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The Professor's Semanalmente #55 ft. Omar 'Sports Professor' Fonseca
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Transcript
Opening and Show Introduction
00:00:06
Speaker
World heavyweight float Championship belt wrapped around my waist yo I got that rip slam faking boat Slam you on the pavement that's why they call me street pro Create heat on beat float Like Jordan after the second time he
00:00:29
Speaker
You came prepared now get ready for the show
00:00:47
Speaker
Yo, yo, yo, what up, what up, what up, friends? We are the champions, my friends.
00:01:01
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And I would keep singing, but don't want copyright.
UCLA Lady Bruins Championship and Key Players
00:01:08
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So anyways, you see l a you see it.
00:01:12
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The Lady Bruins, my Lady Bruins, UCLA, a clap, UCLA, fight, fight, fight. I would do the whole fight song, but we don't have time for that because I got to get going to country box tonight. But I am so happy that my UCLA Lady Women Bruins won the national championship match.
00:01:37
Speaker
Shout out to everybody. Coach Corey Close building a tremendous program. Lauren Betts, the best post player in the country. I don't want to hear about Sarah Strong or anybody else because she dominated and dominated the championship game. You got Kiki Rice from the DMV. Shout out my DMV brethren, Kiki Rice, and as well,
00:02:05
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Gabriela Hawkins. Yes, the younger Hawk got a title over her brother, Trip J, as I like to call him, Jaime Hawkins Jr. Look, the Hawkins have been amazing for the UCLA program. What these two siblings have done for the UCLA basketball program over the past, I don't know, what, six years, I guess, because Jaime was a...
00:02:32
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Junior when Gabriela guy came in as a freshman. Anyways, now she has the upper leg or upper hand over her brother with this championship. Everyone else, I mean, i could name everybody on the roster, all the seniors, Sharice Lager-Walker coming in from Washington. You got Angela Dugaleach been there the whole damn time repping for us. You got Sienna Best, the younger Best. She's going to a superstar for us in the future. So, hey,
00:02:58
Speaker
Shout out what a dominating victory. Did I think it would be that close? Hell nah. I thought South Carolina was coming up to put up a big fight. But as I told,
00:03:10
Speaker
ah ah who was I talking to about that the other day?
Hawkins Siblings' Impact on UCLA Basketball
00:03:14
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I was talking somebody the other day. i don't remember who was, but anyways, I was telling them, I think that South Carolina just left it all out on the floor when they played UConn.
00:03:23
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And so, and I'm going to get into that in just a second. Don't you worry? Because we got Gina Ariema and Don Staley controversy to talk about, but, Fact of the matter is, you know, South Carolina didn't put up as big of a fight as I thought they would.
00:03:39
Speaker
And so, you know, we blew them out. Blowed them fools out by about, I don't know, what was it, 71-49 or some shit? I don't even know. i got the score right here if I really wanted to give you. It doesn't matter.
00:03:53
Speaker
It doesn't matter. It was an absolute dumping. It was 79-51. I do know the number. It was 28 points. I'm not going like I don't know. I do know. But what a dominating – victory for the UCLA lut Lady Bruins. I mean, I love this team. I go back with, I mean, obviously I'm a UCLA fan. so But me and my mom, shout out to my mother. We went to a game last year at the University of Maryland. Yes, I am a Terps alumni, but UCLA is my first love. And we went there and it was a great time. i had to call my mom right after UCLA won. FaceTimed her like, yeah, we won. And she was excited too. So shout out my mother and my grandmother who's probably watching right now. So shout out to everybody for that.
00:04:31
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Again, UCLA Bruins, what a great job. Also, Shout out to my brother, Clutch B. Wait a second. Oh, hit that like.
00:04:42
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00:04:55
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ah She's awesome. Does a great job there. Y'all tap in with her and sub there at Rock Chalk. But anyways, um yeah, Rock Chalk, I did not... Tell those wonderful, wonderful ladies to go make a sandwich in the kitchen. i don't know even what you're talking about. to be complete I don't know why you would even bring up something like that. did Did you hear this somewhere?
00:05:17
Speaker
Was this a comment you may have heard on some sort of sports and entertainment program? Maybe it was called total evisceration. I don't know. Could have been hot take Jake versus a sports professor. I don't know. Maybe the sports professor was acting as if he was LeBron James and telling Caitlin Clark to get back in the kitchen and make him a damn sandwich.
