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So our lead this hour is 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: from Super Bowl Media Night, an event I was not 12 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: invited to and neither were you. But a lot of 13 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: media freeloaders, media freeloaders, we're there, running around and just wonderful. 14 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: A lot of chatter. We'll get to more of the 15 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: media night nonsense, but we'll get to that later in 16 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: the Meanwhile, the story here that's interesting, which has been 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: bouncing around involves the head coach, he assistant to the 18 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: head coach, the offensive guru. Mister x's and o's if 19 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: you will me put that on a hole right there, 20 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: So mister x's and o's. Now, I don't know if 21 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: you heard this or not. Maybe not. The Seahawks offensive 22 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: coordinator Clint Kubiak is expected. It's a FATA complay that 23 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: he's gonna end up the next head coach of the Raiders, 24 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: and that's the Booby prize. Is that not the Booby prize? Yeah, 25 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,559 Speaker 1: that's man. That is the Booby prize. Right after Super 26 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: Bowl sixty, so Monday or Tuesday, the announcement will come down. 27 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: Until then, he's determined. He's not gonna talk about it now. 28 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: Kubiak said that he's got laser focus on coaching the 29 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: Seahawks in the Super Bowl. Said this at the opening 30 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: shindig there in Northern California, not on the Raiders job. 31 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: He said, quote, I'm just focusing on playing this game 32 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: and coaching this game. Been working my whole life to 33 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: get the coach in this game, and that's where our 34 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: focus is. Kubiak hissing towards a gaggle of reporters. Now, 35 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: under NFL rules, and you know, these teams always follow 36 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: the rules by the letter of the law. So under 37 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: the NFL rules, Kubiak cannot officially be announced as the 38 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: Raiders coach until after the Super Bowl, so nothing will 39 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: be done at all until next week. But all indications 40 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: all right that Kubiak's got the next job lined up, 41 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: and he claims he wants you to know that he's 42 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: fully focused on his current job there as Seattle will 43 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: take the field in Super Bowl sixty against the Patriots. Now, 44 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: despite this, there are some that believe the Seahawks performance 45 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: on offense will be endangered because of the fact that 46 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: Kubiak has another job lined up. So that is a 47 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 1: good jumping off point. Let us discuss the question will 48 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 1: will Clint Kubiak's plans to join the Raiders. He's hurt 49 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: Seattle in Super Bowl sixty this weekend. So my thoughts 50 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: on this, I've got pumpkin pie, wyoming, and sorcery, and 51 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: we will combine all of these things together and we 52 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: are going to make mac and cheese is what We're 53 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:18,679 Speaker 1: gonna make. Yum yum to my tum tump. So A, 54 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: there's no need to pull out the fainting couch. This 55 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: is not the overly dramatic here at all, Kubiak. Clint 56 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: Kubiak saying that he's laser focused, or implying that he's 57 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: laser focused on the Seahawks is the most predictable lie 58 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: lie in sports, right up there with I really like 59 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: our guys. We think we've got a good team. And 60 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: I love when people show up to training camp or 61 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: spring trainings, coming up into companies in the best shape 62 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: of my life. I love that. It's also a great lie. 63 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: Love it, love it. Of course, of course, Clint Kobiak 64 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: brushed off the Raider chatter and all that stuff. What 65 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: are you supposed to say? So? Yeah, I actually I know. 66 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: I'm coaching the Seahawks and the Super Bowl. I'm half 67 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: packed for Vegas, and I'm already printing up the receipts 68 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: that they got from all the expenses I've got packing 69 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: my stuff up here. I'm pricing office furniture. At this 70 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: particular point, I'm trying to figure out where I want 71 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: to live to. I want to live in Red Rock, 72 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: That's where the rich people live in Vegas. Maybe I 73 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: live on the other part of town. I don't know. 74 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: I'm want to avoid the Strip at all costs. I'll 75 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: live in Henderson possibly, but I don't know. That's too 76 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: close to the facility. So he's trying to figure out 77 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: all that now. The Raider job is a sealed envelope, 78 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: as we said, because of the NFL rules and all 79 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: that but do not kid yourself on this. The inks dry, 80 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: the docu sign's been done, the bags are packed and moving. 81 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: Man Matt is already booked to take the coach to 82 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: going to be head coach of the Raiders to Devada. 83 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: So by day I would imagine that the offensive coordinator 84 00:04:56,279 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: Kobiak is drawing up plays for the Super Bow for Seattle. 85 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: By night he's speed dialing and texting assistance like it's 86 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: an Amazon Prime delivery system. He's got all that. They're multitasking, 87 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: which is the American way. Now, as far as the 88 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,679 Speaker 1: will the beast in the room here, will this hurt 89 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: the Seahawks in the Super Bowl? The answer to that 90 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: is rather simple. Only only if Sam Donald turns back 91 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: into a piece of pumpkin pie, good old pumpkin pie. Donald. Now, 92 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: most smart football people know this guy's is stiff, and 93 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: there are some people out there trying to say, oh no, 94 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: he's a new man and all that bull crap, bug crap. 95 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: I cannot wait to be on these microphones after the 96 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: Super Bowl when Donald goes out there and defecates all 97 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: over the field. It is going to be so much fun. 98 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be smiling from ear to ear of a 99 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: cheshire Cat smile on my face when that happens. So, 100 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: if that does take place and Seattle ends up soiling 101 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: themselves as a favorite in the Super Bowl and national 102 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: television with everyone watching after the fact, what's going to 103 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: happen is everyone will say, well, it wasn't Donald's fault. 