June 30, 2025 • 40 mins
The NBA is trying to get in front of a big problem by making an example of Malik Beasley for potential gambling. LeBron opts-in for his $52.6 option with the Lakers but his "win-now" mentality is questionable. Plus, a Birthday Edition for LaVar on Lee's Leftovers.
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Speaker 2 (01:16):
One and only LeVar Arrington.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Yeah. Thanks, it's a shooting gallery here in the studio.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Good morning everyone, good morning.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
But yes, it's been a it's been a fun and
vibrant show here. Through the first couple of hours. We
even talked about a potential gambling scandal in the NBA,
the one with Malik Beasley, who apparently is under investigation.
This according to we'll go ahead and reset this because
there's been further evidence that has come out here, which
(02:04):
is what we kind of speculated on. But according to
sham Shrani at ESPN, the US District's Attorney's office is
investigating the Pistons Guard on allegations of gambling related to
NBA games and prop bets from the twenty twenty three
to twenty twenty four season when he played for the Bucks.
They've looked into this. According to there's one prominent US
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sportsbook that detected unusually heavy betting interest on Beasley's stats
beginning around January twenty twenty four, a gambling industry source
told ESPN's David Purdham.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
They pointed to a game on January thirty first of
twenty twenty four in which a lot of money came
in on the under of two and a half rebounds
from the league Beasley, and it skewed the line, the
under didn't hit. All those bets lost, so the over
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actually hit in the second quarter. You look at that,
and you and I were kind of speculating, there's got
to be more to this, because this is not enough
for me to go, Okay, well we got this is
a big to do and the NBA needs to step
in and do something. But the fact that this story
came out, we wondered was there more to it? And
people have started going down the rabbit hole and finding
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video clips of Malik Beasley, and there's one in particular
where there's a rebound he picks up off a free throw.
The Bucks are down by nine, and he gets the
rebound in a game that's over, the clock is winding
down and goes coast to coast and dunks it with
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no time remaining, And the points spread was eight and
a half, and so you're looking at that going hmm,
did he have his team plus eight and a half
And that's why he took the ball and went coast
to coast when nobody would ever do that. Nobody would
ever if eight and a half and they won by eight, well, no,
they won by seven, Oh, they won best so that
they hit the under. Yeah, so the lead he bet
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on hitting the under, so the.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Lead was nine. He got the rebound, Okay, got you,
got you, gotch and so got you.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
But but this is this is what I'm wondering, because
the rebound prop bet that this sort of soft tossed
to us isn't enough for me to freak out about it.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
But stuff like that would be. If it's impacting the games,
and it's impacting the outcome of the games as it
applies to the total hole the teams, that's different. That's different.
I mean, the rules are the rules. If he's breaking
the rules and he's betting on himself and and he's
trying to hit the overs and unders on how many
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rebounds and assists that he gets, then punish him and
keep it moving. But if he is altering games and
in a way where it impacts the reputation of yeah,
he's pushing that ball down, the game is over. He
pushed it. Yeah, you should have walked it up and
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gave it to the referee. But he pushed it coast
to coast. And I stand that was when he's with
the Timberwolves, not the Timberwolves. Yeah, I just you know,
I don't think there's any room for for that. If
you're if you're impacting game in a manner that that
destroys the integrity of what the game represents, that has
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to be addressed.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
It's just it's either that or NBA fans just aren't
used to seeing players give effort all game, and so
they're not used to.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Give effort on the very final play of the game. Place,
and you got the game one place, you're going to
lose the game. You're down what you're down by two?
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, you're still losing. Yeah, but you lost by under
the spread, right, You're still going to lose. But that's
why I just think there's more to this. I I
don't I don't buy the whole This was a nice,
a nice little soft by the NBA to report that,
Oh it was for a prop bet on rebounds, Okay,
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but why was Why is there an investigation into it?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Right?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Like an investigation into this? Why is his attorney already
giving a statement afterwards? I mean we're talking like this
is the USDA's office that's investigating this. You've got, you know,
a US sportsbook and at least one of them. This
is multiple sources on ESPN talking to both of those entities.
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You've got his attorney coming out with a statement, all
of this on the brink of free agency when he
was expected to sign a new free agent deal. And
I just I think what the NBA did and what
ESPN did is they threw out and it's you know,
just wanted everybody to know they're investigating this. It's a
prop bet because I think that there's more to this,
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and I think there's more coming to this story.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
And when you say more egregious from him or from
others from him and like not passing the ball to
a guy so that they don't get the stat line
that they deserved. Like when you say more egregious, what
do you mean, Well, is he putting icy hot in
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somebody's jockstrap and they can't play in the game now.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
So Johntay Porter, when he got popped. Amongst the details
on his violations and when people really caught wind of
him doing some funny stuff is when their money came in.
I believe there might have even been text exchanges where
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he bet on or a lot of money came in
on the under of him shooting threes or point totals
or something along those lines. He checked into a game
and then checked out shortly afterwards, complaining of an eye injury.
Well guess what he played those bets count and that
those bets hit like that, that's a smoking gun this
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Well you listen, he bet a lot of money, came
in on under two and a half rebounds and those
bets didn't hit.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
So what's I mean? What you know?
Speaker 1 (08:12):
But at least he's being investigated. I wonder if this
is also the NBA maybe using him as a scapegoat.
He's about to sign a big money deal in free
agency that's about to happen. I wonder if this is
the NBA saying, hey, this guy's already had a run
in before. He got suspended like eleven twelve games a
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couple of years ago for a gun's charge. And this
has already been an issue with him before, and now
we've got gambling allegations. Just so everybody knows this guy
was on the brink of free agency about to get
a big money deal, Maybe the NBAS make an example
of him and letting the rest of the league know.
In so many words, if anybody else is doing this,
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cut the crap now, because this is going to cost
him a ton of money and the rest of his career.
So if anybody else is doing this, cut the crap now.
And I wonder if Malique Beasley is being is being
the scapegoat here and the example of the NBA letting
their players know, hey, friendly reminder, this can cost you everything,
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like it's about to cost this guy.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
If you need this type of reminder at this point
in your career, it's already too late. You're not going
to be He's you know, Beasley's not going to be
a deterrent to those who can't control themselves at this
point in their life. So if you're trying to make
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him an example, good luck with that. Those who are
going to mess up are going to mess up. And
you know, you can make this as harsh a penalty
as you want to make it. Again, Now, if that's
Lebron James, that's different. That's different. If it's if it's
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a big name player. See, when you spank a little player,
it's like, Okay, he shouldn't have got caught, But that
hasn't got anything to do with me. I'm gonna just
keep doing me. But when you get somebody of influence,
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like how many times have we seen somebody get popped
of influence, like of real stature and status get popped
for any of these types of accusations. Pete Rose, Okay,
how long ago is that we have Have we had
anybody recently in the NBA, any big name athletes in
the NBA, I mean major brand athletes like the all
(10:53):
right Showha Tani in baseball. But that was his interpreterpreter.
