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Speaker 2: So much to talk about today, Mancy mentioned Matthew Stafford.

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Speaker 2: We will get to some NFL stuff a little bit later.

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Speaker 2: We have a very exciting guest coming up. But first

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Speaker 2: I want to talk about NHL's Four Nations face off.

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Speaker 3: I was like the talk of sports this week. It

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Speaker 3: was totally the talk of sports.

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Speaker 2: I was sick again, so I was watching and then

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Speaker 2: following along through Twitter, and everybody was going crazy for it,

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Speaker 2: And of course it replaced the All Star Game this week,

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Speaker 2: were happening. Mixed reviews. We were on here before it, right,

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Speaker 2: very very mixed reviews. No mixed reviews on the four

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Speaker 3: We were also on here before the USA Canada first,

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Speaker 3: which had the Internet buzzing. It had the casuals like

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Speaker 3: I mean, I would be lying if I said I

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Speaker 3: watch a lot of hockey is a very truth. So

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Speaker 3: quite frankly, I do not watch hockey. I was. I

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Speaker 3: was to catch USA Canada face off in the finals,

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Speaker 3: because the excitement and the buzz around their first meeting,

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Speaker 3: I mean, well done, NHL excellently.

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Speaker 2: Executed, excellently executed. Begs the question, Well, maybe it doesn't beg,

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Speaker 2: gonna beg it. Do All Star games need a true revamp?

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Speaker 2: But the NBA tried, and we've talked about we talk

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Speaker 2: about that personally from a nostalgia perspective, I love the

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Speaker 3: They do well for their audience.

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Speaker 2: They do they do really well for their audience. But

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Speaker 3: Like All Star Well, Yeah, the passion and the pride

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Speaker 3: That's what the NHL accomplished this week exactly. NBA has

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Speaker 2: But yeah, yeah, that was a whole controversy.

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Speaker 3: We are talking about a USA Canada. It was the

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Speaker 3: semi finals matchup and then the finals. We had five

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Speaker 3: calendar year, right, And so NHL took control, they took

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Speaker 2: They sure did. And and good for the NHL because,

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Speaker 3: I read that the viewership clocking in at nine point

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Speaker 3: So that's just how how much the moment meant for

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Speaker 2: Yes, we certainly are. And it did feel like the Olympics,

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Speaker 3: Were there any Were there any characters, I mean, obviously

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Speaker 3: any hot I mean the brothers, Yeah, Team USA. They

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Speaker 3: they are such vim and Vigor, like good words. We

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Speaker 2: I was now not necessarily. I just kind of learned

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Speaker 3: I mean, I couldn't pick just one or two.

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Speaker 2: Vimen Vigor by the way, I'd be using that for

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Speaker 2: if that's of anything, and you're like, I just want

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Speaker 3: It was the rivalry we didn't know we needed at

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Speaker 3: there's no way these young nicely dressed gentlemen walking in

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Speaker 3: I mean it was. It was really cool.

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Speaker 2: Really, it was really cool, and maybe there is no

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Speaker 2: But it was such a dichotomy as long as we're

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Speaker 3: Your energy is contagious because I always when someone tells

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Speaker 2: I like that I like is contagious. I think this

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Speaker 2: and I got my cup and it said go kill

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Speaker 2: it queen.

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Speaker 3: Oh like, oh yeah, I would pop pop queen.

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Speaker 2: The world is your oyster. I kind of love that.

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Speaker 3: I really do little reminders, little reminder.

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Speaker 2: Well, Nikki, you were going to tell us about the

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Speaker 2: Exactly, but it goes up every year, and so it

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Speaker 2: So before we get to our aforementioned guests, we have

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Speaker 2: Monte Blogos with some updates for us.

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Speaker 3: Hey, Gal's happy Saturday. I'm with you, Tracy.

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Speaker 6: This this increasing the salary cap.

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Speaker 2: It's kind of like but everybody gets it.

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Speaker 6: I'm so with you, right Like I that's how I feel,

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Speaker 6: and I'm always like and there's always gonna be the

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Speaker 6: other guy who's like, great, you can pay me.

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Speaker 3: More now on percent.

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Speaker 6: So it's like it's a little bit of a vicious

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Speaker 6: little cycle that goes around. All right, guys, we're gonna

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Speaker 6: start in men's college hoops. We've got four games going on.

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Speaker 6: One of them is at halftime, the rest are halfway

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Speaker 6: through the first half. So Vanderbilt is currently beating number

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Speaker 6: twenty four Ole Miss forty one to thirty three Number

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Speaker 6: one Auburn with the lead over Georgia fifteen to ten.

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Speaker 6: Smu is losing to number eighteen Clemson twenty six to

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Speaker 6: twenty two at home, and number twenty three Cansas was

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Speaker 6: with a slight lead over Oklahoma State eighteen twenty one

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Speaker 6: to fifteen. Now number five Houston has won six in

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Speaker 6: a row, including nineteen out of their last twenty. They

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Speaker 6: just outscored number eight Iowa State sixty eight to fifty nine.

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Speaker 6: Oklahoma defeated number twenty one Mississippi State ninety three eighty

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Speaker 6: seven and Sooner's Duke Miles. There's a video on social media.

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Speaker 6: He goes for a loose ball and face plants. He

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Speaker 6: lost the tooth maybe two.

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Speaker 3: It's rough, my worst night made. It's like you can

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Speaker 3: see any stay if you guys look it up.

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Speaker 6: It's Oklahoma Duke Miles going for a ball, face plants.

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Speaker 6: Definitely a tooth went out maybe two or again. With

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Speaker 6: the seventy seven to seventy three comeback win over number

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Speaker 6: eleven Wisconsin, snapping their five game winning streak, and number

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Speaker 6: six ten to seed beat number seven Texas A and

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Speaker 6: M seventy seven sixty nine. Chas Lanier had thirty points,

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Speaker 6: including eight threes in the win.

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Speaker 3: On the ice. You guys don't watch a lot of hockey.

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Speaker 3: It's all right, id on either.

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Speaker 6: But alex Oovechkin is sixteen goals away from surpassing Wayne

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Speaker 6: Gretzky for the most goals all time. He has not

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Speaker 6: scored yet, but we are on Ovechkin walk for the

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Speaker 6: second half. Watch for the second half of the NHL season.

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Speaker 6: The Capitals are beating the Penguins two to one early

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Speaker 6: in the second period.

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Speaker 3: Alex Loovechkin has not scored, but there's plenty of time.

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Speaker 6: The games that I've wrapped up on the ice, the

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Speaker 6: wild edge the Red Wings forty three, and overtime, the

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Speaker 6: Flyers top the Oilers six to three. In baseball, Brewers

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Speaker 6: outfielder Blake Perkins is expected to miss the first month

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Speaker 6: of the season after fracturing his right shin during batting practice.

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Speaker 2: Back to you gals, thank you very much, coming to

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Speaker 2: you from the tire rack dot Com studios. Before we

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Speaker 2: are guests. Really quick fun cat fact. When I worked

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Speaker 2: for the mayor of DC, we gave Alexovechkin a key

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Speaker 2: to the city. We can talk more about that later, but.

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Speaker 3: Every day is ov day.

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Speaker 2: Every day is ov day. But first and foremost, we

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Speaker 2: are very excited to welcome ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes

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Speaker 2: to the show. Mina, Welcome to Fox Sports Saturday one

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Speaker 2: and only.

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Speaker 7: Hey, guys, thank you so much for having me.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely before we get into NFL Combine, we were talking

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Speaker 2: a little spring training, so I have to ask you,

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Speaker 2: how are you feeling about your Mariners this season?

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Speaker 7: I mean, let me put it this way. Do you

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Speaker 7: know I have a two year old and the number

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Speaker 7: one thing people say to me is how are you

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Speaker 7: living in Los Angeles and forcing your son to be

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Speaker 7: a Mariners fan instead of a Dodgers fan. I think

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Speaker 7: the investment reflects that. I'm still very optimistic. Obviously the

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Speaker 7: pitching staff is incredible, but I feel like a way

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Speaker 7: I do every year, which is from the lineup, I

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Speaker 7: just don't think that's done enough.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well we'll see what happens. We're very early, but

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Speaker 2: I had no springs eternal and every single year. But

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Speaker 2: let's talk NFL Combine coming up next week in Indianapolis.

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Speaker 3: You will be there. I will be there.

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Speaker 2: You are going to be a big part of the

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Speaker 2: NFL Women's Forum, the ninth annual. You will be moderating

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Speaker 2: a discussion with twelve NFL scouts. Can you just talk

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Speaker 2: to us a little bit about that and what you're

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Speaker 2: looking forward to.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm super excited because I've actually not gone to

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Speaker 7: the Women's Forum before, and I think what just blew

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Speaker 7: me away was hearing the sheer number of people involved

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Speaker 7: from teams. All thirty two teams now have women in

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Speaker 7: scouting or personnel roles, which I think most people don't

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Speaker 7: even know. It's amazing. There's Yeah, I've about seventy women total.

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Speaker 7: So I'm doing moderating a panel party in the morning

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Speaker 7: with some of those women, and I think, you know,

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Speaker 7: it's going to be really exciting for all the younger

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Speaker 7: women who are looking to break in or move up,

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Speaker 7: just to see the sheer numbers involved, because I do

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Speaker 7: think it is really impressive how much progress the NFL

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Speaker 7: has made on that front one hundred percent.

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Speaker 2: I'm really looking forward to the Women's Forum. I've also

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Speaker 2: never been able to go. John Lynch has always talked

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Speaker 2: right in the middle of it, and this year he

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Speaker 2: does not, So I'm excited to be there and just

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Speaker 2: learn about more about these women. And that's tremendous number

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Speaker 2: that every team has somebody that's fantastic. So let's talk

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Speaker 2: some mineral combine. Nikki, I feel like you have a question.

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Speaker 3: I have a question for you, Mina. So obviously I

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Speaker 3: see what goes on at the Combine on TV, right,

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Speaker 3: but as someone who's never been there before, take me

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Speaker 3: behind the scenes in Indie. What are these meetings going

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Speaker 3: on at the restaurants? Like what type of you know,

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Speaker 3: flirting and like I guess seeds are planted for potential

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Speaker 3: movement that we don't see when we're watching players run

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Speaker 3: their forties, et cetera.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that's a huge part of the combine because you've

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Speaker 7: got everyone from ever room team in the same place

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Speaker 7: and it's the beginning of the NFL offseason, so certainly

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Speaker 7: there's a lot of conversations involving the prospects both be drafted.

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Speaker 7: There's meetings taking place, but there are also meetings between

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Speaker 7: teams talking about potential trades, free agents. You know, there's

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Speaker 7: a lot of chatter right now about some pretty big names.

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Speaker 7: Matthew Stafford is I think the biggest one as a

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Speaker 7: potential move candidate, and I suspect all week long we're

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Speaker 7: going to be hearing more smoke coming out, whether it's

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Speaker 7: you know, likely or not likely to happen, just by

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Speaker 7: sure future pardon me, by sure future virtue of having

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Speaker 7: all these people in one place.

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Speaker 2: And we were just talking about Matthew Stafford. It feels

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Speaker 2: to me like he's probably the biggest quarterback domino, so

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Speaker 2: to speak, before anything else is going to happen. Would

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Speaker 2: you agree with that assessment? Is there someone else that

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Speaker 2: comes to mind?

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Speaker 8: No?

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Speaker 7: I agree with that because he's you know, it's not

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Speaker 7: a great quarterback draft. You can hear that a million

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Speaker 7: times between now and the end of April, and you

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Speaker 7: know there aren't that many enticing options. Frank Sam Darnold

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Speaker 7: is the number one option, and you know that. I

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Speaker 7: think for the right team that would make a lot

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Speaker 7: of sense. But to have a quarterback of Matthew Stafford's

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Speaker 7: caliber potentially be available is going to rise a lot

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Speaker 7: of interest from teams that are both poised to contend,

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Speaker 7: teams maybe that we're knocking on the door of the playoffs,

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Speaker 7: and teams like the Giants that just seem to not

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Speaker 7: have an answer immediately available. So I think the question

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Speaker 7: for me is less about other wanting him and more

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Speaker 7: about what it would take for the Rams to move on,

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Speaker 7: because that, I think is the most surprising thing about

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Speaker 7: all this, That the team that was really knocking on

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Speaker 7: the door of the Fantasy Championship and put up a

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Speaker 7: much better fight against the eventual Super Bowl winners than

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Speaker 7: the team the Super Bowl, that they would be willing

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Speaker 7: to move on, I think is surprising to everyone.

