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Listen, there's drama with two 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:06.240 of the top teams in the NBA that are starting 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:08.720 to bubble up. I'm gonna talk about that. We got 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:10.919 some time between now and the Super Bowl, so we're 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:13.800 gonna start talking about some other sports, some basketball, a 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:16.640 little bit of Major League Baseball, whether it be the 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:18.840 hot Stove, whether it be the Hall of Fame ballots 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.400 that are coming out pretty soon. We're also gonna start 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.240 getting into the Olympics as well. I talked a little 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:26.360 bit about that Ali Raceman testimony, so a lot of 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:30.280 things come in. Um, don't don't freat just that football 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:33.800 is winding to a close. We also, like I said, 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:37.359 we always are talking about you know, players safety, the CTE, 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:39.800 the concussion protocol. While I have a story on the 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:44.120 other side. UM interesting story, Uh about almost four hundred 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:48.679 thousand dollars was raised to go to CTE research. I'll 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.880 tell you how and why a little bit later on 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:53.880 in the show. And then later on we put the 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:57.000 Fun and Functional Sports Radio. As you know, I got 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:58.959 a couple of stories I want to get into. One 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:03.079 is how is Derek Jeter alienating fans even more than 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.520 trading players away. We've been talking about this, I've been 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:07.799 mentioning it. I want to get to that story. And Yo, 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.639 we do the status overbeat Cipher. We got young cars 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:15.520 in the effect. You heard my man christ the Analyst venture. 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:20.960 We have another rapping athlete to uh sample a little 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:24.200 bit of today and uh word it is that this 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:26.560 one is not bad. So we want to hear what 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:29.320 you have to say about that. And as always, we 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:31.760 gotta pull question up on Twitter. Hit me up on 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.639 Twitter at spitting speed you can follow me. I want 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.240 to know which of these teams in the NBA, which 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.680 drama is more the Cleveland Cavaliers going on right now 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:42.960 with Kevin Love. Is he's sick? Is he not? The 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:47.240 San Antonio Spurs with Kawuhi Leonard being disconnected from the team. 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:49.240 We'll get into that a little bit later on. 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We need a camera 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:15.960 on our guy, Chris Bavona, the Manimal. Let me tell 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.479 you something. There's part of me that thinks that is 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:22.159 an incredible idea. There's part of me that thinks that 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:24.720 you guys don't really want to see the Manimal at work. 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:26.760 You can get a little hectic down there in the 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.560 fantasy pit of mystery. But we gotta look into that. 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:31.680 Maybe we'll try and get a little camera there and 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:35.000 make a Manimal cam. Sure enough. Let me know if 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:38.000 that's what y'all want in uh in the chat room, 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:39.600 let me know. If that's what y'all want, hit me 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:42.320 up at spitting speeds. Let's get into this news and 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.400 notes from around the NFL. Biggest news coming out today 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:50.440 is that a Dallas where Steven Jones says and Steven 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.479 Jones obviously Jerry Jones kid, he's one of the vice 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:56.640 presidents of the team, says that Dez Bryant quote unquote 0:05:56.720 --> 0:06:00.600 can be a distraction. That is not the kind of 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:04.200 language you want to hear about yourself here in the 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:06.560 off season. I don't think they're not gonna, you know, 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:09.200 have some kind of divorce. Dez Bryant will be a cowboy. 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:12.520 My question though, is are they kind of priming the 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:15.960 pump to ask Dez Bryant to take a pay cut. 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.359 I've been saying all season long. If you listen to 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:20.320 the show, if you're part of the cipher, you know 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:23.960 I do not believe Dez Bryant is an elite receiver. 