1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to the best of the Week for What's Right 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: with Nick Right the best takes and moments from this 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: week on the show. Enjoy. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 2: So the West is as dangerous as ever. Obviously, Katie 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 2: just went to the Rockets. It's gonna be the Lakers 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 2: first full season with LUCA, and teams like Spurs and 7 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 2: the MAVs could take the leap. 8 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 1: Yeah. 9 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 2: Who are the best players? Who are the real players 10 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 2: in the list? 11 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: Yeah? So listen. I did this a bit on I 12 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: think there is a it's clearly Oklahoma City at the top, 13 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: but I think the next best two teams of the 14 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: Rockets and the Lakers, and I the LUCA over correction. 15 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: Negativity has gone too far. And I did this on 16 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: the TV show yesterday. I just want to reiterate it. 17 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: Luca five best players in the league. Okay. Joker is thirty, 18 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: he won his title at twenty eight. Giannis is thirty. 19 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: He won his title at twenty six. Tatum is twenty seven. 20 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,839 Speaker 1: He won his title at twenty six. Shae is twenty six, 21 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: turned twenty seven in two weeks. He just won the title. 22 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: Luca the youngest of all of them, twenty six. Will 23 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 1: be twenty six during the first couple months of next season, 24 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: the idea that he is behind scheduler off schedule is incorrect. 25 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: Right now, Shae understandably his star could not be shining brighter. 26 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: I get that, and he deserves it. However, and we 27 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 1: also can't compare Luca and Shae career numbers because Luca 28 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: was good instantly and Shae grew into it. So if 29 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: we simply just take the last two years for Shay, 30 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: which are far and away the best two years of 31 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: his career, and compare them to the last two years 32 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: for Luca, which includes far and away the worst year 33 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: of his career this past year, the numbers are identical. 34 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 1: Playoffs and regular season identical, except for Luca beats him 35 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: in assists considerably and rebounds by a bit, but the 36 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: scoring and efficiencies are nearly identical. One guy made the 37 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: finals demanse and lost to a team some people thought 38 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: was going to turn into a dynasty in Boston. The 39 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: other guy made the finals and went seven with a 40 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: team people thought was the most unlikely finalist in modern 41 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: NBA history. So to add like, I don't think it's 42 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: fair to be like, well, you can win with one guy, 43 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: you can't win with the other. Now, Shay is coming 44 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: off his best year, Lucas coming off his worst. That's undeniable, 45 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: but it is there's too big of a discussion gap 46 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: amongst the two. So that's one of the reasons that 47 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: I am a believer in the Lakers, and I'm gonna 48 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: do this in reverse ord of three. One second reason 49 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: I'm a believer in the Lakers is I do think 50 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: they are going to make a substantial move in the 51 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: next week. I think they are going to address some 52 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: of their roster holes, and I think they have the 53 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: assets to do it. And the last reason I'm a 54 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: believer in the Lakers is, let me call it a 55 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: informed opinion that people that think Lebron is resigned to 56 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: the idea that he's not like that making the finals 57 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: and competing for championships, that that phase of his career 58 00:03:53,000 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: is over, are unabashedly, unequivocally wrong. Now, maybe if your 59 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: opinion is whatever he thinks is going on, you know, 60 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: doesn't matter, you know that phase is over, that's an 61 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: opinion and you're allowed to have. But if you think 62 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: Lebron is like, Okay, at this point, it's just about 63 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: playing with my son, you know, at some point having 64 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: a farewell tour. I love the game. You can dead 65 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: that right now. And I think these finals and watching 66 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City struggle with Indiana and watching what these finals 67 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: looked like, only Surge emboldened Lebron to feel like I 68 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: can get back there. And so if you have Chip 69 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: on his shoulder, Luca wants one last dance at some 70 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: point deep in the postseason, Lebron and some slight roster tweaking, 71 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: that to me makes the Lakers a contender. 