1 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. 2 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 2: What is up? 3 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: Straight Fire? 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 3: Fam h's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Monday, July 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 3: twenty second, and for the second weekend in a row, 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 3: our sports viewing habits were massively disrupted by friggin' politics. 7 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 3: I don't know the countdown to the election begins. I 8 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 3: don't know, guys. I politics annoys me to know, and 9 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 3: I'm kind of interested how Biden drops out. I'm kind 10 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 3: of interested to see what happens. Looks like it's gonna 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 3: be Kamala Harris. I'm not gonna opine too deeply, but 12 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 3: I did see the best sports analogy on what happened 13 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 3: to Joe Biden was TV still has a very powerful 14 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 3: medium can make and break politicians. 15 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: There's a rich history of that, and even though we're in. 16 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 3: A streaming social media era right, TV can still do 17 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 3: a lot. 18 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 2: Since that. 19 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 3: Debacle of a debate where the two you know, old 20 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 3: guys yelling at Bingo night basically incoherent babble towards one another. 21 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 3: Since that night, Biden kind of lost the room. Not 22 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 3: that different from a college football coach. I don't know, 23 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,839 Speaker 3: Jimbo Fisher, if you will who maybe has a rough 24 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 3: couple games and then loses a bad one to say, 25 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,559 Speaker 3: I don't know, Vanderbilt, And then all of a sudden, 26 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 3: the big money donors are meeting in. 27 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 2: The parking lot. Okay, what's going on here? 28 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 4: What do we doing? 29 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 2: Who can we get? 30 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 3: And as soon as that momentum begins, you know it's over. 31 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 3: It's a weird vibe. It happens a lot in college football, 32 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 3: I would say a little lesser in college basketball. There 33 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 3: is some of this in the NFL. Now listen, it 34 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 3: happens in the NBA. You guys, remember Darvin Ham was 35 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 3: kind of getting blasted. He clearly lost Lebron and and 36 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 3: then there was that moment in the playoffs where Darvinham 37 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 3: really kind of melted down and like I guess he 38 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 3: lost the huddle if you will. I think it was 39 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 3: one of the games against the Nuggets, might have been 40 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 3: Game three, maybe game two, But as soon as that 41 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 3: stuff started to come out, you knew there was a 42 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 3: lot and of course there was a lot more meat 43 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 3: on that bone, and it came out after they fired him. 44 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 3: But once you lose the important people that matter, and 45 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 3: Biden clearly did. I'm not saying, George Clooney's that important. 46 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 3: But the big money donors they do matter. Sorry, guys, Sorry, 47 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 3: you and I us pleads we don't matter. You know, 48 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 3: we don't donate enough to matter. Sorry, that's the reality. 49 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 3: I know you think you matter a lot. We don't 50 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 3: matter unless. 51 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 2: You're donating significant amounts of money. 52 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 3: They don't really care. And Biden lost that group and 53 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 3: now he shoved out. Well, maybe that's a little harsh 54 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 3: shoved out. There's two ways to look at it. Rob 55 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 3: One is they shoved him out because it essentially a 56 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 3: convicted felon was now two percentage points ahead of him 57 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 3: in the polls, and it's like, oh, oh this, We've 58 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 3: got to get him out of there. On the heels 59 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 3: of the poor debate or Biden said, you know what, 60 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 3: hey man, I'm battling I'm battling Donald Trump, and I'm 61 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 3: battling my own party. Who wants to shove me out? 62 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 3: You know what, I don't need this crap. My family 63 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 3: doesn't need this nonsense. Let me just do what's best. 64 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: For the party and probably America right. 65 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 4: And drop out. 66 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,119 Speaker 3: And I tend to lean toward that one. I that's 67 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 3: again my guest nobody knows that. We're all just guessing. 68 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 3: Nobody knows internally. I'm sure we'll read stories here in 69 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 3: the coming days. Ticktoks on the Sunday morning, What happened 70 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 3: when Biden dropped out? I was actually at a My 71 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,119 Speaker 3: son had a big chess tournament this weekend and faired 72 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 3: pretty well, and I brought my computer you introduce some work, 73 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,839 Speaker 3: and I get a text from my buddy Vic, who 74 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 3: is at Fox, and you know, we're on text chains 75 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 3: with dudes, and he's like, oh, Biden's out. I was like, 76 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 3: it's just a joke. I had no I know i'd 77 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 3: and then I just went into it and I was like, 78 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 3: oh my goodness. But yeah, Rob, I don't want to 79 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 3: get too sinister and too into politics. I know you 80 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 3: guys are looking for that escape in sports. I gotta 81 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 3: say this definitely makes it more interesting. And listen, if 82 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 3: you hated the Democrats before, you're still gonna hate him. 83 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 3: If you like the Democrats before, you're still gonna like him. 84 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 3: That's the big thing here. Nothing really changes. The playbook 85 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 3: is already out there. You know all of should it 86 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 3: be Harris, you know all of her talking points, they've 87 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 3: they've got the party. 