WEBVTT - What's Wright - Best Of: Nick Wright GOES OFF on Stephen A. x LeBron feud, Bronny drops 39 in G League, JuJu Watkins tears ACL 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:02.520 Welcome to the best of the Week for What's Right 0:00:02.600 --> 0:00:05.240 with Nick Right the best takes and moments from this 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:06.440 week on the show. 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:07.040 Enjoy. 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:12.959 We have to lead this morning with just a huge bummer, 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:18.360 which is a young woman who I truly and I 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:22.600 said this last year, I think, well, and I'm not 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:25.360 going to use past tints, but I had said this 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:28.040 in the past, and I still believe it has a 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:34.960 chance to be the greatest women's basketball player ever. I 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:39.599 truly believe that. I believe that. When everyone was talking 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:43.120 about and I obviously was a huge part of the 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:46.920 talk as well, about the phenomenon that is Caitlyn Clark, 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:50.680 I think you guys heard me say a couple times 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:54.880 on the show that I thought Juju Watkins at USC 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:59.000 might end up being even better than Caitlin and even 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:04.800 better than everybody her size, her athleticism, her basketball IQ. 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:10.160 It is elite of the elite, and a player that 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:13.240 can do everything, a player that recently put up a 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:17.360 stat line that had not been put up in men's 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:22.280 or women's professional or college basketball this century. When I 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:27.320 think she had thirty eight points, eleven rebounds, five assists, 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:32.240 eight blocks, and again a forty minute college game. She 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:41.560 tore ACL last night, and it's just devastating for a 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:48.000 bunch of reasons. It puts it I would imagine on 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:53.440 the board that she doesn't play college basketball again. Now 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:57.160 I would think she does. I would think that the 0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:01.040 plan is for her to miss all of next season 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:05.040 and then come back for what would be her senior year. 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:08.680 I guess red shirt junior year and continue to play. 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:13.640 And with NIL and the WNBA salary structure, I would 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:18.799 have to imagine Juju can potentially make far more money 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:21.720 at USC than she would at the beginning of her 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:26.720 WNBA career, unless something drastically changes with the rookie salary 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:32.200 scale there. But this is just an ultimate bummer because 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:39.200 getting we got in the final four last year Page 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:46.000 versus Caitlin, and we were basically assured that we were 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:49.760 going to get Page versus Juju in the Elite eight, 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:53.440 and it was I talked about how I didn't love 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:57.760 that they put USC in Yukon in the same region 0:02:57.760 --> 0:02:59.760 because that felt like it should be a final four 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:03.360 and national championship potential matchup, And it ends up that 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:06.720 it's going to be, and USC should still get they 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:10.320 should be able to win next round without Juju, but 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:14.680 not past that. They absolutely can't beat Yukon without Juju. 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:17.760 And you just feel sick for this young lady who 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:24.720 is has the real potential to be a true superstar, 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:29.640 a true crossovers not just great player. She's obviously going 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:32.160 to be well, she already is a great player, and 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:36.880 she and a torn ACL you know, is not career 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:37.960 altering the way. 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:39.240 It once was, but. 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:47.320 She needs a great NCAA tournament run just to catapult 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:51.560 her celebrity the way Caitlin had and the way honestly 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:55.120 Angel Reese, who no disrespect to Angel Reese, but Angel 0:03:55.160 --> 0:04:00.600 Reese is not nearly the caliber of player of or 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:04.680 of Juju, or of Page for that matter, and they 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:07.360 have all had these great tournament runs. 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:09.080 Juju. 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:11.760 This was going to be that this year, and if 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:17.359 not this year, next year and now out for I 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:21.919 would imagine all of next season, which is just such 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:28.200 an absolute bummer. And here is the thing about acls 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:32.360 the way I have seen them over the last decade. 