1 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: What's going on, folks. I am Jason Martin. Look, we 2 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: decided Bernie could have the weekend off. He usually joins 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: Aaron Torres and me on Saturday nights before then hosting 4 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: another four hours after doing this show on Friday nights 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: into Saturday mornings. It's Saturday morning where I am. It 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 1: might still be Friday where you are. I'm in Nashville, Tennessee. 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: You can find me on Twitter. By the way, at 8 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: JMAR Radio you can call us eight seven seven nine 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: nine six six three sixty nine. That is eight seven 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: seven ninety nine on Fox. 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Tire rack dot com the 20 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: way tire buying should be. So the big story in 21 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: the NBA is not the team that won the Lari 22 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: O'Brien Trophy five days ago, but we will talk about them. 23 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: It'll probably be in the next segment. We have to 24 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: talk about Ja Morant. And we knew that this was 25 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: going to come shortly after the finals because Adam Silver 26 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: pretty much said, we want to get through the finals 27 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: and then we're going to address this, which was sort 28 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: of odd because he came out and made this statement 29 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: and talked about how they had found more, which if 30 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: I missed it, you can let me know. But I 31 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: didn't see anything more that we didn't know from the 32 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: new video and the Instagram post and all of that. 33 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: But the suspension has been handed down. It's twenty five 34 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: games and other conditions. I'll let you know what those 35 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: are here in just a second. But everybody is trying 36 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: to decide now whether or not this was enough. I 37 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: have said over the past few weeks when I've been asked, 38 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: and you may have heard me on Fox Sports Radio 39 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: say this All Star Break was where I was, and 40 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: the reason why is because it needs to hurt It 41 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: needs to hurt Job, but it also needs to give 42 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: him a redemption path. There is a cynicism in America 43 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: where we like to see the fall, right, We like 44 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: to see the fall of superstars. It's gross, it's ugly, 45 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 1: but there's a reason people watch Nascar when they do, 46 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: and most of the time it's not to see cars 47 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: go fast, it's to see cars go boom. And you know, 48 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: think about Tiger Woods for example, what happened to him 49 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: back in two thousand and nine. There is a there's 50 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: a tabloid sensibility to a lot of our brains. The 51 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: only thing that then outmatches that is the great redemption story. 52 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: So many of those end up winning awards when they 53 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 1: are done in movies or television shows, and certainly when 54 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: it happens in real life. It's special. If you if 55 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: you've made this the All Star break, first off, that's new. 56 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: You know, that's half the season. That's going to hurt 57 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: his team, that's going to hurt his bank account. And 58 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: I want to talk more about that in just a second, 59 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: but you can lead to your All Star Game at 60 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: that point in time saying, hey, Jow's going to be back. 61 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: Job's done the work he has this season, you know, 62 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: been away from his teammates, he has fulfilled our requirements, 63 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: he's gone through these counseling sessions. We believe he's and 64 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: Troit we are so excited to have him back. And 65 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: then you have this opportunity for this new version of 66 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: John Morant that you've almost kind of marketed a little 67 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: bit on the way back to right after the All 68 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: Star Game. That'd be a boom for your second half 69 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: of the season. Maybe Memphis is still in it. They 70 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: got tyas Jones as their backup point guard, and if 71 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: you look at his numbers and if you look at 72 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: how Memphis has played without Jaw, they're still likely to 73 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: be in the mix, and he can come in and 74 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: give him that spark. But then you have a spark 75 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: for your league in the second half of the season. 76 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: And you also feel like, you know, that was substantial. 77 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 1: So twenty five games is not quite that. The explanation 78 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: for twenty five from Adam Silver was, well, when you 79 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: look at the Bridges case and the domestic violence, you 80 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: know that was thirty games, So that was a criminal situation. 81 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: This was not. If that was thirty, this being more 82 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: more than thirty would have been egregious. And this is 83 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: tied with four or five other suspensions that have happened. 84 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 1: This is the second longest suspension Adam Silver's given out, 85 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: and the first one he's tied outside of the one 86 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: I just told you about. The second one is he's 87 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: tied with like four or five other guys at twenty 88 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: five and they were all performance shancing drug deals, So 89 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: this one is unique in that deal. You have the 90 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: Players Association saying, you know, they're going to look at 91 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: this and see what the next step is. They don't 92 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: believe that this is fair. They said, you know, we 93 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: believe is excessive and inappropriate for a number of reasons, 94 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: including the facts involved in this particular incident, and that 95 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: it's not fair or consistent with past discipline in our leagues. 96 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: They're going to explore all options and next steps. Great, 97 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: I mean, the job at the the Players Association, the 98 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: job of any union in a sport is to defend 99 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: them players, even when it makes no sense. I mean, 100 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: the NFLPA was certainly going to be on Deshaun Watson's 101 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: side when all that stuff went down. That suspension was 102 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: going to be too much. We're going to try and 103 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: get that thing down. That's just that's what they do. 104 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: I'm not particularly a fan of that when it goes 105 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: against what they might actually believe, but they are they're 106 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 1: kind of tied based on what they're tasked to accomplish 107 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: in that role. But Adam Silver says, this is his quote, 108 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: the potential for other young people to emulate Jaw's conduct 109 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: is particularly concerning. Under these circumstances, we believe the suspension 110 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: of twenty five games is appropriate and makes clear that 111 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: engaging in reckless and irresponsible behavior with guns will not 112 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: be tolerated. For Jaw, basketball needs to take a back 113 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: seat at this time. That's Adam Silver that quotes a 114 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: lot better than I think he. He wanted to give 115 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: Job the benefit of the doubt the first time around. 116 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: I thought that was a suspension without teeth in any way, 117 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: shape or form. That was not even pre Toddler, where 118 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: you have like four teeth. That was zero teeth. He 119 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: went to I don't know what it was, a drive 120 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: through seminar for an hour, picked up something, a book 121 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: on tape, and then came back and it seemed like 122 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: he was back on the floor immediately. I don't know 123 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: what he learns from that, but the key to me 124 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: thinking all Star break and me looking at twenty five, 125 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: and I understand the rationale if thirty was a domestic violence. 126 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: This is on the line of performance enhancing drugs. I 127 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: look at the behavior, I look at the fact that 128 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: happens a second time, and I look at from what 129 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: you from what we can gather, he's still around the 130 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: same people. You still got mister pack around, and you 131 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: have some of these guys that have gotten him into 132 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: trouble quite frankly, and he's got so much to lose. 133 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: So I want to go back to the money aspect here. 134 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: He's gonna lose a ton of money. He's gonna lose 135 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: millions and millions of dollars here, because I think the 136 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: per game that he's gonna lose is in the three 137 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: hundred thousand range, which is not close to what it 138 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: was this past year. Because his new deal kicks in 139 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: and you know the extension and all that. So he's 140 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: gonna lose money, a lot of it. He's you know, 141 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: he's got power Aid pulled the ads. Nike's still standing 142 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: behind him, and they're saying they're happy with this statement. 143 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: I don't really want to see the statement from Jah Morant, 144 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: like it's better than nothing. But the statement after the 145 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: first incident bothered me because if you listen to jaw 146 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,599 Speaker 1: talk and you've seen him in actual sit down interviews, 147 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: what he says and how that statement was worded didn't match. 148 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: And I felt the same way looking at this statement. 149 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: I want to see John Morant in and the remember 150 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: Michael Vick when he got up there and did not 151 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: have a prepared statement, and you could just tell he 152 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: was speaking from the heart. You know, he had gone 153 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: through the process. And this man went to jail, got 154 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: out of jail, and he's done everything right since, and 155 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: still some people are never going to forgive him. But 156 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: when he talked, I believed what he said. I believe 157 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: that in many ways he didn't fully understand the ramifications 158 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: of what he was doing at the time. He learned, 159 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: he paid his debt, he got out, and all I 160 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: want to see that from John, not that John's going 161 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: to jail for this, and you know none of these 162 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: incidents would have put him there. But if he gets 163 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: up and he talks in front of me, I don't 164 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: mean sitting down with jaywen Rose, or sitting down in 165 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: a friendly environment, or sitting down in an environment where 166 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to feed you the question that you want 167 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: to answer. Don't even worry about the questions. Just say something. 168 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: I might say something or don't say anything right now 169 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: outside of I know, I gotta go get some help. 170 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: That's what I'm gonna go do. I believe maybe the 171 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: sentiment of the statement, but I need it to be personalized. 172 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: And I needed to be personalized because I want to 173 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 1: believe it so badly. Because Jaw is great for the NBA. 174 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: He is somebody that kids can look up to. He's 175 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: somebody that's gonna bring ratings. He's somebody that brings a 176 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: swagger in an interest level to this league. He's perfect 177 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: for this social media era where our attention spans get 178 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: shorter every year based on the statistics. But his highlight 179 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: reels are beautiful. For that seven to eight second clip, 180 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: he can jump out of the gym and at his size, 181 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 1: it's so impressive to watch. There's so much value in 182 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: what Jaw can be as a superstar athlete and what 183 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: he could potentially impart to the next generation. I don't 184 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: mean on the court. I mean what he could mean 185 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: as an inspirational figure, a motivational figure, someone like that. 186 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: That's why I like the idea of a redemption arc, 187 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: a redemption story for John Morant. But how do you 188 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: hurt someone? How do you make this hurt someone that 189 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: has this kind of money and that kind of endorsement 190 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: money and this, you know, all of the things that 191 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: Jaw's got. This is going to hurt him in the pocketbook. 192 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: But is it going to kill him in the pocketbook? 193 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, like, if you find me 194 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: a thousand dollars, that would mean a lot to me. 195 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: You find him a thousand dollars is not. But if 196 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: you find him a million dollars, I don't know that 197 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: it is. I just it's a universe that we don't 198 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: even understand. So I don't know what the game checks 199 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: and the time missed is going to mean. The thing 200 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: that needs to be most important here. I agree when 201 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: you look at Adam Silver and the statement that I 202 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: read to you, or part of what he is saying, 203 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: I agree that you know, emulating Jaw's conduct and all 204 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: of the things that were there, the danger involved. We 205 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: believe a suspension of twenty five games is appropriate for job. 206 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: Basketball needs to take a back seat at this time. 207 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: You have to worry about your league and your league 208 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: actually looking like it has some kind of authority because 209 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: the players have kind of run that joint now for years, 210 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: and it's been perceived that way, especially in comparison to 211 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: something like the NFL and the control that the ownership 212 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: has there, or certainly the league has with Goodell and 213 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: how they've operated, and they've gotten a lot wrong, don't 214 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: get me wrong. But the important factor for me is 215 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 1: not the business side. The important factor for me is 216 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: that Jahn Morant has a chance for the life and 217 00:12:56,559 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 1: the future that was mapped out for him. The point 218 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: for me is that Jaw is actually rehabilitated, not so 219 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: I can watch him, even though selfishly that's my goal. 220 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: I want to watch the guy play basketball because he's 221 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,319 Speaker 1: so special. I just want him to have the life 222 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: that God laid out for him. I want him to 223 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: be able to achieve. I want him to go through 224 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: those experiences, and I do think he can grow from this. 225 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: He's super young, and he's a smart guy, and I 226 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 1: hope that he can get away from some of the 227 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: influences that are causing some of these problems. But think 228 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: about the opportunities that lie in front of John Morant, 229 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,079 Speaker 1: and if I'm Adam Silver And maybe I can't care 230 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: about this as the NBA commissioner. Maybe this is a 231 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: pipe dream. But I want to look at it and say, 232 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: what's best for Joe, what's best for what's going to 233 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: enable him to live the best version of John Morant's life. 234 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: What's the safest play? And you have to measure it, 235 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: obviously from a business perspective. But your league's okay, you'll 236 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 1: survive without job, even if it was for the year. 237 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: How much time is necessary for Joe to realize I 238 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: can't do this anymore and this is taking me down 239 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: a pathway that can end I make an end in 240 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: his death. I mean, we're not saying he's that close 241 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: to it, but he's waving around a gun and multiple deals. 242 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: He's had the thing at the mall over his mom 243 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: being disrespected. You had the you know, the red light 244 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: train at the Nuggets facility, at the Pacers incident, like 245 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: all these things have happened. The escalation of it would 246 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: be dangerous, but you just got to get it. You 247 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: gotta get him under control with this agent, say hey man, 248 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: there is a fix here, and it's just slow down 249 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: and look at what you have to lose. And maybe 250 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: this is gonna be enough. And if it is, then 251 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: twenty five games is a fine suspension. I would have 252 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: made a d All Star break. I would have I 253 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: would have put a statement out there. I would not 254 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: have said, well, because we gave thirty on this, we 255 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: can't get more on this. I can't look at it 256 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: that way. Every incident when it comes I evaluate that 257 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: incident in the moment. They were way too laxed the 258 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: first time. This time is triple that. But I still 259 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: don't know if that's enough. Let me know. Jmar Radio 260 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: is where you can tweet me eight seven, seven ninety 261 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: nine on Fox if you want to call us some 262 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: chat about it. Nine ninety six, six three sixty nine. 263 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: I just want to see job back on the floor. 