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<v Speaker 2>Welcome in What's Right with Nick Right? Episode two twenty six.

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<v Speaker 2>What a night of college hoops last night? All the

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<v Speaker 2>women's side of things we have. I'm the great statistician

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<v Speaker 2>from First Things First. Dusty is about to text me

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<v Speaker 2>the exact number. But there is a chance that both

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<v Speaker 2>the men's and the women's all time single tournament scoring

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<v Speaker 2>record goes down in this tournament. Zach Edy for Purdue,

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<v Speaker 2>fresh off his forty point performance, has scored one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and twenty points through four tournament games. The all time

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<v Speaker 2>record for a single tournament is NBA jam Legend Flame

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<v Speaker 2>thrower Glenn Rice, who had one hundred and eighty four

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<v Speaker 2>points for Michigan thirty five years ago in a NCAA tournament.

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<v Speaker 2>So Edie needs to average thirty two and a half points.

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<v Speaker 2>He needs to obviously make the final and score sixty

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<v Speaker 2>five total points in his next two games. Caitlan Clark,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what the women's record is. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>Dusty's looking up for me right now. Caitlin Clark has

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and thirty six through four tournament games. She

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<v Speaker 2>is averaging and incomprehensible thirty four, seven and ten through

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<v Speaker 2>the tournament. And so if she can get past Yukon

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<v Speaker 2>and get to the final against South Carolina, I've got

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<v Speaker 2>to imagine she's got a great chance at setting that record.

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<v Speaker 2>So a wonderful night in women's basketball yesterday, a wonderful

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<v Speaker 2>night in basketball in general. We will discuss that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna give young people some advice in relation to what

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<v Speaker 2>Angel Rees said after the game. Also, folks really were

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<v Speaker 2>mad at me, it would appear, for not discussing the

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<v Speaker 2>Rashi Rice situation on television yesterday. That is not a

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<v Speaker 2>great television topic because there's not much to say with

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<v Speaker 2>the information we have, but I'll discuss it here. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>do all that talk some NBA play a game of

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<v Speaker 2>likely maybe what if. But first, here's what missed the

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<v Speaker 2>cut for today's show. A UFL kicker that reportedly hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>kicked the field goals in high school hit a sixty

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<v Speaker 2>four yard game winner. Beyonce releasing a country album pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good actually, and the Chiefs signed Carson Wentz Demons welcome

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<v Speaker 2>in shades. Look great. You're gonna get your new designer

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<v Speaker 2>shades when I see you in a week and a half.

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<v Speaker 2>But in the meantime, I like the rotation you're going

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<v Speaker 2>through the chief sneakily. I think might be listening to

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<v Speaker 2>my old Cam Newton advice, which was I said they

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<v Speaker 2>need to sign Cam specifically for goal line and QB

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<v Speaker 2>sneak situations. Carson Wentz, great at those things. That might

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<v Speaker 2>be what my guy Brett Veach is doing. And so

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<v Speaker 2>Carson Wentz coming in to be a backup quarterback for

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<v Speaker 2>the Chiefs. But of course the new was last night.

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<v Speaker 2>Demons are the lead eight games on the women's side

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<v Speaker 2>of the bracket, So you go ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, So Kaylin Clark put on a clinic versus LSU.

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<v Speaker 3>Last night got their revenge from last year. Juju Watkins

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<v Speaker 3>dropped twenty nine, but USC came up short and couldn't go.

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<v Speaker 3>Couldn't killed cage buckets in Yukon. You predicted that last

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<v Speaker 3>night will be the greatest night in women's history or

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<v Speaker 3>women's hoop history. Sorry about that women's history.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I'm not sure what night that would be,

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<v Speaker 2>but in women's basketball history. So here's the deal. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>lived up to my expectations. Yukon's better than USC. I

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<v Speaker 2>understand USC. I shouldn't say that USC had the higher seed.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not shocked at Yukon won. And people should remember

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<v Speaker 2>that Page was the best player in the sport, arguably

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<v Speaker 2>as a freshman, like Juju has the argument at least

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<v Speaker 2>aside from Caitlyn Clark. And then Paige missed time because

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<v Speaker 2>she got hurt, and now Page is reminding everyone who

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<v Speaker 2>she is now. Juju is maybe has the highest upside

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<v Speaker 2>of any female player I've ever seen, and at her

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<v Speaker 2>age and her skill set and her size, We'll see

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<v Speaker 2>what she continues to do. Demanda, you got to see

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<v Speaker 2>her in person. We didn't talk about it on the show.

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<v Speaker 4>But I mean she is.

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<v Speaker 2>An amazing defendermates seems like right, I mean, she's exceptional,

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<v Speaker 2>but she'll have her time, and I'm glad that we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get Caitlyn. It would have been awesome to get

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<v Speaker 2>Caitlyn against Juju, but Caitlyn against Page is pretty dope.

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<v Speaker 2>And then sitting on the other side of the bracket

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<v Speaker 2>is South Carolina, which is gonna win the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 4>They're undefeated.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I mean, they've got the best coach in college basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>They're the best roster in college basketball. They the I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>South Carolina is the best team. It would take a

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<v Speaker 2>more than what Caitlyn did last night against LSU by

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<v Speaker 2>Caitlin or Page to beat South Carolina. But either way,

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<v Speaker 2>it's an unbelievable run for both these programs. But I

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk about Caitlin first. I do think and

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<v Speaker 2>I hate to start negative, but I will do it. Agree.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought Kim Mulkie's game plan was perplexing. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>just asking Haley van Lyt deer up was a curious

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<v Speaker 2>decision that she didn't go away from. They didn't start

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<v Speaker 2>blitzing her or put flage on her until the game

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<v Speaker 2>was out of hand. With four minutes left, and it'd

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<v Speaker 2>be like Haley was yes, and Haley would struggling massively

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<v Speaker 2>on the offensive end. So in theory and Haley had

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<v Speaker 2>a brutal tournament. I feel badly for her. She's the

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<v Speaker 2>young lady that was at Louisville last year, had the

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<v Speaker 2>little back and forth with Caitlyn and then transferred Lsu

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<v Speaker 2>to be with a better team, and she listened. She

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<v Speaker 2>shot twenty one percent from the field in the tournament,

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty one percent from three. It was a brutal

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<v Speaker 2>tournament for but she. You can't ask anybody to just

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<v Speaker 2>play one on one man defense on Caitlyn Clark. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what Mulki asked Hailey van Litt to do, and it

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<v Speaker 2>was when you watched how she was playing offensively, the

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<v Speaker 2>only way that made sense was, Okay, you're dealing with

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<v Speaker 2>that because of what she's giving you defensively. But the

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<v Speaker 2>poor lady was getting cooked defensively. There's nothing anybody who

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<v Speaker 2>was going to be able to do against Kaitlyn last night.

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<v Speaker 2>And that was a legendary performance by a legendary player.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the team that beat you in the national

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<v Speaker 2>championship game. That you have had circled all year long

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<v Speaker 2>that for some people, nothing that you do this year.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not one of those people, but for some people

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<v Speaker 2>was going to matter if you lose to them. And

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<v Speaker 2>she had one of the best games of her career

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<v Speaker 2>forty one, seven and twelve with an impossible degree of

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<v Speaker 2>difficulty on those shots, just absolutely impossible degree of difficulty.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when you saw what she did now last

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<v Speaker 2>year against South Carolina in the national semifinal, she had

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe even a more impressive uh shooting performance the

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<v Speaker 2>where she no no, actually the no, it wasn't a

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<v Speaker 2>more impressive shooting performance in that game. She acs has

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<v Speaker 2>struggled from three, but she had forty one in that

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<v Speaker 2>game as well, but not as many assists. You could

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<v Speaker 2>argue South Carolina was better I don't know last year

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<v Speaker 2>than LSU. This year. Probably was, but I didn't Given

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<v Speaker 2>the opponent, given the stakes, and given the attention, it

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<v Speaker 2>was the most impressive game of her career. And you

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<v Speaker 2>can say it wasn't the biggest game of her career

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<v Speaker 2>because she played for a national championship last year, and

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<v Speaker 2>I understand that argument, but the revenge factor and last

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<v Speaker 2>year in the National championship, it was kind of a

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<v Speaker 2>house money game. They weren't expected to be there. Caitlin

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have these type of expectations. LSU was considered the

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<v Speaker 2>better team this year. You're the favorite, you are expected

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<v Speaker 2>to be there, You're the one all of those things.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta win that game or a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>are gonna find ways to be like, oh, how good

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<v Speaker 2>is Caitlin Clark really? And she responded with arguably the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest performance of her career. And those shots were just impossible. Man.

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<v Speaker 2>They're off balanced on the move, off the dribble with

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<v Speaker 2>some of them with good defense where you saw Angel

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<v Speaker 2>and Haley both do the Michael Jordan shrug, like what

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<v Speaker 2>the hell do you want me to do? Like? What

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<v Speaker 2>do you want me to do in this spot? And

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<v Speaker 2>so I know there's gonna be a discussion on is

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<v Speaker 2>she the greatest female basketball player ever? Here's my issue

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<v Speaker 2>with that discussion. When it comes to talking about the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest NBA players ever. I feel like I am able

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<v Speaker 2>to accurately and intelligently discuss players that I never watched

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<v Speaker 2>live because I've the ability to go back and watch

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<v Speaker 2>almost anything from the eighties on, and so maybe I

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<v Speaker 2>can't fairly evaluate Wilton Russell. But I can fairly evaluate

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<v Speaker 2>you know more about half of Kareem's career, all of Magic,

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<v Speaker 2>all of Byrd, all of Michael, all of that. I

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<v Speaker 2>Cheryl Miller is probably the leading contender historically for the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest female player ever. All I can do is watch

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<v Speaker 2>clips and reader Wikipedia like I can't. I can't go

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<v Speaker 2>back and watch her the way I could watch men's

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<v Speaker 2>pro basketball of the same era. So and obviously the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest players at Tennessee in the nineties and a long

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<v Speaker 2>list of Yukon women's Huskies over the last twenty years,

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<v Speaker 2>from Tarazi to Brianna Stewart, all have a credible case.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know. If Caitlyn Clark's the greatest female

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<v Speaker 2>basketball player ever, my money would be on Juju getting there.

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<v Speaker 2>I do know this, Caitlyn Clark is revolutionary in the

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<v Speaker 2>attention she has brought to the sport, the eyeballs she

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<v Speaker 2>has brought to the sport, and the way she has

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<v Speaker 2>risen to the occasion every time the spotlight's been on her.

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<v Speaker 4>And people like three pointers.

