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Let's find something to complain about, like, Okay, 22 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: it's the best start to a tournament that we have had. 23 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: It's so incredibly exciting. Television ratings are up, big teams 24 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: are winning. We've had buzzer beaters, we've had big endings, 25 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: we got great coaching matchups. No, no, no, I want 26 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: to be mad about something, right, I feel like that's there. 27 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: Let's be mad about something. Isn't that kind of life 28 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: in general? Though? True? 29 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 4: That is, but this is it has been for this 30 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 4: little bit. But this is really exactly. This is in 31 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,759 Speaker 4: our perview many, this is in our This is welcome 32 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 4: to our arena, right, this is in it. 33 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to my cage and the big one we've gone 34 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: away from. Hey, these seedings weren't great, and and okay, 35 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: well maybe what are the right teams in the tournament? No, no, 36 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: Now we're at the fact where okay, it's been two 37 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: years now and there's no more Cinderellas. Cinderella's are gone 38 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: from the tournament. The upset teams are gone from the tournament. 39 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: And it's jumped to this, this is what nil does. 40 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: There's no more Cinderella teams because all the good players, 41 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: after a year, they leave and they go somewhere else, 42 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: and this is why college basketball stinks and nil stinks 43 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: and everything stinks, and there's no more Cinderellas. Okay, time out. 44 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: First of all, I want to say, go hate something else. Secondly, 45 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: what does it matter? Okay, Right, it doesn't matter if 46 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: there's no Cinderellas in the tournament. Right, But first of all, 47 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: let me let me, let me just cover this. Just 48 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: because there are no Cinderellas this year or they'll really 49 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: lest couple of years, doesn't mean we're not gonna get 50 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: any Cinderellas. High point one and they almost beat Arkansas. 51 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: They were close to being a toa. Hey, here's a 52 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: Cinderella team in the in the in the sweet sixteen. Right, 53 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: we still get Cinderella teams because players still have to 54 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: play really good at the mid major to want to 55 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: transfer to another place for nil, Right, the mid majors 56 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: are still gonna get players that fall through the cracks, 57 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: that are really good, that are good to get to 58 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: win a game or two in the end, sit term, Right, 59 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna happen. Right. So, Okay, the second part of 60 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: it is this year you're complaining about the Cinderellas. The 61 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: reason you don't have Cinderella's this year is is what 62 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: do we tell you? Look, how loaded the top twenty 63 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,679 Speaker 1: five teams? The top twenty five this year is absolutely Look, 64 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: there's no real difference from the one to two seeds 65 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: to the five six seeds. There's not a lot of 66 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: difference between Michigan and Duke and Saint John's and Arkansas, 67 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: there's not. Right, the top twenty this year is absolutely loaded. 68 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 1: It's why the season is so good and why the 69 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: tournament's so good is because all the big, big power 70 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: five heritage teams are all really good. Right, So that's 71 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: why you don't have Cinderella. It's not because all Cinderella. 72 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: Why we not have Cinderella's just gonna complain about something. 73 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: It's a good thing that we don't have Cinderella's because 74 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: this tells you that, hey, the cream of the crop 75 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: is really good. Right, Houston and Arizona, these teams are 76 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: all good. There's not a lot of difference. And that's 77 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: the best part is that that's why we have such 78 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: a good tournament and overall for Cinderella's, Like, is it 79 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: a really big deal that we don't have them because 80 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: quite honestly, I don't know that they're not overvalued in 81 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: terms of their value to an NCAA tournament. Yes, we 82 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: remember Valparaiso winning and Bryce Drew hitting that big shot, 83 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,479 Speaker 1: But overall, do they bring more eyeballs to the tournament? 