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:37.039 Acls are different in that they used to truly be 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:42.800 career altering, and these days they are not. Meaning people 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:47.720 typically come back one hundred percent to their pre ACL 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:51.880 tear ability strength, speed, quickness, all of that, but they 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:57.480 are not quick injuries. It usually is a minimum of 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:03.240 a calendar year that you are out, and usually a 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:07.240 little more than that until you look like your old self. 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.800 So a huge bummer. Not really, this is put this 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:17.080 in the huge story not a great topic category, and 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:19.680 I mean that's kind of what it is. There's not 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:24.400 much to say. It's massive news, but it just sucks. 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:28.640 There's no real take to have. And so Juju Watkins 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:33.720 out and I have to you know, Yukons Now, I'm 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.080 gonna look it up on DraftKings. 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:38.880 I just can't. 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:40.560 Maybe you guys can put in the dock for me. 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.360 I mean, I know they're the favorite, but I just 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:48.159 wonder what they are now is Yukon women to win 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:53.840 that region, to win the region, I have to imagine 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:58.200 they are minus huge money. I'm not able to pull 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:00.400 it up right now. If you guys can road in 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:02.680 the dock whenever you can find it, just put what 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.480 they are to win the championship and what they are 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:10.000 to win the region, because I do not see who 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:16.760 possibly could stop them. Certainly now, listen UCLA South Carolina. 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:24.159 Those are legitimate championship level teams, but I Yukon's in 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:28.320 the final four and they're now plus one sixty to 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:32.080 win the whole thing. We can't find them to win 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:35.200 the region. But it's not gonna be I mean they 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:38.000 it's not gonna be much of a question. I saw, 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:41.440 I got the I had the privilege of watching the 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:46.440 Yukon women in person from court side seats thanks to Fox. 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.480 The game was on Fox beginning of the year, and 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.039 I left that game saying, I don't know how anyone's 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:56.600 beating them. Now, UCLA and South Carolina is obviously a juggernaut, 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:59.719 and usc had shown oh no, they're they're off that 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.480 and Yukon lost a few times. But I feel like 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:09.600 you can put probably in pen A Yukon UCLA final 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:12.680 four on your left side of the bracket, and you know, 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:16.480 thoughts with Juju. 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It was 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:26.240 far and away his best game at the professional level. 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:30.320 And this is where I will as I have remind 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:36.640 everyone that twenty months ago, July twenty fifth or twenty 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:40.640 fourth of twenty twenty three, this kid suffered cardiac arrest. 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:45.160 It totally derailed his collegiate season. And that is evidenced 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:51.040 by the fact that he has now had ten professional games, 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:54.720 one at the NBA level and nine at the G 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:59.600 League level that are better than anything he ever did 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:04.960 at in college. And so when people pointed out, like, 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:07.760 oh my god, look at his college statline and that's 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:12.280 a player that you're drafting, it, there had to be 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:18.720 some math done on. Yes, his collegiate numbers were that 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:22.640 of a player that typically would not be drafted, even 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.200 late in the second round. But if you throw the 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:29.080 season away and say those numbers were due to the 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:31.280 fact that he never got his legs or his wind 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:34.679 underneath them because of the months he had to stay 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.960 away from the court because they thought he might not 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:41.360 