1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up, 2 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: straight Fire, Fam, It's me Jason McIntire, Straight Fire for Wednesday, 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: October twentieth. Not a great voice this morning. Was at 4 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: the Laker game last night, screaming about Russell Westbrook's awfulness. 5 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: No no, I can't go there to start the podcast. 6 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: I hope everybody had a in l A. A pretty 7 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: damn good tuesday. The Dodgers win in an incredibly sick rally, 8 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger with a free run job. I mean, it 9 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 1: was feeling like they were gonna get swept. And then 10 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: you know, I'm my buddy Jeff, who is a listener 11 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: of the podcast, is a season ticket holder with premost seats, uh, 12 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,599 Speaker 1: and he invited a couple of us, my buddy Dan, 13 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 1: who also listens to the podcast regularly, and we go 14 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: early because Jeff just happened to be on the court 15 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: delivering the basketball at opening night to referees, because those 16 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: are the parts of being a season ticket holder, so 17 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: we naturally we go super early, and the Dodgers are rallying, 18 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: and like there's all these people right downtown l A 19 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,559 Speaker 1: watching the game, like at bars outside, and you hear 20 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: just eruption when Bellinger cracked the ball out of the park. 21 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: It's just people going crazy. It was pretty pretty awesome 22 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: five Downtown l A last night until the Lakers game started, 23 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: and um, it just didn't go very well. We'll get 24 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: to that, shune. I do want to preview. I gave 25 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: a lot of thought to Ben Simmons because basically the 26 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: entire city of Philadelphia hates me right now because of 27 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: some stuff I tweeted about Ben Simmons and Joel and 28 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: Bead and Philly and coming after me. There's an ESPN 29 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: anchor weighing in who's from Philly. I'm like, dude, relax 30 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: and this is the reality, and I spill it all out, 31 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: but I want to do the Lakers first. We'll get 32 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: to Ben Simmons in a minute. So for starters, you know, 33 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: Fox Sports asked me for a couple of picks. Um, 34 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if the story would on the website 35 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: or what I said. Give me the Bucks. They've by three, 36 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: and give me the Warriors getting three and a half 37 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: the Bucks, roll the nets now, rob g. I didn't 38 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: see a minute of this game because I was in 39 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: route to Staples just looking at the box scoring some highlights. 40 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: It looks like the Nets just are missing some pieces. Maybe, 41 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: I like, I don't know where their points are coming 42 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: from outside of k D and Harden. Patty Mills had 43 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: a game, but after that it was just like yesh, Meanwhile, Um, 44 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: the Bucks have dudes. You know, it's Jana's, it's Grace 45 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: and Allen. I mean, like they got guys, Um Jordan's 46 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: Noara coming off the bench. Pat Connaughton like this pretty 47 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 1: darn deep team. I don't know Rob g any big 48 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: takeaways from the bucks slaughter of the Nets. Well, the 49 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: Nets will be fine. You know, they got enough firepower 50 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: that they'll figure it out. But the big takeaway from 51 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: me from that game was the Bucks. You know, for 52 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: all the talk that we had last season during the 53 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: regular shibo how they were broken by the heat, you know, 54 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: they didn't look sure themselves, this is the exact opposite 55 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: of that. Like, they came in with a certain swagger 56 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: and confidence that you only get after you've reached that 57 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: bountain top. And even when you know, like you mentioned Noira, 58 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: guys you probably have never heard of, are carrying themselves 59 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: a little bit better. They're they're more confident when they're 60 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: shooting the outside shots. Janice looks like he's carried that 61 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: playoff run into the regular season. He was pulling up 62 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: hitting jumpers. I don't expect that to continue, but just 63 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: the fact that he's confident in his ability to do it, 64 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: it's a good sign if you're a Bucks fan. We 65 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: saw this in the finals and again I'm I'm going 66 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: off box score and some reading. The Bucks grabbed thirteen 67 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: offensive rebounds. Janice had five himself. The Nets had five 68 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: offensive rebounds. What's the result? Milwaukee attempted twenty one more shots. 69 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: If you could be a basketball game and one team 70 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: attempts twenty one more shots, right, both teams made seventeen threes. 71 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: Both teams made about the same number of three throws 72 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: fourteen to thirteen. But if you get twenty one more shots, 73 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: listen and be a team from the field. Give me 74 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: a break. Offensive rebounds are big, and the Nets got 75 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: destroyed on the glass. I don't know how that changes. Uh. 76 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: Nick Claxton got bodied left and right. But who cares 77 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: about the Nets? We gotta get to the Lakers, and 78 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: um can I start with Steph Curry. I'm gonna just 79 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: quick word on Steph Curry. Who had a triple double. 