84 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,239 Speaker 1: They don't. Right, if you get a lot of upsets 85 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,679 Speaker 1: in the first round, it's very exciting. People are running 86 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: to their televisions the first couple of days of the 87 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: tournament to see the ends of these games. But what 88 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: happens when you get to later on in the tournament. Yeah, 89 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: Valpo and High Point with a birth in the elite 90 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: Ana line. Who's watching that game? Nobody? Nobody, Nobody's watching that. Oh, 91 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: I'd rather watch Saint John's and Duke, right because it's 92 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: Duke and it's Rick Patino. These are the games people 93 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: want to see when that. If you don't get the 94 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: Cinderella teams early in the tournament, it just means more 95 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: people are watching more games the tournament goes on, because 96 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: they're bigger, more important teams that you would rather watch, 97 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: because in the end, in sports, we'd rather watch the 98 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: big teams. We would always rather watch the big teams. 99 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: Right when the Yankees are out of the Major League 100 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: Baseball playoffs. What do we look at, boy, who can 101 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: come out of the American League Or the Dodgers are out? 102 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: Oh boy, this matchup is gonna be terrible. The Dodgers 103 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: aren't gonna be and the Yankees aren't gonna be in. Like, 104 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: the value of Cinderella's to a tournament itself is really 105 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: it's really overblown. Right, I love seeing it doesn't mean 106 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: I don't love the final the big buckets at the 107 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: end of games. Right, Saint John's winning at the end, 108 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: the way they did awesome right away with the big 109 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: shot for Kentucky. It's Kentucky. That didn't take away from 110 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: the fact that was a team that nobody knew about. 111 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: You had Kentucky and Saint John's winning with big buzzer beaters, 112 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,239 Speaker 1: were extending the games, the big buzzer beaters. That's what matters, 113 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: is that we see the close games, we see the 114 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 1: big buzzer beaters at the end, and yeah, we want 115 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: the more heritage teams to move on because that's what 116 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: we care about. That's what we continue to watch in 117 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: the Sweet sixteen and the Elite eight because you see, 118 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: I mean, really, you look at your schedule. Go oh, 119 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: here's Iowa State and somebody else. You know what that is. 120 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: That's a game I don't have to watch because I 121 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: really don't know anything about these teams. The average fans. 122 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: I don't know anything about these teams. I don't really 123 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: have to care about them because eventually they're gonna lose. Well, 124 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: I watch it if they play and then they get 125 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: to the next game in the lead eight. Okay, it's 126 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 1: Valparaiso and Florida. Yeah, I'm not gonna watch that game. 127 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna watch something else because I'm only gonna watch 128 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: it because it's the only game on Like the overall 129 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: value and popularity of Cinderella teams, they kind of live in, 130 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: are a more rarefied air in conversation than they do 131 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: actual impact on the turn. 132 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 4: No, but that's the thing, right, it's the I had 133 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,679 Speaker 4: this and I'm one of the one point three percent 134 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 4: that predicted this upset on Thursday, because it's all about 135 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 4: the what used to be a water cooler conversation that's 136 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 4: now the coffee machine, the smoke break, the walk to 137 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 4: the nearest grocery store where you buy your lunch right, 138 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 4: the sandwich box, or whatever else if you're in New York, 139 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 4: the bodega, all of those kind of things that you 140 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 4: get that conversation maybe out at the bar uh Thursday, 141 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 4: Friday watching games, and that's something you can talk about. 142 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 4: But overall, for the health of the tournament, yeah, the 143 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 4: ratings and I mean from the computer spit out, the 144 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 4: the top four teams were you know, more markedly better 145 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 4: than everybody else, and then it was the cluttered mess thereafter. 146 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 4: But doesn't mean there's not an any given Sunday, right, 147 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 4: vulgaris with the the shot for for Iowa to finish it, controversy, 148 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 4: the coaches hated each other. 149 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: Now you get Iowa Nebraska me, yeah, yeah, they're gonna 150 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: play football then just gonna fight and punt to play 151 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: football instead. I mean, look, because you look at the 152 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: matchups on Thursday and Friday, Texas Purdue. Who's not going 153 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: to watch Texas Purdue? Right, that's a big game Texas 154 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: coming from the first four. But it's still heritage programs 155 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: people want to see. People want to see Texas play basketball. 