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Speaker 1: You're listening to. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. Happy July fourth weekend.

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Speaker 1: It is a it's a solid sports weekend here on

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Speaker 1: the horizon. Good to be back on the radio. I

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Speaker 1: was off last weekend. Time off for good behavior. That's

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Speaker 1: how my dad liked to call it when he would

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Speaker 1: take a vacation. We took a trip out to the

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Speaker 1: middle of the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. It was not bad,

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Speaker 1: really good time. First time my family got on a

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Speaker 1: flight and I think it was fifteen months February of

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Speaker 1: we won on a trip. But outstanding time was had

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Speaker 1: last weekend last week sorry in Hawaii. Didn't really miss

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Speaker 1: much in sports because, you know, because of the time difference,

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Speaker 1: you're able to watch everything. So I was able to

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Speaker 1: watch some of the soccer. I was able to pull

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Speaker 1: myself away from the boat drinks pool side occasional to

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Speaker 1: watch some of the NBA playoffs in the afternoon. But overall, yeah, listen,

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Speaker 1: I highly highly recommend taking a vacation. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: right right about now feels like the perfect time. Hope

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Speaker 1: everybody out there has a phenomenal July fourth weekend plan.

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Speaker 1: Obviously it will involve some soccer yes, England one of

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Speaker 1: the biggest soccer matches I believe the year. I know

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Speaker 1: that the club soccer crowd will get upset with me

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Speaker 1: because they love club soccer over uh national team soccer.

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Speaker 1: I'm mostly a national team soccer guy. Um, and the

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Speaker 1: England match today should be phenomenal England Germany. Of course.

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Speaker 1: I had got back from my vacation in Hawaii and

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Speaker 1: some buddies, a couple of English blokes were like, hey, hey,

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Speaker 1: we're going to watch the match. Uh nine am, who's in?

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Speaker 1: Who's in? I was like, of course, I'll show up

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Speaker 1: for a little bit. And uh. It was just a

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Speaker 1: great atmosphere. Yes, at a bar um super early. Uh

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Speaker 1: and listen, it's the summer of soccer. I've been saying that,

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Speaker 1: and not just because your boy now owns a soccer team.

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Speaker 1: We did talk about that a little while ago. If

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Speaker 1: you missed it, hit me up and ask me what

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Speaker 1: the hell happened? Anyway, ask for sports, Um, outside of soccer.

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Speaker 1: You know you got Wimbledon happening. I haven't watched a

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Speaker 1: ton of it because a lot of the stars have

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Speaker 1: been dropping. Um, the NBA playoffs, some big news breaking

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Speaker 1: kind of sort of just before the show. Apparently there

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Speaker 1: is some huge line movement in Vegas in regards to

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Speaker 1: Hawks Bucks tonight. Now, if you watched and uh, I

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Speaker 1: pity you for spending your Thursday night watching Hawks Bucks.

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Speaker 1: Given no Janice, no Trey Young, Well, folks, all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, the Atlanta Hawks are two point favorites. It

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Speaker 1: sounds like, based on the gambling lines, Trey Young is

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Speaker 1: going to give it a go. We all know that

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Speaker 1: without Trey Young, the Hawks have zero all Stars on

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Speaker 1: the roster, as in, nobody on the roster has ever

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Speaker 1: have fun watching Boogdanovich and gotalan Ari. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's just the the Red Velvet. I think they call

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Speaker 1: them Red Velvet. Kevin Herder, great nickname, by the way,

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Speaker 1: Like folks, it's a tough sell. I didn't see TV

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Speaker 1: ratings for Thursday. Maybe Ryan seen them somewhere, but I

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Speaker 1: I barely watched Game five. It was a blood baths

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Speaker 1: come third quarter. Um, there is that tonight. But you know,

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Speaker 1: the NBA playoffs kind of seemed like they're over, don't they.

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Speaker 1: Phoenix SuDS advanced to the finals. By the way, I

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Speaker 1: so upset at me, and I'm like, guys, these are facts.

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Speaker 1: This is just a fact. The Phoenix Suns had the

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Speaker 1: easiest path to the NBA Finals ever. Ever. They took

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Speaker 1: down the Lakers in the first round when Anthony Davis

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Speaker 1: got hurt. They swept the Nuggets, who are missing their

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Speaker 1: second best player, who was a top fifteen player some

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Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard, the best player on the Kilpers did not

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Speaker 1: play at all in the conference finals. That's an easy path.

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Speaker 1: That's not taking away from what the Suns did. That's

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Speaker 1: not putting an asterisk by it. If you hear somebody

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Speaker 1: said the Bubble playoffs deserve an Asterix, well then yeah,

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Speaker 1: you could say, fine, if you want to do that,

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Speaker 1: just give these playoffs an asterix as well, and while

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Speaker 1: you're at it, you might as well do I'm not

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Speaker 1: a huge asterix guy. I only mentioned them in retaliation

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Speaker 1: to the jabronies out there who want to say, well,

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Speaker 1: the bronch turtle in the Bubble should get an aster like.

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Speaker 1: It's stupid. It's a reductive conversation. It doesn't get us anywhere, right,

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Speaker 1: I think about it. The Sun's path was easy. But

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Speaker 1: that's right. Anthony Davis went down in the first round,

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Speaker 1: And you know, folks, struggle before success is always a

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Speaker 1: theme in life for almost everyone. Nobody comes out of

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Speaker 1: millions and millions of dollars. Nobody wins a championship in

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Speaker 1: years later he was Tragic Johnson when he was terrible

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Speaker 1: in the finals against the Celtics. Okay, so like struggle

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Speaker 1: They choke, things happen, and he's down going to the

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Speaker 1: NBA Finals, and I think we can unequivocally say Chris

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Speaker 1: Paul's going to be an NBA champion. Janice did not

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Speaker 1: look like he could walk before Game five, that hyper

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Speaker 1: The ask of him going out there even with four

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Speaker 1: Okay and sorry, but Chris Middleton and Drew Holiday are

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Speaker 1: not taking down Chris Paul, Devin Booker, and DeAndre So

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Speaker 1: it's funny. With the NBA Finals feeling anticlimactic, we start

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Speaker 1: what happens in Gabe seven? Ben Simmons, my guy Vomit's

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Speaker 1: all over himself. An unbelievably bad performance for Simmons, and

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Speaker 1: he's definitely played his last game in Philly. I mean,

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Speaker 1: there's just no doubt about it. The way he flopped

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Speaker 1: trade him. Doc Rivers, by the way, will survive. I

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Speaker 1: Why are we keeping Doc Rivers? Up three two and

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Speaker 1: you gotta look at who runs the Sixers, but of

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Speaker 1: private equity guys. Private equity guys know you don't hire

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Speaker 1: And so now Ben Simmons is at the forefront of

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Speaker 1: all the trade rumors. And then you've got the Damian

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Speaker 1: this story. I talked about this on straight Fired. People

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Speaker 1: Unlike the national unlike the name, image and likeness, which

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Speaker 1: Jason Kidd. Jason Kidd was like, Ah, you know what,

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Speaker 1: Chauncey's been waiting for a while. He relates to players

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Speaker 1: I haven't done that enough. Um. Obviously, Nate McMillan's done

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Speaker 1: And so Dame wants to bring in Chauncey Billops and

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Speaker 1: Billups was alleged to be involved in a sexual assault,

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Speaker 1: and why are we bringing him in? He never never

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Speaker 1: paid his dues, He never got in trouble for that.

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Speaker 1: This was a real thing. Portland Trailblazers fans like, they

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Speaker 1: bunch of Celtics allegedly were involved in either an incident

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Speaker 1: it's ugly, it's grim, really not good, but Blazers fans

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Speaker 1: want Dame Lillard's head because he pushed through Billips despite this,

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Speaker 1: which Billets has talked about. And by the way, Billets

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Speaker 1: for what five years now, Like this story has been

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Speaker 1: And he's like, you know what, I'm done here. I

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Speaker 1: I'm done. And now Dame Lillard will follow Ben Simmons

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Speaker 1: interesting name this week, because the NBA stays crazy. Donovan

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Speaker 1: at home for Game five and then to lose Game six,

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Speaker 1: and Terrence Man has thirty nine points and out of

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Speaker 1: body experience. If you're wondering NBA fans, Sterrence Band had

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Speaker 1: fifty points in the Western Conference Finals total in six

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Speaker 1: supposed to be our year. Followed by wait a minute,

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Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell has been pretty outspoken about some of the

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Speaker 1: couple of more name, image and likeness details for you, Jason.

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Speaker 1: Have you heard of the Cavendar Twins before Thursday? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: And now I am aware of their existence. Yeah. So

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Speaker 1: women's basketball players at Fresno State. In the article about

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Speaker 1: them in the Fresno b about their TikTok fame, they

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Speaker 1: are expected to earn more money than the university president

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Speaker 1: at Fresno State. The university president at Fresno State makes

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Speaker 1: three forty eight thousand dollars. One other point about this

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Speaker 1: whole raising Kines deal and how advertising has done on

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Speaker 1: social media this day. Uh, there's a boyfriend and a

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Speaker 1: and a girlfriend who I've never heard of. Who are

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Speaker 1: really really big on social media and TikTok and raising.

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Speaker 1: Caines had them do a commercial for them, which was

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Speaker 1: basically a ten second video, a ten second video of

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Speaker 1: them feed in each other, raising canes out of like

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Speaker 1: a to go box. And they paid the boyfriend twelve

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Speaker 1: thousand dollars and they paid the girlfriends sixty dollars for

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Speaker 1: a ten second video of them feeding chicken? Do each

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Speaker 1: other sixty dollars for a ten second video? Absolutely true?

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Speaker 1: That's not bad work if you. I mean, that's a

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Speaker 1: year's salary right there. Boy, tell me about it. Huh,

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Speaker 1: sixty k for a ten second? Now the boyfriend only

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Speaker 1: got twelve folks. Uh, you can see where this is headed, Isaac.

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Speaker 1: I am curious as to your thoughts. Where do some

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Speaker 1: of these athletes draw the line when you know, for instance, Uh,

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Speaker 1: these these Cavender twins. I just looked them up because

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Speaker 1: I heard I saw in the Fresdo b they're referred

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Speaker 1: to as stars. I'm trying to find the Fresdo State

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Speaker 1: basketball stats for the women's team. I can't find them. Um,

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00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,399
Speaker 1: but they are starters. These two girls are starters that

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Speaker 1: look like all season And I mean Listen, they're not.

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Speaker 1: We can agree why they have a large instrument follow right,

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Speaker 1: it's not because of their basketball, so it's not right. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Just so we're all in agreement. I'm sure they're talented.

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Speaker 1: Obviously they're starting at Division one basketball, so they've got

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Speaker 1: to be very good. Actually, you know what they are

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Speaker 1: the two leading scorers on the team. Haley averages twenty

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Speaker 1: a game. Hannah averages seventeen a game. Okay, so, Isaac,

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Speaker 1: this is where it gets interesting. I know somebody um

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Speaker 1: who had mentioned that someone in their circle was up

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Speaker 1: for the w n b A uh CEO gig a

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Speaker 1: few years ago, and you know, they were digging deep

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Speaker 1: and looking at the w n b A the prospects

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Speaker 1: of what it's like and how how they're doing, and

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Speaker 1: they said, one of our big struggles is we need

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Speaker 1: these female hoopers with huge social media followings to play

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Speaker 1: in the w n b A. The problem, Isaac, was

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Speaker 1: when they went to these uh women's players, they said,

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Speaker 1: you know what you're gonna pay me? Huh Oh, well,

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Speaker 1: I can make more of that in social media in

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Speaker 1: six months, and I don't have to get on a bus,

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Speaker 1: us and a plane and work out and practice, and

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Speaker 1: the w n b A struggled to land some of

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Speaker 1: these women's uh basketball players who have huge Instagram followings

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Speaker 1: because they can make more money on social media. Now

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Speaker 1: they don't even want to do both. Know, why would

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Speaker 1: you want to travel all the time and play basketball

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Speaker 1: year round when you can just live the good life

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Speaker 1: and go to influencer events and go to dinners and

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Speaker 1: eat free and go to clubs and hang out with

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Speaker 1: Drake and be in music video. Why would you want

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Speaker 1: to do the w n b A when you can

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Speaker 1: do way less for way more money. Because, as you know,

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Speaker 1: in previous generations, all the top w NBA stars would

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Speaker 1: play here during the summer, but the rest of the

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Speaker 1: year because the money was so good, they'd have to

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Speaker 1: play in in Europe, like in in Russia and in

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Speaker 1: all over Europe in a very unglamorous setting, but it

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Speaker 1: was really good money. So you're saying, there is shoeing

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Speaker 1: playing overseas, and they're also saying, no thanks to the

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Speaker 1: w n b A. Are you what, what super attractive

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Speaker 1: to five year old with a million Instagram followers is

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Speaker 1: gonna go spend six months in Russia playing basketball like

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Speaker 1: they would? They would say no, hell no, are you

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Speaker 1: kidding me? When I could just sit at home and

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Speaker 1: watch the money come in because people keep following me

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Speaker 1: on TikTok. That's amazing. Like and I'm trying to spin

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Speaker 1: this forward and I don't totally know where this is headed,

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Speaker 1: because again, w n b A has a good product.

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Speaker 1: You saw Lebron at a game this week. Uh you know,

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Speaker 1: my daughter has expressed interest in go into some games

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Speaker 1: with some of her basketball teammate friends. Um, Like, I

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Speaker 1: think the product is pretty good. But what happens when

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Speaker 1: the most popular players the ones that they want. There

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Speaker 1: are a set of twins who were huge, um on

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Speaker 1: spacing on their name. I will find it for the

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Speaker 1: next segment, But I mean they are massive on social media.

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Speaker 1: They're getting invited to like Drake videos and you you know,

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Speaker 1: you see the parties they're hanging out at because of

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Speaker 1: their social media following and obviously they're attractive and I'm

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Speaker 1: sure talented whatever they do. But like Isaac, at what

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Speaker 1: point where where do the returns end? You know? Like, oh,

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Speaker 1: I mean, what's my ceiling on being making a lot

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Speaker 1: of money off Instagram? Is it like ten years? Is

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Speaker 1: it five? Is it? Look? I mean, you don't see

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Speaker 1: very many people in their thirties and forties like hopping

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Speaker 1: on and being these enormously profitable Instagram stars. I would think,

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Speaker 1: at least right now, there has to be a shelf life.

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Speaker 1: But take a huge college star like Yukon's Page Becker's right,

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Speaker 1: I follow her, right, Yeah, I mean, I can't imagine

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Speaker 1: that the absolute high, high end championship caliber women's basketball

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Speaker 1: players are going to pass on the opportunity to play

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Speaker 1: in the w n b A, especially because I think

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Speaker 1: they see themselves as having a responsibility to grow the

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Speaker 1: popularity of the sport. But at the same time, like

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Speaker 1: you said, it is tangibly happening according to this person

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Speaker 1: who was up for the CEO job. Yeah, now, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, Page is an interesting case because she was

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Speaker 1: an awesome high school player and she came in with

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Speaker 1: a lot of credentials. She was like the freshman at

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Speaker 1: Yukon superstar. I you know, I'll played ignorance. I've never

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Speaker 1: heard of her until before right before the Yukon season started.

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Speaker 1: You know, I saw her somewhere in my Instagram feed

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Speaker 1: and I was like, oh, I'll follow the Page Beckers.

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Speaker 1: And you know, obviously she's really talented. She's one of

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Speaker 1: those exceptions where she's gonna be basketball first, social media second.

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Speaker 1: But I think by and large, like Isaac, did you

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Speaker 1: just said sixty tho dollars for a ten second act? How?

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Speaker 1: What's the quote from boxing? It's tough to wake up

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00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: and grind at five am when you're sleeping in silk sheets?

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00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: Is that what it is? Something like that? Like some

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Speaker 1: of these athletes. Yeah, I know, you gotta pay taxes

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00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: on the stuff, and just because it's sixty tho, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't mean you're getting sixty cash in your hand. You know,

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00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 1: you gotta pay taxes on it, so you're probably getting

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00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: forty um. But I mean, we're looking at a really

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00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 1: interesting situation where do some of these kids use the

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00:31:56,160 --> 00:32:00,080
Speaker 1: athletics as the trojan horse and then by junior in

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00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,040
Speaker 1: your year, they're starting a business. And why am I

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00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,480
Speaker 1: playing sports if there's no professional future for me when

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00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 1: I can maybe start a six figure business of my own.

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00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 1: I mean, let's let's think about it. In a previous generation.

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Speaker 1: What if someone like on a corner Covia came up

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00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: these days, right, I mean that would be the classic

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00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 1: case of it, right, Yeah, No, I mean she was huge,

558
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 1: like sixteen years old. Now, I guess the one concern

559
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 1: if you're into you know, sports, is are we gonna

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00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: see more twelve and thirteen year olds pushing social media

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Speaker 1: accounts so when they get to college, they've got the

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Speaker 1: built in ten fifties follow following, and people are spending

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Speaker 1: a lot more time on social media trying to be

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Speaker 1: an influencer. When I mean, Isaac, let's be real, Not

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Speaker 1: everybody's going to break through as a massive I g

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Speaker 1: TikTok social media follower. Right. It's already happening though, because

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Speaker 1: I see all over social media these high school kids announcing,

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Speaker 1: oh I just had my visit to such and such

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Speaker 1: a college. I just had my official visit, and that

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00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 1: they're posting all these pictures and they announced on social media.

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Speaker 1: You know, they're like a junior in high school and

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Speaker 1: they're like, okay, I'm happy to announce them my semi

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Speaker 1: finalists from my college choice. And they name five or

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00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,760
Speaker 1: six schools, when when you're a junior or senior in

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Speaker 1: high school and you would know this better than I would. Jason,

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00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:25,760
Speaker 1: big picture, here's what I don't understand. I respect it,

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00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: I just don't understand it. Some of these people have

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Speaker 1: that they have TikTok with the Instagram and YouTube pages,

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Speaker 1: and they have like YouTube videos of themselves doing let's say,

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Speaker 1: their morning routine, getting up, brushing their teeth, making breakfast.

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Speaker 1: And these videos have literally like over a hundred thousand

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Speaker 1: views and they have over a million followers. And I'm like,

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Speaker 1: all they do is kind of follow themselves around doing

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Speaker 1: their daily lives. It doesn't seem particularly interesting to me.

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Speaker 1: Why would you waste your time following around everything that

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Speaker 1: someone else does. It just doesn't makes sense. That being said.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know about you, Isaac. When I

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Speaker 1: wake up in the morning, I have my routine. Like

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Speaker 1: I'm not like a let me go on YouTube and

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Speaker 1: see what random people are doing. I'm like, I'll turn

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00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:13,399
Speaker 1: on the news. I mean, that's just how we grow up,

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00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: you know. Like I'll turn on the morning news obviously,

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00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: get on some social media channels, and then I'll start

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00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:23,200
Speaker 1: reading um and and and start exercising. But like, I'm

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00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: not going on you. I rarely go on YouTube. Are

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Speaker 1: you a YouTube guy? Oh? I'm addicted to YouTube, but

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00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 1: I it's not for these random YouTube stars. It's for

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Speaker 1: watching old games like right now on YouTube, I'm watching

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Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game from this past year between the

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers and the Packers at home earlier. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: YouTube is a treasure trove. You have every great old

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00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 1: game and memory as a sports fan right there at

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Speaker 1: your fingertips. So I'm addicted to that. But I'm not

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00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 1: addicted to someone uh in Vancouver, Canada or New Zealand

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00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 1: taking their dog for a walk that gets six undred

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Speaker 1: thousand views. Wow. Uh yeah, I'm not quite there yet

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00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,280
Speaker 1: as well. All right, coming up next, we will wrap

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Speaker 1: up the first hour. Um, I need to just pour

609
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Speaker 1: some cold water on this Lakers trade that people seem

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00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 1: to think has a chance. But there's no chance, trust me.

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Speaker 1: and clunky. You get to keep your iPhone case and

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Speaker 1: then you have another case on the outside and the iPhone.

635
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: Of course, the new one is supposed to be waterproof,

636
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 1: so it's like a double action. So we go to

637
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: this place called Queen's Bath, and if you've been to

638
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:59,720
Speaker 1: Kauai in Hawaii. I maintain Queen's Bath is the number

639
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 1: one spot you have to hit. For me, it is

640
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 1: the coolest place I've ever been on planet Earth. And

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00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,280
Speaker 1: you know, my my wife's friend got married in Peru

642
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: and we went to Machu Picchu, which was incredible, and

643
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 1: I think Queen's Math is a little cooler. And we

644
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:23,760
Speaker 1: got engaged in on the other side of the world. Um,

645
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:25,919
Speaker 1: these tiny islands. If you guys have seen the movie

646
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:31,440
Speaker 1: The Beach with Leo DiCaprio, um, filmed near Thailand. Um,

647
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 1: those places are amazing. Um, I think Queen's Bath is cooler.

648
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 1: So Queen's Math you have to go like on like

649
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 1: eight tenths of a mile, hiked through some a little forest,

650
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 1: and then you get to the ocean, but it's like elevated,

651
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 1: uh you know, kind of high up and there's like

652
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 1: this natural pool that's just made from the rocks and

653
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,440
Speaker 1: ocean water, and it's just amazing. It's like, wow, this exists.

654
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: And it can be dangerous. There have been people that

655
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 1: died there, but as long as you go at low tide,

656
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,359
Speaker 1: you're fine. It's not not that big of a deal.

657
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,360
Speaker 1: So obviously we went at low tide in the morning,

658
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 1: and you know, I had thought it wasn't that deep.

659
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 1: And you know, then I jump off the rocks and

660
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: go in and I'm like reaching my foot to the bottom.

661
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,800
Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, that's not the bottom. That's at the bottom,

662
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:21,719
Speaker 1: and I keep falling. I'm like, okay, I gotta come up. Uh.

663
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 1: And you know, you realize, oh, it's like eleven feet deep, baby,

664
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Speaker 1: and there's rocks at the bottom, not jagged ones, like

665
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: rounded rocks. And so I, you know, me and the

666
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,280
Speaker 1: wife and the kids are in the water, and I

667
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 1: hand my phone to somebody on the rocks who could

668
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 1: take like an aerial photo of us in Queen's bath

669
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,839
Speaker 1: and my my wife is usually like, hey, let's hand

670
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,320
Speaker 1: it to like a young ish girl because they're always

671
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,320
Speaker 1: on their phones. They know how to take good pictures.

672
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,800
Speaker 1: I'm not crushing this girl, she's in her twenties. Instead

673
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 1: of taking a photo, she took like multiple one second videos.

674
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: I don't, I mean, like whatever. Um. So eventually she

675
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,360
Speaker 1: takes what we thought were photos and I say, hey,

676
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,400
Speaker 1: toss me the own you know, I'll catch it. And

677
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 1: I did not have one of those like ropes that

678
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,719
Speaker 1: you can put around your wrist around the phone. So

679
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 1: she tosses me the phone. It's a terrible toss and

680
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,719
Speaker 1: I'm reaching and I can't get it and it sinks down.

