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<v Speaker 2>I missed you. I missed you super adget I was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a jerk to you when I first got here.

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<v Speaker 2>I apologized, and it's all good. Your mom was very

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<v Speaker 2>mad at me. She was like, you really hurt demands

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<v Speaker 2>this feeling. I was like, he knows that I didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>I was rational.

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<v Speaker 4>People story, you know, I apologize. No, it's farm, it's farm.

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<v Speaker 4>I definitely.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean you did, like in fairness, you did say

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<v Speaker 5>something about it a couple of times.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all but I mean, but it was also like

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<v Speaker 2>ninety seconds, pay what. I apologize for that. It was

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<v Speaker 2>good to see you. I really missed you. Damn it.

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<v Speaker 2>My hair is a disaster.

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<v Speaker 4>We're just gonna roll with it, kind of like a

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<v Speaker 4>John Wick thing going on this.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I know I got it. I gotta get it together.

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<v Speaker 2>But I almost got my hair cut in Italy, that

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<v Speaker 2>style that I showed you, I almost got it cut.

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<v Speaker 2>But because it's like an Italian hair style.

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<v Speaker 5>Can I ask the question, Yeah, how many drinks have

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<v Speaker 5>you had had when you were thinking about it?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? I was stone sober. I wasn't stone sober and

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<v Speaker 2>most of the trip, but in that moment, I was

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<v Speaker 2>in your mom and I walked down to the guy.

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<v Speaker 2>But then she didn't trust it. Yeah, it was like

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<v Speaker 2>she was like, no, you gotta have a black guy

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<v Speaker 2>cut your hair. I'm like, this is an Italian hairstyle.

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<v Speaker 4>You have to see. I've actually got a funny story

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<v Speaker 4>about that.

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<v Speaker 5>But you've got to see who gets out of the chair, Like,

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<v Speaker 5>I feel like you have to watch him cut somebody's hair.

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<v Speaker 4>And you've got a haircut since our last This was

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<v Speaker 4>not intentional.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the haircut was intentional. The length of the haircut

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<v Speaker 2>was not intention of course. Yeah got the hair. It

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<v Speaker 2>didn't accidentally do like I thought I was an applebee?

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<v Speaker 2>What are you doing? All right? Welcome in another episode

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<v Speaker 2>What's Right? Nick Right? The podcast and YouTube show. One

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<v Speaker 2>special announcement. This is going to be the only place

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<v Speaker 2>you can get me audio video for at least the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of this week. I don't know if I'm suposed

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<v Speaker 2>to say this or not, maybe slightly longer. Now. The

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<v Speaker 2>internet rumors of the demise of First Things First, not

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<v Speaker 2>only are they greatly exaggerated, they're flatly wrong. However, we

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<v Speaker 2>do have an important I can't call announcement, but an

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<v Speaker 2>important thing that is happening with first things first, it

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<v Speaker 2>might have to do with where the show is shot

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<v Speaker 2>from without revealing too much, and because of that, we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be off the air temporarily as all those

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<v Speaker 2>things get going. So if you're watching this, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>listening to this for at least the rest of this week,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe a tiny bit bleeding in the next week, this

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<v Speaker 2>is the place to find me. Plus on Twitter of course,

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<v Speaker 2>but this is really it. I am so excited. What

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to do is what people do when

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<v Speaker 2>they come off vacation in media, which is start the

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<v Speaker 2>show's talking about their vacation. I went to Rome. It

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<v Speaker 2>was amazing. The history is unlike anything I've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 2>The rest of that check my Instagram stories. All right, now,

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<v Speaker 2>we will get the show going the way we always

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<v Speaker 2>do by discussing what we are not discussing on today's show.

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<v Speaker 2>Here is what did not make the cut for our

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<v Speaker 2>return show of What's Right with the Game of Thrones return?

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<v Speaker 2>That has not made the cut for a number of reasons,

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<v Speaker 2>most notably I have not yet watched it. That is

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<v Speaker 2>a show I watched with my wife. My wife just

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<v Speaker 2>a total soldier nine days in Rome, partying almost every

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<v Speaker 2>night late into the night, flies back to New York

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<v Speaker 2>and just goes out. She and her best friend Nicole,

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<v Speaker 2>who is here with us. They're like, Hey, it's Harlem Day.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to a concert. I'm like, you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>a concert. It was unbelievable Shack calling Steph the best

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<v Speaker 2>in the world. I don't know that. It's not that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know that I agree with that. I definitely

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<v Speaker 2>disagree with that. It's Jannest But all these like current rankings,

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<v Speaker 2>all time rankings, the still of Steph behind KD strike

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<v Speaker 2>me as a little odd. And the Ravens win an

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<v Speaker 2>incomprehensible twenty second straight preseason game. I believe in that streak.

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<v Speaker 2>They are seventeen four and one against the spread. You

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<v Speaker 2>know what they say, good teams win, great teams cover.

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<v Speaker 2>We will discuss that on the Gambling Show if the

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<v Speaker 2>Gambling Show gets rolling when the preseason is still going on,

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<v Speaker 2>which is unlikely, but it is the type of thing

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<v Speaker 2>we would discuss on the Gambling Show. Demansey, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if you can tell. I am very excited to

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<v Speaker 2>be back on the air. Yeah. I have so many

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<v Speaker 2>takes built up inside of me, like like a chamber.

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<v Speaker 2>That's overflowing. So let's get going. What are we starting with?

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<v Speaker 4>All right, Deshaun Watson's official suspension.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, so we're starting with just a laugher of

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<v Speaker 2>a topic going on.

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<v Speaker 4>Official suspension is eleven games.

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<v Speaker 5>Yep, he will be fine five million dollars, but he

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<v Speaker 5>will be back for the final playoff push yep.

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<v Speaker 4>What's your reaction to this final suspension?

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<v Speaker 2>I think that Listen. As I've said before, and I'll

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<v Speaker 2>say it very quickly, there was no amount of games

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<v Speaker 2>that was going to feel right. And by that, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean if he didn't do it, he should get zero games.

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<v Speaker 2>If he did it, and you're talking about two dozen

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<v Speaker 2>plus cases of credibly or credible cases of alleged sexual misconduct,

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<v Speaker 2>One season is not enough. Two seasons feels like now,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, that's like, you know, a game and

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<v Speaker 2>a half per accuser. So there was never you were

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<v Speaker 2>never going to be able to thread the needle. But

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<v Speaker 2>we always knew six was not enough. From a purely

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<v Speaker 2>cold perspective, what's best for the NFL and best for

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<v Speaker 2>the Browns, it was that the suspension ind this year

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<v Speaker 2>because then the storyline ends this year. If they would

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<v Speaker 2>have suspended him the entire season. Then the entire saga

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<v Speaker 2>of Deshaun's return his first game with the Browns is

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<v Speaker 2>now a story in the vacuum of next offseason when

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<v Speaker 2>people are looking for things to discuss. I found it

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<v Speaker 2>odd that they did eleven and not twelve, because that

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<v Speaker 2>now lets him come back for the Texans game, and

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<v Speaker 2>so there's gonna be a lot of media attention surrounding

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<v Speaker 2>that because their twelfth game of the season is the

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<v Speaker 2>Texans game. I, however, do not believe there will be

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<v Speaker 2>a playoff push for the Browns. I don't what does

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<v Speaker 2>their record need to be in order for them to

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<v Speaker 2>be a credible playoff contender seven and four after eleven games.

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<v Speaker 2>Some people might say six and five. But the the

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<v Speaker 2>other element of this, and this is to me the

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<v Speaker 2>more I guess unique opinion is I think the Browns

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<v Speaker 2>fans and management are going to look back on this

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<v Speaker 2>trade as such an absolute football disaster, not just to

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<v Speaker 2>forget pr forget morality, forget all of those things from

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<v Speaker 2>a football perspective. Deshaun Watson did not play at all

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<v Speaker 2>last year. He is now not going to play for

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<v Speaker 2>the first three months of this year. He is an

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<v Speaker 2>incredibly talented player. With that said, we have seen a

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<v Speaker 2>team quarterbacked by Deshaun Watson that had deficiencies in other

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<v Speaker 2>areas Go four and twelve when he was the quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>for the full season. So what's my point there? Because

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<v Speaker 2>they're not going to be able to call it restock

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<v Speaker 2>their team through the draft the way they would otherwise

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<v Speaker 2>like to because of the trades and what they gave

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<v Speaker 2>up for him, because of the time off. Because of

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<v Speaker 2>all of that, and because the quarterbacking in the AFC

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<v Speaker 2>is now so overwhelming, I ain't the return on investment

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<v Speaker 2>from a pure football perspective is not going to be

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<v Speaker 2>what the Browns wanted. And because he wasn't suspended the

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<v Speaker 2>full year his kind. If he was suspended the full year,

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<v Speaker 2>his contract would toll, which means basically, would like freeze

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<v Speaker 2>in time and what should he should be paid in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty two, he'd be paid in twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 2>so on and so forth. Because he's coming back this year,

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't happen. The contract goes on its regular timeline,

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<v Speaker 2>So in twenty twenty three, twenty twenty four, twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 2>and twenty twenty six, just quickly. Deshaun Watson has either

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<v Speaker 2>the highest or the second highest cap hit of any

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<v Speaker 2>player in the sport all four years. So you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have your first round picks. You have the most expensive

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback in the sport who right now now might be

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth best quarterback in his own conference. And people

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<v Speaker 2>can say that's that's oh Nick, you're under selling him, Mahomes, Alan,

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<v Speaker 2>Herbert Burrow, Lamar, there's five. Now. You want to argue

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<v Speaker 2>Lamar over a couple of those guys, you can, But

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<v Speaker 2>you also could argue all of those guys over Lamar,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's before. Some people love Russell Wilson. I'm sorry

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<v Speaker 2>over Lamoar, Over to Shawn. Some people love Russell Wilson.

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<v Speaker 2>There's other people that could have been included. So I

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<v Speaker 2>the if I had to guess, I know I'm stepping

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<v Speaker 2>on what you were. I just looked at it. You

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<v Speaker 2>were going to ask me what the record was going

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<v Speaker 2>to be. My apologies. Like I said, I got a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of.

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<v Speaker 4>Takes build up.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm ready to go. I think that the if you

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<v Speaker 2>look at the Browns through the first eleven games, what

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<v Speaker 2>are to me games they're definitely losing. To me, They're

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<v Speaker 2>definitely losing to the Chargers, to the Ravens, to the Bengals,

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<v Speaker 2>to the Bills, right to the Bucks. That's five. Those

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<v Speaker 2>aren't definite losses. Say say in those five games they

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<v Speaker 2>go one and four, then they the There are other

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<v Speaker 2>games are Panthers, Jets, Steelers, Patriots, Dolphins. So even if

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<v Speaker 2>they they're not gonna sweep those with Jacobe at quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I mean, I think six and five is

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<v Speaker 2>the best they can hope for. And I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>Deshaun is gonna come back after nearly two years off

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<v Speaker 2>and and just be awesome. There's gonna be some russ

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<v Speaker 2>there's gonna be all that. So I don't think it

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<v Speaker 2>will be a playoff push. I think the Browns fans

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<v Speaker 2>are already upset with this. I think they're gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>more upset. Okay, we good to move on. Let's move on.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's do it.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

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<v Speaker 5>Social social media lit up after Giants rookie Cavon Thibodeau

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<v Speaker 5>was Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Well done, well done. You've really gotten good at that.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, we're in Houston, Papado, I know the d A,

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<v Speaker 4>the d e A.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh oh, you're right, but also you've just gotten really good.

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<v Speaker 2>You also didn't call them Thibodeaux. No, you did a

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<v Speaker 2>great job.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, he will go ahead, he says, He's okay, But

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<v Speaker 5>it looks like a dirty play.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think of the situation? Yeah, listen, I

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<v Speaker 2>think that that play. This is one of those I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna use a very tortured metaphor here. Okay, but just

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<v Speaker 2>follow me for a moment. If you have too much

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<v Speaker 2>to drink and you drive into a stop sign and

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<v Speaker 2>the person you were at dinner with had the exact

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<v Speaker 2>same amount of drinks as you did, the exact same weight,

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<v Speaker 2>they have the exact same level of intoxication, and they

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<v Speaker 2>drive into a bus stop with people standing there, your

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<v Speaker 2>penalties are going to obviously be greatly different, even though

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<v Speaker 2>your crimes were the same. It's because the result. We

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<v Speaker 2>are judging the result rather than the action. This, to

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<v Speaker 2>me is a vintage example of judging the result. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to compare the block to drunk driving,

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<v Speaker 2>point being that block happens a dozen times again. The

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<v Speaker 2>re the on that play, and I'm not trying to

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<v Speaker 2>get to x's and o's nerdy football, but on that play,

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<v Speaker 2>the tight ends job is to come across seal, that

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<v Speaker 2>outside linebacker or that pass rusher, that rushing player, and

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<v Speaker 2>to do that, they often go low. Football is an

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<v Speaker 2>inherently dangerous game with the league has decided and I

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<v Speaker 2>know it bothers the players sometimes, but the league is

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<v Speaker 2>rightfully decided we are going to penalize you for going high.

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<v Speaker 2>So and the players know we don't want you to

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<v Speaker 2>come at our you know, basically knee down. But now

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<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden, the strike zone area is shrinking,

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<v Speaker 2>and if the if you're gonna get the penalty for

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<v Speaker 2>going high, you're gonna air on the side of low. Addition,

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<v Speaker 2>if you watch the play Thibodeau again, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>get two x's and no's on it doesn't play it great.

