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Speaker 1: and a poll question from mclovin is forthcoming. Nothing gets
Speaker 1: the sports world more excited than a superstar free agent
Speaker 1: on the move. You think back to Lebron the decision
Speaker 1: to go to Miami shack leaving Orlando, and remember Peyton Manning.
Speaker 1: We weren't sure where Peyton was going yet, people who
Speaker 1: were staking out local airports to see if Peyton was
Speaker 1: coming or going. And then the Greek Freak he had
Speaker 1: the opportunity to hit the open market. He would have
Speaker 1: been in that category, but instead he doesn't care about
Speaker 1: our content, and of course this show is all about content.
Speaker 1: If he had left, then it's a big deal. He
Speaker 1: signs the Supermax. He stays in Milwaukee, so we don't
Speaker 1: get any rumors, no whispers, no I'm hearing source close
Speaker 1: to me says he wasn't looking at mansions in Beverly
Speaker 1: Hills or condos South Beach. Nope, He's staying in Milwaukee.
Speaker 1: So now the topic becomes can they do enough to
Speaker 1: win a title there. He's going to be there for
Speaker 1: five years. He'll be thirty one when this contract ends,
Speaker 1: plenty of time to get another Max contract. But the
Speaker 1: Bucks haven't been able to find the right formula for
Speaker 1: the Greek free But they've signed him up and it's
Speaker 1: now time to get to work. We were robbed of
Speaker 1: the potential for some good content here, but maybe rewarded
Speaker 1: with some great basketball. And I started to wonder, was
Speaker 1: this a great day for the NBA? And you probably
Speaker 1: have an immediate reaction of of course he stayed in Milwaukee.
Speaker 1: We loved the smaller markets. But was it a great
Speaker 1: day for the NBA because had he decided to bypass
Speaker 1: the Supermax and let's say he wanted to join the
Speaker 1: Miami Heat, Let's say he wanted to join the Dallas Mavericks,
Speaker 1: and I was told those were the two teams that
Speaker 1: he was strongly considering that he liked the makeup of
Speaker 1: the teams. But also the tax implications and the fact
Speaker 1: that you state income tax with you don't have that
Speaker 1: in Texas and Florida. That was factoring in as well.
Speaker 1: We'll talk to Mannix about that, but that's what I
Speaker 1: was told yesterday. But we like it when we have
Speaker 1: these super teams. You may not like Golden State when
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant was there, but you knew he was there.
Speaker 1: That was the topic of conversation. Either loved watching it
Speaker 1: or hated watching it. Lebron going to Miami, you either
Speaker 1: loved it or you hated it. Kyrie kd in Brooklyn,
Speaker 1: maybe James Harden going there. That's what gets us talking.
Speaker 1: And if the Greek Freak had gone to Miami or Dallas,
Speaker 1: it would be a bigger deal than him staying in Milwaukee.
Speaker 1: I love that Milwaukee has a franchise and that it's
Speaker 1: a formidable franchise. It's a relevant franchise from the standpoint
Speaker 1: of they're going to be there in the playoffs. They're
Speaker 1: usually up there with the best record in the NBA
Speaker 1: during the regular season. But I don't think that other
Speaker 1: teams fans around the NBA go gotta beat Milwaukee. They
Speaker 1: care about the regular season. A lot of these teams,
Speaker 1: with a lot of these stars ours aren't really concerned
Speaker 1: about what their seeding is going to be as long
Speaker 1: as you have a home court advantage in the first
Speaker 1: round and you don't even have fans in the stands,
Speaker 1: and then you were in the bubble. But the Greek
Speaker 1: freaks staying there, I don't think it's great for the NBA.
Speaker 1: It's great for Milwaukee. It's great for small markets. But
Speaker 1: if I'm the commissioner and I was wondering about Adam Silver,
Speaker 1: not that he would ever say it publicly, like poy,
Speaker 1: it would have been great to have him team up
Speaker 1: with Luca, Chris Stops or South Beach, and I got
Speaker 1: that roster, and now I got another Like you want
Speaker 1: great teams. I don't want parody, and not that Milwaukee
Speaker 1: falls into the category of hey, they're just an average team.
Speaker 1: I like superpowers. I like when there's a villain. I
Speaker 1: like when there's a team that is must see TV,
Speaker 1: and you have that with the Lakers. I don't like
Speaker 1: that Anthony Davis did what he did with New Orleans,
Speaker 1: but and in my job, I like the fact that
Speaker 1: he did because it gave us something to talk about.
Speaker 1: Although Anthony Davis in New Orleans with Zion Williamson would
Speaker 1: have been pretty juicy as well. But that's what we like.
Speaker 1: You know, Kawhi wants to go to La bring Paul
Speaker 1: George in. We spent a lot of time talking about that.
Speaker 1: How many teams do we not talk about in the NBA,
Speaker 1: And the teams we do talk about usually have star power,
Speaker 1: you know, somebody wants to join the team, somebody has
Speaker 1: joined the team and they create something there. When I
Speaker 1: was growing up, players would never leave to go play
Speaker 1: for somebody else. I mean it was really rare. I
Speaker 1: go back to Kareem when he was lu Alcindor and
Speaker 1: he won a title in Milwaukee and he wanted to
Speaker 1: go to Los Angeles. He wanted out of Milwaukee. He
Speaker 1: wanted to go to Los Angeles, and that was a
Speaker 1: big deal at the time. Shack leaving Orlando. He wanted
Speaker 1: to get out, he wanted something, and that wasn't as
Speaker 1: big a deal because you're thinking, oh, okay, I get it.
