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Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.

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Speaker 2: What is up, straight Fire? I am It's me Jason McIntyre.

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Speaker 3: Street Fire for Monday, July twenty first big week in.

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Speaker 2: The NFL, folks.

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Speaker 3: Yes, a lot of teams will have all of that's

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Speaker 3: reporting this week to camp. Oh, it's getting close to

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Speaker 3: Fantasy football time. Oh, I cannot wait. We do have

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Speaker 3: an unfortunate NFL story. We'll get to in like ten minutes.

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Speaker 2: It's crap.

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Speaker 3: I don't want to talk about it, but that's you know,

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Speaker 3: that's what we do here. You know, we tackle tough subjects.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna actually start with huge news, seismic news for

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Speaker 3: the Lakers.

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Speaker 2: No, just kidding. Marcus Smart to the.

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Speaker 3: Lakers on a two year, eleven million dollar deal. Basically,

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Speaker 3: the Lakers I had been begging them to get Bradley

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Speaker 3: Beal and instead of going offense, Luca put in a call,

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Speaker 3: put the full court press on Marcus Smart, and the

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Speaker 3: Lakers land him after.

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Speaker 2: He was dumped by the Wizards. It's funny.

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Speaker 3: Marcus Smart has obviously a rich history of being an

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Speaker 3: elite defender. Lebron knows him well from those battles in

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Speaker 3: the Eastern Conference. Marcus Smart Defensive Player of the Year

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Speaker 3: in twenty twenty two, and he finished he was First

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Speaker 3: Team All Defense three times.

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Speaker 2: In four years. He has had some injury history.

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Speaker 3: The most games he's ever played was seventy one, and

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Speaker 3: that was the year he was the Defensive Player of

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Speaker 3: the Year. So, you know, the last two seasons, as

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Speaker 3: Rob g pointed out to me earlier, Marcus Smart played

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Speaker 3: twenty games, followed by oh, my gosh, thirty four games.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, he's played fifty four games total in the

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Speaker 3: last two seasons.

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Speaker 2: Now one could say, oh, he's getting long in the tooth.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Marcus Smart's thirty one years old. Doesn't turn

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Speaker 3: thirty two till next mart so he's not old. Is

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Speaker 3: the body breaking down? That's entirely possible, But it's also possible.

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Speaker 3: He was on losing teams the last two years. Memphis

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Speaker 3: they stunk. I mean, they were passable, but they weren't good.

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Speaker 3: I mean, imagine going from Boston where you're contending for

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Speaker 3: like six or six or seven years straight, okay, and

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Speaker 3: then all of a sudden you're on Memphis and then

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Speaker 3: you're on Washington.

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Speaker 2: Washington one of the worst teams in the league last year.

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Speaker 3: So they had no incentive to play a lot of

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Speaker 3: Marcus Smart. Let's shut him down, Let's let the young

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Speaker 3: guys play, let's lose games, let's try to get a

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Speaker 3: higher draft pick. So let's not judge Smart on the

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Speaker 3: last two years. If you want to say, hey, he's

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Speaker 3: had an injury history, I can rock with that.

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Speaker 2: What does he bring to the Lakers?

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Speaker 3: Well, I thought Beal would have brought offense and made

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Speaker 3: their offense unstoppable down the strikes with Luca spreading the

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Speaker 3: floor with Lebron and Reeves and Beale and Marcus Smart

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Speaker 3: is essentially not the polar opposite. But instead of getting

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Speaker 3: another offensive player, you get a lockdown defender. Now, again,

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Speaker 3: he's not the defender he was three years ago when

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Speaker 3: he was DPOY. But you're telling me late in games,

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Speaker 3: he's not gonna be guarding the best opposing offensive player, SGA,

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Speaker 3: Anthony Edwards, whoever you want. I'm not gonna say he's

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Speaker 3: gonna shut him down, but for sure that's his assignment.

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Speaker 3: Whereas instead of Anthony Edwards going at Austin Reeves every

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Speaker 3: second and then Austin Reeves magically losing his offensive touch.

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Speaker 3: Funny how that happens, they'll have Marcus Smart in that rule.