264 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: But I want to see Josh smiling and jaw in 265 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: a really good place in his life. And I hope 266 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: this suspension the time that he's going to have away 267 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: the preconditions to come back, going through the counseling program, 268 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: all of those things. I hope that's going to be 269 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: the thing that gets him there. I don't want to 270 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: be talking about this next year. I don't think any 271 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: of us want to be talking about this. We want 272 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: to see the guy play basketball and succeed. The reason 273 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: why you're listening to this radio station right now is 274 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: because you love sports. And the reason you love sports 275 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: is because you love watching athletes who are our superheroes 276 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: in reality. Because we don't have people in capes flying around. 277 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: We watch sports stars. We watch them do what we 278 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 1: can't and that's what I want for John Morant when 279 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: we come back. Another thing I know I can't do 280 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: is what Nicola Jokica and the Denver Nuggets just did. 281 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: Are the Nuggets on their way to a dynasty in 282 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: the NBA. We will talk about that next. Here it 283 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: is Fox Sports Radio. Welcome back in. I'm Jason Martin 284 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: here on Fox Sports Radio in for Bernie Frato early 285 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: on a Saturday morning in a couple of time zones, 286 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: still late Friday in a couple eight seven and seven 287 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: nine nine on Fox. If you want to reach us, 288 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: hit up the entire network on Twitter at Fox Sports Radio. 289 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: I'm at jmart Radio is where you can find me. 290 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: We are in the tire rack dot Com studios. The 291 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: Nuggets just won a championship, first one that they have 292 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: everyone as an organization, and we'll talk about Jokic and 293 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: how people discuss him, probably after the update, but the 294 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: talk is already are we about to see a dynasty 295 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: because anytime there's a champion, a new champion in particular, 296 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: is this going to be a new dynasty. Well, the 297 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: good news about sports is we will find out with health. 298 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: There's a lot of reasons to believe that the Nuggets 299 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: are going to be here for a while. Jokic is 300 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: twenty eight years old, Jamal Murray is twenty six. Aaron 301 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: Gordon who had I mean that Penn ultimate game that 302 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: he had, I don't know if anybody saw that coming, 303 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: but incredible. He's twenty seven. Michael Porter Junior is twenty four. 304 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: They're all signed for two more years at least, and 305 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,920 Speaker 1: they are I mean, they're near the cap, but they're 306 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: not over it. So are dealing with the luxury tax 307 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: yet they're probably gonna be flirting with it though they're 308 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: gonna lose Bruce Brown. They brought him in. They know 309 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: he's gonna get more money this offseason, so he's got 310 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: a player option. Probably they're just not gonna be able 311 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 1: to get him anywhere near what he's gonna get somewhere else. 312 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: So you probably lose him. You may lose KCP next year. 313 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: I'd read that at the Athletic. But you've got basically 314 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: you're starting five locked in. You've got them all in 315 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: their prime. I don't know that there is someone in 316 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: the NBA that can stop Jokic. His game is so unique, 317 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 1: and that unlike a lot of especially a lot of 318 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: the European players that come over and can score. When 319 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,479 Speaker 1: you look at guys like Dirk and you look at 320 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: Luka Doncic and some of those type guys, they can 321 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 1: score like crazy, but that's generally all they do. Jokic, 322 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: what do you have, like four shots at half a 323 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: finals game? He still ends up with twenty seven at 324 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: the end, just because he's efficient, because he can make 325 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: some free throws, because he can get rebounds, because he 326 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 1: does all the little things. Nobody's ever going to accuse 327 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 1: him of being an all world defender. But on the 328 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 1: offensive side, he's a guy that, even though the offense 329 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 1: flows completely through him, he didn't have to take all 330 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 1: the shots. He didn't take half the shots. I mean, 331 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray when he's on, there's no reason to not 332 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,879 Speaker 1: hand him the ball. Michael Porter Junior during This playoff 333 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 1: run reminded people why people or why everybody was so 334 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 1: excited about him at Missouri and Aaron Gordon, even though 335 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: he is inconsistent when he is on, when he's good, 336 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: he can be really good and maybe, you know, you 337 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: win a championship and some of that consistency starts to 338 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: find its way there. I think the bigger question isn't 339 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: are the Nuggets going to be there? Because I think 340 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: they are when you just what I laid out to you, 341 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: their draft situation is pretty good. They've got a couple 342 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: of picks. Maybe they're going to move up in this 343 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,439 Speaker 1: draft and get somebody else, but they have guys making 344 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 1: like very very little money that they drafted, one of 345 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: which they believe can replace Bruce Brown. That's Christian Braun. 346 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: He's twenty two years old, but you got him and 347 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: you got Peyton Watson, and Watson almost cracked a rotation. 348 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: I saw that at the athletic as well, So I 349 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: mean you've got guys there that might be able to 350 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: fill the hole. And those are late first round picks 351 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: who will make I'm about four million combined next year, 352 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: so they're in good role. I think the question is 353 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: what's the rest of the West next year. What are 354 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 1: the Suns now that it's the Frank Vogel experience and 355 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: likely the not Chris Paul led show when it is 356 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,919 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant and Devin Booker and whatever else they're gonna do. 357 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: Because it does look like CP three is out of there. 358 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: There's the rumors of the Lakers. Maybe we can chat 359 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: about that before the end of the program. I have thoughts, certainly, 360 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 1: but how's that going to work? Devin Booker's been heard 361 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: at times, Kevin Durant is increasingly not as reliable in 362 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: terms of his health. And they got rid of a 363 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: lot of their depth and the deal that brought them 364 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: KD in the first place. And they definitely got rid 365 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: of a lot of their defense. And I'm not convinced 366 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: that Monty Williams for Frank Vogel is an upgrade. I 367 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: think that's closer to a lateral move that's like a 368 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: B plus to an A minus or an A minus 369 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 1: to a B plus. And I mean, and that might 370 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: even be undercutting Bnni. I think Monni did an excellent job. 371 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: I do think there were times where some moves that 372 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: he may cost them. But the biggest thing that caught 373 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 1: them was Chris Paul getting hurt, Kevin Durant showing up 374 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: later in the season because of when he was acquired, 375 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: and then he didn't play for a while after he 376 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: got there. It just it was all discombobulated and they 377 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: finally ran into a situation. They were kind of like 378 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: the Rams. Best comparison a half of them is the Rams. 379 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: The Rams went all in, brought in Matthew Stafford, brought 380 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 1: in Vaughn All that they're a laughing stock if they 381 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 1: don't win the championship that year, and they were about 382 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 1: a quarter away from Cincinnati. Finding a way to snatch 383 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: that thing away. Didn't end up happening. They won the 384 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: Super Bowl and then okay, now everybody can copy what 385 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: they did, but if that doesn't work, what you did 386 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: for Stafford to bring him in and everything that they did, 387 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: we knew. The problem with the Rams was they had 388 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: no depth behind their guys. They stayed pretty healthy where 389 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: they needed to. They lost OBJ, but they still made 390 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: it work, and they lost him in the Super Bowl. 391 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 1: They had lost Robert Woods earlier in the year replace 392 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: some of the OBJ, and that was about the only 393 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: move that they could make. But generally speaking, the guys 394 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 1: they needed to be healthy, stayed healthy and were there 395 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: for them throughout that run the Suns. Had they stayed healthy, 396 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: could they have won the championship? Certainly? Maybe? But the 397 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: Nuggets still appear to be the better basketball team. They 398 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: seem to be the most complete team in the NBA. 399 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: Fact that they won the championship shouldn't surprise anybody. And 400 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,159 Speaker 1: now that you've seen them and watched them win a title, 401 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: does it get easier for them because that confidence is there? 402 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: Or are they going to be taking everybody's best shots 403 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:41,199 Speaker 1: every night? We'll continue along these lines here. Coming up 404 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: next on Fox Sports Radio Live from the Tirak dot 405 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: com studios. Plus, I want to talk about Nuggets coach 406 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: Malone and how he felt about how the Nuggets were 407 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: talked about in comparison to the Lakers during the Western 408 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: Conference finals and how guess what get used to it? 409 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: Because that's not going to James Le's go to LA 410 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: and catch an update. Take it away. 411 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 2: Well, the big news of the day, We actually had 412 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 2: a lot of big news today. San Diego State has 413 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 2: reportedly given the Mountain West Conference written notice that the 414 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 2: school intends to resign from the league. There was an 415 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 2: earlier report that said SDSU gave the required one year 416 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 2: notice on Tuesday and will explore all options if the 417 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,959 Speaker 2: PAC twelve does not get a TV deal done by 418 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 2: the end of the month. However, an updated report said 419 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 2: that San Diego State's written letter of its intention to 420 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 2: withdrawal was not an official notice. The exit feat to 421 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 2: leave the conference for the fall of twenty twenty four 422 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 2: doubles to thirty four million dollars on July first, in 423 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 2: the letter of the school asked the Mountain West for 424 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 2: a one month extension given quote, unforeseen delays involving other 425 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 2: college Atlantic conferences beyond our control unquote. In the NBA, 426 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:49,880 Speaker 2: the league has suspended John Moran twenty five games after 427 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 2: he posted a video that showed him waving what appear 428 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 2: to be a gun. The suspension will come with conditions 429 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 2: for his return, The league said. During the suspension, Moran 430 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 2: won't be able to take part in any public leagues 431 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 2: or team activities, and he will lose more than seven 432 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 2: and a half million dollars from his salary. Moran previously 433 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 2: suspended eight games back in March for a similar incident. 434 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 2: Michael Jordan reportedly selling the Charlotte Hornets, and he's set 435 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 2: to sell the team to a group led by Gabe 436 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 2: Plotkin and Rick Schnall, but will still retain him minority 437 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 2: stake in the franchise US Open Golf Rickie Fowler and 438 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 2: the lead out in Los Angeles. He has one stroke 439 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 2: ahead of Wyndham Clark and two ahead of Royan McElroy 440 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:32,120 Speaker 2: and Xander's chaffell. US Soccer announced Greg Berhalter has been 441 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 2: reappointed as manager of the US men's national team through 442 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty six World Cup and some final Major 443 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,640 Speaker 2: League Baseball scores from the West Coast. Giants come from 444 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 2: behind to beat the Dodgers seven to five, Mariners over 445 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,479 Speaker 2: the White Sox three to two, Rays beat the Padre 446 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 2: six to two, Philly's over the Athletic six to one, 447 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 2: and the Diamondbacks beat the Guardians five to wine. 448 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: Back of you appreciate it, yep O man. I want 449 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: to talk about Rondalcooney Junior in the Braze a little 450 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: bit later on, but I'm going to do that to 451 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 1: open the second hour as part of a larger topic 452 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: on Father's Day weekend. So that's coming up. But what 453 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 1: ACUN is doing is unreal, and as a Braves fan, 454 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: it is. It's very, very exciting. So we were talking 455 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 1: about the Nuggets, right and we're talking about the dynasty idea, 456 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: because when a new champion is crowned, now it's time 457 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,360 Speaker 1: to talk about how many championships they're going to win, 458 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 1: because we can't just be excited about the one that 459 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: they just won. We have to look to the next year. 460 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: Who's the biggest threat to him? Well, we just kind 461 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: of discussed the Suns before that update. The Lakers are 462 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,360 Speaker 1: certainly going to be talked about as they should. Look. 463 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: They overperformed, really and Rob Polinka did an excellent job 464 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: at the trade deadline and doing what he did, they 465 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: still got some question marks. They got to figure out 466 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: point guard. Is it going to be Chris Paul? I 467 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: don't know what to tell you there. I think that's crazy. 468 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: This guy's been hurting six of his nine last playoff appearances. 469 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,640 Speaker 1: He's a guy that you can't rely on to be there. 470 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 1: They even low managed him last year and he still 471 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 1: got hurt in the playoffs. You're bringing in him to 472 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: a team that's already pretty old in terms of its 473 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 1: key players. But if you can bring him in on 474 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: the veteran minimum salary, which I've seen in multiple locations, 475 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: would potentially be the idea that would enable you to 476 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:25,360 Speaker 1: potentially add depth and retain Austin Reeves and really Hotchi Mora. 477 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: Those are the two guys I think you've got to 478 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: find a way to keep. I mean, Reeves, that's not 479 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: great analysis part of me, that's obvious. If you can 480 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: keep Austin Reeves, you dig. You better keep Austin Reeves 481 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: and Hatch Mora I think is burgeoning, to say the least. 482 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,880 Speaker 1: At times, he's really special and he's young, and there's 483 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: a lot to like about him. But then you got 484 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 1: to figure out what you're going to do with Dangelo Russell. 485 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 1: To me, that needs to be a you know, don't 486 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: let the screen door hit you situation. But if you 487 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 1: read it looks like you bring in CP three on 488 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: that veteran minimum and then you can keep Russell. I 489 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: just don't know that. I don't know that it's not 490 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: additioned by subtraction to get rid of Russell and bring 491 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: somebody else in. But I also I'm not sure about 492 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: CP three, But on the veteran minimum, maybe that mitigates 493 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: it a little bit. I still look at the Nuggets 494 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 1: as the better team over the Lakers next year as 495 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: they get older. I didn't even mention Anthony Davis, who 496 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: that's the other thing you're gonna add CP three to 497 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: a team that already has Anthony Davis, And quite frankly, 498 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: Lebron James, who finally his body is starting to show 499 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: signs of age. For a long time, he was just 500 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:37,199 Speaker 1: crazy healthy considering how physically he played. I mean, the 501 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: amount of minutes and just the time that he missed 502 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: was almost nonexistent for such a long period of time 503 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: in his career. But eventually that was gonna change, and 504 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 1: it finally has whim so he can't go full speed 505 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: eighty two games a year the way that he once could. 