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Speaker 2: It is surprising, and is there any insight as to

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Speaker 2: what has happened there?

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Speaker 7: My sense from the outside is that it's really just

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Speaker 7: about the contract extension that Matthew Stafford wants. He's thirty

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Speaker 7: seven years old, He's going into this season with pretty

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Speaker 7: large cap hit for LA but not a lot of

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Speaker 7: cash coming his way now I'm not in guarantees and

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Speaker 7: wants a new deal, And I think that for the Rams,

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Speaker 7: I suspect that's where the hesitation comes from. I think

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Speaker 7: they would probably love to have Matthew Stafford as their

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Speaker 7: quarterback next year, But do they want to have him

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Speaker 7: locked up for three years at top of the market price?

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Speaker 3: I don't know, right, And so then you look at

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Speaker 3: the Rams. Are they trying like a one to two

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Speaker 3: year kind of short term rental option? Is that somewhere

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Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers could land. And if not him, who else

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Speaker 3: do you think would be a good fit in LA.

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Speaker 7: I'll tell you what if they move on from Matthew Stafford.

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Speaker 7: If I'm Sam Darnold's agent, I am, that's my first call,

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Speaker 7: right Frankly, And you know, you hate to say this

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Speaker 7: because this is his crack at earning a lot, But

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Speaker 7: if I'm Sam Donald, I would take a little bit

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Speaker 7: less to play in Los Angeles than for a team

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Speaker 7: like you know, Las Vegas or Pittsburgh or whatever, because

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Speaker 7: it would be such a great landing spot for any quarterback.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. And then and he's also coming back there where

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Speaker 2: the USC connection, So yeah, there's definitely somebody to be

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Speaker 2: said for that. We talked a little before, and I

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Speaker 2: need your thoughts on this. Of course, as a Seahawks fans,

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Speaker 2: it's not about the Seahawks, but Raiders have Pete Carroll

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Speaker 2: talk of Russell Wilson. Do you see that marriage rekindling?

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Speaker 5: You know, it's.

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Speaker 7: Possible anytime we get out.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're just other.

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Speaker 7: I think Darnold makes more sense for them, And then

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Speaker 7: I also think breasting a quarterback and that wouldn't be

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Speaker 7: prohibitive from them signing player like rus who probably won't

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Speaker 7: cost a ton of money. So that's a route I

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Speaker 7: could see them taking if they draft someone, if they

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Speaker 7: want to bring him in as a bridge. But you know,

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Speaker 7: if i'm Las Vegas, I think that would be kind

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Speaker 7: of lower on my list.

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Speaker 3: That's fair. Outside of the quarterback position. What other movement

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Speaker 3: do you see happening just in terms of established players

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Speaker 3: not necessarily draft positions.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, I think the receivers Cup, Cooper Cup,

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Speaker 7: and Devo Samuel are the ones also that'll be discussed.

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Speaker 7: And you know, I don't think it's going to be

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Speaker 7: massive trades for involved, but obviously they're bigger names and

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Speaker 7: I still think have the potential to contribute a lot

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Speaker 7: for the right team. You know, Financially, I think with

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Speaker 7: the cap going up as much as it has, that

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Speaker 7: certainly helps San Francisco if they opt to move on.

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Speaker 8: But those are.

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Speaker 7: Names that I think we'll be talked about.

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Speaker 8: A lot this week.

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Speaker 2: With Deebo Samuel, that's kind of an interesting one because

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Speaker 2: you know, it's not twenty twenty two. The as you said,

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Speaker 2: they're probably not going to be huge trade offers. Feels

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Speaker 2: like they could be more likely to cut him this

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Speaker 2: whole thing has been kind of in the making for

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Speaker 2: the last two years, and what are your thoughts on that.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I can't imagine they're going to get more

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Speaker 2: than a late round pick or two for him.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think that's I agree with that, And I

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Speaker 7: also think, you know, it might be prohibitive for acquiring

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Speaker 7: teams not wanting to give him, you know, a big

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Speaker 7: contract or any contract extension, honestly, because you know, he

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Speaker 7: is still a very unique player. He can contribute in

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Speaker 7: the right role and gives you a lot of personnel

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Speaker 7: versatility and obviously the yards after the catch. But he

656
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Speaker 7: is a declining player, and I think that's obviously why

657
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Speaker 7: San Francisco is willing to do this. So I don't

658
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,960
Speaker 7: think it would be like a big trade at all,

659
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Speaker 7: to be honest, But you know, I do think for

660
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 7: some teams it makes sense, like you know, Pit Pittsburgh

661
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Speaker 7: want of them, honestly, a team like the Texans. You know,

662
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 7: teams that already have number one outside receivers who are

663
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Speaker 7: just like looking for a different sort of flavor for

664
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Speaker 7: their offense. I do think from Saracisco's perpective, tho obviously

665
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 7: you have Brandon, they're coming back from injury. Hopefully Christian McCaffrey,

666
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 7: we'll see about that. But and then Ricky pierceaw they

667
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 7: drafted last year. I do think if they move on

668
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 7: from Dvos, it seems likely they need to look in

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Speaker 7: the draft. Not for a debo replicant per se, but

670
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 7: somebody can at least give them more of that. Yards

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Speaker 7: have to catch elment.

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Speaker 3: So you know, this draft class pretty weak at quarterback,

673
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,520
Speaker 3: as everyone is saying over and over again. So it's

674
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Speaker 3: a quarterback, right right? What positions are particular particularly strong

675
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Speaker 3: and what are some names you think are kind of

676
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Speaker 3: underrated at this point?

677
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,479
Speaker 7: Oh gosh, there's a few positions I think that are

678
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 7: really impressive. Just defensive line generally, defensive tackles and edge.

679
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 7: There's a lot of really exciting players tight end. There

680
00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 7: is a really strong tight end draft. I'm a Tracy's

681
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 7: a Michigan fan. I mean, I love you, not really

682
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 7: slept on, but Colson Lovelin is a really exciting prospect

683
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,840
Speaker 7: to me who I think could definitely give in the

684
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 7: first round. Tyler Warren being out of Penn State, being

685
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 7: the first tight end probably to go off the board.

686
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 7: But even after that, there's a lot of depths. I

687
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 7: like Gunner Helms in Texas. Hald Fanner junior at Bowling

688
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,479
Speaker 7: Green is a small school guy. He's really who by

689
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,800
Speaker 7: the way, if he made his way to San Francisco,

690
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 7: he's more a later round player. I think Kyle Shanahan

691
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,200
Speaker 7: would find ways to use him that would terrorize the NFL.

692
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 7: So that's the name I would watch them there. So

693
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 7: that's the other position though that jumps out to me

694
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 7: is being very strong.

695
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 2: There's nothing Kyle Shanahan loves more than a position player

696
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 2: that someone didn't seek coving and terrorizing the NFL, and

697
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,120
Speaker 2: tight end is an area of need for San Francisco.

698
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 2: George Kittle will be you know, a few more years,

699
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 2: but they've really never they had Charlie Warners his tight

700
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 2: end two Ross Dwelly showed moments, but they really haven't

701
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 2: had a true tight end too that they can rely

702
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 2: on in the passing game. So it would behoove them

703
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 2: to find that in this draft.

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00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 7: Yeah, I agree, I definitely agree.

705
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Speaker 2: So Mina, thank you so much for having us. Are

706
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Speaker 2: coming on with us today?

707
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 3: Is it a say, now most steakhouse, pron cocktail or steak?

708
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 3: What's the order there? Oh Lord?

709
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 7: That sauce is too spicy for me.

710
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 3: So it is so spicy, it really is.

711
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 7: I was like super over confident because I eat like

712
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 7: spicy food and I think there's I'm on camera just

713
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 7: like gagging. But yeah, you know the thing for people

714
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 7: who have never been to Indianapolis, you don't a lot

715
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 7: about it. With the combine, everybody just kind of goes

716
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,959
Speaker 7: to the same three places. So yeah, everybody just kind

717
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 7: of runs into each other and over and over. But

718
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Speaker 7: I'm looking forward to it.

719
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Speaker 2: It'll be a lot of fun. Well, I will see

720
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Speaker 2: you next week at Indy. Thank you so much for

721
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Speaker 2: coming on with us today. You guys will be absolutely

722
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Speaker 2: we will be back. This is Fox Sports Radio.

723
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Speaker 1: You're listening no Fox Sports for.

724
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Speaker 2: We are coming to you lie from the Tirac dot

725
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Speaker 2: Com studios and it is time for one of our

726
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 2: favorite segments on the show. It's the Dues and don't

727
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 2: and we have a very special do that we hope

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Speaker 2: our amazing producer Ian is ready for because.

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Speaker 1: The subject brings me no joy. That's insane.

730
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 4: Next time for the Dues and the don'ts in sports.

731
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Speaker 2: Our first do do have your producer come on to

732
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,600
Speaker 2: talk about the combine because he loves it and it's

733
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 2: coming up.

734
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 3: Whoa, I'm on the spot.

735
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, on the spot.

736
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Speaker 5: So I'm excited for the combine.

737
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, Ian. My first ask to you is what

738
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,280
Speaker 3: do you love about the NFL combin?

739
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Speaker 4: Oh?

740
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 5: Well, the NFL Draft itself is like one of my

741
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 5: favorite things ever. I love, you know, all the prospects

742
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 5: and the fact that I'm a Jets fan is actually

743
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,360
Speaker 5: kind of the root of that is because they always

744
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 5: are terrible, so they're always picked up high. Yeah, I'm

745
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,640
Speaker 5: always really plugged into the draft to see where they're picking,

746
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 5: who they're picking in the top ten of every single year.

747
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 5: But but yeah, no, it's a fun it's a fun draft.

748
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 5: This year Mina comes. That was really interesting to have

749
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:08,319
Speaker 5: her on talk about it a little too.

750
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 3: What do you what do you think an ideal off

751
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 3: season for the Jets looks like, oh, well, do you

752
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:15,680
Speaker 3: do this every year?

753
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,280
Speaker 2: Do you ever year saying this is our off season?

754
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 9: Yeah?

755
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 5: Well, the funny part is every off season they're like

756
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,319
Speaker 5: the off season champs. It feels like they win every

757
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 5: off season. No, they landed Aaron Rodgers, Oh he tours Achilles.

758
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 5: Sports snaps say it just never goes right, But yeah,

759
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,840
Speaker 5: I mean, you know, the first thing is to figure

760
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 5: out quarterback, right, So they're probably not high enough to

761
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,360
Speaker 5: draft one, so it's going to be finding one, either

762
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 5: in free agency or the trade market whatever. So that's

763
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 5: that's that's the first thing right now for the office.

764
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 3: I got to ask you a little a little bit

765
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 3: of a maybe a sensitive question, but what was your

766
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 3: favorite memory of Aaron Rodgers? And it gets uniform as

767
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 3: this chapter has closed.

768
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,400
Speaker 2: Uh, probably.

769
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 5: Maybe his last game because by the end of it,

770
00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 5: I was pretty ready for it to end. But then

771
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 5: he also did a pretty good last game, so it

772
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 5: was fun to see him throw his five hundred career

773
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 5: touchdown to you know, and he got one to DeVante

774
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,080
Speaker 5: Adams there. He finally had a really good game. Not

775
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 5: that he didn't have a few here and there, but

776
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:10,799
Speaker 5: that's the one that sticks out.

777
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 3: It was either that or the American flag run out, right, Yeah,

778
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,440
Speaker 3: or those are basically.

779
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 5: One of those like photos taken moments before disaster type.

780
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,000
Speaker 3: Right, that is that's a fair point.

781
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,240
Speaker 2: Well, I'm gonna have to ask you what Nikki asked

782
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 2: Mina Saint Elmo's. Have you had the shrimp cocktail with

783
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 2: the super sicy sauce.

784
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 5: You know, I went to the Combine, but I didn't

785
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 5: go to Saint Elmo's, which I'm realizing in hindsight it

786
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 5: was a mistake and that's something that you have to

787
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 5: go to. But I just didn't know that at the time.

788
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 5: Like I went and I was kind of alone covering it.

789
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 5: I was in grad school at USC so I was

790
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 5: just there covering the combine for that.

791
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: So that's why I was there.

