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Not 20 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: happy with that, but I got a lot going on 21 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: the Mets to that, I got the next Now the 22 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: baseball baseball listen, I know all we'll get to the 23 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: Sodo stuff and all that, but really, baseball, I'm sorry, 24 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 1: it's gonna take a back seat for the next seven 25 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: to ten days. It's it's got to. I mean, I got, 26 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: I got two teams in the Eastern Conference Finals. It's 27 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: may okay. I mean there's a big stuff with Sodo, 28 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: big stuff going on to the Mets, get it and 29 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: they all stink, But there there's I got, I got 30 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: bigger stuff going on right now. 31 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 3: I'm gonna got to prioritize well. 32 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 4: But can basketball and the hockey bridge you to the 33 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 4: opening of any offseason workouts for the Jets? Oh no, 34 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 4: we got I got no matter what the record of 35 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 4: the Mets is right now, it's still you know, like 36 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 4: the Dodgers. 37 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a lot of stuff swirling and a lot 38 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 3: of unrest. 39 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: But I got, I got time for the It's okay, 40 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: I got time. I mean, I got big stuff, right, 41 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: I got, I got, I got the West Eastern Conference Finals. 42 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: Stard that I'm already locking in for. I've already told 43 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: my wife you listen tomorrow. I'm not gonna be any use. 44 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: But can we go to Costco tomorrow? Maybe May? I 45 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: don't know, depends how early of the day, like maybe 46 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: eleven thirty. Yeah, but once we get to like one 47 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: two o'clock like no, no. 48 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 4: Well, no, you got to go at opening. So they 49 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 4: get to go to the food court. You can get yourself, 50 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 4: you know, stuffed, and then you'll be ready to go. 51 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: So I'm not going matter early, like if you want 52 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: to do one thing, yeah, okay, so we go ten thirty, 53 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: eleven o'clock, we go. 54 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 3: You know, it's it's fine. 55 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 4: Let the initial luna sego because folks that need stuff 56 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 4: for their their food trucks or their restaurants to let 57 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 4: them stock up, and. 58 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 3: Then you come in in the second wave. 59 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: I just you know, I got the next tomorrow, right, 60 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: you know, I got the Now, I'll put the schedule 61 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: up on the fridge. 62 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 4: Nick's hurricanes, Nick Hurricanes, I'll put it up. It's coming 63 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 4: towards the end here, Zoe has up that I don't 64 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 4: care the Nicks and the Cave. 65 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm really locked in. Don't ask me to 66 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: make any big life decisions over the course of the 67 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: next week because I'm too locked in. 68 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 3: What does that mean? It means I can't. 69 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: Really do anything else because I'm just I'm gonna be 70 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: you know, like where I'm kind of like now when 71 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: I say I'm locked in, it's kind of like a 72 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: zombie movie where the zombie when when when when the 73 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: when the the person gets bit and they don't tell anybody, 74 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: and they're they're starting to turn, but they want to 75 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 1: keep it as suit because they don't want to get killed. 76 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: Starting to get a little purplish around. Something will happen, 77 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: will find something I don't. But you can see their 78 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: behaviors getting a little weird twitch. Yeah, Like that's kind 79 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: of where I'm at. And I'm kind of like in 80 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: the just bit phase and now I want to I'm gonna, 81 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,119 Speaker 1: you know, put a put a hoodie on or something, 82 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: show people I'm not bit. And but but it's gonna 83 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: just eventually get to that point. 84 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's I thought you were gonna go in a 85 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 4: completely different direction of Hey, you know, it's like when 86 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 4: you have to have a medical procedure and they tell 87 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 4: you you can't sign anything right, no important paperwork, no 88 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 4: important decisions for the next twenty four hours because you're 89 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 4: not gonna be with it. So it's all, you know, 90 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 4: the circle of trust, whoever who's looking out for you. 91 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 4: That's something important. Isn't putting in their hands where suddenly 92 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 4: they can fleeceh you I. 93 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: Would I could just say no, by my wife, she 94 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: takes you out. I don't make it. That's fine, I'll 95 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: be fine. You're good with that making important? Yes, yes, yes, 96 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: it's the daily important decisions that I'm really that that 97 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: I'm in on, that I that I'm really that's that's 98 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: you gonna take me out of the big long term 99 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: and she can handle right, it's fine, does she handles it? 100 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: But the daily stuff, okay, the stuff that I'm really 101 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: good at. Yeah, no, you can't bring me into that 102 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: because you gotta understand making making. I'm really good at that. 103 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: I'm so good at that. I am so good at 104 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: sitting in front of the TV. And here's here's how 105 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: good I Here's how I've watched a lot of losses. 106 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: But here's how good I am. Is that my dog Benny? Right, 107 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: And you know dogs, when you when they lay in 108 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: your lap and you move too much, they get up 109 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: after a few minutes, you're pissing them off, right, But 110 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 1: Benny can say, like, I'm so good no matter what 111 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: happens in the game, that he's good laying in my 112 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: lap for however long, like. 113 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 3: Make a good couple of hours now just no, he 114 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 3: likes to go. 115 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: He'll give you a little like blank you dad, Okay, 116 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: all right, you get up. 117 00:04:58,520 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 3: No, but he's good. 118 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: He's like hel He puts his puts his uh, puts 119 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 1: the bottom his head on my leg and he lays there. 120 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 3: He closes his eyes. He's all comforble. 121 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 5: Like. 122 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 3: Does he have a Pacers pillow? 123 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 6: Nah? 124 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 3: No Pacers. 125 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: Although I could I put of it, I don't think 126 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: that would be a great video to put up on 127 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: the internet. Him him, you know, partying with a PACER's pillow, 128 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: And I don't think so. If he goes to the 129 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: bathroom on. 130 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 4: I was gonna say, it depends what partying with a 131 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 4: PACER's pillow means. 132 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,239 Speaker 3: That can mean a lot of stuff. So we're waiting 133 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 3: for that game. 134 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, we are just at the start of the third 135 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: quarter of the Tea Wolves and the Thunder. It is 136 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: a fifty to forty nine lead for Minnesota. Okay, not surprising, 137 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: This is a pretty even series. What's surprising is who 138 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: has been carrying the Minnesota Timberwolf so far. Tonight Well 139 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: and Edward No Okay, well, Rudy go Bett. No, well, 140 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: Jada mcdebt, No, it is all Julius Randall. Twenty points. 141 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: He's got five threes, six out of eight from the floor. 142 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: He is absolutely carrying the Tea Wolves on his show 143 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 1: in this game and now pretty much the big question 144 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: you have to say is and you answer, I'll give 145 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: you a hot take. The Julius Randall Dante DiVincenzo for 146 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: Carl Anthony Towns trade last year maybe the best overall 147 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: trade in twenty years in the NBA. Not sure, Not 148 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: from a team where we made a great trade and 149 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: we didn't give up anything, because that's a bad trade 150 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: for somebody, right. Obviously, if you give up nothing, it's 151 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: a great trade, view brand. But where this trade now? 152 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: Both teams in the final four in the NBA, both 153 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: teams in the conference finals did not get there last 154 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: year with what they had knew they needed to improve 155 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: and of some kind of different energy. Carl Anthony Towns 156 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: has clearly worked with the New York Knicks. He's been 157 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: able to fit in and Julius Randall and Dante DiVincenzo, 158 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: especially Randall. Over the course of this season, he has 159 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: become that great complimentary one b Ish type piece. 160 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 3: Riley. 161 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 1: He's definitely one a to Ann Edwards, but he has 162 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: really slid in and he has his games where he 163 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: has big games but is not relied on to always score, 164 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: which is the big thing with the Knicks. 165 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 3: Is that? 166 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,119 Speaker 1: Okay, so it's you and Jalen Brunton. I don't need 167 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: to watch Julius Randall again try to io up against 168 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: two defenders when he can't dribble the ball more than 169 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: once before he gets it taken away. He's not that 170 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: kind of player, but to get his chances within the offense, 171 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: that's a little bit deeper than it was last year 172 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: when when Randall was healthy. Yeah, this trade has worked 173 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: immensely well. This may be the best NBA trade when 174 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: you talk about what both teams have been able to 175 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: do accomplish off of this in twenty years. Both teams 176 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: would say would you do that trade again? They would 177 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: both say one hundred percent, not thinking about no. I 178 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: would never think twice about it. The Tables wouldn't think 179 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: twice about trading away Karl Anthony Towns, and the Knicks 180 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: wouldn't think twice about trading away Devincenzo and Julius Randall, 181 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: they would both do it over again. Both teams are 182 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: in the conference finals. I mean, I'm trying to find 183 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: another trade where it's worked out that great for both teams. 