1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: You don't listening to Fox Sports Radio. 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 2: Well, in a world of questions, we've got answers. In 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 2: a world of problems, we've got solutions. And on that note, yep, 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 2: you heard the man. I'm Bernie Frattle. We're coming to you, 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: lion from the Las Vegas tyrack dot com studios Fox 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 2: Sports Radio here in Las Vegas. Tyraq dot com will 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 2: help you get there an unmatched selection, fast, free shipping, 8 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 2: free road hazard protection, and over ten thousand recommended installers 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: tyrat dot com. The way tire buying should be absolutely 10 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 2: jam Pack show tonight in about fifteen minutes, we'll be 11 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: joined by a Hall of fame boxing analyst, Al Bernstein. 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 2: Al lives here in Vegas. Proud to call out a friend. 13 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: We've got probably the biggest boxing event of the year, 14 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: Davis Garcia here at T Mobile next week. Hold that thought. 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 2: Obviously midnight we've got Mark Medina Medina Magic. Later in 16 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: the show, what kind of brand new fool of you? 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 2: Followed by what my name is? In the interim, We've 18 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 2: got all kinds of NBA stuff. We've got certainly NFL stuff, 19 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 2: and plenty of stories as we usually have. You know, 20 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 2: come on sports or entertainment, but they're much more than that. 21 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 2: They're a shared experience. You want to talk about them, 22 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 2: you want to share your experience. If you come to 23 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: the right place, we got a lot to talk about tonight. 24 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 2: Welcome into the Bernie Frattles Show. We'll take you up 25 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 2: to three m Pacific, six am Eastern, and as they 26 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,839 Speaker 2: say in Rudy Gobert, Minnesota, it's going to be lit. 27 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: By the way, a couple quick things, Happy Jackie Robinson Day. 28 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 2: Seventy six years ago today, Jackie Robinson broke the color 29 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 2: barrier and changed the world for the better. Fifty years 30 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: after his death, Jackie Robinson and the Jackie Robinson Foundation 31 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 2: continue to impact lives. The Jackie Robinson Foundation is, of course, 32 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: a national nonprofit that provides scholarships to minority youth. And 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 2: so the bottom line is, fifty years after his passing, 34 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 2: he still has great impact. All the players today, we're 35 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: number forty two and if we can get past the confusion, 36 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: as our good buddy Jason Martin said, it's it's quite 37 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: an event to see and I think it's one of 38 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 2: baseball's great traditions. Just a quickie by the way, Cody 39 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: Bellinger makes his return to Los Angeles yesterday as a 40 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: member of the Cubs, gets a standing ovation did the 41 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 2: right thing, gentlemanly, waited to get into the box until 42 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 2: the folks were done cheering, and of course gets hit 43 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 2: with a pitch violation and gets a strike. But I digress. 44 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 2: We were treated today to some fabulous and I mean 45 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: fabulous NBA playoffs. Not so much the first couple of games, 46 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 2: if you'll notice, if you'll notice the two playing teams 47 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: did not farewell. We suspected that. But as I talked 48 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: about last night, the three series, I'm really looking forward 49 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: to where Grizzlies Lakers and Caviller's Knicks and King's Warriors. 50 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 2: What an incredible game we saw tonight between Sacramento and 51 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 2: the Golden State Warriors, and I would just say this, 52 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 2: they're billing it as the Battle of Northern California. Is legit. 53 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 2: Sacramento Kings are really good and by the way, the 54 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 2: Golden State Warriors they're still defending champs. They were and 55 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 2: this is why the betting markets in Las Vegas and 56 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 2: elsewhere really can have input as to how you view 57 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 2: genuine matchups. Now here's what I mean by that. Sacramento 58 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 2: won more games in the regular season than Golden State did. 59 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 2: They're a higher seat than Golden State did. But the 60 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 2: Golden State Warriors are minus three hundred to win the 61 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 2: series prior to Game one, which means you'd have to win. 62 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 2: You'd have to bet what three hundred dollars to win 63 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 2: one hundred dollars. Even after tonight, with Golden State dropping 64 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:03,119 Speaker 2: Game one and Sacramento now up obviously up Game one, 65 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: Department of Redundancy Department, the betting odds will still favor 66 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 2: Golden State to win the series. 67 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 3: Talk to check Espaciito, talk to a couple of folks 68 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 3: who set those odds here in Las Vegas, and I 69 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 3: expect Golden State to be minus one fifty ish for 70 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 3: the remainder of the series, which still gives about a 71 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 3: sixty one percent chance to win the whole thing. 72 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: There's really no real home court advantage in the series. 73 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 2: Although the folks at the Golden One Saturday night were 74 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 2: just loud and it was am amazing atmosphere. But this 75 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 2: was sort of an expected mulligan for the Golden State Warriors. 76 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 2: We'll talk about this with Mark Medeine in about an hour. 77 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 2: You kind of expected Sacramento to win Game one, but 78 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 2: Golden State really should have stolen it right now. I 79 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 2: think from this point forward, what we're going to see 80 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 2: is Golden State will will be able to steal a 81 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 2: game in Sacramento. They could potentially play three more. I 82 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 2: still think it's going six. I'm gonna make a bold comment. 83 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 2: I think the Golden State Warriors win this in six. 84 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: I think Golden State will steal one in Sacramento, but 85 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 2: I'm not so sure the Sacramento will pay them back 86 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 2: at Golden State. So I think Golden State holds servant 87 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 2: home in to go six. That is not a slight 88 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 2: on the Sacramento Kings at all. They're legit, They're for real. 89 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 2: I'm very impressed. Here is why I'm making that statement. 90 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 2: Why did the Warriors come up short tonight after basically 91 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 2: being in control for the vast majority of three quarters, 92 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 2: even getting up by as many as ten late in 93 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 2: the third quarter. Well, look all those years that the 94 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 2: Warriors won those championships, they really did it with defense. 95 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 2: Did it with a very aggressive perimeter defense. Their defensive cameras, chemistry, 96 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 2: the way they switch and communicate, it's brilliant. They had 97 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 2: got prolific offensive players too. They Oh, by the way, yes, 98 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 2: the Warriors were eleven and thirty in the regular season 99 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 2: on the road this year. Now they're eleven and thirty one. 100 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 2: Keep this in mind, with Clay, Steph and Raymond on 101 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 2: the floor. In the last twenty seven playoff series that 102 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 2: the Golden State Warriors have engaged in, they've managed to 103 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: win at least one road game. I expect them to 104 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 2: do that in this series as well. But let me 105 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 2: get back to my point. For the first three quarters, 106 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 2: the Warriors absolutely punished the Kings because the Kings played 107 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 2: a very aggressive perimeter defense, and what the Warriors did 108 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 2: is they took advantage of the open back line. Here's 109 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 2: what I mean by that. It was obvious that Sacramento 110 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 2: was fairly worried about Stephan Clay going off, so they 111 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 2: pressed up way out past the three point line. But 112 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 2: once the Warriors got pasted it, they found success inside 113 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,239 Speaker 2: that allowed Golden State to get up by ten points 114 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 2: late in the third, which I thought was set up 115 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 2: to finish the job in the fourth quarter. Watching it 116 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,559 Speaker 2: as a fan, I figured they would punish the Kings 117 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 2: by attacking the rim inside the fourth quarter. Why do 118 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 2: I say that the Kings were in the penalty with 119 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 2: about eight minutes left in the game. Why wouldn't you 120 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 2: go to the rim, draw contact, get to the line, 121 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 2: and do what you do. But suddenly, for whatever reason 122 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 2: I can't explain, the Warriors decided to go three point happy. 123 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 2: They shot nineteen three pointers in the fourth quarter and 124 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 2: missed thirteen of them. Now for the game, they shot 125 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 2: fifty three pointers and oh, by the way, they missed 126 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 2: thirty four. So I guess you could say, if you're 127 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 2: a statmonger, well, the Warriors actually missed more three pointers. 128 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 2: They missed thirty four. Then the Kings attempted three pointers. 129 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 2: The Kings attempted thirty two. I believe Golden State will 130 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 2: absolutely correct that. And as such as you get to 131 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 2: Game two, and the zigzag theory is very well is 132 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 2: very well known by this point in the NBA. I 133 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 2: haven't seen the send off line for Game two, but 134 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 2: it would not surprise me if Golden State's a short 135 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 2: favored I do expect him to rebound. So again, when 136 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 2: you have a situation where the Warriors elected to do 137 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 2: what they did, you have to give the Sacramento Kings 138 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 2: credit because they were cooking offensively and they take advantage 139 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 2: of it. And to be fair, the Warriors really couldn't 140 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 2: contain the combination of a Fox and Monk who combined 141 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 2: for seventy points. They were twenty two to twenty six 142 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 2: from the three throw line. Combined, Warriors led sixty one 143 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 2: to fifty five. If they happened that the Kings on 144 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 2: scored the Warriors. The Kings put up seventy one points 145 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 2: in the second half on route to their victory. Give 146 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 2: it up to Diaron Fox. The stuff legends start to 147 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 2: become made of led Sacramento and scoring thirty eight points. 148 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 2: And so the Kings that went over the Warriors their 149 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 2: first playoff victory since two thousand and six, and give 150 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 2: it up to them this time. I'm not calling this 151 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 2: a fluke Winn Sacramentary, you have my absolute respect. And 152 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 2: I love Mike Brown as a person and as a 153 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 2: basketball coach. See him in the Summer League all the time. 154 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 2: He's a great guy. But also let's give the King's 155 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: credit where credits due. They've been very strong three point 156 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 2: shooting team all season long. They're fifth in the league. 157 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 2: They make about fourteen in the game. They shoot thirty 158 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 2: seven percent you might not have known it for most 159 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 2: of game one, but when it matters, they started to 160 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 2: really they started to really do it now obviously to 161 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 2: continue on and beat Golden State in this series, the 162 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 2: King's gonna need a little bit more from Demonte Sabonis, 163 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 2: and I will you know, he had some issues. He 164 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 2: only finished with twelve points, and between Kevon Looney and 165 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 2: Draymond Green, they really they really frustrated Demonte Sabonis. Again, 166 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 2: it's that Warriors defense. So this is this is really 167 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 2: an interesting matchup, and it's it's being billed as the 168 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,719 Speaker 2: you know, the Battle of Northern California, or whatever you 169 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 2: want to call it, and I think that's an appropriate situation. 170 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 2: So from here on out, we're gonna see how the 171 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 2: Kings plan on containing Steph Curry, and we'll see how 172 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 2: Golden State plans on containing de Aaron Fox, and we'll 173 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 2: see what adjustments wire makers we get into crunch time. 174 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 2: I wish these playoffs weren't so spread out. They don't 175 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,079 Speaker 2: play again. I think to Halloween, but I guess which 176 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 2: you have to wait. But be that as it may. 177 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 2: What a fabulous treat we had today. As a I 178 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 2: would say, Sacramento Steels went at home against the Golden 179 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 2: State Warriors, and now I think the series is really 180 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 2: going to take on an interesting dynamic and you will 181 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 2: see you will see Golden State. I think as a 182 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 2: slight favorite heading into game two. I want to remind 183 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 2: you Tonight's show brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Progressive 184 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 2: makes bundling easy and affordable. 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Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 213 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search f s 214 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 1: R to listen live. 215 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 2: All right back on the Bernie Frattle Show, Fox Sports Radio. 216 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 2: Come to your live from the tirag dot com studios 217 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 2: here in Las Vegas. At this time, it's welcoming a gentleman, 218 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 2: an accomplished speaker, recording artist, stage performer, author, but you 219 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 2: know him as the Hall of Fame boxing analyst for Showtime, 220 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 2: the face of boxing, as it were, our good friend 221 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 2: Al Bernstein. Al Happy Jackie Robinson day. 222 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 7: Yeah, that's right, very special day. I saw that Jackie's 223 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 7: granddaughter throughout the first pitch in LA That's that's pretty cool. 224 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you. 225 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 7: Nice to visit with you tonight. 226 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 2: Al good, good to talk to you. And it's it's 227 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 2: it's been a minute. And as as the folks may 228 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 2: or may not be aware aware, I'm here in Las 229 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 2: Vegas next Saturday. Al, is it hyperbole to say that 230 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 2: Davis versus Garcia is the boxing event of the year. 231 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 2: What are your thoughts? 232 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 7: Well, it's certainly a major fight and could end up 233 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 7: being the event of the year. It's been a really 234 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 7: good year for boxing so far in twenty twenty three, 235 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 7: a lot of really good matches, some major ones, and 236 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 7: a number of major ones still on the docket. But 237 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 7: this one has really caught the attention of people. I 238 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 7: think it's sold out the MGM or the T Mobile 239 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 7: in like an hour after the tickets are put on sale, 240 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,719 Speaker 7: and you know, the anticipation is that the pay per 241 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 7: view is going to do really well. And so it's 242 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 7: a fight that's certainly resonating with people. 243 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 2: Talk with Al Bernstein, Hall of Fame boxing analyst Al. 244 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 2: As my understanding, Ryan Garcia is managed but Oscar del Hoyle, 245 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 2: he's already talked, he remanched. They haven't had the first fight. 246 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 7: What are your thoughts, Well, you know, yeah, ohis promoter, 247 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 7: and I mean, I you know, I don't know. I mean, 248 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 7: I think everybody's pretty focused on this one. But maybe 249 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 7: they you know, they might have mentioned the idea of it. 250 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 7: And of course it's one of those fights that you know, 251 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 7: when you think about it, you know, you can easily 252 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 7: see these guys creating more than one fight because I 253 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 7: think they're such an interesting matchup. You know, there's no 254 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 7: question this is a pick them kind of a fight. 255 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 7: Davis is probably the small favorite in the fight, but 256 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 7: certainly it's a fight that I would anticipate going into 257 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 7: it is going to be more than interesting. 258 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 2: No, I think that's a good way of putting it. 259 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 2: These are two guys that are in their prime. But 260 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 2: I think this is sort of the first ultimate test 261 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 2: for both of them. As such, I don't see a knockout. 262 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 2: I think it goes a distance. You have thoughts on that. 263 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 7: Well, it's possible. They're both they're both very I mean, 264 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 7: they're both very good punches. So and Davis for the 265 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 7: most part, except for his fights with each Cruz has 266 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 7: been able to get knockouts and stop just about everybody's face. 267 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 7: So he's certainly when he goes into it, he feels like, 268 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 7: even though sometimes he gives up browns early in the fight, 269 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 7: he can always pull things out with a knockout punch. 270 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 7: Garcia himself is also a very powerful puncher in nineteen 271 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 7: KOs and his twenty three wins, and he is, you know, 272 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 7: so they're both good punchers. But I also think they're 273 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 7: both going to try and be responsible attackers in this fight. 274 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 7: So they're not gonna I don't think they're gonna make 275 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 7: a lot of They're gonna try not to make a 276 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 7: lot of errors early in this fight, and while they 277 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 7: want to be Bressons, they'll try and do it in 278 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 7: a strategic way. 279 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 2: Talk with Al David or check me. I'm sorry, talk 280 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 2: with Al Bernstein. I had Davis in the mind, I'd 281 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 2: be remiss, Alifi, I didn't bring this up. It's my 282 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 2: understanding your Wonta. Davis had a pretty serious hit and 283 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 2: run accident situation a couple of years back, and he'd 284 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 2: faced all kinds of charges, and it's my understanding he's 285 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 2: going to be sentenced May fifth. How does that affect 286 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 2: his psycheadya into this fight. 287 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 7: Yeah, I don't know it. I mean, I think for 288 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 7: the most part that situation is such that they I 289 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 7: don't know what the sentencing is going to be, but 290 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 7: it doesn't seem like they think it's going to be 291 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 7: super serious, And I don't think it's affected To be honest, 292 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 7: I don't really feel like it's affecting his his preparation 293 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 7: for this. I know it seems maybe surprising, but I 294 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 7: don't think it is. I think he'll be as ready 295 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 7: for this fight as he would be for any other site. 296 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 2: Before I move on to a couple of other subject 297 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 2: matter I want to get to, do you have a 298 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 2: prediction for the fight for your vantage point? 299 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 7: Well, I never predict fights. I'm good enough I feel 300 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 7: away from that, but I do. The prediction I will 301 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 7: make is that I think it's going to be fascinating 302 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 7: in the sense that it's a really interesting style matchup 303 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 7: of these two men, and I think there's going to 304 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 7: be plenty of. 305 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 2: Action in the fight. 306 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 7: I think early on they're going to both try and 307 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 7: not over commit, but once we hit the middle rounds, 308 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 7: I think it's going to be pretty pretty exciting. 309 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 2: Now we're along removed from the days of Leonard Durant, 310 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 2: Leonard Hagler, Leonard Harns, even Floyd Mayweather MANI Pacquiao. How 311 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 2: would you characterize the state of boxing these days. 312 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 7: Well, you know, boxing's having a great year in twenty 313 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 7: twenty three. The matches have been terrific and I think 314 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 7: getting a little more mainstream sports media attention, and that's 315 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 7: been happening for the last couple of years. The sport has, 316 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 7: you know, it's obviously it's not in a place where 317 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 7: it was in the eighties and the early nineties, but 318 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 7: it's and I think you can make the case accepted 319 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 7: for the NFL. Every sport is a niche sport. It's 320 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 7: just a question of how big their niche is. And 321 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 7: boxing's had a very good couple of years now with 322 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 7: more fights available on more platforms, and the quality of 323 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 7: the product is actually very good. And so I think 324 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 7: when you do that, you always you stand a chance 325 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 7: to expand your your audience, and of course worldwide internationally, 326 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 7: the sport is you know, is is very healthy and 327 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 7: in the United States, where again it is a little 328 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 7: more of an sport, I think the audience has expanded 329 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 7: in the last couple of years. 330 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you there. It isn't it sport 331 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 2: like most are, but a lot of discussionary boxing fans 332 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 2: aren't join what's been happening in twenty twenty three. I 333 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 2: want to talk about Jake Paul if we could, because 334 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 2: I'm I'm actually a fan. I respect him. If I've 335 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 2: been in the ring, I know what he had to 336 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 2: go through to get where he's at. We clearly saw 337 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 2: that Tommy Fury was the more polished fighter. He had 338 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 2: eight or nine pro bounds. The question I want to 339 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 2: ask you is Tommy Fury's first two professional fights were 340 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 2: against guys although they were in the professional ranks, were 341 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 2: like five and one hundred and twenty. Jake Paul got 342 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 2: right into the ring with Tommy Fury. Did he jump 343 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 2: up too quickly and in doing so did he heart himself? 344 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 2: What is your take on the whole Jake Paul phenomenal? 345 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 7: Well, we didn't. We did several of Jake Paul's fights 346 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 7: on showtime papers, not the last one with Fury, and 347 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 7: you know he's he is a hard worker who has 348 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 7: a certain skill set, and you would characterize him if 349 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 7: she had the he has what he has, of course, 350 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 7: and we live in it this. We live in an age 351 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 7: where you can be a celebrity in many ways without 352 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 7: having a portfolio. So you know, he had a small 353 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 7: portfolio as a celebrity, but turned it into something massive 354 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 7: and and and then worked very hard, which he did 355 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 7: at boxing. He loves the sport, and so he was 356 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 7: able to sell out you know, arenas several times, and 357 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 7: I think in pretty the interest pay per view wise, 358 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 7: and and you know, make an event that a number 359 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 7: of people wanted to see. Now, how long that phenomenon 360 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 7: continues is a question, and I don't know what the 361 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 7: answer to that is. Did the loss to Tommy Feury 362 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 7: burst the bubble or I mean he's got I think 363 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 7: he's got another freight scheduled, right, yeah. 364 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,080 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes they're going to it's not scheduled, but 365 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 2: they've agreed to a rematch contractually. 