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<v Speaker 2>You see that play happen all the time in football.

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<v Speaker 2>And what you see is I remember guys used to

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<v Speaker 2>do this to JJ Wat all the time. And what

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<v Speaker 2>Watt was unbelievable at was keeping his hips parallel. Correct

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<v Speaker 2>what you're and put his hands down, keep it, get

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<v Speaker 2>his hands there, keep his hip parallel to the sideline,

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<v Speaker 2>have his hands ready, and when the guy comes, he

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<v Speaker 2>almost would propel off the guy around him. Thibodeau at

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<v Speaker 2>the last second turns the other way, turns to where

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<v Speaker 2>instead of facing the sideline, he's facing the end line

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<v Speaker 2>and the guy and the guy by the way seemed

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<v Speaker 2>to be aiming at his hip and it slid down

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<v Speaker 2>and hit him in the knee. So I did not

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<v Speaker 2>think it was a dirty play. I think it was

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<v Speaker 2>an unfortunate play, an inherently violent game. I also think

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<v Speaker 2>this play and the reaction to this play is further

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<v Speaker 2>evidence that social media is making everyone lose their minds,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is of all the concerns I have for

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<v Speaker 2>the few. Again, this going to seem hyperbolic, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>mean it too for the future of civilized society and

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<v Speaker 2>our ability to communicate, discuss, and interact with each other.

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<v Speaker 2>The reaction to this is another check in the column

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<v Speaker 2>of we might be screwed because nobody wants to operate

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<v Speaker 2>in anywhere in the gray. It was the my colleague

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<v Speaker 2>emmanuelaccho Is, I think the I don't know if he

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<v Speaker 2>was the first one who tweeted out, but his tweet

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<v Speaker 2>seems we will let's get the most attention. Called it

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<v Speaker 2>not only a dirty play, but a cowardly play. You

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<v Speaker 2>then had people lining up either saying, yep, the guy

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<v Speaker 2>who threw that block is a dirty player, guys trying

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<v Speaker 2>to make a football team. And then on the other hand,

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<v Speaker 2>you had guys lining up on the other side saying,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not even gray area. It is as clean. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the only way to play that when the answer probably

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<v Speaker 2>is yeah, I deally he goes six inches higher, and

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<v Speaker 2>ideally Thibodeau plays it a little smarter and ideally nobody

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<v Speaker 2>gets banged up there. But people are just so adamant.

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<v Speaker 2>And the other thing is and this is not my

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<v Speaker 2>original opinion, but it's one I espouse a lot because

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<v Speaker 2>I heard it seven years ago and it struck me

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<v Speaker 2>as so smart about one of the issues that we

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<v Speaker 2>have in this country politically now. But it's now spilled

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<v Speaker 2>over and everything, which is people get tied to opinions

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<v Speaker 2>the way talk show hosts used to so in the past,

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<v Speaker 2>before you everyone had their own audience, you could think

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<v Speaker 2>and believe something, get new information and change your opinion,

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<v Speaker 2>and the only people who knew you changed your opinion

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<v Speaker 2>were your closest friends and family.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>But now that everyone has an audience, everyone gets tied

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<v Speaker 2>to a take and they feel like they have to

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<v Speaker 2>defend that take even when new evidence comes around. And

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<v Speaker 2>so if you saw Acho's tweet and you're like, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't play football. I don't know he played football.

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<v Speaker 2>He says this is dirty. So you fire off a

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<v Speaker 2>tweet that guy should be suspended for the year. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a dirty player. I'd cut him. And then you see

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<v Speaker 2>seven other former football players say, hey, I did play

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<v Speaker 2>like Ajo played. I disagree with him. In a normal world,

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<v Speaker 2>you may be like, oh, I was basing my opinion

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<v Speaker 2>on someone else's opinion because of their experience. Now there's

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<v Speaker 2>more people with other experience. Give me theirs I can

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<v Speaker 2>come to. But now you're tied to it. Nobody wants

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<v Speaker 2>to admit they're wrong. So now they're like, Nope, you're wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Jeff Schwartz, you're wrong, Mark Schlereth, you guys, And so

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<v Speaker 2>it just becomes up. People need to be more like science. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>there you go, that's a good line. I agree, evolve

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<v Speaker 2>with new evidence. And the other thing is this, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>As we've learned from the Draymond Green media experience, not

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<v Speaker 2>everyone is prepared to deal with the take backlash and

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<v Speaker 2>to learn the way I have learned over almost twenty

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<v Speaker 2>years of doing this, how to wiggle out of your

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<v Speaker 2>worst opinions, how to find a way a little sleight

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<v Speaker 2>of hand and be like, oh look over here, and

0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:32.800
<v Speaker 2>you're now you're free and clear. So instead they're just

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<v Speaker 2>arguing and cursing and yelling. All right, what's next?

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<v Speaker 4>Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>Next? Is Tom Brady?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh you miss some training camp, dude, there's a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of training camp issues.

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<v Speaker 2>He left training camp before I left for Rome, and

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<v Speaker 2>he got back today, which is we're recording on Monday.

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<v Speaker 2>He missed a lot of training. Hey man, he's freaking

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<v Speaker 2>Tom Brady. Okay, go ahead, training camp.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, however you returned to practice practice Monday morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.

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<v Speaker 4>Some people think.

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<v Speaker 5>That he missed all of this so he could go

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<v Speaker 5>on audition for the Massinger. Okay, whatever, that is his off.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, by the way, that might be Fox's highest rated

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<v Speaker 2>television shows.

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<v Speaker 5>No, I kind of I know it. It was like, honestly,

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<v Speaker 5>a part of my persona.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, exactly, you know what. You're right about that, and

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<v Speaker 2>it is it is a part of the demand's a brain.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't watch the Masked Singer. What are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 2>But great show America should watch it. Go ahead.

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<v Speaker 5>His offensive line has become very injured over the postseason.

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<v Speaker 5>With all this weird news, are you still fading the Bucks?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, yes, I'm still fading the Bucks first of all.

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<v Speaker 2>Second of all, let me talk about the Brady thing

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<v Speaker 2>for a moment. Okay. Everyone's gonna ask for Nick to

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<v Speaker 2>crush Tom Brady. They expect me to crush Tom. There

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<v Speaker 2>is one athlete in the world who has earned the

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<v Speaker 2>level of deference due to longevity and excellence that Bradys wonder.

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<v Speaker 2>Check your Bengo card. It's Lebron. Okay. If I am

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<v Speaker 2>being honest, if Lebron was mysteriously gone from training camp

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<v Speaker 2>for ten days, would I say bad teammate not doing it,

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<v Speaker 2>or would I say, guys, he's been in the league

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years. If he needs Simon needs time, I'd say

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<v Speaker 2>the latter, not the former. So if I would cut

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron the slack, I'm gonna cut Brady the slack. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>That's first of all. With that said, this is me

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<v Speaker 2>giving myself an out on that opinion. If I decide

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<v Speaker 2>I want to crush Tom Brady and okay, okay, if

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<v Speaker 2>he did this to go on the masked Singer, I

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<v Speaker 2>take everything I just said back, you can't do if

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<v Speaker 2>you did this because hey, I told my wife I

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<v Speaker 2>was retiring. Retiring, she scheduled a family vacation. Okay. I

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<v Speaker 2>then told her I was coming back, and part of

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<v Speaker 2>the negotiation was all still go, and she was like,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the middle of training camp, baby, I'm telling you

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<v Speaker 2>I'll still go. We'll work it out. Then I'm fine

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<v Speaker 2>with that. Right then, It's not that to me is

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<v Speaker 2>there are a lot of reasons if it is to

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<v Speaker 2>go on the mass singer. Even if you might be like,

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<v Speaker 2>if he's gonna miss time, what does it matter what

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<v Speaker 2>he's doing. I just think it's such a bad look

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<v Speaker 2>for the team and for makeing. It's if Lebron use

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<v Speaker 2>the same example mistraining camp, but then we found it

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<v Speaker 2>was because he was on Dancing with the Stars. I

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<v Speaker 2>think people be like, dude, what are you doing now?

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<v Speaker 2>To the actual bucks. Yeah, I think they're screwed. I

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<v Speaker 2>think they are screwed now screwed.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, yeah, I feel like that's huge.

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<v Speaker 2>I think will listen, We'll see if he can have

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<v Speaker 2>a resurgence. The last you know, his last year in

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<v Speaker 2>Atlanta was mediocre, last season in Tennessee was bad. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>see how healthy is. But the listen, they're in such

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<v Speaker 2>a bad division that they'll still be a playoff team.

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<v Speaker 2>I would expect that. But the one place that Brady

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<v Speaker 2>is most vulnerable his whole career is not if you

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<v Speaker 2>can get pressure from the edge, because he's so smart

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<v Speaker 2>and can get the ball out so fast, even the

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<v Speaker 2>best edge guys usually can't get to him in time.

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<v Speaker 2>It's if you can get pressure up the middle. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not breaking news here. Both guards of both his starting

0:21:11.200 --> 0:21:14.440
<v Speaker 2>guards left the team this afice his starting center. Who

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<v Speaker 2>was the guy? And that's our clock. But there's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be a long show because I have all these extra

0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:20.800
<v Speaker 2>takes built up in me and I wasn't on TV today.

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<v Speaker 2>His starting center, who was the guy? If you remember

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<v Speaker 2>when Brady unretired, he called and he got the contract extension.

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan Jensen Jenten out for the year this weekend, one

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<v Speaker 2>of the guards they brought in or that was going

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<v Speaker 2>to replace one of the starting guards Stinny. He's now

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<v Speaker 2>out for the year, so sat and it is at

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<v Speaker 2>the worst spot on the team. The Ryan Jensen injury,

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<v Speaker 2>I said it when it happened. Aside from Brady, I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's the single worst injury Tampa could have suffered

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<v Speaker 2>a bigger deal than even Mike Evans getting hurt because

0:21:53.520 --> 0:21:56.960
<v Speaker 2>Brady can work with other receivers that you lose arguably

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<v Speaker 2>the best center in football. So I think that's a

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<v Speaker 2>big problem. I do think Brady flirting with retirement, flirting

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<v Speaker 2>with other teams now missing training camp. While I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>going to crush him for it, is an indication that

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<v Speaker 2>he maybe isn't as one hundred percent dialed in as

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<v Speaker 2>he has been in the past, which is understandable. Guy's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be forty five years old. All of those are

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<v Speaker 2>reasons to fade the Bucks now. I want to pull

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<v Speaker 2>up their schedule real quick. Is that a reason that

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're not gonna win the Division? Of course

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<v Speaker 2>not because I don't believe in the Saints. The Panthers

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<v Speaker 2>are the Panthers, and the Falcons might be the worst

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<v Speaker 2>team in football. But could the Bucks start off one

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<v Speaker 2>in three? Put this as a promo for the gambling show,

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<v Speaker 2>make this prop bet. I would if you set the

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<v Speaker 2>over under on the Bucks wins after four weeks at

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<v Speaker 2>one and a half, I would bet the under. If

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<v Speaker 2>you set the over under on Bucks wins after four

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<v Speaker 2>weeks at two where I get a push if they

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<v Speaker 2>go to and two and I will lose at three

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<v Speaker 2>and one or four and zero, I would hammer the under.

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<v Speaker 2>Week one, they're at Dallas. Week two they're at New Orleans. Again.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't love New Orleans, but New Orleans is the

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<v Speaker 2>one team in football who's beat Brady up throughout the

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<v Speaker 2>last He's one and three against them in the regular season.

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<v Speaker 2>Since you went to Tampa Week three home for the Packers,

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<v Speaker 2>Week four home for the Chiefs, it then gets incredibly

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<v Speaker 2>soft after that, with the exception of a two week

0:23:28.880 --> 0:23:30.920
<v Speaker 2>stretch for the the Ravens and the Rams. So I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think they're gonna I think they'll make the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think they're gonna have any chance of a

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<v Speaker 2>one seed, and I don't think they're gonna have any

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<v Speaker 2>type of playoff success. But because of that division, I

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<v Speaker 2>still believe in them that they're gonna have a successful year.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, what's next? So I'll bet the under one

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<v Speaker 2>and three. I got it, Yeah, you got it a

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<v Speaker 2>gambling expert. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>So of course Lebron's extension made it to the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, still talking about it. Go ahead.

0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:57.399
<v Speaker 5>Ron and the Lakers have agreed on a new contract.

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<v Speaker 5>The two year extension includes a twenty twenty four or

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<v Speaker 5>twenty twenty five season player option. Yeah, that of course

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<v Speaker 5>is when Bronni could potentially be in the league.

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<v Speaker 2>You said he shouldn't do a deal early. Yep.

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<v Speaker 5>Do you think he resigned just to solidify the player

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<v Speaker 5>option in two in the twenty twenty four to twenty

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<v Speaker 5>five seasons.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't think you would have resigned without it.

0:24:16.320 --> 0:24:18.399
<v Speaker 2>But I don't think because he would have had the

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<v Speaker 2>ultimate player option a year from now, which is free agency,

0:24:21.960 --> 0:24:23.640
<v Speaker 2>and he could have then just signed a one year

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<v Speaker 2>deal anywhere. I was shocked by this news. To be clear,

0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:30.199
<v Speaker 2>I made it very clear that I thought there was

0:24:30.359 --> 0:24:33.760
<v Speaker 2>no upside to Lebron resigning. The only upside is, oh,

0:24:33.760 --> 0:24:36.800
<v Speaker 2>if he suffers a career ending injury. That way he

0:24:36.840 --> 0:24:40.879
<v Speaker 2>gets the ninety seven million. And with respect to ninety

0:24:40.880 --> 0:24:43.719
<v Speaker 2>seven million dollars, that's not moving the needle for Lebron.