Speaker 1: But when lu Al Sindor did that, that was a
Speaker 1: big deal because he did not want to stay there
Speaker 1: and he wanted to go to Los Angeles, back where
Speaker 1: he played his college ball. When Will Chamberlain got traded
Speaker 1: from Philadelphia to the Lakers, I don't remember it at
Speaker 1: the time, but I'm sure that it was a huge,
Speaker 1: huge moment in the NBA. But you know, the media
Speaker 1: covering the NBA back then was a whole lot different
Speaker 1: than it is now. And we're waiting for James Harden
Speaker 1: because James Harden's the big winner. Believe it or none.
Speaker 1: Because now it's James Harden. It's his world. With free
Speaker 1: agency or the trade possibilities there, you know, there's no
Speaker 1: real free agents there. It's about James Harden. And I
Speaker 1: watched the game last night. I don't know what James
Speaker 1: Harden's philosophy is, what his game plan is, but if
Speaker 1: your game plan was, let me show up out of
Speaker 1: shape and give the impression I don't care. Well done.
Speaker 1: He's one for one. I thought that he'd be a
Speaker 1: good soldier and then just say behind the scenes, look,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go out there. I'm gonna be fair to
Speaker 1: my new coach Steven Silas and John Wall coming in.
Speaker 1: But make no mistake about this. I want out and
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be a good soldier. I want out. But
Speaker 1: maybe he'll he didn't talk to the media last night.
Speaker 1: He doesn't look like he's in shape. Although, in fairness
Speaker 1: to him, Luca don Chick doesn't look like he's in shape.
Speaker 1: I think they were hanging out together somewhere at some point. Yes,
Speaker 1: seven O'Connor. I don't think that was necessary. James Harden
Speaker 1: is the big winner. Oh all right, that is just
Speaker 1: an unnecessary shot to take it James Harden. Wow, Wow, Okay,
Speaker 1: my apologies. I apologies. Yes, it's tough to tell whether
Speaker 1: James Harden is or is not in shape because they
Speaker 1: put a picture of him last night. It was a
Speaker 1: picture and he's in He's wearing his sweatsuit, you know,
Speaker 1: over So's. It's a little puffier. He looks a little sweaty.
Speaker 1: His beer looks a little scraggly. And then they put
Speaker 1: a picture of him playing in the playoffs three months
Speaker 1: ago and his shirts off, and he looks kind of jacked,
Speaker 1: And I don't know, and I know it's not photoshop,
Speaker 1: but I can't tell underneath there he's pudgier or just
Speaker 1: a picture appears to be puggier. He looked large and
Speaker 1: in charge last night. I will say that he did
Speaker 1: look a little thick. Yes, McLevin. I saw a tweet
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Speaker 1: That Isn't that crazy logic is especially because the biggest
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Speaker 1: maybe little to none of their own stuff. They sit
Speaker 1: in a group and they take notes off of what
Speaker 1: other writers say. If you ever watched the credit to
Speaker 1: the end of a comedy show, our Comedito special, there's
Speaker 1: a whole list of writers. So you know, who am
Speaker 1: I to say that I shouldn't listen to what other
Speaker 1: people are writing thank you too well. Lebron James played
Speaker 1: seven years with Cleveland when he left to go to Miami.
Speaker 1: He was twenty six at the time. Janis has played
Speaker 1: seven years in Milwaukee. He decided to stay. He's twenty six.
Speaker 1: I get it. Greek freaks comfortable there. Good for him,
Speaker 1: Happy for him that he's content he's getting paid the
Speaker 1: biggest contract in NBA history. But I don't know if
Speaker 1: it was a great day for the NBA. As strange
Speaker 1: as my logic may sound. If you said he was
Speaker 1: going to be paired up with Luca and Kristopsporzingis, or
Speaker 1: he was going to be with Jimmy Butler and that
Speaker 1: young Miami Heat team, that is must see TV. I've
Speaker 1: said this before, and I watch a lot of NBA.
Speaker 1: The Bucks, to me, that is not an exciting team.
Speaker 1: They win, it's but it's not an exciting too. It
Speaker 1: felt like there was a glass ceiling for them when
Speaker 1: we get to the playoffs, usually the second round. But
Speaker 1: if you're a Bucks fan, you gotta be happy today.
Speaker 1: I think you were holding your breath and I understand that,
Speaker 1: But now, what are you going to add for the
Speaker 1: Greek freak? Drew holiday. Quality guard going to need more
Speaker 1: than that. You know, Philadelphia is going to be better.
Speaker 1: We know Brooklyn's going to be better. Boston is good,
Speaker 1: Miami is good, like the East is not. You know,
Speaker 1: Toronto might might take a step back, but you know,
Speaker 1: the East is a little more formidable it used to be.
