WEBVTT - A.J. Andrews talks Baseball, Betting, and Being Fearless 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:08.479 From the King of Sports Books comes the King Sports 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:19.000 Podcast Unleashed, presented by bet MGM. Here's your host, Joanna's 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:28.600 Papas and Olivia Harlan Decker. Welcome to Unleash, brought to 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:32.120 you by bet MGM. Another big weekend of sports is 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:35.120 in the books. Johanna's Papas is my co host. How 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:38.440 are you, Janice? I'm doing good. It was a great 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:43.720 weekend of sports. I enjoyed it. UFC Masters the end 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:47.160 of the NBA season, watching the fourth string guys play. 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:51.280 It was incredible. But there's some drama. That's why I 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:53.640 love the playing system, like I love that the last 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.920 week really matters. I guess it always does to wrap 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:59.520 up the eight seed, but I love that teams are 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.720 really to miss the play in tournament. And I just 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:05.480 I like the new the new layout. Honest, do you 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:10.360 notice anything different about me? Um? Let me see blonde 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:15.080 hair check, spright, tan check, pregnancy check for the core 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:21.880 so far, blue eyes check, hoop earrings. You tipped me 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:25.560 off because you kept showing him to me. That a 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:28.280 presider to ask you it's a push president. I just 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:29.800 picked him up the other day and I still have 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:33.360 a month left. But I haven't pushed anything yet, but 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.600 I'm dying to ask you. Have you heard of a 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:39.959 push president? Did you get your wife a push president? Yeah? 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:41.839 I mean, you know, when it comes to that type 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:45.240 of stuff, guys have real short term memory. You know. 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.400 It's like at the time, I remember there was a 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:51.960 such thing called the push present. It's much like the 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:54.320 baby shower, all that stuff. You kind of put it 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:56.360 in your head for a couple of minutes and then 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:58.440 you go right back to sports when it's over. So 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:01.400 can you remind me again to push present? Because if 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:03.600 there's one thing you guys don't get enough of is 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:07.480 fucking presence. Well you're kind of right about that right 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.120 now with baby showers, I feel inundated. But no, I 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:11.960 think I need to make a p s A because 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.920 I know we have a high male audience. So my 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.240 husband also did not know what a push present was, 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:20.560 and he started nicknaming it a pushover present. Because I 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:23.480 started talking with our jeweler just kind of let him 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:27.720 know about it, and then he started showing me some watches. 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:30.480 He started sending me some links to some watches for him, 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:33.119 and I said, what, what what are these? He said, 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:39.720 it's for my push present. No, no, no, we don't 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.640 eat get a push present. Oh, be honestly gets worse. 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:46.040 So he ends up talking to our jeweler also, so 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:48.560 we're both talking to our jeweler behind each other's back. 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.480 I picked out these lovely earrings, which I thought were 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:54.880 very appropriate for what I'm about to do. And Sam 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:57.120 got himself a watch and he said, yeah, do you 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:59.480 mind going to pick it up? Blah blah blah, So okay, whatever, 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:00.800 I go to pick it up and he said, and 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.560 I got it engraved. But we ended up changing our 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:08.320 baby's name, so Sam got the wrong initials of our 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:14.080 baby on the watch engraved. I mean, that is hilarious. 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:17.640 And he thought, oh, one day, you know, when he's eighteen, 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:19.799 maybe I'll give him this watch. And I got it, 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.200 you know, right before he's born. So anyways, I just 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:24.880 have to say, a push present is just for the 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:28.639 person doing the pushing. And just because Instagram now has 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.480 pregnant man emojis does not mean that men now get 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:35.280 pushed presents. And Sam missed the ball on that one. 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:40.400 Very very funny, Sam, I feel you man, listen, you 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:44.040 deserve a present. Okay. Guys are very underappreciated in there. 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:46.120 Do you know we have to stand there for a 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:48.960 couple of hours. You know, hard to stand there and watch, 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.040 very difficult. And I hear you have to sleep on 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:55.840 a little couch. I mean that's miserable. It's really miserable. 