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Speaker 2: joined by Chad Andres one oh four point three in Denver.

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Speaker 2: He's been in the belly of the beast all year.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure he's not surprised by what he's seeing, neither

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Speaker 2: right place. We got a lot to talk about tonight.

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Speaker 2: Welcome in the Bernie Fraddle Show. Will take you all

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Speaker 2: the way to three am Pacific, six am Eastern, and

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Speaker 2: as they say in Duluth, Minnesota, it's gonna be lit.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of lit, what the Denver Nuggets did tonight should

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Speaker 2: only surprise a couple of people, and I'm not gonna

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Speaker 2: name names, Nick Wright, Shannon Sharp. Look, the bottom line

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Speaker 2: is this. The Denver Nuggets all year have been the

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Speaker 2: best team in the West. They've been the most balanced,

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Speaker 2: They've been the most complete team. They average one hundred

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Speaker 2: and twenty five points per one hundred possessions. They are

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Speaker 2: forty two and foward home. When Nicola Jokic plays, by

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Speaker 2: the way, who's the happens to be the first center

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Speaker 2: and the real MVP. Let's be honest to average the

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Speaker 2: first center to average a triple double for the season,

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Speaker 2: and when they're write the history books. I want to

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Speaker 2: give a tip of the captain the Lakers and especially Darvingham.

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Speaker 2: It's been a very memorable and to a degree exciting

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Speaker 2: looked like a drunk crossing an icy street. They cleaned

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Speaker 2: up house, give it up to Rob Polenka, former Michigan man,

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Speaker 2: basically reimagined the roster at the trade deadline, got rid

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Speaker 2: of one Russell, brought in another Russell. Other players became

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Speaker 2: role players. They came together in the hole, were better

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Speaker 2: than the sum of their parts. But when they stepped

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Speaker 2: going to be the Memphis Grizzlies without Steven Adams or

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Speaker 2: in the right spot. We'll get to that later. This

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Speaker 2: wasn't going to be the dysfunctional Golden State Warriors who

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Speaker 2: never recovered from the punch, and they told you as much.

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Speaker 2: And they didn't have protectors and Lakers were a nightmare

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Speaker 2: matchup for them. John Wooden once said, the Great John

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Speaker 2: Wooden pressure cusses some people to break causes other to

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Speaker 2: break records. And Nikole Jokic has broken records this year,

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Speaker 2: and I'm glad to see that he's getting his flowers.

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Speaker 2: My main concern for the Lakers, and irrespective of the

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Speaker 2: it eight weeks ago and now you're seeing it. They

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Speaker 2: ways you've already seen that. But the Lakers are gassed?

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Speaker 2: How is it? I you know, Mark Medeena and I

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Speaker 2: Ad and Lebron are gonna have to average thirty eight

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Speaker 2: And I think it did. They're playing hard. I don't

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Speaker 2: I think Lebron played like forty two minutes tonight. AD

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Speaker 2: the whole litany, all right, when you look at Denver tonight,

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Speaker 2: and they've done this throughout the year. Actually, they weathered

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Speaker 2: and they show a certain poise. They show what I

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Speaker 2: the whole thing. What I wanted to say was one

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Speaker 2: they weren't. They were sauntering back on defense. I'm not

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Speaker 2: sure if they were simply conserving energy or that's as

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Speaker 2: And Denver took massive advantage of it early. And yes,

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Speaker 2: I realized that Denver did blow a fourteen point, fourteen

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Speaker 2: I'm all about the story, and that is Jamal Murray

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Speaker 2: because there's a backstory here. You saw him. He ran

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Speaker 2: Murray's clearly been a key cod for the Nuggets, not

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Speaker 2: But here's why this story is great. There was a

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Speaker 2: time when Jamal Murray was questioning his future in Denver

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Speaker 2: because you may or may not remember, he missed the

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Speaker 2: It said, are you guys gonna trade me? I? Do

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Speaker 2: you think I'm damaged? Goods now? And it actually brought

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Speaker 2: You're gonna be better. And then Jamal Murray had tears

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Speaker 2: and you're gonna be a better player for it. Five

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Speaker 2: he returned at the start of this pass campaign in October.

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Speaker 2: Played sixty five games for the Nuggets, left note no

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Speaker 2: Jamal Murray, he was clearly anything but damage goods on

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Speaker 2: Saturday Night, thirty seven points fifteen to twenty nine from

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, just for the hell of at seven rebounds

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Speaker 2: Western Conference Finals against the Lakers, he's shooting forty six

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Speaker 2: that's the stuff greatness and legends are made of. I

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Speaker 2: love that story when I heard it, his faith was rewarded,

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Speaker 2: and I believe that the Denver Nuggets are on their way.

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Speaker 2: I should have had him on a couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 2: He's in the Belly of the Beast at Denver, a

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Speaker 2: well as Denver Sports dot Com. Chad, it's been a

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Speaker 2: hope you're doing well. Thanks for staying up late tonight.

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Speaker 6: If I'm gonna stay up late for anybody, it's gonna

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Speaker 6: be one of my Vegas guys, Bernie every time, no worries.

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Speaker 6: We can't get to sleep after these Nuggets playoff games anyway,

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Speaker 2: It's on me. I should have done it two weeks ago,

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Speaker 2: and I'll tell you why, because you saw what has

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Speaker 2: I want to focus on one thing that's very bothersome

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Speaker 2: want to hear your perspective from behind the four walls

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Speaker 2: in Denver. Even tonight at halftime with the Lakers trailing

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Speaker 2: by three, Stephen A. Smith, Jalen Rose, Wilbond, They're a

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Speaker 6: get introduced to Nicola Jokic now when he plays Lebron

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Speaker 6: These are ESPN employees that are carrying the games. They're

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Speaker 2: And we're talking about a guy in Nikola Jokic who's

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Speaker 2: Let's go.

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Speaker 6: Let's try something health right. You cannot defend the guy.

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Speaker 6: I don't care how how you are as an elite

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Speaker 2: And you just nailed it. You really can't appreciate what

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Speaker 2: Have you noticed that as well? Were there are times

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Speaker 6: Yeah, And they're certainly not a perfect team by any means.

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Speaker 2: Chad Andres one oh four point three defen in Denver

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Speaker 2: Denver sports dot Com. Chad, tell the folks more about

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Speaker 2: Mike Malone. I don't think he gets enough credit. He

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Speaker 6: He will die on the hill for all of his players.

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Speaker 6: He loves his guys, and not just as basketball players

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Speaker 8: You know.

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Speaker 6: It allowed everybody in Denver to breathe a sigh of

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's one hundred percent the case. And Jamal Murray

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Speaker 6: Clearly, Miami would be interesting because of the way Jimmy

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Speaker 6: Butler is playing, and you don't know if Tyler Harrow

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Speaker 6: can come back for a potential NBA Finals series. I

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Speaker 6: don't think anybody had that on the brain when he

434
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Speaker 6: got hurt against Milwaukee. You know, these teams have a

435
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Speaker 6: little bit of history from the Markis Morris incident in

436
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Speaker 6: Denver a couple of years ago. He's obviously no longer there,

437
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Speaker 6: but Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry, those guys were very vocal

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Speaker 6: and upset about that at the time. I don't know

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Speaker 6: if that will be played up as much of a storyline,

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Speaker 6: but honestly, you know, when I look at this, Bernie,

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Speaker 6: I see twenty eleven Dark Novitsky couldn't get over the hump,

442
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Speaker 6: swept Kobe's Lakers went on beat Miami in the finals.

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Speaker 6: I see Nikola Jokic couldn't get over the hump, took

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Speaker 6: a lot of criticism. He's going to sweep Lebrons Lakers.

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Speaker 6: He's going to go to the finals, and he's gonna

446
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Speaker 6: beat Miami and win a championship in the finals.

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Speaker 2: MVP Chad outstanding, my friend and let's get you on again.

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Speaker 2: And as we get closer to football, we want to

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Speaker 2: get your thoughts on the upcoming Sean.

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Speaker 6: Payton Era anytime a man, A great night.

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Speaker 2: Chad, Thanks so much as Chad andres one to four

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Speaker 2: point three the fan in Denver and Denver Sports dot

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Speaker 2: Com very much, bellying the beast. I wish I'd have

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Speaker 2: had Chad on two weeks ago. I want to give

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Speaker 2: him his flowers because he has never wavered from the

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00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,520
Speaker 2: potential of this Denver team and how they were constructed

457
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Speaker 2: and how they have you sort of prosecuted their offense

458
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Speaker 2: and now you are seeing it up close and personal.

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Speaker 2: Coming up, we look to the Eastern Conference Finals. Boston

460
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Speaker 2: has fallen down to nothing. What's gone wrong with the Celtics?

461
00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,160
Speaker 2: How much is fixable? How much is not fixable. I'll

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Speaker 2: break it down for you, but first let's go to

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Speaker 2: our guy Nick Cope with the latest.

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Speaker 5: All right, good evening, Bernie, And speaking of the Nuggets,

465
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Speaker 5: this is the closest they have ever been to the

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Speaker 5: finals in their forty seven year history of the franchise.

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Speaker 5: Just one win away from the NBA Finals, a one

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Speaker 5: nineteen to one away to win over the Lakers Saturday

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Speaker 5: in La had For the Lakers, it was their first

470
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Speaker 5: loss at home in the entire playoffs. Stramal Murray led

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Speaker 5: all scores with thirty seven. Nikola Jochiz not a triple double,

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Speaker 5: but very balanced twenty four point, six re bounds, eight assists.

473
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Speaker 5: Anthony Davis led the Lakers with a double double twenty

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Speaker 5: eight points in eighteen boards. Lebron had a double double

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Speaker 5: himself twenty three points and twelve assists. Austin Reeves also

476
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Speaker 5: scored twenty three as well. Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Final,

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Speaker 5: Matthew could Chuck did it again. He scored the overtime

478
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Speaker 5: winner for the Panthers for the second straight game. Florida

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Speaker 5: takes a two zero series lead on the Carolina Hurricanes

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Speaker 5: two to one the final on Saturday, so after it

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Speaker 5: took four overtimes on Thursday, could Chuck in the Panthers

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Speaker 5: able to score less than two minutes into the first

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Speaker 5: overtime on Saturday. PG Championship Brooks Koepka leads after fifty

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Speaker 5: four holes. He's at six hunder for the tournament. Rainy

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Speaker 5: conditions on Saturday, but Kepka closed with three birdies on

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Speaker 5: his final seven holes, Victor Honvlin and Corey Conner's one

487
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Speaker 5: shot back, Bryce and De Shambo, Scottie Shuffler, Roy McElroy

488
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Speaker 5: all in the mix entering Sunday's final round and one

489
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Speaker 5: of the big stories coming out of the first three

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Speaker 5: rounds Michael. He's a club pro in Southern California. They

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Speaker 5: do this for the PGA Championship, where twenty club pros

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Speaker 5: gain admission into the tournament, and BLOC is tied for eighth.

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Speaker 5: He is even for the tournament. Most of those twenty

494
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Speaker 5: club pros each year don't even make the cut, so

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Speaker 5: BLOC is having quite the Cinderella run. In horse racing,

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Speaker 5: National Treasure, a horse trained by Bob Bafford, won the

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Speaker 5: Preakness Derby champ Mage finished in third laid scores. In baseball,

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Speaker 5: Red Sox won their fourth to row, beating the p

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Speaker 5: Andres four to two. Joey Gallo hit his fourth home

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Speaker 5: run in seven games. Twins defeated the Angels six to two.

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Speaker 5: Mariners took down the top team in the al least

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Speaker 5: That's the Brain seven to three. The final four Seattle

503
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Speaker 5: Cardinals over the Dodgers six to five. Saint Louis has

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Speaker 5: now won seven of nine after they had a dismal

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Speaker 5: start to the season. Bernie, back to you, all.

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Speaker 2: Right, thanks Nick. So after all the attention on the

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Speaker 2: Western Conference Final, perhaps the Eastern Conference Final, he's been

508
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Speaker 2: a bit of an after thought, especially since Boston laid

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Speaker 2: an egg in their first two home games. Plenty of

510
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,160
Speaker 2: blame to pass around. Now they head to Miami where

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Speaker 2: the Celtics Sunday are a three point favorite. Can they

512
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 2: steal one? If you get one, then you know what.

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Speaker 2: The road to China begins with a single step. Here's

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Speaker 2: what's interesting about this series, though it seems like a

515
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,359
Speaker 2: distant memory now, but after the first half of Game

516
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Speaker 2: one of the Eastern Conference Finals, it looked like the

517
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Speaker 2: Celtics were off, you know, out on the right foot.

518
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:35,040
Speaker 2: They were cruising would hopefully have been a comfortable victory.

519
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 2: They were out playing the heat on both sides of

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Speaker 2: the floor, both ends of the floor. They're leading sixty

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Speaker 2: six fifty seven. And then the third quarter happened. Something

522
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,840
Speaker 2: happened after halftime. Maybe somebody got a bad hot dog.

523
00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:48,840
Speaker 2: It's like you're eating a bad hot dog when you

524
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,399
Speaker 2: make your turn on the golf course and you're in

525
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,959
Speaker 2: the back nine. It's sitting in your gut right. Well,

526
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 2: the Heat actually started the third quarter. They dug themselves

527
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 2: into a deeper hole by trailing by twelve, but by

528
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,879
Speaker 2: the end they were leading by twelve. Day somehow, the

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Speaker 2: Heat remarkably scored forty six points while holding the Celtics

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Speaker 2: to twenty five in the third quarter. The Celtics won

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Speaker 2: every other court of the game, but they ended up

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Speaker 2: with a luss because of the brutal third quarter. So

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Speaker 2: exactly what the hell has happened? Because there has to

534
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,879
Speaker 2: be a serians confluence of events, and when these events

535
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 2: take place, you have to ask yourself. You've heard the

536
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 2: old saying control the controllables. Well, what's fixable and what's

537
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 2: not fixable. What's not fixable is if you watch the Heat.

538
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 2: They managed to hit a bunch of tough shots. The

539
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 2: Celtics did play pretty decent defense at times in the

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00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 2: third quarter in Game one, but it didn't matter because

541
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,400
Speaker 2: the Heat couldn't miss. They shot sixty eight percent from

542
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,399
Speaker 2: behind the arc, sixty five percent overall. And when you

543
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 2: got a guy like Max Strus hitting threes with a

544
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 2: hand in his face, well you tip your cap and

545
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 2: you say have a nice day. Now. The Celtics also

546
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 2: have been choosing to single cover bam Amadio and you

547
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,480
Speaker 2: isolate them against their big men. Abbadai get a bunch

548
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 2: of tough shots in those situations on picking rolls. So

549
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,439
Speaker 2: everything they threw up went in. And you know how

550
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 2: basketball is, when the ball goes through the hoop, everything

551
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 2: looks better. And those are the plays the Celtics said,

552
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Speaker 2: we'll give these up rather than bring help and potentially

553
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 2: and now we'll bring help, will bring help defense rather

554
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:24,399
Speaker 2: than potentially allow an open three. Okay, well that didn't

555
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 2: work so good. Here's something it is fixable for the

556
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 2: Boston Celtics. Their transition defense was not good. There was

557
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Speaker 2: a barrage of shots made that were tough shots that

558
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 2: seemed to change the Celtics and get in their head

559
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,080
Speaker 2: and sap some of their energy. So as a result

560
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 2: of that, what's defense defense is desire. Their transition defense

561
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 2: was solid at points, but then they gave up twelve

562
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 2: fast break points, which is blow average, but none of

563
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 2: those came in the third quarter. Match those up with

564
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Speaker 2: the open threes that were banging and it becomes the

565
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:06,200
Speaker 2: forty six point quarter. However, if the Celtics transition defense

566
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 2: and their intensity gets where, you know, back where it

567
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 2: needs to be. As Jalen Brown said after the game, well,

568
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Speaker 2: then the Celtics have found themselves something that's correctable, because

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Speaker 2: when you make mistakes in transition defense, that's that's mental focus.

570
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 2: That's mental focus. You end up giving up playoffs. You

571
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 2: don't get bodies on the glass, you don't get offensive rebounds.

572
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 2: And the heat. They're a team that gets to fifty

573
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Speaker 2: to fifty balls, they get on the floor, they'll pounce

574
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 2: on mistakes. It sounds simple, but if you draw the heat,

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Speaker 2: if the heat will draw you into a fistfight and

576
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 2: a phone booth that's where the heat live, they're gonna

577
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Speaker 2: You're gonna lose. They're built for this, and I'm not

578
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 2: so sure the Celtics are something else that's not fixable.

579
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Speaker 2: The Celtics get a lot of whistles and they blame

580
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 2: the refs, and they got calls that could go either way.

581
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 2: That happened happened tonight's Lakers game. Lebron's always crying and

582
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 2: throwing his arms up, but you know they get more

583
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:02,560
Speaker 2: free throws than anybody else. But at the end, who

584
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 2: wins the game, but the heat got into the bonus

585
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 2: and they made those calls more important. Derek White was

586
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 2: a victim of some calls he didn't like. He had

587
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 2: a touch follow on Jimmy both Butler in that game,

588
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 2: and there was a very late whistle and that that

589
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 2: has that has a tendency to sap the life out

590
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Speaker 2: of some teams, including the Celtics and with their young

591
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 2: coach Joe Missoula, as a field general, your you know,

592
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 2: your team always takes on the personality of your field general.

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Speaker 2: I'm not really sure if Joe Missoula has done a

594
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 2: good job. Okay, he took over in for difficult circumstances

595
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 2: in the beginning of the year. You don't need just

596
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 2: to retell the story. But they're in a different situation

597
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,120
Speaker 2: now and he's getting his butt out coached by eRx Bolster,

598
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 2: which is not surprising. But there's something missing in terms

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00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 2: of the dynamic, in terms of what I would consider

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00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 2: to be sort of the kindred spirit that I would

601
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:55,719
Speaker 2: believe that Missoula has with his players. I'm not something's missing, okay.

602
00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 2: So there are things that that are fixed and there

603
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 2: are things that aren't fixable. And I would say that

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00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 2: some of the matchups that Boston has with the Heat,

605
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 2: like Peyton Pritchard, Okay and Butler. Jimmy Butler just hunted

606
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 2: Prichard when he was on the floor and he got

607
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 2: his spots, he shot over him. Kyle Lowry was able

608
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 2: to get Prichard hung up on screens. The Heat also

609
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 2: did a very good job. They were exploiting any size

610
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:30,120
Speaker 2: mismatch that bam Abadeo had. The Heat can be very

611
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 2: surgical and how they attack a defense and break them down,

612
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:38,400
Speaker 2: that's coaching. That's coaching. Something that's also fixable that Joe

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00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 2: Mosula timeout usage now. Mosoula has been an advocate of

614
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 2: letting his players figure it out for themselves all season,

615
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 2: which is the exact opposite of what Chuck Daly used

616
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 2: to do. I had a conversation about Chuck daily about

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00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,280
Speaker 2: this and how to take advantage of timeouts and I'll

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00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 2: make timeouts work in your favor, and how to point

619
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,240
Speaker 2: things out individually and collectively during a timeout that could

620
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 2: change a game. And Missoula's drawing criticism for not calling

621
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 2: timeouts sooner to regroup his team sometimes during a run.

622
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 2: He only called one timeout in that third quarter with

623
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 2: over six minutes remaining. That was a forty six point quarter. Now,

624
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 2: the other thing is is that, look, there's a psychological

625
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 2: aspect to the game. And you know, a shooter comes

626
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 2: off the screen one side of the floor. They run

627
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 2: the same play over and over. You see mid range fadeaways,

628
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 2: you see floaters, you see three or four passes. The

629
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 2: reason the Heat scored forty six points in the first quarter, why,

630
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 2: by the way, which is the most core and they

631
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 2: check that third quarter in game one, geting ahead of

632
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,480
Speaker 2: myself the most points the Miami Heat is scored in

633
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 2: the franchise history. It didn't happen because of one specific thing.

634
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 2: It was a combination of a bunch of different factors.

635
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 2: Part of it was luck, most of it was good execution,

636
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 2: finding mismatches and the lack of focus by the Celtics.

637
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 2: There are some things that Celtics can correct, and there

638
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 2: are some some things they can Well, they better figure

639
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 2: it out because they're hours away and if they go

640
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 2: down zero three, well you know how that's gonna probably

641
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 2: end up coming up. We're gonna have a little fun

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00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 2: at the end of every hour tonight. We're going to

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Speaker 2: give away a best bet for week one in the NFL,

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Speaker 2: and we'll start with Chiefs Lions Thursday, September seventh. I'm

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Speaker 2: Bernie Fratto. We'll come to you live from the Las

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Speaker 2: Hi, We're back on the Bernie Frattle Show. We're coming

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Speaker 2: to you live from the Fox Sports Radio studios here

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Speaker 2: in Las Vegas Tyraq dot com studios. We're about one

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Speaker 2: hundred and twelve days awat something along those lines. From

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Speaker 2: Week one to the NFL September seventh, Detroit Lions visit

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Speaker 2: to Kansas City. Chiefs lineup catching seven points. I know

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Speaker 2: there was some consternation about why were the Lions selected.

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Speaker 2: I say, why not the Lions. We don't need an

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Speaker 2: under Super Bowl rematch. We just saw that a couple

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Speaker 2: of months ago. The Lions are an up and coming team.

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Speaker 2: They worked their way into the national realm even after

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Speaker 2: they had been eliminated from the playoffs, with Seattle winning,

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Speaker 2: they went into Green Bay did the job. Let's see

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Speaker 2: what they can do from here. Aren't you curious by

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Speaker 2: the way the two quarterbacks Jared Goff Patrick Mahomes. The

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Speaker 2: last time those two faced off in twenty eighteen, eight

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Speaker 2: hundred and ninety one yards total passing, eleven touchdowns, one

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Speaker 2: hundred and five points, Kansas City was outdueled by Jared

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Speaker 2: Goff and the Rams fifty four to fifty one. There

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Speaker 2: have been two hundred and twenty one occasions in the

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Speaker 2: history of the National Football League where teams have scored

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Speaker 2: fifty or more points in a game. Only once did

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Speaker 2: that team lose. It was that night at the hands

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Speaker 2: of Jared Goff. When I see the Lions catching plus seven,

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Speaker 2: it's the first spread I took a very serious look

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Speaker 2: at for twenty twenty three of the National Football You

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Speaker 2: can vet it at MGM, Betted, lots of sports books. Now, remember,

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Speaker 2: Detroit quietly finished number five in offensive DVOA last year,

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Speaker 2: and they clocked in number nine overall DVA in spite

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Speaker 2: of a twenty sixth ranked defense. In other words, the

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00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 2: Lions had a damn good offense and you know it

684
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Speaker 2: a very good offense, and it's actually gotten better. They've

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00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:30,759
Speaker 2: got a good offensive line. But in the offseason the

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Speaker 2: Lions front offense, well, guess what. They went out and

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Speaker 2: revamped the entire starting secondary. They signed cornerbacks CJ. Moseley,

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Speaker 2: Cam Sutton, CJ. Gardner Johnson and the drafted safety Brian Branch.

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Speaker 2: What does that mean. Well, if the Lions can just

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Speaker 2: feel an average defense instead of a terrible one, watch

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Speaker 2: out because the offense is in position to improve on

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Speaker 2: the almost twenty seven seven points per game the average

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Speaker 2: last season, which was good for fifth best in the

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Speaker 2: National Football League. So the number one best bet I

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Speaker 2: like for Week one of the National Football League coming

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Speaker 2: up September seventh, the Lions plus seven. Why don't we

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Speaker 2: give you a second one while we're at it. The

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Speaker 2: Vikings and Buccaneers are going to lockhorns week one currently

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Speaker 2: the Bucks catching seven. Now, the Vikings are a team

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Speaker 2: I'm going to be looking to fade this year until

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Speaker 2: they convinced me they that I shouldn't fade them, because

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Speaker 2: despite finishing thirteen and four last season, the Vikings were

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Speaker 2: never dominant. They won only two games by more than

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Speaker 2: one score. And this is a trend for three seasons

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Speaker 2: in counting, and eighteen percent of their wins since twenty

706
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Speaker 2: twenty have come by one possession. I know Vikings fans

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Speaker 2: think we're picking on them, and they give our colleague here,

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Speaker 2: Dan Byer, a lot of credit because early in November

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Speaker 2: he said, I'm seeing it, but my eyes are telling

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Speaker 2: me something different. He was right. Well, what his eyes

711
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 2: were telling him was that Minnesota's record did not match

712
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 2: It wasn't matching up. With a little calculus here, we

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Speaker 2: call the Pythagorean theorem. And what the Pythagorean theorem does,

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Speaker 2: it's predictive. It has to do with the points you score,

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Speaker 2: the points you give up, in your margin of victory,

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Speaker 2: and really what your record should be. So when the

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Speaker 2: Vikings had, I mean that terrific record last year thirteen

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Speaker 2: and four, they actually gave up more points than they scored. Technically,

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Speaker 2: that performance is going to put you at five hundred

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Speaker 2: or certainly maybe even a sub five hundred team. These

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00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 2: things have a chance, typically have a tendency to regress

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Speaker 2: back to the mean. As I told you it would

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Speaker 2: happen for the Raiders last year, and it did. The

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Speaker 2: Vikings scored four hundred and twenty four points in twenty

725
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Speaker 2: twenty two, and they allowed four to twenty seven. That's

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Speaker 2: a minus three point differential that for the Pythagorean theorem

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Speaker 2: in the history of the National Football League, they should

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Speaker 2: have been eight to nine plus their one scorer luck

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00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 2: adjusted one lost record eight to nine. The Vikings had

730
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Speaker 2: twelve games decided by one score. They won eleven of them.

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Speaker 2: That's a new NFL record. With the pythagoream them that

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00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:19,600
Speaker 2: should have been six and six. They went two to

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Speaker 2: three in non one score games. So where am I

734
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Speaker 2: going with this? The Bucks defense last year finished number

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Speaker 2: five and number thirteen in points yards in DVA. In

736
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Speaker 2: each of the past three seasons, the Bucks defense has

737
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 2: more than held their own. So if they can get

738
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Speaker 2: just an average performance out of their quarterback, most likely

739
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Speaker 2: going to be Baker Mayfield. It's a small sample size,

740
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,919
Speaker 2: but remember Mayfield led the Rams offense to a better

741
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Speaker 2: DVA in the final five weeks than Kirk Cousins did

742
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Speaker 2: with the Vikings in the entire season. So you add

743
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Speaker 2: it all up and put it into a blender. You

744
00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:00,319
Speaker 2: got a team that scored more, scored less points. Then

745
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 2: it gave up and they're gonna be giving seven points

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Speaker 2: to a team in Tampa Bay week one, Week one

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Speaker 2: that's got a better defense. It adds up to taking

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Speaker 2: the dog. And let's also not forget that week one

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Speaker 2: there are eight there are eight divisional games, and divisional

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Speaker 2: underdogs week one are seventy two percent since twenty fourteen.

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00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,319
Speaker 2: We'll get to that in future shows. But it's not

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Speaker 2: just also divisional underdogs. Remember in week one, if you

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00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 2: got if you've got an underdog A seven, those two

754
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,800
Speaker 2: teams have had muster prepared. They're gonna come in full strength.

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00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 2: Depression hasn't set in yet because the season hasn't gone

756
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,479
Speaker 2: on the toilet. So I like the Chiefs are checked

757
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:46,840
Speaker 2: at the Lions plus seven week one, and I like

758
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:50,839
Speaker 2: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers plus seven week one. We'll get

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Speaker 2: to the third best bet. It involves the Titans game,

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00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 2: the Titans Saints game. Later in the show coming up,

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Speaker 2: Mark Medina Midnight Magic, Medina Magic. We'll break it down

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Speaker 2: the NBA playof offs. Keep you locked. It's the Bernie

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Speaker 2: Frattle Show and Fox Sports Radio. You heard the man.

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Speaker 2: coaching openings, and all kinds of storylines up. It's that

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Speaker 2: Mark Medina, our Fox Sports Radio NBA guru for a

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Speaker 2: little Medina magic. We're gonna cover it all. So buckle

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Speaker 2: up your seatbelts, put your trade tables for your seatbacks

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Speaker 2: up right. We are ready for takeoff. Mark, you were

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Speaker 2: at the Crypto dot com arena tonight. I want to

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Speaker 2: start with an observation. I had two, and it's into

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00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 2: the game. I watched the Lakers transition defense and they

780
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 2: sauntered back on defense. I don't know if they were

781
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 2: tired gas conserving energy, but anyway, slice it. Denver took

782
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,799
Speaker 2: advantage of it right away and built that lead. What

783
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,360
Speaker 2: were your early observations.

784
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think you hit on the head. It's actually

785
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Speaker 7: one of the crux of my columns that I wrote

786
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 7: that the Lakers I think just ran or running out

787
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 7: of gas. They hit a brick wall. I think that,

788
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 7: you know, some of its effort, but a lot of

789
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 7: it's more execution. Where you know, the Lakers had only

790
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 7: shown a resiliency throughout this season, but at some point

791
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Speaker 7: I think they just have hit the end of the rope.

792
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 7: That Lebron James is fatigued and tired, the roster has

793
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Speaker 7: some flaws, and the Denver Nuggets just have so much talent,

794
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,880
Speaker 7: depth and experience that it's just not enough to overcome.

