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Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox

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Speaker 1: Sports Radio. He's Sir Nick Faldo, CBS Sports lead golf analysts,

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Speaker 1: joining us from home. After spending the weekend at Augusta.

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Speaker 1: I was wondering about the going into this tournament. Everybody

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Speaker 1: talked about Tiger and the terrain there at Augusta. You know,

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Speaker 1: those kind of majors are draining anyway, as you know,

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Speaker 1: But yeah, how much do you think it was the

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Speaker 1: stress of trying to compete in the Masters as opposed

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Speaker 1: to the physical part of trying to compete in the Masters. Now,

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Speaker 1: I think it was the physical it was. That's what

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Speaker 1: I was talking about. Obviously, he you know, he lives

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Speaker 1: in Florida, plays in Florida. He played the father and

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Speaker 1: son when he came on and off his cart, which

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Speaker 1: I thought was impressive because you know, he was spending

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Speaker 1: you know, a long time. Wasn't like like he was disappearing.

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Speaker 1: Would stay on the range to watch his sign hit balls,

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Speaker 1: So I thought that was a good sign. But then

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Speaker 1: then he talked about, you know, getting the flection of

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Speaker 1: the foot. I mean, that was an obviously augustious It's

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Speaker 1: the toughest walk, especially the downhill I mean, you, if

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Speaker 1: you're fit and healthy, you'll get shin splints that week,

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Speaker 1: you really will. And so any of the bottom line,

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Speaker 1: I didn't I would have. I would have gone there

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Speaker 1: for it, maybe thirty six holes and done a real

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Speaker 1: route march and boot camp and see if I can

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Speaker 1: survive it. But I think he was secretly so I

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Speaker 1: spoke to him a Champions dinner. He was a'd been

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Speaker 1: working on the beach, which makes a soft sound, which

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Speaker 1: makes sense because your your foot really has to move

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Speaker 1: back and you'll get you'll really get up some stress

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Speaker 1: factor or some you're stressed. You know, you're tested the

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Speaker 1: you you know your motion as well as stamina. You know,

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Speaker 1: that's that's a real important thing. But you know, I

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Speaker 1: think considered I was. I was so impressed with it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's again. I spoke to him and said, so,

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Speaker 1: what's your pain level and one to ten and he

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Speaker 1: went way higher. I went, wow, really it's more than

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Speaker 1: I eight. He's off playing on a broken leg was

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Speaker 1: nothing compared to this, you know, and he's in twenty

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Speaker 1: four to seven pain. So you can imagine sleep and everything,

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Speaker 1: and that's sort of so I thought to do that

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Speaker 1: would give him huge hope. That wow, I can basically

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Speaker 1: walk any golf course now, and he played, he played

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Speaker 1: all right. You know, it's interesting. I was just reading

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Speaker 1: his own quotes about the putting on days well, day three,

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Speaker 1: day four. I think he was in he was in

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Speaker 1: pain addressing the putts. I think I guess he was

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Speaker 1: moving around trying to get rid of that and had

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Speaker 1: effected the stroke and everything, and that's why he missed

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Speaker 1: a lot of putts. So if he can. And then

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Speaker 1: I've just heard he's committed it to Saint Andrews right now.

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Speaker 1: So that's that's I mean, in spotomline. That's all fantastic,

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Speaker 1: isn't it. I mean, And I'm sure it's given him

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Speaker 1: him huge hope to think, you know. And the other

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Speaker 1: thing he kit again in your mid fourt is whether

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Speaker 1: you've been injured or not, just sustaining your mobility through

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Speaker 1: the day. You know, as we get older, you know,

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Speaker 1: once your hips get tight and your shoulders get tight,

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Speaker 1: the swing, doesn't you know. And he had he was

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Speaker 1: able to keep that fluidity through the swing throughout the day,

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Speaker 1: so I'm sure he wanted a better result, but I

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Speaker 1: you know, the physical test, I think he I think

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Speaker 1: he did brilliantly, and Saint Andrews is perfect for him

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Speaker 1: because that's flat. Well yeah, competitor gust, Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: obvious you've got a lot of twisting and this sort

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Speaker 1: of thing. Yeah, but you don't get long the long

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Speaker 1: climbs up. My goodness says there's a half a dozen

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Speaker 1: holes which are heart attack heels up out there, as

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Speaker 1: you wouldn't get a bit older. Well, I pointed out

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Speaker 1: that eight is straight up the hill. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: nine is straight down, ten straight down, then you go

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Speaker 1: back up. I mean it's yeah, absolutely, Now you're absolutely

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Speaker 1: you're right. You climb up and with a leg walking down. Six.

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Speaker 1: I mean six is like this off the team, you know, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: all the way it's so and obviously up up the

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Speaker 1: last few as well up seventeen and eighteen. So I

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Speaker 1: think that, as I said, the physical, it can do.