366 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 7: Yeah, So so there, you know, he's if you had 367 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 7: to look at Jake Paul, you would if he was 368 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 7: not Jake Paul and was not you know, this social 369 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 7: media phenomenon, he'd be a pro boxer who would be 370 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 7: facing the same kind of people that Tommy Ferry Face 371 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 7: or similar with you know, four or five wins and 372 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 7: obviously in this case a loss. So you know, I mean, 373 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 7: that's who he is actually a boxer, But that doesn't 374 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 7: take into account the phenomenon of his social media reach. 375 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 7: And the question is an open question how long will 376 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 7: that be of interest to people? I don't know if 377 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 7: anyone does answer, not even him. 378 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 2: Probably that's a good point wrapping it up with Al Bernstein, 379 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 2: Hall of Fame boxing analysts Showtime. Alfore we let you 380 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 2: run tell the folks some of the other things you 381 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 2: got going for the remainder of the year after the 382 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 2: Davis fight. 383 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 7: Well, we've got our showtime. The schedule has been really 384 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 7: good this year. We've had just a lot of really, 385 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 7: really good boxing. And I say that not to show 386 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 7: for shell Time. We just it is. It is really good. 387 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 7: And I'm a pretty effective guy when it comes to 388 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 7: looking at boxing, and I think there's been great boxing 389 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 7: on many other platforms and in general the sports you know, 390 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 7: has done well. But we you know, we've got coming up. 391 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 7: We've got a number of good fights in Roly Romero 392 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 7: and Alberto Puao Playo putting his one hundred and forty 393 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 7: pounds title on the line. He's a terrific fighter in 394 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 7: what I think is boxing's best division one hundred and 395 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 7: forty in Romero, of course, quite a character who got 396 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 7: knocked out by Givonte Davis, but is a powerful puncher, 397 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 7: an interesting an interesting guy. And we've got a number 398 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 7: of other good fights and we just had a big upset. 399 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 7: Well there's enough today, of course in Joe Joyce losing, 400 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 7: but we have big upset the week before when on 401 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 7: Showtime with in the one hundred and fifty four pounds 402 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:21,439 Speaker 7: division Sebastian Frondora losing and that was a big, surprising upset. 403 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 7: So that he's provided a lot of that and we've 404 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 7: got a nice guys are coming up on Showtime and 405 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 7: so she'd be funnier. 406 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 2: I will look forward to seeing you in those rules 407 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 2: and the best to you in the family. Thanks for 408 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 2: coming on tonight. 409 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 7: All right, thanks, all right. 410 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 2: It's Al Bernstein, Hall of Fame boxing analyst. You've seen 411 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,919 Speaker 2: him many times on Showtime, maybe the face of boxing. 412 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 2: He's been around for decades, He's seen it all, done 413 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 2: it all. Coming up, we go back to basketball. The 414 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 2: Lakers question, how do they slow down? John Moran the 415 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 2: Lakers question, are they really a legitimate contender? Can even 416 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 2: get by Memphis in the first series. I only answer 417 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 2: all those questions coming out for first let's go to 418 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:00,959 Speaker 2: our guy and Nick Cole with the latest. 419 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 6: What's going on, Bernie, it's been a minute. 420 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 2: How are you, Nick? 421 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 5: Well? 422 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 6: You know, Bernie, I've had a great night. 423 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 7: I am. 424 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 5: I'm not sure if you know this. 425 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 6: I'm a Sacramento native, so today has been a great 426 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 6: night as the Kings finally got their playoff win, first 427 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 6: time in seventeen years. I'm I'm very tempted to just 428 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,360 Speaker 6: roll of several Kings highlights at you, but maybe I'll 429 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 6: save that. 430 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 5: For the one or two o'clock hour. 431 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 2: No do that. We've got the progressive play of the 432 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 2: day coming up later in the show, So listen. My 433 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 2: hat's off to the Kings. I was really impressed, man. 434 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 5: I was too back and forth. 435 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 6: You had this feeling that, all right, the Warriors were 436 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 6: going to figure it out, and Steph was putting the 437 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 6: team on his back there late. But Darren fox Man, 438 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 6: he was outstanding, thirty eight points for him, he had 439 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 6: a game high. Malik Monk thirty two off the bench. 440 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 6: The old Kentucky backcourt. They tag team in this one, 441 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 6: seventy points between the two of them, one twenty six 442 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 6: to one to twenty three. 443 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 5: The final. 444 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 6: Curry had thirty, Klayton Bompson had twenty one, and Andrew 445 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 6: Wiggins had seventeen. It was his first game back after 446 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 6: he missed twenty five games for personal reasons. Other games 447 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 6: in the day, in the NBA, Knicks opened their series 448 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,199 Speaker 6: with the Cavaliers one to one to ninety seven, New 449 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 6: York holding off Cleveland late. Donovan Mitchell had thirty eight points. 450 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 6: He didn't get enough help for the Knicks. Jalen Brunson 451 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 6: had twenty seven. Julius Randall at double double nineteen points 452 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 6: and ten rebounds. Celtics over The Hawks won twelve to 453 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 6: ninety nine. Boston led by as many as thirty two. 454 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 6: Atlanta cut that lead down to twelve early in the 455 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 6: fourth quarter, but Boston was able to persevere. Jalen Brown 456 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 6: had twenty nine, Jason Tatum had twenty five. Trey Young 457 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 6: struggled for Atlanta. He was held to just sixteen points 458 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 6: on five of eighteen shooting, and the first game of 459 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 6: the day, seventy six Ers were in control the entire 460 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 6: time as they beat the Nets one twenty one to 461 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,360 Speaker 6: one oh eight. Joel Embiid had twenty six McHale bridges 462 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 6: for Brooklyn led all scores with thirty. In baseball, Dodgers 463 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 6: were nearly shut out, but they ended up walking off 464 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,680 Speaker 6: the Cubs two to one. A two RBI single from 465 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 6: David Peralta. Mariners rolled to a nine to two win 466 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 6: over the Ronkies. Julio Rodriguez drove in four Astros handled 467 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 6: the Rangers eight to two. Braves are now eleven and 468 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 6: four as they beat the Royals nine to three. Will 469 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 6: Myers homer twice and the Reds blew out the Phillies 470 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,400 Speaker 6: thirteen zip and and Andres got two homers from Jake 471 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 6: Croninworth and they took care of the Brewers ten to three. 472 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 6: And finally, I know college football is well off in 473 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 6: the distance, Bernie, but you got a bunch of spring 474 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 6: games going on. And at the Texas spring game, coach 475 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 6: Steve starkeys In pretty much put aside all doubt that 476 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 6: there would be a quarterback competition. He said, quinn Ewers 477 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 6: is their guy for the upcoming season. 478 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 2: Back to you, so, Nick, did you go to high 479 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 2: school in Sacramento. 480 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,719 Speaker 6: I did not in the city, in one of the suburbs. 481 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 2: Well, I went. I played ball with the guy who 482 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 2: went to Del Campbellhind Carmichaels anywhere near where you were. Yeah. 483 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,200 Speaker 6: So I grew up in Roseville, which is not too 484 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,199 Speaker 6: far from Carmichael, and I went to high school in 485 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 6: between Roseville and Auburn's a small town up there as 486 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 6: you make your way up towards the Lake Tallahoe. So yeah, 487 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 6: I know Del. I went to a Dell Orro another Dell. 488 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 5: Yeah. 489 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 2: Well, later on we'll cue r. John Mayer. You can 490 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 2: run through the holes of your high school and tell 491 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 2: us all about it. 492 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 5: Sounds good what. 493 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 2: I did there, All right, Nick, We'll catch you later. 494 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 2: Patals good. So the last time the Lakers were in 495 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 2: the playoffs, they were a number seven seed and they 496 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 2: were facing a relatively inexperienced Phoenix Suns team back in 497 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,199 Speaker 2: the first round twenty twenty one. Then, yes, the Lakers 498 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 2: actually led the series two to one, and the Game 499 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 2: four was very competitive, and all of a sudden, Anthony 500 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 2: Davis went down with the left groin strain late in 501 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 2: the first half. The Lakers lose by eight. They got 502 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 2: blown out in Game five by thirty and you know 503 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 2: what happened after that. So you know they had a 504 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 2: top heavy roster at the time. They could not withstand 505 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 2: the loss of Anthony Davis, which is would be my 506 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 2: biggest concern if I really had expectations for the Lakers 507 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 2: to advance far in the playoffs. This is the ultimate 508 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 2: sixty four million dollar question. Can Lebron and ad hold 509 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 2: up and sustain what is going to be their heaviest 510 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 2: workload in years. They're going to have to probably average 511 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,959 Speaker 2: thirty eight to forty minutes a game. The Lakers are 512 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 2: a public team, and people are betting them because that's 513 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 2: what they do. They bet Tiger Woods, they bet the Lakers. 514 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 2: Lakers a week ago were twenty five to one to 515 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 2: win the NBA Championship. They're clear down to fourteen to one, 516 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 2: twelve to one, depending on where you shop. They're even 517 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 2: sick down to six to one to win the West. 518 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 2: So somehow people are putting their harder money behind them 519 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 2: in lieu of Denver or Phoenix or Memphis or you 520 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 2: get to drift. Okay, with all due respect to the Lakers, 521 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 2: and I tip my cap to what they've done this year. 522 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 2: Because the Lakers started two to ten, they made some moves, 523 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,719 Speaker 2: they finished up sixteen and seven. They've played outstanding defense 524 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 2: down the stretch. They did what they needed to do. 525 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 2: And yes, while the win versus Minnesota was ugly, they 526 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 2: don't draw pictures in the score book at this point 527 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 2: in the year. They don't ask Kyle just how many. 528 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 2: But that had to be concerning, which is my long 529 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 2: winded way of saying I don't like the chances for 530 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 2: the Lakers to win at all. I think if you 531 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 2: bet the Lakers to win it all, you might as well. 532 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 2: You're making a donation to your favorite sports book, is 533 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 2: what you're doing. And if you're into donations, maybe your 534 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 2: favorite children's hospital or the American Cancer Society might be 535 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 2: the better way to look at it. But let's just 536 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 2: take this one game at a time. And here's what 537 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 2: I think I know heading into Game one, which tips 538 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 2: off in a little over twelve hours here in Memphis. 539 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 2: First of all, Memphis won thirty five home games this year. 540 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 2: That's number one in the NBA. So I think the 541 00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 2: Lakers are running into a bit of a buzzsaw. The 542 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 2: three and a half point underdogs. Lebron in his career, 543 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 2: in case you missed it. In the playoffs, whenever he 544 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 2: has to play that very first road game and seventeen 545 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 2: tries only three and fourteen straight up six to eleven 546 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 2: against the spread, his team's averaged ninety two points a 547 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 2: game to point differential minus nine point nine. So the 548 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 2: Lakers and Lebron, and long before Lebron got to the Lakers, 549 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 2: even with other teams he played for for whatever reason, 550 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 2: start very slowly in the in the playoffs. There are 551 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 2: two people to really watch in this series, Ja Moran. 552 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 2: Not that everybody's gonna need to contribute, right. The question 553 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 2: is how are the Lakers how Please tell me how 554 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 2: they're gonna slow down Jamorant, not that they can't. Here's 555 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 2: what I think they're gonna do. They're gonna try to 556 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 2: force the ball out of his hands as much as 557 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 2: it possibly can. But go back to the game on 558 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 2: February twenty eighth, when they weren't able to do that. 559 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 2: Brant had a thirty nine point explosion against the Lakers, 560 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 2: and he had twenty eight in the third quarter. I 561 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 2: saw John Morant put on an offensive masterpiece that night. 562 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 2: He completely blew up the Lakers drop coverages So the Lakers, 563 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 2: similar to I think the defense that they played on 564 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards in the playing game the other night, the 565 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 2: Lakers gonna have to play much higher up on ball screens, 566 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 2: and they're gonna have to switch depending on the matchup. 567 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,240 Speaker 2: They're gonna have to blitz and trap. They're gonna have 568 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 2: to do whatever they can to frustrate Moran and his teammates. 569 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 2: And what they're gonna have to try to do is 570 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 2: challenge Moran's teammates to beat them. That's just the way 571 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 2: it's gonna be the Lakers best approach. I don't know, 572 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 2: maybe they go unto the pick and rolls against Moran. Hey, 573 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 2: go ahead, Brant, shoot your pull up threes. Morant's actually 574 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 2: shooting twenty nine percent on those shots, and he was 575 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 2: all seven against the Lakers in their last game from 576 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 2: behind the arc. So even if the Lakers, though, somehow 577 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 2: managed to lock down on Moran in the half court, 578 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 2: he's still one of the most dem players in transition. 579 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 2: And when he uses his speed, Bram's got amazing top 580 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 2: end speed. He'll blow by defenders, he'll score at the rim, 581 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 2: he'll find his running mates, and even off made baskets 582 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 2: on defense, he gets back to the rim in five seconds. 583 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 2: You get this is a guy who gets backing up 584 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 2: just like Barkley used to. Okay, by the way, Dennis 585 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 2: Shooter tried to guard Moran in their second matchup this year, 586 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 2: and Morent just cooked him. He's just too dynamic, he's 587 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 2: too athletic. So I think one of the things he 588 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,160 Speaker 2: Lakers are going to have to do is employ a 589 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 2: lot of size against John Morant, maybe Jared Vanderbilt, maybe 590 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 2: Troy Brown Jr. Maybe Austin Reeves. That's their best avenue. 591 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:45,720 Speaker 2: They've got to somehow disrupt John Morant's rhythm. Here's the deal. 592 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 2: If Morent, if we're having a conversation ten days from 593 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 2: not we look back and say Morent was the best 594 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 2: player in the series, the Lakers will lose. If he's 595 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 2: the second best player, well, this series could go six 596 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,959 Speaker 2: or seven and the Lakers could give him a scare. 597 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:06,479 Speaker 2: That means Lebron James and Anthony Davis are going to 598 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 2: have to step up in a way that frankly, they've 599 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 2: been spotted this year. When it comes to that. Now 600 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 2: the Grizzlies question, will they double team Anthony Davis. I 601 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 2: think that's a possibility. In the two matchups this year, 602 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 2: Davis averaged just under thirty points, shot like fifty six 603 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 2: percent from the floor, had like twenty rebounds, block shots, 604 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 2: got to the free throw line a lot. And what 605 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 2: that showed me is that not only Anthony Davis was 606 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 2: he willing, he was able to impose his will on 607 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 2: the Memphis Grizzlies. And this is what the Lakers are 608 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 2: gonna need. They're gonna need the hyper aggressive version of 609 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 2: Anthony Davis. He's got to be engaged from the jump. 610 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 2: The truth of the matter, if you've watched the Lakers 611 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 2: this year, there have been too many stretches in which 612 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,520 Speaker 2: they've either ignored Davis offensively or they have a lot 613 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 2: of defense to just take him out with double and 614 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:05,800 Speaker 2: triple teaming. That's on Darvin Ham, that's on the Lakers guards. 615 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 2: It's an issue the Lakers need to address early. We'll 616 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 2: talk about this with Mark Medina at the top of 617 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 2: the hour. Anthony Davis can't just settle for jumpers against 618 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 2: the Grizzlies, Okay, and sometimes that's his default tactic when 619 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,719 Speaker 2: he faces a physical defender. So he's gonna face a 620 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 2: physical defender, right. They got this Tillman dude for Memphis, 621 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 2: and he's got a big trunk, and he weighs about 622 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:29,840 Speaker 2: two fifty and he's sixty seven. He looks like a 623 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:33,760 Speaker 2: football player. But Davis has proven he can counter Memphis 624 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 2: aggression by tacking the rim and putting the Grizzlies on 625 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,799 Speaker 2: their heels. So it's gonna be interesting to put him 626 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 2: on their heels. So I'm sorry, it's gonna be it. 627 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 2: It's in chess match. That's that's how I would That's 628 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,440 Speaker 2: how I would characterize this, and that We'll talk a 629 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 2: lot about this again with Mark Medina up up to 630 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 2: the top of the hour. But I'm really looking forward 631 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 2: to this. It's gonna be a fabulous series, I think 632 00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,279 Speaker 2: from the Star standpoint. You know, I talked about this 633 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,839 Speaker 2: last night. The Grizzlies as a number two seed. You've 634 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 2: got this young, up and coming Grizzly squad against kind 635 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 2: of this Hodgepodge Laker team that was completely reimagined the 636 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 2: trade deadline. But they find themselves in the playoffs. So 637 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 2: who's gonna prevail John Morett and Dylan Brooks. Remember, Grizzlies 638 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 2: aren't gonna have Steven Adams or Brandon Clark or is 639 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,759 Speaker 2: it gonna be Ad and Lebron who are gonna have 640 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 2: to log thirty eight to forty minutes a game. We'll 641 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 2: see if they can do it, and we'll touch on 642 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:30,720 Speaker 2: this later in the show. By the way, quick final thought. 643 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,120 Speaker 2: Interesting stat come out of the Masters I bet you 644 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,759 Speaker 2: didn't know about. I'll share that with you as we 645 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 2: move on with the Bernie Fraddles Show. I'm Bernie Frattle 646 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,319 Speaker 2: for Company Alive, Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio, Tirack dot 647 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,880 Speaker 2: com Studios. Keep it locked right here. You're listening to 648 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 2: the Bernie Fraddles showing Fox Sports Radio. 649 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 650 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 651 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,880 Speaker 1: dot Com and within the iHeartRadio app search sr to 652 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:01,640 Speaker 1: listen live. 653 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,759 Speaker 2: You're back on the Bernie Fottle Show. Come to you 654 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 2: live from the Las Vegas Tarrac dot com studios. Fox 655 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:16,319 Speaker 2: Sports Radio here in Las Vegas, Nevada. Take you up 656 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 2: to three am Pacific, six am Easter. Your mother not 657 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,800 Speaker 2: for nothing, about twelve hours, a little over twelve hours. 658 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,360 Speaker 2: Lakers and Memphis, they tee it up, they tip it 659 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 2: off Memphis. Some money has come in on the Grizzlies. 660 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,480 Speaker 2: They're now a four and a half point favorite. There 661 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,879 Speaker 2: were a three and a half point favorite about two 662 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,719 Speaker 2: hours ago. And you know, I don't want to give 663 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 2: short trip to Miami Milwaukee and Denver, Minnesota, but those 664 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 2: are the two playing teams. You saw what happen today. 665 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,480 Speaker 2: Of the two playing teams. The other game and I'll 666 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,120 Speaker 2: get to you a little bit later, the Clippers faced Phoenix. 667 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:50,080 Speaker 2: Even though Paul George is out, I'm still intrigued by 668 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 2: that matchup. One of the things I enjoy about the show. 669 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 2: Yet it's a weekly show. I get to I look 670 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,399 Speaker 2: ahead to what's tomorrow, but I also get a chance 671 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,840 Speaker 2: to sort of review what took place the week before. 672 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:04,800 Speaker 2: And the Masters, with all of its glory, a tradition 673 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 2: like well, pretty much every other because everything has traditioned. 674 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,000 Speaker 2: But they like to pat themselves in the back about that. 675 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 2: We get that. But a couple of things that you 676 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:18,440 Speaker 2: might find interesting. First of all, people really watched it. 677 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:22,160 Speaker 2: The final round of the Masters always scores a high 678 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:26,719 Speaker 2: television rating, and the Masters attracts more betting action than 679 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:30,440 Speaker 2: all the other tournaments Majors combined. But the twenty twenty 680 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:35,640 Speaker 2: three version of the Masters, we saw some television numbers 681 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,799 Speaker 2: that have not been seen in over five years. This 682 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:45,200 Speaker 2: is noteworthy. Sunday's viewership on CBS Sports averaged over twelve 683 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:50,120 Speaker 2: million viewers. That number represents a twenty percent increase compared 684 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,680 Speaker 2: to the year before. That makes it the most watched 685 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,560 Speaker 2: golf telecast on any network since twenty eighteen. On the 686 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 2: final round of the Masters in twenty eighteen averaged about 687 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:06,160 Speaker 2: thirteen million viewers, and the final round, you know, saw 688 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,839 Speaker 2: the lowest average score and Master's history. That's why, because 689 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,799 Speaker 2: there was so much competition between the finalists. However, this 690 00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:18,640 Speaker 2: last Sunday audience, it actually peaked at one point, touching 691 00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:23,359 Speaker 2: fifteen million viewers in the closing stages as John Rahm 692 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:28,360 Speaker 2: was finishing his round. Now there's some theories, okay. Part 693 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:31,640 Speaker 2: of the theory is that because of the inclusion of 694 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:35,359 Speaker 2: the players from the Saudi backed riv Golf Tour, which 695 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:40,839 Speaker 2: has been controversial, that conceivably helped the television rating. You know, 696 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,760 Speaker 2: people like the hate watch, right, so people were looking 697 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,759 Speaker 2: at Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka. They finished tied for 698 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:50,520 Speaker 2: second place. And by the way, the golfers, you know, 699 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,080 Speaker 2: tied for fourth, behind five strokes behind John Ram. The 700 00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:58,840 Speaker 2: liv people really sort of held their own. Give it 701 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,719 Speaker 2: up to Phil Mickelson. This is a guy. He's no 702 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:06,400 Speaker 2: spring chicken anymore. It's fifty two. He's had a career 703 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:10,080 Speaker 2: of a lot of improbable performances, but he put forth 704 00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:13,239 Speaker 2: one of the most unexpected performances. And again he's a 705 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 2: Hall of Famer. Right last Sunday, left he shot a 706 00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:19,640 Speaker 2: final round sixty five. That's the lowest score in Master's 707 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:23,040 Speaker 2: history by a player age fifty year older. Remember Michelson's 708 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:27,080 Speaker 2: fifty two. Michelson's the oldest player to finish in the 709 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,640 Speaker 2: top five at the Masters, and the oldest man to 710 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,440 Speaker 2: finish runner up in any major since Tom Watson at 711 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,920 Speaker 2: the twenty oh nine Open Championship. Watson was fifty nine. 712 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,880 Speaker 2: Lefty shooting a sixty five also tied the lowest score 713 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 2: he's ever recorded in one hundred and fourteen career browns 714 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,320 Speaker 2: at the Masters. How do you figure it that his 715 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,080 Speaker 2: other sixty five, He did have another sixty five that 716 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,800 Speaker 2: was in the opening round back in nineteen ninety six. 717 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:55,680 Speaker 2: That was what ten thousand days ago, twenty seven years ago. 718 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,640 Speaker 2: Put it in perspective, believe it or not. Here's how 719 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 2: long it's been. It is six months before Tiger Wood's 720 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:06,160 Speaker 2: first ever professional round. Now, Phil Micholson's played nearly four 721 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:09,080 Speaker 2: hundred major championship browns is nineteen ninety five. That's the 722 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 2: third time he scored that load. Hit fair with you 723 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:16,360 Speaker 2: at greens and Regulation. And by the way, not for nothing, 724 00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:19,360 Speaker 2: I love the circle of life. Both John Ram and 725 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,640 Speaker 2: Phil Micholson both matriculated at Arizona State where they were 726 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,200 Speaker 2: golf stars. So there you have it and other masters 727 00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:28,200 Speaker 2: in the books. More minutia to impress your friends around 728 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:31,759 Speaker 2: the water cooler. All right, coming up our guy, Mark 729 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 2: Medina Medina Magic covers the NBA for Fox Sports Radio. 