795
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Speaker 2: Well, and I want to get you Listen, we talked

796
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 2: about this three weeks ago. I strongly believe that as

797
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 2: the playoffs went along and they had to play every

798
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Speaker 2: other night and then go in to altitude and it

799
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,959
Speaker 2: it was clear that Anthony Davis and Lebron would both

800
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Speaker 2: have to average thirty eight to forty minutes a game

801
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 2: for them to have a chance. This to me, was

802
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:12,480
Speaker 2: completely predictable. And even though Anthony Davis tonight listen, twenty

803
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Speaker 2: eight points, eighteen rebounds, he played very hard, Dude, he

804
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 2: was still gassed in the fourth quarter. What are they

805
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Speaker 2: going to have left when Monday rolls around.

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Speaker 7: I don't think they really have anything. I mean, look

807
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 7: in the locker room, they professed all he has to

808
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 7: do is win one game. And we've been doubted before

809
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Speaker 7: earlier this season, and so I don't doubt that they're

810
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:33,359
Speaker 7: going to try to bring the effort, but I don't

811
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Speaker 7: think it's really anything they can do. The only things

812
00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:39,360
Speaker 7: that I think they could do is something schematic getting

813
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Speaker 7: D'Angel Russell out of the game. I know that he's

814
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Speaker 7: been a net upgrade compared to Russell Westbrook, but he

815
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 7: has not been shooting shots well at all this series.

816
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Speaker 7: But I think from just an energy standpoint, with Lebron

817
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Speaker 7: and Ad they're at the point of diminishing returns. It's

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00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 7: the war of attrition and the role players. You know,

819
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Speaker 7: you're gonna have some good moments from Austin Reeves, Juli Hatchamora,

820
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Speaker 7: but the role players, for a reason, they're wild cards.

821
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Speaker 7: And when your juxtappose that with the Nuggets, you know,

822
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:09,280
Speaker 7: in Game three, Jamal Murray shot whites out first half,

823
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Speaker 7: disappear in the second half, nikoley Jokich gets a pounderuble

824
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Speaker 7: first half dominates second half. When you add those things

825
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Speaker 7: up and the fact that they have three, four or

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Speaker 7: five role players deep. It just feels like you're bringing

827
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Speaker 7: you know, a knife tight gunfight at this point.

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Speaker 2: On standing analysis. You covered a lot of ground there, Mark,

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Speaker 2: and I'm glad you brought up D'Angelo Russell. That was

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Speaker 2: gonna be my next subject. Let's go back to February

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Speaker 2: when they moved Russell Westbrook for D'Angelo Russell. The optimism

832
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 2: was evident early because D'Angelo Russell prospered the first few

833
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 2: months and even in the first couple of rounds of

834
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Speaker 2: the playoffs, I thought he was solid. What the hell

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Speaker 2: happened to them? He's becoming unplayable in this series. He's

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Speaker 2: falling like a you know, angling a bugs bunny cartoon?

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Speaker 2: What what happened to D'Angelo Russell? Serious? I'm not going

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Speaker 2: to be funny. It's brutal. Yeah.

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Speaker 7: Well, here's a few things to unpack. It's been mostly

840
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,719
Speaker 7: in net positive. But the D'Angel Russell trade wasn't just

841
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,640
Speaker 7: about him gained the Lakers. It was additioned by subtraction

842
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:15,840
Speaker 7: with Russell Westbrook. But the bigger part was, you know,

843
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:19,320
Speaker 7: that trade allowed them to fulfill positional needs and D'Angelo

844
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Speaker 7: is one of those pieces. There's other pieces that they

845
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 7: got in the trade, were laying to Russell, Westbrook and before,

846
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Speaker 7: and so I think because of that you saw this identity.

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Speaker 7: Especially in the playoffs where you have one or two

848
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Speaker 7: role players fill in. That's a net bonus. They've been

849
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Speaker 7: better defensively, the spacing's better for Lebron James Anthony Davis,

850
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Speaker 7: and even with D'Angel Russell's struggles lately, which we'll hit on.

851
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,720
Speaker 7: All those things right there are net positive But here's

852
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 7: where it gets to the fact that his limitations are

853
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:53,319
Speaker 7: catching up to him. His shooting has always been feast

854
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Speaker 7: or famine. It was more feast during the regular season

855
00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:00,239
Speaker 7: than famine, and now it's flipped on its head. The

856
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:05,960
Speaker 7: problem is Darvin Ham has refused to cater to his

857
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:09,279
Speaker 7: minutes and downgrade them because I think there's a fear

858
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:12,800
Speaker 7: that if you remove that starting spot you'll lose them entirely.

859
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:16,439
Speaker 7: But you know what, the reality is, he's taking way

860
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:19,640
Speaker 7: too many shots and it's not enough to justify leaving

861
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:21,840
Speaker 7: him on the floor. You also in the fact that

862
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 7: he's not a good player defensively. I think at this

863
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:28,320
Speaker 7: point they want to salvage the season. They can still

864
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 7: play him, but they got to remove him from the

865
00:45:31,239 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 7: starting lineup so that they're featuring better shooters. Put Austin

866
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 7: Reeves with Ronnie Walker the fourth to start off the game,

867
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 7: and maybe that helps set the tone because they've been

868
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 7: better outside shooters from the jump, and when you're facing

869
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 7: an elimination game, you don't want to leave any stone unturned.

870
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 2: Well, no question about that. And D'Angelo Russell won for

871
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,959
Speaker 2: eight from the floor tonight, one and six behind the yard,

872
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:56,799
Speaker 2: and you happily pointed out Jamal Murray has been able

873
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,400
Speaker 2: to exploit him. Do you maybe start Dennis Shrewder at

874
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 2: point guard? Not doing much else offensively either, but might

875
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,200
Speaker 2: be an upgrade. I don't know what your thoughts.

876
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:08,400
Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm kind of pessimistic on Shroeder for the same reasons.

877
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 7: He's a better defensive player, but offensively he's probably even

878
00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:14,879
Speaker 7: worse than d'angelos, So I think that's a problem there.

879
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,719
Speaker 7: And I think the telling part, you know, maybe this

880
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 7: is Darvin Ham just not wanting to single him out

881
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,640
Speaker 7: and throw him under the bus. But post game he

882
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 7: was adamant, Hey, good looks. I just wanted him to

883
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 7: say aggressive, So maybe that's a signal that he's just

884
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 7: gonna keep doing the same thing. But I think that

885
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:34,759
Speaker 7: because of the circumstances that they got, it changed something up.

886
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:37,799
Speaker 7: But I think in fairness, it's the larger part. They've

887
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 7: hit a wall. They've run out out of energy, they've

888
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:44,160
Speaker 7: run out of talent. That was enough against Memphis, enough

889
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 7: against the Warriors. But the Nuggets are number one seam

890
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:48,839
Speaker 7: in the Western Conference for a reason. They have the

891
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:51,960
Speaker 7: best center in Nicole Jokich, they have a healthy Jamal

892
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,000
Speaker 7: Murray who could have been an All Star this season,

893
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,319
Speaker 7: and they've had a lot more depth and continuity with

894
00:46:57,360 --> 00:46:58,880
Speaker 7: their rotation players.

895
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 2: Mendina our Fox Sports Radio NBA guru. You hear him

896
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,680
Speaker 2: every Saturday Night midnight in medeena Magic on the Bernie

897
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:10,400
Speaker 2: Frattles show Mark wrapping it up with the Lakers. It

898
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:13,759
Speaker 2: looks like they're Cinderella season. He's gonna come crashing down.

899
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:17,040
Speaker 2: This was I swear this was predictable to me. I

900
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:19,960
Speaker 2: felt Denver was the best team in the West all season,

901
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:22,280
Speaker 2: the most balanced team. You got a center that averaged

902
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:25,080
Speaker 2: a triple double all the reasons. Here's where I'm going

903
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:28,560
Speaker 2: with this. What are the Lakers roster composition look like

904
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 2: next year? You gotta believe Austin Reeves is gonna get

905
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 2: paid by somebody. They got a lot of free agents.

906
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,319
Speaker 2: They may not bring back. Your thoughts and what this

907
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:36,560
Speaker 2: roster looks like next year.

908
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 7: Yeah, you know what, don't be surprised if they run

909
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:41,240
Speaker 7: this back. I think that they're gonna want to spend

910
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 7: to keep Austin Reeves because he's become a special player.

911
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,600
Speaker 7: And even though I'm talking about some of the strengths

912
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:49,680
Speaker 7: and weaknesses of these role players that the Lakers have A,

913
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:52,439
Speaker 7: it's been a net up grade and B. I think

914
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,279
Speaker 7: that there's an argument to be made that they have

915
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,680
Speaker 7: some additional continuity with training camp, they'll be even better.

916
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:01,040
Speaker 7: I mean, look at the Denver nugget. It's the part

917
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,239
Speaker 7: of the reason why they have so much depth is

918
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:05,560
Speaker 7: they've had continuity. And that's not to say they didn't

919
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:08,479
Speaker 7: make any changes. They made some key additions two years

920
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:12,400
Speaker 7: ago with Kan Aaron Gordon. Last summer they got Contavious Calwell,

921
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,480
Speaker 7: Pulpe and Bruce Brown, but they didn't blow up the

922
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 7: roster entirely. It was always about building around Yokitch and

923
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:23,000
Speaker 7: Murray adding some role players, keeping them, keeping some of

924
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,279
Speaker 7: the other guys as well, and be impatient. And so

925
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,640
Speaker 7: I think, you know, while you never rule out anything,

926
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:32,319
Speaker 7: especially in LA and especially in today's NBA, I want

927
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 7: to be surprised that this roster mostly looks the same way.

928
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:38,759
Speaker 2: It is fair enough that might be interesting. All right,

929
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,840
Speaker 2: let's look to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics on

930
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 2: the verge of going down three zip. I know the

931
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:48,799
Speaker 2: Sharks were strolling for Joel Missoula. Your thoughts on the

932
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,560
Speaker 2: remainder of that series and does Boston have a shot

933
00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 2: to get off the mat.

934
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 7: I'm very skeptical. I mean, look, the teams have overcome

935
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:00,680
Speaker 7: to two deficits, but not a lot of things seventeen

936
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:03,600
Speaker 7: in NBA history, And the reality is the heater at

937
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:06,000
Speaker 7: home and they've been undefeated at home. They're not a

938
00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 7: number eight seed, you know, in reality, they only were

939
00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:13,000
Speaker 7: on paper because of the record, which mostly had to

940
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,360
Speaker 7: do with the fact that Jimmy Butler had missed some

941
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:18,799
Speaker 7: substantial time during the regular season. So we add all

942
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:22,000
Speaker 7: those things up. I think clearly Jimmy Butler's outplayed Jason

943
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:24,640
Speaker 7: Tatum when you account for the fact that Jason Tatum

944
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 7: in the fourth. Qure has disappeared in games one and two.

945
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 7: They have more depth, they have better coaching, and so

946
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,360
Speaker 7: I don't want to say it's a sleep, but I

947
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:34,960
Speaker 7: could see this being over in like five or six games.

948
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:39,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, now I'm in agreement, Mark, Let's move along. There

949
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:42,400
Speaker 2: are plenty of coaching openings. I want to get your thoughts,

950
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 2: but before I do, Philadelphia is tumbling down like a

951
00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 2: bunch of dominoes. Now it looks like James Harden's going

952
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:51,479
Speaker 2: back to Houston. Any truth to the rumor that Joel

953
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:53,760
Speaker 2: Embii might be in a Knick uniform next year.

954
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 7: Well, you never rule anything out. But I'm just very

955
00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:00,399
Speaker 7: surprised because I think that the reason why they made

956
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:03,640
Speaker 7: this coaching change with firing Doc Rivers wasn't just a

957
00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 7: play kate James Harden. I've been told that it was

958
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:08,680
Speaker 7: part of a feeling among the entire team that they

959
00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 7: didn't like Doc Rivers' offense. Now, look, Joe Embiid and

960
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:14,239
Speaker 7: James Harden got to take responsibility. They did not shew

961
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:16,840
Speaker 7: up in Game seven. And while Doc Rivers is certainly

962
00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 7: not blameless because he's had a poor Game seven record,

963
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:24,640
Speaker 7: you know they have to take ownership here, but you know,

964
00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:27,360
Speaker 7: you never run anything out. James Harden has had an

965
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:33,520
Speaker 7: affection for, you know, Houston and Joel Embiid. If he's unhappy,

966
00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 7: maybe that ruffles things. But if I had a guess,

967
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:39,320
Speaker 7: I think they'll both be in uniform and with the Sixers,

968
00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 7: and I think that they'll try to find a championship

969
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:46,640
Speaker 7: coach that makes them a contender. Maybe Mike D'Antoni reunites

970
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:49,839
Speaker 7: with James Harden so they have that bringing the band

971
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:52,200
Speaker 7: back together like they did in Houston. They also have PJ.

972
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:55,799
Speaker 7: Tucker and Daniel House other players that they're familiar with,

973
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,359
Speaker 7: but they I think they're also going to take their

974
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:02,640
Speaker 7: time with finding that coach, but expect that it could

975
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:05,600
Speaker 7: be Mike D'Antoni. It could be Frank Vogel, it could

976
00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:08,440
Speaker 7: be Nick Nurse, think of any of those championship coaches,

977
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 7: Mike Budenholzer who have been the mix, Money Williams and

978
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:15,239
Speaker 7: that's very well a coaching Canada with the Sixers. So

979
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:18,880
Speaker 7: with that, I just don't understand why Joel Embiid and

980
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,319
Speaker 7: James Harden would leave if that's what they're trying to chase.

981
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:25,480
Speaker 7: The championship. So I think even for all the shortcomings

982
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:27,560
Speaker 7: the Sixers have had, they're probably just better off the same.

983
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:32,560
Speaker 2: Put mark a couple of plumb openings in Milwaukee and Phoenix,

984
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 2: any movement there.

985
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:35,799
Speaker 7: Thus far, I've been told that they're going to take

986
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:40,359
Speaker 7: their time with that, with both coaching searches, you know,

987
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:44,359
Speaker 7: I think that with Milwaukee's case, I know that Charles Lee,

988
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:47,560
Speaker 7: their assistant coach, is held in high regards, but it

989
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:49,640
Speaker 7: seems like the writing on the wall is paramount. The

990
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:52,960
Speaker 7: fact that they have wanted to expand the coaching search

991
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,200
Speaker 7: as opposed to giving it to him right away might

992
00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:58,200
Speaker 7: be a sign of not having so much confidence in

993
00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:02,160
Speaker 7: him in terms of having that had coaching positions. And

994
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:06,400
Speaker 7: I've also heard that he's specifically a favorite for the

995
00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:09,440
Speaker 7: Detroit Pistons job. So if I had a guess, the

996
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,920
Speaker 7: Detroit Piston's job is going to be solidified first, and

997
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,759
Speaker 7: all the other vacancies that might drag out a little

998
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:20,160
Speaker 7: bit more when you're looking at Phoenix, Toronto, Milwaukee, Philadelphia.

999
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:25,480
Speaker 7: The reason all those teams are trying to attract the

1000
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:30,160
Speaker 7: most attractive candidates right now that have been those championship

1001
00:52:30,239 --> 00:52:32,600
Speaker 7: contending coaches, and so with that they have to be

1002
00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:34,480
Speaker 7: a little bit patient with how that plays out.

1003
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:36,879
Speaker 2: Well, you would certainly think with many Williams and Mike

1004
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:40,839
Speaker 2: Budenholzer and Nick Nurse floating around out there, those are

1005
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:42,960
Speaker 2: some pretty good resumes. Do you expect them all to

1006
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:44,359
Speaker 2: be in somebody's bench next year?

1007
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:47,400
Speaker 7: I think so. I mean, look, you know, they got

1008
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:51,160
Speaker 7: fired because you know some of their teams lost embarrassed

1009
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:54,040
Speaker 7: in fashion and Phoenix's case new ownership. They want to

1010
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:57,160
Speaker 7: put their fingerprints on things. But these coaches have good

1011
00:52:57,200 --> 00:52:59,640
Speaker 7: resumes for a reason, They're going to be coveted. And

1012
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,320
Speaker 7: I don't also pay attention to what happens with Tywoo.

1013
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:02,480
Speaker 3: Now.

1014
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:05,000
Speaker 7: I think that he's going to stay with the Clippers.

1015
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 7: You know, this might just help him from a leverage

1016
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:13,399
Speaker 7: standpoint with negotiating extension, because Steve Baumer and Lawrence Frank

1017
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:16,560
Speaker 7: are huge fans of him. But you know, I think

1018
00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:19,200
Speaker 7: it's the Suns hope in particular that maybe he can

1019
00:53:19,239 --> 00:53:22,399
Speaker 7: somehow become available. But the reality is if they were

1020
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:24,600
Speaker 7: to be able to do that, they'd have to do

1021
00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:27,880
Speaker 7: a trade kind of similar to what the Celtics did

1022
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:30,200
Speaker 7: with the Clippers when Doc Rivers went to the Clippers,

1023
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:34,640
Speaker 7: and the Suns really don't have any assets to trade

1024
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:37,759
Speaker 7: make that trade happen because they gave up all those

1025
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:39,280
Speaker 7: assets to get Kevin Durant.

1026
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:44,120
Speaker 2: Mark. Final thing for me, when do you expect Adam

1027
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:48,640
Speaker 2: Silver to make any kind of decision vis vi Ja Morant?

1028
00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:51,440
Speaker 2: And when that decision comes down, what do you expect

1029
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:52,719
Speaker 2: to see?

1030
00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:56,720
Speaker 7: Well, if I had to guess, they would wait until

1031
00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:03,239
Speaker 7: after the season ends, or maybe before the NBA Finals begins,

1032
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:07,400
Speaker 7: because I know that Adam Silver has his press conference

1033
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:11,399
Speaker 7: before the NBA Finals, so I would suspect maybe it's

1034
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:13,520
Speaker 7: going to be before that and I might be double

1035
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:16,359
Speaker 7: speaking here, but they're trying to find a fine line

1036
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:18,160
Speaker 7: and they don't want it to take away from the

1037
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:20,839
Speaker 7: attention of the games. But at the same time, if

1038
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:23,399
Speaker 7: Adam's going to have to be available to speak during

1039
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:26,560
Speaker 7: the NBA Finals, maybe that's the best time to do it,

1040
00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:29,960
Speaker 7: so that then the focus can shift back to whoever's

1041
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:32,520
Speaker 7: in the finals. Now, as far as the severity of

1042
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:35,560
Speaker 7: the injury, he's certainly not going to be given the

1043
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:39,080
Speaker 7: level of compassion that he was given the first go round,

1044
00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:41,400
Speaker 7: where it was eight games and Adam Silver talked with

1045
00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:43,560
Speaker 7: him face to face. I think it's going to be

1046
00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:46,799
Speaker 7: kind of that old adage of fool me once, shame

1047
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:49,799
Speaker 7: on you, film me twice, shame on me. But I

1048
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:52,040
Speaker 7: don't know if that means it's going to be, you know,

1049
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:54,880
Speaker 7: a season long suspension. I certainly think that he should

1050
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:59,279
Speaker 7: be suspended for most of next season because of how

1051
00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:02,840
Speaker 7: reckless he has been and the lack of responsibility he's taken.

1052
00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:06,239
Speaker 7: But I don't know if the NBA is willing to

1053
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:09,440
Speaker 7: drive that heart of a line in the sand, because

1054
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:13,080
Speaker 7: that's just not how Adam Silver has been historically with players.

1055
00:55:13,360 --> 00:55:16,160
Speaker 2: Well, you're spot on, But I talked about this last night.

1056
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:17,759
Speaker 2: I'm going to do it again in the one am hour.

1057
00:55:18,239 --> 00:55:20,200
Speaker 2: I think he needs a year. And it's not under

1058
00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:22,719
Speaker 2: the guys of punishment. It's under the guys of your

1059
00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:25,640
Speaker 2: stacking up bad choices. So here's what your life's gonna

1060
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 2: look like without basketball, and you get to side. You've

1061
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:31,040
Speaker 2: made thirty one million in your career. That might not

1062
00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:33,560
Speaker 2: be enough. You're gonna have to work that out. You'll

1063
00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:35,680
Speaker 2: come back. You'll be twenty four years old, you got

1064
00:55:35,719 --> 00:55:38,239
Speaker 2: your whole life ahead. You can decide what life do

1065
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:40,960
Speaker 2: you want to live because this is a condition of employment.

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00:55:41,239 --> 00:55:43,320
Speaker 2: You can't do this anymore. You said you wouldn't, you

1067
00:55:43,360 --> 00:55:45,400
Speaker 2: did it anyway. Those are just my quick thoughts.

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Speaker 7: Mark, you've hit on the hat, You've hit on the head.

1069
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:49,919
Speaker 7: If only you were the one calling the shots though.

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00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 2: Put it in a good word for me. I'll give

1071
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:57,319
Speaker 2: it a shot. Mark, always great stuff. I wish we

1072
00:55:57,320 --> 00:56:00,600
Speaker 2: always had more time. Thanks so much, appreciate it, and

1073
00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:03,240
Speaker 2: as we know, next Saturday at midnight, there'll be plenty

1074
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:05,920
Speaker 2: more to talk about in the news cycle. Joe your week.

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00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:07,239
Speaker 7: Ahead, Mark, I appreciate you.

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00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:07,480
Speaker 8: Man.

1077
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:13,080
Speaker 2: That is Mark Medina Medina Magic, our NBA guru Fox

1078
00:56:13,239 --> 00:56:16,319
Speaker 2: Sports Radio. You hear them every Saturday as well as

1079
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:19,759
Speaker 2: around the network. Mark truly is a guy, a man

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00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:23,840
Speaker 2: for all seasons. Here when it comes to all things NBA.

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00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,360
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00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:44,520
Speaker 2: got three or four takeaways from the Nuggets Lakers tonight,

1087
00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:47,680
Speaker 2: because I know Laker Nation is in a catatonic state.

1088
00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:52,440
Speaker 2: Just relax, relax, lay down, get yourself a cool compress,

1089
00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:56,799
Speaker 2: some more milk soft music. It'll go away. Eventually you're

1090
00:56:57,400 --> 00:57:00,000
Speaker 2: ran into a better team. I told you this would happened.

1091
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:02,960
Speaker 2: Now it's happened. I'm Bernie Frattle. We're coming to you

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00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:06,440
Speaker 2: live from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio Studios, tiract

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00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:08,600
Speaker 2: dot com Studios. Keep it locked right here. You're listening

1094
00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:22,400
Speaker 2: to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio. They're

1095
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:24,960
Speaker 2: back on The Bernie Frattle Show, comedy liar for the

1096
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:30,160
Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio tirac dot Com Studios. Coming at the

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00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:34,280
Speaker 2: bottom of the hour, my tribute to Jim Brown. Quite

1098
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:37,240
Speaker 2: a complex man, quite an accomplished man, a dignified man,

1099
00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:40,120
Speaker 2: a flawed man, all at once. I'll give you from

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00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:43,720
Speaker 2: the Dick Schapp perspective, my mentor how close they were,

1101
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:46,560
Speaker 2: how connected they were, and a story about the Heisman

1102
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:51,720
Speaker 2: Trophy voting. You're not going to want to miss. Lakers

1103
00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:55,600
Speaker 2: are down three zip. What's interesting about Friday night check

1104
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:58,640
Speaker 2: that Saturday Night's game is how comfortably the Nuggets really

1105
00:57:58,640 --> 00:58:02,440
Speaker 2: managed to win without a big game by NICOLEA Joki

1106
00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:05,160
Speaker 2: and well, the fourth quarter he had quite an effort,

1107
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:07,760
Speaker 2: but through the first three quarters he ran up. He

1108
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:09,640
Speaker 2: got his second file and his third file and his

1109
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:11,840
Speaker 2: fourth file, which is kind of a joke. And give

1110
00:58:11,960 --> 00:58:14,000
Speaker 2: and give the Lakers credit. Their defense was good, but

1111
00:58:14,080 --> 00:58:17,760
Speaker 2: Denver managed to win anyway. And Yester dependent on Yokick.

1112
00:58:17,800 --> 00:58:19,400
Speaker 2: But guess what, he got a lot of hope tonight

1113
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:21,720
Speaker 2: and it came out of a very important night given

1114
00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:25,520
Speaker 2: the stakes. Denver not only survived without much help from Yokick,

1115
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:28,280
Speaker 2: this is the first time he missed a triple double

1116
00:58:28,320 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 2: for the first time in five games. But you get

1117
00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:34,560
Speaker 2: all these players chiming in, you know, Michael Porter, Junior,

1118
00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:39,000
Speaker 2: kV Ksep, Jeff Green, Jamal Murray could not miss thirty

1119
00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:42,560
Speaker 2: points in the first half. That all combined. Again, that's

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00:58:42,560 --> 00:58:44,919
Speaker 2: what Denver makes great. A star might win you one game,

1121
00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:47,720
Speaker 2: but a team might win them all. Now here's the

1122
00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:51,240
Speaker 2: bigger question. Was this just an exception? Now? I don't

1123
00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 2: think so. I think you're going to see a big

1124
00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:55,440
Speaker 2: effort out of Yokick on Monday night. But Jamal Murray

1125
00:58:55,840 --> 00:58:59,480
Speaker 2: is the goods Okay, now we get it. Yokick is

1126
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:01,439
Speaker 2: going to get the Magic Johnson Award for the most

1127
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:05,080
Speaker 2: Outstanding Player in the West Playoffs. But Jamal Murray is

1128
00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:09,520
Speaker 2: leaving an impression as someone who's really coming into his own.

1129
00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:12,080
Speaker 2: He's only twenty six years old. Even Lebron talked about

1130
00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:14,240
Speaker 2: how good he is, and once he gets going, he's

1131
00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:16,280
Speaker 2: how to stop. He can score from all three levels.

1132
00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:19,280
Speaker 2: He makes his free throws. You tip your cap. He

1133
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:23,000
Speaker 2: was blistering. Remember he was phenomenal three years ago in

1134
00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:24,600
Speaker 2: the bubble. He's got a lot of pride. He tore

1135
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:28,200
Speaker 2: his acl mist a full season. This man. The attention

1136
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:31,280
Speaker 2: is good for the soul and Jamal Murray very well,

1137
00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:34,720
Speaker 2: deserving seventeen points in the first quarter Game three that

1138
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:38,360
Speaker 2: put the Nuggets in position to take the lead and

1139
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:41,440
Speaker 2: keep their foot on the Lakers pretty much the entire game.

1140
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:45,160
Speaker 2: The other thing, Anthony Davis has really played hard, He's

1141
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:47,360
Speaker 2: really played well, but come on, the dude was really

1142
00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:50,040
Speaker 2: gassed in the fourth quarter. He did finish twenty eight

1143
00:59:50,040 --> 00:59:54,840
Speaker 2: point eighteen rebounds forty one minutes. Come on, I told

1144
00:59:54,920 --> 00:59:57,280
Speaker 2: you this is going to happen. These guys load manage

1145
00:59:57,560 --> 00:59:59,240
Speaker 2: through the year like you change your socks. And you

1146
00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:01,000
Speaker 2: expect him to go every other night in and out

1147
01:00:01,040 --> 01:00:04,360
Speaker 2: of altitude, traveling and play forty forty two minutes and

1148
01:00:04,520 --> 01:00:08,120
Speaker 2: have it. No, there's no we don't feel sorry. This

1149
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:09,600
Speaker 2: is the way you get. This is the way it goes.

1150
01:00:09,640 --> 01:00:11,680
Speaker 2: No rest for the wicked. You get to play again

1151
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:14,760
Speaker 2: Monday night. It's been a tough season. It's been a grind.

1152
01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:16,840
Speaker 2: You burn up a lot of energy and you're down

1153
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:20,520
Speaker 2: zero three. Nuggets are the better team. Let's just be

1154
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:24,240
Speaker 2: honest about it. They're the better team. The other takeaway,

1155
01:00:24,280 --> 01:00:26,440
Speaker 2: I don't know what the hell has happened D'Angelo Russell.

1156
01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:29,520
Speaker 2: He came out of the gates strong in February, was

1157
01:00:29,560 --> 01:00:32,880
Speaker 2: pretty good against Memphis, was pretty good against the well

1158
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:36,160
Speaker 2: to a degree against the Warriors. But something has happened

1159
01:00:36,160 --> 01:00:38,600
Speaker 2: in this series. He's not only not making a shots,

1160
01:00:38,640 --> 01:00:41,320
Speaker 2: he's having trouble defending Jamal Murray. I really don't know

1161
01:00:41,360 --> 01:00:43,720
Speaker 2: what you do. It's between him and Shrewder as your

1162
01:00:43,720 --> 01:00:47,800
Speaker 2: point guard. Rue Hachimura has been terrific, but D'Angelo rustled

1163
01:00:47,880 --> 01:00:50,120
Speaker 2: not so much. And I think the Lakers' worst fears

1164
01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:52,040
Speaker 2: will realized tonight. And he's one of eight from the floor.

