1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: The volume. This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What 2 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: is up Straight Fire? Fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight 3 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:24,159 Speaker 1: Fire for Monday, April third, folks, What a weekend. It was. 4 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: Palm Sunday, Happy Palm Sunday to everybody. Easter obviously coming 5 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: up Spring break for a lot of people out there, 6 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: including myself. Talk about that a little bit later. We 7 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:35,639 Speaker 1: have a first on the podcast. Rob and I were 8 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: chopping up ideas how we're gonna handle this Monday pot 9 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: Obviously listen Big Monday, NBA, crazy stuff happening, Lakers surging, 10 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: mav Z, Oh Boy, Luca Poor Luca, and the Final 11 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 1: fourst Tonight completes the men's college basketball season with San 12 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: Diego State after winning at the Buzzer against Yukon. A 13 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: lot to talk about my men's league. Obviously, a lot happened, No, 14 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: not much happened, but I think we decided we're going 15 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: to open the podcast with women's college basketball. Friday night. 16 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: The Final Four Iowa stuns as an eleven point dog 17 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: stunts undefeated South Carolina. I had a lot of thoughts 18 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: and opinions on that, but it happened Friday, so we 19 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: don't need to dive into it too much. But this 20 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: is how interesting LSU Iowa was Sunday. So first of all, 21 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: my daughter's like, well, what time is the game? And 22 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, it's probably like late afternoon, you know. 23 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: And then my wife, you know, twelve thirty. I was like, 24 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,559 Speaker 1: what does the fact that you know apparently this this 25 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: game got a humongous push from TikTok because of the 26 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: LSU coach and she's like a huge deal on TikTok, 27 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,839 Speaker 1: and then people have just been swept up in Caitlin 28 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: Clark mania to the point my wife got an Iowa 29 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: Hawkeyes T shirt and I was like, wow that Now. 30 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: Of course I looked like an idiot because I was 31 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: kind of rooting for LSU, not for any LSU reasons, 32 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: but just as like a strategistic coach. And I'll say 33 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: get into that like a nerd in a minute. But 34 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: you know, obviously we carved out Sunday time to watch 35 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: the game or like, okay, game starting, we're gonna watch, 36 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: and you know, Caitlyn Clark goes off. It's fun and 37 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: LSU it just has too many weapons. LSU. We don't 38 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: need to get into the intricacies of the game, but 39 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: LSU basically couldn't miss from deep in the first half. 40 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: I think they were nine of twelve. A girl came 41 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: off the bench. This is no cap as my son 42 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: likes to say, five or five on threes in the 43 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: first half off the bench, had twenty one points at 44 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: half time. She had zero points combined in the last 45 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: three games. Like this was an out of body experience 46 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: from that girl. Carson, who I you know? Listen, I'm 47 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 1: not going to pretend like I know a ton about 48 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: the players, but the subplots got interesting. I pushed this 49 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: out early in the game. You could tell a lot 50 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: of tiki tap crap. It was gonna be a ref 51 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: show and for whatever reason, in the biggest women's college 52 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: basketball moment in a while, I don't know, Rob can 53 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: kind of try to put in some context. There's been 54 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: big games, obviously, I've watched women's college hoops obviously, but 55 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: this one had like a large, significant online push. The 56 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: numbers for the ratings were gonna are gonna be big. 57 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: Caitlyn Clark's doing big deal like big things everywhere, and 58 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: this felt like one of the biggest women's basketball games 59 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: in a while, and for the refs to call this 60 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: tiki tack crap. It was kind of annoying and not 61 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:20,679 Speaker 1: a great look for the sport, and there was a 62 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 1: lot of people the jokes were flying, ha ha ha, 63 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: just like men's basketball where there's a lot of tiki 64 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: tack fouls. And and then if Clark, of course, they 65 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: played pretty decent defense on Caitlyn Clark, who finished with thirty. 66 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: By the way, her point total was thirty three and 67 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: a half. Yes, you could bet women's player props and 68 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: some guy for I think bet MGM put out it's 69 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: the most bet thing of the game over thirty three 70 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: and a half. You know, people want to root for 71 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: Caitlyn Clark. She had what forty one against South Carolina 72 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: and I didn't bet it, but I said I would 73 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: definitely take the under because there is no way that 74 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: LSU is going to defend the best player in women's 75 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: college the way South Carolina did Friday, which was, hey, well, 76 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: you know, if she was to step into twenty five 77 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: ft threes, we'll let her do that. And you know 78 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: she was on one on one, she's cooking some girl 79 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: off the dribble. She got like layups. You cannot let 80 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 1: the best basketball player in women's hoops get layups, and 81 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: that did not happen against LSU. They did a much 82 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: better job. She still got thirty points, six turnovers, eight assists, 83 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: but largely I thought they did a pretty good job 84 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 1: on her. What I didn't like was when the ref 85 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: gave her a pretty weak technical foul. Like, I know, 86 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: sportsmanship obviously matters, and we'll get to the second part 87 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 1: of it, rob but there was a foul that was 88 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: ticky tack and LSU was going to go to the 89 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: line and as Clark and Io was huddling up, you know, 90 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: Clark just sees the ball with her hand and kind 91 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: of just tosses it to the side. Not anything bad. 92 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: It wasn't like the ref was coming up, and she 93 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: threw it away from the ref, and the ref gave 94 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,239 Speaker 1: her a technical foul, which was her fourth foul. And 95 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: not only that, but it meant LSU got two foul 96 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: shots for the foul and then the two technicals and 97 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: the ball, and it was like, are you kidding me? Really, 98 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: we came to watch the best players play and now 99 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: she's got four fouls at the third quarter, and I 100 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: guess their second best player ended up failing out another 101 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 1: girl had five, so that kind of takes away from it. 102 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: While at the same time you had Kim Mulki. I think, 103 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: is that's how you say her name, Rob right, Kim Mulki. 