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Now, Uh, 22 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: before we get into the big NFL story, an injury 23 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: that suddenly may affect this weekend's divisional playoff schedule. Uh. 24 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if this is rock bottom for the Lakers, 25 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: but it's gotta be close. Not only did the Lakers 26 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: lose tonight to the Hornets, who came in twelve games 27 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,559 Speaker 1: under five hundred, not only did they let LaMelo Ball 28 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: go for thirty he scored twenty seven in the second 29 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: in a half in a row. 30 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 3: It seemed like it. 31 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: Uh one thirty five, one seventeen is the final. The 32 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: Lakers never threatened in the second half. And while the 33 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: record still looks okay, remember this is a Lakers team 34 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: that looked great until Lebron came back and then then 35 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: we thought, okay, well they'll figure things out. No, no, again, 36 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if this is rock but it's got 37 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: to be close. Every game you're watching, Luca have a 38 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: big game and the Lakers lose thirty nine tonight for Luca, 39 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: but they lose Lebron yet twenty nine, nine and six. 40 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: But this is a team that started out looking like 41 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: they were building themselves a certain way, and they were 42 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: building great without Lebron and not saying it's an addition 43 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: by substraction kind of thing with Lebron James. But if 44 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: you're looking to make a move to get your team better, 45 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: especially better defensively, right, like, how how close are they 46 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: or how close are they going to be to either 47 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: a big trade or a buyout? Now, I remember Austin 48 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: Reeves is hurt, So when Reeves comes back, that will 49 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: make things better for the Lakers. But you have to think, 50 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: did you really think they'd be this bad with Hey, 51 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: here Lebron comes back, and now it's Luca and Lebron, Like, 52 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: the Lakers have to be close to making something big happen. 53 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: And you know, I still think you can make a 54 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: trade with Lebron James, especially back to Cleveland, because in 55 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: the end, yeah, are you going to get something incredible 56 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: for him? But in the end, it's an expiring contract. 57 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: You know you're spending this money on Yeah, you're trading 58 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: some stuff away, but you think Lebron has enough in 59 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: the tank to help Cleveland in the Eastern Conference, maybe 60 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: the Path of Least Resistance or someplace else. But in 61 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: the end, yeah, you are acquiring an expiring deal. Right, 62 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: this is it Lebron's this is the this is the 63 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: last year for Lebron's contract, right, So you could do it, 64 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,399 Speaker 1: but you could also buy him out, and that might 65 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: be something the Lakers are looking into. And Mark Walter's 66 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,679 Speaker 1: throwing money around like crazy with the Dodgers, so I 67 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: got to think you can move some cash around and say, yeah, 68 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: we could buy Lebron out. But something bold has to 69 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: happen for the Lakers. And they were building the team 70 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: a certain way without Lebron, because you know they're building 71 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: a certain way behind Luca and Austin Reeves for after 72 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: this season. But now you're throwing the Rich Paul. Hey, 73 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: maybe Austin Reeves getting traded a thing, and Lebron doesn't 74 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: really distance himself from it. Something bold has to happen 75 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: for the Lakers, and whether it's a trade or a buyout, 76 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: I think both of those things could happen. And again, 77 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: it's hard for me to see Lebron the Lakers pass 78 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: the deadline, especially after this drama with Rich Paul and 79 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves. 80 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 4: Well, that was fun, A nice little side story for 81 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 4: us this week that just states into something bigger. The 82 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 4: the idea that you're you can move Lebron James even 83 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 4: with the expiring contract. I still got to make stuff match, 84 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 4: So I might have to give up a lot of assets, 85 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 4: you know what, that aren't expiring contracts to bring him on, 86 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 4: and I disrupt team chemistry. 87 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 3: And I know Cleveland's not exactly killing it because that's. 88 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: They're looking good. Lebron's not gonna go to it. No 89 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: one's gonna take Lebron on a team that we're championship ready. 90 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: But it's going to be a team that we thought 91 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,239 Speaker 1: we were championship ready and we're not. And maybe Lebron 92 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: helps us, maybe it takes pressure off the other players. 93 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: That's why Cleveland works. He can sell it as I'm 94 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: going home for the end of my career. I'm going home. 95 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: I'm going home. 96 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, you keep selling it. 97 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 4: That's one of those I'm gonna walk by it on 98 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 4: a odd sale and keep moving on. But what's funny 99 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 4: is as we talk about the Lakers and all the 100 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 4: woes and certainly losing to the Hornets, can Nipple and 101 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 4: all these having big nights, you talk about the game 102 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 4: that ball had that the Lakers are still nine games 103 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 4: above five hundred. So as miserable as it's been, as 104 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 4: awful as the defense is, you haven't had Austin Reeves 105 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 4: since Christmas. You're still nine games over five hundred. Now, 106 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 4: the Western Conference is awful crowded, there's no question about it. 107 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 4: And yes, the path of least resistance, which you are 108 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 4: also admitting includes your Nicks. That the opportunity made me there. 