June 9, 2025 • 39 mins
Monday on 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe, the Thunder bounce back as expected with a defensive shutdown of the Pacers. Aaron Rodgers puts ink to paper but his ring steals the show. Plus, the face of the NBA, good night pranks and much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Two pros and a cup of Joe. Fox Sports Radio,
LaVar Arrington, Jonas Knox with you here. Coming up on
this Monday edition, we're going to look back at Game
two of the NBA Finals.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Boy, what a surprise. Not really.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
We'll talk about all the news and notes, the commentary afterwards,
and what it means to be the face of the
NBA as well too. If you haven't gotten enough of
that conversation, We're also going to have a conversation about
Aaron Rodgers' arrival in Pittsburgh. It's official, but what's that
on his hand? We'll break that all down. We're going
to discuss the weekend that was, and not only horse
(00:33):
racing but the French Open and some flaws there. We've
also got the very latest on AI taking over the world.
Some guy passed out in the streets of India, a
tiger starts smelling him, or a lion next thing you know,
it's fake. It's what we're gonna get into that. We've
got all the details on that. We've got Lee's leftovers
as well too. We've got a legitimate FSR IR, We've
(00:56):
got the potential return of John Gruden and all of
it is yours here coming up next, Two Pros and
a cup of Joe on this Monday Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
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We'll be taking you all the way up until nine
am Eastern times, six o'clock Pacific. And I gotta be
honest with you, first of all, Good morning, Good morning.
I got nothing from that game last night in the
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NBA Final that that seemed like exactly the way that
game gonna go. Yeah, and the second Game one ended
and Indiana won that game, like my mind completely focused
on Game three. It was almost like, yeah, we know
what's gonna happen. All right, Oklahoma City's gonna respond. They're
a really good team, and then the series is going
to be tied. And then we turn our sights to
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Indiana for Game three and then we figure it out
from there.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
That's what I thought, and I think that that's that's
the right approach. You knew that this was somewhat of
a backs up against the wall type of game for OKC.
Uh they responded, well, I didn't think that they would
cover the ten point spread. What was it like ten
and a half?
Speaker 2 (02:40):
I believe it was. I think he got up to
eleven or eleven and a half.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Yeah, when I when I submitted my you know deal,
it was at ten and a half, I believe, and
I'd say, you know what, Oka see will win. They
will hit the over the game, will hit the over
on points, which I believe it did. But I was
I was incorrect on them covering. So give them a
lot of credit. They bounce back. You know, Sga is
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a beast. He does what he's going to do. It's
a matter of is he going to get you know,
his help.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Jay Williams contributed. Caruso showed up last night. He contributed,
and it wasn't just on the defense side. He gave
them points. But I think the tail of the tape. Honestly,
my takeaway from watching the game was if OKC can
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maintain that high level of defense where they just make
it totally uncomfortable for the Pacers to be able to
find any type of rhythm in their offensive sets, any
type of you know, kind of comfort or contentity. It
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just it just didn't seem like the Pacers could find
that in this this last game. And I just wonder,
can can okay see continue to play defense at that
high of a level that it totally disrupted their entire
their entire flow of in fact, didn't allow Indiana to
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really get into a real flow during the course of
this game.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Yeah, you can't breathe.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
It just they suffocate you because no matter where you are,
they got somebody on the wing, they can get you.
They got somebody download they can get you. There's no
weakness defensively for them. And that's why they've been such
a pain in the ass for everybody all year. It's
why they won, you know, sixty eight games during the
course of the season. Was Yeah, Sga has been great
and he's the MVP, and they've got talent offensively that
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can score. But defensively they're fantastic. I mean, somebodyle have
called it one of the best defensive teams we've seen
in a long time, in years in the end, which
is kind of a kind of a breath of fresh
air on that front, because so many teams are, you know,
giving up one hundred and twenty one hundred and twenty
five points a game or whatnot, and just you see
these shootouts and so to see some old school defensive
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play its fun to watch from okay see speaking of SGA,
he did speak afterwards. He talked about the difference in
how things feel in the NBA Finals.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
As opposed to other games.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
The loss has hurt a little bit more, for sure,
But I've tried to just tell myself, like, like, as
much as you can, just enjoy the process and enjoy
the moment, are you. Absolutely, It's been amazing. It's been
everything I dreamed it to be. It's been like it's
hard to even putting into words to wrap my head around.
It's been so fun. And it's the best stage of
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basketball ever of all time, and we get the opportunity
to play in that.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
And that's how I try to like view it.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
I try to view it as so many people die
for this opportunity and I have my whole entire life
and now I'm finally here. So just as much as
I can enjoy it, but keep that contador far.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Just a chill dude, just matter of fact, business as usual. Huh.
You know you can tell he's in the moment and
this is one of those those stages where you get
the opportunity. We hear his name. He's finally got the
MVP Award coming his way. Now, first one down. Now
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you're on the largest stage, You're in the finals. You know,
a lot of the conversation last year, even though they
didn't make it to the finals, surround it. You know,
Anthony Edwards and what he is and what he can be.
A lot of conversations started circulating with Jalen Brown and
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Jason Tatum. You know, there are a lot of different
players that were being brought up. You know, the Yokigees,
you know, the the Greek freak. You know, you have
all of these guys that are being discussed in such
flattering manners and being the best. And SGA's name popped up.
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It was popping up, but it wasn't a main name
being said. It wasn't you weren't saying. You weren't leading.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Off with SGA.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
And I feel like where he's at right now, the
platform that he's on the magnitude of being in the
NBA Finals and just showing total like his control, his
ball control is amazing, his decision making is amazing, his
shot shot selections are are solid.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
He's like all systems go right now.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
As as a leader of a team and what you
would consider to be a superstar because there are some
other guys on the team, I mean maybe not of
the caliber that that SGA is, but nonetheless, I mean
like chet Chet had a really good game, good showing
and win puppet. I mean, he shows up, he shows up.
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They they played who's the other big coop?
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Teach me to tell me Chet Holmgren doesn't look like
some guys out outside of car dealership, but they got
deals on fourth of July weekend.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Super strong for certain, he ain't built the strongest could
game though. They kept parting Steyning in more of this game,
which I thought was maybe the mistake they had maybe
made in the first one. Uh, they were getting second
and third and sometimes even fourth opportunities when they misshots.
I thought that played a major part and the success
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that they were able to have. So I mean, give
Okay see a lot of credit. I'm curious to see
what Indiana plans on doing. How do they try to
counteract what took place yesterday? Because that's not an easy fix.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Would you would you go as far to say, in
discussing SGA, that he is the the face of the NBA, Like,
would you go as far as to say that? And
that tired, tired discussion which really really irritates me, that
whole face of the NBA conversation, And you know why,
because the face of the NBA is Michael Jordan. Like
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it just that's what it is, and it's that way
because nobody will let that go. And there's nothing wrong
with that, But stop trying to manufacture, well, who's the
who's the face of.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
The It's Jordan?
Speaker 5 (09:34):
What do you mean?