00:05:41
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And do I stick to those words? No, because that's not me. That was me acting as LeBron James.
00:05:50
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You crack me up. That's hilarious. Thank you for tapping in. Um, no, for real though. I do love all the women. I had to, uh, Look, Jake and I, we have this new program and we have to pick a side of a topic.
Controversies in Women's Sports and Marketing
00:06:03
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And he brought up ah the NIL topic. So I brought up the WNBA and I drew the short straw on the argument. Obviously, I think that the WNBA women deserve that money, but I had to take it a different angle. And I thought, hey, what better way to go viral than to facetiously tell women they should get back in the kitchen ah ah and make me a sandwich? ah Again, not me. That was LeBron to Caitlin. But anyways, we keep it moving. Shout out to my lady Bruins, as I talked about. And also my brother Clutch B, probably watching now. If not, I'm sure he'll watch this later. But shout out to him as well.
00:06:41
Speaker
The Michigan, yes, the Michigan Wolverines won the title. Again, shout out to them. That is awesome. You see that there. the national champions. Michigan, was it a great game? No, I mean, no, was like the UCLA game and South Carolina for most of the game. UConn did come back at the end of the game to make it close, but the score, 69-63, I promise you, was not nearly as close as that game actually was. So shout out to the Michigan
Michigan Wolverines' Victory and Big Ten Dominance
00:07:12
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Wolverines. um You know, they got a really good team over there. ah that the The trees in the paint, which I had talked about the week before, being why I was picking –
00:07:23
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um why I would pick Michigan would be because of how they perform in the paint. ah They didn't even need that, y'all. Their paint play was was not great, ah you know, here in this in in this game, but they didn't even need it. It was just that the domination from start to finish. And some of the players, though, that they have there on this a Michigan team, right, they had four impact transfers. We all know about Yaxell Lindenburg, Borg, excuse me, from UAB, one of their best players. You also have Cadeau, I think it is, from UNC. What a great hustle player he is, man. The heart, the grit, the determination, man, that dude is something else.
00:08:08
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You also have Johnson from Illinois. We all know him, big-time player. um and And Mara. A day Mara who was on my UCLA squad last year. And unfortunately ah for us, NIL came along and decided that you will either have to pay your players or you get no player at all. And so Michigan ended up paying a day Mara a reported $4 million dollars and UCLA was not willing to pay that $4 million. dollars And so he went to them. Congratulations to them for winning the championship. I'm very happy for my brother clutch B.
00:08:41
Speaker
And we are now championship brethren in the same year. Now, what does that mean for college sports, you ask? Well, we saw complete domination, Holmes, as Mike Wilbon would say, the Big Ten.
00:08:58
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We always talk about the SEC in football, college football. The Big Ten's been coming up in football as well. We've seen Michigan. We've seen Ohio State, right? Now Nebraska. So Nebraska.
00:09:11
Speaker
In Nebraska. Wow. Horrible-ass Nebraska. Indiana, excuse me. I'm sorry, my future quarterback, Fernando Mendoza. I love you. um Indiana. Big Ten supremacy is here and now, y'all. I know the SEC was what it was in college football, but it is no more like that.
00:09:32
Speaker
The Big Ten is where it is at in all situations. college sports. And you think that I'm lying, but look, UConn was going for three out of three championships in four years. That's a big enough reason to turn them back. But also the Big Ten hadn't won since the 1990s was the last time that the Big Ten won a basketball championship. And as well, when you pair that with the women's UCLA, as we talked about, right? If you pair that
00:10:06
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with the Indiana championship. Now you're starting to lean into, wait a second, wait a second here. Is it actually that the Big Ten is the best conference within the country?
00:10:23
Speaker
We got to go back and kind of look and say, okay, well, what are we doing now? Because if you look at the Big Ten, let me give you this. This comes from CFB Home on X, formerly Twitter. Shout out to them.
00:10:35
Speaker
Big Ten just this year, ah football champions. Women's basketball champions, men's basketball champions, women's hockey champions, back-to-back for the Wisconsin but Badgers, men's soccer champions, field hockey champions, men's water polo, because you know UCLA, we dominate up in that water polo. ah Number one, beach volleyball, UCLA. Number one, baseball team, UCLA. So lla see you see the the theme here. It's not just Big Ten, but UCLA dominating everywhere. That's why we are one of the best colleges in sports.