80 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: And I know he didn't shoot a great five or one, 81 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: but I'm just telling you right now, he is so 82 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: much better than every Laker guard who tried to get 83 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: near him. He went around Russell Westbrooke a couple of times, 84 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: like Russ was a traffic cone. Avery Bradley gave it 85 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: a go late and was kind of impressive in the 86 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: fourth for like two possessions. But Curry's command and control 87 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: it felt like, you know how Lebron usually has a 88 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: game on a string, like he's just playing with it, 89 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: he controls it. It felt like Lebron did that for 90 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,559 Speaker 1: two and a half quarters, and late in the third 91 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: the Warriors took control of the game, and in the 92 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 1: fourth it was theirs and Steph Curry was running the show. 93 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: I mean every offensive possession, the gravity that he sucks 94 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: every time he has the ball in the perimeter, running 95 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 1: around screens resulted in just incredible passing from the rest 96 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: of the team, Folks. The Warriors had thirty assists thirty, 97 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: Currey at ten. But I gotta give it to the 98 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: big fellow be Alika ge Alika, however you say his name, 99 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: he was damn good. Fifteen eleven four assists and game 100 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: high plus twenty. Like he was just a factor on 101 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: the floor. I mean he was okay defending a D, 102 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 1: but more importantly, he was just passing. He's like the 103 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: new um. Who was the big guy Rob that the 104 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,559 Speaker 1: Warriors had. It wasn't Looney. I swear they had another 105 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: big guy who was a good passer besides Draymond in 106 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: the last few but Andrew Boga there you go, who 107 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 1: would block shots but was a good pastor like a 108 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: high i q b Aleika. Man, this guy's pretty damn 109 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: good that he's a solid player for them. And of 110 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: course I got to give props to Jordan Pool, who 111 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: is electric. Um, if you're in a fantasy basketball league, 112 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: you gotta have you some Jordan Pool. There's gonna be 113 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 1: I will guarantee you personally. He has at least five 114 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: thirty point games this year. The kid is explosive. And uh, listen, Rob, 115 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: I I'm not going overboard in the Lakers. We had 116 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: Preston Johnson yesterday say the Lakers could be an utter disaster. 117 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: They look like in the fourth Jordan Pool would be 118 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: the third best player on the Lakers. Shore falls who's 119 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: better than Jordan, the Lakers get the hell out of Okay, good, 120 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought this gentleman up. So it started 121 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: from the jump from Russell Westbrook. I'm just gonna say, 122 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: inside Staples, you could tell with the first couple of 123 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: clangs from Russ A the Warriors were giving him any 124 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 1: jumper he wanted be they're packing the lane so we 125 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: can't get in and get to the free throw line. 126 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: By the way, zero free throw attempts for Russell Westbrook. 127 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: I challenge you, Rob, while I rant about Russ, tell 128 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 1: me how many games last year Russell Westbrook had zero 129 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: free throw attempts. I'll go over under at one. Okay, zero, zero, Okay, 130 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: there it is. I mean that that's his game. And 131 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: the Warrior said, you're not getting into the lane, you're 132 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: not getting free throws. Shoot your jumpers, and he shot 133 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: four or thirteen, and by the second quarter you could tell, okay, 134 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: he doesn't have any points. This could be a thing. 135 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: And it was weird because in the fourth quarter, Rob 136 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: every Bradley came on gave him a spark. I think 137 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: they cut the eight point deficit to like two or three, 138 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: and you're look at we were looking at this bench, 139 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: specifically Russ, like, damn are they are they going to 140 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: play him the final eight minutes? They can't, and we're 141 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: all in agreement. No, wait, we can't put us back 142 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: out there now, and they put Russell Westbrook back on 143 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: the floor, and there were audible groans, not from just 144 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: like me and a couple of dudes like around the 145 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: lower bowl, a lot of people like, oh jeez, and 146 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 1: instantly like the Lakers just lost it. You can't you, 147 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: I'm telling you can't play Russ with Lebron and a 148 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: D against the good teams down the stretch. It's just 149 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: not gonna work. And he's not gonna maybe occasionally a 150 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: leven one or two games where he hits like four 151 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: or five threes, but that's just not who he is. 152 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: It's just not the player that he is, and there's 153 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: nothing wrong with that. He doesn't fit with Lebron. And 154 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: apparently after the game he was very upset. He finished 155 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: with eight five and four. He had more as many 156 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: fouls as baskets, as many turnovers as baskets four, and 157 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: he had a game high minus twenty three. And it's 158 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: pretty clear he can tell that the crowd knows. We 159 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: like Mellow. He's a shooter. Mellow had a couple of shots, 160 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: probably played a little too many minutes. But you know, 161 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: we know help is on the way. It's only gonna 162 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: get worse for us. And I don't want it to 163 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: sound like I'm bagging on him. This is reality. This 164 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: is watching the game, watching how the Lakers operate, watching 165 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: what the Warriors did defensively. Now, the Warriors are a 166 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: smart team. When you play the Timberwolves and some dumb teams, 167 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: they're not gonna know. We gotta packet in, we gotta 168 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: be smart about this, we gotta switch and blah blah blah, 169 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: like they're gonna be dumb and Russ is gonna get 170 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: his There's gonna be games where Lebron sits out and 171 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: Russ goes for twenty nine, twelve, and eleven, and it's Russ. 172 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: I told you he's gonna be fine. Fine, that's good. Great. 