1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: This is straight fire with Jason McIntire. 2 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 2: What is up, straight fire? 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 3: It's me Jason McIntire, straight four year for Friday, February, 4 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,639 Speaker 3: the twenty seventh, second to last day of the month 5 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 3: of February. 6 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 2: Unless it's a leap year. Let me check the old calendar. 7 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 3: Nope, not a leap yer. Sunday marks the beginning of March, 8 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 3: and then the chaos begins. Actually chaos kind of started 9 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 3: at the combine. I don't know how much people get 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 3: into the combine. I think it will lead to betting 11 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 3: lines on the draft coming out. But I will say, 12 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 3: besides the crazy stuff from the athletes, I was stunned 13 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 3: that the Jets pulled off another good trade. 14 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 2: Folks, don't you don't want to get too excited. It's 15 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: the Jets. They're going to be bad. 16 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 3: I get that, but this swap of defensive linement a 17 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 3: huge win for the Jets. Okay, Jenner, you're probably the 18 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 3: listening to this laughing. Oh, Tennessee. So Robert Salah goes 19 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 3: to the Titans and he wants an ed drusher. That's 20 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 3: what he had in San fran He knows he had 21 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 3: it with the Jets. He needs it in Tennessee. Who 22 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 3: does he know, Oh, Jermie Johnson, I coach you in 23 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 3: New York. Oh, you're on the final your year deal. 24 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 3: Jets don't want to pay you, will take you on 25 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 3: a proven deal. Now, Johnson's a little bit older because 26 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 3: he was one of these hold back sixty or whatever 27 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 3: it was at FSU. I think he's a twenty seven 28 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 3: years old, and so he's got a lot to prove 29 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 3: because he's chasing it. Yeah, just turn twenty seven. He's 30 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 3: chasing his final contract or his next big contract. You 31 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 3: maybe you get one. 32 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 2: More, right, a three year deal that's seventy five, but 33 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 2: whatever the number is. But he's got to prove it. 34 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 3: So Salad got needed him and the Jets were not 35 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 3: going to pay him, so they moved off. The Jets 36 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 3: are now pivoting to a three to four front. 37 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: They don't have the deal. 38 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 3: They have good defensive tackles, but they're a rotational guys. 39 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 3: So they trade for Tovandre Sweat, who is only played 40 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 3: two seasons and he's really good. Get out of Texas, 41 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 3: grading out very high on Pro Football Focus, graded out 42 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 3: of the fifth best defensive tackle in the league last year. Now, 43 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 3: he did miss five games. But he was also next 44 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 3: to Jeffrey Simmons, and you got a double Simmons. So 45 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 3: Sweat a big factor, a wrecking ball, just a clogger 46 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 3: in the middle. And the Jets have Will McDonald on 47 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 3: the outside. Now Sweat in the middle. And they're gonna 48 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 3: take either alrel Rec at two, probably not Reuben Bain 49 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 3: now because he's got the short arms. We're not going 50 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 3: to kill the guy for his short arms. But David 51 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 3: Bailey from Texas Tech is the other option at two. 52 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 3: So the Jets will have a new defensive front. And 53 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,239 Speaker 3: you gotta like the sounds of that. And listen, I know, 54 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 3: Jets fans, it doesn't matter. 55 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: You're not winning any more games. 56 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 3: I get that, but you've got to build a team. 57 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 3: And you're not building a team for this year. 58 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 2: You're building a team for twenty twenty seven and hopefully 59 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 2: when you get the plug and play quarterback in CJ. 60 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 3: Car from Notre Dame, arch Manning Sellers from South Carolina. Listen, 61 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 3: Jordan Mayava from USC I like what I saw from him. 62 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: Now. It could just be that he's a big boy 63 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: and he wears Sam Darnold's number and looks and moves 64 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 2: better than Darnald and has a really live arm. I 65 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 2: see a good player. 66 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 3: I don't know if I see a top three pick, 67 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 3: but I like the quarterback options in twenty seven, So yeah, 68 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 3: the Jets will stink. This trade is a win, and 69 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 3: it's also a win for the Titans because you get 70 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 3: an edge rusher on the cheap. 