Monse Bolaños & Kerry Rhodes Talk Thunder Nuggets Game 7, Brock Purdy Gets PAID, NBA Conference Finals, and So Much More!

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Listen, sports the two greatest words in sports, Carrie, game seven?
What are you about to say? Wow, that's amazing.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
You're like they kiss so much? No, but carry roads,
those are two pretty great words.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
What's up everybody at Moncivs, As you heard alongside former
All Pro safety and my buddy Carrie Rhodes, watching this
game seven here between the Thunder and the Nuggets carry
when the news came out, and we're going to dive
into this as the game progresses, because we're there's still
plenty of game left.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
Thunder are up.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
But when it was announced that Aaron Gordon was going
to play and start, Yeah, what was your initial reaction
to that?

Speaker 4 (00:44):
My initial reaction was he was just a decoy And
I think we talked about it before.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
No way, he should be playing his game, No way.

Speaker 4 (00:50):
But the fact that he's out there gutting it, gutting
it out, toughing it out with his fellows in a
game seven, it's it's the thing that legends are made of,
absolutely but they win.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
It's just like, do you go out there knowing that
you could pops, possibly injure yourself even more possibly help
win the game, but then you're not available for the
next series. But then if you go, if you don't
go out there and you don't help winning, you don't
win and there's nothing to worry about.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
So it's a tough decision. I have never dealt with
the hamstrings.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
Oh, we'll get into that.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
I have never dealt with the hamstring strain. Have you
in your illustrious career as a professional athlete of all kinds?

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Maybe?

Speaker 2 (01:30):
Maybe?

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Maybe not like that?

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, me neither side. I truly don't knock on fake wood,
you know what I'm saying, Like, I don't want.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
To know what that feels like. But it's one of
those that everybody talks about. It's like you don't really
play on it. With other injuries, you just go out there,
like I've played with broken fingers, I've played with you know,
sprained ankles on whatever.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
It'll hurt later. It's hurt later, but you can play
through it, and you can play through it. Well.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
There are moments here where Aaron Gordon it looks a
little stiff.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Yeah, for sure, he can't.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
He can't open up, but hey, he's got eight rebounds,
if not more, because last side check he had eight rebounds.
He's getting the ball but not because of his athleticism.

Speaker 4 (02:11):
Yeah, his physical dominance won't be felt as much because
he's restricted obviously, but he's also a strong player solid anyway,
He's strong, and he knows how to position himself. So
he's going to be in the position to get rebounds
and score some points here and now. But is he
Aaron Gordon.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
No, he's not Aaron Gordon.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
But it sounds like he can be effective despite that,
you know what I mean, which is pretty impressive. This
is the game seven going on. I think you and
I thought there would be another.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
Game seven possibly happening.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
We were both wrong, and I'm talking about the Celtics
and the Knicks. I really thank you for that. Christopher
Fat on the ones and twos right now. Our producer
Shay who just came in here to drop a rundown
off for me, thinks, Shay, I really did think there
was going to be a Game seven.

Speaker 4 (02:58):
Yeah, so did I. That was an embarrassment. But also
just they ran out of gas. I mean they're trying
to do stuff. I mean, it comes out that Dalen
Brown has a bigger issue going on with the knee,
like a torn partial.

Speaker 3 (03:12):
Yes, yes, KP has a miss something we don't even know, and.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Jason Tatum out like it's just it's a lot.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
It was a lot, But still they looked so defeated
on a team that had so many weapons, Like I.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Just did not think that losing Jason Tatum.

Speaker 3 (03:33):
Obviously he is one of your biggest stars, but he's
not your only star. In fact, he wasn't even the
NBA Finals MVP last year, and so you know, you
have other players surrounding him that can help the situation.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
And they did deliver at home, you know, at a
T D Garden.

Speaker 3 (03:50):
Right, they they delivered there, But what a disappointing What
a flat performance came out at Madison Square Garden in
game six.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
They just looked really flat, really like over it.

Speaker 1 (04:03):
Yeah, and surprising from the tip, sorry from the.

Speaker 3 (04:06):
Tip, No, yeah, please, because it's like surprising coming from
an NBA championship team.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
Yeah, it did not look good.

Speaker 4 (04:13):
I mean we were sitting, we were actually at the studio,
we were at work that day, and to see them
come out with no emotion, it was like going through
the motion. And I mean, if you're gonna do that,
they might as well have lost Game five, right and
stayed home.

Speaker 1 (04:27):
Absolutely, if that was the energy.

Speaker 4 (04:28):
So to see that happen, obviously, the Knicks came out excited,
full of energy. The garden was rocking, all the celebs
were there, The energy was palpable. We could see it
through the TV, and you know, they just kind of
overwhelmed them, consumed them. And again, Boston had so many,
so many things going wrong in this postseason right now,
even just this series alone, this could be a different conversation.

(04:50):
They should have won two games at home, the first
two games, right, so just think about where we started
this series to where.

Speaker 1 (04:57):
It ended up going.

Speaker 3 (04:57):
Can I tell you it gives me flashbacks of a
Clipper series against Denver?

Speaker 1 (05:02):
Why in what?

Speaker 3 (05:02):
In what regards game one by what was it fifteen?
Lose it in overtime?

Speaker 1 (05:07):
That's right?

Speaker 2 (05:08):
Game two?

Speaker 1 (05:09):
Also, oh, that's right.

Speaker 3 (05:10):
Literally, it gives me a little bit of flashbacks in
a situation where I legit was like, oh, Clippers could
win this in five games.

Speaker 2 (05:18):
Okay, we're gonna win it in six games.

Speaker 1 (05:20):
Oh we're gonna win in.

Speaker 3 (05:24):
A No, I still think we're gonna win it in ten.
Gave me a little bit of flashbacks down to the
final game where I was like, how are you guys
coming out so flat. Now I trashed the Clippers. I
trashed James Harden after all of that.

Speaker 2 (05:37):
And for for the.

Speaker 3 (05:39):
Celtics, for Boston, it's like you were the championship team
where many of us I said, it's the Celtics East
to lose from the beginning, and it's just incredible that like, yeah,
you live and die by the three, and boy, you
died by that three.

Speaker 1 (05:54):
Man if you're not hitting the shot. But I mean,
but that wasn't it? If not just that after now?

Speaker 4 (05:59):
No, no, no, because I mean, obviously they have enough talent
to do more than just shoot the three. That's their
game plan, that's what they do, but they can do
other things. And Game seven, Game six, they couldn't do anything. No,
I mean, the only person that came out and actually
had any kind of fire was a guy that again
has a Parsley.

Speaker 3 (06:13):
Toryiscus who's fouled out in the third quarter, ended with
twenty points as the leading scorer, Like where was everybody else?
And like Joe Mazula, Like again, just it was very
uncharacteristic for us to see the Celtics go out in
that way, and you say, you might as well have
lost in games in game five at home?

Speaker 5 (06:32):
Right?

Speaker 2 (06:32):
No, no, no? Did you see the Knicks at Madison Square?
Guard the fan base?

Speaker 3 (06:36):
Can you like if they would have won in Boston,
the fan base in New York would not have been
able to celebrate the.

Speaker 2 (06:43):
Way that they did.

Speaker 1 (06:43):
Oh, of course, not like it was insane.

Speaker 2 (06:46):
Timothy Chalamay is being.

Speaker 1 (06:47):
Pulled out of his limo, I mean getting patted on
the head. I'm like, what's going on it?

Speaker 3 (06:51):
Oh, he was living his best life. I loved all
of that. I'm all for it. You haven't been to
the Eastern Conference Finals in twenty five years.

Speaker 2 (06:59):
You want to go ahead. I don't care. I would
have been acting a full too if the Clippers got there.

Speaker 4 (07:04):
I had all my New York buddies sending me pitches
of them in New York Jerseys. I'm like, when the
last time you went a Jersey Relax?

Speaker 2 (07:10):
Relax?

Speaker 1 (07:10):
So I was like that type of vibe it New
York was.

Speaker 3 (07:14):
Oh, oh, everybody who even if you were not a
Knicks fan, you were.

Speaker 2 (07:17):
I bet you were out there celebrating.

Speaker 1 (07:19):
They were like you.

Speaker 3 (07:20):
Nobody went to work the next day. Probably everybody was
out all night partying. Even if you weren't a Knicks fan.
That's the only silver lining of Boston not just ending
the series early, is that it happened in New York
for those Knicks fans to be able to actually celebrate
in a way that they haven't been able to celebrate
in a long time.

Speaker 2 (07:39):
And yeah, was it ridiculous. Yes. Do they still have
to win another round before getting to the finals, Yes,
but who cares you, Guys.

Speaker 3 (07:46):
Like twenty five years again, I would be doing the
same thing if the Clippers had just.

Speaker 2 (07:50):
Been Denver, right, I would.

Speaker 4 (07:53):
And we're talking about just the fans here, guys, I'm
not talking about the players.

Speaker 2 (07:57):
Celebration.

Speaker 1 (07:58):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Pots, Yeah, they had the right
to celebrate. They've they've had a lot.

Speaker 2 (08:02):
Of a lot of downs, a lot of down.

Speaker 4 (08:04):
I was there during the down the years when it
was you know, you didn't know who was going to
play that next the next game for the next absolutely.
I mean the leading scorer was David Lee. So just
put it this, you know, put it put it out
there that way.

Speaker 2 (08:15):
I mean, even think about.

Speaker 3 (08:16):
It last year that they were illuminated by the Pacers,
but they had full full list.

Speaker 2 (08:21):
Of injuries going on.

Speaker 3 (08:22):
So it's just like it has not gone their way
and it finally did. Congratulations to the next Now your
work is not done. You still have eight games to
win if you're trying to get to the ultimate goal.
And so very exciting, and we aren't going to dive
into the Knicks and the Pacers, but before we officially
move on from the Celtics, I really have so many
questions for the future of Boston.

Speaker 2 (08:46):
So and I didn't think we would be having this conversation.

Speaker 3 (08:49):
Early, not this early, not just the Jason Tatum, you know,
devastating injury, because it's.

Speaker 2 (08:55):
Like, we don't know, probably can come back at some
point next year.

Speaker 1 (08:59):
Yeah he'll be but.

Speaker 2 (09:00):
We don't know when, and we won't know the answers
to that.

Speaker 3 (09:04):
Okay, so there's that situation, then the Christops perzingis situation
what like, and then just everyone else falling so flat.
Al Harford is only getting older. I love you, Al,
I love you, Al, but You're only you're you're getting older.
And it's just like it seems like all of a sudden,
this team has a lot of questions heading into the

(09:25):
off season, which.

Speaker 6 (09:27):
No one saw.

Speaker 4 (09:27):
No I mean, this team was put together to win
multiple championships and so it is a failure and you
know to that regard.

Speaker 1 (09:36):
Obviously, I mean.

Speaker 4 (09:37):
The fall off of the mountain for them has been
really swift. But also with the players, right, so we've
talked about all these names. We haven't even said said
Jew Holliday yet. No, he was bad, bad, He was
bad as well.

Speaker 2 (09:49):
As far as non existent for he was on the
court exactly.

Speaker 4 (09:52):
Obviously he plays defense and he does what he does,
but what happened to his scoring? He's supposed to be
another guy that you can go to and get buckets.
He can score. I mean Derek White was great at times,
but he was in the game. Yeah, like it is,
there's a lot of a lot of questions around the team.
You can't keep them all. They're all the contracts are high.
Yep porzingis is high, Drew Holiday is high, Derek White

(10:15):
is high. He like everybody's high. So what you got
Peyton Pritchard that deserves a bigger role? What's like, what's like?
What is the deal? What are you going to do?

Speaker 2 (10:23):
But then did not deliver when that role could have opened.
And so if you're the Celtics, do you still go
in kind of like like.

Speaker 3 (10:31):
You said, there's not much that they can change because
of the way Brad Stevens kind of set that whole.

Speaker 2 (10:36):
Team up for multiple years.

Speaker 3 (10:38):
And so it's not like, Okay, we're gonna no, no, no,
you're not starting over. But you do have questions and
I wonder if like the approach now changes. Yes, you
live and die by the three, but you know who
else lived and died literally by the three? The Houston
Rockets remember that, like they they until they went cold,
and boy.

Speaker 2 (10:56):
Did they go cool?

Speaker 3 (10:58):
Golden State, Yes, how many twenty seven threes in a
row miss?

Speaker 1 (11:03):
Yes?

Speaker 3 (11:03):
And it's yeah, you were successful that way. But when
you are cold, there is nothing you can do. If
you cannot go back to a post up game, a
jumper game, tear drop, whatever you need, that's not a three.

Speaker 2 (11:17):
It felt like.

Speaker 3 (11:18):
The Celtics did not know how to do that, and
so do you if you're part of the Celtics coaching
staff and the approach of how we're going to get
ready for this offseason, is it all right, we have
to develop another game that's in our back pocket that
comes second nature.

Speaker 4 (11:32):
Yeah, that's what they had last year, and you think
about it, they were a three point shooting team last year,
but when it counted and when they had mismatches, they
would go in the post. Porzingi's at the highest percentage
of post up field goal when he was when he
got the switch, so that was something they could take
take advantage of. But in this series, when the stuff
wasn't falling, he wasn't there. He was aligned to be

(11:54):
that that I guess that's safety valve to have them
give them some type of dexterity in their game, and
so that's where you get exposed, like if you don't
have any other option outside of that, Like even a
Tatum and Brown, I'm sure they could post up, Like
why not.

Speaker 1 (12:08):
I don't, yes, I mean they have the players to
do it.

Speaker 3 (12:13):
And also like Jalen Brown, I feel like, even more
so than Tatum, like Jalen Brown is a little bit
more of a post up player. When I just look
at them side by side and we didn't see a
lot of that. Christops Porsinis, I'm with you. I think
that was a big part of maybe why the Celtics
couldn't figure certain things out in the postseason. And like
we said last last show, we go if you tuned

(12:34):
in that like the regular season really messed with our minds.
The regular season really told us certain things about teams,
and it's not accurate, it's not true. And so Celtics
maybe also did not know what would be happening. When
did Christops Porsinis get sick and like March, Yes, around.

Speaker 2 (12:53):
March or something, and it's still lingered.

Speaker 3 (12:55):
Obviously this wasn't the plan, but I could not believe
that they just did not try other parts of their game.

Speaker 2 (13:02):
And it's like, you need to make it second nature, you.

Speaker 1 (13:05):
Know what happens.

Speaker 4 (13:06):
Why that doesn't happen a good coach and I'm sure
Missoula has and I'm sure the team has, right, like
what is our CounterPunch because they've been so successful doing
it the way they've done it, Like, why we're not
going to change that. It's a little bit of stubbornness
are surrounding that idea. We're going to do what we do.
Nobody's better at what we do, and we're going to

(13:27):
continue to do it, and even if we lose one
or two games, doesn't matter, that's what we do. It
will turn back. But in the playoffs, when things are
so intense and actually the way the officials are calling
the games like they're allowed to be more physical, they're
allowed to bump you off your normal spouts. It's not
the same fluid thing that you get in the regular season.
We're talking about, so how are you going to react

(13:49):
in those moments? And that's what we saw that it
wasn't It just wasn't ideal to keep doing the same
thing open over.

Speaker 3 (13:56):
I just like I look at the Celtics and I
don't know who's more confused MAVs fans because you got
the number one draft picks.

Speaker 2 (14:02):
So do you hate me go now or not?

Speaker 3 (14:04):
MAS fans or Celtics fans in the sense of, like
we should have won games one and two.

Speaker 1 (14:10):
Yeah, because that's a different story.

Speaker 2 (14:11):
Because that's a different story.

Speaker 3 (14:12):
I'm confused for Celtics fans. I'm confused for that team
because you should have won but you didn't. So you
can't just go into the offseason thinking like, no, we're good,
we just kind of let it slip. No, there's other
conversations that need to be had because you are built
to win a championship and you're still the same team,
maybe just minus Jason Tatum for a hot second in

(14:34):
you know, the start of the season, but I can't.
I'm telling you flashbacks from that series on how the
Clippers handled it, and the Clippers aren't a championship team.

Speaker 2 (14:44):
Right, So that's this one hurts. I feel like this
one probably hurts more.

Speaker 5 (14:48):
You know.

Speaker 4 (14:48):
I think it would hurt more if they didn't just
win a championship last year. Okay, I'll say if they
lost cast year as well, and then this year it
was a failure also like double down on the failure,
think that would have hurt more. Yes, I think they're okay,
Like even Porzingis and Joe Holliday we say they're gonna
stand pat. I don't think they will, think. I think
they will try to trade either one.

Speaker 1 (15:09):
Of those two or maybe both, okay.

Speaker 4 (15:12):
And they're going to start over obviously around Tatum and
Brown Steel. But I see them trying to get off
those two contracts and those two players. Okay, And if
they do, this is a different team. But the Steal
isn't a team that is going into a.

Speaker 1 (15:25):
Tank or anything or no.

Speaker 4 (15:27):
Their still will be good enough to compete if they
bring in the right player. So it's going to be
interest to see what they do.

