1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Doug Gotleep Show podcast. Be 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: sure to catch us live every weekday three to five, 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,479 Speaker 1: twelve two Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: station for the Doug Gottlieb Show at Foxsports Radio dot com, 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: by searching apps car boom Up America, Doug Gottlieb Show, 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: BUE Sports Radio. I hope you are having a spectacular day. 8 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: It is July the second. Yes, it's July already. July already. 9 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: That was for you there, jas too. Is it July already? 10 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: I think you tweeted at yesterday or the day before. 11 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: Not really sure. So let's get after with the topic 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: of the day. The long search is over. Two time 13 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: NBA Coach of the Year Mike Brown is new head 14 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: coach of the New York Knicks, and he does, in 15 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: fact fit the bill. And you're like, what do you 16 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: mean fit the bill. There's a couple of things. First, 17 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: like I said, here's the amazing part about being a 18 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: two time NBA head Coach of the Year. There's actually 19 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: a trend with that that he was fired a year 20 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: after both times he was NBA Coach of the year. 21 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: But I said previously and I meant it that if 22 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: you're going to replace Tom Thibodeau with another head coach 23 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: when Tibbs takes the Knicks to the conference finals for 24 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: the first time in twenty five years, you have to 25 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: replace with somebody who has been to that level and beyond. 26 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: The NBA on some many levels is about respect. And 27 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: you know there's the catch twenty two of in order 28 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: to have the respect to the locker room, you have 29 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: to win in the NBA. In order to win in 30 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: the NBA, you have to have the respect of the 31 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: locker room. Well, Mike Brown, if you remember, was the 32 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Remember when Lebron James 33 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: and Booby Gibson and others went to the NBA Finals 34 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: early in Lebron's career and got swept. Who was the 35 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: head coach? Then? Mike Brown's the answer. So the problem 36 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: is not in selecting Mike Brown. The problem is very 37 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: likely in the execution or lack there of a plan. Now, 38 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: can Brown deal with James Dolan as a crazy owner? 39 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: Per se? Yeah, he had Vivid Rennedive as his owner. 40 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: How crazy is Vivic grinned dive. The veck Grenna DV 41 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: owner of the Kings, once upon a time coached his 42 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: daughter's AAU team, and they had a unique style where 43 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: they pressed and they left one one young woman underneath 44 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: their own basket so that every time they got the ball, 45 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: they flung it up the court, basically playing four on 46 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: five on defense. So they'd sacrificed that so they could 47 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: get wide open lamps on offense. And there was a 48 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: time when he actually wanted that strategy tried in the 49 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: G League before they could try it in the NBA. 50 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: These words were set out loud in professional basketball offices 51 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: and thought about, and one coach was actually, I believe 52 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: was fired because of it because he didn't want to 53 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: do it. He wouldn't have anything of it. So if 54 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: you could survive that, you could survive Sacramento. And oh yeah, 55 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,119 Speaker 1: by the way, he turned Sacramento from you know, from 56 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: a desolate kind of wasteland of coaches, even with really 57 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: good Mike Malone was there, right, and they got rid 58 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: of Mike Malone to playing a fun up and down style. 59 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: Is that because Mike Brown's been to the finals, because 60 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: he's seen as a great dude, somebody who can work 61 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: with anybody, somebody who's won, but much more offensive minded. 62 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: My guess is he's the opposite of Tibbs, and Tibbs 63 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: was I'm gonna do it my way, this way, we're 64 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: gonna do it. We're gonna do defense first, We're gonna 65 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: grind with our top seven guys, and if no one 66 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: else plays, that's fine. Mike Brown's like, hey, whatever, man, 67 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: let's just go out, have fun, run, score a bunch 68 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: of points, and you know, we'll figure it out the end. 69 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: And it's worked some That's just a guess, but he 70 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: passes that bar of you can't fire a guy who 71 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: took you to the conference finals unless you hire somebody 72 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: who's gone beyond the conference finals. So I think because 73 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: of where we started, where we get to feels disappointed 74 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: to some. But when you take a breath and go like, yeah, 75 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 1: I mean, Tibbs had been successful in the NBA, but 76 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: it's not like he'd never been to the conference finals before. 77 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: It's not like he's set the world on fire in 78 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: the playoffs. It is a more offensive mind the league. 79 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: You do have to guard people. Mike Brown had played, 80 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: you know, turned his style into a wide open one. 81 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 1: He's in the Sacramento. It worked, it was fun, people came, 82 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: people watched, and the team was relative is successful. He 83 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: was successful with the Golden State Warriors during the interim 84 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: stint and really well. He liked, well, liked, And this 85 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: is It's no different than when you're in a relationship, right, 86 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: you get married, you get divorced. Who's the next woman 87 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: you date? Well, if she was blonde, sometimes it's a burnett. 