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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up Fire, fam,

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Speaker 1: It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Wednesday, December And

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Speaker 1: if you went to bed early on the East Coast

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Speaker 1: last night, you missed a thriller in l A Celtics

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Speaker 1: Lakers was incredible. I'll talk about it momentarily. We have

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Speaker 1: a special special guest today. He is always one of

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Speaker 1: the when I float, Hey, who do you guys want

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Speaker 1: to hear? On the podcast to friends via text in

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Speaker 1: person A name keeps coming up. Preston Johnson, gambler, crypto guy,

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Speaker 1: business guy now owns a soccer team in London. He

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Speaker 1: comes on the podcast. It's like a really good, in

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Speaker 1: depth forty minutes on life and he's going through a

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Speaker 1: health thing right now. He offers a great book that

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Speaker 1: I've already downloaded. I mean, listen, it's it's great stuff.

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Speaker 1: You guys like Preston, I think you're gonna like it.

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Speaker 1: He's a guy who has the beard like James Harden

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Speaker 1: and was on the ESPN Gambling Show. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if the show got canceled, but he's not on the

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Speaker 1: show anymore at any rate. It's really really funny. I

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Speaker 1: think you'll like to talk with Preston, but first I

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Speaker 1: got to address his Lakers loss. Goodness, gracious, how many

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Speaker 1: freaking games can these guys blow? That are just gut

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Speaker 1: wrenching losses. So Indiana beat him at the buzzer in

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Speaker 1: l a on an Andrew nem hard three, a rookie

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Speaker 1: hitting up three over Lebron at the buzzer. That's a

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Speaker 1: devastating loss. Pacers are okay, Now, I guarantee you they

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Speaker 1: will not win forty games. Then they have the game

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Speaker 1: against Philly and Anthony Davis clang and free throws, Lakers

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Speaker 1: losing overtime. Lakers put forth an incredible comeback on national

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Speaker 1: television against the Celtics. They were down like twenty two.

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Speaker 1: They go on a forty four to twelve run, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: bridging the third and fourth quarters, take the lead. And

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Speaker 1: then I keep hearing the announcers say all the Lakers

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Speaker 1: ran out of gas at the end. They were gas.

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Speaker 1: They were so tired they could they just couldn't withstand Boston.

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Speaker 1: Boston seventeen to four run to force overtime, and then

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Speaker 1: they run away in overtime. Lakers were so tired. I'm

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Speaker 1: told you, guys, know the Celtics running back to back.

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Speaker 1: They played Monday night against the Clippers, and yeah, they

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Speaker 1: got blasted, but Tatum played thirty seven minutes, Brown played

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Speaker 1: thirty minutes. Those two took the bulk of the shots. Essentially,

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Speaker 1: you had a back to back against a contender who

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Speaker 1: isn't playing the part of contender. But Kauai played and

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Speaker 1: Paul George played. They wanted that game. They blasted Boston

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Speaker 1: and then they come back the next night, same arena,

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Speaker 1: take a massive lead against the Lakers. They start to

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Speaker 1: run out of gas and Anthony Davis at the line

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Speaker 1: shooting two free throws. I think it was like thirteen

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Speaker 1: seconds left. Brick and brick. Jayson Tatum a superstar who

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Speaker 1: finished with forty four points. He's just unbelievable. Forty four points,

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Speaker 1: nine boards, six assists. Tatum comes down, puts the moves on.

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Speaker 1: Lebron hits a turnaround, and we go to overtime. I

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Speaker 1: didn't love the Lebron shot at the end of regulation,

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Speaker 1: but he just got scored on. He wanted to come

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Speaker 1: back and get him hero Ball at its finest. By

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Speaker 1: the way, as a tease for what I talked about

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Speaker 1: with Pete Preston later in the pot. Jason Tatum is

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Speaker 1: only twenty four years old. You can have Yokich, I'll

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Speaker 1: take Tatum. The only guys I'm taking over Jayson Tatum

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Speaker 1: right now in the league our Luca don Che, obviously, Janice,

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Speaker 1: probably step Curry, stef Curry's thirty four guys were talking

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Speaker 1: about for it this season or building a team around.

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Speaker 1: But Tatum has to be one of the five best

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Speaker 1: players in the league. So just remember Tatum when we

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Speaker 1: talk about a certain thing with Preston later in the podcast.

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Speaker 1: But if you're the Lakers, man, you fall to eleven

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Speaker 1: and fifteen, and this is definitely two games the Philly one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's a little tougher, but definitely two games. You could

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Speaker 1: argue Lakers should be five, eleven and fifteen. You know,

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Speaker 1: I mean they were hot for a minute. I think

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Speaker 1: like that, and they were kind of surging. This loss

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Speaker 1: hurts wins win against the Celtics, who, by the way,

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Speaker 1: the best team in the league. You've got to take

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Speaker 1: that on the back to back and I don't I

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Speaker 1: don't care what you want to say about Russell Westbrook

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Speaker 1: they were he couldn't shoot anything. But we know Russell

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Speaker 1: Westbrook can't shoot. That's not news. Of course, the Celtics

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Speaker 1: He let him shoot like that's not that shouldn't be news, guys.

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Speaker 1: The news here is Anthony Davis. You're number two guy.

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Speaker 1: You're robin to Lebron's batman. Anthony Davis talked about as

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Speaker 1: been on. You had a great game thirty seven and twelve,

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Speaker 1: heroic stuff. Only attempted to threes, fifteen free throws, but

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Speaker 1: Go ahead, make a three. Now, Boston did make nineteen threes.

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Speaker 1: I'm working with my calculator here, nineteen times three fifty

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Speaker 1: seven to twenty four advantage for the Celtics from deep.

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Speaker 1: We know the Lakers are a great shooting team. I'll

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Speaker 1: just put this out there. Russ one of six from three.

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Speaker 1: Lonnie Walker only played twenty three minutes. I saw the

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Speaker 1: minus eighteen. I know they were riding Troy Brown. I

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Speaker 1: get it. Darvin Ham said, heay, we got it, got

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Speaker 1: back in this game with Troy Brown. We're gonna ride

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Speaker 1: Troy Brown. Well, why are you riding Russell Westbrook? We

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Speaker 1: know Schroeder was awful and Patrick Beverley is terrible and

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Speaker 1: they can't get him out of town quick enough. But

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Speaker 1: I don't understand why Lonnie Walker is not out there.

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Speaker 1: Who do you want defending Lebron? Jason Datum Lebron or

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Speaker 1: Lonnie Walker. Lebron played forty three minutes, He's carrying the

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Speaker 1: offense thirty three, nine and nine, and now you're gonna

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Speaker 1: ask him to defend Jayson Tatum. That's just that's not

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Speaker 1: that's not fair for Lebron. I don't know. It's a

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Speaker 1: tough loss for the Lakers. I know you look around

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Speaker 1: the Bucks. Warriors are gonna be fine defending champs next up.

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Speaker 1: Lakers get a couple of days to recuperate before Denver

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Speaker 1: and your kitchen comes to town Friday, Washington, Phoenix, Sacramento.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what to make the Lakers. Anytime you

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Speaker 1: That's life. I guess all right, without further ado. Oh,

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Speaker 1: by the way, best bet at the end of the episode,

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Speaker 1: Morocco France got really good with Leonel Messi, first goal

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Speaker 1: I think port Morocco and France will probably be closer

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Speaker 1: best bets at the end of the podcast, But without

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Speaker 1: further ado, let's get to him. Preston Johnson. Jason likes

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Speaker 1: to think he knows everything when it comes to sports.