109 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 4: But I'm not disrupting anything. Even if I'm a middling team. 110 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 4: I'm not bringing that guy in. 111 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 3: I'm just not. 112 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: He's a guy that's still a triple double threat to 113 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: the guy that can score thirty. He's a guy, yeah, 114 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: but he's. 115 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 3: Given up thirty. On the other end, he was minus 116 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 3: seven to night against the Hornets. 117 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: That's not something they will bring up in trade talks. 118 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: They will not bring up the defensive side. 119 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 3: That's why I gotta be there with my megaphone like 120 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 3: I'm Jimmy the Mouth of the South. 121 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 1: But for a team that is better defensively already. Okay, 122 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: we can fit Lebron James and the Lakers are not you. 123 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: You can't put now. You can hide him on another team, 124 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: you can't hide him with Luca. At the same time, 125 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: it's wow, you talk about talk about feet of clay 126 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: like that's what you know that you can't hide. But 127 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: it's like by the Knicks, you can't hide Brunton and 128 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Towns at the same time. 129 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 4: Man, I'm watching this game though, because there was a 130 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 4: pass he made to la Ravia. I no look from 131 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 4: Lebron where La Ravia goes up easy two points. No 132 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 4: matter what happened the rest of the night that I 133 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 4: guarantee it Lebron brings that up. Or one of the 134 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 4: sycophantic reporters, a boy, that was a great passion. 135 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. When I say it was 136 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: a I don't think it was a grind and say 137 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: it was a great pass, and it'll of course bring 138 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: the question back with that with the absolutely So yeah, 139 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: I'm telling you I don't know how, but the Lakers 140 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: are going to be close to something that close to 141 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: figuring side because hey, they see that clearly this year 142 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: might be good enough and maybe moving on from Lebron 143 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: James is gonna happen faster than you think. Look when 144 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: he's daring them to do it by saying, hey, maybe 145 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: ar gets traded. 146 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 4: Wait what day he dropped the AR multiple times? What 147 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 4: are you talking about like that? Look, Rich Paul's his 148 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 4: own man. Yeah yeah, So like I've. 149 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 3: Got my hand and you know, he using him as 150 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 3: a puppet. 151 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: Yeah again, happened now to talk about a guy that 152 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: I am good. It's weird because I'm glad to see 153 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: this response for him today, even though it was about 154 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: an injury okay. 155 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 5: Uh. 156 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: The big news in the NFL today in advanced the 157 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: playoffs this weekend, Sam Darnold, Seahawks quarterback, all of a 158 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: sudden was put on the injury report as questionable due 159 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: to a Latin injury. WHOA, WHOA? What's going on? 160 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 3: Is he okay? 161 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 6: Uh? 162 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: Turns out he feels like he's gonna be okay. Can 163 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: when you put on his questionable? Okay, questionable guy? Especially 164 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: quarterbacks play he said today, Not a big deal. Guys, 165 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: he's got injections, things he can take. Not a big deal. 166 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: I'm okay. Seeing doctors talk about it on social media, 167 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: doctor David Chow, who is a Chargers team doctor for 168 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: a long time, said, let's and I would put this 169 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: on a two on a scale of one to ten. Okay, 170 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: Donald's gonna play. But it was really fun to see 171 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: the reaction to Sam Donald might not play this weekend 172 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: and see the reaction of people online like, no, we 173 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: need him. He's the best not where. Oh he's out 174 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: for Mono. Maybe he could be out for longer, because boy, 175 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: he's terrible with the Jets. It was fun to see 176 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: people go, no, we can't play without Sam Donald. Let 177 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: me just think about that for a second. We can't 178 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: play without Sam Donald. Your alternate is Drew Locke. Just say, 179 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: but I mean, just to see that. I don't need 180 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: to have a line there, I just need to left. 181 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 3: I just let it hang out there. There you go. 182 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: It's fun to see that for Donald. Right, I'm glad, 183 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: and I'm rooting for the guy because it's not like 184 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: he only stunk with the Jets. He's stunk with other 185 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: teams before. He wound up being good with Minnesota and Seattle. Okay, 186 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: So I'm okay, I'm okay with that. I'm rooting for 187 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: the guy. Good dude tried. Didn't work in New York 188 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: because we just ruined quarterbacks and he played with a 189 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: bad head coach. So okay, I'm okay with it. Right, 190 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm okay with that part of it. But the other 191 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: but the other part of it, man, is that with 192 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: every passing day, the biggest fail in the NFL this 193 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: year clearly is the Minnesota Vikings and their epic biffing 194 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: of the quarterback position, which honestly is fireable for your 195 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: head coach and your GM because for look, Kevin O'Connell 196 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: has been has been pretty good, right, and I like 197 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: Adulfel Mensa. But when you are so stubborn that you 198 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: let a quarterback who showed to be one of the 199 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: top three in the NFC last year that you weren't 200 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: paying any money to, when you let him walk because 201 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 1: you're so stubborn that you felt you had to have 202 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: loyalty to JJ McCarthy, who now at the end of 203 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: the season we found out they're going to bring in 204 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: competition for him next year. How if the Jets did 205 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 1: something like that, it would be get rid of of 206 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: everybody who was in on that deay, get rid of 207 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: everybody who was ever in a room with either of 208 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: these quarterbacks. These guys can't have jobs that think about 209 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: how bad a decision this was, because not only did 210 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: they lose the guy, they lost the guy he signed 211 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: a big deal on the team and his new team 212 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: is the number one seed in the NFC playoffs. This week, 213 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: they're one game away of a game they should win 214 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: from hosting the NFC Championship game, like that's fireable stuff. 