May 8, 2024 • 39 mins
Brian Noe & Eddie Garcia fill in for Ben Maller and talk about the latest in the NBA playoffs with easy wins for the Celtics over the Cavs and the Thunder over the Mavericks, how the NBA playoffs are comparing to the NHL playoffs, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Ah, yes, a perfect record, actually perfect records plural. We'll
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(00:24):
this is the most impressive record here. How about our
guy Poppy in San Diego going to and oh wow,
he called it on last night's show. He said, give
me Boston minus five and a half in the first half,
give me Boston minus eleven and a half in the game. Win,
win for Poppy in San Diego.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Yeah. What do they say about a clock, a broken
clock being right twice a day?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
That's right? Yeah, maybe that's Uh, those were the two
times for Poppy yesterday.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
He was bound to hit at some point.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
He knocked it out of the park.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
No, don't encourage you, Brian. Normally he's not good at all, terrible.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah, I'm curious if he's gonna run it back in
grand fashion as the night.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Oh yeah, he could come back with full confidence that
whatever nonsense he picks will be will be a winner, but.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
He might hit us with you know, like a seventeen
leg parlagne.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I don't know. I don't think he'll do that. He'll
just pick her the favorite is and you know do that.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yeah, you know. It was boat Race City in the
NBA Eddie. The two games were not close, not high
on drama. But if you're looking for drama, man, you
gotta look at puck. Your puck action delivered, got a
couple of overtime barn Burners Rangers won and double overtime
(01:42):
Avs came back from a three gold deficit to win
in overtime. That's where the drama was. The Celtics and
the thunder rolled. Calves and MAVs not too good in
their game ones, but the dramas in the NHL. Man
got to give credit where credits due.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Well, that's not a surprise. I mean, honestly, I'm really
I mean, I know, I'm the hockey honk, and I
don't shy away from that. But Charles Barkley himself has
said many times that the NHL playoffs are better than
the NBA playoffs. He's not wrong.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
So it's like the it's the nature of the sports.
I think a lot of it is. Is that to
you tell me as the hockey guy, is that too
much of like a non hockey comment, or do you
think that the style of the sport lends itself more
times than not when we're talking about the best that
(02:36):
the NHL has to offer at this stage, you're more
likely to get closer games, at least a higher number
of closer games than you are in the NBA. Would
you agree with that? Is that fair to say? I
think it is. I don't know if you think it is.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
No, I think it's fair to say. But I also
think it's fair to say that there's more parody in
the NHL than the NBA, that you're going to get
more upsets. It's not as surprising to see, you know,
a lower seed team or I always get that confused
by the lower higher seeded team, A higher seed team,
I guess right, or no higher seed like.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
A lower lower seeded.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
I always want to think a lower means worse, right,
but it does. It lower means you're better. Actually, it's
it's just in my head, it's always yeah, it's both.
It's always reversed for me. So I have to think
about that when I say it, But anyway, more up, you.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Have the lesser record, you have the lower seed, right
right right, the same thing. Yeah, okay, well yeah, you know,
whatever it happens. But uh yeah, you know, listen, I
think you can love both, but I don't know. It's
kind of like an MMA versus boxing thing. I never
understood that you can love both. I think it's the
same thing with the NBA and the NHL. You don't
(03:46):
have to choose. It's like, just enjoy both. You know.
The NBA stuff ended. I watched that, and I watched
some puck. It was good. You know, well two for
one combo bladder right there.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
You know, yeah, you can. But I just think if
you're going to devote your time, right, you need to
kind of pick one. You You can dabble a little
bit in one or the other. But a long time ago,
I made a choice. And when I was growing up,
I was a big Lakers fan. Loved Magic Johnson, showtime Lakers.
I was all over that and then, but I wasn't
(04:20):
really exposed to hockey that much with one team in
California and blah blah blah. So then once I kind
of opened my mind a little bit and watched the
other one. I was like, you know what, this is
way better than that, and plus it would let to
be fair. You know, I was raised on Celtics Lakers.
You know, those were two great teams going at it,
(04:40):
and then kind of when the transition came, it was
all about, you know, Michael Jordan, the NBA was showcasing individuals,
ain't really marketing teams quite so much anymore. And I've
always been you know, football and I think hockey too.
There are more team sports now than the NBA. I've
always said, is it's more of an Maybe this is
changing a little bit, but it's more of an individual
(05:01):
sport in a team sport, rapper, but it's more about
you know, one or two guys than it is the teams.
Most most of the times, something's changed a little bit.
Like Minnesota, they're a nice team, you know, they do
some things as far as a group, and now Oklahoma
City's kind of like that too, So maybe it's maybe
there's a little bit of an ebb and flow of it.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
No, I hear you, Hey, listen, man, I can't argue
with that. If you're more into the team aspect, that
that's absolutely more NHL. It's not to say there aren't
you know, teams. I think Denver has been a very
good team. It's not like Yokich, who's probably going to
be named MVP on Wednesday, Eddie, I'm hoping, so I
bet on that. So we need that to be the case, right,
(05:41):
But it's not like Yokich is self absorbed and is
a me me me guy and is hogging the spotlight
or right like, so you do get some of the
team aspect, but it's absolutely way more in the NHL.
There's no doubt, especially for man For decades, the NBA
marketed it stars like that's what it hung its hat on. Right,
(06:04):
So if that's not your cup of tea, I could
see how you would, you know, stray stray away. He
come back every now and then, right, but you stray away.
I get that. We were talking about perfect records. It's
not just Poppy in San Diego. It's our guy, Mark
Dagnault in Okac. This is interesting, edieks. He talked about
(06:24):
being a Lakers fan from back in the day. So
Mark Dagnault, he is the coach of the year over
there in ok See. He's won his first five career
playoff games the Oklahoma City Thunder. They're perfect so far.
They swept the Pelicans and now they beat the MAVs
on Tuesday night. They're up won nothing in their series.
(06:45):
He's won his first five career playoff games, so he
joins an esteemed list over here. He's the seventh head
coach to do that. And a couple of names on
this list are kind of interesting. Pat Riley is one
of the names. In nineteen eighty one eighty two, he
started off his playoff career five and oh right, he's
(07:06):
on the list. Mike dan Tony with the Sons on
the list, as is Steve Kerr with the Warriors, to
Ron lou with the Calves. A couple of names on
this list, So I found that to be pretty interesting.
But it ties back to your you know, Showtime Lakers
fandom right there in the early eighties, Eddie. So that's
the company that our guy Mark Dagnaolt is in right now.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Never heard of him, I know.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Never heard of the household now absolute.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
You could have given me a thousand guesses who that was,
and I would not have He could walk in here
with a shirt that said, Hi, I'm what's his name again?
Mark Dagnall, Mark Dagnall, and I would have been like,
oh hi, how nice to get you.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Mark.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Who are you an insurance Mark? What is? Are you
a manager somewhere? I'm the head coach of the Oklahoma
City Thunder. Actually, Eddie is what he would telling.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Good for you? Say, Wow, where'd you come from? Yeah? Right,
you know what I mean exactly, Like I know where
bj Bigger Staff came from. He came from his dad.
Where who was an NBA coach? Or you know what
I mean. Or if you're a former player, Jason Kidd,
I know who you are, But where did you come from? Yeah? Hey,
uh yeah, I I need to learn more about this gentleman.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yeah, he's done a good job. Man, OKC, They've come
a long way. They were the laughing stock of the
NBA not that long ago. Remember Eddie, I know you
do where Kevin? Yeah, Kevin Durant said, you know what,
I'm gonna leave here. I'm going to go to Golden
State And there.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Was He wasn't the only one, so people might remember
that James Harden played there at one time. What right, Yeah,
because he's been in a few different places.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
But yeah, they got rid of James, they committed to
serge of Baka, remember that, instead of James Harden. And
then shortly after that KD left as a free agent,
and then that began the end of that era of
OKC basketball. And they slow slowly built that thing up
(09:03):
and they're the number one seed in the West. They
haven't lost a game yet in the playoffs. Shake Gilgess,
Alexander is a fantastic scorer. And here they are man
no blemish on their postseason resume so far are They're
a fun team to watch, man to get after it.