88 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 2: That's what they're doing. They're towing the company line. 89 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 3: She's not gonna all of a sudden pull a one 90 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 3: eighty and say I'm doing this, that and the other 91 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 3: that You're not doing that in July of an election year. 92 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: You're just not. 93 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 3: And all she's got to do is show up and not, 94 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 3: you know, look like a corpse when it comes to 95 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 3: the next big debate, assuming it's her, maybe Gavin Newsom 96 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 3: throws his hat in the ring. I had a buddy 97 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 3: text to me that a gentleman who had the name 98 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 3: of Shapiro in Pennsylvania keep an eye on him. 99 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 2: I have no freaking clu who that is. 100 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 3: Sorry, guys, No, thanks, NFL, NBA, Hell yeah, but Rob, 101 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,679 Speaker 3: I'm sure you were in some way or shape impacted 102 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 3: by this on Sunday as well. 103 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 4: No, yeah, I was actually visiting with my mom and 104 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 4: we all got the alerts on our phones, well everybody 105 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 4: except my mom because whatever reason her phone you know, 106 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 4: at her age, you know, the ripe age of thirty nine, 107 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 4: my mom, you know, she's very young, of course, And no, no, 108 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 4: I'm just kidding, just you know, we like it's a joke. 109 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 4: We don't want no one wants to reveal how old 110 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 4: their mother is, you know, but her phone didn't quite 111 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 4: get the alert in the timely fashion that the rest 112 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 4: of us did. So no, we all, we all got 113 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 4: the alert, and it was I'm not going to say 114 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 4: it was shocking, but it was, you know, eyebrow raising. Because, 115 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 4: as you mentioned, to tie all this into sports, in 116 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 4: college sports, as soon as the donors pull the money, 117 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 4: that's why you know the coach is gone. It doesn't 118 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 4: matter if he's eleven and oher in college football or 119 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 4: if he's four and seven. If the money's still there, 120 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 4: that coach is probably still there. That's from my belief 121 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 4: living here in Los Angeles. The reason Lane Kiffin got 122 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 4: fired in Southern Carol at Southern cal at USC on 123 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 4: the tarmac famously, I believe against Arizona State was because 124 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 4: when he lost that game, the president was there and 125 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 4: he was there on the advice of some of the 126 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 4: big walleted donors of the program. So for him to 127 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 4: perform badly in that game was why, No, we're not 128 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 4: even gonna let him finish the season. He's gone. That's it. 129 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 4: So that's one tie in the other tie in, and 130 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 4: you can appreciate this. If you're an NFL fan, you 131 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 4: said that you would like to believe that Joe Biden 132 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 4: understood the situation that what he was up against his age, 133 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 4: the fact that people were kind of clamoring for him 134 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 4: to step aside for a while. Now, I know that 135 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 4: you would like to believe that glass half fool, that 136 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 4: somebody would be that gracious and set their ego aside 137 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,239 Speaker 4: for what they believe to be the betterment of the team, 138 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 4: you know, for sports, for the program. In my experience, though, 139 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 4: the cynic in me is going to say no, the 140 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 4: cynic in me is this is more similar to like 141 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 4: a Bill Belichick type situation. I don't believe Bill Belichick 142 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:15,239 Speaker 4: stepped aside from the New England Patriots. I don't believe 143 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 4: he just said, you know what, this is not for 144 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 4: me anymore. The situation is just not what it used 145 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 4: to be with Tom Brady out of town. Maybe I 146 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 4: lost the ear of the locker room the same way 147 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 4: I had it a few years back, So we're going 148 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 4: to mutually agree to part ways. I don't think that 149 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 4: happened at all. I think that the powers that be, 150 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 4: Robert Kraft decided that he was going to move on, 151 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 4: and even if it wasn't an unpopular decision, I'm going 152 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 4: to get a different guy in there, a new regime 153 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 4: moving forward, because we're ready in New England for the 154 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 4: next phase of Patriots football. I believe this way go ahead. 155 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 3: Well, I was gonna say new phase of Patriots football 156 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 3: is gonna be total crap. A little different story although 157 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 3: the Patriots, I'm not sure if you saw this on 158 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 3: I think it was Friday morning, Josina Anderson reported the 159 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 3: Patriots called the Niners about Brandon Ayuk. 160 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 2: Now, no deal is going to get done, but they're trying, rob. Sure, 161 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 2: they're making an effort, right. 