1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the best of the Ben Maler 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,199 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: from two to six Eastern eleven pm to three am 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and to find your local 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: station for the Benmatherlers Show at Foxsports Radio dot Com. 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: You can find it there or stream us live every 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: night on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 2: This is the best of the Ben Maler Show on 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: So our lead this hour is from the wacky world 11 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: of pro bouncy Ball. A light card by design. By design, 12 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: as they spread out the NBA schedule, you don't want 13 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: too many games on a random Monday night, so we 14 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: didn't get that. We had a light card in the NBA. 15 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: One of the games that was highlighted by n b 16 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: C Showcase game you had the spur and the Pistons 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: who met in the NBA Finals many many years ago 18 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: before we were all alive, and that was a dud. 19 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: Oh Man, that was a dud of an NBA Finals, 20 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: But nonetheless, the current vintage of these two teams, You've 21 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,479 Speaker 1: got two teams on the come. As they say, Victor 22 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: Wemba Nyama got the best of this matchup. There twenty 23 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: one points, seventeen rebounds, and six assists. San Antonio ends 24 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: up winning comfortably. Kid Cunningham, who we're going to talk 25 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: about here, he struggled in this game. He got sixteen 26 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: points on twenty six shots. That's Alan Iverson like from 27 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: back in his day. There just five of twenty six 28 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: for Kid Cuttingham in the loss. However, despite that, popular 29 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: opinion by popular people has Kid Cuttingham? Where do you 30 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: know where he is? At the very top of MVP mountain? Say, 31 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: why are you kidding me? Joe Dumar's batman? What are 32 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: you talking about? That's like Rashid Wallace. Craziness is what 33 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: that is. Well, yeah, he's supposedly right there, neck and 34 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: neck as we go down the stretch. In the NBA 35 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: regular season, the NBA has a sixty five game rule, 36 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: very controversial to the writers that lick the toes of 37 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: the players. They're very upset by that. Not fair, not right. 38 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: You actually have to show up and play. Woo they 39 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: can play. So the rule was introduced not that long 40 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: ago because the players in the NBA don't like actually playing. 41 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: It's a problem and the integrity of the awards on 42 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: the line and so you put all this together, they 43 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: put this rule in and so this is the season 44 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: where things are getting really really crazy in many ways. 45 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: So the the MVP race under the guidelines, as we mentioned, 46 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: player must appear in sixty five games to qualify for 47 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: the honors, and they have about a quarter of the 48 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: NBA season to go, about a quarter remaining in the NBA, 49 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: and several of the front runners are dropping like a 50 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: trash over garbage and they're just falling down, and a 51 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: couple others are walking a tight rope to be eligible. 52 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: And so by default, Kate Cunningham is looking more and more, 53 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: if you look at the prediction market and the gambling 54 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: market and all that stuff, looking more and more like 55 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: the MVP this season in the NBA, he's played forty 56 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: nine now, I guess fifty fifty of fifty six games 57 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: now and he's only missed six games, Kid Cunningham, So 58 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: that gives him, if my math is correct, eleven game cushion. 59 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: He's got eleven game cushion before this becomes an issue. 60 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: So he's got a lot of leeway. Whereas players like Sga, 61 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: Lukeka Wemby and the Joke do not do not have 62 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: the cushion. They don't have the cushion there. They are 63 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: missing the bare necessities, if you will, all right, so 64 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,839 Speaker 1: good jumping off point. Let us discuss the question do 65 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: you have a problem or would you have a problem 66 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: with Piston Star Kaid cutting him sneaking away with an 67 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: MVP award just because he happened to play the required 68 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: number of games, unlike these other bozos who doesn't look 69 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: loow be able to even get to sixty five games. 70 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: So just by staying healthy, you can win the MVP award. 71 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: So I've got day Spa my thoughts. You're day Spa, 72 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: Kentucky Derby and DNA embedded, and we will combine all 73 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: of these things together. We're gonna make biscuits and gravy, 74 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: is what We're gonna make, delicious biscuits and gravy. So 75 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: to begin here, though, A, I have no problem, zero 76 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: problem with this. If Caid cutting him tiptoes through the tulips, 77 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: it ends up going past the velvet ropes and takes 78 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:09,559 Speaker 1: home the MVP title. Because Sga, Luca Wemby, the Alien Guy, 79 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: the Parisian Prodigy Guy, and the Joker were busy flirting 80 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: with the attendance office, so be it. I'm fine. Good 81 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: for him. Availability is valuable. And it's not like Kate 82 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: Cunningham stings. He's had good He's had very good season. 83 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: Pistons have been they were the top team. I don't 84 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: have that lost to the Spurs. They're still the top team, 85 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: but they they have been one of the top teams 86 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: in the NBA most of the year. So you have 87 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: a player who's their top player and he happens to 88 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: be in position to win the MVP. It's not outrageous, right, 89 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: and he has been dependable the others playing Bud Chicken 90 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: with the calendar, but Buck Chicken with the calendar. Yeah, 91 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: they are like the way I look at it, you know, 92 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: I'm someone to prize myself in showing up the work 93 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: and being here. And I think part of this job 94 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: is that it becomes part of the routine. 95 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 2: Right. 