be able to play basketball ever again due to a 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:46.000 congenital heart defect, then maybe, just maybe you saw some 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:51.679 traits that could be a successful player. And Kevin O'Connor, 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:53.600 who knows a hell of a lot more about the 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:58.120 draft and about college basketball than I do, tweeted to 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.599 me this morning that if they did a redraft today, 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.520 he thought Bronni would be a first round pick, and 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:09.680 that if Bronnie can keep up this shooting, then he's 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:14.320 a legitimate NBA player. And again, I am not trying 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:17.880 to make too much of the G League, which is 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:22.960 something we never talked about previously. However, because Bronni is 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:26.479 a star and because he has been the subject of scrutiny, 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:31.320 we have to be fair in that the expectation was 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:35.120 that in the G League with grown men, with a 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:38.439 lot of guys who were former first round picks trying 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:40.800 to make a career for themselves with a lot of 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:44.760 guys who had a lot more experience than him, with 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:49.200 a lot of guys who were much more highly drafted 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:52.680 than him, that he was going to it certainly in 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.520 his first year in the G League, really have his 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:57.920 work cutout for him now and more than his work 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:02.760 cutout for him potentially really strung. And instead he now 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:07.319 after not playing well in Summer League and not playing 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:11.760 well in the G League's kind of preseason I don't 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:14.360 even tip off tournament or whatever they call it, in 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:18.880 the G League regular season, he is now averaging twenty 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:24.959 two five and five on forty six thirty eight eighty splits. 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.760 That is a great value for your fifty fifth overall pick, 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.520 and shout out and credit to Brownie. And so we're 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:33.880 not gonna spend more time on that. But that was 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.040 in what missed the Cup, But he didn't actually miss 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:36.520 the cut. 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:38.600 We did a nice few minutes on it. Also. 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:44.080 SVP my guy after Maryland finally gets on the right 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.440 side of a buzzer beater, tweets you know he's a 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:51.520 Dieyard Terrapin fan, and he tweets out never a doubt 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:56.600 as a wise man says, shout out Scott Van Pelt, 0:12:57.080 --> 0:13:03.040 Ernie Johnson, Kevin Wilds the only three people in sports 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:08.040 media with one hundred percent approval ratings. And very nice 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:12.520 of Scott to include. You know, obviously my trademark tattooed 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:15.560 came up with first person ever use a phrase, never 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.960 a doubt. Very nice of him to use that in 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:23.160 celebrating an all time Marilynd moment. More on the tournament 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.000 in a second, and I guess that is one way 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.600 to put it. I did invite myself on The Kelsey's pod. 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:33.600 The Kelsey's tweeted should we have an NFL salary cap 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:37.679 expert on the show? And I just responded, I got you. 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.800 I'm you know that way it can be said because 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.319 obviously I'm a salary cap expert, but also we could 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.600 talk other things and it would be interesting because you know, 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:51.040 Eagles fans tend not to like me that much, but Jason, 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:53.760 I would imagine does I don't know, but if we 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:58.440 could get a What's Right with Nick Wright New Heights crossover, 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:02.600 that would have to be good for the burgeoning What's 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:07.400 Right brand, which, by the way, YouTube's like rate, subscribe 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:11.040 review on all platforms. YouTube just crossed one hundred and 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:15.080 ninety thousand, so we appreciate you guys for that. Where 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:19.240 the slow climb towards two hundred thousand continues, But also 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.320 we'd really like you guys to subscribe on either iTunes 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:26.200 or Spotify, wherever you guys get your podcasts. 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:26.840 All right, some. 