156 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 4: See now people are trying to make them a Cinderella 157 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 4: just because they were in that seed just means they 158 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 4: were would be heavyweight contender that had a mediocre You 159 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 4: it's all that is. 160 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: I mean, there's no games in the NCAA tournament that 161 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: you go back to. You could say, yeah, I don't 162 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: have an interest in that, right, Texas Purdue, Iowa Nebraska. Right, 163 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: even though nobody can name anybody playing either those teams, 164 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: it's Iowa Nebraska in this that's pretty cool, right, Okay, 165 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: because people know Iowa Nebraska, Arkansas, Arizona huge game, Illinois 166 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: Houston huge game. Who's not watching that? Then you get 167 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: to Friday Saint John's and Duke in the game of 168 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: the tournament, Alabama, Michigan in the second game of the tournament, 169 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: Michigan State, Yukon in the third game of the tournament. 170 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: Maybe you get to the last one, all right, Tennessee 171 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: and Iowa State. Okay, But overall, you look at these matchups. 172 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: If you're replacing these games with with Cinderella's, it's okay. 173 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 1: These are games that I can skip. I don't need 174 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: to watch. Like the overall value exempt people value the 175 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: the you know, the the five minutes. I'm gonna watch 176 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: this game because oh it's coming down to the end. 177 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: And here there's a twelve seed that can be the 178 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: five seed. I'm gonna tune in, right, that's fun for 179 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: five minutes. It's fun for five minutes to watch. It's 180 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: fun to see the team win. It's fun to see 181 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,959 Speaker 1: an upset happen. So and so going home, you check 182 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 1: your bracket. Wow, And then the overall impact of it is, oh, 183 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: it's a much bigger impact on the tournament than it 184 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: is just Hey, here's the great few moments I had 185 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: watching this game, seeing my bracket get affected, seeing other 186 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: people's brackets get affected, and move on, because again, you 187 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: pay for the Cinderella teams later on in the tournament. 188 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: That's it. 189 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 4: You end up getting a more lopsided game later on. 190 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 4: Doesn't mean a team can't have a hot streak and 191 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 4: go on a tremendous run. We've certainly seen that in 192 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 4: the past, where you can ride a superstar to a 193 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 4: thirty point nightly performance and maybe make one big stop 194 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 4: or a big shot at the end. But yeah, that's 195 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 4: the larger point is that it's exciting in the moment, 196 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 4: and then you say, okay, now that like, it's hate 197 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 4: watching Duke right to put it in the most base 198 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 4: of four, it's hate watching dude, going, I want them 199 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 4: to lose, but not yet. It's I want the Yankees 200 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 4: to not win at all, but I need. 201 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 1: Them wantuciating end and I need an Aaron Judge to 202 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: drop a fly ball and they don't come back. 203 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 4: That's a little more specific than necessarily I was talking 204 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 4: about it. 205 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: Going by things that happened. 206 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 4: I'm just going back, yeah, and I'm not saying it 207 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 4: my bingo car and I did not have the parlay 208 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 4: card out with oh and he's gonna drop a fly ball, 209 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 4: hit a team moment here. I would have had him 210 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 4: striking out in a big moment to you know, just 211 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 4: go with what probably happens, you know, like in a 212 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 4: World Baseball Classic game. But but the point is, yeah, 213 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 4: you want the heavyweights around, and then you start hate 214 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 4: watching in the bigger rounds because now it hurts more. Right, 215 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 4: you're that close, right, you're on the cusp of another 216 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 4: big thing. Think about that decade we were talking about 217 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 4: Yukon women's basketball for a bit, right, all those big 218 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 4: runs and titles with Breonna Stewart, and then they go 219 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 4: nearly a decade without winning it. But they're in the 220 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 4: final four virtually every year. But they can't get over. 221 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,079 Speaker 4: It's like as Gino lost it, as he lost his fastball, 222 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 4: what's the problem, Why can't he get over? And now 223 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 4: you've got on their most dominant team. Same thing on 224 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 4: the men's side, right, we see these