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Speaker 1: I know what sports dance want, but for everything he doesn't,

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Speaker 1: Let's welcome into straight fire. I guess who's always in

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Speaker 1: high demand in the off season. People said you gotta

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Speaker 1: they say, Preston Johnson, Preston, how are you. I am

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Speaker 1: doing well? Thanks for having me back. Yeah, I wasn't

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Speaker 1: I hopefully everyone just remembers Georgia from two years ago

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Speaker 1: and just bet them again, because they're sitting pretty now,

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Speaker 1: Yeah they are. I did not think they would repeat.

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Speaker 1: on Ohio State and Obama, So I guess I have

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Speaker 1: I don't they got any shot to surprise Georgia here

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Speaker 1: some places. Um, I would only bet Ohio State. I think. Interesting.

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about before we get to you know, gambling,

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Speaker 1: which is your forte or was, Let's talk about why

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Speaker 1: you were not available. You went across the pond because

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Speaker 1: you were running a soccer team. Now, listeners of this podcast,

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Speaker 1: no that I bought into a soccer team a couple

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Speaker 1: Is this? Is that what it is like running a team?

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Speaker 1: really intriguing, like you know, being on the inside and

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Speaker 1: learning from so you said affected. Um. When people think

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Speaker 1: were losing the XG battle every game, um, but we

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Speaker 1: were unbeaten for five in a row. So like it

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Speaker 1: goes both ways, but at least gives you an idea

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Speaker 1: of over time you can kind of assess your playing

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Speaker 1: level or skill level. Fox Sports Radio has the best

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Speaker 1: for instance, USA Netherlands, I'm assuming you consume the World

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Speaker 1: or it was super close. It was like point zero

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Speaker 1: two difference, and I'm telling people like us they played

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Speaker 1: a really good game. They basically just let Netherlands have

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Speaker 1: a couple of chances and Netherlands converted all of them.

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Speaker 1: If you watch England France over the weekend, yeah, did

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Speaker 1: you know that was the one I was going to mention.

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Speaker 1: I mean, England, Claberton and Boby did absolutely nothing. England

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Speaker 1: loses the match, and it's like it's when you don't

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Speaker 1: see a lot of people recognizing that. I feel like

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Speaker 1: it says a lot about the analytics and and again

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Speaker 1: I'm not history analytics, but I've gotten into it with

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Speaker 1: soccer thanks to our team. And that's the perfect context

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Speaker 1: as to why there's still so much room to go

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Speaker 1: or a ways to go, because one game, there's so

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Speaker 1: much flukiness in randomness in one game, especially in a

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Speaker 1: World Cup setting like in the England ones perfect as

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Speaker 1: I was obviously rooting for them with all of the

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Speaker 1: people over there, is like, what did I see like

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Speaker 1: two point four four to point eight seven or something

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Speaker 1: even if you take away the missed penalty, you know

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Speaker 1: it's they they doubled him and xt G and they

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Speaker 1: just but sorry, you're out of the World Cups. You

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Speaker 1: have four years. Like it's brutal how much goes into

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Speaker 1: one game. Um, and yeah, England, I'll played him. I

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Speaker 1: think most people would agree, But you look at the

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Speaker 1: final score and you know, the casual fans probably not

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Speaker 1: really digging it. So we're recording this after Argentina drugged

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Speaker 1: Croatia three zero three nil um morocco versus France in

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Speaker 1: the semifinal. I mean, do you, first of all, do

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Speaker 1: you have any players on either of the team or

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Speaker 1: um no, not a league two level championship in the

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Speaker 1: premier League. They take time off because they do have

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Speaker 1: players playing internationally pretty regularly League one, League two. There's

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Speaker 1: there was one we played against someone that actually was

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Speaker 1: playing for Whales. It's it's more rare, but Crawley Towns

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Speaker 1: specifically not not a thing. You know what. You remember

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Speaker 1: how I lived in Portugal for a few years. I

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Speaker 1: did my my LDS mission there and I was like

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Speaker 1: certain when Roco ups that Spain was like Portugal is

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Speaker 1: going to be going in the final four semis like

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Speaker 1: we have a real shot. Like I really my first

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Speaker 1: connection with soccer at all was when I lived there,

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Speaker 1: because like again, soccer's life everywhere but the US basically,

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Speaker 1: and so Portugal I really got attached. And so that's

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Speaker 1: actually like my first love with the sport is Portuguese.

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Speaker 1: And so if I was if I was really like,

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Speaker 1: if you sat me down and said who you prefer

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Speaker 1: to win, I would pick Portugal over the United States,

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Speaker 1: like really sincerely, because I know how much it means

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Speaker 1: to the country and the people over there versus like

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Speaker 1: the US just moves on like who cares. And so

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Speaker 1: I genuinely thought we had a shot, and then Morocco

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Speaker 1: is just they're finding ways. So I don't know if

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Speaker 1: this France seems like an easy pick, but Morocco is

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Speaker 1: doing it. I don't know. Let me ask you about Portugal.

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Speaker 1: I did not dig into the numbers for the benching

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Speaker 1: of Ronaldo. Was that a numbers thing or was that

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Speaker 1: extracurricular behind the scenes stuff. From what I heard, I

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Speaker 1: don't even know if it was behind the scenes. He

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Speaker 1: was scene complaining when he got taken out. The gampire

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Speaker 1: laid and so the coach manager was trying to make

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Speaker 1: a statement the numbers. From what I knew before the

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Speaker 1: tournament even started though, is that they were better off

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Speaker 1: if he was coming off of the bench, and that

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Speaker 1: they're a better squad without him. Um, in limited sample,

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Speaker 1: but I think everyone kind of agrees he's Ronaldo's on

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Speaker 1: the way down, if he isn't already kind of, you know,

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Speaker 1: falling off. So I don't I didn't get actually played

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Speaker 1: out really well, how I did. They just couldn't beat Morocco.

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Speaker 1: But um, you know the game prior they showed that

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Speaker 1: they could do it with Ronaldo and scored a bunch

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Speaker 1: of calls. So we'll get to football and stuff in

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Speaker 1: a second. I just as a soccer guy, I know

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Speaker 1: you're into soccer. I have a couple more so on Portugal.

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Speaker 1: They ben Ronaldo, his sub is a twenty one year old. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I don't really know what club he plays for. He

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Speaker 1: scored I believe a hat trick in like sixty eight

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Speaker 1: minutes in Preston. I was going to all my American

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Speaker 1: soccer fans. I'm in a bunch of text threads with him,

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, just let the sin kid. The US

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Speaker 1: strikers have never ever really been a factor. Maybe when

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Speaker 1: Aldo back in the day, Um, at the World Cup,

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Speaker 1: Portugal brings on a twenty one year old who gets

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Speaker 1: a hat trick in sixty eight minutes or whatever the

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Speaker 1: number was, and and just trying to put that into context.

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Speaker 1: It's like it's almost frustrating as a US soccer fan,

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Speaker 1: like how why how have Yeah? Exactly? Um, like for

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Speaker 1: for one, Portuguese football soccer is pretty good, Like they're

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Speaker 1: up there just in general worldwide, like their their class. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I saw a tweet. It was it was right after

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Speaker 1: we drew England in the group stage. I saw a tweet.

