1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. 2 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 2: What is up drap Fire BAYM It's me Jason McIntyre, 3 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 2: Straight Fawyer or Wednesday, December the tenth. Obviously, no more 4 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 2: midweek college football podcast for a couple days weeks, maybe 5 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 2: until the playoffs begin. Obviously there's a lot of NFL. 6 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 2: It's wacky. There's five, maybe six double digit spreads this 7 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 2: week in the NFL. Uh. Not a great Thursday night 8 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 2: game Tampa Atlanta. I think Drake London is trending toward 9 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:45,959 Speaker 2: maybe playing. This was the game last year where Kirk 10 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 2: Cousins went off. I think he had like five hundred 11 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 2: yards passing. It was actually a good game. I just 12 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 2: don't have a ton of interest. Last week Dallas Detroit 13 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: locked in. Next week ram Seahawks locked in. But this 14 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 2: one outdoors in Tampa. And by the way, the Bucks 15 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 2: just cost us in Survivors. So I really just dislike 16 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: them greatly and do not have any interest in watching 17 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 2: those bumps. So NFL's kind of quiet right now. The 18 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 2: Philip Rivers stuff is insane. He's signed to the practice 19 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: squad and it sounds like it's gonna be Brett Rippon 20 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:25,279 Speaker 2: or Philip Rivers this week. I joke that Philip Rivers 21 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 2: going into Seattle off his He was on a sofa 22 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: a week ago watching highlights probably have his son high 23 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 2: school football to facing the Seattle Seahawks defense. He's forty 24 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: four years old, he's been out of football for five years. 25 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 2: This is insanity. This is Apollo Creed coming out of 26 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: retirement to fight Ivan Drago in an exhibition and getting killed. 27 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: Rocky for is one of my favorite movies. I've seen 28 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: it a billion times. I just don't like this For 29 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: Philip Rivers. He's immobile. The Seahawks defense swarms at home. 30 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 2: This is what the market's telling you. The line is 31 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 2: thirteen and a half. They don't know who's starting. They 32 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: don't care. Now, Yes, Seattle has the Rams on deck 33 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 2: in that huge Thursday night football game, so they will 34 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 2: win this. Maybe Jonathan Taylor breaks along TD run, maybe 35 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 2: breaks two. But this to me feels like a twenty 36 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: seven to nine twenty something thereabout. So the Seahawks just 37 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: put it in cruise control in the second half and 38 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 2: the Colts can't do much a total of forty two. 39 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 2: I would lean under on that, because honestly, Seattle is 40 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 2: probably gonna not want to put anything on tape here. 41 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 2: Obviously there's a full season of Sam Donald, but you're 42 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 2: not using any of your best plays. You're not you know, 43 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 2: you probably have some good stuff cooked up. You're not 44 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 2: burning that right. You can go with a vanilla game plan. 45 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: And the Colts defense, by the way, is just not 46 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 2: very good. Trevor Lawrence went up and down the field 47 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 2: against them. Obviously, the turnovers really hurt hurt the Colts 48 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 2: last week set set the Jags up for easy scores. 49 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 2: But you know, even looking at like no Sauce Gardener 50 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,839 Speaker 2: with the calf, I just I don't see that game 51 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 2: being competitive. I did bet it. I don't endorse a 52 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 2: double digit bet thirteen and a half. What's even funnier 53 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: is so I did bet college basketball last night Michigan 54 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: at Michigan was hosting Villanova. The line was sixteen, and 55 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: I was like, holy smokes. I mean, I know Michigan's 56 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 2: been murdering teams by like twenty five. So I was like, 57 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 2: let me just see what Ken Palm has. Ken Palm 58 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 2: had it as fifteen. I was like, I'm betting it 59 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 2: just for fun action play, and Michigan wins by thirty. 60 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: They are a truck right now. There's no way I'm 61 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 2: fading them. And as a matter of fact, it could 62 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: just be a fun exercise. I might just bet Michigan 63 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 2: until they don't cover. I mean, the lines are going 64 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: to keep going up. But holy I did not realize 65 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 2: they were as good they are loaded. But anyways, I 66 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: do want to make this podcast about basketball, just not college. 