1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 1: The volume. This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What 2 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: is up Straight Fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight 3 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: Fire for Monday, April tenth, Happy to be back. Kids 4 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: had spring break last week, so we took off a 5 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: nice little week of ur and R went to Hawaii. 6 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: Of course, when I was a kid for spring break, 7 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: it would be, hey, you know, should we go to 8 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: a local lake. Should we go visit family up up 9 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: the Turnpike in New York when we were growing up 10 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: in Virginia. No exotic trips. Well, we did once once 11 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: go on a cruise when I was in high school. 12 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,639 Speaker 1: But now it's like, you know, living out here in LA, 13 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: it's like, oh, let's set over to Hawaii for a week. 14 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: And I will say this, you guys have faithful listeners 15 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: of the podcast. No, I am a big time Costco 16 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: and this was our first trip booked through Costco. Now 17 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: I've heard, oh, the discounts are great, you gotta go 18 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: through Costco. Is a little skeptical. What does Costco know 19 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: about vacations. I know they know bulk everything, and I'm 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: a huge Costco guy, but I don't know about vacations, folks. 21 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: Costco vacations are incredible. At least just first, we're one 22 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: for one on Costco vacations. We do have another one 23 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: coming up. I'm not gonna say when it is during 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: the NBA playoffs, but the NBA playoffs will last forever. 25 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: I think they're six months long. But yeah, we went 26 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: over to Hawaii. A funny story, I'll just get this 27 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: out of the way. Early first day, we go to 28 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 1: the pool and I'm hanging out with my kids and 29 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: I come up and I look up and I'm like, 30 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, that's not is it? And I say hey, 31 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: Peter King. He goes, Hi, how are you? And then 32 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: I pulled out my shades and I go, yeah, Jason McIntire. 33 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: He goes, Jason, what's up. We start talking, and of 34 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: course it was like kind of quiet at the pool, 35 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: so like everybody hears us. And then at one point 36 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: I turned around to putting out my wife and like 37 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: all these people are just looking at us, very awkward. 38 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: Peter King was there with his family. I guess it 39 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: was his daughter's birthday and they were celebrating. Very strange. 40 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: Now the other I don't know if there's a celebrity sighting. 41 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: I did not see her myself, but we had dinner 42 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 1: with another family from our town, and then they had 43 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: some friends. At some point, somebody went into the hot tub, 44 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: you know, the hot tubs are where all the kids 45 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: hang out, and there's another lady there with her kid, 46 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: and this lady goes, boy, yeah, I'm sure you get 47 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 1: this a lot, but you look a lot like Alicia Silverstone. 48 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,119 Speaker 1: And then the lady's kid starts laughing and he goes, oh, mom, 49 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: you get this all the time. So it was Alicia Silverstone. 50 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: Now I did not actually see Alicia Silverstone, which is 51 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: a disappointment because it's clueless remains one of the sevenal 52 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: movies of my youth. I don't know how anybody didn't 53 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: love that movie and Alicia Silverstone in the nineties. But 54 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: I'm now showing my age and it's time to get 55 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 1: to what should be a rambunctious Monday podcast. So much 56 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: news happening, So we land midnight sun Day, so I'm sorry, Yeah, 57 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: Sunday morning, you know, before Easter Sunday, we wake up, 58 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: go to church, and of course the phone's just buzzing 59 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: because connecting with Cowherd to get excited about the week 60 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: and talking to buddies about what I missed. I tried 61 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: to do no Twitter after the Natty on Monday night. 62 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: Of course, by the way, I mean, it's so so 63 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: much old news, but we can get over it now. 64 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: How about the cover and the over by Yukon. Just 65 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,119 Speaker 1: an awesome final four for me gambling wise. But that's 66 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: in the two distant past, and I'm just going through 67 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: stuff that's happening Sunday, and I keep seeing NBA fights happening, 68 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: and then this Odell Beckham to the Baltimore Raver. It's like, 69 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: holy cow, this is perfect come back from vacation news galore. 70 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: We're gonna save O'Dell for later. I have a take 71 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: that we'll see. I don't I don't know if you're 72 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: gonna like it. Baltimore Ravens fans may like it, but 73 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: I do want to start with this situation with Rudy 74 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: Gobert and Kyle Anderson's Kyle Anderson aka Slobo. He's a 75 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: UCLA guy. I don't want to call him legendary high 76 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: school player, but he was incredible in high school. Rob 77 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: g a big UCLA fan. He surely remembers Kylie Anderson. 78 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: Harold did recruit good college player. I didn't know that 79 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: he was this mouthie because and I need some backstory here, 80 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: because Rudy Gobert is getting killed. I wake up this morning, obviously, 81 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: I look on line, and Rudy Gobert is just getting murdered. 82 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: Everybody's hammering, Oh gosh, he's garbage. I got guys tweeting 83 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: at me. He's trashed. Why on earth did they do this? 84 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: Deo blah blah blah. Yeah, listen, it's year one hindsight. 85 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: I get it. Okay, it doesn't look good right now, 86 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: But what you guys need to know is Saturday night 87 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: Gobert was playing I'm not even sure who the opponent was, 88 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: oh Spurs. He got injured. He hurt his back Saturday 89 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: and he wasn't even certain that he was gonna play Sunday. 90 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: So he is not one hundred percent and as such, 91 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: he's not really the defensive menace that he is. And 92 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: I say that because folks, I'm just gonna remind you 93 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert three time Defensive Player of the Year, but 94 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: the Utah three times. And I know everybody loves Draymond. 95 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: He has one Defensive Player of the Year award Okay, 96 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: Dennis Rodman has two, Elijah One has two, Rudy Gobert 97 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 1: has three, and people want to say, oh, what are 98 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: the voters know? Okay, voters may screw it up once, 99 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: there's a small chance to get it wrong twice three times. 