They're a little bit like Minnesota. They defend really really well,
(09:24):
and they've got enough scoring. SGA does this thing, so
they're perfect thus far. I don't know is that good
or bad for the NBA, Eddie. Where you get teams
like the Minnesota Timberwolves undefeated so far, the Oklahoma City
Thunder undefeated so far. Like you were just saying, the
NBA promotes its stars, it's big name teams. Those are
(09:46):
not big name teams, big name cities. That good or
bad for the NBA in your estimation.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Well, in my estimation, I think it's good. You do,
I do, but I'm sure. You know, like if Ben
was here, he would you scoff at that. It's about
to you know, big markets and people. That's what people
want to see. I don't know, I want to see greatness.
I don't care where it comes from personally, but.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
It's fun to see some new blood in there, you.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Know, yeah right, But people I know, like, you know,
if you look at the NCAA basketball tournament, people will
scoff at that all the time. We got to have
Kentucky in there. We gotta have whatever, Billanova, Yeah, you
gotta have Kansas. I'm like, I've seen that. I know.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
I'm surprised the ratings drop off as much as they do.
I get it why the ratings. I understand why the
ratings are strong with the big name teams. And look,
if the Dallas Cowboys go deep into the playoffs, I
understand why the ratings follow. But if it's a new
team like the Detroit Lions, you know.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
I love that, I love yeah, yeah, or you.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Know, like the Oklahoma City Thunder Minnesota Timberwolves. It's just
strange to me where I'm curious where the ratings are
going to go. Anthony Edwards is an electrifying player and
they play a fun style of basketball. They guard you
like crazy, and it's not the same as this big name,
big market team, but it is an exciting I don't
(11:10):
know new type of team. And I don't know if
you're a basketball fan, I don't know why you would
just roll your eyes and say, eh, nah, no thanks.
It's like, are you used to eating the same meal
every night? Don't you want a little variety?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Well, according to Coop, you are. Well I's a bad
example for me.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Yeah, that's true. But when it comes to sports, I
like a little variety, Eddie. But yeah, I could eat goodness.
I could probably eat what would be your meal of
choice if you had to run it back, like five
out of seven days a week, Eddie. Is there anything
that would be a go to for you?
Speaker 2 (11:44):
I mean probably pizza?
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Is you know, pizza a staple?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
It's hard to go wrong with pizza.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
I go something like, I couldn't. You can't go wrong
with steak, you know, or chicken breasts. Give me some
form of chicken five out of seven night, I'd be
a happy man. I don't need Yeah, absolutely, I could
do taco bell five out of seven, diced your stomach,
candle nap. You're probably what's a normal order for you
(12:13):
at Taco Bell Coop?
Speaker 3 (12:15):
See, it's not that crazy.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
I get a cheesy Gordiita crunch, and then usually I'll
like my second item. I'll either go the spicy potato
soft taco or something that they're you know, one of
the limited time Like right now, I'm doing the Cantina
chicken taco.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
He's pretty good.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
What what about the drink? What's the beverage of choice?
Speaker 4 (12:38):
I don't usually get a drink, you don't know. I
mean I like Baja Blast, but no, I usually I'm
usually taking it to go and I go home and
I have, you know, drinks at home.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Okay, you just throw together some alcohol or you go water.
What do you go with?
Speaker 5 (12:54):
Na?
Speaker 3 (12:54):
I mean it's it's either water or diet doctor Pepper.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Okay, Yeah, I'm just curious curious what the playbook was
over there? Yeah, Eddie, you've shunned the fast food restaurants,
have you not? You've given these to that.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
You know, get married and start eating at home and
you know, have somebody that can actually cook for you.
It's nice. Yeah, I mean, plus i'd rather you know,
not weigh five three, Miss I can avoid it.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
I mean, hey, man, I hear you. I absolutely hear
you in that. Okay, we got a lot to do.
Lot's going on over here. Oh man, we have got Eddie.
We have got some some justice that has not been
carried forth. Huh. We've got some inconsistencies going on in
a league. We'll tell you about that. He's Eddie Garcia.
(13:42):
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You're announce guy. I'm at Eddie on Fox. My lips
(15:03):
have been on it the Stanley Cup. I was talking
about Lorena.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Yeah, actually I.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Know, and I'll lie from the tire rack dot Com,
Fox Sports Radio Studios it's Brian though.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
You know, Eddie, I do need to hear this story,
and I swear I will not forget it, being that's
not a lie. I will remember certain stories, not every story,
but I'll remember your lips being on the Stanley Cup.
What's the story with this?
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Well, the first time I saw the Stanley Cup, I was,
you know, you know, in awe of it. I think
it's the greatest sports trophy of them all. Plus you
can drink a beer out of it, which is cool.
Makes it far superior than you know, the Lombardi Trophy
or that baseball thing with all the little flags on it,
which is kind of weird.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
What did Manfred said the metal?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was good chop by that guy great, so,
but I you know, you could get I worked at
Fox Sports TV doing behind the scenes stuff when I
first came to LA and they it was there for
whatever reason and you could go up and take a
picture with it. So I did. I stood in line
and when took a picture with it, and I didn't
touch it. I didn't, you know. I was like, you know,
(16:16):
showing respect for it. There's a there's a rule if
you're a player, you don't touch it unless you win it,
right and I don't know. I know I'm never going
to win it, so I just felt like I couldn't
touch it or whatever. And then afterwards I was like,
you know what I should have I should have touched it.
I should have you know whatever. So then the next
time I had a chance, and the Kings had won
(16:37):
the Stanley Cup, uh and so I I said, I'm
kissing this thing. So yeah I did. I kissed it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Was it a hug and a kiss?
Speaker 6 (16:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (16:49):
They The only thing they tell you is you you
cannot pick it up. They have the keeper of the
cup there, which is what a job that is?
Speaker 6 (16:56):
Man?
Speaker 1 (16:57):
The guy with the like the blonde hair, Well.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
There's a couple of guys have to Yeah, they can't
just have to be the one guy. But yes, there
is a There's a guy named Phil Pritchett who I
met in Pittsburgh out a pizza place. I think he's
still doing I don't think he's retired, but he has
kind of longer hair. The guy you're talking about, Yeah, yeah,
he said, the only rule is you cannot you know,
it's it's sitting on like a table. You know, they
have like a little cloth over there and on top
(17:21):
of and whatever thing. He's like, you can touch it
and you know, but don't don't just don't grab it.
Don't try and lift it or anything like that. So yeah,
it's like okay, so.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Okay, so you can grab it, you can you know,
plant one on there.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
I mean I didn't see too many people do that,
but I did it. Yeah, you know, I've since seen
the Stanley Cup like probably a dozen times.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Keeper of the Cup. Yeah, I'm reading up on Phil
Pritchard right here. What kind of guy is Phil?
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Nice guy?
Speaker 1 (17:47):
When I met him, guy, Yeah, he's like, yeah, I
have some.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
With every player because every player gets their day with
the cup when they win the Stanley Cup, which is
another awesome I don't think they do that in other sports.
I could be wrong, but I don't think so. And
these guys all go back to their hometowns with it,
you know, and have a huge party. And he gets
to be a part of it because he asked. You know,
you can't get too too crazy cause he's got to
keep one eye on that cup. But yeah, he's gone
(18:13):
all over the world because you've got guys that you know,
are on winning teams from all over the world.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
What a job, man, that's an awesome job. Think of
the stories then, oh my god, yeah, goodness of everybody
who meets like comes into contact with the Stanley Cup.
Think how many inappropriate things he's been like, all right,
that's it's a little bit too much, right, you got it?
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Yeah, I think, as the legend goes, if I know
this correctly, it was at the bottom of a pool
after one of the penguins you know, had they had
won it, and they you know, had a party and
it got a little crazy, and the ANHL is like, yeah,
we're gonna have to sign somebody to it. At all
times we can't. He is getting too too much, too
(18:53):
out of control here. So yeah, that's got a great job.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
I wonder how much the keeper of the Cup pays.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
It's a good question. I'm guessing you know, it's enough
to live on, but probably not enough to get rich.