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.839 He is not getting separation. And when you were just 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.000 a boss and can box out, that's one thing. But 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.919 I was telling you, up against good cornerbacks this season, 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.480 they are making him disappear. Whether it was Peterson, whether 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:38.960 it's Jack Rabbit, Jenkins and others, he was not able 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:42.040 to really do it against the best. Check out what 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:46.120 um Stephen Jones had to say and that quote. The 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:51.080 chemistry between Dac and Dez is different than between Tony 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:54.560 Romo and Dez. It hasn't hit on all cylinders how 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:57.760 the connection works. It's a work in progress, he said, 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.640 and we just have to really get our hands around it. 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:02.840 When you look at the full body of work together 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.159 where that's headed. And I'm telling you I don't disagree 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.720 with Steven Jones. You saw a ton of times this 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:13.000 season Dead is throwing tantrums on the sideline. So this 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:16.120 bears watching. I think though, Like I said, just prime 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:18.520 in the pump for him to to ask him basically 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.640 to take a pay cut and renegotiate his contract. Also, 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.280 keep an eye Peter King says, you need to watch 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:29.920 for Levy on Bell potentially this offseason going to the 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:34.040 Oakland Raiders. That would be very very interesting. Remember I 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:37.080 philosophized at one point it was really out there. I 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:39.600 was talking about the Detroit Lions as a potential spot form. 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:42.680 You know, you got the stable quarterback entering his prime, 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.680 unlike Big Bend who's probably got one year left. You 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:49.320 have an improving offensive line well in Oakland, you have 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:52.480 one of the best offensive lines in the NFL. You 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:56.160 also have a young, ascending, stable quarterback and by I 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:59.640 mean stable as per his contract situation right and a 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.680 team at is you know, ready to go. So that 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:05.280 could be very interesting at least that's what Peter King says, 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:08.360 So keep an eye on that. Other news, Josh Allen, 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.120 this quarterback out of Wyoming. Many people expect him to 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.520 be a first round, if not a top ten pick 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:17.240 in the upcoming NFL Draft. There are reports now that 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:21.640 he says he wants to be part of the Cleveland Browns. 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:25.400 He wants the Browns to take him at one or four. Overall, 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.880 he would be happy to be a quarterback in Cleveland. 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.760 And I quote he says, I want to be the 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:34.720 guy that turns it around there. Whoever does that will 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:39.120 be immortalized in Cleveland forever. And listen, I like the 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.480 way the kids thinking okay. Same could be said for 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:44.640 the Cleveland Cavaliers after Lebron gets him that team, they 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:47.880 are immortalized forever. If you are the guy that turns 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.600 around the Cleveland Browns, it will be even better than 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:52.600 the guys who were on the Red Sox when they 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:55.079 want after the curse or the curse of the Billy 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:57.520 Goat in Chicago with the Cubs and that team that 0:08:57.640 --> 0:08:59.520 is now, you know they will never have to pay 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:02.199 for ink in that city again. Same could be said 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.840 for Josh Allen if he would go into the Cleveland 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.719 Browns and actually turned them into a contender. Here is 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:09.720 the other thing though, this kid might be crazy like 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:12.520 a fox right because it sounds like they've got Todd 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:15.560 Haley now as an offensive coordinator. It sounds like they're 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:18.160 still gonna have Hugh Jackson as a quarterback. A lot 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:20.920 of people that can help develop a young quarterback. Remember 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.200 what I said when the Titans wound up hiring of 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.840 Rabel and some of these other defensive hires. The priority 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.240 needs to be to develop the quarterback, and in Cleveland, 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:32.720 with Hailey and Hugh Jackson, they do have the capability 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.760 to do so. The question is will the Cleveland Browns 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.959 actually pulled the trigger on a guy like Josh Allen 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:42.480 also back up in Minnesota? Remember the Minnesota Vikings, but 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:46.440 were eliminated on Sunday by Philadelphia Eagles. Their head coach, 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:50.960 Mike Zimmer is noncommittal on bringing case Keenum back as 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:55.959 his quarterback. He's been noncommittal about case Keenum all season long. 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:58.839 The question remains, though, will case Keenum still be tied 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:02.000 to Pat Shermer, who remember he just accepted a job 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.920 as the new head coach of the New York Football Giants. 