184 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: I don't know that it's there. 185 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's the top of my head. 186 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 4: I mean, we'd have to get our crack research staff 187 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 4: and by that I mean my fat fingers working over 188 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 4: the course of the night to come up with something better. 189 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 4: But for the Timberwolves, they've at least run back to 190 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 4: where they were a year ago before falling to the 191 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 4: Dallas Mavericks, so it's at least as good. And Julius 192 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 4: Randall with some style points. We had a moment in 193 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 4: the first half where he left the court and started 194 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 4: walking towards the locker room. Never found any reason why 195 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 4: because we didn't enough sound up right, We're conversing and 196 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 4: we've got the Canes game on, and we looked at 197 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 4: each other's like why is he leaving? He's like, oh, 198 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 4: because he's scorching hot and they have to cool him down. 199 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 4: That's why five three porters in the first half. But 200 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 4: it freedom up right where it's not the same style 201 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 4: of flow and offense, and what was crazy in the 202 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 4: first half. Is how deep both rosters getting their workouts 203 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 4: in early because you went nine to ten deep early on. 204 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 4: But yeah, your Nicks have obviously moved on to the 205 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 4: next round, led in large part by the Heroics and Bronson. 206 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 4: But your guy Cat is as hailed as a hero 207 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 4: wherever he shows up. Just put him on a video board. 208 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 4: You don't even have to be in the crowd. Just 209 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 4: put him up on the video board. People start to 210 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 4: scream in next train arriving at you know, Penn. Nah, 211 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,079 Speaker 4: it doesn't matter. There's a picture of Juliet of Karl 212 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 4: Anthony Towns gets everybody fired up like goad. The trade's 213 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 4: gonna be the late two hours, doesn't matter. Just keep 214 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 4: showing Nicks up there. That's how excited the city is. 215 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 4: But thinking about trades I made a lot of it 216 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 4: becomes the immediacy of it too, right because it's the 217 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 4: next season, not a Hey, you got three draft picks, 218 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 4: and what it becomes, right. 219 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: Let's wait and see and he got a sea did 220 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: you draft? Well, where did this guy turn into? 221 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, because we got the the NFL one that obviously 222 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 4: gets thrown back up again today and over the last 223 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 4: forty eight hours. You go back to the twenty seventeen draft, 224 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 4: the Mitchell Trubisky right because it hits home because oh, 225 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 4: you could have drafted Mahomes. 226 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 3: No, they wouldn't have drafted Mahomes. 227 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 4: They would have you know, gone and drafted Deshaun Watson 228 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 4: based on what he did in college. 229 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: If you could buy, you could, if you could do 230 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,839 Speaker 1: that trade. Now, yes, then you take Patrick Mahomes, but 231 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: no was taking him back. 232 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 4: But in all of it, now you've got a would 233 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 4: be Hall of Famer and Fred Warner who was the 234 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 4: fourth round pick that came back from the Bears. 235 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 3: Right that first round guy was Solomon Thomas. 236 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 4: He ended up having a cup of coffee, played for 237 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 4: the Raiders, did whatever, you know, a Jag offensive lineman 238 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 4: Alvin Kamara was a fourth round pick conferred to New 239 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 4: Orleans and all of that. You know, he's had a 240 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 4: fantastic career for the Saints and for fantasy owners. 241 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 3: But now it's Fred Warner is the lynch of that. 242 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 3: Oh yeah yeah. 243 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 4: But at the time it was like, all right, good player, 244 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 4: we'll see what he becomes. And now he signs this 245 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 4: monster deal. It's like, see, the forty nine ers were 246 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 4: the smartest guys. No, no, no, we can't keep doing that. 247 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 4: And he can't relitigate it eight years later. 248 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 3: It doesn't. This guy, I can, and it's that's what 249 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 3: we do. 250 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: Doing draft picks is tough because okay, you got these 251 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: draft picks, but then you turned them into So this 252 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,719 Speaker 1: wasn't player X for player Y and player Z. Right 253 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: here are the players coming in and a first round 254 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: pick was thrown in there, right, Oh, don't forget that 255 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: first repid. But this deal, I mean, this was This 256 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: was shocking when it was because it was close to 257 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 1: the beginning of the season, right like the Knicks moved 258 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,440 Speaker 1: around and they went out and got Michel Bridges and 259 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: all these things, and then and then end of September, 260 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: right like they're coming to camp soon and suddenly it's yep, 261 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: we got it done. Karl, Anthony Towns, Julius Randal, Dante 262 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: Di Vincenzo, and I remember when that trade happened. What 263 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: did I say, Knicks t Wolves in the NBA Finals 264 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: next year. I'm ready for it, and here we are 265 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: this close to it. Like that's a great, big, bold 266 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: prediction that I want to start bringing up again because 267 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: we're so close. I don't want to go crazy with 268 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: it because it has to get here. But then in 269 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,719 Speaker 1: case it doesn't get here, I want to be able 270 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: to talk about a little bit. So I got to 271 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 1: kind of got a back door bring that up right here. 272 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 4: So well, some of it was also, I mean, you're 273 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:38,959 Speaker 4: an eight Knicks fandom, so you were going to pick 274 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,319 Speaker 4: them to go to the finals every year? 275 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 3: Anywow? 276 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: No, no, no, no, no, come on, i'n't picked them to 277 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: go to the finals until last year and then this year, 278 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 1: well really this year. 279 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 3: I didn't pick them to go to the finals last year. 280 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: No, no, I did not, No, I definitely you're not 281 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 1: here before that, I didn't pick them to go to 282 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: the finals life. 283 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 3: I picked them to go to the finals this year. 284 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 1: And then when they made the Carl Anthony Towns trade, 285 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: absolutely hundred percent. 286 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 3: But really, this is this worked. 287 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: I really, it's it's so rare that trade works that 288 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: this fast, right, Like not not just it worked, but 289 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: it worked this fast for both teams. Not hey, it 290 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: took a player a player X a season and a 291 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 1: half to get comfortable and they became a really good 292 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: point at he came in right away like they need 293 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 1: like like the the te wolf Saw. Okay, you know what, 294 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: we're deeper than we need to be. And Karl Anthony Towns, 295 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, it's just not working with him. We 296 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: have him, we have Gobert. It's too difficult. And Karl 297 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 1: Anthony Towns obviously is going to bring a lot more 298 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: in trade value because Gobart is getting older, so okay, 299 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 1: and he's not the offensive player. 300 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 4: Town is right, so he can argue about defensive because 301 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 4: go Beart is a guy that folks try to chip 302 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 4: away at his accolades. 303 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 3: He won the awards. Yeah, sorry, I'm sorry, you're mad. 304 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: They had an odd fit and okay, and bringing in 305 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: Randall who could fit into the offense and sometimes be 306 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: the number two guy, sometimes number three, because that was 307 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: the best thing about him was that when he was 308 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: forced to be the one A, one A guy with 309 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: the Knicks, it got to a point where the league 310 00:12:58,280 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: sort of figured him out a bit, and he would 311 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: still take bad shots. 312 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 3: It would still be very difficult. Possession. 313 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: Possession is enough for difficult for the Knicks at the 314 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: end of games anyway, when Jalen Brunst holds the BA 315 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: all the time. Now we had Brunson and Julius Randle 316 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: holding the ball. 317 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:11,079 Speaker 3: But that worked. 318 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: And now the Knicks, I said, okay, we need that 319 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 1: big in the middle that's going to be able to 320 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: make us go right because Randall's not going to fit there. 321 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: We had an odd, odd fit. The Knicks had a 322 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: great positionless team, but they needed something a little bit more, 323 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: especially to get through the East. And it, I mean 324 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: really it worked and right away it was you can 325 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: tell with both of these teams. Took the Tea Wolves 326 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: a little bit, not too much longer, but they were 327 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: playing great basketball the last half of the year. And 328 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: it's this fast for both like this is this is 329 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: where you examine this trade and go, I don't know 330 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: both gms, both teams deserve all their flowers for making 331 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: trades to get them this far. And as you see 332 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: this fast from it from a trade that happened just 333 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: a few months ago, we're not even the we're not 334 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: even moving up on the cow one year marking this trade. 