Monse Bolaños & Kerry Rhodes Talk Clippers & Lakers ELIMINATED, NBA Playoffs, Matthew Stafford, and So Much More!

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Listen sports.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Hello, everybody happy Sunday, Well not so much if you're
a Clippers fan, but thanks for tuning in.

Speaker 3 (00:09):
I'm want Ci Belagas alongside former All Pro safety Carrie Rhoads.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
I gonna hang out with you for the next three
hours as we dive into the NBA playoffs, a little NFL,
a little bit of everything today, Carrie, like, always too
much on our docket.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
But we're gonna do.

Speaker 4 (00:27):
It, Yes we are.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
And so this is what I'm gonna start with.

Speaker 4 (00:30):
I have all right what you got.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Curses are real. Listen.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious. And the
thing is, curses are real.

Speaker 4 (00:39):
There is no way what curse would you be speaking
about the Clipper Purselip.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
There is no way that after watching yesterday's performance or
lack thereof of the Clippers.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
That I walk out of there not believing in curses.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
I mean, it was a game seven, Carrie, and I'm
just like, did you guys think you had a game
into it Dome in two days? I'm super confused on
your lack of effort, your lack of hustle, your lack
of heart, your lack of ball protection, your.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
Lack of energy. I can't keep going, Carrie.

Speaker 4 (01:14):
Keep going, all of it, keep going.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
None of that, no good, none of not nothing was exciting.
And the thing is, like, I'm a true firm believer.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
How you lose matters, And I would have rather been
sitting here like Pistons fans complaining on a heart break
moment where they didn't get a final shot off or
a missed call by the ref. I would much rather
be here telling you, complaining about that, about a heartbreaking loss.
But instead I'm here complaining about an embarrassing loss that

(01:48):
the Clippers put on on a Game seven in Denver.
I like, I was in disbelief as I was watching
this game, even after the first quarter up by five
points Niccoleo, which I think was zero of six at
that point, and I still did not like what I
was watching. The lack of all the things I mentioned,

(02:08):
along with intensity and the ball.

Speaker 3 (02:10):
Protection, Carre, the ball protection. Why are we just throwing
these easy lob passes. It's game seven? Well, I was
so annoyed, annoyed because I'm pretty sure everyone heard me
a week ago yelling I'm going to the finals. I'm
going to the finals.

Speaker 5 (02:25):
You can still go to I can still go to
the I'm going to the finals, but you know who's
not going to be there, the freaking Clippers. And today
I'm not wearing a Clipper shirt. I'm not wearing the
James Harden shirt that they gave me an into a
dome at Game four.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
I'm not wearing that because James Harden took eight shots?

Speaker 3 (02:40):
Eight shots? And what did you text me when you
saw that?

Speaker 4 (02:44):
What did you said?

Speaker 2 (02:46):
Is he doing this because of like the criticism, like
if he doesn't take the shots and they get criticized,
That's right, right, that's what you text me. And you
know what, James Harden, I appreciate everything that you have
done for the Clippers this season.

Speaker 3 (02:57):
We were in this position.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Because of what you did throughout the regular season, a
year where nobody expected the Clippers to even make the
playoffs because of the Kawhi Leonard injury, losing Paul George,
all of these question marks. But you, Norman pale Avitza Zubats,
carried us, carried us a fifty.

Speaker 3 (03:12):
Win season the regular season, absolute success. And you know
what I would have.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
Rather been talking about right now, Carrie, telling you man,
James Harden, took thirty seven shots and made seven.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
Instead, I'm telling you he took eight shots.

Speaker 4 (03:25):
Yeah, that's the part that just doesn't make any sense
at all. Right, Like, coming into this game, we've been
harpening on how much of a positive this has been
as far as a season for James Harden made it
back to the All Star team, carried a team that
was not favored, not a team that had high expectations,
and got them to where they are, played excellent basketball

(03:46):
all year. But the one thing that's always been a
constant around him and his performance in general, is in
the big moments he shrinks. And we've talked about this before.
There's a lot of factors that go into that, but
for him in particular, it is one of those things
where it is it's a head case situation. He's heard
it so much now, he's heard about his inefficiency in

(04:09):
big games. And obviously he was looked upon more in
this past to be a volume scorer. This year hasn't.
It was the case during the regular season a little bit.
He had Norman Powell to help, you know, Evanna I
Zubat as well steps up as well and scored a
lot of points. But this year wasn't that year he
needed to be in this playoff somebody that was aggressive,

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and especially in game six, Game seven, when you have
a chance to beat the different Nuggets and move on
to the next round and actually have a little reprieve
around your name as a star, you know, as a
star player in this league and has been a star
player for a long time, to actually get over the
hump and actually win a big game that matters, and
he just didn't show up, And that that part is

(04:52):
dissatisfying because it shouldn't be the case. You should never
leave a game on the field, on the diamond, on
the court without emptying your clip and he's, you know,
empty your clip with the Clippers, and he did and
he didn't do that, and that was disheartening.

Speaker 2 (05:09):
Carry you should see me on my Tuesday night volleyball games.
I care more about that than the way it seemed
like the Clippers cared about Game seven, because it wasn't
just James Harden. Obviously, he gets a lot of the
criticism because of what you just said. He tends to
disappear in games five, six and seven.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
Game six, he was great for us at into it
doome him. Norman Powell Kawhi Leonard all delivered in Game six,
so I was like, Okay, you just had a good game.
I get it. You hopped on a flight immediately went
to Denver. I get that. But that's why you're a
professional athlete.

Speaker 2 (05:41):
That's why I play on Tuesday nights in an adult
legue because I'm not and you were making millions of
dollars and that's the difference. And yet I care more
about my one hour game then you care about a
game at seven. And I don't understand, Like where TYLERU, Like,
at what point?

Speaker 6 (05:57):
Why?

Speaker 7 (05:57):
Why did you just yell at I don't understand how
we just sit there and kind of just went through
the motions through the second and third quarter, because that's
what it felt like like we were just going through
the motions at that point.

Speaker 4 (06:08):
I agree with that, but I think the one thing
with a veteran related team, which they do have screaming
at them, isn't going to be the answer.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
Right.

Speaker 4 (06:14):
So I think when athletes going to a game, in
a high intensity game, a big game, that really matters
if you're either prepared or you're not prepared. And when
I say prepared, I mean mentally and physically because they
go hand in hand. If you're mentally prepared and you
know what the game plan is, that gives you confidence,
confidence to go into the game and feel like you're

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going to get it done. So your energy will be up.
So that's one. If you're not physically ready, that's another
thing as well. And so when you watch them play,
I heard Grant Hill on the on the call, he
kept saying, the Peppers look tired. They looked tired.

Speaker 3 (06:48):
Their legs, yes, all the all the shots are short.

Speaker 4 (06:51):
Yeah, but that's not an excuse though, because Denver's in
the same position. It's a game seventh.

Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah. They also hopped on a flame exactly.

Speaker 4 (06:57):
And they have no bench, yeah, and so they should
have been a more tire team. And so that's not
I hate him when Grant kept saying that, because that's
made that gave give an excuse. They gave the Nuggets
a disservice, right, like no both teams during the game seven.
The Nuggets bench is actually shorter than the Clippers' bench.
And so you come out and you have tennis. It's great,
but don't even be aggressive. I mean, the only person

(07:18):
that showed up in that game was Kawhi Leonard. I mean,
he came out and scored and was being aggressive, but
they weren't going to let him win that game.

Speaker 2 (07:24):
They weren't, And Kawhi's shot was not falling in and out?
How many in and outs did he have?

Speaker 7 (07:29):
I was just like, I get that his shot isn't going,
but at least he's trying.

Speaker 3 (07:33):
He's trying to make a shot. He's not just taking threes.
He's driving as he always does. But it really felt
like where is everyone else's intensity?

Speaker 2 (07:40):
And the thing with Kawhi, it's like, even though he
is let's say he is the leader.

Speaker 4 (07:45):
Quote unquote, I was going there next.

Speaker 7 (07:47):
Quote unquote, because he's not a leader in in house,
a boisterous leader.

Speaker 3 (07:53):
He's not that we see his personality. It's just not
in him.

Speaker 2 (07:56):
So it's like, who is responsible in this moment? And
that's I say, Tyler like yelling at them. I hear
what you're saying, of like, well, you can't yell at them,
but it's like, but do something different. It seemed like
we were just going through the motions and having such
high expectation. Not that the expectation I had starting the
season was this, but the way the Clippers ended the

(08:17):
season for the first time having Kawhi Leonard healthy, Like
all Clipper fans are saying, give me one playoff run
with the healthy Kawhi Leonard.

Speaker 4 (08:25):
You got it, we got it, and this was it.

Speaker 2 (08:27):
This is especially like the entire series carry from Game
one to Game seven.

Speaker 4 (08:32):
Game one heartbreak.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
Loss on probably a call that you know, shouldn't I
don't know, the double overtime whatever, Probably a game that
the Clippers should have stepped on their throats, went up
by fifteen, heartbreaking loss, double overtime when you should have
won it. Then to go on, there was one blowout
by both teams, and then the Aaron Gordon dunk that
I was a part of.

Speaker 3 (08:54):
That really upset me because it was like, how did
you call that a basket? A lifetime you don't know
if that was good lying, you're lying, you didn't know that.

Speaker 1 (09:02):
None of you.

Speaker 3 (09:02):
Guys saw that in lifetime. The proper call was no basket.
Let me go look at it, and then if there's
enough evidence to overturn it, then you give Gordon the basket.
That was the call. So then I sit there and
I'm like, you know what, it's hard making excuses.

Speaker 2 (09:15):
Is the NBA trying to push for Okac and Denver
to face each other because those are the two MVPs.
Like that call was very in favor of Denver for
no reason aside from you want Denver to win again
making excuses.

Speaker 3 (09:29):
The reality is.

Speaker 2 (09:31):
The Clippers embarrassed, Clipper Nation embarrassed, the one hundred and
twenty fans that Steve Balmer flew out privately on.

Speaker 3 (09:40):
A jet because he's a baller, that's right, just embarrassed.
How do you go out like that?

Speaker 8 (09:46):
You?

Speaker 2 (09:46):
I'm asking you because you've been there, Yeah, Carrie, how
do you go out like that?

Speaker 4 (09:50):
That's the thing you toused on a little bit in
the beginning of what you just said right now. And
the leadership aspect of it, there is no When I
watched them play, and I've seen them play obviously all
these playoff games, they don't have any emotional leader. They
don't know And so if your two star players are

(10:10):
reserved and cool, the rest of the team is going
to follow that. And so when the energy doesn't get
picked up by one of those two, and usually it
doesn't have to be the star player that's the emotional leader.
It doesn't have to be that way. But when I
look at that bench, also, who off the bench is
the emotional leader. I don't see anybody on that team
being that.

Speaker 1 (10:30):
I mean, I.

Speaker 4 (10:33):
Know, and he's on the other team right now. So
that's the point where you look at this game and
the intensity that it takes to win an important game
of a playoff game, a game seven, the intensity, the
focus has to be at an all time high, and
with those two ben your leaders, there's none of that,
Like it's always kind of reserved and kind of cool.
So I think that's what we got. A flat team,

(10:56):
a team that wasn't fully prepared. And I'm not gonna
say this's on ty Lou, going to say that's on
the players.

Speaker 3 (11:01):
How can we not put it on ty Lou even
a little bit?

Speaker 2 (11:03):
I feel like there's so much blame to go around, right,
like there really isn't one. But because there isn't a
voistous leader on the Clippers, Tyleru, I need you to
be a little bit more, you know, Joe Mizzoula a
little more, Greg Popovich a little bit psychotic and not
a player's coach because you don't have that leader. And

(11:24):
if you did, then I feel like you can't take
a seat back. But it's like I I also saw
no emotion from Tyler on I.

Speaker 3 (11:31):
Think it was his birthday.

Speaker 4 (11:32):
They said like you happy birthday, Happy birthday.

Speaker 2 (11:36):
No, like, nobody had any emotion, any reaction, any They
were just it was like, are you there, knock knock?

Speaker 3 (11:43):
Are you guys there? It's Game seven?

Speaker 4 (11:45):
I was watching. Is this really frustrated? Like you are?
Was no? I literally I was like, should I text
my mos? I was like, now, I'm not gonna text her.

Speaker 3 (11:52):
Run And you made the right choice, I mean the
right Not many people did text me because I think
they knew. They knew, And even in the first quarter,
I did not like what I saw. I just was like,
you guys, they.

Speaker 2 (12:04):
Are suffocating you and you are up. But you're up
because Niccola Jokic and Jamal Maury.

Speaker 3 (12:09):
Are not scoring.

Speaker 2 (12:09):
Right now, let them get hot and then wait yeah,
and you knew it was coming. You knew one of
them was gonna get hot. So even after the first quarter,
I was I sat there and I was like, I
don't like what I'm seeing.

Speaker 3 (12:20):
And again it wasn't. Of course, I thought the Clippers
were gonna win because I'm a Clippers fan. Right, But
I didn't think it was gonna be easy.

Speaker 2 (12:26):
And I also didn't expect this type of ass banking
to happen in a game seven.

Speaker 3 (12:32):
What are we doing?

Speaker 4 (12:33):
I mean to go from the second quarter scoring nineteen points,
didn't come out in the third quarter score eighteen. It's
just crazy.

Speaker 3 (12:37):
It's just what did you guys say at halftime? Keep it,
you're doing great, You're doing great. Let's hop out a
flight as soon as it was so disappointing, so embarrassing.
Embarrassing is honestly the word here, because again, I would
have rather been sitting here with you, Carrie discussing that
Nicola Jokic had a game winning hook shot over a Beatchazubuts, yeah,

(12:58):
or Jamal Murray hit nice jumper at the top of
the key over Harden whatever. That would have been heartbreaking.

Speaker 7 (13:06):
But you know what, at least I would have seen fight,
and I would have seen grit, and I.

Speaker 3 (13:10):
Would have seen all of the things that I expect
to see in a game seven. All of the things
I expect to see, I saw none of that.

Speaker 7 (13:19):
Even a Visa Zubats, who I have been raving about, yeah,
also felt like just a skeleton of himself.

Speaker 3 (13:27):
Everybody out there really was. I wanted to smack them
all across the head and wake them up because I
felt like they were sleepwalking.

Speaker 4 (13:34):
Y'all, this isn't a dream.

Speaker 3 (13:35):
And I get that you're tired, I really really do.
And I know, okay, see has been off for a
week and a half.

Speaker 2 (13:39):
But it's like, if you were already thinking of that,
then why do we go to game seven?

Speaker 3 (13:42):
Then you should have just lost in five games. Why
bring me to this? Why bring me to a game
seven like this? Carrie?

Speaker 4 (13:49):
I don't know, don't I don't know if they sho
to give me the answer, I don't know. I just
know that I agree with what you're saying, and I
know the take that you're having right now, and it's
coming for It's coming from a real fan of a team, right.
And so when you see your team lose, if they
lose in the way like you just said, that's acceptable,

(14:09):
even though lose is not acceptible, no, of course not.
But with fight, you get beat by a great player.
He does something, he scores fifty points and he hits
the game whin. They're like, you can't say anything about it,
but the fact that he did none of that and
they still were about thirty in the fourth quarter. Is
just it's crazy.

Speaker 2 (14:26):
And then you put in our bench and they and
they come out balling better than the starting five because
they're like, we don't have anything to lose, and it's like,
that's the mentality I wanted you to go in with.

Speaker 4 (14:35):
It should have been that way.

Speaker 3 (14:36):
We have nothing to lose at this point. It's game seven.
It's endeavor the altitude.

Speaker 4 (14:39):
Whatever.

Speaker 2 (14:40):
Take more than eight shots, James Harden, There's no way
I'm not taking more.

Speaker 3 (14:44):
I would have taken more than nature. Oh yeah, I
don't care if I would have been blocked seven of them.
Like how it was just like again going through the
motions is what it felt like. And for a game seven,
the only true word is not it's not disappointing, it's embarrassed.
Scene I agree, and so so it's it's not a curse.
It's just the Clippers of being the Clippers.

Speaker 4 (15:06):
Ask me next hour.