506 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: And then you look at the rest of it's like, 507 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: who else is really going to be that big a threat? 508 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 1: I guess Memphis twenty five games, they're not gonna have job, 509 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: but Memphis will still be there. But Memphis. The only 510 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: thing Memphis has won a championship been so far as talking. 511 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: They haven't actually done very much on the floor. They've 512 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: been in the playoffs and they've had high seed now, 513 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: but this is the kind of year where I hope 514 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: to hear less than them and just see them go 515 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: play basketball, because they are. They're an excellent team, and 516 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 1: Dylan Brooks is probably not gonna be there next year, 517 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 1: and maybe that's gonna be you know, that's gonna be 518 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: helpful if they're able to do a couple of smart 519 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 1: things in free agency. But I don't just look at 520 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: the West and see that much depth. I don't see 521 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 1: a ton of teams they're gonna be competing. I just 522 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: I can't trust the Clippers. I don't know what they're 523 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 1: gonna do, but I can't trust them. We talked about 524 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: the Lakers, we talked about the Suns. Those are kind 525 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: of the obvious candidates. I know I could talk about Dallas, 526 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: but I'm not going to. If Kyrie's going to be back, 527 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 1: which it looks maybe like he is, there will not 528 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 1: be a version of me that will pick a Kyrie 529 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: IRV team to win a championship. And he's not even 530 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: the star of that team. But I just the chemistry, 531 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: and you could have written that whole pairing with him 532 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: and Doncic not going well from the get go. In fact, 533 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 1: most of us did as soon as the trade happened. 534 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: I mean, they're both excellent basketball players, but how was 535 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: that going to work with one basketball and the way 536 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: those two guys play. So I kind of rule them 537 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: out as well. So the Nuggets in the West are good. 538 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: I think the real comparison, a real competition is coming 539 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 1: from the East. What's Boston going to do? They've got 540 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: to figure something out. I think if they bring everybody back, 541 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: if they just run it back, I don't think that 542 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: that lineup. I think they've hit their ceiling the heat 543 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: are surely going to add somebody. They realize they need 544 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: another star now. Butler didn't have a great finals, but 545 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: he had to have been exhausted considering the level of 546 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: effort he had to put in in those rounds. And 547 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: he started getting some help in the Eastern Conference finals 548 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: or more help. And they were without Tyler Herrow during 549 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: that playoff run. But that was a Butler show. They 550 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: need somebody else. It looks like, you know, maybe Bradley 551 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: Beal could be that guy. That'd be interesting. Bradley Beal 552 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: has never played maybe once he played on a team 553 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: that was sort of relevant, and I don't mean for 554 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: multiple years. But he's been a really good player for 555 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: a long time. If he goes to Miami, he could 556 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 1: be that kind of player, because, man, you want to 557 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 1: talk about somebody can shoot the rock. He can go 558 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: out there and do that for you. And that's the 559 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 1: kind of thing that Miami needs on a consistent basis, 560 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: is a star level player. They can do that and 561 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: get his own shot. And then there's Philly and we'll 562 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: find out what happens with Harden and Beads another guy 563 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: that I don't know in the playoffs especially, and he's 564 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,239 Speaker 1: had health issues as well. And then there's Milwaukee, who 565 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: I really like. Milwaukee and Denvers still look like the 566 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 1: best teams in the league. We'll see what happens in 567 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: the draft and what happens in free agency. But I 568 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 1: think the other thing real quickly before we get to 569 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: the break, is that Mike Malone during the Western Conference 570 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: Finals malign the fact that the media covered the Lakers 571 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 1: more than they covered the Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals, 572 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: that when the Nuggets went up one oh, the story 573 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: wasn't about the Nuggets going up one oh. It was 574 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: about adjustments that the Lakers were going to make, that 575 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: they had figured things out. And then it's two oh, 576 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: and they're still doing that. They're not talking about Jokic, 577 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 1: they're talking about various Lakers players and all this. The 578 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: Nuggets won a championship, but I still don't think that changes. Now. 579 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: If they go win two or three more, or if 580 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: they win another one next year, maybe that shifts a 581 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,720 Speaker 1: little bit. But you're still the Denver Nuggets and they're 582 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: still the Los Angeles Lakers. It's going to take more 583 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 1: than one championship to change that narrative. I think as 584 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: basketball fans, as sports fans, we know and we can 585 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: appreciate what the Nuggets did, but this is not going 586 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 1: to be a finals. It's going to be particularly memorable. 587 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 1: It's just not and not all. I think Colin Cowhard 588 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: said this a few weeks agoch right, not all championships, 589 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: not all teams are memorable. They're not all box office. 590 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: But this team is real good. And I'm not going 591 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: to go so far to say they're a dynasty because 592 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: so many things could change very quickly. By the way, 593 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: in that conversation about what they could do, i'd have 594 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: mentioned Golden State at all. That was the last dynasty 595 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:36,480 Speaker 1: that we had in this league. And maybe they're still 596 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:40,120 Speaker 1: going to be a player. I don't know. Time will tell. 597 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: Luckily we actually get to watch these games, and as 598 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:48,760 Speaker 1: Bernie always says, sports is the greatest reality show there is. 599 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,480 Speaker 1: You just can't figure it out, you can't pick it 600 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 1: in advance. Congrats to the Nuggets when we come back. 601 00:33:55,720 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: Something that is increasingly problematic in the right now is 602 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 1: a situation with Zion Williams and what's going to happen 603 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 1: with him and the Pelicans. We'll talk about that. I'm 604 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: Jason Martin. This is Fox Sports Radio. Welcome back in. 605 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: I'm Jason Martin live from the tairaq dot com studios, 606 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,960 Speaker 1: and we're brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Progressive makes 607 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 1: bundling easy and affordable. Get a multi policy discount. Combine 608 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:28,239 Speaker 1: your motorcycle, your RV, your boat, your ATV and more, 609 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 1: all your protection in one place. Bundle and save at 610 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 1: Progressive dot Com. Quote. There is no relationship between Zion 611 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: and the organization, and minimal relationship between Zion and his teammates. 612 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:48,439 Speaker 1: From what I understand, it's surprising to me how out 613 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 1: there it is in the league that the Pelicans are 614 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 1: discussing Zion business. I want to be very careful about 615 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,480 Speaker 1: the word offer, because that word is a dangerous word. 616 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,759 Speaker 1: I'm not sure the Pelicans have offered Zion to anybody, 617 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: but every day that passes over the past five or six, 618 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 1: I hear different discussions the Pelicans have had that implies 619 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,479 Speaker 1: they're going to make Zion available him or brandon ingram. 620 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 1: I wouldn't rule out anything, I guess, but the events 621 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,640 Speaker 1: of the last six months with Zion are what they are. 622 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,680 Speaker 1: That was Brian Windhorst from his podcast. I was quoting him. 623 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 1: There again, no relationship, according to to wind Horse on 624 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 1: his podcast, no relationship between Zion and the organization, Minimal 625 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:34,560 Speaker 1: relationship between Zion and his teammates. Draft coming up, there's 626 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:38,200 Speaker 1: talk of Scoot Henderson. The Pelicans would like to have him. 627 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: Only way you could get him, most likely is to 628 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:45,799 Speaker 1: trade Williamson. We know what Zion was supposed to be 629 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: coming out of Duke in twenty nineteen. In that draft, 630 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 1: it was him and jaw As matter of fact, we 631 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: are bookending hour one with the number one and number 632 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 1: two picks in the twenty nineteen NBA draft, and we 633 00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,880 Speaker 1: actually in the middle of that sandwich talked about the 634 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: the actual NBA champions and the finals that ended less 635 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 1: than a week ago. I remember tweeting out and saying, 636 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,319 Speaker 1: I thought Zion was our pardon me, that Job was 637 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,359 Speaker 1: going to have a better career than Zion in the NBA, 638 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 1: because it just felt like the NBA was made for 639 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,760 Speaker 1: what Job was going to come in and do his game, 640 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: his style. And I was worried that Zion was going 641 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:25,040 Speaker 1: to have health issues throughout his career because at his size, 642 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,920 Speaker 1: the explosiveness with which he plays, I don't think the 643 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 1: human body was going to stand up to that. And 644 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,080 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about his weight being out of control 645 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: and stuff. I know that's a concern for the Pelicans, 646 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,799 Speaker 1: and it's been joked about in all this, but that's 647 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,600 Speaker 1: not where I'm going. I just like his knees, his ankles, 648 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,360 Speaker 1: all of that, by the way he lands, but just 649 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,280 Speaker 1: the power with which he plays. We know how great 650 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: he is when he's on the floor. But that's the 651 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:53,439 Speaker 1: crucial point here. Zion has played in one hundred and 652 00:36:53,480 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 1: fourteen regular season games out of a possible three eight 653 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: twenty four games. Is rookie year sixty one, is sophomore 654 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:14,800 Speaker 1: year twenty nine. This past year. He's a first overall 655 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:21,760 Speaker 1: pick and he's got Hall of Fame level talent. Twenty 656 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 1: five point eight seven three point six. That's points, rebounds, 657 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 1: assists for his career. But what does that matter if 658 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:40,760 Speaker 1: he can only play less than a third of your season. 659 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:47,680 Speaker 1: He's a first pick with that kind of talent, And 660 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 1: if I'm the Pels, I'm probably looking to move him 661 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,399 Speaker 1: if I can Winhorse went on to say, by the way, 662 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,040 Speaker 1: the Zion thing is there, at the very least, it's 663 00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 1: very clear that the Pel can start on Zion Williamson's 664 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 1: future team is evolving. That's putting it mildly unquote. This 665 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: is nuts. And the thing that's really kind of cryptic 666 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,920 Speaker 1: about all of this. I mean, he's got some off 667 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:17,080 Speaker 1: the court stuff and all this too, but like you 668 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: never really hear Zion talking and you can't get a cent. 669 00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:22,560 Speaker 1: You remember all the smiles from Zion Williams sent a 670 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:27,600 Speaker 1: duke and just how cool it was when he would, 671 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,960 Speaker 1: you know, do media appearance and stuff. He just owned 672 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,560 Speaker 1: the room. That's why you could just look at the 673 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,480 Speaker 1: NBA and say, man, he could be the next guy. 674 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,040 Speaker 1: He could be the next Shack. He could be the 675 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,839 Speaker 1: guy that takes this from Lebron James all of that. 676 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,840 Speaker 1: He's exactly who you'd want to market everything about him. 677 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: Said that, and increasingly, year after year, it's just kind 678 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,720 Speaker 1: of deteriorated to where I don't know anything about this Zion. 679 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:49,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's happy. I don't know what 680 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,440 Speaker 1: he's going through. I don't know what his family situation is. 681 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,320 Speaker 1: At this point, all I hear about is this diet. 682 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,120 Speaker 1: And maybe he cares about basketball and maybe he doesn't, 683 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:03,360 Speaker 1: and you know, all of those kinds of things. And 684 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,680 Speaker 1: I'm just somebody talking about this that doesn't have a 685 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,400 Speaker 1: dog in this fight other than somebody always wants to 686 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:13,919 Speaker 1: see the best athletes perform. But imagine how you feel 687 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:17,960 Speaker 1: if you were in the Pelicans organization. Can't miss became 688 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:24,399 Speaker 1: the exact opposite. I don't know if he's gonna get 689 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:28,120 Speaker 1: traded before the draft, which is, you know, very very soon, 690 00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:31,040 Speaker 1: but if it happens, I wouldn't be surprised. And think 691 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,560 Speaker 1: about that job's going to be suspended for twenty five games. 692 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,239 Speaker 1: He's a number two pick, and we've had all those 693 00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:39,000 Speaker 1: problems and Zion can't stay healthy and can't be on 694 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,400 Speaker 1: the floor, and now we have no idea what's going 695 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,480 Speaker 1: to happen with him. That's a crazy way to look 696 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:47,080 Speaker 1: at those two guys. We will come back. Father's Day 697 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:51,160 Speaker 1: is Sunday. Hello, we are indeed broadcasting live from the 698 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,279 Speaker 1: tyraq dot com studios tyrac dot com. We will help 699 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,759 Speaker 1: you get there. Unmatched selection, fast free shipping. Free road 700 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 1: has a protection over ten thousand recommended installers. Tire rack 701 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:06,440 Speaker 1: dot com the way tire buying should be. Bernie Fratto 702 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,360 Speaker 1: out this weekend. Happy to be in his chair tonight. 703 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:15,120 Speaker 1: He actually replaced my chair on Saturday nights into Sunday 704 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,360 Speaker 1: mornings when I moved to start hosting with Aaron Torres. 705 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 1: And then Bernie joins us in the fourth hour of 706 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:24,520 Speaker 1: our program every Saturday night. And he works a lot 707 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:28,440 Speaker 1: and works very hard. So hopefully he is enjoying this 708 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,920 Speaker 1: Father's Day weekend. And that's actually where I want to be. 709 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:33,600 Speaker 1: But I want to be in there for a sports context. 710 00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:37,880 Speaker 1: I'm a Braves fan. Ronal mccunya junior against the Rockies 711 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:42,640 Speaker 1: on Friday night. Man, he's got thirty stolen bases now, 712 00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:46,240 Speaker 1: so he stole his thirty base, thirtieth base. He's already 713 00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,839 Speaker 1: got fifteen plus home runs. Guess what, Nobody else has 714 00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:52,080 Speaker 1: ever done that in the first seventy games of a season. 715 00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,880 Speaker 1: He's the first player in Major League Baseball history with 716 00:40:55,960 --> 00:41:01,040 Speaker 1: fifteen knocks and thirty bags in the first seventy games 717 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:06,799 Speaker 1: of an MLB season. He's preposterously good. It is an 718 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,520 Speaker 1: embarrassment of riches for me as a braceman to get 719 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:12,759 Speaker 1: to watch him and this team in general on a 720 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,759 Speaker 1: day to day basis, it is an absolute joy. And 721 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,120 Speaker 1: that gets me to it's a little bit of a 722 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:27,320 Speaker 1: different topic, but it's definitely sports related. Father's Day is Sunday. 