1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up? Everybody? 2 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Tuesday July off 3 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: a scintillating can I use that word correctly? Home run 4 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: contest that listen. I thought I had this awesome thing 5 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: planned out to open with a little MLB. We haven't 6 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: done that forever on this podcast. UM. And then Team 7 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: USA had to go out and shoot the bed against 8 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: Australia and lose again in an exhibition UM and kind 9 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: of blew up everything. But we like to pivot quickly 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: on this podcast. So, as I've told you guys and 11 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: talked about, I like, my kids are both in summer 12 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: summer league basketball. So I have them out there after 13 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: it cools down in l A at night, out shooting hoops, 14 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: you know, like seven o'clock before the shower and bed routine. 15 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: Just get up some dribbling, some shots up, you know, 16 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: fun stuff. So my neighbors outside all right, and he's 17 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: a big sports guy. He's a Philly fan. We play 18 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: pick up basketball. He's a hardcore Eagles fan Villanova fan 19 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: as well. And I say to him, hey, how about 20 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: that home run der be pretty exciting. He's like, yeah, 21 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: who won. I was like, oh, you didn't watch. He's 22 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: like no, I was watching when Otani was in it. 23 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: As soon as Otani got knocked out, I turned it off. 24 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, interesting, And I think that's kind 25 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: of the story right now with MLB and Baseball is 26 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: gonna have to do something because right now Otani is 27 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: the show. Show Hey Otani, get it, ha ha. And 28 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: I got a bunch of Angels fans buddies out here, 29 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: the type of fans who when someone says, hey, you 30 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: gotta score on the Dodgers game, the Angels fan goes, 31 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: who are they? You know, very anti Dodgers. A couple 32 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: of Angels fans, a lot of Dodgers fans obviously, um, 33 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: but you know, you look at the standings and the 34 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: Angels are not close to the playoffs. They gotta pass 35 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: many teams to get in the wild card mix. And 36 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,279 Speaker 1: as good as Otani is, he is going to pitch 37 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: in the All Star Game, He's gonna bat leadoff. He 38 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: entered the home run contests. I mean, we might as 39 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: well put him on the disabled list for the second half, 40 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: right is it? There's some kind of jinks where if 41 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: you participate in the whole run derby, and I think 42 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: maybe when that you have to end up getting hurt 43 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: in the second half. It's like written in stone something 44 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: along those lines. But well, we'll get back to a 45 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: tiny in a little bit. And I think we may 46 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: have a baseball guest later this week. Not set in 47 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: stone yet, but I think I have to start the 48 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: show with USA basketball. Now. I need to preface this 49 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 1: by saying I am not an Olympic guy. I'm I'm 50 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,839 Speaker 1: I'm a patriotic. I'm super proud that my parents came 51 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: to America. I was the first born in my family. Like, awesome. 52 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: I love America, big fan obviously. Um, I just can't 53 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: get into the Olympics for whatever reason. And like the 54 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,399 Speaker 1: lead up, I don't really care. Okay, the opening ceremonies 55 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: miss me with that closing ceremonies hard pass. I just 56 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I'm not into all that stuff. Now when 57 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: they if games start and it's like, oh, Michael Felps 58 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 1: is swimming in the final in the most important race 59 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: for the gold medal. Yeah, I'll take the three minutes 60 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: and watch that. Sure, just let me know what it is. Now. 61 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 1: The Olympics love to go around the globe and do 62 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: give everybody a taste of what the Olympics is like. 63 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: So they're always on tape delay here in America. That's 64 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: a killer. I'm not doing tape delay. I know the results. Sorry, 65 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: not watching it. The highlights are on the internet. That's 66 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: just how it is. That being said, if NBA games 67 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: are on at five am, I'm waking up to watch them. 68 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: If Olympic NBA players are playing at midnight, yeah, I'll 69 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: stay up and watch them. Um, this team right now 70 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: has been worried and how could it not. Guys, they 71 00:03:50,800 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: lose to Nigeria on Sunday. Nigeria first time in US 72 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: basketball history. Let me get this right. They're the first 73 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: nation from Africa to beat the US in an international competition. 74 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: Now it's only an exhibition game. I know nobody cares. 75 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: And it's funny because it happens Sunday when everybody was 76 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: talking about Italy England soccer. Obviously everybody's still buzzing off 77 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: of Game three the finals, and uh of course Argentina 78 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: Brazil and Connor Greggor there was like so much sports 79 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: over the weekend that we kind of missed. I don't 80 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: think I even mentioned it on the pod yesterday that 81 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: the USA lost to Nigeria in an Olympic tuna. This 82 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: is a colossal embarrassment no matter which way Gregg Popovitch 83 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: wants to spin it, And we'll get to that in 84 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: a moment. Papovitch getting combative with the media because he 85 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: lost to Australia. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports 86 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows 87 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: at Fox Sports Radio dot com and within the I 88 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,239 Speaker 1: Heart Radio app. Search f s R to listen live. 89 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: But want to back up to this Nigeria game. Yes, 90 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: Nigeria is coached by Mike Brown. He knows a little 91 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: bit about basketball. He's coached in the league. But again 92 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: we're talking about role players on the Nigeria national team. 93 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: Gabe Vincent of the Heat when everybody's healthy, he's the Eric, 94 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: your twelfth guy. Josh A Kogie. I mean I would 95 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,919 Speaker 1: say he's from Parts Unknown, but last I saw he 96 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 1: was on the Timberwolves. Rob g can check me on 97 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: that and and maybe we can get an answer. But like, 98 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: you can't lose to Nigeria and give up twenty three pointers. 