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No, no, there'd be no spoilers 16 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: Mission Impossible, no spoilers. Know, I'm not spoiling. I'm not 17 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: spoiling the title of it, I would say, because I 18 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,959 Speaker 1: went in with very little expectation because the last one, 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: you know, much as how great this this movie franchise 20 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: has been, like the last one was just really disappointing. 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,119 Speaker 1: Yeah you were not a fan. No, it was really 22 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: convoluted and it was confusing. And I said I'm going 23 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: with no expectation because I got a feeling it's going 24 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: to be a big mess. But I think after seeing it, 25 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: I can say this that the title should be Mission Impossible, 26 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: The Final Reckoning Part two not as confusing as you 27 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: think it's going to be. That's a hell of a 28 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: sub title. I was not as confusing as you think 29 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: it was going to be. It was. It was enjoyable. 30 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: It was it was long, it was a little long, 31 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: but it was enjoyable. And the stunts, I mean, the 32 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: the one stunt at the end of the movie. I'm 33 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: not saying, of course, there's a big stunt. I'm not 34 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: not not selling anything. I'm not splaying anything. The big 35 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: stunt at the end of the movie. Your jaw will 36 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: drop as you're watching it, Like my jaw was dropping. 37 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: I'm like, how how did the how are they doing this? 38 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: How are they doing this? I'm saying, this is is 39 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: I could just watch this for it was like and 40 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: it was like twenty minutes long, but this is this 41 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: is insanely good. I don't know how they're doing this, 42 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: how he's doing this. It was. It really was impressive. 43 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: Great way to if this is the end, I mean 44 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: maybe they bring him back for something. But I mean 45 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: he is getting all he's sixty three now, Like at 46 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: some point it's like, okay, I like, what's Tom Cruise 47 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: gonna do when he's seventy? Like said, he wants to 48 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: keep doing all this stuff till he's one hundred. Okay, 49 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: that's gonna be tough. Man, lying age, defying gravity, all 50 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: that stuff. I mean, could he do? I mean could he? 51 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: I guess he could do stuff like Equalizer or like 52 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: Liam Neeson, like taking movies. I guess, But I got 53 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: cause I does he really need the money? I don't know. 54 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: He loves making movies, man, He let movies. That's the thing, right, 55 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: thing of selling a movie. Is there any other actor 56 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: or actress that looks happier being in front of people 57 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: talking about making a movie? Oh no, than him as 58 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 1: an A plus actor? And he does? You think the 59 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: movie really sucked? That? All the rounds he's doing, You know, 60 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: it's it's you know you think about, yeah, you're right, 61 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: because that he was old boy? How good is this? 62 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: But like I think about the you know, when when 63 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: George went died last week? Yeah, I know, right, Like 64 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 1: I'm okay, when George went died, right they you saw 65 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: all over social media. The final scene from Cheers, sorry spoiler. 66 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: The final scene from Cheers when Sam had left UH 67 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: to go to potentially be with Diane one time, but 68 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: he comes back to run Cheers and and and George 69 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: Wentz says, well, you always come back to your to 70 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: your to your love, and he goes, well, I left 71 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: Diane there, and and George Wentz says, think about it, Sam, 72 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: think about it, and he leaves, and like that's the len. 73 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: Then Sam goes back, you come back. He comes back 74 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: because he loves the ball and he loves running the bar, 75 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: right yeah, he loves running the bar like Tom Cruise, 76 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: loves movies like more than anything else, and making movies 77 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: like he is. He is the guy standing up holding 78 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: up the entire movie. And I remember during COVID when 79 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: that gets out, he was screaming saying, we're trying to 80 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: keep the movie industry alive, so you gotta wear mats, 81 00:03:58,360 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: you gotta do all this stuff. We're trying to keep 82 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: movies going, just screaming at everybody one of the mission 83 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: impossible sets. Right, here's the rules, here's the protocol, whether 84 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: you agreed with it or not, that was the protocol 85 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: that was set yep. So he wanted to make sure 86 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: that nothing got shut down. There is nobody happier doing 87 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: what we hap to be in that and it really 88 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: is something. But like all the pop ins to theaters, 89 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: the shot of him talking with the the AMC crew 90 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: that was there, yeah, and standing in the city was 91 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: there for like twenty minutes, asking movies and whatever else. Like, 92 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, we should all be so lucky. I mean, 93 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: you and I love coming in and doing what we 94 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 1: do and we're blessed to do it. For him, he 95 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: ain't gonna do it till he's done. Oh yeah, and 96 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: then probably twenty years after. Yeah, well he still got 97 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: that movie's supposed to do where he goes out. He's 98 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: gonna actually do it on the International Space Station, Like 99 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: he's actually gonna go up there and be there like that. 100 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: You can always take an l and a knick kid. 101 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: That's the Challa maye. Who do you think they would 102 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: cheer four more Tom Cruise or shallow mate? Well, Cruise 103 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: would be more enthusiastic, Oh shalam, He's pretty enthusiastic and 104 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: showed up with some timberlands. He's just up with Nady 105 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: Armis and don't forget the battle arena is uh Charles Hey, 106 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: he may be coming back Oakley. There was a big 107 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: story that Oakley coming back. Well condition his condition was 108 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: it's not like it's not like a lifetime band for 109 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: Charles Oakley, like put him in a glass. Caliburton's dad 110 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: is back and his his lifetime band left in like 111 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: ten no indefinite, indefinite suspension. But as far as like 112 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: a plus actors, you don't ever see them make the 113 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: rounds for a movie like that like this for everything 114 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: he does. Yeah, I mean really, I mean to get 115 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: people out and it's one of those movies and that 116 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: it's a spoiler. But you know how sometimes movies open 117 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 1: and the actor thanks you for coming to the theater, 118 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: Like that's how the movie opens, like you go, you 119 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: do the Nicole Kidman, we all show up here. It's 120 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: kind of funny. Nicole Kidman. Then Tum Chris, you know, 121 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: we all show up looking for magic and the whole 122 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: AMC thing whatever. And then the first thing is Cruz 123 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: come on going, thank you for coming to the theater 124 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: to see Mission Impossible. Uh, I hope you enjoyed this. No, 125 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 1: it's just him. No, it's just what I'm saying. I 126 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: enjoy the movie. Yeah, it's not really me. Shut him, 127 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: shut him. But he was the elastica. He's the only 128 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: other guy that has done the same thing because he 129 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 1: he toured for for the Dylan movie for months yea, 130 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: as it opened in every country. So I mean that 131 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: embrace it. Look, and he says, you know, look, I 132 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: hope you enjoy it. We made it for you. Uh it. 133 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: It's been a great run for this, you know, thanking 134 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: everybody that did the movie, and Christopher McQuary to and 135 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: my producing partner, and you know, hope you have much 136 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: fun watching it. We really enjoyed making these films and everything, 137 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 1: so thank you for coming scenes. This is the before 138 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: the This is not part of the movie. You said 139 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: it was the first scene. Well, no, this is the 140 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: first thing you see, is this and then the movie starts. 141 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: You think about in the scene. No, no, no, this 142 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: is this is separate from the movies before the views 143 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: starts burning in you hear it. It was about the fighting. 144 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: But I mean, this is thirty years of a franchise though. 145 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: Yeah the first was ninety six. Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, 146 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: it's it's it's all the same people, right, it's some 147 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: of the same rames. Still, Yeah, you have ving rains, Benji. 148 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: You know, wait kind a question. 149 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, what's the point of making how many movies up? 150 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: There? 151 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 3: Is there a mission impossible? 152 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: Technically seven? Final Reckoning was in two movies. 153 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 3: So there's basically eight, I guess theoretically, and again it's 154 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 3: an impossible mission. So what's the point of keep what's 155 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 3: the point of making seven movies of that? 156 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: Because eventually you might get to a mission that's impossible 157 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: that he can't do, that he can't pull off. Maybe 158 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: this is the one that's impossible. It can you pull 159 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: this off? Maybe? Maybe not? You know, you said he's 160 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: been going since ninety six, Mike, ninety six was the first. 161 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: How many championships have the next one? In that time? 162 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: Mission impossible? We went to one finals and lost because 163 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: you ain't got hurt, wasn't the question? And we're gonna 164 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: win this year, okay, zero? Okay, zero zero zero. 165 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 3: So they're trying to beat the mission that's impossible. 166 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: Zero. Hey, all I know is it's impossible. Came out 167 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: the Mets beat the Dodgers two out of three. Well, 168 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: I know, three games, White Sox to one. How about that? Yeah, 169 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: a couple of walk off Sacra barely beat the White Sox. 170 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: It's okay, okay, eight one and one doesn't matter. I 171 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: don't care. Okay, we just beat you two out of three. 172 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: That's everything. Okay, Well next week when you guys come 173 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: next week, we hang the banner for beating the Dodgers 174 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: too out of just there. Yeah, that's what we Yeah 175 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: that what next time? You got next year? Sorry, we're 176 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: out here. Next week, maybe we hang the banner out here. 177 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: I'd hang it out the series. Where's Jason's arms? Uh? 178 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: Middle weekday next week, so it's like Monday through Thursday. 179 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: Next week it's useless. Yea, we'll go Thursday. Yeah, there's 180 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: a day game on Thursday. Yeah, day game Thursday. Yeah, 181 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: let's go. Uh unless the Knicks are playing in the finals, 182 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,719 Speaker 1: so you're playing the final, Mets are there, so it 183 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: might be as easy as getting into an Angel gamey Oh, 184 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: I don't know, man, Nick, Mets Mets Dodgers draws really 185 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: a lot of after Wait, we had a lot of people. 186 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: We can uh one in the afternoon. I guarantee you 187 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: there will be the biggest population of Mets fans there 188 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: for that game. Well, because they don't have jobs and lives. No, 189 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,719 Speaker 1: because it's easier to get games because Dodger fans don't 190 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: go to day. Look at June fifth, June eighth, June eleventh, 191 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: going to the uh the NLCS games last year, right, 192 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: I went to Game two, in game six, Game two, 193 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: which was during the day, it's a little different. Way 194 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 1: more Mets fans right, way more Mets fans there. But 195 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: then Game six, which was at night, way more Dodgers fans. 196 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,719 Speaker 1: Right there were hard There weren't that many Mets fans there, 197 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: but the Mets fans it was almost split permission slips 198 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: from their parents, all of them. All of them said 199 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: they could come to the game. All right, so we 200 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: have Thursday Sunday Wednesday or games one through three of 201 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: the finals, Okay, Thursday Sunday Wednesday, so Thursday, okay, but 202 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 1: it's Thursday night, so we'd be okay, Thursday night, be fine. 203 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: Yeah for Nick's thunder, be fine. Thunder. Now, hey, you 204 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: talk about the Pacers, you know, after today, I think 205 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: the pacers are running scared. And I'm serious about this, Like, 206 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: why am I even singing Roy Orbison Because Pop's Halliburton 207 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: gets reinstated, right, Tyre's Halliburton's dad, Well, they call him 208 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: Pops Halliburton on the un mess. I'm okay call him Pops. 209 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: So Tyre's Halliburton's dad is now allowed to go to 210 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: Game four, yeah, where he had been temporarily banned from 211 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: going to Pacers game since earlier in the playoffs. When 212 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: the Pacers eliminated the Bucks. Right after the final horn 213 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: of the final game, Halliburton's dad comes out onto the 214 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: court holding up a towel with Tyresee's picture on it, 215 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: taunting Yannis bad luck, bad optic. Uh. Jannis has a 216 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: lot of class and listen, everything seemed fine after everything 217 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 1: is good, but Halliburton's dad gets banned from the game. 218 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: But he also didn't know it was his dad right away, 219 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: right right, crazy guy. By the way, where's his brothers? 