1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Jason Smith Show with Mike 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Harmon podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: ten pm to two am Eastern seven to eleven pm 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon at Foxsports Radio 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: dot com, or stream us live every night on the 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: Let's give this. 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 3: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome in side our three, The Jason Smith Show 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: with my best friend Mike Harmon. Come up live from 12 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: the Fox Sports and Radio studios. We had Mark Stein 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: come on your way in twenty minutes. NBA Insider Dallas 14 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: Mavericks Insider the latest on the biggest story of the day, 15 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: Nico Harrison being relieved of his duties as general manager 16 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: of the Dallas Mavericks all because of the Lugadantic trade. 17 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 4: Now, there were some successes, there were some high points. 18 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 4: Do you think you got a cake? 19 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: Don't I don't know that. No, I don't think there 20 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: was a cake unless the cake said get the hell out. 21 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: I mean that it's still cake. Ah, that's true, that 22 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: is true. Wait, where's cake? If you get a cake? 23 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: When you get fired. Fire me instead of a cake, 24 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: I'll get fired if you promised me a really good cake. 25 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: What kind of cake? Fire me? Whatever you want? Red 26 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 1: velvet with chocolate chips. Like like, you're getting fired, so 27 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 1: you should be able to call for the cake, red velvet, 28 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: chocolate chips. 29 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 4: But knowing but if you get that, I'll give you 30 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 4: my car. 31 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: But here's what they know that knowing how work cakes 32 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: work normally say hey, you know what that they really 33 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: want a chocolate cake with vanilla butter cream and red 34 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: velvet and chocolate chips inside. Yeah, I went and got 35 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: a sheet cake from Pavilions. 36 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 3: All right. 37 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 4: They're gonna eat it or not eat it, that's what 38 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 4: it is. It was cheap, so I got it. It 39 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 4: was out of my pocket. I was going to take 40 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 4: three months to get reimbursed. I offered twenty bucks. That's all. 41 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: I was not going to give you the money. That 42 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: cake was forty dollars a sheet cake from Pavila twenty. 43 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: I got the sheet cake all right, people won't eat it. 44 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: Don't worry about it. Trust me. 45 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 4: Somebody here has a kid. They know how to use 46 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 4: one of these things and make it look pretty here, 47 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 4: right CN hell Nico. Uh no, man, he did have 48 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:14,839 Speaker 4: a good run. 49 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: They did. They were the Western Conference champions. Have a 50 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: good running. He did, though, he got fired because he 51 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: made one trade that nobody could get pass because it 52 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: turned down that badly. It's not a good run, it's not. 53 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: He had a run with a five years. He had 54 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: a run with a high point and boy, a really 55 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: bad low. Twenty five. There were twenty five games over 56 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: five hundred. Yeah that was great. 57 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 4: I was afterday they were Western Conference champion. 58 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: Hey, and then what happened? Well, eventually you get fired. 59 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: Okaydy gets fired? You think they die? I mean you 60 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: think people are gonna mention remember that the Western Conference 61 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: finals in the NBA? Nor are they going to remember? 62 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we had the NBA finals and then boy, 63 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: then he traded the guy that got us there. 64 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 4: In my remember cud of the Nico experience. I can't 65 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 4: have the lows without the highs. Okay, I need balance. 66 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: If you're at his birthday cutting up a career highlight 67 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: video for Nico Harrison, yeah that's what you're gonna put 68 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: in there, you. 69 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 4: Know, I mean, I'll end it with a slide that says, 70 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 4: what are you gonna do next, It's like one other net. 71 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,399 Speaker 1: It's like in the NFL films videos when a team 72 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: is like three to thirteen, all the highlights are for 73 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: the one game that the team played well on and 74 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: this week thirteen game when the Jets were able to 75 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: beat the heavily favorite Dallas Cowboys, and it's just like 76 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 1: every play from this game. Nothing from the rest of 77 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: the season when they got boat raced, but picking first. Overall, 78 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: the Jets are looking to the future. But this one 79 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: game in Week thirteen, when the Dallas Cowboys came to town, 80 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: the New York Jets were able to have one big 81 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: day to keep their fans happy. It sounds like yesterday's 82 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: Monday night football game where we had first half of nothing. 83 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: So most of the b roll in highlights were them 84 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: walking out onto the field. Yeah, well that was when 85 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: it was a lost of smoke and pomp and circumstance. 86 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: Look the Jets, we had. Jets big highlight the last 87 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: few years has been Aaron Rodgers running with the flag 88 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: onto the field. 89 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 4: As American moment. From right there, it's like George Bush 90 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 4: throwing a strike. I mean, come on, we got in 91 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 4: delam images. 92 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: It just fell off the cliff right there, just fell 93 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: off the cliff, But so I'm more on me. Nico 94 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: Harrison's story biggest story in the NBA today with Mark 95 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: Stein nobody better to talk about it than him, with 96 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: us coming up in a few minutes. But today was 97 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: also the latest and newest College Football Playoff poll. Not 98 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: a lot of change at the top. Indiana Stag's number 99 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: two after their escape against Penn State. Fernano Mendoza at 100 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: times looked like a guy I want to see him 101 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: quarterback the Jets, And sometimes I'm like, yeah, I don't 102 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: know about that, so okay, but I can already tell 103 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: what the biggest issue is going to be. And it's 104 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: something we talked about a couple of times in the 105 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: past as the College Football Playoff Committee explained why certain 106 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: teams are where they are right, why Texas Tech is 107 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: where they are, why Miami is still rated very highly. 