1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. 3 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 2: I think this is the fifth year they've been doing 4 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 2: the tight End University in George Kittle helped start that 5 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 2: and the Niners tight End back on the program. Do 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 2: you reject any tight Ends that want to go to 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 2: tight End University? 8 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 3: Hey, Dago boarding Man, Hi bun, how are you doing? 9 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 3: Petty Fother's Day? 10 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 2: Thank you you too? 11 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, let's see. Do I reject anybody? Actually? So? 12 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 4: How did you start it off where we were? Howd 13 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 4: just do an only active players? In the last two 14 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 4: years we've opened it up to all active practice squad 15 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 4: guys who have been in the league who might not 16 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 4: be on a team yet. So no, it is as 17 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 4: long as I can get a hold of those guys 18 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 4: and they have NEMO address, I can send an invite 19 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,200 Speaker 4: form and fill out on the registration form two they're invited. 20 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 4: So I think we have between eighty and ninety guys 21 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 4: this year, which I'm pretty excited about. 22 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 2: But is there a syllabus, Like if you're going to 23 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 2: a university, they give you a kind of a rundown 24 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 2: of classes that you go to, like what is required 25 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: in all seriousness? If tight End diversity. 26 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 4: Really for guys to be there as long as you're 27 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 4: on in NFL roster, were in like the last year, 28 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 4: you're invited. But syllabus wise, what we do is we 29 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 4: do a classroom session and you have guys like so, 30 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 4: I've talked about run blocking, past protection, yack, those are 31 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 4: things that I focused on the past years. Travis talks 32 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 4: about his route tree, how he reads coverages. Greg Olsen 33 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 4: talks about his routes. We've had Jordan Rita spoke former 34 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 4: Washington tight End about his releases this year. Evan Ingram's 35 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 4: going to talk, which I'm excited about. We got him 36 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 4: up for the first time. And Jeremy Shockey will hopefully 37 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 4: be teaching something. Gronk has taught something in the past, 38 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 4: Dallas Clark and so really it's just we try to 39 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 4: give We try to cover all the things that Titan 40 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 4: does because we're the only position that really gets to 41 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 4: do everything, you know, pass pro, run blocking, catching, catching 42 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 4: the football, scoring touchdowns, running the ball sometimes. So like 43 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 4: we kind of try to cover as much as possibly 44 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 4: can in the limited time that we have with these 45 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 4: guys and just we try to give them that's an 46 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 4: extra step forward in their careers to help them make 47 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 4: a team to follow and the following camp. 48 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 2: Are you guys like a union. I mean, it feels 49 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 2: like the tight end was kind of forgotten, you know 50 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 2: when you look at franchise tags and kind of fighting 51 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: for those salaries there. But how much how much do 52 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 2: you talk about the finances of playing the position? 53 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 3: You know what? We do that every once in a while, 54 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 3: you know, we do bring it. 55 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 4: We do talk about things other than just football, Like 56 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 4: we had some financial buysers come in one year and 57 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 4: talk about that. We had some venture guys come in 58 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 4: to talk about investments and so that is something. But 59 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 4: what we do, like, the only way for the tight 60 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 4: end market to continue to grow is if everybody's getting paid. 61 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 3: That's that's the only way to do it. That. 62 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 4: You can't just have one guy do it and then 63 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 4: it just sits for three or four years, because then 64 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 4: you're stuck and it's stagnan. No one's getting paid. So 65 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 4: we want everybody, Like I want everybody to have great seasons. 66 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 4: I want everybody to have great games, just not against 67 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 4: the forty nine ers, but throughout the rest the season. 68 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 4: They can play as well as they want to because 69 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 4: I want guys to get paid to keep bumping up 70 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,399 Speaker 4: that market. So by the time that you know, brock 71 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 4: Bowers is doing his contract in three years. 72 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 3: He's going for over twenty million, which he will. And 73 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 3: that's just the whole point. 