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:57.840 It is. We get to sleep on a little couch, 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:01.040 we get to order food, and we get to just 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.200 watch you. So watching you, that's not easy. It's very 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:09.360 traumatic to watch you do that. Nobody sticks easy, nobody's 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:13.600 thinking about our feelings. It's very he deserves we deserve 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:17.719 a standing there present. So you know, I'm with you, Sam. 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:20.359 But it looks like that watch is gonna be on eBay. 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:23.400 I'll be searching for it so you can find someone 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:27.359 who maybe is going to have that name. I know, 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:30.240 Oh my gosh, this men, come on, But I know 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:34.440 that's our audience. I wanted to just let you all know. Anyways, 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:37.479 it was an awesome weekend for my jewelry collection. And 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:41.320 in the world of sports, the Masters was so good. 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:44.599 Congrats to Scottie Scheffler and winning his first Masters in 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:47.839 green jacket. Honest, did you see that? Now? This one 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:51.440 high school in Dallas, Highland Park High School, which very 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:55.560 ritzy area Highland Park now has a Master's champion, a 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:59.200 super Bowl champion, and a World Series champion. Did you 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.919 know that? I did not know that, and uh, now 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.560 that you told me about it, it's I mean, what 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:09.320 better advertisement for a Highland park to get athletes. I mean, 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:13.240 they're going to have a very very easy time recruiting 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:16.400 people to move to Texas to Dallas. It used to 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:18.680 be families would come to get some tax breaks. Now 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:22.600 they're coming to have their kids play some sports. Amazing, 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.880 how about that. Yeah, Scottie Scheffler, Matt Stafford, and Clayton 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:29.160 Kershaw they all went to that high school and funny enough, 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.719 Clayton Kershaw was the center on the football team for 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:35.480 Matt Stafford. So that's pretty incredible. Uh yeah, nice area, 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:37.920 nice part of the country. But it really was great 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.080 to see Tiger Woods back and in the mix. He 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.240 made the cut after not playing in a tournament in 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:45.159 nearly a year and a half. If anyone wants to 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:48.000 go back and listen to our episode last week, we 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:51.680 really put that into context. With Luke Donald, he was fantastic. 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:54.760 He has all this firsthand experience with Tiger, so that 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:56.520 was it was really fun to talk about that last 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.240 week with Luke. It's still a great listen, even though 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:02.440 with Masters is wrapped up. Yeah, so everyone was following 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:05.400 that story so closely. He started off so hot, Tiger did, 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:07.960 and then it was just really inspiring to watch him 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.880 finish at the end. It was an uphill climb to 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:14.080 say the least. Yeah, it was just great to see 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:16.120 him out there, and of course you could see those 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:19.320 flashes of greatness still there. I mean, still holds the 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:21.960 record there right like one it by like twelve shots 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:24.880 or what was it. I mean, he's he's still the 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.960 king of the Masters, and it was really inspiring just 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:31.760 to see him back out there plan after what he's 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:36.040 gone through. Unbelievable. And then of course we had the 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:40.760 u f C. What a Card to seventy three in Jacksonville, 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:46.320 which I thought was part of America, But after watching it, 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:50.280 I got some things to unleash on and they're very patriotic, 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:54.599 so it was an amazing card. I watched it as usual. 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:56.960 I shelled out the eighty bucks. I mean, at this point, 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.960 Dana White, it's eight bucks for every pay per view. 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:02.920 They happen all the time. You can pay your fighters 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.479 a little bit more. I see what they're making. You 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.680 can pay them a little more just by how much 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:12.560 I've given you in pay per views. That's so expensive. 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.280 I'm you know, I'm not a big fight girl, but 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:16.920 that I can't imagine people coughing that up. I can't 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:19.960 imagine you coughing that up. I cough it up. Listen, 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.480 you can't imagine coughing it up because it's not ear rings. 