173 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: When Lebron and are sitting out, rust can carry the team. 174 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: Just make sure you get the w another point, I'm 175 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: sitting with my buddies and you know, Lakers are clanging 176 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: three after three, just brick City. They did make fourteen, 177 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: but Lebron, I'm sorry, they made fifty. Lebron hit five 178 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: of them, and then you had a bunch of guys 179 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: on the bench. Chip in bays Moore struggled a bit. 180 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: There is gonna be a time when the Lakers are healthy. Hey, 181 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: who's the shooter? We're gonna put it? Okay, We'll turn 182 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: to Kendrick Nunn. All right, who are you pulling off 183 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: the floor? All right, We're gonna turn to Wayne Ellington. 184 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: He's he can stroke it. Okay, who's coming off the floor. 185 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: Trevor Reas is out two months with surgery. He's in 186 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: were of a wing. I think he'll he would eat 187 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: into Mellows minutes Mellow play twenty six. But th h 188 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: T is the dude, right, He's like years old, explosive, dynamic, 189 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 1: better athlete than anybody they have on the team. And sorry, 190 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: anybody anybody other than Lebron. Yes, th HD is a 191 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: better athlete than Russell Westbrook. Um, I just don't know 192 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: who's gonna get the short drift, and some nights it's 193 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: gonna probably be Russell Westbrook Mellow twenty six minutes a night, guy, 194 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: um Rondo, I think they trust we know every Bradley 195 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: is gonna be there because he's a dog. Defensively, Malik 196 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,719 Speaker 1: Monk looked unsure. I mean, I don't want to call 197 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: him out, but there are a couple of times where 198 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 1: I don't know if they talked about this on the 199 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: telecast rob but he didn't know the play they were running. 200 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: And I think at least three times players had to 201 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: yell and point get over there, and like, you know, 202 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: I'm not saying Malik Monk is an idiot. I don't 203 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: know his intelligence level, but he looked a little bit 204 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: lost out there. Um, I don't know. I'm not panicking 205 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: if I'm the Lakers. They're still one of the best 206 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: teams in the West. I still think they get to 207 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: the finals. I still think they win. But there's gonna 208 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 1: be a two month period at the start where they're 209 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 1: working out the Kings, and when Lebron drops thirty four 210 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 1: and eleven and a D has thirty three and eleven 211 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: and you lose at home, it's like yikes. So there 212 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: is understandable concern from Laker fans. Both of those guys, 213 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: by the way, over fifty percent shooting. Um, you don't 214 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: want a D playing thirty nine minutes Lebron playing thirty 215 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: seven every night. But Rob G, the Warriors coming in 216 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: with I mean, I think they got like fifty points 217 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: on their bench. It's Steph Curry, Jordan's Pool, Andrew Wiggins, 218 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: b Alika his name I keep saying wrong, Damian Lee, 219 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 1: rob G. As a Laker fan, you're concerned. I'm not 220 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: concerned at all. What kind of question is that? I mean, 221 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: be Elitza, if you want to say it properly. I 222 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 1: thought was one of the sneaky pick ups of the 223 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: off season. I think he's perfect for what they do. 224 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: It reminds me a little bit of Boris Diao back 225 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: in the day, you know, just a big man who 226 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: was very fundamentally sound, could do a lot of a 227 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: little bit of everything. I think this is the first 228 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: time we've ever said his name on the podcast. By 229 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 1: the way, he's been in terrible teams. He was on 230 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: Miami last year for eight minutes. Yeah, but he couldn't 231 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: for whatever reason. It didn't because he's not a great defender, 232 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: So that's probably why he couldn't get on the floor 233 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: in Miami. Um. But you know, the big story of 234 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: this game obviously is Russell Westbrook. He had a terrible 235 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: game and it's not gonna sugarcoated. I believe it was 236 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: according to ESPN, the first time in a hundred and 237 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: thirty four games that he's had single digit point, rebounds 238 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: and assistance in the same game. That's like, that's like 239 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: two years basically. So last season was yeah, so it's 240 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:54,719 Speaker 1: maybe over two seasons because there was the bubble and 241 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: then last year was seventy games. I think, holy cow, 242 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: that's not good. But you know, I thought that after 243 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: the game, Anthony Davis and Lebron James both said the 244 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: same kind of thing, like, look, this is just going 245 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: to take time with him. And the biggest thing that 246 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: they stressed, which I think that, um, you know Russell 247 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: Westbrook needs to understand is that we want you to 248 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: be yourself. Like that was the worst part of watching 249 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: that game last night is not you know that he missed, 250 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: because there's you know, he's gonna have a lot of 251 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: nights like that. If you're a realistic basketball fan, you 252 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: know that shooting is not his for day. But the 253 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: worst thing you can do to someone like Russell Westbrook 254 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: is new to him, like he needs to be aggressive. 