74 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 4: You know, when tight end you first started, I think 75 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 4: the top of the mark was fifteen. 76 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 3: And now we're almost twenty. So like we're continually growing it. 77 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 4: And you know, as a tight end and as a 78 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 4: position who does everything, yeah, I think we should be 79 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 4: making more money, but we're working on it. 80 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 2: I go back to Jimmy Graham. Jimmy Graham didn't want 81 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 2: to be paid as a tight end, and I don't 82 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 2: know what that did to the salary structure, but I 83 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 2: know he was very vocal at the time that hey, 84 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 2: I knew what wide receivers do as well as play 85 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: tight end. Did that change the salary structure? 86 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 3: You know? 87 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 4: I think it was a step in the right direction, 88 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 4: because I don't I think they still paid him like 89 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,839 Speaker 4: a tight end, but like, just getting that idea out there, 90 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 4: it kind of made everybody else kind of think about 91 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 4: it and be like, yeah, you know what, You're right, Hey, 92 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,839 Speaker 4: how come I have eighty catches in eleven hundred yards 93 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 4: and ten touchdowns. And you know, Travis Kelsey was making 94 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,839 Speaker 4: like eight million dollars in the next wide receivers making 95 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 4: eighteen to twenty at the time. So it's just like, 96 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 4: how can you, you know, not respect that position enough 97 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 4: to give him that money, Because if you look back 98 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 4: to it, like the last what ten Super Bowls, there's 99 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 4: basically a Pro Bowl or Crene All Pro tight end 100 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 4: in every single one of those games making plays, and 101 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 4: so the team that have great tight ends usually win 102 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 4: the most football games in my opinion, So just keep 103 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 4: emphasizing those tight ends and keep paying them a lot 104 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 4: of money. 105 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 2: George Kittle on behalf of tight End University and presented 106 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 2: by Bud Light fifth year that they've had this in Nashville. 107 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: How much do you joke with Rock Party now on 108 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:36,239 Speaker 2: how much he's making. 109 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 4: Oh my goodness, it's so nice. He can pay for 110 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 4: our Halloween party. Now, Dan, I'm so excited about it. 111 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 4: That's been on. You know, Jimmy g used to pay 112 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 4: for it. That's what the quarterback does. 113 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 2: And then uh wait wait wait what's the Halloween party? Like, 114 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: what what does that encompass? Oh? 115 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 4: We just like rent, we ran out of a restaurant, 116 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 4: a bar area. Just make it a private event so 117 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 4: guys can go to it with their wife's significant other. 118 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 4: It's just like I like to I like to congregate 119 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 4: outside of theacility so you can actually build these relationships, 120 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 4: enjoy going to the work with the guys. And I'm 121 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 4: always big the one thing the Niners do a good 122 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 4: job of. They always bring the wives and the families 123 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 4: in all the time to a couple of events throughout 124 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 4: the year, and so I just want to reemphasize that. 125 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 4: So you know, so like when you know, my wife 126 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 4: goes to a game, it's not the first time she's 127 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 4: hanging out with one of our defensive lineman's wives. You know, 128 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 4: something like that, just so you do they have a 129 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 4: relationship and gives guys an opportunity to loss some steaming 130 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 4: in the season, whether we're having a good year or 131 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 4: a bad year. And so hopefully Brock will be paying 132 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 4: for that one. Hopefully he's paying for a lot of 133 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 4: stuff that'd be helpful. I would enjoy that. 134 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 2: But you can joke with him about oh yeah, the 135 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: amount of money. 136 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, you know what it's I told him, you know, 137 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 4: before the deal's even done. I was like, you guys 138 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 4: are in a different status for this quarterback market. Like 139 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 4: I'm over here fighting for nineteen to twenty million dollars 140 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 4: a year and you're you're above fifty. So I was like, look, 141 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 4: just whatever, you know, whatever's best for you, guys. I 142 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 4: know you'll make the right decision. But you know, I'm 143 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 4: happy for Brock to him and his wife finally got 144 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 4: it done. 145 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 2: And McCaffrey, though he makes good coin to you got 146 00:05:58,160 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 2: a lot of guys who make a lot of money 147 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 2: on the we. 148 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 3: Have a lot of guys make a lot of money. 