1 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up? 2 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: Straight firefam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire. Tuesday, March 3 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: twenty eighth, Big Big Monday. How fun was that yesterday? 4 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson notifying the world four weeks after he made 5 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: a trade demand. Very fun. I'm sure John Harball was thrilled. 6 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: Did you guys see the video of him at the 7 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: owners meeting smiling about how he loves Lamar Jackson, He 8 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: can't wait to have him on the field, And you 9 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: know he was just crying on the inside, just hurting 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: and angry that Lamar had to put him on blast 11 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: right as he met the media. Gotta love Lamar Jackson. 12 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: We'll get to that shortly. I will address the college 13 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: basketball stuff. I got some really insightful commentary from you 14 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: guys on my lack of interest in the Final four 15 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: and thrilling, scintillating San Diego State FAU match up. Oh 16 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: you can't wait for it on Saturday. I'm assuming that's 17 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: the early game. I do want to start quickly with surprisingly, 18 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: just as surprisingly the NBA, just just for one reason, 19 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get into like the games. I mean, Luca, 20 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: he had the tech rescended, so he played. He was 21 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: pretty outstanding. They beat the Pacers. You know, it were 22 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: no longer a defcon one in Dallas. Like they've got 23 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: to get some wins, obviously, but it certainly helps that 24 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: Portland goes down and you know, a couple of results 25 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: shook their way. So I ultimately I think Dallas is 26 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: gonna be good, but I think they're probably gonna be 27 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,559 Speaker 1: in the plan. They can't miss the playoffs. That cannot 28 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: happen to Luca. I do want to get into this 29 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: Joel and bead Nicola Yokich thing, just ever so briefly 30 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: before we get to Lamar Jackson. So I'm pretty I 31 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: think fair when it comes to the NBA. I did 32 00:01:55,960 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: live in Philadelphia outside Philadelphia for six or seven years 33 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: before we moved out here to LA And you know, 34 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: I went to some Sixer games, usually if Steph Curry 35 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 1: and the Warriors are visiting. But you know, I kind 36 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: of liked the Sixers. I'm always going to root a 37 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: little bit for the local team. I was into the process, 38 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: like fun, exciting, cool, different. For whatever reason, I was 39 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: never a massive Joel Embiid fan. Obviously, he's immensely talented, 40 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: but you know, obviously between the injuries, they're not playing 41 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: back to backs. A lot of talking, not a lot 42 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 1: of results. I just never was enamored with Joel Embiid. 43 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: He's obviously at a great center for this era. Overall 44 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: skill set, I mean, goodness, gracious, yeah, he's right there 45 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: with the greats from the nineties talent wise, David Robinson, 46 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: Patrick Ewing. I'm not going to put him in the 47 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: Elijah one category just yet. He's definitely not in the 48 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: shock category. Different and certainly more fitting this erro with 49 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: the ability to hit threes. A great defender. But I mean, 50 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: I just want to know when Joel Embiid is going 51 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: to get off this nonsense of MVP like it matters. 52 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: It's just it. For whatever reason, anytime Joel Embiad's name 53 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: comes up, it's about the MVP. Now. He has finished 54 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: second in the last two years to Yokich. So of 55 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: course they had a big game last night. James Harden 56 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: is a late scratch because he had a sore achilles. 57 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: You know, it is their third game in four nights. 58 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: You don't want to push right before the playoffs. There's 59 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: no no win for the Sixers. Enforcing Harden there and 60 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: getting an injury right before the playoffs. He's Harden's playing well, 61 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: and Embiid did not play either due to a sore 62 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: right calf, And this part's interesting. Okay, so Embiad is 63 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: clearly making a push at Yokich in the MVP race. 64 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: Never mind that Jannis and the Bucks are running away 65 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: with the East all of a sudden. Joel Embiad is 66 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: the people's favorite. The fans love him, NBA Twitter loves him. 67 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: The media really really really roots for Joel Embiad. He 68 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: played in a back to back against the Warriors and 69 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: the Suns this weekend. He had forty six to Golden State, 70 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: but they lost. Then he had twenty eight and ten 71 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: against Phoenix and they lost. Those were high profile games, obviously, 72 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 1: you know Steph Currie, Devin Booker, those are super high 73 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: profile games. But where would you rank the Denver Nuggets 74 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: Yokich Mbad showdown for in terms of MVP race. That's huge, right, 75 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: It's supposedly a toss up for MVP. The odds for 76 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: a little bit had Mbiad ahead of Yoki. Yokich has 77 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: won the last two. He's looking to become the first 78 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: player since Bird to win three straight. And it's just 79 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: weird because all of a sudden, embiad sits out. And 80 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: I get it, you know, I totally understand he would 81 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: like to sit out. Don't don't get injured before the playoffs, 82 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: because the playoffs are whatn't matter. I don't want to 83 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 1: hear I played eighty games like, I don't care. Win 84 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 1: me a title, get to the finals, get to the 85 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: conference five. He's never done that, guys, He's never done that. Now. 86 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: Embiid did put up monster numbers against Yokich in the 87 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 1: first meeting forty seven, eighteen and five. Listen, that's that's 88 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: a big stad line. Okay, and bed does lead the 89 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: league in scoring. But I something just has me wondering 90 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: why he would skip this game. Obviously, the Sixers went 91 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: on to lose. Nobody who's watching that game? No James Harden, 92 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: no Joel Embid? What am I really tuning in to watch? 93 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: Tyrese Maxie and Tobias Harris containing Nicola Yokist. I don't care. Yokich, 94 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: of course, had a triple double. He's going right back 95 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: to try to average a triple double again. Um, you know, 96 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray had a good game. Michael Porter was solid 97 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: like Nuggets coasted to victory. Here's my issue with Embiid. 98 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: I don't think he should be gunning for the MVP award. 99 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: Who cares? Nobody? Do you really just hot hot question here? 100 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: Two thousand and four? Who was the NBA MVP Quick Crickets, 101 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: two thousand and nine, who was the MVP of the league? 102 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 1: Who cares? Tell me? NFL MVP twenty sixteen? Who wasn't? 103 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: I don't know again, this whole idea of an MVP 104 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: does it really? It doesn't make that much of a difference. Now, 105 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: I'm talking in the short term interim. If you're gonna 106 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: ask me fifteen years from now, let's compare Joel and 107 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: beat to David Robins said, well, that's nonsense. The planet 108 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: may not even be standing in fifteen years, guys, the 109 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: internet may be down. I hear TikTok's on the verge 110 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: of getting banned in America. Who knows where we're gonna 111 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: be in fifteen years. I don't really care about Joel 112 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: Embiad's legacy. What I do care about is the six 113 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: or trying to win a title or get to the 114 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: conference finals. I cannot get worked up over an NBA 115 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: MVP debate on Yoki versus Ebad. I can and let's 116 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: be real, Yannis has a bucks right back on top 117 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: of the standings. I mean, I listen, I like the NBA. 118 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: You guys know that I watch games. I have not 119 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: gambled on a lot of NBA games this season. I 120 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 1: just can't get two worked into a lather over Joel 121 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 1: and Beat versus Nicola Yokis because you guys have listened 122 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: to me all year. I don't think either of them 123 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: or a top three player in the league. I'm sorry, 124 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: I just like, don't Now that's different from NBA MVP. 125 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: If you want to tell me who's had the best 126 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: regular season, great, knock yourself out, guys, Just an FYI 127 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: the regular season. You can have all those awards, you 128 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: can have them. Tell me who's gonna go the firstest 129 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, who's going to deliver? And then it 130 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: comes down to Jannis, Luca, Steph Curry, and I would 131 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: say I put Jason Tatub in that discussion. There's a 132 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: wing league, guys. You know this, So I just had 133 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: to get that all bunch of I can't get worked 134 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: up about. Oh, and bad missed the game. He's ducking 135 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: Yokich and like MVP discussion. Really really, Fox Sports Radio 136 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch 137 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:03,239 Speaker 1: all of ours at Foxsports Radio dot com and within 138 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app search FSR to listen live. But what 139 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: I can get worked up about is this Lamar Jackson situation. 