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Introduction and Sports Banter
00:00:00
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O-O, Juno, Bottom Line, Ford Show, Master Plan, Flo, Ken, G, N-O, I-D-J, O-Show, Ford Professor, nose-wind, Ali, you jammin' in, them toes never fold out to win them boys with better ends. I need my hands, I need my hands, I need my hands, I need my hands, I need my hands, I need my hands, I need my hands, I need my hands, I need my hands,
00:00:33
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Street Professor back again, it's game time, a la playa no playtime, it's a playa, cause we ain't talking about practice like AI. Sports professors spit their best takes out like AI, up from the intelligent air, I can't right mind. Rhymes siding with girls DMs like Messi after the goal time, that was a triple hundred, did you get any rambling? Doing some old miles, we the bottom line champions. I need my hands, just like this world, and they should sing.
00:01:28
Speaker
Yo, yellow yo, what's going on? What's going on? on yeah myself go let's go it's time to go hard to go home baby go go go 127 find out where the guys are We're going to go OG today, can't we? OG style. OG style. Hey, it's been a What's that? It's probably, man, it's probably about this time last year, because it was just me and you doing it for a while this time last year. Yeah, yeah. It's about this time. Somewhere in there. Right, right. During the time, I think Omar come there right with the files and stuff like that. Yeah, we going old school, man. It's been a long time.
00:02:16
Speaker
no Long time you want it you want to do with a you got it. You got enough info to do the baseball Okay, put whatever you want out on baseball we'll talk a little baseball and see if anybody taps in with some questions or it was up terius mitche What's up, What's What's up? No, hopefully he's still on There's a name not if nick may they call him nor mit
00:02:47
Speaker
mr gluar mr kola mr bill live Alright, you want me to baseball man?
Baseball Standings Overview
00:02:56
Speaker
Yeah, I guess get some baseball and we'll get into it, man. We'll we'll hit the yeah a lot of NBA, a lot of NFL. Yeah, so, man, as we as we look at um at baseball, man, we're almost like two weeks away from the All-Star break, man. All-Star break is going to be out at the Texas Rangers Stadium, right? Texas, Texas, Canada, Texas, Toronto, Canada Field or something of that nature right there, man. But um when we look at the American, when we look at the American League standings right now, man, we got the Orioles,
00:03:24
Speaker
And we did talk about this. The Orioles and the Yankees are like neck and neck right now, man. Not the Orioles are in first place now. Yeah, Orioles in first place. They're 53 and 31. And then it's close. The Yankees are 54 and 32. Yeah. The rest, I saw like eight and a half games behind. And then there's no hope for the Blue Jays. They're 15 games behind. And the Rays are 11 games behind. So that's the American League East. Yeah. American League Central, man. I mean, the team that's doing the best right now is the Guardians at 52 and 30. The twins are like six games behind. The Roys are seven games, but there's no hope, pretty much no hope. Detroit is like 15 games. And I think Clever Dean or his brother, one of them is a ah Chicago White Sox ah fan, and they are like 30 games behind. So they can wait till next year. ah The American League West, man, the Mariners are looking pretty good. They're 47 and 39. And also, the Astros are 43 and 41, which there are three games behind.
00:04:20
Speaker
Rangers eight games behind and then angels nine and a half. And then you have the ah Oakland ace. They're seven and a half games behind. And then when we move over to the arm as we spoke last week, man, the National League is pretty much looking good with the Phillies from the National League piece there. ah They're heading that division at 55 and 29. The Braves are 46 and 36, and there are eight games behind. ah The Mets, 13 games behind. The Nationals, 16 games. And then the Marlins are like 25 games behind. The Brewers are 50 and 35, top of the National League Central. They're 50 and 35. And they're the team that's close behind them is a 43 and 40. Six games behind is the Cardinals.
00:05:01
Speaker
And then if we look at the National League West, man, the Dodgers are really, really smoking there, 52 and 33, Padres, seven and a half games behind in that division. The Diamondbacks for 10 and a half games, Giants 11 games, and then the Colorado Rockies are... um 22 and a half games behind, man. So as we move into the All-Star break, right I think it's like really, really key and pivotal, man, that these guys step it up, man, because after the All-Star break, I mean, we'll be at mid ought mid-July, and then we'll be rolling to August. And, man, before you know it, we'll steamroll through August, and we'll start giving up the playoff teams and stuff. right The latter part of um September, and then as we move into October, man, you'll have the the different championships and different things like that. And then they'll move into the World Series like right before Halloween and going into ah
00:05:49
Speaker
You it know moving to Halloween and right before a November man. So right a lot a lot of good baseball So man, am I right none or what? Come on, man. Give him a chance I mean they I got a bit completely but they struggling
Bobby Bonilla's Contract Curiosity
00:06:14
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Yeah, I mean, they got they got an opportunity. Oh, did you notice, did you know Bobby Bonilla? I found out a baseball fact, man. He is a, it was yesterday, every year on July the 1st. I think he had one of the craziest contracts that ever came before baseball. This guy will get paid over a million dollars a year, bro, up until the year of 2035 because of something that happened.
00:06:40
Speaker
But then his contract, so it was like happy Bobby Bonilla day. Happy Bobby Bonilla day. Yeah, that happened on yesterday, man. Yeah, man. Getting paid. Getting paid. Getting paid, bro. How long has it been out? Man, Bobby Bonilla have been out. I'll look it up. He's been out of baseball a long time. That's Bobby Bonilla. He gets 1.1 million every year. Man, he's got a contract to play Houston. Yeah, like 1999, man. That's crazy. They did retire like 23 years ago. He retired in 99. Wow. Or 2001 or something. 2001. 2001 was when he retired. That's crazy. But he's still getting paid because they had to clear over $29 million dollars off of the books. So from 2000, he's getting paid a large lump sum of money, man. Right. Yeah, man. All right.
00:07:36
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So ah any particular stories you want to talk about in baseball? I know you kind of laid down all the stats for us. I know Omar is our so resident sports ah major league baseball expert, but you laid it down pretty good. There was one story. I cannot remember the the guy's name, but he ah ended up getting suspended indefinitely because of some gambling stuff. I cannot think of the guy's name. flow He played for a
00:08:05
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think I take a dude's name. He played for, I think, Padre for somebody like that, man. He got suspended indefinitely? Indefinitely, yeah. and definitely Yeah. All right. Wow. Got suspended indefinitely, man. That's crazy. Yeah, that's crazy. I don't know. I'm sure the sports professor would know.
MLB Bubble Teams Analysis
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But we weren't prepared to go just OG style me and you. But hey, well we just have to go with it ran and roll with it. but oh his name His name is a Major League ah Baseball player Padre Infielder. Marcano placed over 387 baseball bets, more than $150,000 between October of 2022 until last ah July, man. And they ended up suspending this guy indefinitely, bro.
00:08:53
Speaker
Wow. Yeah. So I was looking at the, some of these stories. And, uh, as far as the bubble teams, they got the, the Astros, they got my Rangers on there. Um, they have the Tampa Bay rays, the rays on the bubble. Yeah. That's what they're saying. The New York Mets. Let me see what the storyline is here. Oh, or trade deadline.
