1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to the best of the week for What's Right 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: with Nick Right, the best takes in moments from this 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: week on the show. Enjoy all right, demons, Let's get 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: to it. The Chiefs are six and six. 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 2: Chiefs are a rough spot. 6 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 3: You've always said, with the combination of Andy Reid and 7 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 3: Patrick Mahomes that they've always had a shot. But now 8 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 3: your Chiefs are six and six in two games out 9 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 3: of the Wildcard, not two games out of the Arrowhead 10 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 3: Invitational to the Wildcard. Yep, yeah, they have none of 11 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 3: the key tie breakers with the head to add teams. 12 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 2: How word are you at the state the Chiefs are 13 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 2: in right now? 14 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: Well, listen, I mean, you've got to be really concerned 15 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: that the only way they guarantee themselves a spot in 16 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: the playoffs is by winning out, And I am listen, 17 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: some folks are It is not a mathematical certainty that 18 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: winning out gets them in, but winning out gets them in, 19 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: and so they they are alive. And the AFC to 20 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: me does feel as wide open as it has at 21 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: any point in my life, maybe since eight, the year 22 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: Brady went down with an injury, and it wasn't a 23 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: great Peyton Manning year. And so certainly the most wide 24 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 1: open it's been in more than a decade. So if 25 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: they were to get hot, play their best football, get in, 26 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: I think that they would be immediately the Vegas favorites 27 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: to win the conference. The problem is getting in is 28 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: going to be very difficult because of those tiebreakers they 29 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: don't have that you mentioned now. If they were to 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: beat Houston and then the Chargers, which are their next two, 31 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: then baby, they could lose to Denver and sneak in 32 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: at ten and seven because they would have a tiebreaker 33 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: over the Colts, tiebreaker over the Ravens, which won't matter, 34 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: and a tiebreaker over Houston. Maybe there would be a 35 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 1: path there, but the only certain path is winning out, 36 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: and right now it is very difficult to trust this team. 37 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: Even though Patricks had at least a five game winning 38 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: streak every year of his career, It's very difficult to 39 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: trust this team to win five straight because quite simply, 40 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: they can't get off the field. And this was a 41 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: problem in Week one against the Chargers. It was a 42 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: problem against Josh Allen, it was a problem against bow Knicks, 43 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: and it was a huge problem against Dak Prescott and 44 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. Where historically what the Chiefs defense would 45 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: do really well is one good run stop on a 46 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: drive to put you in second and nine, one forcing 47 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 1: completion to put you in third and nine, and then 48 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:36,119 Speaker 1: dial something up to get you off the field. All 49 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: game long and all season long, this team has been 50 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: forcing third and longs and then been totally unable to 51 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: get off the field. And that is why despite Patrick 52 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: playing at the level that he is, and he was 53 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: brilliant on Thursday, and he's currently he's third in the 54 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: league in yards, fourth in the league in touchdowns, second 55 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: in the league in QBR, the ESPN stat first in 56 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: the league in the nerd stat that I don't love EPA. 57 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: He's having an awesome year, but poorly time turnovers by 58 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: the Chiefs in previous games, and the total inability all 59 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: season long, aside from the Colts fourth quarter against the 60 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: Colts to make impact plays on defense might wreck the season. 61 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: They are right now the fourth worst third and long 62 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: defense in the league. They have the fourth fewest sacks 63 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: in the league. They have the sixth fewest force turnovers 64 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: in the league, and that's why they find themselves in 65 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:14,239 Speaker 1: this position. 66 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 3: With all that said, do you think that there was 67 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 3: a move that they could have made during the during 68 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 3: trade deadline. 69 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 2: During the trade deadline to change. 70 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: That, well, I mean, listen, the Eagles picked up Jalen Phillips, 71 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 1: they could like, he's the only real impact pass rusher. 72 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 1: They're not gonna they weren't gonna trade for Quentin Williams 73 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: when you have Chris Jones. Like and at the trade deadline, 74 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: people wanted them to go after a running back and they, 75 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: by the way, they almost did trade for Bresee Hall. 76 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: But I don't they need more from the Listen, they 77 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: paid George Carloffts this offseason, they have drafted ed rushers. 