220 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 1: I mean, look, I know they've been hurt and whatever else. 221 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: Those guys should have been on the end of the bench. 222 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: Those are your protectors. Yeah, they getting paid to do 223 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: They're not getting paid to play basketball. I'm not running 224 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: on the floor. Man. You're dealing with that crazy guy yourself. 225 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: It's all good, So fired you're off family payroll. So 226 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: he was banned from the games, couldn't come to the arenas. 227 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: But now the band was lifted and he can come 228 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: to the home games. Now he's not gonna be able 229 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: to sit court side, he's gonna have to watch the 230 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: game from a suite. And he still can't go to 231 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: the road games. So he said, yes, all of a sudden, 232 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: my band has left. I have to sit in the suite. 233 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: Oh and get free food and have a bathroom and 234 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: all poor game for you. Let me tell you right now, 235 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: if I'm the Knicks, I'm saying the Pacers are scared 236 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: because they could have easily reinstated him for Game three, 237 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 1: but they didn't, and they lose Game three and they 238 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: blow a twenty point lead. The Knicks don't play well. 239 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: Good luck trying to make sense of this series, because 240 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: it doesn't. Karl Anthony towns four points in the first 241 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: three quarters and then he goes off for twenty in 242 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, Like where did that come from? But 243 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: they could have put him in after for Game three, 244 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: but no, no, no, there's no no coincidence that after 245 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: Game three they go, hey, we're gonna let let Halliburton's 246 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: dad come back to the games. They're looking for some 247 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,319 Speaker 1: kind of spark coming off of this game. They want 248 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: to get maybe get Tyrese Haliburton back to being the 249 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: dominant guy he was in game one in game two. 250 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: There is no coincidence they did this between game three 251 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: and game four. They are looking for a spark. If 252 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: I'm the Nicks, I'm saying we got them scared right now. 253 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: We got them scared whatever happened there, whether it was 254 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: we won and Jalen Brunson didn't have a dominant game, 255 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: or we won despite the fact we played terribly and 256 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 1: we had a good fourth quarter. But I look at 257 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: this and I go, paces are running scared now for 258 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: this game, because why is Halliburton's dad back for this 259 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: instead of what he could have been back for it 260 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: simply could have easily been back for game three. But no, no, no, 261 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: They're looking for some kind of trump card, something to 262 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: get the Pacers back in a positive frame of mind 263 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: for game four. Does Mellencamp introduce him like with a 264 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: song or something. I mean, I'm trying to think of 265 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: Indiana he would do small town. I was born in 266 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: a small tailors ladies and gentlemen beat the Knicks in 267 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: a small back Yeah, Pops Haliber and John mellancn And 268 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: there he is up in the up in the booth 269 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: with special guest Caitlyn Clark. The Caitlyn Clark kind of 270 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: lips out a little bit waves everybody does this long. See, 271 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: that's what I would do. Forget about Pop's Halibur. Caitlyn 272 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: can't play it. Tell you what you don't travel? You 273 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: come out for game four? Will you give us a lift? 274 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: You're missing a big one. Who I'm missing? Axel Rose 275 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: Man he's on tour. Yeah, yeah, yeah, And well he's 276 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: from Indiana. Yeah, oh you remember that? I think, Yeah, 277 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 1: he's got to remember I came from somewhere. I forget. 278 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: Like he's like in the Lord of the Rings movie. 279 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: I've been alive for so long, I forget where I 280 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: came from. Well, some people want to forget and they 281 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: do their best to. Uh. Here's Axel Rose and Larry 282 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 1: Bird doing free falling And you say he's on tour. 283 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 1: That was That's been a hologram for years, Mike, Yeah, 284 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: I mean the guns and Roses. Guns and Rose have 285 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,559 Speaker 1: been like the dead. They've been on tour since like 286 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, he took some time off. They just get 287 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 1: the back out. I think, right back on the road, 288 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: you know, while everybody's loving each other and getting along, 289 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: Go go make your money. But all of that to say, yeah, 290 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 1: I have to agree to an extent with you, and 291 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,359 Speaker 1: and it pains me to do so. In terms of desperation, 292 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: we always say it it's stinky cano, but it's also 293 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: just that, all right, how do we get an edge back? 294 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: Because we just had a game where we blew a 295 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: lead just like they did, and we we thought we'd 296 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: taken their souls. Now they've taken aback. You went full 297 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: death eater on us in the fourth quarter and it 298 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: was all cat, let's bring him back, and he looked 299 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: like he was full up. Wow. It's like wow, Now 300 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: now you decide we got to bring him back. Okay, 301 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: I'm telling you. If I'm the next I'm feeling pretty 302 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: I'm like, now they're bringing back his dad, think tims 303 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: us that as bulletin boards, look at this. Yeah. He 304 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: stands with his arms folded in front of the bullet 305 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 1: and board says, look us here, tonight, look us here, tonight. 