149 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 3: We have a lot of guys who make a lot 150 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 3: of football plays. So I feel like that's good for football. 151 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 2: McCaffrey, did you get invited to his wedding? 152 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 3: I did. I was there. I had a fantastic time. 153 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 2: Okay, what are you getting for a wedding gift? 154 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 3: What did I get him for a wedding gift? 155 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 4: I flew into Rhode Island from Nashville, Tennessee, which is 156 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 4: kind of hard to get. And then I just give 157 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 4: him my valuable time. It's hard to get a gift 158 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 4: for somebody who can get whatever they want. Man, that's 159 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 4: always the toughest thing. 160 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 2: But you could have, you know, an autograph jersey. 161 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 4: You know what that is. That's a good one. You know, 162 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 4: I usually trade. I trade jersey with my teammates after 163 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 4: we no longer teammates. So like me and Deevo finally 164 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 4: traded jerseys for the first time, which is pretty fun. 165 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 4: I got a tarvarious Ward jersey. But yeah, at some point, 166 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 4: you know, I could get Christian trying to think. Yeah, 167 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 4: I find I could find like a fun Kevin Grant jersey, 168 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 4: Kevin Garnett jersey or. 169 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 3: Something like that. 170 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 2: Wait, he's fans of those. 171 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 3: Kevin guard I mean he does like basketball, but that's 172 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 3: one thing. I have a good memorabilia guy. 173 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 4: Like I just got one of my best friends to 174 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 4: signed Kevin Garnett jersey as a birthday president. 175 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 3: He was blown away. Oh it's pretty sick. 176 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's he's the man who benches more. You were 177 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 2: McCaffrey bench press. 178 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 3: I'm gonna take myself on that. 179 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 4: I'm gonna even though he's got a little bit shorter 180 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 4: armed might be easier for him, I'm still gonna take myself. 181 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 2: How about a tight end university. 182 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 4: Oh, I definitely don't bench the most of the tight 183 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 4: End University that is that is not but we do. 184 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 3: We do have some fun workouts. 185 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 4: We do a little it's called arm Farm Friday, and 186 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 4: we just see how big our bicyps and tryceups can 187 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 4: get for a day. 188 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 3: That's always pretty fun. 189 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 2: Do you film this stuff? 190 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 5: Uh? 191 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, we filmed so, Like we have classroom sessions that 192 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 4: we have cameras on that, you know, we can send 193 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 4: out to the guys afterwards so that they can revisit those. 194 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 3: Lessons in public. Uh clips and stuff like that. 195 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 4: Not necessarily all the classroom stuff because I like to 196 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 4: keep that kind of private for the guys to learn. 197 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 4: All the on the field stuff though, that's recorded. We 198 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 4: push that out as much as we possibly can, you know, 199 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 4: just grills and stuff like that. 200 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 2: Can you kid Travis Kelcey about Taylor Swift? 201 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 3: I think Greg Olsen does that enough for everybody. 202 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 2: Give me a for give me for instance. 203 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,679 Speaker 4: Uh well, we first off, we just call Greg Olsen 204 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 4: Dad twenty four to seven. That's what me and Travis 205 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 4: call him, because he's like you should see the way 206 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 4: he coaches on the field. 207 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 3: It's like he's coaching Pop Warner football. It's fantastic. But 208 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 3: he likes to. He likes to give. 209 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 4: Everybody some crap every once in a while, whether it's 210 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 4: Travis in his relationship with Taylor. It's all good hearted though, 211 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 4: because we all love Traravis. I mean, Travis has done 212 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,599 Speaker 4: so much for Titan News and so much for the 213 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 4: Titan position. And you know, when you're as awesome of 214 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 4: a guy that he is, it's kind of it's really 215 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 4: fun just you know, bust his balls once in a while. 216 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 2: I know you want to mention your sponsors there. We 217 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 2: do this every year, so can you see them all? 218 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 2: I can see him. I brought my Gatorade water, okay 219 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:57,959 Speaker 2: as well, you got bud Light, you got dude wipes, 220 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 2: you got ye like gatorade. 