335 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: Weren't like the eight month the seven month mark of 336 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: this trade. 337 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, but we still need the truth serum to Tom Thibodeau, 338 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:02,839 Speaker 4: how do you get Karl Anthony Towns to commit to 339 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 4: playing some defense and moving his feet. 340 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: Okay, Well they're gonna wait and do that at the 341 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 1: end of games. Do we need to wait the end 342 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: of their season, end of games? 343 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 3: No, No, end of games. End of games will be fine. 344 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: He's playing bad, they're playing better defense in the fourth's 345 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: defense at the end. 346 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 4: But is this something we have to wait till lead 347 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 4: to see how the story ends? 348 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 2: No? 349 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 4: Story four, I get to ask that question. We're sweeping 350 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 4: the pacers. You could ask that question after that. Plus 351 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 4: nine to seventy five Ready for a new job? Let 352 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 4: Express Employment professionals help. 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Sixty six to sixty 399 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: shake Gildess Alexander now with eighteen, Williams fifteen and Knicks 400 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: legend Isaiah Hartenstein now with twelve and five rebounds. He 401 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: is six out of eight from the floor. It's the 402 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: Knicks Final four. The Knicks, they're big a long time. 403 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: So it's like the Globetrotters and the Generals. You have 404 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: the Knicks and the Pacers you have Randall and de Vincenzo, 405 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: you got Isaiah Hartenstein. 406 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 3: Like this, maybe last year's Knicks. 407 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 1: Team was the best team in the NBA. We should 408 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: take the Larry O'Brien Trophy from the Celtics. Give it 409 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: to them, because clearly last year's Knicks team has the 410 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: most talent that's still out there here a year later 411 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: in the league. 412 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 4: Well, that means they grossly underperformed and should be relegated. 413 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,880 Speaker 3: How about that. I remember everybody got hurt. We didn't 414 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 3: have anybody at the end. 415 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 4: Well, what's funny is Burks was playing big minutes in games. 416 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 4: That Berks is one of the finest outfielders we'd seen. 417 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 4: He teamed with those guys in Colorado. Damn, that was 418 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 4: a line. 419 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: It's loud the nineties. We're getting Cecil Fielder in the shows. 420 00:17:58,400 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: We're getting Ellis Burks in the show. 421 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 4: No, we're good, Oh absolutely, But yeah, to your point, 422 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 4: I mean, how many times have you seen the graphic. 423 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 3: Here's what the Knicks did. 424 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 4: They xcized three fifths of their starting five, and now 425 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 4: they're in the Eastern Conference Final. 426 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 3: We're even better. 427 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 4: Sucker, faster, stronger, good things for the think about that, 428 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 4: thundertaking care of business ten oh run the last three 429 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 4: minutes plus and doing it by attacking the rim, just 430 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 4: saying all right, you got files to give, We're gonna 431 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,640 Speaker 4: make it. Commit all of them and keep wearing you down. 432 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 4: Live at the free throw line, but an inordinately a 433 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 4: low number of three point shots relative to what the 434 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 4: Timberwolves have tried in this game. 435 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 3: And well, here we go in the final throws of 436 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 3: the third period. 437 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: Just under four minutves left to go six point lead. 438 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: Thunder lead at sixty six to sixty. So we'll have 439 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: more NBA on the waist. You will have more details 440 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: on this game and what's trending in a few minutes. 441 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: But big story out of the NFL today as a 442 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: players are going to get to win gold medals. As 443 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: flag football has been okayed for the twenty twenty eight Olympics. 444 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 3: Jet's have been playing that for years. Dude, we couldn't 445 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 3: even win in flag football. You kidding. 446 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: We couldn't find we would get a quarterback in flag football. 447 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 1: It turned out to be like the guy that said 448 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: he was better than Mahomes. It can't even throw like 449 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: that's what we would get. Now, that's who might not 450 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: be in our guy Justin Jefferson said today, Hey did 451 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 1: the Olympic gritty dance as he left the lectern today 452 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: talking about he's been a big proponent of trying to 453 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: get flag football into the Olympics in twenty twenty eight, 454 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: and now the NFL owners vote thirty two zero to 455 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 1: unanimously approve the proposal. So now you're gonna have NFL 456 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: players playing in flag football in the Olympics. This is 457 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: gonna look like the very first dream team. Okay, first 458 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: of all, say this, remember the very first dream team 459 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety two that was Jordan and Bird and Ewing, 460 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: and it was like every game they're beating Angola like 461 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 1: one twenty eight to thirty. Sure, that's what this is 462 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: gonna look like. That's exactly what this is gonna look 463 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: like flag football. 464 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 4: The question you know that it begets is you want 465 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 4: to be in the room where it happens and get 466 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 4: access to the spreadsheets that have been generated off of 467 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 4: this stuff. 468 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 3: Right in terms of. 469 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 4: What is the economic window and the ceiling I should 470 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 4: say for the NFL and allowing this change, because I 471 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 4: got to think coach to coach when you start thinking 472 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 4: about players that might be inclined to want to throw 473 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 4: their hat in the ring. 474 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 3: I don't know. 475 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 4: I'm looking at say John Harbaugh because he said this 476 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 4: back in March quote, I'm afraid I have a quarterback 477 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,880 Speaker 4: that'd probably be pretty good at it. So no, I'm 478 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 4: not that excited about it. In all honesty, I believe 479 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 4: in America I want gold medals. But and that's kind 480 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 4: of where I sit, and a lot of this and go, 481 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 4: all right, this is good in theory, right, and you're 482 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 4: expanding the game and obviously flag football, generating a whole 483 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 4: new generation of players and finding talent and creating a 484 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 4: whole new marketplace. Right, Because now you figure out, all right, 485 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 4: how do we monetize that it's running joke and a 486 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 4: lot of the the opens that we have for the show, 487 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 4: if you or I kind of joking out, how do 488 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 4: I make money on this? Well, that's what the NFL 489 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 4: is trying to figure and about thirty two nothing vote 490 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 4: would indicate to me they figured out at least the 491 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 4: cursory part of that in terms of generating revenue. 492 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 1: It's because it's worldwide publicity. And here's the thing, forget 493 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 1: about money. Even have the money part it's Oh, we 494 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 1: have our stars on display on a world statem where 495 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: we're trying to grow the game. That's why they voted 496 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: thirty two zero because of wait we are We've been 497 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 1: trying to find a way to grow the game globally 498 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 1: and slowly we're adding more international games? Are seven this year? Oh, 499 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: how do you mean we can have the NFL on 500 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: display in the summer of twenty twenty eight all the 501 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: biggest stars in the game and we'll have it'll be 502 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: Mahomes or Justin Fields. I mean he maybe the quarterback then, 503 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, but like, we'll have all our big 504 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: stars out there. 505 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 3: What are you doing? 506 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 1: Hey, Justin Fields and Garrett Wilson will have you and 507 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: they'll be missing and they'll be one player. And that's 508 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,880 Speaker 1: the rule one No more than one player from every 509 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: team unless another nation. Right, you can play for other day, 510 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: but but one for the team USA. One team, one 511 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 1: player per team. 512 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 4: I don't know, twenty three and me getting a lot 513 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 4: of that right now? 514 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 3: Sure? Hey, what else you got in the blood? 515 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: How many are is it gonna be like the WBC 516 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: where like players who like I remember when what was it? 517 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: Where are the Olympics when Piazza wasn't good enough to 518 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: play for Team USA anymore, and he just preemptively said, 519 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: I might play for Team Italy because you know that's 520 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 1: where I'm from. Oh, you're just not good enough to 521 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: start for Team USA anymore. So yeah, you're preempting. Like 522 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: how many people are gonna go? 523 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 3: Yeah? 524 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I know, I'm probably one of the 525 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: top ten wide receivers in the game, but I'm not 526 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: gonna play if for the United States, but I could 527 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 1: play for Canada, but then I could play for you know, 528 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: wherever I could come from there one hundred Yeah, well. 529 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:45,439 Speaker 4: Look at you all, embiid he had multiple opportunities and 530 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 4: fights at the Apple for the Olympics. 