96 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: If you listen to something, you want to hear that 97 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: person there, and if they're not there, then you'll find 98 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: something else to do. And I think it's a big 99 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: part of it. And I also think if you're on 100 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: a team and you've got people depending on you, you 101 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: kind of not you kind of need to be there 102 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: that kind of you need to be there. It's a 103 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: big deal. And so if you're you're absent, if you 104 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: can't reach sixty five games out of eighty two, you're 105 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: not getting robbed out of anything. You're absent. And I 106 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 1: would say even at sixty five games, if my math 107 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 1: is correct, you're still missing. You're missing twenty percent, about 108 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: twenty percent of the schedule the grind. So do your job. 109 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 1: When the league installed the sixty five game threshold, it 110 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: wasn't performance art, it wasn't it was like, listen, we've 111 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: got a problem here. This was a direct response to 112 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: load management theater, load management theater, which is going on 113 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 1: here starring the biggest names in the association. They're all 114 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: doing it. You know, they're all doing cosplay as street 115 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: clothes Anthony Davis. They're like, hey, I like that street 116 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: close guy, Anthony Davis. Let's be more like him. Let's 117 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: miss a bunch of games. So if you want the MVP, 118 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: it's not that hard. Will be the adults. You show 119 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: up and you play, You punch the clock, you lace 120 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: them up. You play the games against the Wizards when 121 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: no one's there. You play the games against Sacramento when 122 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: nobody wants to see that game because it's Sacramento. You 123 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: show up to those games, right And if Kate cutting 124 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: him ends up cashing in because he stayed vertical while 125 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: the others were in a lazy boy chair, then so 126 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: be it. The NVP award in the NBA should not 127 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: stand for a most vacation Player. And if you give 128 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: it to someone who plays less than sixty five games, 129 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: you're giving someone who did not do their jobs. So 130 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: why would you reward them? But I do know we 131 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: live in the age where you do reward this kind 132 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: of thing. A lot of soft people that like this, 133 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: They may want players to miss more games, And I 134 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: always chuckle because those people are called losers. All right now, 135 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: Page to the Bay Area we go. When I was 136 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: seeing the fallout of a trade at the deadline, here 137 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: the Golden State Warriors. They wanted Yannis ident to Coombo, 138 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: wanted the Greek Freak. They couldn't get the Greekreek. Where's 139 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: the could get him? Where's the great Freak? Couldn't get him? 140 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: So they had to settle for their backup plan. You 141 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: might remember Chris stops Porzingis and already alarm bells have 142 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: been sounded just like that. Porzingis he missed Golden State's 143 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: last game and he is expected to miss the next 144 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: two games because of an illness. And the word is Porzingis. 145 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: When he was with the Celtics, he was diagnosed with pots. 146 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: Look it up, not pot but pots. It's an illness 147 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: and it's affected him. Going back a couple of years 148 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: to at least of the playoffs in twenty twenty four 149 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 1: with Boston, and this season, the unicorn has appeared in 150 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: not one, not two, not three, not four? How about 151 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: eighteen games? That's it. Eighteen games, not much, not much. 152 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: So the question will the Warriors be haunted by the 153 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: Christops Porzingis trade, as there are some reports out saying 154 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: that is the case. The war is already afraid that 155 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:38,119 Speaker 1: they have made a terrible mistake in acquiring Porzingis. So 156 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: to answer the question, I am nodding my head. Yes, 157 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: I'm nodding my head. Yes, that this is bad mojo 158 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: for the Golden State Warriors. Here the Warriors who are 159 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: already and we're a couple weeks into this, they're already 160 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: sleeping with the lights on because of the Porzingis trade, Like, 161 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: what have we done? The Boogeyman, we've fired, but Boogeyman, 162 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 1: bad job by us. You can hear the floorboards creaking 163 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 1: at the Chase Center there in downtown San Francisco. Right, 164 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: buyer's remorse. Oh yeah, absolutely, a case of buyer's and 165 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: morse here and it's alive and well by the bay. 166 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: They traded away Jonathan Kuminga, who is not Kaminga, is 167 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,199 Speaker 1: not like the greatest thing in the world or anything 168 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 1: like that. However, that was their last shiny asset. That 169 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: was their last piece of the pie. That they could 170 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: get something somebody that wasn't washed up in a million 171 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: years old, who can't play anymore like Draymond Green. They 172 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,599 Speaker 1: could have gotten something of value for Kuminga, who was 173 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: in Steve Kurz doghouse, and they got an expiring contract 174 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: in bubble wrap is what they got. That's what they 175 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: got from Atlanta. Porzingis is a seven footer. He should 176 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: wear that costume with the question marks on it from Batman, right, 177 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: the Joker and all this because it's it's insane or 178 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: the Riddler. Rather, it's not a corner stone. He's not 179 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: a cornerstone guy. And they knew going in he wasn't 180 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: gonna be a cornerstone player, but they were hoping he 181 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: would not be just another Jenga piece, and that's where 182 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: he's at at this particular point. It's kind of like 183 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: the Warriors went to the auction, the thoroughbred auction. They 184 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: bought a thoroughbred at the auction, and they were all 185 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: excited about They started texting everybody they knew. They said, 186 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: oh man, we're going to the Kentucky Derby. We just 187 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: went to the horse auction. We just got a thoroughbred. 