January 22, 2026 • 38 mins
Stugotz has fun with radio legends Mike Francesa and Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo as they try to pronounce the names of two notable players playing this weekend in the NFL. The guys take calls and make fun of a screwup by Stugotz. Izzy takes the guys through an NBA game.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
It is to Gotson Company Here on a Thursday on
Fox Sports Radio eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
That's eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Is Reel goody Eras at Studio Tailors in the VIP room,
mikey A on the zoom here, Chris Simms is going
to join us to get us ready for Championship weekend
in the NFL. We have a rule on this show
where we push everything aside. When Christopher mad Dog Russo,
whom I love and I'll be on his show tomorrow
(00:42):
at five o'clock and tell her we need to figure
out how to hook me up with that show. What's
we're done here? We are going to play this out
on the air together, all of us. But we have
a rule and that rule is asy as you know,
we push everything aside when Chris mad Dog Russo mispronounces something.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Oh, okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
So here we have Doggy trying to pronounce this week's
starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
But you have confidence in Peyton getting the most out
of the.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
Out of the quarterback in this ball game.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Here stick stick them in this game on Sunday afternoon
against the Patriots.
Speaker 6 (01:22):
What's your take with that game?
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Let me hear.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Who was on the receiving end of that question.
Speaker 6 (01:29):
Is that not pronouncing it correctly? Or is that not
knowing his name?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
That's just Dog being dog, That's what it is.
Speaker 6 (01:38):
You know. He went with the stickham and then to
correct himself said.
Speaker 7 (01:42):
No, that sounded right, stick them, Yes, yes, I want
to play it again.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
I want to play this didham sound again because you
can hear Dog waiting for his producer to give him
the correct pronunciation of the name in his headset. And
perhaps Eddie Eddie Erickson did. But I have no idea
that that's an hung twister. Hey, you have nothing. First off,
you have really coming from you, black up quarterback?
Speaker 6 (02:14):
That was Taylor? Yea clear yes, it was Taylor. In
the VIP room.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
I want you to listen to it closely again because
you can hear mad Dog kind of trying to kill
some time, trying to give his producer some time to
give him the correct pronunciation of a name. That's really
easy to pronounce go ahead.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
But you have confidence in Peyton getting the most out
of the U out of the quarterback in this ball game. Here,
sick stick them in this game on Sunday afternoon against
the Patriots.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
What's your take with that game?
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Let me hear.
Speaker 6 (02:48):
It's so good?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yes, what's the better name there? In fact, Taylor put
that on the pole. Jared Stidham or Jared Stickham?
Speaker 6 (02:55):
What's the better name?
Speaker 7 (02:56):
Would be a great cornerback name. I don't know about
a quarterback name.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
So I said this morning, it would be a great
wide receiver name. Now that I'm thinking about it, Sticking
would be a great linebacker name, right, Yeah.
Speaker 6 (03:07):
It kids. It's a big hit, like hit stick.
Speaker 7 (03:09):
But I think of like sticking somebody, like covering somebody
and stick to him like glue.
Speaker 6 (03:12):
So that's why I think of a cornerback.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
So we'll get back to mad Dog in a second,
his former partner Mike Francessa, and I grew up listening
to these two guys, Mike and the Mad Dog wfa
N the reason I got into this industry, and I
love both of them dearly, and I don't think either
would mind if I were making fun of them and
if they, if they do mind, I will say this respectfully.
Speaker 6 (03:34):
I don't care.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Mike Francessa was on his podcast trying to pronounce a
wide receiver's name that I easily pronounced it. Somehow Mike Francessa,
who was the greatest of all time at this he
had trouble with this name.
Speaker 5 (03:46):
Go ahead, guys, Sam's having a really good year.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Twelve touchdowns, four into septs.
Speaker 6 (03:54):
Smith.
Speaker 7 (03:56):
You know, it's amazing how many these house state you
know received, It's just in the league and flourished.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
But Smith, uh whatever you that is Francessa.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Jackson Smith in Jigba is the name he was going for.
Speaker 7 (04:18):
I have said on our podcast Dugats and Company several
times that it is possibly the most surprising thing about you, Stu,
and that's saying a lot, is that you're able to
just drop that name like it's nothing.
Speaker 6 (04:32):
It just rolls off your tongue.
Speaker 7 (04:34):
You can't say the plural or the singular, I'm not
sure of woman, no, no, but you can say Jackson
Smith and Jigba.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Yes, I just butchered Eddie Erickson. Right, well, you swallowed
the crack bat of Yes, it's the E and the e. Right,
that's the time, right when you're talking a little bit
too quickly. It's the E and the e. Uh, that
kind of I got caught up on. So let's go
back to dog here. So again, we we had dog
first with stick Hum and then we had Mike Francessa
(05:05):
trying to pronounce He just called him Smith, and he
would have been better off just calling him.
Speaker 7 (05:09):
Say, he would have been better off just going off
on that tangent that he was going off originally about
Ohio state and never revisiting the name.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
Jays En was right there for him.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Yes, yeah, that's why I do it. Yes, that's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
So Taylor, just quickly here, we're gonna go back to
Doggie here, who tries to pronounce the same name.
Speaker 6 (05:27):
But this is from a year ago, correct?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Correct? I knew at some point dog had to get
tripped up saying this name. So I went back, listened
to all the shows and found a time from last
year when Gino Smith was still the quarterback.
Speaker 6 (05:41):
All right, guys, play it.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
The Seahawks blocked a forty eight yard field goals four
minutes left, which would have put the Patch up six.
That was a big play in this game. Smith played
well and his receivers.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Metcalf court ten.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Jackson Smith, the good Juba, the kid from Ohio State.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
He cought twelve more and a Seattle team is two
and oh they get my at me next week without tours,
so they got a good chance to go three and zero.
Speaker 6 (06:04):
He should just call the kid from Ohio State. That
was just so everybody understands.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
Look, I know I butchered the heck out of that name,
but if you know anything about football, the kid from
Ohio States, that's the one I was pronounced.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
So, by the way, those two the greatest to ever
do this.
Speaker 6 (06:23):
Yes, I love them, I do is he.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
I am having a hard time and Chris Sims is
going to join us, and I know you want to
play an NBA game with us, and we'll do that
coming up in the next epic. Because I want to
do it, I have to start shifting my attention to something.
And it's not pictures and catchers. It's going to be
the NBA. Perhaps March Madness, Uh, definitely augusta U. But
so I do want to play this game today. Mikey
has his mid out. Why do you have a glove out?
(06:47):
A catcher's glove. What are you doing back there p's
and c's. Yes, uh so I do want to shift
my focus to the NBA. So we will play this game,
and I PROMI issue that Taylor will not hijack the
game with a game that he would rather play.
Speaker 6 (07:04):
I don't believe any of it. What do you mean
you don't believe that. I don't believe any of it.
Speaker 7 (07:07):
There was one show I was promised we would talk basketball.
Speaker 6 (07:10):
We didn't. Then I don't believe we're gonna do it today.
But we'll see.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
All Right, Taylor, you're gonna let him play this game.
I'm begging you to let him play this game with us.
Speaker 5 (07:18):
Okay, yeah, we could get to the Freddie perraulta trade.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
After Stevie Cohen finally spending some money, met fans are
finally happy. I think I have no idea, but I
maintain that. I know Colin Cowhor disagrees. The Dodgers awful
for the sport of baseball, just terrible. They're terrible for
the sport of baseball. It is not good to have
that much in balance. I know, once you get to
the postseason, things are random, but that team is guaranteed
(07:44):
to make it to the postseason every single season, and
they won the World Series the last two years. It's unfair,
and they keep adding on players. It's ridiculous, it's absurd,
and I don't care who the Mets at. They have
no chance of beating the Dodgers at the best of sevensaries.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
But I digress.
Speaker 7 (07:58):
This whole front page of No is just Mets editions,
and you're still just killing the Dodgers for adding too
many people.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I want you to understand something.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
The show sheet that Taylor puts together would be for
Taylor if he were hosting this show.
Speaker 7 (08:10):
I mean that is so true because I circled something
or not to get us off on a tangent here,
but I circled something in here that it just feels
like he just wants us to ask.
Speaker 6 (08:21):
What his deal is with this particular subject.
Speaker 7 (08:24):
Because it says is it time for the SEC to retire?
It just means more. I don't think that's a very
long conversation. I just think that's Taylor an acc guys saying,
you know what SEC.
Speaker 6 (08:37):
Take that you don't deserve that anymore? Am I right?
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Taylor?
Speaker 5 (08:41):
Well, I'm glad you brought that up because the SEC
was four and ten in ball season this season. Yes,
but two of those four wins were against other SEC teams.
The third was Ole Miss beating two Lane and then
the fourth was Texas beating Michigan and Texas Texas's Johnny
come Lately when it comes to the SEC. So, SEC,
if you're gonna say it just means more, start winning
(09:03):
when it actually matters. Because three straight years the big ten.
Thank you, Thank you easy for letting me get that off.
Speaker 6 (09:08):
You just check that out the list that one's done.
Speaker 7 (09:10):
I'll see if there's a couple more in there that
we should chime in on later of the show.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
So, Izzy, I am having a hard time, which is
which is rare for me, at least getting excited.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
About Championship Sunday in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Now there's a tinge of sadness that comes with Championship Sunday.
You're excited for it, you can't wait to watch the games,
but you also realize we have three football games left
before mikey A pulls out his catcher's glove and starts
thinking about p's and c's pitchers and catchers reporting the
spring training.
Speaker 6 (09:39):
That glove looks like it's from eighteen hundred. It is.
Speaker 8 (09:44):
Just bought it.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Did you really how much is a glove these days? Yeah?
They're expensive? Right, Yeah?
Speaker 8 (09:50):
I talked I talked him down to about forty dollars
on this one. I just want it easy to know.