255 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: That's what makes him good in any I forget the 256 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: the the scoring, the assists, the games, whatever, None of 257 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: that happens if he's not aggressive all the time. And 258 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: he aggressive, how can he be aggressive with Lebron and 259 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: a D on the court and they have no shooting 260 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: and the opponent has packed in the lane because they're 261 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: not always not gonna have shooting when they have a 262 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:07,839 Speaker 1: D at the five their five out, they had Kent 263 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: bays Moore, Okay, they had Yeah, but the problem is 264 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: because they're so banged up, they were running out Rondo 265 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: and Westbrook together. Carmelo was out there. I mean, so, 266 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: so what all of a sudden we would trust me? 267 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: Will we get Wayne Ellington and Kendrick Nunn. Know what 268 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: I'm saying is it's gonna take time. He needs to 269 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: understand that look as great as a D and Lebron 270 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: are Russell Westbrook, doesn't matter if he's not a version 271 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: of Russell Westbrook. Okay, he's going to be a guy 272 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: who dribbles into fifteen foot pull ups, That's not that's 273 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: who he is. No, he's nek is a Tasmanian devil 274 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: point guard who's going a hundred miles an hour when 275 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: he should be going fifty miles. Sometimes but that's just 276 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: who he is. Wasn't he that at nine? He's not 277 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: in Washington too, and they didn't win games. That's fi. 278 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: But that's what they need him to do. Because if 279 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: you have a lesser version of Russell Westbrook, I'd rather 280 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: have that with diminished returns than Russell Westbrook afraid to 281 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: take advantage of certain situations or afraid to be aggressive. 282 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: Kids want to upset Lebron and a d we get 283 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: a different version of Russell Westbrook, No, because then he's 284 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: not He's not where you don't think people and players 285 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: can change, and they can, but with with him, he's 286 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: not a good enough shooter for the free him to 287 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: be like, all right, well, we're gonna play you off 288 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: the ball a lot, secondary creator kind of. I don't know, 289 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: why don't you say, well, these are better options. You 290 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: can run the second unit. You're not gonna start with Lebron. 291 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: You're probably not gonna end games, and you know what 292 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: we want you posting up? You can post up against 293 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: smaller guards. You're quick, you get to the line easily 294 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: that way, one on one in the block and then 295 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: kick it out. You the old Russell Westbrook, the Tasmanian devil. 296 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: I don't think it can work with this team. In 297 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: spurts maybe, but in games that matter, final five minutes, 298 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: final seven minutes, Rob, you really trust him to be 299 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: under control. The ball has got to be in Lebrons 300 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: and in those minutes, it's got to be Lebron. But 301 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: the game is forty eight minutes and he played what 302 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: was it, thirty five I think three something like that, 303 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: thirty five minutes. Okay, he played thirty five minutes. If 304 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: he can play twenty to twenty five minutes like Russell Westbrook, 305 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: that's that's more than enough. We'll see um Kendrick Nunn 306 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: get healthy soon. I am curious. Did who was announcing 307 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: the game and it's Chris Webber still announcing or no, 308 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: I don't think. I'm not sure, but it was Reggie 309 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: Miller and Kevin Harland. I was getting a lot of 310 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: tweets during the game, like, oh, I hope Jay Mack 311 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: and Reggie Miller ran into each other and he asked 312 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: why he got social media. I did. There was a 313 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: lot of famous people there. I did not see, uh 314 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: Reggie Miller. There was Kevin hart Bieber, uh Mayweather. I 315 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: had a funny moment where my buddy, you know, got 316 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 1: a basketball to deliver to the revs. And he got 317 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: a ball. So he's walking around the arena with a 318 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: basketball and it's like young ish looking kid is like, oh, 319 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: can I hold it? And I'm looking at my friend like, due, don't. 320 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: Why would you let the city and hold it? But 321 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: then the guy holds the ball and he's like, I'll 322 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 1: give you a thousand dollars for it, and my friends 323 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: just starts laughing, and I'm like, you know, I pulled 324 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:24,439 Speaker 1: out my mask and I'm like this guy that he 325 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: doesn't need the money, don't. Don't do that. And the 326 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: guy goes, holy sh I know you you're undisputed, and 327 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: my friend my friends to start cracking up. I'm like yeah, 328 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 1: and then he starts saying some stuff about Skip Bayliss 329 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: and I just will stop the story there. Um, but yeah, 330 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 1: listen to All All the Stars where I Woads was there. 