1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:01,880 Speaker 1: The volume. 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. 3 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: What is up straight firefam, It's mean Jason McIntyre. Straight 4 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: Fire for Friday, April twenty first, we are recording this 5 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: after midnight on Thursday. The Warriors wrapping up a big 6 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: dub over the Kings. Huge back in the series. Clippers 7 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: feisty but come up short against the Suns. Obviously we'll 8 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: get to the bizarrely officiated Sixers comeback against the Nets, 9 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,480 Speaker 1: and later in the pod. I'm gonna talk a little 10 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: about this Trey Trey Lyles. I'm thinking about the Kings 11 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: Trey Lance situation in San Francisco, very bizarre flotation of 12 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: the Niners. Are Field and coals about Trey Lance? Oh? Really? 13 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: Are we supposed to believe that? Like who is interested 14 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: in Trey Lance after the first two years of his 15 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: career And will wrap up with some best bets for 16 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: the NBA this weekend. Also, quick shout out to the wife. 17 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: Today is our sixteen year anniversary. It's a been a 18 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: long journey to sixteen. Anybody with kids will know what 19 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: I'm talking about. But yeah, sixteen years interesting, Robbed, You'll 20 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: be there in probably twelve years. I I'm just guessing. 21 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: All right, let's get started with obviously the biggest I 22 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: thought it was the biggest game of the postseason, the 23 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors facing potential extinction against the Kings because 24 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: you go down all three, that's a rap, and in 25 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: true Golden State fashion, they do not trail once the 26 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: entire game. Steph Curry, I don't know if he went 27 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: off he had sixty threes, he had thirty six. Clay 28 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: Thompson had a couple buckets late from deep to kind 29 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: of get started. He had a rough game, But really 30 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: it was the Kevon Looney show on the Offlass nine 31 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: boards and Moses Moody coming off the bench with thirteen 32 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: inspirational performances all around. Listen, you guys know the Mantra 33 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: Road players play well at home in the playoffs. Dante 34 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: DiVincenzo felt like he was everywhere. I mean, eight assists 35 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: for steals, seven boards, six points, just chipping in all around. 36 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: Jonathan kuminga bouncy two dunks in the fourth quarter, one 37 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: just baseline. You're like, is he's not gonna he's too far? 38 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, he's gonna dunk that, and he just 39 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: flushed it. I like Kuminga. I wish curR had put 40 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: him a little bit on Sabonis, just to see get him, 41 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: give him a taste of Sabonis's low post moves. But 42 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: this game really was all about the Sacramento King's just 43 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: struggling offensively at home. They're a juggernaut. They feed off 44 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: the crowd. Dearon Fox's speed. Deeron Fox played well, we 45 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: cannot fault him twenty six, ten and nine. Electrifying stuff. 46 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: And it's funny because I mentioned Thursday on the Herd, 47 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: how many good Kentucky players are excelling in the NCAA tournament. 48 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: I'm not the NCAA tournament, in the NBA playoffs, And 49 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: you know, it's funny. Kentucky has not won an NCAA 50 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: title in recent years. I think it was what like 51 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: a decade ago with Anthony Davis, maybe even longer back. 52 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: And you've got you look around in the playoffs. It's like, oh, 53 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: Darren Fox is on fire. Oh yeah, he he went 54 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: to Kentucky. Oh so Malik Monk is catching fire. Oh yeah, 55 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: it's another Kentucky die guy. Devin Booker went off in 56 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: game three. Yep, there's another Kentucky guy. Everywhere you look, 57 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: they're really delivering, and Fox did his. Malik Monk did 58 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: not now holding true to road teams role player struggle. 59 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: Malik Monk one for nine. You know, it just wasn't there. 60 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: Trey Lyles, the guy hit four threes in game one 61 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: or two. I forgot zero for six off the bench. 62 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: It was just one of those. You know, you got 63 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: a lot of young guys going into foreign territory. I 64 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: thought the bonus was solid fifteen sixteen. He played well, 65 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: but ultimately, if you don't get the role players playing well, 66 00:03:55,320 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: you shoot thirty thirty eight three percent from d They 67 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: actually missed a bunch of free throws, which is surprising. 68 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: Fox I think started the game missing too. It's one 69 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: of the best free throw shooters in the league. It 70 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: was just a wonky game from the Kings. I don't know, Rob, 71 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: I don't feel like this was one of those, Oh 72 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 1: the Kings are happy to win two and they're just 73 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: gonna play poorly and play for game four. I didn't 74 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: feel like that, even though Draymond was gone. I thought, 75 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: by the way, I don't know if you saw this. 76 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: Rob fran for Scilla had the best tweet about the 77 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: Draymond suspension. He said, Demonte Sabonis just picked up his 78 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: second personal foul walking through this Sacramento King's lobby. I 79 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: have out lost it when I saw his tweet. However, Sabonis, 80 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: I mean only one foul, and I didn't play particularly 81 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: great offensively. Six turnovers just felt like an inspired performance 82 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 1: from Looney. I guess my big takeaway from this game, 83 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:56,840 Speaker 1: and it wasn't particularly close to the fourth. I don't 84 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: think the Kings were ever within single digits. My biggest 85 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: takeaway is what happens when Draymond Green goes back in 86 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 1: Game four. Obviously you're gonna start dreamond. You're not gonna 87 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: pull him out of the starting lineup because he was 88 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: suspended for a game. But and Rob this, perhaps this 89 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: is just me. I was at a bar watching most 90 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: of the game with a two former Purdue basketball players, 91 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: one of them Robbie Hummel, who played in the NBA. 92 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: And boy, he's got some stories. Kevin Garnett, Kevin Durant, 93 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: like a lot of good stuff. Zach Lavine my guy, 94 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: like it's crazy. He was on one of those Timberwolves 95 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: teams where, like so many good players came through really 96 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: good stuff. He's a fun guy. We're gonnapefully get him 97 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: on the podcast here in the next ten days. And 98 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 1: we're watching the game at Jordan Poole's starting, and I'm like, 99 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: great move. And they had just so many weapons on offense. 