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Speaker 3 (00:34):
All right, well we are off. Oh you have heard
nothing yet, I got Well, boy, do we have a
story for you? Starring Lee and Lreeda. Oh this is Oh?
Speaker 4 (00:45):
No?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Is this a good one?
Speaker 5 (00:48):
Are they let to chime in? Is it too early
in the show?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
From the chime in, Hey.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Do you guys want to talk about it now or
do you want to talk about it later?
Speaker 5 (00:57):
How can you tease it for later? Just talking about that?
Speaker 6 (01:00):
Okay, this happened this morning yesterday. Okay, we were debating
whether or not we had to create a story.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Really do we lie about this?
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Speaker 7 (01:28):
So Imagine Dragons, great band. We got tickets to the
to the show?
Speaker 5 (01:33):
Whose we well? I did.
Speaker 7 (01:35):
Technically I want tickets because I always went tickets for
some reason. Okay, I got the algorithm down.
Speaker 6 (01:41):
And I said congratulations.
Speaker 7 (01:42):
Yes, Lorena was the first person to give me congratulations. Uh,
and I realized she was a big fan. So I said, Hey, Lorena,
let's go to the Let's go to the show.
Speaker 5 (01:52):
Oh wow, so you guys are.
Speaker 6 (01:55):
Going to see Imagine Dragons.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
Correct together, it gets better, it gets better.
Speaker 6 (02:04):
So yesterday there's there.
Speaker 7 (02:06):
So I tell Lorena because the concert hall is right
down the street from my spot, so I tell her.
I was like, hey, meet me at this bar across
the street. That's the best place to park the cark.
Otherwise they charge you fifteen bucks if you want to
park at the venue.
Speaker 6 (02:18):
So we meet up there.
Speaker 7 (02:20):
I get there a little early, and I like, I
do the little scan across the room looking for people
because it's a work event kind of thing, like you
see people from the company. So I look around and
sure enough, I walk right up to a coworker of ours,
and I'm like, hey, buddy, and you know, he turns
out he's not there for the concert, but he's like yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 6 (02:39):
So anyway, everything seems fine.
Speaker 5 (02:41):
We have a few drinks.
Speaker 7 (02:42):
Who's this character, mister Adrian, Yeah, somebody who's in another department. Okay,
another department, but everybody knows him. He's good dude. So anyway,
saddle up next to him, Lorena right after me. We
have a few drinks and we're like, man, we're cutting
a kind of close.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
We got to go.
Speaker 7 (03:00):
Uh so we'll see you later, buddy. And we walk
across the street and make are we this late?
Speaker 5 (03:05):
Uh?
Speaker 6 (03:05):
Like they closed the doors? Yea, the lines are gone? Everybody?
Oh did they move? The venue?
Speaker 5 (03:11):
Is that?
Speaker 6 (03:12):
Is that the next is it the studio next door?
Speaker 5 (03:16):
Yeah? I chose the wrong date, y'all. Didn't look at
the date the right one.
Speaker 6 (03:19):
Yeah, I heard daylate.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
Oh wow, I mean I hope, y'all, I mean made
the yes. So what you do dragons? Like, what do
you do? At that point. I mean didn't have to
keep imagining dragons. I mean they were imagining dates puffed
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the magic dragon at that point, definitely puff.
Speaker 6 (03:44):
Well, guess who I introduced Lurana to yesterday?
Speaker 5 (03:47):
I don't know, Todd Todd?
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Okay, how did that go? That is all fine and well,
but why did you guys both like a group air?
Speaker 7 (04:01):
We both yeah, we both looked at the flyer. So
I blame Lorena on this one.
Speaker 6 (04:06):
Okay.
Speaker 8 (04:07):
I looked at all the details that says you got
to put your phone in a separate bag, make sure
you show up at doors open at six fifteen, blah
blah blah, location to park. I did not see the
bright red letters that say Wednesday right underneath the photo.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Geez, I'm looking at the email right.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
Red letters always get you.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
I'm looking at the email right now, and it in
bold print says Wednesday, June twenty six, at seven pm
in the old.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
I want to revisit Todd. Now, Todd, did Todd swiper
like swiper from from uh from Dora to explore like
the like? Did you get swiped or did you maintain
like what happened?