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Speaker 3: So my guess is starters whatever, I don't care, but

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Speaker 3: the closing lineup makes sense. Luca, Lebron, Reeves, Smart, Aiden,

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Speaker 3: Maybe you get Ruby in there right if somebody's having

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Speaker 3: an off game, or you go a small ball, no

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Speaker 3: need for Ayton. Ultimately, I think there's a good move.

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Speaker 3: And interestingly, these are the three moves the Lakers have made.

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Speaker 3: Jake Laavia was added. Now again Jovan Buja, who covers

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Speaker 3: the Lakers as close as anybody. He swears La Ravia

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Speaker 3: was a bit of us and there's major upside. Interestingly,

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Speaker 3: La Ravia and Austin Reeves are friends. They share an agent,

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Speaker 3: so Reeves is the one who put the full court

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Speaker 3: Luca is making moves to ad Marcus Smart. Folks, I

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Speaker 3: don't want to say I'm disappointed in Lebron because you

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Speaker 2: I'm a little disappointed in Lebron.

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Speaker 3: Why is he I don't want to say he's throwing

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Speaker 2: He doesn't really want to help them in a way. Rob.

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Speaker 3: The analogy is, Hey, you are in charge of this,

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Speaker 3: that and the other. Ritch your job, and then the

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Speaker 3: thing as you, and they tell you, Rob, hey, can

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Speaker 3: you show this young guy the ropes. We want to

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Speaker 3: teach him everything you do. And you can instantly see

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Speaker 3: the writing on the wall. Oh shit, they hired my replacement.

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Speaker 3: Now Lebron is built different. Not to knock Rob g

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Speaker 1: But.

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Speaker 3: Lebron was second ball NBA. So it's not one of

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Speaker 3: these Hey man, there, Luca is my replacement.

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Speaker 2: I mean he is. That's the reality.

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Speaker 3: But you can still win together, right, And so that's

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Speaker 3: why a little disappointed. Lebron is kind of not thrown

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Speaker 3: according to multiple warts here, he's not being involved in

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Speaker 2: I don't love that.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, when the bullets start flying, come October November. I'm

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Speaker 3: certain Lebron is going to be locked in. I don't

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Speaker 3: see a scenario where he's forcing his way out of

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Speaker 3: the Lakers by the All Star I just I don't

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Speaker 2: Assuming everybody's healthy and the Lakers are doing good.

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Speaker 3: If they're thirteenth of sixty sorry fifteen in the West,

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Speaker 3: can see on saying, hey, get me the hell out

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Speaker 3: to winner a ring. That being said, Rob, I like

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Speaker 3: the Marcus Smart pickup. I still don't think they're in

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Speaker 3: They're in that next group. I don't Are they that

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Speaker 2: I don't know. Are they that much better than the

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Speaker 3: I don't know, So I would say the Lakers are

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Speaker 3: in like that second tier of contenders in the West.

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Speaker 2: I like the Marcus Smart move.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: You know what's crazy about this whole thing is that

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Speaker 4: I believe the Lakers are actually better today than they

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Speaker 4: were when the season ended, Like you essentially replaced DFS

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Speaker 4: any draft picking, Like it's just basically a straight trade.

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Speaker 4: So you add the depth you didn't have before. La

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Speaker 4: Ravia is a better shooter than the DFS. DFS is

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Speaker 4: a better defender, but now you have Marcus smartin place

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Speaker 4: who can be your point of attack defender. And Aiden

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Speaker 4: is just a massive upgrade even his worst attractable say

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Speaker 4: he's a massive book grad from Jackson Hayes. So it's

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Speaker 4: funny that the Lakers that were the third seed last year,

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Speaker 4: I don't know if they're a top four team in

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Speaker 4: I believe that Denver on paper the best team in

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Speaker 4: if they're we saw in the playoffs, like Yokis is

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Speaker 4: course the Kevin Durant thing in Houston, So we'll see

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Speaker 4: if they can crack that home court advantage. Top four

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Speaker 4: in the Western Conference, Marcus Smart. To your point, if

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Speaker 4: he's healthy, it's a home run, right because he gives

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Speaker 4: them something that they have dreadfully needed, you know, basically