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:24.360 If it was ear rings, you'd buy them every weekend. 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:30.000 That's true. That's true, or an inappropriate watch persons. Uh yeah, 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:32.280 So now the baseball season is underway. So if I 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.560 was mad at my husband for the watch purchase, now 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.360 I've just really lost him. He's the biggest baseball fan. 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:39.960 I think there are a lot of wives across America 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.760 who just hate baseball season. But it is fun to watch. 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.280 We've got a great guest joining us today to discuss it. 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:49.480 The first woman actually to win a gold Glove and 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:51.640 newest member of the bed MGM family. So we got 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:55.520 to give her a very very warm welcome. Jannice, go 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:59.000 easy on her. A. J Andrews is joining us. I'm 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:04.560 very excited, a very excited ambassador for women's softball. Gold 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:08.400 Glove winner. I mean, welcome to bed MGM, and I 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:14.000 can't wait to talk to her about some baseball. But 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:17.040 you know what, before we get into her, we do 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:18.760 have to get serious for a second and talk about 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:21.840 the horrible tragedy that happened last week, the passing of 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:26.480 former Ohio state standout in Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins. 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.480 Just twenty four years old. He accomplished a lot and 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:32.120 it's just clear he was beloved by his teammates. Are 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:36.720 condolences to his family and friends. Just an absolute tragedy. Yeah, 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.480 And it was really hard to stomach because so much 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:43.079 of the attention this weekend was on the initial headline, 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:46.280 which was the tweet from Adam Schefter. It broke the 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:50.080 news of his passing, and let's just say it wasn't 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:52.920 worded right at all. It was it was hard to read. 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:56.440 He ended up deleting it and then reposting it. He 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:59.959 has apologized. You know, it's a tough business. News breaks 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.200 so fast, everyone's rushing each other to the news. But 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:04.920 this was a death. This was a death of a 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:09.800 young man, and the tweet was about his failings at 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.200 his sport, which was I mean, he was still a 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:16.160 current NFL player. Like I, It just it really, it 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:19.800 upset my stomach. Married to an athlete, I cannot imagine, 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:21.520 and I hate even going here, and I hope I 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.640 don't cry because I am hormonal and pregnant. But I 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.400 can't imagine if something ever happened to my husband and 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:31.120 the headline mentioned anything about his career, especially something negative 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:34.400 about his career. I can't imagine how that felt for 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:37.840 his family to read that. And I mean, schefter has 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:39.360 been buried for this, so I don't mean to do 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:43.400 it anymore, but come on, we gotta have perspective. Yeah, 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:45.680 I think it was a mistake. It happens with Twitter 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:47.880 a lot. You know, he was the first to break 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:50.839 the story. That is the type of story where you 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:55.000 kind of take off your sports journalism hat and just 0:09:55.720 --> 0:10:00.840 report exactly what the tragedy is. And unfortunately he got 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:04.760 his signals cross. But you know, I just hope we 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:08.440 we understand people flawed, you know, we forgive them. It 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:11.480 was a mistake. I think his apology. I believe he 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:14.679 apologized on his podcast, right. I think it was appropriate. 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.520 I think he acknowledged what he did and it was wrong, 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.320 and um, you know, nobody's perfect. But you know, the 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:23.920 real tragedy is is the actual tragedy. It's just it's 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.160 horrible when you hear something like that, and you know, 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.640 just hug everyone and tell everyone you love him, because 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.959 you never know life. Life is very uncertain, and that's 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:35.280 why sports is so great. You know. It gives us joy, 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:38.840 gives us a little mental break from some of the 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:42.079 things that make life hard, this being one of them. 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.400 So really condolences to the family, to the organization, to 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.760 all his friends, and just just a horrible loss. It 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:52.280 absolutely is, absolutely is. So let's switch gears a little 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.880 bit to the part of the show where we unleached 0:10:56.800 --> 0:11:05.240 its conto. So the NBA Playoffs are finally here. Games 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:09.640 every single night for the next two months. Hallelujah. I personally, 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:12.679 like I said, love this new playoff format. It makes 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:14.880 the end of the regular season so much more important. 