1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 2: Thinker, Well, I think Duke is gonna be really upset 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 2: with this court storming story. Oh hello, welcome in side 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 2: hour three The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon. We 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: got more from NFL Free Agency coming up in a minute, 8 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 2: some over thirty guys going back home finding new destinations. 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: But this week getting to the conference tournament week. We 10 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 2: now are getting set for the championship games in some 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 2: of the smaller conferences. Detroit Mercy beat Robert Morris tonight 12 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 2: to advance to the championship in the Horizon League. Okay, okay, now, 13 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: Detroit Mercy, great story. I think they were like, oh 14 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: to sixty five coming into this year, and now you 15 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 2: know they're seventeen and fourteen. They go to the final, 16 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 2: they win out the clock and one fan storms the court. 17 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 2: That just gets you arrested. One dude, one dude, and 18 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 2: it's like the game ends and everybody's just kind of dribbling. No, 19 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 2: it's almost like a wreck game ending, like they like that. Okay, 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 2: I said, if you guys can leave, we got the 21 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: nine o'clock game coming on the court the next five minutes. 22 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, guys are you know kind of slowly high fiving? Okay, 23 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 2: And after like fifteen seconds, one fan just kind of 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 2: walks on at midcourt and goes, hey, and he puts 25 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 2: his arms up and he turns around and he walks 26 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: off like there's no security, no nothing. One fan storming 27 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: that John Shi has gotta be really upset about. 28 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 3: He went one to know today. I mean he said, 29 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 3: you know what, I'm celebrating my damn wins. 30 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,839 Speaker 2: Let's go. I mean, one guy runs on the court, 31 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 2: like when I saw this, it's oh one guy does 32 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 2: he run up to somebody to no, he just kind 33 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: of waits, he goes yeah, he goes, I mean, look, 34 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 2: look they're they're playing, and they're playing. It looks like 35 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 2: you're a big high school gym where they're playing and 36 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 2: they just you know, the guy kind of comes out 37 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: wearing a big winner coat, not like dressed up with 38 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: his face painted or anything else. I'm out here, man 39 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 2: who storm with the court, you know what, living his 40 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 2: best life. Oh it's a nice emblematic moment for all 41 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 2: of us out there wherever you are. I mean, you know, 42 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 2: yesterday you lost an hour of sleep, but you got 43 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: more daylight. The life is good. 44 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 3: And look you can watch the guy lose a marathon 45 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 3: by less than a second because of some chaos. I mean, 46 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 3: you gotta find your wins where you can. You celebrate 47 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 3: Detroit Mercy and go to go to White Castle after 48 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 3: you kid, what a great night that is immediately Detroit Mercy. 49 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 2: I'm like, that's where we hired Ricky Birdsong from all 50 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 2: the way back in the day, Detroit Mercy and right 51 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: state now in the Championship of the Horizon leg, how 52 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 2: about that? There you go, there's one man storming the court. 53 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 2: You got to bring him to every game now and 54 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 2: if we win, you got run on the court again. Okay, 55 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 2: I'll do it. Okay. 56 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 3: Can you put him in a costume or some'll be okay? 57 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 3: Or did you just have to wear the gore tex jacket? 58 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 3: Just wear that jacket stands and quite Peter Griffin kind 59 00:02:58,880 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 3: of some hybrid there? 60 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, lining on at tim, I'm ready to go. Man, 61 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: he we won Detroit Bursey. Can you dance a little 62 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 2: bit for us here? He can be part of the 63 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 2: halftime entertainment. So Day one of NFL free agency, a 64 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 2: couple of over thirties make big decisions. Travis Kelcey decides 65 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 2: to return to the Chiefs for another year. Right, we 66 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 2: talked about this with Kenneth Walker. Uh, this was entirely expected. 67 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: And if you said to me, what's the breakdown that 68 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 2: Travis Kelcey wants to play because he can still play 69 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: versus the breakdown for do I lose any of my 70 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 2: star power if I retire? I would say that's that's 71 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 2: even at best, right, because Travis kelsey has shown, Look, 72 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 2: I can still be I can still be somewhat of 73 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 2: a difference maker on the field. He had a good 74 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: year number wise, But how many times did you watch 75 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 2: them lose games last year because he dropped a ball 76 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 2: or a ball not you know that he should have caught, 77 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 2: bounced off his hands and got picked off like three 78 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 2: or four times during the season. Boy, Travis Kelcey really 79 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 2: caught them. So what we said about the Chiefs is 80 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 2: gonna happen. They brought in Kenneth Walker, there's gonna be 81 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: another number one wide receiver they'll make a move for. 82 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 2: They'll bring in another tight end that will be part 83 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 2: of two tight end sets will take over him when 84 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 2: he does retire eventually, probably after this year. But at 85 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 2: least half the reason he's coming back he understands where 86 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 2: he's at. He's always been very media savvy. Travis Kelcey, 87 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 2: Chiefs Football Star is gonna continue to get to do commercials. 88 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 2: It's gonna continue to make front page news. This podcast 89 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 2: can continue to do great in waiting for the wedding 90 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 2: with Taylor Swift, like, I'm still a big superstar? Are 91 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 2: you still that big of a star when you walk 92 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 2: away from the game. Yeah, you want to think the 93 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 2: endorsement is still gonna be there. They're gonna talk about me. 94 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 2: But the reality of Travis Kelcey non football player versus 95 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 2: Travis Kelcey football player with all the stuff happening is 96 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 2: night and day. So I'm sure part of it is 97 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 2: I can still play. I don't want to go out 98 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 2: that way with Mahomes being hurt and ending the way 99 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 2: I did. But there's a big part going Man. I 100 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 2: gotta stay as relevant as possible because my star pass 101 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 2: he has had a whole new level in the last 102 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 2: couple of years, So I got to keep playing while 103 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 2: I can still do it. 104 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 3: It's kind of funny, right because you look across the 105 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,119 Speaker 3: desk and you got his brother and his wife who've 106 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 3: had a tremendous run. Obviously, the affiliation all comes back 107 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 3: the common denominator being Taylor Swift. You know, mom getting 108 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 3: on all these TV shows, the Traders and TMZ doing 109 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 3: a story of how they're changing out windows in their 110 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 3: house became a big deal, all of those things. But yeah, 111 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 3: I mean, part of it is you could leave with 112 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 3: a bad taste in your mouth because you know, you 113 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 3: did leave the ball on the carpet a couple of times. 