71 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: He's still on his rookie deal, so listen. 72 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 3: It's a trading time happening at the combat and there's 73 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 3: some other small NFL stuff. I don't think we really 74 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 3: need to get into it. Anthony Richardson, Hey, Cole Stelger, 75 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 3: you can go out and find a trade. 76 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 2: Good luck with that. 77 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 3: You know the Commanders are gonna dump their starting center. 78 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 3: Brandon Aubrey wants a big deal. The Cowboys are willing 79 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 3: to make it the highest PI kicker, he said, No, 80 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 3: I want more than that. There's some wacky stuff going on, 81 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 3: but it's not quite free agency. I think the Kyler 82 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 3: toa stuff is interesting because really nobody wants those guys, 83 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 3: and if you're not trading for him, you have to 84 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 3: cut them, eat the dead cap money, right, and then 85 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 3: pay a quarterback to not be on your team, And 86 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 3: those hurt big time. 87 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: But we're gonna see at least two of those. 88 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 3: Kirk Cousins is going to be out there that Malik 89 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 3: willis nonsense floating. So there's a lot of NFL stuff 90 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 3: going on. But we got Robb g here and Lakers 91 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 3: played a big game on Thursday night. So you lose 92 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 3: two in a row, Okay, no harm in losing to 93 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 3: the Celtics. 94 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 2: They're really good. 95 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 3: Lose to Orlando in a late game kind of debacle. 96 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 3: Luca had the shot, didn't take it. Lebron takes a 97 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,559 Speaker 3: bad late shot, forced two because he had no better option, 98 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 3: and they lose a close game. Now they had been dominant, 99 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 3: one of the best teams in the league in clutch time, 100 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 3: final five minutes, but they lose to Orlando. So then 101 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 3: they go to Phoenix. They kind of, you know, play 102 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 3: with their food. They're messing around. They're down ten in 103 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 3: the second quarter. I mean, it's like, what's going on. 104 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 3: No Dylan Brooks, no Devin Booker. I bet the Lakers personally, 105 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 3: because I was like, they're bouncing back from the Orlando 106 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 3: lost all this Luca, So I. 107 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 2: Bet some Luca props. 108 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 3: The Luca props hit over three and a half threes 109 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 3: over seven and a half assist. Luca had a monster 110 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 3: game forty one to eight and eight. Listen, I know 111 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,239 Speaker 3: people want to bag on Luca. You can't want toyter 112 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 3: with Luca. I just that is it's so stupid. 113 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 2: I'm sorry. 114 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 3: I mean it's such a hot take. It's so cheap 115 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 3: and low hanging fruit. Right now, kick the guy while 116 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 3: he's down. 117 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 2: That's fine. I don't care. 118 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 3: Lucas not the reason they lost this game. They fight back, clawback. 119 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 3: They're down three, sorry, it's a tie game. With like 120 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 3: less than five seconds left, Grayson Allen takes Luca off 121 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 3: the dribble for reasons that do not make any sense 122 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 3: to me. The entire Laker defense collapses. La ravia lebron everybody. 123 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 3: It's like, really, Grayson Allen to the rim. I mean, 124 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 3: Luca defending him. It's not an easy shot. And Grayson 125 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 3: Allen basically been killing the Lakers from three, but not 126 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 3: on the drives. And so Alan, with a pretty great 127 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 3: pass in the corner, who rotates it to Roy O'Neill. 128 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 3: Royce O'Neill wide open, cashes three with less than. 129 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 2: A second left. Lakers lose, Folks. 130 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 3: The Suns made twenty two of fifty from Deep Holland 131 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 3: Gillespie six threes, Grayson Allen six, Rusher Fleming to a 132 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 3: mere coffee two, Ryan dun two, and Royce O'Niel three. 133 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 3: You're not gonna win a lot of games when you 134 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 3: give up twenty two to three pointers. 135 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 2: There's gonna be a lot of finger pointing. 136 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 137 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 138 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 139 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: listen live. 140 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 2: I think we got to hang this one on DeAndre 141 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: aid Man. I'm curious what Rob thinks because eight and 142 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 2: ran his mouth in an article to Day mc benaman. 