162 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 4: Sure, same thing like the Democrats. They're trying, right, they're 163 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 4: trying to salary the situation. But you know, I believe 164 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 4: that the Democratic Party as a unit, they pulled all 165 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 4: their donors, all the information they saw the opt dead 166 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 4: by Alan Sorgan, that won by George Clooney, all these 167 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 4: different people saying, Hey, if we don't get the right 168 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 4: candidate in there, we're going to lose. So we got 169 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 4: to find a way to get this guy out. And 170 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 4: I think that the powers that be behind these candidates, 171 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 4: because again, as much as you might like Donald Trump, 172 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 4: as much as you might like Barack Obama, George Bush, 173 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 4: whoever pick your favorite president from your party the last 174 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:46,439 Speaker 4: fifty years. Those guys only do so much. They are 175 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 4: basically CEOs of a corporation. What they are beholden to 176 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 4: is their constituents and their party, right, And it was 177 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 4: very clear that the stockholders of the Democratic Party did 178 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 4: not want Joe and they had him moved on the 179 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 4: same way again. To bring a full circle with sports, 180 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 4: the New England Patriots and Bob Kraft decided, I got 181 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 4: to move on from from Bill Belichick. We're gonna let 182 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 4: him save some face, make it seem like it was 183 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 4: a mutual parting of the ways that everybody's happy. And 184 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 4: I firmly disagree that this was a gracious step aside 185 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 4: by Joe Biden. 186 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know, it's easy to fall into 187 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 2: the trap of oh man, the sinister, dark forces behind this. 188 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 3: But remember, Rupp, I don't know what exactly the debate was, 189 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 3: but let's say the debate was three weeks ago, four 190 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 3: weeks ago. None of the donors were pulling the money 191 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 3: from Biden. No, right, it all happened after he kind 192 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 3: of and listen, guy. Apparently it was a disaster. I 193 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 3: didn't watch it out of principle. I just was like, 194 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 3: I can't watch these two old fossils yelling at each other. 195 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 4: No, thank you. 196 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 197 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 198 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 199 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: listen live. 200 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 3: It was actually good sports over the weekend before the 201 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 3: politics took stenter stage, and that was USA basketball against 202 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 3: South Suit Dan. Now, depending on where you shop, the 203 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 3: US men's basketball team was a forty to forty three 204 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 3: point favorite in an exhibition basketball game. 205 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 2: If you've listened to this podcast my radio show, heard 206 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 2: me on the herd any of that. 207 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 3: You guys know you ain't gonna get rich laying forty 208 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 3: points in anything. You're just not And if you're doing 209 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 3: a betting the favorite in an exhibition basketball. 210 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: Game, you get whatever you deserve. 211 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 2: You guys know this by now. 212 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 3: USA basketball has what I believe is the greatest collection 213 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 3: of talent ever. 214 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 2: The two thousand and. 215 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 3: Eight Redeemed team was insanely loaded with prime Kobe, prime 216 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 3: Wade Lebron. I mean, that team was insanely stacked the 217 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 3: ninety two Dream Team, what had been the greatest team 218 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,199 Speaker 3: of all time. A lot of listen, great names, awesome talent. 219 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 3: They were going up against off duty firefighters. Is putting 220 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 3: it mildly when you look at some of those international rosters. 221 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 3: Fast forward to today and the South Sudan basketball team, 222 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 3: and remember Africa has historically done terribly basketball wise. 223 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 2: The Olympics. 224 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 3: The South Sudan basketball team, I'm not going to say 225 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 3: they're loaded, but Katie's boy, Roy l Ivy is the 226 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 3: head coach. Luel Dang may have heard of him an 227 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 3: assistant coach. Their roster and I've compared it. You know, 228 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 3: I'm not going to break down every single comparison, but 229 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 3: I went through their roster. Okay, they've got a I 230 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,319 Speaker 3: believe he's seven seven. Yeah, they got a seven to 231 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,199 Speaker 3: one commit. 232 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 2: Who's going to Duke. 233 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 3: By the way, Okay on the team. He's only seventeen 234 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 3: years old. He played in the game. The kid Carlick 235 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 3: Jones who had a triple double. Okay played a high 236 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 3: level basketball in college at Louisville. The kid who could 237 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 3: not miss from three, Marie L. Shayok went to UVA 238 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 3: multi year starter. This team Peter Jack who was excellent 239 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 3: for them South Sudan. He played at Iowa high level basketball. 240 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,319 Speaker 3: If you compare, and you can do this, I've done 241 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 3: the homework, but you should do it, just to double 242 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 3: check me. Compare the South su Dan basketball roster, whether 243 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 3: it's Division one, NBA International Basketball, whatever you want to 244 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 3: call it, that roster folks would probably have been the fourth, 245 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 3: maybe the fifth best roster maybe third in the nineteen 246 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 3: ninety two Olympics. It's very clear USA was one, and 247 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 3: obviously Croatia was very good. Lithuyne he was up there. 248 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 3: But this South Sudan team in ninety two would. 