78 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: They're just it's it's Chris Jones or nothing on getting 79 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 1: to the quarterback. And that's a problem. And now you 80 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: have this game against Houston Demonse where Josh Simmons, who's 81 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: been an a plus as a rookie left tackle when 82 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: he's been out there, he missed that month with the 83 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: family issue. He suffered such an unlucky fluke freak injury 84 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: that I don't know if you saw how he got hurt, 85 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: he's blocking. I forget who an ed rusher for Dallas 86 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: and the Chiefs running back I don't know if it 87 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: was Hunter Pacheco tried to help him to chip like 88 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: where they throw the shoulder and they missed the cowboy 89 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: and hit him in the left arm and snapped his wrist. 90 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: So his own teammate just kind of friendly fire. And no, 91 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: I think it's I think he's out along. I think 92 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: he might be out the rest of the year, but 93 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: he's certainly out this weekend and they play, in my opinion, 94 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: the best pass rush in the NFL this weekend in Houston. 95 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: Juwan Taylor will see if he plays. They if he's 96 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: just out, then they should be able to at least 97 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: make do because then you have Jalen Moore, who you 98 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: sign this offseason. If he is, if he and Juwan 99 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: Taylor are out and you have to play Juanya Morris, 100 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: who they have tried and tried and tried to make 101 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: a legitimate NFL tackle and just hasn't worked, then you're 102 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: in real, real trouble. And so it is. It's very precarious. 103 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: It's the most precarious it's ever been in Kansas City. 104 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: There's no getting around that. Now. With that said, I 105 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: know myself and I don't think it will be unreasonable 106 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: or irrational that if if they win Sunday, and I'm 107 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: telling you right now, with that offensive line situation, Chiefs 108 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: minus three and a half are not gonna be one 109 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: of my picks this week. If they win Sunday, then 110 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: I will feel like, all right, beat the Chargers next 111 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: week and you're gonna go to another Super Bowl. That's 112 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: how all feel I will. I feel like they're a 113 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: win away from being a win away. If that makes sense, yeah, sense, 114 00:08:52,920 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: And so I I have not my hope. I've not 115 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: given up hope or given up belief, but my confidence 116 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: has been shaken because it should be. Because they had 117 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: to have the Broncos game and they lost. They then 118 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: really had to have the Colts game, and it took 119 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: everything furious fourth quarter, the biggest fourth quarter comeback of Mahomes' 120 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 1: career to win that one. And then they had the 121 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: opportunity against Dallas. And that's again I'm not gonna bang 122 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: on the defense too much, but three times this year, Demons, 123 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,719 Speaker 1: the Chiefs have trailed in the fourth quarter, Mahomes has 124 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: led a fourth quarter comeback to take the lead, and 125 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: then they lost the game anyway. Three times. Via Scott 126 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: Kasmar for context. The third blown fourth quarter comeback for 127 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: Tom Brady in his career came in year fifteen. Year 128 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: fifteen tappened three times this season, So it's the margins 129 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: are that thin and if there is one game or 130 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:45,439 Speaker 1: one moment that to me just stands out as if 131 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: they don't go on this run, and if they missed 132 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: the playoffs by a game that I'm going to look 133 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: back to, it will be up fourteen nothing against the 134 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: Jags dominating that game. Trevor throws a lollipop up in 135 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: the air. Two Chiefs have a chance to pick it, 136 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: and basically in the game in the first quarter, they 137 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 1: bump into each other and it falls to the ground. 138 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: They kind of laughed and like, you know, they're dominating 139 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: the game, and then that led to a Jags touchdown 140 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: a couple hours later. Mahomes throws the one hundred yard 141 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: pick six. A little bit after that, after the Chiefs 142 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: take a late lead, Trevor falls down, Chris Jones doesn't 143 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: see it, he runs it in. That's the difference right 144 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: now between the Chiefs being six and six and having 145 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: none of the tiebreakers and the Chiefs being seven and 146 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: five and having a few of the tiebreakers. So that's 147 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: that's how thin your marans are. 148 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 3: You're saying like they're a win, they're one. There are 149 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 3: two games away. Even if they you're saying that they 150 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 3: could they could also make the super Bowl. If they 151 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 3: do make the Super Bowl, are you still like scared 152 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 3: of those defensive problems with getting off the field. 153 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: Scared of Listen? Of course, listen, I don't think that 154 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: is those are going to go away. What I what 155 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: I do think is they have they are better than 156 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: a six and six record, and the AFC is wide open. 157 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 1: And if, like again I have. 158 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 2: To say, you're expecting some teams to slip. 159 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: I'm expecting to well a couple of things. One is 160 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: I if they make the playoffs, it will mean they're 161 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: on a five game winning streak and playing their best 162 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: football of the year. So I will then, of course, 163 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: you know, believe that they can get through this version 164 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: of the AFC. And then to answer you're hypothetical, if 165 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: they were to then make the Super Bowl, they'd be 166 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: on an eight game winning streak, and I of course 167 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: would feel like those things are solid. It's also and 168 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: this isn't excuses, that's just reality. It's an unlucky year 169 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: to potentially be a ten win team. Since they expanded 170 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: the playoffs in twenty twenty, so we have five years 171 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: of it. Zero eleven win teams have ever missed the playoffs. 