67 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 2: By the way, great night in college basketball. Oh my 68 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 2: goodness BYU winning at the buzzer, huge comeback against Clemson. 69 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: AJ Debantsa is looking like a Tracy McGrady type player. 70 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, thunderous dung. I mean, he was out standing, 71 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: totally led them back from down. I think it was 72 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: nineteen or twenty against Clemson and they get to win 73 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 2: at the buzzer and then the Florida Yukon thriller. You guys, 74 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: pretty good. Florida team's fun. They got some big they 75 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: just they're missing wings. It feels like they have bigs 76 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 2: and I like their guards, but they just don't have 77 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 2: that wing caravan. Just yea. Man, that guy's a night. 78 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 2: He's he's like the quintessential college basketball player. Yukon's holdover 79 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 2: from the from their title teams. But I don't want 80 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 2: to talk college basketball. I want to talk NBA because 81 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 2: and this is the new like NBA media, right, Somebody 82 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 2: relevant in the NBA goes on a podcast says some 83 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 2: somewhat inflammatory stuff and it becomes a brushfire. So we 84 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 2: have former players like Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Gilbert Arenas, 85 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 2: they're all in the podcasting space just created content. A 86 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 2: lot of it is barkley ish where you just take 87 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 2: dumps on the current players. It's not as bad as 88 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 2: Barkley and Shaq and Kenny, but you know, there's plenty 89 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 2: of negativity to go around. We all know negativity cells, obviously. 90 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 2: And then Rich Paul went on a podcast with this 91 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 2: boxing commentator Max Kellerman, and Rich Paul decided to kind 92 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 2: of unload some stuff on the Lakers. Now, let me 93 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 2: preface this by saying, the Lakers play tonight against the 94 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 2: Spurs in an NBA Cup quarter final matchup. It's a 95 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 2: big one. So the Cup quarterfinals were last night and tonight, 96 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 2: and on Tuesday, the Magic beat the Heat to advance 97 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 2: to the Semis, and the Knicks beat the Raptors to 98 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: advance to the Semis. Nice win. For the Knicks. We 99 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 2: were quietly seventeen and seven. Magic are starting to fight 100 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 2: and they're footing after a rough start. Tonight Spurs Lakers 101 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 2: and Suns Thunder. How about the Suns, man, you want 102 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 2: to guess the line, You'll never guess it. Thunder fourteen 103 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: and a half. Now, I will say I am really 104 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 2: geeked for Las Vegas and this semi final on Saturday, 105 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,679 Speaker 2: and I will say the NBA Cup did a great 106 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 2: job lining it up. Saturday. No college football other than 107 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: Army Navy. Saturday is a great day if you haven't 108 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 2: already to get your Christmas tree, get your garage done, 109 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 2: and then there's NBA from Vegas at two point thirty 110 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: will be Nick's Magic and then the primetime game will 111 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 2: hopefully be Lakers Thunder, which is gonna be a great game. Now, 112 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 2: Wembin Yama is not expected to play. I think you 113 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: know they they brought back Castle, but it doesn't They 114 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 2: were going to try to give it a go for 115 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 2: Wemby as as we record this now, I don't think 116 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 2: he's gonna play, So I if you feel like betting it. 117 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 2: That's the only thing I've seen is no wheen Minyama 118 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 2: Lakers five and a half. Lakers will have their full 119 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 2: arsenal of stars as the best I can tell, Luca, 120 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 2: Lebron and Austin Reefs. And I say Austin Reeves is 121 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 2: a complement of stars, because it's very clear if you 122 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 2: listen to any of this Rich Paul podcast. Now, I 123 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 2: did not listen to the podcast, but I was on 124 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 2: social media and saw the clips. Rich Paul, who's Lebron's agent, 125 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: he's been with him forever, just set some out of 126 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 2: pocket stuff that it took me a while to formulate 127 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 2: a take as to why the hell he's saying this stuff. 