1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: The volume. 2 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 2: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up? 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 2: Straight Fire? Fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Monday, 4 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: February fifth, it is Super Bowl week. Who is geeked? 5 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 2: I'm fired up, so stoked. It was an awesome weekend, 6 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 2: just multiple fronts on the McIntyre family and basketball. I 7 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 2: didn't talk about it on Friday's pot. I want you know, 8 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 2: we had other stuff to cook, but had an incredible 9 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 2: men's league basketball victory on Thursday, and then it just 10 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 2: carried over into Sunday. My son had a career high 11 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 2: for points, including a third quarter buzzer beater. I know 12 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: you guys care deeply about youth basketball. We had a 13 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: nice little win and then my daughter came up big 14 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter and we remained undefeated with a 15 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: narrow victory without our best player. And it was just 16 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 2: I love hoops and we are gonna we got a 17 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 2: lot of hoops to talk about later in the pod. 18 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: The Joel and bad news is crummy for the Sixers, 19 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 2: for the league. I mean, it just sucks, and I 20 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,639 Speaker 2: think there's a bigger story inside that that we'll get into. 21 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 2: And if you watch Lebron play forty minutes on Saturday night. 22 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 2: You know what I'm talking about. I'm pro load management. Sorry, 23 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 2: So we'll get into that in a little bit. I 24 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: do think we need to start with the Super Bowl, 25 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 2: which is happening this week. The teams will start to 26 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: meet the media today, and obviously there's big news with 27 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 2: the Super Bowl that we'll get to in a sec. 28 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 2: It's not great news, but you know, the Patrick Maholmes's dad, 29 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 2: that's kind of a big story. And I don't want 30 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: to leave with that because it's a little negative. I 31 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 2: want to leave with positive. Something I have touched on 32 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: here before. So back in December when it looked like 33 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: Washington was cratering and they were getting the new ownership, 34 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 2: I speculated on the herd. I think i'd it on 35 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 2: the pot. I'm not one hundred percent that Washington would 36 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: be in the market with new ownership to trade up 37 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 2: and go get Caleb Williams. Caleb Williams grew up in 38 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: the DC area, but high school football a nice private 39 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 2: school in DC. And I just think if you're Washington, 40 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: if you remember back to RG three, it almost worked. 41 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 2: They trade up, they get RG three. He absolutely slays 42 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 2: as a rookie and then gets hurt in the playoff 43 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 2: game is crushing, and he was kind of sort of 44 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 2: never the same. I think Caleb Williams in DC is 45 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 2: in play, not just because of the new ownership and 46 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: all they'd have to do is trade up, you know 47 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 2: a little bit. But the news over the weekend that 48 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 2: Cliff Kingsbury, who it sounded like had a deal elsewhere Vegas, 49 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 2: then I guess backed out. It's really unclear, you know 50 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: what it is. None of the reporters, I don't think 51 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 2: know the story or they were told not to talk 52 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 2: about it, but nobody everybody's like, oh, Cliff Kingsbury will 53 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: be the next OC for the Raiders, and I was like, hm, 54 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 2: we gotta change, we gotta change. Cliff Kingsbury will not 55 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 2: be the next OC. And it looks like he's gonna 56 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: fit in with Dan Quinn in Washington. And that got 57 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 2: all of this. We're trading up to get Caleb because 58 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 2: of course, Cliff Kingsbury, fired by Arizona, ends up in 59 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 2: LA with USC and he was with Kayler Williams all season. 60 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 2: And folks, you don't need to be a rocket scientist 61 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: to put it together, Like, hey, Washington, said, we're gonna 62 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 2: go and grab Kayla Williams down. Chicago's got a tough 63 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 2: decision to make. Do you pass up a generational talent 64 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: like KYLEA Williams. But what if the offer from Washington 65 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 2: is one that is, hey will mortgage the farm? I 66 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 2: would be willing to part with literally anything, Like honestly, 67 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 2: I don't care about everything on Washington is you know, 68 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 2: sell everything that's not bolted down, you know, give it 69 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 2: to him and future picks go for it. But if 70 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 2: you think if you're Washington and you want to make 71 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 2: a splash Cliff Kingsbury and Caleb Williams, that would be 72 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 2: an absolute home run. Dan quinnsk said, I'll handle the defense. 73 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 2: You guys just handled the offense. My guess is that's 74 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: going to be a hugely popular talking point all week 75 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: and leading up to the combine later this month and 76 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 2: of course the draft here in what'll be less than 77 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 2: two months away. I think that's a fun one, and 78 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 2: I think Chicago has a decision to make because you know, 79 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 2: it's pretty out there that Caleb Williams is not entourage 80 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 2: but aka his dad is not keen on going to Chicago. 81 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 2: It's like a franchise that has had a very futile history. 82 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 2: They have not developed a quarterback quick who's the best 83 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 2: quarterback in Bear's history. It's like Rex Grossman. It's not 84 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 2: Rex Grossman. Is Jim McMahon like Jake Cutler. I mean, 85 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 2: I don't go back to the nineteen fifties and name 86 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 2: some guy that none of us have ever heard of. Like, 87 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 2: it's not been an atmosphere conducive to developing quarterbacks. That's 88 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 2: just the reality. Like Justin Fields had an okay time there, 89 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 2: but they're willing to move on from him. So I 90 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 2: don't know. I think this is totally spicy. It will 91 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 2: help super Bowl week. That's the I think the bigger 92 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 2: story here on Monday now the second biggest, and this 93 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 2: is unfortunate, but it has to be the Patrick Mahomes 94 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 2: father's situation with the DUI. Depending on where you are 95 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 2: getting your information, this is either his third or sixth DUI. 96 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 2: And you know, obviously he's a former athlete, and Patrick 97 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 2: Mahomes is close with his dad, and you know, I 98 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,119 Speaker 2: don't know if he has an issue, but it's pretty 99 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 2: clear if this is his sixth DUI, it's a problem. 