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You know, 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:18.559 we've been talking about Matt Harvey over the last couple 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:22.119 of days. There was that suspension than why he got suspended, Well, 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:24.720 today he kind of faced the music and suspension is over. 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:27.759 He had some words. We're gonna play that a little 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:30.280 bit later on when we get into our starting lineup. 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:31.880 But I want to find out what do you guys 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:33.360 think the Mets need to do with them? Should they 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:35.640 just like sweep it under the rug and just like 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:38.000 kind of move on, or is this the straw that 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:40.320 broke the camel's back. Must there be a little bit more? 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:42.559 Should they try and send them down? Because I'm telling 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:44.520 you when you hear his audio today, I think there's 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:46.640 some things going on with Matt Harvey. I don't know, man, 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:48.680 Maybe he's just like older than he used to be 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:52.080 in camp mess around in New York anymore? Or do 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:54.200 they need to cut their losses? I mean, the man's 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.680 e r A has been going up is now over five, 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.960 was over four last year. This is not the same picture. 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.600 His velocity is down as well. Should they try to 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.760 trade him for whatever they can get? That is another 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.480 question we have up on the f n T s 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:11.639 Y Radio Twitter handle. We also listen. If you listen 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:13.960 to the Fantasy Freestyle, you know that we've been talking 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.400 about the pain management and the tour doll and all 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:19.519 of the implications in the NFL. Tomorrow, Smith, the head 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:21.560 of the NFL p A, is starting to bring that 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:24.720 conversation in a very formal way. We're gonna check in 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:27.000 on that. I got my boy Donnie Burns with me 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.200 on the ones into so hot that we sweat steam. 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:32.520 We're gonna talk NBA playoffs as usual. Is it just 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:35.239 a fate to complete this trilogy? Come all right back, 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:38.840 Fantasy Sports Radio Network. I'm your boy, Dane Martinez Fantasy Freestyle. 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:53.160 Come on back. This isn't what you know what it is? 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.200 It should boy Dane Martinez a k A. To spitting statistician. 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:58.760 You're listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.919 award winning Fantasies Sports Radio Network. I got my boy 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:04.040 don Burns with me on the ones and tools so 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.520 hot that we sweat steam. Let's get right into it. 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.640 Let's get into this starting lineup. Okay, News and notes 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.800 from around Major League Baseball real quick. The Tigers have 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.519 made a change at closer. Go out right now if 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:20.480 you can and grab Justin Wilson. He is replacing Frankie 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:24.280 Rodriguez k Rod as the closer in Detroit. I told 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.720 you about this a little while ago. K Rod had 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.040 been good, you know, the years and years leading up 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:31.519 to this, but falling off a cliff right now. Justin 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:35.320 Wilson closing for the Tigers. Moving forward. Uh j D. 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:38.120 Martinez speaking of the Tigers, looks like he is on 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.400 track to return and play his first games of the 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.560 season this weekend. He is playing right field in his 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.560 rehab starts with no issue. They're probably gonna bring him 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:48.400 back up at the end of the week. Remember he 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:51.920 was dealing with that Liz Frank injury. Aelton Simmons got 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:54.400 hit by a pitch on the right thumb last night. 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:57.160 X grades have come back clean. He should be good 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:59.320 to go, maybe miss just a day or two. However, 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:02.520 Jason hey World has been placed on the disabled list 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.720 retroactive to May six because of a finger issue on 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:09.280 his right hand, and similarly, the Angels are now starting 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.000 to talk about the ten day d L for best 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:15.000 Player in the Game Mike Trout. This will be. It 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:16.560 looks like he's missing it again. This will be his 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:21.599 fourth game missing. Uh. You know we've talked about this 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.200 with the ten d d L managers can kind of 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:26.880 game the system and almost save players for themselves. I 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:29.440 would not be surprised if this goes one way or 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:31.600 the other. The fork in the road happens. Now that 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:33.440 are you gonna either gonna put Trout on the d 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:35.520 L or you will see him back in the lineup, 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:39.120 you know, within the next couple of days. Let's keep 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.640 it moving into what I talked about yesterday. I gave 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:44.880 you some starting pitchers. Yesterday I said I think you 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:47.560 could beat Jacob deGrom and I gave you two starters 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.279 that I think could do it for far less money 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:53.640 on FanDuel. The first guy I gave you was Kendall Graveman. 