792
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 2: You need a combine redo. I will tell you.

793
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 3: I had that sauce.

794
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 2: Oh I'm not great with spicy stuff, but I was like, well,

795
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 2: I'm here, I have to try it. It is Tears

796
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 2: were coming out of my eyes.

797
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 3: Was it good?

798
00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 2: At least it was delicious? Okay, but it was There

799
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,320
Speaker 2: were literal tiers coming out of me.

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00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 8: Well.

801
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 3: And I got to give Ian props because I went

802
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,319
Speaker 3: to Indy for the Final four in twenty twenty one.

803
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,080
Speaker 3: I didn't know that you needed to go to Saint Elmos.

804
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: What is I thank you? Okay, I got it.

805
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 2: You guys have basically inspired me to put together a

806
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 2: very short because it would be very short, but short

807
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 2: things you have to go to an indie and so

808
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 2: Almos maybe one we'd all be better crime and Combine

809
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 2: should always be an indian which actually brings me to

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00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,840
Speaker 2: a don't, And my don't is don't ever move the

811
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,720
Speaker 2: combine from Indianapolis.

812
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:40,160
Speaker 3: Ever. I am a big fan of cities having their

813
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 3: moments with events like this, And Okay, I got a

814
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 3: really wild proposition for you. This is going to be

815
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,399
Speaker 3: a somewhat of a plot twist. Oh what if we

816
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 3: had the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece every four years

817
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 3: where it's like, you know, Greece the home of the

818
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 3: Olympian state of the art facility. Is that way? Like,

819
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 3: I mean, I love the global perspect of it, but

820
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 3: that is still kind of a global moment, and you're

821
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 3: not devastating cities that are going all in on the infrastructure.

822
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 3: Just a thought.

823
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 2: It's not a bad thought, I is this thought. It

824
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,719
Speaker 2: all inspired by by you being a sports reporter who

825
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 2: might one day cover the Olympics and want to go

826
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Speaker 2: to Athens, Greece.

827
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Speaker 3: Everything.

828
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 2: I love Greece, but sometimes best.

829
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Speaker 3: In the Mediterranean.

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Speaker 2: Just because an idea is self serving doesn't make it

831
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Speaker 2: a bad idea.

832
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 3: Also, just like the lore of the Greek gods.

833
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 2: Right, yeah, the whole thing I wrote been to Greece,

834
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 2: so I'm in Okay. Not that I was going to

835
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 2: cover the Olympics, but I might if it was in Greece.

836
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Speaker 3: That was something I literally was talking about, I think

837
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 3: in high school it's like why not this? And so

838
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,200
Speaker 3: now it's my chance to talk about it on national radio.

839
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Speaker 2: Good job. Well that's you know what you're doing here

840
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 2: is you're manifesting on.

841
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 3: To tow too on to two.

842
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,240
Speaker 2: So it feels like it feels like there's a chance

843
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 2: that this is gonna be a thing. Nikki, I'm gonna

844
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 2: let you have a do or a don't, since I

845
00:38:58,080 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 2: feel like I'm talking here with.

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Speaker 3: On the note of cities having you know, we spoke

847
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 3: last week about like maybe the super Bowl should be

848
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 3: in four different cities rotation. Right, I'm going to talk

849
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 3: about the All Star premise. Right across at professional sports,

850
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,760
Speaker 3: I say, do have these games mean something? Loved seeing

851
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 3: NHL lean into country pride, love the valor we saw

852
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 3: USA try and take down Canada with and they did

853
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 3: in one game, but it also made us all enthralled

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00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 3: with it, And so I say, do have these moments

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00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 3: mean something more?

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00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 2: I like that I have a very quick too. We'll

857
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 2: talk more about it later. Do let your players be themselves.

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00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,479
Speaker 2: In the year twenty twenty five, the Yankees have said

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00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,399
Speaker 2: you can have facial hair. We will definitely talk more

860
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:48,240
Speaker 2: about this later, but I thought that one was pretty funny.

861
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 2: And also one of those things is like, oh yeah,

862
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 2: I forgot the Yankees have not been allowed to have

863
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,359
Speaker 2: facially air since nineteen seventy six.

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00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 3: I kind of liked the rule.

865
00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 2: Oh so, we're definitely gonna talk about this later.

866
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,800
Speaker 3: Okay, Okay, okay, I'm this a contrary to popular opinion.

867
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 2: Okay, well, then my next don't is don't touch that dial.

868
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:09,439
Speaker 3: Because we will be back soon.

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Speaker 2: We are to Sports Saturday.

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876
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 2: are on to our two.

877
00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:39,840
Speaker 3: We are on to our tour also onto the second

878
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 3: half of the NBA season.

879
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 2: I mean, oh, this is that was beautiful.

880
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 3: That was no beautiful. Hey, listen, this is we're getting

881
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 3: the hang of things here.

882
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 2: We are Saturday, we sure are, and that just that

883
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 2: warms my heart. Actually, that was so beautifully done. And

884
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,319
Speaker 2: we are getting to sick half.

885
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 3: Is it ever weird to you that, like the All

886
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,320
Speaker 3: Star break, it's like, oh, the second half of the season,

887
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,760
Speaker 3: and it's really like, actually, it's thirty thirty games remaining

888
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 3: in the regular season. It is getting down to crunching

889
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 3: time for these teams. And I think there's a couple

890
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,919
Speaker 3: of teams that are on the fringe that there's questions about.

891
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,799
Speaker 3: But we're really seeing like a clear hierarchy atop the NBA,

892
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,760
Speaker 3: and I love it because it's led by small market teams,

893
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 3: the Oklahoma City Thunder in the West, the Cleveland Cavaliers

894
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,279
Speaker 3: in the East. We just saw the Calves put on

895
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 3: a womping of the New York Knicks, which is another

896
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:31,400
Speaker 3: top you know team over there in the Eastern Conference.

897
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,200
Speaker 3: So I think the drama is is good, especially with

898
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:39,840
Speaker 3: the movement we saw right around the free agent or

899
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:43,840
Speaker 3: trade deadline and heading into the All Star breaks. So interesting.

900
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:47,920
Speaker 3: I'm keeping an eye on Golden State, especially with the

901
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:51,400
Speaker 3: addition of Jimmy Butler and them being kind of lower

902
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 3: you know, fringe of the Western Conference teams. How is

903
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 3: their momentum going to change here moving forward?

904
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 2: And it feels so funny to say that the Golden

905
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 2: State Warriors are the lower fringe the Western Conference teams,

906
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:05,479
Speaker 2: but they are. But Jimmy Butler, it seems, has been

907
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,320
Speaker 2: a really good fit for this team so far. Could

908
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,640
Speaker 2: be the X factor that gets them right.

909
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 3: He's he's adding an edge to their offense in the

910
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:17,319
Speaker 3: sense that he's able to, you know, at least try

911
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 3: and get to the rim right, you know, get those

912
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,439
Speaker 3: easy points in the paint, get to the free throw line,

913
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:26,920
Speaker 3: which is something the Warriors offense wasn't It was missing

914
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:30,399
Speaker 3: leading up to his acqui you know, addition, and it's

915
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 3: also kind of just been a really fun treat to

916
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 3: have Jimmy playing again, like Jimmy engage Jimmy. I have

917
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:40,400
Speaker 3: always been such a fan of him for all the

918
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 3: antics that are included in his personality. I think he's

919
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,799
Speaker 3: a little bit of spice that the league needs, right.

920
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:50,839
Speaker 3: And were you keeping up with Kevin Love's meme game? Yes,

921
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:57,280
Speaker 3: I mean, oh, my lord, like his memes for significant

922
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:02,839
Speaker 3: events in the A League has especially documenting the whole

923
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:06,040
Speaker 3: Jimmy trial. I mean, the Jimmy trials and tribulations has

924
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 3: just been spectacular.

925
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 2: Is he gonna move on to social media director for

926
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 2: a team sooner? An then later?

927
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:15,400
Speaker 3: Honestly, kayleve you have a future. And I think he

928
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 3: was another funny moment. So I know, obviously we're like

929
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 3: a week and a half rem moved from Luca's debut

930
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,439
Speaker 3: in the Lakers uniform. Feels like it was eight weeks ago,

931
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:30,359
Speaker 3: right right, wild and Lebron telling Luca at the time

932
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:34,759
Speaker 3: like don't or his MIC's picked up saying don't fit in,

933
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:41,319
Speaker 3: fit the f out, and Kevin Love goes okay, posts

934
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 3: a tweet from back when he was on the calves

935
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 3: with Lebron, where Lebron told sources, you know, we just

936
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,759
Speaker 3: need to stop trying to focus on fitting out and

937
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,880
Speaker 3: all fit in something along those lines. So Kevin Love

938
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:57,240
Speaker 3: keeping the receipts there.

939
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 2: Keeping the receipts. So different situations call, but that is

940
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 2: really funny. In today's world, you have to be very

941
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 2: careful exactly if you contradict yourself. I don't care if

942
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 2: you contradicted yourself in two thousand and six if you

943
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:11,800
Speaker 2: contradict yourself.

944
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:12,279
Speaker 8: They do.

945
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:16,320
Speaker 2: But I do think different situations call for different different

946
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:18,800
Speaker 2: pieces of advice. And I agree with him on Luca.

947
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 2: I think he should fit the f out in Los Angeles.

948
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:26,359
Speaker 2: But these trades, they're very interesting. I want to talk

949
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 2: a little bit about the Oklahoma City Thunder. You brought

950
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 2: them up, I kind of for some reasons that I

951
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:34,759
Speaker 2: can't totally explain to you. Love when they're good, right,

952
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:36,879
Speaker 2: So talk to me a little bit about where they

953
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:40,200
Speaker 2: are and is this going to last? And I don't know,

954
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 2: I'm pretty I don't know why am I excited about

955
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:43,279
Speaker 2: the Thunder Maybe? I mean, they have a great name.

956
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 3: I mean I think when you look at the Thunder

957
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:49,800
Speaker 3: in the landscape of everything that their franchise has endured

958
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 3: and is rising to meet this moment, it's that they

959
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:58,400
Speaker 3: are homegrown. They are built. The chemistry and buy in

960
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 3: from everyone in this franchise is something very rare nowadays

961
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,840
Speaker 3: in the league, and I think it harkens back to

962
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:10,640
Speaker 3: what you saw Sam Presty build initially in the league's

963
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 3: beginning or in their beginning days in Oka see you know,

964
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:17,279
Speaker 3: getting I mean Kevin Durant was drafted when the team

965
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,520
Speaker 3: was in Seattle, but then it was Russell Westbrook James

966
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 3: Harden and then everyone gave you know, that gave him

967
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 3: a lot of I want to say, they gave him

968
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 3: a tough time for trading away James Harden, right, he

969
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 3: was the sixth man at the time and then became

970
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 3: the star he is now. But ever since then, it

971
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:38,239
Speaker 3: was kind of one. And then Kevin leaves to go

972
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:43,000
Speaker 3: to the Warriors, and people were I will never forget

973
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:47,600
Speaker 3: being in that arena for the twenty sixteen playoffs and

974
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,719
Speaker 3: they were up three to one on the Golden State Warriors.

975
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:53,640
Speaker 3: This was the last iteration of Russell Westbrook and Kevin

976
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:58,680
Speaker 3: Durant and they you know, they ended up losing that series,

977
00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:01,279
Speaker 3: and had they on on to face the Calves and

978
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,600
Speaker 3: the finals, it could have been a championship for the city.