215 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: And I just want to talk about this more because 216 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: it doesn't get enough attention that there's failures and there's wow, 217 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: and this is not a failure where the head coach 218 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: in the GM can say, you know, we know more 219 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: about football than you. 220 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 2: No. 221 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: I watched him win fourteen games for you last year. 222 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: I watched you get into the playoffs. Yes, his last 223 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: two games weren't great. I understand that, but he was 224 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL. You could 225 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: have kept him for cheap. You could have franchised him, 226 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: could have give him thirty million dollars a year. You 227 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: could have traded JJ McCarthy, who would have brought you 228 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: back a first round pick at some point. And let's 229 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: face it, your fan base wouldn't care. They don't care 230 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: how you find a quarterback as long as you do. 231 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: But no, no, no, we're so behold into a guy 232 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: who has never taken a snap in the NFL. We're 233 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: gonna let him go because of it and all the 234 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: other options we had. No, no, no, we love this guy, 235 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: and a year later, now it's we got to bring 236 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: in somebody else. I mean that's like fireable stuff for 237 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: like an entire front office and scouting department and head 238 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: coaching it. That's what this That's how bad of a 239 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: mistake this is. Again, this is the worst fail that 240 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: any NFL team had this year because the evidence was 241 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: right in front of you. Didn't have to go search 242 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: it for it like Benoi Blanc suspectful play. No, it 243 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: was all right in front of you, and you still 244 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 1: ignored it and said, no, we're going the guy that's 245 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: never taken a snap in the NFL. 246 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think there's a bunch of things going on 247 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,839 Speaker 4: here and it's all related to you. One you need 248 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 4: to prop Sam up because you can recognize and just 249 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 4: say he did and it's final. 250 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: Either. 251 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,439 Speaker 4: The other is you never want to go visit Michigan again. 252 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 4: So now you're denigrating the good name of. 253 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: JJ McCarry and every which way you get it's Kyle 254 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 1: Whittinghammer and now, man, nobody cares anymore. Nobody cares. 255 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 3: We're moved on. 256 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: It's gone. 257 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 4: But just just the idea that you had the quarterback there, 258 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 4: to your point, could have franchised, could have traded McCarthy, 259 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 4: could have done something, whereby you kept Sam Darnold around because. 260 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 3: You did the near impossible. You made Justin Jefferson disappear. Yeah, 261 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 3: that's the other part that came out of it. 262 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: And he played good shoulder. You made the best receiver 263 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: in the NFL look like he played for the Jets, right, 264 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: He talked up McCarthy. However, he could but read between 265 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: the lines a lot of video evidence over the course 266 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: of games. Go watch the all twenty two and watch 267 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: the in between plays. That was an angry man by 268 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: the end of that season. So you got a lot 269 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: to remedy there, as well as trying to figure out 270 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 1: who that next quarterback is. Oh and by the way, 271 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: the division's not getting any any worse. This is like 272 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: like and who makes a decision like this. It's like, 273 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: let's just say you need an operation, right, you need 274 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: surgery in a year, and there's only two doctors that 275 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: can do it. 276 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 3: Only two. 277 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: You have doctor Sam and doctor JJ. Okay, so you 278 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: got central surgery scheduled for a year. Okay, get myself 279 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: in shape? 280 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 3: Whatever is? 281 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: He said, Yeah, okay, sure, so you have doctor Sam 282 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: and doctor JJ. Hey, doctor JJ. Great resident, We expect 283 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: great things to them. All great marks on his boards 284 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: everything else, and you have doctor Sam, who is okay 285 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: once but you're not sure. But doctor Sam has an 286 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: amazing year, so good of a year. He's nominated for 287 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: Doctor of the Year, Surgeon of the Year across the country. 