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Speaker 1: It must you must feel really good the right if

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Speaker 1: he knows how to look after it and then he

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Speaker 1: knows how to prepare, how is life going to change

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Speaker 1: for Scottie Scheffler to win a major at twenty five? Well,

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Speaker 1: I hear, I mean I know him a little bit,

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Speaker 1: but gleaning from other people it's not going to change.

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Speaker 1: This is probably the most level, you know, easy going

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Speaker 1: guy out there. I mean, stardom is like, so what,

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Speaker 1: I'm a golfer and obviously he's going to make fortunes

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Speaker 1: and they're, hey, sure it's coming to mad Rush. It's

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Speaker 1: a bit like a It's a bit like the you know,

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Speaker 1: the pop stars. You've you're a nobody and then you

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Speaker 1: get an album that goes crazy and sure in four months.

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Speaker 1: It's like I went from you know, playing golf, you know,

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Speaker 1: in a in a van, and now I can afford anything,

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Speaker 1: So hey, might that may change or everybody who knows.

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Speaker 1: But as as what I'm hearing from people, I chat

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Speaker 1: to him a little bit, um, he's a real down

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Speaker 1: to earth guy. Yeah, And there's you know, I know

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Speaker 1: he was a great junior golfer and he was a

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Speaker 1: pretty good college golfer. But what stands out like, there's

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Speaker 1: nothing that you go wow with Scottie Scheffler other than

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Speaker 1: when he needed to have a shot, make a shot,

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Speaker 1: make a pot, he did it, which I don't know

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Speaker 1: how you quantify that. But what what is special about

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Speaker 1: Scottie Scheffler, Well, he delivers really well. I mean he

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Speaker 1: I'm he's a scrambling man. He spent you know, one

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Speaker 1: of his as a kid. He's just bit like Jordan's speed,

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Speaker 1: very similar with Jordan's speed was literally unbeatable great scramblers.

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Speaker 1: So he's got mazed. I mean, his ability to just

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Speaker 1: see the right shot, play the right shot, um, was fantastic.

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Speaker 1: I mean those you cannot appreciate the severity of the

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Speaker 1: pitch shots, so Augusta, Um, hey, the shot is difficult,

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Speaker 1: and you know in the back room, right in the

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Speaker 1: front of your mind, you know, if it goes wrong,

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Speaker 1: that golf ball goes off for wandering, it goes off

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Speaker 1: thirty forty feet away, and and and then then that's

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Speaker 1: another another serious challenge from the sou just fantastic with

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Speaker 1: where I mean the drivers, it's very interesting. You know,

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Speaker 1: he really struggles hit in the drawer where he's going

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Speaker 1: to with his foot action, you know, his feet leaping

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Speaker 1: back and you know, weak grip. So I was trying

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Speaker 1: to express that say how difficult that was. But but

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Speaker 1: if you can find a way to keep that fade

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Speaker 1: And you know, and he's got great when you're playing great,

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Speaker 1: I do remember that from moons ago. You have such

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Speaker 1: a wonderful you do have such a wonderful clear vige

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Speaker 1: and you just look at the flag and all you're

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Speaker 1: concentrating on it is how do I get it close

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Speaker 1: it has is, but they're kind of like a bit

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Speaker 1: of a blur. You know, you know they're there, you register,

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Speaker 1: but your focus is so dun good. And of course

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Speaker 1: when you've hit a few sideways doesn't take many in

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Speaker 1: our game, and then you'd suddenly up all the hazards

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Speaker 1: are all crispin focus and the flags a blur. You know,

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Speaker 1: you think, how the heck do I get it closed?

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Speaker 1: So he's in that wonderful mode where he's just there's

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Speaker 1: my target, buff and I hit it at it great?

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Speaker 1: Sir Nick Faldo, CBS Sports Lead Golf Analyst. The spoiler

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Speaker 1: alert before Rory hit the bunker shot, you got roughed

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Speaker 1: up a little bit on social media there, Yeah, I did.

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Speaker 1: I mean that was I know there was a rookie mistake,

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Speaker 1: but you know, I'm sitting there right in there and

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Speaker 1: I and it just happened and it was just off

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Speaker 1: the charts. And so Jim's talk to me, asking me

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Speaker 1: a question, and I know, and so Mike, and when

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Speaker 1: you hear the patrons row, the crowd go nuts, you

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Speaker 1: can't come back and go let's look at Rory Live

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Speaker 1: out of the Bunker at eighteen because you you know

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Speaker 1: it's on It's now on tape. The split second on tape,

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Speaker 1: and I just U I got caught up in that

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Speaker 1: and I reacting, and so, yeah, you're right, I got it.

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Speaker 1: I got it all wrong. For a split second, I

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Speaker 1: seriously was shaking because I thought Roy's gonna win the great.