1165
01:00:52,360 --> 01:00:57,080
Speaker 2: And had trouble being defending Jamal Murray. I think the

1166
01:00:57,120 --> 01:01:00,000
Speaker 2: big story here is the juxtaposition. No one wanted to

1167
01:01:00,080 --> 01:01:01,800
Speaker 2: believe this could happen. I swear I knew this was

1168
01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:04,520
Speaker 2: going to happen because you've got the Lakers, who were

1169
01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:08,120
Speaker 2: the great franchises of all time. They are a legendary franchise,

1170
01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:11,440
Speaker 2: They're a storied franchise, They're an epic franchise, Versus Denver,

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01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:14,720
Speaker 2: who's been an also ran. Denver is a team that's

1172
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:17,400
Speaker 2: been good and has had success, but it's David and

1173
01:01:17,400 --> 01:01:20,760
Speaker 2: Eliath and no one expected Denver to break through. I did,

1174
01:01:20,920 --> 01:01:24,640
Speaker 2: and I'm probably not the only one. But Denver only

1175
01:01:24,680 --> 01:01:27,320
Speaker 2: needs five more wins to win a championship, and they're

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01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:30,080
Speaker 2: taken one at a time, and they're coached well, they

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01:01:30,080 --> 01:01:33,640
Speaker 2: play hard, They've got all kinds of depth. I believe

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01:01:34,080 --> 01:01:36,800
Speaker 2: they can score from every level. They play defense when

1179
01:01:36,800 --> 01:01:39,240
Speaker 2: they need it, their players rise up when they need it,

1180
01:01:39,440 --> 01:01:40,640
Speaker 2: and when you add it all up and put it

1181
01:01:40,640 --> 01:01:42,240
Speaker 2: in a blender, they show why they were the best

1182
01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:44,040
Speaker 2: team in the West this year, averaging one hundred and

1183
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:46,640
Speaker 2: twenty five points per one hundred possessions. And when it

1184
01:01:46,680 --> 01:01:51,160
Speaker 2: matters most and when greatness the situation demands greatness, somebody

1185
01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:54,760
Speaker 2: steps up and they are great. And also, let's give

1186
01:01:55,200 --> 01:01:57,320
Speaker 2: a lot of credit to Michael Malone, who's all in

1187
01:01:57,360 --> 01:01:59,160
Speaker 2: on his team. You would take the bullet for his team.

1188
01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:02,880
Speaker 2: He's been defending his team, and no, the national narrative

1189
01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:05,600
Speaker 2: has been decidedly against Denver. Now they're coming around trying

1190
01:02:05,600 --> 01:02:08,280
Speaker 2: to give Denver their flowers and maybe better late than never,

1191
01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:11,000
Speaker 2: but it should have taken this long. We'll see what

1192
01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:13,880
Speaker 2: happens Monday night. I think you get a solid effort

1193
01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:15,200
Speaker 2: out of the Lakers. I just don't know if they have

1194
01:02:15,320 --> 01:02:17,240
Speaker 2: enough left in the tank in the meantime to if

1195
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:19,880
Speaker 2: your cap to Denver. No reason they can't win it all.

1196
01:02:19,920 --> 01:02:22,200
Speaker 2: Coming up my tribute to Jim Brown. I'm going to

1197
01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:24,720
Speaker 2: take you deep. But first let's go back to our

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01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:26,160
Speaker 2: guy Nick Cope with the latest.

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Speaker 5: All right, thank you, Bernie. Let's just get some of

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01:02:28,360 --> 01:02:31,320
Speaker 5: the particulars in that win for the Nuggets over the Lakers,

1201
01:02:31,320 --> 01:02:33,920
Speaker 5: one nineteen to one oh eighth. The final score for

1202
01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:37,440
Speaker 5: the Lakers first loss at home in these playoffs, Jamal

1203
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:40,400
Speaker 5: Murray leading all scores with thirty seven points. He talked

1204
01:02:40,400 --> 01:02:43,400
Speaker 5: about Nicola Jokisch, who would eventually end up with twenty

1205
01:02:43,440 --> 01:02:46,360
Speaker 5: four points, six rebounds, eight assists with that big fourth

1206
01:02:46,440 --> 01:02:50,080
Speaker 5: quarter for La Anthony Davis had a double double twenty

1207
01:02:50,120 --> 01:02:53,240
Speaker 5: eight points at eighteen boards. Lebron James also with a

1208
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:56,400
Speaker 5: double double. He had twenty three points and twelve assists,

1209
01:02:56,440 --> 01:02:59,680
Speaker 5: and Austin Reeves continued to produce. He scored twenty three

1210
01:03:00,520 --> 01:03:05,040
Speaker 5: well Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Final. Matthew Kuchunk scored

1211
01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:08,040
Speaker 5: the overtime winner for the Panthers for the second straight game.

1212
01:03:08,360 --> 01:03:11,080
Speaker 5: Florida takes a two zero series lead on the Carolina

1213
01:03:11,160 --> 01:03:14,840
Speaker 5: Hurricanes with a two to one win on Saturday. PGA

1214
01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:18,680
Speaker 5: Championship brooks Keepko leads after three rounds. He is at

1215
01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:22,240
Speaker 5: six under for the tournament. Victor Hovlin and Corey Conners

1216
01:03:22,240 --> 01:03:25,400
Speaker 5: are one shot back Bryce of De Shambo, Scotty Scheffler,

1217
01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:29,160
Speaker 5: and ry McElroy all in the mix entering Sunday's final round.

1218
01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:35,000
Speaker 5: In horse racing, Bob Baffert trained National Treasure won the Preakness. Mage,

1219
01:03:35,040 --> 01:03:37,880
Speaker 5: who won the Derby a couple of weeks ago, finished

1220
01:03:37,960 --> 01:03:41,800
Speaker 5: in a third. In boxing, Devin Haney retained the lightweight

1221
01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:46,560
Speaker 5: Championship with a unanimous decision over Vasili Lomachenko and some

1222
01:03:46,680 --> 01:03:49,760
Speaker 5: late scores. In baseball, red Sox beat the Padres four

1223
01:03:49,800 --> 01:03:52,960
Speaker 5: to two. Joey Gallo has been red hot as the

1224
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:55,560
Speaker 5: Twins beat the Angels six to two. Gallo with his

1225
01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:58,520
Speaker 5: fourth home run in seven games. Mariners took down the

1226
01:03:58,520 --> 01:04:01,800
Speaker 5: Brain seven to three. Knowles with a big home run

1227
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:05,080
Speaker 5: late to beat the Dodgers six to five, Bernie, back

1228
01:04:05,120 --> 01:04:06,320
Speaker 5: to you, all.

1229
01:04:06,280 --> 01:04:12,160
Speaker 2: Right, thanks Nick. Well, look, it was major news, obviously

1230
01:04:12,240 --> 01:04:15,280
Speaker 2: when Jim Brown passed, and it was reported he passed

1231
01:04:15,280 --> 01:04:19,120
Speaker 2: on Friday, age of eighty seven. And Jim Brown was

1232
01:04:19,160 --> 01:04:22,440
Speaker 2: a legend. Okay, he was one of the greatest athletes

1233
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:24,880
Speaker 2: of all time. But he was also a leader. He

1234
01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:27,520
Speaker 2: was an activist, He was a visionary and we all

1235
01:04:27,560 --> 01:04:31,080
Speaker 2: know that there were flawed aspects to Jim's life. Even

1236
01:04:31,080 --> 01:04:35,440
Speaker 2: did jail time, had multiple charges against him. Became a

1237
01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:39,440
Speaker 2: popular movie star over fifty movies and TV episodes, and

1238
01:04:41,320 --> 01:04:43,680
Speaker 2: made his mark as the civil rights activist. He even

1239
01:04:43,720 --> 01:04:47,160
Speaker 2: worked with inner city gang members, He worked with prison inmates,

1240
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:50,480
Speaker 2: and he organized the Cleveland Summit back in the sixties

1241
01:04:50,480 --> 01:04:53,360
Speaker 2: supporting Muhammad Ali when he refused to be drafted the

1242
01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:57,720
Speaker 2: Vietnam War. He founded a mari Can in nineteen eighty eight,

1243
01:04:57,720 --> 01:05:01,160
Speaker 2: which was an organization in last Los Angeles that was

1244
01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:05,360
Speaker 2: dedicated to stopping gang violence and helping individuals. And he

1245
01:05:05,680 --> 01:05:08,920
Speaker 2: tried to empower people so they would take charge of

1246
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:11,800
Speaker 2: their lives. And he tried to break down barriers, and

1247
01:05:11,840 --> 01:05:15,080
Speaker 2: he tried to bring people together from various factions to

1248
01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:18,800
Speaker 2: whatever platform they had they would use for good. And

1249
01:05:19,160 --> 01:05:22,200
Speaker 2: many thought he retired from football too soon. Think about it.

1250
01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:25,520
Speaker 2: He hasn't played in the National Football League since nineteen

1251
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:29,640
Speaker 2: sixty five, but fifty eight years later, you remember him

1252
01:05:29,720 --> 01:05:33,120
Speaker 2: with reverence, with respect to his athleticism. I want to

1253
01:05:33,160 --> 01:05:36,520
Speaker 2: share a couple things with you when Jim Brown. It

1254
01:05:36,560 --> 01:05:39,200
Speaker 2: was announced that Jim Brown had passed Friday, my good

1255
01:05:39,200 --> 01:05:42,240
Speaker 2: friend Jeremy Shapp. Most of you know Dick Shapp was

1256
01:05:42,240 --> 01:05:45,920
Speaker 2: my mentor, my most prized possession, as a letter he

1257
01:05:45,960 --> 01:05:47,600
Speaker 2: wrote about me. We worked on a lot of things,

1258
01:05:47,640 --> 01:05:51,760
Speaker 2: including the Top fifty countdown in nineteen ninety nine when

1259
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:55,600
Speaker 2: ESPN counted down the top fifty athletes to the century.

1260
01:05:56,360 --> 01:05:57,960
Speaker 2: Jeremy and I talked for a good half an hour

1261
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:01,040
Speaker 2: about Jim Brown because there are a lot of what

1262
01:06:01,040 --> 01:06:03,160
Speaker 2: I would call the six degrees of Dick Shapp and

1263
01:06:03,240 --> 01:06:07,560
Speaker 2: Jim Brown, and lots of various people. But one of

1264
01:06:07,560 --> 01:06:10,480
Speaker 2: the reasons, one of the things we talked about was,

1265
01:06:11,560 --> 01:06:16,040
Speaker 2: of course, you know that Jim Brown was a lacrosse player,

1266
01:06:16,040 --> 01:06:20,400
Speaker 2: an All American lacrosse player at Syracuse as well as

1267
01:06:20,440 --> 01:06:23,480
Speaker 2: being an All American football player. And in a game

1268
01:06:23,520 --> 01:06:29,400
Speaker 2: against Cornell in which Syracuse won thirteen to twelve and

1269
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:34,400
Speaker 2: Jim Brown scored four goals, the goalie for Cornell that

1270
01:06:34,520 --> 01:06:38,680
Speaker 2: day was Dick Shapp, Jeremy's father, My good friend. Jeremy

1271
01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:42,360
Speaker 2: and I talked about that Jim and Dick Shapp were

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Speaker 2: actually very close friends. Shappe told me that, you know,

1273
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Speaker 2: although they went they did the countdown of the top

1274
01:06:50,080 --> 01:06:52,960
Speaker 2: fifty athletes, he always believed that Jim Brown was the

1275
01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:56,240
Speaker 2: greatest athlete he ever saw because his theory was that

1276
01:06:56,360 --> 01:06:59,280
Speaker 2: whatever sport Brown would have picked up, he would have

1277
01:06:59,320 --> 01:07:03,160
Speaker 2: been in credible at. In high school, as a running back,

1278
01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:05,680
Speaker 2: Jim Brown averaged fourteen yards per care He played on

1279
01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:08,640
Speaker 2: the high school basketball team, averaged thirty eight points per

1280
01:07:08,680 --> 01:07:11,800
Speaker 2: game as a forward, and in baseball, The New York

1281
01:07:11,920 --> 01:07:13,920
Speaker 2: Yankees would have signed him. He threw three no hitters

1282
01:07:13,920 --> 01:07:16,120
Speaker 2: in high school, but he elected not to want to

1283
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:19,960
Speaker 2: play baseball, went to Syracuse. Dick Shaft wanted him to

1284
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:22,040
Speaker 2: go to Cornell. They knew each other even then, but

1285
01:07:25,040 --> 01:07:28,360
Speaker 2: Brown wanted to go to Syracuse, which he did, and

1286
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:32,360
Speaker 2: Brown was such a prolific athlete that Syracuse remember again

1287
01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:35,919
Speaker 2: all American lacrosse player. Probably the greatest college football player,

1288
01:07:35,960 --> 01:07:39,640
Speaker 2: the greatest NFL player in history. I believe six foot two,

1289
01:07:39,720 --> 01:07:41,880
Speaker 2: two hundred and thirty two at a time when lineman

1290
01:07:41,960 --> 01:07:44,640
Speaker 2: weighed two hundred and forty pounds. He was strong and

1291
01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:48,040
Speaker 2: athletic and thick like alignment, but no one would ever

1292
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Speaker 2: catch him from behind, and he had incredible durability. He

1293
01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:52,439
Speaker 2: never missed a game in nine years, led the league

1294
01:07:52,440 --> 01:07:54,080
Speaker 2: in rushing eight out of the nine years he was

1295
01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:56,520
Speaker 2: MVP of the league. His rookie year MVP of the

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01:07:56,600 --> 01:08:00,080
Speaker 2: league is last year. In nineteen sixty six, he was

1297
01:08:00,080 --> 01:08:02,000
Speaker 2: filming a movie, The Dirty Dozen, which would be going

1298
01:08:02,040 --> 01:08:05,080
Speaker 2: to be a famous movie. The production ran over. He

1299
01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:09,520
Speaker 2: called his boss, owner Art Mordell of the Modell of

1300
01:08:09,560 --> 01:08:12,240
Speaker 2: the Cleveland Browns, said I'm going to be late. Modell says,

1301
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:14,760
Speaker 2: if you're going to be late, just stay there, and

1302
01:08:14,920 --> 01:08:17,160
Speaker 2: Brown said, fine, I'll retire and he'd had enough of

1303
01:08:17,200 --> 01:08:21,080
Speaker 2: football anyway. But while Brown was at Syracuse again, not

1304
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:24,080
Speaker 2: only did he play football and lacrosse, he was also

1305
01:08:24,120 --> 01:08:27,880
Speaker 2: on the basketball team two years but college basketball major

1306
01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:30,720
Speaker 2: college basketball average fifteen points a game. Used to train

1307
01:08:30,800 --> 01:08:34,120
Speaker 2: with the boxing team at Syracuse, and the boxing coach

1308
01:08:34,120 --> 01:08:35,760
Speaker 2: at Syracuse at the time, a guy by the name

1309
01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:39,799
Speaker 2: of Roy Simmons, told Jim Brown, if you just focus

1310
01:08:39,840 --> 01:08:42,759
Speaker 2: on boxing, he'd be the heavyweight champion of the world.

1311
01:08:43,439 --> 01:08:46,559
Speaker 2: But here's where the story between Dick Schapp and Jim

1312
01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:49,920
Speaker 2: Brown takes a turn. In nineteen fifty six, when the

1313
01:08:49,960 --> 01:08:55,240
Speaker 2: Heisman Trophy ballots were tallied, the winner was Paul Hornan

1314
01:08:55,720 --> 01:08:59,720
Speaker 2: out of Notre Dame. Well, Dick Schapp had voted for

1315
01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:04,240
Speaker 2: Jim Brown. He believed Jim Brown clearly was the best

1316
01:09:04,240 --> 01:09:07,519
Speaker 2: player in the country, not close. And people can argue

1317
01:09:07,520 --> 01:09:09,640
Speaker 2: that Syracuse but maybe was not a good football program. Well,

1318
01:09:09,680 --> 01:09:12,320
Speaker 2: Notre Dame was two and eight that year, and you know,

1319
01:09:12,360 --> 01:09:14,200
Speaker 2: Paul Horning went on to be in the Hall of Fame,

1320
01:09:14,280 --> 01:09:17,920
Speaker 2: so I'm not disavowing him. But Jim Brown should have

1321
01:09:17,960 --> 01:09:21,600
Speaker 2: won the Heisman. It's a travesty. And let's take it

1322
01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:23,840
Speaker 2: a step further. Jim Brown not only did not win

1323
01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:25,840
Speaker 2: the Heisman in nineteen fifty six, even though he was

1324
01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:29,880
Speaker 2: very well deserving, he finished fifth in the voting. And

1325
01:09:29,920 --> 01:09:31,960
Speaker 2: we all know why they didn't want to give a

1326
01:09:31,960 --> 01:09:34,840
Speaker 2: black man the Heisman Trophy in nineteen fifty six, and

1327
01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:39,519
Speaker 2: that is BS and you know it well. Dick Shapp,

1328
01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:41,479
Speaker 2: even though he was only twenty two years old at

1329
01:09:41,439 --> 01:09:44,200
Speaker 2: the time editor of a magazine and had to vote

1330
01:09:44,400 --> 01:09:47,760
Speaker 2: in the Heisman Trophy, was so incensed by this that

1331
01:09:47,880 --> 01:09:53,120
Speaker 2: he decided to vacate his Heisman Trophy vote. He decided

1332
01:09:53,120 --> 01:09:56,400
Speaker 2: to abstain from voting in the Heisman Trophy and boycotted

1333
01:09:56,479 --> 01:09:59,400
Speaker 2: for twenty five years. Shapp did not vote on the

1334
01:09:59,439 --> 01:10:02,120
Speaker 2: Heisman troph again for twenty five years because he was

1335
01:10:02,160 --> 01:10:05,400
Speaker 2: so incensed at the treatment of Jim Brown, and finally,

1336
01:10:05,439 --> 01:10:07,880
Speaker 2: in nineteen eighty one, he broke the streak and he

1337
01:10:07,960 --> 01:10:14,960
Speaker 2: voted for Marcus Allen at USC. Jim Brown is a

1338
01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:19,960
Speaker 2: very complex individual, most human beings are, and last night

1339
01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:22,599
Speaker 2: I focused only on the positive, and people were all

1340
01:10:22,640 --> 01:10:24,439
Speaker 2: too quick to come at me on Twitter saying, how

1341
01:10:24,439 --> 01:10:26,719
Speaker 2: can you call him a dignified man? He beat women,

1342
01:10:26,760 --> 01:10:28,759
Speaker 2: He did this, he did that. Jim Brown never claimed

1343
01:10:28,760 --> 01:10:29,960
Speaker 2: he was a saint, and I'm not going to defend

1344
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:33,120
Speaker 2: him for his actions, and he didn't defend himself. In fact,

1345
01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:35,120
Speaker 2: nineteen seventy eight, he spent a day in jail for

1346
01:10:35,200 --> 01:10:38,519
Speaker 2: choking his golfing partner. He was also fine, received two

1347
01:10:38,560 --> 01:10:41,400
Speaker 2: years of probation. There were other serious charges. There was

1348
01:10:41,439 --> 01:10:45,639
Speaker 2: a rape accusation case was dismissed. There were multiple incidents

1349
01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:48,439
Speaker 2: charged with assault, et cetera, et cetera. I'm not going

1350
01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:52,040
Speaker 2: to go through the entire litany. Went to nine Pro Bowls,

1351
01:10:52,479 --> 01:10:55,479
Speaker 2: won a championship with Cleveland in nineteen sixty four. He

1352
01:10:55,520 --> 01:10:58,120
Speaker 2: was a gifted athlete, a dominant player, but he was

1353
01:10:58,160 --> 01:11:01,960
Speaker 2: also a man of great intellectual currier. Jim Brown was

1354
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:04,920
Speaker 2: truly a renaissance man. He's the type of guy I

1355
01:11:04,920 --> 01:11:07,320
Speaker 2: think Lebron wishes he was. When Brown talked, he was

1356
01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:10,840
Speaker 2: so compelling, so interesting, so thoughtful. Lebron tries to be

1357
01:11:10,920 --> 01:11:12,920
Speaker 2: that way. Doesn't sound that way to me at all.

1358
01:11:13,479 --> 01:11:16,719
Speaker 2: But Jim Brown left his mark on society. He walked

1359
01:11:16,720 --> 01:11:18,960
Speaker 2: the walk and talked to talk he truly meant well.

1360
01:11:19,240 --> 01:11:23,240
Speaker 2: He got better as his life went on. He invested

1361
01:11:23,280 --> 01:11:28,320
Speaker 2: a lot of his personal time to fight social, social

1362
01:11:28,320 --> 01:11:31,080
Speaker 2: injustice and civil rights matters. And he did it even

1363
01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:34,280
Speaker 2: early in his career with partnering with Kareem Abdul Jabbar

1364
01:11:34,360 --> 01:11:38,719
Speaker 2: and trying to help Muhammad Ali and Bill Russell. Listen,

1365
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:40,640
Speaker 2: this is a man who led a full life, and

1366
01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:42,920
Speaker 2: he was not perfect, and he never proclaimed to be

1367
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:48,160
Speaker 2: a saint. But I choose to remember the positives about

1368
01:11:48,240 --> 01:11:51,599
Speaker 2: Jim Brown. And I'm always name dropping because I've met

1369
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:53,920
Speaker 2: a hell of a lot of people. Jim Brown was

1370
01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:55,479
Speaker 2: not one of them. And I'm mad at myself because

1371
01:11:55,479 --> 01:11:56,560
Speaker 2: I could have met him when I first moved to

1372
01:11:56,640 --> 01:11:59,080
Speaker 2: Vegas back in twenty eleven, and I blew it and

1373
01:11:59,120 --> 01:12:00,960
Speaker 2: I wish I would have because everybody I know that

1374
01:12:01,040 --> 01:12:05,000
Speaker 2: has had positive things to say. Again, an activist, an actor,

1375
01:12:05,040 --> 01:12:09,280
Speaker 2: a football star, and listen, a lot of people considered

1376
01:12:09,320 --> 01:12:12,360
Speaker 2: him a very loving father and husband and all those

1377
01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:15,599
Speaker 2: things in his close family. Their hearts are broken. We

1378
01:12:15,640 --> 01:12:18,040
Speaker 2: lost an icon. And again, he was not perfect, nor

1379
01:12:18,080 --> 01:12:20,479
Speaker 2: did he claim to be never said he was a saint.

1380
01:12:20,880 --> 01:12:22,720
Speaker 2: And I'll fall back on what Dick shapp told me

1381
01:12:22,720 --> 01:12:24,639
Speaker 2: about him, and I will tell you it was all

1382
01:12:24,720 --> 01:12:26,719
Speaker 2: very glowing. Think about what happened to him in nineteen

1383
01:12:26,760 --> 01:12:29,559
Speaker 2: fifty six and at age twenty, how that could affect

1384
01:12:29,600 --> 01:12:32,320
Speaker 2: you in your life. Brown went on to make great

1385
01:12:32,320 --> 01:12:35,639
Speaker 2: things in this world, and again I choose to focus

1386
01:12:35,680 --> 01:12:38,479
Speaker 2: on the positive. Rest in peace, Jim Brown. God blessed

1387
01:12:38,520 --> 01:12:43,200
Speaker 2: Jim Brown. Coming up, promise that best bet Titans Saints.

1388
01:12:43,640 --> 01:12:45,840
Speaker 2: I'll tell you why I like Brian Tannehill and I'm

1389
01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:48,680
Speaker 2: not high on Derek Carr or the Saints at all,

1390
01:12:48,720 --> 01:12:51,439
Speaker 2: at least to start this season. I'll give you the reasons.

1391
01:12:51,600 --> 01:12:53,559
Speaker 2: Coming up, I'm Bernie Fradder, coming to you live from

1392
01:12:53,560 --> 01:12:56,959
Speaker 2: the Las Vegas tirect dot com Fox Sports Radio Studios.

1393
01:12:57,160 --> 01:12:59,360
Speaker 2: Keep it locked right here. You're listening to the Bernie

1394
01:12:59,360 --> 01:13:11,880
Speaker 2: Fratter Show on Sports Radio. All right back on the

1395
01:13:11,880 --> 01:13:14,360
Speaker 2: Bernie Final Show. Come to you live from the Las

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01:13:14,439 --> 01:13:18,040
Speaker 2: Vegas Fox Sports Radio tyrack dot com studios. Coming up

1397
01:13:18,080 --> 01:13:20,360
Speaker 2: top of the hour, I'm going to give my commentary

1398
01:13:20,400 --> 01:13:23,599
Speaker 2: on John Morant and how he needs to figure things

1399
01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:26,360
Speaker 2: out before he further damaged his career. And I'm gonna

1400
01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:29,840
Speaker 2: give some advice to Adam Silver whether he wants it

1401
01:13:30,120 --> 01:13:33,040
Speaker 2: or not. Lots of show to get to take after

1402
01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:36,560
Speaker 2: three am Pacific, six am Eastern, you'll forget two am Pacific,

1403
01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:38,640
Speaker 2: five am Eastern. What kind of brand new fool you

1404
01:13:38,800 --> 01:13:43,080
Speaker 2: followed by? What my name? The dance Sensation's sweeping the nation.

1405
01:13:43,160 --> 01:13:45,160
Speaker 2: I'm gonna get to the A's to Vegas. I've forgotten

1406
01:13:45,160 --> 01:13:48,200
Speaker 2: about that. Trust me, I got more to tell you

1407
01:13:48,200 --> 01:13:51,800
Speaker 2: about there. Will Victor Webbinyana live up to the hype?

1408
01:13:51,800 --> 01:13:53,400
Speaker 2: I have no idea, but I don't think he's the

1409
01:13:53,400 --> 01:13:55,080
Speaker 2: most hype guy. How could you say that when Harley

1410
01:13:55,760 --> 01:13:57,839
Speaker 2: any of us have seen him. I actually saw Lebron

1411
01:13:57,960 --> 01:14:01,120
Speaker 2: James play a high school game years ago, last month

1412
01:14:01,960 --> 01:14:04,320
Speaker 2: Saint Vincent, Saint Mary's in Ohio. It's of course, I

1413
01:14:04,320 --> 01:14:06,240
Speaker 2: was living in Detroit. She's a quick two hour drive

1414
01:14:06,240 --> 01:14:08,360
Speaker 2: down to Cleveland, and I'm glad I did. I'll give

1415
01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:10,599
Speaker 2: you my thoughts. I thought Lebron was far more hyped.

1416
01:14:10,920 --> 01:14:14,479
Speaker 2: Cover a Sports Illustrated at sixteen, they chose one. Most

1417
01:14:14,520 --> 01:14:17,519
Speaker 2: of you couldn't pick wobin Yan out of a lineup.

1418
01:14:17,960 --> 01:14:20,040
Speaker 2: Maybe that's not a good analogy, but you get my drift.

1419
01:14:20,040 --> 01:14:23,760
Speaker 2: Work with me, all right? The other bet the third bet.

1420
01:14:23,840 --> 01:14:26,080
Speaker 2: I like Week one in the National Football League, your

1421
01:14:26,160 --> 01:14:29,519
Speaker 2: Tennessee Titans catching three and a half against the New

1422
01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:32,800
Speaker 2: Orleans Saints. Now I get it. The Titans finished stilling

1423
01:14:32,880 --> 01:14:36,160
Speaker 2: seven down the stretch last season because they had plenty

1424
01:14:36,160 --> 01:14:38,160
Speaker 2: of injuries and they had some bad luck. But remember

1425
01:14:38,160 --> 01:14:42,720
Speaker 2: they started going seven and three, and they've consistently been successful,

1426
01:14:44,040 --> 01:14:46,639
Speaker 2: save for that seventh game blip, in the last five

1427
01:14:46,720 --> 01:14:50,720
Speaker 2: years under Mike Rabel, they've been successful, and they've been

1428
01:14:50,760 --> 01:14:55,360
Speaker 2: great as a dog. Hold I thought. The Saints, I believe,

1429
01:14:56,040 --> 01:14:58,800
Speaker 2: are quite likely to have growing pains with Derek Carr

1430
01:14:58,920 --> 01:15:03,479
Speaker 2: as he starts to learn those new offenses. Carr had

1431
01:15:03,520 --> 01:15:07,519
Speaker 2: his worst four worst seasons. They all came year one

1432
01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:10,439
Speaker 2: of a new offense. And it's a bad sign for

1433
01:15:10,479 --> 01:15:14,479
Speaker 2: the Saints in this matchup because I expect Week one

1434
01:15:14,880 --> 01:15:18,160
Speaker 2: Ryan Tannehill to be under center, not Will Levis. I

1435
01:15:18,160 --> 01:15:21,800
Speaker 2: think it's gonna be Tannehill, and Tannehill had a better

1436
01:15:21,880 --> 01:15:24,519
Speaker 2: jump statistically than Derek Carr last year. You don't believe me.

1437
01:15:25,000 --> 01:15:28,519
Speaker 2: Tannehill completed about sixty six percent of his passes, Carr

1438
01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:32,160
Speaker 2: about sixty percent. Tannehill had almost eight yards per tempt.

1439
01:15:32,160 --> 01:15:36,360
Speaker 2: Car seven, Tannehill had a ninety five QB rating. Car

1440
01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:39,599
Speaker 2: had an eighty six QB rating. Right on down the line,

1441
01:15:40,520 --> 01:15:45,040
Speaker 2: Tannehill was better. Now. Now, if Tannehill gets benched for

1442
01:15:45,439 --> 01:15:49,400
Speaker 2: Will Levis before the season, which I think is highly unlikely,

1443
01:15:50,479 --> 01:15:53,639
Speaker 2: but it might be in the back of some people's minds, well,

1444
01:15:53,680 --> 01:15:56,280
Speaker 2: that means Vrabel believes than Levis can perform at a

1445
01:15:56,320 --> 01:15:59,439
Speaker 2: higher level than Tannehill. So I'm not gonna allow that

1446
01:15:59,479 --> 01:16:01,960
Speaker 2: to change. I thought on this, I'd still grab the points.