72 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 2: You think Austin Reeves is there next year? 73 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: Probably not, maybe at the beginning, probably not through the year. 74 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: I just think Austin Reeves he's your most valuable, tradable asset, 75 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: and because of Luca, he's a little redundant. When you 76 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: have Anthony Davis there, Austin Reeves is critical because without 77 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves, your only creators the oldest guy in the 78 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: league and Lebron. But with Luca there, he becomes And 79 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 1: I really like Austin, you know what I mean. The 80 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: I was the first person tell you Austin Reves better 81 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: than Bradley Beal. Everybody, everybody called me crazy, But I 82 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: just think sometimes he is right now a luxury and 83 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: the Lakers have some necessities, so I would put if 84 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: I were stacking it, I should have started. I think 85 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: the Nuggets, I should have said included them. I think 86 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: they are a real player based off the strength of 87 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: Jokich alone, and I think they will, you know, manicure 88 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 1: around the edges, and maybe they were over Michael Malone 89 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: and maybe what we saw them do in the playoffs 90 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: under Adelman is something sustainable. And then we see Michael 91 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: Porter Junior come back healthy and Aaron Gordon come back healthy. 92 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: So I'd have them for Lakers three. The Rockets, to me, 93 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: are they can win the championship. And I say this 94 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: with no disrespect to Oklahoma City at all, but man 95 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: a Lakers Rockets Western Conference Finals, which I think check 96 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: me on this, producers. I think we got that once 97 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: in league history, and it was nineteen eighty six, a 98 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: team second year when everyone thought we were gonna get 99 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: Lakers Celtics in the finals. Again. I know the Lakers. 100 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: The Rockets beat the Lakers in the playoffs in nineteen 101 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: eighty six. I think it was the conference finals and 102 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: the the Rockets beat the Lakers. Okay, the hold on 103 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: the Lakers won the series. Hold on a second that 104 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: that's wrong. I'm just telling you right now. 105 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 2: The the you asked the producer fact. 106 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: I'm telling you right now, I'm telling you right now 107 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: that reads to me. I'm about to be This is 108 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: a good lesson for everybody. Pause, pause the show, but 109 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 1: stay on the air. What they just put in the 110 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: doc reads like it was some AI bot wrote it 111 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: one thousand percent. It's what it reads like. And I'm 112 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: here telling you that AI bot doesn't know what the 113 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: hell it's talking about. I'm telling you right now you 114 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: cannot trust the AI chat bots when it comes to 115 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: uh sports history. So I'm just the I'm gonna do 116 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: my own thing here. Am I going to get cook? 117 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 2: Here? You might get Oh wait, no, it says nineteen 118 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:38,199 Speaker 2: City versus Houston. 119 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: Okay, everybody stop? Does everybody stop for a second? Okay? 120 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: The the in nineteen eighty six the NBA Finals, without 121 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: a shadow of a doubt, guys, were the eighty six 122 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: Celtics maybe the greatest team ever against the chem Olajuan 123 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: Ralph Sampson Rockets. That is not up for debate. So 124 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: the I my question was, was the conference finals Lakers Rockets? 125 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: All look that up? The Rockets beat the Lakers in 126 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: the conference finals. For one, guys, audience, AI chatbots don't 127 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: fucking know sports. I'm telling you right now, ask like 128 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: when you're done with the done with the show, ask 129 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: an AI chatbot like very basic things like tell me 130 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: the top ten running backs in the NFL right now, 131 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,319 Speaker 1: and they're gonna spit at you. Adrian Peterson like the 132 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: So it's just maybe they're good for some term papers, 133 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: but they're not good with sports. So the Rockets have 134 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 1: played the Lakers in the conference finals. I believe that's 135 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 1: the only time. I believe it's nineteen eighty six. I 136 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: know they I am looking at it now. I know 137 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: they played in nineteen eighty six, but I think that's 138 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: the only time. Sorry for the sidebar point I was 139 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 1: trying to make is with no respect to Oklahoma City. 140 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: A Durant Lebron conference finals, which we've never gotten by 141 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: the way, we got it, and a Durant Lebron playoff 142 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: series that felt like a fair fight, which we've only 143 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 1: gotten once ever, in the twenty twelve NBA Finals, which 144 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 1: I know listen, Bron won in five, But that was 145 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: a great series until Game five. Like those first four 146 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: games all were in the balance in the fourth quarter, 147 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: and you can say that wasn't a fair fight because 148 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: the Heat were veterans and the Thunder were young. A 149 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: fun fact that no one believes, but it is true. 150 