188 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: Oh you did right. They left out the part that 189 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: the horse they bought was on discount because it had 190 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: three legs. It was missing a leg. So good luck 191 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: with that, pal, Good luck. I'm sure you'll do very 192 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: well in Churchill downs here. And also, I don't want 193 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: to hear the well when healthy speech. I've heard enough 194 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: of that. I don't need to hear that one more time. 195 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: When healthy, if only you stay healthy. This just into 196 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio injury prone player get injured video on 197 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: eleven Injury prone players get injured shocking, A shocking revelation here, 198 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: So come on, and porzingis now it's not all bad. 199 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: He does have a seat granted, it's a booster seat. Porzingis, 200 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: Christops Worzingis at the kiddy table with street clothes, Anthony Davis, 201 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: Joe ellenb Ben Simmons, who's think. I think he's fishing 202 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 1: now he's not even in the NBA and Kawhi Leonard 203 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: and Paul George isn't even invited and he should be invited. 204 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: But Paul George, he's not invited. So it's feast or famine, 205 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: mostly famine, mostly famine at this particular restaurant. And it's 206 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: a bridge to nowhere. This Jonathan kaminga trade other than 207 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: salary cap relief. I don't know anyone that gets excited 208 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 1: about salary cap relief. And if you do, you might 209 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: want to question your decision making if you're like that. 210 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: So one minute, the Warriors are hanging championships. It's the 211 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: dynasty by the bay Alam to lose. All excited, right, 212 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: Oh man, this is the greatest thing in the world. 213 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: And now inch by inch, the Warriors are going backwards, 214 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: back to a time when a Donald Foyle was the star, right, 215 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: And where have you gone? Baron Davis and those Monte 216 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: Ellis and those guys bring back Mike Montgomery as the 217 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: coach that era of the Golden State Warriors. There and 218 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: good luck the fog rolling in on what had been 219 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: a great run of the Golden State Warriors and everyone's like, 220 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: what is going on? What have they done? My god? 221 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: They might want to contact Joe the ghost Hunter, who 222 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: will try to push back on the ghosts there that 223 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: have already moved in to the Warriors' offices. All right, now, 224 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: last word, we're going to pivot to college basketball. But 225 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: it's a crossover because it does relate to the NBA 226 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: world in many ways. Here the star and many of 227 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: these teams in the NBA that are not trying to 228 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 1: win and are just going out there trying to lose, 229 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: and they don't want to they want any part of that, 230 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: and they want the lottery and they're the top player. 231 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 1: There's a debate who the top guys. Like three players 232 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: at the very top there. One of them is the 233 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: Kansas star Darren Peterson, who has fired back at the 234 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: many critics who have been burying him for his malfeasance. 235 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: We talked about load management. Well, here's a guy that 236 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: is doing load management in college basketball and he's claiming, well, 237 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: I don't want to miss games is what he says. 238 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: So quote, basketball is my life. If I could have, 239 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: he says, if I could have been out there every 240 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: game this year, Peterson said, I would have. If you 241 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 1: would have asked me last year, what were my goals 242 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: for this year? I would have never mentioned missing games. 243 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: Close quote all right, question, do you believe Kansas star 244 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: and projected top pick in the NBA draft Darren Peterson 245 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: that when he says I don't want to miss games, 246 00:14:56,640 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: but do you think he will be downgraded? You think 247 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: you will be downgrade in the eyes of the NBA 248 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: because of all the time that he's missed this season 249 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: for the Jayhawks. So the whole story smells like the 250 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: whole thing smells. And I was asked about this a 251 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. I go on on the radio 252 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: every Thursday with my guy Bob Fesco and Dusty and 253 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: those guys in their morning show in Kansas City, and 254 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: we talked about Peterson at that particular time, and I 255 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: was like, you know, he's still gonna get the opportunity. 256 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: I was gonna get the opportunity. This thing is continued, though, 257 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: it's continued the spiral, and I'm looking at it now 258 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: and this whole season he plays, he plays well. It's 259 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: like it's like an NBA type storyline, but it's about 260 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: college basketball. And it smells really bad. It's like if 261 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: you've ever left out a tuna fish sandwich on the 262 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: dashboard in the summertime. You know, it's really nasty. You 263 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: know the smell and you can't get it out of 264 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: your car and it's just horrific and all that stuff. 265 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: But NBA teams have to take note. They have to 266 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: take note here doing your job, we are witnessing a 267 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: full blown infestation in the NBA. The asbestis of apathy 268 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: among those that are the workers of the NBA. It 269 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: is seeped into the fabric of everything. It's literally in 270 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: the floor there, all over the pit. The spores are 271 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: in the air everywhere from the asbestos. It's not good. 272 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: And so you look at that, and we have seen 273 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: the damage this has done. We've seen this before. We've 274 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: seen this movie in the NBA. And now you're talking 275 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: about the Jayhawks and Bill Self and Kansas and all that. 276 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: They had a guy who knows a thing or two 277 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: about this lifestyle, Joel Embiid. You just mentioned him, right, 278 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: his teammates with the invisible man, Ben Simmons for the Sixers, 279 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: and Peterson's got a grocery list of excuses. You've got 280 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: a hamstring here, the quad, the ankle, he had, the flu, 281 00:16:54,280 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: the thing of a jig. My personal favorite, though, chronic cramping, crapping, 282 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: chronic cramping. I love that, which tells you that he's 283 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: not drinking enough water. I think you can't make it up. 284 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 1: You cannot make this up. And so it is a 285 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: it is a medical mystery, or it's load management, the 286 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: virus of load management mutating into its final form at 287 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: this moment here. And either he's faking it, Peterson of Kansas. 