1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: Hello, Welcome in Side hour three The Jason Smith Show 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: with my bass friend Mike Harmon. We'll get to the 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 2: big NFL trade today in a second, but first I 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: gotta say my dad texted me a few minutes ago. 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 2: We were talking about the you know, we talked about 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 2: the tap off in baseball today and my dad said, hey, 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 2: you're gonna talk about how I can get more Yankee games? 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 2: Come up? She wait, wait, wait what the other big 12 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: baseball news today? The Yankees announce Amazon Prime is going 13 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 2: to be the exclusive home to twenty one Yankee games 14 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: this year. That was announced earlier today, and my dad 15 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 2: was like, okay, so what what streaming do I need 16 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: to watch all the Yankee games? I said, oh, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, 17 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 2: this is just you can see this coming a mile away. 18 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: We told you that eventually all of the sports that 19 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 2: we have come to love that we get when you 20 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 2: talk for free because you buy you you're buying cable. 21 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,119 Speaker 2: That's not gonna be enough anymore. Leagues are all saying 22 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 2: all the money, We're gonna take money where we can 23 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: get it, and of course streaming this is where it's going. 24 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 2: Now again your line of how much will you pay 25 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 2: for something you used to get for free? You know 26 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,559 Speaker 2: it's it's gonna be. It's not gonna be something where 27 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 2: it's all of a sudden going to change. It's gonna 28 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 2: be something that gets leached out over time. Today is 29 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: another big moment in it where the Yankees number one 30 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 2: draw in Major League Baseball, Yankees and Dodgers, two most 31 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: popular teams. Twenty one games now available exclusively on Amazon Prime. Now, yes, 32 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 2: network is gonna do the games, but Amazon is paying 33 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 2: for it. Like okay, this is how it's gonna work. 34 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 2: And every year there's gonna be more and more teams saying, hey, 35 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 2: we're gonna give these games here to streaming. Oh don't worry, 36 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,559 Speaker 2: you're still gonna get one hundred and thirty games. It's okay. 37 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: And then no, okay, oh we're still getting one hundred 38 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 2: and fifteen games, still getting one hundred games, still getting 39 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 2: half the games, And in five or seven years is 40 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: gonna be oh wow, only eighteen games are over free 41 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 2: television or are gonna be on cable now everything else 42 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 2: you're gonna have to pay the stream for. This is 43 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 2: just the way of the world. That's why we like 44 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 2: to tell you it's coming. Get used to it. You 45 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 2: can't stop the future. Streaming sports is getting here. All 46 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 2: of your team's games are eventually going to be there. 47 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 2: They're gonna be streamed. It's gonna be produced by locally 48 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 2: where you get it, and it's gonna be available on 49 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 2: a streaming app. And that's what you're gonna have to do. 50 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 2: You have to get the Yes Network games for the 51 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: Yankees on Amazon Prime or wherever it's going to be. 52 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: This is the way it's going plus side. Last report 53 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 2: this was as of early twenty twenty six estimated about 54 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 2: eighty nine million people already have Amazon Prime, so you 55 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 2: know about a quarter of your your population little less then, 56 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 2: so that's good. But all of it to say, I 57 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 2: mean again, it goes back to our when we were 58 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 2: growing up. Yeah, I lived in Chicago, so I had 59 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: the Cubs on every day, and then certainly for national 60 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 2: games we only got a couple of weeks. We've talked 61 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 2: about this for the NFL, same idea, you had your 62 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 2: local squad and then whoever the Steelers, Cowboys or forty 63 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: nine Ers were playing, uh, and then the advent Monday 64 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: Night Football, eventually Thursday Night Football, et cetera. But I 65 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 2: just got ding down, you know, my my one hundred 66 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 2: and fifty bucks for my MLB TV package. Yeah, it's 67 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 2: just the cost of doing business. And either either you 68 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 2: decide it's still that important to you or you find 69 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 2: other uses for your time, you know. And that's unfortunately, 70 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 2: maybe unfortunate, just a different reality. The the only the 71 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 2: what I the only if I'm looking for a pothole 72 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: for the streaming uh surf streaming services, is that the 73 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 2: NFL is its own thing. Everybody does fantasy football. Everybody 74 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 2: cares about all the teams. You get me a good game. 75 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 2: It's people care about their teams, and they care about 76 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 2: the league in jackals gambling, and they will go watch 77 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: everything right, gambling, all of it. But baseball basketball to 78 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: the point where if you're getting to to watch games 79 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 2: in the NBA and see how every game is a 80 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 2: blowout and teams are tanking, I don't care nationally anymore. 81 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 2: I'll get whatever games they put on once in a while. 82 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 2: But baseball is really a locally driven sport. It's every 83 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 2: single night, and people want to see their teams. I 84 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 2: don't know that. Look, Yankee fans don't care about seeing 85 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 2: anybody else other than the Yankees. But overall is big 86 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 2: baseball fan as I'm look, I'm coming out of for 87 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 2: I want to see them all one hundred and six 88 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 2: two games of the Mets. Do I care if I 89 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 2: see all of the other games? No, I don't, right, 90 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 2: I'll get. I'll get what I need to either off 91 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 2: of cable, off of the internet, somewhere else. So I 92 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 2: think where where if you're a streaming service, you kind 93 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 2: of bite off more than you can chew if you 94 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 2: really want to go full national with baseball, because baseball 95 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 2: is really region liked. Even college foot ball is still regionalized. Well, yeah, 96 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: there's big games, but with sixteen teams or twelve teams 97 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 2: soon to be sixteen making the playoffs every year? Okay, 98 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 2: how must see? Are all the big national games are 99 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 2: not nearly as much? NA give me the regional stuff 100 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 2: what I want. There's certain sports where streaming is gonna 101 