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Speaker 1: I thought something could happen. You know, he's trying to

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Speaker 1: we know the story, and and he pulls off an

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Speaker 1: the middle of it. So I'm sorry I blurted. You know,

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Speaker 1: I didn't actually say what happened. I said, oh my god,

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Speaker 1: so you know you won't believe what's happening or something,

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Speaker 1: So yeah, spoiler alert, But hey, I guess rookie steak.

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Speaker 1: But gosh, when you're in it, like I mean, you

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Speaker 1: the mix of it, literally, and then he pulls off

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Speaker 1: anything could happen if he posts. I kept saying all day,

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Speaker 1: Rory could post eight under and you know, and it

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Speaker 1: could have won. I mean it's very easy for Scott

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Speaker 1: you hear the roars that we know if we're watching

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Speaker 1: you know, the tenth Green. Yeah, so you know something

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Speaker 1: what happened. That's well, that's what I agree. I'm we

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Speaker 1: I feel you have to be truthful. You can't cut

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Speaker 1: mean sella shy a producer. They do. They do an

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Speaker 1: unbelievable job to show us live golf. But obviously when great,

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Speaker 1: when you're following, it's not like we're we are such

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Speaker 1: or chipping on other holes at the exact same time.

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Speaker 1: So they something's got to go on tape. I mean

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Speaker 1: it has to. But how many monitors do you get

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Speaker 1: to see when you're with No, I don't see no,

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Speaker 1: I don't I see what you see. I see what

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Speaker 1: on anything. I call exactly what you see at television.

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Speaker 1: and pops a picture and off we go. So when

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Speaker 1: you're on eighteen, so you saw Rory right in front

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Speaker 1: of you, Yeah, it's exactly. I'm getting at eighteen and

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Speaker 1: right there, and I'm up in my little tower and

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Speaker 1: Rory's down there, and so I just peep out and

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Speaker 1: and hear and that happens. I'm like, holy crab, you

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Speaker 1: it just takes all the attention away from everything else,

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Speaker 1: and it has become the biggest entertainment vehicle in America.

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Speaker 1: It gathers people, It connects people. Walking around Augusta just

427
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Speaker 1: seeing people and staying hi. Do you think my Bills

428
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Speaker 1: have a chance this year? Do you think we'll get

429
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Speaker 1: a Sunday night home game this year? I mean, this

430
00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,120
Speaker 1: is just random and people talking about the Jaguars. Hey,

431
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Speaker 1: do you like their free agent signs? Like? I think

432
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:38,080
Speaker 1: they can be pretty good. Everybody has an unbelievable bizarre

433
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Speaker 1: nature of I guess over hyped hope with the free

434
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Speaker 1: agency and draft moves. You think we're one or two

435
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Speaker 1: teams or or two moves away, and you know what, Dan,

436
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,879
Speaker 1: and you know it because it's a team close to

437
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,199
Speaker 1: your heart. Look at the Bengals this year. Were you

438
00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,320
Speaker 1: thinking this time last year not only would the Bengals

439
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Speaker 1: be a super Bowl team, but a team that you're

440
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Speaker 1: we're really looking forward to watching the following year and

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Speaker 1: for a few years to come. No. And that's why

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Speaker 1: I think the NFL has this magnetism, because everybody's a

443
00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:14,080
Speaker 1: two chess move away from we can be really good situation.

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Speaker 1: I love that about the league right now, and I

445
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Speaker 1: don't know of another sport where you have that hope

446
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Speaker 1: that optimism when you go to spring training or it's

447
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Speaker 1: the NBA. You know, the Orlando Magic fans don't go,

448
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Speaker 1: this could be our year, or you know, throw out

449
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Speaker 1: even somebody like Pittsburgh Pirates. You know you might might

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Speaker 1: get be a playoff team. But the NFL allows you

451
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Speaker 1: to actually dream. You know, there are certain fan bases

452
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Speaker 1: that probably go, let's be realistic here, we're Lions fans,

453
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Speaker 1: or you know, we're Jags fans, but everybody else you go,

454
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Speaker 1: if the Bengals can do it, why can't we? And

455
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Speaker 1: Jags and Lions fans are staying the same thing now right, Okay,

456
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Speaker 1: we've got Trevor Lawrence, where we've acquired a bunch of players,

457
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Speaker 1: have some draft picks, or are the Lions? Well guess what.

458
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Speaker 1: You go back and watch the last half dozen games,

459
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Speaker 1: and Chris Collinsworth and I were talking about this a

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Speaker 1: few weeks ago. Go back to watch the last four

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Speaker 1: or five games. The Lions gave people a real headache.

462
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,360
Speaker 1: They played hard and the whole bike, the kneecaps thing, etc.