730 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,520 Speaker 2: We'll talk about today's action and tomorrow's action. Keep it 731 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,719 Speaker 2: locked right here. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show 732 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:48,680 Speaker 2: on Fox Sports Radio. You heard the man. The Bernie 733 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:51,680 Speaker 2: Frattle Show keeps rolling right along. We are broadcasting line 734 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,400 Speaker 2: from the tyrac dot com studios here in Las Vegas. 735 00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,680 Speaker 2: Tierrac dot com. We'll help you get there done. Match selection, 736 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:01,480 Speaker 2: fast free shipping, free road as protection in over ten 737 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:06,720 Speaker 2: thousand recommended installers. Tyreck dot com The way tire buying 738 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:11,200 Speaker 2: should be. So far, the NBA playoffs have been sensational. Yep, 739 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:15,680 Speaker 2: it's that time. Who better to talk to? And our 740 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:18,120 Speaker 2: guy you hear him every Saturday night in the Bernie 741 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 2: Frowdle Show at midnight Yep, Midnight Magic with our guy 742 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:27,040 Speaker 2: named Mark Mendina, who now is with the Sporting Tribune. 743 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,520 Speaker 2: Mark tells folks about the Sporting Tribune. 744 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,480 Speaker 8: Yeah, well, I'm gonna be writing for them for the 745 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,200 Speaker 8: during the NBA playoffs, a lot of Lakers and Clippers. 746 00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:37,920 Speaker 8: I'm also writing for Sports Not, which is more of 747 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,120 Speaker 8: a weak perspective. So a lot of things to keep 748 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:43,520 Speaker 8: me busy, as well as the per usual amazing midnight 749 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,560 Speaker 8: for appearance every Saturday with you. 750 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:47,680 Speaker 2: I was about to say, man, I'm getting a little 751 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,880 Speaker 2: worried here there, so I hope you have time for me. 752 00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:53,280 Speaker 8: You know, the number one priority is always this show 753 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:54,080 Speaker 8: at this time. 754 00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,480 Speaker 2: All Right, we've got so much to unpack. We're gonna 755 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,680 Speaker 2: get to the games on the floor today and then 756 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:04,400 Speaker 2: later on Sunday. But I want to begin with Zion. 757 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,160 Speaker 2: I want to get your thoughts. He's missed one hundred 758 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,520 Speaker 2: and ninety four games already in his very young career. 759 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,240 Speaker 2: I'm concerned he's going to be a footnote in history. 760 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,279 Speaker 2: What changes in the future, I'm not seeing it. 761 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,759 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's a very good question. I think that short term, 762 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,719 Speaker 8: I don't think if the Pelicans are getting to the 763 00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:22,040 Speaker 8: point that they think, oh, we got to trade him 764 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,759 Speaker 8: and all that. I think they're of the mind that 765 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,239 Speaker 8: if you do that, you're just going to get, you know, 766 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,800 Speaker 8: fifty cents on the dollar. But I think that, no doubt, 767 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,279 Speaker 8: there's more and more skepticism that you can rely on 768 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:36,640 Speaker 8: him to be healthy. Here is the disconcerting thing. The 769 00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:40,680 Speaker 8: Pelicans have said, you know, this latest hamstring injury is 770 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,839 Speaker 8: not related to his previous injuries in the sense that 771 00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:47,760 Speaker 8: it's not like his body was overcompensating, or he returned 772 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:51,279 Speaker 8: too quickly, or he wasn't rehabbing the right way. But 773 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,200 Speaker 8: this is a results oriented business, so even if it's 774 00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:57,239 Speaker 8: not related, you're still not on the floor. And so 775 00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,439 Speaker 8: I think moving forward, you can't ever trust that Zion 776 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,279 Speaker 8: Williamson will be healthy for an extended period of time, 777 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,960 Speaker 8: and so with that you almost have to construct your 778 00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:10,560 Speaker 8: roster around him as a number two. But the problem 779 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:13,000 Speaker 8: is they don't have a lot of cap space to 780 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:15,920 Speaker 8: work with. They have had a complete team with having 781 00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:19,640 Speaker 8: Brandon Ingram, having some good vets like CJ. McCollums, some 782 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:23,600 Speaker 8: good role players Larry Nance Junior. But clearly they need 783 00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:28,759 Speaker 8: to find like a third guy in that wheelhouse to 784 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:33,160 Speaker 8: really make sure that their success or failure doesn't hinge 785 00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:37,120 Speaker 8: on Zion Williamson being healthy, because again, Pernie, last year 786 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:40,400 Speaker 8: they were making playoff noise, challenging the Phoenix Suns in 787 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,799 Speaker 8: the first round. He thought, Okay, this young and up 788 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,960 Speaker 8: and coming team finally turned a corner. Maybe next season 789 00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,879 Speaker 8: they'll be a contender. Beginning of this season their top 790 00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:52,360 Speaker 8: of the West, then they plummet it once Dyon got hurt, 791 00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,439 Speaker 8: and so if they were to do the same thing 792 00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:57,439 Speaker 8: next season, expect the same results. 793 00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:00,319 Speaker 2: Listen, he weighed two hundred and eighty four pounds. So 794 00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:04,080 Speaker 2: the shame is he's really good and he's really dominating 795 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:07,279 Speaker 2: and the you know, the Pelicans are much better with 796 00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:10,960 Speaker 2: him on the floor. But you heard CJ. McCollum's comments, 797 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:13,839 Speaker 2: which were somewhat cryptic. He's been hurt a lot this year, 798 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:18,400 Speaker 2: he played through injuries. How bad design really want to play? Now, 799 00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:19,920 Speaker 2: I'm not going to call him names I'm not going 800 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,160 Speaker 2: to call him soft. I'm not going to cast his versions, 801 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,840 Speaker 2: but facts as facts. You mentioned this is a results 802 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,360 Speaker 2: based business. He can't get results if you're not on 803 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:29,319 Speaker 2: the floor. He's not in a hurry to get back 804 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,000 Speaker 2: on the floor. And I thought his body language and 805 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:34,000 Speaker 2: the clothes he wear and the way he acted the 806 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:36,600 Speaker 2: other night was a real turn off to me. 807 00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:39,759 Speaker 8: Your thoughts, Yeah, I think that when he talks to 808 00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:42,719 Speaker 8: people and the Pelicans, they think that he's shown improvement 809 00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:47,760 Speaker 8: with his conditioning, dietary habits as far as being coachable 810 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:52,279 Speaker 8: with changing his game and evolving his game. But I 811 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,360 Speaker 8: think that he has to take it to another level 812 00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,759 Speaker 8: even more because look, the Pelicans all along, they've been 813 00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,440 Speaker 8: the people that have been holding him back as far 814 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:03,160 Speaker 8: as trying to protect him from himself. But he also 815 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:06,520 Speaker 8: has to be aggressive with his rehab and asking the 816 00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:10,520 Speaker 8: right questions, being very precise and disciplined with this. And 817 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:13,239 Speaker 8: so I think the frustrating thing with the Pelicans is 818 00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:16,960 Speaker 8: they don't view him as someone who's defiant or refusing 819 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:21,120 Speaker 8: to take advice. He is a young player, but they 820 00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:25,000 Speaker 8: clearly he needs to go the extra mile here, and 821 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,600 Speaker 8: that's the thing that's troubling you. Just when the Pelicans 822 00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:32,600 Speaker 8: think he's turning a corner with his growth, it's two 823 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:36,480 Speaker 8: steps back, and you know it'll get to the point where, uh, 824 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,759 Speaker 8: you don't say he's a bust per se, because when 825 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:43,400 Speaker 8: he's on the court, he's really good. But as you know, Bernie, 826 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:48,440 Speaker 8: the best dependability as availability, and if he doesn't change 827 00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,960 Speaker 8: that soon, at some point that investment isn't going to 828 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:55,480 Speaker 8: be as steep as it was when they signed him 829 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:57,319 Speaker 8: to that max extension last year. 830 00:45:57,680 --> 00:45:59,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, he took that right, which is king till thanks 831 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,879 Speaker 2: and I'll take you stuff further, not just availability but responsibility. Yeah, 832 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:08,960 Speaker 2: Charles Barkley, do it up close and personal, generation to 833 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,480 Speaker 2: go so it can be done in terms of remaking yourself. 834 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:14,919 Speaker 8: Yeah, all right, I would add real quick. I think 835 00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:18,600 Speaker 8: it's telling that in that extension there's all these clauses 836 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:21,800 Speaker 8: and qualifiers of Okay, you need to weigh a certain 837 00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,280 Speaker 8: amount of pounds, you got to do this with your regimen, 838 00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:26,520 Speaker 8: You got to do that. Do you have to spell 839 00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:30,040 Speaker 8: it out like that? Clearly that means that Zion still 840 00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:33,959 Speaker 8: needs guardrails to protect him from himself. It's one thing 841 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:40,200 Speaker 8: to understand the uncontrollables, injuries happen. Body composition is what 842 00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,239 Speaker 8: it is, but there are things within your control that 843 00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:46,440 Speaker 8: you're still not fully addressing unless the team's trying to 844 00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:47,400 Speaker 8: protect you from it. 845 00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:51,840 Speaker 2: That's a red flag million percent. Okay, wrapping it up 846 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,000 Speaker 2: with the Mavericks, I made fun of them last week. 847 00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:57,120 Speaker 2: Mark Cuban gets a seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars 848 00:46:57,160 --> 00:46:59,399 Speaker 2: fine which he carries in his wallet for crying out loud. 849 00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,880 Speaker 2: What's quick take on that and what's sort of the 850 00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:03,000 Speaker 2: league wide narrative? 851 00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:07,319 Speaker 8: Well, I think it's two things. The punishment was very light. 852 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:10,600 Speaker 8: It's like a traffic ticket. I'm sure Mark Cuban was annoyed, 853 00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:12,440 Speaker 8: just like any of us would get a traffic ticket. 854 00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:14,520 Speaker 8: But for him he can easily afford it. It's not 855 00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,200 Speaker 8: the same as it would be for us. I thought so. 856 00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:18,680 Speaker 8: I thought it was a slap on the wrist. But I 857 00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:20,880 Speaker 8: think on the other end, it seemed like the NBA 858 00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:23,239 Speaker 8: just took a lot of energy and reacting to the 859 00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:26,439 Speaker 8: MAVs because they spoke the quiet part out loud about Hey, 860 00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:30,920 Speaker 8: we're going to sit guys to avoid making the playoffs, 861 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:34,000 Speaker 8: i e. To try to protect draft picks. They don't 862 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,880 Speaker 8: have the same amount of energy for teams that do 863 00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:41,000 Speaker 8: it subtly, and I think that's disappointing. I think tangibly 864 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:43,719 Speaker 8: their habit improvements with the plans. Tournament you saw the 865 00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:47,080 Speaker 8: last two weeks was really competitive, but that set up 866 00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:50,640 Speaker 8: extreme tanking in the last weekend, so they really got 867 00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:52,799 Speaker 8: to clean that up. And I think that there just 868 00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:56,359 Speaker 8: needs to be more energy and attention from the league 869 00:47:56,440 --> 00:48:00,640 Speaker 8: standpoint that instead of always reacting to the optic things, 870 00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:05,120 Speaker 8: how about reacting to the actual, tangible and deeply rooted things. 871 00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:08,840 Speaker 8: And so the Maps should have gotten more severely punished. 872 00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,520 Speaker 8: But I think also they were made out to be 873 00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:15,000 Speaker 8: a convenient scapegoat because again they said the quiet part 874 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:15,520 Speaker 8: out loud. 875 00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:18,440 Speaker 2: Well, what bothers me is February sixth, the Maps were 876 00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:20,400 Speaker 2: the four seed in the East. Then they pick up 877 00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:24,320 Speaker 2: Kyrie with the intention of making a significant a playoff 878 00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:26,080 Speaker 2: run and you saw what happen next, and that just 879 00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:30,400 Speaker 2: doesn't It doesn't sit well with me. So anyway, moving 880 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:35,879 Speaker 2: on talking with Mark Madina are Fox Sports Radio NBA guru, Mark, 881 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:39,839 Speaker 2: we were treated tonight to a great matchup in what 882 00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:43,359 Speaker 2: they're billing as the Battle of Northern California. I have 883 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:45,919 Speaker 2: to ask you a question. By the way, I'm sort 884 00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:50,200 Speaker 2: of I'm sort of characterized you tonight as a mulligan 885 00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:52,640 Speaker 2: for the Golden State Warriors, who I fully expected to 886 00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:54,960 Speaker 2: win when they were up ten, and I believe the 887 00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:56,600 Speaker 2: Warriors are still going to come back and win it 888 00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,359 Speaker 2: in six. But what do your you have any thoughts 889 00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:00,560 Speaker 2: about the series? Before I get to a point, I 890 00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:02,920 Speaker 2: want to run by you based on an observation on 891 00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:03,600 Speaker 2: the fourth quarter. 892 00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:05,680 Speaker 8: Well, first of all, I agree with you. I think 893 00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:07,800 Speaker 8: that there's going to be a competitive series. The Kings 894 00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:10,239 Speaker 8: are the real deal. I think it's a testament that 895 00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:13,759 Speaker 8: they won Game one, even though de Monte Sebonus didn't 896 00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:17,279 Speaker 8: necessarily play well. This was a darn Fox breakout game. 897 00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:20,320 Speaker 8: But to your point, I think the Warriors have a 898 00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:23,319 Speaker 8: mulligan here because Andrew Wiggins. This was his first game 899 00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:26,400 Speaker 8: since being out of the lineup for almost two months, 900 00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,240 Speaker 8: and he played really well. He didn't make that wide 901 00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:32,479 Speaker 8: open shot that he should have made, neither did step 902 00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:35,400 Speaker 8: Curry on the final play, but beyond that, he played 903 00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:39,400 Speaker 8: an exceptional game. And I think the anticipation moving forward 904 00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:41,680 Speaker 8: is this He's not coming off the bench. He's not 905 00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:43,960 Speaker 8: going to be limited to twenty eight minutes, and his 906 00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:47,359 Speaker 8: conditioning and his timing and his rust it's all going 907 00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:49,719 Speaker 8: to show a lot of improvement game to games. So yeah, 908 00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:53,279 Speaker 8: even though the Warriors are technically down one zero, I 909 00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,799 Speaker 8: expect that they'll be back. I mean, remember last year 910 00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:58,640 Speaker 8: in the Finals they lost Game one at home against Boston. 911 00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:00,960 Speaker 8: They wound up winning. I think they'll be fine. 912 00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:03,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're still minus one fifty favorites. By the way, 913 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:07,440 Speaker 2: a great observation on demonthis Sabonis. I think you got 914 00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:10,000 Speaker 2: to give Kevon Looney and Draymond Green a lot of 915 00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,360 Speaker 2: credit for the work on him. So here's where I 916 00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:14,840 Speaker 2: was going to go with what I wanted to say, Mark, 917 00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:18,200 Speaker 2: because when you look at how did the Kings really 918 00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:24,000 Speaker 2: beat the Warriors, Well, the Warriors came up short in 919 00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:28,239 Speaker 2: the fourth quarter because for reasons I can't explain. I mean, 920 00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:30,840 Speaker 2: they were up ten in the third quarter. There I 921 00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,280 Speaker 2: believe they were really set to punish up the Kings 922 00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:36,640 Speaker 2: by attacking inside. In the fourth quarter, the Kings were 923 00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:39,480 Speaker 2: in the penalty with eight minutes to go, And why 924 00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:43,040 Speaker 2: did the Warriors shoot nineteen threes in the fourth quarter? 925 00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,239 Speaker 2: When all they had to do is kept going to 926 00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:48,040 Speaker 2: the whole drawing contact and going to the line, and 927 00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,680 Speaker 2: as a result of that, the Warriors ended up missing 928 00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:55,279 Speaker 2: more three pointers thirty four than Sacramento even attempted. I 929 00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:56,839 Speaker 2: thought that was a difference in the game. 930 00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:59,560 Speaker 8: Yeah, without a doubt. I mean, look, I think it 931 00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:01,960 Speaker 8: was a few things. Andrew Wiggins was getting fatigued in 932 00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,359 Speaker 8: the fourth quarter. The Kings put a box in one 933 00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:07,759 Speaker 8: on Steph Curry and he's you know, Steph Curry, He's 934 00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:10,680 Speaker 8: still going to shoot. Klay Thompson had some open looks 935 00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:12,680 Speaker 8: that he missed. So I think that's really the story. 936 00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:16,239 Speaker 8: But as much as the Warriors offense usually works with 937 00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:19,560 Speaker 8: that formula, sometimes they forced the issue and they should 938 00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:23,760 Speaker 8: be more I think disciplined was finding easy paint points 939 00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:25,480 Speaker 8: as well. But I think the other side of the coin, 940 00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:28,640 Speaker 8: the Sacramento King is one of the best offenses in 941 00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:31,560 Speaker 8: the league, and he tossed this up to the Aaron 942 00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:33,319 Speaker 8: Fox and the Leak Monk just. 943 00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:36,720 Speaker 2: Going off and right between them. 944 00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:43,600 Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, they Fox in thirty eight. Yeah, I mean, 945 00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:46,560 Speaker 8: Monk went fourteen to fourteen from the freezer line. I 946 00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:49,120 Speaker 8: mean they had went twenty six to thirty two overall 947 00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:52,560 Speaker 8: five more attempts than the Warriors. I think that's a 948 00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,320 Speaker 8: product of what you were saying. They were more aggressive 949 00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:58,640 Speaker 8: attack in the basket. But I think the bigger thing is, uh, 950 00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:01,560 Speaker 8: you know, whether it was from deep or for mid range, 951 00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:05,400 Speaker 8: both ti Aaron Fox Emilik Monk just went off. And 952 00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:09,919 Speaker 8: that's just how they've been powered as an offense this year, 953 00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:12,960 Speaker 8: where both those guys can make shots on the given night. 954 00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:15,719 Speaker 8: Usually Demontis the bonus is a lot more involved with 955 00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:18,239 Speaker 8: that two man game with Tiaron Fox. But the you know, 956 00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:21,000 Speaker 8: to your point, Kevon Looney and Raymond Green did a 957 00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:24,760 Speaker 8: good job shutting them off. But the Warriors perimeter defense 958 00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:27,840 Speaker 8: was left a lot to be desired, again partly because 959 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,799 Speaker 8: Andrew Wigan's just back in the mix, but also it's 960 00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:33,279 Speaker 8: because you know, Klay Thompson's not the same defender he 961 00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:37,880 Speaker 8: once was, and Jordan Poole just hasn't really been consistent 962 00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:39,160 Speaker 8: at all on that end of the floor. 963 00:52:39,600 --> 00:52:43,080 Speaker 2: And interestingly enough, and the opposite side of the floor, 964 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:47,200 Speaker 2: the Kings, in their aggressive perimeter defense for the first 965 00:52:47,239 --> 00:52:50,319 Speaker 2: three quarters was still aggressive. It was clear to me 966 00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:53,240 Speaker 2: that Sacramento was worried about Curry and Klay going off, 967 00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:56,440 Speaker 2: So they pressed up way out past the three point line, 968 00:52:56,600 --> 00:52:58,440 Speaker 2: and once the Warriors got pasted it, that's where they 969 00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:01,279 Speaker 2: found their success inside. That's how they diced up the 970 00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:03,799 Speaker 2: Kings and got to a ten point lead, but abandoned that. 971 00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:05,000 Speaker 2: I'm still scratching my head. 972 00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:05,800 Speaker 7: Yeah. 973 00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:08,560 Speaker 8: Well, I think sometimes the Warrior's confidence gets the best 974 00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:12,120 Speaker 8: of them. Usually it works out, but in this case 975 00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:14,600 Speaker 8: it didn't. I think it was telling that Klay Thompson 976 00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:17,600 Speaker 8: was really confident for Game two that he would make 977 00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:21,840 Speaker 8: those shots moving forward because the Warrior or the Kings 978 00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:25,000 Speaker 8: put a box on one on Steph. It was just about, hey, 979 00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:27,160 Speaker 8: double team them, don't let them get any shots off 980 00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:30,399 Speaker 8: because he's Steph Curry. Clay had open looks, and I think, 981 00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:33,120 Speaker 8: you know, in fairness to Clay, when he has those looks, 982 00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:34,920 Speaker 8: he should take him. But I think as a team 983 00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:39,160 Speaker 8: it should be about spreading opportunities around so they're not 984 00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:42,759 Speaker 8: just confined to one strategy and they're going to have. 985 00:53:42,719 --> 00:53:46,160 Speaker 2: To contain this combination of Fox and Monk. You're spot on. 986 00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:48,640 Speaker 2: This is a very good offensive team. So Mark, I've 987 00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:51,320 Speaker 2: got a situation here. I like to call an honible 988 00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:53,879 Speaker 2: because I really want to take a deep dive into 989 00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:56,680 Speaker 2: this Lakers Memphis series. I've got a lot of observations. 990 00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:59,000 Speaker 2: Any chance you could hold on to one more segment? 991 00:53:59,320 --> 00:53:59,520 Speaker 7: Yeah? 992 00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:03,080 Speaker 2: We still oh love it appreciated. Mark, all right, So 993 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:05,960 Speaker 2: real quickly, folks, I'm Bernie Fratto. We're coming to live 994 00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,120 Speaker 2: from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio Studios. Keep it 995 00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,120 Speaker 2: locked right here. We'll be right back with Mark Madina 996 00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:16,440 Speaker 2: and talk about Lakers Memphis. Keep it locked all right 997 00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:18,879 Speaker 2: back on the Bernie Fatter Show. We're coming to live 998 00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:21,799 Speaker 2: from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio Studios Tyrek dot 999 00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:25,160 Speaker 2: Com Studios. We continue with our man a double shot 1000 00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:29,320 Speaker 2: tonight of Medina Magic. Because there's so much to unpack. Mark, 1001 00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:32,279 Speaker 2: We're less than twelve hours away from tip off now 1002 00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:36,040 Speaker 2: as the Lakers head to Memphis. What comes to mind 1003 00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:39,520 Speaker 2: for me? Memphis won thirty five home games this year, 1004 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:43,440 Speaker 2: more than anybody else in the NBA. Lebron a notoriously 1005 00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:47,960 Speaker 2: slow starter in road playoff games. What's your biggest takeaway 1006 00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:49,839 Speaker 2: from game one? 1007 00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:54,640 Speaker 8: Well, it's gonna be interesting because I think what to 1008 00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:59,799 Speaker 8: look for is two things, the home crowd and the excitement. 