1 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. 2 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 2: What is up straight Fire? Sam, It's me Jason McIntyre, 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 2: Straight Fire or Thursday May second. We had another winner 4 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 2: in the NBA last night, easy winner, almost to the 5 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 2: point that we're not going to open the show with 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 2: the NBA MAVs win by a billion. Celtics win by 7 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 2: a billion. That Parlay cashed easily. I mean you could 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 2: have go hopefully he went to bed early. I actually 9 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: went out for a drink with Cowherd last night. You 10 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 2: know his usual spot. He I'll just say this, he's 11 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 2: an interesting character, such a nice guy. People always coming 12 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 2: up to Oh, Cowhard loved the show and he does 13 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 2: pick up a good tab. I'll give him now. I'll 14 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 2: give him credit for that, but not much to see. 15 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: We were looking for a MAVs Clippers thriller. In the 16 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 2: MAVs role in the second half, my guy Luka Doncic, 17 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 2: Kyrie Irving. I mean, Kyrie wasn't amazing, but he had 18 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 2: a couple of nice plays. It was the Luka Donca 19 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 2: show and the other guys delivered. We'll talk about him 20 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: in a secon, but I do want to start. We 21 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 2: haven't talked about football really all weeks since the draft. 22 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: And again this is like off season brush fire. Not 23 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 2: a huge deal, but interesting to me. So the Colorado Buffaloes, 24 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 2: obviously Dion Sanders and his son should Door Sanders had 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: a huge splash last year, won their season opener. We're 26 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 2: getting record ratings and they end up four and eight whatever. 27 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 2: They don't have a ton of guys on the team, 28 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: they had an injury to the kid Hunter. They're two 29 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 2: way star. But Colorado was a story and now they're 30 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: a bigger story. They hit to transfer Portal hard. And 31 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 2: one of the big stories of the Buffaloes is how 32 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: Dion Sanders was essentially telling kids, yo, sorry, you're not 33 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: gonna cut it. You're not built for this program. We're 34 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: gonna recruit over your head. You should transfer. And most 35 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 2: of them were like, damn, that's cold. Okay, I'll transfer, 36 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: but not all of them, and one of them decided 37 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: to stay behind and give it a shot. And essentially 38 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: he went and talked to the athletic about being marginalized 39 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 2: and kind of it was a punching bag and nothing special. 40 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 2: And the story came out on Wednesday, and of course, 41 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 2: being the grown up that he is, deon Sanders decided 42 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: to then take shots at this young man, this college 43 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 2: kid okay, not even a college star, a college kid 44 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 2: who's a football player. And Shadoor Sanders then piles on 45 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 2: and he's like, oh, yeah, I don't remember him. He 46 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 2: was Hella mid or whatever he said. And it's like, okay, 47 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: what are we doing here. You're the Colorado Buffaloes. You're 48 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 2: Deon Sanders, a Hall of Famer, your son, Shadoor Sanders 49 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: is making millions in nil, he's probably going to be 50 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 2: a first round pick, probably a top five pick. Why 51 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 2: are you taking jabs at a guy who doesn't matter? 52 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 2: And then like another Colorado Buffalo player chimes in with 53 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 2: off the top rope, with like an elbow unnecessary shit, 54 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 2: And of course then everybody looks up who this guy 55 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 2: is coming off the top rope and he's like, oh, 56 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 2: you had six catches, bro, you what do you even 57 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 2: talking about? And it just becomes this thing where it 58 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 2: almost feels like Colorado with Shadur and Dion have decided 59 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: we don't care. We're not gonna be nice guys, We're 60 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 2: not gonna be politically correct. We're gonna say whatever's on 61 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 2: our mind, even if it's not friendly, not nice, unnecessary aggressive. 62 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: We're just gonna do it. We're gonna be the villains. 63 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: And we've talked about this before with other athletes. You 64 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 2: know what Lebron did the decision. It was cold, it 65 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 2: was dirty. Cleveland was heartbroken, and Lebron leaned into being 66 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 2: a villain. He goes to Miami. We're not gonna win one, 67 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 2: not one, not two, not three, not four. He just 68 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 2: was like all about it, and it caught up with 69 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 2: him pretty quickly in the finals against JJ Burrey in 70 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 2: the mass ended up getting two titles in Miami. Whatever, 71 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 2: But you have to make a conscious decision. Do you 72 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 2: want to be the villain? Not everybody's built for that. 73 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: After Tiger Woods went through his goodness gracious strippers, porn stars, dancers, 74 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 2: after we went through that disaster ruining his marriage. By 75 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 2: the way, a side note that doesn't matter at all. 76 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 2: His ex wife is now married to the older brother 77 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 2: of someone I know, And it was like, okay, you 78 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 2: married Tiger's ex wife. Okay, all right, interesting, I talked 79 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 2: to the older brother who married Elan. But I just 80 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 2: found that odd and I just tossed that out there. Anyways, 81 