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Fifth Hour Podcasts become 21 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: a next level P one secret menu item fifth hour podcast. 22 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: Here in hour number one, we react to the story 23 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: in the NBA is Sons owner Matt Ishbia said NBA 24 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: tanking is losing behavior done by losers. We give our 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: takeaway on that, also thumbs up or thumbs down on 26 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: Sun's owner Matt Ishbia's claim that tanking is much worse 27 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: than the NBA prop bet scandal, which they've also been 28 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: dealing with, and our Adam Silver's plans to combat tanking. 29 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: Going to fix the NBA problem, A bunch of rules 30 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: have been tossed out. 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For over forty years, ti Iraq 43 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: has been helping customers like Alf the Alien, Opineter, Fergdog 44 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: and Mallard prop Guy find the right tires for how, 45 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: what and where they drive ship fast and free back 46 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like 47 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: mobile tire installation, tire act dot Com the way tire 48 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: buying should be. So the load management is not over. 49 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: But the guess. The NBA decided to play basketball again 50 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: and they had some nationally televised games. The New York Knicks, 51 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: the softy Knicks, got beaten by the Pistons, who have 52 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: the top record in the NBA. The Detroit Pistons have 53 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: the top record in the NBA. There was that in 54 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: the great effort by the Golden State Warriors there just 55 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: tremendous got their ass handed to them by the Boston 56 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: Celtics in one of the other featured games. And the 57 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: People's team, the Clippers getting her done, get ner done 58 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: with trading away two of their key players. No matter 59 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: how about the Nuggets. It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing for the 60 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: Denver Nuggets, but we're not gonna talk about that. The 61 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: story here continues to be about things other than the 62 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: actual games themselves. So our lead this out. We're gonna 63 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: go to the Valley of the Sun indirectly some spicy words, 64 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: and we love spicy words from the oligarch of the 65 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: cat guy. Yes, if you didn't see this, perhaps you 66 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: missed it. So Matt Ishbia, you might not know who 67 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: that is. He's just a random rich dude who bought 68 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: her basketball team. He owns the Suns. It's Matt with 69 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: one T. I guess the family could not afford the 70 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: other T. So Matt Ishbia sounding off on social media 71 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: over the long standing issue has been going on for 72 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: a while, but it's been in the spot like the 73 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: last couple of weeks here that they finally realized they 74 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: have a problem the NBA, that half the teams in 75 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: their business are not trying to win games. And you 76 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: had people come out and endorse this and also anyway, 77 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: matt Isshbia get to the point place, all right, So 78 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: to get to the point, Matt Isshbia, the Sun's owner 79 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: there called the idea of tanking, the losing behavior done 80 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: by losers, is what he said, and he also went 81 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: on to say it's much worse than any prop bet scandal, which, oh, 82 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: by the way, the NBA's got that going too. So 83 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: it's they're talking about spinning plates here. I got a 84 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 1: lot going on, So it's good jumping off point. Let 85 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: us discuss. Let's start with the first part of that 86 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: and then we'll work our way through it. So the 87 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: question for the panel, and you're part of that, you're 88 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: part of the panel, how did you react to the 89 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: Sun's owner guy was an NBA team here, Matteshbia saying 90 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: that NBA tanking is losing behavior done by losers. So 91 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: I've got trojan antibiotic resistant and forty seven page manual, 92 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: and we will combine all of these things together and 93 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: we're gonna literally jump through hoops. We're gonna do the 94 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 1: hula hoop is what we're gonna do. So A, I 95 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: gotta tell you, all right, this is sometimes you tack 96 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: here and you know, like, okay, I'll talk that this 97 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: I'm interested in. If I were to pick an emoji 98 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: for this, I would pick the heart emoji. I loved it. 99 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: I loved it, I loved it. I need that pumping 100 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: in my veins. I love rich Guy on rich Guy 101 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: crime right, owner and owner crime so good. Matt Ashbia, 102 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: the Son's owner. There at some point he's gonna have 103 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: to face all these other owners. Of course, they don't 104 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: call him owners because Raymond Green got upset, so they 105 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 1: have to call him Governor's which is the dumbest thing 106 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: you could possibly do it. Anyway, Mattishbia is going to 107 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: walk in with the other owners. I said it. Oh 108 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: my god, you said it. You call them owners, Oh 109 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: my god. Anyway, Ishbi is gonna walk into the NBA cartel, 110 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,559 Speaker 1: that smokey back room where all the rich oligarchs get together, 111 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: and after he just ripped half of the League of 112 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: Professional Bouncy Ball, calling them essentially bumps, eurobum, eurobum eurobum, 113 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: calling out teams like the Pacers, the Kings, the Jazz, 114 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: the Wizards, all dead wood, the Deadwood brigade of the NBA, 115 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: and also giving a body blow to Mark Cuban, the 116 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: anti Mark Cuban. Remember Cuban, the