249 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 2: Have competed for the bronze medal. They're not going to 250 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 2: get out of group play at the Olympics. They're just not. 251 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 3: They've got a solid team. They're young and up and 252 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 3: on the rise, no doubt about it. There are some 253 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,599 Speaker 3: good things. Whinyan Gabriel, who you can look up. You 254 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 3: can search his name and my name on Twitter. I 255 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 3: have long been a fan of when Yan Gabriel. The 256 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 3: dude is a hustle machine. 257 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 2: He knows his role. 258 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 3: Oh you want me to block shot, rebound, switch talk 259 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 3: on defense? I can do all that we don't want 260 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 3: you tak an eighteen footers. Okay, I won't do that. 261 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 3: We want you rim run layups, dunks, defense. He gets it, 262 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 3: he understood the assignment. Gabriel was fantastic against tam USA. 263 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 3: I thought he had an excellent game. And frankly, if 264 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 3: I'm an NBA team, you know, and I looked at 265 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 3: Winy and Gabriel and some of these other guys, uh, 266 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 3: I just I'm like, how how is Shayock not getting 267 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 3: a look in the NBA? 268 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 2: How is Carlic Jones who honestly, I. 269 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,719 Speaker 3: Mean, go look at who's defending him. Drew Holliday was 270 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 3: struggling to stay in front of them. I know, it's 271 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 3: one game, it's an exhibition, I get it. But they 272 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 3: got dudes on that team, and they won't get out 273 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 3: of group play. 274 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 2: I'm sorry. 275 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 3: They're not beating Serbia. They're not getting out of group 276 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 3: play because they got to face the US again. Okay, 277 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 3: and the US will protest. I'll definitely be ready this time, 278 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 3: you know. 279 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:42,199 Speaker 4: So, like. 280 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 3: The big takeaway from everybody when the US wins by 281 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 3: one thanks to a late Lebron layup with like eight 282 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 3: seconds left. 283 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 2: Ah, this USA team so rated. They bear forty point 284 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 2: favorites than they win by what what a joke, folks. 285 00:13:55,920 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 3: Exhibition game and this for the USA was just another game, 286 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 3: nothing special South Sudan. Did you see the way they 287 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 3: were happy after the final buzzer? They were celebrating as 288 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 3: if it were a victory now, not immediately because they 289 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 3: were like, oh my gosh, how do we not get 290 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 3: how did they not call a foul? 291 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 1: Oh? You know what. 292 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 2: Hell, we played our butts off. 293 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 3: For South Sudan and a bunch of other teams, it's 294 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 3: going to be their super Bowl. 295 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 2: Now. 296 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 3: If it's your super Bowl and you've got high level 297 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 3: D one players and guys who have been in the 298 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 3: NBA and top leagues around the world, hey man, you 299 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 3: get three or four or five matchups against the US, 300 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 3: you might steal one. In ninety two, again, go look 301 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:38,119 Speaker 3: at the rosters, man, there was a handful of pros. 302 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 3: When you combine all the rosters together, this team is 303 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 3: still a juggernaut. Now listen, if you want some troubling signs, 304 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 3: why is Lebron playing such heavy minutes? Why does Joel 305 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 3: Embiid continue, in my eyes, to not look like he 306 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 3: knows what he's doing? 307 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 4: Out there. 308 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 3: I don't know if he's still injured. I don't know 309 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 3: what it is. Is not definitive. He commits a lot. 310 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 3: I feel like every game he's giving up two or 311 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 3: three and ones because of clumsy, dumb fowls. You know, 312 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 3: Devin Booker played heavy minutes and took five shots. You know, 313 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 3: Anthony Edwards had a rough game. May listen, man, he's 314 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 3: a young guy. Anthony Davis had a rough game on 315 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 3: the interior. He did finish with fifteen and eleven. Oddly, 316 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 3: I think Tyrese Haliburton played like the fewest minutes. I 317 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 3: don't know what that was about. Uh, maybe there's an injury. 318 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 3: Tatum okay game, but they didn't shoot it great from three, 319 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 3: and Shayak hit three threes. I mean he was unconscious 320 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 3: from deep. Curry kind of bailed him out. I mean 321 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 3: Curry and Lebron combined for five threes. It was one 322 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 3: of those games like listen, live by the three, Die 323 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 3: by the three. Right, Tatum over three, bam Otabayo, who 324 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 3: I think hit three threes after hitting like in their 325 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 3: last game, after hitting like fifteen all season, Well water 326 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 3: finds its level. Bam was over one from deep Derek 327 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 3: White played a lot of minutes, didn't even score, and 328 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 3: it almost looked like, man, this would have been a 329 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 3: historically bad loss. 330 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 2: Lebron Bales. 331 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 3: I now, in my opinion, Rob, this is one of 332 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 3: those super positive character building moments. 333 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 2: It wasn't pretty. 