1447
01:16:02,000 --> 01:16:04,639
Speaker 2: You might even get a better line if they're starting

1448
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:08,439
Speaker 2: a rookie Week one, But I'm going with Mike Vrabel here.

1449
01:16:08,880 --> 01:16:11,559
Speaker 2: The Titans have an edge at head coach that I

1450
01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:17,840
Speaker 2: haven't even gotten to. All Right, Titan Vrabel's record as

1451
01:16:17,880 --> 01:16:21,120
Speaker 2: a head coach, He's forty eight and thirty four. He's

1452
01:16:21,120 --> 01:16:24,559
Speaker 2: won sixty percent of his game straight up, Dennis Allen,

1453
01:16:24,840 --> 01:16:27,200
Speaker 2: He's fifteen and thirty eight as a head coach, and

1454
01:16:27,280 --> 01:16:30,040
Speaker 2: you probably who's Dennis Salen. Well, Dennis Allen is your

1455
01:16:30,080 --> 01:16:34,360
Speaker 2: head coach of the New Orleans Saints. Moreover, Moreover, as

1456
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:39,479
Speaker 2: an underdog, Mike Vrabel is sixty one percent against the spread,

1457
01:16:40,160 --> 01:16:44,320
Speaker 2: including seventy one percent when the spread is three points

1458
01:16:44,400 --> 01:16:48,800
Speaker 2: or higher. Dennis Allen meanwhile, as a favorite, he's twenty

1459
01:16:48,840 --> 01:16:51,480
Speaker 2: one and thirty one. That's forty percent. But he's a favorite.

1460
01:16:52,080 --> 01:16:55,160
Speaker 2: Check that he's twenty one and thirty one against the

1461
01:16:55,200 --> 01:16:59,280
Speaker 2: spread in all games. But as a favorite, Dennis Allen

1462
01:16:59,360 --> 01:17:02,679
Speaker 2: is only four eight against the spread thirty three percent.

1463
01:17:02,800 --> 01:17:06,800
Speaker 2: Rabel's win percentage is a dog is sensational. It's nearly

1464
01:17:06,800 --> 01:17:09,320
Speaker 2: as high as Allen's win percentage as a favorite. That's

1465
01:17:09,400 --> 01:17:13,920
Speaker 2: kind of insane. Titans plus three and a half against

1466
01:17:14,160 --> 01:17:17,880
Speaker 2: the New Orleans Saints Week one. I have no faith

1467
01:17:17,960 --> 01:17:20,400
Speaker 2: in Derek Carr. He's gonna have to prove it to me.

1468
01:17:20,600 --> 01:17:25,040
Speaker 2: Nice guy, good man when it matters. Most good luck

1469
01:17:25,439 --> 01:17:28,439
Speaker 2: you'll see in Week one. I think Mike Rabel and

1470
01:17:28,520 --> 01:17:32,040
Speaker 2: points is of value. The other two points the other

1471
01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:35,639
Speaker 2: two bets. I gave the Chiefs Lions Lions plus seven

1472
01:17:35,680 --> 01:17:37,719
Speaker 2: Week one. If the Lions can just feel an average

1473
01:17:37,720 --> 01:17:40,439
Speaker 2: defense instead of a terrible one, watch out because that

1474
01:17:40,479 --> 01:17:43,080
Speaker 2: offense average twenty seven points a game last year. And

1475
01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:47,400
Speaker 2: guess what they've beefed up. They signed CJ Mosley, Cam Sutton, CJ.

1476
01:17:47,479 --> 01:17:50,759
Speaker 2: Garnder Johnson, They've improved their defensive backfield. They draft safety

1477
01:17:50,760 --> 01:17:53,880
Speaker 2: Bryant Branch out of Alabama. I think you see a

1478
01:17:53,880 --> 01:17:56,599
Speaker 2: bit of a shootout there, Lions getting seven points week one.

1479
01:17:57,000 --> 01:17:59,960
Speaker 2: I think that game the value lies with the dog,

1480
01:18:00,080 --> 01:18:02,719
Speaker 2: as I believe the value lies with the dog, Tampa

1481
01:18:02,720 --> 01:18:05,720
Speaker 2: Bay getting seven against the Vikings. I talked about the

1482
01:18:05,720 --> 01:18:08,360
Speaker 2: pythagoream theorem. The Vikings might have been thirteen and four

1483
01:18:08,439 --> 01:18:11,080
Speaker 2: last year, but they gave up three more points than

1484
01:18:11,080 --> 01:18:13,599
Speaker 2: they actually scored. That equates to more like an eight

1485
01:18:13,600 --> 01:18:16,120
Speaker 2: to nine record, not thirteen and four. By the way,

1486
01:18:16,200 --> 01:18:19,679
Speaker 2: the Bucks defense is better than to think it finished

1487
01:18:19,680 --> 01:18:22,640
Speaker 2: between five and thirteen in points, yards, et cetera of

1488
01:18:22,680 --> 01:18:25,599
Speaker 2: the last three seasons, and I think seven is too many.

1489
01:18:25,920 --> 01:18:30,000
Speaker 2: Week one Bucks plus seven Lions plus seven Titans plus

1490
01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:32,960
Speaker 2: three and a half. Coming up, I'm gonna talk about

1491
01:18:33,040 --> 01:18:36,040
Speaker 2: John Morant and what I think needs to happen over

1492
01:18:36,080 --> 01:18:37,880
Speaker 2: the next year so he can figure out what he

1493
01:18:37,880 --> 01:18:40,680
Speaker 2: wants to do with his life. It's not punishment. It's

1494
01:18:40,720 --> 01:18:43,360
Speaker 2: a matter of creating a lifestyle for him that he

1495
01:18:43,400 --> 01:18:46,240
Speaker 2: can live with. Keep it locked right here. You're listening

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Speaker 2: to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio. Well

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Speaker 2: for working with me. All right, I want to get

1505
01:19:23,640 --> 01:19:27,679
Speaker 2: to dramaant. This is a very complex issue. It requires

1506
01:19:27,720 --> 01:19:32,920
Speaker 2: you to listen closely, not listen selectively. And I want

1507
01:19:32,920 --> 01:19:35,840
Speaker 2: to start with an analogy. You know, Bill Cosby, back

1508
01:19:35,880 --> 01:19:39,080
Speaker 2: in the eighties, when his show The Cosby Show was banging,

1509
01:19:39,600 --> 01:19:42,400
Speaker 2: one of the great shows of all time, he wrote

1510
01:19:42,439 --> 01:19:45,680
Speaker 2: a book called Fatherhood. And I obviously Cosby knows a

1511
01:19:45,720 --> 01:19:47,840
Speaker 2: thing or two about fatherhood because he raised four children.

1512
01:19:48,160 --> 01:19:51,920
Speaker 2: And he tells a story, a true story, and which

1513
01:19:51,920 --> 01:19:55,880
Speaker 2: he caught his son in a lie and took him

1514
01:19:55,880 --> 01:19:59,200
Speaker 2: out to the backyard and explained to him how truly

1515
01:19:59,280 --> 01:20:03,040
Speaker 2: disappointed he was that his son had lied to him.

1516
01:20:03,080 --> 01:20:05,640
Speaker 2: And his son says, well, Dad, you're not gonna spank me.

1517
01:20:05,680 --> 01:20:08,439
Speaker 2: You're not gonna hit me, are you? And he says, no, no, no,

1518
01:20:08,479 --> 01:20:10,519
Speaker 2: nothing like that. I'm not going to do that. So

1519
01:20:11,160 --> 01:20:14,040
Speaker 2: they had their talk and they concluded, and they started

1520
01:20:14,040 --> 01:20:19,200
Speaker 2: walking toward the house, and all of a sudden, Casby

1521
01:20:19,280 --> 01:20:21,640
Speaker 2: waxed him across the back. And his son couldn't believe it.

1522
01:20:21,640 --> 01:20:24,160
Speaker 2: He was upset, started crying, looked at him, his dad,

1523
01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:27,320
Speaker 2: You said, you promised you wouldn't hit me, He says,

1524
01:20:27,360 --> 01:20:31,840
Speaker 2: I lied. How's it feel to be lied to? And

1525
01:20:31,880 --> 01:20:35,040
Speaker 2: he got his point across. And if you happen to

1526
01:20:35,160 --> 01:20:39,759
Speaker 2: see the facial expression and the countenance of Adam Silver

1527
01:20:39,840 --> 01:20:44,559
Speaker 2: Tuesday night during the NBA made for TV, you know

1528
01:20:44,960 --> 01:20:49,880
Speaker 2: what the lottery ball shuffle, he seemed hurt like he

1529
01:20:49,960 --> 01:20:53,559
Speaker 2: had been lied to, And just sixty days ago he

1530
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:55,880
Speaker 2: could have sworn that. Ja Morant looked him into the eye,

1531
01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:57,360
Speaker 2: looked him in the eye and said, I'm not going

1532
01:20:57,439 --> 01:21:00,920
Speaker 2: to do this anymore. I understand. And he got off

1533
01:21:01,040 --> 01:21:04,479
Speaker 2: very lightly. And I'm not implying that Moran didn't break

1534
01:21:04,479 --> 01:21:08,200
Speaker 2: any laws. I'm not implying that he's not allowed to

1535
01:21:08,439 --> 01:21:10,439
Speaker 2: as a citizen and by the Second Amendment, to have

1536
01:21:10,479 --> 01:21:12,559
Speaker 2: a gun. But in the NBA they don't want your

1537
01:21:12,600 --> 01:21:15,959
Speaker 2: flashing guns. This is all about optics, it's all about image.

1538
01:21:16,479 --> 01:21:18,920
Speaker 2: But it's more than that. Remember, if Moran had a

1539
01:21:18,920 --> 01:21:22,120
Speaker 2: body of work, he had several incidences that were called

1540
01:21:22,120 --> 01:21:24,879
Speaker 2: into question. And I'm not going to list them because

1541
01:21:25,600 --> 01:21:29,080
Speaker 2: you remember them. Okay, they've been gone over multiple times.

1542
01:21:29,800 --> 01:21:32,040
Speaker 2: But this is a story, or this may become a

1543
01:21:32,080 --> 01:21:35,320
Speaker 2: story that's his old as time. You have a gifted individual,

1544
01:21:36,360 --> 01:21:40,559
Speaker 2: a talented individual because of a god given skill set.

1545
01:21:41,640 --> 01:21:45,000
Speaker 2: Those talents elevate this individual to a plateau in life

1546
01:21:45,920 --> 01:21:50,559
Speaker 2: where sometimes their character can't keep them. This is America.

1547
01:21:51,479 --> 01:21:53,360
Speaker 2: You're free to screw up. You're free to make a

1548
01:21:53,439 --> 01:21:56,639
Speaker 2: damn fool of yourself. You're free to cost yourself millions

1549
01:21:56,680 --> 01:21:59,479
Speaker 2: of dollars, which so far Moran has done, and it

1550
01:21:59,479 --> 01:22:04,280
Speaker 2: could get worse. Enter job Moran. I don't feel sorry

1551
01:22:04,320 --> 01:22:07,040
Speaker 2: for him, but I do have a feeling Morent is

1552
01:22:07,040 --> 01:22:10,080
Speaker 2: trying to serve two masters. He's trying to climb two

1553
01:22:10,080 --> 01:22:14,880
Speaker 2: mountains at the same time. Now he plays basketball. For now,

1554
01:22:15,479 --> 01:22:19,400
Speaker 2: he's basically a human highlight reel, incredibly talented. Never want

1555
01:22:19,439 --> 01:22:21,160
Speaker 2: a damn thing that I know of, and I don't

1556
01:22:21,160 --> 01:22:23,920
Speaker 2: know if he ever will. But Moran also has a

1557
01:22:23,920 --> 01:22:28,040
Speaker 2: personal life. He has friends, He has people that were

1558
01:22:28,080 --> 01:22:30,840
Speaker 2: in his life long before he was on TV three

1559
01:22:30,960 --> 01:22:35,040
Speaker 2: nights a week, and they bond. They bond over things

1560
01:22:35,040 --> 01:22:37,160
Speaker 2: that you and I probably can't relate to. And I'm

1561
01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:41,160
Speaker 2: not judging job Arant, but perhaps those folks Morant associates

1562
01:22:41,200 --> 01:22:44,400
Speaker 2: with mean a lot to him. And actually I get that,

1563
01:22:46,080 --> 01:22:48,599
Speaker 2: you know, kind of like Matt Damon and Goodwill Honeing.

1564
01:22:49,200 --> 01:22:53,559
Speaker 2: They were there way before he met Professor Jared Lambeau. Now,

1565
01:22:53,800 --> 01:22:56,800
Speaker 2: Moran will most likely not win a Fields Medal, and

1566
01:22:56,840 --> 01:22:59,080
Speaker 2: at this point I don't think it's likely. I don't

1567
01:22:59,080 --> 01:23:02,200
Speaker 2: see him winning an NBA championship, at least not anytime soon.

1568
01:23:02,800 --> 01:23:06,599
Speaker 2: But here's the larger issue. John Moran has a choice

1569
01:23:06,640 --> 01:23:09,479
Speaker 2: to make. See, life is funny for all of us.

1570
01:23:09,640 --> 01:23:13,960
Speaker 2: It's all about choices. You stack up good choices, things

1571
01:23:14,040 --> 01:23:18,559
Speaker 2: usually work out. You start to stack up bad choices, well,

1572
01:23:18,600 --> 01:23:22,160
Speaker 2: it usually does it end too well. So Moran's friends,

1573
01:23:22,200 --> 01:23:25,960
Speaker 2: his buddies, homies, Clearly, they're a big part of his life.

1574
01:23:26,080 --> 01:23:30,639
Speaker 2: He is beholden to them, he respects them. There's mutual love,

1575
01:23:30,680 --> 01:23:33,360
Speaker 2: there's mutual respect. These are things we can relate to.

1576
01:23:33,520 --> 01:23:38,840
Speaker 2: I understand that John Morant needs to be removed from

1577
01:23:38,920 --> 01:23:41,439
Speaker 2: basketball for a year. Call it a suspension if you want,

1578
01:23:41,720 --> 01:23:44,880
Speaker 2: don't call it punishment. He just needs to take a

1579
01:23:44,960 --> 01:23:47,719
Speaker 2: year off of the game. You heard me, Here's why.

1580
01:23:48,720 --> 01:23:52,559
Speaker 2: And keep in mind, see in that time, John Moran

1581
01:23:52,680 --> 01:23:56,639
Speaker 2: can decide where his values truly lie. In one year,

1582
01:23:57,240 --> 01:23:59,640
Speaker 2: he'll be twenty four. That's it. He'll still have his

1583
01:23:59,720 --> 01:24:04,559
Speaker 2: whole life ahead of him. And so far, Job Moran

1584
01:24:04,640 --> 01:24:07,320
Speaker 2: has actually already earned thirty one million dollars in his

1585
01:24:07,439 --> 01:24:09,960
Speaker 2: short three year career in the NBA. And if that's

1586
01:24:10,000 --> 01:24:12,600
Speaker 2: all he ever makes, when he should be set for

1587
01:24:12,640 --> 01:24:15,280
Speaker 2: the next three lifetimes. I know you're not supposed to

1588
01:24:15,360 --> 01:24:18,800
Speaker 2: count other people's money, but I just did because this

1589
01:24:18,920 --> 01:24:22,360
Speaker 2: is about much more than money. It involves a human life.

1590
01:24:22,920 --> 01:24:25,040
Speaker 2: And for all the fake outrage out there and for

1591
01:24:25,080 --> 01:24:27,559
Speaker 2: all the fake platitudes like well, I really feel sorry

1592
01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:30,599
Speaker 2: for him. I hope he gets some help. Morant needs

1593
01:24:30,640 --> 01:24:34,719
Speaker 2: to help himself. Life is like golf rule number six.

1594
01:24:34,880 --> 01:24:39,080
Speaker 2: You're responsible for your own ball and your own score.

1595
01:24:40,160 --> 01:24:42,840
Speaker 2: If Adam Silver doesn't remove him from the NBA for

1596
01:24:42,880 --> 01:24:45,840
Speaker 2: a year, then he must have his own agenda. He

1597
01:24:45,920 --> 01:24:49,280
Speaker 2: must have his own agenda in mine, not Morants. Remember,

1598
01:24:49,439 --> 01:24:51,960
Speaker 2: entered last Saturday night, so we've been a week. I

1599
01:24:51,960 --> 01:24:56,360
Speaker 2: don't care what Krant was thinking. It's evident maybe he

1600
01:24:56,400 --> 01:25:00,200
Speaker 2: wasn't thinking at all. Remember it was only sixty days ago.

1601
01:25:00,680 --> 01:25:04,320
Speaker 2: The NBA suspended John Morant in March after he was

1602
01:25:04,360 --> 01:25:07,680
Speaker 2: seen in an Instagram live video as he was brandishing

1603
01:25:07,680 --> 01:25:10,360
Speaker 2: a gun and signed a Denver Strip club. And this

1604
01:25:10,479 --> 01:25:14,000
Speaker 2: was during a Memphis Grizzlies road trip, which is a

1605
01:25:14,040 --> 01:25:18,479
Speaker 2: clear violation of the NBA Code of Conduct negotiated by

1606
01:25:18,520 --> 01:25:21,880
Speaker 2: the players. You need in the CBA. This is a

1607
01:25:21,880 --> 01:25:25,679
Speaker 2: condition of employment. I don't know if he broke the law,

1608
01:25:26,000 --> 01:25:27,839
Speaker 2: was in charge with the crime, best of my knowledge,

1609
01:25:28,080 --> 01:25:30,120
Speaker 2: but people want to get this twisted as hell. If

1610
01:25:30,160 --> 01:25:32,720
Speaker 2: he hasn't broken any laws, you don't have to be

1611
01:25:32,760 --> 01:25:36,200
Speaker 2: in trouble with your employer by breaking the law. You

1612
01:25:36,240 --> 01:25:37,800
Speaker 2: don't have to break the law to be in trouble

1613
01:25:37,800 --> 01:25:42,439
Speaker 2: with your employer. So what happened. The Grizzlies clearly were

1614
01:25:42,439 --> 01:25:46,680
Speaker 2: not abused, the NBA were not amused. Brand got a

1615
01:25:46,800 --> 01:25:50,840
Speaker 2: suspension eight games without pay, and he's getting ready this

1616
01:25:50,960 --> 01:25:54,280
Speaker 2: upcoming year to start his five year one hundred and

1617
01:25:54,320 --> 01:25:58,160
Speaker 2: ninety four million dollar contract. Now Nike also has a

1618
01:25:58,200 --> 01:26:01,880
Speaker 2: twelve million dollar deal with the Rant. So far they've

1619
01:26:01,880 --> 01:26:04,759
Speaker 2: been they've stood mute, but I do. It's my understanding.

1620
01:26:04,800 --> 01:26:06,759
Speaker 2: They may have taken some of his shoes off the website.

1621
01:26:06,800 --> 01:26:09,479
Speaker 2: I don't know, but Mike Nike, in their own way,

1622
01:26:09,520 --> 01:26:12,920
Speaker 2: has made it clear. I think they're concerned best about knowledge,

1623
01:26:13,080 --> 01:26:16,360
Speaker 2: but everybody is. Everybody should be because a guy like

1624
01:26:16,520 --> 01:26:19,640
Speaker 2: John Morant is a special talent. He's a stimulating guy's

1625
01:26:20,160 --> 01:26:24,160
Speaker 2: he's a young player, he's a nightly highlight reel. And

1626
01:26:24,400 --> 01:26:27,679
Speaker 2: and by the way, if I'm being fair, I think

1627
01:26:27,800 --> 01:26:30,400
Speaker 2: John Morant's story is inspiring. He's a kid who made

1628
01:26:30,400 --> 01:26:33,120
Speaker 2: it big time. He was very lightly recruited out of

1629
01:26:33,160 --> 01:26:35,960
Speaker 2: high school, ended up in Murray State, good basketball school,

1630
01:26:36,439 --> 01:26:39,879
Speaker 2: but it's certainly not a blue blood. And he attended

1631
01:26:39,880 --> 01:26:42,920
Speaker 2: school in a small South Carolina high school. So where

1632
01:26:42,960 --> 01:26:45,400
Speaker 2: you consider where he started, where's come. This is an

1633
01:26:45,400 --> 01:26:48,720
Speaker 2: inspiring story because now he's a star. He's got the

1634
01:26:48,720 --> 01:26:51,759
Speaker 2: potential to make hundreds of millions of dollars in career earnings,

1635
01:26:52,360 --> 01:26:56,000
Speaker 2: and with that comes responsibility to who much has given,

1636
01:26:56,040 --> 01:27:00,480
Speaker 2: who much is to who much is given? Much as expect.

1637
01:27:01,200 --> 01:27:04,479
Speaker 2: The NBA has made it clear they don't want to

1638
01:27:04,479 --> 01:27:09,880
Speaker 2: tolerate images of players glorifying guns. Here's the kicker, It's

1639
01:27:09,960 --> 01:27:16,479
Speaker 2: already happened. Mourant said he understood. Much like Bill Cosby's son.

1640
01:27:17,600 --> 01:27:20,960
Speaker 2: He looked at his He looked at the commissioner and

1641
01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:23,120
Speaker 2: said he understood. He said, quote matter of fact, I'll

1642
01:27:23,160 --> 01:27:28,120
Speaker 2: quote him. I take full responsibility. Well, maybe he said it,

1643
01:27:28,160 --> 01:27:31,720
Speaker 2: or his public relations team wrote it. I don't know,

1644
01:27:32,520 --> 01:27:34,800
Speaker 2: but what did Moran say? Then I'm gonna take some

1645
01:27:34,960 --> 01:27:38,639
Speaker 2: time away to get help and work on learning better

1646
01:27:38,680 --> 01:27:42,519
Speaker 2: methods of dealing with stress and overall well being. Sorry,

1647
01:27:42,560 --> 01:27:46,360
Speaker 2: that just sounds pre programmed to me, artificial. It's a platitude.

1648
01:27:47,280 --> 01:27:51,160
Speaker 2: Just don't flash guns and instagram live. Don't do it.

1649
01:27:52,320 --> 01:27:54,719
Speaker 2: That's the condition of employment. Do you really need help?

1650
01:27:54,880 --> 01:27:57,519
Speaker 2: Maybe you do. I'm not gonna dismiss that. Then get it.

1651
01:27:57,760 --> 01:27:59,640
Speaker 2: But it ain't gonna happen over a week or a

1652
01:27:59,640 --> 01:28:03,439
Speaker 2: month or games. You've proven that, and whatever help you took,

1653
01:28:03,520 --> 01:28:06,719
Speaker 2: or whatever time you took off, or you know, whatever

1654
01:28:06,760 --> 01:28:10,240
Speaker 2: assistance you were receiving, I don't think it worked. Because

1655
01:28:10,320 --> 01:28:14,000
Speaker 2: last Saturday night you proved it didn't work. Morant was

1656
01:28:14,040 --> 01:28:16,320
Speaker 2: back on Instagram live with what appeared to be a

1657
01:28:16,360 --> 01:28:18,840
Speaker 2: gun in his hand, And what was interesting is there

1658
01:28:18,880 --> 01:28:22,280
Speaker 2: seemed to be an awareness that when he knew the

1659
01:28:22,360 --> 01:28:24,400
Speaker 2: quantum physics took over and he was being observed, and

1660
01:28:24,400 --> 01:28:26,800
Speaker 2: it was even on camera, he somewhat tried to hide

1661
01:28:26,840 --> 01:28:31,720
Speaker 2: the gun, and as it were, the response, well, it's

1662
01:28:31,800 --> 01:28:37,640
Speaker 2: predictably predictably was immediate. The Griess the Grizzly try to

1663
01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:42,400
Speaker 2: get in English, the Memphis Grizzlies. Well, they have now

1664
01:28:42,439 --> 01:28:44,719
Speaker 2: suspended him indefinitely. I don't know what that means, though,

1665
01:28:45,680 --> 01:28:49,479
Speaker 2: so we do know it's another suspension, more lost millions

1666
01:28:49,479 --> 01:28:54,719
Speaker 2: of dollars, perhaps his shoe deals in jeopardy, we don't know. Moreover,

1667
01:28:54,760 --> 01:28:58,000
Speaker 2: he's got to be embarrassed, and he's now very much

1668
01:28:58,040 --> 01:29:03,480
Speaker 2: inserted doubt into the minds of the people who trusted him.

1669
01:29:03,800 --> 01:29:07,400
Speaker 2: John Morant is not the first guy to engage in

1670
01:29:07,439 --> 01:29:10,400
Speaker 2: a self inflicted wound. He's not the first guy or

1671
01:29:10,400 --> 01:29:15,200
Speaker 2: the last to engage in self inflicted humiliation. But this

1672
01:29:15,320 --> 01:29:17,240
Speaker 2: got to be one of the more ridiculous ones and

1673
01:29:17,400 --> 01:29:21,960
Speaker 2: absolutely avoidable. How hard is it to go about your

1674
01:29:22,040 --> 01:29:25,360
Speaker 2: day and not get filmed with a gun in your hand.

1675
01:29:26,320 --> 01:29:31,240
Speaker 2: Apparently it was too hard for John Morant. And in

1676
01:29:31,320 --> 01:29:35,880
Speaker 2: the last week, a lot of very prominent people, respectable people,

1677
01:29:36,560 --> 01:29:41,479
Speaker 2: Shannon Sharp, Charles Barkley, they weighed in. Moran has been mocked,

1678
01:29:41,520 --> 01:29:45,120
Speaker 2: he's been scolded. You can't tell me he doesn't deserve it.

1679
01:29:45,840 --> 01:29:48,800
Speaker 2: This wasn't just an active immaturity. This was just out

1680
01:29:48,880 --> 01:29:52,679
Speaker 2: right stupidity. Now, there are plenty of players and coaches

1681
01:29:52,680 --> 01:29:57,400
Speaker 2: and executives who stood by Ja Morant last time. Plenty

1682
01:29:57,400 --> 01:29:59,800
Speaker 2: of them. They really went to bat. They put their

1683
01:29:59,800 --> 01:30:04,439
Speaker 2: crew ability on the line, and unfortunately Morant and Jahn

1684
01:30:04,479 --> 01:30:09,360
Speaker 2: Morant has stopped on that credibility and for what now.

1685
01:30:09,400 --> 01:30:12,679
Speaker 2: I want to make this clear. Okay, there are people

1686
01:30:13,040 --> 01:30:16,720
Speaker 2: who always selectively listen. They're fade in and out. I

1687
01:30:16,760 --> 01:30:20,480
Speaker 2: want to make this amountantly clear. The Second Amendment assures

1688
01:30:20,800 --> 01:30:25,680
Speaker 2: Ja Moran's right to own firearms. There that has no

1689
01:30:25,800 --> 01:30:28,680
Speaker 2: power over an employer that sets standards for behavior. But

1690
01:30:28,760 --> 01:30:30,840
Speaker 2: here's the key. The NBA don't want to be associated

1691
01:30:31,040 --> 01:30:34,840
Speaker 2: with gun culture, doesn't want weapons at the workplace, doesn't

1692
01:30:34,840 --> 01:30:37,559
Speaker 2: want your flashing weapons on Instagram. That is the right

1693
01:30:37,600 --> 01:30:40,519
Speaker 2: of the NBA, because to have a job in the

1694
01:30:40,600 --> 01:30:44,599
Speaker 2: NBA is a precious opportunity. It's a privilege, it's much

1695
01:30:44,600 --> 01:30:47,759
Speaker 2: more than a job. And John Moran has now managed

1696
01:30:47,800 --> 01:30:50,240
Speaker 2: to get in trouble without even actually running a file

1697
01:30:50,320 --> 01:30:53,200
Speaker 2: the actual law. Again, I mentioned it earlier. I don't

1698
01:30:53,200 --> 01:30:55,320
Speaker 2: think he's broken any law that I know. I don't know.

1699
01:30:55,400 --> 01:30:57,439
Speaker 2: I don't think so he's been charging anything, that's for sure,

1700
01:30:57,960 --> 01:31:00,200
Speaker 2: And that's how the NBA is calculating it. By the way,

1701
01:31:01,040 --> 01:31:04,080
Speaker 2: but the NBA also made the standard abundantly clear. They've

1702
01:31:04,160 --> 01:31:07,240
Speaker 2: drawn a line, a big fat line in the sand.

1703
01:31:07,320 --> 01:31:11,760
Speaker 2: There can be no doubt about was what is expected

1704
01:31:11,920 --> 01:31:15,599
Speaker 2: and what is acceptable. And now that he had one

1705
01:31:15,640 --> 01:31:18,920
Speaker 2: suspension under his belt and then violated the trust a

1706
01:31:18,960 --> 01:31:24,280
Speaker 2: second time because he couldn't basically resist the same activity

1707
01:31:25,680 --> 01:31:30,000
Speaker 2: within sixty days after getting the first chance, Now you

1708
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:33,200
Speaker 2: can say he's young. I think as twenty three year

1709
01:31:33,240 --> 01:31:36,080
Speaker 2: an adult, your plenty. You're plenty old enough to know

1710
01:31:36,120 --> 01:31:39,280
Speaker 2: the difference between right and wrong and how the damn

1711
01:31:39,280 --> 01:31:41,960
Speaker 2: world works. He also spent two years in college and

1712
01:31:42,040 --> 01:31:45,679
Speaker 2: four in the NBA. He's a worldly man. His eyes

1713
01:31:45,720 --> 01:31:50,400
Speaker 2: are wide open. He's basically a corporation in and of himself.