108 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: The committee seems to love Miami. 109 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 4: Hey, they love their offense, and they don't like the 110 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 4: fact the Texas tax settles for field goals. Yeah, I mean, look, look, 111 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 4: I can't I can't dismiss now that's fine, Well, because 112 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 4: what do I always come in yelling about it? It's 113 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 4: set for a field goal after driving the ball ty 114 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 4: the hell are we doing now? 115 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: But right table got fired for it. But remember we 116 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: still have three plus weeks left to go. We have 117 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: the College Football the conference championship game, So a lot 118 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: of this stuff will get sussed out. You were talking 119 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: about a lot of teams for for for a few 120 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: spots here, but it'll get sussed out over the next 121 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: next three four weeks. Don't worry. But the biggest issue 122 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: I can tell you, and I'll use a couple of 123 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: teams and where they where they sit right now ranked 124 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: as the as the way to describe this. The biggest 125 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: issue that the College Football Playoff Committee is going to 126 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: have to deal with is how do you differentiate between 127 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: two loss teams that don't make the conference championship game 128 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: in their conference versus a two loss team that makes 129 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: it and loses to go to three losses? Because look 130 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,799 Speaker 1: at this situation. Just we'll use a couple of teams, 131 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: seventeen and eighteen USC and Michigan okay US is a 132 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: two loss team right now in the Big Ten. They 133 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: went out right, they got games against Iowa, they have 134 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 1: Oregon coming up. Oregon's the number eight team. In the 135 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: College football playoff. Right again, at the end, USC wins out. Hey, 136 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 1: guess what, manuel you You gotta take them, don't you, Right, 137 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: you have to take them in there? But what if 138 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: they make the Big Ten championship game and they don't win. 139 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: Now suddenly there are three loss USC team, and can 140 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: you still take them even though there's three losses? But yeah, 141 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: but they had big wins. They made it there. Michigan, 142 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: they control their own destiny too. If they win the 143 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: next two games, which are two away games. But it's 144 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: Northwestern and it's Maryland. They should win those games. They 145 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: should win those years. 146 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 4: They should win Western playing at a place of winners, 147 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 4: ridley Field. 148 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: They should win those games. Then they beat if they 149 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: beat Ohio State, which no matter what kind of team 150 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: Michigan's had the last few years, they have done that 151 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, they got to go in, right, 152 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 1: they gotta go. But let's just say they make the 153 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: Big Ten championship and they lose. Well, you had a 154 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: three loss Michigan team, but they beat Ohio State, who's 155 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: number one team in the country. How do you differentiate 156 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: between a team that is two losses has a great resume, 157 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: but doesn't make their conference championship game versus a three 158 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: loss team that their third loss is in that title 159 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: game where they're playing a great team. Right, You're not 160 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: in that conference title game playing against another you know, 161 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: slap dash team that's no good. No, you're in there 162 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: against the top five, top sixteen. You're in there against Indiana, 163 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: or you're in there against Alabama. So yeah, how do 164 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: you do that? This is why, eventually the best way 165 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: to do this is to say, all right, if you 166 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: make the conference championship game in the top four conferences, right, 167 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: you're going to the playoff. I'm not the biggest fan 168 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: of having the Big twelve runner up get in because 169 00:07:57,760 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: the Big twelve is not what it was, but okay, 170 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: if you're adding four spots, you're making it in. That's fine. 171 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: So you have the teams that get in the end 172 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: of the conference champion and the Big ten SEC ACC 173 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: and Big twelve okay, Greg and the one non Power 174 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: five conference South Florida gets in. All right, fine, Now 175 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: you still have the other at large teams, but you 176 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: solve a lot of issues with the Hey, a team 177 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: that makes it but they lose big in the conference 178 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: championship game. Now suddenly a team's got to play well 179 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: in the conference title game. Hey they love you know, 180 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: Alabama escaped in that game twenty five twenty four, so 181 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 1: maybe we take them, or oh, you know what, Alabama 182 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: crushed them thirty eight three, so we don't need to 183 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: take them. That's really unfair. It's not fair to say, 184 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: here's a team that made it further and they get 185 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: dinged because they lose in a conference title game to 186 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: another team. That's the biggest sticky wicket you're gonna have, 187 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: because that's gonna be something that comes up. Guess what 188 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: in all four conferences, you're gonna have that situation where 189 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: here's two loss teams who didn't make it and a 190 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: two loss team that makes it and lose as well. 191 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: You had a couple of teams two losses that didn't 192 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: make it. But how do you do that? It's really unfair. 