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Like, that's who who's everybody is compared to anytime of
conversation comes up.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
I disagree a little bit on that. Like, while I
will agree with the idea of yes, it's whenever you're
talking greatness, Jordan's name is generally the first one that
comes up. It's it's generally the same five or six
names that always come up. You know, it's it's Cobe,
It's is MJ is Will Chamberlain, it's Magic Johnson, it's
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Bill Russell. I mean, it's generally Lebron, It's generally the
same names that come up.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
What I will.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Say is right now, by default, I would just say,
by default it's Lebron James, and it's Lebron James because
a his body of work is strong enough to be
in the conversation of greatest ever and be compared to
what the face of the league has been historically, you know,
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at least in his era of time, which is MJ.
But I think it's really because he wants to be
the face of the league, which I think is very
different than airis Pass. I think airs past guys wanted
to be the guy. I think Kobe wanted to be
the guy. Shaq wanted to be the guy. You know,
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you look at these other guys, a Keem, Elijah One,
you know, David Robinson, you know, you keep going back,
you know, Pat Ewing and all those, they wanted to
be the guys. They wanted to be the faces of
the league. They wanted to be what they were.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Going to be. Charles Barkley and all those guys.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Penny Hardaway, well, Penny Hardaway not so much like he
was more kind of like he kind of has a
personality more like some of these these newer guys, the
newer guys, it doesn't seem like that's important to them.
It seems like it's just more about just playing and
whatever it is that they're interested in, whether it's music,
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whether it's fashion. You know, they're they're into being strip clubs,
you know, Donnes and you know, whatever it is. They
seem to be okay with being really really good basketball players.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
I'll say Anthony Edwards wants to be the face of
the league.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
There's a few guys that you'll see they give you
I want to be face of the elite. I don't
get that from SGA. I don't get that from Jokich.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
But we don't.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
It's it's just I don't get it from low. It
just feels manufactured in the NFL. Like Tom Brady's the
greatest quarterback of all time, you know, like you know,
like if we're talking about somebody on par with Jordan
or whatnot as far as the titles and all that, tom.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Brady's but is there accomplishments his accomplishments, of.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Course, but we don't have the Hey, who's the face
of the NFL? Now none of those conversations happened because.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
It's the it's the accomplishments. Though, if we didn't have
Patrick Mahomes accomplishing at the level he's accomplishing at and achieving,
we would have this conversation. I don't think if it's
not Patrick Mahomes, who's the face of the league.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
I don't care.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
I don't think because I think I don't think the
NFL needs a face of the league because they the
star is the league. Like we always worried about what
was going to happen if Brady retired or Peyton Manning retired,
are they going to find the next guy? I remember
this being a conversation where man you know, Roethlisberger and
and Manning and Braydon these guys are gonna retire. What's
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gonna happen next? Oh, I don't know, Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson,
Josh Allen. The NFL does such a better job just
rolling out star after star, and it's not about face
of the league. The league is the star. And with
the NBA, all you hear about is Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan,
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And that's fine, but let's stop trying to hey is
SGA going to be the face of the NBA now,
is who's the face of the league? No, the face
of the league is Michael Jordan, because that's all you
keep hearing about when people discuss greatness in that league.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
I feel like you gotta have your main character, your face,
and that's Patrick Mahomes. They can lean on Patrick Mahomes.
The NFL can lean into Patrick Mahomes, just like they
were able to lean into Tom Brady and at times
Peyton Manning.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I really do.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
And again, like you say face of the league, I
mean there are faces in the NFL. There have been
faces plural of the league. And just mentioning those two
names I just mentioned, I mean there was a point
in time where Joe Montana was the face of the league.
But you didn't have to look any further than the
guy you he was throwing the ball to to say
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he's the face of the league as well, and Jerry Rice.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
You had other.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Quarterbacks around the league that you could say fall into
the conversation a face of the league, just like you
do now. I mean when you had Montana, you had Kelly,
you had Marino, you you had the Dallas Dallas quarterback
Troy amn you. I mean, you had some really really
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fine quarterbacks during Joe Montana's run, but he was he
was goaded because he kept winning. And I think that
that's what you're dealing with right now. Tom Brady in
his era, he was goaded because he kept winning, even
more so than Peyton Manning. And then now you look
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at Patrick Mahomes, he's goaded because he's winning. Even when
he's not winning, he's still winning because they're making it
to the super Bowl. They're the best representation of the teams,
you know, in the league, one of the two. So
when I look at the NBA, who has established what
team has been able to establish that this is what
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they are and this is the player that's going to
do it, there hasn't been one. There hasn't been one.
And that's why Lebron James in a way by default
going to the super teams that he was going to,
you know, getting it started in Miami with with with
Who's Tall Buddy, Dwayne Wade as Bosh Chris Bosh. I mean,
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then you go back, you got you got Love and
you got Kyrie Irving and Cleveland, like Who's tall buddy,
Who's tall buddy, thank you. I appreciate the pool too,
Just I just feel like where we're at right now
botched us kind of get lost in that hole. He
does next and he was like he was like the
main catalysts for the one year that they want it.
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I mean, if there's no Chris Bosh, they don't win it.
They don't win it. But my point is is that
what team has, what franchise and player connected to that
franchise has established that type of dominance in the NBA.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
So in a way, you can't go to guy if their.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
Team isn't put like, Okay, we talk about the Joker
like he does this, he does that, he's the best
that I die. He should have been MVP again he
gets MVP, but he's got one championship. Who is dominating
when Like, if you ask Michael Jeffrey Jordan what mattered
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most to him, he'll tell you winning championships mattered the
most of him. You can you can look at stats
and all these other things.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
What what a decent golf course and a casino and uh,
you know a.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Couple of rocket ships walking around? I mean it could
be than where are you going with it? I'm just
saying where you going with all?
Speaker 3 (17:11):
I'm just saying winning, winning was most important to him,
not MVPs, not not any of these other you know,
distinguished because those things come when you win. When you
win at all, those those achievements and those accomplishments automatically follow.
So to me, I feel like where we're at right now,
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no one has really grabbed the bulls by the horns.
And in the NBA, not a team, not a player,
not a not a duo of players. I mean, there
there are some pretty nice duos out there, but none
have proven to be a dominant like you had the
opportunity with Jalen and and Tatum and and this year
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being able to maybe come back repeat. Now the common
continues on that fell apart, fell off of the rails.
There's not a team or a player or a set
of players that has been dominant enough to be goaded
and put in the conversation. And the crazy thing is
that's why you continue to hear the conversations about Lebron James,
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because no one has been able to really offset what
Lebron James represents to the NBA.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Just yet.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Great Stars, Young Stars SGA now has the opportunity to
make it more of a conversation as it applies to him.
But it's not an everyday thing. Where's That's how it
takes place. You got to do this for more than
one season, so you can set the stage by doing
what you do this season. But then now, what are
you going to do next year? What are you going
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to do the year after that? What are you going
to do year after that? Because in order to get goaded,
you gotta win, and you gotta win more.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Than one time.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
It is two Pros and a Cup of Joe here
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So we are gonna have the usuals coming up later on.
We do have another edition of in case you missed it.
We've also got Lee's Leftovers to close up shop an
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any issues, injuries, ailments from the long weekend. All of
it is yours here on this three hour extravaganza. Coming
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up next here though, we are going to give you
the details as to how and why one move was
made in the NFL, and that's yours next.