Speaker 2 (15:09):
You know what, I think we can ask Mark Medina
next If the Clipper curse is a real thank you
for letting me vet I I I didn't say this
to anybody.

Speaker 3 (15:18):
I've been holding it out.

Speaker 4 (15:19):
I know I walked in the building. You said, I'm
not talking about anything Clipper until we can get on there.
I respected that, and here we go, and.

Speaker 3 (15:25):
I'm sweating now because that's how annoyed I am. That's
how I know it.

Speaker 4 (15:28):
Her eyes, her eyes are glazed over. Guys, You guys
don't know. It's like.

Speaker 3 (15:32):
Real steam coming out. And don't worry. This team's gonna
keep going.

Speaker 2 (15:35):
On the other side, as we talked to Mark Medina,
not just about the Clippers, but giving the Nuggets credit,
talking Lakers and the rest of the series, don't go anywhere.

Speaker 3 (15:41):
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Speaker 9 (15:44):
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Speaker 3 (15:55):
That's why he's playing this song. He knows what I like.

Speaker 2 (15:57):
He knows that this is gonna make me dance a
little bit and for get about the embarrassing performance of
the Clippers in Game seven.

Speaker 10 (16:03):
Were kindred spirits in that, considering how I watched my
Pistons bow out.

Speaker 2 (16:07):
Too, but again, much better performance from the Pistons than
the Clippers.

Speaker 4 (16:12):
Maybe, but they went out.

Speaker 10 (16:13):
There was a lot of late game runs where I'm
just like, oh damn, this is falling apart again, isn't it.

Speaker 3 (16:18):
Sure, But you fought, you fought it.

Speaker 1 (16:21):
Yes.

Speaker 11 (16:21):
Yeah.

Speaker 10 (16:22):
However, you will never tell a Detroit team that they're
not fighting unless they're the Red Wings.

Speaker 3 (16:25):
And I and I just wish that's what I could Yes,
I wish that's what I could be saying about the Clippers.
But no, that is not what I'm saying. Do we
have Mark on Mark? Are you there? No, we're not.

Speaker 2 (16:39):
We don't Mark yet. Okay, we're getting Mark. We're getting
Mark Medina.

Speaker 3 (16:43):
All right.

Speaker 2 (16:44):
I know the Clippers sucked, but the Nuggets. Listen, they
fired their coach expecting to get something out of it,
and here they are.

Speaker 4 (16:53):
They got something out of it. They got something out
of it. They fired the coach. From the rumblings around
you know, the league and the internet that he got
fired because he wanted to play Russell Westbrook, right, and
this coach is still playing Russell Westbrook. So it's like
it's I mean, I think it runs deeper. But in
the meantime, yes, he had a great, great win coaches,
but off changed some things up, stuck to his guns,

(17:16):
and yeah, I mean he's been around for it, I
think the last five years with that team, so he
knows those guys absolutely.

Speaker 2 (17:21):
And even though like the Nuggets, you know, there's experience.
To me goes a long way, like if you've been
there before, it goes a long way, right, And it's
gonna be a tough battle for them against Okac, no
questions asked. But the big reason is, Okay, c has
been on vacation for how long I.

Speaker 4 (17:38):
Thought they were going fishing. They they've been hanging out.

Speaker 3 (17:40):
They went, they probably went to cantcun and back. They
went to visit the teams that are fishing.

Speaker 4 (17:44):
They went the Galvelston and came they came back.

Speaker 2 (17:46):
And that's that's gonna be the the tough part for the.

Speaker 3 (17:50):
Nuggets is there. I think they play when tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (17:54):
Two days tomorrow like that's so that's such a quick
turnaround to go face such a high offensive, high moving
defensive team.

Speaker 3 (18:03):
So we'll see what happened.

Speaker 4 (18:04):
And I'm gonna say something. Game one, watch out for
Denver to win, to steal that game. Okay, yeah you.

Speaker 3 (18:09):
Heard Carrie r d Mark Medina. Did you hear that?

Speaker 8 (18:16):
Carrie? I almost throw out my phone.

Speaker 4 (18:22):
That's right, Mark. Hey, Mark, I'm a I'm a firm
believer in rest versus RUST. I think that's I think
that's a real thing. And I think okay See hasn't
been challenged at all either, And for Denver, coming off
such a competitive series, they'll be even though they could
be possibly tired, they could have a chance to steal
game one.

Speaker 3 (18:40):
My my jaw drop too, that's just the bull statement.

Speaker 8 (18:44):
Well carry let me interject her. Yeah, come on, Mark,
there's always a fair debate about rest versus RUSS. But
the thunder they've just showed their above and beyond light
years better than the rest the Western Conference field, So
shake you'll just out vander Nikole Jokish. There might be

(19:04):
the back and forth MVP performance and that's entertaining, but
the thunder steps is just enormous compared to the Nuggets.
So I think it's gonna be a blowout under then
all right.

Speaker 3 (19:18):
The contract, Yeah, so a big contrast. I definitely see
okay See winning it fairly easy. I don't have a blowout.

Speaker 2 (19:26):
I think the Nuggets will will hold in there as
much as they can, but I do think they're gonna
be a little bit tied to start the series and
then they'll get into it, right.

Speaker 3 (19:33):
Uh yeah, Mark, we're gonna one.

Speaker 2 (19:36):
We got to talk about the Clippers real quick, because
the last time I'm asking you about the Clippers this
season because they're embarrassing. I really was at a loss
for words for the lack of basically everything that I
saw on the court, from effort, energy, heart, ball protection,
the entire thing really disappointing.

Speaker 3 (19:55):
The question, I guess is like, can the.

Speaker 2 (19:58):
Clippers really make a move for next season to make
them better?

Speaker 8 (20:05):
Well, monse Won tell me how you really show about
the Clippers, and you rattled off like every single negative
thing imaginable and it's all there. Yeah, I think the
answer question, can they make moves? Yes, but will they
make enough moves? I don't think so. They've always during
the Kawhi Leonard era, they've done a good job mostly

(20:28):
of finding good rotational players that fulfill positional needs to
give them some roster depth. But if they're gonna make moves,
they got to part ways with James Harden. I don't
think it's extreme enough to part ways with Kawhi because
finally he's been healthy, but Mantz to add on all
the things that he talked about the Clippers. I think
in the quiet Leonard era, this is actually the most

(20:50):
disappointing playoff season, YEP, out of all the disappointing playoff seasons,
because a lot of all the other ones had to
do with different injuries come up at the wrong time,
the bubble was, you know, additional challenges of playing there
and the chemistry here. They'll excuse they've been better without
Paul George Kawhi, Leonard's fully healthy, James Harden's fully healthy,

(21:14):
Aviata Zoobots, Norman Pale raising their game to another level
in the regular season and this whole first round series
against the Nuggets, they were showing that this is a
team that even had a fighter's chance to make a
deep playoff push. So for them to wet the bed
in Game seven, getting blown out, it's inexcusable. It's terrible.

Speaker 4 (21:34):
Yeah, I think there's a lot of a lot of
blame to go around with that performance, But obviously the
thing that sticks out like a sore thomb is just
James Harden, right, I mean, for him to carry that
team the way he did and to bounce back and
you know, to get this team to where they are
because he was a big motivating factor in all of that,
big driving factor in that, and then to come out
and the narrative be in big games he doesn't show up,

(21:57):
and then to come out with the performance and only
should the ball eight times? Just speak times mark eight.

Speaker 8 (22:03):
Yeah, Yeah, it's it's terrible. Collectively, the Clippers deserve a
large share of blame for their effort overall that. I'm
with you that James Harden deserves the most of the
scrutiny because he's one of the star players. Yeah, and
he already had a bad performance in the Game five
loss in Denver and ty Lou. You know, there might

(22:23):
be some element of truth of it saying, hey, blame
it on me. You know, I need to find the
right roster combination, got the better spacing. He did that
in Game six with having Chris daun open, with having
the defensive O end lineup and then Nicholas betob sorry
in the second half to get more spacing. He saw
James Harden be a lot more aggressive, and he was
talking after the game, Hey, it's all me. I got

(22:45):
to bring a winner go home, and I'm playing a
lot of mens in the regular season to his credit,
and I wondered, Okay, does this prepare you for the
larger workload ahead? And he said yeah, without a doubt,
and then two days later he doesn't show up. Very disappointing,
but not surprising because as you mentioned, dominant regular seasons
and then a lot of game sevens and wile performances. Overall,

(23:09):
he either shows signs of fatigue or has an injury.
So yeah, yeah, it's wild to just wrap your head
around it.

Speaker 4 (23:16):
Mark a lot to follow up on that team in general?
Is this safe to say that they don't really have
an outspoken like leader, a guy that kind of raw
Rosden or gets them to play more energy, because when
you watch the game, they look flat the whole time.
And when I see the two stars seeming like they're
always a little bit too level headed or too cool,

(23:37):
like who along with the coach, who's that person on
that team that usually gets them going?

Speaker 8 (23:42):
If you know, Yeah, that's the thing is that throughout
this regular season they had a lot of good leadership presence.
I mean, Kawhi Leonard is never and you know and
never will be because of who he is, this demonstrative person.
But a lot of people behind the scenes would talk
about you know, he's a by example leader because of
great work ethic and very disciplined, but they also be

(24:05):
behind the scenes, like he's very funny and he's very genuine.
You would see during the regular season him and James
Harden actually even argue on the court, but for the better,
like it's about calling each other out then they would
make corrections. You look at some other veterans like Nicholas
batoumb Norman Pale, they're very positive veteran type players. Tylu

(24:29):
is one of the most respected coaches in the NBA,
and so I think this illustrates the disappointment that every
Clipper fan, including MOSSI, should feel that they have all
the right ingredients. They just didn't get there you know
what together at the time that you need to get
your you know what together. I mean, it's just mind
bogloint that they lost in this fashion. Especially you know,

(24:50):
people will say, oh, well, the Denver Nuggets, Nicola Joker's
MVP candidate and they've been playing really well after the
coach is firing and all that hogwash. I mean, I
think that this series had more to do with the
Clippers sabotaging themselves anything positive with the Nuggets. To say
that there weren't positive developments but about the Nuggets, but

(25:10):
anything that they showed still shouldn't have been enough for
them to win this series.

Speaker 3 (25:15):
All right, Well, the Clippers don't have anybody to come
and give them energy. But a game seven tonight with
the Warriors and the Rockets, where each team has a
guy that will bring the energy out.

Speaker 2 (25:27):
You've got Dylan Brooks on the Houston side, You've got
Draymond Green on the Warriors side.

Speaker 3 (25:32):
A game seven, what do you predict is the outcome?

Speaker 8 (25:37):
Well, flip the coin. I think at least a game
seven is going to be competitive on my Clippers, so
it's gonna be must watch. It could go either way.
But if I had to give a pick, I would
give the edge to Houston only because they're at home
and they've won the last two games. The Warriors, they've
shown some troubling signs these past two games of not

(25:57):
dealing well with the Rockets to the cality and defensive intensity.
But look, you can never rule Steph Curry out. They
got Jimmy Power as well, Jimmy fur reason. They have
all that championship experience with Steph, Jerraymond Green and Kavan
Loui and Steve Kurrs, the head coach that you know
they win a toss surprising, But if I had to

(26:19):
take a pick, it's hard, but it would be Houston.

Speaker 4 (26:22):
Mark, I got it. I gotta get at you for
one second here. We had a We had a conversation
a few weeks ago and I was talking about my
main man who was on that team, and we talked
about Houston not having like a go to score in
this series and having a chance to really win this series, right,
And I think that's that played played played out throughout
most of most of the series until my guy showed up,

(26:43):
Fred van Fleet. We talked about this, Mark I said,
they got a guy that who knows who knows how
to win. He's been awesome in the last three games.
Do you think that trend will continue or will they
make somebody else step up and try to beat them
in this game seven?

Speaker 8 (26:59):
Well, they'll certainly try to force someone else because Fred
Vanvie is really good in a very positive presence with
everything you want, scoring, defense, experience, getting guys to play
the right way. And this is really why the Rockets
would downplay the fact that the majority of their roster
had never sniffed the playoffs until then, because Bred van

(27:20):
Vliet has sniffed the playoffs and he won a championship
with Toronto and incidentally against the Warriors, and so you know,
even a Dook is also a very respected head coach.
He got the Celtics to the finals in twenty twenty two,
not enough to be the Warriors, but they did test
them enough to make the Warriors wake up a little bit.

(27:40):
So yeah, the Warriors can very well win this, but
they're going to be tested, honestly, in different fashion, but
the same way that the Rockets almost won Game seven
in twenty eighteen in the West Finals. Now they self
imploded with missing twenty seven consecutive threes, but they have
James Harden, they had Fall, they had a good veteran

(28:01):
team that was, you know, in serious contention to win
a title. So different circumstances again, but I think it's
gonna be one of those games a anything can happen
and be it is going to go down to the
final play.

Speaker 2 (28:14):
Mark last one from me watching the Timberwolves have their
way with the Lakers dismantle.

Speaker 3 (28:21):
I was actually going to say something that can't be
on the radio, which is why sided watching what they
did to the Lakers, does your opinion change as to
who might come out of the West.

Speaker 8 (28:34):
No, I think Minnesota They're they They're a legitimately good team.
Anthony Edward's growing u you know, with the scoring, three
point shooting, leadership, passing. You know, we saw Rudy Goberts
not just a punchline. He's actually good player, that chemistry,
Julius Randall. But I don't think that they're going to

(28:54):
all of a sudden challenge or get past Oklahoma City
and in the presumed West Final, maybe they could beat
the winner of Houston Golden State, but it didn't dramatically
change anything. I think while the Wolves certainly earned their
win against the Lakers, a lot of it also had
to do with the Lakers' own shortcomings, where they're surprisingly

(29:16):
strong defense with post Anthony Davis trade did not sustain
itself with the playoffs, with not having roster death to
the center spot, just not having consistent wing defenders, and
then Lebron showing some ages of father time and Luka Doncic,
you know, having flashes of brilliance and then old bad
habits of when he was with the Mavericks, when they

(29:38):
weren't competitive and just having you know, the ball in
his hands too long into the shot talks. So no,
didn't change anything. And I think with the Lakers, the
interesting part about this is when they made the trade
with Luka Doncic, not only was it monumental and lopsided,
but in the short term there was a sense that
they could take a step back. But this is more

(29:59):
of the longer term play. But I think there was
at least an internal expectation that their playoff run would
end a lot later than it did last season. And
it was the exact same thing last season, different circumstances,
but they lost the first round in five games to Denver,
and so I think under that under that viewpoint, this
is a disappointing way to finish the postseason. If it

(30:20):
was second round or longer, much different conversations.

Speaker 4 (30:24):
Mark last one from me before we let you get
out of here. I think the Lakers situation is definitely
one that was made for the future. I felt when
it happened. But there was a story about Luca meeting
with Rob Polinka and JJ Redick for dinner at Craigs
and obviously discussing probably contract stuff, but roster stuff. What

(30:44):
do you see helping get this team to the point
where they are really a real contender to come out
the West and possibly win a championship.

Speaker 8 (30:53):
Yeah. Well, the things that are clear from Rob Polinka's
press conference with JJ Reddick Royer the sweet time attended
is that you know, even though technically Lebron, James and
Lukadagis didn't talk about what their future entails with the Lakers,
they're coming back, so that's not changing. Rob Polinka was
very strong in saying they're committed to Austin Reeves and
outside even with his postseason struggle. So outside a superstar

(31:17):
trade with Giannis or someone else unexpectedly being available, I
don't think that they're going to trade Austin. So I
think what they're going to do is try to find
the right ross around those three players darts with gain
of center and either free agency or in a trade.
It's not going to be blockbuster trades, So I think
of guys like Brook Lopez or Miles Hearn. Those I've

(31:41):
seen if there's any other better wing defenders in what
they already have. They do have some good wing defenders,
just not quite good enough. So those are the main things,
and then the other thing is I don't think this
excuses the Lakers shortcomings, but you know, another year of
chemistry with Lebron, Luca and Austin like that'll move in

(32:02):
a better direction. But I would argue they should have
had enough talent to overcome that lack of chemistry to
at least get past the first round.

Speaker 3 (32:11):
Absolutely, I agree with you.