99 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: Bradley Bill and k D shot to combined five for 100 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: twenty They don't do that in the NBA. Why are 101 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: they doing it against Nigeria. Well, this obviously comes down to, 102 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: you know, motivation versus as we saw with Connor McGregor 103 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: in three of his last four fights. He's a multi 104 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: multi millionaire. What is he he's showing he's he's Connor 105 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: mcgraia showing up in these fights are getting his butt kicked. 106 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: USA basketball player are pretty much rolling out the basketball 107 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: and saying, hey, we got the best players gonna planet, 108 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: let's just play. And then Nigeria splashes twenty three pointers 109 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 1: in the USA loses. I will note my main man, 110 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: Zach Levine, huge Zach Levine fan. I am champion of 111 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: the zach Levine fan Club. It's been that way for 112 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: a few years. Check the tweets, check the record. Love 113 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: Zach Levine. As my son looks at me and gives 114 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,280 Speaker 1: the thumbs down because he's not a zach Levine guy 115 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: at any rate, they were up by ten against Nigeria 116 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: with Zach Levine. He gets hurt. Blah blah blah. Nigeria 117 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: storm's back. Let's move on to Australia Monday night. Okay, Now, 118 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:43,119 Speaker 1: the Australia team has some guys. Okay, Matt Delavadova, Patty Mills, Listen, 119 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: when it comes to international basketball, Patty Mills might as 120 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: well be Oscar Schmidt. Shout out to the former Brazilian 121 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: national team legend. Surely somebody listening knows Oscar Schmidt. Rob 122 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,799 Speaker 1: g certainly knows Oscar Schmidt. Patty Mills. Ten of twenty 123 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: two and the fourth. Australia beats USA Monday, Folks, this 124 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 1: ain't a good week. The NBA Finals not very good. 125 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: USA basketball loses to Nigeria and Australia and back to 126 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: back games. US lead at halftime against Australia and then 127 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: just choked. Now this is where it gets really interesting. 128 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: And Rob, I don't know. I don't think we can 129 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: pull the audio unless you're telling me we can pull 130 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: the audio. No, we can't ap pull the audio. Great 131 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: Popovitch got into it with Joe Vardon Vardon Varden of 132 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: I think he still works for Cleveland Paper or maybe 133 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: the Athletic Um. Basically, Joe Varden is like, you know, 134 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: is this embarrassing for USA basketball? You guys usually murder, 135 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: not Nigeria in these teams, and Popovich is like, whoa 136 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: whoa hold up, Nobody destroys anybody in the Olympics. These 137 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: are the best players and athletes in the world. You know, 138 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: I couldn't hear that. At that point, Joe Varden tried 139 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: to talk back. Pop was like talking over him like 140 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: he's some amateur. Papavitch basically is putting his putting his 141 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: rings on the table. Yeah, put a cork in it, dude, 142 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: let me speak. And it got a little heated, and 143 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: Papovitch was outset. And the sad fact is Papavich is 144 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: flat out wrong. The Dream Team in two eviscerated teams 145 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: by fifty I think it was called the Redeemed Team 146 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: in ninety six, rob g Or were they just read 147 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: dream Team too dream Team two and nine six reading 148 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 1: team was two thousand. That's eight Oh gosh, that's a 149 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: pathetic at any rate, destroys people. Now. International basketball showed 150 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: up at the Olympics in ninety two. Magic Barkley, Can 151 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: I have your picture? Michael? Can I get a photo 152 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: like before the game, after the game, maybe at halftime. 153 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. They were in awe. That's just not 154 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: the case anymore. That's just it's simply not how the 155 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: international athletes are handling this and the USA guys are 156 00:08:58,160 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: basically like, oh man, I just played a season. Let 157 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: me show up in jack a bunch of threes and 158 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, whoa, we lost to Australia in 159 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: an exhibition. I mean, if you look this up and 160 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: I do not, I do not have the stats, Dame 161 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: Lillard or Kevin Durant take their individual salary and total 162 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: up the salaries on the entire Australian team. It's probably close. Seriously, 163 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: it might be k d is making more in the 164 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: NBA than anybody on and then everybody on the Australian 165 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 1: team combined. And folks, this is the Australian team that 166 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: wanted Ben Simmons to play badly. Ben Simmons has a forgettable, 167 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: forgettable series against the Hawks, gags in Game seven, My 168 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: guy Bend what a let down and says he's not 169 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: playing for Australia. And Australia was devastated because they really 170 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: thought they got a chance to meddle this year with 171 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons. You know, they got Patty Mills Delhi. Who 172 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: else is on that team? Rob g Australia, Yeah, Joe 173 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: Ingles Aaron Bains paint a female be where he got hurt, 174 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: Dante Blast from the Past matistible, Yes, sir, yeah, they listen. 