531 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: Oh, he would abolutely do that. In four years, he's 532 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: absolutely doing that. He's not he's not even gonna mess 533 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: around with Team US. But you know what I mean though, 534 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 1: like this time, he had the opportunity. 535 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,880 Speaker 4: And for the NFL players, certainly, where guys can go 536 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 4: in and take a look at their ancestry and maybe 537 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 4: have that opportunity, it'll be there. It'll just be the 538 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 4: curiosity of you know, from a marketing perspective, and certainly 539 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 4: the players themselves going to the all right, benefit versus. 540 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 3: Risk reward kind of thing. 541 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 4: Well, it's not quite the old you know, saying football 542 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 4: games that we'd have at the Yeah, but but it's 543 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 4: still in that same veino. Look, it's an event, it's 544 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 4: one of our events, but it's really not our event. 545 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 1: Let's finish the good part of it. Yeah, right, it's 546 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 1: good for the it's great for the NFL. It's all 547 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 1: sorts of publicity. They're going to be the dominant story 548 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 1: of the Olympics. I mean, obviously basketball is going to 549 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: be big, track and field will be big, but having 550 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: the best stars in the NFL, especially here in the 551 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: United States where we're in local time across the country, 552 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 1: it's going to be incredibly huge. 553 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 5: Yeah. 554 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 4: Unless they bring break Dancing back, that would be the 555 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 4: only thing that could take it down. 556 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 1: No, no, no, they'd have to bring Reagun back. Like 557 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: you can't just bring break Dancing back. You'd have to 558 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: bring ray Gun back. She's retired, She'll come out of retirement. Yeah, you, 559 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: Ray Gun would be like Ray Gun coming back would 560 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 1: be like Trey Young. If the Knicks called to say 561 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: we want to trade for you, Yeah, of course I'll 562 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: go there. I love the Knicks. 563 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, one hundred percent, that's absolutely gonna happen. Absolutely. 564 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: Now that's all the good, right, it's all the good 565 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: it's all the good things. I want everything, all good things, 566 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: all good things, all good things, all good things. Because 567 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: I want to say this, don't take any players from 568 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: my favorite team. 569 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 3: I want no jets on that team. 570 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,479 Speaker 1: Not that you have to worry about that, but I 571 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: want zero jets because I don't want my guys getting hurt. 572 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: I don't want my guy getting hurt in a in 573 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: a in an event that you don't need him for. 574 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,640 Speaker 1: That's a made up thing for the Olympics. I don't 575 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,479 Speaker 1: want one of my best players getting hurt because I 576 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 1: still have the have the aftershocks and the fallback to 577 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 1: what's going on with Edwin d from two years ago 578 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: on the WBC, and he's just getting back to normal now, 579 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 1: Like yes, oh, but the WBC means so much. No, 580 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: it means a lot to the rest of the world. 581 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: It doesn't mean as much to to us here in 582 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: the United States. Yes, it's fun to watch, and it 583 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: was fun to watch Trout and Otani, but it means 584 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: much more to the world than it does here. 585 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,920 Speaker 3: What did I have to watch in a celebration mound. 586 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 1: I watched Edwin Dias terror's achilles and he's done, and 587 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: he's done for the year, doesn't throw a pitch for 588 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 1: the Mets, and they just gave him a hundred million 589 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: dollar contract, right, so I know this, right, that's why, 590 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 1: don't take any Jets again. Not that you would not 591 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: not that they would be at the top of the list, 592 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 1: or they would even be on a list right now. 593 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: For course, maybe maybe what I mean, maybe maybe they're 594 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: on the maybe list, or maybe they're on that you 595 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: got a couple after list, or you'd have to put 596 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: that list together. But don't take any take any anybody 597 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,679 Speaker 1: you want. Don't take any of my players. I love it, 598 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: but don't take anybody from the Jets. Takes out you 599 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: want to take me, I'll give my I'll give my 600 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,199 Speaker 1: pick to the Bills. I'll give my pick to the 601 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: Dolphins or the or the Patriots. I get you take somebody, 602 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: I'll give you that. Don't take my players because I 603 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 1: don't want my guys. 604 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 4: There The other thing that comes out of it when 605 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 4: you're talking about just straight up injuries and now now 606 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 4: we're getting into as we watched the NBA and the 607 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 4: proliferation of Achilles injuries and everything that we're trying to get. 608 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,919 Speaker 4: The Commission started to figure out exactly why, how and 609 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 4: in this day of training and preparation and metrics that 610 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 4: you have so many injuries. Where we we talk about 611 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 4: the international appeal of getting these guys out there and 612 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 4: expanding your brand. 613 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 3: You also are looking at a football game. 614 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 4: I don't know that there's a lot of standing around 615 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 4: and just you know, being the slack jawed yokel thing 616 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 4: that was going on globally for the dream Team. 617 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 3: I think by then folks are going to be ready 618 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 3: to play. And it's football, which takes out a hole. 619 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: It's flag football where they're stopping fast and cutting and 620 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: jumping and anything a. 621 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 4: Guy that's a bit out of control and all of 622 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 4: a sudden you're bodied up in a non context more, I. 623 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: Think, got it, Think out it, Think about it like this, right, 624 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: think about an injury like this. This will break it 625 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 1: down for you. Okay, let's just say that that's over. Okay, 626 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: we have justin fields. Now, we have a good quarterback 627 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: that's gonna run for twelve hundred yards and throw for 628 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: twelve hundred yards. 629 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 3: Why just watch it just because it's done. Is the deepest, 630 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 3: it's over. We hurt the most. 631 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 4: He's gonna the one, the one that happened on that fourth. 632 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 3: Lots of lots of snaps, lots of that was a 633 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 3: double snap. Lots of snaps, lots of snaps. Uh. So 634 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 3: I'll say this right. Last week we had to. 635 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:33,360 Speaker 1: Get the the spring in our garage door replaced right 636 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: because it snapped right so we couldn't close the door. 637 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: So we called flashbacks to Rogers no, no, no, no no, 638 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: flashed back to Edwin dis no. So the the it snapped, 639 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 1: and and and Pam was like, what do you think happened? Look, 640 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 1: I said, well, this thing is not connected anymore, so 641 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 1: I assume whatever that is snapped. Okay, So we called 642 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: and the guy came to to do the spring right. 643 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: It says, okay, great, how often do you come in 644 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: and out of the garage? 645 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 3: We go, I don't know. 646 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: We usually leave the garage, like you know, I don't 647 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: know half the I don't know, four times a day, three. 648 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 3: Four times today. 649 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 1: He goes, Okay, he goes just to let you know, look, 650 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 1: you'll be good for a long time. But usually these 651 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,919 Speaker 1: springs they got about ten thousand closes in them and 652 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: then that then they're gonna snap. I'm like, oh okay, 653 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 1: all right, great, So now I'm like, okay, we're not 654 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: leaving the garage anymore. We're not opening the door. We 655 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 1: had ten thousand closes, right, And my wife says, I 656 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 1: wish she had never said, I wish you would. 657 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 3: An umpire clicker. 658 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: I wish I wish you would never heard that, because 659 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 1: now you're gonna say you don't go out the girl? 660 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 3: What are you doing? 661 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 1: We've going on in the garage six times today? How 662 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: close we're getting the ten thousand? Like I need that 663 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: clicker that goes from ten thousand click ticking down. So 664 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 1: now you have the pace today till you're marked for death. Right, Yeah, 665 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: you're backing out ten thousand. 