This is where my head's at.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Okay, I think when we play the NBA game, I
have that love on the entire time. Please, So I'm
having a hard time getting myself excited for Championship Sunday
because the storylines to me just aren't that interesting. And
I'm wondering if you're experiencing the same thing. Let me
(10:15):
elaborate for just a second. Please, Sam Darnold winning his
first Super Bowl, Like, that's not a big it's not
a big enough storyline for me. Seattle, great team, fourteen
and three, they're the one seed, they're a home game
away from making it to the super Bowl. Apologies to Seattle.
I just don't care about that team enough, Okay, I
really do. Then you have you know, you have Denver
(10:39):
with Jared Stickham corner back, and maybe there's a storyline
there with Sean Payton winning his second Super Bowl, which
puts him in an entirely different category when you're talking
about the greatest coaches of all time, especially if you
win one with your backup quarterback Jared Stickham.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
So you have that storyline.
Speaker 7 (11:00):
People sitting at home saying, wow, I really want to
coach to win number two.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Right Sean and that coach in particular, Sean Payton.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
And then you have Matthew Stafford, who was going for
his second Super Bowl since leaving Detroit, and Stafford that
would put him in a different category of quarterbacks in
terms of how we kind of look back at these things.
And a guy with two Super Bowl rings. And I
guess a lot of people are probably rooting for the
veteran Matthew Stafford because he seems like a good guy,
(11:30):
very popular guy, and I think people are rooting for
him to pull it off. And then you have the
Patriots and can they kind of turn it around this
quickly and be the most dominant team in the NFL again?
Speaker 6 (11:42):
Last the last Patriots Super Bowl win? What year was that?
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Taylor would know and he'll look it up.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
Well, he's a new new Patriots fan, so I don't
know if he knows right off a long six years. Yes, Patriots,
Oh my.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
No, they've done a remarkable job.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
They have a Gibbob Kraft, credit, got the right coach
in there, they got the right quarterback in there, and
they have a really good shot because they're taking on
Jared Stickham in the AFC Championship Game, so they have
a good shot of advances.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
Thank you, Thank you, guys.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
But I really just I really just have none of
the storylines that I just kind of laid out for you.
They mean nothing to me, and I'm not certain they
mean anything to anyone nationally unless you live in one
of those four markets, you know.
Speaker 7 (12:28):
And it's funny because normally the NFL just transcends all
there's always enough there.
Speaker 6 (12:34):
There seems to be, and you.
Speaker 7 (12:36):
Know, most people would say, I don't need storylines to
show me good football, and I think that's not true,
especially when it comes to, you know, the biggest game
of the year that you have two weeks of build
up for.
Speaker 6 (12:45):
So it's yeah, I think you can cheer.
Speaker 7 (12:49):
For the best Super Bowl possibility, which would probably be
Rams Patriots, and that's what you're pulling for. And I
think the Rams and the way their offense runs. I
think Gunakua just as a football player, is just phenomenal
to watch because it feels like any the ball anywhere
in his vicinity, he can always get there. So there's
enough entertainment to where it's like, all right, I'm good
(13:11):
for these two games, but in comparison to most conference
championship weekends, it feels a little empty.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
It does, by the way, if Sean Payton did win,
Like of the coaches who have won this is interesting,
of the coaches who have won multiple Super Bowls who
have done it with the worst quarterbacks, because I would say,
like Drew Brees great obviously, Jared Stickham not so great.
And if he wins this one, that's that's fairly impressive
(13:37):
winning two games, the AFC Championship Game and the Super
Bowl with your backup quarterback. If people are comparing it
to Jeff Hostetler, it is not that is not the
same situation.
Speaker 7 (13:46):
I would like Jared'stidham to survive a quarter before we
start talking about him winning two games and one of
them being the Super Bowl.
Speaker 6 (13:53):
Let's just see how he survives a quarter.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
But I'm just wondering of the coaches, I think it's
Parcels now that I'm thinking about it. Els won one. Now,
Phil Simms was a good quarterback. A lot of people
feel like he should be in the Hall of Fame.
Chris Sims, his son will join us later on the show.
But Parcels won with Phil Simms and Jeff Hostetler. M
(14:15):
now Hostetler Sims got hurt.
Speaker 7 (14:17):
I think twelve games into that season, Hostetler had four
games to ramp up get ready for the playoffs, and
then took that team to the Super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
They beat the Buffalo Bills in that Super Bowl. And
I'm just trying to think of the coaches who have
won Super Bowls with the worst quarterbacks, of the coaches
who have won multiple Super Bowls, because I think if
we just said one super Bowl would be Trent dilferd.
Speaker 8 (14:39):
Right, Belichick, one with a backup Tom Brady. Ye, that
first year it was Drew Bledsoe.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
You're right, yeah, But he didn't win with anyone else.
That's the problem, you know, it was just Brady.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
So I don't know.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
I'm just having a hard time getting myself excited for
uh and it seems weird.
Speaker 6 (14:59):
It's such a weird feeling.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
It's Championship Sunday, and I can't get myself excited because
I don't care about Seattle and zan Donald, Yes, so.
Speaker 7 (15:04):
Much so that I spent that entire time wondering if
it was tinge of sadness or twinge of sadness. And
it is tinge of sadness technically. But if you look
at the definition, they both work.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Yeah, yeah they do.
Speaker 6 (15:15):
How about that you don't look up the quarterbacks? I didn't.
I didn't. I looked at the show sheet. Taylor wasn't
in there. Yes, information not there. Thank your contribution. What
do you got, Taylor?
Speaker 5 (15:27):
Stud What if you look at it from the angle
of right now, Matthew Stafford in the club of the
Hall of Fame, Matthew Stafford's probably fifteenth twentieth in line.
His stats are a little underwhelming in comparison to other
Hall of Fame quarterbacks. Yes, but if Stafford is able
to win a second Super Bowl, I think he goes
(15:48):
to the front of the line.
Speaker 6 (15:49):
So what do you Why is he in line?
Speaker 7 (15:51):
By the way, he's not in line. He already has
the bracelet, He's guaranteed it. He's about to win MVP
at age thirty seven.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
No, so I think what Taylor's trying to say, if
I can correct you, here is Matthew staff and is
he is right, Stafford's already in the Hall of Fame,
but he's in a different room. He's in the room
of people with one ring. Okay, so you're saying, what
happens to him if he wins a second ring? He
goes to a very special room, Taylor. He does, like
to use your analogy or however you laid it out
(16:18):
for us. He is technically if he was waiting to
get into this lame club in Canton called the Pro
Football Hall of Fame. And I got to tell you,
if you've never been to Canton, Wow, there's the Pro
Football Hall of Fame surrounded by strip clubs. It's a
(16:39):
weird place, it really is. But what Taylor is saying
is how much would this move Matthew Stafford up? And
it would move him up drastically in my opinion, because
now you're talking about a quarterback that has multiple Super
Bowl championships. He's going to be a first ballot.
Speaker 7 (16:54):
Hall of Famer and he's going to go into a
very special room if he does have two rings.
Speaker 6 (16:58):
Now with Taylor, is that what you meant? Kida?
Speaker 5 (17:03):
Yeah? And also Ricardo here in the VIP room with me.
He pitched that maybe Joe Gibbs winning with Rippin and
Thighsman should be in consideration.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
That's a good one. And Campbell it was Doug Williams.
Speaker 5 (17:15):
Williams, Doug Williams, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Who's Campbell? I'man Jason Campbell.
Speaker 6 (17:21):
Who's Ricardo? Put it on the Paul Taylor, Who's Ricardo? Yes?
Or no? Oh?
Speaker 2 (17:33):
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Speaker 9 (18:08):
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Speaker 6 (18:13):
I'm such a fan of how often we're starting to
see this play.
Speaker 9 (18:16):
Crowd rises to its feet Wolf straight on three pointer
is good.
Speaker 6 (18:21):
It's one twenty to sixty six.
Speaker 9 (18:23):
It will not be the lowest scoring fourth quarter by
a Knick's opponent, but it will be the largest margin
of victory in the history of the New York Knicks
franchise as they beat the Nets tonight one twenty to
sixty six.
Speaker 6 (18:39):
Is that Monica mcnutt's voice I heard there?
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Yes, yes, listen, that's how you do a get right game.
By the way, a tail of the players only meeting work.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
How about that?
Speaker 5 (18:47):
I mean, yeah, some conflicting reports there. Because Josh Hart
was asked about it after the gaming, he goes, I
don't know where you guys got that. We didn't have
a meeting. We might have just talked in the locker room.
Speaker 6 (18:58):
What the heck do you think of meetings? Right? A
talk where the coaches there.
Speaker 5 (19:02):
But when does a talk go from a talk to
a meeting?
Speaker 3 (19:05):
When Jalen Brunson says it's a meeting, that's it, I mean,
it worked.
Speaker 6 (19:08):
Who cares?
Speaker 2 (19:09):
They blew him out? All right, Dan, stay here for
a second. Because you're a professional, you pronounce everything right.
Speaker 6 (19:14):
Is it?
Speaker 7 (19:15):
Robert or Robert the guy the trade? Are you answer
that question, Well, do we know the player's first name?
Speaker 6 (19:23):
Luise? Okay, so that's maybe a hint. Yes.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Now, Taylor this morning said Luis Robert, and he was
corrected by Salacata on our podcast. He said it is
Luise Robert Jr. And I am going to Dan Byer.
Whatever he says, it sticks. Dan, I've said, Robert.
Speaker 5 (19:39):
Really, that's devastating.
Speaker 6 (19:40):
I've heard nothing but Robert. I'll tell you what.
Speaker 10 (19:45):
For a guy for years, I couldn't remember if it
was Devers or Divers, you know, with Raphael Devers, but Robert,
I've stuck with Robert. I've been on the side of
Robert for the last season or so.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
So let me ask you a question, Dan, because I
used to do updates, I'm wondering, is there a name
that you're terrified of? Is you see it on the update?
You know you have to put it down there. Yeah,
mentioned that name and you're terrified of it.
Speaker 10 (20:07):
Two huge names. And this may date me a little bit.
I didn't call their scores, but Jerry Rice with the
double RS like it was like it would be Jerry Weiss,
like that's what it would come out with. Arnold Palmer
with the double l's right, and then always messing up
Russell Westbrook with Russell Wilson, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Durant.
