go off
Speaker 2: together and you all play the hole together, or else
Speaker 2: you got eighty guys playing in this tournament. They can't
Speaker 2: all play by themselves. What are you thinking? I taught
Speaker 2: you better than this.
Speaker 3: We did.
Speaker 2: Quick break Demonse's final half final segment in this studio,
Speaker 2: which is also my wife's boutique before the big move
Speaker 2: to LA and then his sister takes over and you
Speaker 2: know what, you know? You know why I'm optimistic for
Speaker 2: Diora's future with the pod. See sneak she's wearing Yeah,
Speaker 2: I do, wearing some fresh bronze Matchinger pops different year
Speaker 2: but still works. Little Master's update, a game, a farewell
Speaker 2: to Demanse, a present for Demanse, and Dor's introduction to
Speaker 2: the Pod. Next. What's right.
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Speaker 2: Is not what I wanted. Tigers in a group with
Speaker 2: Hobland and Xander Schafflin. Hobland's the leader of the tournament,
Speaker 2: very early, two under. Shoftley is it one under and
Speaker 2: just hit his t shot on the par three fourth
Speaker 2: within three feet. Tiger meanwhile, mishit his and he's got
Speaker 2: a brutal up and down for park.
Speaker 3: Brutal.
Speaker 2: I mean he's forty five fifty feet from the whole.
Speaker 2: Shopley's basically tapping in for a birdie.
Speaker 3: Not while what. Denver coach Mike Malone called the Nuggets soft? Wait?
Speaker 3: What do you they got blown out the game?
Speaker 2: We gotta you know what, pal?
Speaker 3: You know?
Speaker 2: I thought I was gonna miss you on this show.
Speaker 2: Wait what game are we playing today?
Speaker 3: We were playing right or Wrong?
Speaker 2: Okay, go ahead?
Speaker 3: Uh. Denver coach Mike Malone called the Nuggets soft after
Speaker 3: they got blown out by the tanking Rockets with Jo
Speaker 3: Kichen the lineup right or wrong? The Nuggets are too soft? Correct.
Speaker 2: They're a finesse offense only team with a finesse offense
Speaker 2: only superstar, and I can already see the excuse train
Speaker 2: coming down the tracks for a guy who's so many
Speaker 2: of my colleagues swore all year was league MVP for
Speaker 2: a third straight year. They're the one seed, they're healthy,
Speaker 2: and nobody believes in them. Demase Western Conference playoff teams.
Speaker 2: Right now in the standings goes Denver, Memphis, Sacramento, Phoenix,
Speaker 2: the Clippers, the Warriors, the Lakers, Pelicans, Timbrelves, Thunder. Okay,
Speaker 2: that's the tech. No, with the MAVs at eleven right now,
Speaker 2: who would be your pick to win the West? The Grizzlies,
Speaker 2: the Grizzlies. Okay, if not the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies are out,
Speaker 2: who do you pick?
Speaker 3: Uh, Lakers or Lakers? Phoenix, Phoenix, Phoenix?
Speaker 2: Then the Lakers, okay they're out? Who do you pick?
Speaker 3: What you have?
Speaker 2: What did you say? The Warriors are in there? Warriors?
Speaker 3: And then after that? I think, okay, so fIF either
Speaker 3: and honestly, I might put Denver before the Warriors.
Speaker 2: What about like the Beams? What about the Kings? You
Speaker 2: don't believe in them? Still mad about dearon Fox cooking
Speaker 2: you up that summer? It's still better?
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 2: A Fox is cooking him uh to Monte Also, we
Speaker 2: talked about that on the show The l Yeah. Uh,
Speaker 2: that guy didn't cook you up. He was on your team.
Speaker 2: But all right, Hoveland off, you know, he's on the fringe.
Speaker 2: This is to get to three under, putting from the fringe.
Speaker 2: Not even close. Hoveland. Oh that's a big mistake, buddy, Oh,
Speaker 2: a big mistake. He could bogey, he could drop to
Speaker 2: one under. All right, but they are soft and no
Speaker 2: one believes in them. And I'm gonna be once again
Speaker 2: proven right on Joki, okay, on improve next.
Speaker 3: I actually play a little bit of Golden Tea. By
Speaker 3: the way, I don't believe you pretty good at it.
Speaker 3: I learned about it when I was building fences. Oh
Speaker 3: I do believe you.
Speaker 2: Yea, yeah, now, I do believe you. That is a
Speaker 2: fence builder game. A hard day, Demonds.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like a hard day outside working with your hands,
Speaker 2: getting dirty into the shift. The guy like the boss
Speaker 2: of the head. Yeah, there you go. He's like, hey,
Speaker 2: beers on me, guys, you guys go, they're sweaty.
Speaker 3: This guy would play every day. I didn't play every day,
Speaker 3: but he would.
Speaker 2: And he had his own file. The record compete. Yeah, yeah, no,
Speaker 2: that's a that's a game for it. Yeah, all right,
Speaker 2: there used to be when I was around that age,
Speaker 2: I wasn't building fences, but after work I would me
Speaker 2: and my roommate Garrett would go play big Buck Hunter. Yeah,
Speaker 2: oh what a lag by tiger. All right, we're good,
Speaker 2: We're good. We're not gonna bogee, We're gonna we've settled.