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Speaker 1: I don't know who it was from. I'm gonna probably

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Speaker 1: misremember some of the names, but it was something to

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Speaker 1: the nature of the US has tied England despite Lebron James,

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Speaker 1: John Moran, say Kwon Barkley and Aaron Donald being out

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Speaker 1: really impressive performance and it basically sums up where we're at.

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Speaker 1: Over in all the other countries, they're literally doing nothing

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Speaker 1: but playing soccer. Every top tier athlete is playing soccer,

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Speaker 1: and we have soccer. What would you say fourth in

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Speaker 1: line if not low or there is a lot of guys.

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Speaker 1: But I don't know, I gotta be honest. I think again,

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Speaker 1: I'm maybe I would say yes. In America, I know

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Speaker 1: the numbers and TV ratings are bigger for baseball, but

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Speaker 1: I think I do believe soccer is gaining close to baseball.

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Speaker 1: I think baseball it's have passed NHL, right, Soccer is

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Speaker 1: definitely passed the NHL. Yeah, and I agree. I think

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Speaker 1: that's why it's third or fourth, depending on where you

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Speaker 1: feel baseball is. I think that's correct. Yeah. So, but

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Speaker 1: again that's a little silly. Like Aaron Donald, you think

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Speaker 1: he's playing soccer at that size com on um, you know, Like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I get but what does it Bobby maybe

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Speaker 1: six one one eight? What is it? Cornerback? He's say, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't I mean, I don't know that, but it's

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Speaker 1: it's it's not necessarily this. I mean it's partly size

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Speaker 1: for sure, but it's and Bobby wasn't playing anything else.

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Speaker 1: The six one cornerback is playing soccer and basketball, maybe

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Speaker 1: baseball and you know American football. So it's it's it's

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Speaker 1: how much time in a commitment are they putting in

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Speaker 1: with that skill level or athleticism from the time they're

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Speaker 1: four or five years old up and over in other

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Speaker 1: country there's just literally no other sport for a lot

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Speaker 1: of them, like for example, Ramos Gonslo I think is

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Speaker 1: his first name, the guy Ronaldo he plays with Benfica.

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Speaker 1: I mean like a top tier Portuguese League One club,

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Speaker 1: but there it's not like he plays for even like

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Speaker 1: a Premier League club or one of the top top Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean it's only a matter of time if he

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Speaker 1: wants to, probably, but uh yeah, it's just interesting that

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Speaker 1: just better I don't want to. I mean there are

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Speaker 1: I think there are certain kids whose parents get it

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Speaker 1: and they have to make that tough decision. Do I

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Speaker 1: want to pull my kid out of school and put

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Speaker 1: them in an academy. Now, obviously the academies aren't pay

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Speaker 1: to play. That's like you need the invite. I think

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Speaker 1: the pay to play is a whole another discussion, and

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Speaker 1: that's definitely not good in America. But I do think

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Speaker 1: if you have to make the decision, I'm gonna put

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Speaker 1: my kids in an academy. And if you look at

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Speaker 1: a lot of the people whose kids are in academies,

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Speaker 1: the parents played played soccer at a high level or

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Speaker 1: are coming from another country. I mean, at least that's

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Speaker 1: what I've experienced in a small number of people. I

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Speaker 1: know what academies that makes sense. I know I'm not

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Speaker 1: too in tune with the setup, although I know a

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Speaker 1: lot of people complain about the cost and the academies

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Speaker 1: and just it's it's really disproportional in America relative to

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Speaker 1: other countries where it's a little more natural. You can

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Speaker 1: go into an academy system um for free in a

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Speaker 1: lot of cases, as opposed to in America to get

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Speaker 1: on a good club team or in some sort of academy.

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Speaker 1: Because at least four figures sometimes five figures a year.

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Speaker 1: Can you imagine telling messy at like thirteen, Hey you

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Speaker 1: gotta pay. If you can't afford it, we can come

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Speaker 1: on at anyway. I want to quickly drill down on

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Speaker 1: the US and the World Cup. Um, I'm curious, what

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Speaker 1: did you think of the match against England and then

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Speaker 1: obviously the Netherlands one in general? I I wasn't paying

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Speaker 1: paid attention. I watched him when I when I tried,

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Speaker 1: and it wasn't. My hopes were low, but the bar

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Speaker 1: was set pretty low. Everyone kept telling me that really

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Speaker 1: knows US soccer and follows it, that this is like

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Speaker 1: a six mission, especially with the current squad, and so

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Speaker 1: I just wasn't. Really my expectations were low. We got

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Speaker 1: out of the group, which is at least good, right,

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Speaker 1: and then you know, we move on. We got the experience,

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Speaker 1: and the hope is that in four years we actually

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Speaker 1: could have a team that could you know, make some

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Speaker 1: sort of run. I mean everyone Croatia's done at Morocco,

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Speaker 1: like even though we've been I was just ragging on

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Speaker 1: the US is not being as talented as other countries

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Speaker 1: that can absolutely make a run. Um. But I think

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Speaker 1: it's that we were playing for six and trying to

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Speaker 1: just get a lot of these younger guys some some

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Speaker 1: experience that they can roll over into their feature seasons.

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Speaker 1: And have you discussed with the geo raina burr Halter

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Speaker 1: situation with any of your soccer people. I'm very curious

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Speaker 1: because you know, listen, I say some stuff that I've

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Speaker 1: heard people come after me. Turns out some of it

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Speaker 1: has been revealed to be true. The rest we'll see

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Speaker 1: if it comes out. But the Rain of burr Halter,

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Speaker 1: I feel like it's a positive for US soccer because

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Speaker 1: this is almost like a European situation, right, punk young

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Speaker 1: kid who's immensely talented doesn't really want to fall in

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Speaker 1: line or listen to orders or work, and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: have we're gonna have issues with That's like a European thing, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean we I've read stories about like world class

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Speaker 1: players sent home from the World Cup, right, I mean

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Speaker 1: it's similar to Like, maybe it's not similar, but you

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Speaker 1: have like Rinaldo getting bad. They're not afraid to make

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Speaker 1: a statement and make a decision that like, especially when

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Speaker 1: you're playing for your country, It's like there's other people

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Speaker 1: out there that are would be dying to play and

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Speaker 1: take your spot, right, so I don't blame him. I

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Speaker 1: haven't spoken to anybody about it specifically, to be honest,

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Speaker 1: so I don't really have any context to add um.

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Speaker 1: But I'll say, having been a part of a club

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Speaker 1: now for seven or eight months, UM, I think doing

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Speaker 1: those things are necessary and and we don't know all

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Speaker 1: the context or the details of the variables that are

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Speaker 1: involved in those decisions, but there's definitely times whether you

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Speaker 1: gotta put your foot down and make a statement from

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Speaker 1: a management standpoint, and UM, I think I've already seen

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Speaker 1: it myself a few times, and so at that level,

640
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 1: I'm sure it happens plenty as well. And I don't

641
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 1: blame them at all. Fox Sports Radio has the best

642
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645
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,479
Speaker 1: Do you think like a deep run is possible? I mean,

646
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,960
Speaker 1: I think between all the young talent that they have, UM,

647
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,719
Speaker 1: I think burr Halter is the big question. You know,

648
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 1: like you have a soccer philosophy. When you bring in

649
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 1: a coach to interview him, you want to know what

650
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: his philosophy is like in attacking defensive possession whatever. I

651
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,240
Speaker 1: think a lot of people are questioning burr Halter and

652
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 1: his kind of lack of attacking, and it's more of

653
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: like a possession defensive stance. I don't know your thoughts, um,

654
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: I mean, so that's why I think I was alluding to. Obviously,

655
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: anything gonna happen in any of these Croatia Morocco like

656
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 1: those those tend to happen, So we have some shot

657
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 1: in six I would say, do you even know the odds?