175 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: They got some NBA guys, A couple of those guys 176 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: our first round picks, and we know Padded Mills can go. Um, 177 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: this should not happen. There's just no way. They just 178 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: don't care. Now. I was texting with a former college 179 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: basketball coach who may come on this podcast this week 180 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: about how the hell you fix it? And you know, 181 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: he has some ideas. I'm not gonna steal his thunder, 182 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: but he has a really really good idea. Um, and 183 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: let's just say it does not involve asking, you know, 184 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: thirty million dollars sorry super Max players to just decide, oh, 185 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: let me show up and play on the Olympics. That's 186 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: how you get embarrassed. That's how you get beat. Now. 187 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 1: I don't think that this team, whatever we're calling, I 188 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: don't think they have a name yet. Um, they probably 189 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: are going to be unworthy of a name when you 190 00:10:55,400 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: lose to Australia and Nigeria in the exhibition to nups um, folks, 191 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: if they don't get gold at the Olympics in Japan 192 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: and I don't even know what I think. The Olympics 193 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: starts in like two weeks. Um, this will be an embarrassment. 194 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: And I just checked the roster. Australia did not have 195 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: Andrew Gays. Shout out to the UH former Australian sniper 196 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 1: Andrew Gays now rob G. I did not personally watch 197 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: Australia US. I try to make a point not to 198 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 1: watch exhibition basketball games. Um, do you mind if I 199 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: tell you what I was doing? Sure? So I went 200 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: and played tennis. You guys don't have a tennis tournament 201 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: coming up. I played a guy who's way better than me. 202 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: He's a four point Oh, I'm like a three five 203 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: three oh three five. I played one of my best 204 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: matches every he's still crushed me. But on the court 205 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: next to us was Steve Nash. And Steve Nash looks 206 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: incredible as a tennis player. I mean he's really good. 207 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: And of course afterward, I'm hanging out with this guy 208 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: I played against. We're just having a drink and Steve 209 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: Nash walks, oh, Steve, hey, how are you Ben? And 210 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: you know, obviously Nash and I go way back. I 211 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: coached basketball against him in kindergarten back when he was 212 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: living out here. And um, you know, we have a 213 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: brief little chat. I know a couple of his buddies. 214 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: I've been watching soccer matches with one of them. Um, 215 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: and let's just say, Steve Nash's tennis game is really good. 216 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: And I hope I'm not like speaking out of pocket here. 217 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 1: Nash's gonna be in the tennis tournament. I'm gonna be 218 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: in he he said, he's like very likely to play 219 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 1: in it, but he's gonna be doubles. So I'm not 220 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: gonna be facing Mash. That's a good thing because he 221 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: would smoked be based on what I saw from him yesterday. Um. 222 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: At any rate, I was playing tennis and you know, 223 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: basically hob nobbing with Steve Nash, And um, I was 224 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 1: not watching the USA vomit all over themselves against Patty 225 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: Mills and Delhi did DELI just put Dame Lillard in 226 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: like a body bag like what happened there? Rob Um No, 227 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 1: I wasn't any one individual player. It was collectively. This 228 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: team USA ross or embodies everything that's wrong with the 229 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: NBA and American basketball. They have a bunch of guys 230 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: who only know how to play one style of basketball? 231 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: Do not know for the life of them what it 232 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:18,199 Speaker 1: means to move without the ball? Well, hold on, hold on, 233 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: type out. It's a tough sell when you get a 234 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 1: bunch of guys who are alpha's on their team in 235 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 1: the NBA and everything rotates around them for not to 236 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 1: now flip it and say, hey, they shouldn't be there. Well, 237 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: that's I mean, I think that's the point, right that. 238 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 1: I mean, like Zach Lavine, Kevin Durant, Dame Lillard, all 239 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: these guys are alpha's on their team. And you know 240 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: what's funny is uh I think Kevin Durant and Draymond 241 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: Green are the only ones who win at a consistent level. Oh, 242 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: come on, well, define win at a consistent level. Kevin 243 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: Durant is consistently going deep into the playoffs. Damian Lillard's 244 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,079 Speaker 1: in the playoffs every year. Yeah, he's in the playoffs 245 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: and they get smoked every year. His team's are great 246 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: all that. Look, I like dam Lillard. I want to 247 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: be a Laker, you know. I think he's a very 248 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 1: good player. However, he is not a point guard. I mean, 249 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: I I twitter. I put tweeted this last night after 250 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: the game. Team USA has a three guard lineup. Basically 251 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: they go with you know, with their rotation. It's Dame 252 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: Bradley Beale and Zach Levine. The three of them played 253 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: seventy five minutes combined, four assists, six turnovers between them. 254 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: Because none of them knows what it's like to just 255 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: run a team. They all can get buckets. Unfortunately, in 256 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: international play, especially, team play is so much more important 257 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: than one on one individual style basketball. And it's such 258 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: an indictment on what we do in the NBA and 259 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: what we're teaching these kids coming up that all they 260 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: know how to run these days is high pick and roll. 261 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: All these guys are great with the ball in their hands, 262 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: but the minute you asked them instead of back pick, 263 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: the minute you asked them to come down, come around 264 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: a screen, not for you to get the shot, but 265 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: for you to set up somebody else, they can't do it. 266 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: Or more or even more damning, they just refused to 267 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: do it. They have all of these guys that have 268 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: all this talent and don't know ship about playing basketball. Sorry, 269 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I understand where you're going, but Rob, you 