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:56.159 He was only seventy four hundred, and I said that 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:59.159 he had the potential against that Trout less lineup in 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:01.600 that big ballpark. What did he do? Seven innings pitched, 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:04.440 only gave up to earned runs and struck out six. 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:06.680 Got you a quality start. They didn't get the win 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.480 because that game went eleven innings, But nice little action 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:11.760 for you if you did listen to your boy, Speeds, 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:15.240 the spitting statistician who went Kendall Graveman, or you could 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:17.040 have gone Trevor k Hill, which was the other guy 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.440 gave you against Texas. I told you that lineup was 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.640 not killing it right now. He did not go enough 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:23.719 to get a quality start, but it was five and 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:27.040 a third scoreless innings. He also struck out seven and 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:29.960 got the win as the Padres beat the Rangers five 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.120 to one. Both of those guys could have helped you 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:35.600 cash last night. So you may ask yourself, all right, Speeds, 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:39.040 who's gonna help me cash tonight? Listen? I am mad 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:40.240 at you if you go with the chalk, if you 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:42.760 go with the most expensive guys, that be Max Scherzer 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:46.039 at eleven thousand, six hundred against Baltimore on fan duel, 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:50.000 or even Carlos Carrasco at ten thousand, three hundred against 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:52.360 the Blue Jays, I am mad at you. But I 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:55.200 got a guy. I got two guys that for three 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.760 four thousand dollars less. I think you're gonna have good 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.480 starts and get vic threes for you. This is how 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:03.760 you win that cash. Okay, the first one I like 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:08.160 Matt andreies today against Kansas City. He's on seventy four 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:10.640 hundred is his price on fan duel. I gotta tell 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:15.680 you something, This Kansas City offense is straight blunt, guts trash. Okay, 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.120 this is the worst offense in the American League. The 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:21.599 Royals have scored eighty nine runs to date. The second 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:23.839 worst offense in the American League is the White Sox. 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:27.960 They scored a hundred and twenty one thirty two more runs. 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:31.560 That is how putrid this Royals offense has been. I 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:34.760 am fading them. It's almost like in a survivor pool 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.680 in the NFL when you just pick him, like whoever 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.320 is playing the Cleveland Browns. I think it is coming 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.719 to that point with the Kansas City Royals offense. I 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:46.440 like Matt Andres seventy four hundred in Tampa Bay and 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:48.640 he's been hot. He did strike out eight guys in 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:51.120 his last start against the Marlins. If you don't look 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.400 like that, here's the other one for you, also at 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:57.120 seventy four hundred on fan duel. Remember when I just 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.600 said that the second worst offense in the a L 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.400 was the Cargo White Sox. Well, I'm fading them as well. 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:07.400 You can get Hector Santiago for I rather andrees. But again, 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:12.200 this guy going against the second worst offense in the 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:15.160 American League, and he's also pitching against Mike Pelfrey. Mike 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.480 Pelfrey who was oh and two and has the five 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:19.960 plus e r A. Those are some guys to win 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.080 that cast. But I want to keep it moving and 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:24.760 talk a little bit more about this Matt Harvey situation. Okay, 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:28.200 we've been, you know, wondering why he was suspended it. 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:31.880 You know, the news has trickled out. He was out partying. Basically, 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:34.320 he played golf and then he was you know, basically 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.880 too hungover or messed up to be able to report 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:39.520 for duty. Even though it was an off it was 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:42.920 not a starting day for Harvey on Saturday. He returned 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:46.120 today and face the media. I want to hear what 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:47.800 he has to say, and then let's react to it. 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:49.840 I got a couple of points to make about what 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.520 Matt Harvey had to say today. Let's let's hear what 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.840 he had to say. No one, thank you everyone. Matt 0:07:55.840 --> 0:08:03.240 will have an opening statement and take a few questions. UM. 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:06.960 First off, as I as I just did UM with 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:13.000 my teammates and and all of the coaches. UM, I 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:16.280 apologized for for my actions, and I do apologize for 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:25.320 my actions. UM, obviously I'm extremely embarrassed by my actions. UM. 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:30.680 I apologize to my teammates too, the Mets organization, to 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:33.040 the Wilpons, to you know, all the way down to 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:39.760 the Mets fans for doing what I did. And UM, yes, 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:44.520 I was out on Friday night past curfew. I did 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:49.840 play golf m Saturday morning, and I put myself in 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:54.600 a bad place to be ready for showing up for 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:58.120 a ball for a ball game. That is my responsibility. 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.720 I take full blame for that, and I've apologized to 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:06.080 my teammates. I've apologize as the coaches, and I'm doing 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:09.319 everything in my power so that that never happens again. 