114 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 3: Had a pretty good year overall as far as tight ends, 115 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 3: he's still Yeah, it's just not Travis Kelsey and that guy. 116 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 2: A lot of big drops, a lot of bad plays 117 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 2: last years where it's like you're hearing footsteps and you're 118 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 2: looking away from bringing the ball in, whereas in years past, 119 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 2: maybe you weren't thinking about, you know, alligator arming it 120 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 2: as he did a couple of times right the ball 121 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 2: that he would go fight for. So maybe a rededication 122 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 2: or change there. 123 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 3: Uh, But when you're still I mean, we can argue this, 124 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 3: but I mean still top five tight end, Yeah, right, 125 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 3: and back end. Obviously not not that guy. But how 126 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 3: many guys do you point to and just say so 127 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:19,919 Speaker 3: much better? Yeah, Bowers Warren maybe starting to grow. 128 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 2: But rather because they're younger. You know, he's that correct. 129 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 3: But you know, assuming Mahomes is healthy, their camaraderie and 130 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 3: and their rapport uh means a lot. Doesn't mean you 131 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 3: can't still go out in free agency. We watched a 132 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 3: lot of these guys changing teams and what was the 133 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 3: first thing even leading into today, a lot of centers 134 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 3: changing and Lindenbaum's a big deal. That's a whole other thing. 135 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 3: But the Bears had a guy retired, they traded for 136 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 3: another guy. Chargers immediately go and sign And we've seen 137 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 3: a lot of dominoes there. But we we chronicled. 138 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 2: It last year. 139 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 3: Last week, I should say, there's a list of like 140 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 3: fifteen free agents. Oh yeah, tight end, Yeah, there's there's 141 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 3: a lot of guys. Get a younger and get a 142 00:06:59,160 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 3: guy with that. 143 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 2: You can get a David and Joku, you can get 144 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 2: some Hey, I can go out like like Isaiah likely 145 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 2: today going to the Giants like wow, they really have 146 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 2: now they got two good tight ends. So I mean, 147 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 2: like there's there's guys out there. They'll go get a 148 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 2: guy like that that will be part of the double 149 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 2: tight ends. Set play a little bit more than you think, 150 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 2: and then we'll take over in a year. Did you 151 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,559 Speaker 2: like the U the number of people crying dirty pool 152 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 2: in Baltimore, It's like, yeah, you. 153 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 3: Made them re sign Andrews. Yeah, then you steal Isaiah likely. 154 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 2: Now elsewhere over thirty deciding for a new location. Mike 155 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 2: Evans gonna now catch passes for the San Francisco forty 156 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 2: nine ers. And now the first part of this dilemma 157 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 2: is that he chose, I can win with San Francisco 158 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 2: or I believe I can win with San Francisco more 159 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 2: than I can win with Tampa Bay. The money was 160 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 2: the same, wasn't a big money thing? Mike Evans, Hey, 161 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 2: I only have a couple of years left. He's thirty two, 162 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 2: he's not very healthy. Where do I go? I feel 163 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 2: I can win with San Francisco more than I can 164 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 2: win with Tampa Bay, which I get and theory, yeah, 165 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 2: of course you can win more with San Francisco they 166 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 2: with Tampa Bay. You've tried with Tampa Bay the last 167 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 2: couple of years. Baker Mayfield has played well to a point, 168 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 2: not quite as good a year this year as he 169 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 2: had a year before, but a big decision had to 170 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 2: be made. Okay, I'm gonna go now. Tampa Bay certainly 171 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 2: has good young talent at wide receiver to replace him, 172 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 2: but he's been a guy that's been a security blanket 173 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 2: there for a long time. That being said, I don't 174 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: like the move for the forty nine ers. Mike Evans 175 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 2: at thirty two, big red zone target. Obviously you can 176 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 2: move Ricky Piersoll back over. Now, these are your two 177 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 2: starting wide receivers. Okay, go back eighteen months, two years 178 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 2: ago when you could say, my goodness, the wealth of 179 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 2: talent the forty nine ers have at wide receiver with 180 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 2: Ayuk and Debo, and they drafted Ricky Piersoll and Kiddle 181 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 2: a tight end. They got all kinds. Now, look at 182 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 2: their wide receiver room. They're gonna lose Juwan Jennings. Look 183 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 2: at their wide receiver room. It's Mike Evans and Ricky Piersoll. 184 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 2: Neither of these guys are uncoverable. Neither of these guys. 185 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 2: You have to say, we gotta roll coverages this way. 186 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 2: They're both they both have their strengths. I like Ricky Piersoll, 187 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 2: but Ricky Piersall is good. Hey, if he's your third 188 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 2: best receiver, I'm feeling pretty good. But now you put 189 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 2: him in mate, maybe he's your one. I get that 190 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 2: San Francisco can do things, and we watch Mac Jones 191 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 2: without some playmakers last year throw touchdowns and do pretty well. 192 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 2: But you're asking the forty nine ers now to navigate 193 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 2: a season where Ricky Piersoll is okay and Mike Evans 194 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 2: at thirty two gets hurt a lot. Right, The forty 195 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 2: nine ers said beginning of the offseason, we want to 196 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 2: get younger and faster. This is not younger and faster, 197 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 2: and you can't and you gotta be younger and faster. 198 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 2: There's certain positions you got to be younger and faster. 199 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 2: At wide receiver is one of them. You can't be 200 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 2: older and slower at wide receiver and think it's gonna work. 201 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,959 Speaker 2: So while it sounds great, you look at the back 202 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 2: of Mike Evans football card and say this is a 203 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 2: great move. You're talking about Mike Evans coming and you 204 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 2: are counting on him to be your number one receiver. 