666 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 3: You want to go out of the garage again? You 667 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:36,679 Speaker 3: see her? Right now? 668 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: We have eighty four hundred and twenty one closes left. 669 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,239 Speaker 1: We just had this guy come and do this like 670 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: four months ago. So because I'm actually counting in my head, 671 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 1: like okay, so if we go out six times a 672 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: day after you know, okay, so how long one hundred days? 673 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: Like what does this mean? Like how long is this 674 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 1: going to go? And my wife is like, I really, 675 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: I can't believe. I wanted him to take the words 676 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 1: back as soon as he said that to you, because 677 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: I knew you were going to obsess over this. Right, 678 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: you have to do a press conference at the first 679 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: hundred days. Yeah, yeah, we're really using a lot. We 680 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: use it eight times the other day and now it's 681 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 1: this and uh, just just because it's more convenient for 682 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: us to go out to our car, but we could 683 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: go out the front door. We've been going out the 684 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: front door more. I'm like, we're going out the front door. 685 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 1: M not open in the garage again because you know 686 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: the closes so and so that's the thing is like, Okay, 687 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 1: an injury or something's bound to break down the more 688 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: you use it. And what you're doing is you're adding 689 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: these reps to a player who's going to play without equipment, 690 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: with not knowing what it's going to be like, to 691 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: really protect himself because he's never done anything like this before. 692 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 1: You don't know how many other nations are going to say, oh, 693 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: I want to take a shot at this guy. It's 694 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: justin Jefferson's the best receiver in the NFL. Okay, let's see, 695 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: let's see how great a receiver he is. Or you 696 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: come down because you're jumping for a ball that you 697 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: normally wouldn't be doing in practice, but you come down 698 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,200 Speaker 1: on somebody's ankle and it's a sprained ankle and you're 699 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 1: out for eight weeks. Like, there's lots of things that 700 00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: can happen because you're going hard in something that's a experience. 701 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: It's like, oh, I've never done that before. And it's 702 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: the same thing for the WBC and that Okay, players 703 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: know how to ramp up to get ready for the 704 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 1: beginning of the regular season. Right, players come to Okay, 705 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: I don't I don't care that I'm not hitting the 706 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: ball right now. 707 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 3: This is how I do it. 708 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 1: I work on things I need to be at my 709 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 1: best when I'm getting ready for opening day. 710 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 3: Right. 711 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: Pitchers don't care if they give up six to seven 712 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 1: runs their first three starts. They're just extending themselves getting 713 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: ready for opening day. 714 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 3: Right. 715 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: So it's it's in the WBC, it's about we're going 716 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 1: too hard too early. So you see injuries because of 717 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: that because now suddenly middle of Februares, you got to 718 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 1: be ramped up and ready because we're playing so but 719 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: whenever there's more reps for something like this, there's more 720 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: that can go wrong, and I know for my team 721 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: it will go wrong. Oh yeah, So that's why don't 722 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: take any jets. Take everybody else, anybody else wants to go, 723 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: take no jets. I guess not that you're gonna take any. 724 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: But in two years, you never know, maybe we have 725 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: a really good player. I woke up today. I don't 726 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 1: get all the buzz with this. This, this has been 727 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: approved for years, this has been happening, right, but now 728 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 1: it's called the Pro Bowl. Fair very good for Rostburg. 729 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: Very good, very good, very good. I actually think this 730 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: is gonna be a little bit more, uh more intense 731 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 1: than the Pro Bowl. 732 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 3: Now a little bit possible that they can take that. Well, 733 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 3: you gotta wake up as long as you look, as 734 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 3: long as. 735 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 4: The check clears, am I getting credit for showing up 736 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 4: as a pro bowler and does my my spot bonus clear? 737 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 3: Beyond that, I'm good. 738 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 1: Time not again, take don't take any of my players. 739 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: Let's find out what's trending in the wide world of sports. 740 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: From a man who has started the first flag football 741 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: Fantasy league. 742 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 3: He's the commissioner. 743 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,080 Speaker 6: It's Steve de Sega, and I will take Tyreek Hill 744 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 6: and Jamar Chase and Justin Jefferson. 745 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 3: Thank you. 746 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 6: You imagine that offense in flag football on the field, 747 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 6: it's a five on five format, and have about a 748 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 6: defense with like Travis Hunter and Patrick Sertan and Micah 749 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 6: Parsons for the US man bring it on. 750 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 4: And Will Levis with that cannon of an arm throwing 751 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 4: it to all those wide receivers. 752 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,000 Speaker 6: We might have other quarterback candidates in the United States. 753 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 6: I'll just say that out loud, but yes, NFL teams 754 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 6: will allow players to compete in flag football at the 755 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 6: LA Olympics in twenty twenty eight. The owners voted unanimously 756 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 6: for it. Today, the NFL Spring meeting concludes tomorrow in Minnesota. 757 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 6: The league is expected to vote on playoff seating, which 758 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 6: reportedly does not have enough support to change that. They'll 759 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 6: be voting on the Tush push play apparently as well. 760 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 6: The Bears gave former Chiefs guard Joe Tune a two 761 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 6: year extension. Seattle signed rookie quarterback Jalen Milroe. The Bears 762 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 6: and Jets started ota offseason workouts today. Dallas and some 763 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 6: other teams started yesterday. Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons did attend. 764 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 6: Minnesota Timberwolves are at Oklahoma City in Game one of 765 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 6: the NBA's Western Conference Finals. Bad third quarter for the 766 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 6: visitors to start the fourth. Ok See in the lead 767 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 6: now seventy six sixty six. Shake Ilgers Alexander was two 768 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 6: of thirteen shooting from the floor in the first half, 769 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 6: but he's up to twenty three points now. Julius Randall 770 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 6: of the Timberwolves had twenty points in the first half, 771 00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 6: none in the third quarter, and the rest of his 772 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 6: team is shooting just fifteen for fifty three from the floor. 773 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 6: In the WNBA, Atlanta a winner at Indiana, ninety one 774 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 6: to ninety Kaitlin Clark twenty seven points, eleven assists in 775 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 6: defeat about five minutes to go. In the NHL game 776 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 6: at Carolina, it's now Florida five to one in the 777 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 6: lead over the Hurricanes. In Game one of the East Final, 778 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 6: the Boston Bruins gave general manager Don Sweeney a two 779 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 6: year extension. The Orioles have lost again. Milwaukee beat him 780 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 6: five to two. Baltimore has dropped eight games in a row. 781 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 6: The White Sox have lost five straight, but they're winning 782 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 6: against the Mariners one nothing in the top of the 783 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 6: sixth inning. Just two hits for Seattle so far. Philly's 784 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 6: up seven to one in the seventh at Colorado. Cubs 785 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 6: won fourteen to one at Miami. Dodgers scoreless with Arizona 786 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 6: in the third, Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh with home wins. 787 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,480 Speaker 6: Yankees as well. Yankees beat Texas five to two. Aaron 788 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 6: Judge with his sixteenth homer. He's betting four to oh 789 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 6: three and it was Boston over the Mets two nothing. 790 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 3: Back to you. 791 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: Eventually the Mets will score again. Today is not that day. 792 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,640 Speaker 1: Be sure to check out the Fox Sports Radio YouTube channel. 793 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 1: Just search Fox Sports Radio on YouTube. You'll see a 794 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 1: whole bunch of video highlights from our shows. Be sure 795 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 1: to subscribe so you never miss our very best Fox 796 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: Sports Radio videos on YouTube. Ten point lead for the 797 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: thunder early in the fourth quarter. Coming up next, we 798 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 1: got the play of the day coming your way, and 799 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:23,680 Speaker 1: we remember an absolute legend that we lost today. That's next, 800 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 1: Jason to Mike Fox Sports Rate. 801 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 802 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 803 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:34,360 Speaker 2: pm Pacific, Fox. 804 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,239 Speaker 1: Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with My best friend 805 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 1: Mike Harmon. 806 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 3: Eleven point lead. 807 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: For the Thunder over the Tea Wolves, eight minutes to 808 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:45,600 Speaker 1: go in the fourth quarter, eighty six seventy five. Minnesota 809 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:48,480 Speaker 1: has stopped hitting from three to this half, although Devincenzo 810 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 1: finally hit one. 811 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 3: Hey, congratulations. 812 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, what he's like three of ten or three of 813 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:55,319 Speaker 4: eleven on the night. 814 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:56,720 Speaker 3: Well, he's not playing the Lakers anymore. 815 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's all good. Yeah, Yeah, it's a lot more 816 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:03,439 Speaker 1: difficult now lost his mojo. Speaking of basketball, that brings 817 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: us to the play of the day. For over forty years, 818 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,319 Speaker 1: tire Rack's been helping customers find the right tires for how, 819 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,320 Speaker 1: what and where they drive. 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Clark with twenty seven points, 826 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:36,560 Speaker 1: eleven assists, five rebounds, did she have enough or did 827 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,720 Speaker 1: one of her teammates have enough for one final basket? 828 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:42,440 Speaker 3: So that is the reset. 829 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:47,880 Speaker 2: Timeouts, a lot of contact underneath Clark's gotta get it in. 830 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 3: She lobs it up for Howard. 831 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:50,759 Speaker 2: Howard had it. 832 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:51,719 Speaker 3: Blocked at the rim. 833 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 1: Howard pulls it down, Howard shot his shorts, rebound Atlanta. 