723 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:30,759 Speaker 1: It's tomorrow where I am. I think there's still a 724 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,840 Speaker 1: time zone that hadn't gotten there yet. No, you know what, 725 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:37,480 Speaker 1: I think we're all there now, so it's tomorrow. If 726 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,640 Speaker 1: that's news to you, you might want to jump on that. 727 00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:44,000 Speaker 1: Get a card something. I've got a two year old 728 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:49,000 Speaker 1: daughter now, and you know, I know the wife has 729 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,160 Speaker 1: a card for me, and I'm excited about that. Just 730 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:55,400 Speaker 1: be fun to be around my family as always. But 731 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,920 Speaker 1: it got to it got me thinking about maybe the 732 00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:02,440 Speaker 1: very reason you're listening wherever you happen to be in 733 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,279 Speaker 1: a country right now, and certainly the reason why I 734 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:10,680 Speaker 1: am talking into this microphone right now and not asleep 735 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:18,239 Speaker 1: quite frankly, is because I love sports and how much 736 00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:23,560 Speaker 1: of that has to do. And look, I understand this 737 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:29,040 Speaker 1: can be a challenging conversation because when you start talking 738 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,799 Speaker 1: about fathers there they're complicating factors for some people, and 739 00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:38,440 Speaker 1: it can be it can be difficult, right, But in 740 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:41,719 Speaker 1: my case, I don't have that story. In my case, 741 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,640 Speaker 1: I was as blessed as blessed can be and still 742 00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:54,759 Speaker 1: am to have the dad that I do. And I 743 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,759 Speaker 1: was thinking about, in relation to Father's Day, what is it, 744 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:04,160 Speaker 1: What's the greatest contribution that my dad made to me 745 00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:09,640 Speaker 1: as a sportsman? What can I credit him for most? 746 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:14,239 Speaker 1: For me? And it's the Braves. It's growing up a 747 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:18,879 Speaker 1: Braves fan and watching them on TBS from my home, 748 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,279 Speaker 1: first to Martinsville, Virginia where I was born, and then 749 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:25,680 Speaker 1: in Winston Sale in North Carolina, watching him win the 750 00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:31,279 Speaker 1: World Series together in nineteen ninety five, and you know 751 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:34,520 Speaker 1: the great run that they had in the Game seven, 752 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,480 Speaker 1: near miss, and you know Jack Morris in his crazy 753 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,800 Speaker 1: great game and Dan Glad and stomping on the plate 754 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,520 Speaker 1: with the Twins. Braves Game seven, which is a classic 755 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:44,640 Speaker 1: that I'll never be able to watch again, because it's 756 00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,040 Speaker 1: still the most painful memory I have as a sportsman. 757 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:52,760 Speaker 1: My dad umpired. He did, you know, Pony League American Legion. 758 00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:57,360 Speaker 1: He also was a basketball referee. But I spent a 759 00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:02,120 Speaker 1: lot of my childhood at very and he did high school. 760 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:03,759 Speaker 1: He did all that kind of stuff, and he did 761 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,080 Speaker 1: it for years and years and years. It wasn't his job, 762 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,160 Speaker 1: but it was the other thing that he did. And 763 00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:12,680 Speaker 1: so I sat in press boxes and ate charms, blowpops 764 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:17,720 Speaker 1: and scored games and clicked and used the old clicker 765 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,439 Speaker 1: with the balls and strikes and outs, and I learned 766 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,200 Speaker 1: to actually score games the old fashioned way with a pencil, 767 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,640 Speaker 1: and the way that I learned to do it. Of course, 768 00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:30,279 Speaker 1: being in press boxes didn't hurt, but really the way 769 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:34,600 Speaker 1: I learned to do it was I had a scorebook 770 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:37,719 Speaker 1: that I bought at the local sports store. Well it 771 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:39,360 Speaker 1: was bought for me. It's not like I have my 772 00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:42,719 Speaker 1: own money at this point. It was bought at the 773 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:47,160 Speaker 1: local sports store in Virginia. And I sat on the 774 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:53,040 Speaker 1: couch with my father and scored Atlanta Braves baseball games 775 00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:59,520 Speaker 1: that were on television. You know, Mother's Day. Mother's Day 776 00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:03,799 Speaker 1: gets a lot of well deserved props and respect, and 777 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,439 Speaker 1: there's so much that gets talked about, But in terms 778 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:09,319 Speaker 1: of what I do and what you're here to listen to, 779 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:15,080 Speaker 1: what we love when it comes to sports, our moms 780 00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:17,200 Speaker 1: may have a lot to do with that too. I mean, 781 00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:21,600 Speaker 1: my mom carried me to innumerable soccer tournaments, baseball tournaments, 782 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,239 Speaker 1: all of that kind of stuff, and supported me in 783 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:28,600 Speaker 1: everything that I wanted to do and was there for 784 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:34,120 Speaker 1: me when I failed. But it was Dad's love of 785 00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:38,680 Speaker 1: sport that explains why I'm such a big Braves fan 786 00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:43,160 Speaker 1: and explains why I still get so excited about it 787 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:44,520 Speaker 1: and think every time I think about the Braves and 788 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:46,319 Speaker 1: think about my dad, and I think about his mother 789 00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:52,680 Speaker 1: and his father, my grandma and granddad on Dad's side, 790 00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:56,120 Speaker 1: Because they watched Braves, there were two things I knew 791 00:45:56,160 --> 00:46:03,000 Speaker 1: about them and they both influenced me tremendously. And all 792 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:06,080 Speaker 1: of these folks, I mean, they love the Braves and 793 00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:09,120 Speaker 1: they watch pro wrestling, and as a result, I became 794 00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:12,520 Speaker 1: a huge pro wrestling fan. As a result, ended up 795 00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:16,480 Speaker 1: writing about that industry for over two decades, working inside 796 00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:19,759 Speaker 1: pro wrestling for a decade. I'm still a fan and 797 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,879 Speaker 1: I hosted a radio show about pro wrestling for about 798 00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:25,680 Speaker 1: eight years as well. None of that happens without Dad 799 00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:33,000 Speaker 1: and certainly without Grandpa and Granny. But I do think 800 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:37,120 Speaker 1: that it's something we can reflect on, right, and it's 801 00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:40,080 Speaker 1: something we can really appreciate. And we always know Father's 802 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,120 Speaker 1: Day usually that Sunday is going to be the final 803 00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:44,720 Speaker 1: with the US opening golf. My dad loves watching golf 804 00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:47,360 Speaker 1: on TV, and so do I. It outside of football, 805 00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,080 Speaker 1: might be my favorite thing to watch in all sports. 806 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:53,759 Speaker 1: And so I'll be right there assuming my two year 807 00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:58,120 Speaker 1: old allows it on Sunday, enjoying the final round. And 808 00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:00,319 Speaker 1: we'll talk a little bit about that tournament ater on 809 00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:04,640 Speaker 1: in the program. But what you know, just think about that. 810 00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:06,719 Speaker 1: You don't have to reach out and tell me. You 811 00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:11,400 Speaker 1: can at JMR Radio if you'd like to. What contribution 812 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:16,480 Speaker 1: did Dad make to your sports fandom or things that 813 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:22,239 Speaker 1: you love about sports, your great memories? And I mean 814 00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,399 Speaker 1: I could also point to being there for t ball 815 00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:29,200 Speaker 1: and coaching all my teams and help me learn the 816 00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:32,080 Speaker 1: game and introducing me to a couple of local broadcasters 817 00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:34,920 Speaker 1: and things like that when I was a kid. But 818 00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:41,279 Speaker 1: it's something I don't know that we think about, and 819 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:54,319 Speaker 1: we should on Father's Day. It's it's something that if 820 00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:57,000 Speaker 1: you're really stop and you appreciating you watch sports this weekend, 821 00:47:57,120 --> 00:48:00,319 Speaker 1: especially if it's baseball. If baseball's part of that you, 822 00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,720 Speaker 1: then you'll probably have that opportunity. But I watched The Braves, 823 00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:06,280 Speaker 1: and I think about Dad. I think about my family, 824 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,000 Speaker 1: and that's just a different environment, right, Like I mean, 825 00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:11,160 Speaker 1: I'm a Denver Broncos fan, but that's just a me thing, 826 00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:14,560 Speaker 1: and it's always been a me thing. I liked them 827 00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:16,399 Speaker 1: because of Elway and the colors when I was a kid, 828 00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:21,600 Speaker 1: and it just stuck. But the Braves is deeper, and 829 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:23,680 Speaker 1: that's what I'm thinking about. You know, with Father's Day, 830 00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:25,400 Speaker 1: you think about all the things that they've imparted to you, 831 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:27,839 Speaker 1: and what they've done for you, the sacrifices that they've 832 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:34,080 Speaker 1: made for you, all of that. But I also think 833 00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,799 Speaker 1: about the fun times, and I think about going to 834 00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,279 Speaker 1: midnight movies with me and falling asleep and Back to 835 00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,960 Speaker 1: the Future too, which is the first midnight movie I 836 00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:48,200 Speaker 1: ever went to, making sure I was safe, teaching me 837 00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:52,799 Speaker 1: how to drive, all of that, But just on the 838 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:55,279 Speaker 1: sheer side of just making me a brais fan, making 839 00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:58,960 Speaker 1: me care about sports, teaching me how to score games, 840 00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:03,560 Speaker 1: showing me why this matters and why this competition is 841 00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:07,800 Speaker 1: so addictive, it's so much fun to cover and talk about. 842 00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:15,279 Speaker 1: And now it's flipped because that sports love that he 843 00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:19,440 Speaker 1: imparted in me. He's not listening right now because I 844 00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:21,560 Speaker 1: didn't let him know that I was doing the guest 845 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,560 Speaker 1: host thing here tonight. He'll be listening tomorrow though, because 846 00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:26,839 Speaker 1: he always is on Saturday nights, I guess I should say. 847 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:32,440 Speaker 1: And when I hosted Daily, he listened every day and 848 00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:34,560 Speaker 1: he got such great joy out of it and gets 849 00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:38,000 Speaker 1: such great joy out of it. It's a love of 850 00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:40,520 Speaker 1: something that he had that he imparted to me that 851 00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:47,040 Speaker 1: now he hears me speak about to one audience. And 852 00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:50,160 Speaker 1: it's cool. It just is. It's humbling, and it's a 853 00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:54,080 Speaker 1: huge blessing from the Lord, and it's always brought us together. 854 00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:56,520 Speaker 1: And anytime we see each other, even if it's you know, 855 00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:58,480 Speaker 1: it's not time for any kind of a heavy conversation 856 00:49:58,560 --> 00:50:01,440 Speaker 1: about the family or anything else like that. It's just 857 00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:04,560 Speaker 1: some random what do you think about the nuggets? Something 858 00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:07,239 Speaker 1: like that from Dad and getting my opinion on that 859 00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:11,360 Speaker 1: now and that I held in such high esteem and 860 00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:14,800 Speaker 1: always will who made me a sports fan in the 861 00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:18,440 Speaker 1: first place. That led to everything that I'm now doing 862 00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:21,640 Speaker 1: or everything that you're hearing me doing right now, even 863 00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:25,160 Speaker 1: though my career paths has certainly taken a different direction overall. 864 00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:32,000 Speaker 1: So on Father's Dad, I would just think, if it's 865 00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:35,080 Speaker 1: a positive memory for you, if it's a positive thing 866 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:37,960 Speaker 1: for you, reflect on a little bit as you watch 867 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:42,400 Speaker 1: sports and think about what role your dad might have played, 868 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,120 Speaker 1: your grandfather might have played, your uncle, you know, all 869 00:50:45,160 --> 00:50:47,520 Speaker 1: the people in your life that could be considered fathers 870 00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:51,040 Speaker 1: for somebody and all that, what role they played in 871 00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:55,640 Speaker 1: the sports that you love now, what you are obsessed 872 00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:58,200 Speaker 1: with now maybe you're just such a big fan of now, 873 00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:03,279 Speaker 1: And what would it be like had they not done that. 874 00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:07,759 Speaker 1: We think a lot about Father's Day and experiences that 875 00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:11,400 Speaker 1: they might have had, like right there with you, action experiences, 876 00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:15,040 Speaker 1: But what they've done for me, just as what Dad 877 00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:17,200 Speaker 1: did for me, just as a sportsman, I think that 878 00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,319 Speaker 1: was worthy of this segment. I think that that is 879 00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:23,080 Speaker 1: the best tribute I can pay him. Is just no 880 00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:25,160 Speaker 1: way I'm here with this job, but there's no way 881 00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:28,160 Speaker 1: I care about this stuff at all. Anyway, if not 882 00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:31,799 Speaker 1: for the time that he spent with me, the love 883 00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:36,319 Speaker 1: that he showed that then reflected itself and made me 884 00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:38,680 Speaker 1: care so much about it because we had so much 885 00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:42,480 Speaker 1: fun together, going to games, all of the things that 886 00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:44,800 Speaker 1: I've been talking to you about for this last handful 887 00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:47,120 Speaker 1: of minutes, and I could go much more in detail, 888 00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:50,440 Speaker 1: but I don't need to. He's the reason I'm a sportsman. 889 00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:52,600 Speaker 1: He's the reason I've been in radio as long as 890 00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:56,600 Speaker 1: I have. He's the reason that I still care. I 891 00:51:56,640 --> 00:51:59,080 Speaker 1: love you, Dad, Happy Father's Day. When we come back. 892 00:51:59,560 --> 00:52:02,680 Speaker 1: Deandrery Hopkins, Dalvin Cook. Neither one in a rush to sign. 893 00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:06,719 Speaker 1: We'll talk about what that means. Also, Stanley Cup ratings 894 00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:10,520 Speaker 1: were not particularly good. But what does that mean? All 895 00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:13,200 Speaker 1: that and more. I'm Jason Martin. This is Fox Sports Radio. 896 00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:20,280 Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Jason Martin. This is Fox Sports Radio. 897 00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:28,040 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. He visited with the Titans, He's visited with 898 00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:32,680 Speaker 1: the Patriots. Dalvin Cook also out there. Both The reports 899 00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:37,080 Speaker 1: that you see from them is, oh, well, they're both 900 00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:39,239 Speaker 1: the same. Basically that not the one's in a rush 901 00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:41,960 Speaker 1: to sign. You know, they'll get there right now. They're 902 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:44,640 Speaker 1: just missing mandatory mini camps of whatever team that would 903 00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:48,360 Speaker 1: be with, and if you can probably avoid that, if 904 00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:50,080 Speaker 1: you're one of those guys, you probably want to. At 905 00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:54,960 Speaker 1: this point, they both dealt with injuries. Hopkins missed for 906 00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:59,520 Speaker 1: six games last year with the suspension. He had sixty 907 00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:03,440 Speaker 1: four seven hundred and seventeen yards three touchdowns in nine games. 908 00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:06,880 Speaker 1: That sounds bad, but the Cardinals were awful. The Kyler 909 00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:10,560 Speaker 1: Murray situation was not good. I think he only had 910 00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:13,000 Speaker 1: seven games when he played with Kyler before Kyler got hurt, 911 00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:16,640 Speaker 1: and he had fifty six catches, six hundred and fifty 912 00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:20,040 Speaker 1: three yards and three scores there. So most of his 913 00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:22,200 Speaker 1: damage and all of his touchdowns came with Kyler in 914 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:28,879 Speaker 1: a seven games stretch I look at. I originally thought 915 00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:32,880 Speaker 1: the Titans made sense and still do they need somebody 916 00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:36,960 Speaker 1: Treyman Burks be year two, he could be better. They've 917 00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:38,920 Speaker 1: still got a quarterback situation. We'll find out if will 918 00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:42,040 Speaker 1: Levis is the answer long term. Tannehill this will be 919 00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:45,399 Speaker 1: his last year if he starts the entire year or 920 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:47,799 Speaker 1: whatever's gonna happen there. If there's a quarterback battle, I 921 00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:53,320 Speaker 1: doubt it early, but we'll see. Patriots is intriguing because 922 00:53:56,680 --> 00:54:00,760 Speaker 1: their offense is so anemic. You bring in the Hopkins, 923 00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:03,360 Speaker 1: does that ignite everything? Is? This is Stefan Diggs And 924 00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:06,360 Speaker 1: I know that's an interesting name to bring up considering 925 00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:12,719 Speaker 1: the current situation that with Buffalo, But is that kind 926 00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:14,759 Speaker 1: of situation You bring him in and everything else just 927 00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:17,959 Speaker 1: falls into place for a young quarterback. I like Mac Jones. 928 00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,000 Speaker 1: I do love Mac Jones in terms of his ceiling. 929 00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:23,000 Speaker 1: I like Mac Jones the football player. I like Mac 930 00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:26,920 Speaker 1: Jones and the competitiveness and all that, and I think 931 00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:31,080 Speaker 1: he fits what the Patriots do. But there's nothing dynamic 932 00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:33,399 Speaker 1: around him with no offense to people that are there 933 00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:36,239 Speaker 1: other than a there's not a bona fide one there 934 00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:39,080 Speaker 1: and they haven't done much and they didn't have a 935 00:54:39,120 --> 00:54:43,160 Speaker 1: good draft, but they haven't done much too really change that. 936 00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:46,200 Speaker 1: So I look at it, I say, are they one 937 00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:51,520 Speaker 1: player away from competing? And I would say no. I 938 00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:53,880 Speaker 1: think Johndre Hopkins is one of those kind of players. 