658
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 1: Before the tournament? I didn't follow the gambling side because

659
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: I can't even really bet on. I was gonna, can

660
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: you even bet on soccer anymore? No, they told me

661
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 1: that I can't bet on like Japanese women's like under fourteens,

662
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: like anything that has anything to do with soccer at all,

663
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 1: I cannot bet on it. So I haven't. But so

664
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 1: I don't know where was us as far as like

665
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 1: a favorite in the World Cup, like pre group stage.

666
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 1: I don't want outside the top ten, right, Oh, certainly,

667
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 1: I think they were probably in like the twelve to

668
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 1: sixteen range, like middle of the pack, I guess, all right,

669
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 1: So in my head I was like, can they become

670
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 1: a like top ten favorite by I think a lot

671
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: of people will maybe see them in that seven to

672
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: ten pocket. Um if they were able to improve, a

673
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,480
Speaker 1: lot of these guys kind of um find their way.

674
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 1: But four years is such a long way off too,

675
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 1: it's hard to your prediction. UM. All right, So let's

676
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: pivot away from soccer real quick. And I am curious

677
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: when you came back state side. First of all, were

678
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 1: you following NFL and college football when you were over there?

679
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: Probably not? I did, Uh, I did a Calcutta for

680
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 1: college football with our friends Jeff and some others, And

681
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 1: so I have action actually in college football. That was

682
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:35,000
Speaker 1: all preseason, which didn't require me to pay attention a

683
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: week to week or game to game, um or work

684
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 1: week to week, I should say. But so therefore I've

685
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 1: been paying some attention to that, like I have Ohio State,

686
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 1: UM had Utah when they didn't split up where it's

687
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 1: like you get a percentage of the pool if you

688
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 1: win the conference or someone that had the most rushing yards,

689
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: or if you win the Heisman, or where you finished

690
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 1: the final college football poll, and and so like Utah

691
00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 1: was good. Obviously they beat us. It allowed Ohio State

692
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: to jump back into the top four, and so that

693
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: was a game I was following closely. It was a

694
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 1: pretty big swing there. Um, but I had Bama as well.

695
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: I had Bama Boise who lost to Fresno in the

696
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 1: Mountain West Conference championship. But I followed that one. But

697
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: I will say I'm way less uh into that was

698
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 1: your baby. That was I mean, I know you're an

699
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 1: NBA guy, I'll ask you about that in a second,

700
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,480
Speaker 1: but college football was your baby. I mean you were

701
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 1: pretty heavy in the gambling every week, right, Yeah, that

702
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: was that was my bread and butter for about eleven

703
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 1: or twelve three years. So are you following NBA? Have

704
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 1: you tracked any of the start of the season here? Yeah,

705
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: basketball is just such a it's my life and and

706
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: if you throw soccer and now my real life. I

707
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,359
Speaker 1: just mean, like as a kid, that that was all

708
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: I cared about. So, uh yeah, I have to watch

709
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 1: basketball and the Lakers. I don't even I just watched.

710
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: It's just such a fun game. There's so much drama

711
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 1: on the league. But uh, like, I know the Lakers

712
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: stink and they've been a little better with Russ off

713
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: the bench, and I'm a Lakers fan, but I really

714
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: just I love watching how much talent is in the league,

715
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,799
Speaker 1: you know, league wide, whether it's the Pelicans Celtics. Did

716
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,160
Speaker 1: I sell you the Pelicans story from last year? Oh

717
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,919
Speaker 1: my gosh, you'll love this. So I wish I would

718
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 1: have been paying more attention this year. So last year,

719
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 1: with about three months left in this season, a buddy

720
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,760
Speaker 1: of mine reaches out. He says, they had just beaten

721
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 1: the Sun's the Pelicans had and they just traded for McCollum,

722
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 1: and he's like, they're a pretty good matchup for the Sun.

723
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,280
Speaker 1: At the current time, they're like eleventh in the West.

724
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: He's like, but what if Zion comes back the year

725
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 1: prior he like set the record for pr and like

726
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 1: an offensive efficiency standpoints, like one of the best scorers

727
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 1: we've ever seen. It's like, if Zion comes back, c J.

728
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 1: McCollum kind of works out and they started jelling like

729
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 1: Herb Jones as a defender, like they're actually they actually

730
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,879
Speaker 1: have something here. And they were five hundred to one

731
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 1: to win the West. So the bet was, de Zion

732
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: come back, do they win one of the play ins

733
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: and then can they upset the Suns as an eight

734
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 1: one which last year without Zion, they did get into

735
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: the play and they took the Sons to six games

736
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:55,319
Speaker 1: and one of their losses they were double digits going

737
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 1: to the fourth quarter. The almost took him to seven

738
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,840
Speaker 1: games anyway, and in Phoenix was healthy. We like, so

739
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 1: we thought, we were like, we gotta we gotta bet this.

740
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 1: We bet like a thousand dollars a five one. So

741
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,319
Speaker 1: it's like a pretty like the payoff win the West

742
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:08,880
Speaker 1: and then this you we didn't do anything. We're just

743
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 1: like not thinking about it. It's one of the one

744
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:12,400
Speaker 1: of the guys that I work with on on the

745
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: whole soccer stuff. So we didn't bet it. And now

746
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: they're like the one seed in the West, second best record,

747
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:18,799
Speaker 1: I think our third best record in the league, one

748
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 1: of the best, and maybe it is the best point differential,

749
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:23,840
Speaker 1: and they've jelled their younger a year or so, a

750
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:25,840
Speaker 1: year older, and Zion's actually playing, and it's just like

751
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,319
Speaker 1: they're incredible, and we should have had probably some like

752
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,360
Speaker 1: fifty to sixty to one bed in the West on

753
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 1: the Pelicans, and uh, just forgot about it. But this

754
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: is why is it? So? Who are you afraid of?

755
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:39,319
Speaker 1: In the Wiz my favorite argument that I've heard people

756
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 1: talk about cause I STI listened all the NBA podcast.

757
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 1: It's like, obviously they're young, and like you have to

758
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 1: like kind of get tested first before you really break through.

759
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 1: We've seen that a lot in my history and a

760
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:50,839
Speaker 1: lot of sports, a lot of leagues. The Warriors. By

761
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 1: the way, the Warriors did, I think they lost in

762
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 1: the first round. In the next year won the title

763
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:56,879
Speaker 1: or maybe it was it second round. No, they did

764
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: because they looked out that Kevin Love and Kyrie got

765
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: hurt and they beat leb On in the finals. But

766
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 1: they played pretty Warriors, doubt haven't heard that. And then

767
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:05,840
Speaker 1: and then they should have won the one where they

768
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 1: ended up blowing the three one they had injuries and

769
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: it went the other way. So overall, I think the

770
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,359
Speaker 1: Warriors got the right amount of titles, but they got

771
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,439
Speaker 1: they flipped to the the Calves were better their first win,

772
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 1: and then the Warriors were better when he got hurt

773
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 1: in overtime or something the game one, didn't he get

774
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: hurt in Love was already out because of the shoulder

775
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:27,319
Speaker 1: in round two or Okay, so there is like you have,

776
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: like Denver, you have let me pull it up real quick,

777
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: Denver and you have you're not really worried about them.