334 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 3: You can't let your guard down at all. I mean, 335 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 3: the US I think took a ten to two lead 336 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 3: or eight nothing, whatever it was earlier. You know, okay, 337 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 3: here we go, blow out city and the next thing 338 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 3: you know, second quarter US is like just just not 339 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 3: really trying and all these shots start falling. Rob I 340 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 3: said last week that I think it was like seventy 341 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 3: percent chance the US would win gold. I'm gonna I'm 342 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 3: just gonna I'm not gonna overreact, but I'm gonna go 343 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 3: down to sixty five. Not a huge swing, but I 344 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 3: would give them a sixty five percent chance to win gold. Now, 345 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 3: the betting markets do not say that, but if you're 346 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 3: betting on favorites like the US of the Olympics, be careful. 347 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 4: Yeah. I'm definitely never laying forty plus points no matter 348 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 4: what the sport is. That's Alabama versus Division two South 349 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 4: Dakota Tech State, University of the canyons. I'm not laying 350 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 4: forty points. You know, that's just not smart. The USA 351 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 4: thing was a little bit jarring because of the way 352 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 4: that they played. I watched the entire first half like 353 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 4: locked in on the on the TV, and you could 354 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 4: tell early on that number one the starting lineup is 355 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 4: still super clunky, and the biggest reason is Joel embat Like. 356 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 4: He just does not fit what they try to do. 357 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,679 Speaker 4: He does not fit Phoeba style of basketball. His style, 358 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 4: while very effective, and this is not to take away 359 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 4: from anything he does in the NBA, he's great, he's phenomenal. 360 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 4: Just offensively, he's a he's a hub, especially during the 361 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 4: regular season when you get to playoff basketball though, where 362 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,360 Speaker 4: the game slows down and they kind of get more physical. 363 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 4: You can't foul hunt the way you do, and now 364 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 4: you're seeing that even more so in Foeba. It does 365 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 4: not fit what they like to do with the rest 366 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 4: of the roster, like he slows everything down. It's pretty clunky. 367 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 4: The other thing is that to your point, they they 368 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 4: didn't look locked in at all in the first half. 369 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 4: It wasn't until they were down and you're like, oh shit, 370 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 4: we really might lose this game, let's turn it up 371 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 4: a notch. And as soon as that happened, you saw 372 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 4: a flip that went to role players. Because I think 373 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 4: what we're seeing with this current team is, even though 374 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 4: people are discussing them as you know, one of the 375 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 4: greatest rosters, if not the greatest roster ever assembled, what 376 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 4: makes the two thousand and eight team especially held in 377 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 4: so high regard and why they're viewed as one of 378 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 4: the great teams even though their roster does not compare 379 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 4: to this team, to ninety two or even lost Boozer 380 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 4: was like playing heavy minutes for them exactly. And you know, 381 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 4: for my money, I think ninety six is probably the 382 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 4: best roster we've ever had, even though people they's kind 383 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 4: of forgotten about because they came out of the Dream Team. 384 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,439 Speaker 4: But the reason why two thousand and eight was so 385 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 4: highly regarded, because they were seen as the redeem team, 386 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 4: is because of guys like Carlos Boozer, Tayshaun Prince, Michael Red, 387 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 4: you know, Jason Kidd at that point, who was no 388 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 4: longer all cap chasing Katie was a role player. Is 389 00:18:55,600 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 4: those guys served very important roles around the Star Place. 390 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 4: Lebron Wade and Kobe Bryant. What you're seeing with this team, 391 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 4: and especially you saw it on Saturday, is their best 392 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 4: role players are usually coming off the bench. And what 393 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 4: you need is you need to have guys who are 394 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 4: willing to do the dirty work, set screens, rebound, you know, 395 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 4: play strong defense, because that's not where you're gonna get 396 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 4: from Lebron. All due respect Steph Curry, Joe l Embi, 397 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 4: even Devin Booker having asking him to cover wings is 398 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 4: not Devin Booker's game. That's not what make Devin Booker great. 399 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 4: It's why Drew Holliday serves such an important role on 400 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 4: this current team. And as much as you like the 401 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,679 Speaker 4: accolades that they have, all the championships, the MVPs, all 402 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 4: nbas and so on and so forth, the best versions 403 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,360 Speaker 4: of this team if you if you watch the last 404 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 4: whatever four games they played now, the lineups usually feature 405 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 4: some combination of Drew Holliday, bam Adebayo Anthony Davis. No 406 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 4: one of those three guys are known as offensive hubs 407 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 4: on their teams. Even if Ad leads the Lakers in scoring, 408 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 4: they don't run their offense through Anthony Davis. He's a 409 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 4: pick and roll guy. He gets offensive rebounds, that kind 410 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 4: of stuff, and he scores in other ways. Where he's 411 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 4: great and where BAM's great and where Drew was great 412 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 4: is filling in all the gaps around everybody else. They're 413 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 4: the big erasers in this situation. And I hope that 414 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 4: Steve Kerr realized