1009 00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:02,640 Speaker 8: The Grizzlies have as a young team and the trash 1010 00:55:02,719 --> 00:55:06,200 Speaker 8: talking that they do, how will they that match up 1011 00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:09,080 Speaker 8: with a Lakers team that is a lot more mature, 1012 00:55:09,719 --> 00:55:14,760 Speaker 8: more championship tested and rested. After winning that playing game 1013 00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:18,400 Speaker 8: on Tuesday, I'm just going to be really intrigued on 1014 00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:22,799 Speaker 8: how those two different variables collide throughout this series, and 1015 00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:25,120 Speaker 8: I expect there to be a lot of ebbs and flows. 1016 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:30,440 Speaker 8: What I do expect that if the Lakers win Game one, 1017 00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:33,960 Speaker 8: that'll I think, actually guarantee that they'll win the series. 1018 00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:36,840 Speaker 8: Where if the Grizzlies win Game one, it's a nice 1019 00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:40,640 Speaker 8: start but doesn't necessarily mean anything. But I expect that 1020 00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:44,000 Speaker 8: it's just going to be this never ending seesaw where 1021 00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:47,480 Speaker 8: some games it's going to feel like, hey, the Grizzlies, 1022 00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:50,480 Speaker 8: the fact that they're young, brash up and down the floor, 1023 00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:54,200 Speaker 8: that's the advantage. In other games, it's going to feel like, 1024 00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:59,040 Speaker 8: assuming there's no health injuries or health concerns that pop 1025 00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:03,160 Speaker 8: up that the Lakers experience is the advantage. So it's 1026 00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:05,400 Speaker 8: going to be an ultimate chess match, and I figure 1027 00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:09,840 Speaker 8: that as the series goes on, the antagonism, the trash talking, 1028 00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:13,120 Speaker 8: the physicality is going to increase more and more, and 1029 00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:15,160 Speaker 8: so I think Game one it's going to be a 1030 00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:21,480 Speaker 8: really good measuring stick tocy which advantage in which team 1031 00:56:22,120 --> 00:56:24,320 Speaker 8: exudes both of those things the most. 1032 00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:26,640 Speaker 2: Mark, I have three bullet points. I want you to 1033 00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:28,960 Speaker 2: address them all. The first one, it would seem to 1034 00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:30,520 Speaker 2: me the Lakers are going to try to force the 1035 00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:33,600 Speaker 2: ball out of Moran's hands as much as possible. Look 1036 00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:36,520 Speaker 2: what happened back on February twenty eighth. They couldn't do it. 1037 00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:38,960 Speaker 2: Jeohn Morant thirty nine points, had twenty eight to the 1038 00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:41,920 Speaker 2: third quarter. It was an offensive masterpiece. They're going to 1039 00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:44,200 Speaker 2: have to play the same type of defense they played 1040 00:56:44,239 --> 00:56:46,760 Speaker 2: on Anthony Edwards in the Minnesota Playing game. The question 1041 00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:47,840 Speaker 2: is will it be effective? 1042 00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:51,160 Speaker 8: Yeah? Well, I think the reason why I worked with 1043 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:54,520 Speaker 8: Anthony Edwards was that Karl Anthony Towns is off the floor. 1044 00:56:55,040 --> 00:56:57,520 Speaker 8: Anthony Edwards was just missing open shots. I don't think 1045 00:56:57,520 --> 00:56:59,680 Speaker 8: that they can afford to do that with John Moran. 1046 00:56:59,760 --> 00:57:02,640 Speaker 8: I think, if anything, they're going to try to funnel 1047 00:57:02,719 --> 00:57:05,920 Speaker 8: him to get to the basket, so he meets a 1048 00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:11,040 Speaker 8: bunch of trees, whether it's Anthony Davis or Mobamba or 1049 00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:13,880 Speaker 8: Jared Vanderbilt try to be very physical with him. I 1050 00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:17,640 Speaker 8: don't think that they have the perimeter defenders to really 1051 00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:20,160 Speaker 8: stop John Moran. I mean Dangel Russell, I think has 1052 00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:23,160 Speaker 8: been a great fit with the Lakers as a playmaker, 1053 00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:27,000 Speaker 8: but he's not known as a great defender. Dennis Schroder 1054 00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:30,520 Speaker 8: Austin Reeves. They're probably better defenders, and I would suspect 1055 00:57:30,520 --> 00:57:33,000 Speaker 8: if they get some looks at him, but I think 1056 00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:36,640 Speaker 8: it's really about funneling him to the basket, almost kind 1057 00:57:36,640 --> 00:57:38,640 Speaker 8: of like the Jordan rules of the Piston, so that 1058 00:57:38,680 --> 00:57:40,280 Speaker 8: they can be physical inside. 1059 00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:42,640 Speaker 2: Now that's a good point, and I was up front 1060 00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:44,200 Speaker 2: and close for that one. But I will say this, 1061 00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:48,560 Speaker 2: I think Moran is probably too dynamic and athletic for Shrewder. 1062 00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:51,640 Speaker 2: He's towards him when they've got him before a second 1063 00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:55,120 Speaker 2: bullet point. I've actually heard some people try to compare 1064 00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:57,000 Speaker 2: this team to the Bubble team, But that team had 1065 00:57:57,080 --> 00:58:01,520 Speaker 2: Dwight Howard and Javal McGhee, two pretty elite rim protectors. 1066 00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:03,800 Speaker 2: This Laker team does not have that kind of rim 1067 00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:06,600 Speaker 2: protection in my humble opinion, how do they make up 1068 00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:06,840 Speaker 2: for that? 1069 00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:11,240 Speaker 8: Yeah, they don't have that rim protection with those traditional centers. 1070 00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:14,280 Speaker 8: I think that they made some good trade deadline edition 1071 00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:18,920 Speaker 8: moves with getting Mobamba from Orlando and getting Jared Vanderbilt 1072 00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:21,600 Speaker 8: as part of that Minnesota package, because those guys are 1073 00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:26,040 Speaker 8: really good interior defenders, good rebounders that can at least 1074 00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,440 Speaker 8: relieve some of the burden on Anthony Davis. But I 1075 00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:31,280 Speaker 8: think what the similarity with the bubble team is Anthony 1076 00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:34,000 Speaker 8: Davis is playing now like he was in the bubble. 1077 00:58:34,120 --> 00:58:37,520 Speaker 8: What that means he's healthy and he's aggressive, and I 1078 00:58:37,560 --> 00:58:41,880 Speaker 8: think that the previous two seasons after that championship, he 1079 00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:44,000 Speaker 8: wasn't that same player. Part of it had to do 1080 00:58:44,080 --> 00:58:46,040 Speaker 8: with health, but I think even when he was on 1081 00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:49,000 Speaker 8: the floor, he was not showing the same kind of 1082 00:58:49,040 --> 00:58:53,040 Speaker 8: aggressiveness that enabled him a lot of times to lead 1083 00:58:53,160 --> 00:58:56,640 Speaker 8: the team and not just points but shots. And you 1084 00:58:56,640 --> 00:58:59,400 Speaker 8: know there are times where he might get frustrated when 1085 00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:02,200 Speaker 8: he's knocking and looked at, But the reality is when 1086 00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:06,240 Speaker 8: he's aggressive, it's that old adage ball finds energy and 1087 00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:08,200 Speaker 8: so I think that's the difference. Sure it might be 1088 00:59:08,280 --> 00:59:11,720 Speaker 8: different supporting casts as far as you know who's the center, 1089 00:59:12,160 --> 00:59:14,160 Speaker 8: who are you know some of the guys on the 1090 00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:17,520 Speaker 8: perimeter and the wings. But you know they can replicate 1091 00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:20,680 Speaker 8: that energy in the bubble if Anthony Davis is healthy 1092 00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:23,280 Speaker 8: and locked in at all times, and I think lately 1093 00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:26,000 Speaker 8: he's been a lot more consistent with that. 1094 00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:28,400 Speaker 2: That is a great point I talked about that top 1095 00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:32,280 Speaker 2: of the show. The Lakers need to engage aggressive Anthony Davis. 1096 00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:35,200 Speaker 2: There's been too many stretches this season where the Lakers 1097 00:59:35,240 --> 00:59:38,880 Speaker 2: either ignore Anthony Davis offensively or they allow the defense 1098 00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:41,440 Speaker 2: to take them out the double and triple teaming and 1099 00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:43,760 Speaker 2: we'll see what Memphis does there, which brings me in 1100 00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:48,080 Speaker 2: my third point. I don't really have a whole hell 1101 00:59:48,080 --> 00:59:50,760 Speaker 2: of a lot of faith that Lebron and Ad can 1102 00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:55,040 Speaker 2: hold up. They're about to undertake their heaviest workload years. 1103 00:59:55,080 --> 00:59:56,800 Speaker 2: They're going to have to average thirty eight to forty 1104 00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:59,120 Speaker 2: minutes a game to win any of these series. And 1105 00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:01,760 Speaker 2: you saw what happened to years ago when the Lakers 1106 01:00:01,840 --> 01:00:04,120 Speaker 2: had Phoenix down two to one, Davis Scott hurt, and 1107 01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:07,040 Speaker 2: that was it. Can they hang? Can can they hold 1108 01:00:07,080 --> 01:00:07,720 Speaker 2: a physically? 1109 01:00:08,800 --> 01:00:12,560 Speaker 8: Yeah, that's an ultimate question. I don't know the answer 1110 01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:17,800 Speaker 8: to that, because they're so unpredictable. I would sense that 1111 01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:22,800 Speaker 8: because Lebron James in his twentieth season eighties. Injury history 1112 01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:24,520 Speaker 8: is what it is that I'm not going to think 1113 01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:27,680 Speaker 8: that they're going to be healthy for the entire playoffs, 1114 01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:29,400 Speaker 8: and that's probably why I don't think that they're going 1115 01:00:29,440 --> 01:00:32,040 Speaker 8: to win a championship. I think that they're clearly a 1116 01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:34,840 Speaker 8: better team post trade deadline, but I think their ceiling 1117 01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:37,360 Speaker 8: is game to the second round. I do think that 1118 01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:41,320 Speaker 8: they beat the Grizzlies because at least in this first round, 1119 01:00:41,440 --> 01:00:43,960 Speaker 8: they are they already have been able to rest. The 1120 01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:46,600 Speaker 8: structure of the schedule will allow for a lot of 1121 01:00:46,640 --> 01:00:50,440 Speaker 8: prep and recovery time. Game one Sunday, game twoes not 1122 01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:53,960 Speaker 8: till Wednesday, Game three in LA's natural Saturday. So I 1123 01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:58,479 Speaker 8: think with that, the fatigue and the injuries I don't 1124 01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:00,680 Speaker 8: think is going to be as much of a concern 1125 01:01:01,360 --> 01:01:04,840 Speaker 8: specifically for this first round against the Grizzlies. I think 1126 01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:08,040 Speaker 8: to your larger point, assuming they advance and get to 1127 01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:11,720 Speaker 8: the second round, I think eventually those concerns will catch 1128 01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:14,560 Speaker 8: up to them and that will partly explain why they 1129 01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:16,040 Speaker 8: can't get past the second round. 1130 01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:19,000 Speaker 2: And of course, for the Grizzlies, no Brandon Clark, no 1131 01:01:19,120 --> 01:01:22,560 Speaker 2: Steven Adams. We'll see how that factors. And Mark great 1132 01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:25,400 Speaker 2: stuff as always. That's why we have Mark. Mark. I'm 1133 01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:28,640 Speaker 2: already looking forward to having you on next Saturday because 1134 01:01:28,720 --> 01:01:31,680 Speaker 2: there'll be three games in the books in the series 1135 01:01:32,120 --> 01:01:34,440 Speaker 2: and I'm very interested in seeing how the series plays out. 1136 01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:37,720 Speaker 2: Mark enjoyer Sunday. Always appreciate what you do for us. 1137 01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:40,400 Speaker 8: Appreciate you as well, and quick geeze for next week. 1138 01:01:40,440 --> 01:01:45,280 Speaker 8: I'll be at Clippers Sun's Saturday afternoon, great Lakers Grizzlies 1139 01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:47,640 Speaker 8: in the evening, so we'll have a lot to talk about. 1140 01:01:47,760 --> 01:01:50,160 Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, gracious. Okay, thanks to the double shot 1141 01:01:50,160 --> 01:01:52,160 Speaker 2: and Mark, we went. They have to do it next 1142 01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:54,520 Speaker 2: week too. Thanks so much, Mark, I appreciate it. That 1143 01:01:54,680 --> 01:01:59,560 Speaker 2: is Mark Medina, our NBA Fox Sports Radio guru. As 1144 01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:02,120 Speaker 2: you can see, he has his finger on the pulse 1145 01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:05,720 Speaker 2: and so double shot tonight. I appreciate Mark's efforts and 1146 01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:08,080 Speaker 2: as these NBA series get underway. And by the way, 1147 01:02:08,120 --> 01:02:12,760 Speaker 2: I don't want to give that Phoenix Clippers series short shrift. 1148 01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:15,400 Speaker 2: It's just that with no Paul George and the Clippers 1149 01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:18,240 Speaker 2: being so mercurial, you just don't know what you're gonna 1150 01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:20,680 Speaker 2: get out of them. But boy, what a doubleheader next week. 1151 01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:23,360 Speaker 2: I didn't even think about that. So it'll be interesting 1152 01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:25,640 Speaker 2: to see because if the Lakers can steal one game 1153 01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:29,280 Speaker 2: in Memphis and come home have this series tied, I 1154 01:02:29,280 --> 01:02:31,480 Speaker 2: think we could see a seven game series. I just 1155 01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:34,360 Speaker 2: can't see the Lakers winning it, so I guess Mark 1156 01:02:34,360 --> 01:02:36,840 Speaker 2: and I are on the opposite sides of that. But 1157 01:02:37,120 --> 01:02:39,640 Speaker 2: be that as it may, that's why they play him. 1158 01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:41,640 Speaker 2: Let's have a lot of fun with it coming up. 1159 01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:44,120 Speaker 2: Let's bring in the crew and see if they buy 1160 01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:48,000 Speaker 2: into the Lakers. They're in there in Los Angeles, in 1161 01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:51,240 Speaker 2: the belly of the Beast. Maybe they're seeing something I'm not. 1162 01:02:51,360 --> 01:02:53,440 Speaker 2: But first, let's go back to our guy, the pride 1163 01:02:53,720 --> 01:02:55,720 Speaker 2: of dell Or High School. Yeah, that'd be Nick Cope 1164 01:02:55,800 --> 01:02:56,200 Speaker 2: the latest. 1165 01:02:56,840 --> 01:03:00,440 Speaker 6: Hey you remembered. Let's get everybody up to beat on 1166 01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:03,080 Speaker 6: what went down to the NBA. On Saturday, Kings got 1167 01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:05,960 Speaker 6: their first playoff win in seventeen years, one twenty six 1168 01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:08,720 Speaker 6: to one twenty three over the Warriors, as Dared Fox 1169 01:03:08,760 --> 01:03:11,920 Speaker 6: and Elik Monk combined for seventy points. The old Kentucky 1170 01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:16,240 Speaker 6: backcourt reunited in Sacramento. Steph Curry had thirty, and Andrew 1171 01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:19,000 Speaker 6: Wiggins scored seventeen in his first game back after he 1172 01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:22,360 Speaker 6: missed twenty five games for personal reasons. Knicks were able 1173 01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:25,200 Speaker 6: to hold off the Cavaliers one o one to ninety seven. 1174 01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:28,360 Speaker 6: Julius Randall had a double double nineteen points, ten boards. 1175 01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:31,480 Speaker 6: Donovan Mitchell had thirty eight points to lead all scores, 1176 01:03:31,480 --> 01:03:34,960 Speaker 6: but he didn't get enough help elsewhere. Celtics won twelve 1177 01:03:35,040 --> 01:03:37,640 Speaker 6: over the Hawks ninety nine. Boston led by as many 1178 01:03:37,640 --> 01:03:40,840 Speaker 6: as thirty two In this one. Three different players scoring 1179 01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:43,960 Speaker 6: at least twenty points for Boston, led by Jalen Browns 1180 01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:47,520 Speaker 6: twenty nine. Trey Young struggled. He had just sixteen points 1181 01:03:47,640 --> 01:03:51,000 Speaker 6: on five of eighteen shooting for Atlanta, and the seventy 1182 01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:53,280 Speaker 6: six ers had no problem with the Nets one twenty 1183 01:03:53,320 --> 01:03:55,720 Speaker 6: one to one oh one the finals score. There, Philly 1184 01:03:55,800 --> 01:03:58,160 Speaker 6: was in control the whole time. They also had three 1185 01:03:58,160 --> 01:04:00,680 Speaker 6: players with at least twenty points, led by twenty six 1186 01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:05,320 Speaker 6: from Joel Embiid. Michale Bridges led all scores with thirty points. 1187 01:04:05,560 --> 01:04:08,440 Speaker 6: Quick run of some games in baseball, Yankees over the 1188 01:04:08,480 --> 01:04:11,600 Speaker 6: twin six to one. Tigers came back from down five 1189 01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:15,000 Speaker 6: ultimately walked off the Giants seven to six and eleven innings. 1190 01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:17,959 Speaker 6: White Sox over the Warriols seven to six in ten, 1191 01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:22,560 Speaker 6: Pirates in extra innings over the Cardinals six to three. 1192 01:04:22,920 --> 01:04:26,280 Speaker 6: Blue Jays beat the Rays again. Strong start for Toronto. 1193 01:04:26,360 --> 01:04:28,280 Speaker 6: They're out to a ten to five start, five to two. 1194 01:04:28,320 --> 01:04:31,600 Speaker 6: The win there six to four, Guardians over the Nationals. 1195 01:04:31,720 --> 01:04:35,080 Speaker 6: Padres got a couple home runs from Jake Croninworth. They 1196 01:04:35,120 --> 01:04:37,800 Speaker 6: beat the Brewers ten to three. Mets over the A's 1197 01:04:37,840 --> 01:04:40,560 Speaker 6: three to two. In Oakland, Red Sox on top of 1198 01:04:40,560 --> 01:04:44,240 Speaker 6: the Angels nine to seven. Marlins passed the Diamondbacks three 1199 01:04:44,240 --> 01:04:46,640 Speaker 6: to two. Braves have had a great start. They're now 1200 01:04:46,720 --> 01:04:49,160 Speaker 6: eleven and four. They beat the Royals nine to three, 1201 01:04:49,640 --> 01:04:54,640 Speaker 6: Reds blanking the Phillies thirteen. Zip Astro's cruising passed the Rangers. 1202 01:04:54,200 --> 01:04:54,800 Speaker 5: Eight to two. 1203 01:04:55,120 --> 01:04:58,400 Speaker 6: Mariners also no problem for them, as they beat the 1204 01:04:58,520 --> 01:05:01,000 Speaker 6: Rockies nine to two and then five. Probably the best 1205 01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:03,880 Speaker 6: game of the day was Dodgers Cubs LA able to 1206 01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:08,000 Speaker 6: walk off Chicago in the ninth as David Peralta had 1207 01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:10,280 Speaker 6: the game winning two RBI single two to one. The 1208 01:05:10,400 --> 01:05:12,600 Speaker 6: final score there, Bernie back to you. 1209 01:05:13,400 --> 01:05:15,360 Speaker 2: All right, let's talk to the guys for just a 1210 01:05:15,400 --> 01:05:19,440 Speaker 2: second before I wrap up my analysis on Lakers Grizzlies. Patrick, 1211 01:05:19,840 --> 01:05:21,640 Speaker 2: all right, you're there in Los Angeles. I don't even know. 1212 01:05:21,720 --> 01:05:22,640 Speaker 2: Are you a Lakers fan? 1213 01:05:23,680 --> 01:05:24,640 Speaker 9: Yes, I am, Bernie. 1214 01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:28,080 Speaker 2: I actually kim okay fair enough, so you hopefully can 1215 01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:31,720 Speaker 2: separate your fandom from objectivity. But what do you expect 1216 01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:32,800 Speaker 2: to happen in this series? 1217 01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:35,840 Speaker 9: I actually expect this to be really kind of like 1218 01:05:35,880 --> 01:05:39,520 Speaker 9: a fifty to fifty shot of just between the Lakers 1219 01:05:39,520 --> 01:05:43,640 Speaker 9: and Memphis. I honestly could see this going like one 1220 01:05:43,680 --> 01:05:46,439 Speaker 9: of a couple of ways. Either Memphis is just gonna 1221 01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:48,160 Speaker 9: bring their a game and the Lakers is gonna be 1222 01:05:48,240 --> 01:05:50,439 Speaker 9: very sluggish as we've kind of seen the last couple 1223 01:05:50,440 --> 01:05:53,680 Speaker 9: of weeks, and maybe they'll the Lakers will you know, 1224 01:05:53,800 --> 01:05:56,400 Speaker 9: maybe not make it past like five or six games, 1225 01:05:56,600 --> 01:05:58,400 Speaker 9: or they're gonna put it on a little bit of 1226 01:05:58,440 --> 01:06:01,720 Speaker 9: a show and they'll take it to Memphis and you know, 1227 01:06:01,800 --> 01:06:05,040 Speaker 9: ideally win about six or seven games. Granted, if they 1228 01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:08,040 Speaker 9: if they win in six, that's probably more favorable. If 1229 01:06:08,040 --> 01:06:11,040 Speaker 9: they go seven games, I'd probably give the advantage to 1230 01:06:11,080 --> 01:06:13,360 Speaker 9: Memphis since they're home and they're a little younger, got 1231 01:06:13,400 --> 01:06:14,240 Speaker 9: fresher legs. 1232 01:06:15,880 --> 01:06:19,760 Speaker 2: All right, So gunder your head, who wins how many games? Uh? 1233 01:06:19,920 --> 01:06:21,800 Speaker 9: You know what gonna go? Gonna go with the gut 1234 01:06:22,080 --> 01:06:23,880 Speaker 9: u and I say Lakers winning six? 1235 01:06:24,520 --> 01:06:27,720 Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, yeah. I couldn't see them going to Memphis 1236 01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:29,440 Speaker 2: and winning a seventh game. So if they're gonna do it, 1237 01:06:29,440 --> 01:06:30,840 Speaker 2: they're gonna have to do it in six. Nick, what 1238 01:06:30,840 --> 01:06:31,440 Speaker 2: are your thoughts? 1239 01:06:32,200 --> 01:06:37,040 Speaker 6: Oh boy, I Lakers have just been kind of floating around, 1240 01:06:37,160 --> 01:06:39,840 Speaker 6: humming around this whole season. You're just kind of waiting 1241 01:06:39,920 --> 01:06:42,840 Speaker 6: for them to make a move, and they've done it 1242 01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:46,120 Speaker 6: as of late. But I'm with you, Bernie. You and 1243 01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:48,959 Speaker 6: Mark covered it really well. But I think it's time 1244 01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:50,880 Speaker 6: for Memphis to kind of put up or shut up 1245 01:06:51,120 --> 01:06:54,040 Speaker 6: here in this year's playoffs. You know, they they've been 1246 01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:57,200 Speaker 6: a solid regular season team. They talk a lot of trash, 1247 01:06:57,280 --> 01:07:00,400 Speaker 6: they play well, but they haven't had that break through 1248 01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:03,160 Speaker 6: a moment yet, and I think this is a great 1249 01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:05,760 Speaker 6: opportunity for them to do it. I think Patrick brings 1250 01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:08,040 Speaker 6: up a great point the longer the series goes on 1251 01:07:08,200 --> 01:07:12,200 Speaker 6: that that is to Memphis's benefit, And so I like 1252 01:07:12,280 --> 01:07:16,560 Speaker 6: the Grizzlies here. I think I think six games for Memphis. 1253 01:07:16,400 --> 01:07:17,760 Speaker 6: That that's what I'm going with. 1254 01:07:17,920 --> 01:07:20,920 Speaker 2: So the Memphis would wrap it up in Los Angeles. 1255 01:07:21,440 --> 01:07:23,200 Speaker 2: I don't know if either you guys watched the playing 1256 01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:26,680 Speaker 2: game and look, they won, so you give them the w. 1257 01:07:27,040 --> 01:07:30,040 Speaker 2: But there has to be some costs for concern in 1258 01:07:30,120 --> 01:07:34,000 Speaker 2: the way Minnesota was able to prosecute their offense so well, 1259 01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:36,120 Speaker 2: Lakers have a tendency to kind of play with their 1260 01:07:36,160 --> 01:07:38,480 Speaker 2: food and all said, with six minutes to go, they 1261 01:07:38,520 --> 01:07:40,720 Speaker 2: figured it out and they swarm you. I don't think 1262 01:07:40,760 --> 01:07:42,720 Speaker 2: they're gonna get away with Memphis, and that did you? 1263 01:07:42,960 --> 01:07:46,120 Speaker 2: I mean, let's start with you Patrick, what I mean, Yes, 1264 01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:48,720 Speaker 2: the Lakers beat Minnesota, but what was your takeaway? 1265 01:07:49,160 --> 01:07:51,000 Speaker 9: Oh from the play in game? 1266 01:07:51,120 --> 01:07:51,480 Speaker 2: Oh? 1267 01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:54,800 Speaker 9: Man, I mean that was the epitome of I love 1268 01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:57,080 Speaker 9: being a Laker fan, and then I hate being a 1269 01:07:57,160 --> 01:07:59,840 Speaker 9: Laker fan because that has just been the epitome of 1270 01:07:59,880 --> 01:08:02,560 Speaker 9: the whole season where it's like they play in toy 1271 01:08:02,640 --> 01:08:05,040 Speaker 9: with their food and then at the end they play 1272 01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:08,920 Speaker 9: super super dominant defense, but then they're just doing boneheaded 1273 01:08:08,920 --> 01:08:11,880 Speaker 9: plays that just don't really put them over the hump. 1274 01:08:11,880 --> 01:08:14,080 Speaker 9: I mean, it was a good win, but really it 1275 01:08:14,080 --> 01:08:17,000 Speaker 9: should have been, you know, one with struders, you know, 1276 01:08:17,280 --> 01:08:20,120 Speaker 9: three to win, minus the whole debacle with Ad. But 1277 01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:24,360 Speaker 9: I honestly that's the season the whole time. That's just 1278 01:08:24,400 --> 01:08:26,040 Speaker 9: they play with their food and they just kind of 1279 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:29,160 Speaker 9: they get a little lackadaisical and then they you know, 1280 01:08:29,320 --> 01:08:33,000 Speaker 9: tighten up ship later on in the end, and sometimes 1281 01:08:33,040 --> 01:08:34,920 Speaker 9: you know, it comes back to bite them, and sometimes 1282 01:08:34,920 --> 01:08:37,759 Speaker 9: it's too late. I think Memphis absolutely is that team 1283 01:08:37,840 --> 01:08:40,639 Speaker 9: that if you play with them too long, they're gonna 1284 01:08:40,640 --> 01:08:41,679 Speaker 9: come back and bite you hard. 1285 01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:46,160 Speaker 2: Nick, does the Minnesota performance concern you. 1286 01:08:47,040 --> 01:08:47,639 Speaker 5: A little bit? 1287 01:08:47,800 --> 01:08:51,880 Speaker 6: Especially given where Minnesota is at right now and where 1288 01:08:51,880 --> 01:08:54,639 Speaker 6: they are as a ball club, all that Rudy Gobert stuff. 1289 01:08:54,640 --> 01:08:57,040 Speaker 6: They weren't a good spot and they were nearly able 1290 01:08:57,080 --> 01:09:00,960 Speaker 6: to go into I almost said Staples whatever we're calling 1291 01:09:01,040 --> 01:09:03,240 Speaker 6: that building now, but they were nearly able to go in. 1292 01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:06,360 Speaker 5: Everyone here still calls at Staples. 1293 01:09:06,439 --> 01:09:08,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Crypto doesn't exactly rule off the. 1294 01:09:08,479 --> 01:09:09,519 Speaker 5: Tongue, No, it does not. 1295 01:09:09,760 --> 01:09:12,960 Speaker 6: But given that where Minnesota is at and they're nearly 1296 01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:15,040 Speaker 6: able to steal one there from the Lakers on their 1297 01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:18,240 Speaker 6: home floor, definitely some cause for concern. But I think 1298 01:09:18,280 --> 01:09:21,720 Speaker 6: now that it is the actual playoffs coming up, for LA, 1299 01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:24,920 Speaker 6: I think there's gonna be a heightened degree that the 1300 01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:28,160 Speaker 6: question is just do they have enough? Can they play 1301 01:09:28,240 --> 01:09:32,280 Speaker 6: consistently throughout a whole forty eight minutes as Patrick alluded to, 1302 01:09:32,360 --> 01:09:34,439 Speaker 6: they haven't been able to do that. And you can 1303 01:09:34,479 --> 01:09:37,120 Speaker 6: get away with that against Minnesota, I don't think they're 1304 01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:38,719 Speaker 6: going to be able to get away with that throughout 1305 01:09:38,760 --> 01:09:41,040 Speaker 6: the course of a seven game series against Memphis. 1306 01:09:42,120 --> 01:09:47,360 Speaker 2: Out of curiosity, do any folks in Los Angeles the 1307 01:09:47,439 --> 01:09:50,040 Speaker 2: transition from Staples, because I mean, it was Staples from 1308 01:09:50,040 --> 01:09:52,560 Speaker 2: the jump on it opened twenty years ago and it 1309 01:09:53,120 --> 01:09:56,280 Speaker 2: flips to the you know, Crypto Arena or whatever the 1310 01:09:56,320 --> 01:09:57,679 Speaker 2: hell you call it, or they call it the Crypt. 1311 01:09:58,320 --> 01:10:00,640 Speaker 2: Have there been any smart alec nick names people have 1312 01:10:00,720 --> 01:10:03,080 Speaker 2: come up with there about the arena or no? 1313 01:10:04,720 --> 01:10:05,920 Speaker 5: What you might know? 1314 01:10:07,200 --> 01:10:10,160 Speaker 9: I have everyone I do, you know, Patrick, I mean, 1315 01:10:10,200 --> 01:10:12,760 Speaker 9: all I've heard is the Crypt. And then remember back 1316 01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:15,880 Speaker 9: when last year when it was Lebron James and a 1317 01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:18,160 Speaker 9: bunch of the you know, a bunch of the roster 1318 01:10:18,280 --> 01:10:20,360 Speaker 9: was a bunch of like thirty five thirty six year 1319 01:10:20,400 --> 01:10:24,080 Speaker 9: old older NBA players, So they really did call it 1320 01:10:24,120 --> 01:10:27,080 Speaker 9: the Crypt because that's where you know, they were untimely 1321 01:10:27,160 --> 01:10:29,960 Speaker 9: jokes about everybody being old and you know, crypt keepers 1322 01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:30,919 Speaker 9: and all that stuff. 1323 01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:33,920 Speaker 2: Well tell you why. So back in two thousand, this 1324 01:10:33,960 --> 01:10:36,759 Speaker 2: is when I was in Detroit. It was with CBS 1325 01:10:36,920 --> 01:10:40,240 Speaker 2: w k r K ninety seven to one, the flagship 1326 01:10:41,040 --> 01:10:44,400 Speaker 2: for the Lions and uh and the Pistons and the 1327 01:10:44,479 --> 01:10:48,040 Speaker 2: Tigers and everything. Here's the deal. So you guys know 1328 01:10:48,080 --> 01:10:50,160 Speaker 2: the name of the baseball stadium in Detroit, right, you 1329 01:10:50,160 --> 01:10:50,680 Speaker 2: know what it is? 1330 01:10:52,200 --> 01:10:52,360 Speaker 7: Oh? 1331 01:10:52,520 --> 01:10:53,200 Speaker 5: What is it now? 1332 01:10:53,439 --> 01:10:56,200 Speaker 2: It's America Park? Yes, oh yeah, yeah, it's been America 1333 01:10:56,320 --> 01:11:00,719 Speaker 2: now co America Park is is a long established banking 1334 01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:06,040 Speaker 2: chain in the Midwest, certainly in Detroit and the Detroit area. 1335 01:11:06,120 --> 01:11:10,320 Speaker 2: So no doubt k America Park had to pay a 1336 01:11:10,360 --> 01:11:13,880 Speaker 2: significant amount of money to get that sponsorship. So here 1337 01:11:13,880 --> 01:11:16,720 Speaker 2: here's where I'm going with the story. The Tigers got 1338 01:11:16,760 --> 01:11:19,760 Speaker 2: off to a notoriously bad start the first year the 1339 01:11:19,800 --> 01:11:22,839 Speaker 2: stadium was open. We had a bad year in two thousand, 1340 01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:25,719 Speaker 2: bad year in two thousand and one got even worse. 1341 01:11:25,760 --> 01:11:28,599 Speaker 2: I mean we're talking about teams that lost a hundred games. 