100 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: It didn't feel like there were any big lags offensively 101 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: for the Warriors, which, as you know, with Curry off 102 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 1: the court, they struggled mightily on the road. So I 103 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: guess my biggest takeaway is I like the idea of 104 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: Pool starting because it gave more offense. And I think 105 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: ultimately the Warriors in this series rob are gonna be 106 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: best going small. Now, Gary Payton did not play, which 107 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: is interesting, right, he's kind of banged up. He was 108 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: injured most of the season, even after he got traded 109 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 1: to Golden State. I think this team is best with 110 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: one big on the court, whether it is Loune or Draymond. 111 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: And I know, because of offensive purposes, you're gonna say Draymond, 112 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: but he ain't grabbing nine offensive boards. So I think 113 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: even if Pool comes out, fine, you put in Peyton, 114 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: maybe de Vincenzo, you know, he's a bigger guard. I 115 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 1: think Moody. I think they're gonna have to go small 116 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: rob to win this series. And by winning the series, 117 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: I mean steal a game in Sacramento. 118 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean what you're saying makes sense. This is 119 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 3: one of those situations. Well, by the way, according to 120 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 3: bet MGM, very early Friday morning, the Golden State Warriors 121 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 3: are now favored to win the series. 122 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 4: Very race like. Wow. 123 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: They went from well after two games the Kings were favored. 124 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 3: Yes, so they went from nothing plus one forty five 125 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 3: before Game three. Early Friday morning, they shifted to minus 126 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 3: one ten for Golden State to win the series. 127 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 4: So we'll see. 128 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: I'll be honest, that feels like an exaggeration. 129 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, little shifting. 130 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: Who's gonna win the series of one game? 131 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 3: I guess because it was such a blowout win. 132 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: Or maybe there was some concern without Draymond that they 133 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: would lose. 134 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sure that's what it was. I mean, Draymond, 135 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 3: say what you want about him, but he's very important 136 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 3: for what they do offensively and defensively. But this is 137 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 3: one of those games. And I'm glad that you add, 138 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 3: you know, a big picture takeaway from it, because I 139 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 3: really didn't like, I didn't get a good feel for 140 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 3: Golden State positively or negatively out of this game, right 141 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 3: they win? You know what was the f they went 142 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 3: about seventeen eighteen points something like that. They win going away. 143 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 3: I think they up by twenty three before I started 144 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 3: going back to the Sun's Clippers. But I don't think 145 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 3: they played particularly well. I mean, like they they barely 146 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 3: got to forty percent shooting, and that was only because 147 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 3: a couple of like concession type baskets there in the 148 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 3: final couple of minutes, sixteen to fifty from three, which 149 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 3: is not what you'd be looking for from a team 150 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 3: that has the greatest shooting backcourt in NBA history. But 151 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 3: and Sacramento was getting a lot of open looks on 152 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 3: the offensive end, they just weren't making them. And so 153 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 3: it was one of those games where credit to Golden State. 154 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 3: They did all the little things they needed to do win, 155 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 3: which was mostly Kevin Looney with the offensive rebounds giving 156 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 3: him a lot of second chance points. They turned the 157 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 3: ball over themselves Golden State, but Sacramento couldn't capitalize it capitalized. 158 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 3: When Sacramento turned it over, Golden State cashed it in. 159 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 3: So they did those things that you need to do 160 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 3: to win. 161 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: I also pointed out, Oh, sorry, could keep going. 162 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 3: Oh just said like, I don't think they played particularly well, 163 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 3: like they blew them out. Yes, credit to them, but 164 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 3: that was to me, was more about Sacramento playing horribly 165 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 3: than it was about Golden State. 166 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 1: So mildly interesting. Step. Remember I mentioned Looney had nine 167 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: offensive boards twenty rebounds. He was also a great passer. 168 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: He had nine assists in the Draymond Green role. Right, 169 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: so yes, I see this stat that keeps popping up. 170 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: The Warriors were nine for nine off Kevon Looney passes, 171 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: so in a way, they used him as Draymond Green. 172 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: And let's be honest, I know Draymond's an awesome defender, 173 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: but he don't give you any of the nonsense antics 174 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: he's I think he's a better offensive rebounder, his size, 175 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: his length, He's a UCLA. 176 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 4: Guy, right, yes he is. 177 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I really listen. I don't I'm not saying they're 178 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 1: going to bench Draymond or any of that stuff. I 179 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: don't see that. I just wonder, Rob, if they do 180 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: end up moving on from Draymond, can you recreate him 181 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: in the aggregate with Kuminga and Looney with another big 182 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: did you pick up off the scrap heap and Lou 183 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: just find a high IQ guy who is tenacious, defensively long, 184 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: and is kind of like you're enforcer. You know, this 185 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: is perceived to be a soft team, right, The Warriors 186 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: are supposed to be soft outside of Draymond like Clay 187 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: talks a tough game, Clay like the chirp. Steph Curry 188 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: ain't doing that. Andrew Wiggins ain't doing that. Maybe they 189 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: just can't lose Draymond for that reason. He is their enforcer. 190 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: He's their Charles Oakley Xavier McDaniel. Maybe they view him 191 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: that way. I don't know. It's just to me super 192 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: interesting that the Kings had their worst shooting night of 193 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: the series, and it's only three games, small sample size, 194 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,439 Speaker 1: and the Warriors' best defensive player in Draymond, wasn't there. 195 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: I also want to add this stat Rob that that 196 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: is I think gonna become interesting. The Kings are shooting 197 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: twenty seven percent from three in this series. Twenty seven percent. 