Speaker 1: From the King of sports Books comes the Key sports
Speaker 1: podcast Unleashed, presented by MGM. Here's your host, Olivia Rlan Decker.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Unleashed. It is a great week. There
Speaker 1: is so much going on in the world of sports
Speaker 1: right now. As Olympics are kind of wrapping up, USA
Speaker 1: is looking good and be a free agency Oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: it's hard to keep up with all these headlines and
Speaker 1: the NFL preseasons right around the corner of a Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame game is this week. There's so much to
Speaker 1: talk about with NFL training camps, Jana's papas, are you ready?
Speaker 1: I am ready, I'm born ready, I'm ready to do this.
Speaker 1: Hit the gun, let's go. I don't want to fall start,
Speaker 1: but let's try it again. Okay? Uh NBA free agency,
Speaker 1: is there one player in particular or team that you
Speaker 1: were watching a little bit more closely? That is there?
Speaker 1: Is there anything that you were so excited about or
Speaker 1: so bummed about. I was it was nice to see
Speaker 1: Trey Young get a bag. As the kids say, he
Speaker 1: got a couple of bags. There better be wheels on
Speaker 1: that bag because million and I think he earned that
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. I think You're so right. I was
Speaker 1: looking today with him and Luka don Chech. Obviously that
Speaker 1: trade was such a big deal and both have blossomed
Speaker 1: in their respective teams. But when they were traded on
Speaker 1: Draft night, everyone thought one of them would blossom, one
Speaker 1: of them would maybe crash and burn. They both have
Speaker 1: done amazing, but Trays had so much more team success,
Speaker 1: and I think that's what has carried him to this number. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Luca had more regular season success, and right now he's
Speaker 1: just killing it overseas in the Olympics or Slovenia. It's
Speaker 1: so impressive. Now he is going to get a couple
Speaker 1: of bags and he gets back eight side right. Yeah. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: I mean he doesn't have to do shoulder exercises for
Speaker 1: probably a year because he's carrying his entire country of
Speaker 1: Sylvania right now. I mean he's just working out in
Speaker 1: the Olympics. Yeah. I think that's a locker room problem.
Speaker 1: I think they got Luca. Chris STAPs porzingis nicknamed the Unicorn.
Speaker 1: The Estonian Kevin Durant two point oh. Him and Luca
Speaker 1: have chemistry problems because he wants the ball more. I
Speaker 1: think once they rectify that, Luca will catch up. To
Speaker 1: Trey Young in playoffs success the kids of Monster. All Right,
Speaker 1: how do you think your Nicks are doing in free agency?
Speaker 1: The Knicks are just They're bad. They'll always be bad.
Speaker 1: I mean, they've been bad for twenty years. I try
Speaker 1: not to check their Facebook. I treat them like an
Speaker 1: ex girlfriend. I don't look at their Facebook. I've blocked
Speaker 1: them on all social media. It is too traumatizing to
Speaker 1: follow the Knicks. I haven't been in Nick fan since
Speaker 1: I jumped off. It's too painful. I bet they're really
Speaker 1: upset too that you don't follow them on Facebook. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: they're They're narciss cystic. They don't care about what I'm
Speaker 1: doing at all. They've moved on. Well. Look, the whole
Speaker 1: free agency this year kind of revolved around Kyle Lowry,
Speaker 1: the Raptor. He signed with the Miami Heat, and he
Speaker 1: dictated everything. He's thirty five years old. He was an
Speaker 1: unrestricted free agent. He had been with the Raptors for
Speaker 1: nine season, six time All Star. And I think this
Speaker 1: is a great move. I gotta say, I think it's
Speaker 1: a great move for Miami. The competition in the East
Speaker 1: is heating up. Brooklyn's obviously such a favorite Milwaukee is
Speaker 1: a favorite. But he's now going to be with Jimmy
Speaker 1: Butler coach Eric Spoelstra, who is class act the whole
Speaker 1: way that organization is run. I just think that's a
Speaker 1: really good move. What do you think about that? Were
Speaker 1: you surprised? I think it's a solid move for the
Speaker 1: right now. They resigned Butler. He got a couple of bags,
Speaker 1: They got that pat Riley system down there, they got
Speaker 1: the young kids shooter, They're in good shape. That's a
Speaker 1: really good move. That's a really good move to get
Speaker 1: Lowry thirty five around that. They got there. Jimmy Butler's
Speaker 1: in his prime. They're good, They're good to go. South
Speaker 1: Beach is ready. I'd love to hear you negotiate with
Speaker 1: your agent on your show fees like how many bags?
Speaker 1: And they're like, honest, it doesn't work, Like like give
Speaker 1: us a number. You're honest? Ever for bag calculations, yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I'm not good at math, but I could definitely count backs.
Speaker 1: You're also not good at remembering people's names. The young kid,
Speaker 1: I know you mean Tyler Hero, but Tyler Hero, I
Speaker 1: only know him by his rap name, which is I
Speaker 1: assume what doesn't he rap? Two. I don't know, do
Speaker 1: they all? I think? So he's got he's a rapper
Speaker 1: to Tyler Hero. I followed him high school. Uh, the
Speaker 1: young kid. I like to call him the young the
Speaker 1: young kid. I've got a good Tyler Hero story. So
Speaker 1: he's from Milwaukee, and he was in high school and
Speaker 1: he was a big fan of my husband's and he
Speaker 1: came up to shoot with him one day in Sheboygan
Speaker 1: and he comes over to our place in Sheboygan and
Speaker 1: he looks out. Keep in mind, kid grew up in Milwaukee.
Speaker 1: It's on Mike Michigan. We're on Mike Michigan an hour north.
Speaker 1: He looks out and he goes, Wow, that's a gorgeous view.
Speaker 1: What body of water is this? And I look at
Speaker 1: my husband and I go, well, boy, I'm not throwing
Speaker 1: the kid under the bus, but I'm saying now he
Speaker 1: can look out at the Atlantic and do just mind.