Speaker 1: The West was, you know, the top heavy with the
Speaker 1: great teams, but the East. And we don't know what's
Speaker 1: going to happen with James Harden if he goes to Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: if he goes to Brooklyn. You know what that does
Speaker 1: with the balance of power in the NBA. But it
Speaker 1: was a great day for Wisconsin sports. But I anybody
Speaker 1: understand what I'm saying, ain't but they disagree with what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. I like the super teams because we go
Speaker 1: out of our way to watch them, like there's a
Speaker 1: there's something that you always think they could win a championship.
Speaker 1: I don't think Milwaukee can win a championship, not right now.
Speaker 1: And I think he saw with the Miami Heat did
Speaker 1: to the Milwaukee Bucks in the playoffs and probably went,
Speaker 1: if I can't beat them, maybe I joined them. And
Speaker 1: I've told you I've a source who works with the Heat,
Speaker 1: and he said he sent us a sad face emoji
Speaker 1: last night when they got the news about the Greek freak.
Speaker 1: I think they thought they had a great shot and
Speaker 1: the possibility of maybe, you know, and I still think
Speaker 1: Miami is in the running for James Harden and it
Speaker 1: would be Bam out of Bio and Tyler Hero as
Speaker 1: a possibility. And if I'm Houston, you got my attention
Speaker 1: because I got an All Star and Bam out of
Speaker 1: Bio and I got an emerging star in Tyler Hero.
Speaker 1: You got my attention. But that's just something that you
Speaker 1: can put that on the back burner. Yes, Polly, you're
Speaker 1: right though, because you know you don't want to admit it.
Speaker 1: But when the Golden State Warriors were dominant, it was
Speaker 1: really great for the NBA. When when the Bulls put
Speaker 1: all their guys together, or the Miami Heat, the Miami Heat.
Speaker 1: Lebron years are kind of peak Lebron and that's when
Speaker 1: the NBA has a focal point that everyone can consume.
Speaker 1: It's easy to consume when you have to know all
Speaker 1: these different teams, it's tougher. It's tougher on the average fan.
Speaker 1: It's fantastic day for Milwaukee Sports. But for the concept
Speaker 1: of the NBA, it's not so much all right, some
Speaker 1: other things. So Jannis gets two twenty eight for five years.
Speaker 1: The NFL says, no playoff bubble. I thought that there
Speaker 1: might have been that possibility of once we got to
Speaker 1: the conference championship games, but the commissioner says no. The
Speaker 1: rankings came out the college football selection committee, Alabama notre
Speaker 1: named Clemson, Ohio State. No real movement there. You got
Speaker 1: A and M on the doorstep, Iowa State, Florida Florida
Speaker 1: and louses to LSU, a subpar LSU team and I'm
Speaker 1: being polite and loses at home and drops one spot. Okay,
Speaker 1: once I once again, I just would love, you know,
Speaker 1: just give me transparency here, Like, let me not add
Speaker 1: logic to this, because when I add logic, my head explodes.
Speaker 1: I I hope one day we get to watch a meeting.
Speaker 1: You know, it's like the selection committee with college basketball
Speaker 1: and march mandus, Like I would just let us see,
Speaker 1: just let us hear what you talk about so we
Speaker 1: understand it. So at least let us be in on,
Speaker 1: you know, the joke, because Florida, that's that's a terrible
Speaker 1: loss by Florida. Now you can say, well, it's a
Speaker 1: last second field goal, and you know player threw a shoe.
Speaker 1: You it shouldn't have been that close. You're playing LSU
Speaker 1: and you have Alabama coming up, but they've left the
Speaker 1: door open for Florida. Florida beats Alabama, does Florida get in?
Speaker 1: And my college source said again last night that he
Speaker 1: thinks if Clemson loses to Notre Dame, A and M
Speaker 1: gets in. And I said, well, many they love shiny
Speaker 1: objects there to get Trevor Lawrence in there, and Dabbo,
Speaker 1: I don't know. And I said, you know, Tennessee plays
Speaker 1: A and M. Is there any chance? He goes, no,
Speaker 1: it's Tennessee, And I go, okay, my man, I said,
Speaker 1: you know, we always subscribe to the there's always a chance.
Speaker 1: There's always a chance. You can't say you've got no chance,
Speaker 1: because we've seen that that yes, hunt one. They'll never
Speaker 1: let us listen in on those conversations as much as
Speaker 1: we love to because they and if they did put
Speaker 1: cameras in there, they'd been passing secret notes like we
Speaker 1: got to have Ohio State and it's the Buckeyes. Are
Speaker 1: you kidding me? There's no way that could actually verbalize
Speaker 1: that for the world to hear, even though it's blatantly
Speaker 1: obvious to most of us. It just feels like they
Speaker 1: have You ever had the telemarketer who calls and and
Speaker 1: you say something and they got an answer back for you,
Speaker 1: and then you say something, and then they got an
Speaker 1: answer back for you, and you're going, man, they're really good.
Speaker 1: It feels like the college football Playoff Committee has posteds.
Speaker 1: So when you go, h okay, so what what? Okay?
Speaker 1: When they bring up Coastal Carolina, Oh, just say that,
Speaker 1: they say that, Okay, they haven't played a tough schedule,
Speaker 1: and then it'll be Cincinnati. Cincinnati hasn't played since the
Speaker 1: third week of November. Yeah, how am I doing? You?
Speaker 1: Are you doing? Greed? Um? Ohio States played five games,
Speaker 1: but they passed the eye test. Okay, all right, why
Speaker 1: do you Why do you guys love Iowa States so much?