198 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: At what point do the Kings start to pick their 199 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: poison and say, Okay, we're not gonna let Malik Monks 200 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 1: shoot threes. Kevin Herder we got to watch, but Harrison Barb. 201 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 3: Been brutal three for twenty in this series so. 202 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 1: Far, exactly, so they've gotta change his nick nack a 203 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: little bit. 204 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 3: He's no longer no longer will be called red Velvet 205 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 3: on this podcast. Still there's making some threes. Kevin Herder, he. 206 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: Had a rougher one for six from deep. But Harrison 207 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: Barnes like, at some point you're gonna have to sag 208 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: off to help rebound with Sibonis, and I just wonder who. 209 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: It's kind of like, who pick your poison? Right? I 210 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 1: don't know, it is interesting, but I'm just trying to 211 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: think of ways for the Warriors to win this in 212 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: in seven. I don't, I mean, I can't. I can't 213 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: imagine the Kings are gonna lose three in a row, 214 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 1: lose games two, three and sorry, three, four, five? Do you? 215 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 3: I mean, well, if they don't start shooting the ball better, 216 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 3: they might. I mean, it's no coincidence that they looked 217 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 3: their best when they were actually making their shots. And 218 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 3: the only reason why they won Game two, which was 219 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 3: nip and tug there at the end, is they got 220 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 3: uncharacteristically these for this series hot from three. 221 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 4: I think they were five. 222 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 3: Or six and three in Game two. So if they're 223 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 3: making their outside shots, then I don't think Golden State, 224 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 3: at least what we've seen from them in this series, 225 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 3: can beat them. The problem is Sacramento has been icy 226 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 3: cold for the better part of what seven of the 227 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 3: last eight quarters. 228 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you can live with a lot of 229 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 1: the Daron Fox threes. Of course he hit a big 230 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 1: one late, as did Davion Mitchell. But yeah, ultimately that 231 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 1: might be the solution. 232 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 233 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 234 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 235 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 2: listen live. 236 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: Let's quickly pivot to arguably the most boring series. I 237 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: don't know if you feel that way this way, Robert, 238 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: I definitely am. I'm just non pulse. Is it non 239 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,239 Speaker 1: pulsed or nonplussed? Unplussed? 240 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 3: I have no idea what that word means, but I'll 241 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 3: just agree with you. 242 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 1: I'm unimpressed, uninspired. 243 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 4: None of you go okay, I know that one. 244 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: Bye by the Net sixer series, it's just not it's 245 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: not pleasing on the eyes and the nets. Listen, they 246 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:12,719 Speaker 1: played pretty damn good in the third quarter. This was 247 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: a put up or shutup game at home. They're trailing 248 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: after the first quarter, They're trailing I think double digits 249 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: at halftime, and then they smoke them in the third quarter. 250 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: The Nets surge back. Bridges was good. Didn't what he 251 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: was good? I like Claxton a little bit. But where 252 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: this game really messed with me was the officiating. And 253 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: I think Rob and I agree Draymond Green deserved to 254 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: be ejected and suspended for the stomp on Sabona's and 255 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: we agree Sabonis deserved the tech for grabbing You look 256 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: at that Joel embiid play where Claxton I couldn't tell 257 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: if he dunked or kind of threw it in whatever 258 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: it was, and then he kind of stumbled and ended 259 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: up standing over a beat. Now people will quibbo. Did 260 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: it look to you Rob like he went to stand 261 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: over him, like, you know, like some people do. 262 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 4: Yes? 263 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:02,439 Speaker 1: Is it just like that's kind of no? 264 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 3: I think I think he definitely made a point. 265 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: Oh you think he was seting a message? Okay, it 266 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: didn't look intentional. I think that was kind of the 267 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: direction his body would going. And that's related. And and 268 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: b took umbrage and kicked him in the groin area. 269 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: And as soon as you see that, you're like, oh, 270 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: beat a his tossed, what is he doing? Oh my gosh, 271 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: the FVP and all he gets is a flagrant. Now 272 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: I wasn't watching with the soundo on. Were the announcers like, 273 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: you've got to reject him for that? What was their reaction? 274 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 3: Not really, It was just, you know, shocked more than 275 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 3: anything that it was announced as a flagrant one. It 276 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 3: was just like, wow, Wow, flagrant one. Like I think 277 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 3: everybody in the building, everybody watching at home in the 278 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 3: wake of the Draymond Green suspension, was expecting a flagrant 279 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 3: two and didn't come. 280 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: So then it goes to halftime and I'm assuming the 281 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: TNT guys kind of sort of killed the refs for 282 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: the call. Now I didn't Doude were able to see 283 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: that route. 284 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 3: I saw the post game. I didn't get to watch 285 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 3: the halftime because I was doing the ra D Show. 286 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 3: But in the post game, and you'll touch on it 287 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 3: a little bit later, is you know, Charles Barkley made 288 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 3: a funny joke where he said, kids at home, if 289 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 3: you're going to hit someone in the nuts, make sure 290 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 3: you kick them and don't hit them. 291 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 4: James Harden, Well there you go. 292 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: Yes, So later in the game, James Harden, you know, 293 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: I guess, frustrated with the way they were d hit 294 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: him up. James Harden is like kind of leaned over 295 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: it and then just like look like a punch man, 296 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: Look like a punch right to the groin. Now he's 297 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: trying to clear his space obviously, but it ends up 298 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: with his fist basically hitting the kid in the in 299 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: the penis you got hitting the dick. There's no short 300 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: way to. 301 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 4: Say it, right, And you're going to Brooklyn and. 302 