1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: The volume. 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 2: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. 3 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 3: What is a straight firefam It's your boy, Jason McIntyre. 4 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 3: Straight Fire for Tuesday, April eighteenth. We are officially on Tuesday. 5 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 3: I just got finished watching the Sacramento Kings pull away 6 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 3: in the fourth quarter bullying the Warriors, folks, a stunning development. 7 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 3: We're technically recording this at one a m. East Coast time. 8 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 3: It's ten o'clock on the West Coast, and I can't 9 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 3: believe what I just saw. It was one of those 10 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 3: moments where I told Rob g Rob, I'm just gonna 11 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 3: record right now. I'm just fired up about the game. 12 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 3: This is gonna be forever known as the Draymond Green 13 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 3: stomp game. If you went to bed early, you missed 14 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 3: some drama. You know, Draymond Green is at the center 15 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 3: of it. But the big picture here is the Golden 16 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 3: State Warriors down two to the Sacramento Kings for the 17 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 3: first time in Steph Curry's career. This is his twenty 18 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 3: eighth playoff series. Steph Curry is down two in a 19 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 3: playoff series. I know a lot of people like the 20 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 3: Warriors in this one. People didn't want to give the 21 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 3: Kings a chance. Oh they're too young, they haven't been here, 22 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: they don't know any better, folks. This King's team is 23 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 3: tough as nails, fast as hell. And I know it 24 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 3: was Malik munkin Game one, coming off the bench with 25 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 3: a ton of points. He played okay, he had eighteen points. 26 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 3: But Davion Mitchell off Night, the young kid from Baylor, 27 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 3: had fourteen points, a humongous three late in the game. 28 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 3: He plus tenacious karding Steph Curry. Dearon Fox though, the 29 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 3: hero once again. He's unstoppable, folks, he is super clutch. 30 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 3: I saw somebody tweet out right after the game that 31 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 3: Dearon Fox is better than John Moran, and I think 32 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 3: that's obvious. I would take Dearon Fox any day of 33 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 3: the week over John Moran. Joh Moran's a phenomenal athlete. 34 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 3: But give me the Aaron Fox as a leader in 35 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 3: the clutch like he is. He just delivered big time. 36 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 3: Twenty four points, ninasis, four steals, and you know, Steph Curry, 37 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 3: Clay Thompson, the hit a couple threes late. They got interesting, 38 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 3: came back in the game. They're getting nothing from Jordan Poole, 39 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 3: But I've got to go in on Draymond Green. First 40 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 3: of all, I have a feeling he's gonna get suspended 41 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 3: for Game three in Golden State. That would be my guess. 42 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 3: If you haven't seen the video yet, you're just waking up, well, 43 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 3: you know, kudos for tuning into straight Fire before what 44 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 3: turning on your uh your news channel preferred for watching 45 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 3: sports in the morning. 46 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 2: Fourth quarter, heated game. 47 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 3: Sabonis is getting into Sabona and Draymond kind of got 48 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,839 Speaker 3: into it in game one. It these two, you know, listen, 49 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 3: Sibonus is a tough guy. He gets pushed around a lot. 50 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 3: They mentioned her on the broadcast, but he's tough man. 51 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 3: You look at his arms, he's all scratched up, and 52 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 3: so late in the game he goes it was like 53 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 3: what four minutes left, He's falling down in a heap 54 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 3: of traffic and he's like on his side, and Draymond 55 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 3: Green like lands his foot like right in. Sabonis is 56 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 3: like body face like not touching, but like right there 57 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 3: close to it, and Sabonis, you know, grabs. You don't 58 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 3: want to say it's unintentionally, because it looked pretty blatant 59 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 3: like it. 60 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 2: Was a grab. 61 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 3: He he can't really see it's Draymond, and he just 62 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 3: grabs the leg and Draymond struggles to get up and 63 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 3: on the second poll he stomps down and the ref 64 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 3: sees it, and the replay is really bad. Draymond gets 65 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 3: a technical, gets tossed rightfully, so listen, technical was assessed 66 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 3: to Sabonis for the grab as well. I just you 67 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 3: have to wonder the stomp was the most blatant stomp 68 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 3: I've seen in basketball since Christian Latner versus Kentucky in 69 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 3: nineteen ninety two. Laatener that was the That was a 70 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 3: Lightner game where he hit the turnaround shot to beat Kentucky. Listen, 71 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 3: it was a bad stomp by Draymond Green. I don't 72 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 3: know how he's going to explain it on his podcast. 73 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 3: There's no way around it. He got grabbed. He was frustrated, 74 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: but you just simply cannot do that. 75 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: You can't. 76 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 3: You can't stomp someone out in the middle of a 77 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 3: playoff and there's a billion cameras. Draymond I don't know 78 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 3: what he thought was gonna happen. That being said, they 79 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 3: didn't lose the game because Draymond was tossed. They lost 80 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 3: this game because they had twenty turnovers. I don't know why. 81 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 3: I mean, listen, this I shouldn't say. I don't know. 82 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,799 Speaker 3: This is the Warriors m O this season. On the road. 83 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 3: They play sloppy, they play lackadaisical, They're not focused, and 84 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 3: the turnovers are a plenty and it cost them games. 85 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 3: I thought they were fixing to get blown out there 86 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 3: in the third quarter. They fell behind, I believe by 87 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 3: about thirteen, and it was so dire that Steve Kerr said, 88 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 3: I'm gonna put Moses Moody in the game. And he 89 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 3: went out there and gave some hustle, grabbed a bunch 90 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 3: of boards, five boards, two offensive rebounds. I mean, he 91 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 3: was going at it on the inside. They needed that. 92 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: Listen. 