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:15.440 And UM, like I've said, I'm extremely embarrassed for my actions, 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:21.680 and UM, I'm working forward to getting things back on 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.319 track and doing everything akin to help this team win 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:28.600 and help this organization moving forward. And and they all 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:32.199 have my word on that one. All right. So that's 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.600 what Matt Harvey had to say, and listen. First of all, 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.480 I want to give him a little bit of credit 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:40.680 because if you see the video of this, this was 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:44.040 not him reading remarks from prepared cards or anything like that. 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.680 It was kind of a I guess, a heartfelt kind 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.320 of apology. But here's the thing, this is gonna be 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:53.840 the last stop for Matt Harvey and the Mets. You know, 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.440 this has been going on for a while, and I 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:58.800 think this is just the straw that breaks the camels 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.640 back in terms of Matt Harvey hating the Mets, and 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:04.880 the Mets hating Matt Harvey. Okay, I have been saying 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.800 this for a while. And I also think you can 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.040 tell in this tone when people when players were coming 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.640 out of the locker room after Matt Harvey apparently spoke 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.720 for about ten or fifteen minutes apologizing to him, I 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.600 think there's something a little bit deeper here. Matt Harvey 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.439 hit the town. You know, about five years ago. It 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.880 was an absolute beast. Was supposed to be the new 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.880 truth Stud, the guy, the dark Knight, who was going 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.400 to lead this team to the Promised Land. He was 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.640 the stud. He was the ace, He had the model girlfriends, 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.000 he was at the front row of Nick's games. He 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.000 was you know, he was trying to become the next 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:41.400 Derek Jeter. In more ways than one, My how the 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.920 mighty have fallen? Okay, now all of a sudden, you're 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:50.199 maybe the third best starter in that rotation. Now you're 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.600 not hot to trot, You're not on the jumbo tron 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:56.360 at Madison Square Garden with the model on your arm. 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:58.440 And I think that it all came crashing down for 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:01.360 him and he doesn't know necessary early how to deal 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:03.600 with it. When I put up that poll question, I 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:05.600 asked you they just leave it alone and move on, 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:09.359 which maybe what you think, but I offered to other alternatives, 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:12.280 want to send them to Triple A. Maybe he just 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:15.160 needs to be outside of the spotlight for a little 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:19.040 while and maybe remember why the hell he loves baseball 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:21.839 in the first place, because it's about the performance on 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:24.559 the field, not all the other stuff, the bright lights 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:28.200 in the big city. Or maybe the Mets need to 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:32.400 cut their losses and trade him now. The Mets are 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:35.559 not going to be contenders right now as we have seen, 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.959 the Mets are most likely going to be sellers. And 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:42.160 we know also I've said it here, I'll say it again, 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:46.079 Matt Harvey is not going to resign with the Mets 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:48.880 when his contract is up, so mine as well get 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:52.320 something now. If you can, Okay, I'm telling you the 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.760 Mets are not contending. This has unrattled very quickly with 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.760 Syndergard with cesspitics, with all the kind of just dark 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.679 louds that are there. So if you ask me, I 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:05.880 am in the thirty five percent of the voters right 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.679 now who say try to trade him. I think that's 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:10.440 what you can do. If you can get him to 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:14.480 another another team with a fresh start. He still has 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.360 the stuff to be a relied upon starter. He could 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:20.199 still be the dark night again, and maybe they'll shine 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:22.960 the light up when it's his starts, like the Batman signal. 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.400 I just don't think it is going to happen anymore 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:29.160 in Flushing, Queens. If you want to holler at me 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:31.679 about this, you candidate four four eight four three six 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.720 seven nine, or you can vote on the poll. Eleven 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:38.000 percent say send them this triple A. Now say try 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.200 to trade them. Many of you say just move on. 