979
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 3: Which okay, see rallies around the Thunder in a way

980
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,839
Speaker 3: that is very unique to small markets. It's the only

981
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:15,960
Speaker 3: professional team it's that in Oklahoma football. So anyways, I

982
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,399
Speaker 3: remember sitting in the press box at that time and

983
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:21,200
Speaker 3: someone one of my peers who had covered the team

984
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 3: forever or you know, since its inception, said you know,

985
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,439
Speaker 3: that's that's it. We might never get a playoff series

986
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:30,840
Speaker 3: again in Oklahoma City after the Thunder lost to the Warriors,

987
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 3: because then it was a bunch of series of you know,

988
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:38,480
Speaker 3: in first round, first round exits, despite Russell's staying, despite

989
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 3: the addition of Paul George Carmelo Anthony coming in and

990
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 3: so long story short, long story. Long to see this

991
00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:50,400
Speaker 3: Thunder team Shay Gilgus Alexander and the season he's having,

992
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 3: you know, in terms of his numbers and production, but

993
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:58,759
Speaker 3: also as a leader. Williams, they're like, they're in and

994
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 3: out top top to bottom. They're deep, they're threatening, They've

995
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:06,680
Speaker 3: got Chet Holmgren. You know, it was a presence and

996
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:10,919
Speaker 3: I just think I can't help but root for their

997
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 3: success as well. Well that's I think it's fair and

998
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:17,600
Speaker 3: your your roots, right, Yeah, yeah, a little background I

999
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,239
Speaker 3: did my my career did take me through through the

1000
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 3: Oklahoma City and I'm very partial to the fans and

1001
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 3: the people who live there because they're they're great, they

1002
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:32,839
Speaker 3: love the Thunder. That arena is one of one in

1003
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:36,440
Speaker 3: terms of you walk in, everyone's wearing the free T shirts,

1004
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:39,640
Speaker 3: everyone's on their feet. It is electric. Sold out night

1005
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:46,239
Speaker 3: in night out. So to see this franchise having the run,

1006
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:50,759
Speaker 3: it is, having the production. They don't seem to be

1007
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:53,920
Speaker 3: very flawed in the landscape of the Western Conference.

1008
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:57,800
Speaker 2: So let's look at the Eastern Conference and so what team,

1009
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:00,279
Speaker 2: what team kind of speaks to you that way? In

1010
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 2: the Eastern Conference? Is there anyone that you're right?

1011
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:02,879
Speaker 1: Right?

1012
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 3: Well, you have the Ranning Champs and the Barston Celtics,

1013
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:09,240
Speaker 3: and it's interesting to I would expect them to really

1014
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:13,360
Speaker 3: lock in, ramp up as as the postseason approaches, these.

1015
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:15,880
Speaker 2: Last thirty games, it sounds like not that many, but

1016
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 2: also a lot of.

1017
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 3: Things exactly, and it is. It is a grind, right.

1018
00:48:20,719 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 3: So you could look at the Celtics earlier in the

1019
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:25,960
Speaker 3: season and be like, why aren't these guys locked in?

1020
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:29,239
Speaker 3: Why aren't they playing the way that you know got

1021
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 3: them to the finals and and NBA Championship. But I always,

1022
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,200
Speaker 3: you know, maintain as a fan, you'd rather have the

1023
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:41,080
Speaker 3: flaws early always, and then if you know you have

1024
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:44,920
Speaker 3: what it takes. If the flip switch thing is always

1025
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 3: a very dangerous It's a fine line, right right, So

1026
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 3: you can never count Boston out, and especially with the

1027
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 3: leadership with Missoula and Jalen and Jason. But I'm intrigued

1028
00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:01,239
Speaker 3: by the Calves too. You know, Donovan, Mitchell, Evan, they

1029
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:05,040
Speaker 3: combined for forty eight last night and they just put

1030
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:09,400
Speaker 3: on a clinic against the Knicks. So I think the

1031
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:15,239
Speaker 3: Knicks were very they were sweethearts last NBA postseason. I

1032
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 3: think the Calves if they can get a good seating

1033
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:20,800
Speaker 3: and we could see them in the Eastern Conference finals

1034
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:23,879
Speaker 3: as well. Right I say good seating. Right now they're

1035
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:26,200
Speaker 3: atop the East obviously, but like in terms of the

1036
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:30,279
Speaker 3: matchups they have along the way so and they have

1037
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:33,600
Speaker 3: a little bit of fortitude now from last year. So

1038
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:37,839
Speaker 3: and then you can never you know it's there. There's

1039
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:41,799
Speaker 3: It seems to be like there's four strong contenders in

1040
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:45,400
Speaker 3: the NBA of who could you know, reasonably walk away

1041
00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:49,800
Speaker 3: with with the championship. And I think that's exciting. Parody

1042
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:50,479
Speaker 3: is always good.

1043
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:53,279
Speaker 2: I have an Eastern Conference team that's a little near

1044
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:56,120
Speaker 2: to my heart because when I went to University of Michigan,

1045
00:49:56,200 --> 00:50:00,319
Speaker 2: the first professional sports team I covered was a covered

1046
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:03,360
Speaker 2: the Pistons game. But it was cool and it was

1047
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:06,400
Speaker 2: really fun. And it looks to me that the Pistons

1048
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:08,600
Speaker 2: are a little bit in the hunt, which.

1049
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 3: Is wild, wild, right, right right, And so to have yeah,

1050
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:16,719
Speaker 3: another young, small market group, you know, young in the

1051
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:22,520
Speaker 3: sense of building something is exciting. And I haven't caught

1052
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:25,640
Speaker 3: a lot of Pistons games, but they are, they are

1053
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:29,000
Speaker 3: in action, and yeah, it is fun to see like

1054
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:31,280
Speaker 3: they have been mired in misery.

1055
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:34,200
Speaker 2: Meyer, that's such a good way. But it's been terrible, right,

1056
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:37,480
Speaker 2: absolutely terrible, So it's kind of fun to see it. Generally,

1057
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:41,200
Speaker 2: the city of Detroit has had a sports glow up. Yes,

1058
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:44,160
Speaker 2: obviously with the Lions gat way of putting it, thank you.

1059
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:49,160
Speaker 2: The Tigers have played really well, John Tigers was bad. Sweethearts, Yeah,

1060
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:52,040
Speaker 2: they were the sweethearts. I think they really contend this

1061
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:55,920
Speaker 2: this baseball season. And the Pistons in the hunt for

1062
00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:59,920
Speaker 2: the playoffs, like, go Detroit. See usually I'm going our,

1063
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:01,680
Speaker 2: but right now, all go Detroit.

1064
00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:04,200
Speaker 3: Okay, Michigan alliance through and through.

1065
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:06,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, Michigan, you know you feel close to it. I

1066
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,160
Speaker 2: think that that's I think that that's part of it.

1067
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:10,200
Speaker 2: So the NBA playoffs are going to be fun. We

1068
00:51:10,239 --> 00:51:12,400
Speaker 2: saw Lebron I feel like we'd be remiss in not

1069
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:15,600
Speaker 2: bringing up his forty point performance the other night after

1070
00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:17,520
Speaker 2: not playing in the All Star Game?

1071
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:21,960
Speaker 3: Quickly, what were your things? I mean, that man never

1072
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:29,239
Speaker 3: never ceases to amaze. He is. He is just special,

1073
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 3: and I think we the narrative around him can seem

1074
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:37,120
Speaker 3: a little exhausted at some points because we've we've been

1075
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:39,799
Speaker 3: talking about him for so long and those numbers seem

1076
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:42,480
Speaker 3: pedestrian at this point for him. But then you put

1077
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:45,520
Speaker 3: into context forty years old, forty points I mean JJ

1078
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:48,279
Speaker 3: Reddick after the game talking about him being a billionaire

1079
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:50,799
Speaker 3: and continuing to like, you know, his body on the

1080
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:55,320
Speaker 3: line and do everything it takes to win. Is it?

1081
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:57,640
Speaker 3: It's always funny when you hear like a head coach

1082
00:51:57,719 --> 00:52:00,840
Speaker 3: talk about a grown man. Yeah. I mean, I'm like,

1083
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,839
Speaker 3: are we getting a little too like fluffy with you know,

1084
00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:07,600
Speaker 3: the love and pump up there? But it's it's deserved.

1085
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:10,799
Speaker 3: It's frankly deserved, and it's a good reminder. I've been

1086
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:14,520
Speaker 3: really impressed with the effort Lebron's putting in defensively, and

1087
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:16,840
Speaker 3: like you can watch, if you watch him in games,

1088
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:21,680
Speaker 3: his off ball like efforts to defend show he's really

1089
00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:26,400
Speaker 3: committed to leading this team on both ends of the court.

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00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:31,640
Speaker 3: So I mean that man just whatever, whatever he's doing

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00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:35,720
Speaker 3: with and for his body needs to be studied and

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00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:38,480
Speaker 3: preserved for all of mankind.

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Speaker 2: We've got to take a break. We're going to talk

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00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:43,160
Speaker 2: a little bit about Lebron's Lakers big reunion game they

1095
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:45,359
Speaker 2: have coming up. We'll be talk you later in the show,

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00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:49,759
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00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:16,240
Speaker 3: we get off air, we are going to talk.

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00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 2: Some spring training, but I am going to start with

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00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,799
Speaker 2: something we mentioned earlier, and we have different takes. I

1109
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:22,399
Speaker 2: love how it differ takes. I think it's so much

1110
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:25,239
Speaker 2: fun that the Yankees on Friday changed their policy. It

1111
00:53:25,239 --> 00:53:27,920
Speaker 2: had been in effects since nineteen seventy six. The players

1112
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 2: can have facial hair, However, their hair cannot go below.

1113
00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:33,719
Speaker 2: I believe the collar. So that's still a thing I

1114
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:36,000
Speaker 2: thought it was. I just thought it was funny that

1115
00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:38,920
Speaker 2: it was your twenty twenty five and they were not

1116
00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 2: allowed to have facial hair. I don't hate the rule.

1117
00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:44,160
Speaker 2: I just think it's maybe a little bit silly. But

1118
00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:46,640
Speaker 2: you like the rule, I would like you.

1119
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:49,920
Speaker 3: I think I'm more so am enamored with the idea

1120
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 3: of like tradition and having that be a part of

1121
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:58,239
Speaker 3: the brand, right. And I really kind of came to

1122
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:02,480
Speaker 3: understand that the past world's here is being in you know,

1123
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:07,200
Speaker 3: the Bronx, being in Yankee Stadium, and understanding what that

1124
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:12,200
Speaker 3: franchise stands upon, the pinstripes, the you know, just the

1125
00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:16,080
Speaker 3: rigidity of it all, I kind of I think is

1126
00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:19,880
Speaker 3: really it's iconic in a way, you know. And so

1127
00:54:20,120 --> 00:54:22,720
Speaker 3: I thought the facial hair thing, like you're you're a player,

1128
00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:24,560
Speaker 3: you know what you're signing up or forward, you know,

1129
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:26,600
Speaker 3: as part and so it is, Yes, it is so

1130
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:28,640
Speaker 3: like grow a beard in the off season. I don't know,

1131
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:33,840
Speaker 3: but so so that is it is an interesting little pivot.

1132
00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:36,439
Speaker 3: I totally get it, Like it's twenty twenty five, let's

1133
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:39,480
Speaker 3: have some agency and understand that clean trim beards are

1134
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:43,040
Speaker 3: a thing. But I know, like even reporters in there

1135
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,400
Speaker 3: in the Yankees clubhouse, you cannot be doing interviews with

1136
00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:49,160
Speaker 3: a phone, like you can't. You know. It's like very

1137
00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:52,480
Speaker 3: they're they're very strict and buttoned up there, and I

1138
00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:55,160
Speaker 3: kind of I'm glad I don't have to deal with

1139
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:57,040
Speaker 3: it on a day to day basis, But I think

1140
00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:00,239
Speaker 3: it is interesting and part of kind of that that identity.

1141
00:55:00,320 --> 00:55:02,719
Speaker 2: You know, that's true, that is part of the that

1142
00:55:02,840 --> 00:55:04,600
Speaker 2: is part of the identity. And I do think it's

1143
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:07,120
Speaker 2: a little bit what makes them the.

1144
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:10,480
Speaker 3: Chase, right And Okay, before you've convinced me a little, right, Okay,

1145
00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:13,359
Speaker 3: before we move on. I did a little searching and

1146
00:55:13,400 --> 00:55:16,880
Speaker 3: I found some other unusual bands in sports history. Okay,

1147
00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 3: love it. So the Cincinnati Reds also had a similar

1148
00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:22,520
Speaker 3: facial hair band. Okay, that one's been done with since

1149
00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:25,080
Speaker 3: I think in the early two thousands, I want to

1150
00:55:25,080 --> 00:55:28,719
Speaker 3: say it was, it was done away with. The Chicago

1151
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:34,719
Speaker 3: Bulls had a no headband band. No headband band, Yes,

1152
00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:37,640
Speaker 3: easy for me to say. And that was Scott Skiles,

1153
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:40,720
Speaker 3: you know, in two thousand and six. He it really

1154
00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 3: he had this strict no headband policy. But it came

1155
00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:47,360
Speaker 3: kind of put to the test with Ben Wallace. Headbands

1156
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:49,400
Speaker 3: were a part of his look, and you know that

1157
00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:53,080
Speaker 3: eventually was done away with when Ben Wallace kind of

1158
00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 3: oh well, Wallace was actually pulled from a game for

1159
00:55:55,280 --> 00:56:00,320
Speaker 3: wearing headbands and then eventually the rule changed because Allis

1160
00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:03,880
Speaker 3: and his teammates were We're adamant that the headband was

1161
00:56:03,920 --> 00:56:06,760
Speaker 3: part of the look, right, Okay, another one. The Detroit

1162
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:12,640
Speaker 3: Pistons currently have a no hoodies policy.