288 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: It's like, wow, that's pretty good. Right, all right, I 289 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: have watched doctor Sam do it. Doctor JJ, well, he 290 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 1: was hurt, maybe had a couple injuries, couldn't perform any surgeries, 291 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,839 Speaker 1: but he's learning, he's learning. Okay, so now you come 292 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: time for that surgeon. It's a really big deal, very 293 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: invasive surgery. Who says, now, I want doctor JJ. I 294 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:49,719 Speaker 1: want the guy that's never done it before. I don't 295 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: want the guy just watched do it great for a year. 296 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: I want doctor JJ. Nobody makes that pick. Nobody makes 297 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: that pick. And that's what the that's what the Vikings did. 298 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: Interestingly enough, I have a doctor Sam's chronologists. Okay, all right, 299 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,959 Speaker 1: very good? All right? So is he good? Is he 300 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: dodger of the year. She got doctor of the year apparently, yeah. 301 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 3: Could be there, Yeah, she could be doctor of the year. 302 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: Did you have a great first sixteen weeks in an okay, 303 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: last two weeks? 304 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 4: No, I think it's it's been pretty consistent, okay, and 305 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 4: I think her hands are healthy all right? 306 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: Hey, because now you're talking shert. What are the size 307 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: of her hands? Are they at least nine to three quarters? Like? 308 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: That's got a measure? She got a baby to hold 309 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: that scalpel. See, now you're gonna bust out some Jared gofa. 310 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: You can't drop the scalpel in doctor Collins foot Like 311 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: what happened? Sorry? Is bus spoiler for the pit? 312 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 3: Oh? 313 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: You can't drop that scalp? 314 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 3: What do you mean? Exit out a bout of Fresca? 315 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: Exit swollen dome. The Jason Smith Show with my best 316 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: friend Mike Carmon Coming up next, It's time for a 317 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: visit to Vegas. Are the Dodgers even money to win 318 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: the World Series? What do we think? Looking ahead? 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Kyle Tucker is a Dodger four years, 337 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: two hundred and forty million dollars. We have four NFL 338 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: play off games, the National Championship Game coming up on Monday. 339 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: Kurt Signette's got four more days to eat Chipotle before 340 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: the game begins. Same thing every day for Kurt Signetti, 341 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: same Chipotle order. 342 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 3: Can't fault a good strategy, you. 343 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: Know, I will say, when you eat the same thing 344 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: every day, it takes a lot of you know, decision 345 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: making out of it, Like I know what I'm gonna eat. 346 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: Like it's like people who go, oh, I wear the 347 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: same clothes every day. I wear a gray T shirt 348 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: and black pants. Everything. It takes the guess work on it. 349 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't. I'm not overwhelmed. I'm like, okay, 350 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: I get that, but I'm never overwhelmed with what I 351 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: have to wear. I'm like, Okay, I'll wear a hoodie 352 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: and pants and I'm dressed. 353 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 3: Is dad every day ham sandwich and hard boiled egg. 354 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 3: That was his lunch. It's every day. It's like cool hand. 355 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: Luke every day, hard boiled egg, hard dorn boiled egg. 356 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: As many as you want, simple man. I just I don't. 357 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: I get that. Well, you know, it takes a lot 358 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: of the guesswork out of the day, and I'm able 359 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: to focus on other things. I don't. I don't focus 360 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: on what I'm gonna wear for more than just like 361 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: the minute it takes to get dressed. Yeah, underwear and socks, great? 362 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: What pants am I gonna wear? What's your will I wear? 363 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 5: Going? 364 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,239 Speaker 1: I'll wear this? Okay, I'm ready, I'm going out. 365 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 3: Yeah. 366 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 4: I mean, once we get that full accompaniment TV show 367 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 4: with this right beyond the YouTube channel, you should subscribe 368 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 4: that Jason Smith show. Then I'll get a stylist and 369 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 4: we'll make that work. Yeah, I'll suit up every day. 370 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 4: And the signetty thing and squares and everything, signetty. 371 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,640 Speaker 1: Thing about having Chipotle every Who's a great story from 372 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: the Sporting News Today and Wall Street Journal. Like, Okay, 373 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,400 Speaker 1: I understand where sit. It's difficult to figure out where 374 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 1: you want to go eat. Like my wife and I, 375 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: that's the whole thing, that's our whole relationship. But where 376 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: do you want to eat? I don't care. What do 377 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,159 Speaker 1: you think? Okay, it's ten minutes figuring out. I get it. 378 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: But like I like eating different things, you know. I 379 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 1: mean again, if I was trying to make a runny 380 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: the same thing every day, I think a big mac 381 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 1: meal from McDonald's, I could do that for a long time. 382 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: I mean like, I can't see the end of where 383 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: I would stop. I could do that for a long time. Now, 384 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: that's if you make me do it. If you ask me, though, 385 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: is it not? I would want to dude. I want 386 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: to have pizza. I want to have a burger. I 387 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: want to have pasta. I want to have a salad. 388 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: I want to do what is something different every day? 389 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: I'm okay with that. I don't feel that paralyzed by 390 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: my decisions of where I'm gonna eat or what I'm 391 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: gonna wear. 392 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean the only thing on your diet is 393 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 4: there's got to be cheese involved. 394 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: Well, that's really some sort of cheese for everything. Yeah, 395 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: and the only place I don't have cheese is my coffee. 396 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 1: Would you like cheese your coffee? Wait a minute, you 397 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: can do that. Oh, hang on a second, Hang on 398 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: a second. 399 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 3: You can probably sprinkle cheese. 400 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 1: In your coffee. Cheese and your coffee, and so like, 401 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: when I hear those stories, I understand that, but I 402 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: really wonder what it's like for a person that feels 403 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 1: paralyzed that way. Like I'd feel like Patrick Bateman from 404 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: American Psycho wear the same clothes every day, the same suit, 405 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: the same everything. 