306 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: Hey guys, watch out because someone could be running on 307 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: the floor for you. Watch out, Pops Haliburton, look Out. 308 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best 309 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: friend Dizzy Reid coming coming up next. What does he read? 310 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: Still a member of Guns and Roses somewhat? Wow? I 311 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: take you're feeling like a space brain one more time tonight, 312 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: I mean, coming up next, we get back into the 313 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: biggest story of the night, the NBA. Fox. 314 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 315 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern seven 316 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 2: pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 317 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with My best 318 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: friend Mike Harmon. So we'll get back into the Thunder 319 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: and the Tea Wolves in a second. I didn't know 320 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: if I was going to mention this tonight, but I 321 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: will because I want to give you guys a chance 322 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: at this. Yeah. So you know Sunday Night Trivia night, right, 323 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: We go for trivia, yep, and it's all about hairstyles 324 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: Robert Head. Yeah. God, this is the whole show. Uh. 325 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: And we didn't win. And for the first time I 326 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: missed a sports question. Really, not only did I miss one, 327 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: I missed too. Where was your head. Here's the thing, 328 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: because here's the thing. Well, here's here's the thing, is 329 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: that they weren't really sports question. They were very loose 330 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: sports questions, right, he was doing the whole air quotes. Yeah, 331 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: so here's the first I'll give you, guys. So here's 332 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: the first. They go sports like, all right, great sports, OK. 333 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: But there are actually four sports questions. I got the 334 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: other two because they were really sports. These were like 335 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: tangentially sports. This is what I mean. So here's the 336 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: first one. He says the word steiny, which means to 337 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: stop or to halt something initially came from an obscure 338 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: rule in this sport hockey, right, what was the sport? 339 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: And I'm going, oh my god, I have no idea. 340 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: I was going to say, the little rascals, that's right. 341 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: I'm sitting there going and they're looking at me. I go, 342 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: I don't know, stop what, I have no idea? Why 343 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: would I even know? I'm going, Steinny, what could be? 344 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: And it was like it could have been anything. We're like, 345 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: it could have been yeah, sure, what do you think Mary? 346 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 2: Tennis? 347 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: No, not tennis. We went through all these different things 348 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: and we settled on on cricket. Like okay, okay, steymy 349 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 1: sounds like something from cricket. Okay, Like I mean, I 350 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: had no idea it was. It was. It was named 351 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: for something. It was an obsolete rule in this sport. 352 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: And we're like, okay, cricket, but let's risk zero. And 353 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 1: everybody was. We were like because usually we say, you know, 354 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: we risked, we risk all our stuff on sports, like 355 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: because I'm going to get it right. And I was like, 356 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: let's risk like one on this. We can't risk anything, 357 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 1: can't risk anything. And of course we got it wrong 358 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 1: because it was it was it here in like the 359 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: British Open, right, well, because you looked it up. I'm sure, yes, 360 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: you look you looked it up for us. You looked 361 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 1: up the answer. The steymy used to be a situation 362 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: in golf where one player's ball blocked the path of 363 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: another's to the cup. You couldn't put like no, the 364 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 1: you know, the person didn't move their ball, like if 365 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 1: you had to putt to the cup and the other 366 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: person's ball was there, they didn't let you mark the ball. 367 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,479 Speaker 1: So you were stymied because you couldn't you couldn't get 368 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: so you had to put find a way to put 369 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: around it and and go it. But now they got 370 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: rid of that rule a long long time ago and 371 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: let you mark the balls you could put right for it. 372 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,239 Speaker 1: So the steymy, you were not afforded relief and you 373 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: had to chip or chip over it or put around it. 374 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: And I'm going, I I didn't know that, Like I 375 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: know that. How did I not know that? One of 376 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: my favorite, my favorite lines of all time. I know 377 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 1: they made choke Lardie, but they ain't gonna choke Stymy. Okay, 378 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: one of his classic So so that was the first 379 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: when we got wrong. I'm like, okay, and then we 380 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: got the last one wrong, which was the finale. We 381 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: risked everything on it. We didn't get it right. It 382 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: wasn't part, but it was tangentially sports. It was. This 383 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: is the only group or person to perform at halftime 384 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: of the Super Bowl and only do their number one 385 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: hits all songs that reach number one on the Billboard 386 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: Top one hundred chart. Okay, only one? Yeah, well explain again, 387 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:19,479 Speaker 1: only one person or group who got to perform halftime 388 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl and only did their number one hits. 389 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 1: That's all they did. No other songs. Okay, Mary go ahead, guess. 390 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 3: My guess is either between Michael's accident and Coldplay. 391 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: Okay, not Michael Jackson and Coldplay, Chili Peppers and not 392 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: the Chili Peppers. Now I had a great guess. I 393 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: had a great Guestamala's. They gave us a music clue 394 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: for it is. Okay, here's your music clue. Was it 395 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: up with people? Okay? And they played Mama's and the 396 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: Papas California Dreaming, And now I'm like, wait a minute. 397 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: Madonna did halftime of the super Bowl about ten years ago. 398 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: She has twelve or thirteen number one hit. I know 399 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,719 Speaker 1: she had like a dozen or ten in the eighties. 400 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: I go and Mama's and the Papas, here's your clue, 401 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: because that's what it is, like, it's usually the name 402 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: of the group or the song is a clue for 403 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: who it was. And I said, Okay, Mama's Madonna, that's it. 404 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,880 Speaker 1: And they were like, yes, Madonna, risk at all risk, 405 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,719 Speaker 1: twenty We've bit twenty was not Madonna? Wait? Wait, can 406 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: I guess again? Yeah? Go ahead, Prince, no pristin. I 407 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 1: knew it wasn't Prince because Prince didn't have enough number 408 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: one hit. He only had like four number one hits. Surprisingly, right, 409 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: you only had like four number like top ten hits. 410 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 1: He had a million of them, but number one hits 411 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: he only had four. Doctors Ray No, remember Doctor Drey 412 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: had a whole bunch of people with him. That was 413 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 1: a fun show to see though he didn't do it. 414 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,400 Speaker 1: He didn't do enough songs. But like all they did 415 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 1: all number and this is not something you could look 416 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: up right, like like was it Katy Perry. It was 417 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: Katy Perry. Wow, very good Frostburg. Yeah, it was Katy Perry. 