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Speaker 1: welcome into the Monday Morning Podcast. Well, well, well we

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Speaker 1: have quite a news bomb to drop. Tom Brady's coming back.

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Speaker 1: So Nick Wright is my guest today. I interviewed him

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Speaker 1: before this news came down. I'm going to keep it

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Speaker 1: in the interview because I suspected Tom had about five

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Speaker 1: and you'll see Nick's reaction. But I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: in during the Nick write interview and you'll hear it

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Speaker 1: in about fifteen minutes. So let's start with this. I

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Speaker 1: have gone over this two or three times on my

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Speaker 1: national radio and TV shows. Days are very long. You

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Speaker 1: sleep seven I sleep seven hours a day. I work

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Speaker 1: go for lunch. She's got like seven options. She didn't

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Speaker 1: So my takeaway on Brady was he's usually he has

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Speaker 1: he was very ambiguous. I thought there was a chance

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Speaker 1: he retired, and then when he retired, I thought, I'll

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of hours in these days. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: don't think Cleveland sees Baker as a long term physical

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Speaker 1: their backcourt plays real defense, hyper athletic, super young. Wouldn't

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Speaker 1: Michigan got in without a play in game. Listen, it's

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Speaker 1: fun but Magic saw that dysfunction and even with Lebron

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00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 1: there said I'm not dealing with it. I'm out of here, guys.

425
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: And then they ended up getting a D and you know,

426
00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 1: Lebron and a D of the Magical Season and so

427
00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,960
Speaker 1: it papers over a lot of it. But so much

428
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 1: of the Lakers stuff has really bothered me because yes, Lebron,

429
00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,199
Speaker 1: so let me run this by you, Colin, and we

430
00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,000
Speaker 1: probably should have started with this, and I hadn't thought

431
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:23,480
Speaker 1: I thought of it. I was talking to my son

432
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:28,879
Speaker 1: about this, about why they went with Westbrook, like why

433
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,920
Speaker 1: that ultimately happened, and I think it was ultimately out

434
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 1: of cowardice. And here's what I mean. The Lakers have

435
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: shown you if they disagree with Lebron, they will not

436
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,160
Speaker 1: they won't do what he wants. We know that because

437
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 1: Tyler's not the coach they had. You could have hired

438
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,880
Speaker 1: Tylu and it's not like they were like, no, we're

439
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,360
Speaker 1: bringing in you know, Eric Spoelstra. It was for Frank Vogel.

440
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,960
Speaker 1: They said no to thaylu yes to Frank Vogel, despite

441
00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:00,840
Speaker 1: what Lebron wanted to go. Okay, so they end up

442
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,480
Speaker 1: trading for Russell Westbrook. Did Lebron want them to? Obviously yes?

443
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 1: Do I suspect the Lakers front office wanted to. Yeah,

444
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 1: because they love stars and because if they really didn't

445
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 1: want it, they wouldn't have done it. But here's the

446
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:19,439
Speaker 1: more I guess incendiary allegation. I think want it. So

447
00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,479
Speaker 1: if it was either trade those pieces for Buddy healed

448
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 1: and other stuff and have Lebron you know, probably let

449
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 1: people know it's not the trade I would have made,

450
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,880
Speaker 1: or trade it for rus and everybody knows it's trade.

451
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,160
Speaker 1: Lebron want it. I think one of the reasons they

452
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 1: did it was because they had a built in scapegoat.

453
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 1: I'm not sure it'll work, but if it doesn't work,

454
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 1: we'll make sure everybody knows Lebron made us do it,

455
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: as opposed to the other way around. If we go

456
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 1: with the courage of our convictions, go with something. If

457
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: that doesn't work, Lebron's gonna let everybody know it's not

458
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 1: what he wanted. So I think it was a built

459
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:55,639
Speaker 1: in excuse. Is one of the reasons they traded for

460
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,160
Speaker 1: us is because they could lay it at Lebron's feet

461
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:00,840
Speaker 1: if they really thought it is going to be a disaster,

462
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,119
Speaker 1: and by the way, a lot of people did. You

463
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,159
Speaker 1: didn't think it would work. I was skeptical. Lebron is

464
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 1: not great at this part of it, the like seeing

465
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,440
Speaker 1: what talent will fit with him. He's never been great

466
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 1: at that. But they didn't have the courage in their

467
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 1: own convictions and to then have it happened and then

468
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,399
Speaker 1: to leak to the media. You know, Lakers run office

469
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: believes you know, the Lebron and Company made their bed.