104 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: It was because the guy was moving to the Vaders, 105 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: and that's why. Yeah, of course the toilet will have 106 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: overflowed because of Donald, But you can blame Clint Kobiak 107 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: because he had an eye on Vegas. So that's the deal. 108 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: He had an eye on Vegas and all this of 109 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: making him a convenient scapegoat. You gotta have a fall guy. 110 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: You gotta have a fall guy. And so there you go. 111 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: Now Seattle wins the game and Donald the somehow gets 112 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: it done, then of course the storyline is forgotten. It's 113 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: down the garbage disposal and see you later, by bye, 114 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: get out of here. And so this is the flavor 115 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: of the month. Keep in mind that everything Tom Brady 116 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: has touched since he became the Raiders executive has been 117 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: an abject failure. He's one of the worst executives in 118 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: NFL history. He just put together the worst team in 119 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: the NFL. Tom Brady, he doesn't know what he's doing, 120 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: He does not know what he's doing as an executive. 121 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: So I have zero confidence that Kubiak will be any 122 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: better because everything Tom Brady has touched has had a 123 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: foul odor to it. So why would this be any different? Right? 124 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: Why would this be any different? There? And so as 125 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: far as the whole distraction thing and all that, I'm 126 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: not big on that. That's always the great excuse. Oh, 127 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: I was distracted, bull loney, beloney. 128 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 3: Right. 129 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, the Lams making some headlines this week. The Rams 130 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: have signed head coach Sean McVay, yet the top guy 131 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: in the NFL. They've signed Sean McVay and GM less 132 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: need to big money contract extensions. The one we're going 133 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: to start with here is the head coach, the big 134 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: ragou That would be Sean McVay. There. So the question 135 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: what is the message? What is the message to the 136 00:07:54,840 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: Ram fan base there? From the ownership with Sean McVeigh 137 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: signing this extension, what is the owner's message and from 138 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: the top down to the Ram fans there on this move? 139 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: So the message is rather loud, it's pretty clear. It's 140 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: like vodka. It's very clear, and the message is, hey, 141 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: the Rams. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, 142 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: but they're not going anywhere. Sorry, that this is a 143 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: country club renewal. The Rams are renewing at the Big 144 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: Boys country Club, is what they're doing. And so they're 145 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: not saying that we were tired of winning, we want 146 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: to suck for a few years. Bring back to the 147 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 1: Jeff Fisher Eras or any of those other guys when 148 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 1: they were in Saint Louis. So no, it's like, hey, 149 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: we're happy and we're in the we get the membership 150 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: dues picked up here at the country club and so 151 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 1: we got our name on the locker and all that. 152 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: And McVeigh has brought consistency, competence and they won a trophy, 153 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: they've been to a couple of Super Bowls here and 154 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 1: there you go. So it was a flex by ownership. 155 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: Now Stanhronkie, who doesn't do many interviews at all. If ever, 156 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: Stan Kronky basically said whatever it costs, fine, let's keep 157 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 1: these guys around. And so for the last couple of 158 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: years they've been rumors that McVeigh was gonna run off 159 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: and do some bad television like every other coach and 160 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: former player this crap television. But it turns out he's 161 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: going to stay on as the Rams coach for the 162 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: next however long this contract is. And stan Kronki, who 163 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: is the largest private landowner outside of the United States 164 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: government in America. No individual who's not with the government 165 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: owns more land than stan Kronky. And I'm guessing he 166 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: gave up ten acres of Wyoming real estate and didn't 167 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: even blink. He's like, I got an extra I got 168 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: extra stuff here. I'll give you ten ten acres of 169 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 1: Wyoming real estate and then I'm good on that and 170 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: tells the Lege the Rams are serious here. There are 171 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: stable franchise and they're going to be continuing as fearsome 172 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: as a barracuda for the foreseeable future. In McVeigh earned it. 173 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: He's good as his job. The guy dragged Jared Goff 174 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: all my friends in Michigan. If Jared Goff blows in 175 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: big games. The Rams got to a super Bowl with 176 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: Jared Goff to a super Bowl. Guy stinks in big games, 177 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 1: got to a super Bowl, and and he takes Matthew 178 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: Stafford all the genius is my guy Rob Parker, my 179 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: colleague here at Fox Sports Radio, who nicknamed Matthew Stafford 180 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: stat Padford when he was with the Lions and all that, 181 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: and he won a Super Bowl with the Rams. So 182 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: McVeigh will other people complain and say this is terrible, 183 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: this guy's a turd, that guy's a turn McVeigh goes down, 184 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: he buys some turtle wax and starts polishing the turds 185 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: and it works out pretty well. So there was this 186 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: weasel named Sam Hinkey, and he had trust the process. 187 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: But this is the real trust the process. This is 188 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: what this is, right. This is a Hey, you got 189 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: a good coach, and you figure it out. And then 190 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 1: there's some chatter about Matthew Stafford maybe retiring all that. 191 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: No concern about that. They'll find somebody else because as 192 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 1: long as he got coach, he knows how to find talent. 