778
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: Memphis is the two seed. Think they're not even healthy.

779
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: And I think the matchup again Pelicans and Sons is

780
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 1: pretty good. And then the Kings, the Blazers, maybe the

781
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 1: Clippers and Mads and Warriors come on because they're older

782
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 1: and they're gonna I mean, hold on, let's let's go

783
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 1: to You're the biggest Luca fan that I know. You

784
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: were the one who told me the like way early

785
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 1: on Luca that he's going to be an all time

786
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 1: great and I was a little slow to react. But

787
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: I've been saying he's the best player in the league

788
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 1: for two years now, and I think he's a nightmare

789
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 1: matchup for the Pelicans. Who's gonna guard up her Jones?

790
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: I mean, he'll try, But here's the thing. Everyone tries

791
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,399
Speaker 1: their best, and everyone gives Luca his thirty five, eight

792
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: and eight or whatever, but like who they have, they

793
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 1: have to get a second player that's better than Tim

794
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: Hardaway Jr. Or Dorian Phinney Smith or Christian Wood, like

795
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: they're just they're just yeah, I think they do. I

796
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: think I think I don't think Granted, we saw what

797
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 1: Luca and Dallas did last year against Phoenix, right, So

798
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 1: I mean like they got closed and the Warriors beat

799
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,799
Speaker 1: him up though, just because they play more of a

800
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,800
Speaker 1: team style that I think Dallas and't have enough. And

801
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 1: then they lost Jalen Brentson anyways, and so I I

802
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: think they're one player away. But you know, I love

803
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 1: Luca and I wouldn't count him out in a big

804
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:40,400
Speaker 1: game in a playoff setting where that's I mean, it's interesting.

805
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 1: The Clippers just beat the Celtics last night, right, I mean,

806
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 1: Kauai is coming back now some and Paul George and

807
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: so they're a team that matches up really well against

808
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 1: the Celtics were they gonna switch everything and make things frustrating.

809
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 1: But I gotta still shout out Boston that they've lost

810
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: or I think they're still on pace to have the

811
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 1: best offense of all time. So um yeah, between them

812
00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 1: and New Orleans, I think the one seed, it's pretty

813
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 1: pretty fun to follow along so far this year. But

814
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: they're interesting. Wait, hold on, Kauai is barely playing Clippers

815
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 1: sixteen thirteen. Is this a good time to fire in

816
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 1: them to win win the title? Or is it already

817
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 1: baked in because they know Kauai is probably gonna be there.

818
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,960
Speaker 1: What's the price hold on? Do you know? Off the

819
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 1: top of your head? With the Clippers, I know preseason

820
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,600
Speaker 1: they were like the first or second favorite, right, like,

821
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,399
Speaker 1: they were up there at least out of the Western

822
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,799
Speaker 1: car I think it's Boston and Golden State probably still right,

823
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 1: I doubt Golden State isn't, but we know they're going

824
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 1: to be there. They're like, they're not not even in

825
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,840
Speaker 1: the playoff mixture right now? Right, I think their ninth.

826
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 1: But again it's like one third of the way through

827
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:36,360
Speaker 1: the season. They just won the title. Slow start. Remember

828
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 1: Boston was like under five hundred. Yeah, yeah, so the

829
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,240
Speaker 1: Clippers were like plus four fifty preseason plus four hundred

830
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,320
Speaker 1: plus four fifty maybe five to one their ten to

831
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: one now. So in theory, if you still believe like

832
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: you're getting twice as much value or payout in in

833
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:56,960
Speaker 1: jumping in now and what are the is coming back?

834
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 1: But is he going to play more than once a week?

835
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: I don't know. The Pelicans, I mean they were like

836
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: even like two weeks ago when my buddy reached I

837
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: was like, why did we not met the Pelicans preseason? Um?

838
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,359
Speaker 1: They were still like fifty to one, and now they're

839
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: like twenty to twenty two. I think when we just

840
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 1: looked like a week ago, like everyone's on board and

841
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 1: vulgaris we're all about tweeted about the Pelicans like five

842
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: days ago, and then it just yeah they have twenty

843
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:20,560
Speaker 1: two one is the best price? I see you, But

844
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: don't you don't you still think a two one it's

845
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,000
Speaker 1: worth taking even if you missed the fifty or is

846
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 1: that just on principle that's not even the West that's

847
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 1: actually to win it all, So I mean, they'd have

848
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,799
Speaker 1: to beat Boston or bus. I don't think it's worth

849
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 1: taking because I don't know because I'm not running any

850
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: NBA sim model anything, so I couldn't actually tell you, oh, yeah,

851
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,359
Speaker 1: they have a greater than four point eight percent chance

852
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,239
Speaker 1: or whatever like that's how I was doing things, so

853
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 1: I couldn't tell you. But my guess is that the

854
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 1: value on New Orleans was gone as of like one

855
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 1: to two weeks ago, where the price was fifty two

856
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: one or more, and now it's now you're chasing. Now

857
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 1: at this point, what do you think of them? I'm

858
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 1: assuming you've seen one Bin Yama and obviously everybody's celebrating.

859
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: When when do we start to see the legit tanking?

860
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,399
Speaker 1: I saw Kay cutting ends out of the year and

861
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:07,319
Speaker 1: they're probably gonna trade Bogdanovich. Is it like, hey, let's

862
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: just throw all rookies and ten day guys out there

863
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 1: from now? Like is it too early to stripe tank?

864
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 1: Has anyone done this exercise with you? Uh? I'm not

865
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 1: sure how familiar you are with Webiniana, but like how

866
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: many let's go through? Would you trade Janice for the

867
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:26,480
Speaker 1: first pick in this year's draft? No, Luca? No, okay,

868
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 1: you go through out on us? What about like I

869
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:34,399
Speaker 1: don't know Devin Booker of course, right, So like there's

870
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: like four or five guys that you wouldn't trade in

871
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,640
Speaker 1: the league right now for him, And so it's it's

872
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 1: like an old time how many players? That's a good one?

873
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 1: So what about Zion? So Zion's like you're probably trading

874
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:51,240
Speaker 1: zion form because of the lack of health and trust there. Uh,

875
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 1: Like like Katie's older, of course you're trading him. Lebron

876
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: of course you're trading am Anthony Davis is nothing now,

877
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 1: like Yokich is probably close. He's probably one you wouldn't

878
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:04,839
Speaker 1: trade closer because he's getting older. I'm fair too, so

879
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: I I think that the question is sounding that the

880
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,919
Speaker 1: tanking should be way more extreme than we've ever seen,

881
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,719
Speaker 1: and it hasn't quite been that case until you look

882
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 1: at the point differential for the Spurs and it's like

883
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:18,919
Speaker 1: minus ten and then everyone else is like minus six

884
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: point eight. Look at some of their starting lineups, dude.