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:42.560 I don't think that's gonna work anymore. Come all right back, 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.560 we'll talk about it some more. Dame Martinez Fantasy Freestyle 0:12:45.600 --> 0:13:01.920 here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Welcome back to 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:05.120 the Fantasy Freestyle that se boy Dade Martinez holding you down, 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:07.880 and my man Donnie Burns on the ones and twos 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:11.600 you're listening live here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.320 Big shout out to our sports Byline affiliates. You know 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.120 I'm gonna shout out West Virginia today, having shouted out 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:20.840 West Virginia in a while, Donnie Burns, so big shout 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:23.360 out to Vienna fourteen fifty A M W L T 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:27.240 P and in Martinsburg thirteen forty AM W E P 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:29.560 M and Donnie Burns as the love Doctor. You're gonna 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.040 like this one. Big shout out to six twenty am 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:35.439 in Beaver, West Virginia. UM, let's keep it moving though 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:37.760 here as we get into the cipher on the Fantasy 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:41.160 Freestyle News and Notes from the NFL, Spencerware is still 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:44.520 apparently the quote unquote lead back in Kansas City. Even 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.120 though the Chiefs spent their third round pick to draft 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:50.480 rookie running back Kareem Hunt, don't be surprised if Kareem 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:52.680 Hunt is one of those running backs that start to 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:56.040 steal touches in the second half of the season. I 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:58.800 made that point with a lot of running backs last 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.440 year at after the bye in the second half of 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:04.640 the season, whether it was guys like Kenneth Dixon or 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.360 others that you're gonna start to see that. Uh. Kareem 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:11.400 Hunt could be an example of that in Kansas City. However, 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:14.560 Joe Mixon, the drafted running back in Cincinnati who had 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:17.480 a lot of uh, you know, questionable pass and domestic 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:19.960 violence in his past, they are saying he's going to 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:22.320 get heavy usage. If you look at this running back 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:25.920 room in Cincinnati, Giovanni Bernard is questionable to be ready 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:27.520 with a knee injury for the start of the season, 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.960 and Jeremy Hill has just not been good. So Joe 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:34.240 Mixon could be primed to get some some usage early 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:37.440 on in his first season as a Bengal. The Buffalo 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:40.520 Bills have announced that Brandon Bean will be their new 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:44.440 general manager. He replaces Doug's Whaley. Brandon Bean was the 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:49.120 assistant GM of the Carolina Panthers in Philadelphia. Reports indicate 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:51.800 now that Dorio Green Beckham maybe a long shot to 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:55.400 even make the Philadelphia Eagles roster. Remember, they sounded al 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:58.560 Shan Jeffrey and Torry Smith in the off season. They 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.760 also have Jordan Matthews now Sinagalore and have drafted two 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:05.040 rookies this year, so it could be a a tight 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:08.520 a tight fit for d g B. Also, a news 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:11.160 that you may have already heard, the State of Massachusetts 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:15.640 has vacated the Aaron Hernandez murder conviction. That's a procedural 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:19.720 thing that they do if um, if the person who 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:23.920 was appealing actually dies before the appeal has been heard. 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.000 Let's keep it moving though. In the cipher, I am 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.920 excited to have my boy Donnie Burns, the love Doctor 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:32.880 and my NBA correspondent. We've been touching in with him, 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:35.920 you know, throughout the playoffs and you know, just another 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:39.160 who Hume win Donnie for the Golden State Warriors. They 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:42.120 win one one to ninety five and end the season 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:46.240 of the Utah Jazz. Last night, Steph Curry nine for fifteen, 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:49.600 goes for thirty points, Draymond Green with a triple double, 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:53.640 seventeen points, ten rebounds, and eleven assists. Here's what I 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:55.440 want to ask you about this one, because you know 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:58.680 we've been talking about how you know, the Calves have swept, 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:01.400 now the Warriors have apt. What I found interesting I 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.480 was watching the end of that game, Donnie, and they 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:10.720 the Utah fans were they were happy. They were happy. 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.280 They were they were happy, they were they were happy 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.560 about what their team had done. And you know that's 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:18.520 so rare in sports these days. And then when I 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.080 step back and look at it, the question is like, 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:25.160 should they be happy? I mean, nobody probably picked them 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:27.680 to be in the second round of the Western Conference 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:32.080 this year. You may consider them a team on the rise. However, 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:35.640 what are the other things that the fans did? Was start, 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:38.280 with about three minutes left to go, start chanting the 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:42.680 name of one Gordon Hayward. So, Donnie, I got two 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:47.040 questions for you. One, should the Utah Jazz fans be 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:50.680 happy in the short term about what they did this season? 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.640 And what does that mean long term? Especially because, as 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:57.800 you know, species fitting statistician has called his shot and 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:00.120 says that Gordon Hayward will be wind up where and 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:03.760 Kelly Green for his college coach, Brad Stevens going to 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.280 the Celtics this offseason. What do you think about what 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:09.560 the Houston the Utah fans were doing in the in 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.280 the last time they were in that arena this season? Yeah, 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:14.159 so I'm actually really about what they did. I think 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.000 they should be happy. They have a really, really young 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.080 core even if Gordon Hayward decides to leave. And I 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:22.080 thought it was kind of a good gesture to kind of, 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:24.800 you know, send him off in a sense if he 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:27.480 decides to go with that, you know that big thank you. 