100 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 2: And we'll see Mahomes meet the media this week, and 101 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, but the media has to ask about that obviously, 102 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 2: Oh the rematch against the Niners and blah blah blah, 103 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 2: and oh, by the way, your dad, how are you 104 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 2: handling that? It's like Andy Reid with his son, that 105 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 2: Andy Reid got asked about it all the time when 106 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 2: his son was going through his issues. I don't know, Rob, 107 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 2: It's a tough one for me to like have a 108 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 2: take on. I just I don't know how you quantify 109 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 2: that when it comes to the gambling on the game. 110 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 2: But like, I don't know, this is, you know, in 111 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 2: a story in a Super Bowl where the biggest story 112 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 2: line is Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey and then you've 113 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 2: got the rematch of Shanahan and Reid, and then you've 114 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 2: got the brock Purty saga. I don't mind driving that bus. 115 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 2: I think Mahomes's dad sadly is he as we start 116 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 2: the week the kind of the biggest story. 117 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. To me, having read it and now 118 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: seeing more details about it, it gives me even more 119 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: of an appreciation for Patrick Mahomes because Lebron James has 120 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: dealt with a lot of issues like this. We just saw, 121 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: you know, in the last six months that one of 122 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: his associates I think was Randy Mames, was popped in 123 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 1: a ped steroids investigation. Right, Maverick Carter's name has come 124 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 1: up in searching certain situations, and anytime their names are 125 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 1: brought up, Lebron James is always linked to it, right 126 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: and credit to him. His name has never come up, 127 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: but he kind of it sticks to him in a 128 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: way that you know, you almost expect because it's Lebron 129 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: James is close personal friends. If they're doing something, he 130 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: obviously must be doing something. Right, Patrick Mahomes, his brother, 131 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: has been in trouble with the law. People forget about 132 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: that one. You know, you know of him with the 133 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: TikTok and all the dancing and all the weird stuff 134 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: on the internet. But then as recently as you know, 135 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: a year ago, he was facing serious like sexual assault 136 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: type charges from aggressively hugging and kissing a bartender or 137 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: something like that. That's like the guy, yeah exactly, Yeah, yeah, 138 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: so he had that going on his dad you mentioned 139 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: this is either his third or his sixth, depending on 140 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: how you read the police reports. DWI and the fact 141 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: that none of this even come closest to sticking to 142 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes tells you that he has been He's developed 143 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: such a pristine reputation both on the field and off 144 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: the field, that even when something is serious as a 145 00:07:55,600 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: DWI involving his dad, who is a repeat offender, don't 146 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: even think twice about it with him anymore. Like he's 147 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: like the Teflon don Anything that you say about him 148 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: or people around him is inner circle. You know. People 149 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: want to get mad at Travis Kelce because he's pushing 150 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: Pfizer and Dadan Taylor Swift and none of it ever 151 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: sticks to Mahomes. So the fact that he can have 152 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: all of this stuff, this tornado of quote unquote controversy 153 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: in this case with his dad, it's a real controversy, 154 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: and he's able to still operate at a high level 155 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: and still be the face of the league and seen 156 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 1: as like the poster boy for what the NFL wants 157 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: their players to be, I think is commendable. 158 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't believe you just referenced the Pfizer stuff with. 159 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: Us just say because some people don't like it. 160 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, No, it is very weird. So yeah, and I'm 161 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,959 Speaker 2: sure people are like Hey, we're you getting sixty u wuys. 162 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 2: For some reason, the New York Post is the one 163 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 2: saying it's the third or more time, and they have 164 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 2: twenty eighteen. He had forty days in jail on weekends 165 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 2: in nineteen, twenty nineteen and twenty twenty because of his 166 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 2: second UI charge. And then it goes on and the 167 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 2: list is kind of lengthy, and like, you know, listen, 168 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 2: I don't wish this on anybody, obviously, but I mean 169 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 2: dealing with repeated duys and then one leading up to 170 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 2: the Super Bowl, Like I mean, I'm sorry, Patrick Mahomes, 171 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 2: You've got all the money, Just go get your dad 172 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 2: or driver. Is it that hard? I know, I know 173 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 2: fathers are proud, and I don't want to. I don't 174 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 2: want to driver, like just you know, come on, man, 175 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 2: it's I don't know, it's a tough one for Mahomes. 176 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 2: I'm very curious how he handles this today. I'm sure 177 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 2: he'll handle it like a pro. He's Patrick freaking Mahomes, 178 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 2: but it's a tough spot for him to be in, 179 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 2: especially that heels of I'm sure, Oh sorry, go ahead, So. 180 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: I was gonna say quickly. USA Today Sports had a 181 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: link to the county police reports that you could access. 182 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: You can look at people's individual history and in their 183 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 1: article they linked to it. Court records show twelve total 184 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: incidents involving Mahomes senior, including six which involved driving while intoxicated. 