1342 01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:32,439 Speaker 2: And then Randy Smith our GM or GM got fired 1343 01:11:32,479 --> 01:11:35,519 Speaker 2: and Dave Dombrowski came in and they had the terrible 1344 01:11:35,560 --> 01:11:38,439 Speaker 2: season in two thousand and three, so we had a 1345 01:11:38,479 --> 01:11:42,800 Speaker 2: little fun. We shortened co America Park. We called it 1346 01:11:42,920 --> 01:11:47,000 Speaker 2: the Coma. They called it the Coma. Well that went over, yeah, 1347 01:11:47,320 --> 01:11:48,880 Speaker 2: we thought so, but it went over like a fart 1348 01:11:48,920 --> 01:11:51,760 Speaker 2: in church. And they came out us pretty good and said, 1349 01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:54,160 Speaker 2: I know you don't call it the Koma. Don't you 1350 01:11:54,160 --> 01:11:56,200 Speaker 2: don't call it the Kopa. You don't you call it 1351 01:11:56,280 --> 01:11:59,479 Speaker 2: Kamerica Park. We said, yes, sir. We moved on. So 1352 01:11:59,520 --> 01:12:01,760 Speaker 2: I was just I was just kind of curious if 1353 01:12:01,960 --> 01:12:06,400 Speaker 2: there had been any odd ball sort of nicknames, because 1354 01:12:06,439 --> 01:12:09,320 Speaker 2: you know, with all the respect, I'm sure the crypto 1355 01:12:09,360 --> 01:12:11,719 Speaker 2: folks are fine folks. They paid a lot of money 1356 01:12:11,760 --> 01:12:14,240 Speaker 2: so people can enjoy the arena. But all right, look, 1357 01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:17,559 Speaker 2: I'm let's move on. This topic's going nowhere coming up, 1358 01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:20,200 Speaker 2: But I do I want to wrap up my thoughts 1359 01:12:20,240 --> 01:12:23,559 Speaker 2: on the Lakers Memphis because there are some sharp people 1360 01:12:23,640 --> 01:12:26,519 Speaker 2: I know that think the Lakers can win this in seven. 1361 01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:29,559 Speaker 2: All right, It's going to be most likely a hard 1362 01:12:29,560 --> 01:12:32,840 Speaker 2: fought series, and the Lakers did win the season series 1363 01:12:32,880 --> 01:12:35,960 Speaker 2: two to one. Again, I mentioned earlier that early betting 1364 01:12:36,080 --> 01:12:38,519 Speaker 2: has come in on Memphis. They were three and a 1365 01:12:38,560 --> 01:12:41,160 Speaker 2: half point favorites to now four and a half point favorites, 1366 01:12:41,840 --> 01:12:43,920 Speaker 2: And there were some things we may have learned from 1367 01:12:43,920 --> 01:12:47,760 Speaker 2: the regular season. And I will say this, the absences 1368 01:12:47,800 --> 01:12:51,000 Speaker 2: of Steven Adams and Brandon Clark can't be understated. But 1369 01:12:51,080 --> 01:12:55,040 Speaker 2: I have multiple questions and thoughts and observations because I'm 1370 01:12:55,080 --> 01:12:58,000 Speaker 2: really looking forward to seeing this series. When you look 1371 01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:01,280 Speaker 2: at how the Lakers season started and ten, how they 1372 01:13:01,280 --> 01:13:03,599 Speaker 2: finished sixteen and seven, you got a lot of Hall 1373 01:13:03,640 --> 01:13:05,920 Speaker 2: of Fame power going to be on the floor. I 1374 01:13:05,960 --> 01:13:10,559 Speaker 2: think we're all curious, what's the script. Let's write the script. 1375 01:13:10,600 --> 01:13:13,880 Speaker 2: What happens to the Lakers when the history books are 1376 01:13:14,360 --> 01:13:17,200 Speaker 2: registered for twenty twenty three. On Bernie Fraddle, We're coming 1377 01:13:17,200 --> 01:13:18,880 Speaker 2: to your live from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio 1378 01:13:18,920 --> 01:13:22,320 Speaker 2: tirack dot com studios. Don't go away. You're listening to 1379 01:13:22,320 --> 01:13:35,640 Speaker 2: the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio. How are 1380 01:13:37,040 --> 01:13:39,559 Speaker 2: back at the Bernie Frattle Show or comedy Live from 1381 01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:42,040 Speaker 2: the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio studios Here in Las 1382 01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:45,519 Speaker 2: Vegas tyrack dot com studios. A lot of stuff to 1383 01:13:45,560 --> 01:13:48,000 Speaker 2: get to will take you up to three am Pacific, 1384 01:13:48,680 --> 01:13:51,840 Speaker 2: six am Eastern. We're less than twelve hours away from 1385 01:13:51,880 --> 01:13:55,160 Speaker 2: the Lakers and Grizzlies teeing it up. As you know, 1386 01:13:55,200 --> 01:13:57,560 Speaker 2: the Lakers won the season series two to one. I 1387 01:13:57,560 --> 01:14:01,080 Speaker 2: don't know that you can glean much from those three matchups. 1388 01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:04,759 Speaker 2: Lebron missed, I think one of the games John Morant missed, 1389 01:14:04,840 --> 01:14:08,600 Speaker 2: one of the games Brandon Clark played, but he's not 1390 01:14:08,600 --> 01:14:12,960 Speaker 2: going to play in the playoffs, and a couple of 1391 01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:15,519 Speaker 2: those games when the Lakers still had Patrick Beverley, And 1392 01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:18,680 Speaker 2: you get the point. It's there's one thing though, that 1393 01:14:18,800 --> 01:14:21,639 Speaker 2: is clear. These two teams aren't very fond of each other. 1394 01:14:21,680 --> 01:14:24,479 Speaker 2: I think there's gonna be some physical play. There could 1395 01:14:24,560 --> 01:14:27,479 Speaker 2: be some trash talking. I'm not really sure, but this 1396 01:14:27,560 --> 01:14:30,479 Speaker 2: has a chance to be a very exciting first round series, 1397 01:14:31,160 --> 01:14:35,920 Speaker 2: much like obviously Golden State and Sacramento, but this one 1398 01:14:35,920 --> 01:14:39,120 Speaker 2: has a little bit more of an edge to it, Okay, 1399 01:14:39,280 --> 01:14:43,960 Speaker 2: because of what's happened in the past, and the Lakers 1400 01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:48,479 Speaker 2: sort of they're comfortable against Memphis. They don't fear the 1401 01:14:49,080 --> 01:14:51,840 Speaker 2: Grizzlies the way another seven or eight seed might have, 1402 01:14:51,960 --> 01:14:55,160 Speaker 2: and Lebron James would be completely unfazed by any of 1403 01:14:55,200 --> 01:14:58,160 Speaker 2: their antics that they have any And I do know 1404 01:14:58,200 --> 01:15:04,120 Speaker 2: that you know, Dylan Brooks and and Bain and certainly 1405 01:15:04,240 --> 01:15:08,000 Speaker 2: John morand are gonna have a lot of motivation, but 1406 01:15:08,600 --> 01:15:11,000 Speaker 2: you know, you gotta get on the floor and do it. 1407 01:15:11,040 --> 01:15:13,920 Speaker 2: And I think there's a lot of questions. There's a 1408 01:15:13,920 --> 01:15:18,839 Speaker 2: lot of questions. The one clear advantage that I really 1409 01:15:18,880 --> 01:15:24,519 Speaker 2: think that the Grizzlies have is that when they get 1410 01:15:24,560 --> 01:15:28,000 Speaker 2: out on the open court and run, that's a dramatic advantage. 1411 01:15:28,000 --> 01:15:30,120 Speaker 2: And I do believe the Grizzlies will push the pace 1412 01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:33,280 Speaker 2: when Moran and Bain and of course Jones will lead 1413 01:15:33,320 --> 01:15:36,880 Speaker 2: the charge. And the bottom line is this, when they 1414 01:15:36,920 --> 01:15:42,320 Speaker 2: get out and transition the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies are very 1415 01:15:42,760 --> 01:15:47,920 Speaker 2: prolific and even on made baskets, this is sort of 1416 01:15:47,960 --> 01:15:50,519 Speaker 2: an achilles heel for the Lakers, even though they are 1417 01:15:50,560 --> 01:15:58,320 Speaker 2: defensive numbers the post trade deadline have been good. The 1418 01:15:58,360 --> 01:16:02,200 Speaker 2: only ranked twenty sixth overalling up fast brank points and 1419 01:16:02,640 --> 01:16:04,679 Speaker 2: Memphis is number three in the league in fast break 1420 01:16:04,680 --> 01:16:07,240 Speaker 2: points offensively, and these are the type of killer baskets 1421 01:16:07,720 --> 01:16:11,479 Speaker 2: Brian gets out in the open and finishes, and there's 1422 01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:14,280 Speaker 2: leak outs are inevitable. The Lakers are gonna have to 1423 01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:18,400 Speaker 2: have two defenders running back defensively on every position. And 1424 01:16:18,439 --> 01:16:22,559 Speaker 2: that's just the fact. And you know, if they aren't, 1425 01:16:23,360 --> 01:16:26,160 Speaker 2: then Memphis gets too easy back, too many easy baskets. 1426 01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:28,680 Speaker 2: This could turn into a track meet that might not 1427 01:16:28,720 --> 01:16:30,439 Speaker 2: be good for the Lakers. I don't think the Lakers 1428 01:16:30,520 --> 01:16:32,719 Speaker 2: want that. The Lakers are better in the half court 1429 01:16:32,760 --> 01:16:35,519 Speaker 2: than Memphis. Memphis is not great in the half court. 1430 01:16:35,800 --> 01:16:39,559 Speaker 2: They're good in the open court. So the Lakers are 1431 01:16:39,600 --> 01:16:41,800 Speaker 2: going to have to try to dictate the tempo. We'll 1432 01:16:41,840 --> 01:16:44,680 Speaker 2: see if they are able to okay, especially as this 1433 01:16:44,760 --> 01:16:48,160 Speaker 2: series goes on when the Lakers have to travel. And 1434 01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:50,960 Speaker 2: I think the number one question I have, the number 1435 01:16:50,960 --> 01:16:54,960 Speaker 2: one observation I have that no one knows is can James? 1436 01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:58,839 Speaker 2: Can Lebron James and Anthony Davis stay healthy for seven games? 1437 01:16:59,479 --> 01:17:02,720 Speaker 2: How are they gonna withstand? What I've characterized earlier is 1438 01:17:02,720 --> 01:17:05,519 Speaker 2: the heaviest workload they've had in years. They're gonna have 1439 01:17:05,600 --> 01:17:08,320 Speaker 2: to log thirty eight to forty minutes every game for 1440 01:17:08,360 --> 01:17:13,360 Speaker 2: two straight weeks. Fact, And then you got to ask yourself, 1441 01:17:13,760 --> 01:17:16,960 Speaker 2: You know this comes from the from the Grizzly standpoint, 1442 01:17:16,960 --> 01:17:20,080 Speaker 2: how are they gonna guard Lebron James? You know is 1443 01:17:20,120 --> 01:17:22,200 Speaker 2: are they going to double team him with Moran Cannard, 1444 01:17:22,880 --> 01:17:28,800 Speaker 2: you bring in Tillman, Uh what you know? And Uh, 1445 01:17:28,840 --> 01:17:32,160 Speaker 2: that's a question Memphis is gonna have to answer. There's 1446 01:17:32,160 --> 01:17:35,160 Speaker 2: another thing that hasn't been talked about a lot how 1447 01:17:35,280 --> 01:17:39,879 Speaker 2: much coaching familiarity could play a factor because Darvinham and 1448 01:17:39,960 --> 01:17:43,120 Speaker 2: his assistant Jenkins are both from the Mike Budenholzer coaching 1449 01:17:43,160 --> 01:17:45,600 Speaker 2: tree and they kind of have this offshoot of this 1450 01:17:45,680 --> 01:17:50,200 Speaker 2: Greg Popyvich lemme, you know, Greg Popovich San Antonio. They're 1451 01:17:50,200 --> 01:17:53,120 Speaker 2: going to kind of predict each other's adjustments. It'll be 1452 01:17:53,120 --> 01:17:55,559 Speaker 2: a great chess match as I said earlier, much more 1453 01:17:55,600 --> 01:17:57,519 Speaker 2: so than the average coaching matchup because they all know 1454 01:17:57,560 --> 01:18:02,080 Speaker 2: each other's tendencies. Now, how about the free free throw 1455 01:18:02,080 --> 01:18:05,880 Speaker 2: disparity the Lakers. They have a significant advantage based on 1456 01:18:05,920 --> 01:18:09,120 Speaker 2: the regular season, but when the playoffs get a little 1457 01:18:09,160 --> 01:18:11,759 Speaker 2: more heated, get a little more physical, that could change. 1458 01:18:11,800 --> 01:18:15,280 Speaker 2: Another thing is the Lakers I realized that, you know, 1459 01:18:15,360 --> 01:18:18,200 Speaker 2: for you know, the Grizzlies are not going to have 1460 01:18:18,600 --> 01:18:21,160 Speaker 2: Steven Adams and Brandon Clark, and those are big losses. 1461 01:18:22,720 --> 01:18:26,400 Speaker 2: But the question is how many players does Darrenham really 1462 01:18:26,439 --> 01:18:29,320 Speaker 2: going to be able to use in his rotation. Now, 1463 01:18:29,360 --> 01:18:31,720 Speaker 2: surprisingly ten guys got on the floor on the mat 1464 01:18:31,760 --> 01:18:34,360 Speaker 2: in the playing game, But I think that's too many 1465 01:18:34,960 --> 01:18:39,559 Speaker 2: for a competitive playoff series, right, and you know who 1466 01:18:39,640 --> 01:18:43,680 Speaker 2: might step up? Who might who might you know be 1467 01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:46,640 Speaker 2: an unknown X factor. I still say the absences of 1468 01:18:46,680 --> 01:18:50,600 Speaker 2: Brandon Clark and Steven Adams can't be underestimated because there 1469 01:18:50,600 --> 01:18:54,880 Speaker 2: are two of Memphis. Of the Memphis Is three bigs 1470 01:18:54,880 --> 01:18:57,840 Speaker 2: that are two best. Probably Adams is a rebounder, he 1471 01:18:57,920 --> 01:19:01,759 Speaker 2: sets screens, he's tough. Brandon Clark brings a great defense, 1472 01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:05,000 Speaker 2: a great energy, great athleticism. Those have really been key 1473 01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:07,679 Speaker 2: to Memphis and having success the last couple of years. 1474 01:19:07,680 --> 01:19:11,840 Speaker 2: Now Memphis is twenty and sixteen since Brandon, since Steven 1475 01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:15,680 Speaker 2: Adams got hurt, and interestingly enough, they've played pretty good 1476 01:19:15,720 --> 01:19:19,040 Speaker 2: since Brandon Clark got hurt too, finishing the season thirteen 1477 01:19:19,080 --> 01:19:23,920 Speaker 2: and seven. But arguably the Lakers have maybe the two 1478 01:19:23,960 --> 01:19:27,400 Speaker 2: best players in the series, right with Lebron and Anthony Davis. 1479 01:19:27,439 --> 01:19:30,519 Speaker 2: Now Morant and Davis. Maybe that's a close, Maybe that's 1480 01:19:30,560 --> 01:19:34,759 Speaker 2: a coin flip, but I think it is. Mark Medino 1481 01:19:34,800 --> 01:19:38,280 Speaker 2: brought this up earlier. The psychology of this series might 1482 01:19:38,360 --> 01:19:42,160 Speaker 2: dictate who wins it. The Lakers are not intimidated. The 1483 01:19:42,240 --> 01:19:46,000 Speaker 2: Lakers have guys who've been around the block. They don't 1484 01:19:46,040 --> 01:19:47,760 Speaker 2: have a bunch of egles. Well they do, but they 1485 01:19:47,800 --> 01:19:50,760 Speaker 2: don't nothing like Memphis. And Memphis has talked a lot. 1486 01:19:50,800 --> 01:19:52,280 Speaker 2: Now they're going to have to back it up. By 1487 01:19:52,320 --> 01:19:55,080 Speaker 2: the way, here's a fun prop bet that no one 1488 01:19:55,120 --> 01:19:59,000 Speaker 2: will bet. But how many games will Shannon sharpertend I read? 1489 01:19:59,000 --> 01:20:02,080 Speaker 2: I wonder if he's in just that would be a factor. 1490 01:20:02,479 --> 01:20:05,880 Speaker 2: So anyway, I think we've beat the Memphis Lakers series 1491 01:20:05,920 --> 01:20:08,839 Speaker 2: to death. Let the games begin. I do like Memphis 1492 01:20:08,840 --> 01:20:11,000 Speaker 2: to win in six or seven games. We shall see 1493 01:20:11,120 --> 01:20:12,960 Speaker 2: next Saturday night. The law you have three games under 1494 01:20:12,960 --> 01:20:15,240 Speaker 2: the belt. One player you're not going to be seeing 1495 01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:19,080 Speaker 2: in the playoffs is Zion Williamson. I find this very bothersome. 1496 01:20:19,160 --> 01:20:21,160 Speaker 2: Is he going to be a footnote in history? We'll 1497 01:20:21,200 --> 01:20:23,400 Speaker 2: unpack it. Keep it locked right here. You listen to 1498 01:20:23,439 --> 01:20:33,280 Speaker 2: the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio Fox Sports Radio. Bernie, Well, 1499 01:20:33,320 --> 01:20:35,320 Speaker 2: that's trench. You heard the band. The Bernie Fraddle Show 1500 01:20:35,400 --> 01:20:39,120 Speaker 2: keeps rolling right along. My name is Bernie fraddleworkemedy lyon 1501 01:20:39,200 --> 01:20:41,759 Speaker 2: from the tarrac dot com studios here in Las Vegas. 1502 01:20:42,200 --> 01:20:45,200 Speaker 2: Tyraq dot com will help you get there an unmatched selection, 1503 01:20:45,720 --> 01:20:49,000 Speaker 2: fast free shipping, free road hazard protection, and over ten 1504 01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:53,200 Speaker 2: thousand recommend an installers. Tyrack dot com the way tire 1505 01:20:53,280 --> 01:20:54,559 Speaker 2: buying should be. 1506 01:20:56,640 --> 01:20:57,040 Speaker 7: Well. 1507 01:20:57,200 --> 01:21:03,320 Speaker 2: If so later on today Sun, the playoff games and 1508 01:21:03,400 --> 01:21:08,639 Speaker 2: beyond the following week and series down the road are 1509 01:21:08,680 --> 01:21:11,040 Speaker 2: anywhere near as exciting as a couple of the matchups 1510 01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:14,200 Speaker 2: were today. We are in for a real treat because 1511 01:21:14,240 --> 01:21:17,120 Speaker 2: this is a fairly wide open tournament. I think in 1512 01:21:17,160 --> 01:21:19,519 Speaker 2: the East, yeah, it's probably you can say it's Boston 1513 01:21:19,560 --> 01:21:22,040 Speaker 2: and Milwaukee everybody else, but the West is wide open 1514 01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:24,920 Speaker 2: and you never can tell who can emerge from the East. 1515 01:21:24,920 --> 01:21:29,080 Speaker 2: But one individual that we will not be seeing in 1516 01:21:29,200 --> 01:21:34,280 Speaker 2: the NBA Playoffs this year is one Zion Williamson. And 1517 01:21:34,360 --> 01:21:36,519 Speaker 2: I will tell you this is a shame because Zion 1518 01:21:36,560 --> 01:21:40,200 Speaker 2: Williamson is an incredibly talented young man and he's still 1519 01:21:40,280 --> 01:21:42,080 Speaker 2: very much a young man, even though he only played 1520 01:21:42,120 --> 01:21:44,599 Speaker 2: twenty nine games as last year he missed one hundred 1521 01:21:44,600 --> 01:21:47,559 Speaker 2: and ninety four games already in his young career. Did 1522 01:21:47,600 --> 01:21:49,760 Speaker 2: sign a two hundred million dollar extension which kicks in 1523 01:21:49,880 --> 01:21:53,000 Speaker 2: next season. But if you read the tea leaves, how 1524 01:21:53,040 --> 01:22:00,000 Speaker 2: can you really be confident that somehow magically Zion Williamson 1525 01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:04,519 Speaker 2: and transforms himself into somebody who can play eighty games, 1526 01:22:04,520 --> 01:22:08,400 Speaker 2: seventy five games, whatever and be that transcended player that 1527 01:22:08,840 --> 01:22:12,000 Speaker 2: the Pelicans hoped he could be when they signed him 1528 01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:16,599 Speaker 2: out of Duke. And there was a Zion Williamson sighting 1529 01:22:16,840 --> 01:22:20,400 Speaker 2: just the other day Wins the Evening during their pregame 1530 01:22:20,439 --> 01:22:24,640 Speaker 2: warm up, and he kind of showed up and he 1531 01:22:24,720 --> 01:22:28,240 Speaker 2: did a little windmill dunking and worked up a light sweat. 1532 01:22:28,280 --> 01:22:32,280 Speaker 2: He did not, however, play in the playing game, and 1533 01:22:32,320 --> 01:22:36,240 Speaker 2: as a result, the Pelicans they ended their season. They 1534 01:22:36,320 --> 01:22:40,360 Speaker 2: lost by five to the Thunder one twenty three one eighteen. Technically, 1535 01:22:40,880 --> 01:22:43,040 Speaker 2: Williamson was on the injury report, ruled out with a 1536 01:22:43,040 --> 01:22:46,880 Speaker 2: hamstring injury, but as he explained in sort of this 1537 01:22:47,040 --> 01:22:51,800 Speaker 2: oddball clunky press conference on Tuesday, it wasn't the hamstring 1538 01:22:51,880 --> 01:22:54,840 Speaker 2: issue with so much as his mental preparation. And I'll 1539 01:22:54,880 --> 01:22:57,160 Speaker 2: quote him, he said, if I was to go out there, 1540 01:22:57,479 --> 01:23:00,080 Speaker 2: I would be in my head a lot. I would 1541 01:22:59,760 --> 01:23:03,800 Speaker 2: hesitate on certain moves and that could affect the game. Physically, 1542 01:23:03,880 --> 01:23:09,160 Speaker 2: I'm fine. You hear that. Physically, I'm fine. Now it's 1543 01:23:09,200 --> 01:23:11,240 Speaker 2: just a matter of well, when I feel like Zion, 1544 01:23:11,439 --> 01:23:15,639 Speaker 2: what the hell does that mean? What does that mean? 1545 01:23:15,720 --> 01:23:18,680 Speaker 2: And then people are defending him. I'm not gonna bash you, 1546 01:23:18,720 --> 01:23:20,760 Speaker 2: but well, I'm gonna say it raises a lot of 1547 01:23:20,800 --> 01:23:24,439 Speaker 2: serious questions. How bad do you really want to play 1548 01:23:24,560 --> 01:23:31,280 Speaker 2: in the NBA? You heard CJ McCollum, you know, in 1549 01:23:31,320 --> 01:23:34,640 Speaker 2: the postgame press conference talking about you have to do 1550 01:23:34,680 --> 01:23:36,959 Speaker 2: what you gotta do to be ready. He played through injuries. 1551 01:23:37,400 --> 01:23:40,000 Speaker 2: He intimated he could have sat out too, but he didn't. 1552 01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:44,439 Speaker 2: And at some point you have to ask yourself, what 1553 01:23:44,640 --> 01:23:48,759 Speaker 2: exactly is going to be the trigger event where Zion says, Okay, 1554 01:23:48,800 --> 01:23:51,280 Speaker 2: I feel like Zion again. He said, physically, I'm fine, 1555 01:23:51,280 --> 01:23:54,120 Speaker 2: and I think he was cleared to play. But the 1556 01:23:54,120 --> 01:23:56,720 Speaker 2: bottom line is he then went on to say he 1557 01:23:56,720 --> 01:23:59,599 Speaker 2: doesn't believe there are any specific benchmarks for being Zion. 1558 01:24:00,040 --> 01:24:02,080 Speaker 2: It's just a matter when I feel like myself. Okay, 1559 01:24:02,120 --> 01:24:04,240 Speaker 2: that's just a bunch of gibberish nobody needs to hear, 1560 01:24:04,560 --> 01:24:08,479 Speaker 2: especially when you're getting ready to resume the reigns of 1561 01:24:08,479 --> 01:24:11,599 Speaker 2: a two hundred million dollar extension which kicks in next season. 1562 01:24:11,760 --> 01:24:14,040 Speaker 2: If you're a Pelicans fan, it's not the type of 1563 01:24:14,040 --> 01:24:16,840 Speaker 2: conversation that gives you a lot of hope. I mean, 1564 01:24:16,880 --> 01:24:19,640 Speaker 2: come on, man. Then he goes on to say, if 1565 01:24:19,640 --> 01:24:22,040 Speaker 2: it's God's plan for me to feel like I should be, 1566 01:24:22,080 --> 01:24:23,680 Speaker 2: then it's his plan. If not, I'll live with it. 1567 01:24:23,880 --> 01:24:26,679 Speaker 2: What are we talking about here? This is a very 1568 01:24:26,720 --> 01:24:30,400 Speaker 2: odd ball situation. He's only twenty two years old, he's 1569 01:24:30,479 --> 01:24:34,360 Speaker 2: hyper athletic, he's tremendous. He's only played one hundred and 1570 01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:36,920 Speaker 2: fourteen games total in his career. Over for season miss 1571 01:24:36,960 --> 01:24:39,880 Speaker 2: is one hundred and ninety four. Now, if the people 1572 01:24:39,880 --> 01:24:42,439 Speaker 2: who sign this check aren't upset, then I don't have 1573 01:24:42,479 --> 01:24:46,719 Speaker 2: a right to be. And David Griffin, the Pelicans executive 1574 01:24:46,760 --> 01:24:51,120 Speaker 2: vice president of basketball operations, he did identify some of 1575 01:24:51,120 --> 01:24:55,200 Speaker 2: those benchmarks. So apparently there are benchmarks that when Zion 1576 01:24:55,280 --> 01:24:58,200 Speaker 2: said he would miss the Plan tournament and back on 1577 01:24:58,240 --> 01:25:03,000 Speaker 2: April seventh, when basically it was sort of this consensus 1578 01:25:03,040 --> 01:25:06,200 Speaker 2: that Zion's returned with hitche on two things that have 1579 01:25:06,280 --> 01:25:10,080 Speaker 2: to come into alignment. One quote the objective metrics and 1580 01:25:10,160 --> 01:25:13,680 Speaker 2: two again quote how he feels. Now give it up 1581 01:25:13,680 --> 01:25:17,960 Speaker 2: to David Griffin, the executive VP. He offered examples of 1582 01:25:17,960 --> 01:25:21,760 Speaker 2: those metrics. He used terms like strength and flexibility in 1583 01:25:21,760 --> 01:25:25,400 Speaker 2: the weight room speed response to exercises. So I guess 1584 01:25:25,439 --> 01:25:31,640 Speaker 2: the implication is what Williamson is grading out okay on 1585 01:25:31,720 --> 01:25:37,320 Speaker 2: those measures, but until he completes what they consider to 1586 01:25:37,360 --> 01:25:41,000 Speaker 2: be whatever their objective metrics are, and only they know that, 1587 01:25:41,439 --> 01:25:43,879 Speaker 2: only at that point can he advance to the next step, 1588 01:25:44,360 --> 01:25:47,719 Speaker 2: which means the next step is he's got to feel 1589 01:25:47,720 --> 01:25:50,479 Speaker 2: like Zion and he's got to be ready to go. 1590 01:25:51,240 --> 01:25:53,240 Speaker 2: And you're not going to know this until October. He's 1591 01:25:53,280 --> 01:25:56,000 Speaker 2: just not going to play till October. There's no question, 1592 01:25:56,040 --> 01:25:57,920 Speaker 2: I mean, no one questions his talent. He's an all 1593 01:25:58,040 --> 01:26:00,599 Speaker 2: NBA talent and he's about to stay out a five year, 1594 01:26:00,600 --> 01:26:03,720 Speaker 2: one hundred and ninety four million dollar extension. Coincidentally, he's 1595 01:26:03,720 --> 01:26:08,639 Speaker 2: missed one hundred and ninety four games. And if you're 1596 01:26:08,680 --> 01:26:12,760 Speaker 2: CJ McCollum, and I'm not speaking for him, I'm speculating, 1597 01:26:13,200 --> 01:26:14,519 Speaker 2: let's just do it, ok tell you what. Let's just 1598 01:26:14,640 --> 01:26:18,160 Speaker 2: laid out the facts. CJ McCollum toughed it out these 1599 01:26:18,240 --> 01:26:20,880 Speaker 2: last few months. He had a thumb injury, then he 1600 01:26:20,880 --> 01:26:25,800 Speaker 2: had a torn labram and he I think was really 1601 01:26:25,840 --> 01:26:29,639 Speaker 2: a little bothered because he joined the team expecting he'd 1602 01:26:29,680 --> 01:26:33,120 Speaker 2: be playing alongside a couple of great co stars. One 1603 01:26:33,200 --> 01:26:36,320 Speaker 2: name's Zion Williams and the other name Brandon Ingram. And 1604 01:26:36,360 --> 01:26:38,200 Speaker 2: he basically said, if you would have told me we'd 1605 01:26:38,240 --> 01:26:42,200 Speaker 2: only played ten games together this season and managed to 1606 01:26:42,200 --> 01:26:44,240 Speaker 2: win forty two games, I would have said, that's crazy. 1607 01:26:44,760 --> 01:26:47,040 Speaker 2: But if we're gonna be successful in the future, in 1608 01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:49,080 Speaker 2: the long term, we gotta play together. We need our 1609 01:26:49,120 --> 01:26:51,759 Speaker 2: best players on the court. We gotta play extensive minutes, 1610 01:26:51,920 --> 01:26:54,360 Speaker 2: we gotta play meaningful games, we gotta play big games 1611 01:26:54,520 --> 01:26:56,400 Speaker 2: if we're gonna contend for a championship and make a 1612 01:26:56,400 --> 01:27:01,000 Speaker 2: playoff run. That's what it's gonna takest on Zion under 1613 01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:06,840 Speaker 2: the bus and everybody's been kind of fair. But how 1614 01:27:06,920 --> 01:27:08,320 Speaker 2: much longer do you want to put up with this? 1615 01:27:08,600 --> 01:27:11,479 Speaker 2: Because I will. I will tell you why I am 1616 01:27:12,040 --> 01:27:16,120 Speaker 2: engaging in this narrative. We have all in our fandom 1617 01:27:16,439 --> 01:27:22,400 Speaker 2: observed players who we believed were on their way to 1618 01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:28,479 Speaker 2: sensational careers, but they were cut short by injury. Now 1619 01:27:28,680 --> 01:27:31,720 Speaker 2: Zion doesn't have that, you know, devastating injury. Like Bo 1620 01:27:31,880 --> 01:27:35,080 Speaker 2: Jackson had ended up getting a hip replacement, still came 1621 01:27:35,120 --> 01:27:38,360 Speaker 2: back played Major League Baseball with a hip replacement. But 1622 01:27:38,520 --> 01:27:41,679 Speaker 2: Zion has had a series of injuries. I think it's 1623 01:27:41,760 --> 01:27:47,200 Speaker 2: fair to ascertain that it's directly related to his weight, 1624 01:27:47,200 --> 01:27:49,560 Speaker 2: which is two hundred and eighty four pounds when he 1625 01:27:49,640 --> 01:27:51,559 Speaker 2: left Duke. I don't know what he weighs now, but 1626 01:27:51,720 --> 01:27:54,760 Speaker 2: when you saw what he was dressed in Wednesday night, 1627 01:27:55,280 --> 01:27:59,200 Speaker 2: he was wearing fairly baggy clothes, the kind you might 1628 01:27:59,240 --> 01:28:01,600 Speaker 2: get it Omar the tent maker. They didn't look like 1629 01:28:01,680 --> 01:28:06,200 Speaker 2: form fitting, and he was wearing darker colors, which hides weight. Hey, 1630 01:28:06,920 --> 01:28:10,200 Speaker 2: trust your eyes and tell you a lot and look. 1631 01:28:10,520 --> 01:28:14,040 Speaker 2: Tommy Lisorda said it best. He said, you know every 1632 01:28:14,200 --> 01:28:17,800 Speaker 2: team now in all the major sports man, they all 1633 01:28:17,840 --> 01:28:22,040 Speaker 2: got you know, three team doctors, four trainers, five physicians, 1634 01:28:22,080 --> 01:28:26,479 Speaker 2: six basods, therapists, nutritionists, you name it. He goes, No 1635 01:28:26,520 --> 01:28:29,200 Speaker 2: one should miss games unless you're really seriously injured. That 1636 01:28:29,240 --> 01:28:31,800 Speaker 2: was time and Thesorda. Of course, God rest his soul, 1637 01:28:31,840 --> 01:28:34,200 Speaker 2: he said. Tommy said, Hell, back when I was playing, 1638 01:28:34,520 --> 01:28:37,640 Speaker 2: we had one trainer, one bottle of rubbing alcohol, and 1639 01:28:37,720 --> 01:28:40,640 Speaker 2: usually drank most of it by the seventh inning. What 1640 01:28:40,800 --> 01:28:44,640 Speaker 2: was his point that with today's advancements, it's better and 1641 01:28:44,680 --> 01:28:46,839 Speaker 2: recovery is better for players to be on the floor 1642 01:28:47,000 --> 01:28:50,240 Speaker 2: more than ever. So that's problematic that Zion is not. 1643 01:28:51,439 --> 01:28:55,640 Speaker 2: And it's a multifaceted situation, and everybody there's blame to 1644 01:28:55,640 --> 01:28:58,439 Speaker 2: go all the way around. The team that drafted them. 1645 01:28:59,120 --> 01:29:01,120 Speaker 2: You knew what you were get. Maybe you hoped you 1646 01:29:01,160 --> 01:29:03,040 Speaker 2: could change him what you have been able to. He 1647 01:29:03,200 --> 01:29:06,360 Speaker 2: just gave him an extension in a sense, you're enabling this. 1648 01:29:06,400 --> 01:29:07,840 Speaker 2: But what are you gonna do if a guy can't go. 1649 01:29:08,200 --> 01:29:10,719 Speaker 2: I've never questioned anybody's injury. If you're hurt, you're hurt. 1650 01:29:10,880 --> 01:29:14,160 Speaker 2: I don't question someone else's threshold of pain. I don't 1651 01:29:14,200 --> 01:29:16,439 Speaker 2: question what they're going through. I've had as an athlete. 1652 01:29:16,439 --> 01:29:18,120 Speaker 2: I've had my own share of injuries. I had to 1653 01:29:18,120 --> 01:29:21,439 Speaker 2: have a hip replacement. I've had broken noses, broken fingers, 1654 01:29:21,479 --> 01:29:24,200 Speaker 2: pulled hamstrings, must you name it, all that stuff. I 1655 01:29:24,200 --> 01:29:27,360 Speaker 2: don't question anybody's injury, but I do question how badly 1656 01:29:27,400 --> 01:29:29,200 Speaker 2: he wants to be on the floor, And I do 1657 01:29:29,320 --> 01:29:32,559 Speaker 2: question whether or not we're ever going to see Zion 1658 01:29:33,960 --> 01:29:36,280 Speaker 2: be the type of athlete be the type of transcendent 1659 01:29:36,400 --> 01:29:38,719 Speaker 2: NBA player, because man, I saw him in the Summer 1660 01:29:38,760 --> 01:29:41,920 Speaker 2: League four years ago, tremendous. He got hurt in the 1661 01:29:41,920 --> 01:29:45,360 Speaker 2: Summer League, you know, after one game, didn't play the 1662 01:29:45,400 --> 01:29:47,559 Speaker 2: rest of the Summer League. And when he's been on 1663 01:29:47,560 --> 01:29:50,920 Speaker 2: the floor with the Pelicans, tremendous. He can dominate a game. 1664 01:29:51,040 --> 01:29:53,360 Speaker 2: He's everything you'd hope for. Can you imagine if they 1665 01:29:53,360 --> 01:29:56,599 Speaker 2: had that guy seventy games, seventy two games, seventy five games, 1666 01:29:57,080 --> 01:30:00,720 Speaker 2: they're contenders. I truly believe that, but they don't. So 1667 01:30:01,160 --> 01:30:04,200 Speaker 2: here's what we're heading toward. Here's the sixty four dollar 1668 01:30:04,320 --> 01:30:07,120 Speaker 2: question for Zion. Is he going to be a footnote 1669 01:30:07,160 --> 01:30:10,760 Speaker 2: in history? Take Bo Jackson, one of the best pure 1670 01:30:10,800 --> 01:30:15,160 Speaker 2: athletes in the history of any sport. Performed incredible feats. 1671 01:30:15,160 --> 01:30:17,200 Speaker 2: He saw him on football, he saw him in baseball. 1672 01:30:17,640 --> 01:30:20,760 Speaker 2: He excelled in both sports. He was an All Pro 1673 01:30:20,800 --> 01:30:24,000 Speaker 2: in football, he was an All Star in baseball. Hit 1674 01:30:24,040 --> 01:30:26,800 Speaker 2: a home run in eighty and the nineteen eighty nine 1675 01:30:26,800 --> 01:30:29,080 Speaker 2: All Star Game in Anaheim. I think the thing just 1676 01:30:29,160 --> 01:30:33,160 Speaker 2: landed a couple of weeks ago until he had the 1677 01:30:33,240 --> 01:30:36,519 Speaker 2: devastating hip injury that he suffered in a playoff game 1678 01:30:36,560 --> 01:30:40,439 Speaker 2: in nineteen ninety one against the Cincinnati Bengals. He got 1679 01:30:40,560 --> 01:30:44,360 Speaker 2: a hip replacement bo did, but that severely hampered his 1680 01:30:44,439 --> 01:30:47,440 Speaker 2: ability to play baseball. He had to give up sports completely. 1681 01:30:47,880 --> 01:30:50,880 Speaker 2: He became a human highlight film in his short career. 1682 01:30:51,479 --> 01:30:53,439 Speaker 2: Still managed, he hit one hundred and forty one home 1683 01:30:53,520 --> 01:30:56,479 Speaker 2: runs in Major League Baseball, Still rushed for almost three 1684 01:30:56,920 --> 01:30:59,960 Speaker 2: thousand yards in the NFL, averaged almost six yards of carry. 1685 01:31:01,160 --> 01:31:04,599 Speaker 2: But when you look at what Bull's physical gifts and 1686 01:31:04,720 --> 01:31:08,799 Speaker 2: realize how debilitating that injury was, it makes you wonder 1687 01:31:08,880 --> 01:31:12,439 Speaker 2: what he might have been. So just for giggles, I 1688 01:31:12,439 --> 01:31:16,120 Speaker 2: compile a little list. I'm gonna jog your memory. I'm 1689 01:31:16,160 --> 01:31:19,120 Speaker 2: going to remind you that if things don't turn around quick, 1690 01:31:19,720 --> 01:31:22,200 Speaker 2: I will bet you. And I'm not wishing it on 1691 01:31:22,320 --> 01:31:25,200 Speaker 2: him because I like Zion Williamson, he's gonna fall into 1692 01:31:25,240 --> 01:31:30,120 Speaker 2: one of these categories. So coming up, we'll go over 1693 01:31:30,200 --> 01:31:32,320 Speaker 2: some of those names. I'll share with you those stories. 1694 01:31:32,600 --> 01:31:35,720 Speaker 2: See if you find the parallels. Because until any of 1695 01:31:35,720 --> 01:31:40,040 Speaker 2: these poor folks got hurt or had debilitating situations which 1696 01:31:40,400 --> 01:31:45,000 Speaker 2: caused their career to be curtailed prematurely, you didn't see 1697 01:31:45,040 --> 01:31:47,120 Speaker 2: it coming you didn't know what happened, and you don't 1698 01:31:47,160 --> 01:31:50,600 Speaker 2: think it can happen to Zion Williamson. I'm telling you 1699 01:31:50,760 --> 01:31:53,080 Speaker 2: it can. I hope it doesn't, but I'm telling you 1700 01:31:53,160 --> 01:31:55,439 Speaker 2: it can. So coming up, will take a walk down 1701 01:31:55,479 --> 01:31:57,599 Speaker 2: memory lane. I'm Bernie Fratterwor coming to you live from 1702 01:31:57,600 --> 01:32:00,000 Speaker 2: the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio Studios. Keep a life 1703 01:32:00,240 --> 01:32:02,560 Speaker 2: right here. You're listening to the Bernie Faddle Show on 1704 01:32:02,680 --> 01:32:25,400 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. You're back at the Bernie Faddle Show, 1705 01:32:25,720 --> 01:32:27,920 Speaker 2: coming here live from the tyrerac dot Com studio is 1706 01:32:27,960 --> 01:32:31,840 Speaker 2: here in Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio. A lot of 1707 01:32:31,880 --> 01:32:34,120 Speaker 2: stuff to get to coming up top of next hour. 1708 01:32:34,200 --> 01:32:36,760 Speaker 2: What kind of brand new fool? You followed by what 1709 01:32:36,960 --> 01:32:40,040 Speaker 2: my name? And so we'll take up to three in 1710 01:32:40,160 --> 01:32:44,120 Speaker 2: Pacific six a m. Eastern. All right, we're talking about 1711 01:32:44,200 --> 01:32:47,680 Speaker 2: Zion Williamson. He in his four year NBA career has 1712 01:32:47,720 --> 01:32:50,559 Speaker 2: averaged about twenty nine games per season. It's missed one 1713 01:32:50,640 --> 01:32:54,240 Speaker 2: hundred and ninety four games. He saw Windmill dunking Wednesday night, 1714 01:32:54,280 --> 01:32:57,479 Speaker 2: but said, by his own admission, he wasn't ready to play. 1715 01:32:58,160 --> 01:33:00,760 Speaker 2: So who can argue with the great Ian Williams? And 1716 01:33:00,800 --> 01:33:03,839 Speaker 2: I would just say the optics are weird? Is Zion 1717 01:33:03,960 --> 01:33:07,960 Speaker 2: heading toward a characterization that when they write the history 1718 01:33:07,960 --> 01:33:10,479 Speaker 2: of books, he will merely be a footnote as to 1719 01:33:10,520 --> 01:33:12,599 Speaker 2: what could have been. I'm gonna give you a series 1720 01:33:12,640 --> 01:33:15,720 Speaker 2: of names here, and you might scratch your head and say, 1721 01:33:15,720 --> 01:33:19,120 Speaker 2: why are you giving me that name? Because he was good, 1722 01:33:19,760 --> 01:33:24,320 Speaker 2: but could have been even better without certain nagging injury. 