0:24:43.760 --> 0:24:45.639
<v Speaker 2>I know he is trying to buy a team, so

0:24:45.800 --> 0:24:48.400
<v Speaker 2>every dollar matter is because you need billions, and he's

0:24:48.440 --> 0:24:51.399
<v Speaker 2>at a little over a billion plus. But still the

0:24:51.520 --> 0:24:53.960
<v Speaker 2>financial security I do not believe was the reason he

0:24:54.000 --> 0:24:57.560
<v Speaker 2>did it, I believe, And the other part of it

0:24:57.640 --> 0:24:59.040
<v Speaker 2>was I thought there was a chance, even if you

0:24:59.119 --> 0:25:01.520
<v Speaker 2>want to stay with the Lake, he would do it

0:25:01.560 --> 0:25:02.680
<v Speaker 2>for less the reason.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, yeah, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 5>What were you going to say, no, no, no, I

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<v Speaker 5>think because you were saying that he didn't do it

0:25:07.200 --> 0:25:08.560
<v Speaker 5>for the money. I think I thought you were going

0:25:08.600 --> 0:25:09.880
<v Speaker 5>to go on to say that he did it because

0:25:09.960 --> 0:25:11.520
<v Speaker 5>Kyrie Irving is going to the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you're almost right. I believe that the discussions were

0:25:19.440 --> 0:25:26.840
<v Speaker 2>between Rich Rich, Paul, Rob Blink and Lebron were this, guys,

0:25:26.880 --> 0:25:28.680
<v Speaker 2>what are we going to do to make this team better?

0:25:29.680 --> 0:25:33.240
<v Speaker 2>All the media reports are you won't trade those future

0:25:33.320 --> 0:25:36.040
<v Speaker 2>draft picks to bring in Kyrie, or if Kyrie ends

0:25:36.119 --> 0:25:38.000
<v Speaker 2>up not being available, I think he will be do

0:25:38.160 --> 0:25:43.720
<v Speaker 2>something something else. And I think what Rob Blinka said is, well,

0:25:43.760 --> 0:25:48.600
<v Speaker 2>we can't trade our entire future if we think Lebron

0:25:48.720 --> 0:25:53.200
<v Speaker 2>might leave in eight months, that would be poor management.

0:25:53.920 --> 0:25:56.560
<v Speaker 2>If you guys commit to us that we have at

0:25:56.560 --> 0:25:58.760
<v Speaker 2>a minimum, instead of one more year of Lebron, a

0:25:58.800 --> 0:26:01.040
<v Speaker 2>minimum of two more year years of Lebron, because that's

0:26:01.040 --> 0:26:04.159
<v Speaker 2>all this guarantees because of the player option, then we

0:26:04.240 --> 0:26:07.639
<v Speaker 2>will commit to you if the right trades available, the

0:26:07.720 --> 0:26:10.160
<v Speaker 2>twenty seven and the twenty nine first round picks are

0:26:10.200 --> 0:26:12.480
<v Speaker 2>on the board. Does that make sense because that's the

0:26:12.520 --> 0:26:15.040
<v Speaker 2>only reason I could I could come up with as

0:26:15.040 --> 0:26:18.000
<v Speaker 2>to why Lebron would agree to this is that they

0:26:18.040 --> 0:26:21.359
<v Speaker 2>told him, if you agree to this, then we will

0:26:21.400 --> 0:26:26.159
<v Speaker 2>go all in on year twenty for you, which I

0:26:26.160 --> 0:26:28.520
<v Speaker 2>don't think Lakers will win the title, and as presidently concer,

0:26:28.680 --> 0:26:34.120
<v Speaker 2>they can't win the title. But if in Lebron's twentieth season,

0:26:35.640 --> 0:26:39.240
<v Speaker 2>he not only passes Kaream up Little Jabbar in all

0:26:39.280 --> 0:26:41.240
<v Speaker 2>time scoring, which is going to happen midway through this year,

0:26:41.640 --> 0:26:43.760
<v Speaker 2>but does it while playing at an all NBA level,

0:26:43.760 --> 0:26:46.960
<v Speaker 2>which he obviously did last year, and somehow the team

0:26:47.040 --> 0:26:49.320
<v Speaker 2>were to win the title, and it's the title that

0:26:49.400 --> 0:26:51.480
<v Speaker 2>breaks the tide with the Celtics for most titles in

0:26:51.520 --> 0:26:56.960
<v Speaker 2>franchise history. If that all were to happen, then the

0:26:57.000 --> 0:27:02.840
<v Speaker 2>goat debate becomes afterthought. Then it becomes can you believe

0:27:02.840 --> 0:27:06.320
<v Speaker 2>people were still arguing about so? But they can't. They

0:27:06.359 --> 0:27:08.320
<v Speaker 2>do not have enough to win the title this year

0:27:08.880 --> 0:27:12.040
<v Speaker 2>unless they add a true difference maker, which they're not

0:27:12.080 --> 0:27:14.000
<v Speaker 2>going to be able to do without getting rid of

0:27:14.320 --> 0:27:16.920
<v Speaker 2>one or maybe both those future picks. All right, that's

0:27:16.960 --> 0:27:19.920
<v Speaker 2>a big media block. We might haven't even longer b block.

0:27:20.040 --> 0:27:21.840
<v Speaker 2>This might be the longest show we've ever done. But

0:27:21.880 --> 0:27:24.120
<v Speaker 2>that's fine. I'm excited to be back. Take quick break,

0:27:24.160 --> 0:27:31.840
<v Speaker 2>come back. I said I wouldn't even talk about the vacation,

0:27:32.040 --> 0:27:35.240
<v Speaker 2>and I'm not. But what I guess I am briefly here.

0:27:35.480 --> 0:27:41.240
<v Speaker 2>What I am gonna say is anybody that is interested

0:27:41.359 --> 0:27:46.080
<v Speaker 2>in history, I cannot imagine. Now. I've never been to

0:27:46.119 --> 0:27:50.440
<v Speaker 2>Greece and I haven't been to Egypt, so those would

0:27:50.440 --> 0:27:52.480
<v Speaker 2>be the only and I guess, you know what, also

0:27:52.640 --> 0:27:55.040
<v Speaker 2>parts of China. I guess those would be the mount

0:27:55.080 --> 0:27:58.719
<v Speaker 2>Rushmore of historical places to visit, along with Rome. But

0:28:00.400 --> 0:28:05.200
<v Speaker 2>the youngest buildings in world are one hundred and fifty years.

0:28:06.000 --> 0:28:11.200
<v Speaker 2>The oldest are more than two thousand. And the scale

0:28:12.119 --> 0:28:15.600
<v Speaker 2>of what these people were doing two thousand years ago.

0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:19.560
<v Speaker 2>Everyone talked about the costume and the costumes unbelievable. The pantheon.

0:28:20.280 --> 0:28:25.719
<v Speaker 2>I cannot put into words how jaw dropping it is.

0:28:25.800 --> 0:28:28.359
<v Speaker 2>And the other thing that I did, Nicole, you know,

0:28:28.440 --> 0:28:31.520
<v Speaker 2>your mom's best friend who was with us, pointed this

0:28:31.560 --> 0:28:34.800
<v Speaker 2>out and it was my mom I think also mentioned it.

0:28:35.280 --> 0:28:39.640
<v Speaker 2>The part that's impossible to conceptualize is how many goddamn

0:28:39.720 --> 0:28:44.920
<v Speaker 2>sculptors lived in one place, because every every building the

0:28:45.320 --> 0:28:50.280
<v Speaker 2>front of it has these perfectly done marble sculptures, and

0:28:50.320 --> 0:28:54.680
<v Speaker 2>it's like, how how many? How many of these people

0:28:54.720 --> 0:29:02.360
<v Speaker 2>had this talent? It is. It is as as remarkable

0:29:02.400 --> 0:29:04.240
<v Speaker 2>a place as I've ever been to in my life.

0:29:04.280 --> 0:29:08.000
<v Speaker 2>I also say this quickly, uh, and I'm Italian and

0:29:08.040 --> 0:29:13.000
<v Speaker 2>I hate say it. The food was unbelievable. I thought

0:29:13.000 --> 0:29:15.920
<v Speaker 2>the food in Barcelona was better. Okay, I thought Barcelona

0:29:16.040 --> 0:29:18.200
<v Speaker 2>was the best food city I've ever been to. Rome

0:29:18.280 --> 0:29:22.000
<v Speaker 2>is a close second, but history wise, nothing comes close.

0:29:22.000 --> 0:29:24.000
<v Speaker 2>All right, are you ready to go? I'm ready to go.

0:29:24.080 --> 0:29:25.560
<v Speaker 2>All right, what are we we're starting? What are we

0:29:25.600 --> 0:29:27.160
<v Speaker 2>starting with? Here? We're gonna start.

0:29:27.200 --> 0:29:29.640
<v Speaker 4>We talked a little bit about this yesterday. So I

0:29:29.680 --> 0:29:30.400
<v Speaker 4>took an uber.

0:29:30.640 --> 0:29:33.320
<v Speaker 2>Oh good, I'm glad. This would be a good little

0:29:33.400 --> 0:29:35.120
<v Speaker 2>ramp before you get back to the sports. Go ahead.

0:29:35.280 --> 0:29:40.120
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, so you displayed some distaste for that, not for

0:29:40.240 --> 0:29:43.440
<v Speaker 5>you taking the uber? No, No, of course, no, no nothing, okay, sorry,

0:29:43.520 --> 0:29:45.640
<v Speaker 5>let me go into the So I took a uber yesterday,

0:29:45.720 --> 0:29:48.120
<v Speaker 5>and for the first time I noticed that they had

0:29:48.120 --> 0:29:50.080
<v Speaker 5>like an option on there, or that I could pick

0:29:50.160 --> 0:29:52.040
<v Speaker 5>if I wanted to have a conversation, I could change

0:29:52.080 --> 0:29:54.480
<v Speaker 5>the temperature and everything. Yeah, but the one that stood

0:29:54.520 --> 0:29:57.800
<v Speaker 5>out was picking either to have a conversation or that

0:29:57.880 --> 0:30:00.200
<v Speaker 5>have there be no talking. Yeah, and I I had

0:30:00.240 --> 0:30:02.239
<v Speaker 5>never noticed that until yesterday. You said it's been there

0:30:02.280 --> 0:30:03.880
<v Speaker 5>for a while, but it seemed like you sort of

0:30:03.880 --> 0:30:04.320
<v Speaker 5>had a problem.

0:30:04.360 --> 0:30:06.480
<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, you hadn't noticed it until yesterday because I

0:30:06.520 --> 0:30:09.720
<v Speaker 2>think you were accidentally taking expensive ubers, and you because

0:30:09.720 --> 0:30:11.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's an Because here's why this is

0:30:12.000 --> 0:30:14.360
<v Speaker 2>so outrageous for a number of reasons. Let me make

0:30:14.400 --> 0:30:16.640
<v Speaker 2>sure I'm right about this. For first of all, I

0:30:16.800 --> 0:30:19.520
<v Speaker 2>do not believe it to be an option on Uber

0:30:19.880 --> 0:30:22.840
<v Speaker 2>x so the cheapest Uber. If I were to get

0:30:22.880 --> 0:30:25.000
<v Speaker 2>an Uber right now, I'm not going to actually get it,

0:30:25.240 --> 0:30:28.640
<v Speaker 2>but I but I do that. Yeah, it's not an option.

0:30:29.160 --> 0:30:33.560
<v Speaker 2>But if you do, like Uber black Suv, oh, it

0:30:33.640 --> 0:30:38.440
<v Speaker 2>is an option. Okay, at least on my phone. Wow. So,

0:30:38.680 --> 0:30:43.240
<v Speaker 2>first of all, it's saying if you're you know, paying

0:30:43.280 --> 0:30:47.160
<v Speaker 2>extra will give you some perks. Choosing the temperature seems

0:30:47.200 --> 0:30:50.600
<v Speaker 2>totally reasonable right, especially by the way, if you are

0:30:50.680 --> 0:30:53.320
<v Speaker 2>paying extra. If you're paying extra, you're like, you know what,

0:30:53.600 --> 0:30:55.920
<v Speaker 2>paying a lot of money for this ride. I would

0:30:55.960 --> 0:30:58.160
<v Speaker 2>like it to be right like a private driver. If

0:30:58.200 --> 0:31:00.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to pay a price of a private drive,

0:31:00.400 --> 0:31:02.000
<v Speaker 2>I'd like it to be where the car is, the

0:31:02.000 --> 0:31:04.520
<v Speaker 2>exact temperature I would like. And it also asks you

0:31:04.560 --> 0:31:06.360
<v Speaker 2>do you have bags you need help with? So the

0:31:06.440 --> 0:31:07.360
<v Speaker 2>driver knows to get out?

0:31:07.360 --> 0:31:07.640
<v Speaker 6>You know what?

0:31:07.720 --> 0:31:11.400
<v Speaker 2>Fine, you want to pay for that, no problem. The

0:31:11.520 --> 0:31:16.200
<v Speaker 2>fact that there is an option that the driver sees

0:31:17.480 --> 0:31:21.880
<v Speaker 2>on am I allowed to speak to this person is

0:31:22.080 --> 0:31:28.040
<v Speaker 2>such an indictment on our inability as humans to interact

0:31:28.080 --> 0:31:30.520
<v Speaker 2>with each other. By the way, I am not saying

0:31:30.840 --> 0:31:35.280
<v Speaker 2>you have an obligation to talk to people. The take

0:31:35.440 --> 0:31:38.160
<v Speaker 2>is not you must talk to your Uber drivers at

0:31:38.160 --> 0:31:40.080
<v Speaker 2>all the time. Maybe you have a business call to make,

0:31:40.280 --> 0:31:44.160
<v Speaker 2>maybe you just got terrible family news, Maybe you're just exhausted.

