1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Jason Smith Show with Mike 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Harmon podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 1: ten pm to two am Eastern seven to eleven pm 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon at Foxsports Radio 6 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: dot com, or stream us live every night on the 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. 9 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome in Side Hour too, the Jason Smith Show 10 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: with my best friend Mike Harmon. Well another RBI single 11 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 1: from all Star Andy Pajes. Who is It's just going 12 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: to happen for the guy now? Dodgers lead the Nationals 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: three to one. The Dodger, of course, playing tonight without 14 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: Dave Roberts who was suspended for belly bumping Mike Shilt 15 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: last night, and Shultz suspended as well for the belly bump. 16 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: So we had that and the yelling and screaming and. 17 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 3: The yellowy screaming me threatening to beat his ass. Yeah, 18 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 3: I'm gonna say you to meet me a parking lot. 19 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 3: All of those things probably not you know, it's not. 20 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 3: I mean, it's great for baseball, but they have to 21 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 3: pretend that they don't like it. 22 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: Let's just call it what it is. I really wanted 23 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: a John Cheney John Calipari confrontation between the two of 24 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: them after this where he just kind of walked in 25 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: and started waiting at him. 26 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 3: He doesn't even need to threaten to kill him, just 27 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 3: to show up in the room and just sit out. 28 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: Uh, Dave in the back? Uh yeah, well you're dirty 29 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: and miserable. How do you? How do you? Why do 30 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: you think I'm Mike Shilton. You see he's dressing his uniform, 31 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: he's got the hat on, he's got his arms folded 32 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: from sitting on the bench. Oh no, not Mike Shilt. 33 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: I'm just here to ask a question about that jerk 34 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: sitting up in the front right there wanted to fight me. 35 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: Oh okay, well go ahead, then take the microphone ask 36 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: your question. 37 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, look, they have to go back to 38 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 3: the old rules of fighting as established by Anchorman. 39 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: Nothing to the head or face. Yeah, oh yeah, yeah. Try. 40 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: I mean, which is you know, the unwritten rule of baseball. 41 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: You can't you can't go up there with purpose pitches, 42 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: which is why A just wore us through the pitch. 43 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: He just started walking off the mountain. He knew he 44 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: was done. Everybody been worn. 45 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 3: I did my job. I'd do it again. Do you 46 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 3: think they had a giant, you know, nacho cheese bucket 47 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 3: full of cash that you know he had to take 48 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 3: one for the team or you know, like. 49 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: How does that work nacho cheese bucket? Now I'm just 50 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: picturing off. You know, if I could door dash the 51 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: helmet nachos from Dodger Stadium. I think I do that 52 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: every day. I think I did every day. Oh yeah, 53 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: just door dash here you go in the hell, say 54 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: where there's a will and a bunch of money, there's 55 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: a way. Oh Like if I was like really really rich, 56 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: like if I was you know, if I was staying 57 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: cronky rich, like yeah, I would I would have that. 58 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 1: I would just have you know, the the uh the 59 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: I would have one of those in my house at 60 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: the on the bottom floor. Go, yeah, a helmet Nacho's 61 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: at twelve o'clock. Please, thank you. I am really surprised 62 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: you haven't already done that. I mean those aren't that expensive. 63 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: I mean, look, you gotta make sure you soup it 64 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: up a little bit, you know, Tim Allen Home improvement style, 65 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: so that you don't have clogs from the cheese and 66 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: it keeps flowing. 67 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 3: But I mean, you see those things that receptions all 68 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 3: over the place, right the chocolate, you know, fountains and whatever. 69 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 1: Else you can eat, and then the cheese fountains are there. 70 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 1: You could do this highly economical for you, that ever 71 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: flowing cheese. Now, if I because if I had money, 72 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: I would I would go further because I would, I 73 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: would say, oh, and make sure you serve it to me. 74 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: In the helmet Rick Monday war for his walk off 75 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: home run in nineteen eighty seven, I want that. I 76 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: want the helmet that Sean Green wore for the Grand 77 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: Slam that won the NL West in two thousand and three. 78 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: I want that hat that Monday was wearing when he 79 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: saved the American flag stop it from burning. I want that. 80 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: No that those are hat nachos. That's very different. No no, 81 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: no, no no, but I mean, look that's just you wear 82 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: that hat while you eat from those nachos. So I 83 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: have the Rick I got got the Rick Monday hat. 84 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: But then I have the Rick Mundy. Yes it's a 85 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: commemorative date, all right, sure, okay, you know the Now 86 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: we have to go back to the old song. 87 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 3: If I had a million dollars, it's all about, you know, 88 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 3: a cheese fountain in my house. 89 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: Cheese found I would want it where like you know 90 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: the really rich people that have four yers. When you 91 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: walk into there, it's just a room that doesn't have anything, 92 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: and there's a big staircase, and it's in in every 93 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: in every murder mystery movie. You know you want to 94 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,039 Speaker 1: there's a big foyer, right, and I'd and like, it's 95 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: such an empty space that doesn't have anything to do. 96 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: It's just a space. That's where I would have my fountain. 