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The wheeling and dealing is underway. 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 3: The Hot Stove, Belie, really is not the Hot Stove League, 13 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 3: because well it's hot, so it's the cool stove. 14 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: I don't know. Welcome in the beginning of another night 15 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: of the Benmahler Show. 16 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 4: We are in the air EveryWare, cranking up the boombox 17 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 4: as we have the common touch coast to coast, port 18 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 4: to border and beyond on the vast and downright powerful 19 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 4: microphones of FSR. 20 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: AM mandating live from the sweatshop. 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We like entire Reckon, would 36 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: rather you have a car if you're gonna buy tires, 37 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: all right, So our lead this hour is from the 38 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,519 Speaker 1: high Speed Sports Wires. One of my mentors like to say, 39 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: back in the day, the wings of change are howling. 40 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: You can almost hear them. It's very windy. Pro bouncy 41 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: buff you didn't see this? Maybe not? We had a 42 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: not one, not two, but three team trade in pro 43 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: bouncy ball. The Miami Heat have acquired Storman Norman Powell 44 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: from the People's Team, while John Collins has escaped the 45 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: Great Salt Lake. He's headed to La La Land for 46 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: the real team, the People's Team in La And then 47 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: Kevin Love he's still playing. Kevin Love and Kyle Anderson 48 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: have been sentenced to play for the un Todd Jazz. 49 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: All that in a three team trade. So let us 50 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: discuss the question, how do you grade? Keep it simple? 51 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: How do you grade the three team trade that sent 52 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: John Collins to the Clippers and Norman Powell to the 53 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: to the Miami Heat. Those are the key parts of 54 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: this trade. So I've got Sorcery, Disneyland, and Sprinkles, and 55 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: we will combine all of these things together and we 56 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: are going to make the Gabba Ghoul. We're gonna make 57 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: the Gobba go. So hey, malor grading people talk about 58 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: different insiders. You know, I was a big woj guy. 59 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: He retired Love WOJE. He's doing the college basketball thing 60 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: there in the East Coast. Now they've got that sham guy. 61 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: He's out there doing that thing like the sham Wow guy. 62 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: But it's the sham basketball guy. But when it comes 63 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: to when it comes to grading the trade, this is 64 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: the most important spot on the radio dial. It wasn't 65 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: a blockbuster. I'm not gonna say this it's a blockbuster. 66 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: It was a block whisperer, is what this trade was, 67 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: right and regardless, and make no mistake, this was a heist. 68 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: It was a heist. It was a daylight train robbery situation. 69 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: Now the low information fan would not know that. It's 70 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: a little more nuanced, and so that's why we're starting 71 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: with this here. It's a daylight train robbery of the 72 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: Utah Jazz. And they played the role the jazz. Danny 73 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: Ainge and his kid, the Nepo baby, who's the gam 74 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 1: with the jazz. They played the role of the distracted 75 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: security guard while the heist took place. So the Clippers 76 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: pull off a trade. It's under the radar. Admit it's 77 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: under the radar, and you know, might we will put 78 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: that under the on a milk carton witness protection and 79 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: all that stuff. But John Collins six foot nine has 80 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: got a pretty good jump shot and appears to have 81 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: a nice big chip on his shoulder. Stuck in Atlanta 82 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: and Utah. Now he's going to the bright lights of 83 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: the Clips and Steve Baumer and all that money and 84 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: just more sorcery, more sorcery from the Clippers. They get 85 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: an A plus with with the possibility of upping that 86 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: to an A plus plus plus. On this trade selling 87 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: Norman Power, they got him low, they got him on 88 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: the low side. They sold them on the high side 89 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: at the top of his market. They weren't going to 90 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: pay Storm and Norman Powell, who is a role player 91 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: that played above his means and we saw spotty play 92 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: in the playoffs Miami. I'll give them a be not 93 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: because I think Norman POW's amazing. He's a solid but 94 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: not great player, Norman Powell, but because really what the 95 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: Miami traded was a bunch of either washed up players 96 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: or spare parts. So Powell will give pat Riley and 97 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: his team there in Miami a microwave scoring option, but 98 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: not Vinnie the micro wave Johnson, if you're old, you 99 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: know who that is. And defensive indifference, which is there's 100 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:04,119 Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of defensive indifference in the NBA. 101 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 1: So the Jazz they get the old f another f 102 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: trade for the Utah Jazz. They traded a good player 103 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: for a fossil and another player who's not all that good, 104 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: but the star of the show is John Collins. That's 105 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: the star of the show. Goes to the Clippers. Nineteen 106 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: points of game, eight rebounds. That wasn't a bad team. 107 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: And we always put the qualifier. Anybody can put up 108 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: stats on a crap team like the Utah Jazz were 109 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: he shot the ball well, shot the ball well from 110 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 1: three point range, almost forty percent, shot the ball well 111 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: from the floor, and so rebounding points the whole thing. 112 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: And it's efficiency. All the nerds love John Collins, all 113 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: the geeks they geek out because he's very efficient and 114 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: all that stuff. And so he can be a rim runner, 115 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 1: which is that's a cool basketball rim runner can be that. 116 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: But he's got the range, he's a lob threat. Those 117 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: are all good things. And the Clippers clips have picked 118 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: up already Brook Lopez from later of the Milwaukee Bucks. 119 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: They've got zubots still hanging around, so they've changed their identity. 120 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: And now you have John Collins sliding in there like 121 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: a nice velvet glove at the fore position for the Clippers. 