Speaker 5 (04:51):
Well?
Speaker 7 (04:51):
I actually woke Todd up. He was late for work.
I was calling Todd. I was like, hey man, we're
coming over to say hey, I'm gonna Oh.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
So y'all went to Todd's crib.
Speaker 7 (04:59):
No, we went to the good Night, We went to
the or, we went to the karaoke bar and uh.
And I'm calling him like, hey man, we're coming over
and He's like, you just woke me up. I'm an
hour late for work.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
So wow.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
Yeah, but he showed up. I got to see his face.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
Did you hear him saying? No?
Speaker 8 (05:17):
I did not get to hear him sing very nice.
Speaker 5 (05:20):
Hair though he's got very nice hair.
Speaker 6 (05:22):
He's very he's got very nice hair. Yes, he does that,
very he's got.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
He's got a good spirit about him, doesn't he Yes,
he glows, Yes, he glows.
Speaker 6 (05:30):
He glows.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
Okay, so uh this so so you did get swiped lee?
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Okay, sure, what does this mean?
Speaker 5 (05:41):
What does that mean?
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Okay?
Speaker 5 (05:49):
The good thing is I'm just going to stare clear
from him.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
I'm going, as Q said earlier, I'm just going to
backpedal at this point.
Speaker 5 (05:56):
I mean, the good thing this is a great point
to back pedal.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Do you think any people were there on Wednesday night
for the actual concert, and they were like, yeah, there's
two open seats seat. Who could miss out on this stuff?
It was free and everything like you want to contest.
Speaker 7 (06:11):
So we were all the way there and I could
hear the radio station promoting it saying like, hey, you know.
Speaker 6 (06:17):
Imagine Dragons album release party. Check it out. So I
thought we were totally fine.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Also, now you got to air out the imaging department
for airing old yeah radio commercials.
Speaker 8 (06:28):
Well, no, because it's a live recorded event and then
they play it for everyone. So we would have been
maybe on TV maybe.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
So now there's just two empty seats that are there. Yeah,
live studio audience type stuff. Wait to go, guys, we.
Speaker 5 (06:42):
Suck now knowing what you know?
Speaker 4 (06:44):
Now, Loreno, would you have rather gone to Imagine Dragons
with Lee or Todd?
Speaker 5 (06:52):
Well?
Speaker 6 (06:52):
I don't know Todd, so I'm gonna choose Lee.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
By the way, how about the fact that Todd works
his shift starts at ten o'clock at night and he's
still overslept. Can we look at that?
Speaker 5 (07:03):
Just all kinds of thing grow with this story, But
I wouldn't go and say.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
It I oversleep.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
Is there has there been an ending to the story?
Have you have? Have we gotten to that point?
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Is it a standard?
Speaker 6 (07:14):
Did we finish the flask?
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (07:21):
Hey, Lorena kiggles her laugh makes it the best?
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Well, we we know you're with Lee, so the flask
will get finished, just whether or not you part took
How much?
Speaker 5 (07:33):
Yeah? How much of it? Disgusting?
Speaker 8 (07:36):
I took one swig of it and my throat burned
so bad I almost spit it out.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
What was in the flask? What I thought it was whiskey?
Speaker 6 (07:46):
No, it was tequila?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
How much is a bottle of Hornitos at the liquor store?
Speaker 6 (07:52):
Same as camerina?
Speaker 3 (07:54):
So where on the scale, on the tequila scale is that.
Speaker 6 (07:56):
The real bottom? It's above a hose qubo?
Speaker 5 (07:59):
All right? Took?
Speaker 3 (08:00):
So let's do a quarterback comparison. Where would hornitos be
as far as the starting quarterback in the NFL?