Speaker 2: We're within two feet for a park.
Speaker 3: Good deal.
Speaker 2: John Ram putting for eagle after a double on one.
Speaker 2: John Ram doubled the first. Oh just missed it, could
Speaker 2: have gotten it all back on two.
Speaker 3: Onto the Lebron James of the football world. Okay, all
Speaker 3: this talk about the Jets trading for Aaron Rodgers, and
Speaker 3: yet the deal isn't done. There are rumors of another
Speaker 3: team swooping in and trading for him in the meantime.
Speaker 3: Right or wrong, the forty nine ers will trade for Rogers.
Speaker 2: Hold on, how is Ann Rodgers of the Lebron James
Speaker 2: the football world?
Speaker 3: You know, like Lebron James, always trying to make a
Speaker 3: scene mixed up, dramatic, which is kind of that way.
Speaker 2: When did you become anti Lebron?
Speaker 3: I like him?
Speaker 2: It doesn't seem like that. You know what I've noticed
Speaker 2: because Wild.
Speaker 3: Taking like a skip Bayless type of approach situation. All right, again,
Speaker 3: not talking badly, I like, but you mean.
Speaker 2: Just like kind of looking like kind of finding the
Speaker 2: holes to poke. Yeah, got it, I understand. I was
Speaker 2: gonna say something different. What I was gonna say is
Speaker 2: I think there is a I am so effusively praising
Speaker 2: Lebron with regularity. I think if people spend enough time
Speaker 2: around me, they kind of become a little anti. It
Speaker 2: happened to Wilds. I think it's happened to you. I
Speaker 2: think it feels like the universe trying to balance things
Speaker 2: out a bit. But Aaron Rodgers and Lebron, I mean,
Speaker 2: Lebron's played for a championship ten times and won four
Speaker 2: of them. Aaron Rodgers played for a championship once and
Speaker 2: one once. Lebron is considered one of the greatest teammates
Speaker 2: in NBA history. Aaron Rodgers, Yeah, I know what you
Speaker 2: ad meant, but I'm not gonna let it stay. Lebron
Speaker 2: James is at best, the greatest player in the history
Speaker 2: of his sport, at worst, the third greatest in the
Speaker 2: history of his sport. Aaron Rodgers at worst is the
Speaker 2: third best quarterback in the history of his own franchise.
Speaker 2: So let's all point with his own franchise, Bart Starr,
Speaker 2: look up some Bart Starr numbers.
Speaker 3: Guy.
Speaker 2: I want the other guy, Brett Farr.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, broh yeah yeah.
Speaker 2: Bart Starr is the one you hadn't heard of. But
Speaker 2: I'm Rodgers probably actually the best.
Speaker 3: But some would argue that we'm on earth with the
Speaker 3: forty nine Ers trade for Aaron Rodgers with their quarterback
Speaker 3: Dolomit that they already had.
Speaker 2: Because they wouldn't have a quarterback Dilima anymore. But I
Speaker 2: don't think they're going to He's gonna go to the Jets.
Speaker 2: This is just a staring contest that the I think
Speaker 2: the Jets believe the Packers will blink before the draft
Speaker 2: because the Packers need draft compensation this year. All right, next,
Speaker 2: all right?
Speaker 3: Last night, Mark Cuban said Jalen Brunson gave the MAVs
Speaker 3: no chance to negotiate with him in free agency. I
Speaker 3: feel really bad for Luca. By the way, that's not
Speaker 3: exactly true. Now they have Kyrie for better or for worse,
Speaker 3: right or wrong, Brunson would make Dallas a title contender.
Speaker 2: Well, listen the sliding doors of if they had kept Brunson,
Speaker 2: they wouldn't have traded for Kyrie, they would have had
Speaker 2: better defense, they would have been able to keep Dori
Speaker 2: Anthony Smith.
Speaker 3: It would have been more of the team that they
Speaker 3: had from last team from.
Speaker 2: Last year plus Tim Hardaway June, you're coming back from injury.
Speaker 2: They made the conference finals. I don't know. I listen,
Speaker 2: Luca has got to own some of this, you know, Luca,
Speaker 2: he talked about how exhaustil a.
Speaker 3: Lot of weight. Dude. I saw what he looked like
Speaker 3: when him and Brunson were like first together.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so he's not in the greatest shape now. Some
Speaker 2: of that helps him because the background all that. But
Speaker 2: he's also nicknamed Huka Doncic for a reason. The guy smokes,
Speaker 2: eats poorly, and is wearing down. Yeah. So two years ago.
Speaker 3: He played and I don't like Joey played basketball and
Speaker 3: he were like I used to yeah, buddy, Well, but
Speaker 3: also two.