Speaker 2 (32:12):
Mark Medina or NBA Insider, you can find him on
AX at Mark g Underscore Madina. Thank you, Mark, even
though this was not the conversation I wanted.

Speaker 3 (32:22):
To have today, I'm.

Speaker 8 (32:24):
Genuinely sorry monster, but you're bringing the fire. You know,
you're bringing the fire to Best Sunday show on Fox
Sports Radio.

Speaker 4 (32:31):
Thanks appreciation.

Speaker 2 (32:33):
And he's been waiting patiently over at the news desk,
Martin Weiss, give us a quick up day, please.

Speaker 12 (32:40):
I just thought you guys might want to know about
the baseball scores before you died back into the air.

Speaker 4 (32:44):
You have clippers lashing you here over here at Martin.
What's more spirity?

Speaker 12 (32:52):
Are you know saying the Denver output yesterday are Monty's
output today?

Speaker 4 (32:56):
OZ today? Appreciate anything it's closed, its close, No, not
so much, not so much. You know, Denver don't have
a bench manna need a bit.

Speaker 3 (33:05):
That's exactly right.

Speaker 4 (33:07):
Major League Baseball.

Speaker 12 (33:08):
We got some bad weather yesterday really was bad, so
we had a game delayed. We're waiting for a first
pitch of the second game of the Mets Cardinals doubleheader,
which was reached.

Speaker 4 (33:17):
The other from yesterday. That's in about half an hour
rain delay in Chicago.

Speaker 12 (33:21):
As the White Sox have a five to four lead
over the Astros, Giants even five to one lead over
the Rockies in the top.

Speaker 4 (33:27):
Of the seventh, top of the sixth, then ain't carry.

Speaker 12 (33:29):
Carpenter just hit a home run to give the Tigers
a It was a three run home run to give
the Tigers an eight to nothing lead over the Angels
bottom of the fifty in eighty, Nationals and Reds tied
one apiece. The Royals Haven't beat the Orioles eleven to
six earlier today. Orioles hit seven home runs in that game.
Twins beat the Red Sox five to four. Padres over
Pirates for nothing. The Rays beat the Yankees seven to five.

(33:53):
Guardians came from behind and beat the Blue Jays five
to four. A's beat the Marlins three to two and
extra ending. The Diamondbacks beat the Phillies eleven and nine.
Phillies a home team there, Brewers four nothing over the Cobbs,
and the Rangers eight and off eight to one over
the Mariners. He just waited a couple minutes away from
game one of these conference semi finals between the Pacers

(34:14):
and the Cavaliers that tips at about fifteen, and then
later we'll see at eight thirty Eastern the Rockets and
the Warriors.

Speaker 4 (34:22):
You know, Moncie, is this still the two greatest words
in sports for you?

Speaker 3 (34:25):
Seven? Yes?

Speaker 4 (34:26):
Okay, just checking.

Speaker 3 (34:29):
Thank you, Martin Weisse. You're listening to Fox Sports Sunday.
I'm Manzi.

Speaker 2 (34:34):
He's carry talking about who really the Clippers needed off
the bench to put to light a fire up their butts.

Speaker 3 (34:45):
He was not on our team, though he was on
the other team. He was on the other team, and
we're going to talk about that on the other side.
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Speaker 3 (35:26):
All Right, as we put.

Speaker 2 (35:27):
A bow on this Clippers embarrassing performance against the Denver Nuggets,
there is one guy that we have to definitely shout
out give credit to that.

Speaker 3 (35:38):
You and I have always been fans of.

Speaker 2 (35:40):
Yep, we are mega supporters of a polarizing player. You
may have heard of him, Russell Westbrook.

Speaker 3 (35:48):
You may have heard of him. You may have, you
may have, and so thank you.

Speaker 2 (35:53):
Russell Westbrook gets criticized for doing too much and sometimes
getting out of control in certain situations when it matters
in the fourth quarter.

Speaker 3 (36:04):
But at the same time, he was a hero for the.

Speaker 2 (36:07):
Clippers and we welcomed him with open arms after his
debacle with the Lakers, and he really hustles every play like.

Speaker 4 (36:16):
And played amazingly in the playoffs last year.

Speaker 3 (36:20):
Yes, there was one game that we want because of him.
Single handedly, he had a block of steal, a dunk,
I don't even know all of it in like ninety seconds.

Speaker 2 (36:27):
Right absolutely after the game, he kind of had this
to say about his style of play.

Speaker 13 (36:35):
You know, as as much as people may not think,
I'm very smart and I understand the game, I understand
what's going on. So I am thinking and I also
not I just just a force, man. I think it's
you know, my ability to be able to be a
force of nature on the floor is what I pride

(36:55):
myself phone. So whatever that looks like, it may be
a turnover, it may be a midshot, but it may
be a steal, maybe a dunk, maybe a mystery, maybe
a may three.

Speaker 4 (37:05):
It's gonna be all of that. It's gonna be everything.

Speaker 13 (37:07):
So you just take it, take it what O outcomes,
and whatever happens, you go with it.

Speaker 4 (37:11):
And I always been like that. I love that absolutely.
I mean, you gotta take your own power back, right
And at this point, obviously the narrative is out on
him that he's gonna make some mistakes, yep, and that's
gonna be glorified because it's the Internet. But nobody talked
about the good stuff that he does, and I think
this encapsulates him to the tute like he's gonna he's

(37:33):
gonna hustle, he's gonna score some points, he's gonna dunk,
he's gonna hit one three. But he's also going to
shoot a shot that he shouldn't shoot under ten minutes left,
I mean ten seconds left in the game. The other
team's gonna score and win the game. Like all those
things are the Russell Westbrook experiment. But the one thing
you can never take away from him is what you
talked about with the Clippers earlier, coming out flat. That's

(37:55):
never happening never.

Speaker 2 (37:56):
It doesn't matter is it game seven of the season
or is it game seven in the playoffs, It doesn't matter.
He is going to play like it's his last chance
to play on a basketball court.

Speaker 3 (38:06):
And I've always appreciated that.

Speaker 2 (38:08):
I've always said I will take if I'm picking a team,
I will take Russell Westbrook on my team any day, absolutely.
And I think it's great what he said because he's
he's like, I hear what you guys are all saying,
and it is true, it is true, but it's worth it.

Speaker 4 (38:23):
It is worth it.

Speaker 2 (38:24):
To have him on your team, not even just from
the physical performance, but he's.

Speaker 3 (38:29):
Going he's going to get you excited. He's going to
get you excited.

Speaker 2 (38:33):
Even if he hangs from that dunk and gets a technical,
He's going to get you excited.

Speaker 3 (38:38):
He does not care, and I'm happy for him. I
thought he kind of like said like he kind of
said something at the end of the game of like
implying that the Clippers didn't want him, and it's like,
I hope he realizes.

Speaker 2 (38:50):
How much the Clippers really loved him. We welcomed him
with open arms and there's no hard feelings.

Speaker 4 (38:55):
I'm all for you.

Speaker 3 (38:56):
It's crazy that you played so well against the Clippers,
because against the again, the Clipper curse has to be real.
In order for Russell Westbrook to shoot over forty percent
from the three point line. I knows the Clippers tell
me the Clipper curses is real. There's no I can't
like literally losing in.

Speaker 2 (39:14):
A way to Russell Westbrook is poetic and sad.

Speaker 4 (39:18):
He walked off the court and say, you chose Chris Dunn.

Speaker 3 (39:20):
He said, that's what.

Speaker 4 (39:22):
That's what he implies, and it's like.

Speaker 2 (39:23):
Yeah, we for for other reasons, but it's like, we
could have used you on the bench man, We could
have used you in that fourth quarter. And they're lucky
to have Russell Westbrook.

Speaker 4 (39:33):
One team had Russell Westbrook didn't and didn't come out
flat in the game seven. You you, I think we
all know who that team was. It was Denver.

Speaker 2 (39:40):
It was Denver, and last year we never came out
flat when he was playing for US in the playoffs.

Speaker 3 (39:43):
So Russell Westbrook, get out there.

Speaker 2 (39:45):
You were worth the squeeze were you were awesome And
I'm hoping for the best.

Speaker 3 (39:50):
You know what I'm saying. If Denver wins, I'm happy
Westbrook gets a ring.

Speaker 4 (39:53):
And he gets to beat his old team. Okay, see,
which would be.

Speaker 3 (39:56):
Even another story poetic. I mean, it's Fox Sports Sunday.
Don't go anyw That is right, Happy Sunday. Everybody welcome.

Speaker 2 (40:04):
I am Manci, He's Carrie, and it is Fox Sports
Sunday on a busy.

Speaker 3 (40:08):
Day in the NBA. I mean, I already just ripped
my clippers apar.

Speaker 2 (40:13):
If you want to listen to that, you're gonna have
to tune into the podcast so you can listen to
our one, because we are gonna talk a little NBA
in this hour, but we're.

Speaker 3 (40:22):
Actually gonna hit the NFL. In fact, the NBA though,
is starting right now. Carrie.

Speaker 2 (40:26):
Game one Pacers Cavaliers. Know Darius Garland for Cleveland in
this one. Still day yeah, still day to day on
that toe injury that he's got going on.

Speaker 3 (40:35):
How much of a factor do you think that's gonna be?

Speaker 4 (40:37):
It will? I mean, this this round is different than
the first roun second round is a little bit more competitive.
I actually had the Pacers keeping this game really close
today anyway, So.

Speaker 2 (40:46):
Okay, so even more so now without Darius Garlett exactly,
do you think calvs win the series?

Speaker 4 (40:53):
Yeah, but there there's a little bit of pause. Yeah,
and it's because Rick Carlisle, so the head coach with
the Pacers, is really good at individual matchups for you know,
series by series. I saw a lot of them in Dallas.
Obviously it's the right coast there, but just like game
plan specific stuff, he'll have those guys ready to play
in any end. The Pacers have talent and they can
score with Cleveland, so you know, it's gonna be a

(41:15):
fun series.

Speaker 2 (41:16):
I think I think it's gonna be a fun series too.
I think they're all gonna be close games. I say
Cleveland wins it though in maybe six, but they're all
gonna be close games.

Speaker 3 (41:25):
And it's just gonna be because I do think.

Speaker 2 (41:27):
The Cavaliers are better as a team than the Pacers,
just even on paper and just like when you look
at them, right, but the Pacers are not.

Speaker 3 (41:35):
Gonna make it easy. They're not gonna make it easy.

Speaker 2 (41:37):
And I agree, I think Carlisle is good at adjusting,
and the playoffs is about adjustments. Tell JJ Redick that
it's just about adjustments and like.

Speaker 3 (41:45):
Figuring it out from one it's almost even like from
one quarter to the next, Like it doesn't have to
stay the same the whole game. You just have to
be able to adjust on the fly.

Speaker 2 (41:56):
Spurts happen, you know, scoring spurts up and down, but
like you have to be able to adjus.

Speaker 4 (42:00):
Yeah, I mean, like just think about this in Rick
Carlos when he's with Dallas in those Dallas Clippers series
that they had back to back years where you know
Clippers would a better team, but Luca was great and
you know KP was playing okay at that time. But
there was one game in series. It was Game three,
and the Clippers were beating up Dallas really, I mean
a lot inside, and so Carlaut went with a double

(42:22):
big lineup with Bobon Mariyanovich and like Boban barely played
during the regular season, but that game the Clippers fits.
But just stuff like that has to be.

Speaker 3 (42:33):
Done again, adjustments. You got to think on the fly
of Bobon. It's that guy. Everyone loved him. If he scored,
everyone cheered. It didn't matter if he wasn't on your team.

Speaker 4 (42:43):
No, like he was some kid that can't play like
he can play. That's the part about it.

Speaker 3 (42:48):
He doesn't.

Speaker 2 (42:49):
He just touches the rim. He just touches the room
with his hand. I can't even imagine that, you know
what I'm saying. I wonder do I reach his belly button?

Speaker 4 (42:57):
No?

Speaker 3 (42:58):
No, I don't even reach his bell. If you think, oh, no,
I gotta find I gotta go find him. Was I
gonna get a picture with him? All right?

Speaker 2 (43:05):
We'll keep you guys updated on this game one of
the Eastern Conference on my finals between the Pacers and
the Cavs, which is gonna tip off. And again no
Darius Garland for Cleveland. He continues to be day to
day on that toe injury. The NFL Draft over. Now
we're looking forward to the new season, carry and Matthew
Stafford and the Rams, you know, getting ready to do something.

(43:25):
Remember last year there were so many questions with the Rams,
whether they were gonna kind of start over, Are they
gonna trade I was gonna say, Cooper flyg that's not.

Speaker 3 (43:33):
Right, whether they were gonna trade super Cup because I
was also I.

Speaker 2 (43:37):
Guess the other Cooper I had in my head, Cooper Rush.
That was the other one I was about to sounds like,
that's not it. A lot of Coopers, Thank you, Cooper Cup.
And then discussions with Matthew Stafford maybe being traded. They
let him go talk to other teams, They end up
getting an extension, they end up playing the.

Speaker 3 (43:54):
Last half of the season really well.

Speaker 2 (43:57):
The Rams, like you were just like, where did this
come from? But head coach Sean McVay had some things
to say about his quarterback that I'm a little surprised about.

Speaker 11 (44:07):
I think he came out of this season feeling really
good physically, and one of the things that I think
is a tremendous credit to him, Adam. You look at
the playoff games that he's played in with us, the
four his first year where he goes four to zero,
leads us to a super Bowl. You go to the
twenty three season, he did everything in his power to
try to will us to a victory against an excellent
Detroit football team in twenty three, and then this past

(44:27):
year he balls against Minnesota and he does this thing
against Philadelphia, and so we have a chance with him
every time he's at the switch, and love working with him,
and I think he's got he can play as long
as he wants. But fortunately, I'm hoping it's a couple
more years.

Speaker 7 (44:43):
A couple of more years from Matthew Stafford thirty seven
years old.

Speaker 3 (44:50):
I just want.

Speaker 7 (44:53):
Calling Cap here, cap cap on Sean McVay. It's like,
I get what you're saying.

Speaker 2 (44:58):
You're not gonna throw your your quarterback under the bus,
and that's not even what I'm saying. But you're not
gonna say like, oh, Matthew Stafford only has a year left.

Speaker 3 (45:05):
I get you're not going to say all that, but
he can't be real.

Speaker 2 (45:08):
Matthew Stafford, not just age, has gone through some injuries
and as not the most mobile quarterback.

Speaker 4 (45:14):
Right, one hit might do it.

Speaker 3 (45:18):
One hard hit might do it right.

Speaker 2 (45:19):
And so what do you think is a realistic expectation
of Matthew Stafford and the Rams who did not draft
a quarterback in this NFL draft.

Speaker 4 (45:29):
Yeah, I think he has two more good years left
seeing him in the playoffs this year. Obviously, during the
season was up and down, some injuries, but those injuries
to the core around them as well. So you know,
I could see why they started slow, but as the
season progress he played well. He had a you know,
a really good, a good season, and then in the
playoffs it was really good. We got to see the
best of them. And so what have you done for

(45:50):
me lately lately? As it's really really darn good. So
I can see him planning two more years that team.
It is a little transition, but they got another they
brought it another receiver to take up the slack of
Cooper being gone, mp Cut being gone.

Speaker 3 (46:06):
Not fall, Yeah, don't do don't go through all the Coopers.

Speaker 1 (46:09):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (46:09):
Yeah, So I think this team has a realistic shot
of being a really good team this year as well.
Now outside of that, I don't know, but I could
see him planning two more years.

Speaker 3 (46:18):
Here, two more years that seems that's hard for me
to just believe because of what I've I've told you.
I feel like he's gonna get older. Another year of getting.

Speaker 2 (46:30):
Hit, right, So then we're having this conversation again in
one year and it's going to be even more of
like how much can his body really take? And I
don't know how obviously, Like it's a constantly changing team
right now, Like you mentioned for the Rams there, they're
kind of getting new players.

Speaker 3 (46:48):
They don't want to do a full rebuild.

Speaker 2 (46:49):
They're not doing that, right, They've decided to not do that,
even though they kind of hinted maybe they were going
to try to do that. No, they're they're doing this
and they're trying to stick with Matthew Stafford.