That's not even And you see how how polarizing and
how much that gripped sport News when it was just
the translator. Now imagine if it came out that it
was him. That's different. Oh, shoe Atani gets suspended for
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a year, that's different. To ask you this, if this
was Lebron James. Calvin Ridley is a pretty decent one.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Let me ask you this, if it was Lebron James,
you think we'd ever find out about it? No, absolutely not.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
It can't because it would it would destroy it would
destroy the credibility of what goes on in the NBA.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
It would it would destroy the reputation of the NBA.
And that's that's why to me, every single time these
types of stories surface and they pop up, it's like,
for what You're not popping James Harden. You're not You're
not popping Anthony Edwards. You're not popping any of those guys.
Pop a guy that that if you have to sit
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him out for a year, it really did impact that team,
and it really did impact the league. That's how you
set an example.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Well, but I do think, and we were mentioning this earlier,
at this point, if they can't help themselves, it's like
he can't get right, right, I mean, wouldn't you? Isn't
that what you call it?
Speaker 2 (12:22):
It could be right.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
So he's a guy who And that's why if people
want to claim that this is the issue, as we
mentioned earlier, when you welcome gambling into the NBA, dude,
just because you welcome them in a sponsors doesn't mean
you have to partake in the gambling of your own games. Okay,
that's that's not how it works. That's why I made
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the example. Like everybody's got a kitchen with knives in it,
you don't use it on a relative, Like you have
a choice in this. He's got a choice, and he
chose to potentially ruin his career by betting on himself
in games or against himself whatever. So like I just
I look at this story and I go, there's got
to be more to it. You can't have me, you know,
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get caught up in this and freak out about an
over under rebound total that didn't even hit by the
second quarter and lost all the money that came in
on it without there being more to the story. And
now people are starting to look back at the at
the course of his career and going, well, he didn't
hustle here. He hustled a little bit too much there.
(13:29):
He did a little bit too much of this. Hm,
he's already had off the court issues before. Yeah, maybe
there is something here, and I just think that the NBA,
But again, end to what end? I think there's gonna
be more than end. If it connects, if it connects
to a bigger a bigger, bigger issue, I get it.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
If it does not connect, if it just starts and
ends with this young man, but what is the old Like, Okay,
he he was betting on himself, he got caught. What
makes it any more of a story than that, you
know what I mean? Like, what's his relevance to to
what's going on with the NBA? And like, well, we'll
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call out referees and say, Okay, we get and understand
the magnitude of if a referee or a group of
referees are interfering in a way where it dictates the
outcome of a game. I get that, right, we get that.
What is the what for Beasley to be in this
situation is what's the ultimate end? What's the storyline here
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that makes Malik Beasley relevant in this scenario.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Because he's about to sign a big money deal and
on the brink of free agency, this story comes out.
I don't think it's coincidental. I think it's this is
a friendly reminder, don't mess around. It's going to cost
this guy millions of dollars and it's going to cost
him his career potentially because he wanted to, you know,
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fart around and do prop bets or you know, potentially
get involved in gambling on his own games like that.
That's that's what I think.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
I don't think that that's for the public determination though,
that's a that's within the league determination, right like oh
like for all the players that aren't major brand players.
If if you're planning on getting a good contract or
being in the good graces of the league, don't. Here's
one place you just don't the waters you don't get
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into that's more internal.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, but I think it's a it's sort of a
flare gun into the sky for NBA players, Like, Hey,
this is an issue, and I think the NBA probably
knows that there's more of this that goes on, Like
they don't have enough hard evidence, but I'm sure they're
probably aware that. Yeah, maybe like this is how this
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would work if you were an NBA player and somebody
came to you and said, hey, are you playing in
this game? Yeah, be playing in this game. All right,
here's X amount of dollars. I don't know, miss a
couple more threes than you normally would, which is stupid, no.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Problem, Like why is it no problem?
Speaker 1 (16:12):
But you but you can't. But you can. It's just
that simple though, Like you can impact games that directly.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
But what I'm saying is, again, if you're making what
you're making as a player, why would you like you've
got to be one silly, stupid mother effort. I agree
to go down that road just based off of the
minimum wage of what you're making a great like and
that's so dumb you can't get right, So you can't
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get right. Just you can't get right. And I just
and and and let nature take its course, like get
your ass up out of here.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
It's you know, but the NBA has got another, uh,
you know, another potential scandal on its hand. So which,
by the way, I think this stuff is fascinating. I
welcome at all cost, whatever it takes, give us something,
give us some more of this. I'd rather talk about
this than his actual free agency.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Malik Beasley, well offense. I mean, thank you, malig Malik
Beasley for giving us a topic. Because it is that
time of the year, Yeah, where you got to figure
out ways to entertain the grateful listeners and the butt
hit ungrateful listeners that are out there as well. So
there you go. You gotta have some type of headline
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or some type of news to talk about during these
dog days of summer.
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Speaker 2 (19:42):
I mean we're back to this again.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
We are back to the same old story, the same
old song and dance. When it comes to one Lebron James,
he is exercising his fifty two point six million dollar
player option for the upcoming season, but his watch the
Lakers movement. Clutch Sports CEO Rich Paul said the following quote.
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Lebron wants to compete for a championship. He knows the
Lakers are building for the future, he understands that, but
he values a realistic chance at winning it all. We
are very appreciative that the partnership that we've had for
eight years with Genie Buss and Rob Polenka, and consider
the Lakers as a critical part of his career. We
understand the difficulty in winning now while preparing for the future.
(20:30):
We do want to evaluate what's best for Lebron at
this stage of his life and career. He wants to
make every season he has left count and the Lakers
understand that, are supportive and want what's best for him. Again,
that from Rich Paul Clutch, sports CEO on Lebron James
opting in to his fifty two point six million dollar
player option good for him. Wasn't the Luca trade an
(20:53):
effort to win now? Wouldn't you call that an effort
to us? Okay, just wondering they need one more though, Yeah,
they need.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
To add one more guy to this team in order
for that to take place. I mean, if there were
rumors circulating, my guy Cuffs was talking about the possibility
of Yannis possibly getting out of of Milwaukee, and if
he were to get out of Milwaukee, could he end
up in a place like LA Would that be allowed
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to happen?
Speaker 1 (21:24):
I mean.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
I allowed, I mean what could it happened? Could it happened?
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I don't know what they would have to give up
to get I mean that would take Luca to get
to make that happen. Do you think, yeah, there's Milwaukee,
it's not trading.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
You can't get rid of Luca to that's like addition
bass subtraction. That's not I think it would take something
else to make the trade. Some first round draft picks
like two, three, four, would take a lot and maybe
a couple couple players Austin Reeves, some guys that maybe
don't necessarily want to be be there.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Here's the part that I find funny about this. So
they want win now moves, like they understand, you know,
they got to think towards the future. But Lebron James
and his representative want win now moves. All right, then
why did you make the team draft and play your
son Dang? Like, seriously, if this is all about if
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this is all about we want win now moves, what's that?