1723 01:33:24,600 --> 01:33:26,360 Speaker 2: I'll give you an example. Here's one. You're gonna say, 1724 01:33:26,360 --> 01:33:29,240 Speaker 2: Wait a minute, why would you put Ken Griffith Junr 1725 01:33:29,280 --> 01:33:32,160 Speaker 2: On this list? I'll tell you why, because he probably 1726 01:33:32,160 --> 01:33:35,160 Speaker 2: would have caught Hank Aaron before Bobby Bonds did had 1727 01:33:35,200 --> 01:33:37,920 Speaker 2: he not missed two hundred and sixty games in a 1728 01:33:37,960 --> 01:33:41,599 Speaker 2: three year stretch because his hamstrings and calfs just wouldn't 1729 01:33:41,640 --> 01:33:45,080 Speaker 2: cooperate a By that time, Ken Griffy Junior had been 1730 01:33:45,120 --> 01:33:47,360 Speaker 2: in the Big league fifteen years. He's a Hall of Famer. 1731 01:33:47,880 --> 01:33:49,920 Speaker 2: Why the acknowledge is one of the greatest to play 1732 01:33:49,960 --> 01:33:52,640 Speaker 2: in history, No doubt about it. An argument. Hit six 1733 01:33:52,760 --> 01:33:55,680 Speaker 2: hundred and thirty home runs, ten Gold Gloves, thirteen All 1734 01:33:55,720 --> 01:33:58,559 Speaker 2: Star Game appearances, but his numbers would have been even 1735 01:33:58,600 --> 01:34:03,440 Speaker 2: that much more absurd had he not missed essentially almost 1736 01:34:03,800 --> 01:34:07,320 Speaker 2: two full seasons he would hit well over seven hundred 1737 01:34:07,360 --> 01:34:10,800 Speaker 2: home runs. Now here's the name you do remember and 1738 01:34:11,120 --> 01:34:13,200 Speaker 2: when I mention it, you'll say, yeah, Now, this one 1739 01:34:13,280 --> 01:34:17,200 Speaker 2: was rough one. Bobby Hurley. Bobby Hurley was the great 1740 01:34:17,200 --> 01:34:21,240 Speaker 2: guarded duke. You saw they beat that tremendous UNLV team 1741 01:34:21,320 --> 01:34:24,800 Speaker 2: as a sophomore win the National Championship. He was the 1742 01:34:24,880 --> 01:34:30,280 Speaker 2: quintessential point guard, physical, tough scorer, playmaker, could defend seventh 1743 01:34:30,400 --> 01:34:34,040 Speaker 2: overall pick of the Sacramento Kings in the nineteen ninety 1744 01:34:34,040 --> 01:34:37,280 Speaker 2: three draft. He had a standout career due was there 1745 01:34:37,320 --> 01:34:41,720 Speaker 2: all four years now Bobby Hurley. By all accounts, he 1746 01:34:41,880 --> 01:34:44,160 Speaker 2: was poised to have a very long career in the NBA. 1747 01:34:45,360 --> 01:34:48,720 Speaker 2: But two months into the season in nineteen ninety three, 1748 01:34:48,800 --> 01:34:52,519 Speaker 2: early December, he almost died in a car accident. He 1749 01:34:52,600 --> 01:34:55,280 Speaker 2: was returning home from a game. I know the car 1750 01:34:55,400 --> 01:34:58,479 Speaker 2: was hit so severely. He flew like thirty or forty feet. 1751 01:34:58,560 --> 01:35:02,400 Speaker 2: Someone had to find him ditch. He almost died. He 1752 01:35:02,439 --> 01:35:05,120 Speaker 2: did his best to come back. He played his ass off. 1753 01:35:05,520 --> 01:35:10,479 Speaker 2: He even played sixty eight games the following season, seventy 1754 01:35:10,520 --> 01:35:14,519 Speaker 2: two games this season. After that, he physically wasn't the same. 1755 01:35:15,160 --> 01:35:17,360 Speaker 2: He was relegated to a reserve role. He lost a 1756 01:35:17,360 --> 01:35:20,640 Speaker 2: lot of the quickness he was born with, while you know, 1757 01:35:21,040 --> 01:35:23,559 Speaker 2: lost all the athleticism pretty much that made him a 1758 01:35:23,560 --> 01:35:27,000 Speaker 2: guy would be the number seven pick overall. He ended 1759 01:35:27,080 --> 01:35:29,920 Speaker 2: up hanging on for about four or five years. But he, 1760 01:35:30,720 --> 01:35:32,760 Speaker 2: you know, he retired with a creer avage like four 1761 01:35:32,800 --> 01:35:35,160 Speaker 2: points per game. He told me that would have been 1762 01:35:35,160 --> 01:35:38,160 Speaker 2: Bobby Hurley's lion score had he not got hurt again. 1763 01:35:38,200 --> 01:35:42,000 Speaker 2: It's would have been what could have been? Do Zion 1764 01:35:43,320 --> 01:35:45,640 Speaker 2: find himself in that category when the history books are 1765 01:35:45,640 --> 01:35:46,000 Speaker 2: written now? 1766 01:35:46,040 --> 01:35:46,200 Speaker 7: Ope? 1767 01:35:46,240 --> 01:35:48,639 Speaker 2: Not, But what's to say he's not an Andrew Luck. 1768 01:35:49,560 --> 01:35:53,320 Speaker 2: Andrew Luck, at the end of August in twenty nineteen, retired. 1769 01:35:53,840 --> 01:35:56,920 Speaker 2: His announcement shocked the football world. It was sudden, he 1770 01:35:56,960 --> 01:36:00,559 Speaker 2: shocked his own team. He basically said the reason he 1771 01:36:00,640 --> 01:36:05,280 Speaker 2: was retiring was because the decision was made for him 1772 01:36:05,360 --> 01:36:07,800 Speaker 2: due to all the pain from all the injuries, as 1773 01:36:07,840 --> 01:36:11,880 Speaker 2: well as all the medical medical mental excuse me try 1774 01:36:11,880 --> 01:36:14,200 Speaker 2: that to get in English for crying out loud. All 1775 01:36:14,240 --> 01:36:18,360 Speaker 2: the mental drain, the physical drain, constant rehabilitation. It took 1776 01:36:18,360 --> 01:36:21,840 Speaker 2: a culative effect on him. Wasn't that long before what 1777 01:36:22,000 --> 01:36:24,320 Speaker 2: five six, seven, years before, suck for Luck never sucked 1778 01:36:24,320 --> 01:36:26,519 Speaker 2: for Luck. That's why, By the way, I'll talk about 1779 01:36:26,520 --> 01:36:29,080 Speaker 2: this next week, be very careful if you draft a 1780 01:36:29,160 --> 01:36:31,240 Speaker 2: quarterback in the first round, because I got stats going 1781 01:36:31,240 --> 01:36:35,240 Speaker 2: back to nineteen ninety they're not favorable. But save that 1782 01:36:35,280 --> 01:36:39,360 Speaker 2: for next week. Luck basically missed the entire twenty seven 1783 01:36:39,439 --> 01:36:43,360 Speaker 2: season due to injuries. Then there were questions about how 1784 01:36:43,360 --> 01:36:46,880 Speaker 2: the cold tandles recovery. But if you remember him coming 1785 01:36:46,880 --> 01:36:49,439 Speaker 2: out of Stanford and how prolific he was and how 1786 01:36:49,479 --> 01:36:52,439 Speaker 2: many teams wanted him, nobody expected Andrew Luck to walk 1787 01:36:52,479 --> 01:36:54,120 Speaker 2: away from the game by the age of thirty, but 1788 01:36:54,160 --> 01:36:58,440 Speaker 2: he did because of injuries. Here's one for you Penn Staters. 1789 01:36:59,120 --> 01:37:02,000 Speaker 2: This guy was phenomen dominal in the Rose Bowl back 1790 01:37:02,000 --> 01:37:06,000 Speaker 2: in nineteen ninety five New Year's Day against Oregon. Kajana Carter. 1791 01:37:06,280 --> 01:37:09,240 Speaker 2: He comes out of Penn State. Penn State had an 1792 01:37:09,280 --> 01:37:12,880 Speaker 2: undefeated team in nineteen ninety four. He put up almost 1793 01:37:12,920 --> 01:37:16,400 Speaker 2: sixteen hundred yards, scored like twenty five touchdowns, and he 1794 01:37:17,080 --> 01:37:20,840 Speaker 2: was only averaging seriously like probably fifteen carries a game. 1795 01:37:20,880 --> 01:37:24,439 Speaker 2: But he was incredible as a result to since Netti Bengals, 1796 01:37:24,479 --> 01:37:27,160 Speaker 2: they draft Kajana Carter with the top pick of the 1797 01:37:27,200 --> 01:37:30,680 Speaker 2: ninety five draft. He proceeds to tear his ACL in 1798 01:37:30,720 --> 01:37:34,439 Speaker 2: his first preseason that derailed him before he ever got going. 1799 01:37:34,800 --> 01:37:38,840 Speaker 2: After that, bad luck suffered a torn rotator cuff, then 1800 01:37:38,840 --> 01:37:42,760 Speaker 2: a broken left wrist, then he dislocates his kneecap. He 1801 01:37:42,920 --> 01:37:45,200 Speaker 2: still managed to hang around and do his best for 1802 01:37:45,240 --> 01:37:49,439 Speaker 2: seven seasons when he was healthy enough to play, but 1803 01:37:49,760 --> 01:37:53,719 Speaker 2: he gained eleven hundred yards for his entire career because 1804 01:37:53,760 --> 01:37:58,040 Speaker 2: of injuries that curtailed what might have been a Hall 1805 01:37:58,080 --> 01:38:01,960 Speaker 2: of Fame career. Speaking of all careers, how about Sandy Kofax. 1806 01:38:02,320 --> 01:38:04,960 Speaker 2: He was a Hall of Famer, one of baseball's most 1807 01:38:05,000 --> 01:38:09,120 Speaker 2: devastating pitchers, an incredible left hander. But if you look 1808 01:38:09,120 --> 01:38:12,479 Speaker 2: at Sandy Kofax in his history, he battled arm injuries 1809 01:38:12,920 --> 01:38:17,360 Speaker 2: his entire career that dramatically shortened his career when he pitched. 1810 01:38:17,360 --> 01:38:19,599 Speaker 2: And I don't think I ever saw Sandy Kofax pitch. 1811 01:38:19,640 --> 01:38:22,559 Speaker 2: I've seen some highlights, very few, but I know the numbers. 1812 01:38:23,200 --> 01:38:26,360 Speaker 2: He was incredible. He had great command, he had great stuff, 1813 01:38:26,360 --> 01:38:29,960 Speaker 2: phenomenal curveball, won three Cy Young Awards an MVP in 1814 01:38:30,040 --> 01:38:33,759 Speaker 2: nineteen sixty three, but he was forced to retire again 1815 01:38:34,160 --> 01:38:38,040 Speaker 2: at thirty because of our threats in his elbow. He 1816 01:38:38,120 --> 01:38:41,360 Speaker 2: did play ten twelve years, one hundred and sixty five games, 1817 01:38:42,439 --> 01:38:45,920 Speaker 2: But come on, you're telling me Sandy Kofax wouldn't have 1818 01:38:45,960 --> 01:38:49,479 Speaker 2: done so much more had he not been hurt. Speaking 1819 01:38:49,479 --> 01:38:51,720 Speaker 2: of basketball about Bill Walton, I know you see the 1820 01:38:51,720 --> 01:38:54,839 Speaker 2: goofy Bill waltton montelet telecasts, and you know you love him. 1821 01:38:55,400 --> 01:38:58,879 Speaker 2: But you should have seen Bill Walton UCLA winning multiple 1822 01:38:58,960 --> 01:39:01,120 Speaker 2: national championships, and you should have seen him in the 1823 01:39:01,280 --> 01:39:04,879 Speaker 2: NBA second year in the league, he won the national 1824 01:39:04,960 --> 01:39:09,960 Speaker 2: championship with the Portland Trailblazers in nineteen seventy seven. One 1825 01:39:09,960 --> 01:39:13,280 Speaker 2: of the greatest college basketball players ever, but his pro 1826 01:39:13,320 --> 01:39:15,360 Speaker 2: career never really lived up to what he did to 1827 01:39:15,400 --> 01:39:19,400 Speaker 2: EASTCLA because he had a series of foot injuries that 1828 01:39:19,439 --> 01:39:23,600 Speaker 2: were so debilitating. Walton just could not stand the court. 1829 01:39:24,240 --> 01:39:27,200 Speaker 2: Even when he was healthy in playing, his foot hampered him. 1830 01:39:27,400 --> 01:39:31,439 Speaker 2: He tried to play, he continued playing. Had Bill Walton 1831 01:39:31,479 --> 01:39:34,200 Speaker 2: stayed healthy's in current tire career, he would have gone 1832 01:39:34,240 --> 01:39:36,360 Speaker 2: on as one of the greatest centers in history, no 1833 01:39:36,400 --> 01:39:40,200 Speaker 2: doubt about it. As it stands, Walton's still the only 1834 01:39:40,200 --> 01:39:43,519 Speaker 2: player to win an NBA Finals MVP six Man Award 1835 01:39:43,880 --> 01:39:49,880 Speaker 2: and a regular season MVP Award. That's quite a feat. 1836 01:39:50,160 --> 01:39:55,639 Speaker 2: Incredible offensive skills, smart, tough, could play defense. He had 1837 01:39:55,640 --> 01:40:00,360 Speaker 2: to see it to believe it. But again, injuries Sam 1838 01:40:00,400 --> 01:40:03,400 Speaker 2: Boy one of the saddest cases of all time. And 1839 01:40:03,439 --> 01:40:06,360 Speaker 2: of course sam will always be a footnote, not just 1840 01:40:06,479 --> 01:40:10,879 Speaker 2: because of his injuries, but because he is a footnote 1841 01:40:10,920 --> 01:40:15,080 Speaker 2: in the Michael Jordan story. This is a classic cautionary tale. 1842 01:40:15,640 --> 01:40:19,519 Speaker 2: It turned out to be a historically bad pick because 1843 01:40:19,520 --> 01:40:21,760 Speaker 2: no one could look into a crystal ball and see 1844 01:40:21,760 --> 01:40:24,800 Speaker 2: what would have happened. Sam Boy was drafted ahead of 1845 01:40:24,840 --> 01:40:28,920 Speaker 2: Michael Jordan. However, had he been able to stay healthy, 1846 01:40:29,200 --> 01:40:31,960 Speaker 2: but he might have been great in the NBA. He 1847 01:40:32,040 --> 01:40:35,160 Speaker 2: fell victim again to all kind of fractures in his 1848 01:40:35,280 --> 01:40:38,320 Speaker 2: legs to be a fractures. Once he got to the Trailblazers. 1849 01:40:39,479 --> 01:40:41,960 Speaker 2: They later learned that his lower legs had bothered him 1850 01:40:42,000 --> 01:40:45,000 Speaker 2: even since he was a young kid and throughout high school. 1851 01:40:45,840 --> 01:40:48,559 Speaker 2: And he had sort of this short healthy run with 1852 01:40:48,640 --> 01:40:51,840 Speaker 2: the back then they were the new Jersey Nets. But 1853 01:40:51,960 --> 01:40:54,519 Speaker 2: finally Sam Boy retired after the ninety four to ninety 1854 01:40:54,560 --> 01:40:58,080 Speaker 2: five season, even though he did his best to give 1855 01:40:58,120 --> 01:41:01,320 Speaker 2: it a go for ten years. His numbers are pedestrian. 1856 01:41:01,400 --> 01:41:04,360 Speaker 2: What ten points a game, seven rebounds a game. Managed 1857 01:41:04,400 --> 01:41:07,519 Speaker 2: only five hundred games in his entire ten year career, 1858 01:41:08,360 --> 01:41:10,840 Speaker 2: which might be a lot for some people these days, 1859 01:41:10,840 --> 01:41:13,960 Speaker 2: a low advantagement, But you get my drift. Sam boy 1860 01:41:14,120 --> 01:41:16,960 Speaker 2: is a footnote. Finally, the all timer for me, Gail Sears, 1861 01:41:17,560 --> 01:41:19,400 Speaker 2: Now you gotta go back into the cookie jar. Gaale 1862 01:41:19,439 --> 01:41:21,840 Speaker 2: Sears played in the sixties. He's in the Hall of 1863 01:41:21,880 --> 01:41:25,160 Speaker 2: Fame running back for the Chicago Bears. Only played seven years. 1864 01:41:25,760 --> 01:41:28,240 Speaker 2: He had two major knee surgeries, and this was in 1865 01:41:28,280 --> 01:41:32,439 Speaker 2: the sixties, sent him into premature retirement. Gail Series was 1866 01:41:32,520 --> 01:41:35,639 Speaker 2: of the most electrifying open field runners in the history 1867 01:41:35,680 --> 01:41:39,120 Speaker 2: of the NFL. He was graceful, he was strong, he 1868 01:41:39,200 --> 01:41:41,160 Speaker 2: was elusive. He could do anything with the ball in 1869 01:41:41,200 --> 01:41:43,679 Speaker 2: his hands. He was a multipurpose guy. He could catch 1870 01:41:43,720 --> 01:41:46,599 Speaker 2: the ball out of backfield. He was a very good receiver. 1871 01:41:46,720 --> 01:41:48,840 Speaker 2: And not only that, he was a return man who 1872 01:41:48,880 --> 01:41:52,439 Speaker 2: actually in his career, I believe he returned eight eight 1873 01:41:52,560 --> 01:41:55,519 Speaker 2: kicks for touchdowns in his career. So pick out your 1874 01:41:55,520 --> 01:41:58,519 Speaker 2: favorite running back who's playing right now anywhere in the 1875 01:41:58,560 --> 01:42:02,320 Speaker 2: league and pretend great receiver, Pretend he also returns kicks 1876 01:42:02,760 --> 01:42:05,200 Speaker 2: and does all those things. Who do you want it 1877 01:42:05,240 --> 01:42:09,120 Speaker 2: to be? Name one that was Gail Series. So whether 1878 01:42:09,120 --> 01:42:13,559 Speaker 2: it's Gail Sears, Bill Walton, Sandy cool Fax, Sam Bowie, 1879 01:42:13,600 --> 01:42:20,400 Speaker 2: Bobby Hurley, Andrew Luck or certainly Bo Jackson, I think 1880 01:42:20,439 --> 01:42:22,360 Speaker 2: it's more likely, and I hope I'm wrong, but I 1881 01:42:22,400 --> 01:42:27,120 Speaker 2: think it's more likely that Zion Williamson becomes a footnote 1882 01:42:27,160 --> 01:42:29,280 Speaker 2: and ends up on that list as someone who is 1883 01:42:29,320 --> 01:42:33,639 Speaker 2: a great physical, transcendent talent, but who could never really 1884 01:42:33,680 --> 01:42:36,639 Speaker 2: stand on the floor. And after what I saw Wednesday night, 1885 01:42:36,680 --> 01:42:38,320 Speaker 2: I'm not so sure how much he wants to Now. 1886 01:42:38,360 --> 01:42:42,680 Speaker 2: Next October, Zion Williamson can prove me wrong. But until then, 1887 01:42:42,920 --> 01:42:45,240 Speaker 2: the guys who write the history books, I think they're 1888 01:42:45,240 --> 01:42:48,120 Speaker 2: warming up. I hope I'm wrong. Coming up, we'll bring 1889 01:42:48,200 --> 01:42:49,720 Speaker 2: in the crew. I want to see what they think 1890 01:42:49,760 --> 01:42:53,960 Speaker 2: about Zion Williamson. How would they feel if he was 1891 01:42:54,000 --> 01:42:58,519 Speaker 2: on their team. Let's measure his desire to really want 1892 01:42:58,560 --> 01:43:01,719 Speaker 2: to play based on things he said, and what's gonna happen, 1893 01:43:02,360 --> 01:43:04,920 Speaker 2: you know, to make this turnaround and get his career 1894 01:43:05,160 --> 01:43:07,960 Speaker 2: back on track. But first let's go back to our guy, 1895 01:43:08,080 --> 01:43:09,120 Speaker 2: Nick Cope with the latest. 1896 01:43:09,720 --> 01:43:11,840 Speaker 6: All right, thanks Bernie for my money. I think Bill 1897 01:43:11,880 --> 01:43:14,680 Speaker 6: Walton could have played in today's NBA as well. He 1898 01:43:14,720 --> 01:43:17,879 Speaker 6: would have been outstanding a quick parallel. 1899 01:43:18,439 --> 01:43:22,320 Speaker 2: Okay, you've seen Drew Timmy tremendously. Okay, the way he 1900 01:43:22,360 --> 01:43:25,280 Speaker 2: can dip down lowd he gets it. Okay, Walton was 1901 01:43:25,320 --> 01:43:27,560 Speaker 2: ten times Drew Timmy trim. Timmy's good, but he's no 1902 01:43:27,640 --> 01:43:31,040 Speaker 2: Bill Walton. No, he could defend and everything I could 1903 01:43:31,080 --> 01:43:31,560 Speaker 2: continue on. 1904 01:43:31,800 --> 01:43:33,360 Speaker 6: No, I was just gonna say the way Bill Walton 1905 01:43:33,400 --> 01:43:36,160 Speaker 6: could run the floor and act as a distributor as 1906 01:43:36,160 --> 01:43:39,679 Speaker 6: well as a score, you know, the way he wanted 1907 01:43:39,720 --> 01:43:43,200 Speaker 6: to play, so free flowing is really what you like 1908 01:43:43,320 --> 01:43:44,559 Speaker 6: seeing in today's NBA. 1909 01:43:45,920 --> 01:43:49,160 Speaker 2: That's a that's a very good parallel. Walton was basically 1910 01:43:49,240 --> 01:43:52,160 Speaker 2: unguardable and he could pass. He was smart, he could 1911 01:43:52,240 --> 01:43:54,240 Speaker 2: run the floor, he could defend, he could rebound, he 1912 01:43:54,320 --> 01:43:56,639 Speaker 2: was tough. He was the complete package like nobody'd seen. 1913 01:43:57,240 --> 01:44:00,519 Speaker 6: Well, we saw a great game on Saturday, lots of 1914 01:44:00,640 --> 01:44:03,640 Speaker 6: back and forth, free flowing movement between the Kings and 1915 01:44:03,720 --> 01:44:07,240 Speaker 6: the Warriors, Sacramento getting their first playoff win in seventeen 1916 01:44:07,320 --> 01:44:11,080 Speaker 6: years won twenty six to one. Twenty three against Golden State, 1917 01:44:11,160 --> 01:44:14,200 Speaker 6: Darren Fox a game high thirty eight, Malik Monk with 1918 01:44:14,280 --> 01:44:17,320 Speaker 6: thirty two off the bench. Steph Curry had thirty to 1919 01:44:17,439 --> 01:44:20,479 Speaker 6: lead the Warriors. Klay Thompson scored twenty one, and Andrew 1920 01:44:20,520 --> 01:44:23,519 Speaker 6: Wiggins made his return his first time playing after missing 1921 01:44:23,520 --> 01:44:28,160 Speaker 6: twenty five games for personal reasons. He scored seventeen. Earlier, 1922 01:44:28,200 --> 01:44:30,559 Speaker 6: the Knicks were able to hold off the Cavaliers one 1923 01:44:30,560 --> 01:44:33,519 Speaker 6: to one to ninety seven. Donovan Mitchell had thirty eight 1924 01:44:33,560 --> 01:44:35,960 Speaker 6: points to lead all scores, but he didn't get enough 1925 01:44:36,000 --> 01:44:39,200 Speaker 6: help elsewhere. Jalen Brunson led New York with twenty seven. 1926 01:44:39,400 --> 01:44:42,479 Speaker 6: Celtics won twelve to ninety nine over the Hanks. Jalen 1927 01:44:42,520 --> 01:44:45,200 Speaker 6: Brown had twenty nine, Trey Young was held to just 1928 01:44:45,280 --> 01:44:48,840 Speaker 6: sixteen points on five of eighteen shooting for Atlanta, and 1929 01:44:49,000 --> 01:44:51,639 Speaker 6: finally the seventy six ers crews passed the Nets one 1930 01:44:51,680 --> 01:44:54,360 Speaker 6: twenty one to one oh one. Philly was in control 1931 01:44:54,439 --> 01:44:58,640 Speaker 6: that entire game. Joel Embiid had twenty six. In baseball 1932 01:44:58,720 --> 01:45:02,000 Speaker 6: on Jackie Robinson Day, the Dodgers walked off the Cubs 1933 01:45:02,000 --> 01:45:03,880 Speaker 6: two to one. They were down to their final out, 1934 01:45:04,080 --> 01:45:07,439 Speaker 6: and David Peralta hit a two RBI single to give 1935 01:45:07,479 --> 01:45:10,400 Speaker 6: the Dodgers the victory. Narrators rolled to a nine to 1936 01:45:10,400 --> 01:45:13,960 Speaker 6: two win over the Rockies. Astro's handled the Rangers. 1937 01:45:13,479 --> 01:45:14,080 Speaker 5: Eight to two. 1938 01:45:14,560 --> 01:45:16,439 Speaker 6: Braves are on a roll here at the start. They're 1939 01:45:16,439 --> 01:45:19,000 Speaker 6: now eleven and four. They beat the Royals nine to three. 1940 01:45:19,439 --> 01:45:22,120 Speaker 6: Red's got two homers from Will Myers and they blew 1941 01:45:22,160 --> 01:45:24,679 Speaker 6: out the Phillies thirteen to nothing. And the p andre 1942 01:45:24,760 --> 01:45:27,400 Speaker 6: has gotten multiple home runs from Jake cronin Worth. He 1943 01:45:27,479 --> 01:45:29,800 Speaker 6: had a pair as San Diego took care of the 1944 01:45:29,840 --> 01:45:31,080 Speaker 6: Brewers ten to three. 1945 01:45:31,360 --> 01:45:34,320 Speaker 5: Bernie, back to you, all right, Nick. 1946 01:45:34,160 --> 01:45:36,559 Speaker 2: Thank you. Now we all know it's against the law 1947 01:45:36,600 --> 01:45:40,000 Speaker 2: who practiced psychology without a license, and that's exactly what 1948 01:45:40,040 --> 01:45:43,679 Speaker 2: we're going to do. Because when you have this physical 1949 01:45:43,680 --> 01:45:46,800 Speaker 2: specimen by the name of Zion Williamson and he tells 1950 01:45:46,840 --> 01:45:49,000 Speaker 2: you physically is fine, but he's not gonna play because 1951 01:45:49,000 --> 01:45:51,680 Speaker 2: he doesn't feel like Zion, what do we left to think. 1952 01:45:51,760 --> 01:45:54,519 Speaker 2: Let's start with you, Patrick Swika, take it anywhere you 1953 01:45:54,560 --> 01:45:55,960 Speaker 2: want to take it. What are your thoughts on this 1954 01:45:56,000 --> 01:45:57,599 Speaker 2: whole Zion Williamson situation? 1955 01:45:58,080 --> 01:46:01,120 Speaker 9: You know, Bernie, I just with ze Ion, you know, 1956 01:46:02,000 --> 01:46:05,320 Speaker 9: body is looking to be completely healthy, but mentally he's 1957 01:46:05,400 --> 01:46:08,920 Speaker 9: just not all there. And with just his whole entire career, 1958 01:46:08,960 --> 01:46:11,680 Speaker 9: he's either been hurt or you know, just recently with 1959 01:46:11,760 --> 01:46:15,599 Speaker 9: the whole overweight thing which we've seen on a couple 1960 01:46:15,640 --> 01:46:18,200 Speaker 9: of different players in general, which James Harden was but 1961 01:46:18,280 --> 01:46:21,000 Speaker 9: he ended up coming back from it, so that was fine. 1962 01:46:21,120 --> 01:46:24,400 Speaker 9: But uh, with with Zion, since he's been a dominant player, 1963 01:46:24,479 --> 01:46:28,000 Speaker 9: but really only in college at this point in his 1964 01:46:28,320 --> 01:46:31,160 Speaker 9: h you know, in his young, still young career, I 1965 01:46:31,240 --> 01:46:35,120 Speaker 9: almost question maybe his heart's not in it anymore. I mean, 1966 01:46:35,680 --> 01:46:38,040 Speaker 9: love the guy and he's an absolute like beast of 1967 01:46:38,080 --> 01:46:41,200 Speaker 9: a talent, but maybe his heart just, you know, it's 1968 01:46:41,240 --> 01:46:43,720 Speaker 9: it's it's waning, like like Ben Simmons, but maybe not 1969 01:46:43,760 --> 01:46:47,559 Speaker 9: to that degree yet, but maybe maybe just he's losing it. 1970 01:46:48,520 --> 01:46:50,920 Speaker 2: Somebody said that the other day on some talk show. 1971 01:46:50,960 --> 01:46:53,400 Speaker 2: He's got he might have a case into Ben Simmons. 1972 01:46:53,400 --> 01:46:56,400 Speaker 2: That's a good parallel. I didn't even think of that, 1973 01:46:57,040 --> 01:47:01,080 Speaker 2: but you can't rule that out. Nick Coope, what are 1974 01:47:01,120 --> 01:47:01,960 Speaker 2: your thoughts on the matter. 1975 01:47:02,800 --> 01:47:07,240 Speaker 6: Well, if we're to take David Griffin for his word here, 1976 01:47:07,320 --> 01:47:10,879 Speaker 6: and then I think there's just optic optically some issues 1977 01:47:10,920 --> 01:47:13,840 Speaker 6: here where Zion maybe needs to talk a little bit 1978 01:47:13,960 --> 01:47:17,439 Speaker 6: less and not have these quotes where he's saying I'm fine, 1979 01:47:17,600 --> 01:47:20,160 Speaker 6: I just need to feel like Zion while the team 1980 01:47:20,280 --> 01:47:23,120 Speaker 6: is behind the scenes saying, well, we need you to 1981 01:47:23,160 --> 01:47:26,360 Speaker 6: hit these benchmarks before we feel comfortable having you out there, 1982 01:47:26,400 --> 01:47:30,479 Speaker 6: and hey, we love your windmill dunks, but let let's 1983 01:47:30,479 --> 01:47:33,000 Speaker 6: not do this before the playing game a must win 1984 01:47:33,120 --> 01:47:36,840 Speaker 6: game for us, and you're not gonna play. Let's do 1985 01:47:36,960 --> 01:47:40,200 Speaker 6: everyone to solid and just avoid that optic issue. So 1986 01:47:40,479 --> 01:47:44,160 Speaker 6: I think both of those things were very much avoidable. 1987 01:47:44,720 --> 01:47:47,400 Speaker 6: As far as where Zion is at. 1988 01:47:47,320 --> 01:47:48,519 Speaker 5: I don't know. 1989 01:47:48,560 --> 01:47:52,160 Speaker 6: I don't want to jump to too many conclusions here. 1990 01:47:52,280 --> 01:47:56,800 Speaker 6: I do wonder if just the injuries he sustained, and 1991 01:47:57,000 --> 01:48:02,240 Speaker 6: I'm sure New Orleans wants to protect their and Zion's talent. 1992 01:48:02,280 --> 01:48:05,160 Speaker 6: He has shown it, and so they want to protect 1993 01:48:05,200 --> 01:48:07,920 Speaker 6: that investment and have Zion there for the long term 1994 01:48:07,920 --> 01:48:11,000 Speaker 6: as they try to build up that franchise. I wonder 1995 01:48:11,080 --> 01:48:15,760 Speaker 6: if perhaps New Orleans being so cautious with him that 1996 01:48:15,920 --> 01:48:19,000 Speaker 6: has had somehow an effect on him, that that has 1997 01:48:19,040 --> 01:48:20,760 Speaker 6: maybe made him more embarrassed. 1998 01:48:21,200 --> 01:48:22,559 Speaker 2: Yes, that is that theory. 1999 01:48:22,640 --> 01:48:25,479 Speaker 6: Ye, So that's where I go that that maybe New 2000 01:48:25,560 --> 01:48:29,679 Speaker 6: Orleans has been so cautious with him that that he's thinking, Okay, 2001 01:48:29,760 --> 01:48:32,560 Speaker 6: then maybe maybe I do need to be really cautious 2002 01:48:32,600 --> 01:48:35,599 Speaker 6: and really take this slow and make sure I'm one 2003 01:48:35,640 --> 01:48:38,639 Speaker 6: hundred percent. So that's kind of where I'm at. I 2004 01:48:38,680 --> 01:48:41,519 Speaker 6: think a lot of this was avoidable, and and I 2005 01:48:41,560 --> 01:48:44,240 Speaker 6: think if Zion just he doesn't even have to go 2006 01:48:44,320 --> 01:48:46,840 Speaker 6: out for warm ups at all, if he doesn't say 2007 01:48:46,840 --> 01:48:49,720 Speaker 6: those comments and he's just sitting on the sideline, then 2008 01:48:49,880 --> 01:48:51,840 Speaker 6: we're probably not having this conversation. 2009 01:48:52,560 --> 01:48:55,280 Speaker 2: That's ninety percent of the reason we're having this conversation 2010 01:48:56,040 --> 01:48:59,120 Speaker 2: because he chose to be front and center, he chose 2011 01:48:59,200 --> 01:49:02,080 Speaker 2: to speak chi to do windmill dunks and street clothes 2012 01:49:02,640 --> 01:49:06,240 Speaker 2: and all of it adding up didn't register with people, 2013 01:49:06,600 --> 01:49:09,760 Speaker 2: especially when you consider this is not an isolated event. 2014 01:49:09,840 --> 01:49:12,160 Speaker 2: Now he's missed one hundred and ninety four games his 2015 01:49:12,240 --> 01:49:15,840 Speaker 2: first four years, and he willingly took the one hundred 2016 01:49:15,840 --> 01:49:20,439 Speaker 2: and ninety four million dollar extension. So next October this 2017 01:49:20,479 --> 01:49:22,840 Speaker 2: is gonna have to be fleshed out. It'll be very 2018 01:49:22,880 --> 01:49:26,080 Speaker 2: interest It'll be very interesting to see if Zion is 2019 01:49:26,080 --> 01:49:29,439 Speaker 2: in the starting lineup opening night in the NBA when 2020 01:49:29,439 --> 01:49:31,840 Speaker 2: the twenty three to twenty four season kicks off, or 2021 01:49:31,880 --> 01:49:35,240 Speaker 2: god forbid, he gets hurt again in preseason or has 2022 01:49:35,280 --> 01:49:39,720 Speaker 2: some sort of nagging injury, and he is well on 2023 01:49:39,760 --> 01:49:43,439 Speaker 2: his way to becoming a footnote. So there you have it. 2024 01:49:43,680 --> 01:49:49,840 Speaker 2: Speaking of optics, the NFL Sunday Ticket has unveiled a 2025 01:49:50,000 --> 01:49:54,120 Speaker 2: new modality by which you will watch NFL games this 2026 01:49:54,240 --> 01:49:58,240 Speaker 2: Sunday or this cupcoming season. Should you elect to do it, 2027 01:49:59,040 --> 01:50:01,759 Speaker 2: I'll give you the detail coming up. I'm Bernie frattlework 2028 01:50:01,760 --> 01:50:03,519 Speaker 2: coming to your line from the Las Vegas Fox Sports 2029 01:50:03,600 --> 01:50:05,960 Speaker 2: Radio Tirac dot Com studios. Keep it locked right here. 2030 01:50:06,240 --> 01:50:09,000 Speaker 2: You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show in Fox Sports Radio. 2031 01:50:21,200 --> 01:50:23,000 Speaker 2: Back on the Bernie Frattle Show. Cover to your life 2032 01:50:23,000 --> 01:50:25,400 Speaker 2: with the Fox Sports Radio tirect dot Com studios here 2033 01:50:25,439 --> 01:50:28,080 Speaker 2: in Las Vegas. Top of the hour, the Dance Sensation 2034 01:50:28,200 --> 01:50:29,960 Speaker 2: Sweep of the Nation. What kind of brand new fool 2035 01:50:29,960 --> 01:50:34,080 Speaker 2: are you? Followed by of course, what my name? So 2036 01:50:35,040 --> 01:50:38,360 Speaker 2: I enjoy my NFL Sundays. I don't cover an NFL 2037 01:50:38,400 --> 01:50:41,599 Speaker 2: team in any official capacity anymore. Had a nice long 2038 01:50:41,680 --> 01:50:44,439 Speaker 2: run with the Detroit Lions, so I'm in my favorite 2039 01:50:44,439 --> 01:50:47,040 Speaker 2: barcolons are on Sundays, and I have for the past 2040 01:50:47,040 --> 01:50:49,559 Speaker 2: several years signed up for Direct TV and their Sunday 2041 01:50:49,560 --> 01:50:52,960 Speaker 2: ticket love it can watch any game right. Well, that 2042 01:50:53,080 --> 01:50:59,000 Speaker 2: twenty eight year run is over and now moving forward, 2043 01:50:59,800 --> 01:51:03,439 Speaker 2: it looks like YouTube will be the new game in town. 2044 01:51:03,479 --> 01:51:06,840 Speaker 2: They've unveiled their Sunday ticket pricing details this past week 2045 01:51:07,400 --> 01:51:09,479 Speaker 2: and by the way, there's no single game options. There's 2046 01:51:09,479 --> 01:51:12,639 Speaker 2: no single team options. But the pricing for the first 2047 01:51:12,680 --> 01:51:16,960 Speaker 2: season of NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube has been revealed, 2048 01:51:17,840 --> 01:51:20,840 Speaker 2: and it's pricier than it's been in the past. It's 2049 01:51:20,840 --> 01:51:24,000 Speaker 2: certainly priceier from the final year of Direct TV in 2050 01:51:24,040 --> 01:51:28,000 Speaker 2: twenty twenty two. And these are some details people are 2051 01:51:28,040 --> 01:51:30,120 Speaker 2: going to want to know. Look, the NFL is always 2052 01:51:30,120 --> 01:51:32,960 Speaker 2: in the news. We've got the Draft a week from Thursday, 2053 01:51:33,479 --> 01:51:36,439 Speaker 2: and next Saturday's weekend shows on the Bernie fredershow we'll 2054 01:51:36,439 --> 01:51:39,640 Speaker 2: get much more heavily into the draft and some of 2055 01:51:39,640 --> 01:51:41,240 Speaker 2: the things go along with it and what some of 2056 01:51:41,240 --> 01:51:44,599 Speaker 2: our observations have been. Then we'll make some predictions and such. 2057 01:51:44,640 --> 01:51:46,720 Speaker 2: So the NFL look and right after that, you know 2058 01:51:46,760 --> 01:51:48,920 Speaker 2: you're gonna have your OTAs and right after that you 2059 01:51:48,960 --> 01:51:50,840 Speaker 2: get read before you know. It's gonna be July. They're 2060 01:51:50,840 --> 01:51:56,000 Speaker 2: being canned, right, But starting last Tuesday, fans could sign up. 2061 01:51:56,040 --> 01:51:59,240 Speaker 2: Anybody could sign up for the Auto Market Games package 2062 01:51:59,240 --> 01:52:02,000 Speaker 2: for the NFL Sunday ticket on YouTube and I guess 2063 01:52:02,000 --> 01:52:04,840 Speaker 2: there are a couple of categories. If you're a current 2064 01:52:04,880 --> 01:52:09,040 Speaker 2: subscriber to YouTube TV, it's a little less expensive. But 2065 01:52:09,160 --> 01:52:11,120 Speaker 2: if you're one of those folks that's a subscriber to 2066 01:52:11,120 --> 01:52:14,120 Speaker 2: you and use I guess YouTube has primetime channels as well. 2067 01:52:14,520 --> 01:52:17,040 Speaker 2: It's a separate hub. They've got Movies TV, a bunch 2068 01:52:17,040 --> 01:52:22,120 Speaker 2: of other events. But basically, I think I paid two 2069 01:52:22,160 --> 01:52:26,679 Speaker 2: eighty nine last year for the Sunday ticket. So here's 2070 01:52:26,680 --> 01:52:30,439 Speaker 2: what's happening with YouTube. It's my understanding if you sign 2071 01:52:30,560 --> 01:52:32,760 Speaker 2: up prior to I want to say, what is it. 2072 01:52:32,920 --> 01:52:34,880 Speaker 2: I may not have this right. I think it's June sixth. 2073 01:52:36,000 --> 01:52:39,160 Speaker 2: If you sign up prior to June sixth, they have 2074 01:52:39,240 --> 01:52:43,040 Speaker 2: this one hundred dollars pre sale discount, right, So YouTube 2075 01:52:43,080 --> 01:52:46,080 Speaker 2: TV would charge three forty nine for the Sunday ticket 2076 01:52:46,760 --> 01:52:48,519 Speaker 2: and three eighty nine if you had the version of 2077 01:52:48,560 --> 01:52:51,840 Speaker 2: the Red Zone, and then the once the pre sale 2078 01:52:51,840 --> 01:52:56,000 Speaker 2: discount ends, those numbers jumped to four forty nine and 2079 01:52:56,080 --> 01:52:59,640 Speaker 2: for eighty nine if you include red zone. All right, now, 2080 01:53:00,400 --> 01:53:03,680 Speaker 2: actually there is a different distinction. Before June sixth, the 2081 01:53:03,760 --> 01:53:06,120 Speaker 2: prices are two forty nine and three forty nine. That 2082 01:53:06,160 --> 01:53:09,960 Speaker 2: gives you the YouTube package and some premium channels. That's 2083 01:53:10,000 --> 01:53:12,280 Speaker 2: with one hundred dollars discount. If you followed all that, 2084 01:53:12,280 --> 01:53:17,840 Speaker 2: you're better than me. But again, we're evolving. It's no 2085 01:53:17,920 --> 01:53:21,800 Speaker 2: longer just the three channels in ESPN and Fox It. 2086 01:53:22,280 --> 01:53:22,519 Speaker 7: You know. 2087 01:53:22,920 --> 01:53:26,600 Speaker 2: Obviously last year there was the transition to Amazon on 2088 01:53:26,640 --> 01:53:28,880 Speaker 2: Thursday Night. It's actually had better ratings than I thought 2089 01:53:29,400 --> 01:53:32,000 Speaker 2: because I'm an Amazon customer. I watched the games on Amazon. 2090 01:53:32,080 --> 01:53:34,960 Speaker 2: The big of course, the big adjustment for me was 2091 01:53:34,960 --> 01:53:36,800 Speaker 2: they go to commercial. It's not so easy just a 2092 01:53:36,880 --> 01:53:39,400 Speaker 2: channel surf, is it? You know what I'm talking about there. 2093 01:53:39,680 --> 01:53:42,360 Speaker 2: It brought a little bit of a different dynamic, so 2094 01:53:42,439 --> 01:53:45,920 Speaker 2: you couldn't you know, you couldn't navigate the way it 2095 01:53:46,040 --> 01:53:49,320 Speaker 2: used to. Nick, did you did you watch those games 2096 01:53:49,320 --> 01:53:50,800 Speaker 2: on Amazon on Thursday Night last year? 2097 01:53:51,320 --> 01:53:53,920 Speaker 6: I watched a handful of them. It was it was 2098 01:53:53,960 --> 01:53:58,240 Speaker 6: a decent enough production. I appreciate that they really invested 2099 01:53:58,280 --> 01:54:01,480 Speaker 6: a lot and put a lot into it the pregame 2100 01:54:01,520 --> 01:54:05,599 Speaker 6: show in terms of the personalities and whatnot. I was, yeah, okay, 2101 01:54:05,680 --> 01:54:09,320 Speaker 6: And then I love Al Michaels that I love Kirk Herbstreet, 2102 01:54:09,520 --> 01:54:12,920 Speaker 6: and I felt like I was watching at the same 2103 01:54:13,000 --> 01:54:16,400 Speaker 6: time a Sunday night game and a Saturday night primetime 2104 01:54:16,400 --> 01:54:17,880 Speaker 6: college football game, just. 2105 01:54:17,880 --> 01:54:19,880 Speaker 5: The way I associate those voices. 2106 01:54:20,120 --> 01:54:23,120 Speaker 6: And then I remind myself, Oh, we're watching the Thursday 2107 01:54:23,200 --> 01:54:24,520 Speaker 6: night NFL. 2108 01:54:25,840 --> 01:54:28,240 Speaker 2: But broadcast you had an odd vibe that I could 2109 01:54:28,240 --> 01:54:31,479 Speaker 2: never really verbalize though. I just didn't. And how about 2110 01:54:31,479 --> 01:54:33,160 Speaker 2: when you know they went to a commercial all a sudden, 2111 01:54:33,160 --> 01:54:35,480 Speaker 2: you're gonna flip around. You couldn't do it, could you. 2112 01:54:35,680 --> 01:54:37,320 Speaker 2: I mean you had to look back out and you 2113 01:54:37,320 --> 01:54:39,440 Speaker 2: had to come back in. I found out to be 2114 01:54:39,440 --> 01:54:41,920 Speaker 2: a massive pain in the butt. How'd you feel about that? 2115 01:54:42,720 --> 01:54:45,840 Speaker 6: Well, as someone who is a cord cutter myself, I 2116 01:54:46,240 --> 01:54:50,200 Speaker 6: am used to that bouncing around of the apps on 2117 01:54:50,240 --> 01:54:54,040 Speaker 6: my TV at home, so so that part I'm kind 2118 01:54:54,080 --> 01:54:56,360 Speaker 6: of used to. But I will say it did just 2119 01:54:56,840 --> 01:54:59,560 Speaker 6: I think we're so accustomed to what Fox and what 2120 01:54:59,680 --> 01:55:02,920 Speaker 6: cb us bring for those afternoon games on Sundays that 2121 01:55:03,520 --> 01:55:06,920 Speaker 6: anything new is gonna feel a little bit different, and 2122 01:55:07,000 --> 01:55:09,240 Speaker 6: I think that's what Amazon was going for. They wanted 2123 01:55:09,240 --> 01:55:11,720 Speaker 6: to be different, this is Thursday Night. They they wanted 2124 01:55:11,760 --> 01:55:16,440 Speaker 6: to bring their own, their own flavor to these primetime games. 