1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: Welcome in. We'll drive in the great episode three oh four, 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: final show before vacation. We'll be back the first Tuesday 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: in March. It's March third or something, and also on 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: TV today and then off tomorrow. So this is really 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: getaway day normally, I'll be honest, getaway days, last days 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 1: before vacation. I don't want to say you mail it in, 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: but you know, it's just like, okay, let's just get 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 1: to the finish line, regroup, refresh. However, not only was 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: there in an infuriating basketball game last night, but there 10 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: has been and you can set your watch to it, 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: and even more infuriating discussion in the eight hours since 12 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,599 Speaker 1: that game ended. So we're gonna get to all of that. 13 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: I don't know how we might spend more time on 14 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: Lakers hornets than the entire fourth quarter actually lasted. So 15 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: we'll do all of that. But first, demand'sa's here with us. 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: Of course, here's what missed the cut for the show 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: that we will discuss briefly, Jah Aaron Gore and Zach 18 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: Lavine allegedly interested in the dunk contest. Here would be 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: my only concern with that, Tomase, I don't know, I 20 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: feel like Aaron Gordon and Zach Lavine might have set 21 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: the standard too high with their younger selves. I don't 22 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: know if they still have that performance in them because 23 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: they had an all time dunk contest duel. So I 24 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: would want I wouldn't want them to almost sully their 25 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: dunk contest. Rats exactly. Kyrie, who has been the most 26 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: reasonable person related to Dallas Mavericks. Amazingly, he essentially should 27 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: be the Dallas Mavericks spokesperson. What a crazy journey for 28 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: him the last few years to where he is now 29 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: the respected, measured mature elder in the room. He also 30 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: said he might want to play for Australia in the 31 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: next Olympics. That'd be dope. He was born in Australia. 32 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: And then there is this so have it so this 33 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: So NASA said there's like a three percent chance and 34 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: asteroid's gonna hit the US in a couple of years, 35 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: highest they've ever recorded. They then, you know, adjusted that 36 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: down to like one point seven percent or something. This 37 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 1: is oddly something demands that the asteroid hitting the Earth 38 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: probability stuff. It could be at forty percent and I 39 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: don't think I would change it would change my day 40 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: one day, Yeah, because I look at that as such 41 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: a binary a there's nothing you can do and it's 42 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 1: either total human destruction or everything's fine. So I just don't. 43 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: I can't wrap my mind around worrying about it. It's like, well, 44 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: if it the bright side I suppose is if it happens, 45 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: none of us really know, right, it happens just lights 46 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: out on the planet, you know. 47 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 2: What I mean? And so does it have to Is 48 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 2: it going to destroy the whole planet or is it 49 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 2: going to destroy like parts of it? 50 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: Well, listen, you're you're raising a good point, which is 51 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: is it instant lights out destruction for the world or 52 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: is it like lights out god kids, and then the 53 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: sun gets blacked out and we're all in that movie 54 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: The Road. Yeah, that would be worrisome. But I just 55 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna trust that you know that the one 56 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: and thirty three shots not gonna come in. That's that is. 57 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: That is what I'm going to trust. All right, Let's 58 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: get to the one basketball game last night, the worst 59 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: Laker game of the year, And I was, well, I'll 60 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: let you set it up and then I'll and then 61 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what I was going to discuss and 62 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: then I guess what we end up having to discuss, 63 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: So go ahead. 64 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,119 Speaker 2: All right? Yeah, So the Lakers were embarrassed at home 65 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 2: last night by the Hornets at home. That's now the 66 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 2: Jazz and and now the Hornets. Lucas still struggling on offense. 67 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: I think the team still needs to mash a little 68 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 2: bit better. But he had fourteen points, celever rebounds, eight assists, 69 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 2: so that was nice. Austin Reeves got ejected. Is it 70 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: time to sound the alarm? 71 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: Here? 72 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: Are you scared? What's going on here in Leyton? 73 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 1: Later? Well, I was. I thought the conversation was going 74 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: to be about Luca today because Luca looks unsettled. However, 75 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: it's not because if people didn't stay up to watch 76 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: this game. Let me give you a quick recap. Lakers 77 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: were up twenty. They then slowly but surely blew the game. 78 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: They then late down four, uh, well actually down two. 79 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: Ruey misses back to back free throws with thirty five 80 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: seconds left, just a killer, just a good free throw 81 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: shooter misses both. They then find themselves down four after 82 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: LaMelo kind of cooks Luca out on the perimeter and 83 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: they get a layup. Lebron hits an impossible three to 84 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: cut it to one the Hornets. Then LaMelo hits a 85 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 1: couple free throws, and then Lebron has a really good 86 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: but deep look and misses it. They get the rebound, 87 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: gets another decent look and misses it, and they lose. 88 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: And I'm like, man, I was like, we're gonna have 89 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: to talk about how sad Luca looks. That to me 90 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: is the actual story. Little did I know? And this 91 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: is a bad job by me, bad media, you know, 92 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 1: kind of seeing the tea leaves. I missed what the 93 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: obvious story was gonna be. Lebron missed another clutch shot, which, 94 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: by the way, he has been shockingly bad at those 95 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: in the regular season since he's been a Laker. Last 96 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: five second shots to tie or take the lead as 97 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: a as a Laker one of twenty nine, so like, 98 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: really really bad at those in the regular season, and 99 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: that's a legitimate complaint. I guess, like whatever, But I 100 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: foolishly thought we were done with and passed the Lebron 101 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: clutch gen stuff. I thought maybe, and you guys know, 102 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: I you know, I've always been pretty respectful to my 103 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: former colleagues skip baylists, But I did think that with 104 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 1: Skip moving to a different part of his career, maybe 105 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: the Lebron clutch gen stuff would you know, wander off 106 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: into the sunset as well, because not because it's unfair 107 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: to talk about whether or not guys can come through 108 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: in the clutch, but because it has always been an 109 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: empire built on lies. You know, a mid February regular 110 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: season game against the