205 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 2: How long is he gonna stay healthy for how many 206 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 2: games are gonna play if he plays more, I put 207 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 2: the over under at six and a half games, and 208 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 2: I don't know that he's gonna make it past that. 209 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 2: And Ricky Piersoll's not He's not gonna catch hundred and 210 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 2: ten passes. So what are you gonna do with wide 211 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 2: receiver now? If you're saying you have to now remake 212 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 2: that room that you thought you had remade eighteen months ago. Again, 213 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 2: it's a really it's a team that every year seems 214 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 2: to find a way, but this really seems like it's 215 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 2: something that they bid off more than they can chew 216 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 2: in their counting on guys to contribute and be really 217 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 2: good players that you can't count. 218 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 3: On rams go and get McDuffie for their secondary to 219 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 3: shore up those issues. What did the forty nine ers 220 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 3: counter with an aged, injured Mike Evans? And I love 221 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 3: Mike Evans, great player, Maybe he gebbeg guns just that 222 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 3: poached up guy. Remember Kittle's coming off a big injury. 223 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 3: I think you're gonna see more of what we did 224 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 3: this last year. We predicted it ahead of the season 225 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 3: starting out that McCaffrey's gonna catch a hundred balls he's 226 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 3: gonna have to do it again and we'll see what happens. 227 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 3: Offensive line, you're still holding guys together with duct tape 228 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 3: and you know, Bobby pins to try to get things 229 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 3: going because you got a bunch of older and elder 230 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 3: statesman there. So for Brock Purdy, he chose Brock over 231 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 3: Baker Brock and Shanahan over super Bowls in company and 232 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 3: a division that's much harder to navigate, curious move. But 233 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 3: for the forty nine ers, I mean, it's it's name 234 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 3: recognition and a guy that I guess settles into that 235 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 3: next role kind of like we watched Keenan Allen to 236 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 3: a degree as much as lad Mconkie owners were mad 237 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 3: about it. Where you can move the chains with him. 238 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 2: But is that it right? 239 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 3: We're not gonna be able to take the top off 240 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 3: like they got to go find another wide receiver to 241 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 3: do that. 242 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 2: With Jennings probably going away. I mean, look, Ricky Piersoll 243 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 2: certainly has the talent, the pedigree coming back. Look, he 244 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 2: had he had the gunshot, he had the injury, right, 245 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 2: but can he stay healthy? Right? And yeah, that's another 246 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 2: thing for him. He played games last year. You extrapolate 247 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 2: it out he's a guy that could catch seventy passes. 248 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 2: But if your number one receiver catches seventy passes, your 249 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 2: team's winning five games. Like, I mean, that'sack and then okay, 250 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 2: just to you know, at an average rate of about 251 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 2: six point eight yards. Again, but I know that that 252 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 2: Perdy and and mac Jones and mac Jones specifically has succeeded. 253 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 4: Uh. 254 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 2: That's why, that's why probably the forty nine want to 255 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 2: hold on to him. They paid Purty a lot, but 256 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 2: this this is a lot to ask a forty nine 257 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 2: ers offense. Now that's another year older for Christian McCaffrey, 258 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 2: who's still a great player, but another year for him 259 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 2: as a running back and a big superstar tight end 260 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 2: that had problem staying healthy. Now you both of your 261 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 2: starting wide receivers have problems staying healthy. How's that gonna work? 262 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 2: I mean, I get that you think forty nine ers 263 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 2: and they just wave a magic wand it, But I 264 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,439 Speaker 2: don't see how this works. And you've got the substation 265 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 2: to navigate. Yes, Frostburgs sending me that picture of the 266 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 2: the the turkey leg that falls off the bones, hey 267 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 2: spike in It's true that the one that of the 268 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 2: grill that you just pop it right, yeah, the smoker. 269 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, that's good. 270 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 5: I mean, come on, man, that's also Jason's brain after 271 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 5: the Mets. 272 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 2: It's it's we haven't started the season yet, man, layoff 273 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 2: the Mets. All right, I take it back. All right? 274 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 2: You could say Nicks, God say nick uh So? I 275 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 2: mean yeah, so, I mean, I know it seems great 276 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 2: and the forty nine ersill always do the right thing. 277 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 2: But I look at this and I go, how are 278 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 2: you going to compete against these other teams in the NFC? 279 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 2: Substation is undefeated? You're you're the substations is one hundred 280 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 2: and fifty, and oh the Rams are better and they've 281 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 2: gotten better. The Seahawks or your Super Bowl champions Cardinals 282 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 2: are the Cardinals. But okay, you're you're talking about it. 283 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:43,959 Speaker 2: You're talking about a team that is used to running 284 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 2: that division. I don't know how you compete. You're old, 285 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 2: you're slow, Like I don't know if after that, in 286 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 2: a year from now, we're gonna be saying, okay, they're 287 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 2: completely wiping everybody out and going new everywhere, because you 288 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 2: gotta get younger and faster. You gotta do that. And 289 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 2: the forty nine ers didn't do it. They did not 290 00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 2: do that. 291 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 3: That when your mantra was we need to get faster 292 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 3: and younger to go sign a mid thirties wide receiver. 293 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 3: And again, all love and respect for the years evansus. 294 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's tough, man, It's tough. Forty good times always 295 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 2: don't last forever, right, nothing lasts forever, even. 296 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:18,559 Speaker 5: Coldovenbue hamstrings Jason near the substation. 297 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 2: Exit out about a Frasca exit swrolling down Jason Smith, 298 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 2: Mike Harvin live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. Frostburg's 299 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 2: putting the substation Turkey leg on at Boltsmooth, so that'll 300 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 2: be there. That's it, goes Brandon. We have more NFL 301 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 2: on the way coming up next, plus evidence that Steve 302 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 2: Kerr must listen to our show. That's next. 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Check us out on YouTube 314 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 6: and subscribed. 315 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best 316 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 2: friend Mike Harmon. More NFL coming up in a couple 317 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 2: of minutes. But some big stories out of the NBA. First, 318 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 2: let's have an appreciation moment for God that you don't 319 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 2: think needs one, but tonight we want Shay Gildess Alexander 320 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 2: do something that tied Wilt Chamberlain and that you know, 321 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 2: and Will Chamblain's one of those names when you say 322 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 2: somebody tied a record or broke a record, you could 323 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 2: say Cal Ripkin, Mike Schmidt, Joe Montana. Yeah, but when 324 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 2: you say Will Chamblin, oh, Will Chamberlain, Right, what's a Wilt? 325 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 2: It must have been on the courts. It wasn't on 326 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 2: the court. It wasn't on the court. 