Speaker 2: Years ago to Monday he plays. Then there's the Olympics, right,
Speaker 2: and he's a one.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: He gets Slovenia to the semi finals of the Olympics,
Speaker 2: which is unbelievable. Then immediately the season starts again and
Speaker 2: they get all the way to the conference finals. Then
Speaker 2: there's the World Championships. He's playing with Slovenia again, and
Speaker 2: then this season he needs to be in better shape
Speaker 2: and he's got to own some of that and his
Speaker 2: historyonics and whining I think sometimes infect the team in
Speaker 2: a negative degree. I think lucas an amazing, transcendent player.
Speaker 2: He also has to own. They're the eleven seed right now,
Speaker 2: just like Dame has to own some of this. Did
Speaker 2: the teams do them wrong and not building the right
Speaker 2: team around them? Yes, But it's one thing. If it's
Speaker 2: like it's not fair to ask a guy to carry
Speaker 2: a team to the to the title without a very
Speaker 2: good team around it, it is fair to ask him
Speaker 2: to carry him to the playoffs maybe win or round,
Speaker 2: you know what I mean? Like that is fair?
Speaker 3: All right? Next, speaking of Mark, Yeah, you ever thought about, like, uh,
Speaker 3: you know, how champoline parks don't stay open late, Like
Speaker 3: what if they had like late night champoline places where
Speaker 3: you can also get drinks and stuff?
Speaker 2: What is that you said? Like, Okay, that's why you said,
Speaker 2: speaking Mark Cuban, all right, is.
Speaker 3: That a bad idea. Well, I think it'd be awesome.
Speaker 3: Drug basketball trampoline.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the Yeah, I mean that's the problem is.
Speaker 2: I think the liability would be tough. I think it'd
Speaker 2: be tough to get someone to ensure that. Uh, please
Speaker 2: tell me that wasn't the tiger that just hit into
Speaker 2: the pine straw I was looking at. That's the pine
Speaker 2: needles that fall the pine straw. Come on, buddies, it's
Speaker 2: Augusta nationals pine straw. I was listening to de Monte's idea. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I don't think that you would get someone to ensure that.
Speaker 2: I think the liability would be a little too high.
Speaker 3: Anybody's gonna die, well and people get hurt, sober like.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, but I don't think we.
Speaker 3: Can do kids, you know, grown adults watching.
Speaker 2: Try to get John Shark tang pitch it all right,
Speaker 2: that wasn't tiger Tiger? Now, Oh, Tiger likes it. Tiger's
Speaker 2: not even watching it when he hits it and then
Speaker 2: just goes and picks up the t oh strike down
Speaker 2: the middle of a fair way. Oh, this is where
Speaker 2: you get it back, all right? Next to mom?
Speaker 3: All Right, we don't have any rules on this. Show,
Speaker 3: but we're in danger of violating one. MLB introduced to
Speaker 3: pitch clock, and game times are being drastically reduced, right
Speaker 3: or wrong because of the pitch clock. Nick may talk baseball. No,
Speaker 3: no chance.
Speaker 2: I mean come to the playoffs. Maybe a little bit,
Speaker 2: if there's something super interesting. Guys, I am not gonna
Speaker 2: be good on things I'm not interested in and I'm
Speaker 2: not interested in. Listen. I like the changes Major League
Speaker 2: Baseball is made. I'm not a big if we are
Speaker 2: a higher. If we are ranking sports by my interest,
Speaker 2: it goes professional football one, professional basketball a very close
Speaker 2: to it. Then goes if we are being honest, tennis
Speaker 2: and golf are a third and fourth. And then what's
Speaker 2: that DOORA no go ahead? What would you say? Hot, No,
Speaker 2: I'm not you know, the hockey would not make the list.
Speaker 2: Then after tennis and golf, we would be to college football.
Speaker 2: Then we would beat a baseball, Then we would be
Speaker 2: to college basketball, and then we would be I guess
Speaker 2: to hockey. But I'm not leave car. Yeah, I'm not
Speaker 2: into NASCAR either. Everyone says I need to watch Drive
Speaker 2: to survive Formula one thing not into it, not unto
Speaker 2: race cars.
Speaker 3: I think a new rule for the MLB should be
Speaker 3: if you get to a base before the ball is caught,
Speaker 3: if you hit it really high in the sky, you
Speaker 3: should be able to stay there.
Speaker 2: Okay, well that would that would be a massive change.
Speaker 2: The pop flies are actually singles. Now, that would be.
Speaker 3: A not actually single if you didn't get there before
Speaker 3: the guy caught it.
Speaker 2: I don't think you're anyone's gonna be able to get
Speaker 2: a double before a ball is caught on the fly.
Speaker 2: Maybe I'm wrong you think a guy could get a
Speaker 2: double get to.
Speaker 3: No, I'm not saying that. I'm just saying that if you.
Speaker 2: You're saying a single, you're saying that a guy should
Speaker 2: be able to get a single on pop play. That
Speaker 2: that's a different sport. All right, Demanse, are you ready?
Speaker 2: I think this is your last question in that seat?
Speaker 3: Yeah? How are you feeling like Will Smith on that
Speaker 3: last episode of Fresh Prince?
Speaker 2: What's that the house?
Speaker 3: It's just like with his hands in his pocket.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's how you're feeling.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but people are in here.
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, what's the question.