128 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 2: I'm not going to cover all of it, just the highlights, 129 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 2: or I guess I should say low lights. So he 130 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 2: says the Lakers, who remind you, are seventeen and six, 131 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 2: currently second in the West. The Lakers are not built 132 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 2: to get to the Western Conference finals. They're not good enough. 133 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 2: That's one of his hot takes. And as you know, 134 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 2: when you take shots at the Lakers, that's going to 135 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 2: travel well on social media. Actually when you're Lebron's guy. 136 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 2: He went on to say, the Lakers are not built 137 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 2: to get to the finals. You saw what happened last year, 138 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 2: they weren't athletic enough on the wing. That's very coded 139 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 2: for Austin Rivers. Got Austin Reeves, sorry, got cooked by 140 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards. And Austin Reeves couldn't do anything against Anthony Edwards. Okay, 141 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 2: neglect the fact that Austin Reeves had a significant toe injury. 142 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 2: And I know we can scoff at a tow injury, 143 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 2: but when you look at the NFL this season and 144 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 2: how significant toe injuries have been, you're like, oh, well, now, okay, 145 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 2: toe injury serious. I don't know what Austin Reeves was. 146 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:40,079 Speaker 2: Was he seventy five, fifty eighty? I have no clue, 147 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 2: but he clearly was not doing anything close to the 148 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 2: dominance that he's putting forth this year. And for Rich 149 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 2: Paul to say that, I'm I mean, my thought is like, 150 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 2: holy smokes, what is why is he doing this? And 151 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 2: there's a couple theories. Okay, So one would be, well 152 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 2: Rich Paul trying to get the Lakers to trade Austin 153 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 2: Reeves for Yannis. Okay, the Lakers have said they do 154 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 2: not want to give him up for Jannis. 155 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: They don't want to give him up. 156 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: But actually, I take that back, there was a report 157 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 2: that they would only trade him for Yannis or Jokish, 158 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 2: not that that's even in play, but that there was 159 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 2: a report that that was the situation with the Lakers 160 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 2: and Reeves. 161 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 162 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 163 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 164 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: listen live. 165 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 2: Rich Paul saying this that they're you know, they're not 166 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 2: athletic enough, blah blah blah. To me, that's like, well, 167 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 2: there's not a lot of ways to get better. You 168 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 2: ain't trading Luca. Lebron has a no trade. As he 169 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 2: reminded everybody, You're not gonna all of a sudden get 170 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 2: much better when if you moved Ruey and gave Vincent 171 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 2: and Marcus smart Like, that's not gonna make a material difference. 172 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 2: So all that's left is reefs. So that to me 173 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 2: is very clear from Rich Paul, who's reminder, Lebron's guy. Okay, 174 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 2: So then he's like, well, you know, I guess if 175 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 2: I'm looking to trade somebody for Giannis around the league, 176 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 2: I would look to Atlanta, which I guess he listened 177 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 2: to this podcast, but then he said I would go 178 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 2: after Jalen Johnson if I was Milwaukee. Yeah, there's no 179 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 2: way Atlanta is parting with Jalen Johnson, who looks like 180 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 2: a big time star right now. Okay, the Hawks aren't 181 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 2: close to anything. Why would you give up Jalen Johnson? 182 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 2: And then assets and then he goes, oh, well you 183 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 2: get Jalen Johnson's my client. You have frickin' moron. Come on, 184 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 2: what are you doing pumping up your client and trade? 185 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 2: What are you saying Jalen Johnson? What's out of Atlanta? 