Speaker 5 (19:28):
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Speaker 1 (19:43):
Uh yeah, it is two pros and a cup of
Joe here on Fox Sports Radio, LaVar Arrington, Jonas Knox
with the air coming up in a little over fifteen
minutes from now. It's Prank call time. Prank call time,
and it involves a superstar.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
We will get into that for you again here on
f SR.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
The details are in and congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers
and Steeler Nation. Aaron Rodgers is your new starting quarterback.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
It was that's it.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
He's the starter. He like came in signed I'm the starter.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Yeah, I mean tang welse again? Didn't they do that
last year with Russ? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (20:26):
And then you know, some stuff got in the way.
But hey, Aaron Rodgers is there. He passed his physical
on Saturday. He signed his one year deal to make
it official after he passed his physical. The deals for
thirteen million dollars in change up to nineteen million dollars
with incentives. But we're already off to a good start.
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Rogers did say that he was willing to pay for
quote ten ms. He was willing to play for ten ms.
And as we've discovered, the guarantee that Rogers got from
the Steelers is around ten million dollars. So he told
the truth. He's there, he's with Pittsburgh and we are
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off and running. He will speak with reporters coming up tomorrow,
which I'm sure, uh you know, we'll get picked apart
by many in the media looking for some some sort
of oh, some sort.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Of Is he married? Did he get married? Is that?
Is that?
Speaker 3 (21:22):
What is that the life happening that took place as
to why he didn't want to sign when he did.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Look, I want to be clear here. This is way
before I actually was married. All right, it was before
I even You.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Put that on your finger, before you go, oh yeah,
I would put a wedding ring on. Oh it is easy.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
Okay, let me just say that. That's like fishing with
the news. Let me just say this, all right.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
That's kind of funny, you know, easy, not for ugly dudes,
for for maybe pretty boys like you're married. Oh oh,
I just barely recognized the wedding ring on your finger.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
You're so beautiful, like shut up. Damn Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
Anyway, from the ugly people's side, I look at it
like this, If that ring that he's flaunting that is
popping up in the photos is a real is a
real wedding ring, then I think not only does it
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make it make sense easily, I believe it makes it
make sense that you didn't come right in and sign
the deal and you had the conversation with the Steelers
about it. For one, I think it's an easy conversation
if that's what comes out. But I don't think it's
an easy conversation if that isn't what comes out, because
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now it's kind of like, all right, are you are
you still like attention grabbing because the minute people saw it,
they were like everybody started referencing, oh well, he had
that on that at Kentucky Derby. He had the ring
on at the Kentucky Derby as his ring on signing
his contract. You're Aaron Rodgers. You know every little thing
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is going to be identified and there's going to be
analysis on it. You just know that these are the
things that are going to come from it. So every
little thing that you do, if you put a ring
on when you wake up and it's not a wedding ring,
and you're Aaron Rodgers. You know that's going to get covered.
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You know that's going to be a part of it.
And I almost feel like it tad Bit had the
possibilities of that storyline maybe overshadowing him signing with the team.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
I really do, because I want to know.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
What was the hold up for the signing for one
ten million guaranteed nineteen million overall that he could possibly
get an incentives and somewhere in between he can he
can make that money legitimately playing for the Steelers. It's
a one year deal. So again you're doing it again,
just like you did it last year. You're putting a
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quarterback on a one year trial basis for your team.
So I'm more interested in knowing if he got married,
and that's why he came in late otherwise because to me,
it's just the same old story otherwise. Right, it's the
same old story, except it's just with one quarterback this
time and not with two.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
All right, So we have a live studio band here,
We're going to go around the room. Here.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
We've got LeVar, we've got myself, we've got lead to
lab and we've got Lorena, I'm gonna set the over
under at three and a half questions over under three
and a half questions from the media coming up tomorrow
before somebody asks Aaron Rogers about his wedding ring. Potential
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wedding ring under all right, so you're gonna take under
three and a half, Lorena, I'm.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
Gonna do the over.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
You're gonna do over through So you think it's gonna
be football related, I think.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
From it as much as possible until last minute.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Lee over under three and a half questions before somebody
asked Rogers about his ring.
Speaker 6 (25:20):
I'm taking over. I think it's gonna be at least
five to six questions before we get to it up top. Lee,
I'm gonna take the under. I'm with LeVar.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
I think the only way it's a it's an over
is if they already are aware of the fact that
he got married.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
But but he's gonna be it's the media is gonna be.
But that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
That's the only the only possible way that he doesn't
get asked about it within three questions is if they
already are all in on it.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
If the media people.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
That are there already had been made aware of the
fact that this is the reason why he wasn't there,
and he has the ring on again at the podium
while he's doing interview using his.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
Hands and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
It's if it's an over, it's because people already are
where because if he got married secretly, it was secretly.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
And if he's married, Aaron Rodgers is now married.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
And if he didn't come in at the point in
time where everybody's having the conversation for weeks out of
time about Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers and this happening,
but it's for a reason, and everybody seems to be
talking about knowing the reason. I mean, Q was ecstatic
when he hit us with the text message it's happening,
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like just not yet.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
I don't know exactly when, but it is happening.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
Like everybody that was I guess in the loop of
Aaron Rodgers or whatever it may have been, was getting information.
They were getting people were getting fat information. So again
I did not think it was a matter of if
he was going to become a Pittsburgh Steeler soon. As
soon as Q shot it, you know, he don't like
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to be wrong. So when he shot that to us,
I knew he was going. I knew he hurt. Yeah,
and and and he would probably if we got him
on right now, if he wasn't probably sleep, you know, breastfeeding,
and we would probably get from him that whatever it is,
that's what it is. Like, Yeah, because he got married
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or no, it was because of this. I think it's
because he got married. I'm going when he got married.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
I have it on uh pretty good authority that that's
not why he was away. Okay, I don't know if
he I don't know if he got married, but that
that's not.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
Why then what was it?
Speaker 7 (27:46):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Some personal stuff? You know, he sounds personal to meaze
you know maybe uh, you know, maybe some people that
you know might have been you know, sick in his
uh personal life, and so maybe he was taking care
of that. But it did seem like it was a foregone.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
Hey, listen, I'm gonna I'm gonna put it to you
like this, like you're saying it like real gentle and
stuff like this.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
Just say it.
Speaker 3 (28:08):
How about that you don't have to keep people in
the dark about it. If it's getting out to the
point of where it's on good authority that this is
what happened, it's eventually going to come like it's it
became a major piece of the story. Why is he
not if he's going to do it, why is he
not going to do it? Is he waiting for another team?
(28:29):
Is he going to retire? Oh, somebody said it's personal,
Like then you see a wedding ring and is it
a wedding ring? You know, you know if you don't
want people speculating about it and you don't get sensitive
about it.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
But you know what I you know what I do
love about it.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
It's the the the cat and mouse game that he
does play, create, creates whatever thing gets hilarious because he
knows that people are going to be fixated on little
details and he's because it's more.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
Important than what the dude just got a one year deal.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
There's there's a like that's not a big like you did.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
He didn't get this blockbuster one year deal where he's
making forty million pluts.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
All right, you remember, so you know he was in
the show Game of Thrones, like he had a small
appearance and I swear to god, I swear he had
a small appearance in Game of Thrones. Really, yeah, he
was killed by your lies I swear to God, Lee,
I'm almost positive Rogers was in Game of Thrones.
Speaker 6 (29:23):
Yeah, he's he's taken out by a fireball by one
of the dragons or I don't know if it was
by one of the dragons or just a bomb. But
in uh, in kings Landing, I think he's running away
and get it.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
I think it's in the last season, isn't it. Yeah,
I think so. So that's weird.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
But it's almost I'm out all right, but it's almost
hold on. But it's almost like one of the great
things about that show and other shows is when they
have callbacks to where there's a scene later in the
show and you go, oh, that's what that's in reference to.