00:09:17
Speaker
So six bubble teams with something to prove to avoid being sellers before the trade line. So these teams, you know they they're on, I guess I'm trying to say they're they possibly could make it, but they don't want to get any worse and that way they don't have to worry about the you know getting ahead of this trade deadline on July 30th. Yeah, so they're saying these are the bubble teams. um I guess, it depending, I guess they got a shot to make the playoffs, maybe. You don't think the Tampa Bay Rays got a shot? Bro, right now, man, they're like, I mean, they went out. They got they gotta to win out, man. I mean, if you I think they're like 15 games behind, man. They're like 15 games. They are 15. They said they're 11 games. Tampa Bay is 11 games behind.
00:10:08
Speaker
Well, according to the story, it says games out of playoff position four, so only four games out of playoff position or into this article. So. Um, I guess these are teams, but you know, which one of those teams do you think have the best chance of Mets, Rangers, Tampa Bay? I mean, everybody kind of already thinks the rasteros are going to do it, but I will go Rangers. Rangers have the best record and they seem like to me, they're the well better better put to better put together team because like right now the Mets,
00:10:45
Speaker
And when you think about the Rangers, they're they're further out of the playoff position. They're they're like eight games out of playoff position. if no How about the Mets? What is that about? The are two games out. So Omar's Mets are possibly they're in that bubble to make the playoffs, though. What are you going to call them? This frisky what? The frisky Mets? Frisky Mets.
00:11:15
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All right. So, yeah, let us know who you think. Who do you think is on the bubble team? Let's go. He's got five. How many is he got? Listen, you're sick. Oh, I think it's six bubble team looks like. So the six bubble team, they got the Blue Jays. The Cubs, the Mets.
00:11:44
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The Braves.
00:11:47
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Rangers and of course the Astros and I don't I'll just say the Astros are probably gonna make it so I'll leave them out by all those other five teams Let us know what you think. Who do you think the best shot of making it?
00:12:01
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Okay, here we go, all right, so watch out out to everybody out there appreciate you both being out there Chris Nard being out there day to us Daniel Barry all you guys out there hit the like share and right Do all that for us. Give us give us a give us a chance. Give me a chance. Give me a chance. Don't do that, bro. Don't do that. Hey, boy, you taking me back. That's what, Hawaii, the mold. Hawaii, they nice to the human. Just give me a chance. What'd you do? Throw one for Jake.
00:12:43
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You heard it here first.
00:12:47
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Hey, that's a boy, man. That's a boy. That's my boy. Montoya. Jake Montoya, where you at? Where you at, Jake Montoya? Where Professor? Maybe they'll show up, you know. They might, man. I just know that they were my favorite. Any other baseball, let me move on to some. You want to do football or basketball first? A lot of basketball. Whatever you want to do, whatever you want to do, it don't matter. Let's do a little football. Because I know Omar here, the professor hates football this time of year. Hey, bro, we got, we have 39, we have 59 days until college football kicks off. fifty Nine days. Well, no, no, no, no. 58, because it kicks off that Thursday to 28. Oh,
Transition to Football and College Season
00:13:35
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OK. Thursday to 29. Right. Yeah, Thursday to 29. The professor is here. Hey. Y'all are some men. Y'all aren't here just floundering without the professor.
00:13:52
Speaker
Hey, Flounder, we're good, man. We're just chilling right now, man. He aimed a kind of can kind of lit it up with the baseball. I was surprised. He did good. A little bit. He held himself he heldil himself a little bit. i Here you go. Look, you didn't even see this, professor. Ask and you We can almost smell you. Everything.
00:14:27
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The fourth professor is in the house. Hey, we kind of did the baseball thing. I don't know if you heard some of that, but we can do the professor's mixed bag. Yeah, let's do that. Omar, what? Hold on. I know what's happening. I know what's happening. I know what's happening.
00:14:51
Speaker
What's happening? What's happening? That's it. That was a 70s show. What's happening? Come on, man. rerun when the name rerun that big dude from, uh, what's happening? you know he got up he made up Yeah. He's like, what's happening? I was like, i don doesn't rero rerun. Oh, rerun. And what was it? what was it good Roger. He used to call him Raj. That's old school, man. Woo.
00:15:28
Speaker
What's going on Omar? You ready? Can you hear me now? Are we good? Yeah, I hear you. I hear you. I seen you. I kind of smell you. ah every time Come on, man. You good? Can you hear us? Yeah, ah I'm good. I'm good. I see y'all reading off articles and all sorts of things without without the professor. I think y'all needed me to desperately save you two from yourselves. Oh, wow. But anyways. I'm just kidding. Good to see you, my brothers. Good to see you. I'm running a little late. I had to, I had to be chasing some people down. Hold on. There is a, uh, Mo saying he's supposedly deported that guy. Oh, the other guy was like that kid from, uh, Otani's guy supposedly deported. So you ready? You ready? to Rock and roll professor with professors mixed bag.
00:16:30
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Anyway.
00:16:32
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You got it? Okay. Yeah. First of all, did you just say professor's mixed bag? Yes. I thought I did. I just want to make sure we're on the same page. Cause there's a little bit of a delay here. There's a little bit of a delay.
MLB Betting Scandal Discussion
00:16:48
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Just bear with me. Cause you're good here with us. Okay. I'm getting the delay from you all to me. Oh, okay. Yeah. you Probably a Kmart internet.
00:17:05
Speaker
No, it's not my Kmart internet. I'm definitely. Anyways, you know what? All right. So just to answer some of your questions that I heard ah when I was off air getting on, getting hooked up. um Yeah. The guy's name that you're talking about from the from the Padres, Marcano is the last name. I'm forgetting his first ah two. It's it's two cupita, two cupita, two cupita, Marcano, two.
00:17:34
Speaker
Yeah, there you go. A 24-year-old utility player for the Padres. Not very good, um but, okay ah you know, he's he bet on games, including, you know, some of his own team games, even though he was not playing in them. He got injured. right um He had an injury. They sent him down to the minor leagues, but he was still caught betting. MLB's investigations determined that he had ah placed two bets, $150,000 worth of bets between July 2020, sorry, October 2022, and October and July 2020, or July, November 2023, so a year period.
00:18:15
Speaker
um So let me say that again. I apologize. From October 2022 to November 2023, they examined his betting. He had 387 bets. 231 were MLB related. And he spent $85,000 on MLB bets, of which he did not win very much. He won about, if I remember correctly, I think it was like 4% of his bets. So basically he won none of that money back. He lost most of it. I know. um As for the other guy that you're talking about, Mizuhara from ah the Shohei Otani case, it it came out it came out a few weeks ago that the judges ruled in favor of Otani and that Mizuhara was convicted of stealing six at least 16 million, ah probably more after everything is said and done. So yes, he is completely done.
00:19:13
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and and out of the country. And and to be honest, i I said this before and I hope this does not happen. I'm praying for him and for his mental health because usually and wow in usually in the East Asian cultures, when you do something like this to betray your family or betray your your you know your your legacy or your or your whatever it is, Make your country look like that. Right, make your family, make your, right. You, it's very, very hard. And a lot of people in those situations commit suicide. So hoping he doesn't do that. ah But, um you know, it's not good for him. Yeah. Oh yeah. We hope for sure he doesn't do something like that.