186 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 2: Well he's from Milwaukee, Okay, And I just thought that 187 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 2: was weak. But what he missed and this is, you 188 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 2: know again, I'm happy for the boxing guy Max Kellerman 189 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 2: to get a podcast, but this is what's weird. There's 190 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 2: really no pushback or challenge or sparring. And I get it. 191 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 2: You know, Hey, I'll come on your pod. Just don't 192 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 2: ask me any hard questions, don't put me in a 193 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 2: bad spot, you know, don't challenge any basically, don't challenge anything, 194 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 2: because I would ask Rich Paul. Well, wait a minute, Rich, 195 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 2: what was Luca's most successful team ever? It was the 196 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 2: team he went to the finals with a couple of 197 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 2: years ago. That team was Luka Doncic and his wingman 198 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 2: Kyrie Irving, and then around them they had a bunch 199 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 2: of role players, a constellation of perfect fits. A Derek 200 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 2: Jones on the wing, a defensive wing who don't need 201 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 2: the ball, but if he's open, he'll hit threes. They 202 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 2: had PJ. Washington, a small forward who could goggle up 203 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 2: to a four. He could play, he could defend up, 204 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 2: he could be shooting guard if you need him to. 205 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 2: He was a quintessential like number three, four or five player. 206 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,719 Speaker 2: You had the rim running centers who were rim protectors 207 00:11:53,760 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 2: in Gafford Lively like they were perfectly built. And however 208 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 2: much Nico Harrison did that, congratulations well done. He took 209 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 2: he rolled the dice with Kyrie Irving and it worked. 210 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 2: So if that was Luca's best team, if you're the Lakers, 211 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 2: wouldn't you want to try to recreate something of the sort. Okay, 212 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 2: so you have Luca obviously, and I'm not going overboard here, guys, 213 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 2: but I don't think the Austin Reeds we're seeing now 214 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,439 Speaker 2: is that far behind the Kyrie we saw in Dallas 215 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 2: with Luca two years ago. Again, I'm not saying prime Kyrie. 216 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 2: By the way, Prime Kyrie never won anything anywhere. Okay, 217 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 2: he didn't win anything anywhere until he was Luca's number two. 218 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 2: Then he went to the finals. Yes, he won a 219 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 2: title in Cleveland, but he did not do that. That 220 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 2: was Lebron James at the height of his powers. Okay. 221 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 2: Obviously Kyrie is a great player. But when I say 222 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 2: Austin Reeves could be like Kyrie in Dallas, I don't 223 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 2: want you yelling at yelling in your car or walking 224 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 2: your dog like, I don't think that's crazy. Austin Reeves 225 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 2: is that good this year? Guys? He is. I'm not 226 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 2: even kidding. And if fine, if he's not gonna be Austin, 227 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 2: he's not gonna be you know, Kyrie with the handle. 228 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 2: But I'll tell you right now, Austin Reeves a better 229 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 2: defender than Kyrie. He's longer. I would I don't have 230 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 2: the three point numbers in front of me, but I 231 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 2: guarantee you the shooting's not that different. Obviously, Kyrie a 232 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 2: better playmaker, Austin Reeves less headache, Like, I don't think 233 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 2: it's that different. If I told you Austin Reeves this 234 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 2: year is ninety five percent of what Kyrie was two 235 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 2: years ago. You probably would agree with me. Maybe you 236 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 2: go ninety ninety five. Ninety five is the number I 237 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,839 Speaker 2: would do. And then you look around and you're like, 238 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 2: all right, well, who's their PJ. Washington kind of crickets 239 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 2: And I now float Ruey Hachi Mora, and you'll scoff. 240 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 2: Ruey is a little bigger. He could play a small 241 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 2: ball five. PJ could maybe stints if you needed to. 242 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 2: Ruy goodshooter, just like PJ. Washington. I think PJ a 243 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 2: little more aggressive with the drives. Rui's a little less athletic. 244 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 2: But again, Ruey, come on, you're telling me can't be 245 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 2: seventy percent of that PJ. Washington, come on now, center 246 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 2: is the issue. DeAndre Ayton is not a rim runner 247 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 2: like Lively. He's probably he's definitely well, he's better than Gafford. 248 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 2: He's in between those two. Now, I guess I'm doing 249 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 2: a projection with Lively, who I just love. He just 250 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 2: can't stay healthy. I mean, it's really sad. He just 251 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 2: keeps getting hurt. So Ayton, it is something of those two. 252 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 2: And then you look around and you're like, all right, well, 253 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 2: what are we gonna get from like Jake la Ravia. 254 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 2: And by the way, he's not terrible, and I'm not 255 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 2: being a Laker homer, but bottom line, you can see 256 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 2: where I'm going with this. But I left out one thing. 