100 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: Come on, guys, he is an incredible defensive player. I 101 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: will say he is a historically great defensive player as 102 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: the league throughout the history. I think they started this 103 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: award in nineteen eighty four. I think Sydney Moncrief it 104 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: is the first guy to get it. But Rudy Gobert 105 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: is right there with like prime Dwight Howard is one 106 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: of the all time great defensive players. Now he's I 107 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: don't think he's quite I don't know that he's with 108 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: Tumbo with the finger wag. But Gobert, he has this 109 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: stench of never getting through to the conference finals. He 110 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: was stuck in the semifinals a few times with Donovan Mitchell. 111 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: And then of course he is patient zero in the 112 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: NBA for the COVID. You guys know, he's rubbing the 113 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: microphone and joking around with it, haha, and the NBA 114 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: shuts down like a two days later or whatever. It 115 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: is Rudy Gobert just has a bad rap. He's like 116 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: a soft European. I personally think the Stifled Tower is 117 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: one of the great nicknames in the NBA. So there's 118 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: this perception that he's soft and he stinks and he's overrated. 119 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: Oh he gets played off the court in the playoffs, 120 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: and that has been a bit of an issue in 121 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,679 Speaker 1: the postseason. That being said, you know, if we're gonna 122 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: champion guys for winning MVP, we got a champion guys 123 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: for winning Defensive Player of the Year three times. At 124 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: any rate, Rudy Gobert is not half assing it on Sunday, 125 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: but he's injured and apparently they come to the huddle 126 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: and Kyle Anderson starts getting on him, Man, why don't 127 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: you block some shots? And Rudy Gobert shouts back, why 128 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 1: don't you grab a damn rebound? And then at this point, 129 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: and I think he crossed the line. I think everybody 130 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: would agree, Kyle Anderson says, shut the f up, bitch 131 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: to his teammate in the huddle, And if you watch 132 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 1: the mouths, you look at the teammates and people who 133 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: are like what and Rudy Gobert takes a swing at 134 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: it and it hits him in the chest, and Kyle 135 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: Anderson starts to come after him, and it gets It's ugly, 136 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: you know. Obviously they go to the locker room and 137 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: apparently they were still shouting at each other. It's getting ugly, 138 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: and according to one report, Kyle Anderson, who again, I 139 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: think of him as SloMo u sel a guy. I 140 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: don't know that he's like a tough guy, but he 141 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: was in Memphis playing around a couple tough guys, and 142 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: Kyle Anderson challenged Rudy Gobert at one point, saying, I'll 143 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: knock your ass out now. Rudy Gobert is a seven 144 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: footer with an incredible reach. I didn't watch the MMA 145 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: over the weekend, but I saw that incredible knockout. I'm 146 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: sure everybody saw it on Instagram. Like guys, I got 147 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: some problems with Kyle Anderson here. Now as we record 148 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: this super early Monday morning, it's unknown if Rudy Gobert 149 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: is going to travel to LA for the play in 150 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: game Tuesday against Anthony Davis and the Lakers. Just let 151 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: that sink kid with non read out. Jada and McDaniel's 152 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: another guy who's really good emerging young player. He was 153 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: so ticked off at the game Sunday. He picked up 154 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: a second foul. He went punched a wall and it's like, oh, 155 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: you fractured your hand. You're out for the season. Jada 156 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: McDaniel's done, So they're down down two bigs. Then know 157 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: Jada McDonald's is more of a wing, but he's at 158 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: least passable on defensively. You cannot have Karl Anthony Towns 159 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: defend Rudy Gobert. Sorry, you cannot have Karl Anthony Towns 160 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: defend Anthony Davis in a win and in play in game. 161 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: Absolutely not. Davis will torch him for forty and twenty. 162 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: It just can't happen. I think the Timberwolves here have 163 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: to suck it up and say, you know what, we're 164 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: gonna ride with Rudy. We made the trade. I mean, 165 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 1: they mortgaged everything for Gobert. I'm not going to be 166 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: one of those guys who said, oh, that trade is terrible. Okay. 167 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: At the time, I made a strong case on this 168 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: podcast why I love the deal. The Timberwolves hadn't been 169 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: to the playoffs in forever. They finally break through with 170 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards. Karl Anthony Towns is there. They don't have 171 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: any defense. I think they were given up like one 172 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty a game last year to the Grizzlies 173 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: in that series, and all of a sudden, they make 174 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 1: a move to get a center who's a three time 175 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: defensive Player of the Year. I liked it, and anybody 176 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: liked it. You're getting a legitimate defensive presence. Karl Anthony 177 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: Towns is your stretch for you got Anthony Edwards. The 178 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,719 Speaker 1: problem is these things take time. Now, Chris Finch is 179 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: the head coach of the Wolves. He came to the 180 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: set for the Herd and you know, he did like 181 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: a thirty minute interview and obviously during the commercials, I'm 182 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: talking to him, picking his brain and I can't reveal 183 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 1: all the stuff he said because it wasn't like it 184 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: was on the record. But I asked him point blank 185 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: about DeAngelo Russell, and you know, there were rumors that 186 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: Russell and Gobert didn't get along, and you know, Finch 187 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,079 Speaker 1: was political about it. But you know he's he's sitting 188 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: on a powder kid because this is Anthony Edwards's team, 189 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Town's eventually he's gonna want out and probably 190 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:56,959 Speaker 1: end up with the Knicks. And then the Rudy Gobert 191 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: trade was supposed to be putting them over to the 192 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: edge and get them and then next step, and it 193 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: hasn't really done that. So year one has been a 194 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: bit of a flop, and now you maybe have to 195 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: spend the guy that you traded for. I know this 196 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: is gonna sound bad, but if I'm Chris Finch, I 197 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: say we're keeping Rudy. Kyle Anderson, what are you doing? 198 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 1: Stop cursing out teammates in the outle and talk to trash. 