104 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: So she is huge on social media and she is 105 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: wearing this like sequin outfit and she is acting crazy 106 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: on the sideline and like she's bumping into the referee 107 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: and like it was a little bit over the top, 108 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: and I'm surprised she didn't get called for anything, like nothing. 109 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: She literally at one point was like yelling at the 110 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: ref walking toward him. The ref like stopped her, put 111 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: her arm, his arm out like don't come any further, 112 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: and she kept bumping into him. I'm like, that's a 113 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: tech in any men's sport. And I guess my overriding 114 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:56,799 Speaker 1: thing with this women's game was the spotlight was so big, 115 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: so many people chiming in. It was dominant on social media. 116 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: It felt like a men's championship game, and it was 117 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,799 Speaker 1: treated as such with harsh critiques. Boy, these ref stinc 118 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: how is the coach getting away with murder? How are 119 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: you going to give a tech to the best player? 120 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: And like then it came near the end of the 121 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: game when it was clear LSU was winning. LSU's best 122 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: player Reese, who is a really good player. She had 123 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: fifteen and ten. Angel Reese only a sophomore like dominant average. 124 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, twenty three and fifteen. My daughter noticed 125 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: the fake eyelashes she was wearing in the game, which 126 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: was an interesting, interesting move by Angel Reese. But in 127 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: the semifinal, Caitlin Clark or no, I'm sorry. In the 128 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: Elite eight game, Clark had looked at louise Ville's Louisville's 129 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: best player Van lith or something. I follow her on Instagram. 130 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: She's a really good basketball player, lefty. She plays a 131 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: lot of pick up out here in La Jim's. I 132 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: have not seen her, but the videos I see like 133 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: she's just awesome. She's incredible. And Clark did the I 134 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: can't see you or I can't feel my face a 135 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: rob I don't know. It's a wrestling celebration. John Seena 136 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: does it so she you can't see me. So she 137 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: does it like the hand in front of her face 138 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: and it goes viral. In the Elite eight, well, what 139 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: does Angel Reese do in the championship game when it 140 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: was decided she goes right up to Caitlin Clark and 141 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: it's like, you can't see me, And there was so 142 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: much outrage online, Oh how could she do? That's bad sportsmanship? 143 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: And I'm just like, really, so, when Clark does it 144 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: to someone else, all good, but when someone does it 145 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: to Clark, no, it just felt weird. Rob. I don't know. 146 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: I know you were watching on your phone with your 147 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: family and like a public setting, so you probably weren't 148 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: freaking out. But I saw this, I'm like, I think 149 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: that's cool. Listen, trash talks kind of part of the game, right, absolutely. 150 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: I mean the I guess Twitter is the worst place 151 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: with it, but the faux outrage has really jumped the shark. 152 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: Oh right, And if this was the NBA, nobody would care. 153 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: When Steph Curry does the shimmy, people applaud it. Chris 154 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: Paul did the shimmy back to him, people got even 155 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: more excited because I'm like, yeah, give it back to it. 156 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: I mean, it didn't it didn't really work out for first, Rob. 157 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: You know what happened after Chris Paul didn't? Yeah, exactly 158 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: didn't really work out for right, didn't really you don't 159 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: tempt the basketball, but people fans basketball fans loved it. 160 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: They love to see that kind of stuff. They love 161 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: the trash talk, they love the back and forth. That's 162 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: what makes sports fun. That's what people do growing up. 163 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: I know that. I guess I don't know what age 164 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: it's not appropriate, maybe if you're like seven or eight 165 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 1: or whatever, but as you get to the middle school, 166 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: high school ranks, that's part of the game. It doesn't 167 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 1: matter if you're playing basketball, football, baseball. I mean maybe golf. 168 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: They don't do it. Ugh, But even Tiger Wood when 169 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: he did the fist pump, people got excited about it 170 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: because showing emotion and having that kind of competitive fuel 171 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: inside of you is what everyone can relate to you, 172 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: whether you're a professional or you're a rec league baller 173 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: like Jason mcintie. So this is one of those things 174 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: where I honestly believe because it is a woman who 175 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: was doing it, that people aren't used to seeing it 176 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:12,719 Speaker 1: and having this you brought it up before. It is 177 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: that recording the eyeballs on this game is much bigger 178 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: than I think any female team sport that I can 179 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: think of outside of like the World Cup, Like this 180 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 1: game is Clark is gonna be bad. She's gonna be back. 181 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: Angel Reese is going to be back. People forget about 182 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: page bookers or Beckers from books. Yeah, she's still she's 183 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: still in college. She missed the season because she's injured. 184 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: Really good, she's really good. And suddenly women's basketball is 185 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: having like this. This I don't know if it's called 186 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: a renaissance, they don't know if it really had a 187 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: but it's having a moment like this game is going 188 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: to do upwards of seven or eight million viewers because 189 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: it was on ABC the Final four game to five 190 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: and a half on ESPN. So when you have this 191 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: level of interest in a game like this and people 192 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: aren't used to sing women talk trash like that, you're 193 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: getting these little pockets of people on social media that 194 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: are all up in arms about and I just don't understand. Yeah, 195 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I remember again back to when I'm the 196 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: coach on the sideline acting kind of crazy. Again, it's 197 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,839 Speaker 1: not in a bad way, but there in the championship game, 198 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: my buddy's son and he listens to the pot. He 199 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 1: listens with his son. He had an awesome defensive plan 200 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: transition against their best player. It was like he was 201 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: patient on defense going back rob and he slapped down 202 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 1: on the ball as the guy's going up and it 203 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: goes right off the guy's knee and out of bounds. 