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: Twenty the Heat over the MAVs when they lost in 151 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: twenty eleven. The Heat were the same size favorite over 152 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 1: the MAVs in twenty eleven, minus won seventy five as 153 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: the Thunder were over the Heat. When the Heat won 154 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: their first title with Lebron and Wade in twenty twelve, 155 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: the Thunder were minus won seventy five favorites going into 156 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: those finals because the Heat, remember they had lost the 157 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: year before, and they had damn near lost to Boston, 158 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: and the Thunder had just like exploded onto the scene 159 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: and become this seemingly unstoppable force of nature. Again, this 160 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: is off top of my head, but the that Thunder 161 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: team in the conference finals played the Spurs, who the 162 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: Spurs had won demanse the final ten games of the 163 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: regular season, and then we're ten to zero in the playoffs, 164 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: up two to zero in the conference finals on a 165 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: twenty game winning streak, and then the Thunder one four 166 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: straight and made the finals like that thunder team was 167 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: like holy shit, say yeah, and so it was really 168 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: a remarkable thing. But okay, sorry, we're way off topic. 169 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,599 Speaker 1: The point I'm trying to make is I think the 170 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,199 Speaker 1: Rockets have all the pieces you need if Durant stays healthy. Yeah, 171 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: I like Shingoon as the fulcrum of the offense. I 172 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:59,559 Speaker 1: like that Durant ads scoring. I think they're gonna get 173 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,599 Speaker 1: more from shit Eperd. I think Udok is excellent. I 174 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: like all of it. And then there's Oklahoma City that 175 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: has everyone coming back and everyone but Crusoe is super 176 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 1: young and should only get better. But it's a lot 177 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: of plates to balance there one hundred and five game season. 178 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: Are you satisfied after a championship? You know, does the 179 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City got lucky? I'll putting quotes that the injury 180 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: bug hit them early instead of late, Like it's not 181 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: right to say Oklahoma City, you know, had great injury 182 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: luck this year. They you know, key players missed real time, 183 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: but they suffered it early in the year instead of 184 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: going into the postseason. So I would stay management the 185 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: way for Katie with the Rockets. 186 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 2: You know, the Rockets already being a nice team, them 187 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,119 Speaker 2: trying to mitigate his injuries. 188 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, and no I would. I think you've got 189 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: to be careful with a guy who's thirty seven. I 190 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: don't think that they're going to put him on like 191 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: a sixty game plan. And I also think for a 192 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: lot of these legends, they want to be eligible for 193 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: the awards, and that sixty five game marker isn't like 194 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: they they want KD I'm sure is. 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How 229 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 2: are you feeling about Lucas transitions? 230 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: So a couple things. One is, first, sorry to I 231 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: pointed this out on TV, and I'm not trying to 232 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: pick on anybody, but this, to me is one of 233 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: the main takeaways from the article. Remember I told you 234 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: guys Ai doesn't know sports and that Ai hallucinates sports. 235 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: This article got marred a bit by the fact that 236 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: the author included in it an anecdote about how Luka 237 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:07,120 Speaker 1: when he came into the league had a forty two 238 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: inch vertical that was measured at the NBA Combine. The 239 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:18,199 Speaker 1: problem with that is twofold. One is anyone that's watched 240 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 1: ten minutes of Lukadanic at any moment of his career 241 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: knows he never had a forty two inch vertical. The 242 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: other problem is Lukdanciic did not go to the combine, 243 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: so there is no place to measure his vertical, So 244 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: what happened there? The most obvious answer is figured out 245 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: by some Internet Sleuths was if you googled Lukdancij vertical, 246 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 1: the top AI result was that Lukodanciic had a forty 247 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,479 Speaker 1: two inch vertical measured at the NBA Combine, which then 248 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: links you to an article about Dante Divincenzo's forty two 249 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: in vertical at the NBA Combine. But AI hallucinated it. 250 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 1: I guess they saw the chu in both names, white guys, 251 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,239 Speaker 1: the same draft class, and they just made it up. 252 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 1: So again, I'm not saying AI can't be used for things. 