Speaker 1: But I thought that was a funny geography issue. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, he's probably very good at basketball, not so
Speaker 1: good at school. He's one and done. So if you
Speaker 1: can do it, do it. Go get them bags. Speaking
Speaker 1: of Kyle Lowry, his former teammate Tomorrow De rosen is
Speaker 1: still as of Tuesday unsigned. Last year he was with
Speaker 1: the Spurs, He's a little bit more under the radar
Speaker 1: right now, but I think that's a big value get
Speaker 1: for whoever gets him, so that I'm kind of monitoring that.
Speaker 1: And then Kawhi Leonard, he opted out of his player
Speaker 1: option thirty six million dollars. Can you imagine just saying
Speaker 1: I'm good, I want more. Wants to sign a new
Speaker 1: deal with the Clippers. So we're monitoring that. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I heard he wants to stay there. He's from l
Speaker 1: A and that his millions like they just go straight
Speaker 1: to the bank. I don't know if you know about him,
Speaker 1: but he still drives like this same truck he drove
Speaker 1: before he was drafted. Like he doesn't buy anything. I
Speaker 1: don't know what what When he retires, that kid is
Speaker 1: going to have a lot of money to invest and
Speaker 1: he'll probably be a Bronnie billionaire one day. I bet
Speaker 1: you're right. I bet you're right. And his deal could
Speaker 1: potentially be over one hundred seventy six million over four years.
Speaker 1: That's the number he could get in this summer's negotiation,
Speaker 1: or he could do one year and done and sign
Speaker 1: a bigger deal next summer because he's coming off that injury.
Speaker 1: But you're right, I mean, that's bad city, that's back city.
Speaker 1: And to me, he's the most valuable player in the
Speaker 1: league because he's a he's a two way player. I
Speaker 1: think he's the player that gives all the superstars nightmares.
Speaker 1: He's the guy. You know your husband doesn't want to
Speaker 1: see Kauai on him. I don't think I want to
Speaker 1: see on him. Congrats to the biggest free agency signing
Speaker 1: I believe in Toronto. Get ready to say, hey, when
Speaker 1: you go to the supermarket, can I get a thank you?
Speaker 1: We're actually so excited as we're recording this Tuesday, the
Speaker 1: news just came out this morning and we're in Vegas.
Speaker 1: Sam's working out with the Raptors today and I know
Speaker 1: he feels just so relieved and secure to you know,
Speaker 1: have Penda paper sign that contract. He played overseas for
Speaker 1: two years, so this has been a long time coming.
Speaker 1: But when we landed last night, because I came to
Speaker 1: Vegas with them because I'm not one to pass up
Speaker 1: a free trip, I said, do you think I can
Speaker 1: tweet this out? You know you have a wife in
Speaker 1: the media cover sports, to cover the n B A,
Speaker 1: it'd be really cool, would be like a big get
Speaker 1: for me. Can I tweet out the news? And his
Speaker 1: agent said, oh, let's hold off for a little bit.
Speaker 1: Let's um, let's make sure like tomorrow, blah blah agent
Speaker 1: stuff right, And then I wake up this morning and
Speaker 1: Adrian Wilsnowski, who breaks every news and the n B A,
Speaker 1: he beat me to it. I'm like, sitting there in
Speaker 1: our hotel room, I'm like, oh, come, I tried, and
Speaker 1: I told you last week. I mean, this stuff happens,
Speaker 1: like I don't know how this stuff happened when he
Speaker 1: was traded and I was boarding a flight all that. Like,
Speaker 1: it's just while I can't stay on top of it,
Speaker 1: and I'm in the media, so I feel very frustrated.
Speaker 1: But oh my gosh, we are. We are so excited. Yeah,
Speaker 1: news travels fast in the digital age. Those guys are
Speaker 1: all over it. But congratulations to you. You won't have
Speaker 1: to bring Google Translate to the supermarket anymore. You can
Speaker 1: speak English, and you're close. You're right across the border.
Speaker 1: You know, you're what the border is gonna It could
Speaker 1: be closed, though, depends on what happens COVID. You may
Speaker 1: just end up having to become a Canadian citizen. Well,
Speaker 1: I tell you what, the basketball gods are bound and
Speaker 1: determined to not have Sam Decker play in the States.
Speaker 1: I don't know what going on. And you know, obviously
Speaker 1: we're just thrilled his childhood dreams to play in the NBA.
Speaker 1: He's back in the NBA. And it's really really hard. Historically,
Speaker 1: if you look at guys who go to play in Europe,
Speaker 1: who comes back, it's it's really hard. I keep saying,
Speaker 1: it's it's this is the scratching claw period, Like it's
Speaker 1: really hard to get back. You you only hear the
Speaker 1: guys who do because you can point now you know,
Speaker 1: Pat Beverley or whoever it is, p J. Tucker. But
Speaker 1: you don't hear all the guys who don't and ultimately
Speaker 1: kind of retire early because they can't do it anymore.
Speaker 1: They're they're sick of it, and it's such a grind
Speaker 1: over there. So I could go on and on about
Speaker 1: this topic. I just feel so incredibly proud of him
Speaker 1: and relieved for him because he's now getting a second
Speaker 1: shot at his childhood dream. And and just as a couple,
Speaker 1: like we're thrilled I got to live with my husband again.
Speaker 1: I will never take that for grant, right. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: rooting for Sam. I'm gonna be rooting for him all
Speaker 1: year strongly. Every point, every assist, every rebound. Let's go Sam,
Speaker 1: Let's go. I'm a Raptors fan now, I'm right. Hey,
Speaker 1: when they come in town to New York, that's when
Speaker 1: we'll do our double date. Absolutely, absolutely, Yeah, I like it.
Speaker 1: You said you're watching a lot of the Olympics lately.
Speaker 1: Are you kind of busy with that? I've been cheering
Speaker 1: on those girls and boys. Yeah. That race last night
Speaker 1: was kind of crazy when that Norwegian kid broke a
Speaker 1: world record and the American who was behind d of
Speaker 1: broke a world work record. You broke a world record
Speaker 1: getting silver. So it's like that race was like one
Speaker 1: of the craziest Olympic moments in history, and that was
Speaker 1: fun to watch. The US basketball team is finally getting
Speaker 1: its groove back. On Monday night, that was a good one,
Speaker 1: good one. They let some candles, they got their groove back.