122 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: So James Harden's got that vertical pick and roll threat. 123 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard, he's fine, and maybe he'll pause and when 124 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: his quad starts whispering sweet nothings to him. When we 125 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: get to February, maybe he'll calm down a little bit. 126 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: But the Clippers they needed a different flavor after their 127 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: Game seven no show against the Denver Nuggets, and so 128 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: they got John Collins, who's still not thirty years only 129 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: twenty seven years old. I mean he turns twenty eight 130 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: during the upcoming before the upcoming NBA season. So that's 131 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: the kind of move. It doesn't get the big headlines 132 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: for the basketball paparazzo. They don't get excited about John Collins. 133 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: They don't. But that doesn't get a lot of attention 134 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: in July on our show. It does because we're not mainstream. 135 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: We're on late at night in the overnight. But that's 136 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: the kind of move that wins you playoff games when 137 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: we get to May of twenty twenty six, that's the 138 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: kind of move that does that. It's a chess move 139 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: and it's not a checkers move. It's a chess move. 140 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: There's a difference there. And so this will also lead 141 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: to other additions. There's some chatter, some chatter in the 142 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: grapevine that to Bradley Beal is about to come inbound 143 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: to La La Land to the Clippers. Now moving on 144 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: from that, we turn the page. We move across Los 145 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: Angeles to skid Row. That's where the Lakers play. Talk 146 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: about Hollywood. They play on skid Row. If you've ever 147 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: been to that arena, it is literally in skid Row. 148 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: So how do you react to the GM Skinny Jeans 149 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 1: Rob Polenka explaining why DeAndre Ayton. Now, he agreed to 150 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: a contract recently. I think on Sunday he agreed to 151 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: a contract. And so Rob polenka is quote went viral 152 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 1: of Rob Skinny Jeans, Polenka saying that DeAndre Eaton is 153 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: the ideal center for the Lakers. He talked about championships 154 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: and getting back to that level because of DeAndre eight 155 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: and all this stuff. So I saw the quotes and 156 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: I give this a shoulder shrug. I give it a 157 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: shoulder shrug, is what I do. Rob Polenka is selling 158 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: the dumb fan. He knows his fan base. I'll give 159 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: Rob Polenka credit. Now, listen, he knows the fan. It's 160 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: not a real knowledgeable fan. It's a dumb fan. So 161 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: he knows that, and he can sell a bill of 162 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: goods and he's like a used car salesman. He's got 163 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: a little bit of a blush, but he knows that 164 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: the idiots all buy it. It's so why DeAndre Ayton 165 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: has officially been now been crowned. If you read the 166 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 1: comments of Skinny Jeans Rob Polinka, he has been crowned 167 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: now as the Purple and Gold Savior, the great Messiah 168 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: in the middle and Polenka who turned in with these quotes. 169 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: It was slobber, chops, slaber, slapa, slappa all over. DeAndre 170 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: Aon talked about his size, mobility, his athleticism, Hey laid 171 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: it on. Thick guy talked about the playoff experience. Now 172 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: this is the part which is next level bull crap. 173 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 1: Oh DeAndre eight and he's got finals experience NBA Finals 174 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: with the Phoenix songs, and that aligns well with the 175 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 1: Lakers championship. Aspers. Lakers haven't won a championship, said Kobe Bryant. 176 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: He's dead. They have not won in a long time. 177 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:26,479 Speaker 1: So it sounds like a news release by the Lakers. 178 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: It was like it was from Disneyland, but it was 179 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: in fantasy Land at Disneyland, is what it was. I mean, really, like, 180 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: what are you doing? Seriously? I mean, you cut through 181 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: the bull crap and it's like, this is not the 182 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: second coming of Shaquille O'Neal. It could be the ghost 183 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 1: of Kwame Brown, possibly haunting Woo Spookie. The Crypt is 184 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: inappropate the Lakers now playing on skid Row and they 185 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: play at the Crypt? How perfect is that? Franchise is 186 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,079 Speaker 1: about dead and they play at the Crypt? Now box 187 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: score readers otherwise known as dumb fans. Box score readers, 188 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: they get a woody when they look at DeAndrea look 189 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: at the double doubles. They get all sided. But the 190 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: numbers do not tell the entire story on this one. 191 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: They don't. His motor runs cooler than a Saskatoon winner. 192 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: And my goal is to get the word Saskatoon in 193 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: every show possible. Did we play very well in Saskatoon? 194 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: We have a ten share? The Ben Malors show dominates 195 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: the land of Saskatoon. We do anyway. So Ayton has 196 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: been dogged much like he's play. He is a dog. 197 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: He needs some dog food. Whispers of laziness, apathy his 198 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: entire career in Phoenix, he was supposed to be an anchor. 199 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,559 Speaker 1: He was the number one overall pick, so he was 200 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: supposed to be an anchor, but more like an anchor 201 00:11:55,840 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: dragging the ship down to the bottom of the water there. 202 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: And don't let Rob Polenka and his purple and gold 203 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: colored glasses fool you. As Mark Twain great Mark Twain quote, 204 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: never let the truth get in the way of a 205 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: good story. And so Ayton was essentially a role player 206 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: on that Sun's team that choked against the Milwaukee Bucks 207 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: in the NBA Finals, and he was there. He had 208 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: no fire. He was like a wet matchbook is what 209 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: he was like. He had very little heart, got out hustled, 210 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: and then it looked like he was essentially working a 211 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 1: nine to five job, not battling, not scratching in Clong 212 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: for the championship. He wasn't like that in Portland. Well, 213 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: Blazer's like, we're gonna untap this guy. We figured out 214 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: he's gonna go there. It's his team. There's nobody else 215 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: ahead of him in the pecking order. It's gonna be 216 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: DeAndre Aiden's team on the Oregon Trail. So he went 217 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 1: there and the Blazers had him for a couple of 218 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: years and they said, waited me. We gotta get risk 219 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: and not for Caprili. They didn't do it for salary 220 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: cap relief. They did it because they couldn't deal with 221 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: the drama. Would he show up that night? Would he 222 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: not show up that night? And now Rob Polinka thinks 223 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: that he's somehow the missing link to championship dreams? So okay, 224 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: did he take the bottle of pills called stupid stupid pills? 