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Speaker 1: Please, you're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio living the

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Speaker 1: dream once again on a fully loaded Saturday.

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Speaker 2: This is Harbin and Husky and we are broadcasting live

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Speaker 2: from the Fox Sports Radio studios. Well, DJ, when I

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Speaker 2: found out we are going to be here doing double

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Speaker 3: Well, double scoop a.

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Speaker 2: Big vanilla funny year, here we go. You got a

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Speaker 2: kick out of that. But yeah, it's very different here

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Speaker 2: on Saturdays, VJ. As you know, we only have a

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Speaker 2: couple of hours. Adam Kaplan, our NFL insider, is going

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Speaker 2: to be joining us. By the way, Adam's going to

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Speaker 2: be co hosting tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: With Dan Bayer.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so lead into our show tomorrow. So Adam's gonna

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Speaker 2: be joining us here in about twenty minutes. Of course,

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Speaker 2: he's getting ready to go to all the different camps

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Speaker 2: around the National Football League, and our NBA insider, Mark

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Speaker 2: Medina will join us in the next hour. There are

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Speaker 2: all kinds of rumors flying about. More guys started getting

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Speaker 2: buyout and their deals and then signing on with other teams,

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Speaker 2: as he saw with Bradley Beale and the Clippers. Now

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Speaker 2: there's rumors about Marcus smarttting out of his deal in

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Speaker 2: Washington's he signed with the Lakers. So yeah, there's there's

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Speaker 2: different ways to put a roster together these days.

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Speaker 3: You know what this buyout thing bothers me. It does

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Speaker 3: because if you can just make a trade and then

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Speaker 3: just get bought out and then pretty much go to

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Speaker 3: the next team. I understand that there's numbers and all

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Speaker 3: that stuff, and you know, contract numbers and money's gotta

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Speaker 3: match and things of that nature, but I honestly do

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Speaker 3: believe there needs to be something implemented to where, Okay,

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Speaker 3: if we make this trade, you got at least be

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Speaker 3: here until the trade deadline the following year. This idea

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Speaker 3: that we could just trade guys, have the numbers match up,

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Speaker 3: and then knowing that we're gonna buy a guy out.

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Speaker 3: Because let's get real, I grew up in the DMV area.

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Speaker 3: Who's trying to really play for the Washington Wizards right now?

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Speaker 3: Kyle Kuzma's now moved on. You know, I go all

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Speaker 3: the way back to Gilbert Areenas being Therewami Brown being

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Speaker 3: in the MOE overall. Pick I lived there when all

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Speaker 3: that was happening. You used to see those guys all

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Speaker 3: the time, and I don't mind Marcus Smart saying, Okay,

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Speaker 3: I want to go play somewhere else, But I do

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Speaker 3: think the NBA, the Players Association, we need to revisit

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Speaker 3: this thing. Because if that's the case, then how can

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Speaker 3: you include them into the trade if you're just gonna

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Speaker 3: buy them out and then they can just go sign

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Speaker 3: the rich stay rich, right, because I can say, Okay,

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Speaker 3: we'll wait for this guy to get bought out and

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Speaker 3: then we'll go get this guy, and then we'll go get.

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Speaker 4: You know, I just I understand what you're wrong a

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Speaker 2: But at the same way, it sort of helps you

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Speaker 2: get out of a bad contract.

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean, you're on the hook for.

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Speaker 2: The entire contract, so if you can you know, like

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Speaker 2: the Damian Lillard situation in Milwaukee, you know you're like

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Speaker 2: on the hook for all this money and now you're

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Speaker 2: able to sort of space it out with all the

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Speaker 2: cap implications around the NFL. So look, the NFL tries

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Speaker 2: to again give you the opportunity to pay more, so

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Speaker 2: keep your stars. That makes a lot of sense sense.

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Speaker 2: This is another way to say, all right, he got

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Speaker 2: stuck with a bad deal and you want to get

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Speaker 2: out of it, and you really have no use for

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Speaker 2: that player. So instead of being on the hook for

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Speaker 2: all the money, you know, for a certain year to

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Speaker 2: put you up against the Catholic can space it out.

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Speaker 2: You buy out of the deal, and then you can

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Speaker 2: get rid of the guy. But again for the Clippers,

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Speaker 2: I mean, you get Bradley Beal for next to nothing.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what kind of player he's going to be.

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Speaker 2: I know what kind of player he's been in the past.

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Speaker 2: I like Bradley Beal on a personal level. I think

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Speaker 2: he's a very sharp guy. But you know what he

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Speaker 2: does is put up numbers that really don't translate into anything, right.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the guy his career has got glossy numbers

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Speaker 2: with very unglossy results for the teams he's played on.

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Speaker 3: And not only that, even the Bradley Beial deal, what

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Speaker 3: we can jump there really fast. You essentially trade, not

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Speaker 3: trade as trade swat players, but you essentially Norman Powell

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Speaker 4: To me, and this is not a knock, I've always

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Speaker 3: As like a Gilbert Arenas two point h Like you said,

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Speaker 3: that away from that man. But like you just always said,

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Speaker 2: He is like the what the third wheel at best

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Speaker 2: on that team obviously with Kawhi and Hard and Look,

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Speaker 2: as far as the Clippers are concerned, it just comes

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Speaker 4: Keeping Kawhi on the court.

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Speaker 2: Right, absolutely, but not only if he's not on the court,

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Speaker 2: they're not gonna do anything. I mean, his beal take

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Speaker 2: him to the next level. Look, they're adding pieces right now,

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Speaker 2: you know. They They've got what is quickly been recognizing

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Speaker 2: to a domas the place to be. It's a destination.

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Speaker 2: Now can that translate into a championship? There's still obviously

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Speaker 2: a lot of teams in the West. You got to

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Speaker 2: rate it him, right, Clippers, Right, That's what I was

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Speaker 2: gonna go.

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Speaker 3: But we sit here and talk week after week, and

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Speaker 3: we both agreed that the Western Conference was period conference

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Speaker 3: this year. They had the better teams. They ended up

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Speaker 3: winning the championship. We probably thought other than Boston, that

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Speaker 3: out of the Eastern Conference. In the Western Conference, we

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Speaker 3: had questions, Hey, can Denver get back there? Denver has

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Speaker 3: Are we finally gonna see okay, see breakthrough, which they did.

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Speaker 3: Oh hey, here's here's Ann Edwards is he's gonna finally

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Speaker 3: leave Minnesota, leave Minnesota. The Lakers make a surprising trade

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Speaker 3: and we start thinking, oh, hold up, can the Lakers

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Speaker 4: You asked me about Cleveland.

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Speaker 3: I told you, bro, I never believed in Cleveland you

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Speaker 3: can win all them games. But they don't have players

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Speaker 3: that I look at and go, Daris Garland, all right,

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Speaker 4: Can you win a championship with him?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, if he's like your third guy, if he's Awkwuaman,

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Speaker 3: but if he's Batman or Superman now, but if he's

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Speaker 4: A beial could be that for the Clippers. Really, again,

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Speaker 4: I do.

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Speaker 2: I think they didn't defend anybody Steven nor rebound there

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Speaker 4: But Powell was not a shutdown defender. He played, but

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Speaker 3: Though I don't think anybody's gonna mistake Bradley Beal for

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Speaker 3: translate to them being a better basketball team? And last point,

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Speaker 3: the man was banged up being injured the last two

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Speaker 3: and he plays seventy eighty games himself.

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Speaker 4: When we're here tomorrow to do our show, we're going

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Speaker 4: to be.

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Speaker 2: Coordinating Scotty Scheffler has today. I mean, by the way, okay,

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Speaker 2: so everyone, you know, they tried to do this comparison

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Speaker 2: of you know, his numbers with that of Tiger, and

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Speaker 2: you know, but it's what Scottie Scheffler is one hundred

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Speaker 2: is Jack Nicholas.

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Speaker 4: In the nineteen sixties.

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Speaker 2: Arnold Palmer was the star of golf.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 2: He was right, He had Arnie's army, he had the look,

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Speaker 2: he was winning in dramatic fashion, played a very dramatic

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Speaker 4: And then along comes this guy.

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Speaker 4: But he was so good. He was so his game

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Speaker 2: Programmed and he just kept winning major after major after major.

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Speaker 3: It wasn't until much later in his career.

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Speaker 2: You know, by the mid seventies that Nicholas sort of

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Speaker 2: weren't around during Nicholas's they just remember that last Master

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Speaker 3: But that wasn't Jack back in the day.

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Speaker 2: The Jack back in the sixties in the early seventies

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Speaker 2: watching Scottie today and he has really.

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Speaker 4: Gotten into that idea. He had no bogies today.

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Speaker 2: He missed a lot of US seven right, Yeah, he

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Speaker 2: shot sixty seventy, had one eagle touber and that's it

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Speaker 2: and the rest are pars. And this is how Nicholas

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Speaker 2: navigated majors. He knew, stay out of trouble, stay away

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Speaker 2: from the doubles and the tripples, definitely, and once you

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Speaker 2: the kid. Now he has made it clear that you know,

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Speaker 2: the golf is in his life. He doesn't want to

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Speaker 2: not exciting for golf fans because he's not Rory McElroy.

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Speaker 3: He's not. He's not one of the exciting players that

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Speaker 2: I mean watching Rory in the crowd there in Northern Ireland,

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Speaker 2: they're all excited about Rory. He grew up there. He's

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Speaker 2: not gonna win. He's six shots back at Scotty Scheffler.

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Speaker 2: You know, unless he shoots a sixty two tomorrow, that's

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Speaker 2: not gonna happen. So I I you know, it's hard though,

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Speaker 2: is that doesn't have sort of the it factor, right,

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Speaker 2: And that's the thing. I mean Tiger had not only

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Speaker 2: gonna be very interesting in the years ahead because Scheffler

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Speaker 2: is going nowhere. This guy put it this way. This

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Speaker 2: is his twenty fifth major. He's played in sixteen top tens.

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Speaker 2: Like he isstent.

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Speaker 5: He is that that was Jack cliss Hell, and he's

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Speaker 5: just like this straight line for twenty years where he

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Speaker 5: is the bar for everybody to You know, Trevino had personnel,

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Speaker 5: all these other guys had personalities, but Nicholas was the

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Speaker 5: dominant player.

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Speaker 3: And that's where we are right now with Scotty Scheffler

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Speaker 3: no Number one, first of all, number one in the world.

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Speaker 3: So we can't take that away from him. He is

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Speaker 3: the guy right now. He's got a four stroke lead

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Speaker 3: over Lee right now, and you got Fitshpatrick and McElroy

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Speaker 3: he's six shots off. But we mentioned this last week

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Speaker 3: watching Center and watching Alcatraz in the Wimbledon final, and

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Speaker 3: star pound superstar. That's what Tiger was. Like they yelled,

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Speaker 3: get in the hole because of Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods

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Speaker 3: had the fist putt. And remember when it all first started,

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Speaker 4: Right now.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I mean think about it. I mean, you've

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Speaker 8: actually did, but would rarely use it. But it's it's

438
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Speaker 8: a situation where they know they're in a turnaround program.

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Speaker 8: They got Gino Smith after the trade. They extended his

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Speaker 8: contract so for probably three years, will be their starter,

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Speaker 8: so I don't have to worry about that position, which

442
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Speaker 8: is huge for them, and they could just start building.

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Speaker 8: So I like to move. I know it's some Raider

444
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Speaker 8: fans like, why wait a minute, why are we bringing

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Speaker 8: this guy in after what happened Seattle, But you want

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Speaker 8: to jump start something, He's going to do things the

447
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Speaker 8: right way. It's not like he's ninety years old. He's

448
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Speaker 8: what you would call young, seventy plus year old coach.

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Speaker 8: I like the staff that he put together. But the

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Speaker 8: problem that spy Tech and Carol have is the roster

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Speaker 8: they took over to one of the five worst of

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Speaker 8: the National Football That's the truth, and it's going to

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Speaker 8: take them a while to get this thing turn around.

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Speaker 3: Fox Sports Saturday with Steve Hartman and VJ. Husky. Right

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Speaker 3: now we have one of the great Adam Kaplan NFL

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Speaker 3: insider Adam I'm gonna stay with that division. Very simple question.

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Speaker 3: Is this the year finally that somebody, namely maybe the

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Speaker 3: Chargers of my Man Jim.

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Speaker 4: Jimmy Burgers Jim Harborough.

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Speaker 3: Is this the year that someone finally takes over the

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Speaker 3: AFC wes and wins that division and then now makes

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Speaker 3: the Chiefs a wow card football team.

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Speaker 8: Well, I've been on record on sports for one of

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Speaker 8: the companies that work for a new television four and

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Speaker 8: I put it out there because every year I try

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Speaker 8: to come up with something like Steve's picked last year

467
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Speaker 8: of Denver, which like no one saw and Steve got

468
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Speaker 8: it right. I'm looking to get one. No one has

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Speaker 8: the exittus, so to speak, to pick the Chargers over

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Speaker 8: the Chiefs other than myself. I'm going for it. Yeah,

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Speaker 8: I completely missed on the Chargers this season. I didn't

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Speaker 8: see it.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 8: One thing I've learn about Jim Harri about talking to

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Speaker 8: people very close to Him've worked with him for a

476
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Speaker 8: number of years and various stops. I mean, you could

477
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Speaker 8: say what you want about well I wears everybody out.

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Speaker 8: That typically happens. But the first three to four years

479
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Speaker 8: are incredible. And look you noticed that in choke games

480
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Speaker 8: like they did with the former head coaches, they find

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Speaker 8: a way to win. They have this new facility at Steve.

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Speaker 8: I want to get asked Steve what I think he

483
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Speaker 8: was going to go there? You told me last week

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Speaker 8: you again, I.

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Speaker 2: Was going to go there, but we couldn't get the

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Speaker 2: arrangement set for interview, so I did not get there

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Speaker 2: on Thursday.

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Speaker 8: All right, but hopefully you get there else you gon know.