Speaker 1: Why why do we love uh? Um? They have a
Speaker 1: really good quarterback, they have a good wide receiver, good
Speaker 1: tight end and running back and they're playing really well
Speaker 1: as of late. How am I doing? Yeah? Okay, that's
Speaker 1: what it feels like. They have talking points. We'll talk
Speaker 1: to Greg Sankey, the SEC commissioner, because if we expanded
Speaker 1: the playoffs to eight teams, they'd have what three four
Speaker 1: teams in there. Yeah, if if there was an eight
Speaker 1: team playoff this year, the SEC would have three of
Speaker 1: the teams currently and the first round matchup as of
Speaker 1: right now would be George Obama, Florida Notre Dame. That
Speaker 1: would be of a lot of money, a lot of
Speaker 1: good football. But I get A and M two yep,
Speaker 1: oh yeah, am right, yes, McLeman. I think they put
Speaker 1: Iowa State at six, so when Oklahoma blows the doors
Speaker 1: off them, they could have the same final four they
Speaker 1: do every single year. And I know, but when the
Speaker 1: season started, I think I didn't have Notre Dame in
Speaker 1: the final four, but it was Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma, and
Speaker 1: I don't know what the other school was, but you know,
Speaker 1: you just go, okay, it's it's probably around five, six
Speaker 1: seven teams that we factor in there every year, and
Speaker 1: it's going to be the same. It's National signing Day. Check.
Speaker 1: You know who's got the best recruiting classes coming in?
Speaker 1: Chances are Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State. They're gonna be up
Speaker 1: there in the top three. Yes, love. Yeah, so what
Speaker 1: would a spread be? I keep asking this, but isn't
Speaker 1: there an argument that Clemson would be, like, you know,
Speaker 1: huge favorites over these other teams, even that Cincinnati. I
Speaker 1: don't know about Cincinnati. But Florida, I know they lost,
Speaker 1: but they're a better team than than some of the
Speaker 1: other teams. But do they deserve to only drop one
Speaker 1: spot when they lost at home to LSU? Shoe ls shoe.
Speaker 1: But that's what I want to know. Just tell me,
Speaker 1: because it just feels like all else fails keep power
Speaker 1: conferences in top ten. I mean, that's just what it
Speaker 1: feels like. And there's no way you can convince me
Speaker 1: Florida should drop only one spot at home against LSU
Speaker 1: and they lost. Georgia has not even been in the
Speaker 1: conversation for a long time, and they still hover because
Speaker 1: they're in the SEC. That's all. Just let us know.
Speaker 1: What are you playing chess? Playing checkers? Like maybe you're
Speaker 1: playing part cheese, like we don't know. But that's why
Speaker 1: I'm trying to figure out here. I don't think that's
Speaker 1: asking too much, isn't all right? Chris Mannox will join us?
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Speaker 1: How about a beautiful bouquet? That sounds great? And then
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Speaker 1: get to Mannix. You got a pull question for me today? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I thought that question you asked. The first segment was
Speaker 1: yesterday a good day for the NBA. Okay? Yes or no?
Speaker 1: All right? Oh my gosh, I just saw this name.
Speaker 1: It's National sign Day. This guy's name is General Booty.
Speaker 1: General Booty has got to go to Army, right, his
Speaker 1: name is General Booty or his rank is general? No, No,
Speaker 1: he's General Booty. He's already a general. And uh he's
Speaker 1: a high school player out of Allen, Texas. Is he
Speaker 1: related to the Booty's of LSU? He is the Uh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think he's a nephew of John David Booty and
Speaker 1: he's the son of former LSU receiver Abraham Booty. Yeah, seton.
Speaker 1: You know, if Army doesn't sign him for some reason,
Speaker 1: I feel like the Miami Hurricanes could really use a
Speaker 1: General Booty too. I just feel like he would fit
Speaker 1: right in. Oh, there's somebody jokes. You know. His uncle
Speaker 1: was Josh Booty, former LSU and NFL quarterback. Who have
Speaker 1: we had on the show years and years ago? Yeah,
Speaker 1: coach Saban Booty call what I know? You know, the
Speaker 1: recruit booty, Booty call you gotta drop everything for that's
Speaker 1: the tough party. Who are you calling for? I'm looking
Speaker 1: for general Booty. Do you want a specific booty now?
Speaker 1: I want to generally very general right now? Do you
Speaker 1: want to Kardashian? No? No, no, a general booty? Do
Speaker 1: you want to keep an eye in his recruitment day?