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 2: Tiger Woods could have easily gone the villain route and 82 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 2: been like, yeah, I screwed up. What do you want 83 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 2: from me? I'm not perfect. He just did. He wasn't 84 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 2: built for that. He could not do that. I'm here 85 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 2: to tell you Dion Sanders is built for that. He 86 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 2: does not care. He's got enough money in the bank, 87 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 2: he's got enough accolades. Fine, Shadoor Sanders, though, what are 88 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: you doing, bro' You're a college quarterback hoping to build 89 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 2: off last year's impressive Division one start for you? Remember 90 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 2: he was where was he Jackson State before? I think 91 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 2: something like that. Rob can find that out. But essentially 92 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 2: he had a solid year, good numbers. But you want 93 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 2: to be an NFL pick, You've got to build on 94 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 2: your game. He's not a dead lock top five pick. 95 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 2: I mean, folks, this time, what three years ago, Spencer 96 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 2: Ratler was like number top five in all NFL draft boards. 97 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 2: We saw how that worked out. Okay, so Chador is 98 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 2: not a lock to go top five. We all think 99 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 2: he's going to, but he's not a lock, and so 100 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 2: for him to be act like this, it's just I 101 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 2: don't know that that's a great look. It almost has 102 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 2: like a Baker Mayfield vibe and yeah, Baker Mayfield still 103 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 2: went one, but he's now on his third or fourth team, 104 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 2: and yeah he got Peyton a little bit. And I 105 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 2: just do you want? Is that what you want? You 106 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 2: want to be Baker Mayfield? You want to be Tom Brady, 107 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 2: it will be Peyton Manning. You want to be Patrick Mahomes. 108 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 2: Who do you want to be? If you want to 109 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 2: be Baker, fine, go for it, rock out, good luck. 110 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 2: But I just I don't know, Rob. Maybe I'm being 111 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 2: an old guy yelling in a cloud or whatever. That 112 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 2: Simpson's thing is. I didn't love it when I saw it, 113 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 2: But basically they said, you know what, we don't care. 114 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: I'm Shador Sanders, I'm gonna be in the NFL next year, 115 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 2: and I'm Dion I'm probably taking an NFL head coaching 116 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 2: john next year. So I don't care. 117 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, the whole thing just it's very unsavory to me, 118 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 3: especially coming from a program that finished last in the 119 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 3: Pac twelve and finished the season with six straight losses. 120 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 3: You know, they got all excited and high and mighty, 121 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 3: started feeling themselves that they started out three and zero, 122 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 3: and then they go ahead and lose eight of their 123 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 3: last nine games, I'm gonna start off with Shad Door 124 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 3: Sanders first. I'm going heed to DEANEA. I think Dion's 125 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 3: a bigger story, but Shador Sanders I think he's a 126 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 3: very good quarterback. I think he's gonna be a good 127 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 3: NFL prospect. Unlike Dion and Dion I'm sure knows more 128 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 3: football and it's forgotten, more football than I'll ever care 129 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 3: to know. But he's also a father. So when Dion 130 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 3: Sanders goes publicly on record on Twitter, especially on Wednesday, 131 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 3: when somebody tweeted him, say, hey, tell your son to 132 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 3: stop thinking he's the coldest one. Their team went four 133 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 3: and eight last year, and his response was something to 134 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 3: the effect of, yeah, well, my son's going to be 135 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 3: in the top five NFL draft. What's your son going 136 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 3: to be doing? Lol? 137 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 2: Like, you know, that's funny. 138 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 3: But at the same time, again, Shador is a legitimate 139 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 3: NFL prospect. However, this is not all that dissimilar from 140 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 3: LaVar Ball because LaVar Ball, I like Lonzo Ball that 141 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 3: it was good NBA prospect, But the way that his 142 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 3: dad spoke about him number one, it made in public 143 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 3: enemy number one and number two, it was just not realistic, 144 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 3: like saying, I'm gonna like Lonzo Ball can be Michael 145 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 3: Jordan one on one and his prime is just crazy. 146 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 3: And there are more than a handful of NFL scouts 147 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 3: and quarterback coaches that I know and that I've conversed 148 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 3: with and have even gone public on Twitter that said, yeah, 149 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 3: we think Shador can be a good NFL quarterback. We 150 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 3: also of concerned about his arm strength. We have concerned 151 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 3: about the way he reads the defense because that's why 152 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 3: he takes so many sacks. We have concerned about his 153 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 3: lack of athleticism. And that's all before you get to 154 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 3: the biggest red flag, which you alluded to, is the 155 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 3: quote unquote character issues. He has a lot of Baker 156 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 3: Mayfield in him, whether it's calling out Mike Norval from 157 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 3: Colorado State, whether it's calling out Matt Ruhle in Nebraska, 158 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 3: whether it's flashing the Rolex watch at a bunch of fans, 159 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 3: you know, in the middle of a touchdown celebration when 160 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 3: you're down by three scorers, like, he is not above 161 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 