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Speaker 8: But the rosters better now. They got that Naji Harris situation,

490
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Speaker 8: which is kind of weird, but They've rebuilt their offensive

491
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Speaker 8: line completely over the last three seasons. They their young

492
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Speaker 8: receiver corps. Defensively, they've added some pieces that the thing

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Speaker 8: is a coaching under Jesse Mentor, who Harball brought over

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Speaker 8: from Michigan with him, is fantastic. They overachieved. That's the

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Speaker 8: one issue where I don't see them making a huge run.

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Speaker 8: But I know the Charge has been mostly awful against

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Speaker 8: the Chiefs since Andy Reid has been there. But I

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Speaker 8: really feel that that they this is the team to

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Speaker 8: do it. It's funny you set this up because it's

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Speaker 8: sometimes you just get a gut feeling.

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Speaker 3: Again.

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Speaker 8: I didn't see this with the Chiefs the Chargers last year,

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Speaker 8: and I like their off season they've had. They're the

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Speaker 8: team to the throne them and answer your question, I

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Speaker 8: think they could do it all right.

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Speaker 3: Well, I tell you what.

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Speaker 2: In the weeks ahead, we're gonna have a lot more

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Speaker 2: with Adam. The good news is he's going to be

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Speaker 2: on tomorrow with Dan Buyer.

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Speaker 3: Look forward to it.

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Speaker 4: Where are you going to be broadcasting from?

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Speaker 3: Where are you so?

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Speaker 8: I'm in my radio studio, okay, And that's why I

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Speaker 8: sound so great. You know a lot of people It's

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Speaker 8: funny when I do radio over the country, they said, wait,

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Speaker 8: how are you in studio? No, I'm not believe it

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Speaker 8: or not so magic of com Rex and I owe

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Speaker 8: my own equipment, so it helps.

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Speaker 3: And that sounds great. Adam. We look forward to it

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Speaker 3: as our leading tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: Appreciate the time. We'll talk to again next week.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Adam.

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Speaker 2: That is Adam Kaplan, our NFL insider, and again he

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Speaker 2: and Dan Bayer are going to be our leading for

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Speaker 2: tomorrow's show with Fox Sports Sunday. All right, now, let's

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Speaker 2: find out what is trending, and Martin is in the house.

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Speaker 3: It is true, how are you?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing great staying here? Are you as excited as

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Speaker 2: we already get? This NFL season started? No knocking all

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Speaker 2: the other sports, so we leave the love all of

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Speaker 2: the NFL season. Well, the thing here is like Sundays.

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Speaker 2: I consider you have what the seventeen plus the twenty

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Speaker 2: one Sundays of NFL twenty two give or tape, Pro

534
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Speaker 2: Bowl and so on, and then you have every other Sunday.

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Speaker 2: So I'm wrapping up now, I got what seven other

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Speaker 2: Sundays left, and then I got real Sunday.

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Speaker 3: So that's kind of the way I look at it,

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Speaker 3: you know, to me, real Sundays.

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Speaker 4: Well, you're gonna be on hiatus for a little bit, coming.

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Speaker 3: I'll be back before real Sunday. I'll be back.

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Speaker 9: That's what I'm saying. I got seven Sundays and go

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Speaker 9: travel the world, do whatever the.

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Speaker 3: Hell I want. You'll be a different man, I will, well,

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Speaker 3: I'll be the same man, different status tax file.

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Speaker 4: Do you know I didn't say worse. I'll you'll be

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Speaker 4: a better man, a better side.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 9: My fiance was kind of it didn't click ther when

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Speaker 9: we had to go to her marriage license that would

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Speaker 9: get it at the courthouse. Yes, yeah, yeah, because this

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Speaker 9: is a legal document, like yeah, the same that we

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Speaker 9: get pardoned by the judge.

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Speaker 3: She had to change her name. You got to go

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Speaker 3: to the courthouse, you know, because not Yeah.

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Speaker 9: Anyway, Marcus Smarts moving to l A will be our neighbor.

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Speaker 9: Sin a two year, eleven million dollar deal after being

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Speaker 9: bought out by the Washington Wizards.

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Speaker 3: Uh, that's Perk Schams Sharania.

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Speaker 9: So that's the second buyout guard to come to That's

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Speaker 9: the second buyout guard to come to LA Who's also

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Speaker 9: played for the Wizards and Bradley Beal and Marcus Smart,

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Speaker 9: So there you go. Scottie Scheffler was spectacular at the

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Speaker 9: twenty twenty five Open third round is bogie free sixty

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Speaker 9: seven at the Eagle on seven.

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Speaker 3: He's fourteen under right now. If he wins Sunday at.

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Speaker 9: Port Rush, it'll be his fourth major title, his second

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Speaker 9: of the year Royal Put Rush, excuse me, no disrespect,

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Speaker 9: and also would place him three fourths of a way

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Speaker 9: to a career Grand Slam. And Santon quarterback Tyler shaw

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Speaker 9: I have agreed to a fully guaranteed contract worth ten

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Speaker 9: point seventy nine to five million dollars because when you

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Speaker 9: take a quarterback at forty why not pay them all

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Speaker 9: you can? And Cincinnati Bengals they don't subscribe to this

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Speaker 9: at all. Defensive and Shamar Stewart did not return reports

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Speaker 9: a training camp with the rest of the team's rookies

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Speaker 9: on Saturday, the only first round pick yet to be signed,

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Speaker 9: and Steve like, a couple of days ago, he was like,

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Speaker 9: there's a bunch of second round picks now yet to

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Speaker 9: be signed. Over the last five days or so, probably

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Speaker 9: twenty of thirty two at minimum second round picks have

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Speaker 9: been signed. Shamar Stewart's head coach Mike Elko was on

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Speaker 9: TV saying no, he's in fact not coming back to Texas.

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Speaker 3: A and m with that, I'll kick it back to

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Speaker 3: you guys. All right, very very good. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: That the whole thing about the new guarantees for the

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Speaker 2: second rounders, right, we were talking about this last last

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Speaker 2: week exactly that we're going to see some delays.

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Speaker 10: But it's like a domino theory once when they started

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Speaker 10: all full, well, I thought it'd speed up once one

590
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Speaker 10: guy signs Camp. Look, Camp's knocking on the door. Get

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Speaker 10: your ask, Camp exactly getting camp Man. Let's get ready,

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Speaker 10: all right, Hartman and Husky Here Fox Sports Saturday. We're

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Speaker 10: live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. By the way,

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Speaker 10: you can stream the show and all of our Fox

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Speaker 10: Sports Radio shows live twenty four to seven in the

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Speaker 10: new and approved iHeartRadio app.

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Speaker 2: Just search Fox Sports Radio in the app to stream

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Speaker 2: us live. One of the newest features in the app

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Speaker 2: is to select Fox Sports Radio is one of your presets,

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Speaker 2: you know, like the preset on your radio dials, So

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Speaker 2: make sure to preset Fox Sports Ratio and the iHeart

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Speaker 2: Radio app. You always pop up at the top of

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Speaker 2: your screen. Marcus Smart. Okay, here's the problem for Marcus

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Speaker 2: Smart right now. He just hadn't been healthy last couple

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Speaker 2: of years, right. I mean, this guy was a defensive

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Speaker 2: ployer of the Year. He's never been a good shooter.

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Speaker 2: That's what he did to help Boston for so many years. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: ever since he left Boston, he's been hurt. Played twenty

609
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 2: games total two years ago. This year between the two teams, uh,

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Speaker 2: he played thirty four games. So I mean again, his

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Speaker 2: value as a defender is only as good as his availability.

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Speaker 2: So if he can stay in the court for sixty

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Speaker 2: plus games, and you know you got somebody that can

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Speaker 2: really help you.

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Speaker 4: But if he can't stay healthy, it's just a waste.

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Speaker 3: Do you get the fill in that the Lakers are

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Speaker 3: kind of scrape in the bottom of the pot, Well,

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Speaker 3: they are to get the rest of the pieces of

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Speaker 3: meat that were left behind from that ate, the ate

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Speaker 3: the chowder.

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Speaker 2: Healthy, Marcus Smart makes sense for them the defensive they

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Speaker 2: need defense, period. They on the interior exterior, they need

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Speaker 2: guys that can defend. And Marcus Smart when he was

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Speaker 2: healthy obviously one of the best defenders in the league.

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Speaker 2: But unfortunately, ever since he left Boston, He's been hurt.

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Speaker 2: He was hurting Memphis, he's hurting Washington, didn't play many games.

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Speaker 3: I thought a lot of that had to do And

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Speaker 3: this is a real thing. I thought a lot of

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Speaker 3: that had to do with his heart being hurt because

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Speaker 3: when he got traded from Oh yeah, that.

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Speaker 4: And especially against he gets traded and then misses out

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Speaker 4: on one he ah and then they win the day ring.

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Speaker 4: That's that's got a sting.

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Speaker 3: And no matter how tough you are and how you know,

635
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Speaker 3: how physically tough you are, how hard you play, we're

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Speaker 3: all still human beings. That's one thing I loved about

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00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,520
Speaker 3: covering pro sports and being around his Bridget, you called

638
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,320
Speaker 3: Bridget and I talking about when we were hanging around

639
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Speaker 3: and talking to Khalil Mack last year, you can these

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Speaker 3: guys are human.

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00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 4: They are at the end of the day.

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Speaker 3: They may be superstars and we may think they're invincible,

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Speaker 3: but a lot of feelings, man, especially when you get

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Speaker 3: shipped off. And we've heard former players say it all

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Speaker 3: the time when they asked, yeah, so what would you

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Speaker 3: thought when you get traded? Of course, when you get traded,

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Speaker 3: you say all the right days talk to them ten

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Speaker 3: years later and ask them how they felt that day

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Speaker 3: they got traded. You know, the most part it's oh yeah,

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Speaker 3: I want it back at him or hurt.

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Speaker 2: I'll give an example, Bill Walton, the late great Bill Walton,

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Speaker 2: and I got to Nobill. He did some radio, but

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Speaker 2: I remember asking about his miraculous comeback with the Celtics.

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Speaker 2: Now I understand this. After his big championships in Portland.

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Speaker 2: The next year, he got hurt and then he went

656
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Speaker 2: to the Clippers, and he, like three of the four

657
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 2: years he there, he played zero games, and then all

658
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,240
Speaker 2: of a sudden, he ends up in Boston five years

659
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 2: removed from actually playing, and he was six Man of

660
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 2: the Year, right, and he stayed healthy the entire year

661
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 2: and helped the Celtics win a championship six correct, But

662
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,560
Speaker 2: that was the eighty six season, and then he played

663
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 2: played one more year and then he was done. But

664
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Speaker 2: I asked him about that year specifically, and he said, look,

665
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 2: you know what, when I'm with the Clippers, one of

666
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:50,440
Speaker 2: the worst franchises in the league, you know, it's like, look,

667
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:51,719
Speaker 2: I'm trying to get healthy.

668
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:53,760
Speaker 4: I had all kinds of foot problems everything else.

669
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Speaker 3: It wasn't like I was dogging it.

670
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 2: But there's something more motivating when I'm joining a championship level,

671
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,360
Speaker 2: so absolutely, and I'm playing with guys that really know

672
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,720
Speaker 2: how to play the game like Dennis Johnson, obviously, Larry Burro,

673
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 2: Robert Parrish, Kevin mcal These guys know how to play

674
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 2: the game right. And now that fits for me, and

675
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 2: it was inspiration for me to get myself back on

676
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 2: the court. So you know, the Lakers are hoping that

677
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 2: putting that Laker uniform on and getting an opportunity obviously

678
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 2: Abel Luca and Lebron. You know, a team that, at

679
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 2: least on paper, conceivably, if everything went right, could make

680
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 2: some noise in the Western Conference.

681
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 4: Maybe that'll be a motivating factor to keep him on

682
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Speaker 4: the court.

683
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 3: I always thought he was a great player, and I

684
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 3: thought when Boston traded and I missed on this one,

685
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 3: but I thought when Boston traded him, it was almost

686
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 3: like when Memphis traded Dylan Brooks. You don't have to

687
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 3: be the best player to beat a heart and soul.

688
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 3: We talked about heart for the Nick Obacas, right, even

689
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 3: though Jalen Brunts is the guy, the heart and soul

690
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 3: of that basketball team is Josh Hart you could see

691
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,600
Speaker 3: it pops off the screen every single time the man

692
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 3: steps onto the floor, and I thought that would weaken

693
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 3: Boston once again missed on it. They go get the

694
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 3: chip l right, cool, But now you see with their

695
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 3: injuries and the things that they're happening, and letting Porzingis

696
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,880
Speaker 3: go and letting some other players walk and moving guys,

697
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,240
Speaker 3: It's like, hey, you probably could use a market smart

698
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 3: right now. But of course, you know, Heinstin's hindsight's twenty twenty.

699
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 3: You don't have a crystal ball. I get it.

700
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 4: I'm not sure.

701
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 3: I'm still gonna just hold out on what I think

702
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 3: about the Marcut Smart deal. I'm still because I'm I'm

703
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 3: just trying to figure out. You said you mentioned the

704
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 3: injury thing. But then the Lakers themselves are in such

705
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 3: flux right now with all the stories about whether they're

706
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 3: gonna move on with Lebron or Lebron's gonna shoot up

707
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 3: for him this year, you yourself thought that he played

708
00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 3: his last game. I didn't think so at first, But

709
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 3: then when you start to hear all these stories and

710
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 3: you start to kind of readb between the lines, they

711
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 3: turn around and they sell the team, and you know,

712
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 3: there's all this pillow talking going on now and all

713
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 3: this outside. He blatantly openly said summer league, I ain't

714
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 3: got nothing to say, and Lebron always had something to say.

715
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 3: So bringing them in, I get where you're coming from.

716
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 3: But if you still have all this this flux going on,

717
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 3: is it really going to matter? And you see the

718
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 3: team across town and you mentioned it to it don't

719
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 3: in the Clippers. You see them the moves that they're

720
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 3: making and things that they're trying to do there, So

721
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:15,960
Speaker 3: interesting move today.

722
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 4: Two year deal, is it correct? The second year is

723
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 4: a player option.