Speaker 2 (15:31):
And the good thing for the Celtics. Is anyone can
notice with this season is.

Speaker 3 (15:35):
That the get into the playoffs, Like, just get into
the playoffs, Like you do not need to have the
best record. Ask the Caps you that does not matter.
Get into the playoffs and then that's where you can
actually make some damage. But the Celtics are out, They're
out fishing.

Speaker 2 (15:51):
They're fishing. They're in Cancun, one, two, three, Cankun, they
might be in Cape cod, they might be in God,
would you want to stay that close? I'd be like no.

Speaker 3 (15:58):
As Jalveston, the Knicks are still in it and they're
gonna be facing the Pacers really soon, and the WNBA
just started, and uh, we're gonna definitely chat with Scott Agnes,
who not only covers the fever, also covers the Pacers,

(16:20):
so we can dive into last night's flavor infoul that
was not a flavor in foul at all, and what
the Pacers can do to take on a healthy Knicks
team this year.

Speaker 2 (16:32):
Don't go anywhere. He's Carrie on Moncy.

Speaker 3 (16:34):
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Speaker 3 (16:51):
Is this a message to Clippers fans and Celtics fans?

Speaker 1 (16:54):
That's right, that's right.

Speaker 2 (16:55):
Chris Ppurherfact gets it. Yeah.

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Speaker 2 (17:39):
Scott, are you there?

Speaker 8 (17:41):
I am Hi, Scott.

Speaker 2 (17:43):
It's so good to talk to you. Thank you for
joining us.

Speaker 3 (17:46):
Uh. Obviously we're gonna dive into the story of last night.
W NBA season starts Fever and the Sky and a controversial,
not really a foul. I was called a flagrant but
should not have been a flagrant fel on Caitlin Clark whatsoever?

Speaker 2 (18:07):
What did you see? What was the reaction being there?
How did how was that moment?

Speaker 5 (18:14):
Yeah?

Speaker 8 (18:14):
So, first of all, yesterday was special obviously the start
of the WNBA season, but I mean the anticipation for
this Fever season was remarkable. Just driving down downtown into
the arena, getting there and you know, fans and Caitlin
and Fever gear just lining the downtown area. And then
of course it was a sellout merchandise line, you know,
twenty thirty minutes long. But then you get to the

(18:37):
actual game and both teams kind of easing into it
before the Fever you know, put their pedal down and
really dominated that one. But it was a lively crowd
and incredible atmosphere, and the Fever feel really good about
their season and the way they're headed, especially coming off
that blowout win. And they didn't quite frankly, feel like
they played all that well.

Speaker 4 (18:55):
Right, Yeah, no, Scott, that's those my question next. I mean, obviously,
the when you look at the final score, it looks
like a usher acking, which it was, but I mean
at halftime was pretty close, and you know, Indiana was
having problems finishing finishing some of Caitlyn Clark's assists, and
the timing looked a little off. Can you talk about
that and the edition of Sophie Cunningham. She didn't play yesterday,

(19:18):
So how that team will eventually look moving down, moving
down the line.

Speaker 8 (19:23):
Yeah, so many good thoughts there. Starting with Sophie, I
think she's kind of that energizer bunny for this feverite team.
I think she could have forced it, but there's really
no need. And then with new head coach Stephanie why
one of the big things they've been emphasizing is the
long game. Hey, look, our goal is the WNBA title
in the playoffs, so if we need to sacrifice. You know,
Caitlyn didn't play in the first pre season game and

(19:43):
Sophie shout out this one. After suffering that ankle injury
a week ago. They got that big picture in mind,
and when she comes back, she provides a whole new
new dynamic I think for this group, and probably is
that underrated player that they acquired in free agency. But defensively,
I thought this is a team that was much improved
and still has a long ways to go. They were
eleventh out of twelve teams. Last season, Stephanie White and

(20:06):
Connecticut they were number one, So I think somewhere in
the middle is realistic for this team, maybe in the
fifth or sixth spot defensively and then offensively. Yeah, you're
exactly right in terms of the assist Caitlyn got that
triple double, she got the ten assists, but really, I
mean in factor in potential ones, you're probably talking about
seventeen or eighteen assists in that game. Fact, you know,

(20:27):
with so many missed all account And I think the
other thing you saw in this game, because we haven't
seen a ton of game action obviously right with the preseason,
is a lot of timing issues and what played you
what play does Caitlyn want versus what does steph want?
And what did the newcomer do? The newcomers even know
that situation or that play. There was moment at the

(20:47):
end of half where things got confused and Caitlyn just
launched a three and made it, of course, but then
Stephanie White pulled her aside, and I think they had
a positive conversation about maybe what to do there. Maybe
she did the right thing or whatever. And those are
the top of growing pains that this team was going
to continue to.

Speaker 2 (21:02):
Experience in the off season.

Speaker 3 (21:04):
You know, a lot of changes happened with the Fever,
a new coach, and other things. But Caitlyn is has
an effect like Michael Jordan did, where people were lining
up to wait to see Caitlyn Clark. Is this something
that is discussed with the team.

Speaker 8 (21:20):
Yeah, they are completely aware of this. And then how
Caitlyn has helped change everything. And then here's where I
give the Fever credit here is they've gone all in
on it instead of just you know, cashing it in
and enjoying it. No, that's sweet. They've gone as far
as they can and in different levels. For example, investing
in a new practice facility seventy eight million dollars. They'll

(21:41):
be state of the art in the w It'll be
better than the Pacers that opened for a fifty million
dollars cost back in twenty seventeen. Last season, her first year,
they added a local television broadcast for the first time.
This season, they brought back a local radio broadcast for
the first time in almost a decade. That, in addition
to merchandise and that those people and really going in

(22:02):
with various slogans. Uh, you can very much tell what
it's what it's about. And here's the thing that stood
out to me. Guys from last night, do you want
to Bonner that moved into third place all time in
w scoring. She was stunned. Shell shock used her words
about that experience that not only were rooting for them,
but she was a part of this right last year

(22:22):
she was on the other side, but to take part
in it. She took a moment to be like, wow,
I went from can you remember what my first game
was like we're you know, limited fans, to now where
it's a sellout and it's going to be that way home.
And I rode this entire season, Scott.

Speaker 4 (22:35):
I was liking everything you said, and I was like,
I love Scott so far, and then you took you
took some of my thunder away. That was my next question.
I was going to talk about don wanna Bonner obviously fantastic,
obviously one of the best players in the w NBA history.
Just you know past Tina, was it Tino Charles or
was it a who does she pass for third in
in the WNBA scoring record?

Speaker 8 (22:56):
You move just behind Tina Charles got it and who.

Speaker 4 (22:59):
Does she pass? Was a Tina Thompson. Yes, yeah, there
you go. So anyway, I mean, that was my question.

Speaker 8 (23:04):
I sent to the other there you go.

Speaker 4 (23:05):
That's why I was confused. But I've known Dewanas for
a long time. She's from my hometown, so I actually
watched her play and she came to Phoenix when I
was in Arizona, so that connection was pretty cool. But
I want to ask about her in this team in particular,
like where what's going to be her fit She's always
been a scorer, she's been somebody that can go get hers.
But with this team, how is she going to fit in?

Speaker 8 (23:26):
Yeah? I think first of all, with this entire team,
they don't have to ask a ton out of any
one player. Obviously you're going to get that with Stavid, right,
But for example, we talk about things didn't completely go
their way. How about to Wana last night? Yes, okay,
just solid, just seven points and they won by thirty five.
Now she'll have other games or she'll go off probably
for twenty twenty five. I think the most telling thing

(23:47):
that came out of yesterday's game, guys, was the fact
that Caitlin postgame said, hey, look, she's the strongest voice
in our locker room, and that surprised me, not because
of whod Wanna is, but because she just got here
less than a month ago. You usually do not take
over a locker room and have that strong of a
voice just yet. Oftentimes that takes a year. That's why
many don't think maybe the championship window is until next year,

(24:08):
until you experience a lot throughout a season together. But
you have her strong voice, you have her leadership. Nobody's
played in more postseason games than do Wanna. And then
on top of that, I mean, let's talk basketball too.
You got the versatility, the outside shot, her in the
pick and roll setting. She runs the floor well. And
that's another thing, by the way we you know, you
could just tell the new players did not have that

(24:29):
timing with Caitlyn. I think Caitlyn missed Natasha three times
on like a three quarter lengths pass that would have
given them a wide open layup. But Dowana is one
of those that runs the floor well. And it just
felt like last night's game, do Wanna was very much
feeling things out. You could see her trying to get
organized or trying to set things up and people were
doing different spots. And so again that's why Stephanie White

(24:50):
and the Fever are very encouraged given that they didn't
feel like they played all too well.

Speaker 3 (24:54):
You're listening to Fox Sports Radio with Monsey and Carrie
and we're talking to Scott Agnes, who covers the and
the Fever.

Speaker 2 (25:01):
Scott, you are busy right now. Started the w NBA
season with the Fever and.

Speaker 8 (25:07):
Then you have let's add another one to that. By
the way, I'm at Badianapolis Motor speed Way.

Speaker 2 (25:12):
Oh my goodness, Oh my goodness.

Speaker 8 (25:16):
Earlier today as Stephanie White wave the green flag to
get things started.

Speaker 2 (25:19):
Oh wow, No, no, so you're you're you're beyond busy.

Speaker 3 (25:22):
Then what we already thought moving on from one team
to the next the Pacers tell me, Okay, this is
not supposed to be a dig at the Pacers. But
I am very surprised that a team that quote unquote
scores by committee is so successful so far.

Speaker 2 (25:41):
In the season.

Speaker 3 (25:43):
And I am not meaning that in a bad way,
but can they really maintain that going into the final
East Conference round, going maybe into the NBA Finals.

Speaker 8 (25:53):
Yeah, I can understand that school thought right, like stars
win in the postseason. But that's one of the default
things we all lean on. The other thing is are
with the dominant position generally in the playoffs, Right, you're
Jalen Browns, You're Jayson Tatumda, you can go on down
the line there and Lebron can be whatever position you
want them to be. And the Pacers don't have an
excellent wing. They have solid, reliable, steady wings like with

(26:16):
Andrew Nee Smith, aaron Ne Smith, and Andrew Nemhart. But
this has been their story for the last two and
a half years. So that's why you know it's not
just a flash in the pain, and it's not just
they're playing well over the last month. This is how
they were built, starting with Tyres and empowering him to
leave the team, and they brought in players that match
his attributes and can really thrive off of that. They

(26:37):
struggled defensively, it's historically like I'm talking the last ten years,
and so one of the big turnarounds has been in
January February. Since then, they've moved into like top eight defensively,
and so they've bunkered down on that and so we
know they can score that will not be an issue.
It's the defensive end, and you know they're going to
get hard play out of the group. And then to
your point earlier, the other thing here is they play

(27:00):
and big numbers, and that's going to be the other
thing that really stands out in the series. Because Tom
Thibodeaux is who he is, He's going to play his
seven guys. It doesn't matter forty minutes. On the Pacers
side of things, they strategically didn't play. They're all stars
like Halliburn and Siakam. Generally tried to keep them about
thirty two minutes per game on average. Now, obviously they
went hire in some moments, but they plan that out

(27:21):
and will go ten or eleven deep strategically in this series.

Speaker 4 (27:24):
Well, the crazy part about this series for me is
I think New York has more star power in the
team that obviously I think seems like America's behind winning
right now.

Speaker 8 (27:33):
But then I look, can can any New York team
ever have be the fans favorite thing?

Speaker 1 (27:43):
It's a thing. It's a thing. God, it's a thing.

Speaker 8 (27:44):
I don't care if it's the Jets America.

Speaker 1 (27:48):
All right, Scott, Scott, you rubbing me, You're going the
wrong way. Now you're making a U turn.

Speaker 4 (27:52):
No, but no that with that team with the Pacers though,
it's crazy because all the names you just name in
the name that I think is going to be the
most important in this series for them is Miles Turner
and so like he's such a good player, such a
steady player for me that sometimes plays at an all
star level as well, Like he can raise his game.

Speaker 1 (28:11):
I mean, he's a shot blocker.

Speaker 4 (28:12):
He's a guy that can you know, space the floor,
knock down with three, can hit the mid range, good
free throw shoots, just like a really solid player. I
want to talk about him, but I also want to
talk about I think when I look at this the
scope of this series, the Pacers have the event with
Rick Carlou as well, So I want to talk about
both of those a little bit.

Speaker 1 (28:28):
Scott.

Speaker 8 (28:29):
Yeah, first start with Miles, and he's been through the
highs and lows. He's experienced all the rumor mills about
you know, in the trade conversations or not. The reality
is that was only serious about one maybe two times
throughout all those years. But that said, you know, he's
been that rim protector, that focal point defensively, that last
line of defense. He's been through it all. And so

(28:50):
obviously these two teams met last postseason, but this is
such a different matchup, right, Eric charl Anthony Towns is there,
You're going to have a hopefully relatively healthy Oga Novi,
the same thing with Jalen Brunson. On the other side,
the Pacers did not have ben at Nic Matheren. He
was out with shoulder surgery, and and Tyreese Haliburton was
a small shell of himself given dealing with several hamstring

(29:11):
injuries that he had experienced over several months. So first
of all, yeah, that that matchup inside with Miles and
then Karl Anthony Towns is intriguing for so many reasons,
especially because that was brought in for a reason for
this Nick team and to take put them over the hump, right.
And so then the other side of it is, here's
how the Spacers are built. They're built with the numbers,

(29:32):
and because of that, they're going to try to run
them the death. They're going to try to wear these
guys out, not just in the game, but for the
entire of this series. And so they want to win
the war of attrition in this battle and that's that
would be the right reason why primarily the Pacers win
this series. They have you know, solid town all over
and then they just have it a numbers game whereas
you know, the Knicks are down to five and seven.

Speaker 4 (29:53):
Guys, well, is this the nineties or is it twenty
twenty five? Because I'm getting nineties here.

Speaker 8 (30:00):
Yeah, And by the way, you mentioned it, Rick Carlisle,
so I should hit on that as well. And one
of the biggest things that's gotten a lot of attention, uh,
is just the level in which he's empowered his team.
And I would go along and stay with the empowered
his assistant coaches like in practice, you know, we're totally
you know, it's one assistant coach running this and the
other doing that. And how the way in which he's

(30:21):
empowered them so that they have a vocal presence on
this group. You'll see Jenny boost that jump up on
the bench and help leave the defense Mike Weiner out there.
Might be designed designing a game winning play like we
saw with the Haliburton four point play that beat the Bucks,
and that was key because it ultimately gave the Pacers
home court advantage in the postseason. So a small thing
ended up being a large thing there. And then he

(30:42):
just empowers Tyree Haliburton starting right there, to call the
place to read and react and really allow for them
to get into the offense that Tyree sees fit Scott.

Speaker 3 (30:52):
Before we let you go, we have to ask you,
how do you think the series ends?

Speaker 8 (30:57):
No, boy, you try to avoid the prediction game.

Speaker 2 (31:01):
I get that. I get that. Fine, I'll let you
off the hook up.

Speaker 4 (31:04):
This one because how many games will it goes?

Speaker 1 (31:07):
Okay?

Speaker 2 (31:08):
Yeah, how many games?

Speaker 8 (31:09):
I think at seven?

Speaker 2 (31:10):
You think it goes to seven? Okay, all right, that's thought.

Speaker 8 (31:14):
Might be the Knicks, right because this home court, right
the challenge is are they worn? Are they too worn
down at that point? Absolutely so, it'll be the Pacers
if they're not. If they're hanging in just strong, I
would lean towards the next.

Speaker 3 (31:25):
Absolutely, And we've also seen during the playoffs at home
court doesn't necessarily matter as absolutely much.

Speaker 8 (31:32):
But but but I will tell you being in both
of the venues so many times, these are two at
the best home court atmospheries that you will experience. Although
I'm not sure anything in top MSG right now, it
is electric right there.

Speaker 1 (31:43):
I mean, Ben still can still there.

Speaker 2 (31:46):
They might I'll still be there. That's what's crazy. Scott,
thank you so so much.

Speaker 3 (31:51):
We will be in touch throughout the season because you're
a busy man, so even when the NBA is over, you.

Speaker 2 (31:56):
Still got things to do. So we will be in touch.
Have you on again. Thank you. We appreciate you. Enjoy
the rest of your Sunday.

Speaker 8 (32:03):
I appreciate you, guys. Thank you.

Speaker 3 (32:04):
Have a good one, Scott Agnes. You can follow him
on x at Scott Agnes Agnix. Agnes is spelled a
g n e ss man. A lot of stuff going,
a lot of stuff going on for him, an exciting
time in Indiana.

Speaker 4 (32:19):
And the thing about Indiana that people don't realize, or
maybe they do, that is a passionate knowing of basketball
fan base that's out there, and so for them to
have some success again, it's a good thing to see.

Speaker 9 (32:32):
Absolutely, absolutely, and uh, let's take a quick trip around
what's trending with Chris Purfet, who is on double duty
as we always double please are yeah, always double.

