1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Welcome in What's Drive with the great Episode three thirteen. 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: Programming note demonse for I think the first time in 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: the history of the pod out sick today. I talked 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: to him this morning. He was gonna fight through and 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: come in. I said, take your day. So wish the 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: best to Demons, but a hell of an iron man 7 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: streak for him of not missing any time, and so 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: he's out today, So it will be just me, which 9 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: you know should definitely, as always promised, lead to a 10 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: quicker show because he's the one that always does the 11 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: over talking and explaining and non sequiturs and different various 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,319 Speaker 1: rants you where you interrupt yourself. I've told him he's 13 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: got to stop talking so much, so we'll get right 14 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: to it. Here is what missed the cut in today's show, 15 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: and the first thing that missed the cut didn't miss 16 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: the cut is all at all? Uh. Bronnie James thirty nine, seven, 17 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: four and four for the South Bay Lakers last night 18 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: against Sam Cruz. He was a plus nineteen in his 19 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,279 Speaker 1: thirty eight minutes. It was far and away his best 20 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: game at the professional level. And this is where I 21 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: will as I have remind everyone that twenty months ago 22 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: July twenty fifth or twenty fourth of twenty twenty three, 23 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: this kid suffered cardiac arrest. It totally derailed his collegiate season, 24 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: and that is evidenced by the fact that he has 25 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: now had ten professional games, one at the NBA level 26 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: and nine at the G League level that are better 27 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: than anything he ever did in college. And so when 28 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: people pointed out, like, oh my god, look at his 29 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: college statline and that's a player that you're drafting, it, 30 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: there had to be some math done on. Yes, his 31 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: collegiate numbers were that of a player that typically would 32 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: not be drafted, even late in the second round. But 33 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: if you throw the season away and say those numbers 34 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: were due to the fact that he never got his 35 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: legs or his wind underneath them because of the months 36 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: he had to stay away from the court because they 37 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: thought he might not be able to play basketball ever 38 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: again due to a congenital heart defect, then maybe, just 39 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: maybe you saw some traits that could be a successful player. 40 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 1: And Kevin O'Connor, who knows a hell of a lot 41 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: more about the draft and about college basketball than I do, 42 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: tweeted to me this morning that if they did a 43 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: redraft today he thought Bronni would be a first round pick, 44 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: and that if Bronnie can keep up this shooting, then 45 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: he's a legitimate NBA player. And again, I am not 46 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: trying to make too much of the G League, which 47 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: is something we never talked about previously. However, because Brownie 48 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: is a star and because he has been the subject 49 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: of scrutiny, we have to be fair in that the 50 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: expectation was that in the G League, with grown men, 51 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,239 Speaker 1: with a lot of guys who were former first round 52 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: picks trying to make a career for themselves, with a 53 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: lot of guys who had a lot more experience than him, 54 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: with a lot of guys who were much more highly 55 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: drafted than him, that he was going to it certainly 56 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: in his first year in the G League. Really have 57 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: his work cutout for him now, and more than his 58 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: work cutout for him, potentially really struggle. And instead he 59 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: now after not playing well in Summer League and not 60 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: playing well in the G League's kind of preseason I 61 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: don't tip off tournament or whatever they call it, in 62 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: the G League regular season, he is now averaging twenty 63 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: two five and five on forty six thirty eight eighty 64 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: splits that is a great value for your fifty fifth 65 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: overall pick and shout out and credit to Brownie. And 66 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: so we're not gonna spend more time on that. But 67 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: that was in what missed the Cup, But he didn't 68 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: actually miss the cut. We did a nice few minutes 69 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: on it. Also, SVP my guy after Maryland finally gets 70 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: on the right side of a buzzer beater, tweets you 71 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 1: know he's a Dieyard Terrapin fan, and he tweets out 72 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: never a doubt, as a wise man, says shut out, 73 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: Scott Van Pelt, Ernie Johnson, Kevin Wilds the only three 74 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: people in sports media with one hundred percent approval ratings. 75 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: And very nice of Scott to include. You know, obviously 76 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: my trademark tattooed came up with first person ever use 77 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: it phrase never a doubt. Very nice of him to 78 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: use that in celebrating an all time Marilynd moment. More 79 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: on the tournament in a second, and I guess that 80 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: is one way to put it. I did invite myself 81 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: on the Kelsey's pod. The Kelsey's tweeted, should we have 82 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: an NFL salary cap expert on the show? And I 83 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: just responded, I got you. I mean, you know that 84 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: way it could be said, because obviously I'm a salary 85 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: cap expert, but also we could talk other things and 86 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: it would be interesting because you know, Eagles fans tend 87 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: not to like me that much, but Jason, I would 88 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: imagine does I don't know, but if we could get 89 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: a What's Right with Nick Wright New Heights crossover, that 90 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: would have to be good for the burgeoning What's Right brand, which, 91 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: by the way, YouTube's like rate, subscribe review on all 92 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: platforms YouTube just crossed one hundred and ninety thousand, so 93 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: we appreciate you guys for that. We're the slow climb 94 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: towards two hundred thousand continues. But also we'd really like 95 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: you guys to subscribe on either iTunes or Spotify wherever 96 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: you guys get your podcasts. All right, so we have 97 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: to lead this