00:11:11
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ah it's just domination for the Big Ten. And I think we're going to continue to see this going forward. i don't see this changing. Yes, the SEC still has their chance here in football, but, you know, the the Big Ten is where it's at.
00:11:26
Speaker
Cool?
Sports Events Promotion and Rivalries
00:11:27
Speaker
All right. Well, hey, look. Tonight, ah before I get to the Gino Auriemma and get a little serious, I do want to promote Country Box 40 tonight. Yes, Country Box 40 at Plaza Mariachi here in Nashville going down right now. Yes, right now doors are open. The fights are starting as we speak. I will be there very shortly. You know your boy.
00:11:51
Speaker
I like to show up fashionably late to everything. But also, um you know, I got other things that I got to do for my work. during the day, other clients. And so, you know, I want to make sure I get a show to promote them. But definitely, if you are in Nashville, please go check out Country Box tonight.
00:12:10
Speaker
It's going to be a very, very fun car, Josh Popper. looking forward to him fighting Rydell Booker. Local fighter Jordi Gonzalez going up against Renly, Washington. And then you got Shizara Oturi versus Simone Alfacita del Silva. That's going to be a great women's bout, so you're definitely going want to look forward to that. It's free on YouTube at Country Box on YouTube. They're also on Fight TV, I believe.
00:12:37
Speaker
So, yeah, check them out. And if you're in town, come holla at Country Yeah, boy. Cool? All right, let's keep this train moving because I do got to get out of here shortly. Oh, I forgot to show y'all my UCLA Bruins slide. So again, shout out to those lady Bruins.
00:12:57
Speaker
Well, what do we got to talk about here? We had some controversy before we even got to my UCLA Bruins winning the national championship.
00:13:13
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Boy, oh boy, did we have a blow up in the national semifinals between the UConn Huskies and legendary coach, two legendary coaches, Gina Auriemma, who has been to now, ah you know, many of Final Fours, a many of 25 tournaments to be exact, many of Final Fours. He's, he's, look,
00:13:37
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UConn is the dominant in women's basketball has been since, you know, Pat Summitt and Tennessee kind of passed that torch to them. So it's not something that is unexpected that UConn is always going to be in the tournament, always there. But you've got to pay respects to where so respect is due. And Dawn Staley runs an amazing program at South Carolina with those Lady Gamecocks. And she is a perennial winner and a legendary coach in her own right. She is top five in women's coaches victory already.
00:14:12
Speaker
So I don't even want to hear nothing about that. But let me talk to you. Let me talk to you Yeah. Shout out LA Knight as WrestleMania comes up. Oh, by the way, quick aside, next week we will have NBA basketball playoff preview. That'll be on Tuesday and a WrestleMania preview on Tuesday. Check me out with Bobby G. Walker, Mark.
00:14:35
Speaker
Hopefully the baseline NBA crew and the rest of us will be doing that Tuesday night back-to-back shows. It's going to be awesome. You'll get four hours of your brother or something along those lines. So be prepared next Tuesday. Anyways, continuing on what I was saying, look, Gino Auriemma and Don Staley, right, they have a little bit of a rivalry, a but little bit of a back and forth, so to say, tit for tat, more for just them being great coaches. But I also believe that Gino Auriemma realizes that there is that passing, excuse me, passing of the torch at some point as when Pat Summitt did it
00:15:14
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you know ima So when you know that there is a passing of the torch at some point, you see all of these other really good teams coming about and being built by Dawn Staley, by Corey Close, by Vic Schaefer, by you know the countless amounts of women's coaches that really do a good job in building these programs. Well, what happens is, in my eyes, Gino Auriemma sees himself being pushed out.
00:15:42
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right? He sees himself maybe losing that standing. And I'm not saying he's not a good coach. He's not going to continue winning. He is. But sometimes you become threatened by other people in your job, in your industry, in your field that you feel may challenge your throne. As the sports professor, I realized there are a lot of people out here that wanted to challenge the throne. Now, will they be able to? Not in a damn way. I am your sports professor. I am your sports expert. But the thing is, they can try to challenge the throne and they will just be defeated like the marks they are every time. But when you have a legitimate rivalry like Gina Auriemma or Don Staley, you love that great self-plug I did. Anyway, so what happened here?