Speaker 1 (32:42):
Duty around here. Soon enough, triple dudey, Yeah, it's coming
for you.

Speaker 10 (32:47):
One hundred and seventy two, with about eleven minutes to play,
Oklahoma City, thunder all over the Denver Nuggets. As we
start to get into the fourth quarter here Shay Gildes,
Alexander I think hit a ten foot day shit jumper,
just not long ago, but thunder and complete control one
O two seventy two. Now I should not do live
scoring updates too much, but hey whatever, Let's move to

(33:09):
the PGA Championship. Scotty Scheffler still with a one stroke lead.
He's plus one, he's one over today. He's on the
fourteenth hole, but holds onto a ten under through the
tournament on his heels. John Rahm nine under for the tournament,
three under today. John's kind of running out of time
to get things done though.

Speaker 1 (33:29):
He's on hole sixteen.

Speaker 10 (33:31):
And keep an eye on Bryson to Shambo, could be
who's put himself with a two under day, try to
crawl back into us. But he's on seventeen right now,
so starting to run out of runway there if they're
gonna catch either Ram or Scheffler. As it looks like
the PGA Championship will be coming down to another very
interesting finish. Top of the fifth right now. Dodgers and Angels.

(33:51):
It's all angels, right here, just picking off where they
went yesterday for nothing. Two outs here, and then the
Sint Seattle Mariners all over the San Diego Padres for
to one top of the six A Rose Arena with
a fourth inning home run. Moncey and Carrie back to you.

Speaker 2 (34:07):
Thank you so much, Chris. You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 3 (34:11):
Mister three thousand, mister three thousand on the horizon.

Speaker 2 (34:15):
Yes, we'll get into that.

Speaker 1 (34:18):
No, no, no, no, that's a good one.

Speaker 4 (34:20):
When when when Profet was saying triple duty, I just
thought of like a little kid like saying like a
bad word to another little kid.

Speaker 1 (34:28):
Oh yeah, you're a triple duty.

Speaker 2 (34:29):
Oh yeah, duty is in something else?

Speaker 3 (34:32):
Yeah yeah, yeah, But yeah, mister three thousand on the horizon,
We're gonna talk about that next.

Speaker 2 (34:37):
Don't go anywhere. It's Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 3 (34:40):
You're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio, Fox Sports Sunday.

Speaker 2 (34:45):
What's up, everybody.

Speaker 3 (34:46):
I'm Moncey Belanos alongside former All Pro safety Carry Roads
and Carrie.

Speaker 2 (34:51):
It looks like it looks like I'm not a big better,
but I'm gonna put one hundred dollars.

Speaker 3 (34:56):
Right now on the thunder to be advancing into the
Western Conference.

Speaker 2 (35:01):
Of Finals.

Speaker 3 (35:02):
They have a one fourteen to seventy six lead halfway
through the fourth quarter. And we're going to dive more
into this series once it ends, because it definitely started
differently than it looks now.

Speaker 2 (35:16):
But we'll dive. We'll dive into that.

Speaker 3 (35:17):
Let's uh, change gears here, shift gears here.

Speaker 2 (35:20):
I think that's how you're supposed to say it.

Speaker 1 (35:21):
Shift a little bit.

Speaker 2 (35:22):
Yeah, you can you drive a stick? Yeah?

Speaker 1 (35:26):
Yeah, yeah, done?

Speaker 2 (35:28):
Long, I know, right, It's but like, well, are you
asking me if I can do it? Well? I learned
to drive on a stick, I did, so can I
do it well?

Speaker 1 (35:35):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (35:36):
I don't know, but I definitely that's how I learned
to drive. Shout out to my my brothers. Thank you
for that, guys.

Speaker 2 (35:43):
But yes, shifting gears to a little abase.

Speaker 3 (35:47):
The Theayears are losing right now. But that's not what
we're talking about. We're going to talk about Clayton Kershaw
Carrie thirty seven years old, a legend, three times So
Young Award winner, an MVP. We'll be the next Dodger
that goes into the Hall of Fame and has his
number retired, no questions asked. Injured comes back for the

(36:07):
first time in a while yesterday and does not put
up a great stat line against the Angels. The Dodgers
did lose, I mean they're.

Speaker 2 (36:16):
About to lose the series. But Kershaw is thirty strikes
away from three.

Speaker 1 (36:23):
Thousand, thirty strikeouts away.

Speaker 2 (36:25):
Thirty strikeouts away.

Speaker 3 (36:28):
That is that is something that I feel like we
are going to see less and less of, right, yes,
and so if I'm the Dodgers, I don't care how
bad Kershaw performs. You put him out there until he
gets those thirty, right.

Speaker 4 (36:45):
I agree, Yeah, out of respect for him, out of
respect for him. But yeah, again, like you said, this
is this is one of those monumental records and it
kind of puts you on that Mount Rushmore of pictures
when you eclipse that numbers.

Speaker 1 (37:00):
So if you're close enough to get there, do it. Now.

Speaker 4 (37:03):
My own personal beliefs about Kershaw aren't the most favorable myself.
I mean, he is a Hall of Famer, he's all
the things you said before, but he's had some moments
in postseason where he hasn't been that and so there
are you know, a little asterisk around his name for
me as that gold I'm not going to dive into
that deeply, but that the strikeout thing is a real

(37:25):
thing and if he has a chance to get that,
get it now.

Speaker 1 (37:27):
Okay, sorry because of what Carrie, just.

Speaker 2 (37:30):
Yeah, trust me. I have a lot of questions, Yeah
for sure.

Speaker 11 (37:32):
So wait, is Sandy Kofax like the best Dodger pitcher
in your opinion?

Speaker 1 (37:36):
Or is it? Is it Kershaw?

Speaker 4 (37:38):
I can't answer that clearly because I'm not a Dodger,
so I don't you know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (37:43):
This is from peripheral nobody.

Speaker 2 (37:44):
It might be Sandy Kofak.

Speaker 11 (37:46):
I think that if he gets though, this is a
big thing to happen.

Speaker 3 (37:51):
Sandy Kofax won three cy Youngs when they only gave
one out.

Speaker 12 (37:55):
Yeah, that's that's a big part, which is a huge Also,
he he tired early because of injuries and like at
the time, I don't know if Tommy John was even
like it, so it's like who knows what he was
actually capable of.

Speaker 2 (38:08):
But I do.

Speaker 3 (38:09):
Think you give it to maybe Sandy. But right now
Kershaw is our dude. That is our guys there you
hear you said it out there.

Speaker 2 (38:20):
I don't care how many hits he gives up.

Speaker 3 (38:23):
We have a high offensive team that should not matter.
Send him out there and let him get the three thousand,
because there's not many pitchers that may get there.

Speaker 1 (38:32):
Now.

Speaker 2 (38:33):
Chris Sale, he's thirty six years old, he.

Speaker 3 (38:36):
Has two four hundred and eighty six strikeouts going into
this season. I believe so he and he could have
got like he can get there, but on average, you
get like Chris Sale last year had the most strikeouts
with along with Trek Scouobel from Detroit. Schooble had two
hundred and twenty eight. Chris Sale had two hundred and
twenty five. And so Chris Sale four hundred and eighty six,

(38:58):
thirty six year old, thirty six years old, Garrett Cole
twenty and fifty one.

Speaker 11 (39:03):
He's not getting that, and that's he's.

Speaker 1 (39:07):
Thirty four done.

Speaker 2 (39:08):
Guys, this we may never see this.

Speaker 11 (39:10):
I really don't think so. Yeah, especially with how hard
pitchers are throwing it exactly, but.

Speaker 2 (39:15):
Also like starting pictures aren't are also a dying breeze.

Speaker 1 (39:18):
You're barely even going five innings.

Speaker 2 (39:20):
Exactly barely five innings. So it's like we have to
see this through.

Speaker 1 (39:25):
I don't care he gets.

Speaker 4 (39:29):
No, No, I don't curse. I don't care that I
hope he gets it. And so that's a let me
preference everything by saying that I hope he gets it. Now,
I just when I said what I said. But that's
not to take away from Kershaw at all.

Speaker 2 (39:41):
Yeah, he says, He's like, I'm not trying to fight here,
but got his star next to him when it comes
to the playoffs.

Speaker 3 (39:48):
Now, I'm not I understand what you mean. There have
been moments in postseasons where you know you want to
Curshaw deliver. We're delivering for the next two hours, so
don't go anywhere because we still have so much to cover.

Speaker 2 (40:00):
I'm Moncey, He's Carrie.

Speaker 3 (40:02):
What's up, everybody, Helpe you're having as good of a
Sunday as the Oklahoma City Thunder are.

Speaker 2 (40:08):
Thanks for tuning in. I'm Moncey.

Speaker 3 (40:10):
He's Carrie hanging out with you for the next two hours.
If you missed the first hour, you're gonna have to
go back and listen to.

Speaker 2 (40:17):
The podcast because we.

Speaker 3 (40:19):
Dove into the Celtics, dove into the Pacers with their
beat reporter Scott Agnes, who also covers the Indiana Fever,
and you know, the w NBA has just started, and
you know, I didn't ask you, Carrie before we dive
into the into the NBA. We did talk to Scott
about it. But what did you make of that quote
unquote flager and foul on Uh, Caitlyn Clark last night

(40:42):
over Angel Reese.

Speaker 4 (40:43):
I didn't think much of it. I was watching it, like, oh,
it's a hard foul. Cool, get a hard foul, get
up and play basketball. But obviously there is some lingering,
absolute stuff stuff between those two sisters. Yeah, and uh,
and so it's it just goes there. I mean Caitlyn
Clark even turned by, she wasn't even paying attention to it.

Speaker 3 (41:01):
So it's which she does all the time, like she
that's just kind of how she even handled I think
last year any sort of confrontational moment, she just walks away.
And I think she's smart in doing that because it's
not worth it, right, Like walk away is usually what
you want your star players to do.

Speaker 4 (41:16):
You notice what I what I did notice about that
all quote unquote, You guys can't.

Speaker 2 (41:20):
See it all we're using our error quotes.

Speaker 4 (41:23):
That altercation is remember when it was a thing that
people were talking about at the beginning of last year
and her rookie year and Caitlyn Clark's rookie year. Yeah,
people are trying to be aggressive with that, and we're
you know, trying to punk her and her teammates wouldn't
come to her defense.

Speaker 2 (41:36):
Oh yeah, all the difference now Aleiah Boston. It's amazing
to see.

Speaker 3 (41:43):
And I know last year I did find it moments
where she did not have her team backing her up.

Speaker 2 (41:49):
But I do think the.

Speaker 3 (41:51):
The stardom that is Caitlyn Clark was something nobody knew
how to handle or expect, including her own teammates. Right,
So you go through a season, you grow together, you
have an off season, and now, yes, Aliah Boston. In fact,
there's a still shot where it looks like, I don't
I don't know if Angel Reese was gonna take a swing,
but there's a still shot where it looks like she's

(42:12):
winding up and Aliah Boston is the one that's like
stopping her.

Speaker 2 (42:15):
And it's like, yeah, that's what you do.

Speaker 3 (42:17):
Because a year has passed, they have now bonded, and
now they're entering the season a little bit more familiar
with Yes, with the stardom that is Caitlin Clark, because
she I said it to Scott Agnes Like, I'm not
saying she is Michael Jordan. I'm saying the attention is
very similar to the attention that Michael Jordan had with

(42:37):
the Bulls. I mean, look a look at the arena.
That's all you need, literally, and it's not over.

Speaker 2 (42:43):
Everyone was like, Oh, it's gonna it's gonna die down.
I don't think so.

Speaker 3 (42:46):
I don't think it's dying down at all. But yeah,
a hard felt, not a flagrant foul at all. And yeah,
you know, those two girls don't like each other, and
that's not a bad thing. They don't need to like
each other. They don't, so as long as it doesn't
ever lead to something that doesn't need to lead to
aside from on the court being tough and playing tough basketball,
you don't need to.

Speaker 2 (43:04):
Like each other.

Speaker 3 (43:04):
It's fine, you guys, like, it's fine. Most women don't
like each other. Let me tell you that right now,
because it's true.

Speaker 2 (43:11):
Most women don't like each other. So you're fine, you're fine.

Speaker 3 (43:14):
But moving on to one big star immediately number one
overall pick to literally the last pick in the NFL draft.

Speaker 2 (43:25):
Not so long ago.

Speaker 1 (43:27):
I see you like that, like that, like that was in.

Speaker 2 (43:30):
The moment, Thank you so much.

Speaker 3 (43:32):
Can you imagine being brock Party and a couple of
years ago being the last pick in the draft. Do
you think he thought, give me three, give me four years,
I'm about to make bank.

Speaker 1 (43:43):
Do you think he thought that bank? But there's a
difference in bank.

Speaker 3 (43:49):
There is a difference in a bank, Rock Party landing
a massive deal.

Speaker 2 (43:54):
I believe this happened on Friday. You and I both.

Speaker 3 (43:56):
Were on air on different shows, so we haven't talked
about it together, but we were both on air when
it happened. I think I was actually on air as
the news broke with Dan Byer, and then you came
in with Calvin Washington.

Speaker 2 (44:08):
So we were fresh when it came to this.

Speaker 3 (44:10):
Five years, two hundred and sixty five million dollar contract extension,
one hundred million guaranteed. Obviously my man can move out now.
Obviously my man can move out now.

Speaker 1 (44:22):
He can get rid of the Toyota career.

Speaker 2 (44:24):
I don't know if he is, though, I don't know
if he is.

Speaker 3 (44:26):
Don't you just keep the Toyota Camri and then maybe
have like your portion in the back or range rover.

Speaker 4 (44:34):
Well, if you're like me, I left my little moths
the nine to nine on my college campus in the
same parking spot.

Speaker 5 (44:38):
No you not.

Speaker 1 (44:39):
It never came back.

Speaker 2 (44:40):
You did not, So it's still there with multiple tickets.

Speaker 1 (44:43):
Well not now, not now was it?

Speaker 2 (44:45):
And you're like, I don't care.

Speaker 1 (44:46):
It was multiple ticket, multiple tickets anyway.

Speaker 2 (44:49):
That is funny.

Speaker 3 (44:49):
And then you had to pay it because it's still
registered to you carry roads. A great story though, and
you did the minute you got a contract.

Speaker 2 (44:55):
Is that what you did?

Speaker 1 (44:56):
I was out, I left the nine to nine in
the same spot that I did, and then.

Speaker 2 (45:01):
You went and got what I got?

Speaker 1 (45:02):
A range Rover.

Speaker 2 (45:02):
Yeah you did?

Speaker 3 (45:03):
I yes, yes, absolutely, Range Rovers I get it.

Speaker 2 (45:08):
Man, there's something about that car. It is a nice car.

Speaker 3 (45:11):
Now. I quickly if I were like, right now, let's
say I signed a deal to I don't know, be
the next quarterback of the San Francisco fort nine ers,
I would go out and buy.

Speaker 1 (45:19):
Right now Jeep Wrangler.

Speaker 3 (45:21):
I get a Jeep Wrangler because my Barbie had one.
Got you, Barbie had a white one.

Speaker 1 (45:25):
That would be like your dream That would be my
dream car.

Speaker 2 (45:27):
And it's affordable. It's affordable, so that's the best part,
you know what I'm saying.

Speaker 3 (45:30):
But that would be what I go get, and I
would leave my car here and let it rack up
all the tickets, just like you.

Speaker 2 (45:36):
That's what I would do.

Speaker 3 (45:38):
Brock party though here he is the new franchise quarterback
for the Niners.

Speaker 2 (45:43):
Yeah, here's my thing. Who thought this wasn't gonna happen?

Speaker 1 (45:47):
Right?

Speaker 5 (45:47):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (45:48):
It's the only course of action.

Speaker 2 (45:50):
Who's surprised here?

Speaker 1 (45:52):
Nobody? You shouldn't be. I'm sure some fans are not
fans of the forty nine ers, but.

Speaker 3 (45:57):
Of course, and in the forty nine er fan base,
I find the interesting part of the story. We have
forty nine er fans here, you know, Brandon, we're in
the editing room right now, Rich Davis, we have Niners
fans here. And I do think there was a split
when it came to brock Purty, Like there were still questions.

Speaker 2 (46:13):
Like is he a quote unquote elite quarterback or is
he a system quarterback? And so there was mixed reviews as.

Speaker 3 (46:20):
To how much money. Listen, he did not reset the market,
which is also I think.

Speaker 2 (46:25):
Really good for the NFL.

Speaker 3 (46:27):
When it comes to now these other up and coming
quarterbacks like Michael Pennix Junior. You know what, I'm saying,
like CJ. Stroud, his roocky contract.

Speaker 2 (46:36):
Is going to be coming up soon. I feel like
what the deal he took is appropriate and it does.

Speaker 3 (46:41):
Help teams that have these young quarterbacks because he did
not reset the market. Absolutely, there are some players that
are making less than him that maybe shouldn't. You know,
I think Justin Herbert and Lamar Jackson maybe make a
tiny bit less than him. But it's like, yeah, like I.