Speaker 3 (46:57):
But I don't see two years.

Speaker 2 (46:59):
See seems like, man, you better cross your t's, dot
your eyes, cross your fingers and hope that you get
two years out of him.

Speaker 4 (47:07):
True. But the way but the way that the Rams
have transition and the way that they like to play.
They have that Baill calendar at running back with kyn
Williams and so it's a lot of stretch zones, a
lot of runs, a lot of play action off of that.
So the pressure or I guess the urgency of protecting

(47:28):
Matthew Stafford is obviously, you know, it should be level ten,
It should be the first thing of their on their
priority list. But they do a good job of that,
and I think they will take the load off him
as much as possible. And let's not forget it's not
just about that offense like it used to be. That
defense is really good. And so yes, all the factors combined,
I think you could played two more really good years.

Speaker 3 (47:47):
Now, two more really good years. All right, NFC West,
You've got these are the four quarterbacks right now. You've
got Matthew Stafford, You've got Sam Darnold over in Seattle,
You've got Kyler Murray, and you've got brock Per.

Speaker 4 (48:00):
Yeah, Matthew Stafford's the best one out of the bunch.

Speaker 2 (48:01):
So Matthew Stafford is the best one out of the bunch,
no question today at age thirty seven.

Speaker 3 (48:07):
I'm not saying like overall career, right because I do
think what he's done has been great.

Speaker 4 (48:12):
At thirty seven years old, he's the best quarterback in
that division right now.

Speaker 3 (48:14):
Wow, you hear me, I heard you. No hesitation, not
at all, not even a little bit.

Speaker 2 (48:19):
First, you're telling me that the Denver Nuggets are going
to be okay, seeing yeah, one write that down. And
now you're telling me Matthew Stafford is the best quarterback
in that division right now at thirty seven years old.
I mean, if you're saying that, I've got to believe
it because you're you were a former All Pro.

Speaker 3 (48:33):
Safety, So I guess I gotta believe that.

Speaker 4 (48:36):
But do you think it is in that division? Just
look at just the names you just named.

Speaker 3 (48:42):
It's not pretty.

Speaker 7 (48:44):
It's not pretty because I don't think one stands out.
But you said it so confidently.

Speaker 3 (48:49):
Yeah, and that's what I don't.

Speaker 2 (48:50):
I maybe he's but I'm not saying that confidently, And
it's because of age. I feel like the other guys,
you know what I'm saying, they're young, and I'm just
one year of his body taking more hits.

Speaker 3 (49:02):
They got to protect him.

Speaker 2 (49:03):
They have to protect him this season in order to
have two successful years. But I guess I just I'm
a little bit worried that his banged up body already
is going to be able to sustain another year going
into the postseason, when you know it gets even harder
because the goal is obviously to make the postseason. It's
not just to play like they want. The Rams have
a goal and it's to win the division and move on.

(49:25):
And so I just I say this year realistically might
be the last good year for Matthew Stafford and that
the Rams maybe have to start thinking who's gonna Who's
gonna be predecessor?

Speaker 4 (49:38):
Yeah on that roster Jimmy Garoppolo and Stan Bennett.

Speaker 3 (49:42):
Yeah, Stetson Bennett. Who is he still around? I just
haven't seen heard is he honestly is he still around?

Speaker 4 (49:51):
I don't know, but I just the right he is.

Speaker 3 (49:54):
Listed on their roster.

Speaker 2 (49:55):
Absolutely, I double checked that, but I was like, no, Stetson,
is he still?

Speaker 3 (49:59):
Does he exist in the world?

Speaker 4 (50:01):
Man, there's the Stetson Bennet out there somewhere. Let's let's
let's check out what's the thing called Truthfinder dot?

Speaker 2 (50:08):
And the truth of the matter is, we actually have
no idea what Stetsan Stetson Bennett can do. And Jimmy
Garoppolo we actually know exactly what he's gonna do. Yea,
So he we know he is not going to take over,
but he's a good a good guy to learn from.
Both of them are I just think the Rams are
definitely squeezing out if they can on Matthew Stafford, and
they maybe you should already start looking at the future

(50:31):
beyond him.

Speaker 4 (50:31):
Well, I think I think they would have. But this class,
this this quarterback free agency, this market wasn't a strong one.
So they're definitely going to ride him out for a
year and I'm sure they'll draft that quarterback next year.
So I don't think it's as pressing as we were
making it saying like right now, because if you look
at their roster exactly what you're saying is true, there's
nobody there too. If he does go down, like really

(50:53):
run that ship, I guess. But you get through this year.
Next year, the quarterback draft class is a lot different,
and the actual free market it would be a lot
different as well. So this conversation is very.

Speaker 3 (51:03):
Early, very very early.

Speaker 2 (51:05):
Absolutely and literally only because of what Sean McVay said,
we decided to but it's a very early discussion.

Speaker 3 (51:10):
And I'm looking at this NFC West and I.

Speaker 2 (51:12):
Am really curious in you know, halfway through the season,
what we're going to be saying between this division because
of the quarterbacks, like Brock Purdy has something to do,
has something to prove after what just happened, right, He
wants to prove that he is a good quarterback and
it's not just his weapons as to why he was
successful when he was thrown into the mix as mister Irrelevant,

(51:32):
who he no longer is, but when he was thrown
in there, he was.

Speaker 3 (51:36):
He has that to prove. Kyler Murray has a lot
to prove too.

Speaker 4 (51:39):
Yeah, that team's going to be a tricky team to
kind of assess because I think obviously with Jonathan Gannon
at the head coach position, they're going to play hard
and we're going to be prepared and they're gonna win
some game they shouldn't and so, which is what we saw.

Speaker 3 (51:51):
But then we saw them lose games where you were like,
how did you lose this game?

Speaker 4 (51:55):
But when that one, yeah, it's yeah. So Kyler Murray
also has a lot to prove.

Speaker 2 (51:59):
And Saam Darnold coming off this season with Minnesota, he's
got a lot to prove that that wasn't a fluke,
that it wasn't just Justin Jefferson out there that he
was throwing the ball to. And Kevin O'Connell the whisper,
he's got that to prove. And then there's Matthew Stafford
who's already done it.

Speaker 7 (52:17):
He's already gone through all, he's won it, been it,
got Sean McVay, all of that.

Speaker 4 (52:22):
Yeah, and that's why they're going to be a favorite
to win that division.

Speaker 3 (52:26):
They're going to be favorite to win that division.

Speaker 14 (52:28):
Yeah, yeah, I like, yes, just over the over the
forty nine ers, because the forty nine ers, their window
you think is closed, it's it's closing.

Speaker 3 (52:39):
It's closing. It's like it's starting.

Speaker 4 (52:41):
I mean they won't have a good year. I don't
know that. But right now, the favorite to win that
division with Matthew Stafford coming back is DRAMs.

Speaker 2 (52:47):
All right, well, listen, I actually have a lot of
questions for our NBA insider, Adam Kaplan.

Speaker 3 (52:53):
Uh huh, And what did I say NBA?

Speaker 4 (52:57):
I know, I know we're in NBA.

Speaker 3 (52:58):
I know we're on an NBA time, but you got
you guys, I swear I'm in the NFL.

Speaker 2 (53:01):
I have so many questions about the NFL, including about
the Chargers. My Chargers to see what they're gonna do
for this upcoming season. So don't go anywhere. We are
gonna talk to Adam Kaplan. Next, this is Fox Sports Sunday.

Speaker 3 (53:13):
Mary Mac on the ones and twos. Again, you can
always tell when the switch happens. Thanks Carol. H haven't
heard the song in forever.

Speaker 7 (53:22):
I was gonna pop in with some like I thought
it was Sinkle demaiyo today.

Speaker 2 (53:26):
Ah, sorry girl almost their oh single di quatro is
what it is today?

Speaker 4 (53:30):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (53:30):
Or mayo di quatro. That's what we're doing. Yeah, Fox
and it's Fox Sports Sunday on Monte Blaanya's alongside former
All Pro safety Carry Rhoads.

Speaker 3 (53:39):
Game one of the NBA Eastern.

Speaker 2 (53:41):
Conference semi Finals is underway between the Pacers and the
Cleveland Guardians. Nope, the Cleveland Cavaliers. I keep doing that, Indiana.
The Pacers are up twenty three to twenty one with
about three and a half minutes to go in the
first quarter, so plenty of game to go. But we're
gonna shift over to the NFL with our NFL inside.
Adam Kaplan, Adam are you there?

Speaker 1 (54:02):
I am goad guy.

Speaker 3 (54:04):
You are well happy to chat with you. I've got
a loaded question, so I'm gonna start first.

Speaker 4 (54:09):
So I've got a loaded quest.

Speaker 1 (54:11):
Let me unloaded, lad, and.

Speaker 3 (54:13):
You'll see what I mean by it's loaded. So I'm
gonna give it. It's gonna be a little much.

Speaker 2 (54:17):
But AFC West, So two teams in the AFC West
that I have questions for, and I just want you
to kind of tell me how the AFC West will
end up. But the Raiders, new coach, new quarterback, new
running back. Are they gonna move up in the rankings
of the AFC West? With my Chargers adding running back
Omari and Hampton the SEC defensive player of the year

(54:38):
in defensive end Kyle.

Speaker 3 (54:39):
Krenard, Who's gonna move up? Who is anyone going to
challenge the Chiefs this year? Are the Broncos gonna settle down?
Is Drew Lock gonna have maybe a sophomore slump? Quote unquote?
What do you see happening in the AFC West?

Speaker 1 (54:54):
All right, Manti, let's start with the Raiders. They were
one of my bottom three teams pre draft of just
when I did an over here, I did some power rankings.
It's just they STI don't have very much talent. Now
they add Gent It's funny like how they didn't even
deny how much they were interested in him before the draft,
and it was almost like a smoke scream. Are they
really serious putting this information out? You know they were

(55:15):
telling the truth. It starts with the run game. Chip
Kelly is going to call the run. This is what
Pete Karra wants. Is why they're paying Chip Kelly six
million here to be at offense coordinator.

Speaker 4 (55:25):
Wow, Yeah, it's crazy.

Speaker 1 (55:28):
Highest paid OC that I know and I believe carry
a NFL history. So you look at the defense, which
needed a lot of work. They're going to redo it
a little bit. Certainly they're going to go with the
same defense coordinator. Patrick Grahame was really good, but they
added some talent on the back end. There are ways away.
There are ways away. When you look at the AFC West,

(55:50):
they're still they're still at the bottom. You know, you
expect them not to be much better, but where they
have to feel good as they got you and know
Samantha guys won games in his career around by the way,
carry what was your last year with the Jets?

Speaker 4 (56:03):
Oh you made me go back?

Speaker 1 (56:05):
You weren't with him, were you?

Speaker 4 (56:06):
No?

Speaker 1 (56:06):
No? No? No? Asked okay, okay, got you? But yeah,
so some manti answer your question. The Raiders. Look there,
it's going to be a ball control offense. If Chip
Kelly were bringing his offense here, the league knows what
it looks like. It's not gonna be any secret what
it is. But yeah, they've done some things. But the Chargers,

(56:27):
they've had a good offseason. They were surprising me last
year in Jim Harborough's first year. Uh they bring back
Mike Williams for the tail anima's career here, Trey Harrison
the second round. It's the receiver. I like Hampton, by
the way, I know multiple teams who actually had Hampton
graded over genty, which seems hard to believe. But he's
more explosive he's but he's not a bell cow. He's

(56:48):
there are questions about how much work he could handle.
That's where Naji Harris comes in. There will have a
one two punch. Now. They needed help on the front
seven they got. They're not very talented quite frankly on
defense when you look at it, remember they cut Joey Bosa,
so they had to move on from him. They're kind
of weak at cornerback. Klomach is up there, you know,

(57:09):
he in his mid thirties. That's where they kind of
overachieved that. That to me is why it'll be hard
for him to win that division, but they are closing
some ground here on the Chiefs.

Speaker 4 (57:18):
Yeah. The thing about the Chargers, and I think which
was the family for them last year and why their
defense was pretty above average is because of the way
they play the game, right, so they limit other teams
possessions and so the defensive numbers are kind of a
little bit falsified when you look at the talent they have.

Speaker 1 (57:35):
But I'm pretty disciplined though, I'll say this much under
Jesse Mentor it's a really cool stirt. His dad Rick Yep. Ironically,
we'd talked about Chip Kelly. He was actually a linebackers
coach or under Chip here in Philly, and then you
Rick was out of the game. He was a former
head coach at the University of Cincinnati. By the way,
He's known the Harvall family for a long time. And
Jesse is probably going to have a chance of the

(57:55):
NFL head coach. What a great job that they did
and carry Yeah, look, not the most talented defense, but
very well coached.

Speaker 4 (58:02):
Yeah, Adam, me and Mossi before you came home, we
were having a conversation about the NFC West and obviously
the Matthew Stafford sound bite that came from McVey recently saying,
you know you wanted him to play a couple more
years and expected him to play a couple more years,
And I said, I told h Moncie, I could see
him playing two more years at a really at a really,
really good level, and I expect that team to be

(58:22):
the favorite in the NFC West. Do you agree with that?

Speaker 1 (58:26):
Here's the thing, though, they did not address the cornerback position.
Now they believe or not, they still have interested in
Jayalen Ramsey to bring him back for a second round,
but they didn't draft on which stunned me because there
they go to Journeymen, A Killer Weatherspoon and Darius Williams.
Williams started his career with the Rams and he's kind
of in the twilight at Killer Witherspoon's on the number
of teams still has ut him. A couple of years ago,

(58:48):
he revived his career a little bit, but they didn't
really address it. That does worry me for sure. DeVante
Adams also in the twilight of his career with Pukaku's
great player, but a big injury history. They've shaped their
offensive line over the last year, they're going to be good.
But the team that's nobody's talking about, the Seattle Seahawks, right,
they make they make the tray and they make the

(59:09):
signing of They bring over Sam Darnold as a free agent.
They bring over Cooper Cup. I know he's older, but
they'll they'll figure out a way to make sure it works.
They dress their offensive line with Gray Zabel in the
first round. They brought into Marcus Lawrence to address their
issue on the defensive line. They've they've sort of fortified
their their their secondary a little bit over last year.
And Nick Amanwari, who's my favorite safety for the draft,

(59:32):
who is a tremendous athlete and he's got great size.
This is a sleeper team for me in a wide
open Your guys are right, this is a I know
the Niners by the batting numbers, the books, the oddmakers
have the Niners as the slight favorite. Nobody's talking with
the Seahawks that that would be a sleeper team for me.

Speaker 2 (59:52):
I just want to know what you're going to say
compared to Carry's answer, who's the best quarterback in the NFC?

Speaker 3 (59:56):
West? Oh boy?

Speaker 1 (01:00:00):
Still? Now I would take Stafford.

Speaker 4 (01:00:02):
You would take he's still good. Listen.

Speaker 1 (01:00:05):
Yes, he's super tough. He suffers injuries, plays through them. Now,
the Cardinals we didn't talk about. I don't want to
say the overtrea with the record, but they play hard
for Jonathan Gannon, their head coach. They're not very talented,
but they play really hard. They get they get a
lot out of what they have. It's just ki Kyler
Murray ever play a really good season. He flashes, but

(01:00:27):
he's just very inconsistent. They're a team that nobody really
talks about it. You know, it's been it's been a
number of years since they've been competitive. But yeah, if
every year there's a team that comes out of nowhere
and shocks us, like last year would be well Denver.
The oddsmakers, by the way, give the Broncos four and
f wins last season. Yeah, they were wrong, and the
Chargers in the Broncos will be those two teams. My

(01:00:48):
team this year would be the Seahawks.

Speaker 3 (01:00:50):
Interesting. Interesting.

Speaker 2 (01:00:51):
Okay, let's move on to the Cleveland Browns, who have
five quarterbacks. Do you think there's a realistic, realistic chance
that Deshaun Watson is cut?

Speaker 1 (01:01:00):
No, because no, they made this decision. You know, they
were structure his contract. I don't see it based on
what they did to his contract. I never say never
with these things, but they don't expect him to play
this season. It obviously wind up being arguably the West
transaction NFL history. It's just a terrible trade. But so
you got four guys, right, Flacco is the odds on

(01:01:22):
favorite to start. He got picked, it was in the final.