guy that owned the Mavericks, 117 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: loved the Mavericks, identified as the Maverick Guy, got all 118 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: these other gigs as he owned the Mavericks. Then sold 119 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: the Mavericks, but still pretends like he owns the team, 120 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: and he's the guy that wanted the NBA to embrace 121 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: the tank. He wants that business to embrace the tank. 122 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: Well it should be. The Suns owner said hell no, 123 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: and good for him, right. And the whole tank thing 124 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: is like it's putting a raccoon in the pantry and 125 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: having the raccoon just toss the food around. If you 126 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: tank to get the number one pick overall in the draft, 127 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: the draft becomes a trojan horse, is what it becomes, 128 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: because you're not most of the time, you're not going 129 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: to get the number one pick. And then secondly, even 130 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: when you do get the number one pick, not all 131 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: of them turn out to be that great. The idea 132 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: that oh you're guaranteed, Oh my god, no, not the case. Right, 133 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: So it's a trojan horse to the soul of the 134 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: game is what it is, It truly is, and it's 135 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: it's malware. It's software that looks useful but rots the 136 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: hard drive is what it is. And the NBA is 137 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: dealing with that right now. And by the way, Matt 138 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: Ishbia is a man of his word. He's not just 139 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: talking to talk he's walking the walk. The Sun's dumped 140 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: control of every first round pick to twenty thirty two. 141 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: It seems like it's far away, but if you look 142 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: at the calendar, it's like six years away. It's not 143 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: that far anyway. He's living the FM picks, F them picks, 144 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: F them picks lifestyle. You don't this canna blow you away. 145 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: You don't have to suck to put a competitive team 146 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: on the court. 147 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 2: Oh you know what you're talking about. That's what you're 148 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 2: doing overnights. Oh my god, shut up, you lose there. 149 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 2: There's more than one way to peel an orange. This 150 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 2: is gonna really shock you, and I hope you're okay. 151 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 2: You know, there is a way where you can actually 152 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 2: develop talent. You can find hidden gems. 153 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: Oh no, you can't, what's wrong with you? Yeah? You 154 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: can actually use some old fashioned coaching. There's this term 155 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: called coaching them up instead of just praying to the 156 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: ping pong gods. It's ridiculous. I need the ping pong ball. No, 157 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: you don't need. No. 158 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 3: No. 159 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: And so we are on the cancel the draft train. 160 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: We are on that train right now. I don't think 161 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: that's going to happen. We would like that to happen. 162 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 1: That is the doomsday scenario. Now, riding the narrative wave 163 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: that we're already on right now and turning the page two, 164 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: so parsing the words, we'd like to parse the words, 165 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: and we go back to the Sun's owner the question 166 00:09:55,440 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 1: thumbs up or thumbs down. Thumbs up, thumbs down on 167 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: the Sun's owner Matt Ashbia and his claim that tanking 168 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: is much worse than the NBA's prop bet scandal. So 169 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go thumbs up on this. I agree with 170 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: them on this too. We're two for two. Good take, 171 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: good take day by the Sun's owner. We're two for two. Now, 172 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: if you had to pick one of these, knife to 173 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 1: your throat and you had to pick one, I'm gonna 174 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: ride with Mattieshbia on this one, and the rest of 175 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: you are stuck in the slow lane and I'm riding 176 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: in the fast And here's why. Let me tell you why. 177 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: Because on one side, yeah, there's no way that predicting 178 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: or not predicting fixing these prop bets is good. Right, 179 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: You've got mobsters involved, you've got point shaving goblins in 180 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: the shadows and all that that's bad to the bone, 181 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: bad bad to the bone. However, when you use the 182 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: Mallard microscope, you get the Mallard microscope out the prop 183 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: fix on a rebound prop over under or a point 184 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: total prop or whatever that might be. That is what's 185 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:10,719 Speaker 1: called a contained outbreak. It's like a controlled burn. It's 186 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: controlled burn. Now, it contained outbreak. It only bleeds the 187 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: bookies and the degenerates that are betting a lot of 188 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: money on props, right that a small percentage of those 189 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:27,719 Speaker 1: that consume the product. Tanking, though, is not just an eyesore. 190 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: It's not just an eyesore. It is an antibiotic resistant 191 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: staph infection, is what it is. It's a staff infection 192 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: that can kill you. It damages every single person that 193 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: buys a ticket. It kills your TV audience. Nobody wants 194 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: to watch bad basketball teams that aren't trying. People know 195 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: when they're not trying. And it gives you. Apathy is 196 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,199 Speaker 1: what it gives you. It's the deadliest thing in all 197 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: of sport, is apathy. But you just don't care. You 198 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: just don't care. And you said, well, yeah but yeah, 199 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: bit yeah butit yeah butit yeah bit yeah butit yeah 200 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: butit yeab it No, it's the abbot rabbit. So you go, yeah, 201 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: but oh no, no, just give it a couple of years. 