681
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,879
Speaker 1: Now it is pretty orange, and I'm like, oh, well,

682
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,719
Speaker 1: I'll be able to get the phone, no problem um.

683
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: And I keep looking down or I don't see it,

684
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,879
Speaker 1: and I'm like, I had LASIX so I never opened

685
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,880
Speaker 1: my eyes under water. My wife borrows somebody's goggles and

686
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:31,240
Speaker 1: it's like, I don't see it. And at this point,

687
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 1: you know, there's a bunch of other people at Queen's bath,

688
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 1: probably like forty people, and I would say like twenty

689
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 1: five of them are noticing that my phone sank to

690
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: the bottom and nobody sees it. And this guy goes, hey,

691
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 1: I'm a diver or I was a diver. I'll give

692
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 1: it a shot. So he borrows the godless he goes

693
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,360
Speaker 1: down like three times nothing And at this point my

694
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 1: kids are like, what are we gonna do without your phone? Dad?

695
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 1: I was like in my head, I'm like, oh my gosh,

696
00:39:54,480 --> 00:40:00,080
Speaker 1: checking in for flights, itinerary text? What's the value you?

697
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:01,880
Speaker 1: But that goes through my head, what's the value of

698
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,880
Speaker 1: my phone being down there? How long are we willing

699
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: to wait here to find the phone? So eventually the

700
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,920
Speaker 1: guy finds it and I'm like, oh my gosh, thank

701
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:14,439
Speaker 1: you so much. Everybody cheers. It was great Ryan. How

702
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,880
Speaker 1: much money do you think I handed this guy for

703
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:23,879
Speaker 1: finding my phone? Uh? Wow, I know it's funny. I

704
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:25,400
Speaker 1: told the wife I'm gonna give him some money, and

705
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: she just assumed it was like twenty bucks. I wonder

706
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 1: what I was, like, Listen, the value of me losing

707
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,680
Speaker 1: my phone here and replacing it and all that crap

708
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,320
Speaker 1: would have probably been because you got to go to

709
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 1: the eye cloud, maybe you haven't updated your pictures, all

710
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:43,399
Speaker 1: that stuff, and just the hassle, the rigamarole, and maybe

711
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 1: even more than so I gave the guy a hundred bucks.

712
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: He was like stunned, like are you kidding? I was like, no, dude,

713
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:51,839
Speaker 1: thank you, and um that's my one fun Kahi story.

714
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 1: So yes, I will endorse Queens Bath, but I also

715
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 1: need to say people on the island do not endorse

716
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 1: it because of the dangers. At high tide, people have

717
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 1: been swept away and killed. It's can be scary, but

718
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: it's not at low tide. Coming up next year on

719
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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, one hour in the books. We'll do

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00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: the summer of soccer. Coming up next NBA Playoffs, and

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Speaker 1: It's me, Ladies and Germs Jason McIntyre also Germ Freeze Studio.

728
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: How about this Los Angeles finally opened up. You do

729
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,719
Speaker 1: not have to wear a mask in the building. You

730
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: do not need a test to go onto the Fox

731
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Speaker 1: Sports lot. It's a new new era or an old

732
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: era come back. It felt good. I was in the

733
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: studio for Colin Cowherd Show. It was the first time

734
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: since February of that I had done the show in

735
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: the studio. It felt good to be back now. I'd

736
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,879
Speaker 1: gone in the studio before for Undisputed, I had gone

737
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 1: in to do some of the gambling shows that we

738
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 1: do at Fox UM. But it is good to, you know,

739
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:10,719
Speaker 1: kind of be back in the studio and before and

740
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 1: I know the rest of the country listening to this

741
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:15,160
Speaker 1: is like be back, what are we talking about? Yes,

742
00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 1: in Hawaii the restaurants, you still had to where the um,

743
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 1: where the mask when you roll in? But uh, I

744
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 1: guess it's starting to loosen up in Hawaii, which you know,

745
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 1: your outdoors all the time. All right, let's get to

746
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,279
Speaker 1: our guests. Uh, first guest of the day. I love

747
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: to talk to him about gambling because you know he's

748
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:37,040
Speaker 1: a bit of a degenerat himself. We have a gambling

749
00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:38,800
Speaker 1: text thread where we try to bet on the NBA.

750
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:40,879
Speaker 1: I've been betting on the NBA nightly. Not as good

751
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,839
Speaker 1: of a run as I had in the playoffs last year.

752
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:45,359
Speaker 1: Let's bring in Vic Chotzky. Vic, how are you man?

753
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 1: I'm doing well. Thanks for having me on this and

754
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 1: what's going on? Man? Yeah, it's funny. Uh. You know

755
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 1: I when I wake up a Saturday morning to do

756
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 1: the show, I make a point not to check social

757
00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 1: media before the show. All I check is text messages.

758
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 1: And Vic came in for oh look at that line

759
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:04,719
Speaker 1: move on Hawks Bucks? Vick, what are you seeing in

760
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:08,279
Speaker 1: Hawks Bucks? And any word on Trey Young yet? Yeah? Yeah,

761
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,520
Speaker 1: I saw the line jump two and a half points.

762
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,920
Speaker 1: So I mean to me, that indicates Trey Young is

763
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:17,239
Speaker 1: gonna play. He shot around before last game, right, and

764
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 1: did they say he was close to coming back, and

765
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 1: so elimination game. I don't see how he doesn't at

766
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 1: least attempt to get out there. Yeah. I'm my concern though, Vick,

767
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,799
Speaker 1: is you know Jamal Murray went down right before the

768
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,720
Speaker 1: end of the regular season. He's gotta have surgery. He's

769
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 1: gonna be out probably until what March of twenty two.

770
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 1: He's gonna miss more than a half next season. You

771
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:42,560
Speaker 1: get injured forcing your way back off an ankle injury. Here, Trey,

772
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 1: you're gonna miss the bulk of next year. I mean,

773
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,120
Speaker 1: let's I get it. You know it's a playoff game,

774
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 1: elimination game you gotta play. But let's be real, like,

775
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 1: is it really do you do you think Trey goes?

776
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 1: I mean, if he's fifte, shoot he go. It's a

777
00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,799
Speaker 1: It's a tough angle, right, and your point. We talked

778
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:02,600
Speaker 1: a little about this offline, the same thing with the

779
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 1: Honest report came out yesterday. We're like, oh, if there's

780
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:07,719
Speaker 1: a game seven, you know he's going to try to

781
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:11,879
Speaker 1: come back. But you're not only jeopardizing this postseason, you're

782
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 1: jeopardizing your entire next year as well, for yourself as

783
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 1: a player and the franchise. Right, But to me, I

784
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,480
Speaker 1: think Tray Young plays. It's a bone Bruce tough injury.

785
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 1: Probably no lateral movement, but you know, at least maybe

786
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 1: he can shoot space the floor for them. So I

787
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 1: think Young plays. I don't think Nat should play, but

788
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 1: it's it's a it's a tough calum Man because you

789
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,279
Speaker 1: nailed it and at the end of the day, you're

790
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 1: not only putting this season in play, but next season

791
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,520
Speaker 1: as well. I love that. Vic. Probably no lateral movement.

792
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 1: I mean, we know Trade Young doesn't play defense to

793
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:47,080
Speaker 1: begin with. But Vick, let me ask you this. Let's

794
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,439
Speaker 1: say Trey does not go right, he misses game six

795
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 1: like you missed game five. Give me the two best

796
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:54,319
Speaker 1: players on the floor, and then I want to hear

797
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 1: who the third best player is if and Trey are

798
00:44:56,680 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 1: out again. Yeah, I mean Chris Middleton. He's look like,

799
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:05,840
Speaker 1: you know, the goods in certain games this postseason. Bogdan Bogdanovich.

800
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:09,240
Speaker 1: To me, he finally looks healthy the last two games.

801
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: You could tell those first couple of games he was

802
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:14,280
Speaker 1: just toughing it out, but he's finally looking like himself.

803
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:17,560
Speaker 1: And then the third player, I mean Drew Holiday of

804
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 1: course on paper, but he hasn't looked that stellar. But

805
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 1: Milwaukee stars other than the honest, have to come to play, right,

806
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 1: I mean, that's what we would expect. But I really

807
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,480
Speaker 1: think the home court advantage is gonna be wild tonight.

808
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,920
Speaker 1: And the Hawks got their MLK jersey's on. I don't

809
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 1: calle me on this, but every time I feel like

810
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: they wear those, they do well and they play well.

811
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 1: Maybe kind of a degenerate angle there, but it should

812
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 1: be a fun game tonight. I'm on the Hawks. This

813
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:51,360
Speaker 1: goes yeah. I got him at a pick him and

814
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: so just because after last game I saw him shooting

815
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:57,160
Speaker 1: around there saying he's trying to come back, so I figured, hey,

816
00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:58,959
Speaker 1: if he does, and then I could kind of jump

817
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,839
Speaker 1: back off of it five and take the box. If

818
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 1: I see a nice little middle or Atlantic gets up big,

819
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 1: or just Trey just looks like he's a decoy. I'm

820
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,000
Speaker 1: a little stunned to hear you have Bogdanovich as a

821
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,799
Speaker 1: better player than Drew Holiday in this series. I I

822
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 1: had thought the two best from Middleton and Holiday and

823
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,000
Speaker 1: frankly Brook Lopez I thought was the third best player

824
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:22,319
Speaker 1: without Trey and Jannice. But Bogdanovits does look like he's back.

825
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 1: The last two games. He is hitting a bunch of three.

826
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 1: I think he's thirteen threes in the last two games. Yeah, exactly,

827
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 1: I mean Lopez dominated last game. But again, to me,

828
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:33,920
Speaker 1: he's like every few games he has an outing like that,

829
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:37,720
Speaker 1: like Bob down when he's he's out there, he's always

830
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,440
Speaker 1: putting up twenty to me, and he impacts the floor

831
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,880
Speaker 1: for them, especially if Young's out or hobbled, They're gonna

832
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 1: need him to stop up and and really handle the

833
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 1: offensive scoring log. All right, where are you on the

834
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:51,360
Speaker 1: Sons in the NBA Finals? Are you gonna be betting

835
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:54,360
Speaker 1: that they will sweep whoever they face or is it

836
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:56,920
Speaker 1: just too much uncertainty to bet the series now? Given

837
00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,759
Speaker 1: a we don't know if Joanna's is going to be

838
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:02,920
Speaker 1: ready to go, uh be. We don't know if the

839
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:06,160
Speaker 1: Hawks somehow pull this out magically. Uh remember they were

840
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:09,040
Speaker 1: down three too to the Sixers and came back and

841
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:11,200
Speaker 1: won the last two. Obviously they had a healthy Trey Young,

842
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 1: but um, everything reeks of Suns walk over to me.

843
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: But do you see it the same way I do.

844
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:20,279
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be like a gentleman's sweep, a

845
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:23,320
Speaker 1: nice little four to one, but two. For the betting

846
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,080
Speaker 1: angle wise, what I ended up doing was taking Chris

847
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:29,600
Speaker 1: Paul to win Finals m v P last week, and

848
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,640
Speaker 1: so this was kind of my angle on this. I

849
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: think the Sun's win. If they do win, it's gonna

850
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 1: be Chris Paul or Devin Booker. Now Chris Paul. You

851
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 1: saw how much love he's getting in the m VP

852
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:43,960
Speaker 1: conversation during the year, even though Devin Booker had a

853
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,920
Speaker 1: monster year. And so if the Suns win, for me

854
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 1: to get seven to one on Chris Paul seemed like

855
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 1: a really good bet. And if you go back over

856
00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 1: the last ten years, it's a Superstar Award. Nine out

857
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:58,160
Speaker 1: of the ten times it went to a superstar, Andrea

858
00:47:58,239 --> 00:48:01,200
Speaker 1: Guadala was the only one last ten years that wasn't

859
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 1: a big name to get it. I mean, he's a

860
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 1: great player, but you know what I mean. So that

861
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 1: was kind of my betting angle on it, just because

862
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:10,319
Speaker 1: of all the other uncertainty around it. And so I

863
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:14,040
Speaker 1: got CP three to win Finals MVP interesting. I thought

864
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: Booker would be would be the move because if you're

865
00:48:17,719 --> 00:48:21,319
Speaker 1: the Bucks, Drew Holidays, you're better backcourt defender. Are you

866
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:26,160
Speaker 1: putting Holiday on uh Devin Booker to run around screens

867
00:48:26,239 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 1: or Chris paul Um were you who I think probably

868
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,399
Speaker 1: impacts the game a little more he does. I mean,

869
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:34,520
Speaker 1: I definitely think they would put him on CP three.

870
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:38,560
Speaker 1: My rationale was just, I mean, you saw how much

871
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:41,480
Speaker 1: love CP three god during this year for real, the

872
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:44,759
Speaker 1: real MVP award. So if they're kind of neck and neck,

873
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:48,720
Speaker 1: I really do think just out of like a legacy award,

874
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 1: they give it a CP three storyline. Yeah that that

875
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:54,200
Speaker 1: that makes a good That makes sense. I just my

876
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:56,800
Speaker 1: only thing against CP three. Let's go over the guards

877
00:48:57,200 --> 00:49:00,719
Speaker 1: he's dominated. Okay, you have the Lakers back court, which

878
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:04,080
Speaker 1: is what k C p and Carucio. Okay, you had

879
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:07,360
Speaker 1: the Nuggets backups Composo and Austin Rivers. I don't know

880
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 1: if Austin Rivers was on a roster in like February. Um, yeah,

881
00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:14,800
Speaker 1: and then uh, it's like what Reggie Jackson and Patrick

882
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:20,040
Speaker 1: Beverley zero all stars in that you know? Um, I

883
00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:21,480
Speaker 1: think this is a bit of a step up to

884
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:24,839
Speaker 1: go against Drew Holiday. It is. It's a huge step

885
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 1: up and so it's going to make all the difference

886
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 1: in the world. You are right, But at the same time,

887
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:33,000
Speaker 1: I just think if you're honest, is out or if

888
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,879
Speaker 1: he's limping, the Suns are just so much better that

889
00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:39,640
Speaker 1: you know, it's unfortunately this postseason has become like a

890
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:42,400
Speaker 1: battle of attrition and and the Suns are just the

891
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:44,799
Speaker 1: healthiest squad that the whole team is just so good

892
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:47,600
Speaker 1: that TP three, he's gonna end up getting his status,

893
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:49,759
Speaker 1: you know, whether it's against Holiday or whether it's in

894
00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:52,879
Speaker 1: garbage time. Um, but you bring up a good point.

895
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:56,320
Speaker 1: This is a definitely a huge, huge rise in competition

896
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:59,200
Speaker 1: for him compared to what he's faced so far. Yeah,

897
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,759
Speaker 1: I'll wrap up on the so VIC when the finals ended.

898
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:03,520
Speaker 1: I think we both think this is a four or

899
00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:06,560
Speaker 1: five game series. Um. You know, we looked at a

900
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:11,560
Speaker 1: lot of the shops hang prices for next season. Obviously

901
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:13,959
Speaker 1: you know the Nets are going to be up there.

902
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:17,279
Speaker 1: But is there any big time star trade that you

903
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:22,279
Speaker 1: think you can forecast? Remember Tom Brady going uh to

904
00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:24,080
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers. If you were able to get in on

905
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:27,839
Speaker 1: that super early, it's like, wait a minute, you got

906
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 1: huge odds. If you beat the market to Brady going

907
00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:33,479
Speaker 1: to Tampa, you're the winner. Can you see a Dame

908
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:37,600
Speaker 1: Lillard going to the Clippers the heat? Can you see

909
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:40,960
Speaker 1: a Ben Simmons move that does anything for his futures?

910
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:42,839
Speaker 1: But is there anyone outside the nets you would look

911
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:47,319
Speaker 1: at for next year's way too early future beds? Yeah,

912
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:49,319
Speaker 1: you brought up the two biggest names, and I think

913
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:52,440
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonards the third name to kind of keep an

914
00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,799
Speaker 1: eye on there as well. But I mean, I love

915
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:59,239
Speaker 1: star power aside, trades aside. I love the Nuggets next year.

916
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:03,120
Speaker 1: Uh really do think they have a great team there

917
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:06,120
Speaker 1: as long as Jamal Murray's okay. They have depths, they

918
00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:08,600
Speaker 1: have the style that you know, to me, they could

919
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:10,799
Speaker 1: have won it all if Jamal Murray was playing this year.

920
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:13,839
Speaker 1: But to try to get ahead of a number the

921
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:16,480
Speaker 1: teams that we the Knicks are a team. I know

922
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:19,600
Speaker 1: it's crazy because I know it's crazy because they haven't

923
00:51:19,640 --> 00:51:21,360
Speaker 1: been good in a long time, But they got a

924
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:24,280
Speaker 1: new front office and they have assets, they have money,

925
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:26,879
Speaker 1: they have picks. I mean, that's a team to keep

926
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:28,960
Speaker 1: an eye on to try to land a superstar. I

927
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:32,359
Speaker 1: mean you posted it this week about Donovan Mitchell going

928
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:35,080
Speaker 1: in New York. I mean, there's a lot of rumors

929
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:37,279
Speaker 1: coming out there. They got this young guy, Alex Kind

930
00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:39,680
Speaker 1: in the front office that that's a really sharp mind

931
00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:42,719
Speaker 1: as well. But my you know, other than that the

932
00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:46,080
Speaker 1: usual names, Miami is a great team. We saw this

933
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 1: year that they don't they just don't have the offensive firepower,

934
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:52,560
Speaker 1: so they need another superstar. So if they can manufacture

935
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:56,200
Speaker 1: another guy, then yes, they would you know, immediately jump up,

936
00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:59,400
Speaker 1: especially in the East. I mean, Boston will be an

937
00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:02,399
Speaker 1: interesting team to watch to try to see what they

938
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:05,719
Speaker 1: can do, you know, money wise. But I would keep

939
00:52:05,719 --> 00:52:08,560
Speaker 1: in a high on the Lakers, man. I know, it's

940
00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:11,600
Speaker 1: crazy and I don't know how especially because they don't

941
00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:13,320
Speaker 1: have a lot of money or a lot of assets,

942
00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:15,400
Speaker 1: but they're going to be in the mix for a

943
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:17,719
Speaker 1: lot of really fun things this soft season as well.

944
00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:20,880
Speaker 1: And you know, Lebron is recruiting as hard as he

945
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:24,120
Speaker 1: can right there's already pictures with him and Dame this weekend,

946
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:27,359
Speaker 1: So that's gonna be a fun rumor for the rest

947
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:31,680
Speaker 1: of the summer. Interesting because uh, you know, Lebron historically

948
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:34,400
Speaker 1: the year after a bit of a letdown or a loss,

949
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:39,600
Speaker 1: he bounces back strong. Whether it was l a going

950
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:42,880
Speaker 1: back to the heatles, you know, that's that's interesting alright.

951
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:44,560
Speaker 1: And it was a tough all it was the last

952
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:46,920
Speaker 1: thing I'll say. It was a tough offseason for them, right,

953
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:49,680
Speaker 1: it was super short off season. They're the champs. I

954
00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:52,680
Speaker 1: mean they were due for some regressions. They were banged up.

955
00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:55,640
Speaker 1: Next season either way, they're gonna come back with a vengeance.

956
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:58,960
Speaker 1: You can follow a Vic on Twitter at Duck Squad

957
00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:02,799
Speaker 1: thirty three, Big Chicago Bulls guy. He's a Jordan guy.

958
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:05,239
Speaker 1: We will not get into Jordan Lebron today and I'm

959
00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:07,640
Speaker 1: sorry to interrupt your beach day, Vick. Hey, thanks a lot,

960
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:12,000
Speaker 1: enjoy the time with the fam. Will talk to you soon. Alright,

961
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 1: Uh interesting, I like that theory that the Lakers will

962
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:17,879
Speaker 1: bounce back next year. I'm sure all the Laker fans

963
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:19,480
Speaker 1: out here in l A listening to the show are

964
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:23,680
Speaker 1: very very excited to hear that. All right, coming up

965
00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:27,080
Speaker 1: next here on Fox Sports Radio. I'm kind of into

966
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 1: um the name image likeness that we have IOWA saying

967
00:53:31,680 --> 00:53:34,600
Speaker 1: now in the building, Uh, the obviously the big college

968
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:37,439
Speaker 1: sports guy, I want to quickly tell my favorite July

969
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:41,120
Speaker 1: fourth story, and I want to indulge everybody to have

970
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:45,680
Speaker 1: safe fun over the holiday. Um, fireworks can be dangerous.

971
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:49,600
Speaker 1: You know this is your trusted friend, Jason McIntyre. Be

972
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:53,200
Speaker 1: safe with the fireworks. So um, you know it's weird.

973
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:55,960
Speaker 1: I I don't remember a ton of my July four

974
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:59,680
Speaker 1: weekends from like age nineteen to twenty five because it

975
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:01,319
Speaker 1: was based like, oh, let's go to the beach for

976
00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:05,160
Speaker 1: the weekend, and then you're like wedding, yourself hammered at

977
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:07,600
Speaker 1: the end of the night. Uh, and you barely remember

978
00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:10,920
Speaker 1: anything the next day. It's a fog. So I guess

979
00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:13,319
Speaker 1: I have to go back to childhood. We would go

980
00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:17,319
Speaker 1: up to New York to visit relatives. Um. You know,

981
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:19,720
Speaker 1: my my family came to this country, and we started

982
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:22,360
Speaker 1: New York and then branched out into Virginia and the

983
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:24,440
Speaker 1: rest of my mom's family and my dad's family came

984
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:28,120
Speaker 1: into New York. And so we go to Queens for

985
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:30,520
Speaker 1: the for some of the major holidays, and you know,

986
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:34,600
Speaker 1: July four, New York apparent. Basically it was like go

987
00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:36,600
Speaker 1: outside and play. There's no more video games. Just go

988
00:54:36,680 --> 00:54:40,160
Speaker 1: out there. And one of my cousin's friends had some

989
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:42,719
Speaker 1: fireworks and they were like these things called an M

990
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:45,719
Speaker 1: A D. You know, it's a a quarter stick a dynamite,

991
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,319
Speaker 1: And of course, in hindsight you look back and M

992
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:50,319
Speaker 1: A D is not a quarter stick of dynamite, but

993
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:53,759
Speaker 1: it is a powerful firework. So these guys they're like,

994
00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:55,359
Speaker 1: we're gonna let it off in the middle of the street,

995
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:57,480
Speaker 1: go behind those cars over there, and me and my

996
00:54:57,520 --> 00:54:59,520
Speaker 1: brother are like ten and twelve of them are like,

997
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:04,960
Speaker 1: oh ok, this sounds like trouble. What was you know? Um,

998
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:07,319
Speaker 1: this guy lights it, runs over to us behind the

999
00:55:07,360 --> 00:55:12,480
Speaker 1: car and it lets off. This essentially, you know, I

1000
00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:14,440
Speaker 1: don't know what it sounded like when a cannon was

1001
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:18,160
Speaker 1: fired during the Civil War. Yes, basically one of those

1002
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:21,520
Speaker 1: I always say, I'm thank you. It's just a detonation

1003
00:55:22,239 --> 00:55:25,279
Speaker 1: that instantly you cover your ears and like four car

1004
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:29,200
Speaker 1: alarms go off, and as soon as it goes boom,

1005
00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:32,279
Speaker 1: just like a sonic boom in the neighborhood, we just

1006
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:36,840
Speaker 1: start booking, just sprinting away kind of in fear slash laughter.