172 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: Only two in five years. Ten win teams have missed 173 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: the playoffs and eight teams And this isn't by winning 174 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: a bad division. This is wild card teams. Eight teams 175 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: with eight or nine wins have gotten a playoff spot. 176 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: So if it were just you know, the but this 177 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: year it's not that. This year the AFC is wide open, 178 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: but the there's not really a middle class. It's teams 179 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: that are gonna win nine, ten, eleven, and then teams 180 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: that are awful with really no is not a glut 181 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: of seven or eight when teams it doesn't look like 182 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: and that's gonna make getting into the tournament really hard. 183 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: With that said, all of this is predicated on obviously 184 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: the Chiefs winning this weekend. So if they win this weekend, 185 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: they have the same record as Houston with the tiebreaker right, 186 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: so that moves them ahead of Houston. They still would 187 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: need to jump two more teams. Will they play the Chargers, 188 00:14:55,000 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: who they're two behind, But the Chargers schedule is is 189 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: the hardest in football by a mile Eagles, Chiefs, Cowboys, Texans, Broncos, 190 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert has a broken left hand. So again, 191 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: if you're assuming Chiefs can win the next two, that 192 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: puts them in really good position versus the Chargers and 193 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: the Texans, and then you just need one of Actually 194 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: you know that would do it, wouldn't it. That would 195 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: do it, because what the Steelers and Ravens take care 196 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: of themselves, So that would do it. Now, with all 197 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 1: that said, I actually think the team most likely to 198 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: full on fall apart is the Colts. I think the 199 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: Colts are mid fall apart already and demons. If they 200 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: lose to the Jaguars this weekend, they might not win again. 201 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: They've already lost three of their last four, their one 202 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: win was in overtime against Atlanta, and their final five 203 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: are at Jacksonville, at Seattle home for the Niners, home 204 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: for the Jags, at Houston and Sauce Gardner is going 205 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: to be out, so I the Colts. Daniel Jones as 206 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: a fracture in his leg, Sauce is out, Jonathan Taylor 207 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: has slowed down, so I the team ahead of the 208 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: Chiefs most likely in my opinion, to just fall off 209 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: is Indy okay, and and so that's the the path 210 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs to make it. At ten and seven 211 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: is Indy falls apart, and the Chargers fall apart, and 212 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: then the Jags Texans one team from the AFC North 213 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: Bill's Patriots Broncos chiefskin it. 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Let's talk Giannis. 250 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, So on Tuesday we talked about how impossible it 251 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 3: was for Gianni's to be catching Lebrono in that all 252 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 3: time season points. Today we're gonna be talking about how 253 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 3: possible it is that he's leaving Milwaukee. Do you think 254 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 3: that's gonna eventually happen? His agent and the Bucks are 255 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 3: talking about his future there. Jhanna seems a little fake. 256 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 2: Too, What do you mean? I don't know. 257 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 3: I feel like he says one thing and he always 258 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 3: means another thing. Like I feel like he did the 259 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 3: same thing with the like Drew Holiday trade. I feel 260 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 3: like he did the same thing with this offseason. It 261 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 3: saything he wants to be there, and like he kind 262 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 3: of hasn't wanted to be there the entire time. 263 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: So this kind of goes back to the Lane Kiffen thing. 264 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 1: It's very important in life to learn at an early 265 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 1: ag nobody gets everything. Nobody gets everything, and there is 266 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: there are trade offs that adults have to make where 267 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,479 Speaker 1: they do the old cliche pros and cons list, and 268 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 1: you determine what matters most to you and what will 269 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 1: make you happiest and act accordingly. And when you say 270 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: Yannis has seemed a little fake, what I think is 271 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:46,679 Speaker 1: causing that is he wants to be beloved in Milwaukee 272 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: and doesn't want to play for Milwaukee anymore. And he 273 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: I think recognizes those two things might be in conflict. Now. 274 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 1: I don't think he would ever be reviled or hated 275 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: in Milwaukee at large. He's a franchise legend. He delivered 276 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,439 Speaker 1: them their only championships since Kareem there. You know, he 277 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: has been a great NBA citizen and an even greater 278 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 1: NBA player or vice versa, however you want to look 279 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: at it. He's one of the twenty greatest players ever. 280 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 1: All of that is that cement is dry. But I 281 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 1: think he understands that in whatever is left of his prime, 282 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: which could be you know, up to four years, maybe 283 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: he might have that much longer in his prime. This 284 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: Bucks seems not going to be able to compete for anything. 