Speaker 2 (22:30):
I think when now moves are they were close to
where they needed to be. They they did not get
out of the first round, but I think that they
were one player away from having enough plays to get
out of the first round. And who knows what happens
if they get out of the first round. That's what
I would say, who knows what happens? And I think
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Lebron James feels that way as well. Well. He was
he was banged up. There were some there were some
people that basically said that the interesting aspect of what
took place was all things measured out and given. They
would have been better off with a healthy Anthony Davis
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rather than having a Luca because it would have created
a different matchup within the playoffs against Minnesota. So I
thought that was interesting, which made me feel as though
they need somebody who can be a download presence that
is elite. Now, where does that exist? I don't know.
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I know aiden is out there. That could be an interesting,
interesting grab.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Yeah, there's also been maybe a Robert Williams in Portland
who's been banged up the past couple of years.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Maybe that makes some sense. They need one more, they
need one more. And if you're in a win now,
which I mean, I think that's overstated a lot right
when now? That should always be what a team wants
to do. When do if you don't want to win, now,
when do you want to win? I think we'll win
in April twenty twenty eight, that's our target. Yeah, twenty eight,
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that's yeah, let's put it off for a company, you
want to win some games, now, give me a minute,
not ready yet, don't really want to win right now?
What how does that work? Look?
Speaker 1 (24:21):
I just think at a certain point, because Lebron's got
this no trade clause, at a certain point, the timelines
don't match up, and they are under new ownership and
they are going to this might be the proper time
for Lebron to pounds and so maybe they just need
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to come to terms with the fact that, hey, he
got us kind of a ring in COVID. It's been
you know, I guess successful. It made the Lakers relevant
and competitive again. But at a certain point we just
got to call it. We can't let him control the
fate of the organization any longer. We've got Luca.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
We're gonna go younger. They're not gonna let him leave.
That's not happening.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Lucas is gonna be a Laker, probably for the rest
of his career. I just maybe this is the final
year and they move on and everybody goes their separate
rates with that last year, well, yeah, I'm probably the
year before last year, probably the year before.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
I just think that the benefit that Lebron James has
right now is that no one's replaced him, DoD Like,
there's nothing more to it. The benefit of Lebron James
being in the position that he's still in right now
(25:45):
is that no one has replaced Lebron James. You asked
a question the other week, and you gave the answer,
Michael Jordan, who is the face of the league. Oh yeah,
you gave the answer, Michael Jordan, My guy, Michael Jordan.
I gave you the answer Lebron James. Whichever one you
choose to go with, it's not an incorrect answer. So
(26:06):
if you're looking at it from a critical perspective, you didn't.
It's not gonna be SGA. You're not saying that's the
face of the league. You're not saying Nicola Jokic is
the face of the league. You're not saying Luka Dancis
is the face of the league. You're not saying Giannis
is the face of the league. You're not saying Tatum
or Brown, You're not saying any of these names.
Speaker 4 (26:25):
And b.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
You could go down the list of guys that are
in the in the NBA, John Moran, Anthony Edwards. There's
not one that you could say has undisputedly taken the
Belts away from Lebron James being the face of the NBA.
And until that happens, Lebron has leverage. You brought in
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Luking Luka Dantics you you brought him in, and as
big a name as he is, it still does not
had the eclipsing power over Lebron James as the face
of not only that team, but in the face of
the league. And until that happens, you are going to
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be able to hold one of the most storied franchises
somewhat hostage. You gotta play by Lebron James's rule because
he is doing something that maybe isn't discussed very much
because they don't win it all, but he's impacting. He's
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continuing to impact the Lakers bottom line and the NBA's
bottom line. He is one of the top story drivers.
He is one of the names, if not the name,
that still drives the familiarity, the trust, the buy in,
the tuning in to the NBA. It's Lebron James and
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he knows it, and so did the Lakers, and so
does the NBA and so yeah and so so and
he let's win now, and he knows.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
How to uh, you know, to stir it up each
and every off season. So he's going to be back
fifty two point six million dollars. By the way, how
about that help the fact that you can just say,
I'll just opt into another fifty fifty Yeah, fifty two million,
and it can't be mad at that. It's unbelievable. It's
unbelievable the money that started around.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
You can't be mad at that. But think about what
your value is. If they want you to pick up
the option, and you want to pick up the option,
you have a tremendous value. No matter if you like
Lebron or you don't like Lebron, whether you're a Lakers
fan or you're not a Lakers fan, doesn't matter. That
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man's value shines through over and over again, whether you
don't like it flopping or you you don't like the
excuses that he makes, or the fact that he opens
up books but he hasn't read though. It doesn't matter
where you fall on him. He moves the needle.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
And by the way, he's still a great player. Hello,
that's the other part of this. Let's get too far
away from that. Like that, that's the other part of
this too. So if there was because I'll see some
like people speculate, well, maybe he would go back to Cleveland,
maybe he would go to here, maybe he would go
to there. And you'll see people that root for those
fan bases be like, no, no, he's older, he's dude.
(29:30):
It's hard to find anybody in the league right now.
It's hard to find that many guys that are better
than Lebron James. He's not at his peak, and he's
still an All NBA play.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
Well, that's his talent because if you throw him brand value,
it's not even close. Yeah, he's in a different stratosphere
of pretty much any other player in the NBA.
Speaker 1 (29:53):
Like if you were if he didn't have a no
trade clause and say the Lakers wanted to deal him
wherever he oh, he increases the value of that organization
on the floor and off the floor immediately tenfold, like
the moment it happens, period, and the Lakers know that,
(30:16):
why would you why would you trade him away? And
this is a guy who's almost a quarter century into
his NBA career.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
I mean, if you think about it, it's how many
how many basketball games are there during the season, eighty six,
eighty two? If I have Lebron Jane, and some would
argue that's eighty two too many. It is, but that
is too minutes, and that's not eighty two. I don't
want to be negative here on the show. Well, it's true,
but I think the reality that also is here, and
(30:46):
the truth that's here, is that every single game Lebron
James plays in, I can guarantee you the ticket prices
and the ticket sales are different, no matter if they're
at home or away. He's a ticket, He's a big ticket.
So if I'm going to make money off of Lebron
James eighty two times during the course of the regular season,
(31:11):
if that man goes out in the first round of
the playoffs, do you think I'm tripping? Do you think
I'm gonna lose my mind? Lebron? What are you doing?
You freaking stink right now? We're out in the first round. No. No,
he's making you money handover fist every week, even in
(31:33):
these games that you're losing. He's making you a ton
of flipping money.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
I remember when he was young in his career, so
I would do but before I got an actual before
I was actually employed in radio, I would basically intern
and I would get to go to Clippers games, and
I would call in and give these reports from Clippers
games on the air. And it was really just to
get practice and know, to try and get some reps
(32:01):
in and all that, and so I do, I guess
you would call field reporting whatever it was, and I
would go to a lot of Clippers games, and I'd
get credential to go to a lot of Clippers games.