But like like you said, though, the but the perks, right,
oh you got those jobs at Yeah, it may not
the salary may not be great, but the perks. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
I wonder if anybody tips the keeper of the cup,
you know, they're just like, hey, Phil, thanks.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
For how many times does he have to step in
and be like, yeah, no, you're not.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
Going to do that.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
I'm sure a lot it has to be.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
But I mean he can't be with it twenty four
to seven, Like I mean, when you get your day
with the cup, I think I think certain that I
think like I think like Sidney Crosby at it like
in his bed or something.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
You know what.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
I mean, like he's not going to be sitting in
a chair next to you right right right, why or whatever?
Speaker 1 (19:51):
I wonder what would get the keeper of the Cup fired?
Speaker 2 (19:55):
You know, Oh, well, losing the cup probably would.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Be bad, like it just something it should have.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Prevented recently when it was right after I think it
was Colorado. I'm pretty sure it was Colorado. Right after
they won it. They were getting ready for the group
photo on the ice and the guy dropped it. One
of the guys dropped it, man and put a dent
in it, and then they have to get the hammer
out and fix that.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
That's, you know what for the keeper of the cup,
that's probably the best case scenario right there, because it
shows it wasn't his fault, right, That shows human error
just sometimes happens. So that was that's probably the best
thing for him.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Didn't Gronk do something with the Super Bowl game?
Speaker 1 (20:36):
Yeah, Like he threw a pitch he threw up like
a baseball.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
I think somebody threw the baseball.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
You're right, somebody pitched it a ball to him, and
he I don't know that he you know, tried to
swing for the fences, but it was at least like
a drag bunt. You know, he tried to bunt his
way onto first Yes, and pretty good dent freaking gronk.
Is there a keeper of the Lombardi?
Speaker 2 (21:04):
I don't know, but remember we had Brady throw it
from boat to boats at one time, So maybe they
need to get one. If they don't have one, I
could volunteer for that job.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
I wonder if Phil would be in the market for
a keeper of the Lombardi after keeper of the cup,
or if he's set with what he's doing right now,
he might be finding exactly where he's at. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
He's been doing it for a long time. He may
be ready to call it a career, maybe ready to
pass the torch on to the next keeper of the
cump man.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
You think about, that's a job that you don't want
to retire from. I would imagine, you know, absolutely, unless
you're married with kids and right, yeah, travel and all that.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Sure, Yeah, yeah, be a great job for a bachelor though.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
No doubt. It's just a NonStop party. It's kind of
laying that you have to keep the music down, you know,
that's your role. Hey, I get too crazy over here,
but you can still have some fun.
Speaker 6 (21:58):
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Speaker 2 (22:04):
And back to the NBA, where congratulations to Rudy Gobert
not only a new father as we know he missed
the game for the Tee Bowls the other day, but
also named the Defensive Player of the Year for a
fourth time. He joins ken Ba Mutumbo and Ben Wallace
as the only four time winners in the NBA and
makes it even more impressive that the Tea Wolves shall
(22:26):
act Nuggets without the Defensive Player of the Year. Yeah
in their lineup.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
How about that?
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Man?
Speaker 1 (22:33):
They win by twenty six without Gobert on the road.
That's just bad, man. Yeah, that's why we have the
inconsistent ruling. That's what led to it, Eddie. This was
the story with Jamal Murray. So, Jamal Murray guard for
the Nuggets. He was ticked off with how the first
(22:54):
half was going in Game two on Monday night, and
so he threw a towel on the court while play
is going on.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Right, it was like a heating pad or something.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Yeah, he threw the towel at first, and he's like,
you know what, I got to upgrade over here on
the same possession. Then he throws the heating pack on
the court. He didn't even get a technical foul, and
so he gets fined one hundred thousand dollars. Now the
interesting tie in with your guy that you just mentioned
Rudy Gobert. Rudy Gobert was fined one hundred thousand dollars
(23:29):
in the regular season because he flashed the money symbol
at the officials. He's basically accusing them of being on
the take, like, oh, you didn't call this foul or
which the money symbol. It's kind of like remember how
Johnny Manzel did it?
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Oh yeah, okay, right.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Where you take your thumb and you kind of you know,
the little showed me right, yeah. Yeah, So he did
the money symbol to the officials. Rudy gober in the
regular season got fined one hundred thousand dollars. Jamal Murray
also in Game two, Eddie, he did the money sign
along with throwing a towel and a heating pack on
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the court. He got the same one hundred thousand dollars fine.
So apparently if you do the money symbol, it's gonna
be one hundred k and you can just throw a
towel and a heating pack on the floor in discuss
that the officiating and it's all good. I guess that
doesn't cost Anything's completely inconsistent by the NBA right there.
It's got to be more than that. For Jamal Murray.
(24:29):
How does he get the same fine as Rudy Gobert.
It's weird.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
I'm sure Rudy Gobert is asking that same question.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
I bet he is. He's like, see what I'm talking
about over here.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Jamal Murray's a dirty player trying to injure the other team,
really get them, step on the heating pad, twist an ankle.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
M hm.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
He threw it right at his guys too, his guys,
his teammates had.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
To not nothing toy Brian.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
It was just that was so stupid man, so bad
to throw it on the court like that. What are
you doing? Play is going on? Eddie? It was the
first half. We always talk about everybody makes a run
in the NBA. The exception would be Game two of
the Nuggets game, but this was with just under five
minutes to go in the first half. They're down forty
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nine to thirty. That's when Jamal Murray threw the towel
in the heating pack on the court.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Remember when Rudy tom Janovic said never doubt the heart
of a champion.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Or something like that, never underestimate.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
The heart of a champion. For the Tenver Nuggets looked like, oh,
complete crap there. I mean, yeah, they gave up quick
on that one. And people are saying that, what is
it their coach of Malone what's his first name, Yeah, Mike,
Mike Malone. That he was trying to get thrown out
of the game so he didn't have to see them
see the ass kicking man. The refs are like, nah,
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you stay there and watch it.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
You know.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
It kind of seemed like that because I don't know
how Michael Malone didn't get teed up. He ran onto the.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Court, yeah, and he like he was going to fight
Yeah Davis.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
He was irate at the official and Mark Davis was
just like, no, no technical for you, and it was
like wow, okay, And the commentators were like, amazing restraint
by the by the officials in this one. They said,
also there was a lot of talk was Jamal Murray
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gonna get suspended for a game because he threw the
towel and the heating pack on the court while play
was going on. And this was after game two. The
crew chief, Mark Davis, that was the same official that
did not tee up Michael Malone, the head coach. He said,
they didn't see who threw the towel or the heating
back on the floor, and that would have they could
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have reviewed it and Murray would have been subject to
a technical foul, not an ejection. And this is interesting, Eddie,
he said. For an ejection, you would have to determine
that it was thrown directly at somebody versus is just
thrown in frustration. Not the easiest thing to tell right there,
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but you would have to see that Jamal Murray targeted
like Carl Town's or someone and he threw it in
his direction, and that would get you the gate. But
if you're just ticked off and throw something on the court,
the most you can get is a technical foul. It's
kind of weird, right, didn't seem to ad that's what
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we're looking at. Apparently, let's go out to the phones.
The militia wants to check in. We are pro interaction
over here. Hollerin James is with us this morning. Holler
and James, what is going on? You're on Fox Sports Radio?
Speaker 7 (27:39):
What about when?
Speaker 2 (27:48):
Who could forget?
Speaker 1 (27:54):
You're not dating yourself at all?
Speaker 2 (27:57):
It was perfect Danny Ainge was it was a guy
that would bite. He was he was a little weasel.
Speaker 7 (28:04):
Hu fingers.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
I thought it was. I thought it was as Yeah,
Allen's fingers looked like a broughtwurst.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
Road But I heard or an em car.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
He pulled a razor on him.
Speaker 8 (28:25):
Car.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
That's old story right there.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Wow, that's way old school mL car. That is a
great name from the past.
Speaker 4 (28:33):
But not.
Speaker 7 (28:36):
The finals. I'm thinking the Timberwolves over and over.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
Well, that's a shock since you're since you're in Minnesota
and you're a Timberwolves fan. I couldn't have saw that coming.
Speaker 7 (28:51):
Crunch, I love Crunch, the mascot.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
Yeah, I love Crunch. The chocolate bar. Yeah, I bet
you do like that chocolate bar. James, I seen you.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Yummy, you know, Butler and James, I've got a Crunch
story for you here real. I love Crunch candy bars.