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:18.839 More teams matter, more games matter, and most importantly, a 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.559 little bit more betting. So two teams that many people 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.120 thought would be in the NBA Finals now need to 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.640 play their way into the playoff bracket, the Brooklyn Nets 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:30.960 and the Los Angeles Clippers. These make or break games, 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:33.240 I think are really great for the sport. They're easy 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:36.160 to sink your teeth into and get people into playoffs 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:40.000 nice and early. But I want to unleash on one 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:43.160 team that will not be there. The Los Angeles Lakers, 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:45.400 the team that many thought would be back in the 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:49.200 NBA Finals, couldn't even qualify for a spot in the 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:53.080 play in round, and on Monday, the Lakers made it official. 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:56.480 They fired their coach, Frank Vogel after three seasons, despite 0:11:56.760 --> 0:12:01.160 winning a championship just two seasons ago. I think this 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:04.079 is horrible. He's out after a thirty three and forty 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:08.320 nine season that was good for the NBA, but come on, 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:12.720 he's taking all the fall for a season filled with injuries, 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.600 very questionable roster moves by Rob Polinka, and a team 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:19.760 that seemed that they could just never jel Lebron picked 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.440 this team. Lebron picked this team, like what why are 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:26.160 we acting like this was? This was a coaching error, 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:28.960 a d S always hurt. Westbrook wasn't a fit, and 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:32.360 even Magic Johnson came out recently that DeMar Derosen was 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:34.360 supposed to come to La La Land. It was never 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:37.160 supposed to be Westbrook. Lebron and him started talking and 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.800 he made this happen. So Lakers had to get rid 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:43.520 of all these great young pieces to get Lebron's guys, 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:46.760 and it was a disaster. So look, that's what you 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.120 get with Lebron. Now. Even Steph Curry have it. Last 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:52.040 week he was saying, no, I'm good when Lebron said 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.240 that he wanted to play with him. That's where we're at. 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.439 Lebron is still great. No one is questioning his greatness. 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:00.120 He may be the best ever that's another argument. But 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.199 if I'm an M B A G M, I am 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.560 not falling for that same script again and going the 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:07.840 Lebron route. Now, he may get you a title, but 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.120 he's gonna blow up your franchise in the process. He 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:14.000 may get you one title and then it's over. That 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:17.000 time has passed. So Rob Polinka saying all the right things, 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.040 but he did say on Monday there's a great amount 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.559 of trust and he's referring to him and Lebron, or 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:25.800 the front office and Lebron to get it right this summer. 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.640 But now look ahead. At this summer, only seven players 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:33.240 are under contract, and that alone has them at twenty 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:37.000 seven million dollars over the salary cap. They're paying these 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:41.160 old guys way too much and it's not producing, and 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:43.199 they don't even have a first round draft pick until 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:48.520 this is not going to turn around quickly. So it 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:51.760 seemed like Frank vocal was the least of the Lakers problems, 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:55.000 but he's the one that took the fall for their struggles, 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:57.400 and the Lakers hope to find a new coach by 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:02.080 the draft in June. So this is a very intriguing story. 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:05.160 But I I have a hard time thinking that firing 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:08.640 Frank Vogel was the right move. That was an amazing 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:14.360 unleashed I couldn't emphatically agree any more. This is really 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:18.240 I hope gonna shine a light on this sort of 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:23.080 play with your friends, giving players this much power, super 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:27.720 team nonsense that has really in some way ruined the NBA. 