3: getting into the mix, and usually at the quarterback position, 162 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 3: you want that guy to be above it all. And unfortunately, 163 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 3: it's not surprising that This is the persona that he's 164 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 3: taken on, because that's exactly who his dad is. His 165 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 3: dad is a grown ass man with a full on 166 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 3: gray beard. I've seen the videos, I've seen the photos, 167 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 3: and yet he decides to take time out of his 168 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 3: day on Wednesday to fire shots off at a fifth 169 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 3: string defensive back that used to play for Colorado, like 170 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 3: you have to be the bigger man. Your role as 171 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 3: a football coach, whether it's in Pop Warner high school, 172 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 3: college or the NFL, is to be a leader of men. 173 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 3: There is nothing about the way he responded Deon Sanders 174 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 3: on Wednesday on social media that suggests that he is 175 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 3: a strong leader of men. It says that he is immature, 176 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 3: It says that he is full of himself, and it 177 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 3: says that he has a problem reading the room. Because 178 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 3: everything that that article said about Dion Sanders in the 179 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 3: Colorado Buffalo program suggests that Dion specifically doesn't care about 180 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 3: any that's outside of his inner circle of players. That's 181 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 3: that's him, that's his sons, that's the five or six 182 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 3: you know, four and five star guys, and everyone else 183 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 3: is kind of disposable. And what do you see in 184 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 3: the twenty four hour fallout. Since that article came out, 185 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 3: Dion Sanders publicly illustrating every single allegation and point that 186 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 3: was made about him in that article. I do not 187 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 3: understand why there is a segment of this country and 188 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 3: a segment of sports fans that have decided they're going 189 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 3: to ride with this guy no matter what. Given, oh, 190 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 3: come on, given that the on field product is so 191 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 3: to quote shad or Standers Mid, I don't get it. 192 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 2: But it's like it's like John Moran, I don't get 193 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 2: why all these people love him. What's what's his encore product? 194 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 2: I mean, he hasn't won anything, he hasn't been in 195 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 2: the conference final. People love him. He's his shoe seller, 196 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 2: his jersey seller. I mean, I don't get it. Rob 197 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 2: People want to rock with the bad asses who were fearless. 198 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 2: You know. It's like I told my kids this story. Well, 199 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 2: I was driving my son and his buddy's style volleyball 200 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 2: and they were talking about there was a fight at school, 201 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 2: and I was like, I only remember one fight in 202 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 2: seventh grade, and there was this bad ass in my 203 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 2: grade named Mike Bailey. He was like early maturing guy puberty, 204 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 2: probably in sixth grade seventh grade. He was full blown, 205 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 2: like mustache and all that. And we had a school 206 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 2: rob that was seventh through twelfth. So sometimes the twelfth 207 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 2: graders came down our hall and you know, seventh graders 208 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 2: in the same hall as twelfth graders, I come on silly. 209 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 2: And occasionally there'd be like a guy from the other 210 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 2: end eleven twelfth grade, ten eleven walk through and like 211 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 2: act all tough and bump into kids, and you know, well, 212 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 2: one of them bumped into Mike Bailey, this big white guy, 213 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 2: and I was within ten feet, so I witnessed this 214 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 2: and I'll never it is a core memory, as I say, 215 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 2: And you know, this guy with his friends bumps into 216 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 2: Mike and is like acting like an asshole, and Mike 217 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 2: is not backing down, and Mike's like, you want to go, 218 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 2: like what's up? And he like basically drops his literally 219 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 2: drops his books and gets the fists up, and I 220 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 2: was like, oh, okay. And this guy, you know, thinks 221 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 2: he's like, oh, it's his seventh grade or what's he 222 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 2: gonna do? And Mike hits him with like a one 223 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 2: two three combo that was so fast, right, the guy 224 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: didn't even have time to react and do anything, and 225 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 2: it's instantly his face like nose and lips start bleeding 226 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 2: on three punches, like all connected, and I was like, 227 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 2: I've never seen anything. Oh my gosh, what just happened? 228 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 2: Like people were freaking out, and the kid instantly was like, oh, 229 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 2: I maybe I'm I picked on the wrong I tried 230 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 2: to act like a tough guy in the wrong spot 231 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 2: and he got his stuff and I'll never forget it now. 232 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 2: I don't know what happened to Mike Bailey. I don't 233 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 2: even think he I don't even know if he graduated 234 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 2: with us. But it was like one of the toughest 235 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 2: things I've ever seen. And you know, you can act 236 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 2: tough and talk tough, and for whatever reason these days, 237 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 2: you don't need to back it up. You just don't. 238 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: People. 239 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 2: It's all about the jawjacking on. How much social media 240 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 2: stuff do we see rob where guys are just preening 241 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 2: and acting tough and nobody, nobody can back up anything. 