Speaker 6 (20:26):
Those are the ones.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
But you hate when the tennis majors are going on
right like that.
Speaker 10 (20:31):
That's not That's why you only say Novak Djokovic advanced
to the third round. That's the easiest way to get
through it.
Speaker 6 (20:37):
Or the joker. Yes, yes, that's even better. Taylor.
Speaker 7 (20:41):
How shocked are you that Stu Gatz used to do
updates when he can't do the most basic of names
his own friends' names.
Speaker 5 (20:47):
Yeah, at this point nothing really surprises me with Steve
Gotts in his background and just a tile loose end
Bard up Ricardo back here. Yeah, he said he's Cuban
and it's Robert.
Speaker 6 (20:58):
Thank you. Wow.
Speaker 7 (20:59):
I know there's never been a Hispanic person in the
history of time named Lewis Robert.
Speaker 6 (21:04):
It doesn't make any sense, I know.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
But Dan Buyer says it's Robert.
Speaker 10 (21:06):
If he was l o U I s, would you
be more apt to think that it was Robert.
Speaker 6 (21:12):
Yes, such a great point by you.
Speaker 7 (21:14):
If it was spelled the true well, I should say
the traditional way. But l O U I S. Yes,
Luis Robert would make sad Lewis Robert.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
Yes, that is exactly what's going on here.
Speaker 6 (21:26):
So who do we go with?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
I'm confused. I'm not certain who's righting.
Speaker 6 (21:32):
Do we go with the Cuban or the American.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox. We'll get to
your calls in a second. Is he wants to play
an NBA game? By the way, my agent texted me
and he said that, uh, Tom Flores one two would
Jim Plunket. It's not bad my agent, Lou, Thank you, Lou,
appreciate it. Is he wants to play an NBA game.
So I walked outside for a second during the break.
I came back in and what I found is he
(21:57):
doing was muttering under his breath about the Offensive Player
of the Year award.
Speaker 11 (22:02):
I feel like I'm sabotaging my own game here, But
I looked at it right, and it's just brought back
anger that I woke up with today when I saw
the NFL MVP finalist and the Offensive Player of the
Year finalists, and it's.
Speaker 6 (22:14):
Like, what are those awards?
Speaker 7 (22:18):
So the MVP's, you know, the finalists are include Drake,
may include obviously Matthew Stafford and all the other quarterbacks,
and then Christian McCaffrey, and then there's.
Speaker 6 (22:28):
Offensive Player of the Year.
Speaker 7 (22:30):
And Drake May is an Offensive Player of the Year,
but none of the other quarterbacks are an Offensive Player
of the Year.
Speaker 6 (22:35):
So what remind me? What side of the ball do
quarterbacks play? Offense?
Speaker 7 (22:39):
So how are you the Offensive Player of the Year
and not the MVP, or if you are the MVP,
I'm sorry. If you're not the MVP, like Drake May
probably won't be, he'll be second. How is he even
a candidate for Offensive Player of the What do you mean?
Speaker 6 (22:54):
It makes no sense?
Speaker 8 (22:55):
Uh huh because best player that doesn't play quarterback is
too long.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
But he's a quarterback and he's on the Offensive Player
of the Year list and he's not the best quarterback
on the MVP list.
Speaker 6 (23:09):
So what does that mean?
Speaker 7 (23:10):
Does Matthew Stafford do something to make him the MVP
that does not involve offense? Because somehow Drake May already
just based on the nominations, is a better offensive player
than Matthew Stafford, But somehow Matthew Stafford is going to
be the MVP.
Speaker 6 (23:29):
Hey, guys, look what does it means? Hey guys? Look,
who cares about football?
Speaker 4 (23:32):
Now?
Speaker 6 (23:32):
I don't care about football.
Speaker 7 (23:34):
I care about things that make sense, and that makes
no sense.
Speaker 5 (23:37):
This was also in my show Prep too, So this
is the pot calling the kettle black right now because
he went to a topic straight off my topic. List
your thoughts, Taylor, just give all the awards to Drake May.
Speaker 6 (23:51):
I mean, it's stupid, but why do you care so
much about this stuff? I don't care about it. It's
just like saying running back of the Year versus rusher
of the year. It's this.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
It should be the same thing.
Speaker 7 (24:05):
So if you want to exclude quarterbacks from Offensive Player
of the Year, I'm fine with that. But don't include
the second place dude from the MVP quarterback group into
the Offensive Player of the Year group.
Speaker 6 (24:17):
It makes no sense.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
I promise we'll get to is he's NBA game. He's
unhinged right now. Let's go to Lenny and Fort Wayne.
Speaker 12 (24:24):
Lenny, go ahead, Hi, this is a Lenny from Fort Wayne.
Speaker 6 (24:28):
We established that is.
Speaker 12 (24:30):
I want to say that the twenty five Hoosiers are
so special because they won every game and they won
all the playoff games. Thanks, I'll hang up in Leonard.
Speaker 6 (24:38):
That's a great call Lenny. Who was that?
Speaker 7 (24:42):
Way to go Leonard, Just just to recap, the Hoogiahs
are so special because they won every game, Yes, and
they won every playoff.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
Taylor, do we have to get Benny from Fort Lauderdale?
Do you we have to get that call? Right?
Speaker 6 (24:56):
Because that was that was Lenny Lenny. It's a totally
different Oh yeah, but I love that so much. God,
thank you for making me smile. Sir. This is therapy
for me every day two hours.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
I'm gonna laugh with my friends and I'm gonna laugh
with the listeners, laugh with the callers, and uh.
Speaker 6 (25:11):
You guys are gonna pull me through a difficult time.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Let's go to Murray. We'll get to your NBA game
in a second. Here, Marry, it's Sue Falls.
Speaker 6 (25:18):
Go ahead, Murray. Hey, so tailor Mikey is do you
love you? Guys?
Speaker 4 (25:23):
Murray?
Speaker 11 (25:24):
Here?
Speaker 6 (25:24):
First time, long time call from my car.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
Foonde Here it's too Falls. Still waiting on you to visit.
Speaker 6 (25:29):
Maybe the subburst too good question before you.
Speaker 12 (25:31):
Got how do you protounce that wide receiver's day from
the Seahawks?
Speaker 6 (25:36):
How do you sell it? They sell? Hang up and listen?
Love you by all right? I want away. Yes, I
want all calls to be like the last two, please
all of them. That was a specific question for you, sir.
I'm not answering that. Ques. Come on, Mikey, you want
to take that question, go ahead. I don't think Mikey
can say his name as well as you can.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
No, I'm good Jackson, Jackson Smith and Jigba Okay, it's
that I could say that name.
Speaker 6 (26:01):
And guys, please get the Eddie ericson.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Sads here for the front the first segment, because I
too mispronounced words.
Speaker 6 (26:08):
I do it often.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
I'm probably the greatest to ever do it. Here's me
trying to say my friend's name who I know. It's
an easy name to say, and I've known him for
fifteen years. Head said, and perhaps Eddie editor, Wow, I
et a roadblock that hurt my throat one more time?
You literally, perhaps Eddie edit, I choked on the eight,
(26:32):
the second eight. It sounds like you ate a roadblock
in the middle of that. I told you yesterday we're
not professional except for Izzy. I mean that's about it.
I mean I desperately want to play your NBA game.
I'm not certain you left us enough time here in.
Speaker 6 (26:49):
The It's my fault. I was strictly going by Taylor
show sheet.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Here do you want to play the NBA game? I
am happy to play your game. Go ahead, take it away.
Speaker 6 (26:58):
He let's do well, do we have enough time here?
Speaker 3 (27:00):
Should we just be doing We have plenty of times?
Speaker 6 (27:01):
Okay, well, it's not really a game necessarily, right, But.
Speaker 7 (27:06):
If you think about sort of when trade activity is
most likely in the NBA, it's when teams feel like
the championship is up for grabs. Sometimes it could happen
in an off season where you look forward and you
look ahead and say, man, there really isn't that many
great teams. Let me see if I can make a
big move, have a big three, whatever, see if we
(27:26):
can win a championship.
Speaker 6 (27:28):
Or it could happen in the middle of the season.
Speaker 7 (27:30):
I'm trying not to look at Mikey as he taps
his catcher's mitt, trying to distract me at all costs.
You know, when you look at approaching the trade deadline
and there's some people available and you think, wow, I
could really elevate ourselves and become the champion this year.
Speaker 6 (27:46):
And so.
Speaker 7 (27:48):
You say all that to look around and say, does
this feel like a season where the championship is up
for grabs, and so the game I just want to
play with you. It's a very simple game. I think
even you would be all over this game. Does this
team feel like.
Speaker 6 (28:03):
An NBA champion? All right, all right, it's a fun game, Taylor.
Easy for you. Mikey, you can pat that Mitt all
you want. I think you can play this game as well.
Speaker 7 (28:10):
No, I love this game. That's one of the building
blocks of sports radio. Yes, we'll start with this. This
is a very easy answer here. They won it last year.
Do the OKAC Thunder feel like an NBA champion?
Speaker 6 (28:20):
Yes, of course. Okay, we're at one.
Speaker 7 (28:22):
Okay, the San Antonio Spurs with a young Victor Wembinyama
who you probably don't know.
Speaker 6 (28:29):
This still on somewhat of a minute's restriction. Twenty eight
to thirty minutes.
Speaker 7 (28:34):
Did the San Antonio Spurs in twenty twenty six feel
like an NBA champion?
Speaker 3 (28:39):
Umm, I'm gonna say yes, Mikey.
Speaker 8 (28:42):
What do you think the Bear had us bet them
to beat the Knicks in the finals.
Speaker 6 (28:47):
So I'm gonna have to say yes, yes, Taylor, Yes, yeah, Okay.
Speaker 7 (28:52):
Having watched them play a good amount, I don't think
they feel like an NBA champion. I feel like Victor
Weinbinyama can give it to you certain nights, but four
out of seven in the playoffs, when teams are committed
to defending him, and it's not just a one off
of eighty two, I don't think they're ready yet. They
do not feel as a veteran NBA person, They don't
feel personally like an NBA champion.