143 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 3: They're trying to turn me in a Clint Capella. Sorry, bro, 144 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 3: you'd be lucky to be Clin Copella. 145 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 2: I don't mean to be ours. 146 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 3: So after saying all that talking, all that noise, DeAndre 147 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,799 Speaker 3: Aden comes out twenty three minutes, one of three shooting. 148 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 2: That's right. 149 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 3: He took three shots in twenty three minutes, two points 150 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 3: and a team worst minus twenty four. Luca was plus nine, 151 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 3: Reeves was plus nine, Lebron was plus five. Jackson Hayes 152 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 3: played twenty one minutes. I would not be shocked at 153 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 3: Jackson as usurps eight and in the starting lineup, Rob, 154 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 3: I'm not. I still I'm gonna defend the Lakers. They 155 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 3: were built for Ad and Lebron. You throw Luca in, 156 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 3: It's tough given the contracts to do a ton of stuff. 157 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 3: I was fine giving eight in two years eight million 158 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 3: a pop on his contract. 159 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 2: He's not bad, He's just not a great fit with 160 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 2: the Lakers. 161 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 3: But given the options like they had, no there was 162 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 3: no other better guys they could have got for eight 163 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 3: million to play center. So I can't kill the Lakers 164 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 3: for that. I can't kill him for the La Ravia deal. 165 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 3: They made the best they could. They were punching above 166 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 3: their weight class for much of the season, and now 167 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 3: I think the panic will start to say, in whoa, 168 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 3: wait a minute, we're only one game up of the 169 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 3: play in. We've got the backloaded schedule. 170 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 2: That's tough. 171 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 3: Luckily, they still have a few games against tanking teams 172 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 3: coming up. Sacramento is aggressively tanking. 173 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 2: New Orleans is tanking. But I don't know. I don't 174 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 2: think they're gonna roll over for the Lakers. 175 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 3: I'll just say that, then it's Denver, Indy is tanking, 176 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 3: New York is trying, Minnesota's trying, Chicago's not. They're gonna 177 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 3: have to hold off Phoenix for that seventh seed, and 178 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 3: Phoenix could get Brooks back at the tail end of 179 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 3: the regular season. 180 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 2: Bookers should be back soon, Rob. What's your panic level here? 181 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 4: Oh gosh, I mean it depends on what you would determine, 182 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 4: like what my expectations were. If you're saying championship team, 183 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 4: my panic level is like at a fifteen. You know, 184 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 4: if my expectation was, yeah, they're a pluging team, maybe 185 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 4: they'll make some noise panic levels, probably like a four 186 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 4: or five. What it's makes some noise cool quantity, Like 187 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 4: you know, they win a series and they scare whoever 188 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 4: they get to in the second round and they make 189 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 4: it competitive. Not that they're gonna win, but maybe they 190 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 4: go down in a hard fought six instead of a 191 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 4: sweep or you know, easy five like last year against Minnesota. 192 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 2: Like this team, and I don't want to be labored. 193 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 4: The point because we've talked about this ad nauseum for 194 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 4: weeks almost basically the whole season, even when things we're good, 195 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 4: is you know, they do have fatal flaws with the roster. 196 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 4: The roster does not have really any two way players 197 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 4: on their team. Like, they don't have any guy that 198 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 4: you would say is average to above average both offensively 199 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 4: and defensively. Oh, now, Luca is a transcendent offensive player. 200 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 4: Leads a lot to the Riders on defense. Austin Reeves 201 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 4: is a very good offensive player. It leads a lot 202 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 4: to be desired on defense. Lebron James at this stage 203 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 4: of his career, if he were to commit to one 204 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 4: side or the other, I think could still be a 205 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 4: high level player offensively or defensively. But he has decided 206 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 4: that he's trying to kind of split the baby, and 207 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 4: it's made him, relative to his contract, especially, a very 208 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 4: below average player on both sides of the ball. Like, 209 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 4: if you're saying Lebron at fifteen million dollars is doing 210 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,959 Speaker 4: what he's doing, I'd be very happy. But at fifty 211 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 4: two million dollars, he is such an anvil to this 212 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 4: team because he doesn't shoot the ball well enough to 213 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 4: be off the ball as a spacer. With Lebron he's 214 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 4: having one of the worst shooting years of his recent career. 