724
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,720
Speaker 2: So again, he's only playing fifty four total games in

725
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 2: the last two years out of one hundred and sixty two,

726
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 2: so that's you know, out of one hundred and sixty four,

727
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 2: so he has missed a lot of airs. By the way,

728
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 2: reports are that Luka Doncic did reach out to him,

729
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 2: So again this is Luka Doncic's team me and you

730
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 2: know he he knows that when healthy Marcus Smart is

731
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 2: a guy obviously can't help you win games, period and l.

732
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 4: All love him.

733
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 3: If he comes here and he plays hard and he's healthy,

734
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 3: this city will engulf him because, like you said, most

735
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,479
Speaker 3: Smart Laker fans know they need defense all right.

736
00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 2: On the other side, we're gonna do a lil recap

737
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 2: of the Baseball All Star Game that, in my opinion,

738
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 2: hit a new low. And the second half of the

739
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 2: baseball season is underway. Do they have a chance to

740
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 2: stay in the headlines or will they be swallowed up

741
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 2: by the NFL in a matter of days. This is

742
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:17,240
Speaker 2: Fox Sports Saturday.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio, Hartman and Husky

744
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: Here Fox Sports Saturday, coming live from the Fox Sports

745
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: Radio studios.

746
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,799
Speaker 2: Mark Mandin, our NBA insider, will be joining us later

747
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,240
Speaker 2: in the next hour. Get his thoughts on Marcus Smart

748
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 2: now being a Los Angeles Laker. The Baseball All Star Game.

749
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 2: For the game itself, it was there were moments in

750
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 2: the game.

751
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:45,280
Speaker 3: It was interesting.

752
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 2: Nationally got off to a six to nothing lead, americanly

753
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,759
Speaker 2: ties it, and then all of a sudden, I didn't

754
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 2: know this. This rule was actually put in in twenty

755
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 2: twenty two that there would not be extra innings anymore.

756
00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 2: So basically it was home run derby decide the winner

757
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,919
Speaker 2: and his through is made. Kyle Schwarber became the first

758
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 2: player ever to win the MVP non pitcher to win

759
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 2: the MVP award with actually no hits in the game.

760
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 2: He was zero for two in the game and against

761
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 2: a batting practice pitcher throwing fifty miles an hour, he

762
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 2: hit three in the stands and that got him an

763
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:25,359
Speaker 2: MVP again. I mean, why do we have to dumb

764
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 2: down these All Star games? So why can't we just

765
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 2: play a game? Is there any reason we can't play

766
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 2: a game like a legitimate baseball game. Why do we

767
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 2: have to gimmick it up and have some stupid home

768
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 2: run derby And half the guys are already gone, so

769
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,959
Speaker 2: you know, like show, hey, Otani's in his cities, these guys,

770
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 2: so it's like, whoever played at the end of the game,

771
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 2: all right, we got to drag you back out. Fortunately,

772
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,839
Speaker 2: a perfect batting practice type hitter like Kyle Schwarber, who

773
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,320
Speaker 2: does nothing but swing for the fences, was perfect for

774
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,640
Speaker 2: the competition. But yes, he became the first non pitcher

775
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 2: to be named the MVP All Star Game MVP and

776
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 2: actually go hitless in the actual game.

777
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 3: Last week you asked me to end the show. How

778
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 3: many innings VJ are you gonna watch of the All

779
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 3: Star Game? Because when you myself and Monty had a

780
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 3: big discussion about it last week. I said, I'm gonna

781
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 3: you guys, you guys, you guys got me excited. I'm

782
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 3: gonna watch all nine and I text you guys, I said,

783
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 3: out all time I saw, I said, hey, I've put

784
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 3: the kids down. I've just started it on DVR, and

785
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,920
Speaker 3: I was excited to see the top pictures against show Hey,

786
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:32,320
Speaker 3: and the top pictures against against Judge. And in those matchups,

787
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 3: it's like, okay, I'm feeling this. And then, like you say,

788
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 3: they jump out the five nothing. I'm like, okay, this

789
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 3: thing is getting a little out of hand. But then

790
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 3: the America League has that real big inning. They come

791
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 3: back and put a public couple of guys on. Uh,

792
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 3: there's a three one shot home run. Next thing you know,

793
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 3: it's five to three. Then they scored knock another one

794
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 3: in five for It's like, okay, here we go. And

795
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:56,760
Speaker 3: as soon as Baseball All Star reels VJ Vernon Husky,

796
00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:01,319
Speaker 3: the big Vanilla funny back in, they let me down

797
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 3: with that debacle.

798
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 4: Like you said at the end, you have got to

799
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 4: be kidding me.

800
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 3: This is why you should let guys be able. Now

801
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 3: if it goes extra innings. The new rules should be okay,

802
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 3: if you pull the guy each manager, you get three

803
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,799
Speaker 3: guys that you can pull back into the game.

804
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 4: The problem is, though guys get out of theirs, out

805
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 4: of the goal.

806
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 3: But if they know the rule, now the rule is

807
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 3: and remember guys, stay fully dressed, stay fully aware, stay

808
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 3: fully ready just in case.

809
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,319
Speaker 4: Or go to the three of the five guys.

810
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,720
Speaker 3: You have, have five guys on the list and say, okay,

811
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 3: these are my five, let me pick three. You go

812
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,360
Speaker 3: to judge and say, hey, look, if we go extras,

813
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 3: I'm using you tonight. Oh sure, hey we go extras,

814
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 3: I'm using you tonight. Like if we go to I'm

815
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:50,880
Speaker 3: using you tonight. Put the stars back out there and

816
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 3: then let us get the best players in the game

817
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 3: that started the game to finish the game. What are

818
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:00,720
Speaker 3: the chances are you going extra innings? Right, it's happened

819
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 3: twice and what the last twenty five thirty years? So

820
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 3: what the chances all.

821
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,319
Speaker 2: Specially after the American rallies to tie the game while

822
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:10,359
Speaker 2: you're like into the game, all right, what right?

823
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 3: And now we stopped for this and I didn't know

824
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,399
Speaker 3: what was going on by that time. It's like two

825
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 3: two thirty in the morning because I'm pausing, and then

826
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:17,319
Speaker 3: I'm playing again.

827
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:18,280
Speaker 4: I'm pausing, I'm watching.

828
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 3: I'm fast forward due to the commercials, so I'm like, okay,

829
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 3: extra baseball, let's go okay. And I've thought about you

830
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 3: on Monty I dad say, you know what, man, they

831
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:26,759
Speaker 3: pulled me back in.

832
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 4: And then I'm watching TV. I'm like, what are you

833
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 4: talking about?

834
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 3: What are they doing?

835
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 2: It's gonna do too much to ask what to stay

836
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 2: in uniform? No one played again till Friday, right, And

837
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 2: here's my thing with that.

838
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 4: I'm gonna tell you this.

839
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 3: And I might be the old guy get off my lawn,

840
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 3: But as I always say about old guy, get off

841
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 3: my lawn, Yes, get the hell off my lawn. Because

842
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 3: I was in the hot sun keeping my lawn fresh.

843
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 3: You weren't, so stay off my lawn. Isn't there a

844
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:55,399
Speaker 3: pride to just stay dressed, stick around? You might want

845
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,880
Speaker 3: to take some pictures afterwards, do the whole Jersey exchange

846
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 3: type of ordeal, but to get out of your uniform.

847
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 3: I yeah, I'm not with that man that bothered me

848
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 3: because it's like, hold up, bro, like you didn't just

849
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 3: show up.

850
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 8: Just for this part.

851
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 4: No, it's the whole game.

852
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 3: It's the whole game.

853
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:17,400
Speaker 4: It's it's one night you didn't stay inform.

854
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:22,320
Speaker 2: Start night night, you're not playing again right day. You

855
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:27,399
Speaker 2: can stay in your uniform baseby in there and once again,

856
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 2: and baseball's reeled me back in.

857
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 4: It has not all the way.

858
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 3: But then when you do things like this, it's almost like, see,

859
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 3: this is why I kind of float away from you

860
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 3: from time to time, because you guys can't get out

861
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:39,919
Speaker 3: of your own damn way.

862
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,360
Speaker 2: There are young stars in this league, and you have

863
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 2: two superstars obviously, and Aaron Judge and show Heyo Tonic.

864
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 4: Right, these are the faces of major le Bass, two guys.

865
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 2: That being said, once we kick off that Hall of

866
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 2: Fame game on the thirty first, baseball be forgotten.

867
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,839
Speaker 4: No one's gonna get well. Listen, I have to run

868
00:39:58,360 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 4: until we get to the postseeds, right.

869
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 5: No.

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00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 3: I have the running joke in his studio that base

871
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:06,360
Speaker 3: football starts for me once the main dominoes of NBA

872
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 3: free agency fall.

873
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 4: Once that happens, I am football.

874
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,800
Speaker 2: We still have that uncertainty about Lebron right now? Is

875
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 2: that still holding you in as far as the NBA.

876
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,839
Speaker 2: I mean it's not done yet, not done yet.

877
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:24,879
Speaker 3: I've already said my opinion. I think he's done as

878
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,399
Speaker 3: a Laker, and I just think it's only a matter

879
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 3: of time.

880
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,880
Speaker 4: So you do believe he'll be playing for a different

881
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 4: team this year.

882
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 3: Absolutely, I just think it's only a matter of time.

883
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 3: Dang was actually right? You were and you you were

884
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,239
Speaker 3: ahead of all of us. You were ahead of all

885
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:39,840
Speaker 3: of us. No, I don't know.

886
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 2: I may not work out that way. By the way,

887
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:45,560
Speaker 2: speaking of All Star games, they must watch. All Star

888
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:49,360
Speaker 2: Game is coming up tonight, right it is?

889
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:51,440
Speaker 4: This is Fox Sports Saturday.

890
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 2: Don't listening to Fox Sports Radio rolling along here on

891
00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:00,839
Speaker 2: another busy sports Saturday, Fox Sports Saturday. They were broadcasting

892
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 2: live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. Coming up later

893
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,960
Speaker 2: in the air, Mark Medina, our NBA insider, will join us.

894
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,320
Speaker 2: Marcus Smart is now a Laker. We'll talk about that,

895
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 2: the Bradley Beal move to the Clippers. A lot of

896
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:18,359
Speaker 2: NBA news happening as always, and Mark Medina will fill

897
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 2: us in tonight the w NBA All Star Game. I

898
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,560
Speaker 2: don't watch the sb's, but I certainly heard about Shane

899
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,760
Speaker 2: Gillis and his unbelievable job he did MC in that event.

900
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 2: But of all the things he said, I know, the

901
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 2: headline catcher was his crack about Caitlin Clark working at

902
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 2: waffle house that one.

903
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 3: But his best was this one.

904
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:46,720
Speaker 4: So he goes, four time w NBA All Star Britney

905
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 4: Hicks is here.

906
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,919
Speaker 2: Everybody give it up for Bretdany, and the crowds like yeah,

907
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 2: he posive, goes, I'm joking around.

908
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 3: That's my friend's wife. I knew none of you knew

909
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,360
Speaker 3: WNBI players, right, I.

910
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:00,879
Speaker 4: Mean even some of the WNBA players are bloody right.

911
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:02,359
Speaker 4: It was so great.

912
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,800
Speaker 2: So with no Caitlin Clark playing in the game because

913
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:10,640
Speaker 2: of her injury, ticket prices were cut in half.

914
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,560
Speaker 3: For tonight NBA All Star Game.

915
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 2: Now I can imagine Shane Gillis's crack about the w

916
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 2: NBA being an anonymous league didn't sit well with the

917
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 2: four letter considering they are the home of the WNBA.

918
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 4: But this guy has no fears of comic comic But

919
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:29,400
Speaker 4: that was classic.

920
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, fourth time WNBA All Star Brittany Hicks

921
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:33,480
Speaker 2: is here.

922
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,360
Speaker 3: Everybody, let's give it up for Brittany.

923
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,279
Speaker 2: And I was like, yeah, he goes, actually, I'm joking around,

924
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 2: that's my friend's wife.

925
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,839
Speaker 3: I knew, none of you knew. As they show her,

926
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:46,360
Speaker 3: she clearly looks in her forties or middle She clearly

927
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 3: looks like a middle aged older woman.

928
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:50,719
Speaker 4: And it's like when I saw that, Cliff I.

929
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 3: Squinto I've never heard of her before, and then I

930
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 3: heard the joke. I said, Oh, that's that's that's gold

931
00:42:57,719 --> 00:43:00,160
Speaker 3: right there, man, that's that's going to be in a

932
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 3: twenty five year standup comedian. And myself, like you said,

933
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 3: no fear. We're not supposed to have any fear. No,

934
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:06,839
Speaker 3: we don't care about your comedians. We don't care about

935
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 3: your feelings. You're not here to feel, You're here to laugh, okay,

936
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 3: and get the feelings out of it. I thought it

937
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 3: was great, but it also brings more to the point

938
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 3: to where they're actually letting her be a sidelink, like

939
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 3: like helping coach the game. They're doing anything they can

940
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:24,640
Speaker 3: to keep her name and keep her going.

941
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 4: But I told you this. You realize she will be

942
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 4: on the screen more than players in the game.

943
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 3: But here's my thing with it, And I don't want

944
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 3: to use the word beef, just my thing with it.

945
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 3: If the production doesn't start to turn up real fast

946
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,840
Speaker 3: because I haven't played as much attention to it this

947
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:44,960
Speaker 3: year with a lot of other things going on. This

948
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,400
Speaker 3: thing's gonna fall real fast. You can only force feed

949
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:52,080
Speaker 3: people so long before they see that the food that

950
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,400
Speaker 3: you're trying to serve them just isn't ripe anymore.

951
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:54,640
Speaker 8: Right.

952
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,600
Speaker 3: You can only force feed kids that that square piece

953
00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 3: of pizza at school. Would I could put it in

954
00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 3: a cup of alpasaus before kids look at that stuff

955
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,280
Speaker 3: and go Okay, man, I don't want to eat this anymore.