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: bite off more than they can chew, and I think 102 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 2: baseball is definitely one of them. Yeah, the biggest question 103 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 2: is I'd love to see the latest reports of the 104 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 2: average number of streaming services that people have. Right, I'm 105 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 2: certainly take the over in terms of where that is 106 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 2: for me, There's no question about it. So when they say, hey, 107 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 2: here's some game on Peacock, all right, I already got it. 108 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 2: Here's some games on Prime, yeah, early adopter, fine, yeah, 109 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 2: Disney plus what I like, I have them all. So 110 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 2: I'm I'm the mutant on the other side. So I 111 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 2: just kind of shrug and go, all right, I have 112 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 2: to remind myself where this game is, right, Like even tonight, 113 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 2: you know, the Lakers game is a Prime game. We're 114 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 2: here in Los Angeles, which means we've got to go 115 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 2: find one of those off channels in the the sports 116 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 2: packages and whatever. But for the average person, the curiosity 117 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 2: of where where's the breaking point, right of how many 118 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 2: the different services you'll subscribe to, not just necessarily because 119 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 2: it becomes a ten dollars a month or twelve dollars 120 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 2: a month, costs more, just the all right, I'm tired 121 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 2: of having to search these damn things out. That's the thing, man, right, 122 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 2: depend Like for your dad, it's like, all right, you're 123 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 2: gonna have to tell me how to program that. Tell me, 124 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 2: tell me all the streaming services I need. Tell me 125 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 2: what's the website I have to go to and when 126 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 2: and how? And you're gonna have to have the the 127 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 2: service friendly uh schedule. It's not just Magnet schedule day, 128 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 2: it's streaming service Magnet schedule with the little logo attached 129 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 2: to what am I get? What do I need for 130 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,359 Speaker 2: that Friday game? The Jason Smith Show with Mike Carmen 131 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 2: Live from the Fox Sports Radio Studio. So just understand, 132 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 2: we like to talk about this because the future is coming. 133 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 2: It's gonna be here, and this is how it's gonna go. 134 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 2: Sing a few bars and be prepared like you're Jeremy Irons. 135 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 2: Go now, I've giving you an hour because we had 136 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 2: a discussion in a disagreement last hour and has given 137 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 2: you an hour to understand and come around to the 138 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 2: fact that I think you're too close to your take 139 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 2: on the Bears, the trade today of DJ Moore, what 140 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 2: they got back, where they sit and where they are 141 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 2: because the Bears, you don't have any problems. You have 142 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 2: no problems. Man. Look at the year you had last year. 143 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 2: You realized you got the right quarterback. You have the 144 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 2: right head coach, you have the right talent in there. 145 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 2: You were able to spin off a wide receiver today 146 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 2: in Dj Moore, who really was no longer a number 147 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 2: one receiver, had jogged his way out of town because 148 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 2: of the interception that cost you a shot at the 149 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 2: Super Bowl against the Rams, and you have play makers 150 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 2: that can make up for him. Right, it's romadone'sday ascending. 151 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 2: It's maybe Luther Burden is really good. We saw Colson 152 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 2: Lovelin is probably very good. You saved a lot of 153 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 2: money a couple of other moves out. You had a 154 00:07:57,760 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 2: retirement that didn't really go that you didn't think that 155 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 2: was going by okay, good for Harry May decided that 156 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 2: at twenty seven he was done. You've pay back some 157 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,239 Speaker 2: of that bonus money. You've saved forty five million dollars. 158 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 2: You can now spend money in free agency. Look at 159 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 2: how far you went last year. You are in the 160 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 2: era of good feeling and you are upset, and you 161 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 2: feel like it's almost like you're like, I feel like 162 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 2: you're you're at the point where you feel like the 163 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 2: Bears are coming off of four and thirteen season. No, no, no, 164 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 2: it's just the reality of what that season was, right, 165 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 2: and doesn't take away the wins that they had, but 166 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 2: the fact that you needed so many two minute comebacks 167 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 2: and close out and wow, the defense just gave up enough. 168 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 2: Hey you got another seven points in you over there, Caleb. Yeah, 169 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 2: but that's your quarterbacking it. That's your quarterback doing it. 170 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: Like that's what I'm That's like, I don't think Patriots 171 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 2: fans are upset, going, oh, we needed Brady to pull 172 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 2: it out for us again. No, because Brady is great. 173 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 2: Like maybe you think that Caleb Williams is gonna be 174 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 2: great because he's the guy doing this. Is not where 175 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 2: you need a ball to bounce off a defender or 176 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 2: hit the overhead cam and come down or you know, hey, 177 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 2: we're gonna defend the Hail Mary this time, like you. 178 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 2: It's Caleb Williams winning games so well. And Dj Moore 179 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 2: was a guy on the receiving end of a couple 180 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 2: of those big plays. If we're gonna do that. But 181 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: but yeah, was he superfluous in the grand scheme based 182 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 2: on the receiving corps that has been assembled? Absolutely, Now, 183 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 2: did you lose some component parts to your coaching staff? 184 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 2: That you have to make up for. Yeah, you have 185 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 2: a little bit of change there coming out of what 186 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 2: was a top, top notch season, no question about it. 187 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 2: But you're looking at an offensive line. Your center retired 188 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 2: and Trapillo got hurt and he's gonna be out of villa. 189 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 2: He was fantastic. He was a guy that we were 190 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 2: talking about all the time, you and I and I'd 191 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 2: bring him up and you're like, stop talking about the line, 192 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 2: and we talk about it Cosell and I on Sundays. 