0:31:44.440 --> 0:31:47.560
<v Speaker 2>Maybe you're the way I was when I would be

0:31:47.680 --> 0:31:50.640
<v Speaker 2>in studio for first things first and some time i'd

0:31:50.640 --> 0:31:52.920
<v Speaker 2>take the train sometimes take an uber back and I

0:31:52.960 --> 0:31:55.680
<v Speaker 2>had just talked for three straight hours, and the last

0:31:55.680 --> 0:31:57.520
<v Speaker 2>thing I want to do is have a conversation there,

0:31:57.880 --> 0:31:59.480
<v Speaker 2>it is reasonable to be like, I don't want to

0:31:59.480 --> 0:32:02.880
<v Speaker 2>talk right now, but it doesn't need to be clicked

0:32:02.880 --> 0:32:08.640
<v Speaker 2>through on an app. Have a moment with another human being. Hey,

0:32:08.680 --> 0:32:12.400
<v Speaker 2>thanks for the ride, no problem. Guys start chatting, respond

0:32:12.440 --> 0:32:14.800
<v Speaker 2>to him and sir, I'm not trying to be rude.

0:32:15.000 --> 0:32:16.560
<v Speaker 2>I've got a phone call to make. Sir, I'm not

0:32:16.560 --> 0:32:19.040
<v Speaker 2>trying to be rude. I'm exhausted, and then that's it.

0:32:19.680 --> 0:32:23.880
<v Speaker 2>But to have it be a button so I theoretically

0:32:23.920 --> 0:32:26.040
<v Speaker 2>the point is I won't even have to look this

0:32:26.080 --> 0:32:29.200
<v Speaker 2>guy in the eye. I'll never have to speak to him.

0:32:29.600 --> 0:32:35.040
<v Speaker 2>It's so, it is, and it further tries to draw

0:32:35.160 --> 0:32:40.480
<v Speaker 2>the line in the gig economy amongst people who use

0:32:40.600 --> 0:32:46.959
<v Speaker 2>the gig economy and people who service the gig economy.

0:32:47.000 --> 0:32:49.760
<v Speaker 2>It's the same I understood on the door dash and

0:32:50.080 --> 0:32:51.360
<v Speaker 2>seamless stuff.

0:32:51.440 --> 0:32:53.440
<v Speaker 4>The no contact delivery.

0:32:53.640 --> 0:32:56.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if it was a health issue, But now people

0:32:57.240 --> 0:33:00.720
<v Speaker 2>who are going to nightclubs maskless or doing it so

0:33:00.760 --> 0:33:02.240
<v Speaker 2>they don't have to talk, so they don't have to

0:33:02.280 --> 0:33:06.600
<v Speaker 2>interact with another human being. It's it is again. Our

0:33:06.720 --> 0:33:10.360
<v Speaker 2>society is framed and it's hanging by a few threads

0:33:10.640 --> 0:33:14.640
<v Speaker 2>of social norms and politeness, and we are just hacking

0:33:14.680 --> 0:33:17.880
<v Speaker 2>away at those because you want to click a stupid button.

0:33:18.120 --> 0:33:22.280
<v Speaker 2>So your Uber driver doesn't say so you live in

0:33:22.320 --> 0:33:24.640
<v Speaker 2>New York, are you're visiting? Like, oh, I can't have

0:33:24.840 --> 0:33:29.120
<v Speaker 2>that interaction, like, don't subject me to having to speak

0:33:29.160 --> 0:33:34.320
<v Speaker 2>with another human being. It's dark, right, it's dark. It's outrageous.

0:33:34.760 --> 0:33:36.880
<v Speaker 2>I hate that they added it. I think it's an

0:33:36.880 --> 0:33:40.680
<v Speaker 2>indictment on everyone and anyone who uses that feature. I

0:33:40.840 --> 0:33:43.880
<v Speaker 2>judge you again, I do not judge you. Tell your

0:33:43.960 --> 0:33:47.720
<v Speaker 2>Uber driver. Matt uses it right now. Matt uses it.

0:33:48.040 --> 0:33:51.760
<v Speaker 2>Our producer, Matt uses it. Matt's a bad six weeks

0:33:51.760 --> 0:33:57.480
<v Speaker 2>from being an Uber driver. He uses it all right,

0:33:57.520 --> 0:34:02.760
<v Speaker 2>oh himself and say, no chance, I got real. I

0:34:02.800 --> 0:34:05.160
<v Speaker 2>got real frisky there when I say it's bad, six

0:34:05.200 --> 0:34:08.000
<v Speaker 2>weeks away from that being his only job. My apologies, Matt.

0:34:08.200 --> 0:34:10.759
<v Speaker 2>I was so shocked that you would use that.

0:34:10.719 --> 0:34:13.319
<v Speaker 5>Feet if he were to have used it, he would.

0:34:13.480 --> 0:34:15.560
<v Speaker 5>He told me the exact situation that he would have

0:34:15.640 --> 0:34:17.759
<v Speaker 5>used it in. Yeah, and I definitely I understood.

0:34:17.960 --> 0:34:20.880
<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and say there's one person

0:34:20.920 --> 0:34:24.400
<v Speaker 2>on our show that I think uses it. Gabe of course,

0:34:25.000 --> 0:34:29.680
<v Speaker 2>lives in a palace by the has a gorgeous you

0:34:29.680 --> 0:34:36.719
<v Speaker 2>know wife who I think look at him? You know,

0:34:36.760 --> 0:34:40.080
<v Speaker 2>I said, I don't want to look at your house.

0:34:40.239 --> 0:34:40.399
<v Speaker 4>Bro.

0:34:40.920 --> 0:34:46.040
<v Speaker 2>You guys look at Gabe's background. They look at those paintings,

0:34:46.280 --> 0:34:49.319
<v Speaker 2>look at the architecture, even the recess life. I mean,

0:34:49.320 --> 0:34:52.799
<v Speaker 2>look at this. I mean this is that. Again. I

0:34:52.840 --> 0:34:55.800
<v Speaker 2>didn't say Gabe would do it. I just said I

0:34:58.200 --> 0:35:03.840
<v Speaker 2>use beautiful wife. Beautiful wife. Hello, uh the And I

0:35:03.840 --> 0:35:06.120
<v Speaker 2>don't want to say by the way, we're off the

0:35:06.200 --> 0:35:09.360
<v Speaker 2>rails and we'll get back to the sports quickly, or

0:35:09.400 --> 0:35:11.759
<v Speaker 2>we'll quickly back to the sports. Funny story about when

0:35:11.800 --> 0:35:13.640
<v Speaker 2>I met Gabe. Gabe and I worked together for like

0:35:13.680 --> 0:35:16.040
<v Speaker 2>a year. And I'm not going to say Gabe's wife's

0:35:16.080 --> 0:35:19.560
<v Speaker 2>name because it's not the public's business. But it's a

0:35:19.360 --> 0:35:21.800
<v Speaker 2>it's a it's a name that could be a guy's

0:35:21.920 --> 0:35:25.600
<v Speaker 2>or a girl's name, and it's I would say, it's

0:35:26.000 --> 0:35:28.439
<v Speaker 2>more typically a guy's name, at least when I hear

0:35:28.480 --> 0:35:32.000
<v Speaker 2>it that, I think of that. And Gabe mentioned her

0:35:32.640 --> 0:35:34.319
<v Speaker 2>and I'd known him for like a year, and I'm like, man,

0:35:35.360 --> 0:35:37.719
<v Speaker 2>I had no idea Gabe was gay. I was like

0:35:37.840 --> 0:35:39.560
<v Speaker 2>this is like I was like, not that I didn't

0:35:39.560 --> 0:35:41.560
<v Speaker 2>even care one way or the other, but usually you

0:35:41.600 --> 0:35:43.719
<v Speaker 2>have like shot someone for a while, you get a

0:35:43.719 --> 0:35:46.120
<v Speaker 2>feeling about it, and I and then I thought that

0:35:46.160 --> 0:35:48.600
<v Speaker 2>for like another six months, and then I met her

0:35:48.640 --> 0:35:51.200
<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, oh, it makes a little more sense.

0:35:51.239 --> 0:35:53.640
<v Speaker 2>Now it's like, oh, okay, no. But so again, the

0:35:53.680 --> 0:35:55.720
<v Speaker 2>point that I was making is I don't think anyone

0:35:55.719 --> 0:35:57.360
<v Speaker 2>on this show would do it. But if I was

0:35:57.400 --> 0:36:00.880
<v Speaker 2>having a draft and it was one person on the show,

0:36:01.080 --> 0:36:03.880
<v Speaker 2>we have confirmation clicked the don't look me in the

0:36:03.920 --> 0:36:07.799
<v Speaker 2>eyes petty uber driver. Yeah, definitely, it's not gonna be Nick.

0:36:09.320 --> 0:36:11.840
<v Speaker 2>It's not gonna be Matt, it's not gonna be Victor.

0:36:12.080 --> 0:36:14.680
<v Speaker 2>It's not gonna be on our amazing intern not intern.

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<v Speaker 2>I apologize an amazing producer Kara who last night, uh

0:36:19.840 --> 0:36:23.600
<v Speaker 2>found your screw win through podcast. Yeah, in the middle

0:36:23.600 --> 0:36:27.600
<v Speaker 2>of Sunday night, working extra hours, Dave Gabe's drinking Sharton

0:36:27.640 --> 0:36:31.239
<v Speaker 2>ad by the beach. All right, let's all right, let's

0:36:31.280 --> 0:36:32.359
<v Speaker 2>get to the actual show.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry about that, Go ahead, all right, So back to

0:36:34.560 --> 0:36:35.160
<v Speaker 4>the sports.

0:36:35.320 --> 0:36:38.280
<v Speaker 5>Uh huh, you interrupted your vacation to make a tweet

0:36:38.280 --> 0:36:41.440
<v Speaker 5>about Katie and Kyrie, you said, well, you think that

0:36:41.480 --> 0:36:43.759
<v Speaker 5>the NBA twenty twenty two is Christmas schedule means that

0:36:43.760 --> 0:36:44.680
<v Speaker 5>they will no longer.

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<v Speaker 2>Be in Brooklyn.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

0:36:46.239 --> 0:36:48.800
<v Speaker 5>The last The latest rumor is that the Jalen Brown

0:36:48.880 --> 0:36:51.240
<v Speaker 5>package is still the best offer on the table.

0:36:52.080 --> 0:36:54.080
<v Speaker 2>Can you believe there's also a rumor now that the

0:36:54.120 --> 0:36:57.640
<v Speaker 2>Grizzlies might be involved? There was a Ladies from very

0:36:57.920 --> 0:37:01.640
<v Speaker 2>early this morning. Sham said that the Grizzlies might be involved,

0:37:01.640 --> 0:37:04.480
<v Speaker 2>trying to include their picks. But go ahead, yep, picks.

0:37:04.880 --> 0:37:07.239
<v Speaker 5>Can you believe you're still talking about Katie after his

0:37:07.280 --> 0:37:08.200
<v Speaker 5>whole checkmate move.

0:37:09.040 --> 0:37:11.880
<v Speaker 2>Oh no, of course I'm gonna keep talking about this

0:37:11.960 --> 0:37:16.880
<v Speaker 2>because I think it's about the Nets. Sorry, Katie, No, listen,

0:37:16.960 --> 0:37:19.080
<v Speaker 2>this is going to drag on. But Katie is going

0:37:19.120 --> 0:37:21.680
<v Speaker 2>to get what he wants. He is going to get traded.

0:37:22.080 --> 0:37:24.360
<v Speaker 2>There is no question in my mind that he is

0:37:24.400 --> 0:37:28.880
<v Speaker 2>going to get traded. And there are three teams that

0:37:29.000 --> 0:37:33.120
<v Speaker 2>from the very beginning, I said, and this is one

0:37:33.120 --> 0:37:36.000
<v Speaker 2>of the things that frustrates me about sports media, will

0:37:36.040 --> 0:37:39.239
<v Speaker 2>be totally candid. I ain't there are I ain't that

0:37:41.360 --> 0:37:45.040
<v Speaker 2>some of the best sports media is barber shop talk. Right,

0:37:45.360 --> 0:37:46.919
<v Speaker 2>The type of debate you have of the barber shop.

0:37:47.600 --> 0:37:52.000
<v Speaker 2>But the distinguishing factor is supposed to be that those

0:37:52.040 --> 0:37:57.040
<v Speaker 2>of us with a platform, okay, have a responsibility to

0:37:57.040 --> 0:38:02.759
<v Speaker 2>be informed on what isn't isn't realistic. So the barbershop

0:38:02.840 --> 0:38:05.440
<v Speaker 2>talk like all time greatest hypothetical things, whatever it is.

0:38:06.160 --> 0:38:09.720
<v Speaker 2>When it comes to could Team X trade for player,

0:38:09.840 --> 0:38:13.759
<v Speaker 2>why there is a level of I would not to

0:38:13.840 --> 0:38:18.640
<v Speaker 2>be too extreme responsibility to actually tell the audience, well,

0:38:18.680 --> 0:38:22.400
<v Speaker 2>here's what isn't is impossible. And there were three teams

0:38:23.040 --> 0:38:26.719
<v Speaker 2>from the first day Katie demanded a trade that I

0:38:26.880 --> 0:38:31.360
<v Speaker 2>said could check every box of what the Nets want back,

0:38:31.680 --> 0:38:34.160
<v Speaker 2>and I'd be shocked if they don't get involved. Those

0:38:34.200 --> 0:38:37.520
<v Speaker 2>three teams were the New Orleans Pelicans who were involved,

0:38:37.600 --> 0:38:41.680
<v Speaker 2>the Boston Celtics, who are heavily involved, and the Memphis Grizzlies.