470
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,440
Speaker 1: Now they have to lie in it. That's like terrible parenting,

471
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 1: not like the way you run a front office. I

472
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: think it's ridiculous. Yeah, and they're a bit trapped because

473
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 1: you're going to have to inherit bad contracts to get

474
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 1: rid of Westbrooks contract. I said this, I would have

475
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,520
Speaker 1: gotten rid of Anthony Davis before the season. I thought

476
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,479
Speaker 1: last year when he came in out of shape, in

477
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 1: the year in which he was going to take the

478
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 1: baton from Lebron was an egregious affront to Lebron in

479
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 1: the organization. And we never thought he was a great leader.

480
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,680
Speaker 1: We always knew he was brittle, but we never really

481
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 1: thought he was sort of uninspired. When he came in

482
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 1: out of shape last year and he was, I thought,

483
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 1: all right, let him play to the All Star break,

484
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,760
Speaker 1: puff up his numbers and move him. And I think

485
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:16,720
Speaker 1: Lebron was so pissed last year with that he would

486
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:20,040
Speaker 1: have bought into that. It's too late. Now you can't

487
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: get half of what you could at the beginning of

488
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: last year, several more injuries. I'm not an ad guy.

489
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,959
Speaker 1: I you know, I've played the market forever, you know

490
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 1: by low sell high. I thought, I thought last year,

491
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 1: very early, if you were given an opportunity to whatever

492
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 1: replace me or it was the moment of your career

493
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 1: to take the baton and lead the network, and you

494
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:54,920
Speaker 1: came in unprepared, you came in unfocused. Sure, that's all

495
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:56,760
Speaker 1: that's all I would need to know from you. I'm

496
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 1: I'm out. But last year, at the beginning of the year,

497
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 1: all said Lebron needs to get down to twenty eight

498
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 1: to thirty two minutes about twenty four a game, be

499
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,720
Speaker 1: the number two guy, run the offense. Two guy Anthony

500
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,880
Speaker 1: Davis comes in out of shape, and I did listen.

501
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 1: I'm not you know, I think some of that maybe

502
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,760
Speaker 1: had to do with the fact that his body's breaking down.

503
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 1: I think there's so I think you're being a little harsh.

504
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 1: I think it's a would have been fascinating to see

505
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,200
Speaker 1: it happened, and fascinating to see what the return could

506
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:29,240
Speaker 1: have been. I have a different because you questioned about

507
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:33,600
Speaker 1: what the Lakers do next in this regard, what do

508
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 1: you think the Blazers will let Dame? So we just

509
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: I don't know if we can talk about this or not,

510
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,160
Speaker 1: but I think we can. You know, obviously, Joe Buck

511
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,720
Speaker 1: just left our company. Yeah, I just left Fox, And

512
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 1: what I read was that your left owns contract. But

513
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 1: Fox was like, hey, you've been an amazing employee for

514
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 1: a quarter century. We're not going to hold your hostage.

515
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 1: You want to go with Troy, We're gonna you know,

516
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: we're gonna wish you well and thank you for it.

517
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: So I thought about that, and I thought about Dame.

518
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 1: And my question is this, if Dame says, okay, it's

519
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:17,680
Speaker 1: finally time to move on. Would they let him pick

520
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 1: his destination? And if Dame says he, I do want

521
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,600
Speaker 1: to go to the Lakers and they'll give you whatever

522
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,600
Speaker 1: draft picks they have left and Russ for the contracts,

523
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 1: and you guys can buy out Russ and start over.