406 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,360 Speaker 4: But it's funny because I have my older daughter, right, 407 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 4: so I take her off to college last week. She's 408 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 4: I'm boise and having a good time. So did the 409 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 4: check in earlier? She goes, Dad, I ate a hamburger 410 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 4: normal in between the bud like normally it's the bun 411 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 4: gets separated, cheese gets taken off, and then the burger 412 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 4: Patty's eating, and then go back. 413 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 3: She goes. 414 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 4: I eat it like a quote normal person. I'm like, buddy, 415 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 4: eat your burger. 416 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 3: How you gonna be eat your burger? I don't care. 417 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 4: I mean whatever she goes, but you'd be proud of me. 418 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 4: I'm like, okay, but to that point, like regimented person, 419 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 4: and now mix it all up, just like you and 420 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 4: the Mets. Speaking of the Mets and odds to win 421 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 4: the World Series, yeah, if any team has odds besides 422 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 4: the Dodgers. We head to Vegas right now for a 423 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 4: Las Vegas insider. Check him out on CBS Sports Sports 424 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 4: Line TSN. He's on Twitter at Todd Ferman, former odds 425 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 4: maker at Caesar's Palace. 426 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: It is Todd Furman. Todd, what's happening, man? How you doing? 427 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 5: I'm doing well to night, gentlemen. You know what, Look 428 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 5: at the Mets. I mean they're odds to win the 429 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 5: World Series go from eighteen to one down a five 430 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 5: to one with the big Kyle Tucker signing earlier today. 431 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 5: If I got my news correct, Oh. 432 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: Good, I like that. That's good. Not spending money, not 433 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 1: spending sixty million on a guy who's a twenty five 434 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: and ninety guy. Okay, the odds go down. I like that. 435 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 5: Look. I didn't think it was a value proposition by 436 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 5: any stretch of the imagination that the Dodgers are proning 437 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 5: up sixty million dollars annually for a guy who dealt 438 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 5: with a hairline fracture in his risk last year and 439 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 5: didn't exactly contribute in the most high leverage spots for 440 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 5: the Cubs. But this is the world we live in, 441 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 5: and apparently the next step for Steve Cohen is going 442 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 5: to be giving up major equity stakes in this casino 443 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 5: project around City Field might be the only way to 444 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 5: lure free agents to Flushing. 445 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: All Right, So Todd, if I ask you this now, 446 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: the Dodgers go get Kyle Tucker. They now, I have 447 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: believed six everyday players who are at least two time 448 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: All Stars. What would you say their odds to win 449 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 1: the World Series again are at right now after this 450 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:44,880 Speaker 1: move tonight, they're right. 451 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 5: Around two to one. They're the only team right now 452 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 5: in Major League Baseball listed in the single digits to 453 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 5: win the World Series. So get excited for twenty twenty six, 454 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 5: and you'll understand exactly why we're headed towards a labor 455 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 5: stoppage in twenty twenty seven because the economic model that 456 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 5: we're seeing in Major League Baseball right now isn't sustainable 457 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 5: for the long term. And that's coming from someone who 458 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 5: used to love what George Steinbrenner did with the Yankees, 459 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 5: overpaying every team in Major League Baseball to try and 460 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 5: bring championships to the Bronx Todd. 461 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 4: One of the big stories from the day before we 462 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 4: get into the title game and playoffs, the point shaving 463 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 4: scandal that goes down all these schools, involved the Chinese 464 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 4: League and everything else. The thing that was eye opening 465 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 4: for me is not that it existed, not how many 466 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 4: players are involved, was the fact that we were seeing 467 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 4: half million dollars being bet on a bunch of these games. 468 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,640 Speaker 4: That was what kind of took me back on, Wow, 469 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 4: I've been missing zeros on some of these lowerhead college games. 470 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 5: The logistics that takes to move that kind of money 471 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 5: on some of the games in question really what makes 472 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 5: this story so fascinating. Now, there are scenarios in play 473 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 5: where you have big time casino customers with large lines 474 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 5: of credit that are often extended courtesies to bet larger 475 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 5: than what you could if you walk into a casino 476 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 5: and try to bet any of these games in question 477 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 5: over the counter. But at the same time, I don't 478 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 5: care who you are. No casino should be giving players 479 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 5: six figure limits on these Chinese basketball games, regardless of 480 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 5: what they're putting through the baker ra, the roulette, or 481 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 5: the blackjack tables. And when you look at the other 482 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 5: college games, and a lot of people on Twitter pointing 483 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 5: out to me as if I don't understand these things, 484 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 5: love to use the term beard to try and get 485 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 5: people to come in bet these games, but I don't 486 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 5: think they realize what you need to do to be 487 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 5: able to move this kind of money and have it 488 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 5: fly in under the radar. Look, there are risk and 489 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 5: trading teams that are responsible for a lot of these games. 