88 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: If she has short hair, now it's long hair. If 89 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: she's more passive, you get somebody who's more aggressive. You 90 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: date the opposite, or maybe you have a type and 91 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: everybody you date looks exactly the same and you just 92 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: substitute in name tags. I don't know, but most dudes, 93 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: it feels like go from one you know from from 94 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: polar opposes, just like with just like with coaches, you 95 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: have Timbs who's heavy handed, demanding, kind of gruff on 96 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: his it only works with his guys, doesn't play a 97 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,799 Speaker 1: deep bench, and wants to play defensive minded ball. Regards 98 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: to the fact that if you actually watched Tims team, 99 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 1: they played pretty free, pretty easy on offense, but persona wise, 100 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: style wise seen as defensive first, gritty, mentality, you know, 101 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: not a guy that constantly has a smile on his face. 102 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: And oh yeah, by the way, he happens to be white. 103 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: The Knicks hire a guy who'd been slightly more successful 104 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: in the playoffs but loved by a lot of people. 105 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: Super likable guy, play a fast style. He happens to 106 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: be black as well, and I'm guessing plays more of 107 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: his bench. And I actually think this becomes the year 108 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: in which my dad used to tell me something about 109 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: guys that follow Bill Parcell's like that first year you 110 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: get there, still they still have ingrained in them all 111 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: of the little discipline oriented things that made Bill Parcells 112 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: arguably the greatest coach of our generation in the National 113 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: Football League. But then it comes some of the kind 114 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: of free spirit and oh the dictator's gone. And that 115 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: first year you actually kind of get the best of 116 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: both worlds. You get the new energy combined with the 117 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: discipline of Parcels. Now year two it gets really hard 118 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: because parcells stuff did in fact work, The discipline was needed, 119 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: and some of that disappears over time. And I think 120 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: that'll be a challenge to Mike Brown in year two. 121 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: But right now you're one. I don't know, I don't 122 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: hate it. I think the part that's killing the Knicks 123 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: is the perception. Right if you fire a guy and 124 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: the job is open this long, you couldn't get your 125 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: first guy, you couldn't get your second guy, you couldn't 126 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: get your third guy. Well, they end up getting the 127 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: guy who's NBA Coach of the Year two years ago, 128 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: and it's happened to him twice. He's very familiar with 129 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: the East. It actually makes sense if if you take out, 130 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: you know, you take out the the guys they tried 131 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: to talk to, the timing and how TIBs was fired, 132 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: all of those things. Byer, Does it make sense to you, 133 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: Dad Buyer? 134 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 2: I mean you've the search didn't make sense, but the 135 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 2: hiring ultimately, I think is fine. I think you can 136 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 2: point your point about the time in Sacramento and we've 137 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,239 Speaker 2: seen kind of how that organization is completely revamped itself 138 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 2: from that playoff year that were just a couple of 139 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 2: seasons removed from where they took the Warriors to seven games, 140 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 2: and you can you can blame it on ownership, or 141 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 2: you could blame it on what was going on in 142 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 2: the front office and not have Mike Brown take any 143 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 2: other responsibility. So yeah, it was it was fine. I 144 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 2: just the search process of them going to all the 145 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 2: other teams when you had a Mike Brown out there, 146 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 2: when you had a Taylor Jenkins who you also spoke with. 147 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 2: I don't think they even talked with Michael Malone. But 148 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 2: so that that whole deal was the search was crazy. 149 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 2: But ultimately you get Mike Brown. It's fine. Hire. I 150 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 2: don't know if it's a lot remove, but it is 151 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 2: what it is. 152 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's it. It's this is the Airs would like. 153 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 1: It's like when you on a basketball team runs an 154 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: offensive set, nobody executes it particularly well, and then they 155 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: jump up and knock down a shot and you're like, eh, yeah, 156 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: good coaching, you know. Yeah, so that's what the Knicks did, right. 157 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: The Knicks passed the ball around a bunch of times. 158 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 1: Guys dribbled it, dribble it, dribble it. What are we doing? 159 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: And then they throw it to Jail and Bruns and 160 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,599 Speaker 1: he throws in a questionable shot. He goes in and 161 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: you're like, hey, good job. I'm probably too close to 162 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: it because I know Mike really well. I think he's 163 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: a fantastic guy. I think he you know, the the 164 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: Lakers stint was he probably butchered trying to bring in 165 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: Eddie Jordan to run Princeton style offense. It was a 166 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: great thought. He got to clear it with Kobe Bryant 167 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: if you want to work. But again, Mike's been around 168 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: it long enough, you know, to to have learned from 169 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: his mistakes and how to handle it. And look, maybe 170 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: it's what got him fired in Sacramento. Remember the waning 171 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: days of his time in Sacramento. He was He pointed 172 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: out that Daron Fox kind of butchered something late in 173 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: the game, said that to the media, and then supposedly 174 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: Darren Fox was unhappy. Then he gets fired, and then 175 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: Darren Fox like, why'd Darren Fox? Like, why'd you fire him? 176 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: I liked him? Why'd you fire him? And then Darreon 177 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: Fox gets traded. 