524
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 1: Or do you think the Blazers would say, Dame, we

525
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: love you, but we have to get a massive return

526
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 1: from you, so we're gonna it's gonna be, you know,

527
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: highest bidder. Or do you think they're gonna kind of

528
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 1: what the Lions did with Stafford? Right, they let Stafford

529
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: kind of pick his spot. Now, the Rams could give

530
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 1: a lot, but they let him pick a spot. Do

531
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: you think the Blazers will let Dame do that if

532
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 1: he asks out. I think if the Lakers had the

533
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 1: assets Portland was interested in, they would. I don't in

534
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 1: the NFL, you do not want your quarterback. You don't

535
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:03,040
Speaker 1: want Russell Wilson in the NFC. But in the NBA,

536
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: if you get the assets, your amo vers my amo.

537
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 1: I've never felt it's as parochial as that in the NFL.

538
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just real obvious. You know, if if

539
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 1: we're getting rid of Carson Wentz, you'd rather send him

540
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: to Washington. No, but that's not what I'm asking. What

541
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 1: I'm asking is do you think the Blazers organization out

542
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 1: of loyalty to Dame? No, I don't think they would.

543
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 1: I would take an inferior offer because no, I don't

544
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 1: think they would. I think I don't think it's a

545
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 1: Laker thing because I think they would move him to

546
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 1: the Lakers. I don't know what the Lakers have, right.

547
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 1: They would just have seven and twenty twenty nine draft

548
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 1: picks is really all they would have. It's nothing. I also,

549
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 1: I also think Dame's a smaller athlete and a declining asset.

550
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: I wouldn't. There's not a lot I like Dame. But

551
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 1: you're seeing Steph Curry this year wear down. These are

552
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: smaller players. Points the other night, eight points the other night,

553
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: and one the Jordan Pool kid who you like, scored

554
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 1: thirty in Clay at his first great game in a

555
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 1: few years. You know, since the injuries. It was good

556
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 1: for Clay. Steph's a weird one this year because people

557
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,720
Speaker 1: were like, do you remember right before he broke the

558
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 1: three point record, he was like fourteen threes away and

559
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: they were like, could he break it? Tonight and like

560
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: fourteen threes, and since then he's had the worst and

561
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 1: this is worth shooting year since his first year of

562
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 1: his career. I think, like he is, he has not

563
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 1: been great this year. It's weird to see because people

564
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 1: are still talking about him like an MVP. I don't

565
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,920
Speaker 1: even know if he's first team All NBA Garden anymore.

566
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 1: I think it's John Luca like I'm like, Steph to

567
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: me has not had nearly the year. I think a

568
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 1: lot of people think he's had at least percentages wise. Well.

569
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: I think Golden State's interesting because they're gonna play Jordan

570
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 1: Pool a lot. The rookie kid out of Arkansas is

571
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: gonna Jonathan Cominga is gonna They're gonna put him on

572
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,400
Speaker 1: the floor in the playoffs. I don't think it's a

573
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 1: championship team. I think Steph will because of his ability

574
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: to shoot and handle the ball and distribute. He will

575
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 1: age gracefully. It won't be a Westbrook or a Cam

576
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,359
Speaker 1: Newton where it's just off the cliff. But I think

577
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,759
Speaker 1: it's very clear what they're doing. Wiggins was going to

578
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 1: be a trade piece. Now they need his scoring. So

579
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 1: Pool was a great They draft and developed very well

580
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,200
Speaker 1: in Golden State. We've got, you know, between Draymond and

581
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: Clay and Steph, so I think they're transitioning to their

582
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: next Steph and Clay. Clay is not the same player.

583
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,879
Speaker 1: He's not He's about seventy to be. I don't think

584
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,759
Speaker 1: he's going to be the Clay things sad because you

585
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 1: know he was just two brutal injuries and missing so

586
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: much time. So let me then ask you this, because

587
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:47,719
Speaker 1: I do I have immense respect for Phoenix and what

588
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 1: they've done. Yeah, and they obviously were the best team

589
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: in the West, you know last year and then throughout

590
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I don't know if I believe Chris Paul

591
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 1: and we saw the injury. This injury, it's kind of

592
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 1: a flukey one. I don't know if I think Chris

593
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:03,800
Speaker 1: Paul is going to be able to stay healthy for

594
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: back to back, you know, thirty game playoff runs, like,

595
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,800
Speaker 1: I just don't know that I think that's gonna happen

596
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:12,439
Speaker 1: or twenty some. I guess it'd be twenty some game

597
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 1: playoff runs. So I don't think Golden States making the finals.