253 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's not you know, the next, the future, 254 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 1: all of that. I am saying, for some reason, AI 255 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 1: does not know sports and can't figure it out. That's 256 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: first thing. Second thing is this my other takeaway from 257 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: that article demand I'm going to read you a line 258 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: in it which I found fascinating. The facility which is 259 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:47,159 Speaker 1: located in the town where Doncic is vacationed every summer 260 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: since he was a teen. That's important. The facility, which 261 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 1: is it located in the town where Doncic has vacationed 262 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: every summer since he was a teen, didn't have weights 263 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 1: until earlier this month, when he had dumbbells, barbells, weight 264 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: plates and med balls trucked in. So here's why that's 265 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: noteworthy to me. Luke every summer goes back to this 266 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: town in Slovenia and trains. But his training has always 267 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: just included hoop it, you know what I mean. He 268 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: plays ball and does drills, all of it. Weight draining 269 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 1: was never a big part of it for him. And 270 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: so now you guys know, I feel like the go ahead. 271 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 2: Oh it's so cool just being able to get a 272 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 2: bus of uh weights. 273 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, of course. But the the I felt 274 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: that the whiplash effect of you know, Luca's fat, out 275 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: of shape drinking problem was far too strong, considering that 276 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 1: with out ever being in peak physical condition, he had 277 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: one of the greatest opening six year stretches of a career. 278 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 2: Ever. 279 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: This is where I am contractually obligated to remind the 280 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: audience that Luka Doncic already has made more first team 281 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: All nbas than either Steph Curry or Chris Paul and 282 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 1: only has one less than Kevin freaking Durant. He's twenty 283 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: six years old, that's how great he's been. Now, he 284 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: did have a down year, and part of it was, 285 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: he was a little out of shape. He was also sad, 286 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: he also got hurt, he also got traded, and all, 287 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: you know, all of those things. So I think that 288 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: is I think that is important. It's not giving him 289 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: an excuse. But I just thought twelve months ago today, 290 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: before Luca got hurt, before Luca got traded, when Luca 291 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:03,159 Speaker 1: was coming off a fine finals appearance, nobody thought and 292 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: he had beaten in round two Shay and in round 293 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 1: three Anthony Edwards, and had averaged thirty four to nine 294 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: and ten in the regular season. Nobody thought Shay or 295 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards was better than him. Now I think it's 296 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: like conventional wisdom that those guys are better than him, 297 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: and Shaye certainly has earned it. I guess Anthony I 298 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: don't think quite has. But whatever the point I'm making 299 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: is this, Luca, in non tip top physical condition was 300 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: already well on his way to being one of the 301 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: greatest players ever. Luca, like this should be the early 302 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: favorite for League MVP. 303 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 2: Well you don't, and you don't think with his play 304 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 2: style that him being a little bit thinner might affect it. 305 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 2: Like I don't know, he's like get you on his head. 306 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, but I think I think that if he is, 307 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to be skinny. I think 308 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: he's going to be lean, you know what I mean. 309 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: I think if you just replace some of what was 310 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: fat the Lakers, Yeah, you know what I mean. Like, 311 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 1: I would bet he weighs about the same but looks, 312 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: if not more, Yeah, I mean, muscle weighs more than fat, right, 313 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: I mean, so he looks a lot thinner than he was. 314 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 1: He looks a lot thinner, you know what I mean. 315 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: So I just, yeah, I don't think you want actually 316 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:29,400 Speaker 1: skinny Luca, but thinner Luca. I think what is helpful? 317 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: And I think that he has taken this. You know 318 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 1: what happened last year at a heart And this was 319 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: the thing that I warned the MAVs about after the 320 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: trade that even if they were going to be right, 321 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: they're going to be wrong. Even if they were right, 322 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,439 Speaker 1: that if they didn't trade him and they signed him 323 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: to an extension, he was just gonna get fat and 324 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: out of shape and all these things. He By trading 325 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: him and motivating him and insulting him, they then put 326 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: this extra chip on his shoulder. Now people can say, 327 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: why didn't he do it during the year. I don't 328 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: think you can do this type of thing during a season, 329 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? I think you have to this, 330 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,400 Speaker 1: you need an offseason. And he's about to be playing 331 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,439 Speaker 1: a ton of ball at euro Basket at for Slovenia 332 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: and I right now he would be my early season 333 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: pick to win League MVP next year. 334 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 2: And if he just torched Dallas every single time they 335 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 2: play and it just doesn't even matter. 