331 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: Dave McManaman, has he come on the spot. If not, 332 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 1: we need to get him. He's a dapper fellow. I 333 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: saw a guest of the podcast Yo Yovan Buva Johann 334 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: Bova from the Athletic. He's a tall boy. I mean goodness, 335 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: gracious the guys, I gotta be like six five. Um 336 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: run our test was sitting like two rows from us. 337 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 1: Very strange. Um, he's too tall for normal people's seats. 338 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: But it was. It was a good, good vibe there. 339 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 1: It just stinks that the Lakers lost and now they 340 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: get the Suns on Friday. I believe, and um, you know, listen, 341 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: this is gonna the Lakers are gonna be a story 342 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: if they open and two with two home losses. I 343 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: got Memphis Sunday, and by the way, Memphis is no 344 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: push over. There are a playoff team in the West. 345 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: Jaren Jackson's healthy. I hear the cy rob Oh and 346 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 1: three would not be a good start for the Lakers 347 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: with three home losses, owen, two will not be a 348 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 1: good start. Oh and three will be sky is falling? Panic? 349 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,959 Speaker 1: Who cares about the Dodgers? Who cares about the Rams 350 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: and Chargers? What's going on? You know? Like that's this 351 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: is a Lakers the life of a Laker fan. I mean, 352 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: the Nets got blown out by twenty plus points a 353 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: game that they were never really close in. Nobody cares 354 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: because the Lake Years had a lead for three quarters 355 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,400 Speaker 1: and blew it at the end, and it's like, Oh 356 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 1: my gosh, what is going on in Los Angeles? Kevin Durant, 357 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: James Harden Escape. By the way, any Kyrie updates or no, 358 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: I heard he was playing flag football somewhere in the 359 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: New York, New Jersey area. Outstanding. Gotta love it all. Right, 360 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 1: enough on the Lakers. Let's get to Ben Simmons. Fox 361 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. 362 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot 363 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: com and within the I Heart Radio app search f 364 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: s R to listen live. Al Right, at the risk 365 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: of making this an all NBA pod in the middle 366 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: of the NFL season, I do have to talk briefly 367 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: about Ben Simmons. I guess I became public enemy number 368 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: one in Philadelphia for I don't know, like the sixth 369 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: time after what I said about Ben Simmons and Joel 370 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: em Bead on social media on Tuesday. I'm not trying 371 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 1: to get in arguments with people. I I frankly don't 372 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: give a rip what half these clowns and meatballs out 373 00:19:55,800 --> 00:20:00,160 Speaker 1: there say. The reality is Philadelphia is bungling the Ben 374 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: Simmons situation. I mean, Darryl Morey and listen Preston wisely 375 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: noted this, Okay, Darryl Morey is not going to take 376 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: a bad deal, right, He's he's not gonna take um 377 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: a bunch of guards, a bunch of role players for 378 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: all NBA guy who is a max player in Ben Simmons. Okay, 379 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,959 Speaker 1: he's just not doing that. The problem then becomes how 380 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: long do you put up with this nonsense? Where Ben 381 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: Simmons trots out onto the court with a phone in 382 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: his pocket, and then the next day at practice, Ben 383 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 1: Simmons is told to do a defensive drill. He says, no, 384 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: I'm good, and then dr Vers says no, You've got 385 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: to do the drill. He says not, I don't want to, 386 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: and then he kicks him out of practice. All the 387 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: Sixers players are gonna asked about Nobody cares about the 388 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: wins and losses. Nobody cares about any two games. It's 389 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: what's going on with your superstar. And eventually Joel Embiid, 390 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: who loves to pop off to the media and you 391 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: know what, said, I'm not hearing a babyshit anybody. Guess what, 392 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,719 Speaker 1: yo will. Nobody cares about your game against Washington. Nobody 393 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 1: cares about your game. I gets the Minnesota Timberwolves. You know, 394 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 1: it's all about Ben Simmons, and that's all they're gonna 395 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: be asked about. And how long can Daryl Morey's stomach 396 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: the negative publicity, the distraction in that locker room where 397 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 1: his Sixers could get off to a rocky start, And 398 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: and I kind of like the Sixers this year if 399 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons is on board and play. If he's not, folks, 400 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: I don't see a path to success for this team. 401 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: Remember their number two player after Ben Simmons. If they 402 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 1: have no trade and they just hold Simmons out, it's 403 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: the Joel Embid Tobias Harris show. Okay, but Tobias Harris 404 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: has proven many times he's a great number three as 405 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: a too, leaves a little something to be desired. We 406 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: we get all that. Tonight they face New Orleans. They 407 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 1: should steamroll the zion less Pelicans and then guess what 408 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 1: on Friday. Hello Kevin Durant, Hello James Harden, it's Brooklyn. 