1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:04,359 Speaker 1: All right, welcome in What's Right with the Gride? Episode 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: four forty one. This episode of What Righten the Gride 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: is presented to you by our wonderful friends at boost Mobile, 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: and this is our mailbag episode. I want to be 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: very clear. I don't know if Simmons invented this, but 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: he was doing mail bags when I was in high school. 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: It was like the must read column that he wrote 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: on page two for ESPN. And so if this is 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: shameless theft, shameless theft, but I no problem admitting it. 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: And so we're not gonna do these every Friday. Every 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,639 Speaker 1: Friday we will have a show, but we're gonna do 12 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:48,959 Speaker 1: some mailbags, some gambling stuff, some maybe deeper. Like some 13 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: folks have asked me why I haven't on the pod 14 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: talked about the tiger situation yet. That will either be 15 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: a forty minute conversation or one I just hold for, 16 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: you know, sometime down the line, And so I don't. 17 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: It's not something I'm going to do flippantly or quickly 18 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: because I have a lot of emotion attached to it, 19 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: and it's also I have a lot of complex feelings 20 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: about it. And if if the story of What's happening 21 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: with Tiger Woods. In one of the stories is a 22 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: guy post surgery, got prescribed opioids and became hopelessly addicted 23 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: to him. That is one of the more common and 24 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: important stories of this country, this century, and how many 25 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: people that has happened to, And so I just I 26 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: don't want to flippantly do that. So the reason I 27 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: even mentioned that here is we might have Friday like 28 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: solo topic episodes. But today is a mail bag and 29 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: we've broken it up into topics. If you didn't get 30 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: or into segments, I should say your question read, don't 31 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: think well I submitted this question and then get around 32 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: this mail bag. Therefore you know it'll never get read. 33 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 1: We might in future mail bags pick older questions, but 34 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: these are the ones we've gone with today. Demon's great 35 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: to see you go right ahead. 36 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 2: Good deceie, sir. First off, we got CA three. He asked, 37 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: where do you think the. 38 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: Oh no, no, let's start, No no, no, let's start 39 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: with the NBA topics the top Sorry. 40 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 2: Adrian asked, if okay See loses in the second round, 41 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 2: could should they make a play for Giannis and trade Jada. 42 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: My answer to that question would be absolutely not now. 43 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: I flirted with the idea of okay See trading for 44 00:02:54,600 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: Giannis during this season, but two things have changed. One 45 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: is okasees overall depth and guys like aj Mitchell and 46 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: others like just ascending has made me feel even more 47 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: confident about their real sturdiness as a contender over the 48 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: next call it five years, the rest of Shay's prime. 49 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: And the other thing that has happened to Mons is 50 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: trading for Yannis feels like less of a no brainer 51 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: awesome move. Yeah, because of all the lower body injuries. Injuries, 52 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: so Yannis is thirty one, whoever trades for him, I 53 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: would imagine will have to give him a you know, 54 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: the full boat contract extens because next year is the fine. 55 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: Technically has two years left on his deal after this year, 56 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: but one of them is a player option, so he 57 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: can be a free agent in fifteen months. So if 58 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: you trade for him, you really like you're signing up 59 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: for age thirty three, thirty four, thirty five at a 60 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: minimum Yannis. And don't get me wrong, Yiannis is still 61 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: win healthy, one of the five best players in the league, UH. 62 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 2: With Jake, but it's risky, right, I think with SGA 63 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 2: and JDub coming up together. They kind of have that 64 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 2: like Tatum Brown might not make sense to make a 65 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 2: move like. 66 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: That, and you don't. You wouldn't. Would I trade Yannis 67 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: for jadeb straight up? Yes, I would, but that you 68 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: would be trading so much more than that. Yeah, And 69 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: to make the cap stuff work so the team. I 70 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: know this is gonna sound odd, but I think you 71 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: are gonna need to be a little death spring as 72 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: a team to make they honest move like so. I 73 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: would not if I were okay See or san Antonio, 74 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: I just wouldn't be interested. I would say, let's let's 75 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: not change our timelines and move all our chips now. 76 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: The Knicks might be desperate after these playoffs. The the 77 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: Rockets might be desperate after these playoffs. I don't think 78 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: the Calves could do it, but the Calves might be 79 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: desperate after these playoffs. The the Laker listen, I think 80 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: Luke and Giannis would be a sick duo. I don't 81 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: think the Lakers have anywhere close to the assets to 82 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: make it happen, just like I don't think the Warriors 83 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: have the assets to make it happen. The Heat might 84 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: be like, man, we're sick. We haven't been wed, guys, 85 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: score eighty three and nobody cares anymore like the But 86 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: I just so I would, no matter what happens to 87 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: Okay see these playoffs, and no matter what happened to 88 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: San Antonio these playoffs, I wouldn't. I just feel very 89 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: differently about what Giannie's next five years are going to 90 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: look like right now than I did eighteen months ago. Yeah, 91 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: but I mean that's what when when you only play 92 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: thirty six games this year and you keep those calf 93 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: strains worry me Like he's just he went from indestructible 94 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: to a bit of an injury risk pretty quickly. So 95 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: that's you know, that's where I stand on that all right? 96 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 2: Next, uh, Jason, says Nick. With all the discussions about 97 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 2: the two possible expansion teams, can you explain how an 98 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 2: expansion draft works and who would be the best players available? 99 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: Now? Listen, it's not written in stone how an expansion 100 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: draft works, because the NBA gives itself a little wiggle room. 101 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: But historically, if they brought in two teams, those two 102 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: teams would be given like the sixth and seventh or 103 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: seventh and eighth picks of whatever draft, that is for 104 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: the college player draft, and then they would be able 105 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: to claim players from any team maximum I believe of 106 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: one player per team, and teams are allowed demons to protect. No, well, 107 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: they can protect. 108 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 2: Eight guys, okay, oh, copy, Okay, you can protect eight guys. 109 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: Keep in mind, if they claim them, they're claiming their contract. 110 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: So some teams would just protect their eight best players. 111 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: Some teams would protect you know, they're six best players. 112 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: Like if the expansion draft was right now, I would 113 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: imagine the Sixers would not I know, he actually played 114 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: great last night. The Sixers would not protect Paul George. 115 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: They'd be like, you want to take that contract from us, 116 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: so be it? So here is where it is, and 117 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: I this is this isn't really the right way to 118 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: do this right now because we don't know you know this. 119 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: The draft wouldn't be happening this offseason, obviously, but the 120 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: most interesting piece of it would be, assuming it were 121 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: happening this offseason. Look at the deepest teams in the league, 122 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: Teams who have more than eight quality players, right right, 123 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: So let's start with the Spurs. The Spurs would protect Wimby, 124 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: they would protect Dylan Harper, they would protect dearon Fox. 125 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: They would protect Stefan Castle, they would protect Devin Vessel 126 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: were at five, they would protect Champagne where at six, oh, 127 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: you know what, the Spurs don't actually have and then 128 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,599 Speaker 1: because Barnes is a free agent like this, so the 129 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: Spurs would be fine. Yeah, the after they're after The 130 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: Spurs are actually not quite as deep as they are 131 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: in my head. What they are as young and they 132 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: have an eight they really you know, respect and but 133 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: the Thunder though, are the fun one. Yeah, the Thundy 134 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: only one. I feel like, well, it speaks to how 135 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: deep they are. I'm trying to think of another team 136 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: that's like, man, we've got nine good players. The Knicks might, 137 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: but the the the Thunder would protect Shay, they'd protect Jade, 138 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 1: they'd protect Chet, they would protect they just have all 139 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: these like young, interesting guys. They would protect aj Mitchell 140 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: because he makes no money and he's been good. They 141 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: would Let's they might feel like, well, we're probably not 142 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: going to be able to re sign Dort anyway, but 143 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: let's you know, Dort Hartenstein were at six. I haven't 144 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: mentioned Crusoe and Isaiah Joe, so that then if those 145 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: were the eight guys now, I actually think they probably 146 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: wouldn't protect dort Or Hartenstein one of them. They wouldn't 147 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: because they're like, we're not going to be able to 148 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: re sign that guy anyway. We expect to have him leave. 