1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: This is straight fire with Jason McIntyre. 2 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 2: What is up fire? It's me Jason McIntyre Street for Tuesday, March. 3 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 2: The thirty first end of the month of March is 4 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: upon us April Fools Day is Wedness Day. Please don't 5 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 2: get got obviously, I would do the best way to 6 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 2: not get nailed is to stay off social media. There's 7 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 2: a bunch of nonsense on there. The best my family 8 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 2: ever got me, obviously. You know I love March Madness. 9 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 2: So the NCAA tournament. I came home from the radio 10 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 2: show on a Saturday and I'm, you know, geek to 11 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 2: watch anca tournament. I was up late Friday watching it. 12 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 2: So I do the radio show and then I race home. 13 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 2: I had been watching the game on my phone in 14 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 2: the car, not while I'm driving, but you know, you 15 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 2: listen to it because you can call up the cable channel. 16 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 2: And so I race in the front door, and you know, 17 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 2: it's what time is it like ten thirty ten forty 18 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 2: five am, And the lights are off, and my family's 19 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: just sitting in the family room and I'm like, what's wrong, 20 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 2: and they're like, we lost power. I was like no, 21 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: and they waited like two beats and then I could 22 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 2: tell they got me. But my initial reaction had them 23 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 2: cracking up because I was like, no, no, power, are 24 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,839 Speaker 2: you kidding me? It was trust me. Maybe I didn't 25 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 2: convey it great there, but it was. It was good. 26 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 2: They got me, so I will not get got this 27 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: Saturday programming note next week spring break for the kids, 28 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 2: so no podcast. Enjoy everything this week, and we locked 29 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 2: in a special guest. I ran this by my son 30 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 2: because you know, he's on YouTube and knows all this stuff. 31 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 2: I was like, what if I did like an influencer 32 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: month where I had on like three or four influencers 33 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: from online who aren't necessarily like reporters, columnists, you know, 34 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: they're just interesting sports influence types. And he's like, yeah, 35 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 2: that's not bad, dad, and then he went back to 36 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 2: ignoring me. So I've got one guy who's gonna come 37 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: on Thursday. I mean, I don't know if you guys 38 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 2: know him. I don't know who knows who. I mean. 39 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 2: I'm not sitting here watching YouTube all day, but a 40 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 2: lot of young people are. Anyways, I have two other 41 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 2: ideas for them later this month. One of them has 42 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 2: already transitioned to TV and the other is also like 43 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 2: seemingly in the process of doing that. It's funny you 44 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 2: look on YouTube and these people have like two million subscribers. 45 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 2: I'm like, holy cow, that is enormous. And they're like, yeah, 46 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: but you're on TV and I'm like, I don't know. 47 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: You don't have a job. You just are on YouTube 48 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 2: all day and you make money. I have to, like, 49 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 2: I'm told you have to go into the studio. You 50 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 2: have to. You cannot say this. You do whatever the 51 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 2: hell you want. So it's a give and take. It's 52 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: a weird world. That's where we are. It's twenty twenty six, right. 53 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: A couple things off the top. Got a great Final 54 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: four hero hero Like seriously, he was the most outstanding 55 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 2: player in the Final four. Coming on the show this 56 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 2: week to hype the Final four. I don't think you 57 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: could guess him, but maybe it was within the last 58 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: thirty years. He uh, he was just so good in 59 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 2: the in the Final four. I'm excited about that and 60 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 2: I will be sending out I only have one pick. 61 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 2: I might do a prop. I have a pick for 62 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: one game and I I'm not gonna pick it the 63 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: other one because you know, I'll I'll You'll see you'll 64 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 2: see in the write up. Why I like one team 65 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 2: for sure. The other game, I just think it is 66 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: too tough. But I do think there could be value 67 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: on a prop, so I may fire a prop there. 68 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 2: I'm just so, I was like breaking down all this stuff. 