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<v Speaker 2>Well yes, and she plays a She has a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of stylistic similarities to Steph All of these men's players

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<v Speaker 2>who have come up trying to emulate Steph, she has

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<v Speaker 2>succeeded more than any of them. Like Trey Young takes

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of the same shots Steph does, but you'll

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<v Speaker 2>look at a shooting percentages, you look at his efficiency,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not there. Her passing, plus her off the bounce,

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<v Speaker 2>off balance, rain shooting, she is the closest to step

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<v Speaker 2>off ball. Oh that's a great point. What she does

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<v Speaker 2>when she doesn't have the ball right, the constant movement,

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<v Speaker 2>all of it, the relocating. So I do think last

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<v Speaker 2>night was a transcendent moment in women's sports history, and

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<v Speaker 2>it brings me to what I wonder is going to

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<v Speaker 2>happen with Caitlin Clark and the Stars and the WNBA.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I sent Demand a text yesterday that seems seems

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<v Speaker 2>make believe what I sent him, But I'm gonna read

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<v Speaker 2>it to you directly from USA today, which is right

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<v Speaker 2>now if you're listening. Give it a guess what Caitlin

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<v Speaker 2>Clark as the number one pick of next year's WNBA

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<v Speaker 2>draft will make. So just you know, if you're just

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<v Speaker 2>come up with a number in your head. And this

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<v Speaker 2>is not a conversation about that. The WNBA players should

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<v Speaker 2>make as much as NBA players. That is a facile

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<v Speaker 2>conversation that nobody actually thinks is true, and people who

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<v Speaker 2>are on the other side of the argument prop it

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<v Speaker 2>up as a straw man as if that is what

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<v Speaker 2>you're arguing against. But when I tell you how much

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<v Speaker 2>Caitlin Clark's going to make from the Indiana Fever next year,

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<v Speaker 2>when she's the number one pick, I promise you whatever

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<v Speaker 2>number you're guessing, you're far too high. So the number

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<v Speaker 2>one pick of last year's WNBA draft, and I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>so it was a Leah Boston. I'm gonna read you

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<v Speaker 2>her exact salary, so again this will go up by

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<v Speaker 2>a tick. Aliah Boston got a three year, two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and thirty thousand dollars contract that is not per season,

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<v Speaker 2>that is total the number one pick of last year's

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<v Speaker 2>WNBA draft. Her salaries are as follows, seventy four grand,

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<v Speaker 2>seventy six grand, eighty three grand, and then a team

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<v Speaker 2>option for ninety four thousand dollars. So that's what Caitlin

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<v Speaker 2>Clark is gonna make from the Indiana Fever next year.

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<v Speaker 2>So there are a lot of elements to that and

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<v Speaker 2>Echino to it. And how profitable is the league, should

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<v Speaker 2>the players get a larger share of the revenue pie

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<v Speaker 2>as they do in the NBA, all of it. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't actually care to have that conversation right now. The

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<v Speaker 2>conversation I do care to have is this, if the

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<v Speaker 2>NBA and the WNBA care about ensuring that they continue

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<v Speaker 2>the momentum from the women's college game and don't have

0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:39.520
<v Speaker 2>their stars going overseas to play as so many have,

0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:44.200
<v Speaker 2>most famously obviously Britney Griner, who then got locked up

0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:48.000
<v Speaker 2>for a year plus while playing in Russia, but so

0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:54.480
<v Speaker 2>many of the great play overseas. They have to find

0:16:54.520 --> 0:17:00.200
<v Speaker 2>a way to make this make sense because people say, well,

0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:03.920
<v Speaker 2>Caitlyn's gonna make so much money off endorsements. She's gonna make.

0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:08.160
<v Speaker 2>However much she's gonna make off endorsements is going to exist,

0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.720
<v Speaker 2>whether the whether she makes seventy five grand or seven

0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:14.960
<v Speaker 2>hundred fifty grand in the WNBA. But the individual's player

0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:18.960
<v Speaker 2>max for the the WNBA is a quarter of a

0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:23.200
<v Speaker 2>million bucks, and Caitlin Clerk averaging eighty grand a year

0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:25.639
<v Speaker 2>for the first three years of her career. That's not

0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:32.480
<v Speaker 2>a sustainable business model. And there somebody is gonna see

0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:41.320
<v Speaker 2>that and create a competing all star league that is

0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:45.399
<v Speaker 2>going to pay the actual stars that get developed in

0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:50.760
<v Speaker 2>college basketball real money, and then the WNBA is cooked

0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:55.800
<v Speaker 2>that if the WNBA has a chance to use this, right,

0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:59.280
<v Speaker 2>I exactly right what ice Cube talked about, or somebody

0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:04.199
<v Speaker 2>like the America loves stars and we now have a

0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:11.480
<v Speaker 2>bunch of female college stars. And I'm not saying you

0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:14.560
<v Speaker 2>got they have to all make millions of dollars, but

0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:18.439
<v Speaker 2>eighty grand a year for Caitlin Clark ain't gonna cut it, guys,

0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:28.440
<v Speaker 2>just not. And it also will create situations where if

0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:34.240
<v Speaker 2>your team is paying you eighty and Nike's paying you

0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:38.600
<v Speaker 2>a million, who do you work for? You don't work

0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:41.359
<v Speaker 2>for your team, you work for Nike. There are there

0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:44.280
<v Speaker 2>there will be if your if your team is paying

0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:49.000
<v Speaker 2>you eighty and you're offered fifty to give a speech,

0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:52.399
<v Speaker 2>team's paying you eighty for the year and you're offered

0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:54.760
<v Speaker 2>fifty grand to give a speech that conflicts with something

0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:58.560
<v Speaker 2>your team needs to do, well, sorry, guys, like they're

0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:03.480
<v Speaker 2>real things that happen here. And so that that is

0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:06.400
<v Speaker 2>something that the NBA and the WNBA need to figure out,

0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:11.560
<v Speaker 2>because you can't squander this moment. And we have seen

0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:17.200
<v Speaker 2>in men's sports, when the NBA was not financially what

0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:21.359
<v Speaker 2>it is now, the ABA takes advantage and gets stars.

0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:24.399
<v Speaker 2>When the NFL was not financially what it is now,

0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:29.680
<v Speaker 2>the USFL Steve Young, Reggie Whites, Doug Fluteie warn moon

0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:35.399
<v Speaker 2>stars you can't have the league's talent pool diluted. So

0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:40.120
<v Speaker 2>I really really hope that on the professional level they

0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:42.639
<v Speaker 2>take advantage of the fact that you are going to

0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:49.639
<v Speaker 2>have over the next few years names coming into your league, Caitlin, Angel, Page,

0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:53.480
<v Speaker 2>Juju all coming into your league that people will want

0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:57.719
<v Speaker 2>to see. All Right, With all that said, I think

0:19:57.840 --> 0:19:59.840
<v Speaker 2>USC is gonna win the whole thing. I'm sorry us.

0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:01.879
<v Speaker 2>South Carolina is gonna win the whole thing. They were

0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:05.680
<v Speaker 2>also USC oddly University of South Carolina, but South Carolina's

0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:09.000
<v Speaker 2>the best team. I also really like doing Staley, but

0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:13.080
<v Speaker 2>that I if Caitlin can pull this off, it'll be remarkable.

0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:19.160
<v Speaker 2>But I I think South Carolina is too good, and

0:20:19.280 --> 0:20:21.840
<v Speaker 2>Gabe is reminding us that is a fake USC. Well,

0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:24.880
<v Speaker 2>they're votes University of Southern California, University of South Carolina.

0:20:25.119 --> 0:20:29.040
<v Speaker 2>You guys hash that out in court. All right, demanse uh,

0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:30.520
<v Speaker 2>let's go to Angel Rees.

0:20:31.160 --> 0:20:31.360
<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:34.520
<v Speaker 3>So after the game, Angel Rees had had this to say,

0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:38.119
<v Speaker 3>enterpressor for those watching on YouTube, I'm gonna show up, yeah,

0:20:38.560 --> 0:20:39.920
<v Speaker 3>a little small videos.

0:20:39.960 --> 0:20:42.920
<v Speaker 5>I just try to stand strong. Like I've been through

0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:45.800
<v Speaker 5>so much. I've seen so much. I've been attacked so

0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:51.160
<v Speaker 5>many times, death threats, I've been sexualized, I've been threat

0:20:51.280 --> 0:20:53.480
<v Speaker 5>and I've been so many things and I've stitched strong

0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:57.920
<v Speaker 5>every single time. And I just try to stand strong

0:20:57.960 --> 0:20:59.680
<v Speaker 5>for my teammates because I don't want them to see

0:20:59.720 --> 0:21:02.399
<v Speaker 5>me down and like not be there for them. So

0:21:04.320 --> 0:21:06.880
<v Speaker 5>I just want to always just know like I'm still

0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:10.400
<v Speaker 5>a human, Like all this has happened since I won

0:21:10.440 --> 0:21:12.440
<v Speaker 5>the National championship, and I said the other day, I

0:21:12.480 --> 0:21:16.080
<v Speaker 5>haven't happy since then, and it sucks, and but I

0:21:16.119 --> 0:21:18.560
<v Speaker 5>still wouldn't change.

0:21:18.840 --> 0:21:25.480
<v Speaker 2>Okay, So that's heartbreaking. And listen, there's a lot that

0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:31.280
<v Speaker 2>goes into that. A lot of the Angel Rees hate

0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:35.520
<v Speaker 2>from a year ago was steeped in racism. There's obviously

0:21:35.640 --> 0:21:37.760
<v Speaker 2>Kim Maulki, who I'm not a fan of at all,

0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:40.600
<v Speaker 2>but she was right in this regard. Some of a

0:21:40.640 --> 0:21:43.960
<v Speaker 2>lot of this has been misogynistic, there's a lot of

0:21:44.840 --> 0:21:51.800
<v Speaker 2>factors that have led to that, but that's actually not

0:21:51.880 --> 0:21:54.080
<v Speaker 2>the discussion that I want to have here. The discussion

0:21:54.080 --> 0:21:56.680
<v Speaker 2>I want to have here is a different one, and

0:21:56.720 --> 0:22:03.840
<v Speaker 2>that is too particularly young people, but really people my

0:22:03.960 --> 0:22:11.920
<v Speaker 2>age as well, but particularly people age fifteen to twenty

0:22:12.000 --> 0:22:18.520
<v Speaker 2>five are the ones I am speaking to most specifically here,

0:22:18.840 --> 0:22:21.879
<v Speaker 2>but I think there are grown ass people my age

0:22:21.960 --> 0:22:31.800
<v Speaker 2>and older that could use this lesson as well. Everybody, everybody.