204 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: And it was like an awesome play right in front 205 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: of our bench. And I was like yeah, and I 206 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: slapped the ground, you know, like defenders slapped the ground, 207 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: you know, come on, and like everybody on our team 208 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: was fired up. It was just like basketball is fun. 209 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 1: It's emotional, Like get excited. If you can't get excited 210 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: and have fun with it, you know, I don't know 211 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: what to tell you, you're missing out on fun, Like 212 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: it is exciting. This game was exciting. Like Kate La 213 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: Clark is awesome if she you know college if women's 214 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: college basketball. We're smart and I don't know how how 215 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: much they can do with this, but they would try 216 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: their best to get some out of conference games in 217 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: like big markets and showcase her next season. Like I 218 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 1: would love for her to play in LA in some 219 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: kind of preseason tournament. I mean, I know it's tough 220 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: to throw that together, but she's such a big deal. 221 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: You've got to get a big showcase in November December 222 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 1: for her, not just make it like a March madness 223 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: thing because I think people will show up to watch her. 224 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: She's that good. I totally agree with you, And again 225 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: I might be ignorant that they might already be doing it. 226 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: I just don't know, because I don't follow women's college 227 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: basketball like that. But one thing that we've seen in 228 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: this tournament with her specifically, we saw it even last 229 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: I think it was last year with Page Bookers before 230 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: she got hurt, that these singular talents exist in women's 231 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 1: college basketball that don't necessarily you get in men's college basketball. 232 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: Men's college basketball is littered with upperclassmen and guys who 233 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: may not necessarily see get into the NBA, so you 234 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,359 Speaker 1: don't really gravitate to them as much then women's college basketball. 235 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: It's these singular stars here and there, maybe four or 236 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: five at a time that if you can find a 237 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 1: way to have like a Maui Invitational like they have, 238 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: or what's that with the Atlantis Invitational that they have 239 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: in men's called where that's right, you know, where if 240 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: you can just have games where these two ladies just 241 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 1: go at their teams, go at Iowa and Yukon or 242 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: or als U and Iowa again whatever, that's the kind 243 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: of thing that can really catapult women's college basketball into 244 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 1: the mainstream sports conversation. Yeah. No, no, Clark is legit. Um, 245 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: I think you're right. I forgot Yukon uh is on 246 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 1: the up and up. Stanford has that player of I 247 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: think Van Lift is her name. Uh. This LSU team 248 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: really we didn't even mention South Carolina exactly. South Carolina 249 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 1: was the undefeated team. They were viewed as like a juggernaut, 250 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: a dynasty in the making. Yeah, and the eleven and 251 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: also big favorites. Um my rec league basketball team, Um, 252 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: first season in the top league finished eight and two. Um. 253 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,719 Speaker 1: You know late in the season, if your team is 254 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: in the seller and you're not making the playoffs, maybe 255 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,599 Speaker 1: you're it's tough to show up. But this team was 256 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: fighting for the playoffs. It's our pono. I'm like, they're 257 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: gonna give us everything. They have. Four guys show up. 258 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: They were like, oh, our fifties on the way, he'll 259 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: be here. Shortly. It was nineteen to three after like 260 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: five minutes. Well, our team, listen, we are it's got 261 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: The playoffs are gonna be tough. There's a bye week 262 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: for the for Easter. But I'm not even kidding Rob. 263 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: I told our team guys, I know this is gonna 264 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: sound nerdy. I don't want you going out Saturday. We're 265 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: living it up before the before the playoffs. Like you 266 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: we we can't. You can't show up on over like 267 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: I stay home. Honestly, I want to win. We're competitive 268 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: and UM I might have hit six three Sunday. I 269 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,679 Speaker 1: did you do that? You can't see me? Did you 270 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,199 Speaker 1: do it? Did you do that? You can not do it? 271 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: Come on, listen, I'll say this. They had like three 272 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 1: guys who were like six three in athletic and who 273 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: could definitely dunk. But they were one of these teams Rob, 274 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: where it's like, whoever brings the ball up, it's just 275 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: gonna go one on one. UM. No screens, bad passing, 276 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: just terrible everything. It was like my turn, your turn, 277 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 1: and guess what, we have a six seven guy who's 278 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: just gonna come inside and erase anything on the inside. 279 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: It was just an incredible game. UM, not as good 280 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: as the Final four incredible win for US, Sorry, an 281 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: incredible game. Uh. Final four was amazing. UM. San Diego 282 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: State and fau So Matt Leinert um USC Legend NFL 283 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: quarterback Front of the podcast, in front of the podcast 284 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: that friend of the podcast he um hit him and 285 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: his was his wife and him have this like Final 286 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: four party every year we've I couldn't make it last year, 287 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: but we went this year open bar, good food. I 288 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: was like stunned. I was like, damn and um, of course, 289 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: you know, San Diego State's down fourteen and I'm like, whoa, geez, 290 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: this is disappointing. San Diego State's done, Like they don't 291 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: have offense. It's over. My buddy Dan, who was there 292 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: with me, a regular listener to the podcast, is like, 293 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: is it over? I was like, I think it's over, dude. 294 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: I can't imagine come back. No. There was still like 295 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: eleven minutes left. Rob and San Diego Stake just chipping away, 296 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: chipping away, and next thing you know, like all of 297 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: a sudden they got a chance to win the game. 298 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: And then I'm like they're not. They have a time out. 299 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: They didn't even use it. Maybe their third or fourth 300 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: best