178 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Like I almost give him a pass, honestly, 179 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 2: and I know that, Like his Coach of the Year 180 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 2: honors were with Lebron and the Calves and with the 181 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 2: it wasn't one with the Lakers, but said him. Think, 182 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 2: but the point is it's tough to coach superstars as well. 183 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 2: So like if you're gonna look at him and say 184 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 2: what kind of coaches. He I would look at the 185 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 2: Sacramento tenure more than I would the other two. 186 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: Or you could say, remember he got fired after a 187 00:10:55,160 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 1: fifty one win season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, right when 188 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: they lost to the Bots of Celtics in the playoffs. 189 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: And then when they fired him, they again, the Calves 190 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 1: thought they were firing him because Lebron didn't like him, 191 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: and Leron may not have liked him, but it didn't 192 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: stop Lebron from leaving and going to Miami. Those two 193 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: things go inside with each other, Yeah, Jase do so? 194 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 3: Can we drove down on something that Buyer brought up? 195 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 3: And he brought it up a couple of weeks ago too, 196 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 3: and I agree. You know, the Knicks took this kind 197 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 3: of like you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs 198 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 3: kind of thing to the offseason, and I'm guessing they 199 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 3: pissed off a bunch of teams, like trade partners, Like, 200 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 3: how if they ultimately landed on a guy who was 201 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 3: a free agent to begin with, didn't they piss off 202 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 3: trade partners along the way? Aren't they aren't teams less 203 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 3: likely to deal with the Knicks now because they caused 204 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 3: this disturbance with their head coaches, and it forced them 205 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 3: to have to pay their head coaches or it forced 206 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 3: them to have this these public acknowledgements. Isn't there a 207 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 3: a net negative here? 208 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: Maybe? Maybe, but one it's not show friends as show business. Secondly, 209 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: I think the the easy landing place if you did 210 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: feel like there were feelings that were hurt, is hey, 211 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: we could have gone and talked to those guys without 212 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: clearing with you. We didn't have to do that right, 213 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 1: Like we could have done the agent thing where we 214 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: talked to the agent and never actually you know, make 215 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: the formal ask so we can say we did the 216 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: right thing. I think it's more, yeah, you fire tips 217 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: and people get excited, and this happens in all coaching jobs. 218 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: Like if Mike Brown's name head coach, like yeah, I 219 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: like Mike Brownie's fine, Like like Dan said, like be fine. 220 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: But if you fired tips, you're like, ooh, they got 221 00:12:54,720 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: to have something big going on, you know, And it's 222 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: it's a lot like you say, hey, listen, we turned down. 223 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: You know, Brad Pitt wanted this role. We told him 224 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: like we didn't think he was a good fake, Like oh, 225 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: you turned down Brad, Pitt. Okay, well that means you're 226 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: going after somebody really really big and they end up 227 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: getting kind of a solid B list actor, and like, really, 228 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: that's that's it, right. 229 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 2: Multiple coaches got contract extensions or modified contracts because the 230 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 2: Knicks wanted to talk to them. Billy Donovan in Chicago 231 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 2: was the one that really stood out. Yeah they screwed Chicago. 232 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah. Will they get a trade with Chicago anyway? 233 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: Does it matter anyway? Maybe? You know, maybe, I don't know. 234 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: Does it hurt your trade partners? I guess you know, 235 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: I don't think anybody's gonna call them and hand them 236 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: Luka Doncic the way that the way that the Mavericks 237 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: handed him to the Lakers. 238 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 4: Yes, yes, Sam, I'm just curious if we'll have another 239 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 4: moment like this like Mike Brown had in front of 240 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 4: the Sacramento media where he really drilled down on the 241 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 4: importance of possessions. 242 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 5: Just need to be methodical stacking or playing the right way. 243 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 5: Possession after possession, after possession, What about the next after 244 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 5: possession and the next after possession? Okay, after possession after possession, Okay, 245 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 5: after possession after possession. 246 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 2: How do you think the new York Media would take 247 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 2: something like that. 248 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: They would play it probably fifteen or twenty times over 249 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: and over and over and over and over again. Yes, yes, 250 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: I will. I'm going to warn everybody the crew is 251 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: kind of in a mood we had. You're gonna want 252 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: to listen to the podcast. It's a great discussion about 253 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: circumcision in the podcast. I just I'll leave it at that. 254 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: I'll cut my remark short. So we did there, cut 255 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: my right short. The crew is in a bit of 256 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: a mood, and it's a good mood, but it's definitely 257 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: like a snappy, kind of like sarcastic mood. So again, 258 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: just throwing that warning out to you. If you're listening today. 259 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: Dan's got on a good looking golf shirt. That means 260 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: he's probably hitting the links after the show. That's just 261 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: a guess. 262 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 2: Or yeah, the laundry was not completed. 263 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, I forgot to Dan, that shirt makes me want 264 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 4: to eat orange sherbets bright. 265 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 2: I can go on this very appealing. 