288 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: He's either faking it or he's damaged goods. Neither outcome 289 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: is ideal. Either the guy is is agent. People around 290 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,159 Speaker 1: him are telling them, hey, you gotta not play this 291 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: many minutes. You got to save yourself for the NBA paycheck, 292 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: and he's like, okay, why not. Or he actually does 293 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: have all these ailments. They're all legit and he is 294 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: just soft and that's not good. Right. But looking at 295 00:17:55,720 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: this objectively, once that did not play, rest pops up 296 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: in the box score over and over that DNA gets 297 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: embedded into your system, nineteen years old, something like that. 298 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: Eighteen nineteen, he's nineteen. You're cooked by the time he 299 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 1: gets twenty seven. Forget about thirty. You don't magically become 300 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 1: an iron man if that's how you play. And you know, 301 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: if you're Zion Williamson two point zero your first NBA paycheck, 302 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: you're you're just a red flag for the for the NBA. 303 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: And so he's he's getting paid in college too. That's 304 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: the other time he's getting paid. It's not like back 305 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: in the day he'd say, you got to rest up 306 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:39,719 Speaker 1: for the NBA check, and guys, we're getting paid that anyway. 307 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: He's getting checked. He's getting paid, and he's sitting on 308 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: a throne of ice packs, is what he's doing at 309 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: this point. So the skills are there, clearly, the skill 310 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 1: set is there. You gotta ding the mentality, you gotta 311 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:55,719 Speaker 1: ding it, ding ding ding ding ding. You gotta do it. 312 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: You know, you gotta be out there and play. He's 313 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: the Ghost of the Be sure. 314 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 2: To catch live editions of The Ben Meler Show weekdays 315 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 2: at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports 316 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 2: Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 317 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: Hey is Covino and Rich from Fox Sports Radio. 318 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 3: Now, in addition to hearing us live weekdays from five 319 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 3: to seven pm Eastern two to four Pacific on Fox 320 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 3: Sports Radio, we're excited to announce a brand new YouTube 321 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 3: channel for the show. 322 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: Yup, that's right. 323 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 3: You can now watch Covino and Rich live on YouTube 324 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 3: every day. All you gotta do search Covino and Rich 325 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 3: FSR on YouTube again, go to YouTube search Covino and 326 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 3: Rich FSR. Check us out on YouTube, subscribe, hit that 327 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 3: thumbs up icon, comment away. So our lead this hour 328 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 3: is from Atlanta via the Scouting Combine. 329 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a big news week if you're into 330 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: that kind of thing. You like rumors and gossip and 331 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: all that great stuff. The Scouting Combine, that's really all. 332 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:58,959 Speaker 1: It's therefore the Underwear Olympics. The meat market opens up. 333 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: Here is the the players who are trying to get 334 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 1: jobs in the NFL next year will be poked and 335 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 1: prodded and measured and just like cattle at a cattle auction, 336 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: and it'll be human beings. And then the NFL executives 337 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,719 Speaker 1: will go to Saint Elmo's Steakhouse in Indianapolis and run 338 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: up their expense account, the other restaurants there, and then 339 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: the drunk text NFL insiders information that they want out, 340 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 1: but they're going to pretend like they're just hammered and 341 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 1: that's why they're doing it. So without that said, I 342 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: thought this was mildly interesting. Mildly interesting. And if you 343 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: have not heard yet, perhaps not. We've learned that the 344 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons, that's a football team, not a good one. 345 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: Sorry Tommy in Atlanta, that's not a good team. But 346 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons are planning to play tag you're it 347 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: franchise tag on Kyle Pitts. Now, if that's not the Pits, 348 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 1: I don't know what is a first ballot social media 349 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: rock star built like a Donnis often doesn't play like 350 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: a Donnis. D that just like he should be on 351 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 1: the box of of cereal and not the good kind 352 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: of cereal, not the good kind of cereal. So Pitts, 353 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,719 Speaker 1: if this is accurate, we believe it is. Kyle Pitts 354 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: is going to get a one year contract worth about 355 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: sixteen million. Between fifteen and sixteen million dollars for Kyle Pitts, 356 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: I hope he can save up and be able to 357 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: pay his bills. With that that contract, and they're supposedly 358 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 1: trying to give him a long term contract. I don't 359 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: believe that that's the story. So good jumping off point. 360 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: Let us discuss the question. Has tight end Kyle Pitts? 361 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: Has tight end Kyle Pitts shown you enough to earn 362 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 1: the franchise tag from the Falcons? So I've got Urban Legend, Airport, 363 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: Chilis and DMV and we will combine all of these 364 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: things together and we're going to plow through the lizard, 365 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: is what we're going to do. All right? So number WA, 366 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: I said, number WA, has Kyle pitch shown enough? I'll 367 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: on need his two letters N and oh N and 368 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: oh no no no no no, no no no now 369 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: is the answer? That's it? No. Now, I'm told I 370 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 1: have to go longer than just saying no, So I 371 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: will expand on my answer which is no. How about 372 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: absolutely not? Does that work for you? All right? So 373 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: Coyle Pits, if my math is correct, he had five 374 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 1: touchdown receptions this season, five and if I'm also correct, 375 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: three of those came in one game, on a Thursday 376 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:54,239 Speaker 1: night game against Tampa, So that means the rest of 377 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: the season he had not one but two two touchdown 378 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: reception the rest of the year. That's his breakout year? 379 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? Even Ozzie Wise is shaking his head, 380 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: He's like, what are you talking about. That's not a 381 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: breakout year. You hit three in one game and to 382 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: the rest of the year. What is that? What is that? 383 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 1: That's fool's gold, baby is what that is here? And 384 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: and that's that's been the case ever since the draft Knicks. 