193 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: You almost would have to take that team that makes 194 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 1: the conference title game. So that's gonna be the biggest 195 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: problem that the College Football Committee has. They kind of 196 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: had it to an extent last year with Miami, but 197 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: Miami had the three losses didn't make it. This year, 198 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: it looks a little bit different. Because you have the 199 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: haves at the top, and then you have a lot 200 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: of teams that are that level below that are going 201 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: to walk into the postseason with two losses, and how 202 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:27,719 Speaker 1: do you differentiate that? 203 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's the curiosity right as we look at the 204 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 4: current standings and the rankings Oklahoma and BYU out for 205 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 4: South Florida and Miami. We talked about the Miami caveat 206 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 4: and I'll get back to that in a second. After 207 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 4: the top eight teams, those are all year zero in 208 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 4: one loss squads, with the exception of BYU sitting at 209 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 4: eight and one, Georgia Tech at eight and one, and 210 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 4: everybody else has two or three losses as you go 211 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 4: through the rest of your top twenty five. So still 212 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 4: some opportunities on the map where we're gonna get some clarity, right, 213 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 4: Texas as two games against top five teams that got 214 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 4: Georgia and A and m You're you're looking at Alabama, 215 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 4: UH still has this game against Oklahoma. Georgia's got Texas 216 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 4: and Georgia Tech, Uh, and you'll have to navigate those. 217 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 4: But but I think he had unlocked a little bit 218 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 4: of the blueprint as we talk about what Texas Tech 219 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 4: and Miami are is that you've entered back into the 220 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 4: era that we remember growing up when we're looking at 221 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 4: bowl games and rankings and all of those fun things 222 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 4: of style points. Right the Texas Tech things, I say, Wow, 223 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 4: they settle for field goals. Okay, now you've opened the door. 224 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 4: And that's where I think when we talk about USC 225 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 4: or Michigan. By the way that Michigan Northwestern game part 226 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 4: in Big Nude Kickoff, Yeah, they'll be in Wrigleyville and 227 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 4: hang it out there, so that that'll be fun. But 228 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 4: it's all of that. They have the opportunity to go 229 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 4: win out and have their their chance to do it 230 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 4: on the field. But I think the way they've caveated 231 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 4: the the Miami and Texas Tech and they've opened the 232 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 4: door of like, hey, style points are gonna matter the 233 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 4: fact that this is a TV show. Now they're not 234 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 4: saying that part out loud, right, but by saying saying 235 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 4: these other things, I think they're implying, you know, there's 236 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 4: a missing paragraph either in the middle of those two 237 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 4: teams or at the end to say, hey, you know what, 238 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 4: when it all comes down to it, here's where we are. 239 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 4: Because you're not saying that it's a you know, points 240 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 4: against points forward. It's like no, no, no, they settle 241 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 4: for field goals. That's a much different thing like whoa, whoa, whoa. 242 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 4: Now we're getting into style and style make fight and 243 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 4: styles make TV shows and everything else. So I think 244 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 4: that's where you're gonna get your answer. So for a 245 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 4: USC or for Michigan with huge alumni bases, huge TV presence, 246 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 4: history and money, that that's gonna help solve your equation. 247 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 4: I don't know how big that coefficient is in this algorithm, Jason, 248 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 4: but telling me it doesn't exist is a foolhardy notion. 249 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,439 Speaker 1: Telling you watch out, there's your biggest problem. We've solved 250 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 1: it for you. But no, that's gonna be the thing. 251 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: As we get towards the end, Exit out about a 252 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: Fresca exit Swollen down The Jason Smith Show with my 253 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: best friend Mike Harmon. Coming up next, longtime NBA insider 254 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: Mark Stein stops by Mavericks insider Mark Stein. All the 255 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: details on Nico out and the party at Luca's house, 256 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: I mean maybe Luca's house. It's coming up next right here, 257 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: Jason and my biggest story of the NBA. 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Fox Sports Radio. 289 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 5: On YouTube, Subscribe, hit that thumbs up icon and comment away. 290 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, The Jason Smith Show with my best 291 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: friend Mike Harmon. 292 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 2: I hate that song. 293 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: Mavericks fans will not have Nico Harrison to kick around anymore. 294 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: Fired their GM earlier today after a subpar start following 295 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: what they were hoping was going to be a new 296 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: start after the horrendous Luca Dantic's trade and how it 297 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: turned out. The statue for Nico Harrison at Crypto dot 298 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: Com is now going up. I believe he's sitting for 299 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: a portrait tomorrow as they will chisel it out of 300 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: rock and put. 301 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 5: It up there. 302 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: Maybe make it like Atlas like. Instead of like Atlas 303 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: holding the world, it's Nico and he's holding up the Laker. Look, 304 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: we have a basketball with like the Lakers logo on it. 305 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: That's a statue for Nico. 306 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 4: Concept dard ed. How about a Fresco. 307 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: Joining us now on the hotline, longtime NBA inside of 308 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: front of the show. Check him out on substack on 309 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: Twitter at the steinline. It is Mark Stein. What's happening man? 310 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: Happy Tuesday, gentlemen, good evening, come in. So obviously you've 311 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: had a bit of a day with the Nico getting 312 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: let go? Was this something that was coming? Was it not? 313 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: Was a surprise? Light light Like, take me through a 314 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: little bit about what you've learned from this? 315 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 2: Well, I would say it's been building up at least 316 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 2: for the last several days. On Sunday, I had a 317 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 2: big story where I detailed that ownership was contemplating it 318 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 2: and basically, look, I think coming into the season, Patrick 319 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 2: Dumont wanted to give Nico Harrison the full season. He 320 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 2: wanted to give him this season and to see if 321 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 2: they could get back on a course to contention, and 322 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 2: obviously also the Mavericks were hoping that the lottery miracle 323 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 2: of getting the number one overall pick with a less 324 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 2: than two percent shot to do so, that the excitement 325 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 2: of Cooper Flag and the on court ability of Cooper 326 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 2: Flag would help nudge the organization in a new direction, 327 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 2: help people turn the page. But they started so badly. 