266 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: You also clim up trash inside of the Road. 267 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 6: Be sure to catch the live edition of The Doug 268 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 6: Gottlieb Show weekdays at three pm Eastern noon Pacific on 269 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 6: Fox Sports radio and the iHeartRadio app, it's. 270 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: The Doug Gottlieb Show, Fox Sports Radio. I mean this. 271 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: According to the Athletics Stan Wiki, Lakers are already targeting 272 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: Al Horford. His call is A colleague Sam Ameck, who's 273 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: also from the Athletic said that the Warriors are too 274 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: Warriors could end up they could end up a key 275 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: piece in the battle for a three nine year old center. Again, 276 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: my my thing is this, Like DeAndre Ayton is DeAndre 277 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: and officially a Laker? Dan Byer did he did he 278 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: sign with the Lakers? 279 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 2: I don't think so. 280 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: No, No, again, that was supposedly he was. They were 281 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: one of the final teams. It's like DeAndre Ayton, I 282 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: I look, I understand what Lebron's people are kind of saying, like, hey, 283 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: they're they're kind of threwed here, right not coulda probably 284 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: not gonna win a title this year. And I don't 285 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: understand Ayton. I don't understand Horford. Like the best thing 286 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: Luca does is come off of pick and roll and 287 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: either score it, pass it, or throw a lob. And 288 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: you have to have a lob threat. And they don't 289 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: seem to like jacksonay So why aren't they going after 290 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: that type of center? You know who might know Frank Iola, 291 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: He joins us now on the Doug Gottlieb Show here 292 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio. Of course, long time NBA writer. 293 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: You see him on ESPN, herby the Yes Network, on 294 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: Serious XM as well. He joins us now on Fox 295 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. What was your opinion this would have been 296 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: like a backward around the horn existed great around the 297 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: horn topic. Lebron James's agent comes out and is like, hey, 298 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: Lebron wants to win a championship, so we're going to 299 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: explore our options after he just re ups with the 300 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: Lakers with the player option. What was what was your 301 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: read on that? 302 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 7: Yeah, well, first of all, don't be hating DeAndre and 303 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 7: all right we'll start there, Doug. I do think it's funny. 304 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 7: I always love that he's monitoring the situation. Well, guess what, 305 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 7: somebody break the news to him that the Lakers just 306 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 7: signed the guy that's gonna be forty one on December 307 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 7: thirtieth to a fifty three contract, which kind of which 308 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 7: kind of hurts him a little bit. I'm not telling 309 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 7: him to take less he could. Obviously, he's earned the 310 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 7: right to do that that that's in his contract, but 311 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 7: you mentioned it. The biggest issue that the Lakers have 312 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 7: is that they're in the Western Conference, and you were 313 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 7: talking about centers that they can get. You know, Nick 314 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,880 Speaker 7: Claxton would certainly fill the bill. I don't think he's 315 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 7: been traded yet, like he would be available from the nets. 316 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 7: But you know, the Lakers are gonna have to give 317 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 7: up a first round pick if they if they want 318 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 7: to acquire Nick Claxon. But Lebron, Lebron's in a tough situation. 319 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 7: You know, it's amazing that we're still talking about the 320 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 7: guy after after all these years. The best thing for 321 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 7: him would be to figure out a way to go 322 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 7: come to the Eastern Conference, Like I don't know why 323 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 7: Kevin Durant didn't try to do that. All the teams 324 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 7: are in the West while the East is wide open 325 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 7: right now. 326 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, so the East is wide open. The New 327 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: York knicks Hire Mike Brown, what do you think of 328 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: the higher Well. 329 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 7: I like Mike Brown a lot and obviously as a 330 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 7: good you know record. You know, he got to coach 331 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 7: Lebron a lot in Cleveland, which which certainly helps. It's 332 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 7: it's strange because you know, you go out and you 333 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 7: made it to the conference finals first time in twenty 334 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 7: five years, and then it decide to get rid of 335 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 7: their coach. And I think they're targeted for a long 336 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 7: time with Jason Kidd, and you know, I think that's 337 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 7: why there's probably dragon as long as they did. They 338 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 7: tried to get Jason Kidd. You know, they couldn't even 339 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 7: get permission to speak to him. And then you know 340 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 7: they did talk to the Rockets. They tried, so they 341 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 7: went after four four coaches that we know of that 342 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 7: are under contract. So if you're doing that, come on, Doug, 343 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 7: if you're getting if you're trying to talk to get 344 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 7: a turn in the contract, that's the guy that are hiring. 345 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 7: So it sounds like that Mike Brown at at best 346 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 7: would have been their fifth choice. But you know that 347 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 7: doesn't make them the wrong choice. And you know, many 348 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 7: years ago, I think it was you know, all the 349 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 7: way back in ninety six. I know it's ancient history, 350 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 7: but you know, when Joe Torrey got hired by the Yankees, 351 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 7: nobody thought it was a good hire. Than the next thing, 352 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 7: you know, he's part of a dynasty there. Mike Brown's 353 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 7: walking into a good situation. Like you just said, wide 354 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 7: open the East. The Knicks do have a talented roster, 355 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 7: but there's gonna be a lot of pressure on them. 356 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 7: The Knicks won ten playoff games last year. I mean 357 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 7: this past season the most since ninety nine. They made 358 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 7: the conference finals first time since two thousands. Of the 359 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 7: expectations like the pressure are going to be through the roof. 360 00:19:55,400 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, I tend to agree there. Kevin Rant to Houston, 361 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: Houston's made a lot of moves. Several people like it. 362 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 1: What do you think about Houston and their evolution? 