0:22:32.520 --> 0:22:39.439
<v Speaker 2>You gotta stop reading the comments you have to People

0:22:39.520 --> 0:22:47.879
<v Speaker 2>are not human beings, are not psychologically equipped to deal

0:22:47.920 --> 0:22:54.479
<v Speaker 2>with a constant inflow of attacks. I do not know

0:22:55.560 --> 0:22:59.000
<v Speaker 2>how many instances we have to show we have to

0:22:59.080 --> 0:23:06.680
<v Speaker 2>have to show you there is real psychological damage done

0:23:06.760 --> 0:23:13.240
<v Speaker 2>to people, particularly young people, if they are constantly reading,

0:23:14.440 --> 0:23:21.000
<v Speaker 2>even if it is anonymous strangers tearing them down. And

0:23:21.280 --> 0:23:25.280
<v Speaker 2>I am in a unique place to talk about this

0:23:26.320 --> 0:23:32.600
<v Speaker 2>because I, because of my media career and because of

0:23:32.640 --> 0:23:37.639
<v Speaker 2>my exact time joining the media and the age I was,

0:23:38.400 --> 0:23:42.399
<v Speaker 2>and then the like the twenty years since, got a

0:23:42.480 --> 0:23:48.000
<v Speaker 2>small taste of being a public figure pre social media,

0:23:49.200 --> 0:23:52.879
<v Speaker 2>and then a large taste during the birth of social media,

0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:59.439
<v Speaker 2>the ubiquitousness of it, and now a large sample of

0:23:59.600 --> 0:24:04.920
<v Speaker 2>sense I have essentially logged off not from my own comments,

0:24:05.119 --> 0:24:09.600
<v Speaker 2>but from reading any of yours. And I am here

0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:20.520
<v Speaker 2>to tell you it will absolutely impact and affect your

0:24:20.720 --> 0:24:27.480
<v Speaker 2>real life relationships, how you view yourself, the way you

0:24:27.600 --> 0:24:34.000
<v Speaker 2>carry yourself, all of these things because of what you

0:24:34.200 --> 0:24:39.040
<v Speaker 2>are reading and seeing that is set about you. There

0:24:39.280 --> 0:24:46.040
<v Speaker 2>is almost no way to become inoculated against it other

0:24:46.160 --> 0:24:52.440
<v Speaker 2>than avoiding it and what angel reades experience. So when

0:24:52.480 --> 0:24:58.200
<v Speaker 2>you think about what she said there, death threats, sexualized,

0:24:58.400 --> 0:25:03.840
<v Speaker 2>all of those things, honest question, how many of those

0:25:03.960 --> 0:25:10.960
<v Speaker 2>things do you think happened in person? How many of

0:25:11.000 --> 0:25:14.840
<v Speaker 2>those things do you think was someone coming up to

0:25:14.880 --> 0:25:19.239
<v Speaker 2>her on the street and saying that to her. I

0:25:19.320 --> 0:25:23.320
<v Speaker 2>understand you get heckled in person as an athlete, but

0:25:23.440 --> 0:25:28.040
<v Speaker 2>athletes are great at dealing with that and sometimes, you know,

0:25:28.160 --> 0:25:30.520
<v Speaker 2>using that as fuel. I don't think that's what she's

0:25:30.600 --> 0:25:36.520
<v Speaker 2>talking about. I think she's talking about through her goddamn phone.

0:25:37.160 --> 0:25:41.080
<v Speaker 2>And I'm and I am here to tell you that

0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:45.800
<v Speaker 2>there is no way you're not going to age out

0:25:45.880 --> 0:25:49.520
<v Speaker 2>of that impacting you. You're not going to mature out

0:25:49.560 --> 0:25:56.280
<v Speaker 2>of that impacting you. The only way to not allow

0:25:56.440 --> 0:26:02.280
<v Speaker 2>that to be a sore on your soul is to

0:26:02.480 --> 0:26:08.679
<v Speaker 2>not read it. And I know that is kind of

0:26:08.760 --> 0:26:15.880
<v Speaker 2>counterintuitive to what ideally social media is there for. It's

0:26:16.000 --> 0:26:20.320
<v Speaker 2>so you can interact with people, it's so people can

0:26:20.400 --> 0:26:23.639
<v Speaker 2>leave comments, it's so I get all of that. But

0:26:23.760 --> 0:26:28.440
<v Speaker 2>that is not what it is in practicality today, especially

0:26:29.080 --> 0:26:37.800
<v Speaker 2>if you are a public figure. And I we're not

0:26:38.920 --> 0:26:42.439
<v Speaker 2>through the other side of this yet, we're still in

0:26:42.480 --> 0:26:47.240
<v Speaker 2>the midst of it. But for young people out there

0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:52.160
<v Speaker 2>that have any type of following, even if the following

0:26:52.280 --> 0:26:56.960
<v Speaker 2>is just a lot of people at your high school

0:26:57.119 --> 0:27:02.320
<v Speaker 2>or college follow you on Instagram or TikTok or whatever

0:27:02.400 --> 0:27:06.040
<v Speaker 2>it is, I am here to tell you that that

0:27:06.160 --> 0:27:14.120
<v Speaker 2>shit is toxic. Angel Reeths reached the pinnacle, led her

0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:19.080
<v Speaker 2>team to the national championship, was one of the best

0:27:19.119 --> 0:27:25.840
<v Speaker 2>players in her sport. Was on talk shows Sports Illustrated,

0:27:26.359 --> 0:27:31.159
<v Speaker 2>the swimsuit edition, the regular edition, made money, had got

0:27:31.560 --> 0:27:36.919
<v Speaker 2>rich by certainly by college standards and maybe by anybody's standards.

0:27:37.320 --> 0:27:42.280
<v Speaker 2>And she just said that in that timeframe, she hasn't

0:27:42.359 --> 0:27:46.840
<v Speaker 2>been happy because you can't run from that shit if

0:27:46.880 --> 0:27:52.959
<v Speaker 2>you read it. And I'm here to tell you that

0:27:55.520 --> 0:28:02.320
<v Speaker 2>one of the best decisions I ever made was stopping

0:28:02.440 --> 0:28:06.359
<v Speaker 2>reading that stuff like this is and it is, And

0:28:06.440 --> 0:28:12.560
<v Speaker 2>I get sometimes annoyed by people who I actually interact

0:28:12.640 --> 0:28:16.920
<v Speaker 2>with that then come to me and tell me, oh, man,

0:28:18.480 --> 0:28:21.679
<v Speaker 2>folks are killing you for X. No, they're fucking not.

0:28:23.680 --> 0:28:27.240
<v Speaker 2>I mean maybe they are on on your phone, but

0:28:28.280 --> 0:28:33.440
<v Speaker 2>in real life you better find me walking my dog,

0:28:35.119 --> 0:28:40.840
<v Speaker 2>or have my phone number or know me personally otherwise

0:28:41.280 --> 0:28:44.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm not hearing it. And that does make me a

0:28:44.840 --> 0:28:50.080
<v Speaker 2>little sad, because it means there are there's good There

0:28:50.080 --> 0:28:52.440
<v Speaker 2>are people that I probably would like to connect with

0:28:52.800 --> 0:28:56.120
<v Speaker 2>or you know, a big fans or whatever it is

0:28:56.480 --> 0:28:59.960
<v Speaker 2>that I'm missing. There them reaching out of their common

0:29:01.000 --> 0:29:08.800
<v Speaker 2>but I I can't wade through the toxicity to find

0:29:08.880 --> 0:29:13.440
<v Speaker 2>those without having the toxicity pull me down. And so

0:29:16.360 --> 0:29:21.960
<v Speaker 2>Angel Reese like I empathize with her and with every

0:29:22.080 --> 0:29:27.040
<v Speaker 2>young person that becomes famous, every single one. But I'm

0:29:27.040 --> 0:29:32.000
<v Speaker 2>here to tell you the only way through is to

0:29:32.240 --> 0:29:38.600
<v Speaker 2>decide that the dopamine kicks you get from the good

0:29:38.680 --> 0:29:45.400
<v Speaker 2>comments will not outweigh the being dragged down by the

0:29:45.480 --> 0:29:50.840
<v Speaker 2>bat And I've seen folks in my field wreck their

0:29:50.920 --> 0:30:01.120
<v Speaker 2>careers by being so captivated by their online audience and

0:30:02.480 --> 0:30:06.520
<v Speaker 2>curating their content to that or changing what they will

0:30:06.600 --> 0:30:11.800
<v Speaker 2>or won't say, or being afraid all of it. It's

0:30:12.440 --> 0:30:16.320
<v Speaker 2>too many people. You're not gonna please them all. And

0:30:16.400 --> 0:30:20.000
<v Speaker 2>the more successful you get, the more people that will

0:30:20.000 --> 0:30:23.640
<v Speaker 2>be there to try to ruin your day. And so

0:30:24.760 --> 0:30:30.520
<v Speaker 2>I I really really wish that we did a better

0:30:30.680 --> 0:30:35.000
<v Speaker 2>job preparing. I used to say you should be able

0:30:35.040 --> 0:30:38.800
<v Speaker 2>to major in pro athlete when you went to college, Like, hey,

0:30:38.920 --> 0:30:42.080
<v Speaker 2>people major in things all the time that they're not

0:30:42.160 --> 0:30:45.600
<v Speaker 2>gonna end up being and people let them. It's like

0:30:46.120 --> 0:30:49.920
<v Speaker 2>people majored in broadcast journalism at Syracuse that I think

0:30:50.040 --> 0:30:52.720
<v Speaker 2>was pretty clear early on You're not gonna be a broadcaster.

0:30:52.880 --> 0:30:55.400
<v Speaker 2>Nobody said you're not allowed to do it. People major

0:30:55.480 --> 0:30:58.600
<v Speaker 2>in art history. You know, you can major anything you want,

0:30:59.440 --> 0:31:01.880
<v Speaker 2>and you should be able to major in pro athlete

0:31:02.640 --> 0:31:07.000
<v Speaker 2>and the classes would be things like contract law, public speaking,

0:31:07.680 --> 0:31:10.560
<v Speaker 2>money management, the things you would need if you become

0:31:10.600 --> 0:31:16.000
<v Speaker 2>a pro athlete. One of those things should be dealing

0:31:16.080 --> 0:31:21.200
<v Speaker 2>with celebrity and how to deal with it and keep

0:31:21.640 --> 0:31:27.680
<v Speaker 2>even keel because we're not helping our folks out on that,

0:31:28.160 --> 0:31:32.440
<v Speaker 2>and that dealing with celebrity thing is maybe something we

0:31:32.520 --> 0:31:37.040
<v Speaker 2>could teach in high school to everyone because everyone is

0:31:37.080 --> 0:31:40.800
<v Speaker 2>a different in today's day and age, almost everyone's some

0:31:41.040 --> 0:31:45.760
<v Speaker 2>form of celebrity, just different levels of it. Anybody that

0:31:46.320 --> 0:31:52.000
<v Speaker 2>dips their toe into the content creation or social media

0:31:52.240 --> 0:31:56.200
<v Speaker 2>or semi public figure waters is going to be susceptible

0:31:56.240 --> 0:32:02.520
<v Speaker 2>to this stuff. And it is It makes me sick

0:32:02.920 --> 0:32:05.160
<v Speaker 2>that Angel Reaves basically just said this last year, which

0:32:05.160 --> 0:32:06.479
<v Speaker 2>should have been the best year of her life, has

0:32:06.520 --> 0:32:12.600
<v Speaker 2>been the worst. But that is that is not like

0:32:12.800 --> 0:32:17.480
<v Speaker 2>right now, if you go, I'm certain to Angel Reese's

0:32:17.480 --> 0:32:21.560
<v Speaker 2>social media, what people are doing some people are doing

0:32:21.680 --> 0:32:25.600
<v Speaker 2>is putting up pictures from her in the swimsuit issue

0:32:25.600 --> 0:32:28.920
<v Speaker 2>and saying, oh, you're gonna cry about being sexualized and

0:32:29.000 --> 0:32:31.520
<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden put that on her. Twist it.

0:32:31.920 --> 0:32:34.520
<v Speaker 2>They're gonna put that on her and somewhere in her

0:32:34.560 --> 0:32:38.880
<v Speaker 2>brain as a kid is a twenty seven year olds,

0:32:39.120 --> 0:32:41.120
<v Speaker 2>there's something and there's gonna be like, oh, did I

0:32:41.160 --> 0:32:43.040
<v Speaker 2>do that? Am I a fault? Should I not have

0:32:43.120 --> 0:32:43.360
<v Speaker 2>done that?

0:32:43.360 --> 0:32:43.760
<v Speaker 4>Should I?