00:19:55
Speaker
Yeah, so let's get on the update on the betting. Just a quick update on that. Other than that, Ken already went through the stats. Not much more to say other than the Orioles and Yankees are tied right now above the A.L. East. Yeah, it's tight. The Orioles are coming on strong. Yep. Come on. Hello. Stop it, man. Yep. um so the Yankees uh you know they're dealing with a lot of injuries this whole year and it's nothing different now as I mentioned last week they have Stanton and Rizzo go down um so they're just trying to stay afloat and keep the top of that division luckily they still got everybody else uh so they'll judge still healthy judge is actually on pace for 73 home runs right now which would tie Barry Bonds's record
00:20:37
Speaker
So, wow, we'll see if he can keep it up. But right now he is on pace to tie the record. That's crazy. Is he the only one close to the pace? Anybody close behind him at one more? He's the only one close enough. That has his chance right now. Now, Omar, can you elaborate a little bit? I was selling flow about this one kid, this guy named Bobby Bonilla. He's getting paid 1.1. And at one point, when something crazy with that contract, man, he's been retired for over 20-something years. I don't know what went wrong. I mean, you're youre a mess, man, fan so you could elaborate and you know more about it.
00:21:09
Speaker
so sorry but You might have hit a source. canteen i just don't I just don't know why you want to make, I was having a good day until I lost that my package. And then I lost my package and I wasn't having a good day. And now you're trying to make my day worse by bringing up Bobby Bonilla, a person we are still paying 1.135 million dollars every July 1st. from truth family to eleveny mommy on their i was in thirty five
00:21:41
Speaker
bobby mona because the cheap-ass Mets owners at the time, the Wilpons, so glad they're gone. They're gone. Get out of here. So glad Cohen's here. Cheap-asses wouldn't spend the $5 million dollars they owed Bobby Bonilla. Instead, they deferred the payments for $1 million dollar payments for 24 years. Will, does that make any sense? No, it's going, no, it's starting in 2011. This goes to 2025. We have 11 more years of this crap. oh Yeah. 2011, 2035. Yeah, but you guys, I was reading the article, you guys are on the bubble team, a bubble playoff team.
00:22:24
Speaker
you know what with it in the ah besides Besides the Astros, the Astros and the Mets are the two hottest teams in the past month. The the Mets went 16 and 4 and the Astros went 18 and 6 over the past month. So two of the hottest teams in the league. My Mets are looking good. The offense is coming on strong. Right? um What is my this year in here Omar? The Celtics are now in the champ. In the NBA and now your Mets are making a run of some kind. I mean man I'm definitely not here. You go. I'm not going that far. I cannot say that ah It's definitely not gonna be our year um i you make playoffs That's a good year for you guys, I mean right if you guys like I mean if we get the wild card sure, but honestly I i think that we should
00:23:14
Speaker
I think that we should be sellers at the deadline, and I think we shouldn't worry about the playoffs, because I don't care about a wild card spot, and I'd rather get prospect. That's fair. All right, sports professor. You always finish out on something bad. Shout out GB. Thank you for tuning in. What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up? What up Oh, come on, Flo. I'm a professor for a reason. Even if I don't have anything in my bag, I'll pull something out. Make it up. ah i've got so i've got to coat now I've got a couple things in my bag. First of all, the NHL season was over. We saw that the Florida Panthers were your Stanley Cup champions. Then right after that, they had the NHL draft.
00:24:02
Speaker
ah In Las Vegas at the sphere, if you looked at the pictures, it was super, super cool. The San Jose Sharks had the first pick of the draft. They drafted Macklin Celebrini, who is not supposed to be as good as Conor Burdard from last year, but supposed to be really good. But he's still young. He's still 18, 19 years old. So he has a lot of development ahead of him. um That being said, Nathan McKinnon, shout out Colorado Avalanche, Nathan McKinnon, who won the MVP trophy. for the overall year not the playoffs that Conor McDavid won but the overall regular season MVP. Second thing in the bag today Paris 2024 Olympics some updates first of all shout out to Potomac Maryland's own from Bullis High School. I mentioned him
00:24:55
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I mentioned him last week from Bullis, Maryland, Potomac High School, 16-year-old track and field phenom Quincy Wilson. He made the 4x400 relay. He's going to the Olympics, the youngest sprinter ever to go to the Olympics, representing the
Paris 2024 Olympics Updates
00:25:12
Speaker
U.S., also representing the U.S. From our own theme song, the goat of the Olympics, Simone Biles at 27 years old, still tapping people in the dome with her routine. She's going for more gold as well. We also have your girl Sha'Carri Richardson and also Livroni, Sydney Livroni, both back and field stars on the women's side. And finally for some crappy news for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
00:25:46
Speaker
If you heard, the swimming events are supposed to be held in the CN river in Paris. Unfortunately, this river has been contaminated. since 1936 and unallowed for swimming. They've been trying to filter and clean out the bacteria and eat oli enough to have the Olympic swimming in there. And this is not the first time this is done. They did it in Tokyo. They did it other places where the water was not good. There's you know stuff in the water like feces and stuff that shouldn't be in there. So right now it's coming down to the wire whether they're gonna get it clean enough to not have to go to a different location.
00:26:27
Speaker
people maybe have some ah Some people having some stk steak breath, ah even if they don't want it. All Hey, one more shout out. You give a shout out to Texas Tech, former Texas Tech long jumper, Monet Nichols. Makes the Olympic team. Monae Nichols, shout out to her. Monae! Monae! Let's go. She won the NCAA Outdoor Champion Fits back in 2022 at Texas Tech University. yeah My college team and my hometown there. So shout out to her for making the Olympic team as well.
NBA Trades and Team Implications
00:27:06
Speaker
All right. What is Krusty Canteen drinking on tonight is the question. We don't know. We don't know. You can tell, can't you?
00:27:13
Speaker
Man, I just want to know what you drink, man. Hennessy, man. Hennessy, Hennessy, Hennessy. That's all he do. That's all he do. Hennessy, man. That's the same dumb questions, right? That's not true. You had a bottle of wood. You had a bottle of Woodford the other day, so. Woodford, then we had Angels, and we changed it up. It's brown. It's dark liquor. What are your questions, Nutter Butter, baby? What else you want to know about me? i Hey, so, Cam, we're gonna do we're gonna do a little NFL. I know sports professor hates NFL this time of year. See, I don't hate it. It's just too early. That's all. That's what I'm saying. Oh, where's you? Oh, look at this bum. Look
00:28:00
Speaker
It's a bummer from his somber. He's in a darkness retreat. What's up, fellas? What up, what up bro? What up, man? What the hell are you in the dark? For real, please. Please, Louise. Hey, man. That's why we do it over here. Okay. That's how they do it in here. No! Turn a light on! What are you doing? Yeah, turn up. He's in front of you or something. We're on live television, dude. What the hell are you doing? Get your life together, man. Come on.
00:28:40
Speaker
so hey What do you got? What do you got for NFL Canteen? You got a topic you want to bring up? Man, I'm trying to think. Go ahead. Go ahead, Jake. You got a topic. Take it off. What? You got NFL? NFL. If you don't got one, I'll kick one off. but I thought Canteen had one. that I thought you had one. Go ahead.
00:29:00
Speaker
How unorganized are y'all? Geez Louise. Nah, man. I thought we were talking about NBA, all the NBA free agents. Yeah, we're forward to that. Yeah, go ahead NBA, bro. Hit NBA. All right. All right. NBA trade. So PG is with the 76ers. Uh, and then all, uh, uh, play is with the Mavs now. And then the Knicks, and I can't remember his name now. Uh, Mikel bridges got traded to the next bridges. That's his name. He went to the Knicks.
