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June 5, 2025 19 mins

Paulie Fusco goes to the NBA League Office in New York City to demand change to this UNWATCHABLE NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers. Plus, Paulie & Tony tell you why the Knicks needed to fire Tom Thibodeau FOR SEVERAL REASONS, why Tyreek Hill SHOULD WANT to get traded to the San Francisco 49ers, and the reason why the Colorado Rockies are sucking that NOBODY IN THE MEDIA IS TALKING ABOUT.

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
I'm right right, yum.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
And so you're live from New York and Billy it's
the number one rated Polly and Tony fools Yo yo,
as always Polly Fool's go here, well kind of here
with Tony Fools go because today we're on the road. Tony,
you know most Joes hosts, they're lazy. They don't go
to the sauce. We go straight to the source that

(00:28):
he's one of us? Does two people not in the
show budget? Does Fox Sports very cheating? But one of
us here in fact, Donty. Right now, I'm standing outside
the NBA League officers lay over there right across the street.
You know, you can see it. It's behind that truck
which is unfortunately blocking the way right now, hey move,
yeah there you go? All right, see that, I mean

(00:50):
very goes you get out of the way, all right.
Then anyway, there's the league office there, Tony, and I'm
going to go in there right now, because, as you know,
we're on the precipice. As they say, I'll do the
worst sporting event, go Berts of the worst sporting event
in history. Of course, I'm talking about the unwatchable thunder
Faces series. I'm going to go into the league office
and on behalf of sports fans everywhere and just people

(01:12):
in general. I'm going to demand that they replace at
least one of those things, maybe through with new teams,
so we have.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
Something we can watch exactly.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
And I'm also going to go see if we can
verify the rumors that you, Tony, you saurced yourself that
Adam Silver is actually looking to replace the faces with
the Lakers in the finals, and hope, hope nobody cares
or notices exactly.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
And as I said, they both wear yellow jerseys, they
can just cross out the LAK and put over it
pac And when people are watching on their cell phones,
they're not gonna be able to see it anyway.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Exactly, They're not going to see it any now. So
you know, so that we're going to go in there
very soon. But Tony, as you know, there's big news
happening in New York. We heard it took a lot
of people by surprise by us. So we're going to
get into that right now in our top store. Sure,
all right, first out the gate, you know the Knicks
they fired their head coach, Tom Thibodeaux. Many people taken

(02:09):
by surprise, not us. We totally saw this cup.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
Course they did it.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
You know, the next day they made their first conference
final for the first time in twenty five years. And
people are saying, well, that's the reason why Thibodeau should
have kept this job, Doty. That is totally ridiculous, is it.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
Yeah, these idiots have no idea what they're talking about.
Firing Thibodeau was definitely the right move. You see, the
Knicks usually have success every twenty years. Having success every
twenty five years, that's just way too long. You know,
they need to get back to their usual every other
decade success and.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
This was the only way to do it.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
Great point that, Doty, And you know this isn't the
only move that the next day to make. I mean,
people are forgetting, really forgetting what got them to the
finals last time, aren't they?

Speaker 1 (02:56):
Exactly?

Speaker 3 (02:56):
You know, the Knicks need to follow the blueprint from
nineteen ninety nine. They need to start a lockout. You know,
the Knicks need to stop focusing so much on improving
their basketball and focus more on convincing players in the
league that they're woefully underpaid. So they'll demand the change
in the CBA and go on strike and cause a

(03:18):
shortened season so they don't burn out at the end
like they always do. You know, if they can get
the season down to you know, forty seven or forty
eight games, they will make the finals.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
Well in about twenty.

Speaker 3 (03:31):
Years after they start sucking as usual and then get
good again.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
Yeah, terrific analysis their doty. And I got to say,
you know, I never trusted this tip it O tip
it O. Yeah, same, not just as a coach, but
as a person. I mean, if the guy can't even
pronounce his own last pay.