956
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:09,759
Speaker 3: Something better change. And her being injured doesn't help. But

957
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:11,400
Speaker 3: as I said when she was coming out of Iowa,

958
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,800
Speaker 3: told you just during the break, she's gonna have to

959
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:16,840
Speaker 3: find some way to physically just get stronger and tougher

960
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:20,920
Speaker 3: because they do allow. Hell, it looks like more contact

961
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 3: than the NBA some nights when I am watching the game.

962
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,840
Speaker 3: But the fact that she's home, it's a home stadium,

963
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,000
Speaker 3: it's the home city, I get it. I don't think

964
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,759
Speaker 3: this would be happening if it was in Minnesota, or

965
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 3: if it was in Miami, or if it was in

966
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 3: Los Angeles. But I don't mind it being that. Hey,

967
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:41,480
Speaker 3: she's the hometown girl. It's the home of the fever.

968
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 3: We got to keep her involved some way. Somehow, she

969
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 3: got greenlit to help coach the game. So I mean,

970
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 3: I don't have a problem with it, but I tell

971
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 3: you this, man, they better fix this food that they

972
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,600
Speaker 3: keep trying to force feed people real fast, or what

973
00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 3: are we gonna do next? Blame the league? Oh, of

974
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:00,879
Speaker 3: the league, didn't take care of our the league. It's

975
00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:02,840
Speaker 3: not the league's job to take care of a player.

976
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 3: Is your job to take care of youself?

977
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 2: Well, this is also a crossroads time for the WNBA

978
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:14,840
Speaker 2: in terms of player compensation. So the WNBA, they're getting

979
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:18,320
Speaker 2: very frustrated right now because they see the ratings and

980
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,839
Speaker 2: they're they're not acknowledging the fact that the ratings are

981
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 2: one hundred percent attached to one player.

982
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:24,840
Speaker 3: But you know they're they're.

983
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 2: Ignoring all that and they want to get more money.

984
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 2: Understand this, The WNBA is still losing money. Yes, even

985
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 2: though they have more eyeballs and more people in attendance,

986
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:40,400
Speaker 2: at least when Caitlin Clark's playing, they're still losing money.

987
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:44,320
Speaker 2: And when I say they're losing money, that means NBA

988
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:47,600
Speaker 2: owners are losing money. And they've been losing money on

989
00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:51,759
Speaker 2: the WNBA from the get go, and the league is

990
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,319
Speaker 2: encourage them to suck it up. There was only one time,

991
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 2: and this was probably five years in so the league

992
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:01,480
Speaker 2: started in ninety seven, like early.

993
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,879
Speaker 4: Two thousands, where some of the players were.

994
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 2: Grumbling about the money and David Stern with the commissioner

995
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,239
Speaker 2: of the NBA at the time, and he said, I'll

996
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 2: give you two choices. Either continue to play for what

997
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 2: you're making, or I'll pull the plug on your league today.

998
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:20,279
Speaker 3: Gone, and and and again. Agree with that? Did you

999
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 3: like that?

1000
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 2: Stern took that, But that's how Stern w I get

1001
00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 2: was I think I think it was honest because he

1002
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 2: was only conveying the sentiment of the w of the

1003
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:31,320
Speaker 2: NBA owners.

1004
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:33,360
Speaker 3: Remember, the commissioner technically.

1005
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:36,400
Speaker 2: Works for the owner, so the idea for him to

1006
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 2: then go to the owners and say, by the way,

1007
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 2: can we put more money into this WNBA And they're like, seriously,

1008
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:46,200
Speaker 2: I'm already losing money and you want me to lose

1009
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:46,719
Speaker 2: more money.

1010
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 3: That's not happening.

1011
00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 4: So I think he was really the messenger in that situation.

1012
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:53,080
Speaker 2: I don't know if he really felt that way of

1013
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,200
Speaker 2: the time, but all I know is there was no

1014
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:56,360
Speaker 2: more noise after that.

1015
00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,440
Speaker 3: And by the way, everything I am saying right now.

1016
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 2: In no way demeans the players themselves, the coach or

1017
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 2: anybody else has invested their effort and time and energy

1018
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:11,400
Speaker 2: into the WNBA.

1019
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:14,360
Speaker 3: But this is the bottom line business. What happened to

1020
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:15,040
Speaker 3: the Late Show?

1021
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:15,359
Speaker 8: Right?

1022
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 11: You know?

1023
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 3: We have we have the show on CBS. I mean

1024
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:23,240
Speaker 3: you have. It's a bottom line business.

1025
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:27,080
Speaker 4: You're losing money and the overhead on that show is

1026
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:27,919
Speaker 4: too much.

1027
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 3: You know, you have two unred employees.

1028
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,280
Speaker 2: You're losing the costs one hundred and eighty million dollars

1029
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:34,960
Speaker 2: a year and we're not getting the return on the dollar.

1030
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,719
Speaker 2: We can't continue to lose money on this.

1031
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:41,520
Speaker 3: So what happens to the w NBA? Does this league eventually?

1032
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:44,200
Speaker 3: Because if it's going to be.

1033
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:46,800
Speaker 4: Exactly what it is VJ, so it's just going to

1034
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:47,480
Speaker 4: stay what it is.

1035
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:50,760
Speaker 3: We can't get mad at these ladies for actually dipping

1036
00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 3: in other like Angel Reese a little bit, but we can't.

1037
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:56,880
Speaker 3: We can't get mad at Angel rees for capitalizing on

1038
00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:00,839
Speaker 3: her beauty, capitalizing on her name, capitalizing on because if

1039
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,319
Speaker 3: y'all aren't gonna encourage you if you really, if y'all

1040
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,879
Speaker 3: not gonna pay me, you know, a little more money,

1041
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,480
Speaker 3: then yes, I am gonna. I am gonna go get

1042
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:11,640
Speaker 3: a McDonald's meal, deal with UH endorsement doing.

1043
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 2: God, you got women that are now getting some commercial time,

1044
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,399
Speaker 2: a lot of it, yeah, a lot, which is good

1045
00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 2: even if they're not instantly recognized. You you do it

1046
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,160
Speaker 2: or nothing, you get a little more familiar with the

1047
00:48:26,239 --> 00:48:27,399
Speaker 2: faces and everything else.

1048
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 3: You just release two sneakers. As far as the actual.

1049
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 2: Operation of the w n B, a man, nothing's gonna

1050
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 2: change until they can actually prove that they can be

1051
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 2: profitable because the NBA owners are the ones that are

1052
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:43,920
Speaker 2: financing the w NBA.

1053
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:47,239
Speaker 3: How do you become more profitable? Though, as Americans we're

1054
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:50,839
Speaker 3: so stubborn with we have this discussion about soccer, right

1055
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 3: is if we don't watch it, we just don't want.

1056
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:55,799
Speaker 3: Last year, I sat here and argue with so many

1057
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:58,520
Speaker 3: different people of stop telling me you guys are gonna

1058
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:00,480
Speaker 3: watch and not talking to the talent here, just to

1059
00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:03,800
Speaker 3: the fans. Stop telling me and tweeting how you're gonna

1060
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 3: really stick to this. You're not. You're being bought in

1061
00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 3: because there's a storyline with Reese and with Clark, and

1062
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:12,400
Speaker 3: as soon as that goes away, you all will return

1063
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 3: to exactly what you've been doing.

1064
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:17,840
Speaker 4: And that is one hundred percent ignore in this league.

1065
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:21,600
Speaker 2: See, the only sport that's on equal footing is tennis, obviously,

1066
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 2: because the men and women play the exact same Grand

1067
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:27,959
Speaker 2: Slam events. They're playing at the same time. You tune

1068
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:30,560
Speaker 2: in Wimbledon, US OAP and Australian French.

1069
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:31,759
Speaker 3: You see the men and women.

1070
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:33,919
Speaker 2: They get equal money even though it's not equal play

1071
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:35,719
Speaker 2: because the men are playing three out of five sets,

1072
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:37,839
Speaker 2: women only two out of three. So actually the women

1073
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 2: technically are making more money than the men. But they

1074
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:44,680
Speaker 2: are on the same stage right right, and so we're

1075
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:47,880
Speaker 2: recognizing them on the same stage. It's similar to actors

1076
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:51,200
Speaker 2: and actresses. They're on the same stage, so we can

1077
00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:55,080
Speaker 2: hold them in the same line street you know, you

1078
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:57,520
Speaker 2: know they're not they're not playing in the same league.

1079
00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:00,880
Speaker 2: So it'll be interesting. But I I wish the w

1080
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:05,799
Speaker 2: NBA two more to embrace this opportunity they have been

1081
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:10,160
Speaker 2: afforded with the celebrity of Caitlin Clark, instead of fighting

1082
00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:12,319
Speaker 2: it every way and the and the joke by Shane

1083
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 2: Gillis talking about you know, uh, you know what he

1084
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:20,879
Speaker 2: said about the whole waffle house. You know, everyone was like, Wow,

1085
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:25,440
Speaker 2: did you really go there with that joke? Yeah, but

1086
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:28,880
Speaker 2: you know, you know it's that it's that nervous laughter,

1087
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:30,440
Speaker 2: like he's he's sort.

1088
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Speaker 3: Of on the money, you know that how that's how humor. Yeah,

1089
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:36,200
Speaker 3: well he was. He was on the deal with his

1090
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:38,319
Speaker 3: money and the jokes and that, like that joke he said,

1091
00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:41,040
Speaker 3: I knew, I'm just joking. That's my best friend's wife.

1092
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Speaker 3: I knew.

1093
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:44,080
Speaker 4: None of you knew WABA player.

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Speaker 3: So that was absolutely classic. All right, coming tough times,

1095
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Speaker 3: all right, coming up in the ar.

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Speaker 2: So we're gonna get back to the NFL because we

1097
00:50:50,239 --> 00:50:51,960
Speaker 2: got a lot of ground to cover as we get

1098
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Speaker 2: ready for this first preseason game. I want to get

1099
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Speaker 2: into one of the divisions that everybody will be talking

1100
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Speaker 2: about during this twenty twenty five season. Which division am

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Speaker 2: Okay, so we are going to obviously be doing over

1112
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:49,279
Speaker 2: the next several weeks as we get into the preseason

1113
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:52,560
Speaker 2: in the NFL, start breaking down division to by division,

1114
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:55,279
Speaker 2: team by team. I know you can't get enough. We

1115
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:57,840
Speaker 2: certainly can't get enough. We are anxious to get this

1116
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:02,000
Speaker 2: NFL season underway. I thought today though VJ one of

1117
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:05,719
Speaker 2: the more intriguing divisions, it was a year ago, and

1118
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:09,600
Speaker 2: even I think even more so this year is the

1119
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 2: NFC North. And I just want to preface by saying this,

1120
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:18,640
Speaker 2: So remember last year we had three playoff teams out

1121
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:21,880
Speaker 2: of the North. The Lions were fifteen and two, the

1122
00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:24,880
Speaker 2: Vikings were fourteen and three, and the Packers were eleven

1123
00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:26,839
Speaker 2: and six and then the Bears bringing up the rear

1124
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:29,360
Speaker 2: at five and twelve. Well, if you look at the

1125
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:34,919
Speaker 2: NFL odds over under wins this year, the Lions won

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00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:38,600
Speaker 2: fifteen games last year. They're over under this year's ten

1127
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:39,120
Speaker 2: and a half.

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Speaker 3: I've got it.

1129
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:44,480
Speaker 2: I mean, that's a far cry from over fifteen. And

1130
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:47,720
Speaker 2: then you have the Vikings winners fourteen and three last

1131
00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:51,239
Speaker 2: year over under this year nine and a half, over

1132
00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:57,239
Speaker 2: Packers eleven and six last year over under nine and

1133
00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:01,319
Speaker 2: a half. And here's the crazy thing, the Bears five

1134
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:05,400
Speaker 2: and twelve last year over under eight and a half.

1135
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:10,400
Speaker 2: So basically, they've got the Lions who were separated. They

1136
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:14,040
Speaker 2: were ten games better than the Bears a year ago,

1137
00:53:14,840 --> 00:53:19,239
Speaker 2: but according to this year's preseason over under odds, they're

1138
00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:23,320
Speaker 2: two games better. So right off the top, have the

1139
00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:27,080
Speaker 2: Lions fallen that far down and the Bears risen that

1140
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:29,800
Speaker 2: far up in terms of what we expect in twenty

1141
00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:32,920
Speaker 2: twenty five or are they fooling themselves that there is

1142
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:35,960
Speaker 2: that much of a change coming up in twenty twenty

1143
00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:38,479
Speaker 2: five from what we saw in twenty twenty four.

1144
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:42,800
Speaker 3: I'll say this, it all depends on what happens with

1145
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:46,799
Speaker 3: the NFC South and the NFC West. Because last year,

1146
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:50,160
Speaker 3: on our preview show on this network moving into the

1147
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:53,040
Speaker 3: football season, I predicted three teams from the North. We

1148
00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:55,160
Speaker 3: get to the playoffs. I had three teams from the

1149
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:57,320
Speaker 3: North getting to the PS. I had the Vikings actually

1150
00:53:57,440 --> 00:53:59,440
Speaker 3: win in that division, and I took the over on

1151
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:01,960
Speaker 3: the win. So I was hinging on JJ McCarthy. No,

1152
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:04,080
Speaker 3: I did not know Sam Donald was gonna do that.

1153
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:04,279
Speaker 2: Well.

1154
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:07,000
Speaker 3: I thought Sam Donald had an anomaly type of year,

1155
00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:09,680
Speaker 3: and I think in Seattle, we're gonna see that. We're

1156
00:54:09,719 --> 00:54:12,920
Speaker 3: gonna see Sam Donald. Kind of backtrack to Sam Donald,

1157
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:14,840
Speaker 3: you don't have Justin Jefferson to throw the ball to

1158
00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:18,400
Speaker 3: and all those other weapons there, Jordan Addison Flores in

1159
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:21,520
Speaker 3: that defense, that blitz happy defense, number one blitz rate

1160
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:24,399
Speaker 3: winning team over the last three years, which means when

1161
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:26,759
Speaker 3: they blitz they get to you, they're successful at it.