225 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: Did he take these? And as far as the Luca 226 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: narrative which is being passed around, well, Luca, they're draft 227 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: class buddies. Luka Dotsik right Ukah, Luca and DeAndre they 228 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: can go do hukah together. I know some hookah bars 229 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: in La. If they want to, can text me. I'll 230 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: let them know. Even Luca's wizardry, even his ability, you 231 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 1: think it's going to get any kind of passion out 232 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: of a passionless player? And DeAndre eight and come on, 233 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 1: you cannot coach hunger. And in the history of the NBA, 234 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 1: players that don't have that drive don't all of a 235 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: sudden get it. They don't. If you're seven foot tall, 236 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: that's great. If you're sleepwalking, that does not work. Last word, 237 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: quickly to Houston we go some interesting commentary paperwork was 238 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: turned into the Boys over on Fifth Avenue. For the 239 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: rock Cats, the NBA has rubber stamped I used the 240 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: old rubber stamp the Kevin Durant trade from the Suns 241 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: to the Rockets. This week the dust has settled massive 242 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: seventeen wreck seventeen trade. However, it really is just about 243 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant. The other players are good for them. I'm 244 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: sure their families are excited, their friends are excited, But 245 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: for us, it's all about Kevin Durant. So some interesting 246 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: comments to decipher from the State of Texas. So the 247 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: Rockets GM, you probably don't know who that is. We 248 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: didn't know it is. We had to look him up. 249 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: His name is Rafael Stone. Sounds like a professional wrestler's name. 250 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: So Rafael Stone, the GM of the Rockets, explained the 251 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant trade. Said you see this, He said, We're 252 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: not a developmental team anymore. The chamber, the Rocket said, 253 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: implying that Kevin Durant is the missing puzzle piece, that 254 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant is the player that they needed to get 255 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: to a higher level. So your thoughts, So my first 256 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: thought is did I miss something? That's my first thought 257 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: when it comes to Kevin Durant, like, did KD suddenly 258 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: turn back the clock? Did he get in the hot 259 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: up time machine and said it to the year twenty fourteen. 260 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: So if you unpack this, if the rocket GM truly 261 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: believes that, maybe he's just blowing smoke. But if he 262 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: truly believes that, well he's got some dated thinking. I mean, 263 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: what do you doing. Kevin Durant is not the closer. 264 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: In fact, unpopular opinion, Kevin Durant has never been that guy. 265 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: You're not that guy, Palp, You're not that guy. He's 266 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: never been the final piece. They've tried, it's never happened. 267 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: So let's call it what is called Durant going to 268 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: the rockets. His only championship runs came with the Splash 269 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: Brothers in the Bay Area in Golden State, and that 270 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: team was a wedding cake. But not just a wedding cake. Okay. 271 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: That team was like a ten layer cake with all 272 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 1: the greatest frosting and oh my god, KD was just 273 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: a few extra sprinkles on top. That's it. That's it. 274 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: They had Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, even that punk Draymond Green. 275 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: They had all those guys. They were the cake. They 276 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: were the cake, and KD came in there, he was 277 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: the sprinkles. He was the cherry on top. So Houston 278 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: now thinks, all of a sudden, they're getting the cake, boss? 279 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: Is what they're getting here? And are they smoking crack 280 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: over there? What's going on? Seriously? Look at the track 281 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: record Oklahoma City when Kevin Durant was there. The old 282 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: Sonics that became the Thunder couldn't get past the Warriors. 283 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: So they went to the Warriors. But that as a 284 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: ready made team, as we already explained, went to Brooklyn. 285 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: That was a disaster. He had Kyrie and Durant who 286 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: conspired at the All Star Game to form a super 287 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:13,360 Speaker 1: team in Brooklyn, and that was like a bad sitcom, 288 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 1: like a Buddy comedy that got canceled after one season. 289 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 1: He went to Phoenix. They got bounced from the playoffs 290 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: and didn't make the playoffs here this past year. And 291 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 1: he looked at times like he was moving in slow motion, 292 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant. And now Houston's like, yeah, that's our guy. 293 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: Rah rah, we got our guy. Woo phoa wait pho 294 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,640 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant. Now he'll be efficient if you play fantasy 295 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 1: basketball or daily fantasy, which they're trying to make illegal 296 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: in California. The people was the Republic of California. But 297 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 1: he's not carrying a team through four playoff rounds, Kevin Durant, 298 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: that is not happening. 299 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller 300 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,479 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on 301 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 302 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: He's up, every everybody. 303 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 5: It's me, three time pro bowler LeVar Arrington, and I 304 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 5: couldn't be more excited to announce a podcast called Up 305 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 5: on Game? 306 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: What is up on Game? 307 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 5: You ass along with my fellow pro bowler TJ. 