morning with just a huge bummer, which 98 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: is a young woman who I truly and I said 99 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: this last year. I think, well, and I'm not going 100 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: to use past tense, but I had said this in 101 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: the past, and I still believe it has a chance 102 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: to be the greatest women's basketball player ever. I truly 103 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: believe that. I believe that I when everyone was talking about, 104 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: and I obviously was a huge part of the talk 105 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: as well about the phenomenon that is Caitlin Clark. I 106 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: think you guys heard me say a couple times on 107 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: the show that I thought Juju Watkins at USC might 108 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 1: end up being even better better than Caitlin and even 109 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: better than everybody her size, her athleticism, her basketball IQ. 110 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: It is elite of the elite, and a player that 111 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: can do everything, a player that recently put up a 112 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: stat line that had not been put up in men's 113 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: or women's professional or college basketball this century. When I 114 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: think she had thirty eight points, eleven rebounds, five assists, 115 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: eight blocks, and again a forty minute college game, she 116 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: tore acl last night, and it's just devastating for a 117 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: bunch of reasons. It puts it. I would imagine on 118 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: the board that she doesn't play college basketball again. Now 119 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 1: I would think she does. I would think that the 120 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: playing is for her to miss all of next season 121 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: and then come back for what would be her senior year. 122 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: I guess red shirt junior year and continue to play. 123 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: And with nil and the WNBA salary structure, I would 124 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: have to imagine Juju can potentially make far more money 125 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: at USC than she would at the beginning of her 126 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: WNBA career, unless something drastically changes with the rookie salary 127 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: scale there. But this is just an ultimate bummer because 128 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: getting we got in the final four last year Page 129 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: versus Caitlin, and we were basically assured that we were 130 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: going to get Page versus Juju in the Elite eight, 131 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: and it was I talked about how I didn't love 132 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: that they put USC in Yukon in the same region 133 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: because that felt like it should be a final four 134 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: inter national championship potential matchup, and it ends up that 135 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: it's going to be, and USC should still get they 136 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: should be able to win next round without Juju, but 137 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: not past that. They absolutely can't beat Yukon without Juju. 138 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: And you just feel sick for this young lady who 139 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:27,439 Speaker 1: is has the real potential to be a true superstar, 140 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: a true crossovers not just great player. She's obviously going 141 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: to be well, she already is a great player, and 142 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: she and a torn acl you know, is not career 143 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: altering the way it once was. But she needs a 144 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: great NCAA tournament run just to catapult her celebrity the 145 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,199 Speaker 1: way Caitlin had and the way honestly Angel Reese, who 146 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: no disrespect to Angel Reese, but Angel Reese is not 147 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: nearly the caliber of player of Caitlin, or of Juju, 148 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: or of Page for that matter, and they have all 149 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: had these great tournament runs. Juju, this was going to 150 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: be that this year, and if not this year, next year, 151 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: and now out for I would imagine all of next season, 152 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: which is just such an absolute bummer. And here is 153 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: the thing about acls the way I have seen them 154 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: over the last decade. Acls are different in that they 155 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 1: used to truly be career altering and these days they 156 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: are not. Meaning people typically come back one hundred percent 157 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: to their pre ACL tear ability, strength, speed, quickness, all 158 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: of that, but they are not quick injuries. It usually 159 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: is a minimum of the calendar year that you are out, 160 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: and usually a little more than that until you look 161 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: like your old self. So a huge bummer. Not really, 162 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: this is put this in the huge story not a 163 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: great topic category, and I mean that's kind of what 164 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: it is. There's not much to say. It's massive news, 165 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:29,079 Speaker 1: but it just sucks. There's no real take to have. 166 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: And so Juju Watkins out and I have to you know, 167 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 1: Yukon's now, I'm gonna look it up on DraftKings. I 168 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: just can't. Maybe you guys can put in the dock 169 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: for me. I mean, I know they're the favorite, but 170 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: I just wonder what they are now? Is Yukon women 171 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:55,559 Speaker 1: to win that region? To win the region, I have 172 00:11:55,640 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: to imagine they are minus huge money. I'm not able 173 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: to pull it up right now. If you guys can 174 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: throw it in the dock whenever you can find it, 175 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: just put what they are to win the championship and 176 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: what they are to win the region, because I do 177 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: not see who possibly could stop them. Certainly now listen 178 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: UCLA South Carolina. Those are legitimate championship level teams. But 179 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: I Yukon's in the final four and they're now plus 180 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: one sixty to win the whole thing. We can't find 181 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: them to win the region. But it's not gonna be 182 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: I mean they it's not gonna be much of a question. 183 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: I saw. I got the I had the privilege of 184 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: watching the Yukon women in person from court side seats 185 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: thanks to Fox. The game was on Fox beginning of 186 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: the year, and I left that game saying I don't 187 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: know how anyone's beating them. Now, Ucla and South Carolina 188 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: is obviously a juggernaut, and USC had shown, oh no, 189 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: they're of that caliber, and Yukon lost a few times. 