199 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: Now we don't know everything that was said, but my goodness, 200 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 1: Kyle Anderson, simmer down. Now, Son, you gotta play Gobert, 201 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: and I personally think they'll have a chance with him. 202 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: Without Rudy Gobert, they'll have no chance to beat the Lakers. Now. Interestingly, 203 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: I looked at the line. Lakers favored by six and 204 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: a half. It is a DeAngelo Russell revenge game. I 205 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,079 Speaker 1: should note I know Rob g biggest DeAngelo Russell fan ever, 206 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: but I think the Lakers are the side here at 207 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: six and a half is a bit of a big number. 208 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: I don't know Rob am I in the wrong thinking 209 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: they gotta play Gobert in this game. I don't even 210 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 1: think he's in the wrong for throwing a punch. Usually 211 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: anybody who throws a punch, I feel like you're the idiot. 212 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: Don't throw a punch. But if somebody on your teammate 213 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: is telling you shut the f up, B Like, what's 214 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: your response, what do you do? Just take that? You 215 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,559 Speaker 1: can't just take that, Rudy go Berry can't take that. 216 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: This team is struggling right now. I don't know, Rob. 217 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: I personally think it might season might be over for 218 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: these guys. I mean, I hope it is because they're 219 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: playing by Lakers, so I hope their season is over. 220 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: I hope they get waxed on Tuesday and then they 221 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: follow it up with a disappointing loss to the Pelicans 222 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: on Thursday. But to your point, they absolutely can not 223 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: one suspend him at all. Have you ever looked at 224 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: the old box scores between Just google Anthony Davis versus 225 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: Carl Anthony Towns and you will see some ridiculous thirty 226 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: five and seven fifty and seventeen forty five and ten, 227 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: forty two and thirteen. I mean, Anthony Davis eats up 228 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Towns the way I eat up a Costco pizza. 229 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: Shout out to Costco because you mentioned that last time 230 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: they faced each other, which was a couple of weeks 231 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: ago in Minnesota in a game where Minnesota had to 232 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: have it to kind of avoid the play in scenario, 233 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: and the Lakers blitz creak him in the second half 234 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: a d thirty eight and seventeen. Chris finches after the 235 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: game he kicked her ass. Period. If the Minnesota Timberwils 236 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: have any hope of beating the Lakers on Tuesday night, 237 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: he asked to play. But you know what's funny is 238 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: lost in the sauce of all of this stuff that 239 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: went down on Sunday between Gobert and Kyle Anderson. Kyle 240 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: Anderson says after the game, this is a direct quote 241 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: Temper's flair. Here in the middle of a game, a 242 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: game we all want to win, a huge one. It 243 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 1: is what it is. You know, shit happens. It's not 244 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: the first time something like that has happened. And he continues, 245 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: we'll move forward. We want to win games. It is 246 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: what it is. We'll keep it in the house. I 247 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: mean it ain't the first time someone has swung on me. 248 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,839 Speaker 1: So to your point, Kyle Anderson Sloma, what exactly are 249 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: you saying to your teammates that everybody wants to bunch you? Yeah, Rob, 250 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: you know I play a lot of pickup basketball, I 251 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: mean a men's ley. We had the playoffs this week. 252 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: Never had a teammate swing on me in my life ever, Like, well, 253 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: I mean, what do you have to say to get 254 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: small gun? Now here's the other thing. And this is 255 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: for a courtesy of everybody's favorite troll, Draymond Green. Did 256 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: you see Rob the tweet that he put out on 257 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: Sunday after Gobert through the punch? And you know, this 258 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: is typical Draymond Green, and he's not wrong, but I 259 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: thought this was classics. So if you look at Rudy 260 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: Gobert's Twitter, and you probably don't because he's not an 261 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: interesting follow. On October seventh, he tweeted out insecurity is 262 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: always loud. Do you know what else happened on October seventh? 263 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: That was when the video came out of Draymond Green 264 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: punching Jordan Pool. It was a subtle jab at the 265 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: guy who thinks he's the greatest defensive player. Ever Draymond Green, 266 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert insecurity is always laugh That's smart. I would 267 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: agree that is a great thing to say. It's a 268 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: subtle jab at Draymond Green, who is we know, an 269 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: insecure guy, and insecure people are loud. What did Draymond 270 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: Green do yesterday after the Rudy Gobert punch of his 271 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 1: tea bag? Insecurity is always loud? Typical Draymond Green trolling 272 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: as ever. He I mean, it's it's it's like he 273 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: spends a lot of time on the internet. Man. First 274 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: of all, he had to favorite that, he had to 275 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: remember it. It's like if somebody does you wrong, you're 276 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: laying in the cut, laying in the cut, waiting, waiting, 277 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: waiting for them to slip up, and then bam them. 278 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: You hit him with it. I don't know, Rob, it's 279 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: just a little too much for I know you're a 280 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: Draymond guy obviously, But I like the trash from me, 281 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: the Twitter trash talk, the Twitter fig period. I like 282 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: trash talk. I think it's funny. But I think to 283 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: your point, you know, favoriting a tweet and coming back 284 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: to it, what is this six months later? Kind of 285 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: a little step too far. But Rudy, Rudy Gobert is 286 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: the guy everybody likes to cap on. Why though, Why 287 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: is it because he's French in the perceives? I don't 288 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: know what it is, man, I mean, maybe because he's 289 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: eight feet tall and has no post moves whatsoever. Maybe 290 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: because everybody, even on his own teams, don't like him, 291 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: Like all the Defensive Player of the Year awards can't 292 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: help the fact that there seems to be a consensus 293 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: that Rudy Gobert might be the least likable overrated player 294 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: in the NBA. Oh so he's overrated now it feels 295 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: that way. I mean, I've never seen a super max 296 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: level player, which I believe is what he. I think 297 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: he's paid a supermax that consistently gets disrespected by other players, 298 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: Like yeah, you know, I just stumbled on the French thing, 299 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: just saying it out loud. And now Victor one ban 300 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: Yama's coming to the league, and um, I like one Binyama. 