193 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 2: You're watching the tape and going through the way he 194 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 2: analyzes games and how good a player Trapillo had become. Well, 195 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 2: those are two of your five guys are now gone 196 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 2: from your offensive line. You needed a lot of heroics, 197 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 2: You needed a lot of big plays, and they created 198 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 2: a lot of turnovers. Al Harris in that back unit. Great, 199 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 2: a couple of those guys are leaving. You got rid 200 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 2: of Edmunds. Okay, cool salary cap savings, but you still 201 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 2: need to fix that. But you also have what five 202 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 2: picks in the first three Yeah, yeah, that's great, and 203 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 2: you and you and you're talking with the Raiders from 204 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 2: Max Crosby is gonna come in and just be the 205 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 2: Tasmanian devil on your defensive mind. Maybe he's there, maybe 206 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 2: he's not. This is just normal. See, this is this 207 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 2: is this is what I look at as this is 208 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 2: the cost of doing business in the NFL. It's it's 209 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: no longer, you know, obviously the days are long gone. 210 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 2: Were Hey, we were great this year. We keep the 211 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 2: we keep everybody together, we go forward. No, this is 212 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 2: every year you kind of have to piece meal stuff 213 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 2: together because you're gonna lose guys at some point, whether 214 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 2: it is a trade, whether it's a surprise retirement and injury. 215 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 2: But you have the most important things you need. You 216 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:48,439 Speaker 2: have the head coach, you have the quarterback, you have 217 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:55,599 Speaker 2: the weapons, you have what you need to anyway, the 218 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 2: sorry I had to hire everybody. It's like you're in 219 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 2: the era of good feeling. Like the base is there everything. 220 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 2: There's a lot of work. There's a lot of work 221 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 2: that needs to be done for this team to get 222 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 2: to that next level. That's what I'm trying to I 223 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 2: don't I don't want you to see. I think you're 224 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 2: too close to it. I think because you live it 225 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 2: every time. Seven points, living twenty doesn't matter in a row. 226 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 2: But again, Okay, you are gonna make moves to get 227 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 2: better this year. You have the draft picks, you have 228 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 2: the money to now make that. Every team has holes. 229 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 2: Even even the Seattle Seahawks have holes. They're gonna have 230 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 2: to replace Kenneth Walker. They're gonna have to figure out 231 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 2: who they want to pay because JSN is gonna want 232 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 2: a contract extension. Right. But these are things that go. 233 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 2: This is cost of doing I can celebrate to find 234 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 2: your wins. Don't get me wrong, there's still upset, buddy. 235 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 2: I want you to set I feel like there's still 236 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 2: holes here. I think you've been kept down for so 237 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 2: long with bad bears, Like you're you're afraid to celebrate. Hey, 238 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 2: you deserve this man, you deve I do. There's nothing 239 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 2: to be afraid about. Just embrace the happiness that the 240 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 2: Bears had a great year. This was a great trade 241 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 2: for them. They get they get out from under money, 242 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 2: they get away from a guy that had to get 243 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 2: rid of. They have guys to replace them. Like everything 244 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 2: is good. It's enjoy it. Do you know that twenty 245 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 2: twenty four trade looks joy by the day? You nill 246 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:21,959 Speaker 2: you it? It's a filet mignon kind of thing. There's 247 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 2: no quite yon trade keeps getting better really bad. I 248 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 2: want to know, I want a Frosty, But it's it's 249 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 2: the kind of to off my pallet here, But it's 250 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 2: it's the idea that there's still a lot of work 251 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 2: to be done. The division isn't going away and after 252 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 2: and maybe it is being snake bitten for some fifty 253 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 2: years of my life that I'm waiting for the other 254 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 2: shoe to drop and for the the coin flips that 255 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 2: went right in twenty twenty five to not quite go 256 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 2: so right in twenty six. But I'm giving you a 257 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,599 Speaker 2: virtual hug right now. I appreciate that. Hey, it's a 258 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 2: let go. It's okay to be happencause you're sitting there going, 259 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 2: what's it like to have that one year of success? 260 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 2: You're trying to ask me, buddy, that was a great 261 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 2: year through you. I'm never gonna enjoy it. Come on, 262 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: Exit out bout a Fresca, Exit swalling Dome. Jason Smith 263 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 2: Mike Harbon live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios. Coming 264 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 2: up next, NBA insider Mark Stein stops by, what does 265 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 2: he make of the big story today, Jason Tatum's return, 266 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 2: Luca complaining to officials, the Big Rookie of the Year 267 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 2: battle and more. Keep it right here, Mark Stein always 268 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 2: must listen Radio. That's next, Jason to Mike, Fox Sports Radio. 269 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 3: Hey, it's Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington from The Odd 270 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 3: Couple on Fox Sports Radio. 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Four minutes ago, in 281 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 2: the fourth quarter, Nuggets holding on to a five point lead, 282 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 2: Lebron James has just left the game with an injury. 283 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 2: Now this usually sometimes we get Lebron goes down, it 284 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 2: looks awful and he stays on the court. He has 285 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 2: been helped off the floor. He is flexing and unflexing 286 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 2: his left arm, left hand. He's sitting on the bench 287 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 2: right now. He's not being looked at Yeah, he had 288 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 2: medical attention with him, but right now he is having 289 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 2: his left arm flexed. He is flexing it. He's still 290 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 2: on the bench, which tells me he's still a chance 291 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 2: to come back in the game. It is a left 292 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 2: arm situation. It was flexing his wrist flexing. Is his 293 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 2: his arm right now. So we'll let you know what 294 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 2: happens the rest of the game here. If there's more, 295 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 2: we'll bring it to you. But again, this is where 296 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 2: we are right now, Lakers down by four or three 297 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 2: minutes left. Lebron is flexing on the bench. Well, it 298 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 2: makes me feel like a jerk, but it kind of 299 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 2: look like when you're trying to jack up a car 300 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 2: when you got a fly. It was what the trainer 301 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 2: was doing there. Yeah, joining us now on the hot line. 302 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 2: Nobody to bring a breakdown all the big news in 303 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 2: the NBA. Longtime NBA insider is on Twitter at the Steinline. 