0:32:44.560 --> 0:32:49.440
<v Speaker 2>And it's it's just not good for your mental health, y'all, flatly,

0:32:50.600 --> 0:32:55.360
<v Speaker 2>And it's one of the reasons demands that I especially

0:32:55.480 --> 0:32:58.760
<v Speaker 2>right when we started, and to a degree now and

0:32:58.920 --> 0:33:02.720
<v Speaker 2>try to be protect when you're twenty five, You're you're older,

0:33:03.360 --> 0:33:07.120
<v Speaker 2>but it's still like I try to be I I

0:33:07.200 --> 0:33:09.560
<v Speaker 2>had to and I still have to kind of walk

0:33:09.600 --> 0:33:14.000
<v Speaker 2>a fine line of how like big do I want

0:33:14.040 --> 0:33:17.040
<v Speaker 2>your Twitter following to be? And I understand I really should.

0:33:17.040 --> 0:33:18.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to live your life for you. I apologize.

0:33:18.960 --> 0:33:21.560
<v Speaker 2>I know that sounds patronizing. I don't mean it too,

0:33:21.960 --> 0:33:26.760
<v Speaker 2>but you're but you You're in this public figure world

0:33:26.880 --> 0:33:29.720
<v Speaker 2>because of me, and so I feel, you know what

0:33:29.760 --> 0:33:32.920
<v Speaker 2>I mean, There is a the there is a real

0:33:33.120 --> 0:33:36.160
<v Speaker 2>like I just don't think it's good for people, like

0:33:36.240 --> 0:33:37.720
<v Speaker 2>do you think let me ask you, if we're going

0:33:37.760 --> 0:33:40.000
<v Speaker 2>to move on, do you think when people because I

0:33:40.040 --> 0:33:41.880
<v Speaker 2>know you see some of them, or at least when

0:33:41.920 --> 0:33:44.280
<v Speaker 2>we first started, you would read a lot of the comments.

0:33:44.720 --> 0:33:46.920
<v Speaker 2>Did you feel it having an impact on you?

0:33:49.960 --> 0:33:53.840
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean I definitely felt like, uh, it added

0:33:53.840 --> 0:33:56.800
<v Speaker 3>to me question a couple of things, But it was

0:33:57.600 --> 0:34:00.360
<v Speaker 3>I think that I think that with most of the him,

0:34:00.520 --> 0:34:02.800
<v Speaker 3>I could just like kind of look at him and

0:34:02.800 --> 0:34:05.160
<v Speaker 3>and laugh, maybe like I was thinking something else on

0:34:05.160 --> 0:34:06.920
<v Speaker 3>my head. But there are definitely a couple of comments

0:34:06.920 --> 0:34:09.439
<v Speaker 3>that I can remember that. It just made me sit

0:34:09.480 --> 0:34:11.960
<v Speaker 3>there and like kind of think for a second and

0:34:12.040 --> 0:34:16.640
<v Speaker 3>like maybe you still remember exactly, Yeah, well.

0:34:16.760 --> 0:34:19.759
<v Speaker 2>It did last outside of it because you still remember it.

0:34:19.760 --> 0:34:23.719
<v Speaker 2>It's still somewhere burrowed in your brain. Because and this

0:34:23.800 --> 0:34:25.360
<v Speaker 2>is the last point, and I know I'm going along

0:34:25.360 --> 0:34:27.920
<v Speaker 2>on this, this last point I'll make Human beings are

0:34:27.920 --> 0:34:34.600
<v Speaker 2>not wired to be under constant attack because in person

0:34:35.680 --> 0:34:42.800
<v Speaker 2>people aren't. Right, Like, like, pre social media, the amount

0:34:42.880 --> 0:34:48.239
<v Speaker 2>of times someone was cursed out by somebody in a

0:34:48.440 --> 0:34:54.480
<v Speaker 2>year for most people would be around zero, Like how

0:34:54.480 --> 0:34:59.160
<v Speaker 2>many times? Like and even post social media, ask yourself,

0:34:59.560 --> 0:35:04.520
<v Speaker 2>how many any awful interactions have I had with another

0:35:04.640 --> 0:35:11.320
<v Speaker 2>human being this year in person? Don't count spouse, kids, brother, sister, mom, dad, family, separate,

0:35:11.840 --> 0:35:17.200
<v Speaker 2>how many awful? Like I hope you die? Like has

0:35:17.239 --> 0:35:20.200
<v Speaker 2>anyone ever said that to you in person? Probably not?

0:35:21.000 --> 0:35:24.880
<v Speaker 2>And so we're just psychologically we're not. Maybe we'll go

0:35:25.200 --> 0:35:29.040
<v Speaker 2>to a place to where work social media Well, there's

0:35:29.080 --> 0:35:31.719
<v Speaker 2>just so there's just too many, just too many and

0:35:32.080 --> 0:35:34.160
<v Speaker 2>the and so all right, we can move on now.

0:35:34.400 --> 0:35:39.040
<v Speaker 2>Apolog I was on the wrong side, but no, the

0:35:39.200 --> 0:35:40.560
<v Speaker 2>who was on the wrong side of things?

0:35:41.239 --> 0:35:44.560
<v Speaker 3>Nothing I think that I thought a certain way about

0:35:44.600 --> 0:35:49.840
<v Speaker 3>the angel rease topic as well, and I further understand

0:35:49.880 --> 0:35:51.200
<v Speaker 3>now And.

0:35:51.640 --> 0:35:54.200
<v Speaker 2>Oh you thought that it was like crocodile tears.

0:35:55.000 --> 0:35:58.440
<v Speaker 3>No, I like it, Like you basically you kind of

0:35:58.480 --> 0:36:00.719
<v Speaker 3>called me out without not even call me out. But

0:36:00.840 --> 0:36:03.440
<v Speaker 3>like she said something about her being sexualized, and I

0:36:03.560 --> 0:36:05.680
<v Speaker 3>was like, she did the whole swimsuit thing and that

0:36:05.800 --> 0:36:07.279
<v Speaker 3>was the wrong side of it. Like I was just

0:36:07.320 --> 0:36:11.080
<v Speaker 3>like it was very surface level. Oh she felt sexualized,

0:36:11.120 --> 0:36:13.400
<v Speaker 3>but she did a shoot. But I get it, I

0:36:13.440 --> 0:36:13.680
<v Speaker 3>get it.

0:36:13.719 --> 0:36:14.640
<v Speaker 4>I was on the wrong side.

0:36:14.719 --> 0:36:16.879
<v Speaker 2>Well, no, so like that is I think that's where

0:36:16.880 --> 0:36:18.360
<v Speaker 2>a lot of people's heads went, like what are you

0:36:18.400 --> 0:36:21.520
<v Speaker 2>talking about? But yeah, that the next level to it

0:36:21.600 --> 0:36:25.400
<v Speaker 2>is like you can be proud of your body with

0:36:25.560 --> 0:36:29.640
<v Speaker 2>a sexualized I don't think maybe I'm wrong. I don't

0:36:29.640 --> 0:36:36.000
<v Speaker 2>think she means like people being like you're hot, my

0:36:36.760 --> 0:36:41.920
<v Speaker 2>gas is right people have I wouldn't be shocked if

0:36:41.960 --> 0:36:46.040
<v Speaker 2>she had been sent like a deep fake picture of

0:36:46.080 --> 0:36:49.919
<v Speaker 2>herself in a sex scene, you know what I mean,

0:36:50.120 --> 0:36:52.640
<v Speaker 2>like or you know what I mean, a photoshot picture

0:36:52.680 --> 0:36:55.840
<v Speaker 2>of her naked or the I mean again, like I'm

0:36:56.200 --> 0:36:59.160
<v Speaker 2>think about Deman's just think this is I'm a guy,

0:36:59.360 --> 0:37:02.319
<v Speaker 2>and I'm old, and I again, I've kind of been

0:37:02.400 --> 0:37:05.600
<v Speaker 2>through the social media wars, so to speak, so I

0:37:06.120 --> 0:37:09.560
<v Speaker 2>built up a bit of an armor. But think about

0:37:09.800 --> 0:37:15.200
<v Speaker 2>the most offensive and it funniest might be one way

0:37:15.239 --> 0:37:19.600
<v Speaker 2>to put it, but most offensive or most vulgar photoshops

0:37:20.800 --> 0:37:24.480
<v Speaker 2>of me that I have shown you, you know what

0:37:24.520 --> 0:37:27.960
<v Speaker 2>I mean, the things that were sent about me with

0:37:28.040 --> 0:37:31.480
<v Speaker 2>me sometimes Shannon Sharp's in them, Lebron's you know what.

0:37:31.640 --> 0:37:34.880
<v Speaker 2>Those things, those things that people on the internet create.

0:37:35.520 --> 0:37:39.640
<v Speaker 2>Then imagine you're a young woman who they have the

0:37:40.560 --> 0:37:43.640
<v Speaker 2>you know, the pictures to choose from our your swimsuit pictures,

0:37:43.880 --> 0:37:45.560
<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean, Like, that's the type of

0:37:45.600 --> 0:37:49.640
<v Speaker 2>shit she's talking about, and and so yeah, I just

0:37:50.480 --> 0:37:52.640
<v Speaker 2>it's a real thing that we don't yet have a

0:37:52.680 --> 0:37:55.360
<v Speaker 2>full grasp on the real impact of it.

0:37:56.200 --> 0:37:56.600
<v Speaker 4>All right.

0:37:56.680 --> 0:37:59.800
<v Speaker 2>By the way, the LSU IOWA rating, I'm being told

0:38:00.880 --> 0:38:05.680
<v Speaker 2>twelve point two million people. What a number? The National

0:38:05.760 --> 0:38:08.960
<v Speaker 2>Championship last year did ten million? Twelve point two million?

0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:12.520
<v Speaker 2>Hold on, let me just check something real quick. Twenty

0:38:12.680 --> 0:38:18.760
<v Speaker 2>twenty three NBA Finals ratings. I think the NBA Finals

0:38:18.840 --> 0:38:21.600
<v Speaker 2>last year averaged eleven point.

0:38:21.360 --> 0:38:22.600
<v Speaker 4>Six holy crap.

0:38:22.719 --> 0:38:30.720
<v Speaker 2>Okay, we wait, hold on, Oh yeah, it averaged eleven

0:38:30.760 --> 0:38:35.359
<v Speaker 2>point six. Last year that lsu Iowa Elle eight game

0:38:35.840 --> 0:38:38.800
<v Speaker 2>did twelve point two. At least that's what I'm being told.

0:38:39.080 --> 0:38:43.640
<v Speaker 2>That's a great, great number. All right, take quick break,

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<v Speaker 2>come back, talk little Lebron, Rashi Rice, my way to

0:38:47.320 --> 0:38:49.799
<v Speaker 2>fix playoffs across sports? Do all that next? What's right?

0:38:55.200 --> 0:38:55.520
<v Speaker 4>All right?

0:38:55.520 --> 0:38:58.400
<v Speaker 2>Welcome back in What's Right with Nick Wright, Episode to

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six. All right, let's get back to hoops. Go ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so Lebron broke the record for most thirty point

0:39:06.640 --> 0:39:08.759
<v Speaker 3>games in a row or actually no, not in euro

0:39:08.880 --> 0:39:11.360
<v Speaker 3>it's just thirty point games, sorry, and tidy his career

0:39:11.640 --> 0:39:14.960
<v Speaker 3>his career high in threes. After the game, he said

0:39:15.000 --> 0:39:17.480
<v Speaker 3>that he doesn't have much time left. And you once

0:39:17.520 --> 0:39:19.640
<v Speaker 3>said that Lebron wouldn't stick around in the league long

0:39:19.760 --> 0:39:22.840
<v Speaker 3>enough to be a bad player, So, oh wait, what'd

0:39:22.840 --> 0:39:25.200
<v Speaker 3>you mean by that? And how far can this version

0:39:25.200 --> 0:39:26.480
<v Speaker 3>of Lebron take the Lakers?