Speaker 3 (03:49):
I mean, how can you trust that guy totally? His
name is clearly fibida. You know, you can't have a
thch in there and then tell everyone it's a te sound.
You know, if you see a girl with a very
voluptuous bottom, do you say, oh that girl is tick?

Speaker 1 (04:04):
No, of course not.

Speaker 3 (04:06):
You say, oh that girl is thick, you know, which
is also why I never trusted Mike Krazuski. You know,
he's going around telling everybody his name is pronounced Skrzyszewsky.

Speaker 1 (04:15):
That makes no sense.

Speaker 3 (04:17):
And you know, if you can't even read your own name,
how are you going to read plays?

Speaker 2 (04:22):
You can't Just great points all around that doty and
oh wait, what's that call?

Speaker 1 (04:27):
Don oh oh, we got.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
Big nose, big nose important those coming across a breaking
news sounder. This just did Donty just came across my
phone and alert breaking those the NBA Finals. You know,
there's been fear of the low ratings or ABC and
Disney have announced they are moving the finals to True TV.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
Woow.

Speaker 2 (04:49):
So if you're planning to watch the NBA Finals, it
says here you tune in the True TV.

Speaker 4 (04:56):
The games will.

Speaker 2 (04:56):
After back to back episodes of Impractical Joe and the
Best of Live Feed, and then finally at eleven thirty
pm on tape delay, you'll be able to see the
NBA Finals highlight packages the best moments condensed down for
fifteen minutes. So there you go.

Speaker 1 (05:14):
There's that bad means no.

Speaker 3 (05:15):
That's perfect for everybody, and that just shows that their
worst feels that come in true.

Speaker 2 (05:19):
It shows so you know, we got better ideas, Tony,
So don't worry.

Speaker 1 (05:22):
We're gonna go in.

Speaker 2 (05:23):
We're gonna think this. ABC is going to change their mind. Now,
all right, well there's that breaking those but we do
have to talk about the most exciting battle going on
in the NBA playoffs, and most I'm talking about John
mellencamp versus Bat McAfee. Now, you know, if you haven't
been following the story, mellencamp he got angry it's Bat
McAfee because he said McAfee was being rude to Knicks

(05:44):
fans by delling fans to boo them and also telling
them to shut up. And he said that is not
Hoojia hospitality. And John Mellencamp's totally right about that, isn't
He don't totally.

Speaker 3 (05:57):
We all know that when it comes to Indiana basketball,
there was no greater example of Hoosia hospitality than legendary
Indiana Hoosia's head coach Bobby Knight.

Speaker 1 (06:08):
He was very hospitable.

Speaker 4 (06:10):
You know.

Speaker 3 (06:11):
He would never tell someone to shut up. Never, He
would just gently choke them until they lost consciousness, you know.
And if anyone needed a place to sit, he would
throw an a luminum folding chair right in their direction.

Speaker 1 (06:25):
You know, so this way they would get it faster.
You know.

Speaker 3 (06:29):
It was just so hospitable and a shining example of
Hoosia hospitality.

Speaker 2 (06:36):
Just a beautiful moving tribute there by, you don't is
what a great man he was.

Speaker 1 (06:41):
Such a great man.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
Well, let's get the baseball. Who's we got to talk
about there? The Colorado Rockies just having a terrible season now,
the worst record in baseball that we've seen since the
eighteen seventies and eighteen eighth. Yeah, and Dody, that just
really makes you wonder what's going wrong inside the organization,
doesn't it?

Speaker 1 (06:59):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (07:00):
Yeah, I did some research here on Wikipedia, and I
have to ask, are we sure the Colorado Rockies don't
have dysentery? Because I was reading that those teams that
sucked in the eighteen hundreds were bad because they got
dysentery from drinking water that was contaminated with rat shit

(07:20):
and also directly eating rat shit when they ran out
of food.

Speaker 1 (07:24):
So I have to wonder. You have to wonder.