257 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 2: This Laker team, yes, it kind of sort of does 258 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 2: look like that Dallas team. I left out one thing. 259 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 2: The highest paid Laker this year wasn't even mentioned among 260 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 2: any of those guys, and that's Lebron James at fifty 261 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 2: two million a year. So what exactly are we doing, 262 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 2: Rich Paul? The Lakers are seventeen and six, Lebron is 263 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 2: barely played, Austin Reeves playing out of his mind, Luca 264 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 2: is on a major heater. What do you mean they're 265 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 2: not close? Yes, Oklahoma City blasted them, they weren't at 266 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 2: full strength. Hopefully they meet again Saturday. Is Oklahoma City better? Yeah, 267 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 2: they're better on paper? Sure, I don't. If I'm the Lakers, 268 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 2: I'm not afraid of those guys. 269 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: Now. 270 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 2: I don't want to face them in the first roundt 271 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 2: of playoffs or the second. I'd love to face them 272 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 2: in the finals. But again, I just look at that 273 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 2: Dallas team. Luka had a couple other guys I'm seeing 274 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 2: in the stats Tim Hardaway. Let's see here, Tim Hardaway, 275 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 2: you know, noted chucker, but he could delivered. Oh no 276 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 2: wait he was no, no, he yeah, he was there 277 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 2: in the play He didn't play much, twelve minutes a night, 278 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 2: but like Josh Green, was solid. I'm just telling you, 279 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 2: the Lakers are recreating that team Luca two years older. 280 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 2: And then all of a sudden it's like, oh, but 281 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 2: we also have Lebron and I know, you know, Denver's 282 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 2: really really good. Aaron Gordon's out now, so the Lakers 283 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 2: hopefully can get some separation between those two. And I 284 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 2: don't think they're that far off. Now, some of the 285 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 2: advanced stats don't say that the Lakers are amazing. Obviously, 286 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 2: offensively they're terrific, but the defense is just not good 287 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 2: at all. And I don't know how they stop Oka. See. 288 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 2: But guys, how many times have we seen wacky shit 289 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 2: happen in the playoffs? And I'm not saying just injuries, 290 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 2: but just crazy stuff. Are we forgetting this? OKAC Juggernaut 291 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 2: needed seven to take down Denver and needed seven to 292 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 2: take down the Indiana Pacers. And if Tyrese Haliburton doesn't 293 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 2: get hurt. I don't know what we're talking about. Now, Yes, 294 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 2: Oka see right now is a machine. I mean twenty 295 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 2: three and whatever the number is really strong team. But 296 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 2: I go into battle with Luca Reeves and Lebron all healthy, 297 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 2: I'm taking I like my chances. I'm not saying her favorite, obviously, 298 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 2: but I just think that's a great mass. So I 299 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 2: don't know what Rich Paul's talking about. So I'm sitting 300 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 2: here thinking about this, and then it hits me, why 301 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 2: is he saying all this stuff? Is he taking jabs 302 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 2: at players? Is he trying to talk to Laker management? 303 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 2: And then it hit me. Do you remember in the 304 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 2: off season when Lebron made it clear he wanted a 305 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 2: deal and he didn't get any kind of pouted and 306 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 2: went quiet, and the Lakers turned to Luca and they 307 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 2: took him out to dinner, wind him, dined him, and 308 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 2: next thing you know, it's like, this is Luca's team, 309 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 2: and we're gonna build around Luca. We're gonna take his advice. 310 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 2: And so I'm not saying the Lakers tuned out Lebron, 311 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 2: but it's pretty clear that Lebron's last significant move with 312 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 2: the organization was Russell Westbrook right, and it's spectacularly badly 313 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,959 Speaker 2: And next thing, you know, it's like, oh boy, what 314 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 2: are we doing? What on earth are we doing? We're 315 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 2: not listening to Lebron anymore. We're gonna listen to Luca. 316 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 2: And so if you're Rich Paul, the agent for Lebron, 317 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 2: and remember everything Lebron's done in his career has kind 318 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 2: of worked. He's pushed all the right buttons. But now 319 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 2: he's forty one and they're not listening to him. And 320 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 