327 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 6: Thing. 328 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, if it's in the chronicles of actual NBA statistics, 329 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 3: it's one thing. 330 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 2: It's the global knowledge of Wilt Chamberlain. And I used 331 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 2: that word specifically. It's best postgame outfits. Warn Oh there 332 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 2: you go, SGA tonight tied Wilt Chamberlain's record for most 333 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 2: consecutive games scoring at least twenty points. Did it tonight 334 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 2: now in the thunders one six win over the Nuggets. 335 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 2: We'll get to more on that in a second take 336 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 2: down Lebron. He can. Chamberlain streak ran from nineteen sixty 337 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 2: one to nineteen sixty three. Also, other streaks he had 338 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 2: that ran longer at least twenty points in every game 339 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 2: over those two years, also included his famous one hundred 340 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 2: point game run. However, his streak ended in January of 341 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 2: sixty three when he played four minutes against the Hawks. Okay, 342 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 2: it happens, But now SGA can break that record on 343 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 2: Thursday night when they play the Celtics at home. He 344 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 2: can break the record and on court record held by 345 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 2: Wilt Chamberlain. How often can you say someone can break 346 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 2: in on because the off court record you're not, No, 347 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 2: the on court record set by Wilt chair, how many 348 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,120 Speaker 2: people are court Wilt cha on court on? How many 349 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 2: people are breaking is right? I don't know that there 350 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 2: I could re I remember I can remember one Wilt 351 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 2: Chamberlain on court court. No, you're not breaking that, uh, 352 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 2: you're not even tying it. But how many Wilt Chamberlain 353 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 2: records are people going to break and Sga is going 354 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 2: to break this record on Thursday night. Amazing. You just 355 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 2: talk about an incredible run. And obviously he's foremost in 356 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 2: people's thoughts here off the MVP season and the the 357 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 2: vying for a repeat, but just that level of consistency, 358 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 2: health and you know, playing through these games because they 359 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 2: blow a lot of teams out. 360 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 3: So sometimes like we've had that Wemby game the other day, Yeah, 361 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,120 Speaker 3: like I need to score. I'm just gonna go sit down. 362 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 3: Uh that he gets his and off off he goes 363 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 3: to the sideline. It's a good thing he doesn't have 364 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 3: to be defended by lou Dort though. It's a good 365 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 3: thing to have him on your link, is true? 366 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: Yeahs you saw. 367 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 2: Jokic got bloodied. 368 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, oh right, with a flailing arm, and we've seen 369 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 3: that a bunch, so I mean, I guess he's helped 370 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 3: by the fact that people aren't running after him and 371 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 3: that little Kick movie, the little Elaine Bennis Little Kicks movie. 372 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 3: He's got as he goes up for a jumper, keeps 373 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 3: like a cloak of invisibility around him, so people he 374 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 3: kind of hit him, but never. 375 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 2: Fully one hundred and twenty six straight games. Amazing at 376 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 2: twenty point, Now this is you think that's gonna be 377 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 2: the appreciation with No, this is the appreciation moment. The 378 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 2: end of this game tonight, great back and forth with 379 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 2: him and Jokic. With less than fifteen seconds left to go, 380 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 2: SGA hits a big step back to give the Thunder 381 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 2: the lead. I mean, another big shot in SGA's pantheon. 382 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 2: Had the big step back the other night to clinch 383 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 2: the win over the Knicks. Yokic comes down, hits a three, 384 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 2: called for a foul, Denver gets a free throw. Okay, 385 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 2: So now there's eight seconds left, Oklahoma City gets the 386 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 2: ball back, and SGA hits another step back to win 387 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 2: the game. So in the final fifteen seconds, not one, 388 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 2: but two game winning shots he basically because you think, okay, 389 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 2: the first one coming back. Jokic does hit a three, 390 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 2: which is Jokic. But you think about how how good 391 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 2: players are down the stretch making one shot. Here's Sga 392 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:29,360 Speaker 2: no problem making two knowing also full well the debate 393 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 2: that's going on about him the last week and a 394 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 2: half about how often he gets to the free throw line, 395 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 2: Like we talked about that the night of the next game, right, 396 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 2: Mike Brown was really mad. They did the rest do 397 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 2: a great job of getting himTo the free throw line. 398 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 2: Free Throw lines become a big narrative for SG. Jump 399 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 2: off point, Now, what has SGA now done the last 400 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 2: couple of times that chances to win the game? Blank you, Oh, 401 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 2: I'll hit a step back three, not one, but I'll 402 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 2: do it three times. You know what, they'll hit games right, 403 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 2: not I'm gonna get to the rim and get to 404 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 2: the free throw line, saying blank you, I can do 405 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 2: what I want to, but I'm like, oh, you want 406 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 2: to see me do something different. I'll have to step 407 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 2: back threes because you have to. Because that's the whole 408 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 2: point is that if you're defending him one on one, 409 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 2: you have to allow him some kind of space because 410 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 2: he's just going to initiate contact and get to the 411 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 2: free throw line. So you could put your best defender 412 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 2: still has to give him space. Still means I'm gonna 413 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 2: have time for a step back and open three. And 414 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 2: it's not like SGA is hitting these shots over extended 415 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 2: defenders because they have to give him them. I mean, 416 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 2: this is the brilliance of how good he is is that, Oh, 417 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 2: I can just step back and hit these shots. And oh, 418 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 2: by the way, blank you for thinking all I have 419 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 2: to do is get to the free throw line. The 420 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 2: last three games he has won. Now for them, all 421 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 2: step back shots. Not gonna foul me, not gonna worry 422 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 2: about the free throw line. I'll show I can do 423 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 2: this before I say blank you. Then I go back 424 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 2: to getting sent to the free throw line. 425 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 3: It's a nice space in the chess game that they're playing, 426 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 3: but certainly each and every time you have to argue 427 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 3: that it was the wrong basketball move and that he 428 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:54,919 Speaker 3: should have passed it. 429 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 2: Lebron would have passed. I'm gonna pass these shots. 