Speaker 2 (46:56):
Get that, you know, I hear you, but this is
this is.

Speaker 3 (46:59):
A pro and also if he is a system quarterback,
who isn't nowadays?

Speaker 4 (47:04):
Yes, right, the whole moniker is supposed to be something
that's I guess derogatory towards a player.

Speaker 1 (47:11):
It's not.

Speaker 4 (47:12):
Well, if you can be in the system and the
team trusts you to run that system.

Speaker 1 (47:16):
You are the guy still.

Speaker 4 (47:17):
And we saw last year, which I think was very
beneficial for him not having all his assets there. You know,
everybody talked about those players are the ones that made
him good and whatever, fine, because that's all we saw
until last year. Last year, those guys went there and
he was still a good quarterback.

Speaker 1 (47:36):
Wasn't great.

Speaker 4 (47:36):
He was a good quarterback and if he could thrive
in those situations and keep that team afloat. That was
all that I'm sure the forty nine ers needed to
see that.

Speaker 2 (47:44):
I'm glad you said that because I was going to
lean into that. It's like, what do you want with
some new quarterback? You want a quarterback that can take
you to the super Bowl?

Speaker 8 (47:52):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (47:52):
Yeah, he's already been there.

Speaker 3 (47:54):
He went there, and then he went and took you
far the next year again, and like you said, has
late with not the best offensive weapons after having them,
whether it be because of trades or because of money,
or because of injuries like Christian McCaffrey. He's done it
all in a very short amount of time. So it's like,
what other option did the Niners really have? And I

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think somebody would have swooped him up real quick easily
for sure. Right, what would you say though, in his
small couple of years, what do you think is the
one thing that you think he needs to work on?

Speaker 4 (48:31):
Well, I mean it's got to work on everything, everything, everything.
There's no there's no relaxed state as an NFL quarterback,
Like there's no level of I've arrived, yes, And that's.

Speaker 1 (48:44):
For any players to maintain that though it is, and.

Speaker 4 (48:47):
That's why you don't see a lot of people that
have the longevity that Brady or those guys have. Even
when you are good and then you become great, you
still have to reinvent yourself because obviously, once you get
to a of this high status of being called great
at what you do, there are people coming for that crown.
So what do you do to keep distancing yourself to

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become the greatest version of yourself you can because there's
tears to that as well too. Absolutely, And so for him,
I mean obviously being quicker and decisive with his throws.

Speaker 1 (49:19):
He's usually quick and decisive.

Speaker 4 (49:20):
But when you have a year like last year, when
all your guys aren't there, you tend to hold the
ball a little longer. Course, So you want to not
have that start to be who you.

Speaker 3 (49:31):
Are as a court taking nature, right, You don't want
that to be the thing you always.

Speaker 4 (49:35):
Just because then you start pumping and you start throwing
it and interceptions and.

Speaker 2 (49:38):
Turnovers and then defense picks that up real quickly.

Speaker 4 (49:39):
Yes, so that's number one, you want to do that,
But also it now that he has the contract, his
voice can be bigger, and so becoming a better leader yes,
Now he's not just one of the guys. Now you
have all this money, you are a franchise guy. Let's
hear your voice more. We don't think about San Francisco
and we think about rock Party first.

Speaker 1 (49:57):
We don't know.

Speaker 4 (49:58):
He has to be that guy now and that's what
that contract says. And so that's what I want to
see from him.

Speaker 5 (50:03):
I like that.

Speaker 3 (50:03):
I think that is something that he can work on immediately,
right being the leader. Obviously, practice and going through the
games are going to make him better. One thing that
I feel like people knocked him on a lot, it's
just he tended to have a harder time when it
came to weather.

Speaker 1 (50:16):
Okay, the weather, the.

Speaker 3 (50:17):
Weather when there's a lot of weather, a lot, you know,
but sometimes rain, sometimes snow, And that would be like
the only time where I felt he was extra criticized.

Speaker 2 (50:26):
But it's like, I I.

Speaker 3 (50:27):
Don't know how you It doesn't everyone all quarterbacks have
a harder time when it's raining.

Speaker 2 (50:32):
Is that all the players? Isn't that everybody? You? You
were you there? Like you know what I'm saying.

Speaker 4 (50:36):
I didn't want to play in the snow. I wouldn't
tackle anybody. So just so you know, this is a
this is a real thing, Monty. When it was super cool,
I actually like the snow. If it wasn't the wet snow,
Like if it was like the thick snow that was
falling down, it was kind of cool because you still
had the traction. Sure, it actually didn't seem that cold.
But when it was wet, when it was snowing, oh,

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that's the worst.

Speaker 3 (50:58):
So I'm sorry explain this to somebody who does not
know what weather is in California. I don't understand what
it's snowing. But it's snowing and wet. So is it
raining and snowing at the same time.

Speaker 4 (51:09):
It's that So it's that it's just that it's just
that moisture. So it's really moist right when when I
use the word but really the moisture's coming down and
the snow's coming down at the same time.

Speaker 1 (51:19):
That's when it's like slippery.

Speaker 4 (51:21):
I see the field isn't in good conditions, and then
the offense has the advantage, right, And when it's just
the dry in my mind's all, when the dry snow's
coming down, then it's just fun. It's kind of just
hitting me and it's cool and it looks and it
looks the part like that when people say they love
snow games when they see that players don't as much.
But I can understand why in that moment, because.

Speaker 2 (51:42):
It looks fake to me, say, I can't believe you
can actually play like this. That's why I'm so into it.

Speaker 3 (51:48):
But I can also understand that I'm into it because
I'm from California.

Speaker 1 (51:52):
That's right.

Speaker 3 (51:52):
No, absolutely, I'm sure others on the other side like
we're so over this, but for us, for me in particular,
like I've only been around snow lethal bit in my
life every now and then, I did not like it.
I went to Germany and it was snowing. I fell
many times on the ice, like a lot. Like I
fell a lot just walking, just trying to get from

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one side of the street to the.

Speaker 1 (52:15):
Next, exactly.

Speaker 2 (52:16):
I kept falling.

Speaker 1 (52:16):
So imagine that I can't.

Speaker 2 (52:18):
I can't.

Speaker 3 (52:20):
So it doesn't matter. The Niners have their quarterback of
the future and they what's I think they have a
nice friendly schedule.

Speaker 2 (52:28):
Coming out this year. I say, we talked to Adam.

Speaker 3 (52:31):
Kaplan about that and more on the other side, so
don't go anywhere.

Speaker 2 (52:36):
He's Carrie.

Speaker 3 (52:37):
I'm Moncey and this is Fox Sports Radio. If you
can't tell, Mary Mack has joined the show. She's on
the ones and twoes. Now, what's up, everybody? Happy Sunday?
You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. I am Moncey Belogas
alongside former All Pro safety Carry Roads. And it is official, Carrie.
We've got the Western Conference Finals. Yes, okay, see taking

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on the Minnesota Timberwoe the t Wolves. It was a
nice performance by the Oklahoma City Thunder and.

Speaker 2 (53:10):
We are going to dive into that.

Speaker 3 (53:12):
But we have our NFL insider Adam Kaplan joining us,
ready to dive into Brock Party, the upcoming schedule and
so much more.

Speaker 2 (53:22):
Adam, how's it going?

Speaker 13 (53:24):
Yeah, God, it's going to be with you. Yeah, a
little ritual here on Sunday.

Speaker 2 (53:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 13 (53:28):
Yeah, I'm just really just an NBA note. I'm bummed
for the Nuggets not getting back.

Speaker 2 (53:34):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (53:35):
Yeah.

Speaker 13 (53:35):
My buddy Jimmy Klebennov, who's the director of player Personnel,
I went to high school with.

Speaker 5 (53:39):
Wow.

Speaker 13 (53:40):
Yeah, it's been a great run for him. He's won
a title with him. They ain't make it, but you
know what, consideringly fire the GM and the.

Speaker 3 (53:45):
Head coach an unreal It's a pretty good accomplishent Right.

Speaker 1 (53:49):
You know.

Speaker 13 (53:49):
The cool thing is we're going to have a team
that's never made the finals, right, one of them is
gonna have to make it Minnesota or Okay, See, it's
it's a pretty cool story.

Speaker 2 (53:57):
It is pretty cool. But I'm with you.

Speaker 3 (53:58):
It sucks with Denver just because Aaron Gordon, like you knew,
he was a big part of that success. Yeah, and
he tried to go out there.

Speaker 2 (54:05):
He tried. I'll give it up yet tough injury.

Speaker 3 (54:09):
But let's talk a little NFL here. Adam brock Purty,
we just talked about that. And the first thing I
said to Kirie was, was anyone surprised about this?

Speaker 2 (54:18):
I don't see the Niners doing anything but extending this man.

Speaker 5 (54:22):
Yeah.

Speaker 13 (54:22):
Look, the only question was, and I haven't gotten the
breakdown of the five year deal yet. I'm I'm curious
to what it's going to look like. But Monty, the
thing that you know, i'd heard from people closest situation
was starting back in February after the season, was they
were not going to do a bridge deal.

Speaker 5 (54:38):
Now we could argue whether.

Speaker 13 (54:40):
They should or shouldn't have, but the one thing that Kylesham, particular,
John Lynch, the general manager, wanted to do is they
wanted to show Purty that he's their eye. Despite the
injuries to what the last three years. One was very serious,
the elbow injury. They were going to stand by and
make it clear to him and their fan base that
he is their guy. And it's just that's the way

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it is. He's their guy. There's no question about it.
In a division, quite frankly, is wide open that that
NFC West. I know the Niners are picked by the
oddsmakers to win it, but quite frankly, it's wide open
right now.

Speaker 4 (55:13):
Wow, I keep I don't understand why they are picking
the Niners.

Speaker 5 (55:17):
I don't either.

Speaker 4 (55:18):
I mean, I've told you I think we talked about before, Adam.
I'm a Rams guy. I think they are the better
team in the division. But anyway, I mean, yeah, the
Brock Purty deal though, I talk about a guy that
was myster irrelevant to being pretty relevant moving forward with
this big deal. And I think exactly what you just
said I said as well, like reward the guy, especially

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after last season when he didn't have all the toys,
which obviously people said that he was a system guy,
a guy that was good only because of the weapons
around him. To go into a situation where he kept
that team afloat as much as he could without all
those guys, proved that he can get the job done.
So that's kind of what I felt about it.

Speaker 13 (55:56):
Yeah, and then they'll get Brandon and I back from
his ACL in three Ricky Persol, Now you remember what
happened last summer. He's now a full time starter. Jowhon
Jennings is a really good backup Kittle that they took
carever his contract. So there's some questions on their offensive line.
They're getting older, They've had some changes defensively. They're really
excited about Mikail Williams, the first round pick, who's an

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edge rusher.

Speaker 5 (56:18):
They have some time to go here.

Speaker 13 (56:20):
But yeah, in Seattle, look, they've got Sam Darnold a
they've had an aggressive off season.

Speaker 5 (56:27):
That again, I'm.

Speaker 13 (56:29):
Kind of with you, Like, I don't know why the
Niners is every sports book Cats then the favorite.

Speaker 5 (56:33):
Really wow, Yeah, I'm a little surprised.

Speaker 3 (56:36):
Does it have to do with their schedule, because looking
at the niners upcoming schedule, it seems in their favor,
like start at Seahawks, at Saints, at home against the Cardinals,
at home against the Jaguars.

Speaker 2 (56:50):
Those are the first four.

Speaker 13 (56:51):
Yeah, yeah, I'm looking at it right now here.

Speaker 5 (56:55):
Yeah.

Speaker 13 (56:55):
You know, it's funny with the forty nine ers, they're
another team that right when you think, okay, they can't
do it. We just mentioned brock Party. But going back
I'm looking at their early part of the schedule here. Yeah,
I mean you could say it's favorable. I mean they're
at Seattle. It's never easy that they've been able to
win up there. In fact, remember Perty's first big win

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was when he had to play at Seattle on a
Thursday night where I didn't think he had it. I
just didn't think he could do it, and he certainly
proved me wrong. I'll just tell you this, so Carry
there was the reason why he was the last pick
of the draft in twenty two. Didn't have a really
good arm. You really question whether he's an NFL quarterback.
You didn't have a great stature, not a really big guy.
The funny thing is the scouting report that was given

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to me by an Aria Scattle had that area was
that basically he was a guy that didn't understand his limitations.
He tried to make throws that he really couldn't make.
And again, I mean, honestly, it's funny had he not
been drafted just one where if they would have passed
on him, you never know where it would have gone

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an undirected free agent.

Speaker 5 (58:01):
But yeah, you're honestly Monci.

Speaker 13 (58:03):
After that, they're at New Orleans, who's very quatchable quarterback.

Speaker 5 (58:07):
They host the Cardinals. They host the Jaguars at the Ram.

Speaker 13 (58:12):
Yeah, honestly, when you look at the schedule, and it's
fair to say they have a very favorite schedule. Tough
game at Houston, certainly, tough at Tampa is tough. Yeah,
out of division at the Browns, they host the Titans
at the Colts. Yeah, this is why that would be

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probably why Yeah, honestly, I I still question the roster
head and how good it is.

Speaker 5 (58:39):
Yes, the schedule is really very well.

Speaker 1 (58:42):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (58:42):
So speaking of this schedule, we know that the Chiefs
have the most primetime game.

Speaker 2 (58:47):
So here's my first question. Yeah, seven, why do the
Dolphins have five?

Speaker 13 (58:52):
Surprised me because I was I was participating in the
national media call with Mike North, the schedule maker and
their group, and it did surprise me because they've got
they're at Buffalo, they host the Ravens. Now they have
two other ones. But what it is is you and

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then they have they have they have an international game. Yeah,
I would have given them two to me, being stuck
in neutral, they're kind of like the Cardinals to me,
they're they're somewhere around five hundred. Uh, they're under a lot.

Speaker 5 (59:27):
Of pressure to win there. Yeah, I would not. I'm
agreeing with you. I we didn't.

Speaker 13 (59:32):
They didn't really talk about the Dolphins, but one thing
I did learn, now, this could play into the Dolphins
if they're not as good. So when we're talking about
flex scheduling, and they brought up the Commanders as a
perfect example of it, no one thought they'd be good.

Speaker 5 (59:46):
Every year.

Speaker 13 (59:47):
Guys, there's a team that comes out of nowhere where
you go, wow, really, well.

Speaker 5 (59:50):
The Commanders were that team last year. Yes, they had
a quarterback with.

Speaker 13 (59:54):
Phenomenal as rookie, but overall they probably overachieved a little bit.
But the league once the ability with flex to catch
these teams and I forget the phrase that they use
get the teams off the hair that aren't playing well.
That they crushed the game, because let's see if one
good team and then the other team's really bad, well,
and it's a it's an it's a primetime ago. They

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want to get that bad team off of it and
get a team that's certainly up and coming on there.

Speaker 4 (01:00:19):
Well, you talk about the Dolphins, and you talk about
the AFC East in general. I don't even know if
the Dolphins will finish in the top three in that
division this year. So when I look at them, I
actually think the Jets have a better chance at being
better than the Dolphins at this moment. So the fact
that they have that many games, because I see the
Patriots taking a leap as well here, So it's going
to be a tough division for them to even you know,

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even be sniffing around the playoffs in my opinion, Adam,
what do you think about that?

Speaker 13 (01:00:44):
Yeah, here's the thing. I'm I'm cutting bullish on Drake May. No,
they're just so England. Yeah, I'm me too. Their team
that I know. Look, they got a long way to go,
but Mike Rabel's a playoff coach. He's a really good coach.
One thing you're probably going to see you I just
want to put this out there. I want to have
to explain why I'm saying this, So go big out

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so well, this is an interesting point here, and again
we have to see if it plays out like I
think it will. So everyone says Mike Rebel wants to
run on the football. I'm not saying he doesn't. But
someone was on his coaching staff with Tennessee told me,
had he not been fired, he wanted to open it
up and because he knew they were going to go
away from Derek Henry. We forget Derek Henry was special

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last year. He didn't end his career real well with Tennessee.

Speaker 5 (01:01:30):
Uh.

Speaker 13 (01:01:31):
The word what roun his coaching staff was that he
was a little bit more forward thinking. He wanted to
come out and be more aggressive. Well, Drake may Folks
is a super aggressive quarterback. So let's see. Now they've
got mostly they've got a mixture with Stefan Dix coming
back from the a c L. But they have Kyle Williams,
who are really excited about it as the round receiver,
Pop Douglas who's six round pick two years ago, who

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they like, and I mentioned Digson. Matt Collins has been
the league for a long time. I'm interested to see
if Rabel does it look I think he's going to
do now, they have to protect the quarterback. But I
do believe Drake May is that type of guy. And
keep keep an eye on their past game. This season
might be a little better than you think.

Speaker 1 (01:02:10):
Yep.

Speaker 3 (01:02:10):
All right, So still with with this schedule that came out,
I'm having a hard time understanding how cam Ward and
Schaudre Sanders don't have one single primetime game scheduled.

Speaker 2 (01:02:22):
And also tell you why the Saints.