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Everyone 337 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: talking about this in Baseball. One Soto in his first 338 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: season with the New York Mets, the new mister met 339 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: signing a fifteen year contract for seven hundred and sixty 340 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: five million, bigger than the gross domestic product of most 341 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:36,360 Speaker 1: small countries as a free agent, and he was. 342 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 3: Not selected to Baseball's All Star roster. 343 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: If you didn't see. 344 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 3: This, maybe not so the fallout on this has been 345 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 3: pretty extreme. 346 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 1: One Sodo snubbed by the fan. The fan said ixnay 347 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 1: on the Soto a and also by the people in baseball. 348 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: They didn't want one Sodo to be in the All 349 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: Star Game. There's always a possible, a possibility, there's always 350 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: a possibility that Juan Soto will be added. Players get hurt, 351 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: they don't appear in the All Star Game. So there 352 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,439 Speaker 1: will be some changes, but it doesn't matter. We do 353 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: the show today, and so right now, as we're doing 354 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: the show, Juan Soto is not on the National League 355 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: All Star roster. So let us discuss the question how embarrassing, 356 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 1: how embarrassing is it that the Mets outfielder Juan Soto 357 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 1: is not and not part of the All Star Game, 358 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: not named to the All Star roster. So I've got 359 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: ballot box letterman jacket and FaceTime, and we will combine 360 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: all of these things together, and we are going to 361 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: put the biscuit in the basket, is what we're going 362 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: to do. So a number one, this is an emasculation situation, 363 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:57,400 Speaker 1: is what it is. It is a lemon merangue pie, 364 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: a delicious lemon merangue pie, right to the faith, right 365 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: to the schnaz here. So let's cut through all the noise, 366 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: all the nonsense like cacophony of noise there. One Soda 367 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 1: is not winning the mister popular vote, not winning any 368 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: award here. And that's the real reason, that's the real 369 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 1: reason that he's on the outside looking in in the 370 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,879 Speaker 1: All Star Game. The All Star Break starts on Sunday 371 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: night after the games were played on Sunday, and the 372 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:33,679 Speaker 1: All Star Game in Georgia. So this is not about 373 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: the stats. Now, we did some early April Mallard monologues 374 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: about the performance of Juan Soto not being up to 375 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: the standard. It was not at that time. Soto's numbers 376 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,239 Speaker 1: of late douce scream All Star. He has had a 377 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: late surge. If you get a little tingle when somebody 378 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: gets a walk one, Soto's your player. He is third. 379 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: We are told if you look at the Nerd numbers, 380 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: he's third among all NL outfielders. In ops, he's tied. 381 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: I believe he's tied for fourth in terms of home runs. 382 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: And he was the player of the month if I'm 383 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: not mistaken, in the month of June. So those are 384 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: all good things. Those are all those are all good things. 385 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: He has been a one man on base machine for 386 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: the Metropolitan Drawing Rock walks. You get a walk, you 387 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: get a walk, You get a walk, kind of like 388 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: a rotten fish straws flies a lot, a lot of walks. Now, 389 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 1: regardless of that, Baseball's All Star Game is not just 390 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 1: a pure stat based situation. Is a referendum on where 391 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: you fall in the cosmos of baseball at this time. 392 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 1: It is a popularity contest. Every man, woman and child 393 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: knows this. And it's supposedly it's a meritocracy, but it's not. 394 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: It's a popularity contest. And the word in ballparks from 395 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: Boston to Seattle, from Miami to San Francisco, the word 396 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: is Juan Soto has rubbed enough people, enough people the 397 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 1: wrong way where he has not been added to the 398 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: guest list, not invited and the players. Remember, the players 399 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 1: vote for the reserves. It's like one thing for the 400 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: fans to say, oh, we don't like this guy, so 401 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna stick at to Jan Soda. That's one thing. 402 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: And people vote on their computers, you know, ten fifteen 403 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 1: times a day, whatever it is. But the backups, not 404 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: the starters, not the start The reserves are named by 405 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: the players. And they did not circle or click the 406 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: button on Jan Soda. Neither did the Commissioner's office. They 407 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,199 Speaker 1: didn't do it. They didn't do it. They get to 408 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: pick the final six All Stars. I believe that's how 409 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: that works. And so you would think that for Major 410 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: League Baseball. The league headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan. There's 411 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: a lot of met fans that work for Major Leage 412 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: Baseball in the league office. You would think a seven 413 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty five million dollar player would at least 414 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: get an invite. Didn't happen. That's not an accident. It's 415 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: not Major League Baseball's players, the fans, and the league 416 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: office all went into the ballot box and they issued 417 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: a vote of no confidence for Juan Soto. Yeah they did. Well, 418 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:26,679 Speaker 1: maybe I don't check. He's going to be there for 419 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: a long time with the Mets. But right now Juan 420 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: Soto is covered in the cooties. Juan Soto has the 421 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: cooties just the way is the Komodo dragon in the room. 422 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: We will address it is the demeanor of Juan Soda. 423 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: Clearly has rubbed people the wrong way here oozing with swagger, 424 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: but the swagger turned out to be the dagger in 425 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 1: many respects here he has not won the hearts, minds, 426 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 1: and voters. The Soto shuffle, as it is known, pretty 427 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: much after every pitch, every pitch that he doesn't swing at. 428 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: By the way, if you watch the Mets and you 429 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: watch them with the Yankees or the Podras or whoever, 430 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: so he does a little dance. It's kind of like 431 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: giving the bird. The bird is the word. The bird 432 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: is the word. He gives the bird to the pitcher, 433 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,400 Speaker 1: the umpire and anyone else who thinks he should actually 434 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 1: wait until he does something before he does a little 435 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: shuffle and all that. And so clearly there are enough 436 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,199 Speaker 1: people in baseball that don't like it. He said, well, 437 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 1: it's just baseball. They're all buttoned up. There's enough people 438 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: that grumble when Sodo does this that he's showboating one 439 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: soo A. Also, the teammates, some of them, now they 440 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,959 Speaker 1: won't say it on the record because that's taboo, but 441 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 1: they clearly are rolling their eyes at Juan Sotos act there. 