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Speaker 4: it's a guy who you know is going to accept

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Speaker 4: is a defensive player first and even to your point

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Speaker 4: He's kind of mis slipping a little bit if you

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Speaker 4: look at his defensive box plus minds. I know is

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Speaker 4: an unperfect stat but he has been a positive defender

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Speaker 4: them to your Lebron James point. It's what makes this

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Speaker 4: so frustrating as a Laker fan, is the only thing

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Speaker 4: that we have heard come from Lebron or from Lebron's

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Speaker 4: campians because it goes Ridge Paul was that super vague,

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Speaker 4: but we're also worried about our own career and blah

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Speaker 4: And it's since then we've had, depending on who you follow,

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Speaker 4: we've had within the last week, one reporter saying it's

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Speaker 4: looking like Lebron wants to play two or three more years.

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Speaker 4: He wants to get to twenty five seasons. Another one

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Speaker 4: saying this all points to this being Lebron's retirement tour

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Speaker 4: do it because you know, the All Star Games in

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Speaker 4: La YadA, yah YadA, and because he's not saying anything,

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Speaker 4: or having Rich Paul say anything. It's allowing all of

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Speaker 2: So then when David.

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Speaker 4: Manham asked him on the record you want to comment

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Speaker 4: on he says, I have nothing to talk about, and

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Speaker 4: he says, lets it fester. And that's one of the

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Speaker 4: going back to Miami and into Cleveland again, I've always

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Speaker 4: kind of pushed back a little bit on this idea

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Speaker 4: that Lebron's is a great leader because he does this everywhere.

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Speaker 4: You know, how can I feel confident in you as

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Speaker 4: the leader of the team when you are openly dangling

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Speaker 4: the rest of us in trade rumors throughout the season?

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Speaker 4: How can I feel confident confident you and leader of

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Speaker 4: the team when we don't even know if you're committed

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Speaker 4: to being here because you're taking one plus one deals.

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Speaker 2: Year after year after year after year. How can I

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Speaker 2: feel confident in you and the leader of.

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Speaker 4: The team if when the team sucks like the Lakers

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Speaker 4: did during the Westbrook era. There's low light videos on

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Speaker 4: you can look it up where Lebron throws the ball

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Speaker 4: off the back of the backboard, trying to inbound it

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Speaker 3: But Laker fans rob correct me if I'm wrong. They have

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Speaker 2: You know this. I'm sure, yes, And again I like Jordan.

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Speaker 3: It's interesting that Rob brought up this defender thing. So

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Speaker 3: in the Mecca League we played over the weekend, we

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Speaker 3: played this team Rob. I'm sure you've seen his highlights

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Speaker 3: on Instagram. This guy called Hezy God.

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Speaker 4: Yes, I know, the Hezy God.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so we had to play them, and I was like, geez,

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Speaker 3: We got two guys, They're just gonna just go all

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Speaker 3: just like the NBA playoffs, and Hesey God did nothing

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Speaker 2: We led by four with fifty seconds left and blew

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Speaker 3: But bottom line is work as smart, Like, hey, if

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Speaker 3: Hesy God. You know, meanwhy only plays on social media?

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Speaker 3: My buddies, says you goofy to the, guy AND i was, like.

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Speaker 3: Stuff and, Again, rob these are like dicey moments for your, Boy, like,

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Speaker 3: NOW i gotta pick up some salads and sweet CREAM

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Speaker 3: i don't need to get but, anyways that league is so.

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Speaker 4: Man, anyways by the, WAY i bet you if we

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Speaker 3: Brad he's a really good trash Talking you're, right, yeah

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Speaker 3: get get in with the young podcast. Audience, hey before

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Speaker 3: this dumb idea with THE t, Shirts i'm contractually obligated

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Speaker 3: to stick to sports on the. Podcast you guys know, that,

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Speaker 3: Right we were told for the longest. Time, hey sports,

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Speaker 2: Start talking about? Sports do we have then have the green?

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Speaker 2: About this nil money players making way too much? Money, like,

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Speaker 3: Football, but in an effort to further distance himself from

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Speaker 3: The New Washington Commander stadium if they don't Change, yes

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Speaker 3: this is, right if they don't change the name back

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Speaker 2: REDSKINS i don't see that.