140 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: Goes on social media, comes up with this uh and 141 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: again I don't want to slam Lamar Jackson, but this 142 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: website he's creating, it's like, bro, Okay, you want a 143 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: heisman in college, you were a first round pick, you 144 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: were an MVP, and now here you are, all of 145 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: a sudden pushing Era eight apparel dot com. Now you're 146 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: getting to this, Hey, spend money. Look we accept all 147 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: credit cards. Put a lot of time and energy into this, 148 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: and then if you go down to the bottom, contact 149 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: us customer support Era eight Apparel at gmail dot com. 150 00:08:54,320 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: Who Lamar, bro. I'm a big fan, but I don't 151 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: totally understand what on earth you're doing here. You want 152 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: to be hawking gym equipment. You want to be hawking 153 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: Lamar Era eight gear. You've got this new like logo 154 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: and all this stuff, like let Baker Mayfield and guys 155 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: like that come up with logos and push their brand. Bro, 156 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: do you know how easy it is to say, yes, 157 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: t Mobile, I'll do a commercial and I'll get paid, 158 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: you know, seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for a day 159 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: of work or whatever the number is. Yes, Toyota, I 160 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: will smile like Matthew McConaughey, sit behind the wheel and 161 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: be part of a commercial. Make a creative, make it fun. 162 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: I'll do it. I'll get paid a million dollars. Yes, 163 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: I'll do like He's not taking advantage of that. He's 164 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: building a website. Where do you know how many things 165 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: could possibly go wrong with this website? Somebody gets merch 166 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: ship to them, it's late, it's the wrong size, it's 167 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: and then people start crapping on your product the way 168 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: remember the Ball brothers with the shoes. They put all 169 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: that energy into the Lamar, the Melo Ball brand and 170 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: the Lonzo Ball brand, and I mean that was like 171 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: a massive thing. They spent all this energy. We're gonna 172 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: do it. We're gonna do this. Okay, great, great, okay, 173 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 1: and um where are we now? Five years later? What 174 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: do you have? Lonzo can't stay healthy. It sucks. LaMelo's good. 175 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: But what's the biggest thing LaMelo ball has done this season? 176 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: Been videotaped like twenty five times driving out of the 177 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: parking lot in Charlotte in you know, some random two 178 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty thousand dollars Ferrari just speeding and running 179 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: through red lights. I mean, it's not a good look. 180 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: And the other brother, I don't even I don't know 181 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: where he's playing basketball. I listen, they all played professional 182 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: in Congrats to them, that's great, But it's the misplaced 183 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: energy on building the where it was a triple B. 184 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: I've already forgotten what it was. It was so irrelevant, 185 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: but it was like at the time massive and it's like, yeah, 186 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna build up the ball brand. And then the 187 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: shoes were a flop. It's like, imagine if you had 188 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: put all that energy into you know, the basketball. And 189 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: I know, yes, I understand Lonzo got hurt. You can't 190 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: can't deal with that, but it just feels like misplaced 191 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: energy For Lamar Jackson, Why on earth is he not 192 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: hiring an agent to go, Hey, man, I know I 193 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: can do everything on my own, which is kind of 194 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: the vibe I'm getting from Lamar. Who do I don't 195 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: need an agent? I get my mom handle this. Where 196 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 1: do I need anybody to build a professional website? I 197 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: can one of my buddies can put this together. Why 198 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: do I need to do commercials when I can just 199 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: sell this gym equipment? Like again, he's not asked me 200 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: for any advice. He never will. I mean, he's Lamar Jackson, 201 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: but when you're doing this stuff, you don't skimp Lamar. 202 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: I mean the website. I like the color. It's the purple. 203 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 1: You know, obviously notice zero Baltimore Ravens. Other than the purple, 204 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: there's no vibe that he's an NFL player the site. 205 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: It's not like an APPRL And I'm not I hope 206 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: I'm not coming off as major critical, and I probably am. 207 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: It's just I'm rooting for Lamar Jackson. You guys, do 208 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: I like him, but he's just playing this all wrong. Again. 209 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 1: I'm gonna up it too. I will say forty percent, 210 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: forty percent. Here we are on March twenty forty percent. 211 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is not in the NFL next year. And 212 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: I know that sounds crazy and insane, but just remember 213 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: they did the non Execlopes the franchise tag. I don't 214 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: think he's playing for thirty two million dollars, And actually 215 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: I would advise him, don't play for thirty two million dollars. 216 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: You're worth way more than that. But you can't go 217 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: to the Ravens and say I'm worth more than that. 218 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: They'll say, fine, here's what we're rolling off for you, 219 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: and he's gonna say nope, and he just he's being standoff. 