throughout this exhibition we'll have another one 415 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 4: here later today that trying to play kate and play 416 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 4: politics with the egos of this team is not gonna 417 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 4: get it done. Like I don't want to say that 418 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 4: we need Kevin Durant back, because we shouldn't have to 419 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 4: have Kevin Durant back to win, but Kevin Durant is 420 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 4: one of those guys where his skills set and because 421 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 4: he can just be a marksman from anywhere and he's 422 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 4: seven foot tall, he can pull from half quart if 423 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 4: he wants to. It allows them to play a different 424 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 4: style of basketball. You saw in the second half the 425 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 4: guy who was actually probably the most impactful outside of 426 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 4: Anthony Davis was Derek White, Who's not even close to 427 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 4: it an All Star All NBA caliber player, but he 428 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 4: fits a role on this team. And I think that 429 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,919 Speaker 4: once these guys, Steve Kerr especially, can settle on a 430 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 4: group that's complementary of each other and not just let's 431 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 4: get the best player. I think the Joel Embiid, Steph Curry, 432 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 4: Lebron James thing at this point feels like it's a 433 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 4: politic thing. I don't think those three guys have shown 434 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 4: that they should always definitely be starters. So once they 435 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 4: can get that figured out, I think they'll be Okay. 436 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 2: I'm one hundred percent with you. 437 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 3: I almost think the the hockey line change where you 438 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 3: just five in, five out. I don't mind that strategy. 439 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,959 Speaker 3: It gives you cohesiveness on and off the court. You 440 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 3: know you're not getting yanked. The constant subbing can be annoying, 441 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 3: right you go in for a minute and a half, 442 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 3: two minutes, and then someone else is coming to the rotation, 443 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 3: and two more minutes another guy's coming. You know, like, 444 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 3: I don't mind the starting five, but and frankly I don't. 445 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 3: I'm starting to warm up to Embiad as the starter. 446 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 3: You know why, because you know Anthony Davis is gonna 447 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 3: play more minutes. You know the pivotal minutes AD's gonna play. 448 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 3: Just get the embiedde minutes out of the way early 449 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 3: hopefully you're not digging too big of a hole. I 450 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 3: just I don't know who the second guard is with Curry, 451 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 3: I don't like, is it Booker, is it Ant? 452 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 2: Is it Holiday? I think it kind of has to 453 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,400 Speaker 2: be Holiday, right. 454 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, Honestly, if they're gonna stick with embiid at center, 455 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 4: I think that the lineup that makes the most sense 456 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 4: for thist Currencine, the starting group would have to be 457 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 4: embiid Lebron because you need somebody with size, because the 458 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 4: embid for being seven three like to play the free 459 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 4: throw line a lot. Kevin Durant, Drew Holliday, Steph Curry. 460 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 3: Okay, but what if there's no kde who's the other guy? 461 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 4: Then it's probably. 462 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,959 Speaker 3: Jason Tatum, and then so you go because he's kind 463 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 3: of been like their de facto sixth man. But then 464 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,479 Speaker 3: I guess you could make Anthony Edwards that guy leading 465 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 3: the second unit. But who's your scoring forward in the 466 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 3: second unit, like on the wing? Well, I don't know, man, 467 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 3: you think Durant's definitely gonna. 468 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: Play, I don't know. 469 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 4: I think so. I think that there's no reason why 470 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 4: he's been stringing this thing along this long and has 471 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 4: no intention of playing. Otherwise he should have pull the 472 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 4: Kawhi leonard and went home. 473 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 3: I'm looking at the exhibition schedule, this is the last one. 474 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 3: If they play five games and Durant doesn't play in 475 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 3: any of them, and then five days from now is 476 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 3: when the Olympic ceremony is, they play on the twenty 477 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 3: Let's see the twenty eighth of July, they play Serbia 478 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 3: the thirty first, they play South Sudan in the rematch, 479 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 3: and then I don't even know what woqtpu are. I 480 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 3: don't even know who that is, do you? 481 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 4: No? No? 482 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 3: Maybe it's like it depends on what happens in another 483 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 3: bracket or something. But so my guess is if Durant 484 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 3: don't play against Germany, he ain't going to parent. Maybe 485 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 3: he goes along for the ride. But I don't think 486 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 3: he's playing, right, I. 487 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 4: Mean, that's fair. And again I don't think they should 488 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,360 Speaker 4: need Kevin Durant, like basically don't need based on who 489 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 4: they have, they should be able to win provided that 490 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 4: they have the right guys out there at any given moment, 491 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 4: and they take these games seriously because France and so 492 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 4: far has looked nothing like the team I expected them 493 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 4: to look like. France has been wildly disappointing, but it 494 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 4: is exhibition. Maybe it's possible that they're tinkering with stuff. 495 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 4: Same with Serbia. I didn't think they get smashed by forty. 