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Speaker 3: Anywhere but what we're gonna get now is the extremists

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Speaker 3: Hey joe over, there can you name four players on The. Commanders,

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Speaker 3: yeah to tell me anything anything about the defense or special,

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Speaker 3: farming and the. Divisiveness that's all these people. Want they

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Speaker 3: Annoyed none of this nonsense should. Happen And, ROBI i

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Speaker 4: Hey Colin kaepernick is. Dumb what he's saying is stupid

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Speaker 4: Say, however WHEN i turn ON, ESPN i just want

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Speaker 4: doesn't matter because you again flash forward eight ten years,

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Speaker 3: to be. Dead but, Listen i'm thrilled right now that

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Speaker 3: people like. It this is a non. Story for him

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Speaker 3: business and. Dumb Jerry jones, says, oh we just need

431
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Speaker 3: to stay in the. Headline we just need to Stay

432
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,360
Speaker 3: that seems to be what he. Wants and the other,

433
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Speaker 3: guy we know he wants to be in the. Headlines

434
00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,080
Speaker 3: and it's just. Dumb like, again did it was IT

435
00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,800
Speaker 3: pc five years ago or whatever when they changed the? Name,

436
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Speaker 3: Yeah Washington Football club was, stupid that's. Obvious they Found Washington.

437
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,000
Speaker 3: Commanders that's. Fine, now the other part of this is

438
00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:37,800
Speaker 3: That Cleveland indians became The Cleveland. Guardians, NOW i don't

439
00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,160
Speaker 3: follow baseball nearly as. CLOSELY i don't even know if

440
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,520
Speaker 3: The guardians are like a good team in the playoff,

441
00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,959
Speaker 3: mix but they don't really get talked, about so this wouldn't.

442
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:50,280
Speaker 3: Matter but For washington, FANS i mean, again and, media

443
00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:53,480
Speaker 3: there's like a lot involved to you gotta change, merchandise naming, rights,

444
00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,240
Speaker 3: website social. Media there's just a ton of things. Involved

445
00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:00,160
Speaker 3: it's just, like, no it's easier not. To And i'm

446
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,720
Speaker 3: wondering because we're seeing this with higher. Education harvard is

447
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,959
Speaker 3: having a standoff obviously With trump and other people are.

448
00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,360
Speaker 3: Capitulating be, like we don't need these freaking. Headaches we're

449
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:13,520
Speaker 3: seeing the media capitulate and do these. Deals colbert lost his,

450
00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,040
Speaker 3: Show so people think that's, Connected like it's getting ugly

451
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,160
Speaker 3: when we just have one guy trying to throw his weight,

452
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,280
Speaker 3: Around like why why meddle in all these?

453
00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,040
Speaker 2: Things what's the Point because.

454
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,960
Speaker 4: That's easier to do than to actually solve real, Problems

455
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,240
Speaker 4: like it basically what it boils down, to you, know

456
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:36,320
Speaker 4: like we haven't Really there are comedian Podcasters solf come

457
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,320
Speaker 4: out there and gone on record who were very publicly

458
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Speaker 4: supporting On President trump before he got, elected and they're

459
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Speaker 4: like everything that he said he was going to do

460
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Speaker 4: has been the. Opposite it's, like well that's kind of

461
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Speaker 4: been his mom forever.

462
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,160
Speaker 2: Attention, yeah, right and so.

463
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,120
Speaker 4: It's like what do you, Expect like if he's not

464
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,320
Speaker 4: getting the things done that you voted him for and

465
00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:01,640
Speaker 4: that you were, endorsing it's, like, well how else CAN

466
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,960
Speaker 4: i do something that's going to either distract from that

467
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,639
Speaker 4: or is gonna get my base rowling around me? Again,

468
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,320
Speaker 4: yeah and for whatever, reason to Make indians great, again

469
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 4: which is a real tweet From Resident trump like if

470
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,240
Speaker 4: if that's what it's going to take to get people

471
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 4: back on his, side then he's going to do. It

472
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 4: and he's shown me'll do that over and over and over.