Hornets miss threes. It's like, man, 111 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: Kobe would have made that. So now I have to 112 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: I don't want to do this, but now I have 113 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: to be the person. And by the way, this is 114 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: something that if we edit this properly and because I'm 115 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: gonna machine gun you with numbers and put this on 116 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: the TikTok and the Instagram, folks are going to say 117 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: these are fake stats because there's such a Mandela effect 118 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: of oh, I know what I remember and what is 119 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: true and what isn't. So again, I did this eighteen 120 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: months ago, I looked it up in our archives. I 121 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: will now do it again with the updated numbers. Thanks 122 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: to our friends at Statthead and Basketball Reference. The database 123 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: goes back to nineteen ninety seven to now Here are 124 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: the clutch shooting numbers for Lebron and for all your 125 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: favorite players. We will go from the max to the men. 126 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: So the set, the setup is this shots to tie 127 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: or take the lead in the playoffs final minute Lebron 128 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: James twenty three of fifty forty six percent. That is 129 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: a better percentage than every player in the database from 130 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: ninety seven to now, except for Demonse's Guy Ray Allen, 131 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: who was just an absolute killer. So it's not only 132 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: that Lebron has made the most and taken the most 133 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: forty six percent. You might be like, well and ninety 134 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: seven to now that covers Kobe's entire career. Kobe was 135 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: assuredly better than Lebron at these again, playoff games, tie, 136 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: take the lead final minute Lebron twenty three to fifty 137 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: forty six percent, Kobe Bryant it twelve of forty four 138 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: twenty seven percent, Kevin Durant nine of thirty five twenty 139 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: six percent, Steph Curry six of twenty five twenty four percent. 140 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: You want to go to We've heard forever. Uh, you know, 141 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 1: Lebron just put his head down, get to the basket. 142 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: It doesn't have the bag. What about threes Lebron final 143 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: minute of playoff games to tie or take the lead 144 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: four of eleven from three, Kobe Bean Bryant three of seventeen, 145 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant three of sixteen, Steph Curry three of fourteen. 146 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: Let's go smaller. Final thirty seconds playoff games tie or 147 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: take the lead Lebron James fourteen of thirty five forty 148 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: percent from the field, Kobe mister clutch killer, Kobe Bryant 149 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:09,719 Speaker 1: Bron fourteen of thirty five forty percent, Kobe eight of 150 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: thirty one twenty six percent, Durant six of twenty four 151 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: twenty five percent, Steph four of nineteen twenty one percent. 152 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: Let's go smaller. Let's go to the stat that we're 153 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: hearing about Lebron in the regular season as a Laker 154 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: final five seconds tie or take the lead in the 155 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: playoffs Lebron eight of twenty forty percent, Kobe Bryant four 156 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: of eighteen twenty two percent, Kevin Durant two of eleven 157 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: eighteen percent. Let me, where is Steph on this? I 158 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: know he's on this somewhere, I can't even find him. 159 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: Step maybe hasn't taken in the final five s seconds. 160 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: Oh there's Steph one of six seventeen percent. So the 161 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: reason the Lebron clutch thing has always been so such 162 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: an outrage in an affront to kind of the way 163 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:27,559 Speaker 1: we consume basketball at large. Is it was literally not 164 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: only was it never true, the opposite was true. The 165 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: guy hit a game winner in the first playoff series 166 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: of his career at twenty one years old. And if 167 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: we go for again now, I'll just do percentages and 168 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: show you the full list of guys in the last 169 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: thirty years in the NBA who have been more clutch 170 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:54,679 Speaker 1: in the postseason final minute tire take the lead of 171 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: every player to take at least fifteen of those shots. 172 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: There have been twenty in twentieth place. This one's rough 173 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook three of twenty four in nineteenth place, Steph 174 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: Curry six of twenty five, second place, Lebron James twenty 175 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: three of fifty forty six percent. Ray Allen first place 176 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 1: by a lot, eleven of twenty one fifty two percent. 177 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: If you want to do three point percentages, Ray Allen 178 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 1: sits alone ten of sixteen pretty remarkable, ten of sixteen 179 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: sixty three percent, Dame five of ten fifty percent, Reggie 180 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: Miller fairs fair six of thirteen forty six percent, and 181 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: then Lebron four of eleven thirty six percent. You go 182 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: down the Russell Westbrook yikes again, one of fourteen, that's 183 00:12:53,280 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: seven percent, Kobe three of seventeen, that's seventeen percent. Fourteen again, 184 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: if you want to just go raw percentages, final thirty 185 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: seconds of the playoffs, Tire take the lead. The only 186 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: guy ahead of Lebron is Ray Allen nine of eighteen 187 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 1: fifty percent Lebron fourteen of thirty five forty percent. Ray Allen, 188 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: by the way, final thirty seconds on threes Demons eight 189 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,959 Speaker 1: of thirteen to Tire take the lead in the playoffs. 190 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: Guy just unbelievable at those on those shots, Gene, He's 191 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: maybe the best ever. The statistically is the best ever. 192 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: Now if we expand that to where you don't have 193 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: to have taken fifteen of these shots, just to where 194 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: you only had to have taken ten. Two more guys 195 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: jump ahead of Lebron. One is Chris Middleton six of 196 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: eleven in the playoffs to Tire take the lead in 197 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: the final thirty seconds and Jimmy Butler six of thirteen 198 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: at forty six percent Lebron fourteen to thirty five. But again, 199 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 1: the guy in your head that was the ultimate clutch 200 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: guy Kobe Bean Bryant on these shots final thirty seconds, 201 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: Tire take the lead eight of thirty one from the 202 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: field and on threes one of twelve final thirty seconds 203 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: Tire take the lead in the playoffs and Steph Curry 204 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: four of nineteen overall, Again, these numbers are not very 205 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: kind to Russell Westbrook Russ one of fourteen from the field, 206 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: zero of nine from three, and then last but not least, 207 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: final five seconds, Tire take the lead playoffs. If we 208 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: just make it to where have you taken five of 209 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: these shots? Because Lebron's taken twenty The only guys with 210 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: a better percentage Jimmy Butler's three of five, Reggie's five 211 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: of nine, Chris Middleton's four of eight. Lebron is eight 212 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: of twenty forty percent, and on threes in those spots 213 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: Lebron's two for five forty percent. Kobe, who everyone remembers 214 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: as the ultimate clutch killer. Final five seconds of playoff 215 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: games to tire or take the lead four of eighteen 216 