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NBA/NHL Playoffs; NFL Mock Draft; Alex Ovechkin Tribute; NCAA Florida & UCONN Champions
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The Bottom Line Sports Show #163 ft. Stat Man CAN, Hot Take JAKE, Sports Professor & Special Guest NFL/DMV Insider Shane Peacher @PeachOMania
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00:00:00
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I'll you next time.
Introduction and Guest Speaker: Stat Man Cam
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Street professor back again, it's game time. I'll apply, I know play time, it's play-out. Cause we ain't talking about practice like AI. Sports professors spit the best takes out like AI. Awfully intelligent air, I can't write mine.
00:00:43
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Rhyme sighting in girls DMs like Messi after the goal time. That was a triple entendre, did you catch me rambling? Lubin's and more miles, we the bottom line champions. I need my hands. This is real, I'm a potential.
00:01:01
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I'm back, baby. Like I never left. Bottom line. Low canteen hot take Jake and O.
Special Guest Shane Peacher: Ovechkin & NFL Drafts
00:01:32
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Yo, yo, what up, friends? You know what it is. the Bottom Line Sports is... four says in the building yes we are here and you see we brought a special guest along with us today so you know what it is let's start with my man to my right the og of the program stat man cam what's good my brother how you doing today it was good what's good sports man been a great week let's get it going baby
00:02:08
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Yes, yes, yes. It has been a great weekend. can Please make sure that we are being shared in the bottom line sports Facebook group. And for all y'all that have not joined, please join at the bottom line sports on Facebook. If you like sports news and trash talk, we do a bunch of us. So can team make sure that we're shared there and please as well share it to my page.
00:02:29
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Share. Everybody can see it. All right, cool. As well, right below me, you know what it is. You've seen him on this program for a long time. My brother hot. Jake. Jake. What's good, brother? How are you doing today?
00:02:42
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WrestleMania this weekend. I'm loving every bit right now, man. We getting crazy. Ooh. Don't tease the people just yet. All right. All right. I mean, you already teased them. I might as well segue it because joining us to special guest.
00:03:01
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NFL and DMV, which stands for Decel and Virginia Insider. Shane Peacher is here with us. Yes, we are going to talk Alex Ovechkin goal setting record. We're going to do an NFL mock draft, NBA, NHL playoffs.
00:03:20
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ah you are But first, Peach, thank you very much for joining us. Go ahead and let all the people know where they can find you on the social media. Hey, come come at me at ah Twitter at Petro Mania.
00:03:35
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and Let's get it going, guys. Let's talk some sports. i'm excited for this. Let's go.
NBA Coaching Predictions: Will Joe Mazzulla Be Fired?
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Show, bro. Thank you for joining us tonight, man. ah Thank you for having me. Yes, sir.
00:03:49
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This idiot froze? yeah i get Yeah, I guess so. No, not the frozen. Yeah, and. Oh, ah there he is. He's back. And. And.
00:04:01
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And, yeah, yeah, it's hey it's all the people flooding in. Flooding my internet. And also, I want to say, tomorrow night, we are also going to be ah blessed with the presence of Mr. Shane Peacher again, as he is a pro wrestling, one of the foremost insiders there in pro wrestling. So tomorrow night, special edition, banter, brawls, and bravado, WrestleMania edition. It will be Hot Take Jake.
00:04:28
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It will be Shane Peacher. It will
00:04:33
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It will be yours he say truly the sports professor. And we will also have our brother from IOW. Just a little bit.
00:04:45
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Yeah, you mute little bit brother. Just a little bit, little bit. but Okay. Okay. That's cool. Just a little bit. Okay. All right. Well, I'm plugged directly into the internet. So I don't know why the ether.
00:04:57
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Not sure what's going on. I'm plugged directly into the Ethernet, so that shouldn't even be happening. But anyways, all right, we'll keep it moving. So, yeah. Anyways, like I said, tomorrow night, 8 p.m. Eastern. Check us out. Make sure you're subscribed to Ball & Buds, ah or you can go to the Bottom Line Sports as well. There's a handy QR code up top that will take you to all of Ball & Buds social media.
00:05:20
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Y'all ready to get get started? Let's do it. Let's get Let's do it, bro. All right. Let's kick this bad boy off. You know, we like to start off first with Hot Take Jake's Hot Take of the
Debate on NBA Coaches and Celtics' Future
00:05:36
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Week. What is your hottest take of the week, my brother?
00:05:39
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This one's going to hit close to home, all right, Omar? I'm sorry to say this, but... You know, the playoffs of the NBA. Why does it always got to do with me? Why does it always got to do with me? Well, last week got mad over the Carmelo. Hold on. The other week you got mad over Carmelo not being a – I don't believe Carmelo was Hall Famer.
00:05:58
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Jake, Jake, let me preface this before you start. going Peach's opinion on that too. Jake, let me preface this before you start. Let me preface this. Professor, prepare yourself because it's about to be some hot BS. just just a rubble hot hot booty Hot booty juice coming out of his mouth.
00:06:16
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This is more closer to realistic, guys. I'm about to ask y'all this. and and you know After seeing another head coach fired, the Phoenix Suns head coach, what's the idiot's name?
00:06:28
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That guy just got fired yesterday. Boone Holzer. Yeah, Boone Holzer. Mike Boone Holzer. getting fired. It's sad to say this, but guys, I think we're going down an era of coaches winning championships and being fired.
00:06:42
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And it must go to this. Guys, I know we're going to get into the playoffs here soon. um Unfortunately, everybody has the Celtics. Everybody and their mama. You know Omar's over there screaming away that they're just favorites to win it all.
00:06:59
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Something tells me more than ever. Not this season, but at the at least by the middle of next season, there's only one head coach that has been safe, and that's Steve Kerr.
00:07:12
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I believe Joe Mazzullo will be fired in September or oct October of 2025 for the Boston Celtics. Let me tell you why. What? what i Oh my God. Professor, why you him come on I'm starting to figure stuff out, guys.
00:07:26
Speaker
Guys, the NBA is the most parody sport on the planet. It's more parody than actually the the NFL. There's a lot of parody in it. There's been new championships every year.
00:07:36
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You haven't had a two-peat championship since the Heat. yeah Oh, no, since the Warriors in 2017, 2018? 2017, 2018, bro. Yeah. We have not seen it. I believe Joe Mazzula is next on the chopping block.
00:07:51
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I know it's far-fetched take right now. Omar. But I do believe the fall-off is on its way, Omar. I'm sorry to say, bro, but we're seeing a contingency of things over and over again. The only person that's safe was Steve Kerr, and that's because he built a dynasty with the Warriors. so He's safe.
00:08:10
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I'm sorry to say it, Omar. Let let let me say this, Professor. Let me say this. Have this for the next four months with your coach because he will be gone. um you know I'll push it to November, but something tells me there will be a big riffraff.
00:08:24
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I'm telling you right now, Omar. Y'all are going to fail this season. yes That tells me you're not winning a championship this season, Omar. you know I told
Carmelo Anthony: Hall of Fame Worthy?
00:08:31
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you how fluky that trip was. Can I speak? Go ahead, Kanteen. Go ahead. So Jake is talking out of his ass.
00:08:37
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ah was a you know i don't know what he's talking about. He's talking crazy as hell. So you saying Missoula gonna be fired based off of what? Based off of the Celtics having a good record, based off of them doing what? They've they've they've been making numbers, they've been producing, they have won.
00:08:52
Speaker
What are you talking about? Now, I got it, I got it. I think they failed to make the NBA Finals this evening. Let me talk, let me talk, be quiet. Boone and Hoser deserve to be fired.
00:09:06
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There's no way you have all that talent in Phoenix and the rent and you don't win. or about Mike Malone? who begin to play What about Mike Malone?
00:09:16
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He went with the Nuggets. I know what happened to him. He got fired too. I'm telling you it's a tendency. what i'm What I'm saying, Jake, is this BS. BS. it's not good b And it's it's not going to happen to Joe Mazzullo, okay? He has a 50, almost 60-win team.
00:09:34
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They're going to win the championship again. What reason would they have to fire him unless something off the court happens? Omar, if y'all do not make the NBA Finals. sports almanac-like premonitions, then tell me now, bud. Okay, okay, okay. If you think they win the NBA Finals, you think if we miss the NBA Finals, they will not, they will fire up. I think there'll be some riffraff going on. Let me say this.
00:09:57
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Right now, who is Boston playing in the playoffs right now with the playoffs right now? Who does Boston match up? Well, we have to see who the seventh and eighth seed. It's going to be whoever wins the game right now. Whoever wins the game right now. The Atlanta-Orlando game right now. And the Magic.
00:10:10
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Peach, what do you think about that ridiculous change? Man, Boston going run through them. Think about it, bro. that like think about it bro one Think about the history of the NBA right now, the past seven seasons.
00:10:22
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Look at all the championship winning coaches and what happens to them a year or two later. day what but you talk but you have think But you have to think about the history of the Celtics too. they They don't just fire coaches. It has to be.
00:10:32
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Like, I get it. It's a hot take. I'll take a hot take, right? Like, that's the hottest of hot takes. That is left field. um i don't see it happening in my man i just come on zay you know better than that would you rather let go of hold on would you rather let go of a head coach too too early or too late they had doc block y'all know what i call him doc block the man that couldn't win a championship he got one championship and celebrated it for the next 15 20 years and got other new jobs every damn year off of that come on man i'm telling you look
00:11:04
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Look, first of all, stop, stop, stop. You already know the rule on this show. There is no besmirchment of the great name of Glenn Dock Rivers.
00:11:16
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If you ever disrespect my championship winning coach, I will come through that screen and slap the damn daylights of him. You understand me?
00:11:26
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Most overrated head coach of all time. Second of all, Joe Mazzulla is not getting fired. That's ridiculous. He ain't getting fired, bro. Like Shane said, you have to be bad. You have to do something like lose games. When you're a winning coach and you're making the playoffs consistently, you're not going to be fired just because you have one offseason. If they even miss the finals, which is not going to happen anyways because we're going to win the championship.
00:11:47
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ah Peach, what do you think about his hot take from last week, which was even more ridiculous than this week, if you can believe it. Last week... He had the nerve to say that Carmelo Anthony is not a Hall of Famer. What do you think about that?
00:12:00
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ah He definitely is by numbers, but i kind of I'm not with him because he's going to make the Hall of Fame, but um I am with him on. on that i I don't like that kind of Hall of Famer, right? That's not my type of Hall of Famer.
00:12:12
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If we're going to let him have it, let Rudy Gay have it. Let all these other guys get No, he's not Rudy Gay. Stop it. You keep bringing up this Rudy Gay shit. Jay, excuse me for Cousins. Go ahead, Pete. It's my bad. I interrupted Pete. Go ahead, Pete. He is a stat packer for sure. He's one of those guys.
00:12:27
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But with what he did, it's it's impressive on that end. But like said, I need winning too. I need a combination of both. And he just didn't do it. Especially in the playoffs. At all. At all.
00:12:39
Speaker
The team looked better with Jeremy Lin. That's true. My God. He did not win, but numbers wise he is though. Numbers wise. Yeah, yeah we're not going.