939 00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:59,399 Speaker 1: Now he's older, but he's still really good. But it's 940 00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:01,239 Speaker 1: going to cost some a decent amount of money, or 941 00:55:01,239 --> 00:55:03,040 Speaker 1: it's gonna cost whoever it is a decent amount of 942 00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:05,080 Speaker 1: money to bring him in he turned thirty one years 943 00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:11,000 Speaker 1: old here this week. He's missed fifteen of his last 944 00:55:11,040 --> 00:55:17,879 Speaker 1: thirty four games hamstring and knee injuries. It's a risk 945 00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:19,640 Speaker 1: I think you have to take if you if you 946 00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:23,279 Speaker 1: feel like you're close. Are the Patriots close in that 947 00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:27,120 Speaker 1: division and in that conference right now? That would be 948 00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:32,480 Speaker 1: my question. We know what the Jets have done. We'll 949 00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:36,959 Speaker 1: see how that plays out. Dolphins brought in Tyreek Hill, 950 00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:43,600 Speaker 1: already had drafted Jalen Waddle, paid some running backs, did 951 00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:47,360 Speaker 1: some things beefed up the team. They've got concern in 952 00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:50,320 Speaker 1: terms of to his health. But when he's been healthy, 953 00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:52,399 Speaker 1: he's been good. So you expect there's gonna be more 954 00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:57,040 Speaker 1: growth than Mike McDaniel's second year. And I haven't mentioned Buffalo, 955 00:55:57,120 --> 00:55:59,840 Speaker 1: but Buffalo has been knocking on the door of a 956 00:55:59,880 --> 00:56:02,239 Speaker 1: Super Bowl for a couple of years. And even if 957 00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:05,160 Speaker 1: the window is if you believe in such things, even 958 00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:10,120 Speaker 1: at the window is on the verge of closing, you 959 00:56:10,160 --> 00:56:15,200 Speaker 1: imagine you're still there this year at least, right unless 960 00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:17,279 Speaker 1: the Stefan Diggs thing really got out of control. But 961 00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:20,000 Speaker 1: I think they've kind of gotten it back under wraps. 962 00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:24,040 Speaker 1: It seems that way at least maybe there's some issue there, 963 00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:31,360 Speaker 1: but I don't think the Patriots already DeAndre Hopkins away 964 00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:37,640 Speaker 1: from real contention. With all due respects to Bill Belichick 965 00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:40,160 Speaker 1: and what he means and where he's going to go 966 00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:44,080 Speaker 1: down in the Hall time ranks of coaches in this league. 967 00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:54,440 Speaker 1: It wasn't all Matt Patricia. It wasn't all all of 968 00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:58,120 Speaker 1: those decisions. It's just everything feels old, it feels antiquated. 969 00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:03,200 Speaker 1: It feels like it's still in the PA asked you 970 00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:05,719 Speaker 1: can look at the Patriots that kind of compare them 971 00:57:05,719 --> 00:57:10,640 Speaker 1: to the Spurs or a team like the Spurs, right Spurs, 972 00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:12,919 Speaker 1: that the way that they kind of built their team 973 00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:16,200 Speaker 1: and then things didn't change. They then they had Kawhi 974 00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:17,920 Speaker 1: come in, and then Kawhi left in the Cincin and 975 00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:21,040 Speaker 1: you haven't heard anything. And now Wemby's gonna go there 976 00:57:21,800 --> 00:57:24,320 Speaker 1: and we'll see if that brings them back to prominence. 977 00:57:24,560 --> 00:57:27,200 Speaker 1: But Wemby is a different animal now than Hopkins. I 978 00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:29,120 Speaker 1: still think Hopkins is one of the best receivers in 979 00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:33,840 Speaker 1: the game, no question about it, But at thirty one, 980 00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:38,520 Speaker 1: with some injuries and going in to play with a 981 00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:41,960 Speaker 1: Mac Jones led offense that doesn't have a ton of 982 00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:43,960 Speaker 1: other guys and maybe they get a lot better if 983 00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:46,560 Speaker 1: they're able to slot down. There are people that there 984 00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:50,800 Speaker 1: is a Peter principle out there right where sometimes you 985 00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:53,720 Speaker 1: just keep on Peter keeps on getting promoted. Somebody keeps 986 00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:55,800 Speaker 1: on getting promoted right up until the point where they 987 00:57:55,840 --> 00:57:59,400 Speaker 1: are way over their skis, and then you realize, oh, 988 00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:01,800 Speaker 1: this way too far. We've got to actually move it 989 00:58:01,840 --> 00:58:06,040 Speaker 1: back down. Sometimes an injury forces guys to step up 990 00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:09,520 Speaker 1: and play roles they're not really equipped to play where 991 00:58:09,560 --> 00:58:11,440 Speaker 1: you're actually a two, but you have to step up 992 00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:14,120 Speaker 1: in me a one because this guy's gotten hurt. And 993 00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:16,760 Speaker 1: then that's the that's the problem, right, everybody has to 994 00:58:16,800 --> 00:58:19,560 Speaker 1: step up, but not all of all of those guys 995 00:58:19,560 --> 00:58:26,160 Speaker 1: are capable of such. That's that's kind of my issue 996 00:58:26,200 --> 00:58:31,720 Speaker 1: there when it comes to DeAndre Hopkins, I just I 997 00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:36,160 Speaker 1: don't know what those guys then flourish. They certainly wouldn't 998 00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:38,240 Speaker 1: see as much attention because you don't have to focus 999 00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:41,040 Speaker 1: so much on Hopkins. I can understand why, if you're 1000 00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:42,760 Speaker 1: the Patriots you do it. I just don't know that 1001 00:58:42,840 --> 00:58:46,400 Speaker 1: it makes them that much stronger. That's maybe yet, like 1002 00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:50,640 Speaker 1: on Patriots side, would you bring them in, yeah, for sure, 1003 00:58:52,640 --> 00:58:57,160 Speaker 1: but does it actually put them in line to win 1004 00:58:57,320 --> 00:59:00,200 Speaker 1: that division? I have my doubts on that. And then 1005 00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:03,240 Speaker 1: there's Dalvin Cook and Dalvin Cook unfortunately plays running back. 1006 00:59:05,400 --> 00:59:07,880 Speaker 1: And you've got Najie Harris of the Steelers coming out, 1007 00:59:08,040 --> 00:59:10,320 Speaker 1: and I think you got Jonathan Taylor as well the Colts, 1008 00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:14,400 Speaker 1: both of them in some way lamenting and being worried 1009 00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:18,920 Speaker 1: about the running back pay and the market and compensation. 1010 00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:22,720 Speaker 1: Nausee trying to prove he's worth a bunch of money, 1011 00:59:22,760 --> 00:59:26,040 Speaker 1: and Taylor worried about the money he's about to make 1012 00:59:26,120 --> 00:59:29,600 Speaker 1: considering what he's done. We know the longevity that position 1013 00:59:29,680 --> 00:59:33,360 Speaker 1: is not very good. Dalvin Cook's been hurt a few times. 1014 00:59:33,360 --> 00:59:35,240 Speaker 1: They're gonna move on to Madison. They're gonna try and 1015 00:59:35,280 --> 00:59:38,760 Speaker 1: get cheaper. And Cook is Cook? Where does Cook go? 1016 00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:43,120 Speaker 1: By the way, the other thing about the Andre Hopkins 1017 00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:47,080 Speaker 1: real fast, maybe you can't do this, but if you 1018 00:59:47,160 --> 00:59:50,400 Speaker 1: really believe in Baltimore that now that Greg Roman is out, 1019 00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:52,600 Speaker 1: which I look, I'm all for that, Let's see what 1020 00:59:52,720 --> 00:59:55,240 Speaker 1: Lamar could do with somebody that's actually going to utilize 1021 00:59:55,240 --> 00:59:58,560 Speaker 1: that thing properly and not run something everybody understands and knows, 1022 00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:01,200 Speaker 1: and there's not that he wrinkles to it. So it's 1023 01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:07,600 Speaker 1: usually Lamar being incredibly special or unique that gets them 1024 01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:10,920 Speaker 1: out of trouble when everything is kind of easy to see. 1025 01:00:12,320 --> 01:00:14,840 Speaker 1: That's the kind of place where DeAndre Hopkins would really 1026 01:00:14,840 --> 01:00:18,080 Speaker 1: interest me, is going to a place like Baltimore where 1027 01:00:18,080 --> 01:00:21,680 Speaker 1: they haven't really had a number one in recent memory, 1028 01:00:21,720 --> 01:00:24,040 Speaker 1: and certainly not for Lamar, not a true number one. 1029 01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:26,200 Speaker 1: You bring him in with the guys that you have, 1030 01:00:26,720 --> 01:00:30,040 Speaker 1: then you have something. But they already at the very least, 1031 01:00:30,520 --> 01:00:33,000 Speaker 1: have brought in some new guys. They've brought in some 1032 01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:36,760 Speaker 1: bona fide talent, So we'll see how it actually plays out. 1033 01:00:37,480 --> 01:00:40,360 Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook, though, is in a different scenario because he 1034 01:00:40,440 --> 01:00:43,560 Speaker 1: plays a less valuable position when it comes to what 1035 01:00:43,600 --> 01:00:47,000 Speaker 1: you're going to get paid, and he plays a position 1036 01:00:47,080 --> 01:00:50,840 Speaker 1: where the career span life is actually under three years. 1037 01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:54,560 Speaker 1: I think at last check, I think the average career 1038 01:00:54,680 --> 01:00:57,040 Speaker 1: for running backs like two point eight years or something 1039 01:00:57,080 --> 01:01:00,440 Speaker 1: like that. That seems awfully low because I see guys 1040 01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:02,080 Speaker 1: play a lot longer than that, And I don't think 1041 01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:04,640 Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook is about to leave the league. He's gonna 1042 01:01:04,720 --> 01:01:06,440 Speaker 1: end up going somewhere, but The bigger thing is just 1043 01:01:06,560 --> 01:01:10,280 Speaker 1: both these guys. The reports are the same, and the 1044 01:01:10,360 --> 01:01:12,520 Speaker 1: quotes are the same, and the wording is the same. 1045 01:01:12,840 --> 01:01:15,760 Speaker 1: Not in a rush. I've seen it everywhere about both 1046 01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:18,960 Speaker 1: of them. Well, of course not. They're missing the part 1047 01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:22,160 Speaker 1: that's not fun right now. I mean, talk to Aaron Rodgers. 1048 01:01:22,160 --> 01:01:24,680 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers waited to make his decision until August, like 1049 01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:29,960 Speaker 1: over and over again. You see this all the time, 1050 01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:33,120 Speaker 1: We'll see I mean, there's multiple teams that want both 1051 01:01:33,160 --> 01:01:35,600 Speaker 1: those guys. They're gonna end up somewhere and they're probably 1052 01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:38,520 Speaker 1: gonna help wherever they go. I wouldn't be in a 1053 01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:41,120 Speaker 1: rush either if I were them, because I don't know 1054 01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:44,800 Speaker 1: that I would be better, especially if I've been hurt 1055 01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:47,040 Speaker 1: a lot. If I could take a little bit more 1056 01:01:47,120 --> 01:01:49,440 Speaker 1: off in terms of a physical thing, as long as 1057 01:01:49,480 --> 01:01:51,240 Speaker 1: I have the right ramp up period. The only thing 1058 01:01:51,280 --> 01:01:54,400 Speaker 1: to worry me is chemistry with that new team. I 1059 01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:56,760 Speaker 1: don't want it to be where I walk in and 1060 01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:58,640 Speaker 1: I could have had a lot more work and I 1061 01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:01,760 Speaker 1: just am not as familiar, or if I'm Hopkins with 1062 01:02:01,800 --> 01:02:05,560 Speaker 1: the quarterbacking and so that sets me back, or the 1063 01:02:05,560 --> 01:02:07,840 Speaker 1: blocking schemes and things like that. For Dalvin Cook, but 1064 01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:10,520 Speaker 1: in terms of the football side of it, there's no 1065 01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:14,560 Speaker 1: benefit at all to signing too fast. Just sit there 1066 01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:16,080 Speaker 1: and wait on the market. You're kind of in a 1067 01:02:16,120 --> 01:02:19,520 Speaker 1: spot where you probably can pick between three or four suitors, 1068 01:02:19,840 --> 01:02:22,080 Speaker 1: and I don't know what they're going to be exactly 1069 01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:25,880 Speaker 1: for Cook, but we already kind of know where he's where. 1070 01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:28,440 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins has visited, and I still think there's a 1071 01:02:28,440 --> 01:02:30,920 Speaker 1: few others that we will hear before this is all 1072 01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:34,080 Speaker 1: said and done. I bet you. I bet you by 1073 01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:36,400 Speaker 1: August first we figured this out. But I wouldn't be 1074 01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:38,160 Speaker 1: in a rush to sign either. I will be in 1075 01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:41,280 Speaker 1: a rush, however, to send you to Sherman Oaks right now. 1076 01:02:41,400 --> 01:02:43,600 Speaker 1: For the latest in the world of sports, take it away. 1077 01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:49,560 Speaker 2: San Diego State has reportedly given the Mountain West Conference 1078 01:02:49,640 --> 01:02:52,600 Speaker 2: written notice that the school intends to resign the league, 1079 01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:55,120 Speaker 2: and only reports said that they gave the required one 1080 01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:57,400 Speaker 2: year notice, but an update report says that the written 1081 01:02:57,480 --> 01:03:00,880 Speaker 2: letter was not an official notice of its intention to withdraw, 1082 01:03:01,400 --> 01:03:03,360 Speaker 2: and either instance, the Eggit feed to lead the conference 1083 01:03:03,440 --> 01:03:06,040 Speaker 2: for the fall twenty twenty four season doubles to thirty 1084 01:03:06,080 --> 01:03:09,360 Speaker 2: four million dollars on July first, and in the letter, 1085 01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:11,640 Speaker 2: the school did ask the Mountain West for quote a 1086 01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:16,160 Speaker 2: one month extension given unforeseen delays involving other collegiate athletic 1087 01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:20,040 Speaker 2: conferences beyond our control unquote. In the NBA, the league 1088 01:03:20,040 --> 01:03:23,560 Speaker 2: has suspended John Morant twenty five games after he posted 1089 01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:25,920 Speaker 2: a video that showed him waving what appeared to be 1090 01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:28,640 Speaker 2: a gun. The suspenser will come with conditions for his return, 1091 01:03:29,320 --> 01:03:31,920 Speaker 2: the league said. During the suspension, Moran won't be able 1092 01:03:31,920 --> 01:03:34,360 Speaker 2: to take part in any public league or team activities, 1093 01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:35,920 Speaker 2: and he will lose more than seven and a half 1094 01:03:36,080 --> 01:03:40,400 Speaker 2: million dollars from his salary. Morant previously suspended eight games 1095 01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:45,000 Speaker 2: back in March for a similar incident. Michael Jordan reportedly 1096 01:03:45,040 --> 01:03:48,400 Speaker 2: selling the Charlotte Hornets, and he'll reportedly sell the team 1097 01:03:48,440 --> 01:03:51,720 Speaker 2: to a group led by Gay Plotkin and Rick Schnall. However, 1098 01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:55,840 Speaker 2: he will retain a minority stake in the franchise. Out 1099 01:03:55,840 --> 01:03:58,440 Speaker 2: in Los Angeles. At the US Open, It's Ricky Fowler 1100 01:03:58,440 --> 01:04:00,200 Speaker 2: and the lead as a one stroke lead over for 1101 01:04:00,240 --> 01:04:03,640 Speaker 2: Wyndam Clark in a two stroke lead over Rory McElroy 1102 01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:08,680 Speaker 2: and Xander Chofell. In men's soccer. US soccer has announced 1103 01:04:08,680 --> 01:04:11,560 Speaker 2: that Greg Berhalter has been reappointed manager of the US 1104 01:04:11,600 --> 01:04:15,600 Speaker 2: men's national team. Through the twenty twenty six World Cup 1105 01:04:15,960 --> 01:04:18,479 Speaker 2: and some final Major League Baseball scores from the West Coast, 1106 01:04:18,560 --> 01:04:21,280 Speaker 2: Giants come from behind to meet the Dodgers seven to five, 1107 01:04:21,720 --> 01:04:24,080 Speaker 2: Mariners edge out the White Sox three to two, Raizo 1108 01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:26,360 Speaker 2: the Padre six to two, Phillies with the Athletic six 1109 01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:29,840 Speaker 2: to one, and the Diamondbacks top the Guardians five to one. 1110 01:04:29,960 --> 01:04:32,280 Speaker 1: Back to you appreciate it. We are in the Tyreck 1111 01:04:32,360 --> 01:04:36,920 Speaker 1: dot Com studios. I'm Jason Martin. This is Fox Sports Radio. 1112 01:04:37,680 --> 01:04:42,600 Speaker 1: Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup on Tuesday, two point 1113 01:04:42,720 --> 01:04:48,680 Speaker 1: seven two million viewers. For the clinching game. You had 1114 01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:51,280 Speaker 1: two point four to seven on tn T. You had 1115 01:04:51,280 --> 01:04:54,520 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty three thousand on True TV. It's 1116 01:04:54,560 --> 01:04:57,200 Speaker 1: the lowest viewership for game five and twenty nine years 1117 01:04:57,200 --> 01:05:03,000 Speaker 1: this per the New York Post, average for the Stanley 1118 01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:05,840 Speaker 1: Cup final was two point six million through the five 1119 01:05:05,920 --> 01:05:11,080 Speaker 1: game series. Last year's Avalanche Lightning series drew an average 1120 01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:13,800 Speaker 1: of four point six mils, so this is down forty 1121 01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:20,480 Speaker 1: three percent from that that one. This game five two 1122 01:05:20,520 --> 01:05:24,720 Speaker 1: point seven to two million. Again per the post fews 1123 01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:27,840 Speaker 1: since the ninety four Stanley Cup Final between the Rangers 1124 01:05:27,880 --> 01:05:32,120 Speaker 1: and Canucks, which was an ESPN exclusive, and it was 1125 01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:36,280 Speaker 1: the last time that the Stanley Cup Finals aired on 1126 01:05:36,360 --> 01:05:38,480 Speaker 1: cable only, which, of course that's what this one did. 1127 01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:43,240 Speaker 1: So that caveat is a big one, right, the fact 1128 01:05:43,280 --> 01:05:48,840 Speaker 1: that it wasn't on air. But let's see, least viewed 1129 01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:52,320 Speaker 1: Cup clinching game in the past thirty years fell below 1130 01:05:52,360 --> 01:05:54,479 Speaker 1: the previous mark that was in two thousand and seven 1131 01:05:54,480 --> 01:05:56,920 Speaker 1: when Anaheim beat Ottawa in Game five. That was the 1132 01:05:56,960 --> 01:06:01,440 Speaker 1: two point nine million viewers. The twenty and twenty one 1133 01:06:01,560 --> 01:06:03,800 Speaker 1: Stanley Cup Finals were both lower, but that was a 1134 01:06:03,800 --> 01:06:09,120 Speaker 1: COVID deal and so that was just different. And generally, 1135 01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:13,680 Speaker 1: the Post argues that it's not really the whole store 1136 01:06:13,720 --> 01:06:16,640 Speaker 1: for the NHL, because this is a league where the 1137 01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:20,120 Speaker 1: matchups really matter, and so when you get something like 1138 01:06:20,920 --> 01:06:24,959 Speaker 1: you got here with Florida and Vegas, you just didn't 1139 01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:28,080 Speaker 1: have enough. You didn't have the original six, you didn't 1140 01:06:28,120 --> 01:06:32,440 Speaker 1: have all of that. I bring it up because I 1141 01:06:32,440 --> 01:06:39,560 Speaker 1: would ask you, do you buy that? Like hockey is 1142 01:06:39,560 --> 01:06:42,360 Speaker 1: always fun to watch, but you just never catch yourself 1143 01:06:42,400 --> 01:06:46,600 Speaker 1: watching it, right, and not all of you and I've 1144 01:06:46,600 --> 01:06:48,560 Speaker 1: certainly gone through stretches where I watched a lot. But 1145 01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:50,360 Speaker 1: I mean when I was a kid, as a Penguins fan, 1146 01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:56,439 Speaker 1: I watched a ton, really enjoyed it. But now it's 1147 01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:58,080 Speaker 1: just kind of, oh, it's on, all right, I'll put 1148 01:06:58,080 --> 01:07:01,120 Speaker 1: it on, but it's never like it's not a pointment viewing. 1149 01:07:02,280 --> 01:07:07,400 Speaker 1: And the question that I had written down was can 1150 01:07:07,440 --> 01:07:09,560 Speaker 1: we save hockey and America? And how do you do it? 1151 01:07:09,600 --> 01:07:13,080 Speaker 1: I mean, ESPN got involved again, and I thought maybe 1152 01:07:13,080 --> 01:07:15,520 Speaker 1: that would help out because I thought the ESPN boom 1153 01:07:15,560 --> 01:07:18,440 Speaker 1: actually really helped hockey because they started covering it. We 1154 01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:21,160 Speaker 1: started getting more of that coverage on Sports Center when 1155 01:07:21,200 --> 01:07:26,440 Speaker 1: Sports Center was a much more viable property, and I 1156 01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:28,800 Speaker 1: think it helped in the National Hockey Nights stuff and 1157 01:07:28,840 --> 01:07:33,720 Speaker 1: the rise of listening to Gary Thorn and Melrose and 1158 01:07:33,760 --> 01:07:38,240 Speaker 1: all those guys. I thought it worked. Linda Kohne is 1159 01:07:38,240 --> 01:07:41,440 Speaker 1: a huge hockey person. There was a lot to like 1160 01:07:41,480 --> 01:07:43,920 Speaker 1: about all that. But I look at it in twenty 1161 01:07:43,960 --> 01:07:45,720 Speaker 1: twenty three, I mean, we just got finished with horse 1162 01:07:45,840 --> 01:07:48,080 Speaker 1: racing for the year in terms of the Triple Crown, 1163 01:07:48,280 --> 01:07:52,400 Speaker 1: and we always have every time in Kentucky derby happens. 1164 01:07:52,520 --> 01:07:54,000 Speaker 1: I know for a fact that we're going to talk 1165 01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:57,240 Speaker 1: about that Saturday night. It's always going to be is 1166 01:07:57,280 --> 01:08:02,480 Speaker 1: horse facing dead? Is there anything to save it? And 1167 01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:07,760 Speaker 1: then we get into this conversation about how you've seen 1168 01:08:07,840 --> 01:08:10,560 Speaker 1: kind of the end of horse racing in terms of 1169 01:08:11,040 --> 01:08:13,880 Speaker 1: real interest, even though when you actually look at the 1170 01:08:13,880 --> 01:08:17,880 Speaker 1: Triple Crown ratings numbers they're usually good. But you look 1171 01:08:17,920 --> 01:08:21,439 Speaker 1: at like something like that and prize fighting where it's 1172 01:08:21,479 --> 01:08:24,080 Speaker 1: not what it once was, and a lot of that 1173 01:08:24,160 --> 01:08:27,559 Speaker 1: is a function not of the sport, but of the 1174 01:08:27,680 --> 01:08:29,800 Speaker 1: names involved in the sport. When you got a Canola fight, 1175 01:08:29,840 --> 01:08:31,920 Speaker 1: it does pretty well. When you got Floyd Mayweather fight, 1176 01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:34,400 Speaker 1: it does pretty well. I mean pretty well. I'm probably 1177 01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:38,320 Speaker 1: understating that fact. But if you've got the big names, 1178 01:08:38,320 --> 01:08:41,120 Speaker 1: you generally can still get it. But it's changed a 1179 01:08:41,200 --> 01:08:43,960 Speaker 1: little bit and MMA has taken over, and you've got 1180 01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:47,920 Speaker 1: other factors. I don't know we talk about hockey quite 1181 01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:51,519 Speaker 1: enough there. The senior kind of looking at these numbers 1182 01:08:52,760 --> 01:08:57,840 Speaker 1: average standy up playoffs ratings this year and it's the 1183 01:08:57,840 --> 01:09:04,080 Speaker 1: whole playoffs one point two three mil, which that's down 1184 01:09:04,120 --> 01:09:08,120 Speaker 1: from last year. But again, a lot of this, a 1185 01:09:08,120 --> 01:09:10,479 Speaker 1: lot more of this is on cable than it was, 1186 01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:16,120 Speaker 1: So that does change things. So the numbers aren't maybe 1187 01:09:16,160 --> 01:09:18,479 Speaker 1: as terrible as they look. And I guess the question 1188 01:09:18,640 --> 01:09:21,080 Speaker 1: is does hockey need to be saved? Or if you're 1189 01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:25,000 Speaker 1: Gary Bettman, if you're the NHL, if you're a hockey fan, 1190 01:09:26,120 --> 01:09:28,320 Speaker 1: are you cool? Just kind of being where you are? 1191 01:09:28,840 --> 01:09:32,960 Speaker 1: Sometimes you are right. Sometimes you don't own the company, 1192 01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:35,840 Speaker 1: but you're pretty happy to be I don't know, an 1193 01:09:35,880 --> 01:09:37,679 Speaker 1: assistant manager or something like that. 1194 01:09:38,120 --> 01:09:41,000 Speaker 3: You're never going to be CEO and you know that, 1195 01:09:42,400 --> 01:09:47,400 Speaker 3: but you're happy where you are, or you found something 1196 01:09:47,439 --> 01:09:50,920 Speaker 3: that works for you, you're still making money, you're enjoying it, 1197 01:09:50,920 --> 01:09:53,599 Speaker 3: you feel like your product is good, those kinds of things. 