442 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: And when the cameras are not paying attention behind closed doors, 443 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: they're whispering, and they're not whispering sweet nothings. And it's 444 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: all bird dogging the seven hundred and sixty five million 445 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: dollar man. Of course, after taxes New York taxes, that's 446 00:26:56,040 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: about twenty million, about twenty million. Anyway, it's it's all 447 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: bird dogging Juan Sodo around the big LEAs. Remember in Washington, 448 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 1: Remember when he came on the scene, the hot shot 449 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 1: prodigy of baseball. He had that natitude in DC and 450 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 1: he was the golden child of Major League Baseball. Oh 451 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: my god, but they were whispering even then. You know 452 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 1: he's gonna he's gonna have to grow up. It's more 453 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: about Wan than the team. It's all about Wan. Then 454 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 1: he went out to San Diego, ate some fish tacos 455 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: with the Padres, tried to stay away from Poppy when 456 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: he was in San Diego, went down a beautiful San Diego, 457 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: America's finest city they used to put it on the 458 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: police cards. Went there, and the Padre players did not 459 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 1: did not exactly open open the door with you get 460 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: him a hug with warm, warm, loving vibrations there, did 461 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: not throw him a parade. Then he went to the 462 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: Bronx and even Aaron Judge, the Judge Tonian, Aaron Judge, 463 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,360 Speaker 1: mister nice guy. Everyone loves him. Oh, you can't say 464 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: anything bad about Aaron Jordo. They didn't seem like he 465 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 1: was too bummed out when Juan Soto scadaddl lacross from 466 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 1: his burrow to the next borough over. Didn't seem too 467 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: upset by that. And so Soto, who often plays like 468 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:24,880 Speaker 1: he's auditioning for a statue, let me strike a poose. 469 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna strike a pose there clearly not winning over baseball, 470 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 1: at least today. We do the show today, and as 471 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: of today that is not the case. Thus he is 472 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 1: not an All Star again. He might be added, you know, tomorrow, 473 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: the next day, whenever. It doesn't matter right now, not 474 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: the initial wave. It's like when they used to play 475 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl, before the players in the NFL became 476 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: pansies and they stopped playing the Pro Bowl, and now 477 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: they do like tic tac toe. But back when they 478 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: did the Pro Bowl, there would always be ten guys 479 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: on each team that skipped out on the Pro Bowl, 480 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: and so other people would be added and it got 481 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 1: so ridiculous. I think one year Vince Young, who sucked, 482 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 1: made the Pro Bowl. He was a Pro Bowl quarterback, 483 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 1: which really must have upset him because I don't think 484 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: there was a cheesecake factory right next to a Loha stadium. 485 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: They might not be even one in o Wahu, which 486 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: must have been upsetting anyway. Now turning the pace, we 487 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: go to La La Land, well actually in Milwaukee, where 488 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: the brew crew shoved the meatball down the throat of 489 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,479 Speaker 1: the Dodgers, but that's not the story here. A random 490 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: baseball game in July not to story the story here. 491 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: After not speaking to reporters on Sunday when the news 492 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: came out, Clayton Kershaw did break his silence. The day after, 493 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw said that he is quote grateful. He said, 494 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 1: it's weird but cool, weird but cool that he was 495 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: named an All Star selection on a Legends pick by 496 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: rob Manfreud, a Legends pick for Clayton Kershaw so can 497 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 1: you parse the words? Here's the question, can you parse 498 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: the words of Clayton Kershaw on this All Star selection? 499 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: The Legend pick? So this is not that deep. Kershaw 500 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: admitted that he does not deserve to be at the 501 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: All Star Game, as we anticipated the vibe I got 502 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 1: he doesn't want to go. Now, he's not gonna come 503 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,959 Speaker 1: out and be a total schmuck, and he'll show up, 504 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: but he'd rather not go. And he's right, he doesn't 505 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: belong in the All Star Game, and he's gonna go 506 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 1: and he's gonna put on a happy face and all that. 507 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: But major League Baseball and they added this a few 508 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: years ago. They haven't done it in a couple of years, 509 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: the Legends addition to the All Star Game, but major 510 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 1: League Baseball turning it into your aunt's Facebook page, right, 511 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: a lot of nostalgia, a lot of participation, trophy congratulations, 512 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: and you're pretending it's ten years ago if you're Clayton 513 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: Kershaw and all that stuff. But if you gave him truths, 514 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: if you and je did Kershaw with a needle full 515 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: of truth serum, he would rather be on a beach 516 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: somewhere or back in his home in Texas with his kids, 517 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: then standing on the foul line in Atlanta and tipping 518 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 1: his cap and you know, like he's some kind of 519 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: figurine from Cooperstown or something like that. So he'd much 520 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 1: rather be on vacation and he's gonna go and he'll 521 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: be there at the All Star Game. He would rather 522 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: not And Kershaw it is odd because him dropping into 523 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 1: the All Star Game based on his body work, which 524 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: he admits he's only made nine starts. It's like a 525 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: guy showing up to a wedding that they were not 526 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: invited to. Just like wedding