00:12:50
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baseball Baseball and basketball, the the two sports that put in the the very good instead of the great, right? like And we and and we can all we can definitely all agree on that. Because I agree with you all. It should be the whole of great, not the whole the very good.
00:13:03
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But I do think Carmelo was for at least a 10-year period all the best top three at his position. So, I mean... scoring champion.
00:13:15
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ah Yeah, he didn't win a title, but neither Dan Marino, and Dan Marino's Hall of Famer, no doubt about that. Well, another issue that he another issue that he has is he was drafted in the same draft as LeBron, so that kind of... you know puts him down right notch for sure.
00:13:28
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It's not his fault, but it happened, right? And similar to Dan Marino, he wasn't really surrounded with that much talent. although mayor to himself Don't do that. mark right He chose to go to the next. Yeah, I don't want to hear that crap. Look at Omar, bro. Man, hey, Omar, zip up his pants, bro. Damn.
00:13:47
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Son of a gun. I've gone too far with that. don don't be Don't be using my jokes on me, man. Get out of here with that. Rock Chalk, thank you all for tuning in. If you all like true crime, please check out Rock Chalk True Crime Podcast on YouTube.
00:14:03
Speaker
They are awesome for the true crime news. So shout out to them. Thank you for tuning in. All right. ah D. Cleasy, Carmelo not going to the hall is like saying Warren Moon shouldn't be a Hall of Famer. I like that. What do we say to that, gentlemen? What do we say to that?
00:14:18
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Warren Moon didn't have a fair chance. He came late. Don't do that. Remember, he was not he was in the CFL for a little while there. He he didn't. that is it If he went prime for prime all the way through, Carmelo was there since he was young.
00:14:29
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He had every chance in the world. Guy sucked it up like no other, man. I'm sorry. I'm calling the spade a spade. He's overrated. They go to spade a spade. They go to spade a spade, Professor. A spade is a spade. what What do you say about this Hall of Fame Warren Moon comp here, Peach?
00:14:44
Speaker
That's a good comp, actually. like Both kind of guys that put up huge numbers but didn't win. I like it. I like the comp. Right, right. I think it's a pretty accurate comp in terms of the type of players. Football's a more team-friendly sport, though.
00:14:57
Speaker
and more More comprehensive. You can control more in the NBA. You got four other you know teammates. you got you got less one You got less people that you have to depend on is what you're saying. Yeah, exactly. Come on, man. One guy can impact ah and a basketball game more than one guy can.
00:15:11
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you know, affect the football game. That's, that's thanks right. come on quick burn All right, cool. Well, let's keep it moving. You know what it is next. It is the sports professors.
00:15:23
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mind ba All right, let's get into it.
Rory McIlroy's Masters Victory and Career Highlights
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First of all, got to give a salute to Rory McIlroy for winning the Masters.
00:15:37
Speaker
put the green jacket on and took the gorilla off of his back, almost blew it on the 18th hole, missing the punt and having to go to overtime. Luckily, he birdied the first hole in overtime to beat Justin Rose.
00:15:52
Speaker
We are going to go to our our special guest here first. Peach, what did you think about this Masters ending? I think...
00:16:04
Speaker
Was that me? Am I frozen? No, you're good, bro. beat you of rose We lost you, Peach. Can't you, what did you think about the Masters? that go Go ahead, Peach. Go ahead, man.
00:16:16
Speaker
Oh, he's back. He's back. I said he he put that jacket jack it on and off quite a few times at the end there. I thought he was going to choke it away. So happy for him because he's one of the best golfers in the world. And you know there was a point where you never thought he was ever going to get that green jacket, but he did. So that's awesome.
00:16:32
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, 10 years now ah since he last won his last championship at the U.S. s Open in 2014. Had never won the Masters. Now he is a grand slam champion, winning all of the majors in golf. and So, yeah, he is up there in rarefied air with Tiger Woods, ah Jack Nicklaus, Gene Sarazin, Ben and and Ben Hogan. So that's just like really up there territory. Canteen, what did you think about the Masters?
00:16:59
Speaker
I mean, you just hit it, man. he just You just hit it, man. When he won the Masters, he hit the Grand Slam. He hit all the major tournaments. he hit He's all he checked all the major boxes, which has put him in a different category of golfers.
00:17:11
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<unk>s He's arrived. He's arrived. He's checked the box. He's done that. Shout out to Rory McIlroy. ah He's arrived, man. Congrats to him, man. Clubber D checking in to check ah Jake on his language saying, just because you say spade a spade, a catchy phrase doesn't win you the argument, son.
00:17:29
Speaker
Look at Clubber Clubber D, hey, tell Clubber D, because I'm not liking some of his takes on UFC. We'll get into that a different day, but I'm going to get on him soon. Okay, well, how about you get on this? How about you get on this topic? What do you think about the Masters?
00:17:43
Speaker
Look, um and I can first admit it, I thought Roy was the next Tiger whenever he first came in. I really did. um lot of people thought he was going to be the next one to steal the show.
00:17:55
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um Of course, in my opinion, I've always, and y'all have heard me say this many times, I don't think Tiger is the greatest. I think Phil is. But in my opinion, Roy did his thing. ah The thing that hurts me the most though about it is did he win it?
00:18:11
Speaker
Did he win it or did Rose choke it? That's what I want to know. but i think I think Rose had it well in contact to win that. Well, I mean, Rose rose went down a couple strokes early and came back to tie it. Then he went then they went into a three-way tie with Ludwig Eberg on the 14th.
00:18:33
Speaker
And then by then, Rory started to to ah stay up one stroke the rest of the way until he missed that putt at the end. So I don't necessarily think Rose choked it away. I think he tried to contend as best as possible. I think if anybody, as Peach said, Rory at the end, obviously with that putt, almost choked it away. So...
00:18:51
Speaker
But I think the wrong person has the jacket on is what I'll say. That's what I'll say. okay Hey, well, it doesn't matter because Roy is the one taking it home and he's the one that's going to be able to wear it from now on and make so many more endorsements and money and everything off of being a Grand Slam winner.
00:19:08
Speaker
Next story in the mixed bag.
WNBA Draft and Women's Basketball Popularity
00:19:11
Speaker
Yes. How about Paige Beckers being drafted number one to the Dallas Wings yesterday. WNBA draft went down.
00:19:21
Speaker
Paige Beckers went number one. Dominique Molonga from France, they're calling her the female Wemby, went number two. And Sonia Cintron went to Peach's DMV Washington Mystics. I thought it was a great pick because she brings experience to a Mystics team that really needs that.
00:19:39
Speaker
Peach, what did you think about the WNBA draft yesterday? I mean, it is what it is, man. and Women's basketball is getting better and better. It's it's kind of crazy because you asked me 10 years ago, I wouldn't even watch the game. so now did you hear that Now, did you hear that she signed with Unrival and she's going to make more in her in her first year than she's going to make over her four years in the WNBA? Did you hear that?
00:20:03
Speaker
I did hear that. It's pretty insane how things are going. But they deserve the women deserve to make a little bit more money. They've been kind of getting shafted. But again, they don't bring it They don't bring in the eyes.
00:20:14
Speaker
They just started bringing in the eyes, right? So that's what that's what brings in the money to the league. So we'll see what happens. Yeah, no, I agree with that. Jake, what do you think on that one
00:20:26
Speaker
Right out of Paige. I think, though, the steal. I've been following Kiki. i think Oh, yeah. From FUSC. I think she's going to be probably the best player out of that draft. um I've seen her play. I think she's going to be the best. And then I won't say it yet, but there's one that came from Lubbock, Texas. She's justica she's going to OU this year.
00:20:47
Speaker
I'll say her name soon, but get ready for her next year. I'm going to get you updated. This girl is great as hell. Y'all going to start hearing her name pretty good. Last name Chavez. Get ready.
00:20:58
Speaker
But, yeah, shout-out to Kiki. Shout-out to Paige. And I don't want to hear anybody compared to Wimby right now. Come on, now. Come on. that's That's about to be the future goat. Don't do that. Don't put that pressure. She's from France. She's 6'6". She's got a good game. You know, the comparisons make themselves. Can't team? What did you think about the WNBA draft yesterday?
00:21:16
Speaker
Man, I have to give it up to Russell Westbrook and Georgia Amore. She's phenomenal. She's short and guard. Man, she's going do great things.
00:21:28
Speaker
I think she's going to blow up and do really, really well in the draft. But the girl that's really, really going to do what I think is going to be the baddest person in there, Haley Van Lee. TCU guard. TCU.
00:21:40
Speaker
Mm-hmm. but through good Now, ah sir, did you say Russell Westbrook? Did I hear you correctly? Westbrook. Westbrook. Westbrook designed the girls' clothes.
00:21:54
Speaker
Oh! georgia He was the designer of her whole entire outfit and stuff. Oh, damn. Well, there you go. Insider information. All right. cut out Shout out to Brody. I know Brody's a fashion designer. Salute. I love him.
00:22:06
Speaker
Love me some Russell Westbrook. right, cool. Well, that was the WNBA draft for the rest of you. You can check it out. It was three rounds. There were some surprise picks. Cheyenne Sellers, the DMV zone. ah Peach knows about her.
00:22:17
Speaker
They're at our dear University of Maryland. She went to the Golden State Valkyrie at pick number second round somewhere in there. i don't remember the exact pick, but there you All right, Western Michigan Broncos topped vaunted Boston University to win its first NCAA men's hockey national title.
00:22:37
Speaker
We don't really need to go into detail on this. If anyone has thoughts, that's fine. I just thought it was pretty cool that Boston actually, you know, a perennial college hockey champion lost to Western Michigan, which is not very much known for their college hockey team.
00:22:53
Speaker
Anybody got any thoughts on that? I'm good, bro. Okay, cool. That's what i thought. all right, Reese Davis is sticking with yeah ESPN. ah College game day after Fox Sports went on an all-out effort to try to lure him from yeah ESPN to join their big noon kickoff. Instead, Reese Davis signed a seven-year deal in the tens of millions ah to stick at ESPN where he has now been for 30 years.
00:23:19
Speaker
Kanteen, what do you think about Reese Davis denying Fox to stay at ESPN? Hey, Rob, Rob, ESPN, man. a know I mean Fox Fox has his pivotal points, but ESPN got all the goats.
00:23:36
Speaker
yeah ice smith They smell Shannon sharp. all All the goals of ESPN Fox Fox has this select the people on the Fox side. They just can't see any point of view now.
00:23:50
Speaker
Somebody has a point of view, but it is me. Peach, what do you think? Hey, he's a staple at ESPN. glad he stayed because Saturdays on ESPN wouldn't be the same without him, right? I mean, yeah it is what it is.
00:24:03
Speaker
The one moment in particular with him and Pat McAfee comes to mind, but that would have never that would have never gone viral if it wasn't for Reese Davis and his innocence.
00:24:14
Speaker
ah should Jake, what do you think about Reese Davis staying with ESPN? Proud of him for a little while there. ESPN was on the fall, man. So I'm proud that they're starting to catch catch back up. They ended up, you know... so getting Shannon.
00:24:28
Speaker
They stole some p player players back. I mean, the second Fox came at them was Skip, Shannon, ah Colin. They went crazy at them at the last 2016 year. They just went crazy back to back to back. So now ESPN and slowly built their way back up to being, and of course having Stephen A is just top tier.