2: if they're not listening, I mean, hypothetically in my case, 321 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 2: you know, if let's just say it, I'm making this 322 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 2: up Fox, you know, and I were in a contract 323 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 2: situation and I wasn't getting what I wanted and I 324 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 2: could kind of see the writing on the wall. Would 325 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,199 Speaker 2: one of the cards that I play? And this is 326 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 2: not really my style, but you see this with a 327 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,479 Speaker 2: lot of media members. I mean it's very clear if 328 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 2: you just open your eyes, one of the cards you 329 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 2: play is I'm gonna go to the media and voice 330 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 2: my concerns and let my side be heard. And when 331 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 2: my side's heard, maybe that'll sway public opinion. I wonder 332 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 2: if Lebron and Rich Paul are not happy that the 333 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 2: Lakers aren't listening, and now they're like, ooh, what if 334 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 2: we want on podcasts and air at our side? And 335 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,679 Speaker 2: obviously Lebron's not gonna say anything out of pocket. In 336 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 2: his he's still a Laker. He does have a no 337 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 2: trade cause, so he'd have to wave it to get 338 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 2: dealt this year. But to me, it's just signaled frustration 339 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,159 Speaker 2: maybe from their camp he don't have a deal. He 340 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 2: obviously would love it if they could get Giannis. They're 341 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 2: not listening to him, and so he sends his agent 342 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 2: to go on this podcast, and this agent now puts 343 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 2: out the talking points, Well, we're not good enough. We 344 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 2: need to make a move right. 345 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 346 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 347 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: dot com and within the Eye Radio app. Search FSR 348 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 1: to listen live. 349 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 2: I almost feel a little bad for Lebron. You guys know, 350 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 2: I'm team Lebron. I think he's the greatest player in 351 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 2: the history of basketball. I don't think there's much of 352 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 2: an argument against him. I understand people are really, really 353 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 2: pot committed to Michael Jordan, and they love what he did. 354 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 2: He had an amazing career. It's I don't think it's 355 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 2: a slight at all to say he's the second best 356 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 2: player in NBA history. But if we're being honest, I 357 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 2: think Lebron in his camp, their requests or suggestions are 358 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 2: kind of falling on deaf ears and this is their 359 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 2: way to get their side out. Now where it gets 360 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 2: really interesting is and I just noticed this. Lebron actually 361 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 2: recorded a podcast with his guys Steve Nash. You see 362 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 2: how this is ow podcast everything. He recorded a podcast 363 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 2: with Steve Nash this week and he's gushing about Anthony, 364 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 2: about Austin Reefs, just gushing, Oh, his role is picking 365 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 2: up his usage rate. I mean aar loves basketball, does 366 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 2: is played golf and basketball. His confidence is through the roof. 367 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 2: It's interesting. So here we have Lebron gassing up Austin 368 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 2: Reeves and he's been doing that forever. He's a huge 369 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 2: Austin Reeves guy. But then on the other side, you've 370 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 2: got his agent going on a podcast saying, well, we're 371 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 2: not athletic enough on the wing. Who are the wings 372 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 2: on the Lakers' Austin Reeves? Jake Larabia now Jake Laaravia. 373 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 2: I believe shares an I think Jovon Bouja had this 374 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 2: on the pod. Laaravia shares an agent with Luca. I'm 375 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,959 Speaker 2: pretty sure, or maybe it's Austin. No, I think it's 376 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 2: Austin Reeves actually, and the Lakers love Austin Reeves. Guys. 377 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 2: I'm just I'm just telling you. They think he can 378 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 2: be Kyrie to Luca. And if you've got that, I 379 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,679 Speaker 2: don't understand why you would not say, you know what, 380 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 2: we're gonna, We're gonna, we're gonna keep this together and 381 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 2: Lebron thank you. Uh, we'll decide in the offseason. And now, 382 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 2: in all honesty, we're we're setting up. And I saw 383 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,200 Speaker 2: my guy, Danny Green had this take that this is 384 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 2: Lebron's final year. I'm gonna get Danny Green on the 385 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 2: podcast soon. He lives near me. We hoop together whatever. 