Speaker 6 (29:13):
But I'll give you those two. Okay, let's go to
the top of the East. Okay, the Detroit Pistons, who
I'm pretty sure you've spent a little bit of time watching.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
I have Jalen Duran on my fantasy team, so I'm
not saying I watched them. I've looked at box scores.
Speaker 6 (29:26):
Do they feel like an NBA champion?
Speaker 5 (29:28):
Now?
Speaker 2 (29:28):
Do the Pistons feel like an NBA champion? One seed
in the East. I have to talk this out. Thirty
two and ten one four straight, No, Jason Tatum. Do
they feel like an NBA champion or a team that
can make it to the NBA five champion that would
have been a better game.
Speaker 6 (29:44):
Just champion. Do the Pistons feel like a champion? I'm
gonna say no, no, Jason Tatum. Just to be clear,
Jayson Tatum does not play for the Pistons.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Right, Jason Tatum. They don't have Jason Tatum.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
Yes, the Celtics don't have Jason. Well, I'm at the Celtics.
I almost called you, but you know what, I almost
called you. By the way, Jason Tatum is not I
have to talk these things out. Let me do it
my way, okay, But I.
Speaker 7 (30:06):
Just want you to know it's not can they win
an NBA title this year? That's a different game.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
But part of winning one is getting there, and so
I have to convince myself they can get there before
I tell you they could win it.
Speaker 7 (30:18):
Do they feel like an NBA champion doesn't really matter
about anybody else?
Speaker 6 (30:21):
Are we going to do this for twenty seven other teams?
I mean, this is why I told you we didn't
have time.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
All right, I'm gonna say no on the Pistons. All right,
I'm gonna say no, well, hold on, Mikey, yes or
no on the Pistons.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I agree, No, yeah, Taylor, No, the Pistons don't.
Speaker 7 (30:34):
Yeah, okay, and let's just go to your other team, Okay,
The Celtics Celtics. Yes, we already established know Jason Tatum.
Although he looks pretty good when he's practicing and stuff.
I'm not sure where he's at right now, but he's
gonna be back.
Speaker 6 (30:47):
Okay. The Celtics, do they feel like an NBA champ?
Not to me, No, Taylor.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
I could buy into this team because of Jayalen Brown.
He could buy into it, so I would say a
different game.
Speaker 6 (30:58):
It's a yes or no game, can you right?
Speaker 5 (31:03):
I do have a feeling that they could.
Speaker 6 (31:05):
So that's what that was, just the top two teams
in each company.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Hold on, we left out Mikey A. Mikey A and
he's shaking his head and discussed at Taylor.
Speaker 5 (31:11):
I think, No, it's the Celtics.
Speaker 8 (31:14):
They always feel like a champion.
Speaker 5 (31:15):
It's one of those.
Speaker 6 (31:16):
Teams like, yeah, you could convince me this is a
this is a championship team. But what what fact thats
do give us?
Speaker 4 (31:22):
Though?
Speaker 7 (31:23):
No, Jason Tata, right, So this team needed Jason Tatum
to win a championship and now they don't have them.
And even if he comes back, will you be the same?
But I don't believe they feel like an NBA champion.
The point being if you look around the league and
any team that I didn't name right there now, this
is without Denver, without Jokis. If they had Jokis, they
could feel like an NBA.
Speaker 6 (31:43):
Champion, they would feel like an NBA championship.
Speaker 7 (31:45):
But all of these teams that, even the ones that
we did mention, could look to themselves and say, we
can solidify ourselves as an NBA champion, faith championship favorite
with one move. And I feel like you look around,
I think eventually people are going to maybe say, okay,
maybe we'll give up a little bit for John Morant,
right as opposed to just trying to give away scraps
for him. You look at what's happening in Milwaukee now,
(32:07):
and maybe we'll play sound of a Janni Santatakupo saying,
is all his teammates are playing selfishly a little later,
but that move while he's not demanding a trade publicly.
According to Brian Winhorse, anyway, the hour by hour we
get closer and closer to.
Speaker 6 (32:20):
Him making a move.
Speaker 7 (32:21):
It feels like because of that whole concept of hey,
this this championship remains up for grabs no matter how
much we think, okay, so should be a favorite. I
think you're going to start to see a lot of
activity and people really pushing for the for the Yiannis
trade to happen, and even for John Morant trade.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Why did you try out one more team on me
and Taylor?
Speaker 6 (32:39):
Just one more team? Just ask us, ask us the team. Okay,
do the New York Knicks feel like an NBA ship?
Hell yeah?
Speaker 5 (32:48):
Add to that Cup championship.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
Yeah, the first team ever to win the Cup and
the NBA Championship in the same season.
Speaker 6 (32:55):
That it's so crazy.
Speaker 7 (32:56):
Even in Milwaukee, they're they're trying to convince themselves that
they're buyers. Like you talk to you know whatever, the
Beat writers or people over there, it's like, no, we
have Giannis, we add one more piece, we do this,
we can win a championship this year. And it's just
I think it's going to set up for some crazy discussions.
Speaker 6 (33:11):
At the very least.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
All Right, we have found the Benny and Fort Lauderdale call.
Speaker 6 (33:14):
We will play it for you after the break.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
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out our original podcast to Gotson Company and God Bless football.
Chris Sim's going to join us coming up at four
pm Eastern here on Fox Sports Radio. We have found
the Benny in Fort Lauderdale call. If you heard Lenny
in Fort Wayne call in last segment related what he
(34:06):
was years ago, many many years ago doing the show
with Dan. I think we were local doing the show locally.
We weren't national yet. We had a gentleman call in.
His name was Benny from Fort Lauderdale.
Speaker 6 (34:18):
Here it is Benny in Fort Lauderdale. You're on seven ninety.
Speaker 5 (34:22):
Hi, this is Benny for Fort Lauderdale.
Speaker 6 (34:25):
We've established that. I want to say that the.
Speaker 7 (34:29):
Seventy two Dolphins are so special because they won every game,
and then they won all the playoff games.
Speaker 5 (34:35):
That's a pretty good call.
Speaker 6 (34:36):
Who is this?
Speaker 2 (34:44):
That was Mark Hockman or executive producer at the time,
I forgot the line I could have dropped now those
afternoons on WQAM here in Miami. That was hot coming
over the top at the end there. And Hawk will
be spending some time with us as we move forward
year on nine to forty Fox Sports Radio. He's just
not aware of it yet. How'd you feel about your
(35:07):
NBA game?
Speaker 7 (35:07):
There?
Speaker 4 (35:08):
Is?
Speaker 3 (35:09):
You love it?
Speaker 6 (35:09):
You're larger? Well, no, I did, because you were.
Speaker 7 (35:12):
Trying to make a larger point. This is an odd
season where you can only really see one or two
teams winning an NBA championship.
Speaker 3 (35:22):
That's odd for the NBA.
Speaker 6 (35:23):
Usually there's two or three now or at their two least.
Speaker 7 (35:26):
The team that's got the big lead in the conference
you're somewhat afraid of. And it's just you know, you
you think about how NBA playoff series are one, and
it's you've got to have a formula to be able
to overcome a team that is locked in to defend
you four out of seven times. And you look at
the Detroit Pistons and yeah, they have KD. Cunningham, but
(35:47):
how often you know, I've watched a lot of kid,
even before he broke through and finally became the All
Star and he's seen a lot of help, He's seen
a lot of defenders, but has he seen, you know,
the full bag of a really good coach and a
really good defensive team for three straight series? And if
that is something that you know he's off, will do
(36:10):
they have a secondary option where when things slow down, man, Mikey,
when things slow down, is giving the ball to Tobias
Harris in the mid post? Really something you feel great about,
you know, to take you through four basketball series.
Speaker 6 (36:23):
So to me, it just feels like if.
Speaker 7 (36:25):
I'm a GM been there for a while, I'm like,
this is the year I can turn my sixth seed
into a championship contender.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
For the radio audience and that's all of you, Mikey.
The reason you heard, the reason you heard is he
make that sound about Mikey right in the middle of
his sentence. Is because Mikey, while he's trying to talk basketball,
not only has a catcher's mid on, but now he
has a mask.
Speaker 6 (36:47):
What are you doing, I'm not doing anything?
Speaker 5 (36:56):
Well, was that a Mikey drop?
Speaker 2 (37:00):
That's Mikey saying he wasn't doing anything when all he
was doing was making sounds to distract us.
Speaker 7 (37:06):
Now, Apparently that's become his thing, trying to distract whoever
speaking at the moment, I'm not doing anything.
Speaker 6 (37:12):
It worked on you.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
The problem with the NBA is that one team that
we can all see winning the NBA title, that we
can all feel it, and the most likely winner is
in a market that no one cares about. I say
that respectfully to Oklahoma City, but no one cares about
you except for the people living in Oklahoma City, Okay.
Speaker 3 (37:35):
And that he and their superstars boring. That's a problem
for the NBA, y.
Speaker 6 (37:40):
All that can be true.
Speaker 7 (37:41):
I also not think. I also know it's very difficult
to repeat. As NBA champion said, no matter how set
up they are, they still had a lot of things
go in their favor. They had a handful of Game
sevens over the last couple of years. Had you know,
in Game seven for the championship where the best player
on the opposing team went down.
Speaker 6 (37:58):
And so I'm going to tell you right now.
Speaker 7 (38:01):
I'm not gonna put too much on it, but I'm
pretty sure they're not going to win the NBA Championship
this year.
Speaker 5 (38:07):
Just for context, Stu's most boring player in the last
game in their win scored forty points. He was sixteen
of nineteen from the field, and he had a double dump.
Speaker 6 (38:17):
How many dunks?
Speaker 2 (38:17):
How many dunks? Seriously, I mean how many mid range
jumpers was that? Honestly, he's a mid range jumper.
Speaker 6 (38:24):
That's what he does.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
That's his go to move is taking mid range jumpers. Okay,
I mean, do me a favor. If you're gonna be
the best player in the game, give me a windmill
dunk once in a while.