Speaker 15 (01:01:24):
Year of his deal.

Speaker 1 (01:01:25):
Then you got Shooder Centaers. So we talked about last
Sunday and Dylan Gabriel. Once his team's out of the
playoff race, assuming that it's going to be Flacco, which
it would surprise me if Joe doesn't win it. And
he was incredible, you know, for that final quarter of
the season and put them in the playoffs. He really
did carry the team. But realistically, you know they'll be
out of the playoffs in early December. If Shorer's doing

(01:01:46):
everything that he's supposed to do and he's ready to roll,
I mean that's to me, you just play him. Now.
We have to see what happens in training camp, and
I look for I'll be at their training camp, so
I'm I look forward to seeing him up close and
see how he's doing. But I'm just telling you guys,
they don't know who the starters passed the season. In fact,
they don't know who it's going to be yet this season,

(01:02:06):
and they feel look with Judkins, the second round running
back at Ohio State, who should take over the starting
value pretty quickly with that defense on our Jim Schwartz,
I mean, they're going to be competitive, but how competitive
it depends on the quarterback position. Man.

Speaker 4 (01:02:18):
So yeah, the landscape in the NFL is it's actually
really really interesting right now. Wide open, yeah, it is,
and it's a lot one of the things where obviously
the last four years possibly I mean the Chiefs were
the favorites coming out of the AFC, and now I
think it's really wide open. You have Baltimore, you have
the Chiefs, you have Buffalo, Like who would you I
guess Cincinnati possibly if they're healthy enough and improve just

(01:02:38):
a little bit on defense. But who do you see
being the favorite right now in AFC? I know it's early,
but just right now I.

Speaker 1 (01:02:45):
Would say Baltimore because of the you mentioned the Chiefs.
Travis Kelce, I know he wanted to come back one
more year and this has to be it he's fading fast. Yes, yes,
I would go if I had to rank them, Baltimore, Buffalo,
Kansas City, Houston. I just don't look. I know that

(01:03:06):
they fired the Bengals, fire the defense coordinator, lou Ana
Romo's now running the Colts defense Al Golden, who's been
a college head coach and NFL assistant. We got to
see what that defense looks like. So I would go
Pittsburgh or Cincinnati. Now, no, again, are they getting Aaron
Rodgers Pittsburgh? You know we expect him to, but he
hasn't committed yet. If not, forget if they're not a

(01:03:27):
playoff team without him. Kirk Cousins and I know they haven't.
I'm told they have some interest in him. I don't
know what he has left to thirty seven years old. Now, yeah,
the NFC where people talk about Philly all the time.
I get that to the Super Bowl winner, but they
lost five defensive starters in creagency, so that that would
worry me a little bit.

Speaker 4 (01:03:44):
No, Adam is crazy. I was saying, it's the NFL
is the only only I think profession where I mean,
obviously I think there's others, but I'm just saying because
we were talking about right now is you can get
fired for being on the worst defense in Cincinnati and
go and get the same get the same jobs.

Speaker 1 (01:04:01):
It's incredible crazy, I know it is Kurry. What's interesting
about him is this is the guy who got He
helped him get to the Super Bowl against the Rams four
years ago. And then yeah, they were they were. I
know some teams told me they thought that their defense
at times is not competitive, which you don't really hear
a lot of. It's kind of damning and I totally
get why they fired him now, lou Off, it takes

(01:04:25):
you by the way the cultures are absolutely expecting him
to be very aggressive where his predecessor was not so
Gus Ramsey, so that we'll see what happens there. But
what we love about the NFL is right when we
think we know something, something changes. So it's gonna be
a fun year. Guys. We have the draft now, we're
in May. You know, OTAs will the veterans will be

(01:04:48):
in you by the end of the month and we'll
get a better idea. But the draft definitely gave us some.

Speaker 3 (01:04:53):
Clothes last one for me, Like you said, it's super early.
But online their speculation that Lions defensive end. Eight to
Hutchinson is.

Speaker 2 (01:05:01):
Not recovering the way maybe he should be. Any truth that,
any truth to that should be. If you're a Lions fan,
be a little bit worried about eight.

Speaker 1 (01:05:10):
I know, I mean he's been running. I mean he's
been running a lot that. Yeah, it doesn't seem to
be a problem. They know they're going to get this done. Uh,
this is a goal for them to get it done
by training camp. I don't when I look at the lines,
I don't really worry about too much. They're they're pretty
aggressive to take care of their players. And we didn't
talk about the Lions. They're right there. Their problem was
their past rush without Hutchinson, they just were abominable. Yeah,

(01:05:33):
the fact that if you saw it, Washington do to them,
they couldn't even compete. They need to take a look
at themselves here that I don't say they've peaked, but
their past rush is a problem, and I'm not so
sure it's going to happen. They didn't really address it
in the draft. For free agency, they they addressed air
detackle situation, but they did not address their edge rusher problem,
which was a major issue that to me folks. You

(01:05:56):
know you bring that up. Man. See, that's something we're
gonna have to talk about as we get closer to
training camp. That's a major question to me for the
lines going forward.

Speaker 4 (01:06:02):
Here, Adam. You know, you remind me of a really
famous cartoon character that explored all over the world. Her
name was Dora the Explorer. And you give me that
mindset during the NFL preseason and you go to all
these camps, Yeah, which one are you most I guess
anxious or excited to get to to see to, you know,

(01:06:24):
kind of carry on the legacy of HM.

Speaker 1 (01:06:27):
I would say the Chargers at the Bolt in their
second year in El Segundo, which is kut Boy. That
was an odd camp. That's like in the Boy in
the back of an industrial park. You know, that was
their first year, last summer there. Just because there should
be some hype with this team with Harball second year, yep,
you know, people didn't know what to expect and they
were much better than I expected. That would be a

(01:06:49):
good one. I'm just taking a look at some of
the teams I look forward to traveling to. You know,
I'm absolutely going there. I've been there. I'm not to
visit this team since Stuff Peterson's first year in Jacksonville.
But that's with Travis Hunter. Yeah, I am so looking
forward to see how they use him. Uh, there's no
question about it. I cannot wait to see the Jaguars.

(01:07:10):
I know, it's kind of funny, like Jaguars, you care
about the Jaguars. It's just carry the way carry set
that up is absolutely right. It's where am I intrigued?

Speaker 4 (01:07:17):
Right?

Speaker 1 (01:07:18):
And then and then here's another one. I was with
the Commanders their first week in training camp last year.
Now we have massive expectations. Can they close the gap
in a division where no one has won back to
back since two thousand and four?

Speaker 4 (01:07:31):
There it is, man.

Speaker 3 (01:07:33):
Adam one more, one more for you?

Speaker 1 (01:07:35):
Sure?

Speaker 3 (01:07:35):
What do you what do you make of Bill Belichick
and his new girlfriends?

Speaker 4 (01:07:39):
So this is this?

Speaker 1 (01:07:41):
You throw that in? You throw that in? Yeah, I look,
it's definitely odd. Bill's got to hire a real PR person. Yeah,
I would say, since you brought this up, that's got
to happen. And and then and you know CBS deny,
you know, because they did the Actually I saw it

(01:08:01):
last Sunday that the interview with him on the book
Get Everything Straighten Up? Before you you do an interview.
That's just ridiculous. That should not happen. I know someone's
pretty close to Belichick who's known him almost his whole life.
So he's pretty happy with his new girlfriend, who was
obviously much younger. Yeah, good for Bill. They just need
to keep this out of the headlines. This whole sits
just ridiculous. Yeah yeah. Let him in his his coaching

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career well into his seventies now at seventy two, and
you know, hopefully he's happy. And you know, it's a
shame that this all got blown up and no one's
really talking about this book. They're talking about his girlfriend.

Speaker 4 (01:08:34):
That's not what I want.

Speaker 2 (01:08:35):
Yeah, no, not not ideal, but she's like his CEO,
his personal.

Speaker 1 (01:08:39):
It is definitely bizarre. I this will be a discussion
if we were all having some beer somewhere.

Speaker 3 (01:08:44):
Absolutely, I never.

Speaker 1 (01:08:46):
Met, Yeah, has never met. So maybe some day, Well
when I go to go out.

Speaker 2 (01:08:51):
To LA the next time, hopefully, Yeah, let us know
for sure, Yes, at Caplin or NFL inside or you
can find him on eggs at Kaplan NFL.

Speaker 3 (01:09:00):
Thank you so much. Talk to you next week. Alright bye,
all right. The score in the NBA Martin Weiss has it.
What's going on over there?

Speaker 4 (01:09:09):
All right?

Speaker 1 (01:09:09):
Now?

Speaker 12 (01:09:09):
The Indiana Pacers with a seven point lead, forty to
thirty three over the Cleveland Cavaliers, nine thirty left in
the first half.

Speaker 4 (01:09:18):
Is this what you expected?

Speaker 3 (01:09:20):
Sure?

Speaker 2 (01:09:21):
I thought it was gonna be competitive, but I still
think Cleveland wins this game.

Speaker 4 (01:09:25):
Are you already you hurt?

Speaker 1 (01:09:26):
My?

Speaker 4 (01:09:26):
I think. I don't know if you heard me or not,
but I said it's going to be a close game,
and yeah, yeah, these this team is the Pacers are
gonna win some games in this series. Okay?

Speaker 3 (01:09:33):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (01:09:34):
Are they gonna win four games in this yearies? Okay? Alright,
I just want to check that's okay, three, okay, four.
It's a big difference.

Speaker 12 (01:09:43):
Let's see who's leading to turn Let's see Tyree Teleburnion
has seven right now, he's three for three from the floor.
Pascal Siakam with twelve that leads the Pacers. The Cavaliers
being led with by Donovan Mitchell, He's got eleven. Darius
Garland is out for this game. He's got a toe injury,
the same toe that's been bothering him for a while.

(01:10:03):
It looks like basically just count on Darius Garland to
be out until he's not, Like you know what I mean,
It's kind of like we're kind of like every game waiting,
every game waiting is just the news is when he
comes back, not that he's out. We're about three hours
away from tip of Game seven for the Warriors and
the Rockets. Golden State will not have Gary Payton the

(01:10:24):
second in that matchup Game seven.

Speaker 4 (01:10:27):
It is a win or go home.

Speaker 12 (01:10:29):
Top of the ninth inning the Tigers with a thirteen
to one lead over the Angels and and the hind
bottom of the seventh Nationals that before to one lead
over the Reds. Cardinals with a two nothing lead over
the Mets in the bottom of the second inning in
game two of a double header earlier today, that game
one Cardinals.

Speaker 4 (01:10:47):
Took at six to five.

Speaker 12 (01:10:48):
Rioles beat the Orioles eleven to six, Twins up a
White Sox five to four, and the Padres blank the
Pirates four to nothing.

Speaker 4 (01:10:54):
In the Rays come.

Speaker 12 (01:10:55):
From behind for the second day in a row to
beat the Yankees seven to five, Guardians with another come
from behind win to beat the Blue Jays five to four,
and then Diamondbacks beat the Phillies and extra innings, and
they called this game. How about that the White Sox.
How about that the White Sox get a home win.
Good for that they did. It only got seven innings

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and good for that. So a little less than normal
twenty seven out twenty one and a half or so
here for the White Sox. But five to four they
beat the Astros. That's the White Sox tenth win on
the year. God said, you know what today's today, Fellas,
it's going to rain right after we make this.

Speaker 4 (01:11:32):
An official game.

Speaker 12 (01:11:34):
Speaking of official game, Game one Eastern Conference Semi Finals,
Indiana with a ten point lead, forty five to thirty five.

Speaker 3 (01:11:40):
Back to you guys, Thank you Martin.

Speaker 2 (01:11:42):
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Speaker 3 (01:12:00):
On a radio dial. So be sure to preset Fox
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pop up at the top of your screen. Carrie, we
haven't done this in a few weeks, but how about
a little carry on or off.

Speaker 4 (01:12:12):
A little carry on and off is always a good thing.

Speaker 3 (01:12:14):
I think it's a good day, right, So let's do
that next. Don't go anywhere.

Speaker 2 (01:12:17):
Fox Sports Sunday, Welcome back, everybody, Fox Sports Sunday. I
am Monci Bolangos alongside former All Pro safety carry Roads,
hanging out with you. Game one of the Eastern Conference
semi Finals in the NBA continues between the Pacers and
the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Speaker 3 (01:12:34):
Pacers are up fifty to.

Speaker 2 (01:12:36):
Forty two halfway through the second quarter. Know, Darius Garland
once again for Cleveland, and we said this was going
to be a competitive series.

Speaker 3 (01:12:44):
We said that. You even said, oh, without Darius Garland,
the Pacers haven't even more chance to maybe squeak out
a win. But I don't think either of us are
thinking they would take this game right, not in Cleveland,
not Game one.

Speaker 4 (01:12:57):
I mean, yes, that's why I said be tight. I
thought it could be a tulso.

Speaker 2 (01:13:01):
Absolutely it's gonna get I think all the entire series
is gonna be tight.

Speaker 3 (01:13:05):
I do.

Speaker 2 (01:13:06):
I just think Cleveland will win it. Uh, and they're
cutting their deficit by they've cut it by five. Indiana
was up by ten out one White and now it's
just five. They're on an eleven three run in the
last like minute and.

Speaker 3 (01:13:17):
Forty two seconds.

Speaker 2 (01:13:19):
Yeah, but down to five minutes in the first half
and they're down by five to the Pacers. So we'll
see how this one goes. Game one of the Eastern
Conference on my finals, and.

Speaker 3 (01:13:28):
Of course there's Game seven. Yes, the two greatest words
in sports. Game seven. Yeah, unless you're Clippers. Unless you're
the Clippers, and that means nothing to you.

Speaker 4 (01:13:37):
Yeah. No, that means that means you on the early vacation,
you're on an early you're not playing that game anyway.

Speaker 3 (01:13:42):
Yeah, exactly, exactly. But we haven't done this in a
few weeks. So let's have a little fun with a
little carry on or off.

Speaker 4 (01:13:49):
Yeah, down, down, down, down, down down.

Speaker 3 (01:13:53):
So good, all right, Carrie, I'm gonna give you some
stuff and you're gonna tell me whether you carry on
you carry off with it? All right, let's start here.
I got so many things I want.

Speaker 4 (01:14:05):
To throw at you.

Speaker 3 (01:14:06):
I am I just like where do I starve? So
many things I want to throw at you, all right,
going to a sporting event and repping a team that
isn't playing.

Speaker 4 (01:14:17):
Uh, I'm so off that. Yeah, you ask that, I
am off that. Yeah. I mean if you go onto
a game and there's two teams that are participating, and
you want to be the odd ball that wears the
team that's not even correlated to any of those games. Exactly,
stay at home, stay or go to the bar something,
but don't go to the game and be that person

(01:14:38):
that causes ruckus.

Speaker 3 (01:14:39):
Stay away, Carrie, thanks so much for saying that.

Speaker 2 (01:14:42):
So Clippers had a watch party. The first one got
into it Dome. So this was game three, and.

Speaker 3 (01:14:48):
A guy shows up wearing a Lakers jersey.

Speaker 7 (01:14:50):
I'm just like, you're asking, you're asking for problems here,
Clippers watch party into a dome against the Denver nugg
and you're wearing a Lakers jersey. I went to game four,
the second one at into it Dome, and I get
out of the car, start walking towards into a dome
and I see a gentleman in front of me wearing

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a Lakers jacket.

Speaker 4 (01:15:12):
I am just like, what are we doing this?

Speaker 2 (01:15:15):
I don't get it, and this isn't like you showing
up wearing a Yankees hat to a basketball game, right, Like,
that's not what this is. This is a decision that
you made specifically against the Clippers.

Speaker 4 (01:15:27):
Let's insight a riot. Let's let's let's.

Speaker 2 (01:15:30):
Start problems here. And I want I have to hold
my tongue. I'm just like, why why are you here?

Speaker 1 (01:15:36):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (01:15:36):
I wanted to. I wanted to, but you know, Sean
was like, I don't do anything. I don't want to
have to fight someone you.