473
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,760
Speaker 1: Again Fox Sports radio has the best sports talk lineup

474
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,840
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475
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00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,119
Speaker 3: Live you know where these stepping into next AT, wnba

478
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 3: Because i'm sure you guys saw The All Star games

479
00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:42,440
Speaker 3: this weekend and the players IN i don't know who

480
00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,320
Speaker 3: came up with this. Idea they came out WEARING t

481
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,560
Speaker 3: shirts in warm ups that said pay us what you owe,

482
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,960
Speaker 3: Us and obviously this was the biggest talking point of the,

483
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,480
Speaker 3: game bigger Than Skyler diggins who got a triple. Double

484
00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 3: Caitlin clark didn't. PLAY i didn't watch. It i'm not

485
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:05,159
Speaker 3: gonna Lie. Rob WHEN i saw THE t, SHIRT i

486
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:09,040
Speaker 3: was just, like what are we? Doing what does that even?

487
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 2: Mean what you owe?

488
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:10,840
Speaker 3: Us?

489
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,359
Speaker 2: Oh what do they?

490
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,960
Speaker 3: Owe for like twenty, years this league was a money.

491
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 3: Loser we know, that that's. Documented you don't need to

492
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,159
Speaker 3: look at THE p AND. L the league has been

493
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,639
Speaker 3: a money loser forever and only now it's starting to come.

494
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,920
Speaker 3: Out so what all of a, sudden instantly after twenty

495
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 3: years of, losses now you got to pay the players.

496
00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,720
Speaker 3: MORE i DON'T i, MEAN i could say a lot of,

497
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,200
Speaker 3: STUFF i probably get myself in some, trouble BUT i

498
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:43,280
Speaker 3: don't get this at.

499
00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,760
Speaker 2: All And i'm pro. Wnba we're gonna.

500
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,320
Speaker 3: Be trying to go to a game here next, month,

501
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,720
Speaker 3: Obviously Caitlin clark Versus.

502
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,240
Speaker 2: Sparks i'm into. It my family likes. It i'm rooting For.

503
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:55,600
Speaker 2: Clark we trust, Me.

504
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,960
Speaker 3: Guys when we Put Caitlin clark in the podcast, title

505
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,199
Speaker 3: more people click that it's just.

506
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 2: Happening it's a.

507
00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 3: THING i don't know, why but a lot of people

508
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 3: must be searching For Kitlin clark content all the, time and,

509
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,240
Speaker 3: listen this one isn't gonna look great for.

510
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,080
Speaker 2: HER i don't think she's the ring leader behind.

511
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,160
Speaker 3: This and Then Kelsey plumb came out and, Said, hey

512
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,320
Speaker 3: just for the, record you, Know Team clark wasn't at

513
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 3: the morning meeting when we decided, this SO i guess. They,

514
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,879
Speaker 3: BASICALLY i don't know if she was joking or, Not

515
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,680
Speaker 3: ROB i couldn't. Tell it felt like she was. Sarcastic

516
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,240
Speaker 3: it was, strange Like Kelsey plumb, LIKE i don't know

517
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,679
Speaker 3: why she injected. THAT i guess we'll never. Know but

518
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,199
Speaker 3: it's not Like Katelin clark was the ringleader behind. THIS

519
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,439
Speaker 3: i think first and foremost she's a basketball. PLAYER i

520
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,240
Speaker 3: definitely think there are other pretty popular women who have

521
00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:47,040
Speaker 3: been vocal about contracts That i'm sure we're spearheading this.

522
00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,160
Speaker 2: EFFORT i just didn't like the. Verbiage but you.

523
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,199
Speaker 3: Know when you make people uncomfortable with pay us what

524
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 3: you owe, us that gets pick up And i'm sure

525
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 3: this is gonna be the talking point Here monday on

526
00:25:58,840 --> 00:25:59,960
Speaker 3: plenty of RADIO tv.

527
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:00,840
Speaker 1: Shows.