Speaker 1: K D scored a lot of points, so it's good
Speaker 1: to see them take out I like the lift, yeah, Bifa,
Speaker 1: but more Ricky Rubio went off. Yeah, yeah, he almost
Speaker 1: had a forty piece. I love watching NBA players overseas
Speaker 1: played for their home country, and it's cool to liked
Speaker 1: against them a little bit, but you still are proud
Speaker 1: because they make the league look good. And Olympic basketball
Speaker 1: is very odd to watch, right. It just looks kind
Speaker 1: of different. The paint is different. It's a triangular. I
Speaker 1: don't know why they do that. I think sometimes they
Speaker 1: just do that to differentiate. It's kind of like maybe
Speaker 1: it's an anti American thing, you know, they just go,
Speaker 1: all right, they do it that way. Let's just do
Speaker 1: it this way to separate ourselves and make it real different.
Speaker 1: Throw them off. Visually, it's team ball. They really The
Speaker 1: advantage that the other teams have is that they all
Speaker 1: know each other. They grew up together, they played together.
Speaker 1: The United States is just a bunch of guys with
Speaker 1: a lot of bags, you know, who show up, say
Speaker 1: what's up, you know, and they're all all stars, and
Speaker 1: then they try to figure out a team game. So
Speaker 1: that's scandergy other teams have is that their teams first.
Speaker 1: I think. Also the headline this week, especially as gymnastics
Speaker 1: is winding down, Simone Biles, how about this She withdrew
Speaker 1: from four individual events. She was on every headline, all
Speaker 1: the front story of every news show, like we couldn't
Speaker 1: stop hearing about Simone Biles not competing. And then it
Speaker 1: brings advocacy to mental health, which is amazing and what
Speaker 1: these Olympic athletes especially go through. I think being an
Speaker 1: Olympic athlete is a weird rare form because it's the
Speaker 1: four of your thing. It's the rareness, it's um, the
Speaker 1: massive attention, the weight of your country on your shoulders.
Speaker 1: I cannot imagine. I'm so glad Michael Phelps kind of
Speaker 1: started that conversation and now Smone Biles pick it up.
Speaker 1: And she ended up competing on the beam in one bronze.
Speaker 1: She wanted bronze. She gotta medal. Yeah, it really. First
Speaker 1: of all, I didn't know what the twisties were. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and it's uh, when you hear about what it is,
Speaker 1: it makes a lot of sense that that's a scary thing.
Speaker 1: Like if your focus is off and you're twirling in
Speaker 1: the air like that, I mean that is dangerous. So
Speaker 1: that's great, that's great, and it's great that she competed.
Speaker 1: It's great. She gotta medal and yeah, I never thought about,
Speaker 1: like if you're a fourteen or fifteen year old girl
Speaker 1: or boy and like all the spotlights are on you,
Speaker 1: that's a lot of pressure. That is a lot of pressure.
Speaker 1: I mean I played high school basketball, and if my
Speaker 1: dad showed up to the game, I might have a
Speaker 1: bad game. That made me nervous. I can only imagine
Speaker 1: if a hundred million people from my country you're tuned
Speaker 1: in and got the and I beat you know, China
Speaker 1: and Russia. Well, I want to ask you more about
Speaker 1: your athletic history because I have a feeling you've got
Speaker 1: a couple of stories. So let's take a little break,
Speaker 1: and when we come back, let's talk about where our
Speaker 1: athletics went wrong. Janna is on this show, you have
Speaker 1: mentioned a couple of times of your glory days playing basketball.
Speaker 1: I'm curious at what age did you stop? And was
Speaker 1: always just basketball? It was always just basketball for me,
Speaker 1: which was tough because I'm six ft. You know that
Speaker 1: relegates you to one position if you have hoop dreams.
Speaker 1: I was so delusional at one point, I was thinking,
Speaker 1: you know what, my mother was born in Greece. I'll
Speaker 1: go play professionally in Greece, Like thinking you know what,
Speaker 1: like they don't know how to play basketball over there,
Speaker 1: Like they're very good. I wouldn't have been able to
Speaker 1: play there either. They're incredible. The Greek domestic league is
Speaker 1: one of the best in the world. It's like NBA
Speaker 1: Spain and Russia, Greece all you know, every year interchangeable.
Speaker 1: But yeah, they don't how to play basketball there. Did
Speaker 1: you ever ask your cohorts to call you the Greek freak? No, No,
Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't. Nobody would have either, Like nobody
Speaker 1: would have nobody would have capitulated to what I wanted
Speaker 1: them to call me. For basketball, I was a walk
Speaker 1: and I tried to walk on at American University, which
Speaker 1: is Division one load Division one, and I didn't make
Speaker 1: the team. I got recruited by a couple of D
Speaker 1: three schools, and but I got to practice with the
Speaker 1: team throughout my college non career, so that was fun.
Speaker 1: It was fun to be able to practice with the
Speaker 1: guys in the summer and stuff like that. But you know,
Speaker 1: in high school, I was like a four. That's the
Speaker 1: thing is like I was like a power forward in
Speaker 1: high school at six ft and then you go to
Speaker 1: the Division one level it's like the two guards six
Speaker 1: for the three six six, you know, and then six not.
Speaker 1: It's just like a different it's just another level. And
Speaker 1: then starting point guards in the n B A my
Speaker 1: athletic dreams. I was so bad and I love working
Speaker 1: out now. I'm super competitive, Like you would think I'm tall,
Speaker 1: Like everyone asked all the time, Oh, you must have
Speaker 1: played too, and I'm like no. I once scored a
Speaker 1: soccer goal on the wrong team, like on our own goal,
Speaker 1: and then my coach very wisely put me back to
Speaker 1: like defender. We were such a good team. His daughter
Speaker 1: was like the star score. So I'd sit back and
Speaker 1: just make a little daisy chain necklaces because the ball
Speaker 1: never came up behalf of the field. So that was that.