1714
01:31:50,560 --> 01:31:53,639
Speaker 2: He's got agents, he's got lawyers, he's got advisors, he's

1715
01:31:53,640 --> 01:31:59,839
Speaker 2: got doctors, trainers. They're there to keep him straight and narrow, physically, mentally, legally,

1716
01:32:00,479 --> 01:32:03,639
Speaker 2: keep the man on the court. And that doesn't even

1717
01:32:03,640 --> 01:32:07,599
Speaker 2: count the support system inside the Grizzlies organization because they've

1718
01:32:07,600 --> 01:32:09,800
Speaker 2: invested in his success. They just rewarded him with one

1719
01:32:09,840 --> 01:32:13,360
Speaker 2: hundred ninety four million dollars contract. So he can't play

1720
01:32:13,600 --> 01:32:16,240
Speaker 2: the Babe in the Woods routine. He can't play Mickey

1721
01:32:16,280 --> 01:32:18,719
Speaker 2: the dunce. He's not clueless, he's not out on an island.

1722
01:32:18,920 --> 01:32:22,520
Speaker 2: He's not some young innocent teenager playing for some permissive

1723
01:32:22,560 --> 01:32:24,960
Speaker 2: college coach that'll never bench him. Because he wants to

1724
01:32:25,000 --> 01:32:26,799
Speaker 2: win games and you got to win it all costs.

1725
01:32:27,600 --> 01:32:31,959
Speaker 2: Everybody surrounding John Morant is focused on the long term.

1726
01:32:32,680 --> 01:32:36,320
Speaker 2: The question is is John Morant focused on the long term?

1727
01:32:36,320 --> 01:32:39,559
Speaker 2: And frankly, I'm not gonna blame the friends Moran hangs

1728
01:32:39,600 --> 01:32:43,400
Speaker 2: around with. These are family, these are friends. I get it,

1729
01:32:43,400 --> 01:32:46,960
Speaker 2: they're knowing him no favors. But any group that John

1730
01:32:47,000 --> 01:32:49,280
Speaker 2: Morant hangs around with at this stage of the game,

1731
01:32:49,560 --> 01:32:53,240
Speaker 2: he should be the alpha dog. He's the star. The

1732
01:32:53,240 --> 01:32:56,000
Speaker 2: rest of the people for lack of a better term,

1733
01:32:56,479 --> 01:32:59,479
Speaker 2: maybe their hangers on. And if Moran's not capable of

1734
01:32:59,520 --> 01:33:02,799
Speaker 2: standing up for himself and doing the right thing instead

1735
01:33:02,800 --> 01:33:05,920
Speaker 2: of the easy thing, then he needs to go away

1736
01:33:05,960 --> 01:33:09,760
Speaker 2: for a year. This is I don't even call it

1737
01:33:09,800 --> 01:33:13,080
Speaker 2: a suspension. I certainly don't call it punishment. What I

1738
01:33:13,160 --> 01:33:17,800
Speaker 2: call it is a life choice. Kwame Brown even came

1739
01:33:17,840 --> 01:33:20,280
Speaker 2: at him. He said, I've heard of NBA young boy,

1740
01:33:20,520 --> 01:33:22,800
Speaker 2: but you you are NBA dumb boy. So if you

1741
01:33:22,840 --> 01:33:25,680
Speaker 2: got Kwame Brown and all of you, well you might

1742
01:33:25,720 --> 01:33:29,080
Speaker 2: want to look in the mirror. So whatever's causing John

1743
01:33:29,160 --> 01:33:33,960
Speaker 2: Morant to continue to dive headfirst into controversy, whatever's pushing

1744
01:33:34,000 --> 01:33:38,240
Speaker 2: him away from doing right versus focusing on his brilliant future,

1745
01:33:38,479 --> 01:33:41,040
Speaker 2: he needs to figure it out, in my opinion, away

1746
01:33:41,160 --> 01:33:44,000
Speaker 2: from basketball now. The NBA has not yet announced any

1747
01:33:44,080 --> 01:33:46,760
Speaker 2: kind of long term punishment. We're told it's coming. I

1748
01:33:46,760 --> 01:33:52,000
Speaker 2: don't know what that means. Brant needs downtime a full season.

1749
01:33:52,880 --> 01:33:55,080
Speaker 2: Then he's got a choice. He can turn it into

1750
01:33:55,120 --> 01:33:58,640
Speaker 2: a positive or he can say, hey, I kind of

1751
01:33:58,680 --> 01:34:01,400
Speaker 2: like my time off, kind of like hanging with my peeps,

1752
01:34:02,000 --> 01:34:04,120
Speaker 2: and I'm with my gun and I've already made thirty

1753
01:34:04,120 --> 01:34:07,200
Speaker 2: one million dollars. I'll just go on about my life.

1754
01:34:07,360 --> 01:34:10,720
Speaker 2: You start stacking up choices in life, and you know

1755
01:34:10,720 --> 01:34:13,320
Speaker 2: where you end up. You stack up good choices, it

1756
01:34:13,360 --> 01:34:16,040
Speaker 2: works out well. You stack up bad choices, it works

1757
01:34:16,080 --> 01:34:18,240
Speaker 2: out not so well. Moran does have a lot to

1758
01:34:18,280 --> 01:34:21,840
Speaker 2: offer to the NBA, to his fans, certainly the Memphis Grizzlies.

1759
01:34:21,920 --> 01:34:23,960
Speaker 2: He's also got a lot to lose. He's also got

1760
01:34:24,000 --> 01:34:27,000
Speaker 2: a ton of people trying to help him. Anything less

1761
01:34:27,000 --> 01:34:30,880
Speaker 2: than a year is ifugazy, it's not punishment. He can

1762
01:34:30,960 --> 01:34:34,760
Speaker 2: decide in that year what lifestyle he wants to live.

1763
01:34:35,040 --> 01:34:37,599
Speaker 2: And he comes back. He's only twenty four. He's got

1764
01:34:37,600 --> 01:34:40,200
Speaker 2: his whole life ahead of him. Look how fast the

1765
01:34:40,240 --> 01:34:42,160
Speaker 2: year went by for Calvin Ridley. You think he learned

1766
01:34:42,200 --> 01:34:45,360
Speaker 2: his lesson. You know where I'm going with this. We're

1767
01:34:45,360 --> 01:34:47,519
Speaker 2: gonna bring in the crew. We'll bring in Nick, We're

1768
01:34:47,520 --> 01:34:50,880
Speaker 2: bringing Patrick. Get their thoughts. I'm gonna allow them to

1769
01:34:50,920 --> 01:34:53,720
Speaker 2: wear the commissioner hat. What would you guys do if

1770
01:34:53,760 --> 01:34:57,040
Speaker 2: you were the commissioner? Well, how would you handle this?

1771
01:34:58,000 --> 01:35:02,519
Speaker 2: And then let's that's question Question one B is all right,

1772
01:35:02,600 --> 01:35:05,400
Speaker 2: when the hammer comes down, if it does, what do

1773
01:35:05,479 --> 01:35:08,760
Speaker 2: you think the NBA and Adam Silver is going to do.

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Speaker 2: Sports Radio Birack dot com studios here in Las Vegas

1784
01:35:48,800 --> 01:35:53,400
Speaker 2: talking John Morant. You've heard my thoughts. Let's bring in

1785
01:35:53,439 --> 01:35:56,880
Speaker 2: the crew. Nick. Question one A. If you're the commissioner,

1786
01:35:57,320 --> 01:35:58,599
Speaker 2: how do you adjudicate this?

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01:35:59,400 --> 01:36:02,040
Speaker 5: Well, if I'm the commissioner, I just had this guy

1788
01:36:02,120 --> 01:36:06,759
Speaker 5: a couple months ago, tell me that he's learned his lesson, YadA, YadA, YadA,

1789
01:36:06,920 --> 01:36:09,599
Speaker 5: and here we are a couple months later. I feel hurt,

1790
01:36:09,720 --> 01:36:13,200
Speaker 5: I feel betrayed, and I feel like I've been disrespected.

1791
01:36:13,240 --> 01:36:17,680
Speaker 5: So I need to levy some hefty punishment here I

1792
01:36:17,720 --> 01:36:20,960
Speaker 5: know you're talking about a full season. I feel like

1793
01:36:22,080 --> 01:36:25,400
Speaker 5: half a season could certainly get the message across, Get

1794
01:36:25,560 --> 01:36:28,439
Speaker 5: get the first few months of the season out of

1795
01:36:28,439 --> 01:36:32,040
Speaker 5: the way here, really send the message that this is

1796
01:36:32,080 --> 01:36:34,920
Speaker 5: not gonna fly and that real changes need to be made.

1797
01:36:35,000 --> 01:36:38,960
Speaker 5: And I think a key part here too, the NBA,

1798
01:36:39,280 --> 01:36:42,360
Speaker 5: I think anyway, wants John Moran to be one of

1799
01:36:42,400 --> 01:36:46,320
Speaker 5: the faces of the league. Super talented guy, and I

1800
01:36:46,439 --> 01:36:50,040
Speaker 5: think that if you suspend him for a year, like

1801
01:36:50,120 --> 01:36:56,000
Speaker 5: you're suggesting, Bernie, you potentially maybe tarnish the ability to

1802
01:36:56,080 --> 01:36:58,479
Speaker 5: do that. I mean, you know, certainly he could come back,

1803
01:36:58,560 --> 01:37:02,120
Speaker 5: I suppose, but I think half you build up this

1804
01:37:02,240 --> 01:37:05,960
Speaker 5: momentum of okay, John's coming back. You know, he really

1805
01:37:06,040 --> 01:37:09,639
Speaker 5: has bettered himself in this time. You know that would

1806
01:37:09,640 --> 01:37:13,680
Speaker 5: bring him back at some point mid late January of

1807
01:37:13,840 --> 01:37:16,880
Speaker 5: next season if you did half the year. And so

1808
01:37:16,960 --> 01:37:20,320
Speaker 5: I want John to learn. I do want to make

1809
01:37:20,360 --> 01:37:23,040
Speaker 5: an example out of this that you know, you can't

1810
01:37:23,080 --> 01:37:27,800
Speaker 5: just YadA YadA, learning and getting through a punishment like

1811
01:37:27,840 --> 01:37:31,839
Speaker 5: he did. But I also want John Morant to continue

1812
01:37:31,840 --> 01:37:33,800
Speaker 5: to be one of the faces of this league in

1813
01:37:33,840 --> 01:37:37,800
Speaker 5: the long term. And everybody likes a redemption story in

1814
01:37:37,840 --> 01:37:40,120
Speaker 5: the end, I think. So that's where I'm at if

1815
01:37:40,200 --> 01:37:41,759
Speaker 5: I put on the commissioner hat.

1816
01:37:42,080 --> 01:37:44,960
Speaker 2: So let me ask you a question. Does half the

1817
01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:47,920
Speaker 2: season send a message? Or is it like a half

1818
01:37:48,000 --> 01:37:51,880
Speaker 2: baked cookie. It's like, well, we want to send we

1819
01:37:51,920 --> 01:37:53,800
Speaker 2: want to make it hard on you, but not that hard.

1820
01:37:54,280 --> 01:37:56,439
Speaker 2: And I want to I want to clarify for me,

1821
01:37:56,600 --> 01:38:01,320
Speaker 2: the characterization is not punishment. This is not about punishment.

1822
01:38:01,400 --> 01:38:04,720
Speaker 2: It's not even about rehabilitation. It's not about it's not

1823
01:38:04,760 --> 01:38:07,840
Speaker 2: about suspending. It's not about anything else other than you

1824
01:38:07,880 --> 01:38:09,960
Speaker 2: get to see what life looks like without basketball for

1825
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:12,800
Speaker 2: a full year, and then you decide after a year

1826
01:38:12,840 --> 01:38:14,360
Speaker 2: if you're going to be able to run this race.

1827
01:38:15,360 --> 01:38:18,240
Speaker 2: So fair enough, I don't want you to rethink your answer.

1828
01:38:18,320 --> 01:38:19,880
Speaker 2: But what I do want you to do is one B.

1829
01:38:20,160 --> 01:38:22,920
Speaker 2: Part one B. What do you think Commissioner Silver is

1830
01:38:22,960 --> 01:38:23,320
Speaker 2: going to do?

1831
01:38:24,960 --> 01:38:29,000
Speaker 5: I don't see him going a full year, right, I

1832
01:38:29,160 --> 01:38:33,559
Speaker 5: just do that hasn't been his mo If Roger Goodell

1833
01:38:33,960 --> 01:38:36,880
Speaker 5: and the NFL are on one end of the spectrum

1834
01:38:36,920 --> 01:38:40,639
Speaker 5: where there may be more apt to punish a guy

1835
01:38:40,760 --> 01:38:43,120
Speaker 5: a little bit more than you might think. The NBA

1836
01:38:43,320 --> 01:38:46,920
Speaker 5: under Adam Silver traditionally has maybe been a little lighter

1837
01:38:46,920 --> 01:38:49,800
Speaker 5: than you might anticipate, and so I thought it'd be

1838
01:38:49,840 --> 01:38:53,479
Speaker 5: really interesting to see where Commissioner Silver falls on this.

1839
01:38:54,120 --> 01:38:58,240
Speaker 5: I think he's probably gonna go somewhere in a third

1840
01:38:58,280 --> 01:39:01,320
Speaker 5: of the season or so, so a third to a half.

1841
01:39:01,520 --> 01:39:05,160
Speaker 5: I'd be really surprised if it went more than a half, because,

1842
01:39:06,000 --> 01:39:08,880
Speaker 5: as I said, I think he wants John Moran to

1843
01:39:08,920 --> 01:39:12,679
Speaker 5: come back with this sooner rather than later and continue

1844
01:39:12,680 --> 01:39:14,439
Speaker 5: to be the face of the or one of the

1845
01:39:14,479 --> 01:39:17,880
Speaker 5: faces of the league that he has built himself to

1846
01:39:17,880 --> 01:39:19,200
Speaker 5: be to this point.

1847
01:39:20,080 --> 01:39:23,920
Speaker 2: Fair enough, all right, Patrick Sweek both questions, what would

1848
01:39:23,960 --> 01:39:25,600
Speaker 2: you do if you were the commissioner and what do

1849
01:39:25,640 --> 01:39:29,080
Speaker 2: you think Commissioner Silver will end up doing well?

1850
01:39:29,080 --> 01:39:33,479
Speaker 8: Bernie, If I was the commissioner of the NBA right now,

1851
01:39:33,560 --> 01:39:36,680
Speaker 8: I would lay down the hammer on John Morant and

1852
01:39:36,720 --> 01:39:40,840
Speaker 8: give him one full season of You've got some explaining

1853
01:39:40,880 --> 01:39:43,479
Speaker 8: to do, and you know, a heart to heart with that,

1854
01:39:43,640 --> 01:39:46,679
Speaker 8: just to you know, you know, take away from from

1855
01:39:46,840 --> 01:39:51,320
Speaker 8: not football basketball and think what you did, you know,

1856
01:39:51,520 --> 01:39:53,840
Speaker 8: get the if you do need mental help, you know,

1857
01:39:53,880 --> 01:39:56,360
Speaker 8: go go get the help you need. If it's not that,

1858
01:39:56,600 --> 01:39:58,680
Speaker 8: just you know, then you know it's I guess sit

1859
01:39:58,720 --> 01:40:01,960
Speaker 8: in the corner for a year, and I think what

1860
01:40:02,280 --> 01:40:06,240
Speaker 8: should also be done is if it happens again after that,

1861
01:40:06,360 --> 01:40:10,000
Speaker 8: I would actually find the Memphis Grizzlies at that point,

1862
01:40:10,600 --> 01:40:13,040
Speaker 8: because that means they're not keeping a good or close

1863
01:40:13,160 --> 01:40:16,160
Speaker 8: enough eye on their guy. And if you start finding

1864
01:40:16,200 --> 01:40:18,600
Speaker 8: the team and all that good stuff, maybe they'll you know,

1865
01:40:19,280 --> 01:40:21,360
Speaker 8: kind of crack down a little bit harder from a

1866
01:40:21,400 --> 01:40:24,240
Speaker 8: team standpoint on him, maybe to you know, get the

1867
01:40:24,280 --> 01:40:27,479
Speaker 8: picture a little bit you know better on that. But yeah, no,

1868
01:40:27,600 --> 01:40:29,559
Speaker 8: if I was in charge, I would give him like

1869
01:40:29,600 --> 01:40:31,760
Speaker 8: a full one full year definitely.

1870
01:40:32,000 --> 01:40:34,759
Speaker 2: So what do you think the commissioner will do? What's reality?

1871
01:40:35,360 --> 01:40:39,240
Speaker 8: Reality is I will one hundred percent agree with Nick

1872
01:40:39,320 --> 01:40:43,679
Speaker 8: on this one. It's gonna be probably about no less

1873
01:40:43,680 --> 01:40:47,280
Speaker 8: than one third of the season, even one fourth. I'd

1874
01:40:47,320 --> 01:40:50,639
Speaker 8: even go as low as one fourth to nothing higher

1875
01:40:50,680 --> 01:40:54,799
Speaker 8: than maybe half. But knowing Adam Silver, I don't think

1876
01:40:54,840 --> 01:40:57,240
Speaker 8: he's you know, I don't think he's gonna muster up

1877
01:40:57,360 --> 01:41:00,720
Speaker 8: enough courage to even get to have way through the

1878
01:41:00,720 --> 01:41:02,559
Speaker 8: season with them. They're they're going to try and get

1879
01:41:02,600 --> 01:41:04,400
Speaker 8: him out as soon as they possibly can.

1880
01:41:05,400 --> 01:41:07,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm in agreement. With both of you guys, It's

1881
01:41:07,120 --> 01:41:08,840
Speaker 2: gonna d up being a half baked cookie. And here's

1882
01:41:08,880 --> 01:41:12,880
Speaker 2: the problem. Imagine what the reaction will be. Imagine what

1883
01:41:12,960 --> 01:41:19,800
Speaker 2: the firestorm will be if after Barrant returns irrespective of

1884
01:41:19,880 --> 01:41:22,880
Speaker 2: how long is you know, removal from the league is,

1885
01:41:23,479 --> 01:41:25,559
Speaker 2: and he has a third incident of this nature. And

1886
01:41:25,640 --> 01:41:28,559
Speaker 2: you can't say it's not gonna happen. I'm not predicting it,

1887
01:41:29,080 --> 01:41:32,640
Speaker 2: but would I better finger that it wouldn't happen? Absolutely not.

1888
01:41:32,800 --> 01:41:34,640
Speaker 2: So let's see how this plays out. You know what

1889
01:41:34,680 --> 01:41:37,280
Speaker 2: my thoughts are, And again, it doesn't come from a

1890
01:41:37,320 --> 01:41:41,400
Speaker 2: position of punishment. It comes from a position of common

1891
01:41:41,479 --> 01:41:45,040
Speaker 2: sense and the opportunity for an individual, a human being,

1892
01:41:45,120 --> 01:41:48,880
Speaker 2: to reassess his life and truly tell us where his

1893
01:41:49,160 --> 01:41:53,760
Speaker 2: values lie, not by his words, but by his actions.

1894
01:41:54,240 --> 01:41:57,040
Speaker 2: Coming up the Spurs, once upon a time they had

1895
01:41:57,120 --> 01:42:01,880
Speaker 2: David Robinson, then they had Tim Duncan. Now they get

1896
01:42:02,160 --> 01:42:06,799
Speaker 2: Victor Wimbinana. What are my thoughts. I'll let you know. First,

1897
01:42:06,880 --> 01:42:08,799
Speaker 2: let's go back to our guy, Nick Cope with the latest.

1898
01:42:09,280 --> 01:42:12,320
Speaker 5: All right, Bernie, let's stick in the NBA Denver Nuggets

1899
01:42:12,320 --> 01:42:15,479
Speaker 5: A went away from the NBA Finals one nineteen to

1900
01:42:15,520 --> 01:42:18,040
Speaker 5: one oh eight. They beat the Lakers Saturday night in

1901
01:42:18,120 --> 01:42:22,400
Speaker 5: Los Angeles, a commanding three to oh series lead for Denver.

1902
01:42:22,520 --> 01:42:25,519
Speaker 5: Jamal Murray was the star. He had thirty seven points

1903
01:42:25,520 --> 01:42:29,800
Speaker 5: for the Nuggets. Nikoley Jokich twenty four points, six rebounds

1904
01:42:29,840 --> 01:42:32,599
Speaker 5: and eight assists for the Lakers. Anthony Davis a double

1905
01:42:32,640 --> 01:42:35,880
Speaker 5: double twenty eight and eighteen. Lebron James had a double

1906
01:42:35,880 --> 01:42:40,439
Speaker 5: double himself twenty three points and twelve assists. Stanley Cup

1907
01:42:40,439 --> 01:42:44,360
Speaker 5: Playoffs Eastern Conference Final Matthew Kuchunk did it again. He

1908
01:42:44,439 --> 01:42:47,120
Speaker 5: scored the overtime winner for the Panthers for the second

1909
01:42:47,160 --> 01:42:51,000
Speaker 5: straight game. Florida wins on Saturday, two to one. They

1910
01:42:51,040 --> 01:42:53,479
Speaker 5: now have a two to oh series lead on the

1911
01:42:53,520 --> 01:42:58,840
Speaker 5: Carolina Hurricanes PGA Championship. Brooks Kapka leads after three rounds.

1912
01:42:58,880 --> 01:43:02,200
Speaker 5: He has at six under for the tournament. Rainy conditions

1913
01:43:02,240 --> 01:43:05,160
Speaker 5: on Saturday, but Keepko was able to birdy three of

1914
01:43:05,200 --> 01:43:08,240
Speaker 5: the final seven holes to go and take the lead

1915
01:43:08,400 --> 01:43:11,360
Speaker 5: at the end of fifty four holes. Victor Hovlin and

1916
01:43:11,360 --> 01:43:14,280
Speaker 5: Corey Connors are one shot back at a time for second.

1917
01:43:14,600 --> 01:43:18,280
Speaker 5: You also have Bryson to Shambas, Scottie Scheffler, Justin Rose,

1918
01:43:18,320 --> 01:43:23,000
Speaker 5: and Roy McRoy all lurking entering Sunday's final round. Michael

1919
01:43:23,080 --> 01:43:25,559
Speaker 5: Blanc has been a feel good story. He's a club

1920
01:43:25,600 --> 01:43:29,080
Speaker 5: pro in southern California and has had an improbable run.

1921
01:43:29,320 --> 01:43:32,880
Speaker 5: He is even for the tournament and tied for eighth

1922
01:43:33,280 --> 01:43:37,479
Speaker 5: National treasure. Trained by Bob Baffert, won the Preakness Derby

1923
01:43:37,600 --> 01:43:41,599
Speaker 5: champ Mage finished in third. In boxing, Devin Haney retained

1924
01:43:41,600 --> 01:43:46,920
Speaker 5: the lightweight championship with a unanimous decision over Vasili Lomachenko.

1925
01:43:47,479 --> 01:43:50,880
Speaker 5: Some baseball scores. The Yankees were able to win in

1926
01:43:50,960 --> 01:43:54,599
Speaker 5: ten innings against the Red seven to four, Aaron Judge

1927
01:43:54,600 --> 01:43:57,200
Speaker 5: with his fourth hit of the day providing the go

1928
01:43:57,240 --> 01:44:01,840
Speaker 5: ahead single. In extras, Diamondbacks beat the Pirates four to three.

1929
01:44:02,320 --> 01:44:05,040
Speaker 5: Ray Is over the Brewers eight to four. Tampa now

1930
01:44:05,080 --> 01:44:08,320
Speaker 5: at thirty four and thirteen on the season. The Marlins

1931
01:44:08,360 --> 01:44:11,320
Speaker 5: top the Giants one to nothing a low scoring game

1932
01:44:11,360 --> 01:44:15,160
Speaker 5: in San Francisco. Miami is now fifteen to two this

1933
01:44:15,280 --> 01:44:18,960
Speaker 5: year in one run games. Phillies blew out the Cubs

1934
01:44:18,960 --> 01:44:22,280
Speaker 5: twelve to three, Rangers over the Ronkies eleven to five,

1935
01:44:22,479 --> 01:44:25,400
Speaker 5: Orioles six to five. Winners over the Blue Jays in

1936
01:44:25,560 --> 01:44:29,320
Speaker 5: ten innings. Later on in the day on Saturday, Cardinals

1937
01:44:29,320 --> 01:44:32,599
Speaker 5: top the Dodgers six to five, Mariners seven to three

1938
01:44:32,680 --> 01:44:37,040
Speaker 5: over the Braves. Atlanta currently leads the NL East Twins

1939
01:44:37,040 --> 01:44:39,639
Speaker 5: six to two on top of the Angels Joey Gallo

1940
01:44:39,760 --> 01:44:42,640
Speaker 5: with four homers in his last seven games, and the

1941
01:44:42,680 --> 01:44:46,080
Speaker 5: Red Sox four to two over the Padres. Bernie back

1942
01:44:46,080 --> 01:44:46,400
Speaker 5: to you.

1943
01:44:46,800 --> 01:44:53,080
Speaker 2: All right, thanks Nick. So the real reason that we

1944
01:44:53,160 --> 01:44:57,600
Speaker 2: watched Tuesday night was not for Adam Silver's response. It

1945
01:44:57,760 --> 01:45:02,320
Speaker 2: was for what has become tradition, a long standing tradition

1946
01:45:02,400 --> 01:45:05,599
Speaker 2: in the National Basketball Association, and that's having to do

1947
01:45:06,200 --> 01:45:09,000
Speaker 2: with the lottery balls. And after all the ping pong

1948
01:45:09,080 --> 01:45:14,120
Speaker 2: balls settled, who won the prize? Well, it was the

1949
01:45:14,240 --> 01:45:20,519
Speaker 2: San Antonio Spurs, Victor Wembinnana buying something I would not predict.

1950
01:45:21,040 --> 01:45:22,960
Speaker 2: He's going to be a San Antonio Spur. By the way,

1951
01:45:23,000 --> 01:45:25,439
Speaker 2: there's other good players in the draft, not a lot,

1952
01:45:25,560 --> 01:45:28,040
Speaker 2: but web Begiana has been the guy you've been hearing about.

1953
01:45:28,080 --> 01:45:31,040
Speaker 2: But I don't know how you can really say he's

1954
01:45:31,120 --> 01:45:35,320
Speaker 2: the most hyped, he's the most anticipated, because we haven't

1955
01:45:35,360 --> 01:45:39,320
Speaker 2: seen him. You just simply haven't seen him. Even twenty

1956
01:45:39,400 --> 01:45:42,320
Speaker 2: years ago, when I lived in Michigan, it was a

1957
01:45:42,360 --> 01:45:45,040
Speaker 2: two hour drive, went down to see Saint Vincent Saint Mary's.

1958
01:45:45,320 --> 01:45:48,000
Speaker 2: We all knew about Lebron James. You started hearing about

1959
01:45:48,080 --> 01:45:50,439
Speaker 2: him by the time he was a sophomore. I said,

1960
01:45:50,479 --> 01:45:52,600
Speaker 2: I gotta go see this guy. So I did. I

1961
01:45:52,640 --> 01:45:56,240
Speaker 2: went to a game, went in the gym and spotted him.

1962
01:45:56,720 --> 01:46:01,040
Speaker 2: And the first thing I noticed was, Wow, what eighteen

1963
01:46:01,120 --> 01:46:03,599
Speaker 2: years old, He's already got an NBA body, flat out

1964
01:46:03,880 --> 01:46:07,080
Speaker 2: NBA body, no two ways about it. Secondly, he was

1965
01:46:07,080 --> 01:46:09,519
Speaker 2: bringing the ball up the floor. He had guard skills.

1966
01:46:09,520 --> 01:46:12,240
Speaker 2: He get an NBA body, good six to six, maybe

1967
01:46:12,280 --> 01:46:14,160
Speaker 2: six seven, and he was bringing the ball up the

1968
01:46:14,160 --> 01:46:17,839
Speaker 2: floor with guard skills number three. He was a complimentary player.

1969
01:46:18,080 --> 01:46:21,160
Speaker 2: He got his teammates involved, He made good decisions with

1970
01:46:21,240 --> 01:46:25,080
Speaker 2: the ball, he made passes. I said to myself, I

1971
01:46:25,160 --> 01:46:26,920
Speaker 2: really think you could put this guy in an NBA

1972
01:46:27,000 --> 01:46:29,880
Speaker 2: game right now. He'd be okay. And he was. He

1973
01:46:30,000 --> 01:46:32,840
Speaker 2: was beyond hyped. He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

1974
01:46:32,880 --> 01:46:35,960
Speaker 2: They call him the Chosen One. He'd already befriended Michael Jordan.

1975
01:46:36,240 --> 01:46:38,160
Speaker 2: I can't imagine any more hype than that. There'd been

1976
01:46:38,200 --> 01:46:41,200
Speaker 2: hype with guys like Zion Williamson right down the line.