1162
00:54:27,239 --> 00:54:29,360
Speaker 3: I like the Packers this year. I like the Vikings

1163
00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:31,320
Speaker 3: this year, and I like the Lions this year. I

1164
00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:34,640
Speaker 3: understand there's been some some coaching losses with the Lions,

1165
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:36,800
Speaker 3: but if you're telling me they're over runners ten and

1166
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:39,080
Speaker 3: a half, I just don't think that they're dropping five.

1167
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:40,359
Speaker 4: Let's game not less.

1168
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:44,160
Speaker 3: Golf goes down and then uh, you're losing am around

1169
00:54:44,239 --> 00:54:44,880
Speaker 3: Saint Brown.

1170
00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:48,040
Speaker 4: You do you do get Big hutchback this year?

1171
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:51,200
Speaker 3: Andy Sewell misses ten game, like you're you're gonna have

1172
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:55,799
Speaker 3: to completely that offense is gonna have to completely fall

1173
00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:59,919
Speaker 3: apart to not score five hundred and sixty four points again,

1174
00:55:00,320 --> 00:55:01,600
Speaker 3: which they did last year.

1175
00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:02,440
Speaker 4: They're gonna score that.

1176
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:04,520
Speaker 3: Many POINTSUS means when you scored that many points and

1177
00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:06,239
Speaker 3: you're only giving up three forty two, that means you're

1178
00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:08,239
Speaker 3: stopping people and you're blowing people away. Plus two to

1179
00:55:08,239 --> 00:55:10,799
Speaker 3: twenty two, I believe was tops in the league as

1180
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 3: far as plus minus last year, so they outscored everybody better.

1181
00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:15,520
Speaker 4: Than everybody else.

1182
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:17,359
Speaker 3: And when you look at them other divisions, we're really

1183
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:19,520
Speaker 3: getting one playoff team from the NFC South. We already

1184
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:22,440
Speaker 3: know that only one team's getting there in the West.

1185
00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:25,239
Speaker 3: I mean it's a coin flip. Yes, Seattle and the

1186
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:27,880
Speaker 3: Rams last year finished at ten and seven. San Francis

1187
00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:30,279
Speaker 3: going written to some injuries. They had a down year.

1188
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:32,399
Speaker 3: Always saying football, you got about a three or four

1189
00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:34,759
Speaker 3: year window to get to the big game and to

1190
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:37,759
Speaker 3: win one. They got there twice in that little three

1191
00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:40,080
Speaker 3: or four year window. And then they had to reset

1192
00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:42,360
Speaker 3: some things. They moved on from Deebo Samuel, they had

1193
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:45,520
Speaker 3: to restructure some contracts. Now you've seen Jennings is holding out.

1194
00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:48,360
Speaker 3: He either want to be traded or get a new contract.

1195
00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:51,160
Speaker 3: But we heard that last summer when Brandon Ayuk was

1196
00:55:51,239 --> 00:55:52,960
Speaker 3: working on his deal and people thought that they were

1197
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:55,480
Speaker 3: gonna move Ayuk because they believe Gennin's can do the

1198
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:57,359
Speaker 3: job that Ayuk was doing. So you have a lot

1199
00:55:57,400 --> 00:55:59,560
Speaker 3: of flux there with the Niners. So when I look

1200
00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:02,440
Speaker 3: at this vision, are they in the Minnesota Vikings? What

1201
00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:03,880
Speaker 3: if they lost Sam Darnold.

1202
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Speaker 8: That's it.

1203
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:06,560
Speaker 3: I believe in JJ McCarthy. Yes, it's a little bit

1204
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:08,759
Speaker 3: of my Michigan love. But all I do is just

1205
00:56:09,080 --> 00:56:10,320
Speaker 3: just put the tape point to tell me what the

1206
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:12,040
Speaker 3: kid did in school. He only did what he was

1207
00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:13,960
Speaker 3: asked to do. He was asked to hand the ball

1208
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:16,279
Speaker 3: off and not turn the ball over, throw a complete passing,

1209
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:19,800
Speaker 3: throw touchdowns, and he had he had average receivers in college.

1210
00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:22,799
Speaker 3: This guy's gonna throw to Justin Jefferson, He's gonna throw

1211
00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:26,719
Speaker 3: to Jordan Akison, Jordan Addison, like he's gonna throw to

1212
00:56:26,840 --> 00:56:30,320
Speaker 3: some really good football players. And then the Packers. I

1213
00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:32,440
Speaker 3: like Jordan Love, and I like the young receivers and

1214
00:56:32,520 --> 00:56:34,759
Speaker 3: the weapons they have there. So I think these three

1215
00:56:34,840 --> 00:56:38,520
Speaker 3: teams each will win over ten games. Again, the Bears,

1216
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:42,320
Speaker 3: than me are still just some you know, five and

1217
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:44,560
Speaker 3: twelve last year, I knew people that said they're gonna

1218
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:47,440
Speaker 3: win seven, eight, nine games. No, I just I just

1219
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:50,360
Speaker 3: don't see it with Caleb because I watch a quarterbacks

1220
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:53,720
Speaker 3: footwork and when I watched Caleb just too many times

1221
00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:56,360
Speaker 3: the magical stuff you did at a see, yeah, bro,

1222
00:56:56,520 --> 00:56:58,640
Speaker 3: that works in college. In the NFL, you gotta run

1223
00:56:58,680 --> 00:57:00,399
Speaker 3: an off that you gotta stay up part, you gotta throws.

1224
00:57:00,480 --> 00:57:02,080
Speaker 3: Had some good games, but they were still a five

1225
00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:05,040
Speaker 3: and twelve football team. All right here here is the

1226
00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:09,200
Speaker 3: reason for the downgrade preseason predictions for the NFC North.

1227
00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:12,600
Speaker 3: Look what they did in the postseason last year, own three, right,

1228
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:14,919
Speaker 3: I mean it and wasn't just owing three.

1229
00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:15,360
Speaker 2: You know.

1230
00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:17,040
Speaker 3: The Lions are a prime example.

1231
00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:19,760
Speaker 2: Right. So in the end, when they got blown out

1232
00:57:19,800 --> 00:57:22,800
Speaker 2: by the Commanders on their home field, a lot of

1233
00:57:22,840 --> 00:57:25,400
Speaker 2: people were saying, well, all the all the injuries on

1234
00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:27,760
Speaker 2: the defensive side of the football caught up with them,

1235
00:57:27,840 --> 00:57:31,200
Speaker 2: and they go like, that's funny because they were fourteen

1236
00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:34,640
Speaker 2: and one after the Aiden Hutchinson, I'm injured. I mean,

1237
00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:38,360
Speaker 2: they were not losing games because of that. I'm getting

1238
00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:41,640
Speaker 2: back to Dan Campbell. He did not have his team

1239
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:45,240
Speaker 2: ready for that game. There is a different mindset when

1240
00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:48,560
Speaker 2: you go into the postseason and for them to get

1241
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:52,520
Speaker 2: absolutely blitz creed by a rookie quarterback on their home field,

1242
00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:56,040
Speaker 2: coming off that impressive win where they had, you know,

1243
00:57:56,200 --> 00:57:58,800
Speaker 2: the whole Shenanigans with the with the Vikings to win

1244
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:00,520
Speaker 2: the division title and everything else, they.

1245
00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 3: Dominate that game. I I just I really wonder.

1246
00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:08,120
Speaker 2: About this Lions team whether they have and this gets

1247
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:14,320
Speaker 2: back to Jerry Goff as well. There's a different mindset

1248
00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:17,680
Speaker 2: when you're in the postseason as opposed to the regular season.

1249
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:20,720
Speaker 2: There are many examples of this over the years. Same

1250
00:58:20,760 --> 00:58:23,720
Speaker 2: thing with the Vikings. I mean the Vikings. Yeah, they

1251
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:26,040
Speaker 2: had to go to play the Rams on the road,

1252
00:58:26,320 --> 00:58:30,720
Speaker 2: but by all accounts, so what the way they looked

1253
00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:34,840
Speaker 2: in those last two games. Again, we talked about Kevin O'Connell.

1254
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:38,880
Speaker 2: What did he do two years ago? They lost to

1255
00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:44,120
Speaker 2: the Giants at home in a playoff game. So the

1256
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:49,400
Speaker 2: and and even la floor look at his postseason record.

1257
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 2: He had two MVP seasons from Aaron Rodgers, how did

1258
00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:57,440
Speaker 2: that translate in the postseason. So I I you know,

1259
00:58:58,240 --> 00:59:00,360
Speaker 2: the funny thing is you look at on the paper

1260
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:01,960
Speaker 2: what they did a year ago and you say, wow,

1261
00:59:02,040 --> 00:59:04,880
Speaker 2: this is one of the better divisions in the NFL.

1262
00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:09,960
Speaker 4: And I say, based on what their regular season records, Well,

1263
00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:11,200
Speaker 4: that's what we're gonna go on.

1264
00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:14,320
Speaker 2: And I want to see how Caleb Williams, if he

1265
00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:17,360
Speaker 2: can get the Bears into the playoffs, That's how I'll

1266
00:59:17,440 --> 00:59:20,560
Speaker 2: judge Caleb Williams. That's why I keep talking about, you know,

1267
00:59:20,920 --> 00:59:24,440
Speaker 2: the Justin Herbert situation, until this guy proves he can

1268
00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:28,080
Speaker 2: play big time football in the games that matter most.

1269
00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:32,120
Speaker 2: I'm sorry you're not in the conversation when you talk

1270
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:35,160
Speaker 2: about elite. Elite is someone that does it on the

1271
00:59:35,240 --> 00:59:39,160
Speaker 2: biggest stage. And so's that's where this whole division is.

1272
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:41,680
Speaker 2: It's not an elite division based on what we saw

1273
00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:43,480
Speaker 2: in the postseason a year ago.

1274
00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:46,600
Speaker 3: The Bears aren't making the playoffs. We can cancel that out.

1275
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:48,160
Speaker 3: The Bears aren't making a playoffs.

1276
00:59:48,160 --> 00:59:50,080
Speaker 4: Well, they've made a lot of noise in the offseason.

1277
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:52,959
Speaker 3: Yeah, but once again, that's on paper. Yeah, you're talking

1278
00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:55,400
Speaker 3: about on paper. We got the Commanders, right, are they

1279
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:57,200
Speaker 3: gonna take a step back they're gonna have a sophomore

1280
00:59:57,240 --> 00:59:59,440
Speaker 3: slunt like we kind of saw with CJ. Stroud in

1281
00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:03,760
Speaker 3: the Texas last year, who ironically had a even plus

1282
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:07,520
Speaker 3: minus as far as point differential h three to seventy three,

1283
01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:10,640
Speaker 3: seventy three, seventy six and three seventy six across the board,

1284
01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:13,439
Speaker 3: like even three seventy two. Excuse me, even three seventy points.

1285
01:00:13,440 --> 01:00:16,160
Speaker 3: They scored three seventy two. They gave up. So then

1286
01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:18,360
Speaker 3: we go to the Dallas Cowboys. Do they have a

1287
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:20,160
Speaker 3: bounce back? I think if you do have DAK. There

1288
01:00:20,160 --> 01:00:22,040
Speaker 3: were seven to ten last year, and I think if

1289
01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:23,840
Speaker 3: you have DAK, I mean all DAK has shown is

1290
01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:26,040
Speaker 3: I win eleven plus games. So well, if DAK starts

1291
01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:28,280
Speaker 3: the whole season, they won a lot of football games.

1292
01:00:28,320 --> 01:00:30,080
Speaker 3: Do you think that they'll win more games than the

1293
01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:33,000
Speaker 3: Eagles or the Commanders? Not think the Eagles are primed

1294
01:00:33,080 --> 01:00:36,600
Speaker 3: to be the first team I believe in twenty something

1295
01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:41,080
Speaker 3: years to repeat in the NFC East. I think the

1296
01:00:41,240 --> 01:00:45,439
Speaker 3: Eagles are primed. They have a really good dounter. Yeah

1297
01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:45,680
Speaker 3: they do.

1298
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:49,480
Speaker 4: They've added on the defensive side. They've dropped this so well, you.

1299
01:00:49,560 --> 01:00:52,120
Speaker 2: Got you still got back and still got to keep

1300
01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:55,840
Speaker 2: Saquan healthy in his history. Unfortunately, now we saw when

1301
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:58,680
Speaker 2: he's healthy and he had an MVP season, right, But

1302
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:01,720
Speaker 2: can he you stay healthy two years in a while.

1303
01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:02,880
Speaker 3: It was not two years in a row. He was

1304
01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:04,720
Speaker 3: healthy that last year with the Giants. So he's been

1305
01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:06,640
Speaker 3: healthy the last two or three years he's been he's

1306
01:01:06,680 --> 01:01:09,040
Speaker 3: been back, he's been healthy. I'm not worried about Saquon.

1307
01:01:09,120 --> 01:01:11,840
Speaker 3: I'm just not I'm not worried about Saquon. They won

1308
01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:13,360
Speaker 3: it last year. You got a taste of what that

1309
01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:15,520
Speaker 3: feels like. And you're coming back with the big zero

1310
01:01:15,960 --> 01:01:17,640
Speaker 3: and the big bulls are on your chest and the

1311
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:20,280
Speaker 3: X on your back. Everybody's gunning for you because you're

1312
01:01:20,320 --> 01:01:23,280
Speaker 3: the defending Super Bowl champions. But if you go down once,

1313
01:01:23,480 --> 01:01:25,720
Speaker 3: like I said, the NFC South, only one team's going

1314
01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:28,520
Speaker 3: to the playoffs side of that division they're not getting

1315
01:01:28,600 --> 01:01:32,080
Speaker 3: to and I and I honestly believe that NFC Wes

1316
01:01:32,560 --> 01:01:34,960
Speaker 3: will only get one team in the playoffs. I like

1317
01:01:35,120 --> 01:01:39,120
Speaker 3: Kyler Murray and I thought Maserati Marvin Harrison Junior was

1318
01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:41,560
Speaker 3: gonna be the rookie of the year. That was my call.

1319
01:01:41,720 --> 01:01:42,360
Speaker 4: That was my pick.