418 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: Looking up, that was a pretty good halftimes. I'm like, yeah, okay, 419 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: remember that Katy Perry. Yeah. I didn't think Katy Perry 420 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: had enough songs because everybody does like an amalgam of 421 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: it and and everything. That's like, but Katy Perry has 422 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: like seven number one hits. Yeah. The Roarers are last 423 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,479 Speaker 1: one she did, and I think she only did like 424 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: five or so year did she do was usually do 425 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: a halftime probably about yeah, about ten years ago, yeah, 426 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, because like that was the one where it 427 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: was like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry Lady Gaga like 428 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:21,880 Speaker 1: three years in a row. Those were the those were 429 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: the people, and I'm like, oh my god. And the 430 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: clue was California Dreaming because Katy Perry's from California. I'm like, Okay, 431 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: that's a real weak clue. But Donna mom Is in 432 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 1: the pop was as better. But I'm like, yeah, okay, 433 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 1: so yeah, yeah, so they did so and the team 434 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:39,439 Speaker 1: that won got Katy Perry. I'm like, I can't believe 435 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: that even if we got it, we probably wouldn't have won. 436 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: We would have come in second. So I mean, also 437 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: you'd take that question because she's recently been in the 438 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 1: uh twitter verse and across social media for a series 439 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: of really curious performances. Yeah, and uh boy, you didn't 440 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: think that someone could go from a lister to wow 441 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 1: like that fast, but there's plenty. I mean, how does that? 442 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, man, Like you know, I always say, like, boy, 443 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: how did the Dolphins in a year go from a 444 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 1: team on the rise and they're gonna be the next 445 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: thing in the NFL? Everybody's fast and they got they 446 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,239 Speaker 1: got the right coach in there, and then a year 447 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: later it's like we got to blow it up. Like 448 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: Katy Perry went from a lister a lister is she 449 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: nearly as popular as Taylor Swift? And now it's like, boy, 450 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: that album and I've heard Vegas she's like banned from 451 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: Well they lost, yeah they yeah her. No, it is 452 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 1: like Katy Perry is. It's like what happened just that 453 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: short amount of time to Katy Perry? But she was 454 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: answered Katy Perry. She had a good run. So two 455 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: sports questions, but they were kind of tangible. Well, I 456 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: mean the stemy question of sports. But I'm like, I was, okay, 457 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: it was easy. Now I'm gonna go home and watch 458 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: the little rascals. The mayor may not have been called 459 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: spanky for a long time in my youth. What I 460 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: what I wish the question was was, Hey, who do 461 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: you hold most responsible for the TA was losing tonight? 462 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards? Bet at all? Uh tonight? I don't know. 463 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: You might have had a guy or two us right, Oh, yes, show. 464 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 1: But look the thunder win tonight and it's almost a 465 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,959 Speaker 1: foregone conclusion they're going to win this series. They're up 466 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: three games to one likelihood and according to the implied odds, 467 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 1: on six is the final. And you know, not that 468 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: I like to say I told you so, but I 469 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: kind of do uh is that the reason I picked 470 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: the Thunder before the series is playing itself out right 471 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: now over the entire series. Right. SGA is a much better, 472 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 1: more consistent superstar, right the reason why he's the MVP. 473 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 1: And Edwards is a guy that I think everybody wanted 474 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: to jump on, somebody knew who could be the next 475 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: face of the league. He had a big playoff last year. 476 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: And oh, he's athletic, and you know, he certainly seems 477 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: comfortable being compared to Jordan. Oh, he's the closest thing 478 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: to Jordan because he's got the sweat band that he 479 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: wears around his elbow. And Edwards is a fantastic player. 480 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: But I'm going with the Thunder over the Tea Wolves 481 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 1: because I know I'm gonna get a great series out 482 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: of SGA, and and Edwards still is a guy who 483 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: is going to have at least two games in a 484 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: series where he's not going to show up. And that's 485 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: clearly what we've gotten so far in the first four games. 486 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: Game one, he's a no show. Tonight, he's a no 487 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 1: show thirteen shots in each of these games. That's not 488 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: even trying to get into the game. That's being okay 489 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: with being taken away. Right. This is the second time 490 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: that this has happened, and I knew was gonna happen 491 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: because this is kind of who Ann Edwards is. And 492 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,199 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's just he doesn't get it, 493 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: or if he needs a conversation with a Hall of 494 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: fameer or tell him, dude, when it's the Western Conference Finals, 495 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: you gotta show up for every game and if you 496 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,360 Speaker 1: can't find a way to affect the game in your 497 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: normal way, you have to find a way around it. 498 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 1: We talk about Giljess Alexander who, Hey, he'll get to 499 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: the free throw line, he'll slow the game down, he'll 500 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: figure out away. This is guys who win the Mvpat's 501 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: why he's the MVP, and Ann Edwards is just content 502 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: to okay, I'll dish the ball off, like if there's 503 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 1: a couple of guys on me, I'll dish the ball off. 504 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: And that's kind of who he's been. Chris Finch talked 505 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: about it earlier in the playoffs when he said when 506 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: he had a bad game in Game one of the 507 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: last series, and he said, listen, we need you to 508 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 1: come set the tone and be a leader, right, it's 509 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: not just about scoring and taking shots, although that would 510 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 1: show me you're trying to get into the game. If 511 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: you are five for twenty two, okay, you tried again 512 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: in the game. You tried everything and it didn't work. 513 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 1: If you're five for thirteen, dude, you're the best player 514 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: on the court. You can't be third on the team 515 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: in shots. You can't happen, right and you get But 516 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 1: that's what happened to Ann Edwards tonight, and you're gonna 517 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 1: hear from him coming up in a second what he 518 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 1: said after the game, which which is even more damning 519 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: for him. But like this, this is who Ann Edwards is. 520 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: He's not ready to be the face lift face the league. 