363 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 7: I like it a lot. I kind of I always 364 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 7: thought would they try to make a run at Devin Booker, 365 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 7: you know, for Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant still has in 366 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 7: my opinion, a lot left. The problem is can he 367 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 7: stay healthy? And we did have a really I thought 368 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 7: the season overall was disappointing because they didn't get at 369 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 7: the tenth place in the Western Conference. But you know, 370 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 7: Imadoka was an assistant coach in Brooklyn when Kevin Durant 371 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 7: was there, so they have a relationship. I think they 372 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 7: have a really good young nucleus around them, especially the 373 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 7: kid Thompson who's terrific. They got some toughness with guys 374 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 7: like fred van Fleet and what you like about the rocket. 375 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 7: They still have the asset to make a run at 376 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,959 Speaker 7: Giannis if and when, you know, Jannis does become available 377 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 7: and wants out of Milwaukee. So I think it works 378 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 7: out well for Kevin Durant. The one thing about Kevin 379 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 7: Durant which I don't understand, I still tie it to 380 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 7: like not being married and not having kids. If he 381 00:20:58,040 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 7: had that, he'd be like the rest of us. He'd 382 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 7: be kind of miser So he spends most of his 383 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 7: time being miserable about silly things like fighting people on 384 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 7: social media and things like that. Like Kevin Durant never 385 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 7: seems to be happy. I don't get it. I mean, 386 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 7: even just recently. You look at some of his social 387 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 7: media activities, just like going going after people. I don't 388 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 7: understand it for like a guy that I mean, I 389 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 7: don't know. You look across sports, like the all time 390 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 7: grades in any sport, whether it's tennis, football, basketball, soccer, 391 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 7: like an all time greader. They really just randomly calling 392 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 7: after people on social media. I don't understand that part 393 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 7: about Kevin Durant. But when it as it relates to 394 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 7: how good Houston could be. I mean, come on, Doug. 395 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 7: They were the second seed last year, they won fifty 396 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 7: two games. There were a young team. I get it. 397 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 7: They got knocked out in the Game seven by Golden State, 398 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 7: but they're going to be a legit contender in the 399 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 7: Western Conference. 400 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: I agree. I actually think the NBA, I think the 401 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: Texas teams are loaded for battle. I mean, we don't know. 402 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: I don't know what Kyrie's looks like when he comes 403 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: off the knee injury, but the rest of that roster 404 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: looks really, really athletic and can really defend. The Spurs. 405 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: They still make be a year or two away, but 406 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: it's it's not that far away. You got obviously Oklahoma City. 407 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: I know it's a different state, but it's right during 408 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: that same corridor, and then the Houston Rockets. It's those 409 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,919 Speaker 1: four are where the players and the draft picks and 410 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: the future seems to seems to live in the NBA. 411 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 1: What about Giannis, Is this the offseason that he gets moved? 412 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 7: I don't think so, because I don't think they make 413 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 7: a move like that. I'm not buying this idea that 414 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,439 Speaker 7: he was unhappy. The Milwaukee Bucks are really making a 415 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 7: seismic move like that without Giannis knowing about it. To me, 416 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 7: that that move from Miles Turner and releasing Damian Lillard, 417 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 7: that's Milwaukee saying we're really gonna roll the dice here. 418 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 7: We have the best player in the Eastern Conference, the 419 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 7: Eastern Conference about Jason Tatum, and without Tyres Haliburt for 420 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 7: the time being, looks like, you know, we have you know, 421 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 7: we could make a run here. So I don't think 422 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 7: it'll be this season, you know, trades like that. I mean, 423 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 7: I don't look at that trade before the deadline this year, 424 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 7: but any trade like that with the honest would usually 425 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 7: would probably take place before the draft. So I think 426 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 7: I think Milwaukee and Giannis are going to be together 427 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 7: for at least a year. Know that that could all 428 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 7: change by you know, right around the draft next June. 429 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 7: But I think now he's going to be in and 430 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 7: to his credit, you know, he he is loyal to 431 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 7: the city and the franchise. You know, they drafted him. 432 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 7: He was a skinny guy out of Greece, nobody knew about. 433 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 7: He turned into a man there had incredible success. I mean, 434 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 7: you know this the arena, the you know, the Arena there. 435 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 7: You know, a lot of the downtown area, that Deer District. 436 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 7: A lot of that has to do with the honest 437 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 7: he really changed the brand of the Milwaukee Bucks, and 438 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 7: it would be a big deal for them to trade him. 439 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 7: I think it would be a big deal for him 440 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 7: to get traded. But I think I think Milwaukee realizes 441 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 7: you look at San Antonio, you look at Houston, they 442 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 7: have assets. Look at what the Brooklyn Mets have done 443 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 7: with all the assets they have there. The Golden State 444 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 7: Wars could potentially be in play, the Miami Heat. It would, 445 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 7: you know, be a lot of the usual suspect. But 446 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 7: I think I think the Bucks, if and when that 447 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 7: time were to come, I think they would do right 448 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 7: by Yannis. I think you could do right by them 449 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,679 Speaker 7: and not make it. I'm sure he'd probably identify a 450 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 7: few teams and they would just try to get the 451 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 7: best assets that they could. 