1007
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:43,799
Speaker 1: And to this day, it's the loudest noise I've ever

1008
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:46,640
Speaker 1: heard outside of when Um, I got like a really

1009
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:49,479
Speaker 1: bad car accident. Someone hit my car turning left into

1010
00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:52,279
Speaker 1: me going straight, and it was just I'll never forget that.

1011
00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:53,920
Speaker 1: Me and my brother still like laugh about this, like,

1012
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:56,120
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, who were these kids? We like just

1013
00:55:56,120 --> 00:55:58,440
Speaker 1: sprinted away and that was it I have. I'm not

1014
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:03,520
Speaker 1: even kidding. I've never really touched any major fireworks since then. Um,

1015
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:07,320
Speaker 1: you know, bottle rockets are nothing. Sparklers are nothing but nothing.

1016
00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:09,440
Speaker 1: I'm just not messing with them. It was one of

1017
00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:11,919
Speaker 1: those early in your childhood that was like, oh my god,

1018
00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 1: that thing was powerful. I felt like it left a

1019
00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:17,120
Speaker 1: bit of a hole in the ground. It did not, obviously, Uh,

1020
00:56:17,120 --> 00:56:18,680
Speaker 1: and the cement in the middle of the street. But

1021
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:22,000
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say, guys, be safe with the fireworks. Okay,

1022
00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:24,160
Speaker 1: it's a big weekend. You want to have your fingers

1023
00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:27,600
Speaker 1: ready for work on Monday. Coming up next, back on

1024
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:30,360
Speaker 1: the college sports train, Name Image, Likeness, How much do

1025
00:56:30,400 --> 00:56:33,880
Speaker 1: you love it? The Summer of Soccer continues Soccer at

1026
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:36,520
Speaker 1: nine am on the West Coast. Gotta love it next

1027
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:41,320
Speaker 1: year on Fox Sports Radio. Oh look, Katie Perry. July

1028
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:45,920
Speaker 1: fourth weekend. By the way, Now, I was Sam I

1029
00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:49,239
Speaker 1: want to go watch Katie Perry's halftime show at the

1030
00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:51,520
Speaker 1: super Bowl a few years ago. Remember how good that was?

1031
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:58,080
Speaker 1: What It's weird these pop stars pop up and are

1032
00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:00,239
Speaker 1: a huge, huge deal, And like, what does Katie Perry

1033
00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:02,000
Speaker 1: done in like the last three years any music? Or

1034
00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:04,480
Speaker 1: she's just married, have kids? I really don't know. I

1035
00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:09,839
Speaker 1: believe she's still with Orlando Bloom, right, Really, I had

1036
00:57:09,880 --> 00:57:13,719
Speaker 1: no idea. Weren't they Weren't they a pair at one point? Probably?

1037
00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:17,360
Speaker 1: I mean if I were Orlando now Orlando Bloom, that's right,

1038
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:20,440
Speaker 1: he married the victorious. Oh no, he married an actress.

1039
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:23,800
Speaker 1: I'm thinking of the wrong person here, Kate, Kate Beckinsale,

1040
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:27,760
Speaker 1: Is she was Orlando Bloom? Our executive producer Ryan Burschinger's

1041
00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:29,800
Speaker 1: walking into him and ask him, Yeah, he's got to

1042
00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:31,880
Speaker 1: know what the latest with Katy Perry is. Speaking of

1043
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:36,760
Speaker 1: um pop stars, I'm not going to call the person out.

1044
00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:40,280
Speaker 1: I do work with someone who has worked personally with

1045
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,760
Speaker 1: Britney Spears a ton. What an ordeal that is in

1046
00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:48,520
Speaker 1: the hair and makeup world? And you know, I don't

1047
00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:51,200
Speaker 1: I haven't followed the Britney Spears story close, but every

1048
00:57:51,240 --> 00:57:53,320
Speaker 1: time I just see a headline I'm like, too cringe

1049
00:57:53,360 --> 00:57:56,640
Speaker 1: to read, but like, it just sounds pretty awful. And

1050
00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:59,720
Speaker 1: I was asking this person about Brittany and they were like,

1051
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Speaker 1: you know, it's just an ugly situation right now, really bad.

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00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:08,400
Speaker 1: Apparently Brittney is super nice. Um, obviously if you work

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00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:12,240
Speaker 1: with her, she's gonna be nice. But it's just, man,

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00:58:12,560 --> 00:58:15,640
Speaker 1: it sounds brutal. Um. And not to continue the celebrity

1055
00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:20,680
Speaker 1: track that we just randomly went down. Um, but I

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00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:25,120
Speaker 1: saw a story named Joe Rogan is Too Big to

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00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:27,600
Speaker 1: Cancel in the New York Times and I'm reading it.

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00:58:27,640 --> 00:58:31,680
Speaker 1: I'm not done reading it yet, but it's it's interesting.

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Speaker 1: Where are you guys on Rogan? Do you have you

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00:58:33,120 --> 00:58:36,040
Speaker 1: listened to him lately? Ryan, I haven't since he switched

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00:58:36,040 --> 00:58:38,040
Speaker 1: over to Spotify. I haven't listened right, And I alway

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00:58:38,120 --> 00:58:40,760
Speaker 1: say I have you I don't really. I don't really

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00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:43,000
Speaker 1: consume his product. I'll watch it. I'll watch a few

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00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:45,960
Speaker 1: minutes of an interview. It's someone a guest that I

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Speaker 1: take interesting. So you you said watch on YouTube, Well,

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00:58:49,600 --> 00:58:51,800
Speaker 1: I don't know that people post them and I don't

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00:58:51,840 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 1: seek it out that you just end up because he's

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00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:55,400
Speaker 1: so big that these clips end up coming to me.

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Speaker 1: You guys are in his age bracket. He is huge

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Speaker 1: with the millennial crowd, right, yeah, No, he is definitely.

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Speaker 1: I just I mean, like, I have respect for him

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00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:07,640
Speaker 1: because he's done a lot of stuff over his career.

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00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:09,800
Speaker 1: You know, he was like in a sitcom in the nineties,

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Speaker 1: Wasn't News Radios Radio? You know, he did Fear Factor,

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Speaker 1: and he's done a lot of stuff. I identify him

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Speaker 1: as Fear Factor guy. And that's like, I think, like

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Speaker 1: maybe four years ago, m m a, yeah, yeah, my

1078
00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:23,200
Speaker 1: brother was like, did you gotta listen to this Joe

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00:59:23,280 --> 00:59:26,520
Speaker 1: Rogan podcast. I was like, is that the Fear Factor guy?

1080
00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:28,960
Speaker 1: And I really I never watched Fear Factor. I don't

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00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:32,640
Speaker 1: like all that gross stuff, um, And so I listened

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00:59:32,680 --> 00:59:35,280
Speaker 1: to one. I was like, yeah, that's all right. And

1083
00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:37,960
Speaker 1: the angle that I like with Rogan is he talks

1084
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:43,720
Speaker 1: to random like philosophers and um people to talk about

1085
00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:48,120
Speaker 1: like gut bacteria and topics that I find randomly interesting.

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00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:50,680
Speaker 1: Like I didn't know I was into stuff like that,

1087
00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:53,720
Speaker 1: and now I'm really into stuff like that. But again,

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00:59:54,560 --> 00:59:57,280
Speaker 1: I stopped once he went to Spotify. I'm like, you know,

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00:59:57,360 --> 00:59:59,480
Speaker 1: I'm an iTunes guy, I don't. I don't. I have

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00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 1: the spot of I app, but I never listened to it.

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01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:04,080
Speaker 1: So I haven't heard Rogan in a while. And what's

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01:00:04,080 --> 01:00:07,320
Speaker 1: interesting is there is a I guess a small segment

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01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:10,160
Speaker 1: of his fans who, when he made the leap to Spotify,

1094
01:00:10,280 --> 01:00:14,000
Speaker 1: were like, oh, you sold out. You know you're making big, big,

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01:00:14,040 --> 01:00:19,000
Speaker 1: big nine figures money now, and and it just it

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01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:22,560
Speaker 1: had me. And again, because I'm, you know, obviously selfish,

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01:00:22,720 --> 01:00:26,040
Speaker 1: I had a flashback to when I sold the website

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01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:30,320
Speaker 1: and then landed at Fox Sports, and how many people

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Speaker 1: were calling me a sellout. Oh you come on, you

1100
01:00:33,480 --> 01:00:37,440
Speaker 1: were so cool when you're band was small, when you

1101
01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:42,040
Speaker 1: were a small rock band playing at high schools, and

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Speaker 1: now you know the scythes big and you sold it,

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01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:47,440
Speaker 1: you're written about and now your Fox your sellout? Like

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Speaker 1: I just that's what you do. That's the that's called progression.

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01:00:54,680 --> 01:00:56,680
Speaker 1: Like what are you supposed to do? Are you supposed

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01:00:56,680 --> 01:00:59,200
Speaker 1: to be a garage band for your entire life? Do

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01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:01,920
Speaker 1: you not have most people? And you could still be

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01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:03,480
Speaker 1: a man of the people and not be in the

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01:01:03,480 --> 01:01:07,880
Speaker 1: garage band anymore? Right? You can upgrade your studio, Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: But Joe Rogan did that anymore. Joe Rogan's not gonna

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Speaker 1: be visiting comedy clubs. He's gonna own the comedy club.

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Speaker 1: And if his listenership goes down after the switch to Spotify,

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01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:23,080
Speaker 1: that's not his problem at Spotify exactly. Howard sterns fans like,

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01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:24,960
Speaker 1: if they really wanted to follow him, they would get

1115
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:28,280
Speaker 1: a satellite radio subscription. It's fascinating you say that when

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01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:30,760
Speaker 1: he made the move to satellite, I got satellite radio.

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01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:34,840
Speaker 1: I dumped it like two years ago. But once I

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01:01:34,920 --> 01:01:38,240
Speaker 1: started listening to Rogan and podcasts in my car, I

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01:01:38,320 --> 01:01:40,200
Speaker 1: was like, what am I? I don't listen to Howard

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01:01:40,200 --> 01:01:41,919
Speaker 1: Ster because he was only on like three days a week.

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01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:45,160
Speaker 1: Remember he went from five to like three and then

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01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:47,240
Speaker 1: it was sporadic. I'm like, I don't care about the

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Speaker 1: whack pack. And basically Rogan's doing what Stern did, interviewing celebrities,

1124
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Speaker 1: interviewing comedians. Um, it's a smart move by by Rogan.

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Speaker 1: Um at any rate. By the way, can confirm Katie

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01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:04,200
Speaker 1: Perry and Orlando Bloomer just a couple, but they have

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01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:07,240
Speaker 1: been back together for a few years now. Okay, So

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Speaker 1: I just want to Yeah, we needed to clear that

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Speaker 1: up all right, so we didn't get enough name image

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Speaker 1: likeness in there. I can't wait to find out Iowa

1131
01:02:13,840 --> 01:02:18,520
Speaker 1: Sam what he's paying for Jordan Bohannan's autographed Jordan Behan

1132
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Speaker 1: And of course the Iowa basketball legend who's doing a

1133
01:02:21,480 --> 01:02:26,600
Speaker 1: fire he can now appear at a firework. Uh story,

1134
01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:29,920
Speaker 1: He's paid to show up there this week weekend making

1135
01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:32,720
Speaker 1: some money. He's not got his website now to he does.

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Speaker 1: I love it. I just this is so great for

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01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:41,919
Speaker 1: the college athletes. Um. You know, I'm very curious if

1138
01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:46,600
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence could have made money in his last two years,

1139
01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:49,000
Speaker 1: Like how much could he have made? What about Mac Jones?

1140
01:02:49,120 --> 01:02:53,800
Speaker 1: To all these guys like this next group right now,

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01:02:53,960 --> 01:02:56,680
Speaker 1: if you are a freshman entering high school and you

1142
01:02:56,760 --> 01:02:59,560
Speaker 1: think you're gonna be like a varsity player instantly and

1143
01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:02,840
Speaker 1: maybe a prospect, and you're working with quarterback coaches, you

1144
01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:06,240
Speaker 1: basically need to start social media accounts. You just have

1145
01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:10,440
Speaker 1: to get those built up now. And the hope is

1146
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:13,880
Speaker 1: by the time you're college freshman, you've got you know,

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01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:16,160
Speaker 1: I don't know if a creative team in place, but

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Speaker 1: if I am a quarterback and I'm a freshman, and

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Speaker 1: it looks like I'm gonna be one of these big

1150
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:23,040
Speaker 1: time recruits, or I want to be. I get one

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01:03:23,040 --> 01:03:25,480
Speaker 1: of my friends to say, hey man, why don't you

1152
01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:29,440
Speaker 1: help me build this up? Help run my social media accounts.

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01:03:30,120 --> 01:03:31,960
Speaker 1: I'll end up paying you once to start making money.

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01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:34,640
Speaker 1: We can have a deal and boom, now you are

1155
01:03:34,680 --> 01:03:37,840
Speaker 1: not You're like Lebron. Lebron makes it to the NBA guests,

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01:03:37,840 --> 01:03:40,360
Speaker 1: who eats all his friends that he came up with

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Speaker 1: in the A U circle that were loyal to him

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Speaker 1: and trusted him and work with him. They now all

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Speaker 1: have jobs. So I don't see why the same shouldn't

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Speaker 1: apply to some of these college kids. A really great

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Speaker 1: opportunity coming up next year on Fox Sports Video, Fox

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Speaker 1: Sports Radio. When I say Fox Sports Media, very strange.

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Speaker 1: UM Scott Miller, longtime national baseball writer. Um, he's written books,

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Speaker 1: he covers the sport. We haven't done a ton of baseball,

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01:04:05,840 --> 01:04:08,280
Speaker 1: but oh my gosh, have you seen what Otani has done?

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Speaker 1: Have you seen what Schwarber has done? We're doing baseball

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Speaker 1: next year. But first, here's Isaac loewen Kron with what's

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Speaker 1: trending Jason in Game three of the Stanley Cup Final

1169
01:04:18,520 --> 01:04:21,360
Speaker 1: on Friday Night, that Tampa Bay Lightning did it again.

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01:04:22,200 --> 01:04:24,360
Speaker 1: Played by Anderson. He is stripped by head been left circle,

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Speaker 1: Henri platlet point, right point on Ruda, the irrepressible Dave

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Speaker 1: Michigan McCall on w f L A is the Lightning

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Speaker 1: one in Montreal six to three for a three games

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Speaker 1: to non lead. Tampa Bay one went away from its

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01:04:41,560 --> 01:04:45,160
Speaker 1: second straight Stanley Cup championship. The Lightning has not trailed yet.

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Speaker 1: In the first three games of the series. Baseball Friday

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Speaker 1: Night Show, hey Otani had two home runs, becoming the

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Speaker 1: first and the Major's to thirty home runs this year.

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01:04:53,880 --> 01:04:55,760
Speaker 1: Even scored the game winning run on the bottom of

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01:04:55,800 --> 01:04:58,480
Speaker 1: the ninth inning on an RBI single by Jared Walsh's

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01:04:58,520 --> 01:05:01,560
Speaker 1: The Angels bested Ball to Or eight to seven. The

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01:05:01,640 --> 01:05:03,840
Speaker 1: Red Sox won their eighth in a row. They wanted

1183
01:05:03,880 --> 01:05:06,320
Speaker 1: Oakland and Tendenings three to two, when the Giants wanted

1184
01:05:06,360 --> 01:05:09,120
Speaker 1: Arizona eleven to four. San Francisco the best record in

1185
01:05:09,160 --> 01:05:13,320
Speaker 1: baseball at fifty one and thirty Soccer kicking off at

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01:05:13,360 --> 01:05:15,320
Speaker 1: the top of the hour and the quarterfinal route of

1187
01:05:15,320 --> 01:05:18,920
Speaker 1: the European Championships and it'll be the Czech Republic against Denmark.

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01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:22,560
Speaker 1: Then at three pm Eastern it's England against the Ukraine,

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Speaker 1: and Jason's we go back to you. I have one

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Speaker 1: more firecracker related tidbit. You were talking about that earlier

1191
01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:32,240
Speaker 1: in a connection to baseball. Do you remember the Vince

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01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:37,560
Speaker 1: Coleman firecracker incident many years ago? Nine? No, I don't so.

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Speaker 1: In nine, Vince Coleman a great base dealer in the eighties,

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01:05:41,440 --> 01:05:44,000
Speaker 1: when the Cardinals was playing for the Mets. The Mets

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Speaker 1: are playing a day game at Dodgers Stadium and after

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Speaker 1: the game, Coleman was getting a ride to a barbecue

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Speaker 1: with a couple of his friends, including Eric Davis, who

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Speaker 1: at that time played for the Dodgers. They were in

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Speaker 1: the players parking lot at Dodgers Stadium. There was a

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Speaker 1: chain link fence where a bunch of fans were and

1201
01:06:02,400 --> 01:06:08,080
Speaker 1: for reasons passing understanding, Vince Coleman through a lit firecracker

1202
01:06:09,400 --> 01:06:12,880
Speaker 1: into the group of fans. The lit firecracker went off,

1203
01:06:12,960 --> 01:06:16,360
Speaker 1: three fans got injured. He was charged with a felony.

1204
01:06:16,440 --> 01:06:19,640
Speaker 1: He hired of all people, remember Robert Shapiro, part of

1205
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:23,040
Speaker 1: the O. J. Simpson Dream Team and he got it

1206
01:06:23,080 --> 01:06:25,440
Speaker 1: down to a plea deal, which was like community service.

1207
01:06:25,480 --> 01:06:27,440
Speaker 1: But yeah, the true story. Vince Coleman wants to a

1208
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Speaker 1: lit firecracker into a group of fans at Dodger Stadium.

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Speaker 1: Awesome stuff, Isaac, what a fine Vince Coleman. Way to

1210
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Speaker 1: keep a gangster. Thank you, Isaac all Right. Joining the

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Speaker 1: show now. Longtime national baseball writer contributing to The New

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Speaker 1: York Times, co author of Nine Mental is Scott Miller. Scott, Hey,

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Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time this morning. Hey, Jason, nice

1214
01:06:48,440 --> 01:06:53,080
Speaker 1: to be with you. And man, that's guy. Yeah. I

1215
01:06:53,120 --> 01:06:58,480
Speaker 1: mean listen, that's like pre internet basically, Uh, that was

1216
01:06:58,520 --> 01:07:01,240
Speaker 1: what I was doing, fantasy leagues out by hand, and

1217
01:07:01,240 --> 01:07:03,960
Speaker 1: I would have to like go to the newspaper box scores,

1218
01:07:04,600 --> 01:07:08,120
Speaker 1: uh and chart everything. But um, we are in an

1219
01:07:08,360 --> 01:07:12,080
Speaker 1: advanced time now in uh in sports where everything is online.

1220
01:07:12,080 --> 01:07:14,840
Speaker 1: And I gotta say all I've seen this morning. Scott

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01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:19,040
Speaker 1: is Otani comparisons uh to how great of a baseball

1222
01:07:19,080 --> 01:07:21,400
Speaker 1: player he is. He's really the story of the of

1223
01:07:21,440 --> 01:07:24,480
Speaker 1: the first eight games of the season, right is he not? Oh?

1224
01:07:24,520 --> 01:07:29,040
Speaker 1: No question? Yeah, what old Tommy's done offensively on the mound.

1225
01:07:29,240 --> 01:07:31,080
Speaker 1: It's just been phenomenal. And I know he had a

1226
01:07:31,120 --> 01:07:33,440
Speaker 1: clunker the other day at Dodger Stadium, I mean in

1227
01:07:33,560 --> 01:07:37,240
Speaker 1: Yankee Stadium, but um, I mean this is a guy.

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01:07:37,360 --> 01:07:40,040
Speaker 1: I mean, he was so hyped coming over from Japan.

1229
01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:44,800
Speaker 1: And how often is it that people actually live up

1230
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:46,439
Speaker 1: to the hype. And it took a couple of years

1231
01:07:46,520 --> 01:07:48,480
Speaker 1: because he has some health in this year' he had

1232
01:07:48,520 --> 01:07:52,120
Speaker 1: Tommy John surgery for one. But this guy now is

1233
01:07:52,480 --> 01:07:55,200
Speaker 1: totally living beyond living, not up to the hype, but

1234
01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:57,840
Speaker 1: beyond the hype. I mean every night he does something

1235
01:07:57,960 --> 01:08:00,480
Speaker 1: you need to see. And yeah, that's why I wrote,

1236
01:08:00,640 --> 01:08:02,920
Speaker 1: you know, long feature in the New York Times earlier

1237
01:08:02,920 --> 01:08:04,880
Speaker 1: in the summer about Otani and I don't think you

1238
01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:09,280
Speaker 1: could talk enough about this guy. Pretty incredible athlete, um

1239
01:08:09,360 --> 01:08:11,400
Speaker 1: and and he's great for the sport. I do wonder

1240
01:08:11,720 --> 01:08:14,280
Speaker 1: how much does it hurt that the Angels are kind

1241
01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:17,280
Speaker 1: of what one game under five d It looks like

1242
01:08:17,320 --> 01:08:20,280
Speaker 1: a big uphill climb to the playoffs. Like you know,

1243
01:08:20,680 --> 01:08:23,000
Speaker 1: in the NFL and the NBA, you really need your

1244
01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:25,559
Speaker 1: stars making the postseason. Do you think the same applies

1245
01:08:25,720 --> 01:08:29,679
Speaker 1: to too bijor League Baseball? I do. I think that's

1246
01:08:29,680 --> 01:08:32,720
Speaker 1: why Mike Trout. I mean, everybody knows Mike Trout. There's

1247
01:08:32,720 --> 01:08:36,120
Speaker 1: an example on Otani's own team, I mean Michel's. You know,

1248
01:08:36,240 --> 01:08:40,080
Speaker 1: since Trout's been up ineen, they've only been able to

1249
01:08:40,080 --> 01:08:43,840
Speaker 1: get him to the playoffs one time, and um, you know,

1250
01:08:43,960 --> 01:08:47,479
Speaker 1: now here here we go again with Otani. And I

1251
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:51,080
Speaker 1: think that there'd be nothing greater for MLB than if

1252
01:08:51,479 --> 01:08:54,800
Speaker 1: Mike Trout would have been a regular or at least

1253
01:08:54,920 --> 01:08:57,360
Speaker 1: made a few appearances in the month of October over

1254
01:08:57,400 --> 01:09:01,640
Speaker 1: the past years, and if Tony would make an appearance

1255
01:09:01,760 --> 01:09:06,479
Speaker 1: this year. I mean, yeah, October's when everybody starts paying attention. Yeah.