heavyweights year in 225 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 4: year out. Duke's back with Shire and and go go 226 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 4: on down the line, Michigan, uh, and all those big 227 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 4: ten teams that were all always football teams, Like the 228 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 4: basketball team is out rolling up by yeah, yeah, and 229 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 4: and so now there's a bit of hate watching because 230 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 4: suddenly sec ACC teams they care because these big ten 231 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,839 Speaker 4: teams aren't just kind of hanging around. No, no, they're 232 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 4: all dangerous. Yeah, and then some and and you could 233 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 4: talk about the changing face of college athletics and go 234 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 4: back into the socio economics. You could talk about Mick 235 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 4: Cronin you have to you have to change your philosophy 236 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 4: and everything else. I need five million dollars started to 237 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 4: sound like baby billy, Yeah, I need five million dollars. 238 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: And yeah, not my fault, not more money. I need 239 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: more n more money. I'll do it that way. But 240 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: I be able to just think about, just think about 241 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: the whole the lack of Cinderellas and how much more 242 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: fun it is seeing the games we have here. Right, 243 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: let's just say going into the I mean this Friday night, 244 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: I don't know that you can out of the last 245 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,319 Speaker 1: time in the NCAA tournament you can beat a run of 246 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: Saint John's duke. Twenty minutes later it's Alabama Michigan, and 247 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: then an hour after that it's Michigan State Yukon. I mean, 248 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 1: how are you gonna beat that run? That's a and 249 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: that's an incredible run. Right, But let's just say, you know, 250 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: these are replaced by by some just other Cinderella teams, right, 251 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: lower mid majors that win a couple of games. Are 252 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: you spending all week excited? Are you reading about high Point? 253 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: Are you? I know, I want to go to that steakhouse? 254 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 4: Is it really as part of my like nine hundred 255 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 4: thousand dollars or whatever I have to paint so that 256 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 4: I can eat steak every night to learn table manners? 257 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 1: Snow? But but are but are you spending time? Are 258 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: you invested in that or are you just kind of 259 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: unplugging from it and I'll watch the games on Thursday. No, 260 00:12:55,400 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: the narratives that continue to build attention over the week, right, 261 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: Duke and Patino and and miss. I mean, this is 262 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 1: this is what college basketball really is. And I don't 263 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 1: know why we for college basketball people wanted to fall 264 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: to well, I want more smaller schools that what like 265 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: in no other sport to we go. You know what 266 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 1: I want in the Super Bowl. I want the Jaguars 267 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: and the Cardinals. Nobody says that, right, well, Cardinals fans 268 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: say that. I want the Cowboys and the Steelers, right. 269 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: I want the Chiefs and the Eagles right now. In 270 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: no other sport do people complain about, oh, we got 271 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: to have these teams are too good. 272 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 4: I don't know the Dodgers are ruining baseball. They just 273 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 4: think about that. Think Jem Passing from Kansas City. I 274 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 4: mean telling you the Dodgers have ro baseball. 275 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: I mean, just think about all the other big sports football, Basketball, football, 276 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: the NBA. Go, yeah, you know we want in the 277 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: NBA finals. I don't want Nicks Lakers. I want Thunder 278 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: and the magic. Like no one's saying, and no one's saying, boy, 279 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: it's a lesser NBA playoffs because it's the Thunder. And 280 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: you know, because we don't have more of the upset 281 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: teams going through no in no other sports, and it's 282 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: the same thing for the NCAA tournament. 283 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 4: We need stars, we need star power, we need legacies, 284 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 4: we need brands. You may not like that we put 285 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 4: it in the crass terms, but deep down in your heart, 286 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 4: you'll look in the mirror and you're like, yeah, those 287 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 4: knuckleheads are right. 288 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: Exit abbout a Fresca, Exit swalling down The Jason Smith 289 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. 