1163
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:15,799
Speaker 2: Yes, jab where on their way and JB.

1164
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:19,239
Speaker 3: Bickerstaff has implemented a no hoods up policy for his

1165
00:56:19,320 --> 00:56:22,880
Speaker 3: players during practice during practice, buties are fine during practice,

1166
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:26,279
Speaker 3: but keeping the hoods down is a non negotiable for

1167
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:29,279
Speaker 3: bicker Staff. And I you know what I remember, like recon,

1168
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:31,680
Speaker 3: I can see what in elementary school we weren't allowed

1169
00:56:31,680 --> 00:56:33,799
Speaker 3: to wear hoods sitting at our desk. I think even

1170
00:56:33,840 --> 00:56:37,360
Speaker 3: in high school, like it was a sign of disrespect.

1171
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:38,759
Speaker 2: Right, because it's like wearing a cap during the next

1172
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:39,560
Speaker 2: ye at them or something.

1173
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:42,520
Speaker 3: And then okay, there was one more nebulous. We have

1174
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:45,239
Speaker 3: a question and you may not answered. I might not know.

1175
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:48,400
Speaker 2: Can they when they're walking into the arena can they

1176
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:49,040
Speaker 2: have the hoods up?

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00:56:49,120 --> 00:56:52,200
Speaker 3: I'm sure, I'm sure, that's fine. It sounded like it

1178
00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:55,560
Speaker 3: was more like, hey, when we're engaging would be one another,

1179
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:58,520
Speaker 3: we keep the hoods? Okay, I like, I'm not. I'm

1180
00:56:58,520 --> 00:57:01,920
Speaker 3: not sure though. That's that's I'll accept it. Yeah. Another

1181
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:05,200
Speaker 3: one that was more nebulous but a speculative one was

1182
00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:08,160
Speaker 3: that the Boston Red Sox had to do a no

1183
00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:12,440
Speaker 3: Fortnite band a couple of years ago. Obviously video games

1184
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:15,000
Speaker 3: can be a distraction, but I mean, that would that

1185
00:57:15,040 --> 00:57:18,800
Speaker 3: would make me giggle, being like seeing a whiteboard policy

1186
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:21,680
Speaker 3: you not play Fortnite? You know, come on men.

1187
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:24,160
Speaker 2: One of my favorite memes that I have seen in

1188
00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:27,080
Speaker 2: recent years is that men think women are dramatic, but

1189
00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:29,320
Speaker 2: have you ever seen a man lose a video game?

1190
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:34,480
Speaker 3: Right right that? It's like it's like, oh my goodness,

1191
00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:37,080
Speaker 3: you know. And between that and the memes of like, yeah,

1192
00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:40,640
Speaker 3: your your team losing or whatever, it's like, I love

1193
00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:44,640
Speaker 3: the shots girlfriends get of their boyfriends being irrational, you know,

1194
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:48,480
Speaker 3: coming down to sports like yep, okay, tell us where

1195
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:49,600
Speaker 3: the drama really is rooted.

1196
00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:52,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, well that sports is dramatic for all of us.

1197
00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:55,920
Speaker 2: And I have been known to be very let us,

1198
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:58,720
Speaker 2: very dramatic during sports. I watching Game five of the

1199
00:57:58,760 --> 00:58:01,200
Speaker 2: World Series my friend of mine and it was the

1200
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 2: bottom of the ninth Walker Bueler gets out there and

1201
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:06,080
Speaker 2: I said to him, no matter how this game ends,

1202
00:58:06,120 --> 00:58:08,480
Speaker 2: I'm going to cry. So I need you not to

1203
00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:11,520
Speaker 2: judge me, and I need you to give me my space.

1204
00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:14,600
Speaker 2: And I did. I cried happy tears. But however that

1205
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:17,800
Speaker 2: game ended, there were going to be tears, so I

1206
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:21,640
Speaker 2: get the drama. I want to talk quickly about the

1207
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:25,080
Speaker 2: new automated ball strike Automated ball strike challenges. It's not

1208
00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:27,600
Speaker 2: that new. My leagues have been using it. Thirteen spring

1209
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:30,240
Speaker 2: training ballparks started a trial on Thursday.

1210
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:31,840
Speaker 3: Red's man Or Cherry.

1211
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:34,760
Speaker 2: Manager Terry Francona was like, told his veterans, we're not

1212
00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:36,680
Speaker 2: doing this because it's not gonna help us get ready

1213
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:40,480
Speaker 2: for the season. Cody Petit Cubs pitcher first to win

1214
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:44,560
Speaker 2: the challenge. And then I saw somewhere, and I'm ninety

1215
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:47,480
Speaker 2: eight percent sure that it's true, but I saw somewhere

1216
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:49,440
Speaker 2: that Keikey Hernandez tried it, but it was not in

1217
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:51,240
Speaker 2: that balkpark so he couldn't try. But it's like, it's

1218
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,200
Speaker 2: just so ke k. I loved it. I just want

1219
00:58:53,240 --> 00:58:54,280
Speaker 2: I really wanted to be true.

1220
00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:56,880
Speaker 3: And it was so funny because I was out at

1221
00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:59,640
Speaker 3: camp and Dave Roberts was asked about it and he

1222
00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:01,600
Speaker 3: was like they're They're like, how do you feel about it?

1223
00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:03,480
Speaker 3: And He's like, do I have to have a feeling? Yet?

1224
00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:06,640
Speaker 3: Heuse like, even no, right, he said, I have had

1225
00:59:06,680 --> 00:59:08,840
Speaker 3: a You know, if I have a conversation with anyone

1226
00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:10,880
Speaker 3: on my team, it will be with Max Munsey because

1227
00:59:11,160 --> 00:59:15,440
Speaker 3: Months is the first to be like, you know, not happy, Yes,

1228
00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:18,720
Speaker 3: it's right, right, So it is going to be really interesting.

1229
00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:24,520
Speaker 3: I'm in general opposed to robot referees robots. I do

1230
00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:28,080
Speaker 3: think this is a good compromise in the sense that

1231
00:59:28,120 --> 00:59:33,000
Speaker 3: you get two challenges and that's that. But I would

1232
00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:38,120
Speaker 3: I would really stray away and be bummed if we

1233
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:41,840
Speaker 3: see more and more leaning towards robot umpires.

1234
00:59:42,120 --> 00:59:44,200
Speaker 2: I totally agree with you, because there is that human

1235
00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:46,880
Speaker 2: element and even though when you don't like the call

1236
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:49,280
Speaker 2: against your team, you say you want to robot they

1237
00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:51,080
Speaker 2: are also there's the flip side of that, right, and

1238
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:54,440
Speaker 2: that's part I think that's part of sports.

1239
00:59:54,520 --> 00:59:57,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, and yelling at umps in general from like Little

1240
00:59:57,600 --> 01:00:01,439
Speaker 3: League days, whatever is part of the culture. We need

1241
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:03,920
Speaker 3: to have somebody. I did a uh in my very

1242
01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:05,960
Speaker 3: first TV market I remember I did like a day

1243
01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:07,960
Speaker 3: in the Life of an umpire and like, oh.

1244
01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:09,960
Speaker 2: Not fun but maybe not fun.

1245
01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:13,240
Speaker 3: No, no no, but it's just so funny, like seeing

1246
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:17,200
Speaker 3: you know, the distaste towards these officials, but that's like,

1247
01:00:17,400 --> 01:00:19,680
Speaker 3: come on, like it got to be part of the game.

1248
01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:23,360
Speaker 3: So uh, in general, let's leave robots out of this.

1249
01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:26,560
Speaker 2: I like that, let's leave robots out of that and this.

1250
01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:28,880
Speaker 2: And with that mind, we're gonna go to a human.

1251
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:32,640
Speaker 2: We love Moncy Bolognos for updates.

1252
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:36,880
Speaker 6: This automated automated balls and strike system, they're you know

1253
01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:38,080
Speaker 6: all over Twitter.

1254
01:00:38,240 --> 01:00:39,680
Speaker 3: I guess there was a challenge in one of the

1255
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:40,680
Speaker 3: games today.

1256
01:00:40,680 --> 01:00:44,200
Speaker 6: And the ball like skinned the line to make it

1257
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:46,760
Speaker 6: a strike, so they overturned it. But it's like, no, no, no,

1258
01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:50,480
Speaker 6: that it was a ball and yes skinned it.

1259
01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:52,640
Speaker 3: To me, that's part of the game, right, Like it

1260
01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:54,160
Speaker 3: was a ball and they overturned it.

1261
01:00:54,200 --> 01:00:55,680
Speaker 2: But when you see it, you're like.

1262
01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:58,120
Speaker 3: This is this is the bad part about it. This

1263
01:00:58,160 --> 01:00:58,760
Speaker 3: is gonna be.

1264
01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:02,640
Speaker 6: The downfall that well, we'll stick to a little baseball

1265
01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:05,520
Speaker 6: right now, guys. Brew's outfielder Blake Perkins is expected to

1266
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:07,800
Speaker 6: miss the first month of the season after fracturing his

1267
01:01:07,920 --> 01:01:10,000
Speaker 6: rit shin during batting practice.

1268
01:01:10,080 --> 01:01:11,000
Speaker 2: I don't know if you guys.

1269
01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:12,960
Speaker 6: Saw this, but Chris Bassett of the Blue Jays in

1270
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:15,640
Speaker 6: today's game was the ballboy because he was last place

1271
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:17,440
Speaker 6: in his fantasy football team, so.

1272
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:18,840
Speaker 3: They made him be the ball boy.

1273
01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:21,120
Speaker 6: It's also his thirty sixth birthday, so way to go,

1274
01:01:21,320 --> 01:01:24,400
Speaker 6: Chris Bassett. And it is spring training, but I guess

1275
01:01:24,440 --> 01:01:26,520
Speaker 6: if you're paying a guy seven hundred and sixty five

1276
01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:28,960
Speaker 6: million dollars, you want it to start like this.

1277
01:01:29,320 --> 01:01:31,840
Speaker 9: And now the two one to Soto hit in the air,

1278
01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:35,280
Speaker 9: the deep center field back goes lyon onto the track

1279
01:01:35,360 --> 01:01:39,360
Speaker 9: and is gone. Love Sono in his first plate appearance

1280
01:01:39,400 --> 01:01:42,040
Speaker 9: as in New York, Matt hits one all over the

1281
01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:46,320
Speaker 9: wall and left center field, and Sono takes a little hop,

1282
01:01:46,440 --> 01:01:48,920
Speaker 9: skip and a jump azy approaches third.

1283
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:51,520
Speaker 6: There you go a on the Mets radio network. Again,

1284
01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:53,440
Speaker 6: it's spring training, so it doesn't matter. I'm not even

1285
01:01:53,480 --> 01:01:55,680
Speaker 6: gonna give you the final score. Red star Elie de

1286
01:01:55,760 --> 01:01:57,640
Speaker 6: la Cruz homer twice in today's game, and he did

1287
01:01:57,640 --> 01:01:59,760
Speaker 6: it in style though from both sides of the plate,

1288
01:01:59,800 --> 01:02:00,280
Speaker 6: of course.

1289
01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:01,680
Speaker 2: Elie de la Cruz. Right now.

1290
01:02:01,720 --> 01:02:04,680
Speaker 6: In men's college hoops, with ninety seconds to go, Vanderbilt

1291
01:02:04,680 --> 01:02:07,080
Speaker 6: now I still on top actually of number twenty four

1292
01:02:07,120 --> 01:02:09,280
Speaker 6: Ole miss seventy three to sixty.

1293
01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:10,320
Speaker 3: Eight early in the second half.