1256
01:09:06,520 --> 01:09:08,880
Speaker 1: I I also think the All Star Game could be

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Speaker 1: a great opportunity for a timey uh to showcase everything

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Speaker 1: he's got. But speaking of no postseason, my Yankees just

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01:09:16,840 --> 01:09:19,479
Speaker 1: really struggling. You're not quite the base of the Al East,

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01:09:19,479 --> 01:09:22,879
Speaker 1: because the Orioles are horrific, But I mean the Yankees

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01:09:22,880 --> 01:09:26,120
Speaker 1: are are two games above five, but I mean they're

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Speaker 1: they're behind the Blue Jays, a Red soxer seemingly running

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01:09:29,080 --> 01:09:30,680
Speaker 1: away with the division. What do we to make of

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01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:34,160
Speaker 1: the Yanks? You know, a couple of things. Jason One,

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01:09:34,320 --> 01:09:38,160
Speaker 1: it's it's a poorly constructed team. Um. And I say

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01:09:38,200 --> 01:09:41,840
Speaker 1: that in that they're just way, way too many strikeouts

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Speaker 1: in that lineup. Gian Carlos Stanton there and Judge Gary

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01:09:46,280 --> 01:09:49,439
Speaker 1: Sanchez on up and down the lineup. They. I mean,

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01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:52,960
Speaker 1: it's it's like rockham sock 'em robots. If they're either

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Speaker 1: hit a home run, you know, if they if if

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Speaker 1: they're on their game hitting home runs, okay, fine, but

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01:09:57,800 --> 01:10:02,919
Speaker 1: if they're not, Um, they they they don't put rallies

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01:10:02,960 --> 01:10:06,240
Speaker 1: together because of what I said, too many strikeouts. Also,

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01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:08,960
Speaker 1: you know, they've been a poor base running team most

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01:10:08,960 --> 01:10:13,400
Speaker 1: of the summer, and that also snuffs out rallies because

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01:10:13,560 --> 01:10:17,360
Speaker 1: on the very few occasions they get two, three, four

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Speaker 1: hits together in a row, you know, then they run

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01:10:20,280 --> 01:10:23,479
Speaker 1: into an out and and you know, I don't see

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01:10:23,560 --> 01:10:25,960
Speaker 1: a lot of hope for things to change, because then

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01:10:25,960 --> 01:10:28,559
Speaker 1: the other thing is about even if they do start

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01:10:28,600 --> 01:10:32,160
Speaker 1: to get hot, you know what I mean, We've seen

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01:10:32,200 --> 01:10:34,479
Speaker 1: it from the past three or four years, Aaron Judge

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01:10:34,520 --> 01:10:36,800
Speaker 1: will go on the injured list, or gian Carlos stan

1284
01:10:36,880 --> 01:10:38,960
Speaker 1: will go on the injured list, or something like that

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01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:42,320
Speaker 1: will happen. So I just think they're way way to

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01:10:42,600 --> 01:10:45,759
Speaker 1: one dimensional. Yeah, that doesn't bode well for their future

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01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:49,080
Speaker 1: in the National League. I gotta say, are the Giants

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01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:51,640
Speaker 1: the biggest surprise in baseball? I mean, I had I

1289
01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:53,360
Speaker 1: thought the Dodgers were going to run away with it,

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01:10:53,680 --> 01:10:55,280
Speaker 1: and here we are the you know, the Dodges are

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01:10:55,360 --> 01:10:57,960
Speaker 1: right there, but the Giants best record in baseball? Um,

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01:10:58,479 --> 01:11:02,360
Speaker 1: you know, are people to be impressed by this? Or

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01:11:02,439 --> 01:11:04,640
Speaker 1: is this like just a short term win for the

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01:11:04,680 --> 01:11:08,320
Speaker 1: Giants that can they keep this up? Yeah? I mean,

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01:11:08,400 --> 01:11:11,559
Speaker 1: you know, if we were sitting here, Jason talking at

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01:11:11,560 --> 01:11:13,519
Speaker 1: the end of April, I'd say, well, you know, it's

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01:11:13,520 --> 01:11:15,759
Speaker 1: little bit early. I'm not buying on the Giants yet,

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01:11:16,120 --> 01:11:20,120
Speaker 1: but that that we're halfway through the season. I mean,

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Speaker 1: any one game is pretty good sample size, so I

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01:11:23,240 --> 01:11:26,240
Speaker 1: don't think it's a guarantee. Yet. They did get a

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01:11:26,280 --> 01:11:29,720
Speaker 1: win last night, which was good because they lost four

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01:11:29,800 --> 01:11:32,280
Speaker 1: games in a row, and that every time a team

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01:11:32,360 --> 01:11:34,160
Speaker 1: like the Giants, because I agree with you, the biggest

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01:11:34,160 --> 01:11:38,280
Speaker 1: surprise in the National League, and every time they you know,

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01:11:38,360 --> 01:11:40,200
Speaker 1: something like that happens, to lose four in row, you're

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01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:43,640
Speaker 1: gonna naturally, I think, say, okay, is this beginning of

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01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:49,000
Speaker 1: the end. But I think generally speaking, Um, you know,

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01:11:49,160 --> 01:11:52,439
Speaker 1: they they've got Gabe Kapler is in his fourth year

1309
01:11:52,479 --> 01:11:54,800
Speaker 1: on the job, two in Philly and two in San

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01:11:54,840 --> 01:11:58,559
Speaker 1: Francisco now and fourth year general, you know, managing period.

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01:11:58,760 --> 01:12:01,040
Speaker 1: And I say that because I think he's learned some things.

1312
01:12:01,080 --> 01:12:04,000
Speaker 1: He's a lot better now. He's he's learned on the job.

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01:12:04,720 --> 01:12:08,759
Speaker 1: Um Buster, Posey, Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt, the three throwbacks

1314
01:12:08,760 --> 01:12:12,519
Speaker 1: of the World Series are having a fabulous year. I mean,

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01:12:12,560 --> 01:12:14,320
Speaker 1: they looked like they've hit the fountain of youth. They

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01:12:14,400 --> 01:12:19,719
Speaker 1: they've they've got pitching with Gossman and uh Des atop

1317
01:12:19,840 --> 01:12:23,320
Speaker 1: the rotation, and they've got the play really good defense.

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01:12:23,360 --> 01:12:25,200
Speaker 1: So I mean they're so far you know, and I

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01:12:25,200 --> 01:12:27,719
Speaker 1: didn't mention Mike Yastrimsky. You know what a great story

1320
01:12:27,800 --> 01:12:33,240
Speaker 1: that is, the grandson of Carl Um. They The thing

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01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:35,439
Speaker 1: I like that I think they can hang around and

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01:12:35,479 --> 01:12:39,479
Speaker 1: continue to do this is they've got really good pitching

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01:12:39,520 --> 01:12:41,960
Speaker 1: and defense. And you know, we were just talking about

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01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:43,920
Speaker 1: the Yankees and they have to win with the home

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01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:48,760
Speaker 1: run or too many strikeouts, whatever, where the If you've

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01:12:48,800 --> 01:12:53,599
Speaker 1: got solid pitching and solid defense, um, you know, that's

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01:12:54,240 --> 01:12:57,160
Speaker 1: pretty good start to having a chance to at least

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01:12:57,200 --> 01:12:59,639
Speaker 1: a chance to win every single night, and that's where

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01:12:59,680 --> 01:13:02,000
Speaker 1: the giant. It's all I want to I guess we

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01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:04,599
Speaker 1: could wrap up with Schwarber, who's on an absolute tear

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01:13:04,720 --> 01:13:08,120
Speaker 1: right now home one streak. It reminded me and Scott.

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01:13:08,160 --> 01:13:10,720
Speaker 1: I don't know if you remember this kid play with

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01:13:10,760 --> 01:13:13,360
Speaker 1: the Yankees in in the early nineties named Kevin Moss.

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01:13:13,960 --> 01:13:17,519
Speaker 1: Right around U one summer, I'll never forget it, he

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01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:20,760
Speaker 1: went on an unprecedented terror and I became like, I

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01:13:20,800 --> 01:13:23,000
Speaker 1: gotta get all the Kevin Moss rookie cards I can.

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01:13:23,400 --> 01:13:25,840
Speaker 1: Like right around July four, I feel like he had

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01:13:25,880 --> 01:13:28,320
Speaker 1: like seven Homer's in like five games. Something I've seen

1339
01:13:28,840 --> 01:13:32,600
Speaker 1: and what Schwarber is doing right now is almost historical.

1340
01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:36,040
Speaker 1: Can you put in perspective for us? Yeah? In fact,

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01:13:36,560 --> 01:13:39,120
Speaker 1: I absolutely remember Kevin Moss. He was going to be

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01:13:39,160 --> 01:13:41,400
Speaker 1: the next great thing in New York. Yet those matten

1343
01:13:41,400 --> 01:13:43,639
Speaker 1: ae I had all good looks. He was a dark haired,

1344
01:13:44,840 --> 01:13:49,520
Speaker 1: good memory. Absolutely. In fact, I go over to date myself.

1345
01:13:50,200 --> 01:13:53,160
Speaker 1: I was covering the Minnesota Twins a few years later

1346
01:13:53,200 --> 01:13:55,880
Speaker 1: for a paper in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Pioneer Press

1347
01:13:56,520 --> 01:13:59,720
Speaker 1: and UM when Kevin Moss finally hit the road, I

1348
01:13:59,760 --> 01:14:02,000
Speaker 1: mean hit the end of the road with the Yankees

1349
01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:04,400
Speaker 1: to where they realized all those homers that one year

1350
01:14:04,400 --> 01:14:08,560
Speaker 1: you're talking about, he's just not going to become that player. Um.

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01:14:08,600 --> 01:14:10,040
Speaker 1: I think it was a trade. I don't think they

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01:14:10,160 --> 01:14:13,439
Speaker 1: let him go, but he ended up in Minnesota. I

1353
01:14:13,720 --> 01:14:17,120
Speaker 1: actually covered Kevin Moss as he continued to try to

1354
01:14:17,640 --> 01:14:20,360
Speaker 1: piece his career together and he did not get very far.

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01:14:20,479 --> 01:14:23,439
Speaker 1: But um, you know, a year maybe with the Twins

1356
01:14:23,439 --> 01:14:28,040
Speaker 1: and that was it. Kyle Schwarber, Um, you know, it's

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01:14:28,160 --> 01:14:31,400
Speaker 1: it's cool to see too, because you know with the

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01:14:31,439 --> 01:14:34,479
Speaker 1: Cubs he was good. Excuse me, he was good with

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01:14:34,520 --> 01:14:39,000
Speaker 1: the Cubs, but you know he always played behind. Uh

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01:14:39,080 --> 01:14:41,599
Speaker 1: you know you heard of Chris Bryan and Anthony Rizzo

1361
01:14:41,880 --> 01:14:48,960
Speaker 1: and Harvey Bayez and now Schwarber's he's become a breakout guy. Now.

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01:14:50,040 --> 01:14:53,439
Speaker 1: He left last night's game, he grabbed his hamstring running

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01:14:53,479 --> 01:14:56,280
Speaker 1: to first. I hope he's not out too long. Um,

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01:14:57,000 --> 01:15:01,040
Speaker 1: it didn't look good yesterday. I mean it looked like, uh,

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01:15:01,479 --> 01:15:04,599
Speaker 1: you know that Hammy bid him pretty good. Um, but

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01:15:04,680 --> 01:15:06,880
Speaker 1: you know, to have twenty some home runs here at

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01:15:06,880 --> 01:15:09,120
Speaker 1: the All Star you know, going into the All Star break.

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01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:13,600
Speaker 1: Um and the kids obviously gained more and more confidence

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01:15:13,720 --> 01:15:17,160
Speaker 1: this year. And it's funny because I mean, you know,

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01:15:17,760 --> 01:15:20,400
Speaker 1: Bryce Harper's on that team too, and people don't even

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01:15:20,400 --> 01:15:23,320
Speaker 1: talk about him anymore. It's all that might be the

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01:15:23,320 --> 01:15:26,840
Speaker 1: greatest thing he's he's done, is I mean? And I

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01:15:26,880 --> 01:15:31,639
Speaker 1: don't say that in any negative thoughts on Bryce Harper. Um.

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01:15:31,680 --> 01:15:35,160
Speaker 1: I like Bryce Harper, but I mean, you know how

1375
01:15:35,240 --> 01:15:37,200
Speaker 1: much hype Bryce Harper's got in his whole career, and

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01:15:37,200 --> 01:15:40,000
Speaker 1: all of a sudden it's all kylesh Warber all the time. Yeah,

1377
01:15:40,160 --> 01:15:42,320
Speaker 1: you gotta wonder how he's handling that. I am also

1378
01:15:42,360 --> 01:15:44,920
Speaker 1: a Bryce Harper fan, but all right, Scott Miller, you

1379
01:15:44,920 --> 01:15:48,919
Speaker 1: can follow him on Twitter at Scott Miller BBL. Longtime

1380
01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:51,720
Speaker 1: National Baseball writer, contributes to The New York Times and

1381
01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:54,800
Speaker 1: you could pick up his book Mental Thanks a lot

1382
01:15:54,840 --> 01:15:57,800
Speaker 1: for the time this Morning's gott had a great weekend. Hey, Jason,

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01:15:57,840 --> 01:16:00,360
Speaker 1: you two, and let's stay clear of all those fireworks, yes,

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01:16:02,680 --> 01:16:07,160
Speaker 1: Vince Colvid alright, Scott, coming up next year on Fox

1385
01:16:07,240 --> 01:16:11,080
Speaker 1: Sports Radio. You listen, the summer of soccer kicks off

1386
01:16:11,120 --> 01:16:14,920
Speaker 1: again in fifteen minutes. I don't want to hear you

1387
01:16:14,960 --> 01:16:20,040
Speaker 1: guys out there disdaining soccer and orange slices and making

1388
01:16:20,040 --> 01:16:22,880
Speaker 1: your silly jokes. I mean, I have mentioned to you

1389
01:16:22,880 --> 01:16:28,519
Speaker 1: guys that soccer ratings in America top NHL ratings. Right.

1390
01:16:28,560 --> 01:16:31,639
Speaker 1: Have you seen the Stanley Cup finals ratings? They're not good.

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01:16:32,080 --> 01:16:36,720
Speaker 1: Soccer ratings are better. Summer soccer continues, Baby, that's next

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Speaker 1: year on Fox Sports Radio. Discover matches all the cash

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01:16:40,080 --> 01:16:41,600
Speaker 1: back you earn on your credit card at the end

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01:16:41,640 --> 01:16:46,320
Speaker 1: of your first year. It's amazing because discovers accepted at

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01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:49,280
Speaker 1: places in the US that take credit cards. Learn more

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01:16:49,280 --> 01:16:52,599
Speaker 1: at discover dot com slash he has one Nilson Report.

1397
01:16:52,680 --> 01:16:58,040
Speaker 1: Limitations apply. It's weird going into July. Usually right now

1398
01:16:58,040 --> 01:17:03,360
Speaker 1: we're doing NBA free agency. The season is a distant memory,

1399
01:17:03,840 --> 01:17:06,880
Speaker 1: the draft has happened, and the NBA calendar has been

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01:17:06,880 --> 01:17:10,759
Speaker 1: pushed back a month. But I'm just saying, guys, summer's soccer.

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01:17:11,240 --> 01:17:13,160
Speaker 1: I don't know how into it you are. By the way,

1402
01:17:13,320 --> 01:17:16,920
Speaker 1: have you gotten more into the Euros and Copa America? Ryan,

1403
01:17:18,040 --> 01:17:20,719
Speaker 1: you're still watching. I haven't been watching any of the games.

1404
01:17:20,720 --> 01:17:22,920
Speaker 1: I've been falling along as to what has happened. Right,

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01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:25,800
Speaker 1: So let me ask what are you watching at? Say,

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01:17:25,880 --> 01:17:30,719
Speaker 1: I don't know, eleven am Pacific on a Tuesday. Actually

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01:17:30,920 --> 01:17:36,719
Speaker 1: have the herd? I have the heard on over soccer. Interesting. Yes, huh,

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01:17:36,720 --> 01:17:39,240
Speaker 1: well that's not a bad choice obviously we've heard. Well,

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01:17:39,280 --> 01:17:42,400
Speaker 1: we are big fans of Colin. Um. What about last night?

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01:17:42,400 --> 01:17:45,600
Speaker 1: Were you watching any Copa America? Uh? No, I I

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01:17:45,640 --> 01:17:48,200
Speaker 1: did not. My My girlfriend and I watched Luca last

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01:17:48,320 --> 01:17:51,200
Speaker 1: night and it was very good. The Disney movie film,

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01:17:51,320 --> 01:17:54,040
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, my kids. Oh it's Pixar, not Disney, right,

1414
01:17:54,520 --> 01:17:58,439
Speaker 1: well technically they owned, but Pixars its own little brands.

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01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:03,240
Speaker 1: Huh have you seen that Ila Sammer? No, yeah, my

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01:18:03,320 --> 01:18:05,519
Speaker 1: kids watched it. They said it was pretty good. I

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01:18:05,560 --> 01:18:08,439
Speaker 1: did not. Um, I listen, I watched the Brazil mats

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01:18:08,520 --> 01:18:12,760
Speaker 1: last night, neymar outstanding performance. And listen Messy place tonight.

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01:18:12,840 --> 01:18:16,600
Speaker 1: I don't know where you guys are on soccer and

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01:18:16,640 --> 01:18:18,920
Speaker 1: Messy Messi has never won Copa America. I think he's

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01:18:18,960 --> 01:18:23,160
Speaker 1: over three in the final or over four. They played today.

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01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:27,320
Speaker 1: They should win. They've been rolling Brazil, probably waiting for

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01:18:27,320 --> 01:18:31,800
Speaker 1: them in the final. Um. I don't know how you

1424
01:18:31,840 --> 01:18:35,080
Speaker 1: don't like MESSI. Um, you don't, at least check him out.

1425
01:18:35,840 --> 01:18:38,479
Speaker 1: Obviously there's good soccer today, but the majority of people

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01:18:38,479 --> 01:18:42,600
Speaker 1: who are like, oh check or Republic Yeah that's a no,

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Speaker 1: that's a check please ha Ukraine, England, Ukraine. All the

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Speaker 1: weekend feeble jokes are going to be used, obviously, um,

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01:18:52,200 --> 01:18:53,880
Speaker 1: but I'm into it today, Like you know, we have

1430
01:18:53,920 --> 01:18:56,120
Speaker 1: a kind of a busy Saturday packed. By the way,

1431
01:18:56,240 --> 01:18:57,760
Speaker 1: did a first thing out here in l A. Are

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Speaker 1: you ready for this? You guys know I'm hardcore. I

1433
01:19:00,040 --> 01:19:06,080
Speaker 1: love playing basketball. Um. I had been playing outdoors, which

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01:19:06,120 --> 01:19:08,120
Speaker 1: I don't like to do because the injury risk is higher.

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01:19:08,160 --> 01:19:11,360
Speaker 1: I've been playing outdoor for a while, and now the

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Speaker 1: outdoor games hit the kids because it's summer and people travel.

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01:19:14,439 --> 01:19:17,000
Speaker 1: So I got invited to an indoor game in downtown

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01:19:17,200 --> 01:19:20,400
Speaker 1: l A, like thirty minutes from where I am. And

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01:19:20,520 --> 01:19:22,240
Speaker 1: if you know l A at all, you're like, oh,

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01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:25,599
Speaker 1: thirty minutes, it's probably a forty five minute drive and

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01:19:25,800 --> 01:19:28,680
Speaker 1: why am I doing that? But I love basketball, So

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01:19:28,720 --> 01:19:30,360
Speaker 1: I went to go. I went to a downtown l

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01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:32,600
Speaker 1: A game, got invited by this AU coach was like

1444
01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:36,760
Speaker 1: thirty years old, maybe it's seven, and I didn't really check,

1445
01:19:36,840 --> 01:19:38,400
Speaker 1: but I looked at his Instagram and a lot of

1446
01:19:38,400 --> 01:19:41,000
Speaker 1: his crew looks like they're like years old. So I

1447
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:45,000
Speaker 1: show up at this game and it's indoor, which is great.

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01:19:45,240 --> 01:19:47,639
Speaker 1: There's no a c which it was like an oven.

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01:19:48,400 --> 01:19:50,479
Speaker 1: And then I'm looking around and all the guys are

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01:19:50,479 --> 01:19:52,320
Speaker 1: like twenty five or thirty. So I asked my guy,

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01:19:52,360 --> 01:19:55,679
Speaker 1: I'm like, Mark, how will do most of these guys

1452
01:19:56,240 --> 01:20:00,320
Speaker 1: probably your age, you know, not twenty sorry, probably your

1453
01:20:00,360 --> 01:20:04,400
Speaker 1: ages or a little younger. I was like, dude, them

1454
01:20:04,439 --> 01:20:06,960
Speaker 1: over ten years older than these guys. And he's like, oh, well,

1455
01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:08,400
Speaker 1: you don't look it, and I was like, I fine,

1456
01:20:08,920 --> 01:20:11,559
Speaker 1: but here's the worst part. So when you play outdoor

1457
01:20:11,560 --> 01:20:14,280
Speaker 1: basketball with your sneakers, it wears off the tread but

1458
01:20:14,320 --> 01:20:16,879
Speaker 1: if you're outdoors it doesn't matter because outdoors not slippery.

1459
01:20:18,240 --> 01:20:23,080
Speaker 1: Try wearing treadless sneakers indoors don't work too well. So

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Speaker 1: right from the warm ups, I was like, oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: I'm in trouble because I didn't have traction. So I

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Speaker 1: had to back off as a defender. I don't want

1463
01:20:30,680 --> 01:20:32,840
Speaker 1: to get blown by, and I had to concede a

1464
01:20:32,840 --> 01:20:35,280
Speaker 1: couple of threes, which it's just frustrating, and I didn't

1465
01:20:35,320 --> 01:20:38,320
Speaker 1: play particularly well. I did hit a game winner. We

1466
01:20:38,400 --> 01:20:40,840
Speaker 1: won two and lost one, and then I was just like,

1467
01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:43,080
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm out. I went home and the

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01:20:43,160 --> 01:20:48,040
Speaker 1: first thing I did, guys, I ordered some new indoor sneakers.

1469
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Speaker 1: And you know, I don't like the brand with the

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Speaker 1: s w O O as w O s H. I

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01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:55,920
Speaker 1: don't like that brand. I just trying to avoid it.