Speaker 3 (01:15:40):
Can exactly not me. I don't say anything. Okay, Carrie,
are you on or off.

Speaker 2 (01:15:50):
College athletes or just like young people mimicking their idols?

Speaker 4 (01:15:56):
Mmm, I'm off that as well, off that as well
as well. Yeah, I mean yes, that's gonna be always
comparisons absolutely to you. Whatever your game is and how
you play your style, Like that's part of it. You
have to especially as a college game, you have to
crack your own style, your own type of name for yourself.

(01:16:18):
So don't start associating yourself to somebody else because that
gives them a ceiling or a bottom of who you
could be. And you don't want to be that person,
not that young. So I'm off that, off that Nebraska quarterback.
I know you're going kill in right, Ola, That's right.

Speaker 3 (01:16:35):
Okay has signed an nil deal with Adidas. You know
who Adidas is also signed with.

Speaker 4 (01:16:40):
I will guess his cousin, Patrick Mahomes his cousin. He
would he looks exactly.

Speaker 3 (01:16:46):
Like Patrick Mahomes because he's trying to look like that.
His hair, he wears, the bandana, the glasses and Patrick Mahomes.
We have sound of that, but I don't know how
long it is, but he basically like it's it's old,
but he talks about it and he's just kind of like,
oh yeah, no, that's cool. And it's like, what else
is Patrick Mahomes gonna say what? He can't say what
he actually wants to say, which is like, this is creepy, bro.

Speaker 4 (01:17:06):
Stop looking like me.

Speaker 2 (01:17:07):
You are not a seven year old little boy who's
idolizing me.

Speaker 3 (01:17:11):
You're a grown ass man and you look like me.

Speaker 4 (01:17:15):
What I mean, even do his warm ups like he's
even his side of play.

Speaker 3 (01:17:20):
No, I don't like that at all. Like if I'm
Patrick Mahomes, I'm literally like, guys, somebody, get somebody tell
him I don't like this.

Speaker 2 (01:17:27):
But I can't say that out loud because it would
make him look soft.

Speaker 4 (01:17:31):
So is this another sing? Is this like single black
male instead of single white female?

Speaker 3 (01:17:36):
Yes? Yes, yes, absolutely absolutely. All right, last morning here,
because I think we're coming close on time.

Speaker 2 (01:17:44):
How do you feel carey about movies being re released
out into the theater?

Speaker 4 (01:17:49):
Man, Oh, I'm carrying on them care Yeah. Yeah, there
are some you know, block busters or films that you
know it deserves the theatrical.

Speaker 3 (01:17:59):
Absolutely repri You don't get it at home like that.

Speaker 4 (01:18:01):
Oh, like it's it's a real thing. I'm a theater guy.
You are as like if there's a big movie that
if there's a Jaws or Star Wars or a big,
a big movie that you want to go out and
see at the theaters again, re release it and give
it to the give it to the public.

Speaker 3 (01:18:15):
Well you just hit it right on the nose. It's
May the fourth with you.

Speaker 2 (01:18:19):
Star Wars did bring out Revenge of the Sith for
the anniversary, and it's like, I'm so for that because,
like you said, there are certain movies that you need
not just the bigger screen, but the surround sound of it,
Like when there's an explosion or a car chase and
you kind of can hear the car screeching through? And
this you need that in a movie theater. And same

(01:18:42):
thing with like a scary movie. Like I hearing nothing
in a giant empty room with people, Yes, but like
nothing else, and you hear nothing is a lot scarier
than me sitting on my couch.

Speaker 4 (01:18:52):
Well you know, I'm a couch guy. You know that.
But when I'm at the theater, I go at the
I go at the old people time. Yes, because I'm
an old guy. I'm there by myself, so I have
the whole theater. So a nice little, nice little time
to the theater, it gets you.

Speaker 3 (01:19:05):
I'm with you. I'm all about re releasing big movies
in movie theaters every so often. Don't do it all
the time, but every so often because it keeps us
wanting more, and we hope you want more. Because we
got one more hour here on Fox Sports Radio. I'm Manzy,
he's carried, don't go anywhere. That's right. What's up? Everybody?
Welcome to our new metal Tres between Carrie and I

(01:19:28):
met Tres. That's right, that's good. Yeah, Fox Sports Sunday.

Speaker 2 (01:19:32):
I'm Monzi Blayas he's carry hanging out with you, talking
all things NBA, talking a little NFL, but we're gonna
head back to the hardwood floor for the start of
this hour. We do have the Pacers and the Cavaliers
playing right now, and the Pacers, as you heard Martin
Weiss say, are up on the Caps sixty two to

(01:19:53):
fifty six right now. It's thirty seconds into before going
into halftime, so plenty of game left.

Speaker 3 (01:19:59):
But Pacers up right now giving the Cavs a little
run for their money.

Speaker 4 (01:20:02):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, this is gonna be a good fun series.
Both teams can score a lot of points. Cleveland's defense
is a little bit better than any than the Pacers,
so it's gonna be exciting.

Speaker 2 (01:20:12):
But it's all about matchups, all about matchups, and it's
all about adjustments.

Speaker 4 (01:20:16):
Yes, yes, in the playoffs, Yes, because I know where
you're going with this, but let's let's go go ahead
and get it going, Masie. What's going on?

Speaker 2 (01:20:24):
So it's all about adjustments in the playoffs, And we
witnessed this past week the Lakers literally not adjust anything,
and they let Rudy Gobert have the game of his life.

Speaker 4 (01:20:38):
Cook, cook, cook.

Speaker 2 (01:20:40):
And they have an easy win. The Minnesota Timberwolves, like
good job, way to go. I did not anticipate that
series going that way. I thought the series was going
to go six, seven games. I thought all games were
going to be really tight, and I thought the Lakers
would win because of Luka Doncic.

Speaker 4 (01:20:59):
It's like tak so you got all the excess in
the row and they're all wrong. You got you lost
really quickly, too.

Speaker 3 (01:21:04):
Very quickly.

Speaker 4 (01:21:05):
A lot of people did, a lot of people picked
the Lakers don't even win that series.

Speaker 3 (01:21:09):
I really did not, and and the Lakers just did
not look good. Uh. And it was like a little bit.

Speaker 2 (01:21:16):
Mark Medina told us in the in the first hour
when we spoke to him our NBA Insider, how the
Lakers defense when they first.

Speaker 4 (01:21:22):
Got Luca looked so good.

Speaker 2 (01:21:24):
That's right, and you just saw that it could not
carry to a seven game series. One game, two games
off of different opponents is different, right, And then you
face the same team over and over and everything changes.
Maybe your plan goes out the window. But you have
to let the plan go out the window. Yeah, you
can just hold on to it just because you have
a plan.

Speaker 4 (01:21:44):
Yep, JJ Reddick.

Speaker 3 (01:21:45):
You have to adjust, You have to adjust, and.

Speaker 4 (01:21:48):
You have to be an individual that is flexible and
your ego cannot stand in the way. JJ Reddick, I've
known him for a long time, not personally, but I've
been along the ride with him for a while. I
was a Duke fan, so I've known him at Duke.
Didn't really come up huge in the big moments there.

(01:22:10):
Always obviously one of the greatest players at Duke as
far as scoring goes, but never could get them over
the hump. His NBA career role player got to the Clippers.
Your team played, played well, but in the big moments,
wasn't there. And so when you have guys that are
really analytical and usually operates from the brain and not

(01:22:31):
from feel, those are the stubborn ones. Those are the
ones that sometimes have a hard time being head coaches
because you have to be flexible and not let your
ego and what you think is the best way that
you have a chance to win be the only way
that you attack it. And I think that's what happened
for the Lakers and JJ in his first playoff experience

(01:22:52):
as a coach.

Speaker 2 (01:22:53):
Absolutely his first playoff experience as a coach, but has
been there as a player and yeah, as a Clipper.
Many moments in the playoffs where he missed open shots
and just after being a great shooter, great shooter during
the regular season. You know, he was so fun to
have on the Clippers for so many years. But ego
has always been described when it comes to talking about

(01:23:14):
JJ Reddick. Some people even want to say he's arrogant
by the way he comes off, because he is really smart. Yeah,
and when he is analyzing a game, like when he
was on ESPN and on TV, he was great. You
felt like you he kind of put painted the picture
in a different way and didn't say it the way
everyone else says it.

Speaker 3 (01:23:33):
And I always appreciated that because his IQ on basketball's
so high. You can see that.

Speaker 2 (01:23:38):
But in Game five against the Timberwolves, with Rudy Gobert
just doing whatever he wanted, how JJ Reddick did not
play Jackson Hayes for one second was beyond me.

Speaker 4 (01:23:53):
Beyond Yeah. He went to that game with the game
plan set that he was not going to play Jackson Hayes, yep,
and he stuck it at I mean, he literally put
Maxi Kleeber in the game, who hasn't played a game
in months, and so obviously he had no plans of
playing Jackson Hayes.

Speaker 2 (01:24:07):
Yeah, and he said that to the media. Jackson Hayes
was told ahead of game that he wasn't gonna play.
He knew all that, Yeah, and to not why not
try it? Why not change again?

Speaker 7 (01:24:16):
Goes with the ego and goes I like what you
said that, Like when the head and.

Speaker 4 (01:24:20):
The heart don't when they're.

Speaker 7 (01:24:22):
Both not there and you need them both because sometimes
you got to feel it out.

Speaker 3 (01:24:26):
It's like, this isn't working, Let's try what else are
we losing? This is the end of your series. How
you didn't try something else is beyond me.

Speaker 4 (01:24:33):
Obviously, go ahead, but think about it in life, right,
Like when you're around people that are more heady than
in their in their body and their heart, they make
a lot of bad decisions. Yeah, because you're trying. You
have this outlook of what you think is going to be,
and then the calculations and possibilities of that. It becomes
a mathematical problem equation instead of heart. And that's who

(01:24:54):
he is. Absolutely.

Speaker 2 (01:24:56):
I was just gonna say, because in his head he
was like, No, one plus one is two and this
has to work.

Speaker 3 (01:25:00):
Yeah, there's no way this doesn't work.

Speaker 7 (01:25:02):
This is a math problem when in reality it's like, yeah,
but try something else.

Speaker 3 (01:25:06):
In the moment.

Speaker 2 (01:25:07):
And to do it in an elimination game, to not
want to change it up, it's a little bit alarming,
if I'm being honest, if you're a Lakers fan, a
little bit alarming that that's the approach he had. But
it's like, does he just do you think his personality
not just like he doesn't want to change because of
his ego, but that he just tenses up in those

(01:25:27):
moments instead of being zen.

Speaker 4 (01:25:29):
We've talked about Zen about there's certain people, certain players
that have that issue. And that's that's why I brought
up the playing career in his early career before these
moments because the same things happened. Then you're not the
best shooting in college basketball all year, and then you
don't know how to shoot at us in high intensity moments, right,

(01:25:50):
and then that carries over to the NBA and then
in your first chance as a coach, Really good year
from him, by the way coaching, but in that high
intensity moment up the playoffs where the great ones are flexible.
We talked about Rick carl earlier, right like he is
going to make any change necessary to help his team
have the advantage, and so it could be an experience

(01:26:12):
thing here in this moment.

Speaker 3 (01:26:14):
But with his history, yes, it's hard to it's hard
to separate the twos, right, It's like, no, we're seeing
the same thing we've seen from JJ Reddick.

Speaker 7 (01:26:23):
It's just now he's on the sideline. Now can he
break that mold? Can he change his own ways moving forward?
That's the big question.

Speaker 2 (01:26:32):
Obviously, the Lakers are not going to fire him, that's
not what's happening here.

Speaker 3 (01:26:36):
They're not going to get another coach.

Speaker 2 (01:26:37):
It was his first year and successful overall, just did
not deliver in the playoffs, and it's like you just
you want to see something different and the fact that
he didn't again his first one, Yeah, there are ways
to lose, and that was not a good way to lose.

Speaker 3 (01:26:53):
Where you just are like, how did you not play?

Speaker 4 (01:26:55):
Jackson Hayes.

Speaker 3 (01:26:56):
I can't get over that, Carrie. I could not watch
in that game live. I can't get over how he's
not changing this up?

Speaker 4 (01:27:01):
Well, I mean he actually made Shaq go on TV
and say that Gobert was dominating, so he choked on
his own words. He did. Yeah, so there you go.
It was all of us did.

Speaker 3 (01:27:11):
All of us did because Rudy Gobert, that's not his style.
Rudy Gobert is there to.

Speaker 2 (01:27:16):
Block the rim and stop you from getting an easy
bucket at the rim, but he's not gonna shoot and
out rebound you the way he was. He was having
his way with the Lakers by himself, which was even
funnier that it was Rudy Gobert. And our update ancher,
Martin Whiss has a little sum sum to add.

Speaker 3 (01:27:34):
Can we turn on his Mike Mary?

Speaker 8 (01:27:36):
Please?

Speaker 4 (01:27:37):
I have a question for Carrie. Yeah, because I've never
whether or.

Speaker 12 (01:27:42):
Not I was lost in the locker room, It never mattered,
do you know what I'm saying?

Speaker 4 (01:27:45):
Whether or not I was bought it or not, nobody cared.

Speaker 12 (01:27:48):
But I know that if I was a player like
Jackson Hayes or Gabe Vincent or you name it, anybody
who was six to thirteen on the Lakers roster. Yeah,
not playing me in the entirety of Game four is
one thing, yep. But then coming in and subbing in
Maxie cleeberd game like him playing with five minutes left

(01:28:09):
in our season, yea, that to me feels like a
slap in the face that is, it could be a
move that.

Speaker 4 (01:28:17):
Loses a locker room.

Speaker 12 (01:28:18):
Now maybe it doesn't matter because they're like, well, Jackson
Agg's is going anyway, so it doesn't matter if you
lose them or not. But just as an athlete, could
you speak to the idea of you've been there since
training camp, yeah, and now all of a sudden, this
guy is playing on It.

Speaker 4 (01:28:33):
Doesn't feel good. It's one of those things where you know,
like you get this new toy and you think it's
it's it's the answer to all the problems that has
happened all the way through the season and obviously through
those five games in the playoffs where yeah, you're telling
the people six through thirteen that you're not good enough
and I don't trust you to go out there and
get the job done. So that's obvious. But the fact

(01:28:54):
that you know he played Maxi. A lot of people
don't know this, but I mean some people may, but
he has a relationship with Maxie as well. He played
in Dallas one year with Maxi, so he knows what
he can do in certain situations.

Speaker 12 (01:29:07):
So you think of that counterpoint, yep, does he not
have a relationship with the thirteen players.

Speaker 4 (01:29:12):
He yeah, yeah, yeah, but he saw him in those
first four games. They didn't get the job done in
his opinion, right, So I'm going to exhaust the option.
I know Maxi can do this thing, so I'm going
to put him in this moment. It's not fair to Maxie.
Maxi hasn't had played.

Speaker 3 (01:29:26):
He didn't what I'm saying, Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:29:29):
Four games of seeing that those guys and get it done.
Maxi had a one game. So we're throwing out dann
Ce if he can. So I understand the logic of
it because he has a relationship with them, but it
doesn't make sense.

Speaker 2 (01:29:43):
But yes, why and it's a screaming favoritism screaming but
it's like, again, you're losing, why not just try something? Yea,
and to have zero minutes zero. I'm with Martin, like,
I don't know how I swa follow that pill and
move on and not hold it against my coach.

Speaker 4 (01:30:03):
Well you make it. The pill is easier swallow now
because the season's over.

Speaker 3 (01:30:07):
It is over, absolutely, so a lot.

Speaker 4 (01:30:09):
Of those guys won't be back.

Speaker 3 (01:30:10):
That's true, that's true, which is the point. Yeah, he's
not going anywhere. J. J. Reddick is not going anywhere.

Speaker 2 (01:30:16):
And then there's obviously all these questions surrounding Lebron James
from he should retire, he should do this, y'all. He
is not going anywhere, Like, I don't the idea that
he should retire is silly.

Speaker 3 (01:30:28):
This man's gonna retire, this man who like.

Speaker 2 (01:30:31):
Is still playing at a high level right, Like, it's
pretty incredible.