220 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: Is he doesn't want to be there. He's out on Baltimore. 221 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 1: He's asked for a trade. And this is where it 222 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,719 Speaker 1: gets complicated. I went to the salary cap to see 223 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: who's got money to fit Lamar. Everybody's been spending for 224 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: three weeks. Guys, the Bears have the most cap space. 225 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: They're not bringing on Lamar, They're not moving on from 226 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: Justin Fields. They are trying to take advantage of the 227 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: quarterback on the rookie deal Number two Carolina Panthers twenty 228 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: mill cap space. They just trade it up for the 229 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: first pick they want a quarterback. It's probably Bryce Young, 230 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna have Anthony Richardson at the top of 231 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 1: my mock. I wouldn't do it, but I think they 232 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: will after that. It's the Los Angeles Rams with fourteen mill, 233 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: but they have no players. They are they looking to 234 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: get off Stafford? Can they move Stafford? I don't know. 235 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: Maybe the Jets can get creative. Hey, we'll take Stafford, Rams, 236 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: you take Lamar, figure out the rest and let's let's 237 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: let's move on. Green Bay Packers. They're not taking Lamar Jackson. 238 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: They got Jordan Love Arizona Cardinals. A radio guy go 239 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: on within Arizona floated Arizona Cardinals stands. Would you trade 240 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray straight up for Lamar? Anybody who says no, 241 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: it's like borderline brain dead Lamar or Kyler Murray. That's 242 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: the easiest, no brainer. Houston Texans have some cap space. 243 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: But again, now we're looking like again, Lamar is gonna 244 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: cost a lot. He's gonna want forty mill, and I 245 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: think he's well within his right to ask for it. 246 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: The problem is nobody makes sense. Now here's where I 247 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: would push back against the there's no market for Lamar 248 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: because nobody has money. They've been spending and the Ravens 249 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: kind of boxed him into a corner and he seems 250 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: pissed off. My argument would be if you work in 251 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: a front office in say Detroit, Tampa, Seattle, Oh yeah, Seattle. 252 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: If I'm coming into work, I'm looking at my cap team, 253 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: my capologists, whatever they're called. So if we wanted to 254 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: make Lamar Jackson happen, how do we do that? That's 255 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: my first question, because that's your job to be open 256 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: to any and all ideas all the time on how 257 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: to improve the football team. And don't tell me, Hey, 258 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: we're on the uptick. Would you know? Smith, you got 259 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: smashed on the road in a playoff game, and what 260 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: was mostly a fluke year, there is a real good 261 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: chance Seattle and Gino water finds its level and all 262 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: of a sudden there were six win team next year. 263 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: That's a that's a that could totally happen, and that 264 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: would not surprise me at all. Flukey season, they got 265 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: to the playoffs, Hey, embrace it. They had a lot 266 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: of young guys, and that's the real interesting angle. They 267 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: had a lot of young guys, so they're not paying 268 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: a ton of dudes. So I know that Gino was 269 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: coming off a great season. But Lamar Jackson with DK Metcalfe, Lockett, 270 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: Noah Fant, Kenneth Walker, Hello, that is an upgrade. And 271 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: I know people are gonna say, well, come on, g 272 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: you know just had his great year. Okay, I'll see 273 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: your Gino Smith career year at whatever age is, and 274 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: I'll raise you like four straight really good seasons for 275 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson or three or four, whatever the numbers. Oh yeah, 276 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: he was an MVP of the league. Like Lamar Jackson 277 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: when he's healthy, has Baltimore at or near the top 278 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: of the standings. I know he's been banged up the 279 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: last couple of years. A little disappointing happens. Happens to everybody. 280 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: It does. I mean, you can't say, well, we don't 281 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: want Lamar He's gonna get injured. Oh really, If that's 282 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: the outlook, good luck getting any quarterback. Everybody gets injured. 283 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: Matt Stafford's coming off an injured year. You don't think 284 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: people want him. Just this idea that there that like 285 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: teams should not be interested in Lamar to me, is 286 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: absolute insanity. Again, Indianapolis Colts, we've talked about a mad nauseum. 287 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: Think about this. If you the Atlanta Falcons, quick, who's 288 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: the best quarterback in the history of Atlanta Falcons football? 