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: twenty two percent, one of seven from three, Steph one 217 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: for six, Durant two for eleven from the field. So I, 218 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: so the lesson on This is multifaceted. One is nobody 219 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: really aside from Ray Allen shoots an amazing percentage on 220 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: these nobody but shooting more than thirty percent on him 221 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: is remarkable. And across every five second, thirty second minute 222 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: playoff game, TI take the lead, Lebron's looking up at 223 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: one guy, Ray Allen, and again you might be like, well, Jordan, 224 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: I know was eighty percent. The database only goes back 225 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: to ninety seven, so I can't tell you what Jordan was. 226 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: The NBA is very cagey about play by play data 227 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: early in Michael Jordan's career. Maybe it's because the eighties 228 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: were a different time, or maybe they're, you know, protecting 229 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: a legend. I don't know. What I do know is 230 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: this that if you asked one hundred basketball fans what 231 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: they thought Kobe or Lebron or Durant or Lebron or 232 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: Steph or Lebron's percentages were in these circumstances, the vast 233 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: majority would look at Kobe's numbers and be like, those 234 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: are Lebron's. And look at Lebron's numbers and say those 235 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: are Kobe's. And even after I present this data, you 236 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: know what, folks, are gonna say, Ah, I don't believe it. 237 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: It didn't feel that way. And the reason it didn't 238 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: feel that way, and the reason I'm doing this today 239 00:16:54,880 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: is because no other player ever could miss a twenty 240 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:06,360 Speaker 1: eight footer down three after hitting the three to cut 241 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: it to one in a regular season game against the 242 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: Hornets when he was the best player on his team 243 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: that night, and have that morning sports television be an 244 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 1: indictment on him. The reason you don't remember the Kobe 245 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 1: misses is because every single Kobe game wasn't a referendum 246 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: on his clutch or anti clutchness. There's been one athlete 247 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: ever that has been treated like this, and it's the 248 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: same guy who was criticized for not playing in his 249 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: twenty first straight All Star Game and then was criticized 250 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 1: for playing last night. Oh looked awful healthy last night, 251 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: didn't he? But he couldn't get it's the regular You 252 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: saw that right, Yeah, he's having a good time. The 253 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: thing he got that rest on Sunday for real, it 254 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: might not have been able to do it. So I 255 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: do find these I find this this stuff fascinating, if 256 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 1: for no other reason than how gas lit kind of 257 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: sports media has been or sports fans have been by 258 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: sports media like Chauncey billups Mister big Shot is his nickname. 259 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: Chauncey billups On in the final minute of the playoff 260 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: games to tire or take the lead is five of twenty. 261 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: The exact same five of twenty is James Harden. But 262 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: that's it's just not how we remember it because we 263 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: remember the moments of it. So also there's a couple 264 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: funny names on like if you go through the in 265 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: the last third years, the twenty guys who have taken 266 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: at least fifteen shots in the final minute of playoff 267 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: games to tire take the lead. The names it's all 268 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 1: names of like Okay, stars, Hall of Famers, all time greats. 269 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: And then also Haydu Turkalou who took sixteen of these, 270 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: And I just imagine that was because he was on 271 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: deep playoff runs with Dwight and you know, Dwight, you're 272 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: not going to give the ball to in the fire. 273 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: He was the guy who ended up having to take 274 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: those shots. Yeah, but it's it's ray Allen, Lebron Jimmy. 275 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: This is in order of field goal percentage, descending number one. 276 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: Ray Allen then Lebron, Jimmy Butler, Reggie Miller, Manu Ginobili, 277 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: Chris Middleton, John Stockton, Derk Novitzky, Steve Nash, Damian Lillard, 278 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: Haydu Turkalou, Tim Duncan, Dwayne Wade, Kobe Bryant, Paul Piers, 279 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, John T. Billis, James hard and Steph Curry, 280 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook seventeen No Doubt Hall of Famers two, borderline 281 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, and hate who so shout out to 282 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 1: my guy hat Turkle. I don't know why he's my guy. 283 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: All right, Now, let's talk about the lucapiece of it. 284 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: Demanse Uh. I think he's legit sad, and I think 285 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: he is really unsettled by this. He looks so unsure 286 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: of himself. Go ahead, yeah about Yes. I think that 287 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: he is still in a state of shock that this happened. 288 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: And I don't think it's about wanting or not wanting 289 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: to be a Laker. I think it's more about this team. 290 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: That he looked at himself as the leader of obviously 291 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: the best player this franchise, that I think he truly 292 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: believed he might be able to do what Dirk did 293 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: and play with one team forever, that they traded him 294 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 1: under the dark of night and then have done everything 295 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,479 Speaker 1: they can to just tell the world we don't believe 296 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: in you. We thought you were a bad leader, of 297 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: mediocre teammate, out of shape, all of it. He seems 298 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: less confident on the court than at any moment of 299 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: his career. And Luca is at his best when he's 300 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: like a snarling, angry monster. But he also has to 301 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 1: have that kind of swagger and confidence and I just 302 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 1: haven't seen it, and I don't know what how long 303 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:58,439 Speaker 1: this is gonna this is gonna take. But he looks 304 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:03,679 Speaker 1: he looks relieved when he makes a shot. He looks 305 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: unsure of what he wants to do with the ball. 306 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: And it's not again. I'm not sure how many people 307 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: stayed up late to watch the entirety of Lakers hornets. 