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: They eject Harden, and of course everybody's saying, well, that's terrible, Rob. 303 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: It was an easy makeup call. They screwed up clearly 304 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: with him the he should have been tossed. I'm not 305 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: saying he should have been suspended. Like Draymond, he doesn't 306 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: have a body of work. But the body of work 307 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: was why Draymond got it in the silly ass antics afterward, 308 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: Embiid didn't do any of that wrestling heel embracing shit. 309 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: I still thought it kicked to the groins and kicked 310 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: to the groin. Get him the hell out of here. 311 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: Harden though got tost so I think it was more 312 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: of a makeup to call. Harden. I didn't think his 313 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: was any worse than Embiids, did you. 314 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 3: No, Yeah, it definitely was a makeup call. And that's 315 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 3: something that absolutely cannot happen in the NBA. 316 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 4: In a playoff game. 317 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 3: In the playoffs, Yeah, you cannot have that happen. And 318 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 3: then you're we're not even talking about Nick Claxton getting 319 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 3: ejected late in that game because he dunks on Embiid 320 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 3: gives him the stare down and they call it taunting 321 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 3: technical foul because he already got technical earlier with Joel Embiid. 322 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 3: He gets ejected. It was some of the worst officiating 323 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 3: I've seen in a playoff game, uh, in years. Like, 324 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 3: you cannot have a situation where it's that inconsistent. Look, 325 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 3: if you're gonna let them play and let them be 326 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 3: physical and let the Joe l embd thing go, then 327 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 3: you got. 328 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 4: To let everything else go after that. 329 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 3: You can't try to do makeup calls and oh now 330 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 3: we're gonna call touch fowls and and uh late in 331 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 3: the game where Embiid and clact him in battling all 332 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 3: game and then you're gonna call a taunting foul there 333 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 3: that gets him ejected. That's no excuse as to why 334 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 3: Brooklyn lost the game. They blew it fair and square. 335 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 3: But the officiating cannot be the story in a playoff game, 336 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 3: especially a pivotal playoff game, and it was. 337 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: It just yea takes the fun out of it. I 338 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: thought the Claxton dunk on embid was good and it 339 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: was a flex, but like you know, the guys already 340 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: got a tech like you're really gonna tee him up there? 341 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 3: Yeah? 342 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 4: That that to me is a warning all the time, exactly. 343 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 1: We see that stare down all the time. I mean, 344 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,159 Speaker 1: Dylan Brooks didn't get shit after hit the three, like 345 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: anywhere mid court, in front of the whole world mid court, 346 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: right in lebronze face jaw Jackie. So I don't know, 347 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: are we going to see Dylan Brooks refereed in a 348 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 1: different manner in LA Now? I kind of hope for that. 349 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: Get that guy out of there. He's a good defender, right, no, lie, Dylan, 350 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: But the refs, it's just embarrassing stuff. Like I just 351 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: don't see how you can inject a guy late in 352 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: a game on something as flimsy as that. Ultimately, Sixers 353 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: get the win late and are up three to nothing. 354 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 1: They will advance, likely to face the Celtics. But let's 355 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,479 Speaker 1: wrap up real quick before we get to the NFL, 356 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 1: and Trey Lance, with the Suns too close for comfort, 357 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: went over the Clippers. I don't know is this the 358 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: genius of Tylo or is this just the unimpressive nature 359 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 1: of the Phoenix Suns, because once again roun they get leads, 360 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: they pull away, and ultimately they can't close out. I 361 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: mean they were at one point late in the fourth, 362 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: they're up three, they're up three with the ball. You know, 363 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: Crypto Center is going bonkers, and Kevin Durant drives kick 364 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 1: to Tory Craig for three and you're like, oh boy, 365 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: this is a big one. If he misses his shit, 366 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: the Clippers come down with a chance to tie the game. 367 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: I don't know, there was two minutes left, maybe three. 368 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: Kevin draid gives it up as supposed to take the shot. 369 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan would have taken the shot, right everybody. Jordan 370 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: takes that final shot. He doesn't pass it like Lebron 371 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 1: and Tory Craig, who has been unbelievably good in the series. 372 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 1: Thirty two year old veteran you know, kind of wasn't 373 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: the starter heading into this series. That had been the 374 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 1: other wing whose name is scaled Oh, Joshu Koki had 375 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:39,719 Speaker 1: been the guy, and TJ. Warren calmly swishes it. So TJ, 376 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, not TJ. Warren. Tory Craig switsches to Tory 377 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: Craig coming into game three was seven of twelve from three. 378 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: Tory Craig in Game three three or four from three. 379 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: If you are not a math major, that's ten of sixteen. 380 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: If Tory Craig is shooting ten of sixteen from three, 381 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: damn good chance you're gonna be You're gonna be losing 382 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: the majority of those games. Tory Craig hitting sixty two 383 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 1: for Pree, that's almost impossible to overcome. DeAndre Ayton came 384 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: back to being DeAndre Aiden. But ultimately Rabbi I thought 385 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: this game was won by Devin Booker, who, after getting 386 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: humiliated I thought by Russ at the end of the game, 387 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: beat out for offensive rebounds, then drive Russ blocks it. 388 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: Devin book Like arguing with the ref, Russ throws it 389 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 1: offen and that's a wrap. D book answered with a 390 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: forty burger, some really acrobatic stuff. Devin Booker, I'm sorry, 391 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: no yet. Forty forty five geez, forty five points from 392 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: d book eighteen to twenty nine efficient. Chris Paul once 393 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: again did not have it. Chris Paul was not losing 394 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: this game five of eighteen shooting like give me a break. 395 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 1: KD was good, but this was another Devin Booker game. 396 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: I don't know, Rob, I don't want to ask a 397 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: silly question, but I'm just gonna I'm gonna put it 398 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: out there. People love to discuss this. Whose team is 399 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 1: the Phoenix Suns? Because the Warriors got this question forever? 