Speaker 3: So we talk a lot about power rankings, standings and
Speaker 3: Nick's kids, one of whom is Slovenian. But only one
Speaker 3: question matters right now, right or wrong. Demanse has moved
Speaker 3: to Lahe reopardized his standings his favorite child.
Speaker 2: Okay, so, demonse, do I historically have I had a favorite?
Speaker 3: I don't think so.
Speaker 2: Do your is offended?
Speaker 3: Door has always believed she's the favorite? Oh yeah, I
Speaker 3: mean it's possible.
Speaker 2: So and do your is now mouthing, well, you you're
Speaker 2: gonna have your moment here in a second, So you're thing.
Speaker 2: You love all your children. You love all your children differently,
Speaker 2: and they all have different strengths and weaknesses. Demanse has
Speaker 2: some talents.
Speaker 3: Some.
Speaker 2: Developed by hard work, some god given, unlike anything I
Speaker 2: have in a lot of ways, And Demanse also has
Speaker 2: some I don't even want to call them weaknesses, just
Speaker 2: differences from me that have made it at a time
Speaker 2: I wasn't able to kind of like parents or help
Speaker 2: Demanse on certain life things. The way probably would have
Speaker 2: been the best because we kind of operate so differently.
Speaker 2: And because of that, once Demanse was done playing high
Speaker 2: school basketball, we didn't have like the opportunity for a
Speaker 2: lot of like real closeness unless there was like our
Speaker 2: longest closest conversations happened when bad things had happened because
Speaker 2: you were doing your own thing. I could you know
Speaker 2: what I mean, Like on your regular day to day
Speaker 2: life or dating life or whatever, you operate differently than me,
Speaker 2: so we really it was unfortunate. There was a few
Speaker 2: year period where it felt like except for like on holidays,
Speaker 2: you and I only had like real long serious talks
Speaker 2: when like something bad had happened and you needed a
Speaker 2: parent's help, which is what a part of growing up is.
Speaker 2: And that always made me sad, but I didn't know
Speaker 2: what to do. This has changed that in a way
Speaker 2: that has been like the greatest thing ever where you
Speaker 2: and I found another common interest in that watching football
Speaker 2: together and then a common goal of creating the best
Speaker 2: podcast possible to where the audience really likes it. And
Speaker 2: we were in Aruba walking outside the hotel and somebody
Speaker 2: stopped Demonse and said, I love you on the show.
Speaker 2: To the point to where my boss is at Fox
Speaker 2: when they want you out in la Because if people
Speaker 2: don't know, Demonse has a regular nine to five job
Speaker 2: for Fox and what do we call the research department?
Speaker 2: I don't even know what.
Speaker 3: It would like. Research?
Speaker 2: You do like ratings and data. I mean the okay,
Speaker 2: content coordinating department or content coordinator in the content department
Speaker 2: there needs to be in person for it. And so
Speaker 2: when he was going when he was planning to go
Speaker 2: out there, there was I thought, you know, there's a
Speaker 2: real question about what are we going to do for
Speaker 2: the pod And the Boss has made it clear that
Speaker 2: by you know, come the end of summer, we want
Speaker 2: to make sure Demontay is back on the show because
Speaker 2: he's an integral part of the show. It's awesome and
Speaker 2: you've earned it and you've done a great job. And
Speaker 2: so the present that I have for you is I'm
Speaker 2: not gonna make you sit through this week this year's
Speaker 2: Master's Corner. Your sister is gonna take over for that.
Speaker 2: But on a serious note, I am so incredibly proud
Speaker 2: of you. I have loved this so much and it's
Speaker 2: been one of the greatest gifts of my life is
Speaker 2: to be able to do this with you. And I'm
Speaker 2: so glad that you did a good enough job with it,
Speaker 2: because I'm gonna be honest, if you had done a
Speaker 2: job or even just a mediocre job, whether it was
Speaker 2: the boss is doing or my own doing, that I
Speaker 2: put on them. We would have used your move to
Speaker 2: La as a reason to exit you from the construction.
Speaker 2: It was great, you did great, but you're not here anymore.
Speaker 2: It's find yourself the job. And that was on the
Speaker 2: board as a possibility when we started, not because I
Speaker 2: don't love you, but because this is a professional enterview.
Speaker 2: But you crushed and I'm proud of you and I
Speaker 2: love you. And the next time everyone sees Demons, you'll
Speaker 2: be in a fancy LA studio in the meantime, Now
Speaker 2: we do a handoff from you to your sister, and
Speaker 2: do Youora get demand's block in the camera? I think
Speaker 2: a bit? Do Youora? Come take a seat? Yeah right now,
Speaker 2: come take a seat. Oh let me fix the mic.
Speaker 2: Sorry about that. Here is Deora sitting down doing a
Speaker 2: great job. How are you?
Speaker 5: I'm okay?
Speaker 2: What is all right? So you've now watched in person
Speaker 2: a couple shows and Matt tell me if you ever
Speaker 2: needs to move a mic a little closer. But what
Speaker 2: do you think of today's show so far?
Speaker 5: I think it's okay?
Speaker 2: Okay? Oh Deora, you can put that in your ear
Speaker 2: that way? You have an earpiece other ear?