69 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 2: So I don't know if you guys are aware. So 70 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 2: Yukon played Illinois way back in November. Okay, Illinois was 71 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: what was this? This was the goal? Yeah, this was 72 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 2: a Madison Square Garden November twenty eighth, and Yukon beat them. 73 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 2: I mean Madison Square Garden is like a home away 74 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 2: from home for Yukon, so clear advantage. Here's where it 75 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: gets crazy. So you look at the box score. So 76 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: there's three ways I broke this down. I did this 77 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 2: with the Illinois Iowa game. I looked at the box score, 78 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 2: then I read articles that were written about the game, 79 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 2: and then I went on YouTube to get highlights. So 80 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 2: I did the same thing here. Listen, this is it's 81 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 2: March madness after this, guys, I don't do a lot 82 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,359 Speaker 2: of NBA gambling. I mean, I'll do probably some NFL draft, 83 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 2: but like, this is my time to shine. There will 84 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 2: be plenty of World Cup. By the way, plenty of 85 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 2: World Cup. So anyways, Illinois loses to Yukon early. So 86 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 2: Yukon started three juniors, two seniors. The young kid Braylan 87 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 2: Mullins had been injured and he made his debut in 88 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 2: this game. Played ten minutes, had scored one basket. He's 89 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:52,799 Speaker 2: the hero from the Duke game and is a starter 90 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 2: and projected first round pick. Like, that's how long ago 91 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 2: this game was. This was his college debut for Illinois. 92 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 2: They started two freshmen, two juniors, and a senior, Kylin Boswell. 93 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 2: Here's where it gets interesting. Stoyakovic took seven shots. 94 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: That's it. 95 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 2: He scored three points. Keaton Woggler played a mere fourteen minutes, 96 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: scored three points. Took three shots. So Woggler and Joyakavik, 97 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 2: who are there now? There two offensive engines of this 98 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 2: team combined to take ten shots. 99 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: That's it. 100 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 2: They combined to score six points. Woggler barely played fourteen minutes. 101 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 2: I mean that's a few ast minuts he played all season. Meanwhile, 102 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 2: Keiland Boswell, Kylin Keelan, however you say it, who listen? 103 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 2: Obviously he was a really good player. He started Arizona 104 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 2: last year. He was an integral cog on the team 105 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 2: and early this season, because he's a senior, it's clear 106 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,559 Speaker 2: Underwood trusted him. He played thirty nine minutes, scored twenty 107 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 2: five points, took sixteen shots, got to the foul line. 108 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 2: I mean, folks, I was looking at this box score. 109 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 2: I'm like, did this really happen? He only scored more 110 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 2: than twenty five one to this season. It was this 111 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 2: in the second game of the year against Florida Gulf 112 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 2: Coast to get thirty one. So early in the season, 113 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 2: Boswell was their driving force, their engine. As you know, 114 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 2: that changed significantly. Now he was injured in late January 115 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 2: early February, and when he came back, it was then 116 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: at that point Keaton Woggler's team and the Illinois is 117 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 2: a totally different squad than they were. Now there were 118 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 2: some kigs to be worked out. You know. They did 119 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 2: lose to They lost it overtime to Michigan State, overtime 120 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 2: to Wisconsin, overtime to UCLA. They got smashed by Michigan 121 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 2: at home. That was a bad loss, and an overtime 122 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 2: to Wisconsin. They've lost one game in regulation since Christmas, 123 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 2: one game in regulation to Michigan, and I remember that 124 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 2: one because I watched it. I was on Illinois. I 125 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 2: loved them at the time. I had put a futures 126 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 2: bet on them to win the title, and they totally 127 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 2: no showed at home. Now something was going on with Toyakovic. 128 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 2: He didn't play that much. He came off the bench 129 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 2: and scored zero points. They went with heavy usage for Wogler, 130 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 2: which worked. Woggler was fine, but like nobody else delivered, 131 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 2: Michigan murdered them basically in every way, shape or form, 132 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 2: and it was it was a destruction. They led soup 133 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 2: to nuts and more. As Johnson was like a revenge 134 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 2: game because he went to Illinois and now he transferred. 135 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 2: He had I mean, he looked he had eighteen and eleven. 