885
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:23,840
Speaker 1: So the Spurs I think are really trying. They've just

886
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:27,760
Speaker 1: actually unluckily won more games than their point differential implies,

887
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:29,560
Speaker 1: so they have a better record than two teams. But

888
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:31,280
Speaker 1: it's just a matter of time, and I think Detroit

889
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 1: should be for sure doing everything they can. Steph Curry,

890
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 1: would you trade him for the number one pig? So

891
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 1: that's like another one where if there's like four or five,

892
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: you wouldn't. Here's the thing about, yeah, he's all they

893
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 1: got like three more years probably where he's this good

894
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,279
Speaker 1: s g A was one where it's like you probably do,

895
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:51,640
Speaker 1: but sas solidifying himself as like a top ten guy arguably,

896
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: but he's in He's only twenty three or whatever. He's

897
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: like super young, stiff. But the Steph one, it's like

898
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 1: when you when you look at outside of the basketball.

899
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 1: It's like he's like a billion dollar asset. He's like

900
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 1: for the team in the city he plays in going forward,

901
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:07,840
Speaker 1: whoever gets the number one pick one? Like a billion

902
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 1: at least, just straight up, that's how much he's worth.

903
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 1: And so that how many players are worth that much

904
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 1: in the league And there's not that many. And that's

905
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:17,200
Speaker 1: outside of the fact that he might have potential to

906
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 1: be one of the greatest players of all time. And

907
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,720
Speaker 1: we've seen let me pour some water on it, Preston

908
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: historically thin, tall, like abnormally tall guys like him who

909
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 1: are can handle playing the perimeter. Porzingis Kevin Durant. We've

910
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 1: seen foot injuries really cripple these guys. And again, you

911
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 1: can't bake in and predict in injuries, But what's your

912
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:44,040
Speaker 1: concern level of an injury with a guy of that

913
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 1: size and frame? So I would say the concerned level

914
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:52,080
Speaker 1: has to be there for sure. Does it concern me

915
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 1: as much as here's You know, how fluid Durant looks

916
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 1: and Katie looks when he plays. That's how Webanona looks. Yes,

917
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:03,640
Speaker 1: Like he doesn't look like he's the guy that's oversized

918
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,720
Speaker 1: for his feet. He plays like a wing slash guard

919
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:08,840
Speaker 1: and he is fluid and like his body is just

920
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: like accustomed to it. So and even Zion for some

921
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:13,800
Speaker 1: you know, or like Jaw who does this crazy stuff

922
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 1: and you're like praying he doesn't tear a nye every

923
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:18,839
Speaker 1: time he lands after dunking over somebody, Like I think

924
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: it's I'm not a medical or whatever. I don't know

925
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:24,879
Speaker 1: anything about anything, but he looks different than a lot

926
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,440
Speaker 1: of those seven plus guys that have had foot problems

927
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,800
Speaker 1: in the way that he just glides and like handles

928
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,320
Speaker 1: his body and and is trained and to be honest,

929
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 1: and I would guess that at this point in time,

930
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:37,640
Speaker 1: we're better at training and and and setting those guys

931
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:40,839
Speaker 1: up while they're young to be more healthy older. Does

932
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 1: that make sense why the sport science is just at

933
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:44,839
Speaker 1: such a high level, whereas yeah, Ming was just kind

934
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:48,480
Speaker 1: of playing with a stack deck. After X amount of games,

935
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:50,399
Speaker 1: he was just done for it, right, So that that's

936
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 1: I would. I would I'm more optimistic than historical, But

937
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:58,439
Speaker 1: obviously it's a concern. Anthony Edwards or one Binyama, Oh,

938
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,359
Speaker 1: that's easy, Anthony, I want to we you have him

939
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:08,400
Speaker 1: in your top, Like, yeah, he just uh, Keegan Murray,

940
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 1: I really like to see the Kings this year. I

941
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 1: was joking, obviously being facetius Joel Embide. Though I know

942
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:17,839
Speaker 1: you're a big guy, I'm not huge. Obviously, He's very

943
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 1: talented and good. I just I don't know if he's

944
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,759
Speaker 1: a winning player. Can he get to the conference finals?

945
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,920
Speaker 1: I honestly think if I was drafting the league and

946
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:29,400
Speaker 1: Webbiana was in it, he'd be my third pick. Luca,

947
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 1: but I think, yeah, Luca and your honest are top

948
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,799
Speaker 1: two because of their age and their effect on the game.

949
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,239
Speaker 1: And after that, I think you have to bet on him,

950
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:42,759
Speaker 1: meaning Webiniana next because Yokich steph and then even like

951
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 1: em beat, it's like, yeah, maybe, but he also he's

952
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,719
Speaker 1: had injury history and only it probably two to three

953
00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:51,120
Speaker 1: more seasons of prime embiad If that I bet on

954
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:53,240
Speaker 1: the guy who's gonna bring my city a billion plus

955
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:55,279
Speaker 1: and maybe he's a top five guy all time, Like

956
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 1: you just have to make the bet. I am curious

957
00:45:57,960 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 1: that we could wrap up with this given your health

958
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:01,799
Speaker 1: scare or are you able to play a lot of hoops?

959
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 1: I know you do like to uh sit behind the

960
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,280
Speaker 1: three point line and just make it rain like Clay Thompson.

961
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:09,560
Speaker 1: But have you been playing a lot of since COVID?

962
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 1: I just haven't played enough. I've talked to You've invited

963
00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:13,719
Speaker 1: me up to your game. I don't know if you

964
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 1: still play Wednesdays. I need to come play, but we haven't.

965
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:19,319
Speaker 1: We moved it indoor, and then I got the new job,

966
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:21,680
Speaker 1: and uh, I haven't. I have been playing as much

967
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:23,759
Speaker 1: as I was in the summer. Well, we'll try to

968
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:25,439
Speaker 1: play one of maybe one of the weekends or something

969
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: and get some running. But I've I've probably played actual

970
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:33,759
Speaker 1: basketball three times this whole year, but I've gone and

971
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:36,160
Speaker 1: shot like like once a week or something. I'll go.

972
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,280
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, if you're not in the basketball shape

973
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,320
Speaker 1: with the legs and the movements and the quick bursts,

974
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:44,640
Speaker 1: that that's dangerous. Do you have a ladder at home

975
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:48,240
Speaker 1: where you're doing footwork and stuff? No, I'm not kidding.

976
00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:49,759
Speaker 1: I have one of my family room for the kids.