Speaker 6 (38:33):
How does that sound like?
Speaker 3 (38:34):
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
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Speaker 3 (00:16):
That's eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Is Reel goody Eras at Studio Tailors in the VIP room,
mikey A on the zoom here, Chris Simms is going
to join us to get us ready for Championship weekend
in the NFL. We have a rule on this show
where we push everything aside. When Christopher mad Dog Russo,
whom I love and I'll be on his show tomorrow
(00:42):
at five o'clock and tell her we need to figure
out how to hook me up with that show. What's
we're done here? We are going to play this out
on the air together, all of us. But we have
a rule and that rule is asy as you know,
we push everything aside when Chris mad Dog Russo mispronounces something.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Oh, okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
So here we have Doggy trying to pronounce this week's
starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
But you have confidence in Peyton getting the most out
of the.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
Out of the quarterback in this ball game.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Here stick stick them in this game on Sunday afternoon
against the Patriots.
Speaker 6 (01:22):
What's your take with that game?
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Let me hear.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Who was on the receiving end of that question.
Speaker 6 (01:29):
Is that not pronouncing it correctly? Or is that not
knowing his name?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
That's just Dog being dog, That's what it is.
Speaker 6 (01:38):
You know. He went with the stickham and then to
correct himself said.
Speaker 7 (01:42):
No, that sounded right, stick them, Yes, yes, I want
to play it again.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
I want to play this didham sound again because you
can hear Dog waiting for his producer to give him
the correct pronunciation of the name in his headset. And
perhaps Eddie Eddie Erickson did. But I have no idea
that that's an hung twister. Hey, you have nothing. First off,
you have really coming from you, black up quarterback?
Speaker 6 (02:14):
That was Taylor? Yea clear yes, it was Taylor. In
the VIP room.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
I want you to listen to it closely again because
you can hear mad Dog kind of trying to kill
some time, trying to give his producer some time to
give him the correct pronunciation of a name. That's really
easy to pronounce go ahead.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
But you have confidence in Peyton getting the most out
of the U out of the quarterback in this ball game. Here,
sick stick them in this game on Sunday afternoon against
the Patriots.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
What's your take with that game?
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Let me hear.
Speaker 6 (02:48):
It's so good?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yes, what's the better name there? In fact, Taylor put
that on the pole. Jared Stidham or Jared Stickham?
Speaker 6 (02:55):
What's the better name?
Speaker 7 (02:56):
Would be a great cornerback name. I don't know about
a quarterback name.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
So I said this morning, it would be a great
wide receiver name. Now that I'm thinking about it, Sticking
would be a great linebacker name, right, Yeah.
Speaker 6 (03:07):
It kids. It's a big hit, like hit stick.
Speaker 7 (03:09):
But I think of like sticking somebody, like covering somebody
and stick to him like glue.
Speaker 6 (03:12):
So that's why I think of a cornerback.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
So we'll get back to mad Dog in a second,
his former partner Mike Francessa, and I grew up listening
to these two guys, Mike and the Mad Dog wfa
N the reason I got into this industry, and I
love both of them dearly, and I don't think either
would mind if I were making fun of them and
if they, if they do mind, I will say this respectfully.
Speaker 6 (03:34):
I don't care.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Mike Francessa was on his podcast trying to pronounce a
wide receiver's name that I easily pronounced it. Somehow Mike Francessa,
who was the greatest of all time at this he
had trouble with this name.
Speaker 5 (03:46):
Go ahead, guys, Sam's having a really good year.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Twelve touchdowns, four into septs.
Speaker 6 (03:54):
Smith.
Speaker 7 (03:56):
You know, it's amazing how many these house state you
know received, It's just in the league and flourished.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
But Smith, uh whatever you that is Francessa.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Jackson Smith in Jigba is the name he was going for.
Speaker 7 (04:18):
I have said on our podcast Dugats and Company several
times that it is possibly the most surprising thing about you, Stu,
and that's saying a lot, is that you're able to
just drop that name like it's nothing.
Speaker 6 (04:32):
It just rolls off your tongue.
Speaker 7 (04:34):
You can't say the plural or the singular, I'm not
sure of woman, no, no, but you can say Jackson
Smith and Jigba.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Yes, I just butchered Eddie Erickson. Right, well, you swallowed
the crack bat of Yes, it's the E and the e. Right,
that's the time, right when you're talking a little bit
too quickly. It's the E and the e. Uh, that
kind of I got caught up on. So let's go
back to dog here. So again, we we had dog
first with stick Hum and then we had Mike Francessa
(05:05):
trying to pronounce He just called him Smith, and he
would have been better off just calling him.
Speaker 7 (05:09):
Say, he would have been better off just going off
on that tangent that he was going off originally about
Ohio state and never revisiting the name.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
Jays En was right there for him.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Yes, yeah, that's why I do it. Yes, that's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
So Taylor, just quickly here, we're gonna go back to
Doggie here, who tries to pronounce the same name.
Speaker 6 (05:27):
But this is from a year ago, correct?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Correct? I knew at some point dog had to get
tripped up saying this name. So I went back, listened
to all the shows and found a time from last
year when Gino Smith was still the quarterback.
Speaker 6 (05:41):
All right, guys, play it.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
The Seahawks blocked a forty eight yard field goals four
minutes left, which would have put the Patch up six.
That was a big play in this game. Smith played
well and his receivers.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Metcalf court ten.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Jackson Smith, the good Juba, the kid from Ohio State.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
He cought twelve more and a Seattle team is two
and oh they get my at me next week without tours,
so they got a good chance to go three and zero.
Speaker 6 (06:04):
He should just call the kid from Ohio State. That
was just so everybody understands.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
Look, I know I butchered the heck out of that name,
but if you know anything about football, the kid from
Ohio States, that's the one I was pronounced.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
So, by the way, those two the greatest to ever
do this.
Speaker 6 (06:23):
Yes, I love them, I do is he.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
I am having a hard time and Chris Sims is
going to join us, and I know you want to
play an NBA game with us, and we'll do that
coming up in the next epic. Because I want to
do it, I have to start shifting my attention to something.
And it's not pictures and catchers. It's going to be
the NBA. Perhaps March Madness, Uh, definitely augusta U. But
so I do want to play this game today. Mikey
has his mid out. Why do you have a glove out?
(06:47):
A catcher's glove. What are you doing back there p's
and c's. Yes, uh so I do want to shift
my focus to the NBA. So we will play this game,
and I PROMI issue that Taylor will not hijack the
game with a game that he would rather play.
Speaker 6 (07:04):
I don't believe any of it. What do you mean
you don't believe that. I don't believe any of it.
Speaker 7 (07:07):
There was one show I was promised we would talk basketball.
Speaker 6 (07:10):
We didn't. Then I don't believe we're gonna do it today.
But we'll see.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
All Right, Taylor, you're gonna let him play this game.
I'm begging you to let him play this game with us.
Speaker 5 (07:18):
Okay, yeah, we could get to the Freddie perraulta trade.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
After Stevie Cohen finally spending some money, met fans are
finally happy. I think I have no idea, but I
maintain that. I know Colin Cowhor disagrees. The Dodgers awful
for the sport of baseball, just terrible. They're terrible for
the sport of baseball. It is not good to have
that much in balance. I know, once you get to
the postseason, things are random, but that team is guaranteed
(07:44):
to make it to the postseason every single season, and
they won the World Series the last two years. It's unfair,
and they keep adding on players. It's ridiculous, it's absurd,
and I don't care who the Mets at. They have
no chance of beating the Dodgers at the best of sevensaries.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
But I digress.
Speaker 7 (07:58):
This whole front page of No is just Mets editions,
and you're still just killing the Dodgers for adding too
many people.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I want you to understand something.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
The show sheet that Taylor puts together would be for
Taylor if he were hosting this show.
Speaker 7 (08:10):
I mean that is so true because I circled something
or not to get us off on a tangent here,
but I circled something in here that it just feels
like he just wants us to ask.
Speaker 6 (08:21):
What his deal is with this particular subject.
Speaker 7 (08:24):
Because it says is it time for the SEC to retire?
It just means more. I don't think that's a very
long conversation. I just think that's Taylor an acc guys saying,
you know what SEC.
Speaker 6 (08:37):
Take that you don't deserve that anymore? Am I right?
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Taylor?
Speaker 5 (08:41):
Well, I'm glad you brought that up because the SEC
was four and ten in ball season this season. Yes,
but two of those four wins were against other SEC teams.
The third was Ole Miss beating two Lane and then
the fourth was Texas beating Michigan and Texas Texas's Johnny
come Lately when it comes to the SEC. So, SEC,
if you're gonna say it just means more, start winning
(09:03):
when it actually matters. Because three straight years the big ten.
Thank you, Thank you easy for letting me get that off.
Speaker 6 (09:08):
You just check that out the list that one's done.
Speaker 7 (09:10):
I'll see if there's a couple more in there that
we should chime in on later of the show.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
So, Izzy, I am having a hard time, which is
which is rare for me, at least getting excited.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
About Championship Sunday in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Now there's a tinge of sadness that comes with Championship Sunday.
You're excited for it, you can't wait to watch the games,
but you also realize we have three football games left
before mikey A pulls out his catcher's glove and starts
thinking about p's and c's pitchers and catchers reporting the
spring training.
Speaker 6 (09:39):
That glove looks like it's from eighteen hundred. It is.
Speaker 8 (09:44):
Just bought it.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Did you really how much is a glove these days? Yeah?
They're expensive? Right, Yeah?
Speaker 8 (09:50):
I talked I talked him down to about forty dollars
on this one. I just want it easy to know.
This is where my head's at.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Okay, I think when we play the NBA game, I
have that love on the entire time. Please, So I'm
having a hard time getting myself excited for Championship Sunday
because the storylines to me just aren't that interesting. And
I'm wondering if you're experiencing the same thing. Let me
(10:15):
elaborate for just a second. Please, Sam Darnold winning his
first Super Bowl, Like, that's not a big it's not
a big enough storyline for me. Seattle, great team, fourteen
and three, they're the one seed, they're a home game
away from making it to the super Bowl. Apologies to Seattle.