185 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: But if you actually click on the link and you 186 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: follow the police reports, some of them are are so 187 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: close back to back that it's it's it's fair to say, 188 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: or it's unfair to say that there's six separate incidents 189 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: and it could be three incidents, but the follow up, 190 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: you know, police report comes. You know, you have one 191 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: and they have a follow report and then the second 192 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: one and fall. 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You could say the Patriots were America's team 234 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 2: for a while, right, I mean, they're going to the 235 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 2: Super Bowl like every third year for twenty years, and 236 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 2: now the Chiefs are there seemingly every year. They got 237 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 2: Taylor Swift behind him, Mahomes, the Argua with the greatest 238 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 2: quarterback ever. Yeah, how were they not America's team? It 239 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 2: is weird though the line. I saw Rob continue to 240 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 2: move toward the forty nine ers over the weekend, and 241 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 2: I went to, you know, my son's game, and of 242 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 2: course I'm talking to the refs beforehand. I'm like, who 243 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 2: you guys got and in the Super Bowl? And I 244 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 2: wait and oh, I got the Chiefs. You can't go 245 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 2: against my home, both of them, and I was like, 246 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 2: have you guys talked to like other people, everybody I 247 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 2: know everybody is on the chief and they're like, uh yeah. 248 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 2: I was like, all right, I got niners. 249 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: You know. 250 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 2: It's just one of those deals and we'll get into 251 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 2: it more. I think tomorrow as to you know why 252 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 2: I might like stan Fray. It was a two and 253 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 2: a half in some spots Sunday than this morning. I 254 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 2: saw it down back to two at most places. One 255 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 2: shop that is not the sponsor of this podcast, was 256 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,559 Speaker 2: it two and a half? Still this one DraftKings at two, 257 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 2: but very excited for the game this week should should 258 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 2: be a banger of a game. Now, let's pivot to 259 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 2: the NBA, where, man, depending on which angle you want 260 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 2: to take rob the NBA either had a great weekend 261 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 2: or a horrible one. Great because Lebron played Saturday night 262 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,079 Speaker 2: in the garden forty minutes. Lakers with a Lebron and 263 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 2: eight sitting out. Thursday against the Celtics, Lebron plays. I 264 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,319 Speaker 2: think the entire fourth quarter, ad played much of it. 265 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 2: Lakers dominate the fourth quarter, winning time and win in 266 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 2: the garden. It was an incredible game. The theater was awesome. 267 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 2: It was just you know, the Knicks are so it 268 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 2: was a tough spot for them, and I'm a Knicks fan, 269 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 2: but I thought Darvin Ham had his greatest coaching moment 270 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 2: of the season when he decided, we're blitzing Jalen Brunson 271 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter. We're getting it out of his hands. 272 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 2: And they finally, like they tried to do it earlier 273 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 2: in the game, and Devincenzo kept getting open and they 274 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 2: kept he kept hitting threes in the fourth they did 275 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 2: a good job. We're gonna blitz Brunson and we're gonna 276 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 2: let Josh Hart get the ball, and Josh Hart go 277 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 2: ahead and beat us and he could not. And Austin Reeves, 278 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 2: by the way, another incredible performance. I know the score 279 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 2: book only says twenty two to seven and six, but 280 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 2: I know Rob was watching and I'm just telling you, 281 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 2: for like six straight possessions in the fourth quarter, Austin Reeves, 282 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 2: the offense ran through him. It was a high pick 283 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 2: and roll with Ady and Austin Reeves, and Austin Reeves 284 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 2: just cooked and they left Prince open in the corner 285 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 2: and he had threes and guess where Lebron was in 286 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 2: the other corner, just standing there. He got the Chris 287 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 2: Bosh Kevin Love treatment from the Lakers. It worked fine, 288 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 2: and then later on Lebron made some big, big plays 289 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 2: as usual and they got the win. I thought because 290 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 2: of that, it was an incredible night for the NBA. 291 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 2: The game was awesome. The bad news, of course, is 292 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 2: the Joel Embiid injury update. And this is I think 293 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 2: gonna be probably a big story for reasons I'll explain 294 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 2: in a second. So Joel Embiid, depending on what you 295 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 2: read and who you who you trust, is your news breaker, 296 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 2: is either gonna get four to six weeks for this 297 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 2: knee injury right which brings him back mid March, or 298 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 2: four to six months which ends this season. And you 299 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 2: guys know this very well. This whole sixty five gay 300 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 2: minimum for awards and stuff. It's been weighing around on 301 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 2: some players around the league, and the reality is this 302 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 2: is gonna come up as the reason Joel Embid he tried, 303 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 2: He was trying to get back out there after ducking 304 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 2: Denver and Jokic. He was he got basically made fun 305 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 2: of pretty badly, and the Sixers were like, oh, they 306 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 2: open an investigation. I think is what Michael Malone said 307 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 2: as to what the hell happened. He wasn't on the 308 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 2: injury report and then all of a sudden he's sitting out. Well, 309 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 2: turns out it was a problem, guys, and he tried 310 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 2: to play through it like a dummy. And now he's 311 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 2: going to be on the shelf four to six or 312 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 2: four weeks or months, and Rob this is this just 313 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 2: sucks all around. You know, I'm not the biggest Embid guy, 314 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 2: but he was having an unbelievable season. I'm talking like 315 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 2: he I think he was averaging more points than minutes 316 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 2: played per game or some insane stat like that. He 317 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 2: was just an unbelievable machine. And now he's gone. And 318 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 2: I know the Sixers were probably having their best chance 319 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 2: this season to get to the conference finals for the 320 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 2: first time with Embiid and now no Embiid, and it's like, okay, 321 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 2: Tyrese Maxey. I know he dropped fifty over the last 322 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 2: few days, but come on, Maxi and Toyas Harris aining 323 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 2: taking you to the Promised Land, and this just stinks. 