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Speaker 1: But anytime you do any research, most comfortable basketball sneakers,

1473
01:21:00,479 --> 01:21:03,160
Speaker 1: I need high tops for the ankle support. I ended

1474
01:21:03,240 --> 01:21:07,200
Speaker 1: up having to order some s w O s w

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Speaker 1: O s H sneakers Swash s w O swoosh. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: s w O s H right double oh s h

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Speaker 1: oh gosh. I was okay, now you're right that that

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01:21:22,160 --> 01:21:24,000
Speaker 1: was a brick city bottom. I don't like to say

1479
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:25,320
Speaker 1: the brand. I don't like to buy them. I don't

1480
01:21:25,360 --> 01:21:31,240
Speaker 1: like to wear their gear. Why are you anti swash? Uh?

1481
01:21:31,280 --> 01:21:34,080
Speaker 1: I just never been a fan. Everybody else loves a swash.

1482
01:21:34,160 --> 01:21:36,200
Speaker 1: Everybody else does. I don't like to go around and

1483
01:21:36,240 --> 01:21:39,120
Speaker 1: wear the sneakers with the swoosh on and advertise for them.

1484
01:21:39,120 --> 01:21:41,679
Speaker 1: It's free advertising for them. They don't need mine million

1485
01:21:41,720 --> 01:21:45,920
Speaker 1: dollar company. Um. Not a fan is the swashes, advertising

1486
01:21:46,040 --> 01:21:53,880
Speaker 1: slogan just dett oh boy as w double o s ahs.

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Speaker 1: Coming up next final hour soccer, basketball, maybe football, maybe movies.

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01:21:58,800 --> 01:22:01,599
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1489
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Speaker 1: Sports Radio high noon on the East Coast, Ladies and

1494
01:22:19,880 --> 01:22:23,960
Speaker 1: Gentlemen nine am out West. We got check and the

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01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:28,000
Speaker 1: Denmark national teams on in the Euro quarter final on

1496
01:22:28,040 --> 01:22:30,320
Speaker 1: here in the studio. We got some ribbled in action,

1497
01:22:30,840 --> 01:22:34,679
Speaker 1: one of the Matrix movies, and the worst uh Indiana

1498
01:22:34,760 --> 01:22:39,439
Speaker 1: Jones movie is on as well. Hope everybody is having

1499
01:22:39,600 --> 01:22:44,599
Speaker 1: a great July fourth weekend. We are efforting a surprise

1500
01:22:44,680 --> 01:22:46,640
Speaker 1: guest for you here in the next five minutes if

1501
01:22:46,640 --> 01:22:49,800
Speaker 1: we can get them on the horn. UM in the interim,

1502
01:22:50,200 --> 01:22:52,040
Speaker 1: I always Sam. I did not get a chance. We

1503
01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:54,920
Speaker 1: talked at length about name image likeness in the first

1504
01:22:54,920 --> 01:22:56,559
Speaker 1: hour of the show. We did not get a chance

1505
01:22:56,600 --> 01:23:00,879
Speaker 1: to ask you our io resident, our Big Tent, Big

1506
01:23:01,000 --> 01:23:04,679
Speaker 1: ten and Big twelve correspondent. Thank you, um as your

1507
01:23:04,720 --> 01:23:08,000
Speaker 1: thoughts on the name, image and likeness. UM big, big

1508
01:23:08,080 --> 01:23:10,720
Speaker 1: decision this week starting July one. I think it's I

1509
01:23:10,720 --> 01:23:13,240
Speaker 1: think it's a good thing. It's gonna have some some

1510
01:23:13,320 --> 01:23:15,679
Speaker 1: messy endings or not, you know what I mean, like messy.

1511
01:23:15,880 --> 01:23:18,680
Speaker 1: Uh So there's some some loose ends to tie up

1512
01:23:18,720 --> 01:23:22,720
Speaker 1: in terms of legislation. That's why UM Iowa actually has

1513
01:23:22,840 --> 01:23:25,559
Speaker 1: kind of launched their own program where they're going to

1514
01:23:25,640 --> 01:23:27,920
Speaker 1: use another company to try and stay in compliance with

1515
01:23:27,920 --> 01:23:30,800
Speaker 1: the n c a A with regards to projects that

1516
01:23:31,520 --> 01:23:34,639
Speaker 1: generate money for student athletes. So that's gonna be interesting,

1517
01:23:34,720 --> 01:23:37,680
Speaker 1: trying to stay like what's okay, what's not? I think

1518
01:23:37,720 --> 01:23:40,960
Speaker 1: that'll be interesting. UM. But I've always I always had

1519
01:23:41,000 --> 01:23:43,040
Speaker 1: an issue with the student athletes and ability to have

1520
01:23:43,120 --> 01:23:46,000
Speaker 1: a job. So I like the fact that now they

1521
01:23:46,040 --> 01:23:48,040
Speaker 1: can make some money. I don't think everybody on the

1522
01:23:48,120 --> 01:23:51,280
Speaker 1: roster of of a certain team is going to make cash,

1523
01:23:51,320 --> 01:23:54,880
Speaker 1: but it's definitely as long as it doesn't distract them

1524
01:23:54,920 --> 01:23:57,400
Speaker 1: from their ultimate goal, which is to be there to

1525
01:23:57,479 --> 01:24:02,080
Speaker 1: improve their athletic and academic career, I have no problem

1526
01:24:02,080 --> 01:24:04,720
Speaker 1: with it. Yeah, the balance striking that ballot will be

1527
01:24:04,760 --> 01:24:06,600
Speaker 1: a challenge, and it's going to add more stress to

1528
01:24:06,640 --> 01:24:08,320
Speaker 1: their lives. They're gonna have to be like, oh, well,

1529
01:24:08,360 --> 01:24:12,200
Speaker 1: how's my how many uh, how many Instagram hits have

1530
01:24:12,240 --> 01:24:13,840
Speaker 1: I gotten? Or I don't I'm not on Instagram, but

1531
01:24:14,080 --> 01:24:16,880
Speaker 1: you're not on Instagram? Like how many impressions have I

1532
01:24:16,920 --> 01:24:21,479
Speaker 1: made on snap face or what? You know? So more

1533
01:24:21,600 --> 01:24:25,240
Speaker 1: to monitor, more to uh have to manage, right, But

1534
01:24:25,400 --> 01:24:29,160
Speaker 1: it's also probably like if you think about how you

1535
01:24:29,200 --> 01:24:31,960
Speaker 1: spent your time in college other than chasing girls around,

1536
01:24:32,479 --> 01:24:35,680
Speaker 1: hitting the gym and then drinking and playing video games, Like,

1537
01:24:36,560 --> 01:24:38,880
Speaker 1: at what point do you realize, Okay, I've got to

1538
01:24:38,880 --> 01:24:40,840
Speaker 1: manage my time better. I think it's gonna help guys

1539
01:24:40,880 --> 01:24:43,920
Speaker 1: grow up pretty quickly. Like, wait a second, I've got

1540
01:24:43,960 --> 01:24:48,280
Speaker 1: twenty five thousand followers on TikTok and twenty thousand on Instagram.

1541
01:24:48,320 --> 01:24:51,559
Speaker 1: I can monetize that. You mean instead of me sitting

1542
01:24:51,560 --> 01:24:56,920
Speaker 1: here playing UM two K or League of Legends or

1543
01:24:57,000 --> 01:24:59,280
Speaker 1: I don't know whatever the video games are, Like, you

1544
01:24:59,320 --> 01:25:01,439
Speaker 1: can make money. Like I think this is going to

1545
01:25:01,520 --> 01:25:04,240
Speaker 1: help college kids immensely. But we did bring in, we

1546
01:25:04,320 --> 01:25:08,559
Speaker 1: got our guests. We have him. Yes, he is a friend.

1547
01:25:08,600 --> 01:25:10,880
Speaker 1: He's a neighbor. I've seen him at the grocery store.

1548
01:25:11,280 --> 01:25:14,519
Speaker 1: He is a soccer man through and through. He is

1549
01:25:14,600 --> 01:25:18,479
Speaker 1: Rob Stone, Rob FS one, he covers. He's a host

1550
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:22,840
Speaker 1: for Fox Soccer. Uh college football? Rob, how are you men? Good?

1551
01:25:22,880 --> 01:25:25,280
Speaker 1: Good morning? How are we doing? I'm excellent. I got

1552
01:25:25,360 --> 01:25:28,519
Speaker 1: check in Denmark on the TV. I watched a little

1553
01:25:28,600 --> 01:25:31,840
Speaker 1: Brazil last night. Rob, you are a big soccer guy.

1554
01:25:31,960 --> 01:25:33,920
Speaker 1: Is this the summer of soccer? The Gold Cup hasn't

1555
01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:36,960
Speaker 1: even really started, um, and soccer is everywhere? How much

1556
01:25:37,040 --> 01:25:41,040
Speaker 1: you love in this? Oh, it's good, It's beyond good.

1557
01:25:42,880 --> 01:25:46,480
Speaker 1: How much the sport has evolved, Uh, in American consciousness,

1558
01:25:46,720 --> 01:25:50,080
Speaker 1: and and that there is a demand for people get

1559
01:25:50,800 --> 01:25:53,000
Speaker 1: asking for it and the jones and when there isn't

1560
01:25:53,040 --> 01:25:54,840
Speaker 1: a game, you know, when there's an off day, you

1561
01:25:54,880 --> 01:25:57,000
Speaker 1: know tomorrow, if there's an off day from the COPA,

1562
01:25:57,040 --> 01:25:58,479
Speaker 1: people be like, hey, I need a game. You know,

1563
01:25:58,479 --> 01:26:01,640
Speaker 1: where's my game? So that that's just because as you know,

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01:26:01,720 --> 01:26:05,439
Speaker 1: that certainly wasn't the case, um, really just I mean

1565
01:26:05,520 --> 01:26:07,639
Speaker 1: less than the generation ago. I mean we're talking probably

1566
01:26:07,720 --> 01:26:09,519
Speaker 1: you know, ten and twelve years ago that that wasn't

1567
01:26:09,560 --> 01:26:14,040
Speaker 1: fully the case. And now I think we've grown accustomed

1568
01:26:14,040 --> 01:26:16,240
Speaker 1: to these summer soccer tournaments, whether it's the World Cup

1569
01:26:16,360 --> 01:26:20,040
Speaker 1: or the Euros or the Gold Cup or um Copa America,

1570
01:26:20,080 --> 01:26:21,800
Speaker 1: and people want it, you know, they want that summer view,

1571
01:26:21,880 --> 01:26:25,519
Speaker 1: and they want that nationalistic pride and they want the sport. Yeah.

1572
01:26:25,560 --> 01:26:27,200
Speaker 1: And now we see Denmark on the board with the

1573
01:26:27,240 --> 01:26:30,160
Speaker 1: head or just five minutes in. Wow, Denmark taking the

1574
01:26:30,240 --> 01:26:32,519
Speaker 1: early lead. What a story they've been. I want to

1575
01:26:32,520 --> 01:26:34,439
Speaker 1: start with England and we'll get to Copa America, will

1576
01:26:34,479 --> 01:26:37,080
Speaker 1: get the US, but I do I would like to

1577
01:26:37,120 --> 01:26:40,280
Speaker 1: start rob with this England national team story. We know

1578
01:26:40,320 --> 01:26:43,720
Speaker 1: about their historic failures and um we can go back

1579
01:26:43,760 --> 01:26:46,800
Speaker 1: to Beckham at the World Cup with the red card, um.

1580
01:26:46,840 --> 01:26:50,719
Speaker 1: But right now they've seemed to galvanize everybody. Um. Obviously

1581
01:26:50,720 --> 01:26:53,360
Speaker 1: they have a big game today against Ukraine. Just your

1582
01:26:53,360 --> 01:26:56,840
Speaker 1: thoughts on the England national team and the interest you've

1583
01:26:56,880 --> 01:27:00,280
Speaker 1: seen from soccer fans here about it. Yeah. I think

1584
01:27:00,360 --> 01:27:03,400
Speaker 1: has happened is there's been a conversation change and whether

1585
01:27:03,560 --> 01:27:05,599
Speaker 1: it's with the men's or with the women's program, because

1586
01:27:05,600 --> 01:27:07,639
Speaker 1: frankly we saw it as well with the women's team

1587
01:27:08,200 --> 01:27:10,880
Speaker 1: uh at the people Women's World Cup. Is that the

1588
01:27:10,920 --> 01:27:14,439
Speaker 1: general conversation out there would be driven by the president

1589
01:27:14,479 --> 01:27:16,599
Speaker 1: would be negative, and it would be looking for stories,

1590
01:27:16,640 --> 01:27:19,360
Speaker 1: and it would be looking to disrupt this team. Something

1591
01:27:19,520 --> 01:27:21,880
Speaker 1: changed over the last couple of years. And I'm always

1592
01:27:21,880 --> 01:27:26,400
Speaker 1: talking like three years or so, where the public and

1593
01:27:26,439 --> 01:27:28,519
Speaker 1: I think also the press, I've said, why why are

1594
01:27:28,560 --> 01:27:31,840
Speaker 1: we always turning on them? Let's embrace them, let's love them,

1595
01:27:31,920 --> 01:27:34,880
Speaker 1: And I think it gives them a freer sense to play,

1596
01:27:35,680 --> 01:27:38,840
Speaker 1: more enjoyment, and certainly less stressed that they're going to,

1597
01:27:39,200 --> 01:27:41,519
Speaker 1: you know, let the nation down. Instead they're going to

1598
01:27:41,600 --> 01:27:44,479
Speaker 1: list the nation up. Yeah, the negativity has been very

1599
01:27:44,520 --> 01:27:47,800
Speaker 1: pervasive with this team forever, and listen, you could say

1600
01:27:47,840 --> 01:27:49,439
Speaker 1: the same about the U S national team. I mean

1601
01:27:49,479 --> 01:27:52,599
Speaker 1: between the no Olympics and the no World Cup, like

1602
01:27:53,200 --> 01:27:55,679
Speaker 1: everybody's been down on them. But I mean, rob let's

1603
01:27:55,720 --> 01:27:59,320
Speaker 1: be let's be optimistic. UM two thousand twenty two could

1604
01:27:59,320 --> 01:28:02,280
Speaker 1: be incredible for the U S national team. If what

1605
01:28:02,320 --> 01:28:04,160
Speaker 1: we've seen here in the last i don't know, six

1606
01:28:04,200 --> 01:28:07,320
Speaker 1: months UM is a sign of things to come. I'm

1607
01:28:07,360 --> 01:28:09,519
Speaker 1: pretty optimistic about the U S national team now. I

1608
01:28:09,520 --> 01:28:11,479
Speaker 1: know we don't have the a team at the Gold Cup,

1609
01:28:11,960 --> 01:28:15,120
Speaker 1: but overall, I think what's happening right now with US

1610
01:28:15,160 --> 01:28:17,920
Speaker 1: soccer is incredible. And I know we've we've been saying

1611
01:28:17,960 --> 01:28:21,280
Speaker 1: this for probably twenty thirty years, but things are looking

1612
01:28:21,439 --> 01:28:24,920
Speaker 1: up up up for US soccer, are they not. That's

1613
01:28:24,920 --> 01:28:27,519
Speaker 1: on the men's side, right the women's side, it's already up.

1614
01:28:27,680 --> 01:28:31,280
Speaker 1: We know that. Yeah, women's side right right there, l

1615
01:28:31,400 --> 01:28:34,920
Speaker 1: f G seven. So there there where they need to be,

1616
01:28:35,120 --> 01:28:36,960
Speaker 1: and they're heading off to Olypically. We got one more

1617
01:28:37,000 --> 01:28:40,040
Speaker 1: game before uh they head off there and begin to

1618
01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:42,800
Speaker 1: show their their next stage of dominance. But for the men,

1619
01:28:42,840 --> 01:28:45,760
Speaker 1: you're you're absolutely right. I wouldn't say, you know, the

1620
01:28:45,800 --> 01:28:50,080
Speaker 1: press was negative as in comparison to what England was

1621
01:28:50,120 --> 01:28:53,439
Speaker 1: because there was just in different Nobody really cared. It

1622
01:28:53,479 --> 01:28:55,800
Speaker 1: was more sort of like this is the facts, and

1623
01:28:55,840 --> 01:28:58,000
Speaker 1: this is really depressing and it's a bummer and it's

1624
01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:01,160
Speaker 1: a twenty four hour news cycle and then you're gone.

1625
01:29:01,880 --> 01:29:04,519
Speaker 1: You're gone, and you are not heard from for weeks

1626
01:29:04,680 --> 01:29:07,439
Speaker 1: or months or years. Um, there was apathy with the

1627
01:29:07,439 --> 01:29:10,840
Speaker 1: fan base. Um, it just had no motion with it,

1628
01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:14,000
Speaker 1: nothing at all. And um, you know these young kids

1629
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:17,240
Speaker 1: coming in and these young kids getting getting jobs at

1630
01:29:17,280 --> 01:29:21,120
Speaker 1: at clubs overseas that you know, right, like, oh, I

1631
01:29:21,160 --> 01:29:23,680
Speaker 1: know what Chelsea is. Oh, I've heard of just it's

1632
01:29:23,720 --> 01:29:26,479
Speaker 1: not like some you know, third club, um, you know

1633
01:29:26,560 --> 01:29:29,000
Speaker 1: in Serbia where you're like, I guess that's good. I

1634
01:29:29,000 --> 01:29:31,320
Speaker 1: have no idea. Would would you probably be better here

1635
01:29:31,360 --> 01:29:34,599
Speaker 1: in MLS? Yeah? Probably? But now, um, these talents are

1636
01:29:34,720 --> 01:29:38,400
Speaker 1: are are taking taking their show to big, big venues,

1637
01:29:38,439 --> 01:29:41,040
Speaker 1: if you will, um, and they're succeeding and and they're

1638
01:29:41,080 --> 01:29:44,960
Speaker 1: gaining the trust of I think they're gaining the trust

1639
01:29:44,960 --> 01:29:46,760
Speaker 1: of European soccer. And I think that's the big thing

1640
01:29:46,840 --> 01:29:49,599
Speaker 1: that no one's really hitting on, is that these players

1641
01:29:49,640 --> 01:29:52,360
Speaker 1: have somehow been able to push the narrative over that

1642
01:29:52,479 --> 01:29:56,439
Speaker 1: last hurdle where it's no longer uh. Kind of a fun,

1643
01:29:56,640 --> 01:29:59,240
Speaker 1: little creative pr thing to have an American like, oh,

1644
01:29:59,320 --> 01:30:01,800
Speaker 1: isn't that sweet? Have an American on their team and

1645
01:30:01,800 --> 01:30:03,880
Speaker 1: we'll cheer for them, and he'll you know, he'll be

1646
01:30:04,160 --> 01:30:07,360
Speaker 1: Captain America. We'll call whoever it is, Captain Americas. Well, well,

1647
01:30:07,400 --> 01:30:08,960
Speaker 1: guess what you know? Now these guys are are more

1648
01:30:08,960 --> 01:30:11,200
Speaker 1: than his captain, mean, their contributors, their players. There are

1649
01:30:11,240 --> 01:30:14,640
Speaker 1: guys who who are um constantly in the eleven or

1650
01:30:14,720 --> 01:30:16,680
Speaker 1: fighting from the eleven, or a great guy coming off

1651
01:30:16,680 --> 01:30:19,120
Speaker 1: the bench, and I think there's this narrative now that

1652
01:30:19,320 --> 01:30:21,479
Speaker 1: oh wait a second, these dudes can do it, they're

1653
01:30:21,560 --> 01:30:24,559
Speaker 1: legit and we need to go find more. So we

1654
01:30:24,640 --> 01:30:29,240
Speaker 1: are seeing, almost on a continuous cycle, um, the rumors

1655
01:30:29,280 --> 01:30:31,760
Speaker 1: of of you know, certain players being scouted and certain

1656
01:30:31,760 --> 01:30:34,879
Speaker 1: clubs in Germany or Spain or Italy or England and Germany,

1657
01:30:35,040 --> 01:30:36,960
Speaker 1: you know, coming after these guys and wanting to give

1658
01:30:37,040 --> 01:30:38,960
Speaker 1: them a bit, and you know, and then these numbers

1659
01:30:39,080 --> 01:30:41,240
Speaker 1: are legit numbers. It's not like, hey, you know, we're

1660
01:30:41,240 --> 01:30:43,559
Speaker 1: going to give you a six pack of coke and

1661
01:30:43,640 --> 01:30:46,759
Speaker 1: some burritos for this guy. I mean, these are million

1662
01:30:46,840 --> 01:30:50,080
Speaker 1: million dollar moves, which in turn is helping our domestically

1663
01:30:50,240 --> 01:30:52,880
Speaker 1: major league soccer continue to grow. Yeah. Is the word

1664
01:30:52,920 --> 01:30:57,759
Speaker 1: respect applicable here? I mean, I know the US national team,

1665
01:30:58,080 --> 01:31:00,360
Speaker 1: the men's side, you know, they don't have the respect

1666
01:31:00,360 --> 01:31:02,480
Speaker 1: given the Olympics and the World Cup, but the players

1667
01:31:02,520 --> 01:31:07,439
Speaker 1: have garnered respect. Is that fair? Absolutely? Absolutely? Yeah, They've

1668
01:31:07,439 --> 01:31:10,200
Speaker 1: They've done it. It hasn't been a pr campaign by

1669
01:31:10,640 --> 01:31:14,120
Speaker 1: US Soccer. It's been the players proving it on the

1670
01:31:14,160 --> 01:31:16,439
Speaker 1: field and and proving it to you know, people like

1671
01:31:16,479 --> 01:31:18,519
Speaker 1: you and me in the media as well, where we

1672
01:31:18,600 --> 01:31:21,599
Speaker 1: certainly are optimistic, we certainly are hyped for the future

1673
01:31:21,600 --> 01:31:23,120
Speaker 1: of the U S mens national team. And and it

1674
01:31:23,160 --> 01:31:25,200
Speaker 1: starts later this month with the Gold Cup. And yeah,

1675
01:31:25,600 --> 01:31:27,200
Speaker 1: you know, people are gonna say it's not the A team.

1676
01:31:27,240 --> 01:31:29,080
Speaker 1: I get it, But there are going to be players

1677
01:31:29,080 --> 01:31:31,600
Speaker 1: on this US Gold Cup team that will start and

1678
01:31:31,600 --> 01:31:35,599
Speaker 1: will contribute massively for World Cup qualifying later this year.

1679
01:31:35,680 --> 01:31:39,200
Speaker 1: And we'll start and contribute massively for the World Cup team.

1680
01:31:41,320 --> 01:31:43,719
Speaker 1: We'll get out of here on this Coppa America tonight.