409 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: They got a couple other cupcakes out of the gate. 410 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City. I don't think that Highley of New York. 411 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: But that's always a feisty game. Detroit another Tomato can early. 412 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: But this is a team where all people are gonna 413 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 1: be asked about is Ben Simmons. Hey, it's nice that 414 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: you dropped twenty seven on Atlanta Tobias, So what about 415 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons. That's all that's gonna happen. You guys have 416 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: seen this play out many times, and I've been steadfast. 417 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: I've told the story multiple times on here. I'll say 418 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: it again for the people who can't hear me in 419 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: the back. Moved out to l A from Pennsylvania. Okay, 420 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: about five years five and a half years ago. I 421 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: started going to my gym, happens to be the old 422 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: Clippers facility. A lot of NBA players work out there, 423 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: a lot of NBA trainers, a lot of guys come 424 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: through there. I'm always playing basketball, play pick up. People 425 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: recognize me, Oh I saw you on the show, blah 426 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 1: blah blah. So I start to be friends with him, 427 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: and of course they happen to notes of NBA guys 428 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: and work out with certain ones, and you know, let's 429 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: just say that they're in the circle of some of 430 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: the stars and clutch and all that fun stuff. And 431 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,919 Speaker 1: the next thing you realize it's like, oh, hey, j 432 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: Did you hear about the Tristan Thompson Draymond Green fight? 433 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: I was like no, and then I put it out 434 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: there on social media and within hours everybody's confirming, Yeah, 435 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: that's happened. Okay, so these guys do are plugged in? 436 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: Oh got it? Okay? Yeah? Well you also know Ben 437 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: Simmons never wanted to be in Philly. Right when he 438 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 1: was drafted out of l s U. Tried everything he 439 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: could to get to l A. Everything. Remember l A 440 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 1: had one of the top five picks. Seventy were taking 441 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, and he held out as long as he 442 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: could on giving the medicals, ends up caving he had 443 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: to and goes to Philly. And now I know what 444 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: you'll say, well, why do you sign the extension? Well, 445 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: things were going kind of good and what else? What 446 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: else is he going to turn down a ton of 447 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 1: money when there was really no path to get out 448 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: of there, So he signed the extension and lo and behold, 449 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: it unravels quickly and the guy who's never wanted to 450 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: be in Philly gets totally taken a dump on act 451 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 1: like he's the whipping guy after the Game seven lost 452 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: head letter. Never mind that him ed had eight turnovers. 453 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 1: Never Mind that Doc Rivers blew another huge lead, never 454 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: mind that it was a team effort. All anybody saw 455 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: was Ben Simmons passing when he should have just laid 456 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 1: the ball in. Well, I'm not listening. I'm not absolving 457 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons. He did not play well in that series. 458 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: Nobody could say he did. He did not have a 459 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: great postseason. You kind of wonder how much was on 460 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 1: his mind. Remember, this is a guy who was dating 461 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: Kendall Jenner. He's living in l A. From like the 462 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 1: end of the regular as soon as his NBA season 463 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: was over, the next day, he was out West hanging 464 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: out with Kendall Jenner for the last couple of summers. 465 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,919 Speaker 1: Now she's moved on because he's in Philly to Devin Booker, 466 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: and it's like, oh, and you wonder how much of 467 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,400 Speaker 1: that eight at Ben Simmons. And again, I know people 468 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: will say that's ancillary stuff, that's nonsense. Okay, fair enough, 469 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 1: you could think that, But the reality is, this guy's 470 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: a big time star. He's worth a lot of money, 471 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,639 Speaker 1: and he does not like playing in Philly, and his 472 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 1: social life and his life in l A was incredible. 473 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: He loved it. So Simmons struggles and that's rees, no 474 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: doubt about it. There's no denying that he struggled big 475 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,640 Speaker 1: time against the Atlanta Hawks. I'm pulling up the numbers here. 476 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: In Game seven, he thirty six minutes, shot four times, 477 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 1: five points, thirteen assists. I mean, thirteen assists are nice. 478 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: In the series, the max guy, the all NBA player, 479 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: averaged nine point nine points per game, eight point six assists, 480 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: six point three rebounds, but he shott from the free 481 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: throw line. And the one the big killer was the 482 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: Game five, the Game five meltdown where Atlanta storm back 483 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 1: from a million down uh and won the game and 484 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons was four or fourteen on free throws, the 485 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,439 Speaker 1: hack of Simmons. You know, um, there is a guy 486 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 1: who had seventeen and ten in the In the first 487 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: game he was fine. Um. Game two not as well, 488 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: but they wanted by a telln who cared um and 489 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: you know, game threes eighteen points, Ben Simmons. I will 490 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 1: remain steadfast. This guy is a potential superstar. I know 491 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: he's still young. Where Ben Simmons now twenty five years old, 492 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: that I can play all five positions, can