308 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: I oddly did. Late in the game, he like, there 309 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: was I forget I think maybe Bron shot it. I'm 310 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: not sure. There's a misshot and Luca is down fighting 311 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: on the offensive glass gets a rebound and gets a 312 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 1: putback is to tie the game. It's a huge play, 313 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: and you saw a shot of him after that, and 314 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: it was. It wasn't even like it didn't. Again, I'm 315 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: not a body language expert, but just from watching this 316 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:49,439 Speaker 1: guy every step of his career, it wasn't excitement as 317 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: much as it was relief, like I finally made a 318 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 1: play and I don't know how long this is gonna last. 319 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: My hope would be the MAVs game next week snaps 320 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: him out of it. That there is that seeing like that, 321 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:13,679 Speaker 1: that is I'm because the Lakers host the MAVs on Tuesday, 322 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 1: so they have the Blazers tonight, Dane between that Nuggets Saturday. Yeah, correct, right, 323 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: and I would imagine Lebron's not playing tonight, so maybe 324 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: tonight like with Luca just running the full show. But 325 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: so I'm not I'm not as worried about what these 326 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: losses mean for the Lakers in the standings, because I 327 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 1: know we talked about could could they catch Denver climb 328 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 1: to the three and you know put Denver and Okac 329 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: on the same side of the bracket. Losing to Utah 330 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 1: and Charlotte probably made that, I don't want to say unrealistic, 331 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: because they could beat Denver on Saturday and then just 332 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: be a game back. But I now look at it 333 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,120 Speaker 1: more like, just stay in the four five, don't fall 334 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: to the six where you might have to play Denver 335 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 1: in round one. That sounds awful. Stay in the four 336 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:16,199 Speaker 1: or five and then you know, theoretically get Houston or 337 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 1: the Clippers in round one and then take your chances 338 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: with Oka See and again, Okay See is a great team, 339 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 1: great team, but I think for a team that young, 340 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: I think they're you know, playing Luca who beat him 341 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: last year in the playoffs, and Lebron could be tough, 342 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 1: and then you know, see what happens with Denver. But 343 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 1: Luca is out of sorts, like really truly out of sorts, 344 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 1: and he seems like he is not yet fully dealt 345 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: with or is consistently still dealing with the trade. There's 346 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: also evidently some breaking news to him on say you 347 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: want to share it with the audience. 348 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 2: Uh, yeah, Bobby Portos has been suspended twenty five games 349 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 2: for a performance enhancing drugs Yes, so games of the season. 350 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean there's only twenty nine games left 351 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 1: and the Bos need him. Let me. I just saw 352 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: someone tweeted that his agent, So what his agent is 353 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: saying that Bobby unintentionally took a pain medication called tramadoll, 354 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: thinking was taking a pain medication called tour it All. 355 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 1: Tour it All's approved, Tramadoll is not approved, was recently 356 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: out of the band substance list tramad All. I feel 357 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: like I've taken tramadoll. 358 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've heard of tramad all before. 359 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think tramadoll. Uh, so it's a painkiller. Maybe 360 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: I was wrong. I thought tramado all was like an 361 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 1: anxiety thing, So maybe I haven't taken it. Tour it all. 362 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: We all know tour it all. A lot of football 363 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 1: players take uh tram it all. Oh yeah, trama all 364 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: is in a super strong painkiller. It's an opioid. So listen. 365 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: Everybody always takes steroids by accident. We all know this. 366 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: Like nobody's ever actually intentionally violated the performance answering drug policy. 367 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: I don't know, you know, the So people can decide 368 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 1: whether or not they want to believe Bobby Portis's agent, 369 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,439 Speaker 1: that's fine. What does matter is this bad for the Bucks. 370 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 1: Is bad for a Bucks team that is trying to 371 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: climb the Eastern Conference standings. Now they I think it's 372 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: more important for them to just stay where they're at 373 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: in the four to five line rather than move They're 374 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: not gonna move up. There's six games behind the Knicks, 375 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: so they're not going to catch the Knicks for the three. 376 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 1: But what they don't want to do is fall to 377 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,679 Speaker 1: the six and then end up having to play the 378 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: Knicks in round one. Like, there's clearly three teams in 379 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 1: the East in Boston, Cleveland, and New York that seem 380 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 1: that are considerably better than every one else, with Milwaukee 381 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: lurking because of Giannis. Milwaukee doesn't want to have to 382 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: face one of those three in round one. And you 383 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: traded Middleton. You I know you have Kuzma now Kuzma though, 384 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: shout out Kyle Kuzma. Good for him, buddy, congrats engage 385 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: Winnie Harlowe. Unbelievable. I know they've been together for a 386 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 1: long time. But the listen, I Kyle. Kyle was once 387 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,640 Speaker 1: upon a time a real pro for that Lakers team. 388 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: He was a real pro as the year they won 389 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: the championship, did the dirty work, rebounded, defended, did all 390 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: that stuff. Then went to the Wizards and just played 391 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,199 Speaker 1: nonsense basketball for three years. But maybe now he's with 392 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 1: the Bucks, he'll be a real pro again. But Milwaukee 393 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: needs to stay where they are in the in the bracket. 394 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 1: They can't drop down to the six. All right, let's 395 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: do a little more on the Luke ad trade because 396 00:27:58,520 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: Rich Paul talked about it. 397 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 2: So yeah, Rich Paul had a little bit on the 398 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 2: Gilbert Arenas podcast. He said, a ninety nine point nine 399 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 2: percent of the time, I'm gonna know what's going on. 400 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 2: The one time I didn't was the one time we 401 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 2: all didn't per se know what was going on. 402 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: So you thoughts, here's the thing, I know. You know, 403 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 1: Bill Simmons and others have been adamant that they think 404 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 1: this is all a lie, that they think a lot 405 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: of people knew. Lebron knew and Rich Paul knew. And 406 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 1: I truly believe these guys. I don't always believe them, 407 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 1: but I believe him for two reasons. One is there 408 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: was not even a whiff of this in the media. 409 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 1: There was not a whiff of it anywhere. And the 410 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: other reason is because Wendy believes them. And Brian Windhorst. 411 00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,120 Speaker 1: Brian Windhorst knows everything that's happening in the NBA. He 412 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: discusses ten percent of what he knows, so like Wendy 413 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: is always I think, and I don't want to speak 414 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: for him, but in a weird spot on TV because 415 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: very often he knows a lot more than he is 416 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: willing to discuss or at liberty to discuss. But it 417 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: does allow him to have very informed opinions. And so 418 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: you really if you listen to Wendy's podcast or watch 419 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 1: him on TV, you can learn a lot. And Wendy said, 420 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: this is a time he believes that no one knew anything. 421 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: He didn't know anything, and so I believe Rich Paul 422 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: on this. He went on to say it was a 423 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: shock to everybody who was in. It was a shock. 