Speaker 1: Want to let you know breaking the broadcast, I want
Speaker 1: to know where general Booty is going to. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think you need to turn off Todd's mike right now,
Speaker 1: just to be said where this is going? Because Todd
Speaker 1: leans into his microphone like he'll sometimes wave and he wants,
Speaker 1: you know when he wants to get my attention. But
Speaker 1: when he leans in something like this, I'm gonna bang
Speaker 1: my whole basic to the microphone. Uhs man, except to
Speaker 1: join us. He kind of is all right. He's the
Speaker 1: senior NBA writer for Sports Illustrated. Chris mannis back on
Speaker 1: the program. Was it a great day for the NBA
Speaker 1: that the Greek freak is staying in Milwaukee? He was
Speaker 1: a great day for the NBA. UM, a great day
Speaker 1: for small markets, A great day for the hope that
Speaker 1: Adam Silver has to ultimately established league wide parody. I mean, look,
Speaker 1: then small markets have taken a pounding in the last
Speaker 1: few years, whether it's Kawhi Leonard and san Antonio Lebron,
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis forcing his way out of New Orleans. You know,
Speaker 1: this wasn't Yannis saying, all right, I'm gonna give you
Speaker 1: a one plus one type extension to buy a little
Speaker 1: bit more time. This was Yannis saying I'm all in
Speaker 1: on the Milwaukee Bucks. I mean, remember, he could have
Speaker 1: signed this exact same contract next summer, exact same one.
Speaker 1: But by doing it now, he is showing really endorsing
Speaker 1: the Bucks and everything they do. And I think it's
Speaker 1: great for the NBA. But what was he thinking about it?
Speaker 1: It felt like he was contemplating the possibility of maybe Florida,
Speaker 1: maybe Texas, to play with the MAVs or play with
Speaker 1: the Heat or like, I'm just trying to figure out
Speaker 1: what was he factoring in of whether or not he
Speaker 1: was going to stay or not. Well, from what I understand,
Speaker 1: I mean, there were a lot of variables, not just
Speaker 1: going to play in those areas, but the tax ramifications
Speaker 1: of playing in Florida and Texas, and look, there were
Speaker 1: a lot of things to talk about. He had a
Speaker 1: meeting with ownership earlier this month that reinforced to him
Speaker 1: that the Bucks were not going to be cheap when
Speaker 1: it comes to payroll. I mean, we've seen teams in
Speaker 1: recent years skimp a little bit when it comes to
Speaker 1: not want to spend deep into luxury tax. Bucks ownership
Speaker 1: assured him that they would be willing to do that.
Speaker 1: He had another meeting with John Horse, who has been
Speaker 1: really masterful Dan at assembling this roster around him, and
Speaker 1: Horse assured him that we're going to continue to look
Speaker 1: for talent. Like they've depleted a lot of their assets
Speaker 1: in the last couple of weeks with that Drew Holiday deal,
Speaker 1: but there still are things the Bucks can do to
Speaker 1: improve this team around Jannis, and Jannis heard from management
Speaker 1: that they're going to try to do it. So I
Speaker 1: think he was just weighing everything. Look, it's the biggest decision,
Speaker 1: you know, outside of his personal life, that he's ever
Speaker 1: gonna make. He's gonna be a Buck these early thirties,
Speaker 1: and I think he just wanted to weigh every option appropriately.
Speaker 1: Give me the team that was disappointed Slash devastated by
Speaker 1: the Greek freak staying in Milwaukee. Oh, it starts with Miami.
Speaker 1: I think the Heat really believed that they had a
Speaker 1: legitimate shot and making a run at Jannis in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one. I mean, they're Their best audition for Yannis
Speaker 1: was what they did to them to the Bucks in
Speaker 1: the playoffs just this past season. I mean they they
Speaker 1: dismantled Milwaukee, and I think that certainly showed Yannis that
Speaker 1: this was a team that, you know, he could step
Speaker 1: into a co star at Jimmy Butler, a big man
Speaker 1: in bam At, a bio that he could win championships
Speaker 1: with for years to come. But it wasn't just limited
Speaker 1: to Miami, Dan. I mean you could hear the groans
Speaker 1: in Toronto where the Raptors were certainly preparing for a
Speaker 1: run at Yannis. Dallas another team that wanted a shot
Speaker 1: at Yannis. Even the Lakers, you know, had some some
Speaker 1: thoughts on being able to clear enough cap space to
Speaker 1: sign Yannis next summer as well. So I think there'll
Speaker 1: be a ripple effect here, you know, like these teams
Speaker 1: were protecting their cap space for the summer of twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one. Now that they don't have to do that,
Speaker 1: I think we might see more activity on the trade market.
Speaker 1: We're approaching the start of the NBA season. Aside from Milwaukee,
Speaker 1: who had the best offseason in your opinion? After watching
Speaker 1: Brooklyn play in its preseason opener, I'm gonna say Brooklyn
Speaker 1: and they didn't do much because they just got Kevin
Speaker 1: Durant back and brought the band back together. But I
Speaker 1: watched Kevin Durant dan and this kind of reinforces everything
Speaker 1: I heard over the last few months from people that
Speaker 1: participated in the scrimmages with Durant or watched the scrimmages.
Speaker 1: I kept hearing over and over again that Kevin Durant
Speaker 1: was all the way back, that he was the same
Speaker 1: player we saw before the Achilles injury, And watching him
Speaker 1: in that preseason opener, I thought he moved fluidly, he
Speaker 1: had explosiveness. It's only a short burst of time playing
Speaker 1: in a game like that, but watching him, I have
Speaker 1: no reason to believe that we're not going to see
Speaker 1: something close to the old Kevin Durant. And if we
Speaker 1: see that combined with a healthy Kyrie Irving, two guys
Speaker 1: that are proven playoff performers, it's hard not to look
Speaker 1: at the Nets as at least being a co favorite
Speaker 1: in the conference. I'm not worried about Durant, which sounds
Speaker 1: strange for a guy who hasn't played in a year
Speaker 1: and a half coming off Kelly surgery. I'm worried about Kyrie. YEA,
Speaker 1: should I think? Yes? Yes, Shot answers yes. I mean
Speaker 1: it's Look, there are a lot of parallels to this
Speaker 1: version of the Nets to the eighteen nineteen Celtics, and
Speaker 1: not just because Kyrie was a part of both teams.