977
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 1: They used it. But speaking healthwise, I can't control the

978
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:58,360
Speaker 1: cancer stuff, but I could control other things healthwise, and

979
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 1: so I've I've definitely and in way better shape the

980
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:06,520
Speaker 1: last five months or so, and so from playing basketball. Now,

981
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:08,440
Speaker 1: I feel like I would actually be a little quicker

982
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:11,560
Speaker 1: and more agile despite not playing a lot, just because

983
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 1: I'm in much better shape and just less stress on

984
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 1: my speaking of feet and joints and knees and stuff,

985
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:20,319
Speaker 1: I think we got to play. Yeah, I think I

986
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,440
Speaker 1: may have sent you some videos because of course I

987
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,359
Speaker 1: had my daughter come to our lead games last year

988
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:26,759
Speaker 1: and take videos. And then we hired some college kid

989
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:28,920
Speaker 1: to put together like a real from the playoffs. Very

990
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:33,279
Speaker 1: nerdy stuff. But yeah, so we just signed up for

991
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:36,040
Speaker 1: the higher league, which is um the A level, which

992
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 1: is a bunch of like, you know, twenty and early

993
00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:42,320
Speaker 1: thirties something year old bouncy guys who probably played high school,

994
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,960
Speaker 1: probably some low level college. So we did secure a

995
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,680
Speaker 1: commitment to add to our team a six seven guy

996
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:50,840
Speaker 1: who played at U c R Vine but like twenty

997
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:53,560
Speaker 1: years ago. And then a guy who was on the

998
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:56,520
Speaker 1: Yale basketball team within the last five years went to

999
00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 1: the n c A tournament and played against West Virginia

1000
00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:00,879
Speaker 1: and had like twenty I he's gonna he's gonna play

1001
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:02,440
Speaker 1: with us. Well, well, we'll see. He might be too

1002
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:06,360
Speaker 1: good for them. Gives you guys a shot nosing, you know,

1003
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:08,840
Speaker 1: old asked Jason trying to guard some young guy on

1004
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,720
Speaker 1: the you know, because I've I've seen like you're actually

1005
00:48:11,719 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 1: in shape, or you can run up and down and

1006
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:15,319
Speaker 1: keep up, which is like the first step, and then

1007
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,560
Speaker 1: skill comes in or doesn't. So like you at least

1008
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: got that. You'll be able to hang. That'll be fun.

1009
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,480
Speaker 1: I'm trying to fashion myself as like a Bruce Bowen.

1010
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:24,879
Speaker 1: You remember him, like a physical defensive guy who would

1011
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:28,440
Speaker 1: hit some corner threes and from three and from the

1012
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:33,160
Speaker 1: free throw line fifty. All right, man, well, hey, good

1013
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:35,360
Speaker 1: luck with the health. By the way, when you got

1014
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:37,880
Speaker 1: this scare, did you have one of those moments like,

1015
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:40,040
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, what do I have to accomplish my life?

1016
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:42,080
Speaker 1: What do I need to like travel the world or

1017
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:45,279
Speaker 1: any of that stuff. I've been fortunate enough I've been

1018
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 1: able to travel some. But I definitely had that. Um

1019
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:52,719
Speaker 1: it was more like worry of maybe I haven't like

1020
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:55,400
Speaker 1: fulfilled whatever my purpose is, right, or worry of and

1021
00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:57,360
Speaker 1: regret of like well, what if I done this instead

1022
00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:59,920
Speaker 1: of this? Because what if my time is short? And crap,

1023
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:02,879
Speaker 1: now I only have X amount of months or years left?

1024
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,879
Speaker 1: And that that I mean, it's a it's it's it's

1025
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,160
Speaker 1: it's rough right, mentally, it was. It was a tough

1026
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:10,799
Speaker 1: couple months. Luckily, like they kept saying, we caught it early,

1027
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:12,440
Speaker 1: we caught it early. Was great. You came in like

1028
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 1: and um, the procedures have gone well so far. So

1029
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:19,360
Speaker 1: it's a positive trajectory. But for sure you reevaluate a

1030
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:22,000
Speaker 1: lot of things in your life and uh for the better, honestly.

1031
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:23,960
Speaker 1: And I've tried to just give a lot more and

1032
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,760
Speaker 1: give a lot back and try to just um, appreciate

1033
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:29,279
Speaker 1: others more and just be a friend to other people

1034
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:31,040
Speaker 1: as much as I can, because I won't. You know,

1035
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,640
Speaker 1: in theory, that's something that um is more impactful than

1036
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 1: like traveling the world or some of those things. So

1037
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 1: that's kind of been my focus, I think, more than

1038
00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,520
Speaker 1: anything in the last four or five months. Interesting, So

1039
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:41,680
Speaker 1: you said, fulfill my purpose. I think a lot of

1040
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:45,799
Speaker 1: people heard that and instantly pause, maybe brush their hand

1041
00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:47,920
Speaker 1: on their chin, and said, ship man, what what is

1042
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 1: my purpose? Yeah? What even is it? Yeah? I don't,

1043
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:53,640
Speaker 1: I don't, I don't know. I don't know how you

1044
00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:56,120
Speaker 1: find that out. Yeah, I think the mere fact that

1045
00:49:56,160 --> 00:50:00,279
Speaker 1: you're thinking about it says something, right, mere, I'll tell

1046
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,439
Speaker 1: you this, if anybody, if anybody wants to think about

1047
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:04,239
Speaker 1: it a little more. It takes two days to read

1048
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,360
Speaker 1: read a book called The Midnight Library. Okay, hold up,

1049
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,560
Speaker 1: I gotta write this down. It was a really quick

1050
00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:11,239
Speaker 1: reading moment. I say two days to read. It was

1051
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:13,560
Speaker 1: like eight to nine hours of actual reading for me.

1052
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:17,960
Speaker 1: And I don't days. I listened. I listened to I

1053
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:20,000
Speaker 1: listened to audible now and I and this is the

1054
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:21,719
Speaker 1: first time I read a book in like three years.

1055
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,400
Speaker 1: But I read it like tangibly, sat in front and

1056
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:26,480
Speaker 1: watch sunsets by the beach and like read a book

1057
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:27,799
Speaker 1: and just like wanted to get in a new zone.

1058
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 1: But it's very philosophical and interesting thinking about life, and um,

1059
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Speaker 1: a way that was written in a you know, a

1060
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,480
Speaker 1: novel that that's intriguing and you know, captures you. And

1061
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:40,040
Speaker 1: so anyway that would that would be my suggestion. That's deep.

1062
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:42,799
Speaker 1: I like that. Um, I do think about this. I'm

1063
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:45,839
Speaker 1: gonna have to order The Midnight Library right now after

1064
00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:48,600
Speaker 1: we get off this. And no, because it's interesting when

1065
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:50,880
Speaker 1: you sit here and think about like the minor stress

1066
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:52,840
Speaker 1: garbage that you're worried about. Oh my gosh, did I

1067
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:55,520
Speaker 1: actually say that on TV or oh no, this guy's

1068
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:57,600
Speaker 1: yelling at me on Twitter? Do I get like none

1069
00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:00,840
Speaker 1: of that matters not and it's all a relic it um.

1070
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,799
Speaker 1: But anyways, Preston Johnson, really smart guy. Love talking to you.