offensive players just dribbling around with seconds left and 301 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: just fires a shot up and Rob from the angle 302 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: that the TV camera showed it did not look like 303 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: it was going in and low and behold splash and 304 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: the Bar like just freaked out. It was a moment 305 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: and for a game. I know, I know guys sending 306 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: me the DMS. I thought you said this game was 307 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: gonna suck. No, no, I said the hype for the 308 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: week was gonna suck, and it kind of largely did 309 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: the game. I'm always gonna watch the games, They're always 310 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: gonna be great. And San Diego State in the championship 311 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: against Yukon, I mean, Rob, we probably should do a 312 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: best bet at the end on this. This is not 313 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: a game where I think you can let like seven 314 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: and a half in a title game. Are you laying 315 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: that like that's a big number seven and a half 316 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: and Ukon's just destroying everybody. I don't know. I thought 317 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: this was a pretty good Final four. I mean the 318 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: Ukon game second half not amazing, But overall, like I 319 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: liked it. I liked the games. I actually thought the 320 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: women's well, the Citeo State ending was amazing in the comeback, 321 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: but the Ukon game second half was unwatchable. I thought 322 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: Iowa and LSU was a really good game. I don't know, 323 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: Ukon's just pulverizing people, Rob, It's a it's a bit 324 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: of a tough watch. Yeah, I would say that's an understatement. Yeah, 325 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I know that the San Diego State game 326 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: was was huge, but I mean there's a reason why 327 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: you touched list with the lack of buzz that tickets 328 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: to this year's Final Four are down ninety one from 329 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: last year. WHOA, Okay, there's a reason why tickets to 330 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: the women's Final Four were ninety seven dollars more expensive 331 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: than the men's. Now. Obviously one plays in a football 332 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: stadium ones and a basketball arena, so it's a little 333 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: bit different. But there's the buzz around this Final Four 334 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: has been steadily dying, you know, heading into the weekend. 335 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: San Diego State tried to revive it the best they 336 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: could with that comeback and that that game winning jumper, 337 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: which was awesome. I watched that in the car. Probably 338 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: shouldn't say that out loud, but I was driving and 339 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: had it up on the dashboard. But any momentum that 340 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: the Final Four was building was just disintegrated when Yukon 341 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: blew out Miami. And so if you're not gonna get 342 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: the blue bloods and the big names and the big 343 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 1: faces that everybody recognizes, then you better at least have 344 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: some damn good basketball being played, and Yukon is playing 345 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: such good basketball that is ruining the rest of the 346 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: tournament because they're winning every game by fifteen twenty points, 347 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: but they don't feel like a historically great They do 348 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: not do that. Yeah, I think there is a case 349 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 1: we'll get to the best bet later, but of course 350 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: I'm excited for the game now. Um. At this point, 351 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: I will interject and say this would be the last 352 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: podcast for me for the week, as we were taking 353 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: a little spring break hiatus before going full board into 354 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: the NBA playoffs. So I've got to do the NBA 355 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: kind of craziness in the West. Fox Sports Radio has 356 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all 357 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: of our shows at Fox sports Radio dot com and 358 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 1: within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to listen live. With 359 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: one week left in the NBA regular season, the Clippers 360 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 1: are five but clinging to it. The Warriors are tied 361 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: with them at six. The Lakers, now Rob Gee's Lakers, 362 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: who I think got over five hundred for the first 363 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: time all season this week, are now seventh, but only 364 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: a half game back of the five seed. Just wrap 365 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: your head around the well and the Pelicans are tied 366 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: with the Lakers, so the difference between five and eight 367 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: is half a game. Insanity. Now get to the Maverick shortly. 368 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: I did not see this coming from the Lakers. I 369 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: will take all the L's you want to send my way. 370 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 1: The Russell Westbrook trade has done everything to this Lakers 371 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: team getting rid of Westbrook. And it's weird because people 372 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: don't want to say that because everybody hates you know, 373 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 1: even take any jabs at Westbrook. It's not a jab, 374 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 1: it's reality. They have been the number one defense in 375 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 1: the NBA statistically defensive efficiency, number one since trading Westbrook Vanderbilt. 376 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 1: Massive help, Austin Reeves healthy and back in the starting lineup, 377 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: Huge help. D'Angelo Russell not known as a big defender, 378 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: and was kind of I don't know if it's a 379 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 1: minute restriction or just pulled. He didn't even play a 380 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: lot Rui Hachi Mora locked in Sunday, Anthony Davis just 381 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 1: finally got the memo, hey, dude, go down to the block, 382 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: that's where we need you and eat. And he's getting 383 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: to the foul line. The Lakers are playing defense. Lebron healthy, 384 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: rob I don't know what the scary level is on 385 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: the Lakers. Obviously, if they're healthy, they could go super far. 386 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: But I would are do you rob that? I think 387 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 1: you the Lakers, you want to face them second because 388 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: first round it looks like they're gonna be healthy. I 389 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: don't know in three weeks if they're gonna be healthy. 