And I'm looking at the schedule coming up, Hey, what
have we got here? Because I was still working full time,
sitting in traffic driving to games during the week, and
I saw that Cleveland was on the schedule. I'm like, oh, man,
Lebron James. You can go see Lebron James and cover
(32:24):
it for the end. This is this is wonderful. And
I hit up my guy and be like, hey, you
want me to cover that calves A Clippers games as
well too. He's Nope, can't that chance? Getting that credential
there you go. Just because Lebron was in orbit, like,
it was completely different, Priz, that's still that test still,
that process, the buzz, everything completely different. And that was
(32:48):
twenty years ago and he still holds that power. And
that's why accredited man, That's why you pay them. It
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They were two very valuable balls that I held in
my hand. Oh the way I could cup on them balls?
What the grip? The grab? What? Second to none? Man?
What they got? Ahold of my balls? They took them
and they didn't return them. What they could have at
least took the car and took my balls out and
left my mind. Oh okay, all right, okay, I was
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confused for more went there. Damn. Sometimes I don't be
remembering the stick. I'll be thrown out at people. Those
are the bowling balls they stole when I went went
to the Giants. That was my welcome Welcome to the
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Them balls fit perfectly in my in the palm of
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I knew how to handle them too. You know, you
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But right now it's time for this.
Speaker 4 (35:29):
These might smell a little fun, that sounds incredible, but
they're still good. Time to find out what's lack It's
Lee's lack jobs?
Speaker 2 (35:38):
All right, the lap?
Speaker 1 (35:39):
What do we got?
Speaker 6 (35:40):
Well, we have been celebrating the one and only great
LeVar Arrington today for your birthday.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
But LaVar, do you.
Speaker 6 (35:45):
Know some other great athletes, some goats perhaps that share
your birthday? Mike Tyson, That is correct, Mike Tyson turned
fifty nine today.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
Bamm, I don't know any other one.
Speaker 6 (35:55):
Also another Michael, one of the goats, Michael Phelps turns forward.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
How about that I broke my back? It was spinal
I didn't know Mike Phelps was today. God good for him,
I know, Mike good company. Never put that one together.
Two mics on the thirtieth. I got it nice and
big Mike pops. Well he's not June thirtieth. Well, there's
(36:20):
a little Mic, and there's a little or Mike too.
I got a brother named Mike, and then I have
a nephew named Mike too, So there's all kinds of Mikes. Stupid.
What's wrong with you, Matt? What else? What else?
Speaker 3 (36:34):
Well?
Speaker 6 (36:35):
I talked about it on Friday. Some good stuff that
you could have caught over the weekend. How about F
one starring Brad Pitt did pretty well at the box office,
about sixty million domestic, eighty eight international film collective a
strong eighty eight point four million dollars and seventy eight markets.
I recommended highly the thing rips. Go see it on
the big screen with the best sound system that you
(36:56):
can find.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Some people have called it the best racing movie of
all time.
Speaker 6 (37:00):
It really I'd say the cinematic of the racing itself
is up there with it. I wouldn't say, yeah, it's real.
It gets eitting there.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
To me, I don't think anything compares with Ricky Bobby
Tyladega Knights. I think that is easily and clearly the
best race movie ever, period of all time.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
Can I be honest with you, I thought that movie
was brutal. I didn't think it was funny. What I
didn't think it was funny? What I didn't I didn't find.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
It entertaining all the way cap And you don't believe that.
You don't believe that something's wrong with you, bro, I never,
I never, I mean I'd be saying something's wrong with you.
Now it's legitimized that there's something actually really wrong with you.
Didn't find Talladega Knights a funny shuff No tripped out just.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
Like Try too Hard. It's just it's just like a
Try movie. What I mean, it's no Days of Thunder.
I'll tell you that right now. Would you say Days
of Thought under f one f one?
Speaker 6 (38:02):
Because I've watched Days of Thunder not too long ago.
Speaker 2 (38:04):
Didn't really hold up. I mean it's good, it was,
it was green, but that's all CRUs man. I just
I get weirded out. I get weirded out on ranking
at high when I hear Tom crew. I don't know
why I got this cold trickle to you, pal, I
got a plot against Tom Cruise because ever something jumped
(38:26):
on the countain though maybe joking what else?
Speaker 6 (38:36):
Some people kept compared to Ford first versus Ferrari.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
That's a good one. That's a good one for versus Ferrari.
Ad one better than any.
Speaker 6 (38:43):
Of that fast and furious scraper that's out there.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
Did you get you get a little toasty in the
theater while you're watching f one way?
Speaker 2 (38:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (38:50):
Yeah I did.
Speaker 2 (38:51):
But did you get as toasty as I did yesterday?
Speaker 4 (38:55):
No?
Speaker 2 (38:55):
Probably not. No, this was first.
Speaker 6 (38:57):
This was actually like first thing after the show.
Speaker 2 (38:59):
Up Fried Chicken on yesterday for you. Boy, I don't
even know how I'm here doing this. Honestly. I think
it's just going to hit me all at once because
I was planning on party and this long to six am.
I was planning on still being partying into my birthday
turn into days of thunder on the way home. You
ain't lying, You ain't lying. God, Lee, we did it yesterday.
(39:24):
I saw all I'm gonna say.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
Tequila when we got you know, you know it's bad
when early afternoon a text as sent, Hey, I hope
I'm gonna be going to make it in tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (39:38):
I think it was like one o'clock. I hope I
don't pull a Lee, you know.
Speaker 6 (39:44):
Yeah, happens to the best of us. What else we
got speaking of some other people ever partied over the
weekend for Jeff Bezos' wedding. Yeah, good grabs Jeff in
uh in Venice, Italy, Uh, Tom Brady and Sydney sweety
Steam dancing until the we of the morning two am.
Speaker 2 (40:01):
Who's the rat?
Speaker 1 (40:02):
But why can't they enjoy their company with each other
without somebody reporting on it to the tabloids?
Speaker 2 (40:07):
Who's Sydney swaeney?
Speaker 6 (40:09):
She's the hot flavor of the month, the one with
the soap.
Speaker 2 (40:12):
They sold her bathwater in the soap bar.
Speaker 6 (40:15):
What Yeah, sold out in like ten minutes.
Speaker 2 (40:17):
That is weird you brought if you bought that?
Speaker 1 (40:22):
Do you want that for your birthday?
Speaker 2 (40:23):
Bar? No, you're awardo if you bought that, just so
you know, get help. Thank you, oh man, thank you,
thank you. Bye.
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has been a wild show here through the first two
hours as we celebrate the birthday of the.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
One and only LeVar Arrington.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Yeah. Thanks, it's a shooting gallery here in the studio.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Good morning everyone, good morning.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
But yes, it's been a it's been a fun and
vibrant show here. Through the first couple of hours. We
even talked about a potential gambling scandal in the NBA,
the one with Malik Beasley, who apparently is under investigation.
This according to we'll go ahead and reset this because
there's been further evidence that has come out here, which
(02:04):
is what we kind of speculated on. But according to
sham Shrani at ESPN, the US District's Attorney's office is
investigating the Pistons Guard on allegations of gambling related to
NBA games and prop bets from the twenty twenty three
to twenty twenty four season when he played for the Bucks.
