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Speaker 2: Well, that's right, you heard the band. It's that time

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Speaker 2: NFL season owns, the calendar is going to go by

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Speaker 2: in a manner with which you don't hear the words

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Speaker 2: NFL muttered. You might want to guess again. In case

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Speaker 2: you haven't noticed, the NFL has built a machine that

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Speaker 2: can only move forward. Almost every day, they're in the

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Speaker 2: headlines today the new salary cap up thirty million dollars

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Speaker 2: to a record high of two hundred and fifty five

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Speaker 2: complete me thirty years now, thirty years the NFL has

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Speaker 2: had a cap. But that's not all. There's a calendar,

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Speaker 2: and I should let everybody know we're gonna cover the

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Speaker 2: full gamut tonight, a very I think polarizing topic. The

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Speaker 2: Midnight Hour has taken off life of its own. Ian

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Speaker 2: open the phone lines of Midnight Pacific, you know, real

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Speaker 2: tribute to the callers. It might have something to do

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Speaker 2: get to that a little bit later. Because the NFL

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Speaker 2: is king. They own not one, not two, probably three

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Speaker 2: So while the Kansas City Chiefs celebrate another Super Bowl

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Speaker 2: my guy, Mike Carmen and the Chicago Bears find themselves

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Speaker 2: with the number one overall draft pick. I should ask Mike,

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Speaker 2: he did a great job talking about Fat sALS. Would

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Speaker 2: So there's all kinds of off season NFL agenda, which

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Speaker 2: will continue to feature familiar issues. But here's the beauty. See,

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Speaker 2: the calendar has already started for the NFL. Just look

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Speaker 2: at these key dates. All right, three days ago, it's

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Speaker 2: already started. Eight days after the Super Bowl, the first

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Speaker 2: day to designate franchise and transition tags, it's already started.

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Speaker 2: Check your favorite player. They've probably announced whether he's been

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Speaker 2: We affectionately called him the underwear BIS the scouting combine

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Speaker 2: a full week right there. That takes ship took fourth,

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Speaker 2: March fifth, the franchise transition tag deadline. Then you got

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Speaker 2: five or six days off to you know, do whatever

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Speaker 2: it actually is. People pay attention. Now, you got a

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Speaker 2: April fools April first, but no fools. Teams with new

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Speaker 2: the remaining teams can begin their off season conditioning programs.

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Speaker 2: Jump to April nineteenth. Now that's the deadline for restricted

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Speaker 2: There's some big names out there. Take another six days off,

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Speaker 2: And no party like a Detroit party. You know, they'll

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Speaker 2: You already know what I'm talking about. Now would jump

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Speaker 2: Trust me, it ain't that far off. We are almost

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Speaker 2: into March. When I signed on next Friday night, it'll

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Speaker 2: Plus the conference tournaments are starting, so plenty to talk about.

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Speaker 2: But still the NFL seems to take president, at least

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Speaker 2: for now. But May and June National Football League teams

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Speaker 2: by the being here we go. We start up with

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Speaker 2: another season. And I know, folks marked during time, it's

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Speaker 2: its new storylines. Right go through some ending NFL notes

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Speaker 2: from last year. Take a look the Chief for the

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Speaker 2: well earned. They even signed a punter. There's a story

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Speaker 2: heard him. The Browns got to fix their offense. Even

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Speaker 2: tell me you don't love c J. Strout, don't only

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Speaker 2: why it's hard for me to defend justin fields too much.

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Speaker 2: Started thirty eight games, he's won ten. Some guy named

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Speaker 2: Strout took over him. Terrible offensive line two and thirteen,

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Speaker 2: two and fourteenth previous year, whatever the case. Maybe you

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Speaker 2: It was nothing but bad. I can't say enough good

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Speaker 4: Well you know what it's called over promise. You should

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Speaker 2: All right, back on the Bernie Fotos Show, Fox Sports Radio,

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Speaker 2: coming to you live from tyrac dot com studios here

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Speaker 2: in Las Vegas, just getting started to take up to

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Speaker 2: A gentleman, veteran broadcasters worked in Houston, work here in

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Speaker 2: all a good buddy, Amal Shaw, Amal. How are you tonight, buddy?

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Speaker 6: I'm doing well, Bernie. Great to be on with you.

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Speaker 2: How are you great? And I'm glad to have you on.

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Speaker 2: Because the NFL cast such a tremendous shadow over virtually

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Speaker 2: everything else and will continue to do so. That is

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Speaker 2: essentially pushed three subject matters to the backburner, which I

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Speaker 2: there's some great matchup Saturday. Houston, Baylor, Duke, Wake Forest, Bama, Kentucky,

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Speaker 2: I'm certainly glad you brought up Yukon because I've believed

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Speaker 6: They've done an opportunity showing their destiny. I believe they've

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Speaker 6: They've got re loss on the year, a four point

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Speaker 6: They dominated the NCAA tournament. I think they have a

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Speaker 6: They've got tough losses this year. They got blown out

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Speaker 2: Last thing on this subject, could you see a dark

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Speaker 6: And let's be real here, Rick Barnes is at colossal

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Speaker 2: I'm in agreement with you. Let's jump to the NBA

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Speaker 6: I think there's two teams, Denver and the Clippers. I

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Speaker 2: talk quickly. The Golden State Warriors eight and two in

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Speaker 2: in sports. Pitchers and catchers report. The Dodgers have had

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Speaker 2: I think that they're going to be overpriced all year.

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Speaker 2: You're going to be at tax. They're not going to

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Speaker 6: No, no, it's not even just World Series or pass.

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Speaker 6: of my head, but the Dodgers are something like a

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Speaker 6: ridiculous somewhere around sixty something and maybe fifteen or so

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Speaker 6: in August. They are a dominant team. You know, Look,

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Speaker 6: I'm not worried about them. They just need to stay

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Speaker 6: healthy for the postseason. But that's part of the problem

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Speaker 6: in baseball is that the best team doesn't always win

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Speaker 6: in the World Series. Their teater used to stay. That's

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Speaker 6: team that gets hot in October. And if this team

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Speaker 6: could be hot, and do they have the pitching that's

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Speaker 6: gonna be the big question mark. They've added some arms,

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Speaker 6: they're in a good position. But again Atlanta, don't discount them.

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Speaker 6: I mean, they've got so many young guys. You look

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Speaker 6: at Riley, you look at all these you look at Acunya,

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Speaker 6: I mean, Matt Olsen. This team is dangerous. The Braves

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Speaker 6: are not out of it. They're gonna need to get

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Speaker 6: an arm as we go towards the postseason. I know

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Speaker 6: I'm projecting way out right now, but when you look

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Speaker 6: at this Atlanta team, they're gonna be dangerous. But for

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Speaker 6: the Dodgers, it's win the World Series and they've got

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Speaker 6: to be dominant or otherwise super are going to criticize them.

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Speaker 6: You look at bringing in the most just probably the

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Speaker 6: most overwhelming player in baseball in terms of statures since

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Speaker 6: Barry Bonds. When you look at sho hey O Tani

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Speaker 6: and he's just out standing in terms of what he's

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Speaker 6: going to be able to do. Remember if I can

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Speaker 6: be able to pitch for him this year, but the

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Speaker 6: fact that he's a threat from the plate every night

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Speaker 6: at the thh is gonna be a serious problem.

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Speaker 2: Andil beat third. I appreciate your candor. I am in

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Speaker 2: agreement with you. The Dodgers have been to the postseason enough.

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Speaker 2: Now it's time and you know this is this is

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Speaker 2: another vanity bias. So we'll see what they can do.

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Speaker 2: Lasting amall what is taking now? Maybe the Yankees won't

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Speaker 2: sign Blake Snell. He's a little bit of a head case,

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Speaker 2: but he's he makes the most sense for him. What's

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Speaker 2: the hold up there?

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Speaker 6: I'm going to tell you right now, Blake Snell is

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Speaker 6: not as good as you think he is. And as

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Speaker 6: a guy who had him at thirty five to one

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Speaker 6: to win the Cy Young last year, if you look

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Speaker 6: at the Lake Snell's numbers, he's the guy that goes

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Speaker 6: five to six innings. If you're going to sign a

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Speaker 6: horse and you want to be paid like a number

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Speaker 6: one or in that case with the Yankees and be

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Speaker 6: at number two.

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Speaker 7: In essence, he's.

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Speaker 6: Got to be able to take the ball and go

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Speaker 6: seven innings. You can't count on Blake Snell. If you

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Speaker 6: go back and look last year in je in August,

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Speaker 6: there were so many times he found ways to getting

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Speaker 6: out of trouble in the American League, where teams, like

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Speaker 6: the offense are a little bit more consistent. I don't

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Speaker 6: know if you can do that in the American League.

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Speaker 6: He you've got Toronto, You've got Baltimore, you've got Tampa.

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Speaker 6: I just don't know if Blake Snell is a guy

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Speaker 6: that necessarily can do that. And then how does he

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Speaker 6: respond the picture of pitching, excuse me, the pressure of

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Speaker 6: pitching in the Bronx, that's always a challenge, and you

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Speaker 6: don't know how guys are gonna respond. The Yankees are

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Speaker 6: just a different market team compared to anybody else. The

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Speaker 6: Dodger's the biggest team in baseball right now, but the

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Speaker 6: pressure in Los Angeles will never surmount to what it

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Speaker 6: is in New York. And so can he answer the bell?

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Speaker 6: You know, we saw a guy like Kenny Rodgers go

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Speaker 6: there wasn't necessarily an ideal fit.

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Speaker 2: He's from Wit and Chucklock.

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Speaker 6: The list is long, absolutely, and so you know he's

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Speaker 6: a kid from Seattle.

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Speaker 2: How does he.

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Speaker 6: Respond going to the Bronx it's interesting. So you look

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Speaker 6: at the guys who are out there, Bellinger, JD Martinez,

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Speaker 6: Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery. I'm not necessarily enamor. We're trying

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Speaker 6: to sign these guys. JD had a great year last year.

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Speaker 6: I don't know if he duplicates that. I wouldn't overpay

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Speaker 6: for Cody Dollinger. One season doesn't make up in the

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Speaker 6: previous three where he's really struggled.

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Speaker 2: Great stuff them all. Appreciate your candor, and I would

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Speaker 2: just say this, we'll have you on again around March Madness.

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Speaker 2: It'll be a lot of fun when it gets here.

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Speaker 2: It's just it's not anybody's radar screen yet from what

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Speaker 2: I can see. Enjoy your rest of your evening.

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Speaker 6: Theamal thanks a lot.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate it Asamal Shaw been around the block, worked at Houston,

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Speaker 2: work here in Las Vegas, and I call him the

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Speaker 2: man for all seasons. As you can see, just wind

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Speaker 2: him up and here he goes his knowledge basis. He's outstanding.

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Speaker 2: Coming up, I'm gonna tease our midnight hour subject matter

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Speaker 2: and I will I will, I will characterize it as

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Speaker 2: this the reality of Brownie James. But first let's go

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Speaker 2: to our guy Kevin Figers with the latest.

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Speaker 8: All Right, Bradie.

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Speaker 9: Friday night, we had a ten game NBA slate the

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Speaker 9: Nightcaps all The Lakers defeat San Antonio one twenty three

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Speaker 9: to one eighteen Lebron James thirty points and nine assists.

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Speaker 9: You want a match up between two of the best

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Speaker 9: teams in the league as well, Milwaukee defeating men. Minnesota

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Speaker 9: won twelve to one oh seven, Johnson to Takoopo leading

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Speaker 9: all scores with thirty three points and thirteen rebounds. Timberwolves

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Speaker 9: had their four game winning streak snapped there. The Nuggets

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Speaker 9: defy the Blazers won twenty seven to one twelve. Nicolea

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Speaker 9: Jokic with another triple double. Golden State picking up a

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Speaker 9: ninety seven to eighty four victory over Charlotte, their third

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Speaker 9: win in a row. Before the game, Warriors coach Steve

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Speaker 9: Kerr agreed to a two year contract extension. It was

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Speaker 9: the Heat one ozh six in the Pelicans ninety five

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Speaker 9: Jimmy Butler will twenty three points and six assists victories

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Speaker 9: for the Clippers seventy six ers and Raptors. College basketball

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Speaker 9: Nevada Hammer, San jos A State eighty four to sixty three.

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Speaker 9: In NFL news, the Dolphins will release all Pro cornerback

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Speaker 9: Xavion Howard in defensive end Emmanuel Ogba for salary cap purposes.

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Speaker 9: Pittsburgh released starting center Mason Cole back to Bernie Fratto.

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Speaker 2: All right, good stuff, Kevin, and we'll get you guys

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Speaker 2: to weigh it as well after the midnight hour. On

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Speaker 2: this subject matter, I'm about to broach and for what

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Speaker 2: it's worth, By the way, I'm not a Lebron fan.

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Speaker 2: I never have been.

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Speaker 3: Do.

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Speaker 2: I acknowledge and respect his achievements on the hardwood. Of course,

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Speaker 2: he's won championships with three different franchises, all time leading scorer,

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Speaker 2: all those things. But he's got that extra year that

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Speaker 2: never seems to make any of us feel comfortable. He's

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Speaker 2: always got to have something to say, and I think

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Speaker 2: he's an inartful communicator, and frankly, he thinks he does

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Speaker 2: his homework, but he really doesn't. But be that as

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Speaker 2: it may, I can hold two thoughts concurrently. And I

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Speaker 2: do think he would like to play with his son

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Speaker 2: in an NBA game like Kim Griffy Senior did and

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Speaker 2: Karm Griffy Junior did. It's happened. Gordi Howe had two

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Speaker 2: sons played the NHL, Mark and Marty, so it can happen.

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Speaker 2: The question is should it happen now, I'm gonna all

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Speaker 2: you may be surprised at my answer that I hope

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Speaker 2: it does, because I think Lebron James has earned the

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Speaker 2: right to have a special event of this name happen,

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Speaker 2: and it would be it doesn't serve any fruitful purpose

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Speaker 2: to deny him that. Remember, sports are entertainment. They're not

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Speaker 2: a hell of a lot more than that. We don't

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Speaker 2: solve the world's problems. We don't have a royalty in

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Speaker 2: this country. Our athletes, they are royalty athletes that are entertainers,

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Speaker 2: and our athletes are entertainers. And I'm told that the

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Speaker 2: Toronto Raptors are actually various seriously scouting Bronnie James. And

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Speaker 2: of course you saw it was announced last week that

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Speaker 2: the Lakers are open to bringing Bronnie James in. So

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Speaker 2: one of the questions we'll have with the midnight hour

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Speaker 2: for the callers and certainly the crew, is if they

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Speaker 2: orchestrate and manufacture and artificially force feed this Bronnie James

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Speaker 2: Lebron James scenario so they can both play together in

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Speaker 2: an NBA game. How are you going to react to that?

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Speaker 2: Is it going to piss you off? Us?

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Speaker 3: Say?

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Speaker 2: Hey, good fine, why not throw him a bone? He

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Speaker 2: deserves it. It's a nice story. He's not deserving what.

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Speaker 2: There's gonna be opinions all over the map. Remember one

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Speaker 2: of the reasons that I think the Man that hours

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Speaker 2: work so well. The most boring conversations are the ones

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Speaker 2: where everybody agrees and we've had great disagreement and callers

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Speaker 2: have done a great job of articulating in their points.

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Speaker 2: Now here's the reality of Bronnie James. He's a good

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Speaker 2: basketball player, but right now he's not a great basketball player,

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Speaker 2: and he's a freshman and he's still developing. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: he's human and he'll make some silly mistakes. You know.

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Speaker 2: He had a bad turnover last week. Andy Infield yelled

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Speaker 2: at him, he pulled him out of the game, and

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Speaker 2: it's a mixed back, all right. He's frankly, not a

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Speaker 2: lot different than a lot of other young, talented freshmen

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Speaker 2: that are raw prospects around the country. The difference is

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Speaker 2: he has a very distinctive name and stupendous surname But

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Speaker 2: if you take away that bloodline, Brownie James is a

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Speaker 2: multi year college player. He's one who really needs to

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Speaker 2: convenient owning his skills. And let's remind you he's not

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Speaker 2: even a starter at USC, one of the most disappointing

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Speaker 2: teams in the worst, as i'm all pointed out, the

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Speaker 2: worst of all six Power conferences per Ken palm Us.

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Speaker 2: He was actually picked somehow to finish second the PAC twelve.

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Speaker 2: They were ranked twenty one in the preseason. But the

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Speaker 2: Trojans are basically one game ahead of Oregon State for

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Speaker 2: last place in the PAC twelve, and Brownie doesn't start

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Speaker 2: for that team. So what about what you have seen

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Speaker 2: suggests that this guy is ready for the NBA next season?

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Speaker 2: Nothing other than his name. And the truth of the

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Speaker 2: matter is, there was another stud freshman in the freshman class,

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Speaker 2: the consensus number one, the consensus number one recruit in

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Speaker 2: the freshman class. Name is Bronnie. His last name is Collier.

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Speaker 2: You don't hear a lot about him. You don't hear

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Speaker 2: a lot about him. They've talked about him as being

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Speaker 2: the potential number one pick in the twenty four NBA draft.

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Speaker 2: And when you see Collier on the floor with le

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Speaker 2: Bronnie James. The stark contrast is beyond description. The game

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Speaker 2: he played, Collier had twenty five points, ninas is, three steals,

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Speaker 2: a couple of thunderous blocks. Even this is you know,

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Speaker 2: I mean this is a game even blocked a Colorado center.

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Speaker 2: He's like a seven foot or big guy. Eddie Lampkin

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Speaker 2: one turnover, forty two minutes, scored the game tying basket.

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Speaker 2: He's a star and Andy Enfield leads on him like

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Speaker 2: he's a star and through no fault to Bronnie James,

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Speaker 2: I think that was what folks who might have had

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Speaker 2: certain expectations merely because of the name, or perhaps didn't

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Speaker 2: follow him in his high school career at California when

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Speaker 2: you when you use him as a comparison to Callier,

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Speaker 2: well that shows you a guy who's ready to play

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Speaker 2: in the NBA, and at least for now, Brownie James

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Speaker 2: is simply not. I do not think this is my opinion,

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Speaker 2: only there are Apparently there were tons of scouts and

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Speaker 2: attendance at the USC Colorado game last Saturday, and guess

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Speaker 2: who they were watching. Their eyes are on Collier and

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Speaker 2: another freshman, a freshman for Colorado excuse me. His name

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Speaker 2: is Cody Williams, and Cody Williams is also potentially another

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Speaker 2: lottery pick. So the curiosity alone wants you to look

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Speaker 2: at Brownie and wants you to watch him closely, and

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Speaker 2: wants you to compare him to guys like Cody Williams

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Speaker 2: and Caller. But the truth of the matter is, I

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Speaker 2: don't think he's ready for the NBA anytime soon. That

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Speaker 2: doesn't mean he won't be next year. And if that

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Speaker 2: were to happen and be matched up with lebron We're

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Speaker 2: gonna watch. I'm cool with it. I know that may

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Speaker 2: sound crazy to you because of what I just said,

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Speaker 2: but I'm not against it. It's I'm not saying leads

643
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Speaker 2: a great taste in my mouth. But if you know,

644
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Speaker 2: Adam Silver, the Commissioner of God planting me in the

645
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Speaker 2: face and says, if we could put Bronny James on

646
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Speaker 2: the Lakers next year, maybe he's got a two way contract,

647
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 2: maybe he spend some time on the roster, but he

648
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 2: gets to playing a game with his father. You get

649
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 2: to make a decision. I say, yeah, yeah, who's it hurting?

650
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Speaker 2: Maybe and maybe there are maybe some of the callers,

651
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Speaker 2: Will will remind me who is hurting. But if I'm

652
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Speaker 2: being honest, and I am honest, I hold two thoughts. Concurrently,

653
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Speaker 2: not a lebron fan, but he wants to play with

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Speaker 2: his son, Let's make no two bones about it. And

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Speaker 2: I think if should he get the chance, he should

656
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Speaker 2: get his wish. There's a part B which we always

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Speaker 2: have on the midnight hour, and I'm gonna bring that

658
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Speaker 2: up coming next. It's also involving the NBA in a

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Speaker 2: little bit more of an esoteric fashion. I'm Bernie Fradder.

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Speaker 2: We're coming your life for the Las Vegas Fox Sports

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Speaker 2: Radio Tarreck dot Com Studios. Keep it locked. You're listening

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Speaker 2: to the Bernie Fraddle Show on Fox Sports Radio. Back

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Speaker 2: on the Bernie Frattle Show Fox Sports Radio. Come to

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Speaker 2: live from the Tarac dot com studios here in Las Vegas.

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Speaker 2: Take you up to two am Pacific five am Eastern.

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Speaker 2: In about thirteen minutes. The phone lines will open. You

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Speaker 2: can dial up anytime. Hey Ian will take your calls.

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Speaker 2: Eight seven, seven, nine and nine Fox eight seven seven nine,

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Speaker 2: ninety six six three six y nine. Topic one A

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Speaker 2: if Bronnie James shows up in an NBA uniform next

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Speaker 2: year and plays alongside Lebron. What will be your reaction? Good, bad,

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Speaker 2: and different, happy, forum, pissed off, unjust whatever you want

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Speaker 2: to hear. What you've got to say now part B

674
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Speaker 2: of this question that we can also win on tonight.