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Looking ahead to the Sweet sixteen, 345 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: couple of things. I like taking a look at the DraftKings' 346 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 1: odds here. I know I have Saint John's beating Duke 347 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: to go to the final four, to go to the 348 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: national championship game. I love Saint John's six and a 349 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: half over Duke. I love the over a little bit more. 350 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: Duke looks like they're getting healthy. Saint John's is not 351 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 1: gonna shoot the ball like they did in that last 352 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: game against Cannas, which wow is that ugly? Uh? The 353 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: over under for this is one forty one and a half. 354 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: I love the I love Saint John's. I love the 355 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: over in this game way more so. 356 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 4: Waiting on injury updates from from Iowa State, but they 357 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 4: are a four and a half point favorite against Tennessee. 358 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 4: Joshua Jefferson was scheduled to undergo the MRI, waiting for 359 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 4: the results of that. His return would be huge, but 360 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 4: Iowa stated a team I picked before this tournament to 361 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 4: run very deep and perhaps even cut down a net. 362 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 4: So I'm gonna take him minus to four and a half. 363 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:32,120 Speaker 1: Michigan State Yukon. Yukon's banged up games gonna be physical. 364 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: Weird line two and a half from Michigan State tells 365 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 1: you how close they think it's going to be. I'll 366 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: take Michigan State on the court. Michigan State is a 367 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: they have tomas. It has always been a March built team. 368 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: In the fact that this seems like it's a bad 369 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: matchup for Yukon, they needed an absolute game of his 370 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 1: life from Alex Caravan to send UCLA home. And USIL 371 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: is not great. USIL was good, they made a big run. 372 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: They beat some top ten teams, but they were all 373 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 1: at home and usual a season was nice, but overall 374 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: this is not a great Yukon team, and I think 375 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 1: the run comes to an end against Michigan State. 376 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 4: He Barnaby is tempted to you know, look at that 377 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 4: Cinderella and I say that the pejorative of Texas. But no, 378 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go to the the war we referred to earlier, 379 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 4: the Iowa and Nebraska game. Iowa coming off a big bounce, 380 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 4: a big battle, the coaches fighting on the sidelines, everything else. 381 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 4: This is gonna be everything and more as they go 382 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 4: after the mayor plus one and a half. Give me 383 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 4: the Hawkeys to continue their run. So once again, DraftKings 384 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 4: sportsbook number one sportsbook for live betting, built for March. 385 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 4: Right now, use the promo code JSS to claim your 386 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 4: special offer Draftings again. That's promo code JSS at DraftKings. 387 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 4: The crown is yours. 388 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 1: So Earlier tonight in the NBA, the Lakers fell to 389 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: the Pistons one thirteen to one ten. They're done now. 390 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: Good on for the Pistons because look, still winning without 391 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 1: k Cunningham. Gonna be out a while. They win without him, 392 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: big deal, right, it's a big win. Now they are 393 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: at home. Lakers missing a couple of rotation guys. Okay, 394 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: but still Laker's been red hot ten in a row, 395 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: twenty games over five hundred. But some officiating calls don't 396 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: go the Lakers, weigh a couple of very physical plays, 397 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 1: don't get a whistle blown. Lebron goes scoreless in the 398 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: first half. Everything is fine, right the Lakers. Everything is fine. 399 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: What I saw tonight was more of more evidence that 400 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 1: Luca is going to continue to reel in SGA and 401 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: win the MVP. 402 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 4: I've never heard you in all the years we've done know, 403 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 4: you've never used the words the Lakers are just fine, 404 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,439 Speaker 4: like cutting Frins, Lakers keep it tough to deny it. 405 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 4: Right now, Luca misses a turnaround three, he can't really 406 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 4: get free on the final possession of the game. Boy, 407 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 4: that would have continued to build his legend what he's 408 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 4: been doing, averaging savaging seventy points a game the last 409 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 4: three weeks. Uh So it was more a momentary blip 410 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 4: for him. Wasn't a great game for the Lakers, But 411 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 4: it doesn't matter because the thing about Luca and what 412 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 4: he has done is that in the last three weeks 413 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 4: he has seized the narrative. And a lot of times 414 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 4: in sports, sometimes the story is the only thing, right 415 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,199 Speaker 4: that the facts or the facts or secondary, the story 416 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,199 Speaker 4: is the only thing. And in a time in the 417 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 4: NBA calendar, when we're into the last twenty games of 418 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 4: the year, which are pretty much useless. Right, we've talked about. 