424 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: The timing of it was a shock. Obviously who was 425 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: involved as a shock. I'm glad I didn't know, and 426 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: I'm glad that whoever else didn't know, because it probably 427 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: wouldn't have happened if you did know. You can't get 428 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: those things done with people know. And I wonder how 429 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: much of that is. I wonder if the Jazz wouldn't 430 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 1: have participated that, if the Jazz run by Danny Ainge, 431 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: who hates the Lakers, if the Jazz wouldn't now the 432 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: Jazz basically got two free second round picks so like 433 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: to make the salaries work taken on Jalen Hood Schaffino, 434 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: but they I do wonder if the Jazz will been like, no, 435 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: we're not helping the Lakers get lukad Ancic. Bleep, you 436 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 1: find somebody else. So I believe rich on this all right. 437 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: Before we get to other potential NBA trades, let me 438 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: talk to you guys about my friends at DraftKings. 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All right, yesterday, guys, I 448 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: said we're gonna keep tracking this. Yesterday we went over too. 449 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: We took the Lebron over and the Luca under. No, 450 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: we should have done it. We took the Lebron under 451 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: and the Luca over. Luca didn't do anything. Lebron looked 452 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: like we might go one for one, but then Lebron 453 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: hit that late three to just kill us, then didn't 454 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: hit the late later three to win the game or 455 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: tie the game. So our record's now one and two. 456 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 1: So today this is the one I'm looking at. I'm 457 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 1: only looking at one today. I usually we give you two, 458 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: but it's coming off the All Star break. You don't 459 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: know exactly who's playing. I don't want to give you, 460 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: guys ones that I'm not actually playing myself. Kevin Durant 461 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 1: over twenty six and a half points is where the 462 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: line is right now. It is Sun Spurs again lines 463 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: an odds subject to change my thought process on that 464 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: this is twofold. 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Yesterday was like, guys, I've got something. 491 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 1: I've got to blow the let off this thing. Did 492 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: you know that when a player is listed with flu 493 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: like symptoms, it usually means they were out drinking too 494 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:16,240 Speaker 1: much last night. Yeah? Yeah, guys, that's why it's called 495 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:21,400 Speaker 1: flu like. That wasn't a conspiracy. It's literally in the 496 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: description flu like symptoms not listed with the flu flu 497 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: like symptoms. You know what flu like symptoms are. I'm sweaty, 498 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:34,360 Speaker 1: I'm throwing up, I have a splitting headache. Yeah, everybody 499 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,800 Speaker 1: is always known that usually means you were out partying 500 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:41,520 Speaker 1: too much. But listen, more power to Chandler Parsons. I 501 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:46,760 Speaker 1: would have thought his career peaked when he swindled Dallas 502 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,439 Speaker 1: out of that eighty million uh, when he wasn't gonna 503 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,360 Speaker 1: pass his physical Little did I know he was just 504 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,720 Speaker 1: gonna become a take cannon up to it, including being 505 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: like Lebron's making everyone share a court with his son. 506 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:03,240 Speaker 1: I'll tell you right now. And I understand he's retired, 507 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,480 Speaker 1: so maybe it's unfair. I put five thousand dollars in 508 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 1: uh Bronnie versus Chandler Parsons one on one game right now, 509 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,800 Speaker 1: this moment, Chandler, and get that back right we played 510 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:17,320 Speaker 1: to eleven. Uh, I'll take Bronnie in that one. Follow 511 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 1: the bel the belt, the belt. Oh gosh, I mean 512 00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: that's I I'm trying to I'm trying to be kind. 513 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,960 Speaker 1: The guy dealt with injuries last played, and I mean 514 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 1: he's been out of league five years, so yeah, I 515 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,759 Speaker 1: mean the yeah. I uh. And I covered Chandler right 516 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,319 Speaker 1: when he got to Houston. He was really good player 517 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: until he got hurt. Really good second round pick by 518 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 1: my buddy Darryl. All Right, demons, let's go to Durant. Uh. 519 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 2: So Katie reportedly shot down a trade to Golden State 520 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,799 Speaker 2: around the deadline. Steve Kerr didn't blame Katie. He came 521 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 2: out and said he still gets criticized, so why would 522 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 2: he want to face all that bs again? Katie and 523 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 2: ied that being the reason and said that I just 524 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 2: didn't want to get traded a bit way through the season. 525 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,000 Speaker 2: And then then when asked about being moved in the summer, 526 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 2: he said, you got to ask the front office about that. 527 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 2: I didn't ask for a trade from Phoenix, so I buy. 528 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,240 Speaker 1: That he just didn't want to be traded during the season. 529 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:27,720 Speaker 1: I do buy that. I here's what I would say 530 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,719 Speaker 1: if he does have like, oh, maybe I would play 531 00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 1: with him again, but next year I would my advice, like, 532 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:37,920 Speaker 1: you know, you can move me in the off season. 533 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:42,480 Speaker 1: My advice would have been to go now. And that 534 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 1: is because that's because we don't. We are already approaching 535 00:36:55,400 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 1: really unprecedented territory with how long Steph and Durant are 536 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:07,240 Speaker 1: still this good, and there is no guarantee that next 537 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:11,800 Speaker 1: postseason having the two of them together would make you 538 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:16,839 Speaker 1: a championship contender. Here is a crazy stat, Demons, So 539 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:21,200 Speaker 1: Steph's thirty six, Durant's thirty six. Steph is averaging twenty 540 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,520 Speaker 1: three points per game this year twenty three and a half. 541 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:30,680 Speaker 1: Here is the complete list of players in the history 542 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:35,440 Speaker 1: of the NBA to average at least twenty three points 543 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:39,840 Speaker 1: per game in a season age thirty six or older. 544 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:48,320 Speaker 1: Steph this year, Durant this year, Kareem one time, Karl 545 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:54,480 Speaker 1: malone twice, and Lebron five times. That's the list. Michael 546 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:59,640 Speaker 1: Jordan never did it, Kobe Bryant never did it. An 547 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 1: I just every one of your favorite players. Ever, if 548 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:08,320 Speaker 1: it is not Steph or Durant this year, Kareem Karmel, 549 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:13,520 Speaker 1: owner Lebron, they never average twenty three a game age 550 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:17,319 Speaker 1: thirty six or older. Now Durant's averaging twenty seven and 551 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:21,080 Speaker 1: shows no signs of slowing down. Steph is showing some 552 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,800 Speaker 1: signs of slowing down, which again there is he's thirty. 553 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 1: He turns thirty seven next month. It's remarkable he's still 554 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:36,440 Speaker 1: doing this, Like Lebron playing at this level at age forty. 