Speaker 3 (01:30:35):
But I do think that Lebron he's not going to
do this.

Speaker 4 (01:30:38):
Let me say that ahead. He's not gonna do this.

Speaker 2 (01:30:42):
But if Lebron reassessed how he plays next season, he
should play a lot less minutes. I'm not telling you
to come off the bench. You could be a starter
because you're Lebron James, but you should not be playing
the minutes of a starter. You should be playing the
minutes of a guy off the bench. And I don't
know if that works, like if him sitting for long

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periods of time in the game would actually go against him,
or does he need to have those high minutes so
that he keeps Yeah, you know, I don't know, but
it seems like you can't play those forty minutes forty
two minutes you were playing because at the end you
were gassed. Yes, and like, yeah, you gave one minute
of great defense in the final maybe five minutes of

(01:31:26):
a fourth quarter, but you were gassed and it's because
you played so much. Again, JJ Reddick was a Game
four that the entire second half nobody took a break.

Speaker 4 (01:31:35):
Ye.

Speaker 3 (01:31:36):
You can't do that, and you can't do that with
Lebron James.

Speaker 2 (01:31:39):
And so I feel like he can have success with
the Lakers, but he cannot play like a starter.

Speaker 3 (01:31:44):
Be a starter, but you can't play like a starter.

Speaker 4 (01:31:47):
Yeah, his minutes have to be reduced throughout the season
for sure, and for that team to be successful next
year with keeping those same three, he needs to be
the third option.

Speaker 3 (01:31:56):
Absolutely.

Speaker 4 (01:31:56):
So it's just like there has to be some tweaks
in the game. And I think also for that to happen,
Luca has to come back in better shape and so
he if he's going to carry the load him in
Austin reeves, they have to get together this offseason, really
get some real rapport understand what they're doing, which obviously
the dinner we saw m M with you, Rope, Lincoln
Luke and those guys, I'm sure that's the head of

(01:32:18):
the conversation. Absolutely, Luca has to be the guys. It
has to be his team and Lebron has to be
the third option during the regular season for this team
to actually win.

Speaker 11 (01:32:26):
Right.

Speaker 7 (01:32:26):
But it's is that a pill that Lebron James can
swallow because we're talking about egos here.

Speaker 2 (01:32:31):
There's a lot of egos with the Lakers, not just
JJ and Lebron and JJ are friends.

Speaker 4 (01:32:35):
That's why this happened.

Speaker 2 (01:32:36):
Let's be real, So it's not the egos are not
necessarily I think a problem for them going against each
other before the game itself. Can Lebron's ego really be
put to the side where it's like, you're right, I
am gonna.

Speaker 4 (01:32:48):
Maybe play.

Speaker 2 (01:32:50):
Thirty minutes in this game at max at max right
during the regular season, that's what you should be playing max.
And I feel like he can be effective absolutely, Like
retiring is stupid. He's not gonna retire. He's gonna play
with his other son, you guys, like, come on, he
played with Bronnie. He's gonna play with Brice, Like, let's
be real, let's be real. He also there's reports that
like he's not gonna take a pay cut, and that's

(01:33:11):
another thing.

Speaker 3 (01:33:11):
It's like, you know, take a pay cut, you ain
don't need more money.

Speaker 2 (01:33:15):
You truly, truly, truly, like you've been playing for twenty years,
you do not need more money. And also your kids
are making their own money now at this point, so
you really don't need and the Lakers need to have
more flexibility. But the reports are out there that he's
not expected to take a pay cut.

Speaker 4 (01:33:31):
Wow, yeah, I know. I mean at this point, I
don't know if him taking a pay cut, what that
brings in. But again, all these are conversations that we
don't know yet. We don't know what they're, what they're,
who they're targeting, and what they're trying to achieve. And
I mean, he came out last year and said he
would have taken a pay cut, right you know, so
she said no, no, so he said that, he said that,
so it was in the ether. But as far as

(01:33:53):
right now, I wouldn't take a pay cut either until
I find out what what the game plan.

Speaker 3 (01:33:58):
Is moved for obviously, And that's what I mean, because
it's like if you do take a picut, it's because
you're making moves.

Speaker 2 (01:34:03):
I'm not saying just to take a pickup just to
do it, but because you can make moves to make
your team better because you do need a center, and
you knew that already.

Speaker 3 (01:34:11):
So this isn't breaking news or a hot take.

Speaker 4 (01:34:14):
They all take it was a hot day.

Speaker 3 (01:34:16):
They already knew that. So it's like, you gotta make moves.
I don't know who you're gonna go for. Before we
wrap this up, I moved on.

Speaker 4 (01:34:23):
From JJ Reddick.

Speaker 2 (01:34:24):
But what did you make of JJ's comments about.

Speaker 3 (01:34:30):
The the What did he say?

Speaker 2 (01:34:33):
And it was directly at Luca about being in shape?
Like I thought it was the roster. He did say
the roster, but you knew what he was saying when
he was talking about stamina or whatever about that was
at Luca.

Speaker 3 (01:34:46):
I was like, man, this.

Speaker 4 (01:34:48):
Guy, Yeah, that's good.

Speaker 3 (01:34:49):
You thought it was like that. You like that?

Speaker 4 (01:34:51):
I like that one, Like okay again, you want to
challenge your superstars, and I think the beautiful thing about
sports and this is what it's and ance on your spurs.
One Greg Popovich, which we'll talk about later, Well, he
challenged everybody, eody from Tim Duncan to David Robinson, like
he would call them Manu ginobily, he would call them

(01:35:11):
all out. If your stars can't be called out and
say what they need to get fixed. The team will
not win. And I actually liked the approach of saying it,
even though he didn't put the name to.

Speaker 3 (01:35:22):
He did not, but everybody knew what he was.

Speaker 4 (01:35:24):
Yeah, but put that out there, like let it be known,
Dallas and Luca was secretive and lead things about that afterwards. No,
like tell him while he's there that he needs to
do that, and if he doesn't, then the onus is
on him and not the organization.

Speaker 3 (01:35:38):
I guess I'm just like y'all. Luco w into the
finals and got dusted.

Speaker 4 (01:35:42):
Though he did get dust, and that's the part about it,
Like what do you want to do, MASI you want
to just yea some game?

Speaker 3 (01:35:49):
Like is this okay with you? Like is this the
ceiling you want to hit? Or like do you want
to actually win?

Speaker 7 (01:35:54):
I guess I was just surprised that JJ Reddick said
that because of the conversation surrounding Lucas and a trade. Yeah,
you know, I was just surprised that that came out,
even though I like what you said.

Speaker 4 (01:36:03):
Hold him accountable.

Speaker 7 (01:36:05):
Apparently Luca's not taking the summer off. He's gonna play
in Slovenia.

Speaker 4 (01:36:09):
No, he needs to take a summer off.

Speaker 3 (01:36:10):
I don't think.

Speaker 4 (01:36:11):
I think that's part of the problem too. He plays
too much basketball. He plays over in the world, not
the World Cup, Theague, the EuroLeague stuff, and he comes
back and he's tired, and so he's not like in
great shape. He's played all and he's playing basketball, but
he's not conditioning for a full in an NBA.

Speaker 2 (01:36:29):
Season and or conditioning for the playoffs, which is different.
But apparently he's not taking this.

Speaker 7 (01:36:34):
It's yeah, like take a moment, like for real, Yeah,
because you aren't in shape, like you can play a
basketball game, but you need to get in the next
level of shape.

Speaker 4 (01:36:43):
Look at Lebron.

Speaker 2 (01:36:44):
You need to get in the next level of shape.
And uh, I still don't know if he stays in LA.
I think you and I feel the same way, like
we're I don't know. I don't know what he's gonna do.
It is in LA.

Speaker 3 (01:36:54):
I get that, but he never wanted to be here.

Speaker 2 (01:36:57):
It wasn't his thing. So I am curious to see
what happens in the future when it comes to Luca
and the Lakers. But Lebron one hundred needs to be
again a starter, but don't play.

Speaker 4 (01:37:10):
Like a starter.

Speaker 2 (01:37:11):
I agree right, that's that is how you can have
success with Lebron at age.

Speaker 3 (01:37:16):
What forty one, I don't know is forty one?

Speaker 4 (01:37:23):
Yeah, and he should not be in twenty points a game,
but he.

Speaker 3 (01:37:26):
Shouldn't be expected of him.

Speaker 2 (01:37:28):
Yes, that he can because he can't, but it shouldn't
be expected.

Speaker 3 (01:37:31):
And when it happens, it's like great, excellent, right, it
works better for us, but it should not be expected
of him. He should be the third option moving forward
for the Lakers. But we'll see on the other side. Yeah,
or a couple of dynasties might be coming to an end, Carrie,
not just.

Speaker 4 (01:37:48):
One, a couple, not one, not two, not three.

Speaker 3 (01:37:51):
Three four, definitely, So don't go anywhere we're going to
talk about those dynasties. I'm Moncey, He's Gary, and this
is Fox Sports Sunday, May the fourth be with you.

Speaker 4 (01:38:03):
But I didn't forget that.

Speaker 3 (01:38:04):
There you go, there you go sink on that. My
own is tomorrow. It is May the fourth today, and
it is Sunday, and you're listening to Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 4 (01:38:13):
What's your favorite Mansei, your favorite Star Wars movie?

Speaker 3 (01:38:18):
You're not gonna like these answers, so it's gotten. I
also don't even like remember the names. It would have
to be one of the newer ones.

Speaker 4 (01:38:31):
Oh, you're a newer.

Speaker 7 (01:38:32):
One, because I saw the old ones, but I don't
remember them, and then I haven't gone back to them
as an adult.

Speaker 3 (01:38:39):
I tried to, and I was like, I can't sit
through this. It looks so dated.

Speaker 15 (01:38:43):
So the newer, newer ones, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:38:45):
Like the ones that have come out now, Yeah, like
the episode whatever, seven, eight nine, whatever they are now. Yeah,
those because those the ones I remember, you know, because
those are the ones I saw as adults.

Speaker 3 (01:38:54):
The ones the other ones, I saw them younger, and
I don't remember them as much. To be honest.

Speaker 4 (01:39:00):
Mmm, I'm an old school Star Wars guy, and mine
isn't everybody's favorite. A cup of tea, but I'm a
return of the Jedi, Return of the Jedi of the
Jedi Star Wars guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the little the
little wookies running around. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:39:15):
I feel like Revenge of the Sith is most.

Speaker 4 (01:39:17):
People's favorite, like that.

Speaker 3 (01:39:19):
A lot of people like that one.

Speaker 2 (01:39:21):
But yeah, I definitely don't remember watching the old school one.

Speaker 4 (01:39:28):
All right, all right, we can move on.

Speaker 2 (01:39:30):
We can move on, all right, Carrie Greg Popovich stepping
away from his coaching duties with the San Antonio Spurs
going into the front office. So he's not completely, you know, retiring,
but he is stepping away from that sideline. And I
hate it because it's I love Greg Popovich. I love

(01:39:51):
his intense style of calling you out.

Speaker 16 (01:39:54):
Even though I remember, I remember I was at a
Clippers game at Staple Center back then when we were
playing the Spurs, and I was so excited to see
you know, Pop, not just.

Speaker 2 (01:40:04):
Pop but Duncan Manu uh, Tony Parker. And then it
was right before the playoffs and his team was going
to the playoffs and he sat them and he was like,
my guys.

Speaker 3 (01:40:17):
Are old, Like I don't what do you want me
to do?

Speaker 2 (01:40:19):
So even though he is a big reason as to
why maybe there is.

Speaker 4 (01:40:25):
This, I know what you're talking about. I can't think
of the name the resting play.

Speaker 2 (01:40:29):
The resting players. He did that right, like load management,
load management. It definite, thank you. It started with him.
But I'm a big Pop fan. Pop for president, you know, yeah.
And what I hate about this is that Pop is
one of the few coaches across sports that I think
could have a farewell tour and he's not going to
get one.

Speaker 4 (01:40:48):
I agree with that. I think the thing with Papa
is the consistency. Like obviously san Antonio has been lucky
in the lottery and got gotten players the other teams
would have success with as well. But as far as
a program and a way to run things, he's He's
ex military, so he has that background, so all those

(01:41:11):
things matter with holding people accountable, and I think that's
where it starts for him in that organization. And they've
had so much success and obviously, you know the way
he went out, he didn't want to go out on
these terms as far as not being able to do
it physically, but you know, like he's had a great career.
Hats off. And I have one story about Pop which
made me really admire him more because I hate the

(01:41:32):
Spurs as a Maverick fan, of course, But and Dirk's
farewell tour, there was a moment where Dirk came in
the game and then Dirk can barely move and he
was catching the ball to the free throw line to
get a shot, and Papavich was telling his players to
back up because he wanted Dirk's last shot to go in.
And so just that attention to the history of the
game and detailed. The moment was very much appreciated, and

(01:41:55):
I saw another side of him. So I enjoyed that
so much.

Speaker 3 (01:41:59):
Absolutely. Remember when Kawhi came back and they were between
him and he's like stop booing Kawai, Like, yeah, you
can be mad at what happened, but he also is
a finals MVP here, He's a All NBA Defensive Player
of the Year here. Like he has just so many moments,
Like that's what it's like. He lives in the moment.
And even though he's intense, he's soft yea. And everyone

(01:42:22):
says that about him. He's a big softy. But you're
scared and you respect him, yes, but he's a softie.

Speaker 4 (01:42:29):
It's respect yep. Well, I mean I guess young guys
with fear.

Speaker 3 (01:42:33):
Him, absolutely No, you know there's fear, absolutely.

Speaker 4 (01:42:35):
Sure, but it's a respect thing. Like if you're doing
it the right way and you have the results to
back it up and prove it, I'm going to follow you.

Speaker 3 (01:42:41):
To absolutely absolutely. And then maybe the end of another dynasty.

Speaker 2 (01:42:46):
The Warriors can't pull off Game seven and a little
bit Carrie against Houston. I had Warriors winning this series,
but I'm not as feeling good about it with how
the last couple of games have gone. Yeah, and in
game five, you know, like they threw in the towels
so early in that one, and you were just.

Speaker 3 (01:43:05):
Like, why did you do that?

Speaker 2 (01:43:06):
I get it, you've got older players and you're trying
to wrest them, but like it didn't work for you
in game six and Steven Adams is a real.

Speaker 3 (01:43:15):
Another big softie. Yeah, did you see that play where
it was Jimmy Butler and he went and like hugged
him as they were like holding the ball. It was
so funny. Another big softie that also you respect and
you're kind of scared of it.

Speaker 4 (01:43:28):
Yes, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:43:30):
All the another the end of another dynasty possibly possibly.

Speaker 4 (01:43:34):
I mean I've gone on a limb twice today, so
you know what, like I want to again, I don't know.
It's one of those ones where I it should be easy.
I think Houston shouldn't win this game. Yes, they've been
the better team all year, yes.

Speaker 2 (01:43:53):
I mean by four games, Yes, the better Did you
know it was only four games?

Speaker 3 (01:43:57):
Four? Only four games?

Speaker 4 (01:43:59):
Yeah? Okay, well that's.

Speaker 3 (01:44:01):
How tight the West was. It's just that's how tight.

Speaker 4 (01:44:03):
That's you're right, Yeah, but to me, they still have
been the better team and they've been together throughout this
journey longer, and so I expect them to win. I'm
just not ready to write off Golden State yet. And
I think that's the fact that and that's what you're
bringing up right now, the dynasty part of it. We
know they can do it. They can and they've shown
they can do it for years. Absolutely, So what's what's

(01:44:24):
different today because they're older.

Speaker 2 (01:44:26):
But yeah, it's like I am curious to see how
they adjust because it's about adjustment, about adjustment, how they
adjust to Steven Adams for this game.

Speaker 4 (01:44:34):
Well, the one thing that I have heard right away, good,
good point is Kamingo will be available. So right we
talked about this right not playing, not playing, Yes, he
hasn't been playing.

Speaker 3 (01:44:45):
He hasn't several minutes in the last game when when
everybody else went in.

Speaker 4 (01:44:48):
But Steve Kerr said it after game six that he
will be somebody that they can throw in to kind
of counter counter a little bit for a patent.