93 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 3: Jordan Poole another rough game, one of seven. I don't 94 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 3: think he played in the final, like six or seven minutes, 95 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 3: maybe not even the fourth quarter. Missed all his threes, 96 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 3: had a couple of good looks. De Vincenzo not as 97 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 3: much of a factor as he was in Game one 98 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 3: because Wiggins his back, but Wiggans played thirty nine minutes. 99 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 3: He had a good game. It was essentially the Wiggins 100 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 3: Curry show until two late Clay threes. Made it look 101 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 3: like he had a good game, but Clay struggling in 102 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 3: this series. Once again, they win the Steph Curry minutes 103 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 3: plus three and when he's off the court, they lose, 104 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 3: and lose badly. Curry. I'm gonna say something. This shouldn't 105 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 3: be controversial, but Davion Mitchell, without question, harassed the hell 106 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,559 Speaker 3: out of Steph Curry. I thought coming into the series 107 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 3: Keegan Murray might give him a chance the rookie because 108 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 3: of his length. Murray hasn't played that much. Davian Mitchell 109 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 3: is an unbelievable defender. He is a pest. He isn't 110 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 3: one of these guys who's like a Pat Bev pest. 111 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 3: He's like, I move my feet, I hustle. You're not 112 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 3: getting by me. I'm fighting through every screen. And there 113 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 3: was a moment where the Warriors call time out, Curry 114 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 3: brings it up the court and you'd think, Okay, what 115 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 3: is kerg gonna dial up outside of the timeout? They 116 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 3: had a twenty four second violation and a lot of 117 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 3: it was Davion Mitchell fighting through screens, not letting Curry 118 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 3: shoot it. I mean again, my untrained basketball lie tells 119 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 3: me this. They need to move Steph Curry off the 120 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 3: ball because he is working way too hard. Curry forty 121 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 3: one minutes, five turnovers, six assists, twenty eight points on 122 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 3: twenty one shots, but only three to thirteen from deep, 123 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 3: and they're hounding him all over the place. I think 124 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 3: you need to unlock him off the ball. Of course, 125 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 3: this means Draymond is going to have to play point guard. 126 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 3: But he was getting sloppy with the passes. He had 127 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 3: five turnovers. You'd think Jordan Pools a potential answer. They 128 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 3: did unlock something with Gary Payton, the mitten, who played 129 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 3: pretty well, and actually it wasn't just him offensively, but 130 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 3: he had some defensive moments. When they went to a zone. Yes, 131 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 3: Steve Kerr was so befuddled. He dusted off Moses Moody, 132 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 3: the young kid from Arkansas, and he went to a zone. 133 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 3: It looked like a three to two. I'll have to 134 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 3: wait to see the diagnosis when they break it down 135 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 3: here shortly, but it looked like either a one two 136 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 3: two or a three to two just to keep Monk 137 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,040 Speaker 3: and Fox out of the lane. And it worked a 138 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 3: storm back. They got right back in the game, but 139 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 3: ultimately couldn't overcome the twenty twenty turnovers and listened Sacramento 140 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 3: inside again twelve offensive rebounds, Folks, Golden State is in 141 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 3: more than trouble here. Now you think they'd go home, 142 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 3: They ride the home crowd. Maybe the Kings are a 143 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 3: little spooked on the road. In that environment, Chase Center 144 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 3: will be rocking. But if Draymond Green is suspended, we're 145 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 3: probably gonna have to see a lot more kuminga. Do 146 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 3: they go small? Because I don't think you can go 147 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 3: small when you're getting pushed around by sibonis, I don't. 148 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 3: I mean, if you look at the shot chart in 149 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 3: the fourth quarter, guys, and I put this on the gram, like, 150 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 3: look at where all. So the Kings in the fourth 151 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 3: quarter attempted four threes. They made two of them. I 152 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 3: think Davion Mitchell hit one and fox at the other. 153 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 3: The Kings in the fourth quarter attempted one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 154 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 3: eleven twelve threes. They made four, but two of them 155 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 3: were by clay when they were down like ten, with 156 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,119 Speaker 3: like fifty seconds left. But if you look at the paint, 157 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 3: the Warriors got a bunch of dunks and layups. But 158 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 3: the Sacramento Kings lived exclusively in the paint and they 159 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 3: got a bunch of buckets and that is the problem here. 160 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 3: Like Looney, I know he's been solid. I mean he 161 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 3: was in foul trouble. The foul trouble is a theme 162 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,119 Speaker 3: in this red velvet. Kevin Hurder, who I thought played 163 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 3: a really good first half, he got in foul trouble 164 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 3: and then they just didn't bring him back. Essentially, they're like, 165 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 3: who are we gonna who are we gonna pull? And 166 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 3: Keegan Murray's definitely coming out, and it's Davion Mitchell and 167 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 3: then you gotta have Moleague Mounk and Golden State cannot 168 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 3: keep Fox and Monk out of the lane until they 169 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 3: went to the zone. Folks, they just they don't have 170 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 3: a defender who could stay in front of both of 171 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 3: those guys. Clay tried admirably. I thought Peyton did a 172 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 3: pretty solid job on Monk. But Fox is the guy. 173 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 3: I mean, ten of twenty three, I know that doesn't 174 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 3: look great. Twenty four points on twenty three shots. Jason, 175 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 3: where's the efficiency? I'm just telling you he was the 176 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 3: most clutch player in the NBA this season for a reason. 