555 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,520 Speaker 1: There's a Brady effect to it, where when Tom Brady 556 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,399 Speaker 1: wins the Super Bowl at forty four, people then look 557 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,520 Speaker 1: at Drew Brees at thirty nine and they're like he 558 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 1: should still be awesome or forty, and it's like, no, 559 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:52,239 Speaker 1: you know what, that's not a fair expectation. Now Durant 560 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,920 Speaker 1: might keep just keep this up. I mean, Durant's showing 561 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,879 Speaker 1: no signs of slowing down, except for he doesn't really 562 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,839 Speaker 1: have as much of an impact on winning is as 563 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,400 Speaker 1: he once did. But that's again, he's still one of 564 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:09,120 Speaker 1: the twelve best players in the league. So I just 565 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:14,000 Speaker 1: feel I hate that Durant is going to have another 566 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 1: great year without any real chance of winning the championship 567 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 1: and Phoenix is more likely to miss the playoffs entirely 568 00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,200 Speaker 1: than they are to be in the conference finals. So 569 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:28,319 Speaker 1: that's a bummer to me. Did you want to ask you. 570 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,319 Speaker 2: Is more likely to be a Sun next year or 571 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:32,480 Speaker 2: another team? I can't. 572 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:36,040 Speaker 1: I feel like, oh, I think he's gonna be somewhere else. 573 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:42,279 Speaker 1: I think that here's what I think. I'm going to 574 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:46,280 Speaker 1: give you a handful of teams that have real expectation 575 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:51,880 Speaker 1: this year or had it going into the year. Okay, 576 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,680 Speaker 1: and either they had it going into the year and 577 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,759 Speaker 1: they've underachieved, or now because of what they've done, they 578 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:04,360 Speaker 1: have you know, they have created real expectation. In the East, 579 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,680 Speaker 1: the only one is the Knicks that fits this category. 580 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:15,319 Speaker 1: And in the West, Memphis, Houston, Minnesota and then the 581 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:21,200 Speaker 1: pipe dream OKC. If any of those teams go out 582 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:25,880 Speaker 1: and round one, do they this offseason say you know what, 583 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,719 Speaker 1: let's go out and you know, pay one hundred and 584 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,520 Speaker 1: ten cents on the dollar for Kevin Durant to try 585 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,640 Speaker 1: to take us over the top. Now, I see no 586 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:42,040 Speaker 1: scenario in the world where OKC goes out in round one. 587 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:47,200 Speaker 1: But our friend Ty Butler, who's a huge Durant fan this. 588 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,080 Speaker 1: He has been pushing this right, and I love the 589 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:56,200 Speaker 1: storyline of it, of Durant coming back to OKAC at 590 00:40:56,239 --> 00:41:00,319 Speaker 1: the end and delivering them a championship alongside Shay. That 591 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,359 Speaker 1: would be so cool and it would be such an 592 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:09,560 Speaker 1: awesome moment for him. I think more likely is Minnesota 593 00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:14,080 Speaker 1: gets involved and then lurking is Houston because Houston has 594 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,080 Speaker 1: the assets and the draft picks. I don't think they're 595 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,960 Speaker 1: good enough to be you know. I do think they 596 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:24,080 Speaker 1: are probably gonna lose in round one, and that would 597 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,640 Speaker 1: to me be a really fascinating one. But I see 598 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:30,319 Speaker 1: no chance he plays for the Suns next year like 599 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:34,479 Speaker 1: I think the Suns. No, I just think the Suns 600 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:37,840 Speaker 1: are gonna right now. My money would be on Phoenix 601 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:42,000 Speaker 1: missing the play in entirely, not even the playoffs to 602 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,279 Speaker 1: play in, So I don't know how they run it back? 603 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:45,439 Speaker 1: Go ahead? What were you gonna say? 604 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,279 Speaker 2: Do you think you said Katie's showing those signs of 605 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,239 Speaker 2: slow and down? Whe would you compare Winby to him 606 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:53,960 Speaker 2: right now? Got similar body types? See the week Wimby's 607 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:54,439 Speaker 2: past him. 608 00:41:56,600 --> 00:42:02,560 Speaker 1: I don't because I don't view it. The NBA is 609 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,319 Speaker 1: not fifty percent offense fifty percent defense. When it comes 610 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,879 Speaker 1: to player evaluation, it just isn't. If it were, there 611 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't be a need for an All defense team. The 612 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,600 Speaker 1: reason there's an All Star team, an All NBA team, 613 00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:17,640 Speaker 1: and then an All Defense team. It's like, hey, this 614 00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:20,480 Speaker 1: guy might have been the third best defender in the 615 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:24,759 Speaker 1: whole league and he's not even an All Star. So 616 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:30,680 Speaker 1: Wimby is a brilliant defender, brilliant and he's a good 617 00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,760 Speaker 1: offensive player. I don't think he's a great offensive player. 618 00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:38,560 Speaker 1: Yet Katie is a decent defender and a brilliant offensive player. 619 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:42,480 Speaker 1: It's close, but I right now would say Durant I. 620 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:48,239 Speaker 1: Also speaking of Wimby, I we had this discussion on 621 00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:51,520 Speaker 1: the show yesterday because there was a you know something 622 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,160 Speaker 1: that all stars were asked who's gonna be the best 623 00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:57,520 Speaker 1: player in the league in five years? And Wimby got 624 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:00,440 Speaker 1: the most votes. He got six of the fifteen and 625 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:04,680 Speaker 1: Luca got zero. And I said my vote would be 626 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:08,200 Speaker 1: for Luca. Luke in five years is going to be thirty. 627 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:12,880 Speaker 1: Wimby in five years is gonna be twenty six. And again, 628 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:17,320 Speaker 1: I understand the upside of Wimby, but what also and again, 629 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,520 Speaker 1: he's already awesome. But also, if we're going to be 630 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,160 Speaker 1: fair and going to be honest, we would say this 631 00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:29,680 Speaker 1: Luca was better by year two than Wimby is right now. 632 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,799 Speaker 1: Luke in year two carried his team to the playoffs, 633 00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:38,239 Speaker 1: was first team All NBA, and was dominant in that 634 00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:43,400 Speaker 1: playoff series against a really good, healthy Clippers team. Like Wimby, 635 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:50,320 Speaker 1: this Wimby has not yet impacted winning of him Like, yes, 636 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:56,280 Speaker 1: that and he listen, he's also awesome. I'm not taking 637 00:43:56,280 --> 00:44:01,080 Speaker 1: that away. He is awesome, but he is more of 638 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:07,560 Speaker 1: an idea right now than he is a It's just 639 00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:12,280 Speaker 1: the other guys. Let me just do this real quick. 640 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,040 Speaker 2: So if you are on a winning team right now, Bill, 641 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:16,440 Speaker 2: you think it'd be a lot different. 642 00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:17,759 Speaker 1: Yeah. 643 00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:19,000 Speaker 2: They suck. 644 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:22,840 Speaker 1: I mean I think that. I think that the other guys. 645 00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:26,680 Speaker 1: So I just want to so, oh, sorry, guys, I 646 00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,880 Speaker 1: did this. That's my fault. I'm back now. Lost the 647 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,319 Speaker 1: camera for a second because I was trying to pull 648 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:36,399 Speaker 1: up the Pelicans record in twenty fourteen. I just think 649 00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:41,760 Speaker 1: the other guys who have had this type of deserved hype. 650 00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:45,640 Speaker 2: It happened again, look it. Luke also might have had 651 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:47,920 Speaker 2: a better team around him as well. 652 00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:51,719 Speaker 1: So the but I don't know that he did. That's like, 653 00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:54,840 Speaker 1: all I'm gonna look at that real quick, Okay, So 654 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:59,920 Speaker 1: the I was trying to figure out what year Ante 655 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:04,800 Speaker 1: Davis was a rookie and which is why I keep losing. 656 00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:10,239 Speaker 1: So Anthony Davis was a rookie in twelve thirteen. So 657 00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:14,160 Speaker 1: in thirteen fourteen, okay, that one's that one. They were 658 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,000 Speaker 1: thirty four and forty eight. So that's in line with 659 00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:20,160 Speaker 1: where the Spurs are. The let me look at the 660 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:24,360 Speaker 1: MAVs because people will say Jordan's Bulls were thirty and 661 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,680 Speaker 1: fifty two his second year, but that was the year 662 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,439 Speaker 1: Jordan broke his foot by so he didn't miss most 663 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,560 Speaker 1: of the year. By the way, that thirty win Bulls 664 00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:38,040 Speaker 1: team made the playoffs, I know it seemed impossible. Look 665 00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:40,640 Speaker 1: it up. It's true when people are like Jordan never 666 00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:43,360 Speaker 1: missed the playoffs with the Bulls. He missed basically his 667 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,920 Speaker 1: whole second year. They won thirty games, they made the playoffs. 