419 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 1: This, teams that are tanking continue to tank even more right, 420 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: you don't see a lot of movement in the standings. 421 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: Maybe a team will go from third to second or 422 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: fourth to third. A team will drop from six to seventh, 423 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: from seventh to ninth, really not that big a deal. 424 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: The last twenty some odd games of the NBA regular 425 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 1: season is a vast wasteland. You have to look to 426 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 1: find stuff that matters. But what have we seen now 427 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,880 Speaker 1: when you're looking for stuff that matters the MVP race? Okay, well, 428 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: what's going on Luka Doncic and what he's done on 429 00:21:57,760 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: the court the last three weeks. He is the only 430 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 1: lee player that we're talking about for anything now, He's 431 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 1: the only he's the only look at Luca. The Lakers 432 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: are winning. Okay, that's narrative A, B, C, and D 433 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: in the NBA right now. Why is SGA gonna win 434 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: the m v P. Well, because everybody else is not 435 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,199 Speaker 1: gonna have the games played. He's had a great season 436 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: and the thunder at the top of the Western Conference 437 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,360 Speaker 1: and not going anywhere. So yeah, they'll vote for SGA. 438 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: But voters, fans, they want something to vote for, and 439 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: lucas giving you something to vote for. Three weeks ago, 440 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: the Lakers were sitting around the six seven line, six 441 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: seven six seven six seven six seven. 442 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 4: It still is seven, still a thing. He likes it though, 443 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 4: look a look out he lights up when he does. 444 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 4: It's still a thing, man, and trust me, it's still 445 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 4: a thing. It's like John, I got a kid in 446 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 4: high school. It's still a thing. 447 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: It's not it's not quite as the Jets. Well, the 448 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 1: Jets haven't been a thing in a while. Man, Rogers 449 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: ran on the field of the flag. That was the 450 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: last time the Jets were to be fair. 451 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 4: The high schoolers all want to beat their parents, grand 452 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 4: parents and anybody else who does that, ants, uncles, et cetera. 453 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 4: Doesn't mean it's not. It's still a thing. But you 454 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 4: know he could be bludgeoned for it. Just be careful. 455 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 6: But ever give a guy Aaron the flag before a game? 456 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: No, in any sport book. We've got proof of concept 457 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: multiple times. I want to make sure there's nobody on 458 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: the Knicks whose name is Aaron that they could give 459 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: a flag to before a big playoff game. I do 460 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: not want that. I want to stop, stop and stop. 461 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: Don't get wait what's his middle name? Don't do you 462 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: want me? Do you want me to not say good 463 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 1: things about Luca? You don't have a choice anymore. He 464 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: missed the shot. Look his name is Marquis. We're looking 465 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: for what's sexy, what wants someone to grab a hold 466 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: of winning the m v P. Not just someone who well, 467 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:50,959 Speaker 1: he's the best player, the team is really good. He's 468 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 1: gonna have sixty five games played, Right, sixty five games played? 469 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 1: Is becoming the number one or number two most important 470 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: thing you can be in an NBA. Hey, can he 471 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,360 Speaker 1: win m v P. Yeah, he's having a really good Yeah. 472 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 6: What else? 473 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: But he's gonna play in sixty five games? Oh great. 474 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: Luca has grabbed control of the reins of the NBA, 475 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: and now everything that happens Luca is everywhere. This Luca 476 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: getting his technical foul rescinded over the weekend, This story 477 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 1: was everywhere, right, it was everywhere. What did he say? 478 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: It's what I said to the guy and said it 479 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: in Serbian I would have sex with his family. And 480 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: it's his family or his family, his family. This story 481 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: is everywhere. Luca's play elevating the Lakers, because you need 482 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: to elevate your team if you're gonna win the MVP. 483 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: It can't just be Luca playing well and the Lakers 484 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 1: are languishing around six or seventh. It's Luca's playing great, 485 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: and the Lakers are now gonna finish third. Right, don't 486 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: have to get the second or first, which they're not, 487 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: but finishing third, that's an achievement. Again, this wasteland of 488 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: the NBA schedule where we're just punching the time clock, 489 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: waiting for the playoffs to begin, teams just hoping our 490 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 1: guys don't get hurt. We gell a little bit more 491 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: at the end. This is what we're waiting for. But 492 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: Luca has taken this time where there wasn't really a 493 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: sexy vote for MVP, and he's made it about him, 494 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,919 Speaker 1: and slowly, over the course of the past couple of weeks, 495 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: we've seen the MVP odds start to narrow. Right. We 496 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 1: were on the air last Thursday night when Luka had 497 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 1: the big night and we watched the twelve minutes we 498 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: were talking about Luca winning MVP. The odds went from 499 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 1: thirty five to one to twenty to one. Right, this 500 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: is what's happening. Now there's only two guys on the board. 501 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: Now it's SGA and Luca, and SGA still has a 502 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: big lead, but Luca is slowly reeling him in, and 503 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: the more performances the more game winning shots. He's got 504 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: three games coming up against three terrible teams where he 505 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: should score forty points without even trying. This is only 506 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: gonna boost Luca's ability to win MVP. He is slowly 507 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: reeling in SGA because everybody, voters, fans, we want someone 508 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 1: to say, hey, he did this, and we saw him 509 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 1: do it and it was something that I can point to, 510 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: not just well, this guy's really good on another team, right, 511 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,160 Speaker 1: because what do we talk about SGA. What's the only 512 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: conversation about him we've had in the last month and 513 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 1: a half. He shoots a lot of free throws? Nah, 514 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: should he kicks at people and gets the free throw line? Like, 515 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 1: that's not the narrative you want for your MVP. He 516 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,360 Speaker 1: beat Will right on the core on the court, Right, 517 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 1: that's the only narrative It was good from Shaye Gildess 518 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 1: Alexander the last month and a half. Well he got 519 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: should he get to the free throw line? Is this 520 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 1: good for the game? Is it not? That's not the 521 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 1: conversation you want about your MVP. But Luca, whoa by himself. 522 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: Look what he's doing. Lebron doesn't matter anymore. He's the 523 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 1: fourth best player on the team. It's Luca. Look at 524 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: Luca tonight. It's a three, it's a it's a fifty 525 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: point game, it's a fifty point triple double. This is 526 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: this is what's starting to take over the narrative. And 527 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: if something be said that when you are the story 528 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: and when you can have your story front and center 529 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: at all times, that matters more than anything else. And 530 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: Luca has been front and center more than anything else. 531 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: Hell of a run. 532 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,639 Speaker 4: We'd go back in, you know, when things looked like 533 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,439 Speaker 4: the wheels were coming off, when they'd lost five of 534 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 4: seven games, most of those two quality opponents, and now 535 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 4: they're beating most of those quality opponents. Stuff lost tonight. 536 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 4: It was a hard fought contest. The fourth was great, 537 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 4: great basketball, some very odd sequences got physical, as you mentioned, 538 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 4: and the would be thirty five foot turnaround jump shot 539 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 4: that falls just short. It's like one of those rain 540 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 4: make it rain kind of things. Isna, is it gonna 541 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 4: come down? 542 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: N It did not. 543 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 4: Kind of like the shot the other night that went 544 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,919 Speaker 4: halfway down the net and then popped back out that 545 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 4: would have been a game winner. Oh instead, No, but 546 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 4: for the Lakers, for Luca. I mean, think about that 547 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 4: Luca game, right, he goes for sixty. 548 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: It's chaotic. Wenby, he had a game winner that night. 