328 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 2: They got crushed on opening night by thirty three points 329 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 2: against San Antonio. Two nights later, they lose to Washington. 330 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 2: The only game Washington is one, so they're zero to two. 331 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 2: The Washington thing was even more damaging when you really 332 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 2: realistically look at it, and right away it just dragged 333 00:16:54,000 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 2: this team back to all of the fan discontract dismay 334 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 2: negativity that we saw in the spring. And the MAVs 335 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 2: are starting the season with thirteen of eighteen at home, 336 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 2: and it got to the point where players were looking 337 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 2: more forward to being on the road because home games 338 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 2: have been such, you know, just a depressing atmosphere really 339 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 2: and finally, and you know, then it, you know, then 340 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 2: they lose a home game last week to New Orleans 341 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 2: when the Pelicans, who started, you know, one of the 342 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 2: last winless teams in the league. The Pelicans were one 343 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 2: and six. They come to Dallas on the second night 344 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,239 Speaker 2: of a back to back with no Zion Williamson and 345 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 2: they win in Dallas, and so just since then it 346 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 2: really started. You know, that's that's kind of when the 347 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 2: rumbles started. And like I said, by Sunday, I had 348 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 2: a pretty extensive piece detailing that this was really wearing 349 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 2: on ownership and just look, making this move. It doesn't 350 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 2: bring Luka Doncic back, obviously, and the Mavericks still have 351 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 2: a long long road to get back anywhere close to 352 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 2: where they were with Doncic, But emotionally, I mean this 353 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 2: making this move, you know, the Mavericks are hoping for 354 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 2: a vibe shift. Vibe shift. It's you know, an attempt 355 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 2: to try to win back an alienated fan base. But 356 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:34,360 Speaker 2: it's also ownership saying we can't have the guy who 357 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 2: made this trade that didn't work out, didn't come close 358 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 2: to working out. We can't have him being the guy 359 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 2: who is trying to steer us past it. And so 360 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 2: all of that is in play. And you know, by 361 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 2: last night in the building, yeah, you could feel something 362 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,439 Speaker 2: was something was looming. 363 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 4: Now I saw the headline mark twenty four year streak 364 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 4: of sellouts ended last night. Is that is that true. 365 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 2: It was actually no, it's actually in late October. Now, look, 366 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 2: the sellout streak was questioned on more than one occasion 367 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 2: over the years. But the point is October twenty ninth, 368 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 2: that's another game that it is just terrible three and 369 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 2: eight start for the MAVs where they've worked for a 370 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 2: while on course to have historically bad offense. Indiana comes 371 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 2: in here with as many injury problems as any team 372 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 2: in the league. They're missing everyone and they were a 373 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 2: wide open aaron Nie Smith wing three away from the 374 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 2: Pacers winning that game on Dallas's floor. So, I mean 375 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 2: it was just every home game except one win over 376 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 2: Toronto has been a mess. And so that was October 377 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 2: twenty ninth, and the MAVs very quietly didn't announce a 378 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 2: sellout for the first time since December two thousand and one, 379 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 2: talking nearly a quarter century that they themselves didn't officially 380 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:10,160 Speaker 2: announce the sellout. So yeah, it's just the the vitriol, 381 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 2: the toxicity, the negativity. I think it just took it 382 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 2: all took its toll. And basically Patrick Dumont, who look 383 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:25,160 Speaker 2: Patrick Dumont, felt the need this is I mean, really 384 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 2: the way he has operated since the trade was I 385 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 2: co signed this deal. I'm going to stand alongside Nico 386 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 2: Harrison because I made this trade with him. That's essentially 387 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 2: the way. Essentially the way sorry excuse me there, that's 388 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 2: the way Dumont has operated since February. But it just 389 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 2: got to the point I think where he has you know, 390 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 2: they just he just decided that we have to try 391 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 2: to move on and make the vibe in the building different. 392 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 2: And that's what we'll see Wednesday night when Phoenix is 393 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 2: in here. What how much did you know? How much 394 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 2: different will it be than it's been for the last 395 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 2: nine months? And also how long will it last? You know, 396 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 2: I'm sure Wednesday against the Sun, there's gonna be a 397 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 2: semblance of euphoria. But again, but but this roster is 398 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 2: still so far away. Anthony Davis has missed the last 399 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 2: six games with a cap strain. Lively's been out longer 400 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 2: than that. Kyrie Irving we still don't know when we're 401 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 2: going to see him after knee surgery in late March. 402 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 2: It's just it's just, you know, so they made this move, 403 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 2: but they're in no better position to win. So how 404 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 2: long is this gleeful reaction going to last. 405 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 1: Now, Mark Luca had a great start, is having a 406 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: great start, you know, already getting MVP talk what he's 407 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 1: doing so far in LA. Did his hot start have 408 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: a lot to do with Eco Harrison or was this 409 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: strictly what was going on inside the walls in Dallas. 