385 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: Ironically enough, around this time of the year, around combine time, 386 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: they looked at the ability athletic ability of Kyle pitts. 387 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: Oh Man, I started salivating, Oh, this guy's gonna be great. 388 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: Oh Man, built like a Donnis and all that is 389 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: the whole thing. And he does. He's like a mone 390 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 1: From a distance, it looks good. It looks good, and 391 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: you get up close, it's not that good, all right, 392 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: And uh you know, from from a distance, okay, you 393 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 1: bite into it though, you crack a molar. That's a problem. 394 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,479 Speaker 1: It is a problem. And Kyle Pitch is a board 395 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: certified teas. That is what he is, Board certified teas. 396 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: He's an urban legend, the zombie of Atlanta. That's a 397 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: real thing. By the way, the zombie of Atlanta. You 398 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: hear about Kyle Pitts, you never really see it though, 399 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 1: I never really see it for any elongated period of 400 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: time here. So they're paying the Falcons one year because 401 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: of the P word potential, not the P word production. 402 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 1: He's got dueling p words. You've got potential in production, 403 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 1: and so the Falcons have decided we're gonna go with 404 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: potential rather than production. Kyle Pitts, even in what you 405 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: told me was his breakout year this past season, still 406 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: disappears for weeks on end. Now, the Marching and Chowder 407 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 1: Society of the Kyle Pitts movement will tell you it's 408 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: because he didn't have a cornerback. Yes, we've never seen 409 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: players rack up statf without having elite quarterbacks. The only 410 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,159 Speaker 1: way to have a great stat line is because you 411 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: have to have an elite quarterback. Wait a minute, that's 412 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 1: bull crap. That's bull crap. That's right anyway, So that's 413 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: where we are. And then the main reason that despite 414 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: that lack of protection or lack of production for Kyle Pitch, 415 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: the reason he's getting the contract despite disappearing is he 416 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: is the beneficiary of Fomo. Is his FOMO management in 417 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: the NFL. It's like, well, he's not been that great 418 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,880 Speaker 1: for us, been around some different coaches, but let's get 419 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: rid of this guy. But no, no, you can't imagine. 420 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: Then you can't get rid of him because what if 421 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: he comes back to bite us in the tuck us? 422 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: What if he goes out to the Chiefs or goes 423 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: to the Eagles or the Rams or the Niners and 424 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: ends up catching twelve touchdown passes next year. Oh man, 425 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 1: we'd look like a bunch of pumpkins. We can't look 426 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: like a bunch of country bumpkins. We cannot do that. 427 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: So because of that, the fomo Kyle Pitts gets, he's 428 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: like Poultergeist. He gets a one year massive amount of money. 429 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: They're writing the check mainly to calm their nerves and 430 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 1: cover their took us or CYA cover your ass. I 431 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 1: like took us better, so I'd beat CTA cover took 432 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: us or whatever it is. I think CTA would be it. 433 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 1: But anyway, nonetheless, the point is all right. The point 434 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,640 Speaker 1: is this is not a cornerstone player, despite what all 435 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: you idiots told me. He was gonna be a cornerstone player. 436 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 1: And if you look at the numbers, they're misleading. You 437 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: watch the Falcons, he's just as likely to have two 438 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: catches in the game as he is to have even 439 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: one touchdown in a game. In fact, he's more likely 440 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: to have just two catches and be an afterthought, not 441 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: demand the ball, not be aggressive. That's Kyle Piston. 442 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:50,439 Speaker 3: Now. 443 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, we go to we go to Indianapolis, not to 444 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 1: combine the headquarters of the Indianapolis Colls also making news. 445 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: It sounds it's sounds as though Daniel Jones, Yep, that 446 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 1: guy Daniel Jones is going to remain with the Horseshoes 447 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: for the upcoming season via a multi year contract extension. 448 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: According to State funded the propaganda arm of the NFL, 449 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: who's now in bed with ESPN NFL Network. The two 450 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: sides have been negotiating what does that mean, like sending 451 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 1: messages on text back and forth. I want twenty gazillion dollars. Okay, 452 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: we're only gonna pay a fifteen gazillion dollars. But all right, 453 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: let's go seventeen gazillion. Now we're not paying seventeen. How 454 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: about seventeen and a half? Well, I said we're not 455 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: paying seventeen, Okay, sixteen gazillion deal done, take it done, done, done, 456 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 1: just like that. So they've gone back and forth, multi 457 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: year deal. So the question, while it is not complete yet, 458 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: it hasn't been docu signed for the Indianapolis Colts, the 459 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: question remains, are the Colts making a right call by 460 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: bringing back Daniel Jones? Is this the right call? So 461 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: this is not romance. This is not some kind of romance. 462 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: It's not a rom com this particular story. This is 463 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: two people, the Colts their organization and Daniel Jones, who 464 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: are stuck at a airport Chili's at midnight. The airport 465 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,679 Speaker 1: is shut down, all flights got canceled. It is a 466 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 1: marriage of convenience, is what it is. And Indianapolis boxed 467 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: themselves into a corner. We said it at the time. 468 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: This is not revisionist history. They said it. We said it. 469 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: They were stuck. They shipped out multiple first round drafts. 