Speaker 3: Baby? Uh?
Speaker 2: Are you ready for the most exciting segment we do
Speaker 2: all year. It's the Thursday Master's Corner.
Speaker 5: You know I don't like golf.
Speaker 2: Okay, well you're gonna like it after this. It's such
Speaker 2: a all right, So Masters started today. The Demonds's not
Speaker 2: into it. Do you want to read the Let go ahead.
Speaker 5: The only thing that I really know about the Masters
Speaker 5: and golf and jacks that's pretty boring spoils.
Speaker 2: Okay, you know what, I'm not gonna let that stand.
Speaker 2: So here's the deal. We've got Tiger going for his
Speaker 2: sixth Green Jacket and his sixteenth major. Jack Nicholas, of course,
Speaker 2: has the record at eighteen. It looked forever like Tiger
Speaker 2: was going to be stuck at fourteen because he had
Speaker 2: the car accident, he had the divorce, he had another
Speaker 2: car accent, he had the dui, he had all of
Speaker 2: this stuff. And then in twenty nineteen, like a phoenix
Speaker 2: from the ashes, he rises and wins the and wins
Speaker 2: his fifth green jacket. Remarkable performance is the green jacket
Speaker 2: like the it's the Yes, the members of Augusta National
Speaker 2: get green jackets. You win the Masters, you get a
Speaker 2: green jack. Only Jack has more Jack Nicholas he has six,
Speaker 2: Tiger s five. It's the there are four majors a year.
Speaker 2: Four turns them out of the most US Open, PGA Championship,
Speaker 2: British Open, or just the Open as you call it,
Speaker 2: and the Masters British Op can get the Cleric Jug
Speaker 2: PGA Championship, you get the Wannamaker Trophy. This is the exact.
Speaker 5: SuDS like such a loser, the exact reaction that your
Speaker 5: brother had, and I'm here to tell you it's awesome.
Speaker 2: And here's the other thing. Everyone calls golf boring false.
Speaker 5: That must meant action.
Speaker 2: Because there's so many people on the course. Here's the
Speaker 2: thing people don't think football is boring. In a whole
Speaker 2: three and nine power football game, in all three and
Speaker 2: a half hour football game, there's like twenty two minutes
Speaker 2: of actual plays being run. Golf guy takes shot, next
Speaker 2: guy takes shot, next guy takes shot, because you have
Speaker 2: people golfing all over the course, all at different times.
Speaker 5: But the fun thing about those other sports is that
Speaker 5: there's people cheering when these things happen, and golf everyone's
Speaker 5: just like.
Speaker 2: Ya, golf club, Well, then you'd really like the Phoenix
Speaker 2: Open or the Waste Management Open in Phoenix. People drink beers,
Speaker 2: they throw beers, there's loud rockets, bears. I'm just telling you,
Speaker 2: if you if you now what I thought you were
Speaker 2: gonna say, is those other sports have a defense people
Speaker 2: don't like sometimes sports they don't have a defense. You
Speaker 2: don't have someone trying to stop you. But you know
Speaker 2: who the defense is? The course, the course? Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: oh it's great. So if people would like the Master's
Speaker 2: update as we sit here right now this moment, hold on,
Speaker 2: is that Sergio Garcia, Sergio tie it tied for the
Speaker 2: lead at two under, good for him, Hovelin Shopley. Is
Speaker 2: that Adam Scott Adam Scott all also at two under along? Oh,
Speaker 2: a lot of people are two under. Justin Thomas. Justin
Speaker 2: Thomas has probably been a bit of a this point.
Speaker 2: Was supposed to be a little better than he was,
Speaker 2: and he needs to get over the hump. If you will,
Speaker 2: what Justin Thomas the start it start. He's got kind
Speaker 2: of like the perfect golfer physique for the modern golfer,
Speaker 2: but has never done great at the Masters that only
Speaker 2: has one top five, unlike the PGA where he's won twice.
Speaker 2: But that's the only major.
Speaker 4: Is one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 5: So can I just like take a nap while you
Speaker 5: finished talking about all this because it seems like you're
Speaker 5: going to be going on for a minute here.
Speaker 2: Okay, So no, you need you need to be engaged.
Speaker 2: What did I tell you? What was the Oh? Hold on,
Speaker 2: a tiger is just giving himself all these impossible tuputts.
Speaker 2: This is about a fifty five footer for Birdie. Oh boy,
Speaker 2: he's still won over. He left that. I'm gonna call
Speaker 2: it five and a half feet short. That is a
Speaker 2: tester for par It's a tester. We got the images
Speaker 2: of demands sleeping. We'll have fun photoshops for door at
Speaker 2: a later date. That the Masters, Oh, we have a
Speaker 2: new leader, Cam Young. Back to back to back birdies
Speaker 2: to open the tournament. How about that? The other thing
Speaker 2: to involved with this year's Masters, you have to live
Speaker 2: tour golfers and the PGA Tour golfers. It's so exciting.