00:16:29
Speaker
let's get down to business. Before the game started, and there's video of this, Gina Auriemma and Don Staley and all the coaches walk by, greet each other, shake hands, even had a brief moment of words, ah good words at that point in time.
00:16:48
Speaker
Then right before the game was supposed – this was like five minutes before this – Five minutes later, apparently, Gino Oriamo's waiting on the court for like three minutes for Don Staley to come shake his hand. Some kind of formality that's supposed to happen right as the game is starting instead of five minutes before when they had just done the same damn thing. I got to come do it again just for the cameras to make it look good. Is that the sort? I don't know. He didn't say that. But I'm assuming that's what it was for.
00:17:18
Speaker
Bro, I already shook a hand. I don't even think people should shake hands. ah before sporting contests. What are we shaking hands for? After the contest, yes. I think good sportsmanship is to shake hands, good game, whether you're the winner or the loser.
00:17:34
Speaker
ah in Before the game, no, I'm trying to kill you. Not literally. I'm trying to win this game. At all costs. Last thing I'm trying to do is play nice or give niceties or give face time for the camera. That being said, she still did it. They shook hands right before that. Right before that. But fine. You want to play technicalities?
00:17:56
Speaker
Fine. So he's miffed about this. Oriyama continues to go through the game. ah ah around the end of the or At the end of the third quarter, Sarah Strong, is one of his best players, shout out Ozzy Fudd as well, um rips her jersey out of frustration after a play.
00:18:14
Speaker
Gina Auriemma didn't see her do it, just saw her jersey ripped and started yelling at the refs. Then comes out in interview between the quarters and complains about Dawn Staley doing the same thing, yelling at the refs, calling them names, blah, blah, blah. But yeah, he's here, you know, tearing them down as well. Whatever, fine. Okay.
00:18:33
Speaker
His own player did that, but he blamed it on the other team. He didn't know. Let's give him a pass on that, right? We're giving passes all the way because you know me, I'm a very... forgiving person. You know, if, Hey, we all make mistakes.
00:18:45
Speaker
Let's see if you can actually make up for it. You know, as we go after the game, what happens? They go to shake hands. He complains about, uh, you know, her not shaking hands. Like, bro, you still remember that from three hours ago and you're that mad about it.
00:19:01
Speaker
ah Like, okay, bro, it seems like you are more upset because your team did not play well enough to get the victory. It seems like you were more upset about complaining the referees and you want to ah now push this onto Dawn Staley and how you may feel about how she reacted to your technicalities. Which, by the way, let's get something else straight. When they shook hands after the game,
00:19:27
Speaker
Apparently that wasn't even the official line because of there apparently they had another handshaking line. Why are we having two handshaking lines before the game and after the game? See where we're trying to cause problems? NCAA, one of the worst organizations ever made. You see where we have these issues?
00:19:46
Speaker
No more handshakes before the game. One shahake handshake after the game. That's it. You want a handshake before the game? Captains can meet at the court and it better be players. I don't need the coaches shaking heads. That being said, again oh so now now he, as as a little pouty, ah whiny guy, walks off the court for this second handshake, which I don't even think should be happening anyways, but he walks off. So now he's done the same thing that he's accused Don Stalia of. So now you've got a whole little conundrum and TIF going on post-game interviews. Gino Auriemma says, why should I apologize? I didn't do anything wrong. Still, he hasn't seen the video of his own player ripping the jersey. So this goes to defeat his whole point, but fine, whatever. Dawn Staley, whatever people may say about her coaching style or her in general, which some of it is, you know, due to people's racist tendencies. Let's just be completely honest about it.
00:20:38
Speaker
Uh, Don Staley always takes the high road in these sorts of situations. And she did nothing more here. She said the the the game needs to be focused on the players. And even after, when asked days later, at the national championship after UCLA won, she said the focus should be on UCLA. always taking the high road, shout out to her. Thing is, then you get to this after tussle, blah, blah, blah. And Geno doubles down. And then the next day, when he actually did apologize, He didn't even mention Dawn Staley by name.