Speaker 5 (08:06):
I mean, why are you asking me? I don't think
I've even had that.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
No, I'm asking you know, I'm asking Lee.
Speaker 5 (08:11):
If you expert, don't where about this one?
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Brady?
Speaker 6 (08:15):
Too good for eight ninety? It's a middle tier. It's probably.
Speaker 7 (08:21):
Oh no, Matthew Stafford, you know that's what a high
compliment for horn?
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Are you saying that it's so good old knock you
off the stage.
Speaker 7 (08:32):
Yeah, that's yeah, right off the top rope.
Speaker 5 (08:38):
I like that.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
Whoa, Well, can we just give a rout of our
applause for our fine production staff behind the scenes here
making this show goes. It's not Lee, it's not Lorena.
It's Lee Reina. And they have done it again, folks,
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wrong day of the concert and they're sharing flasks.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
I'm just thankful you too, are able to show up
on time for our show.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
So thank you.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Yeah, take notes Todd. Alright.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
So and she met Todd, and Todd glow big step
that's a big step in and he was glowing.
Speaker 5 (09:23):
Cute man.
Speaker 6 (09:25):
Oh she met the whole crew. She met the whole
good Night crew.
Speaker 5 (09:29):
Oh wow, what's that mean.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
There's like a whole there's a whole group of people
there that you need to meet.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Yeah, she Now, are you now a part of that crew? Now, Lorena?
Speaker 3 (09:39):
No one and done.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
They were.
Speaker 6 (09:47):
They were very welcoming to you. They were very very welcoming.
Speaker 8 (09:50):
But that doesn't make you a part of the crew,
you know.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Well, I mean, will you seek to be a part
of the crew. Will you go back and be a
part of the crew.
Speaker 8 (09:58):
You know, I might go back for a round to
carry ok one night. I've never done it, and I
feel like that would be a great place.
Speaker 6 (10:04):
To, you know, do it.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
No, that's friend zoning. That's that's that. We just were
talking about them dating shows. That's that's fringe you friend zone.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
What's the name of the crew, The good Night good Night? Yeah,
the good Night you friend zone, the good Night Crew.
All right, all right, it's good to know.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
That's all right, that's all right, hey listen, Uh, you know,
it'll work out somehow, some way.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
He usually does. Just cross the bridge. When you get there,
you go.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
So so here they are.
Speaker 5 (10:31):
Everybody's doing that these days.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
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Did to talk about a second round draft pick in
the NBA draft from last night, and that would be
none other than Brownnie James, who goes number fifty five
to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Speaker 5 (13:28):
What I just said, Joe, look at what I just said?
Speaker 4 (13:35):
Yeah, hey, doesn't that create complications?
Speaker 1 (13:41):
I mean the worst joke of all last night was
the whole like, oh Lebron James been sleeping with you know,
a second round picks.
Speaker 5 (13:51):
Mom. It's like, well, yeah, we get it, we get it, man,
we get it.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
I mean no, I mean, like obviously, like this their child.
It's accurate, but it's like, how many more people can
say this on social media and act like that's an original,
like they it's so creative.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
And you know, like the four thousandth person who sent
that same joke out, you know how many times they
probably look to see how many likes and retweets A
guy going this is the wild.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Don't get me started on that. I got twenty some
texts about the debate last night, and it was pretty
much all the same clip, And I'm like, why are
we This isn't good. This isn't good for anyone. I
don't care what side you're on, Like that.
Speaker 5 (14:31):
Is not good for any side. There shouldn't be with sides.
There shouldn't be side. This is America.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
We all watched that and we're like, you know, like
I just this.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Is America, and anything is possible. Anything it's possible.
Speaker 5 (14:48):
You know what else, too, is we did it. We
did it, We did it, we did it.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Would be careful about those slogans like that one's not
going to carry you know.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
We did it, we did it.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
All of a sudden's gonna be on a T shirt
like we did it.
Speaker 5 (15:04):
Sweet. You can apply that to a lot of things, you.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Know, Yeah, haktua, it'll make it on a shirt though
I think that will work.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
You know, you just don't get it. I don't understand what.