0:38:42.400 --> 0:38:44.480
<v Speaker 2>And nobody was talking about the Pelicans. Now they are

0:38:44.600 --> 0:38:47.040
<v Speaker 2>and now Shamsay and the Grizzlies are involved, because those

0:38:47.040 --> 0:38:50.480
<v Speaker 2>were the three teams that could include a young All

0:38:50.560 --> 0:38:56.080
<v Speaker 2>Star Ish player. Jaron Jackson, Jalen Brown, Brandon Ingram had

0:38:56.160 --> 0:38:59.799
<v Speaker 2>their own picks and extra picks to include in the deal,

0:39:00.320 --> 0:39:04.279
<v Speaker 2>and their young player was making enough money that you

0:39:04.320 --> 0:39:07.760
<v Speaker 2>could make the salaries work. It's what the Miami trade

0:39:08.239 --> 0:39:10.319
<v Speaker 2>never was going to be able to work because Bam

0:39:10.320 --> 0:39:13.719
<v Speaker 2>couldn't be a part of the Sun's trade. Was the

0:39:13.760 --> 0:39:16.240
<v Speaker 2>only chance that I was with eighton was what they wanted.

0:39:16.360 --> 0:39:20.239
<v Speaker 2>Once he resigned, it was gone. The Warriors trade to me,

0:39:20.960 --> 0:39:24.440
<v Speaker 2>financially and players wise, you could make that work. But

0:39:24.480 --> 0:39:26.480
<v Speaker 2>it would just have been shocking if Katie would have

0:39:26.520 --> 0:39:29.680
<v Speaker 2>signed up for them. So those to me, if I

0:39:29.800 --> 0:39:33.400
<v Speaker 2>were those three teams, those are the I would be

0:39:33.440 --> 0:39:35.319
<v Speaker 2>making calls to the nets, and by were the nets,

0:39:35.360 --> 0:39:37.360
<v Speaker 2>I'd be like, these are the three teams that we

0:39:37.360 --> 0:39:41.279
<v Speaker 2>should be keyed in on more than anything. And so yeah,

0:39:41.320 --> 0:39:45.520
<v Speaker 2>I listen. I think that eventually this trade happens. I

0:39:45.520 --> 0:39:48.960
<v Speaker 2>think it probably is to Boston. I made it very

0:39:48.960 --> 0:39:50.879
<v Speaker 2>clear that I think the Pelicans are the right move.

0:39:51.120 --> 0:39:53.279
<v Speaker 2>The problem for the Grizzlies, and I said it was

0:39:53.360 --> 0:39:56.799
<v Speaker 2>Jaron Jackson Junior just had knee surgery, So how much

0:39:56.840 --> 0:39:59.520
<v Speaker 2>does that hurt his value? Okay, we've got a lot

0:39:59.520 --> 0:40:01.120
<v Speaker 2>more do this second, so let's just keep rolling, go

0:40:01.120 --> 0:40:01.480
<v Speaker 2>ahead a.

0:40:01.440 --> 0:40:03.160
<v Speaker 5>Lot more, and it's time for I think we've played

0:40:03.200 --> 0:40:05.799
<v Speaker 5>this game one time maybe likely, maybe or what.

0:40:05.960 --> 0:40:08.960
<v Speaker 2>It Okay, So Demandy's gonna lay out of a situation,

0:40:09.480 --> 0:40:12.719
<v Speaker 2>and then I'm going to tell you it's likely this,

0:40:13.360 --> 0:40:16.319
<v Speaker 2>it might be that, or what if it's this? All right,

0:40:16.400 --> 0:40:16.840
<v Speaker 2>go ahead.

0:40:17.239 --> 0:40:20.680
<v Speaker 5>UFC president Dana White claimed he was close to brokering

0:40:20.719 --> 0:40:24.800
<v Speaker 5>a deal for the Raiders for Tom Brady and Gronk

0:40:24.840 --> 0:40:27.320
<v Speaker 5>to go there before they signed with the Bucks. Gronk

0:40:27.320 --> 0:40:31.840
<v Speaker 5>said it really did happen, but Joe Grudens John Gruden

0:40:32.160 --> 0:40:34.960
<v Speaker 5>mixed the deal. Apparently Brady was already looking at houses

0:40:35.000 --> 0:40:37.920
<v Speaker 5>in Vegas with BT. Do you think Brady was actually

0:40:37.920 --> 0:40:38.520
<v Speaker 5>going to Vegas?

0:40:38.680 --> 0:40:42.160
<v Speaker 2>Oh, I think it's likely. This is totally true. I

0:40:42.200 --> 0:40:45.920
<v Speaker 2>think that it also then poor Derek Carr. But you

0:40:45.920 --> 0:40:49.840
<v Speaker 2>remember Brady went on the shop and I don't know

0:40:49.840 --> 0:40:51.839
<v Speaker 2>if it was Maverick or lebron some one of them

0:40:51.840 --> 0:40:54.799
<v Speaker 2>asked him about it might have been pr and he

0:40:55.040 --> 0:40:59.200
<v Speaker 2>said that there was a team out there that I

0:40:59.239 --> 0:41:01.640
<v Speaker 2>thought was interesting me and then said they wanted to

0:41:01.640 --> 0:41:04.680
<v Speaker 2>stick with their quarterback. And I said, you're gonna choose

0:41:04.680 --> 0:41:05.920
<v Speaker 2>that mother over me?

0:41:06.840 --> 0:41:07.280
<v Speaker 4>Wow?

0:41:07.480 --> 0:41:09.799
<v Speaker 2>And that, and I don't think he was saying.

0:41:10.360 --> 0:41:10.879
<v Speaker 4>A and B.

0:41:11.120 --> 0:41:13.919
<v Speaker 2>You know, yeah, connect the dots right, And I don't

0:41:13.920 --> 0:41:16.160
<v Speaker 2>think he was saying it. The tone in my voice

0:41:16.200 --> 0:41:18.320
<v Speaker 2>was probably a little misleading. I don't think he was

0:41:18.360 --> 0:41:22.520
<v Speaker 2>saying it like that guy is a bad guy. He

0:41:22.600 --> 0:41:25.400
<v Speaker 2>was saying it like I'm Tom Brady and he's not

0:41:25.440 --> 0:41:28.200
<v Speaker 2>newly the player. I am right. It doesn't shock me

0:41:28.239 --> 0:41:32.319
<v Speaker 2>at all that John Gruden would not want anyone on

0:41:32.360 --> 0:41:35.600
<v Speaker 2>his team that is a bigger celebrity than him. Let's

0:41:35.680 --> 0:41:38.879
<v Speaker 2>not get it twisted about why John Gruden didn't do this.

0:41:39.239 --> 0:41:41.560
<v Speaker 2>It was not because he thought Derek Carr was better

0:41:41.600 --> 0:41:45.560
<v Speaker 2>than Tom Brady. It was because the Raiders' success was

0:41:45.600 --> 0:41:48.000
<v Speaker 2>going to have to be because of the brilliance of

0:41:48.080 --> 0:41:51.440
<v Speaker 2>John Gruden. And it the he would cut off his

0:41:51.520 --> 0:41:54.200
<v Speaker 2>nose to spite his face in that regard, like that's

0:41:54.239 --> 0:41:57.759
<v Speaker 2>who he is. And so it doesn't shock me at

0:41:57.760 --> 0:42:01.200
<v Speaker 2>all that he nixed it. And it what is a

0:42:01.200 --> 0:42:06.720
<v Speaker 2>little interesting is it shows Brady was interested in coming

0:42:06.719 --> 0:42:10.480
<v Speaker 2>to Mahomes's division. That is an interesting element of it

0:42:10.800 --> 0:42:15.160
<v Speaker 2>that I know. But I think when he went to Tampa,

0:42:16.000 --> 0:42:19.080
<v Speaker 2>a lot of us myself include, were like, well, yeah,

0:42:19.120 --> 0:42:21.520
<v Speaker 2>they have this roster and these things a good coach.

0:42:21.800 --> 0:42:25.279
<v Speaker 2>But it also is such a soft division. Carolina was

0:42:25.320 --> 0:42:28.759
<v Speaker 2>a mess, Atlanta was trending down, and everyone knew that

0:42:28.840 --> 0:42:31.520
<v Speaker 2>Drew Brees was going to retire very soon. So it's like, oh,

0:42:31.560 --> 0:42:33.600
<v Speaker 2>you go from the AFC East, which is always easy,

0:42:33.960 --> 0:42:36.040
<v Speaker 2>to this place, and you're going to be able to run.

0:42:36.360 --> 0:42:40.840
<v Speaker 2>But we now know that he was thinking about Miami,

0:42:41.000 --> 0:42:43.880
<v Speaker 2>which stays in the AFC East, go against New England,

0:42:44.440 --> 0:42:46.719
<v Speaker 2>wanting to go to the Raiders, and I think that

0:42:46.840 --> 0:42:50.560
<v Speaker 2>was a that would be the ultimate like all time

0:42:50.760 --> 0:42:55.399
<v Speaker 2>goat checkmate, right, because keep in mind he hadn't, yes,

0:42:55.440 --> 0:42:59.080
<v Speaker 2>he had beaten Mahomes in that playoff game with New England. However,

0:43:00.080 --> 0:43:03.560
<v Speaker 2>the previous year, Mahomes had won the Super Bowl. Right,

0:43:03.960 --> 0:43:07.359
<v Speaker 2>the playoff game against New England with the Chiefs went

0:43:07.400 --> 0:43:10.000
<v Speaker 2>to overtime, Mahomes played great. He hadn't beaten Mahomes in

0:43:10.040 --> 0:43:12.239
<v Speaker 2>a Super Bowl yet that was which was his new

0:43:12.320 --> 0:43:15.640
<v Speaker 2>ultimate check thing. That the Bucks chief Super Bowl that

0:43:15.760 --> 0:43:18.319
<v Speaker 2>year's first year in Tampa. It would have been an

0:43:18.400 --> 0:43:21.080
<v Speaker 2>ultimate Oh, I'm going to the division of the guy

0:43:21.120 --> 0:43:23.319
<v Speaker 2>that a lot on the media saying one day could

0:43:23.320 --> 0:43:25.560
<v Speaker 2>be the goat, and I'm going to just start winning it.

0:43:25.800 --> 0:43:28.120
<v Speaker 2>So I find the whole thing interesting. I'm not surprised

0:43:28.200 --> 0:43:29.919
<v Speaker 2>that Gruden Nix did all right, what's next?

0:43:30.040 --> 0:43:31.440
<v Speaker 4>Okay, go ahead?

0:43:31.520 --> 0:43:33.960
<v Speaker 2>Oh wait, I didn't do it. Sorry, I didn't do

0:43:34.040 --> 0:43:36.800
<v Speaker 2>the segment. I didn't do it right. So it's likely

0:43:37.600 --> 0:43:43.320
<v Speaker 2>that this is exactly true. But maybe that Dana White

0:43:43.719 --> 0:43:50.360
<v Speaker 2>is overstating his own importance in this, which is something

0:43:50.520 --> 0:43:54.520
<v Speaker 2>Dana White is on brand for him. But what if

0:43:55.440 --> 0:43:59.560
<v Speaker 2>Brady had gone there? Then you know what doesn't happen?

0:44:00.440 --> 0:44:03.120
<v Speaker 2>If the Chiefs and the Raiders play in the playoffs,

0:44:03.440 --> 0:44:06.319
<v Speaker 2>the Chiefs offensive line is not as banged up as

0:44:06.320 --> 0:44:08.920
<v Speaker 2>it was in the Super Bowl. Mahomes kicks his ass,

0:44:09.000 --> 0:44:11.640
<v Speaker 2>Mahomes wins back to back, and Brady and all of

0:44:11.680 --> 0:44:14.799
<v Speaker 2>a sudden, like whoa that go? Well, Mahomes on his

0:44:14.880 --> 0:44:16.800
<v Speaker 2>tail are retired? Yeah, who knows?

0:44:17.000 --> 0:44:18.320
<v Speaker 4>And that's what if?

0:44:18.400 --> 0:44:21.319
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there you go. Sorry, I forgot how this segment worked.

0:44:21.320 --> 0:44:22.040
<v Speaker 2>All right, what's next?

0:44:22.160 --> 0:44:26.440
<v Speaker 5>Packer's head coach Matt Lafleur yep uh said quarterback Jordan

0:44:26.520 --> 0:44:29.000
<v Speaker 5>Love is light years ahead of where he was last year.

0:44:29.120 --> 0:44:31.879
<v Speaker 5>This undoubtedly offended Aaron Rodgers. He does tend to get

0:44:31.880 --> 0:44:35.920
<v Speaker 5>a little sensitive. What was Matt Laflour Lafleur. Well, this,

0:44:36.280 --> 0:44:40.440
<v Speaker 5>that one's weird. Matt mcflir, Matt Matt mufflir, laffloor floor.

0:44:40.480 --> 0:44:43.640
<v Speaker 2>The reason it's weird is because you're adding, you're right,

0:44:44.239 --> 0:44:46.399
<v Speaker 2>what was Matt Lafleur going for? There you go? There

0:44:46.480 --> 0:44:48.840
<v Speaker 2>we go? Uh? First, he was going for his guys.