00:29:38
Speaker
Uh, for a load man. So, uh, I was going to tech talk about this, but now that the East is looking a little better. Uh, if there's a team that could challenge the Celtics, I think the Celtics obviously are still the favorites to come back to the finals. Obviously the champs here. Uh, Oh, shut up. Call me the champion.
00:30:06
Speaker
now Hey, Flo, I want to give Omar credit. Finish your thought, man. What I'm going to say is I was going to ask the question, which team in the East now is the biggest challenge to the Celtics in the East? You got one, Jake? but Yeah, I think it never changed. I just think there was injuries that happened. I think Jimmy buckets and the Miami Heat are the biggest challenge. No, no, no, no, no, no. Think about it. Hey, 76ers, you added my training Jimmy, Jimmy buckets. Hold on. You talk about PG coming to the 76ers. What does that change?
00:30:46
Speaker
And lot he's always injured at the end of every season. A lot? What do you you mean? And it's a lot. You have a two-way player. now What are you talking about? Embiid. Paul George is still a very good quality player in this league, and you're pairing him with Embiid. They're both... You got a superstar and a star, at at the very least, and a upcoming superstar in Tyree Snaxey. I mean, you're close enough to a big three. It may not be a big three. Paul George is closer to Tony Allen, in my opinion. Paul George, player. no plus ah Oh, plus Omar. Hey, I just saw this. Kevin Love returns for two year deal. Look, I'm kidding. The 76ers didn't change much. In my opinion, you got a better defender. and The thing is, is you still don't have an elite playmaker that will win you the game.
00:31:34
Speaker
I'm sorry. Embiid has not promised me that he's going to be there in May and June to win a championship for you. i did fine and Plus they did. stay yeah um he got rank point right up so he He does make a good point and here's what I was saying. Come on, man. Let's be real. but Let's not be so biased towards these stars. Even when he was hurt though, they would had trouble stopping him in the playoffs and he was losing that full strength. He was scoring like 30 points. Every year he looks good and then he gets hurt. He was hurting until we're good. He does have a valid point. He knows he gets bail spots. That's what you should say about AD. You never know. Last year, the year before that. Okay, that's what everybody said about AD and now you're not talking about him. AD has already proven you. He's won a chip. One year. One year, dude. And B has won a chip. I mean, AD has won a chip and B has not. And B has to show me what he's worth. Anyway, all I'm saying is the heat are the best teams still that have the best challenge. Remember, there's only one team that scares the Celtics. It's the Miami Heat. That's what you'll take it as. What do you think, Canteen? Put in the East and challenge them. The most challenging team I think in the East right now? I'm a Knicks, man. Knicks.
00:32:51
Speaker
The Knicks, okay, that's good. The Knicks were stacked up really, really well, man. I think we have to be more healthy and more productive. I think the Knicks would've gave them a run for their money. That's probably right now. I mean Milwaukee's still there, but the Knicks, the Knicks really show up. It's something I haven't seen in them in quite some time. Okay. Can I say something real quick? Go ahead. I tell him this, this is the only thing I find wrong. I feel jail and broken. is more closer to that. Do you remember that Jeremy Lin era whenever Jeremy Lin looked so good for that little time? No, no, no. Think about this. I think we're overhyping him because he didn't have he didn't have other stars around him. That makes it harder, Jake.
00:33:39
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The thing is, is now that you, it's like Carmelo, whenever he was with the Nuggets at first, he was able to score, score, score, because he had nobody around him. It's the same thing with this, I think. I think Jalen Brunson, as he gets more stars, he decreases as a player. I see him as Jeremy Lin-era, how they look. Turn him in. Come on, man. Come on, man. OK, we'll see. they that You got to be stopped. yeah dan brooks car he's a ah He's a he's a good two. He's a great three in a championship team. You heard your first on it. Hey, man, let's He's a good two, a better three. You can't even call, you can't even call the Heat what they are. I ain't gonna call him Spaddy Spade. I've seen Jimmy Buckets take trash teams. They're about to trade him. They're talking about trading him already.
00:34:32
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Go get out of here. All right, go ahead Omar. Tell me what you think it is. What do you think Omar? I like Nick. 76 or something. I like Nick. Because they re-signed OG and Anoop and Anobi and they got McHale Bridges. They got better defense. Those are big. And then all their guys are going to be healthy next year, more likely, more healthy next year. You agree that Jalen Brooks is going to score 35 plus every game? No, he's not gonna need to though. Come on then man. He's not gonna need to though. Okay, we'll see. Oh my god. We're gonna check and see if you're on crack, Jake. Go ahead. Yes, Ronald. He ain't talking to me. Yes. He's talking to me. No, Ronald. He isn't talking to me. He ain't talking to me. You're completely right.
00:35:10
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Well, he is on crack because, you know, he did. He did really just try to compare Jalen Brunson who has proven himself to be a star and a a valuable, valuable asset in this league. A number two, if not a number one, definitely a number two. He's not going to be saying the number one. Jeremy. Jeremy Lynn had a Jeremy Lin had a 25 game flash in the pan career. That was good for a few seconds and that was it. You're comparing him to Jaylen Brunson who drugged the Knicks through their payoff success. Shut up. You're you're being stupid right now. Anyway, Austin, you're right. We'll repeat.
00:35:50
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defending. There is no one. There is no one to step up to them. It doesn't matter. But yes, the Knicks will have a good chance. They lost Isaiah Artenstein, which does not help them because Mitchell Robinson is always hurt. And then they're going to have two small ball fives in Randall and and on an OB. So what are they going to do? They're going to be very short in the post going up against people like Christophe. First thing is other people like that. Also, PG three. I think it was a good pick, a great pick up. the necessarily to the offender he was, even though they don't need him to be because they have enough defenders on that. He can still do anything. He shot 40% from three last year. He can be where he needs to be on the floor. He can still drive to the basket. He's still going to get you 20 points a game. Yes, the one valid point that Jake had is injuries. You have to be concerned. Are George and MB going to be able to be healthy when it comes to playoff time? That being said, if they are, this move is an A and put 76ers up there with Boston and scares me a little bit, to be honest, even though I would not put them over us. Right. I agree, Omar. I think those are valid points. But here's the thing, Flo. Here's the thing. Come on, Flo. Throw some credence into this, man. You just said a bunch of bull crap. Flo, in the last four or five years, to me, Paul Jordan's not been productive. He's one of the few players. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Listen to me. I just told you. I just gave you the stats. This is true. But he's one of the few players that over the last 10 years has averaged over 20 points every year. One of the few players. Thank you. Not many players have done that. And he's a two-way player. I gotta heal a two-way guy, but Flo, he needs some hardware, man. He needs something to back it up. You don't have to be the number one guy. He's probably a two or three on most nights. So what you're saying is you think he's a great addition to Philly? I think Paul George would go down in history as the most overrated player of the 2010s. Oh my god. No, no, think about this. He was promised, he went to three different teams. This is a third team. That could definitely be true. That definitely could be a fact. He went straight to the Thunder. He doesn't know if that was their key for a championship. He's up there because he's been, I mean, he's right. He's been traded three times.