430 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 3: Did you see they were taking shots at Lebron the 431 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 3: other day of the broadcast Lakers broadcast of we know 432 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 3: some guys that would still be laying on the. 433 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 2: Ground if they took that kind of contact. Like Wow, 434 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 2: incoming now elsewhere in the NBA. The big story tonight, 435 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 2: pour one out from Magic City Monday, the long time 436 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 2: hopeful Atlanta. No No, I simply told you what was 437 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 2: going to happen. I saw the future, and I told 438 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 2: I did not cost people anything. Magic City, Big Strip 439 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 2: Club in Atlanta has been famous for a long time. Right, 440 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 2: you've heard about Magic City. You've heard people talk about 441 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 2: Magic City, and we knew now for the last couple 442 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 2: of months they were planning a big Magic City Monday 443 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 2: where they were going to a week or two they 444 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 2: were going to have a big moment where they were 445 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 2: going to play the game on Monday against the Magic 446 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,199 Speaker 2: and it was going to be a big celebration of 447 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 2: Magic City, which has been a big cultural institution in Atlanta. 448 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 2: A lot of hip hop artists began their careers, They're 449 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 2: getting their tapes played there. Uh, it's it's a big thing. 450 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 2: But in the end, it's a strip club and that 451 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 2: wasn't going to always fly with the NBA. And when 452 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 2: Luke Corner of the Spurs wrote a letter last week, 453 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 2: I believe it was for the Player's Tribune saying that 454 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 2: the NBA should step in and Magic City Monday is 455 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 2: not a good idea. We want to empower women and 456 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,199 Speaker 2: this is not something that is out there that I 457 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 2: think is something that's positive. When that happened, what did 458 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,239 Speaker 2: we say. NBA is now stepping in? This is not 459 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 2: going to happen. The NBA is not going to do 460 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 2: this because I get the optic, and this is one 461 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 2: of those cases where it doesn't matter what I think, 462 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 2: or you think, or anybody else, the NBA is going 463 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 2: to step in because the optic of the NBA celebrating 464 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 2: a strip club is not the optic that I think 465 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 2: the leadership wanted. And you can sit here and say, 466 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 2: but it's a great strip club, it's more than a 467 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 2: strip club. Yeah, understand that. But perception is reality, and 468 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 2: the perception is here's the NBA celebrating a strip club, 469 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 2: which is not really what you want to do. You 470 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 2: don't really want your business to say, yeah, we're celebrating 471 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 2: a strip club because it's not a great op And 472 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 2: I get what they're going for. I get what they 473 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 2: were going for and the wings at Magic City people 474 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 2: talk about that. But the minute it became a thing, 475 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 2: I knew the NBA was going to cancel it. In fact, 476 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised as if to as if to 477 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 2: think that this is kind of how it went the end. 478 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 2: The Hawks wanted to plan Magic City Monday. They kind 479 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 2: of talked to the NBA about it and was like, yeah, yeah, right, yeah, 480 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 2: we got to look into it a little bit. You 481 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,199 Speaker 2: gotta tell us what's going on, do a little more 482 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:26,719 Speaker 2: in faun did more digging on it, a little more 483 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 2: digging on it to see if we want to do 484 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 2: it something. We want to put our name next to you, okay. 485 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 2: And the NBA knew they were doing this right because 486 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 2: I had the sweatshirt sent. The NBA had to okay 487 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 2: that the Fogs were gonna send you celebrate Magic City Monday. 488 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 2: I would guarantee you without being in the room that 489 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 2: this was a story that the NBA said, Okay, as 490 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 2: long as there's no controversy, we can do it. As 491 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 2: long as it doesn't become a thing, we can do it. 492 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 2: And Luke Cornett sort of sounded the alarm on it 493 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 2: or opened up the potential that this is not a 494 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 2: great thing. And this became a topic of debate. Why 495 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 2: why can't the team celebrate a strip club? It just 496 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 2: sounds it just doesn't sound great. It hits the ear, 497 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 2: hits a lot of people's ears wrong. And I'm not 498 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,679 Speaker 2: saying everybody, but it became I knew it was going 499 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 2: to become a divisive topic. And the NBA and Adam 500 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 2: Silver five. The fact that I said Adam Silver was 501 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,439 Speaker 2: gonna do something when he doesn't want to do anything, 502 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 2: tells you how much I knew that the NBA was 503 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 2: gonna do something. Adam Silver, who wants to sit back 504 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 2: and go, oh, can we pretend I'm on vacation. You 505 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 2: can't reach me, and you know I'm out of the 506 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 2: country somewhere. I'm i'm, I'm, I'm, I'm looking at penguins 507 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 2: and Antarctica and I have no cell reception. I don't 508 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 2: want to make a decision on anything. The fact I 509 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 2: said he's gonna do it told you how much I 510 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 2: knew that was gonna get canceled. And Adam Silver is 511 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 2: seeing this scene the optics, seen that it become divisive. 512 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 2: With more time between now and when it was gonna 513 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 2: do it was next Monday is when it was gonna 514 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 2: be with more time going yeah, this is not where 515 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 2: we want to go as a business. So I understand 516 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 2: what the Atlanta Hawks want to do, but we're not 517 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 2: gonna celebrate a strip club. I knew that was gonna happen, 518 00:24:58,240 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 2: and it happened tonight. 519 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 3: Local business does good, except here was that have a 520 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 3: local business story update here as Mike Harmon has it 521 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 3: for you. Well, But I mean, like we talked about 522 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 3: the secondary ticketing market last week games. For that Monday, 523 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 3: to get in the building, you were looking at almost 524 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 3: one hundred and fifty bucks for nosebleeds as opposed to 525 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 3: the next home game where you could get in for 526 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 3: about twenty five bucks to the same seats. Right, everybody 527 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 3: wanted the hoodie and to see the musicians, to see 528 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 3: the pageantry that they were doing here. They weren't gonna 529 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 3: pull pulls down, although you know some might argue with 530 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 3: some of the dance routines by team cheerleaders and everything else, 531 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 3: that you're how far are you removed except for a 532 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 3: little bit of clothing? 