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:33.880 Lebron has taken a lot of flak for this because obviously, 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:37.240 you know, he went down to Miami originally and held 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.880 a big press conference, and you know, he kind of 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.320 redeemed himself a little bit by going back to Cleveland 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:45.640 and winning that title with Kyrie. But yet this move 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:51.560 was all Lebron. It was all the organization just bowing 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.920 to him and what he wanted. He gave away all 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:58.160 these young role players to get Russell Westbrook. It was 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:00.400 a tragedy and it's just it's sat to see the 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:04.640 coach scapegoat. I could not agree with you more on this. 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:08.400 I mean, the only good thing about the Lakers season 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:12.360 is maybe the emergence of of Austin Reeves. The kid 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:14.440 looks like he can play. I think he had a 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.680 triple double in the last game. I like him. He's athletic, 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:19.800 he's got a handle, he can shoot. I mean, I 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:21.800 can't wait to see him get out of Los Angeles. 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:23.360 Maybe he's gonna get himself a little bit of a 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:26.600 nice contract. That's about it. But yeah, I mean it's over. 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:29.800 I think Lebron's reign is over. And you know, when 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:34.800 when the Lebron Jordan's conversations come up amongst fans, you 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.720 got this is a stain on Lebron's legacy, the way 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:42.280 he just always kinda pursues players and tries to be 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:46.480 the GM. Jordan played for one team. He brought home 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:50.200 the chip six times, and it was an arrow where 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:54.040 he didn't make friends with people on opposing teams. Lebron, 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:56.760 why don't you keep your off season friendships in the 0:15:56.800 --> 0:16:00.520 off season and keep the killer instinct in the court 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:04.080 because you and Russell Westbrook and your secret handshakes can 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:09.080 go blues. Well. To be fair, mj did go to 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:13.000 Washington and did kind of what Lebron's doing, of scoring 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.840 a ton of points on a bad team, And I 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:18.000 do feel like people have a short memory, like even 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:20.960 that you didn't mention it, Like, I think people will 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.520 forget that. I'm not saying people forget Lebron as a Laker, 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:27.840 but I think people will gloss over the struggling final 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.360 years maybe. But this is what you said is so 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:33.480 right about the legacy of trying to build these teams 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:36.600 and basically being a bad GM. I think do, like 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:39.640 you said, kind of staying Lebron's legacy a bit. But 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:41.960 you know, if the Last Dance taught us something, it 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:45.200 was that that was not what Michael Jordan wanted that 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:49.320 the franchise wanted, so he wanted to continue to play 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:52.400 one of retirable. They wanted to blow up the team 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:58.280 and in retrospect, obviously premature, so you can't really blame 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:00.120 Jordan for that. You know, he went and played the 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.080 rest of his career, but that's not what he wanted, 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:04.400 So that was sort of the opposite in my opinion 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:08.080 of this where Lebron is basically the GM. It's brutal, 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:12.399 It's absolutely brutal. Talking of brutality, let's move to a 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:16.439 brutal sport that I love, that America loves, that the 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:20.480 world loves, and it really is bringing just so much 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:24.320 excitement every weekend, whether it's beyond you know TV or 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:29.000 pay per view. The UFC always delivers. To borrow an 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:33.200 adage from our previous guest, the legend Mr Kellogg himself, 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:37.159 it always delivers, not just the March Madness Tournament, the 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.560 UFC does as well, and this was no exception. Down 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:45.960 in Jacksonville, sold out arena, What a card, exciting fights, 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:50.760 especially watching Hamsat and Burns go at it fight of 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:54.480 the night obviously. But one thing that did surprise me 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:58.200 that I want to unleashan is what is going on 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:03.159 in Jacksonville. Okay, we had a rematch title fight between 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:07.200 al Jermaine Sterling and the Russian. Can I say that 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:11.520 more emphatically? The Russian who happens to be from a 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:15.280 country that is in a war that we oppose and 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:21.440 we support the other side, and al Jermaine Sterling Jamaican heritage. 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:24.200 But he's a Long Island kid. He's a Long Island 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:27.040 king from a Long Island gym. His coach has a 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:30.199 Long Island accent. You can't get more American the Long Island. 