193 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: They'll figure it out. 194 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 2: Now. 195 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: The last word here, as for the picker of the players, 196 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: the picker of the players there in LA the other 197 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: part of this, the question less snead, was also retained 198 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: by the La Rams. So how do you rank this one? 199 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: So if you get out your box score, if you 200 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: look at your box score, here, you've got a not 201 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: a base hit. It was not a double, it was 202 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: not a pop up, it wasn't a strikeout. This was 203 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: a dinger, a big fly, big fly keeping the gam 204 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: around as well. And it's another no brainer. So I 205 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: will be Benny bright Side on this one as well. 206 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: He turned roster management, less sneed into sorcery, and he 207 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: did what you told me. You told me this couldn't happen. 208 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: You said it was over. You told me that, you 209 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 1: told me it was over. That when the Rams went 210 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: almost a decade without having a first round draft pick, 211 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: like the NFL loss says, they should have landed in 212 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: the Hague, right, because what are you doing? You violated 213 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: the rules of the world. And instead what happened, Yeah, 214 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: they got their Super Bowl trading all those draft picks. 215 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: The Rams won a Super Bowl, and then the doom 216 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 1: merchants came in and you know, it's all over now, 217 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 1: it's all over. The grim Reaper here is here. It's 218 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: all over. And the Rams are cooked. You told me that, 219 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 1: all right, they sold their soul. It's all over. All 220 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: over there headed to Football Siberia. Their Rams are cooked. 221 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,839 Speaker 1: Geniuses like no stradinas that fraud and others justin in 222 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: Cincinnati back when he used to be an active member 223 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: of the Mall of Belation. These guys, they're all trolls. 224 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: They're low level trolls right now. Really, the Rams had, 225 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: by my standard, one garbage season. The Rams had one 226 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: garbage season one and then all of a sudden boom 227 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: right back on Glory Road, Final four. They made the 228 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: Final four this year. They cut down the nets back 229 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: in the mix. And this is the part that a 230 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: lot of people missed it and mentioned the sorcery. But 231 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: the sorcery is this. You look at the less need 232 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: the GM who got extended here, and he at one 233 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: point was FM picks. That's why they went almost ten 234 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: years without a first round draft pick. He closed up 235 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 1: that shop. He then evolved, He pivoted, and he zigged 236 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: when everyone else thought he was gonna zag. It's kind 237 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: of like going out and shopping for a BMW and 238 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 1: now you're dumpster diving and you found gold. You found 239 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: solid gold here. And Pooka Nakua was one of those players. 240 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 1: Thing had a couple of good guys on defense, but 241 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:39,839 Speaker 1: Pooka Nakua a throwaway pick, a mid round draft pick, 242 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: and he is now one of the five top receivers 243 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: in the entire NFL. And he wasn't a first round 244 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: pick like Jackson Smith and Jigba. Those guys are supposed 245 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: to be good, but mid round draft picks. You all 246 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 1: told me those guys aren't very valuable. And this guy 247 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 1: turned out to be pretty good, and anybody could have 248 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: had him. Anybody could have had him there, and the 249 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: Rams have grabbed a bunch of junkyard dogs in recent years. 250 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 1: And so there you go. It proved something less snead 251 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: that most general managers can't. He's able to build the 252 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: castle and then blow it up, demo the thing, and 253 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: rebuild it in a different way and it still works out. Okay, 254 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: So it's not lady luck, it's not that. It's mastery. 255 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: So sign me up for more. There you go, big 256 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: headlines there in the NFL. 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And you can check all of those out 277 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 4: on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get 278 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 4: your podcasts. 279 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: So our lead this hour is from pro Bouncy Ball. 280 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: We'll get back to the super Bowl. I know, I 281 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: got a bunch of guys on hold. I want to 282 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: talk about the superb don't really care about the basketball. 283 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: You know, the whining, the non stop whining. I know, 284 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: I know, I know, I know. Just take take a breath. 285 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: Everything's gonna be okay. We got a pretty good story 286 00:15:56,680 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: that dropped in the nighttime hours and it's got some 287 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: legs here. The trade deadline is coming up here, we 288 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: are hanging out early on Tuesday. The trade deadline is 289 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: on a Thursday, so there's a lot of jockeying for position, 290 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: and we have a surprise name that has entered the 291 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: transfer portal in the eleventh hour. If you Wilse, if 292 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: you didn't see this, perhaps perhaps you were not paying attention. 293 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: We have learned that the Clippers guard James Harden is 294 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: apparently not happy and he's like, I would like to 295 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: go somewhere else. Shocking that never happens with James Harden. 296 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: So Harden trying to work out a deal by Thursday's 297 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: NBA trade deadline. Harden sat out a game in Phoenix. 298 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: They claimed it was for personal reasons. They were lying. 299 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: He also didn't play in the Clippers game against the 300 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: Sixers on Monday night, again personal reasons. Now we know 301 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: the rest of the story that the personal reasons had 302 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: nothing to do with anything other than, hey, let me 303 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: see what's going on here, and you look around. I'm 304 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: gonna get out my apps and see where I want 305 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: to go live All right, So let us discuss the question. 