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Speaker 1: With Dan Campbell. They played hard. And I love the

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Speaker 1: fact that they're on hard knocks because people are going

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Speaker 1: to see what they're building, and that may make it

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Speaker 1: attractive to it. And all of a sudden, you're a quarterback,

467
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Speaker 1: or you're a couple of skilled players, a game changer

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Speaker 1: on defense away in a division that after Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: and the Packers, you can contend pretty quickly. So there

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Speaker 1: is that hope. Whereas, like you said, and I'll just

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Speaker 1: stay with where I live in Detroit with the Tigers reference,

472
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Speaker 1: for the last couple of years, the Detroit Tigers had

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Speaker 1: no chance. This year. The guys that they drafted number

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Speaker 1: one guys like Spencer Torkelsen and Riley Green. They're now

475
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Speaker 1: coming up to the big club, although Green got hurt

476
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Speaker 1: at the end of spring training. But they went out

477
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Speaker 1: and acquired hot Bias, they acquired some veterans, and now

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Speaker 1: the Tigers have a chance. They have a chance to

479
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Speaker 1: be a playoff contending team. But it took three years

480
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Speaker 1: to build that or four years. So you're right the NFL,

481
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Speaker 1: it happens like this. The other sports, it takes a while.

482
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Speaker 1: And let's think about our society. People want instant, they

483
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Speaker 1: want microwave fast quick, and that may be part of

484
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Speaker 1: the subliminal appeal to the year round run that the

485
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Speaker 1: NFL always seems to get NFL's undefeated. Mike, That's exactly right,

486
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Speaker 1: no matter how hard sometimes yeah, but how hard sometimes

487
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Speaker 1: it tries. It wins every game. But I wonder though

488
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,080
Speaker 1: the sport, you know, it dwarfs everything, and now it's

489
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Speaker 1: dwarfing March madness. You know that was during March that

490
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Speaker 1: you had all those stories. That's what I wonder about

491
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Speaker 1: with these other sports being collateral damage because the NFL

492
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Speaker 1: is so big. I could turn on any show this

493
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Speaker 1: morning and they're probably trying to find an NFL story

494
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Speaker 1: to talk about instead of Frank Vogel getting fired or

495
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Speaker 1: Scottie Scheffler winning the Master. Right, it's Scottie Scheffler, the

496
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 1: next Great Golfers one four times in eight weeks. Look

497
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,679
Speaker 1: at our conversation right here, right. It's kind of it

498
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,200
Speaker 1: reverts back because it always feels like there's something you're

499
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,439
Speaker 1: interested in hearing about. Even the NBA, I think the

500
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,960
Speaker 1: super teams and the movement in many regards has not

501
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,639
Speaker 1: allowed teams to build and get familiar with and guys

502
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: move around, and with the eighty two games schedule, you

503
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Speaker 1: lose that passion. I remember being so excited to see

504
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Speaker 1: what are the playoff matchups, So it's going to be

505
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Speaker 1: the late afternoon game on ABC on Saturday. How the

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Speaker 1: series going to match up? And I peak just this

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Speaker 1: morning's okay, Well, Denver Golden State. That's a heck of

508
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 1: a first round series. I'm looking forward to that. I

509
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Speaker 1: want to see if Jannis and Milwaukee can. I want

510
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Speaker 1: to see how real Phoenix was what they learned from

511
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Speaker 1: last year. But there's not that same feeling for twelve months.

512
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Speaker 1: It's just now because we're getting to the runway where

513
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,200
Speaker 1: the NBA takes off and a lot of us who

514
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Speaker 1: weren't spending all the time on the eighty two games

515
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Speaker 1: dial in for six weeks. With the NFL, it's twelve

516
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Speaker 1: months for seventeen games, which is pretty remarkable. Steve Kerrs

517
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Speaker 1: said he was asked about how do you maybe encourage

518
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Speaker 1: teams to play their players stars more games? And he said,

519
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: why don't we go to seventy two games? Do you

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00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,160
Speaker 1: think that that would fly, that more players would play

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00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 1: in more games because we're taking ten regular season games

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Speaker 1: off the schedule. No, I think we're trying to just

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Speaker 1: get everybody to where they need they're needed the most,

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Speaker 1: right So maybe if you went to sixty games and

525
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 1: it really became a challenge to make the playoffs. But

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Speaker 1: as you know, there are so many reasons you can't

527
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Speaker 1: do that, live gate tickets, building availability, because so many

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Speaker 1: of these teams have a piece, if not the entirety,

529
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Speaker 1: of ownership of their building, local and regional sports networks

530
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Speaker 1: streaming all of that stuff. How are you going to

531
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Speaker 1: make all the streaming money and the regional sports networks

532
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,959
Speaker 1: trying to earn their money back for their investment, So

533
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 1: you need the content. But I think, look, why is

534
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Speaker 1: the NFL valuable because it's only sixteen games and in

535
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,959
Speaker 1: a month you're through twenty five percent of your season,

536
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Speaker 1: where it's half that in the NBA or third day

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00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,040
Speaker 1: less than that in the NBA, in the NHL, and

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00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: Major League Baseball is much less than that. Right, So

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Speaker 1: what happens one night two nights is not a big deal.