202 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: They'll get that top pic and everyone will come back. 203 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: When you know, people find other things to do, and 204 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: they're like, it's a lot cheaper. I'm not gonna get 205 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: my you know what handed me when I when I 206 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: watch this team, I have to pay for this thing 207 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: and that thing and what you're gonna call it and 208 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: all that, and they don't come back. And I know 209 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys around my age, we were all 210 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: huge sportsmans, loved sports right and a good number of 211 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: my some of my closest friends growing up, they don't 212 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: like sports anymore. They don't like what sports has become. 213 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 1: They don't like the greed, they don't like the attitudes 214 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: in sports, and so they just stop and they're not 215 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: going back. And they're like, you're still doing that sports. Yeah, 216 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 1: I do the sports. Oh I used to like sports. 217 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: I used to like sports. And that's the danger. And 218 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: so so idiots don't understand this. They're not that smart. 219 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 1: I get it. I understand you wouldn't understand how that 220 00:12:55,640 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: all works. But it's a massive, massive issue. And in 221 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: this life, you either work hard, in life, you work hard, 222 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: you save your money and try to make something better. 223 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: Or in the NBA mindset, which is everywhere right now, 224 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: you just go down to the casino, you pray for 225 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: green double zero, and you spin the roulette wheel. Tanking 226 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: is the NBA's roulette wheel, and it creates a culture 227 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: of apathy that smells like a nice dumpster after a 228 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: weekend at the state Fair on a Sunday afternoon. What house? 229 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 1: Whose house? The crap house? Yes, nauseating all right, now, 230 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: last word. So there is a new revelation on this topic, 231 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: the tanking topic of the day, and Commissioner Adam Silver 232 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: high ho Silver, Adam Silver and his minions from planet 233 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: but dunka dunka dunka dunka dunka outside the cosmos, outside 234 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: the milky Way. There, so Adam Silver and his people, 235 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: the other lizard people are considering a gaggle, a gaggle 236 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: of changes to put a choke hold on the end 237 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,959 Speaker 1: of the tank. And you're just gonna get rid of 238 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: the not the lotter, You're gonna get rid of it. 239 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: You're gonna change it. So if you didn't see this one, 240 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: as we understand, at the NBA it's not locked in yet, 241 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: but the plan is next season they will freeze lottery 242 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: odds at the trade deadline or a later date. And 243 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: that's just the tip of the spear. But wait, there's more. 244 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: Only allowing first rounders to have top top four or 245 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: top fourteen plus protection, so you're gonna limit the protections 246 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: on that. You're going to block teams from selecting in 247 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: the top four in consecutive years. That's called the long suck, 248 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: not to short suck, the long suck or after consecutive 249 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: bottom three finishes. It is interesting to note that Major 250 00:14:55,960 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: League Baseball has that essentially that rule in there Chicago 251 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: White Sox. If you're a baseball fan, a couple years ago, 252 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: I had like the worst record in a long time 253 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: and they could not get the number one pick because 254 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: of the rules that Baseball put in. But preventing teams 255 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: from having a top four pick a year after reaching 256 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: the conference finals, Hello Indiana Pacers, ding ding ding ding 257 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: ding ding ding ding ding. Moving lottery odds to records 258 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: over a two year period rather than only for the 259 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: previous season, all that one's just going to encourage long 260 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: term suck playing tournament teams that for Gaysey Playing tournament 261 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: that they have because Adam Silver got a you know what, 262 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: I got a rash and thought that was a good idea. 263 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: So the play tournament teams would also be included in 264 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: the draft lottery, and so they would flatten the lottery 265 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: odds for all the team's question. Here's the question. Are 266 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: Adam Silver's plans to combat tanking going to fix the 267 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: NBA's problem. The rules that have been laid out, I 268 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: only gave you some of them. There are other rule 269 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: I did not have time to get to. You can 270 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: look them up on your own. Are Adam Silver's plants 271 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: You're going to going to work to fix tanking? So 272 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: I am shaking my head. 273 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 4: No. 274 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: With my eyes closed here, I'm shaking my head. No, 275 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: no chance. If you need this is a malar truism. 276 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: If you need a forty seven page manual to stop 277 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: teams from trying to lose, you've got a much bigger 278 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: problem on your hands right now. They've got a pre 279 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: existing condition. As we've talked about for forty plus years, 280 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: the NBA has preached that the draft lottery is the 281 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. You 282 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: created the monster that's your baby, Frankenstein. You indoctrinated every 283 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: coach GM and all these cats, and these guys that 284 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: were not even a lot of them weren't even alive 285 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: when the lottery started. I had a lot of young 286 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: cats out there coaching in GM and all that stuff, 287 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: or they were little kids when the lottery started. In 288 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: you've led everyone to believe this is the only strategy. 