1977
01:46:41,200 --> 01:46:43,599
Speaker 2: But when Beginyan, I get it because he's seven foot

1978
01:46:43,640 --> 01:46:48,800
Speaker 2: five and he's got guard skills. We're all intrigued, but

1979
01:46:48,920 --> 01:46:51,240
Speaker 2: we don't really know what's gonna happen. And I'm not

1980
01:46:51,360 --> 01:46:54,160
Speaker 2: buying the fact that he's the most hype because if

1981
01:46:54,200 --> 01:46:56,040
Speaker 2: anybody out there you've seen him, tell me where you

1982
01:46:56,080 --> 01:46:57,920
Speaker 2: saw him, if you saw him in person. I know

1983
01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:00,639
Speaker 2: he did come play through one G League game here

1984
01:47:00,960 --> 01:47:03,559
Speaker 2: at the Dollar Loan of Center Arena here in Henderson, Nevada,

1985
01:47:03,760 --> 01:47:05,280
Speaker 2: right down the street for me. Literally, I could have went,

1986
01:47:05,439 --> 01:47:07,360
Speaker 2: So I didn't go. I wish I would have now,

1987
01:47:08,040 --> 01:47:09,840
Speaker 2: but be that as it may. Let's stay with the

1988
01:47:09,880 --> 01:47:12,320
Speaker 2: hero and now he's most likely going to be a

1989
01:47:12,320 --> 01:47:14,559
Speaker 2: San Antonio spur, So he's going to get to learn

1990
01:47:14,640 --> 01:47:17,479
Speaker 2: on one of the best coaches, Greg Popovich. Despite the

1991
01:47:17,520 --> 01:47:19,960
Speaker 2: fact Pops had a few losing years, he's still a

1992
01:47:20,040 --> 01:47:23,160
Speaker 2: legend of the game, and I would say that he's

1993
01:47:23,280 --> 01:47:25,439
Speaker 2: going to be under the best tutelage maybe he's ever had.

1994
01:47:26,160 --> 01:47:29,080
Speaker 2: I would also say he got lucky if he ends

1995
01:47:29,120 --> 01:47:31,080
Speaker 2: up in San Antonio, because he's not in a major

1996
01:47:31,120 --> 01:47:36,320
Speaker 2: media market. If he'd gone to New York, Chicago, Boston, La, Houston,

1997
01:47:37,280 --> 01:47:40,400
Speaker 2: there'd be a lot more media, there'd be questions, there'd

1998
01:47:40,439 --> 01:47:43,760
Speaker 2: be day to day, you know, issues of progress, and

1999
01:47:43,840 --> 01:47:47,240
Speaker 2: as much as the focus on which team would get

2000
01:47:47,240 --> 01:47:50,400
Speaker 2: the rights to take wem Banana. This is a good result.

2001
01:47:50,439 --> 01:47:53,400
Speaker 2: It's the best case outcome for we Mianyanna. Again, he

2002
01:47:53,439 --> 01:47:56,040
Speaker 2: goes to a respected organization. He's going to be under

2003
01:47:56,040 --> 01:47:59,240
Speaker 2: a Hall of Fame coach, and Popovich not only has

2004
01:47:59,280 --> 01:48:03,120
Speaker 2: a lot of experience nurturing big men, he's got experience

2005
01:48:03,280 --> 01:48:07,800
Speaker 2: in coaching and managing international talent. Now, I don't think

2006
01:48:07,800 --> 01:48:10,200
Speaker 2: there's a lot of expectations in San Antonio right now. Either.

2007
01:48:10,520 --> 01:48:13,479
Speaker 2: They're in the longest stretch of mediocrity in the franchise's history.

2008
01:48:13,479 --> 01:48:16,880
Speaker 2: They missed the postseason four straight years. They haven't qualified

2009
01:48:17,479 --> 01:48:20,240
Speaker 2: in a while. And when they've had lean periods in

2010
01:48:20,280 --> 01:48:24,120
Speaker 2: the past, that's when they've gotten lucky. Right, They won

2011
01:48:24,160 --> 01:48:26,280
Speaker 2: twenty eight games in eighty seven, that got the number

2012
01:48:26,320 --> 01:48:30,160
Speaker 2: one pick, that became David Robinson. When Robinson ten years

2013
01:48:30,240 --> 01:48:33,960
Speaker 2: later started to wind down, the Spurs floundered. Guess what

2014
01:48:34,000 --> 01:48:35,320
Speaker 2: they end up with the number one pick and they

2015
01:48:35,320 --> 01:48:38,200
Speaker 2: get Tim Duncan. San Antonio might be the best run

2016
01:48:38,280 --> 01:48:42,240
Speaker 2: organization in the NBA when you go back three decades,

2017
01:48:42,920 --> 01:48:46,360
Speaker 2: and they've also gotten incredibly lucky with guys like Duncan

2018
01:48:46,400 --> 01:48:49,559
Speaker 2: and Robinson. And we'll see now about women Yana. But

2019
01:48:49,760 --> 01:48:53,559
Speaker 2: to their credit also they haven't fumbled it. But it's

2020
01:48:53,600 --> 01:48:55,840
Speaker 2: going to be very interesting to see women Yanna play.

2021
01:48:56,080 --> 01:48:58,400
Speaker 2: Doesn't he basically have the same body as chet Holmgren?

2022
01:48:58,680 --> 01:49:01,160
Speaker 2: How do we really know? And I know the people

2023
01:49:01,160 --> 01:49:03,080
Speaker 2: that select their list and say, how's this guy comparing

2024
01:49:03,120 --> 01:49:05,720
Speaker 2: them to chennolbrin Homebren's a damn good player, but he

2025
01:49:05,720 --> 01:49:09,200
Speaker 2: did make it all the Summer League last year because

2026
01:49:09,240 --> 01:49:12,080
Speaker 2: I just am not smart enough to know whether you

2027
01:49:12,120 --> 01:49:14,840
Speaker 2: can be seven foot five and seven six and run

2028
01:49:14,920 --> 01:49:17,000
Speaker 2: ninety four feet back and forth eighty two nights a year,

2029
01:49:17,600 --> 01:49:20,920
Speaker 2: and does your body do your joints? There's the way

2030
01:49:20,960 --> 01:49:26,040
Speaker 2: the physiological human body is constructed and the bone structure

2031
01:49:26,080 --> 01:49:28,560
Speaker 2: and the soft tissue can it hold up? Well? I

2032
01:49:28,560 --> 01:49:31,760
Speaker 2: guess we're about to find out, aren't we. There have

2033
01:49:31,840 --> 01:49:35,600
Speaker 2: only been about nine players in the history of the

2034
01:49:35,680 --> 01:49:38,400
Speaker 2: National Basketball Association that were more than seven foot five,

2035
01:49:39,120 --> 01:49:41,240
Speaker 2: and most of them didn't do too well. Probably Yauming

2036
01:49:41,400 --> 01:49:45,040
Speaker 2: was the best. All right, So in summary, this is

2037
01:49:45,320 --> 01:49:48,920
Speaker 2: what I think is true, at least what they're telling us,

2038
01:49:51,000 --> 01:49:53,320
Speaker 2: the professional scouts, the people get paid to do this.

2039
01:49:54,400 --> 01:49:57,920
Speaker 2: They say that Webbinyana has the highest upside to enter

2040
01:49:57,960 --> 01:50:01,920
Speaker 2: the NBA since Lebron James. Now, things could go wrong.

2041
01:50:02,800 --> 01:50:05,479
Speaker 2: You never know if his body breaks down, if his

2042
01:50:05,560 --> 01:50:09,360
Speaker 2: durability becomes a question, or let's say, his passing and

2043
01:50:09,400 --> 01:50:12,600
Speaker 2: his playmaking never really progress to the levels that the

2044
01:50:12,720 --> 01:50:15,760
Speaker 2: NBA game is going to require it. But I will

2045
01:50:15,760 --> 01:50:17,760
Speaker 2: say this, if you're just dealing with to hear him now,

2046
01:50:18,439 --> 01:50:22,400
Speaker 2: it's pretty hard to overemphasize how incredible when Midianna and

2047
01:50:22,560 --> 01:50:27,400
Speaker 2: his long term potential in theory, it's all theoretically could

2048
01:50:27,479 --> 01:50:29,880
Speaker 2: end up ultimately being on both ends of the floor

2049
01:50:30,560 --> 01:50:33,240
Speaker 2: because immediately the second he steps foot into an NBA game,

2050
01:50:33,240 --> 01:50:36,880
Speaker 2: he's gonna be the biggest, longest, tallest player in the NBA,

2051
01:50:37,479 --> 01:50:40,640
Speaker 2: which really it changes the geometry of the game. It

2052
01:50:40,720 --> 01:50:44,080
Speaker 2: changes the geometry of the court defensively. Now, I haven't

2053
01:50:44,080 --> 01:50:47,200
Speaker 2: seen him play, but Scott say, when Midianna has great instincts,

2054
01:50:47,960 --> 01:50:50,760
Speaker 2: he's got great recovery ability, so if he misses an

2055
01:50:50,760 --> 01:50:55,360
Speaker 2: assignment or help defense, he can recover. And from what

2056
01:50:55,400 --> 01:50:58,200
Speaker 2: we've seen in the limited highlights, he appears to be

2057
01:50:58,240 --> 01:51:02,120
Speaker 2: a very legitimate shot creator, even down low in the

2058
01:51:02,120 --> 01:51:04,240
Speaker 2: low post or even at the fore. He can create

2059
01:51:04,240 --> 01:51:07,000
Speaker 2: off a bounce, he can knock down shots, he can

2060
01:51:07,040 --> 01:51:10,080
Speaker 2: pull up and drive. He's a great finisher because he

2061
01:51:10,120 --> 01:51:13,080
Speaker 2: has lenked and touch, and he can shoot from behind

2062
01:51:13,120 --> 01:51:15,920
Speaker 2: the arc. And I'm understanding he's already starting new experiment

2063
01:51:16,240 --> 01:51:18,920
Speaker 2: with shots that would make him kind of special, kind

2064
01:51:18,920 --> 01:51:21,759
Speaker 2: of like turn around pull ups and you know, fakes

2065
01:51:21,840 --> 01:51:27,360
Speaker 2: and floaters. And he's historic. Okay, he's historic. I mean

2066
01:51:27,640 --> 01:51:30,920
Speaker 2: there have been big men that had incredibly creative and

2067
01:51:31,000 --> 01:51:34,120
Speaker 2: prolific offensive games like Bill Walton and Kreem Abdul Jabbar,

2068
01:51:34,280 --> 01:51:37,799
Speaker 2: Keem Olajuwan, Patrick Ewing, Shaquille O'Neil, and again Tim Duncan.

2069
01:51:38,560 --> 01:51:41,920
Speaker 2: Can he live up to that hype? Well, that's a

2070
01:51:41,960 --> 01:51:43,800
Speaker 2: tall order. I'm not saying he's not, but he's still

2071
01:51:43,800 --> 01:51:46,920
Speaker 2: got to do it right now. His game, I will

2072
01:51:46,920 --> 01:51:48,559
Speaker 2: say one thing he's got going for him. His game

2073
01:51:48,600 --> 01:51:52,240
Speaker 2: seems to fit within the modern construct of basketball. If

2074
01:51:52,240 --> 01:51:56,559
Speaker 2: this was this eighties or seventies when you had that's

2075
01:51:56,600 --> 01:51:58,400
Speaker 2: a terrible word. I'll take it back, when you had

2076
01:51:58,479 --> 01:52:04,560
Speaker 2: big badasses like Wes Unseld or Lonnie Shelton Man you

2077
01:52:04,640 --> 01:52:07,479
Speaker 2: go into the lane, or Ricky Mhorn, you better pack

2078
01:52:07,520 --> 01:52:10,519
Speaker 2: a lunch. If he was playing in that league, they

2079
01:52:10,560 --> 01:52:13,760
Speaker 2: might break him like a toothpick. But rather than get

2080
01:52:13,800 --> 01:52:17,599
Speaker 2: too far ahead of ourselves, you can envision this guy

2081
01:52:17,720 --> 01:52:19,320
Speaker 2: being a star. Now he's got to do it. He's

2082
01:52:19,360 --> 01:52:22,320
Speaker 2: gonna have every chance to have a storied career. Hopefully

2083
01:52:22,360 --> 01:52:26,400
Speaker 2: he stays healthy. He's got an upside to be the

2084
01:52:26,439 --> 01:52:30,080
Speaker 2: best player in the league because he's seven foot five,

2085
01:52:30,400 --> 01:52:33,840
Speaker 2: he's got guard skills, and he's young, and he's going

2086
01:52:33,920 --> 01:52:37,400
Speaker 2: to be in an organization that gives him the best

2087
01:52:37,479 --> 01:52:42,880
Speaker 2: chance to be developed, no two ways about it. Coming up,

2088
01:52:42,920 --> 01:52:45,200
Speaker 2: we just had the five year anniversary of pass but

2089
01:52:45,280 --> 01:52:47,960
Speaker 2: where the Supreme Court struck down the federal law that

2090
01:52:48,080 --> 01:52:53,080
Speaker 2: prohibited individual states from sports betting. Well, how's it been.

2091
01:52:53,479 --> 01:52:55,640
Speaker 2: There are five areas that we're going to take a

2092
01:52:55,680 --> 01:53:02,080
Speaker 2: look at, because, let's face people bet since that bill,

2093
01:53:02,240 --> 01:53:05,960
Speaker 2: which is authored by George Bush back in nineteen ninety two,

2094
01:53:06,560 --> 01:53:11,200
Speaker 2: was struck down in the Supreme Court, In the five years,

2095
01:53:11,240 --> 01:53:13,760
Speaker 2: over two hundred and twenty billion dollars in legal bets

2096
01:53:13,760 --> 01:53:17,080
Speaker 2: have gone through US sports books, and this business and

2097
01:53:17,200 --> 01:53:20,759
Speaker 2: this industry has changed, and it's been a widespread adoption

2098
01:53:21,040 --> 01:53:23,680
Speaker 2: never to return. What are some of the highlights you

2099
01:53:23,760 --> 01:53:26,000
Speaker 2: might be interested to know. I'm Bernie Frattle. We're coming

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Speaker 2: to you live from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio

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Speaker 2: tyrack dot com studios. Keep it locked right here. You're

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Speaker 2: listening to the Bernie Fraddle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: We're back on the Bernie Fraddle Show comedy live from

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Speaker 2: the Fox Sports Radio tiract dot com studios here in

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Speaker 2: Las Vegas. Take you up to three am Pacific, six

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Speaker 2: am Eastern, and we've got a lot of things to

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Speaker 2: get to including don't forget top of the Hour, the

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Speaker 2: dance Sensation sweep in the nation. What kind of brand

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Speaker 2: new fool are you? Followed by what my name? May fourteenth,

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Speaker 2: twenty eight, team, the Supreme Court well has struck down

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Speaker 2: a federal law which prohibited forty nine states from legalizing

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Speaker 2: sports betting. All of a sudden, five years later, we

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Speaker 2: have thirty six states, Washington, d C. And they've either

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Speaker 2: stumbled out of the opportunity or passed it PASSPA is

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Speaker 2: what was is what the bill was called was It

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Speaker 2: stood for the Professional Amateur Sports Protection Act, and for

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Speaker 2: twenty six years it essentially kept states from changing their laws.

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Speaker 2: And now that it's passed, there are multiple states where

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Speaker 2: you can bet legally. And as I mentioned a minute ago,

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Speaker 2: it's it's been resounding. There have been over two hundred

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Speaker 2: and twenty million dollars in legal bets placed as sports books.

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Speaker 2: It's changed the way the business has been conducted more

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Speaker 2: than any other development since basically the Internet. That's a fact.

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Speaker 2: So there are five areas here really where you sort

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Speaker 2: of pay attention one engine because after five years, forty

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Speaker 2: seven percent of adults twenty one and over they can

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Speaker 2: now bet legally online sports, you name it. We're talking

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Speaker 2: about continued onward, upward growth. We believe that by the

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Speaker 2: by twenty twenty four, that number is going to jump

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Speaker 2: to fifty two percent. And when you look at some

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Speaker 2: of the larger states off California, Texas and Florida ever

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Speaker 2: come on board, their path to legalization is really not

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Speaker 2: there yet. But I will say this that it only

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Speaker 2: continues to get more popular and the next thing to

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Speaker 2: consider is the question is the businesses that have doven

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Speaker 2: that have dived into this, is it profitable? Right? Well,

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Speaker 2: the thing about the two hundred and twenty billion dollars

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Speaker 2: that the sportsbook's handled, it's not how much is wager's

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Speaker 2: how much they kept. That's the profit. That's what's left

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Speaker 2: after you pay the winners, cover expenses, payer employees. They

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Speaker 2: haven't settled in yet and they don't do as well

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Speaker 2: as Vegas, but it's getting there. Sponsorships, there's been boon

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Speaker 2: times and it's slowed up a little bit. Right, It's

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Speaker 2: not like they all are re upping for automatically now.

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Speaker 2: He's not like the Super Bowl. The media has been

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Speaker 2: a little mixed on this. Now betters are motivated. You

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Speaker 2: consume a high volume of content. You have to pick

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Speaker 2: and choose what you think is credible. Right, For some

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Speaker 2: businesses it's gone better than others, but most of again

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Speaker 2: dived in, whether it's Fox Sports, Ballely, FanDuel, DraftKings and entertainment.

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Speaker 2: You know, they're fairly bullish on the future of this,

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Speaker 2: but there's just no way to know now. The Integrity

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Speaker 2: I had met Holt last night, the president of US

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Speaker 2: Integrity and he really oversees the checks and balances. So

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Speaker 2: when you hear about the situation University of Alabama, and

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Speaker 2: sometimes you hear about suspicious betting activity in Iowa and

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Speaker 2: Iowa state athletes and schools and such, the question is,

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Speaker 2: is the regulation of this process now stellar? Is the

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Speaker 2: regulation of this process now what you would consider to

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Speaker 2: be reputable? And I say absolutely yes. Whenever there is

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Speaker 2: an untoward situation that's reported immediately, there are checks and balances,

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Speaker 2: there are procedures, there are processes, and it's working very well.

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Speaker 2: The truth of the matter is this has brought this

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Speaker 2: industry out from behind dark shadows and into the light.

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Speaker 2: Out of the shadows. Up front, there's no secrets, and

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Speaker 2: the bottom line is this. You have a situation now

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Speaker 2: where more than ever, people are enjoying this as a

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Speaker 2: form of entertainment. Keep it locked up. Next, what kind

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Speaker 2: of brand new fool of you? Bernie Frattle? Fox Sports Radio? Yep,

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Speaker 2: And you know, every day across this great land of

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Speaker 2: ours and around the globe, people do things. They do

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Speaker 2: things that are silly, stupid, dangerous. You know, occasionally they

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Speaker 2: break the law in very serious fashion. Sometimes these are

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Speaker 2: just very innocuous incidents. But irrespective of what the specific

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Speaker 2: action was, in each and every case, these incidences cause

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Speaker 2: you to continually scratch your head and ask yourself, what

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Speaker 2: kind of brand new fool of you?

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Speaker 1: So a brand new fool are you?

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Speaker 2: Well, this one's a beauty. Here say hello to a

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Speaker 2: gentleman by the name of Heath Bumpus Hea Three's Eyes

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Speaker 2: in Crockett, Texas, which I understand it's about one hundred

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Speaker 2: and twenty miles north of Houston. And recently he paid

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Speaker 2: a visit to the Citizens State Bank in Groveton on

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Speaker 2: some Friday morning and made the acquaintance of Trinity County

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Speaker 2: Sheriff Woody Wallace. Well, how did those two happen to me?

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Speaker 2: Mister Bumpus thirty six years old? He actually actually ended

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Speaker 2: up providing a full confession to police over what he

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Speaker 2: did because he went into the bank indicating he had

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Speaker 2: a weapon and he demanded money. He was being charged

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Speaker 2: with the robbery. Well, he got us cash. Bumpus left

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Speaker 2: with a stolen cat, drove down a dirt road, some

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Speaker 2: back service roads, and then all of a sudden, he

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Speaker 2: got a call from a young lady. Well, that young

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Speaker 2: lady happened to be his fiance. The two were supposed

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Speaker 2: to get married the very next day, and his fiance said, hey, Heath,

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Speaker 2: I just saw surveillance video of you on TV robbing

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Speaker 2: a bank and the police have posted it on Facebook.

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Speaker 2: And after some discussion, Well, the law enforcement said that

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Speaker 2: mister Bumpus was persuaded by his fiance to turn himself in,

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Speaker 2: and soon after he confessed to authorities, he basically said,

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Speaker 2: hey man, I'm getting married tomorrow. I don't have enough

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Speaker 2: money for a wedding ring, so I needed to find one,

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Speaker 2: buy it, and then pay for it before the wedding. Wow.

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Speaker 2: The sheriff did recover most of the stolen money, and

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Speaker 2: he actually thanked Bumpus his family because they helped turn

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Speaker 2: him in. And uh, far as I know, there was

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Speaker 2: no wedding the next day or any day, and it

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Speaker 2: couldn't happen the next day because Heath Bumpus was in

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Speaker 2: jail on the day he was supposed to get married.

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Speaker 2: And it leaves me asking, mister Heath Bumpus of Houston, Texas,

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Speaker 2: what kind of brand new fool are you? All right? Nick?

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Speaker 2: You know what to do. You're a veteran this game.

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, I feel bad for mister Bumpus. He just

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Speaker 5: wanted to get his gallering tough shake for him.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, poor planning in a worse execution kind of kibosch.

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Speaker 5: That all right, Bernie, Tonight, I've got one of the

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Speaker 5: innocuous variety for you. We're going to the village of

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Speaker 5: Doors in Scotland, and if you know your UK geography,

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Speaker 5: that is right along lock Ness, so I think you

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Speaker 5: can have a sense of where we might be going here.

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Speaker 5: I'd like to introduce you to Steve Feltem. So let's

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Speaker 5: go back just a little bit, back to nineteen ninety one.

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Speaker 5: Feltem gave up his job and he sold his home

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Speaker 5: in southern England and he moved up to Scotland so

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Speaker 5: he could dedicate the rest of his life to solving

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Speaker 5: the mystery of the Lockness Monster. So for Feltem things

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Speaker 5: started out a little bit of promising. In the first

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Speaker 5: year of him living along Lockness, he had an unexplained

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Speaker 5: sighting something he described as a torpedo going through the water.

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Speaker 5: So Feltem is feeling encouraged. But that was the only

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Speaker 5: strange sighting he had in more than thirty years living

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Speaker 5: on Lockness. But all the while, Feltem has remained committed

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Speaker 5: to his cause. The Guinness Book of World Records actually

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Speaker 5: recognized him for the longest continual vigil hunting for the

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Speaker 5: Lockness mon. He says he talks to people all the

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Speaker 5: time who report something that can't be identified. Here's the

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Speaker 5: kicker for me. So the reason mister Felton is in

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Speaker 5: the news here. He did a recent interview with the

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Speaker 5: bbccene and feltm said he thought the job would be

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Speaker 5: easier than it's been. That's right, man, thought finding a

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Speaker 5: mythical monster would have been easier than it's been. And

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Speaker 5: by the way, in case you're still curious about the

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Speaker 5: Lockedness Monster, in the last four or five years, scientists

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Speaker 5: have taken water samples throughout the entire lake and analyzed

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Speaker 5: the DNA and none of that DNA belongs to large animals.

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Speaker 5: So I ask you, mister Steve Felton, who has dedicated

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Speaker 5: more than thirty years of his life to trying to

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Speaker 5: find a mythical beast, what kind of brand new fool

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Speaker 5: are you?

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Speaker 8: So?

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Speaker 2: No lock finding the Locknest Monster?

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Speaker 5: Huh No, Apparently he is still out there. And have

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Speaker 5: you ever actually looked at a map at Lockness. It's

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Speaker 5: not very big. It is a very skinny body of water.

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Speaker 5: And somehow, after all this time, he still continues to

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Speaker 5: evade everybody.

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Speaker 2: There are some alleged photos out there, granny photos, not

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Speaker 2: like I was a Pruder film, but I don't know

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Speaker 2: if they're you. I will say this, I remember, to me,

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Speaker 2: the greatest sportswriter of all time in terms of newspaper

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Speaker 2: columns was the late great Jim Murray of the Los

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Speaker 2: Angeles Times, and he once wrote that when Dick Buckus retired,

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Speaker 2: he was so tough he went swimming in Lockness and

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Speaker 2: the monster got out. Well, yeah, go ahead, I know.

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Speaker 5: I was just gonna say. There was a theory floated

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Speaker 5: out a few years ago that scientists thought perhaps people

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Speaker 5: were seeing a giant eel. Perhaps, but yes.

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Speaker 2: Right, all right, good stuff. Nick, All right, Patrick, you've

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Speaker 2: played this game once or twice. You're a veteran. What

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Speaker 2: do you got what kind of brand new fool?

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Speaker 8: All right, Bernie, Well, we're not gonna go to uh

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Speaker 8: Scotland where the great lock ness is. We're actually gonna

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Speaker 8: go uh.

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Speaker 5: To Springfield, Colorado.

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Speaker 8: We're gonna go back to Colorado in the US of A,

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Speaker 8: where a driver was pulled over for speeding and was,

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Speaker 8: you know, driving around a little potentially drunk wise And

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Speaker 8: when the officers stopped the man in front of him

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Speaker 8: by the way they pulled, they went out, and what

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Speaker 8: they saw was a driver switching. The driver seeing the

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Speaker 8: passenger seat with his dog. Ladies and gentlemen, Oh, I

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Speaker 8: heard him, go ahead, go ahead, I heard about this.

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Speaker 2: Go ahead.

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Speaker 8: The officer watched this gentleman, unknown name by the way,

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Speaker 8: this call him John Doe. Officer watched the man maneuvering

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Speaker 8: inside the car, switching with his uh, his uh, you know,

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Speaker 8: little partner pooch, and thought he could get away. Would

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Speaker 8: say I was a driver, it was my dog man

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Speaker 8: was clearly drunk uh and show showed signs. So he

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Speaker 8: was pulled over for DUI uh was taken in after

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Speaker 8: being at chase for about oh, I want to say,

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Speaker 8: about twenty yards of running around in a circle for

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Speaker 8: the cops, you know, took him in and all good stuff.

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Speaker 8: They brought him into the back of the police car

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Speaker 8: and they gave the dog a good scratch on the

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Speaker 8: scratching the head in a good treat. So random, random

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Speaker 8: John Doe in Springfield, Colorado. What kind of brand new

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Speaker 8: fool are you, sir?

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Speaker 2: That's amazing. So I wonder if he'd else would be

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Speaker 2: charged with animal cruelty. I might putting the dog in

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Speaker 2: the driver's seat right, say, hey, man, I wasn't driving

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Speaker 2: the dog and car the dog was.

2310
02:06:35,200 --> 02:06:38,120
Speaker 8: Yeah, they should. I don't see anything on that, but

2311
02:06:38,160 --> 02:06:39,800
Speaker 8: I'm sure they probably would have booked.

2312
02:06:39,840 --> 02:06:41,520
Speaker 2: You imagine if they would have gave the dog a

2313
02:06:41,760 --> 02:06:43,680
Speaker 2: breathliser and he was drunk and failed it.

2314
02:06:44,280 --> 02:06:46,400
Speaker 8: Could you imagine if the dog like did not wolf

2315
02:06:46,400 --> 02:06:48,480
Speaker 8: in he Hey man, you know me out hey.

2316
02:06:49,320 --> 02:06:51,720
Speaker 2: Just between you and me and Nick, just between us.

2317
02:06:52,400 --> 02:06:55,080
Speaker 2: I had a dog years ago. He liked beer for them.

2318
02:06:56,040 --> 02:06:57,560
Speaker 2: I'm not kidding. Beer and chips.

2319
02:06:58,120 --> 02:06:58,920
Speaker 5: What kind of beer?

2320
02:07:00,080 --> 02:07:05,680
Speaker 2: Cold, colder? I swear to god it was. It was

2321
02:07:05,680 --> 02:07:07,960
Speaker 2: a little poodle named Buddy, and people are all that's

2322
02:07:08,080 --> 02:07:10,880
Speaker 2: not very healthy. Those poodles usually lived to be about

2323
02:07:10,920 --> 02:07:13,760
Speaker 2: thirteen or fourteen. Buddy lived to be nineteen. He was happy.

2324
02:07:14,280 --> 02:07:15,160
Speaker 2: How does happy?

2325
02:07:15,320 --> 02:07:20,000
Speaker 5: How did he handle his his intake of a cold,

2326
02:07:20,040 --> 02:07:20,959
Speaker 5: frosty beveret?

2327
02:07:21,000 --> 02:07:24,440
Speaker 2: He didn't really, he didn't really have enough to you know,

2328
02:07:24,560 --> 02:07:27,240
Speaker 2: wobble as it were, right. He would just look, you

2329
02:07:27,320 --> 02:07:29,880
Speaker 2: have a few licks, and he drank very responsibly. Then

2330
02:07:29,880 --> 02:07:31,560
Speaker 2: he'd give him a few potato chips and salt and

2331
02:07:31,560 --> 02:07:33,400
Speaker 2: be on his way. And most of the times I

2332
02:07:33,480 --> 02:07:35,320
Speaker 2: let him drive the car. He was fine. So you

2333
02:07:35,360 --> 02:07:38,520
Speaker 2: know there's that. All right, good job, guys, outstanding job

2334
02:07:38,560 --> 02:07:41,280
Speaker 2: the net, or rather a rousing edition of what kind

2335
02:07:41,320 --> 02:07:43,200
Speaker 2: of brand new fool of You, which, of course allows

2336
02:07:43,280 --> 02:07:46,400
Speaker 2: us to segue into our second favorite bid, something relivanbly

2337
02:07:46,520 --> 02:07:51,680
Speaker 2: referred to as what my name? All? Right, here we go.