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Speaker 1: You'd have to I think shrinking number even more than

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Speaker 1: seventy two. And now you start messing with historical and

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Speaker 1: all that stuff. So it makes sense it would be

543
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 1: nice if it happens, but in reality, does that work

544
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 1: on the financial side of the business. And let's forget

545
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Speaker 1: that this is commerce. This is capitalism, this is business.

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Speaker 1: At the end of the day, good to talk to

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Speaker 1: you is always thanks for joining us many thank you time,

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Speaker 1: miss you. That's Mike Trika Sunday Night football play by

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557
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Speaker 1: Let's let's start with the news Frank Vogel's future with

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Speaker 1: the Lakers. Reportedly he will be fired today. Reg your thoughts.

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Speaker 1: First of all, I'm not surprised, but let me just

561
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Speaker 1: say this, it is absolutely embarrassing and bush league what

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Speaker 1: the Lakers have done to free Vogel. I'm and look,

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Speaker 1: I know that coaches are always the first to the

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Speaker 1: front of the fiery line. The coaches are always the

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Speaker 1: first to go. But what they did to this man

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Speaker 1: by really attacking his character, his coaching resume all behind

567
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 1: closed doors, where there's other people that should be held

568
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: at a higher standard for putting this crappy roster together,

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00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: like Rob Polinka and Jeanie Buss and even Lebron James

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00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: to a certain degree. To throw Russell Westbrook and Frank

571
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Speaker 1: Vogel as they're the only issues that was wrong with

572
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 1: the Lakers this season is absolutely embarrassing. It's embarrassing, and

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Speaker 1: it's not right. It's not right. Again. Coaches come and go,

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Speaker 1: and did Frank Vogel have his flaws? Sure was sometimes

575
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Speaker 1: his falling in love and out of favor with certain players. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I get it, but let's remember one thing. It's only

577
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 1: seventeen months ago that they eighteen months ago that they

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00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: want an NBA championship with him at the helm, when

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Speaker 1: they had either the first or second best defensive team

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00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: in the game, and all of a sudden, he can't coach.

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Speaker 1: He can't coach because of the roster. He did not

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00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 1: put this roster together, So start talking about those people.

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00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: That's what's embarrassing, and it's just not right to attack

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00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:30,080
Speaker 1: this man's character, it's not and for him to face

585
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: the firing squad of the media right after that game,

586
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: not knowing what his fate is, and for Wojoe to

587
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 1: report that and Wojo is just doing his job, which

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Speaker 1: means he's getting sources from someone inside the Lakers organization.

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00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: There's only so many people that could talk to Wojoe

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00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 1: that would have that kind of insight, and for him

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Speaker 1: not to know that, it's embarrassing. Is this a desirable job, Redge?

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Speaker 1: They've missed the playoffs seven of the last nine years.

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00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 1: It's the Lakers. I mean that's like saying the Yankees

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00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: or the Dodgers, of course it is, or the Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: It's very desirable, but there comes expectations. They are the

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Speaker 1: world's team, just like the Yankees, just like the Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: and to a certain degree the Boston Red Sox. Yes,

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00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 1: desirable job becomes expectations, but also you don't control a

599
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:35,000
Speaker 1: lot in that role, it feels like, and so you're

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Speaker 1: only going to be as successful as the front office

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Speaker 1: is going to make you. There's only so much you

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00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: could do. They made these moves. Lebron Co signed with

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Speaker 1: this and then it's up to Frank you know. The

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Speaker 1: analogy I made is you've got a bad meal, and

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Speaker 1: you want to blame the waiter, not the chef. And

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Speaker 1: that's what I feel like happened in Los Angeles. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: And I guarantee you if when Frank vole was probably

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Speaker 1: approach and says we're going this way with this roster,

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Speaker 1: he probably looked at him crazy, like there's no way.

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Speaker 1: There's absolutely no way. He did the best he could

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Speaker 1: with this roster. I mean, but we knew this back

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Speaker 1: in August when they were putting this roster together. We

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Speaker 1: all said that this roster would be unbelievable. If it

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00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 1: was two thousand and ten, If it was two ten,

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00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:34,320
Speaker 1: this roster would be balling. But it's not. It wasn't.

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Speaker 1: But my point is he is not the only one responsible.