crashers. You show up at 527 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 1: the wedding and it's like, well, I probably shouldn't be here, 528 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: but there's an open bar. Baby, here I am. 529 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 2: Now. 530 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 1: At the end of the day, he said, it's weird, 531 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: Kershaw said, but it's cool, so I'm just going to 532 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: enjoy it. No, he's not, Kershaw said. He says, you 533 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: know what else I'll say, there's another partist He said 534 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 1: weird and cool and all that stuff, and he talked 535 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: about some other random things. But it's like a forty 536 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 1: year old dude at the high school reunion wearing the 537 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 1: letterman's jacket that shows up there and he's like, hey, 538 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 1: you know, I am honoring my high school self here 539 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 1: I am. And Kershaw knows he's undeserving of this. He is, 540 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 1: and you know, you don't expect him to get into 541 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 1: the All Star Game. So he's not gonna play. He's 542 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 1: just gonna go there. He shows up to Atlanta, he 543 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,360 Speaker 1: checks into the five Star hotel as a smile for 544 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: the cameras, he waves, he tips his cap. Maybe he'll 545 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: go on microphone on the All Star broadcast and all 546 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 1: that stuff. At that point, if you're not playing in 547 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: the All Star Game and you're just there to tip 548 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: the cap and to wait with the crowd, are you 549 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: or are you not? A mascot? Is Clayton Kurdshaw, not 550 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,960 Speaker 1: like the Philly fanatic or Wally the Green Monster or 551 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 1: mister med or Bernie Brewer. That's what he is. If 552 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: he shows up to the All Name not gonna play. 553 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,560 Speaker 1: Legends pick there you go, all right? Final point? We 554 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 1: quickly we go to Orlando. Big NBA signing, Big NBA signing. 555 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: The Orlando Magic have handed Paul Olboncherro, great name, great name. 556 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 1: He has received a five year MAX extension worth up 557 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: to up to two hundred eighty seven millions. So how 558 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 1: do you categorize a player that is not a household 559 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 1: name getting a two hundred eighty seven million dollar contract. 560 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: So this is obviously not monopoly money. It is not powerball, 561 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: it's not mega millions. It is I call it FaceTime. 562 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: It is face of the franchise money. Not that he 563 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 1: is mister relevant in NBA circles, he's not. But that's 564 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: the kind of money. That's the kind of contract that 565 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: you get that you have to carry the franchise. You 566 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,800 Speaker 1: are the face of the franchise. You have to sell 567 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,920 Speaker 1: out the box office, you have to sell out the 568 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:14,560 Speaker 1: gymnasium on a random Tuesday night in December when the 569 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:17,759 Speaker 1: Charlotte Hornets come to town and no one cares. You 570 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 1: have to sell the arena out. Now is he that guy? 571 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:25,359 Speaker 1: Right now? You're not that guy, Pal, You're not that guy. 572 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:31,600 Speaker 1: And the Orlando sad Sack Orlando Magic, who've had a 573 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,359 Speaker 1: few runs of relevancy in my lifetime, but few and 574 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: far between, and certainly don't move the dial. They don't 575 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 1: move the needle when it comes to the Eastern Conference here. 576 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:43,839 Speaker 1: But that's the kind of a deal you think that 577 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:45,440 Speaker 1: guy is going to be a top ten player in 578 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 1: the NBA. That Paulo Bancherro is going to be a 579 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 1: top ten player, and he's going to make all NBA teams. 580 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:54,200 Speaker 1: Who cares about All Star Games? All NBA teams. That's 581 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,640 Speaker 1: going to be where he's at. And the ugly truth is, 582 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:58,279 Speaker 1: right now, again we do the show right now, he 583 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 1: is not box office. He's not No one's going out 584 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 1: to watch him like they watch Steph Curry with the 585 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 1: Moneyball or even Luca with the eurostep the razzle dazzle. 586 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: That's not happening. So the Magic though, they're betting almost 587 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 1: three hundred million, that's up to two hundred and eighty 588 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: seven and so almost three hundred million, that he will 589 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:23,200 Speaker 1: be that that he will matriculate the basketball down the 590 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:27,320 Speaker 1: court with such gusto, that he will have a metamorphosis 591 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:31,440 Speaker 1: and be the kind of a player that in BC, 592 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,279 Speaker 1: because they've got the new TV rights, NBC and the 593 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:38,799 Speaker 1: ESPN and all them will circle the Orlando Magic and 594 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 1: they'll be like, we have to go there, and we 595 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: have to show them, and we will not skip Orlando 596 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: like it's a it's a stopover in Fargo. I can 597 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 1: I don't even know if you can stop over in Fargo. 598 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:53,759 Speaker 1: I think you can't. But this is a franchise, The 599 00:35:53,880 --> 00:36:00,200 Speaker 1: Orlando Magic, that has been wandering aimlessly like gypsies through 600 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:03,959 Speaker 1: the desert there since DWIGHTE. Howard said I'm out of here, 601 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,240 Speaker 1: and he took his cape and left with a frown. 602 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 1: I'm gone. It's it do some dancing reality show in 603 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 1: la and all that stuff. But the Magic. They obviously 604 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,480 Speaker 1: need Paulo Boncero to be an alpha dog, be the closer. 605 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,400 Speaker 1: I'd be the face of the franchise. Oh see. But 606 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 1: that's a lot of cash. So whether he's good or not, 607 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,520 Speaker 1: he's getting the money. Unless he violates the terms of 608 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: the contract, the morals clause in the contract. He's getting 609 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 1: all that money. 610 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller 611 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,719 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 612 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:37,439 Speaker 1: It's a manger, how about that? 613 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:42,720 Speaker 2: To the third degree. This is one big Ben gets 614 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 2: all right, cup. 615 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,800 Speaker 6: It was reported on Sunday that wide Receiver Terry McLaurin 616 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,960 Speaker 6: and the commanders have not made any progress in negotiations 617 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,640 Speaker 6: on a contracts extension, as McLaurin continues to hold out 618 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,360 Speaker 6: benef mit Lauren doesn't play. 619 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,839 Speaker 1: How much does that hurt Jane and Daniels. Well, mclaurin's 620 00:36:58,280 --> 00:36:58,920 Speaker 1: really good. 621 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 3: And the way I answered is it depends on whether 622 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,240 Speaker 3: Deebo Samuel's fat Deebo Samuel or if he's in shape. 