1294
01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:13,960
Speaker 6: Number one Auburn beating Georgia forty to thirty three. Halfway

1295
01:02:13,960 --> 01:02:16,320
Speaker 6: through the second half, SMU still losing at home to

1296
01:02:16,360 --> 01:02:19,480
Speaker 6: number eighteen Clemson forty nine to thirty nine, just like

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Speaker 6: number twenty three Kansas, who is crushing Oklahoma State seventy

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Speaker 6: to thirty eight.

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Speaker 3: Oklahoma did have in ninety three to.

1300
01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:31,000
Speaker 6: Eighty seven upset over number twenty one Mississippi, and Oregon

1301
01:02:31,040 --> 01:02:33,440
Speaker 6: had a seventy seven to seventy three comeback win over

1302
01:02:33,520 --> 01:02:36,640
Speaker 6: number eleven Wisconsin, snapping their five game winning streak.

1303
01:02:36,880 --> 01:02:38,120
Speaker 3: Number five Houston has.

1304
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:41,760
Speaker 6: Won nineteen out of their last twenty games. They outscored

1305
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:45,280
Speaker 6: Iowa State number eight Iowa State sixty eight to fifty nine.

1306
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:48,600
Speaker 6: NBA one game on, Bulls are beating the Suns, who

1307
01:02:48,600 --> 01:02:52,360
Speaker 6: are just bad twenty five sixteen late in the first quarter.

1308
01:02:52,440 --> 01:02:55,160
Speaker 6: In the NHL, Capitals are crushing the Penguins sixty two

1309
01:02:55,360 --> 01:02:58,840
Speaker 6: halfway through the third period. No Alex Ovechkin goal.

1310
01:02:59,160 --> 01:03:02,440
Speaker 2: Back to you gals, ob watch it on.

1311
01:03:02,720 --> 01:03:04,000
Speaker 3: It's on. It is on.

1312
01:03:04,440 --> 01:03:08,720
Speaker 2: Well, our next guest covers the Dallas Mavericks for the

1313
01:03:08,800 --> 01:03:13,080
Speaker 2: Athletic Christian Clark. You're the team that you cover has

1314
01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:15,040
Speaker 2: a big I'm gonna call it a big reunion game

1315
01:03:15,080 --> 01:03:18,120
Speaker 2: coming up on Tuesday. But first, welcome to the show.

1316
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:20,800
Speaker 8: Hey guys, I appreciate you. What'll having me?

1317
01:03:21,320 --> 01:03:22,280
Speaker 3: Absolutely so.

1318
01:03:22,400 --> 01:03:25,440
Speaker 2: If we've talked a lot here about the Lakers and

1319
01:03:25,480 --> 01:03:28,040
Speaker 2: the vibe, because we're based in Los Angeles, I want

1320
01:03:28,040 --> 01:03:30,640
Speaker 2: to know how how's it going in Dallas? How are

1321
01:03:30,680 --> 01:03:33,959
Speaker 2: the fans adjusting and are they torn on this game?

1322
01:03:35,400 --> 01:03:38,400
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, I would say those those two three

1323
01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:41,960
Speaker 8: weeks right before the All Star break were absolute madness.

1324
01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:45,160
Speaker 8: The Mavericks were in the middle of a five game

1325
01:03:45,240 --> 01:03:48,800
Speaker 8: road trip when they actually made the Luca trade. You know,

1326
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:50,400
Speaker 8: I was on the road with the team at the time,

1327
01:03:50,440 --> 01:03:54,840
Speaker 8: and you could you could definitely sense like anger, discontentment,

1328
01:03:55,480 --> 01:03:59,080
Speaker 8: sadness bubbling up from the fan base. I mean right

1329
01:03:59,120 --> 01:04:01,160
Speaker 8: when the trade happened, and you know, I think fans

1330
01:04:01,280 --> 01:04:03,400
Speaker 8: gathered at the dirt statue in front of the American

1331
01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:06,200
Speaker 8: Airlines Centery. They brought some signs, but I mean, you

1332
01:04:06,320 --> 01:04:08,880
Speaker 8: really saw that first home game back. I mean, there

1333
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:11,920
Speaker 8: was a couple of hundred fans, you know, protesting out

1334
01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:15,480
Speaker 8: in front of the American Airline Center. A few nights

1335
01:04:15,520 --> 01:04:19,480
Speaker 8: after that, you know, the fans brought in signs, a

1336
01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:22,320
Speaker 8: couple of them were getting booted from from the arena.

1337
01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:25,640
Speaker 8: I mean, the emotions were pretty raw those first few

1338
01:04:25,760 --> 01:04:29,160
Speaker 8: home games right after the trade happened. Last night actually

1339
01:04:29,280 --> 01:04:32,960
Speaker 8: was was the mavericks first first home game after the

1340
01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:35,920
Speaker 8: All Star break, and that felt a little bit more normal.

1341
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:37,840
Speaker 8: I don't think it's ever going to be more normal,

1342
01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:42,040
Speaker 8: but it wasn't. You know, it wasn't like as heightened

1343
01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:44,160
Speaker 8: of emotions as we saw before the All Star break.

1344
01:04:44,760 --> 01:04:49,000
Speaker 2: So going into Tuesday, are the are MAVs fans rooting Luca?

1345
01:04:49,160 --> 01:04:51,000
Speaker 2: Are the MAVs fans rooting for the MAVs.

1346
01:04:53,760 --> 01:04:56,640
Speaker 8: That's a that's a great question. I would I would

1347
01:04:56,680 --> 01:04:58,560
Speaker 8: love to see a poll of that, because I would

1348
01:04:58,600 --> 01:05:02,720
Speaker 8: I would imagine it's pretty split, you know. I mean,

1349
01:05:03,200 --> 01:05:07,680
Speaker 8: Mavericks fans genuinely want Luca to do well. They feel like, hey,

1350
01:05:07,680 --> 01:05:10,280
Speaker 8: this guy gave us so much in such a short

1351
01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:13,720
Speaker 8: amount of time. I mean five first team All NBA's

1352
01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:18,200
Speaker 8: and in six seasons, two trips to the Western Conference Finals,

1353
01:05:18,560 --> 01:05:22,680
Speaker 8: one finals appearance, second all time in postseason scoring average,

1354
01:05:22,720 --> 01:05:25,880
Speaker 8: Like this guy's resume at twenty five years old is

1355
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:29,040
Speaker 8: just ridiculous. I mean, I think it's I think it's

1356
01:05:29,040 --> 01:05:31,720
Speaker 8: so hard to stomach because of the team he got

1357
01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:34,320
Speaker 8: traded to. I mean, it wouldn't it wouldn't be easy

1358
01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:36,960
Speaker 8: for the fan base if Luca just got traded in

1359
01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:39,360
Speaker 8: the middle of the night to Utah, to Portland or

1360
01:05:39,360 --> 01:05:43,120
Speaker 8: something like that. But like it's it's particularly gut wrenching

1361
01:05:43,240 --> 01:05:45,640
Speaker 8: that it was the Lakers, you know. I mean, that's

1362
01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:48,560
Speaker 8: just that's just tough for the fans of stomach, Like

1363
01:05:48,560 --> 01:05:50,480
Speaker 8: they got to sit there and feel like, well, I

1364
01:05:50,520 --> 01:05:52,360
Speaker 8: want this the guy, this guy to do well, but

1365
01:05:52,400 --> 01:05:53,800
Speaker 8: if he does well, it's going to be for a

1366
01:05:53,800 --> 01:05:56,160
Speaker 8: team that that I hate, you know. I Mean, it's

1367
01:05:56,200 --> 01:05:57,640
Speaker 8: it's that kind of thing going on.

1368
01:05:57,880 --> 01:06:01,280
Speaker 3: Right, And it totally plays into the narrative of Lakers

1369
01:06:01,360 --> 01:06:05,120
Speaker 3: exception exceptionalism, which is actually approving time and time again

1370
01:06:05,160 --> 01:06:07,800
Speaker 3: to be true with the way this sort of trade

1371
01:06:07,920 --> 01:06:11,360
Speaker 3: worked out, and you know, I Christian, I just think

1372
01:06:11,400 --> 01:06:14,840
Speaker 3: it's so interesting. Like right before the All Star break,

1373
01:06:14,880 --> 01:06:17,760
Speaker 3: we you know, Jason Kidd didn't address the media. You know,

1374
01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:20,280
Speaker 3: you have fans getting booted, and I know you said

1375
01:06:20,320 --> 01:06:25,920
Speaker 3: last night was was somewhat closer to normal, But how

1376
01:06:26,080 --> 01:06:29,920
Speaker 3: is how is the vitriol kind of still feeling around

1377
01:06:29,960 --> 01:06:33,800
Speaker 3: the franchise within the franchise. I'm I'm really curious about

1378
01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:35,720
Speaker 3: the emotional component that still lingers.

1379
01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:39,800
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, look, I think it's it's hurt and

1380
01:06:39,880 --> 01:06:44,280
Speaker 8: sadness and anger that will never fully go away. I think,

1381
01:06:44,640 --> 01:06:47,400
Speaker 8: you know, you have to just understand this fan base's

1382
01:06:47,480 --> 01:06:51,800
Speaker 8: relationship with Dirk Davitsky to understand why they're feeling the

1383
01:06:51,800 --> 01:06:54,640
Speaker 8: way they're feeling. You know, Dark Davis is here for

1384
01:06:55,000 --> 01:06:58,520
Speaker 8: in Dallas for twenty one season, and you know, kind

1385
01:06:58,520 --> 01:07:01,600
Speaker 8: of one of the the through lines in his more

1386
01:07:01,640 --> 01:07:05,360
Speaker 8: than two decades in Dallas was loyalty. I mean, Mavericks

1387
01:07:05,360 --> 01:07:08,200
Speaker 8: and Dirk stuck with each other. There were some pretty

1388
01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:10,600
Speaker 8: tough times, you know, they they are up two to

1389
01:07:10,680 --> 01:07:12,320
Speaker 8: zero when the two thousand and six finals of the

1390
01:07:12,320 --> 01:07:14,680
Speaker 8: Miami Heat ended up blowing that series. The next year

1391
01:07:15,040 --> 01:07:18,160
Speaker 8: they win sixty seven games, Dirk gets the MVP, but

1392
01:07:18,200 --> 01:07:21,000
Speaker 8: they lose in the first round of Golden State. Dirk

1393
01:07:21,040 --> 01:07:23,680
Speaker 8: and the MAVs stuck together after that. They finally won

1394
01:07:23,720 --> 01:07:27,680
Speaker 8: a championship in twenty eleven. Could not be more satisfying

1395
01:07:28,080 --> 01:07:31,800
Speaker 8: to the fan base, and in Dirk's last year, the

1396
01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:34,560
Speaker 8: Maverickson get Luka Doncic. I mean it felt like such

1397
01:07:34,600 --> 01:07:37,880
Speaker 8: a passing of the torch moment. It felt like we

1398
01:07:37,960 --> 01:07:39,920
Speaker 8: had our guy who we would rode through the ups

1399
01:07:39,960 --> 01:07:42,560
Speaker 8: and downs for twenty one years. Now we got this

1400
01:07:42,640 --> 01:07:44,480
Speaker 8: other guy and we're going to be with him for

1401
01:07:44,880 --> 01:07:48,800
Speaker 8: ten fifteen. Even more than that, the Dirk statue in

1402
01:07:48,800 --> 01:07:51,040
Speaker 8: front of the American Airline Center, the inscription on it

1403
01:07:51,120 --> 01:07:54,760
Speaker 8: is loyalty never faked away. I think the fans felt like,

1404
01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:57,840
Speaker 8: you know that loyalty was kind of violated.

1405
01:07:58,720 --> 01:08:01,880
Speaker 2: Well, it's not show friends, show business, so there's that.

1406
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:04,240
Speaker 2: But I have a question about the other big name

1407
01:08:04,280 --> 01:08:07,520
Speaker 2: in this trade that hasn't been discussed all that much.

1408
01:08:07,560 --> 01:08:11,280
Speaker 2: How's Anthony Davis adjusting and how is he gelling with

1409
01:08:11,360 --> 01:08:14,040
Speaker 2: the team, And have the fans found any solace in

1410
01:08:14,120 --> 01:08:17,639
Speaker 2: having him on the team or they embracing him yeah.

1411
01:08:17,640 --> 01:08:19,920
Speaker 8: I mean we've we've only seen Anthony Davis play for

1412
01:08:20,720 --> 01:08:24,360
Speaker 8: one game, and it was really more like three quarters.