And one night I ate one very late and I
woke up and my stomach absolutely hated me. Horrible, horrible
situation right there.
Speaker 7 (29:18):
I remember that taking.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
This James takes a lot of things, Brian, you know,
are you aware of this? He's uh.
Speaker 7 (29:31):
In the morning, that night.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
He's keeping those pharmaceutical companies in business.
Speaker 7 (29:37):
Wow, Hey yeah, I said, I got what the school
the schools Tom Brady, mad Tech.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
I have no idea what that was.
Speaker 7 (29:54):
What that was med Tech Pharmas.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
I see there you go.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
That's a good friend to have if you take a day.
Speaker 7 (30:05):
I guess perils at the time of the him just asked,
he just what's about cootic today?
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Hey, hollering James before you go, man, I'm watching this
this video with Tree Rollins and Danny Ainge, and you're right,
Tree Rollins was he was biting Danny Ainge. Danny Ainge
was getting bitten.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Oh, misinformation from hollering James nobody Danny Angels falsely accused
of biting by hollow James.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
So Tree Rollins hits him with a little forearm shiver,
and Danny Ainge, like Bill Goldberg pro wrestler, just formed,
tackles him and then Tree Rollins is biting Danny Ainge.
Is what's happening here?
Speaker 8 (31:00):
It was a shrim and somebody got yeah, well, you know,
he was, he was, he was in the ballpark with
the facts and somebody bid somebody.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Someone bid someone, you know, Holler and James, Right, James,
do you remember when you remember when Evander Holyfield was
biting Mike Tyson's ear, Remember.
Speaker 8 (31:25):
That, I remember was.
Speaker 7 (31:33):
Predominantly beating him in that Fimeon got angry and that's
when he got hungry and record.
Speaker 1 (31:46):
You know what, we need you on the fight coverage there,
Holler and James. That's exactly what we need to do.
We need to get him on whatever the zone. I
don't know what we need to do, Eddie. We need
to get Holler and James on the coverage of of
boxing over there. I think that would that'd be tremendous.
But that was fun, great phone called by hollerin James.
(32:06):
But yes, Danny Ainge, the bite e not the bit er.
How it turned out right there? All right, We got
a lot to do, lots going on. Feel free, Militia
check on in eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox
is your number right around the corner. Let's see, we
got a lot to do. We got football on the
agenda here this evening very much looking forward to that.
(32:29):
All that good stuff We've got a transaction that's worth mentioning.
We will get to that right around the corner. I'm
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Brian No.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
You know, I got some trivia questions to throw your
way here, Eddie. So first, thanks, First, we had a
an NFL transaction on Tuesday. Tyler Boyd now a former
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver. He's going over there to the
Tennessee Titans. It's gonna be on a one year deal.
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So you look at the wide receivers that they have
now they made a deal for Calvin Ridley, They still
have DeAndre Hopkins. They drafted Treylon Burks in the first round,
and now they have Tyler Boyd. So trying to stock
the weapons over there. For Will Levis, they hope that
he hits the ground running. He had a few starts
(33:58):
last year as a rookie. So we'll see with Will Levis.
But Tennessee, I mean I'm looking at the season win total.
Vegas has it said at six and a half Eddie
for Tennessee. Can we get Tennessee to seven wins? I
think we can get to seven wins? Can we?
Speaker 4 (34:14):
Not?
Speaker 2 (34:14):
What you think about that? I'm so sure about Todd
not so sure. I have to see you to believe it.
I know you're the gambling guy, so I know what
you're looking at.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Yeah, just I don't know. Seems a little low.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
Who's coaching there now?
Speaker 1 (34:29):
It's the new guy Callahan, Brian Callahan. Oh okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.
See new Titans head coach right there. So Bill Callahan
his father, right, he'll be the old line coach, so
he should do a great job with the old line.
But I'm not asking for, you know, double digit wins.
I'm just thinking about seven over here. But here's the
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crazy trivia, Eddie. So, Tyler Boyd, he was with the
Cincinnati Bengals for eight years, so he's pretty high on
some of the all time lists. Here. If you look
at receptions just in Bengals team history, he's fourth in
overall receptions. How many of the top three do you
(35:12):
think you could name here, Eddie, most receptions in Bengals history.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Let's go with Chad Johnson?
Speaker 1 (35:20):
That is correct? Strong guess right there?
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Yes, TJ. Hushmanzada our guy or a colleague? Here is
he in? There?
Speaker 1 (35:28):
Could guess? Jet six catches shy. He's fifth on the
list there, Hushman Zada. Tyler Boyd is fourth. We got
two others outside?
Speaker 2 (35:39):
How about old school Isaac Curtis.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Not a bad guess he keep that name in mind.
He's seventh on the all time catch list.
Speaker 3 (35:50):
He's missed the number one, Eddie.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
No, Chad Johnson's the number one, is he?
Speaker 3 (35:55):
Okay? Well that's got to be number two? Most recent?
Speaker 1 (35:59):
Who is it?
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Who?
Speaker 3 (36:00):
Aj Green?
Speaker 1 (36:02):
He is?
Speaker 2 (36:02):
Yeah? That's right?
Speaker 1 (36:04):
Right? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (36:06):
And then is number three? Wait, did you say three already?
Speaker 2 (36:10):
I don't think so.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
Worth close, he's sixth. Just receptions. It's kind of tough
when you get to yards like I don't know how
you keep all that straight, like who had how many yards?
And all that? But number three, I'll give you the catches.
That would be Carl Pickens. That Carl Pickens never doing that, Tennessee.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
I believe.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
Yeah, you're right, Eddie, Yep, he's a vall. And in
terms of receiving yardage in Bengals history, Tyler Boyd is
seventh on that list. The name's ahead of him. You
want your guy, Isaac Curtis is ahead of him, Eddie.
Isaac Curtis third in Bengals receiving yardage all time, Chris
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collins Worth fifth, Carl Pickens fourth, All these names, Chad Johnson, A. J. Green,
they're one two. There's only one other name here. How
about you remember this one, Eddie, Eddie Brown, I do.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
Was it Miami University of Miami?
Speaker 1 (37:16):
Maybe let's check it out. Yeah, it's correct, Eddie, Very
well done, very well done. You had to you had
to check on that, Brian, I did have to check
on that. I thought that was your specialty like the game, right.
Speaker 2 (37:28):
You know, yeah, I love no I mean Eddie Eddie
Brown is well, I mean that's a very generic one.
There's probably been multiple Eddie Browns that have played in
the NFL. I'm gonna have let Brian give him a
little slack on that one. I'm pretty good at that
game too, but I think Brian's better than me at
that one.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
I know that I'm a little.
Speaker 2 (37:45):
Older though, so maybe maybe some of those older guys
though I might be able to get that.
Speaker 1 (37:48):
You would be probably.
Speaker 4 (37:50):
Have we ever done because we've done it where like
you know the old like the classic version of the
game where the caller calls in and says the name.
Speaker 3 (37:57):
But have we ever done a competition? Oh?
Speaker 1 (38:01):
That sounds like it could be a rousing good time there, Coop.
We have not done that. I'm up for it, You're
up for it, and sure, I'm up for it. How
do the rules work for this thing?
Speaker 4 (38:12):
I'm gonna I'm gonna have to put a little bit
of thought into it. But like my first thought off
the bat was, if we keep it the same, somebody
calls in and you guys buzz in with your name,
or we could do something where there's just we've got
set a number of players for each person and you know,
see who but then you know, it's like you might
be like, oh, I knew that one, but I didn't
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know the one for mine, so.
Speaker 1 (38:33):
His hell like right.
Speaker 4 (38:36):
But then again Ben's not here, so we wouldn't have
any of that complaining.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
Because it's true.
Speaker 3 (38:44):
We'll think something.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
Yeah, we'll tighten the screws on that idea, but yeah,
I like it.
Speaker 2 (38:49):
And the listeners can gamble on it.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
Yes, we should absolutely have that. We'll have gambling windows
set up for all of this. We'll have a good
time with it. I'm up for I didn't know this
is a specialty of yours as well, Eddie. That's awesome.