Speaker 5 (01:02:24):
Is telling you, the league's telling you they don't think
they're gonna be very good, but.

Speaker 3 (01:02:28):
They're the top I mean, like the most two of
the three most discussed players, and I feel like not
even one.

Speaker 2 (01:02:34):
And then the Saints don't have one, but I got.

Speaker 5 (01:02:36):
One for you.

Speaker 13 (01:02:37):
They actually, oh it's Monte, I forgot about this, okay
on your point, uh huh, So it might be it
was one of the three guys who were on this
call last week in terms of flex scheduling, so they
brought up. Okay, the Titans in Week seven will host
the Patriots.

Speaker 5 (01:02:51):
Let's just say that.

Speaker 13 (01:02:52):
Let's say both teams are like three and three where
they're cam Word's playing, well, that's potential and by the way,
that's that's that's that's that's a week of flex scheduling.

Speaker 1 (01:03:02):
That's a good one.

Speaker 13 (01:03:03):
Yeah, that could be one if if both teams are
competitive manty, because that's got remember if Rabel was fired.

Speaker 1 (01:03:11):
By the title. Yeah, and yeah.

Speaker 13 (01:03:14):
That that's on your point for see, that's how you
get on there. As they said on the call, last
you play yourself. You clubs play themselves on it are
oft in terms.

Speaker 3 (01:03:23):
Of prime time huh okay, So there's a chance we
see them if they.

Speaker 5 (01:03:30):
Get gotta be competitive. Yeah, they got to be compared.
They're gonna have they can't be like one in five.

Speaker 13 (01:03:36):
And by the way, you know, there's a there's they
have to do it well before that week. So yeah,
it's It's interesting though, because I did learn from what
they were talking about. There might be some games where
you go, there's no way they'll put that on primetime.
But if it's a surprise team or it's a quarterback
versus quarterback matchup, sure like if Anthony Richardson in week
eight is playing, it's a four to twenty five game,

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but a turn up putting it into primetime.

Speaker 5 (01:04:01):
If a young quarterback's playing well, that matters Adam.

Speaker 4 (01:04:06):
I mean, we've talked about all the scheduling, all this stuff,
and and and we obviously know the league. The NFL
is is always story latent. It's always it's always about that.
I want to talk about who is your dark horse
team that you're most interested in seeing. I know you
were Jacksonville guy. I know you want to see Davis
Hunter and well.

Speaker 13 (01:04:26):
I sub metched that last week. Yeah, I did say
we're probably going to talk about this.

Speaker 4 (01:04:29):
Yeah, but but but what But what team are you
if you were to say, look out for this team,
this team could surprise you that.

Speaker 5 (01:04:36):
Boy, I see.

Speaker 13 (01:04:37):
I think Chicago's the obvious one. Use they're loaded and
off that. Yeah, yeah, I think that's the obvious one.
They're not obvious the one I'm not. I got one
on my mind. I just I don't know how deep,
I don't know how talented defensively they're going to be.
But for able, such a phenomenal coach. There were four,
there were four and thirteen last season. But I'm going
to go with the Patriots maybe to be seven or

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eight wins. They've made a lot of upgrades. They didn't
spend huge money for each to the other than Milton
Williams who came up from Philly. That's a team that
nobody's talking about. But I believe in Drake May and
I know they they're pleasantly surprised at how well he played.
Now I hate to admit this, but with Dak Prescott
coming back, because everybody beats up the Cowboys, they were
seven to ten last season with him being hurt, they

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could have to be a they could be a big.

Speaker 5 (01:05:23):
Bounce back team. And Seattle's my other team.

Speaker 2 (01:05:25):
Seattle.

Speaker 13 (01:05:26):
Yeah, they were ten and seven. They didn't make the playoffs.
Remember they did not. And I'm I liked the way
that Sam Darnold shocked the world last season.

Speaker 5 (01:05:35):
He certainly did.

Speaker 13 (01:05:36):
Certainly shock me. And that's a that's an underrated roster.
They've addressed their offensive line problems. That's another team, but
that's super dark horse. To be honest with, you beat
New England because nobody thinks they could win.

Speaker 3 (01:05:47):
I've been meaning to ask you this question for the
last like three weeks, and I had to write it
down because I was like, I'm going to forget no, no, no, no.

Speaker 2 (01:05:55):
Yeah, but it's not And I literally I can't believe he.

Speaker 1 (01:05:58):
Does.

Speaker 2 (01:05:59):
I know he loves he loves him.

Speaker 3 (01:06:01):
I never got to ask you what your thoughts were
on running back? O'maron a Marian Hampton, who the Chargers drafted,
who obviously as a Chargers fan, and I've been meaning
to ask you that what what do you think of
that pick?

Speaker 2 (01:06:14):
What do you expecting to do? But I feel like, yes,
it was a really high ceiling for him.

Speaker 13 (01:06:17):
I feel super explosive. He's more explosive than genty Gent.
He's more of a baby handle volume carries and so forth.
But Hampton is explosive.

Speaker 5 (01:06:26):
You put him with Nachi Harris's at power back, there's.

Speaker 13 (01:06:28):
Your one two punching. Harris is only on a one
year deal anyway. Wow, So I do like it. And
they added trade that's another team more boy. A lot
of us missed on them last year. Yeah, Trey Harris
was the second round receiver.

Speaker 5 (01:06:41):
Mcaukey.

Speaker 13 (01:06:41):
It was a great rook Yeah, he was like Williams
is back. Quentin Johnson did a nice job last season.
By the way, Carrie, were you playing when a Rondi
Gatston was.

Speaker 5 (01:06:51):
In the league?

Speaker 1 (01:06:52):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (01:06:52):
Yeah, see now his son was just drafted as a
tight end.

Speaker 1 (01:06:56):
Yeah, why would you say that? Adam wh would you
make me over right now? No, I wasn't.

Speaker 5 (01:07:00):
I thought Rodney's Ronny's definitely older than you. That senior.

Speaker 13 (01:07:03):
Yeah, I know he's definitely o you. But his son's
a pretty athletic Titan. He was a former receiver. That's
another team that no one's talking about now. Yeah, but
with the Chargers last season, they made the playoffs, so
they would exclude them from my surprise teams. But sure
they Boy. Now I know that Chiefs have owned the Chargers.
They won seven to row against them. But boy, the

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Chiefs the last two seasons, their passing game is regrets.
They've had major offensive line problems. Let's see if the
Chargers could close that.

Speaker 1 (01:07:30):
All right, that's okay, cool?

Speaker 5 (01:07:32):
All right? Charges?

Speaker 4 (01:07:33):
Do you think they're going to win a division? Do
you think they have a chance to win the business?
I do?

Speaker 5 (01:07:38):
Do they do?

Speaker 13 (01:07:40):
Look, I know they parted ways with some veteran players,
but Clone Mack is back. They've got what My biggest
issue with them is this. The cornerback position is not
very good. They over chief last season. I'm worried about
the cornerback position. They are older at the edge rush position.

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Mclough Mack could still clearly play. So I would say
they got to get the car, they got to get
the corner position straighten out.

Speaker 5 (01:08:06):
They're really going the on line. We just mentioned receiver.

Speaker 13 (01:08:09):
They're pretty good there in Hardball's a phenomenal football coach.
They're going to give the Chiefs a big run here,
and it's about Tom Justin Herbert plays to the level
a lot of look in fact, Kerry and I probably
discussed this the last couple of years. Yes, on FSR.
He needs to play up to the discussions that people have.
He's capable, but he needs to start playing like it.

Speaker 3 (01:08:29):
Yeah, last one here, Adam, what are your thoughts on
the possible reseting that could happen in the NFL PLA.

Speaker 5 (01:08:35):
Yeah, I saw that.

Speaker 13 (01:08:37):
The thing that the league is always going to they
have to reward.

Speaker 5 (01:08:43):
Divisional champions no matter what the record is.

Speaker 13 (01:08:45):
But once you get out of the first round, if
you're a team that a losing record, you should not
be hosting a home now. Yeah, and the league wants
to get rid of it that. That's the owners will
never agree to not give division winners.

Speaker 5 (01:08:57):
You know, the first round, you get a home if
you want to vision, but that's it.

Speaker 13 (01:09:02):
And I told you I have no problem, and I
would expect if it doesn't pass this year, it's going
to pass some year because it's just not right. I
don't care if that that team of the losing record
wins the first round, you got to reward. It's just look,
if it's a bad division, it's a bad division, and
we can't reward people like that or teams like that.
That just doesn't It's not the way it'supposed to be done.

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But the league will argue and the owners will argue, Hey, listen,
if my team wins a division, I don't care what
our record is. We're getting a home game. But then
after that you shouldn't. That's that's that's what we're looking
at here.

Speaker 2 (01:09:32):
Adam, thank you so much.

Speaker 3 (01:09:34):
I promise next week we'll ask you about Aaron Rodgers
don't learn.

Speaker 1 (01:09:38):
Well, hopefully that'd be great.

Speaker 13 (01:09:39):
I not that I'm expecting it, but it would be
kind of cool, because man, I don't want to see
Mason Rudolf as quideralck no offense.

Speaker 2 (01:09:44):
Yeah, I hear you. Yeah, but Adam, we appreciate it.

Speaker 3 (01:09:48):
You can follow Adam on x at Kaplan NFL.

Speaker 2 (01:09:52):
We appreciate you.

Speaker 1 (01:09:53):
Talk to you next week.

Speaker 2 (01:09:56):
Aaron Rodgers.

Speaker 1 (01:09:59):
Aaron Rodgers, it's always the conversation.

Speaker 2 (01:10:01):
Zar is a conversation.

Speaker 3 (01:10:02):
In fact, it's more impressive when we don't ask about him,
you know what I'm saying, because we could ask about him.

Speaker 2 (01:10:05):
But we'll ask about him next week. We'll see what
he's up to.

Speaker 3 (01:10:08):
Let's see what Chris Perfett is up to over at
the anchor desk.

Speaker 2 (01:10:12):
Chris, what is going on? I think someone at a
home run.

Speaker 10 (01:10:17):
Getting getting jiggy with it. It is a brand new
ballgame for the Dodgers and Angels. Dodgers been threatening for
a couple innings here, I think lasting they had like
bases loaded, Angels getting out of the jam. Not this
time against Will Smith. It is now four to four,
brand new game there in North Carolina, Charlotte, Quail Hollow,
It's we're on the victory lap here. One hole left

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for Scottie Scheffler and his first Wannamaker trophy at the
PGA Championship. He hasn't done worse than par on eighteen
in this tournament, six stroke lead, twelve under, one under
four today.

Speaker 2 (01:10:51):
Excuse me, don't die on us, don't die on us.

Speaker 3 (01:10:55):
It's Okay, it's a tie game between the Angels and
the Dodgers.

Speaker 10 (01:10:58):
It's all good drama, high drama. Well, I'm sure people
have been asking what happened to John Rahm, John Raum
was tied? Was what happened with Hill? Well, to paraphrase
off of Jim Nance a little bit, here lies John
Brahm roadkill on the green mile. Two double bogies to
end the day, including one in the water that has
killed a lot of guys here. Yeah, Bogee, two double

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bogies is how he's gonna finish. So he's back in
the middle of the pack. Next second behind Scheffler is
Harris English and Bryson de Shambeau there, which, like you
got a six stroke lead under them. So you got
to imagine this is in the bag for Scheffler in
the NBA earlier thunder. Also in the bag, the thunder
all over the Nuggets one twenty five to ninety three.

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Not even a contest here, as shake Gil just Alexander,
the presumptive MVP, racks up thirty five points in this game.
And finally, before we get out of here, WNBA has
announced they are investigating hateful fan comments that happens at
the sky Fever game. Apparently, after the Clark Reese incident,

(01:12:04):
there were reports of quote unquote hateful fan comments. The
WNBA strongly condemns racism, hate, inscrimination in all forms. We
are aware of the allegation and are looking into the matter.
No surprise there. Rest of the baseball scores right now, Yes,
Dodgers and Angels all tied up top of the fifth
and Mariners opening their lead up on the padres five

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to one, men on the corner, and the Astros defeated
the Rangers four to three in the final. Monsey and
carry back to you.

Speaker 2 (01:12:32):
Thank you, Chris.

Speaker 3 (01:12:32):
You're listening to Fox Sports Radio on this Sunday, and
it's time for us to take a break so we
can come back and do a little.

Speaker 2 (01:12:40):
Carry on or off. Okay, don't go anywhere. It's Fox
Sports Radio.

Speaker 3 (01:12:45):
It is Fox Sports Sunday. I am Monty Belanyas alongside
former All Pro safety carry roads, hanging out with you.
And let me tell you, I can't feel anything when
the Angels just took the lead.

Speaker 2 (01:12:56):
I can't feel anything.

Speaker 3 (01:12:57):
Okay, the Dodgers are gonna possibly lose this series gets
swept by the Angels.

Speaker 2 (01:13:07):
Anthony Banda just gave up a home run. So the
Angels are up five to.

Speaker 1 (01:13:10):
Four now after they just tied it up with a
three rounds.

Speaker 2 (01:13:12):
And they just tied it up. But you know what,
Anthony Banda, the ladies love you, so I don't know
if you're going anywhere. Just like we throw Kershaw out
there because we don't care.

Speaker 3 (01:13:20):
I think we're just gonna keep throwing out Anthony Banda
because the ladies love him so much.

Speaker 4 (01:13:24):
It's got the it's got the little he's got the glasses,
ones got the wild thing. He's got a little a
little little Major League reference.

Speaker 2 (01:13:31):
Yes, yes, I'm telling you. He has an effect at
the stadium. He does when he comes out.

Speaker 3 (01:13:37):
Yeah, it's it's unreal. But he just gave up that
home run. So we'll see what happens. It is the
top of the eighth. I mean, hopefully the Dodgers do
not get swept in this series against their crosstown rival.

Speaker 2 (01:13:47):
The Freeway Series. But let's move on to a little.

Speaker 1 (01:13:54):
Ooh mmm you uh god.

Speaker 3 (01:14:02):
Yeah, one of our favorite segments, carry on or off
with carry Roads.

Speaker 2 (01:14:07):
See what he's into, what he's not into? All right,
let's start here since this game is going on.

Speaker 3 (01:14:13):
Yeah, all right, Carrie, are you on or off as
an athlete keeping an item from a game even if
you lost?

Speaker 1 (01:14:23):
I'm on Yeah, I'm on that. I'm on that.

Speaker 5 (01:14:26):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:14:27):
You're you're at a stadium, you're at it, you're at
an event, you get something, you hold on to it,
put it in your pocket, don't let anybody else touch it.
Keep it for a nice little keepsake from some event,
because nowadays, like you want to always kind of pinpoint
places in time and where you've been in certain time.

(01:14:47):
And for me, I'll forget it if I don't keep it. Sure,
so I'll keep it. I'll say I'm on that one.

Speaker 3 (01:14:52):
And so specifically, like let's say you when you were playing,
you intercepted, yeah, a ball, but you lost, Dude, keep that.

Speaker 2 (01:14:58):
Ball even though you your team lost.

Speaker 1 (01:15:01):
Oh it's kept.

Speaker 2 (01:15:01):
Oh it's kept. Okay.

Speaker 1 (01:15:02):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:15:03):
So, uh, the Dodgers just crushed the A's not long ago,
and I mean crushed. Nineteen to two was the final
scar and so the A's obviously like we're like, all right,
just throw someone out there to pitch. And they threw
out their backup catcher, Johnny Pereira and he struck out
show he otani and.

Speaker 2 (01:15:20):
He gets the ball back and you see him throw
it to the dugout.

Speaker 4 (01:15:22):
No, no, yeah, I'm speaking that. Yeah, I'm keeping it.
I'm with him, You're with him. Yeah, I didn't give
up any of those nineteen runs. I stuck out. I'm
keeping this.

Speaker 1 (01:15:32):
He kept the ball.

Speaker 2 (01:15:33):
Literally throws it to the dugout, and I was like,
I would do the same thing.

Speaker 1 (01:15:36):
I got plenty of balls that are in my uh
that balls I got, I got, I got item balls,
sports balls.

Speaker 4 (01:15:45):
That I that I have that are that are labeled,
and I know those games were lost, and so yes,
I'll keep it for sure.

Speaker 2 (01:15:50):
Okay, all right?

Speaker 3 (01:15:51):
Uh Carrie, are you on or off playing mind games
with your opponents to get an edge?

Speaker 1 (01:15:58):
Ooh I am off it personally. I'm off it personally.

Speaker 4 (01:16:05):
I know a lot of people do it, and I
know a lot of people have gained advantages by doing that.
For me, I'm more about going out getting the job done,
beating you mentally physically, but because I'm prepared, not because
I'm out talking you're outwitting you know.

Speaker 8 (01:16:21):
No?

Speaker 2 (01:16:21):
All right?

Speaker 3 (01:16:21):
So Jalen Ramsey was on a podcast talking about his
time at Florida State, and he said he used to
message the girlfriends of the wide receivers.

Speaker 1 (01:16:31):
Got a lot of insecurity out there.