623 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,640 Speaker 1: Because if Deebo Samuel plays like he did briefly for 624 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,359 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, the Washington whatever they're called, they'll 625 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: be fine. If not, they're screwed. And it is the 626 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,839 Speaker 1: quarterback that makes the receiver, so Washington should figure things out, 627 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:18,800 Speaker 1: not the other way around. 628 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 6: Next, Chase Claypool seemed like he was on the path 629 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 6: to becoming a star receiver and then totally fell off 630 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 6: the map. Now he is taking the social media to 631 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 6: declare that he's completely healthy and ready to have the 632 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,720 Speaker 6: best year of his career. Yes, but any think Claypool 633 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:32,399 Speaker 6: can revive his career. 634 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:36,799 Speaker 1: Maybe on TikTok. Possibly, No, it's a guy he was 635 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,600 Speaker 1: like the DeAndre Ayton of the NFL coop. He's just like, 636 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,640 Speaker 1: wasn't somebody that hustled, kind of lazy cut corners and 637 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:45,520 Speaker 1: he had the talent to be a good player, but 638 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,279 Speaker 1: he just didn't put the work in and so it's 639 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,279 Speaker 1: not whether he's healthy or not. He just doesn't give 640 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,440 Speaker 1: a crap when he's on the field. That's why he 641 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:53,040 Speaker 1: didn't make it. 642 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,879 Speaker 6: Next, the NBA Summer League is debuting what they're calling 643 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,400 Speaker 6: the heat Rule, where a last second shot at the 644 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 6: end of quarter doesn't count against a players off percentage. Ben, 645 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 6: you think this is going to be coming to the NBA. Yes, 646 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,239 Speaker 6: And the reason it's going to come to the NBA. 647 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 1: The NBA is upset that players won't shoot at the 648 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,200 Speaker 1: end of quarters because they don't want their stats to 649 00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,640 Speaker 1: be heard. There's so many about their stats. What losers? 650 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:19,920 Speaker 1: All right here? I want oh unbelieving I always shoot 651 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:20,719 Speaker 1: at the end there h. 652 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,719 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 653 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:29,120 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 654 00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:33,360 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 655 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:34,120 Speaker 2: listen live. 656 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,279 Speaker 1: I think we have our contestants ready to go, so 657 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,960 Speaker 1: let's welcome them in right now. We have Corey in 658 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,360 Speaker 1: Reno who wants to play? Is that correct? Core You 659 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:44,800 Speaker 1: want to play? Malo's amount of money? 660 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:46,560 Speaker 7: That's right? Big Ben? 661 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:48,840 Speaker 1: All right, well, welcome to the show. What do you 662 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:52,759 Speaker 1: got going on there in America's the biggest little city, right, 663 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,359 Speaker 1: isn't that the slogan Arena. 664 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:55,680 Speaker 7: The biggest little city in. 665 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,080 Speaker 1: The world, That's right? Is it still the littlest It's 666 00:38:58,080 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 1: pretty pretty big, right. 667 00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:04,440 Speaker 7: It's going crazy since that m misole monk infiltrated the 668 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,040 Speaker 7: town and ruined the housing market. 669 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,160 Speaker 1: Did they did he ruin it or raise the prices 670 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:11,280 Speaker 1: of housing for everyone? 671 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 7: Well, that's it. You know, they can't build taft enough 672 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:18,960 Speaker 7: and all these people have moved here for his you know, Panasonic. 673 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know about that. I actually have some 674 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,960 Speaker 1: friends that moved to Reno because of they want to 675 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:25,920 Speaker 1: get out of California. 676 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,399 Speaker 7: So they're like, well, and that too, I mean no, no, yeah, 677 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,240 Speaker 7: because you know, everybody's getting the chaft there with the taxes, 678 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:31,680 Speaker 7: so yeah. 679 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,640 Speaker 1: Everybody exactly. But and then eventually Nevada is going to 680 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,000 Speaker 1: have the same tax problem California, so they're going to 681 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,280 Speaker 1: move somewhere else and go keep moving to different states 682 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,319 Speaker 1: and all. Anyway, that's a different conversation, Coreya, who do 683 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 1: you want to partner with? You got me Ben or Cooper? 684 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,920 Speaker 1: If you really want some fun, Loraina, well I. 685 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,160 Speaker 7: Think you just picked the choice. Then didn't you. 686 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:54,080 Speaker 1: You're going with Loraina? 687 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 7: There you go? 688 00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: All right, congratulations, Lorena, you're gonna play. I lost my voice, 689 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,319 Speaker 1: she lost her I can't say. Apparently she does not 690 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,320 Speaker 1: want to play. She's choosing not to play, so unfortunate. 691 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:06,920 Speaker 7: Al Right, well, ye know, we'll go with Coop. I'm 692 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:08,719 Speaker 7: a big Elvis fan. I know Cooper is too. 693 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,160 Speaker 1: Oh wow, that's a deep cut. All right, Hold on 694 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:15,160 Speaker 1: a second, and we have Mike in the Great State 695 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,520 Speaker 1: of Texas. Hello, Mike, welcome. What part of Texas are 696 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:18,320 Speaker 1: you in there, Sir. 697 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:20,400 Speaker 7: McCallen. 698 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,359 Speaker 1: McCallen, Texas a fine, fine city. All right, and what 699 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,200 Speaker 1: do you what are you go going on there? In McCallum. 700 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:28,760 Speaker 7: I'll just add in the work this morning. 701 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:29,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, what kind of work do you do? 702 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:32,280 Speaker 2: Data? Annaly? 703 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,120 Speaker 1: Oh nice? All right, well you're gonna match up with me. 704 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:36,520 Speaker 1: What are the categories here? Quickly? 705 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:36,759 Speaker 3: Cool? 706 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:37,919 Speaker 1: Please? All right? 707 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,839 Speaker 6: This is the Ringo Star edition of Mallard's Amount of Money. 708 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:44,040 Speaker 6: He turned eighty five on Monday. The categories are with 709 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,160 Speaker 6: a little help from my friends, don't pass me by, 710 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:54,240 Speaker 6: Octopus's garden and photograph and Corey was on first. 