452 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: Stug Gottlieb show here on Fox Sport Trader, that's the 453 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 1: voice of Frank Isola. Frank, Look, obviously we want to 454 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 1: talk NBA's big NBA free agency time, but what are 455 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:25,120 Speaker 1: your thoughts on where the w NBA is now with 456 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: their handling. I mean, you just had the women's the 457 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: players pull for the All Star Game had Caitlin Clark 458 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: as the ninth best guard in the league. Now again, 459 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 1: I'm I don't watch enough w NBA to tell you 460 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: if she's first or second or maybe ninth, but ninth 461 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 1: does seem a little low, and it fits the narrative 462 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: of they just don't like her. They don't like her 463 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 1: even though she's helping them all get rich. What's your 464 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: read on what's going on in. 465 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 7: The w Well, the only thing I say about the 466 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 7: players in WNBA in this case, I think, you know, 467 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 7: every year the NBA does the same thing where the 468 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 7: fan vote means the most, which they should just let 469 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 7: the fans the fans game, whoever they voted into the game, whatever. 470 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 7: Let the fans happen. It's there, it's their game. But 471 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 7: you know, the fans I think would have half, you know, 472 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 7: half of the vote would be for the fans in 473 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 7: the media, and the players would have the you know, 474 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 7: would make up the other twenty five percentage, gonna get 475 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 7: twenty five and the NBA players a lot of times, 476 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 7: you know, there were times when the media voted Lebron 477 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 7: and Kevin Durant unanimously as all Star starters, and the 478 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 7: players didn't. They had guys from like all over the place. 479 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 7: So some of that I have to take with a 480 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 7: grain of salt. I still think a lot of it 481 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,359 Speaker 7: goes back to last season. I think the league set 482 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 7: a bad tone by not putting on the Olympic team 483 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 7: Cheryl Reeves. But you know, the national team coach, who 484 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 7: is the Minnesota coach, came out with the tweet before 485 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 7: the first preseason game and she took a little dig 486 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 7: at Caitlyn Clark. I do think if David Stern were around, 487 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 7: he would have called up Cheryl Reeves and basically told 488 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 7: her stopped tweeting about Caitlin Clark. And he would have 489 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 7: called the USA basket Ball and said, we know that 490 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 7: kate Linclark is going to be on this team, right 491 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 7: and they would have put her on the team. So 492 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 7: I think the way that she came into the league, 493 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 7: I mean, look at Page Becker's her. You know, entrance 494 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 7: into the league wasn't nearly as you know, it wasn't 495 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 7: nearly as many mine fields as Caitlin Clark had. But 496 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 7: come on, Doug, you know this duke runs men's basketball. 497 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 7: They're you know, they're everywhere in the NBA, and Yukon 498 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,679 Speaker 7: runs women's basketball. It's just the way it is, and 499 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,199 Speaker 7: it just so happens. You know, Grant Hill is the 500 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 7: executive director of the men's national team, and it's Sue 501 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 7: I think believe now it's Sue ber is the executive 502 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 7: director of the women's national team. So that's pretty powerful. 503 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 7: My thing is, if Kitlin Clark went to Yukon, none 504 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 7: of this stuff would be going on. She would have 505 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 7: been on the national team and she wouldn't be catching 506 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 7: as much grief as she catches. I think it's unfortunately. 507 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 7: I think the problem that the w NBA players have 508 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 7: that NBA players don't have. NBA players understand marketing and 509 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,239 Speaker 7: they understand economics and they have common sense. I think 510 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 7: a lot of the players in the NBA need to 511 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 7: take an economics one on one course, a common sense 512 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,120 Speaker 7: one on one course, and a marketing one on one 513 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 7: course to really understand that. I think they're fighting something 514 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,879 Speaker 7: which they don't. It's not in their best interest, but 515 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 7: for some reason they keep fighting. 516 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: That's frank I Sola. You hear him on Serious XM 517 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: NBA radio. You see him on ESPN you see him 518 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: on s n Y, you see him all over. He 519 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: does a great job. Frank, you're the best man, having 520 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: absolutely great fourth July. And thank you for being our guest. 521 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 7: You too, Doug, take care of you. 522 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: Ah, it's Doug Gottlieb Show. It's Fox Sports Radio. That's 523 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: my guy, Dan Bayer. Oh so I'm doing I'm what 524 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: we're doing? Cow hurt on the fourth? Is that right? 525 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: Jay stew Are you doing that with me? Or are 526 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: you off? 527 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 7: So? 528 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: I think I asked if you're doing it? 529 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 3: But uh, hurt on the fourth and I'll be working, 530 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 3: you know, Okay? 531 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 1: And then Dan, are you doing my show or you off? 532 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 1: Or doing the herd with me? 533 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 2: No, I'm not doing the hard I'm doing your show. 534 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: Okay. So you'll hear Dan next couple of days. This 535 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: is just an interesting one to me. Are you guys? Fireworks? 536 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 5: Guys? 537 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: Now, I know you live in southern California, so you 538 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: can't really buy I mean legally the same fireworks you 539 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: can buy. But do you still enjoy a good you know, 540 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,360 Speaker 1: semi street legal explosion. 