221 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 4: Dude wipes, old Spice, new Era. We had all the 222 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 4: We have a bunch of new sponsors in which we're 223 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 4: really excited about. You know, it's we raised all this money. Basically, 224 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 4: every Titan that comes in, they pay for their flight. 225 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 4: We take care of everything else. Hotel, transportation, food, the 226 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 4: concert with country musicians, a golf tournament, we take care 227 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 4: of everything. We wanted to be a first class event, 228 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 4: and our sponsors make it possible. And the cool thing 229 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 4: is too. After we raise all this money, everything that's 230 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 4: left me, Travis and Greg Olsen, we kind of divvy 231 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 4: it up and then we donate it. 232 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 3: Through charities of our choice, so we give back at 233 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 3: the end. 234 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 4: So basically raising a bunch of money, like I always 235 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 4: donate my money to the Iowa Children's Hospital, some close to 236 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 4: my heart's I went to college there. Travis has his foundation, 237 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 4: Greg has his foundation, and so that's really the fun 238 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 4: part about it. 239 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:45,719 Speaker 3: Too. 240 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 2: Great to talk to you again. Hopefully we'll talk to 241 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 2: you during the season. Thank you. 242 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know what, Dan Zory's great talking to you man. 243 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 2: At George Kettle. He's the Niners tight end. 244 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 245 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our at foxsports Radio dot 246 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to listen live. 247 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 2: He just won the US Open. He's JJ Spawn getting 248 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 2: ready to join us on the program. I mentioned this 249 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 2: yesterday at when we were at Pebble a couple of 250 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 2: years ago. He came up and introduced himself and I 251 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 2: thought the line was just so oh there he is 252 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 2: JJ spawn. Official introduction here, JJ Spawn US Open champ 253 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 2: joining us on the show. Do you remember how you 254 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 2: introduced yourself to me at Pebble Beach a couple of 255 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 2: years ago. 256 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,439 Speaker 5: Exactly? No, but I do remember being there with you. 257 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, you walked up and you said, I'm the other 258 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 2: black guy on tour. 259 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I remember that now. I remember that. 260 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 2: Congratulations. Give me the second favorite shot that you hit 261 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 2: at Oakmont. 262 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 5: The T shot on seventeen on Sunday. 263 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,079 Speaker 2: But that was the risk and the award there was. 264 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 2: I mean, we've seen guys die in the rough there 265 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,839 Speaker 2: around seventeen, but there was no hesitation. 266 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 5: No, I mean, that was the strategy all we long, 267 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 5: is to send driver up there and just try to 268 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 5: get up and down and actually hit almost an identical 269 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,959 Speaker 5: shot in the practice round on Tuesday where I flagged 270 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 5: it to about twenty feet away. But it's a blind 271 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 5: T shot, so you can't see the green. You can 272 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 5: just see like the top half of the pin. And 273 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 5: you know that was that was the one shot that 274 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 5: got me the lead and you know, led me to victory. 275 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 2: But also you're listening for the crowd's reaction to it. 276 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,719 Speaker 2: Since you can't see it, you can kind of differentiate 277 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 2: between oh that was a good shot, that was a 278 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 2: great shot. That was an unbelievable shot exactly. 279 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 5: And that's exactly what happened. You know, you can't see anything, 280 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 5: but there's tons of people up there, big grandstands, and 281 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 5: I you know, once I hit it, the ball kind 282 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 5: of you can see it one hop and it disappears, 283 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 5: and all you hear is just this growing roar the stands, 284 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 5: and you know, you can tell, like a clap would 285 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 5: be like, okay, that's probably somewhere near the green, and 286 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 5: then all of a sudden you hear whoa, and you're 287 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 5: building up like it's going in. Like I literally thought 288 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 5: I was gonna make this shot, and then it was 289 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 5: like the oh like adjustment, So I knew it was 290 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 5: relatively close before I got. 291 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 3: On the green. 292 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 2: How do you pay back Victor Hoblin for giving you 293 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 2: the read on eighteen? 