00:21:14
Speaker
Bro, I thought I disrespected the women last week in my show. Nah, man, you out here disrespecting more. At least I was joking around. um You act out you out here out here acting like a little baby.
00:21:26
Speaker
Bro, you got too much... Cash in this or cache for some of y'all marks that don't know how to pronounce it. um In this sport, you've done too much. You are one of the greatest coaches of all time. You don't need to be doing this petty nonsense and then doubling down without apologizing. It's just not a good look, especially for one of the greatest coaches of all time.
00:21:50
Speaker
That's it. That's it. And your apology was not good enough. Sorry. It just was not. All right. That's enough
Major League Sports Updates and Power Rankings
00:22:00
Speaker
of that. I got a couple minutes before I got to get out of here. So let's move it into MLB power rankings from the first week.
00:22:11
Speaker
Yes, indeed. So the Los Angeles Dodgers are eight and two, number one in your MLB power rankings. Number two, Milwaukee Brewers in the sports professors power rankings at number three. You have the New York skankies.
00:22:33
Speaker
Forget those skankies. You got the New York skankies at number three, seven and two at number four. My New York Mets, baby. Don't sleep on us. We had a rough start. We're six and four.
00:22:45
Speaker
We should be eight and two. We lost a couple of games. We shouldn't have lost an over-inning, over-innings, but Extra innings, excuse me. i don't know where. Over. Over. Extra innings. Because of some decisions, bad decisions, made by coaches. Neither here nor there. This is more is ah of a shout-out, and I can't believe I'm doing this, more of a shout-out for the NL East. Because the Mets, the Braves, the Phillies, and yes, the Marlins, I said the Marlins are all above 500.
00:23:16
Speaker
hundred So shout-out to the whole NL East, except the sorry-ass Washington Nationals. Boom! To my Nationals fans back in the DMV, y'all suck. All right, and number five, a shout-out to the Pittsburgh Pirates. A, because they're not going to be there for long. i don't care if they are 6-4. They're not going to be in top five at the end of the season. But B, to promote hot take Jake's and I, total evisceration. One of his hot takes was that the Pittsburgh Pirates would be in the play. I think he said they wouldn't be.
00:23:47
Speaker
Go to the World Series. I can't remember. I go check the video. But it was something about the playoffs. They're not. Don't even worry. They're not even making the playoffs. I don't care if they got Paul Skeens and Connor Griffin and i don't and Bubba Chandler and Bubba Deez. No.
00:24:01
Speaker
Sorry, Bubba. That had nothing do with you. Just last name I said. No. The Pittsburgh Pirates are never. What? I don't even know when if they'll be in the playoffs anytime. Playoff?
00:24:13
Speaker
Playoffs? We're talking about playoffs? Playoffs?
00:24:20
Speaker
Not for the Pittsburgh Pirates. They ain't making no damn playoffs. But speaking of, let's move into the NHL. NHL playoff push is on the way. You can see my power rankings here. These are a little bit different from the and NHL power rankings. As over the past week, there's been a little bit of change there with Dallas going one and two and Buffalo and Carolina going two and one. But I have kept them in the same spot as last week for my power rankings in the NHL. One, Dallas moves down to four, just four all intense and
00:24:55
Speaker
purposes but we have a playoff push. There are so seven teams that are confirmed in the playoffs in the West. You've got the Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild. In the East, you have the Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, Buffalo Sabres, and Montreal Canadiens. Six more teams sit at 95% or better odds, so you can go ahead and basically pencil them in. Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks, Vegas Golden Knights, and the Utah Mammoth. The who?
00:25:31
Speaker
Who are the dudes? Are the Utah Mammoth? Yes, the expansion team. The Utah Mammoth is going to make the playoff. Wow.
00:25:44
Speaker
That's crazy. I'm not really in hockey. Because I've said this before. So if you watch the Sports Professor, you know. Hockey expansion, they do a lot better job in making sure that the teams are well equipped. For instance, let me give you the difference here in what happens.