301 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: There's a lot to love. I'm sure you saw the 302 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: highlight this week where he missed a three, rebounded it 303 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: in the air and du tip dunt to three his 304 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: own three. That's insane. But I just wonder on some 305 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: level if Wemben Yama's going to get some of this 306 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: soft French stuff. Well, we'll see. I'm not listen. I 307 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: don't know Gobert personally, so I can't say I'm team Gobert, 308 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: but I am in this situation. Listen, if he's not 309 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: one hundred percent with the back and the team's like 310 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: suspending him, then you can just pencil the Lakers in 311 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: Lakers Grizzlies first round. Boy, we all know what happened. 312 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: I think it was in December here with Memphis and 313 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: Job Morant's dad trash talking Shannon Sharp and then at 314 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: halftime like there's a little altercation. I'll tell you right now, 315 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: Lakers don't fear Memphis at all. There's zero fear of 316 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: Dylan Brooks, Desmond bane Ja Morant. By the way, another 317 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: Washington Post Haymaker to Job Moran. We're not going to 318 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: get into it now because there's too much other stuff happening, 319 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: but listen to jam Moran stuff. I'll I'll just leave 320 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: it at that. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports 321 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows 322 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: at Fox sports radio dot Com and within the iHeartRadio 323 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: app search f SR to listen live. Quick shout out 324 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: since I missed the Lakers run at the end. Yes, 325 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: I was wrong. I thought the Lakers would missed the playoffs. 326 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 1: I did not realize Anthony Davis would understand he's a 327 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: big guy and go in the paint and then shoot 328 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: ten to twelve free throws a game. I did not 329 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: realize that the Hillbilly Kobe aka Austin Reeves was gonna 330 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: just become like an NBA point guard. I didn't see 331 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: all this happening. I was wrong, not as wrong as 332 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: I was about Luka Dontage, which will use that as 333 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: the pivot point. Probably the most wrong I've been in 334 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 1: the last two years I have been. I hosted Undisputed 335 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 1: once and the topic was, you know who's the best 336 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 1: player in the NBA, whatever it is, And I said 337 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: at the time, Luca Dontage, and people are like, are 338 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 1: you crazy, And I'm like, I'm just telling you, if 339 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: you look at how his play raises all of his 340 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: teammates up, and look what he's done in the postseason, 341 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,880 Speaker 1: challenging the paper Clips to a seven game series by 342 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: himself getting to the Conference finals last year. I thought 343 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: nobody made their teammates better than Luca. Donja Drob of course, 344 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: bangs on me because he doesn't play a lot of defense. 345 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,959 Speaker 1: I officially have to not retire this take, but I 346 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: have to scale it back. I can no longer call 347 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: you the best player in the NBA if you can't 348 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 1: get to the playoffs. Now, I did see that they 349 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: tanked the final couple games, which is embarrassing. And there's 350 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: some investigation. It's not gonna matter. What are they gonna 351 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: take a second round pick from twenty twenty eight or whatever? 352 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: You know, I take the l here. I cannot believe 353 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: how disappointing the Luca Kyrie thing is. I mean, all 354 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: the numbers show that on talent alone, these two guys 355 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: should be doing major damage with the Mavericks and it 356 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 1: did not work at all. It was a total disaster. 357 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: And now, and I know we're rambling on the West 358 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 1: a lot here, but Rob, when I look at the 359 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: situation in Dallas, I don't want to say it's ultra bleak, 360 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: but I have you know, as I'm well, you know, 361 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: you walk the dog, you're waiting to pick up your 362 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: kids from sports. I jot down stuff in my notes 363 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,199 Speaker 1: and a couple of things I've jotted down are since 364 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: the Kyrie trade, the Dallas Mavericks ranked twenty ninth in 365 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: the NBA and allowing dunks and layups twenty ninth. They 366 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 1: can't stop It's it is basically a dunk contest and 367 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: a layup line. When you're playing the Dallas Mavericks, they 368 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 1: can't stop anybody. And then you start drilling down on 369 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,959 Speaker 1: this Brunson versus Mark Cuban thing. Now, how much did 370 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: you guys do on the odd couple this week on 371 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:44,400 Speaker 1: that zero Nothing? No, because the day that we thought 372 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: about talking about it was the day that they inexplicably 373 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: pulled the plug on the season, even though they still 374 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: mathematically had not been eliminated yet. I just I was rereading. 375 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, is this real? Is Cuban really showing the 376 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: media old texts from over a year ago out what 377 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: was happening with Brunson. Why can't Cuban just admit I 378 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: screwed it up royally. I misjudged his market and we 379 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: miss him terribly, and Luca Donches clearly missus. Brunson a 380 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: guy who yes needs the ball to dominate, and is 381 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 1: really what a six foot one, maybe point guard. I 382 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: like Brunson a lot. Did I see him becoming what 383 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 1: he has been already this season in New York. I 384 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 1: think he had a forty eight point game recently or 385 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: maybe a month ago that has helped the Knicks tremendously. 