Speaker 3 (01:44:58):
Absolutely try it out because if I even if if
Steven Adams, if they don't have an answer for him, right,
but let's say Curry goes off three points are worth
more than two, yes, and then adds up and it
adds up. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:45:13):
I think, like I said, I'm not as comfortable now,
even though I took them to win early. Right at
the start, I was like, they're gonna win. I don't
see the Rockets who they have as a score. Fred
van Vlie has come to life in the last three games.
Oh like listen, but he wasn't doing that right, Like,
he wasn't doing that.

Speaker 3 (01:45:30):
And Jalen Green has been disappointing.

Speaker 4 (01:45:34):
It's a learning curve for him, a learning cur multiple bodies.

Speaker 3 (01:45:37):
Absolutely, and he'll he's he's got it in him. You know.
I think he's not afraid, which is good. It's good
for the future of the Rockets with Jayleen Green because
he doesn't seem afraid. He's just learning. I like that.

Speaker 2 (01:45:48):
And then Thompson, you know, like, yes, there they have
a good team. But it's like what we've talked about,
experience goes a long way, coaching goes a long way,
and Steve Kurr has been doing this.

Speaker 4 (01:45:59):
And I the deciding factor in this game to me
is gonna be the last two games. Houston came out
and handled business. Absolutely if they can do that again.
That's the winning formula for them.

Speaker 1 (01:46:12):
Yep.

Speaker 4 (01:46:12):
If it's a tight game, Golden State is gonna win.

Speaker 1 (01:46:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:46:14):
Yes, And that's the thing, like enough to not be
in doubt down the stretch.

Speaker 2 (01:46:19):
If it's three minutes left and the Warriors are down seven,
Houston can't be comfortable.

Speaker 7 (01:46:25):
No, Like, that's exactly a couple threes. And like, let's say, Jimmy,
it's a three. We know he doesn't like those threes.
He doesn't take them, he doesn't take them. But any
it's gonna I mean, I'm excited. I'm looking forward to it.

Speaker 4 (01:46:36):
Oh, I can't wait.

Speaker 3 (01:46:37):
I can't wait.

Speaker 2 (01:46:38):
I make some burgers like I told you, and watch
this game, you know, so it'll be good.

Speaker 3 (01:46:42):
All right, Martin, who do you think wins game seven?
And why don't you give us a little update?

Speaker 12 (01:46:47):
I think there's Houston Rockets win game seven? You said,
what's change? Cherry Age?

Speaker 4 (01:46:52):
Yeah?

Speaker 15 (01:46:53):
Age age?

Speaker 4 (01:46:55):
Do I need more? I need more?

Speaker 12 (01:46:58):
Draymond Green could be the next US for Men spokesperson.
With all the grays and the beer. He let that,
he letting that thing out, ain't he listen?

Speaker 6 (01:47:05):
Ye?

Speaker 1 (01:47:05):
Yes?

Speaker 4 (01:47:06):
That just shows you what stress looks like.

Speaker 12 (01:47:07):
In a man's life because Traymard Greens got more money
than I'll ever imagine that.

Speaker 4 (01:47:11):
But we were in college at the same time.

Speaker 12 (01:47:13):
Your boy right here undefeated, no Grays, look at that
also been in much less fights past thirty than Draymond.

Speaker 3 (01:47:21):
That's good.

Speaker 4 (01:47:21):
That's a good point.

Speaker 3 (01:47:22):
That's good.

Speaker 4 (01:47:23):
Yeah.

Speaker 12 (01:47:23):
With six minutes left in the third quarter of the
Pacers have a eighty two to seventy three league. Cleveland
has not led yet in today's game, despite leading the
entire the Eastern Conference the whole time being the one
seed Pacers. Being led and scoring by aaron Ne Smith
is really a even efforts. He's got thirteen, Nieman's got fourteens,

(01:47:45):
Turners got eight, Nemhard with eleven, I'm sorry, Nebrard with fifteen,
and Halliburton with eleven. So just about everybody has scored
besides Ben Shepherd stepping up.

Speaker 4 (01:47:54):
Ben Shepard, he's willing to play three minutes. HEAs oh
for one.

Speaker 12 (01:47:57):
But almost every if you've been in the game for
the Indiana Pacers.

Speaker 4 (01:48:01):
You have scored.

Speaker 12 (01:48:01):
They're running an eight man rotation right now, and it's
again it's been a for them.

Speaker 4 (01:48:06):
It's been a ten point game. Basically since jump.

Speaker 12 (01:48:11):
At the end of the first quarter, it was thirty
six to twenty five Cleveland, I mean Indiana, Cleveland being
led and scoring by Donovan Mitchell sixteen points.

Speaker 4 (01:48:18):
But eighteen shots, one for eight from three. You know, Anthony,
that was one free for three and everybody's you know,
at least he's not James Harden and not shooting, not shooting.
James Harden would have been one for two from three,
exactly fifty. What do you want?

Speaker 12 (01:48:34):
Evan Wibley with thirteen points, Darius Garland out for this game.
It looks like it wasn't just rest in that Miami series.
Why Darius Garland wasn't playing that toe a little bit
more serious than it seemed to be. So just I
think at this point the news for Darius Garland's when
he comes back is the news. We're an hour away
from Game seven tip for the Warriors and the Rockets.

(01:48:55):
Gary Payton, the second not playing today. He's got an injury.
Sunday Night Baseball, the Braves with a two to nothing
lead over the Dodgers.

Speaker 4 (01:49:04):
Right now in Atlanta, and we have.

Speaker 12 (01:49:06):
A doubleheader game two live right now, Cardinals and the
Mets for a piece top of the fourth inning, game
one of that double hudder. The Cardinals won it six
to five.

Speaker 4 (01:49:18):
Back to you, guys, Thanks Martin.

Speaker 3 (01:49:20):
You are listening to Fox Sports Radio. I am Monci,
he is Carrie Martin. Don't go too far because Carrie
might need your help.

Speaker 2 (01:49:27):
I'm gonna need his help because it's time for easy
as one, two, three, four. If you've never heard this
fun little segment of our show, which I stole from
Dan Baryer, Dan, he's the one who does this. I'm
just keeping the tradition going. We're gonna test Carrie's knowledge.
But he's got three lifelines. He's got Martin, he's got Shay,

(01:49:49):
he's got Mary. Various topics, guys. I've got hockey, I've
got NBA, I've got w NBA, and I've got movies.

Speaker 3 (01:49:57):
I mean a little bit on that radio movies. So
we'll see. Let's say I don't know. Let's say I'm
gonna make it difficult seven and a half. As you're
over under today opinion, Here you go.

Speaker 4 (01:50:09):
Thank you.

Speaker 3 (01:50:09):
All right, guys, let's start here. Carrie only has to
give me a piece of the answer, not the entire thing.
So let's start.

Speaker 2 (01:50:17):
Name one of two NHL teams that ended with the
best regular season record this year.

Speaker 4 (01:50:25):
This year, I know the Jets, the Winnipeg Jets.

Speaker 3 (01:50:27):
You only need one, so that's it.

Speaker 4 (01:50:29):
I'm going with that one.

Speaker 2 (01:50:30):
All right, show me the Jets. That is correct. They
won the President's Trophy.

Speaker 3 (01:50:35):
Good job. They ended the season fifty six twenty two
and four. Do you know the other one, Shay, do
you know who the next team was?

Speaker 15 (01:50:41):
I know it was the Jets. I don't know who
the next team was.

Speaker 3 (01:50:44):
Were you gonna Yeah, it was the Maple Leaves.

Speaker 2 (01:50:47):
Maple Leaves were the second best team, fifty two to
twenty six and four. All right, guys, moving on here,
name two of the three top rebounders during the NBA's
regular season, not what they averaged, what they ended with,
Top two of the three rebounders.

Speaker 4 (01:51:08):
Top two of the three rebounders. Let's let me Martin, Martin,
I need you so total. So this is if I
have at the end of the season. Don't understand your question.

Speaker 12 (01:51:20):
It is total rebounds compiled at the end of this year.

Speaker 3 (01:51:24):
Correct regular season. Give me two of the top.

Speaker 12 (01:51:27):
Three I would regular Yo, Kitch has got a triple
double king, right, I'm going ooking triple doubles, like who's
getting the eight nine rebounds a game?

Speaker 4 (01:51:38):
I'm going with I'm going at top three, two of
the top three. G's the top three. I'll say, yo,
kich is in the top three. We need to I mean,
you got nothing over there.

Speaker 12 (01:51:52):
I'll oh, man, I wish it was if it was
three years ago, I say, Russell Westbrook.

Speaker 4 (01:52:02):
But it's somebody not. It can't be. It can't be.

Speaker 3 (01:52:07):
Shay, you got any you got any help here?

Speaker 4 (01:52:09):
You know what.

Speaker 1 (01:52:10):
I'm sorry.

Speaker 4 (01:52:10):
I don't mean to cut them off.

Speaker 3 (01:52:11):
For maybe Shay Shay shake just Alexander.

Speaker 4 (01:52:16):
I won't say say, but I'm not going I'll say
yok maybe honest up there, Jokis is the only one
I feel one hundred percent solid about. Okay, I'll take
Yokids for sure. We need one more. Let me think
just rebounding, just rebounding. I'm trying to think of the teams. Oh,
I go, Simonis.

Speaker 15 (01:52:38):
That's a good that's a good one. You did have something,
you did have something.

Speaker 3 (01:52:42):
All right, those are your final two? All right? Show
me Demanta Sabonis coming in at number two with nine
hundred and seventy two, is it in Nicola Jokic, oh
is number four.

Speaker 4 (01:52:59):
Let me let me, let me take another stab just
real quick. I know, I know we're done. We gotta go.
I know we're done. But I looked at the list after.
I'm furious that I got this room. Is it? I
got some bonus?

Speaker 17 (01:53:09):
Is there?

Speaker 4 (01:53:10):
Is it Eastern Conference? You can go away?

Speaker 1 (01:53:15):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (01:53:16):
Yeah, but you could go two choices for one spot?

Speaker 3 (01:53:19):
Yeah?

Speaker 8 (01:53:21):
Ah?

Speaker 4 (01:53:23):
Would it be Mobili or.

Speaker 11 (01:53:27):
Ja?

Speaker 4 (01:53:28):
What's the there's the center.

Speaker 3 (01:53:30):
For Cleveland Jared Allen?

Speaker 4 (01:53:33):
Yeah, no, okay, cool, all right, well good, I didn't
have it.

Speaker 2 (01:53:36):
The top before we go to break and finish this.
On the other end, the top rebounder during the NBA
regular season of Itza Zubats one thousand.

Speaker 3 (01:53:43):
And ten rebounds.

Speaker 4 (01:53:45):
Yeah, I could have sayen that.

Speaker 2 (01:53:46):
Demonta Sabonis number two to nine hundred and seventy two,
Karl Anthony Towns nine hundred and twenty, and Nicola Jokic
eight hundred and ninety two.

Speaker 4 (01:53:55):
Yes, so Nicole was right out of there. If I
would have done.

Speaker 3 (01:53:59):
Three four, what I got it, don't go anywhere.

Speaker 2 (01:54:02):
We're gonna finish easy as one, two, three four. On
the other side, I'm Moncey. He's carry It's Fox Sports Sunday.
We're here.

Speaker 3 (01:54:07):
We're just dancing. That's what's going on right now at
Fox Sports Radio. I'm Mancy. He's Carrie hanging out with
our crew.

Speaker 2 (01:54:13):
Thanks everybody, Mary mac share our producer Martin Weiss on
the updates. We appreciate you, guys, and Mary's got us dancing.

Speaker 3 (01:54:21):
But we gotta finish easy as one, two, three, four.

Speaker 4 (01:54:23):
That's right.

Speaker 3 (01:54:27):
We could have kept the other music in the background
and still done easy all right.

Speaker 4 (01:54:34):
I'm breathing hard now you are?

Speaker 2 (01:54:36):
You are?

Speaker 3 (01:54:36):
All right? Guys? Moving on here. Two more questions to
see if Carrie can pull this one out. Name three
of the four w NBA teams favored to win the championship.

Speaker 4 (01:54:48):
I say the Fever Indiana.

Speaker 3 (01:54:50):
Okay, that's one. You need three of the four.

Speaker 4 (01:54:56):
I'll go for the LA team. Mary. You guys said
La l A team. What are they of the I
don't know what they're.

Speaker 15 (01:55:03):
I don't think they're that good, though they made some move.

Speaker 4 (01:55:06):
If Cameron brink back, no, not yet. Yeah, she's not
back yet. All right. I know the Fever, who are
the are the sky and that at all? I know
they the Chicago's.

Speaker 3 (01:55:20):
I mean the team are you trying to put the
sky could possibly?

Speaker 4 (01:55:24):
I mean, I know they Hmmm.

Speaker 12 (01:55:30):
Why, I'm gonna go ahead and say that the woman
who won two of the last three m vps as
well as the champions the franchise has won what three
of the last are two of the last four championships
or through the last five?

Speaker 4 (01:55:46):
The Vegas Aces, they should be up there.

Speaker 15 (01:55:48):
Yeah, I think they're up there.

Speaker 4 (01:55:49):
They got rid of Kelsey who they bring in at
the point guard though.

Speaker 12 (01:55:52):
They moved off of Kelsey plumb, but they still have
Becky Hammond and Asian Wilson.

Speaker 4 (01:55:56):
So I just go ahead and throw it in there.
Not right, sure, maybe the Liberty as well?

Speaker 3 (01:56:01):
Liberty, Okay, are we going to those three.

Speaker 4 (01:56:03):
Won the last year championship. They should be up there,
I would.

Speaker 3 (01:56:08):
Be all right.

Speaker 2 (01:56:10):
So show me Liberty, yeah, their favorite to win plus
two thirty to repeat, show me the Fever, yeah, plus
three point fifty alongside show me the Aces Las Vegas
also three fifty coming in at four, the Links, who
were also in the championship, and there plus four hundred.

Speaker 3 (01:56:32):
All right. Name four of the top five grossing Star
Wars movies.

Speaker 4 (01:56:39):
Four of the five ooh grossing.

Speaker 7 (01:56:43):
Yes, so there's been like theatrical, Yeah, this is this
is in the.

Speaker 2 (01:56:52):
No Marty, in the theater, in the in the theater.

Speaker 3 (01:56:57):
Yes, obviously, there's so many.

Speaker 12 (01:57:01):
My question would have been, is this first release or
is this on re releases?

Speaker 2 (01:57:05):
And so on question first release, I was just about
to say it. I lost my train of thought. The
re releases they adding them up. No, no, because there
have been re releases. No, no, no, we're keeping them all individually.

Speaker 3 (01:57:15):
So just on this first release.

Speaker 4 (01:57:18):
Correct, Well, I would probably say episode one, well four
of the five, I need to see all the name.
I can't even think of all them. It's so many.

Speaker 3 (01:57:31):
There's there are a lot, anybody.

Speaker 12 (01:57:34):
I mean, I don't know the Star Wars movies, but
I know it can't be any It can't be any
of them before episode six. Like I know that four
or five and six were the first the first set, right,
and one, two and three were the set that came
out in the early two thousands. It's not any of
those because it costs so much more to go to
a movie than it did in sineteen seventy or in

(01:57:55):
two thousand.

Speaker 17 (01:57:57):
Yeah, I think it's the three one that just came out, okay,
or the four ones that just came out and will
help me up. And then I would do episode maybe
episode one because it came back and so many people,
so you would want to.

Speaker 2 (01:58:12):
Say, there's like episode nine eight, you know, like the
later ones.

Speaker 15 (01:58:15):
Yeah, Corse awakens, the last Jedi.

Speaker 17 (01:58:20):
What's the other one? Rogue one is the other one,
and then the Rise of Skywalker.

Speaker 4 (01:58:25):
Go those Thori, I mean, Shane's got a day.

Speaker 14 (01:58:29):
Yeah, episode seven awakens, Yeah, show me that, show me
episode eight, the last Jedi, show.

Speaker 3 (01:58:37):
Me episode night Rise of Skywalker. And you had to
write episode one, Yes, good job. The auther show was
Rogue one a Star Wars story. That's the other one.
But you get it. Hey, good job guys, you dit it.
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