Speaker 1: And then I transition. I played a little basketball. It
Speaker 1: was horrible, and figure skating was kind of a sport
Speaker 1: that I clung onto and competed like regionally and it
Speaker 1: was really fun. I had a couple first place finishes. Um,
Speaker 1: you stand on the podium, so I know how these
Speaker 1: Olympians feel, you know, same exact feeling. But one time,
Speaker 1: this girl I kept getting like second and third, second
Speaker 1: and third. I couldn't crack. I couldn't get on top
Speaker 1: of the podium and I finally did, and I was
Speaker 1: so excited. And the girl who got second says to me,
Speaker 1: you did really good. Keep mind, we're like nine years old.
Speaker 1: You did really good. You deserve first. And I'm smiling,
Speaker 1: I'm holding the flowers and I look at her and
Speaker 1: I go, thank you, and you deserve second. And my
Speaker 1: mom overheard it and she pulled me aside and she said,
Speaker 1: why would you say that to that little girl? I said, Mom,
Speaker 1: because I kept getting second, and I was so proud
Speaker 1: of second, like I thought second was good. I was
Speaker 1: complimenting her. But we still did this day laugh about that.
Speaker 1: They're like live on top of the podium, like cameras
Speaker 1: flashing thank you, you deserve second. So um, my Olympic
Speaker 1: dreams ended there. I was just more competitive and like
Speaker 1: getting my picture taken. Maybe maybe that's part of the right. Wow,
Speaker 1: you're a renaissance woman. Because I also saw you. You
Speaker 1: you sang the national anthem yesterday that was this past week,
Speaker 1: that was Sunday. Yeah, yeah, I was like I heard
Speaker 1: it first. I'm scrolling. I was like, wait, is that
Speaker 1: Alicia Keys? And I think that I was like, is
Speaker 1: that Alicia Keys? Who is Yeah? I thought maybe Alicia
Speaker 1: Keys was at a Wisconsin minor league baseball game league
Speaker 1: baseball game checking out the bull d Arms, but and
Speaker 1: then I was like, wow, that's Olivia. I mean you
Speaker 1: can sing, girl, Thank you. I that's where I transitioned
Speaker 1: from sports, and I was acquired geek and musical theater
Speaker 1: geek and that became my sport. Right. I just I
Speaker 1: loved musical theater. Still do love to sing, not athletic.
Speaker 1: The issue will be is when I have near seven
Speaker 1: foot children trying to guide them through the process. But
Speaker 1: that's what Sam will be for, right. That'll be funny
Speaker 1: if your kids actually, I want to be figure skaters instead,
Speaker 1: and you're like trying to gear them towards basketball because
Speaker 1: there's seven foot but they're like, Mom, I inherited your
Speaker 1: love for figure skating, and then you just s these
Speaker 1: giants who were finishing, or mom, I inherited your love
Speaker 1: of show to a two step on stage. Yeah, there's
Speaker 1: there's a couple of different options there. You know. It's
Speaker 1: funny though, when non athletes like your self finial although
Speaker 1: I think you you got college, looks like that's a
Speaker 1: big deal. You played basketball, but watching like celebrities compete
Speaker 1: somewhat in sports, Like, have you ever kind of watched
Speaker 1: some of these failures? It's hilarious. My favorite will always be,
Speaker 1: without a doubt, the fifty first pitch. Yeah, yeah, he
Speaker 1: was like he was it was like he was throwing
Speaker 1: to it. He saw a ghost and he was like,
Speaker 1: I'm just throwing it over there. He threw it to it.
Speaker 1: He threw it to nobody. Yeah, that was really bad.
Speaker 1: How about kind of same thing though, when George Bush
Speaker 1: through like the perfect pitch after nine eleven. That talk
Speaker 1: about like a rallying moment. That was actually crazy, Yeah,
Speaker 1: because like he just went up there and zinged it
Speaker 1: bang and he threw a perfect pick. Trump actually threw
Speaker 1: a strike two. Remember that he threw. Yeah, he threw
Speaker 1: a good like I was shocked by both. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: didn't expect that. Yes, right now, you know, the Democrats,
Speaker 1: in order to combat that, they need to start making
Speaker 1: sure whatever candidates and local arm system teams, they gotta
Speaker 1: make sure those candidates can throw so they can you know,
Speaker 1: so they can also throw strikes because it's not looking
Speaker 1: good for them on the first pitches. Right now, you
Speaker 1: kill you think of this stuff, so cract you can
Speaker 1: kill me. You know who was actually a very good
Speaker 1: baseball player, but I think made a really smart career
Speaker 1: move by going into acting is George Clooney. Oh George,
Speaker 1: he got a trial run with the Reds. See, that's
Speaker 1: not fair when I hear stuff like that, that's just
Speaker 1: not fair. I mean he was gifted the face. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's amazing actor. And then he's also athletic. That's just
Speaker 1: there's got to be something off because the universe's balance.
Speaker 1: I bet you he has like a six toe. There's
Speaker 1: something that's got to be wrong because that's just too much.
Speaker 1: That's too much for one person. Like, can't you like
Speaker 1: he should just gift one of those talents to me.
Speaker 1: I bet he has like really bad breath or something.
Speaker 1: It's got to be something, has to be something. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's too much. It's like I had John Stamos on here.
Speaker 1: It's like the guys that, yeah, you can act, he's
Speaker 1: good looking and he's a musician. It's too much. It's yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree. What about the transition when you go from athletes,
Speaker 1: like when you have success like the Rock and then
Speaker 1: go into acting and just make talk about bags makes
Speaker 1: so much money at both. But I've I've listened to
Speaker 1: him on a couple of podcasts. His story is incredible.
Speaker 1: The rock he you know, playing high school football, college football,
Speaker 1: never really having that much success, transitioning to wrestling, weight
Speaker 1: of the world on his shoulders, kind of rocky home life.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's a guy you can get behind because
Speaker 1: you're like, okay, he earned and free opportunity he got.