496 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 4: And what's with the coach. 497 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,919 Speaker 3: Playing jo kids for the first full three quarters and 498 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 3: then another like one of his guys who should have 499 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 3: been a starter, was like sitting you start taking into 500 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 3: these games. I feel like some of these international teams 501 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 3: are just doing mind game stuff. Now this Germany opponent 502 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 3: will be will be interesting because they're not in our group. 503 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 3: But I'm just telling you they smacked us around what 504 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 3: was it last year? 505 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:47,679 Speaker 2: What was it called? Like the World World Cup Games? 506 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,640 Speaker 2: They got the two brothers from I'm spacing. 507 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 4: They're in Orlando. 508 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 3: The Wagner's right is Jennis Schreuder still on this team? Yes, sir, Yeah, 509 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 3: he cooked us Germany game. That being said, I don't 510 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 3: think he's cooking Drew Holiday. But yeah, excited for Germany. 511 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 3: Looks like that tips off at noon Pacific. Yeah today. 512 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 513 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports radio 514 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 515 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: listen live. 516 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:25,719 Speaker 3: All right, we can wrap up, and we don't need 517 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 3: to do a ton on this because you know, if 518 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 3: you listen to Friday's podcast with Cindy Brunson, by the way, 519 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 3: a lot of reaction, Oh my gosh, social media, you 520 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 3: guys crushing Cindy. 521 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 2: Goodness gracious. 522 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 3: It did spark a couple interesting texts from people who, 523 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 3: shall we say, follow the pod and women's basketball closely, 524 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 3: And I don't know, it almost feels like a lot 525 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 3: of people think that she is speaking for the WNBA 526 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 3: and maybe not the double NBA at like the highest levels, 527 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 3: but players, coaches, people around the league. 528 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 2: Did you get that vibe? 529 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 4: Rop definitely got that vibe. 530 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's interesting. 531 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 2: Now, I will say so, kate La Clark played in 532 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 2: the All Star Game. 533 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 3: She had ten assists, a lot of her shots in 534 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 3: and al didn't score a ton whatever. 535 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 2: They beat the Olympic team. 536 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 3: And we're talking about a WNBA All Star team that 537 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 3: had been together robbed for what like fifteen minutes. They 538 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,439 Speaker 3: had like two practices and they kind of sort of 539 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 3: smoked the Olympic team which has been at camp together 540 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 3: and all this fun stuff. The one girl could not 541 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 3: miss from three. I think she had thirty two points 542 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 3: in the second half. I'm not gonna try to butcher 543 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 3: her name, but she is a bucket getter. I mean, 544 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 3: she was just hitting crazy threes. Rob I haven't watched 545 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 3: enough of her, but she's the way she's shooting these 546 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,199 Speaker 3: threes and the body motion and the arm did they 547 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 3: not look all like off balance chucking crazy. It wasn't 548 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,399 Speaker 3: like a natural shooting motion, you know. 549 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, she was on the ultimate heat check. Yeah. Everything. 550 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 4: It was like Steph Curry in you know, the early 551 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 4: days of the of the We Believe Warriors, like where 552 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,880 Speaker 4: he was. She was pulling from everywhere. It was incredible 553 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 4: to watch. 554 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 2: I'm just stunning stuff. She couldn't miss. 555 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 3: And Angel Rees had a good game, and it's like 556 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,239 Speaker 3: you watch your Olympic team and yeah, Breonna Stewart looked good. 557 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 3: And Kelsey Plum, who by the way, was picking up 558 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 3: Caitlin Clark full court. Kelsey Plum, My best player is 559 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 3: gonna be picking up Kaitlin Clark full court? 560 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 2: What's that about in an All Star game? You don't 561 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 2: see full. 562 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 3: Court defense in the All Star Game, in the final 563 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 3: seconds of any any All Star game, like anyways, But 564 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 3: the good news is the w NBA now has what 565 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 3: like rob like a month off of the Olympics. Correct, 566 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 3: And so I know some people are upset. Why what's 567 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 3: it this Caitlin Clark covers. You guys still have passionate 568 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 3: feelings about the Caitlin Clark saga. 569 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 2: We'll see what happens with the team USA. 570 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 3: The women's team. I think they're gonna they're gonna steamroll. 571 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 3: I mean, they have had one remotely close game dating 572 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 3: back to like the two thousand and eight Olympics. 573 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,880 Speaker 2: That's it. They're gonna roll everyone the rest of the world. 574 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,679 Speaker 3: I know Cindy was hyping it up, and yeah, the 575 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 3: rest of the world is gonna get better, just like 576 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 3: on the men's side, as the ninety two Dream team 577 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 3: ushered in international basketball, and here we are now thirty 578 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 3: two years later in international ball basketball stacked and you 579 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 3: got Yannis and Wemby and Jokich like as the best 580 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 3: players in the world. 