490 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 5: I have no idea how you're behind the counter any 491 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 5: major national book and suddenly you go, you know what. 492 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 5: I came back from launch, we had forty six dollars 493 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 5: waged on the first half of the thousand game. Now 494 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 5: suddenly we have four hundred and sixty eight thousand. In 495 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 5: terms of liability, that kind of thing just doesn't happen overnight. 496 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 5: And I think for those folks who aren't familiar with 497 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 5: the inner workings of how the industry goes it is 498 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 5: a real problem. And look the reality of it is 499 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 5: one of these books that apparently was taking some of 500 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 5: these large bets. Guys. I can tell you it's a 501 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 5: group that I work with. We can't get down thirty 502 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 5: seven dollars on an NFL player prop in the playoffs, 503 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 5: let alone trying to bet an NCA and T first 504 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 5: half under or can State Buffalo? 505 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,360 Speaker 1: So all right, Ken State Buffalo in the first round 506 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 1: thirty seven dollars. So let me let me let me 507 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: go with this here, Todd, because a lot of the 508 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: stuff has come up with different prop bets. Now, you 509 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: don't have to get rid of all prop bets, you 510 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 1: cause all have prop bets on a hey, a big 511 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 1: d one score is you're gonna score twenty points a night. 512 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 1: But if you got rid of these prop bets on 513 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: these games that are such low level like this, would 514 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 1: that take care of seventy five percent of the problems? 515 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,239 Speaker 1: Like how much of it is these prop bets that 516 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: people go to that are smaller off the radar, where 517 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 1: a player can, hey, I can I can gack it 518 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 1: for tonight. I don't need to get four and a 519 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: half rebounds. Whatever it is like, would you be able 520 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: to really cut into these problems by just getting rid 521 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 1: of those prop bets. 522 00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 5: Well, in this situation, it's a little bit different than 523 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 5: a Terry year scenario that played out. I mean these 524 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 5: are more or less over unders and sides for full 525 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,479 Speaker 5: games and or derivative markets. And when I say derivative markets, 526 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 5: I mean first task quarters, that sort of thing that 527 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 5: are a little bit different. But look, I'm going to 528 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 5: be the biggest proponent of trying to eliminate some of 529 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 5: the player props for guys six through ten on an 530 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 5: NBA roster. I understand why sportsbooks have to try and 531 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 5: increase that inventory so people can add different legs to 532 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 5: their single game parlay. But if it's not a household name, 533 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 5: the only thing you're doing is opening yourself up for 534 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 5: a scenario that we've seen unfold. And while I know 535 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 5: no one is going to be immune to it and 536 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 5: there's always going to be outliers. Look, we've created this world, 537 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 5: and I think there's a lot of finger pointing that 538 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 5: needs to go on. But at the same time, even 539 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 5: in the regulated space, if these sports books aren't opening 540 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 5: some of these markets for larger limits, you know we've 541 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 5: seen the wild Wild West. It has largely become the 542 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 5: prediction markets that are out there where there are apparently 543 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,719 Speaker 5: no rules whatsoever. So we're going into a little bit 544 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 5: of uncharted territory as it pertains to wagering our sports contracts. 545 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 5: Whatever card of vernacular or parlance you want to use, 546 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 5: the bottom line is that sports betting and unregulated markets 547 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 5: are going to create heaps of problems. And while they 548 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 5: may be isolated incidents, there's still things that I think 549 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 5: the NCAA and professional sports to some extent need to 550 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 5: be cognizant of and make sure they can do their 551 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 5: best to try and police any nefarious behavior that might 552 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 5: be taking place. 553 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 3: Todd. 554 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 4: This weekend NFL Divisional Playoffs, we start things Buffalo, Denver. 555 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 4: It's Josh Allen and a band of Merriman trying to 556 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 4: take down Sean Payton, who's getting haughty and chesty with reporters. 557 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 3: And this is a. 558 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 5: Bill's team to your point, the band of Merriman, I mean, 559 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 5: I'm not sure most diehard Bills fans could pick out 560 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 5: their wide receiver room from a police lineup if they 561 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 5: were asked to do so. Going into this weekend, I mean, 562 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 5: you go through their depth chart, irr ir, Tyrell Shavers, 563 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 5: Joshua Palmer, Gabe Davis. We're not sure if Ty Johnson 564 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 5: will be out there, nothing like Keon Coleman, who's been 565 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 5: suspended for multiple games without our I mean earlier this year, 566 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 5: if from the team or healthy scratch, depending on what 567 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 5: terminology you want to use, being leaned on against this 568 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,479 Speaker 5: Denver bronco secondary and Brandon Cooks, who feels like he's 569 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 5: one hundred and seven years old, suddenly becomes a de 570 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 5: facto number one option opposite Khalil Shakir. So it's going 571 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 5: to be on josh Allen. But I do think the 572 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 5: Bills will find a path to run the football with 573 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 5: James Cook and establish some physicality there. This is a 574 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 5: Bill's defense that I know has been a little bit 575 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 5: leaky against the run, but they're slightly underrated against the 576 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 5: pass and have done a good job in terms of 577 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 5: eliminating some of those big explosive plays against them. And 578 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 5: on the flip side of things, this Denver defense is good. 579 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 5: I don't think it's necessarily as good as advertised, and 580 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 5: I think there are still a lot of questions we 581 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 5: all have about bo Nix and his ability to win 582 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 5: games entirely on his own, and we'll see what Sean 583 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 5: Payton alects to do. But I do think points could 584 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 5: be at a premium, especially early in this game. I 585 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 5: actually like the first half total under more so than 586 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 5: trying to pick the team they'll let advance to the 587 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 5: AFT Championship. 