215 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 4: He suddenly, you know, turns the ball over at the 216 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 4: oddest times, which is something that he doesn't do. Maybe 217 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 4: that's age or focus or what have you. And defensively, 218 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 4: we saw the end of last season, you know, when 219 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 4: they made the DFS trade and they put him in 220 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 4: the starting lineup and they were rolling out basically the 221 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 4: same roster that they have now, but with Dorian Finney 222 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,679 Speaker 4: Smith as the fifth guy instead of like DeAndre Hayden, 223 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 4: and they were a top five defense. And the reason 224 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 4: they were a top five defense because Lebron James temporarily 225 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 4: morphed himself into a supersized super scion version of Draymond Green, 226 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 4: where he's like, I am gonna be setting screens, pocket pass, 227 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 4: find the open shooter, or cut to the basket offensively. Defensively, 228 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 4: I am going to be the best free safety you've 229 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 4: seen in the in the NBA. And this year he's 230 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 4: just like not like I don't know if it's because 231 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 4: he can't and is physically not saying fall off a clip, 232 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 4: but he's really taking a turn more than likely. I 233 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 4: just think he doesn't want to. Could it be a 234 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 4: mental thing that he knows like, I don't have a 235 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 4: future here. 236 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 2: I'm pissed. How could they do me dirty? Why should 237 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 2: I lock in? Yeah? 238 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 4: And that's this is something that we talked about when 239 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 4: he first came back. I remember you and I did 240 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 4: a podcast and it was like, you know, things are 241 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 4: great now. I think his first game he had like 242 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 4: eleven assists and he was just moving the ball tremendously. 243 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 4: And you and I said on this podcast, what happens 244 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 4: when they lose three or four three in a row? 245 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 4: You know, they have a rough stretch where they go, 246 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 4: you know, four and seven on a two weeks stretch. 247 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 2: Whatever. 248 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 4: It was something you knew it was going to happen 249 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 4: because it happens to everybody. How does he respond? Does 250 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 4: he continue to play the good soldier to say, I'm 251 00:11:57,559 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 4: going to be a role player on this team because 252 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 4: that's what this team needs. And as soon as he 253 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 4: felt like he was, you know, eighty to eighty five 254 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 4: percent back from his sciatica, he went back to trying 255 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 4: to be Lebron James. And I don't fault him for 256 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 4: that because he's an all time great player. He's one 257 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 4: of the greatest players in NBA history. He's the ultimate 258 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,319 Speaker 4: leading scorers. The NBA record book is going to say, 259 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 4: Lebron James presents the NBA like that's what he's done 260 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 4: in his career. So I understand why he doesn't want 261 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 4: to make that sacrifice and just be a role player. 262 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 4: The problem is because he doesn't, the rest of the 263 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 4: roster is so flawed that they have no real chance 264 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 4: of doing anything this season. 265 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't disagree with what you said there. I 266 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 2: think you let Ayton off the hook a little bit 267 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 2: of I don't know if you saw, but Clinton Cappella 268 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 2: went on online. I did end road. You got two 269 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 2: of the best floor general in the game. My dog 270 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 2: lock in. He's not wrong. This is this goes back 271 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 2: to Ayton. He's a prima donna man. 272 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 3: He thought he was the shit out Arizona, really good player, 273 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 3: went before Luca and the draft, which is comical. 274 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 2: Kind of guy. I guess he worked hard to get paid. 275 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 3: And then turned into a dog. They dumped him to Portland. Uh, 276 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 3: he thought he was the man in Portland. They were like, 277 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:16,199 Speaker 3: we don't even want him here. 278 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 2: I mean, nobody wants this guy and he and he's acting. 