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:31.160 Quick listener questions. Noah says, do you see Dan Hurley 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:35.400 as the rich Man's Nick? Sirianni, that's listen. I think 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:37.200 that's on the board. Yeah, I mean I think that's 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:42.280 a good a good potential comp and Syrians champion now too. 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:47.640 But Syrian doesn't seem to think the media treats him unfairly. Oh, 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:51.720 the our producers say, maybe they're changing parts and pit stops. 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.360 That's maybe that's it. Maybe the cars are good pre 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.800 race than during the race. There are some shenanigans. Taylor asks, 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:01.000 why is achilles or an acls sometimes considered a two 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:05.920 year injuries consistently, but a literal heart attack isn't taking 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:10.000 the same understanding. That's about Bronnie. I think it's because 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:14.920 we look at things that aren't like physical injuries is 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:18.640 like binary, like is he okay? Is he allowed to 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:21.960 play again? Okay, then he should be the same when 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:25.560 in reality it's the time off that I think really 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:30.040 hurts these guys at times. Sixness says, what would it 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.200 take for you to get into hockey? How much skew 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:34.360 would you need to see in the Vegas books for 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:36.600 betting to be a thing for you during the NHL season? 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:41.280 I for the sake of my marriage, I don't think 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:44.560 I can pick up another sport that I'm into right now. 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:47.520 Maybe at some point in life, but I just know 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.960 so little about hockey. Can't see, didn't have a team. 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.720 I've never been into it, So I nothing against the sport. 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:59.920 I just I it's very very it'd be very, very 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:01.840 tough for me to tell my wife now, by the way, 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:05.560 also watching hockey, especially because I've kind of refallen in 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.800 love with baseball thanks to Bobby Witt Junior and the 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:12.120 Royals being legit again. Uh all right, Alex, is there 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:14.080 a single anything the Rockets can do? Our last tea 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:17.280 games make you believe that they can win a single round? Yeah, 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:19.360 to win a single round? 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:19.960 For sure? 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.920 There is stuff they can do. So because the Rockets 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:27.360 have a tough schedule, tough ish schedule, I should say 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:32.320 down the stretch, So the Atlanta Utah is their next two, 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:34.880 but then it's Phoenix who's on a four game winning streak, 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:39.560 Lakers Utah again, Oklahoma City, Golden State Clippers, Lakers Denver. 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:44.000 The Rockets play well during that stretch and hold their positioning. 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:48.080 I certainly could see them winning around. My fear for 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.520 them is they're gonna drop from the two to like 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:55.320 the four, and unless they are playing an injured Memphis team, 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:57.520 I don't think they could again. I think the Rockets 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.480 have had an unbelievable season as it is. They're gonna 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:03.720 win around fifty games. But for me to believe in 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:05.919 them to win around in the playoffs, they have to 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:09.560 show me more. And Scott says, what would it take 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:11.399 for tom En on the hot seat? They haven't been 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:15.600 a true contender since they lost to Jacksonville in twenty seventeen. Listen, 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:18.480 he's just got a contracts sension. I think the Steelers 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:22.080 have had three coaches in fifty years. I actually think 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.320 what could be best for the Steelers and for Tomlin 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:26.720 would be a fresh start for both of them. But 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:31.200 it doesn't He's obviously an excellent coach. I just don't 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:33.920 know that you can. 