Speaker 2: And I've got to tell you, man, Easter Sunday. What
Speaker 2: a day, and what a day we're gonna be with
Speaker 2: my side of the family. Everyone's gonna be doing all
Speaker 2: this stuff. And we've got the last day of the
Speaker 2: NBA season and Sunday at Augusta National. Oh my gosh,
Speaker 2: I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm bummed out. Tomorrow
Speaker 2: during the TV show, Tiger's gonna be playing, luckily today,
Speaker 2: he's gonna be done by the right around the time
Speaker 2: we get on the air, and hopefully he's still in it.
Speaker 5: Wait, it's still gonna be going on by that time.
Speaker 2: It's four days. Golf tournaments for four days. You play
Speaker 2: Thursday and Friday.
Speaker 5: They last today.
Speaker 2: For all the golfers, like a thirty in the morning's
Speaker 2: about six at night.
Speaker 5: So unfortunate.
Speaker 2: What do you mean, It's great, It's NonStop content. It's wonderful.
Speaker 2: So the way the cut works is you play Thursday
Speaker 2: and Friday and then they cut the field in half.
Speaker 2: That's why it's called the cut. Bottom half you're out
Speaker 2: of here. You get no money, you get nothing. You
Speaker 2: don't even get to finish the weekend. Top half, playing
Speaker 2: for a green jacket, playing for a green jacket. You
Speaker 2: know what this sarcasm we're gonna talk. I told you
Speaker 2: the advice I gave you because you're not a big
Speaker 2: sports fan was you are an actress. You are a performer,
Speaker 2: and your role over this next six weeks is to
Speaker 2: feign enthusiasm for the topics at hand.
Speaker 5: There's no enthusiasm when it comes.
Speaker 2: To okay, well you know what, Yeah, okay, we've got Demonse. Now,
Speaker 2: Demonse is so camera time starved, he's now talking off camera.
Speaker 2: But go ahead, what's your take here? Demonse is saying
Speaker 2: the most exciting place for golfers. They're not that amped up.
Speaker 2: Okay again, and even the even the fist was a
Speaker 2: Tiger thing. Pre Tiger, there wasn't only much of that,
Speaker 2: all right, So here's the deal. You guys are not
Speaker 2: that into it. That's fine. The audience is I don't
Speaker 2: know if I do know, the audience is uh. Speaking
Speaker 2: of the audience, put in your questions for me, do
Speaker 2: you or will read them in the chat in just
Speaker 2: a moment. But first is a critical moment. Tiger trying
Speaker 2: to avoid another three putt bogee went, Tiger. We can't
Speaker 2: have two three putts on the first six holes just
Speaker 2: to stay at one over no disaster, lipped out a
Speaker 2: snap disaster. Tiger two three pup bogies on the opening
Speaker 2: six now is really gonna have to rally just to
Speaker 2: be in it after round one This is not what
Speaker 2: I want it. I just want Tiger to be in
Speaker 2: it on the weekend. He's old, his body's breaking down.
Speaker 2: But Augusta National he can navigate the course in a
Speaker 2: way no one else can. That's how he won it
Speaker 2: in twenty nineteen. All right, thank god he made the
Speaker 2: three point two over bogie on par four, three and five.
Speaker 2: Now we're at a par three sixth. He's got it.
Speaker 2: Gotta stick this drive to within seven feet. Quick break,
Speaker 2: I answer your questions. We talk masters next, What's Right?
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Speaker 2: Welcome Back in What's Right with Nick Wright Episode one,
Speaker 2: one hundred and forty plus all the episodes that we've
Speaker 2: done for the top fifty players last fifty years, so
Speaker 2: we've known about one hundred and sixty of these. Demonse
Speaker 2: has been a part. If we've done call it one sixty,
Speaker 2: Demonse has been a part of one hundred and fifty
Speaker 2: four of them thereabouts. He's now going to Los Angeles,
Speaker 2: yours taking over temporarily. Then Deiana, our youngest in your
Speaker 2: mom will fill in a bit in the summer. You
Speaker 2: will fill in a bit in the summer, and then
Speaker 2: Demanse will be back. We are awaiting Tiger's drive on
Speaker 2: the par three six. It's a massive moment in this
Speaker 2: tournament for me. In the meantime, as we always do
Speaker 2: in the C block, we will answer your listener questions. Yep, Diora,
Speaker 2: are you ready to read these questions off?
Speaker 5: Yes?
Speaker 2: I am all right, go right ahead.
Speaker 5: Okay, So first question, Jonathan said, wishing you the best, Monsey,
Speaker 5: and I'm more than sure that you're going to take
Speaker 5: the industry by storm and make Nick an even prouder father.
Speaker 2: Oh that's not even a question, but that's very nice. Man.
Speaker 2: There's Demonse shouting off camera once again, not sure if
Speaker 2: the MIC's picked it up, but he said, thank you.
Speaker 2: That was very sweet. All right? Do youorra next again?
Speaker 2: Dior Demanse's old news to you and me. Now we
Speaker 2: don't need to worry about him anymore. You and me,
Speaker 2: let's do it all right.
Speaker 5: Super Nova twenty two said, although the youngest roasted Nick
Speaker 5: the hardest.