Speaker 5 (15:19):
You don't get it? Hey, can I ask you guys
this though?
Speaker 4 (15:23):
Like I know this, you asked me earlier about relating
to this with my son and stuff like that. I
have sons, right, I got I got one that's twenty
four now, and man Man's seventeen. So he's yeah, right,
So at some point, like it's getting very it's getting
(15:43):
dangerously close. At some point, I am going to party
with both my sons that there's I mean, there's potentially
there's nothing wrong with that great And I'm gonna just
say potentially there's nothing wrong with I mean, that's your
built in I mean, who who you're going to trust
(16:03):
more right? Being with your your own, your own you know,
Pride of Lions. You know their mains are coming in
and we're all out. Like man Man's taller than me.
Keno is a yoke like Keno's like training to do
like swim trunks, like competitions, like he wants to become
a pro and bodybuilding.
Speaker 5 (16:25):
He's like going, oh, he's getting after it. And I
hang out.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
I've hung out with Keno, and now he's gotten the
opportunity to see what it's like to hang out with dad.
It's going to be really interesting when I'm with both
of them. I'm just assuming going on the road as
an NBA team and the things that you experience, and
you see you're now going to have your son doing
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that with you.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
I mean, do you do you.
Speaker 4 (16:57):
Do the like the censored version of it, or do
you just this is what it is to be in
the league or what?
Speaker 5 (17:04):
Like? How does that work? I mean, how does that work?
Speaker 3 (17:11):
Honesty is always the best approach, you.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
Know, And I don't know what honesty is, like, I don't.
I mean, but I'm saying I don't know what that
honesty is. But I'm just saying that's got to be
pretty interesting to I mean, I'm sure he's experienced a
lot being around his dad, but I mean, wouldn't you
think that it's going to be a different experience being
his teammate. Now, somebody said my daughter, My daughter said yesterday,
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she was like, she's like, Brownie's now his dad's equal.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
I was like, no, well, dang, it's his teammate. I mean,
it is his teammate.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
Now, Now, will you will you venture down the path
of I'm really going to do this or that.
Speaker 4 (17:59):
I don't think for me that would ever be an
option ever for me, not not ever take.
Speaker 5 (18:08):
Maybe maybe with Keno, not with Man, maybe with Keo.
And I'll tell.
Speaker 4 (18:13):
Y'all why, I'll tell Okay.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
I'm gonna text y'all. I don't know this is this
is going down.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
I can't wait. I don't want to do this. I'll
say this right now.
Speaker 5 (18:26):
We talked too much, too much. I don't want to
know this.
Speaker 4 (18:31):
This is why the show is good and it's great
because it's it's different insight.
Speaker 5 (18:37):
You know.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
I can't wait to drink my son. I'll tell you
that right now.
Speaker 5 (18:41):
I can't.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
I cannot wait to get I got.
Speaker 5 (18:44):
Ride last year with that guy.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (18:47):
We had to sit there a little while longer because
I wasn't going to be able to walk out.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
Like. We had to sit there, drink some water and
didn't even know that we got there. But the LeVar
Islands were flowing. Man, you read it, you read it? Yeah,
just being.
Speaker 3 (19:06):
On all right, So let's hear from Rob Polenka, the
general manager. Yeah, the general manager.
Speaker 5 (19:18):
Wheel car. Get us back on the track.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
We get to the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers,
Rob Polenka, who discussed, I wish I.
Speaker 5 (19:33):
Could send that text out to everyone.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
He just he discussed why they took Bronnie James, all
the positives that come along with it, and really try
to sell everybody on the idea of Bronnie James going
fifty five overall, why that was the pick for the Lakers.
Speaker 11 (19:50):
In the history of the NBA, there's never been a
father and a son that have shared an NBA basketball
court That feels like something that could be magical. And
we know and have to respect, of course that lebron
has a decision about his opt out, and I'm sure
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he and his family and his agent will deliberate what
they're going to do there, and of course he has
freedom to decide whatever's best for him and his family.