Speaker 1: He's he fascinates me. Yeah, and pun intended his dad Rocky,
Speaker 1: So it was his dad was a wrestler, so it
Speaker 1: was like destined for him to be and that's all charisma.
Speaker 1: It's like that when you have that level of charisma
Speaker 1: and you come from a wrestling family, that's your destiny.
Speaker 1: He was, he was almost destined. I mean, what would
Speaker 1: he do with that eyebrow rais with a helmet on.
Speaker 1: Nobody would be able to see it. So he was crushed.
Speaker 1: I've seen interviews with him like he was crushed. That
Speaker 1: was his dream. He played big, big time college football.
Speaker 1: But and then he didn't. He have an injury. I think,
Speaker 1: is he blew out his knee or something, and then
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, well one career that is yeah, but
Speaker 1: that he played. They do like a biopic on him
Speaker 1: and like that when he's injured, that's when he starts
Speaker 1: realizing the eyebrow raise. It just happens one time and
Speaker 1: he sees it in the mirror and he just like
Speaker 1: sees his destiny in that moment. Did you know that
Speaker 1: Jon Stewart played soccer in college at William and Mary.
Speaker 1: I did not know that he was a walk on. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we have a lot in common, besides the fact that
Speaker 1: he's got a much bigger career than me. Yeah, because
Speaker 1: I tried to walk on at American University, but I
Speaker 1: could not stop at the foul line. I remember the code.
Speaker 1: It came down to me and this other walk on,
Speaker 1: and all he did this one thing. He was like,
Speaker 1: all you gotta do is come down the court, pull
Speaker 1: up at the foul line and hit a wing right.
Speaker 1: And every time I just ran over the defender. He
Speaker 1: gave me three chances. And it was like he was trying.
Speaker 1: He liked me. He was trying to you know, he
Speaker 1: wanted me to make the team and carry water for
Speaker 1: the guys. I was like, look, carry water. He was like,
Speaker 1: all you gotta do is stop at the foulon and
Speaker 1: I couldn't do it, and uh my dreams were crushed.
Speaker 1: My hoop dreams were crushed. Oh man, I think the
Speaker 1: best like athlete transitioning to other sports failure that just
Speaker 1: never gets old. But also he does not care. Is
Speaker 1: Charles Barkley golfing? Is he good? Do me a favor
Speaker 1: right now and google his swing? It's probably yeah. I
Speaker 1: mean his body doesn't even look like he could get
Speaker 1: a nice swing off. I will google his swing. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I know he likes to play golf, but could not.
Speaker 1: He just doesn't have the golf swing physique. Here's the
Speaker 1: thing with golfing. You ever likes to go out on
Speaker 1: the golf course and drive around in the car, have
Speaker 1: a couple of drinks and and be out in the sun.
Speaker 1: It's it's about who is a good golfer? Who's competitive?
Speaker 1: And I feel like I'm on the cusp. Here's my
Speaker 1: competitive nature again, coming up top of the podium. I
Speaker 1: feel like I'm I'm could, I could be good. I'm
Speaker 1: not far from being good. But like it's every other hole,
Speaker 1: it's every couple of holes. I do a lot of Mulligan's,
Speaker 1: but I will never turn down a day to golf,
Speaker 1: and I feel like a lot of celebrities or maybe
Speaker 1: just rich people feel like they can just put on
Speaker 1: the golf outfit and go golf, right, I believe. So, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, it's funny about golf. It's like what do
Speaker 1: professional golfers do when they retire? You get a job, Like,
Speaker 1: what do you do? You're a golfer. I love the
Speaker 1: day of golf. I love to hang, but I am
Speaker 1: way too impatient game. And it's funny when you said
Speaker 1: Mulligan's I love. It's so funny when when because golf
Speaker 1: is such a hard game, when anyone who's playing it
Speaker 1: just gets they just get frustrated. They just picked the
Speaker 1: ball up and put it in the hole. And they're like, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's what I do all the time. I'll just hit
Speaker 1: it and then I'll just pick it up and drop
Speaker 1: it in and like, let's just go to the next one.
Speaker 1: I'm enjoying the cigar, the hang, but it's too hard.
Speaker 1: So you're not honest on your scorecard. I take it.
Speaker 1: I'm not honest in life. Oh no, yeah, I'm not
Speaker 1: honest at all. I'm not honest at all when it
Speaker 1: comes to golf. Golf is something that it's so hard.
Speaker 1: It's so hard. I feel like, you know, life is
Speaker 1: hard enough. I don't want to go on a golf
Speaker 1: course and feel extra frustrated. I go and I play.
Speaker 1: I like to play against my ten month old daughter
Speaker 1: and tic tac toe so I can feel good and
Speaker 1: it boost my substance. Because she can't even pick up
Speaker 1: a pencil, so I just I just mall her and
Speaker 1: tik tac toe, and that just makes me feel good.
Speaker 1: He doesn't stand at cherance. He doesn't stand a chance.
Speaker 1: Speaking of your daughter, though, as she grows up and
Speaker 1: wants to play sports, if that's what she wants to do,
Speaker 1: what will your like parenting look like in that scenario
Speaker 1: if a kid you know beats her out for a spot,
Speaker 1: or or if a kid on another team's bowling her
Speaker 1: or something like that. Yeah, I'm gonna tell you. First
Speaker 1: of all, she's gonna learn m m A. Okay, okay,
Speaker 1: no matter what, Like yeah, I'm gonna start on m
Speaker 1: m A. And if anyone gives her a problem, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna say, you know, armbar, just arm bar them. But
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be very supportive of her whatever she wants
Speaker 1: to do. And if if my daughter is anything like you,
Speaker 1: that's it could be a lot. Like if she's like
Speaker 1: if she likes to sing, if she wants to figure skate,
Speaker 1: she likes to golf, and then she she ends up
Speaker 1: married an NBA player. It's like, I don't know where
Speaker 1: she'll be. That what your father must check your graham
Speaker 1: and be like, what's going on this week? Oh my god,
Speaker 1: she's singing. She's singing the national anthem here, then she's
Speaker 1: in Turkey, then she's over here figure skating, then she's
Speaker 1: over here golfing. I mean, you do it all, do
Speaker 1: it all, thank you. My mom always says I'm one
Speaker 1: of those kids, and I've always been extremely independent. I
Speaker 1: don't call home a lot. I'm really really close to
Speaker 1: my parents, though, but I don't like call in to
Speaker 1: ask their opinion on much, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: Like I've I've got two sisters, one in particular, and
Speaker 1: I don't know if you here this or not, but
Speaker 1: one calls both my parents multiple times a day to
Speaker 1: let him know like what salad she's ordering everything. My
Speaker 1: mom says, if she truly doesn't know where in the
Speaker 1: world I am, she'll just check my Instagram to the
Speaker 1: overpost like crazy, I love Instagram. Right, She's like, I
Speaker 1: never really worry because I'll know on your Instagram, like
Speaker 1: where you are right right? Oh you're you're in Canada now, okay, yeah,
Speaker 1: I saw it on your Instagram. I hope you're well.