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.360 That was what that chance essentially was. And I'm kind 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:33.000 of upset how this kind of ended because I really 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:35.280 didn't think that the Warrior I thought they would win. 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:38.280 I didn't think they would sweep a Quinn Snyder coach team. 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:40.679 I think he is, you know, in the running for 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.240 Coach of the Year every single year, and you know, 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:46.879 I thought he would have at least stolen game, yeah, 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:49.080 because he's a great coach and they were, if not 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:52.680 the best defensive team in the NBA, one of the best. 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:55.800 So I like where they're at. Their very young uh 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:58.000 Derek Favorites is playing out of control. He played real 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:00.560 well in the former top three picks. So I like 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.639 where they're at, even even if they lose Hayward in 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:07.719 the offseason. I do. And I think the Jazz fans 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:10.280 kind of made it a point that hey, you know, 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.600 you should stick with us a little longer. We got you. 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.199 I think you should stay. Well, we'll see. I know 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:19.960 this summer I know this summer, you know, Paul, George Gordon, 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:23.080 and Hayward now apparently Kyle Lowry are all gonna be 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:26.800 huge names. To see how the lands, the landscape shifts. 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:29.480 I know one other thing, Donnie, this summer we're gonna 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:32.320 be watching Big Three batsketball. A little bit more on 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.800 that to come maybe later on in the show. We 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:36.920 have some more sounds from ice Cube and our boy 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:39.320 Michael Rappaport. But you know what else is happening in 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:42.919 the NBA this summer or in basketball this summer um, 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:46.320 The NBA is going to Israel. They have a program 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:51.440 called Basketball Without Borders, okay, and they have been basically 0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:55.880 doing high level competition camps around the globe since two 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.119 thousand and one. And these camps not only are to 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:01.760 you know, kind of our scouting, you know, to uh 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:04.120 up and coming talent in these areas, but they're also 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:06.720 out there promoting tolerance and health. This has been going 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:10.440 on over fifteen years and what everyone can understand, intense 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:13.760 political times in Israel. The NBA will be going there 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:17.600 this summer the campus August thirteen to the sixteenth. They're 0:19:17.600 --> 0:19:19.879 also going to be doing community service out there. David 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:24.080 Robinson as the lead instructor, and this camp over the 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:29.240 last sixteen years has produced twenty three NBA players, including 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:33.200 Danilo Gallinari and Mark Gasol. So, you know, I've we've 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:35.480 been talking on this show about what's gonna happen after 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:38.080 the NBA Finals, and we've been talking about Big Three. 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:41.280 We've been talking about other things. I know, uh, you know, 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:43.000 that's the time maybe when the boys of Summer in 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:45.199 baseball dominate. But uh, I just wanted to put it 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:47.520 out there that the NBA continues to go out there 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:49.880 and do some good work trying to grow the game 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:52.679 around the globe. One other thing I want to talk 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:55.040 about here on the Fantasy Freestyle in our cipher, if 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:57.280 you realize here on Fantasy Freestyle, we've been talking about 0:19:57.280 --> 0:20:00.280 the tour at all. We've been talking about marijuana as 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:02.520 it relates to the NFL and how I have been 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:05.040 saying for a while on this platform that the NFL 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:08.760 had an opportunity to become a leader in this space. 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:11.400 We've talked about guys like Jake Plummer, We've talked about 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:15.680 guys like Kyle Torrey. Very interesting pieces on Kyle Turley 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:17.679 on Vice Sports. Right now I'm gonna be talking a 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:19.760 little bit about that later on in the week. But 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:23.040 interestingly enough, Demorris Smith, the head of the nfl PA, 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:26.240 has come out and has said in a recent interview 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:28.840 with Outside the Lines on ESPN that he is actually 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:32.480 looking into this and thinking about how to formally raise this, uh, 0:20:32.600 --> 0:20:35.480 this issue with the owners. We have some Tomorris Smith, 0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:38.720 sound right, Donnie Burns, are we ready for that? Let's 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:41.320 do that. Let's play that. Demorris Smith talking about maybe 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:45.399 next steps on marijuana formally on the table. We intend 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:49.400 to present a proposal to the league that has probably 0:20:49.440 --> 0:20:52.600 more of a therapeutic approach, uh to those who test 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:56.280 positive for marijuana. The idea is simply to make sure 0:20:56.359 --> 0:21:00.400 that we understand, um, whether a player is suffering from 0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:05.080 something other than just um um, a desire to smoke marijuana. 0:21:05.240 --> 0:21:07.480