2125 01:55:16,640 --> 01:55:19,600 Speaker 6: And now apparently they're gonna be rewarded for it. Right 2126 01:55:19,640 --> 01:55:23,480 Speaker 6: that there's talk potentially of them doing some flex scheduling 2127 01:55:23,560 --> 01:55:26,360 Speaker 6: for Thursday Nights, that there's still a lot of runway 2128 01:55:26,400 --> 01:55:29,240 Speaker 6: to go with that. But I thought it was a 2129 01:55:29,320 --> 01:55:33,160 Speaker 6: fine for their first season and for Amazon who to 2130 01:55:33,200 --> 01:55:35,000 Speaker 6: the best of my knowledge, but correct me if I 2131 01:55:35,040 --> 01:55:38,800 Speaker 6: don't think they've had any experience in live sports production 2132 01:55:39,000 --> 01:55:42,120 Speaker 6: prior to that, and surely they hired the right people. 2133 01:55:42,840 --> 01:55:44,840 Speaker 6: But all in all, I thought it was a fine 2134 01:55:44,880 --> 01:55:45,760 Speaker 6: first year for him. 2135 01:55:46,800 --> 01:55:49,720 Speaker 2: I'll give them a passing grade. I wasn't real fond 2136 01:55:49,720 --> 01:55:53,200 Speaker 2: of their not great team. I mean, Ryan Fitzpatrick and 2137 01:55:53,320 --> 01:55:56,400 Speaker 2: Richard Sherman and that whole crew. I thought they were 2138 01:55:56,440 --> 01:56:00,720 Speaker 2: highly average and clearly are very inexperienced. But I think overall, 2139 01:56:00,800 --> 01:56:04,240 Speaker 2: y'all get my passing grade. I love Thursday Night Football 2140 01:56:04,240 --> 01:56:06,880 Speaker 2: and everybody does. I don't care what anybody says, And 2141 01:56:06,920 --> 01:56:09,440 Speaker 2: the truth of the matter is, there are actually less 2142 01:56:09,480 --> 01:56:12,000 Speaker 2: injuries on Thursday night. There's less penalties on Thursday night, 2143 01:56:12,200 --> 01:56:14,680 Speaker 2: there's less turnovers on Thursday night. And I know that 2144 01:56:14,720 --> 01:56:17,520 Speaker 2: people cavetch about it, but here's what happens after the 2145 01:56:17,640 --> 01:56:20,040 Speaker 2: NFL players get done with that Thursday night game. Oh baby, 2146 01:56:20,080 --> 01:56:21,800 Speaker 2: they love those ten days off afterward. 2147 01:56:22,320 --> 01:56:24,760 Speaker 5: What so why are all those numbers down? Do you think? 2148 01:56:26,080 --> 01:56:28,720 Speaker 2: I'm not sure, but Roger Goodell had a press conference 2149 01:56:28,760 --> 01:56:31,720 Speaker 2: about that. I would just say that they're more buttoned up. 2150 01:56:31,720 --> 01:56:33,760 Speaker 2: You just played a game three days earlier, and why 2151 01:56:33,800 --> 01:56:36,120 Speaker 2: you haven't had the time to prepare. Maybe you're just 2152 01:56:36,200 --> 01:56:38,400 Speaker 2: on your piece and cues a little bit more. I may, yeah, 2153 01:56:38,560 --> 01:56:41,640 Speaker 2: maybe you're Maybe physically you're cautious because you're not one 2154 01:56:41,720 --> 01:56:45,920 Speaker 2: hundred percent. I get all that. In the league would 2155 01:56:45,960 --> 01:56:49,040 Speaker 2: like you to believe their you know, safety is number one, 2156 01:56:49,040 --> 01:56:51,280 Speaker 2: and I do think they care about safety, but I 2157 01:56:51,360 --> 01:56:53,400 Speaker 2: do I think there are things that supersed that. But 2158 01:56:53,560 --> 01:56:57,280 Speaker 2: my guess would be Nick, that's simply having played a 2159 01:56:57,320 --> 01:57:00,520 Speaker 2: game just three days before, you're trying to stay buttoned up. 2160 01:57:00,560 --> 01:57:02,320 Speaker 2: You're trying not to make mistakes. You're a little more 2161 01:57:02,320 --> 01:57:04,760 Speaker 2: cautious with everything you do, and you're not letting it 2162 01:57:04,760 --> 01:57:07,520 Speaker 2: out like you would if you had full seven days rest. 2163 01:57:07,560 --> 01:57:09,920 Speaker 2: Real quickly with you, Patrick, did you watch Thursday Night 2164 01:57:09,920 --> 01:57:12,280 Speaker 2: Football last year in Amazon? I did? I did. 2165 01:57:12,360 --> 01:57:15,400 Speaker 9: I actually was here in the studio covering getting some 2166 01:57:15,480 --> 01:57:18,920 Speaker 9: cuts for some of those games on Thursday Night, So 2167 01:57:19,480 --> 01:57:21,400 Speaker 9: I definitely was here. I didn't have to pay for 2168 01:57:21,440 --> 01:57:25,000 Speaker 9: it since you know Fox Sports Radio had it covered here. Yeah, 2169 01:57:25,000 --> 01:57:29,480 Speaker 9: but no was watching it. I won't lie like pretty much. 2170 01:57:29,520 --> 01:57:31,600 Speaker 9: I want to say, like eighty five percent of the 2171 01:57:31,720 --> 01:57:35,680 Speaker 9: teams in games that they played were either very very 2172 01:57:35,800 --> 01:57:39,840 Speaker 9: like like a D plus or war worse in my case, 2173 01:57:39,920 --> 01:57:40,800 Speaker 9: like you can't. 2174 01:57:40,840 --> 01:57:42,960 Speaker 2: You can't control that. But I mean what I'm making, 2175 01:57:43,040 --> 01:57:45,240 Speaker 2: the point I'm making is and the reason I invoke 2176 01:57:45,320 --> 01:57:48,360 Speaker 2: Amazon is because the NFL evolves. And let me be fair, 2177 01:57:48,960 --> 01:57:51,320 Speaker 2: because one of the things that YouTube is touting is 2178 01:57:51,360 --> 01:57:54,280 Speaker 2: that previously, if you're a fan who wanted the Sunday 2179 01:57:54,280 --> 01:57:57,480 Speaker 2: ticket on direct TV, you needed a satellite dish and 2180 01:57:57,600 --> 01:58:01,200 Speaker 2: sometimes there are areas where that's not feasible, and so 2181 01:58:01,520 --> 01:58:04,440 Speaker 2: now there's no restrictions on choosing the online product because 2182 01:58:04,480 --> 01:58:07,360 Speaker 2: it's based on YouTube through the Internet. So they feel 2183 01:58:07,400 --> 01:58:10,440 Speaker 2: that's kind of a holy grill for Sunday ticket groupies. 2184 01:58:10,520 --> 01:58:14,760 Speaker 2: Because once they you know, announced additional products like buying 2185 01:58:14,760 --> 01:58:17,320 Speaker 2: a single team or even a single game, which DirecTV 2186 01:58:17,480 --> 01:58:21,040 Speaker 2: never offered. If that comes down the pike, that might 2187 01:58:21,080 --> 01:58:23,960 Speaker 2: be a real boon because those are additional products that DirecTV. 2188 01:58:24,040 --> 01:58:26,480 Speaker 2: And I'm not complaining about direct TV because I thought 2189 01:58:26,480 --> 01:58:28,760 Speaker 2: they did a hell of a job. There's another thing. 2190 01:58:29,600 --> 01:58:31,440 Speaker 2: I think YouTube's going to be offering. You can watch 2191 01:58:31,480 --> 01:58:34,760 Speaker 2: four games at once, which you can do that on DirecTV, 2192 01:58:34,840 --> 01:58:36,800 Speaker 2: but you got to flip back and forth, and they're 2193 01:58:36,840 --> 01:58:38,600 Speaker 2: going to start adding some things like how to you 2194 01:58:38,760 --> 01:58:42,560 Speaker 2: key plays and NFL fantasy data and real time stats 2195 01:58:42,600 --> 01:58:45,360 Speaker 2: and all kinds of other things. So I think it's 2196 01:58:45,440 --> 01:58:48,600 Speaker 2: going to be feature rich, feature oriented when it gets 2197 01:58:48,640 --> 01:58:51,280 Speaker 2: down the pike, as you know, watching NFL games and 2198 01:58:51,320 --> 01:58:57,040 Speaker 2: the product evolves. DirecTV had about two million subscribers. However, 2199 01:58:57,720 --> 01:58:59,760 Speaker 2: we come to find out that I guess the company 2200 01:58:59,760 --> 01:59:02,800 Speaker 2: gave a lot of these subscriptions away to induce more 2201 01:59:03,800 --> 01:59:07,600 Speaker 2: sign ups. YouTube has said they will not do that. 2202 01:59:07,760 --> 01:59:09,920 Speaker 2: So there you have it. You know you're gonna watch 2203 01:59:10,280 --> 01:59:12,920 Speaker 2: NFL games on YouTube. I guess I'll probably sign up 2204 01:59:12,960 --> 01:59:15,320 Speaker 2: for it, because well, I was really spoiled by the 2205 01:59:15,320 --> 01:59:17,640 Speaker 2: Sunday ticket the last few years. I got the biggest 2206 01:59:17,680 --> 01:59:19,160 Speaker 2: kick out of it. I can watch the Lions games 2207 01:59:19,160 --> 01:59:21,680 Speaker 2: anytime I wanted to go back and forth throughout the 2208 01:59:21,840 --> 01:59:25,160 Speaker 2: entire league, and that channel surf All right, coming up? 2209 01:59:25,400 --> 01:59:27,800 Speaker 2: The dance sensation sweeping the nation. What kind of brand 2210 01:59:27,880 --> 01:59:30,160 Speaker 2: new fool you? And what my name? Keep it locked? 2211 01:59:30,200 --> 01:59:37,880 Speaker 2: This is the Bernie Frattle Show, Fox Sports Radio Sports Radio. 2212 01:59:40,480 --> 01:59:43,680 Speaker 2: Well you heard the man. My name is Bernie Fratto, 2213 01:59:43,800 --> 01:59:46,480 Speaker 2: and the Bernie Frattle Show keeps rolling right along. We're 2214 01:59:46,480 --> 01:59:48,760 Speaker 2: coming to a line from the tyrack dot com studios 2215 01:59:48,800 --> 01:59:52,160 Speaker 2: here in Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio tyraq dot com. 2216 01:59:52,200 --> 01:59:55,000 Speaker 2: We'll help you get there. An unmatched selection, fast, free shipping, 2217 01:59:55,560 --> 01:59:59,160 Speaker 2: free road hazard protection, and over ten thousand recommended installers. 2218 01:59:59,200 --> 02:00:04,560 Speaker 2: Tyrack dot com the way tied buying should be. Well, 2219 02:00:05,520 --> 02:00:08,440 Speaker 2: you know, this time every week we delve into a 2220 02:00:08,520 --> 02:00:12,360 Speaker 2: part of the world that's endemic everywhere you see every 2221 02:00:12,520 --> 02:00:16,800 Speaker 2: day across our fine nation, around the world, and somewhere 2222 02:00:16,880 --> 02:00:21,560 Speaker 2: in the solar universe. People they engage in behaviors. They 2223 02:00:21,640 --> 02:00:26,240 Speaker 2: do things that are crazy, silly. Some are nefarious, some 2224 02:00:26,280 --> 02:00:29,920 Speaker 2: are against the law, some are dangerous and deadly. Others 2225 02:00:29,960 --> 02:00:34,680 Speaker 2: are just downright crazy, silly, innocuous events. But in every 2226 02:00:34,760 --> 02:00:38,080 Speaker 2: case they all have the same commonality. They leave us 2227 02:00:38,320 --> 02:00:41,440 Speaker 2: scratching our head and asking ourselves, what kind of brand 2228 02:00:41,440 --> 02:00:48,240 Speaker 2: new fool are you? 2229 02:00:48,280 --> 02:00:48,360 Speaker 9: So? 2230 02:00:48,840 --> 02:00:50,800 Speaker 1: What kind of brand new fool are you? 2231 02:00:52,080 --> 02:00:52,200 Speaker 9: So? 2232 02:00:52,520 --> 02:00:55,720 Speaker 2: This first one might be the strangest one I've ever 2233 02:00:55,760 --> 02:00:57,960 Speaker 2: reported on in the year and a half we been 2234 02:00:58,000 --> 02:01:01,080 Speaker 2: doing this, And I'll all say, as it turns out, 2235 02:01:01,120 --> 02:01:05,280 Speaker 2: this gentleman's name is Mike, and he thought he must 2236 02:01:05,280 --> 02:01:10,920 Speaker 2: have thought he was doctor Evil from Austin Powers right, 2237 02:01:11,080 --> 02:01:16,400 Speaker 2: you know, one million dollars? Uh? Why? Because he concocted 2238 02:01:16,480 --> 02:01:21,240 Speaker 2: this idea that he decided he first of all, let 2239 02:01:21,240 --> 02:01:23,800 Speaker 2: me set this up. You'll know about the famous Hollywood 2240 02:01:23,840 --> 02:01:28,560 Speaker 2: sign in Hollywood, California. It's iconic, Okay, It's been in movies. 2241 02:01:29,000 --> 02:01:31,200 Speaker 2: You drive up and down the freeway, you can't miss it. 2242 02:01:31,200 --> 02:01:34,360 Speaker 2: It's been there forever. It's just one of those landmarks 2243 02:01:34,360 --> 02:01:38,400 Speaker 2: that's very recognizable. So Mike decides he's gonna threaten to 2244 02:01:38,440 --> 02:01:41,680 Speaker 2: blow up this famous La landmark. He's gonna blow it 2245 02:01:41,760 --> 02:01:45,600 Speaker 2: up to smithereans with pipe bombs. That is, unless he's 2246 02:01:45,680 --> 02:01:50,360 Speaker 2: paid a significant amount of money so to carry out 2247 02:01:50,440 --> 02:01:54,560 Speaker 2: his threat. Mike picked up the phone and called the 2248 02:01:54,600 --> 02:02:00,160 Speaker 2: city of Hollywood. Here's the problem. He called the city 2249 02:02:00,200 --> 02:02:05,200 Speaker 2: of Hollywood, Florida. Yeah, there's a Hollywood, Florida. And Mike, 2250 02:02:05,280 --> 02:02:09,440 Speaker 2: the genius that he is, this in Hollywood, California. He 2251 02:02:09,520 --> 02:02:14,920 Speaker 2: calls Hollywood, Florida. Now it's unclear if you realize he 2252 02:02:15,000 --> 02:02:18,880 Speaker 2: had the wrong number, but we're told that the Florida 2253 02:02:20,320 --> 02:02:24,680 Speaker 2: authorities immediately reached out to their LA counterparts to let 2254 02:02:24,760 --> 02:02:27,480 Speaker 2: him know what was going on. As nutty as the 2255 02:02:27,480 --> 02:02:31,560 Speaker 2: whole thing sounded, apparently, we're told the LAPD checked it out, 2256 02:02:31,640 --> 02:02:35,160 Speaker 2: found no credible threat. There's been no arrest, but the 2257 02:02:35,280 --> 02:02:40,920 Speaker 2: cases under investigation. Here's the kicker. Mike was gonna blow 2258 02:02:41,000 --> 02:02:44,280 Speaker 2: up the iconic Hollywood sign unless somebody paid him the 2259 02:02:44,360 --> 02:02:49,720 Speaker 2: princely sum of ten thousand dollars. Are you kidding me? 2260 02:02:50,440 --> 02:02:55,560 Speaker 2: Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Mike from Hollywood, California, 2261 02:02:55,600 --> 02:02:59,240 Speaker 2: who thought he was from Hollywood, Florida, couldn't make the difference. 2262 02:03:00,080 --> 02:03:04,560 Speaker 2: Got one question, what kind of brand new fool are you? Nick? 2263 02:03:04,600 --> 02:03:05,480 Speaker 2: Kope you're off, buddy. 2264 02:03:05,760 --> 02:03:07,320 Speaker 6: Well, the one thing I was gonna add to your 2265 02:03:07,400 --> 02:03:11,240 Speaker 6: story is that Hollywood, California is really just a neighborhood 2266 02:03:11,280 --> 02:03:16,320 Speaker 6: within Los Angeles, so there's no specific Hollywood Police department, 2267 02:03:16,720 --> 02:03:20,960 Speaker 6: whereas Hollywood in Florida is its own city. So that's 2268 02:03:21,000 --> 02:03:23,720 Speaker 6: where Mike ran into problem well. 2269 02:03:23,720 --> 02:03:26,520 Speaker 2: As the story. Yeah, the LAPD has the jurisdictionaire, of 2270 02:03:26,560 --> 02:03:30,240 Speaker 2: course I get that. But here's what to make that mistake. 2271 02:03:30,320 --> 02:03:33,120 Speaker 2: And you don't think you'd know the area code anyway? 2272 02:03:33,520 --> 02:03:36,440 Speaker 6: Yeah, we can go all over him, all right, Bernie, 2273 02:03:36,880 --> 02:03:39,560 Speaker 6: I've got a doozy here for you, so hang with me. 2274 02:03:39,640 --> 02:03:42,800 Speaker 6: But I promise there's lots of good stuff here. We're 2275 02:03:42,840 --> 02:03:46,400 Speaker 6: gonna go to Nashville and I present to you Josiah 2276 02:03:46,520 --> 02:03:50,440 Speaker 6: Ernesto Garcia. He's a local member of the National Guard 2277 02:03:50,520 --> 02:03:53,400 Speaker 6: who is now facing federal charges. And no, he's not 2278 02:03:53,520 --> 02:03:55,879 Speaker 6: the guy that leaked info in the war in Ukraine 2279 02:03:55,880 --> 02:03:59,160 Speaker 6: that everyone's been talking about this past week. Mister Garcia 2280 02:03:59,200 --> 02:04:02,280 Speaker 6: was peru u the World Wide Web, as one does, 2281 02:04:02,320 --> 02:04:05,960 Speaker 6: and one way or another, he finds his way to 2282 02:04:06,200 --> 02:04:08,520 Speaker 6: rent a hitman dot com. 2283 02:04:08,880 --> 02:04:10,480 Speaker 5: Yes, this isn't active domain. 2284 02:04:10,720 --> 02:04:13,160 Speaker 6: Apparently it was originally created back in two thousand and 2285 02:04:13,160 --> 02:04:16,520 Speaker 6: five to advertise a cybersecurity startup that never took off, 2286 02:04:16,840 --> 02:04:20,520 Speaker 6: and after receiving numerous inquiries about murder for hire services, 2287 02:04:20,520 --> 02:04:23,440 Speaker 6: whoever runs this website thought'd be a fun idea to 2288 02:04:23,480 --> 02:04:24,800 Speaker 6: turn it into a parody site. 2289 02:04:24,840 --> 02:04:26,360 Speaker 5: And you can check this out right now. 2290 02:04:26,640 --> 02:04:31,160 Speaker 6: It's hilarious. Runnehitman dot com. He've got lines like the 2291 02:04:31,280 --> 02:04:33,920 Speaker 6: dark web is not safe, but we are tired of 2292 02:04:33,960 --> 02:04:38,160 Speaker 6: getting bullied. We can make relationships disappear. They even have 2293 02:04:38,440 --> 02:04:43,360 Speaker 6: testimonials anyways, But yes, it's total parody. I mean, all 2294 02:04:43,360 --> 02:04:44,960 Speaker 6: you gotta do. If you look it up right now, 2295 02:04:45,000 --> 02:04:47,600 Speaker 6: you'll be like, oh, this is so over the top outrageous. 2296 02:04:47,640 --> 02:04:49,280 Speaker 5: This is clearly agag got it, got it? 2297 02:04:49,560 --> 02:04:54,000 Speaker 6: Anyways, mister Garcia thinks his services could be of use 2298 02:04:54,080 --> 02:04:57,000 Speaker 6: to somebody, and he inquired about a job, citing his 2299 02:04:57,160 --> 02:05:02,880 Speaker 6: military experience rifle expertise. The website owner responds, he poses 2300 02:05:03,040 --> 02:05:07,920 Speaker 6: as Guido Finelli, that's his alias CEO of rent a Hitman, 2301 02:05:08,480 --> 02:05:13,520 Speaker 6: and the website owner responds. He requests his resume, headshot, 2302 02:05:13,600 --> 02:05:19,520 Speaker 6: and an image of Garcia's identification, which he dutifully provides. 2303 02:05:19,920 --> 02:05:22,280 Speaker 6: At this point, the website owner doesn't respond for a 2304 02:05:22,280 --> 02:05:25,000 Speaker 6: little while, but mister Garcia keeps reaching out. Over the 2305 02:05:25,040 --> 02:05:28,440 Speaker 6: course of a few weeks, sending multiple follow up emails 2306 02:05:28,480 --> 02:05:31,520 Speaker 6: boasting about his elite marksman skills, and at some point 2307 02:05:31,600 --> 02:05:34,160 Speaker 6: the website owner gets in touch with the FBI and 2308 02:05:34,200 --> 02:05:37,840 Speaker 6: then they re engage. He says, a field coordinator will 2309 02:05:37,880 --> 02:05:40,560 Speaker 6: be in touch with you in the near future. You'll 2310 02:05:40,600 --> 02:05:43,440 Speaker 6: receive a message when they're ready. Timing is based on 2311 02:05:43,560 --> 02:05:48,680 Speaker 6: client needs. Garcia later agreed to do a phone interview 2312 02:05:48,760 --> 02:05:51,960 Speaker 6: with an undercover FBI agent, during which he said he 2313 02:05:51,960 --> 02:05:57,000 Speaker 6: would be comfortable taking fingers or ears as trophies or 2314 02:05:57,160 --> 02:06:02,000 Speaker 6: performing torture at a client's request. Garcia also said he 2315 02:06:02,040 --> 02:06:05,720 Speaker 6: had looked into civilian law enforcement, but wanted to do 2316 02:06:05,800 --> 02:06:10,400 Speaker 6: something more exciting. Garcia even met in person with the 2317 02:06:10,480 --> 02:06:14,800 Speaker 6: undercover FBI agent, continued to express interest. He was given 2318 02:06:14,880 --> 02:06:19,240 Speaker 6: a target package with fictional details of a name, address, 2319 02:06:19,280 --> 02:06:23,120 Speaker 6: place of work, etc. And then apparently I like this detail. 2320 02:06:23,200 --> 02:06:26,000 Speaker 6: The job was only for five thousand dollars, so we 2321 02:06:26,680 --> 02:06:31,160 Speaker 6: gotta theme here low paying jobs. Garcia asked if he 2322 02:06:31,280 --> 02:06:33,240 Speaker 6: needed to take a picture of the body to prove 2323 02:06:33,280 --> 02:06:36,800 Speaker 6: the job was complete, and that's when the authorities converged 2324 02:06:36,840 --> 02:06:40,440 Speaker 6: and finally arrested him. Garcia later told investigators he needed 2325 02:06:40,440 --> 02:06:44,120 Speaker 6: money and his last meeting with the undercover agent was 2326 02:06:44,360 --> 02:06:47,120 Speaker 6: to tell them he had changed his mind. So he 2327 02:06:47,240 --> 02:06:51,240 Speaker 6: faces a charge of using interstate commerce facilities in the 2328 02:06:51,280 --> 02:06:55,000 Speaker 6: commission of murder for hire. And by the way, apparently 2329 02:06:55,040 --> 02:06:58,000 Speaker 6: the guy behind the website has been doing this for 2330 02:06:58,040 --> 02:06:58,480 Speaker 6: a while. 2331 02:06:58,520 --> 02:07:01,760 Speaker 5: He's been turning in would be hitman for years. 2332 02:07:02,280 --> 02:07:06,360 Speaker 6: So, Josiah Ernesto Garcia, what kind of brand new fool 2333 02:07:06,400 --> 02:07:07,440 Speaker 6: are you? 2334 02:07:07,440 --> 02:07:09,240 Speaker 2: You know, we're getting more of these out of Nashville 2335 02:07:09,320 --> 02:07:13,480 Speaker 2: lately for some reason. You mentioned in your narrative there 2336 02:07:13,520 --> 02:07:16,640 Speaker 2: that he looked into legitimate civilian law enforcement, which I 2337 02:07:16,640 --> 02:07:19,040 Speaker 2: do believe pays a little bit more than five grand. 2338 02:07:19,560 --> 02:07:21,879 Speaker 2: And that's why we call these people brand new fools. 2339 02:07:22,160 --> 02:07:25,160 Speaker 2: This is just Unreally, we're not making any of these up. 2340 02:07:25,320 --> 02:07:28,040 Speaker 2: I mean, we do three of these a week, and everyone, 2341 02:07:28,120 --> 02:07:29,640 Speaker 2: you know, every time you think you've seen it all, 2342 02:07:29,720 --> 02:07:32,960 Speaker 2: you've seen something new. All right, Patrick sweek you've been 2343 02:07:33,040 --> 02:07:35,720 Speaker 2: you've done this game before. What have you got for 2344 02:07:35,800 --> 02:07:36,160 Speaker 2: us here? 2345 02:07:36,240 --> 02:07:36,840 Speaker 5: All right? 2346 02:07:36,960 --> 02:07:39,800 Speaker 9: Well, we're not gonna go to Nashville. I'll tell you what, Bernie, 2347 02:07:39,800 --> 02:07:42,840 Speaker 9: We're actually gonna go to Wolverhampton, England. 2348 02:07:43,280 --> 02:07:48,920 Speaker 5: Jolie. We have we have where we. 2349 02:07:48,920 --> 02:07:52,280 Speaker 9: Go to a twenty two year old I'm gonna put 2350 02:07:52,360 --> 02:07:56,240 Speaker 9: self proclaimed YouTube rankster and some of his friends were 2351 02:07:56,600 --> 02:07:59,440 Speaker 9: found outside of their house the middle of the night. 2352 02:07:59,640 --> 02:08:05,640 Speaker 9: Poor bring several bags of fast hardening cement into an 2353 02:08:05,760 --> 02:08:09,600 Speaker 9: unplugged microwave where they were sticking this man's head into 2354 02:08:09,720 --> 02:08:12,760 Speaker 9: for a little prank. And of course he put a 2355 02:08:12,800 --> 02:08:16,880 Speaker 9: protective plastic bag over his head with you know, air 2356 02:08:16,920 --> 02:08:19,920 Speaker 9: holes in. Yes we can, so we can breathe as 2357 02:08:20,280 --> 02:08:24,680 Speaker 9: as the process is going. So about ninety minutes into 2358 02:08:24,840 --> 02:08:28,800 Speaker 9: you know, said prank, uh, they realized they can't get 2359 02:08:28,880 --> 02:08:31,080 Speaker 9: him out of said microwave. 2360 02:08:31,120 --> 02:08:32,080 Speaker 6: Who'd have thought, by. 2361 02:08:32,000 --> 02:08:35,520 Speaker 9: The way, So they called the local firefighters to come 2362 02:08:35,520 --> 02:08:39,160 Speaker 9: by and well assist with the job. And uh, they 2363 02:08:39,200 --> 02:08:41,440 Speaker 9: had to actually get a technical rescue team to help 2364 02:08:41,480 --> 02:08:45,040 Speaker 9: free the guy out. And he was he was breathing 2365 02:08:45,120 --> 02:08:48,560 Speaker 9: fine with some air tubes and straws. But boy, he was, 2366 02:08:48,360 --> 02:08:50,240 Speaker 9: he was. He was sweating it out a little bit. 2367 02:08:50,320 --> 02:08:53,760 Speaker 9: And when asked how good was this prank job for 2368 02:08:53,920 --> 02:08:57,160 Speaker 9: by the the by the firefighters, they asked, it was 2369 02:08:57,440 --> 02:08:59,400 Speaker 9: seriously very unimpressive. 2370 02:09:00,120 --> 02:09:00,920 Speaker 5: That's their reaction. 2371 02:09:01,120 --> 02:09:02,680 Speaker 2: So was it worth it? 2372 02:09:02,720 --> 02:09:03,320 Speaker 5: Was it worth it? 2373 02:09:03,520 --> 02:09:03,600 Speaker 1: No? 2374 02:09:03,760 --> 02:09:06,560 Speaker 9: Because they had to remove it carefully with a screwdriver, 2375 02:09:06,920 --> 02:09:09,600 Speaker 9: so it was painstaking. Late said it took about two 2376 02:09:09,640 --> 02:09:11,840 Speaker 9: and a half hours to get the man out, so 2377 02:09:12,160 --> 02:09:14,840 Speaker 9: I would say probably wasn't worth it. So British man 2378 02:09:15,280 --> 02:09:19,240 Speaker 9: the quote unquote YouTube prankster, what kind of fool are you? 2379 02:09:20,520 --> 02:09:23,680 Speaker 2: Great job tonight? Guys? Here you go three knuckleheads. One 2380 02:09:23,760 --> 02:09:25,320 Speaker 2: looks like I believe it's going to go to jail 2381 02:09:25,360 --> 02:09:27,800 Speaker 2: for a while. The other two they're just brand new 2382 02:09:27,840 --> 02:09:30,280 Speaker 2: fools who might show up on our feature once again. 2383 02:09:30,320 --> 02:09:33,280 Speaker 2: That'll do with another rousing edition, a brand new fool, 2384 02:09:33,280 --> 02:09:37,000 Speaker 2: which segues perfectly into our second favorite segment that we 2385 02:09:37,160 --> 02:09:42,720 Speaker 2: lovingly refer to as what my name? All right? How 2386 02:09:42,760 --> 02:09:45,640 Speaker 2: about those New York Knicks. I'm happy for Jason Smith. 2387 02:09:45,680 --> 02:09:50,320 Speaker 2: The New York Knicks get a road playoff win, and 2388 02:09:50,360 --> 02:09:52,320 Speaker 2: they look pretty good doing it if you ask me. 2389 02:09:52,480 --> 02:09:55,360 Speaker 2: So we'll see what they do. But they still got 2390 02:09:55,400 --> 02:09:57,840 Speaker 2: a ways to go to win a playoff series, which 2391 02:09:57,960 --> 02:10:01,880 Speaker 2: leads us to our question. The last time the Knicks 2392 02:10:01,920 --> 02:10:06,240 Speaker 2: actually won a playoff series? I was their coach, Nick Cope. 2393 02:10:06,280 --> 02:10:07,800 Speaker 2: What my name is it? 2394 02:10:07,880 --> 02:10:11,960 Speaker 5: Mike D'Antoni close, not Mike D'Antoni All right. 2395 02:10:12,240 --> 02:10:14,760 Speaker 2: Last time the Knicks won a playoff series, I was 2396 02:10:14,800 --> 02:10:17,640 Speaker 2: their head coach. Patrick Sweeka, What my name? 2397 02:10:18,520 --> 02:10:20,040 Speaker 9: What is Tom Thibodel? 2398 02:10:21,040 --> 02:10:23,200 Speaker 2: Well he might be the next one. Good, it is 2399 02:10:23,240 --> 02:10:24,320 Speaker 2: actually Mike Woodson. 2400 02:10:24,440 --> 02:10:26,320 Speaker 5: You can be my second guest. 2401 02:10:26,440 --> 02:10:30,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, let's stick with basketball. Let's go deep 2402 02:10:30,400 --> 02:10:33,600 Speaker 2: into the cookie jar. I hold the record for most 2403 02:10:33,760 --> 02:10:37,960 Speaker 2: rebounds in a single NBA playoff game with forty one, 2404 02:10:38,040 --> 02:10:40,960 Speaker 2: Nick Cope? What my name? Uh? 2405 02:10:41,000 --> 02:10:42,000 Speaker 5: Wilt Chamberlain? 2406 02:10:42,520 --> 02:10:49,560 Speaker 2: Nicely done? Nicely done? Not to be confused with his 2407 02:10:49,640 --> 02:10:52,040 Speaker 2: other record, which I believe number twenty thousand, if you 2408 02:10:52,080 --> 02:10:55,120 Speaker 2: get my drift. All right, let's stick with the NBA. 2409 02:10:55,480 --> 02:11:00,920 Speaker 2: I'm the last NBA coach to win a first round 2410 02:11:01,040 --> 02:11:05,960 Speaker 2: playoff series as in number seven seed. Remember the Lakers 2411 02:11:05,960 --> 02:11:09,440 Speaker 2: are number seventeen. Okay, so I'm the last NBA coach 2412 02:11:09,520 --> 02:11:12,000 Speaker 2: to win a first round playoff series as a number seventeen. 2413 02:11:12,040 --> 02:11:13,280 Speaker 2: Patrick Sweeko, what my name? 2414 02:11:14,160 --> 02:11:15,640 Speaker 5: What is Scott Brooks? 2415 02:11:16,640 --> 02:11:18,960 Speaker 2: Not Scott Brooks, but I do like and Patrick Carr. 2416 02:11:19,000 --> 02:11:22,080 Speaker 2: You play Jeopardy, you actually throw in the what if? 2417 02:11:22,240 --> 02:11:25,880 Speaker 2: I'm telling you somewhere Alex Trebeka smiling, All right, I'm 2418 02:11:25,880 --> 02:11:28,600 Speaker 2: the last NBA coach to win a first round playoff game, 2419 02:11:29,000 --> 02:11:31,280 Speaker 2: or check that first round plaoff series as a number 2420 02:11:31,480 --> 02:11:33,040 Speaker 2: seven seed, Nick Cope with my name? 2421 02:11:35,000 --> 02:11:35,280 Speaker 5: Boy? 2422 02:11:35,360 --> 02:11:40,280 Speaker 6: How often has this happened? Donnrey, Donny Nelson, Hey. 2423 02:11:40,120 --> 02:11:43,040 Speaker 2: You know what, you're not true? No, I'm sorry, it's 2424 02:11:43,040 --> 02:11:45,040 Speaker 2: not correct. However, that's a good guess because it's part 2425 02:11:45,040 --> 02:11:49,760 Speaker 2: of that tree. It's actually Greg Popovich san Antonio Spurs. Wow. 2426 02:11:50,000 --> 02:11:51,880 Speaker 2: All right, all right, let's have a little fun with 2427 02:11:51,920 --> 02:11:55,360 Speaker 2: this one. We've never invoked American Idol. Twenty years ago, 2428 02:11:55,480 --> 02:11:59,400 Speaker 2: as the American Idol, I got national fame by doing 2429 02:11:59,480 --> 02:12:03,400 Speaker 2: a version of the song she bangs, Patrick sweek of 2430 02:12:03,480 --> 02:12:06,120 Speaker 2: what my name? What is? 2431 02:12:06,240 --> 02:12:07,240 Speaker 6: Kelly Clarkson? 2432 02:12:07,880 --> 02:12:12,480 Speaker 2: Come on now, chest All right, let's go. Twenty years 2433 02:12:12,520 --> 02:12:15,120 Speaker 2: ago in American Idol, I rose to great fame for 2434 02:12:15,280 --> 02:12:18,320 Speaker 2: my rendition of the song she bangs Nicole. 2435 02:12:18,200 --> 02:12:25,280 Speaker 6: I'm so tempted to imitate. But William Hung Forever bangs bangs. 2436 02:12:25,360 --> 02:12:28,800 Speaker 2: Oh baby, Oh, they gotta find it. Somebody find it, 2437 02:12:29,000 --> 02:12:31,120 Speaker 2: Mark finded. Come on, we're gonna que it up as 2438 02:12:31,120 --> 02:12:33,560 Speaker 2: we leave this segment. I love you, by the way, 2439 02:12:33,600 --> 02:12:36,560 Speaker 2: I think he's a civil engineer in Los Angeles, for 2440 02:12:36,560 --> 02:12:38,920 Speaker 2: the lped Now I love that dude. 2441 02:12:38,920 --> 02:12:40,960 Speaker 5: Man, what a career turn for him. 2442 02:12:41,040 --> 02:12:43,440 Speaker 2: Oh, he was such a fan favorite. You know what. 2443 02:12:43,480 --> 02:12:46,240 Speaker 2: I'll tell you a quick story. He came and did 2444 02:12:46,240 --> 02:12:50,320 Speaker 2: a concert at the Oakland Mall in Detroit, Michigan, in 2445 02:12:51,160 --> 02:12:54,560 Speaker 2: March of six whenever. It was about five thereabouts when 2446 02:12:54,560 --> 02:12:58,040 Speaker 2: William Hung, after he had us claimed to fame, drew 2447 02:12:58,160 --> 02:13:02,000 Speaker 2: seven thousand people, seven thousand people to see him sing. 2448 02:13:02,520 --> 02:13:04,560 Speaker 2: And prior to that, the most people that had ever 2449 02:13:04,560 --> 02:13:06,320 Speaker 2: gone to that parking lot to see an up and 2450 02:13:06,320 --> 02:13:09,320 Speaker 2: coming singer was a guy named Bob Seeger. That's how 2451 02:13:09,400 --> 02:13:12,120 Speaker 2: much fame William Hung had. I love what you want? 2452 02:13:12,440 --> 02:13:18,320 Speaker 2: All right? To move along? All right? You know I've 2453 02:13:18,360 --> 02:13:20,120 Speaker 2: pissed a lot of people off in the NBA over 2454 02:13:20,160 --> 02:13:22,680 Speaker 2: the years, including when COVID broke on. I thought it 2455 02:13:22,720 --> 02:13:26,960 Speaker 2: would be funny to lick microphones. Wasn't so funny? Patrick Sweeker, 2456 02:13:27,040 --> 02:13:27,640 Speaker 2: what my name? 2457 02:13:28,040 --> 02:13:30,080 Speaker 9: What would be the stifle tower? 2458 02:13:30,240 --> 02:13:34,440 Speaker 10: Rudy Gobert, nicely done, and once again the extra points 2459 02:13:34,480 --> 02:13:40,080 Speaker 10: for the for the for the jeopardy in vocation where 2460 02:13:40,160 --> 02:13:43,040 Speaker 10: you must you must frame your answer in the form 2461 02:13:43,040 --> 02:13:43,680 Speaker 10: of a question. 2462 02:13:44,200 --> 02:13:46,240 Speaker 2: All right, Now, this one's way out there and left field. 2463 02:13:46,240 --> 02:13:49,680 Speaker 2: We're gonna switch to baseball for the final three. My 2464 02:13:49,880 --> 02:13:53,680 Speaker 2: birth name, and I became a famous Yankee manager. My 2465 02:13:53,840 --> 02:13:59,600 Speaker 2: birth name was Alfred Passono. But what my real name? 2466 02:14:00,120 --> 02:14:04,600 Speaker 2: Nick Cope? And again he was a great Yankee manager? 2467 02:14:05,880 --> 02:14:09,640 Speaker 5: Yogi Berra close, but not Yo Giberra. 2468 02:14:10,160 --> 02:14:12,760 Speaker 2: I was born Alfred Persono, and I became a great 2469 02:14:13,560 --> 02:14:16,520 Speaker 2: Yankee manager. But that was my birth name. What my name? 2470 02:14:16,840 --> 02:14:17,640 Speaker 2: Patrick Sweika? 2471 02:14:18,560 --> 02:14:20,160 Speaker 9: Who is Dusty Baker? 2472 02:14:21,000 --> 02:14:24,240 Speaker 2: Not Dusty Baker? Dusty Baker was the answer to last 2473 02:14:24,240 --> 02:14:27,320 Speaker 2: week's trivia question, the only manager to smoke a joint 2474 02:14:27,400 --> 02:14:28,360 Speaker 2: with Jimmy Hendrix. 2475 02:14:28,440 --> 02:14:30,000 Speaker 5: Yep, but the way I remember that one? 2476 02:14:30,120 --> 02:14:33,000 Speaker 2: Also on deck when Hank Aaron hit home run number 2477 02:14:33,000 --> 02:14:35,160 Speaker 2: seven hundred and fifteen. But I digress. 2478 02:14:35,720 --> 02:14:38,080 Speaker 5: All right, but who is the what was the answer? 2479 02:14:38,480 --> 02:14:42,640 Speaker 2: Billy Martin? I'm sorry, Mack. I apologize, Billy Martin. Thanks 2480 02:14:42,640 --> 02:14:46,320 Speaker 2: for keeping me straight there. Alex Trebek would not be 2481 02:14:46,320 --> 02:14:49,520 Speaker 2: proud of me. All right, I'll take a bad game 2482 02:14:49,560 --> 02:14:53,960 Speaker 2: show host for fifty all right. Among active Major League 2483 02:14:54,000 --> 02:14:57,640 Speaker 2: Baseball players, I have the most multi home run games 2484 02:14:57,680 --> 02:14:59,360 Speaker 2: at twenty eight. Nick copeut my name? 2485 02:15:01,360 --> 02:15:03,600 Speaker 5: Who's up there? Uh? 2486 02:15:03,840 --> 02:15:04,960 Speaker 6: Judge? 2487 02:15:07,400 --> 02:15:11,680 Speaker 2: I'm gonna allow the judges to allow it. It's Aaron Judge. 2488 02:15:11,920 --> 02:15:13,680 Speaker 2: I mean, I know you didn't. 2489 02:15:14,120 --> 02:15:16,160 Speaker 6: Sorry, I mean, I gotta I'm not as I'm sorry, 2490 02:15:16,200 --> 02:15:17,960 Speaker 6: I'm less formal than Patrick Going. 2491 02:15:18,120 --> 02:15:19,680 Speaker 5: Who is Aaron Judge? 2492 02:15:19,800 --> 02:15:22,560 Speaker 2: Well? Wait, wait, wait, we know you didn't mean Mike Judge, 2493 02:15:22,640 --> 02:15:26,480 Speaker 2: the creator of bees and butt head. Answer, we know 2494 02:15:26,520 --> 02:15:29,400 Speaker 2: you didn't mean Judge Reinhold, Right, remember the actor Judge 2495 02:15:29,440 --> 02:15:32,720 Speaker 2: Reinhold Fast times a Ridgemond. We know you didn't mean that. 2496 02:15:33,000 --> 02:15:33,880 Speaker 6: Not Judge Judy. 2497 02:15:34,080 --> 02:15:38,080 Speaker 2: You don't mean Judge Judy. You're Judge Wakater right, all right? 2498 02:15:38,160 --> 02:15:44,120 Speaker 2: The last one I own. The most multi home run 2499 02:15:44,200 --> 02:15:48,040 Speaker 2: games in Major League Baseball history was sixty eight, Patrick 2500 02:15:48,120 --> 02:15:49,160 Speaker 2: sweek of what my name? 2501 02:15:50,280 --> 02:15:53,440 Speaker 9: What is Mike Trout. 2502 02:15:57,240 --> 02:15:59,320 Speaker 2: Your piece of you're messing with me? 2503 02:15:59,640 --> 02:16:00,400 Speaker 5: Who out of what? 2504 02:16:01,560 --> 02:16:04,560 Speaker 9: Let let's be real here, Mike Trout is not not 2505 02:16:04,720 --> 02:16:06,920 Speaker 9: a human being. That dude is a monster in a 2506 02:16:06,960 --> 02:16:07,440 Speaker 9: good way. 2507 02:16:07,920 --> 02:16:10,640 Speaker 2: But I'm pretty sure he doesn't have sixty eight multi 2508 02:16:10,640 --> 02:16:12,680 Speaker 2: home run games in his career. All right, But it's 2509 02:16:12,720 --> 02:16:16,000 Speaker 2: all good. This this game is all in fun and 2510 02:16:16,160 --> 02:16:18,320 Speaker 2: until someone loses an eye, which we're not gonna have 2511 02:16:18,440 --> 02:16:20,720 Speaker 2: happened because we don't don't want to get legal involved, 2512 02:16:20,760 --> 02:16:23,839 Speaker 2: right all right? In the history of Major League Baseball, 2513 02:16:23,880 --> 02:16:26,760 Speaker 2: I host, I own the most multi home run games 2514 02:16:26,960 --> 02:16:30,200 Speaker 2: in my career, with a total of sixty eight. Nick Kole, 2515 02:16:30,320 --> 02:16:32,200 Speaker 2: what do you got? What my name? What's my name? 2516 02:16:32,240 --> 02:16:33,720 Speaker 6: He's got to be up there, so I'm gonna go. 2517 02:16:33,879 --> 02:16:36,400 Speaker 6: Who is George Herman? 2518 02:16:36,720 --> 02:16:38,560 Speaker 2: Ruth? Outstanding? 2519 02:16:39,920 --> 02:16:42,840 Speaker 6: Babe, the babe. 2520 02:16:43,440 --> 02:16:46,200 Speaker 2: You guys kicked ass tonight. I mean, you didn't get 2521 02:16:46,240 --> 02:16:48,440 Speaker 2: Mike Woodson, but you got I think he got. Did 2522 02:16:48,480 --> 02:16:49,360 Speaker 2: you get Will Chamberlain? 2523 02:16:50,040 --> 02:16:51,119 Speaker 6: We did, We got Will. 2524 02:16:51,560 --> 02:16:53,040 Speaker 2: You didn't get Greg if you gave me? 2525 02:16:55,720 --> 02:16:56,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, pretty good? 2526 02:16:57,400 --> 02:17:00,400 Speaker 2: Did great? All right? Not not a not a bad effort. 