Speaker 1: So maybe you'll be lucky. Your daughter will be an influencer.
Speaker 1: If she's an influencer, that'll be Yeah, that'll be a lot.
Speaker 1: I wonder. I wonder what she's gonna be like. If
Speaker 1: she's anything like me, she is not going to have
Speaker 1: high standards, which is gonna be That'll be fun, that's nice,
Speaker 1: that will be you know, I will support that her
Speaker 1: mother and my wife is like very organized and very
Speaker 1: strict with rules and achieving, and so it's either gonna
Speaker 1: be one of the two. It's never a combo. You
Speaker 1: ever noticed that, it's like the kids either more like
Speaker 1: the mother the father. So she's more like me, it'll
Speaker 1: be easier for me. If she's more like my wife,
Speaker 1: then I'm in for it. Well, she is an influencer.
Speaker 1: She can probably put you into early retirement and take
Speaker 1: care of your golf lessons in Florida the rest of
Speaker 1: your days. So you'll be set there. Hey, if you
Speaker 1: really want to be set financially, you should pay attention
Speaker 1: to our next segment. It's Peter Andrew and he's gonna
Speaker 1: tell you where to place your money this weekend. Okay,
Speaker 1: so we're back with our betting guru, Peter Andrew. Peter,
Speaker 1: we were just talking about our broken sports dreams. Do
Speaker 1: you have any? Were you an athlete a sportsman? That's
Speaker 1: all I know is broken dreams, So I have plenty.
Speaker 1: Probably aspiring hockey player was number one. I got hurt
Speaker 1: when I was fifteen. I dislocated my knee partially toward
Speaker 1: my quad and high ankle sprain, all in the same injury.
Speaker 1: So that was not it was not a fun. A
Speaker 1: couple of months, someone stick got caught in the like
Speaker 1: between the blade and the boot of my skate, and
Speaker 1: my whole leg twisted and gross. My dad played hockey.
Speaker 1: He was a goalie and one time he felt to
Speaker 1: try to get a save and his glove fell off
Speaker 1: and someone skated over his thumb. That's actually way worse
Speaker 1: than what I did. Least, that is disgusting. Yeah, if
Speaker 1: you play, you better make sure you have health insurance. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I've broken my nose eleven times, and I think eight
Speaker 1: of the times are from hockey. Yeah, oh my god. Wow. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Not only do you need good insurance, you need a
Speaker 1: good orthodentist. Would check on that one too. Maybe maybe
Speaker 1: the park and dreams were actually a blessing and disguise.
Speaker 1: There you go. You've got a pretty good gig now,
Speaker 1: Peter Andrew, I think that's it. I'm with two of
Speaker 1: the best, a live in large. Um. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: some bets coming up this week and weekend. This comes
Speaker 1: out Thursday, the morning of the Hall of Fame game
Speaker 1: in the NFL Steelers Cowboys, Dallas's quarterback DRK Prescott is
Speaker 1: not even throwing in camp. He has a shoulder strain.
Speaker 1: He says he may even be on a pitch count
Speaker 1: when the preseason starts. Do you think he's even playing
Speaker 1: in this game? And does that affect the line? Highly doubted,
Speaker 1: Highly doubt. You see, Dak, you might seat Ben. If
Speaker 1: you do, it probably would be for a couple of snaps.
Speaker 1: I think you see Mason Rodolf for for a little
Speaker 1: bit more. Will you should recognize Big Ben? Isn't he skinny? Now? Skinny? Uh?
Speaker 1: He doesn't have a walking bood On, so we won't
Speaker 1: know who he is. We're just gonna think he's one
Speaker 1: of the two legs as Yeah, it's gonna be interesting
Speaker 1: to see band. I think he needed to do this
Speaker 1: maybe five years ago. But it's nice to see him
Speaker 1: taking care of his weight. I think it's gonna help
Speaker 1: him this year. He's he's got to be durable. He's hurt.
Speaker 1: It seems like every year. I actually like Cowboys. I
Speaker 1: like in Plus one Hunter on the money Line, the
Speaker 1: engineer cheek Rick Gilbert. They actually have the most experience
Speaker 1: of the quarterbacks playing. I think it's something like seven games,
Speaker 1: but it's more experienced than most of the other players.
Speaker 1: And the couple is actually three and own Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame games, so it seems like they have something to
Speaker 1: play for if they want to keep that streak alive.
Speaker 1: The other piece of this is the under. His thirty three,
Speaker 1: so in normal times you think that's incredibly low. You
Speaker 1: see forty fifty six in NFL. I would take the under.
Speaker 1: These teams just seem like they forgot how to score
Speaker 1: in these first games. I could see this being a
Speaker 1: four team ten or something like that game. So I'll
Speaker 1: take the under and I'll take coutus plus a hundred
Speaker 1: or is this kind of like NBA All Star like
Speaker 1: defense is laughing a little bit, I feel like I'd
Speaker 1: maybe take the over on thirty three. I what I've
Speaker 1: kind of come to the conclusion on is the offense
Speaker 1: is so out of sync. So for basketball, you're just
Speaker 1: having wide open layoffs, layups, and shots. For football, you
Speaker 1: get a lot of false starts, off sides, guys just
Speaker 1: out of whack, running the wrong routes, interceptions, drop passes.