They've looked into this. According to there's one prominent US
(02:26):
sportsbook that detected unusually heavy betting interest on Beasley's stats
beginning around January twenty twenty four, a gambling industry source
told ESPN's David Purdham.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
They pointed to a game on January thirty first of
twenty twenty four in which a lot of money came
in on the under of two and a half rebounds
from the league Beasley, and it skewed the line, the
under didn't hit. All those bets lost, so the over
(02:58):
actually hit in the second quarter. You look at that,
and you and I were kind of speculating, there's got
to be more to this, because this is not enough
for me to go, Okay, well we got this is
a big to do and the NBA needs to step
in and do something. But the fact that this story
came out, we wondered was there more to it? And
people have started going down the rabbit hole and finding
(03:19):
video clips of Malik Beasley, and there's one in particular
where there's a rebound he picks up off a free throw.
The Bucks are down by nine, and he gets the
rebound in a game that's over, the clock is winding
down and goes coast to coast and dunks it with
(03:42):
no time remaining, And the points spread was eight and
a half, and so you're looking at that going hmm,
did he have his team plus eight and a half
And that's why he took the ball and went coast
to coast when nobody would ever do that. Nobody would
ever if eight and a half and they won by eight, well, no,
they won by seven, Oh, they won best so that
they hit the under. Yeah, so the lead he bet
(04:04):
on hitting the under, so the.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Lead was nine. He got the rebound, Okay, got you,
got you, gotch and so got you.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
But but this is this is what I'm wondering, because
the rebound prop bet that this sort of soft tossed
to us isn't enough for me to freak out about it.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
But stuff like that would be. If it's impacting the games,
and it's impacting the outcome of the games as it
applies to the total hole the teams, that's different. That's different.
I mean, the rules are the rules. If he's breaking
the rules and he's betting on himself and and he's
trying to hit the overs and unders on how many
(04:42):
rebounds and assists that he gets, then punish him and
keep it moving. But if he is altering games and
in a way where it impacts the reputation of yeah,
he's pushing that ball down, the game is over. He
pushed it. Yeah, you should have walked it up and
(05:03):
gave it to the referee. But he pushed it coast
to coast. And I stand that was when he's with
the Timberwolves, not the Timberwolves. Yeah, I just you know,
I don't think there's any room for for that. If
you're if you're impacting game in a manner that that
destroys the integrity of what the game represents, that has
(05:25):
to be addressed.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
It's just it's either that or NBA fans just aren't
used to seeing players give effort all game, and so
they're not used to.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Give effort on the very final play of the game. Place,
and you got the game one place, you're going to
lose the game. You're down what you're down by two?
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, you're still losing. Yeah, but you lost by under
the spread, right, You're still going to lose. But that's
why I just think there's more to this. I I
don't I don't buy the whole This was a nice,
a nice little soft by the NBA to report that,
Oh it was for a prop bet on rebounds, Okay,
(06:06):
but why was Why is there an investigation into it?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Right?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Like an investigation into this? Why is his attorney already
giving a statement afterwards? I mean we're talking like this
is the USDA's office that's investigating this. You've got, you know,
a US sportsbook and at least one of them. This
is multiple sources on ESPN talking to both of those entities.
(06:33):
You've got his attorney coming out with a statement, all
of this on the brink of free agency when he
was expected to sign a new free agent deal. And
I just I think what the NBA did and what
ESPN did is they threw out and it's you know,
just wanted everybody to know they're investigating this. It's a
prop bet because I think that there's more to this,
(06:53):
and I think there's more coming to this story.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
And when you say more egregious from him or from
others from him and like not passing the ball to
a guy so that they don't get the stat line
that they deserved. Like when you say more egregious, what
do you mean, Well, is he putting icy hot in
(07:16):
somebody's jockstrap and they can't play in the game now.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
So Johntay Porter, when he got popped. Amongst the details
on his violations and when people really caught wind of
him doing some funny stuff is when their money came in.
I believe there might have even been text exchanges where
(07:40):
he bet on or a lot of money came in
on the under of him shooting threes or point totals
or something along those lines. He checked into a game
and then checked out shortly afterwards, complaining of an eye injury.
Well guess what he played those bets count and that
those bets hit like that, that's a smoking gun this
(08:04):
Well you listen, he bet a lot of money, came
in on under two and a half rebounds and those
bets didn't hit.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
So what's I mean? What you know?
Speaker 1 (08:12):
But at least he's being investigated. I wonder if this
is also the NBA maybe using him as a scapegoat.
He's about to sign a big money deal in free
agency that's about to happen. I wonder if this is
the NBA saying, hey, this guy's already had a run
in before. He got suspended like eleven twelve games a
(08:34):
couple of years ago for a gun's charge. And this
has already been an issue with him before, and now
we've got gambling allegations. Just so everybody knows this guy
was on the brink of free agency about to get
a big money deal, Maybe the NBAS make an example
of him and letting the rest of the league know.
In so many words, if anybody else is doing this,
(08:58):
cut the crap now, because this is going to cost
him a ton of money and the rest of his career.
So if anybody else is doing this, cut the crap now.
And I wonder if Malique Beasley is being is being
the scapegoat here and the example of the NBA letting
their players know, hey, friendly reminder, this can cost you everything,
(09:21):
like it's about to cost this guy.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
If you need this type of reminder at this point
in your career, it's already too late. You're not going
to be He's you know, Beasley's not going to be
a deterrent to those who can't control themselves at this
point in their life. So if you're trying to make
(09:45):
him an example, good luck with that. Those who are
going to mess up are going to mess up. And
you know, you can make this as harsh a penalty
as you want to make it. Again, Now, if that's
Lebron James, that's different. That's different. If it's if it's
(10:08):
a big name player. See, when you spank a little player,
it's like, Okay, he shouldn't have got caught, But that
hasn't got anything to do with me. I'm gonna just
keep doing me. But when you get somebody of influence,
(10:29):
like how many times have we seen somebody get popped
of influence, like of real stature and status get popped
for any of these types of accusations. Pete Rose, Okay,
how long ago is that we have Have we had
anybody recently in the NBA, any big name athletes in
the NBA, I mean major brand athletes like the all
(10:53):
right Showha Tani in baseball. But that was his interpreterpreter.
That's not even And you see how how polarizing and
how much that gripped sport News when it was just
the translator. Now imagine if it came out that it
was him. That's different. Oh, shoe Atani gets suspended for
(11:15):
a year, that's different. To ask you this, if this
was Lebron James. Calvin Ridley is a pretty decent one.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Let me ask you this, if it was Lebron James,
you think we'd ever find out about it? No, absolutely not.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
It can't because it would it would destroy it would
destroy the credibility of what goes on in the NBA.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
It would it would destroy the reputation of the NBA.
And that's that's why to me, every single time these
types of stories surface and they pop up, it's like,
for what You're not popping James Harden. You're not You're
not popping Anthony Edwards. You're not popping any of those guys.