190 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: But I feel like you can put probably in pen A, 191 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 1: Yukon Ucla final four on your left side of the bracket, 192 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: and you know, thoughts with Juju, it absolutely sucks, just 193 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: absolutely sucks that she's done for the year and potentially 194 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,719 Speaker 1: done for next year. One note, and I'm sure this 195 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:31,599 Speaker 1: will happen because Page is such an awesome athlete and 196 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: awesome person. From all accounts, Page dealt with an ACL 197 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: and missed a year, and so I would imagine if 198 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: she has not already, Paige is going to reach out 199 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: to Juju and try to help her through it. But 200 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: really really sucks for basketball fans, for USC fans, for Juju, 201 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: all right to the men's side of the tournament. So 202 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 1: there's a lot of different things I want to hit 203 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: here before we get to the Lakers losing streak, the 204 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: Rogers stuff. We'll get all of that later. But our 205 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: college basketball coverage on this show burns hot, bright and fast. 206 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,319 Speaker 1: Like the rest of the country. We have somewhat of 207 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: a tepid interest in it. I shouldn't say everyone's like this, 208 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: but at least for me, a tepid interest in it 209 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: throughout its regular season and then are living and dying 210 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: with the tournament and the storylines come March. So I 211 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: am not going to act like I am Mark Titus 212 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: or Big Cat or John Fanta or John Rothstein. The 213 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: people who are, you know, who know all of these 214 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: teams in and out. I do not. However, I do 215 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: watch the tournament non stop for you know, twelve consecutive hours, 216 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: four consecutive days, and you feel like that, plus a 217 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: passive interest throughout the year, you have a good feel 218 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: on things. And the people who had been watching all 219 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: year who said Duke's way better than everybody, they appear 220 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: to obviously be correct. Now you might be like, Nick, 221 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: didn't you pick Tennessee to win it all? I did 222 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: because upsets happened, and that's a fun one and I 223 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: think Tennessee is really really good. But right now there 224 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: are seven guys left in the tournament. Seven left in 225 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: the entire tournament that are consensus first round picks, meaning 226 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: guys that are high enough picks that they are included 227 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: in every mock draft, you find out there these seven 228 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: guys are in all of them, Duke's got three. The 229 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: rest of the tournament has four. Now, again, there's three 230 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: or four other guys in the tournament that might end 231 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: up being first round picks, maybe even four or five others. 232 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: But there's seven players right now in the NCAA tournament 233 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: that are what you would consider minus huge money to 234 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: be first round picks, and Duke has three. There are 235 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: five guys that are currently projected lottery picks left in 236 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: the tournament, and Duke has three. Now, that doesn't guarantee 237 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: you anything, but it does give you an idea of 238 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: what a talent edge this team currently has and why 239 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: it would be absolutely, at least to me, shocking if 240 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: they do not make the final four. Now, in the 241 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: final four coming out of the region, beneath them on 242 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: your bracket will either be Houston, Kentucky, or Tennessee, and 243 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: any of those three teams could beat them. And you 244 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: guys know, I'm picking Tennessee. I like the odds on it, 245 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: and I think they have a I really part of that, 246 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,159 Speaker 1: if I'm being totally honest, probably has to be that 247 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,199 Speaker 1: a disproportionate amount of the college basketball regular season and 248 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: conference tournaments. Games that I watched involved Tennessee because we 249 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: have a close friend that's a big Tennise Tennessee volunteer fan, 250 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: so we watch some games with her, and so I 251 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: thought this team had high upside. But I so, you know, 252 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: bake that in to my analysis of this. But Duke 253 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,719 Speaker 1: is obviously the most talented team in the country and 254 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: Cooper flag is as advertised. Now, I do find the 255 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: Cooper flag hype is the wrong word, but because hype 256 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: almost sounds like unwarranted. But I I am curious, like 257 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: a take the temperature of what are fair Cooper flag 258 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: expectations when it comes to how he stacks up amongst 259 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: number one picks. So if we just go the last decade, right, 260 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: I think that So the number one picks the last 261 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: decade are Karl, Anthony Towns, Ben Simmons, Markel Foltz, DeAndre Ayton, Zion, 262 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards, Cade, Paolo Wimby, reesa Chet. If you were 263 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: to rank them based on NBA, you can't really rank 264 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: based on NBA career because there's you know, Carl's played 265 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: a decade, Wimby's played a year. But I think you 266 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: would probably slot them. Like if you did a draft 267 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: of number one picks, Wimby would go one again the 268 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: last decade, Aunt would go to Towns three, Kaid four, 269 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: and then Zion Polo five six. When I watched Cooper Flag, 270 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: I put him right ahead of Powlow and right behind Zion. 271 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: When Zion when it comes to like potential coming out 272 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: of school. Now again, if you were re redrafting based 273 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: on hype or expectation, it would have been Wimby one, 274 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: Zion two, Karl Anthony Towns three, But we've now seen 275 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: Zion didn't quite live up to it. When I hear 276 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: some of the draft experts talk, they they go further 277 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: back and they say, basically number one picks the last 278 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: two twenty years, basically number one picks post Lebron, that 279 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 1: they have Cooper. They that it's Wimby one, Anthony Davis two, 280 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: and they would have Cooper Flag three. I had a 281 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: ky ahead of everyone I just mentioned, plus Kyrie and 282 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: Dwight and Blake d Rose, all those guys that strikes 283 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: me as ambitious. Now again, as I've said now for 284 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: the sixth time on this show, I am not a 285 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 1: college basketball expert. The way some are, but I it 286 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 1: felt to me like the absolute Anthony Davis was such 287 00:20:53,400 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 1: a