1681
01:31:44,280 --> 01:31:48,320
Speaker 1: Messy uh takes the field. We know historically he's really

1682
01:31:48,320 --> 01:31:50,519
Speaker 1: struggled in Copa America in the finals, Like I think

1683
01:31:50,560 --> 01:31:53,160
Speaker 1: he's over three or o for four, but um, I

1684
01:31:53,200 --> 01:31:55,240
Speaker 1: don't know, just it feels like it's got to be

1685
01:31:55,320 --> 01:31:58,080
Speaker 1: his time, right, I mean, I'm rooting for the guy, like,

1686
01:31:58,120 --> 01:32:01,520
Speaker 1: I don't know how you can't. But whatever reason, with Argentina,

1687
01:32:01,600 --> 01:32:05,040
Speaker 1: they always seem to fall short. Um any thoughts. As

1688
01:32:05,080 --> 01:32:07,720
Speaker 1: Messy heads into Copa America, I think a lot a

1689
01:32:07,760 --> 01:32:09,800
Speaker 1: lot of people are now rooting for Messy more than

1690
01:32:09,840 --> 01:32:11,599
Speaker 1: they had the fat in the past. Yes, they always

1691
01:32:11,600 --> 01:32:13,880
Speaker 1: respected him and admired him as a player. What he

1692
01:32:13,960 --> 01:32:16,920
Speaker 1: did and the wow factors off the charts. But when

1693
01:32:16,920 --> 01:32:20,200
Speaker 1: you've when you've lost that many times, you start feeling

1694
01:32:20,200 --> 01:32:22,320
Speaker 1: that that sympathetic wedge for him, and you know it's

1695
01:32:22,400 --> 01:32:24,680
Speaker 1: kind of Buffalo Bills, right like, yeah, that's kind We

1696
01:32:24,800 --> 01:32:26,840
Speaker 1: just need to make the field goal and and win

1697
01:32:27,040 --> 01:32:30,400
Speaker 1: and celebrate and and for him to do it in Brazil, Um,

1698
01:32:30,439 --> 01:32:32,559
Speaker 1: I think kind of amplifies it as well. But you know,

1699
01:32:32,720 --> 01:32:35,800
Speaker 1: these tournaments are wacky. You know, Brazil had had to

1700
01:32:35,800 --> 01:32:37,599
Speaker 1: get a goal from the sub and then hold on

1701
01:32:37,680 --> 01:32:39,799
Speaker 1: with a man down for a majority of the second

1702
01:32:39,800 --> 01:32:42,640
Speaker 1: half yesterday. Um, and and the game prior to that,

1703
01:32:42,680 --> 01:32:44,320
Speaker 1: you know, when to penalty kicks in a you know,

1704
01:32:44,439 --> 01:32:47,360
Speaker 1: six goals to red cards, six rounds a penalty. So

1705
01:32:47,600 --> 01:32:49,680
Speaker 1: the Copa America, you know, I know it hasn't been

1706
01:32:49,680 --> 01:32:52,600
Speaker 1: getting uh the amount of attention that the Euros have,

1707
01:32:52,960 --> 01:32:55,679
Speaker 1: and I understand it, but boy, it has been entertaining.

1708
01:32:55,680 --> 01:32:58,200
Speaker 1: In two more quarterfinals today, we're looking forward to it. Yeah,

1709
01:32:58,240 --> 01:33:00,800
Speaker 1: I love Copa. Check it out on FS one. He

1710
01:33:00,920 --> 01:33:02,720
Speaker 1: is Rob Stone. You can follow him on Twitter at

1711
01:33:02,800 --> 01:33:06,720
Speaker 1: rob Stone on Fox host Fox Soccer, He's everywhere. Rob Hey,

1712
01:33:06,720 --> 01:33:08,720
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time this morning and enjoy the

1713
01:33:08,720 --> 01:33:11,439
Speaker 1: games tonight. You're welcome, happy for it, all right. That

1714
01:33:11,520 --> 01:33:14,599
Speaker 1: was Rob Stone over at Fox. Yeah, I've bumped into

1715
01:33:14,640 --> 01:33:17,599
Speaker 1: him in the grocery store. Super nice guy, really knows

1716
01:33:17,640 --> 01:33:21,400
Speaker 1: his soccer. Works with Alexei Lawless and Uh, it's always

1717
01:33:21,400 --> 01:33:23,559
Speaker 1: good to get a soccer guest. Thank you Ryan for

1718
01:33:23,640 --> 01:33:27,400
Speaker 1: making that happen. Um, he does Fox College football. Yes,

1719
01:33:27,439 --> 01:33:30,479
Speaker 1: I was Sam, that is correct, Um, And I I'm

1720
01:33:30,560 --> 01:33:33,960
Speaker 1: curious like you. We got people driving around Saturday morning,

1721
01:33:34,000 --> 01:33:37,000
Speaker 1: July fourth weekend, probably getting coffee, getting donuts, and I

1722
01:33:37,080 --> 01:33:41,599
Speaker 1: want I'm just curious where they are now hearing guests

1723
01:33:41,720 --> 01:33:45,200
Speaker 1: talk about soccer, like I I can imagine there of

1724
01:33:45,360 --> 01:33:51,120
Speaker 1: all the Fox, ESPN, CBS, NBC, whatever shows are out there.

1725
01:33:51,160 --> 01:33:54,280
Speaker 1: I'm very curious how many had a soccer guest this week.

1726
01:33:55,600 --> 01:33:58,920
Speaker 1: I'm very curious as I watched Denmark nearly score a

1727
01:33:59,040 --> 01:34:02,240
Speaker 1: second goal. Uh clear off the line by a Czech defender.

1728
01:34:02,439 --> 01:34:05,280
Speaker 1: This game is crazy in the first twelve minutes. Um,

1729
01:34:05,960 --> 01:34:07,920
Speaker 1: soccer is just fun to me, guys, can I can

1730
01:34:07,960 --> 01:34:13,640
Speaker 1: I admit something. We have FIFA the video game, and

1731
01:34:13,680 --> 01:34:16,040
Speaker 1: you know, my kids play it sometimes and it helps

1732
01:34:16,080 --> 01:34:18,240
Speaker 1: them understand soccer a little bit. I think my daughter

1733
01:34:18,280 --> 01:34:20,920
Speaker 1: is ready to try out for club UM. She had

1734
01:34:21,120 --> 01:34:25,400
Speaker 1: a really good season UM in the local league. And

1735
01:34:26,120 --> 01:34:31,200
Speaker 1: I started career, you know, in FIFA, and I was

1736
01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:34,639
Speaker 1: the team that we bought nick Coxa in Lega MX.

1737
01:34:35,320 --> 01:34:37,799
Speaker 1: And you know, I've gotten enough to play the computer

1738
01:34:37,920 --> 01:34:40,400
Speaker 1: when I'm a good team on the legendary level. But

1739
01:34:41,880 --> 01:34:43,560
Speaker 1: in this league, I tried one game a legendary I

1740
01:34:43,600 --> 01:34:45,200
Speaker 1: got smoke like five one. I'm like, let me go

1741
01:34:45,280 --> 01:34:47,680
Speaker 1: down a couple of notes. But it's so good and

1742
01:34:47,680 --> 01:34:49,760
Speaker 1: fun and you can play the quick twelve minute matches

1743
01:34:49,760 --> 01:34:53,800
Speaker 1: where it's six minute halfs and guys, I mean when

1744
01:34:53,840 --> 01:34:55,960
Speaker 1: I have a window where I don't have work to do,

1745
01:34:56,880 --> 01:34:59,000
Speaker 1: or there's not soccer on TV, or there's not an

1746
01:34:59,080 --> 01:35:00,920
Speaker 1: NBA playoff game, or my kids are at camp, and

1747
01:35:00,960 --> 01:35:02,680
Speaker 1: I've got like a window and I'm not working out

1748
01:35:02,720 --> 01:35:05,000
Speaker 1: or playing sports, I'm get banging out a couple of

1749
01:35:05,160 --> 01:35:07,040
Speaker 1: Viva games. I mean, you could do like three games

1750
01:35:07,120 --> 01:35:10,240
Speaker 1: quickly in like forty five minutes, and and I've made

1751
01:35:10,240 --> 01:35:13,080
Speaker 1: the semifinals, and I get really nerdy, like I'm way

1752
01:35:13,080 --> 01:35:14,720
Speaker 1: into soccer right now, and I'm sure there's a lot

1753
01:35:14,760 --> 01:35:16,559
Speaker 1: of people who aren't and I get that that's cool.

1754
01:35:16,960 --> 01:35:19,840
Speaker 1: You know, some people are into college baseball. I don't

1755
01:35:19,920 --> 01:35:24,160
Speaker 1: understand how college baseball is happening July fourth weekend. How

1756
01:35:24,280 --> 01:35:27,280
Speaker 1: is that happening? There's like college Baseball World Series. Is

1757
01:35:27,280 --> 01:35:32,160
Speaker 1: it not happening? It's done Mississippi State one? Okay? How

1758
01:35:32,200 --> 01:35:35,360
Speaker 1: are they playing college baseball in July? School is out

1759
01:35:35,400 --> 01:35:38,360
Speaker 1: in May. I never understood that at any rate. Um

1760
01:35:38,400 --> 01:35:41,680
Speaker 1: college baseball. Hey, if that's your thing, that's cool. Um

1761
01:35:42,200 --> 01:35:45,840
Speaker 1: Isaac keeps talking about the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, Ia, Sam,

1762
01:35:45,880 --> 01:35:51,120
Speaker 1: can you name two players on the Lightning? Uh? Ryan?

1763
01:35:51,160 --> 01:35:53,679
Speaker 1: Without Google? It's a dud though it's gonna be a sweep.

1764
01:35:54,280 --> 01:35:56,280
Speaker 1: I've been following it. Who are they? Who are they playing?

1765
01:35:57,000 --> 01:36:00,599
Speaker 1: The Canadians Montreal Canadian? Yeah, but it's so they went

1766
01:36:00,640 --> 01:36:02,519
Speaker 1: to finally went to Montreal last night and they only

1767
01:36:02,560 --> 01:36:05,800
Speaker 1: let in thirty fans, and then is still getting hit

1768
01:36:05,800 --> 01:36:07,519
Speaker 1: by COVID. Huh. Well, I don't think they have as

1769
01:36:07,600 --> 01:36:10,840
Speaker 1: quite as much vaccine distribution, so they're they're taking a

1770
01:36:10,880 --> 01:36:14,040
Speaker 1: precautionary route, you know, with the only letting in thirty fans.

1771
01:36:14,080 --> 01:36:15,479
Speaker 1: But I think at Tampa Bay they let in I

1772
01:36:15,520 --> 01:36:18,960
Speaker 1: think they have like a eighteen or nineteen thousand fan capacity,

1773
01:36:19,040 --> 01:36:23,240
Speaker 1: so huge. Tampa Bay is already a better hockey team. Warda,

1774
01:36:24,080 --> 01:36:29,080
Speaker 1: there you go and get champ Champa Bay last year.

1775
01:36:29,200 --> 01:36:31,400
Speaker 1: They want it last year and then the Bucks. So hey,

1776
01:36:31,479 --> 01:36:36,559
Speaker 1: Champa Bay. How about that title town? Yeah, imagine title

1777
01:36:36,640 --> 01:36:40,040
Speaker 1: town in hockey is Tampa where it is never below

1778
01:36:40,080 --> 01:36:42,760
Speaker 1: Like the Canadians are already outmatched, and then for them

1779
01:36:42,840 --> 01:36:44,160
Speaker 1: to go home and only be able to play in

1780
01:36:44,200 --> 01:36:47,439
Speaker 1: front front of thirty fans, They're at a disadvantage. So

1781
01:36:47,479 --> 01:36:49,120
Speaker 1: this is going to be a sweep, which is terrible

1782
01:36:49,160 --> 01:36:51,840
Speaker 1: for you know ratings, I mean, listen NBA ratings. I

1783
01:36:51,840 --> 01:36:54,679
Speaker 1: haven't looked at them. I'm sure they're not good. Coming

1784
01:36:54,760 --> 01:36:56,920
Speaker 1: up next to your on Fox Sports, well, actually we

1785
01:36:56,960 --> 01:36:58,960
Speaker 1: have a good guest covering the Phoenix Suns coming up

1786
01:36:59,280 --> 01:37:02,640
Speaker 1: in a little it um. But I'm curious about your

1787
01:37:02,640 --> 01:37:06,519
Speaker 1: summer plans, guys, were what are we doing? Like things

1788
01:37:06,520 --> 01:37:08,840
Speaker 1: are open up, like you can you have to wear

1789
01:37:08,840 --> 01:37:11,719
Speaker 1: a mask on a flight, but by and large, anywhere

1790
01:37:11,720 --> 01:37:14,320
Speaker 1: you go to America right now, it's like enjoy it.

1791
01:37:14,400 --> 01:37:16,920
Speaker 1: Like I'm I'm out and about I'm outside. I started

1792
01:37:17,160 --> 01:37:19,120
Speaker 1: playing a little more tennis I'm gonna enter a tennis

1793
01:37:19,160 --> 01:37:22,280
Speaker 1: tournament later this summer. I made the semifinals the last

1794
01:37:22,280 --> 01:37:25,040
Speaker 1: time the tournament happened. And you know, I'm riding high,

1795
01:37:25,040 --> 01:37:27,120
Speaker 1: dominating tennis this summer, and all of a sudden, like

1796
01:37:27,200 --> 01:37:29,720
Speaker 1: I played twice this week off the vacation. You know,

1797
01:37:29,760 --> 01:37:31,920
Speaker 1: you come back from Hawaii eating like a king, eating

1798
01:37:31,960 --> 01:37:35,000
Speaker 1: dessert every night, and I did not play well in tennis.

1799
01:37:35,000 --> 01:37:37,160
Speaker 1: So I've got some work to do um ahead of

1800
01:37:37,160 --> 01:37:39,400
Speaker 1: the tournament, but I know you don't care. So coming up,

1801
01:37:39,400 --> 01:37:40,920
Speaker 1: I guess we'll go back to the NBA, maybe take

1802
01:37:40,920 --> 01:37:43,679
Speaker 1: a look at the NFL, maybe baseball soccer. I don't know.

1803
01:37:44,080 --> 01:37:46,800
Speaker 1: Maybe Wimbledon't no, not Wimbledon. That's next year on Fox

1804
01:37:46,800 --> 01:37:50,080
Speaker 1: Sports Radio. I don't even know if Ryan was born

1805
01:37:50,160 --> 01:37:52,120
Speaker 1: when this song came out. Do you know this song? Ryan?

1806
01:37:54,160 --> 01:38:01,679
Speaker 1: Great song? My mind is playing tricks on me, ghetto boys,

1807
01:38:01,800 --> 01:38:04,960
Speaker 1: I was Sam. It's like you read my mind, dude, impressive.

1808
01:38:05,000 --> 01:38:09,160
Speaker 1: I love this song, very angry vibe to it. Good

1809
01:38:09,200 --> 01:38:12,240
Speaker 1: for like getting ready to work out, pump up all

1810
01:38:12,280 --> 01:38:14,840
Speaker 1: that fun stuff. Hey, so we thought of a cool project.

1811
01:38:14,960 --> 01:38:16,640
Speaker 1: I don't know if any parents want to use this

1812
01:38:16,680 --> 01:38:20,000
Speaker 1: with their kids. Obviously we have summer plans for the kids.

1813
01:38:20,040 --> 01:38:24,880
Speaker 1: They're doing exciting things sports, volleyball, basketball, blah blah blah cans.

1814
01:38:26,160 --> 01:38:29,000
Speaker 1: But we also found this pretty cool math course. So

1815
01:38:29,000 --> 01:38:31,880
Speaker 1: it's just one hour a week just to keep the

1816
01:38:31,920 --> 01:38:36,080
Speaker 1: mask skills fresh. But we love a good side project.

1817
01:38:36,800 --> 01:38:40,920
Speaker 1: We're starting our kids on a weekly movie in addition

1818
01:38:40,960 --> 01:38:43,120
Speaker 1: to reading books they have. They're gonna watch a movie

1819
01:38:43,240 --> 01:38:47,200
Speaker 1: a week and like talk about the movie, like thought

1820
01:38:47,240 --> 01:38:51,160
Speaker 1: provoking movies. So the first one my son and his

1821
01:38:51,200 --> 01:38:56,120
Speaker 1: buddy agreed on was Gladiator. The second movie they've agreed

1822
01:38:56,160 --> 01:38:59,720
Speaker 1: on is A Quiet Place. So we're flying back from

1823
01:39:00,000 --> 01:39:02,920
Speaker 1: Way and of course a Quiet Place is an option

1824
01:39:02,960 --> 01:39:06,360
Speaker 1: on the on the flight and my son's like, should

1825
01:39:06,360 --> 01:39:08,759
Speaker 1: I Should I watch it? Dad? I'm like, listen, it's scary.

1826
01:39:08,960 --> 01:39:12,960
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. There are some scary moments, and

1827
01:39:13,479 --> 01:39:15,800
Speaker 1: you know, all everybody pulls down the shades on the

1828
01:39:15,800 --> 01:39:18,120
Speaker 1: flight to Hawaii because it's like a lot of sun

1829
01:39:18,320 --> 01:39:22,000
Speaker 1: and people want to sleep. My son is like, oh

1830
01:39:22,040 --> 01:39:25,280
Speaker 1: my gosh, they're gonna get her like out loud on

1831
01:39:25,320 --> 01:39:27,599
Speaker 1: the flight and I just look over and start cracking up.

1832
01:39:27,680 --> 01:39:29,720
Speaker 1: You know, nobody said anything, but he had like four

1833
01:39:29,760 --> 01:39:32,719
Speaker 1: of those moments, because quiet places a little nerve wracking

1834
01:39:32,760 --> 01:39:34,360
Speaker 1: if you she guy is a quiet place to or no?

1835
01:39:34,920 --> 01:39:38,000
Speaker 1: Is that out, by the way? It good? I haven't

1836
01:39:38,040 --> 01:39:42,720
Speaker 1: seen it yet. Yeah, the sequels usually stink, right heart?

1837
01:39:43,000 --> 01:39:46,400
Speaker 1: Have you? I think John Krasinski directed it. You're a

1838
01:39:46,439 --> 01:39:48,400
Speaker 1: big fan of his work? Huh? I do like him

1839
01:39:48,439 --> 01:39:50,080
Speaker 1: because I'm a huge fan of the Office. I mean,

1840
01:39:50,479 --> 01:39:52,320
Speaker 1: that's so comfort food for me. He seems like the

1841
01:39:52,400 --> 01:39:54,160
Speaker 1: kind of guy who was if he was your neighbor,

1842
01:39:54,200 --> 01:39:56,599
Speaker 1: you'd be cool with him, right, easy to talk, too,

1843
01:39:56,600 --> 01:39:59,320
Speaker 1: easy to hang out with. Jim, Yeah, Jim from the

1844
01:39:59,400 --> 01:40:02,960
Speaker 1: Jimmy Help Jimmie Alfred. Yes, yes, uh pretty pretty laid

1845
01:40:02,960 --> 01:40:08,719
Speaker 1: back dude. You guys playing golf this summer? My my,

1846
01:40:08,720 --> 01:40:10,960
Speaker 1: my younger brother is a is a big golfer. So

1847
01:40:11,000 --> 01:40:15,479
Speaker 1: he's he golfs for Ventura County Ventura College. Actually, oh,

1848
01:40:15,479 --> 01:40:18,920
Speaker 1: he's a college golfer. Wow? Is that like on scholarship

1849
01:40:19,040 --> 01:40:21,960
Speaker 1: or um? Well, it's it's part of the community college

1850
01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:25,080
Speaker 1: so at the moment, no, but he's hoping to so

1851
01:40:25,160 --> 01:40:27,680
Speaker 1: was he like on the high school team? He was? Yes? So,

1852
01:40:27,760 --> 01:40:29,439
Speaker 1: like how much golf is he playing a week? To

1853
01:40:29,479 --> 01:40:32,840
Speaker 1: get good. Oh jeez, probably at least three or four

1854
01:40:32,840 --> 01:40:37,240
Speaker 1: times a week, i'd imagine, and that was in high school. Yeah, yeah, golf.

1855
01:40:37,800 --> 01:40:42,240
Speaker 1: I listen, guys, I think golf is an occasional fund

1856
01:40:42,280 --> 01:40:47,360
Speaker 1: sport is extremely frustrating. Like tennis can be frustrating, Um,

1857
01:40:47,560 --> 01:40:51,000
Speaker 1: soccer can be frustrating. Golf is the worst, though, Like

1858
01:40:51,760 --> 01:40:54,280
Speaker 1: it can get in your head like no other sport.

1859
01:40:54,360 --> 01:40:56,880
Speaker 1: And my big issue, and I've talked about this over

1860
01:40:56,880 --> 01:41:03,000
Speaker 1: the years, it's tough for dad to say to the wife, Hey,

1861
01:41:03,160 --> 01:41:05,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go golfing. I'll see it in four or

1862
01:41:05,720 --> 01:41:07,920
Speaker 1: five hours on like a Saturday morning. That's just a

1863
01:41:07,960 --> 01:41:10,639
Speaker 1: tough sell. Now. If you I mean, if you don't

1864
01:41:10,680 --> 01:41:12,960
Speaker 1: have kids, hey fine, no big deal. If you've got

1865
01:41:13,000 --> 01:41:15,920
Speaker 1: young kids, it's brutal because after the whites watching the

1866
01:41:16,000 --> 01:41:19,840
Speaker 1: kids usually not always. Um, if the wife's watching the

1867
01:41:19,880 --> 01:41:22,720
Speaker 1: kids all week and then Saturday morning comes and she's

1868
01:41:22,760 --> 01:41:24,200
Speaker 1: looking for a rest bite, and you want to go

1869
01:41:24,200 --> 01:41:26,519
Speaker 1: golfing for four or five hours, and it's I say

1870
01:41:26,520 --> 01:41:31,559
Speaker 1: four or five hours because around probably three hours. Uh,

1871
01:41:31,600 --> 01:41:33,880
Speaker 1: don't forget to drive there. Maybe you go to the

1872
01:41:33,960 --> 01:41:36,240
Speaker 1: rains beforehand, maybe you go to the putting green. Beforehand,

1873
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Speaker 1: maybe you get a beer on the back on the turn,

1874
01:41:38,720 --> 01:41:40,960
Speaker 1: or afterwards you got a bite, and then next thing

1875
01:41:40,960 --> 01:41:42,320
Speaker 1: you know, it's four or five hours. Like that's just

1876
01:41:42,439 --> 01:41:45,400
Speaker 1: a tough sell for me. Fortunately, I live near a

1877
01:41:45,439 --> 01:41:48,439
Speaker 1: part three nine hole course and you can get in

1878
01:41:48,479 --> 01:41:51,240
Speaker 1: and out of that bad boy and under eighty five minutes.

1879
01:41:51,520 --> 01:41:53,519
Speaker 1: That to me is golf. Now, it's not. You don't

1880
01:41:53,560 --> 01:41:58,920
Speaker 1: even bring your woods, just irons um and it's relatively easy.