588 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,479 Speaker 1: Todd, how concerned are you? Sam Darnold added to the 589 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 1: injury report this week with his lad injury. It doesn't 590 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: look like it's but still he's on the injury report. 591 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: How does that affect Seahawks forty nine ers? 592 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 5: You know, we all love to make jokes about Sam 593 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 5: Darnold and what he doesn't have on his resume so 594 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,439 Speaker 5: far from Week eighteen performances to playoff victories. But the 595 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 5: fact that people were serious when they saw this injury 596 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 5: news break earlier, that they thought that Drew Lock could 597 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 5: somehow be an upgrade makes me laugh and cry all 598 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 5: at the same time, because I've seen enough of the 599 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 5: Drew Locke experience going back to his time at Missouri 600 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 5: that unless you're playing a team from a group of 601 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 5: five conference, Drew Lock's not the guy that's going to 602 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 5: be able to navigate through a Roberts slid defense, It's 603 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 5: going to be a steady dose to Kenneth Walker and 604 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,679 Speaker 5: of course Zach Sharboney as well. This Seattle Seahawks defense 605 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 5: will be up to the task. This game opened at six. 606 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 5: We saw it get his highest seven and a half. 607 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 5: A little bit of dog money came in with that 608 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 5: Donald News some under money as well. I think the 609 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 5: forty nine ers, to see how they're going to move 610 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 5: the football offensively will be worth watching. Because Christian McCaffrey 611 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 5: largely bottled up week eighteen, I think that can repeat 612 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 5: here and brock Perty's going to have to do a 613 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 5: little bit more with his arms. So fascinating game for me. 614 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 5: They have a strong opinion. Would lean still towards Seattle 615 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 5: looking to lay that seven. I think the defense can 616 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 5: capitalize on a short field or two, and the Seahawks 617 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 5: left plenty of points out there in the regular season 618 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 5: finale up there at Santa Clara. 619 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 3: Bears in the Pope plus three and a half all day. 620 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 5: Right, Yeah, I'm not sure I'm going to that particular direction, 621 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 5: but frigid temperatures will be the cooldest game that Matthew 622 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 5: Stafford has apparently played in his illustrious career. We're still 623 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 5: not sure that severity of the finger injury. I know 624 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 5: the X rays came back negative. At the same time, 625 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 5: we'll see how his accuracy is impacted by six degrees. 626 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 5: But look, harm you and the rest of the Bear 627 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 5: fans out there have to cherish this moment before you're 628 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 5: driving across the state line to Indiana, where the Bears 629 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 5: will be playing their home games beginning in twenty thirty two. 630 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 3: Let's go all right, Todd. 631 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: Lastly, we have the National Championship game on Monday night, Miami, 632 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: the underdog, Kurt Signetti powered by Chipotle. What do you 633 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: think I think. 634 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 5: That people are buying into this Indiana hype a little 635 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 5: bit too much here. And the reason I say that 636 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 5: when you look at this number that opens seven and 637 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 5: a half, it's been one way. Indiana closed a seven 638 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 5: point favorite in the Rose Bowl against Alabama. I'm pretty 639 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 5: sure that all of us would be willing to back 640 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 5: up our Brinks truck and bet Miami plus one and 641 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 5: a half against that current version of Alabama that we 642 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 5: saw laying egg. Look, this is a Miami team who's 643 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,719 Speaker 5: relished the underdog role, not just this season, but our 644 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 5: Mario Christobal's leadership. They've consistently raised their level of play 645 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 5: and we're able to upset Ohio State is a seven and 646 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 5: a half point dog in the Connon Bow by playing 647 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 5: a perfect football game. They have to be air tight 648 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 5: to win a game like this. They can't play as 649 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 5: sloppy as they did against old myths, but win a 650 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 5: spot where they're very familiar. No pressure on the Hurricanes. 651 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 5: They've waited twenty plus years to get revenges more than 652 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 5: a touchdown underdog against the Big ten Fox. Given what 653 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 5: didn't go their way against the Ohio State Buck, guys, 654 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 5: I think Miami covers. They're extremely live and quite frankly, guys, 655 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 5: I think you can make a lot worse best than 656 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 5: backing the Canes on the money line to win this 657 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 5: game outright at hard Rock on Monday night. 658 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: He's on Twitter at Todd Ferman, That is, at Todd Firman. 659 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: Check them out CBS Sports Line, TSN. Todd as always Buddy, 660 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: appreciate it and enjoyed the games this weekend. 661 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 5: I appreciate his always, guys. I'm going to go back 662 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 5: to learning the phonetic pronunciations of all the teams in 663 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 5: the professional Chinese basketball asso season going good bad. 664 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: There goes Todd Furman. Now time to find out what's 665 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 1: trending in the wide world of sports with someone who 666 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 1: told me, hey, I bet the Chinese Basketball Association every night. 