242 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 2: You see guys challenging NBA players courtside, right, you see 243 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 2: that lady who said something to Lebron this week and 244 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 2: then he flinched, And of course, I mean, it's just 245 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 2: people love to talk and listen. I'm not one where 246 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 2: you know, li like listen. I will say some stuff 247 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 2: straight up opinions based on sports, and I'm not I'm 248 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 2: trying not to be harsh. Sometimes I am whatever, but 249 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,839 Speaker 2: I'm trying to act like listen. I would say this 250 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 2: to this guy if he were on the set, and 251 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 2: now some of it probably would not go over well 252 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 2: and I would get you know, mocked or whatever. But 253 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 2: I try to keep it real and and I just 254 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 2: feel like on social media, people just saying you know, 255 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 2: a lot of guys are anonymous, they say whatever. So 256 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 2: on some level, I respect Dion for saying that, but Rob, 257 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 2: he can only do that because he knows I'm not 258 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 2: long for college football, right Like, I don't think the 259 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:05,959 Speaker 2: NFL cares. If he's a prick win football games, that's it, 260 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 2: you know, like Devid Tepper owns a parent Panthers. I'm 261 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 2: sure you saw the video Rob where he wanted to 262 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 2: a restaurant because somebody said don't let the GM pick. 263 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 2: He goes into the restaurant. It's like puts up with 264 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 2: the sign. You can't hear the audio, but you can 265 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 2: see it. The guy's wearing I think a Pittsburgh Steelers 266 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 2: hat temper. So Ballsy takes the hat off the guy's head. 267 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 2: The guy doesn't flinch, I guess because he realizes, oh 268 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 2: my gosh, there's a billionaire being an ass to me. 269 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 2: And it was like he doesn't care. He threw a 270 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 2: drink on a fan at the stadium, he's reprimanded, he 271 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 2: doesn't care. He's got more money than God done. Probably not, 272 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 2: but people just we're in crazy days right now. And 273 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 2: I don't know, Rob, I just I don't think I'm 274 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 2: with you. I don't think this is a great look 275 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 2: as a leader of men. But when the Cowboys run 276 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 2: off McCarthy and they're sifting through the candidate, So do 277 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 2: we want Belichick? Do we want Dion Sanders? You don't 278 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 2: think Dion's gonna be in the mix for jobs. 279 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 3: If he's in the mix for jobs only because he's 280 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 3: deon Sanders, because we have seen absolutely nothing at the college. 281 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 2: I mean, if you. 282 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 3: Jackson State, sure, if you want to play that card, 283 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 3: but the jump from Jackson State to Colorado, even that 284 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 3: is a big jump, and then jump from Colorado to 285 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 3: the NFL is like monumental. And what we've seen from 286 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 3: Dion at Colorado is all bark, no bite, all sizzle, 287 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 3: no steak. They can talk and talk and talk and 288 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 3: be flashy and all these social media clips and you 289 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 3: know what have you, but when they get on the 290 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 3: football field, they get blasted by Oregon. They got blasted 291 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 3: by usc Hell. My UCLA Bruins took it to him 292 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 3: without much of anything going right for them in that game, 293 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 3: and they still wasn't even competitive. You know, Stanford had 294 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 3: a kid go for a buck eighty in the second 295 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 3: half alone against them, and a comeback win on a Friday. 296 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: Night like that. 297 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 3: There is nothing about Dion Sanders, the college football coach 298 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 3: that we've seen at Colorado that will lead me to 299 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 3: believe that any NFL franchise would put up with all 300 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 3: the other sideshow stuff like you can be a dick 301 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 3: and be an asshole and be an NFL coach as 302 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 3: long as you win. Shout out, Bill Belichick. You can 303 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 3: do that all day long if you produce, And unfortunately 304 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 3: for Colorado, they have not produced at all to warrant 305 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 3: the level of trash talk that comes out of that program. 306 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 2: Speaking of mouthy, Steve Balmer and the Clippers went back 307 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 2: home for Game five on Wednesday night. They were underdogs, 308 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 2: which should have told you something. And essentially the Clippers, 309 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 2: the mouthy Clippers led by Russell Westbrook. Oh my, wait 310 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 2: till you hear the Russell Westbrook stats. Oh my gosh, 311 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 2: James Harden big game James? Can we call him that? 312 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 2: Big game? James? And Robb G's guy Palmdale p slash 313 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 2: pandemic P called George. They playoff fee, Yes, that's the 314 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 2: best one. Listen. They were very good in Game four 315 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: in stealing one in Dallas, and they were the opposite 316 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 2: of that in Game five. Rob Some of these numbers 317 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 2: are just bonkers for how bad the Clippers were. I 318 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 2: think at one point they missed seventeen straight threes. They 319 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 2: shot thirty seven percent against the Mavericks. Now, remember the 320 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 2: Mavericks down the stretch had the best defense in the 321 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 2: league for like the last twenty five games or whatever. 