And I almost think that because they leave these little details,
these little breadcrumbs out there, and I almost think that
(30:00):
Rodgers does the same thing.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
He'll be such a game.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
He leave like little little breadcrumbs out there, and it's like, oh,
well maybe. And so now it's the wedding ring and
can't be.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
You can't be upset when people start speculating, like if
it comes out somebody was dying or something like that.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
Just say it, God, just say it.
Speaker 6 (30:24):
What I mean, he was on The Joe Rogan Show
and did say that he has somebody in his close
enter circle that had cancer. He said that that was
out of his mouth on the Jew Roge.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
Okay, I mean crumb, But what does that mean? Bread crumb? Like,
let's be clear, So you put it out there. Did
you put it out there and say I have somebody
who's close to me that is battling cancer and and
that's why I'm away.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
Is that what he said?
Speaker 6 (30:49):
Yeah, he said, he said, yeah, he's dealing with a
lot of personal stuff over this offseason.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
Look, if you if you want to know those answers,
you got to wait until next season.
Speaker 2 (30:58):
You funny.
Speaker 3 (30:59):
So he got everything structure like Game of Thrones, Like
it's about breadcrumbs.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
It's about episode telling you it's great. I think it's hilarious.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
What a douchebag. If that's what he's doing. I'm totally
out because my whole thing is this right, Like you're
flaunting the ring. The ring is on your hand. You're
a quarterback. People are gonna look at your hands. Now
you're saying it like he said this as much like, Okay,
(31:28):
I'm I'm dealing with personal issues and this is what
I'm gonna deal with. You came in and signed a
one year deal for less than twenty million dollars.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Like that? Is that flying over? Is that floating over?
Everybody's it right now?
Speaker 1 (31:43):
By the way, you know how many daytime bartenders at
Primanny's saw the ring and went son of a bitch?
Speaker 3 (31:50):
Like that was my shot. I'm gonna just be honest
with you, it's my shot. Chances are Aaron Rodgers wouldn't
want them girls.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
There's just a.
Speaker 3 (32:02):
Slight chance them girls down there in the strip that
them might not be the one. A couple different areas,
very slim pickings. But there's a couple different areas you
could go to if you're Aaron Rodgers, and you might
you might have a good situation, I mean, and that's
generally in the Oakland area of town. Otherwise, stay in
(32:25):
your car, keep your seat belt on, and proceed to
where you're going to with caution.
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Speaker 1 (34:16):
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Speaker 6 (34:21):
Good Monday morning, everybody, Good morning, LeVar, Good morning Jonas.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
Guys.
Speaker 6 (34:27):
In case you missed this, have you seen these, uh,
this new prank going around, a little light hearted, wholesome prank, the.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
Good night night pranks. Yeah, have you seen this? Jonas?
Speaker 3 (34:36):
No, It's like I'll call you at like nine o'clock,
eight o'clock, ten o'clock, my bid time, and I'll be like,
you know, hey, what's going on? Jonas? You'll be hey,
what's going on. I'll be like, man, that ain't too much. Man,
you good? Everything good? Yeah, I'm good. That does not Yeah, man,
I was just calling and say good night, man, good night, like,
(34:57):
have a good night.
Speaker 2 (34:58):
Hope you sleep will sound pleasant.
Speaker 4 (35:02):
Well.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
The fact that you're not catching on to it just
is you know what you are? You know, good dude?
I mean anyway, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
In case you missed, Michael Parsons, our guy took the
TikTok over the weekend, called a few of his teammates,
you know, Tyler Smith, Trayvon Diggs, amongst others. Uh ended
up ending it with coach Schottenheimer. Brian Schottenheimer, the new
head coach for the Dallas Cowboys, led to a little
bit of a little wholesome back and forth. Take a listen,
what coach?
Speaker 2 (35:35):
What you do?
Speaker 4 (35:36):
Man?
Speaker 2 (35:36):
Yeah? I just wanted to say good night. Okay. I
love that, bro. What's going on y'all? Good?
Speaker 3 (35:41):
Hell? Yeah?
Speaker 8 (35:42):
You know what I mean. I just feel like, you know,
as player to coach, just checking it on your men
to say good night ole fans. Well seen one day,
I excited U.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
Next week, this is a good night well, good man.
Speaker 6 (35:54):
He look, Hey, look, I know this is weird for everybody, man,
but look you're handling everything the right way.
Speaker 3 (35:59):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
This thing's gonna get worked out.
Speaker 7 (36:01):
And again, I'm just I'm thrilled to see where we
take the same.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Man.
Speaker 7 (36:07):
We're building something special and you're gonna be a huge
part of Broyeah.
Speaker 3 (36:10):
Man.
Speaker 8 (36:11):
Hell yeah, hell yeah, take a shotty from me when
you got a chance.
Speaker 2 (36:15):
Man, Hey, I'm drinking a shot right now.
Speaker 3 (36:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
I appreciate you call through, and I look forward to
seeing Monday and we'll be a great week.
Speaker 3 (36:30):
He didn't catch it either, though, Yeah, I don't think
he try Coach an't catch on to it.
Speaker 2 (36:35):
Okay, so he's just calling to say good night.
Speaker 3 (36:38):
Like but basically basically like, I mean, it's weird, but
it's weird because you say that the people like you love,
like you like, like like you date, or like your
wife or you know, if you're a guy, you're well,
I mean, you just can't. I guess you just can't
categorize anymore, depending on what you identify with. But but
(36:58):
that's generally something you say to somebody that like you're
intimate with.
Speaker 1 (37:03):
Like good night, Like I can assure fact that you
didn't catch on to it is. I will never prank,
call you, or do anything else.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
I don't want to lead you down the wrong bro.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
I just want to I just want people to understand
that if LeVar or I vice versa, had ever called
each other at nine o'clock at night to say good night,
the response from the other one would be so vulgar
that we would not even be able to put it
on there. It's so vulgar. It's just not happening. Ever,
(37:36):
So that's why you know, I just I heard it
would be three words from me, and then I would
hang up. And I know the three words. First word,
it starts with a Y.
Speaker 7 (37:51):
Second word, the second word starts with an F and
it's and the third word starts with an F, and
I would hang up after that.
Speaker 2 (38:01):
That's fair y F F.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
Yeah, somebody try that when they're playing hang man.
Speaker 3 (38:08):
Does that acronym exist? Like, I don't want somebody to
look it up.
Speaker 2 (38:14):
You plucked this up, Lee, what else we got? I'm
looking up the acronym favorite friend. There you go, Here
you go, there you go.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
Guys, In case you missed this, and that is not
what it meant that is not That is not what
I meant, your favorite friend. Hang up, dude, go I
hit a little harder than that. Gotta be tough.
Speaker 2 (38:43):
What else we got? Oh guys?
Speaker 6 (38:45):
And well, in case you missed this, Over the weekend,
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In the Super Regionals, Oregon State was taken on Florida State.
They won Friday, and then in Saturday's game behind home plate,
if you were watching, a bunch of Oregon State fans
were building today, building a dam, of course, fitting for
the Beavers, but not of wood, but of beer cans.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
They were.