136 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 2: He was dominant that night. Front Court killed Omarra had nineteen, 137 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 2: Lendeborg sixteen. So like, you can glean stuff off this 138 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 2: looking at the box scores. But this is the most 139 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 2: interesting thing I think from the Illinois Yukon game. 140 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 141 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 142 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 143 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: listen live. 144 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 2: So Yukon was like, really good early in the season, 145 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 2: and after that, you know, they started twenty two and one, 146 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 2: you know, veteran team, they had two, they had the 147 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 2: two titles. Then they lost to Florida in a close 148 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 2: one at nice little rally. They came better this season. 149 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 2: I mean people thought they could win the Nanny. They 150 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 2: were number five at the time, and then they had 151 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 2: some weird losses mid season and it was like, what's 152 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 2: going on? Are they that good? Was that a mid 153 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 2: season malaise? I don't know. But guys, if you really 154 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 2: look at Yukon's tournament, I mean, they didn't obliterate Furman. 155 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 2: They were twenty point favorites in one by twelve, unimpressive win, 156 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 2: but they got the win. Who cares or they won 157 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 2: by eleven. Then UCLA's missing their best player, the big guy, 158 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 2: and they pull away and second half and wins. They 159 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 2: play offensively, challenge Michigan State. I mean, we were all 160 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 2: over Yukon and that when that was easy money, and 161 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 2: then they were down nineteen against Duke and needed a 162 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 2: thirty five foot at the buzzer to advance. I'm not 163 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 2: that bullish on this, Yukonte. I think that's pretty clear. 164 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 2: But we'll save the further breakdowns and analysis for later. 165 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 2: I will say I'm kind of sorry. Let me adjust 166 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 2: that I'm low key obsessed because the kids like to 167 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 2: say Loki with the transfer portal. Apparently it opens on Tuesday, 168 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 2: and it's funny because you're starting to see some some 169 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,319 Speaker 2: mid major players putting their name in the portal. And 170 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 2: I here's the wacky thing. The NBA off summer used 171 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 2: to be epic. It was all this movement, crazy happening 172 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 2: every I mean early late June, early July, just chaos 173 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 2: unfolding on the NBA front. The NBA, I guess, doesn't 174 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,719 Speaker 2: like that or didn't like that the off season was 175 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 2: outshining the regular season. So you just don't see as 176 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 2: much movement anymore. The transfer, however, there's tons and if 177 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 2: you remember last year in the spring, I was like, listen, man, Yukon, 178 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 2: not Yukon. Illinois is just loading up with international players. 179 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 2: They got Stojakovic, who I liked when I saw him. 180 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 2: He was good at I think it was Cal and 181 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 2: was it Saint Mary's No, wait, Stojakovic was at Stanford 182 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 2: and Cal. That's right, Stanford and Cal. I liked his 183 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 2: game a lot. I still do, and they loaded up 184 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 2: on guys and I wish I had unloaded on them 185 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 2: in the offseason. I think they've got a legit shot 186 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 2: to win the title. I don't know if they will, 187 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,559 Speaker 2: but I mean, it feels like the Arizona Michigan winner 188 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,119 Speaker 2: is probably gonna win the title. They'll be favored considerably, 189 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 2: especially given what Michigan did Illinois in the earlier meeting. 190 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 2: All right, let's move on to the NBA real quick. 191 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 2: First of all, I don't want to really get into 192 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 2: this story because it's still unfolding and I was unaware 193 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 2: of it. But so Jaden Ivy, former Produce Star first 194 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 2: round pick, started with the Pistons and Jada and Ivy 195 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 2: kind of liked had a injury. He was always a bucket. 