285 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 1: They have mortgaged and second mortgaged and taken out payday 286 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: loans on the future and those bills have all slowly 287 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: but surely do and so I think it's pretty clear 288 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: he does want out, and I think it's also pretty 289 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 1: clear he doesn't know exactly how to do that because 290 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: he doesn't want to just straightforward to a trade demand. 291 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: But we are inching towards it. So in today's NBA there, 292 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,959 Speaker 1: and by the way, it should also be noted, last 293 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: night it looked like he might have suffered a catastrophic injury, 294 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 1: the dreaded non contact look back did someone kick me reaction, 295 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:44,479 Speaker 1: which everybody these days knows that is part and parcel 296 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: with an achilles tear. But we've now had back to 297 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: back big time athletes in a couple of weeks have 298 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: that exact reaction to what appears to be that injury, 299 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: and for both of them it was the far less 300 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: series but still very scary calf strain to what happened 301 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: with Sauce Gardner a couple of weeks ago, and Toy, 302 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: I'm with Giannis last night, and so I talked with, Uh, yeah, 303 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: I'm allowed to say this. I actually oddly, randomly, Uh no, 304 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say who it was. I talked with 305 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 1: one of the greatest athletes ever, uh in real time 306 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:35,719 Speaker 1: about Tyrese Haliburton's achilles right when it happened, and that 307 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: what that person said was in our game. The calf 308 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: strain is the new I think he said acl not 309 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: in that you're out of year with it, but it's 310 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: the most dreaded injury, and it's because there's no way 311 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: this again, this was this guy's opinion, but he would 312 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: know there's no way to rehabit. You simply have to 313 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: stay off it. So I think Yannis, like, here's the 314 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: thing that I think is noteworthy and why I wanted 315 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:21,400 Speaker 1: to start with this. It is very possible that last 316 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: night was Yannis's last game with the Bucks. That's on 317 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: the board. I might even go as far as to 318 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: say it's the most likely reality because if he has 319 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 1: to miss weeks, maybe up to a month with a 320 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: calf strain, and obviously he and Milwaukee are going to 321 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: want to be incredibly cautious with this. Then come December fifteenth, 322 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 1: you know, that's eleven days away, and that's when everybody 323 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 1: who signed this offseason is eligible to be traded. More 324 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: people are eligible to be traded starting the beginning of January, 325 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: and this just could happen in the next month, and 326 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: at this point I think it is going to happen in. 327 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 3: The next month. Where do you think will be the 328 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 3: best landing spot for him? 329 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: So ESPN credit to them, did a good job putting 330 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: together five trades. And this is why I'm I really 331 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 1: want to credit them, because with the new CBA and 332 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:52,959 Speaker 1: the aprons, it is very difficult to construct trades that 333 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: actually work. So these five ESPN trades, Bobby Marx has 334 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:03,679 Speaker 1: given them the stamp of yes, the CBA would allow it. 335 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: The off the board most interesting one that I actually 336 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: think might be the most win win, have a chance 337 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: to compete, go on deep playoff runs, and you could 338 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:35,919 Speaker 1: sell it to both fan bases, and sadly is the 339 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: least likely to happen is Yannis to the Hawks. So 340 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: here is ESPN's trade is as follows Jannis and Cole 341 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: Anthony for salary reasons for Trey Young and Resa Shay. 342 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: So the number one overall pick from a couple of 343 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: years ago in Resa Shay, Trey Young who's got a 344 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: couple of years left on his deal. And then some 345 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 1: really juicy picks, most notably the first round pick the 346 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:17,959 Speaker 1: Pelicans traded to the Hawks. Which keep in mind, here's 347 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: why that trade is so interesting for Milwaukee. That first 348 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: round pick the Pelicans traded to the Hawks demons is 349 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 1: the better of New Orleans is picked this year or 350 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 1: Milwaukee's pick this year. Yeah, so what Milwaukee would right, 351 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: what Milwaukee would then allow for is if by trading 352 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:49,920 Speaker 1: Giannis you fall apart in the short term, you then 353 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: have the Pelicans ping pong balls and your own ping 354 00:27:55,440 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: pong balls, right, and whichever is the best of those two, 355 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 1: you get that pick in this draft. Atlanta also has 356 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven first round pick top four protected in 357 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: this trade. That is again, well, this is the worst 358 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: of the Pelicans in the Bucks, but maybe you could 359 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 1: sweeten it to the better of and then a couple 360 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 1: other picks. So that to me is really interesting. If 361 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 1: you keep Jalen Johnson, you keep Dyson, Milwaukee then can 362 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: maybe flip Tray Young as well. And Resa schay was 363 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: the number one pick of a draft and Atlanta, which 364 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 1: has proven they're just as good with or without Tray 365 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 1: Young this season, maybe better without him. Jannis Jalen Johnson 366 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: porzingis when he's out there, it's a very interesting team 367 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: in a wide open East and with flexibility moving forward. 