Speaker 6 (39:06):
They built up what I could count at least twenty
plus Tully's. But then the NCAA crackdown made them take
it down. They ended up building up a bunch of
water bottles. That it's a shame, wo shame.
Speaker 1 (39:16):
Well, it's like those beer the beer cup snakes at
Wrigley Field and the bleachers they stack beer cups and
they go from you know, seed after seed, traditioniety.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Boy, what a surprise. Not really.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
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am Eastern times, six o'clock Pacific. And I gotta be
honest with you, first of all, Good morning, Good morning.
I got nothing from that game last night in the
(01:59):
NBA Final that that seemed like exactly the way that
game gonna go. Yeah, and the second Game one ended
and Indiana won that game, like my mind completely focused
on Game three. It was almost like, yeah, we know
what's gonna happen. All right, Oklahoma City's gonna respond. They're
a really good team, and then the series is going
to be tied. And then we turn our sights to
(02:21):
Indiana for Game three and then we figure it out
from there.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
That's what I thought, and I think that that's that's
the right approach. You knew that this was somewhat of
a backs up against the wall type of game for OKC.
Uh they responded, well, I didn't think that they would
cover the ten point spread. What was it like ten
and a half?
Speaker 2 (02:40):
I believe it was. I think he got up to
eleven or eleven and a half.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Yeah, when I when I submitted my you know deal,
it was at ten and a half, I believe, and
I'd say, you know what, Oka see will win. They
will hit the over the game, will hit the over
on points, which I believe it did. But I was
I was incorrect on them covering. So give them a
lot of credit. They bounce back. You know, Sga is
(03:09):
a beast. He does what he's going to do. It's
a matter of is he going to get you know,
his help.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Jay Williams contributed. Caruso showed up last night. He contributed,
and it wasn't just on the defense side. He gave
them points. But I think the tail of the tape. Honestly,
my takeaway from watching the game was if OKC can
(03:38):
maintain that high level of defense where they just make
it totally uncomfortable for the Pacers to be able to
find any type of rhythm in their offensive sets, any
type of you know, kind of comfort or contentity. It
(04:01):
just it just didn't seem like the Pacers could find
that in this this last game. And I just wonder,
can can okay see continue to play defense at that
high of a level that it totally disrupted their entire
their entire flow of in fact, didn't allow Indiana to
(04:23):
really get into a real flow during the course of
this game.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Yeah, you can't breathe.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
It just they suffocate you because no matter where you are,
they got somebody on the wing, they can get you.
They got somebody download they can get you. There's no
weakness defensively for them. And that's why they've been such
a pain in the ass for everybody all year. It's
why they won, you know, sixty eight games during the
course of the season. Was Yeah, Sga has been great
and he's the MVP, and they've got talent offensively that
(04:51):
can score. But defensively they're fantastic. I mean, somebodyle have
called it one of the best defensive teams we've seen
in a long time, in years in the end, which
is kind of a kind of a breath of fresh
air on that front, because so many teams are, you know,
giving up one hundred and twenty one hundred and twenty
five points a game or whatnot, and just you see
these shootouts and so to see some old school defensive
(05:15):
play its fun to watch from okay see speaking of SGA,
he did speak afterwards. He talked about the difference in
how things feel in the NBA Finals.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
As opposed to other games.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
The loss has hurt a little bit more, for sure,
But I've tried to just tell myself, like, like, as
much as you can, just enjoy the process and enjoy
the moment, are you. Absolutely, It's been amazing. It's been
everything I dreamed it to be. It's been like it's
hard to even putting into words to wrap my head around.
It's been so fun. And it's the best stage of
(05:49):
basketball ever of all time, and we get the opportunity
to play in that.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
And that's how I try to like view it.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
I try to view it as so many people die
for this opportunity and I have my whole entire life
and now I'm finally here. So just as much as
I can enjoy it, but keep that contador far.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Just a chill dude, just matter of fact, business as usual. Huh.
You know you can tell he's in the moment and
this is one of those those stages where you get
the opportunity. We hear his name. He's finally got the
MVP Award coming his way. Now, first one down. Now
(06:30):
you're on the largest stage, You're in the finals. You know,
a lot of the conversation last year, even though they
didn't make it to the finals, surround it. You know,
Anthony Edwards and what he is and what he can be.
A lot of conversations started circulating with Jalen Brown and
(06:51):
Jason Tatum. You know, there are a lot of different
players that were being brought up. You know, the Yokigees,
you know, the the Greek freak. You know, you have
all of these guys that are being discussed in such
flattering manners and being the best. And SGA's name popped up.
(07:17):
It was popping up, but it wasn't a main name
being said. It wasn't you weren't saying. You weren't leading.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Off with SGA.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
And I feel like where he's at right now, the
platform that he's on the magnitude of being in the
NBA Finals and just showing total like his control, his
ball control is amazing, his decision making is amazing, his
shot shot selections are are solid.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
He's like all systems go right now.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
As as a leader of a team and what you
would consider to be a superstar because there are some
other guys on the team, I mean maybe not of
the caliber that that SGA is, but nonetheless, I mean
like chet Chet had a really good game, good showing
and win puppet. I mean, he shows up, he shows up.
(08:15):
They they played who's the other big coop?
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Teach me to tell me Chet Holmgren doesn't look like
some guys out outside of car dealership, but they got
deals on fourth of July weekend.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Super strong for certain, he ain't built the strongest could
game though. They kept parting Steyning in more of this game,
which I thought was maybe the mistake they had maybe
made in the first one. Uh, they were getting second
and third and sometimes even fourth opportunities when they misshots.
I thought that played a major part and the success
(08:46):
that they were able to have. So I mean, give
Okay see a lot of credit. I'm curious to see
what Indiana plans on doing. How do they try to
counteract what took place yesterday? Because that's not an easy fix.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Would you would you go as far to say, in
discussing SGA, that he is the the face of the NBA, Like,
would you go as far as to say that? And
that tired, tired discussion which really really irritates me, that
whole face of the NBA conversation, And you know why,
because the face of the NBA is Michael Jordan. Like
(09:23):
it just that's what it is, and it's that way
because nobody will let that go. And there's nothing wrong
with that, But stop trying to manufacture, well, who's the
who's the face of.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
The It's Jordan?
Speaker 5 (09:34):
What do you mean?
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Like, that's who who's everybody is compared to anytime of
conversation comes up.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
I disagree a little bit on that. Like, while I
will agree with the idea of yes, it's whenever you're
talking greatness, Jordan's name is generally the first one that
comes up. It's it's generally the same five or six
names that always come up. You know, it's it's Cobe,
It's is MJ is Will Chamberlain, it's Magic Johnson, it's
(10:04):
Bill Russell. I mean, it's generally Lebron, It's generally the
same names that come up.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
What I will.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Say is right now, by default, I would just say,
by default it's Lebron James, and it's Lebron James because
a his body of work is strong enough to be
in the conversation of greatest ever and be compared to
what the face of the league has been historically, you know,
(10:35):
at least in his era of time, which is MJ.