386 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 1: And now Cuban. The irony is Mark Cuban is on 387 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: Shark Tank. My son has gotten heavily into Shark Tank. 388 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: Mark Cuban's here, great businessman, great judge of talent, great evaluator, 389 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: and all he's done is screw up the MAVs. Since 390 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: they got Luka done, they had a chance of porzingis 391 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:50,360 Speaker 1: that failed miserably. He totally completely botched the Brunson situation, 392 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: despite having at least three opportunities to sign the guy. 393 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: And then he's blaming others at once. It got too 394 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: late in the process. The nick for a lot to 395 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: get him. And now what let's see what this genius 396 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: for business is going to do with Kyrie Irving because 397 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 1: rob they essentially have to pay him more money than 398 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: anybody else can, which they can do or they lose him, 399 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 1: I think for nothing. Now there is a pie in 400 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 1: the sky scenario which I'm sure We'll get to a 401 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: capologist eventually. But is there a scenario where the Dallas 402 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: MAVs say, you know what, we just watched the Lakers 403 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 1: lose to the Timberwolves, then the Pelicans Lakers fall out 404 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: of the playoffs. Something's got to be done. Anthony Davis, 405 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 1: how about a sign and trade for Kyrie? And I'm 406 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: sure the capologists will say, well that would scrow the 407 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: Lakers and blah blah blah. I'm just I'll say this. 408 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,879 Speaker 1: I like the Lakers against the timber Wolves. I think 409 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: they'll be good. I think they'll advance. I'd probably cover, 410 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: let's be real, guys, if they get smoked by Memphis, 411 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: and I don't think they will know Steven Adams, no 412 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,479 Speaker 1: Brandon Clark. If they lose in the first round. I 413 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 1: think it's pretty certain Anthony Davis will not be back 414 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 1: with the Lakers next year. Rob you would agree. It's 415 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,639 Speaker 1: hard to say no. I mean, he can't stay healthy 416 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: and now you lose in the first round when he's healthy. 417 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 1: Lebron getting up there in age, I would say Anthony 418 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: Davis has to Anthony Davis, Lebron, Jared Vanderbilt in company. 419 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: They gotta beat Memphis for ad to stick around. But 420 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: if you're the MAVs, yes you are up the poops 421 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: creak without a paddle. You need craziness to happen. I 422 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 1: don't know, Rob, what if the Warriors lose to the 423 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 1: Sacramento Kings, does Golden States say, wow, well, geez, do 424 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 1: we have to assess the Clay thing, the Draymond thing? 425 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: Jordan Poole? I mean, you gotta explore if you suddenly regress, like, 426 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: let's say something crazy the Celtics lose in the first 427 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 1: round all of a sudden, I don't know, is Jalen 428 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: Brown in the mix? Like before we say teams are 429 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: definitively screwed or not. We got to see how this 430 00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: first round plays out, because I do believe, like how 431 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: about this? How about this? Rob? Memphis? Oh no, menis, 432 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 1: let's go Minnesota. Let's say Minnesota losers to the Lakers 433 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: and losers to the Pelicans, and Karl Anthony town says, 434 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 1: I am done here. I want out. Well, that's a 435 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: superstar on the block, Miami Heat. We don't know what's 436 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: going on with that. I mean, there are several teams 437 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: around the league. Chicago Bulls. Don't you call Zach Levine 438 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: future laker, I do. I don't know if that was 439 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: a question, but I mean, I think that's your nickname 440 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: for Zach Levina. What happens if the Bulls lose to 441 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 1: the Raptors? Do they say? And we made the playoffs? 442 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: But what do we do? What do we got going 443 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: on here? We're gonna run this back with Vouchin, Levine 444 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: and DeRozan, Like what are we doing? But most of 445 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: the guys you mentioned do not help the Dallas Mavericks 446 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,640 Speaker 1: that like, scoring is not the problem. Zach Levine is great, 447 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 1: but he's not gonna fix what ails the Dallas Mavericks. 448 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: It sounds blasphemist even bring it up. But the guy 449 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: who would even like make sense for them to bring 450 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: it full circle from twenty minutes ago is Rudy Gobert. 451 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 1: Like that's the kind of guy that a guy who's 452 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: you know, selfless. I'm only going to defend I'm not 453 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 1: gonna take shots away from Luca and Kyrie. Or they 454 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 1: need a three and D guy, which they just traded 455 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: in Dorian Phinney Smith, Like they need those kind of guys, 456 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: and unfortunately, if you look at their salary cap projections, 457 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 1: going forward, Like the Davis Berttrans got two more years 458 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,719 Speaker 1: at thirty three million, even though the last second year 459 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: is non guaranteed. You got Reggie Bullocks expiring, you know, 460 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: ten and a half. JaVale McGee, which they regret that 461 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 1: contract almost as soon as they ink dried on the paper. 462 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 1: They gave him a three year like eighteen million dollars 463 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 1: and he was a dnp CD for eighty percent of 464 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 1: the games this season. Christian like Christian Wood, who was 465 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: a free agent. So it's like Christian Wood obviously has limitations, 466 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: but are you really better without him at this point 467 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: in time? Like what's your alternative? That the same thing 468 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: I said about the Raiders and Dre Car Like, you 469 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: say what you want about Derek Carr. You don't think 470 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: he's that great. You don't think he's better than mediocre quarterback? Fine, 471 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 1: who were they gonna get That's gonna be a better 472 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: option for them moving forward? Well, And I think that's 473 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: why they have a lot of highly paid executives in 474 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: the Dallas Mavericks front office that are doing this round 475 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: the clock. They're spending twelve hours plumbing into contracts salary 476 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: cap of every team in the league, I think everything's 477 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: in playing now and this isn't gonna be popular, But 478 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: I like this kid, Josh Green a lot. I don't 479 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: know if he can play defense at the level of 480 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 1: Dorian Finney Smith. He is only six seven, so he's 481 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: not you know, I think Phinney Smith is a little 482 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 1: taller and longer. He's more of an ideal three and 483 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,439 Speaker 1: D guy. Josh Green not there yet, and you know 484 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: he's still a young guy. He is shooting forty percent 485 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: from three, which is real nice. But is he you're 486 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: starting small forward when you've got Luca Dontachire going from 487 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 1: the conference finals. I don't know that that's a big 488 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: question Dallas has to ask. Here's the interesting thing, rob 489 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: So Minnesota took a huge swing with Rudy Gobert. The 490 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 1: Atlanta Hawks took a huge swing with the Jeans Emory 491 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: even in even in the NFL last year, the Denver 492 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,719 Speaker 1: Broncos took a huge swing with Russell Wilson. Wasn't there 493 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: another one in the NFL besides Russell? Let me think, uh, well, 494 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan not not a huge one, but they did 495 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: take a swing with him. They tried, and none of 496 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: these big moves like trying to take the next step. 497 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: None of them really played out. Now it is only 498 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: year one and we are reactionary obviously, But you know, Cleveland, 499 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: I don't know, what do you think the big swing 500 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: for Donovan Mitchell? Has that worked out? Like, I don't know, 501 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 1: can we see them get out of the first round? 