00:24:46
Speaker
But yeah, proud of Reese. I'm glad he's staying there. I'm glad he's staying at ESPN. He deserves it.
00:24:56
Speaker
Yes, sir. that frozen again? He good. Oh my good. Oh my good. Yeah. Yeah. Um, Yeah, I thank you for telling talking about Stephen A. Smith because he's my next
Celebrities in Politics: Stephen A. Smith for President?
00:25:07
Speaker
story. Stephen A. Smith has been in the news widely about a possible presidential candidate run in 2028.
00:25:16
Speaker
eight Now, he just signed a new deal with the ESPN. Y'all haven't y haveve heard this? He's been all over the conservative and liberal airwaves and news as a possible contender in 2028. Pete, you were shaking your head. You heard of this?
00:25:35
Speaker
Peach, did you, can you hear me? I can now. you got Yeah. Well, my thoughts on that. Oh, go ahead. Yeah. Yeah. are your thoughts on that? No, please. No, just no.
00:25:46
Speaker
Can we, can we keep this? Can we keep the celebrities out of the presidential race, please? Please. I beg We already got the biggest one of all as president right now. Don't we? I mean, and how do you like that? Right? Like, let's, let's get away from that. What did you think about Stephen A. Smith being president?
00:26:07
Speaker
right, cool. I'll take Jake. Oh, okay. I thought you were just telling me no. can i Can I, can I, can I? Let me, let me share. Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead. Steven A. Smith of Winston, Winston State, Winston-Salem State graduate.
00:26:23
Speaker
Played basketball. he you You can look up his stats and numbers. He was a horrible basketball player, but he has a college degree from HBCU. Stick to what you know, man. Stick to being an analyst, man.
00:26:36
Speaker
You ain't going be no... I don't want to curse on here tonight because I'm feeling kind of saucy tonight. Go ahead, man. I mean, that's it that's a little bit of that's a little bit of the telling the athletes to just sit shut up and play ball, though, don't you think? Jake, what do you think about this?
00:26:49
Speaker
Go ahead, Jake. I don't see him becoming a presidential candidate. What I will say is he has kind of hinted that he doesn't want to do sports analysts for a while. He's also hinted that he's kind of wanted to follow the Will Kane type of thing where he went into straight where he has the the politic debate shows on his side. So I think eventually we will get a Stephen A. I think this is his last contract that he gets being currently that he just signed. I think this is it.
00:27:17
Speaker
And I think he'll go lean towards debating more political. So that's the best I see him going. don't think he becomes a president. But I do that with the rock also.
00:27:28
Speaker
here Here's the thing, do you guys see him get on- Dwayne, if you smell. ahead, KT. But do you see him on a big platform, Professor? Like on a big political platform as based off of what, man?
00:27:44
Speaker
i don't i don't I don't see him actually being president, but I do like the talk of it because um obviously there needs to be a shakeup and he is a independent like myself. And I actually modeled my show. Shameless plug, the professor seminar meant day every Monday, 7 p.m. Eastern. Check me out.
00:28:02
Speaker
But anyways, I modeled my show after his because obviously he started in sports and now does the news. And I'm trying to do similar to the same thing. So it it was inspiring to me. And I can see how, OK, well, if he is intelligent, which he is, and he does at least have some kind of political acumen, then maybe people would be inclined. I mean, we people talk about voting for you just mentioned The Rock.
00:28:24
Speaker
possibly being a candidate. Oprah has been talked about, right? All different kinds of celebrities have been talked about because people seem to trust celebrities more because they see them on TV and find them to be, you know, even if they're the worst person in the world, we don't know these people from Adam or even if they're good people or not. So as most of them turn out to be assholes anyways, in the end.
00:28:44
Speaker
So But anyways, all right, cool. Just wanted to get your thoughts on that. And that was, oh, no, wait, one more story. Update here. The NCAA versus House settlement for the NIL, and we'll talk about the the thing that happened this weekend.
00:29:01
Speaker
But ah Judge Claudia Wilkin... told the NCAA and said that for the lawsuit, she wants to approve the lawsuit. The only thing is they're going to have to change roster limits.
00:29:15
Speaker
They're going to have to increase the roster limits so that they grandfather the kids in now. Increase and decrease. Increase. Increase? Yeah, because kids are losing their scholarships right now because they put roster limits.
00:29:26
Speaker
And so a lot of kids on the at the end lost their scholarships and werere and were not able to go to school. and So the the judge said they have to um grandfather those kids in and expand the roster limits at least until they get it going. But what's going to happen when this gets approved, y'all,
00:29:44
Speaker
A salary cap basically will be instituted in college football. Each school will be allotted $20.5 million dollars a year is what they're talking right now. And that will get us into the subject that we're going to get into a little bit with the n NIL deal at University of Tennessee and Nico Ayamaya-Leheva.
00:30:00
Speaker
But... I just wanted to bring that up and update everybody because I know I told you all about that suit last week. Does anybody have any thoughts on this NCAA suit? Obviously, this stemmed from the O'Bannon case versus EA Sports 10 years ago, and it's all rolled downhill into all of this. Let's not touch on Nico yet, but what about just this case that's going to be settled soon this year? Anybody got thoughts on that?
00:30:26
Speaker
I'm good, guys. Okay. All right. No worries. I just wanted to see if anybody had thoughts. Okay, cool. Well, let's move
Tribute to Alex Ovechkin and Capitals' Playoff Chances
00:30:34
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it on. And that was the sports professors.
00:30:37
Speaker
Mixed bag. a Bag, bag. All right, cool. I don't care that much yet about that. Let's go. All right, moving into our special guest here.
00:30:48
Speaker
i want to first say congratulations to him as a loyal player. loyal Alex Ovechkin fan as a loyal Capitals fan. Kenya.
00:31:00
Speaker
Oh, he even went around to a bunch of gas stations to find a newspaper because who knew newspapers still existed? Uh, He also has a tattoo of Ovi on his behind. No, i'm not his behind.
00:31:16
Speaker
But he does have an awesome Ovi tattoo of the Stanley Cup champion winning moment. ah He is a huge Ovi super fan, and I want him to give a tribute to his hero. The floor is yours, my friend. How do you feel about him breaking Wayne Gretzky's goals record?
00:31:31
Speaker
Hey, man, a record that I never thought I'd see broken, even when Ovi was scoring 50, 60 goals earlier in his career. um But yeah, man, he is the greatest goal scorer. He's not the greatest player of all time. That's still Wayne.
00:31:44
Speaker
No doubt about it. But he is the greatest goal scorer of all time. He did it in the same amount of games Wayne did. He passed him. So I'm glad you don't have no assets there. Very true. he Very true. And let's be honest, Wayne did it in an era where the goaltending was horrible.
00:31:59
Speaker
Skinny pads, the guys. It was worse. Okay. Got it. Now, I do understand that Alex has like 3,000 more shots than him, but man, it's the same amount of games. You know what I mean? i love i love it.
00:32:10
Speaker
I think Alex Ovechkin And you guys know, i Omar, you know, I love the commanders. That's my number one. Like NFL football is my number one. Alex Ovechkin is the greatest athlete in DC sports history. And i don't care about, I love Daryl Green.
00:32:26
Speaker
I love Daryl Green. Wow. I love Art Monk. I love all of the guys, but oh OV is the greatest athlete we've ever had here. It's the the closest to being the GOAT in any sport in the D.C. area.
00:32:38
Speaker
Right? Because I'd say he's top five NHL history. boy There's no other – Ooh, top five NHL history. Oh, that's good debate. Top five NHL history. That's a good debate. he's about to he's He's about to be number one ever in hits as well.
00:32:52
Speaker
so So he's a physical player. like Really? yeah People don't realize that. almost he's like Right now he's third in hits, but by the end he's going to get that number one spot in hits. yeah Yeah, I guess I would put him right there around five. I mean, you're thinking Gordie Howe.
00:33:07
Speaker
You're thinking, I mean, obviously Wayne Gretzky is number one. We know that. Gordie Howe maybe number two. Bobby Orr? Come on now. Bobby Orr. Yeah, Bobby Orr. Maybe who else we're thinking? Sidney Crosby? Come on, man.
00:33:18
Speaker
Not Crosby. Mario Lemieux over Crosby. Yo, this is a recency bias moment right now is what I'm going to say. Well, recency bias would be saying Sidney Crosby. I said Mario Lamy, who's older, so stop it. Anyways.
00:33:31
Speaker
um Okay. So, yeah, I would put him in the top five probably. Okay. All right. So, Alex Obeski, but we do need to just say, I'm not being a homer as a Wayne Gretzky Kings fan, but Wayne Gretzky, and I must state this every time, if you took all of his goals away and never let him score,
00:33:49
Speaker
he would still have more assists than anyone in the league ever had total points. That's wild to me. That's the craziest stat of all time. Take all his goals away.
00:34:00
Speaker
And he's still the leading point get it getter. it's It's insane how good that guy was. That is insane. Now I do have a debate because my dad sent this article to me about the most unbreakable records. Now I would say that we can all probably agree.
00:34:15
Speaker
This is probably up there in the top three to five as even maybe number number, maybe even number two as the most unbreakable record ever. Will we agree on that? that we think anyone is going to pass Ovi in the future? It is possible, I guess, but.
00:34:28
Speaker
Justin, that's four. Or of all the records? Well, let's talk NHL first. does any Do we think anybody can pass Ovi in the future, first of all? I do not because... players rest a lot now, right?
00:34:41
Speaker
Like Ovi is another one of them. He came up, he came up and he played 95% of the time his whole career. An era where they played all the time. Yup. Yes. And and he he barely missed any games and that just doesn't happen. It's like Cal Ripken's record's not going to get broke guys.
00:34:56
Speaker
baseball That's what I was going next. shit can't ever get above that's what That's where I was going next. I think that's the most unbreakable. I think that's number one. Cal Ripken, 1,860 games in a row in baseball. No one's ever going to do that again.
00:35:11
Speaker
And guess what? They're both my favorite players of all time in each sport because I'm Orioles fan too. so And they're both number eight, coincidentally. The problem with the record never to be broken is LeBron's all-time scoring record. What are we doing here, guys?
00:35:25
Speaker
There goes eight. There goes eight. No, I'm just going to spade a spade. Nobody's going to catch that number. So here, I'm going to go through the list. It came from a Yahoo Sports article. So they say unbreakable records that are absolutely unbreakable.
00:35:37
Speaker
Pete Rose's ah career hits agreed. No one's ever getting to 4,000 hits again. That's not happening. Cal Ripken's 2,632 consecutive games agreed. They don't let you go play every day in baseball anymore like that.
00:35:50
Speaker
um jack um Jerry Rice, yards. don't think anyone's...
00:35:57
Speaker
i write i think the second I think the only pop person close is DeAndre Hopkins, and he's still like 10,000 yards short. So, like, it's not it's not happening.
00:36:08
Speaker
What about DiMaggio's hit streak? DiMaggio's hit streak ain't never going to – no chance. Yeah, I don't think so either. They don't have that on break on unbreakable, but you're right. I don't think that's it could happen, but it's highly unlikely.