581 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 2: Yuka Doncic, who's. 582 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 3: Not at the Olympics because they lost. But we're gonna 583 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 3: see the same with women's basketball. Guys, that's gonna happen now, 584 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 3: not to the extent I don't think of. 585 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 2: The men or that quickly. 586 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 3: But yeah, I don't think we're gonna see international players 587 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 3: dominating the WNBA in short order. But yeah, twenty years 588 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 3: from now would not surprise me at all. But I 589 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 3: don't think I'll be doing a podcast or in sports 590 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 3: media in twenty years because, unlike political candidates, I know 591 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 3: when to get the hell out of dodge. All right, 592 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,120 Speaker 3: rob Any overall thoughts on the WNBAL struggame. 593 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 4: Well, first off, that would have been the micdrop moment. 594 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 4: WI just end the pod right there, I had the 595 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 4: boom straight fire. Now. My only real takeaway from that game, 596 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 4: which I ended up watching that one as well, was 597 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 4: the WNBA All Star game format is so much better 598 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 4: than the NBA format. Why I love the Team USA 599 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 4: versus the World format because they were actually playing hard 600 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 4: like the team the Team USA squad. I know we 601 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 4: got away from them at the end, but they were 602 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 4: playing to win. They weren't maybe playing Asia Wilson and 603 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,959 Speaker 4: Stewie all the minutes like they probably would if they 604 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 4: had to, But they were playing hard. They were not 605 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 4: just letting these layup lines and uncontested dunks, Well, they 606 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 4: can't dunk uncontested layups. And deep threes whenever, like that. 607 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 4: They weren't playing like that. They were playing like a 608 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 4: legitimate pickup game between the best players in the league, 609 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,239 Speaker 4: and the NBA All Star Game does not do that 610 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 4: at all. Like there was a reason why Adam Silver 611 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 4: had to go into the locker room in the pregame 612 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 4: before the last All Star Game and implore the players 613 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 4: to play hard and give the fans a good show, 614 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 4: and then they turned in one of the worst performances 615 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 4: we had seen in a decade. So I will say 616 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 4: that if the NBA ever were to make that kind 617 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 4: of a switch and say we are gonna play Team 618 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 4: USA versus the world, can you imagine how hard you 619 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 4: might see these guys go. If you have Lebron, ADKD, 620 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 4: Steph and Jason Tatum going up against Jokic, Shiannis, Sga, 621 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,680 Speaker 4: Luca like, I think you might see it like a 622 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 4: little a little more physicality, a little bit more intensity. 623 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 4: I think that'd be great. 624 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 3: Well, one other aspect to this was I think every 625 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 3: player on the whoever won the game got like fifty 626 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 3: five thousand dollars. I think that's a number I saw. 627 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 3: I'm not one hundred percent, but you could check me. Now, 628 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 3: listen to a WNBA player. Fifty five K is massive. 629 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 3: That is significant. It's it's a little tougher sell when 630 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 3: Jason Tatum just signed a contract north of three hundred MILI, 631 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 3: like even one million dollars. Listen, man, I need a break. 632 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 3: It's an eighty two game season. Nobody cares if I 633 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 3: win this game. People care about me in the playoffs. 634 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 3: That's what I'm judged, you know. 635 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 2: So, I I just I don't know. 636 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 3: If there's a way I like the wn the NBA 637 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 3: All Star Game I have, now I haven't. I didn't 638 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 3: watch it this past year. I think I was out 639 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 3: of town, but I usually like it. I don't know 640 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 3: that there's any saving get. 641 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 4: Though, run. Yeah, it's probably beyond saving unless you're when 642 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 4: they do something that dramatic like the WNBA, and again 643 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 4: that only the WNA does this every year. I think 644 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 4: it just kind of worked out because of the Olympic Olympics. Yeah, 645 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 4: tie in, but yeah, I mean it was just refreshing 646 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 4: to see the best players trying. And you saw that 647 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 4: with the team USA men's basketball team. They're scrimmaged with 648 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 4: the select team because we saw the video footage it's 649 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 4: out there on YouTube if you want to look it. 650 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 2: Up on all the game. 651 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, and they were trying, you know, and and and 652 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 4: again the lineups are a little clunky, and that guys 653 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 4: are not playing the full compliment of minutes they normally would. 654 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 4: But for the twenty minutes that Lebron was out there, 655 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 4: he was going hard. For the eighteen minute that steps 656 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 4: out there, he's playing hard. And they select team game 657 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 4: a run for their money. And I just wish that 658 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 4: we had that kind of intensity with the men's the 659 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 4: NBA All Star Game. 660 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 3: So I don't have a mic drop moment, Rob, but 661 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 3: I'll just close on this. Guys, don't bet on USA 662 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 3: Germany basketball. Please, don't do it. 663 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 4: Talk to you tomorrow.