410 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 2: I think it has to be a factor because he 411 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 2: looks sensational. But I mean, I think I feel like 412 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 2: I came on your Guys show every week from February 413 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 2: second on and said the same thing. I mean, he's 414 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 2: just he's a generational superstar. You cannot trade him. And 415 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 2: whatever issues you want to raise about his past, fitness, conditioning, 416 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 2: interaction with referees, whatever it is, like, go ahead, raise 417 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 2: the concerns you want to raise. But this guy is 418 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 2: on his worst day. He is one of the three 419 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 2: best players in the world. He never wakes up worse 420 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 2: than being Okay, let's expand it, your top three, top five, 421 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 2: whatever you know, you can, You could argue, argue at 422 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 2: any way you want, But on my scorecard, he wakes 423 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 2: up as a top three player every day. And now 424 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 2: you're seeing a guy who, in response to the trade 425 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 2: and everything he did this summer and addressed the concerns 426 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 2: about fitness and conditioning and shows up to the Lakers 427 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 2: in the best physical shape of his life and probably 428 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 2: the best mind frame he's been in to start a season. 429 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 2: And he's been absolutely fantastic. Yes, he's had to deal 430 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 2: with his own you know, he's been banged up a 431 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,199 Speaker 2: little bit, so he's missed a few games, but you know, 432 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 2: and same with Austin Reeves. But Ian Reeves are clicking 433 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 2: together fantastically, and without Lebron James, the Lakers are, you know, 434 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 2: in the upper reaches of the West. So I do 435 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 2: think that that is you know that that certainly it 436 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 2: certainly helped fuel some of the disappointment here in Dallas. 437 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 2: I mean just seeing but it's not a surprise to 438 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 2: anyone here in Dallas. Everybody. It's you know, Lucas still 439 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 2: has a zillion fans here in Dallas, and they're not surprised. 440 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 2: They expected him to. 441 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 4: Be this great Jason Smith Show with Mike Harbon here 442 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 4: Fox Sports Radio, in the Hotline with us joining us 443 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 4: as he does each and every week. He's a Hall 444 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 4: of Famer. Mark Stein at the Steinline on Twitter. You 445 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 4: find it mark Stein dot substack dot com as well 446 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,439 Speaker 4: go to his Twitter accounts Hee that cool Hall of 447 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 4: Fame card he's got there with Kobe Bryant, stay in 448 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 4: La Mark. Well, let's talk about Luca and Austin Reeves, 449 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 4: who Jason has a really big man crush on. What 450 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 4: happens when Lebron James Scotty Pippen. 451 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: Now he's Scottie Pippen on this team. 452 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 4: Look what he's doing to me. 453 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 2: I think they will be dangerous. I mean, look, it's 454 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 2: the West is weird because it is absolutely stacked, and 455 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 2: everyone talks about how tough it is and how even 456 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 2: you see, even Utah has been a tough out here. 457 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 2: In the early going, Portland has raised a lot of 458 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:03,479 Speaker 2: eyebrow with the way they play pace and speed and 459 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 2: ball pressure and obviously that we knew they were going 460 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 2: to be good defensively. So you know, everybody in the West, 461 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 2: seemingly everybody in the West are close to everybody in 462 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 2: the West can can beat you on any given night. 463 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 2: So on one hand, it's just it's you know, it's 464 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 2: such a deeper conference in the East. But on the 465 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 2: other hand, the thunder are still considered the runaway favorites 466 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 2: and has looked you know, they've lived up to it 467 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 2: here in the early season. But you know, are the 468 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 2: Lakers with Lebron added to the way Luca and Reeves 469 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 2: have started, you know, are they at the top of 470 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,199 Speaker 2: the next tier or at least, you know, forcing their 471 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 2: way into the next tier. I mean, you can see it. 472 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 2: I mean, and this is you know, this is what 473 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 2: Luca does. Like he he just raises the ceiling of 474 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 2: your team. And you know, MAVs fans were used to 475 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 2: that too. You know, in twenty one twenty two, Luca 476 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 2: took a Aim to the conference finals. You know, Jalen 477 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 2: Brunston was on the team too, and Jalen Brunston was 478 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 2: fantastic playing alongside Luca and proved, you know that he 479 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 2: had a much higher ceiling than he showed to that 480 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 2: point when he went to Jason's knicks. But it's just that, 481 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 2: like this is, this is what Luca has done in 482 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 2: his career. He just he makes your team more dangerous 483 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 2: than it might look like on paper. And you know, 484 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 2: we'll you know, we'll see, we'll see how you know, 485 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 2: does Lebron coming back mean that he can avoid a 486 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,719 Speaker 2: recurrence of his injury issues for the rest of the season. 487 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 2: Can he play sixty games, but I mean, I think 488 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 2: they're going to be interesting, all right. Now. 489 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: Lastly, Mark, let let's let's go back to when the 490 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,439 Speaker 1: trade was made. Right Obviously, Nico Harrison thought, we're not 491 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 1: going to get a Luca Don said, who was going 492 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: to be in shape that is committed. He's gonna miss games. 493 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: He's not taking care of his body. They make the 494 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 1: try to the Lakers, and of course it gets his attention, 495 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 1: and now he's got his body in shape, he's motivated. 496 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 1: If they did not trade Luca, would the Mavericks have 497 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: this Luca or would they have a Luca that is 498 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:13,879 Speaker 1: in and out of the lineup, not taking care of 499 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: his body, and and and we would have a different 500 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: situation in Dallas right now. 501 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 2: I want to believe that one way or another, that 502 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 2: you know, he would have come to the real realization 503 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,679 Speaker 2: that he's got to change some things, and the Mavericks 504 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 2: would ultimately see this player. You know, it's a what 505 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 2: if I guess nobody can can never answer. But like 506 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 2: just again, the thought of trading him was there was 507 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 2: nothing that we would ever consider. I mean, it's been 508 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 2: nine months and it's still I look at him sometimes 509 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 2: in a Lakers uniform last week I was at Lakers Spurs. 