97 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: At least I would have something where when I walk 98 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: by it to go from the kitchen to the bathroom 99 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: or the bathroom to the to the to the bedroom, 100 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: whatever it was. And I would have nachos all around, 101 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: so I could just walk by, grab a nacho sticking under, 102 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: eat it so I'm walking by, walk by again five 103 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: minutes later, another nacho sticking et to go. Oh. I 104 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: would have that all the time, and I'd have it 105 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: running all the time. So if I woke up at 106 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: four in the morning, boy, you know what I'd like, 107 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: and the nachos it's running. The nacho cheese fountain is run. 108 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,799 Speaker 1: I'd just grab a couple put it right in. Okay, 109 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: you know what, these chips have been out all Nightsdale, 110 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: I have you know people who work for me? Get 111 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: rid of this. I would hire somebody. You're the nacho 112 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: remover and filler guy. Wow, what what do you? What 113 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: do they put on their their w two? Uh? What's 114 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: what's your occupation? Cheese filler? 115 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 4: Not? 116 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: You fix the cheese when you need to, but mainly 117 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: you keep those chips fresh. I'm in charge of the ship. Mortimer, 118 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: come over here, Yes, sir, what is it? You see 119 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: what that is right there? You know what that is? 120 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: That is a stale chip in my big cheese fountain. 121 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: Are stale chips allowed in the fountain? Mortimer? No, sir, 122 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: they are not. Mortimer, your fire. No, this work, This 123 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: works well. I I kind of dig this. 124 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 3: Talk about a great post nineteen seventy five movie that 125 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 3: could not be made, and it's uh today in quite 126 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 3: the same format trading places. 127 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: Uh so, speaking of Dodger Dodger helmets. Okay, yeah, so 128 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: we're getting show. Heyotani, who was pitching again on Sunday? 129 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: By the way, Otani, Oh for O tonight? Two walks 130 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: for the Dodgers coming back to pitch Sunday against the Nationals, 131 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: I assume they're not gonna let him go very long, 132 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: maybe seven eight innings, since the Nationals will throw like 133 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: twelve years, you know, and it's exciting to see him back. 134 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: I assume it would be another inning to the point 135 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: where if his first inning isn't stressful, they might let 136 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: him go too, But no more than that. And because 137 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: you know, the Dodgers want the plan is, listen, we 138 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: want to have somebody ready to go, right. We don't 139 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: want to have to change and bring somebody in the 140 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: middle of an inning. So I'm sure they will have 141 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: whoever's going to come in, you know, say, maybe it's 142 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: Anthony Banda, that's what it was last time. They will 143 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: have somebody ready to go. But if it's a short 144 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: first inning and Showy says I want to go again, Dave, 145 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: Rob's go okay, yeah, go ahead, We'll get banned ready 146 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: for the third ing, no matter what. Right, So I 147 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: see one inning definitively for show Hey, two innings if 148 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: it's a short first inning, and then and then he's out. 149 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: But I'll tell you what, man, And this is something 150 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: that I think he's got one month that has really 151 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: been at the forefront of everybody's opinion. But show Haotani 152 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: has been bad more than he's been good this year. Okay, 153 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: show Haotani. Look you look at his numbers. Yes, ops 154 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: is great. Twenty five home runs, forty three RBIs hit 155 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: in two ninety two. Right, it's having a phenomenal season. 156 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: It looks like he had an incredible month of May. Right, 157 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: fifteen home runs in twenty seven RBI and in three ten. Right, 158 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: that's a month. I mean, you're talking a home run 159 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: every other day. Twenty's nearly home nearly an RBI in 160 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: every game he played in the month, and he hit 161 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: three ten. His OPS was up at one point two. Right, 162 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: that was an unbelievable month. Since then, or not since then, 163 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: but since June started and in March, all of April, 164 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: he has been just regular. Right, You watch him like 165 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: in the last few weeks he is, he is chasing more. 166 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: His swing and misrate is up. You know, I you 167 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: know I see him now. You can you can get 168 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: him with breaking pitches out of the zone. He used 169 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: that he that he normally lays off of I don't 170 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: know if he feels pressure to keep hitting or that, 171 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: you know that that big month of May. But you're 172 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,679 Speaker 1: looking at May fifteen homers, twenty seven RBIs three oh nine. 173 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: The other two months, okay, the other two months ten homers, 174 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: sixteen rbi and he's hitting two seventy, right, Like that's 175 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: that's the majority of Sho Heyotani season. Obviously, it all 176 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: counts because it's all in one big thing, but really 177 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: one month for Otani, that's what he's done. Like, his 178 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: May was amazing and it came out of nowhere because 179 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,719 Speaker 1: his April was kind of a slower start, and yeah, 180 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: you can you can talk about the guys not getting 181 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: on base below at the bottom of the order, and 182 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 1: that's kind of why he's got twenty five homers and 183 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: forty three RBI. But overall, he was a much he 184 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: was a much bigger threat in the month of May. 185 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: But bookending that, which is the majority of the season 186 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: to two plus months, he has been very ordinary and 187 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: that and that's a shocker to me because I never 188 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 1: thought I'd say that and go, man, he's been but 189 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: he's been below average more than he's been above average 190 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 1: is year when he was good that month he was 191 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: I mean here's a month that stands in history. Who's 192 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 1: had a month if Babe Ruth have months like that. 193 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 1: But the other two months it's been Wow. He has 194 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: really struggled. He has really struggled to connect with the ball. 195 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: He struggle. All his numbers are down across the board. 