279 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 2: He's just got the. 280 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 3: Wrong mindset completely. But listen, that Lakers got some good 281 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 3: stuff out of him right. Uh, they did the best 282 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 3: they could. It's it's really hard to on the fly 283 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 3: remake a team. But I think ultimately this isn't the 284 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 3: worst thing in the world. A guy Rob and I 285 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 3: both know who works at Fox. He's a producer. He 286 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 3: has a weekend pod or not Weekend Potter weekend show 287 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,599 Speaker 3: at Fox Sports Radio Martin. He's just killing Luca to 288 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 3: me every day, he just relentlessly. He doesn't get to 289 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 3: the room, he doesn't finish at the rip. And I 290 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 3: and and it's interesting because I looked up the stats 291 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 3: and I, Yeah, he's not finishing at the rim like 292 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 3: he was five years ago. 293 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 2: That's factual. He does. 294 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 3: Is that because he doesn't have the elevation? Maybe is 295 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 3: that because he's heavier. Maybe was he dunking more at 296 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 3: twenty two than he is at twenty seven? Of course, 297 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 3: but a large portion of that is the Lakers aren't 298 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 3: built the right way. They're not built for Luca. Yet 299 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 3: in Dallas, they had the perfect setup shooter PJ. Washington, shooter, Kyrie, Shooter, Quasi, 300 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 3: Dereck Jones, and then you had your room runner in 301 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 3: Gafford or Lively. And so if Luca's going to the 302 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 3: rim and you collapse. 303 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 2: He's just throwing it. 304 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 3: Up and it's Alloup city, Rob. Are you seeing a 305 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 3: million Alupe Doun's with the Lakers this year? 306 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 2: No, I'm not so. 307 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 3: If he's not throwing the alleyut and then he's one 308 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 3: on one with somebody and you know he's gonna finish. 309 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 3: So he's still finishing in a high percentage around the Rim. 310 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 3: He's just not finishing as often, not even attacking as often. 311 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 3: And I honestly don't know if there's an easy solution. 312 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 3: I mean, we had Jovann Boja on. If they get Yannis, 313 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 3: that's a home run. If they don't get Yannis is 314 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 3: where it gets a little nervous. Can you remake the 315 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 3: roster if you wifuny honest so you'll have three picks. 316 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 3: I don't know if you want to make all of them, 317 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 3: save some of them for the future. There could be 318 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 3: some rim running centers. I haven't even done diligence on 319 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 3: that yet, but I don't know. 320 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 2: Rob. 321 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 3: I'm for whatever reason, I'm not worried because I'm like 322 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 3: a diehard Luca believer, like these guys who are all 323 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 3: in on crypto. 324 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 2: I'm all in on Luca. 325 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 3: Nothing can really change my mind, sort of like a 326 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 3: massive injury or something crappy. 327 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 2: But like, I don't see people like you can't build 328 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 2: around him. 329 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 3: Weren't we early on that this week, Rob, I think 330 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 3: that was our Monday Pod, and then by Wednesday everybody's like, 331 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 3: you can't win a championship with Luca, which is I 332 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 3: think ASONI predictable. He's twenty seven. He was in the 333 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 3: finals two years ago, but what are we doing? 334 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 2: He can now can't get. 335 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 3: To the finals because the Lakers team's not constructed the 336 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 3: right way and they didn't really have a chance. 337 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 2: It's not like they took a swing. 338 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 3: By the way you mentioned DFS, Rob, have you looked 339 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 3: at SATs in Houston this year? 340 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, Lakers Dodger a major bullet. He's playing like ass 341 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 2: I mean, is it when he does the Lakers at 342 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 2: the season, he hasn't missed a lot, But when he's playing, he's. 343 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 4: Been all yeah, yeah, he's been bad, horrible, and he 344 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 4: got like fifteen million a year. 345 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 3: So like, again, I don't people overreact to the Lakers losses. 