Speaker 2 (07:27):
That's like research that Tony and I have to wonder too.
How would they get into the games? Are they traveling
by you know, planes and buses? Are they taking carts
and buglis? Yeah? You know, this is the Rockies, and
you know they don't have roads somewhere. Got to go
over very treacherous toay exactly. You know, I saw an
episode of Gunstuff once where they had to go through
a dust storm and well, let me tell you that

(07:49):
can really hurt a baseball thing.

Speaker 3 (07:51):
Yeah, this is why putting a team in the middle
of the Colorado Rocky Mountains was such a terrible idea.

Speaker 2 (07:57):
Yeah, just a terrible idea. They clearly didn't think that Brooke.

Speaker 4 (08:00):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (08:01):
Anyway, all right, let's get to the NFL, where you know,
Caleb Williams is controversy surrounding him because, you know, people
said that he clearly doesn't want to be a fair
and well in a recent interview, he came out and
said he does want to be a fair and Well, Tody,
what are your thoughts on this?

Speaker 1 (08:17):
Wow?

Speaker 3 (08:18):
You know, this is just so wonderful and so great
to see him come out and publicly embrace his sexuality,
you know, especially during Pride Month.

Speaker 1 (08:28):
You know, it makes you really appreciate.

Speaker 2 (08:30):
When someone I think we got our wires crossed here.
Caleb Williams wants to be a Chicago ban.

Speaker 1 (08:36):
Oh, a Chicago Bear.

Speaker 3 (08:39):
Okay, yeah, my mistake, because you know I saw the
pink nails, and you know you said that he came
out and uh, you know everyone exactly, you know, and
then you know, people go to California, you know, they
come back you know, it's.

Speaker 2 (08:54):
Easy to get confused that down. Yeah, you know, it's
also a perfect segue because on the subject of California.
You know, there's these rumors out there that the Dolphins
are looking to trade Tyreek Hill for the San Francisco
forty nine Ers. Now, a lot of people out there,
these morons, are saying that this trade makes no sense,
But I think dyreek Hill, Yeah, it's clearly a perfect

(09:14):
fit to San Francisco, is it.

Speaker 3 (09:16):
Tyreek Hill is a perfect fit for the San Francisco
forty nine is because you see, the team nicknamed forty
niner comes from people who were digging for gold, and
Tyreek Hill has tons of experience with gold diggers. You know,
he's dated and impregnated several gold diggers, so he can

(09:36):
understand the team culture intimately.

Speaker 2 (09:41):
Just terrific analysis all around that, Dony And well, now
it's Diamond the show. We set up top. I'm standing
outside the NBA League office there. They are right across
the straight there. All right, I'm going to prepare to
go in there, Dony. But first we're going to do that.
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Speaker 2 (11:07):
Go there now, yeah, okay, we're back from break all right,
So just to re establish what's going on here, I'm
on the ground in New York here, I'm standing. It
was on the other side of the street, and now
I've moved to this side of the street. I'm standing
outside the NBA League office. There it is there. You
see the NBA logo. We're at six four or five

(11:27):
fifth outn You'll be unlike most hoasts who sitting sitside
their studio lazy and they just sit there lazy, yeah,
and kind of complain, bitch and bone. No, we go
to the source.

Speaker 1 (11:36):
No, we get stuff done exactly.

Speaker 2 (11:38):
So I'm gonna go in there, Tony on behalf of America, yeah,
and tell them demand that they change these teams, swap
them out. This terrible NBA Finals that's happening that nobody
wants to watch. So many better things everybody could do
with that type, you know, helpfully do them a favor.

Speaker 1 (11:53):
That's what we're doing. We give solutions exactly.

Speaker 2 (11:56):
So Tony, I'm gonna go in right now and I'm
you know, gonna go have a word with Adam Silver.

Speaker 1 (12:00):
Let's do so here I am, I'm.

Speaker 2 (12:02):
Entering the building right now, I'm going through the revolving doors.

Speaker 1 (12:05):
Wow, very New York. So how are the revolving doors?
Are they? How do they open?