598
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 1: I really respect Phoenix. I think that the season might

599
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,440
Speaker 1: be too long after what they did last year. So

600
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: now we're like, okay, Memphis too young. I'm gonna throw

601
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 1: someone out here. I think this might be Luca's oh

602
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 1: seven lebron year where it's way earlier than anyone thought.

603
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 1: It's like, oh my god, he took him to the finals.

604
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: It's like that guy with those teammates took him to

605
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 1: the finals. I think we forget that. Luca. So he's

606
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: played thirteen career playoff games. He's averaging in those thirteen

607
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 1: games thirty three, nine and eight, and that was with

608
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: all thirteen colin coming against the Clippers. So every playoff

609
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 1: game he's ever played in his life. Choir Paul George

610
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,359
Speaker 1: has been guarding him for basically the entire time he's

611
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: on the court, and he's thirty three, nine and eight.

612
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,319
Speaker 1: I think that the West is pretty wide open with

613
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 1: the Lakers being this bad, with the Clippers being hurt,

614
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: We'll see, you know, when Chris Paul comes back. I

615
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,879
Speaker 1: think the MAVs. I think we could wake up and say,

616
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: holy shit, the MAVs are in the NBA Finals and

617
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 1: it's because Luca just averaged thirty five, twelve and eight

618
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 1: for two rounds. Well, I think the bottom of the

619
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 1: West and East are so weak that I think Phoenix

620
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 1: will extinguish teams really quickly. To me, there, you know,

621
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 1: I'm old enough to remember when every team looked like Phoenix.

622
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,760
Speaker 1: A big that liked to be a big, a classic

623
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 1: number two guard that could shoot threes preferably mid range

624
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:48,240
Speaker 1: wings who could defend young with a veteran wing Jay Crowder,

625
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: and a distributor first point guard. They are a nineteen

626
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:55,439
Speaker 1: eighty eight NBA team, they really are, and I think

627
00:36:55,440 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: they've just built old school were Sometimes they're not great

628
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 1: shooting the three. They really aren't. Sometimes Jay Crowder becomes

629
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 1: really important for them. Should I like him, but I

630
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,800
Speaker 1: wouldn't want to depend on him. But I think the

631
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 1: bottom of both conferences this week, I think they're gonna

632
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: fly through it. Which give and then you know, listen,

633
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,760
Speaker 1: if Dallas was to meet them, it'd be a long,

634
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: long series. In Dallas, I don't think has the ability

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Speaker 1: to sweep through rounds as easily, and so I think

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Speaker 1: they'd be a tad more worn down. I think it's

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Speaker 1: Phoenix's year. I don't buy the way. Do you buy

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00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: into this current? It happens every time if I see

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00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 1: something over and over. I'm gonna believe it's true. I've

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Speaker 1: seen Jason Tatum, Marcus Smart, Jalen Brown, I've seen him

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. They don't have the size, they don't

642
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 1: match up with Philly or Milwaukee, great situationally late in games.

643
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:49,880
Speaker 1: I've seen this. I don't buy Boston burst. Simmons is like,

644
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 1: this is our best team. It's been ten years. And

645
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: I watched him and I'm like, no, no, this is

646
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Speaker 1: exactly what they've always been. Occasionally spectacular, but I don't

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Speaker 1: feel like they would defend Biggs as well. I think

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00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 1: there's limitation. I mean, Jalen, I don't think they're going

649
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Speaker 1: to get out of around one. People like, oh, Nick,

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00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 1: you're a hater, Okay, So I just you know, if

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Speaker 1: the playoffs start today, here's my issue for Boston, and

652
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: there's always the issue. And this is why, this is

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Speaker 1: why the folks who are on my head saying I

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Speaker 1: don't give Nicola Yo Kitch enough credit. I would like

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Speaker 1: to see one of them at least have the faith

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Speaker 1: in him. If he's the MVP back to back to

657
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,800
Speaker 1: say he can carry a team in a Western armorans

658
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Speaker 1: that's not loaded, at least to the conference finals, if

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00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,960
Speaker 1: not the NBA Finals this year, but nobody actually believes that.