Speaker 1: You guys that are probably not going to make the
Speaker 1: team playing in this first game, so that the level
Speaker 1: of competition is not great. That's why I was laying
Speaker 1: me under there. I'm gonna look up some past scores
Speaker 1: of Hall of Fame games in the last five years.
Speaker 1: I am in Vegas right now, so I'm gonna mosey
Speaker 1: on to the MGM and put some money on the
Speaker 1: over forty three though, and then we'll have a friendly
Speaker 1: wager there. Peter, absolutely sounds good. Peter. Where's the game
Speaker 1: taking place? So it's in Canton, Ohio. So that's where
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame and Trinman is. That's where they
Speaker 1: do every year. The whole ceremony. I think it's seven
Speaker 1: people this year, if I'm not mistaken, that are getting inducted.
Speaker 1: Smaller stadium, but I think it will be packed out,
Speaker 1: which is great. So it's kind of our first football
Speaker 1: with a full set of fans and we'll see more
Speaker 1: of that season. Is there any over unders on anyone
Speaker 1: who's gonna miss the game because of COVID protocol? Take
Speaker 1: the over? That's the easiest bet of the week. Oh
Speaker 1: my gosh. Yeah, you're already starting to see it. I
Speaker 1: mean you at players coming out and saying they don't
Speaker 1: know if they want to be vaccinated yet. It's it
Speaker 1: could be messy for the first couple of weeks, but
Speaker 1: we just gotta truck through. Yeah, I'm gonna hold all
Speaker 1: my bets till they get that third booster. I bet
Speaker 1: one way and then somebody last minute gets COVID. I'm like,
Speaker 1: damn it. Yeah, talk about broken sports streams. That would
Speaker 1: happen to me every game if I start betting early.
Speaker 1: I mean, that was a huge topic this week though,
Speaker 1: now that camps have begun, three of the four Vikings
Speaker 1: quarterbacks miss practice this weekend due to COVID. Kellen Mond
Speaker 1: was positive and then it's the whole who's in close
Speaker 1: contact thing. We've talked about that before with UM with
Speaker 1: golf is how they had a lot stricter rules in
Speaker 1: England with the Open. But now it's interesting to see
Speaker 1: how closely they're going to monitor the close contact thing.
Speaker 1: Will this affect some Week one lines, Peter, Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think so. I think you have to take a look
Speaker 1: at some of the teams that have that over vaccination ready. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the probability that they're gonna lose some players is obviously
Speaker 1: way different than a team that's at forty or thirty percent.
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys are something crazy like that. If
Speaker 1: you lose to two or three your big players and
Speaker 1: you get that that line in early and you take
Speaker 1: the other team that is vaccinated, it could be a
Speaker 1: big difference. Ian saw it last year. I think that
Speaker 1: one Broncos game where they had three quarterbacks out. You
Speaker 1: could have an instance like that, and it's essentially free
Speaker 1: money or where we're offering you a cash out to
Speaker 1: close out your bet, so it could be advantation. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's crazy. There's so much media attention on any players
Speaker 1: who are vocal about not getting vaccinated, but here are
Speaker 1: the actual numbers since you brought that up, there are
Speaker 1: twenty six teams that are over and only nine teams
Speaker 1: that are over. Nine teams at at thirty two. But
Speaker 1: at least it gives you a ballpark number of the
Speaker 1: teams that that it could happen to you. But we'll see.
Speaker 1: There's still a bit of time before the season starts,
Speaker 1: so those numbers can drastically change. With a little bit
Speaker 1: of a bush towards towards the players from the GMS
Speaker 1: and the ownership, it would be interesting to see, like
Speaker 1: Garry Jones, what kind of direction he goes with some
Speaker 1: of those players. So it would be interesting through the
Speaker 1: month of through the month of August. Well, you gotta
Speaker 1: do is just scroll back on the individual players, Graham
Speaker 1: and see if they were at Lallapalooza where you know,
Speaker 1: just if they were there, don't bet on that team.
Speaker 1: There's a chance they may not be at the game, yeah,
Speaker 1: Or if they were in vase at a pool party
Speaker 1: when they're playing the Raiders. Yeah, yeah, that that can
Speaker 1: really help you gauge that needle. Sticking with NFL, some
Speaker 1: big bets coming up. You sent me some on the Lions.
Speaker 1: Tell us about that they're pretty incredulous. Yeah, so you
Speaker 1: got those big fans starting to come in. We're gonna
Speaker 1: see a lot more of this as the pre season
Speaker 1: goes through, and as we get into September. We had
Speaker 1: one better take Lions five to in a hundred twenty
Speaker 1: five thousand dollars to in the Super Bowl, so someone
Speaker 1: must really love Jared Golf there. And then that same
Speaker 1: person actually put a thousand dollars to win a hundred
Speaker 1: k for them just to win the NFC. So we're
Speaker 1: gonna start seeing some of those big bets roll through.
Speaker 1: We'll obviously share all them here. You got the Homers
Speaker 1: in Michigan. You're gonna have the Homers and some of
Speaker 1: our other live states. But but then you're gonna start
Speaker 1: seeing more of the popular teams come through. I think
Speaker 1: the big one to share for me is to be
Speaker 1: the Titans. I can see them being a big favorite
Speaker 1: in Julio Jail, one of the more complete teams, so
Speaker 1: be on the lookout for them. Our producer Maddie is
Speaker 1: in Nashville right now leading a podcast seminars, so maybe
Speaker 1: he can do some ground reporting while he's there. Maybe
Speaker 1: we can have him do some intel what do you think. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's good. We'll get him some bed m
Speaker 1: Jim predacials will get him going. NBA free agency started
Speaker 1: this week. Big names like Kyle Lowry, Russell Westbrook, big
Speaker 1: names are being traded all over the league and that's
Speaker 1: got to affect what you all do on your end
Speaker 1: of setting some of these lines and season win totals.