1413
01:08:24,680 --> 01:08:27,799
Speaker 8: I think you totally saw the vision of what the

1414
01:08:27,840 --> 01:08:32,120
Speaker 8: Mavericks wanted to be. Defensively, they had eighteen blocks, which

1415
01:08:32,400 --> 01:08:34,960
Speaker 8: was a franchise record, and literally the first game of

1416
01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:38,560
Speaker 8: Anthony Gavis set power forward, Daniel gafferget center. That was

1417
01:08:38,640 --> 01:08:40,960
Speaker 8: kind of the idea behind this trade for Dallas. We're

1418
01:08:40,960 --> 01:08:44,240
Speaker 8: gonna put Anthony Davis at power forward, you know, try

1419
01:08:44,280 --> 01:08:48,280
Speaker 8: to recreate the twenty nineteen twenty Lakers title team in

1420
01:08:48,320 --> 01:08:52,280
Speaker 8: some ways and just beat this huge, ferocious defensive team.

1421
01:08:52,360 --> 01:08:55,040
Speaker 8: That was that was the goal at least. But yeah,

1422
01:08:55,040 --> 01:08:57,920
Speaker 8: he's been he's been hurt ever since, with a lot

1423
01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:01,559
Speaker 8: of doctors stream and I mean, look, I think the

1424
01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:04,439
Speaker 8: fans they're smart enough to know, Like I mean, it's

1425
01:09:04,439 --> 01:09:06,640
Speaker 8: not Anthony Davis's fault. This trait happened. I mean, he

1426
01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:08,519
Speaker 8: got cheered loudly when he was introduced.

1427
01:09:08,760 --> 01:09:10,040
Speaker 3: That's kind of what I was curious about.

1428
01:09:10,160 --> 01:09:13,719
Speaker 8: Yeah, Yeah, there's not hate towards Anthony Davis. It's more

1429
01:09:14,080 --> 01:09:17,200
Speaker 8: angry management and then literally.

1430
01:09:17,040 --> 01:09:18,680
Speaker 2: Adding injury to insult because now.

1431
01:09:18,600 --> 01:09:22,880
Speaker 3: It's exactly and I have known Max Christy since he

1432
01:09:22,920 --> 01:09:26,360
Speaker 3: started his career here in LA and he is going

1433
01:09:26,439 --> 01:09:29,320
Speaker 3: to be a I mean, if not already, is that

1434
01:09:29,439 --> 01:09:32,280
Speaker 3: talented three in D type of prospect that's a really

1435
01:09:32,360 --> 01:09:35,200
Speaker 3: valuable commodity. So I think I think MAVs fans are

1436
01:09:35,240 --> 01:09:38,160
Speaker 3: going to love him and the type of production he

1437
01:09:38,200 --> 01:09:39,320
Speaker 3: puts in night in, night out.

1438
01:09:40,920 --> 01:09:44,120
Speaker 8: Yeah, he said, I mean just incredible for the match

1439
01:09:44,200 --> 01:09:47,120
Speaker 8: so far. I mean seven games, I think he scored

1440
01:09:47,160 --> 01:09:50,639
Speaker 8: fifteen or more and everyone he's played with him another

1441
01:09:50,880 --> 01:09:53,240
Speaker 8: just really strong game. Last night. I think he had

1442
01:09:53,280 --> 01:09:56,439
Speaker 8: sixteen points off the bench. I mean it's to the

1443
01:09:56,439 --> 01:09:59,120
Speaker 8: point where it's like, I mean it's only been seven games.

1444
01:09:59,160 --> 01:10:01,439
Speaker 8: Super young. I'm sure he won't play like this the

1445
01:10:01,439 --> 01:10:03,200
Speaker 8: rest of the season, but it's like, we've got to

1446
01:10:03,200 --> 01:10:07,360
Speaker 8: look at starting this guy. You know, he's been He's

1447
01:10:07,400 --> 01:10:09,400
Speaker 8: been awesome on both ends of the floor, and I

1448
01:10:09,439 --> 01:10:11,920
Speaker 8: think a big reason why. I mean, the Mavericks have

1449
01:10:12,000 --> 01:10:15,200
Speaker 8: won five of six games. You know, they were like

1450
01:10:15,439 --> 01:10:18,880
Speaker 8: they've been starting Kessler Edwards, who is a two way

1451
01:10:18,920 --> 01:10:21,519
Speaker 8: player and is also really a forward. He's six 't

1452
01:10:21,520 --> 01:10:24,160
Speaker 8: seven at center for their last three games, and they've

1453
01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:26,280
Speaker 8: won all of their last three games. I mean, these

1454
01:10:26,280 --> 01:10:29,400
Speaker 8: are some patchwork lineups and they're still figuring out ways

1455
01:10:29,439 --> 01:10:31,519
Speaker 8: to win. I think Max Chrissy has been a big

1456
01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:31,920
Speaker 8: part of that.

1457
01:10:32,439 --> 01:10:36,479
Speaker 3: And we got to ask Kyrie Irving just seems to

1458
01:10:36,479 --> 01:10:41,240
Speaker 3: recognize the moment and the poise. I guess in leadership,

1459
01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:44,679
Speaker 3: he can you know, deliver. What have you seen from

1460
01:10:44,760 --> 01:10:46,959
Speaker 3: him in these past couple of weeks of turmoil.

1461
01:10:48,640 --> 01:10:50,720
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head,

1462
01:10:50,800 --> 01:10:55,360
Speaker 8: like recognizing the moment and you know, definitely understanding that

1463
01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:59,320
Speaker 8: the Mavericks do need his leadership right now. I mean, look,

1464
01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:02,280
Speaker 8: I think even I mean, I'm I'm a relative, you know,

1465
01:11:02,360 --> 01:11:04,320
Speaker 8: newcomers to this beat, I think, but I think even

1466
01:11:04,360 --> 01:11:06,840
Speaker 8: people would tell you that even when Luca's on the team,

1467
01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:09,559
Speaker 8: Kyrie is more of the team's leader than Luca was.

1468
01:11:09,680 --> 01:11:12,720
Speaker 8: I mean, Luca was the team's best player. Don't get

1469
01:11:12,760 --> 01:11:15,559
Speaker 8: me wrong. You know, I think the Luca is the

1470
01:11:15,560 --> 01:11:18,720
Speaker 8: person most responsible out of anyone for getting into the

1471
01:11:18,720 --> 01:11:21,439
Speaker 8: finals last year. But but Kyrie Irving has been this

1472
01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:24,840
Speaker 8: team's locker room leader even when Luca was you know here,

1473
01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:28,040
Speaker 8: I don't think that's that's really changed. He is really

1474
01:11:28,120 --> 01:11:31,280
Speaker 8: like the voice for this team I think PGA Washington

1475
01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:35,679
Speaker 8: is another big one. But I mean Kyrie has been amazing.

1476
01:11:35,800 --> 01:11:39,360
Speaker 8: He missed five games in early January with a bulging

1477
01:11:39,439 --> 01:11:42,040
Speaker 8: disc in his back, and like those were kind of

1478
01:11:42,080 --> 01:11:45,719
Speaker 8: some scary, nervy times, but you know he was able

1479
01:11:45,760 --> 01:11:48,840
Speaker 8: to come back, and he's his workload has been huge too.

1480
01:11:48,960 --> 01:11:52,080
Speaker 8: I mean every night it's like upper thirties, low forties

1481
01:11:52,520 --> 01:11:54,719
Speaker 8: minutes total. I mean, he is a he's an enormous

1482
01:11:54,760 --> 01:11:57,439
Speaker 8: workload and you know he's really delivery right now.

1483
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:00,519
Speaker 2: So with them winning five of the last six, about

1484
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:03,240
Speaker 2: thirty games left in this post Luca Era, kind of

1485
01:12:03,240 --> 01:12:05,799
Speaker 2: what do you see happening the rest of the season

1486
01:12:05,840 --> 01:12:07,680
Speaker 2: for the MAVs? How do you see it playing out

1487
01:12:07,680 --> 01:12:10,120
Speaker 2: for them? Sometimes change is good, even hard change.

1488
01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:13,920
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean I think so much of it depends

1489
01:12:13,960 --> 01:12:17,679
Speaker 8: on when when you know one of their their best

1490
01:12:17,680 --> 01:12:19,960
Speaker 8: three bags can get back on the floor. I mean

1491
01:12:20,080 --> 01:12:24,160
Speaker 8: Anthony Davis, Daniel Gaffer, and Derek Lively are all out

1492
01:12:24,240 --> 01:12:28,800
Speaker 8: right now. Like I think they competitive without any of them,

1493
01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:31,639
Speaker 8: but like, you know, look they need one of those guys.

1494
01:12:31,680 --> 01:12:33,439
Speaker 8: I mean it's a lot to ask of six ft

1495
01:12:33,479 --> 01:12:37,200
Speaker 8: seven Kessler Edwards, an omes prosper and Moses Brown who's

1496
01:12:37,200 --> 01:12:39,719
Speaker 8: on a ten way deal, and Dwight howin he comes back,

1497
01:12:40,280 --> 01:12:44,080
Speaker 8: you know, to to coddle together all those center minutes.

1498
01:12:44,600 --> 01:12:47,439
Speaker 8: But look this this team definitely has enough to be

1499
01:12:47,479 --> 01:12:50,760
Speaker 8: a playing team despite all the injuries this year. And

1500
01:12:51,720 --> 01:12:53,559
Speaker 8: you know, if they're healthy at the end of the year,

1501
01:12:53,600 --> 01:12:55,200
Speaker 8: even if they like have to win their way to

1502
01:12:55,280 --> 01:12:58,160
Speaker 8: the playing playoffs as a play in tournament team, I mean,

1503
01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:00,519
Speaker 8: I wouldn't want to see them. They're gonna be huge,

1504
01:13:00,840 --> 01:13:03,760
Speaker 8: are gonna be really difficult to deal with defensively. I'm

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Speaker 8: kind of wondering if this is all setting up for,

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01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:08,920
Speaker 8: like what if we get okayc in Dallas, I'm in

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01:13:08,960 --> 01:13:11,599
Speaker 8: the playoffs again in like a one eight or something

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01:13:11,720 --> 01:13:15,000
Speaker 8: like that. But you know, I mean Dallas that they

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01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:18,280
Speaker 8: can you know, get up to like just just win

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01:13:18,320 --> 01:13:20,599
Speaker 8: the playing game and finish seventh or anything. I mean,

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01:13:20,640 --> 01:13:24,000
Speaker 8: I feel like they would feel confident. It's whoever that

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01:13:24,040 --> 01:13:26,200
Speaker 8: the team to finish a second in the West is.

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01:13:27,240 --> 01:13:30,120
Speaker 2: And from a fan perspective, winning, winning can cure a

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01:13:30,120 --> 01:13:32,960
Speaker 2: lot of disappointment and sadness and inks.

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01:13:33,600 --> 01:13:37,000
Speaker 3: Maybe in the short term question maybe in the short term,

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Speaker 3: time will tell Christian thank you so much for coming

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Speaker 3: on today.

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01:13:42,160 --> 01:13:46,519
Speaker 2: This was really great insight, and enjoy the game on Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: See you on Tuesday, Christian, I'll see.

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Speaker 8: You guys on Tuesday. Thanks you guys.

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Speaker 2: All right, we are heading to a break. We are

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. All right, my friends, we are coming

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Speaker 2: to you live from the tirac dot com studio. Tracy Sandler,

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Speaker 2: Nikki Ka are your.

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Speaker 3: Party pants on? It's Saturday?

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Speaker 2: I love that that is That's great. I'm gonna start

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01:14:09,600 --> 01:14:12,560
Speaker 2: waking up and saying that every Saturday morning, pants on,

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01:14:12,760 --> 01:14:16,479
Speaker 2: post party pants on, and let's put on some party

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01:14:16,520 --> 01:14:17,280
Speaker 2: baseball pants.

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Speaker 3: I really enjoy that.

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01:14:18,040 --> 01:14:20,160
Speaker 2: You and I try really hard for like the segue thing,

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01:14:20,200 --> 01:14:22,320
Speaker 2: and sometimes we get it, and sometimes.

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01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:24,920
Speaker 3: I say party baseball. Here's a really weird thing. I

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01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:27,960
Speaker 3: was sitting at work and one of my coworker's mail

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01:14:28,280 --> 01:14:30,599
Speaker 3: turns to me and goes, what would you think if

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01:14:30,680 --> 01:14:34,200
Speaker 3: like guys just were wearing baseball pants around, like like

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01:14:34,280 --> 01:14:37,519
Speaker 3: women wear yoga pants. Well, first he started talking to

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01:14:37,560 --> 01:14:40,840
Speaker 3: another man about this car. He's like, women get yoga pants.