149 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: We'd rather keep the cost controlled guys. But that would 150 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: leave shit. I haven't even mentioned Cason Wallace, the other 151 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 1: Jalen Williams, Aaron Wiggins, uh or the guy that they 152 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: just got from the Sixers who they like, Jared McCain. 153 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 1: So that, like some the thunder Man, I wonder if 154 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: the thunder vote against the expansion just because of that, 155 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 1: like we got too many good players. There are not 156 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: many teams that this would be a problem for them. 157 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 2: I mean, they just get to clean up the stuff 158 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 2: that they don't want, right. 159 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: Well, but the thing is but it's not The thing 160 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,359 Speaker 1: is not quite because the other team has to want 161 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: The other team has to then say we want that player. 162 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: But they do have to fill out their rosters. So 163 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: that's how we for it. And well, no pick off 164 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: NBA guys, No, no, they'll it'll be NBA guys. Draft 165 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: be regular size. Now, historically there had been a rule 166 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: that within the first four years of being in the 167 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: in the league. You can't win the draft lottery, like 168 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: you can't get the number one pick, which is kind 169 00:11:55,440 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: of funny. Fact nineteen ninety, the Raptors won the draft 170 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: lottery and ended up picking second instead of first because 171 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: they weren't allowed to win, you know, so they moved down, 172 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: which is how Philly got Alan Iverson. Like Alan ivers 173 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: If that rule wasn't place, Iverson would have been Ah, 174 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: that's crazy Raptor. Yeah. The Celtics are an interesting one. Tatum, Brown, White, Houser, Prichard. 175 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: At this point, they love Hugo Queta Shireman, so they 176 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: probably like Luke Garza is the best player the Celtics 177 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: would not protect it is. So again, there's not a 178 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: lot of teams that have more than eight good players. 179 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: But those are the those are the ones that jump out, 180 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: all right. Today's show's brought to you by representing sponsor 181 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: hard Rock bettf to Sportsbook, the biggest weekend in college 182 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,679 Speaker 1: basketball is almost here. Round of four is set, a 183 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: National champions days away from cutting down the net. 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Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, 210 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Demons go ahead. Speaking of 211 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: the hard. 212 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 2: Rock bet ap, do you have any Pecks picks for 213 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 2: the final four? 214 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm listen. I think these are both going to 215 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: be outstanding games. We've talked about this, but the bright 216 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: side of no Cinderella is you typically get an unbelievable 217 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: Elite eight. Obviously, Yukon Duke was an all time and 218 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: should get an exceptional final four. But I would be 219 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: rolling with both underdogs on this one, and they're both 220 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: tiny underdogs. Arizona plus one and a half and Yukon 221 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: plus one and a half would be my two picks. 222 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: I don't listen. I'm a Syracuse guy. 223 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 2: You know. 224 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: I didn't love Jim Calhoun. I don't love Dan Hurley, 225 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: but I respect him and what that he has built 226 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: and what they have done is remarkable. And even though 227 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: my pick to win this whole thing was Houston, I 228 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: think Arizona's been the best team all year. And I 229 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: know Danny's on Michigan, but I like Arizona plus point 230 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: and a half in Yukon plus a point and a half. 231 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: All right, now, let's go to some of the NFL 232 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: mail bag questions. 233 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 2: Uh cawthree asks, where do you think the big four 234 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 2: quarterbacks of the NFL Mahomes, Alan, Lamar, and Burrow will 235 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 2: rink when they all retire? 236 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: What a great question? Yeah, no, no, no, Well so they're 237 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: all time rank. So let me see if I can 238 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: find my all time QB pyramid, just to give it 239 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: some context here. I'm pretty sure. Hold on, I'm pretty sure. 240 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: All time Mountain, I think is what I called it. 241 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: I have it in my docks. Let me see if 242 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: I can find it real quick. I apologize off the. 243 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 2: Top of it, like, would they all be in the 244 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 2: top ten? 245 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: No? No way, okay, no, no, no. So listen, Mahomes 246 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: is in my eyes already two and the running down 247 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: Brady is going to be hard. I understand that. I 248 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: believe he can do it, but the smart bet for 249 00:16:55,400 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: Mahomes is that he'll slot in it too. Right now 250 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: this moment, who do you think is higher all time, 251 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: Demanse Alan or Lamar? 