400 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: Whose team is the Phoenix Suns? 401 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 3: Devin Booker's I think I have. 402 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: To agree it's weird because I know Chris Paul had 403 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: stolen that mantle when they went to the finals. Like, 404 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: Devin Booker was good, couldn't get over the hump. Chris 405 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 1: Paul comes. We know how abraceive he could be. He's 406 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 1: a leader. Every time they needed a bucket. Yes, the 407 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 1: ball he goes through Kevin Durant at some point. But 408 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: Devin Booker was just phenomenal and the way he is 409 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: running his mouth, just flapping those guns like I don't 410 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: know now, now listen, I ain't gonna hate on Russ. 411 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: After a slow start, he finished with thirty eleven and eight. 412 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: Norman Powell, my guy. I love talking about Norman Powell. 413 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: He is really a good I don't know how Portland 414 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: let him go. Yeah, forty two seven threes bones Island 415 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 1: came off the bench, looked good, Terrence Man. But the 416 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: big story is the Clippers fighting like hell without load 417 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,080 Speaker 1: management Leonard. Could we start calling him that to does 418 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: that work? Load management Leonard? 419 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 4: I'll allow it. 420 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 3: I mean, if Anthony David is gonna get called street 421 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 3: clothes and mister glass and always down and always this, 422 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 3: whatever it is, Kawhi Leonard can get at least a 423 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 3: fraction of that, I'll take the load managing Leonard. That's fine. 424 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: I'm stunned he load manages all season to be prepared 425 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: for the playoffs. Has two really good performances. I think 426 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: we discussed it. It was Kawhi or d'aron Fox coming 427 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: into tonight who was the better players so far in 428 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 1: the postseason. I said, deeron Fox and Kawhi Leonard was second. 429 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: He's got a knee strain, the same one he had 430 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: surgery on a few years ago, I guess, and he 431 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: sat out, where is the heart on this Clippers team? 432 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: Remember when the heart was Levin Pepperloin Williams, Mantrez, Harald 433 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: those guys are long gone now. And they were like, 434 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 1: it was like GrITT and grind, streets lights, street lights 435 00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: over what was the line? 436 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 4: Streetlights over spotlights? 437 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was It was like a team you could embrace. 438 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: That is stupid, but that was a team you could 439 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: even though I didn't like them, but they were tough 440 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 1: and they were going to grind you into dust and 441 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: they were going to fight like hell for everything. And 442 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 1: then I think took two games from Kd's Warriors, KD 443 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: and Kry. What's the identity of this Slippers team? Just 444 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: what is it? I have no idea, Rob, I have 445 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: no idea what this team is night in a night out. 446 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: They've got a good collection of players. They've got to 447 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: coach who I don't. I don't know. What do you 448 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: think of Doc? 449 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 3: Well, Doc's not there Docs now former Laker Tyleru. I 450 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 3: think he's a great coach. I think he's working with 451 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 3: one hand hot time abound his back though. Unfortunately it's 452 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 3: pretty clear now we don't know exactly going on with 453 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,239 Speaker 3: with Kawhi Leonard. Even Tyler said he didn't know if 454 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 3: he was going to play in Game four, but you 455 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 3: can tell he doesn't like the load management thing. He's 456 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 3: made that very clear throughout his tenure there. It really 457 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:07,959 Speaker 3: boiled over there, would you midway through this this regular 458 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:12,479 Speaker 3: season that we had. Paul George has been you know, 459 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 3: getting hurt for two years now, right, So they still 460 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:19,719 Speaker 3: have a great roster even without those two guys. That's 461 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 3: why they're so competitive. 462 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 4: In the series. 463 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 3: But he's seems to be at his wits end with them, 464 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 3: and I don't know if it's like a Clippers curse 465 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 3: or what have you, but they need to accept the 466 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 3: fact now, whether they win this series and come back, 467 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 3: or they get blown out because Kawhi ever comes back, 468 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 3: whatever it ends up being, they need to accept the 469 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 3: fact that Kawhi Leonard can no longer be their franchise player. 470 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 3: He is not going to be available enough. You cannot 471 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,120 Speaker 3: count on him to be available enough. It's the same 472 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 3: situation the Lakers are dealing with Anthony Davis. If Anthony 473 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 3: Davis is your number two guy, then you feel much 474 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,919 Speaker 3: better about it because you know that when you ta 475 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 3: I wouldn't want to because he's so talented, but you 476 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 3: need to elevate somebody else to be your main guy, 477 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 3: whether that's that Paul George Damian Lillard trade that you 478 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 3: floated out that you know people hated. 479 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: You think Davey wants to come play with this guy. 480 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 4: I don't know. 481 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 3: I don't know, but it's just you. You can't go 482 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 3: into next season and moving forward expecting that Kawhi can 483 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 3: be the face of your franchise knowing that he is 484 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 3: more than likely gonna miss twenty plus games and you 485 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 3: don't know if he's gonna be able to play in 486 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 3: the playoffs because now he's had to sit out games 487 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 3: in his last two postseasons. Like, yeah, I don't know 488 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 3: how you came. 489 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:41,679 Speaker 1: I mean, let's if we could, if we were to 490 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:46,239 Speaker 1: workshop some Kawhi Leonard trades. Surely given the fact that 491 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: he went to Toronto and was able to steal a 492 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: title thanks for lucky bounce against the Sixers in Game 493 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: seven thanks to the Warriors getting it decimated by kg's 494 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 1: kd's injury, and then Clay like Okay, so they got 495 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 1: a title. I'm just curious, like, what is like, if 496 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 1: you're the Atlanta Hawks, do you say, hey, we'll take 497 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: a chance on Kawhi Leonard. You guys can have Trey Young. 