0:44:49.160 --> 0:44:50.960
<v Speaker 2>You know I've been the coach of this team. We

0:44:51.040 --> 0:44:53.560
<v Speaker 2>win thirteen games every year? Can people pronounce my name? Right?

0:44:53.880 --> 0:44:57.000
<v Speaker 2>That's what he's going for, all right, It's likely he

0:44:57.160 --> 0:45:01.440
<v Speaker 2>is simply trying to build up a bit of trade

0:45:01.520 --> 0:45:05.560
<v Speaker 2>value for Jordan Love. It is likely that he simply

0:45:05.680 --> 0:45:09.200
<v Speaker 2>wants Jordan Love to have some type of trade value

0:45:09.200 --> 0:45:13.040
<v Speaker 2>if somebody's quarterback goes down, so they can recoup that pick.

0:45:13.080 --> 0:45:17.000
<v Speaker 2>Because Love, with Rogers signing this new extension, Love's rookie

0:45:17.040 --> 0:45:19.960
<v Speaker 2>contracts are gonna expire before he ever sees the field. Okay,

0:45:20.080 --> 0:45:25.759
<v Speaker 2>so that's what's likely. But maybe, but maybe Jordan Love

0:45:25.760 --> 0:45:28.160
<v Speaker 2>actually is light years ahead of where he was now.

0:45:28.200 --> 0:45:30.000
<v Speaker 2>I think he threw I was in Rome, but I

0:45:30.000 --> 0:45:33.080
<v Speaker 2>think he threw three picks in one of these preseason.

0:45:32.640 --> 0:45:34.600
<v Speaker 4>Games, light years ahead of Aaron Rodgers.

0:45:34.719 --> 0:45:38.239
<v Speaker 2>No, light years of where he was last year, not

0:45:38.280 --> 0:45:39.320
<v Speaker 2>where I don't.

0:45:39.120 --> 0:45:40.080
<v Speaker 4>Really understand why.

0:45:40.840 --> 0:45:44.520
<v Speaker 2>Aaron Rodgers. Okay, but what if I agree with you

0:45:44.560 --> 0:45:47.840
<v Speaker 2>there by the way, But what if this is not

0:45:49.080 --> 0:45:54.120
<v Speaker 2>actually anything more than what a coach would normally do

0:45:54.200 --> 0:45:57.279
<v Speaker 2>to try to build up his players. And because of

0:45:57.360 --> 0:46:01.839
<v Speaker 2>Aaron Rodgers' own history here, we are reading too much

0:46:01.920 --> 0:46:05.359
<v Speaker 2>into the impact it would have. With that said I

0:46:05.600 --> 0:46:08.200
<v Speaker 2>you know, in years past, I would have thought, yeah,

0:46:08.200 --> 0:46:11.880
<v Speaker 2>this might piss off Aaron. But Aaron, not the new Ayahuasca.

0:46:12.040 --> 0:46:14.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm here for love. Aaron. Aaron has really convinced me

0:46:15.320 --> 0:46:21.600
<v Speaker 2>that that that he's experimenting with hallucinogens has changed the

0:46:21.640 --> 0:46:24.759
<v Speaker 2>way he looks at the world. I believe that I

0:46:24.800 --> 0:46:28.360
<v Speaker 2>have heard it from him. Why are you laughing at me? No?

0:46:28.600 --> 0:46:29.960
<v Speaker 4>Man, it's just you know what I mean, you're just

0:46:30.000 --> 0:46:32.440
<v Speaker 4>saying that. I feel like you're just saying the guys

0:46:32.239 --> 0:46:33.280
<v Speaker 4>he's high.

0:46:33.320 --> 0:46:38.080
<v Speaker 2>I don't think he's high right now. But okay, let's

0:46:38.120 --> 0:46:42.640
<v Speaker 2>just do this quickly here. Once upon a time you

0:46:43.080 --> 0:46:45.920
<v Speaker 2>oh jesus, no, just wait a moment. Don't get mad

0:46:45.960 --> 0:46:48.120
<v Speaker 2>at me here, you don't get mad at me here.

0:46:48.760 --> 0:46:51.000
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, okay, exactly what you're about to start talking about

0:46:51.280 --> 0:46:52.640
<v Speaker 5>ahead we're doing it quickly.

0:46:52.760 --> 0:47:00.080
<v Speaker 2>We'll do it quickly once upon a time demands with

0:47:00.160 --> 0:47:03.359
<v Speaker 2>some friends in a safe, controlled environment what I would

0:47:03.400 --> 0:47:08.239
<v Speaker 2>call micro doos some not ayahuasca, but similar. This isn't

0:47:08.239 --> 0:47:11.440
<v Speaker 2>the schlitterbond thing you were talking about noone else. And

0:47:11.560 --> 0:47:17.319
<v Speaker 2>I saw you the next day and you were a

0:47:17.480 --> 0:47:22.799
<v Speaker 2>more call it, open and loving person than I had

0:47:22.880 --> 0:47:25.920
<v Speaker 2>seen you in a very long time. And it clearly

0:47:26.400 --> 0:47:29.960
<v Speaker 2>that experience had opened your eyes in your heart to something.

0:47:30.280 --> 0:47:33.399
<v Speaker 2>And since then I watched a whole show called Seven

0:47:33.480 --> 0:47:37.920
<v Speaker 2>Perfect Strangers about micro dosing psilocybin, and now that show's

0:47:37.920 --> 0:47:40.400
<v Speaker 2>about like seeing dead people kind of. But there is

0:47:40.920 --> 0:47:45.560
<v Speaker 2>some science behind these types of drugs activating part of

0:47:45.600 --> 0:47:49.560
<v Speaker 2>your brain that then has lasting effects long after you're high.

0:47:49.719 --> 0:47:52.160
<v Speaker 2>That's all I'm saying. I wasn't trying to put your

0:47:52.160 --> 0:47:54.399
<v Speaker 2>business out in the street. I'm just saying I had

0:47:54.400 --> 0:47:57.440
<v Speaker 2>some first hand experience with it, plus research about it,

0:47:57.719 --> 0:48:01.560
<v Speaker 2>plus the contemporary pop culture anou love it, plus Aaron Rodgers.

0:48:01.800 --> 0:48:04.239
<v Speaker 2>I do think. So I guess the what if? What

0:48:04.320 --> 0:48:07.560
<v Speaker 2>if we all should go to Peru and take ayahuasca?

0:48:07.640 --> 0:48:08.600
<v Speaker 2>That's the what if? All right?

0:48:08.640 --> 0:48:13.400
<v Speaker 5>What's the next after a very eventful offseason. Zach Wilson

0:48:13.440 --> 0:48:15.479
<v Speaker 5>got hurt in the first game of the preseason. Yeah,

0:48:15.520 --> 0:48:17.799
<v Speaker 5>after a bad rookie season, He's already gonna miss time

0:48:17.840 --> 0:48:20.040
<v Speaker 5>in his second season. What does the future hold for

0:48:20.160 --> 0:48:22.000
<v Speaker 5>Zach Wilson on and off the field?

0:48:22.040 --> 0:48:23.879
<v Speaker 2>All right? Before I answered, can we get Gabe back

0:48:23.920 --> 0:48:25.960
<v Speaker 2>on the show? Or did he leave because I insulted

0:48:26.040 --> 0:48:28.239
<v Speaker 2>him so much? If Gabe's back on the show, I

0:48:28.239 --> 0:48:31.879
<v Speaker 2>would love to get Gabe our you know, resident Jets fan,

0:48:32.520 --> 0:48:35.359
<v Speaker 2>his take on this, because I have a I want

0:48:35.360 --> 0:48:37.880
<v Speaker 2>to see where you're at, Gabe on Zach first, you know,

0:48:38.440 --> 0:48:42.040
<v Speaker 2>if I may, what was your optimism Zach Wilson before

0:48:42.080 --> 0:48:45.480
<v Speaker 2>this preseason started, and what was your reaction to the injury?

0:48:48.520 --> 0:48:51.920
<v Speaker 6>You said that Matt has about six bad weeks before

0:48:52.040 --> 0:48:54.439
<v Speaker 6>uber is his only option, and I would have said

0:48:54.520 --> 0:48:59.560
<v Speaker 6>Zach's number was about three. So I've never been believed.

0:49:01.280 --> 0:49:02.360
<v Speaker 6>I'm still not a believer.

0:49:05.160 --> 0:49:08.640
<v Speaker 2>Okay, all right, So this is my concern. I had

0:49:08.680 --> 0:49:12.000
<v Speaker 2>real questions about Zach Wilson coming out of college. I also,

0:49:12.520 --> 0:49:16.200
<v Speaker 2>and this isn't exactly how probabilities work, but in my

0:49:16.239 --> 0:49:19.359
<v Speaker 2>head they kind of do. I look at last year's

0:49:19.440 --> 0:49:23.480
<v Speaker 2>draft class. I'm like, Okay, I believe Trevor Lawrence is

0:49:23.520 --> 0:49:26.279
<v Speaker 2>going to be a star. He hasn't shown it yet,

0:49:26.280 --> 0:49:29.319
<v Speaker 2>but I believe in that Trey Lance, we haven't seen

0:49:29.360 --> 0:49:31.960
<v Speaker 2>anything yet. I think he's going to be good. Mac

0:49:32.080 --> 0:49:35.640
<v Speaker 2>Jones at the very least is going to be competent. Right,

0:49:37.760 --> 0:49:39.840
<v Speaker 2>There is no There's never been a draft class in

0:49:39.920 --> 0:49:42.680
<v Speaker 2>history where all of the first round picks when you

0:49:42.680 --> 0:49:46.680
<v Speaker 2>have that many of them hit and there's always at

0:49:46.760 --> 0:49:52.040
<v Speaker 2>least one when there's three plus first round quarterbacks, huge bust.

0:49:52.480 --> 0:49:55.960
<v Speaker 2>Right like with the year that Lamar went thirty two

0:49:56.040 --> 0:49:58.640
<v Speaker 2>and Baker went one, and Josh Allen went sixth or seventh.

0:49:59.160 --> 0:50:02.240
<v Speaker 2>Josh Rosen's mixed in there, and Mark Sanchez, not Mark Sanchez,

0:50:02.480 --> 0:50:06.520
<v Speaker 2>the other Jets quarterback, the Sam pardon me, Sam Donald's

0:50:06.560 --> 0:50:09.359
<v Speaker 2>mixed in there. Justin Fields has his work cut out

0:50:09.360 --> 0:50:11.799
<v Speaker 2>for him. But Zach Wilson was the one that I

0:50:11.960 --> 0:50:15.680
<v Speaker 2>was most confident this isn't gonna work, partially and partially

0:50:15.719 --> 0:50:18.640
<v Speaker 2>because I didn't believe in Zach, and partially because some

0:50:18.680 --> 0:50:20.399
<v Speaker 2>guys just go to the wrong team and their snake

0:50:20.480 --> 0:50:23.520
<v Speaker 2>bit and it's just bad luck. Starting the rookie is

0:50:23.640 --> 0:50:27.200
<v Speaker 2>second year off with a significant injury where he's going

0:50:27.239 --> 0:50:31.800
<v Speaker 2>to miss time is the most devastating possible outcome for

0:50:31.880 --> 0:50:36.600
<v Speaker 2>Jets fans. So it's likely that the Jets are again

0:50:37.120 --> 0:50:40.239
<v Speaker 2>in the quarterback market two years from now that this

0:50:40.320 --> 0:50:42.680
<v Speaker 2>year they're like, Ay, he started off hurt and whatever,

0:50:42.760 --> 0:50:45.000
<v Speaker 2>and he had some flashes, and next year they give

0:50:45.080 --> 0:50:46.680
<v Speaker 2>him one more shot and they're done with him. Similar

0:50:46.960 --> 0:50:53.040
<v Speaker 2>with Donald's. Okay, that's likely. But maybe he escaped injury

0:50:54.040 --> 0:50:58.399
<v Speaker 2>and significant injury and because he had some moments last year,

0:50:58.680 --> 0:51:01.279
<v Speaker 2>he puts it together and has a promising season. I

0:51:01.280 --> 0:51:06.840
<v Speaker 2>think that's incredibly unlikely. But what if Zach Wilson, I

0:51:06.920 --> 0:51:10.440
<v Speaker 2>do not believe this is gonna happen, takes the embarrassment

0:51:10.480 --> 0:51:13.640
<v Speaker 2>of this summer with the thing involving cougar's and his

0:51:13.760 --> 0:51:16.920
<v Speaker 2>mom's friend and all of that, and then the injury

0:51:17.440 --> 0:51:22.000
<v Speaker 2>and uses it all to have the most improbable great

0:51:22.040 --> 0:51:24.920
<v Speaker 2>season we've seen from a young quarterback in a decade.

0:51:25.520 --> 0:51:28.120
<v Speaker 2>That's not gonna happen. I'm sorry, Jets fans, it's gonna

0:51:28.120 --> 0:51:29.520
<v Speaker 2>be a long another decade.

0:51:29.600 --> 0:51:31.959
<v Speaker 4>Okay, next, leave it leave that an open take.

0:51:32.200 --> 0:51:33.879
<v Speaker 2>Yeah you chet.

0:51:33.920 --> 0:51:36.920
<v Speaker 5>Holmgren appeared to injure his ankle after attempting to defend

0:51:37.000 --> 0:51:40.120
<v Speaker 5>Lebron on a layup. Yeah, this is the guy who's

0:51:40.120 --> 0:51:42.520
<v Speaker 5>supposed to be a generational defensive prospect.