00:38:25
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And now he's here. trade out says How many times has Chris Paul been traded? We'll get to Chris Paul. Don't you worry about that. Chris Paul would be up there too. Chris Paul is six foot one. That boy is six foot eight, six foot seven. Stop it. There's no comparison on that. Stop doing that. What do you want, man? i think ah I think that the Chris Paul pickup is wonderful for the Spurs. Absolutely. I can wait till we get to that one. That is going to be a a world of wonders for at least the first half of the season. tonight I can't wait for that one. Hey, Flo, what's the next one? Come on, is that the is that the next one? Let's get it. Chris Paul coming to the Spurs. OK, so Chris Paul is going to the Spurs.
00:39:13
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Will this really make a difference? I know they got a draft pick. as you want to get you want to You want to go over the draft picks or who they've got. ah Jake, as far as the Spurs, you're a Spurs guy. ah Kind of go over where the Spurs are at right now and what you think this means for next year. Besides the Chris Paul, I know we drafted at least one guy. I can't remember his name at this point, but go ahead, Jake. Well, the first off, the thing is, is I didn't care about the graphics this year because these players are not going to be made on castle. He's solid actually. I get that. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Go ahead. Go ahead. Get that. But is he going to be ready this year? He's not going to be ready for another two years.
00:39:59
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I think he will be. I think he can contribute. We didn't have much this year, Kjank, to be honest. We didn't have a whole lot. Other than Victor. Other than Wimpy, we didn't have a whole lot. I think Chris Paul was the biggest move we did. I'll be honest with you. And let me tell you something. I'm going to call this right now. Kelton Johnson's solid. That's what I'm saying. Kelton Johnson was good. I think that we had a good chance. Our roster's not that bad. It's just we needed a playmaker. a playmaker and what does chris paul do let me but does this put us in the playoffs next year jake is that what this movie's okay i'm gonna please don't you don't you dare here's don't you dare um don't you dare
00:40:42
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Don't you dare. I need let him do. it hot Let him do it. Let him know know you doing this shot like that he's gonna do Hold on. Let me ask this. When Chris Paul was on that Thunder team. I gotta clip this. Should they have been in the in the playoffs at all? ni it Do you remember that? 47 minutes in. I gotta write down the time on this. I gotta to write down the time on this. 47 minutes. 47 minutes. No, no, no. Flo, do you remember when Chris Flo was on the Thunder? did that When they made the playoffs that year? they they ah Yeah, yeah. That was Chris Paul overachieving once again. He does better with worse teams. I hate when he's on stacked teams. He does not do shit. but Watch this. yeah I can't wait, Ronald. Hey, Ronald, you're gonna be watching some greatness. Watch this.
00:41:26
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I will not, I promise you this, the Spurs will be no less than a sixth seed. They will not be anything less than a sixth seed next year with the Chris Bontag. And let me tell you why, let me know, think about it. You now have Wimpy, who is turning, what what's it called happening? You now have Wimpy that is turning into, yeah he should have won defensive player of the year. I don't want to hear that. The only reason he didn't. I mean, he definitely was in the run. He's a rookie. They didn't give it to him. That boy was killing. yeah Second thing is Chris Paul. yeah Did you not watch? Did you watch those Spurs games? There were times when Wimpy was in the middle of the court, pointing to who was open because he was getting double teamed. He had to point to players and tell them, hey, guys, this guy's open over here.
00:42:12
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Chris Paul ain't going to have him doing that at all. This team is a six seed at worst. I cannot wait till next year. I think this was a tremendous move. You now. eden Wow. I'm telling you right now, there will not be lower than a six seed. They're not even going to be in the playing tournament. What? Look at Omar Hayne, bro. Look at Omar Hayne. First of all, I have a problem with the with the optics of what's happening right now. Jake is in a completely dark room, which I assume is because he's trying not to wake his children or something, but then he's screaming at the top of his lungs, these horrible, horrible takes. So choose one or the other, turn a light on or go to bed, one or two, because we don't want to hear you no more. That being said, I do agree. Omar, Omar, I'm like Kendrick Lamar on Meet the Gram, bro. um'm I'm thinking it all. I'm thinking it all, my brother. So what you're saying right now today is that you guys are going to move from being a 22 and 60 team from 14 players all the way to 6 players. I would not. I would not. Right. Thank you. We have 15.
00:43:23
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so caning math we would have fifty wins this year math file forty five to fifty win it went
00:43:34
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Take him off. Take him off right now. He's driving. He's driving me to drink. He's driving me to drink.
00:43:45
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The sixth seed would definitely be ours, if not better. I'm telling you, do not worry about it. Ronald says to you, CP performs better when he controls the whole team. you And bad teams. Think about The older teams were bad teams. I agree agree with but Ronald and Jake that he does do better with worse teams, but you go to go all the way to the sixth team, that's a little much for me for the Spurs. What do you think, Canteen? Man, Chris Paul is knocking 40 years old, man. Been in the league for quite some time, man. it's almost forty i said He's He's bounced around to a couple of different teams. Phoenix, Oklahoma City. Who else he played for? turn light on how about that Phoenix, Oklahoma City.
00:44:31
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played for Houston before and he played for the Clippers, man. I mean, the guy has a decent track record, man, but I think at this point in his career, I think it's kind of late in the game. I think, I think he'll, you know, go into maybe the Hall of Fame or whatever, but I don't think that at this point in his career that he can really catapult, I don't think he can catapult you guys to the next level to talk about winning a championship, man. He's on the tail end of his career. That's what I think. Hell no. Heck no. Yeah. Yeah. I'll say you got five more years left to him, at least five. Ooh, Chris Paul? A good five, yeah. At 39? Chris Paul got five years. Five to seven years, man. He's got two to three years left, and that is maybe. And he's not even... And the thing is, the one thing I agree with Ronald, and the one thing obviously I disagree with with Jake, is not only are they not going to have 50 wins, not only are they not going to be in six plays, they're not going to make the playoffs, and they're not going to do it anytime while Chris Paul is there because Chris Paul only signed a one-year deal. He's going to be trading at the trade deadline to a contender to try to win a title. The only reason he's there is because Papa Bitch wanted him for half a season to give Whimby the good trading that he needed, which is what Ronald says right here. This is to develop Whimby for a half a year, and then Pop gave him his word, I'll trade you to a contender so you can try to win a title, and that's all this is. It's a six-month marriage at most. Yeah.
00:45:57
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I don't yeah i know Jake. Jake is on crack. I agree. Jake is on crack. Ronald be ready bro. I'm telling you bro. I come up with these takes but they're not done bro. go Look at my pass. The Lions. Yeah look at the pass. they are no You're not done. They're they're they're way worse than them. They're way past them. They're ridiculous. there Yeah, um i think that's sneak I think the ceiling next year is probably a plain second. You're in the dark, just like just your takes are in the dark, just like you right now.
00:46:37
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ah ah You know what? You're on your, yeah you was crazy. You're talking so much. Thank you, Ronald. Thank you, Ronald. At least some Spurs fans are talking some smarts here. and when they right why yeah hold on One the tick was wild. I think that's my first big pushup. No, it it was campaign playing that paul Chris Paul has played five more years. Five more years. I'll give him three flow at top. Okay, three? nine that's Now it's three. Now it's great that's three. Hold on, hold on. That's not a bad take.
