Speaker 1: Now let's get to your calls before I get on
Speaker 1: out of here for the day. Let's go to Nikon.
Speaker 1: You're live with Steven A. Nikon out of California. What's
Speaker 1: up in Econ?
Speaker 2: How are you hi?
Speaker 3: Step?
Speaker 4: I want to know when you have a great score
Speaker 4: like James Harden, and when you have a player like
Speaker 4: Dwayne Wade who won many rings, who do you think
Speaker 4: is better all time?
Speaker 2: I got to give it to Dwayne Wade. Do you
Speaker 2: know why?
Speaker 4: Why?
Speaker 1: Because Dwayne Wade showed up winn he counted. See, if
Speaker 1: you're looking at the stats and you're looking at the
Speaker 1: one on one skill set, and you're looking at the
Speaker 1: prolific scoring prowess of a James Harden over several years
Speaker 1: of his career, particularly when he was in Houston, you
Speaker 1: have a point. The problem with James Harden's resume is
Speaker 1: that there has been too many occasions with the moment's
Speaker 1: call from him. The game six close out game against
Speaker 1: San Antonio, a Game seven in Houston against Golden State,
Speaker 1: a game six and seven with the Philadelphia seventy six
Speaker 1: is against Boston, A Game seven just now against Dan
Speaker 1: with different teams, there have been several occasions where he has.
Speaker 2: Not shown up.
Speaker 1: And I'm not talking about just the lack of efficiency.
Speaker 1: I'm talking about a lack of aggression when he's attempted
Speaker 1: nine shots, eleven shots, ten shots, or whatever, acting like
Speaker 1: he didn't even want to be there in games where
Speaker 1: it was on the line. That has never happened to
Speaker 1: Dwayne Wade, who's a three time champion and an NBA
Speaker 1: Finals MVP and a Hall of Famer.
Speaker 2: That ain't even a discussion. Appreciate the call. Let's go
Speaker 2: to Trey in Texas. You're live or steven A. What's up?
Speaker 3: Trey? Hey, Steven Hand, this is Trey. First of all,
Speaker 3: I'm want to thank you for somening my book and
Speaker 3: for being an inspiration to me growing up. So my
Speaker 3: question to you is how do you get more involved
Speaker 3: in sports media at a twenty two year olds As
Speaker 3: a twenty two year old person.
Speaker 2: We'll go to number one. Go to school, get education.
Speaker 2: Number two.
Speaker 1: Edify yourself as much as possible, make sure you stay
Speaker 1: up on the issues or whatever, and practice repetition contributes
Speaker 1: to excellence. Do it over and over and over again.
Speaker 1: And don't be about the money, be about the substance,
Speaker 1: be about building something. You're twenty two years of age,
Speaker 1: and what behind the ears? You're young, You got your
Speaker 1: whole life ahead of you, a whole career ahead of you.
Speaker 1: You know, study the issues, study how to be on
Speaker 1: in front of the camera, Study how to speak in
Speaker 1: front of that microphone. Pay attention to what makes a
Speaker 1: good subject matter approach and what makes a good subject
Speaker 1: matter to avoid, understand what the people want, what the
Speaker 1: public at large wants, what would have a sense of
Speaker 1: what's newsworthy and what resonates with an audience on a
Speaker 1: day to day basis. And when you do that, it'll
Speaker 1: go a long way towards assisting you and your aspirations.
Speaker 2: Did I answer that question?
Speaker 3: Yes, sir. I appreciate you. Man. Here to go, Man,
Speaker 3: thank you for being an inspirason to me all these years. Man,
Speaker 3: appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Thank you Man. I appreciate it. Trey, appreciate you. Anthony
Speaker 2: in New York City, the last caller. What's going on?
Speaker 3: Man?
Speaker 2: How are you.
Speaker 4: While you work on ESPN?
Speaker 2: Thank you?
Speaker 4: So I'm calling about these ice protests in Los Angeles
Speaker 4: and I want to get your pain on it. Honestly,
Speaker 4: I think it's disgusting. I think it's distasteful.
Speaker 2: Hold what what's discussed?
Speaker 1: Just for clarity, what's disgusting and what's distasteful for my audience,
Speaker 1: and we don't understand you what's disgusting and what's distasteful.
Speaker 4: The way they're protesting is not peaceful. I see industry
Speaker 4: is burning things. Is not peaceful, okay, And I'm will
Speaker 4: who are people coming into this country? You know, a
Speaker 4: bit opportunity all that, but they gotta do it the
Speaker 4: right way, steven A. There's a process for that, and
Speaker 4: I don't know how I gavin do some and people
Speaker 4: stand support them being here the illegal way when they
Speaker 4: don't belong here, then the process you have to go
Speaker 4: to court get asylum. They're not doing that. They're questing
Speaker 4: the border illegally and we certain states are just running
Speaker 4: that and I don't understand that, and that's what really
Speaker 4: drives my gears. I want to just your thoughts on that.