But if it worked out that he was on our
team next season, NBA history could be made, and NBA
history should be made in a Lakers uniform. Bronnie is
first and foremost a person of high character, and second,
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he is a young man that works incredibly hard, and
those are the qualities we look for in drafting players
and adding to our developmental core the Lakers. He had
a great draft work out with us where he displayed
those qualities to me in an hour lunch that we
shared in the building just to get to know each other.
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Became clear that he was a man of character in
terms of his work ethic. I think we've all seen
that dot too. He's not a person that has ever
taken shortcuts or expected or been entitled about basketball opportunities.
He's worked for everything that he's gotten, including being selected
today at fifty five. So it's an honor for us
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to add him to our program. Coach Reddick is already
excited about putting a development plan around him to increase
his basketball skills and turn him into the player that
we think can impact and help this franchise.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Do you guys want to hear my draft profile on
Bronnie James.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I mean, does it start off with six foot one
and a half half.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
No, it's me. It's very similar to what Rob Polinka
just said, high character, hard worker, last name James. Like
that's that's really where it comes to Bronnie James and
what he gets and what he's got going on for him.
Speaker 5 (21:48):
Like the idea titlemits.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
But this is the here's but here's the problem. And
this goes back to something that we've talked about before.
It would be I would have no issue if he
came out and said, yeah, look we want him to
be able to play with his dad. We look, you
guys feel how you want to feel about it, that's fine.
But we as an organization want that magic and that
moment to happen here with us. And that's why we
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made this pick because we think there's some potential there.
We're going to work with him and hopefully that's something
that can happen down the road. But instead he's got
to throw in well, hard work, character high.
Speaker 5 (22:24):
It's like, all no entitlement. Stop. You got to make
sure you throw in no entitlement.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
It's the same thing when Lebron tries to when they
try and tell people all, well you know this is
not you know, he had no say in the JJ
Redick Hier. He didn't want to be involved. Stop Like
there was there was a story that came out that
Rich Paul Lebron's agent was calling teams picking ahead of
the Lakers in the second rounds asking them not to
take Bronnie James because if you took him he was
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just going to go play in Australia. Who was going
to take him? Like there, Like he was not going
to get drafted if the Lakers didn't take him as cap.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
But they try calling around saying don't take him.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
That's so cap, that's that's that's the biggest that's the biggest,
baddest cat ever in the history of biggest, baddest cap.
That is not true. That cannot be true at all.
Who at what point in time? I heard Chris Brussard
on one of the promos, and I love Chris. I
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heard him on one of the promos talking about at
those points in the draft when you get a pick,
your pick is generally better than that draft spot and
that whole that might remain true here.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
That was from so former Warriors, former Warriors GM Bob Myers,
who's on ESPN's NBA coverage. He's the one who said
that Rich Paul is calling teams telling him don't take
Brownie James, do not take him. They take him. He's
going to Australia.
Speaker 4 (23:55):
Like it's just I mean, this is so good, this
is so don't take him, like I'm calling, like listen,
I'm telling y'all don't take this kid that's averaging two
points two point five points a game.
Speaker 5 (24:10):
Like, what, right, he's how tall? Y'all said, he's how tall? Six?
What it would be like me? One?
Speaker 3 (24:16):
That would be like me walking up to LeVar and saying, hey, man,
whatever you do, do not steal my car.
Speaker 5 (24:23):
Exactly it, dude.
Speaker 4 (24:25):
I was like, whatever you do, don't like he hit
his alarm on his car one time when I was
getting out, I'm like, are you are you Like, first off,
you don't need an alarm at all for nobody. You
can take that into the pj's. Ain't nobody in the
Jets taking that truck. That thing gonna be right where
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it stayed, right it is.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
It would be an interesting deal to hear the other
end of the line, Like when they called, you know,
they're like, hey, make sure not to They're probably like.