498 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I know, apples for apples, but it's not 499 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,479 Speaker 1: a fair trade obviously, but do you entertain it if 500 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,439 Speaker 1: you're the Hawks, obviously you got to move on from 501 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook. If you're the Clippers and you're bringing a 502 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 1: tray Young, but could you build around Trey Young with 503 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: the Clippers, say Paul George as as your wing, who's 504 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: still listened? He's a plus defender? Is he an elite defender? 505 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: I don't think at this stage. But you know you 506 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: have no rim protector in Zubat. Yeah, I don't. I 507 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: don't even know if you can trade traded. I'm just 508 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 1: trying to think out loud here, like, yeah, certainly love 509 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: to get off Trey Young, but I don't know that 510 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: anybody wants to get in with Kawhi Leonard because you 511 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,439 Speaker 1: could be trading for a guy who just doesn't end 512 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: up playing. You know, Like, how's that gonna go over 513 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 1: with your fan the locker room, the coach, Like nobody's 514 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 1: surviving that if Kawi is like, yeah, it's still a problem. 515 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 2: I don't know. 516 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: I just don't know. I don't know. 517 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 4: There's no answer, is there no? 518 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 3: And I think even if you were to find a 519 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 3: team that would and again, it's really hard to find 520 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 3: a good trade just talent wise or draft pick wise, whatever. 521 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 3: It's just really finding the equivalent value for a guy 522 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 3: of his abilities is tough. But if you were to 523 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 3: find a team that did have pieces, it would have 524 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 3: to be a team that's either a like the Lakers, 525 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 3: where it's you know, you know, you only have like 526 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 3: a two year window and we're just gonna go all 527 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 3: in and see what happens because we don't know how 528 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 3: much longer Lebron's gonna be playing, or it's a team 529 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 3: that is so deep a La Boston that you're like, hey, 530 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 3: we can deal with him only playing fifty games because 531 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 3: the rest of our roster is pretty stacked. 532 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: What do you get? 533 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 4: You got to give up exactly what I'm saying. 534 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 3: It's not an easy exercise, but those are the only 535 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 3: two situations the Clippers have the depth that you would 536 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 3: need to weather this storm. The problem is your number 537 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 3: two guys also injury probem So that's where their biggest 538 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 3: problem lies. 539 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: Man, Clippers, It's just it's tough and Ballmer's got to 540 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: be livid. I just I don't know how you can 541 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 1: get all excited for these two guys and they're all 542 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: injured all all the time. It's gonna be a fascinating 543 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: Game four, Like Rob nothing would surprise me. Does Kahi 544 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: Leonard playing Game four? No? His knees not back yet. 545 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: I would not surprise me in the least if Kawhi 546 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: Leonard said I can't go in Game four, and then 547 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: I don't know how he was even in the arena 548 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: for the game. 549 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 4: I don't was yes, yes he was, yes, yes, yes? 550 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: Was he being pelted by tomatoes and get away at 551 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: the crypt. That's just got to be a tough sell man. 552 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 1: You get well, I will. 553 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 4: I'll say this quickly. 554 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 3: The last time this happened in twenty twenty one, where 555 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 3: they said he had a sprained knee and then he 556 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 3: was just day to day. He ended up having a 557 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 3: twenty cl and they didn't tell. 558 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: Anybody sat out. Well, hopefully that's not the case, because 559 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: he missed all of the following season with that. Yep, Oh, 560 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 1: all right, let's get to the NFL. 561 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 562 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 563 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 564 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 2: listen live. 565 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: All right, quickly, we want to do something on the NFL. 566 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: Here news that popped on I think it was Wednesday 567 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: or Thursday. You know, with the NBA playoffs, it's easy 568 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: to miss stuff. And we'll wrap up as usual with 569 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: the best bet and really interesting line tonight in the NBA. 570 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 1: But first, I'm sure you guys saw this story about 571 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: Trey Lance and the Niners. Apparently the Niners are taking 572 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 1: calls about Trey Lance. They are not making calls about 573 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: Trey Lance. So so whoever planted story, and I'll give 574 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: you my theory shortly, is making the assumption that the 575 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: forty nine ers are willing to move Trey Lance. They 576 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: don't want to give the perception that they're done with 577 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: him already because that would ruin what has already been 578 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: just a brutal start to a career. And I'm sure 579 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 1: mentally he's fried and messed up with the Jimmy g 580 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: stuff and now this and the injury and brock Perdies 581 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: resurgence and the Sam Darnold acquisition. Like it's all been bad. 582 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,120 Speaker 1: I feel at this point you feel bad for Trey Lance. 583 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 1: But the interesting thing is they're taking calls on Trey Lance. 584 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: I'm going to ask you guys this in all seriousness. 585 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,479 Speaker 1: Trey Lance has been in the NFL for two seasons. Okay, 586 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 1: he has barely played in his NFL career. I'm talking 587 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: like he's appeared in a handful of games. According to 588 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 1: Pro Football Reference, they have him as appearing in eight games. 589 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: He has four starts, one of them was cut short 590 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: by injury. He's thrown one hundred and two NFL passes, 591 00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: he has five touchdowns, three interceptions. But he's basically shown 592 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: us absolutely nothing except that when Brock Purdy took over, 593 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: brock Purdy looked awesome. As a seventh the dead last 594 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: pick in the draft, he looked great. Seventh round pick, 595 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: looked at a tremendous Jimmy g comes in and oh, 596 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 1: by the way, both years they got to the NFC 597 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 1: championship game. But we see nothing from Trey Lance. If 598 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: anybody is making calls about Trey Lance when they've had 599 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: a body of work of one hundred and two passes. 