0:39:28.040 --> 0:39:30.440
<v Speaker 2>All right, So what I mean by Lebron won't ever

0:39:30.520 --> 0:39:36.560
<v Speaker 2>be a bad player is so he had forty points

0:39:36.560 --> 0:39:39.920
<v Speaker 2>on seventeen shots and only took six free throws. So

0:39:39.960 --> 0:39:42.320
<v Speaker 2>that's never been done before in the history of the league,

0:39:42.400 --> 0:39:46.600
<v Speaker 2>his true shooting percentage was over one hundred percent. He's

0:39:47.000 --> 0:39:52.240
<v Speaker 2>right now. This season he has his fifth highest career

0:39:52.280 --> 0:39:56.880
<v Speaker 2>field goal percentage, his highest career three point percentage, and

0:39:56.920 --> 0:40:00.880
<v Speaker 2>his sixth highest career assists per game. So is he

0:40:00.960 --> 0:40:04.880
<v Speaker 2>peak Lebron obviously not. Is he better than he was

0:40:05.040 --> 0:40:06.439
<v Speaker 2>last year? Yes?

0:40:07.920 --> 0:40:09.600
<v Speaker 4>Is he it? I guess?

0:40:09.800 --> 0:40:10.240
<v Speaker 2>Go ahead.

0:40:10.320 --> 0:40:13.120
<v Speaker 3>I think Lebron is probably working on threes way more

0:40:13.160 --> 0:40:14.040
<v Speaker 3>than he's ever.

0:40:13.880 --> 0:40:19.040
<v Speaker 4>Worked on him. Yeah.

0:40:19.440 --> 0:40:21.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well that's that would be the smart thing, right

0:40:22.120 --> 0:40:25.720
<v Speaker 2>as his athleticism is declining and as the game is changing,

0:40:26.239 --> 0:40:30.319
<v Speaker 2>try to improve in that area. I mean, right now,

0:40:30.360 --> 0:40:33.960
<v Speaker 2>he's shooting better from three than Kyrie Stepford Clay Like,

0:40:34.040 --> 0:40:36.840
<v Speaker 2>that's what he is for this season, He's at almost

0:40:36.920 --> 0:40:38.480
<v Speaker 2>forty two from three.

0:40:38.680 --> 0:40:38.879
<v Speaker 4>Now.

0:40:38.880 --> 0:40:42.360
<v Speaker 2>I understand those guys are taking more threes and tougher threes.

0:40:42.480 --> 0:40:45.640
<v Speaker 2>I get that, But the number is the number. And

0:40:45.719 --> 0:40:50.000
<v Speaker 2>so if there was this idea that Lebron was going

0:40:50.040 --> 0:40:54.080
<v Speaker 2>to be on this slow, you know, decline, but that

0:40:54.239 --> 0:40:59.600
<v Speaker 2>isn't what's happened. He he has rebounded a bit from

0:40:59.719 --> 0:41:04.799
<v Speaker 2>last year. And if in year twenty one, he's what

0:41:05.360 --> 0:41:09.600
<v Speaker 2>the eighth best player in the league. What's he gonna

0:41:09.640 --> 0:41:13.680
<v Speaker 2>be at year twenty five if you were to keep

0:41:13.680 --> 0:41:19.320
<v Speaker 2>playing the twentieth best player like I just I because

0:41:19.320 --> 0:41:24.640
<v Speaker 2>of his IQ commitment to his body and all around game,

0:41:25.160 --> 0:41:29.960
<v Speaker 2>We're never gonna see a significant drop off and on

0:41:30.000 --> 0:41:33.719
<v Speaker 2>the passing Jordan for twenty five point game or for

0:41:33.760 --> 0:41:37.719
<v Speaker 2>thirty point games. Yes, Lebron's obviously played way, way, way

0:41:37.760 --> 0:41:42.680
<v Speaker 2>more games, but he's also had way fewer games than

0:41:42.760 --> 0:41:46.760
<v Speaker 2>Jordan with high field goal attempts. So like career games

0:41:46.800 --> 0:41:49.680
<v Speaker 2>with twenty five plus field goal attempts, I think Jordan's

0:41:49.680 --> 0:41:52.960
<v Speaker 2>got a few hundred more than Lebron. So the I'm

0:41:52.960 --> 0:41:55.160
<v Speaker 2>gonna try to have a Jordan Lebron thing. But this

0:41:55.360 --> 0:41:59.399
<v Speaker 2>is this is just another thing where when we look

0:41:59.440 --> 0:42:02.399
<v Speaker 2>at the record books, you're gonna see Lebron's name at

0:42:02.400 --> 0:42:06.000
<v Speaker 2>the top of everything, and Jordan's name either right behind

0:42:06.080 --> 0:42:08.759
<v Speaker 2>Lebron or for a lot of the other records, like

0:42:08.920 --> 0:42:12.080
<v Speaker 2>all time points, you know, six seventh, eighth on the list.

0:42:12.520 --> 0:42:17.239
<v Speaker 2>But as far as how far can he take these Lakers?

0:42:18.800 --> 0:42:25.839
<v Speaker 2>I so, demons, let's do this healthy Lebron. Okay, let's

0:42:25.920 --> 0:42:29.520
<v Speaker 2>assume he doesn't suffer an injury. Right, give me the

0:42:29.600 --> 0:42:34.400
<v Speaker 2>list of players that you would rather have for a

0:42:34.440 --> 0:42:40.560
<v Speaker 2>playoff series starting right now. Nicole yos Yo Kich is

0:42:40.600 --> 0:42:41.719
<v Speaker 2>a clear one.

0:42:45.239 --> 0:42:45.680
<v Speaker 4>Are you not.

0:42:47.440 --> 0:42:50.359
<v Speaker 3>With the fully I guess, like you said, fully healthy,

0:42:51.000 --> 0:43:01.280
<v Speaker 3>fully healthy? Gi honest, I'm assuming yeah, and I almost

0:43:02.040 --> 0:43:06.320
<v Speaker 3>ty Curry in Lebron, But like I'm not sure.

0:43:06.480 --> 0:43:08.719
<v Speaker 2>I think Steph has shown more signs of aging this

0:43:08.840 --> 0:43:11.840
<v Speaker 2>year than Lebron. I'll put Luca ahead of him. Lucas

0:43:11.840 --> 0:43:13.000
<v Speaker 2>playing out of his mind.

0:43:13.440 --> 0:43:15.640
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's another one after that.

0:43:17.239 --> 0:43:21.800
<v Speaker 2>I don't know people ready to say Sga and his

0:43:21.920 --> 0:43:25.080
<v Speaker 2>almost non existent playoff experience, you rather have him than Lebron.

0:43:25.160 --> 0:43:29.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm not. I think Lebron's still better than Durant, He's

0:43:29.560 --> 0:43:32.160
<v Speaker 2>better than Booker. I know Booker scored fifty the other night.

0:43:32.560 --> 0:43:39.319
<v Speaker 2>So the how far can Lebron take the Lakers? The

0:43:39.360 --> 0:43:43.160
<v Speaker 2>answer is probably until they play the Nuggets. But what

0:43:43.239 --> 0:43:45.799
<v Speaker 2>I will also say is this, on the flip side

0:43:45.800 --> 0:43:49.680
<v Speaker 2>of that, I think for the Lakers to have any

0:43:49.719 --> 0:43:53.360
<v Speaker 2>real chance of a deep playoff run, they've got to

0:43:53.400 --> 0:43:56.680
<v Speaker 2>get out of that nine seed. You can't play back

0:43:56.719 --> 0:44:01.319
<v Speaker 2>to back elimination games just to get the opportunity to

0:44:01.360 --> 0:44:04.480
<v Speaker 2>play the one seed, you just can't do it. And

0:44:04.600 --> 0:44:07.200
<v Speaker 2>getting out of that nine seed. They're running out of time.

0:44:07.920 --> 0:44:11.480
<v Speaker 2>They have thirty three losses, the Pelicans of thirty the

0:44:11.520 --> 0:44:14.479
<v Speaker 2>Sons of thirty one, the Kings of thirty one. There's

0:44:14.640 --> 0:44:19.680
<v Speaker 2>only seven games left, so the Lakers probably gotta go

0:44:20.400 --> 0:44:23.600
<v Speaker 2>six and one the rest of the way to have

0:44:23.640 --> 0:44:27.440
<v Speaker 2>a realistic shot of catching one of those teams.

0:44:27.440 --> 0:44:27.520
<v Speaker 5>Now.

0:44:27.560 --> 0:44:29.960
<v Speaker 2>I think they don't have the tiebreaker with Sacramento, so

0:44:29.960 --> 0:44:33.520
<v Speaker 2>they're essentially three losses behind Sacramento. They do have the

0:44:33.560 --> 0:44:39.000
<v Speaker 2>tiebreaker with Phoenix, so they're two losses behind Phoenix. I

0:44:39.000 --> 0:44:42.239
<v Speaker 2>if they get up to the eight line, can they

0:44:42.239 --> 0:44:47.000
<v Speaker 2>make the conference finals against Sure? I don't. I don't

0:44:47.040 --> 0:44:50.840
<v Speaker 2>think the Lakers have a well enough, well enough rounded

0:44:50.960 --> 0:44:54.040
<v Speaker 2>roster in today's NBA to go, you know, even with

0:44:54.120 --> 0:44:56.279
<v Speaker 2>Lebron playing at this level and ad playing at this

0:44:56.400 --> 0:44:59.120
<v Speaker 2>level to beat Denver or.

0:45:00.040 --> 0:45:01.640
<v Speaker 4>Are you coming over there? I don't know.

0:45:01.640 --> 0:45:05.480
<v Speaker 2>If it's like I hate that idea, I hate that idea.

0:45:06.120 --> 0:45:08.800
<v Speaker 2>I just don't think three star. First of all, I

0:45:08.800 --> 0:45:11.520
<v Speaker 2>don't think trays a winning player, But I don't think

0:45:11.560 --> 0:45:15.040
<v Speaker 2>three stars is the I think the NBA right now

0:45:15.120 --> 0:45:16.920
<v Speaker 2>is too deep with talent. I think you need a

0:45:16.920 --> 0:45:20.040
<v Speaker 2>team that makes sense. I think you need a team

0:45:20.200 --> 0:45:26.600
<v Speaker 2>that you know. Everybody knows has Okac, has Minnesota, to

0:45:26.640 --> 0:45:31.040
<v Speaker 2>their credit, has Boston. Has those teams everybody is fits

0:45:31.080 --> 0:45:32.919
<v Speaker 2>a very specific role.

0:45:33.000 --> 0:45:35.600
<v Speaker 3>All right, next, all right, so you pitched a pretty

0:45:35.600 --> 0:45:39.960
<v Speaker 3>crazy idea on TV yesterday, and that would be the

0:45:40.000 --> 0:45:44.040
<v Speaker 3>top seeds in the playoffs picking their opponents. So pretend

0:45:44.120 --> 0:45:46.320
<v Speaker 3>Adam Silver is listening and make your pitch.