Speaker 5 (24:57):
Right, they was looking at the phone the call.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
Yeah, I mean, but he made the call so he
could say he made the call.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
But that night for letting us know, isn't that That's
what makes this nauseating to a lot of people.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
But like the park, Look, this is where I've been
with the NBA forever, the NBA, the entire league has
allowed this to happen. This isn't like just a Lakers thing.
Speaker 5 (25:22):
It's not.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
They've allowed clutch sports to have the clutch on the entire.
Speaker 5 (25:27):
League the way they do.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
They've they've allowed Lebron to do what he's done because
he is one of the greatest of all time. Like,
if we're being honest with ourselves, Michael Jordan probably had
equal amount of power way back then, even with the
commission that probably wasn't as I'm not gonna say subservient
like I'm silver, But that's where we're at. Like this,
this league feels like they need to play into storylines
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like this in order to generate buzz, to generate.
Speaker 4 (25:57):
That may Rob Polinka said it, he said it out
his mouth that the storyline was intriguing. You drafted this
man off of a storyline, tell you.
Speaker 5 (26:12):
But that's but like, why are we surprised?
Speaker 1 (26:15):
That's where the NBA is at, And this is what
happens when a league, which I mean I would obviously
the word of the game and how it's being played now.
I do think players are as skilled as they've ever been,
but it's getting to the point where you feel like
the three point shot. Something there needs to be altered
because it feels like the game has just become kind
(26:37):
of too spread out, too predictable and how things are
going to go, and it's not as great of a
product to watch anymore. I'm sorry if NBA purists and
people who are fans get upset with me for saying that. Look,
I love the game of basketball, but how the game
is played now compared to how it was fifteen years
ago is dramatically different and it doesn't feel like the
(26:58):
same product or his as entertaining. I'm sorry if that
If you would disagree with that, that's just my opinion.
But I feel like viewership decline would equate to that
as well, because you still have stars, you still have
some of these rivalries, and you could even say, well
what about you know these you know, players all getting together.
Speaker 5 (27:16):
That's fine.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Like if you have a big three hundred team, I
don't care because it creates this villain almost like where
everyone expects that team to win, so if they don't,
it ends up, you know, appeasing so many other people
out there. So it still creates that storyline. The problem
with the NBA is they've leaned so hard into everything
outside of basketball itself and these sorts of storylines. I mean,
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I guess you could say, hey, the NFL doesn't too,
but not really. Once the season starts, it's the season.
Speaker 5 (27:43):
It's the season.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
We're not having a conversation or we're talking in the
off season about how this move could impact their season,
Like we're not talking about some of the stuff that
goes on off the field in almost any other sport
but the NBA. And that's that's what me gets a
little frustrating with it. Is You've got as skilled with
players as we've ever seen, and we haven't really figured
(28:07):
out what to do with it to make it a bigger,
bigger and better product for TV. And I guess you
can sit there and say, well, even though viewership's down,
they people still keep networks, still keep paying more money
for it, so it must be more valued. I actually
think it's the I think it's it's like our society
has lost so much creativity.
Speaker 5 (28:24):
We don't have good sitcoms anymore. Like we have lost.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
The ability to come up with new thoughts, new shows,
new anything, and so were relying on like live sports,
relying on all that now instead of actually having a
show to tune in and watch. It's like, oh no,
if you don't have live sports, live news, like, it's
got to be some of their appointment television that one
of these digital streaming platforms has created, because the networks
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can't figure out how to actually write a good TV
show anymore. I mean some of the game shows that
are on nowadays too, It's like, what the hell is this?
It's crazy to see where things have gotten at this
point as far as the NBA, But I think it's
a byproduct of a lot of things. But mostly they're
owndoing and allowing this to happen.
Speaker 5 (29:07):
Those are such valid points.
Speaker 4 (29:09):
I mean, I think they can't keep up with how
good the content creators are these days. Right, They're becoming
the millionaires because they're creating content that people are aren't
just really really into and just always checking back for.