368 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: So that's the one that makes the most sense for everybody. 369 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 1: I don't know that I think that one is realistic 370 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: in that I don't know if that's something Yannis would 371 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: sign off on. Yeah, and but I think that's the 372 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: best Milwaukee. 373 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 2: Can and doesn't it. 374 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 3: It has seemed like Gianni's has wanted to play for 375 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 3: a big market team. 376 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 2: So the way that he talks, and that might be right. 377 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 1: And Atlanta is bigger than Milwaukee obviously, but it's not 378 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: like the Marquee market. I also think Atlanta is more 379 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: attractive to American born NBA stars than international so I 380 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: think that. But from a basketball perspective, you stay in 381 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference, the team key really good pieces. I 382 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: think there's a lot of reasons for it. The next 383 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: rad ESPN brings up, it's the one we talked about 384 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: all summer, which was Yannis to the Rockets. Here's the thing, 385 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: so this is Yannis and his brother for Shingoon and 386 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 1: Van Vliet, who's obviously out for the year with an injury, 387 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: and one first round pick. I don't love this for 388 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 1: either team. Yeah, to be totally honest, I don't think 389 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 1: that's quite enough. Demon's if you're Milwaukee. As much as 390 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: I love I love Shongoon, that's to me not enough 391 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:49,360 Speaker 1: because you've traded away so many of your own future picks, 392 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: like you need more draft capital. And if I'm Houston, 393 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: I'm like, man, I'm all of a sudden getting really old, 394 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: like I already have Durant. Now I'm adding a guy 395 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: in year thirteen in Yon, I promise, yeah, right, it doesn't. 396 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 1: Right now as is, we have the number one offense 397 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 1: in all of basketball and we're doing it without a 398 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: point guard because Shingoon kind of plays that. So that's 399 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,719 Speaker 1: just if I'm Houston. And the other thing is if 400 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: I'm in the West this year, I don't know that 401 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: I want to push all my chips in this year 402 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: because I might feel like, Okayc's just sitting there anyway. 403 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: So I loved that this offseason, I don't love it 404 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: as much now that the next trade ESPN had. And again, 405 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: I usually like to make my own trades, but the 406 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: CBA is so restrictive and there's only a handful of 407 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: teams that this makes sense for that it didn't make 408 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 1: sense for me. I would have come up with these 409 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: everybody's talking about these same four or five teams, and 410 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: if we're talking about the same teams, we're all gonna 411 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,640 Speaker 1: be talking about the same players. So I'll just give 412 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: Kevin Pelton and Bobby Marks their their credit for getting 413 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: this out there and crib off their work. The next 414 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: one de monsa is the Knicks Yannis and Sims again 415 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 1: for salary reasons. Sims back to New York by the way, 416 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: for Karl Anthony Towns collect Diadet. So really Yannis for 417 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: Towns plus a twenty twenty six first round pick that 418 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: won't be a first round pick because it's the Wizard's 419 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: pick that's top eight protected and where are the Wizards? 420 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 1: So like that that one's that's a fake good pick. Like, 421 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: let me just look at the standings real quick. Yeah, 422 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: Wizards where I thought they would be, where they always 423 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 1: are last. So that that that the and then some 424 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: pick swaps and and just really just pick swaps. So 425 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: that's the problem. The problem for Milwaukee getting to getting 426 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 1: Yannis Demons, I'm sorry, the Knicks getting Yannis is it's 427 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: really just Yiannis for Towns straight up, with likely no 428 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: extra picks. Right man, that's a tough Cell. Yeah, that's 429 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:40,160 Speaker 1: a really tough sell if you're Milwaukee. 430 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, go ahead. 431 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,520 Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I was gonna say, and you might. I 432 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 3: think Karl Anthony Towns is the better shot. Obviously is 433 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 3: the more physical, imposing. 