306 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: You make the call. I love this. You make the call. 307 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:22,160 Speaker 1: Who's behind these trade rumors involving the Clippers and James Harden? 308 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: Is it the Clippers or James Harden? You make the call. 309 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: So I've got jock Itch, highly contagious, and middle schoolers 310 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 1: passing notes. And that was a weird bell. And we 311 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: will combine all of these things together, and we're gonna 312 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 1: play rock paper scissors, is what we're gonna play. What 313 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 1: happened to our bell? Did we break our bell? 314 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 2: What do you mean? 315 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 3: That's the same beat? 316 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: It doesn't sound like the same bel. No, that's not 317 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: the same belt. That's not the same belt. That's not 318 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: the same beats, literally the same belt. That's not the 319 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: same I'm telling you it does not. That's no, it's 320 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: not the same bel I'm telling you. It sounds different. 321 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 3: To me. 322 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: It sounds like a different bell. I think somebody sabotage 323 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: to our bell might be hitting the right bell button. 324 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: But that did not sound like the same bell to me. 325 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: It still doesn't sound like the same belt. It doesn't. 326 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: It sounds a little different, all right, anyway back to it, 327 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,159 Speaker 1: get back to the stay on the road dummy. All right, 328 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: So here's the again, you make the call who's behind 329 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: the trade rumors? Is it the Clippers or is it 330 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:24,959 Speaker 1: James Harden? So number on that sounded the same. So 331 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: after a grueling minutes long Mallar investigation and deliberation where 332 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: we did in fact play rock Paper scissors, we did 333 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: play that game, we determine that these scales are leaning 334 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: towards the beard Beard dou beard. Yep, this is elementary, 335 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: my dear Watson, as how I will phrase it. Now, 336 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: James Harden's got the remote control, he's got all the batteries, 337 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: all the triple A batteries right there, and he's got 338 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: the no we're not doing that or yes we are 339 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: doing that buttons. He's got all that. He's all that 340 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: ready to go. And so Harden's been away from the 341 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: Clippers last couple of games there, and what has he 342 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: been doing. Well, I guess he's got some boxes and 343 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: some duct tape and stuff like that. It's kind of 344 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: putting stuff together. So now there are people that are 345 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,360 Speaker 1: acting like the Clippers are the masterminds here and they're 346 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: trying to get rid of another big name player. And 347 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: all that I find that hard to believe if you 348 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: read the fine print. Right, let me tell you why. So, 349 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: if you read the fine print, Harden, that technically is 350 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: on a one year lease, but really just a lease 351 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: the rest of February, March in April, so it's really 352 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: like a three month relocation. You can stay in a hotel. 353 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: You don't even have to get a place to stay 354 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,679 Speaker 1: a short term rental. If you get traded, you just 355 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: stay in a hotel. That's it. You get the room service. 356 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: He can live at a strip club, he loves those, 357 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 1: the ballet if he wants. And so he's got the 358 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 1: player options. So as I understand it, that means he's 359 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: got a no trade fass. He has a veto, a 360 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: no trade option, and that means he has the nuclear code. 361 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: James Harden has the nuclear codes in this if this 362 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: thing happens, and it's not a guarantee, but if James 363 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: Harden is traded by the deadline on Thursday, then he's 364 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: the one that is nodding his head and saying, all right, 365 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: let's do this. Here we go. Come on. He's got 366 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: the no trade veto, So I say, hey, I'm not 367 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: going there. I'm using my Vito I'm not going to 368 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: go play for that team. And so that's what he's got. 369 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: And when you take a couple of steps back and 370 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: you look out at the Serengetti and you look the 371 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: landscape here, you realize that this is a classic move 372 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: by James Harden. Classic move. We've been here behind these 373 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: microphones at Fox Sports Radio for many, many years, and 374 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: during that time, Harden has bounced from team to team 375 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 1: to team to team to team, and this is what 376 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: he does. He's really good at it, and he's a maestro. 377 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: And I give him credit. He didn't become a fatty 378 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: like he did in Brooklyn and Philadelphia. He didn't turn 379 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: into the goodyear blimp to get out. He seems like 380 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: he's still in some good shape there. And Harden. My 381 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 1: diagnoses is James Harden's suffering from jockitch. You know. Yeah, 382 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: in relationships they said there's a seven year itch. This 383 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: is a cousin of the seven year itch. It's a 384 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: version of jockeche And outside of Houston, which was the 385 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: outlier the Rockets. Outside of Houston, James Harden changes laundry 386 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 1: every two to three years nets Brooklyn, check Philadelphia, check check. 