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:09.520 Maybe maybe, uh, that is more likely with Keenum moving 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:12.080 along now. I've been saying for a while, I think 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:15.720 Mike Zimmer wants Teddy Bridgewater. The question is will he 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:18.680 be able to pay for Teddy Bridgewater and still have 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:22.199 a viable backup because remember Teddy Bridgewater has missed a year, 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.600 year and a half of action after that catastrophic knee injury. 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.400 We still have yet to see him. Remember he was 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:31.199 only a second year player before the injury. And it's 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:34.280 not like he was a pro bowler either. Okay, so really, 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:36.040 do you want to push your chips into the middle 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:39.160 of the table with Teddy Bridgewater? I'm not so sure. 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:41.640 If you listen to the stats over beat cipher I 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:46.000 said the Minnesota Vikings would have a very interesting decision 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:49.040 at the quarterback position with all three of them being 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:52.360 free agents. And now you know Keenum regressed in that 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.760 last game. Do you want to offer him fifteen million 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:57.200 dollars a year? I don't think you do. Can you 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:59.720 offer Teddy Bridgewater that kind of cash when you haven't 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:03.640 seen him? Sam Bradford is made out of bubble wrap, 0:11:03.760 --> 0:11:06.160 So will that work? I don't think so either. They 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:09.280 gotta figure it out. I'm interested to see what the 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:12.679 Vikings do. Last piece of news and note, I'll give 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:17.600 you Larry Fitzgerald still has not decided on his future 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.600 in the NFL, if he's going to retire or not, 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:24.120 And I'm I'm sort of thinking that even if he 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.839 doesn't retire, he won't be back with Arizona. If he does, 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.480 he'll go somewhere like New England where he can just 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:31.880 try to win a ring. They said he had a long, 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.880 quote unquote in depth talk with their new head coach, 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.840 Steve Wilkes. But again, this is another defensive mind. So 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.079 what does that mean for the offensive side of the ball. 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:44.000 You got David Johnson, you could have Larry Fitzgerald, but really, 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.080 do you have anything else? And is that enough to 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:49.000 go to war? In the NFC West when you have 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:51.720 the likes of Russell Wilson, you have the ascending Los 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:55.480 Angeles Rams with Jared goth and Todd Gurley, and everybody knows, 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.400 you've got Jimmy g Q and Kyle Shanahan there in 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:05.040 San Francisco speak King of Jimmy g Q. He's doing 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.800 pretty well for himself and everybody loves him out there 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.440 in the Bay Area. But check this out. Do you 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.439 realize that he still has bonus clauses from his new 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:17.600 England Patriots contract. Do you realize that because the Patriots 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:21.440 have already made the Super Bowl Jimmy Garoppolo and his 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:26.360 backup quarterback contract, he is already got seventy nine thousand 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:29.920 dollars as a bonus. Check this out. If the Patriots 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.320 win the Super Bowl in a week and half, he 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:37.400 gets another bonus of another hundred and twelve thousand dollars. 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:41.720 Get this. If the Patriots lose the Super Bowl to 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:46.400 the Philadelphia Eagles, Jimmy g Still via bonus, will pocket 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:51.280 another fifty six thousand dollars. He's got seventy nine already. 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:54.880 He's guaranteed from the Patriots playoff run to get at 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:58.960 least another hundred and thirty five thousand dollars in bonuses. 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:03.160 This where he is building his legend in San Francisco 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:06.160 with Kyle Shanahan and the forty niners. I find that 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.280 very very interesting. Okay, here's the other thing I wanted 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:12.480 to talk about. I told you about the CTE research 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.080 that just got a boost. I tell you all the 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:16.880 time here in the stats over beat Cipher, how we 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:20.240 talk about player safety. Is it real? Is it not? Unfortunately, 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:23.200 I don't know if you remember Rashaan Salam. Rashan Salam 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:25.440 was a running back. I believe he went to Colorado 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:29.320 in college, won the Heisman Trophy. Okay, he won the 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:32.840 Heisman Trophy back in the day. I was in and 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:35.440 out of the league, mostly with Chicago and the NFL. 