324 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 2: I mean, listen, if you're a Knicks fan, you're not 325 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 2: upset about this at all because you got a chance 326 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 2: to get to the conference finals. But it's just it's 327 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 2: terrible for the league. And I'm just in hindsight, Rob, 328 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 2: I think the NBA. My guess is once this new 329 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 2: TV deal is done, and I think win worst. I 330 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 2: don't know if he did it here or said it 331 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 2: somewhere else, but I think his best take in the 332 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 2: last like eighteen months was the reason they want this deal, 333 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,640 Speaker 2: this sixty five game limit minimum or if you will, 334 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,239 Speaker 2: is because they want the new TV deal and they 335 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 2: need their players playing to gin up ratings this year 336 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 2: and show we deserve a lot of money for ESPN 337 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 2: and DNT, and they want to get the new deal. 338 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 2: And my guess, Rob is then they lift it. That 339 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 2: would be my guest, and I gotta be honest, I 340 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 2: full transparency. Rob and I are on different sides in this. 341 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 2: I don't think it's the worst thing in the world 342 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 2: for stars to miss some regular season games when all 343 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 2: anybody cares about is the playoffs. That's all anyone cares about. 344 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 2: I know the regular season product matters. Here's the reality. 345 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 2: Nobody cares about a regular season game in December, even 346 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 2: the Christmas Day games when the NFL jammed their games 347 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 2: on Christmas hurt the ratings. Now, the n Season Tournament 348 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 2: was a huge boost, and I think we can use 349 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 2: that rob to continue to say, Hey, people care about 350 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:21,880 Speaker 2: games that matter, but urgency is the key. Eighty two games. 351 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 2: It's impossible for anybody to care about eighty two games. 352 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 2: NFL different seventeen games. It's only seventeen. It's just once 353 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 2: a week. You know, on after football winds down, you 354 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 2: can turn on the TV on Monday night and see 355 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 2: NBA every single night. And I'm not even talking about 356 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 2: if you have the League Pass, you could just turn 357 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 2: on and see NBA TV like four nights a week. 358 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 2: You know, it's like the scarcity. There's so much NBA 359 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 2: that you're just like, I'm sorry, Like you guys know, 360 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 2: I like college basketball. I'm gambling on college hoops. Had 361 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 2: a good week. When you look at your cable guide 362 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 2: for those of you f cable, which is not many, 363 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 2: go look at the guys starting I mean, I have Spectrum, 364 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 2: So I'll just say starting around channel three hundred right, 365 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 2: which is ESPN. You go through ESPN and then you 366 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 2: get Fox and you get the Big ten network. And 367 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 2: the PAC twelve network of the SEC network, and you 368 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 2: just have there was like fifteen college basketball games on 369 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 2: at the same time Saturday on television, not just happening 370 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 2: on TV. Who has time for that? And I love 371 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 2: college troops, But Rob, I don't know. I just I 372 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,360 Speaker 2: don't have an answer for this for the NBA other 373 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 2: than don't get anybody else hurt. I want them in 374 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 2: the playoffs. And I'm looking at you Clippers with Kawhi Leonard, 375 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 2: Paul George. I'm a Lakers guy. I want to see 376 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 2: what those guys can do with the full postseason. 377 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Rob, Yeah, well so do I because you know, 378 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: as much as I'm a Laker fan and I hate 379 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: the Clippers, I love the rival the budding rivalry so 380 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: to speak, that seemed to be building here, even though 381 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: it's not really a rivalry because one team's got all 382 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: the championships and you know the other team has nothing. 383 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: But they like to think it's a rivalry. So I'd 384 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 1: like to see the competition. This NBAT situation sucks, right 385 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: because the way it's being reported is that we know 386 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 1: he's gonna get surgery, we know that he needs it, 387 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: but it's like they don't know what kind of surgery 388 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 1: he's gonna get until the doctors are actually in there 389 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,479 Speaker 1: looking at the meniscus, because, as you mentioned it, anywhere 390 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: between one to two timelines. And the reason is if 391 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: he is going to get a repair, then that's four 392 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 1: to six months, which means they're going to totally clean 393 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: up the meniscus. If they're gonna do what's called a cut, 394 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,959 Speaker 1: that's four to six weeks. Now you would say, well, 395 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 1: of course, just get the cut. You can be out 396 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 1: there this season. The problem, though, is all of the doctors, 397 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: the sports physicians, say the one that's termed to have 398 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: the best long term outcome for his long term health 399 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:51,199 Speaker 1: is the repair. So it's really gonna depend if you're 400 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: Joel Embiid. And obviously I don't know. I don't know 401 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 1: if the doctors are gonna really decide while they're enough 402 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: they're going to decide the day of the surgery however 403 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: they're gonna do it. But you know, I would hope 404 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: that they keep his long term future in mind and 405 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 1: not just the short term game, because as good as 406 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: they are and as good as he is, unless they 407 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: were gonna make a huge trade here, the deadline later 408 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 1: this week. Then I don't think they would have had 409 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: enough to win the championship anyways with just MBAD, no 410 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: matter how great he is, m beating Maxie alone would 411 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: not be enough to me to win the championships. And 412 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: that's with him being Oh. 413 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 2: Wait, hold on, Rob, Are they getting out of the 414 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 2: first round without him without a beat? 415 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: No? No, But with him, you know, I think their 416 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 1: cap probably is the Eastern Conference finals, because I don't 417 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: think that him, Maxi, Tobias Harris and those guys. I 418 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: think they're very good, but I just think that they're 419 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: just a player short, and unless they've got a big deal, 420 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: I don't know what they would do. But again, Joel 421 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: Embiid the only player aside from wil Chamberlain in nineteen 422 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: sixty two to average at least one point per minute 423 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 1: play like he is having an unreal season, and you know, 424 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 1: we wish he must be your recovery. As far as 425 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: the player minimum, which mbaid is obviously going to file 426 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: well short of this, which means you won't get any 427 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: all NBA votes, MVP votes, what have you, I fundamentally 428 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: disagree with you, and my reasoning is that I do 429 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: not believe in load management. As a Laker fan, especially 430 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: as a fan of Anthony Davis, I can tell you 431 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: that load management will not prevent a guy from getting 432 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: his knee fallen into. It's not going to prevent the 433 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: Lebron James getting rolled up on in Atlanta and causing 434 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: him to have his ankle jacked up. It's not going 435 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: to prevent him popping his foot tend in last season 436 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: in Dallas. Right, So I understand the less you play, 437 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 1: the less for a risk of injury. I also think 438 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: that if you were to just say, hey, guys, rather 439 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: than us playing at this ridiculous pace and have you 440 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: all playing thirty six minutes tonight, maybe we slow it 441 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 1: down a little bit. Maybe you play thirty two minutes 442 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,679 Speaker 1: thirty one minutes instead, and maybe you won't get hurt 443 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: as much. I don't know that. I'm not a doctor, 444 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: but I would think that that would kind of work 445 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: the same way. You know, rather than playing thirty six 446 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,880 Speaker 1: minutes four times a week, how about you played thirty 447 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: two minutes five times a week, you know whatever. But 448 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: the reason why I disagree with it is because I 449 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: think that the NBA, the discourse around the NBA we've 450 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 1: talked about. This has really taken a hit in the 451 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: last decade or so, and it coincides with the rise 452 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: of the twenty four to seven news cycle, the debate 453 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: shows and things of that sort. Guys like Jason Mcatat, 454 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: I gotta bring you up because you're on TV, on 455 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: a big, very popular TV show, So you are one 456 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: of the guys that we're talking about. Blame me have 457 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 1: ruined the discourse around the NBA because in the mid 458 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: two thousands and the nineties, in the eighties, it wasn't 459 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: just about what have you done in the playoffs rings culture, 460 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: it was we can appreciate how good Reggie Miller is. 461 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:58,919 Speaker 1: We can appreciate how good Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, Penny Hardaway, 462 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: guys like that. We understand what they bring to the 463 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 1: game and how skilled and talented they are. Some viewman 464 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: as all time greats. Others don't. But whatever we understood, 465 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: we recognized it, and somewhere in the after twenty ten 466 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 1: and since then, we've decided that unless you got championships, 467 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: talk to me in April, May and June. That that's 468 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 1: become the fun of the predominant line of thinking when 469 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 1: it comes to the NBA, and I understand that in 470 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: some ways, I agree with it. But the problem is 471 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 1: the NBA doesn't make its money in only April, May 472 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: and June. That's true. And you say nobody cares what 473 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: you did in a regular season, nobody cares what you 474 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: did on a Tuesday night in January. And you know, 475 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: in some respects that's true, but you know who. It 476 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: does matter to TNT, It matters to ESPN because they're 477 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: shelling out billions of dollars for this product. So when 478 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 1: you have your best players like Lebron James and Anthony 479 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: Davis missing a primetime game in Boston during Rivals Week 480 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: that you've been hyping up since the opening night, that's 481 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: a problem. There's no reason why Lebron James and Anthony 482 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: Davis should be healthy enough to play forty plus minutes 483 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: in New York on Saturday but couldn't dress at all 484 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: on Thursday in Boston. Because ultimately, all you're doing is 485 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: you're screwing over your TV partners, and more importantly, you're 486 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: screening over the fans because they're the one to tune 487 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: in on a night tonight. 488 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 2: Basis looking for a super offer for Super Bowl fifty eight. 489 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 2: DraftKings Sports Book has you covered. New customers can bet 490 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 2: on the Big Game and turn five bucks into two 491 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 2: hundred instantly in bonus bets. The line opened with San 492 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 2: Francisco as a short favorite in the rematch from the 493 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 2: twenty twenty Super Bowl. Very excited. 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See dkg dot 509 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 2: com slash football for eligibility and deposit restrictions, terms and 510 00:26:54,560 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 2: responsible gaming resources. It's really difficult to argue with much 511 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 2: of that. I was trying to look at some nineties 512 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 2: and two thousands players and how much they played, and 513 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 2: so much is different, right, we don't see we didn't 514 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 2: see back in the day, stacked TV schedules to the 515 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 2: end of the season. We did not see that because 516 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 2: there just was as many games on TV where it 517 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 2: was like, Okay, we're backloading the schedules for the Lakers 518 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 2: and the Bucks and the Celtics because we know football's 519 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 2: off the air. So there's that. I don't know. That's 520 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 2: tough to quantify, but it certainly feels like the players. 