434 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:53,200 Speaker 1: Player, but is a way better player. Oh yeah, it 435 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: would change. You would lose shooting, you would lose some spacing, 436 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: There's no doubt about it. But if the Knicks could 437 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: flip Towns for Giannis, and that's the only rotation pieces 438 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 1: they're trading, they become the overwhelming Eastern Conference favorites over 439 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:14,840 Speaker 1: the Jalen Brunson and Gianni's running pick, Like, there's overwhelming. 440 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 1: I just they traded all those picks away for Bridges. 441 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 1: And so the only way Yiannis goes there is if 442 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 1: the he says that's the only place I want to go, 443 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:38,120 Speaker 1: and Milwaukee bends to it. So there's two more the 444 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: Spurs they can include a bunch of picks, and again 445 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:50,760 Speaker 1: it would be a real negotiation. Are you including Castle 446 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:56,919 Speaker 1: or are you including uh Dylan Harper? Are you are 447 00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:07,399 Speaker 1: we trading dearon Fox? That's the one that if if 448 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 1: I were Milwaukee, I would be interested in if I 449 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:18,359 Speaker 1: could get Harper instead of Castle, and if I were 450 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 1: san Antonio, I might look at it like this, Man, 451 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:34,320 Speaker 1: I do not know how long Wimby's prime is gonna be. 452 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: Like I think that is. I think because of his 453 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:43,080 Speaker 1: size and already the injury stuff. I think that like 454 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:48,680 Speaker 1: you can't treat Wimby's timeline like Cooper Flax or like 455 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 1: a traditional. 456 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 3: When it comes to trading, I can actually think about 457 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 3: putting him in or no no no no no. 458 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,600 Speaker 1: No no, I'd never trade him. What I'm saying is, 459 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,280 Speaker 1: I'm saying I think sometimes when you have a great 460 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 1: really young players not yet to his prime, you're like, 461 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 1: let's wait to make the move. 462 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 2: Okay, so you're saying, like move now back now. 463 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:14,440 Speaker 1: I'm saying, accelerate. I'm saying, if you're san Antonio, it 464 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:19,359 Speaker 1: might make sense to accelerate because you don't know if 465 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:24,400 Speaker 1: in ten years what you know your best chance to 466 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,840 Speaker 1: win might be right, you know, the next four years 467 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: or something. So that to me is an interesting one. 468 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:39,680 Speaker 1: But again, does Yannis want to go uh from Milwaukee 469 00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:46,920 Speaker 1: to San Antonio? And does Yannis want to spend the 470 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:51,440 Speaker 1: end of his prime as maybe the second guy on 471 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:56,239 Speaker 1: a team I don't know? And then the last one 472 00:36:56,320 --> 00:37:01,080 Speaker 1: is Golden State, which I just don't under understand why 473 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: Milwaukee would do this. This is Draymond, Kaminga and Healed, 474 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 1: none of which are at this point in their careers 475 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:17,080 Speaker 1: useful players like at a high level without Steph, without 476 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:22,000 Speaker 1: you know, somebody that creates the offense. Draymond's super useful 477 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,440 Speaker 1: in his role, but on a bad team. And then 478 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:29,360 Speaker 1: a bunch of first round picks. I totally get why 479 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:39,280 Speaker 1: the Warriors would do this, but I don't. I don't. 480 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:41,719 Speaker 1: I don't know why. 481 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,920 Speaker 3: And I feel like Draymond going to another team that 482 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 3: definitely stunts it a much longer season in the league. 483 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:52,320 Speaker 1: I think they'd buy Yeah, and I you know Draymond, 484 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 1: you would then maybe flip Draymond to a contender that 485 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:59,000 Speaker 1: could want right because he's Draymond's still super useful if 486 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:00,760 Speaker 1: you're playing big backsketball games. 487 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, and all that stuff. 488 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:08,400 Speaker 1: But yeah and so, and if I'm Milwaukee, I don't 489 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,799 Speaker 1: know that I want a bunch of first round picks 490 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,759 Speaker 1: from Golden State when I know Golden State's got that ownership, 491 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:18,720 Speaker 1: that coach, and going to have Jiannis even when Steph 492 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:23,799 Speaker 1: is gone. So Atlanta is the best trade. Houston's the 493 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:28,040 Speaker 1: most interesting. The Knicks are far and away the worst trade. 494 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:33,920 Speaker 1: And what only happen if Jannis demands it and and 495 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:39,680 Speaker 1: Milwaukee acquiesces and then I don't see the Warriors and 496 00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 1: the Spurs. One really depends on how aggressive the Spurs 497 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:48,960 Speaker 1: want to be. 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All right, 516 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,960 Speaker 1: let's talk a little college football if we can. 517 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, so, big story college football. Lane Kiffin's now going 518 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,520 Speaker 3: to LSU. You wanted to talk about this, but not 519 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,000 Speaker 3: as like a college football story, but more a more 520 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:08,080 Speaker 3: of a media story. 521 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:08,840 Speaker 2: So the floors. 