0:45:48.120 --> 0:45:50.840
<v Speaker 2>Well, it's the simplest idea ever. First of all, it

0:45:50.880 --> 0:45:53.480
<v Speaker 2>would be a can't miss television night the night that

0:45:53.520 --> 0:45:57.280
<v Speaker 2>you do pick your opponents. Second of all, it would

0:45:57.480 --> 0:46:03.680
<v Speaker 2>totally eliminate this unique situation we have in the NBA

0:46:03.840 --> 0:46:08.960
<v Speaker 2>right now, where let's say that going into the final

0:46:09.080 --> 0:46:14.040
<v Speaker 2>day of the season, the Sacramento Kings with no Malik

0:46:14.200 --> 0:46:21.399
<v Speaker 2>Monk are locked into the sixth line and in the seven, eight, nine,

0:46:21.560 --> 0:46:29.919
<v Speaker 2>ten are Pelicans, Suns, Lakers, Warriors, meaning two of those

0:46:29.960 --> 0:46:31.640
<v Speaker 2>teams are going to be the seven in the eight

0:46:31.800 --> 0:46:35.640
<v Speaker 2>and the Kings, a battered, bruised Kings team is the

0:46:35.680 --> 0:46:39.040
<v Speaker 2>six line. And let's also say going into that final

0:46:39.120 --> 0:46:43.239
<v Speaker 2>day of the season, Oklahoma City, Denver, and Minnesota are

0:46:43.280 --> 0:46:46.919
<v Speaker 2>all tied as they essentially are right now, a game

0:46:46.960 --> 0:46:51.120
<v Speaker 2>between them for the one seed. You really want a

0:46:51.160 --> 0:46:56.560
<v Speaker 2>scenario where all three of those teams would rather lose

0:46:56.600 --> 0:46:59.920
<v Speaker 2>than win, would rather be the three seed than the

0:47:00.120 --> 0:47:03.839
<v Speaker 2>one seed, because you're getting Sacramento in round one as

0:47:03.840 --> 0:47:05.919
<v Speaker 2>opposed to potentially having to go with Lebron and ad

0:47:06.600 --> 0:47:10.719
<v Speaker 2>or Katie and Booker or who like, that's an absurdity

0:47:11.000 --> 0:47:15.400
<v Speaker 2>where teams are tanked, would potentially try to lose games

0:47:15.719 --> 0:47:19.359
<v Speaker 2>to game the opponent system. So there's that piece of it,

0:47:19.760 --> 0:47:25.359
<v Speaker 2>and then there's in the East. Hey, congratulations Boston, you

0:47:25.440 --> 0:47:30.120
<v Speaker 2>won sixty five games, you won the conference by thirteen games.

0:47:30.680 --> 0:47:35.880
<v Speaker 2>Guess what Joel embiids your opponent in round one because

0:47:35.920 --> 0:47:40.120
<v Speaker 2>Philly was such a disaster without him that they fell

0:47:40.160 --> 0:47:43.040
<v Speaker 2>all the way to the play in And now you

0:47:43.160 --> 0:47:49.160
<v Speaker 2>get embied in round one as opposed to the Orlando

0:47:49.239 --> 0:47:54.360
<v Speaker 2>Magic or the Indiana Pacers. Is that fair or should

0:47:54.360 --> 0:47:59.280
<v Speaker 2>it be as simple as this? The one seed picks

0:48:00.080 --> 0:48:02.719
<v Speaker 2>of all the teams that made the playoffs who they

0:48:02.719 --> 0:48:08.200
<v Speaker 2>want to play, The two seed picks who's left, and

0:48:08.239 --> 0:48:10.680
<v Speaker 2>then three and four, you know, three and.

0:48:10.680 --> 0:48:14.840
<v Speaker 3>Four seed at a hint of I don't want to

0:48:14.840 --> 0:48:17.400
<v Speaker 3>say disrespect, but like, I think that would add a

0:48:17.400 --> 0:48:19.759
<v Speaker 3>little beef to it, you know, but like healthy.

0:48:19.640 --> 0:48:23.600
<v Speaker 2>One hundred percent. It would add real beef. Right you

0:48:23.880 --> 0:48:27.360
<v Speaker 2>you wanted us, you wanted us, now you've got us.

0:48:27.760 --> 0:48:31.279
<v Speaker 2>Of course that would be a thing. And to a

0:48:31.360 --> 0:48:34.200
<v Speaker 2>point to where I think certain teams would be like

0:48:34.239 --> 0:48:37.200
<v Speaker 2>to try to avoid it, would like send their guy

0:48:37.280 --> 0:48:38.759
<v Speaker 2>up there and be like, we're just gonna draw a

0:48:38.880 --> 0:48:41.200
<v Speaker 2>name out of the hat. But every name in the

0:48:41.239 --> 0:48:46.000
<v Speaker 2>hat is the Sacramento Kings, just like, ah, we drew

0:48:46.040 --> 0:48:49.120
<v Speaker 2>the Kings. Ah damn, Like I guess that's who we're

0:48:49.120 --> 0:48:53.600
<v Speaker 2>gonna play, and yes, uh and and so of course

0:48:54.040 --> 0:48:59.160
<v Speaker 2>that should be a thing, just like the And I

0:48:59.200 --> 0:49:01.440
<v Speaker 2>also think this should be a thing in the NFL.

0:49:02.160 --> 0:49:06.200
<v Speaker 2>In the NFL, the team that gets the bye as

0:49:06.239 --> 0:49:10.160
<v Speaker 2>the one seed after the wildcard round should be able

0:49:10.200 --> 0:49:14.520
<v Speaker 2>to look and say who they want, we want them

0:49:14.920 --> 0:49:19.000
<v Speaker 2>like we need to. But in the NBA more because

0:49:19.040 --> 0:49:21.799
<v Speaker 2>people are like, ah, the regular season doesn't matter. We

0:49:21.920 --> 0:49:27.720
<v Speaker 2>should really incentivize teams going for it in the regular season.

0:49:28.480 --> 0:49:31.720
<v Speaker 2>And so I so that to me is an obvious one.

0:49:32.040 --> 0:49:34.359
<v Speaker 2>All Right. The last thing I need to talk about

0:49:34.360 --> 0:49:39.399
<v Speaker 2>here is is Rashi Rice. So people are like, Nick,

0:49:39.440 --> 0:49:41.279
<v Speaker 2>are you gonna tweet about this? Nick? Why aren't you

0:49:41.280 --> 0:49:44.839
<v Speaker 2>talked about this? Okay, which I guess proves I do

0:49:44.880 --> 0:49:48.880
<v Speaker 2>see some of the comments because I saw that. So

0:49:49.040 --> 0:49:54.120
<v Speaker 2>Rashi Rice, the allegations are and it appears to have

0:49:54.680 --> 0:50:02.920
<v Speaker 2>compelling video that supports it that I think the story

0:50:03.040 --> 0:50:08.680
<v Speaker 2>is owns a Corvette least the Lamborghini suv and he

0:50:08.719 --> 0:50:15.120
<v Speaker 2>and his buddies were racing those two cars. Uh Saturday,

0:50:15.520 --> 0:50:19.160
<v Speaker 2>like not even late night. It was daylight Saturday, around

0:50:19.280 --> 0:50:23.960
<v Speaker 2>six pm in Dallas on the highway. There was a wreck,

0:50:25.560 --> 0:50:29.960
<v Speaker 2>four other cars got involved, and then seemingly the drivers

0:50:30.000 --> 0:50:34.440
<v Speaker 2>and passengers of the Lamborghini and the Corvette fled on foot.

0:50:35.040 --> 0:50:38.280
<v Speaker 2>It sure looks like at least one of the people

0:50:38.320 --> 0:50:42.000
<v Speaker 2>in the car in the Lamborghini was Rashi Rice. It

0:50:42.080 --> 0:50:44.759
<v Speaker 2>has been reported the Corvette is leased in his name

0:50:44.880 --> 0:50:47.600
<v Speaker 2>or he owns it, and the Lamborghini was rented in

0:50:47.680 --> 0:50:50.920
<v Speaker 2>his name, which then creates a whole bit because the

0:50:51.000 --> 0:50:54.960
<v Speaker 2>video shows for everyone getting out of the Lamborghini on

0:50:55.000 --> 0:50:58.239
<v Speaker 2>the passenger side. Now there's a couple explanations for that.

0:50:58.320 --> 0:51:00.799
<v Speaker 2>One is because of the wreck, the driver's side door

0:51:00.840 --> 0:51:04.120
<v Speaker 2>didn't open. The other one is even in real time.

0:51:04.680 --> 0:51:08.080
<v Speaker 2>The folks in the car were like, Eh, we want

0:51:08.200 --> 0:51:10.000
<v Speaker 2>to be able to say none of us were driving,

0:51:10.040 --> 0:51:11.879
<v Speaker 2>even though some of us had to be driving. Let's

0:51:11.880 --> 0:51:14.200
<v Speaker 2>all get out on that side. Who knows what the

0:51:14.280 --> 0:51:18.960
<v Speaker 2>rationale behind it is. Rashi Rice in potentially a bunch

0:51:18.960 --> 0:51:25.440
<v Speaker 2>of trouble kansaity television station reported yesterday that the Lamborghini

0:51:25.560 --> 0:51:30.719
<v Speaker 2>was rented in his name, which means whatever insurance there is,

0:51:31.160 --> 0:51:33.640
<v Speaker 2>he's the only one that's covered when he has it.

0:51:34.080 --> 0:51:36.359
<v Speaker 2>So then you're in like a weird spot where it's

0:51:36.440 --> 0:51:41.759
<v Speaker 2>like legally from a getting an actual trouble standard. It's

0:51:41.840 --> 0:51:44.759
<v Speaker 2>really helpful if I wasn't the driver from not being

0:51:44.800 --> 0:51:48.200
<v Speaker 2>tied up in lawsuits for the next you know, until

0:51:48.200 --> 0:51:51.479
<v Speaker 2>I'm on my third NFL contract. I kind of need

0:51:51.480 --> 0:51:53.840
<v Speaker 2>to be the driver. So the whole thing is a mess.

0:51:55.440 --> 0:51:57.279
<v Speaker 2>Folks are like, on, Nick, what are you gonna what

0:51:57.320 --> 0:52:02.000
<v Speaker 2>are you gonna say? I'm going to say what I

0:52:02.040 --> 0:52:07.960
<v Speaker 2>have always said about this type of thing. For the

0:52:08.120 --> 0:52:13.080
<v Speaker 2>vast majority of us, the single most dangerous thing we

0:52:13.160 --> 0:52:17.640
<v Speaker 2>do is drive. Most of us are not getting in fights.

0:52:18.320 --> 0:52:23.080
<v Speaker 2>Most of us are not running with the bulls ice,

0:52:23.200 --> 0:52:26.759
<v Speaker 2>you know what deep sea fishing, you know the what

0:52:26.800 --> 0:52:32.399
<v Speaker 2>was that show called Deadliest Catch? We're not loggers. We're

0:52:32.440 --> 0:52:36.400
<v Speaker 2>not for most of us. We are in the most

0:52:36.440 --> 0:52:39.600
<v Speaker 2>jeopardy when we're behind the wheel of a car, either

0:52:39.640 --> 0:52:42.760
<v Speaker 2>because of how we're driving or how other people are driving.