521 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 2: I think you're right. The narrative around history and debates 522 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 2: like that stuff is on the players' minds, and they're saying, listen, 523 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 2: if I can take a day off here, a day 524 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 2: off there, and those add up and I'm more fresh 525 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 2: for the playoffs, then yeah, I give me that any 526 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,160 Speaker 2: day of the weekend. I don't think many people would 527 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,480 Speaker 2: complain the problem as you said, though, is the TV 528 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 2: partners get ticked off? But you know what, like sorry 529 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,959 Speaker 2: about your luck, guys, Like, I don't know now that 530 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 2: the counter is well find TNT says we're not gonna. 531 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 2: We're not gonna. We're getting out of the NBA business. 532 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 2: We're not bidding. Oh really, TNT is gonna do that? 533 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 2: What are you filling I don't know the pregame show, well, 534 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 2: there's not much of a pre game, but the pregame, 535 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 2: the post game, the game, that's what four hours of 536 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 2: television twice a week and then in the playoffs. What 537 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 2: are you filling the air with reruns of Mash Law Order? 538 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 1: Law and Order? Man, it's always on. 539 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, I'm sure. I'm sure all those Law and 540 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 2: Order episodes are gonna keep pulling numbers like the NBA 541 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 2: and and hell the Barklay Show after Inside the NBA. Like, 542 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 2: that's just a lot of time to fill. I don't 543 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 2: see that happening. Now. Where it gets interesting is remember 544 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 2: the NCAA tournament was strictly on CBS and they eventually 545 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 2: fanned out to True TV. And I don't even know 546 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 2: what the other channels are, but other sister channels maybe 547 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 2: that happens to the NBA. I don't remember the NBA 548 00:28:58,160 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 2: is on True TV in two years, I don't know 549 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 2: that's possible. Or ESPN, which is very much in bed 550 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 2: with the NBA and is clearly playing the long game, 551 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 2: decides we're gonna buy a chunk of the NBA because 552 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 2: the one big at if all of a sudden, let's 553 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 2: just use basic numbers. If the TV contract for the 554 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 2: league goes from just using basic numbers one hundred million, 555 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 2: it's more than that, but just basic numbers one hundred 556 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 2: million to fifty million, now that's too much. Let's say 557 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 2: seventy five million. All of a sudden, the salary cap 558 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 2: dials back, and now the players are making less. So 559 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 2: ultimately you have to look at the player and say, 560 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 2: do you want to make I don't know, five six 561 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,719 Speaker 2: seven million dollars less? Or do they just load up 562 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 2: on the Devin Bookers and the stars. And then there's 563 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 2: really no middle class, which is where we're headed, which 564 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 2: is what's happening in the NFL. And then I got 565 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 2: a bunch of like minimum ish type players and that 566 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 2: that might happen. That's not out of the realm. That's 567 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 2: happening in the NFL, right, you're starting to see people say, okay, 568 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 2: we're valuing these positions and I'm sorry, but if you 569 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 2: play full back, you're you know, there's not many fullbacks 570 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 2: in the league. If you play running back, sorry, we 571 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 2: ain't paying you, you know. And if you play like safety, 572 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 2: you're devalued. And if you do, if you're here, it 573 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 2: just don't matter as much. Like that league's change. You know, 574 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 2: things change. Rob. I just feel bad for him beating now. 575 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 2: I'll just tell you, like during the NFL season, remember 576 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 2: we set a record this year, I believe for like 577 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 2: backup quarterbacks, third string quarterbacks, and it definitely hurt the league. 578 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 2: But at the same time, you get to the playoffs 579 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 2: and yeah, it's stunk to not have Burrow, but we 580 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 2: still had good quarterbacks in the end. I mean, we're 581 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 2: still gonna get stars. It's not like, you know, no 582 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 2: disrespect to my Atlanta Hawks, Like Trey Young's not gonna 583 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 2: be in the conference finals this year. It's almost certainly 584 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 2: gonna be the Celtics guys versus Brunson or versus Giannison Dame. 585 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 2: And then in the West it's almost certainly gonna be 586 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 2: Jokic maybe Luca, maybe Lebron. I think it's a tough 587 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 2: sell to get Rob's Okac guys in there. Maybe Minnesota, 588 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 2: but the league basically needs its stars in the postseason. 589 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 2: And by the way, Rob NBA playoffs. I think they 590 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 2: used to have a thing where it's like forty straight 591 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 2: nights of games. 592 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: Right, Yes, forty games and forty nights. 593 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, dude, to me, that's amazing where I know, I 594 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 2: can turn on high level basketball every day for almost 595 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 2: six weeks, every single day I could turn on and 596 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 2: I'm gonna say, good high quality basketball with the best players. Like, 597 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 2: to me, that matters more than what happened on Tuesday 598 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 2: in Charlotte Memphis against Charlotte. You know, like, I don't know, 599 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 2: there's no middle ground, though I don't think like I 600 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 2: don't think there's an easy solution here, is there. 