270 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: still roll a basketball out and under no circumstances should 271 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, Bradley Belle, Dame Lillard, Jayson Tatum be losing 272 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: to Jock Landale, who, by the way, you guys know, 273 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 1: I own a basketball team in the NBL, right, the 274 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: New Zealand Breakers. Um. I followed the league closely. Jack Landale, 275 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: former St. Mary's center in college basketball, was a really 276 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: good player. He is in the NBL. He's a great 277 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: player in the NBL. He got eight points and seven 278 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: boards last night in seventeen minutes. Very instrumental player for 279 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: them against him USA. Now, Chris Goulding, I'm not as 280 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: familiar with his work. Dante ExHAM can barely stiff a 281 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: roster in the NBA. Some many named Doop Wreath like 282 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: Rob I don't care. I don't care if you're in 283 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: the high picking roll seventy five times in a row 284 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: under no circumstances. Should the US be losing his team? None? Absolutely, 285 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: this This is a disgrace. And I don't know what 286 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: Kelton Johnson is doing on the team. Like if you're 287 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: the fifth best player on the San Antonio Spurst, should 288 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: you be on Team USA? See that's how I know 289 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: you didn't watch the game, because if you watched that 290 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: he was doing better things out there than Zach Lavine 291 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: was because he was moving without the ball, he was 292 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: trying to play defense as best he could. You know, 293 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: these guys, like I know that the NBA nowadays is 294 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: very watered down for the casual fan. It's layups and 295 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: threes and that's it, like there's no in between, there's 296 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: nothing that's really happening. But just watching Team USA play 297 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: these last two games, it embodies everything that people don't 298 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: like about about NBA basketball. And let me just pointed 299 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: to this because you mentioned that that, you know, the 300 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: talent that they have should overwhelmed them, and I would 301 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: generally agree with that. But what I will point to 302 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: is the last two teams that we saw win championship. 303 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying teams like you know, the Lakers 304 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: and and whoever you wanted this year. I mean teams 305 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: that functioned like a team that played five man basketball. 306 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: The Golden State Warriors, which in and win one of 307 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: those seventy three games. You know, even though they lost 308 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: in the finals. If you were to just go roster 309 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: for roster, talent for talent, their their roster wasn't that great. 310 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: Like if you were to stack up Steph Draymond and 311 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:40,880 Speaker 1: Clay versus Lebron Love and Kyrie. Who's picking the Golden 312 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: State Warriors guys, nobody. But the thing is they played 313 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: like a cohesive unit. They played like one organism. You 314 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: go back to the Miami Heat and the Heatles against 315 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 1: San Antonio. Okay, those guys played arguably what people say 316 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: the most beautiful basketball we'd seen, like in twenty years 317 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: up to that point. The moving, the cutting, the passing, 318 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 1: and that's why that team, led by a washed up 319 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: Tim Duncan and an old beaten down Mono and Tony 320 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 1: Parker were able to overwhelm and not just over beat 321 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: the breaks off of Lebron d Waiting. They were together 322 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 1: for fifteen years. These guys have been together for fifteen minutes, 323 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: and your guy killed and Johnson, by the way, team 324 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: high minus eight in thirteen minutes. I know, I'm I'm 325 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 1: sure he was was cutting and and and doing things 326 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: that were good. I don't know where there's a place 327 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: for a guy like that on the team. Like, if 328 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: you want that kind of role player, you have him 329 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: and Jeremy Grant, right, Jeremy Grant was the consummate role 330 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: player in Denver, he goes and makes all this money 331 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: in Detroit. He's the good three, right, But I clearly 332 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: could not guard Patty Mills. You know, Dame Lillard, Bradley Bill, 333 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: They're not locking up anybody. Zach Lavine passive defense at best. 334 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 1: So you look down the list, what are you gonna do? 335 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 1: Play John Jenkins and Sedique Bay. Saedique Bay was on 336 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: the old rookie team, and now all of a sudden, 337 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 1: you're thrusting meant to team USA Basketball to play with 338 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: k D and Draymond and I just the construction of 339 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: this team and the concept of, hey, the season just ended. 340 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: You guys can have three practices and play against Australia, 341 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: where these guys have been playing together for I don't know, 342 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: probably eight years, ten years on and off. Right, Patty 343 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: Mills has been with US Australia team forever. Aaron Baines, 344 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: Joe Ingles, these guys have been playing together on and 345 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 1: off for fifteen years. Delhi, right, you know, that's that's okay, 346 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: But that's exactly what Papovich and Dane Lillers did out 347 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: for the game. And you know what's funny is Brian 348 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 1: Winhorse was a friend of the show. We'll probably get 349 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 1: him on here, hopefully the next couple of weeks. He 350 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: even said in his story for ESPN dot com, the 351 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: Australian team has seven new players and they've changed coaches 352 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,479 Speaker 1: twice in the past two years. Ben Simmons, who they 353 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: were counting on, did not play. They also are installing 354 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: new systems, So don't give me this excuse that, oh, well, 355 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: they've been playing together, they got more chemistry. No plays 356 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: team basketball. Team USA and Americans in general in the 357 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: NBA do not know how to play team basketball. It's 358 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 1: high pick and roll shooters in the corners. So the 359 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:10,239 Speaker 1: minute they go against a team that does know how 360 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: to move the ball, who knows how to cut, who 361 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: knows how to pass, they struggle because they don't. They 362 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: don't see it ever, and they don't bother to learn 363 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: how to how to defend or how to operate that 364 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: kind of way because they're lazy. You brought up Jeremy Grant, 365 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: Jeremy Grant, who should be theoretically a kind of guy 366 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: who would do the dirty work and say, you know what, 367 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: I don't need to score, I don't need all these stats. 