304 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 2: Friend of the show. Check him out on substack. It 305 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 2: is Mark Stein Mark. What's happening man? How are you? 306 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 4: If you guys keep playing rocky music, I might keep 307 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 4: coming back, all right, not. 308 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 2: A mo Well, we want you to start flexing like 309 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 2: Lebron is and you know that suddenly get your blood 310 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 2: pumping even more. 311 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 4: I don't think that will do much even on radio. 312 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 4: You don't want to see. 313 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 2: All right, Well, speaking of comebacks, look no bigger story 314 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 2: in the NBA today than Jason Tatum coming back for 315 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 2: the Celtics. And obviously, look, we talked to this early 316 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 2: in the show. Hey, big deal for Tatum coming back 317 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 2: now and a huge boost for the Celtics. But Mark, 318 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 2: he's coming back to a different team than the one 319 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 2: he left. This was kind of his team and and 320 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 2: Jalen Brown was his one A. But now seeing what 321 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 2: they've done without him, this is Jalen Brown's team, and 322 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 2: now maybe it might be a little awkward with Jason 323 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 2: Tatum coming back. 324 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 4: Come on, man, you're not really buying into this nonsense, 325 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 4: are you, Dude. 326 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 2: I've seen Jason Tatum worry about his status and he 327 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 2: likes what when people say good things about him. He 328 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 2: is someone that what's one thing when you leave when 329 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 2: it's your team and you come back and try to 330 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 2: figure it out. It's a different thing. 331 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 4: If you have Jason Tatum in your program, in your organization, 332 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 4: and he's healthy enough to go, and he's met all 333 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 4: the required benchmarks. How do you not bring him back 334 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 4: because on his first take, they're going to talk about 335 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 4: whose team it is? 336 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 2: Oh no, look for this year, I think it's right 337 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 2: now here. 338 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 4: But the East, the East is so wide open, like 339 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 4: they don't need him to be Jason Tatum fulcrum of 340 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 4: the whole operation. They're gonna ease him back in. I'm 341 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 4: sure he's gonna have some level of minute restrictions. You 342 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 4: don't throw him into back to backs. But if he 343 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 4: just becomes you know, seventy five eighty percent of the 344 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 4: Jason Tatum that we know. I mean, think about the 345 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 4: trade deadline. You know we saw a lot, we saw 346 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 4: a zillion trades, but not by the contenders. I mean, 347 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 4: this is like, think about what a trade deadline acquisition. 348 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 4: This is to be able to add excuse me, to 349 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 4: be able to add, to be able to add Tatum 350 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 4: mid stream when really nobody else, no other tops. You know, 351 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 4: the Thunder brought in McCain and he's been great for them. 352 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 4: But other than that, you really didn't see the title 353 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 4: contenders make moves. It's the Wizards and the Pacers who 354 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 4: made trades that were really about next season. So I mean, 355 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 4: I just and by the way, Lebron is back in 356 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 4: the game. After your dramatic reading to start the segment. 357 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 2: What It's Like, we played music for it. Man I 358 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 2: was describing what was happening. They were working out his 359 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 2: arm a lot, and he was wincing like Lebron normally does. 360 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 4: The East is wide open as long as Jason Tatum 361 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 4: is not rushing back, as long as he has been 362 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 4: medically deemed to be ready to go, it would be 363 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 4: foolish not to. I mean, the Celtics have been an 364 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 4: incredible story. They could actually win the East. 365 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 2: To that end, mark, how deep do you think it 366 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 2: really is in terms of contending, How far down would 367 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,640 Speaker 2: you go to say, hey, I wouldn't be shocked, Iffer. 368 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 4: I mean, honestly, I'm probably my list is probably shorter 369 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 4: than most. I think like Detroit, they've they've been they've 370 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 4: just been too good to not put them in that category. 371 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 4: But let's face it, led by Cad Cunningham, they've played 372 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 4: in one playoff series. You know, they have a lot 373 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:15,640 Speaker 4: to learn and achieve on the big stage. I think Boston, 374 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 4: by virtue of the fact that they do have guys 375 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 4: who've been all the way to the finish line. We 376 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:25,440 Speaker 4: really do have to take them seriously. Even this was 377 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 4: supposed to be a gap year and they've just made 378 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 4: a mockery of that notion. I still have Jason's knicks 379 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 4: in that mix, and that's really as far down as 380 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 4: I'm willing to go. In the East, you know, the 381 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 4: Cavs swung big, and you know, they broke up their 382 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 4: core four and they brought in Harden. I'm just I'm 383 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 4: not there yet in really seeing them as a team 384 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 4: that can win the East. Maybe they can prove me 385 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 4: wrong and shut me up, but I mean, the Calves 386 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 4: just don't have a good playoff history, and I don't 387 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 4: know that that's the move that's going to rectify. And 388 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 4: in the East, that's as far down as I'm willing 389 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 4: to go. And then in the West, I mean, obviously 390 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 4: the defending champions lead the list. The Spurs are like 391 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 4: the Pistons. They've been incredible this season and they have 392 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 4: to be regarded as a contender. But I mean, you know, 393 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 4: the next the next playoff minute, Wenby Loves is his first. 394 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 4: I mean, there is going to be some semblance of 395 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 4: a learning curve there, but I think it's so wide 396 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 4: open that the Spurs have to be the Spurs and 397 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 4: the Pistons. Normally we would dismiss them both because of experience, 398 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 4: but I think this season it is so wide open 399 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 4: that I'm not gonna just say, well, they haven't been there, 400 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 4: so they can't. I'm not going to take that step. 401 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 4: But then, Denver, who should be the team that we 402 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 4: regard as the foremost threat to the defending champions. I mean, 403 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 4: the Nuggets just have not been whole all season long, 404 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 4: and they can't get whole every something. Some new injury 405 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 4: crop up every time we turn around with them, and 406 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 4: it does make you wonder, is this just not the 407 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 4: year for them? You know? 408 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,199 Speaker 2: And to take it a step further, I think we 409 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 2: watched a night what could be an NBA Finals preview. 