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Okay, give the 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.120 most important thing. And I've been telling you about this 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:14.719 for weeks now. Rob Gronkowski, Okay, back at a limited 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.440 practice session because of the concussion. But I thought it 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:21.239 was very telling. He has still yet to officially clear 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:24.640 the concussion protocol, so that is what they're still waiting for. Yeah, 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:27.400 he could do some light individual drills at practice, but 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:30.159 he is still not taking on any contact. And here's 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:33.040 another thing that I thought was very interesting. Okay, they 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:36.000 had Super Bowl kickoff night where they were gonna be interviewed, 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:39.560 a lot of cameras, bright lights, big noises. There was 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:43.720 no Rob Gronkokowski at opening night. That is a tailtale 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:47.920 sign that he's still may need the cold, dark, quiet room. 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:52.960 Check this out. Today they said, uh, Blake Bortles had 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:57.120 surgery on his throwing wrist, and that's this is something 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.040 he has been managing all the way back since two 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:02.680 thousand and six. I think this is very very interesting. 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:05.920 It's almost like I have to change the narrative on 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:08.560 Blake Bortles. It's almost like I have to apologize to 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:11.680 a Bortle service. If this guy was just gritty and 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:16.159 playing through something that ultimately required surgery on his throwing wrist, 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:18.679 you gotta kind of give him a little bit of credit. 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.440 But here's what I think is interesting. I think the 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:24.080 timing of this surgery is very interesting. Okay, if he 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.360 just has rich surgery, he's not gonna be back and 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.400 ready for a few months at least. Right, we'll check 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:33.160 this out. His fifth year option from the Jacksonville Jaguars 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:40.000 is guaranteed if he is injured. If he is injured 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:42.080 and can't be part of the roster by something like 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:44.040 the third day of the new league year, which is 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.720 on March sixteenth. So let me summarize this for you. 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.720 If Blake Bortles is still injured and can't pass a 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:55.600 physical on March sixteenth, this will trigger his fifth year 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:59.839 option automatically. And I think this is very very interesting. Okay, 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:02.400 so what does that mean they're going to do? Could 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.440 this wind up killing the you know, Kirk cousins. The 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:08.880 Alex Smith stuff right there. He also said already today 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:12.080 the Jackson said they are quote unquote planning to keep Blake. 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:15.480 So that is something to definitely keep an eye on. 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:18.840 In the same vein over in Kansas City, Alex Smith 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:22.360 says that he prefers to stay with the Kansas City Chiefs, 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:25.240 and he doesn't know because obviously they drafted you know, 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:29.640 um Patty Mahomes last year, and so he says after that, 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.840 he then quote unquote prefers a playoff team. We will 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:35.040 see if that is the case. I mean, he would 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:36.800 be a great fit in a lot of places, whether 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:40.320 that be Jacksonville, whether that be Minnesota or elsewhere. Let's 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:43.240 keep it moving here. The Colts quarterback Andrew luck they 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:46.800 say he is quote unquote very close to throwing again. 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:50.200 You know who really does hope? So Josh McDaniels hope. 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:52.960 So we'll see if that is the case as well. 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:55.960 Keeping it in Indianapolis, though, I gotta catch you up here. 