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00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:06,200
Speaker 4: Yeah first, off, yes the phrasing was terrible because what

529
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,119
Speaker 4: you owe us implies like we're due back pay and

530
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 4: the league has not made money since, conception yet we're

531
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 4: withholding money from, me, right so you, know pay us

532
00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,600
Speaker 4: what we deserve might have been a better, phrase but

533
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,280
Speaker 4: maybe it doesn't look good on a shirt or look

534
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,119
Speaker 4: as Good BEFORE i get into THE, wab let's just

535
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:25,200
Speaker 4: say whatever you feel about THE, Wnba i'll give them

536
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 4: one thousand percent credit in. This they may have the

537
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,439
Speaker 4: most unified union in other than baseball In american pro.

538
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 2: Sports like if THE.

539
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 4: Nfl had this kind of unity in THEIR, pa we

540
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,760
Speaker 4: wouldn't have situations where the guy is blowing through expense

541
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 4: reports at strip clubs And limo.

542
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,679
Speaker 3: Rids right by the, WAY i haven't paid attention to that.

543
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,320
Speaker 3: Story it feels like very in the, weeds but it

544
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,679
Speaker 3: does seem. Juicy WHEN i saw strip, CLUBS i was, Like,

545
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 3: okay DO i need to pay attention to? This?

546
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,720
Speaker 4: YEAH i mean like it led to the representative being

547
00:26:55,760 --> 00:27:00,280
Speaker 4: fired and then the player, representative you, know resigning from his.

548
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,159
Speaker 4: Role like it's been a real. Scandal and that's part

549
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 4: of the reason why THE nflpa keeps getting hosed in

550
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 4: their deals because they are not a well oiled. Machine

551
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 4: they're not united on. Anything they'll they'll concede on the

552
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,119
Speaker 4: dumbest things, Like, hey we want to be able to

553
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,080
Speaker 4: smoke more weed at certain times of the. Year, yeah go,

554
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 4: ahead and we'll play an eight to seventeenth game what.

555
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 4: Like it doesn't work like. That THE wnba do is

556
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 4: a much better job with their union because they do

557
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,159
Speaker 4: operate for the most part as a single. Organism but

558
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,359
Speaker 4: as far as this, situation, again the verbiage was, Terrible

559
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 4: but if you're looking for any kind of justification for their,

560
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,879
Speaker 4: requests it's not hard to. Find. Right, yes they've lost

561
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,200
Speaker 4: money since the. Inception you know who else lost money

562
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 4: basically every year since inception up until this, Year, Spotify

563
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 4: uber and people were still contributing and investing handover fist

564
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,439
Speaker 4: because they saw. Potential, Right and if you look at THE,

565
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 4: wnba they just added two new teams two hundred and

566
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 4: fifty million dollars buy. In they try to pay it

567
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 4: to get, it so that's five hundred million. Dollars the

568
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 4: new team is going to kick in starting next. Season

569
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 4: that means THEIR tv revenue is going to go up

570
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,159
Speaker 4: one hundred and fifty million dollars a. Season, Right attendance is,

571
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 4: hyatts it's been in, decades up twenty six, percent merchandise

572
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 4: sales up forty. Percent national. Viewership we just go back

573
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 4: to last, Season Caitlin clark broke the viewership record on

574
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,879
Speaker 4: every network that THE wnba plays. On, RIGHT i ON, TV,

575
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:28,240
Speaker 4: NBA TV, ABC, ESPN espn, two whatever game network has

576
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,000
Speaker 4: shown A wnba, game they have a new high because

577
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,960
Speaker 4: Of Kitlin. Clark so it would make sense why they're

578
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 4: unhappy with their current deal where they only get nine

579
00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 4: percent of revenue as opposed to fifty percent which most

580
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:45,040
Speaker 4: other massive leagues. Get SO i could understand why they

581
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 4: are upset and they feel, like, hey whatever happened fifteen

582
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 4: twenty twenty five years ago has nothing to do with, us,

583
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 4: nothing nothing like what we're doing right now is on

584
00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 4: a trajectory and it's skyrocketing. Now, again we were losing money,

585
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 4: before so pay us what you. Owe this is not

586
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 4: exactly WHAT i would use to describe, it but we

587
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,360
Speaker 4: deserve a bigger share of the. Pie AND i understand

588
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 4: why you would say. THAT i do think, though it's

589
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 4: gonna get real, ugly real. Quick AND i would not

590
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 4: be surprised if they have some kind of lockout next.