Pop a guy that that if you have to sit
(12:01):
him out for a year, it really did impact that team,
and it really did impact the league. That's how you
set an example.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Well, but I do think, and we were mentioning this earlier,
at this point, if they can't help themselves, it's like
he can't get right, right, I mean, wouldn't you? Isn't
that what you call it?
Speaker 2 (12:22):
It could be right.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
So he's a guy who And that's why if people
want to claim that this is the issue, as we
mentioned earlier, when you welcome gambling into the NBA, dude,
just because you welcome them in a sponsors doesn't mean
you have to partake in the gambling of your own games. Okay,
that's that's not how it works. That's why I made
(12:43):
the example. Like everybody's got a kitchen with knives in it,
you don't use it on a relative, Like you have
a choice in this. He's got a choice, and he
chose to potentially ruin his career by betting on himself
in games or against himself whatever. So like I just
I look at this story and I go, there's got
to be more to it. You can't have me, you know,
(13:07):
get caught up in this and freak out about an
over under rebound total that didn't even hit by the
second quarter and lost all the money that came in
on it without there being more to the story. And
now people are starting to look back at the at
the course of his career and going, well, he didn't
hustle here. He hustled a little bit too much there.
(13:29):
He did a little bit too much of this. Hm,
he's already had off the court issues before. Yeah, maybe
there is something here, and I just think that the NBA,
But again, end to what end? I think there's gonna
be more than end. If it connects, if it connects
to a bigger a bigger, bigger issue, I get it.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
If it does not connect, if it just starts and
ends with this young man, but what is the old Like, Okay,
he he was betting on himself, he got caught. What
makes it any more of a story than that, you
know what I mean? Like, what's his relevance to to
what's going on with the NBA? And like, well, we'll
(14:09):
call out referees and say, Okay, we get and understand
the magnitude of if a referee or a group of
referees are interfering in a way where it dictates the
outcome of a game. I get that, right, we get that.
What is the what for Beasley to be in this
situation is what's the ultimate end? What's the storyline here
(14:32):
that makes Malik Beasley relevant in this scenario.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Because he's about to sign a big money deal and
on the brink of free agency, this story comes out.
I don't think it's coincidental. I think it's this is
a friendly reminder, don't mess around. It's going to cost
this guy millions of dollars and it's going to cost
him his career potentially because he wanted to, you know,
(14:56):
fart around and do prop bets or you know, potentially
get involved in gambling on his own games like that.
That's that's what I think.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
I don't think that that's for the public determination though,
that's a that's within the league determination, right like oh
like for all the players that aren't major brand players.
If if you're planning on getting a good contract or
being in the good graces of the league, don't. Here's
one place you just don't the waters you don't get
(15:26):
into that's more internal.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, but I think it's a it's sort of a
flare gun into the sky for NBA players, Like, Hey,
this is an issue, and I think the NBA probably
knows that there's more of this that goes on, Like
they don't have enough hard evidence, but I'm sure they're
probably aware that. Yeah, maybe like this is how this
(15:49):
would work if you were an NBA player and somebody
came to you and said, hey, are you playing in
this game? Yeah, be playing in this game. All right,
here's X amount of dollars. I don't know, miss a
couple more threes than you normally would, which is stupid, no.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Problem, Like why is it no problem?
Speaker 1 (16:12):
But you but you can't. But you can. It's just
that simple though, Like you can impact games that directly.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
But what I'm saying is, again, if you're making what
you're making as a player, why would you like you've
got to be one silly, stupid mother effort. I agree
to go down that road just based off of the
minimum wage of what you're making a great like and
that's so dumb you can't get right, So you can't
(16:40):
get right. Just you can't get right. And I just
and and and let nature take its course, like get
your ass up out of here.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
It's you know, but the NBA has got another, uh,
you know, another potential scandal on its hand. So which,
by the way, I think this stuff is fascinating. I
welcome at all cost, whatever it takes, give us something,
give us some more of this. I'd rather talk about
this than his actual free agency.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Malik Beasley, well offense. I mean, thank you, malig Malik
Beasley for giving us a topic. Because it is that
time of the year, Yeah, where you got to figure
out ways to entertain the grateful listeners and the butt
hit ungrateful listeners that are out there as well. So
there you go. You gotta have some type of headline
(17:29):
or some type of news to talk about during these
dog days of summer.
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Speaker 2 (18:29):
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Speaker 1 (18:32):
Oh Dolly, wishing to you a happy birthday, but she can't.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
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of my eruption.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
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Here on Fox Sports Radio, LeVar Arrington, Oh Barton parton,
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Speaker 2 (19:42):
I mean we're back to this again.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
We are back to the same old story, the same
old song and dance. When it comes to one Lebron James,
he is exercising his fifty two point six million dollar
player option for the upcoming season, but his watch the
Lakers movement. Clutch Sports CEO Rich Paul said the following quote.
(20:06):
Lebron wants to compete for a championship. He knows the
Lakers are building for the future, he understands that, but
he values a realistic chance at winning it all. We
are very appreciative that the partnership that we've had for
eight years with Genie Buss and Rob Polenka, and consider
the Lakers as a critical part of his career. We
understand the difficulty in winning now while preparing for the future.
(20:30):
We do want to evaluate what's best for Lebron at
this stage of his life and career. He wants to
make every season he has left count and the Lakers
understand that, are supportive and want what's best for him. Again,
that from Rich Paul Clutch, sports CEO on Lebron James
opting in to his fifty two point six million dollar
player option good for him. Wasn't the Luca trade an
(20:53):
effort to win now? Wouldn't you call that an effort
to us? Okay, just wondering they need one more though, Yeah,
they need.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
To add one more guy to this team in order
for that to take place. I mean, if there were
rumors circulating, my guy Cuffs was talking about the possibility
of Yannis possibly getting out of of Milwaukee, and if
he were to get out of Milwaukee, could he end
up in a place like LA Would that be allowed
(21:22):
to happen?
Speaker 1 (21:24):
I mean.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
I allowed, I mean what could it happened? Could it happened?
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I don't know what they would have to give up
to get I mean that would take Luca to get
to make that happen. Do you think, yeah, there's Milwaukee,
it's not trading.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
You can't get rid of Luca to that's like addition
bass subtraction. That's not I think it would take something
else to make the trade. Some first round draft picks
like two, three, four, would take a lot and maybe
a couple couple players Austin Reeves, some guys that maybe
don't necessarily want to be be there.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Here's the part that I find funny about this. So
they want win now moves, like they understand, you know,
they got to think towards the future. But Lebron James
and his representative want win now moves. All right, then
why did you make the team draft and play your
son Dang? Like, seriously, if this is all about if
(22:25):
this is all about we want win now moves, what's that?