510 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 2: I mean, it's just like I still don't believe it. 511 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: Sometimes he's on Twitter at the Steinline. That is at 512 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 1: the Steinline. Check him out on Substack as well. Mark 513 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: is always buddy, appreciate your time with us. We'll talk 514 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: to you next week. Enjoy the games. Thanks so much. 515 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,199 Speaker 2: All right, there goes Mark even Hill. 516 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: I can't I still can't believe it. I know it 517 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 1: still looks I believe it. Yeah, it does. 518 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 4: Like you go to look up a gift and it's like, no, 519 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 4: it still looks weird. It gets photoshopped. 520 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, you know. The first time that 521 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 1: hit me. I remember was when Jose Conseco got traded 522 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,919 Speaker 1: to the Rangers, and I'm like that, just like they 523 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: better let him wear his a's uniform playing for the Rangers. 524 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: It just looks he just looks weird in the Rangers universe. Yeah, 525 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: that looks bad. Sometimes it just doesn't make sense, like 526 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: it's in congres. Yeah, like check didn't matter. You can 527 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: picture him in any of the NBA uniforms after a while. Yeah, 528 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: still doesn't make sense that that photoshop is still working. 529 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 2: Man. 530 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: You know the kids wearing the Luca uniform with the Lakers. 531 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: It's Mandam weird Man time now to find out what's 532 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: trending in the wide world of sports. From Special Delivery 533 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: Steve Disager, who has more on the biggest NBA story 534 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: of the night, the Nick scoring one hundred and thirty 535 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: points of the third straight game in another big win. 536 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 6: Steve o still undefeated at home. I do believe Knicks 537 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 6: have won five in a row. 538 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: Overall. 539 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 6: They're up to seven and three one thirty three to 540 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 6: one twenty the final over Memphis thirty two points for 541 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 6: Jalen Brunson. Nix is a team from three point range 542 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 6: twenty two for fifty five. That includes og Ananobi's one 543 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 6: for ten from long distance one and ten record for 544 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 6: the Brooklyn Nets after losing home. 545 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: To toront a record for most reason a game, and 546 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: you focus on the guy going one for. 547 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 6: Ten because the gunner put him up to fifty five 548 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 6: as a thank you. 549 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:48,480 Speaker 4: There you go. 550 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 6: Of course, it couldn't beat Ky Cunningham last night that 551 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 6: we talked about, but that's another story. It's a one 552 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 6: to ten record for the Indiana as well, lost at 553 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 6: Utah one fifty two to one. Twenty eight. Philadelphia edge 554 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 6: Boston one oh two, one hundred Celtics record five and seven. 555 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 6: Joel and Beta the Sixers was out again tonight with 556 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 6: a sore knee, and Oklahoma City is eleven and one 557 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 6: after ripping Golden State one twenty six one oh two. 558 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 6: Shay gilgas Alexander in twenty eight minutes at twenty eight 559 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 6: points and eleven assists, and the late game is not 560 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 6: yet mid third quarter at Sacramento, Denver leading the Kings 561 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 6: seventy three to sixty seven. The Mavericks fire general manager 562 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 6: Nico Harrison. Tonight, the NBA announced a new format for 563 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 6: this season's All Star Game, the US against the World 564 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 6: in LA in February to college basketball wins for Gonzaga 565 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 6: and Illinois. Louisville beat rival Kentucky ninety six eighty eight 566 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 6: six stranked Michigan won in overtime in Detroit against Wake 567 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 6: Forest eighty five eighty four, and number ten Florida edge 568 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 6: Florida State seventy eight seventy six. Central Connecticut won at 569 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 6: Boston College tonight, sixty to fifty nine with a late layup. 570 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: Yes, CCSU go get him Broadcasting school. 571 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 6: By the way I saw a Sunny Delhi. I have 572 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 6: never heard of this school. 573 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, Suny Deli. It's where you go to get sandwiches 574 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: when you go to when you go to school, Sunny 575 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: Deli is great. 576 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 6: It's the India campus. It's a heck of a commute 577 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 6: from the Tri State area. The NHL scoreboard, it's pretty 578 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 6: much old done. The late game has Winnipeg with a 579 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 6: minute and a half left, leading four to two at Vancouver, 580 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 6: but Boston won. At seventh game in a row, Colorado 581 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 6: and Washington each one. Dallas got an overtime win LA 582 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 6: five to one winner at Montreal. In the new college 583 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,960 Speaker 6: football Playoff rankings, the top five stay the same, led 584 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 6: by number one Ohio State. Texas Tech is up to 585 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 6: number six. Texas is up to number ten. That could 586 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 6: be very important because number eleven Oklahoma right now would 587 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 6: not make the playoff. The ACC's highest ranked would. That's 588 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,960 Speaker 6: number fifteen Miami right now number twenty four South Florida 589 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 6: would get in as the best of the group of 590 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 6: five teams. College football selection Sunday is December seventh, By 591 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,040 Speaker 6: the way, the first round is at campus sites, and 592 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 6: that's due to start with a Friday night game about 593 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 6: a week before Christmas, and then the other three games 594 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 6: in the first round will be on Saturday, December twentieth. 595 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 6: As of now, number nine Notre Dame would open at 596 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 6: number eight Oregon next month. The top four would get 597 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 6: first round byes. Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter is out for 598 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 6: the year after knee surgery. The American League Manager of 599 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 6: the Year is Cleveland Stephen Vote. He won it seventeen 600 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 6: votes to ten over Toronto's John Schneider, and he won 601 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 6: this last year. The NL Manager of the Year the 602 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 6: guy who won it last year the Brewers Pat Murphy. 