Speaker 1: You've got, you know, young guys that have kind of
Speaker 1: already proven themselves to a degree they're now being asked
Speaker 1: to accept lesser roles. And all the public comments I'm
Speaker 1: hearing out of Brooklyn now, Dan, are comparable to what
Speaker 1: I've heard what I heard in Boston in eighteen nineteen,
Speaker 1: when these guys said, no, we'll take a second during roll.
Speaker 1: We're fine, we just want to win. You know, how
Speaker 1: does Kyrie manage some of that? Like he has? The
Speaker 1: point guard is going to have to make sure that
Speaker 1: these guys are involved a bigger issue though, Dan, at
Speaker 1: least in the early on is you know, Look, the
Speaker 1: James Harden chatter isn't going to die down. The Nets
Speaker 1: are going to be a contender for James Harden as
Speaker 1: long as he's available, much in the same way that
Speaker 1: Boston was for Anthony Davis during those last couple of years.
Speaker 1: So if the chatter continues to focus on James Harden Brooklyn,
Speaker 1: those players in that locker room are going to look
Speaker 1: around and go, I mean, if you're talking about acquiring
Speaker 1: James Harden, that means I go, that means I'm not
Speaker 1: part of this. And look, we've seen kind of firsthand
Speaker 1: with the Celtics a year earlier with the Lakers when
Speaker 1: Brandon Ingraham and those guys were talked about in the
Speaker 1: Davis trade. That can really toxify your locker room. So
Speaker 1: how the star players on that team, Kyrie and Kevin
Speaker 1: Durant handle that stuff. I think it's going to be
Speaker 1: a factor in the success of the Nets. He's Chris
Speaker 1: Mannock's senior writer for Sports Illustrated. What is James Harden's
Speaker 1: approach here? Aside from showing up looking like a big
Speaker 1: man on campus? Literally it didn't look great. It didn't
Speaker 1: look great in that preseason debut. I mean his approach
Speaker 1: and I think this is going to be his approach.
Speaker 1: He's just keep his head down, keep playing hard, and
Speaker 1: sort of anticipate that the Rockets trade him before the
Speaker 1: deadline in March. Looks like his head is down on
Speaker 1: his plate. That's the problem. Touch on that one at
Speaker 1: the moment. But this is he certainly isn't in the
Speaker 1: best of shape coming into this season. But he's got
Speaker 1: to go out there and play. He has got to
Speaker 1: be a active member of this team. He's got to
Speaker 1: be a good soldier, all those cliches. He's got to
Speaker 1: do all those things. Because if you're a distressed asset,
Speaker 1: you're you just become more difficult to trade. And the
Speaker 1: Rockets have made it clear in conversations they've had with
Speaker 1: teams that have inquired that they're not just going to
Speaker 1: dump James Harden. Come to them with a massive offer,
Speaker 1: or else don't come to them at all. That's been
Speaker 1: their position, Chris, I haven't heard an offer yet. Has
Speaker 1: somebody made a tangible offer for James Harden where you
Speaker 1: say those players are going to Houston in exchange for
Speaker 1: Harden and whatever else. Well, I don't think it's as
Speaker 1: simple as you know, like here's an email, I'll trade
Speaker 1: you this, this and that. There have been broad strokes conversations.
Speaker 1: You know with Brooklyn, there have been conversations with the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia seventy six. I don't know exactly how far those
Speaker 1: conversations have gone, but there have been broad strokes conversation. Well,
Speaker 1: what it would take to get James Harden. That means
Speaker 1: a core of young players, including a blueship guy, and
Speaker 1: basically all the draft picks you have left in your arsenal.
Speaker 1: That's what it's going to take. From Houston's perspective, the
Speaker 1: question is dan over the next month, and this is
Speaker 1: the big one. Will Philadelphia deal Ben Simmons for James Harden.
Speaker 1: That's the player the Rockets would absolutely jump at in
Speaker 1: a James Harden deal. They'll probably want more and there
Speaker 1: will be some haggling between both sides, but that's a
Speaker 1: deal that could come together relatively quickly if the Sixers
Speaker 1: are willing to move off Ben Simmons explain. Give me
Speaker 1: the download on the Lakers new secret weapon coming off
Speaker 1: the bench, Horton Tucker. He's a good player man. He
Speaker 1: played mostly the G League last year and was really effective.
Speaker 1: But always in the G League, you have no idea
Speaker 1: what you're gonna get, but you know the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks and months, you've heard Lebron James speak glowingly
Speaker 1: about this kid, a guy that can plays, versatile, plays
Speaker 1: multiple positions, can shoot the three. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a real factor for the Lakers, almost
Speaker 1: like a found like found gold with LA who is
Speaker 1: badly in need of rotation players on the back end
Speaker 1: of that bench. When he was out of Iowa State, Yes,
Speaker 1: and I think he's only like nineteen. Maybe he's now twenty,
Speaker 1: but I think he just turned twenty. Yeah, I just
Speaker 1: turned twenty. And look, he's just one of those guys
Speaker 1: that you don't see coming. And as I said, you
Speaker 1: saw Lebron saw him coming for the better part of
Speaker 1: the last couple of months after watching him and working
Speaker 1: out with him. I mean, when you have a versatile
Speaker 1: guy that can play a few different positions, that can
Speaker 1: shoot the three on that Lakers team, that is invaluable.