Speaker 2 (22:30):
I think when now moves are they were close to
where they needed to be. They they did not get
out of the first round, but I think that they
were one player away from having enough plays to get
out of the first round. And who knows what happens
if they get out of the first round. That's what
I would say, who knows what happens? And I think
(22:53):
Lebron James feels that way as well. Well. He was
he was banged up. There were some there were some
people that basically said that the interesting aspect of what
took place was all things measured out and given. They
would have been better off with a healthy Anthony Davis
(23:14):
rather than having a Luca because it would have created
a different matchup within the playoffs against Minnesota. So I
thought that was interesting, which made me feel as though
they need somebody who can be a download presence that
is elite. Now, where does that exist? I don't know.
(23:35):
I know aiden is out there. That could be an interesting,
interesting grab.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Yeah, there's also been maybe a Robert Williams in Portland
who's been banged up the past couple of years.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Maybe that makes some sense. They need one more, they
need one more. And if you're in a win now,
which I mean, I think that's overstated a lot right
when now? That should always be what a team wants
to do. When do if you don't want to win, now,
when do you want to win? I think we'll win
in April twenty twenty eight, that's our target. Yeah, twenty eight,
(24:09):
that's yeah, let's put it off for a company, you
want to win some games, now, give me a minute,
not ready yet, don't really want to win right now?
What how does that work? Look?
Speaker 1 (24:21):
I just think at a certain point, because Lebron's got
this no trade clause, at a certain point, the timelines
don't match up, and they are under new ownership and
they are going to this might be the proper time
for Lebron to pounds and so maybe they just need
(24:42):
to come to terms with the fact that, hey, he
got us kind of a ring in COVID. It's been
you know, I guess successful. It made the Lakers relevant
and competitive again. But at a certain point we just
got to call it. We can't let him control the
fate of the organization any longer. We've got Luca.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
We're gonna go younger. They're not gonna let him leave.
That's not happening.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Lucas is gonna be a Laker, probably for the rest
of his career. I just maybe this is the final
year and they move on and everybody goes their separate
rates with that last year, well, yeah, I'm probably the
year before last year, probably the year before.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
I just think that the benefit that Lebron James has
right now is that no one's replaced him, DoD Like,
there's nothing more to it. The benefit of Lebron James
being in the position that he's still in right now
(25:45):
is that no one has replaced Lebron James. You asked
a question the other week, and you gave the answer,
Michael Jordan, who is the face of the league. Oh yeah,
you gave the answer, Michael Jordan, My guy, Michael Jordan.
I gave you the answer Lebron James. Whichever one you
choose to go with, it's not an incorrect answer. So
(26:06):
if you're looking at it from a critical perspective, you didn't.
It's not gonna be SGA. You're not saying that's the
face of the league. You're not saying Nicola Jokic is
the face of the league. You're not saying Luka Dancis
is the face of the league. You're not saying Giannis
is the face of the league. You're not saying Tatum
or Brown, You're not saying any of these names.
Speaker 4 (26:25):
And b.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
You could go down the list of guys that are
in the in the NBA, John Moran, Anthony Edwards. There's
not one that you could say has undisputedly taken the
Belts away from Lebron James being the face of the NBA.
And until that happens, Lebron has leverage. You brought in
(26:51):
Luking Luka Dantics you you brought him in, and as
big a name as he is, it still does not
had the eclipsing power over Lebron James as the face
of not only that team, but in the face of
the league. And until that happens, you are going to
(27:14):
be able to hold one of the most storied franchises
somewhat hostage. You gotta play by Lebron James's rule because
he is doing something that maybe isn't discussed very much
because they don't win it all, but he's impacting. He's
(27:36):
continuing to impact the Lakers bottom line and the NBA's
bottom line. He is one of the top story drivers.
He is one of the names, if not the name,
that still drives the familiarity, the trust, the buy in,
the tuning in to the NBA. It's Lebron James and
(28:02):
he knows it, and so did the Lakers, and so
does the NBA and so yeah and so so and
he let's win now, and he knows.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
How to uh, you know, to stir it up each
and every off season. So he's going to be back
fifty two point six million dollars. By the way, how
about that help the fact that you can just say,
I'll just opt into another fifty fifty Yeah, fifty two million,
and it can't be mad at that. It's unbelievable. It's
unbelievable the money that started around.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
You can't be mad at that. But think about what
your value is. If they want you to pick up
the option, and you want to pick up the option,
you have a tremendous value. No matter if you like
Lebron or you don't like Lebron, whether you're a Lakers
fan or you're not a Lakers fan, doesn't matter. That
(28:49):
man's value shines through over and over again, whether you
don't like it flopping or you you don't like the
excuses that he makes, or the fact that he opens
up books but he hasn't read though. It doesn't matter
where you fall on him. He moves the needle.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
And by the way, he's still a great player. Hello,
that's the other part of this. Let's get too far
away from that. Like that, that's the other part of
this too. So if there was because I'll see some
like people speculate, well, maybe he would go back to Cleveland,
maybe he would go to here, maybe he would go
to there. And you'll see people that root for those
fan bases be like, no, no, he's older, he's dude.
(29:30):
It's hard to find anybody in the league right now.
It's hard to find that many guys that are better
than Lebron James. He's not at his peak, and he's
still an All NBA play.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
Well, that's his talent because if you throw him brand value,
it's not even close. Yeah, he's in a different stratosphere
of pretty much any other player in the NBA.
Speaker 1 (29:53):
Like if you were if he didn't have a no
trade clause and say the Lakers wanted to deal him
wherever he oh, he increases the value of that organization
on the floor and off the floor immediately tenfold, like
the moment it happens, period, and the Lakers know that,
(30:16):
why would you why would you trade him away? And
this is a guy who's almost a quarter century into
his NBA career.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
I mean, if you think about it, it's how many
how many basketball games are there during the season, eighty six,
eighty two? If I have Lebron Jane, and some would
argue that's eighty two too many. It is, but that
is too minutes, and that's not eighty two. I don't
want to be negative here on the show. Well, it's true,
but I think the reality that also is here, and
(30:46):
the truth that's here, is that every single game Lebron
James plays in, I can guarantee you the ticket prices
and the ticket sales are different, no matter if they're
at home or away. He's a ticket, He's a big ticket.
So if I'm going to make money off of Lebron
James eighty two times during the course of the regular season,
(31:11):
if that man goes out in the first round of
the playoffs, do you think I'm tripping? Do you think
I'm gonna lose my mind? Lebron? What are you doing?
You freaking stink right now? We're out in the first round. No. No,
he's making you money handover fist every week, even in
(31:33):
these games that you're losing. He's making you a ton
of flipping money.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
I remember when he was young in his career, so
I would do but before I got an actual before
I was actually employed in radio, I would basically intern
and I would get to go to Clippers games, and
I would call in and give these reports from Clippers
games on the air. And it was really just to
get practice and know, to try and get some reps
(32:01):
in and all that, and so I do, I guess
you would call field reporting whatever it was, and I
would go to a lot of Clippers games, and I'd
get credential to go to a lot of Clippers games.