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.440 The Colts maybe looking at se Kwon Barkley with the 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:01.920 number three re overall pick, and I think that would 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.560 be fitting. It worked with Ezekiel Elliott, it worked with 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:07.400 Leonard Fournette. You also got to realize Frank Gore is 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:10.720 thirty five years old and a free agent, So it 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.720 would be fitting if he is still available at Indie 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.560 where they go out and grab him and you pair 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:20.480 him along with Andrew Luck, along with Josh McDaniels as 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:22.400 the new coach, and they may be able to scheme 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.760 some stuff up in the a f C. South all 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:29.560 Right also reports that the Broncos are looking to move 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.920 on from their five time Pro Bowl cornerback a Keep 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:35.679 to Lead. Here's the thing. They can't afford him. They 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:38.199 can't have that much money tied up in all of 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.760 their cornerbacks. Okay, you got him, you got Chris Harris, 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.640 and you have Bradley Roby. Okay, this twenty eight million 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:46.560 tied up in all of that, That is not going 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:48.760 to be the case. And to keep to Leap would 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:52.640 be making nineteen million over the next two years. Yeah, 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:55.920 he's Pro Football Focus rated thirteenth out of a hundred 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:59.360 and one cornerbacks, but I still don't think that is 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.720 going to matter. In other news here in Cleveland, left 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.680 tackle and Hall of Famer Joe Thomas he is quote 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:09.079 unquote non committal about his future Is he going to 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.559 come back to Cleveland, Is he going to retire? Does 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:14.480 he want to keep it moving. I'm gonna tell you something. 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:16.600 I saw him in the quote unquote the car wash 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.200 at ESPN doing interviews and stuff. I think they may 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:22.520 have been testing the waters about his next step as well. 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:24.880 Last piece of news that I will give you, Cardinals 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:29.760 offensive coordinator Mike McCoy says that he now expects Larry 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:33.040 Fitzgerald to come back and play for the Cardinals in 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:36.199 two thousand and eighteen. Remember there's been a lot of 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.880 talk about that. If I was Fitzy, I would try 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:42.080 to move on elsewhere and proverbially win myself a title. 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:45.920 Will see, though, McCoy says he doesn't expect Larry Fitzgerald 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:49.200 to be back for the Cardinals in two thousand and eighteen. 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:50.760 And you know who else may be coming back? And 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:54.040 this is news Darren Sprowls. Remember you tore his a 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.440 c l early in the season, and he had already 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:59.280 come out and said that which is probably gonna be 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.240 his last year, that he is retiring. That's not the 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:02.760 way you want to go out, right, So he's now 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:06.560 apparently leaning towards coming back. The only problem is Philadelphia 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.120 Eagles made moves at the running back position. Remember they 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.800 got Jedgi, They have le Garrett Blunt, they have one 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.520 those small Wood, they have Barner, they have Clement. All 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:16.599 of a sudden they have pump Free Even all of 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.000 a sudden, it's a very crowded court running back room 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:23.280 in Philadelphia. But keep our eye on that, all right. So, 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.120 as you know, last night was opening night for the 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.840 Super Bowl. Super Bowl fifty two had their opening night. 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:30.480 It's kind of like what media day is. They all 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:32.680 kind of come in, do their thing, and it's time 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:36.000 to interview everybody. Right. As I said, the only thing 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:39.079 that I think is actually newsworthy about all this is 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:43.199 that Rob Gronkowski was absent for this event. Too many 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:46.719 bright lights, too many noises. I kind of think that 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:49.760 all the pageant tree that happens on Sunday will also 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:53.719 be the same kind of um, you know, shock to 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:55.960 the nervous system. So keep an eye on that. Here's 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:59.800 the other thing. Tom Brady once again wearing his gloves. 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.600 There were reports that he had twelve stitches removed from 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:05.560 his hand, from his throwing hand. He's wearing the gloves. 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.520 You're obviously not gonna get any information, So we're left 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:10.839 all week to try to like look for signs. But 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:12.400 I'll tell you what, he looked just fine in the 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:15.680 n FC Championship game, so I'm sure Brady will be fine. 