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Speaker 2: And let me let me set this up, because I'm

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Speaker 2: going to reference the NBA All Star Game. I guess

677
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Speaker 2: any All Star game for that matter, of the Pro

678
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Speaker 2: Bowls going down the toilet. The NHL game is a

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Speaker 2: fagazy even though Nolan's really complaining about it. And by

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Speaker 2: the way, the TV ratings for the NBA All Star

681
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Speaker 2: Game weren't that bad. Of course, a Major League Baseball

682
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,839
Speaker 2: All Star Game, they're the only that's the only game

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Speaker 2: where they play defense. They actually play defense in that game,

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Speaker 2: which means me, to my point, how do this whole

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Speaker 2: thing start? Well, you got to go back to nineteen

686
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Speaker 2: thirty three. Archward, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, had

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Speaker 2: an idea and wanted to help capitalize on the fact

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Speaker 2: that the World's Fair was coming to Chicago that year,

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00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 2: so he petitioned the Major you know, the Commissioner of Baseball,

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00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 2: the major leagues American and National to play an exhibition game,

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Speaker 2: which became the All Star Game in nineteen thirty three,

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Speaker 2: and they played it that year in Commisky Park, I

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Speaker 2: believe it was Commiskey Park, and it was first ever

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Speaker 2: Major League Baseball All Star Game coincided with the world

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Speaker 2: S Fare in Chicago, and it was the brainchild of

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Speaker 2: a columnist for the Chicago Tribune by the name of

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Speaker 2: march Ward Fiddy Lee Babe ruth At the first home run. Well,

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00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 2: the Midsummer Classic is one of the few that people

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Speaker 2: still I think enjoy watching from the standpoint of the fanfare.

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Speaker 2: Things are a lot different now though, because there was

701
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Speaker 2: a time he didn't have an early play, he didn't

702
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,320
Speaker 2: have nine million cable channels, so the world is shrunk.

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Speaker 2: So seeing all these All Stars and the Hall of

704
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Speaker 2: Famers on the field the same time doesn't have quite

705
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 2: the same marquee value that it used to do because

706
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 2: you're seeing him five times a week, ten times a week,

707
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,760
Speaker 2: twenty eight times a week, and all four major sports,

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Speaker 2: Which will lead to the question at Midnight, Part B,

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Speaker 2: after the Brownie James part, if you carry to a

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Speaker 2: pine when you saw what was taking place in the

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00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 2: NBA All Star Game, what was your reaction? Now, this

712
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 2: is gonna be one of those times that if you complain,

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00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 2: you know, no one gets to call you a miserable curmudgeon. Okay,

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Speaker 2: because the game itself has never been particularly well, that's

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Speaker 2: not true. You go back to the eighties, the NBA

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00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 2: All Star Game was badass. There are no stakes. I

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00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:35,760
Speaker 2: get that, but I don't think there should be stakes.

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Speaker 2: But you know, Bud Sealey did that with Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 2: You know, not anymore. Really, they're really not like it

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00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 2: used to be. But you know, the team who wins

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Speaker 2: their leagues opens up the World Series at home. And

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Speaker 2: I realize you don't want the sports best players to

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Speaker 2: get injured in an exhibition game, which is kind of

724
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Speaker 2: silly because and why I play the game because injuries

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00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,440
Speaker 2: can happen, and you can't indemnify yourself no matter how

726
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 2: careful you are. Lebron says his best takeaway was glad

727
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 2: nobody got hurt. Really, that's really your takeaway. And the

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Speaker 2: question is is is if is if you're going to

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Speaker 2: have an exhibition game halfway through the season, can we

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Speaker 2: at least pretend that there's some sort of competitive you

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Speaker 2: know environment. I mean, this year was the first year

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Speaker 2: a team scored two hundred points. Now, if you bet

733
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Speaker 2: the total on the game, I believe it opened like

734
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Speaker 2: a three sixty four and it closed I don't know,

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Speaker 2: three point fifty eight. It just flew over that flew

736
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Speaker 2: over that landing like a three hundred and ninety seven points.

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Speaker 2: So the truth of the matter is we have to

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Speaker 2: ask ourselves, do we really need to have an NBAL

739
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Speaker 2: Star game anymore? Or let's or do we change. We're

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Speaker 2: not going to attempt to solve that question tonight. All

741
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 2: I want to know from people is when you saw

742
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Speaker 2: what was taking place, if you watched any of it,

743
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 2: or you know, you saw the highlights, you know you

744
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,280
Speaker 2: saw people talk about it. Do them going back and forth,

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00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 2: not even on a defense. It was really kind of

746
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 2: an embarrassment. It was it was professional malpractice. They're not

747
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 2: even pretending to act like there's there's any sort of

748
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 2: you know, contested behavior in any of this game. So

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Speaker 2: it's it's kind of an affront to your senses. Right now,

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00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 2: maybe you have a game of sorts among rookies or

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Speaker 2: international players or whatever. Uh, but maybe you have you

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00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 2: still name all scar squads and maybe they I don't know,

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00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 2: there's already sort of a skills exhibition, or maybe you

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00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 2: make it a fan friendly event like baseball doesn't the

755
00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 2: fan fest where the fans have access, people want to

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00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 2: take and have access to the players, pictures taken, autographs.

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Speaker 2: I'm just posed f out of I took us again.

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00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:06,239
Speaker 2: I'm not trying to solve the issue. People are watching it,

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00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 2: but my reaction was not good. I couldn't watch it.

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Speaker 2: And so eight seven seven nine nine six six three

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Speaker 2: six nine eight seven seven nine nine on Fox even

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Speaker 2: will take your calls. We want to dive into this

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Speaker 2: in the midnight hour. We'll bring in the crew as well. Look,

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Speaker 2: if Brownie James finds his way into an NBA uniform

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Speaker 2: next year, and I have on good source that the

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Speaker 2: Toronto Raptors are scouting him, they've showed more interest, genuine interest,

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Speaker 2: whereas the Lakers have said they're open to bringing him in.

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Speaker 2: And if they said that, I believed it, and I

769
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Speaker 2: think it would be the lead center of the lead

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Speaker 2: story on Sports Center regardless of what happened. And we've

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00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 2: seen this before Kim Griffy Junior, Ken Griffy Senior both

772
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 2: were studs. We've seen it in hockey. Gordie Howe and

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Speaker 2: his son's Mark and Marty. We'll see it with lebron

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Speaker 2: James and Bronnie James. And secondly, when you saw the

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Speaker 2: NBA All Star Game, what was your reaction? I mean,

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00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:10,840
Speaker 2: is it time to do away with all Star games? Okay,

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Speaker 2: we're not gonna try to solve the problem. Maybe somebody

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00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 2: liked it. I'll wait for that call, but we want

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Speaker 2: to hear from you. Eight seven seven ninety nine on

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Speaker 2: Fox eight seven seven nine ninety six six three sixty nine.

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Speaker 2: Bronnie James the All Star Game, let's hear from me.

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Speaker 2: Keep it locked The Bernie fraddle Show, Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: That's right, you heard the man. The Bernie fraddle Show

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Speaker 2: Eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven seven

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Speaker 2: nine nine six six three six ' nine yep, we

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Speaker 2: call it the midnight hour. So how will you feel

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Speaker 2: if you observe Bronnie James in an NBA uniform next year,

795
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 2: playing alongside his dad and part b Your thoughts when

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00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 2: you observed the NBA All Star Game or the version

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Speaker 2: of it, the twenty twenty four version of it, which

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00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:26,520
Speaker 2: hasn't looked much better than any previous versions other than

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Speaker 2: unthinkably one team managed to score two hundred points. So

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Speaker 2: we waste no time that set out to the peeps.

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Speaker 2: Eric in Illinois lead us off your thoughts.

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Speaker 10: My first thought is I don't think that Bronnie should

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Speaker 10: be playing in the NBA. He doesn't deserve it. He

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00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:48,720
Speaker 10: hasn't earned it. His dad's earned every accoladey's ever gotten,

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Speaker 10: but he has not earned it. There's people out there

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Speaker 10: playing college and high school balls. They've earned it. Bronnie

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Speaker 10: James has not, and he does not deserve to take

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Speaker 10: us pot on a team when someone someone else that

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Speaker 10: has earned it deserves that spot. And as far as

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Speaker 10: the All Star Game, I'm done with the NBA All

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Speaker 10: Star Game. I used to go to the games. I

812
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Speaker 10: was so excited to watch the players play defense and

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Speaker 10: play the actual game. But now it's just a joke,

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Speaker 10: and but it's it's so sort of that game.

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Speaker 2: To be honest with yet yeah, it was even a

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00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 2: game so real quickly, it's really hard to disagree with

817
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Speaker 2: your basic premise that Brownie hasn't really done anything to

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Speaker 2: earn his way on the NBA floor from what I've seen.

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Speaker 2: But would you would you have an open mind and

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Speaker 2: keep this as an outliar given the situation. And I

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Speaker 2: guess the question I have is if it does come

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Speaker 2: to fruition, what will be your reaction if it does happen?

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Speaker 2: Acknowledging you don't you don't believe it was earned.

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Speaker 10: My reaction would be I'd be happy for lebron because

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Speaker 10: he'd be to share that moment with the Sun. But

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Speaker 10: at the same time, I'd be frustrated that Bronnie's in

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Speaker 10: the game. If you can understand they can have two

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Speaker 10: feelings at one time, I'd be happy for Lebron.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, frustrated.

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Speaker 11: From Brownie.

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Speaker 2: All right, well said, good stuff. Thanks. Here we're talking

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Speaker 2: about will you react if Bronnie James is in the

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Speaker 2: NBA next season? Don't think it can happen? And your

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Speaker 2: thoughts when you observe the NBA All Star Fiasco last weekend.

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Speaker 2: Stephen in Los Angeles. Welcome to the Bernie Frattle Show.

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Speaker 11: Bernie Fratto, Stephen from Los Angeles. As you just said,

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Speaker 11: I love this show. I'm seventy four years of age.

838
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 11: I first hit Vegas in nineteen seventy two, so I'm

839
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Speaker 11: a serious wagerer and one of these days I'm going

840
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Speaker 11: to call you back. So hope you remember my name

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Speaker 11: when you're talking boxing, because one of my relatives was

842
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Speaker 11: a heavyweight contender in the nineteen sixties and fought Muhammad

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Speaker 11: al Leave.

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Speaker 2: What was his name?

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Speaker 11: His name is Eddie Machen.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well, I'm a boxing guy too, and that's all

847
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Speaker 2: my not to get off at a tangent because no

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Speaker 2: one cares. I was at the Duke Koo Kim ray

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Speaker 2: Mancini fight November nineteen eighty two when they used to

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Speaker 2: build the temporary UH stadiums over at Caesar's Palace outdoors.

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Speaker 11: I saw Amio Griffiths Kenny Benny Kid correct basically to

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Speaker 11: death in the ring in the early nineteen sixties.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's they want to get to the call

854
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Speaker 2: Steve real quickly. What will be your response if you

855
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 2: see brown and James on the floor next year.

856
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:53,319
Speaker 11: So, like the last caller said, I'm you know, I'm

857
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:58,320
Speaker 11: glad for Lebron as a father if that were to happen.

858
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 11: I'm not real thrilled about his son and how he is.

859
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:11,320
Speaker 11: I'm not a Lebron fan. I'm a Laker fan, and

860
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 11: I was just made when the Lakers reached out and

861
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,480
Speaker 11: brought Lebron in, and I've I've had to root for

862
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 11: him since I'm a Laker fan. But I think that

863
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 11: his manipulate, his ability to manipulate the situation, I'm not

864
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:30,399
Speaker 11: real thrilled about, and I feel sorry. I feel kind

865
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:31,799
Speaker 11: of bad for his kids.

866
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:36,240
Speaker 2: All right, appreciate the call, and believe you they wouldn't.

867
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 2: When there are boxing stories, we will talk about them,

868
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 2: you know, the kind of got kind of got to

869
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,360
Speaker 2: play the hits. But listen, You're free to call any times, Steven.

870
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:49,400
Speaker 2: Appreciate your thoughts. Up next, Poppied San Diego. How's it

871
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:51,759
Speaker 2: gonna poppy?

872
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:54,839
Speaker 7: Hey, Bernie, I just wanted to say, get Well, we

873
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,480
Speaker 7: love you, and everyone cares about your opinion boxing.

874
00:45:57,520 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 6: Wherever you say, we love it.

875
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 7: Bernie get Well. I'm not a doctor or anything, but

876
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 7: I'm gonna recommend you doing a hot cinnamon with honey.

877
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,399
Speaker 7: I know where you're going through your vocals. I could

878
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:08,279
Speaker 7: tell I don't know what's wrong.

879
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:11,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, listen, I'm gonna come clean. I got pneumonia, but

880
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 2: I ain't missing work. That's just the way it is.

881
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 2: I'm on all kinds of antibiotics and fredmazone and all

882
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,439
Speaker 2: that kind of stuff. But yeah, I can't. I can't

883
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,240
Speaker 2: fake anybody out of my own. This is too smart,

884
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:24,400
Speaker 2: Nor am I going to try. But Poppy, you'd love

885
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:25,400
Speaker 2: to get your thoughts on.

886
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:26,840
Speaker 7: Yeah, yes, yes, Bernie.

887
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:27,480
Speaker 3: We wish you well.

888
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 7: I'm gonna be praying for Bernie and I want you

889
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 7: to get well. And we all love you and we're

890
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 7: glad you're fighting through this and you're gonna get better Bernie.

891
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:39,279
Speaker 7: And my thought with Bronnie, Look, I'm a big basketball guy,

892
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:42,440
Speaker 7: a big basketball fan, and you know I'm a big fan.

893
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:44,360
Speaker 7: If you guys want to see my videos on YouTube

894
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 7: picking with Poppy, I give you my picks. But look,

895
00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:50,359
Speaker 7: I'm Bronnie. Look he's I had a friend, a good friend.

896
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:51,960
Speaker 7: Shout out to my friend Nathan. He went to the

897
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,839
Speaker 7: Staffer game against Morgan, and I told him, Hey, how

898
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:56,960
Speaker 7: does Brownie look? I want to know, how does he look?

899
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,640
Speaker 7: You're really big? How is he like? You know how

900
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:02,400
Speaker 7: they in the NBA, even college? How they look bigger

901
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 7: than that? He told me, Yeah, he's a big guy.

902
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 7: He's really big.

903
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:06,400
Speaker 3: I saw him up in person.

904
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:08,680
Speaker 7: He's really big, and I told him, Oh, that's good.

905
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 7: But I feel bad for Bronnie because he's not ready

906
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:14,839
Speaker 7: to go to the next step my conspiracy theory, will

907
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 7: he go there? Yes, because lebron James he controls his son.

908
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:21,200
Speaker 7: He knows what he's doing, manipulates everything he wants. Like

909
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:23,200
Speaker 7: I'm a father, he wants the best for his son.

910
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,239
Speaker 7: I do see him going to the NBA. And if

911
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 7: the Lakers don't get Bronnie, you know, lebron James is

912
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,840
Speaker 7: gonna tell Genie Buss, you gotta trade me with the Raptors.

913
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:33,480
Speaker 7: If he's gonna go with the Raptors, make a trade.

914
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:35,480
Speaker 7: Whatever you have to do to get my son over here.

915
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 7: If you don't get it, send me out whatever team

916
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 7: he goes, so I do.

917
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 2: He may not be wrong, Yeah, you may not be wrong.

918
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 2: As far as the NBA All Star Game, Poppy, you

919
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:46,879
Speaker 2: have any thoughts on that? What you observed.

920
00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:49,520
Speaker 7: Yes, I do you know what on the All Star Game.

921
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:51,080
Speaker 7: You know I used to watch it as a kid.

922
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:54,160
Speaker 7: You know, Michael Jordan, and you know you would have

923
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:56,439
Speaker 7: Kobe Bryant in that All Star Game and they will

924
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 7: play hard, and now the game is like they're not

925
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,520
Speaker 7: playing hard. And to be honest with you, you know, I

926
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:03,800
Speaker 7: met Adam Silver. I'm gonna have to have a discussion

927
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,640
Speaker 7: with him and be like, you gotta do something different

928
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:10,920
Speaker 7: because the Summer League is more entertaining, and you watch

929
00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:12,400
Speaker 7: it there, you want to go see it. And that

930
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:17,200
Speaker 7: Bronnie does go to the NBA, you're guaranteeing that that

931
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 7: Summer League is going to be sold out. So you

932
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:20,399
Speaker 7: guys better get your.

933
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,080
Speaker 2: That's a good point if you guys go there.

934
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 7: I went there last year and I saw Victor Wan Baiyama.

935
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,279
Speaker 7: The first game was sold out, So you guys better

936
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,719
Speaker 7: get early tickets from the Summer League. And those are

937
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:33,959
Speaker 7: my dogs. Get well, Bernie. I love you and thanks

938
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 7: for being on here.

939
00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:39,040
Speaker 2: All right, have a good weekend there, Poppy. We stand

940
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:42,040
Speaker 2: in San Diego. Let's go back out to our guy,

941
00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:44,680
Speaker 2: Gilberto and San Diego. How are you? Gilberto?

942
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:48,399
Speaker 12: Movie? In Toubernie, I hope you get better.

943
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:50,360
Speaker 2: Okay, thank you, sir, appreciate you.

944
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 11: Man.

945
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:53,360
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts if you see Lebron and Bronnie

946
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:56,640
Speaker 2: together on the floor and look, I don't think anybody

947
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:58,960
Speaker 2: is going to argue with me that he's not earned it.

948
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:01,400
Speaker 2: But if it happens, I'm okay with it. But what

949
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:02,399
Speaker 2: are your thoughts?

950
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:07,760
Speaker 12: You know, I come from this side. Is he taking

951
00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:11,000
Speaker 12: a spot from somebody that needs to be there? But

952
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:13,479
Speaker 12: that's for the teams to realize that a one week

953
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:17,480
Speaker 12: contract at three week contract, whatever, it will be nice

954
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:21,000
Speaker 12: for him and I think it will be what he

955
00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:24,600
Speaker 12: has done all his career, dictating what he wants to

956
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:28,040
Speaker 12: do and you know, forcing everybody to do what he

957
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:28,640
Speaker 12: wants to do.

958
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:29,920
Speaker 11: I don't know.

959
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 12: I hope the kid is well and better because he

960
00:49:33,239 --> 00:49:37,560
Speaker 12: had that issue with his heart, and hopefully he can

961
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:39,960
Speaker 12: earn his way into the NBA.

962
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 7: I heard the other day that.

963
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:45,719
Speaker 12: Lebron not necessarily wants to play with him in the

964
00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:49,360
Speaker 12: same king, but at the same time, whether he was

965
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:53,040
Speaker 12: with you Lakers or some other king, for me it

966
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:57,160
Speaker 12: will be different, but for him it will be nice.

967
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:01,160
Speaker 12: And I respect Lebron he's one of the greatest players

968
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:05,200
Speaker 12: of his generation and for that match, for that reason only,

969
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:08,040
Speaker 12: I think he'll be He'll be good, but I wouldn't

970
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:08,920
Speaker 12: go out of my way.

971
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:09,239
Speaker 3: To watch it.

972
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:11,920
Speaker 2: Hell, maybe you'll make the All Star team next year.

973
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 12: Play maybe listen, you said you like boxing. You ever

974
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:24,239
Speaker 12: seen the fight? He's a fight from the eighties, Salvador

975
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:26,880
Speaker 12: Franchez against Wilfredo Gomez.

976
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:30,080
Speaker 2: Mexican Alfredo Gomez could fight, he could fight.

977
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:34,520
Speaker 12: Check check the fight against against Salvador Sanchez and the

978
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 12: background story. Okay, because Wilfredo Gomez was the Mexican killer

979
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:41,719
Speaker 12: for a long time. And if you haven't seen the fight,

980
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:46,200
Speaker 12: I will ask you to watch it and trust me,

981
00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:47,880
Speaker 12: you will not regret it.

982
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:53,000
Speaker 2: Those were the days. Man Sugar Ray, Aaron Fryar, Tommy Hearns,

983
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:58,440
Speaker 2: Marvin Hagler, Oh my god, Roberto Durant, I don't free somebody.

984
00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:00,920
Speaker 2: Oh good stuff is always Gilbert, So enjoy your weekend.

985
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:02,359
Speaker 7: Thank you too.

986
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:05,680
Speaker 2: We keep it here in Las Vegas. Kyle, how are you,

987
00:51:05,719 --> 00:51:06,160
Speaker 2: my man?

988
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 3: Hey, Bernie, I hope you felling better.

989
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:09,200
Speaker 2: Man.

990
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:12,600
Speaker 3: You get plenty of rest, plenty of vitamin seed, plenty

991
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:15,759
Speaker 3: of zinc. My mom used to always say that to me.

992
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:23,480
Speaker 3: As as far as Lebron James playing with Browny, I

993
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 3: just don't see it. If this was any other kid

994
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:29,839
Speaker 3: who was getting this televised this early on in his

995
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,839
Speaker 3: lifetime and then turns out that he's not even a

996
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 3: potential second round pick, nobody would be talking about him,

997
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:40,719
Speaker 3: nobody would even care. But because it's Lebron James Son,

998
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:45,319
Speaker 3: I understand that there's an partiality there. However, with that

999
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:49,200
Speaker 3: being said, whatever team does draft him, if he didn't

1000
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 3: indeed is even drafted, he might go to the G League,

1001
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:54,680
Speaker 3: he might go play overseas for a year and then

1002
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:57,200
Speaker 3: have to come to the NBA. I don't think he's

1003
00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:00,960
Speaker 3: NBA ready, but because his dad is Lebron, he will

1004
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:04,479
Speaker 3: make him NBA ready. Now, with the All Star Game

1005
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 3: two thousand and four, maybe two thousand and nine was

1006
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:11,720
Speaker 3: the last time that we seen actual defense being played.

1007
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:17,040
Speaker 3: Maybe they should have an incentive, an incentive where you know,

1008
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:19,760
Speaker 3: if you play defense, you get like that defensive MVP

1009
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:23,240
Speaker 3: award instead of just making it an overall MVP a workers.

1010
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:25,560
Speaker 3: These guys are chucking the ball from sixty feet away

1011
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:30,360
Speaker 3: and it's not it's not even bringing more new fans

1012
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:33,319
Speaker 3: to the game. You're bringing older fans back into the

1013
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:37,200
Speaker 3: game who are watching it saying, what is this even?