And I'm looking at the schedule coming up, Hey, what
have we got here? Because I was still working full time,
sitting in traffic driving to games during the week, and
I saw that Cleveland was on the schedule. I'm like, oh, man,
Lebron James. You can go see Lebron James and cover
(32:24):
it for the end. This is this is wonderful. And
I hit up my guy and be like, hey, you
want me to cover that calves A Clippers games as
well too. He's Nope, can't that chance? Getting that credential
there you go. Just because Lebron was in orbit, like,
it was completely different, Priz, that's still that test still,
that process, the buzz, everything completely different. And that was
(32:48):
twenty years ago and he still holds that power. And
that's why accredited man, That's why you pay them. It
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Speaker 4 (33:23):
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Speaker 2 (33:33):
They were two very valuable balls that I held in
my hand. Oh the way I could cup on them balls?
What the grip? The grab? What? Second to none? Man?
What they got? Ahold of my balls? They took them
and they didn't return them. What they could have at
least took the car and took my balls out and
left my mind. Oh okay, all right, okay, I was
(33:59):
confused for more went there. Damn. Sometimes I don't be
remembering the stick. I'll be thrown out at people. Those
are the bowling balls they stole when I went went
to the Giants. That was my welcome Welcome to the
Giants gift. Let's break into your car, take one of
your cars, and take your your bowling balls.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
It is two Pros and a Cup of Joe here
on the Fox Sports Radio custom to my hand, they
hit perfectly.
Speaker 2 (34:25):
Them balls fit perfectly in my in the palm of
my hand. You tell them, thank you, Yeah, yep. And
I knew how to handle them too. You know, you
got to make sure you put put the towel action
on them the way. And I ain't talking like Deshaun Watson,
but you got to make sure that you get it,
you know, wiped off just right. So get that perfect
(34:47):
stick on them oily oily lanes that you be rolling
your balls down. If you know what I mean. It's
a good call.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
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Speaker 2 (35:02):
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Speaker 2 (35:26):
But right now it's time for this.
Speaker 4 (35:29):
These might smell a little fun, that sounds incredible, but
they're still good. Time to find out what's lack It's
Lee's lack jobs?
Speaker 2 (35:38):
All right, the lap?
Speaker 1 (35:39):
What do we got?
Speaker 6 (35:40):
Well, we have been celebrating the one and only great
LeVar Arrington today for your birthday.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
But LaVar, do you.
Speaker 6 (35:45):
Know some other great athletes, some goats perhaps that share
your birthday? Mike Tyson, That is correct, Mike Tyson turned
fifty nine today.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
Bamm, I don't know any other one.
Speaker 6 (35:55):
Also another Michael, one of the goats, Michael Phelps turns forward.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
How about that I broke my back? It was spinal
I didn't know Mike Phelps was today. God good for him,
I know, Mike good company. Never put that one together.
Two mics on the thirtieth. I got it nice and
big Mike pops. Well he's not June thirtieth. Well, there's
(36:20):
a little Mic, and there's a little or Mike too.
I got a brother named Mike, and then I have
a nephew named Mike too, So there's all kinds of Mikes. Stupid.
What's wrong with you, Matt? What else? What else?
Speaker 3 (36:34):
Well?
Speaker 6 (36:35):
I talked about it on Friday. Some good stuff that
you could have caught over the weekend. How about F
one starring Brad Pitt did pretty well at the box office,
about sixty million domestic, eighty eight international film collective a
strong eighty eight point four million dollars and seventy eight markets.
I recommended highly the thing rips. Go see it on
the big screen with the best sound system that you
(36:56):
can find.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Some people have called it the best racing movie of
all time.
Speaker 6 (37:00):
It really I'd say the cinematic of the racing itself
is up there with it. I wouldn't say, yeah, it's real.
It gets eitting there.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
To me, I don't think anything compares with Ricky Bobby
Tyladega Knights. I think that is easily and clearly the
best race movie ever, period of all time.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
Can I be honest with you, I thought that movie
was brutal. I didn't think it was funny. What I
didn't think it was funny? What I didn't I didn't find.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
It entertaining all the way cap And you don't believe that.
You don't believe that something's wrong with you, bro, I never,
I never, I mean I'd be saying something's wrong with you.
Now it's legitimized that there's something actually really wrong with you.
Didn't find Talladega Knights a funny shuff No tripped out just.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
Like Try too Hard. It's just it's just like a
Try movie. What I mean, it's no Days of Thunder.
I'll tell you that right now. Would you say Days
of Thought under f one f one?
Speaker 6 (38:02):
Because I've watched Days of Thunder not too long ago.
Speaker 2 (38:04):
Didn't really hold up. I mean it's good, it was,
it was green, but that's all CRUs man. I just
I get weirded out. I get weirded out on ranking
at high when I hear Tom crew. I don't know
why I got this cold trickle to you, pal, I
got a plot against Tom Cruise because ever something jumped
(38:26):
on the countain though maybe joking what else?
Speaker 6 (38:36):
Some people kept compared to Ford first versus Ferrari.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
That's a good one. That's a good one for versus Ferrari.
Ad one better than any.
Speaker 6 (38:43):
Of that fast and furious scraper that's out there.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
Did you get you get a little toasty in the
theater while you're watching f one way?
Speaker 2 (38:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (38:50):
Yeah I did.
Speaker 2 (38:51):
But did you get as toasty as I did yesterday?
Speaker 4 (38:55):
No?
Speaker 2 (38:55):
Probably not. No, this was first.
Speaker 6 (38:57):
This was actually like first thing after the show.
Speaker 2 (38:59):
Up Fried Chicken on yesterday for you. Boy, I don't
even know how I'm here doing this. Honestly. I think
it's just going to hit me all at once because
I was planning on party and this long to six am.
I was planning on still being partying into my birthday
turn into days of thunder on the way home. You
ain't lying, You ain't lying. God, Lee, we did it yesterday.
(39:24):
I saw all I'm gonna say.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
Tequila when we got you know, you know it's bad
when early afternoon a text as sent, Hey, I hope
I'm gonna be going to make it in tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (39:38):
I think it was like one o'clock. I hope I
don't pull a Lee, you know.
Speaker 6 (39:44):
Yeah, happens to the best of us. What else we
got speaking of some other people ever partied over the
weekend for Jeff Bezos' wedding. Yeah, good grabs Jeff in
uh in Venice, Italy, Uh, Tom Brady and Sydney sweety
Steam dancing until the we of the morning two am.
Speaker 2 (40:01):
Who's the rat?
Speaker 1 (40:02):
But why can't they enjoy their company with each other
without somebody reporting on it to the tabloids?
Speaker 2 (40:07):
Who's Sydney swaeney?
Speaker 6 (40:09):
She's the hot flavor of the month, the one with
the soap.
Speaker 2 (40:12):
They sold her bathwater in the soap bar.
Speaker 6 (40:15):
What Yeah, sold out in like ten minutes.
Speaker 2 (40:17):
That is weird you brought if you bought that?
Speaker 1 (40:22):
Do you want that for your birthday?
Speaker 2 (40:23):
Bar? No, you're awardo if you bought that, just so
you know, get help. Thank you, oh man, thank you,
thank you. Bye.
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