I just don't care about that team enough, Okay, I
really do. Then you have you know, you have Denver
(10:39):
with Jared Stickham corner back, and maybe there's a storyline
there with Sean Payton winning his second Super Bowl, which
puts him in an entirely different category when you're talking
about the greatest coaches of all time, especially if you
win one with your backup quarterback Jared Stickham.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
So you have that storyline.
Speaker 7 (11:00):
People sitting at home saying, wow, I really want to
coach to win number two.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Right Sean and that coach in particular, Sean Payton.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
And then you have Matthew Stafford, who was going for
his second Super Bowl since leaving Detroit, and Stafford that
would put him in a different category of quarterbacks in
terms of how we kind of look back at these things.
And a guy with two Super Bowl rings. And I
guess a lot of people are probably rooting for the
veteran Matthew Stafford because he seems like a good guy,
(11:30):
very popular guy, and I think people are rooting for
him to pull it off. And then you have the
Patriots and can they kind of turn it around this
quickly and be the most dominant team in the NFL again?
Speaker 6 (11:42):
Last the last Patriots Super Bowl win? What year was that?
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Taylor would know and he'll look it up.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
Well, he's a new new Patriots fan, so I don't
know if he knows right off a long six years. Yes, Patriots,
Oh my.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
No, they've done a remarkable job.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
They have a Gibbob Kraft, credit, got the right coach
in there, they got the right quarterback in there, and
they have a really good shot because they're taking on
Jared Stickham in the AFC Championship Game, so they have
a good shot of advances.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
Thank you, Thank you, guys.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
But I really just I really just have none of
the storylines that I just kind of laid out for you.
They mean nothing to me, and I'm not certain they
mean anything to anyone nationally unless you live in one
of those four markets, you know.
Speaker 7 (12:28):
And it's funny because normally the NFL just transcends all
there's always enough there.
Speaker 6 (12:34):
There seems to be, and you.
Speaker 7 (12:36):
Know, most people would say, I don't need storylines to
show me good football, and I think that's not true,
especially when it comes to, you know, the biggest game
of the year that you have two weeks of build
up for.
Speaker 6 (12:45):
So it's yeah, I think you can cheer.
Speaker 7 (12:49):
For the best Super Bowl possibility, which would probably be
Rams Patriots, and that's what you're pulling for. And I
think the Rams and the way their offense runs. I
think Gunakua just as a football player, is just phenomenal
to watch because it feels like any the ball anywhere
in his vicinity, he can always get there. So there's
enough entertainment to where it's like, all right, I'm good
(13:11):
for these two games, but in comparison to most conference
championship weekends, it feels a little empty.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
It does, by the way, if Sean Payton did win,
Like of the coaches who have won this is interesting,
of the coaches who have won multiple Super Bowls who
have done it with the worst quarterbacks, because I would say,
like Drew Brees great obviously, Jared Stickham not so great.
And if he wins this one, that's that's fairly impressive
(13:37):
winning two games, the AFC Championship Game and the Super
Bowl with your backup quarterback. If people are comparing it
to Jeff Hostetler, it is not that is not the
same situation.
Speaker 7 (13:46):
I would like Jared'stidham to survive a quarter before we
start talking about him winning two games and one of
them being the Super Bowl.
Speaker 6 (13:53):
Let's just see how he survives a quarter.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
But I'm just wondering of the coaches, I think it's
Parcels now that I'm thinking about it. Els won one. Now,
Phil Simms was a good quarterback. A lot of people
feel like he should be in the Hall of Fame.
Chris Sims, his son will join us later on the show.
But Parcels won with Phil Simms and Jeff Hostetler. M
(14:15):
now Hostetler Sims got hurt.
Speaker 7 (14:17):
I think twelve games into that season, Hostetler had four
games to ramp up get ready for the playoffs, and
then took that team to the Super Bowl.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
They beat the Buffalo Bills in that Super Bowl. And
I'm just trying to think of the coaches who have
won Super Bowls with the worst quarterbacks, of the coaches
who have won multiple Super Bowls, because I think if
we just said one super Bowl would be Trent dilferd.
Speaker 8 (14:39):
Right, Belichick, one with a backup Tom Brady. Ye, that
first year it was Drew Bledsoe.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
You're right, yeah, But he didn't win with anyone else.
That's the problem, you know, it was just Brady.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
So I don't know.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
I'm just having a hard time getting myself excited for
uh and it seems weird.
Speaker 6 (14:59):
It's such a weird feeling.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
It's Championship Sunday, and I can't get myself excited because
I don't care about Seattle and zan Donald, Yes, so.
Speaker 7 (15:04):
Much so that I spent that entire time wondering if
it was tinge of sadness or twinge of sadness. And
it is tinge of sadness technically. But if you look
at the definition, they both work.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Yeah, yeah they do.
Speaker 6 (15:15):
How about that you don't look up the quarterbacks? I didn't.
I didn't. I looked at the show sheet. Taylor wasn't
in there. Yes, information not there. Thank your contribution. What
do you got, Taylor?
Speaker 5 (15:27):
Stud What if you look at it from the angle
of right now, Matthew Stafford in the club of the
Hall of Fame, Matthew Stafford's probably fifteenth twentieth in line.
His stats are a little underwhelming in comparison to other
Hall of Fame quarterbacks. Yes, but if Stafford is able
to win a second Super Bowl, I think he goes
(15:48):
to the front of the line.
Speaker 6 (15:49):
So what do you Why is he in line?
Speaker 7 (15:51):
By the way, he's not in line. He already has
the bracelet, He's guaranteed it. He's about to win MVP
at age thirty seven.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
No, so I think what Taylor's trying to say, if
I can correct you, here is Matthew staff and is
he is right, Stafford's already in the Hall of Fame,
but he's in a different room. He's in the room
of people with one ring. Okay, so you're saying, what
happens to him if he wins a second ring? He
goes to a very special room, Taylor. He does, like
to use your analogy or however you laid it out
(16:18):
for us. He is technically if he was waiting to
get into this lame club in Canton called the Pro
Football Hall of Fame. And I got to tell you,
if you've never been to Canton, Wow, there's the Pro
Football Hall of Fame surrounded by strip clubs. It's a
(16:39):
weird place, it really is. But what Taylor is saying
is how much would this move Matthew Stafford up? And
it would move him up drastically in my opinion, because
now you're talking about a quarterback that has multiple Super
Bowl championships. He's going to be a first ballot.
Speaker 7 (16:54):
Hall of Famer and he's going to go into a
very special room if he does have two rings.
Speaker 6 (16:58):
Now with Taylor, is that what you meant? Kida?
Speaker 5 (17:03):
Yeah? And also Ricardo here in the VIP room with me.
He pitched that maybe Joe Gibbs winning with Rippin and
Thighsman should be in consideration.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
That's a good one. And Campbell it was Doug Williams.
Speaker 5 (17:15):
Williams, Doug Williams, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Who's Campbell? I'man Jason Campbell.
Speaker 6 (17:21):
Who's Ricardo? Put it on the Paul Taylor, Who's Ricardo? Yes?
Or no? Oh?
Speaker 2 (17:33):
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Speaker 9 (18:08):
Bruntson crossover, dribblab for Robinson, who slams it down.
Speaker 6 (18:13):
I'm such a fan of how often we're starting to
see this play.
Speaker 9 (18:16):
Crowd rises to its feet Wolf straight on three pointer
is good.
Speaker 6 (18:21):
It's one twenty to sixty six.
Speaker 9 (18:23):
It will not be the lowest scoring fourth quarter by
a Knick's opponent, but it will be the largest margin
of victory in the history of the New York Knicks
franchise as they beat the Nets tonight one twenty to
sixty six.
Speaker 6 (18:39):
Is that Monica mcnutt's voice I heard there?
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Yes, yes, listen, that's how you do a get right game.
By the way, a tail of the players only meeting work.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
How about that?
Speaker 5 (18:47):
I mean, yeah, some conflicting reports there. Because Josh Hart
was asked about it after the gaming, he goes, I
don't know where you guys got that. We didn't have
a meeting. We might have just talked in the locker room.
Speaker 6 (18:58):
What the heck do you think of meetings? Right? A
talk where the coaches there.
Speaker 5 (19:02):
But when does a talk go from a talk to
a meeting?
Speaker 3 (19:05):
When Jalen Brunson says it's a meeting, that's it, I mean,
it worked.
Speaker 6 (19:08):
Who cares?
Speaker 2 (19:09):
They blew him out? All right, Dan, stay here for
a second. Because you're a professional, you pronounce everything right.
Speaker 6 (19:14):
Is it?
Speaker 7 (19:15):
Robert or Robert the guy the trade? Are you answer
that question, Well, do we know the player's first name?
Speaker 6 (19:23):
Luise? Okay, so that's maybe a hint. Yes.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Now, Taylor this morning said Luis Robert, and he was
corrected by Salacata on our podcast. He said it is
Luise Robert Jr. And I am going to Dan Byer.
Whatever he says, it sticks. Dan, I've said, Robert.
Speaker 5 (19:39):
Really, that's devastating.
Speaker 6 (19:40):
I've heard nothing but Robert. I'll tell you what.
Speaker 10 (19:45):
For a guy for years, I couldn't remember if it
was Devers or Divers, you know, with Raphael Devers, but Robert,
I've stuck with Robert. I've been on the side of
Robert for the last season or so.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
So let me ask you a question, Dan, because I
used to do updates, I'm wondering, is there a name
that you're terrified of? Is you see it on the update?
You know you have to put it down there. Yeah,
mentioned that name and you're terrified of it.
Speaker 10 (20:07):
Two huge names. And this may date me a little bit.
I didn't call their scores, but Jerry Rice with the
double RS like it was like it would be Jerry Weiss,
like that's what it would come out with. Arnold Palmer
with the double l's right, and then always messing up
Russell Westbrook with Russell Wilson, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Durant.
Speaker 6 (20:26):
Those are the ones.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
But you hate when the tennis majors are going on
right like that.