834 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 3: The Fever up to foul here and they won't get 835 00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:58,440 Speaker 3: it foul away. 836 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 2: I will escape with a victory. 837 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:07,840 Speaker 1: So the Fever dream not going well for Indiana TJ. 838 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 3: And just up there on a tea, wasn't it NBA 839 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 3: TV on the call? 840 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,279 Speaker 1: So maybe maybe we tapped the brakes a little bit 841 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,720 Speaker 1: on Hey, the Fever going to roll to the WNBA title. 842 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,200 Speaker 1: I mean, look the dream where they're really Look, they 843 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:22,920 Speaker 1: weren't great last year. They didn't score a lot of 844 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,400 Speaker 1: points last year, and they're one of the worst offensive 845 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 1: teams in the game. And here are the new Fever. 846 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,200 Speaker 1: Their defense is really good. All the change they made. 847 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: I said, Oh, man, if I'm going to Vegas on 848 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,720 Speaker 1: this game, yeah, lay the points, take the under nope, 849 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 1: nope dream, come out ninety one ninety over the Fever. 850 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,359 Speaker 4: Yeah, this game played out a lot like we're anticipating 851 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,200 Speaker 4: the pacers and knicks. Not a lot of contribution from 852 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,880 Speaker 4: anybody off the bench, a lot of your starters taking 853 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 4: care of business. Grinder with twenty one and eight in 854 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:56,160 Speaker 4: this one you had nineteen twenty sixteen twelve nine was 855 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:59,000 Speaker 4: the edge and bench scoring. But the Dream took an 856 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,719 Speaker 4: eleven point lead into the fourth quarter. So even with 857 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,360 Speaker 4: a little bit of a feverish run down the stretch, 858 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:10,879 Speaker 4: not enough. The Fever needed more cow Bell. Really, had 859 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,479 Speaker 4: they just explored the room, it would have been great. 860 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:15,960 Speaker 4: I'm telling you, fellas, really don't. Don't be afraid to. 861 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,160 Speaker 1: So there's your play of the day. We'll have more 862 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:23,719 Speaker 1: on Caitlyn Clark's game tonight. Again a great game for individually, 863 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,120 Speaker 1: but the Fever fall to one and one. We talked 864 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 1: basketball there, I mean, what are we doing. Usually WNBA 865 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,400 Speaker 1: conversations aren't about basketball. That was pretty good. I liked 866 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,960 Speaker 1: that it was usually not about basketball. But now this 867 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 1: is about basketball. That's good. Not not saying that, not 868 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 1: saying it's gonna change it all of a sudden, but 869 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,680 Speaker 1: this was about basketball. It's a good conversation. I had 870 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 1: a tear to my eye, huh, speaking a tear to 871 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:47,000 Speaker 1: your eyes. 872 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:48,120 Speaker 3: That look. 873 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 1: The biggest story today George went passes away at the 874 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,880 Speaker 1: age of seventy six, one of the funniest comedic actors 875 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:58,520 Speaker 1: in the history of television, who created a role that 876 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:02,120 Speaker 1: people still cite and still know. Now we'll talk about 877 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,600 Speaker 1: fifty years from now. Uh Look, but you know, obviously 878 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,799 Speaker 1: the bulls in SNL was a big thing for him 879 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 1: coming off of Cheers. But you know, look, Norm Peterson, 880 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 1: he's in the pantheon in the Hall of Fame of 881 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:19,640 Speaker 1: Television Characters. He's one of those unanimous guys. Even the 882 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,000 Speaker 1: guy that didn't vote for eachro would vote for Norm 883 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:25,399 Speaker 1: to be in the Television Hall of Fame at the top, 884 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,560 Speaker 1: the top level of the Hall of Fame. Not just 885 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:29,799 Speaker 1: a guy getting in hey after a bunch of years 886 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,000 Speaker 1: on the Seniors committee. No, No, he's in the very 887 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,520 Speaker 1: top because again he's on that short list of Greatest 888 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:38,200 Speaker 1: Television Characters of All time eleven years as Norm, six 889 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,400 Speaker 1: Emmy nominations started in. I mean, he's Chicago guy, so 890 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: it hits you know, and obviously Jason sudeikis his nephew 891 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,880 Speaker 1: and all of that family ties to all of that stuff. 892 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:52,480 Speaker 4: But it's just an amazing run. I watched the full 893 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 4: eighteen minutes of Entrances. My brothers sent me it almost immediately. 894 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:57,719 Speaker 4: It's like, here, watch this. 895 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,120 Speaker 3: He's like no coach, selling the. 896 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,319 Speaker 4: Hell out of Sure, sure, but you know, just all 897 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:07,680 Speaker 4: the responses and the one liners and and everything through it. 898 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,800 Speaker 3: I've recently found it in streaming. 899 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,680 Speaker 4: Obviously it's been on in syndication forever, but when you 900 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:15,879 Speaker 4: can just sit and binge watch, That's one of those 901 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 4: shows that I think the next generation like needs to 902 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,760 Speaker 4: discover that like this discovered the Office and the Office 903 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,880 Speaker 4: guys all kinds of new popularity now because generations he 904 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,239 Speaker 4: discovered extream back, right, but they were the whole big thing. 905 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,240 Speaker 4: Oscar Nunez is going to be in it, right, Dominic 906 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,920 Speaker 4: man handle, Don Hall Gleason, who is gonna be He's. 907 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's gonna play the guy from the first order. 908 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:39,479 Speaker 3: So I cheers. 909 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 1: One of those that I think that I wish gen 910 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 1: Z would rediscover because like today, like I had a 911 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,839 Speaker 1: conversation with my dad and Fabiano, who are the other 912 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,440 Speaker 1: biggest my wife and I and my dad Fabiano biggest 913 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,600 Speaker 1: cheers fans. Right, it was the defining sitcom of of 914 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,520 Speaker 1: me growing up right from the mid eighties to the 915 00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,879 Speaker 1: mid nineties, and we're just going over our favorite norm 916 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,560 Speaker 1: One liners, right, and we're laughing tears because, hey, you 917 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,719 Speaker 1: forget about this one, forget about this one, forget about 918 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:08,279 Speaker 1: this one, right, Like I said, I said, okay, I said, Dad, 919 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:09,360 Speaker 1: here here's my favorite. 920 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:10,839 Speaker 3: And I said, favorite this one. 921 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,040 Speaker 1: He walks in what he says, draw your beer, mister Peterson, 922 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:15,719 Speaker 1: and he goes, I already know what they look like. 923 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:16,840 Speaker 3: What he just pour it from me? 924 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,799 Speaker 1: Right, So he's laughing like tears in our eyes because 925 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,840 Speaker 1: we're each Oh, I forgot about that one. I forgot 926 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,640 Speaker 1: about that one is And I mean, I don't know 927 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,120 Speaker 1: how you come up with because he had one an episode. No, 928 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,879 Speaker 1: it's just like twenty two entrances for eleven, you get 929 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,680 Speaker 1: three hundred entrances, you know, with a Norman. 930 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:33,359 Speaker 3: There's a big one liner that he had. 931 00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:36,879 Speaker 4: It's a doggy dog world and I'm wearing milk bone underwear. Oh, 932 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:41,600 Speaker 4: it's dawn down the line Today the thirty second anniversary. 933 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,040 Speaker 3: Of the finale How, which was viewed by eighty two 934 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:45,960 Speaker 3: million was the estimate. 935 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,000 Speaker 1: And he was in the very the very last scene 936 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,280 Speaker 1: was him and Sam so good. The very last scene 937 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:51,759 Speaker 1: was the two of them. I always come back to 938 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:55,720 Speaker 1: what you love. George went an absolute legend, passed away 939 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,560 Speaker 1: earlier today in his sleep at the age of seventy six. 940 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,160 Speaker 3: Exit. How about a fri esca exit Swallen Dome. 941 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,080 Speaker 1: The Jason Smith Show with Mike Carmon Live from the 942 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,759 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio Studios. We got more from the NBA 943 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:09,240 Speaker 1: coming up next, a bigger lead for Oklahoma City. Plus 944 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,640 Speaker 1: we have to have the non hustling conversation because that's 945 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:13,319 Speaker 1: taken over. 946 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:14,800 Speaker 3: This is Fox Sports Radio. 947 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:19,200 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 948 00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:22,319 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern seven 949 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:26,840 Speaker 2: pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 950 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,440 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. The Jason Smith Show with my best 951 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:35,240 Speaker 1: friend Mike Harmon. Yeah, Live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios, 952 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:38,960 Speaker 1: where we just watched the Thunder just pull away from 953 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,439 Speaker 1: the Timberwolves in the second half of this game one 954 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:45,200 Speaker 1: four team to eighty eight the final score. T Wolves 955 00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:47,320 Speaker 1: led the entire first half out of forty eight to 956 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,880 Speaker 1: forty four lead at the break. However, in the third quarter, 957 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:53,600 Speaker 1: Thunder flipped the script turned a four point deficit into 958 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:55,560 Speaker 1: a ten point lead and basically the game was over 959 00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:58,640 Speaker 1: from there on out. Tea Wolves never threatened in the fourth. 960 00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,719 Speaker 1: So it's a one game to none lead for Oklahoma 961 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,200 Speaker 1: City over Minnesota. Now this is where I get to play. 962 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,319 Speaker 1: I hate to say I told you so, but last 963 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:10,120 Speaker 1: night when we picked this series, right, you picked the Thunder. 964 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:10,280 Speaker 3: From the beginning. 965 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,279 Speaker 1: You picked the Tables from the beginning the playoffs. You're 966 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,320 Speaker 1: sticking with them. I picked the Thunder beginning of the playoffs. 