1198 01:09:54,960 --> 01:09:56,639 Speaker 1: I look at the Big Twelve right what's the Big 1199 01:09:56,680 --> 01:09:59,400 Speaker 1: twelve doing right now? They're looking at adding basketball schools 1200 01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:02,559 Speaker 1: and even said at a media event a couple of 1201 01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:05,439 Speaker 1: weeks ago, the new commissioner of the Big Twelve said, 1202 01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:09,640 Speaker 1: you know, we basketball can be our thing. And I 1203 01:10:09,640 --> 01:10:14,519 Speaker 1: thought that was a brilliant idea because in no way, 1204 01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:19,679 Speaker 1: in no shape or form, can the Big twelve compete 1205 01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:22,960 Speaker 1: with the SEC and the Big Ten when it comes 1206 01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:27,120 Speaker 1: to what those conferences are going to mean in football, 1207 01:10:27,160 --> 01:10:29,479 Speaker 1: and we understand the revenue of football and all that, 1208 01:10:29,560 --> 01:10:32,439 Speaker 1: but if I could own another sport and make that 1209 01:10:32,560 --> 01:10:36,360 Speaker 1: my colleague card, that can work. You've already got some 1210 01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:38,960 Speaker 1: great basketball schools, but now you're looking at Yukon and 1211 01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:41,559 Speaker 1: some of that. You bring in a Yukon and then 1212 01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:44,920 Speaker 1: you've got you know, Houston and some of these other 1213 01:10:44,960 --> 01:10:47,679 Speaker 1: schools matching up with Kansas. Even if you lose Texas 1214 01:10:47,720 --> 01:10:50,800 Speaker 1: in Oklahoma, you're still going to have a lot of 1215 01:10:50,840 --> 01:10:53,439 Speaker 1: really good basketball programs, and then you might become the 1216 01:10:53,560 --> 01:10:56,160 Speaker 1: preeminent basketball league. I mean, this past year you were, 1217 01:10:56,520 --> 01:11:00,320 Speaker 1: and now you would be even stronger there. It's okay 1218 01:11:00,479 --> 01:11:02,800 Speaker 1: sometimes to just say, hey, now this is gonna be 1219 01:11:02,960 --> 01:11:05,920 Speaker 1: us and we're gonna be all right here. So I 1220 01:11:05,960 --> 01:11:08,160 Speaker 1: think the question, I'm just kind of throwing it out 1221 01:11:08,200 --> 01:11:10,400 Speaker 1: loud because I don't know that there's a conclusion to it. 1222 01:11:10,880 --> 01:11:13,040 Speaker 1: Are you more worried about the ratings if you're the 1223 01:11:13,160 --> 01:11:17,479 Speaker 1: NFL or just or the NHL, or are you just 1224 01:11:17,560 --> 01:11:19,599 Speaker 1: kind of cool saying this is just kind of where 1225 01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:21,559 Speaker 1: we're gonna be. I mean, we're gonna have some ebbs 1226 01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:23,519 Speaker 1: and flows at times, We're gonna be a little hotter 1227 01:11:23,560 --> 01:11:25,640 Speaker 1: and Palms were gonna be a little bit you know, 1228 01:11:25,680 --> 01:11:29,120 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a little bit colder. But we're we're 1229 01:11:29,200 --> 01:11:31,360 Speaker 1: right there in that number four spot when it comes 1230 01:11:31,400 --> 01:11:35,320 Speaker 1: to you know, American team sports. But we're never getting 1231 01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:38,320 Speaker 1: to the NFL. We're not gonna get to the NBA. 1232 01:11:38,439 --> 01:11:40,960 Speaker 1: And Major League Baseball has found a way to really 1233 01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:44,640 Speaker 1: reinvent itself and I'm loving watching baseball this year more 1234 01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:46,280 Speaker 1: than more so than I have in a long time. 1235 01:11:47,479 --> 01:11:49,479 Speaker 1: And the NHL just kind of slots in there, and 1236 01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:52,519 Speaker 1: is that okay, somebody has to be fourth, and that's 1237 01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:56,200 Speaker 1: not the worst thing. It's last of the four. But 1238 01:11:56,360 --> 01:11:59,680 Speaker 1: is hockey dead in America? Is it fair of me 1239 01:11:59,720 --> 01:12:01,920 Speaker 1: to say he? Can hockey be saved? Is the question 1240 01:12:02,040 --> 01:12:04,599 Speaker 1: that I originally wrote down to talk about in this segment. 1241 01:12:05,040 --> 01:12:08,000 Speaker 1: Is that really the question to ask? Can hockey be saved? 1242 01:12:08,120 --> 01:12:10,120 Speaker 1: Or does it need to be saved? And it's okay? 1243 01:12:11,080 --> 01:12:14,479 Speaker 1: Is it an overreaction to the fact that it's not 1244 01:12:14,560 --> 01:12:19,880 Speaker 1: doing football like numbers of revenue, But it's still doing 1245 01:12:20,920 --> 01:12:24,120 Speaker 1: pretty well as a business entity, And I'd need to 1246 01:12:24,160 --> 01:12:27,840 Speaker 1: look more into the numbers maybe and see financially how 1247 01:12:27,880 --> 01:12:34,120 Speaker 1: the league is actually doing right now, but I don't 1248 01:12:34,200 --> 01:12:37,080 Speaker 1: know really anybody that tuned into the Stanley Cup finals. 1249 01:12:37,120 --> 01:12:40,640 Speaker 1: I watched some of it, but I also knew that 1250 01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:42,519 Speaker 1: I was gonna have to come in here and talk 1251 01:12:42,600 --> 01:12:44,800 Speaker 1: every week, and some of that was going to be 1252 01:12:44,840 --> 01:12:46,920 Speaker 1: about hockey, and it was going to be about the 1253 01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:49,479 Speaker 1: Stanley Cup, even though you know, my team was out 1254 01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:54,800 Speaker 1: long ago. I just think that's an interesting question if 1255 01:12:54,800 --> 01:12:56,880 Speaker 1: you're hockey or you just kind of cool being where 1256 01:12:56,920 --> 01:13:00,800 Speaker 1: you are, and maybe you strike golden find another like 1257 01:13:01,000 --> 01:13:04,760 Speaker 1: massive superstar that can really bring people to the game. 1258 01:13:06,360 --> 01:13:08,720 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know if that's a thing 1259 01:13:08,800 --> 01:13:12,439 Speaker 1: that can happen now because our attention spans and the 1260 01:13:12,600 --> 01:13:17,439 Speaker 1: competition for our attention is so much greater with streaming 1261 01:13:17,520 --> 01:13:20,160 Speaker 1: and everything that we have access to at our fingertips. 1262 01:13:20,720 --> 01:13:22,479 Speaker 1: It's just not the same when hockey used to be 1263 01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:24,680 Speaker 1: on one of the networks. If that was what was on, 1264 01:13:24,760 --> 01:13:26,280 Speaker 1: that's what you had to watch because there was not 1265 01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:29,639 Speaker 1: much else there. And then you became a bigger fan 1266 01:13:29,680 --> 01:13:31,960 Speaker 1: who started to know the Steve Eiserman's of the world, 1267 01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:35,000 Speaker 1: and you know all of the names that Mark Messier's 1268 01:13:35,080 --> 01:13:37,960 Speaker 1: of the world, and the Marty mcsorley's and certainly I'm 1269 01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:40,679 Speaker 1: not mentioned in Gretzky because it's obvious, and Mario Lemuz 1270 01:13:40,760 --> 01:13:43,360 Speaker 1: or the Paul Coffee's of the world. Those I don't think. 1271 01:13:43,400 --> 01:13:45,280 Speaker 1: We know. There's not a whole lot of household names 1272 01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:47,439 Speaker 1: in hockey anymore. It's just changed. But I don't know 1273 01:13:47,520 --> 01:13:50,960 Speaker 1: that hockey is dead. Even though those numbers sound terrible 1274 01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:54,479 Speaker 1: that I just read to you, I don't know. And 1275 01:13:55,400 --> 01:13:57,720 Speaker 1: the question that I wrote down, I thought I had 1276 01:13:57,720 --> 01:14:00,080 Speaker 1: an answer and I was just gonna nail it. But 1277 01:14:00,120 --> 01:14:03,439 Speaker 1: I've actually kind of kind of changing on that. When 1278 01:14:03,439 --> 01:14:06,640 Speaker 1: we come back. The Baby Gronk story is kind of ridiculous. 1279 01:14:07,280 --> 01:14:09,639 Speaker 1: I don't want to recap the story. I do want 1280 01:14:09,680 --> 01:14:13,439 Speaker 1: to talk about backlash that a writer received for doing 1281 01:14:13,479 --> 01:14:16,360 Speaker 1: a profile on Baby Gronk, including a Q and A 1282 01:14:17,040 --> 01:14:19,880 Speaker 1: with his father. We'll discuss that to end our two. 1283 01:14:19,920 --> 01:14:22,280 Speaker 1: That's next here. I'm Jason Martin. This is Fox Sports Radio. 1284 01:14:22,400 --> 01:14:24,639 Speaker 1: Welcome back in. I'm Jason Martin, live from the tyrag 1285 01:14:24,720 --> 01:14:27,799 Speaker 1: dot com studios here on Fox Sports Radio. Happy Father's 1286 01:14:27,880 --> 01:14:31,560 Speaker 1: Day to all the dad's out there, certainly to my dad, 1287 01:14:34,760 --> 01:14:37,479 Speaker 1: Ari Watserman of the Athletic he did a Q and 1288 01:14:37,520 --> 01:14:41,880 Speaker 1: A with Baby Gronk's father, Baby Gronk with the whole 1289 01:14:42,080 --> 01:14:49,280 Speaker 1: rizzed up controversy or crazy TikTok video. And if you 1290 01:14:49,280 --> 01:14:50,840 Speaker 1: don't know this story, I don't want to go into 1291 01:14:50,840 --> 01:14:53,000 Speaker 1: too much detail on it, but basically, this is a 1292 01:14:53,120 --> 01:14:58,799 Speaker 1: very young gentleman, this Baby Gronk, who became a social 1293 01:14:58,800 --> 01:15:02,040 Speaker 1: media sensation and he had like a couple of college 1294 01:15:02,040 --> 01:15:05,240 Speaker 1: football programs looking out for him, and you've got like LSU. 1295 01:15:05,400 --> 01:15:10,160 Speaker 1: He's on LSU's campus and it's a crazy story and 1296 01:15:10,200 --> 01:15:13,040 Speaker 1: it was like millions of views and his words that 1297 01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:15,759 Speaker 1: I don't even understand. This is when I fully felt 1298 01:15:15,800 --> 01:15:23,000 Speaker 1: old and so washerman talks to his dad, and his 1299 01:15:23,120 --> 01:15:26,760 Speaker 1: dad's very much self promoter. Now. His dad also said, hey, 1300 01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:28,439 Speaker 1: you know, I'm kind of setting this up in a 1301 01:15:28,479 --> 01:15:31,360 Speaker 1: savings account for him, you know, letting him soak this 1302 01:15:31,479 --> 01:15:33,799 Speaker 1: in and all. He wants to be in the NFL, 1303 01:15:34,200 --> 01:15:36,439 Speaker 1: and that's a laudable dream, but that's going to be hard. 1304 01:15:36,479 --> 01:15:38,200 Speaker 1: I want to make sure he's set up now because 1305 01:15:38,240 --> 01:15:41,559 Speaker 1: I'm seeing all these people making money and all of 1306 01:15:41,600 --> 01:15:44,639 Speaker 1: that kind of thing. That sounds pretty good. But also 1307 01:15:44,960 --> 01:15:47,360 Speaker 1: you can see him in interviews kind of there's actually 1308 01:15:47,400 --> 01:15:49,760 Speaker 1: like a clip of his dad feeding him information and 1309 01:15:49,880 --> 01:15:55,839 Speaker 1: interviews and all of this. But somebody asked Ari Wasserman, 1310 01:15:55,880 --> 01:16:01,120 Speaker 1: who did this Q and A A question about in 1311 01:16:01,160 --> 01:16:05,040 Speaker 1: its mail bag, about the pushback that he got for 1312 01:16:05,120 --> 01:16:07,720 Speaker 1: giving this guy a platform at all, given the dad 1313 01:16:07,760 --> 01:16:10,519 Speaker 1: a platform, knowing that he was a grifter, knowing that 1314 01:16:10,560 --> 01:16:14,160 Speaker 1: he was using his son and all this stuff. And 1315 01:16:14,200 --> 01:16:16,479 Speaker 1: I want to stand back a stand up for Washerman here, 1316 01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:23,640 Speaker 1: because Washerman's job isn't necessarily to determine the motivation of 1317 01:16:23,840 --> 01:16:27,240 Speaker 1: the father of baby Gronk. It's to take a compelling 1318 01:16:27,280 --> 01:16:31,960 Speaker 1: figure and a story that had exploded in the country 1319 01:16:33,360 --> 01:16:35,840 Speaker 1: and objectively asked questions to get answers. And that's the 1320 01:16:35,920 --> 01:16:37,960 Speaker 1: key point here is if you go and actually read 1321 01:16:37,960 --> 01:16:42,800 Speaker 1: the piece. Washerman asked questions and the guy spoke, and 1322 01:16:42,880 --> 01:16:45,280 Speaker 1: there was no commentary about that. It's just like, here's 1323 01:16:45,320 --> 01:16:47,519 Speaker 1: what his dad said, here's the next question, here's what 1324 01:16:47,680 --> 01:16:51,360 Speaker 1: dad said, it's the next question. Washerman said he wasn't 1325 01:16:51,400 --> 01:16:57,040 Speaker 1: expecting the pushback to be this overwhelming, and he even said, 1326 01:16:57,080 --> 01:16:59,200 Speaker 1: you know, if you think I'm wrong on this, I 1327 01:16:59,240 --> 01:17:03,120 Speaker 1: accept that not always right. But he did have thoughts 1328 01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:06,840 Speaker 1: and I thought these stocks are worth mentioning Here, people 1329 01:17:06,880 --> 01:17:08,880 Speaker 1: asking how do you give him a platform? Well, he 1330 01:17:08,880 --> 01:17:12,519 Speaker 1: already has over three hundred thousand followers, way more than 1331 01:17:12,560 --> 01:17:17,360 Speaker 1: Ari Wasserman does. It was a Q and A. Again, 1332 01:17:18,160 --> 01:17:22,479 Speaker 1: there was no editorializing here, There was no judgment here. 1333 01:17:24,080 --> 01:17:26,559 Speaker 1: This is a great quote from Wasserman, and I think 1334 01:17:26,600 --> 01:17:30,200 Speaker 1: this is very relevant to what you listen to, what 1335 01:17:30,240 --> 01:17:34,559 Speaker 1: you consume on a day to day basis. He says 1336 01:17:34,600 --> 01:17:36,760 Speaker 1: it was published as a Q and A done intentionally 1337 01:17:36,800 --> 01:17:39,640 Speaker 1: to allow him to speak about what is happening. I 1338 01:17:39,680 --> 01:17:41,479 Speaker 1: didn't know anything about him or what he was going 1339 01:17:41,560 --> 01:17:43,280 Speaker 1: to say. I didn't know how I would feel about 1340 01:17:43,280 --> 01:17:45,799 Speaker 1: it when it was finished. They were his words, presented 1341 01:17:45,840 --> 01:17:49,280 Speaker 1: to the audience without judgment. Is this man a good person? 1342 01:17:49,960 --> 01:17:53,320 Speaker 1: Is he raising his kid? Right? You tell me? And 1343 01:17:53,360 --> 01:17:56,920 Speaker 1: here's the line, and this is good. Whom we choose 1344 01:17:56,960 --> 01:18:01,080 Speaker 1: to write about isn't reserved for only people the audience 1345 01:18:01,200 --> 01:18:06,320 Speaker 1: finds noble? First off, we know that to be true, 1346 01:18:06,439 --> 01:18:08,600 Speaker 1: considering all the stories and all the time that we 1347 01:18:08,680 --> 01:18:11,800 Speaker 1: spend talking about people, you really wouldn't want to give 1348 01:18:11,800 --> 01:18:14,559 Speaker 1: a platform for the things that we are talking about. Right, 1349 01:18:17,120 --> 01:18:21,000 Speaker 1: He talked about he also mentioned. Look, Livvy Dunn and LSU, 1350 01:18:21,120 --> 01:18:25,559 Speaker 1: you had Mark Stoops all of this kind of thing. 1351 01:18:25,640 --> 01:18:29,040 Speaker 1: There were other schools that were giving this kid treatment, 1352 01:18:29,120 --> 01:18:31,400 Speaker 1: and we're talking about him. This is a ten year 1353 01:18:31,400 --> 01:18:34,840 Speaker 1: old with three hundred thousand Instagram followers and college programs 1354 01:18:34,880 --> 01:18:37,439 Speaker 1: being part of it. And he's a college football writer. 1355 01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:40,000 Speaker 1: And so he grabs a guy's dad, and even if 1356 01:18:40,000 --> 01:18:42,599 Speaker 1: the kid's dad, and even if the kid's dad is 1357 01:18:42,680 --> 01:18:48,680 Speaker 1: kind of gross, right, all you're doing is just he 1358 01:18:48,840 --> 01:18:51,160 Speaker 1: says something, but you're not commenting on it at all. 1359 01:18:52,120 --> 01:18:56,200 Speaker 1: That seems to me to be the very definition of journalism, right, Like, 1360 01:18:57,320 --> 01:18:59,040 Speaker 1: it's not bought and paid for. It's just like, here's 1361 01:18:59,040 --> 01:19:02,360 Speaker 1: what the guy says. Now you decide. I think that's 1362 01:19:02,360 --> 01:19:04,280 Speaker 1: more of the journalism that I want to say. So 1363 01:19:04,800 --> 01:19:08,480 Speaker 1: I don't know why there's any flack, honestly in this situation. 1364 01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:11,400 Speaker 1: A lot of things going on around the world of sports. 1365 01:19:11,439 --> 01:19:13,400 Speaker 1: Our three of the program coming up next, we'll talk 1366 01:19:13,439 --> 01:19:16,040 Speaker 1: about Stefan Diggs and the bill We'll get Big Good Bills. 1367 01:19:16,040 --> 01:19:19,040 Speaker 1: We'll also get back into the Job Morant story here next. 1368 01:19:19,400 --> 01:19:23,360 Speaker 1: It's Father's Day weekend. We're broadcasting a lot from the 1369 01:19:23,360 --> 01:19:26,479 Speaker 1: tyrack dot com Studios tyrack dot com, we will help 1370 01:19:26,520 --> 01:19:29,240 Speaker 1: you get there, and I'm match selection, fast free shipping, 1371 01:19:29,280 --> 01:19:32,760 Speaker 1: free road as a protection over ten thousand recommended installers 1372 01:19:32,800 --> 01:19:38,880 Speaker 1: tyrack dot com. The way tire buying should be one 1373 01:19:38,880 --> 01:19:42,600 Speaker 1: more hour here. I'm in for Bernie Frado, who is 1374 01:19:42,720 --> 01:19:46,000 Speaker 1: off this weekend and he usually joins us in the 1375 01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:48,599 Speaker 1: fourth hour of Tourism Martin, which you can hear on 1376 01:19:48,680 --> 01:19:54,240 Speaker 1: Saturday nights, and he will not be joining us this 1377 01:19:54,320 --> 01:19:57,360 Speaker 1: week of course, and deserves a week off. So we 1378 01:19:57,400 --> 01:19:59,240 Speaker 1: look forward to having Burdie back. Hopefully he's having a 1379 01:19:59,240 --> 01:20:04,040 Speaker 1: wonderful father day. The job Morant story we opened the 1380 01:20:04,080 --> 01:20:05,599 Speaker 1: show with that, we're going to talk about a little 1381 01:20:05,600 --> 01:20:09,719 Speaker 1: bit more here, Josh said in a statement issued Friday, 1382 01:20:09,760 --> 01:20:12,240 Speaker 1: I've had time to reflect and I realized how much 1383 01:20:12,320 --> 01:20:15,360 Speaker 1: hurt I've costs. I want to apologize to the NBA, 1384 01:20:15,439 --> 01:20:18,559 Speaker 1: the Grizzlies, my teammates, and the city of Memphis. To 1385 01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:21,320 Speaker 1: Adam Silver's that climbing, to Robert Para, who gave me 1386 01:20:21,360 --> 01:20:25,000 Speaker 1: the opportunity to be a professional athlete and have supported me. 1387 01:20:25,760 --> 01:20:28,400 Speaker 1: I'm sorry for the harm I've done to the kids 1388 01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:30,320 Speaker 1: who look up to me. I'm sorry for failing you 1389 01:20:30,360 --> 01:20:32,599 Speaker 1: as a role model. I promise I'm going to be 1390 01:20:32,600 --> 01:20:34,680 Speaker 1: better to all of my sponsors. I'm going to be 1391 01:20:34,720 --> 01:20:37,280 Speaker 1: a better representation of our brands, and to all of 1392 01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:39,040 Speaker 1: my fans. I'm going to make it up to you, 1393 01:20:39,680 --> 01:20:49,000 Speaker 1: I promise. I think the key line there is to 1394 01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:50,800 Speaker 1: the kids who look up to me, I'm sorry for 1395 01:20:50,800 --> 01:20:55,040 Speaker 1: failing you as a role model. The statement goes a 1396 01:20:55,080 --> 01:20:57,320 Speaker 1: little bit further and talks about him working on his 1397 01:20:57,400 --> 01:21:02,879 Speaker 1: own mental health and decision making. He's going to be training, 1398 01:21:02,960 --> 01:21:05,000 Speaker 1: he talks about, and that he says, I know my 1399 01:21:05,040 --> 01:21:06,880 Speaker 1: teammates are going to hold it down. I'm so sorry 1400 01:21:06,880 --> 01:21:09,080 Speaker 1: I won't be out there with you at the beginning 1401 01:21:09,080 --> 01:21:10,800 Speaker 1: of the season. I hope you'll give me the chance 1402 01:21:10,840 --> 01:21:12,960 Speaker 1: to prove to you over time I'm a better man 1403 01:21:13,040 --> 01:21:17,599 Speaker 1: than what I've been showing you. Because it's just a 1404 01:21:17,640 --> 01:21:20,960 Speaker 1: statement that got issued, you just have to decide whether 1405 01:21:21,040 --> 01:21:22,400 Speaker 1: or not it was written for him or not. But 1406 01:21:22,479 --> 01:21:26,960 Speaker 1: I do think the sentiment is Legitimately I'm going to 1407 01:21:27,000 --> 01:21:28,240 Speaker 1: give him the benefit of the doubt and say the 1408 01:21:28,240 --> 01:21:36,040 Speaker 1: sentiment's legit, and I hope it is. He can be 1409 01:21:36,240 --> 01:21:42,080 Speaker 1: and is already a role model for people I had seen. 1410 01:21:42,320 --> 01:21:45,040 Speaker 1: I'm not really on social media these days, but I 1411 01:21:45,120 --> 01:21:51,840 Speaker 1: have seen and heard accounts of people defending Jaw in 1412 01:21:51,880 --> 01:21:57,200 Speaker 1: a very foolish, immature, stupid way. And I don't mean today, 1413 01:21:57,320 --> 01:22:01,640 Speaker 1: I mean throughout all of this for months, basically the 1414 01:22:01,640 --> 01:22:03,760 Speaker 1: equivalent of man, get off Jaw. You're just hating on 1415 01:22:03,880 --> 01:22:06,880 Speaker 1: him and he's just being real and all this stuff. 1416 01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:12,320 Speaker 1: That's just dumb, folks. I'm not assuming people listening here 1417 01:22:12,320 --> 01:22:18,360 Speaker 1: are part of that chorus. That's just dumb. This behavior 1418 01:22:18,400 --> 01:22:22,800 Speaker 1: and what he's been doing is dumb. It's landed him 1419 01:22:22,800 --> 01:22:25,880 Speaker 1: a twenty five game suspension, which I'm not sure is enough, 1420 01:22:28,520 --> 01:22:30,160 Speaker 1: but I don't think that it is going to be 1421 01:22:30,280 --> 01:22:35,559 Speaker 1: viewed as completely feckless. It's a lot better. I thought 1422 01:22:35,600 --> 01:22:37,479 Speaker 1: that the first one should have been more than it was, 1423 01:22:39,160 --> 01:22:40,920 Speaker 1: and if it had been, then there would have been 1424 01:22:40,960 --> 01:22:45,439 Speaker 1: precedent here to have done more. The argument, again, we 1425 01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:47,439 Speaker 1: laid this out in the first hour, but the argument 1426 01:22:47,479 --> 01:22:50,040 Speaker 1: from Commissioner Adam Silver was, well, you had the Bridges 1427 01:22:50,120 --> 01:22:54,200 Speaker 1: incident with the Suns that was a thirty game suspension 1428 01:22:54,240 --> 01:22:58,720 Speaker 1: for a domestic violence deal that was a crime, and 1429 01:22:58,800 --> 01:23:04,839 Speaker 1: you've had p D suspensions of twenty five. The situation 1430 01:23:04,880 --> 01:23:09,080 Speaker 1: with Jaw's not a crime, so thirty it would have 1431 01:23:09,120 --> 01:23:10,880 Speaker 1: to be a little less than that. So we went 1432 01:23:10,920 --> 01:23:13,960 Speaker 1: with twenty five, which is the second longest suspension Adam 1433 01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:16,400 Speaker 1: Silver has been a part of since taking over the 1434 01:23:16,400 --> 01:23:22,240 Speaker 1: commissioner role. In theory that checks out. I still would 1435 01:23:22,240 --> 01:23:23,599 Speaker 1: have liked to have seen it be the All Star 1436 01:23:23,640 --> 01:23:26,200 Speaker 1: break in not December. I think that would have had 1437 01:23:26,560 --> 01:23:32,040 Speaker 1: it would have felt powerful and look at maybe All 1438 01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:35,280 Speaker 1: Star breaking. NBA PA or the NBPA comes out and 1439 01:23:35,280 --> 01:23:38,559 Speaker 1: they're furious about it, and it gets worked down and 1440 01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:41,479 Speaker 1: you end up in December anyway. I don't know, but 1441 01:23:41,640 --> 01:23:44,439 Speaker 1: the NBPA is furious about this, and they're saying, you know, 1442 01:23:44,479 --> 01:23:46,599 Speaker 1: we're gonna explore all options and all this. I mean, 1443 01:23:46,600 --> 01:23:53,560 Speaker 1: that's their job. I understand that. I just want to 1444 01:23:53,600 --> 01:23:58,360 Speaker 1: see Jaw b Jaw that I know he's capable of 1445 01:23:58,400 --> 01:24:01,680 Speaker 1: being right, and that means on the floor, we know 1446 01:24:01,720 --> 01:24:05,320 Speaker 1: what he is. Off the floor, I want to see 1447 01:24:05,360 --> 01:24:09,559 Speaker 1: him be I want to see him aspire and become 1448 01:24:09,720 --> 01:24:15,559 Speaker 1: that guy that is equivalent to this transcendent figure on 1449 01:24:15,640 --> 01:24:22,040 Speaker 1: the basketball floor, you know you look at with great 1450 01:24:22,080 --> 01:24:26,360 Speaker 1: power comes great responsibility and the old Spider Man meme 1451 01:24:26,439 --> 01:24:28,800 Speaker 1: and the Old Spider Man saying from the comics, and 1452 01:24:28,840 --> 01:24:32,720 Speaker 1: it's certainly from the movies, but it's true. I mean, 1453 01:24:32,760 --> 01:24:40,760 Speaker 1: he's got power, he's got influence, and it is there's 1454 01:24:40,800 --> 01:24:43,439 Speaker 1: a responsibility that comes along with that. Not everybody is 1455 01:24:43,600 --> 01:24:47,120 Speaker 1: built for that. Some then just become superstars that stay 1456 01:24:47,200 --> 01:24:49,360 Speaker 1: quiet and you don't hear very much from them, and 1457 01:24:49,439 --> 01:24:51,519 Speaker 1: that can be a role model in itself, just to 1458 01:24:51,600 --> 01:24:54,200 Speaker 1: do your work quietly and let it speak for itself. 