386 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 2: It's interesting because I can see a world where this 387 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 2: is Lebron's final year. Think about this. The Lakers aren't 388 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 2: offering him a big bunny contract. No matter what happens 389 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 2: the rest of the way. He's not getting a forty 390 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 2: to fifty million dollars. It's just not so who's doing that. 391 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: Nobody? 392 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 2: I mean Obviously, Lebron's really really good. Does he put 393 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 2: you over the top? Maybe, but not at forty mili. 394 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 2: He ain't gonna go out like Patrick Ewing wearing a 395 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 2: Sonics jersey. He's not going out like Elijah Water in 396 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 2: a Raptors jersey. It's just not happening. So then it's like, well, 397 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 2: is Lebron gonna play for the mid level exception? Wow, 398 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 2: that would be amazing on a team, you know, like 399 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 2: that's a steal because Lebron can bring a lot to 400 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 2: the table. He's probably gonna miss some games, load management, health, 401 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 2: he's old, but yeah, Lebron would be skial. Hell, how 402 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 2: much does he love the Lakers? They did draft Bronni, 403 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 2: they keep Bronny. What if Lebron played for the minimum? 404 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 2: And again I'm not suggesting that, I'm asking what if 405 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 2: he did? I think that's wrong for me to ask that, 406 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 2: given he's the goat now, it would be a smart 407 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 2: move on his part, right, Oh, if I play for 408 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 2: the minimum, we'll have a stacked team. You all of 409 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 2: a sudden that fifty million, that space is wide open. 410 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 2: You could go get somebody amazing and then Lebron on 411 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 2: a minimum. But I don't. I don't. Actually, I don't 412 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 2: know if the players Union would even allow that for 413 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 2: a guy who's all NBA like two years removed to 414 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 2: be playing on the minimum. It just doesn't send a 415 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 2: great sign. Hey, you've made five hundred million in the NBA, 416 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 2: play for the minimum. Help your team out. I mean, 417 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 2: I don't know. It would be interesting, but it's like 418 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 2: those are the options. Like if you're the Lakers, I'm sorry, 419 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 2: I don't think you're giving Lebron forty or fifty mili 420 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 2: next year, even thirty. I mean, let me look at 421 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 2: It's some salaries for the NBA year. So I'm just 422 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 2: looking at highest paid players for twenty twenty five, twenty 423 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 2: twenty six. All right, So Lucas at forty five this year? Okay. Lebron, 424 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,959 Speaker 2: by the way, is the fourteen tiest paid player for 425 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 2: fifty two mil. Holy she's Some of these guys make 426 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 2: it more. Bradley Beale fifty nine mil. Oh my gosh. Okay. Anyways, 427 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 2: so I said, would Lebron play for forty mil? These 428 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 2: guys are making around forty mil. Sabonis forty two, og 429 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 2: Nnobi thirty nine, Zion thirty nine, Jamran thirty nine, Darius 430 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 2: Garland thirty nine, Harden thirty nine, Scottie Barne thirty eight, 431 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 2: Franz Wagner thirty eight. The production they're gonna give versus 432 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 2: Lebron next year is dramatically different. All right, So now 433 00:24:54,240 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 2: let's go to the lower thirties. Tyler Hero thirty one, 434 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 2: Julius Randall thirty, de Janta Murray thirty, Porzingis thirty. CJ. 435 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:11,360 Speaker 2: McCollum thirty. That's a lot of money on guys who 436 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 2: are hurt or really not carrying their weight. Jalen Johnson thirty. 437 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 2: What a steal that contract is with the Hawks. You're 438 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 2: not trading him? Hartenstein twenty eight, Andrew Wiggins twenty eight. 439 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 2: Can Lebron give you that kind of production? I don't know. Again, 440 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 2: we're talking a year from now, guys. So then you 441 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 2: start looking down and you're like, what about twenty mil? 442 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 2: Jared Allen's at twenty mil? Yaka bertle Josh Hart. I mean, now, 443 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 2: I guess you're talking. But as Lebron all of a sudden, 444 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 2: remember Michael Jordan at the end got real greedy in Chicago. 445 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 2: I need to be the highest paid player. I think 446 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 2: it would be a bad look for Lebron, like, think 447 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,160 Speaker 2: about this, Klay Thompsons making sixteen mil. That's a horrible contract. 