1320
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Speaker 3: When AAA VJ, Who's gonna be the NFC rookie of

1321
01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:46,920
Speaker 3: the y, I said, bro, I think it's gonna be

1322
01:01:46,960 --> 01:01:47,600
Speaker 3: Marvin Harrison.

1323
01:01:47,680 --> 01:01:47,919
Speaker 4: Jian.

1324
01:01:47,960 --> 01:01:51,680
Speaker 3: This kid is crazy good. He has all the physical tools,

1325
01:01:51,720 --> 01:01:53,040
Speaker 3: he has all the tape you can put them. When

1326
01:01:53,040 --> 01:01:54,920
Speaker 3: you put the tape on, the guy just shows up

1327
01:01:54,960 --> 01:01:57,840
Speaker 3: and just catches the ball and scores touchdown passes. You

1328
01:01:57,920 --> 01:02:00,680
Speaker 3: know what's gonna happen there with Kyler Murray. It's almost

1329
01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:03,440
Speaker 3: like you're tapped out there, right the The Rams are

1330
01:02:03,480 --> 01:02:04,000
Speaker 3: a noted team.

1331
01:02:04,040 --> 01:02:04,760
Speaker 4: You bring back.

1332
01:02:04,680 --> 01:02:07,560
Speaker 3: Stafford with Stafford's a year and Stafford's a year older.

1333
01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:11,000
Speaker 3: He's older, he can still play. I get it. I

1334
01:02:11,200 --> 01:02:13,400
Speaker 3: like the Rams a lot in that division. By the way, right,

1335
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Speaker 3: that's who I would pick the today. I would pick

1336
01:02:15,080 --> 01:02:16,000
Speaker 3: the Rams to win the NFC.

1337
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:19,680
Speaker 2: If going into last season you'd have this parlay, I'm

1338
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:23,160
Speaker 2: gonna take the Cowboys to win seven games and the

1339
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:25,360
Speaker 2: forty nine ers to win six game.

1340
01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:28,480
Speaker 3: Games, Yeah you would have had that. Yeah, you'd be

1341
01:02:28,560 --> 01:02:30,280
Speaker 3: in Mali my Ties and pin.

1342
01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:32,680
Speaker 2: A lot of people were predicting that was going to

1343
01:02:32,720 --> 01:02:35,479
Speaker 2: be the NFC championship game going into the last season.

1344
01:02:35,480 --> 01:02:36,800
Speaker 4: I thought Dallas would be better than that.

1345
01:02:36,880 --> 01:02:39,520
Speaker 3: But once again, when the team loses their quarterback, I

1346
01:02:39,600 --> 01:02:41,880
Speaker 3: try not to judge too harshly because we all know

1347
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:47,720
Speaker 3: whether it's Pop Warner, middle school, high school, college, XFL, AFL, NFL,

1348
01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:50,920
Speaker 3: your it don't matter, flag football doesn't matter. If you

1349
01:02:51,080 --> 01:02:55,800
Speaker 3: do not have a solidified QB, you have zero shots

1350
01:02:56,120 --> 01:02:58,760
Speaker 3: to make any real noise. You'll win a game or two,

1351
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:02,640
Speaker 3: you'll upset team, but real shot to be a contender.

1352
01:03:02,720 --> 01:03:04,880
Speaker 3: So when he went down for the years, like okay,

1353
01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:08,160
Speaker 3: cowboys are out, like you don't have your quarterback, And

1354
01:03:08,240 --> 01:03:10,560
Speaker 3: I can't judge you too harshly on that. But I

1355
01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:13,920
Speaker 3: right now as I sit here, and once again one

1356
01:03:13,960 --> 01:03:15,560
Speaker 3: of these major quarterbacks go down for one of these

1357
01:03:15,560 --> 01:03:17,880
Speaker 3: three teams. All right, cool, but I think all three

1358
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:20,120
Speaker 3: of these teams hit on the over. I'm surprised that

1359
01:03:20,200 --> 01:03:22,880
Speaker 3: it's nine and a half from Minnesota. I understand JJ

1360
01:03:23,240 --> 01:03:25,480
Speaker 3: is a different quarterback than with the Ander Sam Darnold,

1361
01:03:25,640 --> 01:03:28,640
Speaker 3: but all those other offensive weapons and pieces around, and

1362
01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:31,320
Speaker 3: you're talking about a top five offensive line also too.

1363
01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:33,680
Speaker 3: They can run the football, they could throw the football,

1364
01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:36,880
Speaker 3: and you know Floresa's defense is gonna get after your

1365
01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:40,760
Speaker 3: behind Sunday after Sunday down after down and I like

1366
01:03:41,360 --> 01:03:43,800
Speaker 3: Jordan Love. I know some people mark at the kid,

1367
01:03:44,080 --> 01:03:45,320
Speaker 3: but he didn't go on a road and win a

1368
01:03:45,320 --> 01:03:47,960
Speaker 3: playoff game in Dallas two years ago. Like he's done

1369
01:03:48,040 --> 01:03:51,120
Speaker 3: this and we're and was up at San Francisco. The

1370
01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:53,400
Speaker 3: first interception is tip, the second ones on him.

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Speaker 4: There's the game there. When you're looking at over unders.

1372
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Speaker 4: You know, the Vegas Insider understand this. Every single year,

1373
01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:08,160
Speaker 4: without exception, there's gonna be four or five teams that

1374
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:12,840
Speaker 4: will win at least four games less.

1375
01:04:13,480 --> 01:04:16,520
Speaker 2: Than they're over under. And there's gonna be four or

1376
01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:20,560
Speaker 2: five teams every year that will win four games or

1377
01:04:20,640 --> 01:04:25,480
Speaker 2: more over they're over under. It happens every single year team.

1378
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:28,280
Speaker 2: I mean last year, Jacksonville was four and thirteen.

1379
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:29,920
Speaker 4: Four and thirteen.

1380
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:33,640
Speaker 2: Nobody had that going into the preseason.

1381
01:04:34,040 --> 01:04:34,640
Speaker 3: Nobody.

1382
01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:38,000
Speaker 2: We mentioned the Cowboys with seven wins, We mentioned the

1383
01:04:38,080 --> 01:04:43,960
Speaker 2: forty nine ers with six wins. It happens every single viks.

1384
01:04:43,760 --> 01:04:45,960
Speaker 3: No longer had the Vikings winning fourteen. I thought they'd

1385
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:47,680
Speaker 3: be over to the over end of day set, but

1386
01:04:47,720 --> 01:04:49,200
Speaker 3: I didn't know if they were gonna win. I didn't

1387
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:50,520
Speaker 3: think they were going to forteen. I think I called

1388
01:04:50,560 --> 01:04:52,800
Speaker 3: him twelve and five or maybe eleven to six. But

1389
01:04:52,880 --> 01:04:54,680
Speaker 3: I thought the over last year was like nine and

1390
01:04:54,720 --> 01:04:57,160
Speaker 3: a half or something like that. I thought they would

1391
01:04:57,160 --> 01:05:00,000
Speaker 3: be really good as far as their over runners concerned.

1392
01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:03,320
Speaker 3: But you're right, it happens every year in the playoff.

1393
01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:05,440
Speaker 3: Teams fluctuates in and out. But a lot of it

1394
01:05:05,560 --> 01:05:08,040
Speaker 3: is luck, a lot of it is injury. There's some

1395
01:05:08,160 --> 01:05:09,760
Speaker 3: teams that are like, you're ready to look at the Raiders.

1396
01:05:09,840 --> 01:05:13,120
Speaker 3: Like the Raiders. I feel for the Raiders because that like,

1397
01:05:13,360 --> 01:05:15,720
Speaker 3: look who the other squads are a lot of.

1398
01:05:15,720 --> 01:05:17,960
Speaker 2: People already look at they were a four win team

1399
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:20,160
Speaker 2: a year ago, over under six and a half. So

1400
01:05:20,280 --> 01:05:22,680
Speaker 2: they look at Pete Carroll and say, well, at the

1401
01:05:22,800 --> 01:05:27,000
Speaker 2: very least, you've had a major upgrade from a coaching standpoint. Yeah, seven,

1402
01:05:27,160 --> 01:05:30,120
Speaker 2: you bring in a quarterback. Well, and that division is

1403
01:05:30,160 --> 01:05:32,439
Speaker 2: going to be tough. We've talked a lot about THEFC West.

1404
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:34,720
Speaker 2: We're going to do a lot more. But the question

1405
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:37,960
Speaker 2: is we didn't think going into the season. Yes, I

1406
01:05:38,040 --> 01:05:40,480
Speaker 2: did predict the Broncos to make the playoffs, but to me,

1407
01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:41,600
Speaker 2: it wasn't that big of a reach.

1408
01:05:41,640 --> 01:05:42,440
Speaker 4: They actually only.

1409
01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:44,560
Speaker 2: Won two more games than they did the year before, Right,

1410
01:05:45,120 --> 01:05:47,280
Speaker 2: But I thought Sean Payton at least was going to

1411
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:50,080
Speaker 2: get a quarterback that he was comfortable with. I saw

1412
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:52,240
Speaker 2: Bonnicks at Oregon. I knew this guy could play. I

1413
01:05:52,320 --> 01:05:55,480
Speaker 2: knew he was a mature quarterback. He'd started like fifty

1414
01:05:55,600 --> 01:05:58,200
Speaker 2: games on the Division one level, playing in the SEC

1415
01:05:58,680 --> 01:06:00,600
Speaker 2: and the big tens. I mean, he's going against the

1416
01:06:00,680 --> 01:06:03,240
Speaker 2: toughest competition. I was not worried about whether he was

1417
01:06:03,320 --> 01:06:05,160
Speaker 2: going to be ready. Well, actually, right, it was the

1418
01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:07,720
Speaker 2: Pac twelve back then for Oregon. I'm already into the

1419
01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:09,360
Speaker 2: Big ten. Moti, you see how I am. I got

1420
01:06:09,400 --> 01:06:11,760
Speaker 2: that mindset right now. But the bottom line was he

1421
01:06:11,880 --> 01:06:14,560
Speaker 2: was an experienced college quarterback, so I didn't think the

1422
01:06:14,640 --> 01:06:17,280
Speaker 2: transition was going to be that difficult and has approved

1423
01:06:17,400 --> 01:06:19,680
Speaker 2: it was not. All right, let's find out what is

1424
01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:25,720
Speaker 2: trending once again, Martin is here. I am fully geared

1425
01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:29,480
Speaker 2: up playing his guitar, not as much as I'd like

1426
01:06:29,560 --> 01:06:31,840
Speaker 2: to be. However, I will say this, because I've been

1427
01:06:31,920 --> 01:06:34,840
Speaker 2: watching this progression you've been making with your guitar playing.

1428
01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:38,280
Speaker 3: It's noticeable. It is like very noticeable.

1429
01:06:38,600 --> 01:06:40,920
Speaker 4: I appreciate that. Yeah, you can hear it, you can

1430
01:06:41,000 --> 01:06:41,320
Speaker 4: see it.

1431
01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:43,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, is honestly the last couple of days, I've not

1432
01:06:43,840 --> 01:06:46,160
Speaker 3: been feeling it. That's okay, I have not. I been

1433
01:06:46,240 --> 01:06:46,600
Speaker 3: like I do.

1434
01:06:47,080 --> 01:06:48,920
Speaker 9: How have I been doing this for seven months? And

1435
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:51,680
Speaker 9: I still suck this bad? It's kind of the feeling

1436
01:06:51,760 --> 01:06:53,280
Speaker 9: I've had. So I've makeed that thanks to.

1437
01:06:53,680 --> 01:06:55,680
Speaker 3: What is how many more days to the big day

1438
01:06:58,000 --> 01:06:59,600
Speaker 3: August ninth to now?

1439
01:07:00,040 --> 01:07:00,200
Speaker 2: Oh?

1440
01:07:01,840 --> 01:07:02,200
Speaker 3: I don't know?

1441
01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:05,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, three weeks?

1442
01:07:05,320 --> 01:07:06,600
Speaker 3: There you go. That works.

1443
01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:10,520
Speaker 9: Okay, we're coming up on just around the river bend.

1444
01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:15,360
Speaker 9: You guys moved that fast. Listen, I said, I only look,

1445
01:07:15,480 --> 01:07:16,919
Speaker 9: I got real congratulations.

1446
01:07:16,920 --> 01:07:17,640
Speaker 4: I didn't. I didn't know that.

1447
01:07:17,720 --> 01:07:20,480
Speaker 3: Congratulations to you man, So you and her good luck

1448
01:07:20,520 --> 01:07:22,520
Speaker 3: on your wedding and your honeymoon. Congratulations. I thought it

1449
01:07:22,600 --> 01:07:24,440
Speaker 3: was gonna be like next year something like that when

1450
01:07:24,440 --> 01:07:27,760
Speaker 3: we last talked about her. But look, I said, I

1451
01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:29,960
Speaker 3: got real Sundays and I got every other Sunday. I

1452
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:31,480
Speaker 3: feel like if I have done'm not.

1453
01:07:32,320 --> 01:07:34,040
Speaker 9: This is what I had to deal with, these wedding

1454
01:07:34,080 --> 01:07:36,440
Speaker 9: planners like that, I'm not having my anniversary on week

1455
01:07:36,480 --> 01:07:37,120
Speaker 9: three every year.

1456
01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:41,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, like right, Vesca scenario. I'm busy week three, you

1457
01:07:41,640 --> 01:07:42,640
Speaker 4: know what. I'm never busy.

1458
01:07:42,960 --> 01:07:48,000
Speaker 3: August ninth like that exactly. Ever, I'm never busy on

1459
01:07:48,080 --> 01:07:51,440
Speaker 3: August night, so gradually, congratulations, man, I said to her, Congratulations,

1460
01:07:51,840 --> 01:07:53,440
Speaker 3: have fun and enjoy the day. Man, thank you.

1461
01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:56,880
Speaker 4: You were looking at me with I thought you was.

1462
01:07:56,960 --> 01:08:00,240
Speaker 3: I thought you had more. He's always got more. I've

1463
01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:00,600
Speaker 3: got more.