601 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. While you were talking, and again, 602 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 1: even though we disagree, you know, on the basis of 603 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 1: the core point of this argument, I see your side 604 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: with a lot of what you're saying. I think you 605 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: see a lot of what I'm so there definitely is 606 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: a middle ground here. But I'll tell you what. When 607 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 1: you were speaking, the one thing, and I have a 608 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: lot of issues with Adam Silver. I think he's a 609 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: little two player friendly. I think he's it's too much 610 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 1: to be liked by his you know, his players and 611 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: not necessarily thinking about what's best for the NBA. But 612 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 1: because he is so player friendly. One thing that I 613 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: could see them doing, which would be the exact opposite 614 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: of what the NFL does, is we're not going to 615 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: cut the season because we want to honor our TV partners. 616 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: We got to give them ey to two games. But 617 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: one thing they might do is instead of starting mid October, 618 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: maybe we start first week of October. Or instead of 619 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,479 Speaker 1: ending mid June, maybe we go all the way to 620 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 1: the end of June, and we space out the games 621 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: in such a way so that you guys can play 622 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 1: more games and you still have time to recover, and 623 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: maybe that will allow our stars to play more frequently. 624 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't even mention my guy, Zach Lavine, who 625 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 2: I was pushing to be a Laker, is now out 626 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,959 Speaker 2: for the season following a foot injury. And you know, 627 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 2: some of these guys are always getting hurt. Kyrie Irving's 628 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 2: always hurt, Zack Colvine's always hurt, Joel Andmbie always hurt 629 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 2: and maybe that's it, Like, no matter what you take 630 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 2: games off load, man, it's not gonna matter. Kawhi Leonard's 631 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 2: always hurt. You know, well, Paul George is not always hurt. 632 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,640 Speaker 2: But that just stinks some guys, maybe I guess prone 633 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 2: to injury. I don't hate your idea of changing the 634 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 2: window of the season. I don't know how easy that 635 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 2: is or difficult. I just think it's a tough sell 636 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 2: to be like, hey, we're gonna play meaningful basketball in 637 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 2: July when people are, you know, doing vacations and schools 638 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 2: out they wanted to, I think they want. The NBA 639 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:34,479 Speaker 2: likes the idea of wrapping up as the school year 640 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 2: wraps up, because other than going to the movies in 641 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 2: the summer to see blockbusters, I don't know that people 642 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 2: are gonna be locked into the NBA playoffs. I'll even say, 643 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 2: you know, college basketball, which I love, is that sometimes 644 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 2: the championship is like in the middle of spring break 645 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 2: for the kids stuff. And I love college hoops, but 646 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 2: you know, we went to Mexico I think twice during 647 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 2: the National Championship, and it's tough to find the game 648 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 2: online if you're a say out at a restaurant and 649 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 2: I had to kind of like follow it over social media, 650 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 2: which sucked. And you know, I'm a honk for college hoops. 651 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:12,239 Speaker 2: But I just don't know, Rob, how we can keep 652 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 2: guys healthy in the NBA, Like maybe they're playing too 653 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,120 Speaker 2: many games coming up in aau where it's like weekends 654 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 2: where you're playing four and six games and the guys 655 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 2: are just wearing down. I don't know. I mean, it's 656 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 2: just it's brutal for basketball, and it stinks. If you're 657 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,279 Speaker 2: a Sixers fan. Now you're just super depressed and you're 658 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 2: already looking at the Eagles. I'm like, okay, do we 659 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 2: how are the Eagles looking? You know, because it kind 660 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,399 Speaker 2: of sort of feels over. We can wrap up by this, Rob, 661 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:42,319 Speaker 2: I'll say the whole Lebron hour Glass tweet has still 662 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 2: gone unaddressed. Who doesn't want to talk about it. Then 663 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,719 Speaker 2: there was him and Ad sitting out in what was 664 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,799 Speaker 2: maybe like a silent protest of Darvin Ham And then 665 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,400 Speaker 2: they get the win, and I thought Haym had a 666 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:57,480 Speaker 2: good game. I don't know. The trade deadline's coming up 667 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 2: here in a few days. I'm starting to lean or 668 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 2: toward the Lakers not doing anything. 669 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: I hope that they do something. I mean like that 670 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: would be to me the worst possible outcome, Like I 671 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 1: would rather you either push some chips in, maybe not 672 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: all the chips, put some chips in, and try to 673 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 1: go for whatever it is you think you can get 674 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:23,280 Speaker 1: this season. You know, you're hoping that the Western Conference 675 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 1: breaks your way and you get a young Minnesota or 676 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 1: a young Oklahoma City team and you avoid Denver or 677 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,719 Speaker 1: Phoenix until the Western Conference finals or whatever the case 678 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 1: may be. Either that or you say we're just gonna 679 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: sell off some guys and build the next season. But 680 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 1: I think just the status quo, we already know that 681 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 1: it's not good enough. Yeah, so I would think that 682 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,439 Speaker 1: would be the worst possible outcome as a Laker fan. 683 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:50,560 Speaker 2: With Vanderbilt likely out for the season. But I have 684 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,399 Speaker 2: to ask, what's going on with Cam Reddish, what's going 685 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,360 Speaker 2: on with Gabe Vincent? Where are these guys? 686 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:58,359 Speaker 1: Camradis got the ankle issue and gave Vincent is now 687 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,800 Speaker 1: the second Miami Heat player that the Lakers have gotten 688 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:04,200 Speaker 1: that has basically been a lemon who Kendrick Nunn. 689 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:05,759 Speaker 2: Oh Kendrick second to none? 690 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 1: Yes? Right, people, forget about it. 691 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,279 Speaker 2: That was a boxer's nickname. Yes, but you're right, none 692 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 2: was a total bust In Vincent. I think had like 693 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:13,240 Speaker 2: knee surgery. 694 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,160 Speaker 1: Played five games so far this season. 