1071
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:08,000
Speaker 1: Can congratulate the good news about your diagnosis and hopefully

1072
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:10,680
Speaker 1: we won't wait another year to do this again. Yeah,

1073
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:14,720
Speaker 1: let's do it sooner. Thanks, Jason. The only thing better

1074
00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:18,760
Speaker 1: than sitting on your couch watching the game, he's making

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00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:26,000
Speaker 1: money while you do it. Here's your best bet. I

1076
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:30,040
Speaker 1: really do like talking to Preston Johnson. He just is

1077
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:33,640
Speaker 1: a nice guy. The industry sports media industry is just

1078
00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:36,480
Speaker 1: full of losers and annoying people who are just you know,

1079
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:40,680
Speaker 1: basically d bags, And um, he's a rare good apple,

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00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:44,120
Speaker 1: you know, just a nice guy, good heart pulling for

1081
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:47,239
Speaker 1: him with his situation. There. Um, I guess I'll wrap

1082
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:50,240
Speaker 1: up with a quick best bet on the World Cup

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00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:56,719
Speaker 1: France Morocco. Let's hope we can get as fortunate as

1084
00:51:57,200 --> 00:52:02,040
Speaker 1: our handthena Croatia hitting on as soon as uh the

1085
00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:03,960
Speaker 1: argent d they got player got tackled and by the

1086
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:05,160
Speaker 1: goalie in the box, and I thought it was a

1087
00:52:05,239 --> 00:52:08,879
Speaker 1: questionable p K. But it was a Pek as soon

1088
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:11,480
Speaker 1: as I saw the card come out in the boxes, like, yes,

1089
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:14,960
Speaker 1: it's gonna be messy, and you know he rarely gets

1090
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:17,440
Speaker 1: stoned on p K's berries in and it was like

1091
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:21,520
Speaker 1: boom plus four thirty, just a great, great hit. Um,

1092
00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:25,439
Speaker 1: it was good. You know you love those direct hits.

1093
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:28,640
Speaker 1: So let's go for a couple with France and Morocco. Now,

1094
00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:30,600
Speaker 1: as we know, I'm not gonna break it down for you.

1095
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:33,680
Speaker 1: I wrote about it for Fox Sports dot Com. But

1096
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:37,160
Speaker 1: Morocco has not given up a goal the entire tournament.

1097
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:43,319
Speaker 1: We're talking about Spain, Croatia, Belgium, Portugal. Nobody's scored. They

1098
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:46,440
Speaker 1: did have an own goal, and you know they've gone

1099
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: to penalty kicks, but in the run of play nothing.

1100
00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:51,279
Speaker 1: Let's just staggering. Can they keep that up? They've got

1101
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:54,400
Speaker 1: some injuries on the back line. I'm not gonna pretend

1102
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:56,440
Speaker 1: to know in depth about Morocco, but I do know

1103
00:52:56,520 --> 00:53:00,520
Speaker 1: that was the biggest win in the country's history. Um,

1104
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:03,239
Speaker 1: you knock off Spain, then you beat Portugal in an

1105
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:07,280
Speaker 1: upset that uh, they're flying something like a thirteen or thirty.

1106
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:09,879
Speaker 1: I forget what I heard the number was planes full

1107
00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:12,799
Speaker 1: of Moroccan fans for this match. I do wonder if

1108
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:15,240
Speaker 1: they will be disappointed, because there's no way I'm betting

1109
00:53:15,239 --> 00:53:20,000
Speaker 1: against France here. It feels like the soccer gods, if

1110
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:23,000
Speaker 1: you're into that, are setting up for a passing of

1111
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 1: the torch final messy, the go to the next likely

1112
00:53:29,719 --> 00:53:32,880
Speaker 1: greatest player Killian and Bob, who is just putting on

1113
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:35,120
Speaker 1: a show now. I did mention he was shut down

1114
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:39,279
Speaker 1: by England as predicted on this podcast. Kyle Walker did

1115
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:41,880
Speaker 1: a number on him. Um, Morocco has a good defender.

1116
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:44,560
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's in Kyle Walker stratosphere. He

1117
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:48,320
Speaker 1: does play with Bob at p s G and obviously

1118
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:52,439
Speaker 1: it has a lot of familiarity with him. So so yes,

1119
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:57,520
Speaker 1: you could make a case that perhaps they can keep

1120
00:53:57,560 --> 00:54:03,120
Speaker 1: this defensive magic up. I just I'm I very reluctant

1121
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:06,960
Speaker 1: to believe that they can match the speed of France

1122
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:10,640
Speaker 1: on the wings and be able to hang when it

1123
00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:13,480
Speaker 1: comes with Jeru Jiro, I don't I'm poor at pronouncing

1124
00:54:13,560 --> 00:54:16,280
Speaker 1: names if you didn't pick that up already, So for

1125
00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:18,640
Speaker 1: uh any time goal score, I'm not gonna throw a

1126
00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:21,719
Speaker 1: dart with first goal score because frankly, folks, I mean,

1127
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:23,960
Speaker 1: I'm not guaranteed that there's a goal. I mean, nothing

1128
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 1: is guaranteed in the World Cup obviously, but first goal score,

1129
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:31,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pass on and for any time goal scorer.

1130
00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: I took a bite of Antoine Griesman plus two eighty

1131
00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:41,759
Speaker 1: five and Olivia zero plus one seventies seven. It feels like,

1132
00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:43,719
Speaker 1: I mean, this is staying in the obvious. But once

1133
00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:46,640
Speaker 1: you finally break through the impenetrable defense and you get one,

1134
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:49,640
Speaker 1: then Morocco's got a totally changing attack. They can't sit

1135
00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:51,959
Speaker 1: back anymore and just counter. They gotta get, they gotta

1136
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:55,200
Speaker 1: chase a goal and that's when the France counter. Um,

1137
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:58,480
Speaker 1: they're the wing. Dumbell is incredible, Like this team is awesome,

1138
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:01,560
Speaker 1: very very good. I under value them criminal At the

1139
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:05,600
Speaker 1: beginning of the World Cup, they had a slew of injuries. Dude,

1140
00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:08,799
Speaker 1: this team could should have benz a up who who

1141
00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:11,160
Speaker 1: for my money, where the best goal scorers in soccer

1142
00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:15,080
Speaker 1: in the last decade. That guy's a machine. And you know,

1143
00:55:15,560 --> 00:55:17,640
Speaker 1: I didn't think much of my bet. They're under gold

1144
00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:19,719
Speaker 1: total for the tournament ten and a half on the

1145
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:21,840
Speaker 1: chance that they might not get out of the group stage. Well,

1146
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:26,520
Speaker 1: they eclipse that obviously, and I don't know. I just

1147
00:55:26,719 --> 00:55:29,520
Speaker 1: something here smells like France gets one and then maybe

1148
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:32,560
Speaker 1: a second. If you want to take a shot, I

1149
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:37,480
Speaker 1: think exact final score three nothing is something like plus listen.

1150
00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:39,879
Speaker 1: I don't know what it was for the Argentina match,

1151
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:42,719
Speaker 1: but I'll say this, if France gets one, and you

1152
00:55:42,719 --> 00:55:44,719
Speaker 1: know they've got the quickness, maybe they can get two

1153
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:48,160
Speaker 1: or three. It seems highly unlikely against Morocco. They've got

1154
00:55:48,160 --> 00:55:50,520
Speaker 1: to get that first, but I would not be surprised

1155
00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:53,239
Speaker 1: by that. But I will also under two and a

1156
00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:55,680
Speaker 1: quarter goals, and I know if you're not a soccer gambler,

1157
00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:59,719
Speaker 1: that's gonna look insane. Um under two and a quarter

1158
00:55:59,719 --> 00:56:03,280
Speaker 1: goals is minus one eleven from Morocco France. Anyways, we'll

1159
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:06,520
Speaker 1: be back tomorrow. I've got kind of a weird um

1160
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:11,120
Speaker 1: weird schedule for Calher. Today we're taping a special, so

1161
00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:14,319
Speaker 1: I don't know about the guests for tomorrow, but rest

1162
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:18,359
Speaker 1: assured I will bring the noise and the funk. Talk

1163
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Speaker 1: to you then,