502 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 1: I think they're the are they the fifth Sea to fourth? 503 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: They are the fourth against New York? But lay in 504 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: that series or he may not play half the series 505 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: Jewish Yeah, um, I was gonna take the Knicks and that. 506 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,679 Speaker 1: But the Randall situation is interesting. I don't know. Do 507 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: you think Dallas tries to be a bylow guy on 508 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons or Rehab? I mean again, like Ben Zimons 509 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: last guy I want to see walking into my locker room. 510 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: But I mean, there's got to be someone out there 511 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 1: that they can make a move on. Because I'll just 512 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: tell you right now, there's no way in hell I'm 513 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: giving Kyrie Irving Max h eighty million or whatever he 514 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: wants like that is okay. So if you don't do that, right, 515 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: let's say you don't want to give Kyrie. Let's say 516 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: you try to lowballing Kyrie's the kind of guy who 517 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: was going to remember that and either take the money 518 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: and then immediately ask for a trade as soon as 519 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: he's eligible, or he's gonna leave you for nothing. Okay, 520 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: we already had a report over the weekend from ESPN 521 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: Sti McMahon saying that Luca could ask for a trade 522 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,479 Speaker 1: as soon as the summer of twenty twenty four. Now, 523 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 1: Luca to his point, which was, you know which is 524 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 1: I love what NBA players NFL players do this kind 525 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: of thing where they're asked directly about the report, and 526 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: Luca's response is, I didn't say it like you and 527 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 1: I have been in this business long enough, like you don't. 528 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 1: I don't have to tell you if I'm an NBA 529 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: player that I want out if you don't do this something. 530 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: What I do is I have my agent say, hey, 531 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: you know what, if you guys don't get ship together, 532 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: then Lucas gonna ask for a trade, or I have 533 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: my agent tells somebody else to make sure so that 534 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,159 Speaker 1: I can say with the clear conscience, I'm not the 535 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: one asking for a trade. I'm not the one who 536 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:21,880 Speaker 1: said that I want to get trade. That's somebody else 537 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 1: that's come out of nowhere. So they like that kind 538 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 1: of stuff does a whole water. But Luca, on one 539 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: hand says, I didn't say that. I didn't say I'm 540 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: gonna leave in twenty four, but then adds later something's 541 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 1: got to change. For sure. We went to the Western 542 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: Conference finals last year. We're having fun. I always talk 543 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: about the chemistry we had. It was great. Something's got 544 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: to change. So you can't go from missing the play 545 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 1: and altogether too loth Well, you trade half your roster 546 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 1: for Kyrie and then lose Kyrie for nothing and expect 547 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: your team is going to be better than this past 548 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: you know, six weeks. There's no avenue for you to 549 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: do that. I don't know where the Jason kids stuff 550 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: is with with Luca, because he was the coach last 551 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: year when they got to the conference finals. He's a 552 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: coach this year kind of openly feuded with Luca. I 553 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: just don't know that there's no easy fix anywhere life. 554 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: There's just isn't. So there's no easy fix here. But 555 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 1: rob at the same time, at least you've got a 556 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: foundational building block in Luca. Like you could go down 557 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: the NBA standings and I could find you maybe eight 558 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: teams that are in better shape going forward than the Mavericks, 559 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: maybe eight, because you have Luca, who's not the best 560 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: player in the league, but he's certainly one of the 561 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: top five. Like I'll tell you right now, Like this 562 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: is an interesting postseason for the Milwaukee Bucks. I know 563 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: they are the number one seed, they're the favorites in 564 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: the East. But if you monitor this Chris Middleton situation 565 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: getting up there in age not playing great, it will 566 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 1: be very interesting if they lose in the conference finals again, 567 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: be it the Celtics, maybe the Sixers. We'll see what 568 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: happens in Milton. But it's tough to stay on top. 569 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 1: We'll save I know Phoenix Suns fans are eager. Now 570 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: you're not talking about us. Come on, we'll talk about 571 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 1: the Suns. We'll get the Warriors. I think we're gonna 572 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 1: have a Sacramento King's guest on later this week. Very 573 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: excited to talk Kings Warriors. But I do want to 574 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: pivot to the NBA to wrap things up. Fox Sports 575 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. 576 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 1: Catch all of our shows at Fox sports Radio dot 577 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live. 578 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: Odell Beckham all of a sudden, out of the blue, 579 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: and a lot of people reports had him with the Jets. 580 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 1: You guys know how that works, right, Anybody who's followed 581 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: the media at all knows players and agents use the 582 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: Jets as leverage because they are desperate and bad. Okay, 583 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,479 Speaker 1: and they have been. They're my favorite team in sports, 584 00:30:56,840 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: but they stink and they get used like toilet paper. 585 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 1: And all we kept hearing was Odell Beckham, He's going 586 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 1: to visit the Jets, Odell Beckham. Here he is hugging 587 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: the coach of the GM at the owners meetings. Odell Beckham, 588 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 1: He's visiting the Jets on X Day. It's just like stupid. 