196 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 2: He could score, but not do much else. The playmaking 197 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 2: was never really unlocked. He was a top five pick 198 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty two of the Pistons and after four years, 199 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 2: you know, they moved on from him, traded him mid 200 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 2: season to the Chicago Bulls, and he wasn't totally healthy, 201 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 2: so he was kind of rehabbing and I don't know 202 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 2: the clearly some stuff's going on in his personal life 203 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 2: and you don't want to go down rabbit holes of 204 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 2: this stuff. But he's gone off on some tangents and 205 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 2: I'm not going to focus on that. He talked about 206 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 2: his childhood. He said he was sexually abused and like 207 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:01,599 Speaker 2: he he was addicted to stuff that you watch on 208 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 2: the you know, like he was he was down bad. 209 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 2: But the weird part is he was revealing all this. 210 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 2: I don't know if it was like a cel therapy 211 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 2: type deal. And then he goes off on this rant 212 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 2: about LGBGQ and all, and it's like, what are you doing? 213 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 2: And so the bulls said we're gonna release him, and 214 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 2: of course, as the Internet does, the Internet goes, oh 215 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 2: my gosh, I can't believe they're firing him just because 216 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 2: of his beliefs, free spirit, for his speech. And people 217 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 2: are just dumb, you know that people are just not 218 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 2: that bright. And here's how I challenge you. Okay, so you, 219 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 2: mister Jabbroni, who's saying that that the bulls are in 220 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 2: the wrong because they did this. Here's why I challenge you. 221 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 2: Go put your nick go on your LinkedIn where you 222 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 2: have to provide a real email address and like verify 223 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 2: who you are, right, you have to do that on LinkedIn, 224 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 2: Stupid Twitter. Doesn't you know Facebook? You know, I don't 225 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 2: think you'll really be anonymous Instagram. I don't think you can. 226 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 2: I mean you could put like a fake name, but 227 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 2: they know who you are. Anyways, go on your LinkedIn 228 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 2: and just rattle off all your thoughts and feelings about 229 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 2: every topic under the sun. Go for it, go do it. 230 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 2: Tell me how that works out for you. Because it's 231 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 2: on your LinkedIn, it's public. And as soon as you 232 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 2: go off on all your feelings, go get deep in 233 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 2: your bag, unload on whatever, whoever, religion, sect, whatever you want, 234 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 2: say it. Go for it. And I challenge you to 235 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 2: do that because odds are very high. Somebody's gonna see 236 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 2: it and you're gonna get fired. That's how things are 237 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 2: right now. You're gonna get canceled by the left or 238 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 2: the right. And don't say one side doesn't both sides 239 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 2: try to cancel. That's just how it works right now. 240 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: Guys. 241 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna get political, but like, so Jada and 242 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 2: Ivy does this and they're like, why can't he say 243 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 2: what he wants to say? Well, okay, you go do that. 244 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 2: Tell me how that worked out. So now Jada and Ivy, 245 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 2: because he did this, he live streamed it all online, 246 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 2: is now out of a job and he's gonna have 247 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 2: to work to repair his image if he wants to 248 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 2: certain things. You can't say sorry, guys. I mean that's 249 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 2: where we are, whether you're a comedian, a public figure 250 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 2: and not so public. You just can't do it now. 251 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 2: That's a sorry. That's just how it is. That's life. 252 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 2: We live in a society. You can't do that now. 253 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 2: If you believe you should be able to, then go 254 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 2: for it. You do it and let me know how 255 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 2: that works out for you. I don't advocate that. You 256 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 2: know what you think, we're all revealing all our fields. Sorry, 257 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 2: just no, I'm not going to do that. You could 258 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 2: go do it. That's a Jada and Ivy's dumped, and 259 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 2: it just you just feel bad for the guy. It's like, 260 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 2: where are the people in his life? How come they're 261 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 2: not being like bro put down the Instagram. You don't 262 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 2: need to go live with all this stuff. I mean, 263 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 2: you can have whatever opinions you want and share them 264 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 2: with friends in failm go for that, But broadcasting into 265 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 2: the world, why would you do that? I don't know. 266 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 2: I certainly would not. But it's a bummer for Jade 267 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 2: and Ivy. It was kind of a middling night in 268 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 2: the association. I know some people were all into the 269 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 2: OKAC Detroit game. OKC did play all their guys against 270 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 2: the Pistons, who were still without Kate Cunningham. And listen, 271 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 2: remember the Pistons took down the Lakers tail end of 272 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 2: a road trip and Pistons fought hard against OKASE. Looks 273 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 2: like it's actually tied with thirty seconds left. Isn't that 274 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 2: something SGA cooking with thirty nine? Oh no, j dub 275 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 2: They do have Chet Dort, Wallace Mitchell. They got all 276 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 2: their guys, go Pistons. The Spurs one my main man, 277 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 2: Wemby forty one sixteen four assists, three blocks. Can he 278 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 2: get the MVP? Probably not. I would vote for him. 279 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 2: I don't have a vote. 280 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 281 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 282 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 283 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: listen live. 284 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 2: Lakers mall the Wizards without Luca who Actually, you know, 285 00:15:57,920 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 2: it's good that Luca got a bit of a rest 286 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 2: and Reddick was going heavy to the bench, Brownie James 287 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 2: got some minutes, Luke Kenard got a lot. I mean 288 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 2: they have to rest up because they have Cleveland tomorrow night. 289 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 2: Obviously big week for the Lakers, and with Luca getting suspended, 290 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 2: I think that's kind of a blessing in disguise because 291 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 2: that Cleveland game tonight is a big one, and then 292 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 2: Thursday at Oklahoma City, Sunday revenge spot at Dallas, then 293 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 2: they're home for OKC Steph Curry game. Well, I don't 294 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 2: think Curry's going to be back, followed by Phoenix and Utah. 295 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 2: So at that point, the regular season ends and bring 296 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 2: on the playoffs, and you know, maybe I'll change some 297 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 2: of my picks for the playoffs. I will be very 298 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 2: curious as everybody is to see how Lebron James does 299 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 2: because he has been unbelievable down the stretch heading into 300 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 2: these playoffs, He's probably not gonna get all NBA. Well, 301 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 2: he can't because he's not going to play the minimum games. 302 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: But what becomes interesting is I saw this Michael Jordan, 303 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 2: who I guess gives interviews when he wants. Hey, he 304 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 2: doesn't have to do anything, Bro, he could just go 305 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 2: into retirement, be a recluse do whatever he wants. He 306 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 2: came out and he weirdly doesn't like the goat debate 307 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 2: and he and this goes back to like judge people's actions, 308 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 2: not their not their words. Anybody can say anything, but 309 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 2: Jordan coming out and saying, hey man, it's not really 310 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 2: right to have this goat debate. It doesn't matter. Well, 311 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 2: why would he do that? Now? Why come out and 312 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 2: say that? Now? Remember after Lebron came back from down 313 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 2: three to one to beat the Warriors, the seventy three 314 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 2: one Warriors, that was the title that a lot of 315 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 2: people said put him over the top. I said, I 316 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 2: need to see one more. Come on, one more. That's 317 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 2: three titles. Can we see one more? And then he 318 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 2: went to LA and got another one. I was like, 319 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 2: I sold So after they come back to beat the 320 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 2: war from the three to one deficit that same week. 321 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,199 Speaker 2: This has publicly been out there for years. I'm not 322 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:09,160 Speaker 2: breaking new ground here. This is old news. Jordan commissioned 323 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:14,719 Speaker 2: the Last Dance and that's when we got, you know, 324 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 2: the great video series during COVID about Jordan that propped 325 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 2: him up and tried to make him look even better 326 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 2: than he was. In case you forgot what was it 327 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 2: twenty twenty five years later. Yeah, this Jordan guy was 328 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 2: pretty good. And of course you've got all these middle 329 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 2: aged men in their forties at the time going back 330 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 2: to when they were teenagers and remembering the glory days 331 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 2: of Michael Jordan in nineties NBA. Oh, it was so good, 332 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 2: it was so amazing. We don't need to relitigate that nonsense. 333 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 2: I did find it interesting that Jordan is trying to 334 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 2: now pooh pooh the goat debate, like, ah, who needs this? 335 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 2: You guys know how this works. There's no way he's 336 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 2: hanging on to whatever goat title he thinks he has. 337 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 2: So he wants to just say, why are we talking 338 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,959 Speaker 2: about this nonsense? I don't. It's because Lebron's got him. 339 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 2: He's got him in like every statistical category. MJ's only 340 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 2: clinging to the six titles. That's it. Obviously, titles matter. 