289 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,719 Speaker 1: That's it. You train them to chase ping pong balls, 290 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: that's all they know. And of course, now what's Adam 291 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: Silver's answer. Bureaucracy, more and more layers, more and more layers. 292 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 1: It's like Congress. It will solve all of life's problems 293 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: with laws because people follow laws. Oh wait a minute, 294 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:28,479 Speaker 1: bad people don't follow laws. Okay, got it. Okay, So 295 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: you're gonna put these rules in and the teams that 296 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: are not trying to tank, okay, we'll follow the rules. 297 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 1: But the teams that are trying to tank, they're gonna 298 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: find new ways to circumvent the system there. And that's 299 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 1: the way it goes. And so when I see these rules, 300 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: I just yawn. I stretch and I yawn. And this 301 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: is the walk of shame that you actually need to 302 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 1: legislate or attempt to legislate, effort and trying to win 303 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: the game. A statute, by the way, is not a 304 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: force field. It is a boundary marker, as we said, 305 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: right so, and you know and I know that nerd 306 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: Army they're already coding up new ways to bend the system. 307 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: Is there, Well, we can get around this rule. We 308 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: have to win this number of games, and then the 309 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: next year we can lose this number and then we'll 310 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: be in good shape there. But either way, this wave 311 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: of rules, it's not about integrity. It's about business partners 312 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 1: and that's gambling with the capital. Do we like gambling. 313 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: We support gambling. We think adults should be able to 314 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,640 Speaker 1: do that for recreational purposes. And you bet a little bit, 315 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,479 Speaker 1: don't go out of your means. It's something you can 316 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: do as a grown up. It's fun and you know 317 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: going in you're not going to probably win much, but 318 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,360 Speaker 1: maybe you'll win a little bit and that's all you need. 319 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: But if betters think, if the casual better thinks that 320 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: the game is being manipulated and they don't know how 321 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,479 Speaker 1: it's being manipulated and they can't figure it out, and 322 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: they lose money, on it. Then eventually the handle dries up. 323 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 1: That's the amount of money that's wagered, and then that's 324 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 1: a sintally the butcher knife. The gambling houses are like, 325 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: why are we spending all this money on advertising and 326 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: all this what's the point. You just took a butcher 327 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: knife to our heart. It doesn't seem like a good, 328 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 1: good business that we want to be part of. So 329 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: what are you doing? It is the Ben Mahlor Show. 330 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 1: What are we doing? We were doing a little talk 331 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 1: show and if you would like two we part you 332 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 1: can join us right now at eight seven seven ninety 333 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: nine on Fox quickly. That's right, eight seven seven nine 334 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: nine six six three six nine, and you'll be part 335 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: of the show. So I saw this story, I thought, well, 336 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: that's probably bogies. But apparently one of the more popular 337 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: teams in professional sports has decided they are going to 338 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 1: side with price gouging. Now, we used to why everyone's 339 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: price gouging anyway? No, no, no, no, no, no no no. This 340 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 1: is next level price gouging, sticking it to one of 341 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: the largest fan bases in American sports, getting the absolute 342 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: screw job. Which fan base is it? What kind of 343 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 1: screw job? Is it. 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It's 368 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: a little pet project here, so you don't have to 369 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: do anything. Just listen. Most people will never ever call 370 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: into the show. 371 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 4: Welcome to show there, idiot. 372 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: How could you compete with Marcel and Brooklyn however you 373 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: want to? It's og. It's the old way to do things. 374 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: You can jump in right here at eight seven seven 375 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: ninety nine on Fox and lead a charmed life. Or 376 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 1: you can hide behind a fake avatar and some made 377 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 1: up name on the interweb, behind the wall of social 378 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: media to join the legends who are in deep doo 379 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: doo off for their comments on social media, like fer 380 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 1: Dog and the number one burner account, Alt, the alien, O, 381 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: Pinter Mallard, prop Guy, all these legends, Truck or Joe, 382 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 1: so many serious sean hard to mention them all. But 383 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: that's at Ben Mala, that's at Ben Maller. Or again, 384 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: just don't do anything. You must say a little lorraina 385 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 1: FSR tech queen, Hi, now don't talk to me please 386 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: and Cooper loop up Bronco fan, your comments can and 387 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,439 Speaker 1: will be used against you. Please play nice in the 388 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: sandbox and back to it. All right, We do get 389 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:40,959 Speaker 1: back to it, and we will have coming up in 390 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: a little bit. We will have the who am I? Game? 391 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: Fun fun thing. Who Am A Game? A fan favorite? 