533 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 2: Right? 534 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 3: And meanwhile, I mean, and Adam Silver, as he would 535 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 3: be delivering this message, would be like, hold on, I 536 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 3: just got the copy for the new lebron James Kevin 537 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 3: Hart gambling. 538 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 2: Ad let's watch this first. 539 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 3: We're getting into the morality and appearances whatever, and it's like, 540 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 3: all right, where are you drawing the line here? 541 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:03,880 Speaker 2: Thisish? 542 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 3: You know, it's a little dubious here, a little boob, 543 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 3: a little side boob versus. And again you know, cultural institution. 544 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 3: And it's not a hill I'll die on. It's not 545 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,360 Speaker 3: a place I frequent. I've got plenty of other ways 546 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 3: to spend my money. My kids siphon all of it 547 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 3: into their activity. So I mean, that's that. But it's 548 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 3: just the idea that this is where in a league 549 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 3: where we've had a lot of issues, whether it be 550 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 3: competition from one to thirty, whether teams are tanking and 551 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,679 Speaker 3: what you have to find them again, integrity issues for 552 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:45,439 Speaker 3: your league and your giant billion dollar gambling revenue, that 553 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 3: a team decided to celebrate a local establishment that's meant 554 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 3: so much to a city on a very large scale. 555 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,880 Speaker 3: That's the time that suddenly super Silver gets activated. 556 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 2: That's the thing to be. That's just laughable about this. 557 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 2: All the other things that he could have done in 558 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 2: the but again he doesn't want to do it. But 559 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 2: I knew he would step. I knew he would step. 560 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 3: But I want to know which of the business partners, right, 561 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 3: because it's not the player's letter like that. 562 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 2: That's that is what it is. That's fine. 563 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 3: Uh, it's the which of the business partners decided to 564 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 3: raise their hand. 565 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 2: Oh, hey, you know, I don't know about this, So 566 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 2: I just found out about this whole Magic City thing. Hey, sorry, guys, 567 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 2: can't have it. Like I told you, if nobody makes 568 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 2: a big deal out of it, we can do it. 569 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 2: But the minute somebody says, all right, now, I got it, 570 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,479 Speaker 2: Now I gotta put the uh put an end to it. Guarantee, man, 571 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:34,920 Speaker 2: guarantee without knowing. 572 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 3: Here's the thing, though, you're depriving people that wouldn't go 573 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 3: to the establishment the luxury of having to try their wings, 574 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 3: but you cannot get. 575 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 2: I mean, I guess you could probably do it. I 576 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 2: want to. I want to make sure people that spent 577 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 2: all this extra money for these tickets are gonna get Hey, yeah, 578 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 2: these tickets were what like twenty five bucks, but now 579 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 2: because of Magic City wants it like two hundred bucks, 580 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 2: two hundred dollars to see you here and play the 581 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 2: Magic Come on. But that's shit. 582 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 3: It's like the secondary market right when we talk about 583 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 3: load management and will Lebron play or will my my 584 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 3: favorite star play when this team comes to town? Same 585 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 3: thing to here? Do I at least get the hoodie? 586 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 3: That's what everybody wants to know. Yeah, marks everybody else 587 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 3: where are the hoodies? 588 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 2: Do I get a hoodie? Do I get free wing? Look? 589 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 2: That hoodie might become a two thousand and three thousand 590 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,159 Speaker 2: dollars item. Okay, if it is like, if you can 591 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 2: prove its proce because that's the thing, right, you could 592 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 2: create a bootleg one of these real fast. Yeah, No, 593 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 2: that's true. That is true. That is true. Exit about 594 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 2: a Fresco Exit Swelling Dome The Jason Smith Show with 595 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 2: my best friend Mike Carmen Tima to find out what's 596 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 2: trending in the wide world of sports. From someone who 597 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 2: I've seen eat wings like he's at Magic City and 598 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 2: there's no tomorrow. It's Steve to say wings. 599 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 4: Are rarely here. Although the person who hosts the show 600 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 4: before you, if he has anything to say about it, it. 601 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: Would be a daily diet in this studio. 602 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 4: You would have wings hanging out and you would have 603 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 4: oil grease all through the shore. 604 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 2: Oh man, I want to get wings. Go. 605 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 4: Gotta have the bones, Gotta have the structure. You've heard that. 606 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 607 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 4: We got the late NBA game in LA with just 608 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 4: over thirty seconds left, Clippers leading the Knicks one twenty 609 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 4: two to one sixteen Kawhi Leonard twenty nine points. Carl 610 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 4: Anthony Towns in New York with thirty three points, ten rebounds, 611 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 4: seven assists, Utah b Golden State one nineteen one sixteen 612 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 4: Utah and free throws in this close game was twenty 613 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 4: seven of twenty nine. Oklahoma City won at six straight 614 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 4: game game winning three pointer from Shay Gilgis Alexander to 615 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 4: beat Denver one twenty nine one, twenty six SGA with 616 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 4: thirty five points, Jalen Williams twenty nine, Brooklyn and Cleveland 617 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 4: each with wins in College Basketball Conference semifinal going on 618 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 4: right now at this late hour in Vegas. Number twenty one. 619 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 4: Saint Mary's late first half leads Santa Clara just thirty 620 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 4: three thirty. Santa Clara went fifteen and three in conference 621 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 4: and is said to be a bubble team for the 622 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 4: NCAAs selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament. Is this Sunday. 623 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,479 Speaker 4: The earlier semi went to two well frank Gonzaga beating 624 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 4: Oregon State sixty five fifty six conference title game victories 625 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 4: for Furman and for Troy. In fact, the folks at 626 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 4: Furman were quite happy, happy. 627 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 7: Second time since twenty twenty three Furman purple rains and 628 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 7: the Southern Conference palladed seventy six atsu sixty one. 629 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 2: The Dans aren't going. 630 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 5: Dancing beat East Tennessee State. 631 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 2: I like how he did the Burman again, the Purple 632 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 2: rains again. Oh, I like that. I like that. 633 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 4: Furman Radio Network, congratulations. 