322 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 2: It hasn't shown up at all times. It showed up 323 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 2: last night in La in a what was a massively 324 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 2: boring game. The Clippers run away and hide in the 325 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 2: third quarter. Maxi Kleeber hit like four threes in the 326 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 2: third and the Clippers lose by thirty. Kyrie Irving plus 327 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 2: thirty five, and he didn't even have a great game. 328 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 2: One of seven from deep. It was the Luka Dancicccho. 329 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 2: Luca has not had a great series. There's a lot 330 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 2: of concern about his k e. And then he proceeded 331 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 2: to drop thirty five, ten and seven on their head 332 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 2: and he got help from Maxi, who had five threes. 333 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 2: Derek Lively had a really good game. It makes you 334 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 2: wonder why Jason kiddn' play him down the stretch. In 335 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,360 Speaker 2: Game four, he had twelve and seven. It didn't miss 336 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 2: a shot in twenty five five minutes. Derek Jones was good. PJ. 337 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 2: Washington couldn't really make shots, but it didn't matter. And 338 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: the MAVs role and folks, this is the James Harden 339 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 2: I expect to show up in big spots in the postseason. 340 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 2: James Harden two of twelve. I don't have the official 341 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 2: count rob on his floaters, but remember how he was 342 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 2: money on the floaters late in Game four with no 343 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 2: Dereck Lively on the floor. He was the opposite of that, 344 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 2: and none of the floaters went in the first half. 345 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 2: Lively played a lot of minutes. Harden finishes with seven 346 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 2: points in thirty three minutes. Paul George oh Harden won 347 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 2: last at four turnovers, two baskets. Paul George had fifteen 348 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 2: and eleven sounds. Decent, right, No, he was four of 349 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 2: thirteen shooting. He looked passive. I don't. It was very bizarre, 350 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 2: but I saved my best for Russell Westbrook. So Russell 351 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 2: Westbrook actually was good in game one when they want 352 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 2: to get thirteen points. Since game one, Russell Westbrook has 353 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 2: six baskets and six turnovers. He is shooting, and this 354 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 2: is a real stat. Six for thirty five from the field. 355 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 2: He's made six baskets and miss twenty nine from three, 356 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 2: and the MAVs are not even challenging him. They're just 357 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 2: basically giving him the ola. You're with us, go ahead, 358 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 2: shoot it. We don't care. From three. Since game one, 359 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 2: he is two for twelve. The guy is in his 360 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 2: own head. He cannot shoot. He's a liability right now, 361 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 2: Russell Westbrook, that's what he is. And folks, the line 362 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 2: came out right after the game last night. The MAVs 363 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 2: are eight point favorites. I guess the markets saying the 364 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,439 Speaker 2: Clippers are dogs and they're done. I don't see a 365 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 2: path to victory for them. I don't know the MAVs 366 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 2: are going to cover, but I think the MAVs close 367 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 2: them out. And now we get MAVs okasee and that, 368 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 2: my friends, rob that game five MAVs is the MAVs 369 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,400 Speaker 2: I expected to see all series. Yeah, me too. 370 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 3: And you know a lot of people will say that, well, 371 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 3: you know, this game was close there until the second 372 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 3: half when things kind of fell off your a favor. 373 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 3: I know the box score doesn't always tell the whole story, 374 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 3: but just look at the quarter by quarter log. Okay, 375 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 3: first quarter, Dallas wins by one. Second quarter they win 376 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 3: by nine, third by ten, fourth by ten. So basically 377 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 3: from the second quarter on it was a domination. This 378 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 3: wasn't just a spurt. It wasn't just you know, a 379 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 3: long run that took place in the kind of the 380 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 3: game was at end, like what happens to the Lakers 381 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 3: and the Nuggets. Seemingly every game in that series rest 382 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 3: in peace of my Lakers, like Dallas took it to 383 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 3: him and it wasn't really competitive. And unfortunately hashtag former 384 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 3: Laker Russell Westbrook, everything that Laker fans hated about the 385 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 3: Russell Westbrook experience has been put on full display in 386 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 3: this postseason. Now, when he first got to the Clippers, 387 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:54,439 Speaker 3: I mean get the might have said on this podcast 388 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 3: actually that I like the move for them specifically because 389 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 3: he could be Russell Westbrook and have the requisite shooting 390 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 3: around him where it would mask his own deficiencies. Because 391 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 3: when Russ has the ball, you know, he's a whirling dervish. 392 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 3: He might throw a couple of turnovers, but he also 393 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 3: can get you eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve assists to 394 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,440 Speaker 3: go along with twenty plus points and just being in 395 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 3: attack mote at all times. When James Harden arrives. However, 396 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 3: James Harden gets the ball, James Harden is now the 397 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 3: Luka Doncics of that team, where everything that they do 398 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:36,479 Speaker 3: revolves around James Harden. That might work in the regular season, 399 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 3: that might work here and there in the playoffs, and 400 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 3: up until Game five it was working because we got 401 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 3: good James Harden for the first four games of the series. 