392 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: People love the who Am A Game. We began with 393 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: a heavy pro bouncy ball Mallard monologue and much to 394 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: the chagrin of those that regularly said what are you doing, dude, 395 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: see a message here from a guy saying, actually, we 396 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 1: have talked about the figure skating at the Olympics. And 397 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,679 Speaker 1: if you think that I was going to do a 398 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: deep dive on the figure skating Olympics, so you got 399 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 1: the wrong short, pal, You got the wrong short pal. 400 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 1: That's a yeah, that's not there would have to be. 401 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: I don't want to date myself, but let's just say 402 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: I might have been on the radio when some figure 403 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 1: skater got attacked by a goon. Now that was a 404 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: good story. That was hot sports talk. That was hot 405 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: detrot sports talk. Now, if you give me one of 406 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: those stories, I'll talk some I'll talk figure skating. I 407 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: will absolutely break down figures. That's a good story. That's 408 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: a that's a crime story, a mystery story. That's a 409 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 1: wonderful story. If I don't get that, I don't think. 410 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 1: I don't think I want to go there. I don't 411 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 1: think I want to go there. Although I did see 412 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 1: a little bit of the there was a women's hockey game. 413 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: Kenny Albert, friend of the show, The Great Kenny Albert there, 414 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: one of the few NBC broadcast NBC broadcasters they actually 415 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: flew over to Milan for the Olympics. Most of them 416 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: are not there. They're doing it from a studio in Connecticut, 417 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: but they he was there doing the play by play 418 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: and all that. About that pretty cool coming up in 419 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 1: a few minutes, A very popular sports franchise in North America, 420 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: their fan base getting the screw job. And I love it. 421 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:19,199 Speaker 1: I love it. Levitt, Levett, Levett, Levett. Be careful what 422 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 1: you wish for, kids, Be careful what you wish for. 423 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: Let's go to the social media cloud and what do 424 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 1: we have to page down? Scrooge says. So yesterday's show, 425 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 1: Michael Leprecaun said he was the worst caller. Scrooge is 426 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: in the Younger Demo in the year Shuck he's in 427 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: the Bay Area a Jason. I guess anyway, he says. 428 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,959 Speaker 1: Yesterday show Michael Leprecaun said he was the worst caller. 429 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: You're the worst five casts. Does this count as a list, Scrooge, 430 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: because Terry and England haven't heard from Terry in a 431 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: while if he's still listening. But Terry would get upset 432 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: if it's a list, he said, Number five, Number five 433 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: Gunner says Gunner is horrible. Number four is e Dog 434 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 1: who hasn't called in a while from Long Island. E 435 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 1: Dog is the fourth worst call in the show. Number 436 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:16,719 Speaker 1: three is hollering James. Number Yeah, James when awake is 437 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: one of the worst callers on the show. It's interesting 438 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 1: to note when James is sleeping he is considered one 439 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: of the great callers in the show. You talk about 440 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: a split personality as a caller. If he would only 441 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: call up to sleep, he'd be an all time great caller. 442 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 1: For some reason, he wants to talk about the Vikings 443 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,360 Speaker 1: or whatever, and it just ruins it. Mike the leprechot 444 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 1: number two according to Screwed, How appropriate is that? And 445 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 1: then number one the worst bot. Congratulations to Poppy in 446 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 1: San Diego. Way to go, Way to go. That's the 447 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: way it goes. Yeah, all right. Racer X says a 448 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: trojan is not an antibiotic resistant to the forty seven 449 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: page manual of how to tank in the NBA, although 450 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 1: most likely will keep you from getting pregnant. There you go. 451 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 1: Very funny. That's racer X paying close attention to the 452 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: malor monologue, and for that we we thank you. Valls 453 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: fan Jimmy, there's a legend. Valls fan Jimmy, who's been 454 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: around many many years sent me a nice hat back 455 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: in the day, says you should have tanked that monologue. 456 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: Here we go. I'm telling you, these guys hate what 457 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: they're triggered when I talk NBA. You should have tanked 458 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 1: that monologue because it was horrible. NBA tanking for your 459 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: opening monologue. Whoever your producer is should be fired. That's 460 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: according to Jimmy Jordan right since says the NBA needs 461 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: to drop the number of teams in the playoffs so 462 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: the regular season matter again, go to best of nine 463 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:58,439 Speaker 1: playoff series to not lose playoff games, and invert the 464 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 1: non playoff teams in the drafts so the best record 465 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: to miss the get the gets the number one pick. 466 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: They're easy, and Jordan is offering his services as the commissioner, 467 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 1: says he'd be willing to be the commissioner of pro bouncetball. 468 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: It is something that has been an issue for the NBA, 469 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: and they keep adding teams to make the postseason. That 470 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: whole playing thing that has been around for a couple 471 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,919 Speaker 1: of years now that that was the baby, that was 472 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: the baby of Adam Silver. And it's like each team, 473 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: each conference had eight teams, which was more than enough. 