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.680 Interesting of note to me, Bill Belichick was given Doug 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:22.679 Peterson some love. Um here's his quote about you know, 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:25.640 the Eagles and Doug Peterson. He said, well, they are 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:29.360 quote unquote, very aggressive, well balanced, use a lot of personnel, 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.520 all the receivers, all the tight ends, all the backs. 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:34.520 He's done a great job this being about Peterson, and 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:37.760 it's a good offense. And they've got good players, they're 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:41.240 well coached, they do a great job calling plays. In essence, 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:45.040 he's giving you absolutely squaw doo. Okay, you don't want 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.120 any reason to be up on a bulletin board, and 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:50.000 Bill Belichick is great at that. So whenhen we see 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:53.720 media day, we're not gonna hear more from Bill Belichick. 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:55.640 Here's what I thought was interesting on the Philly side. 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:57.560 And there's a couple. Here's here's where I think there's 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:02.280 actually more things. One, the Eagles were boot as they 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:05.400 entered Okay, remember it is in Minnesota. They just beat Minnesota, 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:09.199 in the NFC Championship Game. So Minnesota residents may not 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.240 be all too excited to see the Philadelphia Eagles. I 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.079 think that will continue all week long. I think the 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:18.360 crowd will not be in support of the Eagles. Okay, 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:20.840 and then you know, because the Eagles not only beat them, 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.439 but then they did the big old skull chant, you know, 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:26.920 kind of mocking the Vikings. I can see Vikings fans, 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.560 you know, feeling some kind of way about this. Here's 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:32.640 another thing that I thought was just interesting. You know, 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.600 I'm reading the tea leaves and all right, a lot 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:37.760 of the Philadelphia Eagles players were on their phones the 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:42.240 whole time. Okay, like good millennials are. But here's the thing. 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:46.679 Act like you've been there before, like the Patriots have. 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.719 This is old hat for the Patriots. Okay, they know 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:52.480 about getting the ticket request, they know about the practice schedule, 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:55.959 they know about media day. The Eagles were kind of 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:59.880 like um, bright eyed, you know, wide eyed, and the 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.720 impressed by all of this. So we have a clear 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:06.200 experience advantage for New England. I think that is something 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:08.839 to keep an eye on. I don't know how meaningful 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.600 it is, but it does look like the Eagles are 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:14.040 kind of stars struck by being at the Super Bowl. 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:16.280 You know that is not the case with the New 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.000 England Patriots. Here's the other thing I thought was interesting. 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:22.800 Fletcher Cox said or admitted that he has never seen 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:26.480 a Super Bowl. That's kind of crazy, and it didn't 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:30.400 unfair of us to assume that just because you're a 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:32.439 football player, that means you're a football fan and that 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.880 you watch football as much as we do here with 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.000 all the people who listen to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:40.240 I think that is interesting. Fletcher Cox never seen a 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.080 Super Bowl. And then there was obviously some silly stuff, 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:45.520 and that is going to happen. You got reporters that 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:47.520 are dressed like the dogs because of all the dog 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:49.880 masks with the Eagles. You had a reporter addressed like 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:53.000 the Shark from like Katy Perry's Left Shark and Right Shark. 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:54.880 I thought that was interesting. But here's what I thought 0:13:54.960 --> 0:14:00.960 was the most interesting. Like guest Juliet's you know, Eagles 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:04.000 tight end Zach Arts. It hurts when I p my man. 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.439 His wife in the name Julie Arts. She is on 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:10.720 the U S women's national soccer team. Okay, so she's 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:12.599 won a World Cup. They were saying that they have 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:15.120 to kind of compete about who gets the most shine 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:18.319 in the house, right, But Juilliards was given a kind 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:20.720 of credential to be there at media day, and she 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:24.560 wound up interviewing her husband, zach Ertz, and she asked 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:27.680 her husband, what is the best thing that your wife cooks? 