603 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,200 Speaker 6: He received twenty seven of the thirty first place votes 604 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 6: his Milwaukee squad and the number one overall seed with 605 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 6: ninety seven wins. The Big MLB Award results continue this 606 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 6: week Wednesday the cy Young winners Thursday, the MVPs will 607 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 6: find out in the al if it's Cal Rawley or 608 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:49,480 Speaker 6: Aaron Judge on Thursday. 609 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: Back to you, Thank you, Steve el and clearly. John 610 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 1: Schneider not winning Manager of the Year, but continues to 611 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: fight the system like a true modern day Robin Hood DJ. 612 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 1: Get out DJ, Clearly John Schneider straightening the curves flatten 613 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: in the hills. Someday the Mountain might get him, but 614 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:18,959 Speaker 1: he'll never become manager of the Year in the American League. DJ, Hey, 615 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:23,360 Speaker 1: thank you, thank You'll be here all week the only 616 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: way he knows. How do you think Waylon Jennings would 617 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: have announced, like hey, about to have the manager of 618 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: the Year vote. Don't think John Schneider is going to 619 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: win it for the paycheck. 620 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 4: He would have been the balladeer, the trumandoor for whatever 621 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 4: you needed him. 622 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: Exit ut out a Fresca exit swollen dome. Coming up next, 623 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: we continue on with the biggest story of the day. 624 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: And if you ever think fans don't have power us, 625 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: fans don't have power in sports. Oh no, no, because 626 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: it was fans that made a huge decision today and 627 00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: got somebody fired. That's next Jason and Mike. Fox Sports. 628 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 3: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 629 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 3: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 630 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,280 Speaker 3: pm Pacific, Fox. 631 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with My best friend 632 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: Mike Harmon Midnight Basketball midway through the third quarter. 633 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, Sacramento seventy eight, seventy two to Midnight Basketball League. 634 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 4: All right, it's almost one am East Coast time. But 635 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:27,000 Speaker 4: you get basketball live through the nights and then we 636 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,720 Speaker 4: get a game in Madrid for the NFL on Sunday, 637 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 4: so we got it covered. 638 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,720 Speaker 1: And we need that because you know we have Jets 639 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: Patriots on Thursday night. How Come they didn't export that, 640 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. So thanks to Mark Stein for stopping 641 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,920 Speaker 1: by NBA inside er Mavericks inside or all the latest 642 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: on Nico Harrison getting fired by the Mavericks today ostensibly 643 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: because he traded Luka Donsig to the Lakers. Now here's 644 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 1: the thing. The Mavericks fire Nico Harrison. They did not. 645 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,279 Speaker 1: They did not fire Nico Harrison. That now that may 646 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,879 Speaker 1: be the official wording, Hey we've decided to make a move, 647 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 1: and DuPont saying, hey, we're gonna go in different ways. 648 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 4: Pere DuPont. 649 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 1: Neverick to Pierre DuPont. Dumont. The Mavericks didn't fire Nico Harrison. 650 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:23,920 Speaker 1: The fans fired Nico Harrison. You think fans don't have power, 651 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,480 Speaker 1: and you hear gms and owners say, you know, he 652 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 1: want us a part of the fans, but they don't 653 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,879 Speaker 1: run this team. We don't do it. They now, the 654 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: fans fired Nico Harrison because the Mavericks. The one missed 655 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: The big mistake they made about this trade was they 656 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: didn't take into account just how bad a revolt the 657 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 1: fans were going to have when Luca got traded. Okay, 658 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a shock, we're gonna move past it, 659 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,839 Speaker 1: and we're gonna wind up being better in the long run. Now, 660 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,319 Speaker 1: you can agree or disagree with the strategy, but the 661 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,319 Speaker 1: one thing they didn't take into account was, boy, the 662 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:03,799 Speaker 1: fans are pay Nine months later, they're still pissed. You 663 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 1: can't have a fan base continually mad against the team. 664 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:11,440 Speaker 1: You can't have that. I'm sorry, you absolutely cannot. And 665 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,200 Speaker 1: when they started out this year, Okay, we have a 666 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: clean slate and Cooper Flag is here, we're gonna be great. 667 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,320 Speaker 1: But you know what, you start out three and eleven 668 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,560 Speaker 1: and you play every game at home and you can't win. 669 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 1: You heard Mark Stein line up the losses the Wizards 670 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,359 Speaker 1: and nearly to the Pacers, who were terrible. How are 671 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: you going to spend that? You can't? And so when 672 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:35,400 Speaker 1: you have a guy that stands for the angst and 673 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,279 Speaker 1: the hatred and you see him at every game and 674 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,680 Speaker 1: he's on the floor and every time you get on 675 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:43,960 Speaker 1: social media and your GM's name is out there, it's 676 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,360 Speaker 1: a negative headline and a bad optic. Yeah, you have 677 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,800 Speaker 1: to let him go. The fans didn't get passed, and 678 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,000 Speaker 1: I'm sure the Mavericks thought, it's gonna be a shock. 679 00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:54,360 Speaker 1: We get through this season, they'll see we're built a 680 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 1: little bit differently. Wasn't the greatest relationship with Luca and 681 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 1: the Mavericks. We had to move on than give him 682 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,680 Speaker 1: three hundred million dollars. We're building around ad. Hey, we 683 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,800 Speaker 1: get Cooper flag Boy, we hit it, Lucky Man a 684 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,480 Speaker 1: D and Kyrie and Cooper flag We're gonna be great. No, 685 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:13,840 Speaker 1: they're still chanting fire Nico at every game. Every image 686 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 1: of this guy is a reminder of a trade that 687 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: everybody is still mad about. You need a clean slate, 688 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,839 Speaker 1: You need to be able to wipe everything away and 689 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: start over. And that's what's gonna happen, As mark Stein said, 690 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,000 Speaker 1: Look Wednesday night, when they play the Suns, it's gonna 691 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,720 Speaker 1: be euphoria. They I'm sure they will chant we fired Nico. 692 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 1: Instead of fire Nico. They'll chant we fired Nico, and 693 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,400 Speaker 1: that'll be a big thing. It'll be cathartic, but you 694 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,560 Speaker 1: have to move on. You have to start over and 695 