1014
00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:41,240
Speaker 3: Is this even a game at this point? For me personally,

1015
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:44,120
Speaker 3: I watched it, was not fan of it. I watched

1016
00:52:44,160 --> 00:52:46,600
Speaker 3: some of the Matt McClung, you know, dunk contest. I

1017
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 3: watched the three point shootout stuff like that, But after

1018
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:51,399
Speaker 3: that I kind of just put the TV on and

1019
00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:53,200
Speaker 3: just walked back and forth. Next thing I know, it

1020
00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:57,000
Speaker 3: was two hundred and eleven to eighty six. I was like, wait,

1021
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 3: what just happened. Then you watch the high and you

1022
00:53:01,040 --> 00:53:03,319
Speaker 3: just see guys from half court and nobody's coming up,

1023
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:06,719
Speaker 3: nobody is, nobody's ticking up the ball, nothing like that.

1024
00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:10,760
Speaker 3: And yeah, like the gooberto just said, the Summer League

1025
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,040
Speaker 3: is way more interesting than the All Star Game, and

1026
00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:17,920
Speaker 3: those guys are playing exhibition games period are more exciting.

1027
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,160
Speaker 3: And if this is what we're calling an exhibition game

1028
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:24,720
Speaker 3: with the greatest that are on the court during that season,

1029
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:27,680
Speaker 3: then we need to go ahead and just strip them

1030
00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:30,360
Speaker 3: of their All Star rights and just get a whole

1031
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:32,799
Speaker 3: new set of people in there that are willing to

1032
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:35,000
Speaker 3: play defense and make it competitive and fun. At the

1033
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:35,600
Speaker 3: same time.

1034
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:39,160
Speaker 2: So real quickly, Kyle standalone, you brought up Lebron or

1035
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:42,360
Speaker 2: Brownie in the G League. I could envision him and

1036
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:44,120
Speaker 2: I'm not saying he's good enough to do this, but

1037
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:46,719
Speaker 2: I can still vision it happening where he signs a

1038
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:49,240
Speaker 2: two way contract, which is the thing the NBA added

1039
00:53:49,360 --> 00:53:52,359
Speaker 2: five years ago. You make flurid and fifty grand a year. Yeah,

1040
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:55,239
Speaker 2: you know, you spend time between the G League and

1041
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:59,440
Speaker 2: the NBA. It's for guys who don't want to go overseas,

1042
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:01,920
Speaker 2: they want to play in the NBA and they're just

1043
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:04,719
Speaker 2: good enough to NBA team kind of wants to keep

1044
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 2: him on a retainer, but I haven't sign a full

1045
00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:10,320
Speaker 2: time contract, so I could see that happening. But again,

1046
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:13,600
Speaker 2: to your point, it's because of Lebron, and that's there's

1047
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:15,440
Speaker 2: the story. That's the whole story.

1048
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:18,799
Speaker 3: Now, Bertie, I I have a question for you, one

1049
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:23,759
Speaker 3: real quick question for you. If your GM for any

1050
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:26,279
Speaker 3: one of these teams that are picking one through ten,

1051
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:32,759
Speaker 3: would you take him over. Let's say a kid from

1052
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:37,359
Speaker 3: Gonzaga or a young man from Duke that hasn't been

1053
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:40,640
Speaker 3: televised nationally all his career but has more of the

1054
00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:45,000
Speaker 3: capabilities of being a potential superstar in the league versus

1055
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:45,800
Speaker 3: Bartney James.

1056
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,200
Speaker 2: So I answer the question this way, Kyle, because I

1057
00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:51,000
Speaker 2: covered the Pistons for many years, including their championship team

1058
00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:53,719
Speaker 2: in all four. I would never take any player that

1059
00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:56,680
Speaker 2: I don't think is projectable. And I can project him

1060
00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:58,719
Speaker 2: if I put him on the floor, Where's he gonna

1061
00:54:58,760 --> 00:55:01,440
Speaker 2: help me? I act actual. He drove down from Detroit

1062
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:03,759
Speaker 2: to Saint Vincent Saint Mary's in two thousand and three

1063
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,960
Speaker 2: to see Lebron play in a high school game, and

1064
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:11,120
Speaker 2: instantly I looked at him, his body, his command, his handles,

1065
00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:13,719
Speaker 2: the way he played, could play all five positions, he

1066
00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:16,640
Speaker 2: distributed the ball, he had great court sense, everything, but

1067
00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:19,120
Speaker 2: the thing that stood out was his body. I said,

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00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:20,719
Speaker 2: you could put him in an NBA game right now

1069
00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:23,600
Speaker 2: and he'd be okay, and he was. I cannot say

1070
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:25,400
Speaker 2: that about LEBRONI James. So the answer would be a

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00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:27,360
Speaker 2: hard no. Okay.

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00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:29,920
Speaker 3: See, I'm waiting that me and my buddies are all

1073
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:33,000
Speaker 3: saying the same thing. We wouldn't drop him one through ten. Heck,

1074
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:36,720
Speaker 3: we wouldn't even drop him one through thirty. He'd probably

1075
00:55:36,719 --> 00:55:39,920
Speaker 3: be you know, like I said two way contract player

1076
00:55:40,280 --> 00:55:43,160
Speaker 3: like you agreed upon and keep it moving from there.

1077
00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:45,640
Speaker 3: And if he does develop, Look at Max Christy, look

1078
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:49,000
Speaker 3: at Scotti Pippen Jr. They've at their time in the

1079
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:51,600
Speaker 3: G League, Developmental League, they get back into the NBA

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00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:54,520
Speaker 3: and look at Max Christy. Now, I mean, don't get

1081
00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:56,799
Speaker 3: me wrong, Scotty Pippen Junior is another case off his home.

1082
00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:59,960
Speaker 3: But I mean, Max Christy looks so much better than

1083
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:03,120
Speaker 3: he did his first season towards his second season now,

1084
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:07,000
Speaker 3: So it's a lot of impartiality there though. But I

1085
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:11,680
Speaker 3: think Ronnie James Beest get drafted with respects to his father.

1086
00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 3: But the upside, I don't see him having a tall

1087
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:19,520
Speaker 3: ceiling to keep approving upon, right.

1088
00:56:19,320 --> 00:56:21,560
Speaker 2: And that remains we see now good stuff is always Kyle,

1089
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:24,279
Speaker 2: thank you very much. All right, I want the crew

1090
00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:26,600
Speaker 2: to weigh in on this as well, So coming up,

1091
00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:29,799
Speaker 2: we'll start with Kevin. But you may not think this

1092
00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:32,720
Speaker 2: is a story, but you watch, you watch how fast

1093
00:56:32,719 --> 00:56:35,640
Speaker 2: it becomes one. Because in this day and age, your

1094
00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:39,320
Speaker 2: box scores and highlights, the stories are the ones that

1095
00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:42,360
Speaker 2: stick out. The stories involving people are the ones that

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Speaker 2: stick out. I'm Bernie Fraddleworck Comany Life from Left Vegas,

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00:56:45,280 --> 00:56:48,280
Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio, Tirec dot Com Studios. Don't go away.

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Speaker 2: You listening to the Bernie Fraddle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: All right back on the Bernie Fratle Show, we continue

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Speaker 2: right along Bronnie James. We see him on the floor

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00:56:57,120 --> 00:57:01,240
Speaker 2: next year. What will be your reaction? Dam it in Olympia?

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00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:02,680
Speaker 2: How are you?

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00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:05,759
Speaker 13: What's going on? Bernie? I hope you're feeling, you know,

1104
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:08,319
Speaker 13: decent enough, because I'm sure most people like would even

1105
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:09,520
Speaker 13: come into work in your situation.

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Speaker 14: So shout out to you, Thanks, buddy, appreciate you goohd No,

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00:57:15,160 --> 00:57:17,760
Speaker 14: I just don't say like Lebron or Bronnie James is

1108
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:20,120
Speaker 14: not like he's not NBA ready at all, and like

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00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:20,840
Speaker 14: I don't.

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00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:22,640
Speaker 13: Think he should get a spot like based off like

1111
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:25,120
Speaker 13: player talent, but like these are the calls for stating

1112
00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:28,360
Speaker 13: it perfectly, like it's just gonna happen. I mean, it's

1113
00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:31,800
Speaker 13: a Lebron James kid. If anybody's getting a shot in

1114
00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:34,680
Speaker 13: the league prematurely, it's gonna be him because Lebron's gonna

1115
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:37,080
Speaker 13: throw a state that's just Lebron is. And then to

1116
00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:39,160
Speaker 13: answer your question about the All Star Game, they seem

1117
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:41,440
Speaker 13: to scrap it. I'm not I'm not a fan of

1118
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:41,840
Speaker 13: it at all.

1119
00:57:41,960 --> 00:57:43,480
Speaker 3: It was so boring.

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00:57:43,520 --> 00:57:45,080
Speaker 13: Like I watched the highlight, but I didn't even watch

1121
00:57:45,160 --> 00:57:47,880
Speaker 13: the game, and it was just terrible. It's like, I

1122
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:50,240
Speaker 13: think my blind self can play better defense than those

1123
00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:52,560
Speaker 13: guys in that All Star Game. I mean, I think

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00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:54,800
Speaker 13: they should just focus more heavy on the dunk contest

1125
00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:56,720
Speaker 13: and like the three point contest and all that and

1126
00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:59,280
Speaker 13: just like grab the game. You know, maybe it's more

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00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:02,720
Speaker 13: cool events like the NFL they a little bit.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's due for a change. Maybe in

1129
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:10,480
Speaker 2: a future show will maybe figure out or thanks I'll

1130
00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:16,120
Speaker 2: maybe suggest some alternatives, But for now, it's just not working. Uh, Kevin,

1131
00:58:16,800 --> 00:58:20,120
Speaker 2: I want to get your thoughts first on the Bronnie

1132
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:23,840
Speaker 2: James situation. Then after your update, we'll talk about the

1133
00:58:23,920 --> 00:58:27,680
Speaker 2: NBA All Star Game. But we've got a phenomenon here

1134
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:32,720
Speaker 2: that is very unique, uh, and that I do believe

1135
00:58:32,760 --> 00:58:35,560
Speaker 2: will come to fruition. The question is how will people react?

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00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:37,120
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts, what's your analysis?

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00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:39,320
Speaker 9: Well, I will say, look, I'm by no means a

1138
00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:42,439
Speaker 9: newsbreaker or anything close to it, but I've been told

1139
00:58:42,440 --> 00:58:45,120
Speaker 9: by someone that I somewhat trust in a situation like this,

1140
00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:47,680
Speaker 9: there's a real possibility that Bronni does not come out

1141
00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:51,320
Speaker 9: this year, sure a multiple different factors. The health issue,

1142
00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:54,240
Speaker 9: he hasn't played well on a team that hasn't played well.

1143
00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:56,680
Speaker 8: We know he's not developmentally ready yet.

1144
00:58:56,840 --> 00:58:59,760
Speaker 9: And Lebron James, we know is not retiring anytime soon

1145
00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:02,000
Speaker 9: as specially based on the way that he's playing this year.

1146
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:04,600
Speaker 9: So you factor all of that into it, there's still

1147
00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:06,840
Speaker 9: a chance that Lebron can play either with or against

1148
00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:09,680
Speaker 9: Bronni James within the next two to three years. It

1149
00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:13,280
Speaker 9: doesn't necessarily have to happen this season or this coming season,

1150
00:59:13,360 --> 00:59:15,120
Speaker 9: So there is a real possibility. I'm not saying it's

1151
00:59:15,160 --> 00:59:18,360
Speaker 9: gonna happen, but from what I understand, yeah, there's a

1152
00:59:18,640 --> 00:59:21,760
Speaker 9: real possibility that he will stay at USC now that

1153
00:59:21,800 --> 00:59:25,360
Speaker 9: being said, hypothetically, if he doesn't, it certainly is an

1154
00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:30,080
Speaker 9: interesting and unique situation. I really don't see Lebron James

1155
00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:32,800
Speaker 9: leaving the Lakers, to be honest with you, because first

1156
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:34,560
Speaker 9: of all, this is the place where he can get

1157
00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:36,120
Speaker 9: paid the most amount of money. He has the one

1158
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:38,479
Speaker 9: year left ones player option, which he's gonna opt out.

1159
00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:41,440
Speaker 9: All the reports or the initial reports are that he's

1160
00:59:41,440 --> 00:59:44,520
Speaker 9: gonna sign another extension with the Lakers for about two

1161
00:59:44,560 --> 00:59:47,520
Speaker 9: to three years. And with that being the case, you know,

1162
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Speaker 9: I n if Bronni stays for another year and earns

1163
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:52,360
Speaker 9: himself a spot into the draft, whether it's late first

1164
00:59:52,440 --> 00:59:54,800
Speaker 9: round into the second round, I think we can revisit

1165
00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:57,760
Speaker 9: it at that point. But if Charlotte or you know,

1166
00:59:58,080 --> 01:00:01,200
Speaker 9: Toronto ends up drafting Brinnie James, do you seriously think

1167
01:00:01,240 --> 01:00:03,840
Speaker 9: lebron is going to force himself to get traded to Charlotte.

1168
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:06,080
Speaker 9: With all due respect to our friends in North Carolina,

1169
01:00:06,360 --> 01:00:08,720
Speaker 9: that's not gonna happen. And they're not going to strong

1170
01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:10,960
Speaker 9: home the Lakers into trading away a bunch of assets

1171
01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:14,240
Speaker 9: to bring Bronni here. That's not gonna happen either. Now,

1172
01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:17,640
Speaker 9: I think the only realistic situation where this might happen,

1173
01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:19,800
Speaker 9: where he can manipulate it a little bit, would be

1174
01:00:19,840 --> 01:00:22,920
Speaker 9: Cleveland because they are a young team, they have some

1175
01:00:23,160 --> 01:00:26,440
Speaker 9: salary flexibility save for Donovan Mitchell, and if you were

1176
01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:28,800
Speaker 9: to try to force himself to be traded somewhere, I

1177
01:00:28,840 --> 01:00:31,840
Speaker 9: think going back to Cleveland, where they're youthful, have a

1178
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:34,240
Speaker 9: chance to be able to win championships in the near future,

1179
01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:36,840
Speaker 9: and they have assets to be able to trade from

1180
01:00:36,840 --> 01:00:39,440
Speaker 9: a money standpoint with the Lakers, that would be about

1181
01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:41,760
Speaker 9: the only scenario where I think it would actually be real.

1182
01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:44,960
Speaker 9: But this idea that whoever drafts Lebron is immediately going

1183
01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:47,680
Speaker 9: to get himself traded there, I honestly don't see it happening.

1184
01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:51,919
Speaker 2: So, just for purposes of this discussion, because I've heard

1185
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:55,720
Speaker 2: a lot of the same things you've heard. If Bronni

1186
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:59,040
Speaker 2: were to for any reason end up on the Lakers

1187
01:00:59,080 --> 01:01:02,080
Speaker 2: next year, given what you see his game is now,

1188
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:03,760
Speaker 2: and they put him on the floor with Lebron at

1189
01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:07,000
Speaker 2: the same time, Hey, look, they let minim Minoso play

1190
01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:08,680
Speaker 2: a Major League baseball game in fifty three and he

1191
01:01:08,720 --> 01:01:11,040
Speaker 2: was good. He did pretty good nineteen eighty Okay, right,

1192
01:01:11,080 --> 01:01:13,880
Speaker 2: So the point of the matter is this is that

1193
01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:16,920
Speaker 2: if it were to happen next year, they strike while

1194
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:18,760
Speaker 2: the iron soot, We're not gonna wait around, We're gonna

1195
01:01:18,800 --> 01:01:22,840
Speaker 2: do it now. How would you feel about that? It

1196
01:01:22,840 --> 01:01:24,080
Speaker 2: would feel force fed to be.

1197
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Speaker 9: But oh it regardless of one thousand percent beforece fed,

1198
01:01:27,120 --> 01:01:29,080
Speaker 9: Like you can argue like he doesn't really deserve a

1199
01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:31,400
Speaker 9: roster spy right now. And this is different than say

1200
01:01:31,440 --> 01:01:35,000
Speaker 9: you're drafting a young freshman high in the draft with

1201
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:36,600
Speaker 9: all this upside and he's raw and.

1202
01:01:36,520 --> 01:01:37,760
Speaker 8: You're just trying to get his feet wet.

1203
01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:39,920
Speaker 9: This is someone who's not even on draft boards for

1204
01:01:39,960 --> 01:01:42,280
Speaker 9: a lot of places right now as even a second

1205
01:01:42,360 --> 01:01:45,280
Speaker 9: round pick. No, so if look just for the novelty

1206
01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:47,560
Speaker 9: of it, by all means, look and if look, if

1207
01:01:47,560 --> 01:01:50,520
Speaker 9: he applies for the draft and by some way, shape

1208
01:01:50,560 --> 01:01:52,320
Speaker 9: or form, he doesn't get drafted, and you sign him

1209
01:01:52,360 --> 01:01:53,480
Speaker 9: as an undrafted free agent.

1210
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Speaker 8: I think that would be the best scenario. In this case.

1211
01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:58,400
Speaker 9: You can sign him as an undrafted free agent, he

1212
01:01:58,440 --> 01:02:01,640
Speaker 9: can come into camp, give him a two way contract,

1213
01:02:01,920 --> 01:02:04,040
Speaker 9: and for the novelty of it, if you want throw

1214
01:02:04,080 --> 01:02:05,680
Speaker 9: him in a game with Lebron for a couple of

1215
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:07,760
Speaker 9: minutes to give him his wish, than.

1216
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Speaker 8: By all means.

1217
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:10,360
Speaker 9: But you know, especially I look at it, team like

1218
01:02:10,360 --> 01:02:12,320
Speaker 9: the Lakers that has had a really solid track record

1219
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:14,720
Speaker 9: over the last seven or eight years, and drafting in

1220
01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:17,880
Speaker 9: the second round, you know, that's a prime that's a

1221
01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:20,000
Speaker 9: primary spot. And I don't know if you would necessarily

1222
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:22,320
Speaker 9: want to give up a draft pick to take someone

1223
01:02:22,560 --> 01:02:24,160
Speaker 9: who you know when your heart of hearts is not

1224
01:02:24,200 --> 01:02:26,320
Speaker 9: even going to be able to help you, not this year,

1225
01:02:26,440 --> 01:02:29,440
Speaker 9: not next year, maybe not even ever. We'll have to

1226
01:02:29,440 --> 01:02:32,080
Speaker 9: see what he looks like in his development. That's that's

1227
01:02:32,080 --> 01:02:33,400
Speaker 9: just a bit of a reach for them to be

1228
01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:34,040
Speaker 9: able to take.

1229
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Speaker 2: And that's why I think him he could sign as

1230
01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:42,640
Speaker 2: an undrafted free agent, he would. I think he's more

1231
01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:45,200
Speaker 2: likely to get a two way contract where he develops

1232
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:47,560
Speaker 2: in the G League and you're called up for stretches.

1233
01:02:47,560 --> 01:02:50,160
Speaker 2: There's a handful of players that have those. I actually

1234
01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:53,640
Speaker 2: think that's more likely than him returning to USC. But

1235
01:02:53,720 --> 01:02:56,320
Speaker 2: to your point, I've absolutely heard he hasn't made the

1236
01:02:56,360 --> 01:03:00,040
Speaker 2: decision to come out. So we'll see what happens. But

1237
01:03:00,200 --> 01:03:01,800
Speaker 2: keep it right here because coming up, I want to

1238
01:03:01,800 --> 01:03:04,240
Speaker 2: hear your thoughts on the NBA All Star Game. But

1239
01:03:04,720 --> 01:03:06,880
Speaker 2: before we do that, let's go back to Kevin for

1240
01:03:07,000 --> 01:03:07,560
Speaker 2: the latest.

1241
01:03:07,640 --> 01:03:09,960
Speaker 9: All right, Well, speaking of those Lakers, they held on

1242
01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:12,480
Speaker 9: to defeat the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night, the

1243
01:03:12,480 --> 01:03:15,560
Speaker 9: final score one twenty three to one eighteen. The aforemench

1244
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:18,040
Speaker 9: of Lebron James with thirty points and nine assists. He

1245
01:03:18,080 --> 01:03:20,160
Speaker 9: returned to the lineup. He missed their last two games,

1246
01:03:20,360 --> 01:03:22,400
Speaker 9: their last game before the All Star Break their first

1247
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:25,640
Speaker 9: game after the All Star Break with an ankle injury. Interestingly,

1248
01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:27,960
Speaker 9: did play in the All Star Game victory wom but Yama,

1249
01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:29,800
Speaker 9: by the way, had a great stat line, something that

1250
01:03:29,840 --> 01:03:32,440
Speaker 9: was only rivaled by Hakeem olaju waned in the past

1251
01:03:32,480 --> 01:03:35,960
Speaker 9: twenty seven points, ten rebounds, eight assists, five steals, and

1252
01:03:36,040 --> 01:03:39,280
Speaker 9: five block shots. Lebron James after the game said, wimby

1253
01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:41,960
Speaker 9: these skuys the limit. There's nothing that this kid won't

1254
01:03:41,960 --> 01:03:44,400
Speaker 9: be able to do. High praise coming from one of

1255
01:03:44,440 --> 01:03:46,880
Speaker 9: the greatest of all time Johnson to Dakoupo, an all

1256
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:49,840
Speaker 9: time great in his own right. Thirty three points Damian

1257
01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:53,120
Speaker 9: lill chipton twenty one from Milwaukee, they fitted the Minnesota

1258
01:03:53,120 --> 01:03:56,200
Speaker 9: Timberwolves won twelve to one oh seven. Nikola Jokic yet

1259
01:03:56,240 --> 01:03:58,880
Speaker 9: another triple double. You also had thirty four points from

1260
01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:01,760
Speaker 9: Michael Porter Junior as the Nuggets defeat at Portland one

1261
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:04,480
Speaker 9: twenty seven to one twelve. The Warriors sign head coach

1262
01:04:04,520 --> 01:04:07,240
Speaker 9: Steve Kurtz to a two year contract extension before they

1263
01:04:07,240 --> 01:04:09,680
Speaker 9: picked up a ninety seven to eighty four victory over

1264
01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:12,600
Speaker 9: Charlotte Houston beat the Sons, who are without Bradley Beal.

1265
01:04:12,840 --> 01:04:15,120
Speaker 9: The final score there one fourteen to one ten. You

1266
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:18,080
Speaker 9: also had victories for the seventy six ers, Heat and Clippers.