521 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: Doesn't take two shots in the first half like he 522 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: did tonight. Two shots from Ann Edwards in the first 523 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,880 Speaker 1: half of the game tonight, not what two shots is all? 524 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: He took thirteen for the game. Dude. You have to 525 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: come into a game and when you need this is 526 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: win or basically you know you're going home. And still 527 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: it was yeah, ah, they took me out of the game. 528 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: They're able to take me out of the game. That's 529 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: not how it works, man. Yeah, we'll get we'll get 530 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:19,160 Speaker 1: to his comments in a second, because they're distressing if 531 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: you're a Timberwolves fan and you're banking on long term 532 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: success and he is only twenty three, so there's learning 533 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,439 Speaker 1: to all of this. But you think the sting of 534 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 1: last year would still be there right at the opportunities 535 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: that they had, and then you're coming back. You make 536 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: some substantive changes to your squad, and you're getting that 537 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: level of support from your secondary players, but you can't 538 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: get to the fall one look sga. We can argue 539 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: about it all we want, and you watch it and 540 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: at times it's laughable. The forearms shiver, and he gets 541 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: the call, okay, fine. A couple of times tonight he 542 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: tried it and the referee either looked the other way 543 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 1: or once it was actually an offensive file call, like 544 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 1: how is that not more consistent again, rather less fewer whistles, 545 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 1: But let's be consistent and actually recognize what we're seeing 546 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: in those moments. But Edwards did nothing that to try 547 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: to slow the game down, to get into the game, 548 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 1: to affect it at the foul line and give the 549 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: other players a bit of a lift. Right. Offensively, we 550 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: could criticize guys like Harden and so many other wow 551 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,679 Speaker 1: volume shooters. Well and Edwards was a twenty eight a 552 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,159 Speaker 1: game scorer this year on forty four percent shooting, not 553 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 1: exactly the model of operational efficiency, but showing that in 554 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: most games. And if you go back into his game 555 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: log for the year, there's a lot of eleven to 556 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 1: thirteen field goal games. Guess what they were against Charlotte 557 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: when you were up twenty And this is not it. 558 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 1: And it's not as if hey because he couldn't he 559 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: couldn't get to the hoop, he couldn't get his shots off. 560 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 1: He had fifteen assists, He had six assists and five turnovers. 561 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: Yeah right, he didn't have that night. He just was 562 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: incredibly passive, which happens to him now. Listen to his 563 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: comments after the game when he's asked about his before 564 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: Julius Randall also out of the barnments, when he's asked 565 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,640 Speaker 1: about his performance tonight. Listen to him not take responsibility 566 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 1: for the Wolf for him in a night where he 567 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: goes five out of thirteen and the second time he's 568 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: a no show and the t Wolves lose. Here's the 569 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 1: questions about forty five seconds long. Listen to his answers. 570 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 2: Definitely not the. 571 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,439 Speaker 4: I guess the points I wanted to get, but I 572 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 4: mean they didn't really let me get too many shots off. 573 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 4: They did a good job of debt. Every time I 574 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,199 Speaker 4: had the ball, they showed me a pure brow. So 575 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 4: just making the right play getting off of it. And 576 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 4: I guys hit shots tonight, so we shout out to ten. 577 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: So munch of you guys playffront the tho. 578 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 4: It was a big nice from you and random and 579 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 4: how to kind of hit you for the fact that 580 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 4: you got to close. 581 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 1: Struggle at the same time that I. 582 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 4: Don't look at it like I struggled or he struggled. 583 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 4: They just they had a good game plan making us 584 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 4: get off the ball. Especially for me. Man, it was 585 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 4: super gaps. I made the right play all tonight, so 586 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 4: I don't really look at it like a struggle. I 587 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 4: didn't get enough shots to say our struggled. So that's 588 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 4: my thing might be how you guys look at it, Bok, Yeah, 589 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 4: I haven't struggled. 590 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: Oh, I just I made the right way. I didn't 591 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: struggle at all. I just made the right play. So 592 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: the right play is you When you can't get to 593 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: the hoop with sixteen seconds left in the shot clock 594 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: to give it back to somebody else, or we're ten 595 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: seconds left in the shot clock to get it back 596 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: to somebody else. That's the right play. I didn't struggle, dude. 597 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: Come on, man, you got to take some kind of 598 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: responsibility for this, like that. This is the thing. This 599 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: has been a thing for the playoffs. Not my fault, right, 600 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: He's like, this is like Doc Rivers, except he's playing 601 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: instead of coaching. He's been walking around going, oh, you 602 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: can't blame me, it's not my fault. I didn't have 603 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: enough shots to say I struggled. No, you not getting 604 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: enough shots, dude, that's struggling. Like I think he needs 605 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: he needs to like sit down with Shock or somebody 606 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: big to tell him, Hey, you understand that you've been bad, right, 607 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 1: and your team is losing because you've been passive and 608 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 1: you've been okay with just passing the ball off. And 609 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: it's not like you pass the ball off and do 610 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: all all kinds of crazy things try