177 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 3: When it's the fourth quarter, and it's when time it's 178 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 3: Dearon Fox and he's taken over and Steve Kerr after 179 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 3: the game. I know people will be surprised by this, 180 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 3: but I hope that this was the first thing I 181 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 3: said Davian Mitchell in that defense against Curry, Steve Kurr, 182 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 3: they did a great job defensively. We didn't handle it. 183 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 3: They do not allow anything at all. And I'm talking 184 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 3: from like once you cross half court, there's just you 185 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 3: have really no chance against this defense. They are and 186 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 3: I know there are bad defense statistically, but a lot 187 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 3: of it is the guard play. When you've got Monk 188 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 3: Fox and Davion Mitchell chasing around on the perimeter, that 189 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 3: is a lot of speed against thirty five year old 190 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 3: Curry and thirty four whatever you got old ever he 191 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 3: is Klay Thompson, like Andrew Wiggins, did a capable job, 192 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 3: but it is this is getting to be like I 193 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 3: don't want to say def Con one, but uh, I 194 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 3: do also want to point out now some of the 195 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 3: stats are popping up as I'm here on social media. 196 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 3: Sacomino Kings in Game one had sixty points in the paint, 197 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 3: Warriors just forty four, so plus sixteen game two, so 198 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 3: bonus and bullyball, and even Harrison Barnes got into it. 199 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 3: Fifty four to forty Kings, so plus fourteen in the paint, 200 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 3: and again there isn't like something. You know, you think like, okay, 201 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 3: maybe they can unlock something offensively. I mean they you know, 202 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 3: forty seven percent shooting thirty thirty two percent from deep, 203 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 3: eighty three percent from the line. Just let this sink in. 204 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 3: The Warrior's shot better from the field, better from three, 205 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 3: better from the free throw line. But you're gonna lose 206 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 3: the game when the Kings get ten more shots because 207 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 3: of offensive rebounds and turnovers. The solution is take care 208 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 3: of the basketball. 209 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 2: Now. 210 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 3: That probably happens at home, right when they go home 211 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 3: for Game three. We'll see what happens with Draymond. My 212 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 3: guess is a one game suspension. But I'm sure the 213 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 3: conspiracy theorists will come out of the world work and say, hey, hey, hey, 214 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 3: wait a minute, wait a minute. The league wants Lebron 215 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 3: Curry in game in the second round. They want that, 216 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 3: so just be patient. This is not even close to over. 217 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 3: It's definitely not over. But this is like we're approaching 218 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 3: Defcon one. Faux show. The other game's not even really 219 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 3: worthy of talking about. The Nets were covering for like 220 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 3: ninety six percent of the game, and then in the 221 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 3: final like two and a half minutes, the Sixers start 222 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 3: to pull away. Maybe it's a final four minutes Sixers 223 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 3: pull away and get the win. James Harden resorted to 224 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 3: being terrible. He was three or thirteen. But Tyrese Maxey 225 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 3: had a big game and beat at twenty and nineteen 226 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 3: and seven assists. Blah blah blah, Sixers win and cover. 227 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 3: Nobody cares. It's the most boring series out there. We'll 228 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 3: do a best bet for tonight at the end of 229 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 3: the podcast, but I think I need to pivot and 230 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 3: talk about football for a moment. 231 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 232 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 233 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 234 00:11:58,480 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 2: listen live. 235 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 3: My biggest news on Monday wasn't in the NBA. It 236 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 3: was in the NFL, where Jalen Hurts, the near MVP 237 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 3: last season of the Eagles, only twenty four years old, 238 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 3: got and I love this funny money, the richest contract 239 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 3: in NFL history, five years, two hundred and fifty five 240 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 3: million dollars. He's going to be making fifty one mil 241 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 3: per year. That's why they called it the richest contract ever. 242 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 3: It is a little funny money. The key number, as 243 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 3: we all know now we're all more educated, we've got 244 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 3: more information, is one hundred and seventy nine point three 245 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 3: mil guaranteed for Jalen Hurts. That is not quite what 246 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 3: Kyler Murray got last year guaranteed one hundred eighty nine mil, 247 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 3: and Deshaun Watson obviously with a two hundred and thirty 248 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 3: mil deal from the Browns. There are a lot of 249 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 3: takeaways from this, and it's weird. I was going at 250 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 3: it with Colin on the show Monday, like I think 251 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 3: we're listen. I like Jalen Hurts. Let me preface it. 252 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 3: I love everything about his grit, his resolve. The guy 253 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,119 Speaker 3: got benched at the halftime. I'm in the National Championship 254 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 3: game right to what comes in Then you know it's 255 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 3: two of versus Jalen Hurts at Alabama. Then Hurts transferred 256 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 3: to Oklahoma. I mean he could have easily packed it 257 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 3: up and called it a career and been like, you 258 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 3: know what, I'm angry I'm walking away. There's a lot 259 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 3: of quitters out there, and Jalen Hurts ain't no quitter. 260 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 3: Jalen Hurts says, I'm gonna stick it out. He becomes 261 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 3: a leader at Alabama. He goes to the NFL's second 262 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 3: round pick, gets drafted to a franchise that traded up 263 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 3: at the time. I think they've traded up for Carson Wentz. 