1464
01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:01,200
Speaker 2: But I didn't know.

1465
01:08:01,320 --> 01:08:04,520
Speaker 11: That is the most truest statement I've heard all day, Steve.

1466
01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:07,919
Speaker 11: I thought that's speaking of getting some more. Marcus Smart

1467
01:08:07,960 --> 01:08:10,800
Speaker 11: two years, eleven million dollars. Add that to his bank

1468
01:08:10,840 --> 01:08:13,320
Speaker 11: account and a work employment length that guests with the

1469
01:08:13,360 --> 01:08:14,360
Speaker 11: Los Angeles Lakers.

1470
01:08:14,720 --> 01:08:17,479
Speaker 3: He got a treat to a contract buyout with the Wizards.

1471
01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:21,040
Speaker 12: Scottie Scheffler recorded a bogie free sixty seven to take

1472
01:08:21,080 --> 01:08:24,400
Speaker 12: a commanding lead into the final day of the twenty twenty.

1473
01:08:24,240 --> 01:08:26,960
Speaker 3: Five Open at Royal Port Rush. He's fourteen under right now.

1474
01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:29,439
Speaker 9: If he wins this, he's three fourths of his way

1475
01:08:29,760 --> 01:08:33,400
Speaker 9: to a career Guaran Slam, his fourth major title, second

1476
01:08:33,439 --> 01:08:35,720
Speaker 9: one this year. It's pretty good for a guy who

1477
01:08:35,760 --> 01:08:37,679
Speaker 9: said he doesn't find a lot of fulfillment in winning.

1478
01:08:38,080 --> 01:08:40,519
Speaker 3: Saints and quarterback Tyler Shaw a team that may not

1479
01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:41,080
Speaker 3: find much.

1480
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:44,280
Speaker 12: Fulfillment and willing going forward agreed to a fully guaranteed

1481
01:08:44,320 --> 01:08:46,559
Speaker 12: contract worth ten point eight million dollars.

1482
01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:47,439
Speaker 3: I rounded that up.

1483
01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:50,880
Speaker 9: Cincinnati Bengals defensive an Shamar Stewart did not report the

1484
01:08:50,920 --> 01:08:52,040
Speaker 9: training camp with the rest of.

1485
01:08:52,040 --> 01:08:53,439
Speaker 3: The team's rookies today.

1486
01:08:53,479 --> 01:08:55,920
Speaker 12: He's the lone first round pick in this year's draft

1487
01:08:55,960 --> 01:08:58,200
Speaker 12: class who has not yet signed his rookie deal. And

1488
01:08:58,280 --> 01:09:00,000
Speaker 12: you know what he might I think off the time,

1489
01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:03,880
Speaker 12: have my the seventh there's only seven players, wow, between

1490
01:09:03,960 --> 01:09:05,800
Speaker 12: the first and second rounds we've yet to have been signed.

1491
01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:08,000
Speaker 3: Shamar Stewart the only one in the first round. So

1492
01:09:08,240 --> 01:09:10,360
Speaker 3: back to you guys. All right, thank you very much, Martin.

1493
01:09:10,400 --> 01:09:12,880
Speaker 2: As always, once again, we are coming you live from

1494
01:09:12,920 --> 01:09:15,599
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1495
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Speaker 2: your podcast to see today's show posted. Right after we

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Speaker 2: get off the air, We're gonna break a little bit

1502
01:09:33,880 --> 01:09:36,080
Speaker 2: early because coming up on the other start, we're gonna

1503
01:09:36,120 --> 01:09:40,280
Speaker 2: get a chance to talk to our NBA insider Mark Medina,

1504
01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:43,959
Speaker 2: all the latest and all these buyout of contracts signings

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Speaker 2: all over the NBA. This is Fox Sports Saturday, Harvin

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Speaker 2: and Husky Fox Sports Saturday once again, coming live from

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Speaker 2: the Fox Sports Radio studios.

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Speaker 4: Coming up after US, Jason fitz Buck Rising will be here.

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Speaker 3: I want to think.

1510
01:10:02,160 --> 01:10:05,320
Speaker 2: No, that's what it says right here, Martin can you

1511
01:10:05,439 --> 01:10:09,439
Speaker 2: come on? Mike, I'm I'm I'm reading what's on my

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01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:10,040
Speaker 2: list here?

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Speaker 9: I did you write this and subscribe to the podcast?

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01:10:12,760 --> 01:10:15,320
Speaker 9: Coming up next on Fox Sports Radio after Hartman and Husky,

1515
01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:17,040
Speaker 9: it will be Martin Wison, Alex Monicco.

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01:10:17,240 --> 01:10:18,120
Speaker 3: Okay, so there you go.

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Speaker 11: Is that?

1518
01:10:20,520 --> 01:10:22,680
Speaker 3: Yeah? That one was on me, Steve, that's my bat. Okay, Well,

1519
01:10:22,720 --> 01:10:27,599
Speaker 3: I just let everybody's locked in. Well again, I'll get

1520
01:10:27,600 --> 01:10:30,760
Speaker 3: yourself together. Ian's got a lot on his plate, a

1521
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:33,080
Speaker 3: lot of I leave working with you, and this is

1522
01:10:33,160 --> 01:10:34,000
Speaker 3: and this is what I come back to.

1523
01:10:34,200 --> 01:10:35,920
Speaker 2: At least we know he's not the superstar this week,

1524
01:10:38,160 --> 01:10:42,360
Speaker 2: guilty charged all on all accounts. Ian, outside of that

1525
01:10:42,479 --> 01:10:45,360
Speaker 2: tremendous job is always Mary Mack is the absolute best.

1526
01:10:45,479 --> 01:10:47,800
Speaker 2: Mary Mack came in to say hi to VJ and

1527
01:10:47,920 --> 01:10:48,600
Speaker 2: see VJA and.

1528
01:10:49,040 --> 01:10:49,680
Speaker 4: I haven't seen him.

1529
01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:52,559
Speaker 3: Mary to you too, I know she is. I haven't

1530
01:10:52,600 --> 01:10:54,200
Speaker 3: writing them, I haven't seen them to him. Why you

1531
01:10:54,240 --> 01:10:56,120
Speaker 3: should have seen me and Ian in the hallway. Man,

1532
01:10:56,120 --> 01:10:57,120
Speaker 3: haven't seen them to in a while.

1533
01:10:57,240 --> 01:10:59,240
Speaker 2: Man, Well, it was good to have you back, and

1534
01:10:59,280 --> 01:11:01,360
Speaker 2: it's also great to have this man back to give

1535
01:11:01,439 --> 01:11:04,680
Speaker 2: us the latest on what's happening around the NBA are Insider,

1536
01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:09,080
Speaker 2: the always busy Mark Mendina has found time for us today.

1537
01:11:09,120 --> 01:11:11,800
Speaker 2: Mark always appreciate the time. Let's get right to it

1538
01:11:11,960 --> 01:11:16,240
Speaker 2: right now. So Marcus Smart missed two thirds of the

1539
01:11:16,320 --> 01:11:19,760
Speaker 2: games over the last two years after leaving the Celtics.

1540
01:11:20,280 --> 01:11:23,800
Speaker 2: Now he's a laker. What are they getting at this

1541
01:11:23,880 --> 01:11:26,840
Speaker 2: point in Marcus Smart's career. Is it conceivable that he

1542
01:11:26,880 --> 01:11:29,600
Speaker 2: could play sixty five games this year and give them

1543
01:11:29,640 --> 01:11:31,760
Speaker 2: the same kind of defense that he had in his

1544
01:11:31,880 --> 01:11:34,599
Speaker 2: heyday with the Celtics, Or is that Marcus Smart gone?

1545
01:11:35,479 --> 01:11:39,120
Speaker 13: Well, I think the availability version of Marcus Smart is gone.

1546
01:11:39,240 --> 01:11:42,280
Speaker 13: That's a big question mark on how durable he's gonna play.

1547
01:11:42,320 --> 01:11:44,639
Speaker 13: But when he has been on the court, he has

1548
01:11:44,760 --> 01:11:47,400
Speaker 13: been effective as a defender, a great locker room guy,

1549
01:11:47,479 --> 01:11:51,519
Speaker 13: emotional leader, his shooting its very feats or famine. Sometimes

1550
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:53,880
Speaker 13: he'll go six to six from the field or go

1551
01:11:54,120 --> 01:11:57,479
Speaker 13: oh of eight. Usually there's very little in between. I

1552
01:11:57,640 --> 01:12:00,360
Speaker 13: thank Steve because it's a deal on the buyo market.

1553
01:12:00,439 --> 01:12:03,000
Speaker 13: It's kind of a low risk move, so at the

1554
01:12:03,160 --> 01:12:06,040
Speaker 13: very least, they give him some needed defense and they

1555
01:12:06,120 --> 01:12:08,479
Speaker 13: give them another voice in the locker room that isn't

1556
01:12:08,479 --> 01:12:11,240
Speaker 13: afraid to call out Luca Doctors and Lebron James and

1557
01:12:11,400 --> 01:12:13,160
Speaker 13: everyone else when things don't go well.

1558
01:12:14,120 --> 01:12:15,960
Speaker 4: Mark, are you doing, Man, VJ run on Husky here?

1559
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:16,439
Speaker 4: Good to talk to.

1560
01:12:16,479 --> 01:12:19,000
Speaker 3: Your brother's been man, Yeah, good to talk to as always. Man,

1561
01:12:19,120 --> 01:12:20,880
Speaker 3: I haven't seen you since the Laker games. Man, it's

1562
01:12:21,120 --> 01:12:26,479
Speaker 3: been a minute, brother since we've called. Yeah, thank you, brother.

1563
01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:28,080
Speaker 3: So let's think with la Man. You and I have

1564
01:12:28,160 --> 01:12:30,120
Speaker 3: both been there a bunch of Laker games, Clipper games.

1565
01:12:30,520 --> 01:12:32,599
Speaker 3: I mean, my head's just scratching. I'm not judging these

1566
01:12:32,680 --> 01:12:35,120
Speaker 3: moves yet. The Marcus Smart move, it's like, okay, I'm

1567
01:12:35,240 --> 01:12:36,920
Speaker 3: just I'm trying to feel that. The Lakers feel like

1568
01:12:36,920 --> 01:12:38,720
Speaker 3: there's such a flux, and then a team across town

1569
01:12:38,840 --> 01:12:41,519
Speaker 3: up in Inglewood and into it. The Clippers pretty much

1570
01:12:41,560 --> 01:12:44,560
Speaker 3: send off Norman Power replace him with Bradley Beale. I

1571
01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:47,200
Speaker 3: just I don't like it, man, and I'm trying to

1572
01:12:47,240 --> 01:12:50,040
Speaker 3: figure out why. Why was that type of move made.

1573
01:12:50,080 --> 01:12:52,519
Speaker 3: This is a guy that we thought people were claming

1574
01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:54,320
Speaker 3: to be an All Star, and in normal power, I

1575
01:12:54,360 --> 01:12:56,000
Speaker 3: think he's a much better defender. He may not be

1576
01:12:56,439 --> 01:12:59,240
Speaker 3: the knockdown shooter that Bradley bill is, but I didn't

1577
01:12:59,240 --> 01:13:02,479
Speaker 3: think that that's what the Clippers need it. What team

1578
01:13:02,560 --> 01:13:05,559
Speaker 3: do you feel like is a better position to make

1579
01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:07,479
Speaker 3: a longer run in the postseason and why?

1580
01:13:09,000 --> 01:13:12,080
Speaker 13: Well, it's a very tough but good question Vija to

1581
01:13:12,160 --> 01:13:15,320
Speaker 13: answer because a lot of it's just on hell and

1582
01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:19,520
Speaker 13: there's a lot of question marks about Bradley Beal's durability

1583
01:13:19,680 --> 01:13:23,080
Speaker 13: because his time in Phoenix was pretty much on the

1584
01:13:23,160 --> 01:13:26,200
Speaker 13: bench because he missed so many games. Now, talking to

1585
01:13:26,280 --> 01:13:28,439
Speaker 13: his agent this week, Mark Bartleston, he was saying, you know,

1586
01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:32,000
Speaker 13: he's spending the off season getting strong, will proving his body,

1587
01:13:32,080 --> 01:13:34,559
Speaker 13: but we'll have to see when he's actually on the court.

1588
01:13:35,080 --> 01:13:37,559
Speaker 13: So as a berutine, so you know why the Clippers

1589
01:13:37,600 --> 01:13:40,960
Speaker 13: are doing this. I understand your skepticism, but here's their

1590
01:13:41,040 --> 01:13:45,520
Speaker 13: thought process. Norman pal perfect two way players adjusted seamlessly

1591
01:13:45,560 --> 01:13:48,080
Speaker 13: as a starter. Reason why they didn't extend him is

1592
01:13:48,080 --> 01:13:50,920
Speaker 13: they're trying to free up some cap space or next

1593
01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:54,200
Speaker 13: summer to possibly make a big move. Whether it's if

1594
01:13:54,360 --> 01:13:58,400
Speaker 13: Gianna sounds like Cuba becomes available Nikola Jokic, those might

1595
01:13:58,439 --> 01:14:00,920
Speaker 13: be pipe dreams, frankly, but I think it's the broader

1596
01:14:00,960 --> 01:14:04,040
Speaker 13: idea of being in a position to make a major deal.

1597
01:14:04,160 --> 01:14:06,560
Speaker 13: So if it was just for basketball, it would be

1598
01:14:06,600 --> 01:14:08,880
Speaker 13: a no brainer. You bring back Norman Pale. But I

1599
01:14:08,920 --> 01:14:12,080
Speaker 13: think all things considered, they still have a respectable roster.

1600
01:14:12,240 --> 01:14:14,599
Speaker 13: But there are a lot of questions, and as always

1601
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:18,160
Speaker 13: with the Clippers, it starts with hell with now Bradley Field,

1602
01:14:18,160 --> 01:14:19,840
Speaker 13: but obviously with Kawhi Leonner and let.

1603
01:14:19,760 --> 01:14:22,120
Speaker 3: Me just piggyback on that good, great answer and return.