294 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 5: I gotta give him a nice bottle of wine or something, 295 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 5: whatever he wants. That was a nice teach, and I 296 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 5: think that was just one of those things that has 297 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 5: to go your way to win not only a championship, 298 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 5: but a major championship. And I'm just happy to have 299 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 5: capitalized on that little advantage. 300 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 2: How surprised were you that it went in though. 301 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 5: Oh stunned, I would. I mean, you can tell by 302 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 5: my reaction that putt going in. You know, my la hot. 303 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 5: My lab putter was so hot I had to toss it, 304 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 5: you know, with that back nine finish. But I did, 305 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 5: you know, I didn't. All I was trying to do, obviously, 306 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 5: was get it to tap in. I didn't even want 307 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 5: like a three footer. But when I hit it, I 308 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 5: knew it was good pace. I just didn't know if 309 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 5: it was the right line. It was raining and misty. 310 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:22,839 Speaker 5: It couldn't even really see the hole from that far away. 311 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 5: And you know, I'm glad I didn't have to tap 312 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,599 Speaker 5: in a little three footer. 313 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 3: For the win. 314 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 2: Do you retire that putter? 315 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 5: Heck no, Dan, come on, that thing's been so hot 316 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 5: for me. My lab putter has been like one of 317 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 5: the best kind of components of my game. That's always 318 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,439 Speaker 5: been a part of my statistically my game where I've struggled, 319 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 5: But I think it's been a great equalizer now and 320 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 5: it's kind of helped keep rounds going, whether it's making 321 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,959 Speaker 5: a clutch six footer to keep momentum going in the 322 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 5: right direction during round or making a sixty four footer 323 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 5: to win. 324 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 3: The US Open. 325 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 2: Talking to JJ Spahd US Open champ, let's clear up 326 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 2: the overnight CBS trip for your sick daughter. What exactly 327 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 2: happened and why can't you send your caddie to CBS. 328 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 2: I know. 329 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 5: It was a crazy sort of Sunday morning, early Sunday 330 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 5: morning where the tournament had a daycare provided for all 331 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 5: the players, and she must have caught some sort of 332 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 5: stomach bug from one of the other kids running around 333 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 5: in the same classroom as her, And all we can 334 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 5: hear in the other room next to us was her 335 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 5: just kind of puking up stuff and crying. So we 336 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 5: kind of tended to her, made sure she was okay, 337 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 5: but she wasn't trying. She couldn't hold anything down. She's 338 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 5: crying for water. Poor things. She's two years old, and 339 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 5: you know, little does she know any sip of water 340 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 5: kind of you know, makes her feel worse. But yeah, 341 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 5: I was up at three thirty. I was looking for 342 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 5: twenty four hour pharmacies. You know, did my best to 343 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 5: get her what she needed. And you know, fortunately, you know, 344 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 5: we we got her some PDA light and we just 345 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 5: tried to, you know, help her get on the man 346 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 5: and she's doing a lot better. 347 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 2: Now, though I smell a sponsorship there PDA life. How 348 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 2: important was the rain delay? Maybe that sounds strange to say, 349 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 2: but was it a great opportunity for a reset? 350 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 5: It was huge? 351 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 2: You know. 352 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 5: I think if things were going the other way where 353 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 5: I was like really hot starting off and kind of 354 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 5: all of a sudden leading, that would be kind of 355 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 5: the last thing you want. But it's almost like, you know, 356 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 5: being down twenty points going into the the halftime, you know, 357 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 5: break an NBA final to kind of regroup, you know, 358 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 5: get a game plan reset. I even changed my clothes. 