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01:14:40,840 --> 01:14:43,599
Speaker 3: Why can't men just wear baseball pants? I was like, please,

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01:14:44,640 --> 01:14:46,880
Speaker 3: dear God, can't they wear sweatpants?

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01:14:46,960 --> 01:14:47,120
Speaker 8: Yeah?

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01:14:47,160 --> 01:14:48,320
Speaker 2: I was like that, like the same thing.

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01:14:48,760 --> 01:14:53,519
Speaker 3: You are not a baseball player yet, keep we do

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01:14:53,520 --> 01:14:55,439
Speaker 3: not need we do not need that you.

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01:14:55,600 --> 01:14:58,280
Speaker 2: No, I think baseball pants have a great place in

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01:14:58,320 --> 01:15:02,080
Speaker 2: baseball parks. Yes on the players, put it on your tombstone.

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01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:08,240
Speaker 2: Tracy's wisdom with baseball fans have a great place in

1548
01:15:08,400 --> 01:15:11,759
Speaker 2: baseball parks. That's Tracy Zandler's best known quote.

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01:15:11,840 --> 01:15:14,439
Speaker 3: Well, let us girls have the things we get, like,

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01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:16,320
Speaker 3: let us have the yoga pants. Thank you.

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01:15:16,640 --> 01:15:20,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's totally fair. I think that is totally fair. Well,

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01:15:20,800 --> 01:15:23,679
Speaker 2: I don't know really how to segue, okay, but I'm

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01:15:23,680 --> 01:15:26,160
Speaker 2: going to just go ahead and say it. You want

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01:15:26,240 --> 01:15:29,040
Speaker 2: to talk about one of my most favorite subjects. Oh yes,

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01:15:29,080 --> 01:15:30,479
Speaker 2: and that is are.

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01:15:30,360 --> 01:15:32,040
Speaker 3: The Astros done?

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01:15:32,520 --> 01:15:35,599
Speaker 2: I mean, well, what a shame that would be, right.

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01:15:36,160 --> 01:15:41,479
Speaker 3: I you know, they did have a really really significant run.

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01:15:41,760 --> 01:15:44,120
Speaker 2: They can to bang in there.

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01:15:43,960 --> 01:15:47,480
Speaker 3: On Oh oh yeah. But I mean, like now the departure,

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01:15:47,560 --> 01:15:51,120
Speaker 3: they they've lost a lot of talent. Yep, And I

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01:15:51,280 --> 01:15:55,599
Speaker 3: wonder and I think that era in Houston might be over.

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01:15:55,880 --> 01:15:57,640
Speaker 2: I think it is sports of cyclical. I mean, we

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01:15:57,680 --> 01:16:00,400
Speaker 2: talk about it's interesting, we talk about windows and football

1565
01:16:00,400 --> 01:16:01,800
Speaker 2: a lot, and I don't know that we talked about

1566
01:16:01,800 --> 01:16:04,960
Speaker 2: windows the same in other sports, but they are cyclical.

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01:16:05,200 --> 01:16:08,120
Speaker 2: They really did have a tremendous run. All of the

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01:16:08,200 --> 01:16:11,479
Speaker 2: other stuff aside. They did have a tremendous run. But

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01:16:12,080 --> 01:16:14,400
Speaker 2: now it's time for somebody else to take over. And

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01:16:14,560 --> 01:16:15,760
Speaker 2: you know, a couple of years ago we saw the

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01:16:15,760 --> 01:16:18,040
Speaker 2: other Texas team when the World Series had a bit

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01:16:18,040 --> 01:16:21,360
Speaker 2: of a down year last year. But it might be time.

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01:16:21,400 --> 01:16:24,000
Speaker 2: And that's what happens. People get their time and then

1574
01:16:24,040 --> 01:16:27,000
Speaker 2: it's time for other teams to write and so rise,

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01:16:27,240 --> 01:16:30,240
Speaker 2: the Rise and demise, the Rise and Demise. By the way,

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01:16:30,280 --> 01:16:32,920
Speaker 2: the documentary on the Astros may have to be called

1577
01:16:32,920 --> 01:16:35,439
Speaker 2: the Rise and Demise of the Houston Astros.

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01:16:35,320 --> 01:16:38,320
Speaker 3: Or just banging trash cans.

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01:16:38,320 --> 01:16:42,080
Speaker 2: Or banging trash cans the rise and yes, exactly, banging

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01:16:42,160 --> 01:16:45,360
Speaker 2: trash cans colon the right, Rise and Demise. It's a

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01:16:45,400 --> 01:16:48,439
Speaker 2: sensitive stomach subject here in La Yeah, exactly.

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01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:48,840
Speaker 4: I know.

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01:16:48,920 --> 01:16:53,000
Speaker 3: It's it was really interesting because it was like they,

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01:16:53,080 --> 01:16:56,200
Speaker 3: you know, the Astros did what they did. They they

1585
01:16:56,240 --> 01:16:59,720
Speaker 3: won with cheating. Then COVID happened, and it felt like

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01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:04,479
Speaker 3: the tour of hatred towards them, you know, or you know,

1587
01:17:04,680 --> 01:17:09,520
Speaker 3: disrespect for what they did the blemish it wasn't.

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01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:11,080
Speaker 2: It felt like it was a little bit subdued, right,

1589
01:17:11,320 --> 01:17:15,479
Speaker 2: it did feel a little bit subdued, lucky lucky for

1590
01:17:15,720 --> 01:17:19,800
Speaker 2: you all. Some of us, namely myself, couldn't quite get

1591
01:17:19,840 --> 01:17:23,479
Speaker 2: past it past COVID. So I will start with saying

1592
01:17:23,520 --> 01:17:25,800
Speaker 2: I'm not a booer. I am not a fan of boose.

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01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:28,080
Speaker 2: It's it's really not my Thingah, it's just like not

1594
01:17:28,240 --> 01:17:30,599
Speaker 2: and I get it, you know, someone I understand. It's

1595
01:17:30,600 --> 01:17:34,280
Speaker 2: just like not my thing. So the first time the

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01:17:34,280 --> 01:17:38,559
Speaker 2: Astros came to Los Angeles, after all of that happened,

1597
01:17:38,560 --> 01:17:42,719
Speaker 2: after COVID and fans were allowed, I am not embarrassed

1598
01:17:42,760 --> 01:17:44,519
Speaker 2: to say, but in fact quite proud to say that

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01:17:44,600 --> 01:17:46,080
Speaker 2: I did some booing. Let me tell you what else

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01:17:46,080 --> 01:17:48,759
Speaker 2: I did. I wore a T shirt with Joe Kelly's

1601
01:17:48,800 --> 01:17:50,760
Speaker 2: face on it, which is a family show. So I

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01:17:50,760 --> 01:17:52,519
Speaker 2: won't say what the T shirt said, but I wore that,

1603
01:17:52,960 --> 01:17:55,640
Speaker 2: and I brought this might be the feast of resistance.

1604
01:17:55,960 --> 01:17:59,520
Speaker 2: My nephew had these like little little baby trash cans,

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01:17:59,680 --> 01:18:02,559
Speaker 2: and I brought them to like bang the trash can.

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01:18:02,680 --> 01:18:04,479
Speaker 2: People around me loved it. Then I was at a

1607
01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:06,920
Speaker 2: Rangers game later in the season, I did the same thing.

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01:18:07,240 --> 01:18:08,920
Speaker 2: Someone was like, may I take a photo of you

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01:18:08,960 --> 01:18:10,559
Speaker 2: and that T shirt with your trash cans, And it's

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01:18:10,600 --> 01:18:14,280
Speaker 2: like absolutely, And so I felt like I kind of,

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01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:17,120
Speaker 2: you know, you got it out at system brought trashings,

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01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:20,960
Speaker 2: but yeah, it's, uh, you're right, they did. They kind

1613
01:18:20,960 --> 01:18:23,800
Speaker 2: of missed a lot of booing, but I mean they

1614
01:18:23,840 --> 01:18:24,519
Speaker 2: still get booed.

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01:18:24,600 --> 01:18:25,320
Speaker 3: People get.

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01:18:25,400 --> 01:18:28,160
Speaker 2: I mean I was at a Twins Dodgers game and

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01:18:28,520 --> 01:18:30,040
Speaker 2: Carlos kray I was still getting booted.

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01:18:30,360 --> 01:18:30,839
Speaker 9: Wow.

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01:18:31,640 --> 01:18:35,760
Speaker 3: Wow, don't forget. But yeah, no, it's it's And like

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01:18:36,040 --> 01:18:39,559
Speaker 3: even after that the scandal, they were still the top,

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01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:42,240
Speaker 3: they were still on top. They were contention. And I

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01:18:42,280 --> 01:18:45,400
Speaker 3: think that is where we look at this team now

1623
01:18:45,520 --> 01:18:49,360
Speaker 3: beginning a new year, as string training is underway, and

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01:18:50,080 --> 01:18:54,640
Speaker 3: it feels like the time of the Astros is the

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01:18:54,680 --> 01:18:56,439
Speaker 3: window has been closed, so to speak.

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01:18:56,560 --> 01:18:58,719
Speaker 2: I think that's true. I'm sure one day it will reopen,

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01:18:58,880 --> 01:19:01,160
Speaker 2: but the windows was And I will say this is

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01:19:01,160 --> 01:19:03,880
Speaker 2: big of me to say this. I think they were

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01:19:03,880 --> 01:19:06,080
Speaker 2: tremendously talented baseball team and they didn't have to cheat,

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01:19:06,120 --> 01:19:07,720
Speaker 2: and I think that's the thing that was like, that's

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01:19:07,760 --> 01:19:10,400
Speaker 2: so big of you. That is actually I wow that

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01:19:10,560 --> 01:19:13,120
Speaker 2: I know this is being recorded and one day can

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01:19:13,160 --> 01:19:14,920
Speaker 2: be played back so I can prove that I actually

1634
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:18,880
Speaker 2: said it. But you know that's that. What else did?

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01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:20,479
Speaker 2: Can you tell us about spring training? You got to

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01:19:20,479 --> 01:19:22,720
Speaker 2: see Roki Sasaki? Yes, yea tell us a little bit

1637
01:19:22,760 --> 01:19:23,120
Speaker 2: about that.

1638
01:19:23,280 --> 01:19:26,400
Speaker 3: I mean we talk about a show, hey o, Tawny Bullpen.

1639
01:19:26,520 --> 01:19:30,000
Speaker 3: I saw a second one at Camelback, but the first

1640
01:19:30,040 --> 01:19:34,840
Speaker 3: live BP of Roki Sasaki's career was I've never experienced

1641
01:19:34,840 --> 01:19:36,760
Speaker 3: anything like that at spring training. It felt like the

1642
01:19:36,880 --> 01:19:40,600
Speaker 3: entire Dodgers organization was out there to watch the players

1643
01:19:40,680 --> 01:19:44,280
Speaker 3: assembled behind you know, the batter's box, and just like

1644
01:19:44,479 --> 01:19:48,120
Speaker 3: watching everyone, all the fans. I mean, he is going

1645
01:19:48,160 --> 01:19:50,880
Speaker 3: to be if he lives up to the hype, there

1646
01:19:50,920 --> 01:19:54,960
Speaker 3: will be a lot of excitement globally for this this

1647
01:19:55,080 --> 01:19:55,920
Speaker 3: talent in Roki.

1648
01:19:56,160 --> 01:19:58,519
Speaker 2: Well, we talk about the grind of the NBA, the

1649
01:19:58,560 --> 01:20:01,519
Speaker 2: grind of Major League Baseball is just starting a couple

1650
01:20:01,560 --> 01:20:03,200
Speaker 2: weeks into spring training. I kind of feel like they've

1651
01:20:03,240 --> 01:20:07,280
Speaker 2: been in spring training forever at this point. But this,

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01:20:07,680 --> 01:20:10,400
Speaker 2: per usual, Nikki has been fun and thank you all

1653
01:20:10,479 --> 01:20:12,880
Speaker 2: for joining us on this Saturday coming up at Steve

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Speaker 2: Bartman and Moncy Bologno's We Are Fox Sports Saturday,