967 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:17,520 Speaker 1: I'm sticking with them. The reason I went with is 968 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,960 Speaker 1: two reasons. One was I like the Thunders defense a 969 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,200 Speaker 1: little bit more clearly, we saw that on display tonight. 970 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:27,319 Speaker 1: But mainly I said, I have more confidence that we're 971 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:31,200 Speaker 1: gonna get a consistently great series from Shay Gildess Alexander, 972 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:33,680 Speaker 1: then you're gonna get a consistently great series out of 973 00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:34,400 Speaker 1: Van Edwards. 974 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:34,719 Speaker 3: Right. 975 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:38,439 Speaker 1: It just even when SGA starts out slowly, started out 976 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,840 Speaker 1: really slow tonight, right, he was terribly started two of 977 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,719 Speaker 1: eight from the four, but guess what the finishes with 978 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:47,040 Speaker 1: thirty one and nine assists and five rebounds When they 979 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,239 Speaker 1: needed him in the second half, he was terrific. Right, 980 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:54,040 Speaker 1: So even a bad start, he turned into a great finish, right, 981 00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:56,560 Speaker 1: you would forget about that bad start. He still finds 982 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,359 Speaker 1: a way to play great even when the first half 983 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,200 Speaker 1: of the game does and go his way. I know 984 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:04,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna get a great consistent series out of SGA, 985 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:09,000 Speaker 1: but with Ann Edwards, I'm not. There's a couple of 986 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:12,200 Speaker 1: times a series where he has games where he needs 987 00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:17,480 Speaker 1: to be more, whether it's more leadership, more shots, more confidence, 988 00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:20,160 Speaker 1: he needs to be a little more. He blends in 989 00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:23,600 Speaker 1: a little too much sometimes and a couple of times 990 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:25,360 Speaker 1: in a series is all it takes for you to 991 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,920 Speaker 1: go home. Now, it's happened a couple of times, but 992 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,320 Speaker 1: they've been the better team overall. They've been were peaking 993 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,600 Speaker 1: coming into the playoffs. But this is where it comes 994 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,440 Speaker 1: down into bites you in the ass because you're playing 995 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,360 Speaker 1: the best team in the playoffs that you have faced 996 00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:38,640 Speaker 1: so far. The Thunder have been far and away better. 997 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:40,359 Speaker 1: They've been the best team in the playoffs so far 998 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:40,759 Speaker 1: in general. 999 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,320 Speaker 4: Well, that's the thing, right, Even going back to last series, 1000 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,880 Speaker 4: even though it ends up getting stretched out to seven games, 1001 00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,040 Speaker 4: you had very long stretches like Wow, they're dominating, right, 1002 00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:54,400 Speaker 4: They're just absolutely taking the nuggets up and down the court, 1003 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,280 Speaker 4: failer to post, and then you'd have a stretch where 1004 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,239 Speaker 4: suddenly nothing went right and we've got ourselves games and 1005 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:03,520 Speaker 4: you have the dramatic finishes that we saw for a 1006 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:07,520 Speaker 4: couple of the w's with Aaron Gordon and the chaos 1007 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,520 Speaker 4: that ensued. But you watched it here. It's ball hawking 1008 00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:14,400 Speaker 4: and early on you're not relying on the three point shot. 1009 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:18,040 Speaker 4: You're being aggressive attacking the rim, and we saw that 1010 00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:20,040 Speaker 4: that was the constant. Right, you had a lot of 1011 00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:23,480 Speaker 4: the Timberwolves possessions and a lot of empty possessions. First 1012 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:27,480 Speaker 4: quarter should have been a blowout, big lead for the 1013 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:31,000 Speaker 4: Tea Wolves, but they had seven turnovers. Right, the attacking 1014 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:34,520 Speaker 4: style of the Thunder defense, they fill the passing lanes, 1015 00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:38,000 Speaker 4: long arms, keep at it and aggressive, and then you 1016 00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:41,359 Speaker 4: start getting into some of those questions of you know, 1017 00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:45,640 Speaker 4: early whistles affecting things. Gobert was called for two files 1018 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,760 Speaker 4: pretty fast. The second one was just a dumb reach 1019 00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:52,400 Speaker 4: in and push what he didn't need to concede that 1020 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:55,360 Speaker 4: you missed the layup and move on, which forces you 1021 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:57,440 Speaker 4: to the bench. And we had to start seeing a 1022 00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:00,560 Speaker 4: deeper rotation but all of that to say, you know 1023 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:04,120 Speaker 4: your point about SGA. He stayed aggressive two of thirteen, 1024 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,480 Speaker 4: but he lived at the fall line and continued to 1025 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:08,840 Speaker 4: live at the fall line as the night wore on, 1026 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:12,240 Speaker 4: and you saw no answers outside of the early heroics 1027 00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:15,080 Speaker 4: from Julius Randall you couldn't buy a bucket from the 1028 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:18,440 Speaker 4: outside and Edwards five points in the third quarter when 1029 00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:20,440 Speaker 4: a four point lead, went to a four point lead, 1030 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:22,560 Speaker 4: went to a ten point deposit, zero points in the 1031 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:26,279 Speaker 4: fourth zero zero zero. When his team needed him, when 1032 00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:29,200 Speaker 4: he needed to be more, he disappears. Can you sing, 1033 00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:30,680 Speaker 4: Randy Van Warmer forty too? 1034 00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:33,279 Speaker 3: Just when I needed you most? 1035 00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:36,239 Speaker 1: Five out of thirteen, he took thirteen shots tonight. He 1036 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,720 Speaker 1: took one shot in the fourth quarter. He took thirteen shots. 1037 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:40,880 Speaker 1: One when you're down ten going to the fourth quarter, 1038 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:45,839 Speaker 1: one shot. He can't take over with the consistency that 1039 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,239 Speaker 1: SGA and other players take over, right. He can't take 1040 00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:50,840 Speaker 1: over like SGA does. He can't take over like Jalen Brunson. 1041 00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:54,080 Speaker 1: He has moments and he has games where wow, he's 1042 00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:55,840 Speaker 1: the best player on the floor. He does and he 1043 00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:58,319 Speaker 1: is feeling it. But the thing is is he's got 1044 00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,640 Speaker 1: to have it. When you're not feeling it, you still 1045 00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:03,520 Speaker 1: gotta find a way. Right, you're the best player on 1046 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,359 Speaker 1: the team. If you're not feeling I'm sorry, you got 1047 00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:08,319 Speaker 1: to find a way. Whether it is getting to the 1048 00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:11,120 Speaker 1: free throw line, whether it's hey, I'm not gonna take threes, right, 1049 00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:13,200 Speaker 1: it's not my night from three, whatever it's going to be, 1050 00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,759 Speaker 1: you have to find a way. And and Edwards just 1051 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:18,680 Speaker 1: has games where he just doesn't try to do that. 1052 00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:20,799 Speaker 1: And this is a game where down by ten going 1053 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:22,560 Speaker 1: to fourth, yeh, Julius travel did all he could. He 1054 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,800 Speaker 1: scored twenty points in the first half, he got you 1055 00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:28,040 Speaker 1: up by four, you had five threes. That's not gonna continue. 1056 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:32,640 Speaker 1: And yet he became too much, too much of a wallflower, right, 1057 00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:35,520 Speaker 1: I mean, this is this is why Ann Edwards everyone 1058 00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:38,080 Speaker 1: wants to a crown of always a next Michael Jordan. No, 1059 00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,399 Speaker 1: he has stretches where he is terrific. He has games 1060 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,279 Speaker 1: where he's unbelievable, but it's not consistent enough. And he 1061 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:46,000 Speaker 1: needs to be more consistent. And this is why I 1062 00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:48,160 Speaker 1: picked the Thunder because I said, you're gonna get a 1063 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,840 Speaker 1: more consistently great series from SGA than An Edwards. This 1064 00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:53,000 Speaker 1: has come up in the playoffs before. Remember it was 1065 00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:55,960 Speaker 1: just ten days ago in the last series where the 1066 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,360 Speaker 1: tea waves were a little upset and Chris Finch was 1067 00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,560 Speaker 1: upset with the effort he got from Ed Edwards in 1068 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:04,560 Speaker 1: an early long remember here, Oh you're not hustling on 1069 00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,400 Speaker 1: that grounder. This was Chris Finch about a week and 1070 00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,000 Speaker 1: a half ago, early on in the Nuggets series, say hey, 1071 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:11,120 Speaker 1: I need a little bit more out of you. 1072 00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:13,960 Speaker 5: What is there to talk about. I mean, you're they're 1073 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:16,440 Speaker 5: they're the leader of the team, and you got to 1074 00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:18,600 Speaker 5: come out and set the tone. You know in all 1075 00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:21,800 Speaker 5: ways that that happens. And if it's if your SHOT's 1076 00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:25,520 Speaker 5: not going like you you still have to carry the energy, 1077 00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,560 Speaker 5: you know. So I don't think there's if I got 1078 00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:31,560 Speaker 5: to talk to guys about having the right energy coming 1079 00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:35,080 Speaker 5: into opening around game, opening the second round game, then 1080 00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:37,080 Speaker 5: you know we're not you know, we're not on the 1081 00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:37,800 Speaker 5: same page. 1082 00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:41,439 Speaker 1: So I mean that's that was from ten days ago, 1083 00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:44,760 Speaker 1: and that's what you say tonight. Setting the tone being 1084 00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:47,200 Speaker 1: a leader, being the guy to say we're gonna win 1085 00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,759 Speaker 1: on my shoulders, Like he doesn't do that with the 1086 00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:52,960 Speaker 1: consistency everybody knows it's his team. Julius Randall's not going 1087 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,040 Speaker 1: to get upset. Okay, Rudy Gobert is not going to 1088 00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:57,919 Speaker 1: get upset if this happens. Right, it's your team. Hey, 1089 00:47:58,000 --> 00:47:59,919 Speaker 1: you gotta be the guy to do it your best play. 1090 00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:02,759 Speaker 1: If you're gonna win in the playoffs for anything, your 1091 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:05,320 Speaker 1: best player needs to be your best player. 1092 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:07,719 Speaker 3: Well, it's like we talked about when the Warriors went down. 1093 00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:10,920 Speaker 4: There was no fight out of Jimmy Butler, right, a 1094 00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:14,759 Speaker 4: guy that you were expecting playoff Jimmy didn't appear, and 1095 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:18,680 Speaker 4: he's leaving games with eight shots, ten shots. No, he's 1096 00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:21,440 Speaker 4: supposed to be the guy with Steph Curry sideline that 1097 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:22,839 Speaker 4: he's going to pick it up. 1098 00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:23,680 Speaker 3: With Anthony Edwards. 