defend all 493 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 1: five positions. I should take that back. He can only 494 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: play three positions since he can't technically play shooting guards 495 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: since he doesn't shoot. Um. I'm just a believer that 496 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: in the small ball era, in the three in the era, 497 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: somebody smart will say, I want Ben Simmons to play five. 498 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: I don't care about the suspension. I don't care about 499 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: the cell phone in the pocket. I don't care what 500 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 1: happened in the past. This is a new chapter. Bed. 501 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: We want you to be our points center. We're gonna 502 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 1: experiment the same way Draymond Green was the center of 503 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: the death lineup guarded opposing centers. Now Ben Simmons is, 504 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: you know, told people he don't like guarding centers. But 505 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 1: guess what, Ben, Listen. At some point you're gonna have 506 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 1: to con see something yaff too. But the way that 507 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: that Game seven ended and what happened afterward with Philly 508 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: fans and making all these threats on social media, some 509 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,679 Speaker 1: people showed up where he lived. He was spooked and 510 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 1: he wanted out, and some of the comments did not 511 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 1: help m doc Rivers and then beat after the game. 512 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,360 Speaker 1: Go go listen to those those are floating around social media. 513 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: Was it was just not good all around for Ben Simmons. 514 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: And he's done there. I mean, he's trying to make 515 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: it look good so he gets paid. He went back. 516 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: He's being a good soldier, but he's not really being 517 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 1: a good soldier when you show up with their phone 518 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 1: in the in the pocket and then refused to do drills. 519 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 520 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports 521 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,360 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the I Heart Radio app 522 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: search f s R to listen live. I will point 523 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 1: out did he's not the first person to do in 524 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: the last like four years. Folks, Jimmy Butler in Minnesota, 525 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: go look up how ugly that ordeal was. The Only 526 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: problem was it's Minnesota. Nobody cares. That was very bad. 527 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: And you know, I'm not going to reveal too much, 528 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,439 Speaker 1: but I do happen to know uh NBA player who 529 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: I worked alongside with maybe a couple of years ago. 530 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 1: Um who you know it's close to. Jimmy Butler told 531 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: me the whole saga the win day. It was ugly. 532 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: When players don't want to be around a team, they're 533 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,479 Speaker 1: gonna force their way out. Jimmy Butler did it Anthony Davis. 534 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 1: Remember they won that playoff series and then they got 535 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: swept and it was like, oh, is a d gonna 536 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: come back? He shows up the beginning of the season. 537 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: I think they start like five games under five. He's 538 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: out done, get me out of here. And it got 539 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: super ugly again. It's New Orleans kind of was glossed over. 540 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:33,719 Speaker 1: Although listen the booing of of Anthony Davis, of him 541 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: playing like every other game. It was really awkward and strange. 542 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: Not a good ending whatsoever for Anthony Davis in New Orleans. 543 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: But he got his way. By the way Jimmy Butler 544 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: got his way, he got the Philly could have won 545 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 1: a title with Philly. Then of course, you know, Joel 546 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 1: Embiid and Ben Simmons and Jimmy Butler didn't all quite 547 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: work out. They were close. They lost on the Kauai 548 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: freak shot in game seven. However, Butler goes to Miami and, oh, 549 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: would you look that? Unbelievable Jimmy Butler gets to the 550 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: finals with the heat in the bubble. I mean, the 551 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 1: guy's a winner. What can you say? But we saw 552 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 1: it with Jimmy Butler forced his way out. We saw 553 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis forced his way out, and who can forget 554 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 1: James Harden and last year before the season when everybody's 555 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: quarantining before that vaccine was even out. The guy there's 556 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 1: photos of him in strip clubs, and you know, he 557 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: claims it was like a stripper's birthday party or something. 558 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 1: Um putting on weight shows up for the first game. 559 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: I think he dropped like fifty seven or something ridiculous 560 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: number and then proceeded to pout and really check out. 561 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: Wasn't that ugly because guess what it was Houston and 562 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 1: they were a dumpster fire, so nobody really cared. So 563 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: why do people care more? Well, Philadelphia is one of 564 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 1: the top media markets in the country. Okay, the Eagles stink, 565 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: The Phillies are not in the postseason, and right now 566 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: the Sixers are the defending number one seed in the East. Okay, 567 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: this is a team right now with Simmons with him, 568 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: be with Tobias Harris, they's gotta be one of the 569 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: three best teams in the in the East. They should 570 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: have beaten the Hawks, they should have been in the 571 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: conference finals, and who knows what happens against Milwaukee. So 572 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: the bottom line is the players will make it ugly. 573 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: They will eventually get their way. I mean, Darryl Morris 574 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: holding steadfast. I'm not trading him for nothing, but you 575 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: wonder how long he will let this rot the Sixers 576 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: from the inside, because I'm telling you, Joel Embiide doesn't 577 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: seem like the type of dude who's gonna want to 578 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: answer questions about Ben Simmons every day. He's already basically 579 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: checked out. I'm over this. I'm not talking about babysitting guys. 580 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: He's ready to move on. Guess what, Joel, the rest 581 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,959 Speaker 1: of the media isn't. So it's about to get uncomfortable. 