359 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 5: I was like, I want to feel like a completely 360 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 5: different person going out there. Because I had ten holes 361 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 5: to play. I was still four shots back. But it's 362 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 5: the US Open, you know, like people aren't running away 363 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 5: with this tournament. In the field kind of tends to 364 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 5: come back. But my team, my caddie, we all said, hey, 365 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 5: if you were four back going into the back nine 366 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 5: at the US Opened on Monday, knowing that you would 367 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 5: take it, so don't worry about your start. Let's just 368 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 5: go back out there and try to execute our game plan. 369 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 2: Okay, but was there a point when you bogie five 370 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 2: to the first six, where you go, well, I had 371 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 2: a good run. 372 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think on number number six when I couldn't. 373 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 5: I've made one par on a par five and it 374 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 5: was still a grinding par. But I'm hitting flag sticks, 375 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 5: spinning off the green, hitting rakers, rakes that are bounding 376 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 5: just outside the bunker where I can't even hit the ball. 377 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 5: I was just like, Okay, I guess it's not meant 378 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 5: to be. But maybe that kind of helped me. You 379 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 5: have the right mental aspect to where you know if 380 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 5: it's meant to be to happen. If not, then I'll 381 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 5: just take what it gives me. 382 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 2: Congratulations, a lot of fun. As rich Lerner said on 383 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 2: the Golf Channel, that you beat the best, but you 384 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 2: beat the beast as well. That was Oakmont. 385 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 5: I love that. Thank you, Dan, I'm so honored. 386 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 2: Congrats Thanks Dan, Thank you JJ spahn us Open Champ. 387 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup up 388 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: in the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports 389 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR 390 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: to listen live. 391 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 2: Ten billion dollars Why now, Genie Buss the family sells 392 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 2: the Lakers to Mark Walter. The part of the Dodger 393 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 2: ownership for ten billion dollars. Dan Moyki, he is the 394 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 2: Lakers beat writer La Times joining us on the program. Dan, 395 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 2: thanks for joining us. Why sell? Why sell? Now? 396 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 6: The only answer I've been able to come up with 397 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 6: at this point is ten billion dollars. That's the answer, 398 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 6: and it's it's an interesting thing because that'll be the 399 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 6: thing that we learn here over the next few weeks, 400 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 6: few months and stuff. No One from the Lakers is 401 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 6: still set a peep about this, right man. Sjhonson kind 402 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 6: of was the de facto spoke person. He's the person 403 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 6: that has you know, hands in the Mark Walter cap 404 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,719 Speaker 6: obviously very close to Jennie Buss. So we don't totally 405 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 6: know why. Here's what we do know. We know that 406 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,360 Speaker 6: to sell the team, the way that the ownership thing 407 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 6: is structured, after doctor Jerry Buss died, a majority of 408 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 6: his six children needed to vote to sell, and that 409 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 6: majority never existed until yesterday. So that is I think 410 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 6: the interesting thing, right is that always Genie was running 411 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 6: the team. You know, Jim was involved with the team. 412 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 6: He was the sort of executive bathe operations famously tried 413 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 6: to sue his sister to try to wrestle control of 414 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 6: the team. In twenty seventeen, the older siblings Johnny and 415 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 6: Janey not that involved. And you know, but but Joey 416 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 6: Buss runs the you know, salt A team, Jesse Buss 417 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,199 Speaker 6: involved in the scouting department. These are people that have 418 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 6: day to day roles with the organization, and you know, 419 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 6: so I think that's kind of what's what we're learning 420 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 6: here a little bit is sort of how this played 421 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 6: out that way. It's an interesting not to get like 422 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 6: way in the weeds on like trust law, but it's 423 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 6: an interesting like part of the way that ownership is structure. 424 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 6: This was always sort of inevitable. The way the deal 425 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 6: with structured dan was that you know, this to sound morbid, 426 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 6: and I apologize, but if the oldest Bus sibling were 427 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 6: to die, it's not like those shares go to next 428 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 6: of kin. The tide just gets smaller. It goes from 429 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 6: being cut six ways to being cut five ways, and 430 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 6: then it goes to being cut four ways, and it 431 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 6: keeps getting smaller and smaller and smaller, sort of a 432 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 6: last person standing type of situation, you know. And these 433 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 6: are people genies in her mid sixties and stuff like that. 434 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 6: It just it's a lot of money. Dan, It's a 435 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 6: lot of money. 436 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 2: What's it mean for the Laker fan? 437 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 6: I think it's probably good news. It's a little less charming, right. 