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:40.920 He fell on hard times. He sold his Heisman Trophy 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:43.960 in two thousand fourteen, and then unfortunately in December of 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:47.440 two thousand sixteen, he died and what was ruled as 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:50.440 a suicide. Remember they believed his family believes he had 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.199 ct pretty much all running backs, probably due because of 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:55.640 the collisions, right, and so we don't know what happened. 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.360 He ultimately took his own life in two thousand and sixteen. 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:02.480 We'll check this out though. There's a company SCP Auctions 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:05.400 of California where what they do with their auctions is 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:11.120 they raise money for CTE research. Rashaan Salam's Heisman went 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:16.959 via auction forget this, three hundred and ninety nine thousand, 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:21.120 six hundred and eight dollars over the weekend. That is 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:24.720 a record for any sale of the Heisman Trophy or 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:27.760 any auction of the Heisman Trophy. The previous record was 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:30.880 three hundred ninety five thousand for Bruce P. Smith's trophy 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:35.520 of the ninety one Heisman Award winner and yes O J. Simpson, 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.840 who won the award in nineteen sixty eight. His award 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:42.400 was sold via auction in nine for two hundred fifty 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.080 five thousand dollars. I want to tip my cap right 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:49.280 quick to SCP Auctions of California, raising nearly four hundred 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:53.200 thousand dollars to CTE research. And I think it's very 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:57.480 fitting that it was Rashaan Salam's Heisman trophy that did that, 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:00.840 because unfortunately Rashaan Salam took his own own life in 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:04.480 two thousand and sixteen, many people believe he had ct 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:07.560 and now it is going forward. At least that trophy 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:11.000 is going to fund more research when we come back 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.400 here on the Fantasy Freestyle, I talk about these two 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.760 NBA teams that have designs on a championship but have 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:19.280 drama in the locker room. 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The poll question that I 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:44.560 have up is which of these top two NBA teams 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:47.200 do you think is going to be more distracted by 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:49.280 some of the news, some of the drama that's in 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:52.120 their orbit these days. And I'm talking about the Spurs 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:54.600 and I'm talking about the Calves, and ironically, they play 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:56.600 each other tonight, so I thought it was a fitting 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:59.760 time to talk about this a little bit. Okay, let's 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:04.439 talk first about the Spurs. Kauai Leonard one of the 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:06.920 best I don't know four players in the NBA. You 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:10.080 got Lebron, you got Steph you got you know, Kevin Durant, 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:13.000 you got Anthony Davis, and then you know, you got 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:16.879 Kauahi Leonard has a two way All Star. Okay, Kawhi 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:19.560 Leonard has missed a lot of time this year because 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:23.040 of a quad injury that the Spurs are just saying 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:26.879 is not responding to rehab, is just not healing the 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:29.440 way they expect. And there are a lot of reports 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:32.320 out there right now that Kauai, after months of the 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:35.240 rehab and the starting and the stopping and the treatment 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:37.520 that he's getting on this quad, is being diagnosed by 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:42.200 the way right now as quad tendon opathy. And there's 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:44.320 been talk and reports out there that he's got a 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:48.280 little disgruntled that he is quote unquote distant and disconnected 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:53.080 from the San Antonio Spurs and the GM of the team, R. C. Buford. 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:56.159 He discussed this a little bit. Okay, so check this 0:17:56.200 --> 0:18:00.199 out and I quote there is no issue between the 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:04.320 Spurs organization and Kauai. Beauford says, from day one, all 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:06.879 parties have worked together to find the best solutions to 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:10.280 his injury. This has been difficult for everyone. It's been 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:14.159 difficult for Kauai. He's an elite level player. It's been 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:16.359 difficult for the team. They want to be able to 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:18.560 play with a great teammate. And it's been difficult for 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:22.919 our staff because historically we've been able to successfully manage injuries. 