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00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,759
Speaker 1: So on the Celtics, what series of the Celtics, Guy,

661
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: I'm the best player on the court. Not against Philly obviously,

662
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 1: not against Milwaukee. Obviously, I would argue in the playoffs,

663
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,040
Speaker 1: I'd rather have Jimmy Butler than Jason Tatum. I think

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler is more proven. But people could argue with

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Speaker 1: me on it. Fine. I obviously not not Brooklyn, but

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Speaker 1: they're not gonna place Brooklyn in round one because Brooklyn's

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00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:10,280
Speaker 1: the eighth seat or whatever. Um against Chicago, Yeah, Tatum

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00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 1: is better than derosan Um. So like I think it's

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Speaker 1: winning playoff series if you don't have a loaded roster

670
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:19,399
Speaker 1: is really hard, if you don't have the best guy

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Speaker 1: in the court. And I just like Boston, and that's

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Speaker 1: why everyone's like, oh, Jason Tatum's a superstar. No, Jason

673
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 1: tatums like the eighteenth best player in the league, which

674
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:35,880
Speaker 1: is awesome, but never good enough if your best guy

675
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Speaker 1: is not a top guy, drawing dead in this league always.

676
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:45,800
Speaker 1: That's what we've always known. Give me, give me seventeen

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Speaker 1: players better than Jayson Tatum right now, All right, I will.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna okay, So here it is, I have to

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Speaker 1: I have to visualize my pyramid and I'll do it. Lebron,

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Speaker 1: Jannis Durant agreed, Yea, Luca Yokich embeat Steph Kawai, Anthony

681
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Speaker 1: Davis Dame. We're at ten, James Harden is eleven, and

682
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Speaker 1: now is here where it gets trickier? Would you rather have?

683
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Speaker 1: I think Donovan Mitchell, I think Devin Booker have shown

684
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Speaker 1: where they are. I think Jah is better than him.

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Speaker 1: Now we're at fourteen, Chris Paul I haven't mentioned. Now

686
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Speaker 1: we're at fifteen. The other guys that I had on

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Speaker 1: there that I don't want to leave off. Paul George

688
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Speaker 1: puts Us at sixteen, Jimmy Butler puts Us at seventeen,

689
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Speaker 1: and Jason Tatum was eight. Well, I think Tatum falls

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Speaker 1: into the sort of Donovan Mitchell, Devin Booker, Jason Tatum

691
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Speaker 1: that you can make arguments for all of them, and

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Speaker 1: Trey Young deserves to be in there too, And yep,

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Speaker 1: I agree, yeah, he's in that. He's in that somewhere

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Speaker 1: between twelve. Somewhere between eleven and sixteen. You can Celtic

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Speaker 1: fans gonna say eleven. I'm good with it. I could

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Speaker 1: make an argument it's fifteen sixteen. I think Donovan Mitchell's underrated.

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Speaker 1: I've always felt now I mean, I think he plays

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Speaker 1: on the deep. He was known as a defensive stopper

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Speaker 1: before an offensive star. He has leadership qualities, He's been

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Speaker 1: good and big playoff games. He's been good late. He

701
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,760
Speaker 1: can shoot at three, he can drive in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: He's got a bunch of fifty point playoff games. That's

703
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Speaker 1: the other thing. Like of those young guys like Tatum's

704
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 1: been to two conference finals. Yes, will Trey just carry

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Speaker 1: the team to the conference finals the first time in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. Devin Booker just went to the actual finals,

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Speaker 1: not conference finals. And Job we'll see this year. I

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Speaker 1: think Jobs better than all of them. I think he's

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Speaker 1: I think, after Luca Jabs, the best young guy. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, Jannis isn't a young guy anymore. In my opinion,

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00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 1: he's like in that healthy prime of his career. No, listen,

712
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Speaker 1: I think, but this is the thing people always got.

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Speaker 1: Tatum's gonna you know, he's gonna win scoring titles. He's

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Speaker 1: gonna be an MVP. They only award one of those

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Speaker 1: a year guys one scoring, title one, MVP. They're hard

716
00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 1: to win. Those things are hard to win, and so

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Speaker 1: I I just know I think the Celtics would be

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Speaker 1: If they get Chicago, then I think they can win around.