And they can't keep up with it because they're they're
small small boats, they're not big ships, right, But and
(29:30):
and continuing just kind of looking at that conversation for me,
just you know, I was, I was, I went through
the mental gymnastics of is it fair to do a
comparison of say this was Isaiah Thomas on on that
Piston's team. Say it was Rip Hamilton on that that
Pistons team that won the championship, Say it was Michael Jordan.
Speaker 5 (29:54):
And Michael Jordan did have a son that played ball.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
He did, he had too too.
Speaker 4 (30:00):
Two of them say, say that was the case in Chicago,
and and Marcus was coming.
Speaker 5 (30:08):
Out or something to that that that point.
Speaker 4 (30:11):
How would he be received by those players? How how
would that look if you put in and what would like,
let's just be clear on this, an inferior player to
the rest of the guys on the roster, How would
they How would they react to that?
Speaker 5 (30:31):
How would they handle that?
Speaker 4 (30:32):
If you have to cut somebody, which they're going to
cut people, how are you going to react to that
when that man is still on the roster?
Speaker 5 (30:42):
How are you going How are.
Speaker 4 (30:43):
You going to feel internally as a team when you're
sitting there and people's heads is on the chopping block
and Bronnie James is sitting right there in his locker,
comfortable with no entitlements, hard work and the last name James.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
And think about this. Michael Jordan owned a team, This
could have happened. He could have made a call and
be like, hey, I own this thing, like you're taking
one of my sons. They're going to be a part
of this never happened. That's why I would argue Lebron's
probably got more power than Michael Jordan did in the
NBA because.
Speaker 4 (31:17):
The said earlier I said, he's the go to goats
in terms of business, because this is the I'm telling you,
this is like some Oceans twelve, Oceans eleven.
Speaker 5 (31:26):
Man, he went in here and.
Speaker 4 (31:28):
He stole it. He stole pick fifty five. That's what
it should be. A Netflix special one day called.
Speaker 5 (31:36):
What is it? I don't know.
Speaker 4 (31:37):
Pick fifty five, that's what it should be called Pick
fifty five.
Speaker 5 (31:42):
I just I don't get it. I don't get it.
Speaker 1 (31:44):
I feel like though the commissioners under Jordan during his
era right, which was David Stern for the end, was
a Russ Granick. I don't know, is that something like
who was before it was a Larry Laria Bryant, Larry Obriant,
Larry O'Brien. I feel like between Larry O'Brien and David Stern,
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they were stronger commissioners of the NBA. And as you know,
Michael Jordan became such a global brand combined with Nike,
that really empowered NBA basketball players to make a good
portion of money too off the court, and even though
they make a ton playing, there's also and I keep
(32:31):
bringing up the shoe opportunity because that's real.
Speaker 5 (32:33):
You know, NBA players can make.
Speaker 1 (32:35):
So much money on their marketing deals and globally going
to Chine on all these different international markets, and that
that can line their pockets more than anything else. It's
what's made Michael Jordan what a billionaire. It was his
ability to help elevate Nike. Without Michael Jordan, Nike's not Nike.
(32:55):
Like I'm sorry, I know. I mean, I've read Shoot Dogg,
I've heard Phil Knight's story. We could talk Steve pre
Fontaine all we want, but Michael Jordan is what made Nike.
Speaker 4 (33:03):
Nike, and Marcus Jordan is making bank off of being
a Michael Jordan. Uh person. Yeah, that's sure, so so maybe,
but you get my point. Michael.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
It's like if you look from Larry O'Brien to David
Stern and the power of the NBA back then before
the shoe deals were as big, but as you looked
at Michael Jordan getting to the end of his career.
After winning six championships and all of that, then it
became like, okay, who's the next Mike When Michael was done,
and then we kept you know, Lebron and Kobe, and
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we looked for all these other guys. But then everyone
started getting their own shoe. And that's where you kind
of realize these players have leverage because it's not just
what they negotiate with their individual teams or any team
in the league. It's also the money they have flown
in and with different sponsors but apparel.