541 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 2: I've become more and more. I loved it when I 542 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,239 Speaker 2: was a kid. Then I don't know if I just 543 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 2: became too cool for school, like in my teens and twenties. 544 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 2: But I do appreciate them. Obviously there's dangers with fires 545 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 2: and possible injuries, but I have enjoyed them more I 546 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 2: could say, probably for the last decade or so. 547 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 3: Jase, do I think fireworks are first simpletons unless you're 548 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 3: a child. I think that people are who are motivated 549 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 3: to do fireworks or watch fireworks are just simple in nature. 550 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 2: I love simple. Dan is what they. 551 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: Call me, simple, simple dog. I'm just simple, all right, Sammy? 552 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: What about you? 553 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 2: I'm with Dan? I use simple Sam Well, sweet Dan? 554 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 5: Was you. 555 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 4: Was your takeaway that you actually like it more now 556 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 4: in the last ten years, like you went. 557 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 2: Through that hole? 558 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 5: Yeah? 559 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 2: I just yeah. I think when I was a teenager 560 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 2: and and you know my twenties is just like you know, 561 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 2: like what's that? I'm yeah, too cool? And now I 562 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 2: have a little bit more of an appreciation. I would 563 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 2: say that I loved it as a kid. Meant a lot. 564 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 2: Fourth July I meant a lot to me. 565 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 4: We used I used to go down to Missouri with 566 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 4: my mom and buy fireworks, bring it back to our 567 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 4: our rural farm in Iowa, and shoot them. 568 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 2: Off, have fun. 569 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 4: I think now as an adult, I'm you know, like 570 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 4: occasional firework show is fun. But you know, I think 571 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,840 Speaker 4: what I was really against drones in general, but drone 572 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 4: shows are very cool and they don't spook veterans. They 573 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 4: don't spook dogs or bees or birds. They can do 574 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 4: really cool stuff. But I will say some this rule 575 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 4: fireworks warehouse in California. I put this on my Twitter 576 00:29:58,360 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 4: and I was Sam ninety nine. If you want to 577 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 4: check it out. This is a helicopter hovering over this 578 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 4: fireworks warehouse somewhere in California and County Yolo. Yeah, Yolo County. 579 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 4: Very fitting. You only live once, so don't blow your 580 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:12,719 Speaker 4: fingers off. So it was smoking and all of a sudden, 581 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,959 Speaker 4: just this massive Hollywood style explosion. Uh it was wild, 582 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 4: So check that out. But yeah, fireworks are cool once 583 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 4: in a while, but you kind of get you see 584 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 4: enough shows, you're like, right. 585 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: Well, the fireworks shows are different that now looks some 586 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: of the firework shows are better than they used to be. 587 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 1: I agree with you on drone shows firework shows. I 588 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: am one of those like can we just get the finale? Like, 589 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: just give me. I'd rather have firework five minutes of 590 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: the finale than thirty minutes with a two minutes. But 591 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: but and I I I actually agree with Jason. But 592 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: I think that's why we like it. Right, it's like 593 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 1: a it's like a primal thing. Yes, it's simple. We 594 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: like blowing stuff up. Now, I don't actually like the 595 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: ones that blow stuff up the M one thousands or whatever, 596 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: you know, the N eights to one thousands and there 597 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: are little mini sticks of dynamite. It can be fun. 598 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: But I really liked the ones that fire stuff up. 599 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 2: Yes, I love four seasons. Yeah, the one that goes 600 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 2: you know, white to yellow to green to red and 601 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 2: then out. 602 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,800 Speaker 1: It is. It's also an interesting cottage industry, right. It's 603 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: like could be the same people to do like Christmas trails, 604 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: could like uh pumpkin pumpkin patch, Christmas tree sales and 605 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: fireworks right and those people like only work a couple 606 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: of weeks out of the year and each of. 607 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 2: Those things and their carnies and well they're also travel 608 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 2: the way. They're like also in states where they're illegal, 609 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 2: which I never like understood, Like there are fireworks stores 610 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 2: where fireworks aren't legal, and I've always undered what. 611 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 4: The It goes back to that Joe dirt scene where 612 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 4: he's like, uh no, cirrih, we only have snakes and sparklers. 613 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,960 Speaker 4: It's like where all your your fud Ruckers and your 614 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 4: your your belly blasters and your your feed ripples. 615 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 2: By the way, that stuff is expensive. 616 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: It's it's expensive. It's also sneaky expensive. Yes, it is 617 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: steaky expensive. 618 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 3: You guys. 619 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 4: Do you guys like the U. I was obsessed as 620 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 4: a kid with those fireworks. They would fire out the 621 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 4: little parrot shute guy. They would come sprinkling down. Then 622 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 4: you could go catch run after it and catch it. 623 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think part of part of my love for 624 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 1: it is in California, didn't have them, didn't happen. 625 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 2: You didn't have the fun like personal found. 626 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 1: We had like flowers and then you had to like 627 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 1: peel off the flowers if you want to make something 628 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: snakes and sparky, yeah, or then you had to get 629 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: them one. 630 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 6: Tanks. 