368 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go ahead, I'm gonna play defense, I'm gonna 369 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: rebound on the set screens whatever. Oh except the reason 370 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 1: why he left Denver in the first place is because 371 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: he thinks he's better than that. He's not gonna humble 372 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: himself again. And that's the difference between what happened in 373 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight with the Redeemed Team is at 374 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: that time USA had become embarrassed on the national international level, 375 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 1: and Kobe Bryant decided who at the time was either 376 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: the best or what the second best player in the 377 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 1: NBA said, You know what, Coach k I'm gonna be 378 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: the first guy on your team. Whoever else you gets cool, 379 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: but I'm I'm gonna be the one who's there first, 380 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: and I don't care about how much I score. You 381 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: put me he comes off the door, and you put 382 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 1: the do Werman on anybody who is their best UH 383 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 1: initiator on any other team that we play, and I 384 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 1: will lock them up. So fine, put Pat Beverley on 385 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: the team USA team? Is that? Is he a Doberman? 386 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: Who's the Doberman in the NBA right now? What I'm 387 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: saying is there, what that attitude is? What they don't 388 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: have They have a bunch of guys who are good 389 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: at getting buckets but don't know how to do anything else. 390 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 391 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports 392 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the I Heart Radio app. 393 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: Search f s R to listen live. Well again, it's 394 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: very difficult when you know you go on this global 395 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 1: stage and it's less for the guys like Damian Lillard 396 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: and Kevin Durant about a winning. We know they're superstars. 397 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: I mean, they're all NBA guys. They're making millions and 398 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 1: millions of dollars. They're there to enhance their brand. This 399 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 1: is the one team where you go to Japan and 400 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: you're mobbed in the streets of Japan. And guess what, 401 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant by being on this team, Damian Lillard, Bradley Bield, 402 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: they all enhance their global brand massively. They don't give 403 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: a rip about Nigeria. They don't care about the high 404 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 1: pick and roll. By the way, Durant hit four threes, 405 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard hit six. When those guys shoot ten of 406 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: twenty on threes, you're gonna win more often than not, right, 407 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: And they I mean Damian Lillard was not bad. I 408 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 1: just I don't know what the easy solution is. The 409 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 1: One thing that was pointed out to me by somebody 410 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: is that Australia eight inside the same way that Milwaukee 411 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 1: Bucks are eating inside. In the series against the Sons, 412 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,719 Speaker 1: Australia scored forty four points in the paint team USA 413 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 1: just twenty four. I know, in the NBA it's a 414 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: math equation, right tues first threes. You can thank Darryl Morey, 415 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: Steph Curry, James Hard and all those guys for that. 416 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: But on the international stage, UM, it almost feels like, Hey, 417 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: if the US needs an easy bucket where they can 418 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: pound it inside passing, can they get that? I don't, 419 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know the answer. Bamat to Bio's 420 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: post game is not unbelievable. It's not Patrick Ewing, it's 421 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: not Shack, it's not even Alonzo morning m. Draymond Green 422 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: has no interior game to speak of. So you know, 423 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: I don't have any answers. I think Rob you and 424 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: I largely agree here that there needs to be a 425 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: fundamental change. I personally still think they'll win the Gold. 426 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: I'm not going to bet against them. Um, but you're right. 427 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: I I do believe that the answer has to be 428 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: it's time too, like make this team matter, get players 429 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: that want to be on it multiple years, have them 430 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: work together in the off season. I know that's a 431 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: tough sell because who wants to practice with Team USA? 432 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: Think is that they do do that. That's part of 433 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: their thing. That's why they only had a limited finite 434 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: number of guys to choose from, because they said, you 435 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: have to be in our program. I believe it's for 436 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,719 Speaker 1: like a four year commitment at any at any window. 