But I think it's really because he wants to be
the face of the league, which I think is very
different than airis Pass. I think airs past guys wanted
to be the guy. I think Kobe wanted to be
the guy. Shaq wanted to be the guy. You know,
(10:55):
you look at these other guys, a Keem, Elijah One,
you know, David Robinson, you know, you keep going back,
you know, Pat Ewing and all those, they wanted to
be the guys. They wanted to be the faces of
the league. They wanted to be what they were.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Going to be. Charles Barkley and all those guys.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Penny Hardaway, well, Penny Hardaway not so much like he
was more kind of like he kind of has a
personality more like some of these these newer guys, the
newer guys, it doesn't seem like that's important to them.
It seems like it's just more about just playing and
whatever it is that they're interested in, whether it's music,
(11:31):
whether it's fashion. You know, they're they're into being strip clubs,
you know, Donnes and you know, whatever it is. They
seem to be okay with being really really good basketball players.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
I'll say Anthony Edwards wants to be the face of
the league.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
There's a few guys that you'll see they give you
I want to be face of the elite. I don't
get that from SGA. I don't get that from Jokich.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
But we don't.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
It's it's just I don't get it from low. It
just feels manufactured in the NFL. Like Tom Brady's the
greatest quarterback of all time, you know, like you know,
like if we're talking about somebody on par with Jordan
or whatnot as far as the titles and all that, tom.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Brady's but is there accomplishments his accomplishments, of.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Course, but we don't have the Hey, who's the face
of the NFL? Now none of those conversations happened because.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
It's the it's the accomplishments. Though, if we didn't have
Patrick Mahomes accomplishing at the level he's accomplishing at and achieving,
we would have this conversation. I don't think if it's
not Patrick Mahomes, who's the face of the league.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
I don't care.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
I don't think because I think I don't think the
NFL needs a face of the league because they the
star is the league. Like we always worried about what
was going to happen if Brady retired or Peyton Manning retired,
are they going to find the next guy? I remember
this being a conversation where man you know, Roethlisberger and
and Manning and Braydon these guys are gonna retire. What's
(13:00):
gonna happen next? Oh, I don't know, Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson,
Josh Allen. The NFL does such a better job just
rolling out star after star, and it's not about face
of the league. The league is the star. And with
the NBA, all you hear about is Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan,
(13:22):
And that's fine, but let's stop trying to hey is
SGA going to be the face of the NBA now,
is who's the face of the league? No, the face
of the league is Michael Jordan, because that's all you
keep hearing about when people discuss greatness in that league.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
I feel like you gotta have your main character, your face,
and that's Patrick Mahomes. They can lean on Patrick Mahomes.
The NFL can lean into Patrick Mahomes, just like they
were able to lean into Tom Brady and at times
Peyton Manning.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I really do.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
And again, like you say face of the league, I
mean there are faces in the NFL. There have been
faces plural of the league. And just mentioning those two
names I just mentioned, I mean there was a point
in time where Joe Montana was the face of the league.
But you didn't have to look any further than the
guy you he was throwing the ball to to say
(14:14):
he's the face of the league as well, and Jerry Rice.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
You had other.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Quarterbacks around the league that you could say fall into
the conversation a face of the league, just like you
do now. I mean when you had Montana, you had Kelly,
you had Marino, you you had the Dallas Dallas quarterback
Troy amn you. I mean, you had some really really
(14:38):
fine quarterbacks during Joe Montana's run, but he was he
was goaded because he kept winning. And I think that
that's what you're dealing with right now. Tom Brady in
his era, he was goaded because he kept winning, even
more so than Peyton Manning. And then now you look
(15:00):
at Patrick Mahomes, he's goaded because he's winning. Even when
he's not winning, he's still winning because they're making it
to the super Bowl. They're the best representation of the teams,
you know, in the league, one of the two. So
when I look at the NBA, who has established what
team has been able to establish that this is what
(15:22):
they are and this is the player that's going to
do it, there hasn't been one. There hasn't been one.
And that's why Lebron James in a way by default
going to the super teams that he was going to,
you know, getting it started in Miami with with with
Who's Tall Buddy, Dwayne Wade as Bosh Chris Bosh. I mean,
(15:45):
then you go back, you got you got Love and
you got Kyrie Irving and Cleveland, like Who's tall buddy,
Who's tall buddy, thank you. I appreciate the pool too,
Just I just feel like where we're at right now
botched us kind of get lost in that hole. He
does next and he was like he was like the
main catalysts for the one year that they want it.
(16:09):
I mean, if there's no Chris Bosh, they don't win it.
They don't win it. But my point is is that
what team has, what franchise and player connected to that
franchise has established that type of dominance in the NBA.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
So in a way, you can't go to guy if their.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
Team isn't put like, Okay, we talk about the Joker
like he does this, he does that, he's the best
that I die. He should have been MVP again he
gets MVP, but he's got one championship. Who is dominating
when Like, if you ask Michael Jeffrey Jordan what mattered
(16:49):
most to him, he'll tell you winning championships mattered the
most of him. You can you can look at stats
and all these other things.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
What what a decent golf course and a casino and uh,
you know a.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Couple of rocket ships walking around? I mean it could
be than where are you going with it? I'm just
saying where you going with all?
Speaker 3 (17:11):
I'm just saying winning, winning was most important to him,
not MVPs, not not any of these other you know,
distinguished because those things come when you win. When you
win at all, those those achievements and those accomplishments automatically follow.
So to me, I feel like where we're at right now,
(17:33):
no one has really grabbed the bulls by the horns.
And in the NBA, not a team, not a player,
not a not a duo of players. I mean, there
there are some pretty nice duos out there, but none
have proven to be a dominant like you had the
opportunity with Jalen and and Tatum and and this year
(17:56):
being able to maybe come back repeat. Now the common
continues on that fell apart, fell off of the rails.
There's not a team or a player or a set
of players that has been dominant enough to be goaded
and put in the conversation. And the crazy thing is
that's why you continue to hear the conversations about Lebron James,
(18:20):
because no one has been able to really offset what
Lebron James represents to the NBA.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Just yet.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Great Stars, Young Stars SGA now has the opportunity to
make it more of a conversation as it applies to him.
But it's not an everyday thing. Where's That's how it
takes place. You got to do this for more than
one season, so you can set the stage by doing
what you do this season. But then now, what are
you going to do next year? What are you going
(18:49):
to do the year after that? What are you going
to do year after that? Because in order to get goaded,
you gotta win, and you gotta win more.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Than one time.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
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Speaker 5 (19:28):
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Speaker 1 (19:43):
Uh yeah, it is two pros and a cup of
Joe here on Fox Sports Radio, LaVar Arrington, Jonas Knox
with the air coming up in a little over fifteen
minutes from now. It's Prank call time. Prank call time,
and it involves a superstar.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
We will get into that for you again here on
f SR.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
The details are in and congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers
and Steeler Nation. Aaron Rodgers is your new starting quarterback.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
It was that's it.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
He's the starter. He like came in signed I'm the starter.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Yeah, I mean tang welse again? Didn't they do that
last year with Russ? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (20:26):
And then you know, some stuff got in the way.
But hey, Aaron Rodgers is there. He passed his physical
on Saturday. He signed his one year deal to make
it official after he passed his physical. The deals for
thirteen million dollars in change up to nineteen million dollars
with incentives. But we're already off to a good start.
(20:48):
Rogers did say that he was willing to pay for
quote ten ms. He was willing to play for ten ms.