346 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 3: Is actually fun Now it's getting to the point where 347 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 3: the Lakers are almost like the Dallas Cowboys. Right, every 348 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 3: Dallas Cowboys loss is a massive indictment, and it's like 349 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 3: every Laker loss at this point is like freak out 350 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 3: session galore. 351 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 2: I don't think they will I don't. I don't think 352 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 2: they can lose in the first round. That would not 353 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 2: be good. Are you? Are you certain that they're not 354 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 2: a playing team? You know, No, they'll be. 355 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 3: They'll definitely be Top six. Rockets won again last night. 356 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 3: But I don't know that the Rocket I don't. I 357 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 3: don't think the Rockets are that good. 358 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 2: I don't think Minnesota is that good. I mean, they've 359 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 2: got problems. Just nobody gives a shit about Minnesota, right. 360 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 3: We know that they tried to trade everybody that wasn't 361 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 3: bolted down for Giannis, and since that failed, the whole 362 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 3: roster's been playing like ass. It's basically just Anthony Edwards carrying. 363 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 3: Let me see, did they beat the Clippers? That game 364 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 3: was happening. 365 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:15,880 Speaker 2: It might not be. Oh it's not over yet. 366 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 3: Fourth quarter, Timbrels up in a close one and just 367 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 3: doing everything. Julius Randa one for ten. Yeah yet, co 368 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 3: but this team's not that good to beat the Lakers 369 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:24,119 Speaker 3: last year. 370 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 2: Not They're not. 371 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 372 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 373 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 374 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: listen live. 375 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 4: I'll tell you what, I don't know if this is 376 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,239 Speaker 4: a hot take, but I think that my opinion on 377 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 4: the future of the Lakers in this upcoming summer. 378 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 2: Two weeks ago. 379 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 4: I think I said that whatever it takes, you get 380 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 4: Yiannis and Luca and you figure out the rest later. 381 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 2: I think the more I watched this. 382 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 4: Team play with JJ Reddick at the controls, I don't 383 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 4: know if that's the right move anymore. I don't think 384 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 4: that they have enough guys that I feel confident in 385 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 4: where they could win at the highest level, even with 386 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 4: Luca and Giannis, because. 387 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 2: I think one thing that we've learned over who whoa 388 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 2: hold on? Hold on. 389 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 3: You're saying, if they have Luca, if they get Giannis 390 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 3: and the Jovann Bouha deal where they don't give up 391 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 3: Austin Rivers and they are Austin Reeves, Reeves, Giannis and 392 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 3: Luca as a foundation, you don't think they have enough. 393 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 2: Well, have you seen what the rest of the roster 394 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 2: looks like? That's impossible. 395 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,159 Speaker 4: But like, you know, because I think that this is 396 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 4: not a new idea, but you know, two years ago 397 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 4: there was this ground swell across NBA media that it 398 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 4: was like, gone are the days where your best player 399 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 4: who wins you a championship, Like it's no longer. Hey, 400 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,120 Speaker 4: if you have Shaq, if you got Tim Duncan, if 401 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 4: you have Kobe, if you have Lebron, if you have 402 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 4: Stephen k whoever you think is the best, Stephan Katy, 403 00:18:57,640 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 4: you are going to win the championship because you have 404 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 4: the best player, the best guy at that time, or 405 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 4: one of the best guys, and that's ultimately get join 406 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 4: with him. And someone said two years ago that one 407 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 4: thing that the Boston Celtics taught us was is not 408 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 4: necessarily what your top guy is, it's what your worst 409 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 4: guy is. And if your fifth guy, or your fourth 410 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 4: and fifth guy, your sixth and seventh guy are unplayable 411 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 4: in high leverage moments, then you might as well be 412 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 4: dog food in today's NBA. 413 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 2: And you said fifth and sixth guy. 414 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, because like if you look at the Lakers, like 415 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 4: in this hypothetical Descitionaria, you got no cap space, right 416 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 4: because you used all your cap space to get y. Honest, 417 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 4: you have Giannis, Luca Austin, what Jared Vanderbilt and. 418 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 2: The Radia's got another year eight AND's got another year right, like? 419 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 4: And can you win a championship when two of your 420 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 4: or you know, potentially four of your five guys either 421 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 4: don't play defense or can't shoot, Like, I think that 422 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 4: that's gonna be the the conversation all off season for 423 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 4: the Lakers is Marcus Smart. 