00:36:20
Speaker
um Barry Bonds is 762. They say probably unattainable, but I could see if we went on like a power surge, especially with torpedo bats. I could possibly see somebody passing that at some point.
00:36:32
Speaker
um Tom Brady, seven Super Bowl wins. I doubt it. don't think nobody's gonna top that. I doubt it. That could be em could be broken. i mean, mahomes Mahomes, you never know, right? now like No, I doubt it. I doubt it.
00:36:46
Speaker
i doubt it too. What about Emmitt Smith's 18,355 career rushing yards? nobody wants to say Because they they throw away running backs now. You you play, that you play ah run yeah, there's no chance. Boom! That's exactly right.
00:37:02
Speaker
ah And look, Jake, you're right. angel They got LeBron in here. You're damn right. They better have LeBrons in there. A running back is irrelevant in today's NFL league.
00:37:14
Speaker
Yep. Yeah, we saw that. We saw it with, whoa, Peach, we never got your thoughts on this. What'd you think about ah the Giants' monumental fumble of Saquon Barkley live in public only to have him run it back in their face and win a championship with their rival? How do you feel about that? Man, great. They they get what they deserved.
00:37:34
Speaker
That's about right. And what makes it worse for them is it was on hard knocks. You saw it live in an action. Everyone you see. Yeah. Maren was so pissed. I don't want to lose our fifth are best player.
00:37:48
Speaker
And then they lost him to the Eagles. oh my God. that the gm should have been The GM should have been fired right then and there, man. Immediately. Immediately. On the spot, bro. On the spot. He should have been gone.
00:38:02
Speaker
That's a fireable offense right there. I'm sorry. I don't care who you are. um And now we' go you're going to let him make this top pick. That's for another discussion. But you're letting that same guy make a top three got a top two pick. So, all right. but that's ah But that's a great tease because we will get into our NFL mock draft in just a little bit. But since we are on hockey with Alex Ovechkin, let's go ahead and talk a little bit of NHL hockey.
00:38:26
Speaker
Peach, your Capitals had the second best record in the league, 50 wins, 21 wins. losses, nine draws while the Winnipeg Jets took home the President's Cup trophy with the most wins, 55 wins, 22 losses, four draws.
00:38:42
Speaker
How do you feel about your Capitals' chances going into these playoffs? I love their chances because they have, i which I think is the coach of the year in hockey right now, Spencer Carberry. um They actually built correct. They have a whole bunch of young guys playing.
00:38:56
Speaker
I am worried about how they ended the season, though. They kind of went on a little slump. But, again, they had nothing to really play for besides the record for Ovi because they had such a big lead in their division. But you still want to go into the playoffs hot. You know how that is. Hockey is the one sport where one through eight seed, anybody can win the Stanley Cup. it's it's It doesn't go chalk's way often, to be honest with you.
00:39:19
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's definitely not... It's definitely more varied in hockey, especially with the... I mean, let's just be completely honest. hold The home ice advantage in hockey is just something else. And so not only do you get a...
00:39:36
Speaker
Usually a good boost at home, but also the physicality of the games just doesn't allow for teams that often to just like sweep other teams. It's not like basketball where the Celtics are going to sweep the Hawks next week. That's just not's not what usually happens. Now, does it happen? Sometimes, of course, but it's not usual.
00:39:55
Speaker
And you know what else happens in nll the NHL? The miraculous hot goalie that comes out of nowhere. You can't get anything past it. and it's like it's just one of them strange things, man. Them series happen. All of a sudden, this goalie can't you can't put a goal past them.
00:40:09
Speaker
And the... the the ah The favorite loses you know in in a seven-game series. It's insane. I love the NHL hockey. Let me bring up the bracket here so we can take a look at this for everybody.
00:40:21
Speaker
So this is what the current standings are going into this week. We've got two games ah left, so we're not going to give predictions yet. We'll wait for everything to play out, but I just did want to show everybody kind of where we stand. Does anyone have any thoughts on what we're looking at here on this bracket while we've got a couple days out?
00:40:41
Speaker
i hope I hope the Capitals get get Montreal and not Columbus, who we lost to two times in a row. umm just I'm just saying. and Stay away from Columbus right now. i'm going to make my plea right now to the NHL. Please stop with the conference seeding out of the wild card. There's no reason the Kings and Oilers should be playing for a fourth damn season in a row.
00:41:01
Speaker
And I'm not just saying that because we lost to them three times in a row. All right, cool. Let's keep it moving. That's enough for the NHL. Let's move it on to NBA.
NBA Play-in Games and Playoff Implications
00:41:11
Speaker
We have the play in going tonight. Canteen, can you give me an update on the score of the game going on right now?
00:41:18
Speaker
We have the play-in starting tonight, going through Friday. The play-off starts Saturday. Yes, sir. What is the game score right now? Right now, we have the – I'm waiting on the score pop back on the TV. The professor, we have the –
00:41:32
Speaker
hawks playing the orlando magic and it ain't looking good right now for the uh atlanta hawks i'm waiting for the s score to pop back on the tv where's halftime so i can't even see the score but i'm gonna put it don't worry about it 47-61. oh yeah thank you jack so the magic winning guys think what you yeah magic are up to against the hawks good Oh, I missed some comments here. My bad.
00:41:57
Speaker
Bianca salute. So yeah, she's with the rock chalk to crime. Again, y'all check them out. Tap in salute to Bianca. She's awesome from Australia. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Oi, oi, oi. And then Daniel Barry, shout out from let's talk sports watching in always tuning in. You brother, what is good? Sorry. I'm getting to those a little bit late.
00:42:17
Speaker
We were looking at the mock draft there, but it I mean the NBA NHL, excuse me there. So the NBA though, We've got the Magic winning this game. That's going to make it harder on my Celtics, I won't lie.
00:42:27
Speaker
They're lot more physical than the Hawks, so that's going to be a little tougher of a series. They may actually pull a game out from us, but not more than one. Let's go ahead. I want to bring up the NBA bracket here.
00:42:38
Speaker
me go ahead and present this. Ooh, get out of here. All right, there we go. Boom. Boom. So we've got an NBA bracket here. You can see it.
00:42:49
Speaker
We've got the play in games on the left and right hand sides. So as we just talked about, we had the Hawks and Magic. We also have the Bulls and the Heat coming up as well. And then we are the Bulls and Heat are tomorrow.
00:43:02
Speaker
But then we got the Kings and Mavericks and then the Warriors and Grizzlies, who I believe play tonight as the late game. So, um, What I would want to have from everybody here, don't predict the play-in games because we're not going to go through all the games. That would take forever.
00:43:19
Speaker
But go ahead, taking a look at this bracket, who are going to be your and NBA finals and who are going to be your champion? Canteen, start us off. Who you got?
00:43:33
Speaker
From the West.
00:43:37
Speaker
I'm going Thunder.
00:43:40
Speaker
good pick. It's a very good pick. League leading 68 wins for the Thunder?
00:43:47
Speaker
<unk>m going I'm going Thunder Timberwolves, man. Thunder timber Timberwolves in the West? Yes, sir. Okay. All right. And so who you got coming out of Thunder and Timberwolves? Thunder, man. They clean the shop, baby. Hey, clean the shop.
00:44:06
Speaker
And then what about the East? Who you got East?
00:44:12
Speaker
It's going be Celtics and Cavaliers. Okay. And who you got coming out of that? And Celtics are going to beat the fuck out the Cavaliers. All right, Celtics. You got Celtics Thunder. Hold on to your NBA finals pick.
00:44:26
Speaker
Jake, who do you have in your finals matchup? All right. I'm going to go East first. I got the Pacers versus the Celtics in the conference finals.
00:44:37
Speaker
Wow, Pacers. All right. And i got Pacers winning that. Wow! then What? Oh my God. How did I not know that? Hey, hey, hey, Omar. It's Halle time. It's Halle time. Get ready. Omar, Omar, hey, Professor.
00:44:51
Speaker
And I think we would do this we would do this during the COVID years. We were promised this and we never got it, but I got an l LA matchup of a lifetime. The Clippers versus the Lakers finally give it to us. Kawhi looks healthy.
00:45:05
Speaker
Oh my gosh, we got an LA matchup for the championship. And I got Lakers going. So Lakers- I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what. If the Lakers play the Clippers- Who the hell wants to watch that dumb matchup, Lakers? That's going to be an all-time matchup.
00:45:21
Speaker
I cut all my hair my head. What? If the Legos in the club play the championship, I save my handball.
00:45:31
Speaker
Your head is already bald, Canteen. Stop it. Anyways, let's keep it moving. Oh, you meant cut it all the way off. Okay. All right. Well, hey. To the scalp. To the scalp. Okay. We holding you to that.
00:45:42
Speaker
We holding you to that. You might want you might not want to because as Jake said, the the Clippers are the hottest team in the league right now with a healthy Kawhi. You got all the snippets right here. If the Clippers in LA play in the championship, I would get on live and cut all my hair off bald.
00:45:58
Speaker
Wow, okay. We're holding you that. Hey, I like that. Peach, who you got as your finals matches? i' I'm just going to go straight to the NBA finals because I think it's going be another Lakers-Celtics match. Lakers and Celtics.
00:46:15
Speaker
But let's get to the real story for me. The draft lottery. Come on, Cooper Flag. Let's go Wizards. Win that lottery, baby. That's what I'm looking forward to. That's all I got to look forward to every year is the dang lottery. Yeah.
00:46:27
Speaker
Yeah. so No, I don't blame you, but hey, Cooper Flag could be a franchise changing for the Wizards. And at this point, with how bad they've been for the past, you know, how how long was the last time y'all made the playoffs?
00:46:40
Speaker
Gilbert Arenas? yeah No, and we waited with Wall. Remember? Yeah, we played. Yeah. Well, I appreciate you being quick, Peach, as I originally asked a question for just a finals matchup, but everybody else wanted to go off the rails for no damn reason.
00:46:55
Speaker
I'm going to go Thunder Celtics as well, just like Canteen. There's nothing else to say there. They're just the two best teams in the league, and I can't see anybody else beating them. And I'm not going to be a homer like Jake and pick the fakers because they just suck.
00:47:07
Speaker
going to be a homer and pick my Celtics because we're the best team in the league. All right, those are our finals matchups. Now we are going to give our NBA champions, but first let's hit a couple comments.
00:47:19
Speaker
Brandon Clutch B Cleveland coming through says Thunder versus Celtics, and he has the Thunder winning it. ah I won't say hint, hint.
00:47:30
Speaker
He's a Thunder fan. but that's okay. ah Clubber D comes through. Spurs versus Suns. western He wants to see Jake in the Western Conference Finals.
00:47:44
Speaker
ah ah That's great. Two teams that are sitting out making the Western Conference Finals. I love it. Yeah, the Suns, that's a tough year to have that super team and now fire your coach and now Durant's going to leave and Like, where do you go from here? It's like not like Beal is that great of a player. He's getting older.
00:48:01
Speaker
I mean, your only real saving grace is Devin Booker at this point.
00:48:06
Speaker
Right? Anybody not agree with me? Okay, never mind. We're good. All right. Give me your NBA Finals champions. Chanteen, who you got? Thunder or Celtics?