289 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: What are we looking at Matt Ryan, Michael Vick, Am 290 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: I missing someone? Does Lamar Jackson not instantly get in 291 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: the discussion? Last I check? Yet, the same number of 292 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: MVPs as Matt Ryan. Okay, Matt Ryan had Kyle Shanahan 293 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: outside of having Shanahan. He oh, okay, interesting, not amazing. 294 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: You're telling me the Atlanta Falcons couldn't do some real 295 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: friggin damage with Lamar Jackson. I'm looking at their biggest 296 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: cap hits, left tackle Jake Matthews, it's a big one. 297 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: Grady Jarrett, Chris Lidstrom, Jesse Bates, who they just paid for, 298 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts, on Yu Mata, Casey Hayward, the cornerback who 299 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: seems to always be injured, john Us Smith tight end. 300 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: Like they got some dudes in Atlanta. I don't think 301 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: they're an amazing team. I think they're good. I think 302 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: with you add Lamar Jackson to that offense, and I've 303 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: got them ahead of the Saints in that division, do 304 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 1: you not? I mean Pitts obviously a very good tight end, 305 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: Drake London a strong rookie year out of USC. You 306 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,679 Speaker 1: know they don't have a they don't have great depth 307 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: at wide receiver, which can be overcome easily, because that's 308 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: kind of what Lamar Jackson does. Problem is, you know 309 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,479 Speaker 1: they signed Taylor Heineke, they got Desmond Ritter in the draft. 310 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: I like Cord Patternson. Tyler Algier had a solid rookie year. 311 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: The mac Collins pickup isn't awful. He listened, he showed well. 312 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 1: I thought with the raid, I thought that was a 313 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: good get for them. I think a lot of two 314 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: tight ends sets in their future with Pitts and John Usmith. 315 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: That's why they Arthur Smith went after the guy he 316 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 1: had in Tennessee and John Usmith. Offensive lines improved in 317 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: the draft. You probably target defense, but the idea that 318 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,360 Speaker 1: these teams should not go after Lamar Jackson and let 319 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: me pause, go after again. You don't have to say 320 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 1: here's an offer. You need to explore any and all 321 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 1: possibility that you can add Lamar Jackson to your franchise, 322 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: any and all options. It's I mean, that's good business, right. 323 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: You don't remember that Golden State Warriors, it was like, 324 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: I'll never forget this. Before they added Kevin Durant, there 325 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: was a report because I remember I was at the 326 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: super Bowl in Phoenix with Fox and I was in 327 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: my hotel room and someone texted me, Holy crap, have 328 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: you seen this world story? And I'll never I'm sitting 329 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: in the hotel and it says the Warriors could be 330 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: players for Kevin Durant this offseason. I was like, what, 331 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: They're on pace to set a record for most wins 332 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,239 Speaker 1: in the history of the NBA. They I was our 333 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 1: seventy three win season. Why would they get Kevin Durant. 334 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: This is what you do when you're a smart business. 335 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: You're always looking to level up, and if you can 336 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 1: add Kevin Durant, my gosh, of course you add Kevin Durant. 337 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: Of course, And the result was two championships, Durant MVP 338 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: of the Finals both times. Like genius, amazing. That's exactly 339 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: what smart teams do. Are the Atlanta Falcons so stupid 340 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: that they're not banging their heads against walls trying to 341 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 1: figure out ways to add Lamar Jackson? If the Colts 342 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: aren't doing that, you know how dumb they are. I mean, listen, 343 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: my Jets came out and said, you know, Zach Wilson's 344 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 1: our number two and intimated that, yeah, they're going after 345 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and I get that. We've been house hunting 346 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: for a while. And I said this to Cowherd. I 347 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: was like, listen, the number one rule. You know this. 348 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: You never fall in love with the house. You've got 349 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: to be able to walk away at a moment's notice. 350 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: You just have to. He'd be like, Oh, that's the house. 351 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: We've gotta have it. We gotta have it. It's amazing, 352 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 1: it's perfect. You do that, You're kind of trapped. What 353 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: if something else pops up? What if there's a bidding 354 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 1: war starts and now you're like, we gotta have the 355 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: house and you end up overpaying or whatever. Like the Jets, 356 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: I get it, they want Aaron Rodgers. Everything lined up. 357 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: Rogers wants to be a Jet. You know what, Packers 358 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 1: gonna play hardball. You got Lamar Jackson over here. You 359 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: guys have played poker before. Texas hold him. You know 360 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: how to make a make somebody. You put pressure on 361 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 1: them and you got the leverage. Well that Lamar Jackson. 