00:47:12
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He's not gonna play five years. He's 39 years old, Jake. He's not playing five years. He's not. No one plays that. He'll play three. Yeah, exactly. He'll play three. Yeah, but can't he put five years out there? I can definitely see him playing three, because remember, they talked about wanting to... He talked about wanting to play LeBron before he retired, so I could see him possibly going to LA next year or something like that. Or if they're in conjunction, maybe they trade for him at the trade day line. Are we talking Clay now? Yeah, let's talk about Clay Thompson over to the Mavericks. Apparently LeBron called him and looks like nobody wants to play with LeBron. No, it's true. No one wants any. Hey, don't worry. Somebody put out a tweet said maybe it's me.
00:48:03
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Did you see I don't know if it's a real tweet but it was LeBron had a tweet and said LeBron maybe it's me but yeah it is you LeBron. It is him. But the Mavericks let's talk Mavericks first uh go Mavericks first. They signed Quentin Grimes uh via trade from the Pistons, Najee, Marshall Griescher three-year deal and Clay Thompson via sign and trade goes to the Mavericks who were in the Western Conference Finals. Does this guarantee that they will be in the mix for the Western Conference Finals again? Omar, go.
00:48:43
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I mean, yeah, definitely. I mean, not only are they already are without them, right? They were already a contender. They were in the finals. weekly i was sat I sat I sat courtside game one with Papa Ruben at the finals watching our champion subjects play. Play the Dallas Mavericks. Shout out to my pops. We saw them. They are a championship team. And what they just did with these moves is they made those championship team moves. They filled out the roster with very, very decent to good players that are going to help fill up, fill out around Luca and Kyrie. And that definitely includes Clay Thompson, who, by the way, let's now punt just because he was in
00:49:30
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having a little bit of a slower year or slower years with the Golden State Warriors he was still the second leading scorer at 18 points a game and still shot 40% clip at 3 or 39% clip 3 so when you put him in an offense with Luca directing the ball Kyrie able to drive into the post and kick out all you got to do is set up play in the corner and let him hit three pointers all day and you've got a knockdown Like Ray Allen, when he went to Europe, he asked Miami Heat when he was a trader to my Celtics. I think this is the move that could put them and possibly win the championship for the Dow.
00:50:06
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Wow, can do you think this puts him back in the Western Conference finals with this move? Hey, I think I think they play tosses is a great addition, man. It depends on how we get play tops. He's gonna be healthy. Is he gonna produce? Is he gonna do what he did in Golden State, man? Because like I think I think after Golden State had their dynasty running kind of to me kind of tape. Right. I mean, yeah. OK. But I think it's a great addition that I think you will help us them up and they'll do really, really well. Does this all guarantee a Western Conference appearance again? Western Conference finals? Oh, yeah. You think so? Oh, yeah, definitely. Yeah. OK. But I mean, we got Jennifer still. We got Minnesota still. We got think about it. There's a lot of things out there. Thank you. I guess we forgot who's in the West. I guess we forgot who's in the West.
00:50:55
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00:51:29
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39% from 3 last year. you sh thirty nine percent I've also seen his points de decrease. He was the second leading scorer. A what? 17 kid and 17 ain't good on the Mavericks this year? Of course he's slowing down. Come on, man. Other time switches up to everybody. He had an Achilles injury. Of course he's going to be slowing down. He had 17. Hold on. Hold on. He just said it. Think about what you just said. He had 17 with Steph Curry, the only other superstar on that team. the only other same star now you have two superstars over there you don't think you can freeze this too well 13? hey it's 12 to 15 that's all they need from them 12 to 15 is literally all right here oh mar sorry yeah here's the thing jake here's the thing jake i think you know what i love i think why do they need games hey why do they need a 20-point clay they don't i don't think you know yeah hey they they don't they don't need that i think this is a good move we clearly saw kairi can't live up to the challenge of winning this hey they need another number two
00:52:34
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don make don't clari re will be full i i all stop definitely will be the doctor and what is it i name look when you But here's the thing that here's the problem for the Mavericks, especially in the finals. They didn't have the guy that could kick to reliably and not not only that they had a lot of guys and who had open threes and just flat out missed them. mr the they bring in They bring in Clay just for that reason and just basically a a sharpshooter. oh You got Derek Lively. You got PJ out there still. You got Washington.
00:53:10
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and say wash no one pi me off um that fan can't when they written this i just saw theeltic literally um going to luca making sure that he was gonna have a defense think you would look for a defender right now you want to grab with just a name get out of here man this ain't nothing they got fan sook their way mean Look Jake listen to me The Boston Celtics in that in that series with the Mavs scored the lowest point totals in the entire season. The problem with the Mavs was their offense. They had the lowest total all season long against the Mavs.
00:53:52
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Brian Winhorse after game three, when they went down 0-3, Brian Winhorse said, I hope Luca understands that this man is getting single-handedly. They're literally picking at him and saying, hey, who gets the chance at Luca now? Who gets the score on him? The the point is, ja defense flow ast it wasn't ah ah a defensive problem, it was an ah offensive problem. that kept the subject yeah They kept the numbers to their lowest point totals at the scene. And don't tell me Kyrie can't cover anybody. Come on, man. Not really. This one's just a face me. No one said that they were a vaunted defensive team. And yes, I agree that if they would have gone out and not only got
00:54:33
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but but also maybe got KCP instead of letting him go to Orlando, then that would have been also a good move that could have posted up their defense and gave them a free punch. They're making the fifth best team in the West next year, guys. They don't they don't touch the damn Western Conference Finals. I'm telling you that right now. Okay, that's right. I mean, i don't have I don't think this puts them... I think they got a little fortunate. They had a good run. They need to add another the second round and then need another piece on offense, another spot-up the shooter. yeah play somebody bad I think they need another spot-up shooter when Clay's not in there, a solid sharpshooter. And when Clay needs to take a blow, they can still have that guy out there. they got on I don't know who that is. the west but right now i do have the mass
00:55:16
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So we're going to let y'all down a lot of games. Have you heard of your first? they're down by secular rhythm the west yeahha you hurted He's your line. We're almost taking your line, James. You heard of your first. dont Get out of here. I love it. That just means he's a fan of the show. I love it. look Yeah, you heard of your first. So Ronald asks, what moves have the other West teams done to bolster confidence because besides OKC? He wants to carry my opinion. What do you think? you know i think that it's going but I think if the Nuggets don't have to see the Timberwolves and it just I'm telling you the stars are line right for the mass. The Nuggets will destroy the mass that fast. I think the Timberwolves this year will not make the same mistake. Remember. they they played very They played very sloppy the first games in that series. They're not doing that a second time. Remember, that was a rookie, kind of, quote unquote, rookie playoff team. As in, they're now more experienced. They know what's going on. They're not going to play dumb. I'm telling you right now. OKC, the nuggets, the Timberwolves, I put the Lakers.
00:56:26
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the Lakers. and i've got um'm sony right now why What have they done? They haven't done anything. no Why do you say the Lakers? What have they done to improve?
00:56:37
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ah this so criling about That's it. We'll see. We'll see. I'm telling you right now, the Mavs didn't do anything. That's it. What moves have other teams done in the West to bolster their confidence? Lakers haven't done any moves. I don't think the look, guys, if y'all look at it, the Mavs were in fifth seed, man. I'm telling you, they looked down on a lot of stuff this year. They reminded themselves of the East. They didn't have to see the Nuggets. They didn't have to see. I can admit this. Joker is still the best player in the league. Oh, oh, Joker.