Speaker 3 (01:16:34):
Yeah, the wide receivers he was going to play, so
he would like, you know, slide into their d ms.

Speaker 2 (01:16:38):
Yeah that mind games.

Speaker 1 (01:16:41):
That is mind games.

Speaker 4 (01:16:42):
And I definitely would have follow him on the field
at that time if I would have known that was
going on. Especially in college, You're you're definitely a little
insecure at that time.

Speaker 2 (01:16:50):
You can do this in the NFL. You can only
do this in.

Speaker 1 (01:16:53):
College, exactly, school, exactly.

Speaker 2 (01:16:55):
Absolutely absolutely.

Speaker 3 (01:16:57):
I mean I'm not against it, Okay, Carrie, are you
off waiting in line for hours to get something that
you really want?

Speaker 1 (01:17:05):
I don't wait in line for anything. I'm off that.

Speaker 4 (01:17:09):
No, there's no way. I don't wait in line for anything.
MONSI if the line looks if the line was three people,
I'd be upset.

Speaker 2 (01:17:16):
You're annoyed, so you don't go to in and out.

Speaker 4 (01:17:18):
No, everybody's sitting in, sitting in line, clogging up traffic,
trying to get a burger from in and out.

Speaker 1 (01:17:24):
It's the craziest thing. I see it all the time.
Me too, suck.

Speaker 2 (01:17:28):
Listen, I love a grilled cheese from in and out.

Speaker 3 (01:17:29):
I'll have it any day, but the line, I hardly
ever have it, and they open at like ten thirty,
and it's like, I don't want to grilled cheese at
eleven thirty in the morning, and so like, I hardly
ever get it. But this is coming from even though
Scott Agnes, who we spoke to, there was a picture
of the line for the Fever game six hours before
tip off. People were in line to get Caitlink Clark

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and Fever merchandise and it was like, blocks.

Speaker 1 (01:17:56):
Wow, Masa, you know what I'm thinking of it. I
know I'm off it and I stay to that.

Speaker 4 (01:18:01):
I have been a little bit more lenient with that
because I'm a Disney guy and I used to do
the tours and all that stuff, so it's easy in
and out. But you know, dating somebody a couple of
years ago and like actually going and like taking part
of like being in that line with your friends, that's
an experience too, So I'm not going to say waiting

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is bad.

Speaker 3 (01:18:22):
I've also definitely maybe waited to buy like a pair
of Jordans or something. I don't know if I'll do
it now, but I have done it in my life.

Speaker 2 (01:18:28):
All right, quick here, I think we got time, Carrie.

Speaker 3 (01:18:30):
Are you on or off NFL players playing flag football
at the LA Olympics in twenty twenty eight?

Speaker 1 (01:18:36):
I am on that, on that, yeah, I am am so.

Speaker 4 (01:18:40):
I played in the American Flag Football League after I
retired just for to kick off there.

Speaker 2 (01:18:46):
So fun.

Speaker 1 (01:18:47):
It was so fun.

Speaker 4 (01:18:48):
It was like to kick off their annual thing and
it was like big, big players. It was me, Michael
vick Ocho Senko, like it was fun to introduce.

Speaker 1 (01:18:57):
It in the Olympics.

Speaker 4 (01:18:59):
To have a player form have names, not just you know,
you're random players out there.

Speaker 1 (01:19:04):
Sounds fun.

Speaker 2 (01:19:04):
I hope it happens. I know they're gonna talk about.

Speaker 3 (01:19:07):
It to see if they're gonna let them do it,
and it's like, come on, they don't get to do this.
And then with an opportunity in LA, like let's do it.
That's that is a good one.

Speaker 2 (01:19:16):
All right, guys, we are wrapping up our two. There's
still one more to go.

Speaker 3 (01:19:20):
We've got to dive into the Western Conference final now
that we know what's gonna happen, and the Eastern Conference Final.

Speaker 2 (01:19:27):
Is there one that's more exciting than the other. Maybe
we're gonna dive into that. Yeah, this is Fox Sports Sunday.
I'm want to say he's scary, don't go anywhere. Yeah,
that is right. What's up?

Speaker 3 (01:19:39):
Everybody, Happy Sunday, Welcome to Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 2 (01:19:42):
Thank you for hanging out with us. If you've been
hanging out with.

Speaker 3 (01:19:45):
Us this entire time, we appreciate it. Going into our three,
if you miss the show, you've gotta go back and
listen to it because we dive into so many good
topics with Adam Kaplan. When it comes to the NFL
and the skee and the forty nine ers being favored
to win their division, But does it have to do
with their very favorable schedule?

Speaker 2 (01:20:06):
Maybe that's it.

Speaker 3 (01:20:08):
Talk to Scott Agnes about the fever and the Indiana Pacers,
which we're gonna talk about very soon.

Speaker 2 (01:20:15):
But let's start on the Western Conference. Carry.

Speaker 3 (01:20:18):
We know who's going to the Western Conference Finals. It
is the Oklahoma City Thunder taking on the Minnesota Timberwolves.
They just eliminated the Denver Nuggets, final score one twenty
five to ninety three, a seven game series, the second
one for the Nuggets. Yeah, well, it's hard to imagine
that that did not play a big part in Denver's performance.

Speaker 2 (01:20:42):
It's another series going seven games.

Speaker 4 (01:20:44):
Yes, yes, I mean again, they weren't gonna have anything
down to stretch here. We talked about it. They had,
you know, so many games that they played, obviously tough games,
tough games like just the War of Attrition when you
talk about the Denver Nuggets. And then obviously that showed
to mean you had Aaron Gordon who had the gray

(01:21:05):
two hamstring strain, and so I'm sure that contributed to
it somewhat. And now you know they okay, see prevails
in Game seven and moves on to the Western Conference
Finals against the t Wolves, and the team that you
know has become it seems like, you know, America's darling right,

(01:21:25):
a little bit right, like the kind of sense that
people are getting on the Elworts train. And obviously now
giving Julius Randalls some of his flowers that.

Speaker 1 (01:21:33):
He's deep so that he deserves.

Speaker 4 (01:21:35):
Right now, he's playing absolutely lights out, very intriguing series.
I want to know what you think about it going
into it between these two teams, and how do you
feel this series is going to play out.

Speaker 1 (01:21:44):
I'll keep you mind, but I want to hear yours first.

Speaker 2 (01:21:46):
You know, I feel like this series is going to be.

Speaker 3 (01:21:50):
High paced, a lot of fast basketball going on on
both sides, and it's going to be about between two
of the future faces of the NBA in Shay Gilgas
Alexander and in Anthony Edwards. As much as I wanted,

(01:22:10):
obviously the Glibbers to be here, as much as I wanted,
I think this is a really fun matchups to see. Like,
I think I'm expecting to have fun watching this series.
If there is a blow blowout on either side, I'll
be surprised, to be honest with you. I see a

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tough six to seven game series, but all tight games.

Speaker 2 (01:22:35):
That's what I envision.

Speaker 3 (01:22:36):
But I feel like it's gonna be a lot of fun,
and it's because of they both play such fast basketball,
so I don't.

Speaker 2 (01:22:43):
See one tiring out the other.

Speaker 3 (01:22:44):
Because sometimes we'll get to the East right the East Final,
which you could argue one team might.

Speaker 2 (01:22:50):
Tire out the other team with how they play. But
these two teams that are going out of the West,
they're both very similar.

Speaker 3 (01:22:57):
In their style of play, and I don't think either
one of them is gonna get tired.

Speaker 2 (01:23:02):
And I feel like.

Speaker 3 (01:23:05):
With the whole conversation of like, who's in the next
face of the NBA.

Speaker 2 (01:23:09):
We've got some faces in these final four teams that
really could be the faces of the NBA.

Speaker 3 (01:23:14):
But I'm very excited to get going with the finals
here with the conference finals, this one just seems like
it's gonna be high scoring, a lot of fun, intensity,
like the.

Speaker 2 (01:23:25):
Whole everything you want.

Speaker 3 (01:23:27):
And even though okay, see, just went to a seven
game series, they also their first series was easy and quick,
so they have not, you know, been brought to the
ends of what they can do.

Speaker 2 (01:23:40):
Like Denver, Denver was done. Denver could not do it.

Speaker 3 (01:23:43):
And you know, in the first quarter carry because I
was doing updates, so I was like paying attention close
detail to their shooting percentage. In the first quarter, Denver
was shooting fifty eight percent from the field. They were yes, right,
and then quickly it was, oh.

Speaker 2 (01:23:56):
They're down to thirty five percent from the field. Was
that your legs were tired?

Speaker 1 (01:24:00):
Probably? Probably?

Speaker 2 (01:24:02):
And then you have Aaron Gordon, who, like we have
to Aaron Gordon.

Speaker 3 (01:24:06):
We talked about you last week, how great you are,
how you have been a big factor in the success
that the Nuggets have had in the playoffs for you
to even go out there with.

Speaker 2 (01:24:16):
The grade to hamstring strain. Man, hats off.

Speaker 1 (01:24:20):
To you, man.

Speaker 4 (01:24:21):
I'm over here just writing down the names in this series,
right down, and the matchups. It's crazy. Yes, let's listen
to this. Okay, s g A versus Mike Conley obviously
sg A that has that matchup, Edwards versus Dor We
know Edwards has it, but it's gonna make it tough.

Speaker 2 (01:24:37):
Sjeord is not gonna he's gonna love that.

Speaker 1 (01:24:40):
It's gonna be it's gonna be musty.

Speaker 2 (01:24:42):
TV, gonna be mussy.

Speaker 4 (01:24:44):
You got Jaylen Williams versus Daniels, which I like Daniels
in that match with Williams even though Jayleen was the
All Star. I just love the way that Daniels plays. Yes,
and he's sneaky.

Speaker 2 (01:24:55):
He can give you thirty Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 1 (01:24:58):
Then you got Randall versus Chat Roundo's going to bully
check the.

Speaker 2 (01:25:01):
Way Randall has been playing right now, He's.

Speaker 1 (01:25:03):
Going a bully chick.

Speaker 2 (01:25:04):
Absolutely.

Speaker 1 (01:25:05):
And then you got Hartenstein versus Rudy.

Speaker 4 (01:25:06):
Now that matchup can be switch where Check can go
to Rudy and Hardenstein play around and Hartenstein knows around
the from New York. So just all the interesting matchups,
the basketball, the game thing you talk about, the benches obviously,
and it's crazy, insane, Like I'm getting excited thinking about it,
right it really is.

Speaker 1 (01:25:25):
I don't know who has the advantage.

Speaker 2 (01:25:26):
I don't either.

Speaker 4 (01:25:27):
I don't know who I'm thinking it's gonna win this yet.
I need time, but I know it's gonna be exciting, it's.

Speaker 3 (01:25:32):
Gonna be I don't know who's gonna win either. I
I would not like to pick right now. I need
to see how they're going to adjust to each other. Yes,
it may come down to coaching. It may come down
to timeouts.

Speaker 2 (01:25:42):
It may come down to who did you let.

Speaker 3 (01:25:45):
Take a breather at the right time. It's gonna come
down to runs. Did you control their run better than
you controlled your own run. It's really is gonna come
down to decision making, because, like you just said, those
matchups like yeah, crazy, they're great and they both have
a star and other stars, but they have a star
that's gonna want to take over, and.

Speaker 4 (01:26:05):
It's gonna be it's gonna come down to obviously, I
think eventually who plays better out of Williams and Daniels
in my opinion, Okay, who's gonna be not even Williams
and Daniels, but Williams and Randall. Sorry, between the two
number twos. The way it's been looking in this playoffs run,
I mean, Rando has been clear and cut the better
two in this series right now. But if Jalen Williams

(01:26:28):
can play like the All Star that he was, then
we got a different, different story. But it I mean,
it's just so many matchups, so many right.

Speaker 3 (01:26:37):
And it's like, oh yeah, this day, I think you
might give the edge to this player, but there is
no clear cut when it comes to this game that's
going to be happening in the Western Conference finals.

Speaker 2 (01:26:48):
Now, before we completely say bye bye.

Speaker 3 (01:26:51):
To Denver and Aaron Gordon, what what does this say.

Speaker 2 (01:26:56):
About Steph Curry?

Speaker 1 (01:26:58):
We talked about this.

Speaker 2 (01:27:00):
What is this?

Speaker 3 (01:27:00):
Honestly like, it's hard to really sit here and be like,
man stuph How old is Aaron Gordon?

Speaker 2 (01:27:06):
I know he's younger. I know he's younger.

Speaker 1 (01:27:07):
He's in his thirties though, yeah he's.

Speaker 2 (01:27:09):
Not twenty three. Let me see how old he is?

Speaker 1 (01:27:11):
Hold on, I would say he's thirty. No, he's twenty nine?
Is he twenty nine to thirty.

Speaker 2 (01:27:17):
He's twenty nine, that's okay, twenty nine.

Speaker 9 (01:27:20):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (01:27:21):
Wow, he is younger. Okay, he's younger, but he's played.

Speaker 1 (01:27:23):
What twelve years still though.

Speaker 3 (01:27:25):
It feels that way like he's been around for a
minute for a hot second and then okay, and then Curry.

Speaker 2 (01:27:29):
Is thirty gap, there is an age gap.

Speaker 1 (01:27:31):
And they played differently. Stephan three moves a lot he
does obviously.

Speaker 3 (01:27:35):
Obviously, Yeah, but it just makes you think, like, man, Curry,
you couldn't go out there in an elimination game with
a grade one hamstring.

Speaker 1 (01:27:42):
Strength because just to be a decoy, just to.

Speaker 2 (01:27:45):
Be a decoy.

Speaker 3 (01:27:46):
But I wonder also if it was more than a
grade one and they just didn't want to in case
they got to a game seven, right, Like like you
mentally like, let's not put this out there yet. Yeah,
but that's the first thing that I feel like everyone
is thinking of.

Speaker 4 (01:27:59):
Is Steph Curry not going I said it to you
when I walk on and said, what does that say
about Staff? I mean, obviously he is older, he does
play a different brand of basketball, But you go out
there and lay it out there for your team, I
mean out there. There was no way they were going
to beat Minnesota without him being there, So yeah, in that.

Speaker 1 (01:28:16):
Case, just call the series then, you know what I mean?

Speaker 2 (01:28:18):
Like, he just called it egg exactly exactly.

Speaker 3 (01:28:20):
And when they went Aaron Gordon stepped out there and
he immediately got an offensive remount.

Speaker 2 (01:28:25):
I was like, can we help the guy out? We
know he's got a bad hamstring shrink.

Speaker 3 (01:28:29):
Can you not expect him to have to be in
there in the first minute to box out.

Speaker 2 (01:28:34):
Can we help the guy out?

Speaker 3 (01:28:35):
And he no, no, And he he played like twenty
five minutes. He tried, he tried. But the Denver Nuggets just.

Speaker 2 (01:28:43):
It was it was a long playoffs for them.

Speaker 4 (01:28:45):
Let's talk about them before a little quick seconds of course,
where do you see them going?

Speaker 1 (01:28:49):
Now?

Speaker 4 (01:28:50):
I mean this this, I think this core has reached
this potential as well.

Speaker 1 (01:28:53):
It does seem so what's the next move for them?
What do you say?

Speaker 2 (01:28:56):
It seems like they need a little bit of depth.

Speaker 3 (01:28:58):
It seems like that that's where they lacked here because
Nicola Jokic can only do so much and there is
no question about it. I do wonder if Michael Porter's
injury was worse than we were actually told also, or
is just is that what you get from Michael Porter?
Like it, Like you said, did we reach did we
reach our highest ceiling? They obviously fired their coach and

(01:29:23):
still went on a run. It was almost like their
season began when they fired their coach.

Speaker 1 (01:29:26):
A little bit.

Speaker 3 (01:29:27):
Uh, they are they have to make moves. They cannot
just run it back exactly the same. They cannot, especially
seeing how other teams are just their depth is so
deep where they don't have to play their stars as
much as they have to play Nikola Yokich and Jamal
Murray and their starters just in general, like Christian Brown

(01:29:48):
is great, but you need more. You need more and
consistently from people off your bench.

Speaker 4 (01:29:54):
And yeah, I think about teams that aren't even in
the in the playoffs this year.

Speaker 1 (01:29:59):
They're coming back better.

Speaker 2 (01:30:00):
They are coming back better, are going.

Speaker 1 (01:30:01):
To be better next year.

Speaker 4 (01:30:03):
The Mavericks will be better next year obviously, and so
like just think about that. Will they the MAVs if
they stay, if they stand pat they can't.

Speaker 3 (01:30:10):
Know, they can't like there's and and I don't know
how their roster exactly is are like there the money
how it goes? Because like for the Clippers, Clippers don't
have really another option, Like they just have to run
it back.

Speaker 2 (01:30:22):
They just have to run it back based on the contracts.

Speaker 3 (01:30:25):
But seeing as to how I feel like there's for us,
there's no other option and we have a good a
good bench and all of that. With Denver, it's like
you actually you need to find other options. Yeah, yeah,
like this is not this is everyone's getting better. Like
you just said, you've got to make some moves because
you can't let Nikola Jokis's career be over.