1459 01:24:56,240 --> 01:24:58,599 Speaker 1: I mean, Mike Trout's not really there in your face, 1460 01:24:58,680 --> 01:25:02,040 Speaker 1: but I'm sure Mike Trout is favorite baseball player of 1461 01:25:02,040 --> 01:25:05,600 Speaker 1: a whole lot of people out there. Not flashy in 1462 01:25:05,640 --> 01:25:09,760 Speaker 1: any way, but we know what he's capable of. John 1463 01:25:09,800 --> 01:25:13,920 Speaker 1: Morant's style and his flash is everywhere. It's impossible not 1464 01:25:13,960 --> 01:25:16,519 Speaker 1: to just be blown away when you watch them play, 1465 01:25:16,600 --> 01:25:18,920 Speaker 1: when you watch Memphis play, and when you watch Jaw 1466 01:25:19,880 --> 01:25:28,519 Speaker 1: do his thing. Imagine, folks, imagine if Jaw's talent on 1467 01:25:28,560 --> 01:25:41,600 Speaker 1: the basketball floor mirror Jaw's ability to resonate, relate, motivate, encourage, 1468 01:25:42,040 --> 01:25:48,800 Speaker 1: inspire and positively affect those within his orbit off the court, 1469 01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:52,560 Speaker 1: it's gonna take. And he said, look, it's going to 1470 01:25:52,640 --> 01:25:57,320 Speaker 1: require better decision making. That's what the statement says. It's 1471 01:25:57,360 --> 01:26:02,680 Speaker 1: gonna require. Honestly, it's not gonna be going to counseling sessions. 1472 01:26:03,200 --> 01:26:05,080 Speaker 1: And he's gonna, you know, he has to put forth 1473 01:26:05,120 --> 01:26:07,679 Speaker 1: this program with the NBA, and he's got to fulfill 1474 01:26:07,760 --> 01:26:11,200 Speaker 1: various things. They got to know that, you know, he's 1475 01:26:12,120 --> 01:26:15,559 Speaker 1: he's grown from this experience. That's basically what it comes 1476 01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:17,760 Speaker 1: down to. We don't know what specifics look like, but 1477 01:26:17,800 --> 01:26:26,559 Speaker 1: that's at least what they're saying. The decision making side 1478 01:26:26,600 --> 01:26:31,040 Speaker 1: of this, he's gonna have to hurt some people's feelings. 1479 01:26:33,800 --> 01:26:38,320 Speaker 1: He can't do this on his own. He's gonna have 1480 01:26:38,400 --> 01:26:41,640 Speaker 1: to tell some of his running buddies. He's gonna have 1481 01:26:41,680 --> 01:26:43,840 Speaker 1: to tell some of the people that I'm sure mean 1482 01:26:43,880 --> 01:26:45,639 Speaker 1: a whole lot to him in his life, that he's 1483 01:26:45,680 --> 01:26:49,400 Speaker 1: known for a long time. He's gonna have to tell 1484 01:26:49,439 --> 01:26:52,679 Speaker 1: him to hit the bricks. And if they love him, 1485 01:26:52,720 --> 01:26:58,280 Speaker 1: they will, As a matter of fact, they love him, 1486 01:26:58,600 --> 01:27:01,280 Speaker 1: they'll say we need to hit the bricks before he 1487 01:27:01,360 --> 01:27:07,200 Speaker 1: even asks them to. Because if you love somebody in 1488 01:27:07,200 --> 01:27:10,040 Speaker 1: that case, you're just like, man, you know what, You're 1489 01:27:10,120 --> 01:27:13,120 Speaker 1: who I wish I could be but I'm so grateful 1490 01:27:13,760 --> 01:27:20,040 Speaker 1: and I'm so happy and thankful that you got out right, 1491 01:27:20,120 --> 01:27:24,439 Speaker 1: Because if you know, there's different deals about well, is 1492 01:27:24,439 --> 01:27:28,719 Speaker 1: this real? Is this a put on the people he's around? 1493 01:27:28,760 --> 01:27:33,920 Speaker 1: It's real, whether he's real that way or not. Let's 1494 01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:37,080 Speaker 1: say that it's authentic right, that this is more the 1495 01:27:37,160 --> 01:27:40,479 Speaker 1: version of John in terms of what he's been off 1496 01:27:40,479 --> 01:27:43,400 Speaker 1: the court. He's more of this ilk in terms of 1497 01:27:43,880 --> 01:27:46,200 Speaker 1: who he's been around and what he's been exposed to. 1498 01:27:47,840 --> 01:27:54,240 Speaker 1: He got out. That's the goal. If I'm his friend, 1499 01:27:54,520 --> 01:27:58,240 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna drag him back down. That might be 1500 01:27:58,439 --> 01:28:00,479 Speaker 1: my lot in life. That might just be where I'm 1501 01:28:00,520 --> 01:28:03,320 Speaker 1: gonna be, and maybe I see his circumstance and I 1502 01:28:03,360 --> 01:28:06,439 Speaker 1: find my way out to but I'm not going to 1503 01:28:06,479 --> 01:28:09,240 Speaker 1: cling on to him and drown him in the process. 1504 01:28:10,760 --> 01:28:13,960 Speaker 1: If I love him, if I'm truly his friend, I 1505 01:28:14,000 --> 01:28:16,040 Speaker 1: would just say it's say, hey, man, check up on 1506 01:28:16,080 --> 01:28:19,320 Speaker 1: me on my birthday. I love you to death, but 1507 01:28:19,520 --> 01:28:24,320 Speaker 1: I'm I think I've got to back away for your sake. 1508 01:28:27,240 --> 01:28:29,439 Speaker 1: It's really easy for me as a radio sit behind 1509 01:28:29,439 --> 01:28:31,760 Speaker 1: this microphone and tell you that that's what I want 1510 01:28:31,800 --> 01:28:34,080 Speaker 1: to see happen, or that's what's got to happen, because 1511 01:28:34,160 --> 01:28:39,800 Speaker 1: that is not generally how this goes. But John's gonna 1512 01:28:39,800 --> 01:28:46,880 Speaker 1: have to hurt some people's feelings. He's gonna have to say, 1513 01:28:46,920 --> 01:28:52,800 Speaker 1: you know, I I almost lost it all. I'm on 1514 01:28:52,880 --> 01:28:58,559 Speaker 1: the verge of losing it all. I know how much 1515 01:28:58,600 --> 01:29:03,880 Speaker 1: I have to lose. I know the responsibility that I hold, 1516 01:29:06,240 --> 01:29:12,120 Speaker 1: so I have to back away and leave you guys behind. 1517 01:29:13,080 --> 01:29:14,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's gonna do that, I don't know. 1518 01:29:15,920 --> 01:29:17,640 Speaker 1: But if I'm the NBA and I'm looking at a 1519 01:29:17,680 --> 01:29:21,200 Speaker 1: plan to make better decisions and address mental health and 1520 01:29:21,240 --> 01:29:24,280 Speaker 1: handle stress better, because that was what the initial thing was. 1521 01:29:24,320 --> 01:29:27,880 Speaker 1: He went to Florida for a couple of days before that, 1522 01:29:28,400 --> 01:29:32,280 Speaker 1: the end of the first suspension, so that he could 1523 01:29:32,560 --> 01:29:36,800 Speaker 1: see how the idea was to handle stress better. That's 1524 01:29:36,840 --> 01:29:39,320 Speaker 1: what all this is you not knowing how to handle stress. 1525 01:29:40,720 --> 01:29:43,600 Speaker 1: It just seems like it's a pattern, a bad judgment, 1526 01:29:44,520 --> 01:29:48,360 Speaker 1: and a lot of it is probably not you orchestrating it. 1527 01:29:48,360 --> 01:29:52,519 Speaker 1: It's you going along with it. But you're the one 1528 01:29:52,560 --> 01:29:58,680 Speaker 1: in the group with something to lose here. And so 1529 01:29:58,760 --> 01:30:02,000 Speaker 1: I go back and I mention all this to go 1530 01:30:02,080 --> 01:30:04,479 Speaker 1: in a different direction, ask the same question, is twenty 1531 01:30:04,479 --> 01:30:09,479 Speaker 1: five games enough. It's a substantial amount of money, it's 1532 01:30:09,520 --> 01:30:11,680 Speaker 1: a substantial amount of time. It's going to put him 1533 01:30:11,680 --> 01:30:17,680 Speaker 1: out untill sometime near Christmas? Probably, Is that enough? Does 1534 01:30:17,720 --> 01:30:21,000 Speaker 1: it feel like enough? Does that feel like the right 1535 01:30:21,040 --> 01:30:23,559 Speaker 1: authority from the NBA when you've already got the Players 1536 01:30:23,560 --> 01:30:27,560 Speaker 1: Association pushing back and exploring options and saying this is inappropriate. 1537 01:30:27,600 --> 01:30:35,960 Speaker 1: And I'll when you consider what Jaw's doing, these two events, 1538 01:30:36,000 --> 01:30:43,960 Speaker 1: the fact that this has happened twice and his circumstance, 1539 01:30:45,760 --> 01:30:47,799 Speaker 1: the fact that and he knows that in his statement 1540 01:30:49,360 --> 01:30:54,920 Speaker 1: that he does in fact have influence over younger people 1541 01:30:57,000 --> 01:31:02,760 Speaker 1: that watch him and want to be him. That's why 1542 01:31:02,800 --> 01:31:05,719 Speaker 1: Adam Silver said, quote the potential for other young people 1543 01:31:05,760 --> 01:31:11,800 Speaker 1: to emulate Jaw's conduct is particularly concerning. I just want 1544 01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:13,960 Speaker 1: to change that quote for you, Jah. I know you're 1545 01:31:13,960 --> 01:31:21,280 Speaker 1: not listening right now. Take the word concerning out and 1546 01:31:21,400 --> 01:31:26,559 Speaker 1: live the life based on this. The potential for other 1547 01:31:26,680 --> 01:31:35,240 Speaker 1: young people to emulate Jaw's conduct is particularly amazing, is 1548 01:31:35,360 --> 01:31:45,479 Speaker 1: particularly special, is particularly awesome. Take the word concerning out. 1549 01:31:45,560 --> 01:31:50,680 Speaker 1: That's the present. The future is in your hands. You 1550 01:31:50,720 --> 01:31:53,440 Speaker 1: can flip this script and it can become an unbelievable 1551 01:31:53,479 --> 01:31:56,760 Speaker 1: redemption story and a documentary and a television series in 1552 01:31:56,840 --> 01:32:00,960 Speaker 1: all of that. But what it could mean for youth 1553 01:32:01,000 --> 01:32:05,679 Speaker 1: in this country that idolizes you. What it could mean 1554 01:32:05,800 --> 01:32:12,400 Speaker 1: to be a good influence and a positive contribution for 1555 01:32:12,600 --> 01:32:17,479 Speaker 1: all of those young soon to be Jaws that want 1556 01:32:17,479 --> 01:32:19,559 Speaker 1: to learn to play like you do but also want 1557 01:32:19,560 --> 01:32:26,599 Speaker 1: to be you. Think about that, Yes, right now, potential 1558 01:32:26,640 --> 01:32:30,440 Speaker 1: for other young people to emulate jaws conduct is particularly concerning. 1559 01:32:30,800 --> 01:32:40,719 Speaker 1: No question, it's June seventeenth. It could change on June eighteenth. 1560 01:32:42,280 --> 01:32:50,000 Speaker 1: You have the ability to take that descriptor away and 1561 01:32:50,040 --> 01:32:55,080 Speaker 1: to rewrite your own story. America loves a redemption story. Jah. 1562 01:32:55,280 --> 01:32:59,400 Speaker 1: I look forward to seeing yours, and I'm gonna pray 1563 01:32:59,400 --> 01:33:02,599 Speaker 1: for you. Brother. That's the best thing I can offer you. 1564 01:33:03,120 --> 01:33:05,960 Speaker 1: I want to see you play basketball for selfish reasons, 1565 01:33:06,400 --> 01:33:12,240 Speaker 1: but I want to see you influence the youth of 1566 01:33:12,280 --> 01:33:16,960 Speaker 1: this country. Man. That's not for selfish reason. It's because 1567 01:33:17,200 --> 01:33:23,719 Speaker 1: you have a platform and a unique set of gifts 1568 01:33:24,200 --> 01:33:28,840 Speaker 1: and skills and abilities, and I want to see you 1569 01:33:28,960 --> 01:33:32,280 Speaker 1: utilize that for the good of everything, for the good 1570 01:33:32,280 --> 01:33:35,240 Speaker 1: of us. All God gave them to you, use them 1571 01:33:35,240 --> 01:33:40,000 Speaker 1: for him. When we come back. I want to This 1572 01:33:40,120 --> 01:33:42,160 Speaker 1: is kind of odd because we're just talking about one 1573 01:33:42,320 --> 01:33:48,200 Speaker 1: kind of awkward situation. But the Flash opened. And I've 1574 01:33:48,240 --> 01:33:51,080 Speaker 1: been for a long time as a TV and film critic, 1575 01:33:51,720 --> 01:33:53,760 Speaker 1: and I attended a screening of The Flash a couple 1576 01:33:53,800 --> 01:33:55,240 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, and I can tell you about the 1577 01:33:55,240 --> 01:33:57,840 Speaker 1: movie a little bit, but it actually got me thinking 1578 01:33:57,880 --> 01:34:02,680 Speaker 1: about another star in the NFL. I'll tell you more 1579 01:34:02,720 --> 01:34:05,120 Speaker 1: about that next. I'm Jason martin In. This is Fox 1580 01:34:05,120 --> 01:34:11,200 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Welcome back in. I'm Jason Martin. Good Saturday 1581 01:34:11,240 --> 01:34:16,240 Speaker 1: to you, Father's Day, weekend, US Open, Moving Day, and 1582 01:34:16,280 --> 01:34:19,840 Speaker 1: then final round on Sunday. Ricky Fowler getting it done. 1583 01:34:19,880 --> 01:34:22,439 Speaker 1: That's exciting. We'll talk a little a little bit about 1584 01:34:22,439 --> 01:34:26,559 Speaker 1: that to end the show. Xander Schoffley's right there as well. 1585 01:34:29,400 --> 01:34:31,760 Speaker 1: So I mentioned before the break like I've been a 1586 01:34:31,800 --> 01:34:34,400 Speaker 1: critic for a while. I don't know that I'm still 1587 01:34:34,439 --> 01:34:37,400 Speaker 1: active in it, but I was at a screening of 1588 01:34:37,439 --> 01:34:41,000 Speaker 1: The Flash immedia screen a couple of weeks ago. I 1589 01:34:41,080 --> 01:34:46,360 Speaker 1: think it actually released today. Pretty decent movie. I enjoyed it. 1590 01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:49,680 Speaker 1: I'm a big time superhero guy. I've read comics for 1591 01:34:49,680 --> 01:34:53,840 Speaker 1: a long time and it definitely was good. I thought 1592 01:34:53,880 --> 01:34:55,880 Speaker 1: it was a little bloated. You probably could have knocked 1593 01:34:55,880 --> 01:34:57,360 Speaker 1: a couple of minutes out of it here and there. 1594 01:34:57,400 --> 01:35:00,000 Speaker 1: And it was corny here and there, but generally pretty good, 1595 01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:06,400 Speaker 1: good and worth seeing. But there's one problem that they 1596 01:35:06,439 --> 01:35:11,360 Speaker 1: can't do anything about because they released the film, and 1597 01:35:11,400 --> 01:35:14,479 Speaker 1: that is that the lead star, Ezra Miller, has a 1598 01:35:14,560 --> 01:35:18,240 Speaker 1: past and he's got some real ugly stuff involving women 1599 01:35:18,560 --> 01:35:23,280 Speaker 1: and treatment and just a lot of problems to the 1600 01:35:23,320 --> 01:35:25,519 Speaker 1: extent that I'm surprised the film released and they didn't 1601 01:35:25,560 --> 01:35:27,640 Speaker 1: recast it and go a different direction. I mean, you 1602 01:35:27,680 --> 01:35:31,760 Speaker 1: had the amber heard Johnny Depp thing, well, this is 1603 01:35:31,800 --> 01:35:35,880 Speaker 1: in that vein, it's bad treatment of women, horrible and 1604 01:35:35,920 --> 01:35:41,800 Speaker 1: all this. So they released the film and it's gonna 1605 01:35:41,800 --> 01:35:45,160 Speaker 1: make some money. But and he's good it look he's 1606 01:35:45,200 --> 01:35:49,839 Speaker 1: good in the role. Watching the film, I couldn't separate 1607 01:35:49,920 --> 01:35:52,760 Speaker 1: fact that Ezra Miller was the one that I was 1608 01:35:52,800 --> 01:35:56,880 Speaker 1: watching on screen because I knew what he's accused of, 1609 01:35:56,960 --> 01:36:01,640 Speaker 1: and you know what the reports were, just all the 1610 01:36:01,680 --> 01:36:05,559 Speaker 1: controversy surrounding him. It was impossible to just fully enjoy 1611 01:36:05,640 --> 01:36:09,040 Speaker 1: and embrace the film because there was always a part 1612 01:36:09,080 --> 01:36:14,120 Speaker 1: of me that knew what was behind it all, and 1613 01:36:14,160 --> 01:36:17,559 Speaker 1: it wasn't like a redemption arc here. I've talked a 1614 01:36:17,600 --> 01:36:22,559 Speaker 1: lot this morning early here about John and I feel 1615 01:36:22,560 --> 01:36:24,559 Speaker 1: like there's a redemption story that could come from this 1616 01:36:24,640 --> 01:36:30,960 Speaker 1: that would be just fantastic and inspirational. That doesn't seem 1617 01:36:31,000 --> 01:36:33,360 Speaker 1: to be the case here. It certainly isn't now. And 1618 01:36:33,400 --> 01:36:35,400 Speaker 1: he's right there in front of us on the screen 1619 01:36:36,760 --> 01:36:39,080 Speaker 1: and we're watching this film. It's two and a half hours, 1620 01:36:39,680 --> 01:36:41,080 Speaker 1: and a lot of it is him as a matter 1621 01:36:41,080 --> 01:36:46,719 Speaker 1: of fact, multiple hymns at times. And what it got 1622 01:36:46,760 --> 01:36:56,240 Speaker 1: me thinking about is Deshaun Watson. I felt a certain 1623 01:36:56,280 --> 01:36:59,280 Speaker 1: way last year watching Deshaun when he came back off 1624 01:36:59,320 --> 01:37:03,919 Speaker 1: the suspension, and the way that I felt unfortunately because 1625 01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:09,240 Speaker 1: you always want to offer an opportunity for contrition and 1626 01:37:09,280 --> 01:37:14,559 Speaker 1: remorse and you want to offer grace and forgiveness. But 1627 01:37:14,600 --> 01:37:17,160 Speaker 1: it's tough in this situation because it was also ugly 1628 01:37:17,240 --> 01:37:20,360 Speaker 1: and there's no way some of it is not true. 1629 01:37:20,439 --> 01:37:24,120 Speaker 1: If all of it is not true, that's most likely true, 1630 01:37:24,120 --> 01:37:26,240 Speaker 1: but there's probably stuff we didn't know about that is true, 1631 01:37:26,240 --> 01:37:31,280 Speaker 1: and just the details and everything was just awful, and 1632 01:37:32,800 --> 01:37:34,960 Speaker 1: that suspension didn't feel like nearly enough to me. And 1633 01:37:35,000 --> 01:37:37,040 Speaker 1: the reason why I knew that is because when he 1634 01:37:37,080 --> 01:37:39,120 Speaker 1: came back and played football, I just couldn't enjoy it 1635 01:37:39,120 --> 01:37:41,719 Speaker 1: at all. Like it was just like, I'm not ready 1636 01:37:41,720 --> 01:37:44,240 Speaker 1: for this. I'm not ready to hear people talk about 1637 01:37:44,240 --> 01:37:45,880 Speaker 1: what he can do on a football field. I'm not 1638 01:37:45,920 --> 01:37:50,599 Speaker 1: ready to hear announcers and broadcasters calling to Sean watching 1639 01:37:50,760 --> 01:37:55,880 Speaker 1: Watson touchdowns. It's kind of the same thing with Ezra 1640 01:37:55,920 --> 01:37:58,800 Speaker 1: Miller in the Flash, like there's just there's so much 1641 01:37:58,960 --> 01:38:05,000 Speaker 1: baggage attached to it that it's distracting. And the reason 1642 01:38:05,040 --> 01:38:07,519 Speaker 1: I started thinking about Descharn wasn't because of how I 1643 01:38:07,520 --> 01:38:11,719 Speaker 1: felt last year. It was is that gonna change this year? 1644 01:38:13,920 --> 01:38:20,439 Speaker 1: Has time passed enough after watching him finish the season 1645 01:38:20,479 --> 01:38:23,360 Speaker 1: and it was not good. Now he's gonna come back 1646 01:38:23,560 --> 01:38:28,160 Speaker 1: this year, and are we gonna be okay with this? Now? 1647 01:38:31,960 --> 01:38:36,920 Speaker 1: I'm skeptical. For me, for sure, I'm still gonna be 1648 01:38:36,960 --> 01:38:40,600 Speaker 1: seeing him, and That's what I'm gonna think. But I'm 1649 01:38:40,640 --> 01:38:42,760 Speaker 1: not saying he shouldn't be playing yet. I mean if 1650 01:38:42,760 --> 01:38:45,760 Speaker 1: he had never played again, if that had been a 1651 01:38:45,760 --> 01:38:48,840 Speaker 1: way that this thing got adjudicated, I'd have been fine 1652 01:38:48,880 --> 01:38:53,080 Speaker 1: with that, because after this it's just like, I don't 1653 01:38:53,120 --> 01:38:55,479 Speaker 1: know that I want to see you play football again. 1654 01:38:55,520 --> 01:38:58,879 Speaker 1: And I was a huge DeShawn Watson fan before everything 1655 01:38:58,920 --> 01:39:05,360 Speaker 1: went south. I just wonder America, Like I wonder how 1656 01:39:05,439 --> 01:39:07,760 Speaker 1: much the country cares at this point. Is it going 1657 01:39:07,840 --> 01:39:09,519 Speaker 1: to change this year? Is gonna be all right to 1658 01:39:09,600 --> 01:39:11,679 Speaker 1: just watch the Browns? Or you're still gonna be thinking 1659 01:39:11,720 --> 01:39:15,880 Speaker 1: about this every time? Because me as much as I'd 1660 01:39:15,920 --> 01:39:17,080 Speaker 1: like to be able to put it on the back 1661 01:39:17,080 --> 01:39:19,400 Speaker 1: burner and just okay, I understand, but there's nothing he 1662 01:39:19,439 --> 01:39:23,080 Speaker 1: can do about the past, and he wasn't charged, and 1663 01:39:23,120 --> 01:39:25,360 Speaker 1: this is what it's become, and you know all of this, 1664 01:39:27,040 --> 01:39:29,680 Speaker 1: I don't know that I can put it aside. And 1665 01:39:29,720 --> 01:39:32,639 Speaker 1: it affects my ability. Like when they when the Browns 1666 01:39:32,640 --> 01:39:34,840 Speaker 1: are on, I'm not going to watch that generally because 1667 01:39:34,880 --> 01:39:39,439 Speaker 1: it's just there's an ick factor. There's a cringe, there's 1668 01:39:39,479 --> 01:39:45,240 Speaker 1: a even while I'm talking about this, there's no camera 1669 01:39:45,280 --> 01:39:47,920 Speaker 1: on me right now, but my face is like contorted, 1670 01:39:48,120 --> 01:39:53,880 Speaker 1: my eyes are closed, I've got my left hand over 1671 01:39:54,000 --> 01:39:57,280 Speaker 1: my eyes. I'm kind of looking down. Like the Patrick 1672 01:39:57,360 --> 01:40:01,439 Speaker 1: Stewart Jean luc Picard meme that you might have seen, 1673 01:40:01,520 --> 01:40:04,160 Speaker 1: or the gift that's out there of him putting his 1674 01:40:04,240 --> 01:40:07,720 Speaker 1: head down. This whole thing is just off putting, and 1675 01:40:07,760 --> 01:40:10,559 Speaker 1: we had to talk about it for years. It felt 1676 01:40:10,600 --> 01:40:12,320 Speaker 1: like we had to talk about it for millennia, Like 1677 01:40:12,360 --> 01:40:15,000 Speaker 1: it felt like every show I did, no matter where 1678 01:40:15,000 --> 01:40:18,240 Speaker 1: it was, this topic comes up, and it's just it's 1679 01:40:18,320 --> 01:40:23,519 Speaker 1: never good because it's just there's just nothing positive about 1680 01:40:23,560 --> 01:40:27,040 Speaker 1: it at all. I just want to know if are 1681 01:40:27,080 --> 01:40:28,920 Speaker 1: we gonna be able to watch the Cleveland Browns this 1682 01:40:29,000 --> 01:40:31,800 Speaker 1: year or is it gonna be like me watching The 1683 01:40:31,800 --> 01:40:35,280 Speaker 1: Flash two weeks ago, where even though I actually thought 1684 01:40:35,280 --> 01:40:41,880 Speaker 1: the film was pretty solid, I still couldn't get oh, 1685 01:40:41,920 --> 01:40:46,479 Speaker 1: that's Ezra Miller and thinking about Ezra Miller's headlines the 1686 01:40:46,680 --> 01:40:50,120 Speaker 1: entire time. Is it that way with the Browns for you? 1687 01:40:52,840 --> 01:40:55,800 Speaker 1: Or can you separate it? I understand nobody's a saint, right, 1688 01:40:56,680 --> 01:40:58,479 Speaker 1: We're a collection of centers in this world, not a 1689 01:40:58,479 --> 01:41:02,080 Speaker 1: collection of saints. I get it. Everybody has stuff. And 1690 01:41:02,560 --> 01:41:07,360 Speaker 1: for Deshaun Watson, because of his ability to play football, 1691 01:41:07,400 --> 01:41:10,120 Speaker 1: we know about his stuff and it's right in front 1692 01:41:10,120 --> 01:41:12,680 Speaker 1: of us, and he's still relevant and he's still in 1693 01:41:12,680 --> 01:41:14,479 Speaker 1: front of us on television and all that. A lot 1694 01:41:14,520 --> 01:41:16,479 Speaker 1: of people do stuff that's far worth and what Shawn 1695 01:41:16,479 --> 01:41:18,479 Speaker 1: Watson did, we never hear about it. I could get 1696 01:41:18,520 --> 01:41:24,160 Speaker 1: all of that. This isn't like just uniquely condemning one 1697 01:41:24,240 --> 01:41:29,800 Speaker 1: guy or judging one guy. It's just it's still I 1698 01:41:29,800 --> 01:41:32,360 Speaker 1: don't think I'm ready to watch the Brown Jet. I 1699 01:41:32,360 --> 01:41:35,880 Speaker 1: don't think I'm ready to watch Deshaun Watson yet without 1700 01:41:35,920 --> 01:41:38,200 Speaker 1: this same face that's on me right now, Like if 1701 01:41:38,200 --> 01:41:41,080 Speaker 1: it shows up on red Zone, Okay, yeah, all right, 1702 01:41:41,120 --> 01:41:46,160 Speaker 1: we'll watch that drive. But this is still super awkward 1703 01:41:46,280 --> 01:41:50,479 Speaker 1: and I'm just not quite there yet, if that makes sense. 1704 01:41:51,240 --> 01:41:54,120 Speaker 1: I'm curious About'm alone in that tweet me at jmar Radio. 1705 01:41:54,760 --> 01:41:56,639 Speaker 1: Let me know. Let's go one more time to Kevin 1706 01:41:56,680 --> 01:41:59,320 Speaker 1: Wyret catch up on the latest in the world of sports. 1707 01:41:59,400 --> 01:42:02,639 Speaker 2: Kevin big news in the NBA as John Morantz spended 1708 01:42:02,680 --> 01:42:05,439 Speaker 2: twenty five games after he posted a video that showed 1709 01:42:05,520 --> 01:42:08,280 Speaker 2: him waving what appeared to be a gun. Suspension will 1710 01:42:08,280 --> 01:42:10,880 Speaker 2: come with conditions for his return. The league did say. 1711 01:42:11,360 --> 01:42:13,599 Speaker 2: During the suspension, Moran will not be able to take 1712 01:42:13,640 --> 01:42:16,760 Speaker 2: part in any public league or team activities, and he 1713 01:42:16,760 --> 01:42:19,439 Speaker 2: will lose more than seven and a half million dollars 1714 01:42:19,439 --> 01:42:23,000 Speaker 2: from his salary. Morent was previously suspended eight games back 1715 01:42:23,040 --> 01:42:26,760 Speaker 2: in March for a similar incident. Michael Jordan is reportedly 1716 01:42:26,840 --> 01:42:29,080 Speaker 2: selling the Charlotte Hornets, and he set to sell the 1717 01:42:29,080 --> 01:42:31,799 Speaker 2: team to a group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Snall, 1718 01:42:32,200 --> 01:42:35,720 Speaker 2: but he will retain a minority stake in the franchise. 