667 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 1: It's Steve Desager, by. 668 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 6: The way, when he referenced on the Rams and Matthew Stafford, 669 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 6: I have read that Stafford, twelve seasons with Detroit has 670 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 6: never played in a game with game time temperature under 671 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 6: twenty degrees, only played at Soldier Field in December twice. 672 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: In his long career in that division. 673 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 6: For what it's worth, the Rams as a team since 674 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 6: nineteen ninety one only two games with a game temperature 675 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 6: of twenty or lower, and both of those were losses 676 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 6: at lambeau Field Green Bay many years ago. 677 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: I thought you were going to say Matthew Stafford's entire 678 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 1: career in Detroit never played in a playoff game. I 679 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,320 Speaker 1: thought you're going to say, Well, that kind of goes 680 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: without saying. 681 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 6: Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold says he will play Saturday night 682 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 6: despite an oblique injury. Forty nine Ers linebacker Fred Warner 683 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 6: is still out this weekend after October's bad ankle injury. 684 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 6: Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen will play Saturday despite foot, knee, 685 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 6: and finger injuries. He's practiced fully this week. Wide receiver 686 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:18,000 Speaker 6: of the Texans, Nico Collins mispractice again today with a concussion. 687 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 6: Houston's at New England Sunday, and then the Rams play 688 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 6: at Chicago and Yes, temperature under twenty degrees the current 689 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 6: forecast for that game. 690 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: The New York Giants are. 691 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 6: Reportedly finalizing a contract with head coach John Harbaugh. College 692 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 6: Football's national title game is Monday, Indiana at Miami. 693 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: The late NBA game went. 694 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 6: To Charlotte beating the Lakers in LA one thirty five, 695 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 6: one seventeen despite thirty nine points from Luca Donsig. At Dallas, 696 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 6: Cooper Flag of the MAVs was out with a sprained ankle, 697 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 6: but Dallas beat Utah one forty four to one twenty two. 698 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 6: San Antonio pounded Milwaukee. Portland beat Atlanta. At Golden State 699 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 6: Warriors over New York one twenty six, one thirteen. Jalen 700 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 6: Brunson and the Knicks was out with a sprained ankle. 701 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 6: Jimmy Butler the Warriors thi thirty two points. Boston got 702 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,239 Speaker 6: thirty nine off the bench from Anfreny Simons and one 703 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 6: at Miami won nineteen one fourteen. Detroit edge Phoenix one 704 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 6: o eight one oh five, although the Pistons kid Cunningham 705 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 6: three of sixteen shooting from the floor ten points. Oklahoma 706 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 6: City's won five straight. Its record is up to thirty 707 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 6: five and seven. OKC one at Houston won eleven to 708 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 6: ninety one. And there was an NBA game in Berlin today, 709 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 6: first ever nb regular season game in Germany. Orlando came 710 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 6: back to beat Memphis one eighteen one eleven Franz Wagner 711 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,960 Speaker 6: eighteen points for the Magic. They'll play each other again 712 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 6: on Sunday I in London. By the way, John Morant 713 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 6: did not play today due to a Bruce cav Demantus 714 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 6: Abonis of the King's practice fully today could return from 715 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 6: injury Friday, but Anthony Edwards and Minnesota will miss another 716 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 6: game on Friday with a foot injury. Men's college hoops 717 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 6: Gonzaga won at Washington State. Women's hoops South Carolina edged 718 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 6: Texas in a top five matchup sixty eight sixty five. 719 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 6: The Dodgers are signing Ray fielder Kyle Tucker, reportedly a 720 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 6: four year deal with an opt out after year two 721 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 6: and after year three, and longtime baseball writer Bob Ningale 722 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 6: USA it says, excuse me, you can choke. 723 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: Up on the Mets. 724 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 6: And if that ever happened. 725 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,720 Speaker 3: The Mets and Yankees, he says. 726 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 6: Will now be a bidding war for out outfielder Cody Bellinger. 727 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. 728 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 6: Great, and the Phillies are overwhelming favorites to sign bobad 729 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:26,520 Speaker 6: end quote back to you. 730 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, the Mets finally got him after all these years, 731 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 4: Thanks Evo. 732 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: That's right. 733 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 6: There's still a three hundred million dollar payroll and a 734 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:38,760 Speaker 6: tax to pay, but I'm sure everything is fine. 735 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: Don't have a game tomorrow. We're fine. When we trade 736 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: for Freddy Peralta and Tarik school Ball and we and 737 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: we and we and we trade for Babe Ruth, will 738 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: be fine, will be fine. 739 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 6: So the Mets will just be scouting the World Baseball 740 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 6: Classic and picking off one talent after is available. 741 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 1: You might as well get Bobby Bania's jerseys. 742 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 3: You're gonna burn that million this year. 743 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: And I started the whole defferred payments thing. Coming up next, 744 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 1: we get back into the big Kyle Tucker story, the 745 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: story of the night and a favor. I'm going to 746 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: ask of the Los Angeles Dodgers that I favor a 747 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: favor they need to do for every baseball fan. But 748 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,399 Speaker 1: it's not what you think. That's next, right here, Jason 749 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: and Mike Fox Sports Radio. 750 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,800 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 751 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 2: Show with Mike harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 752 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:28,840 Speaker 2: pm Pacific