overwhelming, obvious numbernumber one pick, franchise changer, the likes 288 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: of which, again Lebron's in his own category, we hadn't 289 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: seen in you know, the four or five years prior 290 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: to him or after him. Wimby took that up to 291 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: another level because of just the absolute kind of freak 292 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 1: nature of what his upside potential could be or would be. 293 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 1: And so set those two guys aside. I don't I 294 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: don't think Flag is a better prospect than Zion was now. Zion, 295 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: it turned out, had his own things. He had to 296 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: deal with, injury issues, some weight issues, so maybe some 297 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: personal kind of off the court stuff that has derailed 298 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: him a bit. I was wrong about how good Ant 299 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: and Caid would be. I thought Ant was a good 300 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: but not gonna be a superstar. And Ant is a superstar, 301 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: and so I am very interested to see how Flag 302 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: looks over these next He's gonna play at least two 303 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: more games, and the odds are he's gonna play four 304 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: more games. How he looks, and if he has a 305 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: dominant tournament moment the way Zion did the way Anthony 306 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 1: Davis did, the way a lot of these guys who 307 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 1: were number now Anthony Edwards obviously didn't. The guy didn't 308 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 1: make the tournament, but a lot of the number one 309 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 1: picks who went to college Paolo had won, a lot 310 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 1: of those number one picks who went to college had 311 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: those kind of signature tournament moments. Cooper hasn't needed one yet. 312 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 1: Andy's coming off the injury, but I I'm very excited 313 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: to see him in the final four against Houston, Tennessee 314 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: or Kentucky and what that looks like. Now. The other 315 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 1: story of this tournament so far has been that, you know, 316 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: no Cinderella, Nils, you know, nil is the death of 317 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 1: college basketball. Let's all please pump the brakes just a bit, 318 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: just a tiny bit, if we could. Okay, on first 319 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 1: of all, one year is not a trend. This is 320 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: one year where we've had no mid majors in the 321 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: sweet sixteen. Second of all, would we are we saying 322 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: we would feel drastically different if the queen kid from 323 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: Maryland hadn't made his buzzer beater and all of a 324 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 1: sudden there were there was a there was a Cinderella 325 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: or a mid major in the Sweet sixteen that would 326 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: make us feel like, oh okay, everything's fine. No, probably 327 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: not right, And so I don't really subscribe to the 328 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 1: idea that because it happened this year, this is what 329 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 1: every tournament's going to look like from here on out, 330 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: especially because it literally almost didn't happen this year in 331 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: that Maryland needed the first buzzer beater of the tournament 332 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:38,719 Speaker 1: to keep a mid major out of the Sweet sixteen. Now, 333 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: I'm not a fool, and I do understand that the 334 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: transfer portal and guys who are really good at smaller 335 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 1: schools than transferring two bigger schools, and one of the 336 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: things mid majors had going for them was guys sticking 337 00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 1: around together for three or even four seasons and growing together. 338 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,640 Speaker 1: That gave them a chance against the more talented teams. 339 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: You are going to see less of that. But what 340 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: I think that could lead to, and maybe I'll be 341 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: proven wrong, is more of the true deep cinderellas, guys 342 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: that are from single bid conferences. You're fourteen or fifteen 343 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: seeds who are not going to get poached because of 344 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 1: nil stuff coming in and having real Cinderella runs. But 345 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 1: even if we have less Cinderella stories in the NCAA Tournament. 346 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: The upside is having a bracket as it stands now 347 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: where the games are as follows two versus six, four 348 00:25:55,720 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: versus one, four versus one, three versus ten, but the 349 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: ten is Arkansas coached by John Calipari. Two versus six, 350 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: two versus three, one versus five, and one verses four. 351 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: What that creates, what it should create is an unbelievable 352 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: weekend of college basketball. On Friday, the spreads are three 353 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: and a half, four and a half, seven and a half, 354 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: eight and a half. On Thursday, the spreads are five 355 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: and a half, five and a half, six and a half, 356 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 1: nine and a half. And we should have eight games 357 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: where six are super competitive. And I'm good with that 358 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: because people don't you like the story of the Cinderella. 359 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: But the actual games, especially once we get Sweet sixteen 360 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: and certainly to the Elite eight, are usually not always. 361 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 1: Sometimes Butler makes back to back national finals, the games 362 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 1: are usually not as good as one would have hoped 363 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: for because that team is just so outmatched. I don't 364 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: look at any team this weekend as insanely outmatched. I mean, 365 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 1: the biggest underdog is an excellent Arizona team, and that's 366 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 1: because they're playing Duke on Sunday. I'm sorry. On Friday, 367 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 1: the biggest underdog is a Michigan team that absolutely can 368 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 1: beat Auburn. And so I I think it was a 369 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: little too fatalistic saying that college basketball is just in terrible, 370 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:51,200 Speaker 1: terrible shape because we're not having Cinderellas when A it's 371 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 1: one year and b it is probably going to lead 372 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 1: to a more compelling Elite eight in Sweet sixteen than 373 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: we've had in recent history. And my last NCAA tournament 374 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: take before we get to the lakers losing streak in 375 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 1: the Western Commends playoff race some other things is you 376 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: can't ever get everything in life. And this is about 377 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: Dan Hurley and the Connecticut Huskies. So Dan Hurley is 378 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: a great coach. I don't think there is a single 379 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: person in the sports world that thinks anything other than that. 380 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: Danny Hurley also is intentionally I think provocative and kind 381 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: of wants to play the villain role a bit or 382 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 1: he thinks it either helps him or or helps his team, 383 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 1: whatever it is, that's fine. What I don't love and 384 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: I gave credit to Mark Titus for this yesterday on 385 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: the TV show, and I will do it again because 386 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: I think he put it absolutely perfectly, which is he 387 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: compared Dan Hurley to the wrestler that takes the stage 388 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: at a show in Wichita and then makes fun of Wichita. 