2338
02:07:51,800 --> 02:07:55,160
Speaker 2: This just happened Monday, Just this last Monday, guys, Major

2339
02:07:55,240 --> 02:08:00,720
Speaker 2: League Baseball. I became the first catcher to hold from

2340
02:08:00,760 --> 02:08:03,280
Speaker 2: both sides of the plate in a game. Plate at

2341
02:08:03,520 --> 02:08:10,000
Speaker 2: Fenway Park, Nick Cope, what my name is it?

2342
02:08:10,960 --> 02:08:11,520
Speaker 5: I didn't say.

2343
02:08:11,520 --> 02:08:12,520
Speaker 2: I know they're with it.

2344
02:08:12,840 --> 02:08:13,840
Speaker 5: I don't know I got.

2345
02:08:13,880 --> 02:08:17,440
Speaker 2: Right, all right, no problem, all right. This past Monday,

2346
02:08:17,440 --> 02:08:19,480
Speaker 2: I became the first catcher to homer from both sides

2347
02:08:19,480 --> 02:08:22,320
Speaker 2: of the plate at a game played at Fenway Park.

2348
02:08:22,840 --> 02:08:24,600
Speaker 2: Patrick Sweco, what my name?

2349
02:08:26,240 --> 02:08:30,960
Speaker 8: I'm gonna go with? Who is Francisco Alvarez from the Mets?

2350
02:08:31,160 --> 02:08:35,120
Speaker 2: Once again, we love the Jeopardy reference, but no, it's

2351
02:08:35,160 --> 02:08:40,240
Speaker 2: actually cal Raley cal Rally all right? Moving along, Now

2352
02:08:40,280 --> 02:08:44,160
Speaker 2: that all the Canadian hockey teams have been eliminated from

2353
02:08:44,160 --> 02:08:47,360
Speaker 2: the Stanley Cup playoffs, I am the last coach of

2354
02:08:47,400 --> 02:08:50,600
Speaker 2: a Canadian hockey team to win a Stanley Cup, and

2355
02:08:50,720 --> 02:08:53,720
Speaker 2: it was nineteen ninety three, Nick Cope, What my name?

2356
02:08:54,440 --> 02:09:00,080
Speaker 5: Nineteen ninety three? I don't know my I would I

2357
02:09:00,120 --> 02:09:02,560
Speaker 5: guess the Canadiens, but I don't know the coach?

2358
02:09:02,840 --> 02:09:07,560
Speaker 2: All right? Fair enough, all right. Now that all the

2359
02:09:07,720 --> 02:09:10,959
Speaker 2: Canadian hockey teams have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs,

2360
02:09:11,000 --> 02:09:14,600
Speaker 2: I am the last coach to win the Stanley Cup

2361
02:09:14,640 --> 02:09:18,000
Speaker 2: as the head coach of an NHL Canadian team, who

2362
02:09:18,040 --> 02:09:21,200
Speaker 2: was in nineteen ninety three? Patrick sweek At, what my name?

2363
02:09:22,040 --> 02:09:24,760
Speaker 5: Who is Joe Quinnville?

2364
02:09:25,120 --> 02:09:27,480
Speaker 2: Hey, that's a good guess. He wanted Saint Louis a

2365
02:09:27,480 --> 02:09:29,800
Speaker 2: few years ago. All right, it's actually Jacques de Mars.

2366
02:09:30,440 --> 02:09:33,400
Speaker 2: Jacques ta Mehraz. Kings fans will begrudgingly remember. I bet

2367
02:09:33,480 --> 02:09:37,400
Speaker 2: Eddie Garci remembers this the curved stick incident which cost

2368
02:09:37,480 --> 02:09:40,760
Speaker 2: the Kings to lose the Stanley Cup to the Canadians. Okay,

2369
02:09:41,280 --> 02:09:43,600
Speaker 2: in the history of the NBA, since we were on

2370
02:09:43,720 --> 02:09:47,160
Speaker 2: the subject earlier, Victor Wimberiana. In the history of the NBA,

2371
02:09:47,280 --> 02:09:50,840
Speaker 2: there have been only nine players over seven foot five,

2372
02:09:50,960 --> 02:09:53,120
Speaker 2: but I'm the only one to average at least ten

2373
02:09:53,240 --> 02:09:57,520
Speaker 2: points per game. Nick Cope with my name, it's gotta

2374
02:09:57,560 --> 02:09:59,280
Speaker 2: be yao ming. Nicely done?

2375
02:09:59,480 --> 02:09:59,840
Speaker 5: There we go.

2376
02:10:00,000 --> 02:10:06,600
Speaker 2: We're absolutely yumming. Yeah. Sean Bradley not so much. And

2377
02:10:06,720 --> 02:10:08,480
Speaker 2: we don't need to go down to litany. All right.

2378
02:10:10,840 --> 02:10:13,040
Speaker 2: We are in the NBA playoffs, so let's stay there.

2379
02:10:14,280 --> 02:10:19,520
Speaker 2: When it comes to thirty five point playoff games. As

2380
02:10:19,560 --> 02:10:21,920
Speaker 2: a member of the Miami Heat, I'm the all time

2381
02:10:22,080 --> 02:10:25,840
Speaker 2: leader in the number of thirty five point playoff games

2382
02:10:26,280 --> 02:10:28,880
Speaker 2: I produced. Patrick Sweeka, what my name?

2383
02:10:29,960 --> 02:10:32,680
Speaker 5: Who is d Wayne Wade?

2384
02:10:33,080 --> 02:10:35,160
Speaker 2: Nicely done? You guys are just showing off.

2385
02:10:35,320 --> 02:10:36,600
Speaker 5: How on the board?

2386
02:10:40,600 --> 02:10:43,000
Speaker 2: All right? In the history of the NBA playoffs, there

2387
02:10:43,040 --> 02:10:45,960
Speaker 2: have only been four people in history that had a

2388
02:10:46,000 --> 02:10:49,720
Speaker 2: triple double involving thirty points and twenty rebounds. But I'm

2389
02:10:49,720 --> 02:10:51,600
Speaker 2: the only one to do it twice. Nick Cope with

2390
02:10:51,760 --> 02:10:52,080
Speaker 2: my name?

2391
02:10:52,880 --> 02:10:53,040
Speaker 7: Oo?

2392
02:10:56,160 --> 02:10:56,560
Speaker 8: Is it?

2393
02:10:56,920 --> 02:10:59,880
Speaker 5: Wilt Chamberlain not a bad guess, not will chair.

2394
02:11:00,520 --> 02:11:03,240
Speaker 2: In the history of the NBA, only four people have

2395
02:11:03,520 --> 02:11:05,960
Speaker 2: scored thirty points and twenty rebounds. It's part of a

2396
02:11:06,000 --> 02:11:08,600
Speaker 2: triple double, but I'm the only one to do it twice.

2397
02:11:08,680 --> 02:11:11,200
Speaker 2: Patrick Sweeker, what my name is it?

2398
02:11:11,520 --> 02:11:14,960
Speaker 8: Well, I'm sorry, let me rephrase that. What is lou

2399
02:11:16,040 --> 02:11:19,320
Speaker 8: Kareem abdul Jabbar Cinder? A?

2400
02:11:19,920 --> 02:11:20,280
Speaker 2: Look at you?

2401
02:11:22,360 --> 02:11:24,160
Speaker 1: You call him a What I got a mid?

2402
02:11:25,160 --> 02:11:27,680
Speaker 8: I did liuell al Sinder with Kareem abdill Jabbar in

2403
02:11:27,760 --> 02:11:28,120
Speaker 8: the middle.

2404
02:11:28,640 --> 02:11:33,360
Speaker 2: Here comes a human Hretty Mark does a great job

2405
02:11:33,400 --> 02:11:35,600
Speaker 2: and been a little liberal on the on the ticker lately,

2406
02:11:35,840 --> 02:11:39,640
Speaker 2: just a little liberal, all right, it's actually Nicola Jokic.

2407
02:11:39,720 --> 02:11:43,320
Speaker 5: Na if that's where you were going.

2408
02:11:43,600 --> 02:11:46,360
Speaker 2: By the way he's coming off the d Wade answer.

2409
02:11:46,840 --> 02:11:49,680
Speaker 2: Let's have a little bonus question. If I get one

2410
02:11:49,800 --> 02:11:53,040
Speaker 2: more thirty five point playoff game, I have now caught

2411
02:11:53,840 --> 02:11:58,120
Speaker 2: d Wade as the all time producer of this kind

2412
02:11:58,120 --> 02:12:02,040
Speaker 2: of performance in the NBA playoffs to cope with my name, so.

2413
02:12:02,160 --> 02:12:08,080
Speaker 5: He's still playing Lebron James, not Lebron James.

2414
02:12:08,760 --> 02:12:12,320
Speaker 2: Remember this is a Miami Heat record, so Miami. Yeah,

2415
02:12:12,520 --> 02:12:15,000
Speaker 2: if I get one more thirty five point game, then

2416
02:12:15,080 --> 02:12:17,440
Speaker 2: I have tied d Wade as the all timer for

2417
02:12:17,560 --> 02:12:21,080
Speaker 2: thirty five point playoff games. Patrick sweek At what my name?

2418
02:12:22,360 --> 02:12:23,600
Speaker 2: Who is Jimmy?

2419
02:12:23,880 --> 02:12:26,160
Speaker 8: I am Himmy Buckets, Jimmy Butler.

2420
02:12:26,360 --> 02:12:29,120
Speaker 2: It is Jimmy Butler. Nicely done, by the way I

2421
02:12:29,200 --> 02:12:32,720
Speaker 2: should have looked. Did Jimmy Butler have thirty five tonight

2422
02:12:32,800 --> 02:12:34,920
Speaker 2: in the game? I don't think he did thirty five

2423
02:12:35,000 --> 02:12:36,800
Speaker 2: tonight in the game versus Boston.

2424
02:12:36,480 --> 02:12:37,600
Speaker 8: I don't think he did it.

2425
02:12:37,680 --> 02:12:40,000
Speaker 5: You know, if he gets one more they played Friday night.

2426
02:12:41,560 --> 02:12:44,040
Speaker 2: No one ever accused me of being smart. Somebody give

2427
02:12:44,120 --> 02:12:48,000
Speaker 2: me a calendar for my birthday? All right, Uh, you

2428
02:12:48,040 --> 02:12:49,720
Speaker 2: can look that up, Nicking, you can let us know

2429
02:12:49,760 --> 02:12:52,160
Speaker 2: in a minute. All right, let's have one more bonus question.

2430
02:12:52,280 --> 02:12:54,200
Speaker 2: And this may be the all time layup of all

2431
02:12:54,240 --> 02:12:57,840
Speaker 2: time layups. Okay, I'm the only horse who ran in

2432
02:12:57,880 --> 02:13:02,280
Speaker 2: today's Preakness. Who also ran in the Derby. Patrick Sweeker,

2433
02:13:02,360 --> 02:13:02,920
Speaker 2: what my Name?

2434
02:13:04,320 --> 02:13:06,080
Speaker 5: Who is Seabiscuit?

2435
02:13:11,800 --> 02:13:14,640
Speaker 2: I'm the only horse who ran in today's Preakness who

2436
02:13:14,680 --> 02:13:17,600
Speaker 2: also ran in the Kentucky Derby? Nick Cope, What my Name?

2437
02:13:17,960 --> 02:13:21,400
Speaker 5: He didn't see that the Derby winner ran in the Preakness.

2438
02:13:21,440 --> 02:13:22,560
Speaker 5: It's mage, Come.

2439
02:13:22,400 --> 02:13:25,200
Speaker 2: On there you go. Nicely done, by the way.

2440
02:13:25,440 --> 02:13:29,040
Speaker 5: Jimmy Muller had twenty seven on Friday.

2441
02:13:28,760 --> 02:13:31,320
Speaker 2: Night, they didn't think he all right. Nicely done, guys,

2442
02:13:31,400 --> 02:13:35,400
Speaker 2: excellent job both accounts. I love still love how Patrick

2443
02:13:35,960 --> 02:13:39,840
Speaker 2: phrases his question in the form of a jeopardy like

2444
02:13:39,920 --> 02:13:41,280
Speaker 2: who is or what is? Or whatever?

2445
02:13:41,320 --> 02:13:41,560
Speaker 6: The hell?

2446
02:13:42,200 --> 02:13:44,960
Speaker 5: And the way he delivers it as well. It's like

2447
02:13:45,080 --> 02:13:48,200
Speaker 5: he's doing a bat flip off a home run. Whether

2448
02:13:48,520 --> 02:13:53,560
Speaker 5: he gets the question in this case right, question correct

2449
02:13:53,680 --> 02:13:57,120
Speaker 5: or not. He likes the pimpot like he's driving.

2450
02:13:58,240 --> 02:14:03,000
Speaker 2: That's the style points. I appreciate it all over it.

2451
02:14:03,440 --> 02:14:06,960
Speaker 2: You're definitely getting style points. There's no two ways about it.

2452
02:14:07,040 --> 02:14:08,880
Speaker 2: As a matter of fact, I've mentioned many times to

2453
02:14:08,960 --> 02:14:11,680
Speaker 2: Donn and Scott give him some cookies out of petty cash.

2454
02:14:11,720 --> 02:14:16,760
Speaker 2: He deserves it. Okay, nicely job, guys, nicely good night. Folks,

2455
02:14:17,240 --> 02:14:19,120
Speaker 2: do you guys take over? Let me try that again.

2456
02:14:19,600 --> 02:14:22,760
Speaker 2: Nicely done, guys. A lot of people really look forward

2457
02:14:22,800 --> 02:14:25,320
Speaker 2: to brand new fool and what my name? And I'm

2458
02:14:25,360 --> 02:14:27,400
Speaker 2: one of them. You guys do a nice job of

2459
02:14:27,560 --> 02:14:34,160
Speaker 2: preparing and coming through, coming up, coming up Oakland A's fans.

2460
02:14:34,600 --> 02:14:37,320
Speaker 2: Can you blame them by the way that A lawmakers

2461
02:14:37,800 --> 02:14:41,280
Speaker 2: they have somewhat they might introduced the new legislation to

2462
02:14:41,320 --> 02:14:44,000
Speaker 2: bring yeast to Vegas. But I will tell you a

2463
02:14:44,160 --> 02:14:47,520
Speaker 2: very good newspaper here, the Nevada Independent, has really sort

2464
02:14:47,520 --> 02:14:50,200
Speaker 2: of debunked this county funding and whether or not it's

2465
02:14:50,240 --> 02:14:52,720
Speaker 2: going to go through. I say it's fifty to fifty.

2466
02:14:53,560 --> 02:14:56,320
Speaker 2: I'm Bernie Frederick Comedy Live from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio,

2467
02:14:56,840 --> 02:14:59,280
Speaker 2: Tirac dot com studios. Keep it locked right here. You

2468
02:14:59,440 --> 02:15:02,400
Speaker 2: are listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

2469
02:15:07,480 --> 02:15:09,840
Speaker 2: They're back on the Bernie Fraddle Show, Fox Sports Radio.

2470
02:15:09,920 --> 02:15:12,000
Speaker 2: Come you a liar from the Tyrac dot com studios

2471
02:15:12,040 --> 02:15:16,440
Speaker 2: here in Las Vegas, Nevada. Coming out bottom of the

2472
02:15:16,480 --> 02:15:19,320
Speaker 2: hour Chris Purfett's World of Soccer. I want to give

2473
02:15:19,320 --> 02:15:23,760
Speaker 2: a quick update because the time that the clock is

2474
02:15:23,880 --> 02:15:30,200
Speaker 2: ticking for Lometa, Nevada lawmakers to introduce legislation to bring

2475
02:15:30,280 --> 02:15:32,040
Speaker 2: the A's to Vegas. They got a vote on it,

2476
02:15:32,760 --> 02:15:35,600
Speaker 2: and there was a twist this week. There's a gap

2477
02:15:35,960 --> 02:15:38,560
Speaker 2: between what is needed to build the stadium and what

2478
02:15:38,720 --> 02:15:42,080
Speaker 2: is available. The A's are looking for a full three

2479
02:15:42,120 --> 02:15:44,200
Speaker 2: hundred and ninety five million dollars. That's what the team

2480
02:15:44,280 --> 02:15:47,920
Speaker 2: is seeking right now. It appears that the most in

2481
02:15:48,040 --> 02:15:50,960
Speaker 2: transferable tracks credits is one hundred and ninety five million

2482
02:15:51,440 --> 02:15:54,800
Speaker 2: per stadium construction, So you've got a two hundred million

2483
02:15:54,880 --> 02:15:57,960
Speaker 2: dollars gap. Now, the amount of state will offer depends

2484
02:15:58,000 --> 02:16:01,040
Speaker 2: on how much Clark County, which is where this would

2485
02:16:01,080 --> 02:16:05,040
Speaker 2: reside here in the corner of Tropicana and Las Vegas Boulevard,

2486
02:16:05,080 --> 02:16:08,440
Speaker 2: which is where the Tropicana Hotel currently sits, and there

2487
02:16:08,480 --> 02:16:10,640
Speaker 2: would be no more tropic Canon Hotel. That would build

2488
02:16:10,640 --> 02:16:13,440
Speaker 2: a new hotel right the A's one to one point

2489
02:16:13,520 --> 02:16:17,800
Speaker 2: five billion dollar, thirty thousand seat retractable roof stadium on

2490
02:16:18,040 --> 02:16:22,960
Speaker 2: that very property. There are continued delays, as I said

2491
02:16:23,000 --> 02:16:25,200
Speaker 2: there would be. Clark Conny is trying to figure out

2492
02:16:25,200 --> 02:16:28,840
Speaker 2: the details of the bonds because making up that three

2493
02:16:28,880 --> 02:16:31,920
Speaker 2: hundred and ninety five million dollars in public financing. Isn't

2494
02:16:31,960 --> 02:16:35,440
Speaker 2: as easy as it sounds. I know there is perhaps

2495
02:16:35,520 --> 02:16:38,280
Speaker 2: some pressure to get a children's hospital. Now it's down

2496
02:16:38,360 --> 02:16:41,520
Speaker 2: from five hundred million. Remember a few weeks ago that

2497
02:16:41,680 --> 02:16:45,119
Speaker 2: they had entered into the days and internet. It entered

2498
02:16:45,200 --> 02:16:48,400
Speaker 2: into a binding agreement to buy the forty nine acres

2499
02:16:48,480 --> 02:16:51,720
Speaker 2: over on Dean Martin and just adjacent to the freeway.

2500
02:16:53,360 --> 02:16:55,879
Speaker 2: Then all of a sudden they pivot and they decide, well,

2501
02:16:55,920 --> 02:16:59,000
Speaker 2: we'll go back to now the Tropic Cana site over there.

2502
02:16:59,040 --> 02:17:01,120
Speaker 2: We'd only need three hundred ninety five man, which makes

2503
02:17:01,160 --> 02:17:04,000
Speaker 2: the thing look a little dysfunctional. And again, as yet,

2504
02:17:04,440 --> 02:17:07,960
Speaker 2: haven't seen an artist rendering, haven't seen a whole lot

2505
02:17:08,040 --> 02:17:11,440
Speaker 2: of you know, public support. That's not to say this

2506
02:17:11,600 --> 02:17:14,360
Speaker 2: isn't going to happen, but you know, you can't make

2507
02:17:14,400 --> 02:17:16,360
Speaker 2: it sound like it's gonna happen when it's basically a

2508
02:17:16,400 --> 02:17:20,760
Speaker 2: fifty to fifty deal and the money have to be crunched.

2509
02:17:22,400 --> 02:17:25,320
Speaker 2: You know, this project does have support from the Culinary

2510
02:17:25,400 --> 02:17:28,240
Speaker 2: Workers union. They have an agreement that will allow the

2511
02:17:28,400 --> 02:17:32,000
Speaker 2: union to organize the stadium's workforce. These this would create jobs.

2512
02:17:32,280 --> 02:17:34,320
Speaker 2: I wouldn't mind having a major League Baseball team here,

2513
02:17:34,760 --> 02:17:38,119
Speaker 2: But the way it's been reported has been irresponsible because

2514
02:17:38,680 --> 02:17:40,800
Speaker 2: too many factions have made it sound like it's a

2515
02:17:40,840 --> 02:17:43,600
Speaker 2: done deal. The A's are on the way here, and

2516
02:17:43,760 --> 02:17:47,000
Speaker 2: the truth of the matter is that you've got state

2517
02:17:47,080 --> 02:17:52,960
Speaker 2: and county sources that have to come together and some

2518
02:17:53,240 --> 02:17:58,160
Speaker 2: sort of legislation has to be introduced. And it didn't

2519
02:17:58,200 --> 02:18:01,360
Speaker 2: help that the A's flip flopped on multiple stadium sites.

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02:18:01,400 --> 02:18:05,880
Speaker 2: That leaves lawmakers without a concrete proposal. And the truth

2521
02:18:05,959 --> 02:18:09,200
Speaker 2: of the matter is this pivot comes less than three

2522
02:18:09,240 --> 02:18:12,760
Speaker 2: weeks before the end of the state's legislative session, which

2523
02:18:12,800 --> 02:18:17,160
Speaker 2: I believe they adjourn on June fifth, So any public

2524
02:18:17,240 --> 02:18:20,040
Speaker 2: money for the project would need to be approved by

2525
02:18:20,200 --> 02:18:24,480
Speaker 2: both houses of the legislature by June fifth, or the

2526
02:18:24,600 --> 02:18:27,360
Speaker 2: legislature would have to deal with the matter of setting

2527
02:18:27,440 --> 02:18:30,160
Speaker 2: up a special session, which can be called by Governor

2528
02:18:30,240 --> 02:18:33,680
Speaker 2: Joe Lombardo or a two thirds majority, which I am

2529
02:18:33,840 --> 02:18:37,440
Speaker 2: told that nobody wants that to happen. So since the

2530
02:18:37,520 --> 02:18:40,400
Speaker 2: information about the AA's deal first dropped about a month ago,

2531
02:18:40,440 --> 02:18:44,160
Speaker 2: the rumor mail keeps churning about this deal, but the

2532
02:18:44,240 --> 02:18:47,360
Speaker 2: public financing piece has been holding up the project. That's

2533
02:18:47,520 --> 02:18:51,680
Speaker 2: really the key here. They're going to need public money,

2534
02:18:52,200 --> 02:18:54,360
Speaker 2: and if they sell those bonds and the team can't

2535
02:18:54,800 --> 02:18:57,200
Speaker 2: pay the service debt on those bonds, then that has

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02:18:57,240 --> 02:18:59,000
Speaker 2: to come from a Clark County fund. And if they

2537
02:18:59,080 --> 02:19:01,920
Speaker 2: run out of money there, then property taxes could be raised.

2538
02:19:01,959 --> 02:19:06,000
Speaker 2: So this can be a very fluid, confusing situation. As

2539
02:19:06,080 --> 02:19:09,160
Speaker 2: of now, they're trying to hammer this out. I think

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02:19:09,200 --> 02:19:12,520
Speaker 2: it's fifty to fifty. We shall see, we shall see.

2541
02:19:13,040 --> 02:19:15,080
Speaker 2: The clock is ticking and the running out of time,

2542
02:19:15,120 --> 02:19:18,240
Speaker 2: and there is a real deadline here. So we'll continue

2543
02:19:18,280 --> 02:19:21,720
Speaker 2: to watch it, and as there's real news, we'll certainly

2544
02:19:21,959 --> 02:19:26,320
Speaker 2: report it. We won't speculate. We'll only report specific developments

2545
02:19:26,879 --> 02:19:29,520
Speaker 2: coming out Chris Piffett's World of Soccer. But first, let's

2546
02:19:29,560 --> 02:19:31,440
Speaker 2: go back to drug euye. Nick Cope with the latest.

2547
02:19:31,640 --> 02:19:35,280
Speaker 5: All right, thank you, Bernie. Western Conference Finals Deadford Nuggets

2548
02:19:35,320 --> 02:19:37,960
Speaker 5: have grabbed control of this series, now a three to

2549
02:19:38,120 --> 02:19:40,600
Speaker 5: zero lead, following a one to nineteen to one a

2550
02:19:40,680 --> 02:19:43,959
Speaker 5: way to win over the Lakers Saturday night in Los Angeles.

2551
02:19:44,320 --> 02:19:47,680
Speaker 5: Nuggets have now won five straight playoff games as they

2552
02:19:47,720 --> 02:19:51,080
Speaker 5: hand the Lakers their first loss at home in these playoffs.

2553
02:19:51,200 --> 02:19:55,039
Speaker 5: It's also the first time LA has lost three consecutive

2554
02:19:55,120 --> 02:19:58,760
Speaker 5: games since early February, and Jamal Murray led all scores

2555
02:19:58,800 --> 02:20:02,520
Speaker 5: with thirty seven points. Nikolay Jokich battled foul trouble, but

2556
02:20:02,600 --> 02:20:05,000
Speaker 5: he did finish with twenty four points, six boards, and

2557
02:20:05,080 --> 02:20:08,119
Speaker 5: eight assists. Anthony Davis led the Lakers with the double

2558
02:20:08,200 --> 02:20:11,920
Speaker 5: double twenty eight points eighteen rebounds. Lebron James had twenty

2559
02:20:12,000 --> 02:20:14,720
Speaker 5: three points and twelve assists for a double double of

2560
02:20:14,840 --> 02:20:16,920
Speaker 5: his own. But it's now the Nuggets who are a

2561
02:20:17,080 --> 02:20:21,160
Speaker 5: win away from the NBA Finals Eastern Conference Final of

2562
02:20:21,200 --> 02:20:24,360
Speaker 5: the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Matthew could chuck. He scored the

2563
02:20:24,440 --> 02:20:28,840
Speaker 5: overtime winner for the Panthers yet again, as the Panthers

2564
02:20:29,080 --> 02:20:32,400
Speaker 5: knocked off the Carolina Hurricanes two to one on Saturday.

2565
02:20:32,480 --> 02:20:34,880
Speaker 5: Florida now with the two to zero series lead. There

2566
02:20:35,520 --> 02:20:39,480
Speaker 5: PGA Championship Brooks Koepka leads after fifty four holes. He

2567
02:20:39,600 --> 02:20:43,280
Speaker 5: is six under for the tournament. Battled rainy conditions all

2568
02:20:43,400 --> 02:20:47,040
Speaker 5: day on Saturday, but Keepka able to burdy three of

2569
02:20:47,160 --> 02:20:50,560
Speaker 5: the final seven holes to take the lead. After three rounds.

2570
02:20:50,879 --> 02:20:54,440
Speaker 5: Victor Hovelin Corey Conners are each one shot back. You've

2571
02:20:54,520 --> 02:20:58,400
Speaker 5: got Bryson to Shambo, Scottie Scheffler, Justin Rose, and Roy

2572
02:20:58,520 --> 02:21:03,480
Speaker 5: McElroy all in the mix entering Sunday's final round. Horse racing,

2573
02:21:03,680 --> 02:21:07,640
Speaker 5: National Treasure won the Preakness. He is trained by Bob Baffert.

2574
02:21:07,720 --> 02:21:12,520
Speaker 5: Derby champion Mage finished in third. In boxing, Devin Haney

2575
02:21:12,640 --> 02:21:18,279
Speaker 5: retained the lightweight championship with a unanimous decision over Vasili Lomachenko.

2576
02:21:18,680 --> 02:21:21,200
Speaker 5: Some of the baseball scores, Red Songs won their fourth

2577
02:21:21,280 --> 02:21:24,520
Speaker 5: to row, beating the Padres four to two. Mariners took

2578
02:21:24,560 --> 02:21:27,440
Speaker 5: down the top team in the NL East in the Braves,

2579
02:21:27,560 --> 02:21:30,480
Speaker 5: seven to three. The final score there Cardinals over the

2580
02:21:30,560 --> 02:21:33,520
Speaker 5: Dodgers six to five. Saint Louis has won seven of

2581
02:21:33,640 --> 02:21:36,880
Speaker 5: nine after a really slow start this season, and finally,

2582
02:21:37,000 --> 02:21:39,320
Speaker 5: Joey Gallo hit his fourth home run of the season,

2583
02:21:39,520 --> 02:21:41,400
Speaker 5: or excuse me, his fourth home run in his last

2584
02:21:41,440 --> 02:21:45,560
Speaker 5: seven games, as the Twins defeated the Angels six to two. Bernie,

2585
02:21:45,680 --> 02:21:46,000
Speaker 5: back to.

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02:21:46,040 --> 02:21:49,440
Speaker 2: You, all right, Nick, You mentioned all those double doubles

2587
02:21:49,480 --> 02:21:51,880
Speaker 2: and wanted to through Fries with that, But that's a

2588
02:21:51,959 --> 02:21:57,200
Speaker 2: story for a different day, all right. Never a shortage

2589
02:21:57,360 --> 02:22:01,280
Speaker 2: of soccer news, especially this weekend. With real legation, expansion

2590
02:22:01,440 --> 02:22:03,320
Speaker 2: and all kinds of things. It's why we bring you

2591
02:22:03,959 --> 02:22:06,360
Speaker 2: every time, every week at this time, Christopher Fetz, World

2592
02:22:06,360 --> 02:22:08,400
Speaker 2: of Soccer, The.