549 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: We just kind of had it. It was in the update. Now. 550 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,719 Speaker 4: We made a quick mention of it once or twice 551 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 4: kind of in passing, and we moved on. His MVP 552 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 4: odds are all the way down to thirty three to 553 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 4: one at this point. Now Luca's at twelve to one, 554 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 4: SGA at minus fifteen hundred. Again, he was minus two thousand, 555 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 4: So there's been some movement and a retrenching there, a retreat, 556 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 4: I should say. But when we look at what the 557 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 4: Lakers have become, is it perfect? No, there's there's still 558 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,159 Speaker 4: some some to it. And Lebron not scoring. Deny he 559 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 4: was again being very diplomatic and you know, very upfront 560 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 4: and trying to show hey, I'm a good teammate. And 561 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 4: he has been like there's no there's no denying the 562 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 4: last month. Uh, he heard the noise and evidently processed 563 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 4: the noise and and got back to just playing basketball 564 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,400 Speaker 4: and figuring out where he where he fits in. Luca's 565 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 4: in shape. So now we're seeing hol king Luca images. 566 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 4: You know, before it was where can we put him 567 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 4: in the most unflattering of the stills for our snapshot. 568 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 4: With our story now it's hey, look at the ripple 569 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 4: of muscle in his tricep. So you know, the positivity 570 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 4: and the narrative goes. But it's like we were talking 571 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 4: about with the NCAA tournament. We need the heroes and 572 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 4: we need the big brands to be playing deep and 573 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 4: SGA is fantastic. We've seen this story. 574 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: Before, yeah, I mean, now, look and think about it 575 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: something like this. We think about controlling the story. Right, 576 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: this is to get political. I'm just using a political example. 577 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: Last year before the election, right within twenty four hours 578 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: of each other, I remember two big stories broke. Kamala Harrison, 579 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 1: Tim Walls had a very big rally. I forget where 580 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: it was, but it was somewhere where it was like 581 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: thirty thousand people, thirty five thousand people. And of course 582 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 1: rally size is a big thing during the election last year, 583 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: and it was a very big story. Right, there was 584 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: a place where, hey, they didn't expect to have that 585 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: many and they had. It was a pretty big story. 586 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 1: Within twenty four hours. Also, the story broke. Remember when 587 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: President Trump worked in McDonald's right for the day of 588 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: whatever it was, for the photoshop, for the photo opportunity, 589 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: and those two stories, again, those are two pretty big stories, 590 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: and within twenty four hours of each other. And what 591 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: happened that Trump's story was everywhere for days, for days, 592 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: Trump working McDonald's was everywhere. And I'm sure they're like, well, 593 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: here was we had a rally. Yeah, this is the story. Right. 594 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: You have to understand that sometimes the story is the story, 595 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: and you don't know what cuts through and you don't 596 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: know what grabs attention. But when you can control the story, 597 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: sometimes that's a bigger eel. Right, you said, Wemby hit 598 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: the game winning shot, right, we didn't even talk about it. 599 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: We didn't even talk about And how much did we 600 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: talk about Wemby earlier, how great he is becoming the 601 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: best player in the NBA. Didn't even talk about You 602 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 1: forsook it because the story was Luca and Luca has 603 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: has become the story you told you turned your back on. 604 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 4: Now it's Laker love. Trying to show jj Reddick that 605 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 4: you love Yes, what you Jason's got it? 606 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: Right? What did you even say you show him that 607 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 1: you love it? You sound like Ben Stiller at the 608 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: end of dodgeball. How about that the floor? Oh, Jdy 609 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: loves touching. He said, you love it? Like, what are 610 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 1: you doing? What do you say? You just want Reddick 611 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: to love you? No, it's just what you said. We 612 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 1: talk like. That is weird. 613 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 6: Think about this. Jason's come around before you on this one. 614 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: This is weird. Man. 615 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 4: I was on the Luca train a long time ago, 616 00:30:56,520 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 4: the hate train. No I celebrated from driving. No I 617 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 4: was celebrating fat Luca. I defended him when he when 618 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 4: he was big boned. 619 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 6: That's why they traded him. 620 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: That's why you got him. 621 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 622 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 623 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 2: pm Pacific.