389 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: It's like, oh, you're a bunch of rednecks, or and 390 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 1: makes fun of the local teams and does all this 391 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: stuff in order to catch heat and get booze, except 392 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: that wrestler then does not act wounded or like he 393 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: is being unfairly maligned when he catches heat or gets boot. 394 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 1: It's what he's going for. And so having Danny Hurley 395 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: walk off the court their first time they lose an 396 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: NCAA tournament game in more than two years and blame 397 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 1: the refs and then say to the local media after 398 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: his press conference, thanks to you guys for being fair. 399 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: The national media skip Bayless wannabes were not is to 400 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: me trying to have it both ways to a degree. 401 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: You cannot try to play the villain and then get 402 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: upset when you get treated like a villain. And I 403 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 1: also would like to know who are the national media 404 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: folks that were unf What was said that was unfair? 405 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: Was it that the way you acted in Maui or 406 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 1: was it Maui. I don't even know if it was Maui, 407 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 1: the court, Bahamas, whatever, it was the preseason tournament where 408 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: you were a game into the year absolutely losing your 409 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,959 Speaker 1: mind with the officials, and then your final game of 410 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 1: the year blamed the officials when Baylor's trying to take 411 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: the court was criticizing that unfair? Was it the people? 412 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: And I don't know who these people would be. The 413 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: people in the national media who do talk college basketball 414 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: all season said, ah, this Yukon team is not as 415 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: good as their ranking early in the year, or this 416 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:49,240 Speaker 1: Yukon team is not a real contender. Those people who 417 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 1: were proven one hundred percent correct. Was that unfair? What 418 00:31:55,760 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 1: was unfair about it? And I said this on the show, 419 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: and Wilde seemed to not only disagree, but to think 420 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: I was crazy for saying it. But when you then 421 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: hear that the Yukon sports information director confronts a local 422 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 1: journalist who got the video of Danny Hurley yelling, I 423 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: hope they don't f you like the f dos Baylor. 424 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 1: I hope they don't f you like the fd us. 425 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: The Yukon sports information director going to that journalist and saying, 426 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: if you don't take that down all quote ruin your life. 427 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: I do think that that is because of some of 428 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 1: the culture that is set by the head coach. I 429 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 1: absolutely think that, and I think that is not great. 430 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: And so we can hold multiple thoughts in our head 431 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 1: at once. He is a great coach, they are an 432 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:17,360 Speaker 1: unbelievable program, and he also runs so hot and is 433 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 1: so brash in their success and does not seem to 434 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 1: handle the little bit of on the court adversity that 435 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 1: they've had this latest bit that well at all. That 436 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: that typically is a cocktail of a lack of likability, 437 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 1: and he might not care at all how well liked 438 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:49,520 Speaker 1: he is. But Yukon fans acting like people are unfair 439 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,240 Speaker 1: to their coach, or him acting like the media is 440 00:33:52,360 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: unfair to him, I think is a little much. And 441 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 1: so listen, unbelievable run by Yukon the last two year 442 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 1: or the previous two years. And man, they sure help 443 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,840 Speaker 1: with a scare into Florida. But they did not lose 444 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 1: that game because the officials. They lost that game because 445 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 1: from the seven minute mark to thirty seconds left in 446 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: the game, they made one basket they could have won. 447 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:30,239 Speaker 1: They stopped hitting shots, and that's not only officials. When 448 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,640 Speaker 1: it comes to college basketball in March Mania, one thing 449 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 1: is for sure. Nothing's for sure. Upsets, buzzer beater, Cinderella 450 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:41,440 Speaker 1: is advancing, top seeds going home early. It all could happen, 451 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 1: as it happened in this tournament. Not a lot of 452 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,359 Speaker 1: Cinderella's advancing and not a lot of top seeds going 453 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,520 Speaker 1: home early, which should make the next few rounds great. 454 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: But we did get an unbelievable buzzer beater in one 455 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: of the last games of the round of thirty two 456 00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:01,800 Speaker 1: for Maryland. It all could happen. 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Wins 489 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 1: against the Bulls, the suddenly red hot Bulls, by the way, 490 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:28,920 Speaker 1: who won again last night, and the Magic, whose offense 491 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: is just impossibly bad. The Bulls instead scored one forty 492 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:41,840 Speaker 1: six and the Magic scored one eighteen. And so what 493 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,080 Speaker 1: I am concerned about, what I'm not concerned about, what 494 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: I'm not concerned about is this, It always takes guys. 495 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,400 Speaker 1: I think one of the things we in the media 496 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,520 Speaker 1: do a very poor job, even though we see it 497 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 1: time and time again. But one of the things we 498 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,880 Speaker 1: do a very poor job of recognizing or accounting for 499 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:11,200 Speaker 1: is when athletes tell us, man, there is nothing to 500 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:17,279 Speaker 1: prepare you to play professional basketball. Like playing professional basketball, 501 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 1: we should believe them. And by that I mean every 502 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,800 Speaker 1: single one of these great players when they are coming 503 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:29,440 Speaker 1: from an extended layoff, take two or three games to 504 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:33,920 Speaker 1: look like themselves. Luca his first few games with the 505 