264 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 3: And he's like, okay, great, I'm gonna be a proper soldier, 265 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 3: fall in line, and then when it's my turn, boom, 266 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 3: I'm gonna shine. It ultimately has like an okay season 267 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 3: for them. They get to the playoffs heavily behind the 268 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 3: running game, and then last year, I mean, really, if 269 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 3: you look at the numbers, Jalen Hurts got this contract 270 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 3: off one year. He had a really really good year 271 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 3: last year, and let's keep it one hundred, right, best 272 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 3: offensive line in the NFL. Eagles are in the discussion. 273 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:57,839 Speaker 3: We'll give him top three offensive line in the NFL, 274 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 3: but you could argue the best he had Aj Brown. 275 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 3: They traded for a top five wide receiver, a top 276 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 3: five if you don't want to give him top five, five, 277 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 3: top seven, but Aj Brown was I mean a massive, 278 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 3: massive upgrade for that offense. Also, he was throwing. Jalen 279 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 3: Hurts was throwing to DeVonta Smith, top ten pick, a 280 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 3: little undersized from Alablma, but again a top ten pick. 281 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 3: They had a top tier tight end in Dallas Goddard. 282 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 3: I don't know where you want to put him among 283 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 3: the tight ends. He's not Kelsey and Kittle, but he's 284 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 3: certainly not far behind those guys. Right. Eagles were absolutely loaded. 285 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 3: Think about this. Their offensive coordinator last year, Shane Stiken, 286 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 3: just got a head coaching job in the NFL. He 287 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 3: had been a offensive coordinator for three years. That's it. 288 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 3: The Eagles were loaded in oh By the way, they 289 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 3: beat up on a very very very favorable schedule. The 290 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 3: stars aligned for Jalen Hurts last year. That is undeniable. 291 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 3: Can he duplicate the season? I mean he only had 292 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 3: like twenty two touchdown passes. Now on the ground is 293 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 3: where he's really really impressive. And I also think there 294 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 3: is some value in this if you looked at the 295 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 3: Super Bowl. I know he didn't win MVP, but I 296 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 3: remember coming out the Monday morning after the Super Bowl 297 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 3: saying the best player on the field in that game 298 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 3: was Jalen Hurts okay, three hundred and seventy four total yards, 299 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 3: four total touchdowns, the gritty two point conversion run in 300 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 3: the fourth quarter, unbelievable run. That for me is one 301 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 3: of the great quarterback runs. You know, it's on the 302 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 3: short list of the last few years. Like that run. 303 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 3: When you slow it down, you're like, where's he going, 304 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 3: where's the Oh my gosh, you just carried a dude. 305 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: Into the end zone. 306 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 3: Like there is a lot to like about Jalen Hurts. 307 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 3: But again, he's done it for one year. So the 308 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 3: big I think the bigger play here. And you know, 309 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 3: we always like to look forward, try to project what's 310 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 3: going to happen in the future. It's difficult, but I 311 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 3: think in this instance it's kind of clear. Lamar Jackson 312 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 3: just saw Jalen Hurts after one good season. Again, two 313 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 3: years ago, he was okay, they were a mostly running team. 314 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 3: After one good season. Jalen Hurts got paid in the escalade. 315 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 3: Does anybody say that anymore? 316 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: I don't know. 317 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson can come to the table with his agent, 318 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 3: which I wish I could say with his agent, he 319 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 3: should probably call Jalen Hurts his agent, who by the way. 320 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 3: There was a big you know, the hubbub on social 321 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 3: media yesterday about how Jalen Hurts got his agent. It 322 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 3: was a woman who was like an agent or whatever, 323 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 3: slid into his DMS and was like, hey, do you 324 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 3: have representation? Hurts meets with her. Boom, she's his agent. 325 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 3: Next thing you know, she's at Clutch Sports and negotiates 326 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 3: an incredible de goal for Hurts. If I'm Lamar Jackson 327 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 3: and I know he's not going to do this because 328 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 3: everybody says he should. Obviously, when people are told to 329 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 3: do something, they do the opposite. I think my gut 330 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 3: tells me he won't. But Lamar, if he were to 331 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 3: call her, hey can you get me a deal somewhere 332 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 3: to that? If I'm Lamar, I have to Again, new 333 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 3: in information should make you adjust what you know. Right, 334 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:08,959 Speaker 3: we do this all the time with the NBA legacy debate. Right. Well, Jason, 335 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 3: you didn't say Lebron was the best ever. 336 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: Yeah? 337 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 3: I said he was gonna be the best ever if 338 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 3: he got a title with the Lakers that was not 339 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 3: really gonna happen. 340 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 2: He got it. 341 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,199 Speaker 3: Yeah, I got him as the best ever. When you 342 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 3: get new information, you should be able to come off 343 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 3: old positions, right. That's what smart people do. A lot 344 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 3: of people, though of course it's twenty twenty three, people 345 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,479 Speaker 3: are dug into their positions. I'm not coming off X 346 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 3: topic no matter what you say, because they think they're right. 347 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 3: They want to be right. But in reality, you've got 348 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 3: to get new information and adjust what you do. Remember 349 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 3: the Caitlin Clark video in the National title game where 350 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,679 Speaker 3: the girl on LSU did the I can't see you right. 