Speaker 1: What are you seeing? Yeah, there's one big one um
Speaker 1: that I think we need to talk about, Sam Decker
Speaker 1: to Toronto Raptors. Sam is signed a one year deal,
Speaker 1: which is amazing. So I'm gonna put a little bit
Speaker 1: of money on the Raptors on right now. So when
Speaker 1: Sam leads into the Promised Land, his first fan you
Speaker 1: heard it here first. This is now a Raptors homer podcast.
Speaker 1: By the way, Yeah, we've totally disregarded anything else. We
Speaker 1: don't follow the Bucks anymore, none of that. We're all
Speaker 1: the six Now for other teams other than our below, Raptors,
Speaker 1: Heat are the big one. I think they have a
Speaker 1: really complete team now. I think there's still rumblings of
Speaker 1: who else they could potentially get. Kyle Lowry and Jimmy
Speaker 1: Butler in the backcourt. Is is a really good comb. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and they went from thirty five to one to one,
Speaker 1: so a hundred all of that right there. It gives
Speaker 1: you bucks if they win the NBA Finals. That's a
Speaker 1: good one. I like with the Knaps did they've signed
Speaker 1: some of their corps, some of the guys like Boban.
Speaker 1: They obviously have Luca and Porzingiez, but they also signed
Speaker 1: Reggie Bullock, Tim Hardaway plus twenty hundred, so a hundred
Speaker 1: dollar bet to win. I think that's a smart bet.
Speaker 1: I think they're going to come back a bit hungrier
Speaker 1: this year. The obvious one I think is the Lakers
Speaker 1: getting Russell Westbrook their plus four right now, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be really interesting to see what they do with some
Speaker 1: of their shooting. They're gonna have to build around Russell
Speaker 1: lebron e d not known for their shooting. They're gonna
Speaker 1: have to use some of those mid level mini midlevel
Speaker 1: exceptions to get some big shooters around them, or else
Speaker 1: they're gonna run into trouble. But but as they always do,
Speaker 1: they'll figure that out. I think they'll be right there
Speaker 1: in the thick of it come the end of the
Speaker 1: season next year. And then if you want to throw
Speaker 1: a couple of bucks on something a little bit more outlandish.
Speaker 1: I think it's the Bowls getting Crusoe getting a Lonzo.
Speaker 1: It's a big baller town now, so they they're a
Speaker 1: hunter to one odds, So really interesting to see the
Speaker 1: diamic of that team. But yeah, there's there's a lot
Speaker 1: of movement right now. There's some teams that are trying
Speaker 1: to dump some cap I think teams like the Charlotte
Speaker 1: Hornet's got to get rid of a player like Davante Graham.
Speaker 1: They need to position themselves to build around Lamello. The Knicks,
Speaker 1: let's see what they do. They've resigned Derrick Rose. They're
Speaker 1: trying to bring back their core. They have some moves
Speaker 1: they have to make. Um. So there's a lot of
Speaker 1: things happen. So it's an exciting couple of weeks during
Speaker 1: a quiet period of sports. Let me ask you could
Speaker 1: the Knicks. So they resigned Derrick Rose. Right, it's kind
Speaker 1: of like they're like this the Statue of Liberty. They're like,
Speaker 1: but instead of like it's like give us your tired,
Speaker 1: you're you're old, you're injured, they just I mean it's
Speaker 1: like they'll take if you are a post injury or
Speaker 1: post thirty five. The Knicks want you. Yeah, the rumor
Speaker 1: is that they want me and you on the team too.
Speaker 1: So starting at the streeting guard and the power forward
Speaker 1: positions here, Yeah, I think they're gonna call Kike Vanderway
Speaker 1: and go, are you sixty? I mean we need to
Speaker 1: shoot her. You know, n is a six ft power forward,
Speaker 1: so I was a six ft power forward. I'm available, Nicks,
Speaker 1: I'm available. Dolan, I'm available. Yeah, we'll make sure to
Speaker 1: add him when this comes out. But yeah, it's it's interesting.
Speaker 1: I mean, Terrick Rows was great for them last year,
Speaker 1: but is he gonna get them over the home Probably not.
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna have to think about how they
Speaker 1: package up some of these players that have been around
Speaker 1: the last couple of years, even some of the young talent.
Speaker 1: So they have some moves to me. But they'll be
Speaker 1: back in the playoffs, that sure for sure. And you
Speaker 1: know what, Randall, he could go up another level. I
Speaker 1: mean he you know, he jumped the level and who knows,
Speaker 1: maybe he jumps to superstar. I mean he just keeps improving.
Speaker 1: So something to prove after a not so great playoff too,
Speaker 1: after an amazing season so he'll be back in full
Speaker 1: force for sure. Okay, Peter Andrew, thank you so much
Speaker 1: for always letting us know what's up, what's down, and
Speaker 1: where to put our money. We appreciate it, my friend.
Speaker 1: Thanks Raptors. Yeah, thank you so much for joining us
Speaker 1: for another week of Unleashed. This was a lot of
Speaker 1: fun getting to know my co host Janna is a
Speaker 1: little bit better and his boulevard of broken dreams. Be honest,
Speaker 1: I think you still have a very bright future for
Speaker 1: what it's worth. Thank you, and I'm excited to be
Speaker 1: doing this with you. I'm very excited to be rooting
Speaker 1: for the Raptors. Congratulates to the Sam Decker he got
Speaker 1: those looney and tuney filled bags. You're gonna have to
Speaker 1: change all your money to Canadian You can lose a
Speaker 1: little bit, You'll lose a little bit, but the cost
Speaker 1: of living is a little lower. So congrats to the Deckers.
Speaker 1: You know, I hadn't even my brain hadn't even gone
Speaker 1: there yet thinking about taxes. Thanks a lot, you honest,
Speaker 1: taking the wind out of my sales here. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: as we were joking, this is now a Toronto Raptors
Speaker 1: homework podcast. Really a pre ciate my guys helping me
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