1604
01:14:22,240 --> 01:14:26,519
Speaker 3: But so they want to clear cap for the next room. Fine, Mark, listen,

1605
01:14:26,640 --> 01:14:28,920
Speaker 3: I'm not going to argue that. But if you swing

1606
01:14:29,040 --> 01:14:33,080
Speaker 3: and miss next summer, you cleared this cab space and

1607
01:14:33,240 --> 01:14:36,479
Speaker 3: gave away an integral part of your team. And now

1608
01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:39,040
Speaker 3: Bradley Beil has probably shipped off somewhere else and now

1609
01:14:39,680 --> 01:14:42,040
Speaker 3: you're just in flux. Man, You're you You've torn down

1610
01:14:42,439 --> 01:14:44,760
Speaker 3: what actually people thought could be a decent team to

1611
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:47,200
Speaker 3: make a decent run. I just I get what you're saying.

1612
01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:49,840
Speaker 3: I'm just not sure. I'm like you said, those are

1613
01:14:49,880 --> 01:14:54,160
Speaker 3: pipe dreams. Johanna's Jokic. Yeah, okay, Lake, let me know

1614
01:14:54,240 --> 01:14:56,120
Speaker 3: when that happens. Wake me up when that happens.

1615
01:14:56,880 --> 01:14:59,599
Speaker 13: Well, well, how about this. The Clippers, who never can

1616
01:14:59,720 --> 01:15:02,519
Speaker 13: see need this for obvious reasons. But I think if

1617
01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:05,080
Speaker 13: you if we connect the dots here, I think the

1618
01:15:05,160 --> 01:15:09,200
Speaker 13: Clippers that concluded, if they just ran back and retained

1619
01:15:09,760 --> 01:15:12,719
Speaker 13: their main team, it's good for a first round exit,

1620
01:15:12,720 --> 01:15:16,000
Speaker 13: and that's basically it. And sore feeling on this team.

1621
01:15:16,400 --> 01:15:18,960
Speaker 13: So the reason why they're trying to make some you know,

1622
01:15:19,160 --> 01:15:23,320
Speaker 13: risk keep but potentially you know, high potential payoff moves

1623
01:15:23,439 --> 01:15:26,160
Speaker 13: is that if they just want status quo, their ceilings

1624
01:15:26,200 --> 01:15:29,320
Speaker 13: pretty limited. So you know, there's a lot of questions.

1625
01:15:29,400 --> 01:15:32,320
Speaker 13: But they're selling point to Bradley Beal as they you know,

1626
01:15:32,520 --> 01:15:35,360
Speaker 13: be be the guy that made you an All Star.

1627
01:15:35,479 --> 01:15:38,000
Speaker 13: Don't feel inhibited like you weren't Phoenix. He's going to

1628
01:15:38,040 --> 01:15:40,320
Speaker 13: be the starting point guard. But that was the same

1629
01:15:40,439 --> 01:15:43,320
Speaker 13: kind of the rhetoric that they share with Russell Westbrook

1630
01:15:43,360 --> 01:15:46,000
Speaker 13: and when you're sharing the ball with someone like James

1631
01:15:46,080 --> 01:15:49,560
Speaker 13: Hard and Kawhi Leonard. Inevitably, there's a lot of opportunity

1632
01:15:49,600 --> 01:15:51,599
Speaker 13: to be very good, but a lot of challenges around

1633
01:15:51,800 --> 01:15:54,320
Speaker 13: along the way on how they share all those responsibilities.

1634
01:15:54,439 --> 01:15:56,160
Speaker 2: By the way, staying with the Clippers for a moment

1635
01:15:56,240 --> 01:16:01,080
Speaker 2: here CEP. Three, returning to the Clippers, why not Blake Griffin? Right,

1636
01:16:02,040 --> 01:16:04,040
Speaker 2: I love city, Let's bring it back in.

1637
01:16:04,360 --> 01:16:06,120
Speaker 13: But how about DeAndre Jordan?

1638
01:16:06,280 --> 01:16:09,200
Speaker 4: I mean, let's they're all free agents ready to roll.

1639
01:16:09,280 --> 01:16:11,080
Speaker 3: But I mean JJ reddicks here in La too.

1640
01:16:11,200 --> 01:16:13,880
Speaker 2: So at this point of his career twenty years in

1641
01:16:14,760 --> 01:16:18,439
Speaker 2: twenty years in CP three, does he really want to be.

1642
01:16:19,479 --> 01:16:22,439
Speaker 4: Such a reduced role player? I mean, it's.

1643
01:16:23,720 --> 01:16:26,120
Speaker 2: Having covered you know, sort of when he first came

1644
01:16:26,160 --> 01:16:28,599
Speaker 2: to La quite a bit down there in that era

1645
01:16:28,680 --> 01:16:29,360
Speaker 2: of the Clippers.

1646
01:16:30,479 --> 01:16:33,240
Speaker 3: Does his ego allow that? I mean, is that something

1647
01:16:33,360 --> 01:16:34,000
Speaker 3: that he wants?

1648
01:16:34,200 --> 01:16:36,280
Speaker 2: Is he just looking to extend his career in another

1649
01:16:36,360 --> 01:16:39,160
Speaker 2: year getting paid or what do you think the mindset

1650
01:16:39,200 --> 01:16:42,360
Speaker 2: would be for a Chris Paul if he were to

1651
01:16:42,920 --> 01:16:46,200
Speaker 2: rejoin the Clippers in obviously a very reduced role.

1652
01:16:47,160 --> 01:16:51,160
Speaker 13: Yeah, I think it's a very unique circumstance because he's

1653
01:16:51,240 --> 01:16:53,880
Speaker 13: back in LA. He has ties with the Clippers. I

1654
01:16:53,960 --> 01:16:57,160
Speaker 13: think I want to put them as a contender. I

1655
01:16:57,240 --> 01:17:00,200
Speaker 13: would put them on paper, but you know, we know

1656
01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:03,600
Speaker 13: all the fluid moving parts. But there is an outside

1657
01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:06,439
Speaker 13: chance that this could give him that chance to win

1658
01:17:06,520 --> 01:17:09,160
Speaker 13: a title. Now to your broader point, is he willing

1659
01:17:09,280 --> 01:17:12,360
Speaker 13: to accept a reduced role. He's been willing to do

1660
01:17:12,560 --> 01:17:17,200
Speaker 13: that ever since going to San Antonio, and he has

1661
01:17:17,320 --> 01:17:20,320
Speaker 13: been doing a good job of embracing the mentorship role.

1662
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:22,760
Speaker 13: But I think the end of the day, he wants

1663
01:17:22,840 --> 01:17:25,800
Speaker 13: to still have an impact on the game, still prove

1664
01:17:25,880 --> 01:17:28,240
Speaker 13: that he can play at a high level. So I

1665
01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:31,679
Speaker 13: think the sacrifice is there as far as minute shots

1666
01:17:32,120 --> 01:17:35,240
Speaker 13: even coming off the bench. But he's not wanting to

1667
01:17:35,400 --> 01:17:37,800
Speaker 13: just sign up to be a pedestrian player. He still

1668
01:17:37,840 --> 01:17:40,479
Speaker 13: wants to be able to have his fingerprints on the

1669
01:17:40,520 --> 01:17:42,439
Speaker 13: team as far as managing everyone.

1670
01:17:45,080 --> 01:17:48,439
Speaker 3: Mark, talk to me about my pissons. Just real fast, man.

1671
01:17:48,640 --> 01:17:49,679
Speaker 3: Did you like the offseason?

1672
01:17:49,760 --> 01:17:50,479
Speaker 4: You like the moves?

1673
01:17:50,720 --> 01:17:52,360
Speaker 3: We know have him on the leak Beasley, but then

1674
01:17:52,400 --> 01:17:54,880
Speaker 3: they added some other player, Duncan Robinson, three point shooter.

1675
01:17:54,960 --> 01:17:57,280
Speaker 3: We know we need it. I'm excited, man, I you

1676
01:17:57,320 --> 01:17:58,920
Speaker 3: know I know we got Alist in the first round.

1677
01:17:58,960 --> 01:18:00,880
Speaker 3: I call I call pisiness and six I was wrong.

1678
01:18:01,120 --> 01:18:03,200
Speaker 3: But I like where my Pistons are moving. Man, what

1679
01:18:03,240 --> 01:18:05,240
Speaker 3: do you think about their offseason? What Trajan Lang and

1680
01:18:05,280 --> 01:18:06,840
Speaker 3: those guys are doing up in the MotorCity.

1681
01:18:07,680 --> 01:18:10,040
Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean, all things considered, it's as good as

1682
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:13,320
Speaker 13: it can be. Duncan Robinson is a great three point shooter,

1683
01:18:13,439 --> 01:18:16,439
Speaker 13: and obviously them losing the leak Beasley, that's a huge

1684
01:18:16,439 --> 01:18:19,719
Speaker 13: stem because he was posting career high numbers and proving

1685
01:18:19,800 --> 01:18:23,040
Speaker 13: as a defender. Ironically enough, he was seen as a

1686
01:18:23,160 --> 01:18:26,200
Speaker 13: very good locker room influenced leader before all. You know,

1687
01:18:26,280 --> 01:18:29,639
Speaker 13: this investigation came down. But the Pistons, they're a young

1688
01:18:29,720 --> 01:18:32,360
Speaker 13: team on the rise. They showed that, you know, they're

1689
01:18:32,920 --> 01:18:34,880
Speaker 13: a force to be reckoned with, and all they need

1690
01:18:35,360 --> 01:18:39,080
Speaker 13: to do is just continue that continuity of building around

1691
01:18:39,479 --> 01:18:42,479
Speaker 13: Kate Cunningham. So you know, it's not ideal what happened

1692
01:18:42,520 --> 01:18:44,680
Speaker 13: with Malik Beasley, but they're still going to be a

1693
01:18:44,760 --> 01:18:48,040
Speaker 13: player in these especially when you look into the dynamic

1694
01:18:48,160 --> 01:18:50,479
Speaker 13: that the Boston Celtics. They have a player with an

1695
01:18:50,479 --> 01:18:52,880
Speaker 13: achilles injurw Jasons had them same thing with the Indiana

1696
01:18:52,960 --> 01:18:56,360
Speaker 13: Pacers with Tyree Taliburn. The Milwaukee Bucks, they have a

1697
01:18:56,400 --> 01:18:58,920
Speaker 13: lot of question marks. Even though they got Miles Turner,

1698
01:18:59,640 --> 01:19:02,360
Speaker 13: is that enough to still make them contender for the contender?

1699
01:19:02,479 --> 01:19:05,599
Speaker 13: So I think outside of Cleveland, New York, it's really

1700
01:19:05,720 --> 01:19:07,400
Speaker 13: up for grabs with everyone else in theage.

1701
01:19:07,760 --> 01:19:09,760
Speaker 2: All Right, we don't have a lot of time, but

1702
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:13,240
Speaker 2: I got to get your thoughts. More investigation going on

1703
01:19:14,120 --> 01:19:18,400
Speaker 2: gambling in the NBA. Did Terry Rozier at thirty bets

1704
01:19:18,479 --> 01:19:20,840
Speaker 2: placed in forty six minutes in a game in twenty

1705
01:19:20,960 --> 01:19:25,560
Speaker 2: twenty three and he was under on every one of

1706
01:19:25,640 --> 01:19:27,719
Speaker 2: those and somebody walked away with a lot of money.

1707
01:19:28,439 --> 01:19:31,040
Speaker 2: I know the NBA doesn't want to call attention to it,

1708
01:19:31,200 --> 01:19:35,160
Speaker 2: but behind closed doors, what kind of concerns do they

1709
01:19:35,240 --> 01:19:39,839
Speaker 2: have with multiple investigations going on right now of alleged

1710
01:19:39,880 --> 01:19:41,639
Speaker 2: gambling involving players in the NBA.

1711
01:19:42,320 --> 01:19:45,000
Speaker 13: Well, it's a lot of concerns because I think the

1712
01:19:45,120 --> 01:19:48,560
Speaker 13: thing that they fear is that, well, this involved not

1713
01:19:48,760 --> 01:19:51,840
Speaker 13: just a rotation player but an actual star player. And

1714
01:19:52,479 --> 01:19:55,080
Speaker 13: I'm not naive to the way the world works, but

1715
01:19:55,200 --> 01:19:58,400
Speaker 13: I would be surprised if it ever involved a star player.

1716
01:19:58,479 --> 01:20:01,439
Speaker 13: But just because they're already making so much money, is

1717
01:20:01,520 --> 01:20:04,599
Speaker 13: probably not worth the risk. But you know, ever since

1718
01:20:04,680 --> 01:20:09,280
Speaker 13: you know they've had business relationships with gambling companies, you know,

1719
01:20:09,439 --> 01:20:14,040
Speaker 13: all bets are off. You know, the NBA clearly wants

1720
01:20:14,080 --> 01:20:16,200
Speaker 13: to have revenue strooms. They want to have their cake

1721
01:20:16,240 --> 01:20:18,519
Speaker 13: and eat it too. But this is a downside on

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Speaker 13: when you tap into those kind of revenue strooms.

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Speaker 2: Great stuff, Marcus always, we appreciate it. We'll talk to

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Speaker 2: again next week.

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Speaker 3: Steve VJ.

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Speaker 13: You guys are the best. Appreciate you.

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Speaker 3: Mark Medina. Yeah, that is sort of that.

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Speaker 4: You know, you you go to bed with all these

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Speaker 4: gambling establishments.

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Speaker 3: And then you.

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Speaker 4: These guys are dumb, man, I'm serious.

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Speaker 3: You know, not to do it. They're going to catch you.

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Speaker 2: Well, they don't, that's the whole thing. They think they're

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Speaker 2: going to be. They're talked into it like they'll never

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Speaker 2: figure this out. Believe me, this is easy money. It's

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Speaker 2: going direct. Clean your pocket.

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Speaker 3: VJ. Great stuff, man.

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Speaker 4: We always do it again tomorrow. I see you tomorrow,

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Speaker 4: see you tomorrow again.

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