336 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 1: God, I just can't wait if that were to happen. Also, 337 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,120 Speaker 1: by the way, shout out to Marco in the chat 338 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: watching from Slovenia. 339 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 2: Yes, shout out Marco. Very cool. 340 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: Let's do Matt Stafford here and then we get to 341 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 1: the listeners. 342 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, so Matt st Everett has been dealing with some 343 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 2: backstress and is set to miss another week of camp. 344 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 2: You've been high on the rams. Does this affect it 345 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 2: at all? I think the guy just doesn't want to 346 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 2: go to training camp. He's old. Oh old. 347 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: I hope that's it. That would be great, That would 348 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: be an awesome result here. If it's just an old 349 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: guy doesn't want to practice, so here is Before training camp, 350 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: there was one story of potential contender that hit my 351 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: radar and that was the CJ. Stroud's shoulder soreness. I 352 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: was like, ooh, that's something to watch CJ Stroud, you know, 353 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: like that he wasn't able to do full throwing practice 354 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: or whatever, like that's something watch that seems to have subsided. Okay, 355 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: but it was it hit my radar. In training camp. 356 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: We've been lucky so far, fingers crossed. There hasn't been 357 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 1: the like devastating superstar injury, and there hasn't been the 358 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: contender that has just been hit with a bunch of 359 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 1: you know, contributor injuries, at least not yet. So there 360 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: have been to me two major stories out of training 361 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: camp so far for contenders. One is a positive one. 362 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: One is a worrisome one. The positive one and people 363 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: can say this is you know, Chiefs colored glasses, but 364 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: I'm not wrong about this. The Chiefs rookie first round 365 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 1: pick Get who was considered a top ten talent, who 366 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: fell because people thought his knee was not right and 367 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: he might not be healthy for a good portion of 368 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: his rookie year. Not only being healthy the first day 369 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: of camp, but being slotted as the starting left tackle, 370 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: not competing with Jalen Moore, who they signed to be 371 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: the left tackle for that spot. Just being their left 372 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: tackle from day one of camp today to right now 373 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: is one of the biggest positive stories for any true 374 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,439 Speaker 1: contender this training camp because if they have that spot 375 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: locked down, and then you have Jaalen Moore, the guy 376 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 1: they signed from San Francisco, and Juwan Taylor, the right 377 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: tackle who's been a bit of a disappointment with Kansas 378 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: City since they signed him from Jacksonville, competing on the 379 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 1: right side, then all of a sudden, the Chiefs offensive 380 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: line is totally different. So and there was everyone agreed 381 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: that Josh Simmons had the talent to potentially be the 382 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 1: number one tackle in his draft class, but the injury 383 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: was so worried some he slid. If the knee is 384 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: really right, then the Chiefs dealing at taking care of 385 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: one of the most important and one of the most 386 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: expensive spots in football by drafting a guy at thirty 387 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 1: two is a game changer that's in the positive direction 388 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: for a contender, in a negative direction for a content. 389 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 1: It's this Stafford story because aside from confidence for your 390 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: team's secondary, there is nothing positive that comes out of 391 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 1: Jimmy g practicing and playing in draf camp and you 392 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 1: need desperately healthy Matt Stafford in order to contend, and 393 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: I think the Rams can contend. I liked now for 394 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: Devonte Adams. I was just like, you gotta be kidding me. 395 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 1: Got massive, I got Jimmy g throwing me the wall again. 396 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 1: I love Puka, I really like their d line. I 397 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: obviously love McVeigh. I think DeVante is good as a 398 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 1: number two with the Rams, but it all comes undone 399 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 1: without Stafford. And Stafford is thirty seven. He got the 400 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: shit kicked out of him for a decade in Detroit. 401 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: He has been banged up at times with the Rams. 402 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: I am it's not the biggest story, but I am 403 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: not going to ignore it as a potential big story. 