0:52:44.480 --> 0:52:52.480
<v Speaker 2>And being a foolish twenty something year old driving way

0:52:52.520 --> 0:52:58.600
<v Speaker 2>too fast is about as reckless behavior as one can

0:52:58.760 --> 0:53:02.719
<v Speaker 2>engage in. I don't know if he was under the

0:53:02.760 --> 0:53:06.600
<v Speaker 2>influence or not. Because of the time of day, I'm

0:53:06.640 --> 0:53:11.640
<v Speaker 2>going to assume not, but regardless, that obviously adds to it.

0:53:12.239 --> 0:53:16.520
<v Speaker 2>But here is and the reason I and I think

0:53:16.560 --> 0:53:19.480
<v Speaker 2>I made this point when the Henry Ruggs situation happened,

0:53:20.040 --> 0:53:24.400
<v Speaker 2>where obviously he was not the victim. Someone died, but

0:53:24.480 --> 0:53:27.360
<v Speaker 2>I felt terribly for him, and we talked about it

0:53:27.400 --> 0:53:30.440
<v Speaker 2>on this show about how sick to my stomach, I

0:53:30.520 --> 0:53:33.880
<v Speaker 2>felt like, this guy got drunk and was driving one

0:53:33.960 --> 0:53:37.080
<v Speaker 2>hundred and twenty miles an hour, so anything can happen.

0:53:37.520 --> 0:53:41.600
<v Speaker 2>The worst possible thing happened, really the worst thing, which

0:53:41.640 --> 0:53:46.879
<v Speaker 2>is he lived, someone else died, and now he's got

0:53:46.920 --> 0:53:51.640
<v Speaker 2>that to live with. Deal with the repercussions. But I

0:53:51.640 --> 0:53:56.560
<v Speaker 2>felt sick for him because I aink majority of us,

0:53:57.680 --> 0:54:01.520
<v Speaker 2>while maybe haven't done that exact thing when we were young,

0:54:02.680 --> 0:54:06.560
<v Speaker 2>we ever race a guy on the street. Maybe any

0:54:06.640 --> 0:54:09.680
<v Speaker 2>of us ever had too much to drink and still

0:54:09.680 --> 0:54:12.800
<v Speaker 2>got behind the wheel for if you drink. The answer

0:54:12.800 --> 0:54:15.719
<v Speaker 2>to that question is probably at some point like we

0:54:15.800 --> 0:54:20.000
<v Speaker 2>are all, you know, kind of dancing through the rain drops,

0:54:20.040 --> 0:54:25.440
<v Speaker 2>particularly in our twenties of potential disaster. And here is

0:54:26.239 --> 0:54:31.080
<v Speaker 2>the unfairness of the reality of how we as a

0:54:31.160 --> 0:54:38.360
<v Speaker 2>society have decided to punish these cases. We do not

0:54:38.680 --> 0:54:44.400
<v Speaker 2>penalize based on action. We penalize based on result. So

0:54:45.480 --> 0:54:48.760
<v Speaker 2>Rashid Rice, if he did what he is accused of doing,

0:54:50.880 --> 0:54:55.920
<v Speaker 2>absolutely could have killed somebody, could have incredibly injured people,

0:54:56.200 --> 0:55:00.680
<v Speaker 2>could have killed himself, all of these things. Because the

0:55:00.800 --> 0:55:07.759
<v Speaker 2>reporting is now there were no quote significant injuries. What

0:55:07.840 --> 0:55:12.040
<v Speaker 2>do I expect will happen? Not much. You could say

0:55:12.080 --> 0:55:16.480
<v Speaker 2>that is probably like unfair. Whatever it is, we we

0:55:16.640 --> 0:55:22.680
<v Speaker 2>have collectively as a society decided we do not penalize

0:55:22.719 --> 0:55:26.879
<v Speaker 2>reckless or drunk or race car driving any like race

0:55:27.239 --> 0:55:29.480
<v Speaker 2>not actual race card, you know what I mean? Based

0:55:29.520 --> 0:55:33.719
<v Speaker 2>on the action We penalize based on the impact. You

0:55:33.719 --> 0:55:36.160
<v Speaker 2>can say that's right or that's wrong, but that's what

0:55:36.280 --> 0:55:42.680
<v Speaker 2>it is. And so this would appear to me like

0:55:42.800 --> 0:55:50.440
<v Speaker 2>Rashi Rice might have gotten incredibly lucky here that the

0:55:50.680 --> 0:55:54.719
<v Speaker 2>doing making all of the exact same choices, all of

0:55:54.760 --> 0:56:00.680
<v Speaker 2>them could be as simple as like how it impact

0:56:01.000 --> 0:56:06.480
<v Speaker 2>the rest of his life. The deciding factor could be

0:56:07.880 --> 0:56:12.399
<v Speaker 2>did someone I've never met twenty minutes before I got

0:56:12.400 --> 0:56:15.840
<v Speaker 2>into my car put their seat belt on or not?

0:56:17.480 --> 0:56:21.600
<v Speaker 2>Oh they did? Well, Now, this is going to end

0:56:21.680 --> 0:56:27.680
<v Speaker 2>up being a misdemeanor, you know, community service situation versus

0:56:28.120 --> 0:56:31.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm looking at prison. This is going to end up

0:56:31.600 --> 0:56:39.240
<v Speaker 2>being a maybe one game league suspension versus I'm kicked

0:56:39.280 --> 0:56:42.560
<v Speaker 2>out of the NFL. This is going to be, oh

0:56:42.600 --> 0:56:48.680
<v Speaker 2>my gosh, what a scary moment versus the thing that

0:56:48.760 --> 0:56:53.319
<v Speaker 2>you think about every night before you fall asleep and

0:56:53.480 --> 0:56:57.919
<v Speaker 2>every morning when you wake up. All of your decisions

0:56:58.280 --> 0:57:03.640
<v Speaker 2>the exact same, and the difference is whether someone you'd

0:57:03.680 --> 0:57:07.439
<v Speaker 2>never met put on a seatbelt, whether someone you'd never

0:57:07.560 --> 0:57:11.040
<v Speaker 2>met you know, got on the highway at that exact

0:57:11.080 --> 0:57:13.960
<v Speaker 2>moment or two seconds earlier. All of it is just

0:57:14.080 --> 0:57:19.840
<v Speaker 2>left to chance, and that is a terrifying reality of life.

0:57:20.360 --> 0:57:23.800
<v Speaker 2>But it also is when it comes to this specific

0:57:24.080 --> 0:57:27.720
<v Speaker 2>type of incident, how we as a society have decided

0:57:27.720 --> 0:57:33.960
<v Speaker 2>to punish it. We we don't punish anything related to

0:57:34.120 --> 0:57:40.720
<v Speaker 2>driving intoxicated or not reckless driving based on decision making.

0:57:41.160 --> 0:57:47.280
<v Speaker 2>We do it based on impact. And like if Henry

0:57:47.400 --> 0:57:54.160
<v Speaker 2>Ruggs in his situation, everything was the exact same, but

0:57:54.240 --> 0:57:59.320
<v Speaker 2>the person whose car he hit, they were totally fine.

0:57:59.400 --> 0:58:03.720
<v Speaker 2>He's I don't even know if he spends a night

0:58:03.800 --> 0:58:08.800
<v Speaker 2>in jail. Instead it's years in jail that person's like,

0:58:09.800 --> 0:58:14.960
<v Speaker 2>And so it is. That's where we're at on Like

0:58:15.040 --> 0:58:17.000
<v Speaker 2>you want my opinion on the Rashi Rice thing, that's

0:58:17.000 --> 0:58:20.280
<v Speaker 2>where it is. I think he.

0:58:21.920 --> 0:58:21.960
<v Speaker 5>It.

0:58:22.840 --> 0:58:25.920
<v Speaker 2>You know, if the videos and stories are true. He

0:58:26.080 --> 0:58:32.959
<v Speaker 2>made an incredibly reckless decision that put obviously a ton

0:58:33.000 --> 0:58:37.560
<v Speaker 2>of people who he never met in jeopardy. And I

0:58:37.600 --> 0:58:40.880
<v Speaker 2>think probably, I don't want to say, gonna get away

0:58:40.920 --> 0:58:43.800
<v Speaker 2>with it, but like it's probably gonna be pretty minor.

0:58:44.360 --> 0:58:46.560
<v Speaker 2>That's why I think it's gonna happen. Should that be

0:58:46.640 --> 0:58:50.160
<v Speaker 2>how we do it? Probably not. But then we have

0:58:50.200 --> 0:58:52.800
<v Speaker 2>a real weird thing where if we don't do those

0:58:52.840 --> 0:58:55.960
<v Speaker 2>things based on impact, then what do we want the

0:58:56.000 --> 0:58:58.520
<v Speaker 2>penalty for drunk driving to be? Do we want the

0:58:58.520 --> 0:59:00.600
<v Speaker 2>penalty for drunk driving to be Well, you could have

0:59:00.720 --> 0:59:04.560
<v Speaker 2>killed someone, So a DUI is mandatory five years. And

0:59:04.600 --> 0:59:06.160
<v Speaker 2>by the way, I don't even think she was drunk,

0:59:06.200 --> 0:59:09.200
<v Speaker 2>but just using that it's a weird That's like a

0:59:09.200 --> 0:59:13.280
<v Speaker 2>whole different thought exercise here of how we want to

0:59:13.360 --> 0:59:16.960
<v Speaker 2>handle those types of things. Should it be based on

0:59:17.040 --> 0:59:20.240
<v Speaker 2>impact or based on action? When it comes to things

0:59:20.240 --> 0:59:22.680
<v Speaker 2>with our cars, we have kind of decided it's based

0:59:22.720 --> 0:59:26.880
<v Speaker 2>on impact. And because of that, I think he's gonna

0:59:27.320 --> 0:59:30.160
<v Speaker 2>I think he's going to be okay. I hope he

0:59:30.320 --> 0:59:33.920
<v Speaker 2>learns from it. And this is why driving is, like

0:59:34.000 --> 0:59:37.200
<v Speaker 2>I said, the single scariest and most dangerous thing any

0:59:37.240 --> 0:59:40.960
<v Speaker 2>of us. Do quick break, comeback play likely maybe what if?

0:59:40.960 --> 0:59:42.880
<v Speaker 2>And try to answer some of your questions. What's right?

0:59:48.000 --> 0:59:51.840
<v Speaker 2>Demon's I got some bad news. I think our producers

0:59:51.880 --> 0:59:55.320
<v Speaker 2>might have got got that twelve point two million number

0:59:55.320 --> 0:59:58.400
<v Speaker 2>that I said that I was told was the rating

0:59:58.560 --> 1:00:02.280
<v Speaker 2>for the women's game. I think they either misread something

1:00:02.440 --> 1:00:05.800
<v Speaker 2>or fake news or something. I was surprised that rating

1:00:05.840 --> 1:00:10.640
<v Speaker 2>would be out already, so so I apologize to the audience.

1:00:11.360 --> 1:00:15.280
<v Speaker 2>If you think the twelve million, I think is in play.