351 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 3: You see her do it, and you're like, oh, no, 352 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 3: big deal, Caitlin Clark did it to the other girl. 353 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 3: Then a couple days later you see the video. Oh 354 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 3: wait a minute, this girl was following her around doing it. 355 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 3: It's a weird. It's just bizarre, like literally following around 356 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 3: on the court in a dead ball situation and doing it. 357 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 3: And you're like, wait a minute, that's a little weird. 358 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 3: And so you would just how you feel on a 359 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 3: topic based on new information. So if I'm Lamar Jackson, 360 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 3: I go to the Ravens, I say, hey, guys, this 361 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,640 Speaker 3: hurts deals awesome. I'm not looking for five what two 362 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 3: fifty five? I don't need all that. Here's what I 363 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 3: would like and let's work with this. I'm not even 364 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 3: looking for one seventy nine guarantee. How's this If I'm 365 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson, my move to Baltimore is give me a 366 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 3: three year, fully guaranteed deal. Just three years, right, you 367 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 3: know whatever, the number one fifty, whatever it is. So 368 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 3: if you want to do fifty one times three, that's fine. 369 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 3: One hundred and fifty three Mili three for one fifty three. 370 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 3: And then you can't make me a free eight. You 371 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 3: can't tag me with the franchise tag after that. And 372 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 3: I can do what I want if I'm happy and 373 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 3: we're rolling whatever. If I want to go get another 374 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 3: bite at the apple, okay, would you be into that idea? 375 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 3: I stay here. It's a win win for everybody. You guys, 376 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 3: get your franchise quarterback. Oh by the way, did you 377 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 3: see guys that the last two years going in late 378 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 3: in the season, we were like eight and four, nine 379 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 3: and four, eight and three, and then you know, I 380 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 3: got hurt in the pocket. And then this past season 381 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 3: I didn't want to come back because I was unhappy 382 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 3: with you guys. I'm healthy, I don't have an injury history. 383 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 3: I don't you know, we get Odell I got the 384 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,919 Speaker 3: best wide receiver room I've had in Baltimore wide receiver 385 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 3: specific Maybe we up, maybe we do some things in 386 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 3: the draft. How about it three years fully guaranteed and 387 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 3: you can't franchise tag me at the end of it. 388 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 3: How does that sound? And Rob G, you are playing 389 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 3: the role of the Baltimore Ravens front office. 390 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 2: Is this a win win for you? 391 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 3: Rob? 392 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 1: Absolutely? 393 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 4: And it's kind of funny that it's gotten to this 394 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 4: point considering that by almost every metric pick whatever your 395 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 4: favorite one is, passer rating, QBR, you know, net yards 396 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 4: per past whatever, total touchdowns. Lamar Jackson's unanimous MVP season 397 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 4: was better than Jalen hurts the season last year. Yea, 398 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 4: And for whatever reason, Baltimore didn't decided that wasn't enough. 399 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 4: They didn't show he didn't show enough in that one 400 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 4: season to get a big contract offer, even though, as 401 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 4: you pointed out a few minutes ago, the Baltimore Ravens 402 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 4: offensive roster at least is nowhere close to what Philadelphia 403 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 4: has right now. Jalen Hurts is great. I think he 404 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,919 Speaker 4: deserves every penny that he's gotten. But they got a 405 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 4: great offensive line, The receivers are good, the running back 406 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 4: corpse deep. It's a very well constructed offense in Baltimore 407 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 4: you mentioned a few weeks ago. I think that they 408 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 4: hadn't have a one thousand yard receiver on their roster 409 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 4: until they signed Odal Beckham Junior. And he's been missing 410 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 4: an ACL for two seasons allegedly. So I don't understand 411 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 4: why there's the big difference between what Jalen Hurts got 412 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 4: and what Lamar Jackson I guess didn't he had offered, 413 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 4: because last we heard, according to Adam Schefter, the big 414 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 4: offer that they've been trying to push out from the 415 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 4: Baltimore side is we offered him one hundred and thirty 416 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 4: three million guaranteed fully goes up to one seventy five 417 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 4: for injury, and there's an additional twenty five million guaranteed 418 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 4: if he's on the roster at a certain point in 419 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 4: twenty twenty six. So they're like, oh, we offered him 420 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 4: two hudred million guaranteed. 421 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: No, you didn't. You offered him one hundred and thirty 422 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: three million games? 423 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:22,919 Speaker 2: Is it now? 424 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 3: Is this the Schefter report? 425 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 4: That is the Adam Schefter report back in September, they're 426 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 4: trying to spend it as we offered him two hundred 427 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 4: million guaranteed, until you actually peel back the end you're like, 428 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 4: oh no, it's actually one hundred and thirty three. And 429 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,239 Speaker 4: there's these other provisions that can bump the guarantees up. 430 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 3: Yeah. So if I'm i'm're seeing that. Yeah. 431 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. 