582 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: I who was the person who said, I'm willing to 583 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 1: let it get uncomfortable and then as soon as it 584 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: gets on, Oh it was the Houston Rockets and James Harden. 585 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: They were like, well, we're going to get uncomfortable, and 586 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: then it gets uncomfortable and like, okay, we've got to 587 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: trade James Harden. Now we gotta get him hell out 588 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 1: of here. So you know, I don't yet have any 589 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: great destinations for Ben Simmons. Um Sacramento has got a 590 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: Marvin Bagley situation that seems to be percolating. I mean, 591 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: some of these poverty teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder. 592 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 1: They can have a million picks, but guess what you're 593 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: not getting a Ben Simmons. They stockpile draft picks in 594 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 1: the highest they got I think was what sixth in 595 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: the past draft. You can play that card every year 596 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: and hope you get but guess what you can trade 597 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: for Ben Simmons? Now it's is Oklahoma City ever signing 598 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: a superstar free agent? Hell? No? Oh? Wait? What about 599 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: there got Paul Georgia? How long did that last? Paul 600 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: George was desperate. Paul George gets to Okay. See with 601 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: Westbrook they can't get out of the first round, and 602 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: that's that for Paul George. He gets a better offer 603 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: from the Clippers and he's out. So I look around 604 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: some of these teams. If I'm ocal a city, do 605 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: you swing for the fences and dry for Ben Simmons? 606 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: He's gonna hate it there. Houston Rockets, I don't think 607 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 1: they want to do a deal with Mori. Minnesota Timberwolves 608 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 1: are interesting, but what like they're they're not giving up 609 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards in any deal for Ben Simmons. I think, 610 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 1: you know, I can't imagine that the Pelicans would would 611 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: do anything. I mean, they got a bunch of young guys, 612 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 1: but I don't see that happening. Then you look in 613 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: the East and you're like, well, Orlando, you know, you 614 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: get creative. Orlando, you know, could like Ben Simmons, Jonathan Isaac, 615 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: who's scoring on us when all these guys get healthy? 616 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: But what are you? What are you giving up? Like, 617 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: I don't know that the Orlando Magic really have anything 618 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: Darryl Mori wants. Doesn't seem like Washington's in the cards. 619 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: We can laugh about Kyrie Irving all we want, but 620 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: I don't that seems like a nonstarter. The Hawks are ascending. 621 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: I can't imagine the Bulls wanted to do anything. But 622 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: it would be spicy if Zach Lavine were somehow dealt 623 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: to Billy. I can't imagine that the Bulls would do 624 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 1: that given everything they've got cooking right now. So the 625 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: Colins Sexton situation in Cleveland does not seem appealing. And 626 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: I'm I'm sure, by the way, Rich Paul would absolutely 627 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 1: love to send another one of his clients to Cleveland, 628 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 1: where Lebron left twice. Um, So it's very tough to 629 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: come up with a trade scenario. I know people can 630 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: say Portland's Dame or c j Um, Philly's gonna want Dame. 631 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: Portland's not gonna give up Dame. You know, I don't 632 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: really see how that happens. Yeah, the Cleveland things is interesting. Um, 633 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: you can you get Kevin Love to be the stretch 634 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: for Kevin Love, who, by the way, I'm sorry, you know, 635 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: I know he's going through some stuff off the court, 636 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: appears totally completely washed. I don't see that. Colin Sexton 637 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 1: is mildly interesting, but jeez, I don't know how he's 638 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: gonna play in the locker room demanding the ball. Indiana 639 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 1: has the big but they would love to unload either 640 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: turn Norse a bonus. But what's Philly doing taken on 641 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: either of those guys? Ultimately, I keep coming back to 642 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: a team I haven't mentioned is the San Antonio Spurs, 643 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 1: who are basically totally rebuilding. Could try Simmons at the five, 644 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:13,440 Speaker 1: and they could try to unload any package of um, 645 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: you know, Lonnie Walker, de John d Murray, Derek quite 646 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: any of those, Like just take the three guys. But more, 647 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,280 Speaker 1: he's gonna be like, what is this poop poo platter? 648 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: What am I doing with this? So it's just a 649 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: tough spot for Mari. I love how Simmons is playing 650 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: and he wants out. I think he's doing a great job. 651 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: I know Philly fans are gonna hate that, but between 652 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 1: this and Kyrie Irving, NBA is having a really good 653 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: week off the court. All right, folks, we'll talk to 654 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: you tomorrow.