1881
01:41:58,920 --> 01:42:00,280
Speaker 1: I haven't got a hole in one there, so it's

1882
01:42:00,280 --> 01:42:03,719
Speaker 1: not super easy. But I just it's it's very tough

1883
01:42:03,720 --> 01:42:05,479
Speaker 1: for me to commit four or five hours to anything,

1884
01:42:05,960 --> 01:42:07,720
Speaker 1: even if I want to go play pick up basketball,

1885
01:42:08,479 --> 01:42:10,680
Speaker 1: our maybe two max. You know, you know how you

1886
01:42:10,720 --> 01:42:14,880
Speaker 1: remedy that situation. Bring your children with on the golf course.

1887
01:42:15,040 --> 01:42:17,439
Speaker 1: Here's well I did it from I caddied from my

1888
01:42:17,520 --> 01:42:21,839
Speaker 1: dad once and we did eighteen holes and it was brutal,

1889
01:42:22,120 --> 01:42:24,639
Speaker 1: like pulling that bag around on the wheels. Oh wait, wait,

1890
01:42:24,640 --> 01:42:27,840
Speaker 1: you're saying actual caddying, not driving the card. I we

1891
01:42:27,880 --> 01:42:30,080
Speaker 1: didn't have a card. I I walked the bag with

1892
01:42:30,120 --> 01:42:32,880
Speaker 1: my dad and he paid me five dollars after for

1893
01:42:32,920 --> 01:42:36,040
Speaker 1: a hole or after three hours he played. He paid

1894
01:42:36,040 --> 01:42:41,479
Speaker 1: me five dollars, not quite a legal labor, but was

1895
01:42:41,520 --> 01:42:44,720
Speaker 1: it was it fun? Yeah? It was, it was fun.

1896
01:42:44,760 --> 01:42:47,000
Speaker 1: It was fine. It's like, if you want your wife

1897
01:42:47,040 --> 01:42:49,439
Speaker 1: to get off your back about disappearing for four or

1898
01:42:49,479 --> 01:42:51,439
Speaker 1: five hours, then take the kids with and then you

1899
01:42:51,479 --> 01:42:54,840
Speaker 1: can go disappear and then you give her the day off.

1900
01:42:54,920 --> 01:42:58,960
Speaker 1: So it's kind Although, were you really getting to play

1901
01:42:59,000 --> 01:43:01,280
Speaker 1: golf while your ran goling the kids while they carry

1902
01:43:01,320 --> 01:43:04,200
Speaker 1: your bag and like complains Just me and my dad?

1903
01:43:04,280 --> 01:43:05,760
Speaker 1: So I was just caddying for him. And I was

1904
01:43:05,760 --> 01:43:09,000
Speaker 1: always a kid, was pretty quiet and not like, you know, disruptive.

1905
01:43:09,040 --> 01:43:11,240
Speaker 1: So I'll let him do his thing, and and he

1906
01:43:11,320 --> 01:43:14,240
Speaker 1: got got the two of us outside and spending time together.

1907
01:43:14,320 --> 01:43:17,479
Speaker 1: So yeah, that is good outside spending time together. I

1908
01:43:17,479 --> 01:43:20,439
Speaker 1: I like to uh get the kids to like shoot hoops,

1909
01:43:20,439 --> 01:43:22,400
Speaker 1: will kick a soccer ball. Volleyball has been big for

1910
01:43:22,479 --> 01:43:25,240
Speaker 1: us lately, um just because like we live in a

1911
01:43:25,240 --> 01:43:28,439
Speaker 1: beach town and you know they're doing volleyball camp, and

1912
01:43:28,800 --> 01:43:32,559
Speaker 1: you know, volleyball is a sport that's really I know

1913
01:43:32,640 --> 01:43:35,360
Speaker 1: it seems super fun, but it is challenging. Man, a

1914
01:43:35,520 --> 01:43:38,400
Speaker 1: great workout. You do an eight ninety minute volleyball play

1915
01:43:38,560 --> 01:43:42,080
Speaker 1: match legs are burning. Now. If you want to do

1916
01:43:42,880 --> 01:43:44,960
Speaker 1: four on four, it's a little less effort. Two on

1917
01:43:45,040 --> 01:43:47,519
Speaker 1: two is just absolutely brutal. Three on three seems like

1918
01:43:47,560 --> 01:43:50,920
Speaker 1: the perfect amount of people. Um, but I do like

1919
01:43:50,960 --> 01:43:54,080
Speaker 1: playing volleyball. Plus, you know, the scenery is not bad.

1920
01:43:54,520 --> 01:43:57,080
Speaker 1: You're on the volleyball court and then you know, you

1921
01:43:57,120 --> 01:43:59,400
Speaker 1: look over the side dirt while you're you know, toweling

1922
01:43:59,439 --> 01:44:02,519
Speaker 1: off and there's like, you know, three chicks wearing maybe dongs,

1923
01:44:03,080 --> 01:44:05,320
Speaker 1: and that's not bad. That's that's not terrible when you're

1924
01:44:05,320 --> 01:44:08,240
Speaker 1: playing volleyball, all right, coming up next year on Fox

1925
01:44:08,280 --> 01:44:11,799
Speaker 1: Sports Radio. We haven't done a lot on the Phoenix

1926
01:44:11,800 --> 01:44:14,280
Speaker 1: Suns because they took out the paper clips. I haven't

1927
01:44:14,280 --> 01:44:17,320
Speaker 1: even bashed the Clippers a lot today. Um, and we're

1928
01:44:17,320 --> 01:44:19,599
Speaker 1: gonna talk to a reporter covering the Sun's who are

1929
01:44:19,840 --> 01:44:23,360
Speaker 1: heavy favorites in the NBA Finals, especially if you honest

1930
01:44:23,360 --> 01:44:25,080
Speaker 1: can't go. And then I thought we'd wrap up the

1931
01:44:25,080 --> 01:44:27,120
Speaker 1: show talking about UFOs. Maybe I don't. Did you guys

1932
01:44:27,160 --> 01:44:31,000
Speaker 1: hear that New York Times UH Daily podcast this week? Obviously,

1933
01:44:31,040 --> 01:44:33,840
Speaker 1: besides subscribing to Straight Fire, you subscribe to the New

1934
01:44:33,880 --> 01:44:36,840
Speaker 1: York Times Daily, which is usually good stuff um and

1935
01:44:36,840 --> 01:44:40,600
Speaker 1: they had a podcast on with Michael Barbarrow. Yes, my

1936
01:44:40,880 --> 01:44:43,000
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's left though the last like

1937
01:44:43,040 --> 01:44:46,400
Speaker 1: three times I've listened it's been someone besides him hosting.

1938
01:44:46,520 --> 01:44:48,200
Speaker 1: Maybe he's just taking time off in the summer. But

1939
01:44:49,040 --> 01:44:52,559
Speaker 1: on UFOs UM maybe maybe we'll wrap up with that,

1940
01:44:52,600 --> 01:44:56,519
Speaker 1: I don't know. But first, here's Isaac Loewen was trending

1941
01:44:56,680 --> 01:45:02,280
Speaker 1: from UFOs to UWAIFA Euro Twice twenty the quarterfinals. Jason,

1942
01:45:02,400 --> 01:45:06,240
Speaker 1: this is for you, Denmark taking on the Czech Republic.

1943
01:45:06,280 --> 01:45:08,759
Speaker 1: We take you to the fifth minute with Denmark attempting

1944
01:45:08,760 --> 01:45:13,760
Speaker 1: a corner kick. Here's Derek Ray on ESPN, taken by

1945
01:45:13,920 --> 01:45:22,960
Speaker 1: Steve Glawson. Makes the perfect start for Denmark the day

1946
01:45:23,040 --> 01:45:26,479
Speaker 1: next year, Summer of Love chance years. I'll just I'll

1947
01:45:26,479 --> 01:45:28,400
Speaker 1: just take his word forward on that there now in

1948
01:45:28,479 --> 01:45:32,360
Speaker 1: the thirty first minute, with Denmark on that goal by

1949
01:45:32,400 --> 01:45:34,640
Speaker 1: Thomas de Lady in the fifth minute, still leading the

1950
01:45:34,640 --> 01:45:37,599
Speaker 1: Czech Republic one to nothing. Coming up at three pm

1951
01:45:37,640 --> 01:45:40,320
Speaker 1: Eastern in the final match of the quarterfinal round, it'll

1952
01:45:40,360 --> 01:45:45,960
Speaker 1: be England against Ukraine. Spain and Italy advanced the semifinals yesterday.

1953
01:45:46,200 --> 01:45:49,479
Speaker 1: Coming up tonight at eight thirty Eastern It's Game six

1954
01:45:49,560 --> 01:45:53,360
Speaker 1: of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals as the Milwaukee Bucks

1955
01:45:53,479 --> 01:45:57,040
Speaker 1: visit the Atlanta Hawks, with Milwaukee leading the series three

1956
01:45:57,080 --> 01:46:01,360
Speaker 1: games to two. Milwaukee's Janie A. Teakumpo listed as doubtful

1957
01:46:01,360 --> 01:46:03,439
Speaker 1: with a hyper extented left knee that caused him to

1958
01:46:03,439 --> 01:46:07,360
Speaker 1: miss Game five. Atlanta's Tree Young listed is questionable with

1959
01:46:07,439 --> 01:46:09,800
Speaker 1: the right foot bone bruise he has missed the last

1960
01:46:09,960 --> 01:46:12,760
Speaker 1: two games. If Milwaukee wins tonight, they'll advance to the

1961
01:46:12,840 --> 01:46:15,960
Speaker 1: NBA Finals for the first time since nineteen seventy four.

1962
01:46:16,280 --> 01:46:20,439
Speaker 1: Pop Quiz Time for you Jason McIntyre the last time

1963
01:46:20,479 --> 01:46:24,120
Speaker 1: the Bucks advanced to the NBA Finals. Obviously, if they

1964
01:46:24,160 --> 01:46:27,120
Speaker 1: advanced this year, the national TV announcer will be the

1965
01:46:27,200 --> 01:46:32,720
Speaker 1: legendary Mike Breen, who was the national TV announcer the

1966
01:46:32,920 --> 01:46:36,639
Speaker 1: last time that the Milwaukee Bucks made the NBA Finals

1967
01:46:36,680 --> 01:46:40,519
Speaker 1: back in nineteen seventy four. Do you know who I am?

1968
01:46:40,680 --> 01:46:45,920
Speaker 1: Bob Costas ClOH No, I'm not right. Bob Costas was

1969
01:46:45,960 --> 01:46:47,920
Speaker 1: a little on the younger side back then. He was

1970
01:46:48,040 --> 01:46:50,280
Speaker 1: I think doing the Spirits of St. Louis out of

1971
01:46:50,280 --> 01:46:52,760
Speaker 1: the A B A. He did start doing games for

1972
01:46:52,840 --> 01:46:56,599
Speaker 1: CBS in the late nineteen seventies. But I'm gonna play

1973
01:46:56,640 --> 01:46:59,800
Speaker 1: you a highlight from Milwaukee in the nineteen seventy four

1974
01:47:00,040 --> 01:47:02,639
Speaker 1: BIGA finals and then tell you who it is. This

1975
01:47:02,720 --> 01:47:04,760
Speaker 1: is at Boston Garden and the guy making the shot

1976
01:47:04,800 --> 01:47:07,160
Speaker 1: here is Kareem Abdul Jabbar. But listen to the highlight

1977
01:47:07,479 --> 01:47:13,679
Speaker 1: World a World our basketball game weird had after Robert Careers.

1978
01:47:19,240 --> 01:47:22,240
Speaker 1: Would you believe that was the late great chick heer

1979
01:47:22,600 --> 01:47:28,720
Speaker 1: Pat Summer, Yes, obviously best known for the NFL with

1980
01:47:28,800 --> 01:47:33,360
Speaker 1: with John Madden. He was the lead NBA announcer last

1981
01:47:33,400 --> 01:47:36,240
Speaker 1: time the Bucks were in the NBA finals. Back to you. Wow,

1982
01:47:36,240 --> 01:47:39,720
Speaker 1: well done man, good stuff. All right back here on

1983
01:47:39,760 --> 01:47:43,400
Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. Let's welcome in our our next guest. Guest. Uh.

1984
01:47:43,479 --> 01:47:46,439
Speaker 1: She covers the Sons for NBA dot Com. And you

1985
01:47:46,479 --> 01:47:49,120
Speaker 1: know it's the Sons have had such a weird run

1986
01:47:49,240 --> 01:47:51,040
Speaker 1: to the finals. I think they were I saw something

1987
01:47:51,080 --> 01:47:53,040
Speaker 1: like they were plus four thousand at the beginning of

1988
01:47:53,080 --> 01:47:55,679
Speaker 1: the season and win the title. If anybody took that bet,

1989
01:47:55,720 --> 01:47:58,559
Speaker 1: you are a big winner. Let's welcome in Gina MZL Gina,

1990
01:47:58,640 --> 01:48:02,280
Speaker 1: Good morning, How are you. I'm great? How are you?

1991
01:48:02,280 --> 01:48:04,719
Speaker 1: You know? I'm kind of excited for the Sun's versus

1992
01:48:04,880 --> 01:48:08,360
Speaker 1: the Bucks, but not like super duper excited because the

1993
01:48:08,400 --> 01:48:11,040
Speaker 1: honest is hurt. But what's the vibe right now around

1994
01:48:11,040 --> 01:48:13,160
Speaker 1: the Sun seat? Does it feel like they've already won

1995
01:48:13,200 --> 01:48:16,799
Speaker 1: the championship? I saw the parade after they beat the Clippers.

1996
01:48:16,800 --> 01:48:19,519
Speaker 1: Looked like it was a joyous celebration. It has been

1997
01:48:19,560 --> 01:48:22,679
Speaker 1: a joyous postseason throughout this whole run for the Suns.

1998
01:48:22,760 --> 01:48:25,920
Speaker 1: And and as as somebody who grew up here and

1999
01:48:26,080 --> 01:48:29,200
Speaker 1: you know, I was young during the nineties three finals,

2000
01:48:29,240 --> 01:48:32,519
Speaker 1: I was, you know, a teenager during the Nash era. Um.

2001
01:48:32,800 --> 01:48:35,519
Speaker 1: This is a Sun's town at its core. And so

2002
01:48:35,600 --> 01:48:38,600
Speaker 1: after a long decade with a lot of struggles and

2003
01:48:38,840 --> 01:48:40,960
Speaker 1: a lot of losing, UM to kind of see the

2004
01:48:41,000 --> 01:48:44,920
Speaker 1: complete revitalization of this franchise, you know, even starting back

2005
01:48:44,960 --> 01:48:46,760
Speaker 1: to a year ago in the bubble and just what

2006
01:48:46,960 --> 01:48:50,439
Speaker 1: that launched for this team has been pretty remarkable. So, no,

2007
01:48:50,600 --> 01:48:53,160
Speaker 1: people are very excited. Like like you mentioned, there was

2008
01:48:53,200 --> 01:48:55,280
Speaker 1: a ton of people at the airport when the team

2009
01:48:55,320 --> 01:48:58,160
Speaker 1: flew back from Los Angeles the other night, and and yeah,

2010
01:48:58,240 --> 01:49:00,640
Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of just it's really cool to

2011
01:49:00,760 --> 01:49:03,679
Speaker 1: just see people really pumped about this team again because

2012
01:49:03,720 --> 01:49:06,360
Speaker 1: there's a lot of deep rooted love for this franchise,

2013
01:49:06,439 --> 01:49:09,160
Speaker 1: but to finally see it come out again in this

2014
01:49:09,240 --> 01:49:12,759
Speaker 1: fashion is pretty incredible. You mentioned the Steve Nash team.

2015
01:49:12,760 --> 01:49:16,360
Speaker 1: Obviously everybody remembers the hip check heard around the NBA.

2016
01:49:16,520 --> 01:49:19,519
Speaker 1: Really uh that that was supposed to be their year. Uh,

2017
01:49:19,720 --> 01:49:22,320
Speaker 1: this was not supposed to be their year. Um, you know,

2018
01:49:22,400 --> 01:49:25,759
Speaker 1: Devin Booker has been ascending, but I mean he became,

2019
01:49:26,040 --> 01:49:28,760
Speaker 1: you know, really a big time star kind of thanks

2020
01:49:28,760 --> 01:49:30,800
Speaker 1: to Chris Paul. I don't know, this is a tough one,

2021
01:49:30,840 --> 01:49:34,599
Speaker 1: but how do you who's the most important player on

2022
01:49:34,640 --> 01:49:38,160
Speaker 1: this Sun's team. Well, I think they're they're going tandem

2023
01:49:38,200 --> 01:49:40,720
Speaker 1: when you talk about Chris Paul and Devin Booker, and

2024
01:49:40,800 --> 01:49:42,880
Speaker 1: you know, like you said that, Devin Booker has been

2025
01:49:43,000 --> 01:49:45,320
Speaker 1: been preparing for this for his whole career and has

2026
01:49:45,320 --> 01:49:47,680
Speaker 1: been ascending in this direction. I think we saw that

2027
01:49:47,720 --> 01:49:49,880
Speaker 1: in the bubble last season when he he hit that

2028
01:49:49,920 --> 01:49:53,320
Speaker 1: big shot against the Clippers and you know, arguably was

2029
01:49:53,360 --> 01:49:56,519
Speaker 1: the best player during those first eight games. Um, just

2030
01:49:57,280 --> 01:49:59,800
Speaker 1: two time All Star now, but still kind of on

2031
01:50:00,040 --> 01:50:02,320
Speaker 1: not cuss. I think when you you talked about you know,

2032
01:50:02,400 --> 01:50:05,320
Speaker 1: young up and coming stars. But the impact of Chris

2033
01:50:05,360 --> 01:50:07,679
Speaker 1: Paul on this whole team, not just not Devin Booker,

2034
01:50:07,720 --> 01:50:10,400
Speaker 1: has been immense. And it's it's everything that we know

2035
01:50:10,439 --> 01:50:13,120
Speaker 1: about Chris Paul from his career. It's his leadership, it's

2036
01:50:13,160 --> 01:50:17,120
Speaker 1: his demanding style that this team is actually really embraced

2037
01:50:17,120 --> 01:50:19,200
Speaker 1: and it's wanted to learn from him. And then of

2038
01:50:19,240 --> 01:50:21,720
Speaker 1: course it's his on court play as well, even with

2039
01:50:21,800 --> 01:50:25,160
Speaker 1: some some little snacks of adversity during these playoffs, whether

2040
01:50:25,160 --> 01:50:27,280
Speaker 1: it was his shoulder injury and the Lakers series are

2041
01:50:27,280 --> 01:50:30,040
Speaker 1: obviously missing the first two games of the Western Conference

2042
01:50:30,040 --> 01:50:32,680
Speaker 1: Finals while in health and safety protocols, but then he

2043
01:50:32,720 --> 01:50:35,160
Speaker 1: comes out and drops thirty one points in the second

2044
01:50:35,160 --> 01:50:37,680
Speaker 1: half and just absolutely goes on a tear to the

2045
01:50:37,800 --> 01:50:40,240
Speaker 1: Propellers team to the finals. So yeah, those two guys

2046
01:50:40,280 --> 01:50:43,000
Speaker 1: are both incredibly important, and it's been really neat to

2047
01:50:43,000 --> 01:50:46,280
Speaker 1: sort of watch their partnership sort of form as quickly

2048
01:50:46,320 --> 01:50:48,320
Speaker 1: as it has, and and you know, it's it's really

2049
01:50:48,400 --> 01:50:50,200
Speaker 1: led this team to to where they are right now.

2050
01:50:50,760 --> 01:50:53,400
Speaker 1: What what do you think, Gina? Is the reaction when

2051
01:50:53,439 --> 01:50:56,120
Speaker 1: people say, hey, you know, the Sons had the easiest

2052
01:50:56,120 --> 01:50:59,000
Speaker 1: path ever. Anthony Davis got heard Jamal Murray didn't play,

2053
01:50:59,080 --> 01:51:02,160
Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard didn't play, Like, is it more of yeah,

2054
01:51:02,320 --> 01:51:04,559
Speaker 1: those things did happen, and Devin Booker busted his face

2055
01:51:04,640 --> 01:51:06,840
Speaker 1: up and Chris Paul was in COVID or is it

2056
01:51:06,880 --> 01:51:08,920
Speaker 1: just simply, hey, these are the breaks, Like, we'll take it.

2057
01:51:08,960 --> 01:51:12,479
Speaker 1: I don't care. Nobody's gonna remember in five years all

2058
01:51:12,520 --> 01:51:14,599
Speaker 1: these injuries that we we we didn't have to face

2059
01:51:14,640 --> 01:51:17,160
Speaker 1: the certain players, right. I think it's a little bit

2060
01:51:17,160 --> 01:51:19,400
Speaker 1: of all that you just mentioned. And what's really funny

2061
01:51:19,400 --> 01:51:22,599
Speaker 1: to me is that when the playoffs started, uh, you know,

2062
01:51:22,720 --> 01:51:25,880
Speaker 1: people were teams were actively avoiding the Lakers at the

2063
01:51:25,960 --> 01:51:27,920
Speaker 1: end of the regular season and they were gonna be

2064
01:51:27,960 --> 01:51:30,960
Speaker 1: the best number seven seed ever because everyone thought that

2065
01:51:31,040 --> 01:51:33,120
Speaker 1: Lebron and Anthony Davis were kind of on their way

2066
01:51:33,160 --> 01:51:36,040
Speaker 1: back to health and here comes the vaunted Lakers, and

2067
01:51:36,080 --> 01:51:38,240
Speaker 1: so most people picked the Lakers to win that series.

2068
01:51:38,240 --> 01:51:40,799
Speaker 1: The Suns were an underdog heading into the first round series,

2069
01:51:40,800 --> 01:51:42,920
Speaker 1: and there was a fraction I think of this fan

2070
01:51:43,000 --> 01:51:45,400
Speaker 1: base out here that was like, man, the Sun's had

2071
01:51:45,479 --> 01:51:47,720
Speaker 1: this awesome regular season. They were just feel a good

2072
01:51:47,760 --> 01:51:49,880
Speaker 1: story and it's all gonna come crashing and burning in

2073
01:51:49,880 --> 01:51:52,200
Speaker 1: the first round and it's gonna be a total disappointment.

2074
01:51:52,280 --> 01:51:54,559
Speaker 1: So the fact that we've gone to that and people

2075
01:51:54,640 --> 01:51:56,760
Speaker 1: kind of feeling sorry for the Suns that they threw

2076
01:51:56,760 --> 01:51:59,320
Speaker 1: the Lakers in the first round to now, oh, they

2077
01:51:59,360 --> 01:52:02,080
Speaker 1: had the easiest pass to the finals. It's just really

2078
01:52:02,080 --> 01:52:05,040
Speaker 1: interesting how that's sort of evolved. But I'll also mentioned

2079
01:52:05,040 --> 01:52:07,880
Speaker 1: too that, like, have we've forgotten that Chris Paul, you know,

2080
01:52:07,960 --> 01:52:10,439
Speaker 1: his shoulder injury and that first game against the Lakers.