711 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:58,040 Speaker 1: So Corey, which category would you like photograph? All right? 712 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:03,719 Speaker 1: And how about you, Mike? All right, sorry I didn't 713 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,960 Speaker 1: hear you. Just pick, just pick the first one whatever, 714 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,960 Speaker 1: I don't care for. What was the first one? With 715 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:09,919 Speaker 1: a little help from my friend? 716 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,560 Speaker 3: All right, everyone, hold stay right there, Malor's mount of 717 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:15,719 Speaker 3: Money in it's entire to the Ringo Star Edition. 718 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:17,680 Speaker 1: We'll get to that, and we will do it next. 719 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,240 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of the Ben Malors 720 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:24,319 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Now, 721 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:30,120 Speaker 2: Malor's Mountain of Money. Do you have what it takes 722 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,240 Speaker 2: to get to the top? Probably? 723 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,520 Speaker 1: Not? All right, let's sue here we go play the game. 724 00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,120 Speaker 1: It's the Ringo Star Edition. Mallers amount of money. We've 725 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,520 Speaker 1: got Corey in Reno teamed up with Koop. They're gonna lose. 726 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:46,400 Speaker 1: Mike on his way to work in McCallen, Texas, teamed 727 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,839 Speaker 1: up with me. Then we're gonna win. All Right, here 728 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,000 Speaker 1: we go. It's gonna start. 729 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:53,640 Speaker 6: All right, Corey, we have a photograph. We need the 730 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,759 Speaker 6: first and last name of the athlete. These athletes are 731 00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:59,919 Speaker 6: in some of the most famous sports photographs of all time. 732 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,799 Speaker 1: All Right, you ready, Corey, I'm ready. 733 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,640 Speaker 7: Let's do it, Coop. Let's let's approve that with the 734 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:08,680 Speaker 7: Lorena's wrong? 735 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,000 Speaker 6: All right, forty five seconds, let's begin. 736 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:11,640 Speaker 7: Uh. 737 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:16,440 Speaker 6: This NBA player scored Hi, This NBA player scored one 738 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:17,479 Speaker 6: hundred points in a game. 739 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,000 Speaker 1: Bill Cambery, Yes. 740 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,640 Speaker 6: This guy was the flash number three on the Miami Heat. 741 00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:29,600 Speaker 6: He won a championship with Lebron and Shack. Anyway, Yes, 742 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:34,879 Speaker 6: this guy is the logo for the NBA j Yes, 743 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,240 Speaker 6: this guy's nickname was the Doctor. 744 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:39,720 Speaker 7: Hey, that great Irving. 745 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:44,600 Speaker 1: What's his first name? Yes, Doug Dog, Julie Jurry. 746 00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,040 Speaker 6: Yes, this guy was a quarterback for the Chiefs. He 747 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,440 Speaker 6: was smoking a cigarette during halftime of Super Bowl One. 748 00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:56,600 Speaker 1: No, all right, let's not let's skip it. God. 749 00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,480 Speaker 6: This Toronto Toronto Blue Jays player was famous for his 750 00:42:59,520 --> 00:42:59,959 Speaker 6: bat flip. 751 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:04,439 Speaker 1: All right, what hundred fourts? 752 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:04,719 Speaker 2: All right? 753 00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:05,600 Speaker 1: Are you ready there? 754 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:09,319 Speaker 3: Mike there McCallan, Texas, which is right, the southern tip 755 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:09,840 Speaker 3: of Texas? 756 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:10,640 Speaker 1: Am I correct on that? 757 00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:11,080 Speaker 6: Yeah? 758 00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:16,239 Speaker 3: Let's go all right, we'll put right all right? Okay, Well, 759 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,600 Speaker 3: a little hope from my friends. These star athletes want 760 00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:20,320 Speaker 3: to ring well past their prime years. 761 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:25,000 Speaker 1: Are you ready there, Mike? All right? Forty five seconds 762 00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:27,759 Speaker 1: were on Away Go John. He was known as a 763 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:31,360 Speaker 1: Giants wide receiver one with the Rams. Friend of Diddy. 764 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:37,040 Speaker 1: Odella Yes nickname Shady was a running back for the 765 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:40,239 Speaker 1: Bills and the Eagles. He's on McCoy Yes, known as 766 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:44,239 Speaker 1: the glove for the SuperSonics back in his career. Yes, 767 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,440 Speaker 1: quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in the eighties. Dick and 768 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:51,480 Speaker 1: Dayton loves this guy played at BA Miami all Right, 769 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:55,239 Speaker 1: the big hurt for the Chicago White Sox in the two. Yes, 770 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,360 Speaker 1: wide receiver for the Chargers in like the seventies and 771 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:02,960 Speaker 1: the sixties named Bam nicknamed bamby white guy all right, 772 00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:07,200 Speaker 1: outfielder for the Mets and the Royals from Puerto Rico. 773 00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:11,200 Speaker 1: Was on the Astros when they cheated in twenty seventeen. 774 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:14,920 Speaker 1: We got the lead you missed. 775 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,560 Speaker 6: Lance Alworth was Bambi and Bernie Kozar the quarterback for 776 00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:21,080 Speaker 6: the Browns and Carlos Beltran was the last. 777 00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:22,839 Speaker 1: Oh you're wasting to all right? 778 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,880 Speaker 6: Hurry operary, would you like don't pass me by? Or 779 00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:26,840 Speaker 6: octopus his guarden? 780 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:29,759 Speaker 1: All right? 781 00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:32,759 Speaker 6: These athletes all war number eight forty five seconds. Let's begin. 782 00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:38,200 Speaker 6: He is the quarterback for the Ravens right now, j Yes, 783 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:40,759 Speaker 6: this guy was the quarterback for the Cowboys when they 784 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:42,000 Speaker 6: won the Super Bowls in the nineties. 785 00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:46,600 Speaker 1: What's his first name? Yes? 786 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:53,640 Speaker 6: All right, this guy has the iron Man streak in baseball. Yep, 787 00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:56,719 Speaker 6: this guy is one of the best second basement of 788 00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:04,320 Speaker 6: all time. He was on the Cincinnati Reds. Yes, this 789 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,240 Speaker 6: guy just broke Wayne Gretzky's all time scoring record. 790 00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:09,759 Speaker 1: What's first name? 791 00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:14,120 Speaker 7: I say it in the dumper over. 792 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:15,839 Speaker 2: This guy. 793 00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:19,120 Speaker 1: You didn't get it. This guy's the only button we 794 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:19,719 Speaker 1: win I know. 795 00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:27,360 Speaker 3: You know, Bears defensive starting in the eighties. Not with 796 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:29,440 Speaker 3: the name Richard Dent. We were looking for the name 797 00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:33,239 Speaker 3: Richard Dent here. That is not an incomplete game, not 798 00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,319 Speaker 3: a not a not a loss, not a loss.