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Speaker 1: If they get Miami, Phillire Milwaukee, they're drawn dead in

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Speaker 1: my opinion to win around. And if they get Chicago,

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Speaker 1: maybe they went around the be out in round two.

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Speaker 1: couple of NFL topics you and I disagree on. Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: I have him as a top five or six quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I think his temperament, that's why I like him more

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Speaker 1: than Kyler or Aaron. You know, all these teams were

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Speaker 1: making these moves. All the Packers did pay Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: more money. I think Denver is gonna be a much

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Speaker 1: better team. It feels very much. I've been saying this

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Speaker 1: for a year now. It feels very much like Tom

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00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 1: to Tampa. We had all these young players that were

743
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Speaker 1: better than everybody thought except for like fantasy football players,

744
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: like all these like Judy and Courtland Sutton and this

745
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Speaker 1: Javonte Williams. Like unless you're a fantasy football player, you

746
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,879
Speaker 1: may not understand the value. But they're all just ready

747
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:35,840
Speaker 1: to explode. I mean, if Teddy Bridgewater and Drew Locke

748
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Speaker 1: had twenty touchdowns and nine picks and goes two and

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Speaker 1: Vic Fangio the coach like offensive coach Russell, we're getting

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Speaker 1: to thirty and seven that we're getting around there pretty quickly.

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Speaker 1: So okay, do you throw this top five stuff around? Okay, Mahomes,

752
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Speaker 1: I'm not trying to just make this a list show,

753
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Speaker 1: but let's just Mahomes Alan Herbert. Do we agree they're

754
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:05,840
Speaker 1: all better? Than him. Those three, that's just three mahomes Alan, Absolutely,

755
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 1: you're not ready for Justin Herbert yet. Well, he's got

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Speaker 1: to have a winning record in the league. I don't

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00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:15,280
Speaker 1: know that he does. I asked to have a winning

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00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:18,439
Speaker 1: record in the league. Um, Justin Herbert, by the way,

759
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Speaker 1: has been the league two years, and in those two

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00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:22,439
Speaker 1: years as one as many playoff games as Russell Wilson

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Speaker 1: the LAS two years, both with the old Goose egg. Um,

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Speaker 1: would you rather have Rust than Rodgers? For time out?

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Speaker 1: I didn't say that because, well, Herbert's free right now.

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Speaker 1: So if you're asking me as a GM who I want,

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Speaker 1: I take Herbert because I have a PAM for two. No,

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Speaker 1: that's fine. I move on from the Herbert thing. I said,

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Speaker 1: would you rather have Rust than Rogers? Yes, Aaron, I

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Speaker 1: think we have a sixteen game playoff record, seven and

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Speaker 1: nine at home, often as a favorite. I think Aaron's

770
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 1: into Aaron. I don't think he has leadership skills. I

771
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,960
Speaker 1: have data that proves he's not great coming from behind.

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00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,360
Speaker 1: He's a Baylor, not a baller. He's not a foxhole guy.

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00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 1: He's not optimistic. He's more cynical. I think he I

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00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 1: think he's a bad hang. I think he wears people out.

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00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,400
Speaker 1: I don't think he trusts many. That's a that's a

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00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:12,680
Speaker 1: by the way, that's been his issue family on he

777
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:15,880
Speaker 1: doesn't trust people. So I'm I'm a I just know

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00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: with Russell every day all he thinks about his cr

779
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Speaker 1: in football, I don't think anything. I think I And

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Speaker 1: here's the thing. I think you're like the guy who

781
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:31,319
Speaker 1: was in love in love with this girl when you

782
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:34,799
Speaker 1: guys graduated high school and then you both went to

783
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,960
Speaker 1: different colleges and he came back and she's given you

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Speaker 1: all this evidence she's a different person, and in your mind,

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00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:44,760
Speaker 1: she still as she was four years ago. The Russell

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Speaker 1: Wilson you fell in love with. I don't know that

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Speaker 1: that guy still exists. He's not on the field, he's

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Speaker 1: not as effective, and off the field, he seems like

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Speaker 1: he's a bit of a pain in the ass, Like like,