474 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: And there were years even this goes back when Michael 475 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls made the 476 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 1: playoffs and they had at least once or twice losing 477 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: records early in Jordan's career that they made the playoffs 478 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: because there was not enough good teams in these That 479 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 1: was when they had eight. So now it's like, well, 480 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: it's not really the plus. It's just like the twilight 481 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: zone where you're not in the playoff, but you're not 482 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: in the lottery. You know, you're in this weird area 483 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:09,199 Speaker 1: and and all that. So they really messed that thing up. 484 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: What else we have page down here? What do we got? 485 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: Michael writes, and he says, how does the long suck 486 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,959 Speaker 1: versus the short suck compared to the drive within LA 487 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: the LA area daily to the drive from Phoenix or 488 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,919 Speaker 1: the drive to San France. Yes, I listened to the 489 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: fifth Hour podcast there you go. Yeah, it's it's I've 490 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: done both recently, the drive from LA to Phoenix and 491 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: the drive from LA to San Francisco. And it's really 492 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: it's in many ways it's similar. There's really nothing in 493 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 1: between the big cities in California. It's just farmland. It's 494 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 1: just Cal's Farton. That's all you got. You just close 495 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: your windows because it's just cal Fartan all the way 496 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: up I five through the Grapevine and you keep going 497 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: up there, and you keep going and going and going. 498 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 1: Then you get to go and you smell the garlic, 499 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,479 Speaker 1: which is just freaking great. Love the guard dude. That 500 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: cow smell is so overwhelming though, it is terrible. Yeah, 501 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 1: in the in central part of California, even if you 502 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: turn the air off in your car, it still seeps in. Yeah, 503 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 1: it's very powerful. It's almost like you can taste it. 504 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: And there are people that live there, not not right 505 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: next to the farms, but they live live off the 506 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: Beaten Path, and then on the way to Arizona, there's 507 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 1: literally nothing between Palm Springs. There's like one desert town 508 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,160 Speaker 1: in Arizona, and then there's nothing until you get to 509 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 1: the first outlying I think it's good Year First Spring 510 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 1: Training Town, which is kind of out on the outskirts 511 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: of the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area. So, but thank you 512 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: Michael for listening to the Fifth Hour podcast. I do 513 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: appreciate that. It means a lot. You're you're a real 514 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: p one. You're not a fraudulent p one. You're not 515 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: a fraudulent p one at all. Let's go to the phones. 516 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 1: We got a got caching, a golden take it. We 517 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: go now to Chicago, which is about to lose an 518 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: NFL team, and a man who's gonna have to pack 519 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: up drive that twenty some miles over to across the 520 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: Indiana border. Phase in Chicago. Hello family, cats, yes face, 521 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: oh man. 522 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 3: You know I can't say there's you know on the air, 523 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 3: but you know it is gonna make CNN news if 524 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 3: they moved to Indiana. 525 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: You don't sound very happy about that. You sound concerned. 526 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 3: We not not, you know, you know, I understand, you 527 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 3: know there's no there's not a high Texas in Indiana 528 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:36,479 Speaker 3: or whatever. 529 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: But yeah, what part of what part of town do 530 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 1: you live in? Is? How far is it? Because I 531 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: know I got family in my family in Chicago. They 532 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: actually were really excited because they they live right near 533 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 1: the racetrack and they were supposed to build the stadium there. 534 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: Didn't They tear down the racetrack to build the stadium. 535 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 1: And now they're now they're talking about going over to Indiana. 536 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 1: So I don't know. 537 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 3: Correct that there's more north that would be north of Chicago. 538 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 3: You have, My parents moved to Indiana like five years ago. 539 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 3: They are near Gary, Indiana. But come on, man, you 540 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 3: can't move You can't move to Indiana and be called 541 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 3: the Chicago bears. 542 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 1: Did you stop face talking to your parents when they 543 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: left Indiana? Did you say I can't talk to you anymore. 544 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: You live in Indiana? Now done with you? 545 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 3: Almost because the toys you know, Oh. 546 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 1: That's right, yes, you get Oh that's the worst of Chicago. 547 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 3: Man. 548 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 1: You guys get screwed. Man. There's tolls everywhere. How do 549 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: you go anywhere? You gotta pay money every time you 550 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: leave your house. In parts of ship it's ridiculous. 551 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 3: I drove every time I go to Indiana. 552 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,479 Speaker 1: Oh my god, it's it's brutal. 553 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 3: You uploads my my, uh oh no, totally a sticker. 554 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: Oh okay, yeah yeah yeah. How much do you pay? 555 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,120 Speaker 1: You know, how much you pay a year in tolls? 556 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: Must be insane, man, crazy, Probably like one hundred bucks 557 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 1: going to visit a year or just just on one trip. 558 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: No year, no year. Oh that's not I thought it was. 559 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: I thought it was more than. 560 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 3: That I could spend that I could spend at the ballet. 561 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: You know, of course you could. You could send a 562 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,719 Speaker 1: struggling ballet answer to buy some books or something. Right, 563 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: you can help her out, you know, exactly. 