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:42,040 Speaker 1: wipe the sleigh clean. And that was how you did it. 696 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,759 Speaker 1: Nine months later. They didn't think the fans would still 697 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: be this piss they are. You can't have fans pissed 698 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 1: at a franchise. It doesn't work going forward. The fans 699 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:51,200 Speaker 1: fired Nico It. 700 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:54,560 Speaker 4: It always comes back to it. Winning cures all and 701 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 4: you're not winning. And even Cooper Flag having some big moments, 702 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,439 Speaker 4: some big games, some firsts and all all of those 703 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:04,080 Speaker 4: things that you want to celebrate, they still suck. Right 704 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,200 Speaker 4: as we talk with Mark Stein, I mean that loss 705 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:10,000 Speaker 4: to the Pelicans is about as low as you can get. Right, 706 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:14,480 Speaker 4: it's after Zion's already off the court. They're essentially winless 707 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:18,359 Speaker 4: on the year, and you have this where they roll 708 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 4: in on the second night of back to back, right, 709 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,960 Speaker 4: they won the night before. But all of that to 710 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,680 Speaker 4: say that you got short lived goodwill with the drafting 711 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 4: of Cooper Flag. The basketball gods smiled on you for 712 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,759 Speaker 4: a moment. And he doesn't have the luxury. Remember the 713 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,439 Speaker 4: Brad Pitt thing and money ball. Oh I don't watch 714 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:37,680 Speaker 4: the games, like no, no, no. He goes and he 715 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,560 Speaker 4: courts it and even if you were to hide it 716 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:44,839 Speaker 4: doesn't matter because he's still the symbol, the emblem of 717 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,359 Speaker 4: what that team is. And you know, we talk about 718 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,799 Speaker 4: the calculus of what the team might have been if 719 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:52,840 Speaker 4: it all broke right, Well, it took a lot of things. 720 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 4: It was going to take a lot of things to 721 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 4: break right to match the highs that you had of Luca. 722 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,880 Speaker 4: And people are invested with however, which they've spent on 723 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,640 Speaker 4: the jerseys and the tickets, and and he's been the 724 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 4: face of your franchise, a guy that seemed to be 725 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,799 Speaker 4: really well liked by the fan base, not a guy 726 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,319 Speaker 4: that ever was at arm's length at any point, right, 727 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,080 Speaker 4: he was their guy. Uh, And just like that, it 728 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 4: was torn asunders. So, yeah, Nico Harrison, if they'd won 729 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 4: games out of the jump because of all those home games, 730 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,920 Speaker 4: maybe you get a little bit of love. But that 731 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,279 Speaker 4: was gonna be fleeting right as soon as there was 732 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,520 Speaker 4: a downturn, it was gonna come back on him. And 733 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,560 Speaker 4: unfortunately you got to have a fall guy owner and 734 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,799 Speaker 4: firing himself. He ain't gonna put out a statement say 735 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:39,800 Speaker 4: well we all did this, leave Nico alone. Nope, sorry, 736 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:43,160 Speaker 4: Nico alone. Halftag, leave Nico alone, like that guy crying 737 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:48,840 Speaker 4: for Britney Spears. Leave Britney alone, Leave Nico alone. It 738 00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,239 Speaker 4: was a joint to sit. No, no, no, it's all him. 739 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:53,160 Speaker 4: It was all It was all him. 740 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,279 Speaker 1: I mean, look, everybody had to weigh in on it, 741 00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:58,640 Speaker 1: everybody had to sign off on it. But that's why 742 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,600 Speaker 1: nine months, Okay, we got away from everything. I get it, 743 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,240 Speaker 1: but this is this is our chance. As mark Stein 744 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,120 Speaker 1: told us, Hey, they wanted to give Nico the whole year, 745 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,280 Speaker 1: but this has just started so badly and the fans 746 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,600 Speaker 1: are still so mad. They really had no choice. I 747 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,919 Speaker 1: mean I get it, I get why why they had 748 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,879 Speaker 1: to do it. And and even if, no matter what 749 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,560 Speaker 1: kind of GM you think he is, if the fans 750 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,440 Speaker 1: want something so badly, you kind of have to give 751 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,799 Speaker 1: it to him. I always remember Steve Phillips where GM went, 752 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:30,839 Speaker 1: former GM and the Mets. 753 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:30,960 Speaker 5: Now. 754 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:34,640 Speaker 1: He had issues at you know, outside obviously at ESPN, 755 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:36,239 Speaker 1: but I remember him coming on the show with me 756 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,840 Speaker 1: once and I asked them about, you know, fan bases 757 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:41,799 Speaker 1: and powers they have, and he said, listen, if the 758 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:45,200 Speaker 1: team isn't winning and the fan base is revolting, and 759 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:49,240 Speaker 1: his anti team and is pissed at the team. Then yeah, 760 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,640 Speaker 1: you have to make a change. And I understood that. 761 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,000 Speaker 1: I understood that things are so bad and when it 762 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,880 Speaker 1: gets toxic, you have to make a change to just 763 00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,600 Speaker 1: take the temperature down and go forward. So when he 764 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:02,839 Speaker 1: would let go a couple of times a jam, look, 765 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,680 Speaker 1: I understand, I understand it works that way. That's kind 766 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 1: of what the Mavericks had no choice but to do. 767 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:09,839 Speaker 1: I mean, we have to listen to the fan. We 768 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,719 Speaker 1: can't let the fans go through this. We can't have 769 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,040 Speaker 1: this hanging over us anymore, this dark cloud. 770 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,680 Speaker 4: No, I mean you also saw it and start translating 771 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,200 Speaker 4: to the box office. Brought it up about the ticket sales. 772 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,520 Speaker 4: Now it goes back to the end of October where 773 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,319 Speaker 4: they first started to see the trickle down. But as 774 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 4: the season goes and it goes south, guess what, any 775 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,880 Speaker 4: of that walk up gate is gone. You're back to 776 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:32,080 Speaker 4: the advertising of who's coming to town to try to 777 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:33,480 Speaker 4: sell those extra tickets. 778 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,839 Speaker 1: Hey, Lucas, go oh, no, we didn't need to sell 779 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: Exit al Valda Fresca Exit Swollen Dome. Jason Smith Mike 780 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:44,200 Speaker 1: Harmon Live from the Fox Sports Radio studios next, you're 781 00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:47,040 Speaker 1: not gonna believe what head coach is being mentioned with 782 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:47,839 Speaker 1: the Giants head