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Speaker 1: Start calling it wouldn't need to start calling out everyone

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Speaker 1: who had a hand in this by name, not just

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Speaker 1: Frank Vogel and not just Russell Westbrook. All right, what's

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Speaker 1: his team? Now? What do you do? You're gonna bring

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Speaker 1: in somebody. I don't know if you bring in Mike Brown,

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Speaker 1: But what do you do with the roster? What can

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Speaker 1: you do? You go? First of all, you got to

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Speaker 1: blow it up again. They had nine free agents, just

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00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,360
Speaker 1: like they buol it up a year ago. There's nine

626
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 1: free agents. Russell Westbrook is probably going to opt in

627
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Speaker 1: for that forty seven million. So the bulk of your

628
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,359
Speaker 1: money is surrounded around three guys, and we know who

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Speaker 1: the three guys are. So now you've got to bring

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Speaker 1: in nine to ten new faces that someone and on

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Speaker 1: top of that, find a coach. Find a coach who's

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Speaker 1: going to fit the lifestyle and fit the player compliment

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Speaker 1: of Lebron, Anthony Davis, and probably Russell Westbrook if he's

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Speaker 1: not traded. Would you trade entertain the idea of trading

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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis? Yes, I would, I absolutely would. He's got

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Speaker 1: to show me he could stay healthy. This will only work.

637
00:35:55,800 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: They will only be successful if Anthony Davis plays seventy

638
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 1: five to seventy eight games a year, with Lebron playing

639
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,719
Speaker 1: a year or two left. That's the only way the

640
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 1: Lakers is going to be successful. If he can't stay healthy,

641
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: which he hasn't over the last couple of years. Absolutely,

642
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: they have no picks. At least you're gonna you've got

643
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 1: to take the Oklahoma City Thunder approach to this. You've

644
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:28,280
Speaker 1: got to start stockpiling draft picks and assets. The Lakers

645
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: have zero assets other than Anthony Davis and Lebron James,

646
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 1: which I know Lebron's not going anywhere, but it should

647
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 1: cross someone's mind, possibly what could you get from You

648
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 1: might just have to blow the whole thing up. I'm

649
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 1: going to be bad for a while, get picks and

650
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 1: then hope you get lucky during the draft and find

651
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: a generational player. But you've got to start thinking, big pitcher.

652
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: Why is it that we It felt like full with

653
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 1: the Lakers said, hey, we got all these injuries, and

654
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: then I started looking at the injuries here, and you know,

655
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 1: let's look at the Golden State Warriors. Steph Curry played

656
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: indor you stop using that company, Davis, because other teams

657
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,840
Speaker 1: that are in the same position. Steph Curry played sixty

658
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 1: four games, Lebron played fifty six, Draymond Green played forty one,

659
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: Eight played forty, Clay played thirty one, Russ played seventy eight,

660
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: and the Warriors still won over fifty games. That's what

661
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:38,600
Speaker 1: I mean. That excuse doesn't work. It doesn't work because

662
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,160
Speaker 1: of the model you just said about Oklahoma City. It

663
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: doesn't work for the Brooklyn Nets, who at Katie was out.

664
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 1: Kyrie played half the games, James Harden didn't want to

665
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 1: be there half the time, and they traded them. They're

666
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 1: in the play in and probably will be in the playoffs.

667
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:57,399
Speaker 1: What about Philadelphia with the Ben Simmons saga? You think

668
00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: before James to get there, you know everything was on. Indeed,

669
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:07,640
Speaker 1: you know they're in the top four. Everyone goes through injuries.

670
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 1: Every team went through a COVID period. Stop using that excuse, Lakers,

671
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 1: stop it. Talking to Reggie Miller, the Hall of Famer

672
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: Turners Sports NBA analyst, I saw where there's a chance

673
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons might be able to play with the Nets

674
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. How man, is that is a delicate

675
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 1: situation to try to put him in it? You know

676
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 1: now you're in the playoffs here, man, what do you

677
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 1: think about trying to incorporate him into the lineup. Look,

678
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,320
Speaker 1: if anyone probably could do it would be Steve Nash.

679
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 1: You're right about it being a delicate situation because you

680
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:50,799
Speaker 1: don't want to break team chemistry. But it's a guy

681
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:54,319
Speaker 1: who can help you. The thing about why I think

682
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,879
Speaker 1: it could work is because you're not bringing him in

683
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 1: to score the basketball. You have enough of that in

684
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: Kyrie and Kadie. What you're bringing him in to do

685
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 1: is do what Bruce Brown does, but in a six

686
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: ten body. That means pick and roll, get into the

687
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: middle of the paint and do those little tear drops

688
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: or kick it out to the rest of the shooters

689
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:23,320
Speaker 1: like Curry or Kyrie or find Katie. So you're asking

690
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 1: him to do the little things and be great defensively,

691
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: which we know he can do. You're not asking him

692
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: to come in and score twenty points a game, and

693
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 1: you're not asking him to play major minutes. If he

694
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 1: could give you fifteen, eighteen, maybe twenty minutes, absolutely, But

695
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 1: that's why I think it could work. But a lot

696
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 1: is going to depend on his health going forward. I

697
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:49,319
Speaker 1: don't see him playing in this playing game, but I

698
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,800
Speaker 1: could see him in the first round at some point

699
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 1: if he's healthy. The best matchup of the playing games

700
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 1: is which one in the playing games is? I really