437 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: So if you're already in it before, then you kind 438 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: of get grandfathered in. Where's the where's the win? Rob 439 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: playing in exhibitions for Team USA or going on Instagram 440 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: with a trainer and making videos, are playing in a 441 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,919 Speaker 1: pickup game in Miami or l A and getting it 442 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: on Instagram and going viral. Like the priorities are out 443 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: of whack, right, that's fine, then they shouldn't be committing 444 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: to it. But these guys make it seem like they 445 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: care about winning gold medal because they think they can 446 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,880 Speaker 1: just show up and win. That's the problem. I don't 447 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: know that they care about the winning gold medals. I 448 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: really do think this is a brand building exercise for them. 449 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: Jayson Tatum is a huge deal in the Northeast. I 450 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: am carrying the Jayson Tatum flag as a Celtics hater 451 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: all my life. Um, nobody knows Jayson Tatum overseas. He 452 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 1: doesn't have a global brand. He's a japan to enhance that. Otherwise, Like, 453 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: what's where's the win in playing in the Olympics? Right, 454 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 1: You're just coming off a condensed off season. Damian Lillard 455 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 1: is I mean, hell Monday, for get about Australia and 456 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: u SA. Dame Lillard to the Warriors was like a 457 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,439 Speaker 1: big brush fire story on the Internet and it was 458 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 1: like maybe the Warriors can get Dame Lillard And like 459 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 1: what do you where do you think his priorities are 460 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: running offense for pop, playing defense? Lockdown on Patty Mills? 461 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: Or how would I fit with Steph and Clay and Draymond? 462 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: What would that do to my brand? Would that hurt me? 463 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: Because now I'd be like joining us a team? Would 464 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: that be? Like the direct? Like he's got a lot 465 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 1: of things on his mind, like selling sneakers. Again, I 466 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: just I don't think they're committed. I don't think you 467 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,679 Speaker 1: can get, you know, these NBA big time money guys 468 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: to play in the games. I just I don't think 469 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: that's gonna be ever a win. Again well, I mean, 470 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: I would argue that they have enough big time guys 471 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: where you know, that's not the issue. The issue is. 472 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: I think it's Brian Colangelo is the head of Team 473 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: USA Basketball. Believe with Brian one of those Ngelo and 474 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: he decided, I mean, now this, this flies in the 475 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: face of what we saw in O A and two 476 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: thousand twelve that because so many guys were opting out Lebron, 477 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: Steph Curry, Athony Davis, Kawuhi Leonard, you know, some guys 478 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: with injury, Jaylen Brown. I'm just gonna get the most 479 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: talented guys I can get, save for Kevin Love. Kevin 480 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 1: Love was the only one who was brought in with 481 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 1: like an idea in mind, where hey, he's he's fine, 482 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 1: not really playing and when he does play, he can 483 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: shoot a little bit, which is good for the national player. 484 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: And he's white. Shout yes, he was token is I mean, 485 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: I did not even realize that. I looked up and 486 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: down the roster and of all the white guys, you're 487 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: gonna get in the NBA. It's Kevin Love was there 488 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 1: were not many white guys to choose from. Kevin Loves 489 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 1: zero minutes, zero points, zeros across the board, a lot 490 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 1: of handclapping from kay Love though many I gotta do that. 491 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: There's gotta be someone who's comfortable doing that. But like 492 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: the problem is is that they didn't choose guys who 493 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: would have been comfortable, at least in my opinion, of 494 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: playing defense or you know what, I'm not gonna get 495 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 1: a lot of shots, but when I do, I'm gonna 496 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: make them count. Like these are guys that I believe 497 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: that not they didn't withdraw their name, they just weren't 498 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: chosen that I think would have made a lot of 499 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 1: sense for this team. Duncan Robinson, Yeah, why is he 500 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 1: on the team? Apparently not? Not only were he's up 501 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: for a huge money contract, right, but he did not 502 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 1: as far as I know, he did not opt out 503 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 1: of playing. Yeah, I'm sure he would not have played 504 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 1: anyway because he's up for huge money. You don't want 505 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: to get hurt in this thing. Harrison Barnes, get out 506 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 1: of here, Malcolm Brogden, Fred Van Vleet, Like I'm not 507 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: saying that they're the best players, but what you need 508 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: is guys who understand, like, look, I'm on this team 509 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: for this reason. My job is to defend. My job 510 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: is to get rebounds. My job is to hit open 511 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 1: jump shots. I'm not gonna get a lot of touches, 512 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: but that's what my job is. And the instead they 513 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: got guys who are the antithesis to that. Brad Beale, 514 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: Zach Levine, Damian, I mean the Damian little I think 515 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: is really good. He would have been on either way. 516 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:17,359 Speaker 1: But these guys are not made to fit together. It 517 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 1: was just let me get the best guys I can 518 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: get and throw them together. And that would We need 519 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 1: your glue, guy, you need your this, that and the other. 520 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: But listen, I don't want to make this racial thing. 521 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: I was joking about Kevin Love, but just for ships 522 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 1: and giggles, I looked up who were the best white 523 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 1: guys in the NBA? Right, Um, the best one obviously, 524 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: Luka Donachi is not American. Second best would be Yokichi MVP, 525 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: He's not American, Demonta Sabonis, Bugdan Bugdanovitch, Nicola Chich, Jonas, 526 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: Valanciunis Boyon Bugg or Bojan the one on the Jazz 527 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: the only American white guy in the league there, you know, 528 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: really really good right now? Or Joe Harris of the 529 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: net who I believe was an Olympian At one point 530 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: he was on the consideration for the roster, and they 531 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: did not get him for this one. They didn't. They 532 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: didn't get him. They they felt the need to go 533 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: with Keldon Johnson, Gordon Hayward the select team. He's not. 534 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: Given the injuries to Hayward, I would imagine I can 535 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: understand why he's not playing. This one's interesting. Red velvet 536 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: Kevin Herder. Is that a guy that would would fit 537 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: in your system? Rob hit threes, probably better than what 538 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 1: they have, because then then it's just a clear pecking order. 