0:51:43.280 --> 0:51:47.359
<v Speaker 2>Is this a big deal? Okay, it's it's not. It's

0:51:47.640 --> 0:51:51.520
<v Speaker 2>likely that this is just bad luck. Okay, it's And

0:51:51.600 --> 0:51:54.000
<v Speaker 2>I know everyone expects me to crush chat here. It's

0:51:54.200 --> 0:51:57.680
<v Speaker 2>likely this is at a gym with a slippery floor

0:51:57.680 --> 0:52:00.560
<v Speaker 2>because they ended up canceling the game midway through. Lebron

0:52:00.640 --> 0:52:03.200
<v Speaker 2>is two hundred and seventy five pounds. It's not like

0:52:03.400 --> 0:52:05.200
<v Speaker 2>the thing is this, It's like, Oh, if Lebron does

0:52:05.200 --> 0:52:07.200
<v Speaker 2>that to him, think of think of what. There's not

0:52:07.239 --> 0:52:09.120
<v Speaker 2>a lot of other guys in the league that they

0:52:09.120 --> 0:52:12.319
<v Speaker 2>are going to do that. It's likely there's just bad luck.

0:52:12.719 --> 0:52:17.480
<v Speaker 2>But maybe it is absolutely a sign of what I

0:52:17.480 --> 0:52:23.440
<v Speaker 2>am concerned about, which is the guy's biggest strength right now.

0:52:23.480 --> 0:52:25.600
<v Speaker 2>This moment is supposed to be his defense. And yes,

0:52:25.680 --> 0:52:28.320
<v Speaker 2>he is going to be able to get to block

0:52:28.400 --> 0:52:32.400
<v Speaker 2>shots from places other guys can't. But when it comes

0:52:32.440 --> 0:52:36.440
<v Speaker 2>to guys bodying into him, he is going to he

0:52:36.520 --> 0:52:41.040
<v Speaker 2>is going to cause such little resistance and it is

0:52:41.080 --> 0:52:43.560
<v Speaker 2>going to have such a little ill effect on their

0:52:43.600 --> 0:52:45.799
<v Speaker 2>ability to finish as long as they can handle the

0:52:45.840 --> 0:52:49.400
<v Speaker 2>contact and knock him away. But maybe this is a sign.

0:52:49.719 --> 0:52:51.359
<v Speaker 2>And but what if.

0:52:51.480 --> 0:52:53.400
<v Speaker 4>What if he gets freaking jecked?

0:52:54.040 --> 0:52:56.000
<v Speaker 2>Okay, well that's not what I was gonna say. I

0:52:56.080 --> 0:53:00.839
<v Speaker 2>don't know. Sure, let me my take on the chet

0:53:00.880 --> 0:53:04.440
<v Speaker 2>Homer and body size things very clear. There's two options.

0:53:04.480 --> 0:53:07.080
<v Speaker 2>Neither's great. One is this guy who was a potential

0:53:07.120 --> 0:53:08.759
<v Speaker 2>number one pick of the draft, was one of the

0:53:08.760 --> 0:53:11.480
<v Speaker 2>top high school players in the country, has just chosen

0:53:11.600 --> 0:53:15.360
<v Speaker 2>not to gain weight. That's an indictment on work ethic.

0:53:15.840 --> 0:53:19.000
<v Speaker 2>Everyone says that's not true. The other option is he

0:53:19.080 --> 0:53:21.680
<v Speaker 2>really wants to gain weight, he knows it's his biggest weakness,

0:53:21.680 --> 0:53:24.799
<v Speaker 2>maybe only weakness, and can't do it. That's even more

0:53:24.840 --> 0:53:28.680
<v Speaker 2>concerning the If you got a kid in school who's

0:53:28.719 --> 0:53:32.120
<v Speaker 2>getting DS on all his tests and it's because he's

0:53:32.200 --> 0:53:35.040
<v Speaker 2>playing video games all night, that's one thing. If you

0:53:35.040 --> 0:53:37.279
<v Speaker 2>have a kid in school who every time you come

0:53:37.320 --> 0:53:40.799
<v Speaker 2>home is studying and every time you had all his

0:53:40.880 --> 0:53:43.240
<v Speaker 2>homework done, and he's asking you for help he's getting

0:53:43.280 --> 0:53:46.279
<v Speaker 2>DS on tests, you got a different type of problem there,

0:53:47.120 --> 0:53:51.839
<v Speaker 2>and so and so like it's almost the working hard

0:53:51.880 --> 0:53:55.319
<v Speaker 2>and not succeeding is a problem that what if I

0:53:55.360 --> 0:53:57.640
<v Speaker 2>was going to say is what if and this is

0:53:57.680 --> 0:54:02.000
<v Speaker 2>the biggest concern, has to drastically adjust the way he

0:54:02.040 --> 0:54:05.400
<v Speaker 2>plays in a way he's not comfortable with because he

0:54:05.600 --> 0:54:09.719
<v Speaker 2>can't sustain the contact because he will get hurt or

0:54:09.800 --> 0:54:12.880
<v Speaker 2>banged up or Nixon bruises where other guys wouldn't. So

0:54:12.960 --> 0:54:16.480
<v Speaker 2>he can't play free the way he wants to and

0:54:16.560 --> 0:54:20.680
<v Speaker 2>instead has to change things. That's the most biggest concern. So, yeah,

0:54:20.719 --> 0:54:22.680
<v Speaker 2>I don't think this is what I thought was a

0:54:22.680 --> 0:54:25.360
<v Speaker 2>bigger deal. Was the guy who will never play a

0:54:25.360 --> 0:54:28.240
<v Speaker 2>minute in the NBA. I don't remember Kenny Lofton something

0:54:28.280 --> 0:54:32.120
<v Speaker 2>I think was his name, Ken Junior Senior one of them. Yeah,

0:54:32.160 --> 0:54:33.560
<v Speaker 2>it was some, but he wasn't the kid of the

0:54:33.560 --> 0:54:37.400
<v Speaker 2>baseball player with the name Kenny Lofton. That guy bodying

0:54:37.480 --> 0:54:40.200
<v Speaker 2>Jet Lebron does that to a lot of people. But

0:54:40.719 --> 0:54:43.080
<v Speaker 2>it is a concern, all right, what's last now?

0:54:43.360 --> 0:54:46.080
<v Speaker 5>Lamar Jackson said he is putting a week one a

0:54:46.160 --> 0:54:50.160
<v Speaker 5>week one deadline on contract negotiations with Baltimore. Apparently, the

0:54:50.200 --> 0:54:53.240
<v Speaker 5>Ravens have already made a huge offer, at least one

0:54:53.440 --> 0:54:56.279
<v Speaker 5>and John Harball said the deal will get done when

0:54:56.280 --> 0:54:57.000
<v Speaker 5>it gets done.

0:54:57.239 --> 0:54:58.640
<v Speaker 4>Why is it taking so long?

0:54:59.080 --> 0:55:04.200
<v Speaker 2>Well, I think much. It's likely that the Deshaun Watson

0:55:04.239 --> 0:55:07.120
<v Speaker 2>contract is screwed things up for everyone trying to get

0:55:07.120 --> 0:55:11.319
<v Speaker 2>deals done, similar to how the Rudy Gobert trade has

0:55:11.320 --> 0:55:14.480
<v Speaker 2>screwed up the NBA trade markets. When Rudy Gobert goes

0:55:14.480 --> 0:55:17.120
<v Speaker 2>for five first round picks, if you're trading Donovan Mitchell,

0:55:17.200 --> 0:55:19.800
<v Speaker 2>you want six. If you're trading Kevin Durant, you want seven.

0:55:20.800 --> 0:55:25.080
<v Speaker 2>Guy is when Deshaun Watson, it's a fully guaranteed deal.

0:55:26.040 --> 0:55:29.640
<v Speaker 2>Lamar says, uh, I've won so many playoff games, Sshaan Watson.

0:55:30.040 --> 0:55:32.720
<v Speaker 2>I have a league MVP. I have no off field

0:55:32.800 --> 0:55:35.560
<v Speaker 2>concern I'm not on a second team. Why would I

0:55:35.640 --> 0:55:39.799
<v Speaker 2>not get a fully deal. The Ravens understandably don't want

0:55:39.840 --> 0:55:41.799
<v Speaker 2>to give him a fully guaranteed deal. I love Lamar.

0:55:41.800 --> 0:55:43.799
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't want to give fully guaranteed deal. The guy

0:55:43.880 --> 0:55:46.920
<v Speaker 2>needs to hire an agent, of course, so it's likely

0:55:47.920 --> 0:55:52.560
<v Speaker 2>that this doesn't get done, and it doesn't get done

0:55:52.600 --> 0:55:57.600
<v Speaker 2>because he doesn't have someone telling him. Lamar, We've got

0:55:57.600 --> 0:56:02.960
<v Speaker 2>to do a cost benefit analysis here. Yes, you might

0:56:03.040 --> 0:56:06.759
<v Speaker 2>be right in principle that if Deshaun got this, you

0:56:06.840 --> 0:56:09.799
<v Speaker 2>should get more. But they're offering you reportedly more than

0:56:09.840 --> 0:56:14.960
<v Speaker 2>Kyler got in total money and guarantees. Okay, Is it

0:56:15.160 --> 0:56:19.760
<v Speaker 2>worth fighting for the principle of this other thing rather

0:56:19.840 --> 0:56:24.400
<v Speaker 2>than locking in what will be lifetime financial security of

0:56:24.400 --> 0:56:27.200
<v Speaker 2>one hundred plus million dollars. You haven't made that much

0:56:27.239 --> 0:56:29.799
<v Speaker 2>money yet. I understanding he's got good endorsements. I think

0:56:29.800 --> 0:56:31.000
<v Speaker 2>he was the first round picker who was the last

0:56:31.000 --> 0:56:35.879
<v Speaker 2>pick of the first round. And I don't know how

0:56:35.960 --> 0:56:38.480
<v Speaker 2>Lamar spends his day to day life. I know this

0:56:39.600 --> 0:56:42.919
<v Speaker 2>as someone that buys some expensive jewelry. Lamar has spent

0:56:43.000 --> 0:56:46.359
<v Speaker 2>a lot of money on jewelry, okay, and that if

0:56:46.400 --> 0:56:49.840
<v Speaker 2>you have one hundred million guaranteed, that's not an issue

0:56:49.840 --> 0:56:53.880
<v Speaker 2>at all. If you have eight million guaranteed on a

0:56:53.920 --> 0:56:57.920
<v Speaker 2>five year Let me see what Lamar's rookie contract was, So, Lamar,

0:56:58.600 --> 0:57:00.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna look it up real quick, apologize for not

0:57:00.760 --> 0:57:03.960
<v Speaker 2>having in front of me. So Lamar's initial contract with

0:57:03.960 --> 0:57:07.319
<v Speaker 2>the Ravens was four years, nine million bucks. This year

0:57:07.360 --> 0:57:09.799
<v Speaker 2>he's going to make twenty three million, okay, So that

0:57:09.840 --> 0:57:13.839
<v Speaker 2>twenty three million is guaranteed and that that obviously takes

0:57:13.880 --> 0:57:18.760
<v Speaker 2>care of a lot of the things. But you can

0:57:19.040 --> 0:57:23.280
<v Speaker 2>go through that. Absolutely, you can go through twenty million

0:57:23.280 --> 0:57:26.240
<v Speaker 2>as a pro athlete easy. I would be telling him,

0:57:26.280 --> 0:57:29.640
<v Speaker 2>lock in the one hundred plus million. It's a good franchise.

0:57:29.680 --> 0:57:32.080
<v Speaker 2>They built it around you do all this. It's likely

0:57:32.120 --> 0:57:34.280
<v Speaker 2>if he had an agent this would have been done right.

0:57:34.840 --> 0:57:39.000
<v Speaker 2>But maybe even if he didn't have an agent, he

0:57:39.040 --> 0:57:41.280
<v Speaker 2>would or even if he had an agent, he'd be saying, no,

0:57:41.840 --> 0:57:45.120
<v Speaker 2>I want I am the next guy up. I'm better

0:57:45.160 --> 0:57:47.240
<v Speaker 2>than the other guys who've gotten paid. You're going to

0:57:47.280 --> 0:57:50.120
<v Speaker 2>pay me that. And where Lamar does have some leverages,

0:57:50.360 --> 0:57:53.440
<v Speaker 2>they've built the team around his particular skill set so

0:57:53.520 --> 0:57:57.600
<v Speaker 2>much that if they lose him, they are so screwed,

0:57:57.920 --> 0:58:00.200
<v Speaker 2>more so than other teams will lose their If you

0:58:00.280 --> 0:58:03.240
<v Speaker 2>have just a traditional quarterback, you built a traditional team.

0:58:03.640 --> 0:58:05.560
<v Speaker 2>Who's that guy? You still need a quarterback? But it's

0:58:05.600 --> 0:58:09.200
<v Speaker 2>different in this. But what if he is able to

0:58:09.280 --> 0:58:13.560
<v Speaker 2>do what Dak did, which is play out the deal,

0:58:14.240 --> 0:58:17.400
<v Speaker 2>get franchised or I'm sorry, better example than what Dak did,

0:58:17.520 --> 0:58:20.800
<v Speaker 2>what Kirk Cousins did, which is get franchise tagged twice

0:58:21.640 --> 0:58:25.280
<v Speaker 2>and then have never be able to be franchise tagged again,

0:58:25.480 --> 0:58:28.480
<v Speaker 2>which has allowed Cousins to sign the greatest contracts in

0:58:28.480 --> 0:58:31.000
<v Speaker 2>the NFL history get for a player of his caliber.