Speaker 5 (33:52):
Great point. Yeah, great point.
Speaker 3 (33:53):
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Speaker 5 (34:34):
Two Pros and a cup of Joe. What you to know?
Speaker 2 (34:38):
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Speaker 3 (34:41):
All right, lead lap guys.
Speaker 6 (34:43):
We've talked about US UFC three to zero three.
Speaker 3 (34:48):
Versus help me out here Jonas, Alex Pajeda versus Uri Prahashka.
There it is in good card.
Speaker 5 (35:00):
It is a good card. I'm in. I'm in. I
guess I'm in. I mean, what else is on? Well?
Speaker 7 (35:05):
What else we have is the NHL draft at the
sphere this weekend?
Speaker 6 (35:10):
Is that the sphere in?
Speaker 3 (35:13):
Well, take a gander in.
Speaker 5 (35:16):
I like the sphere.
Speaker 6 (35:18):
I do want to go to the Sphere.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
They're going to put a UFC event on there.
Speaker 5 (35:22):
I'm in.
Speaker 3 (35:22):
Are they in September? The Mexican Independence Day?
Speaker 5 (35:26):
Why? Mexican Independence Day? Yeah? Why is that new Mexican?
Speaker 3 (35:29):
I don't know that is what they decided.
Speaker 1 (35:32):
Why do you know that information? Why are you privy
to Mexicans? I mean, I'm all in on that anyway.
Speaker 3 (35:38):
It's a home game for me.
Speaker 5 (35:38):
That's why it is a home game for you. It
will be a home game for me.
Speaker 3 (35:45):
Damn.
Speaker 5 (35:46):
What got Lee?
Speaker 7 (35:47):
Well, what else we have is tons of soccer. We
still have Copa America of course, Columbia versus Costa Rica
today is that women's Pediguay versus Brazil?
Speaker 3 (35:57):
Is that woman's or rain crowdche You know many.
Speaker 1 (36:00):
People are probably watching just for the crowd shots. Yes, yeah,
I mean that's really what it's all about.
Speaker 3 (36:05):
By the way, some of them got to be planted.
I'm sorry, man, there's like your run of the mill
soccer fans who are all dressed up with face paints
and then right in the middle of it is just
a thirty five out of ten, just out of nowhere,
like they got to be plants Sanio.
Speaker 7 (36:24):
And of course we have USA versus But I think
that's Monday, so I'll give you another uh you and around.
Speaker 6 (36:29):
On that day National Food Truck Day.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
Guys. You guys like food trucks out? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (36:34):
Sometimes? Who makes the stuff? Dude?
Speaker 3 (36:37):
Who cleans them?
Speaker 1 (36:38):
I mean, seriously, who makes the stuff? Who decided today
was the day National food truck Day?
Speaker 5 (36:46):
Will you decided? That's why he's saying it on air?
Speaker 3 (36:50):
Lawmakers, Hey, Lee, when's the last we had.
Speaker 5 (36:52):
No, hopefully not. They have other things they need to
focus on. Nope. Well, I mean they probably took a
break just to do this though.
Speaker 6 (36:58):
National days.
Speaker 3 (37:00):
Are you guys like, do you like food trucks or
ice cream trucks?
Speaker 5 (37:02):
Better?
Speaker 3 (37:04):
See, ice cream feels like a little bit more sanitary,
a little bit safer.
Speaker 5 (37:09):
Because it's frozen.
Speaker 3 (37:10):
Yeah, okay, food trucks seem a little grimy. He's like
a fence.
Speaker 6 (37:14):
You guys like bomb pops from from the ice cream truck?
Speaker 5 (37:17):
Yea, what bomb pops? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (37:19):
Red, white, and blue?
Speaker 3 (37:21):
Never heard of them, the red, right and blue popsicles.
Speaker 5 (37:25):
I've heard of the haktuapsicle. All right, I've heard of
that part.
Speaker 3 (37:30):
Seriously, what does that mean