390 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: Nobody does. This team has been injured all season. If 391 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: you have to face the Lakers in the first round, 392 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 1: you're gonna be in some major trouble. That being said, 393 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: if you face them in the second round, I mean 394 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 1: we know this. Anthony Davis goes down every week rub like, 395 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,199 Speaker 1: what's your confidence level that the Lakers will have the 396 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: same starting five in the first round that they did 397 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: in the second? Oh, geez at the load. I mean 398 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis almost got urn over the weekend went on 399 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: Friday night when he tweaked his ankle, and then you 400 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 1: mentioned the Angel the Russell. He didn't finish the game 401 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: on Sunday because he had footsoreness. So they were like, 402 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna be extra cautious and we're gonna sit you 403 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: out in the second half. So my confidence level on 404 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: a scale of one to ten would be like a five. 405 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: That they'll have the actual starting lineup in Round two 406 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: at the same as Round one, So not high. Yeah, 407 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: it's just it's so radical, Rob. Halfway through the season, 408 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: it was like, oh man, Lonnie Walker might be their 409 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 1: third best player, and then it was like Dennis Shooter 410 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: in the starting lineup. Dennis Shooter is like barely playing, 411 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,919 Speaker 1: barely scoring. He's like a non factor. Molik Beasley like 412 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 1: had a brutal stretch of a few games and now 413 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: he's like coming off the bench. Now he may get 414 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: more time if Russell can't play, can't go this week. 415 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: But Anthony, I'm just telling the Anthony Davis situation. I 416 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: think he got the memo, Rob that Bro, we're kind 417 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: of out on you. You're in trouble. Maybe Lebron did 418 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: want to trade to remember when he didn't stand up 419 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 1: when Lebron broke the record. It almost feel like I 420 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: would love to see splits for Anthony Davis free throw 421 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: attempts for like maybe the fifteen games before the Lebron 422 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 1: set the record and after, because dude, look, Anthony Davis 423 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,679 Speaker 1: is not shooting threes anymore. Rob, He's not. He's like 424 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: playing like a big guy. Twelve free throw attempts against 425 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 1: the Rockets forty points just inside factor. I don't know 426 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: what to say. Man, this team is like legitimate dangerous. 427 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 1: They are they are. I've been trying to tell you 428 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: this for months now. You didn't want to listen. No, 429 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis and I think this is I perbebly. I 430 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: think I really believe this. Anthony Davis, when healthy, is 431 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: the best player in the Western Conference whoa time best 432 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: in the West? Okay, so the MVP, the likely MVP 433 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: is in the West, Nicola yok he's better than yok 434 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: Yokis does not defend at all, like I know that 435 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 1: John Morant is he is healthy and in the West 436 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 1: and all the sauce or whatever not John Morant, Kevin 437 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 1: Durant is breathing. Kevin Durant would probably be the closest competition. 438 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard is playing all the time now. No, he 439 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: doesn't defend like he used to. Steph Curry is a lie. 440 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: Doesn't defend like Anthony Davis. Anthony Davis is that might 441 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: be your hottest taking the best player in the Western 442 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: health when he's healthy. Luca Luca is out of the 443 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: conversation entirely now that his team is not even in 444 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: the plane. Okay, Oklahoma City laughs at him. That's how 445 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 1: bad things are. Um, No, Anthony Davis defends as a 446 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: top five defender in the NBA. He is incredible that 447 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: you brought up the Lakers defense. The only other good 448 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: defender on their team that has known for defense is 449 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: Jared Vanderbilt. So for the entire he's okay. So Anthony 450 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: Davis is the anchor to what is the best defense 451 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: in basketball over the last you know whatever, a month, 452 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 1: month than half. Okay, hold up Devin Booker or Anthony Davis, Like, 453 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: I don't think this is that quote, Like, Okay, this 454 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: is because this is everybody. People just drop their phone. 455 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: Everybody that you walk, everybody that you brought up is fantastic. Offensively, 456 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,679 Speaker 1: I would probably a handful of him, probably even better 457 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: than Anthony Davis offensively, but his defense is so elite. 458 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: That's what That's what the difference is. That to me 459 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: is exactly why Janis and not Embiid or whoever. Jason 460 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 1: Tatum is the best player in basketball because he impacts 461 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: both sides of the of the ball more than anyone else. 462 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: That's why I think it's Janis is not even close 463 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: as being the best player in the league in the 464 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 1: Western Conference. All of your other guys that you just named, 465 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: outside of maybe Kevin Durant are average defenders. In the 466 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: case of Luca and Yokich, they are bad defenders. So 467 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis to me, when he's healthy, and you've seen 468 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: recently that he's the stream that he's been healthy, he's 469 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 1: going to win Player of the Month from March and 470 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: because of him, and Darvenham said it over the weekend. 471 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 1: Every team has their one guy that they really need 472 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: to drive them to where they want to go. And 473 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: for this team, for this Lakers team, it's not Lebron, 474 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: James Darvenham said, it's Anthony Davis. And right now he's 475 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: responding in a way that Laker fans have been hoping 476 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: for all season, and we just crossing our fingers that 477 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:52,159 Speaker 1: he's able to stay healthy. Interesting, I just checked. You 478 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: know you have future tickets on the in the NBA. 479 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: I have Pelicans to win the title. That is not happening, 480 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 1: But I have Lakers to win the title plus twenty 481 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: seven sixty eight from I got that on February third. 482 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 1: I don't remember what happened on February third. But I 483 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 1: decided to put a couple of bucks on the on 484 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: the Lakers long shot back then, and I also have 485 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:20,719 Speaker 1: a future on them plus twelve seventy two. Maybe that 486 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: was after the Westbrook trade and the other one was before. 