00:57:13
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I agree. I agree. I agree with that. I agree with that. That's a fine opinion. Come on, man. There's no, I, I have no clue. There's no clue. There's no clue. There's no clue. There's no clue. There's no clue. There's no clue. There's no clue. There's no clue. There's no clue.
00:57:29
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she get paid on just actually To actually answer your question, Donald, or Ronald, since Jake just threw in the Lakers for no reason just to throw them in, because they didn't actually have done anything. I think they don't have to move only off to one team past two years. Come on, Flo, let's be real. and Whatever. They have many moves. So, so I think the hook only missed me Thunder had they got Alice Caruso, who is a solid player for every team he's gone to for the Lakers for a while. LeBron wanted to keep them. He's with the Bulls, now he's with the Thunder. I think that's solid. I think Hartenstein, they agree a three-year deal with Isaiah Hartenstein. That's a solid. And then Isaiah Joe returns for a two, a four-year deal. And they were solid all around. And they just added a couple pieces, secured Isaiah Joe. And I think they're going to be back next year as a one or two seed. I see them, you know, coming back next year, more experienced. Realizing what a playoffs look like, you know how tough it is and the intensity. Right now Flo, hold on, let me ask this to you. Flo, right now, who made the biggest move in the offseason right now? Who's made the biggest move? Who made the biggest move? Out of every move? Out of all the moves right now, who made the biggest move? I'd probably say the 76ers getting Paul George. The 76ers getting called, George. I think the Mavs with the Clay Thompson. I think they both did. How did you just crash it? Let me get to my point. Let me get to my point. Last year, the Buffs. You just spent 10 minutes invalidating the career of Clay Thompson. Hold on. What I'm trying to say is the Mavs and the 76ers made the two biggest moves.
00:59:16
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Guess who made the biggest move last year? The Bucks. Did they make the championship? Hell no. It don't matter if you make the biggest... It was injuries though, Jake. That was... They're good stars were injured. They're two biggest stars. and That's what I meant. So you think... I would say, Jake, so you think if the if if LeBron and AD are out, you guys are still going to make the the championship. Huh? If LeBron and AD were injured in the cloud, you think they're still going to make the championship.
00:59:47
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Are you in the Western Conference Finals? Answer question ah look flow the With LeBron and AD injured, will they still make the Western Conference Finals? What? Will they still get injured? That's what I'm saying. If LeBron and AD get injured during the playoffs, are they making the Western Conference Finals? I think they can i think they could win one series, yes. Okay, exactly. automatically doing that You use your lose your top two players, you're not going to make a run. You just put down the bucks because they because what they did, they made the biggest move and they were injured. Everybody was scared of the bucks. They didn't amount to shit. go That's the real test because they were injured.
01:00:27
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in the playoffs, even before the playoffs. called spade of spaceade below No, not the same thing. It's not the same thing. You're always using analogies that don't work. Why do don' do you think about the analogy before you use it? I'm not sure that you do. um I agree with Ronald. Okay. And Flo. Okay. She had the best off season. And the reason I say that um Not the best move. The best move was PG-76, but in terms of off-season crafting your team, they did similar to Dallas. Like you said, they brought in Caruso. They needed that. A strong point guard that can handle the rock in crunch time. They needed Hartnestine because they needed solid defense behind Chet. So this is two good moves that are really going to push OKC, and I think that OKC could be against either Minnesota or Dallas in the Western Conference Finals. I think Denver is going to fall off. They lost. bothrow on And now they lose KCP this year. Two of their biggest defenders. I don't see the Denver Nuggets being as strong this year. All right, guys. a forward pi so blow them me inside this okay let let let's Let's address the elephant in the room. let Let's address JJ Reddick and let's get to the Lakers. We talked about that last week. That's what we're going to talk about. And let Jake.
Bronny James and Nepotism Debate
01:01:47
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let's say ho what What do you want to pose as a question? You just want them to just freestyle? Elaborate on it. I mean, was this a great move? Was this a bad move? What are we first talking about getting Brony? Brony. Yeah, Brony in the Lakers. JJ Sane. He earned it. Oh, he didn't earn it now, Flo. How did he earn it? Doing what? Being LeBron's son? Getting birthed by a guy? Is that what he did? earn it yeah You can go after this. And this is a great one. I heard ah on another show, but this is the only point I'm going to make. Bronny James took a spot.
01:02:22
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from a probably more talented player whose family needed the money. A lot more than Bronny did. And he took a spot from a guy whose family needed the money more than him. He could have just been a free agent and still been on the Lakers. And he took a spot from a guy that probably needed it way more than him. Bronny doesn't need the money. He could have still been on the Lakers. I didn't think about that. I didn't think about that. ah Yeah. would Hey, Flo, I got a quick question. It's like those rich kids that get the scholarships in college. It's like, why not just let your parents pay and let another kid walk on and get the scholarship? Correct. Flo, I got a quick question. Did we have this much hate when Austin Rivers got to go with Doc? I just want to know. Yeah, but he was better. Austin Rivers went to Duke and was actually a good player. What are you talking about? Come on, Dave. How long did he play in the NBA? What, five years? 12 seasons? Six years? 12 seasons? What are you talking about?
01:03:18
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must laid him a backup like no He must have been sitting on that bench, keeping that bench real warm. I didn't see him much. Let's call a spade a spade on that Omar, stop that. there gets a career on every player I agree, but he's better than Brian. Four point five years of the average age. for and Hey guys, guys, guys, I've seen players get Gary Payton second. It's not as great. He's just a dunker and a defender. All he did, he got to go in the Warriors, don't we? He's doing him also? No, we're just killing him. But because it's LeBron James. This guy's dope. This guy's dope. What? I like Ronald. Yeah, Ronald. Hey, Ronald is dope, man.
01:03:55
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No, no. Come on, Ron. Be real right here. Hey, you know what's going to make me laugh? I think Ronnie's got a chance the first year. Your face every day you wake up and look in the mirror. And actually do, at least, I would say 13 to 17 minutes a game. I think he can build himself up to have 13 to 17 minutes in a game this year. I would. And I would not be surprised by next year. This year? Hold on. Go ahead and do that and you guys are missing the playoffs. That's exactly right. Yeah. Go ahead and do that. Go ahead and do that. You're going to have 10 wins if he's layered. I would not listen to this. He doesn't win six men of the year, but he is in the running for six men of the year. Eric Payton Jr. was undrafted. He was undrafted.