410 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 2: If it's the Pistons and the Spurs, Oh man, I 411 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,920 Speaker 2: don't know that that's not gonna be a Spur sweep 412 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 2: because the Pistons just do not match up well. Wenby 413 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 2: does whatever he wants to when they put Cad Cunningham 414 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:24,919 Speaker 2: in a blender like, I don't know that I'd be 415 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 2: looking forward to that matchup. Mark. As far as seeing 416 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 2: a seven game series. 417 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 4: Yeah, see, that's one you know, there has been You 418 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 4: really have to have nothing but praise for the Pistons 419 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 4: to think about. They're not even two whole years removed 420 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 4: from going fourteen and sixty eight and the twenty eight 421 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 4: game losing streak, and so many of the key guys 422 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 4: there cade during Thompson isaiaht stort like they they were 423 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 4: part of that. They lived through that and got to 424 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 4: the other side. I just I love the Pistons as 425 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 4: a story to have bounce back that so amazingly last 426 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,120 Speaker 4: year and to take it even a step further this year. 427 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 4: But they took the OKAC approach. They said, you know what, 428 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,199 Speaker 4: We're not going to make a deadline splash. We're not 429 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 4: going to go out and find someone for our roster. 430 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 4: We're gonna let these young guys keep going the playoffs 431 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 4: and then we're going to evaluate them. That's what OKC did. 432 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 4: Renumber then Okay, see got Hartenstein and they went all 433 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 4: the way. But I do wonder if the Pistons are 434 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 4: going to kick themselves and say, maybe we should have 435 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 4: gotten a shooter, maybe we should have put assets on 436 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 4: the table to get Michael Porter Junior too, because they 437 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 4: just they're the burden on kaid to run that team 438 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 4: create offense without the shooting around him that he had 439 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 4: last season. And Duncan Robinson's been good there. But you know, 440 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 4: they missed Malie Beasley. They could have used an extra 441 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 4: shooter at the deadline, and I just wonder are they 442 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 4: going to come to regret that they weren't more active 443 00:22:58,680 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 4: at the deadline. 444 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 2: Mark Stein our guest here Fox Sports Radio Jason Smith 445 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 2: Show with Me, Mike Carmon. Find him on substack, find 446 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 2: him in the Twitter verse at Mark Stein, Marc st 447 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 2: Ei and for those out there that want me to 448 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 2: spell it out, because well that's what we try to 449 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,239 Speaker 2: do to send you to the right place, because there 450 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 2: might be a one with a K that sends you 451 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 2: down a deep, dark rabbit hole that you'll never recover from. 452 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 2: As we're watching the NBA here on a Thursday night, 453 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 2: our long time friend, an NBA insider now happy returns 454 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 2: tonight almost for Cooper Flag eighteen and a narrow loss 455 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 2: to Orlando. Got of fun watching he and his former 456 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 2: college teammate Conka Nipple getting after it in terms of 457 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 2: the Rookie of the Year stuff, but acquitting themselves and 458 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 2: becoming big time players right away as we look at 459 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 2: Charlotte creeping towards a top six finish in the East, 460 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 2: Charlotte's been. 461 00:23:54,080 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 4: A ridiculously good story. I did not I really didn't foresee. 462 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 4: I don't think anybody did could foresee the kind of 463 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 4: run that they've been on. And that's the thing. Like 464 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 4: Cooper Flag is the best rookie in the NBA, I 465 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 4: don't think there's any question about that. I don't think 466 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 4: there's any dispute about that. But as he had the 467 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 4: best season, and because of the way Canipple is playing 468 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,479 Speaker 4: and what Charlotte has done as a team. Typically team's 469 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 4: success doesn't become a factor in the Rookie of the 470 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 4: Year race, but the run that Charlotte is on, the 471 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 4: team with the longest playoff drought in the league to Nipple, 472 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 4: is going to be really hard to beat as the 473 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,919 Speaker 4: rookie of the year. Now, Flag missed eight games because 474 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 4: of this mid foot sprain. He came back tonight. He 475 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 4: had some spectacular defensive plays. Didn't shoot it great, but 476 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 4: considering three weeks of rust, he was very good. And 477 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 4: you know, the MAVs have basically made this decision that 478 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 4: if tonight went well, they're going to let him go 479 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 4: tomorrow night. He grew up a Celtics fan in Maine 480 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 4: and Jason Tatum was his favorite player. So Friday night, 481 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 4: this Mavericks at Celtics game, which otherwise would have been 482 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 4: a pretty nondescript deal with the tanking MAVs on the 483 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 4: second night of a back to back, going into the 484 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 4: East number two team going into their building. Now it's 485 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 4: Cooper Flag and Jason Tatum's likely comeback, So tomorrow Night's 486 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 4: going to be pretty interesting. 487 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 2: All right, Mark, let's get to the latest drama. You know, 488 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 2: we saw it again tonight with Luka Doncic, you know, 489 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 2: a couple of times complaining to the referees about calls, 490 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 2: and all the talk has been about his relationship with 491 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 2: JJ Reddick and where the Lakers are. If I said 492 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 2: to you, you know, make sense of the last couple 493 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 2: of weeks in Lakerland. They had won a bunch of games, 494 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 2: but you know, we don't know where things actually are 495 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,679 Speaker 2: with Luca and JJ Reddick. Where are you on the 496 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 2: state of the Lakers. 497 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 4: I think most of this discourse is absolutely non sensical. 498 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 4: First of all, there are no major issues between Luca 499 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 4: and his coach, it's a clip. It's like, it's so 500 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 4: overblown to me. But put that aside. The Lakers, you know, 501 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 4: they they obviously, when you get offered the trade they 502 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 4: were offered, you'd take it every day and twice on Sunday. 