252 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 2: I'd have to give it to Lamar. I mean obviously 253 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 2: I do too. 254 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,120 Speaker 1: I agree with you. I agree with you. I think 255 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 1: that even though even though Lamar has struggled in the postseason, 256 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: I still think that he is. He his two m vps, 257 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: his regular season numbers are so magnificent, and I think 258 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: that he is Okay, I finally found it. I think 259 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: that he is ahead of Josh. I don't think he'll 260 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: finish ahead of Josh because I think he's more likely 261 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,880 Speaker 1: to win an MVP or to win a Super Bowl. 262 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: Josh is Dan Lamar. So I think with Mart, I 263 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: think that Josh will finish like right around where Steve 264 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 1: Young Kurt Warner are, which is for me, like right 265 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 1: outside the top ten modern era, and by modern era, 266 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: I mean post merger, so I'm not counting star Unitis, 267 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: Graham Baw, those guys are out so like the oldest 268 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 1: quarterbacks that I'm ranking are Staubach and Bradshaw. But for me, 269 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: the top ten post merger quarterbacks, again not including the 270 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: super old guys, Brady Mahomes, Manning, Montana, Marino, Elway, Rogers, 271 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 1: fav far Staubach, Bradshaw, that you're ten with, Steve Young, 272 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: Kurt Warner, Troy Aikman, Drew Brees, and you know, Lamar 273 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 1: with two MVP's got to be in that mix at 274 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 1: the moment. I think that Josh Allen is going to 275 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: finish right around of the of you know, post merger, 276 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 1: Steve Young, Kurt Warner area. I think Lamar is going 277 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: to finish right around the Big Ben fifteen sixteen area. 278 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: And I think that Burrow is going to finish in 279 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: the Matt Stafford area, like twenty twenty two something like that, 280 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: like outside the That's how I think it's gonna go. 281 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 1: And I don't know if that's gonna be fair to Burrow, 282 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: but I think Burrow drew the nuh On franchise to 283 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: be drafted. To be honest, listen, I think Stafford's a 284 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:25,160 Speaker 1: great I think what he's done with the Rams is unbelievable. 285 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: But I can't put Stafford's career ahead of Big Ben 286 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 1: or Drew Brees, you know what I mean. I can 287 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: put him ahead of Philip Rivers, put him ahead of 288 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: Eli Manning. But like right now, I think Joe Burrow 289 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: is an underdog to make the Hall of Fame. I 290 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: just think that the injuries, plus the lack of team 291 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 1: success and the you know that is just so putting 292 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: in Stafford right now. I think just cemented himself as 293 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer this past year with the MVP. 294 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: So that's where I you know, if we're doing all 295 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: the time, that's a great question. I like that a lot. 296 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: All right. 297 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 2: Next Asa asks do you think Lamar has overachieved everyone's 298 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 2: early career expectations considering the fact that everyone, including his 299 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 2: own team, asked on him in the first round? And also, 300 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 2: why does everyone love Joe Burrow more than Lamar? 301 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: Well, I don't know that everyone loves Joe Burrow more 302 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: than Lamar. But look, there is a faction of folks 303 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: that when they say who are the best quarterbacks? And 304 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: I fall into this, sometimes what they are saying is 305 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: who are the best passers? Yeah, like they are removing, right, 306 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: they are removing. They are giving, like the credit you 307 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,959 Speaker 1: get for what you do with your legs somehow doesn't 308 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: fall into like the quarterback rankings. And listen, I'm guilty 309 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:59,479 Speaker 1: of that. Sometimes that probably has affected my feelings on Burrow, 310 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: my feelings in the other other direction on Jalen hurts 311 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:08,360 Speaker 1: for Lamar. I you know everybody knows. My big hang 312 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: up with Lamar is the postseason stuff that I just 313 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: think he gets in his own head and doesn't play 314 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: nearly as like himself. But has he overachieved everyone's early 315 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: career expectations by a mile? Like? Yeah, I mean he 316 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: he was the final pick of the first round, and 317 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: his first full time year as a starter, he was 318 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 1: unanimous MVP. So he has way over he He's he 319 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:42,439 Speaker 1: would have over achieved people's early career expectations if he 320 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 1: was the number one pick of the draft. Uh he 321 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: and so like I mean he is, And I know 322 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: this sounds like damning with faint praise. He is one 323 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:57,959 Speaker 1: of the greatest regular season players ever, like full stop 324 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: he is that, which is why he only needs one 325 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 1: great playoff run, or even one playoff run where he's 326 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: not great but the team wins anyway to just be stamped. 