Speaker 10 (20:31):
That's not That's why you only say Novak Djokovic advanced
to the third round. That's the easiest way to get
through it.
Speaker 6 (20:37):
Or the joker. Yes, yes, that's even better. Taylor.
Speaker 7 (20:41):
How shocked are you that Stu Gatz used to do
updates when he can't do the most basic of names
his own friends' names.
Speaker 5 (20:47):
Yeah, at this point nothing really surprises me with Steve
Gotts in his background and just a tile loose end
Bard up Ricardo back here. Yeah, he said he's Cuban
and it's Robert.
Speaker 6 (20:58):
Thank you. Wow.
Speaker 7 (20:59):
I know there's never been a Hispanic person in the
history of time named Lewis Robert.
Speaker 6 (21:04):
It doesn't make any sense, I know.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
But Dan Buyer says it's Robert.
Speaker 10 (21:06):
If he was l o U I s, would you
be more apt to think that it was Robert.
Speaker 6 (21:12):
Yes, such a great point by you.
Speaker 7 (21:14):
If it was spelled the true well, I should say
the traditional way. But l O U I S. Yes,
Luis Robert would make sad Lewis Robert.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
Yes, that is exactly what's going on here.
Speaker 6 (21:26):
So who do we go with?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
I'm confused. I'm not certain who's righting.
Speaker 6 (21:32):
Do we go with the Cuban or the American.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox. We'll get to
your calls in a second. Is he wants to play
an NBA game? By the way, my agent texted me
and he said that, uh, Tom Flores one two would
Jim Plunket. It's not bad my agent, Lou, Thank you, Lou,
appreciate it. Is he wants to play an NBA game.
So I walked outside for a second during the break.
I came back in and what I found is he
(21:57):
doing was muttering under his breath about the Offensive Player
of the Year award.
Speaker 11 (22:02):
I feel like I'm sabotaging my own game here, But
I looked at it right, and it's just brought back
anger that I woke up with today when I saw
the NFL MVP finalist and the Offensive Player of the
Year finalists, and it's.
Speaker 6 (22:14):
Like, what are those awards?
Speaker 7 (22:18):
So the MVP's, you know, the finalists are include Drake,
may include obviously Matthew Stafford and all the other quarterbacks,
and then Christian McCaffrey, and then there's.
Speaker 6 (22:28):
Offensive Player of the Year.
Speaker 7 (22:30):
And Drake May is an Offensive Player of the Year,
but none of the other quarterbacks are an Offensive Player
of the Year.
Speaker 6 (22:35):
So what remind me? What side of the ball do
quarterbacks play? Offense?
Speaker 7 (22:39):
So how are you the Offensive Player of the Year
and not the MVP, or if you are the MVP,
I'm sorry. If you're not the MVP, like Drake May
probably won't be, he'll be second. How is he even
a candidate for Offensive Player of the What do you mean?
Speaker 6 (22:54):
It makes no sense?
Speaker 8 (22:55):
Uh huh because best player that doesn't play quarterback is
too long.
Speaker 7 (23:01):
But he's a quarterback and he's on the Offensive Player
of the Year list and he's not the best quarterback
on the MVP list.
Speaker 6 (23:09):
So what does that mean?
Speaker 7 (23:10):
Does Matthew Stafford do something to make him the MVP
that does not involve offense? Because somehow Drake May already
just based on the nominations, is a better offensive player
than Matthew Stafford, But somehow Matthew Stafford is going to
be the MVP.
Speaker 6 (23:29):
Hey, guys, look what does it means? Hey guys? Look,
who cares about football?
Speaker 4 (23:32):
Now?
Speaker 6 (23:32):
I don't care about football.
Speaker 7 (23:34):
I care about things that make sense, and that makes
no sense.
Speaker 5 (23:37):
This was also in my show Prep too, So this
is the pot calling the kettle black right now because
he went to a topic straight off my topic. List
your thoughts, Taylor, just give all the awards to Drake May.
Speaker 6 (23:51):
I mean, it's stupid, but why do you care so
much about this stuff? I don't care about it. It's
just like saying running back of the Year versus rusher
of the year. It's this.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
It should be the same thing.
Speaker 7 (24:05):
So if you want to exclude quarterbacks from Offensive Player
of the Year, I'm fine with that. But don't include
the second place dude from the MVP quarterback group into
the Offensive Player of the Year group.
Speaker 6 (24:17):
It makes no sense.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
I promise we'll get to is he's NBA game. He's
unhinged right now. Let's go to Lenny and Fort Wayne.
Speaker 12 (24:24):
Lenny, go ahead, Hi, this is a Lenny from Fort Wayne.
Speaker 6 (24:28):
We established that is.
Speaker 12 (24:30):
I want to say that the twenty five Hoosiers are
so special because they won every game and they won
all the playoff games. Thanks, I'll hang up in Leonard.
Speaker 6 (24:38):
That's a great call Lenny. Who was that?
Speaker 7 (24:42):
Way to go Leonard, Just just to recap, the Hoogiahs
are so special because they won every game, Yes, and
they won every playoff.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
Taylor, do we have to get Benny from Fort Lauderdale?
Do you we have to get that call? Right?
Speaker 6 (24:56):
Because that was that was Lenny Lenny. It's a totally
different Oh yeah, but I love that so much. God,
thank you for making me smile. Sir. This is therapy
for me every day two hours.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
I'm gonna laugh with my friends and I'm gonna laugh
with the listeners, laugh with the callers, and uh.
Speaker 6 (25:11):
You guys are gonna pull me through a difficult time.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Let's go to Murray. We'll get to your NBA game
in a second. Here, Marry, it's Sue Falls.
Speaker 6 (25:18):
Go ahead, Murray. Hey, so tailor Mikey is do you
love you? Guys?
Speaker 4 (25:23):
Murray?
Speaker 11 (25:24):
Here?
Speaker 6 (25:24):
First time, long time call from my car.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
Foonde Here it's too Falls. Still waiting on you to visit.
Speaker 6 (25:29):
Maybe the subburst too good question before you.
Speaker 12 (25:31):
Got how do you protounce that wide receiver's day from
the Seahawks?
Speaker 6 (25:36):
How do you sell it? They sell? Hang up and listen?
Love you by all right? I want away. Yes, I
want all calls to be like the last two, please
all of them. That was a specific question for you, sir.
I'm not answering that. Ques. Come on, Mikey, you want
to take that question, go ahead. I don't think Mikey
can say his name as well as you can.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
No, I'm good Jackson, Jackson Smith and Jigba Okay, it's
that I could say that name.
Speaker 6 (26:01):
And guys, please get the Eddie ericson.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Sads here for the front the first segment, because I
too mispronounced words.
Speaker 6 (26:08):
I do it often.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
I'm probably the greatest to ever do it. Here's me
trying to say my friend's name who I know. It's
an easy name to say, and I've known him for
fifteen years. Head said, and perhaps Eddie editor, Wow, I
et a roadblock that hurt my throat one more time?
You literally, perhaps Eddie edit, I choked on the eight,
(26:32):
the second eight. It sounds like you ate a roadblock
in the middle of that. I told you yesterday we're
not professional except for Izzy. I mean that's about it.
I mean I desperately want to play your NBA game.
I'm not certain you left us enough time here in.
Speaker 6 (26:49):
The It's my fault. I was strictly going by Taylor
show sheet.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Here do you want to play the NBA game? I
am happy to play your game. Go ahead, take it away.
Speaker 6 (26:58):
He let's do well, do we have enough time here?
Speaker 3 (27:00):
Should we just be doing We have plenty of times?
Speaker 6 (27:01):
Okay, well, it's not really a game necessarily, right, But.
Speaker 7 (27:06):
If you think about sort of when trade activity is
most likely in the NBA, it's when teams feel like
the championship is up for grabs. Sometimes it could happen
in an off season where you look forward and you
look ahead and say, man, there really isn't that many
great teams. Let me see if I can make a
big move, have a big three, whatever, see if we
(27:26):
can win a championship.
Speaker 6 (27:28):
Or it could happen in the middle of the season.
Speaker 7 (27:30):
I'm trying not to look at Mikey as he taps
his catcher's mitt, trying to distract me at all costs.
You know, when you look at approaching the trade deadline
and there's some people available and you think, wow, I
could really elevate ourselves and become the champion this year.
Speaker 6 (27:46):
And so.
Speaker 7 (27:48):
You say all that to look around and say, does
this feel like a season where the championship is up
for grabs, and so the game I just want to
play with you. It's a very simple game. I think
even you would be all over this game. Does this
team feel like.
Speaker 6 (28:03):
An NBA champion? All right, all right, it's a fun game, Taylor.
Easy for you. Mikey, you can pat that Mitt all
you want. I think you can play this game as well.
Speaker 7 (28:10):
No, I love this game. That's one of the building
blocks of sports radio. Yes, we'll start with this. This
is a very easy answer here. They won it last year.
Do the OKAC Thunder feel like an NBA champion?
Speaker 6 (28:20):
Yes, of course. Okay, we're at one.
Speaker 7 (28:22):
Okay, the San Antonio Spurs with a young Victor Wembinyama
who you probably don't know.
Speaker 6 (28:29):
This still on somewhat of a minute's restriction. Twenty eight
to thirty minutes.
Speaker 7 (28:34):
Did the San Antonio Spurs in twenty twenty six feel
like an NBA champion?
Speaker 3 (28:39):
Umm, I'm gonna say yes, Mikey.
Speaker 8 (28:42):
What do you think the Bear had us bet them
to beat the Knicks in the finals.
Speaker 6 (28:47):
So I'm gonna have to say yes, yes, Taylor, Yes, yeah, Okay.
Speaker 7 (28:52):
Having watched them play a good amount, I don't think
they feel like an NBA champion. I feel like Victor
Weinbinyama can give it to you certain nights, but four
out of seven in the playoffs, when teams are committed
to defending him, and it's not just a one off
of eighty two, I don't think they're ready yet. They
do not feel as a veteran NBA person, They don't
feel personally like an NBA champion.