We'll have some fun, healthy competition. It's good for the soul,
all right. We will figure out the rules and also
this has to absolutely change immediately. It is doing no
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good for a league. It's only doing harm. Details on
the way
Ah, yes, a perfect record, actually perfect records plural. We'll
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(00:24):
this is the most impressive record here. How about our
guy Poppy in San Diego going to and oh wow,
he called it on last night's show. He said, give
me Boston minus five and a half in the first half,
give me Boston minus eleven and a half in the game. Win,
win for Poppy in San Diego.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Yeah. What do they say about a clock, a broken
clock being right twice a day?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
That's right? Yeah, maybe that's Uh, those were the two
times for Poppy yesterday.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
He was bound to hit at some point.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
He knocked it out of the park.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
No, don't encourage you, Brian. Normally he's not good at all, terrible.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah, I'm curious if he's gonna run it back in
grand fashion as the night.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Oh yeah, he could come back with full confidence that
whatever nonsense he picks will be will be a winner, but.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
He might hit us with you know, like a seventeen
leg parlagne.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I don't know. I don't think he'll do that. He'll
just pick her the favorite is and you know do that.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yeah, you know. It was boat Race City in the
NBA Eddie. The two games were not close, not high
on drama. But if you're looking for drama, man, you
gotta look at puck. Your puck action delivered, got a
couple of overtime barn Burners Rangers won and double overtime
(01:42):
Avs came back from a three gold deficit to win
in overtime. That's where the drama was. The Celtics and
the thunder rolled. Calves and MAVs not too good in
their game ones, but the dramas in the NHL. Man
got to give credit where credits due.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Well, that's not a surprise. I mean, honestly, I'm really
I mean, I know, I'm the hockey honk, and I
don't shy away from that. But Charles Barkley himself has
said many times that the NHL playoffs are better than
the NBA playoffs. He's not wrong.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
So it's like the it's the nature of the sports.
I think a lot of it is. Is that to
you tell me as the hockey guy, is that too
much of like a non hockey comment, or do you
think that the style of the sport lends itself more
times than not when we're talking about the best that
(02:36):
the NHL has to offer at this stage, you're more
likely to get closer games, at least a higher number
of closer games than you are in the NBA. Would
you agree with that? Is that fair to say? I
think it is. I don't know if you think it is.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
No, I think it's fair to say. But I also
think it's fair to say that there's more parody in
the NHL than the NBA, that you're going to get
more upsets. It's not as surprising to see, you know,
a lower seed team or I always get that confused
by the lower higher seeded team, A higher seed team,
I guess right, or no higher seed like.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
A lower lower seeded.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
I always want to think a lower means worse, right,
but it does. It lower means you're better. Actually, it's
it's just in my head, it's always yeah, it's both.
It's always reversed for me. So I have to think
about that when I say it, But anyway, more up, you.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Have the lesser record, you have the lower seed, right
right right, the same thing. Yeah, okay, well yeah, you know,
whatever it happens. But uh yeah, you know, listen, I
think you can love both, but I don't know. It's
kind of like an MMA versus boxing thing. I never
understood that you can love both. I think it's the
same thing with the NBA and the NHL. You don't
(03:46):
have to choose. It's like, just enjoy both. You know.
The NBA stuff ended. I watched that, and I watched
some puck. It was good. You know, well two for
one combo bladder right there.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
You know, yeah, you can. But I just think if
you're going to devote your time, right, you need to
kind of pick one. You You can dabble a little
bit in one or the other. But a long time ago,
I made a choice. And when I was growing up,
I was a big Lakers fan. Loved Magic Johnson, showtime Lakers.
I was all over that and then, but I wasn't
(04:20):
really exposed to hockey that much with one team in
California and blah blah blah. So then once I kind
of opened my mind a little bit and watched the
other one. I was like, you know what, this is
way better than that, and plus it would let to
be fair. You know, I was raised on Celtics Lakers.
You know, those were two great teams going at it,
(04:40):
and then kind of when the transition came, it was
all about, you know, Michael Jordan, the NBA was showcasing individuals,
ain't really marketing teams quite so much anymore. And I've
always been you know, football and I think hockey too.
There are more team sports now than the NBA. I've
always said, is it's more of an Maybe this is
changing a little bit, but it's more of an individual
(05:01):
sport in a team sport, rapper, but it's more about
you know, one or two guys than it is the teams.
Most most of the times, something's changed a little bit.
Like Minnesota, they're a nice team, you know, they do
some things as far as a group, and now Oklahoma
City's kind of like that too, So maybe it's maybe
there's a little bit of an ebb and flow of it.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
No, I hear you, Hey, listen, man, I can't argue
with that. If you're more into the team aspect, that
that's absolutely more NHL. It's not to say there aren't
you know, teams. I think Denver has been a very
good team. It's not like Yokich, who's probably going to
be named MVP on Wednesday, Eddie, I'm hoping, so I
bet on that. So we need that to be the case, right,
(05:41):
But it's not like Yokich is self absorbed and is
a me me me guy and is hogging the spotlight
or right like, so you do get some of the
team aspect, but it's absolutely way more in the NHL.
There's no doubt, especially for man For decades, the NBA
marketed it stars like that's what it hung its hat on. Right,
(06:04):
So if that's not your cup of tea, I could
see how you would, you know, stray stray away. He
come back every now and then, right, but you stray away.
I get that. We were talking about perfect records. It's
not just Poppy in San Diego. It's our guy, Mark
Dagnault in Okac. This is interesting, edieks. He talked about
(06:24):
being a Lakers fan from back in the day. So
Mark Dagnault, he is the coach of the year over
there in ok See. He's won his first five career
playoff games the Oklahoma City Thunder. They're perfect so far.
They swept the Pelicans and now they beat the MAVs
on Tuesday night. They're up won nothing in their series.
(06:45):
He's won his first five career playoff games, so he
joins an esteemed list over here. He's the seventh head
coach to do that. And a couple of names on
this list are kind of interesting. Pat Riley is one
of the names. In nineteen eighty one eighty two, he
started off his playoff career five and oh right, he's
(07:06):
on the list. Mike dan Tony with the Sons on
the list, as is Steve Kerr with the Warriors, to
Ron lou with the Calves. A couple of names on
this list, So I found that to be pretty interesting.
But it ties back to your you know, Showtime Lakers
fandom right there in the early eighties, Eddie. So that's
the company that our guy Mark Dagnaolt is in right now.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Never heard of him, I know.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Never heard of the household now absolute.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
You could have given me a thousand guesses who that was,
and I would not have He could walk in here
with a shirt that said, Hi, I'm what's his name again?
Mark Dagnall, Mark Dagnall, and I would have been like,
oh hi, how nice to get you.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Mark.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Who are you an insurance Mark? What is? Are you
a manager somewhere? I'm the head coach of the Oklahoma
City Thunder. Actually, Eddie is what he would telling.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Good for you? Say, Wow, where'd you come from? Yeah? Right,
you know what I mean exactly, Like I know where
bj Bigger Staff came from. He came from his dad.
Where who was an NBA coach? Or you know what
I mean. Or if you're a former player, Jason Kidd,
I know who you are, But where did you come from? Yeah? Hey,
uh yeah, I I need to learn more about this gentleman.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yeah, he's done a good job. Man, OKC, They've come
a long way. They were the laughing stock of the
NBA not that long ago. Remember Eddie, I know you
do where Kevin? Yeah, Kevin Durant said, you know what,
I'm gonna leave here. I'm going to go to Golden
State And there.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Was He wasn't the only one, so people might remember
that James Harden played there at one time. What right, Yeah,
because he's been in a few different places.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
But yeah, they got rid of James, they committed to
serge of Baka, remember that, instead of James Harden. And
then shortly after that KD left as a free agent,
and then that began the end of that era of
OKC basketball. And they slow slowly built that thing up
(09:03):
and they're the number one seed in the West. They
haven't lost a game yet in the playoffs. Shake Gilgess,
Alexander is a fantastic scorer. And here they are man
no blemish on their postseason resume so far are They're
a fun team to watch, man to get after it.
They're a little bit like Minnesota. They defend really really well,
(09:24):
and they've got enough scoring. SGA does this thing, so
they're perfect thus far. I don't know is that good
or bad for the NBA, Eddie. Where you get teams
like the Minnesota Timberwolves undefeated so far, the Oklahoma City
Thunder undefeated so far. Like you were just saying, the
NBA promotes its stars, it's big name teams. Those are
(09:46):
not big name teams, big name cities. That good or
bad for the NBA in your estimation.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Well, in my estimation, I think it's good. You do,
I do, but I'm sure. You know, like if Ben
was here, he would you scoff at that. It's about
to you know, big markets and people. That's what people
want to see. I don't know, I want to see greatness.