634 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 2: Ninny Furman sounds at different. If he sounds at different, 635 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:38,320 Speaker 2: then well he's older. 636 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 8: Now, Women's basketball Pecki's final I don't know Number one 637 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 8: U cun when it's fiftieth straight game overall beating Villanova 638 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 8: ninety to fifty one, and the Kansas City Chiefs will 639 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 8: sign running back Kenneth Walker back to you. 640 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 2: Thank you, Steve O. The Jason Smith Show with my 641 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 2: best friend Mike Carmen live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios. 642 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 2: Coming up, we get back into day one of NFL 643 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 2: Free Agency. Love like Hate one of the biggest moves 644 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 2: we love the most of what happened on the last 645 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 2: twenty four hours is next, Jason and Mike. This is 646 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. 647 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 648 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: Show with Mike harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 649 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: pm Pacific. 650 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. Was it wasn't this the song that 651 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 2: Haywood was listening to? 652 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 6: You? 653 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 2: Yeah? 654 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 3: Shawshank Redemp Show, I Think You Towards the Sisters is 655 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 3: what he's trying to do here. 656 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, run when the sisters came in, That's not when 657 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 2: the sisters then they came in. That's not now when 658 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 2: that happens, I don't know did they come they go in. 659 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 3: But that was my first My first thought too, is 660 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 3: him sitting there holding up the album. 661 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, when he's singing. 662 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 3: And just saying everybody looking at him as he's sitting 663 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 3: the e and all the and the biggest Hank Williams 664 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 3: collection that the state had. 665 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 2: I hate basketball. We got we gotta ate America and 666 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 2: basketball now, big NFL story from second Yeah, I mean, 667 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 2: I know you're mad at the NBA for canceling Magic 668 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 2: City Month. They we clearly established. 669 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 5: That Jason my interns out how to go. Yesterday, Well, 670 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 5: we'll get to that. 671 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 2: The the Knicks go zero to two in their Southern 672 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 2: California trip. The Clippers beat them one twenty six a 673 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 2: few moments ago. Look another big night. Kawhi Leonard goes 674 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 2: for twenty nine, Darius Garland scores twenty three, Benedict Matherin 675 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 2: again scoring thirty points off the bench, and basically every 676 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 2: game he has played, player but great. As for the Knicks, 677 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 2: the Knicks are waiting for the playoffs. I mean, really, 678 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 2: we're all waiting for the playoffs at this point. Sure, well, 679 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,040 Speaker 2: when you have a good record and you're in the 680 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 2: top three, like you're waiting for nobody's till this weekend. 681 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 2: Yeah right, yeah, But the bigger thing the last twenty 682 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 2: four hours is and again I love going back to 683 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 2: I still remember Jay Glazer years ago telling us when 684 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 2: when Carson Wentz got hurt and Nick Foles jumps in 685 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 2: a quarterback for the Eagles and the Eagles going to 686 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 2: win the Super Bowl, Jay Glazer saying, for whatever reason, 687 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 2: the Eagles play better with Nick Foles at starting quarterback 688 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 2: than Carson Wentz. This is Carson Wentz was having a 689 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,120 Speaker 2: an MVP season, right, he was thirty three and seven. 690 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 2: If he got hurt, now he's gonna be the Jets quarterback, 691 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 2: he say, for whatever reason, because Carson Wentz was talented, 692 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 2: was an MVP type fun But for whatever reason, they 693 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,479 Speaker 2: play better with Nick Foles. And you can say the 694 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 2: same thing for the Lakers, for whatever reason, they play 695 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 2: better without Lebron James. When you watch them play a 696 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,960 Speaker 2: game without Lebron there is more focus, there is more 697 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 2: delineation of responsibility. They seem to have much more of 698 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 2: a game plan that stays intact. And you would think, well, 699 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 2: losing one of the greatest players in the history of 700 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 2: the game and a guy's been the best player of 701 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,400 Speaker 2: the last twenty five years. Yeah, okay, we wait, what 702 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 2: are you talking about? But again, that's Lebron at this point. 703 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 2: He kind of gets what he gets. He gets his 704 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 2: The answer to the question does he make the team better, 705 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 2: isn't it no longer? Yes, he does, because you see 706 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 2: the Lakers, they play better without him. And it's not 707 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,319 Speaker 2: quite addition by subtraction as much as it's we don't 708 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 2: have to worry about maneuvering our offensive sets. What we 709 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,799 Speaker 2: want to do defensively catered around Lebron being on the floor. 710 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,440 Speaker 2: Especially defensively, they're not as good with Lebron on the 711 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 2: floor when he doesn't play. Look how well the Lakers 712 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 2: played like the Knick should have won that game yesterday. 713 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,880 Speaker 2: Think they shot poorly, but the Lakers played well defensively. 714 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 2: And the Lakers wound up that they won another game 715 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 2: without Lebron, Like they played better without Lebron early part 716 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 2: of the season, they played better without Lebron. They were 717 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 2: they looked like a finished product the first ten to 718 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 2: twelve games of the season, but then Lebron comes back 719 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 2: and look at where they are since there, for whatever reason, 720 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:52,800 Speaker 2: the Lakers played better without Lebron. Yeah, I mean the 721 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:56,200 Speaker 2: win over the Knicks was one of the rare occasions 722 00:34:56,200 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 2: that they went and beat a team, you know, punching up. 723 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 2: Whereas a lot of the record this is, I guess 724 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 2: is the larger discussion of the NBA is that you 725 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:11,360 Speaker 2: can achieve a third or fourth place record or fifth 726 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,160 Speaker 2: place wherever they go day to day. Right now, it's 727 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,120 Speaker 2: you know, kind of vacillating, but just the idea of 728 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 2: just be a bum slayer and you'll be just fine. 729 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,480 Speaker 2: Right and when you do have to take that step 730 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,840 Speaker 2: up in class, they haven't been up to the challenging 731 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,799 Speaker 2: games when Lebron James is played. Instead, they play at 732 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 2: a different pace, they play with a different resolve, role, responsibilities. 