327 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 1: Not that he's not already stamped, but that's I know, right, 328 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:19,360 Speaker 1: But he so, yes, but he has shattered expectations shattered 329 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 1: all right? 330 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 2: Next Uh, Curtis asked, Nick, what is your mount rushmore 331 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 2: of the greatest sports moments in history? 332 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 1: So I am going to there's two ways to answer 333 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 1: this question. One way is to like just remove me 334 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:45,360 Speaker 1: from it, like the greatest sports moments ever, and then 335 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: you're like, well, Jesse Owens making right. So I'm gonna 336 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: kind of like if it was just like, hey, Nick, 337 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: give me the definitive four greatest sports moments in history, 338 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: you'd have to be like, well, a lot of them 339 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: are not even really sports. It's like Jackie Robinson breaking 340 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: the color barrier, Jesse Owens making Hitler look like a 341 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: fool at the Olympics in front of him, the miracle 342 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: on ice. It's a lot, you know, a lot of 343 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:25,199 Speaker 1: Olympic social political things. But he asked me, my, So 344 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it my goosebumps, favorite greatest sports moments 345 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: that I've seen in my life, and I'm going to 346 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: re like so Tiger winning his final Masters in twenty nineteen, 347 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: when he you know, he hadn't won in a decade, 348 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: it looked like he was done. That is on there 349 00:24:54,600 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: for me. Lebron's block in G seven of the finals 350 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: on Iguadala leading to that championship. That is on there 351 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: for me. The the the drive in overtime down three 352 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl for Mahomes and the Chiefs to 353 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: cement the dynasty and win back to back against the Niners. 354 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:48,199 Speaker 1: That's on there for me. And Usein Bolt at the Olympics, 355 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: just pounding his chest while finishing the one hundred meter 356 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: is on there for me. Those are those are When 357 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: I say them, I get goosebumps. Again, those are those 358 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: are for me? My four favorite watched it? Can remember 359 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: where I watched it, how I watched it, what I 360 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: was doing moments for me as a sports fan. Uh So, 361 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: for whatever it's worth, I knew then. 362 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 2: But Joel Joel asked, who's your sleeper World Cup team? 363 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 2: Not USA? Also a lifelong Brazil fan here. 364 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 1: So if by sleeper you mean, I have to go 365 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: with someone with longer than twenty to one odds. So 366 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 1: the teams with twenty to one or shorter odds are Spain, France, England, 367 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:55,919 Speaker 1: Brazil my pick, Argentina, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands. Those are the 368 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 1: twenty to one may be very clear. The winner is 369 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: gonna be one of them, all right? Uh but I 370 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: would I would say Norway, because maybe Holland just has 371 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 1: a Pele esque tournament and just carries this team. But again, 372 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: Pelee was on a Brazilian team that had a lot 373 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: of other talent. And my super long shot would be 374 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: I mean, Croatia keeps making the semis uh and on 375 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 1: the strength of Modrich and it would be silly to 376 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: count them out. But they're like one hundred to one, 377 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: but so Norway my But again, the World Cup is 378 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:03,360 Speaker 1: won by favorites like the World Cup. You don't historically 379 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: have a team come out of nowhere to win the 380 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 1: World Cup. We've had teams come out of nowhere to 381 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 1: go on deep runs, but to win the thing. That's 382 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: not really the story of that tournament. All right. 383 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 2: Next, a rule of has as regarding abs doe. Do 384 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 2: you genuinely think tennis should do? Should do away with 385 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,400 Speaker 2: their replay hawkeye tech? Should we add more human fallibility 386 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 2: in sports, like no replays at all? 387 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: Listen? It is hard for me to argue that the 388 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: replay system in tennis doesn't work. It's instant, it's accurate. 389 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: I do think part of tennis, the charm of it 390 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: was arguing about line calls and McEnroe losing his mind 391 00:28:52,800 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: and having that uh that friction there, but an abs 392 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: seems to be working. I guess I just don't love it. 393 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: I like, I do like that there are the and 394 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: here's the thing if you and I've said this before, 395 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: so I don't want to spend too much time on it, 396 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: it'd be in reruns. It's the mission creep on instant 397 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: replay that kills me. We say we're going to do 398 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: it for obvious mistakes, black and white, yes, no, and 399 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna do it quickly, and then it expands and expands, 400 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: and it expands and pre abs. I think instant replay 401 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 1: was bad for baseball. They added like they were like, 402 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: we want to see if somebody got tagged before they 403 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: stole a base. It's like, oh, okay, that makes sense. 