I don't care where it comes from personally, but.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
It's fun to see some new blood in there, you.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Know, yeah right, But people I know, like, you know,
if you look at the NCAA basketball tournament, people will
scoff at that all the time. We got to have
Kentucky in there. We gotta have whatever, Billanova, Yeah, you
gotta have Kansas. I'm like, I've seen that. I know.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
I'm surprised the ratings drop off as much as they do.
I get it why the ratings. I understand why the
ratings are strong with the big name teams. And look,
if the Dallas Cowboys go deep into the playoffs, I
understand why the ratings follow. But if it's a new
team like the Detroit Lions, you know.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
I love that, I love yeah, yeah, or you.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Know, like the Oklahoma City Thunder Minnesota Timberwolves. It's just
strange to me where I'm curious where the ratings are
going to go. Anthony Edwards is an electrifying player and
they play a fun style of basketball. They guard you
like crazy, and it's not the same as this big name,
big market team, but it is an exciting I don't
(11:10):
know new type of team. And I don't know if
you're a basketball fan, I don't know why you would
just roll your eyes and say, eh, nah, no thanks.
It's like, are you used to eating the same meal
every night? Don't you want a little variety?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Well, according to Coop, you are. Well I's a bad
example for me.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Yeah, that's true. But when it comes to sports, I
like a little variety, Eddie. But yeah, I could eat goodness.
I could probably eat what would be your meal of
choice if you had to run it back, like five
out of seven days a week, Eddie. Is there anything
that would be a go to for you?
Speaker 2 (11:44):
I mean probably pizza?
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Is you know, pizza a staple?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
It's hard to go wrong with pizza.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
I go something like, I couldn't. You can't go wrong
with steak, you know, or chicken breasts. Give me some
form of chicken five out of seven night, I'd be
a happy man. I don't need Yeah, absolutely, I could
do taco bell five out of seven, diced your stomach,
candle nap. You're probably what's a normal order for you
(12:13):
at Taco Bell Coop?
Speaker 3 (12:15):
See, it's not that crazy.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
I get a cheesy Gordiita crunch, and then usually I'll
like my second item. I'll either go the spicy potato
soft taco or something that they're you know, one of
the limited time Like right now, I'm doing the Cantina
chicken taco.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
He's pretty good.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
What what about the drink? What's the beverage of choice?
Speaker 4 (12:38):
I don't usually get a drink, you don't know. I
mean I like Baja Blast, but no, I usually I'm
usually taking it to go and I go home and
I have, you know, drinks at home.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Okay, you just throw together some alcohol or you go water.
What do you go with?
Speaker 5 (12:54):
Na?
Speaker 3 (12:54):
I mean it's it's either water or diet doctor Pepper.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Okay, Yeah, I'm just curious curious what the playbook was
over there? Yeah, Eddie, you've shunned the fast food restaurants,
have you not? You've given these to that.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
You know, get married and start eating at home and
you know, have somebody that can actually cook for you.
It's nice. Yeah, I mean, plus i'd rather you know,
not weigh five three, Miss I can avoid it.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
I mean, hey, man, I hear you. I absolutely hear
you in that. Okay, we got a lot to do.
Lot's going on over here. Oh man, we have got Eddie.
We have got some some justice that has not been
carried forth. Huh. We've got some inconsistencies going on in
a league. We'll tell you about that. He's Eddie Garcia.
(13:42):
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humble side kick, the voice of reasoning, your news guy.
You're announce guy. I'm at Eddie on Fox. My lips
(15:03):
have been on it the Stanley Cup. I was talking
about Lorena.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Yeah, actually I.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Know, and I'll lie from the tire rack dot Com,
Fox Sports Radio Studios it's Brian though.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
You know, Eddie, I do need to hear this story,
and I swear I will not forget it, being that's
not a lie. I will remember certain stories, not every story,
but I'll remember your lips being on the Stanley Cup.
What's the story with this?
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Well, the first time I saw the Stanley Cup, I was,
you know, you know, in awe of it. I think
it's the greatest sports trophy of them all. Plus you
can drink a beer out of it, which is cool.
Makes it far superior than you know, the Lombardi Trophy
or that baseball thing with all the little flags on it,
which is kind of weird.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
What did Manfred said the metal?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was good chop by that guy great, so,
but I you know, you could get I worked at
Fox Sports TV doing behind the scenes stuff when I
first came to LA and they it was there for
whatever reason and you could go up and take a
picture with it. So I did. I stood in line
and when took a picture with it, and I didn't
touch it. I didn't, you know. I was like, you know,
(16:16):
showing respect for it. There's a there's a rule if
you're a player, you don't touch it unless you win it,
right and I don't know. I know I'm never going
to win it, so I just felt like I couldn't
touch it or whatever. And then afterwards I was like,
you know what I should have I should have touched it.
I should have you know whatever. So then the next
time I had a chance, and the Kings had won
(16:37):
the Stanley Cup, uh and so I I said, I'm
kissing this thing. So yeah I did. I kissed it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Was it a hug and a kiss?
Speaker 6 (16:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (16:49):
They The only thing they tell you is you you
cannot pick it up. They have the keeper of the
cup there, which is what a job that is?
Speaker 6 (16:56):
Man?
Speaker 1 (16:57):
The guy with the like the blonde hair, Well.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
There's a couple of guys have to Yeah, they can't
just have to be the one guy. But yes, there
is a There's a guy named Phil Pritchett who I
met in Pittsburgh out a pizza place. I think he's
still doing I don't think he's retired, but he has
kind of longer hair. The guy you're talking about, Yeah, yeah,
he said, the only rule is you cannot you know,
it's it's sitting on like a table. You know, they
have like a little cloth over there and on top
(17:21):
of and whatever thing. He's like, you can touch it
and you know, but don't don't just don't grab it.
Don't try and lift it or anything like that. So yeah,
it's like okay, so.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Okay, so you can grab it, you can you know,
plant one on there.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
I mean I didn't see too many people do that,
but I did it. Yeah, you know, I've since seen
the Stanley Cup like probably a dozen times.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Keeper of the Cup. Yeah, I'm reading up on Phil
Pritchard right here. What kind of guy is Phil?
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Nice guy?
Speaker 1 (17:47):
When I met him, guy, Yeah, he's like, yeah, I
have some.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
With every player because every player gets their day with
the cup when they win the Stanley Cup, which is
another awesome I don't think they do that in other sports.
I could be wrong, but I don't think so. And
these guys all go back to their hometowns with it,
you know, and have a huge party. And he gets
to be a part of it because he asked. You know,
you can't get too too crazy cause he's got to
keep one eye on that cup. But yeah, he's gone
(18:13):
all over the world because you've got guys that you know,
are on winning teams from all over the world.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
What a job, man, that's an awesome job. Think of
the stories then, oh my god, yeah, goodness of everybody
who meets like comes into contact with the Stanley Cup.
Think how many inappropriate things he's been like, all right,
that's it's a little bit too much, right, you got it?
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Yeah, I think, as the legend goes, if I know
this correctly, it was at the bottom of a pool
after one of the penguins you know, had they had
won it, and they you know, had a party and
it got a little crazy, and the ANHL is like, yeah,
we're gonna have to sign somebody to it. At all
times we can't. He is getting too too much, too
(18:53):
out of control here. So yeah, that's got a great job.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
I wonder how much the keeper of the Cup pays.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
It's a good question. I'm guessing you know, it's enough
to live on, but probably not enough to get rich.
But like like you said, though, the but the perks, right,
oh you got those jobs at Yeah, it may not
the salary may not be great, but the perks. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
I wonder if anybody tips the keeper of the cup,
you know, they're just like, hey, Phil, thanks.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
For how many times does he have to step in
and be like, yeah, no, you're not.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
Going to do that.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
I'm sure a lot it has to be.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
But I mean he can't be with it twenty four
to seven, Like I mean, when you get your day
with the cup, I think I think certain that I
think like I think like Sidney Crosby at it like
in his bed or something.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
You know what.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
I mean, like he's not going to be sitting in
a chair next to you right right right, why or whatever?