2593
02:22:08,560 --> 02:22:19,039
Speaker 3: Greatest goals, the thrilling finishes, the international drum.

2594
02:22:20,959 --> 02:22:21,240
Speaker 2: Him.

2595
02:22:21,760 --> 02:22:23,119
Speaker 7: I am at the end of the level.

2596
02:22:24,160 --> 02:22:27,600
Speaker 1: It's all here in this report from the World of Soccer.

2597
02:22:29,760 --> 02:22:32,720
Speaker 9: The Champions League final match is set, and yet we

2598
02:22:32,800 --> 02:22:35,880
Speaker 9: still have to wait another twenty days or so for

2599
02:22:36,440 --> 02:22:39,720
Speaker 9: that game to be played. But we deserve to talk

2600
02:22:39,720 --> 02:22:43,520
Speaker 9: about how we got here. As these seasons, domestic seasons

2601
02:22:43,800 --> 02:22:47,160
Speaker 9: come to the close, so too does the European season.

2602
02:22:48,000 --> 02:22:51,600
Speaker 9: Are your matchup the English club Manchester City, who we've

2603
02:22:51,640 --> 02:22:55,440
Speaker 9: talked about at length, and Inter Milan reaching the final

2604
02:22:55,520 --> 02:22:58,960
Speaker 9: again for the first time in over ten years. More

2605
02:22:59,040 --> 02:23:00,840
Speaker 9: on them in a second, because I feel like they're

2606
02:23:00,840 --> 02:23:03,680
Speaker 9: an interesting story, but I would like to start on

2607
02:23:03,800 --> 02:23:07,720
Speaker 9: the losing sides, because both our lessons and how quickly

2608
02:23:07,879 --> 02:23:10,840
Speaker 9: dominance can simply fade in European soccer.

2609
02:23:11,200 --> 02:23:14,920
Speaker 5: Let's start with Real Madrid. Let's start with Football Royalty.

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02:23:15,760 --> 02:23:18,960
Speaker 9: Manchester City got here by defeating Real Madrid in the

2611
02:23:19,000 --> 02:23:21,440
Speaker 9: first leg on a one to one tie that looked

2612
02:23:21,480 --> 02:23:23,240
Speaker 9: like this was going to be have the makings of

2613
02:23:23,280 --> 02:23:26,920
Speaker 9: a very tense series. However, on the second leg, Manchester

2614
02:23:27,000 --> 02:23:32,320
Speaker 9: City thrashed Real Madrid for nil to advance to the final,

2615
02:23:32,640 --> 02:23:37,760
Speaker 9: not close at all. Combine that with frankly a disappointing

2616
02:23:37,840 --> 02:23:42,920
Speaker 9: La Liga campaign that saw their old rival Barcelona boat

2617
02:23:43,040 --> 02:23:45,520
Speaker 9: race them to the top of the Spanish table has

2618
02:23:45,640 --> 02:23:49,520
Speaker 9: left people wondering if their manager, Carlos Ancelauti, one of

2619
02:23:49,560 --> 02:23:52,800
Speaker 9: the greatest in my opinion, if he's even suited.

2620
02:23:52,520 --> 02:23:53,440
Speaker 5: For the job right now.

2621
02:23:54,480 --> 02:23:56,640
Speaker 9: This is a far cry from last year when Real

2622
02:23:56,720 --> 02:24:00,520
Speaker 9: Madrid comfortably took La Liga and then defeated lib Some

2623
02:24:00,640 --> 02:24:02,760
Speaker 9: might say one of the best Liverpool teams we've seen

2624
02:24:02,840 --> 02:24:06,280
Speaker 9: in a long time in Paris for the Champions League final,

2625
02:24:07,400 --> 02:24:11,320
Speaker 9: but it's also how they were exposed by Manchester miniature.

2626
02:24:11,360 --> 02:24:15,160
Speaker 9: Pep Guardiola after the first leg of the tie, he

2627
02:24:15,360 --> 02:24:20,320
Speaker 9: identified that Eduardo Kamavinga was one of the players that

2628
02:24:20,480 --> 02:24:24,439
Speaker 9: really helped set up Real Madrid's attack and swiftly neutralize

2629
02:24:24,480 --> 02:24:27,400
Speaker 9: that in the second leg for that four nil victory,

2630
02:24:28,360 --> 02:24:32,440
Speaker 9: thus bombarding Real Madrid and making sure that the Royalty

2631
02:24:32,520 --> 02:24:34,760
Speaker 9: of Europe was to be sent home this season with

2632
02:24:35,000 --> 02:24:39,480
Speaker 9: no hope at any hardware whatsoever. Meanwhile, AC Milan took

2633
02:24:39,560 --> 02:24:41,760
Speaker 9: on their old rivals Internazion and Al Milan in a

2634
02:24:41,840 --> 02:24:46,320
Speaker 9: two game series played exclusively in Sansio, an old but

2635
02:24:46,560 --> 02:24:53,200
Speaker 9: insanely wonderful cathedral to Italian football that just lights up

2636
02:24:53,280 --> 02:24:55,760
Speaker 9: and you can hear the roar of the atmosphere. And

2637
02:24:55,840 --> 02:24:58,600
Speaker 9: to have the Milan Derby being played for two different

2638
02:24:58,680 --> 02:25:01,760
Speaker 9: games in the champ League I think was probably one

2639
02:25:01,800 --> 02:25:04,240
Speaker 9: of the great great treats we got to watch.

2640
02:25:04,760 --> 02:25:07,040
Speaker 1: But it was one sided.

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02:25:08,000 --> 02:25:11,960
Speaker 9: Intersco scored all three goals in the series between the

2642
02:25:12,040 --> 02:25:16,280
Speaker 9: two three nil aggregate, which means that Milan didn't even

2643
02:25:16,360 --> 02:25:19,080
Speaker 9: find the net. And this leaves Milan in a precarious

2644
02:25:19,120 --> 02:25:22,840
Speaker 9: place where they once again are also questioning their future,

2645
02:25:22,879 --> 02:25:25,959
Speaker 9: but in a little bit of a stronger way because

2646
02:25:26,200 --> 02:25:28,400
Speaker 9: they might not be back in the Champions League this

2647
02:25:29,080 --> 02:25:32,480
Speaker 9: next season. They're right now fighting for a top four

2648
02:25:32,600 --> 02:25:35,480
Speaker 9: spot right now trying to catch Inter and Rome based

2649
02:25:35,520 --> 02:25:39,240
Speaker 9: club Lazzio. However, with only a few matches left to play,

2650
02:25:39,440 --> 02:25:42,160
Speaker 9: it does it looks to be incredibly close with the

2651
02:25:42,320 --> 02:25:44,120
Speaker 9: ground they need to make up and they're going to

2652
02:25:44,240 --> 02:25:47,360
Speaker 9: need Lozzio or Inter to really stumble down the stretch.

2653
02:25:47,440 --> 02:25:51,440
Speaker 9: I don't see that happening again. A far cry from

2654
02:25:51,560 --> 02:25:55,800
Speaker 9: last season when Milan finally came back one seriad, neck

2655
02:25:55,840 --> 02:25:59,800
Speaker 9: and neck with Inter for the entire Italian season, the

2656
02:26:00,240 --> 02:26:04,720
Speaker 9: first t Scudado title since the twenty eleven season, and

2657
02:26:04,760 --> 02:26:06,280
Speaker 9: it looked like they had been back on the men,

2658
02:26:06,440 --> 02:26:08,880
Speaker 9: and instead they have to go home empty handed and

2659
02:26:09,040 --> 02:26:11,400
Speaker 9: might not even be back here. As for the victors,

2660
02:26:11,440 --> 02:26:14,760
Speaker 9: we've talked at length about Manchester City. We've talked at

2661
02:26:14,840 --> 02:26:17,880
Speaker 9: length about how they are chasing the treble, that they

2662
02:26:17,959 --> 02:26:21,360
Speaker 9: could have the FA Cup, the Champions League and the

2663
02:26:21,440 --> 02:26:24,680
Speaker 9: Premier League all on the legs of a fantastic season

2664
02:26:24,760 --> 02:26:28,080
Speaker 9: for them, for their young star Earling holland, for their

2665
02:26:28,120 --> 02:26:30,760
Speaker 9: manager Pep Guardiola, for all the others who play on

2666
02:26:30,840 --> 02:26:35,160
Speaker 9: that fantastically stacked roster. They need no more accolades. They

2667
02:26:35,200 --> 02:26:40,360
Speaker 9: are still chasing history inser Milan, though we haven't seen

2668
02:26:40,440 --> 02:26:43,080
Speaker 9: them in a minute in a Champions League final. In fact,

2669
02:26:43,400 --> 02:26:45,640
Speaker 9: this is their first time being in a Champions League

2670
02:26:45,680 --> 02:26:49,039
Speaker 9: final since twenty ten, where they happened to win.

2671
02:26:49,560 --> 02:26:50,800
Speaker 1: Guess what a treble.

2672
02:26:51,720 --> 02:26:53,400
Speaker 9: This is a club that not long ago was in

2673
02:26:53,480 --> 02:26:56,840
Speaker 9: some real financial problems that required a loan from an

2674
02:26:56,840 --> 02:27:00,440
Speaker 9: American investment firm to the tune of three hundred thirty

2675
02:27:00,520 --> 02:27:03,720
Speaker 9: six million to cover losses from the COVID nineteen pandemic,

2676
02:27:04,879 --> 02:27:09,760
Speaker 9: and saw their throne of European and Italian greatness really

2677
02:27:10,360 --> 02:27:13,360
Speaker 9: shoved to the side during a decade of dominance by

2678
02:27:13,720 --> 02:27:17,240
Speaker 9: northern club Juventus. Inter, a club that once thrived on

2679
02:27:17,400 --> 02:27:21,160
Speaker 9: seeing big name celebrities across the world wearing their kit,

2680
02:27:21,320 --> 02:27:24,080
Speaker 9: wearing their jersey, is now finally.

2681
02:27:23,840 --> 02:27:25,120
Speaker 1: Back on the top of the stage.

2682
02:27:25,160 --> 02:27:28,800
Speaker 9: And while they might not have in their hand a

2683
02:27:28,959 --> 02:27:33,120
Speaker 9: Siria Scudetto that went handily to Napoli this year, they

2684
02:27:33,200 --> 02:27:36,720
Speaker 9: could very well be challenging Giants for a chance at

2685
02:27:36,840 --> 02:27:40,440
Speaker 9: Champions League glory. In fact, this has been a season

2686
02:27:40,640 --> 02:27:45,840
Speaker 9: for Italian glory across international play. In all three cup

2687
02:27:46,120 --> 02:27:51,000
Speaker 9: in all three international league finals, we have an Italian

2688
02:27:51,080 --> 02:27:54,400
Speaker 9: club Inter. In the Champions League. In Europa we have

2689
02:27:54,480 --> 02:27:58,600
Speaker 9: a final with Roma playing Spanish side Sevilla, and in

2690
02:27:58,680 --> 02:28:02,680
Speaker 9: the UEFA Europa Conference League, the third tier, we'll see

2691
02:28:02,680 --> 02:28:06,640
Speaker 9: Italian club Fiorentina facing off against west Ham United. This

2692
02:28:06,760 --> 02:28:09,880
Speaker 9: has been an absolute wonderful run for Italian clubs. It

2693
02:28:09,920 --> 02:28:15,600
Speaker 9: also included again aforementioned Milan and Juventus also playing in

2694
02:28:15,760 --> 02:28:19,320
Speaker 9: semi finals here. This has been a lot of Italian

2695
02:28:19,400 --> 02:28:21,720
Speaker 9: clubs being here in an era where I think we

2696
02:28:21,920 --> 02:28:25,720
Speaker 9: just we just go out and crown the English clubs

2697
02:28:25,760 --> 02:28:26,760
Speaker 9: as being the most.

2698
02:28:26,640 --> 02:28:27,440
Speaker 1: Powerful in the world.

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02:28:27,480 --> 02:28:30,280
Speaker 9: We've given this idea that the Premier League is the

2700
02:28:30,360 --> 02:28:33,640
Speaker 9: most powerful, and then after that you seeded ground to

2701
02:28:33,840 --> 02:28:37,760
Speaker 9: the German scoring machines at Bayern Munich and maybe one

2702
02:28:37,800 --> 02:28:40,360
Speaker 9: of the big three men from Spain in Barcelona, Real

2703
02:28:40,440 --> 02:28:44,080
Speaker 9: Madrid or at Lettiico. But this Italian renaissance has been

2704
02:28:44,160 --> 02:28:47,600
Speaker 9: fantastic to watch. It's not the heady days of the

2705
02:28:47,720 --> 02:28:51,680
Speaker 9: nineties when Italian Calcia ruled Europe, nor are they really

2706
02:28:51,800 --> 02:28:55,279
Speaker 9: spending in the same way that the clubs in England

2707
02:28:55,400 --> 02:28:58,640
Speaker 9: might be doing. But Italian clubs are reasserting themselves on

2708
02:28:58,760 --> 02:29:01,480
Speaker 9: the biggest stage of the x an excellent team play

2709
02:29:01,760 --> 02:29:04,600
Speaker 9: and that the fall of Juventus and their dominance for

2710
02:29:04,720 --> 02:29:07,680
Speaker 9: so many years has simply opened up the borders to

2711
02:29:07,800 --> 02:29:12,359
Speaker 9: allow other clubs to assert their own stakes, to dominance

2712
02:29:12,480 --> 02:29:15,720
Speaker 9: their own stakes to European glory. And that's the world

2713
02:29:15,800 --> 02:29:16,240
Speaker 9: of soccer.

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Speaker 2: Are you having Chris Praperfet's World of soccer. We're just

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02:29:20,480 --> 02:29:23,040
Speaker 2: weeks away from the Women's World Cup. Plenty of rep

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02:29:23,160 --> 02:29:26,200
Speaker 2: artage there coming up. We wrap up the show, we

2717
02:29:26,320 --> 02:29:30,240
Speaker 2: get some final thoughts on the icon known as Jim Brown.

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Speaker 2: I'm Bernie Fraddle. We're coming you live from the Las

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02:29:32,800 --> 02:29:35,440
Speaker 2: Vegas Fox Sports Radio tyrack dot Com studios. Keep it

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02:29:35,520 --> 02:29:38,120
Speaker 2: locked right here. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show

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02:29:38,120 --> 02:29:45,840
Speaker 2: on Fox Sports Radio. All right, back on the Bernie

2722
02:29:45,840 --> 02:29:48,680
Speaker 2: Fradle Show. Wrapping it up on The Bernie Fratto Show.

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02:29:48,800 --> 02:29:51,160
Speaker 2: Before I go any further, I want to thank my

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02:29:51,200 --> 02:29:53,560
Speaker 2: broadcast team back in Los Angeles. They've been with me

2725
02:29:53,640 --> 02:29:57,280
Speaker 2: since eleven pm Pacific on Saturday Night. Of course Mark

2726
02:29:57,360 --> 02:30:01,080
Speaker 2: Ramsey are technical producer, Nick Cope on the updates, and

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02:30:02,000 --> 02:30:06,240
Speaker 2: of course Patrick Sweek got great job tonight, guys in

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02:30:06,400 --> 02:30:09,960
Speaker 2: all aspects. Appreciate all the teamwork, turning all the donas,

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Speaker 2: keeping us glued together. Some final thoughts on Jim Brown.

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Speaker 2: My good friend, my dear friend, Dick Shapp, and my

2731
02:30:17,720 --> 02:30:21,320
Speaker 2: mentor was very connected to Jim Brown. When he passed

2732
02:30:21,760 --> 02:30:23,879
Speaker 2: and it was announced Friday to Jeremy Shapp, his son

2733
02:30:23,920 --> 02:30:26,480
Speaker 2: and I spent about half an hour in the phone reminiscing.

2734
02:30:26,600 --> 02:30:29,280
Speaker 2: Of course, Dick played lacrosse at Cornell. He was a

2735
02:30:29,360 --> 02:30:31,760
Speaker 2: goalie Jim Brown, the greatest lacrosse player of all time.

2736
02:30:31,840 --> 02:30:35,400
Speaker 2: At Syracuse. They matched up one. Syracuse won thirteen to twelve.

2737
02:30:35,959 --> 02:30:39,480
Speaker 2: Shapp stopped several shots, but he let in four goals.

2738
02:30:40,120 --> 02:30:42,960
Speaker 2: But that was just the beginning. The bottom line is

2739
02:30:43,200 --> 02:30:48,960
Speaker 2: that those two became connected because in nineteen fifty six,

2740
02:30:49,640 --> 02:30:52,160
Speaker 2: Paul Horning won the Heisman Trophy. Dick Shapp had voted

2741
02:30:52,200 --> 02:30:53,760
Speaker 2: for Jim Brown. Believed far and away he was the

2742
02:30:53,760 --> 02:30:56,760
Speaker 2: best football player in the country. And when he found

2743
02:30:56,760 --> 02:30:59,960
Speaker 2: out that Chap. When Schapp found out that Jim Brown

2744
02:31:00,120 --> 02:31:02,959
Speaker 2: not only didn't win the Heisman Troophy in fifty six,

2745
02:31:03,040 --> 02:31:06,400
Speaker 2: but he finished fifth, Chap turned in his Heisman card,

2746
02:31:06,920 --> 02:31:10,960
Speaker 2: abstained from Heisman voting for twenty five years until nineteen

2747
02:31:11,000 --> 02:31:12,840
Speaker 2: eighty one, when he voted for Marcus Allend at USC.

2748
02:31:13,000 --> 02:31:15,560
Speaker 2: German I, Jeremy and I talked about that how close

2749
02:31:15,600 --> 02:31:17,720
Speaker 2: those two were, and that began to form a bond.

2750
02:31:18,320 --> 02:31:22,360
Speaker 2: It was even forming before that because Chap wanted Dick.

2751
02:31:22,440 --> 02:31:25,160
Speaker 2: Chap wanted Jim Brown to go to Cornell, and Dick

2752
02:31:25,240 --> 02:31:28,400
Speaker 2: chapan I corresponded on the esp AND's Top fifty athletes

2753
02:31:28,440 --> 02:31:30,600
Speaker 2: of the last century. He said, just give it to

2754
02:31:30,680 --> 02:31:33,960
Speaker 2: Jim Brown. He believed Jim Brown was the greatest athlete

2755
02:31:34,000 --> 02:31:37,080
Speaker 2: he ever saw, and he would know because he competed

2756
02:31:37,120 --> 02:31:39,400
Speaker 2: against him on the field to play. But look, even

2757
02:31:39,440 --> 02:31:43,039
Speaker 2: in high school, Jim Brown in football he averaged fourteen

2758
02:31:43,160 --> 02:31:46,600
Speaker 2: yards per game as a running back, thirty eight points

2759
02:31:46,640 --> 02:31:49,680
Speaker 2: per game on the basketball team. He pitched on the

2760
02:31:49,720 --> 02:31:52,280
Speaker 2: baseball team through two no hitters, would have been signed

2761
02:31:52,320 --> 02:31:54,160
Speaker 2: by the New York Yankees. Didn't want to play baseball,

2762
02:31:54,520 --> 02:31:57,879
Speaker 2: went to Syracuse. Obviously all American in football, All American

2763
02:31:57,920 --> 02:32:00,320
Speaker 2: and lacrosse, the greatest of all time. Even played on

2764
02:32:00,400 --> 02:32:03,080
Speaker 2: the basketball team started two years average fifteen points a game.

2765
02:32:03,600 --> 02:32:06,720
Speaker 2: Syracuse's boxing coach, a guy by the name of Rod

2766
02:32:06,800 --> 02:32:10,080
Speaker 2: Simmons or Roy Simmons, excuse me, told Jim that if

2767
02:32:10,080 --> 02:32:12,840
Speaker 2: he just concentrated on boxing, he would have been the

2768
02:32:12,879 --> 02:32:15,680
Speaker 2: heavyweight champion of the world. That's what kind of athlete

2769
02:32:17,520 --> 02:32:20,760
Speaker 2: that Jim Brown was. But Jim Brown was not just

2770
02:32:21,040 --> 02:32:23,440
Speaker 2: one of the greatest athletes of all time, or not

2771
02:32:23,600 --> 02:32:25,640
Speaker 2: just the best football player to ever put on pads

2772
02:32:25,680 --> 02:32:28,440
Speaker 2: and a helmet. Just remember he was six two two

2773
02:32:28,560 --> 02:32:31,000
Speaker 2: thirty two, in a time when linemen were two hundred

2774
02:32:31,000 --> 02:32:34,959
Speaker 2: and forty pounds. He had the speed, the size, the athleticism,

2775
02:32:35,440 --> 02:32:39,080
Speaker 2: the strength, the leverage, the durability. He was nimble. He

2776
02:32:39,160 --> 02:32:41,640
Speaker 2: could do everything right. But he's also one of the

2777
02:32:41,680 --> 02:32:47,200
Speaker 2: most complex characters in the last seventy five years. On

2778
02:32:47,320 --> 02:32:50,959
Speaker 2: the field, he was transcended. There was no better football

2779
02:32:51,040 --> 02:32:54,200
Speaker 2: player pound for palm. But he also led a very

2780
02:32:54,440 --> 02:32:58,200
Speaker 2: proactive life as a forceful a very forceful and a

2781
02:32:58,360 --> 02:33:02,240
Speaker 2: very effective social activist. He was a leader. He was

2782
02:33:02,320 --> 02:33:05,520
Speaker 2: part of that very first generation of black athletes to

2783
02:33:05,720 --> 02:33:08,920
Speaker 2: use their status as a weapon, and in the civil

2784
02:33:09,040 --> 02:33:14,480
Speaker 2: rights movement, he was highly visible and highly contributory. He

2785
02:33:14,640 --> 02:33:17,200
Speaker 2: walked away from football when he was filming the movie

2786
02:33:17,320 --> 02:33:20,400
Speaker 2: The Dirty Dozen in nineteen sixty six. The owner of

2787
02:33:20,480 --> 02:33:24,680
Speaker 2: the Cleveland browns Art Modell. Yeah, that Art Modell, he said, Jim,

2788
02:33:24,720 --> 02:33:26,800
Speaker 2: when you come into camp, he says, coach, were running

2789
02:33:26,800 --> 02:33:29,080
Speaker 2: a little over. I'll be there. I plan on playing.

2790
02:33:29,480 --> 02:33:32,320
Speaker 2: He says, Look, if you can't be here this week,

2791
02:33:32,720 --> 02:33:36,080
Speaker 2: then don't come And Brown said fine, and he retired

2792
02:33:36,080 --> 02:33:39,119
Speaker 2: from football on the spot after nine years. Never missed

2793
02:33:39,120 --> 02:33:42,360
Speaker 2: a game in nine years He led the league in

2794
02:33:42,440 --> 02:33:44,400
Speaker 2: rushing eight of his nine years. He was MVP his

2795
02:33:44,480 --> 02:33:47,640
Speaker 2: rookie year, MVP is last year, and snuck in a

2796
02:33:47,680 --> 02:33:51,959
Speaker 2: couple other MVPs beyond that. But even when he left football,

2797
02:33:52,040 --> 02:33:55,160
Speaker 2: he had a transition not just into acting, but he

2798
02:33:55,320 --> 02:33:58,240
Speaker 2: started all kinds of economic unions helping black people. He

2799
02:33:58,320 --> 02:34:01,880
Speaker 2: launched his movie career that would span five decades. He

2800
02:34:02,080 --> 02:34:06,000
Speaker 2: was in over forty movies. He actually helped to expand

2801
02:34:06,080 --> 02:34:09,760
Speaker 2: the roles that black actors got. And in the early nineties,

2802
02:34:10,480 --> 02:34:14,560
Speaker 2: Jim Brown, living in la was obviously affected and observed

2803
02:34:14,600 --> 02:34:17,600
Speaker 2: the gang violence in the inner cities. Brown founded an

2804
02:34:17,680 --> 02:34:21,080
Speaker 2: organization called him Mara I Can, which became a famous program.

2805
02:34:21,200 --> 02:34:24,600
Speaker 2: Their purpose, their ideological purpose, was to help teach his

2806
02:34:24,720 --> 02:34:27,840
Speaker 2: young men life management skills, particularly the black men on

2807
02:34:27,959 --> 02:34:32,720
Speaker 2: the street in prisons. Over his lifetime and where Jim

2808
02:34:32,760 --> 02:34:34,720
Speaker 2: Brown lived in the Hollywood Hills, he had hundreds of

2809
02:34:34,800 --> 02:34:38,160
Speaker 2: gang members that would visit his home, and in turn,

2810
02:34:38,320 --> 02:34:41,360
Speaker 2: Brown made hundreds of visits to prisons. This is a

2811
02:34:41,440 --> 02:34:44,800
Speaker 2: man with a physical presence with great intellectual curiosity, and

2812
02:34:44,920 --> 02:34:49,160
Speaker 2: even as he got older, he never dulled in terms

2813
02:34:49,200 --> 02:34:53,120
Speaker 2: of his presence, in terms of his effectiveness. Now, I

2814
02:34:53,200 --> 02:34:57,320
Speaker 2: get it. His relevance and his reputation was certainly damaged

2815
02:34:57,320 --> 02:35:00,920
Speaker 2: by a history of domestic violence. Brown never claimed to

2816
02:35:00,959 --> 02:35:03,360
Speaker 2: be a saint, and I think I want to focus

2817
02:35:03,440 --> 02:35:07,680
Speaker 2: on the positive and not the negative, because people are complex.

2818
02:35:07,840 --> 02:35:10,920
Speaker 2: Jim Brown was certainly complex. And when I think about that,

2819
02:35:11,040 --> 02:35:14,600
Speaker 2: in nineteen fifty six, Jim Brown didn't win the Heisman

2820
02:35:14,640 --> 02:35:16,480
Speaker 2: because they didn't want to give it to a black man.

2821
02:35:17,800 --> 02:35:20,480
Speaker 2: Think about that. He was twenty years old at the time.

2822
02:35:21,040 --> 02:35:23,280
Speaker 2: But my mentor, my friend Dick Shapp wouldn't hear of it,

2823
02:35:23,959 --> 02:35:26,039
Speaker 2: and he didn't vote for the Heisman for the next

2824
02:35:26,080 --> 02:35:28,680
Speaker 2: twenty five years. But imagine having to carry that on

2825
02:35:28,800 --> 02:35:31,560
Speaker 2: your conscious as you move forward. But Brown never let

2826
02:35:31,600 --> 02:35:34,879
Speaker 2: those things affect him in a way that would allow

2827
02:35:35,000 --> 02:35:38,880
Speaker 2: him to not fulfill his life's purpose. This is a

2828
02:35:38,959 --> 02:35:42,640
Speaker 2: guy who was brilliant on the athletic field. He was

2829
02:35:42,720 --> 02:35:46,560
Speaker 2: brilliant in political circles as it were, in social circles,

2830
02:35:46,640 --> 02:35:50,080
Speaker 2: and in civil rights. This was a situation. We have

2831
02:35:50,200 --> 02:35:53,879
Speaker 2: a man, an elegant man, a dignified man, and imperfect man,

2832
02:35:54,600 --> 02:35:58,040
Speaker 2: perhaps flawed, but he used his mind every bit as

2833
02:35:58,080 --> 02:36:01,240
Speaker 2: he did efficiently as his body He wanted to bring

2834
02:36:01,320 --> 02:36:04,240
Speaker 2: intelligence into everything he did, especially football. He studied the game,

2835
02:36:04,320 --> 02:36:06,960
Speaker 2: he studied his opponents. He was ahead of his time.

2836
02:36:07,040 --> 02:36:11,560
Speaker 2: He was never Teammates will always tell you they were

2837
02:36:11,600 --> 02:36:13,680
Speaker 2: never in the presence of anybody who prepared the way

2838
02:36:14,040 --> 02:36:16,040
Speaker 2: Jim Brown in. And even when Bill Belichick was a

2839
02:36:16,120 --> 02:36:18,600
Speaker 2: coach in Cleveland from ninety one to ninety five, he

2840
02:36:18,640 --> 02:36:20,960
Speaker 2: would invite Jim Brown in to explain to young running

2841
02:36:21,000 --> 02:36:23,240
Speaker 2: backs the way to set up a tackler to miss.

2842
02:36:23,400 --> 02:36:26,760
Speaker 2: And he was still relevant forty thirty years later, a

2843
02:36:26,840 --> 02:36:30,480
Speaker 2: commanding presence in every aspect of his life. I would

2844
02:36:30,520 --> 02:36:34,480
Speaker 2: just say this, rest in peace, Jim Brown. God blessed

2845
02:36:34,520 --> 02:36:37,640
Speaker 2: Jim Brown, just like you and me. He's sometimes blessed,

2846
02:36:37,959 --> 02:36:41,600
Speaker 2: sometimes cursed, but he left his mark on society. That'll

2847
02:36:41,640 --> 02:36:43,720
Speaker 2: loo for The Bernie Fraddles Show back on the airwaves

2848
02:36:43,760 --> 02:36:46,920
Speaker 2: next Friday night at eleven PM. In the meantime, keep

2849
02:36:46,959 --> 02:36:49,960
Speaker 2: it locked up next the Great Andy Furman, Fox Sports Radio,