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He's saying, quote, he 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:21.520 literally circumitted meritocracy in the NBA. Here's the problem, man, 0:20:22.160 --> 0:20:25.640 and this is where by continuing to talk about this 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:29.800 and not allowing yourself to take the l you are 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:33.280 really putting yourself in a bad spot. You always claimed 0:20:33.280 --> 0:20:36.920 you had no problem with Lebron. You always claimed he 0:20:37.000 --> 0:20:42.320 only had a problem with you. Up until six weeks ago, 0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:50.919 the stance was, oh, nothing but love with Lebron James. I, 0:20:51.240 --> 0:20:55.679 you know, at a great person in the community, a 0:20:55.760 --> 0:20:59.520 great this, a great that. I just I just think 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:06.479 he's not the greatest basketball player ever. I just think 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:10.600 he's only the second greatest player ever. And because of that, 0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:14.480 he has a problem with me. That's been the public stance. 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:17.399 And now the guy makes fun of you on Instagram 0:21:17.480 --> 0:21:19.920 and takes a couple jokes at your spense on McAfee, 0:21:20.240 --> 0:21:24.760 and you're letting everyone know, actually, no, never liked him. 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:27.800 And so if the if, if we are going to 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:34.439 do a full, real telling of it. It then the 0:21:34.520 --> 0:21:40.280 honest answer is, so why what's been the problem? Was 0:21:40.320 --> 0:21:44.959 there something personal before? And the answer is no, Lebron 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:47.920 wouldn't talk to him. 0:21:47.960 --> 0:21:50.639 That was the problem. 0:21:50.800 --> 0:21:57.000 Lebron wouldn't talk to him or acknowledge him. And Michael 0:21:57.080 --> 0:22:02.440 Jordan texts with him. That's it. It's the whole thing. 0:22:03.520 --> 0:22:11.879 That's the start of it. And so I it is. 0:22:13.280 --> 0:22:17.360 People ask me all the time, man, do you believe 0:22:17.400 --> 0:22:23.639 what you say? And my answer always is, now do 0:22:23.720 --> 0:22:26.280 I say it louder or more emphatically, or add some 0:22:26.359 --> 0:22:28.520 spice to it or whatever? Do I dress it up? 0:22:28.640 --> 0:22:34.919 Sure of course? But the reason and this is not 0:22:35.119 --> 0:22:41.639 my quote, uh, but this quote is correct. If you 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:46.400 never lie, you don't ever have to remember anything when 0:22:46.440 --> 0:22:49.760 you do as And I'm not acting like I'm someone 0:22:49.760 --> 0:22:51.879 that never lies. I probably have a bit of a 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:56.480 I'm probably true character flaw of mine is I am 0:22:56.520 --> 0:23:01.360 my most honest talking to you guys, friends and family. 0:23:01.440 --> 0:23:02.440 I might you know what I mean. 0:23:02.440 --> 0:23:03.960 I might be like, you know what, I can dance 0:23:04.000 --> 0:23:06.040 through the rain drops here a bit and clean this 0:23:06.200 --> 0:23:11.800 up later. And that's not be honestly, it's self serving. 0:23:12.640 --> 0:23:18.440 It's not out of some Woodrow and Burnstein, Woodward Woodrow, 0:23:18.520 --> 0:23:23.360 Jesus Woodward and Burnstein journalism ethic. It's because I don't 0:23:23.359 --> 0:23:26.280 want to have to. It is too difficult to do 0:23:26.359 --> 0:23:29.920 this much content if you're having to remember, oh shit, 0:23:30.119 --> 0:23:37.920 I said that, and if your stance forever, forever has 0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:40.280 been I have no problem with that person, he has 0:23:40.320 --> 0:23:43.399 a problem with me. And then the first time you 0:23:43.440 --> 0:23:48.320 get pressed, you empty the clip about everything you've always 0:23:48.359 --> 0:23:51.560 had a problem with. People are gonna say you're fucking 0:23:51.680 --> 0:23:59.880 lying to us. You were lying to us, and I don't. 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:00.960 And here is the. 0:24:01.000 --> 0:24:09.280 Problem with people in general who don't have the ability 0:24:09.359 --> 0:24:20.399 to take an l and who are very online, and 0:24:21.000 --> 0:24:29.120 who are public figures. This applies to I guess some 0:24:29.200 --> 0:24:35.320 of our actual politicians and some of our potentially would 0:24:35.320 --> 0:24:39.880 be or want to be politicians. All you can do 0:24:39.960 --> 0:24:47.240 is keep doubling, tripling and quadrupling down because you don't 0:24:47.280 --> 0:24:53.199 have the ability to be like I was wrong. You 0:24:53.640 --> 0:25:01.360 constantly are reminded of the in in and at hand, 0:25:03.200 --> 0:25:06.760 and you are constantly reading people make fun of you 0:25:07.680 --> 0:25:13.960 or rip you. So again, I am not trying to 0:25:14.000 --> 0:25:15.480 act like I am some. 0:25:17.160 --> 0:25:20.280 I am. You know the silver bullet on this stuff. However, 0:25:20.640 --> 0:25:21.359 I do have. 0:25:23.040 --> 0:25:27.919 One kind of just natural superpower, I guess, and another 0:25:28.400 --> 0:25:32.520 decision I've made. The natural superpower is this, I am 0:25:32.560 --> 0:25:35.600 totally fine being wrong, like, oh shit, got that one wrong. 0:25:35.640 --> 0:25:38.399 My bad, not a problem. And the other one is 0:25:38.800 --> 0:25:43.160 I don't read my mentions, so people are like, I'm 0:25:43.320 --> 0:25:47.200 i am not finding my And at a third thing 0:25:47.240 --> 0:25:50.520 I'm very good at I'm I'm on the right side 0:25:50.520 --> 0:25:51.080 of the. 0:25:51.000 --> 0:25:52.480 Great athletes conversation. 0:25:53.200 --> 0:25:55.040 Like the other thing is like I you know, I 0:25:55.880 --> 0:26:00.640 in the hey Lebron James good or overrated. I had 0:26:00.640 --> 0:26:03.000 the foresight to be like, I'll go with good, you 0:26:03.040 --> 0:26:05.240 know what I mean. I think I'll plant my flag 0:26:05.280 --> 0:26:08.080 on good and see how it plays out over the 0:26:08.119 --> 0:26:13.600 next fifteen years. And so that's been help that's been helpful. 0:26:15.400 --> 0:26:17.840 But I I. 0:26:17.680 --> 0:26:22.119 Can't believe that this is how these last few weeks 0:26:22.160 --> 0:26:28.800 have gone. And the fact that so here's the other 0:26:28.920 --> 0:26:35.640 piece of it that's important demands on one one party 0:26:35.720 --> 0:26:40.040 in this is fighting a war of war work. I 0:26:40.080 --> 0:26:44.920 can never say that war of words, reminders reminder of 0:26:45.000 --> 0:26:49.040 new people in the audience and young people. I as 0:26:49.040 --> 0:26:52.360 someone who my only skill is speaking and arguing. Had 0:26:52.400 --> 0:26:54.880 a really bad speech impediment growing up and couldn't say 0:26:54.880 --> 0:26:57.000 my rs are my l's And now I do it 0:26:57.000 --> 0:26:59.400 for a living. So I this is kind of a sidebar, 0:26:59.480 --> 0:27:03.480