591
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,040
Speaker 3: Season oh, wow that would because it's such a it's

592
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,840
Speaker 3: such a hard balancing act because to your, like to

593
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 3: any detractable, point they've been losing money, Forever so why

594
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 3: WOULD i concede like? That and so and, again it's

595
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 3: gonna get. Ugly we're not haters of THE. Wnba, however

596
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 3: the numbers don't. Lie SO i just did a search

597
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,720
Speaker 3: chat gpt Rub has THE wnba ever been?

598
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 2: Profitable basic?

599
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 3: Question Now i'll only CHAT gbt four to, zero not

600
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 3: not the three which does deeper dives and takes a little.

601
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 2: Longer, no THE.

602
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 3: Wnba has never as a whole has never turned a

603
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 3: profit in thirty. Years, however individual teams have turned a

604
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 3: profit at various. Times Adam silver said in twenty, eighteen

605
00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:00,240
Speaker 3: this was seven years. Ago the league was losing ten

606
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 3: million dollars a year ten.

607
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 2: So like.

608
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 4: Last, year last year was forty because the charged the.

609
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,320
Speaker 4: Fights they was forty million dollars last.

610
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 3: Year and despite a HUGE tv deal that they, got

611
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,719
Speaker 3: they are expected to continue to suffer, losses like you,

612
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 3: said for several. Years by twenty, eleven, though three teams were,

613
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,320
Speaker 3: profitable and by twenty, thirteen six of the twelve were.

614
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 3: Profitable so, listen you're gonna. SEE i guarantee you The

615
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 3: Indiana fever are profitable this. YEAR i would almost certainly

616
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 3: guarantee that because, Well clark's springing with the game day

617
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 3: merge and.

618
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 2: Ticket prices and all that fun.

619
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 3: Stuff BUT i, AGAIN i don't know that like The

620
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 3: Connecticut sun and all these teams that are like, crap

621
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,320
Speaker 3: like The atlanta. Team THEIR nba team barely sells out the.

622
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 3: Arena how's THE wnba team going to do?

623
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:51,600
Speaker 4: Anything you?

624
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 2: Know so this what you owe?

625
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,680
Speaker 3: Us it JUST i don't. Know it did not come

626
00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:01,640
Speaker 3: off great to, Me but, yeah we will. See by the,

627
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,040
Speaker 3: Way rob super. Random over the, WEEKEND i had some

628
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 3: time AND, i for whatever, REASON i haven't seen the

629
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 3: Movie The matrix in a.

630
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 2: While have you seen it in a? While not in?

631
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,640
Speaker 2: Years BUT i have seen, It So.

632
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 3: I'm watching it expecting, greatness, RIGHT i, Remember, Oh, matrix

633
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 3: that was? Good you, Know matrix is like extremely MID

634
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 3: i just found it not as awesome AS i. THOUGHT

635
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 3: a couple scenes were, incredible the opening's, phenomenal but, OVERALL

636
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,200
Speaker 3: i was, like this movie's not that.

637
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 2: GREAT i, know how is? This check Out the.

638
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 3: MATRIXES i know you remember it as, awesome but, like

639
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 3: And i'm gonna be, honest you, Know i'm watching. IT

640
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 3: i like fell, asleep you, know AND i had to

641
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 3: rewind a little, bit like it just it wasn't. Incredible i'm, sorry,

642
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 3: listen it does not hold. Up you, Know i'm not

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Speaker 3: way have you tried to Watch friends with like a laugh?

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Speaker 2: Track it?

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Speaker 1: Is it's.

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Speaker 3: Unwatchable friends is total. Crap by the, WAY i was

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Speaker 3: Team Courtney cox Over Jenn. Anderson were you?

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Speaker 2: Too me?

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Speaker 3: Too?

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Speaker 2: Anyways all, right.

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Speaker 3: That's a Long monday. Podcast did not know we'd go that.

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Speaker 3: Long don't hate us for the political, talk but they started.

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Speaker 2: It we'll see tomorrow