564 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 3: Here here, here's my real question, mister Ben. Yeah, when 565 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 3: are when are you coming to Chicago? Because my birthday 566 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 3: is May first, I'm going for the first time in 567 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 3: like five years. There's a Cubs game against I think Arizona. 568 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 3: It's a Friday, May first, May first. I'm not sure. 569 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 3: I'm not sure if you're coming. 570 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 1: I don't. I gotta figure that out. I got I 571 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: got a bunch of things I gotta figure out logistically. 572 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: But what we want, we want to hang out here 573 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 1: when we bond again, is it? Is it not gonna 574 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: be snowing at Wrigley Field may first It'll be good, 575 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: It'll be. 576 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:53,719 Speaker 3: I can't guarantee that, but last time, you don't want 577 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 3: to check your bear at me. You owe me, you 578 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 3: owe me your beer. 579 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 1: Your beer. Yeah, it was. It was so cold. We 580 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: had to leave early. But I was out. Was okay, 581 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: But my my wife, what are you talking about? I 582 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 1: was accuse in the forties, but it was raining, which 583 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 1: is not generally. You know, you were all bundled up 584 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: by the way, you were all prepared. I was not. 585 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 1: I was not. I don't need to hear about that. Okay, 586 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 1: I don't need thank you. I got it. I gotta 587 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: thank you all happy happy early. Bro. Let you know 588 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: you buy my ticket or there you go. I'll sail 589 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 1: over to Anthony in Louisiana. This is the guy we 590 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,320 Speaker 1: should call him. What the out back, Anthony? What do 591 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: you think out back Anthony dropped? Oh, Anthony's gone? That's 592 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: how dare him? Is he not a diva? Anthony? I 593 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,640 Speaker 1: feel like Anthony's a diva. Like if he doesn't go first, 594 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 1: he hangs up. What kind of diva is that? Shame 595 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:54,360 Speaker 1: on you? Anthony, and now you look how upset. I'm 596 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: looking across the glass. You look how upset Lorraine is. 597 00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: You broke her heart? No, no, you broke her heart, Anthony. 598 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: Come on, now, it's bad job by you. She was 599 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 1: so looking forward to you and cheering her up and 600 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:16,240 Speaker 1: all that. No, Anthony, my god, stop what was that? Stop? 601 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,919 Speaker 1: All right? Listen, I mean I tease this. I gotta 602 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: pay it off. So a popular sports team sticking it 603 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 1: to their loyal fans, and that would be the Los 604 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: Angeles Lakers. Did you see this? Say? Developing story. So 605 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: I got a bunch of messages on social media and 606 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 1: on email from the historians as I like to call them, 607 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 1: who were just shoving it into my face. They were 608 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 1: so happy. They were aroused because Mark Walter, the guy 609 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 1: that runs the Guggenheim Sports Division, and they owned the Dodgers, 610 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 1: and this guy's buying the Lakers. He's got the Lakers now. 611 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: Like Jeanie Buss sold out the family business. She sold 612 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: out the Bus family business for ten billion dollars or whatever. 613 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:03,400 Speaker 1: After taxes in california's about two dollars. But Mark Walter 614 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,960 Speaker 1: bought the Lakers, and so they're taken over and they're 615 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: whacking all these old time Lakers employees. I don't really 616 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:13,319 Speaker 1: care about that because that's usually what happens. However, the 617 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: Lakers are reportedly increasing their season ticket prices by how much? 618 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,200 Speaker 1: What do you think? What percentage? You got a guess 619 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 1: in your head. Okay the answer. The Lakers are said 620 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 1: to be increasing their six season ticket prices by forty 621 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:34,640 Speaker 1: percent next season. Forty Keep on, They're not a championship team. 622 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 1: They haven't won a championship since Kobe Bryant, and they're 623 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:41,279 Speaker 1: raising their champion their their ticket prices to forty by 624 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:45,520 Speaker 1: forty percent. A season ticket older posted online message he 625 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,120 Speaker 1: got from the Lakers said he's had tickets for the 626 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 1: past ten years, and or he's posted stuff for the 627 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,880 Speaker 1: last ten years, and he has he says, has a 628 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,279 Speaker 1: seat in the last row down there on skid row 629 00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 1: at the Lakers Arena. And he says he he's about 630 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: fifteen thousand dollars for five tickets and he just got 631 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: an invoice that they're raising it to by seven thousand dollars. 632 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,760 Speaker 1: If you do the math on that, you can figure 633 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: it out. So yeah, Mark Walter, and this is the 634 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:18,239 Speaker 1: Dodgers of them the same thing. The Dodgers used to 635 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:22,240 Speaker 1: be the cheap, cheapest ticket in LA Sports, most family 636 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 1: friendly team. They are the least family friendly team in 637 00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:26,879 Speaker 1: all of LA Sports. They screw over their fan base, 638 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,520 Speaker 1: the Dodgers with the tickets and all that, and they win, 639 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,320 Speaker 1: and so people are okay with it and they reinvest 640 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: the money and the team and all that. But they're not. 641 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,360 Speaker 1: They don't care about the fans in terms of, you know, 642 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:43,480 Speaker 1: having a affordable experience. They consider themselves a luxury item, 643 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,160 Speaker 1: and so as a luxury item, they want to screw 644 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,320 Speaker 1: over the fan base. And they have with the Dodgers, 645 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 1: and they know the same thing with the Lakers. So 646 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 1: enjoy that. Enjoy those increased ticket prices. Steve Balmer, who's 647 00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,600 Speaker 1: got a ton of money, he's he hasn't stuck it 648 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,160 Speaker 1: to the Clipper fan base. I don't think they didn't 649 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 1: raise Their ticket is forty percent in any season anyway. 