668 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:52,080 Speaker 1: So luke in year two they were forty three and 669 00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:56,240 Speaker 1: thirty two. That was you know, that was the COVID 670 00:45:56,320 --> 00:46:00,319 Speaker 1: year and so you didn't play the full schedule and 671 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:03,560 Speaker 1: they went to the playoffs. What the Calves in year 672 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:07,200 Speaker 1: two for Lebron Gosh, darn it, I got to figure 673 00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,760 Speaker 1: out why this is happening. I apologize, guys. I probably 674 00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:11,880 Speaker 1: should just stop looking this stuff up, but I just 675 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:16,880 Speaker 1: want to know. The Calves in year two were forty 676 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:20,960 Speaker 1: to and forty but missed the playoffs, so they were 677 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,279 Speaker 1: around five hundred. I just thought I didn't necessarily think 678 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:29,360 Speaker 1: demonse that Wimby and the Spurs this year would be 679 00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:32,239 Speaker 1: a playoff team, but I thought they'd be around five 680 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:34,920 Speaker 1: hundred and so it's you know what I mean, Like 681 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:39,160 Speaker 1: that's been at least somewhat disappointing. I don't know how 682 00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,560 Speaker 1: we got off on this. All right, let's do some 683 00:46:41,719 --> 00:46:44,480 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers stuff where we get some listener questions again, 684 00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:46,560 Speaker 1: some questions in the chat, but go ahead. 685 00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:49,960 Speaker 2: Steve Helling and Ryan Dunlevy of The New York Post 686 00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:53,640 Speaker 2: said Aaron Rodgers has pleaded before the Jets organization to 687 00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:57,759 Speaker 2: keep him for a further season. Diana Russini on The 688 00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:01,239 Speaker 2: Eisen Show, nobody had shared with me that Rogers was 689 00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:03,759 Speaker 2: begging to stay in New York. Yet, in fact, this 690 00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:07,000 Speaker 2: entire time, I knew that Aaron Rodgers wanted his time 691 00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:09,080 Speaker 2: in New York to come to an end. He knew 692 00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:10,719 Speaker 2: this chapter was over a while ago. 693 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:17,200 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, So here's the deal with respect to the 694 00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:22,799 Speaker 1: New York Post. Guys, I believe Diana and Aaron Rodgers 695 00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:27,240 Speaker 1: is not an idiot. He might, you know, he's odd 696 00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:30,760 Speaker 1: at times, but he's not an idiot. When you make 697 00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:36,239 Speaker 1: fun of the owner's son on the record, you that 698 00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,600 Speaker 1: you don't do that if it's somewhere you want to 699 00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:42,160 Speaker 1: stick around at, you know what I mean. Like he 700 00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:45,160 Speaker 1: he was he was talking about whether or not he 701 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:48,840 Speaker 1: was going to be cut by Brick, which is not 702 00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:54,360 Speaker 1: Jeff Ulbrick but Woody Johnson's kid. And so when that happens, demansay, 703 00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:58,640 Speaker 1: you're not all, You're not then begging to stay. I 704 00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,960 Speaker 1: think he wants one, wanted to be cut and wanted 705 00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:04,839 Speaker 1: the opportunity to, you know, go out and see what's 706 00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:07,200 Speaker 1: out there for him. Now I don't know what is 707 00:48:07,239 --> 00:48:09,000 Speaker 1: out there for him, and. 708 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:12,839 Speaker 2: It's true what he kind of does want to still 709 00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:15,440 Speaker 2: be a jet like and there's nothing out there for him. 710 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:19,879 Speaker 1: It's like, hey, guys, I he might end up regretting 711 00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,799 Speaker 1: wanting to be cut. Because the market won't be there 712 00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:28,200 Speaker 1: for him. But I man, I think it's gonna be 713 00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:35,560 Speaker 1: a sad ish end because I just feel like maybe 714 00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:39,920 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh throws him a lifeline. But if not Pittsburgh, demanse, 715 00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:43,840 Speaker 1: I really think it's gonna end up being one of 716 00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:47,200 Speaker 1: the two AFC South teams that nobody really cares that 717 00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:51,880 Speaker 1: that's me, but that aren't high profile teams. The culture 718 00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:59,080 Speaker 1: the Titans and like that. To me, I is are 719 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:05,719 Speaker 1: the most likely of the outcomes. Well right. The other 720 00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:10,440 Speaker 1: option is for him to just wait and see if 721 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:14,480 Speaker 1: a contending team suffers a quarterback injury. But that's a 722 00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:18,880 Speaker 1: risky needle to try to thread. Then you do have 723 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:21,640 Speaker 1: a chance of nobody suffers that type of injury and 724 00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:26,799 Speaker 1: you're just out. 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Yeah, So this is an opportunity for me to 753 00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:20,400 Speaker 1: once again talk about the idea that I pitched to 754 00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:24,080 Speaker 1: Roder Goodell in person eight years ago that they need 755 00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:27,680 Speaker 1: to just take me up on the NFL International Week. 756 00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:37,719 Speaker 1: It is a financial bonanza. It solves so many potential issues, 757 00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:41,840 Speaker 1: and I will lay it out once again. We stay 758 00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:50,560 Speaker 1: at seventeen games. Every single team plays eight home, eight road, 759 00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:57,560 Speaker 1: one international game. We add one by to the season, 760 00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:00,760 Speaker 1: which then does push the Super Bowl up against Presidence 761 00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:03,320 Speaker 1: Day weekend, so we all have Monday off. But that's 762 00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:07,320 Speaker 1: not the point of this. And the way it works 763 00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:13,680 Speaker 1: is as follows. Around the midway point of the season, 764 00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:23,400 Speaker 1: we have a Monday through Sunday week where every single 765 00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:29,680 Speaker 1: day there are in prime time two or throughout the 766 00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:35,160 Speaker 1: day I should say, two or three NFL games from 767 00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:39,920 Speaker 1: different locations around the world. The way you do the 768 00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:42,920 Speaker 1: time zones is, you know, if the game's in Tokyo, 769 00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:46,560 Speaker 1: you figure you have it on you know, the Tuesday 770 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,680 Speaker 1: at noon in Tokyo, which puts it again. I don't 771 00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:52,280 Speaker 1: have the time zones in front of me, But every day, 772 00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:55,680 Speaker 1: around the time you're getting off work, there is a 773 00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:59,759 Speaker 1: football game kicking off. And every day that there is 774 00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:02,719 Speaker 1: the that football game kicking off, it is on a 775 00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:05,440 Speaker 1: different broadcast partner. You can give one to Hulu, you 776 00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:07,759 Speaker 1: can give one to Prime, you give one to Netflix. 777 00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:12,239 Speaker 1: It's at different major soccer stadiums around the world. The 778 00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:15,719 Speaker 1: extra bye week works as follows because of the travel. 