589 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: And then out of the blue, the Baltimore Ravens back 590 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: up the brinkstruck for Odell Beckham. Now the number you 591 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: see is eighteen million. But I knew instantly when I 592 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: saw that Sunday, oh that's just that's incentive. Laden and 593 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: Cowherd texts me fifteen mil guaranteed, and I was like, nah, 594 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: I can that cannot be true. I actually looked it up. 595 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: They gave Hotel Beckham fifteen million guaranteed. Now there's no 596 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: way he's worth fifteen million coming off the injury. Didn't 597 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 1: play at all last year. I know he was going 598 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl, folks. That was two januarys ago 599 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 1: or two Februaries ago. Sorry, all of a sudden he's 600 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: getting fifteen mil. Well, here's the reason. A couple hours later, 601 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: on Sunday, Odell Beckham goes on FaceTime with this guy 602 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 1: named Lamar Jackson. Do you think Odell Beckham is signing 603 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 1: in Baltimore if Lamar Jackson eighth the quarterback? I think 604 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:14,480 Speaker 1: it's fairly certain Odell had some information from the Ravens. Hey, 605 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna figure this out. We're not gonna screw it up. 606 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,479 Speaker 1: We're gonna bring in Lamar. This is where it gets interesting, 607 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 1: rob So I looked at the wide receiver depth chart 608 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 1: that the Ravens have had with Lamar Jackson, and this 609 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 1: is gonna sound crazy, but this year, if they bring 610 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: Lamar back, we'll probably be the best wide receiver room 611 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson has hat. Now I just said wide receiver, 612 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: I did not include tight end. So in twenty nineteen, 613 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: when Lamar was the MVP, his wide receivers were Hollywood Brown, 614 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: Willie Snead, and Seth Roberts. Those are the top leading receivers. 615 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: That's nothing. They did have Mark Andrews and Nydon Hurst, 616 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 1: and then Hurst ended up going to Atlanta. The wide 617 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 1: receivers the Lamar had in twenty twenty Hollywood Brown, Willie Steed, 618 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: Miles Boykin, twenty one Hollywood Brown, Rashad Bateman, the rookie 619 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: who only played like seven games I think ten games. 620 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 1: Whatever it was, he was hurt, Sammy Watkins, Fossil and 621 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: Devin Duverney, who's more of a return guy. But it's 622 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 1: a burner on the outside. Twenty twenty three, Here we go. 623 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 1: Are you ready? Rashad Bateman. Now he's only played nineteen 624 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: of thirty three games, not ideal. He has three touchdowns. 625 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: I don't think he's a one. He's probably a two. 626 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: Odell who I don't think he's a one at this stage. 627 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: I think he's a two. DuVernay. If he's your third, 628 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 1: that's that's not terrible. And then Nelson Aglare, who they 629 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 1: got off the scrap heap. He's bounced around since he 630 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 1: has had a good run in Philly. But what I 631 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: see with that group is three absolute burners in obj 632 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: Maybe not a burner anymore. But he's still got speed, DuVernay, 633 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: who he knows is a sprinter, and Aglar, who's fast. 634 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't I don't think it's a slam 635 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 1: dunk that this is the best wide receiver room that 636 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 1: Lamar's had. But when you really look at the guys, 637 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: I mean, seriously, guys, Seth Roberts, Miles Boykin, really like 638 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 1: this is a pretty decent group of receivers. Now, Baltimore 639 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:24,440 Speaker 1: still has to figure out the um offensive line. They 640 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 1: had some injuries last year, they had an unhappy running 641 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: back late in the season. There's a lot of talent 642 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: on this team, and people forget before Lamar got hurt, 643 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,319 Speaker 1: they were first placed in the division. Well, Lamar's healthy, 644 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 1: They're great. I still think this is kind of a 645 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 1: bad deal to give Odell that much, But if it's 646 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,440 Speaker 1: a sweetener to say, hey, Lamar, we've never had this 647 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 1: much talented receiver. Bateman's healthy, Odell's healthy, Duverney, you know, 648 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,040 Speaker 1: Aglar is another speed guy, Like this is the best 649 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,879 Speaker 1: wide receiver room we've had. We like our running back, 650 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 1: we love Dobbins. We've still got Mark Andrews, one of 651 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 1: the best tight ends in the league. Lamar, come on back, buddy, 652 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,640 Speaker 1: give us one more chance. Don't don't don't, don't demand 653 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,680 Speaker 1: a trade, you know, take it back Rob again. I 654 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,759 Speaker 1: don't know that Lamar is gonna fall for this, and 655 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:17,400 Speaker 1: I don't think he should, but Baltimore is trying, and 656 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,799 Speaker 1: I got to applaud that. Yeah, I mean, the best 657 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:23,480 Speaker 1: wide receiving room that he's hat since he's been there. 658 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 1: Kind of a low bar, so, I mean, I don't 659 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 1: know if that you really went out on a limb 660 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:31,360 Speaker 1: with anything. Look, none of the Ravens eight wide receivers 661 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,680 Speaker 1: currently on the roster, not counting O'Dell because the ink 662 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 1: is not dry yet on that contract have ever had 663 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:41,360 Speaker 1: a one thousand yards season. The Baltimore Ravens have ranked 664 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,760 Speaker 1: last in the NFL and receiving yards by wide receivers 665 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 1: three of the past four seasons. Okay, Baltimore this past 666 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 1: season was twenty eighth in passing offense one seventy eight 667 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:55,280 Speaker 1: point eight. I know you're like, hey, well, Lamar missed 668 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,880 Speaker 1: a lot of those games right over the previous two seasons. 669 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 1: Last season, in the season before Lamar Jackson's thirty three 670 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: touchdown passes twenty picks Ravens third fewest passing yards one 671 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:10,800 Speaker 1: ninety four in the past three seasons. So this is 672 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,880 Speaker 1: great obviously if it's gonna be if it brings Lamar, 673 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,879 Speaker 1: it's it's worth it, right, because I don't know where 674 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: they go without him. It's kind of like the Clippers 675 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 1: giving up everything for Paul George. It's like, look, I 676 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: wouldn't give all that up for Paul George, but if 677 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 1: it means Paul George and Kawhi, then yeah, you do 678 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:29,239 Speaker 1: it right. And so giving Odell Beckham that much money 679 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:33,000 Speaker 1: if it brings Lamar back, sure, I still don't feel 680 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,520 Speaker 1: great about their passing offense. If the guy you're counting 681 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: on to be your number one is coming off an 682 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,560 Speaker 1: ACL where he hasn't played in over a year, that's 683 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 1: not a good sign. Yeah. By the way, Rob, I mean, 684 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,479 Speaker 1: I know you played fantasy. You're pretty strong fantasy football player. 