00:26:01
Speaker
The NHL. will allow more players to be available for taking because in an expansion draft in any of these leagues, these players have to be pulled from a pool. and They don't have to be. They can be free agents too, but most of the people you want are already on teams. So they're pulling them from active teams, but there's certain rules like you can protect a certain amount of players. There's rules on if contracts are restricted or unrestricted and whether that makes you available or not. And a couple other rules. It doesn't really matter to get into the minutia of it. Shout out to a Puerto Rican using minutia on live TV. Prayers up to my brother Conan. But um
00:26:39
Speaker
but So when you're thinking about that, the NHL does a lot better job of equipping their expansion teams versus if you look at the WNBA, which also just had their expansion draft for their two new teams, uh,
00:26:54
Speaker
you know it was ah It wasn't as good. They barely got any really great players. There were some good players for sure. um but yeah So the two expansion teams for the WNBA is the Portland Fire and the Toronto Tempo.
00:27:10
Speaker
With the number one pick, Portland took Canadian forward Bridget Carlton, who was a starter for the Minnesota Lynx last year and helped them to the best record.
00:27:20
Speaker
Great player indeed. But then you start to get into people that you've probably never heard of unless you're a deep NWNBA fan like myself. um So it's just it's it's and in the NBA, if you look at I talked about this last week, if you look at the hypothetical expansion draft for the Seattle Supersonics and the Las Vegas unnamed team.
00:27:45
Speaker
The best players are going to be like Yoel Embiid and AD. And then after that, you're starting to get into some you know lower realm. of Now you can still make a decent team that will get into the play-in tournament, but that's about all you're looking at with those sorts of building of rosters.
00:28:03
Speaker
So... you know Hey, we'll see what happens. Shout out to my Kings. We got a shootout win over the Nashville Predators. Sorry, Preds fans. I'm a Kings fan. We beat you, and we went up to 62% in our playoff odds. I am hoping that we are able to make the playoffs because, well, you know, it doesn't really matter. Honestly, we're not that great, so I don't think we were going to make any noise anyway, so it doesn't matter, no, but, you know, we always hope your team can make the playoffs because if you make it, then at least you give yourself a shot.
00:28:34
Speaker
NBA power rankings. Also the same from last week. ah The only change here than the NBA.com power rankings is they have the Denver Nuggets ahead of the New York Knicks because they beat the Spurs. And I actually agree with that. i actually agree with that. I'm not gonna lie.
00:28:51
Speaker
I was just lazy and I didn't feel like changing the graphics. I didn't feel like changing the graphics, so I didn't care.
00:29:02
Speaker
but So you get the Knicks instead of the Nuggets. I probably would have put the Nuggets up there too. Anyways, let's talk about some NBA news. Luka Doncic and Austin Reeves are out.
00:29:15
Speaker
All of the LA fakers and hot take Jake's playoff hopes hang on LeBron bum-ass James. Also, Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg became the youngest NBA player in NBA history as a teenager, 19 years old, to drop.
00:29:34
Speaker
50, dropped 50 on him. He's going to be a beast, yes. Hot Take Jake also had a hot take that said Cooper Flagler is going to be better than Magic Johnson. No, I do not agree with that. But, yes, you should go watch it because Hot Take Jake is a fool, and that's crazy.
00:29:49
Speaker
Two years from being removed from the best NBA, from being the worst NBA team, the Pistons have clinched the East top seed in the NBA. Wow.
00:30:00
Speaker
What a turnaround for the Detroit Pistons, I mean, you know, J.B. Bickerstaff and and the rest of the crew there have done it a tremendous job. um Unrelated, LeBum James, we talked about earlier, says that he hates having to play a Memphis. Other players have said this as well and suggest that a team be moved to Nashville.
00:30:25
Speaker
First of all, all y'all bums. Just because y'all don't like going to Memphis or playing in Memphis. Look, I live in Nashville. And I said this on a show the other day, Nashville loves their hockey, Nashville loves their football, and Nashville loves their soccer.
00:30:46
Speaker
Nashville will not be able to support a basketball team. Yes. Does Nashville have the arena?
00:30:56
Speaker
Yes. We have Bridgestone. You could play the basketball games there. Do I still believe that that matters? No.
00:31:08
Speaker
And you can take this for what you may believe I am saying, because I don't really care what the hell you think I'm saying. This town would not be able to support a basketball team. The people that live here, for the majority of them, do not like basketball.
00:31:26
Speaker
Hockey, soccer, football, yay! Basketball, boo!