487 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 1: But um, I would love the Lakers to win the title, 488 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: obviously for financial reasons. The reality is rob the fact 489 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: that you say he's the best player when healthy. Fine, well, 490 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 1: then why the hell would the Lakers trade him because 491 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 1: he's not always healthy? Okay, Well, but you're trading away 492 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: the best guy when he's healthy. Well, I mean that 493 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: that would be the only argument to trade him is 494 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: that he's gets hurt all the time. I just mentioned 495 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: he turned his ankle on Friday night and he was 496 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: on the ground for like six minutes. Now, you're getting't 497 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: come out of the game. But you know, with him, 498 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 1: you're always holding your breath every time he jumps up 499 00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: in the air and comes down that he may not 500 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 1: get back up. All right, we'll wrap up the NBA 501 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: with a couple of minutes on the Mavericks. Yeah, this 502 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: is bad, guys. You know I'm a Luca fan. I 503 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 1: cannot imagine what's happening. In that locker room. I don't know, 504 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: Rob how we are not aware of what the hell's 505 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:23,640 Speaker 1: going on. But they have now lost oh my gosh, one, two, three, four, five, six, 506 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: They've lost seven of eight. All they need to do 507 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: is win to get into playoffs. Since that buzzer shot 508 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 1: to beat the Lakers, was it Maxi when Ad lost 509 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: his guy? I think it was in La. They lost 510 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: by Maxi? Right, So they lost to the grizz by four, 511 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: the Warriors by two, the Hornets by eight, the Hornets 512 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: by six, the Sixers by eight, the Heat by seven, 513 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:51,879 Speaker 1: the Hawks by two. They're losing close games with two 514 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 1: of the best players in the league, and now Kyrie 515 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: irving fouls Trey Young with one point eight seconds left 516 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: on Sunday and the Hawks winning overtime. I don't Let's 517 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 1: just zoom out and look big picture. Right, Let's say 518 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: the MAVs missed the playoffs. I believe they can offer 519 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 1: Kyrie more than anyone else, right, correct? Does he stay? 520 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,159 Speaker 1: Do they even want him to stay? Do they go 521 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,679 Speaker 1: to Luca and say, bro, what the what happened? Brandon? 522 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: What's going on? Somebody in the and this is what 523 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: I you know, it's tough for the media because they 524 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 1: have access to locker rooms down right, They're not still 525 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,439 Speaker 1: shunned from locker rooms or I don't even know what. 526 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe I'm wrong, maybe they're not in locker rooms. 527 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: But if you're with the team following him, I know 528 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: you're kind of beholden. You can't unload all the stuff 529 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: because then you get shut out or whatever, and it 530 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: makes life tough on you. But somebody has to be 531 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: aware of what's going on in the locker room. You 532 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: don't lose with Luca and Kyrie seven of eight down 533 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: the stretch and potentially fall out of the playoffs after 534 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: making the conference finals last year. There's got to be 535 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: somebody who's unhappy on that team, who knows what the 536 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: hell's going on, Like whether it's Tim Hardaway, whether it's 537 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: Maxi Kleber, Rob this is one of them. I mean, 538 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: they even have a couple of good young guys like 539 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 1: Jayden Hardy I think looks kind of good. Josh Green, 540 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: I think looks kind of good, and it's just nothing's working. 541 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 1: It Can it really be that? It can all be defense, 542 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: It can't just be defense. I think it's a combination 543 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 1: of things. I don't think the locker room is bad. 544 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: I know that that seems to be like the lowest 545 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 1: hanging fruit, But based on everything that we're hearing from 546 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: the players and the media around the team, they seem 547 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: to think that, you know, the Kyrie is influence in 548 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: the locker room has been fine. It's on the court either. 549 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: The defense obviously is terrible, but they've never played a 550 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: sharing brand of basketball to begin with, Like when the 551 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 1: Luca don Chet Show has been exactly that for Dallas. 552 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: You know, for the last couple of years, it's him 553 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: Him Him Him. Occasionally it was Jalen Brunson, and then 554 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: it was him him Him Him, Then it was occasionally 555 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 1: Spencer Denuity. Then it's him him Him and Kyrie Irving, 556 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: and then when Kyrie arrived, neither one of them really 557 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: knew how to function at the highest level alongside the 558 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: other one. And then once they started to kind of 559 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: figure it out, you were asking guys who should not 560 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: be relied on in that capacity, like Reggie Bullock, Tim 561 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: Hardaway Junior to be the third and fourth best players 562 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: when they haven't been capable of being those level of 563 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: players for years. Like I was listening to another podcast 564 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: last week, and they framed it this way. The Dallas 565 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: Mavericks from their Western Conference team last year West Conference 566 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: Finals team lost their second and third best players Brunson 567 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: and Phinney Smith. Oh, she'd be second, third and fourth 568 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 1: best players because they added it in Spencer denuity. So 569 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: you don't subtract those three guys and add and adding 570 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: Kyrie and expect him to make up for all of that. 571 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: He's a fantastic player, but him alone is not going 572 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: to make up for the defense and the shooting of 573 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: Dorian Phoeney Smith. So then it could be on the 574 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 1: front office. The knight could be on him Cuban and 575 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: Cuban Jason Kidd for not implementing something sooner that would 576 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 1: have been less Luca centric. So the year before Luca arrived, 577 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: they won twenty four games. Luca shows up, they win 578 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: thirty three. Luca's second year, they win forty three. Member 579 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: Luca went berserk in the playoffs against the Clippers, they 580 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: pushed them to six. Luca was like, I don't know, 581 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: twenty one, twenty two two. Then the year after that 582 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: they go to forty two wins basically same deal, and 583 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 1: they lose in the first round. Of Clippers four three. 584 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 1: Luca was even better. Last year. They bump up the 585 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: fifty two wins and they get to the conference finals. Now, 586 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: they were down to the Jazz. I think to one 587 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 1: or one, oh, I don't remember what it was, but 588 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: they were down to the Jazz. They were down to 589 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: the Suns. And this team had the heart and the 590 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,960 Speaker 1: will to rebound and rally behind Luca and sure Jalen Brunson. 