503 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 4: But when they traded for Luka Doncic, they were they 504 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 4: that's not something they planned for and because of the 505 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 4: state of their payroll, this summer is going to be 506 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 4: their first chance to actually put a team around him. 507 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 4: They knew very well going into this season that this 508 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 4: was not a roster well constructed around Luca. They didn't 509 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 4: have any flexibility. They had a little bit of you know, 510 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 4: they made the best moves they can make. They got 511 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 4: Marcus Smart, they got eight, and they got La Rabia. 512 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 4: You know, they did well with very limited flexibility. But 513 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 4: they knew to have any chance this season, Luca, Lebron 514 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 4: and Austin Reeves were gonna have to be and just 515 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 4: an otherworldly offensive trio. It hasn't happened. It hasn't worked 516 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 4: out that way now. I think if you go back 517 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 4: early in the season, Luca and Austin Reeves were actually 518 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 4: very good as a duo. When Lebron was out when 519 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 4: they'd had all three of them. It hasn't worked, but 520 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 4: that was like, that's not the plan. That wasn't the plan. 521 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 4: Like next season, after they get all this cap flexibility 522 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 4: and they actually can build a roster with intent around 523 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 4: Luka Dancic, if they're having the same kind of season 524 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 4: next February in early March, then all this criticism and 525 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 4: noise you could say it would be valid and justified. 526 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 4: Right now, it's like it is I can't believe some 527 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 4: of the stuff that's been flying around out there. But 528 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 4: then look, this is Charles Barkley always says it, and 529 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,959 Speaker 4: he is absolutely right. This is the NBA. The stars 530 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 4: get all the credit, the star get all the blame, 531 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 4: and Luca moving to Los Angeles, He's in the brightest 532 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 4: possible spotlight he could be in, and this is what happens. 533 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,360 Speaker 4: But if you're asking me for my take, I just 534 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 4: I really I scoff at most of it because I 535 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 4: just think it's nonsense. 536 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 2: He is on Twitter at the Steinline. Strong stuff as 537 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 2: always from Mark Stein. Check him out on substack as well. 538 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 2: Mark has always appreciate your time, man, We'll talk to 539 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:30,160 Speaker 2: you next week. 540 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 4: Enjoy the games, all right, kids, be good. 541 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 2: Say Mark, there you go fired up. Look, and we've 542 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 2: talked about this with Luca that when the trade deadline 543 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 2: came and went the lait, Look they get Luke Canard, 544 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 2: who is you know, subbed out of the game against 545 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 2: the Nuggets night. We'll have more on this game coming 546 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 2: up in a few minutes, because boy was there really 547 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 2: big drama at the end of this one. Martin Weiss 548 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 2: has more coming up in a minute. But like we said, look, 549 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 2: I feel great about the Lakers for next year because 550 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 2: they're gonna get out from under Lebron and and again 551 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 2: it's going to be when they can build a Luca. 552 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 2: We've talked about this for a long time. So I'm 553 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 2: okay with the Lakers and where they are now because 554 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 2: not like, hey, you know Lucas thirty five, you know, 555 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 2: it's like okay, you know, no, you finally get it. 556 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 2: They've only had him for a year, right, They've just 557 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 2: had him for a little bit over a year, and 558 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 2: with Lebron kind of holding the team back with his 559 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,640 Speaker 2: salary and his status, do we keep them do we not? 560 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 2: I feel great about them next year. I feel great 561 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 2: they'll be able to go out in the offseason and 562 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 2: get what they need for him. I feel great about 563 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 2: the Lakers next year, and I've said this for a while. 564 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 2: This year is gonna be what it's gonna be. Next 565 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 2: year is gonna be the year. No, that's it. You 566 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 2: get to reload, reboot things with a lot of money 567 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 2: available to your cap space. Right, Lebron James, when he 568 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 2: opted in, he changed the entire dynamic, not only on 569 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 2: court but off court of what you were gonna be 570 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 2: able to do. He did three million dollars that you 571 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 2: didn't have at your disposal. Not that you necessarily would 572 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 2: have been able to go and buy all the free 573 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 2: agents she needed to pair up with Luca, but she'd 574 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 2: be further along in that direction. You're making the best 575 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 2: of it as it stands, and need Austin Reeves to 576 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 2: go free throw merchant full on and hit some more 577 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 2: shots because his shot has been off. Let's find out 578 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 2: what's trending right now in the wide world of sports 579 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 2: from someone who's been called the Lebron James of Fox 580 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 2: Sports Radio. He didn't take any shots in the final 581 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 2: minute either, gets more nice, you know. 582 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 3: Lebron also went out for a moment late in the 583 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 3: fourth quarter with that elbow injury did return to the game. 584 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 3: Nuggets beat the Lakers one twenty to one thirteen. The 585 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 3: Cooliokus with a thirty eight point, twelve rebound, thirteen assists 586 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 3: triple double. Luca Doncons finished with twenty seven points, eleven 587 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 3: rebounds and seven assists. Cooper Flag returned to the Mavericks lineup, 588 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 3: but Orlando beat Dallas one fifteen to one fourteen. 589 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 2: Klay Thompson twenty four points off the bench for Dallas. 590 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 3: He was the only player in the game to score 591 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 3: over twenty points. The Warriors beat the Rockets and oversign 592 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 3: one to fifteen to one thirteen. Brandon Spozemski led the 593 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 3: Warriors and scoring with twenty six no Steph Curry no 594 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 3: Christaps Porzingis. The Timberwolves got their fortieth the year, beating 595 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 3: the Raptors one to fifteen to one oh seven. Rudy 596 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 3: go Bart with the points rebounds double double, and Victor 597 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 3: winbin Yama had thirty eight points, sixteen rebounds of five 598 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 3: blocks as the Spurs beat the Pistons one twenty one 599 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 3: to one oh six. The NFL News the Bears released 600 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 3: linebacker Tremaine Edmonds. Also traded wide receiver dj Moore to 601 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 3: the Bills along with a fifth round pick. They get 602 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 3: a second round pick back. The Texans and daneil Hunter 603 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,240 Speaker 3: have agreed to a one year, forty million dollar extension. 