631 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,719 Speaker 2: Tanks and boats were fun fire little cannons and stuff. 632 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: Oh good tanks. 633 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 6: Be sure to catch the live edition of The Doug 634 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 6: Gottlieb Show weekdays at three pm Eastern noon Pacific. 635 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: Doug Gottlieb show Fox Sports Radio. 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Let's get 643 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: to a game. 644 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 6: This is game time on the Doug Gottlieb Show. 645 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 1: All right, Dan Buyer, what's the game today, Doug? 646 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 2: The game today is for better or worse? Alright? Right 647 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 2: on topic, Doug for better or worse? Fourth of July 648 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 2: is the first topic. Daytime cookout versus nighttime fireworks? What's 649 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 2: better or worse? 650 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: I mean, a cookout is always better? You did you? Did? 651 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: You know? Put it in a little box of the 652 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: daytime cookout. The only thing about the daytime cookouts occasionally 653 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 1: a little too hot in some parts of the country 654 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 1: and you get some flies. But daytime cookout is better. 655 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 2: All right, Doug for better or worse? I'm gonna call it. 656 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 2: British event, all right, Wimbledon versus the Open Championship. 657 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:04,200 Speaker 1: Wimbled Open Championship worse again. Part of the magic at 658 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 1: the golf term is you got to decide do I 659 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 1: follow one group? Do I sit and just watch one hole? 660 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 3: Hm? 661 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: It does the cold and windy whereas now Wimbledon they 662 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 1: have the dome and they got the strawberries and cream, 663 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: right or so we're told? Which I think is the 664 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 1: huge win Wimbledon? 665 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 7: Better? 666 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,839 Speaker 2: All right? For better or worse? This is kind of 667 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 2: a two part question. The winner will move on to 668 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 2: the next question, free agency, the NFL versus NBA. Whose 669 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,360 Speaker 2: free agency is better? You want? 670 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 1: Do you want in total like last five years or 671 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,680 Speaker 1: do you want this year specifically. 672 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 2: Where we are right now? So I guess it would be. 673 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 2: You know, at this point, which one do you like better? 674 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:45,400 Speaker 7: Is? 675 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,279 Speaker 2: It's kind of a mix, to be honest of what 676 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 2: you're going to go. 677 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,440 Speaker 1: NBA freegency traditionally better, and they're like last year was 678 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: a unique year in NFL freeency with Saquon Barkley specifically 679 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: and some others, but NBA freegency generally better. 680 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:03,240 Speaker 2: Okay, So NBA moves on to face for better or worse? 681 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 2: MLB versus NBA and the reason why MLB got the 682 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 2: bye is because used to be the best. Yeah, hot stove, right, 683 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 2: it used to be the best. 684 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,319 Speaker 1: But now you have guys not signing until like a 685 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: week before the spring training. MLB is now worse. It 686 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:22,399 Speaker 1: used to be better. MLB is now. 687 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,439 Speaker 2: Worse, all right, speaking of Major League Baseball, will stick 688 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 2: with that despite their loss. Major League Baseball day games, 689 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,760 Speaker 2: weekday day games or weekend day. 690 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:34,799 Speaker 1: Games weekday day games. 691 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 2: There is something very unique about it. 692 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:41,359 Speaker 1: I like, it's like it's going on. It's like I'm 693 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,880 Speaker 1: not really I'm supposed to be working. I'm not. Yes, yeah, 694 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,040 Speaker 1: it's like playing hooky and and of course everybody relives 695 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:53,759 Speaker 1: their their own Ferris Bueller's day off kind of moment. Right. Yeah. 696 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 1: I think day games, weekday that's amazing. 697 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 2: There's a there is a bit of NCAA tournament feel 698 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:00,120 Speaker 2: with it. 699 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:04,600 Speaker 1: Yeah. Hey, I propose that there should be a section where, 700 00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:07,400 Speaker 1: you know, you have super high high powered Wi Fi 701 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,239 Speaker 1: where guys can come open, open their laptops, have a beer, 702 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 1: do to knock out some work in between innings, and 703 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:13,319 Speaker 1: then watch the game. 704 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:14,719 Speaker 2: That'd be great. 705 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 4: Sometimes baseball players want to be on the nine to 706 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 4: five two you know, Yes, when I have a normal workday, 707 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:20,600 Speaker 4: get done by four? 708 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:22,719 Speaker 1: Do you guys you know my moist is a louse story? Right? 709 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:24,200 Speaker 2: Yes? Yes? 710 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:25,319 Speaker 1: Sam? Do you know it? 711 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 2: We'll have to tell in another time ahead. You got 712 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,479 Speaker 2: one more to get through it better or worse? Doug 713 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 2: decision maker Yannis versus the Knicks. 714 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:36,520 Speaker 7: Uh. 715 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,399 Speaker 2: Since it took a while for the Knicks to make 716 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,880 Speaker 2: their head coach decision, we still don't know what Yannis's 717 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,840 Speaker 2: decision is. Who's better or worse when it comes to 718 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,359 Speaker 2: making decisions. 719 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:49,480 Speaker 1: The Knicks Knicks, Yanni's decision was uh, one on a 720 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:51,719 Speaker 1: coach that wasn't ready for it, and to to get 721 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard. Supposedly he was the big, big pushbind it. 722 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:55,439 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go nix. 723 00:36:55,440 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 2: All right, and we've run out of time. That's game time. 724 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 6: In So this is game time on the Doug Gottlieb Show. 725 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:05,800 Speaker 1: It's the middle of the week, the middle of the 726 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:07,680 Speaker 1: day of the middle of show, the midways, actually the 727 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:08,479 Speaker 1: Doug Gottlieb Show.