Speaker 1: That is exactly what you're looking for on a team
Speaker 1: that needs versatility. Great to see again, Chris, thanks for
Speaker 1: joining us as always. You got it, Dan. That's gonna
Speaker 1: Chris Mannix there. I almost I forgot who I was
Speaker 1: talking to. That's Chris Mannix. A sports illustrator senior NBA
Speaker 1: Ryan there. He likes the parody. You're all about the
Speaker 1: super team? Yeah, I do, but I think you tune
Speaker 1: in to see that team you have to knock off,
Speaker 1: or a team that you might not like. You know,
Speaker 1: it's a superpower there, and I know we don't like
Speaker 1: it when you say, hey, let me let me see
Speaker 1: if I can get a chance like James Harden is
Speaker 1: trying to do. James Harden had control of the Rockets.
Speaker 1: I don't want this coach. I don't want Kevin McHale here,
Speaker 1: Mike D'Antoni, I want him. Let's bring in Chris Paul. No,
Speaker 1: I don't want Chris Paul Now. I want Russell Westbrook
Speaker 1: here like he got everything he wanted. He was trying
Speaker 1: to win a championship, and now he's going to try
Speaker 1: it again, but this time going someplace else where. He's
Speaker 1: not the one who was going to be in charge
Speaker 1: if he goes. Maybe it's the Miami Heat, maybe it'll
Speaker 1: be Philadelphia, maybe it'll be Brooklyn. There. I would love
Speaker 1: it to be Brooklyn, just because of the content there,
Speaker 1: the possibilities there. It could be really really good, it
Speaker 1: could be really really bad. Philadelphia would be interesting. Miami
Speaker 1: would be really interesting as well. But I do like that.
Speaker 1: I don't like that players will will kind of piggyback
Speaker 1: with somebody to win a championship. I don't like it.
Speaker 1: But I know if I was playing now and you said, hey,
Speaker 1: why haven't you won a championship, Well, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I'm stuck with this roster. Nobody wants to come here
Speaker 1: and play, or management's not very good at bringing in players,
Speaker 1: and I'm going to go play with somebody else. And
Speaker 1: I understand the logic there, But good for the Greek
Speaker 1: freak he found. You know, Tim Duncan flirted with going
Speaker 1: to our and almost went to the Orlando Magic many
Speaker 1: many many years ago, but his personality fit San Antonio
Speaker 1: and vice versa, and of course it helped playing for
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame coach and the fact that they
Speaker 1: drafted really well. When you get Tony Parker and Manu
Speaker 1: Genoble in the same draft, you get Parker at the
Speaker 1: end of the first round and get Jenoble in the
Speaker 1: second round, you get two Hall of famers. There doesn't
Speaker 1: seem fair. And then, oh, by the way, you draft
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard, you got David Robinson, Tim Duncan, and then
Speaker 1: you sprinkling some role players there. Man, that's the way
Speaker 1: to do it. Yeah, Paul, you know, you could compare
Speaker 1: this a little bit. It's apples and oranges to what
Speaker 1: Kevin duranted. He was twenty three years old in Oklahoma City.
Speaker 1: He signed that extension, but it was four years and
Speaker 1: it got him to about twenty seven, twenty eight years old.
Speaker 1: He was playing the early prime of his career. But
Speaker 1: he had Russell Westbrook with him and they had a
Speaker 1: couple shots at the title. But then the dates twenty
Speaker 1: eight he joined the Golden State Wars. He honest is
Speaker 1: down a position where his contract will be up, his
Speaker 1: leverage will be up, but he'll be thirty thirty one
Speaker 1: years old. Well, they had Hardened and they had Westbrook,
Speaker 1: and they had had Durant. They had a superpower and
Speaker 1: they did it legitimately. Yeah, they drafted them. And you
Speaker 1: know then all of a sudden, Durant shocked everybody and said,
Speaker 1: you know, I want to go to Golden State. And
Speaker 1: I don't know if people at the time they were saying, well,
Speaker 1: if you win, we're going to put an asterisk by it. Okay,
Speaker 1: maybe if you want to great it doesn't take away
Speaker 1: from his greatness. I think that these players get sensitive
Speaker 1: to the well, you don't win or how many championships
Speaker 1: have you won, because that's greatness. You move up the
Speaker 1: ladder when we start counting your titles. You can't convince
Speaker 1: me that somebody was a better throw or the football
Speaker 1: than Dan Marino in the history of the game. What
Speaker 1: they did, when they did it, how they did it,
Speaker 1: they were so far ahead of everybody. He didn't win
Speaker 1: a championship, then win a Super Bowl, he went to one,
Speaker 1: got blown out. He's down the list. If Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: wins one more, if Drew Brees wins one more, if
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger wins one more, if Russell Wilson wins one more,
Speaker 1: you move up the ladder. You're better than Dan Marino.