695 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:20,440 Speaker 2: That's not great. So they're leaning on Prince heavily and 696 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,359 Speaker 2: he can deliver sometimes. And you know, Van Do out 697 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:27,919 Speaker 2: for the season is a big loss. I don't know, Rob. 698 00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:34,320 Speaker 2: I put me in the optimistic group that if Lebron 699 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:37,120 Speaker 2: and a d are healthy in the playoffs, anything's possible 700 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,279 Speaker 2: for the Lakers, anything, Conference finals, NBA finals. I'm not 701 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,839 Speaker 2: ruling it out. If Lebron and ad are healthy, I 702 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,240 Speaker 2: think well, I mean kind of need Austin Reeves. 703 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,879 Speaker 1: But when you say anything as possible, would you also 704 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 1: say first our exit as possible. 705 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,800 Speaker 2: I don't think they'd lose the series to Okay, see, okay, 706 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,880 Speaker 2: Minnesota's a little better. I like that Minnesota team. I 707 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,640 Speaker 2: like Anthony Edwards. 708 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,239 Speaker 1: Well, Lakers' Clippers first round. 709 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,719 Speaker 2: I don't want to see the Clippers first round. That 710 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,240 Speaker 2: would not go well for the I mean, assuming everybody's healthy, 711 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:17,000 Speaker 2: I don't think that would go well. Who's the three 712 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:17,520 Speaker 2: right now? 713 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,719 Speaker 1: It changes every day. In the Western car they're all 714 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:21,120 Speaker 1: bunched up. 715 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,200 Speaker 2: It's I mean, basically, I don't want to see Denver, 716 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,839 Speaker 2: and I avoid Denver as long as you can avoid 717 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 2: the Clippers as long as you can, I think anyone 718 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,680 Speaker 2: else is not an issue. Like the Warriors right now, 719 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 2: they're not even gonna make the playoffs. Rob, like, Curry 720 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:36,839 Speaker 2: drops sixty Saturday night, my buddy, hardcore Clippers fan, I'm sorry, 721 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,680 Speaker 2: not hardcore Clippers, hardcore Warriors fans. Is are you watching Steph? 722 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,240 Speaker 2: I'm like, no, what's happening. He's like, he's got fifty 723 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:47,000 Speaker 2: and counting, And I was like, okay, I start paying attention. 724 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:51,680 Speaker 2: Curries up to fifty eight in overtime, sixty and they 725 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:55,200 Speaker 2: lose to the Hawks. Now, if I know the Lakers 726 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,839 Speaker 2: fans are clamoring for j Janta Murray, Rob, you want 727 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,960 Speaker 2: to call up Curry's all his sixty points, Go see 728 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:01,400 Speaker 2: how many. 729 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:02,640 Speaker 1: We're against Deshones. 730 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm listen. I like de Jonta Murrays as 731 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,480 Speaker 2: much as the next guy. He's not a stopper. There 732 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,840 Speaker 2: is no such thing, folks as a defensive stopper in 733 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,839 Speaker 2: the NBA. If Kurree wants to score, he's scoring. That's 734 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,719 Speaker 2: the bottom line like Austin Reeves is not there yet, 735 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,760 Speaker 2: but Austin Reves could get to the bucket against anybody. 736 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,040 Speaker 2: Jaseon Tatum can get by anyone. There's no stoppers in 737 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:25,319 Speaker 2: the league. And I think the sooner Lakers fans understand that. 738 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,000 Speaker 2: Then maybe they'll want to hold off now. Or it 739 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,520 Speaker 2: gets interesting is if Lebron's son goes to another team, 740 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 2: is Lebron gone or will he say I want to 741 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:36,600 Speaker 2: see moves and guess what this summer they can make 742 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,919 Speaker 2: bigger moves than they can right now. Right, you'd agree 743 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 2: with that, yes. 744 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 1: But the problem is who's going to be available, because 745 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:46,680 Speaker 1: the guy you'd be looking at would have been Donovan Mitchell. 746 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:49,640 Speaker 1: And then suddenly the surgeon Calves might get it to 747 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:50,320 Speaker 1: two three. 748 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,239 Speaker 2: That could be a pipe dream, and they lose in 749 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:53,200 Speaker 2: the first round again. 750 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,680 Speaker 1: And then the nick suddenly you know they're relevant again. 751 00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,719 Speaker 1: They got all these picks. Why wouldn't Donovan Mitchell just 752 00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,200 Speaker 1: end up back there like he wanted to in the 753 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: first place. I don't think they're going to do. It's 754 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,960 Speaker 1: just it's indeed, it's I don't think so, but it's 755 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,520 Speaker 1: just you you're in a tricky situation. Because the guys 756 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,640 Speaker 1: who you would want number one, you don't know if 757 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,759 Speaker 1: they be available. I'll lot Donovan Mitchell allot like a 758 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,600 Speaker 1: Trey Young. Even. The other thing is just because you 759 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,080 Speaker 1: have three picks and three swaps. The way that these 760 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,239 Speaker 1: teams have been hoarding draft picks over the years, Like 761 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:25,120 Speaker 1: that's almost a starting price for these players. Like Oklahoma 762 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:29,400 Speaker 1: City I heard has something like one hundred second round 763 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,840 Speaker 1: picks or something like that over the next twenty years. 764 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:36,480 Speaker 1: It's something stupid. I might be exaggerating, but like they 765 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,479 Speaker 1: have so many picks, they could give twenty second round 766 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,160 Speaker 1: picks over the next five years and not even feel 767 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,279 Speaker 1: like a debt if they wanted to. 768 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,600 Speaker 2: I mean, what do you do with twenty second round exactly? 769 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,320 Speaker 1: That's why they have to trade it for something. 770 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 2: You just stockpile any European prospect too, seems decent, right, 771 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:55,280 Speaker 2: and you just take a chance. 772 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,200 Speaker 1: On this guy's played at the local y for two 773 00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,359 Speaker 1: weeks and he's seven foot four. We're gonna sign win 774 00:39:59,360 --> 00:39:59,640 Speaker 1: to draft. 775 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:05,120 Speaker 2: I'll say this, with twenty second round picks, you probably 776 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:10,680 Speaker 2: have a really good chance of unearthing a Yiannis or 777 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,799 Speaker 2: Yo Kicch type player. I know they're not slipping through 778 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:17,360 Speaker 2: the cracks as often now, but I mean, twenty bites 779 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,400 Speaker 2: at the Apple rop Come on, that's insane. Anyways, all right, 780 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:23,760 Speaker 2: twenty second round picks, that's mind boggling. All right, lengthy 781 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,239 Speaker 2: Monday Pod, a lot of Super Bowl stuff. Yes, we'll 782 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:32,000 Speaker 2: get into the game. Why like the Niners. It's a 783 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,600 Speaker 2: big week ahead, folks. Talk to you tomorrow.