Speaker 2: Oh uh do you're a for the win? Even though
Speaker 2: the youngest roasted Nick the hardest, that it wasn't it
Speaker 2: was more of a stickt it.
Speaker 5: Sorry, that's all right.
Speaker 2: You know what, it's your first day. It's your first day.
Speaker 2: There's gonna be some pitfalls or whatever. She's just listen
Speaker 2: to me, just you know what I mean, stick with
Speaker 2: my advice and you're gonna do just fine. All right?
Speaker 2: What did Thor say?
Speaker 5: Thor said, is there anyone worth taking versus taking versus
Speaker 5: the field and the masters this year?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 2: No, no, no. Those days are over the days of tiger
Speaker 2: versus the field, of anyone versus the field. Those days
Speaker 2: are long long gone. My non tiger pick would have
Speaker 2: been John Rahm, and maybe it still would be. But
Speaker 2: he did double the first hole. He then did go
Speaker 2: back to back right. Tigers, All right, sit sit, sit,
Speaker 2: all right. We like it. We like it. We're about
Speaker 2: fourteen feet away backside of the green on six. That's
Speaker 2: a makeable putt. If you're gonna miss, that's where you
Speaker 2: want to miss. Can get one back and at least
Speaker 2: won't have another bogie. We got a calm. The problem
Speaker 2: for Tiger is sometimes one bad shot becomes three bad
Speaker 2: shots because he gets frustrated. He was telling it to sit.
Speaker 2: It did sit very good?
Speaker 3: All right?
Speaker 2: Uh do you are? Let's let's read Kevin de Trucker's question.
Speaker 2: What did he ask?
Speaker 5: What's the worst for your career? Jimmy g wins the title,
Speaker 5: Jokic wins the title, or le Bron wins the title.
Speaker 2: Well, so people weren't watching last week. I said, Lebron
Speaker 2: winning the title is actually maybe long term bad for me,
Speaker 2: because I once it becomes and it will at some
Speaker 2: point the universally regarded opinion that he's the greatest player ever.
Speaker 2: The fact that I'm the person saying he's the greatest
Speaker 2: player else.
Speaker 5: Can argue it anymore?
Speaker 2: Right, exactly right. I need there to be resistance to it.
Speaker 2: But the more I think about it, I think these
Speaker 2: Jordan acolytes, even if Lebron wins this year, will still
Speaker 2: argue Jordan. They'll look like fools, but they'll still argue Jordan.
Speaker 2: So I think the worst for me is probably Jokic,
Speaker 2: because I've been so adamant that he is not the
Speaker 2: level of player other people have made him out to be,
Speaker 2: and because I've taken so many shots and other media
Speaker 2: members about that, and I think those media members would
Speaker 2: come for me. I don't have to be bad for
Speaker 2: my career, but I think I have to deal with
Speaker 2: a lot of bs. All right, Uh, David Demalski's got
Speaker 2: a question.
Speaker 5: Go ahead, Okay, would you rather be a GM of
Speaker 5: an NBA team as soon as this summer and get
Speaker 5: your draft brownie or get that illustrious NBA MVP vote.
Speaker 2: Well, I'd love to be the GM of the NBA team.
Speaker 2: All right, I'm going to reveal something to the audience
Speaker 2: what I don't know. So I have an opportunity to invest.
Speaker 2: I don't want to give the details, but I have
Speaker 2: an opportunity to invest in an international basketball team. And
Speaker 2: part of my role in the ownership group would be
Speaker 2: hiring the GM, evaluating the GM and some player of
Speaker 2: owls And I don't know like, I'm still debating whether
Speaker 2: or not I'm gonna do it. Part of that's probably gonna,
Speaker 2: you know, to be determined on remember how do you
Speaker 2: or yesterday I told you to be checking your portal
Speaker 2: to see if you have any scholarship offers because I
Speaker 2: might need to dip into, you know, some fun stuff
Speaker 2: by interesting. So if you get some scholarships, No, my
Speaker 2: wife knows. My wife knows that this is on the board.
Speaker 2: But I just you know, as far as how liquid
Speaker 2: am I right now? A lot of my cash on
Speaker 2: hand right now is earmarked for do your education quotation? Well,
Speaker 2: if Diora gets scholarships or if do Youora decides, you
Speaker 2: know what, I live in New York City. I want
Speaker 2: to be an actress.
Speaker 5: But I'll be in California.
Speaker 2: Well, but not if you don't go to college, if
Speaker 2: you're just like, you know what, I'm gonna go out
Speaker 2: for Broadways.
Speaker 5: That's want everyone to know. If I were to suddenly
Speaker 5: say to my dad, I don't want to go to
Speaker 5: college anymore, I think it'd.
Speaker 2: Be I think it'd be a fight. Well, I would
Speaker 2: have agreed with you a couple of weeks ago, but
Speaker 2: now that I might need a few hundred thousand dollars
Speaker 2: to invest in this basketball team. We could maybe have
Speaker 2: the conversation. Again, you would need a plan. I would
Speaker 2: need to hear about the audition schedule, how you're going
Speaker 2: to get on Broadway, these types of things. But being
Speaker 2: a GM of basketball team is a lifelong dream. And
Speaker 2: let's be honest, when Lebron buys that team in Vegas,
Speaker 2: like I could maybe be a part of the front
Speaker 2: office and someway.