Speaker 1: Is it fair? Probably not, But those are the rules
Speaker 1: that we've established the rules. It's about winning championships. Kevin
Speaker 1: Durant would not be a top ten player without having
Speaker 1: a championship. It feels like we would go you're not
Speaker 1: allowed in. I mean, Karl Malone, he's not going to
Speaker 1: stay in the top ten if he had won two titles,
Speaker 1: he's staying in the top ten. Charles Barkley not a
Speaker 1: top ten player, didn't win a championship. If he had
Speaker 1: won one or two, maybe like Scottie Pippen is in
Speaker 1: the conversation of top twenty five players of all time
Speaker 1: or thirty because he won those titles. Without those titles,
Speaker 1: Scottie Pippen is just a wonderful player. He's Tracy McGrady,
Speaker 1: you know, or somebody like that. You go, boy, he
Speaker 1: was a really good player. But winning those championships, boy,
Speaker 1: does that elevate you. Yeah. Paul I did a quick
Speaker 1: dip deep dive on Milwaukee real estates and the most
Speaker 1: expensive home within an hour of Milwaukee is six point
Speaker 1: nine million dollars, which is about two months pay for
Speaker 1: Yannis thirteen thousand square feet, nine bedrooms in Whitefish Bay's
Speaker 1: it's lovely. I think he'll do find that. Whitefish Bay
Speaker 1: is a beautiful place, gorgeous right on the water there.
Speaker 1: But I think he's just a condo guy downtown. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna guess he's got a crib some other place in
Speaker 1: the country or the world that that would be my
Speaker 1: guest for Greek freak. All right, let me take a rink.
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Speaker 1: to go. Poll question we're going to stay with. Was
Speaker 1: the Greek freak staying in Milwaukee a good day for
Speaker 1: the NBA? McLevin, Yeah, so far, sixty seven percent said yes,
Speaker 1: it's a good day. I think that's sort of the
Speaker 1: mainstream take that. Yeah, you want to help these small
Speaker 1: team markets because otherwise they'll won't they fade away a
Speaker 1: little bit? Well, they don't. They're not relevant. I don't
Speaker 1: know if they fade away because these owners are making
Speaker 1: money and it feels like every team is making money
Speaker 1: spending money. Now. If we don't get fans back for
Speaker 1: this upcoming season, now, it's a little bit different for
Speaker 1: some of these some of these cities, some of these markets. Yeahmicklevin,
Speaker 1: I tuned in to see James Harden play Rocket Spurs Man.
Speaker 1: The Spurs are still boring. They're sticking with Yes, Yes
Speaker 1: they are. Yes, they are, so you can be good
Speaker 1: and boring, right, like, you don't have you know, well,
Speaker 1: the Spurs weren't exciting even at their peak, but they
Speaker 1: were wonderfully run. They played great textbook basketball. But that
Speaker 1: doesn't always entertain the average fan, or you know, even
Speaker 1: the most serious basketball fan. Now, like, I don't know
Speaker 1: what is entertaining anymore, because it feels like just whatever
Speaker 1: you do, do a lot of it. Shoot shoot as
Speaker 1: many threes as possible. You know, shot selection won't be great. Hey,
Speaker 1: you made it. You try to make a great pass. Okay,
Speaker 1: it's not. You don't watch basketball for the purity of
Speaker 1: basketball anymore. I think you just look for flashers. You're
Speaker 1: watching almost a game, but you're looking for highlights. Yes, mcclub.
Speaker 1: Are there certain teams, like odd teams that you're looking
Speaker 1: forward to watching on League Pass? Oh yeah, the Hawks,
Speaker 1: definitely the Horn. Oh yeah, yeah, Paulie. Once again, when
Speaker 1: I do my direct TV and I go down the
Speaker 1: list of games, I usually go to the game that
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody is watching. You should host League Pass, Dan.
Speaker 1: You should be like the Andrews Sicilian of League Pats
Speaker 1: and just say we're going to throw it out to Charlotte.
Speaker 1: It's eight four. Great call, great call. I know you're busy,
Speaker 1: but yea once a week league pass. If they let
Speaker 1: me smoke a cigar and drink tequila, I guarantee they
Speaker 1: would they if they let me do that, then I
Speaker 1: might because usually that's what I'm doing and having a
Speaker 1: nice cigar. I'm sitting if you were a little tipsy
Speaker 1: far and I'm stokey and running me through some set
Speaker 1: kings highlights, I'm tuning in. Uh. We had somebody tweet
Speaker 1: Zach Stewart says, somebody get James Harden some built bars.
Speaker 1: Am I right, Fritzie, you could use some more protein
Speaker 1: and less car up. So I want to talk, but
Speaker 1: I can you know, I know it, so I can
Speaker 1: see it. We'll talk to the SEC Commissioner, Greg Sank.
Speaker 1: He'll join us coming up final hour. And we've never
Speaker 1: had Trevor Lawrence on the Clemson quarterback. I got a
Speaker 1: few things to bring up. I see watched the Jets,
Speaker 1: Like would he'd be honest and say I've watched them?
Speaker 1: Because if I'm him, I got at least sneak a
Speaker 1: peek at the Jets. One hour in the books, two
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