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:26.160 But this rehab hasn't gone simple, and it hasn't gone 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:29.560 in a linear fashion. I think this is very interesting. 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:32.159 It's kind of you see how they're like trying to 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:34.719 cover their own but already they're like, oh, it's not 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.800 only hard for Kauai. It's hard for the teammates because 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:39.880 they want to play with Kauai. It's hard for our 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:43.680 staff because we can't figure out how to make him better. 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:47.560 And I can see listen, this is also a team 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:50.920 similar to the Patriots, right where it is one voice, 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:53.200 it is Greg Popovich, and that's about it. You see 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:56.360 the way pop does, like the in between quarter interviews. 0:18:56.440 --> 0:19:00.280 You know, he similar to Bill Belichick. People think say 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:02.320 he's funny that when you get to know him, but 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:05.240 he's very cold, very stern, and it's one voice coming 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:08.960 out of that franchise. You don't usually ever hear about 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:13.680 any Spurs feeling disgruntled. This is a first, but it's 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:16.600 actually a second because earlier this season and right before 0:19:16.680 --> 0:19:21.159 the season, we heard reports that LaMarcus Aldredge also maybe 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:23.800 wanted to request the trade, wanted to maybe get out 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:26.439 of San Antonio, and then you know, him and Pop 0:19:26.800 --> 0:19:29.920 kind of hashed it out and now they're on good 0:19:30.000 --> 0:19:32.720 terms and now everything's all good. But I'm a little 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:36.399 bit concerned about this because listen, Kauhi Leonard. When Kauai 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:39.240 was on the Spurs, they even remember, if you remember 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:41.920 the Western Conference Finals, they had the Golden State Warriors 0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:44.040 in that first game, they were by like thirty points 0:19:44.040 --> 0:19:46.879 on them in game one, and then Kauai goes down 0:19:47.160 --> 0:19:49.720 and you know the rest, Golden State roles to their 0:19:50.119 --> 0:19:53.040 NBA championship, their second in three years. Here's what I 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.920 think is also interesting. Continuing in my opinion, Buford and 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:58.560 the organization to try to go a little c y 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:02.520 A and not necessarily really back up their m v P. 0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:05.320 Can that a Kauai Leonard? They also said R. C. 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:09.600 Beauford says, we sought outside expertise with the best tendon 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:12.959 experts in the world. But get this, it worked beautifully 0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:16.639 for Tony Parker, but it hasn't worked the same for Kauai. 0:20:16.720 --> 0:20:18.639 It's almost like they're throwing up their hands saying, listen, 0:20:18.680 --> 0:20:21.600 we do everything we can. They worked fine for Tony Parker, 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:24.480 we don't know why it's not working with Kauai. Almost 0:20:24.520 --> 0:20:27.840 like putting the blame on Kauai for him being injured 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:30.760 and him missing all this time Kauai Leonard has missed. 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:33.159 He missed the first twenty seven games of the season, 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:35.639 then he played in nine games, and then they shut 0:20:35.720 --> 0:20:38.920 him down again. Remember Greg Popovich said that he didn't 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:41.199 re injure it. He just said he hasn't responded the 0:20:41.200 --> 0:20:43.600 way we wanted to. And we're airing on the side 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:49.520 of costume. Here's the thing. The Spurs are still thirty 0:20:49.560 --> 0:20:52.880 and eighteen there the three seed in the Western Conference 0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:55.919 right now. But I wonder like They're not gonna be 0:20:56.000 --> 0:21:00.280 able to get past Houston or get past Golden's date 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:03.640 without Kauai Leonard. So I wonder if they're really if 0:21:03.680 --> 0:21:05.679 it's right to let him rest up, let him rehab, 0:21:05.960 --> 0:21:08.520 and then you know, come late February comes back for 0:21:08.560 --> 0:21:11.360 the stretch run of like the last thirty games or so. 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:16.160 But you're starting to hear cracks in the Spurs facade. 0:21:16.280 --> 0:21:20.120 Similar in my opinion, very much to the New England Patriots. 0:21:20.160 --> 0:21:22.880 I mean, whether it's Belichick and Brady or whether it's 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:25.640 Popovich and you know his chain of stars. In San Antonio, 0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:29.840 we're talking about fifteen twenty years of a run literally 0:21:29.880 --> 0:21:32.879 at the top of the sport that doesn't happen a lot. 0:21:33.359 --> 0:21:37.159 Might it be coming to a close in San Antonio. 0:21:37.560 --> 0:21:40.920 The other place is the Cleveland Cavaliers. I don't know 0:21:40.960 --> 0:21:42.640 if you guys have seen this, but I think this 0:21:42.680 --> 0:21:46.160 is an issue. Uh So, Kevin Love left the recent 0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:48.320 game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, which they want up 0:21:48.359 --> 0:21:51.880 losing by like points, giving up a hundred forty eight 0:21:51.880 --> 0:21:55.040 points to Oklahoma City. Love left after three minutes and 0:21:55.080 --> 0:21:58.160 he's say he was sick. Then he missed the team 0:21:58.160 --> 0:22:03.440 practice on Sunday said he was sick. In Monday, they 0:22:03.440 --> 0:22:07.320 had a team meeting, players only meeting where teammates quote 0:22:07.400 --> 0:22:12.760 unquote question the legitimacy of his illness. A lot of 0:22:12.760 --> 0:22:15.399 players are also acknowledging after a loss last week to 0:22:15.440 --> 0:22:18.040 Golden State, that there's been some finger pointing in the 0:22:18.080 --> 0:22:21.840