432 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 4: So if I'm Lamar Jackson, and it's clear that the 433 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 4: bridges have been burned at least partly, like, I don't 434 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 4: think they're ever going to be totally on the same page. 435 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 4: So maybe the best compromise is short term deal. We 436 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 4: give you a lot of money, and it allows Baltimore 437 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 4: to either prepare for life after Lamar Jackson if they 438 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 4: don't want to give him, you know, sixty plus million 439 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 4: a year guaranteed whatever it is after that, And it 440 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 4: gives Lamar a chance to decide do I want to 441 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 4: stay here in Baltimore, knowing what our history is, or 442 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 4: do I take my talents elsewhere where. Maybe it's not 443 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 4: built exactly around me the way it is in Baltimore, 444 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 4: but at least I'll be given an opportunity to show 445 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 4: that I'm worth X amount of money. 446 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 3: So now I guess the counter and I'm sure people listening, 447 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 3: are like, why would the Ravens do that? And it 448 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 3: feels like a win win to me. Now you would say, well, 449 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 3: why doesn't every team do that? Well, you know you 450 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 3: want your quarterback locked up. You want five years, you 451 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 3: don't want three years. You want the longer deal. Lamar 452 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 3: clearly does not want that. Lamar either wants all the 453 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 3: money or a short term deal. And there's always a 454 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 3: middle ground. You guys know this. You've seen enough negotiations. 455 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 3: There always can be a middle ground where both sides win. 456 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 3: In my opinion, Rob, I think the Hurts deal is 457 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 3: kind of a middle ground. Right. He has a no 458 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 3: trade cause. Now I don't know if that's worth a 459 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 3: ten million less guaranteed. But again, and Raba, I know 460 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 3: you're gonna have a smartest answer for this, but let's 461 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 3: just remember one hundred and seventy nine million guaranteed verse 462 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 3: one hundred and eighty nine million guaranteed. Is that really 463 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 3: that big of a difference the taxes. I mean, it's 464 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,239 Speaker 3: tough for you and I to say, but it's not 465 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:28,919 Speaker 3: like the taxes in Philly versus Maryland. I don't know this. 466 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 3: It's not like one of those Florida versus California deals. 467 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:37,120 Speaker 3: But again, if the ability to have a no trade 468 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 3: cause in there for me, for Jalen Hurts is a 469 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,479 Speaker 3: win and that's probably worth some money, right, that probably 470 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 3: cost him some guaranteed money. I'm sure that more stuff 471 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 3: will come out on the contract as it goes out, 472 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 3: But like as of this morning when we record, I 473 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 3: don't see the spot track update on the Jalen Hurts contract, 474 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 3: so we don't have all the numbers. Usually there's like 475 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 3: an interesting out after a couple of years if you 476 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 3: really dig into like Josh, not the Patrick Mahomes, but 477 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,439 Speaker 3: like Josh Allen and some of these other contracts, it 478 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 3: feels like everybody has a bit of an out at 479 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 3: some point, and you would not have that out with 480 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 3: Lamar on a three year deal. I think if you're 481 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 3: Lamar Rob, this is the second layer after the you know, 482 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 3: Jalen Hurts. How does it impact Lamar's deal? Well, what's 483 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 3: gonna happen if Joe Burrow or Justin Herbert get their deals? 484 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 3: You know, I know that people don't think as highly 485 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 3: of Herbert as I do. Herbert has if let me 486 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 3: check the notes here, zero playoff wins is that accurate. Yes, 487 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 3: they lost to the Jags, but I mean, by just 488 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 3: about any metric, I think Joe Burrow clearly is is 489 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 3: better than Lamar Jackson. Herbert's the interesting one. Like, we 490 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 3: know Burrow's gonna get paid. He's been to a super Bowl, 491 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 3: He's been to a conference championship game. You know Herbert's 492 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,959 Speaker 3: going to be interesting. Like does Lamar say that's what 493 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 3: they gave justin Herbert? Well, what are you gonna give me? 494 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 3: I got an MVP, I got two more playoff wins 495 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,959 Speaker 3: than him. What's the big deal? But then then you 496 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 3: get into the well, Herbert's a big, strapping dude. He's 497 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 3: six five. You know he's not gonna He's never been heard. 498 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 3: He plays every stet Well, he had he had the 499 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 3: rib issue. I'm sorry he did. He I think he 500 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 3: had some ribs busted up and he missed a game 501 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 3: or whatever. But I'm not paying Lamar, but I'm paying 502 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 3: Herbert and Burrow. I think you'd agree with. 503 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 4: That, right, No, not necessarily. I think it depends on 504 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,360 Speaker 4: how your roster's constructed. Like I think the Chargers top 505 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 4: to bottom, their roster is probably top three in the 506 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 4: entire NFL. Just position by position, all the way across 507 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 4: the board. They are absolutely loaded. 508 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 3: And Eagles would be in there too, right, the Eagles 509 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 3: absolute would be up, and then the other team I'm 510 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 3: assuming Niners. 511 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean the quarterback is kind of a big deal. 512 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 4: So I don't know if it depends on how you 513 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 4: feel about the Trey Lance brock perty Show, but if 514 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 4: they have even like with Jimmy g I thought they 515 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 4: were at worst top five because their rosters just dacked everywhere. 516 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 4: Baltimore is nowhere close to that. Like, their defense is 517 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 4: pretty good. I like a lot of the players they 518 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 4: got on their back end, and their pass rushers are good. 519 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 4: But if you look at that offense, it's like Mark 520 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 4: Andrews and a bunch of dudes, Like the Orlando Brown 521 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 4: was their best offensive linean for a couple of years 522 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 4: and they lost him. Right, so they Ronnie Stanley comes 523 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 4: back from injury and I want to say he got 524 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:23,160 Speaker 4: hurt again? 