604 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 3: The Rams have agreed to a two year extension with 605 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 3: tight end Tyler Higbee, and and men's college basketball. Third 606 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 3: ranked Michigan Basketball goes undefeated on the road, beating Iowa 607 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 3: seventy one to sixty eight. The Big Ten champs and 608 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 3: eighth Michigan State won ninety one to eighty seven against 609 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 3: Rutgers Fellas back to you, Thank. 610 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 2: You bunch, Jason Smith, Mike Harmon Lave from the Fox 611 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 2: Sports Radio studios, As Martin just told you a big 612 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 2: win for the Nuggets holding off the Lakers late. Yes, 613 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 2: Lebron James turned out to be okay. Right after grimacing 614 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 2: my arm, flexing it, he came back into the game 615 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 2: and this is when the crazy ass drama really started. 616 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 2: We break down the final ninety seconds of a game 617 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 2: that's gonna get a lot of attention the next twenty 618 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 2: four hours. Why We'll tell you next right here, Jason 619 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 2: and Mike Fox Sports Radio. 620 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 621 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 622 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: pm Pacific, Fox. 623 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 2: Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with My best friend 624 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 2: Mike Harmon. Take your shirt off, Jay five Second Dance Party, 625 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 2: Please don't Jason's Super Bowl We take off the shirt, 626 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 2: please don't. Hi drama. Nuggets beat the Lakers, hold on 627 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 2: to beat the Lakers. It was a niptuck two point 628 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 2: game late, but Nikola yelkinch comes up with a couple 629 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 2: of big hoops when the Nuggets needed the most surprised surprise, 630 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 2: are you gonna start singing those lines? They hold off 631 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 2: the Lakers. He came through just when they needed him, 632 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 2: just win. I needed JUMO one one thirteen is the 633 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 2: final And this is where the frustration level the Lakers 634 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 2: must have with Lebron James and really probably the Cavaliers 635 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 2: had with limit points two and the heat had them 636 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,000 Speaker 2: at some points too. Gets to the forefront and you go, 637 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 2: come on, man, this is a close game late, right 638 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 2: that the Nuggets had a five to seven point lead 639 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 2: most of the way and the Lakers make it all 640 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 2: the way back. Right, It's it's a pretty it's a 641 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 2: pretty big comeback by the Lakers. It's a tie game. Late, 642 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 2: you had a big game from Luca. He had twenty seven, 643 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 2: eleven and seven. Look, Lebron had sixteen and eight and 644 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 2: five and thirty four minutes. But this is a one 645 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:47,520 Speaker 2: point game in the final ninety seconds, okay. And when 646 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 2: it's a one point game, the Nuggets need a hoop. 647 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,240 Speaker 2: Who are they gonna go to? Of course they're going 648 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 2: to Jokic, and the Lakers single cover Yokic. Jokic gets 649 00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:00,720 Speaker 2: into the lane twice and he gets two big buckets. Right, 650 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 2: So just understand the Nuggets know at the end we 651 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 2: go to Jokic. What do you do, Jokic? You go 652 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 2: to the hoop and get a basket or you get 653 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,359 Speaker 2: to the free throw line. Either way, it doesn't matter. 654 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 2: Jokic had two big baskets. Lad he had twenty seven 655 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,920 Speaker 2: on the game. I'm sorry, Yo, Yokic had twenty eight 656 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,399 Speaker 2: on the game. But still minute and a half left 657 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 2: to go. Two possessions. Jokic gets the ball, goes to 658 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 2: the rack, gets the bucket twice, and this is what 659 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 2: won the game. The Lakers now need to answer after 660 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 2: Jokic gets these buckets. Now Lebron James had left the game, 661 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,560 Speaker 2: right It hurt his arm, but he had it worked 662 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 2: on flex sideline, came back, came back in the game 663 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:39,719 Speaker 2: with a couple with two and a half minutes left 664 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:44,440 Speaker 2: to go. In the final ninety seconds, Lebron had the 665 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,919 Speaker 2: ball twice, charging towards the hoop. And this is where 666 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 2: for his whole career, Lebron James has never understood that 667 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:57,839 Speaker 2: sometimes the best play is you trying to muscle your 668 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:00,759 Speaker 2: way to the hoop to either get a bucket or 669 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 2: get to the free throw line. But he has always 670 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,399 Speaker 2: been obsessed with making the right basketball play. Now that 671 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,319 Speaker 2: can mask a little bit of a lack of confidence, 672 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,640 Speaker 2: because I want to make the right basketball play. The 673 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:15,280 Speaker 2: right basketball play isn't always finding the open guy. Sometimes 674 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,359 Speaker 2: the right basketball play is a guy who has been 675 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 2: your best player or your second best player getting the 676 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 2: ball to the hoop. Lebron twice gets the ball off 677 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 2: of feeds from Luka Doncic steaming towards the basket, where 678 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,880 Speaker 2: it's either a bucket, it's contact, it's him getting to 679 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 2: the free throw line. But again, what does he do 680 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,879 Speaker 2: both times, I'm passing out to Marcus Smart for a three. 681 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 2: Right now, in theory, the right basketball play passing to 682 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,360 Speaker 2: an open team, and Lebron is always gonna say that 683 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 2: and say, what do you mean, I passed to an 684 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 2: open teams wide open? I have all the confidence in 685 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 2: the world in Marcus. And again this just masks when 686 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,720 Speaker 2: you do something that's not the right basketball play, because 687 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,919 Speaker 2: Marcus Smart taking threes is not the shot you want 688 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,759 Speaker 2: at that point when you're down three, Hey, I want them. 689 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 2: There's it's still time left to get a bucket, be 690 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,759 Speaker 2: down one, get a defensive stop. Marcus Smart for three 691 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,959 Speaker 2: is not the way to go right. Marcus My again, 692 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,520 Speaker 2: Marcus My again. Yet he had a good night shooting. 