2527 02:17:00,400 --> 02:17:03,000 Speaker 2: And of course you got to give Patrick a lot 2528 02:17:03,040 --> 02:17:05,640 Speaker 2: of credit for adding flair to the game by involving 2529 02:17:06,200 --> 02:17:10,160 Speaker 2: Jeopardy every time. Now, well, you know what, we might 2530 02:17:10,200 --> 02:17:11,800 Speaker 2: as well just do that from. 2531 02:17:11,640 --> 02:17:13,720 Speaker 5: Now on, do it in a Jeopardy like way. 2532 02:17:14,080 --> 02:17:16,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, why not? And hopefully you know they don't get 2533 02:17:16,879 --> 02:17:19,880 Speaker 2: mad at us, whether it's hard fleming, whether it's h 2534 02:17:20,840 --> 02:17:24,760 Speaker 2: you know, any anybody involved in Jeopardy anyway, even the 2535 02:17:24,800 --> 02:17:27,720 Speaker 2: Greg Kinban who did the song Jeopardy. All right, work 2536 02:17:27,800 --> 02:17:31,240 Speaker 2: with me, all right? Coming up over the years. You're 2537 02:17:31,240 --> 02:17:35,760 Speaker 2: not gonna believe this bologney over the years, I mean literally, 2538 02:17:36,480 --> 02:17:39,160 Speaker 2: at one time or another they say, dann or everything 2539 02:17:39,200 --> 02:17:43,640 Speaker 2: causes cancer. Remember one year Hamburger's caused cancer because one year, oh, 2540 02:17:43,760 --> 02:17:47,360 Speaker 2: coffee causes cancer. Everything. You know, we know smoking causes 2541 02:17:47,440 --> 02:17:50,160 Speaker 2: can all these things cause cancer. But all these things 2542 02:17:50,200 --> 02:17:53,480 Speaker 2: in your everyday life caused cancer? All right? According to 2543 02:17:53,520 --> 02:17:55,680 Speaker 2: an article The New York Post in the last week, 2544 02:17:55,760 --> 02:17:59,240 Speaker 2: you're not gonna believe what scientists at Harvard University in 2545 02:17:59,280 --> 02:18:05,720 Speaker 2: the Beijing Tutor technology claim causes cancer now potentially potentially 2546 02:18:05,800 --> 02:18:09,560 Speaker 2: causes cancer. Hard to believe. Can't make it up. I'll 2547 02:18:09,560 --> 02:18:11,640 Speaker 2: share it with you. How's that for a tease? You're 2548 02:18:11,640 --> 02:18:15,800 Speaker 2: not gonna believe it? Your stuff potentially causes cancer. I'm 2549 02:18:15,800 --> 02:18:18,880 Speaker 2: Bernie Fraddworck County Life from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio Studios, 2550 02:18:19,360 --> 02:18:21,520 Speaker 2: tire Act dot Com. Keep it locked and listen to 2551 02:18:21,520 --> 02:18:39,280 Speaker 2: the Bernie Fratters Show on Fox Sports Radio. All right, 2552 02:18:39,360 --> 02:18:41,400 Speaker 2: back on the Bernie Fratters Show, coming to Live forthe 2553 02:18:41,440 --> 02:18:44,440 Speaker 2: tire Act dot Com studios here in Las Vegas, and 2554 02:18:44,520 --> 02:18:47,560 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. 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This is going to be a 2564 02:19:21,320 --> 02:19:24,480 Speaker 2: fun series, and of course the Progressive power Play of 2565 02:19:24,520 --> 02:19:27,800 Speaker 2: the Day brought to you by Progressive Insurance, Progressive Banks. 2566 02:19:27,800 --> 02:19:31,160 Speaker 2: Bundling easy and affordable. Get a multi policy discount by 2567 02:19:31,200 --> 02:19:35,160 Speaker 2: combining your motorcycle, RV, boat, ATV and more, all your 2568 02:19:35,200 --> 02:19:41,080 Speaker 2: protection in one place. Bundle and save at Progressive dot Com. 2569 02:19:41,160 --> 02:19:44,000 Speaker 2: All right, I drug it out as much as I could. 2570 02:19:45,120 --> 02:19:49,320 Speaker 2: What causes cancer? Now? What the hell causes cancer? Now? Well, 2571 02:19:49,360 --> 02:19:52,800 Speaker 2: you know, one of the simple pleasures in life is 2572 02:19:52,879 --> 02:19:56,240 Speaker 2: going and buying a new car. You get on the road, 2573 02:19:56,320 --> 02:19:58,840 Speaker 2: it's brand new. You look at the odometer, it's got 2574 02:19:58,959 --> 02:20:03,600 Speaker 2: seven miles, it's it's all clean, it's all pure, it's wonderful, 2575 02:20:03,680 --> 02:20:05,879 Speaker 2: and it's a great feeling. And you tell your friends. 2576 02:20:05,840 --> 02:20:08,000 Speaker 2: Anybody says, oh, look at that new car. How cool 2577 02:20:08,000 --> 02:20:10,360 Speaker 2: it is? Right, they don't even have your new license plate. 2578 02:20:11,240 --> 02:20:16,320 Speaker 2: Well hold up just a second, mister, because scientists at 2579 02:20:16,320 --> 02:20:20,959 Speaker 2: Harvard University in the Beijing Institute of Technology they looked 2580 02:20:20,959 --> 02:20:23,520 Speaker 2: at the air and surface temperature and new cars that 2581 02:20:23,640 --> 02:20:27,480 Speaker 2: were left outside and the heat that accumulates. And now 2582 02:20:27,560 --> 02:20:30,560 Speaker 2: they are reporting that quote the new car smell that 2583 02:20:30,640 --> 02:20:34,000 Speaker 2: everybody knows and loves might actually be a health risk. 2584 02:20:34,520 --> 02:20:38,039 Speaker 2: This new study published in this journal said that scientists 2585 02:20:38,080 --> 02:20:42,519 Speaker 2: at Harvard University and again the Beijing Institute of Technology 2586 02:20:42,520 --> 02:20:47,879 Speaker 2: conducted their research and quote real world settings rather than 2587 02:20:47,879 --> 02:20:50,520 Speaker 2: a lab. They looked at the air and new cars 2588 02:20:51,160 --> 02:20:54,560 Speaker 2: that were parked for twelve straight days, use sensors to 2589 02:20:54,680 --> 02:21:01,760 Speaker 2: monitor twenty commonly produced chemicals. Their conclusion formaldehyde and known 2590 02:21:01,840 --> 02:21:06,039 Speaker 2: cancer causing compound. So pass the standards. Which is a 2591 02:21:06,320 --> 02:21:09,960 Speaker 2: dangerous car synogen. So what's the bottom line? New car 2592 02:21:10,080 --> 02:21:13,840 Speaker 2: smell could be quote a potential risk for people who 2593 02:21:13,920 --> 02:21:17,199 Speaker 2: spend significant amounts of time driving in their new car. 2594 02:21:17,840 --> 02:21:21,920 Speaker 2: You are you serious that could cause cancer? I don't know, man, 2595 02:21:22,800 --> 02:21:25,000 Speaker 2: I call him as I see him. I can't make 2596 02:21:25,040 --> 02:21:28,000 Speaker 2: them up. But what you know, what's gonna cause cancer. 2597 02:21:28,080 --> 02:21:31,720 Speaker 2: Next listening to radio shows, don't don't erase that never mind. 2598 02:21:31,760 --> 02:21:34,240 Speaker 2: I said that, all right, coming up Chris Perferret's World 2599 02:21:34,240 --> 02:21:36,160 Speaker 2: of Soccer. But first let's go back to our guy 2600 02:21:37,240 --> 02:21:39,120 Speaker 2: and I will tell you that he will share with 2601 02:21:39,160 --> 02:21:42,400 Speaker 2: you that when the small clears in Los Angeles, you 2602 02:21:42,440 --> 02:21:45,400 Speaker 2: see La Nick Cope with the latest. 2603 02:21:45,560 --> 02:21:47,920 Speaker 6: That is in fact true, and that's one of the 2604 02:21:47,920 --> 02:21:50,680 Speaker 6: benefits of all the rain you have had. A lot 2605 02:21:50,720 --> 02:21:53,840 Speaker 6: of smog has been cleared here over the last couple 2606 02:21:53,879 --> 02:21:56,879 Speaker 6: of months, a lot of nice clear days. Anyways, let's 2607 02:21:56,920 --> 02:21:59,320 Speaker 6: get everyone up to speed on what happened in the 2608 02:21:59,400 --> 02:22:01,600 Speaker 6: NBA the first stay of the playoffs on Saturday. 2609 02:22:01,879 --> 02:22:02,840 Speaker 5: You mentioned the Kings. 2610 02:22:02,879 --> 02:22:05,119 Speaker 6: They got that one twenty six to one twenty three 2611 02:22:05,160 --> 02:22:08,040 Speaker 6: win over the Warriors, back and forth game down the stretch. 2612 02:22:08,320 --> 02:22:11,680 Speaker 6: For Sacramento, it's their first playoff win in seventeen years. 2613 02:22:12,120 --> 02:22:14,920 Speaker 6: Leading guys for the Kings were Daron Fox and Elik Monk, 2614 02:22:15,040 --> 02:22:19,040 Speaker 6: the old Kentucky backcourt combining again and they combined for 2615 02:22:19,120 --> 02:22:22,520 Speaker 6: seventy points in this one. Steph Curry with thirty points 2616 02:22:22,520 --> 02:22:25,640 Speaker 6: for war Golden State Andrew Wiggins return playing for the 2617 02:22:25,680 --> 02:22:29,240 Speaker 6: first time and nearly two months. He had seventeen points. 2618 02:22:29,800 --> 02:22:32,200 Speaker 6: The Knicks won a one to ninety seven over the 2619 02:22:32,240 --> 02:22:35,600 Speaker 6: Cavaliers a late push from Cleveland, but New York hangs on. 2620 02:22:35,760 --> 02:22:39,520 Speaker 6: Jalen Brunson had twenty seven. Julius Randall a nineteen point 2621 02:22:39,560 --> 02:22:43,160 Speaker 6: ten rebound double double. Celtics over the Hawks won twelve 2622 02:22:43,240 --> 02:22:45,440 Speaker 6: to ninety nine. Boston led this one by as many 2623 02:22:45,480 --> 02:22:48,720 Speaker 6: as thirty two points. Jalen Brown had twenty nine, Jason 2624 02:22:48,760 --> 02:22:52,360 Speaker 6: Tatum had twenty five. Trey Young struggled just sixteen points 2625 02:22:52,360 --> 02:22:56,080 Speaker 6: on five of eighteen shooting, and seventy six ers Cruise 2626 02:22:56,120 --> 02:22:59,160 Speaker 6: passed the nets. This was perhaps the least drama field 2627 02:22:59,200 --> 02:23:01,280 Speaker 6: game of the day, one twenty one to one oh 2628 02:23:01,320 --> 02:23:04,520 Speaker 6: one in favor of Philly. Joel Embiid had twenty six. 2629 02:23:04,640 --> 02:23:08,360 Speaker 6: James Harden scored twenty three. In baseball had a walk 2630 02:23:08,400 --> 02:23:10,920 Speaker 6: off to end the night. On Jackie Robinson Day, the 2631 02:23:11,000 --> 02:23:14,080 Speaker 6: Dodgers two to one over the Cubs. Two RBI single 2632 02:23:14,200 --> 02:23:18,000 Speaker 6: in the ninth from David Peralta for La. Mariners rolled 2633 02:23:18,000 --> 02:23:20,720 Speaker 6: to a nine to two win over the Rockies. Astros 2634 02:23:20,720 --> 02:23:24,400 Speaker 6: handled the Rangers eight to two. Braves they continue to 2635 02:23:24,400 --> 02:23:26,560 Speaker 6: play well. They're now eleven and four, they beat the 2636 02:23:26,680 --> 02:23:30,039 Speaker 6: Royals nine to three. Will Myers homer twice as the 2637 02:23:30,080 --> 02:23:33,000 Speaker 6: Reds blew out the Phillies thirteen to nothing, and the 2638 02:23:33,040 --> 02:23:36,000 Speaker 6: Padres got a couple of home runs from Jake Croninworth 2639 02:23:36,280 --> 02:23:38,640 Speaker 6: as they took care of the Brewers ten to three. 2640 02:23:39,000 --> 02:23:40,119 Speaker 5: Bernie, back to you. 2641 02:23:40,640 --> 02:23:42,840 Speaker 2: All right, good stuff, Nick, Try the rest of your 2642 02:23:42,879 --> 02:23:46,320 Speaker 2: evening and we'll talk soon. All right. At this time 2643 02:23:46,400 --> 02:23:50,160 Speaker 2: every week, look, we're only what sixty ninety days away 2644 02:23:50,200 --> 02:23:52,800 Speaker 2: from another glorious World Cup. Just tell me to be 2645 02:23:52,840 --> 02:23:55,520 Speaker 2: the Women's World Cup. Plus the Vegans Premier League is 2646 02:23:55,520 --> 02:23:59,560 Speaker 2: in the middle of their relegation this week, this time 2647 02:23:59,600 --> 02:24:02,400 Speaker 2: every week, bringing Christ Professor World of Soccer. 2648 02:24:03,720 --> 02:24:16,640 Speaker 1: The greatest goals, the thrilling finishes, the international drama him. 2649 02:24:19,560 --> 02:24:23,040 Speaker 1: It's all here in this report from the World of Soccer. 2650 02:24:23,520 --> 02:24:26,160 Speaker 11: We now have an epic showdown waiting for us in 2651 02:24:26,240 --> 02:24:28,680 Speaker 11: the final matches of the Premier League season. 2652 02:24:29,000 --> 02:24:31,480 Speaker 5: What is called the run in is now here. 2653 02:24:31,840 --> 02:24:35,600 Speaker 11: We are now eight to seven matches for every Premier 2654 02:24:35,680 --> 02:24:39,000 Speaker 11: League team here and only three points separate the top. Arsenal, 2655 02:24:39,280 --> 02:24:42,119 Speaker 11: which once looked like it had a commanding lead, has 2656 02:24:42,160 --> 02:24:45,000 Speaker 11: now slipped to only three points Manchester City had their 2657 02:24:45,040 --> 02:24:49,160 Speaker 11: thirtieth match here on Saturday, and they handled Lester City 2658 02:24:49,520 --> 02:24:52,680 Speaker 11: quite handily as Earling Holland once again netted himself a 2659 02:24:52,720 --> 02:24:55,960 Speaker 11: few goals. In fact, Earling Holland has now tied Mohammed 2660 02:24:56,000 --> 02:24:59,000 Speaker 11: Sala for the Premier League record in goals scored for 2661 02:24:59,120 --> 02:25:02,560 Speaker 11: the season, which continues to add to his legacy, but 2662 02:25:02,720 --> 02:25:07,640 Speaker 11: also continues to put the emphasis on Manchester City as 2663 02:25:07,680 --> 02:25:10,280 Speaker 11: they close in closer and closer with Arsenal. 2664 02:25:10,320 --> 02:25:12,119 Speaker 5: Now Arsenal here is going to play. 2665 02:25:12,440 --> 02:25:15,320 Speaker 11: They go and are hosted by west Ham United here 2666 02:25:15,400 --> 02:25:18,960 Speaker 11: on Sunday morning, and they are in a critical spot 2667 02:25:18,959 --> 02:25:21,160 Speaker 11: where they will need the three points to keep six 2668 02:25:21,200 --> 02:25:24,520 Speaker 11: points clear of Manchester City. Right now, the odds have 2669 02:25:24,600 --> 02:25:28,920 Speaker 11: tilted while Arsenal does hold the lead. Even before Manchester's 2670 02:25:29,040 --> 02:25:33,040 Speaker 11: win over Leicester, odds were starting to tilt and favoring 2671 02:25:33,040 --> 02:25:37,720 Speaker 11: Manchester City to win the Premier League title outright over Arsenal. 2672 02:25:37,920 --> 02:25:38,160 Speaker 5: Yes. 2673 02:25:38,600 --> 02:25:41,400 Speaker 11: Like, But here's the thing when it comes to Manchester 2674 02:25:41,480 --> 02:25:44,640 Speaker 11: City's odds as they close in on Arsenal, as Arsenal 2675 02:25:44,680 --> 02:25:47,680 Speaker 11: tries to keep off Manchester City, this is important to 2676 02:25:47,720 --> 02:25:49,160 Speaker 11: keep in mind in regards to City. 2677 02:25:49,440 --> 02:25:52,119 Speaker 5: They're chasing what is called also the treble. 2678 02:25:52,320 --> 02:25:54,600 Speaker 11: What that means is right now, Manchester City is not 2679 02:25:54,640 --> 02:25:57,039 Speaker 11: only in play for the Premier League title, but they're 2680 02:25:57,240 --> 02:26:01,080 Speaker 11: in still competition for the FA Cup and they are 2681 02:26:01,080 --> 02:26:04,520 Speaker 11: in the Champions League. They just rolled over Byron Munich 2682 02:26:04,560 --> 02:26:07,920 Speaker 11: in the first leg of the Champions League quarter final. 2683 02:26:08,120 --> 02:26:09,800 Speaker 5: Give a couple more goals out there. 2684 02:26:09,959 --> 02:26:12,840 Speaker 11: Give one more goal out there for Earling Holland while 2685 02:26:12,879 --> 02:26:15,000 Speaker 11: we're thinking about it, by the way, and all in 2686 02:26:15,040 --> 02:26:17,280 Speaker 11: all it sets up for a very exciting time from 2687 02:26:17,280 --> 02:26:20,240 Speaker 11: Manchester City, but it can also be a lot of 2688 02:26:20,360 --> 02:26:21,680 Speaker 11: stress and a lot of pressure. 2689 02:26:22,280 --> 02:26:24,400 Speaker 5: And you don't need to look much farther than the. 2690 02:26:24,360 --> 02:26:27,080 Speaker 11: Club that Manchester City beat last year to the Premier 2691 02:26:27,160 --> 02:26:31,160 Speaker 11: League title, Liverpool. Liverpool was not only in the running 2692 02:26:31,400 --> 02:26:34,280 Speaker 11: for the treble, they were also in there for a 2693 02:26:35,080 --> 02:26:38,160 Speaker 11: I don't know what the right word is, the quadruple, 2694 02:26:38,560 --> 02:26:41,000 Speaker 11: because they were also in for the Carabao Cup as 2695 02:26:41,080 --> 02:26:45,160 Speaker 11: well the League Cup. But Liverpool ended up stumbling down 2696 02:26:45,200 --> 02:26:48,959 Speaker 11: the block in multiple fashions, and in fact, going for 2697 02:26:49,000 --> 02:26:51,879 Speaker 11: the treble tends to be a lot more trouble for 2698 02:26:51,920 --> 02:26:54,160 Speaker 11: a lot of clubs because you don't really get a 2699 02:26:54,160 --> 02:26:57,440 Speaker 11: lot of those midweek days off, there's no rest for 2700 02:26:57,480 --> 02:27:00,320 Speaker 11: a lot of your stars. You're required to be in 2701 02:27:00,360 --> 02:27:03,279 Speaker 11: there and just fit and going at one hundred percent 2702 02:27:03,360 --> 02:27:07,960 Speaker 11: in multiple competition. Now it's not completely impossible. Last European 2703 02:27:08,040 --> 02:27:11,000 Speaker 11: club to achieve a treble was Bayern Munich in the 2704 02:27:11,000 --> 02:27:13,920 Speaker 11: twenty twenty season where they won their continent, when they 2705 02:27:13,920 --> 02:27:17,360 Speaker 11: won their German Cup, they won the Bundesliga and they 2706 02:27:17,360 --> 02:27:20,120 Speaker 11: won the Champions League. Inter did it in the past, 2707 02:27:20,760 --> 02:27:24,119 Speaker 11: I believe twenty ten, Barcelona achieved it in twenty fifteen, 2708 02:27:25,480 --> 02:27:28,480 Speaker 11: and then Barcelona did it again in two thousand and nine. 2709 02:27:28,800 --> 02:27:31,760 Speaker 11: But for the Premier League you have to go back 2710 02:27:32,040 --> 02:27:36,480 Speaker 11: to Manchester United in nineteen ninety nine. Now competition is 2711 02:27:36,600 --> 02:27:39,280 Speaker 11: very fierce for the FA Cup, it's very fierce for 2712 02:27:39,879 --> 02:27:43,960 Speaker 11: the Premier League, and the odds while favoring Manchester City 2713 02:27:44,000 --> 02:27:47,400 Speaker 11: to win the Premier League might still put them stumbling 2714 02:27:47,480 --> 02:27:49,600 Speaker 11: down the stretch in something like the Champions League. 2715 02:27:49,680 --> 02:27:50,160 Speaker 5: And it's a. 2716 02:27:50,200 --> 02:27:53,039 Speaker 11: Question they Pep Guardiola has to ask a squad is 2717 02:27:53,080 --> 02:27:55,800 Speaker 11: what is more important and what do you focus on here? 2718 02:27:55,920 --> 02:27:58,320 Speaker 11: For Earling Holland, this week has been once again about 2719 02:27:58,440 --> 02:28:03,039 Speaker 11: chasing records as he ties Mahabit Sala's Premier League records 2720 02:28:03,040 --> 02:28:06,240 Speaker 11: and goal scoring, but however, was also taken off the 2721 02:28:06,280 --> 02:28:09,840 Speaker 11: pitch and around around the halfway point. Once again care 2722 02:28:09,920 --> 02:28:11,800 Speaker 11: is being given to the Norwegian to make sure he 2723 02:28:11,879 --> 02:28:15,320 Speaker 11: stays healthy for the entire run of City and once 2724 02:28:15,360 --> 02:28:19,039 Speaker 11: again underscores the point that he remains utterly important to 2725 02:28:19,040 --> 02:28:22,199 Speaker 11: Cities goals in the Champions League, in the FA Cup 2726 02:28:22,520 --> 02:28:25,119 Speaker 11: and in the Premier League. Hunt and what of Arsenal, 2727 02:28:25,160 --> 02:28:28,680 Speaker 11: the club that has spent some time really in trouble 2728 02:28:28,760 --> 02:28:32,160 Speaker 11: in past years and now finds itself on the verge 2729 02:28:32,280 --> 02:28:36,279 Speaker 11: of its first Premier League title in quite a while. 2730 02:28:36,360 --> 02:28:40,240 Speaker 11: A club that has many titles in its trophy case, 2731 02:28:40,320 --> 02:28:44,920 Speaker 11: but it's been almost twenty years nineteen to be exact, 2732 02:28:45,040 --> 02:28:47,119 Speaker 11: since the last time they won the Premier League. 2733 02:28:47,160 --> 02:28:49,199 Speaker 5: Well, their schedule down the stretch starts. 2734 02:28:48,920 --> 02:28:51,800 Speaker 11: To really give them trouble. We mentioned west Ham United, 2735 02:28:52,000 --> 02:28:54,760 Speaker 11: who they'll be playing here this Sunday, but looking towards 2736 02:28:54,800 --> 02:28:56,760 Speaker 11: the end of the month. On the twenty sixth, yes, 2737 02:28:56,840 --> 02:29:00,640 Speaker 11: they go head to head with Manchester City in Manchester 2738 02:29:00,720 --> 02:29:04,320 Speaker 11: City Stadium at a had and that promises to be 2739 02:29:04,520 --> 02:29:07,560 Speaker 11: a clash for the ages as one of these as 2740 02:29:07,600 --> 02:29:11,400 Speaker 11: City tries to take the pole position from Arsenal in 2741 02:29:11,800 --> 02:29:15,240 Speaker 11: in this or just to try to tie even but 2742 02:29:15,320 --> 02:29:17,879 Speaker 11: may really gives no repriet. On the second they'll be 2743 02:29:17,879 --> 02:29:21,120 Speaker 11: playing Chelsea in that act game was actually postponed due 2744 02:29:21,120 --> 02:29:21,960 Speaker 11: to a policing issue. 2745 02:29:22,000 --> 02:29:23,520 Speaker 5: Was supposed to play it on the twenty ninth. 2746 02:29:23,840 --> 02:29:27,199 Speaker 11: Now will be five days in between the Man City 2747 02:29:27,280 --> 02:29:32,480 Speaker 11: match and playing Chelsea. And while Chelsea has certainly fallen 2748 02:29:32,480 --> 02:29:35,560 Speaker 11: on hard times here and really struggles to get towards 2749 02:29:35,600 --> 02:29:39,480 Speaker 11: the end with interim manager Frank Lampard in to try 2750 02:29:39,480 --> 02:29:42,560 Speaker 11: to keep the ship straight after they dismiss Graham Potter, 2751 02:29:42,879 --> 02:29:46,040 Speaker 11: as Chelsea once again continues, even under new ownership, to 2752 02:29:46,280 --> 02:29:49,840 Speaker 11: just fire managers left and right. After all their troubles, 2753 02:29:50,120 --> 02:29:52,760 Speaker 11: Chelsea is still Chelsea and they still have some very 2754 02:29:53,160 --> 02:29:57,280 Speaker 11: big time Big six players ready to fight Arsenal. But 2755 02:29:57,360 --> 02:29:59,880 Speaker 11: then right after that they have to go to Newcastle United, 2756 02:30:00,120 --> 02:30:02,800 Speaker 11: the Johnny cum Latelies of the Premier League, who is 2757 02:30:02,920 --> 02:30:05,680 Speaker 11: jockeying for position in the Champions League. And then after 2758 02:30:05,720 --> 02:30:09,160 Speaker 11: that Brighton and Hove Albion, who have proven themselves a 2759 02:30:09,240 --> 02:30:12,880 Speaker 11: little bit of giant slayers. They've really performed very well. 2760 02:30:12,920 --> 02:30:15,760 Speaker 11: I think in the Premier League this season and they'll 2761 02:30:15,800 --> 02:30:18,840 Speaker 11: be looking down the stretch to sort things out. Southampton 2762 02:30:18,959 --> 02:30:20,520 Speaker 11: is on the schedule as well. We'll see how much 2763 02:30:20,520 --> 02:30:23,640 Speaker 11: fight is still in Southampton at that point if they 2764 02:30:23,680 --> 02:30:27,400 Speaker 11: are trying to get out of the relegation zone. However, 2765 02:30:27,720 --> 02:30:30,400 Speaker 11: at this point I think Southampton is due to be 2766 02:30:30,560 --> 02:30:32,040 Speaker 11: relegated either way. 2767 02:30:32,080 --> 02:30:32,360 Speaker 5: Though. 2768 02:30:32,600 --> 02:30:35,280 Speaker 11: It's a rough end of April start of May for 2769 02:30:35,440 --> 02:30:37,840 Speaker 11: the Gunners and we'll see if they can hold on 2770 02:30:38,520 --> 02:30:41,360 Speaker 11: and maybe keep a lead. Because quite honestly, as much 2771 02:30:41,360 --> 02:30:44,320 Speaker 11: as Manchester City would love to crown a treble and 2772 02:30:44,480 --> 02:30:47,160 Speaker 11: maybe and we'd love to see some history kind of 2773 02:30:47,200 --> 02:30:50,040 Speaker 11: get repeated, my heart goes out to Arsenal. It's been 2774 02:30:50,080 --> 02:30:52,240 Speaker 11: a long time for them in the wilderness. For them 2775 02:30:52,280 --> 02:30:55,240 Speaker 11: to get a Premier League title would really cement their 2776 02:30:55,280 --> 02:30:56,160 Speaker 11: return to glory. 2777 02:30:56,320 --> 02:30:58,439 Speaker 5: That for this week, Bernie is the World of Soccer. 2778 02:30:58,680 --> 02:31:01,600 Speaker 2: All right, Thanks Chris Cyy having Chris Purfett's World of 2779 02:31:01,680 --> 02:31:06,200 Speaker 2: Soccer World Cup Women's version just about sixty ninety days 2780 02:31:06,200 --> 02:31:08,560 Speaker 2: away coming up, and wrap up the show nine and 2781 02:31:08,600 --> 02:31:11,279 Speaker 2: a half hours of Lakers tip it off against Memphis. 2782 02:31:11,680 --> 02:31:13,920 Speaker 2: A ton of money is coming in Vegas on the 2783 02:31:13,959 --> 02:31:16,680 Speaker 2: Lakers to win the championship. They might give Memphis a tussle, 2784 02:31:16,760 --> 02:31:20,000 Speaker 2: but winning a championship. If you bet the Lakers, I'm 2785 02:31:20,040 --> 02:31:22,320 Speaker 2: gonna tell you why I think they're fools. Gold. I'm 2786 02:31:22,320 --> 02:31:23,960 Speaker 2: Bernie Fraddle. We're coming to a live from the Las 2787 02:31:24,040 --> 02:31:27,320 Speaker 2: Vegas Fox Sports Radio tyrack dot com studios. Keep you locked. 2788 02:31:27,320 --> 02:31:39,640 Speaker 2: You're listening to the Bernie Fraddle Show in Fox Sports Radio. Oh, 2789 02:31:39,760 --> 02:31:42,879 Speaker 2: wrapping it up on the Bernie Frattle Show, coming to 2790 02:31:42,879 --> 02:31:45,200 Speaker 2: your live from the tyrack dot com studios here in 2791 02:31:45,440 --> 02:31:48,520 Speaker 2: Las Vegas. Before I go any further, I want to 2792 02:31:48,520 --> 02:31:52,720 Speaker 2: thank my broadcast team back in Los Angeles. They've been 2793 02:31:52,760 --> 02:31:55,560 Speaker 2: with me since eleven pm Pacific, turning all the dons, 2794 02:31:55,640 --> 02:31:59,000 Speaker 2: keeping us glued together. A great job on our games. 2795 02:31:59,160 --> 02:32:01,600 Speaker 2: What kind of brand new to fool you? What my 2796 02:32:01,720 --> 02:32:05,959 Speaker 2: name and the conversations Zion the Lakers right down the line, 2797 02:32:07,000 --> 02:32:09,760 Speaker 2: Mark Ramsey turning all the dials, keeping us glued together. 2798 02:32:10,800 --> 02:32:15,600 Speaker 2: Of course, Nick Cope on the updates and Patrick sweeka 2799 02:32:16,560 --> 02:32:19,680 Speaker 2: our producer. A good job, guys, there's always great teamwork. 2800 02:32:20,120 --> 02:32:24,879 Speaker 2: Appreciate all the efforts. All right, So in a little 2801 02:32:24,879 --> 02:32:29,120 Speaker 2: over nine hours, the Lakers will tip it off. Against 2802 02:32:29,160 --> 02:32:33,240 Speaker 2: the Memphis Grizzlies. Currently, the Memphis Grizzlies are a four 2803 02:32:33,280 --> 02:32:35,080 Speaker 2: and a half point favorite. They were a three and 2804 02:32:35,120 --> 02:32:38,720 Speaker 2: a half point favorite, but a lot of money's come 2805 02:32:38,720 --> 02:32:43,360 Speaker 2: in on Memphis in the last twelve hours, and so 2806 02:32:43,400 --> 02:32:46,039 Speaker 2: the line has moved in that direction. Here's where I'm 2807 02:32:46,040 --> 02:32:48,680 Speaker 2: going with this. What's amazing to me is a week ago, 2808 02:32:48,720 --> 02:32:51,160 Speaker 2: the Lakers were twenty five to one to win the 2809 02:32:51,240 --> 02:32:54,920 Speaker 2: NBA Championship. People bet the Lakers, they bet Tiger Woods, 2810 02:32:55,000 --> 02:32:58,960 Speaker 2: they just do that. It's fools gold at this point. 2811 02:32:59,360 --> 02:33:01,560 Speaker 2: But the Lakers now down to twelve to one to 2812 02:33:01,600 --> 02:33:03,760 Speaker 2: win the NBA Championship, in six to one to win 2813 02:33:03,800 --> 02:33:07,240 Speaker 2: the Western Conference. Now, this is America. Do what you 2814 02:33:07,280 --> 02:33:09,840 Speaker 2: gotta do, do what you feel like doing. But I 2815 02:33:09,879 --> 02:33:12,560 Speaker 2: feel that if your goal in life is to simply 2816 02:33:12,600 --> 02:33:15,360 Speaker 2: make a donation to the sports book, then you're going 2817 02:33:15,400 --> 02:33:17,720 Speaker 2: to be successful. If you want to make a donation, 2818 02:33:18,000 --> 02:33:20,600 Speaker 2: why not make a donation to the American Cancer Society. 2819 02:33:20,600 --> 02:33:25,199 Speaker 2: You're maybe the Children's Hospital of Cincinnati, or or any 2820 02:33:25,240 --> 02:33:27,880 Speaker 2: of your favorite charities, children of parents with bad teeth, 2821 02:33:27,959 --> 02:33:30,640 Speaker 2: you name it. But you're donating to the sports books. 2822 02:33:30,640 --> 02:33:32,560 Speaker 2: If you believe the Lakers will win the championship. Now, 2823 02:33:32,600 --> 02:33:34,680 Speaker 2: I'm not trying to throw shade on the Lakers. I'll 2824 02:33:34,680 --> 02:33:36,400 Speaker 2: call them as I see them. They're about to engage 2825 02:33:36,400 --> 02:33:41,680 Speaker 2: in a tough series against Memphis. Now they may beat Memphis, 2826 02:33:41,720 --> 02:33:44,080 Speaker 2: I don't think they're gonna beat Memphis, and I have 2827 02:33:44,120 --> 02:33:46,119 Speaker 2: a lot of questions. I mean, just look at game one. 2828 02:33:46,760 --> 02:33:49,959 Speaker 2: Lebron starts very slowly in game ones on the road. 2829 02:33:49,959 --> 02:33:52,000 Speaker 2: In his career, he's only three and fourteen straight up, 2830 02:33:52,000 --> 02:33:55,960 Speaker 2: six and eleven against the number his teams haven't faredwell. Memphis, 2831 02:33:56,720 --> 02:33:58,800 Speaker 2: they've got something to prove and yesterday are They are 2832 02:33:58,879 --> 02:34:01,959 Speaker 2: missing Steven Adams and they are missing Brandon Clark. But 2833 02:34:02,000 --> 02:34:04,000 Speaker 2: they've won thirty five home games this year, more than 2834 02:34:04,040 --> 02:34:06,840 Speaker 2: anybody else in the NBA. They're going to be a 2835 02:34:06,959 --> 02:34:10,800 Speaker 2: tough out and they've got home court advantage. But back 2836 02:34:10,840 --> 02:34:15,680 Speaker 2: to the Lakers. Look, I respect what the Lakers did 2837 02:34:15,720 --> 02:34:19,240 Speaker 2: this year because they started out two and ten, and 2838 02:34:19,280 --> 02:34:22,400 Speaker 2: they somehow sort of got it together, and they reimagined 2839 02:34:22,440 --> 02:34:25,879 Speaker 2: themselves around the trade deadline and made some deals auditioned 2840 02:34:25,920 --> 02:34:28,560 Speaker 2: by subtraction, brought us some players who actually played defense. 2841 02:34:28,959 --> 02:34:31,320 Speaker 2: They were sixteen and seven down the stretch, found themselves 2842 02:34:31,360 --> 02:34:36,039 Speaker 2: in the playing game and beat a plucky Minnesota Timberwolves team. 2843 02:34:36,720 --> 02:34:39,279 Speaker 2: Wasn't pretty, but I guess at this point you ask yourself. 2844 02:34:39,640 --> 02:34:42,200 Speaker 2: They don't ask Cole just how many. But keep that 2845 02:34:42,280 --> 02:34:44,000 Speaker 2: in mind because you're not going to be able to 2846 02:34:44,040 --> 02:34:46,720 Speaker 2: get away with that against quality playoff teams. You saw 2847 02:34:46,760 --> 02:34:51,440 Speaker 2: the other playing teams look Saturday right, not great. There's 2848 02:34:51,480 --> 02:34:54,440 Speaker 2: some other issues that have to bother you if you're 2849 02:34:54,440 --> 02:34:57,240 Speaker 2: a Laker fan. First of all, you know I hear 2850 02:34:57,320 --> 02:35:01,560 Speaker 2: that this team has been somewhat compared ward by some 2851 02:35:01,640 --> 02:35:04,640 Speaker 2: folks to the team in the bubble that won it 2852 02:35:04,680 --> 02:35:10,360 Speaker 2: all back during COVID. I'm not buying that. First of all, again, 2853 02:35:10,400 --> 02:35:14,240 Speaker 2: I'm not going to give the Lakers an asterisk for 2854 02:35:14,280 --> 02:35:17,320 Speaker 2: that because everybody else they were in the same boat. 2855 02:35:17,520 --> 02:35:22,039 Speaker 2: But the Lakers greatly benefited from four months off to 2856 02:35:22,120 --> 02:35:24,200 Speaker 2: rest their weary bones, and they didn't have to travel. 2857 02:35:24,200 --> 02:35:26,840 Speaker 2: Even Lebron talked last Sunday when they made it into 2858 02:35:26,879 --> 02:35:28,680 Speaker 2: the playoff game, they got to stay home, didn't have 2859 02:35:28,760 --> 02:35:31,720 Speaker 2: to travel to Memphis or travel to Minnesota or anywhere. 2860 02:35:32,400 --> 02:35:34,800 Speaker 2: He mentioned that, so it's on their mind they didn't 2861 02:35:34,800 --> 02:35:36,520 Speaker 2: have to travel in the bubble and they got four 2862 02:35:36,560 --> 02:35:38,480 Speaker 2: months off. Now I get it, I get it. No 2863 02:35:38,520 --> 02:35:40,440 Speaker 2: one else didn't have to travel either, and they all 2864 02:35:40,480 --> 02:35:43,800 Speaker 2: had four months off, But all time off is not 2865 02:35:44,280 --> 02:35:48,640 Speaker 2: created equal. The Lakers benefited far I mean, it was 2866 02:35:48,760 --> 02:35:50,880 Speaker 2: far more beneficial for that time off for the Lakers 2867 02:35:50,879 --> 02:35:53,320 Speaker 2: in the bubble. If you don't believe me, you tell me, 2868 02:35:53,760 --> 02:35:56,960 Speaker 2: as you look ahead of these playoffs, can you really 2869 02:35:57,000 --> 02:35:59,280 Speaker 2: trust that Lebron and ad are going to hold up 2870 02:35:59,560 --> 02:36:01,560 Speaker 2: as they're about to have. They're gonna be in a 2871 02:36:01,560 --> 02:36:05,600 Speaker 2: position where they've got to sustain their heaviest workload in years, 2872 02:36:06,160 --> 02:36:08,400 Speaker 2: probably have to average thirty eight to forty minutes a 2873 02:36:08,440 --> 02:36:13,960 Speaker 2: game for the Lakers to be successful. Can they cumulative effect? 2874 02:36:14,160 --> 02:36:16,400 Speaker 2: You know, how's that going to? How are they going 2875 02:36:16,440 --> 02:36:19,160 Speaker 2: to hold up? You get my drift? All right? The 2876 02:36:19,200 --> 02:36:22,640 Speaker 2: other part that makes that bubble team so much better 2877 02:36:22,680 --> 02:36:25,360 Speaker 2: than this team was the fact that they had two 2878 02:36:25,720 --> 02:36:30,320 Speaker 2: elite rim protectors in JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard. The 2879 02:36:30,400 --> 02:36:35,120 Speaker 2: Lakers don't have those types of rim protectors, elite rent protectors. Well, 2880 02:36:35,160 --> 02:36:40,040 Speaker 2: bomb was okay, Jared Vanderbilt plays hard, not the same situation. 2881 02:36:40,840 --> 02:36:43,120 Speaker 2: But the larger issue is they're going to have to 2882 02:36:43,160 --> 02:36:49,199 Speaker 2: have that aggressive Anthony Davis, that that really crazy assertive 2883 02:36:49,640 --> 02:36:52,879 Speaker 2: Anthony Davis, who will go to the rim, draw contact 2884 02:36:52,959 --> 02:36:55,800 Speaker 2: score twenty eight, twenty nine points a game. And here's 2885 02:36:55,800 --> 02:36:57,959 Speaker 2: why I say that, because remember just two years ago, 2886 02:36:58,879 --> 02:37:03,320 Speaker 2: we had a situation where where the Lakers had a 2887 02:37:03,400 --> 02:37:06,520 Speaker 2: two to one lead against the Phoenix Suns. But what 2888 02:37:06,680 --> 02:37:10,879 Speaker 2: happened Anthony Davis got hurt, then they got blown out 2889 02:37:10,920 --> 02:37:13,360 Speaker 2: the rest of the series, and they were never the same. 2890 02:37:14,840 --> 02:37:18,360 Speaker 2: So for the Lakers to go from where they were 2891 02:37:18,480 --> 02:37:21,080 Speaker 2: a month ago to all of a sudden find themselves 2892 02:37:21,120 --> 02:37:23,640 Speaker 2: in a situation where they're going to compete for an 2893 02:37:23,680 --> 02:37:28,240 Speaker 2: actual championship, it's fools gold. So what I think is 2894 02:37:28,280 --> 02:37:32,440 Speaker 2: going to happen. I think the Lakers and the Memphis 2895 02:37:32,440 --> 02:37:38,200 Speaker 2: Grizzlies could go what six games, maybe seven games? But 2896 02:37:39,080 --> 02:37:43,359 Speaker 2: I think the younger, the more athletic, the pluckier Memphis Grizzlies, 2897 02:37:43,360 --> 02:37:47,160 Speaker 2: who've got something to prove, are most likely going to prevail. 2898 02:37:47,320 --> 02:37:51,360 Speaker 2: We'll see. I know that it won't be easy. The 2899 02:37:51,400 --> 02:37:55,400 Speaker 2: long and the short of it is that we're hearing that, 2900 02:37:55,480 --> 02:38:00,000 Speaker 2: you know, the veteran presence of the Lakers may over 2901 02:38:00,120 --> 02:38:02,959 Speaker 2: a right. I guess the youth and exuberance of the 2902 02:38:02,959 --> 02:38:05,879 Speaker 2: Memphis Grizzlies, but I'm not so sure. I'm not so 2903 02:38:05,959 --> 02:38:09,200 Speaker 2: sure about that. This is a very flawed team. Again. 2904 02:38:09,440 --> 02:38:12,400 Speaker 2: I gave them credit, and we'll see what happens. But 2905 02:38:12,840 --> 02:38:16,280 Speaker 2: betting the Lakers again to win the whole thing is 2906 02:38:16,680 --> 02:38:20,039 Speaker 2: simply fool's goal. To me. One final thing the Jackie 2907 02:38:20,160 --> 02:38:23,600 Speaker 2: Robins Today was Jackie Robinson Day. Seventy six years The 2908 02:38:23,720 --> 02:38:26,320 Speaker 2: Jackie Robinson Museum has opened up in New York. It 2909 02:38:26,400 --> 02:38:30,680 Speaker 2: opened last year. Took fourteen years to put together, planning, construction. 2910 02:38:31,360 --> 02:38:37,080 Speaker 2: Here's what's great. The Jackie Robinson Foundation highlights Robinson's work 2911 02:38:37,160 --> 02:38:39,240 Speaker 2: not on the field, but off the field and in 2912 02:38:39,360 --> 02:38:42,080 Speaker 2: terms of his civil rights movement. It's a national nonprofit 2913 02:38:42,240 --> 02:38:47,000 Speaker 2: organization that actually provides scholarship to minority youth so they 2914 02:38:47,000 --> 02:38:49,840 Speaker 2: have an opportunity for a higher education. Once the moral 2915 02:38:49,840 --> 02:38:53,680 Speaker 2: of the story, fifty years after Jackie Robinson's passing, he 2916 02:38:53,800 --> 02:38:56,240 Speaker 2: still has a great impact on our society. God bless 2917 02:38:56,360 --> 02:38:59,720 Speaker 2: Jackie Robinson, Rest in peace. Jackie Robinson Day seventy six 2918 02:38:59,800 --> 02:39:03,080 Speaker 2: years ago. He broke the color barrier in baseball. It's 2919 02:39:03,120 --> 02:39:05,240 Speaker 2: going to do it for the Bernie Frader Show back 2920 02:39:05,280 --> 02:39:07,959 Speaker 2: on these airwaves next Friday at eleven. Keep It Locked 2921 02:39:08,080 --> 02:39:09,480 Speaker 2: Up Next, Andy Furman