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:39,360 Speaker 1: Lakers after the being out for a while with injury 506 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:45,799 Speaker 1: before and then during the trade, was so rusty. There 507 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:51,600 Speaker 1: was a brief oh, maybe Nico was onto something renaissance, 508 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,319 Speaker 1: and then of course it went away. Luca got to 509 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 1: being Luca again, sticking with the Lakers. Austin reeves, he's 510 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:58,840 Speaker 1: not a great player, but a good player. His first 511 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 1: few games back from his injury, he didn't look anything 512 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,520 Speaker 1: like himself. Then he immediately ripped off the best basketball, 513 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:12,080 Speaker 1: the best stretch of his career. So Lebron not playing 514 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:15,440 Speaker 1: quite up to Lebron's standards last couple games is not 515 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,759 Speaker 1: something to panic about. And here's the other piece of it. 516 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 1: We'll get into this more in a bit. The entire 517 00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:28,600 Speaker 1: Western Conference, except for Oklahoma City, is on a losing streak. 518 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,239 Speaker 1: Spots one through nine or two through nine in the 519 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:37,480 Speaker 1: standings have lost. The Rocket against streak is too much, 520 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,360 Speaker 1: but had lost their most recent games. The Rockets lost 521 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: their last game, The Nuggets lost their last game. The 522 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,359 Speaker 1: Lakers lost three in a row, the Grizzlies lost three 523 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 1: in a row. The Warriors, Clippers, Timberwolves all lost their 524 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,200 Speaker 1: last game, and the Kings lost three in a row. 525 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:59,120 Speaker 1: Of those teams, obviously, Houston had one nine in row. 526 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,719 Speaker 1: They were playing great. Golden State had won eight of nine. 527 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,960 Speaker 1: They were playing great, and the Clippers had one eight 528 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,239 Speaker 1: of nine. They were playing great. And the timberlves had 529 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:12,120 Speaker 1: won seven of nine. They were playing really well. But 530 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:17,400 Speaker 1: the teams the Lakers are really jocking for in positioning 531 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:22,600 Speaker 1: Denver and the Grizzlies. They've lost six out of ten. 532 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,440 Speaker 1: The Grizzlies have lost five out of ten, which is 533 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:30,040 Speaker 1: why the Lakers losing seven out of ten has not 534 00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:34,440 Speaker 1: killed them, And so it has opened up the window 535 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: potentially for one of those teams, Denver, the Lakers or 536 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:44,440 Speaker 1: the Grizzlies to drop to the six if the Warriors 537 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:49,920 Speaker 1: keep winning. But that the Warriors, you know, Steph dealing 538 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,000 Speaker 1: with his injury, and the Warriors just took a loss, 539 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,759 Speaker 1: so they you know that they cooled off a bit. 540 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,560 Speaker 1: We'll see how they look and Jimmy's return to Miami. 541 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:03,680 Speaker 1: But so standings, Wises hasn't killed So those things I'm 542 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:09,400 Speaker 1: not worried about. Here is what is a legitimate concern 543 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,320 Speaker 1: and what has to be said, And I think JJ 544 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:17,760 Speaker 1: has alluded to it, and he's correct. This Lakers team 545 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:25,239 Speaker 1: is not good enough defensively to hold anyone under one 546 00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:31,040 Speaker 1: point fifteen if they are not locked in, dialed and 547 00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:35,080 Speaker 1: connected on that end of the court. In the last 548 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,319 Speaker 1: few games, they have not been there, and so I 549 00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,840 Speaker 1: do not think it is the sky is falling for 550 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:47,520 Speaker 1: the Lakers. I do think that I said yesterday on 551 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 1: the show that over their next five they should expect 552 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:58,799 Speaker 1: to go four and one. The next five were Orlando, Indiana, Chicago, 553 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:03,799 Speaker 1: Memphis home Houston. That was the five. Well, they just 554 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:11,719 Speaker 1: lost the first one, and so four and oh with 555 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:16,480 Speaker 1: one back to back at Indiana at Chicago might be 556 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:19,600 Speaker 1: a tall ask, but it's what the expectation should be. 557 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:26,520 Speaker 1: At Indiana after back to back bad losses, you must 558 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:31,600 Speaker 1: win that game at Chicago after even though Chicago again, 559 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:34,720 Speaker 1: what is Chicago won. I'm looking at it right now. 560 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:39,520 Speaker 1: Eight of ten I think that is. Yeah, they've won 561 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,920 Speaker 1: eight of their last ten. In one of those losses 562 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:47,080 Speaker 1: was a heartbreaker to the Rockets at Chicago. After you 563 00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:52,000 Speaker 1: just let Chicago and Kobe White embarrass you, you must 564 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:56,239 Speaker 1: bounce back and win at Memphis. With Memphis, we'll see 565 00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,520 Speaker 1: if they're still dealing with all those injuries, a game 566 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:02,480 Speaker 1: that I'll be at. Actually, that's a game that you 567 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:07,640 Speaker 1: absolutely gotta find a way to win. And then home 568 00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:12,160 Speaker 1: for Houston in a game that, if you have any 569 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,839 Speaker 1: chance of catching Houston in the standings, you must win. 570 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:20,880 Speaker 1: That'll be the kind of pivot game. But these next 571 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:24,239 Speaker 1: two games for the Lakers at Indiana and at Chicago 572 00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:28,600 Speaker 1: there and Indiana's good. I'm not trying to downplay Indiana, 573 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,560 Speaker 1: and Indiana is hot right now. I think they've won 574 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:37,279 Speaker 1: five in a row. Those are games you absolutely, unequivocally 575 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:42,279 Speaker 1: must win. And I'm really interested to see how the 576 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:48,800 Speaker 1: Lakers are able to guard Halliburton because obviously Kobe White 577 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:53,279 Speaker 1: had that monster game against them. It's forty six or 578 00:43:53,320 --> 00:44:00,000 Speaker 1: something and Orlando scoring one eighteen when Orlando cannot score, 579 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:08,000 Speaker 1: and Franz and Paolo combining for sixty two. It's problematic. 580 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:14,359 Speaker 1: So not panicking. Those are a couple bad losses. One 581 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,440 Speaker 1: of the reasons you don't panic is, again, if we 582 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:20,440 Speaker 1: talk about the Western Conference playoff situation, and I alluded 583 00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:23,320 Speaker 1: to it, a lot of these teams are in again, 584 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:29,920 Speaker 1: Houston is not, and the Warriors are not. But Nuggets, Lakers, Grizzlies, 585 00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:33,200 Speaker 1: some because of injuries and some just because of like 586 00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:38,520 Speaker 1: a march malaise, just don't seem to have it all together. 587 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:42,160 Speaker 1: On the other hand, the Thunder just keep handling their business. 