448 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 2: Look at how he's aged Caruso eighteen mil, amazing contract. 449 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,719 Speaker 2: And so figuring out where Lebron fits money wise next year, 450 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 2: I don't have an answer to that. I don't think 451 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 2: anybody can say with any certainty what's gonna happen on 452 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 2: his money front. And I think your default should be, well, yeah, 453 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 2: this is probably his last season. I mean, unless I'm 454 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 2: missing a team and the Chicago Bulls say, oh, we're 455 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 2: gonna dump all these guys and we want Lebron for 456 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 2: his final swan song. Do you see that happening? What 457 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 2: are the Do you think somebody's just getting into Lebron 458 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 2: business to get more TV games, sell some more tickets. 459 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 2: I kind of think we're beyond that now. I don't know, 460 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,679 Speaker 2: it's gonna be really interesting with Lebron. You guys know, 461 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 2: I'm a fan. I've articulated that well, I just don't 462 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 2: want it to get ugly, you know, and things can 463 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 2: get ugly at the end. This has happened in Major 464 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 2: League Baseball, This has happened in the NBA, NFL at 465 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 2: the endings are never the Hollywood script you wanted to be. 466 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 2: They just aren't. Remember Michael Jordan went and played for 467 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:03,640 Speaker 2: the Wizards and was fighting with Kwame Brown, the guy 468 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 2: he drafted. It was ugly, really ugly, and you just 469 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 2: don't want that for Lebron. So like Jordan doing that 470 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 2: and dealing with it, it wasn't as bad because there was 471 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 2: no social media to document everything. Now, Oh my gosh, 472 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 2: I mean, look, how many people have podcasts. So I'm 473 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 2: in a tough spot with Lebron. Obviously I'm a bit fan. 474 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 2: He don't need advice for me. I would just say 475 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 2: a rich no more Laker talk, bro, Let's do it 476 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,719 Speaker 2: in the off season. I don't think the Lakers are 477 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 2: that far off. If you asked me, who are the 478 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 2: six best teams in the league right now? I mean, 479 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 2: I assume you guys have looked at the East right 480 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 2: there ain't nobody good there right now. Like the Knicks 481 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 2: are good. Okay, the Pistons are nineteen and five, but 482 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 2: do we think that's gonna contint? Are they a sixty 483 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 2: win team? I don't think so. The Calves are falling 484 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 2: back badly. It was clearly last year was fools. Gold 485 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 2: you got Celtics are coming on strong, starting to play better, 486 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,919 Speaker 2: but I mean they're playing dudes who you're like, they 487 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 2: would get obliterated by OKC and Denver and the Lakers 488 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 2: who did play Lebron or Luke against them last week 489 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,199 Speaker 2: and lost like Orlando just lost Wile Wagner to injury. Like, 490 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 2: I don't see anyone that good in the East. I 491 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 2: think if you said j MC, are the Lakers a 492 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 2: top five team in the league right now? I would 493 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 2: say undeniably yes. Now to wrap up, I'm gonna look 494 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:36,360 Speaker 2: at the Draft, Kings, NBA futures, and I'll let's see 495 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 2: where the Lakers fall in terms of chances to win 496 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 2: the title. Oka see is obviously the favorite. Uh yeah, 497 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 2: here we go. NBA Finals winner OKC plus one forty 498 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 2: five so one hundred and forty five of one hundred wins, 499 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 2: one hundred and forty five bucks, the Nuggets plus six 500 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 2: hundred Rockets plus one thousand, Lakers plus twelve hundred, so 501 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 2: the top four teams for the NBA Finals are in 502 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 2: the West. And I'm just saying, you know, SGA injury, 503 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, it's wide open. Something happens to Yokic. 504 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 2: It just crossed the Nuggets off the board. I think 505 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 2: as long as the Lakers can stay healthy and in 506 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 2: the mix, they can have a fighting chance. 507 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: Yeah. 508 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 2: I know that was very homery of me. But that's 509 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 2: all for today. I can't wait to read your dms 510 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 2: on Instagram social media. See you tomorrow.