196 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: And that's that's that's two plus months. And that's really 197 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: the good news for the Dodgers because the Dodgers are 198 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: first place winning and o'tani hasn't really been at any 199 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: sort of consistent yet. Right, It's like it's like the 200 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: one Soto thing, but but it amps itself up, like, Okay, 201 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: Soto started hitting. Now the Mets still can't win, but 202 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,079 Speaker 1: like Soto started hitting, the Mets still have been a 203 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: first place team, like the Dodgers is still in first place. 204 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: But o'tani's been bad more than he's been good this year. 205 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 3: What's been interesting is you talk about a guy absolutely 206 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 3: raking batting average on balls in play, right, those those 207 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 3: pesky strikeouts and everything. In May he hit four thirty 208 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 3: on balls that he actually put in play. You go 209 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 3: back prior prior to that, go back to April he 210 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,479 Speaker 3: hit three ninety five. 211 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: In play. 212 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 3: So yeah, your your point is there. He is flailing 213 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,719 Speaker 3: and he's working out of the zone A little bit 214 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 3: part of it. You know, you're pressing because you're not 215 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 3: getting the juice from the back of the lineup. You're 216 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 3: also trying to steal every run you can, so you're 217 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 3: you're going up swinging for the downs a bit trying 218 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 3: to give the pitching staff the much much talked about, 219 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 3: much malign, beleaguered pitching staff that's acquitted itself. Well, I mean, 220 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 3: Dave Roberts is this is not new territory for him. 221 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 3: How do we cobble together a rotation and a bullpen? 222 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: Go? 223 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 3: I mean, it's almost like they're using some powerful AI 224 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 3: program to make it all work to computer. 225 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 1: Hey, Pewter, Pewter, figure this out for me. Maybe maybe 226 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: it's the contraption that Doc built in back to the field. 227 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,719 Speaker 1: I don't know. Okay, see what I do here. 228 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 3: You know it's not my first radio. But by the way, also, 229 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 3: you brought a banda Someone suggested No Country for Old Men, 230 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 3: one of our favorites, the bandy tracks. See it's it's 231 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 3: right there and it all plays together for us. But yeah, 232 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 3: if he could be this quote, ordinary boy, it's a 233 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 3: scary world when he's not in it, and you still 234 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 3: have two and a half months for that. Well, and 235 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 3: that's the thing, right, there have been a lot of 236 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 3: debates and you can have your your thought pieces of 237 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 3: whether he should be moved in the lineup. I know 238 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 3: there were a lot of folks saying, well, I'm daisy pitch, 239 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 3: he shouldn't shouldn't be leading leading off. 240 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: It's like what what what? You know? What's the difference? 241 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 3: So you know all of those thought thought processes. When 242 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 3: he has a quote slump, you know, he doesn't Homer 243 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 3: for twelve at bats or something. The world's ending. Everything's fine, 244 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 3: Everything's just fine. But your your points well taken. The 245 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 3: strikeout number is moderately concerning. 246 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: I mean that. And that's the thing is that watching 247 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: his at bats like and it's not it's they can't 248 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: feel like he's chasing. I feel like it almost is 249 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: like he's made up his mind that I know where 250 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: this pitch is going. I'm gonna swing at it, right, 251 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: Like he's made up his mind before the pitch where 252 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: this is where it's gonna go, and I'm gonna get it. 253 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: And it dovetails out of the strike. So the number 254 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: of times I've seen him strike out on pitches that 255 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: are just three feet outside. Now, Sodo strikes out a 256 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: lot of things, but the number I've seen that for 257 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: Otani is is really alarming. And and you know, sometimes 258 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: you get look, you get in bad habits at at 259 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: at bat and you figure things out and I'm sure 260 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: the Dodger and hey, everything is fine. Otani's still having 261 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: a great year, Okay, but still, I mean you look 262 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: at those two months sandwiching May and he's and he's 263 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: not He's not quite the same guy. 264 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, at this point, my my level of concern there 265 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 3: is zero. I'm more concerned about him getting plunked in 266 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 3: the middle of the back and then smiling at everybody 267 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 3: because you know what, it's gonna happen again. We got 268 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 3: six weeks to for them to prepare and there will 269 00:12:59,160 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 3: be suspension. 270 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: Totally, yes, there will be suspensions. 271 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 5: And there is a god Rojas got a double. 272 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, Rojas actually is on base. Wait, they 273 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: are stopping the game. They are raising a banner. Miguel 274 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: Rojas is on second is literally telling everybody right now 275 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: football is life. Exit out about it, folks with exit 276 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: swollen dome, The Jason Smith Show with My best Friend 277 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: Mike Harmon. Uh So, a lot more baseball on the way, 278 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: but straight ahead. NBA insider Mark Stein stops by will 279 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: preview Game seven. Find out what he thinks is next 280 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: for the Knicks and the lake Man. 281 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 5: He's got a bone to pick with you and he's. 282 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: Upset something we said last hour on the show. It's 283 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: next right here, Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio. 284 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 285 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 286 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 2: pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app 287 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. 288 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: The Jason Smith Show with My ah best Friend Mike Harmon. 289 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 5: I'm an ass man. 290 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 1: True So, Happy fiftieth anniversary to Jaws, right, ushering in 291 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: the era of the modern cinema. Right movies can be 292 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: broken up into two categories, the era before nineteen seventy 293 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: five now the modern era, which Jaws birth, big blockbuster, 294 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: Jaws turning fifty years old today now last hour in 295 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: the show gave a big hot take for the weekend. 