00:31:35
Speaker
There's your Nashville lesson for the day. They wouldn't be able to keep a team. So you might as well keep it in Memphis because even if you don't like playing there, I've been to games, plural, in Memphis, and they are always packed.
00:31:52
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So... Now, obviously, i don't go to every game, so I can't tell you that at all. But the games I've been to, which are Celtics games, to be fair, Celtics fans travel very well. Neither here nor there. You might as well keep it in Memphis if you want to keep the revenue up. Because if you move it to Nashville, and I'm not saying I don't want you to,
00:32:10
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ah please come to Nashville because then I get to see the Celtics play and not have to go all the way to damn Boston or D.C. to go see them play. I can watch them here and not have to go anywhere. So please come to Nashville.
00:32:21
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But what I'm saying is the type of people that live here, and again, you take that for what you think I'm trying to say, and it probably is what you think I'm trying to say. ah The people that live here would not necessarily support a basketball team.
00:32:36
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Cancel me if you won't. Hate me if you like. I don't, as Eminem said one time, I just don't give a. Anyways, we keep it moving. In other NBA news or in basketball news, Candice Parker, Amari Stoudemire, Amari Stoudemire, and Doc Rivers headlined the 2026 Basketball Hall of Fame. Shout out to them and my championship coach,
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Doc Rivers. All right. WNBA news. couple more news items. We're going to do WNBA. A couple mixed bag items and I'm getting out of here. Got to get to country box. WNBA offseason has been crazy since they did come to that labor agreement. So we are seeing over 100 free agents. More than 80% of the league are trying to cash in on this new deal. These new media rights, the new bargaining agreement, all of this stuff, new revenue, all this. Also,
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which, by the way, Asia Wilson is going to get that Supermax, among other players, very soon. Nafesia Collier is one of the other top free agents. Players can start inking deals on Saturday.
00:33:45
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In other news, Angel Reese says, Shout out my girl Angel, also a Maryland Terrapin. ah She was traded from the Chicago Sky to the Atlanta Dream for two first-round picks in 2027-2028. To be honest, Chicago is not a good at WNBA franchise. They don't know how to build rosters. And I think that Angel Reese's talents will be much better used in Atlanta. Now, you can say whatever you want about Angel Reese and how you may feel her actions are. Maybe you don't like her attitude or the way she acts on the court.
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That's you. Basketball is meant to be a feisty game. Basketball is meant to be... You know, played with attitude, played with some panache. Another tremendous word for a Puerto Rican on a live TV show, prayers up, Conan. So I love Angel Reese, not just because she's a Maryland Terrapin, but also because she is a good player. I liked Charles Barkley. And that's kind of what Angel Reese reminds me of is the WNBA's version of Charles Barkley, fan.
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amazing rebounder that'll also get you buckets and can also pass the ball and will be tough. That's what you want in any NBA or WNBA player. So shout out to Angel Reese. All right, let's finish it up. A couple more news here. Hopefully we are putting some, um,
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Good juju in the air for Mookie Betts and Juan Soto. Both went to the injured list. You know what my Mets need Juan Soto, so please come back quickly.
Inter Miami's New Stadium and Messi's Milestone
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Inter Miami in ah our MLS Major League Soccer opened their new stadium. Yes, called the New Stadium. And you, don't ask me. Lionel Messi scored the team's first ever goal at the New Stadium in a 2-2 draw against Austin Monsanto.
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Football Club. Two last or three last notes. North Carolina is expected to hire former Nuggets coach Mike Malone. What a crazy hiring this is. I don't really understand it too much. Mike Malone obviously was with the NBA and the Denver Nuggets. ah They did kind of lose options with Billy Donovan and Dustin May backing out. So they they kind of lost like impressive options. But he doesn't, I mean, he hasn't been in college for,
00:36:07
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what, a decade or more? I mean, is it really proper for him to come back in this sort of situation? I don't know. I don't know if it is. I don't know. and You know, they hired Bill Belichick trying to go the pro route there, and I know college sports is turning into pro sports. They're hiring GMs.
00:36:25
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so on and so forth. But that doesn't mean that you got to go hire pro coaches. And I said this about Bill Belichick at the time. NFL coaches are not going to mesh well with college students.