387 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: Now the Clippers. They're next, and James Harden's really good 388 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: at sending those awkward text messages about the breakup at 389 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: three in the morning. It's not you, it is you. 390 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: I'm out see you later, suckers, I'm gone. And so well, 391 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: Harden's packing the boxes and scheduling the U haul and 392 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: all that. He's got fresh start syndrome. Yet again, it's 393 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: the same movie location. You wonder how many more times 394 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 1: can Harden pull this off? As he's getting older and older, 395 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 1: but yet he is still able to pull it off. 396 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 1: And because of his contract, will the Clippers be able 397 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 1: to pull it off and get something? Now? Speaking of that, 398 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: one of the popular rumors bouncing around the echo chamber 399 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: here on the Overnight involves a trade that would send 400 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: James Harden to Ohio. Holy Dick and Dayton Batman, I 401 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,400 Speaker 1: gotta get Strip club John here on here, this guy. 402 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 1: This would be the biggest news ever for Strip Club John. 403 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: Our guy in Cleveland's been calling me for years, a 404 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: purveyor of the ballet in northern Ohio. But the rumor 405 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: is hypothetical trade. This has been bouncing all over the place. 406 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: The hypothetical trade would send James Harden to Northern Ohio 407 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: and Darius Garland, the guy that looks like Richard Sherman. 408 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: Darius Garland would come back to the people's team. So 409 00:22:55,560 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: you make the call. You make the call who would 410 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: win that hypothetical trade, James Harden for Darius Garland. So 411 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna frame it this way. In the regular season, 412 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: after looking at both players in the regular season, Cleveland 413 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: would win. And not only even, it's even close, and 414 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,400 Speaker 1: Cleveland would win the regular season version of the trade. 415 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: James Harden is the star of the buffet of stats 416 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: he is, and he's still even in his age bracket 417 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: where you're supposed to start slowing down, he's still capable 418 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: going out and scoring thirty or forty points. Step back. 419 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: He's got that. He got the foul shooting, he's got that. 420 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 1: He's got a little bit of everything. It's like a 421 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: nice Vegas brunch back when the Vegas was run by 422 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,880 Speaker 1: the mob and you can get good deals. It's like that. 423 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: He's a Hall of Famer from roughly Halloween until March. 424 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: The Beard. Think of the Beard like a time share, 425 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: So it's like a time share there and awesome amenities, 426 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 1: and then everything goes away. Everything goes away once April 427 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: comes around, and that's the problem. Things All of a sudden, 428 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 1: I know the sound. I've heard it, I've seen it. 429 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: The sound is kurk fluey. That's what it sounds like. 430 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: It goes kurfluy, and there is no cure, there's no vaccine. 431 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: It's highly contagious. What is it. It's playoff Harden, playoff 432 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 1: Harden syndrome. Phs. It happens one night and this still 433 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 1: goes on. James Harden in the playoffs. One night he 434 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: will be Mozart and you're like, oh man, he's over it. 435 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: He's over playoff Harden syndrome. He's Mozart. And then the 436 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: next night he's out there banging pots and pans together. 437 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:48,199 Speaker 1: It's like, oh your Mozart, dude, what happened? It's it's wild, 438 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: and it affects other players. And it's the thing is, 439 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: you don't know when the doo hickey, the what you 440 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,120 Speaker 1: might call it, the thing of a jig is gonna malfunction. 441 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 1: You know that it always does. You don't know the 442 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: exact moment that it happens. You don't know that, But 443 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 1: you mix in the fact that Harden is looking for 444 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: an off ramp, and it makes sense, and the Clippers 445 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 1: have an older team, not that I'm really worried about 446 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: all that, but the argument would be that since they 447 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: traded all of their draft picks for the foreseeable future, 448 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: that the only way to alter the roster is via trade. 449 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:24,239 Speaker 1: And if James Harden doesn't want to be there, then 450 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: you get rid of him because you don't want prisoners 451 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 1: who want volunteers, as the line goes, and so if 452 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 1: he's not happy, get rid of him and the Clippers 453 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 1: can have some meatball surgery here and slice it open, 454 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 1: drain the grease a little bit, and then move on. 455 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: And Darius Garland has been hurt and so he's younger. 456 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: I'm not worked up about that. Is can you play? 457 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: Can you not play? He has made an All Star appearance, 458 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,719 Speaker 1: Darius Garland, So there is that he's not perfect, but 459 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 1: neither's James Harden, because James Harden sucks in the place. Like, 460 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 1: why would Cleveland want to make that deal other than 461 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,360 Speaker 1: the fact I guess they're just done with Darius Garland. 462 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: But seriously, like you know, this guy has a pre 463 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 1: existing condition, James Harden, and so why would you bring 464 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: him in knowing what he's going to ultimately do. We 465 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: will cost you, at least if you're lucky, he's only 466 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: going to cost you one game in a playoff series 467 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: because he doesn't show up. If you're lucky, more likely 468 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: than not, he's going to suck for two games in 469 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: a playoff situation. And so again, you know, regular season 470 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 1: for the next couple months, the rest of February, March 471 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: and April. That's great for the Cavs. James Harderby wonderful. 