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:29.800 And this is what I thought was interesting. You know 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:34.000 his response, tacos. Yeah, I mean, you got to stay safe. 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.480 They're right, you gotta love the tacos. And I thought 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:38.280 that was very interesting. So there are some of your 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.960 highlights from both fifty two opening night, which took place 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:44.120 throughout the rest of the week. Um, we're gonna be 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:46.720 talking about this big game, Okay, We're gonna do everything 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.560 from my confidence ranks of the different units, and we've 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:51.920 done that before in the past. I'm gonna go hard 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:54.000 later on in the week. I think on Thursday's show, 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:56.440 we're gonna do all sorts of prop bets, okay, all 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:59.440 fun stuff, the Gatorade colors, all sorts of stuff about 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:02.000 Pink and Sin timber Lake. We'll be doing the anthem 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.640 and the halftime show, and then you know, I gotta 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:06.760 officially make my pick against the kids at the end 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:08.600 of the week, so we'll definitely get into that. But 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:10.880 when we come back on the Fantasy Freestyle, we are 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:14.240 joined by my guy, the basketball correspondent and love doctor. 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:16.720 For the Fantasy Freestyle. It's my boy, Don Burns. It'll 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:19.120 be a reunion right after this on the Fantasy Freestyle 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:27.560 on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Hey there, everybody, 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:30.280 it's me Joe Peza Pia. Baseball is back, and that 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:33.520 means the Fantasy Baseball Black Book is back as well. 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:37.400 It's me, It's Paul Spore writing starting Pitching Profiles. It's 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:40.960 Jake Seely, It's Sammy Reid writing DFS. It's a whole 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:43.200 lot of greatness right here for you. You can get 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:46.320 the new Fantasy Black Book for Baseball on Amazon, on 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:48.520 on iTunes, you can get it in paperback, you can 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:50.520 get it for your kindle. You can get it anywhere 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:52.640 you want. But make sure you get it because once 0:15:52.680 --> 0:16:11.600 you go Black Book, you never go back. Welcome back 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:13.360 to the Fantasy Freestyle. You know what it is. It 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:17.520 should boy Day Martinez Speeds, the spitting statistician, the stable genius, 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:20.480 holding you down on a Tuesday and boyd, who I 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:22.680 have a treat for y'all. If you've been part of 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:25.040 the Status over Beat site for for a while, then 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:28.600 you definitely know my next guest. Back in the day, 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:32.480 Back in the day, it was not only my man 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.560 the Manimal Chris Bovona that was making it so hot 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:38.200 that we sweat steam. We also have some other producers 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:43.040 as well, and this guy was my basketball correspondent and 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:46.960 the love doctor of the Fantasy Freestyle. It's my man 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.360 who's you know all the way down in mornings now? 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:51.920 He wakes up real early every morning. It's my man 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:56.080 Don Burns day, Donni. How you doing? Brother man? What's 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.520 going on? Dan? I really love a Vintas every time 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:01.440 I come on your chef. I missed him a lot too. 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:03.760 How is it? Uh? How is it? Waking up early? 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:05.320 By the way, there, I know you. I know you 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:07.960 didn't doin it early, hooking everybody up on the Rhodo 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:11.440 experts in the morning and the frenzy and BFFs making 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:15.160 everybody looking sound good. How's that working out? It's true 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:16.560 that I do miss the night shift, though I do 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:20.400 miss our basketball, but that's why I'm here today, absolutely, 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:22.320 So let's dive into this and and here's to be 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:24.920 To be honest, don I was trying to get you 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:26.880 on the show and talk because I knew, like, hey, 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.440 we got some stories going on. At first, I wanted 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:31.320 to talk to you about things like Kawuai Leonard and 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:34.440 the Spurs, things like Kevin Love and the Calves. Right, 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:37.800 But then literally over the last weekend, not one, not 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:42.080 to but three legit all stars had major things happened 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:43.879 