Speaker 1 (19:51):
I wonder what would get the keeper of the Cup fired?
Speaker 2 (19:55):
You know, Oh, well, losing the cup probably would.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Be bad, like it just something it should have.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Prevented recently when it was right after I think it
was Colorado. I'm pretty sure it was Colorado. Right after
they won it. They were getting ready for the group
photo on the ice and the guy dropped it. One
of the guys dropped it, man and put a dent
in it, and then they have to get the hammer
out and fix that.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
That's, you know what for the keeper of the cup,
that's probably the best case scenario right there, because it
shows it wasn't his fault, right, That shows human error
just sometimes happens. So that was that's probably the best
thing for him.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Didn't Gronk do something with the Super Bowl game?
Speaker 1 (20:36):
Yeah, Like he threw a pitch he threw up like
a baseball.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
I think somebody threw the baseball.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
You're right, somebody pitched it a ball to him, and
he I don't know that he you know, tried to
swing for the fences, but it was at least like
a drag bunt. You know, he tried to bunt his
way onto first Yes, and pretty good dent freaking gronk.
Is there a keeper of the Lombardi?
Speaker 2 (21:04):
I don't know, but remember we had Brady throw it
from boat to boats at one time, So maybe they
need to get one. If they don't have one, I
could volunteer for that job.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
I wonder if Phil would be in the market for
a keeper of the Lombardi after keeper of the cup,
or if he's set with what he's doing right now,
he might be finding exactly where he's at. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
He's been doing it for a long time. He may
be ready to call it a career, maybe ready to
pass the torch on to the next keeper of the
cump man.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
You think about, that's a job that you don't want
to retire from. I would imagine, you know, absolutely, unless
you're married with kids and right, yeah, travel and all that.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Sure, Yeah, yeah, be a great job for a bachelor though.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
No doubt. It's just a NonStop party. It's kind of
laying that you have to keep the music down, you know,
that's your role. Hey, I get too crazy over here,
but you can still have some fun.
Speaker 6 (21:58):
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Speaker 2 (22:04):
And back to the NBA, where congratulations to Rudy Gobert
not only a new father as we know he missed
the game for the Tee Bowls the other day, but
also named the Defensive Player of the Year for a
fourth time. He joins ken Ba Mutumbo and Ben Wallace
as the only four time winners in the NBA and
makes it even more impressive that the Tea Wolves shall
(22:26):
act Nuggets without the Defensive Player of the Year. Yeah
in their lineup.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
How about that?
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Man?
Speaker 1 (22:33):
They win by twenty six without Gobert on the road.
That's just bad, man. Yeah, that's why we have the
inconsistent ruling. That's what led to it, Eddie. This was
the story with Jamal Murray. So, Jamal Murray guard for
the Nuggets. He was ticked off with how the first
(22:54):
half was going in Game two on Monday night, and
so he threw a towel on the court while play
is going on.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Right, it was like a heating pad or something.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Yeah, he threw the towel at first, and he's like,
you know what, I got to upgrade over here on
the same possession. Then he throws the heating pack on
the court. He didn't even get a technical foul, and
so he gets fined one hundred thousand dollars. Now the
interesting tie in with your guy that you just mentioned
Rudy Gobert. Rudy Gobert was fined one hundred thousand dollars
(23:29):
in the regular season because he flashed the money symbol
at the officials. He's basically accusing them of being on
the take, like, oh, you didn't call this foul or
which the money symbol. It's kind of like remember how
Johnny Manzel did it?
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Oh yeah, okay, right.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Where you take your thumb and you kind of you know,
the little showed me right, yeah. Yeah, So he did
the money symbol to the officials. Rudy gober in the
regular season got fined one hundred thousand dollars. Jamal Murray
also in Game two, Eddie, he did the money sign
along with throwing a towel and a heating pack on
(24:07):
the court. He got the same one hundred thousand dollars fine.
So apparently if you do the money symbol, it's gonna
be one hundred k and you can just throw a
towel and a heating pack on the floor in discuss
that the officiating and it's all good. I guess that
doesn't cost Anything's completely inconsistent by the NBA right there.
It's got to be more than that. For Jamal Murray.
(24:29):
How does he get the same fine as Rudy Gobert.
It's weird.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
I'm sure Rudy Gobert is asking that same question.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
I bet he is. He's like, see what I'm talking
about over here.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Jamal Murray's a dirty player trying to injure the other team,
really get them, step on the heating pad, twist an ankle.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
M hm.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
He threw it right at his guys too, his guys,
his teammates had.
Speaker 3 (24:51):
To not nothing toy Brian.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
It was just that was so stupid man, so bad
to throw it on the court like that. What are
you doing? Play is going on? Eddie? It was the
first half. We always talk about everybody makes a run
in the NBA. The exception would be Game two of
the Nuggets game, but this was with just under five
minutes to go in the first half. They're down forty
(25:15):
nine to thirty. That's when Jamal Murray threw the towel
in the heating pack on the court.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Remember when Rudy tom Janovic said never doubt the heart
of a champion.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Or something like that, never underestimate.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
The heart of a champion. For the Tenver Nuggets looked like, oh,
complete crap there. I mean, yeah, they gave up quick
on that one. And people are saying that, what is
it their coach of Malone what's his first name, Yeah, Mike,
Mike Malone. That he was trying to get thrown out
of the game so he didn't have to see them
see the ass kicking man. The refs are like, nah,
(25:49):
you stay there and watch it.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
You know.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
It kind of seemed like that because I don't know
how Michael Malone didn't get teed up. He ran onto the.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Court, yeah, and he like he was going to fight
Yeah Davis.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
He was irate at the official and Mark Davis was
just like, no, no technical for you, and it was
like wow, okay, And the commentators were like, amazing restraint
by the by the officials in this one. They said,
also there was a lot of talk was Jamal Murray
(26:21):
gonna get suspended for a game because he threw the
towel and the heating pack on the court while play
was going on. And this was after game two. The
crew chief, Mark Davis, that was the same official that
did not tee up Michael Malone, the head coach. He said,
they didn't see who threw the towel or the heating
back on the floor, and that would have they could
(26:44):
have reviewed it and Murray would have been subject to
a technical foul, not an ejection. And this is interesting, Eddie,
he said. For an ejection, you would have to determine
that it was thrown directly at somebody versus is just
thrown in frustration. Not the easiest thing to tell right there,
(27:05):
but you would have to see that Jamal Murray targeted
like Carl Town's or someone and he threw it in
his direction, and that would get you the gate. But
if you're just ticked off and throw something on the court,
the most you can get is a technical foul. It's
kind of weird, right, didn't seem to ad that's what
(27:25):
we're looking at. Apparently, let's go out to the phones.
The militia wants to check in. We are pro interaction
over here. Hollerin James is with us this morning. Holler
and James, what is going on? You're on Fox Sports Radio?
Speaker 7 (27:39):
What about when?
Speaker 2 (27:48):
Who could forget?
Speaker 1 (27:54):
You're not dating yourself at all?
Speaker 2 (27:57):
It was perfect Danny Ainge was it was a guy
that would bite. He was he was a little weasel.
Speaker 7 (28:04):
Hu fingers.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
I thought it was. I thought it was as Yeah,
Allen's fingers looked like a broughtwurst.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
Road But I heard or an em car.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
He pulled a razor on him.
Speaker 8 (28:25):
Car.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
That's old story right there.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Wow, that's way old school mL car. That is a
great name from the past.
Speaker 4 (28:33):
But not.
Speaker 7 (28:36):
The finals. I'm thinking the Timberwolves over and over.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
Well, that's a shock since you're since you're in Minnesota
and you're a Timberwolves fan. I couldn't have saw that coming.
Speaker 7 (28:51):
Crunch, I love Crunch, the mascot.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
Yeah, I love Crunch. The chocolate bar. Yeah, I bet
you do like that chocolate bar. James, I seen you.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Yummy, you know, Butler and James, I've got a Crunch
story for you here real. I love Crunch candy bars.
And one night I ate one very late and I
woke up and my stomach absolutely hated me. Horrible, horrible
situation right there.