362 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: If I'm Woody Johnson, I want to plane tomorrow, tip 363 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: hell yesterday, I wanta played yesterday to Baltimore or Florida, 364 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: wherever the hell Lamar Jackson is. We're gonna go beet 365 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: with Lamar Jackson. Well, let's see what the Packers are 366 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: gonna do at that point, because they are absolutely screwed 367 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: if Aaron Rodgers retires now he doesn't want to retire, 368 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: but they're screwed if Rogers retires financially, and they're screwed 369 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: if he comes back, because the relationship is torn and 370 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: Jordan loves sitting out. You're like, no, no, no, no no. 371 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 1: So at some point, why haven't the Jets done this? 372 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: Do they think, like, oh, Aaron's so brittle and fragile, 373 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: his ego is going to be hurt that Aaron Rodgers upset. 374 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: We're going after Lamar Jackson, whether it's you're going after 375 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 1: Lamar or you actually want him. I don't care about 376 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers feelings. He's not even a Jet yet. Like, 377 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: this is a guy who goes on darkness, retreats, does ayahuasca, 378 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: and you're caring what he what he thinks. He might 379 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: be one and done for all we know. I just 380 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 1: it really annoyed me that nobody has made a move, 381 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,640 Speaker 1: and maybe they're doing it behind the scenes, But if 382 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: the dude asked for a trade on March second and 383 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 1: We're now about four weeks past that and there's been nothing. 384 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: It is disappointing. Extremely Fox Sports Radio has the best 385 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our 386 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: shows at Fox Sports Radio Dot and within the iHeart 387 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: Radio app. Search f SR to listen live. I'll wrap 388 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: up real quick on the NCAA tournament. I got an 389 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: awesome note from a regular listener to the pod. I 390 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: do like now how you guys call yourself T one listeners. 391 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: That's kind of one of my favorite things. Rob G said, 392 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: you know the T one listeners, those are the guys 393 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: who were the diehards. And he had a great, a 394 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: great note on my take on the college basketball tournament 395 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: not being interested. Here's exactly what he said. This is 396 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 1: as shocking as when Morocco made the semi finals of 397 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 1: the World Cup, having like San Diego State and FAU there. 398 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 1: This is history. I understand that there's a raisings aspect 399 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 1: to this, but this is where you, as the host, 400 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 1: should be hyping it up. What truly separates the good 401 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: from the great is the ability to make stories that 402 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: aren't as exciting thrilling anyone could get ratings. Aaron Rodgers 403 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: comes up but who can really make Grizzlies Hornets Tuesday 404 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: night thrilling? Now that is something. And this is a 405 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 1: guy I talked to regularly. He's a big LEGUA MX fan, 406 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: Nikos a fan, and that that's a very interesting angle 407 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: to it. And yes, in sports, the dog days of summer, 408 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: when you know, the superstars like Cowherd takeoff and I'll 409 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: fill in or whatever, it's like, you know, July seventeenth, 410 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: it's like nothing going on. It's like MLB All Star breaks, 411 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: so there's literally no games happening, and that's a week 412 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 1: that's like dead. If you can manufacture interesting sports talk 413 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: that week, man, you got you must be pretty good. Now. 414 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: Usually you just easily fall back on hey, Lebron versus Jordan, 415 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 1: who's better and all that old stuff and that can 416 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 1: be done and blah blah blah. But I thought a 417 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: lot about it, and I was picking up my daughter 418 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: from gymnastics, and I got there early because you know, 419 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: there was no traffic, and I end up sitting in 420 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: the parking lot and I write down a bunch of 421 00:23:54,600 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: stuff about this NCAA Final four, and I think part 422 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: of the reason that I'm upset with SDSU fau Is. 423 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: You guys know, in the first round of the tournament. 424 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 1: I love when a big blue blood, you know, a 425 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: Power five or whatever you want to call them, Syracuse 426 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: goes up against the small guy Vermont, right, and the 427 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 1: small guy throws a big scare into the big boy, 428 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: David verse Goliath. Nobody roots for Goliath. You're rooting for David. 