591 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: They got smoke by the Warriors. But whatever, I think 592 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: the big takeaways are, geez, just how much does Jalen 593 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: Brunson matter? Right? That's one obvious one. Another one is, jeez, 594 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: how much does Kyrie Irving hurt a frigantine? That's another 595 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: big obvious one. And the other one is, you know, 596 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: I thought for the last two years you can build 597 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: a title contender around Luca, and I still believe that. 598 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: But looking at what has happened to this team this year, 599 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: I do wonder, in some way, shape or form, with 600 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: three seasons of greatness under his belt, has the league 601 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: kind of sort of figured out Luca. Now let me 602 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 1: preface that I should have prefaced that by saying Lebron 603 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: James took a couple of years and then boom, he 604 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 1: shocked everybody and got to the finals. And then guess what, 605 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: he could not get back to the finals because the 606 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: Celtics loaded up, the Orlando Magic loaded up, and they 607 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: took down Lebron. What was Lebron's response, Well, what is 608 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,920 Speaker 1: my Cleveland front office doing? They're not getting better. I've 609 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 1: got to get the hell out of here. And you 610 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 1: start to wonder, Rob, this has been such a regression 611 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: from last year. And like you said, players second, third, 612 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: and fourth best players. Jettison incomes Kyrie Irving. They've got 613 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: some young bloods I think are good in greed and hardy, 614 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: but green and hardy. But I don't know that they're 615 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: ready to contribute to like a title winning team. If 616 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: you remember what Boston and Orlando did was they got 617 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: three point shooters, they got a length, and they both 618 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 1: worked around a big guy who was dominant, Dwight Howard 619 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:51,680 Speaker 1: and Kevin Garnett. I don't I'm starting to wonder is 620 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: Luca gonna be the next Lebron James where he's like, 621 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 1: you know what, I'm getting out of here. I had 622 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: a good run, but you guys can't put a title 623 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: winner around me. I don't know that he's wedded to 624 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: Dallas the way Jannis is In Milwaukee. Jannis was able 625 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 1: to add Middleton and then Drew Holliday. What's Luca getting, Well, 626 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: where's his robin? And whoever else he needs? Everybody needs somebody. Well, 627 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: Kyrie is certainly good enough to be the robin. The 628 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: problem is is building out the rest of the roster 629 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,479 Speaker 1: like we've saw. We saw this with the Lakers. You know, 630 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 1: I had to bring it back to the Lakers, even 631 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: though I always seem to do it. But Lebron A 632 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: d Russ and a bunch of guys is not enough 633 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 1: in today's NBA, not when every you know, shootings comes 634 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 1: at such a premium because of the shooting, the defense 635 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: is at a premium, so unique guys who can defend 636 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 1: and shoot like everywhere, and if you don't, you're not 637 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: going to be able to win. What Dallas is lacking 638 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: is the defense to make up for what Luca and 639 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: Kyrie do not provide, and they just don't have the 640 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: horses to do that right now. They're gonna need at 641 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 1: least one offseason and probably a big trade to sync 642 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 1: up and sew up all those deficiencies like and you 643 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: brought to think about Luca whether you win a championship. 644 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 1: This is a conversation that people have been having for 645 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,640 Speaker 1: years now because and it's not because Lucas not awesome. 646 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:16,480 Speaker 1: He's he's great, you know, he's I think he's probably 647 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 1: the the one player for you to say you have 648 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:20,880 Speaker 1: to build your franchise right now moving forward. I think 649 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: more teams would take Luca than anyone else because of 650 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 1: his age, and he's only going to get better. His 651 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: game relies on skill, not athleticism, so he's gonna be 652 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 1: great for another fifteen years. Right. But we saw with 653 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: Lebron James, we saw with James Harden that when your 654 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 1: entire system is one guy, it's really, really, really freaking 655 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: hard to win a champion. Oh the other thing I 656 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,280 Speaker 1: totally forgot this. They went after Christian Would and added 657 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 1: him in the office. I was like, Oh, that's a 658 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:55,319 Speaker 1: good that's a good kind of a risky move because 659 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:59,959 Speaker 1: he doesn't playing of defense. You can't play you can 660 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: not play Luca, Kyrie and Christian Wood at the same time. 661 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 1: There's just that's three guys who really don't play defense, 662 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,359 Speaker 1: and they're probably gonna lose Wood Dwight Powell's a free 663 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,320 Speaker 1: agent the Davis Bertan's trade. He was supposed to be 664 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: a sniper. He's basically unplayable. I mean, you know, he 665 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:20,080 Speaker 1: played five minutes against the Hawks, basically comes in, misses 666 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:21,839 Speaker 1: a couple of threes, all right back to the bed 667 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 1: like he's another guy. He ain't playing it like a 668 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,359 Speaker 1: d I thought that would have been a good ad, 669 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,560 Speaker 1: but holy hell, he's making seventeen mill next year, and 670 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,480 Speaker 1: then as a player option. That's a shit contract that 671 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,919 Speaker 1: they got there with Davis Bertan's Cleber. I like, but 672 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:37,960 Speaker 1: I don't know, man, this is gonna if Kyrie walks, 673 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,920 Speaker 1: they are really up poops creak. And oh, by the 674 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: way I did read, they will lose their draft pick. 675 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 1: It's top ten protected. They will lose it if they 676 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 1: missed the playoffs. And I think if they finish eleventh, 677 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 1: that goes to the Knicks in the Porzingis deal. So 678 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 1: you know what that means the rest of the way. 679 00:35:56,080 --> 00:36:00,799 Speaker 1: That's what that means. And then it's not like they 680 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:02,719 Speaker 1: really got to try hard to think, considering the way 681 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:04,759 Speaker 1: they've been playing, but they may have to. Green and 682 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,319 Speaker 1: Hardy are good, man. Those guys can play now can 683 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,520 Speaker 1: they contribute next to your twenty and twenty one year olds, Like, 684 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,279 Speaker 1: I don't know. That's the problem. That was the problem 685 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 1: the Warriors had with James Wiseman. I think James Wiseman's 686 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,120 Speaker 1: the lost potential. I think Moody has potential. It's just 687 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,640 Speaker 1: this team right now needs veteran guys who know how 688 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,040 Speaker 1: to win, and they just don't have it. 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I mean, Matt, I was just I wrote 697 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,799 Speaker 1: about picks and we'll get we'll do the college picks 698 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,040 Speaker 1: real quick, the picks for the final four, Like, how 699 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:03,120 Speaker 1: do you bet this? And you know, Rob, I think 700 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:06,359 Speaker 1: there's one tiny chance that San Diego State pulls this off. 701 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,600 Speaker 1: The kid Matt Bradley, who by the way, came through 702 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 1: from me with the points. I won my player points pool. Hooray. 