404 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: That's black and white. And then what we learned was, evidently, 405 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: for all of it baseball history, about ten percent of 406 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: stolen bases where guys beat the tag for a millisecond. 407 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: After beating the tag, they came off the bag and 408 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,719 Speaker 1: so they were safe. But then after being safe, they 409 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 1: were out. That had never been called out ever in 410 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 1: baseball history. And then with replay it's like, oh, that 411 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: guy's out now, just like in basketball, it's like, no, 412 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 1: we just want to correct obvious errors. And then we learned, oh, 413 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: when we're playing basketball, if I'm holding the ball and 414 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: you knock it out of my hands for the entirety 415 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: of the sports history and every level the sport is 416 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: played at. On an amateur level, that's out on you. 417 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: You knocked out of my hands. But as it turns out, 418 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 1: because of physics, a lot of the time you knocked 419 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: the ball out of my hand, your hand is off 420 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 1: it before or the tip of my middle fingers off it. 421 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 1: So it's off me. That's me is not getting it right. 422 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, that is. 423 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: Man, And that's only because of replay that used to 424 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: never be in argument. But we were like, oh in 425 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: the NBA, I see that, Like, so I just don't I. 426 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: I think it has done more harm than good. I 427 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: really do. 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Kumi says congratulations to you in the entire FtF 442 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 2: crew on the on the nomination question for you, going 443 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 2: back to the days when you were hosting The Herd 444 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 2: for in July twenty sixteen and interviewing Colin about Katie 445 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 2: to the Warriors, are the times you were speaking about Kaepernick. 446 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,320 Speaker 2: Is there a single moment segment you recall feeling like, oh, 447 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 2: I've made it in sports media. 448 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: Uh, A few things have like, yeah, there there's a 449 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: few things I could point to. But the first time 450 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 1: I filled in for Colin was the that was the 451 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: moment where I just it was like pinch myself, like wow. 452 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: And that, by the way, that was like we're coming 453 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: up on my first day at Fox. I'm glad the 454 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: maybe someone at Fox will hear this, they'll send me something. 455 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: My first day at Fox was April twentieth, twenty sixteen, 456 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 1: so we are a few weeks away from my ten 457 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: year anniversary with the company. Longest I've ever been with 458 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 1: any place, like my longest relationships in life. Go your mom. 459 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 1: Deman's number one, Fox number two, like that's the and 460 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:47,240 Speaker 1: it is, it's and so it was, I should look 461 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: up the date, but it was so if I started 462 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 1: April twentieth, it would have been like late May early June. 463 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: Was my first time filling in for Colin. It was 464 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: right before July fourth, twenty sixteen, is the day I 465 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 1: was filling in for Colin. And Katie went to the 466 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 1: Warriors ten minutes before the show started and we threw 467 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,239 Speaker 1: out the whole rundown and I hosted And that was 468 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 1: very important, right, That was a very important moment in 469 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:20,399 Speaker 1: my career. And Colin came in and I interviewed him 470 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 1: because it was such like he wanted to be on 471 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:29,879 Speaker 1: the air, but the but that wasn't my first time 472 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: filling in for him. But that was the moment where 473 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 1: I was like man like, I couldn't believe it. A 474 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: year prior, I was doing radio in Houston, kind of 475 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:50,360 Speaker 1: cold calling LA radio stations to try to get a 476 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: local LA radio show, and it had turned And then 477 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,319 Speaker 1: a year later I was filling in for Colin. So, yeah, 478 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: that's the moment. Now I've had, you know, the first 479 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 1: few times, like the Kaepernick thing. I don't know if 480 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: I've ever spoken about this, but the fact that like 481 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 1: I ended up after some of the Kaepernick defense, not 482 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 1: that he really needed a defense, but he did at 483 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 1: the time. You know, I had lunch with him along 484 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,240 Speaker 1: with Chris Carter. That was really cool of all people. 