429 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: He's trying to pull the upsite. Those are fun and 430 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: exciting and thrilling. Okay, I can't stand when the committee 431 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: puts mid major against mid major. It's like, that's just 432 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: that's the worst. I want to see the small guy 433 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 1: try to take down the big guy. So this year 434 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: we had VCU Saint Mary's. That's crap, so annoying. Saint Mary's. 435 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 1: I know they played with Gonzaga. They should be a 436 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: big boy. They're not. They're not. They're not there yet. 437 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: They're on their way, But like, I want to see 438 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: Saint Mary's go against Texas A and M somebody from 439 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: one of the Power five conferences. And then and I 440 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 1: was looking at recent tournaments like Boise and Memphis like 441 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 1: as an eight nine game, like come on, those are 442 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: again two Those are to me mid majors I know 443 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,959 Speaker 1: some people will say, come on, memphisis power. Come on, 444 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: it's not like a Davidson Michigan State. That is perfect. 445 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: That's what I want to see. So now here we 446 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: go to the final four, and where's David verse Goliath. 447 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: Don't tell me that Yukon in the final four. I mean, 448 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 1: you kind of guess is considered a goliath. But Miami. 449 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,439 Speaker 1: You think Miami as a basketball school, not really. Now, 450 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: I did see a fascinating nugget that Miami basketball in 451 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 1: terms of nil money, name image likeness two point two 452 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 1: million dollars to their players. The one guy, the pac man, 453 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 1: they call him Nigel Packtgardo at seven threes against Houston. 454 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 1: They got him for eight hundred thousand dollars. Now I 455 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 1: love that. Right, he was at Kansas State last year, 456 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 1: could have used him, and he goes to Miami reportedly 457 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: for eight hundred thousand dollars name image likeness. Now we 458 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: know Wong who put on a show last year in 459 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: the tournament. He demanded more money than packed to stick around. 460 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: So they've got this awesome backcourt and now whoa look 461 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 1: at that The money paid off. Miami got these guys 462 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: a lot of money and they're instantly in the final four, 463 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 1: and of course there's people saying, oh, this sucks, the 464 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 1: little guy's gonna have no chance. Never Really, you could 465 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: argue Miami was kind of sort of the little guy 466 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: against Texas. And I don't get me started about how 467 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,400 Speaker 1: angry I was about Texas blowing that, but it did 468 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: help me get my bracket pool, which the victory was 469 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: a nice one. I'll be collecting some decent coin on 470 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: that one. But I guess my point is I like 471 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: David verse Goliath. Remember Duke versus Butler, Gordon Hayward awesome, 472 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: really loved that Gordon Hayward nearly hit the half court 473 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 1: shot to beat him. Again. I'll ask again, who's David 474 00:26:55,680 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: in fau STSU, because you know they're both kind of underdogs. 475 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: If you want to paint Yukon is the bad guy. Sure, 476 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: but there is no like coach k to root against here. 477 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: There's no big brands like Kentucky. Oh everybody hates Kentucky. 478 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: Love Saint Peter's taken down Kentucky. I just it's tough 479 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: for me to get two worked up about the little guy. Now, 480 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: will I watch a game? Of course, I will. You 481 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 1: guys know me, even if I've got some kids sports 482 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 1: and I haven't actually checked the calendar on Saturday, Final four. 483 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: You know, Oh, it looks I am looking at the 484 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: calendar down it looks like we're all clear. So I 485 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: will be able to watch the Final four in the 486 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: afternoon wherever I am on my phone at home San 487 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,119 Speaker 1: Diego State. FAU, I don't even have a bet, but 488 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 1: this is enclosing how I just the interest, the juice 489 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: to me is not there yet. I haven't even looked 490 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 1: at the lines for the Final four. We're two days 491 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: in since the games have been set. I haven't even 492 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: looked at the lines yet. I will say, I did 493 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: I talk about the player pool yesterday, I've already forgotten. 494 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 1: I'm in a player points pool and I have two 495 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 1: players left, Bradley in Sonago, So basically I need eighteen 496 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,640 Speaker 1: points between them. Now. Bradley, the best player on STSU 497 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 1: I think, has six points in the last two games. 498 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: So there's a very real chance that we get FAU 499 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: versus Miami on All Florida Title title game and I 500 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: lose out on the player points pool with if neither 501 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: of those guys can total up more than seventeen points 502 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,360 Speaker 1: you know, in hindsight, I did talk about that anyways. 503 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,959 Speaker 1: All right, that's enough for a Tuesday. Talk to you tomorrow.