472 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 1: And so that's it. A long game and give a 473 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: shot and not that Darius Garland's guarantee of being great, 474 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 1: but you give it a shot, and you pick your poison, 475 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: all right. Meanwhile, speaking of pitting your poison, we go 476 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: to the great State of Wisconsin, where the cheese curds 477 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: are fresh and the basketball is bad. Doc Rivers has 478 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: officially sunk the battleship or in this case, the Bucks 479 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 1: the full Doc Rivers experience, and everyone's jumping off the 480 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: Titanic as it sinks into the Atlantic Ocean or in 481 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: this case Lake Michigan. So if you have not heard 482 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 1: Yannis dente cumbo, the rumors are in the air everywhere everywhere, 483 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: swirling like a tornado. And there is a decent chance, 484 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 1: a decent chance that the Greek freak will be relocating 485 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 1: and he will be moving across the United States. But 486 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 1: how far across the United States. He's only played for 487 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: the Bucks. I believe it's thirteen years. I think it's 488 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: a long time one team, and he was always the 489 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: guy I want to play for one team. I'm not 490 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: gonna play for anybody else. And then now all of 491 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 1: a sudden today, yeah, all right, so question, all right, 492 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:48,119 Speaker 1: what is on the Yannis Denta Cuombo trade radar? What 493 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 1: is on the Yannis dentic cumbo trade radar? That is 494 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 1: the question. So right now we are in the part 495 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: of the manuscript where people are just going with gut 496 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: feelings and they're reading smoke signals and sign language and 497 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 1: all this stuff. So there's no hard facts other than 498 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: things are heating up. Right. There's a developing interest this 499 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: that all the all the buzz were's just whispers and 500 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: vibrations and all that. And the idea that's being painted 501 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: here is that NBA executives are they're texting each other 502 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 1: like middle school kids passing around notes in class. Right, 503 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: that's that's what they're doing here. And and so the Knickerbockers, 504 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: they Timmber Wolves, the Trail Blazers. Imagine that the Trailblazers, 505 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: the Miami Heat and others are all coming together here 506 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: and they're all calling. They're calling the Milwaukee box and 507 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: say let's make a deal. And everyone and their mother 508 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: has kicked the tires on this and everyone's taking a 509 00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: test drive. They're like, le's let's give it a shot. 510 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: And Milwaukee, they don't really have the power because it's 511 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: a player's league. Just like James Harden's going to decide 512 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: where he goes, well, Jannis adent Tokombo is going to 513 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: decide where he goes. And so at this point, the 514 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: Bucks are gonna tap Jannis on the shoulder and say, 515 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: hey on behalf of Sleazy Cheese and some of our 516 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: other friends here who are Bucks fans, Hey, big fella, Hey, 517 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: where do you wanna Where do you want to move to? 518 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: You want to go somewhere. It is interesting that, unlike 519 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: just about any other star player, there are people that 520 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: truly believe Giannis would be willing to go to the 521 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: Portland Trailblazers, who are a bad team and reunite with 522 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: Dame Lillard, who's hurt. They were together in Milwaukee and failed, 523 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: and now they can be together. If that happens, they'd 524 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 1: be together in Portland. And then you look at the 525 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: big board in Minnesota also not a team that's normally 526 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: involved in these kind of discussions for a star player 527 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: like this at the trade deadline, but supposedly Minnesota is 528 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,120 Speaker 1: still in the thick of it. You'd say, based on 529 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: the comps, Giannis will end up with Miami or the Knicks, 530 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 1: and I don't even think Golden State, like why would 531 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: you want to go there? Like that's over. Whatever that 532 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: was was fine and all that, but that they're not 533 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: gonna win the Golden State Warriors again there. So at 534 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 1: this point it's like up to Giannis and it's like 535 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: real estate, and Giannis will say, all right, I'll play 536 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: for this team or that team as they got multiple players, 537 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: and then Bucks will circle back to Team X, Y 538 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 1: and Z and they'll say, all right, team X, Y 539 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: and Z, here last best and final offer. Last best 540 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: and final offer, no inspections, no contingencies. That's it. Cash 541 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 1: offers only, cash offers only. And meanwhile, you also have Giannis, 542 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: right now, from what we understand, who is getting the 543 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:53,520 Speaker 1: full public courtship from the NBA community, meaning roses from 544 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: Dame Lillard, boxes of chocolates from pat Riley, and some 545 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: random celebrities sliding into his DMS right now saying, Hey, 546 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,480 Speaker 1: come on now, let's play some footsie. Let's play a 547 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 1: little footsie. Come on now, you want to come over 548 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: and play? Come on that whole thing right under the table. 549 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 1: He was smiling. He was smiling for the cameras. They 550 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: got the whole the whole thing. And remember though, when 551 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 1: he gets this loud, it gets this loud, that usually 552 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: something's about to happen. It's normally how this works here. 553 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: If the speakers are thumping, and they are thumping, the 554 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 1: floor's moving, and that's going to be a trade and 555 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 1: I will be here to break it down frame by frame. 556 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller 557 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 558 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: It's Mallard, how about that? 559 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 2: To the third degree, This is one big Ben gets great. 560 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: CJ. 561 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 3: Stroud had a disastrous postseason and he's coming up on 562 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 3: the final year of his contract with a fifth year 563 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 3: option for twenty twenty seven. He still has the support 564 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 3: of his teammates. However, with Nico Collins calling him a 565 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 3: baller and a freak of an athlete, Ben, do Stroud 566 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 3: have to have playoff success next year to get a 567 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 3: big payday or will another good regular season do it? 568 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 2: Well? 569 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: Nico Collins calling him a ball or in a freak 570 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: of an athlete, he didn't say is a freak of 571 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: a quarterback. That's the problem. So he's got it. He 572 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert have lost a lot of market share. 