296 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: Think about this in the modern era since Jaws blockbuster, 297 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: you know birth that era best movie of the last 298 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: fifty years. I gave it to you. It's Back to 299 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: the Future. Everything you want in it, acting, writing, drama, comedy, 300 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: memorable one liners, thrills, great soundtrack, everything you would want 301 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: in a movie. Back to the Future gives you. Other 302 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: movies have. Other movies are funnier, movies have a little 303 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: more rag. But nothing does everything as well as Back 304 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: to the Future. And now someone joins us with a 305 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: bone to pick on that topic. He is longtime NBA 306 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: insider friend of the show. You can follow on Twitter 307 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: at the Steinline. Check him out on substack. It is 308 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: Mark Stein. Happy Friday, man, How are you. 309 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 4: Listen. I'm trying to get work done here. We got 310 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 4: a Game seven coming up. Yeah, the whole league is 311 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 4: waiting on a Kevin Durant trade. The draft is in 312 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 4: a matter of days. I live in Cooper Flag's New City. 313 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 4: It's Friday night. I'm tethered to the desk, just trying 314 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 4: to publish, publish my story, get some work done. And 315 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 4: then you guys are start tweeting about the best movie 316 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 4: of all time since nineteen seventy five, and you just 317 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 4: threw off my whole workflow and I had to call in. 318 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: All right, we'll go ahead, my friend the floor FLT 319 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: since jawsin seventy five, what do you got? 320 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 4: The answer is nineteen eighty two's Rocky three. And that 321 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 4: is the end of the discussion. 322 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 3: Club laying thunderlips. I mean, you got you got a lot, 323 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 3: There's no question about it. I think I've probably watched 324 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 3: that nearly one hundred times. 325 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it is one of those movies. At the minute, 326 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 4: the second you accidentally find it as you're flipping through 327 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 4: the channels, whatever you had to be, whatever you were doing, 328 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 4: is scrapped, and you must watch the whole thing. Incredible villain, 329 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 4: incredible story. I mean, it's the best, it's the best. 330 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 4: It's the best of the Rocky movies. I will die 331 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 4: on that hill. And it is. If if the time 332 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 4: frame is nineteen seventy five until now here's your winner, 333 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 4: I've settled it for you. I'll go off back to 334 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 4: the we can go back to the NBA playoffs now. 335 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 3: But when we were talking about the birth of the 336 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 3: blockbuster coming out of Jaws, I mean, this also gave 337 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 3: us the lead in for WrestleMania one. 338 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: I mean, so we've got all of that. Yeah, there 339 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: you go. Culture never the same I remember being so 340 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: scared of me. I was like I was ten years old, 341 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: remember being It's like, oh my god, this mister t 342 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: is so scary. Then I found out later in life 343 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 1: always like five six, oh okay, but he was so scary, 344 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: he was so sticky. 345 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 4: First it is the first movie I ever went to 346 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 4: the cinema without parental supervision. And it was. It was 347 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 4: life it was, and it was life changing. I did 348 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 4: not see to that point. I had not seen the 349 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 4: first two. And I watched that and became a lifelong 350 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 4: addict of the whole Rocky franchise, Creed franchise. I mean 351 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 4: it just that was a that was a life changing 352 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 4: trip to the theater in nineteen eighty two. 353 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: So you jumped right in and in the middle said, 354 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: who's this guy coming to help Rockies named Apollo? Who 355 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: is this guy? Why is he coming to help? 356 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 4: I was mesmerized instantly. To this day, there is an 357 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 4: Apollo Creed doll in my office or my shoulder. Almost 358 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 4: every word I type, I'm looking at it. Look at 359 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 4: it right now? 360 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: All right? All right? So here, So here's so you 361 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 1: had Rocky three, I or may not have the thunderlips 362 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 1: Kpe Mark, tweet out a picture of that Apollo Creed doll. 363 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: Can you do that? And when we're done, you just 364 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: tweet out a picture of the line. 365 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 4: I think I I think I I've done that before. 366 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 4: In fact, when like I said, Carl Weather's playing Apollo Creed, 367 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 4: I mean just I loved that character beyond words. And 368 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 4: when we lost Carl Weathers, I wrote a whole story. 369 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 4: I've written multiple stories just about my my love of 370 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 4: the Rocky franchise, but I wrote I wrote a whole 371 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 4: tribute to him. I will try to find it because, 372 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 4: like I said, I definitely put a picture of it 373 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,640 Speaker 4: in that story if I remember right, So I will. 374 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 4: I will try to find it. 375 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: That is awesome. Mark Stein on the board with Rocky three. Wow. 376 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 1: So okay, So now is it is it disappointing to 377 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: have to get back to the NBA Finals after this? 378 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: Or are you okay back to the NBA Final? 379 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 4: Like I mean, no, I was just mad. I was 380 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 4: just really mad at you guys for I mean, just 381 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 4: like like I'm trying to concentrate and I mean, I mean, 382 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 4: I can't believe that Rocky three wasn't the automatic answer. 383 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 4: But now that we've sorted that out, I think we 384 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 4: can get back on course and start talking about Game seven. 385 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 1: All right, So what do you see now going into 386 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: Game seven? If after the first couple of games I 387 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: thought this is gonna You're gonna see point counterpoint, and 388 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: teams are going to be able to counterbalance from game 389 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: to game. You're gonna see adjustments. I see Oklahoma City 390 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: on Sunday. What do you see on Sunday? 