01:04:48
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That's fun. We can talk. We can talk. But your the truth is this, and you're only hating on him because it's LeBron James' son. Stop that. Let's be real. He didn't get a right opportunity. He was hurt. He looked great on, uh, where'd he play, Sarah Cannon? He looked right there. He didn't have a chance. He was hurt. He just dealt with a very healthy stare the past year ago. Come on, man. What are you talking about? He took a spot for a guy that needed it um because he's LeBron James' son. That's it. Oh, man. Boy, did we hit on this guy. up You don't think so? You don't think so? You think he really needed to be drafted? All right, man. He had us in trouble. You don't can't change his opinion, man. hey yeah I go can't change. All right, man. So here here here's what I think, man. I'm i'm not going to knock him being drafted or undrafted. At the end of the day, I'll say who's right here, man. knock the guy out another guy out no no here's here's the thing man nepotism we like to just throw this boy to the wolves no no listen man the biggest thing is nepotism man i'll say this right here guys at the end of the day
01:05:50
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ah Papa Ruben is, ah ah he owns a a Fortune 500 company. His son, he owns it, and he wants to elevate his son Ruben. I mean, elevate his son Omar as a CEO or CFO. He's gonna do that. So wait, wait, wait. So LeBron owns Lakers, LeBron owns NBA. But he has a lot of influence over the organization. He's busting out, those people don't matter. And what I'm saying, folks, and here's what I'm saying. Here's what I'm saying. If you have that much influence to have a guy on a podcast to bring him in as your head coach, what does that say? He ain't got no experience. He has no experience. So you're saying it's okay? You're saying it's okay then? Is that what you're saying? I'm not saying it's okay. What were you saying about it? Why do you bring in nepotism? If you were in the same position, if you were a multi-millionaire and your son Elijah was next in line, you were going to propel him to the next level. I don't give a damn about nobody else or what you say. If you're in a position to do it, you're going to do it. But can't do it. Look at this painting.
01:06:58
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He could have still done that and let a guy, a poor guy who didn't get drafted. who i got that but needed it oh He could have still done it. i got it you didn' see But Flo, they don't care about it that. this is a dog you're my dog let me Let me finish. They're trying to write. I didn't know the NBA was a charity case. Who are we doing here? It's about right history flow. So at the end of the day. um man Like you who get to make it. Then how did Brony get in the league? Because that is charity. Brony getting in the league is charity in itself. Okay. Nepotism and charity is right. Now, listen. yeah Go ahead. Go ahead. I can't leave the pod right now. that done Good. We hope you do. You're going to make it better. You're going to make it much better. First of all, your lighting sucks and now you're giving a shitty opinion. So get off here. Look, if...
01:07:49
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If it being the professor, let me be solutions oriented here. All right. I agree that he took the spot. Right. But I also agree with Canteen that that spot was going to be taken because he's LeBron's son. And that that's what happens in the Lakers organization where he has that power. So how about this, though? What could have happened is they could have drafted him instead of signing him to a guaranteed contract, sign him to a two way deal. and then give the other guaranteed contract to another person. Then you get two players. You got one on a two-way deal who deserves it, Bronny, and can go back and forth between the G-League and don't need to be playing 10, 15 minutes a damn game in the NBA. And your team is still decent enough, and you have a decent enough 12th, 11th man in case you need somebody in crunch time. Boom. Solutions oriented, professional. Yeah. And that didn't happen, Professor.
01:08:40
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No, because people are like Jake and they all they only care about themselves and the other people. so Let's just get Ronnie in the league and the charity case for no reason. Let me say this real quick Flo. You know what really sticks me out though? He would have been undrafted. You know what you would have said then Flo and Omar? like idiots You know what y'all want to tell me? Oh man, he's taking a roster spot. Poor guys that aren't making so much now don't have a chance to get a roster spot because of that. It didn't matter whether he got drafted or undrafted. You were going to call us, fade us, fade us. You'll sound like haters. No, here's the thing though, Jay. Here's the thing though. If these are free agent,
01:09:24
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You're not going to get paid. You're not going to get guaranteed money. You're not going to get so much. But you take a roster. When you're drafted in the top first two rounds, you're guaranteed some money. That guy probably needed that guaranteed money. If he gets out a guy who's on the bench or who's three agents, then he beats him out. That's fine. Flo, if he was undrafted and he got picked up on a roster spot, you wouldn't hate on him? You wouldn't say that. Why does he have a roster spot and other players don't? Oh, get out of here, Flo, man. Come on, man. Come on with us. Go, Flo. um baby
01:09:54
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I am trying to call you a spade because you're a spade. You look and act like what you are. yeah Yeah, you know what's crazy to me? You're you're hating on Brony, and then that boy is going to end up showing up. You're only motivating that guy. I can't wait. You were crazy some more. He's going to show us. Go ahead. yeah that I will say this right here, Jake. What are you going to show us, oh what's you gonna show us Jake? oh but no for college so would he not be bad yeah ro turned into broro I would not be surprised if Brony turns into a Drew Holiday-like player in the end of time.
01:10:27
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I think he can turn into a Drew Holliday. Over Over a period of time. Is that his ceiling? Is that what you're saying? That's his ceiling, Drew Holliday. I think that's that's closer to what more what's What's his floor?
01:10:41
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I mean, being a two-year vet, two, three-year vet, that's it. Out of the league? That's his power take. But you know what? But you know what? He'll be out of the league when LeBron is. Don't worry. When you're next to the GOAT, you get all that wisdom with you, bro. LeBron's not his own year. His own career, his own life. He's already had that. Even with him, his own life. OK, we'll see. We'll see. He's already had that. They don't call on him, man. All right. we final Any final NBA topics or moves, canteen? Nah, man. NBA is on for that. I agree. Hey, Rottle, you've been on point all day. I agree with that. ah You know, you can't you can't place the la la bum over MJ in the goat conversation anyways, because LeBron is talking about that. and manipulated himself to non-success. Jordan took everything that came his way and still had more success. Get out of here. Go conversation. Never happened. It's over. ah Yeah, it's over. reputation over we see yeah withing lebron len What We didn't talk about this. I was going to put them in the pocket. But
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01:11:52
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LeBron was willing to give up $20 million.
01:11:55
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Money man dollar pay cut to play right there aren't but no one wanted to come so far and Nobody wants to play with LeBron because they get all the blame if they lose then he gets all the credit they win So but here's the thing with the bride. I will give him credit I think he is trying to win now because you know what I think he not only wants to play with Ronnie on the same team and possibly on the floor together and But he wants to win a championship with his son, to be the first son and father of championship teams. So he's willing, that's why he's willing to give up that money. I don't think it's he's being selfless. He's being selfish again. He wants to win a championship with his son. Anytime we can see it, we'll do it on this show. Bring in a star, another star, so that they can win a championship. That's what LeBron's doing. That's my opinion.
01:12:46
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That's the bottom line. That's the bottom line. At the bottom line, sports, subscribe. At the bottom line. Yeah. I got a quick note. Go ahead. Omar, the professor, Fonseca, will be back this week with his second installment of Mind of the Professor. So subscribe. Ball and Buds. I will be on either tomorrow or Friday. I got to figure out what day it ends. for good world Let's get it going man. Go check out the Mind the Professor. His mind not on an engine invest dazzling and it's bewildering but entertaining.
01:13:28
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um I'll be talking to the presidential debate disaster. talking about the nfl law Let's talk about that. Let's talk about that. That was a disaster for one side at least. It was a complete disaster. I'm going to say which side. I will be tearing the whole thing up. I will be tearing every side and every person up. You should have me on the political things, Omar. I'm a political guy. Yeah, add me on that too. Add me on that. I'll be on there. We may have to have a mind of the professor's side panel. OK, let's do it. I'm willing to. I like talking to here. This is sports. All right. That's it. Episode 127. We'll see the mind of Professor. We appreciate all you family. Ronald, you sound like a LeBron. Yeah, I'm not about it. Oh, man, be real.
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that's get to e but my d the yanament ah so yeah
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Let's get it.