0:58:31.400 --> 0:58:36.560
<v Speaker 2>So there is a chance if Lamar stays healthy, then

0:58:36.640 --> 0:58:39.160
<v Speaker 2>he will have played this exactly right and will make

0:58:39.200 --> 0:58:44.480
<v Speaker 2>more money than anybody ever because he'll always take short,

0:58:44.720 --> 0:58:47.560
<v Speaker 2>fully guaranteed deals, keep hitting free ency as a quarterback.

0:58:47.880 --> 0:58:49.560
<v Speaker 2>No one else, no one will be able to franchise

0:58:49.560 --> 0:58:53.880
<v Speaker 2>tag again. But it is. I'm a gambler, and that's

0:58:53.880 --> 0:58:56.640
<v Speaker 2>a risk I wouldn't be willing to take. Okay, I

0:58:56.640 --> 0:58:58.360
<v Speaker 2>told you today's show is going to go long. This

0:58:58.520 --> 0:59:00.280
<v Speaker 2>is going to be our longest show ever. We have

0:59:00.320 --> 0:59:05.200
<v Speaker 2>a final block where there's an allegation of theft that

0:59:05.280 --> 0:59:13.680
<v Speaker 2>must be addressed. We'll do it next. We'll trade all right,

0:59:13.720 --> 0:59:15.840
<v Speaker 2>welcome back in final segment. What's right? Nick? Right? I'm

0:59:15.840 --> 0:59:17.720
<v Speaker 2>glad we went along today because allowed us to be

0:59:17.800 --> 0:59:21.520
<v Speaker 2>recording right. When Baker Mayfield was officially announced the starting

0:59:21.560 --> 0:59:24.200
<v Speaker 2>quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, this to me is actually

0:59:24.280 --> 0:59:28.400
<v Speaker 2>not a huge story. There was any Once the Panthers

0:59:28.440 --> 0:59:30.560
<v Speaker 2>traded for him, he was the starter, and it's not

0:59:30.600 --> 0:59:34.000
<v Speaker 2>because Baker's some unimpeachably great quarterback. It's because Sam Donald

0:59:34.080 --> 0:59:36.080
<v Speaker 2>over the last two years has been the single worst

0:59:36.120 --> 0:59:38.800
<v Speaker 2>quarterback in football. Sam Donald of the last two years

0:59:38.840 --> 0:59:42.280
<v Speaker 2>is ranked forty fourth or worse amongst starting quarterbacks in

0:59:42.360 --> 0:59:45.760
<v Speaker 2>every major category. There's only thirty two teams. Okay, so

0:59:47.360 --> 0:59:49.560
<v Speaker 2>Donald was never going to be the starter. Baker was

0:59:49.560 --> 0:59:51.640
<v Speaker 2>going to be the starter. So Baker's the starter. I'm

0:59:51.640 --> 0:59:53.520
<v Speaker 2>glad we got that in there. Now. I want to

0:59:53.520 --> 0:59:56.840
<v Speaker 2>discuss something because I got a tweet last night and

0:59:56.920 --> 0:59:59.920
<v Speaker 2>the tweet read let me find it because it was

1:00:00.120 --> 1:00:02.560
<v Speaker 2>sent to me, and then I sent it to our crew,

1:00:02.640 --> 1:00:05.880
<v Speaker 2>so I want to give credit. Uh. This is from

1:00:06.120 --> 1:00:10.080
<v Speaker 2>Zijan Kahn on Twitter at Bill Simmons had a segment

1:00:10.120 --> 1:00:15.040
<v Speaker 2>on his podcast today playing the defense attorney for Kevin Durant,

1:00:15.720 --> 1:00:18.280
<v Speaker 2>looking forward to hearing what Nick Wright has saved out

1:00:18.320 --> 1:00:21.320
<v Speaker 2>that on his next show of What's Right. So I

1:00:21.480 --> 1:00:25.640
<v Speaker 2>sent that to our group and Kara, who I inaccurately

1:00:25.680 --> 1:00:28.480
<v Speaker 2>called an intern earlier. I apologize. I don't know why

1:00:28.480 --> 1:00:30.600
<v Speaker 2>I did it. It's probably it would be totally honest,

1:00:30.640 --> 1:00:34.120
<v Speaker 2>probably my own latent, you know, need sexism somewhere in

1:00:34.120 --> 1:00:36.320
<v Speaker 2>my brain. I didn't mean to do that. Care I apologized,

1:00:36.680 --> 1:00:41.160
<v Speaker 2>Kara did an amazing job, and within a half hour

1:00:41.880 --> 1:00:45.439
<v Speaker 2>texted the group I found it. Thirty minutes into the episode,

1:00:45.560 --> 1:00:48.320
<v Speaker 2>he said, it's a new segment. I'm calling defense attorney

1:00:48.560 --> 1:00:50.560
<v Speaker 2>and lays out the case for another thirty minutes and

1:00:50.560 --> 1:00:54.760
<v Speaker 2>close out his argument by addressing the jerky. So now

1:00:54.800 --> 1:00:58.040
<v Speaker 2>we can take the full shot. As you can see,

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<v Speaker 2>we on this show have been doing something called Nick

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<v Speaker 2>Wright Public Defender for a couple months now. We have props, bang,

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<v Speaker 2>the gabble demands, he's wearing a wig, we have a

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<v Speaker 2>gabbl we have all of it. So the question is

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<v Speaker 2>do I think Bill Simmons stole this idea? And now,

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<v Speaker 2>in a meta version of sports media breaking the fifth wall,

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<v Speaker 2>I am going to play Nick Wright Public Defender defending

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<v Speaker 2>Bill Simmons, Bill Simmons Defense Attorney. Segment, Ladies and gentlemen

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<v Speaker 2>of the jury, is a very simple case. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a case of reputation, history and an incredibly crowded media landscape.

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<v Speaker 2>Does my client, mister Simmons, acknowledge that it is very

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<v Speaker 2>clear we have video evidence that the prosecution is shown

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<v Speaker 2>you that yes, there's another podcast called What's Right with

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<v Speaker 2>Nick Right that does a segment that is essentially exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what my client did. Yes, there is, and the prosecution

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<v Speaker 2>also showed you that my client, Bill Simmons follows Nick

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<v Speaker 2>Right on social media. And the prosecution also showed you

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<v Speaker 2>that my client, Bill Simmons has a longstanding, very close

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<v Speaker 2>relationship with a man named Kevin Wilds, who is one

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<v Speaker 2>of Nick Wright's co hosts on television, and they have

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<v Speaker 2>built what appears to be a very compelling, but superficial

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<v Speaker 2>and totally speculative case that my client, a man who

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<v Speaker 2>sold a media company for over one hundred million dollars,

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<v Speaker 2>a man who is universally acknowledged as the first major

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<v Speaker 2>successful sports podcaster in the world, and a man whose

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<v Speaker 2>podcast is still the most listened to sports podcast in

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<v Speaker 2>the world, stole something. As opposed to the far more

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<v Speaker 2>likely explanation, which is that two smart people had similar

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<v Speaker 2>ideas and were unaware of what the other person was doing.

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<v Speaker 2>My client, Bill Simmons, is running a company, running an empire,

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<v Speaker 2>some would say, And while he testified that he does

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<v Speaker 2>have affection and holds Nick Wright in high regard, is

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<v Speaker 2>it fair to say he possibly does not have the

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<v Speaker 2>What's Right show on his daily podcast listens. Is it

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<v Speaker 2>possible that, much like we have demonstrated, Nick Wright once

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<v Speaker 2>upon a time was accused of stealing a catchphrase about

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<v Speaker 2>the Brooklyn Nets, calling them the Bitcoin of the NBA,

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<v Speaker 2>an idea and NFT. Nick Wright was accused of stealing

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<v Speaker 2>that from actually another friend of Bill Simmons, won Dave Jacoby.

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<v Speaker 2>And what prosecution didn't tell you is Nick and mister

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<v Speaker 2>Jacoby discussed that after the fact, and mister Jacoby totally

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<v Speaker 2>took Nick at his word that the exact thing that

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<v Speaker 2>happened here happened there. Two smart creative people had similar ideas.

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<v Speaker 2>Now there is a third party that is the connective

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<v Speaker 2>tissue between Nick allegedly stealing from Jacoby and Bill allegedly

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<v Speaker 2>stealing from Nick. That person does happen to be Kevin Wilds,

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<v Speaker 2>who has worked with all parties, his friends with All Parties,

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<v Speaker 2>produced a television show for Dave Jacoby, is on Bill

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<v Speaker 2>Simmons podcast, and works with Nick Wright. So is it

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<v Speaker 2>further possible that in relationships discussions that Kevin Wilde's unintentionally

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<v Speaker 2>unknowingly seeded ideas or thoughts into the brains of Nick Wright,

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Jacoby, Bill Simmons just in passing references that similar

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<v Speaker 2>to the movie Inception, which you know the accuser, Nick

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<v Speaker 2>Wright has a very you know, maybe asked him after

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<v Speaker 2>the show media about seeing the inception with his son,

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<v Speaker 2>a young son, Demonse, and what Nick Write's mental state

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<v Speaker 2>was at the time. See if you want to believe

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<v Speaker 2>that he is the most upstanding member of the community,

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<v Speaker 2>but we don't. We're not here to defame him. We're

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<v Speaker 2>here to defend or thank you that inceptioned ideas into brains.

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<v Speaker 2>Or is it possible that it's just hey as fun

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<v Speaker 2>and funny as the Nick Wright public defender bit is,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not exactly reinventing the wheel, it's just defending an

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<v Speaker 2>unpopular take and giving it a name.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, so there's there's often sense that he missed the

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<v Speaker 5>public defender segments.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say, it's overwhelming your honor, and we have

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<v Speaker 2>submitted inde evidence Bill Simmons phone, and you can you

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<v Speaker 2>can scrape the metadata and what you will see, what

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<v Speaker 2>you will not see. Pardon me is a subscription to

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<v Speaker 2>the What's Right Show. We know that hurts nick rights feelings.

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<v Speaker 2>Who thinks the entire world is subscribed to it. My client, unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 2>is not. So while the two segments are incredibly similar,

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<v Speaker 2>there was no theft here. This was just two smart

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<v Speaker 2>people who had the same idea. Your honor, I rest

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<v Speaker 2>my case, bang the gabble. I think people are shocked

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<v Speaker 2>that that was my That's the route I took there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I truly believe. I do know't the Simmons

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<v Speaker 2>ain't stealing nothing from me. This is and by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't. Now I will, I will after doing a

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<v Speaker 2>full defensive Bill, I will make him a little angry.

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<v Speaker 2>I did this morning. Try to listen to it, and

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<v Speaker 2>I made it. Carras said it was thirty minutes. I

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<v Speaker 2>got through the first twenty two minutes of it, and

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<v Speaker 2>I love Bill's podcast. But then in his defensive Kevin Durant,

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<v Speaker 2>he tried to make a case that Katie going to

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<v Speaker 2>the Warriors was similar to Lebron going back to the

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<v Speaker 2>Caves who had just had the number one pick three

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<v Speaker 2>or four years. So I turned it off. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't do with the Lebron slander. Bill. I can't.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't think he stole anything from me. All right, Shit,

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<v Speaker 2>to wrap the show. Should I tell the Inception story

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<v Speaker 2>or not? Oh? Since I already referenced in a drug

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<v Speaker 2>use story from you, should I tell it?

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<v Speaker 4>I was about to say it, Hey man, you might

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<v Speaker 4>as well.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, if people of this podcast over an hour long,

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<v Speaker 2>if people made it here, they deserve this. What your

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<v Speaker 2>did Inception come out? I gotta look it up. Twenty No,

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<v Speaker 2>gotta be or twenty ten. Twenty ten? Okay, So your

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<v Speaker 2>mom and I are just dating at the time, we're

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<v Speaker 2>not even engaged. We live in Kansas City. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 2>I really want and this was back when I smoked

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<v Speaker 2>weed and I really wanted to see Inception. So twenty ten,

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<v Speaker 2>you were eleven years Yeah, eleven years old, and there

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<v Speaker 2>was a movie theater walking distance from our apartment in

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<v Speaker 2>Kansas City. So Demanse and I walk to see Inception

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<v Speaker 2>and we get there and we get there early, buy food,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, oh, I got to use the bathroom

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<v Speaker 2>and I went outside. I smoked a little weed because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm about to see Inceptions. Yeah, I'm there with the

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<v Speaker 2>base from the movie ends and it's hard to follow

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<v Speaker 2>if you're an adult. He's eleven and we I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>did you like it. He was like, that was I

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<v Speaker 2>think the worst and me just ripped. I was just slabbering.

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<v Speaker 2>Me just ripped. I'm like, really, I thought it was unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 2>And mon say, obviously at the time, had no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I told you the truth about this a

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<v Speaker 2>few years ago.

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<v Speaker 5>Man, because I could have stayed at home, dude, Like,

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<v Speaker 5>I was, no, Man, you gonna go in there and

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<v Speaker 5>get faded and have me watch this freaking Star trek

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<v Speaker 5>Ass movie.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, like, what the hell am I doing here right now?

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<v Speaker 2>Man? That was not my proudest moment. Oh god. I

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<v Speaker 2>was twenty five. I didn't really know what I was doing.

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<v Speaker 2>I was trying to make it work. Uh, And I

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<v Speaker 2>you know, again, I'm not that super proud of it,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is what it is, and that movie was unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 2>Was unbelievable. We'll talk to you guys on Thursday.