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Speaker 1: I know he's your guy, but he the whole. I'm

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Speaker 1: not demanding a trade, but here are four teams I

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00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:06,440
Speaker 1: would go to beyond hold on the ghost huddle on

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Speaker 1: national television. Hey look at me, cameras, I'm you know,

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Speaker 1: doing a whole huddle, and a whole two minute drill

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Speaker 1: with no teammates when my fingers broken, and then having

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Speaker 1: his doctor released that statement that seemed like it came

797
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,680
Speaker 1: from Trump's White House doctor. This is the greatest rehab

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Speaker 1: of the greatest hand that you've ever seen. I think

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Speaker 1: it's I think your guy Russ has gotten a little

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Speaker 1: Hollywood things, a little Hollywood Colin. There are people in

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00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:34,839
Speaker 1: Seattle who do who did think he's changed there. I've

802
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:38,400
Speaker 1: heard that from people around the Seahawks. They thought he changed.

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00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: And my takeaway is we all change. He married one

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00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:44,120
Speaker 1: of the most beautiful people on the planet, he's got

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00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, he's got a hundred million net worth,

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00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 1: we all change. I think it is core. He's an optimistic, aspirational, willful,

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00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:57,480
Speaker 1: focused guy. I think Aaron Rodgers at his core is needy,

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00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:03,759
Speaker 1: doesn't have a wide net of social connections. Um, I

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00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 1: think he's odd. I think I mean again, look at

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Speaker 1: all the teams getting better. The packers just paid Aaron

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Speaker 1: Rodgers more. I think listen that part. I agree with

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Speaker 1: you on. I think the whole Rodgers fiasco's mortifying for him.

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Speaker 1: I like, I know he ended up making a ton

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Speaker 1: of money, but I think it's an insane. What happened there,

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Speaker 1: I think is insane. I was talking to an agent.

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00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:28,560
Speaker 1: I had dinner with an agent about three or four

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00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 1: nights ago, and he said, I've never seen an athlete

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00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 1: lose more brand than Aaron in a year. He's like,

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Speaker 1: a lot of people want nothing to do with this,

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00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:47,480
Speaker 1: but I'd never seen an athlete lose you know, whether

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Speaker 1: it's Q rating or popularity or anything without committing a

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Speaker 1: crime faster than Aaron Rodgers has. Like you know what

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Speaker 1: I mean, like the this is it's remarkable. What the

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00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:01,840
Speaker 1: you know, the way he's viewed now as opposed to

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00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: twelve months ago. I mean literally, he's the highest paid

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Speaker 1: quarterback in the league, and he gets into semantics and

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00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:12,080
Speaker 1: he didn't like the word used by Ian Rappaport. It's like, dude,

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Speaker 1: you're the highest paid quarterback in the league. End of debate.

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Speaker 1: Of course, you said, agent. It made me think of

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Speaker 1: someone because I was when I was thinking about the quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: What do you make of the Lamar thing? Why didn't

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Speaker 1: Lamar have a deal? Did Lamar Jackson? Like? What do you?

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00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:29,520
Speaker 1: I know? It started to just throw that at you,

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Speaker 1: but I thought of it because he doesn't seem to

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Speaker 1: have an agent. I would argue, of all the quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: in the league, the one who should most want long

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Speaker 1: term security is the one who rushes for a thousand

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Speaker 1: yards a year. Like, that's crazy to me that he

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Speaker 1: hasn't signed a new deal. Well, Lamar's initial brand was

840
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Speaker 1: undervalued and then very quickly turned to perhaps overvalued. He

841
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Speaker 1: can't play from behind. Baltimore, like New England, pays infrequently

842
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:10,360
Speaker 1: drafts to replace. Everybody eventually is willing to pay. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I've read multiple reports that say they're in discussions.

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Speaker 1: Bushatti likes him, John Harbaugh supports him. But I was

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Speaker 1: on the Lamar's undervalued until last year, and then I thought,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna keep my eyes open. Is he

847
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Speaker 1: a tad overvalued? I'm not sure he's either, But would

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Speaker 1: you have some concerns when you look at the trajectory

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Speaker 1: of Herbert and Joe Burrow, Oh, I would have major concerns.