Speaker 2 (12:11):
They are greased, very nicely, very small.

Speaker 1 (12:14):
So, and how's there. Here's a shot of the lobby.

Speaker 2 (12:18):
We got a very colorful here, you know, we got
some artwork there, very sophisticated.

Speaker 1 (12:22):
Okay, very nice. Now do they have like a coffee
place down there?

Speaker 2 (12:26):
Like if somebody tells it, you can get a coffee,
you know, because you're gonna need coffee for the NBA Finals.
If you watch Zach, You're gonna need it a more
than coffee.

Speaker 1 (12:35):
Let's just say yeah, exactly exactly.

Speaker 2 (12:38):
All right, hold on, I'm gonna go up there. Hello,
number one rated show. Okay, I know you're very excited.
He's starstruck. He's starstruck, of course. Right. Anyway, here, I'd
like to stick to Adam Silver. Do I have an appointment?

Speaker 1 (12:55):
Do I need?

Speaker 2 (12:56):
He's asking if I have an appointment?

Speaker 1 (12:58):
I know them.

Speaker 2 (13:00):
Pauly Fosco's here. He's not gonna call him, all right,
hold on, I got to speak with this gentleman, he
may I speak with you for a moment, Sir. You're
live on the Fall and Tony Fusco Show, Fox Sports Radio.
First name Palie, last name Fusco.

Speaker 4 (13:13):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (13:14):
So, as you know, it's NBA Finals, bro, not good,
not good? Thunder Paces, thunder Paces? Are you excited about that?
There you go? So you go. Wouldn't it be better
if the NBA swap teams out? What if we made
it nix Lakers? What about Lakers sixes? Wouldn't that be better? Spot?

Speaker 6 (13:34):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (13:35):
I mean no, no, no, no, no money what this
guy doesn't understand how you make Tvkay? Look what's your name, sir?
What's your name? All right? Anthony? I know you're very excited.

Speaker 1 (13:47):
He knows.

Speaker 2 (13:50):
Now, I know it's very confidential. We heard that Adam
Silber upstairs is planning to swap out the Paces with
the Lakers, because you know, they both wear yellow jersey.
I have the same name Paces, Lapers. Exactly what's the difference?

Speaker 1 (14:02):
Have you heard that? I've Oh, he's called right, okay,
company man?

Speaker 2 (14:09):
All right?

Speaker 1 (14:10):
Is Adam silver ready? Have you called him yet? He's
not here?

Speaker 2 (14:13):
He's not here. Adam Silva's not here. Where is it.

Speaker 3 (14:17):
I think I saw him behind the little he was
hiding from you. I saw him back there.

Speaker 2 (14:22):
Listen, look, let me just got Can I run some
ideas by you do know, mister Silva, Maybe you speak
to him.

Speaker 4 (14:28):
Oh he's okay.

Speaker 2 (14:29):
Here's an idea for you. Caitlin Clark, right, she's injured,
but she plays for an Indiana basketball player. Why not
just put her on the pacers. Wouldn't you want to
watch that?

Speaker 4 (14:40):
That would be pretty awesome for me?

Speaker 2 (14:42):
Of the guys, he thinks it's awesome. Go ahead, call silver,
but he's not doing it yet. Hold on, hold on,
let me give you another one. All right, Anthony, listen
to this. How about each team gets to bring back
one player, so it's Thunder bring back Russell Westbrook brought out.
Test goes back to the paces, and instead of playing
each other, they fight people in the stands. Stupid. All right,

(15:09):
call up? Let's he's got the phone right in?

Speaker 4 (15:11):
Can I am with them?

Speaker 1 (15:15):
All right? Can you put me down falling?

Speaker 2 (15:17):
I'd like to make an appointment.

Speaker 1 (15:18):
Does he takes what about walkins?

Speaker 2 (15:21):
Does he take walkins? He does not take walkins? This guy?