650 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,440 Speaker 1: It is the Ben Mahler Show. Time now for the 651 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:10,680 Speaker 1: who am I game? Speaking of the Clippers, I'm embarrassing 652 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 1: for the Nuggets. The Clippers traded two of their top 653 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 1: players and still beat the Nuggets. And they beat them 654 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 1: because Benedict Mathern off the Bench had thirty eight points 655 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,839 Speaker 1: off the bench, the first Clipper to have thirty five 656 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,719 Speaker 1: or more points in a game off the bench. Since me, 657 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: who am I? That's the question the answer. We'll get 658 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,960 Speaker 1: to it and we will do it next. 659 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,479 Speaker 4: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller 660 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 4: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 661 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,040 Speaker 1: Bill Miller Here, it is the Ben Mahler Show. We 662 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,040 Speaker 1: know you have options. We thank you for hanging out 663 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 1: with us and spending some time in the audio world, 664 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,799 Speaker 1: the theater of the mind. Even though there's now cameras 665 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:57,279 Speaker 1: in every studio I'm in, even the remote studio as 666 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:01,080 Speaker 1: we hang out between dog and wolf here between dusk 667 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:06,319 Speaker 1: and daylight, when all the creepy critters come out. If 668 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: you enjoy the Ben Maler Radio Show, did you know 669 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 1: the audio continues? It is the secret menu item available 670 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:17,040 Speaker 1: only in the podcast format. It is the fifth hour 671 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 1: podcast bonus content emergency. Mallard monologues on and the mail 672 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:27,120 Speaker 1: Bag on Sunday along with Danny g used to be 673 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 1: my guy back in the day here and as he 674 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:34,880 Speaker 1: worked on the show, and so you can hear that 675 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,319 Speaker 1: anywhere you get this Ben Mallor Show podcast. You can 676 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,840 Speaker 1: hear the Fifth Hour podcast. So please become a real 677 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,160 Speaker 1: super next level p one and listen to that Fifth 678 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,960 Speaker 1: Hour podcast as well, available wherever you get your podcast. 679 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,400 Speaker 1: Back to it all, right, back here we go, and 680 00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:55,000 Speaker 1: time now for the who am I? Game? Ay blatant 681 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,759 Speaker 1: attempt to get you to listen a bit longer. So 682 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,800 Speaker 1: I remember when this guy was coming out of college. 683 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 1: He was a Canadian land and he was drafted in 684 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,799 Speaker 1: the top ten Benedict Mathern for the Pacers, and don't 685 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,719 Speaker 1: remember him doing anything good for the Indiana Pacers. The 686 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,240 Speaker 1: Clippers got him as a throw in in the Zubox trade. 687 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:15,320 Speaker 1: Who and he's only played a couple games with the Clippers. 688 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,719 Speaker 1: The guy looked amazing. He gets the Nuggets in this 689 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,560 Speaker 1: in this game on Thursday night. I don't want to 690 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,879 Speaker 1: get too excited. I probably sucked the next two months, 691 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,520 Speaker 1: but he looked great in that game. Montreal. Mathern, he's 692 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,240 Speaker 1: from Montreal, had thirty eight points anyway, thirty eight points 693 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,720 Speaker 1: off the bench. The first Clipper with thirty five points 694 00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:37,359 Speaker 1: in a game off the bench. Since me, who am 695 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,560 Speaker 1: I that? Well, that's the question. Who am I? That's 696 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,879 Speaker 1: the question. What is the answer, And let's see does 697 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:46,560 Speaker 1: anyone know the answer? We go to the great Unwashed 698 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:50,600 Speaker 1: here Femi the uber eats driver extraordinary from Minnesota, says 699 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:56,640 Speaker 1: Saddam Hussein. Who sween Nator from William Anthony in Louisiana 700 00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:02,839 Speaker 1: from some so ca al something Steve something? Who else 701 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:09,080 Speaker 1: do we have? The great Clipper Skipper Alan Hale? Uh well, 702 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:13,720 Speaker 1: that's Andy. You didn't watch Gilligans on Alan or Andy? 703 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,920 Speaker 1: Rather Andy and Lionel Lakes. Scrooge is going with Clipper 704 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:21,600 Speaker 1: legend Elgin Baylor, Dick Tidrow from mister Niskat. That's a 705 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:25,319 Speaker 1: good name. Roscoe the Parrot from Alf the Alien opinter Well. 706 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:28,520 Speaker 1: I now own a next generation of Roscoe the Parrot 707 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:32,759 Speaker 1: thanks to Alf. Chris Dudley from not a Burner Leanngelo 708 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,560 Speaker 1: Ball from Shane in Des Moines. Who else do we 709 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:42,760 Speaker 1: have Page Dan, Steve McQueen from spocks Weed or Cliff 710 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:47,520 Speaker 1: Robinson of the Trailblazers, Michael Cage just by Paul? Who else? 711 00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:51,040 Speaker 1: Bo Outlaw from Jason was I was covering the Clippers 712 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:52,719 Speaker 1: from ball I've played for the Clip. I love ball out. 713 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:54,879 Speaker 1: That was a good dude, good dude. He actually became 714 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:56,560 Speaker 1: a pretty good player after he left the Clippers. I 715 00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:00,600 Speaker 1: Gathers says me, Big Lou, he's on number. He's going 716 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:05,680 Speaker 1: with Hank Gathers, Lorena, what say you, super Mario, super Mario, 717 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:11,400 Speaker 1: nossan Mario, not Luigi. The correct answer, Sweet Lou Williams, 718 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,600 Speaker 1: Clipper legend who at one time had two girlfriends at 719 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,040 Speaker 1: the same time, and they were all cool with it. 720 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:17,759 Speaker 1: They were all, uh, yeah, they went for it.