1267
01:04:18,240 --> 01:04:20,520
Speaker 9: In NFL news, the Dolphins will release former All Pro

1268
01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:23,840
Speaker 9: cornerback Xavier and Howard and defensive end Emmanuel Ogba. NHL

1269
01:04:23,960 --> 01:04:27,320
Speaker 9: victories on Friday night for Buffalo, Winnipeg and Minnesota.

1270
01:04:27,520 --> 01:04:28,440
Speaker 8: Back to Bernie Friday.

1271
01:04:28,560 --> 01:04:31,280
Speaker 2: All right, thanks Kevin. By the way, peeps eight seven,

1272
01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:34,480
Speaker 2: seven nine to nine on Fox eight seven seven nine

1273
01:04:34,520 --> 01:04:37,680
Speaker 2: nine sixty six three sixty nine. Phone lines will remain

1274
01:04:37,720 --> 01:04:42,040
Speaker 2: open until one am Pacific on this subject. So speaking

1275
01:04:42,080 --> 01:04:45,320
Speaker 2: of Brownie and the Brownie probably could have he probably

1276
01:04:45,320 --> 01:04:47,080
Speaker 2: could have put up a double double the All Star

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Speaker 2: Game last week in the way they were playing. So

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Speaker 2: maybe he'll make the All Star team as well. But I,

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Speaker 2: of course I'm in jest your thoughts on what you observe, Kevin,

1280
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Speaker 2: as you as you partook, if you did in something

1281
01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:01,480
Speaker 2: they call the NBA All Star Game last week.

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Speaker 8: I saw snippets of it.

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Speaker 9: To be honest with you, I did not sit in,

1284
01:05:05,240 --> 01:05:07,080
Speaker 9: you know, glued to the television because it kind of

1285
01:05:07,080 --> 01:05:08,480
Speaker 9: turned out the way that I thought it would, the

1286
01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:12,920
Speaker 9: way that it's been really degenerated for lack of a

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Speaker 9: better term, over the last six or seven years. And

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01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:18,120
Speaker 9: I know Anthony Davis after the game said, nobody wants

1289
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:19,920
Speaker 9: to get hurt, so guys are not going to go

1290
01:05:19,960 --> 01:05:22,080
Speaker 9: out there and necessarily try hard. And look, no one's

1291
01:05:22,120 --> 01:05:23,680
Speaker 9: asking you to play like his Game seven of the

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01:05:23,720 --> 01:05:26,240
Speaker 9: NBA Finals. They're just asking you to put a little

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Speaker 9: bit of effort into it and not launch a bunch

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Speaker 9: of seventy footers and have a giant layup drill. I

1295
01:05:31,640 --> 01:05:34,120
Speaker 9: don't know what the league can do to necessarily fix it,

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Speaker 9: other than maybe trying to incentivize the players with with

1297
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Speaker 9: the financial incentive like they did for the play in tournament,

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Speaker 9: and maybe that'll help if the guys have five hundred

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Speaker 9: thousand dollars on the line each. But the game was

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Speaker 9: as disappointing as I thought it would be. If you're

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Speaker 9: excited by seeing a final score of two hundred to

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Speaker 9: onoint eighty whatever it was, then by all means. But

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01:05:51,960 --> 01:05:54,920
Speaker 9: the great majority of people I think were disappointed by

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01:05:54,960 --> 01:05:57,120
Speaker 9: the result. But I did see that the ratings were

1305
01:05:57,120 --> 01:06:00,680
Speaker 9: actually up from last season, So what is that all.

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Speaker 2: They were up but they had been down? Correct? You know,

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Speaker 2: it wasn't that too terribly long ago. Twenty four million

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01:06:07,560 --> 01:06:10,520
Speaker 2: people I think like six point nine million people watched. Yeah,

1309
01:06:10,560 --> 01:06:12,840
Speaker 2: but they One of the most talked about games of

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Speaker 2: all time was nineteen ninety three. He had Jordan Shaquille,

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01:06:16,320 --> 01:06:21,720
Speaker 2: Charles Barkley, Scottie pipp and Clyde Drexler Malone Stockton. Twenty

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Speaker 2: three million people watched that game. There have been great

1313
01:06:26,960 --> 01:06:29,360
Speaker 2: All Star games in the NBA. Oh and now they're

1314
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Speaker 2: making more money than ever, So what's really changed?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I don't know. I can think back.

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Speaker 9: One of the more memorable ones for me was two

1317
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Speaker 9: thousand and one in Philadelphia. The Western Conference got out

1318
01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:40,920
Speaker 9: to a big lead, the East had a giant comeback,

1319
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Speaker 9: Alan Iverson and Stefan Marberry and they won that game

1320
01:06:44,440 --> 01:06:45,760
Speaker 9: and they were celebrating on the court.

1321
01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:47,680
Speaker 8: There were streamers coming down. You thought they had.

1322
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Speaker 9: Won a playoff game and this was just East versus West.

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Speaker 9: You know, there was a level of pride that was

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Speaker 9: involved with it. And I don't know if this is

1325
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Speaker 9: part of AAU and everybody's friends now and maybe that

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Speaker 9: has something to do with that. They like, because I

1327
01:07:01,320 --> 01:07:03,320
Speaker 9: do remember back in the day, Bernie and you remember

1328
01:07:03,320 --> 01:07:05,960
Speaker 9: this covering the league. These guys didn't really know each other.

1329
01:07:06,040 --> 01:07:08,120
Speaker 9: Barkley and Jordan didn't know each other until they got

1330
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Speaker 9: into the pros. There were built in rivalries, there were

1331
01:07:10,160 --> 01:07:12,640
Speaker 9: some animates there. You just don't have that now because

1332
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Speaker 9: a lot of these guys know each other from the

1333
01:07:14,400 --> 01:07:17,400
Speaker 9: age of fifteen sixteen years old. So it's not even

1334
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Speaker 9: about hating someone or literally not liking them as a person.

1335
01:07:20,640 --> 01:07:23,080
Speaker 8: But the competitive drive I think is down to a.

1336
01:07:22,960 --> 01:07:26,120
Speaker 9: Certain degree in an environment like this where everybody just

1337
01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:28,120
Speaker 9: kind of comes together and likes that fun and do

1338
01:07:28,160 --> 01:07:29,240
Speaker 9: a bunch of trick shots.

1339
01:07:29,440 --> 01:07:30,960
Speaker 8: It's just it's a different vibe now.

1340
01:07:32,080 --> 01:07:35,360
Speaker 2: One of the problems I think we face. Listen, people

1341
01:07:35,400 --> 01:07:37,840
Speaker 2: know these names. There was an All Star game once

1342
01:07:37,880 --> 01:07:40,800
Speaker 2: that featured Will Chamberlain and Bill Russell and Oscar Robertson

1343
01:07:40,840 --> 01:07:43,720
Speaker 2: and Jerry West and Willis Reed and John Havelechek and

1344
01:07:43,760 --> 01:07:46,440
Speaker 2: elgend Baler. I can go on and on back then,

1345
01:07:46,600 --> 01:07:48,240
Speaker 2: what you had one game on a week, if that

1346
01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:52,240
Speaker 2: is it perhaps oversaturation, Kevin, and that you see these

1347
01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:55,160
Speaker 2: guys every week, it's not that big a deal. Anymore.

1348
01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:57,480
Speaker 2: And for the players, there's so much money to be

1349
01:07:57,520 --> 01:07:59,720
Speaker 2: made now. They don't want to get hurt. They're playing

1350
01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:02,160
Speaker 2: not to get hurt. And the irony is the fact

1351
01:08:02,200 --> 01:08:04,680
Speaker 2: that you would have to give him a financial incentive

1352
01:08:04,720 --> 01:08:07,080
Speaker 2: like you did for the playing or for the in

1353
01:08:07,360 --> 01:08:11,280
Speaker 2: season tournament. Is followsome to me because the contracts were

1354
01:08:11,320 --> 01:08:13,360
Speaker 2: seen are astronomical and earlier to get bigger.

1355
01:08:13,560 --> 01:08:15,920
Speaker 9: I agree, and you know who who also agrees with you.

1356
01:08:15,920 --> 01:08:18,960
Speaker 9: Interestingly enough, as Rich Paul. He did an interview on

1357
01:08:19,040 --> 01:08:21,920
Speaker 9: Friday with Chris Haynes and he was asked about the

1358
01:08:21,960 --> 01:08:23,200
Speaker 9: All Star Game and what they should do with to

1359
01:08:23,240 --> 01:08:24,920
Speaker 9: fix it and whether or not paying the players was

1360
01:08:24,920 --> 01:08:28,160
Speaker 9: a solution. And this is a player agent who said, no,

1361
01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:30,800
Speaker 9: we shouldn't pay the players. You should have to incentifized

1362
01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:33,160
Speaker 9: them to do something that's their job that the fans

1363
01:08:33,280 --> 01:08:34,840
Speaker 9: voted them in to be able to see them on

1364
01:08:34,920 --> 01:08:37,559
Speaker 9: display and play in a competitive environment. The players need

1365
01:08:37,640 --> 01:08:39,760
Speaker 9: to take this more seriously and own it a little

1366
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:42,800
Speaker 9: bit more. I do think the overall NBA ratings, and

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01:08:42,800 --> 01:08:45,000
Speaker 9: this is probably just a larger conversation in general when

1368
01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:47,160
Speaker 9: it comes to sports that are not football, I think

1369
01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:50,960
Speaker 9: ratings are down for sports like the NHL, the NBA

1370
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:53,759
Speaker 9: in Major League Baseball, because you can see everybody whenever

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01:08:53,840 --> 01:08:57,160
Speaker 9: you want, and the novelty of ABC's Game of the

1372
01:08:57,200 --> 01:09:00,519
Speaker 9: Week or whatever is just downplayed because you're able to

1373
01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:03,000
Speaker 9: see everybody on a nightly basis unlike you were before.

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Speaker 9: So I don't know if that necessarily affects the All

1375
01:09:05,120 --> 01:09:07,360
Speaker 9: Star Game, but I do think because these guys, to

1376
01:09:07,400 --> 01:09:10,880
Speaker 9: your point, are individual brands, I do think that has

1377
01:09:10,880 --> 01:09:12,680
Speaker 9: a bit of an effect. And I do think the

1378
01:09:12,760 --> 01:09:14,600
Speaker 9: idea that a lot of these guys are caught up

1379
01:09:14,640 --> 01:09:17,559
Speaker 9: in the nature of you know, fandom when it comes

1380
01:09:17,600 --> 01:09:19,960
Speaker 9: to social media and saying if you don't win a championship,

1381
01:09:20,040 --> 01:09:22,000
Speaker 9: your career means nothing. It's like, I'm not going to

1382
01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:24,120
Speaker 9: risk getting hurt in an All Star Game and losing

1383
01:09:24,160 --> 01:09:26,240
Speaker 9: an opportunity to compete for a title, so people can

1384
01:09:26,280 --> 01:09:28,559
Speaker 9: continue to tell me that my career is meeting list

1385
01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:31,040
Speaker 9: despite the fact that made fifteen of these All Star Games.

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Speaker 2: If they want to give this one last world, I'll

1387
01:09:33,560 --> 01:09:35,080
Speaker 2: tell you what I heard from a pretty good mole,

1388
01:09:35,600 --> 01:09:37,880
Speaker 2: and it's made its way to add Adam Silver's desk.

1389
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Speaker 2: As you know, next year, the All Star Game is

1390
01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:43,960
Speaker 2: in San Francisco. Now, this I would watch because we

1391
01:09:44,000 --> 01:09:48,000
Speaker 2: are now seeing narratives that perhaps the world has passed

1392
01:09:48,080 --> 01:09:51,400
Speaker 2: up the USA in basketball talent. Just look at the

1393
01:09:51,479 --> 01:09:54,160
Speaker 2: MVP's the last few years, right. What if you had

1394
01:09:54,200 --> 01:09:58,559
Speaker 2: a USA versus World next All Star game, very much

1395
01:09:58,600 --> 01:10:02,200
Speaker 2: like a Ryder Cup format, that would be very watchable,

1396
01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:04,800
Speaker 2: and I think it'd be hard. These guys would be

1397
01:10:04,840 --> 01:10:07,280
Speaker 2: hard pressed not to play hard the same way you

1398
01:10:07,320 --> 01:10:08,679
Speaker 2: sell in the World Baseball Classic.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I've heard that as well, and I agree with

1400
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:13,680
Speaker 9: you one thousand percent. The World Baseball Classic. You can

1401
01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:15,920
Speaker 9: argue that whether or not it's meaningless, but you start

1402
01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:19,040
Speaker 9: talking about pride and pride for country and all of that,

1403
01:10:19,160 --> 01:10:20,920
Speaker 9: I think that means a great.

1404
01:10:20,640 --> 01:10:22,120
Speaker 8: Deal to a lot of these guys.

1405
01:10:22,240 --> 01:10:25,719
Speaker 9: So it's not necessarily the same magnitude as a WBC

1406
01:10:26,360 --> 01:10:28,960
Speaker 9: or the Olympics or the World Cup of Basketball, but

1407
01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:30,639
Speaker 9: I do think that'd be a way to mix things

1408
01:10:30,720 --> 01:10:31,960
Speaker 9: up and incentivize it.

1409
01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:33,599
Speaker 8: And look, you look at the World team roster.

1410
01:10:34,040 --> 01:10:37,439
Speaker 9: I mean you have some studs over there, Nikola Jokic,

1411
01:10:37,880 --> 01:10:42,040
Speaker 9: shake Yogis, Alexander the Greek Freak. I mean they will

1412
01:10:42,120 --> 01:10:44,599
Speaker 9: more than hold their own if not potentially be favored.

1413
01:10:44,600 --> 01:10:46,080
Speaker 9: I don't know if they would or not, having laid

1414
01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:48,280
Speaker 9: this out completely in front of myself, but I do

1415
01:10:48,360 --> 01:10:50,240
Speaker 9: think that would actually garner itself to be a pretty

1416
01:10:50,240 --> 01:10:52,840
Speaker 9: competitive game. And look, Bernie, what what do they have

1417
01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:54,599
Speaker 9: to lose by doing it? You might as well?

1418
01:10:55,120 --> 01:10:55,439
Speaker 8: Why not?

1419
01:10:57,400 --> 01:11:00,719
Speaker 2: Why not we continue eight to seven seven nine ninety

1420
01:11:00,720 --> 01:11:03,720
Speaker 2: six six three six nine eight seven seven nine to

1421
01:11:03,800 --> 01:11:07,599
Speaker 2: nine Fox if lebron It plays with Bronnie next year

1422
01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:10,800
Speaker 2: Bronnie comes out, given what you've observed, he's done it

1423
01:11:10,960 --> 01:11:14,920
Speaker 2: usc how you feel about that? And oh, by the way,

1424
01:11:15,640 --> 01:11:18,920
Speaker 2: uh the NBA All Star Game? And I can't not

1425
01:11:19,800 --> 01:11:21,920
Speaker 2: move along from this subject before the top of the

1426
01:11:22,080 --> 01:11:25,640
Speaker 2: r without at least suggesting Jason Kidd. And I'm a

1427
01:11:25,680 --> 01:11:27,800
Speaker 2: big Jason Kidd fan. I saw the dude in high

1428
01:11:27,800 --> 01:11:30,840
Speaker 2: school and now Oklanallo media is incredible. He'd be modern

1429
01:11:30,920 --> 01:11:35,040
Speaker 2: day one on five. I'm not joking. And I thought

1430
01:11:35,080 --> 01:11:37,760
Speaker 2: had an above average NBA career. Good good dude too.

1431
01:11:37,800 --> 01:11:40,400
Speaker 2: I've talked him many times. He actually has a solution

1432
01:11:40,439 --> 01:11:43,200
Speaker 2: to fix the NBA All Star Game. You're either gonna

1433
01:11:43,200 --> 01:11:45,360
Speaker 2: say huh oh, you're gonna laugh not laugh at him.

1434
01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:46,680
Speaker 2: But she's like, come on, man, if we got to

1435
01:11:46,720 --> 01:11:49,240
Speaker 2: do this, forget it. But I'm gonna tell you what

1436
01:11:49,360 --> 01:11:52,400
Speaker 2: Jason Kidd's solution was, and I don't think you're gonna

1437
01:11:52,479 --> 01:11:54,320
Speaker 2: like it. I'm Bernie Fraddle Werck Company Your Life from

1438
01:11:54,400 --> 01:11:57,400
Speaker 2: Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio, tyrack dot com Studios. Don't

1439
01:11:57,400 --> 01:11:59,439
Speaker 2: go away. You're listening to the Bernie Fraddle Show on

1440
01:11:59,439 --> 01:12:02,679
Speaker 2: Fox Sports. Right back on the Bernie Fattle Show, Fox

1441
01:12:02,680 --> 01:12:05,280
Speaker 2: Sports Radio Company Live from the tarret dot Com studios

1442
01:12:05,280 --> 01:12:08,640
Speaker 2: here in Las Vegas. Last chance to get in eight seven, seven, nine, nine,

1443
01:12:08,760 --> 01:12:11,960
Speaker 2: six sixty three sixty nine on the Brownie James situation.

1444
01:12:12,040 --> 01:12:15,040
Speaker 2: Coming up top of the hour, The Chiefs Kansas City

1445
01:12:15,080 --> 01:12:20,880
Speaker 2: Chiefs have signed a very potentially impact player as they

1446
01:12:20,920 --> 01:12:24,639
Speaker 2: go for their three PT Is it controversial? I say no,

1447
01:12:25,280 --> 01:12:27,880
Speaker 2: It's a revisitation of a story I did earlier in

1448
01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:29,880
Speaker 2: the year. We'll bring in the crew on that one

1449
01:12:30,040 --> 01:12:34,120
Speaker 2: as well. Before I get to Jason Kidd suggested, I

1450
01:12:34,160 --> 01:12:36,479
Speaker 2: want to get drunk Guy Ian, Roddy Ian, your thoughts

1451
01:12:37,160 --> 01:12:40,280
Speaker 2: on the whole Bronnie James situation. What will be your

1452
01:12:40,280 --> 01:12:43,040
Speaker 2: reaction if he's on the court next year?

1453
01:12:44,240 --> 01:12:46,920
Speaker 15: My reaction to seeing it. I mean, you know, it

1454
01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:49,439
Speaker 15: wouldn't upset me. It's more like I would just feel

1455
01:12:49,439 --> 01:12:52,559
Speaker 15: bad for Brownie. I think it's selfish of lebron to

1456
01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:56,479
Speaker 15: prioritize his own legacy over his son's best interest, because

1457
01:12:56,479 --> 01:12:58,559
Speaker 15: he's long said, you know, this is on his bucket list,

1458
01:12:58,600 --> 01:13:01,320
Speaker 15: is playing an NBA game sharing the court with his

1459
01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:04,719
Speaker 15: son Bronny, and I would love to see that happen

1460
01:13:04,800 --> 01:13:07,200
Speaker 15: for him. It's just that Bronni clearly isn't ready. And

1461
01:13:07,240 --> 01:13:10,080
Speaker 15: I think if Bronni has the self awareness, which it

1462
01:13:10,120 --> 01:13:13,160
Speaker 15: sounds like, you know, according to Kevin's and your own

1463
01:13:13,240 --> 01:13:16,120
Speaker 15: reporting a little bit there, that if Bronnie has the

1464
01:13:16,160 --> 01:13:19,479
Speaker 15: self awareness to realize that he isn't ready yet, he'll

1465
01:13:19,479 --> 01:13:21,400
Speaker 15: tell his dad that he wants to stay in college

1466
01:13:21,400 --> 01:13:23,439
Speaker 15: for another year or two or three even.

1467
01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:24,800
Speaker 2: But what he get overruled?

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01:13:25,240 --> 01:13:26,919
Speaker 16: Yeah, Well, that's the thing is.

1469
01:13:27,200 --> 01:13:29,360
Speaker 2: Sometimes you got to strike while the iron's hot. I'm

1470
01:13:29,400 --> 01:13:30,160
Speaker 2: just saying, go ahead.

1471
01:13:30,240 --> 01:13:32,200
Speaker 16: Overruled by lebron You're saying.

1472
01:13:32,040 --> 01:13:34,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, but well dad calls all the shots.

1473
01:13:34,439 --> 01:13:37,200
Speaker 15: Yeah, you know, And and that's I don't want to, like,

1474
01:13:37,560 --> 01:13:39,920
Speaker 15: you know, critique how he is as a father or whatever,

1475
01:13:39,960 --> 01:13:42,400
Speaker 15: but I just would like to believe that Lebron if

1476
01:13:42,400 --> 01:13:44,800
Speaker 15: his own son came to him and told him, Hey, Dad,

1477
01:13:44,840 --> 01:13:47,120
Speaker 15: I really don't think I'm ready for this. And I

1478
01:13:47,200 --> 01:13:49,720
Speaker 15: know that this is something you really want and it

1479
01:13:49,760 --> 01:13:51,920
Speaker 15: can still happen if you're willing to just wait. You know,

1480
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:54,320
Speaker 15: I just don't think I'm ready and it's not in

1481
01:13:54,400 --> 01:13:56,880
Speaker 15: my own best interest. So yeah, yeah, that's my two

1482
01:13:56,960 --> 01:13:57,439
Speaker 15: cents on it.

1483
01:13:57,479 --> 01:13:59,880
Speaker 2: That's fair, and they might come to an agreement. All right.

1484
01:14:00,040 --> 01:14:01,800
Speaker 2: About the Nball Star game, did you watch it?

1485
01:14:02,280 --> 01:14:05,000
Speaker 15: I did, I did watch it, but it's just so

1486
01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:07,280
Speaker 15: hard to hold your attention at this point, Like you

1487
01:14:07,280 --> 01:14:08,920
Speaker 15: guys have been talking about it. It's like a Harlem

1488
01:14:08,960 --> 01:14:11,519
Speaker 15: Globetrotter game at this point. You know, it's just trick

1489
01:14:11,560 --> 01:14:14,800
Speaker 15: shot after trick shot. I'd scrap it. I think it's

1490
01:14:14,840 --> 01:14:18,479
Speaker 15: it's still an accolade worth having, like you know, four

1491
01:14:18,520 --> 01:14:21,080
Speaker 15: time all Yeah, like at the end of your career,

1492
01:14:21,080 --> 01:14:24,639
Speaker 15: that's important. But it does actually playing in the game

1493
01:14:24,680 --> 01:14:25,640
Speaker 15: have much to do with that.