1:00:15.760 --> 1:00:18.320
<v Speaker 2>It seemed high, but I think it's in play. But

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see. But for the audience out there, if you

1:00:21.360 --> 1:00:24.680
<v Speaker 2>texted your friends that it was twelve million, you tried

1:00:24.720 --> 1:00:27.680
<v Speaker 2>to cash in your bets on the rating. We gave

1:00:27.720 --> 1:00:30.320
<v Speaker 2>you bad news. We gave you fake news. I apologize

1:00:30.400 --> 1:00:32.919
<v Speaker 2>so that that number is not in yet. I do

1:00:33.040 --> 1:00:36.480
<v Speaker 2>have from a more reliable source. I do have the

1:00:36.600 --> 1:00:40.880
<v Speaker 2>rating number for the men's game on Easter. The men's

1:00:40.920 --> 1:00:45.520
<v Speaker 2>games on Easter Tennessee, Perdue did ten point four million.

1:00:46.320 --> 1:00:53.840
<v Speaker 2>NC State Duke did fifteen million. And Colorado, Iowa was

1:00:53.880 --> 1:00:57.240
<v Speaker 2>that the hold on Colorado Iowa? Oh? That was the

1:00:58.200 --> 1:01:01.840
<v Speaker 2>Iowa women's game did seven million. If Colorado, Ohiowa did

1:01:01.920 --> 1:01:06.040
<v Speaker 2>seven million, then I then I think it's uh.

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<v Speaker 4>Then I think it's yeah.

1:01:09.640 --> 1:01:11.760
<v Speaker 2>I think twelve million might be in play. All right,

1:01:11.840 --> 1:01:14.800
<v Speaker 2>let's play. Let's quickly do this and then answer some

1:01:14.880 --> 1:01:17.200
<v Speaker 2>listener questions. Play a game of likely maybe, what if?

1:01:18.120 --> 1:01:21.160
<v Speaker 4>Yes? All right, so we're starting off. Something is not

1:01:21.280 --> 1:01:21.840
<v Speaker 4>adding up.

1:01:21.840 --> 1:01:25.760
<v Speaker 3>In Cleveland, Calves owner Dan Gilbert said he thinks Donovan

1:01:25.760 --> 1:01:28.600
<v Speaker 3>Mitchell sign an extension, but Mitchell isn't talking like a

1:01:28.600 --> 1:01:31.440
<v Speaker 3>player that's about the sign an extension. After a blowout

1:01:31.440 --> 1:01:34.480
<v Speaker 3>in Denver, he said, it's effing April. We've got to

1:01:34.480 --> 1:01:37.440
<v Speaker 3>figure it out. What is Donovan Mitchell's future?

1:01:40.040 --> 1:01:45.840
<v Speaker 2>He's likely traded this summer, Maybe he signs that extension

1:01:46.800 --> 1:01:49.880
<v Speaker 2>or I guess the what if is what if the

1:01:49.920 --> 1:01:52.160
<v Speaker 2>Calves just hold on to him and then he potentially

1:01:52.200 --> 1:01:54.360
<v Speaker 2>walks in a year. But I think he is the

1:01:54.440 --> 1:01:58.920
<v Speaker 2>big ticket guy that gets traded this summer, potentially to Philly.

1:01:59.560 --> 1:02:01.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he'd love to go to Miami.

1:02:01.720 --> 1:02:02.080
<v Speaker 4>I don't.

1:02:02.120 --> 1:02:04.160
<v Speaker 2>I think the Knicks are happy where they're at. Next.

1:02:04.960 --> 1:02:08.040
<v Speaker 3>Okay, Michael Pennocks junior Wow, did his Pro day running

1:02:08.040 --> 1:02:11.080
<v Speaker 3>a four four six forty and he has already been

1:02:11.080 --> 1:02:14.200
<v Speaker 3>connected with half a dozen teams. What will Michael Pennock's

1:02:14.240 --> 1:02:17.560
<v Speaker 3>future or draft day look like?

1:02:17.560 --> 1:02:22.640
<v Speaker 2>Likely? I think he's gonna be, unfortunately the sixth quarterback

1:02:22.720 --> 1:02:28.520
<v Speaker 2>off the board. Caleb Drake, Jase J McCarthy, Jayden Daniels,

1:02:28.560 --> 1:02:31.320
<v Speaker 2>and weirdly bow Nicks I think are gonna go ahead

1:02:31.320 --> 1:02:39.720
<v Speaker 2>of him. Maybe if Pennix is there at thirteen, which

1:02:39.760 --> 1:02:42.480
<v Speaker 2>he should be, the Raiders take him, and then the

1:02:42.520 --> 1:02:49.480
<v Speaker 2>what if is what if the Patriots trade out of

1:02:49.720 --> 1:02:56.040
<v Speaker 2>three to acquire extra picks and then draft him with

1:02:56.240 --> 1:02:59.960
<v Speaker 2>at the very top of round two. If the Patriots

1:03:00.080 --> 1:03:02.040
<v Speaker 2>right out of three for something that wants JJ, I

1:03:02.080 --> 1:03:05.280
<v Speaker 2>think that's what if. I think more likely he is

1:03:06.280 --> 1:03:09.120
<v Speaker 2>the sixth quarterback taken, which still could make him a

1:03:09.120 --> 1:03:10.640
<v Speaker 2>first round pick in this year's draft.

1:03:10.680 --> 1:03:13.320
<v Speaker 3>All right, next, All right, so Zach and He's draft

1:03:13.360 --> 1:03:16.760
<v Speaker 3>stock has been skyrocketing, but many still question if his size,

1:03:17.200 --> 1:03:20.280
<v Speaker 3>his size and limitations will translate to the NBA. But

1:03:20.760 --> 1:03:22.800
<v Speaker 3>the NBA still has a referee, so he's probably got

1:03:22.800 --> 1:03:25.280
<v Speaker 3>a chance. What will Edie's career look like?

1:03:27.320 --> 1:03:31.640
<v Speaker 2>I mean, a career backup is likely like a better

1:03:31.760 --> 1:03:36.080
<v Speaker 2>version of Bobon And that's not a knock like Boban's

1:03:36.080 --> 1:03:38.960
<v Speaker 2>a great offensive player. I think Edie's a better offensive player.

1:03:39.160 --> 1:03:41.560
<v Speaker 2>The problem for Boban is he just can't move, so

1:03:41.760 --> 1:03:44.560
<v Speaker 2>he's just a terrible defender despite being how big he is.

1:03:44.840 --> 1:03:46.640
<v Speaker 2>I think that's what Edie will be. I think he'll

1:03:46.640 --> 1:03:53.080
<v Speaker 2>be a backup center in the NBA. Maybe there is

1:03:53.120 --> 1:03:56.120
<v Speaker 2>a team that wants to just go super like I

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<v Speaker 2>saw Kevin O'Connor project that the Thunder could raft him

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<v Speaker 2>and use chet like as his defensive backstop and just

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<v Speaker 2>have like this super giant team maybe, And then the

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<v Speaker 2>what if is unfortunately, what if is Zach Edy's career is,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, owning the most popular string of car dealerships

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<v Speaker 2>in the greater Purdue area. Like that's possible too, Like

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<v Speaker 2>that he's a collegiate legend that it just doesn't train

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<v Speaker 2>like a perdue legend forever, but it just doesn't translate

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<v Speaker 2>to the NBA. Like that's on the board. Uh, And

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<v Speaker 2>so that you can be a great college player and

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<v Speaker 2>not a great pro, particularly as the NBA is changing.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, next, I'd get a car from Zach Edy.

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<v Speaker 3>So NC State big man DJ Burns has got the

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<v Speaker 3>town talking.

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<v Speaker 4>Even Yoga said he likes his.

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<v Speaker 3>Game, of course, and now Schrager is reporting there could

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<v Speaker 3>be NFL interest due to his size and footwork.

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<v Speaker 4>What is Burn's professional future?

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<v Speaker 2>I think he'll try I think he'll I try out

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<v Speaker 2>for the end. I think it's likely he tries out

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<v Speaker 2>for the NFL and maybe gets invited to a camp,

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<v Speaker 2>uh and then ends up playing professional basketball overseas. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the likely maybe. Uh. He just says no, I have

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<v Speaker 2>no interest. In playing football and basketball player and he

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<v Speaker 2>just goes overseas. What if he's awesome at football six ' eight,

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<v Speaker 2>can move his feet, put on some weight, and go

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<v Speaker 2>kick ass in the NFL, that would be great. I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's unlikely, but I think it's on the board.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get to the listener questions. Uh, Dylan

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<v Speaker 2>Mayle says, uh uh for Demanse's diner shades, are we

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<v Speaker 2>thinking Gucci, Louis Vutan or Dior? Uh? I just you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta reference everybody there their name brand, but not get it.

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<v Speaker 4>I get it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I probably have to go goot. Actually no, I

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<v Speaker 3>have to go leave Aiton. I think Gucci's got something

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<v Speaker 3>going on with it right now.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh really, Okay, I'll look into that. Uh, we might

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<v Speaker 2>have an in at Versace, so the answer might.

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<v Speaker 4>Right Versachi, Yeah, we might have that wasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't care. I mean, they'd be a.

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<v Speaker 4>Gift, so do I. Thomas Washington? How much?

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<v Speaker 3>How much did Magic Johnson get paid his first deal?

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<v Speaker 3>She's oh, he's talking Aboutkayln Clark.

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<v Speaker 4>Magic.

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<v Speaker 3>She's the Magic Johnson, the w NBA. It's her job

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<v Speaker 3>to build the brand, not the NBA. To subsidize it.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's Thomas Washington. I understand that. But when Magic

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<v Speaker 2>got drafted, the ABA had already folded. Magic wasn't making

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<v Speaker 2>the equivalent of seventy grand in today's dollars. First of all,

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<v Speaker 2>and second of all, you can it is not about

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA subsidizing it. It is about whether or not

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA and the WNBA collectively want a risk someone

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<v Speaker 2>else parachuting in and stealing this moment by acquiring the

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<v Speaker 2>star power that College Basco's built up for him. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not a charity. It's about business, and I think right

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<v Speaker 2>now the WNBA is in a position and the NBA's

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<v Speaker 2>partners with it to capitalize on the millions of people

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<v Speaker 2>that are into these athletes that they got. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>there were stars absent of the leagues. Go ahead, let's

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<v Speaker 2>do Tay Jones.

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<v Speaker 3>Ty Jones, the question for Nick what team should should

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<v Speaker 3>the Spurs look at.

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<v Speaker 4>As the blueprint on how to build around Limby.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably the Spurs on how they built around Duncan. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Duncan obviously had Robinson right when he got there. Just

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<v Speaker 2>don't try to microwave it. Don't do what the pell

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<v Speaker 2>dial with Anthony Davis and what the Calves did with

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron which is recognized. Oh my god, he's so good

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<v Speaker 2>as a rookie. Let's just go all in right now,

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<v Speaker 2>take the long view. There's a reason the Calves and

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<v Speaker 2>Pelicans were never able to build contenders around those great players.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, last one, he's freaking crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>Roan Sherrington says, Demand knows he's indoors right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's his new look. Demand's going for a look. I

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<v Speaker 2>encouraged it. Demanse was unsure about wearing it today. But

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<v Speaker 2>the problem was this if that if you didn't stick

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<v Speaker 2>with it, then people were gonna think that it wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>a look. It was just that you were covering up

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<v Speaker 2>a black eye or something you've got in a fight.

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<v Speaker 2>So he got to stay committed to it. And I

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<v Speaker 2>also think that's a good point, exactly right. I also

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<v Speaker 2>think it's a good look. He's tried out a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of different sunglasses that you get in the little spinny

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<v Speaker 2>thing at Walgreens for acebox, and he's gonna get some

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<v Speaker 2>nice ones when I see him in a week. Good

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