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:35.800 And here we are. The crowd in Jacksonville is booing him, 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:39.119 booing him and his intro, booing him throughout the fight, 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:43.440 booing the decision that he won, and cheering the Russian 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:48.240 Peter Young or Peter Young, however you pronounce it in 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:52.560 what that COMI language. Here's the deal. I'm an American, Okay. 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:56.080 I don't care who's president. I don't care anything. I 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:59.240 support my country, that's what it is. And when you 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:01.560 got an American going up against Russian, I mean, I 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:03.440 don't know how many times you gotta watch Rocky to 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:06.560 know you cheer for the goddamn American. Okay, I don't 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:09.560 care what it is. I expect more out of you, Jacksonville, Florida. 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.520 I expect more out of you. Now. I know that 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:15.440 the booing was because you want to claim that your 0:19:15.560 --> 0:19:19.720 UFC fans and Al Jermaine Sterling won the title in 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:24.400 controversial fashion because of a disqualification. That's not his fault. 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:28.640 That wasn't his fault that the Russian illegally kicked him 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.119 while he was on the ground in the head. Okay, 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:33.720 he was also fighting in that match with like a 0:19:33.760 --> 0:19:38.280 messed up neck. He dominated Petre Young. However you pronounced it, 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:40.720 I'm not gonna learn it, Peter Young. I'm gonna americanize it, 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:45.320 Peter Yawn. He dominated him and around uh two and three, 0:19:45.720 --> 0:19:48.520 took his back, wrote him like a backpack for most 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:50.920 of it, and he was just getting booed the whole time. 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:53.200 When he was trying to submit him. He couldn't submit 0:19:53.280 --> 0:19:55.240 him because Peter Peter John is very good. He didn't 0:19:55.240 --> 0:19:57.800 submit him, but he won the fight, and um, it 0:19:57.840 --> 0:20:01.720 was just very disappointing to hear those booze for a 0:20:01.760 --> 0:20:07.479 guy who executed a game plan, beautiful jiu jitsu and 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:11.480 ground control the whole match. Well, really rounds two and 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:13.520 three and that first round, I don't see what the 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:16.480 controversy is. He outstruck him in that first round. So 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:18.080 when you go back and watch that fight, he outstruck 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:21.040 him in that first round. So and even if he didn't, 0:20:21.280 --> 0:20:24.119 even if the judges gave it to him, and it 0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:27.560 was wrong. You still cheer the American or you get deported. 0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:31.280 That's my new law. I'm lobbying. I'm calling I'm calling 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:34.320 data white right now, and save anyone cheers for rushing 0:20:34.359 --> 0:20:37.880 against an American. Ever again, they're getting deported, They're getting deported. 0:20:37.880 --> 0:20:41.600 I've had enough, Usa, USA. I'm going to watch you 0:20:41.880 --> 0:20:46.000 do the rest of the episode. I love it. That 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:49.920 was so patriotic, very good. Now And I always like 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:52.280 because you always educate me on UFC two, on this show, 0:20:52.320 --> 0:20:54.800 so I appreciate that you always keep us up to date. 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.960 But man, that is that is horrible. I I didn't 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:01.159 even know this happened until you told me. That's doble. Yeah. 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:03.680 And during the match, even Joe Rogan was like, wow, 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:06.879 I mean the crowd is rooting for Russian. He's like, 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:09.360 you know, we're in Florida. Weird things happened in Florida. Yeah, 0:21:09.400 --> 0:21:11.440 it was really I get it. Like I said, part 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:13.000 of the reason they were doing is because they thought 0:21:13.000 --> 0:21:17.119 he won the title illegitimately. But again it wasn't his fault, 0:21:17.160 --> 0:21:19.960 like I said. And secondly, I mean, you know, he 0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:23.040 proved himself this second fight. He want so it's like, 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:24.639 give the guy a chair. I mean, he got booed 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:27.720 the whole time. It was really it was really weird. 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:33.000 So that was my only problem. Otherwise, great card, expensive card, 0:21:34.280 --> 0:21:36.879 but good. I know. I know you are upset, like 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:39.320 you are heated. I think like a cartoon, their steam 0:21:39.320 --> 0:21:40.760 coming out of your ears. But you know, if it 0:21:40.840 --> 0:21:44.760 might be as upset as you is, are bad beat winner, 0:21:46.119 --> 0:21:52.080 Bad Beat all the week. So it's Paul Mansaur. Listen 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:53.760 to this Twitter name. You should you should be happy. 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:56.840 I'm reading this one at Paul Man two two three 0:21:57.000 --> 0:21:59.840 five nine two two three. Do you think that's some 0:22:00.200 --> 0:22:06.000 phone number? What is that social Yeah, I was. You're 0:22:06.000 --> 0:22:08.119 not supposed to put your social Security number when you 0:22:08.200 --> 0:22:12.600 screen any buddy. We're all the other Paul Man's one 0:22:12.720 --> 0:22:16.800 to three and four. Where all those taking anyways? But yeah, 0:22:16.840 --> 0:22:18.840 he won our bad Beat of the Week winner, which 0:22:18.840 --> 0:22:20.840 is amazing because he gets a hundred bucks of bet 0:22:20.960 --> 0:22:23.840 MGM credit to try his luck again. But listen to 0:22:23.840 --> 0:22:26.880 how he lost. He hit us with two four leg 0:22:27.000 --> 0:22:29.800 parlays that he lost out on by one leg. It 0:22:29.840 --> 0:22:32.360 always is that way. Three out of four ain't bad 0:22:32.520 --> 0:22:35.600