Speaker 2: Well. A couple of things.
Speaker 1: Number one, and don't hang up, because I want to
Speaker 1: hear your response to what I have to say. Number One,
Speaker 1: California is a sanctuary state, and when you look up
Speaker 1: the definition of the sanctuary state, it basically gives you
Speaker 1: a license to fight and fend off federal mandates that
Speaker 1: may come your way because you don't agree with them.
Speaker 2: That's what our court system is for.
Speaker 1: So even though it's a sanctuary state, it doesn't make
Speaker 1: the State of California illegal in their actions according to
Speaker 1: the courts. Now, after courts reach a ruling, particularly after
Speaker 1: Governor Newsom goes about the business of suing the Trump
Speaker 1: administration and the court rules in Trump's favor, and then
Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom in the State of California DeFi those courts,
Speaker 1: now you're venturing into a legal status. But until that
Speaker 1: time comes, if you're labeled a sanctuary state or a
Speaker 1: sanctuary city, then you're not considered lawless.
Speaker 2: That's number one. Number two.
Speaker 1: Everybody out there approach testing ain't illegal, ain't undocumented. We
Speaker 1: have to keep that in mind. Some are, there's no
Speaker 1: doubt about that. Obviously, most if not all, of those
Speaker 1: protesters support illegal and undocumented immigrants, which is a different
Speaker 1: subject altogether, something close to what you're alluding to. But
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean every one of them is illegal and undocumented.
Speaker 1: There are legal citizens in the United States, there are
Speaker 1: people here on their visas. There are people here that
Speaker 1: are documented and naturalized immigrants. And because that's the case,
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean that would make them legal. And under
Speaker 1: our laws, you do have the right to protest. Okay, Now,
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean you have the right to burn cars
Speaker 1: and businesses and steal like folks were stealing from Jordan's
Speaker 1: store in downtown LA. They showed footage of that taking place. No,
Speaker 1: you don't have a right to engage in lawlessness. But
Speaker 1: sometimes the art of a protest is being as disruptive
Speaker 1: as you possibly can be, so you can garner the
Speaker 1: tension not just of the federal government and our elected officials,
Speaker 1: but the world, making sure the eye of the nation
Speaker 1: and the world is upon you so they could see
Speaker 1: what your vociferous protests are all about. That's what's transpiring here,
Speaker 1: and that's what we have to pay attention to.
Speaker 2: So again, it's not ideal. We don't like it.
Speaker 1: We see what's going on in the state of California
Speaker 1: in terms of their spending compared to the revenue that
Speaker 1: they're generating, the fact that they're approaching a deficit in
Speaker 1: the tens of billions of dollars.
Speaker 2: We understand that. We understand that in a lot of
Speaker 2: people's eyes, illegal.
Speaker 1: Immigration contributes to that because you got people using medicaid
Speaker 1: in the medical system as their form of health care,
Speaker 1: and it's costing tax.
Speaker 2: Payer dollars a lot. We get all of that, and
Speaker 2: in somehow, some way it's got to be fixed.
Speaker 1: But all those sorts and neggas said it best it
Speaker 1: could easily be fixed, that they were committed to doing it.
Speaker 1: But either side uses it as a tool to favor
Speaker 1: themselves when they're running for election, and as a result
Speaker 1: of that, it's in the politicians benefit to not resolve
Speaker 1: this issue. And that's what the problem is right now,
Speaker 1: and that's why all parties are to be blamed for
Speaker 1: this as opposed to just one party.
Speaker 4: Anthony, all right, right, And I respect for you saying
Speaker 4: I understand all that. And I live in a sanctuary,
Speaker 4: so I'm from New York City, so I see it
Speaker 4: here too. And why don't like it when you speak
Speaker 4: about illegal immigration? People want to call you a racist
Speaker 4: or tell me you know got work. Oh, you don't
Speaker 4: care about these people, and so I don't care about people.
Speaker 4: This made me a racist. I wanted them to do
Speaker 4: it the right way, the legal way. That's what I'm saying,
Speaker 4: missus Stephen A.
Speaker 3: Smith.
Speaker 4: I told it to me, all right.
Speaker 2: I appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Good points to Anthony not going to sit up there
Speaker 1: and to cry that, no doubt about it.
Speaker 2: And I thank you for the call.