693 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 2: But at the end of the game, it's different, man. 694 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,960 Speaker 2: It is christ It is you or Luca that has 695 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,000 Speaker 2: to be taking these shots at the end. The only 696 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 2: way it's another player is if somehow I can get 697 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 2: you the ball and you have a layup or you 698 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,200 Speaker 2: have something, you have a bunny from three feet and 699 00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,319 Speaker 2: in that you're gonna be able to make. Going out 700 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,280 Speaker 2: to a guy that is option seven on the team 701 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,279 Speaker 2: is not the right basketball player. Yet Lebron does this 702 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,399 Speaker 2: all the time. So what happens. I get the ball 703 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 2: out to Marcus Smart twice, Marcus Smart bricks up to 704 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,440 Speaker 2: threes and that's the game, and the Lakers can't come 705 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,399 Speaker 2: back from that. The Nuggets get a couple of free 706 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,240 Speaker 2: throws near the end and they win this by seven. 707 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,600 Speaker 2: Like this is so frustrating. The Lakers have to be 708 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,360 Speaker 2: frustrated with. We get Lebron the ball, He's got a 709 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 2: drive to the hoop, he has a way he can 710 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,960 Speaker 2: get there. He's one on one. It's Joki Steh. You're 711 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,400 Speaker 2: gonna get contact. Man, go up. Try But either I'm 712 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 2: I want to make the right play or I want 713 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,279 Speaker 2: to make the right play, asked with, I don't have 714 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:03,680 Speaker 2: the angle I feel like I have. I don't know 715 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:05,360 Speaker 2: that I can make the basket. I'm not gonna be 716 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,839 Speaker 2: someone that misses a last minute shot. So I pass 717 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:09,719 Speaker 2: them all out to Marcus Smart. That's got to be 718 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:12,400 Speaker 2: so incredibly frustrating for the Lakers. Does he use the 719 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,839 Speaker 2: injury and the arm issue as an excuse, Oh my arm, 720 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 2: it's broken, shot broken, But I can be out there 721 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 2: to open space for my teammates. I missed get twenty 722 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:26,839 Speaker 2: seven foot of the first time and a twenty three 723 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 2: foot of the second. The two Smart three point shots. Yeah, 724 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,400 Speaker 2: I mean that that's it because the first question is like, so, 725 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,000 Speaker 2: on a night where you set the record for most 726 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 2: field goals made in the final minute and a half, 727 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:45,200 Speaker 2: you passed out twice. I don't know. I don't know 728 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:46,640 Speaker 2: what to say with at the end of a game 729 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 2: like this, your best players between Lebron and Luca. It's 730 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,399 Speaker 2: one shot in the final ninety seconds and Luca takes 731 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:56,200 Speaker 2: a three and misses it. Yeah, maybe now getting the 732 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,600 Speaker 2: ball to Okay, you're doing what your Luca getting the 733 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 2: ball of Bron. If I'm not taking the shot, it's 734 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,760 Speaker 2: Lebron and he got him the ball twice and instead 735 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,560 Speaker 2: I'm pass to an open teammate. Why do you think 736 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,800 Speaker 2: the Nuggets are allowing you to pass to an open teammate? 737 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,799 Speaker 2: Do you think the Nuggets defensively just don't know what 738 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,880 Speaker 2: they're doing? Oh man, we left market. 739 00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:13,759 Speaker 1: No, they know. 740 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,319 Speaker 2: Hey, if you if we get if we can we 741 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,759 Speaker 2: can hold off Lebron, get him one on one, leave 742 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,279 Speaker 2: a teammate open and he's gonna pass to him. I 743 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 2: guarantee you that's what That's what said in the in 744 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:28,879 Speaker 2: the huddles. Leave that guy open, Michael Malone. I need 745 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,600 Speaker 2: Mike Malone. Leave that guy open. Lebron will pass to him. 746 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:34,920 Speaker 2: Because I guarantee you if you ask any team, what 747 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:36,560 Speaker 2: would you rather have at the end of the game 748 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:38,440 Speaker 2: for a game winning shot for the Lakers? Would you 749 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,359 Speaker 2: rather have Luca with the ball, Lebron with the ball, 750 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,759 Speaker 2: or anybody else? They're all saying, anybody else, what if 751 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,160 Speaker 2: it's an open shot, Give me an open shot? Anybody 752 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,440 Speaker 2: else will open Marcus mart three point, Yes, let's see it. 753 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 2: Give it to him. Well, see it's a true question, 754 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:56,640 Speaker 2: because Lebron's gonna pass it. Yeah, I him coming down 755 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,680 Speaker 2: with a full ahead of Steve and say, all right, 756 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,359 Speaker 2: get to the rack. Maybe you get the and one, 757 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,280 Speaker 2: or you go to the free throw line instead. Marcus 758 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:07,919 Speaker 2: Smart like he's got a good look at it, And yes, 759 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,080 Speaker 2: it would have tied the game and all of that, 760 00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:13,120 Speaker 2: but there's still a minute left. You still have to 761 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,239 Speaker 2: stop Jokich at the other end. There's still other possessions 762 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,000 Speaker 2: to be had, right, this isn't last second. Okay, this 763 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,080 Speaker 2: is it, and and Marcus Smart either ties it and 764 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,440 Speaker 2: sends us to overtime or we go home. There's still 765 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 2: several possessions in an NBA game in a final minute. 766 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,400 Speaker 2: I mean, it's not like it's down to one play, 767 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:37,440 Speaker 2: and it's not. It's it's sometimes the best play is 768 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,359 Speaker 2: your best player making something happens. Why I always say, Hey, 769 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:44,360 Speaker 2: if the Knicks lose because Jalen Brunson misses a contested 770 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,960 Speaker 2: three with two guys in his face, I'm okay with that. 771 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,560 Speaker 2: I'm okay with it because he's our best player and 772 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:51,480 Speaker 2: I will lose my best player taking it. If you 773 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,520 Speaker 2: at least have three or four guys, you can okay. 774 00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:58,840 Speaker 2: Lakers do not have that many guys. But like the 775 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,320 Speaker 2: Lakers have to be okay. To be okay, either Luca 776 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 2: or Lebron take these shots, right, yo, get just not 777 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,600 Speaker 2: passing out of these plays in the final ninety seconds 778 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:08,840 Speaker 2: to give the ball to a teammate. He's not passing 779 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:10,879 Speaker 2: out to Alex English on the wing for a three, 780 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 2: like that's where the iceman's not coming down for the 781 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,919 Speaker 2: finger roll in the lane. He's going in to make 782 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:21,399 Speaker 2: that shot. And and Lebron does this all the time. Oh, 783 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:24,840 Speaker 2: exit out by a freshcoo, exit swollen dome. Jason Smith, 784 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,920 Speaker 2: Mike Harmon, we have big stuff out of the NBA 785 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,240 Speaker 2: and NFL. Next right here, Fox