2081
01:52:10,479 --> 01:52:13,559
Speaker 1: I mean when he was writing in pain early in

2082
01:52:13,560 --> 01:52:16,160
Speaker 1: that game, I honestly I thought to myself, I'm like, well,

2083
01:52:16,240 --> 01:52:18,519
Speaker 1: stevens Over like got it, Like if his if his

2084
01:52:18,600 --> 01:52:21,679
Speaker 1: shoulders busted, like there's no way. And so the fact

2085
01:52:21,720 --> 01:52:23,880
Speaker 1: that yes, you know, Chris Paul has been able to

2086
01:52:23,920 --> 01:52:26,840
Speaker 1: come back, the Suns haven't had the serious injuries that

2087
01:52:26,960 --> 01:52:28,760
Speaker 1: some other teams have had to deal with. But to

2088
01:52:28,800 --> 01:52:30,439
Speaker 1: say that they have had a cake walker to say

2089
01:52:30,439 --> 01:52:33,240
Speaker 1: that they haven't had their own, you know, bouts with adversity,

2090
01:52:33,240 --> 01:52:36,080
Speaker 1: and yeah, Devin Booker is setting game winning screens with

2091
01:52:36,160 --> 01:52:38,600
Speaker 1: a nose broken in three places and having to have

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01:52:38,680 --> 01:52:41,080
Speaker 1: it repaired before a flight to l A. Just like

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01:52:41,520 --> 01:52:45,080
Speaker 1: it's yes, I agree that there are degrees to adversity

2094
01:52:45,080 --> 01:52:46,880
Speaker 1: that teams have faced, but to say the Sun's haven't

2095
01:52:46,920 --> 01:52:49,320
Speaker 1: had any, um, I don't think that's fair to to

2096
01:52:49,479 --> 01:52:51,400
Speaker 1: this team or kind of just the overall arc of

2097
01:52:51,560 --> 01:52:54,280
Speaker 1: this playoff. Okay, this is another tough one for the

2098
01:52:54,320 --> 01:52:58,240
Speaker 1: Suns because again, everybody anticipates they're gonna win their heavy favorites.

2099
01:52:58,479 --> 01:53:00,680
Speaker 1: Jan it's unlikely to play try Young is dinged up.

2100
01:53:01,040 --> 01:53:03,960
Speaker 1: But I am curious, Gina, is there any talk in

2101
01:53:04,040 --> 01:53:07,960
Speaker 1: Phoenix right now about Chris Paul's situation next year, because

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01:53:08,000 --> 01:53:10,200
Speaker 1: there is chatter he may opt out of that. I

2103
01:53:10,200 --> 01:53:13,160
Speaker 1: think it's forty one million dollars because hey, look at me,

2104
01:53:13,200 --> 01:53:16,639
Speaker 1: I'm healthy. Uh maybe the m v P of the

2105
01:53:16,800 --> 01:53:20,479
Speaker 1: of the team and I could sign another long deal

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01:53:21,240 --> 01:53:24,439
Speaker 1: and maybe I do that. Elsewhere is there any talk of,

2107
01:53:24,880 --> 01:53:27,280
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, you know, let's look forward, or is

2108
01:53:27,320 --> 01:53:29,280
Speaker 1: it like, hey, let's just enjoy this, let's just settle in.

2109
01:53:29,320 --> 01:53:32,640
Speaker 1: This is fun. I think most people are focused on,

2110
01:53:32,680 --> 01:53:35,240
Speaker 1: of course, what's right in front. But I mean, what

2111
01:53:35,320 --> 01:53:37,679
Speaker 1: you just said is is absolutely something that could happen

2112
01:53:37,720 --> 01:53:39,760
Speaker 1: as far as him opting out of that last year

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01:53:39,880 --> 01:53:42,880
Speaker 1: and searching for a longer deal, and he certainly earned

2114
01:53:42,880 --> 01:53:45,080
Speaker 1: it with the way that he's played and also his

2115
01:53:45,160 --> 01:53:48,439
Speaker 1: durability until these playoffs. You only missed one game during

2116
01:53:48,439 --> 01:53:51,080
Speaker 1: the regular season, and was really adamant about you know,

2117
01:53:51,200 --> 01:53:52,559
Speaker 1: I want to play, I want to play, I want

2118
01:53:52,560 --> 01:53:54,880
Speaker 1: to play. But certainly, as we also opt out of

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01:53:54,920 --> 01:53:57,519
Speaker 1: that final deal, he could resign with the Suns, just

2120
01:53:57,640 --> 01:54:00,559
Speaker 1: on a longer deal, and that's definitely something that that

2121
01:54:00,600 --> 01:54:03,120
Speaker 1: could happen as well. Um, and I think you know,

2122
01:54:03,600 --> 01:54:05,800
Speaker 1: reading that he leaves, and not even reading this he leaves,

2123
01:54:05,840 --> 01:54:09,760
Speaker 1: he has been so um complimentary of his teammates here,

2124
01:54:09,920 --> 01:54:14,080
Speaker 1: of Monty Williams, of just the overall collective environment that

2125
01:54:14,200 --> 01:54:16,639
Speaker 1: he's been involved in. And and frankly, you know when

2126
01:54:16,680 --> 01:54:19,160
Speaker 1: the trade went down last last fall, Um, you know,

2127
01:54:19,360 --> 01:54:20,680
Speaker 1: he had a hit, a word in that he had

2128
01:54:20,720 --> 01:54:22,360
Speaker 1: to say and where he wanted to go, So he

2129
01:54:22,400 --> 01:54:25,800
Speaker 1: was interested in coming here. And then it's obviously cong

2130
01:54:25,880 --> 01:54:29,000
Speaker 1: I think even better than been most outsiders could have expected.

2131
01:54:29,040 --> 01:54:31,200
Speaker 1: I know there were two people in that organization that

2132
01:54:31,200 --> 01:54:33,480
Speaker 1: thought this team could win a title, but it's worked

2133
01:54:33,480 --> 01:54:35,360
Speaker 1: out about as well as one could have hoped. And

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01:54:35,360 --> 01:54:37,440
Speaker 1: and so yeah, of course, you know, if he does

2135
01:54:37,440 --> 01:54:39,680
Speaker 1: opt out, that leaves the door open for him to

2136
01:54:39,720 --> 01:54:42,400
Speaker 1: go sign somewhere else, somewhere that needs the point guard

2137
01:54:42,440 --> 01:54:45,440
Speaker 1: and could pay him handsomely. But also, I think he's

2138
01:54:45,480 --> 01:54:47,920
Speaker 1: deep enough into his career to know what he wants

2139
01:54:47,920 --> 01:54:50,760
Speaker 1: and what he likes, and and situations that he feels

2140
01:54:50,760 --> 01:54:53,720
Speaker 1: comfortable in. And and certainly I know that he loved

2141
01:54:53,720 --> 01:54:55,600
Speaker 1: his time with the Sons, and and so I think

2142
01:54:55,720 --> 01:54:57,840
Speaker 1: you know. But but first and foremost, the goal is

2143
01:54:57,880 --> 01:55:00,000
Speaker 1: to to win four more games than to win a champion,

2144
01:55:00,160 --> 01:55:02,960
Speaker 1: and given his history, you can never say like it's

2145
01:55:02,960 --> 01:55:05,040
Speaker 1: automatic that they're gonna win. I mean, they were up three,

2146
01:55:05,160 --> 01:55:07,920
Speaker 1: charming the Warriors. Uh, and he pulls a hamstring and

2147
01:55:08,040 --> 01:55:10,520
Speaker 1: it doesn't play again. Now, obviously, you know nobody thinks

2148
01:55:10,560 --> 01:55:13,680
Speaker 1: that the box or Hawks are those Warriors, but hey,

2149
01:55:13,800 --> 01:55:15,800
Speaker 1: things happen. I mean, we've seen the players go down

2150
01:55:16,120 --> 01:55:18,800
Speaker 1: throughout this postseason. But Gina, Hey, thank you a lot

2151
01:55:18,880 --> 01:55:21,120
Speaker 1: for the time. You can follow her on Twitter at

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01:55:21,280 --> 01:55:24,720
Speaker 1: g I N A M I Z E l l uh.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun next couple of weeks covering the

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01:55:26,720 --> 01:55:33,280
Speaker 1: Suns and their championship run. Gina, congrats, that was Gina Mozelle. Listen,

2155
01:55:33,320 --> 01:55:37,000
Speaker 1: the Sons are a good story plus four thousand at

2156
01:55:37,040 --> 01:55:40,280
Speaker 1: the beginning of the season. Um, I'll just say this,

2157
01:55:40,480 --> 01:55:43,280
Speaker 1: even if you know, not not that anybody wants it

2158
01:55:43,320 --> 01:55:45,320
Speaker 1: to happen, If even if Chris Paul did have some

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01:55:45,440 --> 01:55:48,280
Speaker 1: kind of injury in the finals, they're still gonna be

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01:55:48,360 --> 01:55:50,880
Speaker 1: the favorites. Um, there's just no way, you honest, is

2161
01:55:50,920 --> 01:55:54,480
Speaker 1: gonna be guys, no shot, none, It's not happening. Coming

2162
01:55:54,560 --> 01:55:56,480
Speaker 1: up next we will wrap up the show. It's been

2163
01:55:56,480 --> 01:55:59,600
Speaker 1: a fun one. Back after this, back here on Fox

2164
01:55:59,640 --> 01:56:05,040
Speaker 1: Sports Radio, it's your boy Jason McIntyre Denmark with the

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01:56:05,120 --> 01:56:10,160
Speaker 1: two nothing lead that the euro over check. Uh, it's funny.

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01:56:10,200 --> 01:56:13,280
Speaker 1: I was sending a flurry of text to people and I,

2167
01:56:13,720 --> 01:56:16,480
Speaker 1: you know, have my face down looking at the phone

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01:56:16,520 --> 01:56:18,440
Speaker 1: sending text. I look up to nothing and they have

2169
01:56:18,440 --> 01:56:20,879
Speaker 1: a show to replay the goal. It's been like four minutes.

2170
01:56:22,040 --> 01:56:26,720
Speaker 1: Kind of frustrating. Um, you know I I touched on earlier.

2171
01:56:26,760 --> 01:56:30,040
Speaker 1: I did not give Chris Paul enough credit. I think

2172
01:56:30,040 --> 01:56:34,160
Speaker 1: you guys forget that. Well, the l A listeners listening

2173
01:56:34,240 --> 01:56:38,560
Speaker 1: right now, we'll forget. But when Chris Paul was on

2174
01:56:38,680 --> 01:56:42,080
Speaker 1: Lob City with Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan's they had next.

2175
01:56:43,520 --> 01:56:46,760
Speaker 1: They were supposed to be the team after the Spurs

2176
01:56:46,840 --> 01:56:51,760
Speaker 1: dynasty ended. Remember uh Parker, Genoble and Duncan had beaten

2177
01:56:51,800 --> 01:56:57,080
Speaker 1: the Heatles and Kauai was young. But that Clippers team

2178
01:56:57,120 --> 01:57:03,720
Speaker 1: was pretty It was feeling dynastic at the time, and

2179
01:57:03,760 --> 01:57:06,880
Speaker 1: they just got super unlucky with Blake Griffin getting injured,

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01:57:06,960 --> 01:57:10,640
Speaker 1: Chris Paul getting injured, and just as the Clippers are

2181
01:57:10,640 --> 01:57:16,880
Speaker 1: about to take off, who swoops in. Ah, Yes, Steph

2182
01:57:16,920 --> 01:57:25,520
Speaker 1: Curry comes out of nowhere and leap frogs the Spurs

2183
01:57:26,040 --> 01:57:30,720
Speaker 1: and leap frogs the Clippers. And that's just in the

2184
01:57:30,720 --> 01:57:35,040
Speaker 1: West and in the NBA. Steph Curry overtook Lebron as

2185
01:57:35,040 --> 01:57:37,000
Speaker 1: the face of the NBA, and people will push back

2186
01:57:37,040 --> 01:57:43,520
Speaker 1: and say, no way, Lebron was the best player. Subjective,

2187
01:57:43,840 --> 01:57:47,360
Speaker 1: You could argue that if you want. But you want

2188
01:57:47,360 --> 01:57:50,360
Speaker 1: to judge TV ratings, you want to judge Jersey sales,

2189
01:57:50,440 --> 01:57:52,720
Speaker 1: you want to judge m v P voting, you want

2190
01:57:52,720 --> 01:57:57,600
Speaker 1: to jug judge titles. For a while, Steph Curry was

2191
01:57:57,800 --> 01:58:03,280
Speaker 1: the show. Obviously, Splash Brothers, Clay Thompson adding Durant, Yeah,

2192
01:58:03,320 --> 01:58:07,800
Speaker 1: that's off matters, But that's the reality. Steph Curry passed

2193
01:58:07,880 --> 01:58:10,840
Speaker 1: Chris Paul and Chris Paul hated him for it. Steph

2194
01:58:10,880 --> 01:58:13,440
Speaker 1: Curry passed Lebron. Lebron was angry about it. Now Lebron

2195
01:58:13,520 --> 01:58:17,280
Speaker 1: is a mature individual who gets past these gripes. Steph

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01:58:17,320 --> 01:58:21,600
Speaker 1: Curry and Chris Paul, by all accounts, did not bury

2197
01:58:21,640 --> 01:58:24,480
Speaker 1: the hatchet and it lasted for years. Chris Paul was

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01:58:24,920 --> 01:58:29,160
Speaker 1: so jealous, And I will just say everybody goes through

2199
01:58:29,200 --> 01:58:31,400
Speaker 1: that in life. You there are going to be these hurdles.

2200
01:58:31,560 --> 01:58:34,560
Speaker 1: How you handle it speaks volumes about you as a person.

2201
01:58:35,040 --> 01:58:38,800
Speaker 1: It's not really about Curry passing Chris Paul. It's about

2202
01:58:38,840 --> 01:58:40,920
Speaker 1: how Chris Paul handled and it was The answer was poorly.

2203
01:58:41,920 --> 01:58:45,240
Speaker 1: Chris Paul would just be a total jerk to everybody.

2204
01:58:45,320 --> 01:58:48,120
Speaker 1: His teammates ended up hating. Go ask any clipper about

2205
01:58:48,120 --> 01:58:50,920
Speaker 1: what the end was like. In l A. Blake Griffin

2206
01:58:50,960 --> 01:58:53,800
Speaker 1: and Chris Paul hated each other. DeAndre Jordan and Chris

2207
01:58:53,800 --> 01:58:57,600
Speaker 1: Paul ugly. The locker room was a mess because of

2208
01:58:57,680 --> 01:59:00,200
Speaker 1: Chris Paul because he was so hard up to at

2209
01:59:00,200 --> 01:59:03,520
Speaker 1: that chip and he carried a chip on his shoulder

2210
01:59:03,920 --> 01:59:05,760
Speaker 1: while he was chasing the title and he's not gonna

2211
01:59:05,760 --> 01:59:09,480
Speaker 1: get a title, and that's great. Maybe it will, you know,

2212
01:59:09,560 --> 01:59:14,560
Speaker 1: I don't know if if defuses the right word, but

2213
01:59:15,160 --> 01:59:18,080
Speaker 1: he was just so wired tightly that he would try

2214
01:59:18,160 --> 01:59:21,040
Speaker 1: so dang hard and man, he would go everywhere. I mean,

2215
01:59:21,080 --> 01:59:23,160
Speaker 1: I think the stories out there that he went to

2216
01:59:23,240 --> 01:59:26,120
Speaker 1: Okay See from Houston and they're like, hey, it's good.

2217
01:59:26,160 --> 01:59:27,880
Speaker 1: You know, you could just be a mentor to these

2218
01:59:27,920 --> 01:59:30,280
Speaker 1: guys and we'll give you all the rest you need

2219
01:59:30,320 --> 01:59:32,320
Speaker 1: and blah blah blah. And Chris Paul's like, you know,

2220
01:59:32,360 --> 01:59:33,720
Speaker 1: we're going to the playoffs. I don't know what you

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01:59:33,840 --> 01:59:36,480
Speaker 1: talk about. Uh, we're going on. We're going on to

2222
01:59:36,480 --> 01:59:40,480
Speaker 1: the playoffs. And they were a gambling juggernaut against the

2223
01:59:40,520 --> 01:59:42,720
Speaker 1: spread in ok See. Same deal when he goes to

2224
01:59:42,760 --> 01:59:45,120
Speaker 1: Phoenix because he tries hard in the regular season, man,

2225
01:59:47,760 --> 01:59:51,320
Speaker 1: and to see him get Okay See to Game seven

2226
01:59:51,320 --> 01:59:53,800
Speaker 1: in the first round and then this year get to

2227
01:59:53,840 --> 01:59:55,760
Speaker 1: the finals like nobody expecting them to go to the finals,

2228
01:59:55,800 --> 01:59:58,600
Speaker 1: and the reality has got the reality. If Anthony Davis

2229
01:59:58,640 --> 02:00:01,040
Speaker 1: does not go down, the Laker probably beat the Sun's.

2230
02:00:01,080 --> 02:00:04,480
Speaker 1: For one, they were up to one heavy favorites with

2231
02:00:04,520 --> 02:00:09,080
Speaker 1: a d Adi gets hurt flipped And yes, I know

2232
02:00:09,160 --> 02:00:10,880
Speaker 1: Chris Paul was hurt in the series. I get that.

2233
02:00:12,560 --> 02:00:16,160
Speaker 1: But the Suns are gonna get the title this year.

2234
02:00:16,520 --> 02:00:18,880
Speaker 1: I you know, I don't obviously won't be finished by

2235
02:00:18,920 --> 02:00:21,360
Speaker 1: the time we come on the air next weekend. But

2236
02:00:22,320 --> 02:00:28,960
Speaker 1: congrats to Chris Paul. Now, um, obviously you know, guys,

2237
02:00:29,040 --> 02:00:30,200
Speaker 1: try to be safe out there. And I I know you're

2238
02:00:30,240 --> 02:00:32,760
Speaker 1: gonna be watching a ton of soccer this weekend. Some

2239
02:00:32,800 --> 02:00:36,880
Speaker 1: people might watch hockey. Um there is baseball. By the way.

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Speaker 1: I gotta get to a Dodgers game at some point

2241
02:00:38,960 --> 02:00:42,240
Speaker 1: this season. I gotta take the family to a Dodgers game. Um,

2242
02:00:42,280 --> 02:00:47,360
Speaker 1: it just seems like baseball. Full stadiums just looks fun.

2243
02:00:47,680 --> 02:00:51,080
Speaker 1: I will say this, you get spoiled when you can

2244
02:00:51,120 --> 02:00:54,040
Speaker 1: get hooked up with like the Lexus Club at Dodgers games,

2245
02:00:55,080 --> 02:00:58,160
Speaker 1: and you're sitting behind home plate and you're like, oh,

2246
02:00:58,240 --> 02:01:00,480
Speaker 1: it's like eighty five degrees. I think I'm gonna go

2247
02:01:01,360 --> 02:01:03,680
Speaker 1: inside the Lexus Club and just get more free food,

2248
02:01:04,640 --> 02:01:07,440
Speaker 1: and then I'm gonna get some free snacks and then

2249
02:01:07,480 --> 02:01:10,760
Speaker 1: like a third dessert. And then you're like you realize that, oh,

2250
02:01:10,760 --> 02:01:13,040
Speaker 1: it's a fifitting. I've watched like an inning out there.

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02:01:13,840 --> 02:01:16,160
Speaker 1: It's it's tough. Um. So now you got to go

2252
02:01:16,200 --> 02:01:18,000
Speaker 1: back to a game and you don't have all that access.

2253
02:01:18,000 --> 02:01:20,120
Speaker 1: You're not as close to the game. It's just weird.

2254
02:01:20,200 --> 02:01:24,160
Speaker 1: But listen, these are first world problems. Um. I think

2255
02:01:24,160 --> 02:01:25,680
Speaker 1: we'll get by them and I'll make it to a

2256
02:01:25,720 --> 02:01:28,760
Speaker 1: Dodgers game. Um. Any July four? Plans for you, Ryan,

2257
02:01:28,840 --> 02:01:31,800
Speaker 1: or say I'm anything interesting, I'm just my family is

2258
02:01:31,840 --> 02:01:33,920
Speaker 1: gonna have a barbecue tomorrow night. I'll swing by after.

2259
02:01:34,200 --> 02:01:35,960
Speaker 1: I'll be here in the morning until two Oekso what's

2260
02:01:35,960 --> 02:01:37,680
Speaker 1: your retire at the barbecue? Are you wearing like an

2261
02:01:37,680 --> 02:01:43,680
Speaker 1: American flag tank top or anything exciting? Um, I've got

2262
02:01:43,760 --> 02:01:46,640
Speaker 1: and not too many of those tank tops. Just uh

2263
02:01:47,400 --> 02:01:50,920
Speaker 1: it's my standard. Uh, some short shorts and uh and

2264
02:01:51,520 --> 02:01:54,560
Speaker 1: a T shirt. Okay, I would say I'm anything thrilling

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02:01:54,600 --> 02:01:57,640
Speaker 1: for you. I will be here until four o'clock and

2266
02:01:57,800 --> 02:01:59,920
Speaker 1: nothing planned as of yet. Are you here with Steve

2267
02:02:00,000 --> 02:02:04,400
Speaker 1: Hartman on Sunday? Oh? Man, that's gotta be fun. Steve

2268
02:02:04,400 --> 02:02:06,480
Speaker 1: Hartman is a bit of a character. Oh. They just

2269
02:02:06,520 --> 02:02:09,520
Speaker 1: scored the rich Orn Burger a good guy. They just

2270
02:02:09,520 --> 02:02:13,200
Speaker 1: showed the Denmark second goal. Beautiful cross and then he

2271
02:02:13,360 --> 02:02:17,120
Speaker 1: just slides the right foot in Denmark Roland check to nothing.

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02:02:18,120 --> 02:02:21,840
Speaker 1: Um yeah, I I posted on my Instagram three years

2273
02:02:21,880 --> 02:02:25,160
Speaker 1: ago I wore my Larry Johnson throwback jersey to the beach.

2274
02:02:26,080 --> 02:02:29,440
Speaker 1: Uh No, that was three two years ago. Three years ago,

2275
02:02:29,480 --> 02:02:31,520
Speaker 1: I wore a Flash Gordon tank top to the beach.

2276
02:02:32,040 --> 02:02:34,840
Speaker 1: Who knows what tomorrow will have in store, but I

2277
02:02:34,840 --> 02:02:37,320
Speaker 1: think it will be an NBA jersey. I hope everybody

2278
02:02:37,520 --> 02:02:40,760
Speaker 1: has a great July fourth weekend. Thank you. Iwa Sam

2279
02:02:40,840 --> 02:02:44,360
Speaker 1: and Ryan and Isaac and uh coming up next up

2280
02:02:44,400 --> 02:02:47,480
Speaker 1: on game. Thank you Chris. Uh you guys have a

2281
02:02:47,520 --> 02:02:48,400
Speaker 1: good one. I'm out.