470 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: We don't have a problem with it. You go for it. 471 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: They thought they had a good team. The team turned 472 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: out to be a fraud. It was fake. It wasn't 473 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: legit that that start was bogus at the time, though 474 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: they thought it was real. They got all and they 475 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: like we gotta go for it. So they went out 476 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: and traded multiple draft picks to get high draft picks 477 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 1: to get Sauce Gardener. And then right when Sauce Gardner arrived, 478 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 1: he brought that Jets losing attitude with him. He got 479 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: hurt and everyone started getting hurt, including Daniel Jones. And 480 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: so as a result of pushing all of their chips 481 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: to the middle of the table. On defense, they paved 482 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: a single lane highway. The Colts are on a single 483 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: lane highway. There are no exits, there are no U turns. 484 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: It's just Daniel Jones. That's it, Danny Dimes driving a 485 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: rental car with a donut tire and just shredding his achilles. 486 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: Because that's what happened, right, That's why this is going 487 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: to happen. The Colts thought that he was gonna stay healthy, 488 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: and if he'd stayed healthiest, price would have been big 489 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: and all that stuff. His achilles, by the way, looked 490 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: like a pulled pork barbecue sandwich, I'm told. So who 491 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: knows if he's ready to art the year? Probably not, 492 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 1: And so he Daniel Jones didn't have much of a 493 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: much of a path to find a new job, somewhere 494 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: else coming off the injury and the debate whether or 495 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: not Jones would be able to start the season ready 496 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: to go. So he didn't have any wiggle room. You 497 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,479 Speaker 1: gotta wiggle, you gotta do the wiggle. He couldn't wiggle. 498 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 1: There's no wiggling. And so you're at a It wasn't 499 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: a fork in the road. It wasn't a fork in 500 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: the road. It was the GPS was saying, Okay, you're 501 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: on this single road, paved, single road, highway. That's it. 502 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: And it was the GPS that started announcing here, continue 503 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 1: straight for the next three years. What the next three 504 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 1: years with this guy? Survival? Now, sometimes you married for love, 505 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: all right. Sometimes you're marry for love, and then sometimes 506 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: you're married because you got bills to pay and you 507 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 1: need the money, all right. Now, final point, we keep 508 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: the theme of this part of the hour going and 509 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: the question what is your level of confidence that the 510 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 1: aforementioned Daniel Jones. What is your level of confidence that 511 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones can lead the Colts on a deep playoff run, 512 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: a deep playoff run. So my confidence level is both 513 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:23,479 Speaker 1: slim and none, and currently none is stuck in a 514 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: snow bank at this particular moment and just can't go anywhere. 515 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 1: So you're just kind of stuck there deep playoff run 516 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: and Daniel Jones don't go side by side. They don't. 517 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: This is not mac and cheese. It's not This is 518 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: orange juice and toothpaste is what that is. That's the 519 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: reality there, and in order for this to happen. Now, 520 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: I believe in the multiverse. I've talked about that at 521 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 1: the multip I get burned by the multiverse a lot 522 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 1: because I have bold opinions. The multiverse every once in 523 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: a while gives you the odd ball scenario like Joe 524 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: Flacco playing out of his mind for a month and 525 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: leading the Raven to the Super Bowl, or Nick Foles 526 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: doing something similar for the Philadelphia Eagles in their playoff run, 527 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 1: or just this past year, a suck bag Sam Donald, 528 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 1: who led the NFL in turnovers and everything went right 529 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: for the Blueprint, got a little help from the referees 530 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: in the NFL, actually a lot of help. The two 531 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 1: point conversion, which was bogus given a Seattle one of 532 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 1: the most egregious calls in NFL history. That benefited Sam Donald, 533 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: and that gave them home field, which means they didn't 534 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,240 Speaker 1: have then to buy, which meant they didn't have to 535 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: play an extra game and all that stuff. And so 536 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: you look at Daniel Jones. So last year seven and 537 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 1: one to begin the year, thirteen touchdowns, three picks, had 538 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: a passer rating of almost one hundred and ten of 539 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 1: almost one hundred and ten, and then the horror film 540 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,640 Speaker 1: settled in, the script changed, it changed. The final five 541 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: games he played with Indianapolis last year, Daniel Jones had 542 00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 1: just six touchdowns and five interceptions and seven seven fumbles. 543 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: That was the trapdoor at Lucas Oil opening up and 544 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,960 Speaker 1: a pit of vipers down below for Daniel Jones. That 545 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: is not the franchise savior. No no, no, no no. 546 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: That is Giants era Danny Dimes. He just went down 547 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 1: to the DMV did the change of address for him, 548 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: and he's in a different zip code. It's the same guy. 549 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: It's Vanilla Vic. He needs the entire toolbox to get 550 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: it done right. Top and you have a top five defense, 551 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,479 Speaker 1: you gotta have an elite stud wide receiver and a 552 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: clean pocket and a little hell that's what Sam Donald got. 553 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: If all those things happened, the Colts can win a championship. 554 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: It's the Sam Donald blueprint. You stack the roster, you 555 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: pray the quarterback doesn't light the whole team on fire. 556 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: And that's it. And so the jury's obviously still out. 557 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,719 Speaker 1: We'll find out the dollars on this and the culture 558 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: loaded they must have been. Maybe Jim Rsey left some 559 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: stuff behind when he checked out. I don't know with 560 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,360 Speaker 1: my guy, So load up the roster. I don't know 561 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:09,759 Speaker 1: how you do that, but you gotta do it, and 562 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: good luck. 563 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of the Ben Maller 564 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,800 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 565 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,919 Speaker 1: Here we go, It's Maller. How about that? 566 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:24,800 Speaker 2: To the third degree? This is one big Ben gets grilled? 