522 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:21,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, so there is something. Here's a little parental you know, 523 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:25,600 Speaker 1: to tie in Demanse, being a new parent. Here's something 524 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,359 Speaker 1: you don't have to worry about this for a very 525 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,600 Speaker 1: long time, Demanse. But this is I take this with you, 526 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:35,800 Speaker 1: some parental wisdom, okay, because this to me has applied 527 00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:39,600 Speaker 1: mostly particularly with my daughters, more so with you than 528 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:44,279 Speaker 1: with you, and really the most with Deanna, our youngest, 529 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:53,239 Speaker 1: which is you give them options, both of which are 530 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:57,560 Speaker 1: things they want. It's not like, you know, be cliche 531 00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:02,120 Speaker 1: each your vegetables are clean your room. It's two things 532 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,719 Speaker 1: that they would want to do independently, like, oh, you 533 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,200 Speaker 1: can go to the mall with mommy or you can 534 00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:14,680 Speaker 1: go hang out with Nana. It's your choice. And then 535 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:23,000 Speaker 1: they seem no matter what they choose to instead of 536 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: being be excited about what they're going to get to do, 537 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:33,120 Speaker 1: sad about the thing they're not doing. And one of 538 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:34,719 Speaker 1: the things that I've said to your little sister a 539 00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,719 Speaker 1: bunch is you're I don't want to be harsh, but 540 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:41,880 Speaker 1: you're like, you're not allowed to be sad about the choice. 541 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:46,040 Speaker 1: If you're the one that's making the choice, like you are, 542 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:51,200 Speaker 1: you have two options. They're both good options whichever no 543 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:57,520 Speaker 1: matter how much uh wistfulness you might feel about not 544 00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:01,000 Speaker 1: being able to do the other, you must feel like 545 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:05,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna get more joy from doing the one you're choosing. 546 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:10,919 Speaker 1: That's why you're choosing it. Okay. So like when when 547 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,279 Speaker 1: you have two really good options in front of you 548 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:18,920 Speaker 1: and you are the one who's making the choice, sadness 549 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:22,440 Speaker 1: should not be associated with it because you are. If 550 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:26,080 Speaker 1: it really is making you that sad, then pick the 551 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:35,120 Speaker 1: other one like you're making the choice. That is a 552 00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:42,680 Speaker 1: lesson that more adults, most notably in this case, Lane 553 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:50,160 Speaker 1: Kiffen and some of his apologists in the media, never learned. 554 00:42:52,440 --> 00:43:02,000 Speaker 1: Lane Kiffen had two great options. Stay at Ole Miss, 555 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:06,799 Speaker 1: coach this team through the college football Playoff, get a 556 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:11,920 Speaker 1: sick raise, Get an even better contract. And be a 557 00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:21,000 Speaker 1: legend in Oxford, or leave Ole Miss, go to rival LSU, 558 00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:27,000 Speaker 1: get an even sicker contract for a more prestigious program, 559 00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:34,920 Speaker 1: and have an opportunity to create a historic legacy, while 560 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:41,800 Speaker 1: knowing that will mean abandoning your team on the precipice 561 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:47,960 Speaker 1: of the biggest games it's played in program history. Please 562 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:58,160 Speaker 1: do not cry these alligator tears about how sad you 563 00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:03,560 Speaker 1: are or how tough this was. You chose to leave. 564 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:08,960 Speaker 1: That is your prerogative. You are absolutely allowed to do that. 565 00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:14,440 Speaker 1: But if it if it's that devastating of a choice, 566 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:19,040 Speaker 1: then choose. You should have chose to stay, and you 567 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:25,920 Speaker 1: had to know there was a very realistic, overwhelmingly likely 568 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:31,520 Speaker 1: possibility that if you chose to leave, they were not 569 00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:36,160 Speaker 1: going to let you coach the playoff. You chose it anyway. Again, 570 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:45,200 Speaker 1: the ridiculous lawless college football world allows these things to 571 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:48,759 Speaker 1: happen in a way they could never happen in pro sports. 572 00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:54,680 Speaker 1: You could never, like could never if last year, before 573 00:44:55,960 --> 00:45:00,520 Speaker 1: the AFC playoffs started, the Bills couldn't have said, Hey, 574 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:05,600 Speaker 1: Andy Reid, we'll give you thirty million a year to 575 00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:10,000 Speaker 1: leave Kansas City and come to us immediately. Even if 576 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,280 Speaker 1: Andy wanted to. They're not allowed to because there's a 577 00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:16,440 Speaker 1: governing body in place that doesn't exist in college football. 578 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:20,680 Speaker 1: So this is allowed to happen, and Kivin made his choice, 579 00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:24,880 Speaker 1: so be it. Salu good luck. I think it screws 580 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:29,400 Speaker 1: over the players a bit, But even though they're young people, 581 00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,560 Speaker 1: they kind of know the business. They're in college football. 582 00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:38,080 Speaker 1: It's the wild West. Fine. So that's my take on Kiffin. 583 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:44,759 Speaker 1: My take on the commentary surrounding it is, Listen, I'm 584 00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:49,160 Speaker 1: not into all everybody's like Jimmy Sexton, you know, has 585 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:53,120 Speaker 1: all these coaches, he's the agent. That actually is true. 586 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:56,160 Speaker 1: But then there's a lot of and Jimmy Sexton works 587 00:45:56,200 --> 00:46:02,839 Speaker 1: for CIA, and CIA represents these media personalities, and so 588 00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:07,440 Speaker 1: they're conflicted out I listen, I used to be repped 589 00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:11,840 Speaker 1: by CIA. That that bag demands that you carry some 590 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,880 Speaker 1: of your electronics in a is a CIA sports bag. 591 00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,719 Speaker 1: I'm no longer repped by CIA. People throw a lot 592 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:22,680 Speaker 1: of like age. I don't think people totally understand how 593 00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:30,400 Speaker 1: the agent stuff works. Like people. People seem to think 594 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:34,400 Speaker 1: folks in the media work for their agents, when we 595 00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:37,040 Speaker 1: are the ones who pay the agents, like the agents 596 00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:38,960 Speaker 1: work for us. So I'm not going to get into 597 00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,640 Speaker 1: the agent part of it, because I think that is 