404 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,119 Speaker 1: So it's just something to watch. Hey guys, talk to 405 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: you about my friends at boost Mobile. Ever sign up 406 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 1: for a phone plan, thinking wow, great price, and then 407 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: a few months later it's like surprise, bill's even higher. 408 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: Boost Mobile. 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Customers will pay twenty five dollars a month 418 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: as long as they remain active on the Boost Unlimited plan. 419 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 2: A Selucas signed his three year, one hundred and sixty 420 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 2: five million extension with the Lakers over the weekend. We've 421 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 2: all been waiting on that. So now that's finally happened, 422 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 2: do you think that it's time for Elied to really 423 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 2: press the gas on trying to succeed in the now? 424 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: Well, listen, I got it. I said after they didn't 425 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: re sign Dorian Finney Smith that I thought there was 426 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: a chance I put Lucas signing the extension. Was it 427 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: ninety percent? I had it. I dropped it to like 428 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: seventy five percent. So I do think this is good, important, 429 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 1: real news. I also think that because he signed the extension, 430 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: they are able to slow walk this a bit. If 431 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: they want to because Luca is not going anywhere over 432 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 1: the next three years. And by the way, the next 433 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 1: deal he'll sign Demons will be the league's first million 434 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: dollar a game deal super Max. Yeah, well it was that. 435 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 2: What he was supposed to was that what he was 436 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 2: coming up on in Dallas. 437 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: No, No, he could have signed. 438 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 3: No, the. 439 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: He would have gotten the biggest deal ever in Dallas, 440 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: but it wouldn't. We wouldn't have gotten that threshold yet. 441 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: But three years from now his contract will average more 442 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: than eighty two million a year and there's eighty two games. 443 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: It's a really remarkable thing here is though my general 444 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 1: Lakers take that. No One, even the biggest anti Lebron folks, 445 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: haven't been able to explain to me where I'm wrong 446 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 1: on this. I think it is overwhelmingly likely that over 447 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: the lifetime of this extension, these next three years, Luca 448 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: never has a teammate better than Lebron is right now. Now, listen, 449 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: maybe they're gonna get Yannis and I'll be wrong. Maybe 450 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 1: they're you know, they have their eyes on Joker, and 451 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: I'll be wrong. But Shay ain't going anywhere, and Tatum's 452 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: not going anywhere, and now we're like running out of 453 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 1: people who are better than Lebron right now. Okay, so 454 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: I would if I were the Lakers, prioritize trying to 455 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 1: win right now, because if they think this is their 456 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: last year with Lebron, I do not know that Luca 457 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 1: is going to have a better running mate than Lebron 458 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: over these next three years. Now. Again, if they have 459 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: real intel that if they keep the cap sheet clean 460 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: in two years, Yannis plans on just coming there in 461 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: free agency, then so be it. Then you know what 462 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: if they like then see you know, it's not like 463 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: they're drawing dead this season, like they've got a nice 464 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: roster and then keep it flexible. But that's a hell 465 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,720 Speaker 1: of a gamble to take, like a hell of a 466 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: gamble to take. 467 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 2: Do you are you worried at all that there's like 468 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 2: a riff potentially formed between Luca and Lebron or do 469 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 2: you think that Luca knows that it's I don't think. 470 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think it's between Luca and Lebron at all. 471 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: Lebron was Luca's all time favorite player. Luca is the 472 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 1: guy Lebron tried to sign to his shoe line. Luca like, 473 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: I don't think there is anything between them at all. 474 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: I think there is some obvious frustration for Lebron, fair 475 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: or not that the Lakers are not pressing the gas 476 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 1: even more on this season. Now you can say that's unfair, 477 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 1: that they shouldn't whatever, but that is to me, the 478 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: entirety of the frustration is that right there. 479 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, So Baker Mayfield came into that number fifty 480 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 2: in the NFL Top one list. He answers this year 481 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 2: as the eighth best odds for MVP in Tampa. Bay 482 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 2: also just drafted Amika Agbuka and they're getting got one 483 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 2: back from his injury. What are your expectations for Baker 484 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 2: this year? 485 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 1: Expectations already has another really good season. Ceiling is he 486 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: is a frontline MVP candidate and they are a true 487 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,880 Speaker 1: contender in the NFC. Like I think that's on the board. 