1494
01:14:26,240 --> 01:14:26,759
Speaker 8: Not really.

1495
01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:30,439
Speaker 15: I don't think you throwing up some half court shots

1496
01:14:30,520 --> 01:14:35,360
Speaker 15: is gonna, you know, ultimately determine the weight of one

1497
01:14:35,439 --> 01:14:37,280
Speaker 15: All Star appearance versus another.

1498
01:14:37,320 --> 01:14:40,559
Speaker 2: You know what, I mean, yeah, I think it. Look

1499
01:14:40,880 --> 01:14:44,120
Speaker 2: it's much like the Super Bowl is a convention to

1500
01:14:44,200 --> 01:14:47,200
Speaker 2: promote the NBA. The All Star Game is an exhibition

1501
01:14:47,280 --> 01:14:49,200
Speaker 2: convention as well, and the acolade. I agree with you,

1502
01:14:49,840 --> 01:14:53,639
Speaker 2: he is worthy, but the game itself, and so it's

1503
01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:57,320
Speaker 2: really been a topic of discussion because this last this

1504
01:14:57,400 --> 01:15:00,600
Speaker 2: last game was even worse. His recent is three or

1505
01:15:00,600 --> 01:15:02,760
Speaker 2: four years ago. You had that fourth quarter where you

1506
01:15:02,760 --> 01:15:06,000
Speaker 2: know they would reset the court, the score, and then

1507
01:15:06,080 --> 01:15:08,439
Speaker 2: you'd try harder than the fourth quarter there was actually

1508
01:15:08,479 --> 01:15:13,400
Speaker 2: defense and stuff. This is just deteriorated into I don't

1509
01:15:13,439 --> 01:15:15,439
Speaker 2: really know how you describe it right adjective.

1510
01:15:15,600 --> 01:15:17,720
Speaker 15: It's like they're just trying new things every year and

1511
01:15:17,800 --> 01:15:19,960
Speaker 15: it's like, oh, maybe this will work, let's try it out.

1512
01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:23,800
Speaker 2: They're making a mockery, right, So here's what they really are.

1513
01:15:23,960 --> 01:15:26,400
Speaker 2: Here's what Jason Kidd had to say. So he's had

1514
01:15:26,400 --> 01:15:29,280
Speaker 2: to go to the Dallas Mavericks, and he was serious

1515
01:15:29,320 --> 01:15:32,479
Speaker 2: about this. He says, all right, quote him. He says,

1516
01:15:32,520 --> 01:15:33,840
Speaker 2: the only thing you can do is tell him not

1517
01:15:33,880 --> 01:15:36,559
Speaker 2: to shoot in the first five seconds, and then the

1518
01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:40,519
Speaker 2: first shot at every possession has to be a two. Interesting, Okay,

1519
01:15:42,600 --> 01:15:45,920
Speaker 2: but you can't shoot, or if you shoot in the

1520
01:15:45,920 --> 01:15:49,040
Speaker 2: first ten seconds, it can't be a three, and so

1521
01:15:49,560 --> 01:15:52,360
Speaker 2: you're gonna eliminate all these long threes. Or you make

1522
01:15:52,439 --> 01:15:56,080
Speaker 2: them run a play, all right? Do they run any

1523
01:15:56,120 --> 01:15:58,600
Speaker 2: plays during the NBL Star Game. I don't remember a

1524
01:15:58,600 --> 01:16:02,040
Speaker 2: single play. If you had to draw plays and they

1525
01:16:02,040 --> 01:16:05,160
Speaker 2: were forced to run plays, it might look a little

1526
01:16:05,160 --> 01:16:07,760
Speaker 2: bit more like a basketball game. I'm not saying there's

1527
01:16:07,800 --> 01:16:11,599
Speaker 2: gonna be you know, nineteen eighty eight Bad Boys, Detroit

1528
01:16:11,640 --> 01:16:15,439
Speaker 2: Piston Defense, Jordan Rules, but at least you'd have some

1529
01:16:15,640 --> 01:16:19,160
Speaker 2: similance of because I think a lot of people feel

1530
01:16:19,160 --> 01:16:21,559
Speaker 2: that the NBA features the greatest athletes in the world,

1531
01:16:22,080 --> 01:16:26,960
Speaker 2: the ability to run and jump and just speeding grace

1532
01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:32,080
Speaker 2: when basketball is played properly, meaning it's a team sport.

1533
01:16:32,680 --> 01:16:36,240
Speaker 2: Isaiah Thomas once told me he believed that the most

1534
01:16:36,280 --> 01:16:38,759
Speaker 2: important position in all of sports was point guard, because

1535
01:16:38,760 --> 01:16:41,160
Speaker 2: one man with the ball in his hand could dictate

1536
01:16:41,160 --> 01:16:44,480
Speaker 2: the movements of nine other people. So when you see basketball,

1537
01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:47,439
Speaker 2: I'm not talking about, you know, Hoosiers with coach Norman

1538
01:16:47,520 --> 01:16:52,240
Speaker 2: Dale with some reasonable facsimile. The analysts and the fans

1539
01:16:52,240 --> 01:16:55,120
Speaker 2: and the observers. The thing that they're most hacked off

1540
01:16:55,120 --> 01:16:58,840
Speaker 2: about is the defensive effort. There's no defensive effort, But

1541
01:16:59,280 --> 01:17:02,240
Speaker 2: Jason Kiddle, it's the emergence of the three point shot

1542
01:17:02,880 --> 01:17:06,040
Speaker 2: that's played a role in deteriorating the All Star Game

1543
01:17:06,560 --> 01:17:09,559
Speaker 2: because it's now. I mean, the three pointer in the

1544
01:17:09,640 --> 01:17:12,599
Speaker 2: nineties wasn't used anywhere near as much as it is today.

1545
01:17:12,600 --> 01:17:14,960
Speaker 2: Now everybody can choot the three. That's just an answer

1546
01:17:14,960 --> 01:17:17,599
Speaker 2: of the game. So that's why there's so much scoring.

1547
01:17:18,479 --> 01:17:21,479
Speaker 2: So the truth of the matter is is that he's

1548
01:17:21,520 --> 01:17:24,040
Speaker 2: got a point in that. If you just want it

1549
01:17:24,080 --> 01:17:29,080
Speaker 2: to be a three point exhibition contest, hell, let Caitlin

1550
01:17:29,160 --> 01:17:32,479
Speaker 2: Kark play in the game. But some people have suggested

1551
01:17:32,520 --> 01:17:34,479
Speaker 2: the league get rid of the game altogether. I don't

1552
01:17:34,520 --> 01:17:37,680
Speaker 2: know that that's the best option. I get it wasn't competitive,

1553
01:17:38,120 --> 01:17:41,440
Speaker 2: but I still think as a matter of convention and spectacle,

1554
01:17:41,880 --> 01:17:43,680
Speaker 2: people like to see all the best players in the

1555
01:17:43,680 --> 01:17:47,000
Speaker 2: world together on one court, Which leads us back to

1556
01:17:47,360 --> 01:17:48,840
Speaker 2: what Kevin and I were talking about a minute ago,

1557
01:17:48,880 --> 01:17:53,000
Speaker 2: and that is maybe to save it from a game standpoint,

1558
01:17:54,360 --> 01:17:59,559
Speaker 2: you create a USA versus the world encounter. That would

1559
01:17:59,600 --> 01:18:03,360
Speaker 2: be why that would be competitive, And I don't care

1560
01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:07,040
Speaker 2: how impressive it is. When you watch Damian Lillard and

1561
01:18:07,160 --> 01:18:11,639
Speaker 2: Tyrese Halliburton steal the show and Carl Karl Anthony Towns

1562
01:18:11,680 --> 01:18:15,679
Speaker 2: as well, dropping fifty points, it just gets old. Man,

1563
01:18:16,439 --> 01:18:18,559
Speaker 2: I don't care what's your favorite thing to eat, chocolate cake,

1564
01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:20,519
Speaker 2: You're gonna you could eat it every day for two

1565
01:18:20,600 --> 01:18:22,920
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty four days. You're gonna get It's gonna

1566
01:18:22,920 --> 01:18:26,240
Speaker 2: get old after a while. So the bottom, you know,

1567
01:18:26,400 --> 01:18:30,559
Speaker 2: the bottom line is this that whatever that was Sunday.

1568
01:18:31,040 --> 01:18:33,320
Speaker 2: Even though six point and I think six point nine

1569
01:18:33,320 --> 01:18:36,200
Speaker 2: million people watched it and the numbers were slightly up

1570
01:18:36,240 --> 01:18:38,519
Speaker 2: over last year, I don't think anybody wants to see

1571
01:18:38,560 --> 01:18:42,120
Speaker 2: that again. By the way, quickly on Justin Fields, Look,

1572
01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:45,880
Speaker 2: I don't agree with what he did, sparkling a little

1573
01:18:45,920 --> 01:18:48,920
Speaker 2: controversy unfollowing the Bears, and he gave the lamest excuse.

1574
01:18:49,520 --> 01:18:52,080
Speaker 2: But the dude is human. He wants to know where

1575
01:18:52,080 --> 01:18:53,920
Speaker 2: he's gonna be living and working next year. People can

1576
01:18:53,920 --> 01:18:57,000
Speaker 2: relate to that, But why do you unfollow the team

1577
01:18:57,040 --> 01:19:01,240
Speaker 2: where you're under contractor's still under contract? And he admitted

1578
01:19:01,240 --> 01:19:03,960
Speaker 2: he wants to stay with the Bears. And here's the problem.

1579
01:19:04,080 --> 01:19:07,600
Speaker 2: If you're having the discussion after three years, whether you

1580
01:19:07,680 --> 01:19:09,320
Speaker 2: keep or not. Well, you know what the answer is.

1581
01:19:10,240 --> 01:19:13,240
Speaker 2: He's ten and twenty eight as a starter, he'sn't progressed

1582
01:19:13,520 --> 01:19:15,800
Speaker 2: and there are no excuses. You saw what you saw

1583
01:19:15,800 --> 01:19:19,160
Speaker 2: what she Destraw did, and well, look we got all

1584
01:19:19,200 --> 01:19:21,680
Speaker 2: the NFL offseason to talk about this. But if you

1585
01:19:21,760 --> 01:19:25,719
Speaker 2: heard that podcast, in the thirty thirteen podcast which Feels

1586
01:19:25,720 --> 01:19:29,000
Speaker 2: wanted to clarify he un followed his team and then

1587
01:19:29,160 --> 01:19:31,280
Speaker 2: likened it to well, it wasn't a very good excuse

1588
01:19:31,680 --> 01:19:33,880
Speaker 2: coming up. The Chiefs signed a big name. He's going

1589
01:19:33,920 --> 01:19:35,960
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1597
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Speaker 2: was a pretty substantial story about a year ago involving

1598
01:20:10,160 --> 01:20:14,040
Speaker 2: a legendary punter out of San Diego, State by the

1599
01:20:14,120 --> 01:20:16,640
Speaker 2: name of Matta Riza. He was initially taken in the

1600
01:20:16,680 --> 01:20:19,840
Speaker 2: sixth round of the twenty twenty two NFL Draft by

1601
01:20:19,880 --> 01:20:23,120
Speaker 2: the Buffalo Bills, only to be released in late August

1602
01:20:23,200 --> 01:20:26,240
Speaker 2: due to his connection to a rape allegation and a

1603
01:20:26,280 --> 01:20:29,920
Speaker 2: civil lawsuit that was stemming from an alleged incident that

1604
01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:33,439
Speaker 2: occurred during his college football days at San Diego State.

1605
01:20:35,200 --> 01:20:37,400
Speaker 2: A lot has happened since we talked about this story

1606
01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:41,400
Speaker 2: on my show seven eight months ago. After a month

1607
01:20:41,479 --> 01:20:47,240
Speaker 2: long police investigation, the San Diego County District Attorney's office

1608
01:20:47,240 --> 01:20:51,360
Speaker 2: announced in December that they would not file criminal charges,

1609
01:20:52,280 --> 01:20:56,799
Speaker 2: and multiple media outlets obtained AUDI recording of a meeting

1610
01:20:56,840 --> 01:21:02,679
Speaker 2: between the prosecutors and a woman, which apparently the daight

1611
01:21:03,439 --> 01:21:06,599
Speaker 2: in San Diego said she concluded, based on a witness statement,

1612
01:21:07,160 --> 01:21:09,880
Speaker 2: that Horizon wasn't even at the party anymore where he

1613
01:21:09,880 --> 01:21:11,880
Speaker 2: alleged rape could have occurred. I believe there were eighty

1614
01:21:11,920 --> 01:21:18,360
Speaker 2: witnesses that were interviewed. The story fell apart. I had

1615
01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:20,519
Speaker 2: not going to adjudicate it and moot court right here.

1616
01:21:20,920 --> 01:21:24,640
Speaker 2: But I understand that even even the civil suit that

1617
01:21:24,680 --> 01:21:27,240
Speaker 2: the young lady was bringing against Mattter Riza was dropped

1618
01:21:27,720 --> 01:21:31,479
Speaker 2: and in return, he dropped his defamation suit. So there

1619
01:21:31,479 --> 01:21:35,479
Speaker 2: were never even any charges filed. And I will tell

1620
01:21:35,520 --> 01:21:38,040
Speaker 2: you because Matt Horiza played in the Mountain West Conference

1621
01:21:38,040 --> 01:21:43,400
Speaker 2: and I saw him play here when Santy Say played

1622
01:21:43,479 --> 01:21:50,200
Speaker 2: UNLV at Legion Stadium. I mean, the reason they call

1623
01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:52,400
Speaker 2: him a punt god is because he averaged fifty two

1624
01:21:52,479 --> 01:21:54,840
Speaker 2: yards of punt and he was one of the Ray

1625
01:21:54,880 --> 01:21:58,040
Speaker 2: Guy Award and he's a weapon. He actually had an

1626
01:21:58,040 --> 01:21:59,760
Speaker 2: eighty two yard punter for the Bills in the twenty

1627
01:21:59,760 --> 01:22:07,759
Speaker 2: two to preseason. So the Chiefs signed matter Riza. Now

1628
01:22:09,320 --> 01:22:11,840
Speaker 2: you know, for historians, we are coming up on the

1629
01:22:11,840 --> 01:22:15,840
Speaker 2: fifty year anniversary of Watergate Richard Dixon. There were lots

1630
01:22:15,880 --> 01:22:18,800
Speaker 2: of names implicated and people went to jail and it

1631
01:22:18,840 --> 01:22:22,479
Speaker 2: wasn't pretty for our country. But there were people that

1632
01:22:22,560 --> 01:22:26,160
Speaker 2: were also exonerated, but their names were in there. And

1633
01:22:26,200 --> 01:22:27,680
Speaker 2: one of the famous quotes coming out of there is

1634
01:22:27,680 --> 01:22:31,000
Speaker 2: where do I go to get my reputation back? So

1635
01:22:31,960 --> 01:22:34,360
Speaker 2: where does Matterriza go to get his reputation back when

1636
01:22:34,400 --> 01:22:37,960
Speaker 2: he goes to the Chiefs. But here's the deal. The

1637
01:22:38,040 --> 01:22:40,439
Speaker 2: only reputation that people know about is one that was

1638
01:22:40,479 --> 01:22:45,639
Speaker 2: either apparently misreported, I'll say allegedly, and you know one

1639
01:22:45,680 --> 01:22:49,840
Speaker 2: where it's one of those situations where what was of

1640
01:22:49,880 --> 01:22:54,200
Speaker 2: alleged to have happened didn't happen. But yet, do you

1641
01:22:54,280 --> 01:22:58,960
Speaker 2: treat this man in a way as if those allegations

1642
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:04,160
Speaker 2: are going to stick to him because he's listen, he's

1643
01:23:04,200 --> 01:23:08,320
Speaker 2: acknowledged there was some perhaps not great judgment, but I

1644
01:23:08,360 --> 01:23:13,000
Speaker 2: don't believe any laws were broken, and there was a

1645
01:23:13,080 --> 01:23:18,120
Speaker 2: very thorough investigation because this was a very high profile case.

1646
01:23:19,640 --> 01:23:21,880
Speaker 2: So when the chiefs take the field next year, it'll

1647
01:23:21,920 --> 01:23:25,519
Speaker 2: be really interesting to see what will be the narrative.

1648
01:23:26,560 --> 01:23:32,519
Speaker 2: Will will there be a situation where announcers won't be

1649
01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:37,439
Speaker 2: able to help themselves and they'll they'll just simply have

1650
01:23:37,520 --> 01:23:43,000
Speaker 2: they'll they'll just simply commit them commit themselves to say,

1651
01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:52,519
Speaker 2: excuse me, give me half a second hair? Do they

1652
01:23:52,520 --> 01:23:54,759
Speaker 2: believe it's just gonna have to be within their purview

1653
01:23:54,840 --> 01:23:57,640
Speaker 2: to where they're going to have to mention it. The

1654
01:23:57,720 --> 01:23:59,720
Speaker 2: young man knows that his name and his reputation is

1655
01:23:59,720 --> 01:24:01,320
Speaker 2: going to be tied to that forever, and it's not

1656
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:03,960
Speaker 2: going to go away. He said it at a news conference,

1657
01:24:05,560 --> 01:24:07,120
Speaker 2: and it cost him a lot of pain caused his

1658
01:24:07,120 --> 01:24:10,479
Speaker 2: family a lot of pain. He was cut, he beat

1659
01:24:10,520 --> 01:24:13,439
Speaker 2: out an NFL veteran because the Bills wanted to get

1660
01:24:13,439 --> 01:24:16,280
Speaker 2: out ahead of what would have been bad PR. Well,

1661
01:24:16,280 --> 01:24:19,400
Speaker 2: there never was any bad PR only allegations ended up

1662
01:24:19,439 --> 01:24:22,120
Speaker 2: on that being true. So when we talked about this,

1663
01:24:22,920 --> 01:24:24,639
Speaker 2: I think we had the same crew I've got tonight.

1664
01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:26,519
Speaker 2: I don't ian you may not have been here, so

1665
01:24:27,200 --> 01:24:28,840
Speaker 2: Mark and Kevin, I think you might have been. Kevin,

1666
01:24:28,880 --> 01:24:31,000
Speaker 2: let me start with you. Now that it looks like

1667
01:24:31,000 --> 01:24:34,000
Speaker 2: he's got a job and we've come full circle. What's

1668
01:24:34,040 --> 01:24:37,000
Speaker 2: going to be the narrative when the season start next year?

1669
01:24:38,120 --> 01:24:42,880
Speaker 2: Will announcers invoke this story or will can you know,

1670
01:24:43,080 --> 01:24:45,680
Speaker 2: will they not be able to help themselves? And or

1671
01:24:45,760 --> 01:24:46,880
Speaker 2: you know, what are your thoughts.

1672
01:24:47,400 --> 01:24:49,679
Speaker 9: I think it's going to be pretty tough to avoid

1673
01:24:50,040 --> 01:24:51,800
Speaker 9: when he and look, it might be one of those

1674
01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:54,360
Speaker 9: will they say, this kid's been through a difficult situation.

1675
01:24:54,439 --> 01:24:56,280
Speaker 9: He's back in the NFL trying to get his career

1676
01:24:56,320 --> 01:24:59,640
Speaker 9: back on track. So maybe they don't, you know, directly

1677
01:24:59,680 --> 01:25:03,040
Speaker 9: mentioned exactly what the controversy was. But it's gonna be,

1678
01:25:03,200 --> 01:25:06,040
Speaker 9: you know, the three thousand pound elephant in the room.

1679
01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:07,879
Speaker 8: If you don't bring it up to some extent.

1680
01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:10,519
Speaker 9: Now, how in depth they go into it, I guess

1681
01:25:10,600 --> 01:25:12,280
Speaker 9: is the is the question we're asking here. I don't

1682
01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:13,880
Speaker 9: know if anybody's going to go that deep into it,

1683
01:25:13,920 --> 01:25:15,840
Speaker 9: but I I have to believe that they're going to

1684
01:25:15,880 --> 01:25:19,080
Speaker 9: at least. I mentioned the fact that he was basically

1685
01:25:19,160 --> 01:25:21,559
Speaker 9: out of the league for a few years for legal reasons,

1686
01:25:21,600 --> 01:25:24,080
Speaker 9: and he has since gotten his name cleared in that

1687
01:25:24,120 --> 01:25:26,320
Speaker 9: situation and now he's able to resume his career.

1688
01:25:27,520 --> 01:25:29,760
Speaker 2: I think all that's fair. And this is where I

1689
01:25:29,880 --> 01:25:32,840
Speaker 2: draw the line. And if I was on the game,

1690
01:25:32,880 --> 01:25:34,479
Speaker 2: I'd say let's not talk about it because he was

1691
01:25:34,520 --> 01:25:37,240
Speaker 2: never charged with anything fair enough, you know, And that's

1692
01:25:37,280 --> 01:25:42,559
Speaker 2: just an opinion. It's an opinion. And you know, the

1693
01:25:42,600 --> 01:25:44,000
Speaker 2: bills I think have a little bit of vague on

1694
01:25:44,040 --> 01:25:47,880
Speaker 2: their face, my my honest opinion, because it seemed like

1695
01:25:47,920 --> 01:25:50,559
Speaker 2: they're act was self serving and they didn't stand by

1696
01:25:50,600 --> 01:25:52,080
Speaker 2: their guy, and I know why, and I get it,

1697
01:25:52,200 --> 01:25:54,800
Speaker 2: and these are the times we're in. But there was

1698
01:25:54,840 --> 01:25:57,960
Speaker 2: an incredibly thorough investigation and I'm not taking any sides here.