539 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 1: Then it's like, okay, who do you not want on 540 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: this team? Let's just be out. Let's just put all 541 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: our cards on the table. Do you want Kevin Durant 542 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: on this team? Yes? Do you want Bradley Beal on 543 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: his team? No? Do you want Damian Lillard on this team? Yes? 544 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 1: Are you watching a team without Kevin Durant, Bradley Beale 545 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: and Damian Lillard? Like that? I'm sorry, they need to 546 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: have draws, right, I mean, isn't it more important to win? 547 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: I think they think they can win anyway. Like, if 548 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 1: you honestly told me if some of these guys from 549 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: the select team Sadique Bay, Darius Garland, Bamat to Bio, 550 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 1: Zach Lavini, if that was like the starting lineup, are 551 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: you even tuning in for that? Not till the middle 552 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 1: rounds now? Now, Kevin Dura is playing anywhere anytime, you're 553 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 1: probably watching it. He'll pull up at Rutger Park and 554 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: you're watching it. Um. I think Damian Lillard is encroaching 555 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: that area where like if he's playing, you're watching. Um, 556 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: you know, I know. Draymond Green is like one of 557 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: those for me. Draymond Green is there is a recruiting 558 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: tool to get guys to the Warriors. That's basically his goal. 559 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: Can we get I'm not even kidding, Can we get Dame? 560 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 1: Can can we make that happen? Should we go for 561 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: Zach Levin? Like there was a lot of pick and 562 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: roll with Damon Draymond. I'm just saying the last two games, 563 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: the you're trying if you just spent twenty minutes on 564 00:30:56,520 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: freaking USA basketball losing to exhibition games, clear Lee, we 565 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: we like um the NBA UM one one. Final note. 566 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:11,960 Speaker 1: It didn't get as much pushed back as I thought 567 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 1: I would For saying Connor McGregor's washed. I saw some people, 568 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: you know, pillaging that, and I would listen, we were 569 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: early on that way early. If you listen to the 570 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: interview last week with Coppinger, I said, Nah, McGregor's done toast. 571 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 1: While thinking about McGregor on Monday, I floated to Rob, Yes, 572 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: McGregor's going to clean up. He's so bankable. Is he 573 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 1: the equivalent of Mike Tyson? After Tyson had lost to 574 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: Buster Douglas and bid off the ear of Evander Holyfield 575 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 1: Because that Tyson was a side hill. You still wanted 576 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: to watch in a car crash kind of way, and 577 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: you you were still a fan. But the guy was washed. 578 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 1: And I don't know, Robb, he's that that accurate of 579 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: a depiction or is that a little too harsh Because 580 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: McGregor's uh still physically looks like he's in his prime 581 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: as a fighter. He's clearly not. Yeah, I would think 582 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: that makes sense. And the comparison I think to Mike 583 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: Tyson is even more appropriate because he's still wildly marketable. 584 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter whether he wins or lose. People want 585 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: to tune in to watch him. I think I imagine 586 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: in a in a year, when he's back from his injury, 587 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,040 Speaker 1: he might get a tune up fight, or he might 588 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: even get pouri A four, And by that time he 589 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: might be the champion. So he might come off an 590 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 1: injury having lost three or four fights getting a title shot. 591 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: Did you say a year? Is that how long the 592 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 1: broken ankle is gonna take? Yeah, Oh my gosh, Wow, 593 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: that's brutal. I thought a broken ankles like six weeks, 594 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: but I guess if you're kicking people. Yeah, he got 595 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 1: with a screw in there by the way. Somebody, I 596 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 1: think it was Joe Rogan on the Graham posted like 597 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: a slow mo video of how he Okay, he broke 598 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 1: it before the step back. It looks like it was 599 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: loosened up on a kick. Um, and then you could 600 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: see McGregor wins on the kick. And then within the 601 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: next like ten seconds, he took that errand step and 602 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 1: it was it was loose enough that it just snapped. 603 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: Oh man, brutal, brutal injury. Holy hell. Anyways, I think 604 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: that'll do it for us today, Rob, Unless you want 605 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: to go ahead and take a bigger dump on Gregg Popovitch, 606 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: go ahead, fire when ready, like first off number one, 607 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 1: Great Popovitch. They'd like to say, I think after the 608 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 1: game that you know we we never blow people out. 609 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 1: That's a false narrative. You brought it up with the 610 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:38,040 Speaker 1: Joe Varden exchange. The The only problem with that, though, 611 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: is is back in two thousand twelve they were winning 612 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: games by an average of thirty two points. It's just 613 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: as recently as two thousand twelve, as recently as two 614 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: thousand twelve. And you know, maybe this I mean, I 615 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 1: guess if you want to be completely honest, yes, they 616 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: haven't been blowing people out under the Popovich regime. They're 617 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: only nine and five in uh two summers with Greg Popovich. Yeah, listen, 618 00:33:58,080 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 1: I don't want to come down hard on Popovitch, but 619 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 1: you know we just I said, Connor McGregor's watched. Um, 620 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask you as Papavin Popovich wanted playoff series 621 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 1: since Tim duncan retired. No Ill, I asked it for 622 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:19,960 Speaker 1: a reason. Bro, I'm not killing the guy, like you know, 623 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 1: I know he's an all time grade. He's a legend. Uh, 624 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: he got very political in the last half decade. Guys 625 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: seventy two years old. Okay, he's a legendary coach, probably 626 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,200 Speaker 1: on the shortlist top five