525 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: He did? 526 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 4: Or Yeah, So it's like it's Lamar Jackson and friends. 527 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,360 Speaker 4: So what you're asking Lamar to do is a heck 528 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 4: of a lot more than you're asking a Justin Herbert 529 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 4: a Joe Burrow, who are both fantastic It's just they're 530 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 4: not asked to carry the same weight of an entire 531 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 4: team the way that Lamar Jackson is. 532 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 3: I'm looking at Jalen Hurts. His stats rob twenty two 533 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 3: touchdown passes last season, twenty two, and I know he 534 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 3: had thirteen rushing touchdowns, which is a bigger deal. But 535 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 3: and again that's counting stats. They don't mean a lot. 536 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 3: Herbert's passing touchdowns his first three years thirty one, thirty eight, 537 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 3: twenty five. I mean Herbert's passing numbers are ridiculous. Now 538 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,479 Speaker 3: the Chargers often are playing from behind because you know, 539 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 3: the coaches. The coach Anthony Lynn was not very good. 540 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 3: The coach has passed the year I don't think was great. Meanwhile, 541 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 3: the Eagles last year were absolutely dump trucking everybody, and 542 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 3: Hurts is rarely throwing in the fourth quarter. Right, this 543 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 3: is a tough one. What happens when Herbert says I 544 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 3: want more money than Jalen Hurts, Like, can you really 545 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 3: argue with the guy? 546 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: I hope he's three good years, but I hope, I 547 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: hope he does ask for it. 548 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 4: I think all of these guys you try to one 549 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 4: up each other because like there's this like, I do 550 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 4: want to get down this rabbit hole again. But there's this, 551 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 4: you know argument, which is a myth that says that 552 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 4: you cannot pay the quarterback big money and expect to win. 553 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes has shattered that idea last season. Patrick mahone, Right, Well, 554 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 4: that look, Matthew Stafford was getting paid a lot money 555 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 4: when he won with the They had like four guys 556 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 4: making sixty percent of the cap with the Rats, So 557 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 4: you can do it. You just got to make sure 558 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 4: you pay the right guys. And the problem that people 559 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 4: are getting into is you're paying Dak Prescott, who's an 560 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 4: average to slightly above average quarterback, top quarterback money and 561 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,360 Speaker 4: that's why your team that's successful. Apologies to my guy, 562 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 4: Derek Carr. Derek Carr was making forty million dollars thirty 563 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 4: five million dollars a year, right, And Derek Carr is good. 564 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 4: I think he's somewhere around the ten twelve range, but 565 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 4: that's not enough to overcome the rest of the roster. 566 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 4: If I'm gonna pay the guy that kind of money, 567 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 4: he better be the reason why our team is winning. 568 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 4: Which Patrick Mahomes. 569 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 3: Is so on Stafford. It's interesting he wasn't a I 570 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 3: don't think he was a top five guaranteed. I think 571 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 3: he was like in the seven range. But if you 572 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 3: look at their offensive line last year, that year they 573 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 3: won the super Bowl, the continuity was incredible. Nobody was hurt, 574 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 3: everybody was awesome. Then this past year when they go 575 00:28:55,440 --> 00:29:00,040 Speaker 3: from super Bowl to dumpster fire, Whitworth had left and 576 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 3: I think they were down to like their third string 577 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 3: guard and they it was just really ugly on the 578 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 3: offensive line. And you can't overcome that when you just 579 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 3: don't have any talent around. So I don't know, Rob, 580 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 3: do you think the Rams bounce back this year? I 581 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 3: don't see it. 582 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, probably not, but I think. 583 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 3: They'll everythingel their way. 584 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I think that though. I think that they'll 585 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 4: be better than what people are expecting, given how bad 586 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 4: they looked last year. I wouldn't be surprised if they're 587 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 4: right there in the playoff. Makes like in December that 588 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 4: they're just one of two or three teams that are 589 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 4: fighting for a five seed or something like that. 590 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 3: Nine days away from the draft, there aren't many big 591 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 3: free agents left. It's tough for me to envision the 592 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 3: Rams popping up from where they were like unwatchable Drek. 593 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 3: I looked at their defensive depth chart. Holy hell, Like 594 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 3: three names are recognizable and Aaron Donald is one of them. Like, 595 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 3: I don't know, man, that Rams team looks ghastly. That 596 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 3: being said, if Aaron Rodgers leaves the Packers, it's like, well, 597 00:29:58,600 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers is leaving the Packers. 598 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: Everybody. 599 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 3: If Aaron Rodgers lands with the Jets before the draft, 600 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 3: after the draft, whenever, the NFC is like, really, there's 601 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 3: a humongous drop off after like the top three. I mean, 602 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 3: I think the Vikings will come back a little bit. 603 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 3: I think the Cowboys will come back and they can 604 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 3: still make the playoffs. I don't think the Giants will 605 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 3: be as good, but somebody's got to get in Bears. 606 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 3: You know I'm joking, but no, the Bears of Fields 607 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 3: make a leap. It's not unheard of. I do think 608 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 3: the Eagles come back to the pack a little. I 609 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 3: am happy for Jalen Hurts. If this comes off as 610 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 3: I'm a Hurts hater, that's not true at all. 