Speaker 5: Are you sure you guys are close like that?
Speaker 2: Lebron and I are not close like that. Maverick and
Speaker 2: I are closed like that, and Maverick will be a
Speaker 2: part owner. I'd at least get an interview. I'd at
Speaker 2: least get be able to interview for a front office
Speaker 2: position that much, I know? Now would I? You know,
Speaker 2: am I in a position where it makes sense for
Speaker 2: me to accept anything, you know under president of basketball Operations?
Speaker 2: Probably not? I mean an incredibly high profile, well paying job.
Speaker 3: So you know what I mean.
Speaker 2: I can't go, like, you know, be assistant to the
Speaker 2: traveling secretary. I'lat George Costanza. But if I could run
Speaker 2: a basketball team, what what's the problem do you are?
Speaker 2: What's the problem? Why are you laughing, You're.
Speaker 5: Just kind of insane.
Speaker 2: Well, okay, all right, that's fine. Jared Kerner's got a question. Uh,
Speaker 2: go ahead, Okay.
Speaker 5: So he says that he almost refuses to watch the
Speaker 5: podcast without you and color coordinated sweatsuits. What happened to
Speaker 5: keeping it going?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I I may be overestimated the number
Speaker 2: of color coordinated sweat track suits I had that I
Speaker 2: felt were show a pro. I'm fifteen of like just
Speaker 2: the maxul ones. No, just just the matchic Nike ones,
Speaker 2: but a lot of those are kind of ratty and old,
Speaker 2: and so I didn't do it. What do you think
Speaker 2: of how I dress off television?
Speaker 5: I think it's like it's like it's like your own
Speaker 5: thing mixed with like an Adam Sandler thing.
Speaker 2: What do you mean in Adam Sandler?
Speaker 5: Like the kind of just like huge clothes, like the sweatshirt,
Speaker 5: sweatpants with like with like your huge like basketball shorts.
Speaker 5: Like yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2: So I don't wear the basketball shorts outside of the
Speaker 2: house very often. That's fair. But I'm gonna just send
Speaker 2: you embarrassed me on the first show. I'm gonna embarrass
Speaker 2: you for just a moment. Didn't we once? Upon a time,
Speaker 2: go to a baseball game with some of your friends,
Speaker 2: and didn't one of them say something about how you.
Speaker 5: Weren't supposed to say.
Speaker 2: Well, we don't have to say.
Speaker 5: I wasn't even supposed to tell.
Speaker 2: You what did what do we don't have to say?
Speaker 3: What was?
Speaker 2: What did one of your friends say about how I dressed?
Speaker 2: What did they say? Just tell the audience what they said?
Speaker 5: What she She said that she wants to find a
Speaker 5: man that dresses like my dad.
Speaker 2: There you go, there you go.
Speaker 5: See.
Speaker 2: So, while maybe some would say, Nick, that's embarrassing.
Speaker 5: Yes, it is embarrassed that you dress.
Speaker 2: Away that teenagers think is cool. I say it keeps
Speaker 2: me young.
Speaker 5: I wouldn't say teenagers.
Speaker 2: It was just her teenagers. I think it keeps me young.
Speaker 2: I think keeps me hip. I think it's why you
Speaker 2: and I can, you know, relate on the same level
Speaker 2: and talk about what just life life is a cool
Speaker 2: young person? Okay, all right, all right? Ace Torus said
Speaker 2: best show today, Nick versus kids, and then Johnston with
Speaker 2: the most important question. I will let do Orr answer this.
Speaker 2: Who has the best drip in the family?
Speaker 5: Oh, I think it's between me and mommy.
Speaker 2: Okay, I don't respect Scoot. I do not think this
Speaker 2: is a debate. It is your mother.
Speaker 5: Well yeah, obviously like she's she's above me. But I
Speaker 5: think like.
Speaker 2: You think you're in second place.
Speaker 5: I think I'm more like she's like more fashionable, but
Speaker 5: I'm more like on the trends, and you know, like
Speaker 5: I can put a good fit together.
Speaker 2: You know, well, listen, you you have a good sense
Speaker 2: of style. I assume drip though, also includes jewelry, in
Speaker 2: which case, well that's not fair. Why not get a
Speaker 2: job your brother, you have a job. Oh that's well,
Speaker 2: get a get a job where you get regularly paid.
Speaker 2: Such a subject. Oh boy, all right, that's today's show.
Speaker 2: Let's hope the owner of this boutique didn't hear the
Speaker 2: final five seconds of it. All right, we love you, guys,
Speaker 2: We appreciate you. Scoot Doora, sorry, sorry, Diora. You're gonna
Speaker 2: do a great job. Demanse.
Speaker 3: I love you though.
Speaker 2: In my heart, I'm proud of you. I'm gonna miss
Speaker 2: you when you're in La. See you guys on Tuesday,
Speaker 2: maybe after Tiger puts on his sixth green jacket, probably, but.
Speaker 3: It would be great.
Speaker 2: What's that fight