00:48:19
Speaker
going so I'm going 7th and 7th. Season 7. Let's go, baby. Jake, Lakers versus Pacers. Who you got? I got Lakers, man. I think lebron finally cements himself as the GOAT with that win.
00:48:34
Speaker
That would be awesome. How many games? i would see They win in five. Lakers in five. Huh? Well, that's a horrible finals. Why'd you give us a lick? First of all, you give us Lakers and Pacers, which it is horrible to watch stylistically and just as basketball traditional fans.
00:48:50
Speaker
And now you're going to give us it only in five? We can't even get six games? Jeez Louise, dog. All right, Petru, you got Lakers versus Celtics. I like that matchup. Celtics in seven. I want you to beat the Lakers. Celtics in 7, baby. Season 7.
00:49:02
Speaker
it's It's going to be the Red Arbok magic because of the of Omar being at his funeral. that and I just had to bring that up just because I don't know if you ever told that story, but that's a great story nonetheless.
00:49:13
Speaker
Yes, I told that story the other day. Or not the other day, about a month ago or something, when I had a mule on the Professor Seminole Mente, I talked about how we went to Red Arbok's funeral.
00:49:28
Speaker
It was out in D.C. We were in high school. We skipped our, I think we were like juniors or seniors. We skipped high school and we went to Red Arbok's funeral. I met ah Robert Parrish. I met Kevin McHale. I met ah Jojo White.
00:49:43
Speaker
We were invited back to the Auerbach household with everybody, but we thought we had pushed it too far already. So we decided not to go. so But anyways, it was an awesome time.
00:49:55
Speaker
May he rest in peace. Also, we got to shovel dirt. you know and There's a Jewish ceremony where you actually everybody gets to shovel a little bit of dirt onto the person's grave. So we got to actually put dirt onto Red Auerbach's grave.
00:50:07
Speaker
How crazy is that? Omar, you said rest in peace. Is that Paul Peace? Is that Paul Peace? Paul Peace is tremendous. Wait, was it? it No, he didn't die.
00:50:19
Speaker
No, no, tell you the story. let me The Paul Peace story. Okay, so Omar went to, I think it was in Denver, right? You went to the All-Star game? Yeah. And he brought me back an all-star shirt, which I appreciate very much, but it had the roster on the back. And instead of Paul Pierce, it said Paul Peace. i was like, you bought this off the street, didn't you?
00:50:37
Speaker
Yeah. Paul Peace. So that's his forever. the greatest story these It's so good. I brought him the souvenir tee and it just, it had the wrong name of my favorite player at the time. Like, come on now, what are we doing right now?
00:50:50
Speaker
That's great. um Okay. ah Let's see. Let's get some comments here. Clubber D says, super team, my ass, dumbest dumbest trade of all time. Not a great like trade. I don't know if it's the dumbest, but it's definitely not ah not a good one that it didn't turn out to be.
00:51:05
Speaker
I think that, I think they had, him but I don't know, maybe that maybe just for the coach, maybe Monty. I don't know, man, but that team, there should they should have got a lot more out of them is all I think. um and I don't think he did. He died in 2006.
00:51:17
Speaker
If he did, then let me know, because I'm pretty sure that we were in high school when ah when we went to his funeral. um Which one of these playoff teams will Durant be in next year? That's a good question. Where do we think Durant goes? Some people are saying the Miami. goes Some people are saying possibly the Celtics, which I think, please don't do that.
00:51:37
Speaker
um Back to Golden State. Back to Golden State. i heard that i've heard I've heard that. How about go to the Grizzlies and be Rudy Gay like I said he was? Oh, my God. Again with a Peach, another another one of Jake's worst takes ever.
00:51:53
Speaker
He says... He says that Kevin Durant is Rudy Gay. He's an underrated Rudy Gay. i I think he's overrated, but man he's one he's still a top scorer. Thank you.
00:52:06
Speaker
thank you He's way better than Rudy Gay. He's hurt all the time, man. It's it's like Ken Griffey Jr. hurt all the time. It reminds me of Jerry Jack at times. the top he's ah He's a top 10 scorer of all time, and he's definitely top 50 in the NBA all time, I would say. That's a reach. I don't know.
00:52:24
Speaker
I mean, what do you think, Pete? You think top 50? Yeah, I say top 50. I 50 too, Professor. I'm not putting him over Scottie Pippen. Clubber D says the Suns were financially done. Got it. yeah um You're not putting him over Scottie Pippen? Okay, that's actually a good debate. I think that Kevin Durant, obviously the better scorer, but you know was Scottie Pippen the better all-around player? Yes, of course. So, I mean, yeah, I don't know. You'd have to look at that. That's a very good comp, actually.
00:52:49
Speaker
I'd like to do some some looking into that. right, let's keep it moving. That was our NBA playoff coverage. Oh, I didn't give my pick, but I don't think I have to. You already know. You see it from the hat. Back-to-back champions.
00:53:00
Speaker
Those Boston Celtics going to beat the Thunder. Let's go in. Just because I want to go to game seven and me and my dad are looking at tickets, I'm going to go to Celtics in seven. How about that? Boom.
00:53:11
Speaker
Courtside of game seven. You'll see me there. What's up? Celtics in seven, baby. Let's go. no. You got watch want the professor to say it one more time.
00:53:25
Speaker
Celtics in seven in the back-to-back world. Undisputed reigning heavyweight champion of the world. And then your coach gets fired.
00:53:36
Speaker
And then our coach gets fired magically somehow. like look Okay. We'll see. He'll retire before he gets fired. He'll retire early before he gets fired. Yeah, don't I can't see it.
00:53:48
Speaker
All right, cool. Let's keep it moving. That was our and NBA NHL playoff coverage. Y'all enjoy the playoffs start this weekend for both leagues. um Now. We got to talk about the big news from the weekend.
NIL Agreements and Player Power in College Sports
00:54:01
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NIL drama, University of Tennessee, and their star sophomore quarterback, Nico Ayamayaleva. ah He did not show up to spring practice on Friday seeking a new contract. He was making $2.5 million before.
00:54:18
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He saw Carson Beck get $4 billion from Miami. He wanted the same. He tried to negotiate. University of Tennessee and coach John Heupel were like, not going to happen. We ain't going be the first school to give in to that.
00:54:35
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Let's be honest, NIL was never supposed to be this way when the Ed O'Bannon case came out. It was to allow students to make money off of their name image likeness. But the problem was that the NCAA, under the bullshit of amateurism, held athletes down for so long.
00:54:52
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Now it's just overcompensation in part for the athletes, which to be honest, in my opinion, they truly deserve all of that back pay and all of this other stuff. But...
00:55:02
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Holding out is a whole new ball game. It's a whole new frontier. It is the Wild West. Pandora's box has opened. The transfer portal is free agency.
00:55:15
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And again, it's just like gunslingers and wild saloons out here. So, Peach, we're going to start with you being our special guest. What did you think about this crazy, crazy story? Now, kids, I mean, the you know, the old people yelling at the clouds are not very happy about this. As I said on my program yesterday, you know, ah Bear Bryant would be rolling over in his grave if he heard of this happening.
00:55:43
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what is the kid I always thought the kids to deserve money, but we knew with them throwing it out like this, it was going happen this way, right? They need to quickly salary cap it. They need to quickly make these kids stay year right you sign yearly because they they make all this money and then they can hold out again the next year and enter the portal.
00:55:59
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that's Something's got to change there. that's all that's Make your money, but that's got to change for sure. 100%. hundred percent Yeah, yeah. I agree with that. They definitely need to change not only the times that you can transfer, like the windows, the transfer windows, but they also need to be able to have enforceable contracts, which hopefully, what I talked about earlier in the NCAA case, hopefully we'll start to have that salary cap and have now the colleges are all getting GMs and stuff to be able to start to handle this sort of thing going forward. Canteen, you've talked about college and their GMs and things that they're doing these days. What do you think about this?
00:56:36
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Here's the thing with the whole college thing, guys. Nick Saban walked away from college football because of this whole rigmarole, bro. When you have- That's exactly right. When you have college players making more than assistant coaches, it's a problem.
00:56:52
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You have guys that are making money off of name, likeness, and image, it's a problem. You have a guy that's a college student. He's a quarterback. Oh, I don't have to come to practice.
00:57:06
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I ain't got to show up for this. I ain't got to show up for that. Oh, I ain't going to nothing. And he's demanding X amount of dollars. Excuse me, guys.
00:57:16
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What the fuck are you talking about? What the fuck are you really telling me? You going to tell me what you want me to give you and you ain't even showing up? Dog, stop.
00:57:28
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yeah ah Now, go ahead. Listen, Professor, Nick Saban said this. Nick Saban said he had to wash his hands and walk away from the game. Cuz Nick Saban said it was cats in college, banking more than his assistant coaches.
00:57:46
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That's a problem. when when when When you got a guy like Pete, making more than you and you coaching, Peach. Omar the head coach and I'm the quarterback coach and Peach making more than me and you, that's a problem.
00:58:02
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In a non-professional sport. Just saying, non-professional, man. It is non-professional, but I would like to play a little bit of advocate here and point out the fact that the coaches, the administrators, all of these people do the same thing.
00:58:18
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They all go out to the highest bidder. Coaches are sometimes leaving their their teams in the middle of the season for more money. So, was that i mean can i mean, can you really blame the players?
00:58:29
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you know professor it's Professor, it's the devil's advocate. and everybody Everybody going to the highest bidder. Who wants the most money? Let's talk about it, bro.
00:58:40
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Jake, what do you think about this whole story? um I think Nick Saban is one of the most overrated head coaches of all time. don't care less what that idiot says. i believe he ran I believe he ran the second he knew he was not going to get the best team anymore.
00:58:55
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And boy, did that run guy run faster than anybody before. um As for the players... Hey, NCAA, I don't know why y'all don't have a commissioner. This is what happens when multi-billion dollar company doesn't have a commissioner, doesn't have rules in place.
00:59:10
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the The asylum, the inmates take care take over the asylum, and that's what's going on. That's on them. So if I'm the players, I take advantage right now. I'm making all the money I can.
00:59:22
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I am the highest bidder now. I choose what I want. You follow me. Because without me, Tennessee sucks. So I'm calling a spade a spade, and you're going to follow me because I'm going to make your trash-ass team better.
00:59:36
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Because I'm that guy. So as a quarterback of Tennessee, I'm letting them know now never. Either you pay me, or guess what? I'll go find the next guy that wants to pay me.
00:59:47
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Because I probably don't get many. There's way more than 3,100 NFL teams. There's a lot more college teams in the NCAA. That's what I've seen. Hey, can't argue with you, Jake. You said, hey, you won. You got it. can't argue with brother.
01:00:04
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that's That's very valid. It is the fact that, look, University of Tennessee is not going to be in the playoffs next year anymore. They are completely lost that chance. And the only reason they were there is because of this quarterback. So, yes, he does have the right to say, hey, I took you to the playoffs. You made X amount of millions of dollars off of that playoff appearance.