00:36:38
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They are used to coaching grown ass men, not college students. And especially this era of college students, which are more into social media than caring about a job.
00:36:48
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And you can hate that or you can love it, but I guarantee you one thing, they're learning how to use technology and make hands over fist way more money than some dude that worked in the coal mine in the 20s. I'd much rather be them, whether you hate them or not. So it is what it is. Giannis Antetokounmpo not happy with the Bucs. The NBA is ah investigating why they are not playing them. yeah yeah ten Tanking. um But if you're Giannis, and this is what I got to say to you, brother,
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If you want to stay with Milwaukee, which this could be your way to force a a trade, which I could see.
Giannis' Future with Milwaukee Bucks
00:37:24
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But if you did want to stay in Milwaukee, this is perfect for you. You get to rest the rest of the season because it ain't like y'all doing shit. And all you would do by playing is make it worse for your organization because then you might knock them out the lottery if somehow you were to get into play and which going happen. But if somehow you were, that would be worse.
00:37:41
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Plus you get to rest. Plus you get to get any nagging injuries gone. And if you get a lottery pick, you might get a really good player to pair with so you don't have to live leave Milwaukee. because being in one place for your whole career is a very special thing.
00:37:55
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It doesn't happen anymore. So not saying that you should do that. You should go wherever it makes you happy and where you can get that money and where you can get championships, but you are hurting your own cause by asking to play and having your own organization investigated into because you're trying to say they're holding you out for an injury when all they're trying to do is make it better for you.
00:38:16
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So, homie, shut that trap and sit the hell down. And you'd be all right. Go play dominoes with your brother. Brothers. Last but not least, shout out to Joe Adele.
00:38:27
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Robbed three home runs last night. Now, I mean, the leader in home run robberies last year only had four the whole 162 games. So, for this guy to have three in one night, and not only did he have three in one night, but three home run saving catches in 1-0 ballgames.
00:38:54
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Each time he had those home run saves, on basically he saved the game. for So it's 1-0. If he doesn't make those three catches, then it's their team could lose the game at any point, any one of those points in time, right? So we're just like, wow, that's crazy.
00:39:17
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um a surprise in general in terms of sports. So I want to show y'all the highlights of this and give y'all some commentary and some analysis so we can see what's actually happening
Joe Adele's Baseball Feats
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here. so let me share my screen um with y'all real quick.
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Boom, here we go.
00:39:40
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You can see here, this is early in the game. and ah Sorry, this is late in the game. This is the last catch. Look at this as he falls over the crowd. Now, the reason that I didn't show you the first two catches is because the first two catches were...
00:39:58
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The first two home runs were very close to the wall and they were easier catches. This was the hardest of the three and the most important of the three because was late in the game. So don't feel bad because I can't show you all of them. a I don't need to get any problems. I'm just analyzing the video to give you my professional sports analysis. So I don't want to get any you know violations on YouTube. So I can't play too much of this. Just want to give you my analysis. But also because this was the best and most important one So let's watch this again. If you see, he's striding at a very long stride. Boom!
00:40:29
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Over the wall, falls into the stand. Now, a lot of people, let's review this again. A lot people say, well, maybe it was supposed to be a home run because he went into the stands. And most people would be right. The rule in the MLB is that if you catch the ball before going into the stands, then it is an out. If you catch the ball in the stands or in the outfield area, then it is a home run. So let's take a look again and see. I don't have slow motion. I apologize. Maybe I do. What do we got here?
00:41:03
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No, I don't. But anyways, let me try to pause it. So you can see he is still kind of in the ballpark area before he falls over and catches it. Let's see if I can.
00:41:19
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So where's the ball? So you can see right there. He catches the ball. Hold on. Let me go back a second. Right here. Boom. So you see the ball, right?
00:41:31
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Right there. He was still inside the lines. He still had, when the ball is caught, you see the glove right there. You see he grabs it before he hits it. The ball's coming right here.
00:41:45
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Boom. He's still in the ballpark area. then he Then he fell in. So that is a catch under MLB rules. Shout out to Joel O'Dell. Highlight of the week. I am the sports professor. Thank you for tuning in to the professor's stamina.
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Be kind, love each other, be kind. And spread love. I messed that up. Spread love, the Omar. i can't believe i messed up my own damn catch line. And spread love, the Omar.
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