Speaker 1 (01:30:46):
That guy.

Speaker 2 (01:30:46):
We want to We want to see him in the
playoffs and we want to see him deliver.

Speaker 1 (01:30:50):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:30:50):
Yeah, he's so He's so fun to watch, even though
it looks like he doesn't even want to play basketball. Yeah,
even though it looks like he's annoyed every time he
runs up and down the court.

Speaker 4 (01:30:57):
And if and if Yokis doesn't win again, as great
as he is in the MVPs and all that stuff,
he will be more remembered like a Dirk Yeah, instead
of being in all uh because Doug's Alton.

Speaker 2 (01:31:09):
Right, but absolutely being don't play, but being the.

Speaker 1 (01:31:12):
Greatest of all time.

Speaker 4 (01:31:13):
So there's there will be a little bit of a
discourse surrounding his career, that he didn't maximize what he
could have.

Speaker 1 (01:31:20):
And Dirk's story was that was that.

Speaker 3 (01:31:21):
Yeah, And what's crazy is like we're talking about the
Denver Nuggets as a whole. Yeah, next year, if Nikola
Jokich wins the MVP again, I'm not gonna be surprised
about that.

Speaker 2 (01:31:30):
That's not what we're surprised at.

Speaker 3 (01:31:32):
But he can't do it alone, no, because other teams
are getting stronger and better, and so you can't.

Speaker 2 (01:31:38):
Yeah, Denver's got to figure out make some moves.

Speaker 3 (01:31:40):
I don't know if that means moving on from players,
maybe that you like, just to help him because you
can't let it be the end of his career like this.

Speaker 2 (01:31:48):
No, no, no, no no.

Speaker 3 (01:31:50):
And Denver's good, but you got to you gotta be
better now because other teams are getting better.

Speaker 2 (01:31:54):
So Denver, they're headed to kan Kun.

Speaker 3 (01:31:56):
He's headed to Serbia with his horses.

Speaker 2 (01:32:01):
And maybe we'll find out soon who the damn MVP is? Carrie?
Who is the damn MVP? Why do we not know?

Speaker 1 (01:32:07):
I don't know?

Speaker 3 (01:32:08):
That's so annoying. How are we are we still waiting?
It's like were you waiting because you're gonna give it?
To whoever wins the series. So now we can say
shay gil just is for sure gonna get it, even
though that's where everybody expected. But why did you wait?
I can't, I can't so such a great matchup? I
cannot wait. Let's go to the east. The Knicks and
the Pacers. I asked you at the start or maybe

(01:32:29):
when we wrapped up the last hour. Is there one
that's more exciting than the other because they're both so
interesting they in their own ways, right, like.

Speaker 2 (01:32:41):
Knicks and Pacers.

Speaker 3 (01:32:42):
Yeah, they already saw each other last year and the
Pacers won, but the Knicks everybody was injured.

Speaker 2 (01:32:48):
Everybody in the club was injured for the next one.
It came. Or for the Pacers last.

Speaker 3 (01:32:52):
Year and the Knicks also we're dealing with some injuries
or both. Like for the Knicks, Julius Randall and Beojean
Bogdanovitch didn't play at all.

Speaker 2 (01:32:59):
I didn't remember that they didn't play it all in
the series. Why didn't you remember that, Mitchell Robinson one game?
You're one game?

Speaker 3 (01:33:07):
Og missed several games? And do you remember Jalen Brunson
brokesan in game seven?

Speaker 2 (01:33:12):
Man?

Speaker 3 (01:33:12):
Like the injuries, it's just so, were the Pacers quote
unquote lucky.

Speaker 2 (01:33:17):
No, I don't think so. The Pacers.

Speaker 3 (01:33:20):
As we talked to Scott Agnes earlier, the Pacers have
been on this trajectory for the last two and a
half years.

Speaker 2 (01:33:26):
This is not new. They have just been fine tuning
their style of play.

Speaker 3 (01:33:31):
The Pacers did eliminate the Knicks, but like in reality,
they both ended with the same defensive rating this year
after the regular season, so literally the same, which is
kind of crazy. And they both have different they both
play different styles of basketball lot but score a lot.

(01:33:51):
You knew, Okay, I was like, they score a lot,
but it's very different. Pacers is a team that I
think can tire out the Knicks because of how the
Knicks play. The Knicks have a seven man rotations, right,
that's what they stick to. The Piecers have a what
ten man rotation? Literally, And so even though I don't,

(01:34:13):
as I said to Scott Agnes, I have a hard
time believing that scoring by committee has been this successful
in the playoffs. But I guess when you've been practicing
and you've been running it back for two and a
half years, you're ready for this moment.

Speaker 2 (01:34:27):
It's just you have to rely on everybody to deliver.

Speaker 1 (01:34:30):
Yeah, I mean that's hard. It's hard.

Speaker 4 (01:34:33):
I think there is, yes, fatigues, a real thing, real thing.
But this no, this series is interesting as well. I
mean you got two point guards that are all stars
that are going against each other and Bronson and Halliburton.
Give I'd give the edge to Bronson right now. I
would too, just because of its scoring ability.

Speaker 1 (01:34:54):
I mean, how he can.

Speaker 4 (01:34:55):
Of course he can, but he's more of a facilitator
and so the numbers may look skewed as this series
goes on. And I talked about it with Scott, I
think the biggest factor in this series will be Miles Turner. Okay,
and there's so many good players in this series as well,
and there's so many important players when it comes to

(01:35:16):
who's gonna win this, I've just been high on Miles Turner.
I think he's a guy that doesn't get a lot
of attention. He does everything really good and solid, but
he can shoot the ball better than average. He's I
would say, Carl Anthony Towns probably is the best big
men shooter right now, but Miles Turner is right there.
And I think the steadiness of Turner and not having

(01:35:38):
to be the second best player in this on his
team for them to win and give the Paces a
little bit of an edge to me because because Miles
Turner can go off, but he's not dependent upon to
go off. And so when you talk about having all
these assortment of guys that can score for you and
help you win, it gives Indiana to bit of an

(01:36:00):
ads to me when I.

Speaker 1 (01:36:01):
Think about it. Interesting that part of it.

Speaker 4 (01:36:03):
Yeah, like Carling, the Towns and Jaylen Bronson are going
to have to be all stars.

Speaker 2 (01:36:08):
To win this year, absolutely no questions asked.

Speaker 4 (01:36:10):
And Kat he's so up and down with who he
is as a player. So I'm a little worried for
the next thing.

Speaker 3 (01:36:16):
You know, I agree with you with Kat, but I
do think he has been more consistent in these playoffs
than I.

Speaker 2 (01:36:24):
Thought, because I don't want to use the word soft.

Speaker 1 (01:36:27):
Don't say soft, don't don't say it, okay, something something
I was try hold on.

Speaker 2 (01:36:33):
Let me think.

Speaker 3 (01:36:35):
I just feel like in the past, Carl Anthony Towns
has been not the.

Speaker 1 (01:36:45):
Toughest tough.

Speaker 2 (01:36:46):
It's not tough.

Speaker 3 (01:36:47):
What is it where Jalen Brunson has it like, I
don't know how to describe it, but that guy wants
to step on your throat. He may not say it,
he may not look it, but there's something inside of
him that is brewing to kill you, to.

Speaker 2 (01:37:00):
Want to kill you.

Speaker 3 (01:37:01):
Right in the past with Carl Anthony Downs and when
he was with Minnesota, I just felt like he was
just like not didn't have that in him, didn't have
that I want to step on your throat mentality. And
I'm not saying he's there, but I am surprised at
how he has performed consistently with that mentality of I
want to step on your throat. Yeah, this playoff series,

(01:37:23):
because I hadn't seen it consistently before. Like you said,
up and down, up and down, and that's what that's
what I think. We're both inny on and as I
was like, it's not soft, yeah, but it's like not,
I don't know, not being there, not being tough at
every single opportunity.

Speaker 4 (01:37:35):
It's dependability, dependability, It's it's dependability.

Speaker 1 (01:37:40):
And so when you do that and you're looked upon to.

Speaker 4 (01:37:44):
Be that consistently, Yes, that's the part I'm worried about with.

Speaker 3 (01:37:47):
Him, right, And it's like I wonder if he didn't
because he had Anthony Edwards and he felt like it
was Anthony Edwards. I had to be that and so
now maybe he feels more comfortable being that number two
or that one, zero point five next to Yeah, with
Jalen BRUNSI welle nd I've been very pleasantly surprised at

(01:38:07):
how consistent he has performed throughout the playoffs when it
comes to his demeanor, to his attitude, not his basketball performance,
not that, but his demeanor, his attitude and just the
way he's approaching the game.

Speaker 2 (01:38:17):
But they do have to be on. They do have
to be on.

Speaker 3 (01:38:19):
But at the same time, the Pacers, all of them
have to be on because of how much they rely
on each other. And we saw Halliburn deliver game winners
back to back and then do nothing.

Speaker 4 (01:38:31):
Quick thing sixteen and fourteen, sixteen points, fourteen rebounds on
Male Turner.

Speaker 1 (01:38:36):
Yeah, is a great day.

Speaker 2 (01:38:36):
That's a great day.

Speaker 4 (01:38:37):
That's that's not gonna be acceptable. Full call in the town,
no series for them to win. No, And that's what
I'm saying.

Speaker 2 (01:38:43):
He's gonna go. He has to go over twenty points. Jay,
He's gonna go over twenty points. I'm getting yelled at
by our producer. No, he does not yelling at me.
There's just so much to dive into this, so maybe.

Speaker 3 (01:38:54):
Well we'll hit a little bit more on the other
end and maybe make some wild predictions. Don't go anywhere
that We're gonna take a little break and we'll be back.

Speaker 2 (01:39:00):
I'm manzy, he's carried.

Speaker 3 (01:39:02):
That's Shay telling us and Mary over there. This is
Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 2 (01:39:09):
No, yeah, why do you think I haven't even jumped in.

Speaker 3 (01:39:11):
I like have not jumped in because I'm afraid of
what words are gonna come out of my now exactly
you know what I'm saying.

Speaker 6 (01:39:17):
Not the clean version exactly.

Speaker 3 (01:39:19):
No, No, no, I don't own clean versions of exactly
you know what I'm saying. And so when I hear one,
I'm like, what is that? Oh, that's the clean version.

Speaker 2 (01:39:30):
It's for the kids. It's for the kids.

Speaker 3 (01:39:32):
Fox Sports Sunday, everybody, what's up about Moncey Belagno. It's
alongside former All Pro safety Carrie Rhodes, who I'll post
the video, who apparently just realized how much taller he
is in me, like like he didn't know.

Speaker 2 (01:39:44):
He was like, really, I'm that much taller than Mary,
Like he didn't know.

Speaker 6 (01:39:49):
He can't even say that.

Speaker 2 (01:39:50):
No, he genuine literally, genuinely did not know how much
taller he was.

Speaker 1 (01:39:53):
Because exactly that's exactly right.

Speaker 4 (01:39:57):
Say, look, we're looking to eye to eye right now,
but you guys don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:40:03):
I am standing. I am standing. I usually stand. I
don't sit. I just think I do a I get
more into it than sitting down. But that's so funny.

Speaker 2 (01:40:12):
He didn't. He didn't realize how much taller he is here.

Speaker 1 (01:40:15):
How are you six story six three?

Speaker 6 (01:40:17):
Yeah, five ft I'm taller than you?

Speaker 2 (01:40:21):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (01:40:22):
Than me?

Speaker 2 (01:40:24):
Yes, of course you're taller than me. Everyone's taller than me.

Speaker 4 (01:40:27):
It's crazy, though, because no, that's the that's the problem.
Because I'm sitting down this chill, I'm looking in your eyes,
so it's yes, when I was staking into your looking
into your eyes.

Speaker 3 (01:40:35):
Yes, yes, having romantic conversations about sport sports and uh
the NBA Conference finals.

Speaker 2 (01:40:42):
There we go, Harry, you got it.

Speaker 1 (01:40:45):
That's right, talk about it.

Speaker 3 (01:40:48):
Who's got a sexier game, Anthony Edwards or shake He'll
just Selex.

Speaker 2 (01:40:52):
Anthony, Anthony, Anthony's got this sexier game.

Speaker 1 (01:40:55):
I like that.

Speaker 2 (01:40:55):
I like that. Who's got the sexier games? Tyree's Halliburn
or Jayalen Brunson, I go.

Speaker 1 (01:41:00):
I go Halliburton, Halliburn.

Speaker 4 (01:41:06):
Let's say like fast and like he's got precision and
he does all the things right. I saw a thing
on Excel. It made me laugh so hard. They said
Sga plays basketball like Pink Panther.

Speaker 1 (01:41:17):
Not lost.

Speaker 2 (01:41:20):
I can't kind of see it extly.

Speaker 1 (01:41:22):
I lost it. It was so accurate.

Speaker 3 (01:41:25):
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shortly after the show, our podcast is going to be
going up. If you miss any of today's show, be
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and you'll see today's show posted right after it we
get off the air. Thanks to our producer Shay, who
puts that together. I don't know where he's at, but
he left he in front of me right now. But anyway,
thankshy we appreciate you, and Mary, thank you, and case

(01:41:58):
I forget to thank you for all your Chris urhat
who moves from one chair to the next like we
tend to do here.

Speaker 2 (01:42:04):
We appreciate you as well, Chris, thank you so much.

Speaker 3 (01:42:08):
Any final thoughts going into this NBA Conference Finals before
we do a little update and easy as one, two, three, four,
Any final thoughts.

Speaker 1 (01:42:16):
Yeah, if you're a basketball fan, this is it. This
is it. It's a great, great final four.

Speaker 2 (01:42:21):
Really is.

Speaker 4 (01:42:21):
Seems that are new and fresh guys that are on
the rise to start them, and so yeah, there's going
to be a lot of.

Speaker 1 (01:42:28):
Stories throughout these couple of weeks. I'm excited.

Speaker 2 (01:42:32):
I am excited.

Speaker 3 (01:42:33):
I truly truly think both series go six seven games, yes,
right for sure, And I really feel like we may
not see a blowout, and I mean real blowout, not
like oh at the end whatever, I'm just picking a team. Okay,
see wins by fifteen because at the end they pulled
everybody out, But it was like, I mean.

Speaker 2 (01:42:54):
Blowouts that we have seen.

Speaker 3 (01:42:55):
I really don't think we're going to see that because
the matchups are so exciting, Like we got its spicy
high pace on both ends of the court when it
comes to the Western Conference and then on the East side. Yeah,
like the Pacers are more quote unquote high pace than
the Knicks, but the Knicks defense is what's going to
give them that edge.

Speaker 2 (01:43:16):
Like the Knicks.

Speaker 3 (01:43:17):
Defense have the edge, but the Pacers have the pace
that could tire them out. But we've seen Jalen Brunson.
Jayalen Brunson is mister clutch for a reason. Carry and
I feel like you gave Indiana a bit of an
edge when it came to Tyrese Haliburton, right.

Speaker 2 (01:43:34):
I want to give the edge to the Knicks because
of Jaylen Brunson.

Speaker 3 (01:43:38):
Myles Turner, Sorry, yes, and right now, it's just because
we're talking about Tim Reece right now being Texing and
his style of play and tile of play.

Speaker 2 (01:43:45):
That's what it was you gave it to.

Speaker 3 (01:43:47):
Yes, Miles Turner, I really think I give the edge
to Brunson because we have seen it over and over
again that the moment cannot be too big for that dude.

Speaker 4 (01:43:57):
Yeah, Like we got to remember he's got a little
a nagging ankle thing too, So let's not forget that.

Speaker 1 (01:44:02):
I get it. No, I'm just saying, with that pace
and the thing you're talking about.

Speaker 3 (01:44:05):
Wearing them down, they're gonna inject that anchor he's gonna feel.

Speaker 2 (01:44:09):
Like a horse. He's gonna feel right, he's gonna have
no problem.

Speaker 3 (01:44:13):
He's gonna be like one ankle because I can't feel.

Speaker 1 (01:44:15):
It's that's why I know that I'm excited.

Speaker 2 (01:44:21):
Do we want to make predictions yet?

Speaker 1 (01:44:23):
Not yet?

Speaker 2 (01:44:23):
Not yet right, because that's how close it feels.

Speaker 1 (01:44:26):
I need to look at this a little.

Speaker 3 (01:44:27):
I need to I need to see how they come
out game one, and just to see what each of
them put out on the floor.

Speaker 2 (01:44:33):
We've talked about. Coaching is gonna be a big part here.
On both ends.

Speaker 4 (01:44:36):
I give the nods. Oh yeah, on both sides, on
both sides. Yeah, I give the nod. In the East
to Rick Carlisle and.

Speaker 3 (01:44:43):
Love Rick, I do you love Why where was he before?

Speaker 2 (01:44:47):
Where did he go?

Speaker 1 (01:44:49):
He coached?

Speaker 2 (01:44:50):
Who was that guy?

Speaker 1 (01:44:50):
He coasted? My guy?