779 00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:20,439 Speaker 1: If your game is on early in the week, your 780 00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:24,240 Speaker 1: extra bye week comes the week before. If your game 781 00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:27,240 Speaker 1: is late in the week, your extra bye week comes 782 00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:32,920 Speaker 1: the week after. You remove the competitive imbalance of some 783 00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:36,759 Speaker 1: teams having more homer road games than the other. You 784 00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:41,360 Speaker 1: remove the competitive imbalance of some teams having crazy travel 785 00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:46,640 Speaker 1: that other teams don't, and you can sell every single 786 00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:51,960 Speaker 1: one of these games as a standalone product and make 787 00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:56,520 Speaker 1: hundreds of millions of extra revenue that then gets split 788 00:53:56,600 --> 00:54:00,840 Speaker 1: with the players. You grow the game. It's not random. 789 00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:04,439 Speaker 1: It's not like, ah, there's this crumbing nine am game 790 00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:08,920 Speaker 1: in England. It's the regular NFL schedule, and then boom, 791 00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:13,360 Speaker 1: midway through the year, it's international week and this team's 792 00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:16,280 Speaker 1: going to Cape town, and that team's going to Cairo, 793 00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:21,080 Speaker 1: and that team's going to London, and that team's going 794 00:54:21,120 --> 00:54:25,000 Speaker 1: to Rio, and that team's going to Sydney, and you 795 00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:26,480 Speaker 1: do it. 796 00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:26,880 Speaker 2: It is. 797 00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:33,680 Speaker 1: It would generate more money than an eighteenth game because 798 00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:38,520 Speaker 1: you would add the extra week for your major broadcast 799 00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:42,399 Speaker 1: partners through the extra bye week. And again you might 800 00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:44,320 Speaker 1: be like, in a bye week, you don't put games 801 00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:47,840 Speaker 1: on TV. No, you would still have an extra weekend 802 00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:53,760 Speaker 1: of regular season football, and you would sell these games individually. 803 00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:57,359 Speaker 1: And it's just the right plan. And I've had this 804 00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:02,680 Speaker 1: plan for a decade. At some point the NFL. Again, 805 00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:06,960 Speaker 1: you don't have to, it is my intellectual property, but 806 00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:10,319 Speaker 1: I have I have proffered this so much that at 807 00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:13,040 Speaker 1: this point it's just in the public sphere. Just take it. 808 00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:15,920 Speaker 1: You don't have to, you don't have to pay me anything. 809 00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:18,839 Speaker 1: Just take it and everyone will be better off for it. 810 00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:21,840 Speaker 1: All right, let's get some listener questions. 811 00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:25,000 Speaker 2: Uh, great idea, Pops, Actually that was that was nice. 812 00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:26,560 Speaker 2: I think that would work out very well. 813 00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:30,040 Speaker 1: It would be amazing. And could you imagine if every 814 00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:33,360 Speaker 1: day you got off work there was a different NFL 815 00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:36,759 Speaker 1: team kicking off or during the weekday like again, the 816 00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:38,480 Speaker 1: time zones thing you gotta figure out, but you can 817 00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:40,560 Speaker 1: figure that that's not hard. 818 00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:45,200 Speaker 2: So should uh following up on that, should every team 819 00:55:45,239 --> 00:55:47,359 Speaker 2: have their sick second international home? 820 00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:52,040 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't. Maybe down the road you 821 00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:54,840 Speaker 1: could kind of have a sister city, you know, for 822 00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:58,480 Speaker 1: each team, but I think dad has to probably happen organically, 823 00:55:58,520 --> 00:55:59,959 Speaker 1: all right, go ahead to the listener questions. 824 00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:04,360 Speaker 2: Scott asked Danny parkins flow of the idea of Casey 825 00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:06,399 Speaker 2: adding Kamara. What are your thoughts on that? 826 00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:09,560 Speaker 1: Danny is a bigger Alvin Kamara fan than anyone I've 827 00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:12,760 Speaker 1: ever met. I listen. I think Kamara is a nice player, 828 00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:14,799 Speaker 1: but he's also an older player. I don't think that's 829 00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:17,400 Speaker 1: gonna happen next Yeah. 830 00:56:17,120 --> 00:56:19,000 Speaker 2: And apparently he has a rush for like a thousand 831 00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:20,560 Speaker 2: yards like in any season. 832 00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:23,759 Speaker 1: No, but he's such a huge receipt. 833 00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:26,240 Speaker 2: He Okay, makes sense. 834 00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:28,279 Speaker 1: So you know what I mean? So his his yards 835 00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:30,040 Speaker 1: from scrimmage are always great. 836 00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:34,440 Speaker 2: So a different Scott ass, Will you be watching for 837 00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:35,680 Speaker 2: Nations Cup tonight? 838 00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:42,040 Speaker 1: I would be if it weren't. I am taking your 839 00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:45,880 Speaker 1: mom and your sisters out for a nice dinner tonight. 840 00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:50,359 Speaker 1: As we've taken the little family meal before your mom 841 00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:56,000 Speaker 1: and I go on vacation. Yeah, so, so otherwise I would. 842 00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:59,520 Speaker 1: I'm in I'm into big events, so even though I'm 843 00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:01,719 Speaker 1: not a big high I like big events, So I 844 00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:04,360 Speaker 1: would watch that. But I'm just not going to tonight 845 00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:06,200 Speaker 1: next bovic. 846 00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:08,880 Speaker 2: Uh, do you think the Chiefs Eagles would end up 847 00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:10,880 Speaker 2: being a bigger rivalry than Chiefs Bills? 848 00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:16,840 Speaker 1: No? No, because they're gonna play at best once every 849 00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:22,120 Speaker 1: three years and Chiefs Bills will play every single year 850 00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:25,800 Speaker 1: because they're both gonna keep winning their division and then 851 00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:33,960 Speaker 1: also maybe play in the playoffs And go to links links. 852 00:57:34,280 --> 00:57:37,320 Speaker 2: Why doesn't any media member discuss the Court of gold Duck. 853 00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:40,080 Speaker 1: Didn't it come out like two days ago? 854 00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:42,040 Speaker 2: It didn't come out pretty recently. 855 00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:47,240 Speaker 1: I've seen it, but yeah, have you watched full episodes 856 00:57:47,320 --> 00:57:49,040 Speaker 1: or you've seen clips? No? 857 00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:50,760 Speaker 2: No, I've actually been watching it on Netflix. 858 00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:51,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. 859 00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:52,280 Speaker 2: It's it's really cool. 860 00:57:52,320 --> 00:57:52,760 Speaker 1: It's just. 861 00:57:54,480 --> 00:57:56,240 Speaker 2: I think it gives you a lot of insight on 862 00:57:56,760 --> 00:57:58,960 Speaker 2: very I think it's been super heavy on Katie so far. 863 00:57:59,560 --> 00:58:01,480 Speaker 2: I feel like I'm getting caught in a Lebron moment. 864 00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:03,960 Speaker 2: But yeah, I literally did watch yesterday. But it's just 865 00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:05,760 Speaker 2: just like how important it is? 866 00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:08,080 Speaker 1: What do you mean you're getting caught in the Lebron moment? 867 00:58:08,120 --> 00:58:10,000 Speaker 2: Well, because like you know, they asked Lebron if you 868 00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:11,160 Speaker 2: read the book, and he's. 869 00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:14,840 Speaker 1: Like, yeah, I believe you. 870 00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:17,320 Speaker 2: But yeah no, I mean it's just really cool to 871 00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:19,000 Speaker 2: be able to play for your for your country, is 872 00:58:19,040 --> 00:58:21,920 Speaker 2: what I'm gathering from the first and Durant. 873 00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:24,880 Speaker 1: The thing that I did see was the Durant kind 874 00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:27,760 Speaker 1: of uh interview where he broke down crying talking about 875 00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:30,840 Speaker 1: how basketball essentially saved his life. Oh that was awesome. 876 00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:34,320 Speaker 1: But so yeah, I just haven't I haven't watched it yet, 877 00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:36,560 Speaker 1: so that's why I haven't discussed it. But Demandy's a 878 00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,000 Speaker 1: media member. He discussed it. So there you go. Links 879 00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:41,640 Speaker 1: in it and now someone has disgusted. All right, see 880 00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:45,160 Speaker 1: you guys on TV today at three o'clock. Uh, then 881 00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:48,360 Speaker 1: we're all for a week and we'll be back. Thanks 882 00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:50,880 Speaker 1: to folks at volume Blue Duck. Everybody talk to you 883 00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:51,720 Speaker 1: guys soon. We'll try