391 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 4: Well, look, I think people would point to the Denver 392 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 4: series and say, remember how good OKAC looked in that 393 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 4: Game seven. But I feel like at this point this 394 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 4: thing is all bets off. I mean, nobody knows what's 395 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 4: gonna happen. I mean, the home team is fifteen and 396 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 4: four all time in Game seven, but this Indiana team, like, look, 397 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 4: they're one win away from what would be the most 398 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 4: improbable championship that we've ever seen in the NBA. I'm 399 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 4: not going to try to judge it against the other 400 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 4: leagues and you know, because it's too hard to do that. 401 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 4: But in look, in the NBA, you know, the Rockets 402 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 4: won it as a number six seed, but they were 403 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 4: they were defending champions, and they traded for Clyde Drexler 404 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 4: at mid season. The first NBA season that I really 405 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 4: remember being locked to locked into as a kid, seventy 406 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 4: seven seventy eight. That was a That was the year 407 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 4: I truly became an you know, an NBA fan really 408 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 4: following it. Washington won it all with a with only 409 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 4: they were only forty four and thirty eight, But the 410 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 4: league was in such a different place, and really Portland 411 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 4: was your defending champion. They were fifty to ten. When 412 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 4: Bill Walton got hurt, they were overwhelmingly the best team 413 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 4: in the league. They lose Walton and you know it 414 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 4: throws the playoffs open. And yeah, okay, so a forty 415 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 4: four win team win a championship. I mean that is 416 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 4: crazy on paper. But again, where the NBA was in 417 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 4: seventy seven seventy eight, to compare the you know where 418 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 4: it is the stature that the league has now. If 419 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 4: the Pacers can win one more we have never seen 420 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 4: anything like this, if the Pacers, if the Pacers can 421 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 4: win one more game. Look, it is an extremely tall 422 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 4: order to go into OKAC, which is probably the noisiest 423 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 4: building in the league or certainly in the conversation. But 424 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 4: here's the thing. The thunder just looked rattled and discombobulated 425 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:40,199 Speaker 4: in Game six, and that has created doubt that didn't 426 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 4: exist in the Denver series. The Thunder are gonna have 427 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 4: to show us that they're ready for this moment. And 428 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 4: you know the Pacers, that was the first elimination game 429 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 4: they've played in these playoffs. They rose to the moment. 430 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 4: I mean, what's the state of Halliburton's calf on sunder? 431 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 4: I mean, that's another I mean, there's so many variables, 432 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 4: but like I can't tell you what's gonna happen. I 433 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 4: genuinely don't know. We don't know. That's what makes it 434 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 4: so delicious. 435 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 3: Well, let me stay with that for a second, right, 436 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 3: because I just want a one on one contest between 437 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 3: the Game five and Game six, no shows of SGA 438 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 3: and Tyrese haliburt and going back to game five, let's 439 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 3: just let them battle it out. What do you think 440 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,199 Speaker 3: the status of that caff really is? 441 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 4: I mean, I don't see how it can be good, 442 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 4: But obviously he gritted through it yesterday and then people 443 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 4: are gonna say, oh, he's not really hurt. I mean 444 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 4: I think it's clear there's something wrong there. You know, 445 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 4: is it as bad as they said, you know, is 446 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 4: it gamesmanship? I don't know. I mean, look, I'm you know, 447 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 4: in full disclosure. Game two is the only game I've 448 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 4: been at in person. I am. I am tracking this 449 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 4: thing from afar like you guys. But I mean, if 450 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 4: do you guys believe in team of Destiny stuff? I mean, 451 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 4: with all of the Pacers comebacks and a escapes and 452 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 4: again first time in this postseason that they're facing win 453 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 4: or go home, and the way they responded in that situation, 454 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 4: I mean, it has been. It has been an incredible ride. 455 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 4: And you know, if if they win, they are in 456 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 4: the history books forever. And if they lose, if Oklahoma 457 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 4: City does what it's supposed to do and win Game 458 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 4: seven at home and validate the incredible regular season that 459 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 4: the thunder have had, it's going to be a fascinating 460 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 4: question to see how history history remembers this Pacers team, because, 461 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 4: like it's been such a great playoff run again, the 462 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 4: likes of which we just we've never seen, you know, 463 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 4: like you want to talk about that Rockets team that 464 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 4: was the sixth seed in ninety five, but again they 465 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 4: were defending champs. They had a team and Clyde Drexler, 466 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 4: who they traded for at mid season. I was talking, 467 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 4: I was on the Gottlieb Show earlier today and Jay 468 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 4: stew was like, well, what about the rap is winning 469 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 4: in twenty nineteen. Okay, the Raptors traded for a Finals 470 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 4: MVP before that season, bringing in Kawhi Leonard, and at 471 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 4: mid season they traded for Mark Basol, one of the 472 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 4: best defensive centers of his generation and an All Star. 473 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 4: Like so that Raptors team was loaded. I mean, Siaka, 474 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 4: who's one of the two best players on the Pacers, 475 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 4: you know, one of the two or three best players 476 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 4: on that Raptors team. I mean that Raptors team was 477 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 4: really good. And again you're adding Kawhi Leonard an MVP 478 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:38,199 Speaker 4: this Pacers team. I mean, where do you rank Halliburton 479 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 4: and Siakam two of the twenty five best players in 480 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 4: the league? Is it two of the top twenty? I 481 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 4: mean we can argue that all night, but like they 482 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 4: are not built like a traditional champion. Halliburton and Siakam 483 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 4: were not top ten picks and it's nothing but depth 484 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 4: surrounding them. Really, Rick Carlisle is you know, he probably 485 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 4: has the most accomplished resume out of any Pacer. It's 486 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 4: been a great story, guys, seriously, I mean, you know, 487 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 4: all joking aside from the beginning like this, this has 488 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:13,679 Speaker 4: been just a ridiculously good run for the Pacers. And 489 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 4: but now they have the very difficult assignment that you 490 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 4: got to go to OKC and win on their floor. 