01:00:25
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Why can't you break me off another million off of that? So while I get that he has the right to do it, I may have just asked for a half a mil more. I may have been just like, can I get three instead of four? And they probably would have said yes. But as you said, Jake, someone out there is going to pay them right now. The suitors are the main suitors are because he's from California f USC, um Indiana surprise playoff team last year. And surprisingly North Carolina and Bill Belichick are apparently rumored, which does make no sense. Absolutely no sense to me whatsoever.
01:00:58
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But, And I'm going to say this. We all know the system. and Why would you want to deal with that nonsense? The system is broken and it does need to be fixed. But if we were all in that situation, we're we're asking for more money. And that's that's no doubt about that.
01:01:09
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With how it is now, get your money. Get it. I'll say that. I'll go with that, guys. Real quick, last point. A decade ago, whenever these guys weren't making money. Get your money right now, man. Get your money down.
01:01:21
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What to say is a decade ago, when these guys weren't making money and and practically college kids were barely making it to make their damn next meal, did these damn NCAA care? Now it's on the other side. Shut up now.
01:01:32
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They got the better fit. Get out of here. i completely I completely agree. The students, athletes were screwed for so long. They were expected to go to class and go play their sport, which is a full-time job, and then expected to get by on no money.
01:01:44
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Nah, man, that's messed up. You got to give them recompense. Shout out beautiful bearded bastards. Thank you for tuning in. We appreciate you and everybody hit that like button y'all.
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01:02:11
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and We know you and Jake fakers homers, so well we'll let that oh'll let that pass. i Well, there you go. That was the Nico Ayamayaleva, like I said.
01:02:23
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i He's not the only one going through this right now. There are other players across the country in the same exact situation. Basketball season just ended. You know some of those best players are doing it. And I can give you an example because my UCLA Bruins, we lost our seven-footer a day Mara because he wanted more money in NIL and they weren't willing to pay him.
01:02:43
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So it's happening at other places. This has just been the most high profile. But also, who's going to be the first school to crack? That's what I want to know. Because some school eventually is going to give in to these holdout demands. And I just wonder what school is going to be first.
01:03:02
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Elias says, Warriors got a tough one tonight, canteen. Wow. I don't and don't know why he deserved that. But all right, cool. Hey, let me tell you, I guess I put you. Tonight.
01:03:14
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All right. Wow. Okay. Anyways. Oh, you know what? That brings up a ah good point though that i do i I forgot about, but now that you did that, ah John Morant, all of the controversy with his finger guns and with his now grenade celebrations after being warned by the NBA and Adam Silver to stop it. First of all,
01:03:37
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ah the the The ghost, may he rest in peace, of David Stern is absolutely rolling in his grave list. Professor, let me say this, man.
01:03:49
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Go ahead. David Stern would have cracked down on this first day. There will never, ever, ever be a commissioner like David Stern. David Stern will get on their ass, he will crack down on his bullshit.
01:04:02
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And excuse excuse me for the vulgar language on our show, but it's bullshit. It's straight bullshit.
01:04:11
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David Stern will lock and cock everything and will be right about what we're doing. No pun intended. It's just the truth. So what do you think, what do you think, Canteen, about him doing the finger guns, then being brought into the NBA office is about being warned about it, and then going back out and doing the grenade celebration just to get back to the NBA? How do you feel about that? Professor, he's an idiot. They keep giving this guy a chance after chance after chance after chance after chance after chance. It's like Omar. Omar.
01:04:44
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Omar gets drunk, he keeps driving the car. You're a drunk, you keep driving the car. You're drunk. giving you a chance of chance of chance. That's not a good idea. yeah i Not a good idea. Don't do it. No drinking and driving. Take it from the... They keep experimenting with this guy.
01:05:04
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For what?
01:05:07
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Yeah. It's crazy to me, man. Basketball will crack. Also, mid-majors are getting screwed, Clever D said. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Going back to the NIL thing. Yeah, I mean, yeah that that is true. Now, it is...
01:05:20
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the The one part I see about that, though, is also the players that are not getting enough run at the better schools that are really good are going to go down to those lower schools and help them out. So it's a little bit of back and forth, but I do agree.
01:05:33
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Yeah.
Ja Morant's Controversies and Future in the NBA
01:05:35
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And then Elias says, what's the point? Yeah, what's the point, right? Like, my thing is, you've already been warned. You know you're going to eventually be fined, which you already have, or possibly get suspended, or even worse, get kicked out of the league.
01:05:47
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If it was David Stern, that he would already been kicked out of the league or banned for the rest of the season. um Peach, you were alive like I was and Canteen was for David Stern. I don't think Jake was.
01:05:57
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what do you think about ah What do you think about John Morant and his celebration? If Stern was there, he have got the boot. I mean, Gil Arenas, anybody? the the gun The locker room, him and Crittenden with real guns, and then he goes out there and does it after the fact.
01:06:15
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And trust me, Gil was one of my favorite players, and he got the boot and deserved it. I mean, you can't do stupid things, and something has to be done.
01:06:27
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Yeah, I don't think you can just continue to throw it in the face of the league and get away with it Jake. What do you think?
01:06:35
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My bad, I'm on mute. Look, ah yeah, I think David Stern would have fixed this in a heartbeat. It's ridiculous how that's going on. ah Boy, talk about a guy that was practically – the NBA was handing this guy to be the face of the league, and he just threw the crowd.
01:06:49
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know. Tell me about it. I mean, my gosh, man. Do your thing, bro. You want to look dumb, look dumb. I've told you this is one of the most overrated players. He's the Russell Westbrook of this era.
01:07:00
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Does nothing but just stats and can't do anything else. He will never have a championship, so ain't got to worry about him much longer. This guy is nothing big. mean, I'm not even mad about the comp because Russell Westbrook is an amazing player.
01:07:15
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I'm just mad that you tried to make both of these players not good, knowing that they're both great players. Just because he's doing stupid things doesn't make him not a good player. He's still good player. No, what I'm saying they're for me, me, me.
01:07:26
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Me, myself, and I. They never make the team better. That's what I see it as. Russell Westbrook would make sure to get those rebounds. And guys would stand back when they could get a rebound just so they could let Russ have that little triple-double he wanted during those two damn seasons.
01:07:41
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This is what reminds me of John Morant. He's trying to do the best for himself. Like I said, these guys are nothing. They're not the Anthony Edwards. They're not they're not the future of the league. They'll be in and out pretty soon. Don't worry.
01:07:52
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He's going to be a second-tier player. I do think if he keeps doing this, he will be out of the league very soon. Like I said, I don't think he can and get away with with that much longer.
College Athletes' Pay and Financial Risks
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Elias says, I don't think players should be paid in college at all.
01:08:06
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You see what it's doing to players. Prime example, Kyron Lacey. Rest in peace. But man, you see what the money is doing to young players. They don't care. Yeah, I mean, when you give young athletes and young men and women money that maybe not necessarily may be able or ready to handle that sort of influx of money that they may have never had before in their lives.
01:08:26
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Yeah, that's tough for anybody. um You know, especially if you don't have the financial acumen or haven't been taught the way to go about handling your money. That's definitely what's going to happen. Now, rest in peace to Kyron Lacey.
01:08:38
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I don't know necessarily that. That was sad about man. That was sad about Kyron Lacey, man. Not much about money, but more just to do with the situation that he got himself into and then being um maybe disappointed in himself of what he did and finding himself at the end of the road and being in a police chase. And then at that point, you just...
01:09:02
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You know, you just give up, I guess. So rest in peace to him. um But yeah, we've got to watch out for these athletes. They're young. They're still children. They're still kids. Technically, they're not 21 yet. I know you can go to the military at 18. I get it. I did.
01:09:14
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But still still technically kids still can make mistakes, still can do stupid things because their brains aren't fully formed. um But we've got to watch out for these athletes, especially because, again, they have to do so much more than a normal student that we've got to make sure that they're watching out for their mental and physical health.
01:09:36
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And you couldn't have told me anything if I made two million dollars at 19 and 20. I'm just saying. So I understand. but but I couldn't have handled it. I know that. Not yet. No, you you and me and and most of the other people watching this program.
01:09:50
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um The money. Yeah, you're right. The money got him all the stuff, got him in the cars, in the club, in the luxury and getting them into the thing. But again, you've got to have a good support system around you. And I am not going to be out here talking about his father.
01:10:03
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But a lot of people have pointed to the fact that, you know, his his dad goes with them everywhere and maybe necessarily you know, doesn't say anything again. I'm not, I don't care about that aspect. I think I care more about him and I like watching him play and I want him to stay in the league because I enjoy watching him play. I love Russell Westbrook. So that comp works for me, but you can't just keep getting away with this. You're not going to, uh, clutch says he will be the next Draymond green, Ron Artest. Don't care about the rules have to be smarter.
01:10:31
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Yep. I mean, that's what it, that's what it's heading to right now. Actually, there was an app, um, ah comparison of oh man, nevermind. I forgot exactly who it was that they compared him to.
01:10:47
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Ah, shoot. Anyways. Okay. Whatever. I forgot. It was a pretty good comparison of the, the road that he was on or the road that he's on now. That was a similar path to someone else. I forgot who was though.
01:11:00
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Anyways. Okay. Keep it moving. Jake, are you all right? What's going on down there?
01:11:09
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Okay. You're not okay. All right. We'll keep it moving. i I wanted to get your thoughts on this before we go into our NFL mock draft for the last segment of the evening before we get out of here.
NCAA Tournament Format: Best-of-Three Final Four?
01:11:18
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We were not here last week.
01:11:20
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Sorry to leave y'all without a show. We apologize, but we did not get the thoughts on the NCAA championships last week. So Florida ah won the men's championship over Houston.
01:11:31
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UConn women beat South Carolina women Gamecocks in the ladies side. Does anybody have thoughts on these two championship games last week?
01:11:42
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Houston's got to get a shot off. ah What are you doing? It ruined a great game, man. Got to get at least a shot off. Do you blame that on Kelvin Sampson for drawing up that play? That play didn't seem like a good play at all to begin with. not not not no but Now, Professor, I will say this, Professor.
01:12:00
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the The last minute and 36 the game, Kevin Samson should have been kicking himself in the ass. Okay. ah I'll say this one part, and I said it to Omar on our other show, and I'll say it again.
01:12:16
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I think these final the final four should turn into a best of three series. I hate that the better team is not winning. I don't think either one of those two teams deserve that championship. I'm just being honest.
Duke Basketball: Talent vs. Disdain
01:12:29
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It needs to be a best of three series towards the final four. slapping What do you think about beach that piece? Yeah, Jake brought that up to me. what do you think about a best three series once you get to the final four? It definitely would help the best team win, but I think what's magical about the NCAA tournament is the upsets.
01:12:48
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That's exactly what I said. I didn't say best of three in the Sweet 16. I said the final four. The big old mono-y-monos. The big boys. Come on, they did that back in the day. But what if it's not the big boys in the final four?
01:13:03
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It doesn't have to happen that way. It happened this year. That barely happens, guys, where the the the the dream, the Cinderella story guy makes it to the final four. They usually make it to an elite eight. You might have one outlier.
01:13:14
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But usually the top seven teams are in there. Well, I hate Duke, so the one and done made me happy this year. ah just You're a hater. You're a hater. I am a hater. I'm a Maryland fan. i hate du I've always hated Duke.