Speaker 4 (15:27):
You know, sorry, guys, man, I can't help book.

Speaker 2 (15:29):
Anthony got to tell you, I know you like your job.
You're clearly doing well here. This pace is thunder it.
It could bankrupt the whole league. It's killing it's killing it.
He doesn't like it at all at all. So you know,
if this place, you know, they lose money because its finals,
they turn this into a walmart, You're going to be
like a greeter at the door.

Speaker 1 (15:47):
For I don't know, I don't know.

Speaker 2 (15:52):
I've heard we heard that moving the finals the True TV.
The finals are going to be on True TV. That's
how well, that's what we heard.

Speaker 4 (15:59):
He didn't want to know streaming devices just to watch ahim.

Speaker 1 (16:01):
I mean, it's it's insane.

Speaker 2 (16:03):
What's going on?

Speaker 1 (16:04):
All right?

Speaker 2 (16:04):
Well, look, Anthony, I'm gonna I'm gonna ask you one
last time. Uh you got to make that call.

Speaker 4 (16:11):
I can't do it. I could lose my job. I'm sorry,
I can't do it.

Speaker 2 (16:15):
Well, you know what I have to say to you, Anthony,
show off the show.

Speaker 5 (16:24):
That's it.

Speaker 1 (16:25):
Nobody your cowards, nobody.

Speaker 2 (16:28):
Wanted to take any of the ideas thereating. You know what,
if the place goes under, I hope you're all enjoying
your coffee because that's the last one you're.

Speaker 1 (16:36):
Gonna be able to afford in this building. That's it,
because it's gonna be a Walmart, all.

Speaker 2 (16:40):
Right, well, broadcasting live from a future Walmart, doting and toty.

Speaker 1 (16:46):
We tried to help them. We tried, We tried to
help them.

Speaker 2 (16:49):
So anyway, we're just gonna wrap the show in.

Speaker 1 (16:52):
Let's go ahead and raise show.

Speaker 2 (16:55):
Oh you know me, someone who's least less helpful than Anthony,
someone who's less helpful than anything.

Speaker 1 (17:03):
J what do you want?

Speaker 4 (17:06):
What go?

Speaker 2 (17:07):
I gotta get out of here.

Speaker 6 (17:10):
You said the NBA Finals got moved to True TV
due to the fear of low ratings.

Speaker 2 (17:17):
Yeah, bro, yeah, we just reported that, bros.

Speaker 6 (17:21):
Yeah no, no, no, no, that will never happen. All
the games are going to be live on ABC.

Speaker 2 (17:27):
But yeah, well you know it's not going to be
live you after this show?

Speaker 3 (17:31):
Yeah you want to see low ratings? Check out your
tender profile.

Speaker 1 (17:38):
Done. Yeah we've done. What what you said?

Speaker 6 (17:43):
You don't think Tom Thibodeau knows how to pronounce his
own name.

Speaker 1 (17:47):
Yeah, bro, it's starts saying, yeah, it makes no sense.

Speaker 6 (17:54):
Of course he knows how to pronounce his own name.
It's his name.

Speaker 2 (17:58):
Oh yeah, well I can pronounce your name dead.

Speaker 1 (18:02):
Yeah. I can also spell your name N O, space.

Speaker 2 (18:07):
P E N I s oh you right after the show. Hey,
this just gave across my text. Guess who's on the
show next week? Doting super Bowl hero Eagles legend Nick
Foles doing the studio hopefully after a different NBA finals,
you know, hopefully the NBA.

Speaker 1 (18:29):
Definitely Anthony delivers our message.

Speaker 2 (18:32):
We'll say anyway, yes sir, yes, I'm just watching the show.
Oh well, there you go.

Speaker 1 (18:36):
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Speaker 2 (18:51):
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Speaker 1 (18:56):
Job as all sing to you poorly another full on
this show.

Speaker 2 (19:01):
There you go. We'll see if paypall next to wait
to see y'all.

Speaker 4 (19:05):
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