488 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,200 Speaker 1: And here's the thing. In order for them to be 489 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 1: a contender, he has to be an MVP candidate because 490 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,479 Speaker 1: that defense is not going to be great. They are 491 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 1: gonna have to outscore people. But Baker had forty touchdowns 492 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 1: last year. He was a badass man. Yeah, I mean 493 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 1: he was a badass last year. I'm so and he 494 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 1: right now, has I want to make sure I'm right 495 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: about this, that I didn't miss it yet. He's on 496 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: the best non rookie contract in the NFL. Three years, 497 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 1: one hundred million bucks for Baker Mayfield. He is one 498 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:11,880 Speaker 1: more good season away from getting a two hundred and 499 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:15,920 Speaker 1: fifty million dollar deal. He's been that level of player, 500 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 1: and I'm just happy for him, man, because this shit 501 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 1: went so sideways on him. Yeah, and his teammates love him. 502 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:31,600 Speaker 1: He is true to himself. He's tough. He is a 503 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:37,239 Speaker 1: legit awesome playoff performer. Like this is the thing that 504 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 1: people I think underrate with Baker. He has played i 505 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 1: think five career playoff games. I'm gonna tell you what 506 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:49,759 Speaker 1: he did. First playoff game ever, the Cleveland Browns go 507 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:54,360 Speaker 1: into Pittsburgh, hang forty eight on him. Baker throws for 508 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 1: two sixty three touchdowns a one fifteen rating. Second playoff 509 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 1: game ever, his only ever bad playoff game. He's against 510 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:09,399 Speaker 1: the two time defending AFC champion. Oh I'm sorry, he's 511 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:13,759 Speaker 1: against the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs, and he's twenty 512 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,080 Speaker 1: three to thirty seven for two hundred yards, one touchdown, 513 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,960 Speaker 1: one pick, seventy five rating but he's in arrowhead in 514 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: round two against the twenty twenty Chiefs, like, no shame 515 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: in that. He then makes the playoffs with Tampa. His 516 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:31,800 Speaker 1: first playoff game ever against Philly, and again it's so crazy, 517 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:36,240 Speaker 1: this is Philly. This game was in January of twenty 518 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:41,359 Speaker 1: twenty four. Yeah, exactly, thirty two to nine, three touchdowns, 519 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,719 Speaker 1: no picks, a one to twenty rating. The next game 520 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 1: against Detroit three hundred and fifty yards, three touchdowns, two picks, 521 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: a ninety five rating, they lose by eight. And in 522 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:57,919 Speaker 1: the game against Washington last year, a wild one where 523 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 1: he only throws eighteen times, but he's fifteen of eighteen 524 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,359 Speaker 1: for a buck eighty five, two touchdowns and a one 525 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,480 Speaker 1: forty seven rating. In his playoff career, he's got a 526 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:15,160 Speaker 1: one zero six rating, twelve touchdowns, three picks. Like he's 527 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:19,320 Speaker 1: just been awesome to say, gets better? Yeah so, I yeah, so, 528 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:24,279 Speaker 1: I'm a Baker believer through and through. All right, Uh, 529 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: let's do these last two real quick. 530 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,600 Speaker 2: James Cook is holding in as he looks for his 531 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,280 Speaker 2: contract extension. After a few years a big dollar running 532 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,799 Speaker 2: backs paying off, it seemed like the debate was put 533 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,320 Speaker 2: to rest, but that conversation opens back up again. Or 534 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 2: do you think Cook is just not that guy? 535 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: Well? No, I just I think Cook's really good. But 536 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 1: I the Bills have no cap space. He's under contract 537 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,879 Speaker 1: for five million bucks. They know they can franchise tag 538 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,720 Speaker 1: him for not much. And even if you think he's awesome, 539 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,720 Speaker 1: do you think he's going to be awesome four years 540 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:56,120 Speaker 1: from now? 541 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,239 Speaker 2: So, like, go ask me a huge part of their 542 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 2: offense last year, like huge, it's the last two years. 543 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:08,800 Speaker 1: I just think they think he's gonna blink. Bro. I 544 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,520 Speaker 1: don't think it's that they you know what I mean. 545 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,720 Speaker 1: I think that they think we'll give him a little 546 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:16,279 Speaker 1: more money, but not long term, you know what I mean? 547 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:20,400 Speaker 1: Nothing long term and then or maybe a one year extension. 548 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,759 Speaker 1: But the report is he wants you know, I don't 549 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,040 Speaker 1: know if it's what he wants. I don't want to 550 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,840 Speaker 1: get this wrong, but I saw four years forty million 551 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,800 Speaker 1: bouncing around, which is only ten million a year. But 552 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: I just think they think at that position, his style, 553 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,400 Speaker 1: in two years he could be done, and they just 554 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 1: it's just such a tough business for running backs. Man, 555 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:42,319 Speaker 1: It's just such a tough business for running backs.