341 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 2: Everything's circumstantial, whether it's an MVP, a Defensive Player of 342 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 2: the Year, a title, whatever you want to say, like 343 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 2: you can poke holes in it. I don't feel the 344 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 2: real need to go down there. But then you've got 345 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 2: guys like John Starks, my guy, and remember John Starks 346 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 2: in my mind, was a mythical figure in nineties NBA. 347 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 2: Now he was on the Knicks. He was on those 348 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 2: viewing teams and they were trying their damn just to 349 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 2: take down Jordan and John Starks was this cult hero 350 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 2: who was an undrafted kid out of what like. He 351 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 2: went to high school in Oklahoma. He went to a 352 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 2: bunch of small colleges. I don't even know if he 353 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 2: did much at Oklahoma State, but like you know, he 354 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 2: just wasn't like a big time player. He gets out 355 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 2: of He was famously bagging groceries and stuff. His story's great. 356 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 2: He goes to the Warriors and he barely played, and 357 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 2: then bounces around the CBA and finally gets to the Knicks. 358 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 2: He tried to dunk on Ewing, you know, and he 359 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 2: became like one of these cult figures in New York. 360 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:26,400 Speaker 2: Wer was like Oakley Mason, Ewing, Starks. People just loved them. 361 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 2: They were gritty, tough, taking no crap, and they were 362 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 2: a bunch of underdogs, except for Ewing, who was just 363 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 2: an iconic player in his era. But the best part 364 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 2: about Starks was he came from nowhere, got to the NBA, 365 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 2: helped the next gets to the finals, and then of 366 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 2: course he really struggled. I think it was three for 367 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 2: seventeen against the Rockets in Game seven, devastating. I remember 368 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 2: that game fondly. It was just every miss was just 369 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 2: you could just it's brutal. Anyways, so John Starks comes 370 00:20:56,359 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 2: out and is now defending Jordan against basically saying, oh no, 371 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 2: Michael Jordan built this and did this and all. And 372 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 2: it's just like every single person chiming in adds a 373 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 2: new layer to it. But the stuff they're saying, and again, 374 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 2: I loved John Starks, but he's out here and he's 375 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 2: like he made everyone a better player? Did he? Where's 376 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 2: there evidence of that? Again? I was plenty alive and 377 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 2: watching the Bulls and the ability to read and you know, 378 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 2: go through history is really a skill. And again I'm 379 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,719 Speaker 2: not bashing Jordan, but you guys can go through and 380 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 2: look at Jordan in the eighties, put up a bunch 381 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 2: of stats and never won a damn thing. This is 382 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 2: the reality, you know, This wasn't conveyed in Last Dance. 383 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 2: Couldn't win anything. Scottie Pippen shows up. He's a nice player, 384 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 2: but he had the migraines. Phil Jackson tied it all together. 385 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 2: Phil Jackson was the assistant for the Bulls, had never 386 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 2: been a head coach before, takes the ball out of 387 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 2: Jordan's hands, says, it's not your show. We're going to 388 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 2: run the Triangle offense. Jordan was resistant because Doug Collins 389 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 2: had given him free reign. Again, this is not opinion, 390 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 2: this is fact. It's in books, it's out there. Jordan 391 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,239 Speaker 2: thrives in the Triangle, win three titles. Now Magic had 392 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 2: been gone, Bird had been gone. They only were able 393 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 2: to beat the Pistons. I believe once. I probably double 394 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 2: check that, but essentially he quits. Now obviously his father 395 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 2: was killed and that was clearly terrible. Can't imagine what 396 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 2: he can't begin to imagine what someone will go through. 397 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 2: Then he tries his dalliance with baseball, comes back to 398 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 2: the NBA, loses to the Orlando Magic kind of piercing 399 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 2: a little bit of the perfection of Jordan, but he 400 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,199 Speaker 2: only played seventeen or twenty games or whatever it was. 401 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 2: Then wins three more. They get a stack team, Dennis 402 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,959 Speaker 2: Rodman and Company, and they thrive in the expansion nineties 403 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 2: more titles than he quits. Again, it comes back with 404 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 2: the Wizards. We don't talk about those years again. There's 405 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 2: no question Michael Jordan is an unbelievable superstar, great story, 406 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 2: one of the best mid range guys ever. It's incredible. 