491 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 4: I mean, it's you know again, the home team is 492 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 4: fifteen and four in Game seven in the finals for 493 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 4: a reason. 494 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: And the insider Mark Stein, our guest Jason Smith, Mike 495 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 1: Carmon lot from the Fox Sports Radio studios. All right, now, 496 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,640 Speaker 1: as you said, I know you you got a lot 497 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: going on. We got free agency coming, we got KD 498 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: situation for this week. The Lakers are sold for ten 499 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: billion dollars. Genie Bus supposedly is staying on for a while. 500 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: I can't see that being very long. What do you 501 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 1: see for the Lakers this summer? Does Mark Walter come in, 502 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: Do they get aggressive? Do they do they say screw it, 503 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: We're gonna spend money. Are they gonna remake the robbel Look? 504 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 4: I remember in the NBA there are limits to what 505 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 4: you can spend that the Dodgers don't face. So in 506 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 4: the short term, I don't know that that much is 507 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 4: going to change because Lebron James is almost certainly going 508 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 4: to opt in, and the Lakers just don't have the 509 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 4: flexibility to go out and start making Dodgers like moves 510 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 4: that can't happen in the NBA. And look, it's not 511 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 4: even about a willingness. Steve Balmer is willing to spend 512 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 4: anything he can to make the Clippers, to get the 513 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 4: Clippers to the Championship Promised Land. But remember in the NBA, 514 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 4: it's all about once you go into that second apron, 515 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 4: you can't aggregate salaries in trades, your draft picks get frozen, 516 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 4: you lose all these team building tools. That's what Phoenix 517 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 4: is going through right now. Phoenix is so far buried 518 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 4: in the second apron and it just makes doing anything difficult. 519 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 4: But the infrastructure of the Lakers is certainly going to change, 520 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 4: and I like you, they will invest top dollar in 521 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 4: everything they can everywhere else to modernize the franchise. There's 522 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 4: no way it's a bad thing. Like it's going to 523 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 4: take the Lakers to the next step. And ultimately, when 524 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 4: they do have the financial flexibility to make moves, you 525 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 4: know they're going to swing big and make Yep, it's 526 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 4: the Lakers. They're never going to have trouble getting getting players. 527 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 4: I mean, that's the thing is like, in the short term, 528 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 4: it's very hard to put the pieces around Luka Doncic 529 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 4: to optimize him. But eventually they will get flexibility and 530 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 4: then they will put a great team around him, because 531 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 4: that is the hardest part. Getting the Luka dantic is 532 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,880 Speaker 4: the hardest part. They've got that figured out. It might 533 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 4: it might not happen immediately because of you know, hap 534 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 4: limitations and luxury tax concerns, but ultimately nobody in the league, 535 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 4: in the other twenty nine front offices, is very very 536 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,160 Speaker 4: happy about this. I mean, this is not with anybody, 537 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,360 Speaker 4: not what any of the Lakers' rivals wanted to. 538 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 3: See Mark, other than Kevin Durant going back and forth 539 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 3: with Boogie Cousins about possible fistfights in the Sun's locker 540 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 3: room last year. What happens next with him. 541 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 4: Well, look, the Sons want to do this, but by 542 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 4: the draft, I mean something that has mattered to Phoenix. 543 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 4: Phoenix would love to have a trade for Kevin Durant 544 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 4: that it likes, but that also gives them at least 545 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 4: one first round pick in Wednesday's draft, which of course 546 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 4: they don't have. The Houston Rockets at number ten have 547 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 4: what would have been the Sun's pick via Brooklyn, So 548 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 4: at this point the Sons don't have a first. But 549 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 4: the reality too here is everyone all these teams know 550 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 4: that the Suns are operating from a position of desperation. 551 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 4: They decided that they have to trade Kevin Durant and 552 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 4: they want to get something resembling the Hall that they 553 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 4: gave up to get for him. And it's like, how 554 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 4: they're not going to get They're not going to come 555 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 4: close to matching that. I mean that was four first 556 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 4: the pick swap and Bridges and Cam Johnson. I mean, 557 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 4: they gave up a ton to get him. But they 558 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 4: have to try to find the best deal they can 559 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 4: make as opposed to trying to That's where that's where 560 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 4: I think the Suns end up going, rather than prioritizing 561 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 4: Katie's desires in terms of a landing spot. But all 562 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 4: these teams they're talking to, they're not putting some monster 563 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 4: offer on the table, and it's not because they don't 564 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 4: like Kevin Durant or Kevin Durant is a future Hall 565 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 4: of Famer he's the number eight all time score in 566 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 4: league history, and he's an absolute all time great. But 567 00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 4: the reality is in September he'll be thirty seven, and 568 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,719 Speaker 4: if you're not on his preferred wish list, you have 569 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 4: to resign him to a contract extension. He only has 570 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 4: one year left on his deal. So how much can 571 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 4: the Suns really get here? To this point? They have 572 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 4: not gotten an offer that they consider palatable. Can that 573 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:20,520 Speaker 4: happen this weekend? Can that happen before Wednesday's draft? And 574 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 4: we're gonna have to sit tight and see. But the 575 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 4: Suns might have to say we if we're not getting enough, 576 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 4: are we better off walking away from the table? And 577 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 4: that's you know, that's the kind of stuff they're mulling 578 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 4: right now. 579 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: He is working feverishly on the finals on the draft. 