424 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 3: Has a player option, but he could opt out and 425 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 3: chase a bigger pay day. Dalton can, I can't guard anybody, 426 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 3: Bronnie Dude? So okay, rob, So what's the alternative? 427 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 4: So sometimes so maybe the alternative is, rather than hunting 428 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 4: for one guy, can we divvy this fifty million or 429 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 4: whatever it is up and get three high level rotation guys. 430 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 4: Because the one thing that you mentioned about Dallas, you know, 431 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 4: the ideas that they were built perfectly around Luca, is 432 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 4: you look at those guys now. I know, Derek Jones 433 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 4: Junior has the majories in the Clippers now, PJ. Washington, 434 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 4: Daniel Gafford, like those guys now without Luca are nothing 435 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 4: like them, that disrespect like they are average NBA players 436 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 4: mid Jaggs. They are guys that interchangeable. Hey, you got 437 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 4: a six eight guy who can jump. Oh, you know, 438 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 4: we can use him somehow somewhere, you know, But he's 439 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 4: not They're not difference makers by any church of the imagination. 440 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 2: Luca is the guy who unlocked all of it, everybody. 441 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 4: And so maybe if you can find guys who are 442 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 4: a tick above Dereck Jones and PGA Washington where they 443 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 4: defend a little bit better than PJ but they shoot 444 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 4: a little bit better than Dereck Jones Junior, And those 445 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 4: are the guys you get. Maybe you find a way 446 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 4: to trade for, you know, a Herb Jones. Maybe you 447 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,959 Speaker 4: find a way to trade for That's tough, all right, 448 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 4: because they have to clear like something like that, Like 449 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 4: what if you can do something like that. 450 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 3: This is on hoops rumors unrestricted free agents. We're not 451 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 3: gonna look at the point guards because the Lakers don't 452 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 3: need one, but the shooting guards. 453 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 2: This is the crop. 454 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 3: Bruce Brown. I don't know what he has left since 455 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 3: he had that one great run in Denver. I haven't heard, 456 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 3: but true, Jordan Clarkson doesn't play defense. Seth Curry, Io Desumu. 457 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 2: He just got traded. I believe he's Minnesota. They're probably 458 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 2: gonna keep him. He's a young kid out Illinois. Pretty good. 459 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 2: Kean Ellis, I like, maybe you get. 460 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 3: Him, but is he big enough? He's only like sixty three. 461 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 3: Quentin Grimes, I think he's probably gonna get paid. Kevin Heurder, 462 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 3: Red Velvet Bones Island doesn't play defense, Luke Kennard to 463 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 3: Jim McCollum, Josha Kogi, Gary Payton, Norman Powell, Colin Sexton 464 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 3: doesn't play defense, Landry Shammitt, Anthony Simons. I mean, they're 465 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 3: just none of these guys. You about Cam Thomas who 466 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 3: only shoots the ball, not even offense, just shoots only 467 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 3: small forwards and this is the most coveted position. And 468 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 3: you're like Tim Hardaway, Junior, eh Jet Howard, young kid, 469 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 3: Caleb Houston, young kid, Doug McDermott, Chris Middleton, Kelly Ubra. 470 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,479 Speaker 2: I mean, can you coax something out of Kelly Ubret? 471 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 2: Like they just aren't guys. 472 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: That's I mean, that's why I'm fine big game hunting 473 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 3: for Giannis, right, But you're right, how are you going 474 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 3: to get the young guys to have like the OKC 475 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 3: type depth? Where you gonna get like the Indiana Pacers 476 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 3: type depth. I don't you can think you can serve 477 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 3: two masters, Rob. I don't think you could go for 478 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 3: the superstars and get the role players. And I don't 479 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 3: think that the role players are available or the role 480 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 3: players that are available are gonna. 481 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 2: Get you anywhere with Luca. And then does Luca get pissed, 482 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:09,959 Speaker 2: like why are you wasting my products? 