598 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:47,000 Speaker 1: a red hearing. Here's what's not a red hearing the 599 00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:55,319 Speaker 1: amount of otherwise smart people blaming a grown ups decision 600 00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:04,360 Speaker 1: on an inanimate object. This object is the calendar. Oh, 601 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:10,680 Speaker 1: it's the calendar's fault. The college football calendar is just 602 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:15,839 Speaker 1: fucked everybody here, that's the issue. You can't blame you. Oh, 603 00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,640 Speaker 1: of course Lane's is gonna take the best job, and 604 00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:24,160 Speaker 1: it's the Is the college football calendar a mess? Sure? 605 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:36,120 Speaker 1: Does that mean we remove agency from choices adults make 606 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:41,319 Speaker 1: like to? Again, this is not a perfect example, but 607 00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:47,319 Speaker 1: I've talked, you know, somewhat about how one of my 608 00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:50,160 Speaker 1: career I don't even want to call it bucket list, 609 00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:54,320 Speaker 1: but things I'd really like to do but doubt I'll 610 00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:56,399 Speaker 1: ever be able to do it is be a part 611 00:47:56,440 --> 00:48:01,200 Speaker 1: of an Olympics broadcast. Right, So the Winter Olympics are 612 00:48:01,239 --> 00:48:07,360 Speaker 1: around the corner, and I, again, I have a real contract, 613 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:09,799 Speaker 1: not these weird college football contracts, so I couldn't even 614 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:12,520 Speaker 1: do this, But just stick with me for a moment. 615 00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:16,760 Speaker 1: Let's say the Chiefs do go on a sick run 616 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:24,360 Speaker 1: and make the playoffs. And then let's say we're staring 617 00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:30,480 Speaker 1: at a divisional round of Chiefs Ravens and then potentially 618 00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:37,120 Speaker 1: a conference championship round of Chiefs Patriots. Like the first 619 00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:44,320 Speaker 1: Things First bonanza, And in the week of that divisional round, 620 00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:49,479 Speaker 1: NBC calls me up and they're like, Nick, we want 621 00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,520 Speaker 1: you to come to Milan. We want you to come 622 00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:59,239 Speaker 1: be a part of our Winter Olympics broadcast. But obviously 623 00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:03,120 Speaker 1: you'd have to be done with first things first immediately 624 00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:13,920 Speaker 1: if I said yes to that, and then why Wilds 625 00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:18,399 Speaker 1: and Brew were understandably upset. But then people were like, well, 626 00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:22,680 Speaker 1: you can't blame Nick, it's this stupid calendar, Like why 627 00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:25,120 Speaker 1: do the why do the Winter Olympics have to you know, 628 00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:29,359 Speaker 1: overlap with the NFL playoffs? Like if only it were 629 00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:35,279 Speaker 1: three weeks later, it'd be fine. No, yes, it would 630 00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:38,600 Speaker 1: a lot of things in life would be easier and 631 00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:42,400 Speaker 1: maybe better if we had them planned out, Like the 632 00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:45,360 Speaker 1: I talk about all the time, the US Open Men's 633 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:49,120 Speaker 1: Final being on the first Sunday of NFL football. I 634 00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:54,000 Speaker 1: hate that. It's the calendar. Change it fine, But again, 635 00:49:54,880 --> 00:50:02,080 Speaker 1: choices adults make, weighing all their options, they must be 636 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:09,080 Speaker 1: accountable for them. And certainly we're not gonna blame dates. 637 00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:13,840 Speaker 1: Like it's just so the and the amount of water 638 00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:19,600 Speaker 1: carrying that I've heard over the last week from folks 639 00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:23,040 Speaker 1: that simply it's like, I like the too long, didn't 640 00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:27,400 Speaker 1: read version. Is either I like Lane Kiffen, or Lane 641 00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:30,880 Speaker 1: Kiffen is a source, or Lane Kiffin and I have 642 00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:38,760 Speaker 1: mutual business interests. Whatever it is, it's just embarrassing. And again, 643 00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:46,040 Speaker 1: I don't even kill him for the decision. I think 644 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,640 Speaker 1: there's pros and cons of the decision. I happen to 645 00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:53,000 Speaker 1: think he made the way riskier decision. He could have 646 00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,880 Speaker 1: been a legend at ole Miss for the next twenty years, 647 00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:00,560 Speaker 1: but it's not what he wanted to do. So you know, 648 00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:07,160 Speaker 1: the contract allows for it. Fine, And. 649 00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:10,960 Speaker 3: But almost like Miles Garrett with the contract that he 650 00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:14,719 Speaker 3: accepted and say yes, I'm tired of losing, and then 651 00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:16,959 Speaker 3: he got the money and he stayed. 652 00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:21,160 Speaker 1: Yes, and then by the way, no problem with it. 653 00:51:21,719 --> 00:51:27,239 Speaker 1: But I'm not going to feel badly afterwards. And so 654 00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,279 Speaker 1: the I don't I don't know, man, I just there 655 00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:34,600 Speaker 1: is some there's a level of shamelessness in some of 656 00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:40,960 Speaker 1: the coverage of these things that I I I find. 657 00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:43,319 Speaker 3: It's just not acknowledging the fact that, like he made 658 00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:45,760 Speaker 3: his left decision. 659 00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:49,160 Speaker 1: It screws over the old mis kids a bit. He 660 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:52,239 Speaker 1: knew it, he was okay with it. We don't need 661 00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:56,239 Speaker 1: to pretend he We don't need to pretend it was 662 00:51:56,360 --> 00:52:01,279 Speaker 1: deeper than lane Kiffin did what he thought was the 663 00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:08,920 Speaker 1: best for Lane Kiffin and was able to the He 664 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:14,719 Speaker 1: would have been more sad about missing out on the 665 00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:21,520 Speaker 1: opportunity to coach LSU than he is sad about leaving 666 00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:24,160 Speaker 1: the kids at all miss and missing out on the 667 00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:31,560 Speaker 1: opportunity to coaching the college football playoffs. It's as simple 668 00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:31,840 Speaker 1: as that.