580 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: On Kevin Durant. You can follow him on Twitter at 581 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 1: the steinline. That is, at the steinline he is Mark Stein. 582 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:52,640 Speaker 1: Hey listen here, since you're a man, ain't got no 583 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 1: heart here? You'd like to see a real man? I 584 00:30:55,480 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 1: bet you stay him leading there you go? Likes to 585 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:01,720 Speaker 1: run all the time? 586 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 4: Guy, should you guys should see my kids watching me 587 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 4: do every line of that movie that is. That is 588 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 4: a press conference I wish I would have been at. 589 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: I can tell you I think that's a podcast. 590 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 4: I had to settle for. I had to settle for 591 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,719 Speaker 4: watching that on the big screen. But come on, characters, 592 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 4: boundtrack action. I mean, it is just ninety minutes of. 593 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: Glory running on the beach. Oh yeah yeah, Mark, thanks 594 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: so much as always for stopping by. Hey, just think 595 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 1: about it. Next week when we talk, we're going to 596 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: be talking about the draft. Right all the season final, 597 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: We're talking about the draft because it's right around the corner. 598 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: We will have it. 599 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 4: We will have it. The next time we talk, we 600 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 4: will have an NBA champion. 601 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: Take it easy to enjoy the weekend. Enjoy game seven, 602 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: my friend, Thank you so much. There goes Mark Stein. 603 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,959 Speaker 1: Rocky three from Mark Stein. You got that on the board. Wow, 604 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: that's that. Yeah, that's that's the movie after movie after. 605 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 5: Yes. 606 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: Time now to find out what's trending in the wide 607 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 1: world of sports. So someone who's been called the Mickey 608 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 1: gold Mill of Fox Sports Radio, he walks around the 609 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: hallway saying, they was hand picked rock they was all 610 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: hand picked for you. 611 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 2: Do people know Mick's last name? 612 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: Seriously, why I said, Okay, I should say, you said, 613 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: Mickey Goldman. 614 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 5: Yeah exactly. 615 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: I only knew it when you know, when he died 616 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 1: and sorry spoiler, when he died and they showed us. 617 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 5: No such thing as a little advanced warning. 618 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, let me think about that. He dies, Andy and 619 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 1: Rocky still fights, and Clever Lang doesn't go to prison 620 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 1: at all. He pushed him and knock and he died 621 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:47,959 Speaker 1: as a resultant. Now Clever Lang's a champion. 622 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 5: Okay, Yeah, but he almost stole rocks girl. 623 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 1: True, did he did? 624 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 3: I don't think Talia shit Adrian was thinking about it 625 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 3: for a second. 626 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 6: She was, and Rocky made four more movies, I believe, so, Yeah, 627 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 6: that is true. 628 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, at least. 629 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 6: NBA Finals Game seven will be Sunday, Indiana, Oklahoma City. 630 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 6: NBA Draft starts Wednesday, WNBA with three games Tonight, The 631 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 6: Lake Contest at Vegas has Seattle leading. 632 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 5: The ace is. 633 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 6: Eighty four eighty one with about four minutes to go. 634 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 6: Dallas got twenty one points from Page Beckers and won. 635 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 6: At Connecticut eighty six eighty three. Dallas was two and 636 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 6: eleven this year. Atlanta edge Washington ninety two ninety one. 637 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 6: The Stanley Cup Final average just two point five million 638 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 6: viewers on TNT plus the three point eight million in 639 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,480 Speaker 6: Canada to Major League Baseball. Milwaukee is seventeen to six 640 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:39,600 Speaker 6: winner at Minnesota, Christian Yelich four hits, eight RBIs and 641 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 6: getting the win in his second major league start the 642 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:46,479 Speaker 6: Brewers Jacob Mazerowski, who pitched six perfect innings and then 643 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 6: allowed a lead off walk at a homer in the seventh. 644 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 6: Arizona has won fourteen to eight at Colorado. The Rockies 645 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 6: record seventeen and fifty nine this season. Earlier, we had 646 00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 6: a Philadelphia ten to two win over the Mats, who 647 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 6: lie seventh straight. So this game was tied two to 648 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 6: two in the seventh. But the Phillies are yeah Yeah, 649 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 6: Yeah alone and first in the NLES. Nick Castiano's three hits, 650 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 6: three RBIs. Baltimore with two in the eighth beat the 651 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,239 Speaker 6: Yankees in New York five three. Aaron Judge did his 652 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,840 Speaker 6: twenty seventh homer. Seattle's Cal Rawley with two more long 653 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 6: bombs twenty nine homers for his season. Seattle wins at 654 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 6: the Cubs, nine to four victories for Tampa Bay and 655 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 6: Texas wins for Miami and Saint Louis the White Sox 656 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,360 Speaker 6: were seven to one winners at Toronto that was seven 657 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 6: to nothing in the third inning Padre's closure. Robert Schwarez 658 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 6: was suspended three games for hitting show Hey Otani, you 659 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,359 Speaker 6: mean he didn't get Jill Steve, Dodgers are leading four 660 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 6: to two over Washington and the sixth it's Royals winning 661 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 6: at San Diego four to two and the seventh back 662 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:47,399 Speaker 6: to you. 663 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,440 Speaker 1: Thank you, Steve. The Jason Smith Show with Mike Carbon 664 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,759 Speaker 1: live in the Fox Sports Radio Studios. Don't forget. You 665 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 1: can stream the show all of our Fox Sports Radio 666 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: shows live twenty four to seven in the new and 667 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: improved iHeartRadio app. Just search Fox Orts Radio in the 668 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,880 Speaker 1: app to stream us live. 