to them. So I want to get your take on 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:46.760 all of them. Can we start first with down there 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:49.600 in New Orleans and Boogie Cousins tears the Achilles and 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:51.920 he is out for the rest of the season. The 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:54.760 problem to me is that, I mean, he was on 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.480 the precipice of getting a max deal as a free agent, 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.359 and the New Orleans Pelicans were also trying to side 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:03.399 what do they do with this twin tower combo. They 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.960 were entertaining everything from trading Boogie maybe even trading a 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.359 d to on the flip side, trying to keep these 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:12.320 guys and adding like an elite wing player because they 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:16.280 are a tough matchup for anybody in the NBA. How 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:21.040 do the Pelicans play this? Now? When Bookie goes down. Yeah, 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:25.119 so arguably probably the most offensively gifted center in the league, 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.879 as per almost every player in the league. Um, and 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:32.119 you know a lot of things circulating with his his personality, 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.639 very fiery guy, that this would be bad. But the 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.040 next morning, in fact, he was there in film, you know, 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:43.959 watching film taking that leadership role exactly. And he has 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:47.359 a very very good relationship with Rondo, which not many halfs, 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.880 which is not easy to do. Yeah, it's not easy 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:52.240 at all. And he's one of the veterans in the 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:55.200 league that do know a lot about the league. Um, 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:58.480 you know, another guy with the fiery personality and you know, 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:02.440 I'm gonna hot take on this. He will be a Pelican. 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:06.879 The only problem is that contract now and first center 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:09.879 that a Pilles tare. That's a big deal for someone 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:13.359 that size running on that injury. That's a year on 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:15.920 its own in terms of coming back. It might be 0:19:15.960 --> 0:19:18.520 a little bit more for him. Yeah. So so that's 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:20.560 the thing, Like you said, you think you'll stay in 0:19:20.640 --> 0:19:23.040 New Orleans or be with the Pelicans next year. Do 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:25.120 you see whether it's the Pelicans or any other team 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:28.840 committing to that max investment in him? Like you just said, 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:32.639 for a big man coming off the Achilles injury. I don't. 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:35.720 And if the Pelicans had to choose, unfortunately, it would 0:19:35.720 --> 0:19:38.960 still be to keep Anthony Davis over DeMarcus Cousins, not 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:41.680 only for this injury, but just in general. You can, 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:45.000 you know, you can build the team more around Anthony Davis. 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:47.960 I think it's more gifted all around. But you know, 0:19:48.160 --> 0:19:51.560 DeMarcus Cousins as that offensive fire to it. But I 0:19:51.680 --> 0:19:53.960 really do think DeMarcus Cousins will stay there. You know, 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:56.960 people have entertained him going to the Lakers on all 0:19:57.040 --> 0:19:59.920 sorts of places, but people don't know the contract deal, 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:02.399 and I don't think any of these coaches or GM 0:20:02.840 --> 0:20:05.040 will want to take that on. All right, fair enough, 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:07.840 let's talk about another All Star who went down over 0:20:07.880 --> 0:20:10.960 the weekend. It looks like your boy, John Wall is 0:20:11.040 --> 0:20:13.080 going to have knee surgery. It looks like he's gonna 0:20:13.080 --> 0:20:16.040 miss six weeks or about two months now done. I 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:20.040 know that you have been high on this Washington Wizards team. 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:22.680 What does this mean? I mean Wall will be back 0:20:23.080 --> 0:20:25.040 by the end of the regular season, and the Wizards 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:27.840 probably can hang in the playoffs because of Bradley Beale 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:30.160 and my guy who I think is ascending, and that's 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:33.880 Otto Porter, the former Georgetown Hoya. What do you think 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:37.360 this does to the Wizards? Their playoff hopes and kind 0:20:37.400 --> 0:20:39.760 of just the flow of their offense. Are they still 0:20:40.119 --> 0:20:43.480 a threat in the East to you? Yeah? Well, if 0:20:43.520 --> 0:20:45.440 you remember my hot take from a few months ago, 0:20:45.840 --> 0:20:50.119 I did, in fact, unfortunately have the Wizards? Did you 0:20:50.160 --> 0:20:52.680 know as I and I knew you were gonna bring 0:20:52.720 --> 0:20:54.480 me off for that, which is fine, you know, I'm 0:20:54.520 --> 0:20:57.800 a man of my worry. I'll take that l there. Um. However, 0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:01.480 as I watched the Wizard is throughout the season their 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:05.359 biggest problem with their bench other than Kelly Ubre and 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:07.760 you can get maybe make an argument from Mike Scott, 0:21:07.800 --> 0:21:10.320