483 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 4: So I think maybe what you might have to do, 484 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 4: and this is even a tougher needle thread, is you 485 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 4: look at the teams that are maxed out on cap space, 486 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 4: either Second Apron when so deep into it when they 487 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 4: got to make moves, and you know this is all. 488 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 2: Fluid because guys can be dropped. 489 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 4: However, but you say, hey, Cleveland is projected like ninety 490 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 4: seven million over the cap space, like, hey, can you 491 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 4: coax Jared Allen out of there for a first round pick? 492 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 4: You know, you look at the nick Can you get 493 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 4: mcal Bridges or ognanob you know, just get them out 494 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,640 Speaker 4: of there to save them some money? Minnesota ninety three 495 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 4: million over can you find a way to get McDaniels 496 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 4: or Nazrie or something like that, can you find a 497 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 4: way to get these teams where because the second apron 498 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 4: is so punitive and so ridiculous that these teams will 499 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 4: have no choice Denver, they're not to make a decisions 500 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 4: in Payne Watson and Cam Johnson. Could you get one 501 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 4: of those guys for the cheap where it's like, hey, 502 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 4: I'll give you a swap or I'll give you a 503 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 4: first and a second and you give us the like 504 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 4: maybe that Look, maybe that's the scenario. 505 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 3: So plucking guys off teams that don't want to pay 506 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 3: in luxury tax. Orlando losers in the first round and 507 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 3: it looks like they have the second highest payroll for 508 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 3: next year. I mean they're gonna be paying the luxury 509 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 3: tax for a first round else, sir, right, I mean 510 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 3: you get Jalen suggs. 511 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 4: Oh, I'm not saying he's he's the guy, but like 512 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 4: something like that, like, hey, we got it clear off. 513 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 2: I would take Anthony Black over Jalen Sugs whatever. 514 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 4: Fix I find a way to get these guys because 515 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:38,880 Speaker 4: they just got to cut salary. 516 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 2: Yeah they did that. That's good. That's that's not terrible. Yeah, 517 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 2: interesting it is. 518 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: It is. 519 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 2: Do you have to agree it is a little weird? 520 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 2: Now all anybody does is go after the Lakers every night, right. 521 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,479 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I disagree with a lot of things 522 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 4: JJ Reddi's done over the last week coaching, but one 523 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 4: thing he said after their loss against Phoenix was, you 524 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,120 Speaker 4: know the reason and why people are piling off score 525 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 4: with the Lakers, all of our losses are going to 526 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:03,160 Speaker 4: be loud. 527 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 2: It's like that's a very good point. Yeah, very good. 528 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 3: Well, good night in the league Friday night Denver at OKC. 529 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 3: I wonder if occ these guys are coming back Cleveland 530 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 3: and Detroit in the East, so essentially you've got one 531 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 3: in four in both conferences one and three. Maybe, yeah, 532 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 3: it should be. It should be a fun weekend. 533 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 2: Robu. 534 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 3: Last thing, you know, as we head into March and beyond, 535 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 3: I'm just curious, what is you How do you divide 536 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 3: up your sports watching? Are you gonna like did the 537 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 3: did the Olympics get you into hockey at all? Are 538 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 3: you like, oh, when is Gitlan Clark firing out the 539 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 3: w NBA? Or are you just locked on NBA? 540 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 2: I know you're a Lakers guy. 541 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 4: I'm locked on the NBA. I'll be locked into the 542 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 4: the second half of the combine, you know, when the 543 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 4: offensive guys are out there and the quarterbacks are out 544 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 4: there and come March Madness. 545 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,640 Speaker 2: I'm locked the FN at March Madness. 546 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, there's nothing better to me in sports than the 547 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 4: first two weekends of or the first two days was 548 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 4: the first weekend, right Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. 549 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 2: March madis is nothing better than that. Totally agree. I'm 550 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 2: fired up, all right, We'll see you Monday.