588 00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:46,440 Speaker 1: They win basically nine out of every ten games they 589 00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:49,120 Speaker 1: play for almost any sample of the season, that's really 590 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:50,960 Speaker 1: like eight and a half out of every ten games 591 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,400 Speaker 1: they play. They're on another ho hum six game winning 592 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:58,080 Speaker 1: streak with a point differential for the season of thirteen. 593 00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,880 Speaker 1: That team is excellent. I know, breaking news the Thunder 594 00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:07,520 Speaker 1: or excellent, but that team is really something, and it 595 00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:09,880 Speaker 1: might you might be like, well, then, Nick, why aren't 596 00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:14,440 Speaker 1: you picking them to win the championship. I'm very interested 597 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:19,800 Speaker 1: to see how they can deal with Luca and Lebron 598 00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:22,719 Speaker 1: in a playoff series, But if the Lakers defense doesn't 599 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:27,120 Speaker 1: tighten up, they're not gonna get the opportunity to go 600 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:31,759 Speaker 1: against them in a playoff series. 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Florio floated the idea because evidently I 624 00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:08,600 Speaker 1: didn't know this, but McAfee is hosting a live show 625 00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:14,279 Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh April eighth or ninth, and Florio floated the 626 00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:18,840 Speaker 1: idea that Rogers is holding off on signing with the 627 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,760 Speaker 1: Steelers so he can announce it at McAfee's live show, 628 00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:27,200 Speaker 1: which would be so perfectly on brand and also just 629 00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:32,160 Speaker 1: so perfectly outrageous that I almost think it's gonna happen. 630 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:39,840 Speaker 1: No one has explained to me, because no one can explain. 631 00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:39,759 Speaker 2: To me. 632 00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:50,120 Speaker 1: Anything positive as far as the Steelers' chances of breaking 633 00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:54,560 Speaker 1: forget winning a championship, blake breaking their nearly decade long 634 00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:58,200 Speaker 1: drought of not winning a playoff game. No one has 635 00:47:58,239 --> 00:48:01,399 Speaker 1: explained to me how Rogers wait like this helps them, 636 00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:04,719 Speaker 1: and the reason is because they can't. All it does 637 00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:09,200 Speaker 1: is either feed rogers ego, help Rogers assert power within 638 00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:14,759 Speaker 1: the organization, or give, if he really really drags this out, 639 00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:18,160 Speaker 1: give Rogers the excuse to not be a part of 640 00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:22,000 Speaker 1: an offseason program. Those are the only benefits that come 641 00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:27,040 Speaker 1: from this, and none of that is good for Pittsburgh. 642 00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:32,600 Speaker 1: Which is why I I and there is no there 643 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,920 Speaker 1: is no quo like Rogers clearly wants to play, and 644 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:40,000 Speaker 1: the Steelers are clearly his only real option. So there's 645 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:44,080 Speaker 1: no reason for this to be going on except for 646 00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:49,040 Speaker 1: the fact that the Steelers don't have the right now 647 00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:54,440 Speaker 1: institutional courage to tell Rogers, hey man, we need to 648 00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:58,360 Speaker 1: know by Friday if every other free agent in the 649 00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:01,680 Speaker 1: league has been able to make their decision. You obviously 650 00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:07,080 Speaker 1: want to play. The Vikings aren't interested that the Giants 651 00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,759 Speaker 1: have finally, you know, begrudgingly turned to the page at 652 00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:12,920 Speaker 1: least a bit. You want to come here anyway, Let's 653 00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:21,799 Speaker 1: just get this done. But I I don't. I don't 654 00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:24,000 Speaker 1: think they're gonna do that, and I think Rogers is 655 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,200 Speaker 1: going to continue to drag this out, and I think 656 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:30,799 Speaker 1: we're all, myself included, kind of playing into it all. 657 00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:31,000 Speaker 2: Right. 658 00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:33,520 Speaker 1: Before we get to listener questions, a reminder like rate, 659 00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:36,880 Speaker 1: subscribe and review, and also a reminder that it is 660 00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:43,040 Speaker 1: now racing season, so time now live from Miami or 661 00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:48,160 Speaker 1: plausibly live from Miami. The F one Minute was Sierra Fiddel. 662 00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,120 Speaker 2: Welcome back to F one Minute. I'm cr Furdell and 663 00:49:51,160 --> 00:49:54,200 Speaker 2: I'm be covering the biggest news following the Chinese GP 664 00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:58,040 Speaker 2: and Shanghai. Now, Oscar Piastri started from pole position for 665 00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:01,520 Speaker 2: the first time in Formula One history. George Russell was 666 00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:03,920 Speaker 2: in P two and Lando Norris in P three. Now, 667 00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:06,680 Speaker 2: on lap one we had some dicey action between the 668 00:50:06,760 --> 00:50:10,440 Speaker 2: Ferrari boys. The clerk picked up some front wing damage 669 00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:13,880 Speaker 2: and then around lap four Fernando Alonso dnf again, but 670 00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:17,000 Speaker 2: not because he crashed into the wall, just because of 671 00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:19,680 Speaker 2: break failure. But I feel kind of bad for him 672 00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:22,480 Speaker 2: because he has yet to follow through an entire race, 673 00:50:22,719 --> 00:50:26,040 Speaker 2: but in Japan were ruining for him. A major talking 674 00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:29,200 Speaker 2: point of this GP was tire preservation, though a vast 675 00:50:29,239 --> 00:50:32,480 Speaker 2: majority of the teams tried their best to maintain tire life, 676 00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:35,000 Speaker 2: leading up to most of them only making one pit 677 00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:38,120 Speaker 2: stop over fifty six laps, so it wasn't the most 678 00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:42,360 Speaker 2: thrilling strategy race, but a strategy race nonetheless. In the 679 00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:45,400 Speaker 2: end it was another McLaren won two, with Piastre taking 680 00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:48,960 Speaker 2: the dubs, securing his third victory in his Formula One career. 681 00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:51,840 Speaker 2: Lando Norris finished at P two and then George Russell 682 00:50:51,880 --> 00:50:54,640 Speaker 2: in P three. Now the biggest news from this GP 683 00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:59,040 Speaker 2: came after it already ended, and that is that Lewis Hamilton, 684 00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:02,920 Speaker 2: Charles Leclerk and p Air Ghastly were all disqualified from 685 00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:07,080 Speaker 2: the Chinese GP for failing post race technical checks. Now, 686 00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:10,160 Speaker 2: it was a fairly accomplished weekend for Ferrari. They had 687 00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:13,480 Speaker 2: their first ever sprint win thanks to Lowis Hamilton, but 688 00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:17,200 Speaker 2: they also had their first ever double disqualification in the 689 00:51:17,239 --> 00:51:21,200 Speaker 2: same weekend. It's it's honestly crazy work. Thus, Leclerk and 690 00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:25,439 Speaker 2: Hamilton have officially earned their place in this week's drsaka 691 00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:29,080 Speaker 2: Disastrous Race Shenanigans, and that's the second time in a 692 00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,879 Speaker 2: row for them. But Leclerk and Ghastly were both disqualified 693 00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:36,480 Speaker 2: for their car being underweight, so basically, lighter car equals 694 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:40,920 Speaker 2: performers advantage. Hamilton, on the other hand, was disqualified because 695 00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:45,080 Speaker 2: the thickness of his plank assembly was below the minimum requirement, 696 00:51:45,480 --> 00:51:48,960 Speaker 2: So lower the cars equals performance advantage. So as you see, 697 00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:52,880 Speaker 2: once the FIA finds a performance advantage, that means disqualification. 