407 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 2: Unsurpassed six in zero on the finals, you can't knock that. 408 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 2: But the idea that he won in one place with 409 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 2: the perfect setup with Bill Jackson and the Triangle and 410 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 2: Scottie Pippen didn't win before then, didn't win after them, 411 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 2: to me, is not as impressive as Lebron going, I 412 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 2: can't win in Cleveland. Let me go to Miami, build 413 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 2: a team, win, Leaving Miami, leaving the coaches. I'm going 414 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 2: back to Cleveland, new players, new coaches. I'm gonna win there. 415 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 2: Then I'm gonna go to the Lakers, new team, new players, 416 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 2: new coaches. I'm gonna win there. And I've stood by 417 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 2: this the whole time. Jordan fit in the system, the 418 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 2: Triangle and thrived. Lebron was the system everywhere he went 419 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 2: to Miami, back to Cleveland, to LA he was the system. 420 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 2: So what makes this new news interesting? Lebron? What's gonna happen? 421 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 2: He's no longer the system. Can he fit in and 422 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 2: maybe win one more? I think this year would be 423 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 2: a long shot to win the title. I think they 424 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 2: do have a really good chance to get out of 425 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 2: the first round. I will be betting they will. And 426 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 2: let's see who the matchup is. You don't know what 427 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 2: the other rosters are gonna look like. Hey, guys have 428 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 2: caught breaks before. Who knows. I don't know what's going 429 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 2: on with Denver. I don't know what's going on with Okay. See, 430 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 2: I don't want to see the Spurs. But I think 431 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 2: the real year for Lebron would be next year when 432 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 2: he's forty two and perhaps on a minimum deal with 433 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 2: Luca Reeves. And you're honest, question Mark, or are the 434 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 2: Knicks in such a crappy spot that maybe they will 435 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 2: start to make a move on Giannis? And I will 436 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 2: leave you with this, if you guys remember the Minnesota 437 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 2: Timberwolves tried to trade everything. It was a bolted down 438 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 2: for Giannis and players were ticked. And how did the 439 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:23,719 Speaker 2: Minnesota Timberwolves do after that disaster? They did terrible and 440 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 2: the team started to fall apart. And so we're seeing 441 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 2: the Knicks now. Everybody knows the Knicks. Giannis is hovering 442 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 2: and what are the next doing? They're struggling down the 443 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:40,719 Speaker 2: stretch with the looming Yanis overhead caring anything. Towns has 444 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 2: been benched a couple times. He was actually good against 445 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 2: Oka see the other night until Alex Cruser locked him 446 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 2: up late. But it is it's interesting to watch. Everybody 447 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 2: knows Giannis is gone. Where's he gonna go? It's interesting 448 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 2: to watch teams kind of sort of fall apart because 449 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 2: guys don't know where they're gonna be next year. The 450 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 2: Lakers with lebronos in the opp they've thrived since all 451 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 2: that talk started. Is Lebron gonna fit in? Where's he 452 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 2: gonna be nextra They got there their hottest streak of 453 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 2: the season, So you guys can keep downing Lebron. I'm 454 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 2: not ready to go there. By the way, Anthony Edwards 455 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 2: did return for Minnesota. That's a huge get back, coming 456 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 2: off the bench twenty nine points in twenty three minutes 457 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 2: against the tanking Maps and Minnesota wins handily. Minnesota, of course, 458 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 2: extinguished the Lakers last year in the playoffs. As of 459 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 2: this moment, Lakers still third, Nuggets, fourth, Timberwolves, fifth, Rocket sixth. 460 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 2: That Nuggets Wolves series woo. That would be something huh. 461 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:45,880 Speaker 2: Remember Timberwolves took them down two years ago, and yeah, 462 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 2: it was in Game seven. I remember that. That was 463 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 2: a great win, So that that would be tough. If 464 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,880 Speaker 2: the Lakers gonna avoid Nuggets and Wolves, that's great. They're 465 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 2: gonna have some work to do this week to hold 466 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 2: off Denver. Denver streaking. They've got six wins in a row. 467 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 2: Huge week ahead for the Lakers. Big one tonight against 468 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 2: the Calves Tiama