Speaker 2 (01:44:53):
Our guy, our guy?

Speaker 1 (01:44:54):
You do love that?

Speaker 2 (01:44:55):
I love Dark love Dirk.

Speaker 4 (01:44:57):
And in the West, I don't know both of those
which are in the position to actually submit themselves as
the coaches said. I think they are m M but
they haven't proved it yet.

Speaker 1 (01:45:06):
Both right, so exactly.

Speaker 3 (01:45:07):
But it's gonna come down, I think, to coaching, and
it's gonna come down to Obviously you've said it adjustments
like all playoffs, That's what it is.

Speaker 2 (01:45:14):
That's what it is. I don't know. I'm really excited though,
to get it going.

Speaker 3 (01:45:18):
And I did not think I would be this excited
about the conference finals. I really wanted I'm not gonna
lie like a Curry to be in there or like Nicola.
I wanted somebody like that, right, like naturally you want
to see those but that's we're.

Speaker 2 (01:45:32):
Not getting any of that.

Speaker 3 (01:45:33):
We're getting brand new stars fighting it out to the death.

Speaker 1 (01:45:38):
Nobody's nobody who's won it yet. That's all of that.

Speaker 3 (01:45:42):
Yeah, I mean literally is Rick Carlisle the only one
who is Like if you think.

Speaker 1 (01:45:47):
You think about it yet?

Speaker 3 (01:45:48):
But yeah, there is not a lot of necessarily championship
experience that.

Speaker 2 (01:45:53):
We're gonna see.

Speaker 3 (01:45:55):
Uh, and it's gonna be I really can't wait. And
I did not think I would be this cited about it. Well,
let's check over on the news desk with Chris Purphett. Chris,
I don't even want to know the final score. I
don't even want to know what game. I don't want
to know.

Speaker 1 (01:46:10):
Let's go elsewhere then, thank you, Chris. Yeah, people got
apps Yeah, you're right.

Speaker 3 (01:46:14):
They can.

Speaker 1 (01:46:14):
They can ask Google, they can ask series.

Speaker 2 (01:46:16):
Yeah, you're right, thanks, Chris.

Speaker 1 (01:46:19):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (01:46:20):
Anyway, let's let's recap a little bit of what's been
going on. Thunder defeat the Nuggets one twenty five and
ninety three. As you've been talking about. That sets up
they will be playing the Timberwolves here shortly. PGA Championship.
Your winner is Scottie Scheffler, shooting seventy one two seventy
three for the tournament. He wins his first Wannamaker Trophy,
his third major all time, and puck drops soon as

(01:46:43):
the Toronto Maple Leafs are are playing a Game seven
against the Florida Panthers. They had had a two game
to none lead in this series before the Panthers won
three in a row. Now we're here on Game seven.
Lifeline on there for the Maple Leafs. Uh funny story
coming out of Baseball a little bit. Sunday Night, Baseball's
on Mets and Yankees in the Subway Series. Yankees with

(01:47:06):
an early two to nothing lead at the top of
the second buster, Olney of ESPN had announced that they
were going to have one SODO miked up for Sunday
night Baseball Buster only had also said that they will
be asking him about Aaron Judges season. He is not
miked up Monci. Apparently Brandon Nemo is miked up instead,
according to Andrew Marshan, and yeah, so pinchhitter Brandon Nimmo

(01:47:31):
will now be Mike dub as eut Ofisoto, taking a
lot of the drama out of this as I'm sure
this seems to be the only story anyone New York.

Speaker 1 (01:47:38):
Wants to talk about.

Speaker 3 (01:47:39):
Absolutely, I just yeah, I also hate micing up players
that are like playing. I actually I understand the Wan
Sodo is the guy that you want and miked up.
I totally get that. Yeah, but yeah, it should be
maybe a designated hitter that is off to the side
and not literally fielding a ball as they're getting asked
questions in their ear, Hey, how was your date?

Speaker 2 (01:47:58):
Hold on, let me throw this battle.

Speaker 10 (01:47:59):
I just find genuinely, like, I don't know, like I'd
never really like the practice in any part of the
sport at any point with any player. Like sometimes they'll
have like ever when Verlander would get like miked up
all the time, but he's like, you know, and I
get it.

Speaker 1 (01:48:12):
It's his day off. But still it's just kind of yeah,
it's distracting. Distract Angel sweep the Dodgers six to four.
MONSI can't carry it back to you.

Speaker 2 (01:48:21):
Wow, he slipped that in there.

Speaker 1 (01:48:25):
How you got to tell the news? Thanks, Chris.

Speaker 2 (01:48:28):
It hit my ear.

Speaker 1 (01:48:29):
It hit my ear.

Speaker 2 (01:48:30):
Using the word swept hit my ear brought out the
rooms there. It's fine, it's fine, you know what. Let's
move on. Let's have a little fun, Chris, don't go anywhere.
Let's have a little fool everybody. A little easy as one, two, three, four. Yeah,
I don't know how hard I made this one. I
don't know, as I always say, but you know what,
I'm gonna put pressure on you.

Speaker 1 (01:48:47):
Seven and a half.

Speaker 2 (01:48:48):
Oh my god, it's the over under for you. How
about that? How about that?

Speaker 1 (01:48:52):
Catch me outside? How about that?

Speaker 2 (01:48:53):
Catch me outside? Catch me outside?

Speaker 3 (01:48:55):
All right, let's start here, seven and a half over
under name one of two w NBA stars to score
the most points in one game.

Speaker 2 (01:49:09):
Not trying to trick you on, trying to make this difficult.

Speaker 1 (01:49:12):
I go Diana Tarassi.

Speaker 4 (01:49:14):
Okay, uh, that didn't look like it was.

Speaker 1 (01:49:18):
Too good poker.

Speaker 4 (01:49:20):
I'm going to go. I go Kaitlyn Clark. No, okay,
I'll go Kaitlin Clark.

Speaker 2 (01:49:28):
I go Kaitlin Clark. All right, is it Kaitlyn Clark.
It is not Caitlin Clark. And again, this might be
a hard one, but it was only the first question,
Asia Wilson.

Speaker 13 (01:49:40):
I literally said, Angel Wilson in the studio.

Speaker 6 (01:49:46):
You know, I have a really good habit with like
saying something and then it's not right.

Speaker 3 (01:49:50):
You should have said it in his ear, Asia Wilson.

Speaker 2 (01:49:53):
Actually, yeah, and.

Speaker 3 (01:49:55):
Also Liz Cambridge cambyche Cambage. Yeah, both of them have
scored fifty three in a w NBA game.

Speaker 1 (01:50:02):
What about Cynthia Cooper.

Speaker 3 (01:50:04):
Cynthia was not it wasn't even in no, probably high.
But there's actually been some really good performances. And the
reason I brought this up is because Kelsey Plumb did
just drop thirty seven points in her Sparks debut, and
so I wanted to look it up to see who
had and it was Asia Wilson.

Speaker 2 (01:50:18):
Fifty fifty three both of them.

Speaker 3 (01:50:21):
And well, Asia Wilson was in twenty twenty three against
the Dreams, so it just happened not long ago. So
Asia Wilson, all right, let's go why don't we take
a break and we'll finish this on the other side.

Speaker 2 (01:50:31):
Let's do that. It's Fox Sports Radio. Do not go anywhere?

Speaker 4 (01:50:34):
Okay, bye, I'll wink bag fasting bay open.

Speaker 1 (01:50:43):
That's what hit a character, Carrie.

Speaker 5 (01:50:47):
Play this game.

Speaker 3 (01:50:48):
It's not what's up Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 2 (01:50:53):
I'm Manzi, he's Carrie. We're wrapping up here with a
little easy as one, two, three.

Speaker 3 (01:50:58):
Four, And Carrie already missed the first question, so let's
get back into it. You have to repeat that, yes,
I did, so people know that you did not know
that Asia Wilson has scored the most points in a
w NBA game with fifty three.

Speaker 2 (01:51:09):
Yeah, fast, all right, and we do have another guest here.
You want to say hello on the mike. The mic
is right there, right, is it on? No?

Speaker 6 (01:51:21):
Yes, he's up, but he's not loud.

Speaker 2 (01:51:22):
He's not loud. You have to talk into it.

Speaker 1 (01:51:25):
There he is.

Speaker 4 (01:51:26):
He walked in all buff and I was scared, so
I sat down in the corner tucked away.

Speaker 3 (01:51:31):
Yeah, all right, everybody, let's get this going here.

Speaker 2 (01:51:35):
Easy has one, two, three four. Let's go Okay, going
into today's.

Speaker 3 (01:51:40):
Game, so today's basketball game does not count, but going
into today's game. Name two of the three players that
have scored the most points in total throughout the playoffs.

Speaker 4 (01:51:50):
Oh my goodness, come on, I'd say, let's say Jaylen Bronson.
I'd say Jaylen Bronson is.

Speaker 2 (01:51:58):
One, Jalen Brown saying okay, I'd.

Speaker 1 (01:52:03):
Say Jalen Brunson. And then I'll.

Speaker 3 (01:52:05):
Say, Chris, do you have any ideas to help you?

Speaker 1 (01:52:10):
Chris? No?

Speaker 10 (01:52:14):
No, I mean I feel like I want to say,
maybe Nikola Jokic just because he's been so good. But
I mean the fact that we're excluding today means SGA
is probably not the answer.

Speaker 7 (01:52:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:52:27):
I don't think he's in that one either, But I
think you think, what are we doing?

Speaker 4 (01:52:33):
Jalen Brunson. And I'll go, let's let's say, let's say Joker.

Speaker 2 (01:52:38):
Joker and Jalen Brunson.

Speaker 3 (01:52:39):
Okay, okay, okay, all right, show me Nicola Jokic that
is correct going into today, he is the most three
hundred seven points. No, that was good, And then show
me Jaylen Brunson coming in.

Speaker 1 (01:52:54):
At number two. That's right, it's right.

Speaker 3 (01:52:58):
Carried Jamal Murray coming in at number three with two
hundred and ninety two points. Jamal Murray okay, all right,
so that's good.

Speaker 2 (01:53:04):
You got to there. All right, let's go politics here.

Speaker 1 (01:53:07):
Everybody got the.

Speaker 2 (01:53:11):
Four presidents on Mount Rushmore, the real.

Speaker 1 (01:53:14):
Doubt rushing got this? Yeah, you should carry? Why would
you guys say I have to have this tam on carry?
I made school longer name. Let's come, okay, let's do
g W. Let's do abe Abraham Lincoln.

Speaker 6 (01:53:28):
Did you just call it George Washington, g W.

Speaker 4 (01:53:32):
G the big old g W b w abe do
a little, a little Teddy maybe.

Speaker 1 (01:53:40):
Roosevelt Brow uh brow and let's go. Let's go, let's
and let's go me and let's go Barack Obama.

Speaker 2 (01:53:48):
Okay, you gave me three already.

Speaker 3 (01:53:50):
So you're saying, George Washington, George Washington, you said Abraham Lincoln,
Abraham Lincoln, and you.

Speaker 9 (01:53:57):
Said Teddy Rose, remove that, remove that, remove that, remove
that one.

Speaker 6 (01:54:02):
Teddy's not on the Mount Rushmore, Yes he is.

Speaker 1 (01:54:06):
Look you're gonna say, I know there's not got experience
and all things to under national parks are thing? Man, exactly?

Speaker 4 (01:54:16):
Come on, get out, Mary married.

Speaker 1 (01:54:21):
You I got three?

Speaker 2 (01:54:25):
You got it?

Speaker 3 (01:54:25):
Okay, all right, show me George Washington, that is correct,
g W as you like to.

Speaker 1 (01:54:32):
I know I'm on a personal level.

Speaker 2 (01:54:33):
Show show me Abraham Lincoln. Yeah, that's right, he's on
there too. And show me Theodore Roosevelt. That's right, nicely done.
All right?

Speaker 5 (01:54:45):
Wait?

Speaker 1 (01:54:45):
Wait, no, hi, fourth, name the fourth? Don't do that
to me. Come on, let's go. Let's go on to high.
I'm on to high. Thomas Jefferson, Come on, is lib tight?

Speaker 2 (01:54:56):
I did not know all of these four and so.

Speaker 1 (01:54:58):
So I brought it not on. Hold on, did you
just say Thomas Jefferson's on the twenty?

Speaker 2 (01:55:03):
No?

Speaker 1 (01:55:03):
No, no, Shay said he's on the twenty. No, no,
he's not on the twenty.

Speaker 3 (01:55:09):
He's not on the twenty. All right, okay, let's move
on here to the last one. You could actually win
this if you get three out of the five.

Speaker 1 (01:55:16):
Three okay, So.

Speaker 2 (01:55:18):
The Nuggets have never drafted number one overall. Name four
of the other five.

Speaker 3 (01:55:23):
NBA teams that have never drafted first overall.

Speaker 1 (01:55:28):
Oh, that's never drafted number.

Speaker 2 (01:55:31):
One overall, number one overall.

Speaker 1 (01:55:32):
Well, we can counsel the Lakers. They got magic. I'm thinking.
I'm just thinking. I think of all the teams that
are really.

Speaker 2 (01:55:37):
Good, they're not the Clippers. They got Blake Griffin.

Speaker 6 (01:55:39):
That's right, you go.

Speaker 1 (01:55:42):
You got what you got once? Know you got really? Okay?

Speaker 4 (01:55:47):
Yeah they had, they had Kevin Durant and Russell to
gotcha Okay, okay, see I'll take that.

Speaker 3 (01:55:53):
I'll take Sean coming in clutch here helping out with Okay,
see anybody else.

Speaker 1 (01:55:59):
Dallas was auntil recently until they just got that one,
uh or whatever. He turned his mike and it's not working.
And Andre you talking about Toronto?

Speaker 2 (01:56:11):
All right? One? Okay, see Chris, you've.

Speaker 4 (01:56:14):
Got I I got say you got something?

Speaker 1 (01:56:22):
Mary? What you got?

Speaker 8 (01:56:23):
Mary?

Speaker 6 (01:56:24):
Who hasn't gotten in the first.

Speaker 2 (01:56:26):
Never all pick like of all time?

Speaker 3 (01:56:29):
And yeah, like who's never their team is never drafted
number one overall.

Speaker 6 (01:56:33):
I just want to say Pistons just because like.

Speaker 3 (01:56:37):
They had Isaiah Thomas w it's a hard question, thank you?
No they had then they take No, they had Tyreek
Evans number one.

Speaker 2 (01:56:50):
Wasn't he number one?

Speaker 1 (01:56:51):
Why are you helping him?

Speaker 2 (01:56:53):
Because he's not good?

Speaker 1 (01:56:54):
They had Marvin Bagley? Was he two or one? He
was too? Who he eat he? That's a good one. Yeah,
I'll I'll take that's a good one.

Speaker 2 (01:57:06):
And we okay, see any.

Speaker 1 (01:57:07):
Need one more for the win. Guys.

Speaker 2 (01:57:09):
Yeah, well you do need one more for the win,
but we need two more for answers.

Speaker 1 (01:57:11):
Okay, see why is this so? They have the Celtics
ever had the first overal thick? Yes, yeah, this is
from Ian Roddy. All right think.

Speaker 4 (01:57:26):
Actually, oh, Boston may not have had number one they
got I'll take Boston actually.

Speaker 1 (01:57:32):
On Boston number one. No, that ain't I'm sure about
number one. Sure back in the day. That's what I'm
thinking too. About the Hornet. I'm taking your your team, bro,
oh the Hornets. Oh Charlotte you.

Speaker 6 (01:57:48):
Go ahead throwing Utah jazz too?

Speaker 2 (01:57:50):
Why not?

Speaker 1 (01:57:51):
And the jazz you're like Mary, Mary, I remember that
to go ahead?

Speaker 7 (01:57:58):
All right?

Speaker 1 (01:57:58):
That should be all.

Speaker 3 (01:57:59):
Right, Okay, here we go. So according to my notes,
let's go here.

Speaker 2 (01:58:04):
Show me okay, see.

Speaker 3 (01:58:08):
Okay, see show me the heat that is, show me
the jazz.

Speaker 1 (01:58:17):
Effort.

Speaker 2 (01:58:17):
And is it the Charlotte Hornets.

Speaker 3 (01:58:20):
I don't know if they're considered because of exactly, but yeah,
like I.

Speaker 2 (01:58:27):
Don't think they're considered.

Speaker 3 (01:58:29):
So the other team was actually the Memphis Grizzlies and
the Indiana Pacers.

Speaker 2 (01:58:35):
They have never drafted number one overall, but you did
get it. You got the over.

Speaker 1 (01:58:41):
A little bit of help man.

Speaker 2 (01:58:43):
Guys, thank you so much.

Speaker 3 (01:58:44):
For joining us on this Sunday here at Fox Sports Radio. Carrie, Well,
we killed it, and look at we're not. We actually
had time to finish that properly.

Speaker 2 (01:58:56):
We can talk right now, but we got like seven seconds.
I don't even need to do. I don't even know
what to do with.

Speaker 10 (01:59:01):
Let's say you have his weak Sunday you South Fox
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