to get open again, right, 611 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: And just like they even needed a great game for him, 612 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: They just needed him to have no but that score 613 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,239 Speaker 1: twenty five. If you had a twenty five point night, 614 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: they wind up winning. He needed to be a B 615 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: to B plus player tonight didn't need to bring because look, 616 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: the bench was ridiculously effective, right Alexander Walker de Vincenzo 617 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: lightened it up from three point range as a bench, 618 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: You're you're at sixty point score, right when when you 619 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 1: look at their cult of the fact they picked up 620 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: for him, they picked up for Julius Randall, who was 621 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: one of seven or you want to talk about shot charts, 622 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: at least you had more than one circle for for 623 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: Aunt in a couple of the quarters, uh, for Julius, 624 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: Like I think that's I think that's a faint empty circle, 625 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: right yeah, right there. So, but like that's the thing 626 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: is that you got more than enough from everybody else. 627 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: They missed a number of free throws, three of those 628 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: from Rudy Go bear what you're expecting. You're not looking 629 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,479 Speaker 1: for him to be a free throw merchant, uh and 630 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: go one hundred percent when he's at the line. But 631 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: to basically just shrug and say, ah, you know what 632 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: I did, all the other things I did the right 633 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: basketball plays, Like that's not something that you're the face 634 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 1: of a team, let alone a league. You can't know 635 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: after these comments. He's not. He's out of the physical 636 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,720 Speaker 1: he is out of the face of the conversation. Shirker, 637 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 1: You're a shirker, abdicating abdicator. You're who was the prince 638 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: who abdicated? That was a big abdicator. Who's the abdicator 639 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: for the crown? Who is the abdicator Wallace Simpson and everything? 640 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 1: And who is that? The prince? Prince, Prince Fielder, Prince 641 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: uh Prince, Prince of Mukamara, Prince uh Prince. There's there's 642 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: a good poll right there, uh King Edward, King Edward. 643 00:31:55,240 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: There yea Barry Wallace Simpson a member. Yes, excellent. I really, 644 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: I don't know. He sounds to me like he just 645 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: doesn't get it to very matter of fact. It's good. 646 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 1: He's he answers the questions, right, he's sitting in front 647 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: of his locker, he's answering the questions. He's he's looking 648 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 1: at the at the reporters, answering and answering very factually. 649 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: But boy, I want you to seem a little upset 650 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 1: that you're losing. I want you to seem like you're 651 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 1: taking a little bit of responsibility as the best player 652 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: on the team. But instead this is like the third time. Hey, 653 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 1: not my fault. I didn't struggle tonight. You know I 654 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: paid the right basketball. You know what? Really this is 655 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: did we learn this from Lebron early in his career 656 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 1: when he decided to play hot potato in the NBA 657 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 1: Finals with the heat, like, dude, you need to take 658 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 1: you need you with the basketball and doing something is 659 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: a bigger impact on the game. And he realized that, 660 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: you know, well, even Kers got eliminated this year. Look 661 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 1: at all the rest of the guys on this roster 662 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 1: and Edwards, he just doesn't get it. 663 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 2: In the middle of all the Q and A. 664 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: Since he's being so factual, I would ask, what the 665 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: color is the sky in your world? Huh? See what 666 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 1: kind of answer you get? Exit out about a Fresca 667 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: exit swollen dome. We got more basketball coming up next. 668 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 1: We break down an absolutely stunning basketball injury from today. 669 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: That's next. Fox Sports Radio. 670 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,680 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 671 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 672 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 2: pm Pacific. 673 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: Is this Miley's Hearts? Fox Sports Radio. This is a 674 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 1: number one hen party to the USA Dance Jason Smith, 675 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 1: Mike Harmon gotta listen to the whole show. So, if 676 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,479 Speaker 1: you were like me, you woke up today and you 677 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 1: saw the big injury news in basketball, and you know, 678 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 1: I could point to TV ratings and relevancy and money 679 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 1: and all kinds of different things. You mean the Nie 680 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 1: Smith ankle injury. Yes, very devastating. But all I have 681 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: to do to illustrate that Caitlin Clark is the most 682 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 1: popular athlete in sports right now, not in basketball, not 683 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: in the WNBA, the most popular athlete in sports is 684 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,319 Speaker 1: to direct you to the response after the breaking news 685 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 1: story earlier today that she's gonna be out a couple 686 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,760 Speaker 1: weeks with the quad injury suffered during the loss to 687 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: the Liberty on Saturday. And okay, this was met with 688 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:28,840 Speaker 1: reaction all over social media like she was done for 689 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: the year. It was all this awful news. I'm going, wow, Like, 690 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: I haven't seen reaction like I remember seeing reaction like this, 691 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:41,440 Speaker 1: like when Brady had his ACL snapped in two thousand 692 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: and eight by Bernard Pollard right on that big, dirty 693 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,600 Speaker 1: low hit, Like, Wow, Brady's out for them. My god, 694 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: I've never seen that. This is kind of the reaction 695 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,359 Speaker 1: to Caitlin Clark being out missing these games. She's gonna 696 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: miss it. We don't react like this when Lebron is 697 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,719 Speaker 1: out or when Jiannie is out or anybody else. But 698 00:34:57,840 --> 00:34:59,799 Speaker 1: yet Caitlyn Clark out and it's like, oh my good, 699 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 1: she's gonna be out of It's a quad injury. The 700 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,359 Speaker 1: didn't even know she was hurt after the game. It's 701 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: gonna be fine, she'd be back in a couple of weeks. 702 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,839 Speaker 1: Everything's gonna be okay. But this reaction to her. If 703 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: this doesn't tell you she's the most popular athlete in 704 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 1: sports right now, nothing else will. Yeah. I mean, we 705 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:18,400 Speaker 1: look at just the gravity of it, right, because you 706 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: have all these other reports trying to figure out economic 707 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 1: impact for the year and where the WNBA is headed. 