Speaker 7 (29:18):
I remember that taking.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
This James takes a lot of things, Brian, you know,
are you aware of this? He's uh.
Speaker 7 (29:31):
In the morning, that night.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
He's keeping those pharmaceutical companies in business.
Speaker 7 (29:37):
Wow, Hey yeah, I said, I got what the school
the schools Tom Brady, mad Tech.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
I have no idea what that was.
Speaker 7 (29:54):
What that was med Tech Pharmas.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
I see there you go.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
That's a good friend to have if you take a day.
Speaker 7 (30:05):
I guess perils at the time of the him just asked,
he just what's about cootic today?
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Hey, hollering James before you go, man, I'm watching this
this video with Tree Rollins and Danny Ainge, and you're right,
Tree Rollins was he was biting Danny Ainge. Danny Ainge
was getting bitten.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Oh, misinformation from hollering James nobody Danny Angels falsely accused
of biting by hollow James.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
So Tree Rollins hits him with a little forearm shiver,
and Danny Ainge, like Bill Goldberg pro wrestler, just formed,
tackles him and then Tree Rollins is biting Danny Ainge.
Is what's happening here?
Speaker 8 (31:00):
It was a shrim and somebody got yeah, well, you know,
he was, he was, he was in the ballpark with
the facts and somebody bid somebody.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Someone bid someone, you know, Holler and James, Right, James,
do you remember when you remember when Evander Holyfield was
biting Mike Tyson's ear, Remember.
Speaker 8 (31:25):
That, I remember was.
Speaker 7 (31:33):
Predominantly beating him in that Fimeon got angry and that's
when he got hungry and record.
Speaker 1 (31:46):
You know what, we need you on the fight coverage there,
Holler and James. That's exactly what we need to do.
We need to get him on whatever the zone. I
don't know what we need to do, Eddie. We need
to get Holler and James on the coverage of of
boxing over there. I think that would that'd be tremendous.
But that was fun, great phone called by hollerin James.
(32:06):
But yes, Danny Ainge, the bite e not the bit er.
How it turned out right there? All right, We got
a lot to do, lots going on. Feel free, Militia
check on in eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox
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agenda here this evening very much looking forward to that.
(32:29):
All that good stuff We've got a transaction that's worth mentioning.
We will get to that right around the corner. I'm
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(33:16):
Brian No.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
You know, I got some trivia questions to throw your
way here, Eddie. So first, thanks, First, we had a
an NFL transaction on Tuesday. Tyler Boyd now a former
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver. He's going over there to the
Tennessee Titans. It's gonna be on a one year deal.
(33:38):
So you look at the wide receivers that they have
now they made a deal for Calvin Ridley, They still
have DeAndre Hopkins. They drafted Treylon Burks in the first round,
and now they have Tyler Boyd. So trying to stock
the weapons over there. For Will Levis, they hope that
he hits the ground running. He had a few starts
(33:58):
last year as a rookie. So we'll see with Will Levis.
But Tennessee, I mean I'm looking at the season win total.
Vegas has it said at six and a half Eddie
for Tennessee. Can we get Tennessee to seven wins? I
think we can get to seven wins? Can we?
Speaker 4 (34:14):
Not?
Speaker 2 (34:14):
What you think about that? I'm so sure about Todd
not so sure. I have to see you to believe it.
I know you're the gambling guy, so I know what
you're looking at.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Yeah, just I don't know. Seems a little low.
Speaker 2 (34:26):
Who's coaching there now?
Speaker 1 (34:29):
It's the new guy Callahan, Brian Callahan. Oh okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.
See new Titans head coach right there. So Bill Callahan
his father, right, he'll be the old line coach, so
he should do a great job with the old line.
But I'm not asking for, you know, double digit wins.
I'm just thinking about seven over here. But here's the
(34:49):
crazy trivia, Eddie. So, Tyler Boyd, he was with the
Cincinnati Bengals for eight years, so he's pretty high on
some of the all time lists. Here. If you look
at receptions just in Bengals team history, he's fourth in
overall receptions. How many of the top three do you
(35:12):
think you could name here, Eddie, most receptions in Bengals history.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Let's go with Chad Johnson?
Speaker 1 (35:20):
That is correct? Strong guess right there?
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Yes, TJ. Hushmanzada our guy or a colleague? Here is
he in? There?
Speaker 1 (35:28):
Could guess? Jet six catches shy. He's fifth on the
list there, Hushman Zada. Tyler Boyd is fourth. We got
two others outside?
Speaker 2 (35:39):
How about old school Isaac Curtis.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Not a bad guess he keep that name in mind.
He's seventh on the all time catch list.
Speaker 3 (35:50):
He's missed the number one, Eddie.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
No, Chad Johnson's the number one, is he?
Speaker 3 (35:55):
Okay? Well that's got to be number two? Most recent?
Speaker 1 (35:59):
Who is it?
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Who?
Speaker 3 (36:00):
Aj Green?
Speaker 1 (36:02):
He is?
Speaker 2 (36:02):
Yeah? That's right?
Speaker 1 (36:04):
Right? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (36:06):
And then is number three? Wait, did you say three already?
Speaker 2 (36:10):
I don't think so.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
Worth close, he's sixth. Just receptions. It's kind of tough
when you get to yards like I don't know how
you keep all that straight, like who had how many yards?
And all that? But number three, I'll give you the catches.
That would be Carl Pickens. That Carl Pickens never doing that, Tennessee.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
I believe.
Speaker 1 (36:36):
Yeah, you're right, Eddie, Yep, he's a vall. And in
terms of receiving yardage in Bengals history, Tyler Boyd is
seventh on that list. The name's ahead of him. You
want your guy, Isaac Curtis is ahead of him, Eddie.
Isaac Curtis third in Bengals receiving yardage all time, Chris
(36:58):
collins Worth fifth, Carl Pickens fourth, All these names, Chad Johnson, A. J. Green,
they're one two. There's only one other name here. How
about you remember this one, Eddie, Eddie Brown, I do.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
Was it Miami University of Miami?
Speaker 1 (37:16):
Maybe let's check it out. Yeah, it's correct, Eddie, Very
well done, very well done. You had to you had
to check on that, Brian, I did have to check
on that. I thought that was your specialty like the game, right.
Speaker 2 (37:28):
You know, yeah, I love no I mean Eddie Eddie
Brown is well, I mean that's a very generic one.
There's probably been multiple Eddie Browns that have played in
the NFL. I'm gonna have let Brian give him a
little slack on that one. I'm pretty good at that
game too, but I think Brian's better than me at
that one.
Speaker 1 (37:44):
I know that I'm a little.
Speaker 2 (37:45):
Older though, so maybe maybe some of those older guys
though I might be able to get that.
Speaker 1 (37:48):
You would be probably.
Speaker 4 (37:50):
Have we ever done because we've done it where like
you know the old like the classic version of the
game where the caller calls in and says the name.
Speaker 3 (37:57):
But have we ever done a competition? Oh?
Speaker 1 (38:01):
That sounds like it could be a rousing good time there, Coop.
We have not done that. I'm up for it, You're
up for it, and sure, I'm up for it. How
do the rules work for this thing?
Speaker 4 (38:12):
I'm gonna I'm gonna have to put a little bit
of thought into it. But like my first thought off
the bat was, if we keep it the same, somebody
calls in and you guys buzz in with your name,
or we could do something where there's just we've got
set a number of players for each person and you know,
see who but then you know, it's like you might
be like, oh, I knew that one, but I didn't
(38:32):
know the one for mine, so.
Speaker 1 (38:33):
His hell like right.
Speaker 4 (38:36):
But then again Ben's not here, so we wouldn't have
any of that complaining.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
Because it's true.
Speaker 3 (38:44):
We'll think something.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
Yeah, we'll tighten the screws on that idea, but yeah,
I like it.
Speaker 2 (38:49):
And the listeners can gamble on it.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
Yes, we should absolutely have that. We'll have gambling windows
set up for all of this. We'll have a good
time with it. I'm up for I didn't know this
is a specialty of yours as well, Eddie. That's awesome.
We'll have some fun, healthy competition. It's good for the soul,
all right. We will figure out the rules and also
this has to absolutely change immediately. It is doing no
(39:14):
good for a league. It's only doing harm. Details on
the way
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