485 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: After one of my Kaepernick segments about what he was 486 00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:37,480 Speaker 1: actually protesting, Aaron Rodgers DMed me, saying thanking me for 487 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,760 Speaker 1: it essentially, And I'd been on the air at that point. 488 00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:44,240 Speaker 1: Its First Things First had existed for a few weeks. 489 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:52,000 Speaker 1: And then at his press conference after he had DMed me, 490 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,880 Speaker 1: Aaron without quoting me, kind of made some of the 491 00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 1: same points I was making. So I thought that was 492 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:07,920 Speaker 1: pretty unbelievable. And uh, I had I had a guy 493 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,800 Speaker 1: on an early in my time on First Things First, 494 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:15,759 Speaker 1: I had a guy on an NBA coaching staff uh, 495 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:21,200 Speaker 1: send me a clip from the show where I had 496 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,279 Speaker 1: advocated for a team to really go for it at 497 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:28,839 Speaker 1: the trade deadline, and they did. And he said that 498 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:33,480 Speaker 1: they showed my clip to ownership as part of their 499 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,200 Speaker 1: like listen, this is why we've got to do it now. 500 00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if that's true or not, but those 501 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,920 Speaker 1: are the moments that jump out to me that early 502 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,600 Speaker 1: on in the run of the TV show, or I 503 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,080 Speaker 1: run a fox where I felt really like, you know, 504 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:55,960 Speaker 1: pretty it felt really good. But yeah, I know it's unbelievable. Yeah, uh, 505 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,920 Speaker 1: it's just yeah, that went left on us, didn't it. 506 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:00,360 Speaker 1: All right, Let's let's. 507 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 2: Go to Eric Eric. Eric asked Nick Rank, which of 508 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,840 Speaker 2: the following nonsports TV careers you think you'd be the 509 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 2: best at and why ANFLGM NBAGM professional poker player. 510 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:17,760 Speaker 1: I think I'd be worst at NBAGM. I think because 511 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:23,720 Speaker 1: there's so few it's such a small roster and there's 512 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:28,000 Speaker 1: so few, like actual decisions you get to make. I 513 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:32,279 Speaker 1: think I'd get frustrated and be too gambly, you know what. 514 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,120 Speaker 1: I like, I would be like man like. I don't 515 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:42,279 Speaker 1: think i'd have patience for it. I think I I 516 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 1: think I'd be best at nfl GM, second best poker. 517 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:55,120 Speaker 1: And here's why. The other professional poker players, like the 518 00:37:55,280 --> 00:38:01,520 Speaker 1: true professionals are the best. They've ever been, so good 519 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:10,560 Speaker 1: and so studied and so kind of grounded and just 520 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:15,319 Speaker 1: they are very They're They're not there to gamble. They 521 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:19,239 Speaker 1: are there to do a job that they have perfected. 522 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:24,520 Speaker 1: And while I love studying poker and watching it and 523 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:29,279 Speaker 1: these things, I'm also there to gamble, like I'm not 524 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:35,200 Speaker 1: ye and so I just I'm not like those guys. 525 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:40,359 Speaker 1: I think professional poker player thirty years ago, when there 526 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,600 Speaker 1: was a lot more guys are drinking and gamb like 527 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:47,799 Speaker 1: those types of things. I think that that, but the 528 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:51,400 Speaker 1: game has evolved so much. NFLGM, on the other hand, 529 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker 1: I just think there's so many bad ones that you 530 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,280 Speaker 1: can be a good one just by kind of picking 531 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:02,239 Speaker 1: on the bad ones. So I think NFLGM would be 532 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,880 Speaker 1: the first draft pick professional book player, second draft pick 533 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:06,000 Speaker 1: in NBA GM. Third. 534 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 2: All right, last one, Rich asked Nick. Now that we're 535 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,759 Speaker 2: back to three shows a week, can we get the 536 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:12,920 Speaker 2: book Club back? 537 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,359 Speaker 1: I really should bring it back in some form, And 538 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:20,279 Speaker 1: I also would force me to read more than I'm reading, 539 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 1: which I'm a little ashamed of that. I'm not reading 540 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:26,200 Speaker 1: more than I currently am. So a soft yes, but 541 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,319 Speaker 1: I also have to figure out how to better do it. 542 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,000 Speaker 1: Last time when we tried it, I was reading long 543 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,759 Speaker 1: passages on the air. It wasn't good. So I have 544 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,000 Speaker 1: to figure out. I have to figure out how to 545 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,239 Speaker 1: better do the book club if I'm actually gonna do it. 546 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 1: But MANI does it well, I haven't figured out how 547 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 1: to do it well. All right. Huge thank you to 548 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:46,759 Speaker 1: Boost and a hard Rock. Huge thank you to the 549 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:50,080 Speaker 1: Volume and a Blue Duck. We'll be back on Tuesday, 550 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 1: a normal week of shows next week on Tuesday. Great 551 00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:55,480 Speaker 1: job to Mondsday, Great job listeners with the mailbag and 552 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,239 Speaker 1: viewers appreciate that. See you guys next week. What's right