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I know this is a big number, Rob. 622 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 3: I don't see any way at all. The Phoenix Suns 623 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,720 Speaker 3: don't smash. I mean they hal this is a must 624 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 3: win for them. I know Durant played forty five minutes 625 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 3: and you only get one day off, but the line's 626 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 3: seven and a half for a reason. You know, Kawhi, 627 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 3: I saw a stat he only missed two minutes in 628 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,239 Speaker 3: the second half. This is a guy who you know 629 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 3: doesn't love to play a ton of minutes. I think 630 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 3: I would not be shocked if if this was getting 631 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 3: out of hand all of a sudden. Next thing you notice, 632 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 3: Oh look, the Clippers are resting their guys in the 633 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 3: fourth because they're down ten and they're not going to 634 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 3: make a comeback, and they're saving it for Thursday night 635 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 3: at the Crypt. So I would go Sons seven and 636 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 3: a half calvs. Nicks. It sounds like Josh Hart is 637 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 3: not gonna play for New York. I know that Josh 638 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 3: Hart does not impact a line. How can a role player, 639 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 3: bench guy impact the line? You remember last week our 640 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 3: guests from the Cameron Sealerno covers the Kings. He said 641 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 3: Rob that Malik Monk was the heartbeat of the team, 642 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 3: and I was like, why, whoa whoa wow. Would not 643 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 3: be surprised if the heartbeat of the Knicks is the 644 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 3: Villanova connection. Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart. I know people 645 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 3: like Randall. I like Randall. We know it's not our 646 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 3: j Barrett, but Josh Hart's instrumental guys anywhere he goes 647 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 3: like the team just wins. He's one of those blue guys. 648 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 3: I'm gonna take the Calves here. You know the zig 649 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 3: zag theory in the NBA playoffs, right, one team wins 650 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 3: and covers, then you take the take the next take 651 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 3: the dog in the next one. So I would go 652 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 3: Calves now the one time the other game, I'm not 653 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 3: sure of that. I would stay away from his Celtics Hawks. Yes, 654 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 3: there's a world where the Celtics just open up another 655 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 3: can on Atlanta, which Atlanta, who just it's not a 656 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 3: good matchup. But for whatever reason, I wonder if the 657 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 3: Celtics take their foot off the gas just a little. 658 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 3: Remember you look around the East and Giannis goes down. 659 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, what's happening there? And then calvs Nicks 660 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 3: looks like it's gonna go on for a little bit. 661 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 3: Sixers do look good. So maybe there's a thought that, hey, 662 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 3: Boston wants to get in, get out, wrap this up 663 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 3: in four games and get some rest. But still I'm leary. 664 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 3: I like the Hawks, but I'm not betting that game anything. 665 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 4: For you, Rob, Yeah, I hate that. I'm agreeing with 666 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 4: you almost down the line exactly. I think this is 667 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 4: a big Kevin Durant game. I think that he got 668 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 4: off to a slow start in Game one. KD is 669 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 4: gonna come out firing. I expect him to have like 670 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 4: twelve to fifteen in the first quarter. It's really set 671 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 4: the tone. I think Phoenix ends up winning going away. 672 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 4: That Josh Hart injury is huge. Like we almost all 673 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 4: of yesterday's podcast, we talked about the role players you 674 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,479 Speaker 4: know for the Lakers was ree and Reeves, and then 675 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 4: we talked about Harrison Barnes and Trey Little Like you know, 676 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 4: role guys are what wins playoff games because you pretty 677 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 4: much know what you're gonna get from your. 678 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,280 Speaker 1: Stars on night to night basis. 679 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:13,799 Speaker 4: Josh Hart is an incredible glue guy for the New 680 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,440 Speaker 4: York Knicks. When they made that trade, I was texting 681 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 4: a few friends, you friends who are Knicks fans, and 682 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 4: they were I was saying, look, he is instantly going 683 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 4: to be your favorite player on that team as soon. 684 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 1: As you get him. 685 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 4: The way he plays, he's scrappy, he's tough. He he 686 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,840 Speaker 4: comes up big and in crunch time moments, which he 687 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 4: did in Game one. So in that sense, that's why 688 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:34,879 Speaker 4: I like Cleveland and bounced back and cover the five 689 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 4: and a half. Unlike you, though, I think Boston is 690 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 4: just gonna roll. This is This is probably the worst 691 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,839 Speaker 4: matchup of Atlantic could have gotten because where all their 692 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 4: strengths are is exactly where Boston strengths are. 693 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:49,839 Speaker 1: But this is just bigger, It's a bigger version of it. 694 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 3: Who who Who did you like more with the Lakers, 695 00:34:52,760 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 3: Josh Hart or Austin Reefs. That's tough because Reeve's in 696 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 3: the moment now everybody's just like on the au. 697 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:07,960 Speaker 4: But I'll tell you what, Alex Caruso above, both of them. No, 698 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 4: I loved Alex Caruso when he was the carus Show, 699 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 4: caruc Show above. I would go, Reeve's heart Caruso. And 700 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 4: that's not a slight on Caruso. 701 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:20,400 Speaker 3: I liked him a lot. But you would have Caruso. 702 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 4: Just because he was he was always good for like 703 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 4: one out of nowhere, jam on somebody, Yeah, out of nowhere, 704 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,560 Speaker 4: because even though you knew he could done, just seeing 705 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,279 Speaker 4: him do it still was kind of shocking. Like, look 706 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 4: at this white, bald, elmer foot looking dude is yamming 707 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:34,280 Speaker 4: on everybody. 708 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:36,400 Speaker 1: So big fan Alex Carusho. 709 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 3: All right, that's it for today, talk to you tomorrow.