701
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 1: truly believe the one we're calling Tuesday night Los Angeles

702
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:14,399
Speaker 1: Clippers and the Minnesota Timberwolves. It seems like the Clippers

703
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: they've been treading water all season long injuries. Paul Georgemis

704
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,879
Speaker 1: fifty games. He comes back with what two weeks left

705
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:26,280
Speaker 1: in the season. Norman Powell is back for them, and

706
00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:31,319
Speaker 1: coach lou he always finds a way to get the

707
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,839
Speaker 1: most out of his team. And you know you're talking

708
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: about the Lakers and injuries. They were without Kawhi and

709
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 1: PG all these all these games, and they they're in

710
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:46,400
Speaker 1: the playing situation Lakers, your crosstown rivals. So look, I

711
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,880
Speaker 1: think that's the best playing matchup. I'm so excited because

712
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 1: people they really haven't seen Minnesota play. This is Coach

713
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:58,279
Speaker 1: Finch has these young guys ready to run through a

714
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:02,840
Speaker 1: wall and they're pockative. Leader of Patrick Beverley, who has

715
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: his former team in the Clippers, is NonStop jabbering. It's

716
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 1: going to be a fantastic matchup between those two teams.

717
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 1: Should the Suns be the favorites, they should be the favorites.

718
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:21,319
Speaker 1: Odd on, they should get to the Western Conference. I

719
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: do believe they will. You don't win sixty four sixty

720
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:30,640
Speaker 1: five games on a fluke. They've been the most consistent team.

721
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:37,840
Speaker 1: They're well coached. They have two absolute killers in crunch

722
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: time if the game is closed, in Chris Paul and

723
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 1: Devin Booker. They've got a defense on the wings who,

724
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 1: in my opinion, the defensive player of the year, and

725
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 1: Michael Bridges. They've got a man in the middle who

726
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 1: can stretch the floor, block shots, rebounds in aden. They

727
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 1: are the best team in basketball, but it's the time

728
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,920
Speaker 1: to go out and show it. I think there's still

729
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: a little ticked off about losing being up two oh

730
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 1: in the finals versus Milwaukee and losing four straight. This

731
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 1: kind of reminds me of the year when San Antonio

732
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: should have beat Miami in the finals when Ray Allen

733
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,719
Speaker 1: hit the tying three and they want They go on

734
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: to lose that series in the finals, but san Antonio

735
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:27,439
Speaker 1: comes back the next year and wins it. It kind

736
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:29,800
Speaker 1: of reminds me a little bit of that. For Phoenix,

737
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:34,520
Speaker 1: they should have won last season, they didn't, They're ticked off,

738
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: and they come back even better and they end up

739
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,880
Speaker 1: winning the championship. I could very well see that. And

740
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,920
Speaker 1: then in the East, do you like the Bucks? So

741
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: are we looking at a repeat of Bucks? Sons? I do?

742
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,879
Speaker 1: I really do think about If not the Bucks, then

743
00:42:52,920 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 1: who If it's not the Bucks. I like to go

744
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:09,480
Speaker 1: with consistency and defense, and no, I could see I

745
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 1: could see Miami. I could see Miami just because they're

746
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 1: tough enough. They got championship experience in the head coach

747
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 1: at Eric Spoelstra. Tucker is one year removed from winning

748
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: it in Milwaukee. And I know a lot of times

749
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,600
Speaker 1: you don't know what you're gonna get from Jimmy Butler,

750
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:33,200
Speaker 1: but what you will get is heart and hustle. And

751
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:36,040
Speaker 1: I think Bam out of Bio doesn't get enough credit

752
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:38,320
Speaker 1: for what he does at both ends of the floor.

753
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 1: I could see Miami if it's not Milwaukee, I could

754
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 1: see Miami representing the East. What is it about Jimmy

755
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:52,040
Speaker 1: Butler That's a mystery. Reg I think he's a throwback

756
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:56,720
Speaker 1: to the eighties and nineties type players where he holds

757
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: his teammates as well as we saw in their video

758
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 1: coaches accountable. He gets it, gets into it with his teammates,

759
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 1: and I respect him. I love him. I love his fire.

760
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 1: I always have. I think his heart is always in

761
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 1: the right place. There's to me. I think there's always

762
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 1: better times for him to display that as opposed to

763
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 1: on the court with millions watching in today's age with

764
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:23,240
Speaker 1: cameras everywhere, But I always think his heart is always

765
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: in the right place because at the end of the day,

766
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 1: all he wants to do is wine. I saw where

767
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:34,400
Speaker 1: Kyrie was disappointed that he was not on the seventy

768
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 1: five Greatest Players of All Time list, and I think

769
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:41,799
Speaker 1: he referred to conspiracy theorist kind of you know, that's

770
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:44,760
Speaker 1: the reason why he's not on the top seventy five.