600 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 1: And let's remember this is not a guy with like 601 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: a prodigious college football career. I had to look this up. 602 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: It's again you feel a little bad for Trey Lance 603 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: when you look at this twenty eighteen freshman one pass attempt, 604 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen sixteen starts, and he was, I mean otherworldly. 605 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 1: Twenty eight touchdowns, zero picks, sixty six percent completions, twenty 606 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: eight hundred yards passing. I mean, this guy came out 607 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: of nowhere and was like, holy cow, look at that. 608 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: He's six four to twenty five. This guy's rocked up. He 609 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: can run. Oh he is a modern quarterback. And then 610 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: Covid hits, their season is canceled. They play, they play 611 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,000 Speaker 1: one just to kind of showcase him, and that doesn't 612 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: go great. Fifteen to thirty two touchdowns, one pick, But 613 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: Covid drew in the whole season. Nevertheless, the forty nine 614 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: ers saw something in that twenty nineteen season. Remember three 615 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 1: years in college and he started seventeen games. 616 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 4: That's it. 617 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: And the forty nine ers saw something that they wanted 618 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: to trade up and grab this guy. And then there 619 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: was a whole Jimmy G controversy. Listen, I'm not blaming 620 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,320 Speaker 1: Trey Lance because you know, we haven't seen enough of 621 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,760 Speaker 1: the guy. But the idea that people are calling the 622 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 1: Niners and like banging down the door and say, hey, 623 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,040 Speaker 1: what's it gonna take to get Trey Lance off your hand? 624 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 1: That is comical. This story was very clearly planted by 625 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: the Niners as like a you're throwing you guys have 626 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 1: seen American History X. I love that movie. It's you know, 627 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 1: not for kids obviously, but when Edward Norton goes into prison, 628 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: I can't you guy if I'm not going to spoil 629 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 1: a movie that's twenty years old, but he has to 630 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: go into prison for a pretty bad crime. Someone's breaking 631 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 1: into his car and then he you know, absolutely kills 632 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: the guy. It's the curb stomping at any rate. He 633 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 1: goes into jail first day, and you know, everybody's in 634 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: the yard. They're always looking at the new guys. Based 635 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: on what I've seen the movies and never been in prison, 636 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 1: don't want to, don't know anybody who's been in prison. 637 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: And you know he's all tatted up with the swastikas 638 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,320 Speaker 1: he takes off his shirt, which is to send up 639 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: a flag looking for his kind in air quotes, and 640 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 1: you know, the Nazi crowd signals him to come over 641 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 1: and he starts hanging with him. And you know, I 642 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: see this phone call that the Niners phone call, text 643 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,280 Speaker 1: whatever you want. The Niners planting this story is a flag. 644 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 1: Hey everybody, look, look look over here. 645 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 4: Trey Lance. 646 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: Anybody want him? Anyone? He's available. That's what this forty 647 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: nine ers thing is. They're clearly trying to get gauge 648 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: interest to see if there's any at all. I mean, 649 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: why would they sign Sam Darnold. Initially it was, oh, 650 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: Sam Donald's an insurance in case Brock Party's not ready 651 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 1: to be Trey Lance or Sam Donald. And now maybe 652 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 1: they've decided that, oh, Trey Lance is healing, it's looking good. 653 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: He's going to be all right. He's going to be fine, 654 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 1: don't worry about this. Starting the season on the pup 655 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,319 Speaker 1: list for trade for a Rock Party. 656 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:20,239 Speaker 2: He's going to be in the mix. 657 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 1: And the Trei Lance experiment appears to be over. Now 658 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 1: the question is how low were they willing to sell 659 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 1: Trey Lance at this point? And again, we know like 660 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 1: nothing about this guy if you count his three years 661 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 1: in college, where he had seventeen starts, and his two 662 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,799 Speaker 1: years in the NFL with four starts. We are looking 663 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,440 Speaker 1: at a guy in five years who has started twenty 664 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 1: one football games from when he was, you know, an 665 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 1: eighteen year old freshman to now when he is what 666 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: is he twenty two turning twenty three? 667 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:53,399 Speaker 3: Here? 668 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's turning twenty three here next month. Five years, 669 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 1: twenty one starts. I don't know how anyone would want 670 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:04,839 Speaker 1: to take a flyer on trade Lance, Like, what are 671 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,120 Speaker 1: you doing calling the Niners and saying, hey, I'll give 672 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 1: you a fifth They're not giving a fifth round pick 673 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: for Trey Lance. That's not happening. The forty nine ers 674 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 1: are not selling like I know that. Everybody says, hey, 675 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: when you make a mistake, you've got to come off 676 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,200 Speaker 1: it quick before you keep making before that mistake continues 677 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 1: to fester, whether it's a contract, a draft, a player 678 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,400 Speaker 1: that you drafted. Look at Alan Robinson and the Rams. 679 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 1: Obviously it was a disaster. You could tell week one like, 680 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 1: whoa wait, what just Alan Robinson can't separate? How's he 681 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:34,719 Speaker 1: not in the offense? And then by the end of 682 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 1: September you knew that was a terrible signing. If you 683 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,800 Speaker 1: saw the deal for Alan Robinson that he the Pittsburgh trade, 684 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:46,400 Speaker 1: essentially it was like they moved up fifteen picks in 685 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: the seventh round to get off Alan Robinson and oh, 686 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: by the way, they had to pay like ten million dollars, 687 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,920 Speaker 1: Like it was just a sunk cost. Let's get off it. 688 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 1: Let's move on with Trey Lance. I don't think you're 689 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 1: there yet, right, It's only been two seasons. The problem is, 690 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,399 Speaker 1: what's the perception if the season starts and Trey Lance 691 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:06,120 Speaker 1: is inactive because Darnold's a backup and brock Purty starting, well, 692 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,719 Speaker 1: I mean, what are we doing here. It's it's just 693 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:13,719 Speaker 1: a really nightmare scenario for the Niners. And listen, I 694 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:16,880 Speaker 1: know the roster's strong, but at some point, if this 695 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 1: team does not progress this season, if they regress, I 696 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 1: think you've got to start to call in a question 697 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,720 Speaker 1: what on Earth Lynch and Shanahan saw in Trey Lance, 698 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:32,359 Speaker 1: because this is looking like a colossal disaster of the 699 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,879 Speaker 1: One of the things that I had read about Trey 700 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,960 Speaker 1: Lance was mean, the guy looks like Tarzan but plays 701 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: like Jane, which is not a kind compliment. But Trey 702 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,919 Speaker 1: Lance walks in a room six four two twenty five 703 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,600 Speaker 1: and he's your quarterback. You know you got a lot 704 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:49,040 Speaker 1: of these courts, like Bryce Young is five five ten 705 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 1: a buck ninety five. 706 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 4: Don't give me this two hundred. 