685 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,799 Speaker 1: If I gave you three guesses, do not cheat. Who 686 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:57,040 Speaker 1: led the Ravens receivers in receptions last year? Who was it? Now? 687 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:58,960 Speaker 1: We know Mark Andrews led them in receptions, but he's 688 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 1: not a receiver. Oh god, it wasn't Bateman because he 689 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,359 Speaker 1: only played seven wasn't it was a guy I think 690 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: I may have picked up for fantasy for like yeah, 691 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:14,399 Speaker 1: and then dropped him. Yeah, Um, what's his name? DeMarcus Robins. Yes, yes, 692 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:15,920 Speaker 1: I picked him up and then I was like, yes, 693 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:17,520 Speaker 1: you know, he's been playing well for a month. Then 694 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: did absolutely nothing. Can you imagine Lamar going into the 695 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,120 Speaker 1: huddle last year looking around and being like, all right, DeMarcus, 696 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,680 Speaker 1: get open pal like Demarmi. DeMarcus Robinson was like the 697 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:31,759 Speaker 1: fourth guy from Mahomes and he led Ravens receivers. But 698 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,560 Speaker 1: that's like Lamar's style of play, like at least it's 699 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:37,520 Speaker 1: has been until now. It's he's great in between the numbers. 700 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,840 Speaker 1: That's why the tight ends eat with him. And he 701 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,360 Speaker 1: throws a great deep all outside the numbers, So it 702 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 1: makes sense where you'd go speeds. There's on the outside, 703 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,000 Speaker 1: big bodies over the middle to catch all the in 704 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 1: between stuff. If they really want to do something, and 705 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,200 Speaker 1: they really think that they can bring Lamar Jackson back 706 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,239 Speaker 1: and O'Dell is as healthy as they think he might be, 707 00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:01,320 Speaker 1: then push all in and bring Lamar bin, bring Odell 708 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:05,680 Speaker 1: in and make a trade for DeAndre Hopkins. If you 709 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: really think you're gonna do something. DeAndre Hopkins is the 710 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:14,480 Speaker 1: kind of big bodied receiver that quarterbacks who struggle with 711 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,879 Speaker 1: accuracy will say about Lamar Jackson, which he does. There's 712 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:22,400 Speaker 1: a reason why, like Cam Newton loved giant wide receivers 713 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,719 Speaker 1: like a Devin Funchs or you know, Greg Olsen was 714 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,839 Speaker 1: his guy, just wide catch radius. I'm just gonna put 715 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,000 Speaker 1: it on you. You're gonna basketball post this guy up 716 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 1: and make a catch Lamar Jackson. If he gets a 717 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,640 Speaker 1: receiver like that on the outside, then suddenly they're not 718 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,959 Speaker 1: as predictable with where they're gonna go with the football. Yeah, 719 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,520 Speaker 1: it sounds like there's no market for Hopkins and if 720 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,040 Speaker 1: he's not, if he has if they don't have a 721 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:46,880 Speaker 1: trade for him, like I don't know, a third or 722 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,600 Speaker 1: fourth or fifth round pick. I know that sounds crazy 723 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,759 Speaker 1: to say, but if there's nothing, they're gonna have to 724 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,800 Speaker 1: end up cutting him. And I do wonder if you 725 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,680 Speaker 1: are Baltimore, are you attractive where you got Lamar Jackson, 726 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: Odell Beckham, DeAndre Hopkins, Like that's kind of a tract now, 727 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:06,440 Speaker 1: I know, like, uh, Miami Dolphins, obviously they will be attractive, 728 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,040 Speaker 1: although I don't know if the quarterback is but the 729 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,879 Speaker 1: wide receiver room is strong. I mean, if if could 730 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:15,160 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers put in a call to DeAndre Hopkins, Yo, DeAndre, Hey, 731 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,120 Speaker 1: come to New York man, Let's have some fun. Let's 732 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,000 Speaker 1: chop it up. Brouh. I mean, we'll get We'll get 733 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: you after we get Randall Cobb. That's what we're gonna do. 734 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:30,719 Speaker 1: So Hopkins, um looks like he is from the he 735 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,719 Speaker 1: went to Clemson. Um, I'm trying to see where he's from. Oh, 736 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:38,400 Speaker 1: could the Atlanta Falcons maybe use d hop Sure they 737 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,160 Speaker 1: got nobody he's from. He went to high school in 738 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,239 Speaker 1: South Carolina. The last I heard, the Patriots were the 739 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,360 Speaker 1: team that was most interested in him. But I don't know. 740 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:47,960 Speaker 1: They have a lot of issues going on right now 741 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 1: with Mac Jones. So we'll see. You know, I missed 742 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,480 Speaker 1: that during during the vacation. Is there credibility? Is this credible? 743 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,719 Speaker 1: People saying Mac? I mean there's former teammates saying there's 744 00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:02,399 Speaker 1: issue with Mac Jones. Dang Jones pushing back on Bill. Huh, 745 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,879 Speaker 1: it's looking spicy out there. You know, the Patriot Way 746 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,640 Speaker 1: is not what it used to be. Well, imagine that 747 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:11,799 Speaker 1: you lose Tom Brady and it's not as good as 748 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,040 Speaker 1: it used to be. By the way, you know the 749 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,400 Speaker 1: hottest take that I had Sunday night on Twitter, I 750 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:20,120 Speaker 1: put this out there. It's it's more NBA but because 751 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:22,359 Speaker 1: you love crapping on Rudy Gobert and everybody bashes him 752 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 1: on the internet. So Gobert and Mitchell in a six 753 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 1: year run in Utah were as successful as Joel Embiad 754 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,120 Speaker 1: and Ben Simmons in their five year run in Philly. 755 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,319 Speaker 1: Both one fifty now it was one more year for Utah, 756 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 1: but still both won fifty games three times. Both went 757 00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:42,840 Speaker 1: to the conference finals. Yet Joel Embiid and the Sixers 758 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:47,000 Speaker 1: are always contenders and the Utah Jazz are garbage. Oh 759 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,239 Speaker 1: they're pretend they're not good. It's just so robbed the perception. 760 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:54,520 Speaker 1: It really does matter sometimes, dude. It's crazy how some 761 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:56,680 Speaker 1: of the social media stuff seeps into you and like 762 00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,960 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the Sixers are really good. They 763 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:04,239 Speaker 1: haven't made the conference finals now once now, once your 764 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,160 Speaker 1: kitsch at least got to a conference finals. And I 765 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,080 Speaker 1: don't even want to talk about the NBA MVP. The 766 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,959 Speaker 1: conversation is, dump all this hype. I see Darryl Morey 767 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,040 Speaker 1: jumping on social media to cape up for his guy. 768 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,160 Speaker 1: Like gross. Anyways, all right, this has been a long 769 00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:18,880 Speaker 1: Monday Pod, but that's what happens when I'm off for 770 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,880 Speaker 1: a week. Back tomorrow, probably we're gonna make it all 771 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:25,960 Speaker 1: Lakers Pod to more No, I can't. Yes, DeAngelo Russell 772 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,600 Speaker 1: revenge game. I love that. Jared Vanderbilt revenge game. A 773 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:34,880 Speaker 1: League Beasley revenge game. Geez, that's right, Yeah, I mean 774 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,000 Speaker 1: Jared Vanderbilt. How could I forget him? One of the 775 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:42,160 Speaker 1: instrumental players for the Lakers, Although I think I don't 776 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:46,160 Speaker 1: know if the are the announcers calling Austin Reeves Hillbilly Kobe. No, no, 777 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,560 Speaker 1: they're not going there yet. It's probably inappropriate for television, 778 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,840 Speaker 1: but I personally love it. At any rate, we'll be 779 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,759 Speaker 1: back tomorrow. Talk to you then,