1719 01:42:36,200 --> 01:42:38,479 Speaker 2: Big news in the world of college athletics. A San 1720 01:42:38,479 --> 01:42:41,559 Speaker 2: Diego State has given a Mountain West Conference written notice 1721 01:42:41,560 --> 01:42:44,519 Speaker 2: that the school intends to resign from the league. In 1722 01:42:44,600 --> 01:42:47,240 Speaker 2: early report said that SDSU gave the required one year 1723 01:42:47,320 --> 01:42:49,960 Speaker 2: notice on Tuesday. However, an updated report said that the 1724 01:42:49,960 --> 01:42:53,280 Speaker 2: written letter of its attention to withdraw was not actually 1725 01:42:53,320 --> 01:42:55,680 Speaker 2: an official notice, but in neither instance. Theeg's a fee 1726 01:42:55,680 --> 01:42:57,639 Speaker 2: to leave the conference for the fall twenty twenty four 1727 01:42:57,760 --> 01:43:01,960 Speaker 2: season double so thirty four million dollar on July first. Reportedly, 1728 01:43:02,040 --> 01:43:03,920 Speaker 2: in the letter, the school did ask the Mountain West 1729 01:43:04,000 --> 01:43:07,879 Speaker 2: for a one month extension on that doubling of the fee. 1730 01:43:09,280 --> 01:43:11,920 Speaker 2: In golf the US Open, Ricky Fowler is in the 1731 01:43:12,000 --> 01:43:15,040 Speaker 2: lead in Los Angeles. He's one stroke ahead of Wyndham Clark. 1732 01:43:15,080 --> 01:43:19,360 Speaker 2: He has two strokes ahead of Roy McElroy and Xander Chauffell. 1733 01:43:20,120 --> 01:43:23,759 Speaker 2: Us soccer announcing Greg Berhaltzer has been reappointed as manager 1734 01:43:23,800 --> 01:43:26,880 Speaker 2: of the US men's national team through the twenty twenty 1735 01:43:26,960 --> 01:43:30,839 Speaker 2: six World Cup and Major League Baseball. Some late scores 1736 01:43:30,840 --> 01:43:32,880 Speaker 2: from the West Coast Giants come from behind. He beat 1737 01:43:32,880 --> 01:43:35,320 Speaker 2: the Dodgers seven to five, Mariners edge out the White 1738 01:43:35,360 --> 01:43:37,840 Speaker 2: Sox three to two, Raised over the Padre six to two, 1739 01:43:37,840 --> 01:43:40,840 Speaker 2: Phillies beat the Athletics six to one, and the Diamondbacks 1740 01:43:40,880 --> 01:43:43,000 Speaker 2: over the Guardians five to wine. 1741 01:43:43,040 --> 01:43:47,160 Speaker 1: Doc of you appreciate it, Kevin, Welcome back Fox Sports 1742 01:43:47,280 --> 01:43:50,080 Speaker 1: Radio here live from the tyrack dot Com studios. I'm 1743 01:43:50,120 --> 01:43:54,679 Speaker 1: Jason Martin on Twitter at jmar Radio. Sean McDermott, Bill's 1744 01:43:54,680 --> 01:43:56,960 Speaker 1: head coach on Stefan Diggs said, there are a lot 1745 01:43:56,960 --> 01:43:59,720 Speaker 1: of things out there that aren't accurate. He was here 1746 01:43:59,800 --> 01:44:02,840 Speaker 1: on Monday for his physical, reported for meetings, had a 1747 01:44:02,880 --> 01:44:07,040 Speaker 1: good conversation. This is from the fourteenth. Got to a 1748 01:44:07,080 --> 01:44:10,040 Speaker 1: point yesterday where we felt we all needed a break, 1749 01:44:11,400 --> 01:44:15,120 Speaker 1: gave him permission. He was excused. Now, he's been at 1750 01:44:15,439 --> 01:44:19,360 Speaker 1: camp since midweek and this story was a big deal 1751 01:44:20,240 --> 01:44:27,559 Speaker 1: early in the week. But that comment is interesting, right 1752 01:44:27,640 --> 01:44:30,800 Speaker 1: from the head coach. Got to a point yesterday where 1753 01:44:30,800 --> 01:44:32,920 Speaker 1: we felt we all needed a break, gave him permission, 1754 01:44:33,000 --> 01:44:35,880 Speaker 1: he was excused, and they canceled the final day of 1755 01:44:35,960 --> 01:44:38,840 Speaker 1: mini camp practice on Thursday. The Bills did. Now that 1756 01:44:38,880 --> 01:44:46,240 Speaker 1: happens a lot, and then McDermott says after well, the 1757 01:44:46,280 --> 01:44:49,799 Speaker 1: first comments came out that we're interesting were Josh Allen's 1758 01:44:49,800 --> 01:44:52,200 Speaker 1: on Tuesday when he said there's things that I can 1759 01:44:52,240 --> 01:44:54,720 Speaker 1: do better. In the fact that he was part of this, 1760 01:44:54,880 --> 01:44:57,360 Speaker 1: that part of the Stefon Diggs thing, he was taking 1761 01:44:57,439 --> 01:45:01,720 Speaker 1: responsibility for there are things I can do better. And 1762 01:45:01,720 --> 01:45:06,640 Speaker 1: then McDermott on Wednesday says, getting Steph the ball is 1763 01:45:06,680 --> 01:45:08,960 Speaker 1: a big piece of our offense. He's the big focal 1764 01:45:09,000 --> 01:45:12,759 Speaker 1: point in addition to Josh. It's important to get him going. 1765 01:45:13,640 --> 01:45:15,880 Speaker 1: The more production he has, the more production we have 1766 01:45:16,000 --> 01:45:19,439 Speaker 1: as an offense. He provides great energy to our team. 1767 01:45:21,720 --> 01:45:24,479 Speaker 1: So what does that all tell you? Everything I just 1768 01:45:24,520 --> 01:45:27,920 Speaker 1: read you right, the couple of comments from McDermott, We 1769 01:45:27,960 --> 01:45:30,200 Speaker 1: got to a place where we needed a break and 1770 01:45:30,600 --> 01:45:34,920 Speaker 1: he was dismissed. We let him go that day and 1771 01:45:34,960 --> 01:45:37,920 Speaker 1: then hey man, Stefan's really important to our offense. Getting 1772 01:45:37,960 --> 01:45:39,960 Speaker 1: him the ball is everything. He's super important to Josh 1773 01:45:40,040 --> 01:45:41,880 Speaker 1: and Josh saying I can do things better. What does 1774 01:45:41,880 --> 01:45:45,320 Speaker 1: all that mean? Well, if you just kind of put 1775 01:45:45,320 --> 01:45:48,479 Speaker 1: it all together and you're just trying to pull the 1776 01:45:48,560 --> 01:45:53,960 Speaker 1: logic out of the soup here, it seems to me 1777 01:45:54,280 --> 01:45:57,920 Speaker 1: that it centers around Stefan Digg's usage. I read a 1778 01:45:57,920 --> 01:46:01,000 Speaker 1: piece in sp Nation, and I think that I had 1779 01:46:01,000 --> 01:46:02,880 Speaker 1: seen it in a couple of other spots as well. 1780 01:46:04,200 --> 01:46:08,440 Speaker 1: That look, Diggs's numbers dropped off in terms of his targets, 1781 01:46:09,080 --> 01:46:12,000 Speaker 1: and this is from the Espnation article. In his first 1782 01:46:12,040 --> 01:46:15,599 Speaker 1: eleven games last year, double digit targets in seven. He 1783 01:46:15,640 --> 01:46:19,839 Speaker 1: saw fifteen in a Thanksgiving Day game of the Lions 1784 01:46:21,920 --> 01:46:25,920 Speaker 1: and didn't see double digit targets again until the final game, 1785 01:46:25,960 --> 01:46:29,080 Speaker 1: and that was against New England. He had nine against 1786 01:46:29,080 --> 01:46:32,920 Speaker 1: the Dolphins in the wildcard, had ten targets but four 1787 01:46:33,080 --> 01:46:38,200 Speaker 1: catches against the Bengals, And there's a video that and 1788 01:46:38,280 --> 01:46:41,120 Speaker 1: if you saw the game most of us did. He 1789 01:46:41,280 --> 01:46:45,760 Speaker 1: wasn't happy on the sidelines. He was sticked off. And 1790 01:46:45,800 --> 01:46:48,200 Speaker 1: he's a guy that wanted to win, that wants to 1791 01:46:48,240 --> 01:46:51,040 Speaker 1: win badly, wants to win a Super Bowl, as does 1792 01:46:51,040 --> 01:46:53,760 Speaker 1: this quarterback, as as this head coach. And this is 1793 01:46:53,760 --> 01:46:56,280 Speaker 1: gonna be a big time proven year for the Bills. Like, 1794 01:46:56,320 --> 01:46:58,840 Speaker 1: if the Bills don't get to a super Bowl this year, 1795 01:46:58,960 --> 01:47:01,519 Speaker 1: you could see a verse where Sean McDermott is not 1796 01:47:01,640 --> 01:47:04,639 Speaker 1: there next year, because eventually it's like, is this the ceiling? 1797 01:47:04,800 --> 01:47:07,000 Speaker 1: Is the ceiling making it to the playoffs after having 1798 01:47:07,040 --> 01:47:12,880 Speaker 1: a great regular season, squandering another year with our stars? 1799 01:47:13,760 --> 01:47:16,200 Speaker 1: Eventually maybe you have to have a new voice in there. 1800 01:47:16,280 --> 01:47:19,559 Speaker 1: Which sounds crazy because McDermott's been really successful, but look 1801 01:47:19,560 --> 01:47:26,439 Speaker 1: at Monty Williams. This is not unprecedented by any means. 1802 01:47:26,439 --> 01:47:28,280 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying that's what's gonna happen. I'm saying 1803 01:47:28,320 --> 01:47:30,639 Speaker 1: that I think Sean McDermott knows there's a little pressure 1804 01:47:30,680 --> 01:47:36,800 Speaker 1: on him this year. But if all of all of 1805 01:47:36,840 --> 01:47:38,600 Speaker 1: what I read you again, if you go back to 1806 01:47:38,800 --> 01:47:43,120 Speaker 1: the easy conclusion, and you don't know for sure, but 1807 01:47:43,160 --> 01:47:47,040 Speaker 1: the easy conclusion to draw is Diggs is unhappy with 1808 01:47:47,040 --> 01:47:50,040 Speaker 1: how many targets he's getting, He's unhappy with his role 1809 01:47:50,080 --> 01:47:56,479 Speaker 1: in the offense. That actually is a fairly easy fix, 1810 01:47:57,960 --> 01:48:00,120 Speaker 1: and it would explain for sure why Josh Allen and 1811 01:48:00,240 --> 01:48:06,320 Speaker 1: was taking some responsibility for saying this and saying, you know, 1812 01:48:06,400 --> 01:48:08,880 Speaker 1: there are things I can do better in regards to 1813 01:48:09,120 --> 01:48:13,400 Speaker 1: this specific circumstance with Stefan Diggs and whatever was going 1814 01:48:13,439 --> 01:48:16,559 Speaker 1: on this week with the Bills. It's not great for 1815 01:48:16,640 --> 01:48:21,600 Speaker 1: this team, but the season is still a couple months away. 1816 01:48:22,280 --> 01:48:24,320 Speaker 1: If Steff Diggs came in and he was just like, man, 1817 01:48:24,360 --> 01:48:26,200 Speaker 1: I want to win, and in order to win, I 1818 01:48:26,280 --> 01:48:27,800 Speaker 1: need to be a big part of it, I don't 1819 01:48:27,800 --> 01:48:30,599 Speaker 1: think this is necessarily I mean, this is not somebody 1820 01:48:30,640 --> 01:48:33,439 Speaker 1: that's that's wrong. I mean Stefan Diggs when he is 1821 01:48:33,560 --> 01:48:36,440 Speaker 1: rolling that team is real hard to beat. If not impossible, 1822 01:48:37,840 --> 01:48:41,120 Speaker 1: I'm saying, I'm saying impossible, but obviously figuratively anybody can 1823 01:48:41,120 --> 01:48:46,280 Speaker 1: get beat. But he's the star and he's the catalyst. 1824 01:48:46,400 --> 01:48:48,760 Speaker 1: Before he got there, Josh Allen was still a are we 1825 01:48:48,800 --> 01:48:51,400 Speaker 1: sure about this guy? As soon as Stefan Diggs got there, 1826 01:48:51,479 --> 01:48:53,720 Speaker 1: it was, oh yeah, this guy's the man. And now 1827 01:48:53,760 --> 01:48:58,439 Speaker 1: he's on the cover of Madden this coming year deservedly. 1828 01:48:58,479 --> 01:49:00,000 Speaker 1: So I got no problem with Josh Allen being on. 1829 01:49:00,040 --> 01:49:04,799 Speaker 1: I love Josh Allen, love watching the Bills, but Diggs, 1830 01:49:06,400 --> 01:49:08,639 Speaker 1: this is one of us. This is a circumstance where 1831 01:49:08,680 --> 01:49:11,080 Speaker 1: if Digs is just saying, man, I gotta be more involved. 1832 01:49:11,080 --> 01:49:15,120 Speaker 1: You have to find me. I kind of look at that. 1833 01:49:15,120 --> 01:49:17,120 Speaker 1: If I'm Josh Allen, that would be my response to 1834 01:49:17,160 --> 01:49:18,640 Speaker 1: it as well, Just be like, yeah, I could do 1835 01:49:18,680 --> 01:49:22,560 Speaker 1: things better because I know you're kind of the bread 1836 01:49:22,200 --> 01:49:26,040 Speaker 1: that you're the butter to my bread. At the very worst. 1837 01:49:26,960 --> 01:49:29,640 Speaker 1: I got some other guys, but you're the guy. I 1838 01:49:29,720 --> 01:49:31,680 Speaker 1: gotta find a way to get you the football in 1839 01:49:31,760 --> 01:49:36,920 Speaker 1: key circumstances, In key situations, catch has got to be made. 1840 01:49:36,920 --> 01:49:40,120 Speaker 1: In Cincinnati, Joe Burrow, I gotta find Jamar Chase. Now 1841 01:49:40,120 --> 01:49:42,000 Speaker 1: he's got some other weapons he can choose from, but 1842 01:49:42,479 --> 01:49:47,800 Speaker 1: generally speaking, I gotta find Jamar Chase. Sometimes it's the quarterback, Lamar. 1843 01:49:47,920 --> 01:49:49,880 Speaker 1: I might have to do this with myself, Jal when hurts, 1844 01:49:49,880 --> 01:49:52,160 Speaker 1: I might, But now I've got aj Brown in addition 1845 01:49:52,320 --> 01:49:59,360 Speaker 1: to Davante. There's a real luxury that comes with the 1846 01:49:59,360 --> 01:50:02,760 Speaker 1: top flight wide receiver in this NFL the way passing 1847 01:50:03,080 --> 01:50:09,800 Speaker 1: is valued. I mean, how many playoff teams in the 1848 01:50:09,880 --> 01:50:13,680 Speaker 1: last half decade have gotten there without a stud at 1849 01:50:13,720 --> 01:50:18,360 Speaker 1: wide receiver. You could say the Chiefs last year, but 1850 01:50:18,479 --> 01:50:20,360 Speaker 1: before that you certainly couldn't. And I would argue you 1851 01:50:20,400 --> 01:50:22,479 Speaker 1: couldn't say it last year either because Kelsey's a Hall 1852 01:50:22,520 --> 01:50:26,920 Speaker 1: of Famer. But you look at teams that are going 1853 01:50:27,000 --> 01:50:29,320 Speaker 1: deep into the postseason, how many of them don't show 1854 01:50:29,400 --> 01:50:31,679 Speaker 1: up with a Cooper Cup who won a Super Bowl 1855 01:50:32,000 --> 01:50:36,240 Speaker 1: against a Jamar Chase who was right there this past year. 1856 01:50:36,240 --> 01:50:39,679 Speaker 1: You had AJ Brown and DeVante, But you had AJ 1857 01:50:39,800 --> 01:50:43,400 Speaker 1: Brown on one side, and then of course you have 1858 01:50:43,520 --> 01:50:47,880 Speaker 1: Mahomes and Kelsey on the other. When you look at 1859 01:50:47,880 --> 01:50:51,480 Speaker 1: the Niners, for all of the brilliants of Kyle Shanahan's 1860 01:50:51,520 --> 01:50:58,680 Speaker 1: offensive schemes, I mean, if Brock Perdy had Carolina's receiving 1861 01:50:58,760 --> 01:51:01,639 Speaker 1: corps from the better part of the last half decade, 1862 01:51:02,000 --> 01:51:04,400 Speaker 1: I don't think he would have looked the way he looked. 1863 01:51:05,320 --> 01:51:07,360 Speaker 1: Even though Debo didn't have a great year. We know 1864 01:51:07,400 --> 01:51:09,760 Speaker 1: what Debo can be, We know what i U can be. 1865 01:51:10,320 --> 01:51:12,360 Speaker 1: We know what McCaffrey meant when he came in to 1866 01:51:12,439 --> 01:51:15,559 Speaker 1: be an option, both as catching ball out of the backfield. 1867 01:51:15,600 --> 01:51:19,960 Speaker 1: Of course, running the football. Receivers are super important, and 1868 01:51:20,000 --> 01:51:23,680 Speaker 1: they're super important to the Bills rise. There's maybe no 1869 01:51:23,920 --> 01:51:26,960 Speaker 1: better move that's been made by the Bills organization. In fact, 1870 01:51:26,960 --> 01:51:30,240 Speaker 1: I don't think it's close. Stefan Diggs, the best thing 1871 01:51:30,320 --> 01:51:32,639 Speaker 1: has happened to them. This is what has taken them 1872 01:51:32,680 --> 01:51:35,880 Speaker 1: over the top. It's what's taken There is that argument 1873 01:51:35,920 --> 01:51:38,559 Speaker 1: of argue a player away, Well, the Bills, even though 1874 01:51:38,600 --> 01:51:40,879 Speaker 1: they have not won a Super Bowl, they're a talented 1875 01:51:40,960 --> 01:51:45,880 Speaker 1: enough team to have done so. So I actually look 1876 01:51:45,880 --> 01:51:47,680 Speaker 1: at Diggs and I'm just kind of like, you know what, 1877 01:51:47,920 --> 01:51:50,640 Speaker 1: if that's the circumstance, if it really is just that 1878 01:51:50,720 --> 01:51:52,280 Speaker 1: you want to be used more and you want to 1879 01:51:52,280 --> 01:51:54,120 Speaker 1: be the focal point, and you felt like one of 1880 01:51:54,160 --> 01:51:56,880 Speaker 1: the reasons you guys dropped off and didn't get to 1881 01:51:57,000 --> 01:52:00,439 Speaker 1: your goal of a Super Bowl was that you were 1882 01:52:00,479 --> 01:52:04,120 Speaker 1: not being put into the right situations to succeed or 1883 01:52:04,120 --> 01:52:08,439 Speaker 1: getting the opportunity to catch the ball enough. You know what, Man, 1884 01:52:08,479 --> 01:52:11,559 Speaker 1: I kind of feel it, like I kind of understand it. 1885 01:52:12,160 --> 01:52:14,800 Speaker 1: And if you listen to McDermott and you listen to Alan, 1886 01:52:14,880 --> 01:52:18,240 Speaker 1: it doesn't feel like they're just cow towing to a 1887 01:52:18,360 --> 01:52:23,920 Speaker 1: devil wide receiver. It sounds like they're in effect saying, yeah, 1888 01:52:23,960 --> 01:52:28,000 Speaker 1: he's kind of right, because that I mean, you also 1889 01:52:28,000 --> 01:52:30,840 Speaker 1: heard Alan say I'll back him forever, I've got his 1890 01:52:30,920 --> 01:52:36,599 Speaker 1: back all this stuff. But his comment was very telling 1891 01:52:36,680 --> 01:52:39,679 Speaker 1: to me saying there are things I could have done better. 1892 01:52:39,680 --> 01:52:42,680 Speaker 1: There are definitely things I could do better. From a 1893 01:52:42,760 --> 01:52:47,880 Speaker 1: quarterback when the topic of discussion as a receiver and 1894 01:52:47,880 --> 01:52:50,599 Speaker 1: where is he and why did he mismandatory camp and 1895 01:52:50,680 --> 01:52:55,880 Speaker 1: what's going on here? That if the quarterback says that, 1896 01:52:55,880 --> 01:52:58,200 Speaker 1: that tells me a lot. I think that's actually a 1897 01:52:58,200 --> 01:52:59,840 Speaker 1: good sign for the Bills. If they can get that 1898 01:53:00,000 --> 01:53:04,520 Speaker 1: ironed out and figured, then Digs ought to be inspired 1899 01:53:04,520 --> 01:53:06,919 Speaker 1: and he should get the ball thrown to him all 1900 01:53:07,400 --> 01:53:10,599 Speaker 1: I mean, so many more times this coming year. But 1901 01:53:10,840 --> 01:53:12,920 Speaker 1: that's the way I viewed it. That's the best way. 1902 01:53:12,920 --> 01:53:14,599 Speaker 1: And I saw that in a few articles as well. 1903 01:53:14,640 --> 01:53:17,639 Speaker 1: It's not just my ger main thinking. But if that's 1904 01:53:17,680 --> 01:53:20,800 Speaker 1: what it is, I don't look at that and say 1905 01:53:20,840 --> 01:53:23,479 Speaker 1: that's a diva wide receiver just like they all are. 1906 01:53:23,520 --> 01:53:25,519 Speaker 1: I look at that and I'm like, yeah, Stefan Diggs 1907 01:53:25,560 --> 01:53:28,840 Speaker 1: is right, get him the football. We'll come back, We'll 1908 01:53:28,840 --> 01:53:31,920 Speaker 1: finish up the program and get ready to toss it over. 1909 01:53:32,640 --> 01:53:34,639 Speaker 1: But I want to talk a little US Open Golf 1910 01:53:34,680 --> 01:53:36,439 Speaker 1: when we come back. It's just good to see. We 1911 01:53:36,520 --> 01:53:39,400 Speaker 1: talked a lot about redemption stories that either haven't happened 1912 01:53:39,439 --> 01:53:41,519 Speaker 1: yet or we're still hoping for when it comes to 1913 01:53:41,600 --> 01:53:44,680 Speaker 1: John Moran, for example, and maybe Zion Williamson a lot 1914 01:53:44,680 --> 01:53:49,120 Speaker 1: of that. There might be a redemption story on tap 1915 01:53:49,320 --> 01:53:52,760 Speaker 1: this weekend on the Links with Ricky Fowler. We'll talk 1916 01:53:52,800 --> 01:53:54,640 Speaker 1: about that when we come back. I'm Jason Martin. This 1917 01:53:54,720 --> 01:53:58,360 Speaker 1: is Fox Sports Radio. Welcome back on his Father's Day weekend. 1918 01:53:59,120 --> 01:54:01,880 Speaker 1: Tyreck dot Com Studios. I'm Jason Martin here on Fox 1919 01:54:01,880 --> 01:54:07,280 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Fun time in these last few hours, even 1920 01:54:07,280 --> 01:54:09,439 Speaker 1: though there's been some heavy topics of course with John 1921 01:54:09,439 --> 01:54:13,439 Speaker 1: Moran and future resigned Williamson and even found a way 1922 01:54:13,439 --> 01:54:16,439 Speaker 1: to get to Searn Watson in which I wasn't necessarily expecting. 1923 01:54:16,479 --> 01:54:20,960 Speaker 1: But here we are. You's open Los Angeles Country Club 1924 01:54:21,120 --> 01:54:25,479 Speaker 1: Round three coming up today. Ricky Fowler at the top 1925 01:54:25,560 --> 01:54:30,200 Speaker 1: of the leaderboard, ten under, got Wyndham Clark and Xander 1926 01:54:30,240 --> 01:54:34,640 Speaker 1: Schaffley right below him. Rory McElroy is there. DJ's in 1927 01:54:34,680 --> 01:54:38,080 Speaker 1: the mix. He's tied for six. Scottie Scheffler, Cam Smith 1928 01:54:38,560 --> 01:54:42,560 Speaker 1: Fee Now you know you got I'm a big golf guy, 1929 01:54:42,600 --> 01:54:44,480 Speaker 1: but you've got a lot of guys to watch this weekend. 1930 01:54:46,040 --> 01:54:51,320 Speaker 1: The Fowler thing is really interesting though, because this is 1931 01:54:51,360 --> 01:54:53,680 Speaker 1: a guy that just completely fell off the map after 1932 01:54:53,720 --> 01:54:57,080 Speaker 1: a pretty meteoric rise, Like he didn't win majors, but 1933 01:54:57,200 --> 01:54:59,520 Speaker 1: he was always there, Like he was always a guy 1934 01:54:59,560 --> 01:55:03,640 Speaker 1: that was dangerous, that played solid, that was incredibly popular 1935 01:55:03,680 --> 01:55:07,680 Speaker 1: on tour. I remember going to Firestone in Ohio and 1936 01:55:08,080 --> 01:55:10,160 Speaker 1: saw him there, and he was just a rock star 1937 01:55:11,480 --> 01:55:14,880 Speaker 1: and a likable guy, and it just looked like his 1938 01:55:15,000 --> 01:55:22,240 Speaker 1: game disappeared right like we talk about, and we talked 1939 01:55:22,240 --> 01:55:28,280 Speaker 1: about Jaw and the redemption story that could come from 1940 01:55:28,640 --> 01:55:30,200 Speaker 1: what's been a little bit of a rough go for 1941 01:55:30,280 --> 01:55:32,600 Speaker 1: him as of late, with decision making and all that, 1942 01:55:35,080 --> 01:55:37,960 Speaker 1: and thinking about how America loves to see these comeback 1943 01:55:38,000 --> 01:55:42,320 Speaker 1: stories we do, we unfortunately sometimes get way too much. 1944 01:55:43,840 --> 01:55:48,160 Speaker 1: We get way too interested in, you know, murder trials 1945 01:55:48,200 --> 01:55:53,120 Speaker 1: and headline news and the celebrities falling from grace and 1946 01:55:53,160 --> 01:55:58,160 Speaker 1: all this other kind of stuff. But Fowler having the 1947 01:55:58,280 --> 01:56:00,960 Speaker 1: lead going into the weekend, Look, it's two more rounds. 1948 01:56:00,960 --> 01:56:02,840 Speaker 1: It's a lot of golf to be played, and if 1949 01:56:02,880 --> 01:56:04,520 Speaker 1: you ask me to predict it, he would win it. 1950 01:56:04,600 --> 01:56:06,200 Speaker 1: I can't do it, but boy, I would love to 1951 01:56:06,200 --> 01:56:10,400 Speaker 1: see it. He's got Rory there, He's got Xander. I 1952 01:56:10,440 --> 01:56:16,160 Speaker 1: mentioned some of these other names. Elias Sportspeer says twenty 1953 01:56:16,160 --> 01:56:18,920 Speaker 1: four of the past twenty seven US Open champions either 1954 01:56:19,040 --> 01:56:22,920 Speaker 1: led or were or were within two. Easy for me 1955 01:56:22,960 --> 01:56:26,920 Speaker 1: to say after thirty six holes. Matt Fitzpatrick in twenty 1956 01:56:27,000 --> 01:56:31,800 Speaker 1: twenty two is three back, Webb Simpson back in twenty twelve, 1957 01:56:31,880 --> 01:56:34,160 Speaker 1: with six back in Brooks Kopka in twenty eighteen or 1958 01:56:34,200 --> 01:56:37,560 Speaker 1: five back. Those are the only three that were not 1959 01:56:37,840 --> 01:56:45,040 Speaker 1: within two or leading after thirty six holes. The leaderboard 1960 01:56:45,080 --> 01:56:48,240 Speaker 1: is great. My US Open is not one that's ten 1961 01:56:48,320 --> 01:56:51,200 Speaker 1: undergoing into the weekend. It's just not It does feel like, 1962 01:56:51,440 --> 01:56:57,240 Speaker 1: of course it's not not US Open style in terms 1963 01:56:57,280 --> 01:56:59,840 Speaker 1: of how difficult it is. But you know, as long 1964 01:56:59,840 --> 01:57:01,800 Speaker 1: as we're gonna get draw my out of it, that's good. 1965 01:57:01,840 --> 01:57:03,800 Speaker 1: But I'm just more interested in the redemption store here. 1966 01:57:03,840 --> 01:57:08,360 Speaker 1: I mean, Fowler was dead, he was top four. I 1967 01:57:08,400 --> 01:57:11,720 Speaker 1: was reading marsh Leybaugh's article. He was top four in 1968 01:57:11,920 --> 01:57:17,800 Speaker 1: every major in twenty fourteen. He fell to one hundred 1969 01:57:17,840 --> 01:57:22,839 Speaker 1: and seventy sixth in his World Golf rating or ranking 1970 01:57:23,440 --> 01:57:26,280 Speaker 1: last year and didn't even qualify for three of the 1971 01:57:26,280 --> 01:57:31,920 Speaker 1: four majors. Fowler said on Friday, I sure hope everyone 1972 01:57:31,920 --> 01:57:34,960 Speaker 1: can relate to struggles because everyone deals with them. No 1973 01:57:34,960 --> 01:57:37,200 Speaker 1: one's perfect. I think he'd be lying if you haven't 1974 01:57:37,240 --> 01:57:39,160 Speaker 1: been through a tough time, especially if you play golf. 1975 01:57:39,160 --> 01:57:41,400 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to the weekend. It's been a while 1976 01:57:41,480 --> 01:57:43,560 Speaker 1: since I've felt this good in a tournament, let alone 1977 01:57:43,600 --> 01:57:46,360 Speaker 1: a major. It's going to be a challenge, but I'm 1978 01:57:46,400 --> 01:57:50,360 Speaker 1: definitely looking forward to it. Man, I would love to 1979 01:57:50,400 --> 01:57:52,400 Speaker 1: see it. I can't predict it, but I would love 1980 01:57:52,440 --> 01:57:55,440 Speaker 1: to see it. I would love to even see him 1981 01:57:55,480 --> 01:57:57,440 Speaker 1: going to Sunday with the lead. It's just cool to 1982 01:57:57,480 --> 01:58:00,280 Speaker 1: see him relevant again. But he's a good guy, fell 1983 01:58:00,320 --> 01:58:02,360 Speaker 1: in tough times and could figure it out. Like all 1984 01:58:02,360 --> 01:58:05,840 Speaker 1: of a sudden, this guy just he lost his swing, 1985 01:58:05,920 --> 01:58:08,640 Speaker 1: he lost his confidence, he lost everything. And golf is 1986 01:58:08,720 --> 01:58:13,360 Speaker 1: so mental in addition to the physical that it had 1987 01:58:13,400 --> 01:58:15,400 Speaker 1: to be taxing. It's kind of been brutal for him 1988 01:58:15,440 --> 01:58:17,800 Speaker 1: trying to figure out what happened, like where did it go? 1989 01:58:17,920 --> 01:58:20,400 Speaker 1: And how can I find it? And now we're in 1990 01:58:20,440 --> 01:58:22,920 Speaker 1: the US Open going into the weekend and he's a storyline. 1991 01:58:23,160 --> 01:58:25,680 Speaker 1: So if you need a feel good story this weekend, 1992 01:58:27,600 --> 01:58:29,800 Speaker 1: and maybe maybe you're gonna watch it with your own dad, 1993 01:58:29,840 --> 01:58:34,240 Speaker 1: here on Father's Day weekend. Man, Ricky Fowler, that's an 1994 01:58:34,280 --> 01:58:37,400 Speaker 1: easy one to root for for sure, and past that, 1995 01:58:37,480 --> 01:58:40,920 Speaker 1: I think it's also just with the live and PGA 1996 01:58:41,000 --> 01:58:43,160 Speaker 1: and all that. Nowle's just focus on the golfers. Man. 1997 01:58:43,560 --> 01:58:46,280 Speaker 1: I'm glad we're getting to see everybody quite frankly, and 1998 01:58:46,320 --> 01:58:50,000 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to a fun weekend and I'd love 1999 01:58:50,040 --> 01:58:53,120 Speaker 1: to see we're talking about Ricky Fowler and major champion 2000 01:58:53,160 --> 01:58:54,920 Speaker 1: at the end of this. I think it's Anthony Gargana 2001 01:58:55,000 --> 01:58:57,800 Speaker 1: coming up next. Appreciate Bernie. Let me fill in. He 2002 01:58:57,800 --> 01:58:59,160 Speaker 1: hear me with Aaron Torres tomorrow