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Fox. 679 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,240 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 680 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 681 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,080 Speaker 2: pm Pacific Fox. 682 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with My best friend 683 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:52,120 Speaker 1: Mike Harmon Phillies. Thanks to Mark Stein for stopping by 684 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,359 Speaker 1: it just doing work listening to the show. Go wait 685 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,440 Speaker 1: a minute back to the future of the mess movie 686 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 1: the Last fifty Years calls up and gives us raw 687 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,680 Speaker 1: three Stein is awesome. Check ab out on the Steinline 688 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 1: on Twitter. 689 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,280 Speaker 3: Now I keep Urban Nations coming in, folks uh at 690 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,799 Speaker 3: Sports Radio at how about a Fresco? At Swallodo, We've 691 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 3: had Shawshank, Goodfellas, some of the usual suspects, No Country 692 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,880 Speaker 3: for Old Men, which referenced before. 693 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 5: But where the Hell's Freddy got fingered? 694 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:25,000 Speaker 6: Easily Top five film in the last fIF years. 695 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,280 Speaker 1: Freddy got finger Is it really called the film? 696 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 4: Yeah? 697 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, sure, good Fellas, Dances with Wolves, Crash, Gladiator and 698 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:41,480 Speaker 1: Freddy got fingered? That. There there's your list and listen 699 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 1: coming up next to Look, We'll get back into this topic. 700 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,600 Speaker 1: Next is your helm? Are you why? I will it's 701 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 1: not his blanket. Happy birthday, Walter. Why tell you exactly 702 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,960 Speaker 1: why Back to the Future is the best movie of 703 00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 1: the modern era since Jaws debuted fifty years ago. Today. 704 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,359 Speaker 1: We'll have that coming up next hour. But we are 705 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: getting set for Game seven of the NBA Finals, Mark Stein. 706 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,520 Speaker 1: I mean, look at an incredible finals that's been so far. 707 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:13,520 Speaker 1: We're getting seven games on Sunday. Oklahoma City went very 708 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,280 Speaker 1: quickly from being a team on the rise to wait, 709 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,840 Speaker 1: now they might be a power for a long time. 710 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:23,080 Speaker 1: How did they do it well? Obviously trading and continuing 711 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,920 Speaker 1: to foster shake Gilgess Alexander he turns into an MVP. 712 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,239 Speaker 1: But you see what they did. They drafted smartly, They 713 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:33,400 Speaker 1: were patient with guys like Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams 714 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: was turning into a big superstar. You get the right 715 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,360 Speaker 1: support players and Alex Carusono asaa Hertenstein. You have an 716 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 1: all NBA defensive player in lou Dort. You have a 717 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:45,440 Speaker 1: perfectly assembled roster. But really, like this year is like 718 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City went from hey, they're pretty good and they're 719 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:50,840 Speaker 1: it's like, whoa wait a minute, Oklahoma City could be dominant? 720 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:56,200 Speaker 1: Who could be the Oklahoma City Thunder of next season. Right, 721 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,840 Speaker 1: this is it the book, Come on, man, the bulquet. 722 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 1: If I could say, hey, who could be the who 723 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,560 Speaker 1: could be a thirty win team next year? The answer 724 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:07,040 Speaker 1: is the Bulls. Right. But yeah, it's a yeah, you 725 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: can have Doc Rivers. So you show. I'll tell you 726 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,319 Speaker 1: what Doc's gonna coach all the teams. He's gonna coach 727 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 1: all the teams. Uh, the Oklahoma City Thunder of next year. 728 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,719 Speaker 1: Watch out for the Orlando Magic. Right. They had a 729 00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,719 Speaker 1: big week this week getting Desmond Bay. Right. The one 730 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,799 Speaker 1: big thing for the Magic they don't hit threes. Bain 731 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,040 Speaker 1: is coming in and that's kind of what he does. 732 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,759 Speaker 1: That is big for the offense. But they have been 733 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,839 Speaker 1: built in much the same way Oklahoma City has been 734 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: built right in Houston kind of built the same way. 735 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,879 Speaker 1: All Right, we're bad for a while, but we're off 736 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,960 Speaker 1: the radar. We're gonna accrue as many draft picks as 737 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,600 Speaker 1: we can, and we're gonna try to hit, and we're 738 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,960 Speaker 1: gonna be patient. We're not gonna go nuts. We're not 739 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,279 Speaker 1: gonna spend all kinds of money. We're gonna wait for 740 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 1: our young players to really come through and then once 741 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,560 Speaker 1: they do, we're gonna start making the right moves around them, right, 742 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,160 Speaker 1: because that's really the biggest thing the teams do. Hey, 743 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,240 Speaker 1: we want to jump and run before we can walk. 744 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,759 Speaker 1: And what did the Magic do? Yes, Pala Boncara was 745 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 1: a great player right away, but Fritz Wagner, Jalen Suggs, Hey, 746 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 1: let's wait a little bit. Let's give them a little 747 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:14,600 Speaker 1: bit of time to bake. And they've all come around 748 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 1: a little bit sooner. So now we go make the 749 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:20,759 Speaker 1: move for Desmond Bane. The East is not that great. 750 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:22,399 Speaker 1: You're gonna see a lot of movements. And Knicks don't 751 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,759 Speaker 1: even have a head coach. Next Jason Tatum might not 752 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,799 Speaker 1: play for the entire regular season next year. The door 753 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: is open for Orlando to be the Oklahoma City Thunder 754 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:34,719 Speaker 1: next year. They rebuilt under a cloud of darkness and 755 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:35,440 Speaker 1: now here they are. 756 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,600 Speaker 3: Oh, we talked about it. Giannis may be in the 757 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,319 Speaker 3: West and you just keep going team, my team. They're 758 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 3: getting picked off one by one, so by default they 759 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:44,840 Speaker 3: may rise to the top. 760 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,600 Speaker 1: No, here they go, the Orlando Magic, the Thunder of 761 00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:53,200 Speaker 1: next season. Think about that. Oh boy. Fox Sports Radio 762 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,400 Speaker 1: Jason Smith Mike Harmon Live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios. 763 00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:02,000 Speaker 1: Coming up next, not one, but two crazy stories out 764 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,359 Speaker 1: of Major League Baseball. 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