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Speaker 1: And Josh if I'm the Ravens' but I but from

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Speaker 1: what I understand, I think the Ravens have made him

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Speaker 1: some offers. Like it's not like they're like, we're not

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Speaker 1: signing you. Now, maybe they're not signing him at forty

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Speaker 1: five million a year. Maybe it's closer to thirty five

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Speaker 1: million a year. My point is this, I given his

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Speaker 1: playing style and that he didn't play great last year.

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Speaker 1: If I if I were advising him, I would say,

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Speaker 1: you have to sign the contract. Maybe you cost yourself

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Speaker 1: a total of twelve million dollars, but not signing the contract,

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Speaker 1: you might cost yourself a hundred million. Like how much

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Speaker 1: did Baker cost himself by not signing whatever the Brown's

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Speaker 1: best last offer was, it might have been a one

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Speaker 1: hundred million that he calls himself seventy five million. I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I think for some of these guys that

865
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Speaker 1: aren't short things or are bigger injury risks than others

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Speaker 1: the whole. And I've talked about this before, betting on

867
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Speaker 1: yourself sounds great except for when it doesn't work out.

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Speaker 1: When it doesn't work out, it's a Greek tragedy. It's

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Speaker 1: not a story of inspiration. And I worry about Lamar

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Speaker 1: in this regard. I think it's why Kayler's like, you

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Speaker 1: gotta pay me right now. And I'd be skeptical about

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Speaker 1: paying Kayler too, Like I wouldn't be a big fan

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Speaker 1: of that, but I understand why he's doing that. He

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Speaker 1: knows how big he is, he knows what's happening at

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Speaker 1: the end of the years. I think Lamar not doing

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Speaker 1: everything he can to get a new contract is crazy.

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Speaker 1: I think it's crazy. I think his mother is still

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Speaker 1: his agent. I know that's That's what I'm saying, Like

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Speaker 1: I think it's I don't think it's great. I don't

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Speaker 1: think he's getting great advice. All right, you and your

881
00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:26,279
Speaker 1: wife have a new podcast. I didn't know she was

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Speaker 1: on it. Now she is, well, she is on it

883
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Speaker 1: very intermittently, but my site kick on it. The person

884
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Speaker 1: asked me my questions is asking me the questions is

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Speaker 1: my son. So it's him and I with my wife

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Speaker 1: and daughters chiming in occasionally. But yeah, it starts Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: and I'm excited for it, and I hope people she

888
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:50,600
Speaker 1: can like and subscribe and everything. And I want to

889
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Speaker 1: say something because someone sent you a tweet and I

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Speaker 1: don't want to get two in the weeds on anything.

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Speaker 1: But I happen to see it and it said they

892
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Speaker 1: were mad at you. They were like, Uncle Colin, I'm

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Speaker 1: disappointed that you didn't have Nick as a part of

894
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Speaker 1: the volume. And one day. You know, that's a story

895
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Speaker 1: for the memoirs for both of us, But that is

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Speaker 1: a story for my last book. That is a story.

897
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Speaker 1: But I want America to know that Colin I both

898
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Speaker 1: you know, did everything we could to make sure that

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Speaker 1: we could continue to work together in every capacity possible.

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Speaker 1: And Colin's hand has been open and out and assisting

901
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Speaker 1: me in every step of my journey the last six years.

902
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Speaker 1: So the idea that anyone would think you snubbed me

903
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Speaker 1: from the volume, I want to nip that in the bud.

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Speaker 1: That didn't happen. But like like Colin alluded to earlier,

905
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Speaker 1: we all have different you know, contractual stuff and so

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Speaker 1: but I'm very excited about this podcast that's starting on Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: Will be a couple days a week, and it's short.

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Speaker 1: This I'm learning from you on Some people do podcasts

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Speaker 1: that an hour and forty minutes. These are going to

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Speaker 1: be about twenty five minutes long. I hope people subscribe

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Speaker 1: to it. It's called What's Right? All right, Buddy, good

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Speaker 1: to seeing you on a Sunday. I'm gonna go watch

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Speaker 1: the selection committee make their picks. Bud, all right, talk

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Speaker 1: to you letters, see you, Colin. Bye, the volume