573 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: At least Herbert already got paid. But yeah, c J. 574 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: Stroud is he's gone the wrong direction. He's got to 575 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,719 Speaker 1: perform in the big games or forget about it. Next. 576 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 3: As we approach the Super Bowl, there's a lot of 577 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 3: chatter online about people boycotting because of Bad Bunny performing 578 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 3: the halftime show. Do you think this will have any 579 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:33,959 Speaker 3: effect on the ratings? 580 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 1: No, I don't think it's a record super Bowl Radio, 581 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: and I don't watch the halftime show. I don't Bad 582 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: Bunny can go out there and dance around with his 583 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: his hot dog out. I don't care. I'm not watching it, 584 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: so who cares? But I don't think it's gonna in 585 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: fact the race next. 586 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 3: Jamal Murray finally made his first All Star team, and 587 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 3: he's hoping to change the attitude towards the exhibition game. 588 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: He said, I. 589 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 3: Really kind of lost interest in the All Star just 590 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 3: watching whatever they're doing out there. I'd rather go on vacation. 591 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 3: If that's the basketball we're be playing, I'd like to 592 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 3: play hard. Ben, Do you think Murray giving it one 593 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 3: hundred will sort of inspire other players to make an effort. 594 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: No, Murray's Wenby said the same thing. And what's gonna 595 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: happen is the other players will gang up on them. 596 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: It'll be like, no, you're not playing. You're not gonna 597 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: make us run. It's the All Star Game. That's what's 598 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: gonna happen. Cool people will shame Murray. How do we 599 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: doubt you? Passes that say what I want to get? 600 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I want to get unbelievable win. That's 601 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 1: one of great wins right there. 602 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 603 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 604 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 605 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 2: listen live. 606 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 3: Now. 607 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 2: Nailor's Mountain of Money, Do you have what it? Takes 608 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 2: to get to the top. Probably not. 609 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:56,680 Speaker 1: Listen, let's let's do it. Let's do it here. I 610 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:00,120 Speaker 1: don't know, all right, okay, whatever, I don't know. I 611 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,640 Speaker 1: don't know what that is. Let's say hello to Poppy, 612 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 1: who's in San Diego? Hello Poppy, Welcome, Hey man, how's 613 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 1: going I want to get a cold and chicken? I 614 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 1: want that blink blink blink blink. Yeah, and how's that 615 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 1: going to happen? Oh? Why not? Everything is possible? You 616 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: sure about that? 617 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:23,560 Speaker 5: Yes? 618 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,399 Speaker 1: All right, all right, all right. Well Poppy is a 619 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: regular caller on the show, A prolific gambler, right Poppy. Yeah, yeah, 620 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 1: friend of Adam Silver, Yes, yeah, Adam Silver and uh 621 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: you know Masas Bellas. 622 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,840 Speaker 3: Okay, cool, we know what we know enough about Poppy. 623 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: Who do you want to partner up with? Poppy? 624 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:45,359 Speaker 2: Oh? 625 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,960 Speaker 1: Of course, I'm gonna have the big number one, my 626 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 1: mentor and perfect Okay, hold on, We've got Phase in Chicago. Hello, Phase, Welcome? 627 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:01,080 Speaker 2: What up? 628 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,839 Speaker 1: Hello? Phase? What you doing you're working? Yeah? I'm part 629 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:06,640 Speaker 1: a Walmart. 630 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 4: Rena delivered these oreoles. 631 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 1: All right, so Walmart's not gonna get their oreos right 632 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: now because you're gonna play the game, which is fine. 633 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:14,840 Speaker 1: I'm okay with that. They can wait a few minutes 634 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: on their oreos. Yeah, and you want to partner up 635 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:21,360 Speaker 1: with Loraina? Yes? Is that you're you're playing on that 636 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:23,200 Speaker 1: sure bike? 637 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:30,040 Speaker 3: All right? All right, all right, gentlemen. This is the 638 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:35,359 Speaker 3: Mallard's Mountain of Money Shakira edition. She turned forty nine 639 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,720 Speaker 3: years old on Monday. 640 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 1: She gonna have hip problems when she gets old. 641 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:47,839 Speaker 3: Maybe The categories are Whenever, Wherever, Waka Waka, Hips don't Lie, 642 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:53,960 Speaker 3: and deja vu. And let's see Poppy. You were on first, 643 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:55,360 Speaker 3: So which category would you like? 644 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:59,280 Speaker 1: Poppy? Yeah, I want tips, don't lie, hips don't lie 645 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,359 Speaker 1: because you know how to shake your hips. Poppy, all right? 646 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 5: And then fase, how about you? All right, let's do it, 647 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,960 Speaker 5: says strip Club. Yeah, all right, very good. Well, hold 648 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,240 Speaker 5: on a sec Phase and Poppy. 649 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,360 Speaker 1: It is the Sekire edition of Malar's mount of Money. 650 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:19,440 Speaker 1: And we are moments away and you are one of 651 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:23,200 Speaker 1: the live members of the studio audience or in this 652 00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,640 Speaker 1: case the radio audience will get to that and we 653 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: will do it next traumatic pause. However, it is the 654 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: B block. What hour is Let's see right now? He 655 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:41,279 Speaker 1: needs are you facing hiring headaches? Staffing your business is complex, 656 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:45,840 Speaker 1: high turnover, skills gaps, and ever changing regulations can slow 657 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:50,200 Speaker 1: growth and train resources. 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Hire faster with Express 674 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 1: express employment professionals building your workforce support. 675 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,239 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Benmeller Show 676 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:58,120 Speaker 2: weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 677 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,200 Speaker 1: All right, back to what we go? It's Mother's Mountain 678 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 1: of Money. Are you there? Poppy? Poppy? Okay, alright, there's Poppy. 