1699
01:25:58,320 --> 01:26:00,360
Speaker 2: What I am saying, though, is we have a situation

1700
01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:03,519
Speaker 2: and if anybody he's ever been falsely accused of doing anything,

1701
01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:06,280
Speaker 2: stealing a piece of gumf whatever. You don't you don't

1702
01:26:06,360 --> 01:26:09,679
Speaker 2: like it, right, So, but I think your point's taken, Kevin.

1703
01:26:09,680 --> 01:26:13,280
Speaker 2: It's an elephant in the room. And as you watch

1704
01:26:13,320 --> 01:26:15,519
Speaker 2: your broadcast the first time he marches onto the field

1705
01:26:15,560 --> 01:26:20,160
Speaker 2: of punt and he's taken over for Tommy Townson, who's

1706
01:26:20,240 --> 01:26:22,559
Speaker 2: arguably the best fun in the NFL last year.

1707
01:26:23,120 --> 01:26:25,519
Speaker 9: Yeah, you're you got to have a point, but you

1708
01:26:25,600 --> 01:26:28,599
Speaker 9: know you also have to, you know, consider the positive

1709
01:26:28,640 --> 01:26:30,479
Speaker 9: side of this for Matt. You know, it shines a

1710
01:26:30,520 --> 01:26:33,080
Speaker 9: light on you. You go back to the Brian Banks situation.

1711
01:26:33,720 --> 01:26:35,320
Speaker 9: If you don't remember that, that was a kind of

1712
01:26:35,680 --> 01:26:37,960
Speaker 9: big recruit for USC when Pete Carroll was there. He

1713
01:26:38,080 --> 01:26:42,599
Speaker 9: was wrongfully accused and actually jailed for years for sexual assault.

1714
01:26:43,439 --> 01:26:47,120
Speaker 9: Eventually found a found innocent, was released from prison. Pete

1715
01:26:47,160 --> 01:26:49,559
Speaker 9: did give himn opportunity to play with the Seahawks briefly,

1716
01:26:49,600 --> 01:26:50,960
Speaker 9: I think in training camp. I don't know if he

1717
01:26:50,960 --> 01:26:53,719
Speaker 9: made it out of camp, but basically lost his career

1718
01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:55,639
Speaker 9: because he was falsely accused of something.

1719
01:26:56,120 --> 01:26:56,280
Speaker 8: Uh.

1720
01:26:56,320 --> 01:26:59,439
Speaker 9: And it's just an unfortunate situation that does happen at times.

1721
01:26:59,720 --> 01:27:01,519
Speaker 9: So I mean, you're happy to at least see that

1722
01:27:01,680 --> 01:27:04,280
Speaker 9: justice was served and that our Riza, thankfully, we'll be

1723
01:27:04,320 --> 01:27:07,400
Speaker 9: able to resume his NFL career after being falsely accused.

1724
01:27:07,439 --> 01:27:09,320
Speaker 9: So you can almost paint it, Bernie, if you wanted to,

1725
01:27:09,760 --> 01:27:13,200
Speaker 9: as somewhat of a success redemption. I don't know what

1726
01:27:13,439 --> 01:27:16,400
Speaker 9: words of us in this context, but a positive story

1727
01:27:16,400 --> 01:27:18,200
Speaker 9: that came out of a very negative situation.

1728
01:27:18,520 --> 01:27:20,720
Speaker 2: I'm glad you invoked at I was very familiar with

1729
01:27:20,760 --> 01:27:23,839
Speaker 2: that story. It's sick. It makes me sick to my stomach.

1730
01:27:24,680 --> 01:27:27,479
Speaker 2: Brian Banks, and this is going back over twenty years.

1731
01:27:28,280 --> 01:27:32,160
Speaker 2: High school linebacker had a huge future, had a similar situation,

1732
01:27:32,320 --> 01:27:35,600
Speaker 2: falsely accused of kidnapping and raping a female classmate. I

1733
01:27:35,640 --> 01:27:37,120
Speaker 2: believe it was in Atlanta's that where he went to

1734
01:27:37,200 --> 01:27:39,439
Speaker 2: high school, one of those areas. Yes, he'd have been

1735
01:27:39,479 --> 01:27:43,960
Speaker 2: in the NFL. He was finally exonerated ten years later

1736
01:27:44,800 --> 01:27:48,280
Speaker 2: that in that case, the system failed. That case, the

1737
01:27:48,320 --> 01:27:52,000
Speaker 2: system failed, and he wanted to resume his dream of

1738
01:27:52,040 --> 01:27:54,960
Speaker 2: playing football. In the summer of twenty twelve, and there

1739
01:27:54,960 --> 01:27:57,600
Speaker 2: were teams that you know, the Chiefs, the Chargers of

1740
01:27:57,720 --> 01:28:01,400
Speaker 2: forty nine ers. I think he did sign with the

1741
01:28:01,400 --> 01:28:04,560
Speaker 2: hometown Falcons. But he and all he ever got to

1742
01:28:04,560 --> 01:28:08,280
Speaker 2: play with three or four preseason games. That's opportunity lost

1743
01:28:08,360 --> 01:28:12,080
Speaker 2: because the system failed. If there's one bright area here

1744
01:28:12,160 --> 01:28:14,639
Speaker 2: is the system seemed to have worked. It was a

1745
01:28:14,680 --> 01:28:20,679
Speaker 2: thorough investigation, which is what you know, the same thing

1746
01:28:20,720 --> 01:28:23,600
Speaker 2: with Brian Banks. I think he's coaching somewhere now, is

1747
01:28:23,640 --> 01:28:25,360
Speaker 2: he not Kevin? He's he coaching in the NFL. I

1748
01:28:25,360 --> 01:28:30,640
Speaker 2: thought he was on somebody's.

1749
01:28:27,320 --> 01:28:30,640
Speaker 9: About that, but I can check on that.

1750
01:28:31,479 --> 01:28:36,000
Speaker 2: It's worth checking on because that was an absolute a travesy.

1751
01:28:36,080 --> 01:28:40,639
Speaker 2: So the question is not whether or not matter rise

1752
01:28:40,680 --> 01:28:46,320
Speaker 2: that deserves a chance because of his ability, his significant abilities.

1753
01:28:46,439 --> 01:28:48,680
Speaker 2: You will see Scott Blowy you away. They call him

1754
01:28:48,680 --> 01:28:51,360
Speaker 2: punk God for a reason. It could be the next

1755
01:28:51,400 --> 01:28:55,479
Speaker 2: Ray Guy. If not better, we'll see. But the question

1756
01:28:55,560 --> 01:29:00,080
Speaker 2: will be the fish bowl we're living in now, and

1757
01:29:00,320 --> 01:29:04,160
Speaker 2: you know, in the world circa twenty twenty four, where

1758
01:29:04,520 --> 01:29:09,120
Speaker 2: you know everybody's on stage, the question will be how

1759
01:29:09,240 --> 01:29:12,080
Speaker 2: is his characterized when he takes the field? Ian were

1760
01:29:12,080 --> 01:29:13,920
Speaker 2: you familiar with the matter Riza story?

1761
01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:18,479
Speaker 15: Oh yeah, yeah, you know, just with the lack of

1762
01:29:18,560 --> 01:29:22,160
Speaker 15: clarity on what really happened, it's hard to you know

1763
01:29:22,320 --> 01:29:24,680
Speaker 15: pass true judgment on it, but I will say this,

1764
01:29:24,840 --> 01:29:27,960
Speaker 15: I'm surprised that the Chiefs did this. You know, like

1765
01:29:28,080 --> 01:29:32,439
Speaker 15: even as talented as Eriza, you know in theory is

1766
01:29:32,600 --> 01:29:34,760
Speaker 15: or was in college, and you know, he has this

1767
01:29:34,920 --> 01:29:35,519
Speaker 15: huge leg.

1768
01:29:35,560 --> 01:29:37,480
Speaker 16: I've seen the videos of it. It's impressive.

1769
01:29:37,520 --> 01:29:39,439
Speaker 15: But you know, this is the same Chiefs team that

1770
01:29:39,520 --> 01:29:42,640
Speaker 15: released Kareem Hunt after that one video came out of

1771
01:29:42,720 --> 01:29:44,800
Speaker 15: him kicking that woman, you know, so I was a

1772
01:29:44,840 --> 01:29:48,080
Speaker 15: little surprised to see that they that they were the

1773
01:29:48,120 --> 01:29:51,360
Speaker 15: team who ultimately decided to give Eriza his his chance

1774
01:29:51,400 --> 01:29:53,719
Speaker 15: after the the charges were cleared and stuff.

1775
01:29:53,760 --> 01:29:56,439
Speaker 2: But well, one of the stories, not to get off

1776
01:29:56,439 --> 01:29:59,160
Speaker 2: on a tangent, mark my words, the Chiefs are all

1777
01:29:59,200 --> 01:30:02,799
Speaker 2: into three p It's never been done in the National

1778
01:30:02,800 --> 01:30:05,519
Speaker 2: Football League. In Saturday Night, we're going to talk about

1779
01:30:05,520 --> 01:30:06,960
Speaker 2: the seven teams that have won two in a row

1780
01:30:06,960 --> 01:30:11,920
Speaker 2: and how they fared year three. Hell yeah, would not

1781
01:30:11,960 --> 01:30:14,760
Speaker 2: surprise me. It's the Chiefs her back of the Super

1782
01:30:14,800 --> 01:30:18,680
Speaker 2: Bowl next year. So to that end, it's it is

1783
01:30:18,720 --> 01:30:22,960
Speaker 2: ironic after what happened to Kareem Hunt with the keyword

1784
01:30:22,960 --> 01:30:23,840
Speaker 2: there to his video.

1785
01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:26,679
Speaker 8: Let's also I forget they drafted Tyreek Hill.

1786
01:30:27,160 --> 01:30:28,880
Speaker 2: I was gonna bring up Tyreek Hill. I was going

1787
01:30:28,960 --> 01:30:31,200
Speaker 2: to bring that up. I just didn't want to go ahead, Kevin.

1788
01:30:31,360 --> 01:30:33,360
Speaker 9: Sorry, I had to be the jump to jump jump

1789
01:30:33,360 --> 01:30:36,240
Speaker 9: you there, Arnie. But just Brian Banks currently not coaching,

1790
01:30:36,280 --> 01:30:37,960
Speaker 9: but he's a he's a speaker. It looks to be

1791
01:30:38,000 --> 01:30:41,400
Speaker 9: a motivational speaker right now. According to a social media account.

1792
01:30:41,000 --> 01:30:43,120
Speaker 2: Did he at one time have a coaching job in

1793
01:30:43,160 --> 01:30:45,120
Speaker 2: the NFL? I thought it was like a linebackers coach

1794
01:30:45,160 --> 01:30:45,719
Speaker 2: for somebody.

1795
01:30:46,080 --> 01:30:48,439
Speaker 9: I don't see that on his profile, but it's very possible.

1796
01:30:48,479 --> 01:30:50,479
Speaker 9: But as of right now, he's just he's a he's

1797
01:30:50,479 --> 01:30:51,480
Speaker 9: a speaker.

1798
01:30:52,800 --> 01:30:54,920
Speaker 2: All right, Mark Ramsey, I'm certain you were on my

1799
01:30:55,000 --> 01:30:57,479
Speaker 2: show the night we talked about the matter Rise of

1800
01:30:57,479 --> 01:31:00,920
Speaker 2: the situation young man accused of rape. The young lady

1801
01:31:01,080 --> 01:31:05,240
Speaker 2: was seventeen years old, but according to all testimony that

1802
01:31:05,479 --> 01:31:08,759
Speaker 2: was reported, she told mattter Rise as she was eighteen.

1803
01:31:09,560 --> 01:31:12,640
Speaker 2: He didn't know. And again, I don't want to adjudicate

1804
01:31:12,680 --> 01:31:16,800
Speaker 2: the case, Aaron Moodcourt again, but just a refresher. Do

1805
01:31:16,840 --> 01:31:19,080
Speaker 2: you remember the conversation, Mark, did you have some thoughts?

1806
01:31:19,800 --> 01:31:25,240
Speaker 17: I remember the conversation, and I'm guessing that any broadcaster

1807
01:31:25,400 --> 01:31:30,040
Speaker 17: will choose his words or her words carefully, only bringing

1808
01:31:30,120 --> 01:31:34,320
Speaker 17: up maybe saying there were some allegations and he was

1809
01:31:34,439 --> 01:31:38,000
Speaker 17: cleared and we're glad he's back to at least try

1810
01:31:38,600 --> 01:31:42,160
Speaker 17: football again. I mean, it's a completely different idea, but

1811
01:31:42,360 --> 01:31:47,879
Speaker 17: you know, the movie with Robert Redford was completely different.

1812
01:31:47,880 --> 01:31:50,639
Speaker 17: But somebody who got taken away from the game for

1813
01:31:50,680 --> 01:31:54,840
Speaker 17: some other reason. Sure, and now he's back. It's it

1814
01:31:54,880 --> 01:31:57,519
Speaker 17: will be a great story if he's we'll be able

1815
01:31:57,600 --> 01:32:02,680
Speaker 17: to be successful. But for legal reasons, he got removed

1816
01:32:02,760 --> 01:32:06,679
Speaker 17: from the game, and it's it's unfortunate that they didn't

1817
01:32:06,880 --> 01:32:09,559
Speaker 17: weren't able to go fast and with the investigation, but

1818
01:32:09,600 --> 01:32:11,560
Speaker 17: I guess it took the time it was going to

1819
01:32:11,640 --> 01:32:14,599
Speaker 17: take to clear his name, to properly clear his name.

1820
01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:17,679
Speaker 17: But it's going to be very weird just to see

1821
01:32:17,720 --> 01:32:22,400
Speaker 17: how broadcasters choose their words of how they're going to

1822
01:32:22,479 --> 01:32:23,160
Speaker 17: introduce him.

1823
01:32:24,240 --> 01:32:27,160
Speaker 2: I could see something benign like that, where there aren't

1824
01:32:27,160 --> 01:32:32,080
Speaker 2: any specifics, and maybe they'll be under directive to do it.

1825
01:32:33,520 --> 01:32:36,360
Speaker 17: For various reasons because they'll have to inform the people

1826
01:32:36,400 --> 01:32:40,200
Speaker 17: who you know, they don't know, but everybody does know.

1827
01:32:40,280 --> 01:32:42,479
Speaker 17: So when you bring the guy's name up, but they go, well,

1828
01:32:42,479 --> 01:32:45,160
Speaker 17: who is this kicker? And people who don't know will

1829
01:32:45,160 --> 01:32:48,799
Speaker 17: start to you know, Google and check the social media

1830
01:32:48,840 --> 01:32:51,559
Speaker 17: for who he is and then they'll find out. But

1831
01:32:51,680 --> 01:32:54,920
Speaker 17: the announcers don't necessarily have to bring it up during

1832
01:32:54,920 --> 01:32:55,320
Speaker 17: the game.

1833
01:32:57,080 --> 01:32:59,519
Speaker 2: Fair enough, and it was a big enough story that

1834
01:32:59,520 --> 01:33:02,760
Speaker 2: a feature is done on HBO Real Sports. And this

1835
01:33:02,920 --> 01:33:05,840
Speaker 2: all came to light in August of twenty twenty two

1836
01:33:07,680 --> 01:33:11,280
Speaker 2: and the investigation ensued. It took about eleven months and

1837
01:33:11,320 --> 01:33:15,800
Speaker 2: I believe over eighty witnesses were called to testify. And

1838
01:33:16,000 --> 01:33:17,759
Speaker 2: there you have it. I mean, it's all over the internet.

1839
01:33:17,960 --> 01:33:22,639
Speaker 2: People can research it. Speaking of that, what's interesting enough

1840
01:33:23,280 --> 01:33:25,280
Speaker 2: because you bring up a good point, how Ironico to

1841
01:33:25,280 --> 01:33:28,439
Speaker 2: be the Chiefs who would do this? Even though just

1842
01:33:28,479 --> 01:33:33,200
Speaker 2: about every NFL team has had some issues, Chiefs are

1843
01:33:33,200 --> 01:33:37,000
Speaker 2: perhaps a little bit more high profile. They want a

1844
01:33:37,040 --> 01:33:40,200
Speaker 2: three peat in twenty twenty four. They've already said it.

1845
01:33:40,240 --> 01:33:42,760
Speaker 2: I mean they are all in. I believe they'll get

1846
01:33:42,840 --> 01:33:45,960
Speaker 2: Chris Jones back. There have been some damn good teams.

1847
01:33:46,040 --> 01:33:48,760
Speaker 2: We all thought my three peat. There are seven of

1848
01:33:48,840 --> 01:33:51,360
Speaker 2: them that had a chance. Let's take a quick look

1849
01:33:51,479 --> 01:33:55,639
Speaker 2: coming up, how those teams fared in their attempt to threepeat.

1850
01:33:55,680 --> 01:33:59,960
Speaker 2: And these were some very good football teams. I'm already faderwork.

1851
01:34:00,040 --> 01:34:01,800
Speaker 2: Come to your live from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio,

1852
01:34:01,840 --> 01:34:04,560
Speaker 2: Tireck dot Com studios. Keep it locked listening to the

1853
01:34:04,560 --> 01:34:07,840
Speaker 2: Bernie Fradle Show on Fox Sports Radio. All right, back

1854
01:34:07,880 --> 01:34:11,360
Speaker 2: at the Bernie Fradle Show, Fox Sports Radio. Come to

1855
01:34:11,360 --> 01:34:14,479
Speaker 2: you live from the Tyrek dot Com studios here in

1856
01:34:14,760 --> 01:34:19,320
Speaker 2: Las Vegas. The Kansas City Chiefs matter rise a discussion.

1857
01:34:19,560 --> 01:34:23,320
Speaker 2: Clearly if you look at their signing of this prolific

1858
01:34:23,320 --> 01:34:26,600
Speaker 2: punter from just an on the field player personnel standpoint,

1859
01:34:26,880 --> 01:34:30,599
Speaker 2: it's a winner. The Chiefs really do want to repeat.

1860
01:34:30,680 --> 01:34:33,519
Speaker 2: They are going to very much try for repeat. As

1861
01:34:33,560 --> 01:34:36,960
Speaker 2: long as Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes is there. They

1862
01:34:37,000 --> 01:34:39,919
Speaker 2: got a real shot. But history is not on their side.

1863
01:34:40,600 --> 01:34:43,080
Speaker 2: The previous eight times and the NFL team has won

1864
01:34:43,120 --> 01:34:47,280
Speaker 2: back to back Super Bowls, well, the defending champion never

1865
01:34:47,360 --> 01:34:51,240
Speaker 2: even made it back to the Super Bowl. And we're

1866
01:34:51,280 --> 01:34:53,519
Speaker 2: talking about some dan good teams. How about the first

1867
01:34:53,520 --> 01:34:56,720
Speaker 2: two Super Bowls? The Green Bay Packers, they smoked the

1868
01:34:56,800 --> 01:34:59,040
Speaker 2: Chiefs thirty five to ten, came back and beat the

1869
01:34:59,080 --> 01:35:02,160
Speaker 2: Raiders thirty three to four. Team but a funny thing happened.

1870
01:35:02,640 --> 01:35:05,120
Speaker 2: There was no such thing as three repeat. Then nobody

1871
01:35:05,120 --> 01:35:07,040
Speaker 2: ever heard of the word three repeat until pat Rally

1872
01:35:07,040 --> 01:35:09,880
Speaker 2: in nineteen eighty seven or eighty eight, whenever it was

1873
01:35:11,200 --> 01:35:13,920
Speaker 2: Vince Lombardi. Their legendary coach stepped down and headed to

1874
01:35:13,920 --> 01:35:17,240
Speaker 2: the front office, and the Packers' new coach was named

1875
01:35:17,240 --> 01:35:21,360
Speaker 2: Phil Benston. Green Bay. Well not so good. They were

1876
01:35:21,400 --> 01:35:24,519
Speaker 2: only six and seven. They weren't even five hundred and

1877
01:35:24,640 --> 01:35:27,920
Speaker 2: for whatever reason, it started the Packers on a slide

1878
01:35:27,880 --> 01:35:33,240
Speaker 2: and only made the playoffs three times in the next

1879
01:35:33,280 --> 01:35:35,800
Speaker 2: twenty five seasons. By the way, if you've forgotten who

1880
01:35:35,800 --> 01:35:38,120
Speaker 2: won Super Bowl three, it was the New York Jets

1881
01:35:38,160 --> 01:35:41,840
Speaker 2: beating the unbeatable Baltimore Colts. Hop off the great Remember

1882
01:35:41,880 --> 01:35:44,320
Speaker 2: the great seventy two Dolphins. They were seventeen and zero

1883
01:35:45,439 --> 01:35:48,599
Speaker 2: and they won the Super Bowl. And then they come

1884
01:35:48,600 --> 01:35:52,559
Speaker 2: back win Super Bowl the following year, beating the Minnesota Vikings.

1885
01:35:53,680 --> 01:35:56,559
Speaker 2: But the Dolphins when they were going for Super Bowl three,

1886
01:35:57,960 --> 01:36:00,760
Speaker 2: they are the third in a row, got eliminated in

1887
01:36:00,800 --> 01:36:04,840
Speaker 2: the first round by the legendary Oakland Raiders and the

1888
01:36:04,880 --> 01:36:08,719
Speaker 2: infamous Sea of Hands game. Google it it is worth

1889
01:36:08,760 --> 01:36:11,800
Speaker 2: the read it is worth the watch. I mean, Raiders

1890
01:36:11,840 --> 01:36:13,840
Speaker 2: have had games like the Ghost to the Post, you know,

1891
01:36:15,080 --> 01:36:18,040
Speaker 2: you know how about Franklin the Immaculate Reception, Franco Harris,

1892
01:36:18,280 --> 01:36:21,680
Speaker 2: the Sea of Hands game, and it's been shown a

1893
01:36:21,680 --> 01:36:25,280
Speaker 2: million times in the NFL network. That cost the Dolphins

1894
01:36:25,400 --> 01:36:27,599
Speaker 2: a chance to win three in a row. The great

1895
01:36:27,640 --> 01:36:32,720
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Steelers teams of the seventies were just unbeatable. They

1896
01:36:32,760 --> 01:36:37,120
Speaker 2: put you away. But the Raiders once again played spoilers.