707 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 1: Okay, So Trey Lance stands next to Bryce Young and 708 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,279 Speaker 1: looks like a defensive end and oh, by the way, 709 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 1: he has a howitzer for an arm twenty eight touchdown paths. 710 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 1: Accuracy was there, but it's only in one season, So 711 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel bad at this point for Trey Lance. 712 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:09,319 Speaker 1: I don't anticipate him getting moved because you're only low 713 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:11,960 Speaker 1: balling Sandford for Lance at this point. And oh, by 714 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 1: the way, who exactly is doing that? Like what are 715 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,080 Speaker 1: you making Lance your backup? Do you even know if 716 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:19,239 Speaker 1: he's worthy of being a backup in this league? And 717 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 1: the way the quarterback injuries were last year, you sure 718 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:23,480 Speaker 1: as hell better have a good backup, especially if you're 719 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,360 Speaker 1: a contender. So on some level, I feel a little 720 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 1: bit bad for Trey Lance. We will do a ton 721 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 1: of draft stuff next week. We have two good guests 722 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:33,880 Speaker 1: lined up. My final mock draft goes up Monday for 723 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,520 Speaker 1: foxsports dot Com. I'll be grinding away at it over 724 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:42,000 Speaker 1: the weekend as I prepare for the Men's League championship 725 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:46,000 Speaker 1: game on Sunday night. I you know, I'm burying this 726 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,399 Speaker 1: late in the podcast so only the hardcore listeners will 727 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:52,359 Speaker 1: hear it. I went and played soccer on Wednesday night, 728 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:53,840 Speaker 1: and I was like, oh, you know, I'm just gonna 729 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,640 Speaker 1: go half speed. I got the championship game this weekend soccer. 730 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 1: We got a soccer tournament next month, dad, a parent 731 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:03,440 Speaker 1: tournament because some moms play, and I go kind of, 732 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,960 Speaker 1: I don't go super hard, but it's a lot of running, 733 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,440 Speaker 1: and very late I think I've got a run and 734 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,600 Speaker 1: then I kind of it felt something weird and I 735 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: was like, ah, let me just back off. But then 736 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,480 Speaker 1: I walked away, Fine, shower, Fine, wake up, and all 737 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,640 Speaker 1: of a sudden, something's like, loosen my knee, and I'm 738 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,920 Speaker 1: totally panicking, like, oh my gosh. I start googling never Google. 739 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,120 Speaker 1: I text my buddy, Hey, man, I might need an MRI. 740 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,680 Speaker 1: I don't know, this is terrifying. You know, I jump 741 00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:31,600 Speaker 1: to extremes cause I am I'm one of those guys. 742 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 1: And so I've just been like resting it and if 743 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,799 Speaker 1: I can't play Sunday after an entire se, like I 744 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:41,400 Speaker 1: know how Kawhi Leonard feels. No, I'm kidding it would be. 745 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:43,359 Speaker 1: It would be devastating. But I'll try to, like, you know, 746 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,360 Speaker 1: stay off the legs and rest up. Probably won't do 747 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,400 Speaker 1: any more running all weekend until the championship game. And 748 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: I don't know we're big underdogs. I thought we were 749 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,279 Speaker 1: six or seven point dogs. I think the line's up 750 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,360 Speaker 1: to like nine and a half. Not looking good for 751 00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 1: your boy. But since we decided to end on lines 752 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:05,120 Speaker 1: heading in to the weekend, how's this Boston Celtics five 753 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,719 Speaker 1: and a half point favorites on the road in Atlanta? 754 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? Now? I don't see a first 755 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,279 Speaker 1: half line yet? Oh no, wait here it is here. 756 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 1: It is first half line. The Celtics are minus one, 757 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,200 Speaker 1: minus one and a half. If you're gonna attack this, 758 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,640 Speaker 1: I think the only way to do it is Hawk's 759 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,319 Speaker 1: first half. They come out with their hair on fire. 760 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,480 Speaker 1: Maybe you're so afraid of the Celtics three point shooting 761 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 1: you do first quarter. Possibly first quarter is the way 762 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:32,719 Speaker 1: to go, But anything longer than that, I think it's 763 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,880 Speaker 1: it's a little risky. This is a Boston team that 764 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,320 Speaker 1: is absolutely deadly. It's early, but it looks like Boston's 765 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,880 Speaker 1: the best team in the East. I do believe the 766 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: Cavs can go into New York and get the dub. Interestingly, 767 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,120 Speaker 1: the Knicks, they were favored by two and a half 768 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:51,840 Speaker 1: and it has gone down. So I actually I like 769 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,600 Speaker 1: Cleveland here. I don't want to say that Knicks Game 770 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,680 Speaker 1: one win was fools gold, but I do believe Cleveland 771 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:01,880 Speaker 1: unlocks something with Lavert at small forward. This a Coro experiment. 772 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:03,400 Speaker 1: You know, if you want to start him playing for 773 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,759 Speaker 1: a couple minutes, fine, but he ain't the dude and 774 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,440 Speaker 1: Seeddi Asman can't defend. I'm not saying Lavert is a 775 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:13,799 Speaker 1: lockdown defender, but I think Cleveland has something there. And 776 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 1: then finally Denver Minnesota. I'm you know, obviously rooting interest 777 00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,600 Speaker 1: in the Nuggets futures bets Jamal Murray and that player 778 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,120 Speaker 1: prop Pool. I think Minnesota is going to get one 779 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,000 Speaker 1: of these games. Whether it's three or four, I don't know, 780 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:30,000 Speaker 1: but in game betting is your friend. As usual, if 781 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,000 Speaker 1: Minnesota goes down big, they're not going to get blown 782 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,400 Speaker 1: out at home. I can just guarantee you that for 783 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,000 Speaker 1: sure they will not get blown out. So if Denver 784 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,040 Speaker 1: jumps out like ten two, you know, maybe you get 785 00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,480 Speaker 1: a better number on Minnesota getting more points. But I 786 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,399 Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if they won tonight outright. All right, guys, 787 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:47,560 Speaker 1: have a great, great weekend. Talk to you on Monday.