698 00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:58,000 Speaker 2: So since they all lost their finishing positions, Olkon Antonelle 699 00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:01,839 Speaker 2: albon Embarment, each moved to places and picked up some 700 00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:05,720 Speaker 2: more points on the way. Ghastly disqualification from Pete eleven 701 00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:09,919 Speaker 2: also meant that nixt guy Signs and Stroll snuck up 702 00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:12,640 Speaker 2: into the top ten to grab some unexpected points for 703 00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:13,319 Speaker 2: them as well. 704 00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:14,399 Speaker 1: So that's all I have. 705 00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:18,280 Speaker 2: For the Chinese GP. I'll see you next time for Japan. 706 00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:23,760 Speaker 1: Great job as always, man, I I guess I'm a dope. 707 00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:25,799 Speaker 1: I need to ask Sierra about this off the air, 708 00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:29,640 Speaker 1: can ye not? Just do? I'm sure they do do 709 00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:33,160 Speaker 1: a pre race inspection. This showing my own ignorance here. 710 00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:36,600 Speaker 1: Why would a car pass the pre race inspection and 711 00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:40,000 Speaker 1: not the post race And if they're not doing a 712 00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:42,919 Speaker 1: pre race inspection, why are they not if you're gonna 713 00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:45,120 Speaker 1: end up being disqualified? I don't know. I have to 714 00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:47,399 Speaker 1: learn more about this. I'm gonna ask Sierra, all right, 715 00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:51,560 Speaker 1: some quick listener questions. Noah says, do you see Dan 716 00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:55,840 Speaker 1: Hurley as the rich Man's nick? Sirianni? Uh that listen. 717 00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:57,600 Speaker 1: I think that's on the board. Yeah, I mean I 718 00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:01,560 Speaker 1: think that's a good uh, a good potential comp and 719 00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:05,360 Speaker 1: Syriana's champion now too. Uh. But Syrian doesn't seem to 720 00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:10,120 Speaker 1: think the media treats him unfairly. Oh, the our producers say, 721 00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:13,600 Speaker 1: maybe they're changing parts and pit stops. That's maybe that's it. 722 00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:16,200 Speaker 1: Maybe the cars are good pre race than during the race. 723 00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:20,040 Speaker 1: There are some shenanigans. Taylor asks, why is achilles or 724 00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:25,120 Speaker 1: an acl sometimes considered a two year injuries consistently, but 725 00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:28,000 Speaker 1: a literal heart attack isn't taking the same understanding. That's 726 00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:33,120 Speaker 1: about Bronni. I I think it's because we look at 727 00:53:33,360 --> 00:53:36,799 Speaker 1: things that aren't like physical injuries. Is like binary, like 728 00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:41,040 Speaker 1: is he okay? Is he allowed to play again? Okay? 729 00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:43,759 Speaker 1: Then he should be the same, when in reality it's 730 00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:47,240 Speaker 1: the time off that I think really hurts these guys 731 00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:51,160 Speaker 1: at times. Sixness says, what would it take for you 732 00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:53,640 Speaker 1: to get into hockey? How much skew would you need 733 00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:55,719 Speaker 1: to see in the Vegas books for betting to be 734 00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:59,680 Speaker 1: a thing for you during the NHL season? I for 735 00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:02,600 Speaker 1: this of my marriage. I don't think I can pick 736 00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:05,799 Speaker 1: up another sport that I'm into right now. Maybe at 737 00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:09,040 Speaker 1: some point in life, but I just know so little 738 00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:12,560 Speaker 1: about hockey. Can't sitydn't have a team. I've never been 739 00:54:12,560 --> 00:54:16,440 Speaker 1: into it, So I nothing against the sport. I just 740 00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:21,080 Speaker 1: I it's very very it'd be very, very tough for 741 00:54:21,120 --> 00:54:22,919 Speaker 1: me to tell my wife now by the way, also 742 00:54:22,920 --> 00:54:26,560 Speaker 1: watching hockey, especially because I've kind of refallen in love 743 00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:28,960 Speaker 1: with baseball thanks to Bobby Witt Junior and the Royals 744 00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:33,000 Speaker 1: being legit again. Uh all right, Alex, is there a 745 00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:35,120 Speaker 1: single anything the Rockets can to do? Our lasting games 746 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:38,040 Speaker 1: make you believe that they can win a single round? Yeah, 747 00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:41,920 Speaker 1: to win a single round? For sure? There is stuff 748 00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:45,840 Speaker 1: they can do. So because the Rockets have a tough schedule, 749 00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:50,120 Speaker 1: tough ish schedule, I should say, down the stretch, so 750 00:54:50,160 --> 00:54:53,640 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Utah is their next two, but then it's 751 00:54:53,719 --> 00:54:57,320 Speaker 1: Phoenix who's on a fourty winning streak, Lakers, Utah again, 752 00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:01,640 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City, Golden State, Clippers, Lakers. The Rockets play well 753 00:55:01,719 --> 00:55:06,319 Speaker 1: during that stretch and hold their positioning. I certainly could 754 00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:09,279 Speaker 1: see them winning around. My fear for them is they're 755 00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:12,879 Speaker 1: gonna drop from the two to like the four, and 756 00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:16,799 Speaker 1: unless they are playing an injured Memphis team, I don't 757 00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:18,520 Speaker 1: think they could. Again, I think the Rockets have had 758 00:55:18,520 --> 00:55:22,520 Speaker 1: an unbelievable season as is. They're gonna win around fifty games, 759 00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:25,320 Speaker 1: But for me to believe in them to win around 760 00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:28,759 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, they have to show me more, and 761 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:31,000 Speaker 1: Scott says, what would it take for Tom en on 762 00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:33,200 Speaker 1: the hot seat? They haven't been a true contender since 763 00:55:33,239 --> 00:55:36,640 Speaker 1: they lost to Jacksonville in twenty seventeen. Listen, he's just 764 00:55:36,719 --> 00:55:39,480 Speaker 1: got a contract sension. I think the Steelers have had 765 00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:43,239 Speaker 1: three coaches in fifty years. I actually think what could 766 00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:45,719 Speaker 1: be best for the Steelers and for Tomlin would be 767 00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:48,800 Speaker 1: a fresh start for both of them. But it doesn't. 768 00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:52,279 Speaker 1: He's obviously an excellent coach. I just don't know that 769 00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,080 Speaker 1: you can. I think he if he could have gotten 770 00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:57,560 Speaker 1: a job like the one Jim Harball got, where the 771 00:55:57,680 --> 00:56:00,680 Speaker 1: quarterback is taken care of and you build the rest 772 00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:03,560 Speaker 1: of it up, that might be the best. And he 773 00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:05,560 Speaker 1: just hasn't been able to figure out the offensive side 774 00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:07,919 Speaker 1: of the ball post Big Ben, or even with Big 775 00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:10,959 Speaker 1: Ben near the end. All right, demands feel better. Thanks 776 00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,080 Speaker 1: to our great friends at Blue Doc and DraftKings and 777 00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:15,160 Speaker 1: Day and the Volume and everyone. I will see you 778 00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:16,520 Speaker 1: guys on Thursday. What's right