And as we've discovered, the guarantee that Rogers got from
the Steelers is around ten million dollars. So he told
the truth. He's there, he's with Pittsburgh and we are
(21:09):
off and running. He will speak with reporters coming up tomorrow,
which I'm sure, uh you know, we'll get picked apart
by many in the media looking for some some sort
of oh, some sort.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Of Is he married? Did he get married? Is that?
Is that?
Speaker 3 (21:22):
What is that the life happening that took place as
to why he didn't want to sign when he did.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Look, I want to be clear here. This is way
before I actually was married. All right, it was before
I even You.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
Put that on your finger, before you go, oh yeah,
I would put a wedding ring on. Oh it is easy.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
Okay, let me just say that. That's like fishing with
the news. Let me just say this, all right.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
That's kind of funny, you know, easy, not for ugly dudes,
for for maybe pretty boys like you're married. Oh oh,
I just barely recognized the wedding ring on your finger.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
You're so beautiful, like shut up. Damn Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
Anyway, from the ugly people's side, I look at it
like this, If that ring that he's flaunting that is
popping up in the photos is a real is a
real wedding ring, then I think not only does it
(22:25):
make it make sense easily, I believe it makes it
make sense that you didn't come right in and sign
the deal and you had the conversation with the Steelers
about it. For one, I think it's an easy conversation
if that's what comes out. But I don't think it's
an easy conversation if that isn't what comes out, because
(22:47):
now it's kind of like, all right, are you are
you still like attention grabbing because the minute people saw it,
they were like everybody started referencing, oh well, he had
that on that at Kentucky Derby. He had the ring
on at the Kentucky Derby as his ring on signing
his contract. You're Aaron Rodgers. You know every little thing
(23:10):
is going to be identified and there's going to be
analysis on it. You just know that these are the
things that are going to come from it. So every
little thing that you do, if you put a ring
on when you wake up and it's not a wedding ring,
and you're Aaron Rodgers. You know that's going to get covered.
(23:32):
You know that's going to be a part of it.
And I almost feel like it tad Bit had the
possibilities of that storyline maybe overshadowing him signing with the team.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
I really do, because I want to know.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
What was the hold up for the signing for one
ten million guaranteed nineteen million overall that he could possibly
get an incentives and somewhere in between he can he
can make that money legitimately playing for the Steelers. It's
a one year deal. So again you're doing it again,
just like you did it last year. You're putting a
(24:10):
quarterback on a one year trial basis for your team.
So I'm more interested in knowing if he got married,
and that's why he came in late otherwise because to me,
it's just the same old story otherwise. Right, it's the
same old story, except it's just with one quarterback this
time and not with two.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
All right, So we have a live studio band here,
We're going to go around the room. Here.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
We've got LeVar, we've got myself, we've got lead to
lab and we've got Lorena, I'm gonna set the over
under at three and a half questions over under three
and a half questions from the media coming up tomorrow
before somebody asks Aaron Rogers about his wedding ring. Potential
(25:02):
wedding ring under all right, so you're gonna take under
three and a half, Lorena, I'm.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
Gonna do the over.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
You're gonna do over through So you think it's gonna
be football related, I think.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
From it as much as possible until last minute.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Lee over under three and a half questions before somebody
asked Rogers about his ring.
Speaker 6 (25:20):
I'm taking over. I think it's gonna be at least
five to six questions before we get to it up top. Lee,
I'm gonna take the under. I'm with LeVar.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
I think the only way it's a it's an over
is if they already are aware of the fact that
he got married.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
But but he's gonna be it's the media is gonna be.
But that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
That's the only the only possible way that he doesn't
get asked about it within three questions is if they
already are all in on it.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
If the media people.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
That are there already had been made aware of the
fact that this is the reason why he wasn't there,
and he has the ring on again at the podium
while he's doing interview using his.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
Hands and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
It's if it's an over, it's because people already are
where because if he got married secretly, it was secretly.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
And if he's married, Aaron Rodgers is now married.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
And if he didn't come in at the point in
time where everybody's having the conversation for weeks out of
time about Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers and this happening,
but it's for a reason, and everybody seems to be
talking about knowing the reason. I mean, Q was ecstatic
when he hit us with the text message it's happening,
(26:40):
like just not yet.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
I don't know exactly when, but it is happening.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
Like everybody that was I guess in the loop of
Aaron Rodgers or whatever it may have been, was getting information.
They were getting people were getting fat information. So again
I did not think it was a matter of if
he was going to become a Pittsburgh Steeler soon. As
soon as Q shot it, you know, he don't like
(27:06):
to be wrong. So when he shot that to us,
I knew he was going. I knew he hurt. Yeah,
and and and he would probably if we got him
on right now, if he wasn't probably sleep, you know, breastfeeding,
and we would probably get from him that whatever it is,
that's what it is. Like, Yeah, because he got married
(27:28):
or no, it was because of this. I think it's
because he got married. I'm going when he got married.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
I have it on uh pretty good authority that that's
not why he was away. Okay, I don't know if
he I don't know if he got married, but that
that's not.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
Why then what was it?
Speaker 7 (27:46):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Some personal stuff? You know, he sounds personal to meaze
you know maybe uh, you know, maybe some people that
you know might have been you know, sick in his
uh personal life, and so maybe he was taking care
of that. But it did seem like it was a foregone.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
Hey, listen, I'm gonna I'm gonna put it to you
like this, like you're saying it like real gentle and
stuff like this.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
Just say it.
Speaker 3 (28:08):
How about that you don't have to keep people in
the dark about it. If it's getting out to the
point of where it's on good authority that this is
what happened, it's eventually going to come like it's it
became a major piece of the story. Why is he
not if he's going to do it, why is he
not going to do it? Is he waiting for another team?
(28:29):
Is he going to retire? Oh, somebody said it's personal,
Like then you see a wedding ring and is it
a wedding ring? You know, you know if you don't
want people speculating about it and you don't get sensitive
about it.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
But you know what I you know what I do
love about it.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
It's the the the cat and mouse game that he
does play, create, creates whatever thing gets hilarious because he
knows that people are going to be fixated on little
details and he's because it's more.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
Important than what the dude just got a one year deal.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
There's there's a like that's not a big like you did.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
He didn't get this blockbuster one year deal where he's
making forty million pluts.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
All right, you remember, so you know he was in
the show Game of Thrones, like he had a small
appearance and I swear to god, I swear he had
a small appearance in Game of Thrones. Really, yeah, he
was killed by your lies I swear to God, Lee,
I'm almost positive Rogers was in Game of Thrones.
Speaker 6 (29:23):
Yeah, he's he's taken out by a fireball by one
of the dragons or I don't know if it was
by one of the dragons or just a bomb. But
in uh, in kings Landing, I think he's running away
and get it.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
I think it's in the last season, isn't it. Yeah,
I think so. So that's weird.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
But it's almost I'm out all right, but it's almost
hold on. But it's almost like one of the great
things about that show and other shows is when they
have callbacks to where there's a scene later in the
show and you go, oh, that's what that's in reference to.
And I almost think that because they leave these little details,
these little breadcrumbs out there, and I almost think that
(30:00):
Rodgers does the same thing.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
He'll be such a game.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
He leave like little little breadcrumbs out there, and it's like, oh,
well maybe. And so now it's the wedding ring and
can't be.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
You can't be upset when people start speculating, like if
it comes out somebody was dying or something like that.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
Just say it, God, just say it.