1897
01:36:37,880 --> 01:36:41,160
Speaker 2: The Steelers went for a chance to the three peat.

1898
01:36:41,800 --> 01:36:44,599
Speaker 2: The Steelers had won in seventy five and seventy six,

1899
01:36:45,720 --> 01:36:49,160
Speaker 2: and then the Raiders smoked them twenty four to seven,

1900
01:36:49,200 --> 01:36:51,000
Speaker 2: and the at least of the Steelers got to the

1901
01:36:51,040 --> 01:36:54,840
Speaker 2: AFC Championship game. But they beat the Steelers badly twenty

1902
01:36:54,840 --> 01:36:57,800
Speaker 2: four to seven, and the Steelers checked that. The Raiders

1903
01:36:57,880 --> 01:36:59,880
Speaker 2: actually went on to win the Super Bowl Bowl eleven,

1904
01:36:59,840 --> 01:37:02,599
Speaker 2: the Vikings game played in the Rose Bowl. Steelers were

1905
01:37:02,640 --> 01:37:05,600
Speaker 2: back in nineteen eighty. They'd won in seventy nine, and

1906
01:37:05,600 --> 01:37:09,519
Speaker 2: they'd won in eighty but they went forward in eighty one. Well,

1907
01:37:09,880 --> 01:37:13,240
Speaker 2: their dynasty effective leanda. Pittsburgh finished nine to seven, didn't

1908
01:37:13,240 --> 01:37:16,519
Speaker 2: even make the playoffs. For the first time since nineteen

1909
01:37:16,560 --> 01:37:19,320
Speaker 2: seventy one. Pittsburgh did not reached the Super Bowl again

1910
01:37:19,400 --> 01:37:24,439
Speaker 2: until nineteen ninety six. The nineteen ninety San Francisco forty

1911
01:37:24,520 --> 01:37:28,639
Speaker 2: nine Ers absolutely looked unbeatable. They won their fourth title

1912
01:37:28,640 --> 01:37:33,080
Speaker 2: of the decade. They hammered Denver fifty five to ten

1913
01:37:33,800 --> 01:37:38,559
Speaker 2: John Elway, and the following season they came very close.

1914
01:37:40,880 --> 01:37:44,800
Speaker 2: The Niners actually reached the NFC Championship game against the

1915
01:37:44,800 --> 01:37:50,120
Speaker 2: New York Giants. Joe Montana got injured and they lost

1916
01:37:50,120 --> 01:37:53,080
Speaker 2: to late Fomo in the fourth quarter, which led to

1917
01:37:53,200 --> 01:37:56,280
Speaker 2: Matt Barr of the New York Giants kicking a field

1918
01:37:56,320 --> 01:37:59,680
Speaker 2: goal as time expired. The San Francisco forty nine Ers

1919
01:37:59,680 --> 01:38:02,960
Speaker 2: at nine ninety, remember in eighty nine they won, they

1920
01:38:02,960 --> 01:38:05,840
Speaker 2: beat the Bengals. In nineteen ninety they smoked Denver. They

1921
01:38:05,840 --> 01:38:08,320
Speaker 2: get to the NFC Championship game against New York Giants

1922
01:38:09,400 --> 01:38:11,840
Speaker 2: and they get beat in the end on a forty

1923
01:38:11,840 --> 01:38:14,519
Speaker 2: two yard field goal after Joe Montana got hurt and

1924
01:38:14,520 --> 01:38:17,760
Speaker 2: they lost to fumble late. What's the significance of that, Well,

1925
01:38:17,760 --> 01:38:21,040
Speaker 2: the Giants went on to play against the Buffalo Bills.

1926
01:38:21,160 --> 01:38:24,439
Speaker 2: That was the famous Scott Norwood missed field goal game,

1927
01:38:25,640 --> 01:38:29,000
Speaker 2: and that was the first and four losses for the

1928
01:38:29,040 --> 01:38:33,519
Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills. The fourth of four losses was actually in

1929
01:38:33,600 --> 01:38:38,599
Speaker 2: nineteen ninety four, Barry Switzer took over the Cowboys Jimmy Johnson.

1930
01:38:41,400 --> 01:38:44,240
Speaker 2: Let's put it this way. They were going for three

1931
01:38:44,320 --> 01:38:48,479
Speaker 2: in a row and they met their match. They ran

1932
01:38:48,520 --> 01:38:52,160
Speaker 2: into a very game forty nine Ers team who got

1933
01:38:52,200 --> 01:38:54,120
Speaker 2: them down twenty one to nothing in the first quarter.

1934
01:38:55,080 --> 01:38:59,400
Speaker 2: The Niners or Dallas had a ferocious comeback. They came

1935
01:38:59,439 --> 01:39:01,639
Speaker 2: up short thirty eight twenty eight. They turned the ball

1936
01:39:01,680 --> 01:39:05,840
Speaker 2: over five times in that game. Now, what's significant about

1937
01:39:05,920 --> 01:39:09,200
Speaker 2: nineteen ninety four That was the first year of the

1938
01:39:09,240 --> 01:39:14,400
Speaker 2: salary cap era, and since the salary cap era has

1939
01:39:14,439 --> 01:39:18,479
Speaker 2: been upon us in thirty years, there's only been two teams,

1940
01:39:18,840 --> 01:39:21,160
Speaker 2: two teams that actually won two in a row. Let's

1941
01:39:21,160 --> 01:39:24,439
Speaker 2: not forget John Elway. He put an exclamation point on

1942
01:39:24,439 --> 01:39:28,160
Speaker 2: his Hall of Fame career. He retired after winning back

1943
01:39:28,160 --> 01:39:31,000
Speaker 2: to back Super Bowls over the Packers in Atlanta, and

1944
01:39:31,080 --> 01:39:33,639
Speaker 2: Brian Greasy took over the Reins Denver lost his first

1945
01:39:33,680 --> 01:39:37,839
Speaker 2: four games. Terrell Davis got hurt towards acl The Broncos

1946
01:39:37,880 --> 01:39:41,679
Speaker 2: finished six to ten. Interestingly enough, with John Elway under

1947
01:39:41,680 --> 01:39:44,439
Speaker 2: the helm, they'd only lost ten games in total the

1948
01:39:44,439 --> 01:39:47,599
Speaker 2: three seasons before nineteen ninety nine. You have to wonder,

1949
01:39:48,160 --> 01:39:51,200
Speaker 2: I'm sure John Elway has had he not gone out

1950
01:39:51,200 --> 01:39:53,880
Speaker 2: on top like he did, might they have won three

1951
01:39:53,880 --> 01:39:56,160
Speaker 2: in a row. They might have. That was a really

1952
01:39:56,200 --> 01:39:58,679
Speaker 2: good team. It's you know, it's too bad Trail Davis

1953
01:39:58,680 --> 01:40:00,280
Speaker 2: got hurt. Once they got that running game, that was

1954
01:40:00,280 --> 01:40:03,920
Speaker 2: the missing link. Finally, it's been twenty years. The New

1955
01:40:03,960 --> 01:40:07,599
Speaker 2: England Patriots dynasty well started after the team won three

1956
01:40:07,600 --> 01:40:11,840
Speaker 2: Super Bowls and four seasons, including back to back in

1957
01:40:12,200 --> 01:40:16,080
Speaker 2: three to four. But the following season New England, they

1958
01:40:16,120 --> 01:40:19,320
Speaker 2: got to the Divisional round against the Broncos, but again

1959
01:40:20,080 --> 01:40:23,280
Speaker 2: turned the ball over five times. Imagine a Brady Belichick

1960
01:40:23,320 --> 01:40:27,200
Speaker 2: team turning the ball over five times, including Champ Bailey

1961
01:40:27,240 --> 01:40:31,240
Speaker 2: had a one hundred yard interception return. The Pats lose

1962
01:40:31,479 --> 01:40:36,120
Speaker 2: twenty seven to thirteen. It was the Broncos' first playoff

1963
01:40:36,120 --> 01:40:40,439
Speaker 2: win actually in what six seven years, and that started

1964
01:40:40,479 --> 01:40:43,720
Speaker 2: the Patriots decade long drought. So you're looking at some

1965
01:40:43,760 --> 01:40:46,800
Speaker 2: pretty good teams there, the Patriots, the Broncos, the Cowboys,

1966
01:40:46,840 --> 01:40:51,080
Speaker 2: the Niners who came ridiculously close. The Steelers twice were

1967
01:40:51,080 --> 01:40:54,200
Speaker 2: the only team that went back to back twice, The Dolphins,

1968
01:40:54,240 --> 01:40:56,599
Speaker 2: the legendary seventy two Dolphins, and the Green Bay Packers.

1969
01:40:56,880 --> 01:40:59,880
Speaker 2: None of them could do it. It ain't so easy

1970
01:41:00,280 --> 01:41:01,760
Speaker 2: and it's going to take a little luck. You hope

1971
01:41:01,800 --> 01:41:05,160
Speaker 2: they at least stay healthy, but we shall see. I

1972
01:41:05,160 --> 01:41:07,519
Speaker 2: think they've served notice by signing matter Ryzo. I'm not

1973
01:41:07,560 --> 01:41:09,880
Speaker 2: being funny there. That's how serious they are and want

1974
01:41:09,920 --> 01:41:12,799
Speaker 2: your special teams to be that good. Sign Chris Jones.

1975
01:41:12,960 --> 01:41:16,040
Speaker 2: Don't let him out coming up, Chris profests world of soccer,

1976
01:41:16,040 --> 01:41:17,960
Speaker 2: but first go back to our guy. Kevin figures with

1977
01:41:17,960 --> 01:41:18,960
Speaker 2: the Lakes all.

1978
01:41:18,920 --> 01:41:21,679
Speaker 9: Right, And in the NBA Friday Night, Gianisin Totakounmpo led

1979
01:41:21,720 --> 01:41:23,479
Speaker 9: the Bucks to a one to twelve to one oh

1980
01:41:23,520 --> 01:41:26,800
Speaker 9: seven victory over the Timberwolves. The Greek freak thirty three

1981
01:41:26,840 --> 01:41:30,799
Speaker 9: points and thirteen rebounds, snapping Minnesota's four game winning streak.

1982
01:41:31,000 --> 01:41:33,240
Speaker 9: The Lakers guy Lebron James back into the lineup, and

1983
01:41:33,280 --> 01:41:35,960
Speaker 9: he scored thirty points with nine assists to leave them

1984
01:41:36,000 --> 01:41:38,200
Speaker 9: to a one twenty three to one eighteen win over

1985
01:41:38,240 --> 01:41:41,880
Speaker 9: the Spurs. Twenty nine points fifteen rebounds fourteen assists for

1986
01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:45,800
Speaker 9: Nicola Jokic as the Nuggets defeated Portland, Oklahoma City, handed

1987
01:41:45,920 --> 01:41:47,000
Speaker 9: Washington their tenth.

1988
01:41:46,840 --> 01:41:49,240
Speaker 8: Straight loss, one forty seven to one oh six.

1989
01:41:49,320 --> 01:41:52,240
Speaker 9: To final there, Golden State defeated Charlotte ninety seven to

1990
01:41:52,280 --> 01:41:55,360
Speaker 9: eighty four for their eighth win in their last nine games.

1991
01:41:55,479 --> 01:41:58,080
Speaker 9: They also gave Steve Curry a two year contract extension.

1992
01:41:58,120 --> 01:42:00,080
Speaker 9: Prior to the game, it was the Clippers one I

1993
01:42:00,080 --> 01:42:02,639
Speaker 9: won in Memphis ninety five Philadelphia a one oh four

1994
01:42:02,760 --> 01:42:05,720
Speaker 9: to ninety seven victory over Cleveland, Houston and Miami with

1995
01:42:05,760 --> 01:42:08,799
Speaker 9: wins as well in college basketball in Nevada is twenty

1996
01:42:08,800 --> 01:42:11,360
Speaker 9: two and six after picking up an eighty four to

1997
01:42:11,400 --> 01:42:13,800
Speaker 9: sixty three victory over San Jose State.

1998
01:42:14,240 --> 01:42:15,200
Speaker 8: Back to Bernie Frida.

1999
01:42:15,520 --> 01:42:19,120
Speaker 2: All right, thanks Kevin, So we are getting closer to

2000
01:42:19,320 --> 01:42:22,000
Speaker 2: soccer returning to the field. It actually did Friday night

2001
01:42:22,680 --> 01:42:25,880
Speaker 2: as USA women played Argentina. Were five months from the

2002
01:42:25,920 --> 01:42:30,680
Speaker 2: Paris Olympics. More messy, more MLS, more World Cup, or

2003
01:42:30,680 --> 01:42:34,880
Speaker 2: more play on the world stage. But irrespective whether it's

2004
01:42:34,880 --> 01:42:37,400
Speaker 2: in season or off season, off the field or on

2005
01:42:37,439 --> 01:42:39,680
Speaker 2: the field, there's always plenty of news. That's what we

2006
01:42:39,760 --> 01:42:42,599
Speaker 2: bring you at this time every week Chris Purfetz World

2007
01:42:42,600 --> 01:42:54,600
Speaker 2: of Soccer, the Greatest Schools, the Thrilling finishes, the international

2008
01:42:54,680 --> 01:42:58,519
Speaker 2: drama tito I.

2009
01:43:00,320 --> 01:43:03,759
Speaker 1: It's all here in this report from the world of Soccer.

2010
01:43:03,960 --> 01:43:06,800
Speaker 18: Well Bernie, The MLS is back, kicking off here this

2011
01:43:07,000 --> 01:43:12,000
Speaker 18: past Wednesday, inter Miami and Real Salt Lake taking on

2012
01:43:12,360 --> 01:43:14,919
Speaker 18: what is the start of the twenty twenty four season

2013
01:43:15,320 --> 01:43:18,479
Speaker 18: for a league still hoping to make inroads in the

2014
01:43:18,520 --> 01:43:21,840
Speaker 18: American sports landscape, and there's a lot to be said

2015
01:43:21,880 --> 01:43:25,839
Speaker 18: about the questions of can they actually do it? Rewind

2016
01:43:25,840 --> 01:43:29,599
Speaker 18: about a year when MLS brought over Leonel Messi mid season,

2017
01:43:29,720 --> 01:43:32,360
Speaker 18: the biggest star on the planet, with hopes that he

2018
01:43:32,400 --> 01:43:34,160
Speaker 18: would be the one to really put a.

2019
01:43:34,120 --> 01:43:35,360
Speaker 8: Spark to things.

2020
01:43:35,720 --> 01:43:38,960
Speaker 18: Well, MLS being what it was, was not really the

2021
01:43:39,000 --> 01:43:42,320
Speaker 18: one that really smacked into the radar, and indeed Inter

2022
01:43:42,439 --> 01:43:44,040
Speaker 18: Miami fell short.

2023
01:43:43,800 --> 01:43:44,480
Speaker 8: Of the playoffs.

2024
01:43:44,479 --> 01:43:47,400
Speaker 18: They were in a very bad spot before Leonel Messi

2025
01:43:47,439 --> 01:43:50,400
Speaker 18: could play, and Leonel Messi missed time himself, and it

2026
01:43:50,520 --> 01:43:53,519
Speaker 18: ended up with their biggest star their biggest gamble, a

2027
01:43:53,560 --> 01:43:56,960
Speaker 18: gamble the league itself took that. The league itself helped

2028
01:43:57,080 --> 01:44:01,680
Speaker 18: Enter Miami to land Leonel Messi. Their playoffs were bereft

2029
01:44:01,880 --> 01:44:05,000
Speaker 18: without it, and interest dulled and wane. Even when Leonel

2030
01:44:05,040 --> 01:44:08,120
Speaker 18: Messi was here, interest seemed to be dulling and waning.

2031
01:44:08,400 --> 01:44:11,640
Speaker 18: And the question is can MLS keep this up. It

2032
01:44:11,720 --> 01:44:14,280
Speaker 18: is the second year of Leonel Messi. You don't know

2033
01:44:14,320 --> 01:44:16,400
Speaker 18: how many more you're going to really get with him

2034
01:44:16,720 --> 01:44:18,799
Speaker 18: at the end of the day. And the whole point

2035
01:44:18,880 --> 01:44:22,160
Speaker 18: of Leonel Messi was to bring prestige and eyeballs and

2036
01:44:22,200 --> 01:44:25,880
Speaker 18: attention to the North American League that they could be

2037
01:44:26,000 --> 01:44:29,000
Speaker 18: up there and they could hang tough with with any

2038
01:44:29,040 --> 01:44:30,880
Speaker 18: of the top leagues in the world, maybe not the

2039
01:44:30,880 --> 01:44:33,479
Speaker 18: top five of UEFA, but that they would at least

2040
01:44:33,479 --> 01:44:37,000
Speaker 18: be able to earn respect. This is a destination, not

2041
01:44:37,160 --> 01:44:40,439
Speaker 18: a retirement league, not a place guys come to at

2042
01:44:40,479 --> 01:44:44,240
Speaker 18: the end of their careers. Has it worked We're about

2043
01:44:44,240 --> 01:44:47,240
Speaker 18: to find out this year. Now the deal continues with

2044
01:44:47,320 --> 01:44:50,880
Speaker 18: Apple TV with the MLS season past, where we get

2045
01:44:50,880 --> 01:44:53,479
Speaker 18: to see a lot of these matches, but more and

2046
01:44:53,560 --> 01:44:55,920
Speaker 18: more it becomes an insular thing. We got news that

2047
01:44:55,960 --> 01:44:59,080
Speaker 18: Tea Mobile, which hands out free MLS season pass usually

2048
01:44:59,120 --> 01:45:01,280
Speaker 18: in the past year, decided that they will not be

2049
01:45:01,439 --> 01:45:04,559
Speaker 18: doing it this year. The MLS Season Pass continues to

2050
01:45:04,600 --> 01:45:08,560
Speaker 18: be more and more exclusive and less about bringing access

2051
01:45:08,720 --> 01:45:11,760
Speaker 18: and eyeballs to this game, even as the terrestrial footprint

2052
01:45:12,000 --> 01:45:17,160
Speaker 18: of MLS continues to retreat further and further off broadcast television.

2053
01:45:17,520 --> 01:45:20,040
Speaker 18: It is still fairly cheap for the season, about ninety

2054
01:45:20,080 --> 01:45:22,679
Speaker 18: nine dollars for the season, or about fifteen dollars a month.

2055
01:45:23,000 --> 01:45:26,799
Speaker 18: But it continues to be the baffling issue of streaming

2056
01:45:26,840 --> 01:45:29,519
Speaker 18: in an age where yes, people do like streaming, but

2057
01:45:30,040 --> 01:45:33,920
Speaker 18: does streaming actually help you with the access to a sport.

2058
01:45:34,520 --> 01:45:36,800
Speaker 18: At the same time, MLS is grappling with the fact

2059
01:45:36,840 --> 01:45:38,920
Speaker 18: that Lionel Messi is the star they are trying to

2060
01:45:38,960 --> 01:45:42,439
Speaker 18: sell to the detriment of everything else, and it really shows.

2061
01:45:42,760 --> 01:45:47,200
Speaker 18: We discussed previously Bernie the incident with MLS and the

2062
01:45:48,240 --> 01:45:50,519
Speaker 18: New York Red Bulls about whether or not they be

2063
01:45:50,560 --> 01:45:53,640
Speaker 18: able to offer home tickets and rescinding those in a

2064
01:45:53,680 --> 01:45:57,840
Speaker 18: particular deal before the season's kicked off that it could

2065
01:45:57,880 --> 01:46:02,200
Speaker 18: not include any match with inter Miami. Indeed, inter Miami

2066
01:46:02,280 --> 01:46:05,120
Speaker 18: has become known as basically the home of Lionel Messi

2067
01:46:05,160 --> 01:46:08,679
Speaker 18: and the one everyone wants to see. Over in China

2068
01:46:08,720 --> 01:46:12,639
Speaker 18: and Hong Kong, inter Miami friendlies ended up causing almost

2069
01:46:12,680 --> 01:46:16,439
Speaker 18: an international row when Lionel Messi and many the other

2070
01:46:16,479 --> 01:46:21,120
Speaker 18: stars simply didn't play in the friendlies. Seemingly in retaliation,

2071
01:46:21,280 --> 01:46:24,840
Speaker 18: the Beijing Soccer Association said that they were going to

2072
01:46:25,000 --> 01:46:29,000
Speaker 18: cancel the matches that Argentina had planned against the Ivory

2073
01:46:29,520 --> 01:46:33,080
Speaker 18: Coast as a friendly in China. Those have been rescheduled

2074
01:46:33,120 --> 01:46:35,720
Speaker 18: here to be played in the United States, but it

2075
01:46:35,800 --> 01:46:40,080
Speaker 18: had far reaching implications in that, hey, you're selling yourself

2076
01:46:40,080 --> 01:46:43,519
Speaker 18: on Leonel Messi here nothing else, which means that the

2077
01:46:43,560 --> 01:46:46,519
Speaker 18: health of this season for MLS is going to hinge

2078
01:46:46,520 --> 01:46:50,439
Speaker 18: solely upon Leonel Messi. Will he stay healthy, will he

2079
01:46:50,520 --> 01:46:53,720
Speaker 18: be able to break records. A big reason why we

2080
01:46:53,840 --> 01:46:57,040
Speaker 18: still talk about Christiano Ronaldo and a big reason why

2081
01:46:57,080 --> 01:46:59,400
Speaker 18: we are talking about the Saudi Pro League and they

2082
01:46:59,439 --> 01:47:03,160
Speaker 18: continue to get at eyeballs is because Christiano Ronaldo and

2083
01:47:03,240 --> 01:47:05,559
Speaker 18: to a degree the other stars, whenever they're like Neymar

2084
01:47:05,600 --> 01:47:09,479
Speaker 18: and Creem Benzema, are still putting up some very impressive play,

2085
01:47:09,640 --> 01:47:12,880
Speaker 18: especially on the part of Ronaldo. Ronaldo I feel like

2086
01:47:13,000 --> 01:47:15,759
Speaker 18: has actually been able to make the Saudi Pro League

2087
01:47:16,280 --> 01:47:21,080
Speaker 18: more respectable than MLS right now, and that's a tough

2088
01:47:21,120 --> 01:47:23,439
Speaker 18: thing to say, considering that the Saudi Pro League was

2089
01:47:23,479 --> 01:47:27,120
Speaker 18: coming from even further behind than the MLS. But it

2090
01:47:27,240 --> 01:47:30,919
Speaker 18: begs every question onto that this league has staked everything

2091
01:47:30,960 --> 01:47:35,040
Speaker 18: on Lionel Messi being It's Jordan being its superstar. But

2092
01:47:35,160 --> 01:47:39,240
Speaker 18: can it actually happen. You can't just have one star

2093
01:47:39,400 --> 01:47:41,639
Speaker 18: really at the end of the day. And it's coming

2094
01:47:41,720 --> 01:47:43,439
Speaker 18: up the double problem that you have to convince the

2095
01:47:43,479 --> 01:47:48,760
Speaker 18: people in this country in America that soccer is worth watching,

2096
01:47:49,280 --> 01:47:52,679
Speaker 18: even in a season, that it's worth watching over something

2097
01:47:52,720 --> 01:47:56,599
Speaker 18: like baseball or basketball or hockey or hell, even other

2098
01:47:56,720 --> 01:47:59,519
Speaker 18: soccer leagues like the Premier League. Because you're trying to

2099
01:47:59,520 --> 01:48:02,360
Speaker 18: say that this stuff here local in North America, that

2100
01:48:02,439 --> 01:48:04,519
Speaker 18: you should be watching this instead of what's over in

2101
01:48:04,560 --> 01:48:09,439
Speaker 18: England and very very accessible through NBC and USA, that

2102
01:48:09,520 --> 01:48:12,600
Speaker 18: you want to go out to see these And unfortunately,

2103
01:48:12,640 --> 01:48:15,759
Speaker 18: because of the access to Lionel Messi and the fury

2104
01:48:15,800 --> 01:48:17,880
Speaker 18: around of Lionel Messi, it does have the knock on

2105
01:48:17,920 --> 01:48:20,040
Speaker 18: effect that trying to get in to see the guy

2106
01:48:20,080 --> 01:48:22,439
Speaker 18: who has inspired you to Lionel Messi means you're going

2107
01:48:22,520 --> 01:48:25,200
Speaker 18: to pay paying like, I don't know, seven hundred dollars

2108
01:48:25,479 --> 01:48:29,479
Speaker 18: for a ticket. Inter Miami has a massively high ceiling

2109
01:48:29,600 --> 01:48:32,719
Speaker 18: this year. They have the talent, they have the player.