402 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 3: James Harden had kind of turned back the clock, so 403 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 3: to speak. The problem with that, though, is that number one, 404 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,479 Speaker 3: it doesn't allow Paul George and Kawhi Leonard went healthy 405 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 3: to be the best versions of them because They also 406 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 3: like to have the ball, you know, as much as possible. 407 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 3: Maybe not as much as Russ and Harden, but they 408 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 3: like to you know, feel a rhythm, so to speak. 409 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 3: They don't get to do that. But Russell Westbrook, when 410 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 3: you ask him to play off the ball and Laker 411 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 3: fans getting says to this, you have him to stand 412 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 3: in the corner, you ask him to you know, spread 413 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 3: the floor. He cannot do that at all. 414 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 2: I'm good at that. I love doing that. 415 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 3: I mean, you've read off the stats. Here are a 416 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 3: couple of more so in the series, he's averaging six 417 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 3: five and two, which is bad. But this is this 418 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 3: is the worst part. His shooting splits a robust twenty 419 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 3: five twenty five sixty, to quote the great Jason McIntyre. 420 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 3: The MAVs are playing that. He's with us defense on it, like, 421 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 3: we're just gonna stand nine feet away from you unless 422 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 3: you do whatever it is you do, because you're not 423 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 3: gonna hit a shot. You're no threat whatsoever outside of 424 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 3: the restricted area. Go ahead, do you, Russ? Let Russ 425 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 3: cook and he is burning down the kitchen right now 426 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 3: with the clippers. 427 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, so real quick, we'll probably harp on this more 428 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 2: Monday after the Clippers are eliminated. But we've been doing 429 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 2: this with a lot of teams, the Calves and Mitchell 430 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 2: and possibly Mobilely. You look at Kevin, Kevin Durant, and Phoenix. 431 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 2: I am just curious. Kawhi is signed for the paper 432 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 2: clips for the new arena. Paul George has not signed yet. 433 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 2: Now I don't know if he doesn't like the deal. 434 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 2: Are they negotiating? Is he ready to move on? But 435 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 2: like I mean, Paul George hits the market. Let me 436 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 2: just let's just keep it one thousand percent here, Okay, 437 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 2: I just need to google Paul George's age because this 438 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 2: is gonna this is gonna hurt some people when I 439 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 2: say it. But Paul George is turning Oh he's not 440 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 2: that young. He's turning thirty. Oh my gosh, today's birthday. Wow, 441 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:00,400 Speaker 2: Paul George happy thirty fifth birthday. So I was, yeah, 442 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,239 Speaker 2: I think he's a little older than I thought. I 443 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 2: was gonna say, Rob, who would you pursue more? Kevin 444 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 2: Durant via trade or Paul George, because I don't know that. 445 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 2: It's definitely Kevin Durant, obviously, Kevin Durant an all NBA 446 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 2: player this year. But Paul George is really good, and 447 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 2: it depends the role he's in. But I'm looking specifically 448 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 2: at Philadelphia and New York. I mean, would Paul George 449 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 2: want to be the two to Jalen Brunson, I think 450 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 2: that's a that's a great two. Would Paul George want 451 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 2: to be the two to Maxie or Embiid? I don't know. 452 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:40,719 Speaker 2: He Embiid still seems to think he's a one. But like, 453 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 2: if I'm the Knicks, I mean, are you backing up 454 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 2: the brinks for Kevin Durant or Paul George. I mean, 455 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 2: I don't know at this point that there's a huge 456 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,400 Speaker 2: difference between them. I think Paul George is a better defender. 457 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 2: I think Kevin Durant a little bit of a better scorer. 458 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 2: But Paul George also over a about a year and 459 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,679 Speaker 2: a half younger, I think, has less of an injury history, 460 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 2: although he did have the one gruesome injury, I don't 461 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 2: know it to me. For me, it's close. I don't 462 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 2: think it's a lock that I would pursue kd Over 463 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 2: over Paul George. Obviously, price point matters the most. Paul 464 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 2: George this year forty seven percent, shooting forty one percent 465 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 2: from three, which is a career high ninety percent from 466 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,439 Speaker 2: the line. Not bad twenty two to five and three. 467 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 2: But again, he's playing alongside Kawhi and James Harden and 468 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 2: Russell Westbrook. You know, things change a little when it's 469 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 2: just like, oh, it's Jalen Brunson and then Paul. 470 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 3: George, right, And Paul George is great. He is a 471 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 3: fantastic talent. There's a reason why guys like Brandon Miller 472 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 3: and that generation say that Paul George is the goat. 473 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 3: Oh now that sounds blastmants on his head, But when 474 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 3: you just look at his ability, like he is really 475 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 3: an NBA two K created player. You know, he's like 476 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 3: six ' nine, he's rangy. He can do everything. He 477 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 3: can handle. He can rebound, he can defend, he can pass, 478 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 3: he can score. Like anything that you want an NBA 479 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 3: player to do, he can do at a reasonably high level. 