733 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,279 Speaker 2: And Luca even said the quiet part out loud after 734 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 2: the win over the Knicks, talking about how much funny 735 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,839 Speaker 2: has playing with Austin Reeves that the two of them 736 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:45,440 Speaker 2: have a little bit of that you know whatever, that 737 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,200 Speaker 2: mind meld kind of thing to where it just flows 738 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 2: in the offensive set and you're not covering up for 739 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 2: Lebron James defensively. Good, Remember when he's on the court, 740 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 2: you got to cover up for him and Luca. So 741 00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 2: this gets them, Not that they're brilliant defensively, but they 742 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 2: play at a better pace and a better clip on 743 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 2: that side of the court. So yeah, it's a difficult 744 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,120 Speaker 2: proposition going forward as you're getting ready to play more 745 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:13,960 Speaker 2: meaningful games heading into the playoffs for seating, but certainly 746 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,879 Speaker 2: once you get there, how do you rectify it? Even 747 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 2: JJ Reddick his buddy danced around it. Man, that was 748 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,920 Speaker 2: the mister cellophane little two step kind of going on 749 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 2: there as he was trying to address it after the 750 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 2: win over the Nicks of Okay, well we've kind of 751 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 2: got something going, but the elephant in the room is, 752 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,080 Speaker 2: well what do you do with Lebron? So we'll have 753 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,839 Speaker 2: more NBA on the way again again. Yeah, pulling out 754 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 2: from the city Monday, Yeah, what do you got, Frost? 755 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,960 Speaker 5: The fact that you even think for one second that 756 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,360 Speaker 5: the Knicks were in that game yesterday? 757 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,480 Speaker 2: You're you're a funny guy. Hey, the referee screwed us 758 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 2: man yesterday oday? Yeah, right when they decided to throw 759 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,200 Speaker 2: the ball up and tip it off. How completely screwed 760 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:57,439 Speaker 2: us off the bus? I screwed us? Now would help 761 00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:59,960 Speaker 2: two day one of NFL free agency. Now we have 762 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:04,040 Speaker 2: big Power Hour coming up next hour all NFL. The 763 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,759 Speaker 2: move I liked the most today, and it's something that 764 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,360 Speaker 2: we knew was coming, and maybe because I knew it 765 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,400 Speaker 2: was coming. But the Chiefs go out and get Kenneth 766 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:17,239 Speaker 2: Walker three years, forty five million dollars. This was what 767 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:21,399 Speaker 2: we said was gonna come end of the season when 768 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,320 Speaker 2: we talked about the Chiefs who are gonna miss the 769 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:27,240 Speaker 2: playoffs and be a big disappointment. Get them now, because 770 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:30,879 Speaker 2: in the offseason, the offseason of revenge is going to 771 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,400 Speaker 2: hit and hit hard. The Chiefs are gonna go out 772 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:34,840 Speaker 2: and get a number one running back, they'n get a 773 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,400 Speaker 2: number one wide receiver. They'll get another tight end to 774 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,600 Speaker 2: team up with Travis Kelcey until Travis Kelcey retires and 775 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,799 Speaker 2: that guy's gonna take over. But day one, they go 776 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:47,400 Speaker 2: out and get an absolute position they had to fill. 777 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 2: And Kenneth Walker is much more valuable to the Chiefs 778 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 2: than he is to the to the Seahawks. Right. Tough 779 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,160 Speaker 2: move by the Seahawks. I get it, it's emotional. He 780 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,120 Speaker 2: just led you to the Super Bowl a month ago. 781 00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,359 Speaker 2: But you gotta make decisions who you want to pay. 782 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,239 Speaker 2: He was a part time running back for you and 783 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,040 Speaker 2: the money you saved. Guess what you brought back, Rashid Sahed, 784 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,400 Speaker 2: who you really wanted to bring back. So okay, I 785 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,600 Speaker 2: think Seahawks fans will take that. You can make up 786 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,000 Speaker 2: for a co number one running back. You can go 787 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:16,040 Speaker 2: get somebody like that. But the Chiefs absolutely the production 788 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:19,439 Speaker 2: they were dying to get that Kenneth Walker could bring 789 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,520 Speaker 2: them is immense. He can be a three down running 790 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 2: back if they need him too. But they needed a 791 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,640 Speaker 2: number one guy that's dependable, that can run the football, 792 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 2: that is going to be someone who stays healthy. This 793 00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 2: is Kenneth Walker. They made a great move number one 794 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:35,640 Speaker 2: running back, and I'm telling you they're just started number 795 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,960 Speaker 2: one stud receiver and there's none in free agency, but 796 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,800 Speaker 2: they'll make a big move to him number one receiver. 797 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:45,160 Speaker 3: Still that push in free agency towards refortifying the offensive line. 798 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:48,200 Speaker 3: Hoping that Mahomes is on track to start the season, 799 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:52,000 Speaker 3: I think the overall under win total probably gives us 800 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,200 Speaker 3: and informs us a little bit that they expect him 801 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:57,479 Speaker 3: back by the end of September at worse. But yeah, 802 00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,960 Speaker 3: Kelsey gets paired up with another guy. You'd look at 803 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,520 Speaker 3: at Kennathan Walker the thirty. He won't have to be 804 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,319 Speaker 3: the bell cow, I mean, because that's just generally not 805 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,279 Speaker 3: how Andy Reid has worked things. So it's a question 806 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:12,640 Speaker 3: of Pachecko, Hunt or somebody to be named. But the 807 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 3: long road begins with the first step. They had to 808 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,959 Speaker 3: restructure a lot of deals to give them any cap 809 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:20,280 Speaker 3: space whatsoever. So now it's a question of being judicious 810 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:20,799 Speaker 3: with your money. 811 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:21,320 Speaker 2: From there. 812 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:26,319 Speaker 3: In a fluid NFC salve, I was looking at, you know, 813 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,239 Speaker 3: just the the moves the Panthers made. Defensively, still a 814 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,240 Speaker 3: lot of work to be done. They lose Rico Dowdle, 815 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,520 Speaker 3: so that's a big loss, but from their offensive side, 816 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,799 Speaker 3: but defensively they added a couple of linebackers and in 817 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,399 Speaker 3: a division that you know, Mike Evans just left. Yeah, look, 818 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,080 Speaker 3: you just walked who added the best defensive player in 819 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,239 Speaker 3: free agency? So that's a pretty that's a pretty good move. 820 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,160 Speaker 2: It's not bad, you know. So you go and add 821 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,320 Speaker 2: a couple of guys to the core of your d 822 00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:52,520 Speaker 2: and you keep working from there. They still have plenty 823 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,120 Speaker 2: of money to spend in the process as well. Exit 824 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 2: at about a Fresco exit swelling dome. So we're doing 825 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,200 Speaker 2: I love it like you hate it. There's a move 826 00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:05,480 Speaker 2: we like the most today. What about the quarterbacks? What 827 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:10,200 Speaker 2: else you got something you like? I like that, all right? 828 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:14,359 Speaker 2: Coming up next, the quarterbacks changing places. Love him, like him, 829 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,560 Speaker 2: hate him Fox hate him.