708 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 1: Obviously we've already seen expansion room for more moving games 709 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,200 Speaker 1: to larger venues when the fever come to town. All 710 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 1: of those things are full of effect, right, some estimate. 711 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,040 Speaker 1: You know that it's the billion dollar golden goose. Right, 712 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: that's the talk of the town. And when you talk 713 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,759 Speaker 1: about television deals and expansion and everything else that you 714 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:52,360 Speaker 1: know they're they're moving into a whole other sector and territory. 715 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: But then there's a void. You know, you got a 716 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,880 Speaker 1: lot of great players, Wilson and Plumb and plenty of 717 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,200 Speaker 1: star power, no watch it about it, but they don't 718 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,280 Speaker 1: burn as brightly, uh, and don't light up Madison Avenue 719 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: quite the same way. And there's a lot of go 720 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,280 Speaker 1: to Beckers and everybody else, like there's a lot of names. 721 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,759 Speaker 1: Uh that that certainly film, but for this it became 722 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,880 Speaker 1: the subruner film. I thought, wow, we saw her at 723 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,759 Speaker 1: a time out where she had a heating pad on 724 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 1: her quad, so clearly something like but you don't know 725 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,319 Speaker 1: what that is? And now it's the at least two weeks. 726 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,319 Speaker 1: What does that mean? Does that mean three weeks? Does 727 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,400 Speaker 1: that mean like she can't be done? Please, don't be 728 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 1: done because you have at television back at what was 729 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 1: all of it? One or two of their games, we're 730 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:36,960 Speaker 1: going to be nationally televised, but Mike to carry the league, 731 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: the the the memes tonight of like Angel Reeves and 732 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:46,440 Speaker 1: a tee Wolves uniforms. So now, man, wow, But look 733 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 1: there's another there's another angle of this too now, which is, yes, 734 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:55,640 Speaker 1: she's out a couple of weeks, so I gotta I 735 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,360 Speaker 1: think my timeline is going to be pushed to it, 736 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,399 Speaker 1: but I would say by a round game okay, by 737 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:05,279 Speaker 1: around game thirty, Indiana's gonna be viewed as the best 738 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,800 Speaker 1: team in the WNBA. They may have the best record, 739 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 1: but by game thirty will be they're the best team, 740 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,080 Speaker 1: right because look, they brought in a lot of new players. 741 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 1: They only had five players back from last year. It's 742 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,239 Speaker 1: gonna take a while when Natasha Howard Dwana Bonner need 743 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,319 Speaker 1: to get into the the you know what it's like 744 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,399 Speaker 1: on the new team. And now with Kitlyn Clark out 745 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,319 Speaker 1: for a couple of weeks, that's gonna pushed a little bit. 746 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 1: But let's say she gets back around the ten game 747 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,800 Speaker 1: mark or so like that, I would say twenty games 748 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: after that. By game thirty, watch out because these are 749 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,839 Speaker 1: star players. They brought in. Kitlyn Clark's an all WNBA 750 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 1: player and already she started out more dynamic than she 751 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,920 Speaker 1: was last year. They're a terrific team. They should have 752 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 1: blown the Liberty out Saturday, and they were blowing them out, 753 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 1: but the Liberty of the champs. They know how to 754 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,919 Speaker 1: come back and close games, and the Fever are still 755 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 1: figuring that part of it out now. They won the 756 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:53,680 Speaker 1: end of the game that they were complaining about fouls. 757 00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, come on, Katelyn Clark had the ball stolen 758 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:57,719 Speaker 1: and knocked out of her hands. Was not a foul, right, 759 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:01,000 Speaker 1: I get it, But they were using the liberty. But 760 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,880 Speaker 1: like I said, when you're the champs, these are certain 761 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:05,719 Speaker 1: times we know how to come back from this, and 762 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,759 Speaker 1: they were able to reel them back in and win 763 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: the game. Right watching it, I was like, boy, I 764 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,960 Speaker 1: felt so Bags were the Fever, this would be a 765 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:15,000 Speaker 1: huge you know, hey, plant our flag on this win. 766 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,520 Speaker 1: But they need a little bit more time to figure 767 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,799 Speaker 1: it out. But you see how talented they are middle 768 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 1: of the season, by more, maybe the last third of 769 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 1: the season, like right around game because they play more 770 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,440 Speaker 1: game this year, right around game thirty, Fever will be 771 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:28,680 Speaker 1: the best team of the WNBA. Yeah. It's also the 772 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 1: idea of getting used to the ramped up physicality which 773 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,480 Speaker 1: was always there. But I think we can say for 774 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,440 Speaker 1: both the w NBA from the early returns and for 775 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,439 Speaker 1: what the NBA has been seeing a little more bodying up. 776 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:46,560 Speaker 1: And for Caitlin Clark that meant some force passes into 777 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: contested areas and she finished with a double digit total 778 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,319 Speaker 1: in turnovers this last game as well, averaging about ten 779 00:38:55,640 --> 00:39:00,160 Speaker 1: assists per game. Collier the Links jumps to the status 780 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: of number one contender for the MVP Trophy and the 781 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,200 Speaker 1: Fever and the Links are just behind the Liberty in 782 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,479 Speaker 1: terms of championship contenders. But I think to your point, 783 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,920 Speaker 1: the number of changes they made, including a new coach, 784 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,840 Speaker 1: it's a lot right in the fact they had a 785 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,160 Speaker 1: long ramp up between showing up for training camp in 786 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,759 Speaker 1: game one. So here here we are a couple of 787 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,480 Speaker 1: weeks in and we'll see it as it evolves. And 788 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,840 Speaker 1: the fact that they look good enough so far to 789 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:32,760 Speaker 1: you know, look, they blow out the Sky but nearly 790 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,080 Speaker 1: pull up, nearly beating, you know, beating the Liberty, that 791 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,080 Speaker 1: you could tell her it might come together a little 792 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,359 Speaker 1: bit sooner rather than that battle with the Dream Though 793 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,880 Speaker 1: those two games were fun to watch, highly highly contested, 794 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:47,520 Speaker 1: a lot of physicality and uh, let's just say everybody, 795 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,879 Speaker 1: uh and Caitlin Clark, they all have problems with each 796 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,160 Speaker 1: other's great it's good for business exit ab out a 797 00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:56,040 Speaker 1: fresca exit swallowing do our best of podcasts goes up 798 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,239 Speaker 1: in about ten minutes. 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