679 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:16,520 Speaker 1: We have Phase in Chicago, Poppies in San Diego. Hello, phasego, 680 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 1: Dug bars, dug bars. All right, let's play the game here. 681 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:26,319 Speaker 1: You're the Shakira edition. Poppy. You picked. Hips don't lie? Yes, 682 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,440 Speaker 1: all right, hips don't lie. These uh, these sports figures 683 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:33,919 Speaker 1: did lie. Are you ready? We'll put four forty five 684 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:35,919 Speaker 1: seconds on the clock. We're on our way and go. 685 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,919 Speaker 1: He was with the Yankees, he lied about steroids. Also 686 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:44,799 Speaker 1: played for the Seattle Mariners infielders. Yes. Coach at Alabama 687 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:46,760 Speaker 1: he said he was not. He was coaching the Dolphins. 688 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:50,279 Speaker 1: He said he wasn't gonna go to Alabama. Yes, all time. 689 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 1: Hit king for the Cincinnati Reds in baseball. Yeah, oh, 690 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 1: good job. Hebrew hammer for the Milwaukee Brewers. He lied 691 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:02,399 Speaker 1: about steroids. Also, all right, a linebacker from Notre Dame. 692 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:07,439 Speaker 1: He had a fake girlfriend that died. Matt care Yeah, coase. 693 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:12,520 Speaker 1: I hope we'll take that Olympic swimmer. Olympic swimmer who 694 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:16,120 Speaker 1: lied about say you got robed at gunn. No, lied 695 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,560 Speaker 1: at gunpoint. He was robb at gunpoint. He lied about it, 696 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:24,719 Speaker 1: all right, Dominican infielder MVP for the Athletics. That's fine. 697 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:26,799 Speaker 1: You can have man Titeo. I'm still going to beat you. No, 698 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: you're not. You're not. Ryan Lochte, Ryan. 699 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:34,000 Speaker 3: Braun and Miguel Tejada were the ones that you missed there. 700 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,120 Speaker 3: All right, fase we have deja vu. 701 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,360 Speaker 1: Uh. These athletes had. 702 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 3: A second stint with the same team forty five seconds 703 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,560 Speaker 3: of the clock. Are you ready? All right, let's begin 704 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 3: the machine. In baseball, he was with the Cardinals and the Angels, 705 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 3: then back to the Cardinals. Yes, the kid. In baseball 706 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 3: he was with the Mariners initially. 707 00:39:58,960 --> 00:39:59,399 Speaker 2: The kid. 708 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,440 Speaker 1: Uh he is his dad played. 709 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:06,359 Speaker 2: To Robert Robert Oh damn. 710 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:10,560 Speaker 3: Yes, yep, all right. This guy he was running back 711 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,680 Speaker 3: for the Cowboys. He would like wear a mid drift 712 00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:13,520 Speaker 3: a lot of the times. 713 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:15,960 Speaker 1: Wow, cool man. 714 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:20,520 Speaker 3: Recent recent recent running back for the Cowboys. Yes, uh, 715 00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,480 Speaker 3: this guy was the point guard for the Pistons when 716 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:28,120 Speaker 3: they won the championship against the Lakers. All right, Uh, 717 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,400 Speaker 3: this guy has long dreads, or he used to have 718 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:31,880 Speaker 3: long dreads for the Pittsburgh Pirates. 719 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:34,960 Speaker 1: You want to take back that guarantee, COO, because he's 720 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:38,080 Speaker 1: not looking very good right now. All right, well we 721 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:41,279 Speaker 1: have one hundred points. Yeah, we learn one hundred and twenty. 722 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:42,759 Speaker 1: All right, all right? Phase? 723 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:45,320 Speaker 3: Do you want waka waka or whenever wherever? 724 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:54,719 Speaker 1: Whatever? Whatever? No, I'm not poppy. Phase Phase, which one 725 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:58,239 Speaker 1: did you want? Whenever wherever? Al Right? 726 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,920 Speaker 3: These athletes have won eight championship for multiple teams. Uh, 727 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,160 Speaker 3: forty five seconds of the clock. Let's begin. He was 728 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:08,080 Speaker 3: the all time leading scorer in the NBA before Lebron James. 729 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:16,200 Speaker 3: Oh my goodness. Uh all right, this guy was one 730 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,480 Speaker 3: of the best cornerbacks in football. He's a coach now. 731 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:24,840 Speaker 3: His son is the quarter is a quarterback for the Browns. 732 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:25,520 Speaker 1: Yes. Uh. 733 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,560 Speaker 3: This guy was a pitcher. He had a bloody sock 734 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,839 Speaker 3: for the Red Sox. Yes uh. 735 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,960 Speaker 1: This guy is the first basement for the Dodgers. He 736 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:37,000 Speaker 1: used to be on the Braves record. 737 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,880 Speaker 3: Yes, this guy was Jesus Shuttlesworth and he got game. 738 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,960 Speaker 1: Uh three point shooter for the Celtics. 739 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,440 Speaker 3: All right, Uh, this guy was the GM for the 740 00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:51,240 Speaker 3: Lions when they are all. 741 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:55,319 Speaker 1: Right, how many yes, ray Allen? Wait, how many points 742 00:41:55,400 --> 00:42:01,040 Speaker 1: is there? So one night we get seventy eighty to win? 743 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,360 Speaker 1: Are you ready, Poppy, Ted ray Allen before the buzzers 744 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:06,320 Speaker 1: and we got that. No, it doesn't all right, walkah walka. 745 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:10,040 Speaker 1: These athletes were all born in Africa. Are you ready, Poppy? Yeah, 746 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,160 Speaker 1: all right, forty five seconds on the clock. We're ready 747 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,000 Speaker 1: to go. He was the MVP for the Sixers a 748 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:19,040 Speaker 1: couple of years ago. Yes, the dream for the Rockets 749 00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:25,959 Speaker 1: back in the nineteen eighties and the nineties, the center. No, well, yes, 750 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,320 Speaker 1: will take that. Yeah, alright, no, it sounds like cookie 751 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:33,920 Speaker 1: monster say one, there you go. All right, we'll take that. 752 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:36,520 Speaker 1: Start for the Toronto Raptors, he got traded to the 753 00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:40,399 Speaker 1: Indiana Pacers when Toronto won the championship. He was on 754 00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:46,400 Speaker 1: the team with Kawhi Leonard. All right, the Nigerian nightmare 755 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:51,440 Speaker 1: running back from the nineteen eighties. Nigerian Nightmare for Kansas 756 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:57,880 Speaker 1: City Chiefs. No chance, kicker, white guy. He was born 757 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:02,480 Speaker 1: in too bad, Bobby, Bobby, you don't know who the 758 00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:07,319 Speaker 1: night you don't know who the Nigerian nightmare is. I'm 759 00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:10,359 Speaker 1: as giving me nightmares. That guy that nineteen That guy 760 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:11,839 Speaker 1: is a legend of the nickname. Even if you don't, 761 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:16,759 Speaker 1: even if you weren't around, the guy's a legend. That 762 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:23,160 Speaker 1: was Loreno. There's for you, Lorena. What? Yeah, who's that? 763 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:25,480 Speaker 1: I get a golden ticket? Oh there you go. Lorea 764 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:26,400 Speaker 1: call in anytime.