Speaker 6 (30:24):
What I mean, he was on The Joe Rogan Show
and did say that he has somebody in his close
enter circle that had cancer. He said that that was
out of his mouth on the Jew Roge.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
Okay, I mean crumb, But what does that mean? Bread crumb? Like,
let's be clear, So you put it out there. Did
you put it out there and say I have somebody
who's close to me that is battling cancer and and
that's why I'm away.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
Is that what he said?
Speaker 6 (30:49):
Yeah, he said, he said, yeah, he's dealing with a
lot of personal stuff over this offseason.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
Look, if you if you want to know those answers,
you got to wait until next season.
Speaker 2 (30:58):
You funny.
Speaker 3 (30:59):
So he got everything structure like Game of Thrones, Like
it's about breadcrumbs.
Speaker 2 (31:04):
It's about episode telling you it's great. I think it's hilarious.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
What a douchebag. If that's what he's doing. I'm totally
out because my whole thing is this right, Like you're
flaunting the ring. The ring is on your hand. You're
a quarterback. People are gonna look at your hands. Now
you're saying it like he said this as much like, Okay,
(31:28):
I'm I'm dealing with personal issues and this is what
I'm gonna deal with. You came in and signed a
one year deal for less than twenty million dollars.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Like that? Is that flying over? Is that floating over?
Everybody's it right now?
Speaker 1 (31:43):
By the way, you know how many daytime bartenders at
Primanny's saw the ring and went son of a bitch?
Speaker 3 (31:50):
Like that was my shot. I'm gonna just be honest
with you, it's my shot. Chances are Aaron Rodgers wouldn't
want them girls.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
There's just a.
Speaker 3 (32:02):
Slight chance them girls down there in the strip that
them might not be the one. A couple different areas,
very slim pickings. But there's a couple different areas you
could go to if you're Aaron Rodgers, and you might
you might have a good situation, I mean, and that's
generally in the Oakland area of town. Otherwise, stay in
(32:25):
your car, keep your seat belt on, and proceed to
where you're going to with caution.
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Coming off top of XT hour, we'll call it a
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(33:44):
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Speaker 5 (34:07):
Sometimes you can't get to everything in the world of
sports or entertainment. Good thing, the guys are here to
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Speaker 1 (34:16):
For that, we turn it over to our executive producer,
Lea Lapp.
Speaker 6 (34:21):
Good Monday morning, everybody, Good morning, LeVar, Good morning Jonas.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
Guys.
Speaker 6 (34:27):
In case you missed this, have you seen these, uh,
this new prank going around, a little light hearted, wholesome prank, the.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
Good night night pranks. Yeah, have you seen this? Jonas?
Speaker 3 (34:36):
No, It's like I'll call you at like nine o'clock,
eight o'clock, ten o'clock, my bid time, and I'll be like,
you know, hey, what's going on? Jonas? You'll be hey,
what's going on. I'll be like, man, that ain't too much. Man,
you good? Everything good? Yeah, I'm good. That does not Yeah, man,
I was just calling and say good night, man, good night, like,
(34:57):
have a good night.
Speaker 2 (34:58):
Hope you sleep will sound pleasant.
Speaker 4 (35:02):
Well.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
The fact that you're not catching on to it just
is you know what you are? You know, good dude?
I mean anyway, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
In case you missed, Michael Parsons, our guy took the
TikTok over the weekend, called a few of his teammates,
you know, Tyler Smith, Trayvon Diggs, amongst others. Uh ended
up ending it with coach Schottenheimer. Brian Schottenheimer, the new
head coach for the Dallas Cowboys, led to a little
bit of a little wholesome back and forth. Take a listen,
what coach?
Speaker 2 (35:35):
What you do?
Speaker 4 (35:36):
Man?
Speaker 2 (35:36):
Yeah? I just wanted to say good night. Okay. I
love that, bro. What's going on y'all? Good?
Speaker 3 (35:41):
Hell? Yeah?
Speaker 8 (35:42):
You know what I mean. I just feel like, you know,
as player to coach, just checking it on your men
to say good night ole fans. Well seen one day,
I excited U.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
Next week, this is a good night well, good man.
Speaker 6 (35:54):
He look, Hey, look, I know this is weird for everybody, man,
but look you're handling everything the right way.
Speaker 3 (35:59):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
This thing's gonna get worked out.
Speaker 7 (36:01):
And again, I'm just I'm thrilled to see where we
take the same.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Man.
Speaker 7 (36:07):
We're building something special and you're gonna be a huge
part of Broyeah.
Speaker 3 (36:10):
Man.
Speaker 8 (36:11):
Hell yeah, hell yeah, take a shotty from me when
you got a chance.
Speaker 2 (36:15):
Man, Hey, I'm drinking a shot right now.
Speaker 3 (36:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
I appreciate you call through, and I look forward to
seeing Monday and we'll be a great week.
Speaker 3 (36:30):
He didn't catch it either, though, Yeah, I don't think
he try Coach an't catch on to it.
Speaker 2 (36:35):
Okay, so he's just calling to say good night.
Speaker 3 (36:38):
Like but basically basically like, I mean, it's weird, but
it's weird because you say that the people like you love,
like you like, like like you date, or like your
wife or you know, if you're a guy, you're well,
I mean, you just can't. I guess you just can't
categorize anymore, depending on what you identify with. But but
(36:58):
that's generally something you say to somebody that like you're
intimate with.
Speaker 1 (37:03):
Like good night, Like I can assure fact that you
didn't catch on to it is. I will never prank,
call you, or do anything else.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
I don't want to lead you down the wrong bro.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
I just want to I just want people to understand
that if LeVar or I vice versa, had ever called
each other at nine o'clock at night to say good night,
the response from the other one would be so vulgar
that we would not even be able to put it
on there. It's so vulgar. It's just not happening. Ever,
(37:36):
So that's why you know, I just I heard it
would be three words from me, and then I would
hang up. And I know the three words. First word,
it starts with a Y.
Speaker 7 (37:51):
Second word, the second word starts with an F and
it's and the third word starts with an F, and
I would hang up after that.
Speaker 2 (38:01):
That's fair y F F.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
Yeah, somebody try that when they're playing hang man.
Speaker 3 (38:08):
Does that acronym exist? Like, I don't want somebody to
look it up.
Speaker 2 (38:14):
You plucked this up, Lee, what else we got? I'm
looking up the acronym favorite friend. There you go, Here
you go, there you go.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
Guys, In case you missed this, and that is not
what it meant that is not That is not what
I meant, your favorite friend. Hang up, dude, go I
hit a little harder than that. Gotta be tough.
Speaker 2 (38:43):
What else we got? Oh guys?
Speaker 6 (38:45):
And well, in case you missed this, Over the weekend,
schools were fighting for a chance for the College World Series.
In the Super Regionals, Oregon State was taken on Florida State.
They won Friday, and then in Saturday's game behind home plate,
if you were watching, a bunch of Oregon State fans
were building today, building a dam, of course, fitting for
the Beavers, but not of wood, but of beer cans.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
They were.
Speaker 6 (39:06):
They built up what I could count at least twenty
plus Tully's. But then the NCAA crackdown made them take
it down. They ended up building up a bunch of
water bottles. That it's a shame, wo shame.
Speaker 1 (39:16):
Well, it's like those beer the beer cup snakes at
Wrigley Field and the bleachers they stack beer cups and
they go from you know, seed after seed, traditioniety.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
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Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.