771
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:49,400
Speaker 1: Talent wise, he should be, but he was never first

772
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:53,280
Speaker 1: team All Pro. He did hit one big shot, but

773
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 1: it's should Kyrie be on the top seventy five players

774
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 1: of all time? And why isn't he? You can make

775
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:05,040
Speaker 1: a case for a lot of people, Dwight Howard, Vince Carter,

776
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:10,600
Speaker 1: Tracy McGrady and obviously Kyrie. There's a lot of players

777
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: Alex English. So everyone has our gripe and I understand

778
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 1: where he's coming from. And as a player, you should

779
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: feel that, right, he should feel that, And you're right

780
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:30,640
Speaker 1: about the talent wise. Talent wise, absolutely, but he's been

781
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:35,880
Speaker 1: he's been injured, he's been hurt a lot. I know

782
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:38,200
Speaker 1: you have the championship to his name, and the reason

783
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:40,319
Speaker 1: why they have that championship is because of that big

784
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 1: shot he made. But everyone has a gripe who's on

785
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 1: the outside looking in, and rightfully so they should be.

786
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 1: You should feel like you're one of the top seventy

787
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 1: five players in the world, and he's I think that

788
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:58,240
Speaker 1: it's um talent wise, he's as good a ball handlers

789
00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:02,359
Speaker 1: I've ever seen. I just don't know if he's a

790
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: great player all the time. I think he's a fascinating player.

791
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 1: I just I can't count on him. And then when

792
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,040
Speaker 1: he wanted to have his own team in Cleveland, Lebron

793
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:13,960
Speaker 1: came in. He did hit the big shot. Then he

794
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 1: wanted to have his own team. He went to Boston,

795
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:18,360
Speaker 1: that didn't work out well. Then he goes to Brooklyn

796
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 1: decides Katie, I'm not going to be playing home games

797
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:28,319
Speaker 1: with you. So I think he's He's definitely interesting, but

798
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:31,640
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's a top seventy five player.

799
00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 1: Talent yes, player no. And I think all those things

800
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:40,160
Speaker 1: that you just outlined probably factored into whoever was doing

801
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 1: the voting for this seventy five team, right. I'm sure

802
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 1: they laid all that out and went through the pros

803
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:51,399
Speaker 1: and cons. But let me be clear here, Uncle Drew

804
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 1: in terms of talent, ball handling, shot making, and artistry,

805
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 1: he's box Office. Wait, were you in the van with

806
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:05,760
Speaker 1: him when he got traded? When you guys were shooting

807
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 1: that movie? It was it was it was Shack Myself,

808
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 1: Sea Web and Kyrie and we're getting ready to do

809
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:18,360
Speaker 1: our van scene and we all had our phones underneath

810
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:20,839
Speaker 1: like one of the pillows in there, and they all

811
00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,319
Speaker 1: went off at the same time, and we all looked

812
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:26,279
Speaker 1: at it, and then we all looked at him. He

813
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:30,400
Speaker 1: just started picking his head. He's like, Okay, well, I

814
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:34,319
Speaker 1: guess I'm going to Boston. We were like, well, okay,

815
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:43,319
Speaker 1: let's do that. Yeah, yes, we were. Is there a sequel? God,

816
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 1: I hope. So that was fun to make. It was fun.

817
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:48,799
Speaker 1: It looked like you guys had a lot of fun.

818
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:53,440
Speaker 1: But I haven't heard anything about a sequel. Well maybe

819
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:56,439
Speaker 1: it was fun to make. But one thing I will

820
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 1: not miss is five hours of makeup every single day.

821
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:02,360
Speaker 1: I will not there because what you normally have on

822
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:06,800
Speaker 1: a normal day is four hours of makeup, right, well,

823
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,360
Speaker 1: normally for games, it's about three and a half. In

824
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 1: the chair call games three and a half, get it right.

825
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 1: Reg will be on the call the Clippers in the Timberwolves,

826
00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:22,399
Speaker 1: any chance, Kawhi Leonard plays. If the Clippers advance, I

827
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:25,120
Speaker 1: think he possibly could come back, but they would have

828
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:28,560
Speaker 1: to advance, in my opinion, to the conference finals. Okay,

829
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:32,399
Speaker 1: if we want to see Kawai and Zion, you're there

830
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 1: in New Orleans. Is there any possibility if the Pelicans

831
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:39,480
Speaker 1: happen to advance, that Zion will play His deep dad

832
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: says he wants to see him play this season? Well

833
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,800
Speaker 1: this season for them. They have a game Wednesday versus Spurs.

834
00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:49,880
Speaker 1: I don't see it, but if they get into the

835
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:54,439
Speaker 1: first round, I would not be surprised. All right, mind

836
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:57,920
Speaker 1: to wait, make it save travels. Great to talk to you.

837
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,360
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week. Appreciate it theode or

838
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:04,360
Speaker 1: love you, Janet. That's Reggie, Alla, wishes Miller.