438 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 6: I think that was one of the things about the 439 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 6: Laker organization, especially if you were around the team and 440 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 6: you're a fan who goes to games and you see 441 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 6: you know, Genie bus and you could used to be 442 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 6: able to tweet it or a lot when she was 443 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 6: really active on social media. It was like very she's 444 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 6: a very public person. I mean, it's a family business. 445 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 6: It truly is a family business, and I think it 446 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 6: will lose that and I'm not sure that's like good 447 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 6: in total for a league that is losing this all 448 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 6: the time because the money is just getting bigger and 449 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 6: bigger and bigger. But I mean, I think we can 450 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 6: It's fair to look to the Dodgers, right, And I'm 451 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 6: I'm not suggesting they're gonna pay show hey o Tani, 452 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 6: you know, twenty million dollars to play center next season, 453 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 6: Like that's not how this really works in the NBA. 454 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 6: But what you can do is you can pour that 455 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 6: money into everything else. You can pour that money into 456 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,479 Speaker 6: your bench, you can pour that money into your analytics department. 457 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 6: You can pour that money into development, pour that money 458 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 6: into the arena, you know, the Lakers. That's another crazy 459 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 6: part of this deal, Dan, The Lakers don't own property. 460 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 6: It is like a brand, right, that is what you're 461 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 6: buying a lot of times when these evaluations come up 462 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 6: for teams, it's you know, they own their arena. Part 463 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 6: of the Warriors evaluation is they've got a huge piece 464 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 6: of real estate, you know, right on the bay. That's 465 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 6: not the lake. The Lakers are, at least the play 466 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 6: inside of Crypto dot com. Like, so, this is a 467 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 6: deal for the brand. But I think it's fair to 468 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 6: think that Mark Walter, the way that they've operated the Dodgers, 469 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,199 Speaker 6: they're going to pour money into this in all the 470 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 6: places they can to give the team the best chance 471 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 6: to win consistently. 472 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 2: But you know, in baseball you can overspend, can spend, yes, 473 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 2: but you can't outspend. I mean, you know the Golden 474 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 2: State Warriors did there for a while where they didn't 475 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 2: care about the luxury tax, but and. 476 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: Then they changed the rules. 477 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 6: Yes, right, yeah, and so yeah, I think I think 478 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 6: that part of it is overstated, right, Like, look, the 479 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 6: Lakers were in the luxury tax. They're repeatedly in the 480 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 6: luxury tax. You can point to a couple of times 481 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 6: in recent history where maybe they cheaped out on something 482 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 6: famously kind of Alex Caruso is like one of those things, 483 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 6: and obviously that was bad decision, I think. But I 484 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 6: mean they're paying. They're not afraid to fire coaches and 485 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 6: keep paying salaries. I mean, it feels like we do 486 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 6: that every two years out here right now. You know, 487 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 6: that's not the issue. I will say when you talk 488 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 6: to people about the Lakers organization around the NBA, generally speaking, 489 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 6: the thing, the sort of really direct way people describe 490 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 6: that is it's a place that does the big things 491 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:22,199 Speaker 6: really well and the small things really poorly, and the 492 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 6: small things like they've been getting better at some of 493 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 6: the smaller things. But I think it's fair to point 494 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 6: to infrastructure when you talk about small things and like 495 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 6: things like beefing up a scouting department, you know, putting 496 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 6: more money into that, putting more people on. 497 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,360 Speaker 3: The road, stuff like that. 498 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 6: You know, that's where, especially the way the second apron 499 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 6: is structured, you've got to hit on your minimum signings. 500 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 6: You have to hit when you don't have draft picks. 501 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 6: You have to hit on your secon ground picks. They've 502 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 6: drafted pretty well. They've done well with the college cutting. 503 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 6: Their prost cutting needs to get much much better. And 504 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 6: I think that's a place where Mark Walter can put 505 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 6: a lot of money into it, and I think you 506 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 6: can see a difference. 