703 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 1: I know you guys excited. He's a very good player. 704 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,280 Speaker 1: He's also twenty three years old. He's from sam Bernardino 705 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,799 Speaker 1: out here in LA twenty three. I think if you 706 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,640 Speaker 1: can sacrifice his offense and put him on the kid Hawkins. 707 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,360 Speaker 1: Hawkins is the best player on Yukon. I mean the 708 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,560 Speaker 1: best talent. I'm sorry, not the best player, but he 709 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:33,320 Speaker 1: to me looks like Ray Allen, rob skinny sniper Yukon 710 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 1: Ray Allen. Obviously, I see a little Ray Allen and Hawkins. 711 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:38,960 Speaker 1: I think he might be a fringe lottery pick. He's 712 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,040 Speaker 1: a nice looking player at six five. If you could 713 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:44,160 Speaker 1: put Bradley on him, take out Yukon threes. They've made 714 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,000 Speaker 1: nine or more threes in every nca game. If they're 715 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 1: hitting threes and the big guys, it's game over. If 716 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:53,520 Speaker 1: you can have Bradley lock him down and say you 717 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:55,279 Speaker 1: know what, you're not gonna beat us with all these 718 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,120 Speaker 1: other guys in San Diego State has the biggs, I 719 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:02,240 Speaker 1: think it can be close. I would m this sounds 720 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 1: so lame, but I have two bets. I have a teaser, Yes, 721 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 1: a teaser in college basketball, right teas Connecticut down to 722 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,960 Speaker 1: minus two. I think Connecticut wins, and the total down 723 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,719 Speaker 1: to one twenty seven and over over one twenty seven. 724 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,640 Speaker 1: The logic here is San Diego State can score. I mean, 725 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,120 Speaker 1: they scored seventy one on Alabama, they scored seventy two 726 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,000 Speaker 1: against FAU. There's a world where they get in the 727 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,960 Speaker 1: mid sixties there is Um is it gonna happen? I 728 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,879 Speaker 1: don't think so, but I do think the over could 729 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:30,239 Speaker 1: be in play. I don't think they're gonna get held 730 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:33,080 Speaker 1: to forty five points in the title game. Um. I 731 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: think Connecticut wins. I think Connecticut scores. I would take 732 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,279 Speaker 1: Connecticut on the teaser. I did also bet them just 733 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,520 Speaker 1: small at seven and a half. I hope it doesn't 734 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:43,440 Speaker 1: go the other way on me. At seven and a 735 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,880 Speaker 1: half's a big number, man, San Diego stay terrible on 736 00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,640 Speaker 1: the foul line. They go through these offensive stretches, and 737 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,080 Speaker 1: let's be real, guys, they were down fourteen to FAU 738 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,319 Speaker 1: and needed a buzzer shot to advance. Rob who you got? 739 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:58,480 Speaker 1: I got yukon Bigley and and wow over your ass, 740 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:03,000 Speaker 1: over my over should my aztec. That's correct, because, like 741 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 1: you said, seven and a half is a huge number 742 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:10,520 Speaker 1: in gambling. But this Yukon team has won. Their average 743 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,719 Speaker 1: margin of victory in this tournament is over twenty points 744 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,520 Speaker 1: per game. They have not had a single digit win 745 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,480 Speaker 1: at all. There's only been four teams since the conference 746 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,239 Speaker 1: orcieve me, since the expansion that have won by double 747 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 1: digit every one of their games. That's twenty eighteen, Villanova 748 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,799 Speaker 1: twenty two thousand and nine, UNC two thousand and one, 749 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:31,000 Speaker 1: Duke two thousand, Michigan State. So every ounce of the 750 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:35,120 Speaker 1: you know, knowledgeable better quote unquote would say seven and 751 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,279 Speaker 1: a halfs the big number. Tease it down. That's you're 752 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: a smart guy, you know. That's exact you're talking about. 753 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,560 Speaker 1: If I'm just a fan and I'm a casual fan 754 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,440 Speaker 1: of college basketball, which i am, I'm gonna ride the 755 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,640 Speaker 1: hot horse until it bucks me. And Yukon is blowing 756 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:52,320 Speaker 1: everyone out, So I have no problem laying the seven 757 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,440 Speaker 1: and a half and watching the Huskies cut down the nets. 758 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,239 Speaker 1: And that's against a guy who got into SDSU and 759 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:01,160 Speaker 1: nearly got right there, as you revealed last week. Now 760 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,280 Speaker 1: everybody did ride the hot hand and took Caitlin Clark 761 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,839 Speaker 1: and the championship game over thirty points. And she did 762 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:11,279 Speaker 1: not deliver. Did you count teps good? I just I 763 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:13,280 Speaker 1: don't see them as great. They're not like freaking UNLV 764 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:16,120 Speaker 1: with Larry Johnson. They're they're not they're not killing. They're 765 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,399 Speaker 1: not like half teams pooping their pants before the game. 766 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,200 Speaker 1: You know, like it's just not that level. But at 767 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,520 Speaker 1: any rate, So this will be the last pot for 768 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,959 Speaker 1: a week. Maybe the Lamar Jackson situation will be finalized. Rob, 769 00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:29,800 Speaker 1: I hope. So, I mean, listen, if something massive happens. 770 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,240 Speaker 1: I mean I didn't ask the wife, but I would 771 00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,759 Speaker 1: not be against quickly, you know, doing throwing together an 772 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,160 Speaker 1: emergency pot. Listen if the Jets get Aaron Rodgers, Like, 773 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,080 Speaker 1: how am I not going to have an instant reaction 774 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:42,799 Speaker 1: in some way, shape or form. I'll tell you this, 775 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,439 Speaker 1: I ain't going on Twitter all week. That's the one 776 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,759 Speaker 1: digital therapy thing that I do anytime I'm away for 777 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:50,880 Speaker 1: a week. Just shut it down. I'll probably lose my 778 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,000 Speaker 1: blue check mark. I don't like. I care. Elon Musk 779 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:54,920 Speaker 1: is screwing up going around with there. I'll be on 780 00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,080 Speaker 1: the Graham so she can slide into the DMS on 781 00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,719 Speaker 1: the GRAM. But Rob, enjoy the final for tonight, I'll 782 00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:09,600 Speaker 1: go Yukon seventy five, San Diego State sixty four. So 783 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,960 Speaker 1: then why wouldn't Why would you not? Why would you 784 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:13,759 Speaker 1: tease the game? Now? If you think it's gonna be there, 785 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,120 Speaker 1: well I tease it because that's how I feel. It 786 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,160 Speaker 1: is the best bet. But I did a smaller on, 787 00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:21,160 Speaker 1: just a straight up. I got Yukon eighty two. Um, 788 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:27,520 Speaker 1: San Diego State sixty six. Oh gosh wow, beat down. Um. 789 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,680 Speaker 1: All right, so somebody file those away in front of us. 790 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,280 Speaker 1: Hits it, everybody wins, all right, Talk to you soon. Bye,