2110
01:48:33,280 --> 01:48:36,920
Speaker 18: The problem is those players are old. Luis Suarez is

2111
01:48:36,920 --> 01:48:40,360
Speaker 18: on here, he's thirty seven, Lionel Messi's thirty six, Sergio

2112
01:48:40,400 --> 01:48:44,160
Speaker 18: Busquets thirty five, Jordi Alba thirty four.

2113
01:48:44,880 --> 01:48:47,160
Speaker 8: Somehow inter Miami needs to take a bunch of.

2114
01:48:47,080 --> 01:48:49,519
Speaker 18: Guys in their upper thirties and figure out how to

2115
01:48:49,560 --> 01:48:52,160
Speaker 18: dominate the rest of the league, because I think that's

2116
01:48:52,200 --> 01:48:54,919
Speaker 18: the only way MLS is going to get the eyeballs

2117
01:48:54,920 --> 01:48:58,160
Speaker 18: if you are getting Lionel Messi and Inter Miami highlights

2118
01:48:58,439 --> 01:49:02,080
Speaker 18: night after night after And if this sounds one note,

2119
01:49:02,080 --> 01:49:05,320
Speaker 18: and this sounds even disrespectful to the rest of the MLS,

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Speaker 18: I'm sorry, but this is also what top down MLS

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01:49:08,880 --> 01:49:11,800
Speaker 18: has wanted. Don Garber has made comments and says that

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Speaker 18: they should pay attention to the rest MLS. I agree,

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Speaker 18: But the problem is the rest of the MLS has

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Speaker 18: been mired in scandal.

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Speaker 2: Right now.

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Speaker 18: We have started this season with a referee lockout in

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Speaker 18: the MLS. There are replacement refs out here, and there's

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01:49:25,560 --> 01:49:29,160
Speaker 18: already tensions brewing on that front. Bruce Arena was cleared

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01:49:29,160 --> 01:49:31,400
Speaker 18: to return to the MLS, but we still don't know

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01:49:31,520 --> 01:49:36,160
Speaker 18: exactly what exactly happened between him and the New England Revolution.

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Speaker 18: We have this incredible scandal involving Merrett Paulson, now the

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Speaker 18: former CEO of the Portland Timbers and now the former

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Speaker 18: owner of the Portland Thorns of the NWSL, the National

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Speaker 18: Women's Soccer League, involving a coach from the Thorns, Paul Riley,

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Speaker 18: and an abuse scandal that's shocked North American women's soccer

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Speaker 18: that we now have a guy stepping down from leading

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01:50:01,280 --> 01:50:05,719
Speaker 18: another MLS team as well, there's been misuse of funds

2138
01:50:05,760 --> 01:50:11,240
Speaker 18: already in San Diego's attempt to make an MLS team.

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01:50:11,520 --> 01:50:14,519
Speaker 18: If this is the attention MLS once, then hey, you

2140
01:50:14,560 --> 01:50:17,080
Speaker 18: can have it. Leonel Messi might cover up a lot

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Speaker 18: of things, and at the end of the day, I

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01:50:18,920 --> 01:50:22,160
Speaker 18: think most people, most casual sports fans out there, are

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01:50:22,240 --> 01:50:25,080
Speaker 18: only going to care if it is about Leonel Messi,

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01:50:25,400 --> 01:50:28,040
Speaker 18: and that's kind of the problem of the Leonel Messi circus.

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Speaker 18: I don't think this has been set up for a

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01:50:30,360 --> 01:50:33,439
Speaker 18: lot of long term growth for the MLS, and quite frankly,

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01:50:33,520 --> 01:50:35,880
Speaker 18: even in the short term, how much are you really

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01:50:35,960 --> 01:50:37,439
Speaker 18: hearing at all.

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Speaker 8: About the Leonel Messi circus.

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Speaker 18: How much has it actually permeated our sports culture here

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01:50:43,479 --> 01:50:44,360
Speaker 18: in North America?

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01:50:45,160 --> 01:50:45,719
Speaker 8: How much?

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01:50:46,520 --> 01:50:49,680
Speaker 18: And that's my worry for this season that the messimania

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01:50:50,040 --> 01:50:53,360
Speaker 18: might have already worn off for MLS. What are you

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01:50:53,479 --> 01:50:56,559
Speaker 18: left with after that? Something to think on, Bernie. MLS

2156
01:50:56,640 --> 01:50:58,360
Speaker 18: is here. I wish I could be a lot more

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01:50:58,360 --> 01:51:01,799
Speaker 18: positive about it. It is a league. I enjoyed watching

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01:51:01,800 --> 01:51:03,760
Speaker 18: a lot of the teams in it. But we'll see

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01:51:03,760 --> 01:51:05,479
Speaker 18: you next time here on the World of Soccer.

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Speaker 2: And there you have it. News on the field, news

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01:51:10,240 --> 01:51:14,920
Speaker 2: off the field. This season is just starting again MLS.

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01:51:15,520 --> 01:51:19,360
Speaker 2: The US women's team played Argentina. You know, the Messy

2163
01:51:19,520 --> 01:51:22,800
Speaker 2: story is one to watch because his impact last year

2164
01:51:23,640 --> 01:51:29,400
Speaker 2: was remarkable. He truly was, especially coming off the World Cup,

2165
01:51:29,400 --> 01:51:31,400
Speaker 2: which was played to remember, at an odd schedule, was

2166
01:51:31,400 --> 01:51:34,960
Speaker 2: played with the holidays in twenty twenty two, and the

2167
01:51:35,439 --> 01:51:38,240
Speaker 2: guys of the world were on Lionel Messi. Could he

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01:51:38,360 --> 01:51:41,200
Speaker 2: cap off what was his stellar career by winning the

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01:51:41,200 --> 01:51:46,439
Speaker 2: World Cup. He was either him or Mboppi by doing it,

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Speaker 2: and I think enabled him to realize he could move

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01:51:49,479 --> 01:51:51,960
Speaker 2: on to do other things and coming to the US

2172
01:51:51,600 --> 01:51:57,479
Speaker 2: was a big step. So world of soccer. You know,

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01:51:57,720 --> 01:52:00,760
Speaker 2: it's one of those situations where, if you think about it,

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01:52:03,360 --> 01:52:07,120
Speaker 2: soccer has become such a popular sport. And we started

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01:52:07,120 --> 01:52:10,880
Speaker 2: doing this right before the Men's World Cup in twenty

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01:52:10,920 --> 01:52:13,559
Speaker 2: twenty two. And now what we find is the more

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01:52:13,760 --> 01:52:16,439
Speaker 2: you hear the same names, the more you hear the

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01:52:16,479 --> 01:52:19,559
Speaker 2: same teams, they have the same kind of controversy, they

2179
01:52:19,560 --> 01:52:21,880
Speaker 2: have the same kind of turmoil, they have the same

2180
01:52:21,960 --> 01:52:24,120
Speaker 2: kind of on and off the field highjinks that we

2181
01:52:24,200 --> 01:52:26,840
Speaker 2: have in all of our American sports. So it is

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01:52:26,880 --> 01:52:30,760
Speaker 2: becoming more mainstream. The numbers show that coming up. We

2183
01:52:30,800 --> 01:52:35,280
Speaker 2: wrap up the show and someone under the radar, a

2184
01:52:35,560 --> 01:52:41,880
Speaker 2: very famous person passed away this past week. Trust me

2185
01:52:42,040 --> 01:52:44,880
Speaker 2: when I invoke what he is famous for, you know

2186
01:52:45,000 --> 01:52:48,599
Speaker 2: exactly what I'm talking about. I'm Bernie Fraddle or coming

2187
01:52:48,600 --> 01:52:50,800
Speaker 2: to you live from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio

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01:52:50,880 --> 01:52:53,960
Speaker 2: Tireck dot Com studios. Keep it locked. You're listening to

2189
01:52:54,000 --> 01:52:57,519
Speaker 2: the Bernie Fraddle Show on Fox Sports Radio. All right,

2190
01:52:57,560 --> 01:53:00,479
Speaker 2: we are wrapping it up on the Bernie Fraddle Show,

2191
01:53:01,439 --> 01:53:03,639
Speaker 2: come to you live from the Tarak dot Com studios

2192
01:53:03,680 --> 01:53:07,200
Speaker 2: here in Las Vegas. Before to go any Further, I

2193
01:53:07,280 --> 01:53:10,120
Speaker 2: want to thank my broadcast team. Been with me since

2194
01:53:10,160 --> 01:53:14,960
Speaker 2: eleven pm Pacific on Saturday night, or check that Friday night,

2195
01:53:16,760 --> 01:53:20,519
Speaker 2: I would be back on these airwaves here and well,

2196
01:53:20,600 --> 01:53:23,599
Speaker 2: gosh about ten hours or so less than that nine

2197
01:53:23,640 --> 01:53:27,880
Speaker 2: hours and eleven minutes, Kevin Figures, thanks so much for

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01:53:27,920 --> 01:53:29,760
Speaker 2: your efforts tonight. By the way, Kevin, for I let

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01:53:29,840 --> 01:53:33,640
Speaker 2: you run. Do you like pop tarts? Oh?

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01:53:33,760 --> 01:53:36,040
Speaker 9: I used to eat pop tarts on the daily when

2201
01:53:36,080 --> 01:53:38,360
Speaker 9: I was a child at the Brown Sugar.

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01:53:38,880 --> 01:53:40,680
Speaker 2: Oh, in the microwave.

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01:53:40,840 --> 01:53:42,960
Speaker 9: Yes, I can take down in the tire box of those,

2204
01:53:42,960 --> 01:53:45,400
Speaker 9: which is probably why I was an obese child.

2205
01:53:45,479 --> 01:53:48,200
Speaker 2: So man, oh my god, you have no idea? How

2206
01:53:48,240 --> 01:53:51,200
Speaker 2: well you just set me up there? Nicely done. Stay

2207
01:53:51,240 --> 01:53:53,200
Speaker 2: on the line, my man. You know you know you

2208
01:53:53,320 --> 01:53:58,160
Speaker 2: go on here? What I say next? All right, Mark Ramsey?

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01:53:58,160 --> 01:53:59,040
Speaker 2: Do you like pop tarts?

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01:54:00,160 --> 01:54:01,639
Speaker 8: Love the strawberry ones?

2211
01:54:02,320 --> 01:54:04,599
Speaker 2: So you love? I mean you like him? Okay, yeah, okay,

2212
01:54:05,000 --> 01:54:09,360
Speaker 2: all good, All good, Ian Roddy, I'm guessing we're going

2213
01:54:09,439 --> 01:54:11,200
Speaker 2: to go three for three. Do you like pop tarts?

2214
01:54:11,520 --> 01:54:11,720
Speaker 8: Yeah?

2215
01:54:11,760 --> 01:54:13,679
Speaker 16: It's unanimous, Bernie, I love pop tarts.

2216
01:54:13,880 --> 01:54:17,320
Speaker 2: So first of all, there's my crew. Ian Roddy Kevin Figures,

2217
01:54:17,360 --> 01:54:20,040
Speaker 2: Mark Ramsey, thanks so much for all your efforts teamwork.

2218
01:54:20,560 --> 01:54:24,280
Speaker 2: Been with me since eleven pm Friday night, turning all

2219
01:54:24,280 --> 01:54:26,320
Speaker 2: the dials, keeping us, keeping us glued together. A good

2220
01:54:26,320 --> 01:54:30,200
Speaker 2: conversation too, as well as the Brownie James situation and

2221
01:54:30,280 --> 01:54:33,720
Speaker 2: the appropriateness should he play with his dad next year?

2222
01:54:34,480 --> 01:54:36,080
Speaker 2: You have to go back and listen to the podcast.

2223
01:54:36,200 --> 01:54:39,200
Speaker 2: We covered a lot of good angles so sad news

2224
01:54:39,240 --> 01:54:41,560
Speaker 2: this past week, and it was a fellow Michion Gander,

2225
01:54:41,840 --> 01:54:46,000
Speaker 2: a gentleman by the name of Bill Post passed away. Well,

2226
01:54:46,040 --> 01:54:50,280
Speaker 2: what's the notoriety of Bill Post? He is the inventor

2227
01:54:50,480 --> 01:54:55,120
Speaker 2: of the aforementioned pop tart he passed away. He invented

2228
01:54:55,160 --> 01:54:59,520
Speaker 2: the pop tart in nineteen sixty three. Now, back in

2229
01:54:59,600 --> 01:55:06,320
Speaker 2: nineteen sixty three there were only four flavors. Now there

2230
01:55:06,320 --> 01:55:11,080
Speaker 2: are thirty flavors. Here's one thing interesting, A little factoid

2231
01:55:11,120 --> 01:55:15,040
Speaker 2: about Bill Post and the pop tart. He didn't want

2232
01:55:15,040 --> 01:55:19,440
Speaker 2: it to be called the pop tart. He was convinced

2233
01:55:19,480 --> 01:55:23,520
Speaker 2: they should be called the fruity scone. But he got

2234
01:55:23,640 --> 01:55:27,760
Speaker 2: voted down. So there is that. I gotta think, guys,

2235
01:55:27,800 --> 01:55:31,320
Speaker 2: fruity scone might not have played as well. As pop tart.

2236
01:55:31,400 --> 01:55:34,880
Speaker 2: Now think about what Kevin figures. You said, I need

2237
01:55:34,920 --> 01:55:37,440
Speaker 2: to figure out, we need we need to do some research.

2238
01:55:38,520 --> 01:55:41,840
Speaker 2: Bill Post invented the pop tart. Who decided how the

2239
01:55:41,840 --> 01:55:47,200
Speaker 2: pop tart should be packaged. I will explain it's ingenious.

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Speaker 2: Pop tarts come in a box with six, there are ten.

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01:55:53,960 --> 01:55:57,160
Speaker 2: There are ten foil wrapped in pairs, so there's three

2242
01:55:57,160 --> 01:56:03,520
Speaker 2: pairs of two, hence six. Well, I was actually an

2243
01:56:03,560 --> 01:56:06,040
Speaker 2: athlete back in the day, and in my eating habits

2244
01:56:06,080 --> 01:56:08,520
Speaker 2: were only so great. I would love to get a

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01:56:08,560 --> 01:56:10,960
Speaker 2: box of pop tarts and I'd say to myself, oh man,

2246
01:56:10,960 --> 01:56:14,800
Speaker 2: I'm a couple of pop tarts. Crushed the first two

2247
01:56:15,200 --> 01:56:18,880
Speaker 2: and he said that just didn't quite do it. I

2248
01:56:18,960 --> 01:56:22,760
Speaker 2: have one more. And then you you crush that third one,

2249
01:56:22,800 --> 01:56:26,320
Speaker 2: and you say, wait a minute, now, you can't just

2250
01:56:26,400 --> 01:56:31,120
Speaker 2: leave one in the exposed into tenfoil. You'll get stale.

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01:56:32,000 --> 01:56:34,880
Speaker 2: So you crushed the fourth one. Now I had looking

2252
01:56:34,920 --> 01:56:40,120
Speaker 2: at the box. You say to yourself, okay, I'm not

2253
01:56:40,160 --> 01:56:43,760
Speaker 2: gonna just want two. See you finish it off, and

2254
01:56:43,880 --> 01:56:47,320
Speaker 2: you have five and six. Did it many times because

2255
01:56:47,360 --> 01:56:49,400
Speaker 2: of the way it was packaged. I'm convinced if it

2256
01:56:49,440 --> 01:56:52,600
Speaker 2: wasn't package that way, I would have been tempted, but

2257
01:56:52,720 --> 01:56:54,960
Speaker 2: I was. I don't regret it, And so Kevin and

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01:56:55,000 --> 01:56:57,480
Speaker 2: I are as Yogi Bert would say, we have different

2259
01:56:57,480 --> 01:56:59,400
Speaker 2: similarities if you'd both like to crush a box of

2260
01:56:59,440 --> 01:57:01,960
Speaker 2: pop tarts and I'm blaming it or giving a credit

2261
01:57:02,040 --> 01:57:04,680
Speaker 2: to the guy who decided the package of the pop

2262
01:57:04,720 --> 01:57:09,520
Speaker 2: tarts should be six with three pairs of two neatly

2263
01:57:09,560 --> 01:57:12,880
Speaker 2: wrapped tinfoil. And yeah, you can't go wrong with the

2264
01:57:13,680 --> 01:57:18,360
Speaker 2: brown sugar, Oh two good strawberry. They're all good. They're

2265
01:57:18,400 --> 01:57:20,760
Speaker 2: all good. They even have the non frosty ones. Hell

2266
01:57:21,000 --> 01:57:23,800
Speaker 2: those are good too. The knockoff pop Tarts they're okay.

2267
01:57:24,480 --> 01:57:30,840
Speaker 2: But homage to bill Posts who passed away. I think

2268
01:57:30,880 --> 01:57:32,880
Speaker 2: he was like ninety five years old too, So maybe

2269
01:57:33,520 --> 01:57:37,520
Speaker 2: maybe eating pop tarts linkedins your life. So we'll be

2270
01:57:37,600 --> 01:57:41,640
Speaker 2: back on these airwaves Saturday night, eleven PM Pacific. Got

2271
01:57:41,640 --> 01:57:44,000
Speaker 2: an absolute jam packed show. We're only three weeks from

2272
01:57:44,040 --> 01:57:46,800
Speaker 2: selection Sunday. It might not feel like it, but we're

2273
01:57:46,800 --> 01:57:50,640
Speaker 2: gonna bring in the legend Alan Boston from Boston to

2274
01:57:50,760 --> 01:57:52,200
Speaker 2: join and join right at the top of the hour.

2275
01:57:52,200 --> 01:57:55,080
Speaker 2: We're taw college basketball have four great matchups tomorrow, including

2276
01:57:55,120 --> 01:57:57,720
Speaker 2: Houston Baylor, which would be a doozy of course. Martin

2277
01:57:57,760 --> 01:58:01,200
Speaker 2: Medina will join us at midnight for a little Midnight

2278
01:58:01,320 --> 01:58:04,360
Speaker 2: Mendina Magic. Lots of stuff happening in the NBA, more

2279
01:58:04,400 --> 01:58:07,600
Speaker 2: storylines now than ever as we dive into the stretch

2280
01:58:07,680 --> 01:58:11,240
Speaker 2: run before the playoffs. VJ. Husky will join us for

2281
01:58:11,240 --> 01:58:14,080
Speaker 2: another edition of the Uncle Vj's Corner. Plus we're gonna

2282
01:58:14,080 --> 01:58:17,040
Speaker 2: get into the Major League Baseball Spring training show. Hey,

2283
01:58:17,080 --> 01:58:19,760
Speaker 2: what to watch this year that you see if checked

2284
01:58:19,760 --> 01:58:22,480
Speaker 2: at the new college football playoff format? Your thoughts, the

2285
01:58:22,520 --> 01:58:25,040
Speaker 2: five and the five plus seven? And hey, who can

2286
01:58:25,120 --> 01:58:28,920
Speaker 2: forget brand new editions of what kind of brand new

2287
01:58:28,960 --> 01:58:33,640
Speaker 2: fool of you? And what my Name So? Back on

2288
01:58:33,680 --> 01:58:37,160
Speaker 2: these airwaves tonight, eleven pm, P seven. Keep it up

2289
01:58:37,320 --> 01:58:39,720
Speaker 2: or keep it locked? Right here? Up next The Fellas