567 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: All right, cooling. 568 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 4: The one good thing about the Cleveland Browns last season 569 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,359 Speaker 4: was their defense. Now they have a new head coach 570 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,239 Speaker 4: and a new defensive coordinator, with Jim Schwartz leaving after 571 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 4: not getting the head coaching job. Linebacker Carson Schwessinger easier 572 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,280 Speaker 4: for you to say yes, said that he doesn't expect 573 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 4: things to look much different on defense this upcoming season. 574 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 4: And do you think Lewland Swartz will have an impact? 575 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: Okay, so let's see, they lost their defensive coordinator who 576 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,840 Speaker 1: kind of built that identity of what he wanted the 577 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,879 Speaker 1: team to play. Like. They have a new Schmoe in there, 578 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,800 Speaker 1: and nothing's going to change. It's like it's kind of 579 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 1: like radio ratings. We get graded on different periods of 580 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,399 Speaker 1: the year, different ratings periods, and it doesn't carry over 581 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: and from one NFL season to another. Each individual season 582 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:17,840 Speaker 1: is its own vintage. So there is absolutely going to 583 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,680 Speaker 1: be a lot of change in Cleveland. What they really 584 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,319 Speaker 1: need to do is find a quarterback because they have 585 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 1: no quarterback. Zippo at quarterback all right. 586 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 4: Next, So the seventy six ers have now lost four 587 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,200 Speaker 4: in a row after losing at home to the lowly Pelicans. 588 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: It's embarrassing. 589 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, that led to chance of fire Mory throughout their 590 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 4: home arena bym bending and Darrel Mory is on the 591 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:39,919 Speaker 4: hot seat. 592 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 1: Well, even if he is on the hot seat, he'll 593 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 1: just get another job. That guy who was caught up 594 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 1: in that whole huge China controversy thing, I remember that 595 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 1: was right around the pandemic time, and the fact that 596 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,759 Speaker 1: he kept his job and got another job is one 597 00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:58,759 Speaker 1: of the great great accomplishments in NBA history. He is 598 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,560 Speaker 1: a bull crap artist. He will get it another job. 599 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 1: The Sixers are a mess. They put all their chips 600 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,240 Speaker 1: with Paul George and Joel Embiid. Those guys can't stay healthy. 601 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: I still don't think he's gonna get fired. I think 602 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:12,880 Speaker 1: they will give him a chance to try to fix 603 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 1: this mess and recreate what the Sixers are next. 604 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,279 Speaker 4: Freddie Freeman said that he hopes to play another four 605 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 4: seasons and retire with the Dodgers. 606 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: Ben, do you think four more years? Yeah? Was he 607 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,600 Speaker 1: running for the presidency. He wants to play four more years? 608 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,280 Speaker 1: Four more years? 609 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:31,920 Speaker 4: Do you think he'll be able to make it to 610 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 4: the three thousand hit club? 611 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 1: All right, So let's do some malor math on the 612 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 1: fly for Freddie Freeman. So, Freddie Freeman is in his 613 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:42,719 Speaker 1: mid thirties, he's starting to slow down a little bit. 614 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 1: He's not a two hundred hit guy. He's like one 615 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty hit guys thirty five and he has 616 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 1: twenty two, four hundred and thirty one hits. So it's doable, 617 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: but he's not gonna He'd have to play as like 618 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 1: a DH and they already have dhs. I don't I 619 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,319 Speaker 1: say the odds are less than twenty percent. How about 620 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,239 Speaker 1: that that freeman gets to three thousand? It's all right? 621 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,560 Speaker 1: How do we do? Komlo? You pass the sas away? 622 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:11,960 Speaker 1: Play on the bar? I what the game? Chicken Dinner? 623 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 624 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 625 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:24,840 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 626 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 2: listen live. 627 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 1: All right, we have our contestant. Let's introduce them right now, 628 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: and then we'll get to the game. We have d 629 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:38,359 Speaker 1: Block in Miami. Hello, d Block, Welcome, Good morning, sir, 630 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,160 Speaker 1: Happy Tuesday. You have answered the call, d Block. You 631 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,160 Speaker 1: have saved us because Coop gets very upset when no 632 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,080 Speaker 1: one wants to play the games. He's offended by that, 633 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,640 Speaker 1: and you've avoided that. So now we get to play 634 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:49,759 Speaker 1: the game. And what are you working right now? Are 635 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:53,240 Speaker 1: you just driving around? What are you doing right now? 636 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 1: All right, d Block, You're gonna play the game. Who 637 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 1: would you like to partner up with? D Block? Let 638 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:00,920 Speaker 1: me see you with your best choice? 639 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:02,040 Speaker 3: Alright? 640 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:07,759 Speaker 1: All right, finally Lorraina gets picked. Unbelievable kid. You have 641 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:11,759 Speaker 1: to go with Coop instead? Whoever you are? Cooper me. 642 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,759 Speaker 1: Who do you want? D block? Let's go away, all right, 643 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:22,000 Speaker 1: you'll be a loser. And Ryan is in Wisconsin? Hello, Ryan, Hello, 644 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,600 Speaker 1: welcome in what part of Wisconsin is kind of a 645 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: big state? 646 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 4: Uh? 647 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 1: Northwestern Wisconsin? Okay, all right, you got you, I get 648 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,040 Speaker 1: some some family out over an a week. What's that 649 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,120 Speaker 1: wake country? Oh? Nice? All right, well very good. You're 650 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 1: gonna play our game. And Ryan, you're gonna be partnered 651 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:41,719 Speaker 1: up with me? The what are we at the Drew 652 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:45,680 Speaker 1: Barrymore Edition? Is that correct? Turned fifty one last weekend? 653 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:46,560 Speaker 1: Drew Barrymore? 654 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:47,560 Speaker 2: Drew? 655 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 1: Okay, very nice? And d block? What are the categories? 