coaches in NBA history. I 627 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: mean he's want five NBA titles. He hasn't won a 628 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: playoff series since Tim Duncan left the league. Like it's 629 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: gonna be tough, and it's seventy two. I'm surprised he's 630 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: sticking around. Um, I don't know. I just I figured 631 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,440 Speaker 1: by now Pop would want to move on. This just 632 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: doesn't seem like like a seventy two year old guy 633 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 1: coaching a lot of rich, coddled athletes who have won 634 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 1: multiple times over and probably don't care as much about 635 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,240 Speaker 1: this Olympics as they do their brand. What is Popovitch 636 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 1: doing on the sideline? I just nothing adds up to 637 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: this team, you know what, Rob, I think I've talked 638 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,319 Speaker 1: myself out of maybe them not winning the gold. I 639 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:22,920 Speaker 1: think just hardcore minutes and nothing's adding up here. I 640 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,799 Speaker 1: need to see the Brackett and is that out by 641 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: the way it might be. I have to look it up, though. 642 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: I need to look at the gambling. I think I 643 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: might maybe fade Team USA. If you can gamble on 644 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,320 Speaker 1: Olympic basketball, can you, You've got to be. They opened 645 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:38,600 Speaker 1: up as minus one thousand to win the gold. Now 646 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:43,640 Speaker 1: they're down to nine. Oh so, who's the favorite? Lucas Country. 647 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 1: They're They're still the favorite, They're just not as big 648 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:49,279 Speaker 1: the second favorite. Sorry. Sorry, Oh I'm not sure. I'm 649 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 1: not sure. Let me see if I can pull this up. 650 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: Tokyo Olympics. But while you're looking up, let me just say, America, 651 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,919 Speaker 1: if you have nothing to do. Later tonight from seven 652 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: to ten pm Eastern, I will be co hosting The 653 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 1: Odd Couple with my man Chris Brussord on Fox Sports Radio. 654 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 1: Nice shameless plug, that's what we do. Us A France 655 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 1: Um July, the US is a sixteen and a half 656 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,400 Speaker 1: point favorite. I think I might take the dog here. 657 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: Let me look at the France basketball roster for the Olympics, 658 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 1: because I don't think they have Tony Parker. Um. Do 659 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,719 Speaker 1: they have the kid? Um? Oh, they have the stifle tower, 660 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:32,680 Speaker 1: Rudy Rudy Gobert Uh, a young kid who's supposed to 661 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,279 Speaker 1: be like the next Oh do they have him? No? 662 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:39,040 Speaker 1: He played in the Under nineteen. They have TLC of 663 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: nets fame, Frank Nilakino, who couldn't shoot his way out 664 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:43,360 Speaker 1: of it. I don't think you could shoot in my 665 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:50,720 Speaker 1: pickup game out here in l A and the points man. 666 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 1: That seems like stealing money at this point. But Tom Gobert, 667 00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:58,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if they're gonna have the offense to 668 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:04,880 Speaker 1: hang TLC. Um. Oh, they got Yabbasuli. He he was 669 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:08,880 Speaker 1: a Celtic for like seven minutes. Um. Actually the Australian 670 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,719 Speaker 1: team rosters far better. Uh. France lost to Spain in 671 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:18,440 Speaker 1: the last two Olympic quarterfinals. Um and uh yeah, I 672 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,000 Speaker 1: don't know if I could take the sixty and a half. 673 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:23,759 Speaker 1: But you're saying, for sure, the US two in a row, 674 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:34,160 Speaker 1: these guys, should I take it? Yes, I'm not doing five. Um. 675 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:35,960 Speaker 1: I did have some really, I you know, I listened. 676 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,640 Speaker 1: I gave you guys the Bucks in in game three. 677 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,000 Speaker 1: It's funny, my dad, it's starting to listen to the 678 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,000 Speaker 1: pods again because I started talking about soccer obviously, and 679 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 1: he texted me good call on the Bucks winning Game three. 680 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,960 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, Dad, thanks for checking in. I'm 681 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,839 Speaker 1: just telling you, let's listen that wasn't my biggest bet 682 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:59,040 Speaker 1: of the year, probably my biggest NBA bet. Um, I 683 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 1: I need some more time on Game four. It's it's 684 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 1: it's not an easy one, Rob, real quick before we 685 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,080 Speaker 1: wrap up any early thoughts on game for will you 686 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 1: be betting it? Do you? Who? Do you like all 687 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: that stuff? I will not be betting it because you 688 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 1: brought some great points about that Phoenix Suns bench. I mean, 689 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: their bench is woe fleathin right now. And I don't 690 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:23,319 Speaker 1: know if you can count on Chris Paul and Devin 691 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:27,440 Speaker 1: Booker being able to carry them that long. You know, 692 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:32,080 Speaker 1: so day off, I know, but Devin Booker has been 693 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,239 Speaker 1: up and down a lot. By the way, I don't 694 00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,879 Speaker 1: know where I read this, but the reason for an 695 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:41,880 Speaker 1: extra day off usually in where there's no travel. There, 696 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,719 Speaker 1: when there's travel, there's an extra day off. There's no 697 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:46,080 Speaker 1: travel in between games three and four. Why is there 698 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,279 Speaker 1: an extra day Because the NBA did not want to 699 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: go up against MLB All Star Game tonight, so they're 700 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 1: playing Wednesday. Now. How wild is that? Is that not 701 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 1: crazy that the NBA said, oh, we'll give him an 702 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,040 Speaker 1: extra day. And again I shouldn't complain because everybody's didn't hurt, 703 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:04,080 Speaker 1: and you know, for all we know, Chris Paul's gonna 704 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,320 Speaker 1: get injured. Gosh, I hope I didn't just jinx it. Anyways, 705 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,080 Speaker 1: let's just wrap up this pot before I say something 706 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 1: that jinxes everyone. I did take France getting sixteen and 707 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:16,680 Speaker 1: a half against Team USA. UM, thirteen days from now. Um, 708 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,840 Speaker 1: you know, piggyback it if you want, We'll talk to 709 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:20,320 Speaker 1: you tomorrow.