480 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 3: And there is a reason I'm glad he brought up 481 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 3: the sixers because, interestingly enough, on a recent ESPN podcast, 482 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 3: Ramona Shelburne, one of the most plugged in LA based 483 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 3: NBA reporters out there, reported that there are two teams 484 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 3: who are aggressively targeting Paul Georgian free agency. One of 485 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 3: them is the Orlando Magic, which I don't think anyone 486 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 3: thinks is realistic. The other one, You're a Philadelphia seventy 487 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 3: six ers, so you are onto something right there? My friend? 488 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 2: Wait, what's wrong with your Leontari? 489 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 3: I don't think any player in the free agency wants 490 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 3: to go to the Orlando Magic. 491 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 2: Let's say they beat the Cavs in this series and 492 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 2: then they push the Celtics to six and loose. You 493 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 2: don't think what I mean. I think you got a 494 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 2: good chance in the East to do some damage. The 495 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 2: West is just too tough. Let's just be real. Too 496 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 2: many young players, too many good ascending studs. I don't know. 497 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 2: I mean, okay, fine, let's cross off Orlando Knicks or Sixers. 498 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 2: Just who do you think Paul georgioul rather? 499 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 3: I think he would tim He would rather play for 500 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 3: the Sixers. I don't think I think most players would 501 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:15,920 Speaker 3: prefer not to play for Tom Timber. And we saw 502 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 3: that in the player pol because he runs them into 503 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 3: the ground. A lot of NBA players are, you know, 504 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 3: kind of Prima Donna ish. They're so rich. They have 505 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 3: so many yes men around them that to have a 506 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 3: guy like Tibbs barking in your ear twenty two hours 507 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 3: a day is not ideal, not fun. Shout out Tims, 508 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,400 Speaker 3: though I like tis Yeah. 509 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 2: The guy wins, and we'll talk about the Knicks tonight 510 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 2: in a minute. All right, let's get to the Celtics 511 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 2: heat snoozer. 512 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 513 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 514 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:52,399 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 515 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: listen live. The only thing better than sitting on your 516 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: couch watching the game. He's making money while you do it. 517 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: Here's your best bet. 518 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,919 Speaker 2: We don't need to do anything with the nightcap. The 519 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 2: Celtics take a twenty point lead over the just diminished Heat. 520 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 2: There's so many injuries and in the first quarter Celtics 521 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 2: golle twenty and that's a wrap. I think I watched 522 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 2: like thirty seconds of the second half. It was not competitive. 523 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 2: Celtics win in five outside of a fluky heat three 524 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 2: point barrage in Game two. This was not a series. 525 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 2: So Boston now gets extra time to rest. Helping porzingis 526 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 2: obviously leading up to the Orlando or Cleveland series, and 527 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 2: I'm not ready to say that Orlando is definitely dead 528 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 2: here now. Cleveland getting an extra day is nice. They 529 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 2: will resume that series on Friday night. I you know, 530 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 2: I don't know. I like to think the Calves are 531 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 2: gonna do the damn thing. But I did bet Orlando 532 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 2: minus three a bit of a juiced three. That's up 533 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 2: to four and a half. Now. I just I'm off 534 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 2: the Cleveland trade. After those first two games, they were 535 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 2: so bad, like, Okay, you're gonna lose one at home, 536 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 2: Oh sorry, you're gonna lose one on the road. Game three, 537 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 2: you're probably gonna drop. But then to come out and 538 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 2: get destroyed in the second half of Game four is embarrassing. 539 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 2: And I don't know, we'll see what's up with Jared 540 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 2: Allen and that injury. And you know, Orlando hasn't had 541 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 2: a lot of playoff games in a while. They're gonna 542 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 2: be juiced up down there. I don't even know what 543 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 2: they call that arena, but I think Orlando wins Game 544 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 2: six forty game seven, which is just music to Boston's ears. 545 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 2: Neither of those teams will push the Celtics. Maybe Boston 546 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 2: loses one. But yeah, I think for sure the Celtics 547 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 2: are in really, really good shape going forward, which leads 548 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 2: us into best bets for Thursday night's action And folks, 549 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 2: I gotta plead ignorance. I don't know what to do 550 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 2: with this Philly Sixers series. I just don't. I was 551 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 2: able to hit first quarter and first half on Tuesday 552 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 2: straight cash, homie. Will that be the case again? Now? 553 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 2: I I want to go Knicks. They're going to come 554 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 2: out angry and fired up, and I'm sure they're going 555 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 2: to have a good crowd in the Lower Bowl. Yes 556 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 2: if you, and real quick on the tickets. So anybody arguing, 557 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 2: what why? Why are Philadelphia fans selling their ticket their 558 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 