656 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 1: We have e T, never been kissed, fifty first dates 657 00:38:56,560 --> 00:39:00,239 Speaker 1: and miss you already? D block? Which one do you want? 658 00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:04,600 Speaker 1: Which category? Let me go with ET? That's okay, you're 659 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 1: dating yourself with the ET. Yeah, all right, very nice. 660 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,600 Speaker 1: Worst marketing move all time. The people that M and 661 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:13,640 Speaker 1: m's not being included in it, they have the chance 662 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,000 Speaker 1: to be an ET and they chose to pass. All right, 663 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 1: stop wasting time? All right? And Ryan, which one do 664 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,719 Speaker 1: you want? You have never been kissed, fifty first dates 665 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,600 Speaker 1: or miss you already? All right? Very good? Everyone, hold 666 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,520 Speaker 1: on we will get to the game in its entirety. 667 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,840 Speaker 1: It's mallards amount of money and it's next. 668 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,520 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of the Ben Malors 669 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:38,560 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Now 670 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 2: Malor's mountain of money. Hell, do you have what it 671 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,440 Speaker 2: takes to get to the top? Probably? 672 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:50,040 Speaker 1: All right to he Here we go the trewe verymore. Addition, 673 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,839 Speaker 1: the teams are d Block on his way to work 674 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:56,439 Speaker 1: in Miami and Ryan in Wisconsin. D Block with Coop 675 00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,200 Speaker 1: and Ryan with me. All right, let's get started here. 676 00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:02,279 Speaker 4: Cooper, all right, Block, we have e T I need 677 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,480 Speaker 4: the first and last name of the athlete to get points. 678 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:05,080 Speaker 1: Uh. 679 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:07,879 Speaker 4: These pro athletes weren't born in the U s A. 680 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:08,839 Speaker 4: Are you ready, d Block? 681 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:10,160 Speaker 1: Yes, sir? 682 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:13,000 Speaker 4: All right, forty five seconds, let's go. He is the 683 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:19,680 Speaker 4: newest Star Laker. He's from Sleslovenia. He was he was 684 00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:26,399 Speaker 4: on the Mavericks. He was traded for the Mavericks. All right, skin, 685 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,680 Speaker 4: that's a hard questions. He's the biggest player in Major 686 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:35,759 Speaker 4: League Baseball. He's from Japan. Yeah, that's good enough. 687 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:36,520 Speaker 1: Uh. 688 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,040 Speaker 4: This guy is the tall French guy in the NBA. 689 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,920 Speaker 4: He's on the Spurs. 690 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:50,080 Speaker 5: Full name, Uh, yes, all right, this guy is the 691 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:54,640 Speaker 5: five foot two player from the Astros, the cheating Astros. 692 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,520 Speaker 1: He's like five foot it doesn't care. Didn't get the 693 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,280 Speaker 1: full name, all right? So you got the six needs 694 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,160 Speaker 1: and last name. All right? That sucks. Let's show him. 695 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,680 Speaker 1: Hows done? Ryan, Let's show him do? Are you ready? Ryan? 696 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 1: What you mack? Fifty first dates? Is that the category? 697 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:10,759 Speaker 4: I think? 698 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:16,200 Speaker 1: Yes, believe these athletes have all suffered disorienting head injuries. 699 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:17,080 Speaker 1: Are you ready? Ryan? 700 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:18,880 Speaker 2: Yeah? All right? 701 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,200 Speaker 1: Forty five seconds. Run away quarterback for the Miami Dolphins currently, 702 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: although they're gonna get rid of him. Yes, star for 703 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:29,760 Speaker 1: the Celtics this year. He was the number two option 704 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:34,040 Speaker 1: behind Jason Tatum, but now he's in the number one option. Yes, 705 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:37,680 Speaker 1: quarterback after Joe Montana for the forty nine ers in 706 00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:42,680 Speaker 1: the eighties. Yes, a white guy for the Minnesota Timberwolves. 707 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 1: Power forward, stop talking d block. Yes, linebacker for the 708 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:52,560 Speaker 1: old San Diego Chargers. Unfortunately he killed himself. Yes, Monday 709 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,640 Speaker 1: night football broadcaster for years. He played for the Giants 710 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,279 Speaker 1: back in the fifties. Was an MVP. It was on 711 00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:02,000 Speaker 1: Monday Night for what's an him? What's his first name, 712 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:09,360 Speaker 1: good question. Okay, Man Gifford, I heard after the buzzer, count. 713 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,040 Speaker 2: Right the names? 714 00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:13,680 Speaker 1: No he did not. 715 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:15,839 Speaker 4: You can't go after the buzzer. Hit points, all right, 716 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:19,319 Speaker 4: that d block? Which category would you like? Never been 717 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,200 Speaker 4: kissed or miss you already? 718 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,000 Speaker 1: Kids? All right? 719 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:27,640 Speaker 4: These athletes have never kissed a championship trophy. They've never 720 00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:30,319 Speaker 4: won a championship. Forty five seconds on the clock. Let's begin. 721 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:32,560 Speaker 4: Longtime quarterback for the Dolphins. 722 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:34,640 Speaker 1: Yes. 723 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,920 Speaker 4: Uh, this guy was a long time tight end for 724 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:45,080 Speaker 4: the San Diego Chargers. Oh yes, uh, this guy was 725 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:47,319 Speaker 4: a quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. He lost like four 726 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:51,080 Speaker 4: Super Bowls in a row. Yes, this guy's nickname is 727 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:52,280 Speaker 4: mister Padre. 728 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:57,560 Speaker 2: Da waynefield him. 729 00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:02,360 Speaker 4: No, okay, this guy was African center He like waved 730 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:03,080 Speaker 4: his finger. 731 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:03,520 Speaker 1: Went no, no, no. 732 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:08,520 Speaker 4: Yes, this guy was the last baseball player to hit 733 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:16,719 Speaker 4: four hundred in Major League Baseball. Yes, wow, okay, let's 734 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:19,960 Speaker 4: go that was how many points I didn't count yet? 735 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,600 Speaker 1: You gotta hurry up by Let's go up category four? 736 00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:26,880 Speaker 1: Missie already? Are you ready? Ryan seventy, a white guy, 737 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:28,880 Speaker 1: won the MVP for the Blue Jays, played for the 738 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:34,960 Speaker 1: Athletics and Yankees. As well, third baseman. No more recently, 739 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:40,600 Speaker 1: more recently, what's all right? Guard for the Celtics when 740 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:44,040 Speaker 1: they won the championship and O eight we went. We 741 00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:49,239 Speaker 1: won because she didn't do the math in time. We 742 00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:51,319 Speaker 1: won the game. Thank you, we win, Ryan, you get 743 00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,680 Speaker 1: a golden day, guy. No, you don't know she didn't 744 00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:54,560 Speaker 1: do the math in time. 745 00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:56,239 Speaker 4: It doesn't I won