Speaker 6 (29:13):
But I'll give you those two. Okay, let's go to
the top of the East. Okay, the Detroit Pistons, who
I'm pretty sure you've spent a little bit of time watching.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
I have Jalen Duran on my fantasy team, so I'm
not saying I watched them. I've looked at box scores.
Speaker 6 (29:26):
Do they feel like an NBA champion?
Speaker 5 (29:28):
Now?
Speaker 2 (29:28):
Do the Pistons feel like an NBA champion? One seed
in the East. I have to talk this out. Thirty
two and ten one four straight, No, Jason Tatum. Do
they feel like an NBA champion or a team that
can make it to the NBA five champion that would
have been a better game.
Speaker 6 (29:44):
Just champion. Do the Pistons feel like a champion? I'm
gonna say no, no, Jason Tatum. Just to be clear,
Jayson Tatum does not play for the Pistons.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Right, Jason Tatum. They don't have Jason Tatum.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
Yes, the Celtics don't have Jason. Well, I'm at the Celtics.
I almost called you, but you know what, I almost
called you. By the way, Jason Tatum is not I
have to talk these things out. Let me do it
my way, okay, But I.
Speaker 7 (30:06):
Just want you to know it's not can they win
an NBA title this year? That's a different game.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
But part of winning one is getting there, and so
I have to convince myself they can get there before
I tell you they could win it.
Speaker 7 (30:18):
Do they feel like an NBA champion doesn't really matter
about anybody else?
Speaker 6 (30:21):
Are we going to do this for twenty seven other teams?
I mean, this is why I told you we didn't
have time.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
All right, I'm gonna say no on the Pistons. All right,
I'm gonna say no, well, hold on, Mikey, yes or
no on the Pistons.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I agree, No, yeah, Taylor, No, the Pistons don't.
Speaker 7 (30:34):
Yeah, okay, and let's just go to your other team, Okay,
The Celtics Celtics. Yes, we already established know Jason Tatum.
Although he looks pretty good when he's practicing and stuff.
I'm not sure where he's at right now, but he's
gonna be back.
Speaker 6 (30:47):
Okay. The Celtics, do they feel like an NBA champ?
Not to me, No, Taylor.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
I could buy into this team because of Jayalen Brown.
He could buy into it, so I would say a
different game.
Speaker 6 (30:58):
It's a yes or no game, can you right?
Speaker 5 (31:03):
I do have a feeling that they could.
Speaker 6 (31:05):
So that's what that was, just the top two teams
in each company.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Hold on, we left out Mikey A. Mikey A and
he's shaking his head and discussed at Taylor.
Speaker 5 (31:11):
I think, No, it's the Celtics.
Speaker 8 (31:14):
They always feel like a champion.
Speaker 5 (31:15):
It's one of those.
Speaker 6 (31:16):
Teams like, yeah, you could convince me this is a
this is a championship team. But what what fact thats
do give us?
Speaker 4 (31:22):
Though?
Speaker 7 (31:23):
No, Jason Tata, right, So this team needed Jason Tatum
to win a championship and now they don't have them.
And even if he comes back, will you be the same?
But I don't believe they feel like an NBA champion.
The point being if you look around the league and
any team that I didn't name right there now, this
is without Denver, without Jokis. If they had Jokis, they
could feel like an NBA.
Speaker 6 (31:43):
Champion, they would feel like an NBA championship.
Speaker 7 (31:45):
But all of these teams that, even the ones that
we did mention, could look to themselves and say, we
can solidify ourselves as an NBA champion, faith championship favorite
with one move. And I feel like you look around,
I think eventually people are going to maybe say, okay,
maybe we'll give up a little bit for John Morant,
right as opposed to just trying to give away scraps
for him. You look at what's happening in Milwaukee now,
(32:07):
and maybe we'll play sound of a Janni Santatakupo saying,
is all his teammates are playing selfishly a little later,
but that move while he's not demanding a trade publicly.
According to Brian Winhorse, anyway, the hour by hour we
get closer and closer to.
Speaker 6 (32:20):
Him making a move.
Speaker 7 (32:21):
It feels like because of that whole concept of hey,
this this championship remains up for grabs no matter how
much we think, okay, so should be a favorite. I
think you're going to start to see a lot of
activity and people really pushing for the for the Yiannis
trade to happen, and even for John Morant trade.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Why did you try out one more team on me
and Taylor?
Speaker 6 (32:39):
Just one more team? Just ask us, ask us the team. Okay,
do the New York Knicks feel like an NBA ship?
Hell yeah?
Speaker 5 (32:48):
Add to that Cup championship.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
Yeah, the first team ever to win the Cup and
the NBA Championship in the same season.
Speaker 6 (32:55):
That it's so crazy.
Speaker 7 (32:56):
Even in Milwaukee, they're they're trying to convince themselves that
they're buyers. Like you talk to you know whatever, the
Beat writers or people over there, it's like, no, we
have Giannis, we add one more piece, we do this,
we can win a championship this year. And it's just
I think it's going to set up for some crazy discussions.
Speaker 6 (33:11):
At the very least.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
All Right, we have found the Benny and Fort Lauderdale call.
Speaker 6 (33:14):
We will play it for you after the break.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
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(33:45):
out our original podcast to Gotson Company and God Bless football.
Chris Sim's going to join us coming up at four
pm Eastern here on Fox Sports Radio. We have found
the Benny in Fort Lauderdale call. If you heard Lenny
in Fort Wayne call in last segment related what he
(34:06):
was years ago, many many years ago doing the show
with Dan. I think we were local doing the show locally.
We weren't national yet. We had a gentleman call in.
His name was Benny from Fort Lauderdale.
Speaker 6 (34:18):
Here it is Benny in Fort Lauderdale. You're on seven ninety.
Speaker 5 (34:22):
Hi, this is Benny for Fort Lauderdale.
Speaker 6 (34:25):
We've established that. I want to say that the.
Speaker 7 (34:29):
Seventy two Dolphins are so special because they won every game,
and then they won all the playoff games.
Speaker 5 (34:35):
That's a pretty good call.
Speaker 6 (34:36):
Who is this?
Speaker 2 (34:44):
That was Mark Hockman or executive producer at the time,
I forgot the line I could have dropped now those
afternoons on WQAM here in Miami. That was hot coming
over the top at the end there. And Hawk will
be spending some time with us as we move forward
year on nine to forty Fox Sports Radio. He's just
not aware of it yet. How'd you feel about your
(35:07):
NBA game?
Speaker 7 (35:07):
There?
Speaker 4 (35:08):
Is?
Speaker 3 (35:09):
You love it?
Speaker 6 (35:09):
You're larger? Well, no, I did, because you were.
Speaker 7 (35:12):
Trying to make a larger point. This is an odd
season where you can only really see one or two
teams winning an NBA championship.
Speaker 3 (35:22):
That's odd for the NBA.
Speaker 6 (35:23):
Usually there's two or three now or at their two least.
Speaker 7 (35:26):
The team that's got the big lead in the conference
you're somewhat afraid of. And it's just you know, you
you think about how NBA playoff series are one, and
it's you've got to have a formula to be able
to overcome a team that is locked in to defend
you four out of seven times. And you look at
the Detroit Pistons and yeah, they have KD. Cunningham, but
(35:47):
how often you know, I've watched a lot of kid,
even before he broke through and finally became the All
Star and he's seen a lot of help, He's seen
a lot of defenders, but has he seen, you know,
the full bag of a really good coach and a
really good defensive team for three straight series? And if
that is something that you know he's off, will do
(36:10):
they have a secondary option where when things slow down, man, Mikey,
when things slow down, is giving the ball to Tobias
Harris in the mid post? Really something you feel great about,
you know, to take you through four basketball series.
Speaker 6 (36:23):
So to me, it just feels like if.
Speaker 7 (36:25):
I'm a GM been there for a while, I'm like,
this is the year I can turn my sixth seed
into a championship contender.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
For the radio audience and that's all of you, Mikey.
The reason you heard, the reason you heard is he
make that sound about Mikey right in the middle of
his sentence. Is because Mikey, while he's trying to talk basketball,
not only has a catcher's mid on, but now he
has a mask.
Speaker 6 (36:47):
What are you doing, I'm not doing anything?
Speaker 5 (36:56):
Well, was that a Mikey drop?
Speaker 2 (37:00):
That's Mikey saying he wasn't doing anything when all he
was doing was making sounds to distract us.
Speaker 7 (37:06):
Now, Apparently that's become his thing, trying to distract whoever
speaking at the moment, I'm not doing anything.
Speaker 6 (37:12):
It worked on you.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
The problem with the NBA is that one team that
we can all see winning the NBA title, that we
can all feel it, and the most likely winner is
in a market that no one cares about. I say
that respectfully to Oklahoma City, but no one cares about
you except for the people living in Oklahoma City, Okay.
Speaker 3 (37:35):
And that he and their superstars boring. That's a problem
for the NBA, y.
Speaker 6 (37:40):
All that can be true.
Speaker 7 (37:41):
I also not think. I also know it's very difficult
to repeat. As NBA champion said, no matter how set
up they are, they still had a lot of things
go in their favor. They had a handful of Game
sevens over the last couple of years. Had you know,
in Game seven for the championship where the best player
on the opposing team went down.
Speaker 6 (37:58):
And so I'm going to tell you right now.
Speaker 7 (38:01):
I'm not gonna put too much on it, but I'm
pretty sure they're not going to win the NBA Championship
this year.
Speaker 5 (38:07):
Just for context, Stu's most boring player in the last
game in their win scored forty points. He was sixteen
of nineteen from the field, and he had a double dump.
Speaker 6 (38:17):
How many dunks?
Speaker 2 (38:17):
How many dunks? Seriously, I mean how many mid range
jumpers was that? Honestly, he's a mid range jumper.
Speaker 6 (38:24):
That's what he does.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
That's his go to move is taking mid range jumpers. Okay,
I mean, do me a favor. If you're gonna be
the best player in the game, give me a windmill
dunk once in a while.
Speaker 6 (38:33):
How does that sound like?
Speaker 3 (38:34):
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