2: season ticket holders in the lower Bowl? Why are they 559 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 2: selling to Knicks fans? Guys? Are you aware of how 560 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 2: much money you can make to pay for the entire 561 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 2: season by selling a couple of playoff game tickets? It 562 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 2: really is insane. One of my good buddies is a 563 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 2: Lakers season ticket holder, and you know you can easily 564 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 2: make up the ground, especially for Knicks fans. You jack 565 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 2: those prices up. Knicks fans can't afford the Lower Bowl 566 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 2: to the guard. They cannot but take a train down 567 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 2: to Philly not that bad, or drive ninety minutes and 568 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 2: then you know, pay five, six hundred, seven hundred dollars 569 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 2: for a couple of tickets with a couple buddies. That's 570 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 2: nothing compared to the Garden, where it's going to be thousands. 571 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 2: So I think there could be a good Knicks crowd. 572 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 2: I will go again back to the well. I will 573 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 2: go Knicks first quarter, Knicks first half, knicker by the way, 574 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 2: five and zero against the spread, and first halves in 575 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 2: the series. I don't know what Embid's gonna have. I'm 576 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 2: surprised if Sixers are three and a half point favorites 577 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 2: as we record this right now here on Thursday morning. 578 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 2: I just I don't totally know what the Sixers are 579 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 2: gonna have in the take. When it comes to Embid, 580 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,239 Speaker 2: we know Maxi's gonna show and Tobias Harris probably has 581 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 2: some good stuff left. But I think Nick's first half, 582 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 2: first quarter, first half, and then I haven't decided on 583 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 2: the full game yet. I'm a little nervous for the Knicks. 584 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 2: Just what if they run it. I guess three guys 585 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 2: playing over fifteen minutes come on the other one is 586 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 2: Pacers Bucks. We're still waiting to see on Giannis and Dame. 587 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 2: Obviously that's a big TBD. It would suck if the 588 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 2: Bucks decided, hey, let's play Giannis and then he gets 589 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 2: hurt and it's a significant That would be terrible for 590 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 2: a game six in Indiana. Pacers have played really strong 591 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 2: at home. I think the Pacers will probably decide, but 592 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 2: eight and a half is a little rich, So I 593 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 2: guess I would go for maybe a parlay of Pacers 594 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 2: and Nick's getting three and a half since all those 595 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 2: games are close. But I don't love that because I 596 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 2: don't I love the Knicks, but I don't know that 597 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 2: I trust him. It's a tough one. You don't have 598 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 2: to bet every night. Guys, remember live to fight another 599 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 2: day and again. Friday you can come back on the 600 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 2: MAVs for sure, right and Friday you could come Hopefully 601 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 2: you got an Orlando ticket already, So Friday and then 602 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 2: Saturday and we'll talk about it tomorrow. I haven't really 603 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 2: been able to dig into Timberwolves Nuggets. That is going 604 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 2: to be the I believe Saturday Night. Saturday Night's main event. 605 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards versus Yokich everybody's kind of excited for that. 606 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 2: And I'll just wrap with this. I don't know who 607 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 2: started it, but I'm getting fed the algorithm that says 608 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 2: Michael Jordan allegedly had a lot of affairs when he 609 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 2: was in Chicago, and Anthony Edwards was born right around 610 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 2: that time, and Anthony Edwards' it doesn't have a relationship 611 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 2: with his father. And again it seems very silly and 612 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 2: far fetched. And then they put the faces up, like 613 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 2: half of Anthony Edwards's face and half of Jordan's face, 614 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 2: and they kind of look alike, you know, the body 615 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 2: frame and the way they move and the swag, And 616 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 2: I know it's silly. I don't really buy into it, 617 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 2: but you can definitely understand why people are super into it, 618 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 2: Like everybody wants there to be another Jordan. We know 619 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 2: there won't be another Steph Curry. You just won't see 620 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 2: a guy that size banging threes and shaping the game 621 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 2: the way he has. There won't be another Lebron six 622 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 2: eight two sixty freight train speed. That just isn't gonna happen. 623 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 2: We've already seen a carbon copy of Jordan. Kobe Bryant 624 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 2: studied it sixty six similar frames. I mean the clips 625 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 2: of Kobe mimicking all of Jordan's moves that it looks 626 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 2: like him. You just you won't see another Lebron because 627 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 2: you're not gonna see anyone that size. Like We've never 628 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,480 Speaker 2: seen someone with the speed and power of Lebron at 629 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 2: six ' eight. Karl Malone was a tank. Lebron was 630 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 2: about as big as him wise and he was a 631 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 2: blower john Wall john Wall type speed. That's what Lebron was. 632 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 2: It's just it's insane. What he is is a physical 633 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,359 Speaker 2: specimen and you know the Anthony Edward Jordan stuff. Listen 634 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 2: in the league would love that you guys know this. 635 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,160 Speaker 2: But we'll talk more about that game tomorrow. But that's 636 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:19,279 Speaker 2: it for now. Talk to you then.