507 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 2: Talking to Dan Woik, the Lakers beat writer for the 508 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 2: La Times, what kind of moves in the off season 509 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 2: with the Lakers do you see? 510 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, well I didn't see new owner. I do see 511 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 6: new center. I think new Center is the is the 512 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 6: most obvious one. 513 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 5: I know. 514 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 6: You know the Lakers have spoken with Luka Doncic multiple 515 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 6: times kind of what that could look like. They know 516 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 6: that's a position he needs, they know that's a position 517 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 6: they need. 518 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 3: Right. 519 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 6: It's an interesting kind of team building exercise for them 520 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 6: because they don't have a ton of assets. Stop me 521 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 6: if you heard this before about the Lakers. They need 522 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 6: to get better and they don't have a ton of 523 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 6: ways to get there. They have a first round pick 524 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 6: that they can trade either in twenty thirty one or 525 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 6: twenty thirty two. They have Dalton Connect their first round 526 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 6: pick from last year. They've got some pick swops this. 527 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 6: I mean, this is what they traded for Mark Williams 528 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 6: before they stall the physical right, so they have some stuff. 529 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 6: I would be looking at centers like kind of like 530 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 6: Mark Williams around the NBA, those that has been sort 531 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 6: of their type, right, So like jal Ender and Anyaka 532 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 6: kong Wu in Atlanta, Walker Kestler in Utah. These are 533 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 6: people that I think they're going to try and target 534 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 6: young senators who kind of fit the next future. Now, 535 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 6: whether or not any of these players are available Dan 536 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 6: another thing, and do the Lakers, you know, if you're 537 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 6: not available, Like do the Lakers have a ten billion 538 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 6: dollar offer to make for Walker Kessler? They don't, you know, 539 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 6: unless they're going to trade Austin Reeves. And they've shown 540 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 6: no indication that they are going to trade Austin Reeves. 541 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 6: They believe in Austin Reeves. Lukadacich believes in Austin Reeves. 542 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 6: The best Dallas Maverick teams with Lukadacic had three things. Generally, 543 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 6: they had a good center, they had athletic wings, and 544 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 6: they had a secondary playmaker Kyrie Irving Jalen Brunson. So 545 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 6: in neither of those guys a Tony Allen either right 546 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 6: when it comes to like locking guys down on the 547 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 6: perimeter so it can work. I think that is sort 548 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 6: of where they're at in terms of trying to figure 549 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 6: this out. Athletic wings definitely. 550 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 2: A big What about Lebron's future? 551 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 6: I mean, boy, you know, well, we know he's not 552 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 6: retiring via Amazon commercial. He put that to bed, you know, 553 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 6: tease that out last week. He's gonna be back. You know, 554 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 6: I think he is good enough to keep playing. He 555 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 6: had the player option at the end of this month, 556 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 6: early signs where that he would accept it. He may 557 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 6: opt out and resign as an unrestrictuit free agent and 558 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 6: again kind of play this sort of signed me for 559 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,199 Speaker 6: a two year extension, give me an option on the 560 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 6: back of that. You know, it's all signed points in 561 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 6: finishing his career as a Laker, and he's not done. 562 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 6: He was an All NBA player last year, played some 563 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 6: of the best defense I've seen him play as a 564 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 6: Laker for a stretch, kind of that January to March stretch. 565 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 6: Then got hurt. I think the knee injury Dan is 566 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 6: an interesting injury. It's an interesting thing for him. He 567 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,639 Speaker 6: hasn't really dealt with something like this, and so you know, 568 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 6: as a forty year old, I'm a guy who woke 569 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 6: up this morning with a sore elbow. Somehow like this 570 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 6: happens at age Dan and he yeah, you know, I 571 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 6: think he's gonna take his time and get to one 572 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 6: hundred percent. It's but yeah, I mean, e's a part 573 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 6: of their plans. 574 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 2: Good to talk to you. I know you're on vacation, 575 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 2: but I don't know you're ever true the. 576 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 6: Surface of the sun here in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dan, it's 577 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 6: it's a two hundred and fifty degrees. 578 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 2: You're not truly on vacation if you cover the Lakers. 579 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 2: Never never, not allowed to be Thank you, Dan, like 580 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 2: I said, Dan Wiki