01:13:27
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He's hating on Duke and then praying that he gets a j the best player that Duke has. Slap in the damn face.
01:13:36
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I do want the the best player in the draft, of course. not saying that. Of course he wants the best player. i know. Right. I mean, that doesn't mean he can't hate the university. I hate the university. I do, too, since I went to Maryland. That doesn't mean I wouldn't want Cooper Flagg on my team.
01:13:51
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see Anyways, one thing that Kelvin Sampson did that I thought was really bad here in this game, and it went under the radar, but at the 7-13 mark in the second half, he sent 50% or...
01:14:06
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50 or 60% free throw shooter by the name of Jawan Roberts to the free throw line to shoot some some a pair of free throws. And he could have chose anybody, ah and he chose 50 or 60% free throw shooter that made one of two instead of choosing one of his better players that may have made two of two.
01:14:27
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That allowed Florida to actually – oh ah pull even or even pull ahead at that point. And so that I thought was a a really crazy decision by him to not have your best free throw shooter shooting at that point.
01:14:42
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not question Jake, what do you think about the, that game or the women's game, whatever you want to talk about? The women's game was was a decent. I wasn't hating on that one. The men's one, it's just, you know what it is? If it's bad coaching in the end, you're going to see it in the forefront. And that's what I saw. That's why I didn't trust Houston at all, man.
01:15:02
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They're just bad coaching. They lucked out a couple wins towards the end. And, man, did you see horrible coaching towards the end of it. Man, for you not to even get a shot off, you should be fired the second you walked off of the stage.
01:15:15
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Come on, man. It's a slap in the damn face. Yeah, i've i've I've rooted for Kelvin Sampson this whole time, and he is a legendary coach. He has 723 wins, more than the Bill Fogg you know from Kansas. he's So he is a great coach, and but I'm sorry. That play that he drew up at the end.
01:15:36
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First of all, you have LJ Cryer on your team who is the most experienced and he can shoot a three ball. So if you want to get the three, just let your best players shoot the three instead of going to one of the younger, less experienced players to take that kind of shot.
01:15:49
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um Or why not just drive to the hoop and just tie up the game? Why are we automatically going for the win? Like, just take it to overtime. You know what I mean? Right, right, right.
01:16:01
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So, but ah anyways, all right. Well, just wanted to get your thoughts on those games. Thank you all for that. Let's move it into our last subject of
NFL Mock Draft: Strategies and Predictions
01:16:08
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the day. We are going to do a little bit of NFL mock drafting for you all. So last week,
01:16:18
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When I was getting ready for the show last week before we decided to postpone, I went ahead and did a mock draft. As you can see here, yes, this is my own. I mocked it.
01:16:29
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So we are going to have mock draft and NFL expert insider Shane Peacher, who is... He is very in tune with the NFL draft every year. He follows, he actually attends in Indianapolis, the combine every year.
01:16:45
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So he has insight and eyes on all of these players. So we're happy to have him here with us to check this out today. um So let's go ahead, gentlemen, we're just going to run through this. I want you all to look at what I came up with, and then you all can say if you disagree or what else you think may have happened. Obviously, we don't need to go through the whole thing at this moment, but For now, I wish I could zoom in a little bit on this, ah but I, hold on, let me see.
01:17:13
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Let me see something here. let me see if I can zoom in a little more on this.
01:17:18
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Let's see.
01:17:21
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Nope, that's not it. Nope, that's not it. All right, never mind. ah Okay, so at number one, I have the Tennessee Titans picking Cam Ward. This is no secret.
01:17:34
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Across the league, everybody thinks this is what's going to go down. I live in Nashville. I can tell you I talked to my Tennessee Titans source just, what was that, yesterday? That was Sunday.
01:17:45
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Sunday I talked to him, and Jeff told me that he is not – He does not actually want them to pick Cam Ward, but that there's no doubt about it. They are going to, I think it's a great pick because I think he is in the mold of a Steve McNair and Steve McNair is a living legend here in Nashville.
01:18:06
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And I think that's how the, the Tennessee Titans are looking at it as well. Um, Pete, start us off here, uh, with what you think about, um, you know, that first pick there, Cam Ward.
01:18:18
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Yeah. i think Cam Ward's a lock in Tennessee. Um, I think people are just looking down on this ah QB draft because of last year. Last year's was so good, and it ended up looking good you know in the regular season too. um Yeah, it's definitely definitely Cam Ward number one. i don't see I don't see any shocker there for sure. No shock.
01:18:40
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Cam Ward one. Yeah, Jake, what about what about you, Jake? You see anything wrong with that pick? No, I'm not i'm not worried at all. Cam Ward sure should be the number one pick overall. All right, Canteen, what do you think about that first pick, Cam Ward, there?
01:18:54
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First pick off the bowl, big dog.
01:18:58
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All right, cool.
01:19:01
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All right, well, there you go. Hey, and now also you will see in the second position, you're going to see a wild pick there. going to be like, what were you doing, Omar? I was trying to shake up the draft a little bit, and I know that Prime wants his son to go to New York, and I know that New York needs a quarterback. I know they signed Dangerous, but he's on the way out. They're going to get somebody at some point.
01:19:27
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I have the New York Giants trading up One spot with the Cleveland Browns giving away a first, a second, a third, and another first and let it next year. I don't remember exactly what it was.
01:19:39
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The AI, its so it's pretty cool because you don't offer the trades like in other trades on this site. The AI does offer the trade, so it's fair. Anyways, what do you think about this? Let's start with you, Jake, ah since you went last. What do you think about my surprise trade here? If the Giants were smart, they'd do this, but I don't see them doing this at all. No, you like it.
01:19:59
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All right. I think the Giants should move up. They need to make a splash. Damn well know that Russ is not the damn answer. But they will not do it. The Browns will still end up picking, and I think the Browns will pick up Travis Hunter.
01:20:13
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All right. All right. Peach, what what do you think about that right there? I actually agree. I think I was talking about this before the show started. i think the Giants should have fired their staff, man.
01:20:24
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You don't want a staff that's on the hot seat picking a quarterback, and they need to pick the quarterback. They need it, but they're not going to because they're in win now mode. yeah And then if they did and it doesn't work well, they're going to fire them and have to bring in a whole new staff.
01:20:38
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And the new staff is going to have a quarterback that they didn't select. it's I saw my Washington commanders, Redskins, whatever, do that for years. They did that for years. They would draft somebody. The staff would get fired. Another staff would come in. They should probably take another quarterback. But no, you got to work with this guy. We just drafted him last year. It doesn't work.
01:20:55
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And the Giants going to go down. in a blaze of fire for it. yeah
01:21:01
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Yeah. I mean, I agree. It's not, yeah you know, it's going to be hard because i personally think this is definitely what they should be doing, but what they will do is a whole different question.
01:21:13
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Can't team. What do you think that the giant should do here? so Go get a quick, go get QB.
01:21:21
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It can't be. Yeah. So, yeah mean, do you think that they should make this trade, though, for Shadour Sanders? Or what do you think? yeah Hell no, man. You think that's a good trade?
01:21:33
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What do you think? what But you say they get a quarterback. What other quarterback are they going to get than Shadour at that point, though? I think he's saying that they don't have to trade up to get Shadour. And I agree. Oh. there there There you go. There you go He said a mouthful right there.
01:21:47
Speaker
There you go Ah, well, maybe if you would say the mouthful, Canteen, instead of making me guess what the hell you're trying to say, then maybe we have a little better working relationship. No, sorry. You know I love you.
01:21:58
Speaker
um But no, look at this. So, okay, I did a little cropping action really quick so we can get a little closer view. So, okay, so you think – who do you think that Cleveland should pick at number two or would pick, then, Canteen that would prevent them from wanting to make this trade?
01:22:16
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Should do a Sandoz.
01:22:21
Speaker
okay So you think you think Cleveland should pick Shador? Yes, sir.
01:22:27
Speaker
Wow. Okay. So you want Cleveland to pick Shador to replace Deshaun Watson. Right. Is that what I'm hearing? Vote Deshaun. All right. Okay. Not a bad pick. What do y'all think about that? Anybody got thoughts on Shador to the Cleveland Browns instead at number two?
01:22:45
Speaker
My Shador thought is he's going to fall a long way, man. That's what I agree with, too. I think coaches are scared of Deion. And I say that because Deion, what has Deion said? I'm not going to coach in the NFL unless it's my son.
01:22:56
Speaker
So you drafted his son, guess what? You have to have that aunt monkey on your back, man, worrying about, hey, we're going to hire Deion if we don't win. That's a big deal. But I still think if you need a quarterback, I think Shador is the second best quarterback in this draft by far.
01:23:09
Speaker
and I think if there's a big gap between two and three this year. Okay. All right. Well, there you go. Jake, you thought it's on that? Do you think they should take Shadoran too? I would think the Browns would, but they're not gonna do it. I'm telling you, the Browns are so stupid that these guys would rather want a star player than draft a damn core for their damn team.
01:23:32
Speaker
Guys already made mistakes with Deshaun. Now dealing with that mess. this would be the perfect thing to do. Get yourself a rookie QB. It erases the day. Did we not just see not to say it, but what did my Broncos do?
01:23:45
Speaker
We're paying a crap ton to Russ. We said, hey, let's draft a rookie QB and we can still now we'll get players during the next few years with that bad contract because we have a rookie QB deal for the next four years.
01:23:59
Speaker
It's the dumbest thing I've seen col Cleveland not even suggest. I'm not even hearing that they're even looking at a quarterback the first round. embarrassing. You're dumb, man. I mean, and it's gonna I really thought you were going to go commanders there, but thanks for being a homer.
01:24:12
Speaker
Go ahead, Pete. It's going to be even more dumb when they just signed one of the best pass rushers to a $500 billion contract, and then they still take Abdul Carter.
01:24:23
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Watch. That's going to be the pick, Abdul Carter.
01:24:28
Speaker
See, I'm not even mad at Abdul Carter, though. if you if you yeah Now, granted, that it it would be an unnecessary luxury, but to pair those two together, holy canolis. Your defensive line would be unstoppable.
01:24:40
Speaker
But then it doesn't matter if you can't score. yeah ye that's You can't score. You can't win those games 10 to 13 every damn week. And luxury picks the other way luxury luxury picks are fine when you're picking bottom of the draft and you're a Super Bowl contender, but they're not fine when you're top five.
01:24:54
Speaker
Yep. Got Got it. Okay. All right. Cool. All right. So then moving on. I did make that trade. So that ended up being then that Will Campbell,
01:25:05
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was taken there as the offensive tackle. I figured the Browns are going to need offensive line to hold down the fort for, you know, I guess Dorian Thompson Robinson.
01:25:16
Speaker
Shout out to UCLA, who I guess would be their quarterback at that point. ah So, all right, let's ah get into some comments here. Cubber D says the Giants want Arch Manning the March for Arch, baby.
01:25:28
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Let's go. Brandon Clutch B Cleveland says Sanders goes to Saints or Steelers. Okay, so we're looking more at the mid-round. He also says – He goes to the Saints.
01:25:41
Speaker
You agree, the Saints. ah Okay, Peach, what do you think? You think the Saints as well, Peach? You're shaking your head. Saints are Steelers, but I don't see the Saints passing on him. I agree with Brandon, but I don't see the Saints passing on him.