1099 00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:27,480 Speaker 4: Curious here do we get any update because he did 1100 00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,719 Speaker 4: have the ankle issue earlier in this game, but he 1101 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,520 Speaker 4: played thirty seven minutes, so you can only you know, 1102 00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:36,640 Speaker 4: put a small asterisk next to anything as we try 1103 00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:40,919 Speaker 4: to await anything there. But he's what two of five 1104 00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,160 Speaker 4: in the third quarter and then zero for one in 1105 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:47,040 Speaker 4: the fourth, still logging thirty seven minutes. You had for 1106 00:48:47,239 --> 00:48:50,160 Speaker 4: his shots of the night, he's five of thirteen Julius 1107 00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:54,319 Speaker 4: Randall goes nine to thirteen. Most of that damage done 1108 00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:56,960 Speaker 4: in that first quarter, and then de Vincenzo was three 1109 00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,680 Speaker 4: or fourteen. His jump shot was absolutely broken because he 1110 00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:01,960 Speaker 4: had a lot of wide open looks. Because that's the 1111 00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,320 Speaker 4: other part of this. Will you shoot his poorly? 1112 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:05,120 Speaker 3: I don't know. 1113 00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:08,080 Speaker 4: You've got guys closing out and attacking, and I get 1114 00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:11,680 Speaker 4: that they shot thirty four point nine percent from the 1115 00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:13,480 Speaker 4: field and a lot of those. 1116 00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,440 Speaker 3: Shots wide open looks. 1117 00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:18,120 Speaker 4: So will it go the other way and you get 1118 00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:22,200 Speaker 4: some normalization maybe? But the Anthony Edwards thing you can't 1119 00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:25,240 Speaker 4: solve no like that is that is the biggest enigma 1120 00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:29,120 Speaker 4: in sports right now is to game the game, which 1121 00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:32,200 Speaker 4: type of effort you're going to get? Your best player 1122 00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:35,960 Speaker 4: has to find a way to affect the game even 1123 00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,000 Speaker 4: when it's not his night. 1124 00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:39,480 Speaker 3: And it's not that. 1125 00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,520 Speaker 1: If Ann Edwards was five out of twenty four, I 1126 00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:43,120 Speaker 1: would say, you. 1127 00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:44,600 Speaker 3: Know what, go down, swing not as night? 1128 00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:47,600 Speaker 1: Right, If Dante DiVincenzo is five to twenty four, it's dude, 1129 00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:49,480 Speaker 1: you need to shoot last. Come on, But here's your 1130 00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:52,319 Speaker 1: best player, right. It's almost like when I look at 1131 00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:54,800 Speaker 1: a night like this from Edwards and see how passive 1132 00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:56,839 Speaker 1: he was and not sending tone doing all of this, 1133 00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:00,760 Speaker 1: like there's not being able to affect game and there's 1134 00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:04,080 Speaker 1: basically holding back from trying to affect the game. When 1135 00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:06,239 Speaker 1: you're down ten going to the fourth quarter, this is 1136 00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:09,160 Speaker 1: where Ann Edwards has to say, you know what this is? Now, 1137 00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:11,759 Speaker 1: I got this, I got this. Now I'm gonna bring 1138 00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:14,560 Speaker 1: us back. It was because this game was there for them, right. 1139 00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:17,480 Speaker 1: You can only give away, you know, so many games 1140 00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:19,000 Speaker 1: in a series, and really at this point you can't 1141 00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:21,640 Speaker 1: give away any but this game was there for Minnesota 1142 00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:24,600 Speaker 1: because a four point lead at halftime and An Edwards 1143 00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:27,279 Speaker 1: hadn't played his best basketball, So okay, it's there for you. 1144 00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:29,840 Speaker 1: It's and then instead in and in the second half 1145 00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:32,560 Speaker 1: five points like it was. It was a gift and 1146 00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:34,320 Speaker 1: I'm only going to take a handful of shots. 1147 00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:36,239 Speaker 4: Well what we talk about first half, you had the 1148 00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:38,680 Speaker 4: big stats from Julius Randall, I think Steve had the 1149 00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:42,759 Speaker 4: the rest of the t Wolves where it combined nine 1150 00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:47,040 Speaker 4: to thirty five. And then it got worse, Yes, it 1151 00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:50,480 Speaker 4: got worse, seventy to forty year outscored in the second half, 1152 00:50:50,520 --> 00:50:54,320 Speaker 4: an eighteen point third quarter and then an absolute disappearing 1153 00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,040 Speaker 4: act from Edwards in the fourth as you just saw 1154 00:50:57,360 --> 00:51:01,440 Speaker 4: passing lanes filled, great work up and down the court 1155 00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:06,120 Speaker 4: by that Thunder defense. Seventeen turnovers doesn't seem like that's enough. 1156 00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:09,560 Speaker 4: I think they stopped counting at some point in this game. 1157 00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:15,239 Speaker 4: You'ven had twelve offensive boards for the Timberwolves, but did 1158 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:18,600 Speaker 4: not get the putbacks, did not get those those finishes 1159 00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:21,880 Speaker 4: that you expected for the Thunder. They end up shooting 1160 00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:24,920 Speaker 4: fifty percent from the field for the night, a judicious 1161 00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:30,120 Speaker 4: and efficient eleven of twenty one from three point range. 1162 00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:32,440 Speaker 4: Way too passive. 1163 00:51:32,719 --> 00:51:35,239 Speaker 1: You're just passive at that point, and you're gonna look 1164 00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:37,719 Speaker 1: back at this series when the Thunder win. Look in 1165 00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:40,120 Speaker 1: the Thunder. This is why it's such a big deal, 1166 00:51:40,160 --> 00:51:42,920 Speaker 1: because beating them four times, I mean, I don't know, man. 1167 00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:44,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I'll tell you this. If the Knicks get 1168 00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:46,440 Speaker 1: by the Pacers, which are we gonna sweep him? But 1169 00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:48,719 Speaker 1: if the Knicks get by the Pacer, well, I'm just 1170 00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:50,239 Speaker 1: saying because I want to, because I'm gonna, you know, 1171 00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:52,680 Speaker 1: think about it. Can you beat them four times? I 1172 00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:54,400 Speaker 1: mean maybe you get like, you find a way the 1173 00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:57,280 Speaker 1: matchups work for you, but you can't give away games. 1174 00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:00,120 Speaker 1: And this was we're up by four at halftime in 1175 00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:02,960 Speaker 1: game one and no matter where you are, things are 1176 00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:06,319 Speaker 1: getting real serious now. So maybe just maybe, hey, we're 1177 00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,200 Speaker 1: up four, this is a game we can steal and 1178 00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:12,879 Speaker 1: steal home court advantage back and not not with what 1179 00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:15,080 Speaker 1: we saw in the second half there. That was that 1180 00:52:15,239 --> 00:52:17,799 Speaker 1: was a business was the tea We'll saying, Hey, we 1181 00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:19,640 Speaker 1: were happy to be up four at halftime, and now 1182 00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:21,880 Speaker 1: we're going, you know, we're down one's in. 1183 00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:24,439 Speaker 4: Yeah, And to put it back right, we talk about 1184 00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:27,360 Speaker 4: the defense, and certainly Alex Caruso's name is gonna come 1185 00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:30,799 Speaker 4: up a ton. We watched what he did, right, I mean, 1186 00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:33,440 Speaker 4: look the bulls miss him too, you go all the 1187 00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:36,160 Speaker 4: way through just one of those glue guys. And I 1188 00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:39,279 Speaker 4: think the reputation is now you can do whatever you 1189 00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:43,439 Speaker 4: want defensively as Alex Caruso, as we've watched him against superstars, 1190 00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:48,040 Speaker 4: Like should Alex Caruso not be called for the body falls, 1191 00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:52,400 Speaker 4: Well he's not. Suddenly he's getting superstar calls based on 1192 00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:55,719 Speaker 4: a bit of reputation as a defensive stopper. So you're 1193 00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:59,080 Speaker 4: getting to see him be aggressive at the point of attack. 1194 00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:03,160 Speaker 4: Which is which is very interesting to watch from a 1195 00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:06,920 Speaker 4: guy who was an also Ran ancillary part for years 1196 00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:10,520 Speaker 4: and just a fan favorite to he's a guy that's 1197 00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:13,680 Speaker 4: helping lead you to a Western Conference title. 1198 00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:18,040 Speaker 1: Suddenly Game two is the series and you you feel 1199 00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:21,880 Speaker 1: like the Tea Wolves are are are now reeling because 1200 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:24,400 Speaker 1: you just basically showed them in the second half. We 1201 00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:27,279 Speaker 1: have an extra gear that you don't have. And now 1202 00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:29,799 Speaker 1: that if you're in Minnesota, you had the questions in 1203 00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:31,839 Speaker 1: the last series, you're able to get through it, right, 1204 00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:33,799 Speaker 1: You're able to get through it okay, But this is 1205 00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:37,280 Speaker 1: a this is a different animal. Julius Randall's not hitting 1206 00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:40,160 Speaker 1: five threes in the first half. Again, that's not gonna happen, 1207 00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:43,560 Speaker 1: right that This is a huge missed opportunity for the team. 1208 00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:44,399 Speaker 3: One hundred percent right. 1209 00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:47,520 Speaker 4: You didn't play great basketball, Like I said, seven turnovers 1210 00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:49,880 Speaker 4: in that that first quarter, which is again when they 1211 00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:51,680 Speaker 4: get to seventeen, I think they stop counting. 1212 00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:55,520 Speaker 3: But you look at his shooting, the. 1213 00:53:55,960 --> 00:53:59,640 Speaker 4: Passivity of an ineffectiveness of your rest of your shooters. 1214 00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:03,360 Speaker 4: Shake Gilgers Alexander with that rough start to kind of 1215 00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:06,520 Speaker 4: maybe balance that a little bit. So you knew he'd 1216 00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:09,479 Speaker 4: be better, but that he would keep attacking. Right, that's 1217 00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:12,759 Speaker 4: the one thing that we can say we've figured out 1218 00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:15,680 Speaker 4: in his MVP season. Why they still haven't crowned, I 1219 00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:20,120 Speaker 4: don't know. But all of that to say for the Timberwolves, 1220 00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:22,200 Speaker 4: a lot of introspection coming out of this one, because 1221 00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:24,520 Speaker 4: you had, at least at halftime, you had to feel 1222 00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:27,200 Speaker 4: pretty good about your chances. You hadn't been run out 1223 00:54:27,239 --> 00:54:30,600 Speaker 4: of the gym yet, you hadn't played your best basketball. Yes, 1224 00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:33,480 Speaker 4: Julius might not hit, but de Vincenzo maybe finds his 1225 00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:36,840 Speaker 4: shot or Aunt has a little bit of a takeover, 1226 00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:40,040 Speaker 4: and instead it was more passivity and you got run 1227 00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:40,640 Speaker 4: off the court.