01:25:52
Speaker
Because Derek Carr is going to need surgery on his soldier shoulder. Yeah, they're so they're saying he might miss the year already. So if that's the case, you got to move on. All right, he says browns and Browns and Giants will get Dart, Jackson Dart, if he falls to the second round, or Shaw or Jalen Milrow.
01:26:13
Speaker
All good options in the second, third round. They can trade back to number 29 in the first round. I'm just saying. Okay. All right, cool. Get the commanders more picks.
01:26:25
Speaker
Right? And CoverDee says, I agree with the Saints if he slides. Also says, I can see a jump for Dart in the top 10. Wow. Does anybody agree with that? No, I don't think nobody's reaching this draft. for Right now, i well I can't see that.
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01:26:40
Speaker
I don't see it. But guys, you know how quarterback is, man. You know how quarterback is. yeah but can It happens. but Remember, the nobody thought the Falcons were taking pennies. Ain't no way nobody thought that. no i'll stay who are they who Who did they take canteen?
01:26:57
Speaker
um what Well, yeah, they took Michael Penix. phoenix phoenix who They they took they do pedicx hu i took the Phoenix, the Phoenix? Come on, bros. Come on, bros. I'm to get off here as soon, but I want to tell you my shocker of the draft.
01:27:11
Speaker
right, go ahead. The dumbass Giants, because they lost Saquon, are going to reach for ah Austin Gentry. That's okay. That's my shocker.
01:27:21
Speaker
Because of what they just saw and witnessed, that's what they're going to rush into. They're going to go after Gentry. I hope so. Wow. As a commander, I would love that. And I love Gentry, but man, picking him that high.
01:27:34
Speaker
Yeah. Picking him that high. You got no offensive line still yet, man. There's a reason why Saquon looked good too. I mean, I'm not hating on Saquon, but the offensive line that the Eagles have. I agree with you. genties I agree with you that Gentry's going to the NFC East, but I think it's Dallas.
01:27:48
Speaker
If you want to go there, I think he's going to, I think Dallas will draft him. Man, I can't wait. a i got, I got a road professor. I got to get up out of here, man. Okay. All right. Cool. If you got to go roll, man, have a good night, my brother.
01:28:03
Speaker
the Hey, so man I need you. I need you to, uh, I, can you send me that when you, when you're ready? Yeah, that we'll do that, man. All right. All right. Thank you. ah Brandon says, I told you guys last month, one of the Steelers to get dark.
01:28:17
Speaker
Heard that. all right, cool. Hot take Jake had to roll too. He has to take his wife out. So it's just me and you, Peach. We're going to finish up this mock draft for the audience here. Maybe we can even get us a little. I don't know why this thing is so damn small.
01:28:29
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don't even let me change it. Hold on. Damn it, man. Let me little bigger here. don't know.
01:28:40
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Okay, anyways. Let's see. There we go. Boom.
01:28:49
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I'll show you a little trace. I'll show you a little trace because I printed it out. Much better. Yes. All right, cool. So um brand Brandon says GNT will be a Raider or a Cowboy.
01:29:01
Speaker
A lot of people are saying him to the Raiders. I want us to trade down. As you can see, I don't even have us in the top eight here. So let's move to number four at the Patriots. um If Abdul Carter is picked before then, then he wouldn't be here. But...
01:29:15
Speaker
A lot of people are saying the Patriots need to go defense here, either Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter. What are you thinking at this spot? I think that's exactly what happens. I think they take the leftover. If one of them gets picked, they take the other one and vice versa, obviously.
01:29:29
Speaker
Now, if they're both yeah available, who would you think the Patriots would be better off taking? Well, with it, with who their coach is, I'd say they take Abdul. I think they'll take the pass rusher.
01:29:40
Speaker
Right. with ah With God bless. But I kind of like taking Travis there because you can also give old May a weapon too on offense. I mean, because he can play both sides of the ball.
01:29:56
Speaker
That is – That is true, and that's what they were talking about ESPN earlier when they were talking about Travis Hunter possibly going there is having him play both sides of the ball, having like 20 plays on both sides or something. All right, so if that if that happens, let's say um we'll skip the the Falcons. I did that for Canteen, but he's not even here anymore, so that doesn't even make any sense.
01:30:17
Speaker
So we'll skip that. and We'll say that each of those teams will take whoever. I had the Dolphins trading up for Mason Graham. Again, we don't need to stick on that one. Will Johnson here, another trade by Green Bay.
01:30:28
Speaker
What I want to get to is here, Ashton GNT down at the bottom with the Cowboys. I have the Cowboys trading up to pick Ashton GNT at number eight. What do you think about that? Yeah, I told you earlier. Yeah, I think that's where he goes.
01:30:40
Speaker
um If he doesn't go there, I can see him i can see him going to Chicago. I think Chicago is very interested in him too. They want to get more weapons for Caleb. But yeah, I think i think you hit you hit the nail in the coffin. I think Dallas, that's their pick.
01:30:54
Speaker
All right, perfect. um and And I will go back to the number six pick because I know you're saying, oh, well, what happened? Omar, where did your Raiders go? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hold on. I traded out of the six pick. I don't think, I think that the ah options that were available to us at that point, which are all great options, don't get me wrong.
01:31:11
Speaker
I would love to have Mason Graham. I would love to have Will Johnson. I don't really think we should pick a running back that early, but Defense, offensive line, I would love it, but I think we could trade down. And with the trade, we were able to pick up like a first, second, third, and a first next year. So I thought it was pertinent for us to do that.
01:31:28
Speaker
Let me go ahead and bring up the other um half of that first round of the mock draft. And we're going to finish off the episode on this. So there we go.
01:31:38
Speaker
Are you trying to get the Raiders ah that ah that Manning ammo for next year or what? Yes, yes, that's exactly right. I am on the March for Arch, baby. The March for Arch. Let's go. Once I knew, once we lost that game, and you know what game I'm talking about. I think it was to the to the Chargers or to the the Patriots or the Jaguars. Maybe it was the Jaguars.
01:32:02
Speaker
But we lost a game that we shouldn't have lost. And it took us from second in the draft position to like sixth. And we weren't going to get a quarterback from then on out. And I was like, let's So anyways, all right. i did the number nine pick for Jake. He's not here. I wanted to see what he thought about me giving his Broncos Jalen Walker. How do you feel about that pick to the Broncos? I like that pick there. I like that pick there. Like you said, you know, what once you get out of the top five, it's a crap shoot anyways.
01:32:28
Speaker
So yeah, man, you just, you go with what you think is best for that team. So yeah, I like that pick there for sure. now Now, McMillan is a very highly rated wide receiver. They're saying he could be a star in this league.
01:32:39
Speaker
I have him going to help Herbert out there since they lost all of their receivers. What do you say to that pick? Yeah, they definitely need some weapons for Herbert, man. I mean, that... I don't know, man. he He dropped a peg with that playoff performance. That was horrible, man.
01:32:52
Speaker
yeah i love And you know I love me some Herbert, but man, that was just so bad. They need weapons. And he has no excuses if they get him some weapons. So he needs he want to start doing something.
01:33:04
Speaker
ah Two more picks here before we get out of here for the night. I want to hear what you have to say about me picking Armand Membu who falls here out of the top 10, but he goes to Houston to protect CJ Stroud. How do you feel about that?
01:33:16
Speaker
Well, I mean, that's the position I think they'd be going after trading ah the Washington Commanders' Laramie Tunzel. They need ah another left tackle, so I agree with that pick as well.
01:33:27
Speaker
How do you feel about that Laramie Chunzel trade for y'all? oh I love it, man. The more help for number five, the the better. Like I said, the thing you've I mean, isn't he still this the best? I mean, aside side of Trent Williams, he's probably the best offensive lineman in the league. is and in in pass protection And pass protection, yeah, he's number two. So, yeah, i'm very ah trust me, I'm very happy about that, man. It just makes our line a ton better.
01:33:49
Speaker
ah If we want to talk commanders, man, the thing that I'm scared about is the defense. You know, I don't think we did really much to to fix the run stopping and we lost pass rushers. But I guess we didn't really have that great of pass rushers anyway, so I don't know if it really matters.
01:34:03
Speaker
I think that's where we have to go in the draft. But when you're picking that low, are you going to really get a game changer at 29? So we'll see what happens. Right, right. um Clubber D chimes in Really good point here.
01:34:14
Speaker
If Memvu is available at 11, the Niners will take him. Maybe for a Trent Williams future down the line, possibly replacement or something. Maybe start at the right side, move over to the left later.
01:34:24
Speaker
Yeah, i can definitely I can definitely see that. the The Niners love fixing the trenches, so that's definitely a possibility. And then finally, what do you think about me trading down to 16 and picking up Jihad Campbell out of Alabama? I love this kid.
01:34:39
Speaker
I think he's going to be an all pro linebacker. I agree that he could, man. And, you know, that's another position. You know, the Raiders the raiders need some defense, you know. that It is what it is, buddy. Well, we lost Spillane.
01:34:52
Speaker
Spillane signed with the Patriots. Divine Diablo stays hurt out of Virginia Tech. Shout out Clever So, yeah, we definitely need a linebacker, you know, there in the thing.
01:35:03
Speaker
Exactly. And I think, and i like I said, I agree with you. I think you're going to go for the quarterback next year. So you might as well fix the defense and then let the offense lose some games. Exactly, right? Get some draft position. Look, as they say it as they said in um in Batman, don't stand on ceremony now, Mr. Wayne.
01:35:24
Speaker
Like, come on now. We've been losing games for 25 damn years and made the playoffs once. You think I care? about being good for no just suck again get arch manning and let's call it a damn day all right i bring up the rest of the draft so everybody can take a look at what i did on the rest of the side as well as peach can see i picked up michael williams uh there for him at 22. what do you think about that defensive pickup for y'all i know you just talked about needing def defense we need defense so i love it i actually think though we we possibly could trade down to try to get more picks
01:35:57
Speaker
especially if a Mr. Dart is still there. Because 29 is the perfect spot to for somebody to jump up that wants to draft a quarterback. Because you don't have to give up a first-rounder, probably. You know what I mean?
01:36:07
Speaker
You give up ah and an extra second or third, and you can get the quarterback that you want. So come on. Come with me. So jackson jack Jackson Dart is your highest second-round QB? Is that what I'm hearing? Yeah, easily. i he He might be a low-end first-rounder. Well, only because of this year, though, right? It changes year after year. Last year, he would have been like the fifth, fifth sixth quarterback, right? Like, it's...
01:36:27
Speaker
Right. He would have been way lower. It just depends on the year. And that's where I think the giants are kicking themselves in the ass. They should have drafted last year and now they have to make this decision again. And like I said, I think they're going to skip on it again and their their whole staff's going to get fired.
01:36:39
Speaker
it's it's It's just, it's meant to be. Yeah. um Did you see any other picks on here that stood out to you? No, I think I think i like i like your your mock, man. I think that's that's about right. We'll see. Hey, your approval on my mock draft is all I ever need because you are the mock draft expert, and I love that my mock draft has been approved by NFL DMV insider Shane Peacher.
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01:37:10
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01:38:30
Speaker
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